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Kent Bottenfield

Kent Dennis Bottenfield

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: November 14, 1968 in Portland, OR
High School: Madison HS (Portland, OR)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 4th round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 6, 1992
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Cardinals/Expos/Rockies/Angels/... 1992-2001

Final Game: June 9, 2001
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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
1992 23 MON NL 1 2 .333 2.23 10 4 2 0 0 1 32.1 26 9 8 1 11 1 14 1 0 0 135 158 1.144 7.2 0.3 3.1 3.9 1.27
1993 24 TOT NL 5 10 .333 5.07 37 25 2 1 0 0 159.2 179 102 90 24 71 3 63 6 1 4 710 88 1.566 10.1 1.4 4.0 3.6 0.89
1993 24 MON NL 2 5 .286 4.12 23 11 2 0 0 0 83.0 93 49 38 11 33 2 33 5 1 4 373 102 1.518 10.1 1.2 3.6 3.6 1.00
1993 24 COL NL 3 5 .375 6.10 14 14 0 1 0 0 76.2 86 53 52 13 38 1 30 1 0 0 337 79 1.617 10.1 1.5 4.5 3.5 0.79
1994 25 TOT NL 3 1 .750 6.15 16 1 3 0 0 1 26.1 33 18 18 2 10 0 15 2 0 2 121 82 1.633 11.3 0.7 3.4 5.1 1.50
1994 25 COL NL 3 1 .750 5.84 15 1 3 0 0 1 24.2 28 16 16 1 10 0 15 2 0 2 112 86 1.541 10.2 0.4 3.6 5.5 1.50
1994 25 SFG NL 0 0 10.80 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 45 3.000 27.0 5.4 0.0 0.0
1996 27 CHC NL 3 5 .375 2.63 48 0 10 0 0 1 61.2 59 25 18 3 19 4 33 3 0 2 258 165 1.265 8.6 0.4 2.8 4.8 1.74
1997 28 CHC NL 2 3 .400 3.86 64 0 20 0 0 2 84.0 82 39 36 13 35 7 74 2 0 2 361 112 1.393 8.8 1.4 3.8 7.9 2.11
1998 29 STL NL 4 6 .400 4.44 44 17 11 0 0 4 133.2 128 72 66 13 57 3 98 4 2 3 578 96 1.384 8.6 0.9 3.8 6.6 1.72
1999 30 STL NL 18 7 .720 3.97 31 31 0 0 0 0 190.1 197 91 84 21 89 5 124 5 0 1 843 116 1.503 9.3 1.0 4.2 5.9 1.39 AS
2000 31 TOT MLB 8 10 .444 5.40 29 29 0 1 1 0 171.2 185 106 103 30 77 4 106 3 0 1 765 92 1.526 9.7 1.6 4.0 5.6 1.38
2000 31 ANA AL 7 8 .467 5.71 21 21 0 0 0 0 127.2 144 82 81 25 56 4 75 3 0 1 571 88 1.567 10.2 1.8 3.9 5.3 1.34
2000 31 PHI NL 1 2 .333 4.50 8 8 0 1 1 0 44.0 41 24 22 5 21 0 31 0 0 0 194 105 1.409 8.4 1.0 4.3 6.3 1.48
2001 32 HOU NL 2 5 .286 6.40 13 9 1 0 0 1 52.0 61 44 37 16 16 0 39 2 0 1 235 73 1.481 10.6 2.8 2.8 6.8 2.44
9 Yrs 46 49 .484 4.54 292 116 49 2 1 10 911.2 950 506 460 123 385 27 566 28 3 16 4006 100 1.464 9.4 1.2 3.8 5.6 1.47
162 Game Avg. 8 8 .484 4.54 49 19 8 0 0 2 152 158 84 77 21 64 5 94 5 1 3 668 100 1.464 9.4 1.2 3.8 5.6 1.47
COL (2 yrs) 6 6 .500 6.04 29 15 3 1 0 1 101.1 114 69 68 14 48 1 45 3 0 2 449 80 1.599 10.1 1.2 4.3 4.0 0.94
STL (2 yrs) 22 13 .629 4.17 75 48 11 0 0 4 324.0 325 163 150 34 146 8 222 9 2 4 1421 107 1.454 9.0 0.9 4.1 6.2 1.52
CHC (2 yrs) 5 8 .385 3.34 112 0 30 0 0 3 145.2 141 64 54 16 54 11 107 5 0 4 619 129 1.339 8.7 1.0 3.3 6.6 1.98
MON (2 yrs) 3 7 .300 3.59 33 15 4 0 0 1 115.1 119 58 46 12 44 3 47 6 1 4 508 111 1.413 9.3 0.9 3.4 3.7 1.07
SFG (1 yr) 0 0 10.80 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 45 3.000 27.0 5.4 0.0 0.0
PHI (1 yr) 1 2 .333 4.50 8 8 0 1 1 0 44.0 41 24 22 5 21 0 31 0 0 0 194 105 1.409 8.4 1.0 4.3 6.3 1.48
ANA (1 yr) 7 8 .467 5.71 21 21 0 0 0 0 127.2 144 82 81 25 56 4 75 3 0 1 571 88 1.567 10.2 1.8 3.9 5.3 1.34
HOU (1 yr) 2 5 .286 6.40 13 9 1 0 0 1 52.0 61 44 37 16 16 0 39 2 0 1 235 73 1.481 10.6 2.8 2.8 6.8 2.44
NL (9 yrs) 39 41 .488 4.35 271 95 49 2 1 10 784.0 806 424 379 98 329 23 491 25 3 15 3435 102 1.448 9.3 1.1 3.8 5.6 1.49
AL (1 yr) 7 8 .467 5.71 21 21 0 0 0 0 127.2 144 82 81 25 56 4 75 3 0 1 571 88 1.567 10.2 1.8 3.9 5.3 1.34

