Zach Britton Pitching Statistics and History

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Zach Britton

Zachary Grant Britton (twitter: @zbritton)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 22, 1987 in Panorama City, CA
High School: Weatherford HS (Weatherford, TX)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 3rd round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 23, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 2011 (Age 23)
Team: Orioles 2011-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.117, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: Boras Corporation [*]
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	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	18	BAL-min	Rk	0	4	.000	5.29	11	11	0	34.0	35	22	20	4	20	0	21	2	0	5	153		1.618	9.3	1.1	5.3	5.6	1.05	BLD · APPY
2007	19	BAL-min	A-	6	4	.600	3.68	15	15	0	63.2	64	33	26	1	22	0	45	5	0	4	278		1.351	9.0	0.1	3.1	6.4	2.05	ADN · NYPL
2008	20	BAL-min	A	12	7	.632	3.12	27	27	1	147.1	118	68	51	9	49	0	114	6	0	13	605		1.133	7.2	0.5	3.0	7.0	2.33	DEL · SALL
2009	21	BAL-min	A+	9	6	.600	2.70	25	24	0	140.0	123	64	42	6	55	0	131	9	0	21	599		1.271	7.9	0.4	3.5	8.4	2.38	FDK · CARL
2010	22	BAL-min	AA,AAA	10	7	.588	2.70	27	26	0	153.1	139	64	46	7	51	1	124	4	0	18	644		1.239	8.2	0.4	3.0	7.3	2.43	BOW,NFK · EL,IL
2011	23	BAL-min	AA,AAA	0	3	.000	4.32	4	4	0	16.2	17	12	8	3	3	0	18	1	1	1	70		1.200	9.2	1.6	1.6	9.7	6.00	BOW,NFK · EL,IL
2011	23	BAL	AL	11	11	.500	4.61	28	28	0	154.1	162	93	79	12	62	3	97	1	0	7	666	92	1.451	9.4	0.7	3.6	5.7	1.56
2012	24	BAL-min	AAA,AA	5	2	.714	4.12	11	11	0	63.1	57	33	29	5	23	0	48	1	0	9	268		1.263	8.1	0.7	3.3	6.8	2.09	NFK,BOW · IL,EL
2012	24	BAL	AL	5	3	.625	5.07	12	11	0	60.1	61	37	34	6	32	3	53	2	0	4	270	84	1.541	9.1	0.9	4.8	7.9	1.66
2013	25	BAL-min	AAA	2	1	.667	4.08	7	7	0	35.1	44	21	16	0	17	0	20	1	0	5	162		1.726	11.2	0.0	4.3	5.1	1.18	NFK · IL
2013	25	BAL	AL	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	6.0	10	6	6	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	30	51	2.000	15.0	1.5	3.0	3.0	1.00
3 Yrs				16	15	.516	4.85	41	40	0	220.2	233	136	119	19	96	6	152	3	0	12	966	87	1.491	9.5	0.8	3.9	6.2	1.58
162 Game Avg.				13	13	.516	4.85	34	34	0	185	196	114	100	16	81	5	128	3	0	10	811	87	1.491	9.5	0.8	3.9	6.2	1.58

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2011	23	BAL	AL	154.1	28	28	93	5.42	4.53	-0.13	0.16	100.3	4.83	-11	-1.1		-0.1	0.4	6	.461	.493
2012	24	BAL	AL	60.1	12	11	37	5.52	4.43	-0.12	0.16	102.5	4.83	-5	-0.5	.1	-0.0	0.1	1	.460	.497	$486,000
2013	25	BAL	AL	6.0	1	1	6	9.00	4.58	0.20	0.18	82.0	3.74	-4	-0.3		-0.0	-0.2	-3	.228	.498
3 Seasons				220.2	41	40	136	5.55	4.50	-0.11	0.16	100.4	4.80	-19	-1.8	.1	-0.2	0.3	4	.455	.496	$486,000

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
2011	23	BAL	AL	28	666	588	93	162	31	1	12	7	3	62	97	.276	.342	.393	.735	.309	231	25	1	8	7	3	9
2012	24	BAL	AL	12	270	235	37	61	12	2	6	1	2	32	53	.260	.352	.404	.756	.311	95	5	2	0	1	3	2
2013	25	BAL	AL	1	30	27	6	10	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	.370	.414	.593	1.006	.375	16	0	0	1	0	0	0
3 Yrs				41	966	850	136	233	44	4	19	8	5	96	152	.274	.347	.402	.749	.311	342	30	3	9	8	6	11
162 Game Avg.				34	811	714	114	196	37	3	16	7	4	81	128	.274	.347	.402	.749	.311	287	25	3	8	7	5	9
MLB Averages																.255	.320	.402	.722	.296

