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Jim Brower

James Robert Brower

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 29, 1972 in Edina, MN
High School: Minnetonka HS (Minnetonka, MN)
School: University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 6th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1999
Teams (by GP): Giants/Reds/Braves/Expos/Indians/... 1999-2007
Agents: Rex Gary [*]
Final Game: August 14, 2007
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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
1994	21	TEX-min	A,A-	9	4	.692	2.01	16	16	0	4	2	0	98.1	66	28	22	2	32	1	99	6	1	6	395		0.997	6.0	0.2	2.9	9.1	3.09	CHS,HDV · SALL,NYPL
1995	22	TEX-min	A+	7	10	.412	3.89	27	27	0	2	1	0	173.2	170	93	75	16	62	1	110	8	0	11	740		1.336	8.8	0.8	3.2	5.7	1.77	CHT · FLOR
1996	23	TEX-min	A+,AA	12	10	.545	3.79	28	26	2	3	1	0	178.1	183	83	75	15	50	0	102	5	2	8	747		1.307	9.2	0.8	2.5	5.1	2.04	CHT,TUL · FLOR,TL
1997	24	TEX-min	AA,AAA	7	13	.350	5.45	27	26	0	1	0	0	158.2	186	116	96	16	50	1	110	4	1	18	694		1.487	10.6	0.9	2.8	6.2	2.20	TUL,OKC · TL,AA
1998	25	CLE-min	AA	13	5	.722	3.01	23	23	0	2	2	0	155.2	142	60	52	9	38	0	91	7	0	5	630		1.156	8.2	0.5	2.2	5.3	2.39	AKR · EL
1999	26	CLE-min	AAA	11	11	.500	4.72	27	27	0	0	0	0	160.0	164	101	84	23	59	6	76	8	2	9	689		1.394	9.2	1.3	3.3	4.3	1.29	BFL · IL
1999	26	CLE	AL	3	1	.750	4.56	9	2	1	0	0	0	25.2	27	13	13	8	10	1	18	1	0	0	113	110	1.442	9.5	2.8	3.5	6.3	1.80
2000	27	CLE-min	AAA	9	4	.692	3.11	16	15	1	1	0	0	101.1	99	41	35	7	24	1	68	3	0	2	425		1.214	8.8	0.6	2.1	6.0	2.83	BFL · IL
2000	27	CLE	AL	2	3	.400	6.24	17	11	1	0	0	0	62.0	80	45	43	11	31	1	32	2	0	3	293	79	1.790	11.6	1.6	4.5	4.6	1.03
2001	28	CIN-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	4.09	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	12	5	5	1	2	0	11	1	0	0	47		1.273	9.8	0.8	1.6	9.0	5.50	LOU · IL
2001	28	CIN	NL	7	10	.412	3.97	46	10	13	0	0	1	129.1	119	65	57	17	60	5	94	5	1	5	559	116	1.384	8.3	1.2	4.2	6.5	1.57
2002	29	TOT	NL	3	2	.600	4.37	52	0	23	0	0	0	80.1	77	40	39	7	32	2	57	4	0	1	344	98	1.357	8.6	0.8	3.6	6.4	1.78
2002	29	CIN	NL	2	0	1.000	3.89	22	0	11	0	0	0	39.1	38	18	17	2	10	1	24	0	0	0	158	111	1.220	8.7	0.5	2.3	5.5	2.40
2002	29	MON	NL	1	2	.333	4.83	30	0	12	0	0	0	41.0	39	22	22	5	22	1	33	4	0	1	186	89	1.488	8.6	1.1	4.8	7.2	1.50
2003	30	SFG	NL	8	5	.615	3.96	51	5	13	0	0	2	100.0	90	48	44	8	39	2	65	1	0	4	411	106	1.290	8.1	0.7	3.5	5.9	1.67
2004	31	SFG	NL	7	7	.500	3.29	89	0	21	0	0	1	93.0	90	42	34	6	36	2	63	4	0	10	401	133	1.355	8.7	0.6	3.5	6.1	1.75
2005	32	ATL-min	AAA	0	1	.000	2.25	4	0	3	0	0	1	4.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	14		0.750	2.2	0.0	4.5	2.2	0.50	RMD · IL
2005	32	TOT	NL	3	3	.500	5.37	69	0	12	0	0	1	60.1	73	36	36	11	32	3	53	5	0	4	282	80	1.740	10.9	1.6	4.8	7.9	1.66
2005	32	SFG	NL	2	1	.667	6.53	32	0	8	0	0	1	30.1	40	22	22	5	15	0	25	2	0	2	144	66	1.813	11.9	1.5	4.5	7.4	1.67
2005	32	ATL	NL	1	2	.333	4.20	37	0	4	0	0	0	30.0	33	14	14	6	17	3	28	3	0	2	138	102	1.667	9.9	1.8	5.1	8.4	1.65
2006	33	FLA-SDP-min	AAA	5	3	.625	4.61	39	0	13	0	0	1	52.2	57	30	27	8	21	1	41	5	1	3	232		1.481	9.7	1.4	3.6	7.0	1.95	ABQ,POR · PCL
2006	33	TOT	MLB	0	1	.000	12.15	18	0	4	0	0	0	20.0	32	27	27	2	14	1	14	5	0	2	106	37	2.300	14.4	0.9	6.3	6.3	1.00
2006	33	BAL	AL	0	1	.000	13.86	12	0	1	0	0	0	12.1	21	19	19	1	13	1	9	3	0	2	71	33	2.757	15.3	0.7	9.5	6.6	0.69
2006	33	SDP	NL	0	0		9.39	6	0	3	0	0	0	7.2	11	8	8	1	1	0	5	2	0	0	35	45	1.565	12.9	1.2	1.2	5.9	5.00
2007	34	PIT-NYY-min	AAA	5	2	.714	2.45	44	0	39	0	0	22	55.0	53	15	15	2	15	0	49	6	0	2	226		1.236	8.7	0.3	2.5	8.0	3.27	INA,SWB · IL
2007	34	NYY	AL	0	0		13.50	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	8	7	5	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	21	37	3.000	21.6	0.0	5.4	2.7	0.50
2008	35	CIN-CHC-HOU-min	AAA,Fgn	2	4	.333	3.48	57	0	19	0	0	8	67.1	82	36	26	3	30	2	57	1	0	7	307		1.663	11.0	0.4	4.0	7.6	1.90	LOU,IWA,RRK,HIR · IL,PCL,JPCL
9 Yrs				33	32	.508	4.67	354	28	88	0	0	5	574.0	596	323	298	70	256	17	397	28	1	29	2530	96	1.484	9.3	1.1	4.0	6.2	1.55
162 Game Avg.				6	6	.508	4.67	63	5	16	0	0	1	102	106	57	53	12	46	3	71	5	0	5	450	96	1.484	9.3	1.1	4.0	6.2	1.55