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
1992 23 MON NL 32.1 10 4 9 2.51 3.75 -0.01 -0.02 100.9 3.77 4 0.5 1.1 -0.0 0.8 7 .552 .503 $
1993 24 MON NL 83.0 23 11 49 5.31 4.59 -0.15 0.01 104.8 4.99 -4 -0.5 .8 -0.1 0.1 5 .480 .497 $113,500
1993 24 COL NL 76.2 14 14 53 6.22 4.50 -0.15 0.16 113.6 5.46 -8 -0.8 -0.0 -0.2 1 .445 .495 $
1994 25 COL NL 24.2 15 1 16 5.84 5.02 -0.29 -0.31 123.5 6.17 1 0.1 .9 -0.0 0.2 3 .505 .500 $187,500
1994 25 SFG NL 1.2 1 0 2 10.80 5.58 0.51 -0.43 88.0 4.09 -1 -0.1 .4 0.0 -0.1 -1 .385 .499 $
1996 27 CHC NL 61.2 48 0 25 3.65 4.79 0.58 -0.36 102.6 3.95 3 0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.6 8 .506 .502 $111,000
1997 28 CHC NL 84.0 64 0 39 4.18 4.73 0.22 -0.36 101.7 4.22 0 0.0 1.0 -0.1 0.5 9 .500 .500 $195,000
1998 29 STL NL 133.2 44 17 72 4.85 4.75 0.04 0.03 100.3 4.76 -1 -0.1 1.1 -0.2 0.7 12 .497 .499 $800,000
1999 30 STL NL 190.1 31 31 91 4.30 4.98 -0.02 0.18 98.7 5.11 16 1.6 -0.1 2.9 37 .552 .510 $850,000 AS
2000 31 ANA AL 127.2 21 21 82 5.78 5.55 0.45 0.22 101.8 5.42 -6 -0.6 -0.1 0.5 12 .474 .497 $4,000,000
2000 31 PHI NL 44.0 8 8 24 4.91 5.30 0.09 0.19 107.4 5.81 4 0.4 -0.0 0.7 9 .553 .503 $
2001 32 HOU NL 52.0 13 9 44 7.62 4.82 -0.02 0.09 105.9 5.22 -14 -1.3 .4 0.0 -0.9 -9 .402 .492 $2,000,000
9 Seasons 911.2 292 116 506 5.00 4.88 0.09 0.04 103.3 4.98 -6 -0.4 1.0 -0.7 5.8 93 .499 .500 $8,257,000
COL (2 yrs) 101.1 29 15 69 6.13 4.62 -0.18 0.04 116.0 5.63 -7 -0.7 .9 -0.1 0.0 3 .476 .498 $187,500
STL (2 yrs) 324.0 75 48 163 4.53 4.89 0.01 0.12 99.4 4.97 15 1.5 1.1 -0.2 3.6 49 .520 .505 $1,650,000
CHC (2 yrs) 145.2 112 0 64 3.95 4.76 0.37 -0.36 102.1 4.10 3 0.3 1.0 -0.3 1.1 17 .503 .501 $306,000
MON (2 yrs) 115.1 33 15 58 4.53 4.36 -0.11 0.00 103.7 4.65 -0 0.1 .9 -0.1 0.9 12 .502 .500 $113,500
SFG (1 yr) 1.2 1 0 2 10.80 5.58 0.51 -0.43 88.0 4.09 -1 -0.1 .4 0.0 -0.1 -1 .385 .499 $
PHI (1 yr) 44.0 8 8 24 4.91 5.30 0.09 0.19 107.4 5.81 4 0.4 -0.0 0.7 9 .553 .503 $
ANA (1 yr) 127.2 21 21 82 5.78 5.55 0.45 0.22 101.8 5.42 -6 -0.6 -0.1 0.5 12 .474 .497 $4,000,000
HOU (1 yr) 52.0 13 9 44 7.62 4.82 -0.02 0.09 105.9 5.22 -14 -1.3 .4 0.0 -0.9 -9 .402 .492 $2,000,000

