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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 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
1995 24 BAL AL 0 0 1.23 6 0 3 0 0 0 7.1 5 1 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 30 406 1.227 6.1 0.0 4.9 3.7 0.75
1996 25 ATL NL 2 4 .333 4.85 22 0 8 0 0 0 26.0 33 15 14 4 13 4 15 1 0 1 121 92 1.769 11.4 1.4 4.5 5.2 1.15
1997 26 TOT MLB 2 3 .400 4.15 21 0 9 0 0 0 26.0 29 13 12 2 20 5 8 0 0 0 123 104 1.885 10.0 0.7 6.9 2.8 0.40
1997 26 ATL NL 2 2 .500 3.75 20 0 8 0 0 0 24.0 27 11 10 2 16 4 6 0 0 0 111 113 1.792 10.1 0.8 6.0 2.3 0.38
1997 26 NYY AL 0 1 .000 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 12 58 3.000 9.0 0.0 18.0 9.0 0.50
1998 27 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 6.52 8 0 6 0 0 0 9.2 11 7 7 0 4 0 7 0 0 0 42 70 1.552 10.2 0.0 3.7 6.5 1.75
2001 30 CHC NL 0 1 .000 32.40 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 6 6 6 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 13 16 5.400 32.4 5.4 16.2 5.4 0.33
2002 31 CHC NL 4 4 .500 2.73 73 0 25 0 0 2 95.2 84 31 29 10 29 6 97 1 0 1 391 148 1.181 7.9 0.9 2.7 9.1 3.34
2003 32 CHC NL 2 2 .500 2.63 68 0 59 0 0 33 68.1 53 23 20 5 19 1 66 1 0 0 280 165 1.054 7.0 0.7 2.5 8.7 3.47
2004 33 CHC NL 2 4 .333 8.02 22 0 19 0 0 9 21.1 27 19 19 3 15 2 17 0 0 0 106 56 1.969 11.4 1.3 6.3 7.2 1.13
2005 34 TOT MLB 1 5 .167 4.47 43 0 7 0 0 0 46.1 38 23 23 8 12 1 27 0 0 1 184 99 1.079 7.4 1.6 2.3 5.2 2.25
2005 34 CHC NL 0 0 6.55 11 0 3 0 0 0 11.0 12 8 8 5 1 0 11 0 0 0 47 69 1.182 9.8 4.1 0.8 9.0 11.00
2005 34 TBD AL 1 5 .167 3.82 32 0 4 0 0 0 35.1 26 15 15 3 11 1 16 0 0 1 137 115 1.047 6.6 0.8 2.8 4.1 1.45
2006 35 FLA NL 3 3 .500 3.75 72 0 60 0 0 36 69.2 63 31 29 7 33 7 64 2 0 1 304 116 1.378 8.1 0.9 4.3 8.3 1.94
2007 36 CLE AL 4 5 .444 5.07 69 0 58 0 0 45 65.2 77 39 37 9 17 4 58 2 0 2 292 89 1.431 10.6 1.2 2.3 7.9 3.41
2008 37 CLE AL 1 3 .250 7.56 18 0 14 0 0 6 16.2 24 14 14 4 8 2 9 0 0 0 82 57 1.920 13.0 2.2 4.3 4.9 1.13
12 Yrs 22 34 .393 4.18 423 1 268 0 0 131 454.1 450 222 211 53 177 32 372 7 0 6 1968 104 1.380 8.9 1.0 3.5 7.4 2.10
162 Game Avg. 4 5 .393 4.18 68 0 43 0 0 21 73 72 36 34 9 28 5 60 1 0 1 316 104 1.380 8.9 1.0 3.5 7.4 2.10
CHC (5 yrs) 8 11 .421 3.73 175 1 106 0 0 44 198.0 182 87 82 24 67 9 192 2 0 1 837 114 1.258 8.3 1.1 3.0 8.7 2.87
ATL (2 yrs) 4 6 .400 4.32 42 0 16 0 0 0 50.0 60 26 24 6 29 8 21 1 0 1 232 101 1.780 10.8 1.1 5.2 3.8 0.72
CLE (2 yrs) 5 8 .385 5.57 87 0 72 0 0 51 82.1 101 53 51 13 25 6 67 2 0 2 374 81 1.530 11.0 1.4 2.7 7.3 2.68
NYY (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 6.94 9 0 7 0 0 0 11.2 13 9 9 0 8 1 9 0 0 0 54 68 1.800 10.0 0.0 6.2 6.9 1.13