SFG (3 yrs)				17	13	.567	4.03	172	5	42	0	0	4	223.1	220	112	100	19	90	4	153	7	0	16	956	107	1.388	8.9	0.8	3.6	6.2	1.70
CIN (2 yrs)				9	10	.474	3.95	68	10	24	0	0	1	168.2	157	83	74	19	70	6	118	5	1	5	717	115	1.346	8.4	1.0	3.7	6.3	1.69
CLE (2 yrs)				5	4	.556	5.75	26	13	2	0	0	0	87.2	107	58	56	19	41	2	50	3	0	3	406	86	1.688	11.0	2.0	4.2	5.1	1.22
ATL (1 yr)				1	2	.333	4.20	37	0	4	0	0	0	30.0	33	14	14	6	17	3	28	3	0	2	138	102	1.667	9.9	1.8	5.1	8.4	1.65
SDP (1 yr)				0	0		9.39	6	0	3	0	0	0	7.2	11	8	8	1	1	0	5	2	0	0	35	45	1.565	12.9	1.2	1.2	5.9	5.00
MON (1 yr)				1	2	.333	4.83	30	0	12	0	0	0	41.0	39	22	22	5	22	1	33	4	0	1	186	89	1.488	8.6	1.1	4.8	7.2	1.50
NYY (1 yr)				0	0		13.50	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	8	7	5	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	21	37	3.000	21.6	0.0	5.4	2.7	0.50
BAL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	13.86	12	0	1	0	0	0	12.1	21	19	19	1	13	1	9	3	0	2	71	33	2.757	15.3	0.7	9.5	6.6	0.69

