Mitchell Boggs

Mitchell Thomas Boggs

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: February 15, 1984 in Dalton, GA
High School: Dalton HS (Dalton, GA)
School: University of Georgia (Athens, GA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 5th round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 20, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 6, 2008
Team: Cardinals 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$506k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.125, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2005	21	STL-min	A-	4	4	.500	3.89	15	14	0	0	0	0	71.2	77	38	31	5	24	0	61	5	0	4	315		1.409	9.7	0.6	3.0	7.7	2.54	NJR · NYPL
2006	22	STL-min	A+	10	6	.625	3.41	27	27	0	1	1	0	145.0	153	69	55	7	51	0	126	8	0	9	634		1.407	9.5	0.4	3.2	7.8	2.47	PLM · FLOR
2007	23	STL-min	AA	11	7	.611	3.84	26	26	0	0	0	0	152.1	167	86	65	15	62	2	117	10	0	7	688		1.503	9.9	0.9	3.7	6.9	1.89	SPD · TL
2008	24	STL-min	AAA	9	3	.750	3.45	21	21	0	1	0	0	125.1	107	52	48	11	46	0	81	2	1	10	508		1.221	7.7	0.8	3.3	5.8	1.76	MEM · PCL
2008	24	STL	NL	3	2	.600	7.41	8	6	1	0	0	0	34.0	42	29	28	5	22	0	13	2	0	2	164	57	1.882	11.1	1.3	5.8	3.4	0.59
2009	25	STL-min	AAA	6	4	.600	4.83	14	14	0	0	0	0	76.1	90	45	41	8	32	1	58	4	0	5	346		1.598	10.6	0.9	3.8	6.8	1.81	MEM · PCL
2009	25	STL	NL	2	3	.400	4.19	16	9	2	0	0	0	58.0	71	28	27	3	33	0	46	4	1	4	268	98	1.793	11.0	0.5	5.1	7.1	1.39
2010	26	STL	NL	2	3	.400	3.61	61	0	22	0	0	0	67.1	60	29	27	5	27	2	52	4	0	5	285	108	1.292	8.0	0.7	3.6	7.0	1.93
2011	27	STL-min	AAA	0	2	.000	2.45	4	4	0	0	0	0	14.2	12	5	4	1	5	0	14	2	0	1	60		1.159	7.4	0.6	3.1	8.6	2.80	MEM · PCL
2011	27	STL	NL	2	3	.400	3.56	51	0	20	0	0	4	60.2	62	27	24	4	21	2	48	2	0	5	260	105	1.368	9.2	0.6	3.1	7.1	2.29
2012	28	STL	NL	0	1	.000	1.99	22	0	7	0	0	0	22.2	17	7	5	0	9	2	21	1	0	0	94	194	1.147	6.8	0.0	3.6	8.3	2.33
5 Yrs				9	12	.429	4.12	158	15	52	0	0	4	242.2	252	120	111	17	112	6	180	13	1	16	1071	96	1.500	9.3	0.6	4.2	6.7	1.61
162 Game Avg.				4	5	.429	4.12	62	6	20	0	0	2	95	99	47	44	7	44	2	71	5	0	6	421	96	1.500	9.3	0.6	4.2	6.7	1.61

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2008	24	STL	NL	34.0	8	6	29	7.68	4.73	0.43	0.14	99.6	4.42	-12	-1.1	.0	0.0	-0.8	-9	.365	.493	$
2009	25	STL	NL	58.0	16	9	28	4.34	4.34	0.15	0.09	95.8	4.10	-2	-0.2	.9	-0.1	0.2	4	.489	.499	$
2010	26	STL	NL	67.1	61	0	29	3.88	4.39	0.19	-0.33	96.7	3.74	-1	-0.1	.8	-0.2	0.2	5	.498	.499	$402,000
2011	27	STL	NL	60.2	51	0	27	4.01	4.17	-0.19	-0.31	96.8	3.92	-1	-0.1	.7	-0.1	0.2	5	.498	.499	$431,000
2012	28	STL	NL	22.2	22	0	7	2.78	4.22	-0.02	-0.32	98.9	3.87	2	0.3	1.2	-0.0	0.4	5	.512	.502	$
5 Seasons				242.2	158	15	120	4.45	4.35	0.10	-0.16	97.1	3.98	-13	-1.2	.8	-0.4	0.2	10	.492	.499	$833,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2009	25	STL	NL	NLDS	L	LAD	0	0	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	5	2.000	0.0	0.0	18.0	9.0	0.50