TBD (1 yr) 1 5 .167 3.82 32 0 4 0 0 0 35.1 26 15 15 3 11 1 16 0 0 1 137 115 1.047 6.6 0.8 2.8 4.1 1.45
FLA (1 yr) 3 3 .500 3.75 72 0 60 0 0 36 69.2 63 31 29 7 33 7 64 2 0 1 304 116 1.378 8.1 0.9 4.3 8.3 1.94
BAL (1 yr) 0 0 1.23 6 0 3 0 0 0 7.1 5 1 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 30 406 1.227 6.1 0.0 4.9 3.7 0.75
NL (8 yrs) 15 20 .429 3.82 289 1 182 0 0 80 317.2 305 144 135 37 129 24 277 5 0 3 1373 112 1.366 8.6 1.0 3.7 7.8 2.15
AL (6 yrs) 7 14 .333 5.00 134 0 86 0 0 51 136.2 145 78 76 16 48 8 95 2 0 3 595 90 1.412 9.5 1.1 3.2 6.3 1.98

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 Awards
1995 24 BAL AL 7.1 6 0 1 1.23 5.62 0.32 -0.42 102.2 4.99 3 0.3 .8 -0.0 0.3 4 .550 .502 $109,000
1996 25 ATL NL 26.0 22 0 15 5.19 4.70 0.27 -0.35 103.6 4.22 -3 -0.3 1.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0 .488 .498 $111,500
1997 26 ATL NL 24.0 20 0 11 4.13 4.75 0.52 -0.36 103.3 3.99 -0 -0.0 .7 -0.0 0.1 2 .498 .500 $157,500
1997 26 NYY AL 2.0 1 0 2 9.00 4.99 -0.37 -0.37 96.0 4.78 -1 -0.1 2.4 -0.1 -0.1 -1 .415 .499 $
1998 27 NYY AL 9.2 8 0 7 6.52 4.90 0.18 -0.37 97.3 4.23 -2 -0.2 .4 0.1 -0.1 -1 .471 .499 $188,800
2001 30 CHC NL 1.2 1 1 6 32.40 5.39 -0.14 0.21 90.0 5.17 -5 -0.3 -0.0 -0.3 -5 .174 .498 $
2002 31 CHC NL 95.2 73 0 31 2.92 4.45 -0.32 -0.33 98.3 4.37 15 1.6 1.1 -0.2 2.2 25 .522 .510 $235,000
2003 32 CHC NL 68.1 68 0 23 3.03 4.75 -0.15 -0.35 101.7 4.63 12 1.2 1.6 0.2 2.0 19 .518 .508 $410,000
2004 33 CHC NL 21.1 22 0 19 8.02 4.79 -0.12 -0.35 99.8 4.55 -8 -0.8 1.7 -0.3 -1.0 -6 .463 .495 $2,000,000
2005 34 CHC NL 11.0 11 0 8 6.55 4.64 0.02 -0.35 103.3 4.41 -3 -0.3 .5 0.0 -0.1 -2 .476 .498 $2,300,000
2005 34 TBD AL 35.1 32 0 15 3.82 5.01 -0.03 -0.38 99.3 4.63 3 0.3 1.7 0.0 0.6 7 .509 .502 $
2006 35 FLA NL 69.2 72 0 31 4.00 4.96 -0.16 -0.36 94.7 4.50 4 0.4 1.5 -0.0 0.9 11 .506 .502 $327,000
2007 36 CLE AL 65.2 69 0 39 5.35 4.85 0.01 -0.36 99.9 4.48 -7 -0.7 1.9 -0.5 -0.5 2 .490 .496 $4,000,000
2008 37 CLE AL 16.2 18 0 14 7.56 4.74 0.19 -0.35 98.3 4.13 -7 -0.6 1.5 -0.2 -0.7 -4 .464 .496 $4,000,000
12 Seasons 454.1 423 1 222 4.40 4.77 -0.07 -0.35 99.3 4.45 1 0.5 1.4 -1.1 3.2 51 .501 .500 $13,838,800
CHC (5 yrs) 198.0 175 1 87 3.95 4.61 -0.22 -0.34 99.8 4.49 11 1.4 1.3 -0.2 2.8 31 .508 .502 $4,945,000
ATL (2 yrs) 50.0 42 0 26 4.68 4.72 0.39 -0.36 103.4 4.11 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.0 2 .493 .499 $269,000
CLE (2 yrs) 82.1 87 0 53 5.79 4.83 0.04 -0.36 99.6 4.41 -14 -1.3 1.9 -0.7 -1.2 -2 .485 .496 $8,000,000
NYY (2 yrs) 11.2 9 0 9 6.94 4.92 0.09 -0.37 97.1 4.33 -3 -0.3 .6 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .465 .499 $188,800
TBD (1 yr) 35.1 32 0 15 3.82 5.01 -0.03 -0.38 99.3 4.63 3 0.3 1.7 0.0 0.6 7 .509 .502 $
FLA (1 yr) 69.2 72 0 31 4.00 4.96 -0.16 -0.36 94.7 4.50 4 0.4 1.5 -0.0 0.9 11 .506 .502 $327,000