NL (6 yrs)				28	27	.509	4.17	313	15	85	0	0	5	470.2	460	239	218	50	200	14	337	21	1	24	2032	105	1.402	8.8	1.0	3.8	6.4	1.69
AL (4 yrs)				5	5	.500	6.97	41	13	3	0	0	0	103.1	136	84	80	20	56	3	60	7	0	5	498	71	1.858	11.8	1.7	4.9	5.2	1.07

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
1999	26	CLE	AL	25.2	9	2	13	4.56	5.59	0.21	-0.18	101.3	5.26	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.4	5	.522	.501	$
2000	27	CLE	AL	62.0	17	11	45	6.53	5.45	-0.11	0.10	100.3	5.68	-6	-0.6	.4	-0.0	0.0	3	.467	.496	$
2001	28	CIN	NL	129.1	46	10	65	4.52	4.82	-0.23	-0.15	106.2	5.20	10	1.0	.7	-0.3	1.7	23	.521	.506	$
2002	29	CIN	NL	39.1	22	0	18	4.12	4.52	0.00	-0.33	103.7	4.34	1	0.1	.4	-0.1	0.3	5	.504	.501	$250,000
2002	29	MON	NL	41.0	30	0	22	4.83	4.45	-0.08	-0.33	103.9	4.36	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.1	0.0	2	.492	.499	$
2003	30	SFG	NL	100.0	51	5	48	4.32	4.63	0.21	-0.22	98.4	4.13	-3	-0.3	1.1	-0.2	0.3	8	.495	.498	$
2004	31	SFG	NL	93.0	89	0	42	4.06	4.73	-0.29	-0.35	101.4	4.74	7	0.7	1.5	-0.0	1.4	16	.507	.504	$662,500
2005	32	SFG	NL	30.1	32	0	22	6.53	4.53	-0.17	-0.34	104.3	4.55	-7	-0.7	1.3	-0.2	-0.6	-4	.479	.496	$1,162,500
2005	32	ATL	NL	30.0	37	0	14	4.20	4.72	0.33	-0.36	99.9	4.02	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.1	0.1	2	.498	.500	$
2006	33	BAL	AL	12.1	12	0	19	13.86	5.05	-0.06	-0.37	98.3	4.66	-13	-1.1	.6	0.2	-0.8	-11	.405	.493	$700,000
2006	33	SDP	NL	7.2	6	0	8	9.39	4.96	0.31	-0.36	85.8	3.69	-5	-0.4	.5	0.1	-0.3	-4	.426	.497	$
2007	34	NYY	AL	3.1	3	0	7	18.90	4.65	-0.15	-0.34	99.3	4.42	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-5	.347	.497	$
9 Seasons				574.0	354	28	323	5.06	4.81	-0.06	-0.22	101.9	4.74	-22	-1.9	1.1	-0.7	2.1	40	.495	.499	$2,775,000

SFG (3 yrs)				223.1	172	5	112	4.51	4.66	-0.05	-0.29	100.4	4.44	-3	-0.3	1.4	-0.4	1.1	20	.498	.499	$1,825,000
CIN (2 yrs)				168.2	68	10	83	4.43	4.75	-0.17	-0.20	105.6	5.00	10	1.1	.6	-0.4	2.0	27	.516	.503	$250,000
CLE (2 yrs)				87.2	26	13	58	5.95	5.49	-0.01	0.02	100.6	5.56	-4	-0.4	.7	-0.1	0.4	8	.486	.499	$
ATL (1 yr)				30.0	37	0	14	4.20	4.72	0.33	-0.36	99.9	4.02	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.1	0.1	2	.498	.500	$
SDP (1 yr)				7.2	6	0	8	9.39	4.96	0.31	-0.36	85.8	3.69	-5	-0.4	.5	0.1	-0.3	-4	.426	.497	$
MON (1 yr)				41.0	30	0	22	4.83	4.45	-0.08	-0.33	103.9	4.36	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.1	0.0	2	.492	.499	$
NYY (1 yr)				3.1	3	0	7	18.90	4.65	-0.15	-0.34	99.3	4.42	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-5	.347	.497	$
BAL (1 yr)				12.1	12	0	19	13.86	5.05	-0.06	-0.37	98.3	4.66	-13	-1.1	.6	0.2	-0.8	-11	.405	.493	$700,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	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	30	SFG	NL	NLDS	L	FLA	0	0	6.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	5	3	2	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	17	2.667	15.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00