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1999 STL NL 30 0 0 0 18.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 7 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 18.0 2.00

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
1992 23 MON NL 10 135 120 9 26 5 1 1 3 0 11 14 .217 .284 .300 .584 .234 36 2 1 1 2 1 3
1993 24 COL NL 14 337 285 53 86 15 1 13 7 5 38 30 .302 .382 .498 .881 .298 142 4 1 10 3 1 1
1993 24 MON NL 23 373 323 49 93 20 2 11 9 1 33 33 .288 .362 .464 .826 .293 150 10 5 11 1 2 9
1993 24 TOT NL 37 710 608 102 179 35 3 24 16 6 71 63 .294 .372 .480 .852 .295 292 14 6 21 4 3 10
1994 25 COL NL 15 112 99 16 28 4 4 1 1 0 10 15 .283 .360 .434 .795 .325 43 2 2 1 0 0 0
1994 25 SFG NL 1 9 9 2 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .556 .556 1.111 1.667 .500 10 1 0 0 0 0 0
1994 25 TOT NL 16 121 108 18 33 6 4 2 1 0 10 15 .306 .375 .491 .866 .341 53 3 2 1 0 0 0
1996 27 CHC NL 48 258 231 25 59 12 2 3 9 1 19 33 .255 .320 .364 .684 .287 84 7 3 5 0 4 4
1997 28 CHC NL 64 361 316 39 82 14 1 13 10 6 35 74 .259 .333 .434 .767 .296 137 2 2 4 4 7 4
1998 29 STL NL 44 578 503 72 128 23 0 13 6 3 57 98 .254 .333 .378 .711 .291 190 10 4 11 3 3 6
1999 30 STL NL 31 843 729 91 197 43 6 21 5 3 89 124 .270 .350 .432 .782 .297 315 9 5 11 9 5 9
2000 31 ANA AL 21 571 505 82 144 26 2 25 5 7 56 75 .285 .357 .493 .850 .290 249 6 3 2 5 4 4
2000 31 PHI NL 8 194 171 24 41 9 1 5 1 0 21 31 .240 .320 .392 .711 .263 67 1 0 0 2 0 2
2000 31 TOT MLB 29 765 676 106 185 35 3 30 6 7 77 106 .274 .347 .467 .815 .283 316 7 3 2 7 4 6
2001 32 HOU NL 13 235 212 44 61 11 3 16 2 0 16 39 .288 .338 .594 .932 .280 126 2 2 1 4 0 5
9 Yrs 292 4006 3503 506 950 184 23 123 58 26 385 566 .271 .345 .442 .787 .290 1549 56 28 57 33 27 47
162 Game Avg. 49 668 584 84 158 31 4 21 10 4 64 94 .271 .345 .442 .787 .290 258 9 5 10 6 5 8
MLB Averages .267 .337 .419 .756 .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
1992 23 MON NL 4.6 0.5 140 0.5 2.3 -1.8 .95 0.2 0.3 4.6 0.5 0.95 2.3 2 2 2
1993 24 TOT NL -9.4 -0.9 743 -1.5 12.0 -13.5 .98 -1.6 0.1 -19.5 -1.8 0.99 -21.7 2 2 8
1993 24 MON NL -1.9 -0.2 388 -0.4 6.1 -6.5 .93 -0.9 0.4 -6.2 -0.6 0.93 -11.4 2 2 8
1993 24 COL NL -7.5 -0.7 355 -1.1 5.9 -7.0 1.05 -0.8 -0.3 -13.3 -1.2 1.05 -10.3 0 0 0
1994 25 TOT NL -2.3 -0.2 125 -0.1 1.5 -1.6 .71 -0.3 0.2 -5.0 -0.5 0.71 -3.9 2 5 8
1994 25 COL NL -1.2 -0.1 116 -0.1 1.4 -1.5 .75 -0.0 -0.1 -3.7 -0.3 0.75 -0.8 2 5 7
1994 25 SFG NL -1.1 -0.1 9 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .28 -0.3 0.2 -1.3 -0.1 0.28 -3.1 0 0 1
1996 27 CHC NL 9.5 0.9 270 -0.0 4.5 -4.5 1.02 0.7 -0.7 7.5 0.7 1.02 6.5 14 9 23
1997 28 CHC NL 4.4 0.4 381 -1.1 3.9 -5.0 .65 -0.2 -1.4 7.1 0.7 0.65 2.3 15 16 33
1998 29 STL NL -2.9 -0.3 591 -0.3 10.6 -11.0 1.08 -0.1 -0.2 -6.5 -0.6 1.08 -1.2 7 11 8
1999 30 STL NL 14.0 1.4 855 1.2 16.0 -14.7 1.04 0.1 1.1 11.1 1.1 1.04 0.6 0 0 0
2000 31 TOT MLB -4.9 -0.5 781 -1.2 13.5 -14.7 1.02 -0.9 -0.3 -4.7 -0.4 1.02 -8.7 0 0 0
2000 31 ANA AL -6.0 -0.6 586 -1.0 10.4 -11.3 1.04 -1.2 0.2 -6.0 -0.5 1.04 -12.1 0 0 0
2000 31 PHI NL 1.1 0.1 195 -0.2 3.1 -3.4 .95 0.2 -0.5 1.4 0.1 0.95 3.4 0 0 0
2001 32 HOU NL -11.1 -1.0 237 -1.7 3.2 -4.9 .86 -1.7 -0.2 -20.1 -1.8 0.86 -20.4 0 1 3
9 Yrs 1.9 0.3 4123 -4.2 67.5 -71.7 .97 -3.9 -0.4 -25.3 -2.0 0.97 -44.1 42 46 85