BAL (1 yr) 7.1 6 0 1 1.23 5.62 0.32 -0.42 102.2 4.99 3 0.3 .8 -0.0 0.3 4 .550 .502 $109,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L 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
2003 32 CHC NL NLDS W ATL 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 22.5
2003 32 CHC NL NLCS L FLA 1 0 1.000 1.59 3 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 5 2 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 26 1.412 7.9 0.0 4.8 1.6 0.33
2007 36 CLE AL ALDS W NYY 0 0 4.50 2 0 2 0 0 1 2.0 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 9 1.500 4.5 4.5 9.0 4.5 0.50
2007 36 CLE AL ALCS L BOS 0 0 4.50 4 0 4 0 0 1 4.0 6 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 20 2.250 13.5 0.0 6.8 2.3 0.33
2 Yrs (4 Series) 1 0 1.000 2.63 11 0 9 0 0 3 13.2 13 5 4 1 8 1 8 0 0 0 62 1.537 8.6 0.7 5.3 5.3 1.00
1 ALDS 0 0 4.50 2 0 2 0 0 1 2.0 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 9 1.500 4.5 4.5 9.0 4.5 0.50
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 22.5
1 ALCS 0 0 4.50 4 0 4 0 0 1 4.0 6 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 20 2.250 13.5 0.0 6.8 2.3 0.33
1 NLCS 1 0 1.000 1.59 3 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 5 2 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 26 1.412 7.9 0.0 4.8 1.6 0.33

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
1995 24 BAL AL 6 30 26 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 .192 .300 .192 .492 .217 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 25 ATL NL 22 121 102 15 33 7 0 4 2 1 13 15 .324 .405 .510 .915 .349 52 3 1 5 0 4 1
1997 26 TOT MLB 21 123 102 13 29 8 0 2 2 0 20 8 .284 .402 .422 .823 .293 43 2 0 1 0 5 1
1997 26 ATL NL 20 111 94 11 27 7 0 2 2 0 16 6 .287 .391 .426 .816 .291 40 2 0 1 0 4 1
1997 26 NYY AL 1 12 8 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 .250 .500 .375 .875 .333 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
1998 27 NYY AL 8 42 38 7 11 3 0 0 0 0 4 7 .289 .357 .368 .726 .355 14 2 0 0 0 0 0
2001 30 CHC NL 1 13 9 6 6 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 .667 .750 1.111 1.861 .714 10 0 0 1 0 0 0
2002 31 CHC NL 73 391 352 31 84 17 2 10 13 4 29 97 .239 .296 .384 .680 .298 135 8 1 5 3 6 4
2003 32 CHC NL 68 280 256 23 53 7 0 5 8 0 19 66 .207 .264 .293 .557 .259 75 4 1 4 0 1 8
2004 33 CHC NL 22 106 89 19 27 4 2 3 2 0 15 17 .303 .400 .494 .894 .343 44 0 0 1 1 2 1
2005 34 TOT MLB 43 184 171 23 38 7 1 8 4 4 12 27 .222 .273 .415 .688 .221 71 2 0 1 0 1 1
2005 34 CHC NL 11 47 46 8 12 3 0 5 2 0 1 11 .261 .277 .652 .929 .233 30 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 34 TBD AL 32 137 125 15 26 4 1 3 2 4 11 16 .208 .272 .328 .600 .217 41 2 0 1 0 1 0