2005	32	ATL	NL	NLDS	L	HOU	0	0	0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	17	0.563	0.0	0.0	5.1	3.4	0.67
2 Yrs (2 Series)							0	0	2.16	5	0	1	0	0	0	8.1	5	3	2	0	6	1	5	0	0	0	34	1.320	5.4	0.0	6.5	5.4	0.83
2 NLDS							0	0	2.16	5	0	1	0	0	0	8.1	5	3	2	0	6	1	5	0	0	0	34	1.320	5.4	0.0	6.5	5.4	0.83

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
1999	26	CLE	AL	9	113	100	13	27	5	0	8	5	0	10	18	.270	.339	.560	.899	.253	56	1	1	1	1	1	1
2000	27	CLE	AL	17	293	259	45	80	13	0	11	8	4	31	32	.309	.387	.486	.873	.319	126	4	2	1	0	1	2
2001	28	CIN	NL	46	559	482	65	119	31	0	17	5	4	60	94	.247	.335	.417	.752	.273	201	10	5	9	3	5	3
2002	29	CIN	NL	22	158	146	18	38	10	0	2	2	0	10	24	.260	.306	.370	.676	.298	54	8	0	1	1	1	0
2002	29	MON	NL	30	186	159	22	39	7	1	5	5	1	22	33	.245	.351	.396	.748	.281	63	3	4	1	0	1	2
2002	29	TOT	NL	52	344	305	40	77	17	1	7	7	1	32	57	.252	.330	.384	.714	.289	117	11	4	2	1	2	2
2003	30	SFG	NL	51	411	362	48	90	19	3	8	4	3	39	65	.249	.320	.384	.704	.280	139	13	1	5	4	2	2
2004	31	SFG	NL	89	401	348	42	90	14	3	6	3	0	36	63	.259	.333	.368	.701	.299	128	9	4	11	2	2	3
2005	32	ATL	NL	37	138	117	14	33	5	0	6	1	1	17	28	.282	.387	.479	.865	.325	56	3	3	1	0	3	0
2005	32	SFG	NL	32	144	125	22	40	6	1	5	2	1	15	25	.320	.399	.504	.903	.365	63	2	2	1	1	0	0
2005	32	TOT	NL	69	282	242	36	73	11	1	11	3	2	32	53	.302	.393	.492	.885	.346	119	5	5	2	1	3	0
2006	33	BAL	AL	12	71	54	19	21	6	0	1	0	1	13	9	.389	.521	.556	1.077	.444	30	2	3	0	1	1	0
2006	33	SDP	NL	6	35	32	8	11	4	1	1	1	0	1	5	.344	.400	.625	1.025	.385	20	1	2	0	0	0	0
2006	33	TOT	MLB	18	106	86	27	32	10	1	2	1	1	14	14	.372	.481	.581	1.063	.423	50	3	5	0	1	1	0
2007	34	NYY	AL	3	21	16	7	8	3	0	0	2	0	2	1	.500	.524	.688	1.211	.471	11	1	1	0	2	0	1
9 Yrs				354	2530	2200	323	596	123	9	70	38	15	256	397	.271	.352	.430	.783	.301	947	57	28	31	15	17	14
162 Game Avg.				63	450	392	57	106	22	2	12	7	3	46	71	.271	.352	.430	.783	.301	169	10	5	6	3	3	2
MLB Averages																.267	.336	.426	.762	.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
1999	26	CLE	AL	2.0	0.2	117	-0.2	1.3	-1.5	.66	-0.3	0.0	3.1	0.3	0.66	-1.9	2	3	1
2000	27	CLE	AL	-8.2	-0.7	307	-0.1	5.3	-5.4	1.00	-1.0	0.9	-7.8	-0.7	1.00	-11.1	0	1	5
2001	28	CIN	NL	7.3	0.7	579	-0.3	8.7	-9.0	.90	0.1	-0.4	5.5	0.5	0.90	1.4	4	8	23
2002	29	TOT	NL	0.7	0.1	354	-0.8	4.1	-4.9	.68	0.1	-1.3	0.7	0.1	0.68	4.5	8	12	31
2002	29	CIN	NL	2.2	0.2	162	-0.0	1.4	-1.4	.43	0.2	-0.3	1.0	0.1	0.43	4.1	1	4	16
2002	29	MON	NL	-1.5	-0.2	192	-0.8	2.6	-3.4	.89	-0.1	-0.8	-0.3	-0.0	0.89	0.4	7	8	15
2003	30	SFG	NL	2.7	0.3	421	1.9	6.6	-4.7	.82	1.5	0.8	8.8	0.9	0.82	13.7	15	7	23
2004	31	SFG	NL	8.8	0.9	417	0.9	9.7	-8.7	1.35	-0.1	0.7	14.5	1.4	1.35	6.2	42	15	31
2005	32	TOT	NL	-5.8	-0.6	291	-0.7	4.1	-4.7	.85	-0.9	0.2	-5.5	-0.5	0.85	-8.4	21	12	35
2005	32	SFG	NL	-6.6	-0.6	149	-0.4	2.2	-2.7	.93	-0.3	-0.1	-6.9	-0.7	0.93	-5.8	11	6	15
2005	32	ATL	NL	0.8	0.1	142	-0.2	1.8	-2.1	.77	-0.6	0.3	1.4	0.1	0.77	-2.6	10	6	20
2006	33	TOT	MLB	-16.4	-1.5	111	-0.6	0.5	-1.1	.40	-0.9	-0.7	-16.4	-1.5	0.40	-12.4	3	2	11
2006	33	BAL	AL	-11.8	-1.1	75	-0.5	0.4	-0.8	.44	-0.6	-0.5	-12.5	-1.1	0.44	-8.0	3	1	6
2006	33	SDP	NL	-4.5	-0.4	36	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.31	-0.3	-0.1	-3.9	-0.4	0.31	-4.4	0	1	5
2007	34	NYY	AL	-3.9	-0.4	23	-0.0	0.2	-0.2	.44	-0.4	0.3	-4.7	-0.4	0.44	-4.1	1	0	2
9 Yrs				-12.7	-1.0	2620	0.2	40.4	-40.2	.90	-1.8	2.0	-1.8	0.0	0.90	-12.2	96	60	162