2011	27	STL	NL	NLDS	W	PHI	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	11	2.500	18.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
2011	27	STL	NL	NLCS	W	MIL	0	0	6.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	1.667	12.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.00
2011	27	STL	NL	WS	W	TEX	0	0	3.38	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	10	0.750	6.8	3.4	0.0	13.5
2 Yrs (4 Series)							0	0	5.19	8	0	3	0	0	0	8.2	10	5	5	2	4	0	6	0	0	0	39	1.615	10.4	2.1	4.2	6.2	1.50
2 NLDS							0	0	6.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	4	2	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	16	2.333	12.0	0.0	9.0	6.0	0.67
1 NLCS							0	0	6.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	1.667	12.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.00
1 WS							0	0	3.38	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	10	0.750	6.8	3.4	0.0	13.5

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
2008	24	STL	NL	8	164	138	29	42	10	2	5	2	0	22	13	.304	.405	.514	.919	.306	71	4	2	1	1	0	1
2009	25	STL	NL	16	268	228	28	71	13	5	3	3	2	33	46	.311	.404	.452	.856	.376	103	7	4	1	2	0	1
2010	26	STL	NL	61	285	247	29	60	15	1	5	2	2	27	52	.243	.324	.372	.696	.285	92	10	4	4	3	2	4
2011	27	STL	NL	51	260	233	27	62	11	2	4	2	2	21	48	.266	.329	.382	.711	.317	89	7	2	2	2	2	3
2012	28	STL	NL	22	94	80	7	17	3	0	0	2	0	9	21	.213	.300	.250	.550	.288	20	4	1	4	0	2	3
5 Yrs				158	1071	926	120	252	52	10	17	11	6	112	180	.272	.356	.405	.761	.319	375	32	13	12	8	6	12
162 Game Avg.				62	421	364	47	99	20	4	7	4	2	44	71	.272	.356	.405	.761	.319	147	13	5	5	3	2	5
MLB Averages																.259	.327	.408	.736	.298

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2008	24	STL	NL	-11.2	-1.0	169	-0.3	2.0	-2.3	.79	-0.9	0.5	-10.5	-1.0	0.79	-9.0	0	0	2
2009	25	STL	NL	-0.1	-0.0	278	-0.3	5.2	-5.5	1.14	-0.6	0.4	-1.9	-0.2	1.14	-6.7	2	1	4
2010	26	STL	NL	2.4	0.2	294	-0.2	3.8	-3.9	.76	0.0	-0.2	3.2	0.3	0.76	2.1	14	10	36
2011	27	STL	NL	0.3	0.0	273	-0.9	3.0	-3.9	.73	-0.1	-1.2	1.9	0.2	0.73	-0.8	10	5	35
2012	28	STL	NL	4.1	0.4	97	0.1	2.1	-2.0	1.30	0.3	-0.2	3.1	0.3	1.30	3.4	9	5	6
5 Yrs				-4.5	-0.3	1111	-1.5	16.1	-17.6	.90	-1.3	-0.4	-4.3	-0.3	0.90	-10.9	35	21	83

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
2008	24	STL	NL	8	6	3	2	1	2	0	4	2	.667	0	0	0	0	1	17%	36.2	62	6	6	3	1	3	5.1	6.5	5.2	89	1	4	1	0	108
2009	25	STL	NL	16	9	2	2	5	1	0	7	2	.778	0	2	0	0	2	22%	45.7	64	24	14	3	0	8	5.5	4.5	5.4	94	0	6	3	0	106
2 Yrs				24	15	5	4	6	3	0	11	4	.733	0	2	0	0	3	20%	42	64	6	20	6	1	11	5.4	5.3	5.3	92	1	10	4	0	108
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	100	-13					4.5	4.5	5.9	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2008	24	STL	NL	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	.791	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	4.5	22
2009	25	STL	NL	16	7	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	1	2	2	100%	8	1.138	2	1	4	1	1	5	1	6	4	1	4	0	4.1	26
2010	26	STL	NL	61	61	22	2	3	0	0	0		7	6	33	10	30%	7	.763	14	10	36	23	8	30	19	42	21	18	26	11	3.3	18
2011	27	STL	NL	51	51	20	2	3	8	4	4	50%	9	1	17	3	18%	7	.730	10	5	35	15	5	31	9	42	17	9	19	7	3.6	19
2012	28	STL	NL	22	22	7	0	1	2	0	2	0%	9	7	14	2	14%	8	1.304	9	5	6	15	2	5	9	13	6	7	6	4	3.1	17
5 Yrs				158	143	52	4	8	10	4	6	40%	26	15	66	17	26%		.901	35	21	83	54	16	73	38	105	49	35	56	22	3.4	19