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
1992 23 MON NL 10 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 2 50% 55.5 70 32 3 0 1 2 2.3 2.4 5.2 78 3 1 0 0 92
1993 24 TOT NL 37 25 5 9 11 3 3 14 11 .560 2 6 1 0 11 44% 43.4 66 -4 23 8 1 8 4.3 3.5 5.4 85 10 7 5 0 113
1993 24 MON NL 23 11 2 4 5 1 1 6 5 .545 1 3 0 0 5 45% 46.0 66 21 12 4 1 4 3.6 2.8 5.3 77 6 3 1 0 102
1993 24 COL NL 14 14 3 5 6 2 2 8 6 .571 1 3 1 0 6 43% 41.4 65 -4 11 4 0 4 4.9 4.0 5.5 92 4 4 4 0 113
1994 25 TOT NL 16 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28 28 3 1 0 0 3.0 0.0 3.0 64 1 0 0 0 64
1994 25 COL NL 15 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28.0 28 28 2 1 0 0 3.0 0.0 3.0 64 1 0 0 0 64
1998 29 STL NL 44 17 3 4 10 1 2 5 11 .313 7 2 0 0 9 53% 50.9 72 31 15 5 2 5 5.3 7.1 5.8 98 1 7 8 1 121
1999 30 STL NL 31 31 18 7 6 9 4 21 10 .677 2 4 0 0 16 52% 49.7 74 15 20 4 0 13 5.4 5.1 6.1 103 2 12 12 5 146
2000 31 TOT MLB 29 29 8 10 11 3 3 12 17 .414 1 7 1 1 12 41% 0.0 78 5 18 3 0 10 5.0 5.1 5.9 102 3 3 19 4 132
2000 31 ANA AL 21 21 7 8 6 3 3 10 11 .476 1 5 0 0 8 38% 43.5 69 5 18 3 0 6 5.5 5.4 6.1 106 1 3 14 3 132
2000 31 PHI NL 8 8 1 2 5 0 0 2 6 .250 0 2 1 1 4 50% 50.2 78 17 0 0 0 4 3.6 4.2 5.5 92 2 0 5 1 127
2001 32 HOU NL 13 9 2 5 2 1 0 2 7 .222 1 1 0 0 1 11% 39.9 63 18 6 0 0 6 4.1 4.7 4.8 83 3 5 1 0 115
7 Yrs 179 116 37 37 42 17 12 56 59 .487 13 20 2 1 51 44% 47 78 -4 87 21 4 44 4.8 4.9 5.7 96 23 35 45 10 146
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 105 -21 4.9 4.8 6.0 96

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
1992 23 MON NL 10 6 2 0 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 4 1 25% 7 .953 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 4 4 0 5 1 5.8 33
1993 24 TOT NL 37 12 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% .984 2 2 8 2 2 8 3 9 10 2 10 0 6.1 34
1993 24 MON NL 23 12 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 2 .926 2 2 8 2 2 8 3 9 10 2 10 0 6.1 34
1994 25 TOT NL 16 15 3 3 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 10 5 50% .711 2 5 8 1 2 12 5 10 9 2 10 2 4.7 25
1994 25 COL NL 15 14 3 3 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 10 5 50% 5 .745 2 5 7 1 2 11 5 9 8 2 9 2 4.6 25
1994 25 SFG NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .282 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5.0 25
1996 27 CHC NL 48 48 10 3 5 3 1 2 33% 8 3 18 7 39% 8 1.025 14 9 23 12 10 26 10 38 24 8 25 15 3.9 20
1997 28 CHC NL 64 64 20 2 3 4 2 2 50% 14 8 53 19 36% 7 .646 15 16 33 18 4 42 31 33 30 13 31 12 3.9 22
1998 29 STL NL 44 27 11 1 2 5 4 1 80% 11 6 6 4 67% 8 1.080 7 11 8 18 4 5 3 24 10 7 10 7 3.8 23
2001 32 HOU NL 13 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 3 75% 6 .858 0 1 3 1 0 3 2 2 3 0 3 0 6.5 32
7 Yrs 218 176 49 9 12 15 10 5 67% 37 18 100 40 40% .914 42 46 85 54 23 99 56 120 90 32 94 37 4.2 23