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
1999	26	CLE	AL	9	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	.500	0	1	0	0	0	0%	32.0	45	19	2	1	1	0	12.5	13.0	4.7	92	1	0	1	0	112
2000	27	CLE	AL	17	11	2	3	6	1	0	6	5	.545	1	2	0	0	3	27%	41.7	71	12	18	6	0	4	5.0	5.0	4.6	90	4	2	3	2	124
2001	28	CIN	NL	46	10	4	3	3	3	1	6	4	.600	1	2	0	0	2	20%	42.1	61	24	18	6	1	4	6.0	5.4	4.9	83	2	6	2	0	100

2003	30	SFG	NL	51	5	3	2	0	0	0	3	2	.600	0	0	0	0	3	60%	50.4	72	20	14	8	0	1	5.7	5.1	4.9	76	3	2	0	0	95
4 Yrs				123	28	10	8	10	5	1	16	12	.571	2	5	0	0	8	29%	43	72	12	52	21	2	9	6.0	5.7	4.8	85	10	10	6	2	124
MLB Averages													.500						48%	48	100	-12					4.9	4.9	5.9	95

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
1999	26	CLE	AL	9	7	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	7	2	29%	8	.660	2	3	1	0	1	6	4	3	5	2	5	1	7.0	34
2000	27	CLE	AL	17	6	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	2	40%	5	1.005	0	1	5	0	0	6	3	3	4	2	4	2	5.5	41
2001	28	CIN	NL	46	36	13	3	7	2	1	1	50%	4	2	20	7	35%	6	.905	4	8	23	4	6	26	11	25	28	2	28	6	6.7	35
2002	29	TOT	NL	52	52	23	3	2	1	0	1	0%	8	6	18	4	22%		.680	8	12	31	19	4	29	12	40	24	11	25	9	4.6	24
2002	29	CIN	NL	22	22	11	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	2	50%	6	.428	1	4	16	7	1	14	3	19	11	3	11	5	5.4	25
2002	29	MON	NL	30	30	12	1	2	1	0	1	0%	8	6	14	2	14%	8	.894	7	8	15	12	3	15	9	21	13	8	14	4	4.1	23
2003	30	SFG	NL	51	46	13	5	3	3	2	1	67%	6	2	29	6	21%	7	.823	15	7	23	12	8	26	16	30	25	10	25	4	4.9	25
2004	31	SFG	NL	89	89	21	7	7	5	1	4	20%	31	24	73	18	25%	8	1.346	42	15	31	47	20	22	42	47	34	32	39	32	3.1	16
2005	32	TOT	NL	69	69	12	3	3	3	1	2	33%	16	12	43	12	28%		.852	21	12	35	33	9	27	25	44	12	28	13	18	2.6	16
2005	32	SFG	NL	32	32	8	2	1	3	1	2	33%	9	5	30	8	27%	7	.927	11	6	15	14	4	14	18	14	10	15	11	11	2.8	18
2005	32	ATL	NL	37	37	4	1	2	0	0	0		7	7	13	4	31%	8	.774	10	6	20	19	5	13	7	30	2	13	2	7	2.4	15
2006	33	TOT	MLB	18	18	4	0	1	1	0	1	0%	2	1	7	5	71%		.400	3	2	11	5	1	12	5	13	5	7	6	1	3.3	22
2006	33	BAL	AL	12	12	1	0	1	1	0	1	0%	2	1	5	5	100%	7	.444	3	1	6	5	1	6	4	8	3	6	3	1	3.1	23
2006	33	SDP	NL	6	6	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	7	.311	0	1	5	0	0	6	1	5	2	1	3	0	3.8	21
2007	34	NYY	AL	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	3	1	33%	4	.439	1	0	2	2	0	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	3.3	28
9 Yrs				354	326	88	23	24	15	5	10	33%	68	48	205	57	28%		.901	96	60	162	122	49	155	120	206	138	95	147	74	4.0	22