2006 35 FLA NL 72 304 268 31 63 13 2 7 4 1 33 64 .235 .323 .377 .700 .284 101 3 2 1 0 7 1
2007 36 CLE AL 69 292 266 39 77 12 0 9 9 2 17 58 .289 .332 .436 .768 .335 116 1 2 3 4 4 3
2008 37 CLE AL 18 82 72 14 24 6 0 4 6 0 8 9 .333 .395 .583 .978 .333 42 0 0 1 1 2 1
12 Yrs 423 1968 1751 222 450 85 7 53 51 13 177 372 .257 .326 .404 .730 .297 708 25 7 23 9 32 21
162 Game Avg. 68 316 281 36 72 14 1 9 8 2 28 60 .257 .326 .404 .730 .297 114 4 1 4 1 5 3
MLB Averages .267 .336 .424 .760 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1995 24 BAL AL 3.1 0.3 31 0.0 0.2 -0.2 .38 0.1 -0.1 3.5 0.3 0.38 2.9 1 3 2
1996 25 ATL NL -0.8 -0.1 126 -0.5 2.3 -2.8 1.16 -0.6 0.1 -4.0 -0.4 1.16 -3.9 8 3 9
1997 26 TOT MLB 0.5 0.1 125 -0.8 1.7 -2.5 .99 -0.2 -0.7 0.1 0.0 0.99 -2.7 6 2 12
1997 26 ATL NL 1.3 0.1 113 -0.6 1.2 -1.8 .74 -0.1 -0.7 0.9 0.1 0.74 -2.0 5 2 12
1997 26 NYY AL -0.8 -0.1 12 -0.2 0.5 -0.7 3.32 -0.0 -0.0 -0.9 -0.1 3.32 -0.7 1 0 0
1998 27 NYY AL -1.9 -0.2 42 0.4 0.5 -0.1 .47 0.1 0.7 -0.8 -0.1 0.47 -0.1 1 0 7
2001 30 CHC NL -5.1 -0.4 13 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 1.21 -0.3 0.0 -5.2 -0.4 1.21 -4.0 0 0 0
2002 31 CHC NL 14.6 1.5 408 1.0 6.9 -6.0 .95 0.8 0.2 10.3 1.0 0.95 4.9 21 18 31
2003 32 CHC NL 12.3 1.2 291 3.1 9.2 -6.1 1.76 1.1 0.6 15.4 1.5 1.76 14.5 34 11 21
2004 33 CHC NL -7.5 -0.7 108 -0.9 2.9 -3.8 1.74 -0.3 -0.2 -7.0 -0.7 1.74 -6.0 12 3 4
2005 34 TOT MLB 0.8 0.1 192 -0.2 4.1 -4.3 1.23 0.4 -0.5 -2.6 -0.2 1.23 4.2 18 13 11
2005 34 CHC NL -2.1 -0.2 49 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 .29 -0.3 -0.5 -5.5 -0.5 0.29 -3.0 1 2 7
2005 34 TBD AL 2.9 0.3 143 0.0 3.9 -3.8 1.55 0.7 -0.6 2.9 0.3 1.55 7.2 17 11 4
2006 35 FLA NL 5.0 0.5 313 0.7 9.8 -9.1 1.81 0.6 -0.3 8.6 0.8 1.81 6.3 32 16 21
2007 36 CLE AL -3.4 -0.3 311 1.3 12.0 -10.7 2.32 -0.2 0.8 0.9 0.1 2.32 -2.9 46 14 9
2008 37 CLE AL -5.5 -0.5 91 -2.0 2.2 -4.2 2.02 -0.7 -0.3 -5.3 -0.5 2.02 -8.3 9 3 6
12 Yrs 12.1 1.4 2051 1.6 51.8 -50.2 1.52 0.9 0.2 13.7 1.6 1.52 5.1 188 86 133

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
2001 30 CHC NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 17.0 17 17 1 0 0 1 4.0 0.0 1.7 53 1 0 0 0 53
1 Yr 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 17 17 17 1 0 0 1 4.0 0.0 1.7 53 1 0 0 0 53
MLB Averages .500 48% 48 105 -21 4.9 4.8 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1995 24 BAL AL 6 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 11% 8 .378 1 3 2 2 0 4 5 1 3 2 4 0 3.7 19
1996 25 ATL NL 22 22 8 2 4 1 0 1 0% 2 1 11 5 45% 8 1.165 8 3 9 6 6 10 7 15 6 7 6 6 3.5 21
1997 26 TOT MLB 21 21 9 2 3 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 33% .990 6 2 12 9 4 8 3 18 7 2 7 1 3.7 23