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%
1992 23 MON NL 135 48% 0.7% 10.4% 8.2% 5.2% 27% 0.81 0.82 79% 17% 1.9% 10% 22 2 9%
1993 24 TOT NL 710 53% 3.4% 8.9% 10.0% 8.7% 35% 0.77 1.06 74% 19% 9.4% 17% 134 14 10%
1993 24 MON NL 373 50% 3.0% 8.9% 8.9% 8.9% 36% 0.81 0.99 75% 17% 8.4% 18% 65 10 15%
1993 24 COL NL 337 56% 3.9% 8.9% 11.3% 8.6% 34% 0.73 1.15 73% 22% 10.5% 16% 69 4 6%
1994 25 TOT NL 121 50% 1.7% 12.4% 8.3% 9.9% 36% 1.04 1.67 75% 19% 6.1% 27% 25 3 12%
1994 25 COL NL 112 50% 0.9% 13.4% 8.9% 8.0% 32% 1.13 1.57 74% 16% 3.6% 28% 24 2 8%
1994 25 SFG NL 9 56% 11.1% 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 60% 0.50 4.00 89% 44% 20.0% 17% 1 1 100%
1996 27 CHC NL 258 62% 1.2% 12.8% 7.4% 6.6% 29% 0.83 1.17 76% 22% 3.5% 18% 49 7 14%
1997 28 CHC NL 361 61% 3.6% 20.5% 9.7% 7.8% 34% 0.54 0.56 65% 23% 10.4% 21% 66 2 3%
1998 29 STL NL 578 51% 2.3% 17.0% 9.9% 6.2% 28% 0.62 0.87 68% 23% 6.3% 17% 123 10 8%
1999 30 STL NL 843 57% 2.5% 14.7% 10.6% 8.3% 36% 0.54 0.63 70% 24% 6.2% 14% 141 9 6%
2000 31 TOT MLB 765 47% 3.9% 13.9% 10.1% 8.9% 37% 0.59 0.74 72% 25% 10.1% 13% 134 7 5%
2000 31 ANA AL 571 49% 4.4% 13.1% 9.8% 9.3% 37% 0.57 0.73 72% 25% 11.3% 14% 104 6 6%
2000 31 PHI NL 194 42% 2.6% 16.0% 10.8% 7.7% 37% 0.64 0.79 71% 22% 6.6% 8% 30 1 3%
2001 32 HOU NL 235 56% 6.8% 16.6% 6.8% 12.8% 49% 0.47 0.56 69% 25% 17.2% 15% 36 2 6%
9 Yrs 4006 53% 3.1% 14.1% 9.6% 8.2% 35% 0.64 0.81 71% 23% 8.3% 16% 730 56 8%
MLB Averages 45% 2.7% 16.3% 9.0% 7.7% 33% 0.80 1.08 70% 22% 7.9% 15% 10%

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
1992 23 MON NL 136 505 3.71 318 63% 30% 10% 26% 34% 70% 2% 44% 86% 60% 5% 7 1 21% 29 13 2 50% 1 5 -1 0 0
