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Bill Bray

William Paul Bray (twitter: @B_Line45)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: June 5, 1983 in Virginia Beach, VA
High School: Ocean Lakes HS (Virginia Beach, VA)
School: College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, VA)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed July 30, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 3, 2006
Teams (by GP): Reds/Nationals 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$1.42M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.018, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Bobby Witt, previously: Alan Nero [*]
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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
2006 23 TOT NL 3 2 .600 4.09 48 0 10 0 0 2 50.2 57 27 23 5 18 3 39 1 0 0 223 111 1.480 10.1 0.9 3.2 6.9 2.17
2006 23 WSN NL 1 1 .500 3.91 19 0 4 0 0 0 23.0 24 11 10 2 9 2 16 1 0 0 100 111 1.435 9.4 0.8 3.5 6.3 1.78
2006 23 CIN NL 2 1 .667 4.23 29 0 6 0 0 2 27.2 33 16 13 3 9 1 23 0 0 0 123 112 1.518 10.7 1.0 2.9 7.5 2.56
2007 24 CIN NL 3 3 .500 6.28 19 0 5 0 0 1 14.1 16 10 10 1 5 1 14 0 0 0 63 75 1.465 10.0 0.6 3.1 8.8 2.80
2008 25 CIN NL 2 2 .500 2.87 63 0 11 0 0 0 47.0 50 19 15 4 24 5 54 1 0 2 215 154 1.574 9.6 0.8 4.6 10.3 2.25
2010 27 CIN NL 0 2 .000 4.13 35 0 4 0 0 0 28.1 21 13 13 4 10 1 30 0 0 2 117 100 1.094 6.7 1.3 3.2 9.5 3.00
2011 28 CIN NL 5 3 .625 2.98 79 0 11 0 0 0 48.1 35 16 16 3 17 3 44 2 0 1 196 133 1.076 6.5 0.6 3.2 8.2 2.59
2012 29 CIN NL 0 0 13.50 5 0 2 0 0 0 2.2 5 4 4 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 16 34 3.000 16.9 6.8 10.1 10.1 1.00
6 Yrs 13 12 .520 3.81 249 0 43 0 0 3 191.1 184 89 81 19 77 13 184 4 0 5 830 113 1.364 8.7 0.9 3.6 8.7 2.39
162 Game Avg. 4 3 .520 3.81 68 0 12 0 0 1 52 50 24 22 5 21 4 50 1 0 1 227 113 1.364 8.7 0.9 3.6 8.7 2.39
CIN (6 yrs) 12 11 .522 3.80 230 0 39 0 0 3 168.1 160 78 71 17 68 11 168 3 0 5 730 114 1.354 8.6 0.9 3.6 9.0 2.47
WSN (1 yr) 1 1 .500 3.91 19 0 4 0 0 0 23.0 24 11 10 2 9 2 16 1 0 0 100 111 1.435 9.4 0.8 3.5 6.3 1.78

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
2006 23 WSN NL 23.0 19 0 11 4.30 4.94 -0.24 -0.36 94.5 4.56 1 0.1 .8 -0.1 0.2 3 .504 .500 $
2006 23 CIN NL 27.2 29 0 16 5.20 4.88 -0.29 -0.36 104.7 5.05 -0 -0.0 1.2 -0.1 0.1 2 .499 .500 $
2007 24 CIN NL 14.1 19 0 10 6.28 4.93 -0.30 -0.35 104.9 5.11 -2 -0.2 1.2 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .491 .499 $382,500
2008 25 CIN NL 47.0 63 0 19 3.64 4.90 -0.13 -0.36 100.1 4.69 6 0.6 1.2 -0.0 0.9 10 .510 .504 $
2010 27 CIN NL 28.1 35 0 13 4.13 4.50 0.17 -0.34 103.4 4.12 -0 -0.0 .9 -0.1 0.1 3 .500 .500 $
2011 28 CIN NL 48.1 79 0 16 2.98 4.31 0.17 -0.32 100.8 3.85 4 0.5 1.4 -0.0 0.8 9 .506 .503 $645,000
2012 29 CIN NL 2.2 5 0 4 13.50 5.95 0.05 -0.45 100.9 5.50 -2 -0.3 1.5 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .449 .498 $
6 Seasons 191.1 249 0 89 4.19 4.71 -0.06 -0.35 101.1 4.47 6 0.7 1.2 -0.3 1.7 24 .503 .501 $1,027,500
CIN (6 yrs) 168.1 230 0 78 4.17 4.68 -0.03 -0.34 102.0 4.46 6 0.6 1.2 -0.3 1.5 21 .503 .501 $1,027,500
WSN (1 yr) 23.0 19 0 11 4.30 4.94 -0.24 -0.36 94.5 4.56 1 0.1 .8 -0.1 0.2 3 .504 .500 $