1997 26 ATL NL 20 20 8 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 33% 8 .738 5 2 12 9 3 8 3 17 6 2 6 1 3.6 20
1997 26 NYY AL 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3.318 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 61
1998 27 NYY AL 8 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .474 1 0 7 3 1 4 0 8 2 1 2 0 3.6 21
2002 31 CHC NL 73 73 25 4 4 6 2 4 33% 19 13 42 16 38% 8 .948 21 18 31 31 10 32 23 50 33 16 35 20 3.9 22
2003 32 CHC NL 68 68 59 2 2 37 33 4 89% 38 1 21 2 10% 9 1.764 34 11 21 53 4 11 11 57 7 9 7 18 3.0 17
2004 33 CHC NL 22 22 19 2 4 11 9 2 82% 11 0 2 0 0% 9 1.737 12 3 4 16 4 2 1 21 1 3 1 3 2.9 18
2005 34 TOT MLB 43 43 7 1 5 4 0 4 0% 24 20 18 10 56% 1.229 18 13 11 27 3 13 12 31 10 6 10 11 3.2 17
2005 34 CHC NL 11 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 6 75% 6 .293 1 2 7 2 0 9 4 7 2 2 2 1 3.0 17
2005 34 TBD AL 32 32 4 1 5 4 0 4 0% 23 19 10 4 40% 8 1.550 17 11 4 25 3 4 8 24 8 4 8 10 3.3 16
2006 35 FLA NL 72 72 60 3 3 43 36 7 84% 43 0 14 1 7% 9 1.810 32 16 21 52 5 15 6 66 3 7 3 20 2.9 17
2007 36 CLE AL 69 69 58 4 5 53 45 8 85% 53 0 8 1 13% 9 2.317 46 14 9 58 9 2 4 65 0 7 0 23 2.9 17
2008 37 CLE AL 18 18 14 1 3 10 6 4 60% 10 0 0 0 9 2.017 9 3 6 11 2 5 0 18 0 3 0 4 2.8 16
11 Yrs 422 422 268 22 33 165 131 34 79% 202 37 128 37 29% 1.515 188 86 133 268 48 106 72 350 72 63 75 106 3.2 18

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%
1995 24 BAL AL 30 67% 0.0% 10.0% 13.3% 0.0% 0% 1.09 1.25 77% 17% 0.0% 0% 6 0 0%
1996 25 ATL NL 121 65% 3.3% 12.4% 10.7% 9.1% 33% 1.10 1.38 69% 15% 12.1% 18% 24 3 13%
1997 26 TOT MLB 123 51% 1.6% 6.5% 16.3% 8.1% 35% 0.98 1.12 75% 19% 5.4% 20% 25 2 8%
1997 26 ATL NL 111 52% 1.8% 5.4% 14.4% 8.1% 33% 0.93 1.13 77% 20% 5.7% 20% 23 2 9%
1997 26 NYY AL 12 42% 0.0% 16.7% 33.3% 8.3% 50% 2.00 1.00 50% 0% 0.0% 0% 2 0 0%
1998 27 NYY AL 42 48% 0.0% 16.7% 9.5% 7.1% 27% 0.94 1.44 74% 23% 0.0% 13% 8 2 25%
2001 30 CHC NL 13 69% 7.7% 7.7% 23.1% 15.4% 33% 0.40 1.00 54% 44% 20.0% 0% 5 0 0%
2002 31 CHC NL 391 58% 2.6% 24.8% 7.4% 7.4% 35% 0.64 0.94 63% 26% 8.1% 18% 64 8 13%
2003 32 CHC NL 280 61% 1.8% 23.6% 6.8% 4.3% 23% 0.78 0.84 66% 15% 5.9% 20% 54 4 7%
2004 33 CHC NL 106 57% 2.8% 16.0% 14.2% 8.5% 33% 0.50 0.60 66% 19% 7.0% 10% 25 0 0%
2005 34 TOT MLB 184 52% 4.4% 14.7% 6.5% 8.7% 42% 0.92 1.30 74% 12% 12.7% 15% 26 2 8%
2005 34 CHC NL 47 66% 10.6% 23.4% 2.1% 17.0% 67% 0.94 1.20 64% 6% 31.3% 11% 2 0 0%
2005 34 TBD AL 137 47% 2.2% 11.7% 8.0% 5.8% 31% 0.91 1.32 77% 15% 6.4% 16% 24 2 8%
2006 35 FLA NL 304 51% 2.3% 21.1% 10.9% 7.2% 35% 0.49 0.53 65% 18% 6.4% 18% 51 3 6%
2007 36 CLE AL 292 48% 3.1% 19.9% 5.8% 7.2% 27% 0.53 0.49 70% 19% 8.1% 17% 59 1 2%
2008 37 CLE AL 82 63% 4.9% 11.0% 9.8% 12.2% 42% 0.31 0.41 73% 22% 8.9% 8% 13 0 0%