1993 24 TOT NL 662 2317 3.50 1399 60% 25% 11% 26% 38% 75% 1% 45% 85% 55% 6% 43 20 16% 103 55 10 35% 8 21 48 0 1
1993 24 MON NL 346 1168 3.38 709 61% 24% 10% 26% 39% 76% 1% 46% 86% 54% 5% 19 9 12% 43 21 3 37% 3 9 27 0 0
1993 24 COL NL 316 1149 3.64 690 60% 25% 12% 27% 36% 75% 0% 45% 84% 57% 8% 24 11 19% 60 34 7 33% 5 12 21 0 1
1994 25 TOT NL 121 438 3.62 263 60% 24% 14% 27% 36% 76% 0% 46% 82% 52% 7% 8 3 19% 23 10 3 20% 1 5 0 1 0
1994 25 COL NL 112 413 3.69 247 60% 23% 15% 28% 34% 77% 0% 46% 81% 53% 7% 8 3 20% 22 9 2 20% 1 5 0 1 0
1994 25 SFG NL 9 25 2.78 16 64% 25% 6% 13% 56% 75% 0% 48% 92% 44% 0% 0 0 11% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1996 27 CHC NL 230 874 3.80 558 64% 23% 11% 34% 32% 77% 3% 49% 86% 62% 5% 12 7 18% 41 15 1 29% 3 2 28 0 0
1997 28 CHC NL 352 1360 3.86 848 62% 24% 16% 31% 29% 76% 4% 47% 79% 61% 4% 15 6 27% 95 39 4 35% 8 4 9 0 0
1998 29 STL NL 579 2290 3.96 1387 61% 26% 14% 29% 30% 74% 1% 45% 80% 55% 6% 34 17 14% 83 42 3 30% 13 14 -1 0 0
1999 30 STL NL 844 3199 3.79 1961 61% 27% 12% 29% 32% 73% 2% 45% 83% 58% 6% 48 30 19% 159 68 10 35% 19 13 -1 0 0
2000 31 TOT MLB 767 2956 3.85 1783 60% 28% 9% 31% 32% 72% 1% 43% 88% 57% 5% 41 26 19% 144 72 6 42% 15 11 -2 0 0
2000 31 ANA AL 573 2224 3.88 1337 60% 28% 9% 31% 33% 72% 2% 43% 88% 57% 5% 30 21 21% 118 59 5 45% 9 5 -2 0 0
2000 31 PHI NL 194 732 3.77 446 61% 29% 10% 29% 32% 71% 0% 43% 86% 58% 6% 11 5 13% 26 13 1 32% 6 6 0 0 0
2001 32 HOU NL 235 878 3.74 560 64% 27% 10% 31% 32% 73% 0% 46% 86% 61% 4% 9 6 19% 45 25 2 46% 4 3 0 0 0
9 Yrs 3926 14817 3.77 9077 61% 26% 12% 29% 33% 74% 2% 45% 84% 57% 6% 217 116 18% 722 339 41 36% 72 78 80 1 1
MLB Averages 3.70 62% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 46% 80% 57% 6% 19% 28%

