Joe Borowski

Joseph Thomas Borowski

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: May 4, 1971 in Bayonne, NJ
High School: Marist HS (Bayonne, NJ)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 32nd round of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed August 13, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 9, 1995
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Indians/Marlins/Braves/DevilRays/... 1995-2008
Agents: Michael Maas,Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: July 1, 2008
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1990	19	CHW-min	Rk	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		WHS · GULF
1991	20	BAL-min	A	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		KNC · MIDW
1992	21	BAL-min	A+	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		FDK · CARL
1993	22	BAL-min	AA,A+	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		BOW,FDK · EL,CARL
1994	23	BAL-min	AA	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		BOW · EL
1995	24	BAL-min	AAA,AA	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		ROC,BOW · IL,EL
1995	24	BAL	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1996	25	ATL-min	AAA	34	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		RMD · IL
1996	25	ATL	NL	22	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1997	26	ATL-min	AAA	21	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		RMD · IL
1997	26	TOT	MLB	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	26	ATL	NL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	26	NYY	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1998	27	NYY-min	AAA	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CLB · IL
1998	27	NYY	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1999	28	MIL-min	AAA	58	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		LOU · IL
2000	29	MTY	AAA	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		MTY · MEX
2001	30	CHC-min	AAA	42	19	16	1	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	8	.188	.235	.313	.548		5	0	0	2	0	0		IWA · PCL
2001	30	CHC	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2002	31	CHC	NL	73	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.286	.286	.286	.571	53	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	32	CHC	NL	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2004	33	CHC-min	AAA	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		IWA · PCL
2004	33	CHC	NL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	34	CHC-min	AAA	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		IWA · PCL
2005	34	TOT	MLB	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	34	CHC	NL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	34	TBD	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2006	35	FLA	NL	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2007	36	CLE	AL	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	37	CLE-min	A,AA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		LCO,AKR · SALL,EL
2008	37	CLE	AL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12 Yrs				423	10	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.222	.222	.222	.444	18	2	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.222	.222	.222	.444	18	1	0	0	0	0	0

CHC (5 yrs)				175	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.286	.286	.286	.571	53	2	0	0	0	0	0
ATL (2 yrs)				42	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
CLE (2 yrs)				87	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (2 yrs)				9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
TBD (1 yr)				32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
FLA (1 yr)				72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (8 yrs)				289	10	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.222	.222	.222	.444	18	2	0	0	1	0	0
AL (6 yrs)				134	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1995	24	BAL	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$109,000	/1
1996	25	ATL	NL	22	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$111,500	1
1997	26	ATL	NL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$157,500	1
1997	26	NYY	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1998	27	NYY	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$188,800	/1

2001	30	CHC	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
2002	31	CHC	NL	73	7	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$235,000	1
2003	32	CHC	NL	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$410,000	1
2004	33	CHC	NL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$2,000,000	1
2005	34	CHC	NL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$2,300,000	1
2005	34	TBD	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
2006	35	FLA	NL	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$327,000	1
2007	36	CLE	AL	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$4,000,000	1
2008	37	CLE	AL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$4,000,000	1
12 Seasons				423	10	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$13,838,800

CHC (5 yrs)				175	7	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$4,945,000
ATL (2 yrs)				42	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$269,000
CLE (2 yrs)				87	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$8,000,000
NYY (2 yrs)				9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$188,800
TBD (1 yr)				32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
FLA (1 yr)				72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$327,000
BAL (1 yr)				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$109,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1996	25	ATL	NL	3	3	0	0.0	111		.000	.276	.000	.346	.000	.432	.000	.777	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

2002	31	CHC	NL	7	5	1	5.4	105	1.000	.286	.263	.286	.337	.286	.419	.571	.756	53	.550	-0.5	-0.1	.400	.000	.000
12 Yrs				10	8	1	3.4	107	1.000	.222	.266	.222	.339	.222	.422	.444	.761	18	.340	-1.1	-0.1	.286	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				4	3	0	3.4	107	1.000	.222	.266	.222	.339	.222	.422	.444	.761	18	.340	-1.1	-0.1	.286	.000	.000

ATL (2 yrs)				3	3	0	0.0	111		.000	.276	.000	.346	.000	.432	.000	.777	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
CHC (5 yrs)				7	5	1	5.4	105	1.000	.286	.263	.286	.337	.286	.419	.571	.756	53	.550	-0.5	-0.1	.400	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2003	32	CHC	NL	NLDS	ATL	W	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	32	CHC	NL	NLCS	FLA	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2007	36	CLE	AL	ALDS	NYY	W	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	36	CLE	AL	ALCS	BOS	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (4 Series)							11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALDS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1996	25	ATL	NL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%	0%

2002	31	CHC	NL	7	0.0%	71.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.4					29%	0%
12 Yrs				10	0.0%	70.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.3					20%	0%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.8%	8.8%	8.0%	34%	1.91	5.3	32.0	7.5	0.79	1.08	70%	21%	8.1%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1995	24	BAL	AL	0.0	0.0
1996	25	ATL	NL	-0.6	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.94	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.86	-0.8		0
1997	26	TOT	MLB	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1997	26	ATL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1997	26	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0
1998	27	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

2001	30	CHC	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2002	31	CHC	NL	-0.5	-0.1	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.59	-0.1	-0.1	-0.7	-0.1	0.94	-0.6	0.00	1
2003	32	CHC	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2004	33	CHC	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2005	34	TOT	MLB	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2005	34	CHC	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2005	34	TBD	AL	0.0	0.0
2006	35	FLA	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2007	36	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2008	37	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
12 Yrs				-1.1	-0.1	10	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.99	-0.2	-0.0	-1.4	-0.1	0.92	-1.3	0.00	1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1996	25	ATL	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2002	31	CHC	NL	0	0	50%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
12 Yrs				0	0	50%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1996	25	ATL	NL	3	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

2002	31	CHC	NL	7	43%	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
12 Yrs				10	30%	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					54%																			70%			11%			34%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1996	25	ATL	NL	3	10	3.33	8	80%	38%	38%	13%	13%	63%	0%	50%	40%	0%	0%	0	0	33%	1	1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0

2002	31	CHC	NL	7	29	4.14	24	83%	25%	33%	33%	8%	75%	0%	62%	56%	43%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	20%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				10	39	3.90	32	82%	28%	34%	28%	9%	72%	0%	59%	52%	30%	0%	0	0	10%	1	1	0%	0	0	14%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1996	25	28	3	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1
1997	26	49	3	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1
1998	27	57	3	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1
1999	28	57	3	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1
2000	29	57	3	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1
2001	30	58	3	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1
2002	31	131	10	9	1	2	7	.222	.222	.222	.444	18	2	1
2003	32	199	10	9	1	2	7	.222	.222	.222	.444	18	2	1
2004	33	221	10	9	1	2	7	.222	.222	.222	.444	18	2	1
2005	34	264	10	9	1	2	7	.222	.222	.222	.444	18	2	1
2006	35	336	10	9	1	2	7	.222	.222	.222	.444	18	2	1
2007	36	405	10	9	1	2	7	.222	.222	.222	.444	18	2	1
2008	37	423	10	9	1	2	7	.222	.222	.222	.444	18	2	1

Neutralized Batting

Change to: / / / or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1996	25	22	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	22

2002	31	73	8	8	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.375	.375	.375	.750	1	73
2 Yrs		95	11	10	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.300	.300	.300	.600	1	95
162 Game Avg.		162	19	17	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.300	.300	.300	.600	2	95

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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