12 Yrs 1968 55% 2.7% 18.9% 9.0% 7.4% 32% 0.66 0.81 68% 19% 7.8% 16% 360 25 7%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.8% 8.8% 8.0% 34% 0.79 1.08 70% 21% 8.1% 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
1995 24 BAL AL 30 113 3.77 70 62% 23% 11% 33% 33% 77% 0% 48% 85% 50% 10% 3 2 20% 6 4 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0
1996 25 ATL NL 112 408 3.64 235 58% 26% 12% 26% 36% 74% 8% 42% 84% 59% 9% 10 3 13% 15 5 0 7% 2 3 9 0 0
1997 26 TOT MLB 106 407 3.84 224 55% 22% 12% 29% 38% 78% 8% 43% 85% 48% 8% 9 6 15% 16 8 0 20% 1 0 17 0 0
1997 26 ATL NL 94 346 3.68 193 56% 22% 12% 24% 41% 78% 7% 43% 84% 48% 7% 7 5 14% 13 7 0 0% 1 0 17 0 0
1997 26 NYY AL 12 61 5.08 31 51% 19% 6% 55% 19% 81% 13% 41% 92% 50% 17% 2 1 25% 3 1 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0
1998 27 NYY AL 42 171 4.07 101 59% 28% 11% 31% 31% 72% 0% 43% 85% 55% 2% 1 1 24% 10 7 1 14% 1 0 0 0 0
2001 30 CHC NL 13 53 4.08 28 53% 21% 14% 32% 32% 79% 0% 42% 82% 38% 8% 1 1 15% 2 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0
2002 31 CHC NL 391 1616 4.13 1036 64% 28% 18% 29% 25% 72% 4% 46% 75% 61% 4% 17 8 28% 110 47 8 29% 14 4 0 0 0
2003 32 CHC NL 281 1156 4.11 757 65% 28% 16% 30% 26% 72% 1% 47% 77% 64% 2% 7 4 32% 89 33 0 29% 8 2 -1 0 0
2004 33 CHC NL 106 385 3.63 223 58% 29% 15% 23% 33% 71% 5% 41% 79% 53% 7% 7 2 13% 14 8 2 29% 3 3 0 0 0
2005 34 TOT MLB 184 710 3.86 453 64% 27% 13% 28% 32% 73% 2% 46% 83% 59% 5% 10 7 16% 29 14 2 26% 5 2 0 0 0
2005 34 CHC NL 47 187 3.98 125 67% 33% 14% 26% 28% 67% 0% 45% 80% 66% 0% 0 0 13% 6 2 0 27% 2 0 0 0 0
2005 34 TBD AL 137 523 3.82 328 63% 25% 12% 29% 34% 75% 2% 47% 84% 57% 7% 10 7 17% 23 12 2 25% 3 2 0 0 0
2006 35 FLA NL 304 1222 4.02 740 61% 30% 16% 26% 28% 70% 6% 42% 76% 59% 6% 18 10 22% 68 27 3 23% 7 1 0 0 0
2007 36 CLE AL 293 1182 4.03 762 64% 31% 13% 27% 28% 69% 4% 44% 81% 60% 3% 10 5 23% 67 31 5 29% 5 2 -1 0 0
2008 37 CLE AL 82 295 3.60 190 64% 29% 11% 26% 34% 71% 6% 45% 85% 60% 5% 4 1 27% 22 8 1 11% 4 1 0 0 0
12 Yrs 1944 7718 3.97 4819 62% 28% 15% 28% 29% 72% 4% 45% 79% 59% 5% 97 50 23% 448 192 22 26% 51 19 24 0 0
MLB Averages 3.74 62% 27% 15% 27% 32% 73% 2% 46% 80% 58% 5% 21% 27%

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
1995 24 BAL AL 30 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1996 25 ATL NL 121 33 7 2 4 0 2 3 1 3 1 2 1 0 50% 1 1 1 57 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1997 26 TOT MLB 123 29 7 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 5 1 0 20% 1 0 0 65 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 26 ATL NL 111 27 7 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 5 1 0 20% 1 0 0 58 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 26 NYY AL 12 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 27 NYY AL 42 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 30 CHC NL 13 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 100% 0 0 0 7 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 31 CHC NL 391 84 7 1 10 0 11 6 4 7 3 14 4 5 29% 4 1 0 148 13 4 76% 13 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 10 0