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
1992 23 MON NL 135 26 9 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 11 5 0 45% 3 0 1 54 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1993 24 TOT NL 710 179 22 2 24 0 19 13 11 11 13 52 25 6 48% 10 4 0 261 16 6 73% 14 6 2 0 0 0 6 0 11 0
1993 24 MON NL 373 93 13 1 11 0 10 6 5 4 7 32 14 4 44% 9 4 0 142 9 1 90% 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1993 24 COL NL 337 86 9 1 13 0 9 7 6 7 6 20 11 2 55% 1 0 0 119 7 5 58% 7 5 0 0 0 0 6 0 4 0
1994 25 TOT NL 121 33 2 0 2 1 5 1 1 0 2 12 5 1 42% 0 2 0 51 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1994 25 COL NL 112 28 2 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 12 5 1 42% 0 2 0 48 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1994 25 SFG NL 9 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 27 CHC NL 258 59 6 1 3 0 8 3 0 3 0 19 10 0 53% 4 2 0 86 9 1 90% 6 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1997 28 CHC NL 361 82 12 0 13 1 20 12 1 11 2 30 14 4 47% 4 2 1 133 10 6 63% 9 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 0
1998 29 STL NL 578 128 24 1 13 0 10 10 3 9 4 31 20 5 65% 6 3 0 216 6 3 67% 5 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 12 0
1999 30 STL NL 843 197 20 1 21 1 14 14 7 8 13 31 17 7 55% 9 1 0 325 5 3 63% 5 1 0 2 0 0 4 0 13 0
2000 31 TOT MLB 765 185 12 0 30 0 20 17 13 17 13 37 21 5 57% 6 1 1 267 6 7 46% 6 7 0 0 0 0 3 1 13 0
2000 31 ANA AL 571 144 8 0 25 0 14 14 11 17 8 28 16 3 57% 4 1 1 199 5 7 42% 5 7 0 0 0 0 3 1 11 0
2000 31 PHI NL 194 41 4 0 5 0 6 3 2 0 5 9 5 2 56% 2 0 0 68 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2001 32 HOU NL 235 61 5 1 16 1 5 12 4 8 8 13 12 1 92% 5 1 0 82 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
9 Yrs 4006 950 112 7 123 4 103 82 41 68 55 236 129 29 55% 47 16 3 1475 58 26 69% 51 23 6 2 1 1 17 1 71 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