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
2010 27 CIN NL NLDS L PHI 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.8
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.8

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
2006 23 TOT NL 48 223 201 27 57 13 0 5 1 1 18 39 .284 .344 .423 .767 .329 85 7 1 2 1 3 4
2006 23 CIN NL 29 123 113 16 33 7 0 3 0 0 9 23 .292 .344 .434 .778 .345 49 3 0 1 0 1 2
2006 23 WSN NL 19 100 88 11 24 6 0 2 1 1 9 16 .273 .343 .409 .753 .310 36 4 1 1 1 2 2
2007 24 CIN NL 19 63 57 10 16 3 2 1 1 0 5 14 .281 .333 .456 .789 .349 26 1 0 0 1 1 0
2008 25 CIN NL 63 215 186 19 50 15 1 4 4 0 24 54 .269 .354 .425 .779 .357 79 3 1 3 1 5 5
2010 27 CIN NL 35 117 106 13 21 3 1 4 1 0 10 30 .198 .267 .358 .626 .236 38 0 0 1 0 1 1
2011 28 CIN NL 79 196 173 16 35 11 1 3 4 2 17 44 .202 .277 .329 .606 .248 57 1 2 1 3 3 1
2012 29 CIN NL 5 16 12 4 5 2 0 2 0 0 3 3 .417 .500 1.083 1.583 .375 13 0 0 0 1 0 0
6 Yrs 249 830 735 89 184 47 5 19 11 3 77 184 .250 .322 .405 .727 .306 298 12 4 7 7 13 11
162 Game Avg. 68 227 201 24 50 13 1 5 3 1 21 50 .250 .322 .405 .727 .306 81 3 1 2 2 4 3
MLB Averages .262 .330 .414 .745 .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
2006 23 TOT NL 1.7 0.2 225 0.5 4.4 -3.9 1.08 -0.3 0.8 1.2 0.1 1.08 0.9 16 10 21
2006 23 WSN NL 1.1 0.1 102 0.1 1.6 -1.5 .89 -0.3 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.89 0.1 4 4 10
2006 23 CIN NL 0.6 0.1 123 0.4 2.8 -2.4 1.23 0.0 0.3 0.7 0.1 1.23 0.8 12 6 11
2007 24 CIN NL -2.0 -0.2 66 -0.3 1.1 -1.3 .99 0.1 -0.3 -1.8 -0.2 0.99 -1.5 5 8 6
2008 25 CIN NL 6.8 0.7 221 0.0 3.6 -3.6 .92 -0.4 0.4 3.1 0.3 0.92 -2.9 17 14 30
2010 27 CIN NL 0.5 0.0 122 0.7 1.6 -0.9 .71 0.3 0.6 3.4 0.3 0.71 2.3 8 5 22
2011 28 CIN NL 5.6 0.6 202 0.5 4.3 -3.8 1.23 0.9 -0.5 9.1 0.9 1.23 8.0 32 18 28
2012 29 CIN NL -2.4 -0.2 16 -0.6 0.0 -0.7 .89 -0.2 -0.5 -3.5 -0.3 0.88 -4.1 2 1 1
6 Yrs 10.3 1.0 852 0.8 15.0 -14.2 1.01 0.4 0.3 11.5 1.2 1.01 2.7 80 56 108

