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Taylor Buchholz

Taylor Buchholz

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: October 13, 1981 in Lower Merion, PA
High School: Springfield HS (Springfield, PA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 6th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 19, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 2006
Teams (by GP): Rockies/Mets/Astros/BlueJays 2006-2011
Agents: David Pasti [*]
Final Game: May 29, 2011 vs. PHI 1.1 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER
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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
2000	18	PHI-min	Rk	2	3	.400	2.25	12	7	2	0	0	0	44.0	46	22	11	2	14	0	41	2	1	3	188		1.364	9.4	0.4	2.9	8.4	2.93	CLR · GULF
2001	19	PHI-min	A	9	14	.391	3.36	28	26	0	5	3	0	176.2	165	83	66	8	57	0	136	11	0	1	741		1.257	8.4	0.4	2.9	6.9	2.39	LWD · SALL
2002	20	PHI-min	A+,AA	10	8	.556	3.81	27	27	0	4	2	0	181.2	169	85	77	16	57	1	146	8	0	7	768		1.244	8.4	0.8	2.8	7.2	2.56	CLW,REA · FLOR,EL
2003	21	PHI-min	AA	9	11	.450	3.55	25	24	0	1	0	0	144.2	136	62	57	14	33	0	114	9	0	3	600		1.168	8.5	0.9	2.1	7.1	3.45	REA · EL
2004	22	HOU-min	AAA	6	7	.462	5.23	20	17	0	1	0	0	98.0	107	60	57	16	29	0	74	2	0	8	425		1.388	9.8	1.5	2.7	6.8	2.55	NOR · PCL
2005	23	HOU-min	AAA	6	0	1.000	4.81	20	14	4	0	0	0	76.2	79	41	41	14	27	0	45	4	0	2	323		1.383	9.3	1.6	3.2	5.3	1.67	RRK · PCL
2006	24	HOU-min	AAA	1	3	.250	4.91	7	7	0	0	0	0	44.0	47	27	24	2	17	0	37	1	0	0	192		1.455	9.6	0.4	3.5	7.6	2.18	RRK · PCL
2006	24	HOU	NL	6	10	.375	5.89	22	19	1	1	1	0	113.0	107	80	74	21	34	4	77	3	0	5	479	76	1.248	8.5	1.7	2.7	6.1	2.26
2007	25	COL	NL	6	5	.545	4.23	41	8	6	0	0	0	93.2	105	47	44	8	20	4	61	2	1	3	396	114	1.335	10.1	0.8	1.9	5.9	3.05
2008	26	COL	NL	6	6	.500	2.17	63	0	19	0	0	1	66.1	45	23	16	5	18	2	56	2	1	5	263	217	0.950	6.1	0.7	2.4	7.6	3.11

2010	28	COL-min	AAA,A+	1	1	.500	5.06	21	1	2	0	0	0	21.1	22	12	12	3	9	2	16	1	0	1	93		1.453	9.3	1.3	3.8	6.8	1.78	CSP,MOD · PCL,CALL
2010	28	TOT	MLB	1	0	1.000	3.75	9	0	4	0	0	0	12.0	10	5	5	2	6	0	9	0	0	0	49	128	1.333	7.5	1.5	4.5	6.8	1.50
2010	28	COL	NL	1	0	1.000	4.50	7	0	2	0	0	0	10.0	10	5	5	2	6	0	9	0	0	0	43	106	1.600	9.0	1.8	5.4	8.1	1.50
2010	28	TOR	AL	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6		0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2011	29	NYM	NL	1	1	.500	3.12	23	0	8	0	0	0	26.0	22	10	9	5	7	0	26	1	0	0	107	118	1.115	7.6	1.7	2.4	9.0	3.71
5 Yrs				20	22	.476	4.28	158	27	38	1	1	1	311.0	289	165	148	41	85	10	229	8	2	13	1294	107	1.203	8.4	1.2	2.5	6.6	2.69
162 Game Avg.				7	8	.476	4.28	58	10	14	0	0	0	114	106	61	54	15	31	4	84	3	1	5	476	107	1.203	8.4	1.2	2.5	6.6	2.69