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%
1999	26	CLE	AL	113	56%	7.1%	15.9%	8.9%	11.5%	48%	0.60	0.97	66%	17%	17.0%	10%	12	1	8%
2000	27	CLE	AL	293	53%	3.8%	10.9%	10.6%	8.2%	30%	0.77	1.04	74%	24%	10.8%	16%	63	4	6%
2001	28	CIN	NL	559	57%	3.0%	16.8%	10.7%	8.6%	40%	0.96	1.40	67%	21%	10.8%	16%	105	10	10%
2002	29	TOT	NL	344	58%	2.0%	16.6%	9.3%	7.3%	33%	1.03	1.67	70%	24%	6.8%	13%	66	11	17%
2002	29	CIN	NL	158	52%	1.3%	15.2%	6.3%	7.6%	32%	0.95	1.57	77%	23%	3.8%	13%	35	8	23%
2002	29	MON	NL	186	63%	2.7%	17.7%	11.8%	7.0%	33%	1.12	1.78	65%	24%	10.0%	12%	31	3	10%
2003	30	SFG	NL	411	58%	2.0%	15.8%	9.5%	7.3%	33%	1.23	2.09	71%	18%	6.3%	6%	69	13	19%
2004	31	SFG	NL	401	60%	1.5%	15.7%	9.0%	5.7%	26%	1.20	1.76	70%	18%	5.1%	8%	100	9	9%
2005	32	TOT	NL	282	60%	3.9%	18.8%	11.4%	8.2%	32%	0.85	1.33	63%	20%	12.2%	12%	52	5	10%
2005	32	SFG	NL	144	59%	3.5%	17.4%	10.4%	8.3%	30%	1.15	1.83	67%	22%	11.6%	9%	28	2	7%
2005	32	ATL	NL	138	62%	4.4%	20.3%	12.3%	8.0%	33%	0.60	0.97	60%	18%	12.8%	15%	24	3	13%
2006	33	TOT	MLB	106	58%	1.9%	13.2%	13.2%	12.3%	41%	0.89	1.81	67%	21%	5.6%	5%	25	3	12%
2006	33	BAL	AL	71	59%	1.4%	12.7%	18.3%	9.9%	33%	0.80	2.00	63%	24%	4.3%	8%	20	2	10%
2006	33	SDP	NL	35	57%	2.9%	14.3%	2.9%	17.1%	55%	1.08	1.57	74%	15%	7.7%	0%	5	1	20%
2007	34	NYY	AL	21	62%	0.0%	4.8%	9.5%	14.3%	38%	0.55	0.80	81%	53%	0.0%	0%	5	1	20%
9 Yrs				2530	58%	2.8%	15.7%	10.1%	8.0%	34%	0.98	1.51	69%	21%	8.8%	11%	497	57	11%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.7%	8.7%	8.1%	34%	0.78	1.07	70%	21%	8.1%	12%			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
1999	26	CLE	AL	113	421	3.73	251	60%	24%	18%	25%	33%	76%	2%	45%	77%	56%	5%	6	3	12%	13	8	1	33%	3	2	0	0	0
2000	27	CLE	AL	294	1230	4.18	701	57%	28%	14%	26%	33%	72%	0%	41%	81%	55%	9%	25	19	14%	40	14	3	28%	4	6	-1	0	0
2001	28	CIN	NL	560	2075	3.71	1231	59%	23%	18%	27%	32%	77%	2%	46%	77%	53%	7%	38	20	15%	86	34	1	12%	15	15	-1	0	0
2002	29	TOT	NL	344	1245	3.62	742	60%	24%	18%	23%	34%	76%	2%	45%	76%	58%	6%	19	11	15%	52	25	3	21%	8	6	0	0	0
2002	29	CIN	NL	158	556	3.52	347	62%	21%	17%	27%	36%	79%	2%	49%	79%	58%	4%	7	4	13%	21	11	0	17%	4	2	0	0	0
2002	29	MON	NL	186	689	3.70	395	57%	27%	20%	21%	32%	73%	1%	42%	72%	57%	6%	12	7	17%	31	14	3	24%	4	4	0	0	0
2003	30	SFG	NL	411	1544	3.76	906	59%	22%	16%	28%	34%	78%	1%	46%	79%	54%	6%	23	11	14%	56	23	3	17%	4	10	0	0	0
2004	31	SFG	NL	402	1451	3.61	872	60%	24%	19%	23%	34%	76%	1%	46%	75%	57%	5%	20	11	17%	69	28	2	13%	10	7	-1	0	0
2005	32	TOT	NL	283	1126	3.98	656	58%	27%	20%	25%	29%	73%	3%	43%	73%	54%	7%	19	9	20%	58	26	1	25%	2	7	-1	0	0
2005	32	SFG	NL	145	570	3.93	336	59%	25%	20%	25%	30%	75%	0%	44%	73%	50%	5%	7	3	21%	31	12	0	24%	2	4	-1	0	0
2005	32	ATL	NL	138	556	4.03	320	58%	28%	19%	25%	28%	72%	5%	41%	74%	58%	9%	12	6	20%	27	14	1	25%	0	3	0	0	0
2006	33	TOT	MLB	107	402	3.76	218	54%	20%	21%	25%	33%	80%	2%	43%	74%	51%	7%	7	5	13%	14	3	0	7%	2	1	-1	0	0
2006	33	BAL	AL	72	276	3.83	142	51%	23%	18%	27%	32%	77%	3%	40%	77%	49%	10%	7	5	10%	7	0	0	0%	0	1	-1	0	0
2006	33	SDP	NL	35	126	3.60	76	60%	16%	28%	21%	36%	84%	0%	51%	67%	57%	0%	0	0	20%	7	3	0	20%	2	0	0	0	0
2007	34	NYY	AL	21	83	3.95	45	54%	24%	9%	29%	38%	76%	0%	41%	88%	48%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0