2003 32 CHC NL 280 53 7 0 5 0 7 1 4 3 2 15 8 4 53% 8 0 1 106 8 0 100% 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2004 33 CHC NL 106 27 0 0 3 1 3 0 3 2 1 9 4 2 44% 1 0 0 52 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2005 34 TOT MLB 184 38 3 1 8 1 4 6 2 4 4 10 7 0 70% 1 1 0 52 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2005 34 CHC NL 47 12 1 0 5 1 2 5 0 2 3 3 2 0 67% 1 0 0 10 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 34 TBD AL 137 26 2 1 3 0 2 1 2 2 1 7 5 0 71% 0 1 0 42 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 35 FLA NL 304 63 7 2 7 0 13 4 3 3 4 14 4 6 29% 1 1 0 116 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2007 36 CLE AL 292 77 8 3 9 0 5 5 4 2 7 17 11 0 65% 3 2 1 120 9 2 82% 7 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
2008 37 CLE AL 82 24 2 0 4 1 3 4 0 2 2 6 4 1 67% 1 0 0 31 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
12 Yrs 1968 450 49 9 53 3 53 31 22 28 25 96 48 18 50% 21 6 3 784 51 13 80% 47 11 4 2 0 0 3 1 28 0
MLB Averages 54% 70%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1995 24 0 0 1.23 6 0 3 0 0 0 7.1 5 1 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 30 406 1.227 6.1 0.0 4.9 3.7 0.75 406
1996 25 2 4 .333 4.05 28 0 11 0 0 0 33.1 38 16 15 4 17 4 18 1 0 1 151 113 1.650 10.3 1.1 4.6 4.9 1.06 113
1997 26 4 7 .364 4.10 49 0 20 0 0 0 59.1 67 29 27 6 37 9 26 1 0 1 274 109 1.753 10.2 0.9 5.6 3.9 0.70 109
1998 27 5 7 .417 4.43 57 0 26 0 0 0 69.0 78 36 34 6 41 9 33 1 0 1 316 101 1.725 10.2 0.8 5.3 4.3 0.80 101
1999 28 5 7 .417 4.43 57 0 26 0 0 0 69.0 78 36 34 6 41 9 33 1 0 1 316 101 1.725 10.2 0.8 5.3 4.3 0.80 101
2000 29 5 7 .417 4.43 57 0 26 0 0 0 69.0 78 36 34 6 41 9 33 1 0 1 316 101 1.725 10.2 0.8 5.3 4.3 0.80 101
2001 30 5 8 .385 5.09 58 1 26 0 0 0 70.2 84 42 40 7 44 9 34 1 0 1 329 88 1.811 10.7 0.9 5.6 4.3 0.77 88
2002 31 9 12 .429 3.73 131 1 51 0 0 2 166.1 168 73 69 17 73 15 131 2 0 2 720 113 1.449 9.1 0.9 3.9 7.1 1.79 113
2003 32 11 14 .440 3.41 199 1 110 0 0 35 234.2 221 96 89 22 92 16 197 3 0 2 1000 125 1.334 8.5 0.8 3.5 7.6 2.14 125
2004 33 13 18 .419 3.80 221 1 129 0 0 44 256.0 248 115 108 25 107 18 214 3 0 2 1106 113 1.387 8.7 0.9 3.8 7.5 2.00 113
2005 34 14 23 .378 3.90 264 1 136 0 0 44 302.1 286 138 131 33 119 19 241 3 0 3 1290 110 1.340 8.5 1.0 3.5 7.2 2.03 110
2006 35 17 26 .395 3.87 336 1 196 0 0 80 372.0 349 169 160 40 152 26 305 5 0 4 1594 111 1.347 8.4 1.0 3.7 7.4 2.01 111