COL (3 yrs)				13	11	.542	3.44	111	8	27	0	0	1	170.0	160	75	65	15	44	6	126	4	2	8	702	139	1.200	8.5	0.8	2.3	6.7	2.86
NYM (1 yr)				1	1	.500	3.12	23	0	8	0	0	0	26.0	22	10	9	5	7	0	26	1	0	0	107	118	1.115	7.6	1.7	2.4	9.0	3.71
HOU (1 yr)				6	10	.375	5.89	22	19	1	1	1	0	113.0	107	80	74	21	34	4	77	3	0	5	479	76	1.248	8.5	1.7	2.7	6.1	2.26
TOR (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6		0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

NL (5 yrs)				20	22	.476	4.31	156	27	36	1	1	1	309.0	289	165	148	41	85	10	229	8	2	13	1288	106	1.210	8.4	1.2	2.5	6.7	2.69
AL (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6		0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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
2006	24	HOU	NL	113.0	22	19	80	6.37	4.86	0.28	0.16	100.1	4.74	-20	-1.8	.4	-0.0	-1.0	-9	.416	.489	$327,000
2007	25	COL	NL	93.2	41	8	47	4.52	4.59	0.09	-0.09	107.1	4.73	3	0.3	1.0	-0.1	0.8	12	.507	.502	$
2008	26	COL	NL	66.1	63	0	23	3.12	4.62	-0.17	-0.34	108.1	4.82	13	1.3	1.2	0.0	1.9	19	.521	.508	$399,000

2010	28	COL	NL	10.0	7	0	5	4.50	4.41	0.18	-0.33	119.4	4.67	0	0.0	.2	-0.0	0.1	1	.502	.500	$1,055,000
2010	28	TOR	AL	2.0	2	0	0	0.00	4.91	-0.00	-0.37	103.0	4.68	1	0.1	.0	-0.1	0.1	1	.556	.501	$
2011	29	NYM	NL	26.0	23	0	10	3.46	4.03	-0.34	-0.30	98.1	3.99	1	0.2	1.1	-0.1	0.3	4	.507	.501	$600,000
5 Seasons				311.0	158	27	165	4.77	4.65	0.07	-0.08	104.4	4.69	-2	0.1	1.1	-0.3	2.2	28	.500	.500	$2,381,000

COL (3 yrs)				170.0	111	8	75	3.97	4.60	-0.01	-0.20	108.2	4.76	16	1.6	1.1	-0.1	2.8	32	.515	.503	$1,454,000
NYM (1 yr)				26.0	23	0	10	3.46	4.03	-0.34	-0.30	98.1	3.99	1	0.2	1.1	-0.1	0.3	4	.507	.501	$600,000
HOU (1 yr)				113.0	22	19	80	6.37	4.86	0.28	0.16	100.1	4.74	-20	-1.8	.4	-0.0	-1.0	-9	.416	.489	$327,000
TOR (1 yr)				2.0	2	0	0	0.00	4.91	-0.00	-0.37	103.0	4.68	1	0.1	.0	-0.1	0.1	1	.556	.501	$

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	24	HOU	NL	22	479	431	80	107	27	2	21	11	1	34	77	.248	.304	.466	.770	.254	201	9	3	5	6	4	7
2007	25	COL	NL	41	396	364	47	105	19	3	8	7	0	20	61	.288	.325	.423	.748	.323	154	11	2	5	5	4	1
2008	26	COL	NL	63	263	239	23	45	10	1	5	6	2	18	56	.188	.249	.301	.550	.222	72	4	2	2	2	2	5