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
2011	23	BAL	AL	-9.6	-0.9	684	-1.1	10.9	-12.0	.97	0.1	-1.2	-12.9	-1.2	0.97	-0.9	0
2012	24	BAL	AL	-5.5	-0.5	278	-0.1	4.5	-4.7	.99	-0.2	0.1	-3.2	-0.3	0.99	-2.3	1
2013	25	BAL	AL	-2.6	-0.2	31	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	1.10	-0.3	-0.1	-3.3	-0.3	1.10	-2.7	0
3 Yrs				-17.7	-1.7	993	-1.6	15.8	-17.4	.98	-0.3	-1.3	-19.4	-1.8	0.98	-6.0	1

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
2011	23	BAL	AL	28	28	11	11	6	2	1	15	13	.536	1	4	0	0	13	46%	47.2	86	7	14	7	0	12	3.8	3.7	5.5	90	4	17	6	1	120
2012	24	BAL	AL	12	11	5	3	3	0	0	6	5	.545	1	1	0	0	5	45%	46.9	75	16	12	7	0	6	5.2	5.7	5.4	96	0	4	7	0	108
2013	25	BAL	AL	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	28.0	28	28	0	0	0	1	2.0	3.0	6.0	101	0	0	1	0	101
3 Yrs				41	40	16	15	9	2	1	21	19	.525	2	5	0	0	18	45%	47	86	7	26	14	0	19	4.2	4.2	5.5	92	4	21	14	1	120
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	101	-13					4.3	4.4	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
2012	24	BAL	AL	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	.989	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	13
1 Yr				12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0			.989	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	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%
2011	23	BAL	AL	666	26%	1.8%	14.6%	9.3%	6.6%	27%	1.14	1.77	73%	17%	5.7%	7%	145	25	17%
2012	24	BAL	AL	270	34%	2.2%	19.6%	11.9%	7.4%	33%	1.55	2.23	66%	16%	9.4%	10%	63	5	8%
2013	25	BAL	AL	30	27%	3.3%	6.7%	6.7%	10.0%	30%	1.08	1.67	80%	23%	10.0%	17%	6	0	0%
3 Yrs				966	28%	2.0%	15.7%	9.9%	6.9%	29%	1.23	1.87	71%	17%	6.7%	8%	214	30	14%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	19.3%	8.1%	7.6%	33%	0.83	1.10	68%	19%	7.8%	14%			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
2011	23	BAL	AL	667	2509	3.76	1498	60%	29%	13%	25%	34%	71%	1%	43%	82%	53%	6%	43	30	14%	91	41	4	34%	14	10	-1	0	0
2012	24	BAL	AL	271	1068	3.94	620	58%	30%	17%	23%	30%	70%	3%	40%	75%	51%	8%	21	9	18%	49	24	2	32%	6	9	-1	0	0
2013	25	BAL	AL	30	101	3.37	60	59%	18%	13%	25%	43%	82%	0%	49%	84%	57%	7%	2	2	17%	5	3	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				968	3678	3.80	2178	59%	29%	14%	24%	33%	71%	1%	42%	80%	53%	7%	66	41	15%	145	68	6	33%	20	19	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	16%	27%	30%	72%	1%	46%	78%	60%	5%			24%				24%

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
2011	23	BAL	AL	666	162	22	7	12	1	10	7	5	7	5	49	30	7	61%	9	7	0	254	7	3	70%	6	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	17	0
2012	24	BAL	AL	270	61	9	1	6	0	8	3	3	4	2	14	9	3	64%	2	4	1	110	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
2013	25	BAL	AL	30	10	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	4	3	1	75%	0	1	0	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3 Yrs				966	233	32	8	19	1	19	10	9	11	8	67	42	11	63%	11	12	1	373	8	5	62%	7	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	26	0
MLB Averages																		52%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2011	23	11	11	.500	4.61	28	28	154.1	162	93	79	12	62	3	97	1	7	666	92	1.451	9.4	0.7	3.6	5.7	1.56	92
2012	24	16	14	.533	4.74	40	39	214.2	223	130	113	18	94	6	150	3	11	936	89	1.477	9.3	0.8	3.9	6.3	1.60	89
2013	25	16	15	.516	4.85	41	40	220.2	233	136	119	19	96	6	152	3	12	966	87	1.491	9.5	0.8	3.9	6.2	1.58	87

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
2011	23	6	10	.375	4.99	146.0	164	90	81	12	63	92	1	1.555	10.1	3.9	5.7	1.46	0.7	28
2012	24	2	4	.333	5.43	58.0	62	39	35	6	33	51	2	1.638	9.6	5.1	7.9	1.55	0.9	12
2013	25	0	0		9.00	6.0	10	7	6	1	2	2	0	2.000	15.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	1.5	1
3 Yrs		8	14	.364	5.23	210.0	236	136	122	19	98	145	3	1.590	10.1		6.2	1.48	0.8	41

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