2007 36 21 31 .404 4.05 405 1 254 0 0 125 437.2 426 208 197 49 169 30 363 7 0 6 1886 107 1.359 8.8 1.0 3.5 7.5 2.15 107
2008 37 22 34 .393 4.18 423 1 268 0 0 131 454.1 450 222 211 53 177 32 372 7 0 6 1968 104 1.380 8.9 1.0 3.5 7.4 2.10 104

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies 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 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
1995 24 0 0 1.13 8.0 6 1 1 0 5 3 0 1.375 6.8 5.6 3.4 0.60 0.0 6
1996 25 1 1 .500 4.15 26.0 31 13 12 4 12 15 1 1.654 10.7 4.2 5.2 1.25 1.4 22
1997 26 1 1 .500 4.32 25.0 28 13 12 2 19 8 0 1.880 10.1 6.8 2.9 0.42 0.7 21
1998 27 0 1 .000 7.00 9.0 11 8 7 0 4 7 0 1.667 11.0 4.0 7.0 1.75 0.0 8
2001 30 0 0 54.00 1.0 6 7 6 1 3 1 0 9.000 54.0 27.0 9.0 0.33 9.0 1
2002 31 7 3 .700 2.84 92.0 84 32 29 10 29 94 1 1.228 8.2 2.8 9.2 3.24 1.0 73
2003 32 5 2 .714 2.48 69.0 52 21 19 5 19 67 1 1.029 6.8 2.5 8.7 3.53 0.7 68
2004 33 0 2 .000 7.36 22.0 26 20 18 3 14 18 0 1.818 10.6 5.7 7.4 1.29 1.2 22
2005 34 2 2 .500 4.60 45.0 38 26 23 8 12 26 0 1.111 7.6 2.4 5.2 2.17 1.6 43
2006 35 4 3 .571 3.65 69.0 62 31 28 7 32 64 2 1.362 8.1 4.2 8.3 2.00 0.9 72
2007 36 3 4 .429 4.77 66.0 75 39 35 9 17 58 2 1.394 10.2 2.3 7.9 3.41 1.2 69
2008 37 0 1 .000 7.41 17.0 24 16 14 4 8 9 0 1.882 12.7 4.2 4.8 1.13 2.1 18
12 Yrs 23 20 .535 4.09 449.0 443 227 204 53 174 370 7 1.374 8.9 7.4 2.13 1.1 423

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y
2003 NL  33 (6th)
2006 NL  36 (3rd)
2007 AL  45 (1st)
Career  131 (90th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2003 NL  59 (5th)
2006 NL  60 (2nd)
2007 AL  58 (5th)
Career  268 (144th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2003 NL  3.1 (10th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 9 (1547), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 19 (639), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Fernando Rodney (968)
  2. Kevin Gregg (959)
  3. Jorge Julio (956)
  4. Billy Taylor (950)
  5. Billy Koch (947)
  6. Mike MacDougal (943)
  7. Anthony Telford (940)
  8. Jerry Dipoto (939)
  9. Juan Oviedo (938)
  10. Antonio Alfonseca (938)
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  1. Rick Lysander (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jim Hughes (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jim Hughes (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jim Hughes (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Anthony Telford (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Anthony Telford (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Billy Taylor (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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