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
2006 23 TOT NL 48 48 10 3 2 3 2 1 67% 6 3 30 11 37% 1.077 16 10 21 14 10 24 15 33 13 18 13 12 3.2 17
2006 23 WSN NL 19 19 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 9 3 33% 8 .889 4 4 10 6 4 9 5 14 7 6 7 5 3.6 18
2006 23 CIN NL 29 29 6 2 1 3 2 1 67% 5 2 21 8 38% 8 1.229 12 6 11 8 6 15 10 19 6 12 6 7 2.9 16
2007 24 CIN NL 19 19 5 3 3 1 1 0 100% 5 3 11 2 18% 7 .989 5 8 6 8 7 4 10 9 4 12 5 1 2.3 12
2008 25 CIN NL 63 63 11 2 2 4 0 4 0% 16 9 48 14 29% 8 .919 17 14 30 22 9 32 29 34 6 31 9 20 2.2 13
2010 27 CIN NL 35 35 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 24 7 29% 7 .710 8 5 22 12 6 17 15 20 5 18 7 12 2.4 14
2011 28 CIN NL 79 79 11 5 3 3 0 3 0% 25 20 59 13 22% 8 1.230 32 18 28 35 16 28 38 41 4 55 5 28 1.8 10
2012 29 CIN NL 5 5 2 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 1 33% 8 .886 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 3 1 1 1.6 12
6 Yrs 249 249 43 13 12 12 3 9 25% 55 37 175 48 27% 1.010 80 56 108 92 50 107 109 140 33 137 40 74 2.3 13

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%
2006 23 TOT NL 223 38% 2.2% 17.5% 8.1% 8.1% 32% 0.79 1.15 71% 22% 5.9% 6% 61 7 11%
2006 23 WSN NL 100 40% 2.0% 16.0% 9.0% 8.0% 33% 0.97 1.26 71% 18% 5.9% 6% 23 4 17%
2006 23 CIN NL 123 37% 2.4% 18.7% 7.3% 8.1% 30% 0.67 1.07 71% 26% 5.9% 6% 38 3 8%
2007 24 CIN NL 63 35% 1.6% 22.2% 7.9% 9.5% 38% 0.72 0.93 68% 18% 4.8% 16% 12 1 8%
2008 25 CIN NL 215 40% 1.9% 25.1% 11.2% 9.3% 40% 0.58 0.81 60% 23% 5.4% 11% 46 3 7%
2010 27 CIN NL 117 45% 3.4% 25.6% 8.6% 6.8% 38% 0.62 0.49 62% 6% 10.3% 17% 22 0 0%
2011 28 CIN NL 196 52% 1.5% 22.5% 8.7% 7.7% 43% 0.50 0.50 66% 16% 3.9% 12% 34 1 3%
2012 29 CIN NL 16 38% 12.5% 18.8% 18.8% 25.0% 80% 0.25 0.25 50% 20% 25.0% 0% 3 0 0%
6 Yrs 830 43% 2.3% 22.2% 9.3% 8.6% 39% 0.62 0.74 65% 18% 6.3% 11% 178 12 7%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.8% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.6% 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
2006 23 TOT NL 224 794 3.54 520 65% 26% 18% 25% 32% 74% 4% 49% 76% 61% 6% 13 7 21% 48 25 2 13% 9 3 -1 0 0
2006 23 WSN NL 101 336 3.33 220 65% 27% 16% 23% 34% 73% 7% 48% 78% 61% 5% 5 1 29% 29 18 1 6% 5 2 -1 0 0
2006 23 CIN NL 123 458 3.72 300 66% 24% 19% 26% 30% 76% 3% 50% 74% 61% 7% 8 6 15% 19 7 1 17% 4 1 0 0 0
2007 24 CIN NL 63 227 3.60 159 70% 19% 20% 33% 28% 81% 6% 57% 75% 68% 3% 2 0 33% 21 19 2 21% 1 1 0 0 0
2008 25 CIN NL 215 800 3.72 522 65% 25% 22% 27% 26% 75% 7% 49% 70% 63% 6% 13 5 33% 70 42 6 20% 14 3 0 0 0
2010 27 CIN NL 117 486 4.15 309 64% 28% 22% 26% 25% 72% 2% 46% 70% 56% 4% 5 3 21% 25 11 0 17% 6 1 0 0 0
2011 28 CIN NL 196 810 4.13 500 62% 25% 20% 28% 27% 75% 3% 46% 73% 55% 5% 10 4 27% 53 30 5 16% 7 3 0 0 0
2012 29 CIN NL 16 60 3.75 35 58% 29% 14% 29% 29% 71% 0% 42% 80% 63% 6% 1 1 44% 7 5 0 33% 1 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 831 3177 3.82 2045 64% 25% 20% 27% 28% 75% 4% 48% 73% 60% 5% 44 20 27% 224 132 15 17% 38 11 -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 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
2006 23 TOT NL 223 57 2 0 5 0 12 4 1 2 3 18 8 2 44% 4 0 0 95 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 23 WSN NL 100 24 1 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 4 2 1 50% 2 0 0 37 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 23 CIN NL 123 33 1 0 3 0 9 2 1 1 2 14 6 1 43% 2 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 24 CIN NL 63 16 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 3 1 60% 0 0 0 29 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2008 25 CIN NL 215 50 7 2 4 0 14 3 1 2 2 22 10 8 45% 5 2 0 93 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2010 27 CIN NL 117 21 1 0 4 0 2 1 3 2 2 4 3 2 75% 1 2 0 46 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2011 28 CIN NL 196 35 2 0 3 0 5 1 2 2 1 8 3 2 38% 1 1 0 76 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2012 29 CIN NL 16 5 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
6 Yrs 830 184 14 3 19 0 34 12 7 8 11 58 28 15 48% 11 5 0 347 11 3 79% 9 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