9 Yrs				2535	9577	3.78	5622	59%	24%	18%	25%	33%	76%	2%	45%	77%	55%	6%	157	89	15%	388	161	14	18%	48	54	-5	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		62%	27%	14%	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
1999	26	CLE	AL	113	27	3	0	8	0	1	4	4	4	4	5	4	0	80%	1	0	0	42	5	0	100%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2000	27	CLE	AL	293	80	6	0	11	0	12	3	8	8	3	21	10	4	48%	2	3	1	108	8	4	67%	8	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0
2001	28	CIN	NL	559	119	13	2	17	0	14	10	7	10	7	25	10	5	40%	3	5	5	208	5	4	56%	5	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	22	0
2002	29	TOT	NL	344	77	8	1	7	0	10	5	2	4	3	16	8	0	50%	2	1	2	133	7	1	88%	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2002	29	CIN	NL	158	38	5	1	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	9	5	0	56%	0	0	2	67	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2002	29	MON	NL	186	39	3	0	5	0	10	3	2	2	3	7	3	0	43%	2	1	0	66	5	1	83%	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2003	30	SFG	NL	411	90	9	1	8	1	10	4	4	3	5	32	19	1	59%	2	4	0	135	4	3	57%	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
2004	31	SFG	NL	401	90	10	1	6	0	17	4	2	1	5	26	14	5	54%	3	10	1	180	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17	0
2005	32	TOT	NL	282	73	9	0	11	0	12	7	4	4	7	18	6	7	33%	0	4	0	118	3	2	60%	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
2005	32	SFG	NL	144	40	7	0	5	0	9	3	2	2	3	9	4	3	44%	0	2	0	68	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2005	32	ATL	NL	138	33	2	0	6	0	3	4	2	2	4	9	2	4	22%	0	2	0	50	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2006	33	TOT	MLB	106	32	2	0	2	0	5	1	1	2	0	14	8	2	57%	0	2	0	50	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
2006	33	BAL	AL	71	21	2	0	1	0	5	0	1	1	0	12	6	2	50%	0	2	0	34	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
2006	33	SDP	NL	35	11	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	100%	0	0	0	16	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	34	NYY	AL	21	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	67%	1	0	0	12	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9 Yrs				2530	596	60	5	70	1	81	38	32	36	34	160	81	24	51%	14	29	9	986	38	15	72%	36	14	2	1	0	0	3	1	73	0
MLB Averages																		54%							70%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1999	26	3	1	.750	4.56	9	2	1	0	25.2	27	13	13	8	10	1	18	1	0	0	113	110	1.442	9.5	2.8	3.5	6.3	1.80	110
2000	27	5	4	.556	5.75	26	13	2	0	87.2	107	58	56	19	41	2	50	3	0	3	406	86	1.688	11.0	2.0	4.2	5.1	1.22	86
2001	28	12	14	.462	4.69	72	23	15	1	217.0	226	123	113	36	101	7	144	8	1	8	965	101	1.507	9.4	1.5	4.2	6.0	1.43	101
2002	29	15	16	.484	4.60	124	23	38	1	297.1	303	163	152	43	133	9	201	12	1	9	1309	100	1.466	9.2	1.3	4.0	6.1	1.51	100
2003	30	23	21	.523	4.44	175	28	51	3	397.1	393	211	196	51	172	11	266	13	1	13	1720	102	1.422	8.9	1.2	3.9	6.0	1.55	102
2004	31	30	28	.517	4.22	264	28	72	4	490.1	483	253	230	57	208	13	329	17	1	23	2121	106	1.409	8.9	1.0	3.8	6.0	1.58	106
2005	32	33	31	.516	4.35	333	28	84	5	550.2	556	289	266	68	240	16	382	22	1	27	2403	103	1.446	9.1	1.1	3.9	6.2	1.59	103
2006	33	33	32	.508	4.62	351	28	88	5	570.2	588	316	293	70	254	17	396	27	1	29	2509	97	1.475	9.3	1.1	4.0	6.2	1.56	97
2007	34	33	32	.508	4.67	354	28	88	5	574.0	596	323	298	70	256	17	397	28	1	29	2530	96	1.484	9.3	1.1	4.0	6.2	1.55	96