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+
1992 23 1 2 .333 2.23 10 4 2 0 0 1 32.1 26 9 8 1 11 1 14 1 0 0 135 158 1.144 7.2 0.3 3.1 3.9 1.27 158
1993 24 6 12 .333 4.59 47 29 4 1 0 1 192.0 205 111 98 25 82 4 77 7 1 4 845 94 1.495 9.6 1.2 3.8 3.6 0.94 94
1994 25 9 13 .409 4.78 63 30 7 1 0 2 218.1 238 129 116 27 92 4 92 9 1 6 966 92 1.511 9.8 1.1 3.8 3.8 1.00 92
1995 26 9 13 .409 4.78 63 30 7 1 0 2 218.1 238 129 116 27 92 4 92 9 1 6 966 92 1.511 9.8 1.1 3.8 3.8 1.00 92
1996 27 12 18 .400 4.31 111 30 17 1 0 3 280.0 297 154 134 30 111 8 125 12 1 8 1224 102 1.457 9.5 1.0 3.6 4.0 1.13 102
1997 28 14 21 .400 4.20 175 30 37 1 0 5 364.0 379 193 170 43 146 15 199 14 1 10 1585 104 1.442 9.4 1.1 3.6 4.9 1.36 104
1998 29 18 27 .400 4.27 219 47 48 1 0 9 497.2 507 265 236 56 203 18 297 18 3 13 2163 102 1.427 9.2 1.0 3.7 5.4 1.46 102
1999 30 36 34 .514 4.19 250 78 48 1 0 9 688.0 704 356 320 77 292 23 421 23 3 14 3006 105 1.448 9.2 1.0 3.8 5.5 1.44 105
2000 31 44 44 .500 4.43 279 107 48 2 1 9 859.2 889 462 423 107 369 27 527 26 3 15 3771 102 1.463 9.3 1.1 3.9 5.5 1.43 102
2001 32 46 49 .484 4.54 292 116 49 2 1 10 911.2 950 506 460 123 385 27 566 28 3 16 4006 100 1.464 9.4 1.2 3.8 5.6 1.47 100

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1992 23 2 1 .667 2.53 32.0 27 10 9 1 11 14 1 1.188 7.6 3.1 3.9 1.27 0.3 10
1993 24 7 10 .412 4.62 156.0 169 89 80 23 67 62 6 1.513 9.8 3.9 3.6 0.93 1.3 37
1994 25 2 2 .500 4.86 37.0 42 22 20 3 13 21 3 1.486 10.2 3.2 5.1 1.62 0.7 16
1996 27 4 2 .667 2.55 60.0 57 19 17 3 18 32 3 1.250 8.6 2.7 4.8 1.78 0.5 48
1997 28 5 4 .556 3.73 82.0 80 38 34 13 34 72 2 1.390 8.8 3.7 7.9 2.12 1.4 64
1998 29 6 8 .429 4.40 131.0 126 71 64 13 56 96 4 1.389 8.7 3.8 6.6 1.71 0.9 44
1999 30 12 9 .571 3.51 190.0 184 82 74 20 83 124 5 1.405 8.7 3.9 5.9 1.49 0.9 31
2000 31 8 11 .421 4.71 172.0 173 100 90 28 72 106 3 1.424 9.1 3.8 5.5 1.47 1.5 29
2001 32 2 3 .400 5.60 53.0 58 37 33 15 15 40 2 1.377 9.8 2.5 6.8 2.67 2.5 13
9 Yrs 48 50 .490 4.15 913.0 916 468 421 119 369 567 29 1.407 9.0 5.6 1.54 1.2 292

* 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

All-Star Games
1999 *

Wins s c a p y
1999 NL  18 (4th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1999 NL  .720 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
2000 NL  1 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1993 NL  24 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1999 NL  89 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1621), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (1016), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Russ Kemmerer (970)
  2. Jorge Sosa (970)
  3. Darren Dreifort (965)
  4. Dickie Noles (964)
  5. Ron Schueler (960)
  6. Albie Lopez (960)
  7. Karl Drews (955)
  8. Jim Owens (954)
  9. Jerry Johnson (954)
  10. Chad Gaudin (953)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bob Gibson (991) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Paul Gregory (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Eddie Solomon (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bob Chakales (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bryce Florie (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Les Lancaster (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Russ Kemmerer (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Miguel Batista (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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