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+
2006 23 3 2 .600 4.09 48 0 10 0 0 2 50.2 57 27 23 5 18 3 39 1 0 0 223 111 1.480 10.1 0.9 3.2 6.9 2.17 111
2007 24 6 5 .545 4.57 67 0 15 0 0 3 65.0 73 37 33 6 23 4 53 1 0 0 286 100 1.477 10.1 0.8 3.2 7.3 2.30 100
2008 25 8 7 .533 3.86 130 0 26 0 0 3 112.0 123 56 48 10 47 9 107 2 0 2 501 117 1.518 9.9 0.8 3.8 8.6 2.28 117
2009 26 8 7 .533 3.86 130 0 26 0 0 3 112.0 123 56 48 10 47 9 107 2 0 2 501 117 1.518 9.9 0.8 3.8 8.6 2.28 117
2010 27 8 9 .471 3.91 165 0 30 0 0 3 140.1 144 69 61 14 57 10 137 2 0 4 618 113 1.432 9.2 0.9 3.7 8.8 2.40 113
2011 28 13 12 .520 3.67 244 0 41 0 0 3 188.2 179 85 77 17 74 13 181 4 0 5 814 117 1.341 8.5 0.8 3.5 8.6 2.45 117
2012 29 13 12 .520 3.81 249 0 43 0 0 3 191.1 184 89 81 19 77 13 184 4 0 5 830 113 1.364 8.7 0.9 3.6 8.7 2.39 113

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
2006 23 3 2 .600 3.78 50.0 55 23 21 5 17 38 1 1.440 9.9 3.1 6.8 2.24 0.9 48
2007 24 0 1 .000 5.79 14.0 15 10 9 1 5 14 0 1.429 9.6 3.2 9.0 2.80 0.6 19
2008 25 3 2 .600 2.87 47.0 49 17 15 4 24 54 1 1.553 9.4 4.6 10.3 2.25 0.8 63
2010 27 2 1 .667 4.03 29.0 21 14 13 4 10 30 0 1.069 6.5 3.1 9.3 3.00 1.2 35
2011 28 3 2 .600 3.26 47.0 36 19 17 3 17 43 2 1.128 6.9 3.3 8.2 2.53 0.6 79
2012 29 0 0 12.00 3.0 5 4 4 2 3 3 0 2.667 15.0 9.0 9.0 1.00 6.0 5
6 Yrs 11 8 .579 3.74 190.0 181 87 79 19 76 182 4 1.353 8.6 8.6 2.39 0.9 249

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2011 NL  79 (2nd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2622), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1699), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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