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1999	26	1	1	.500	4.32	25.0	26	13	12	8	10	18	1	1.440	9.4	3.6	6.5	1.80	2.9	9
2000	27	2	4	.333	5.52	62.0	76	42	38	10	29	32	2	1.694	11.0	4.2	4.6	1.10	1.5	17
2001	28	8	6	.571	3.59	128.0	113	57	51	16	57	93	5	1.328	7.9	4.0	6.5	1.63	1.1	46
2002	29	4	4	.500	4.27	78.0	75	41	37	7	31	55	4	1.359	8.7	3.6	6.3	1.77	0.8	52
2003	30	5	5	.500	4.12	94.0	89	48	43	8	39	61	1	1.362	8.5	3.7	5.8	1.56	0.8	51
2004	31	6	4	.600	3.13	92.0	87	36	32	6	35	62	4	1.326	8.5	3.4	6.1	1.77	0.6	89
2005	32	2	4	.333	5.68	57.0	73	40	36	11	32	50	5	1.842	11.5	5.1	7.9	1.56	1.7	69
2006	33	0	2	.000	13.50	18.0	32	30	27	2	14	13	5	2.556	16.0	7.0	6.5	0.93	1.0	18
2007	34	0	0		15.00	3.0	8	6	5	0	2	1	1	3.333	24.0	6.0	3.0	0.50	0.0	3
9 Yrs		28	30	.483	4.54	557.0	579	313	281	68	249	385	28	1.487	9.4		6.2	1.55	1.1	354

* 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

Games Played s c a p y 2004 NL 89 (1st)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 2004 NL 10 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
2004 NL 89 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2004 NL 10 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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