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2008	24	STL	NL	164	43%	3.1%	7.9%	13.4%	10.4%	41%	1.10	1.57	74%	19%	9.1%	7%	42	4	10%
2009	25	STL	NL	268	55%	1.1%	17.2%	12.3%	7.8%	30%	1.23	1.54	68%	16%	4.3%	14%	56	7	13%
2010	26	STL	NL	285	66%	1.8%	18.3%	9.5%	7.4%	35%	1.16	1.48	68%	15%	6.2%	11%	59	10	17%
2011	27	STL	NL	260	65%	1.5%	18.5%	8.1%	6.5%	27%	1.08	1.36	70%	19%	5.3%	16%	55	7	13%
2012	28	STL	NL	94	61%	0.0%	22.3%	9.6%	3.2%	18%	0.97	1.76	63%	22%	0.0%	7%	24	4	17%
5 Yrs				1071	59%	1.6%	16.8%	10.5%	7.4%	31%	1.13	1.50	69%	17%	5.5%	12%	236	32	14%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.2%	8.5%	7.7%	33%	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2008	24	STL	NL	164	577	3.52	325	56%	28%	9%	24%	39%	72%	0%	40%	88%	49%	9%	14	7	9%	14	8	2	31%	2	7	0	0	0
2009	25	STL	NL	269	1027	3.82	596	58%	29%	17%	23%	31%	71%	0%	41%	76%	55%	7%	19	13	15%	40	19	0	15%	10	6	-1	0	0
2010	26	STL	NL	287	1087	3.79	656	60%	24%	16%	29%	31%	76%	2%	46%	78%	59%	4%	12	6	23%	65	25	3	15%	10	4	-2	0	0
2011	27	STL	NL	261	971	3.72	593	61%	24%	16%	28%	32%	76%	2%	46%	79%	52%	7%	17	7	18%	46	29	3	17%	7	8	-1	0	0
2012	28	STL	NL	94	369	3.93	222	60%	32%	15%	24%	28%	68%	5%	41%	77%	68%	11%	10	6	23%	22	9	1	10%	5	2	0	0	0
5 Yrs				1075	4031	3.75	2392	59%	27%	15%	26%	32%	73%	1%	43%	79%	56%	7%	72	39	17%	187	90	9	16%	34	27	-4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
2008	24	STL	NL	164	42	6	0	5	0	6	0	5	1	4	6	4	0	67%	1	2	1	75	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
2009	25	STL	NL	268	71	9	0	3	0	7	2	1	2	1	20	11	1	55%	1	4	0	107	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	12	0
2010	26	STL	NL	285	60	6	0	5	0	10	3	2	1	4	18	9	2	50%	4	5	1	109	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
2011	27	STL	NL	260	62	12	1	4	0	8	2	2	2	2	14	9	3	64%	3	5	1	100	2	2	50%	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	9	0
2012	28	STL	NL	94	17	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	7	1	4	14%	3	0	1	44	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5 Yrs				1071	252	36	1	17	0	35	7	10	6	11	65	34	10	52%	12	16	4	435	11	6	65%	10	5	1	1	0	0	2	2	42	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2008	24	3	2	.600	7.41	8	6	1	0	34.0	42	29	28	5	22	0	13	2	0	2	164	57	1.882	11.1	1.3	5.8	3.4	0.59	57
2009	25	5	5	.500	5.38	24	15	3	0	92.0	113	57	55	8	55	0	59	6	1	6	432	77	1.826	11.1	0.8	5.4	5.8	1.07	77
2010	26	7	8	.467	4.63	85	15	25	0	159.1	173	86	82	13	82	2	111	10	1	11	717	87	1.600	9.8	0.7	4.6	6.3	1.35	87
2011	27	9	11	.450	4.34	136	15	45	4	220.0	235	113	106	17	103	4	159	12	1	16	977	91	1.536	9.6	0.7	4.2	6.5	1.54	91
2012	28	9	12	.429	4.12	158	15	52	4	242.2	252	120	111	17	112	6	180	13	1	16	1071	96	1.500	9.3	0.6	4.2	6.7	1.61	96

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2008	24	1	2	.333	7.64	33.0	42	31	28	5	22	12	2	1.939	11.5	6.0	3.3	0.55	1.4	8
2009	25	2	3	.400	4.75	53.0	72	31	28	3	33	42	4	1.981	12.2	5.6	7.1	1.27	0.5	16
2010	26	3	4	.429	4.08	64.0	62	32	29	5	28	49	4	1.406	8.7	3.9	6.9	1.75	0.7	61
2011	27	3	3	.500	4.26	57.0	65	30	27	4	22	45	2	1.526	10.3	3.5	7.1	2.05	0.6	51
2012	28	1	1	.500	2.45	22.0	18	7	6	0	10	20	1	1.273	7.4	4.1	8.2	2.00	0.0	22
5 Yrs		10	13	.435	4.64	229.0	259	131	118	17	115	168	13	1.633	10.2		6.6	1.46	0.7	158

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