2010	28	TOR	AL	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	28	COL	NL	7	43	36	5	10	4	0	2	0	3	6	9	.278	.381	.556	.937	.320	20	0	0	1	0	0	0
2010	28	TOT	MLB	9	49	42	5	10	4	0	2	0	3	6	9	.238	.333	.476	.810	.258	20	0	0	1	0	0	0
2011	29	NYM	NL	23	107	94	10	22	2	0	5	4	1	7	26	.234	.286	.415	.701	.258	39	0	1	2	3	0	0
5 Yrs				158	1294	1170	165	289	62	6	41	28	7	85	229	.247	.299	.415	.714	.271	486	24	8	15	16	10	13
162 Game Avg.				58	476	430	61	106	23	2	15	10	3	31	84	.247	.299	.415	.714	.271	179	9	3	6	6	4	5
MLB Averages																.263	.331	.415	.746	.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	24	HOU	NL	-17.9	-1.6	495	-1.0	7.5	-8.6	.92	-0.0	-1.1	-15.4	-1.4	0.92	-1.8	0	1	2
2007	25	COL	NL	5.8	0.6	407	-0.1	6.0	-6.1	.85	0.5	-0.6	3.3	0.3	0.85	5.0	9	8	15
2008	26	COL	NL	14.8	1.5	273	1.5	7.1	-5.6	1.34	1.2	-0.1	14.0	1.3	1.34	14.4	32	8	21

2010	28	TOT	MLB	1.5	0.2	52	0.0	0.2	-0.2	.18	-0.1	0.4	1.1	0.1	0.18	0.7	0	0	7
2010	28	COL	NL	0.4	0.0	46	0.0	0.2	-0.2	.20	-0.2	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.20	-1.0	0	0	6
2010	28	TOR	AL	1.1	0.1	6	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	0.0	-0.0	1.0	0.1	0.00	1.6	0	0	1
2011	29	NYM	NL	1.8	0.2	113	0.1	1.5	-1.4	.88	-0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.88	-1.1	7	4	12
5 Yrs				6.0	0.7	1340	0.5	22.3	-21.8	.95	1.5	-0.9	2.9	0.3	0.95	17.2	48	21	57

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
2006	24	HOU	NL	22	19	6	9	4	0	0	7	12	.368	2	2	1	1	8	42%	45.9	85	7	14	8	1	8	3.7	3.7	5.6	87	4	8	7	0	107
2007	25	COL	NL	41	8	1	3	4	0	0	4	4	.500	2	0	0	0	3	38%	43.0	67	14	15	6	1	4	4.6	5.8	5.5	79	3	5	0	0	93
2 Yrs				63	27	7	12	8	0	0	11	16	.407	4	2	1	1	11	41%	45	85	7	29	14	2	12	4.0	4.3	5.6	85	7	13	7	0	107
MLB Averages													.500						50%	49	100	-12					4.6	4.6	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
2006	24	HOU	NL	22	3	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		3	.915	0	1	2	1	0	2	0	3	2	0	2	0	6.3	34
2007	25	COL	NL	41	33	6	5	2	0	0	0		1	1	22	9	41%	5	.849	9	8	15	10	4	19	11	22	17	6	18	2	4.5	22
2008	26	COL	NL	63	63	19	6	6	3	1	2	33%	24	21	10	1	10%	8	1.342	32	8	21	37	12	14	6	57	8	7	8	13	3.2	14

2010	28	TOT	MLB	9	9	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0			.176	0	0	7	2	0	7	0	9	3	1	3	0	4.0	20
2010	28	COL	NL	7	7	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	.200	0	0	6	1	0	6	0	7	3	1	3	0	4.3	23
2010	28	TOR	AL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	.003	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	9
2011	29	NYM	NL	23	23	8	1	1	0	0	0		5	5	14	7	50%	7	.878	7	4	12	9	4	10	8	15	7	6	9	4	3.4	18
5 Yrs				158	131	38	13	10	3	1	2	33%	30	27	46	17	37%		.951	48	21	57	59	20	52	25	106	37	20	40	19	3.7	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%
2006	24	HOU	NL	479	52%	4.4%	16.1%	7.1%	10.4%	47%	0.80	1.10	71%	18%	11.7%	10%	69	9	13%
2007	25	COL	NL	396	54%	2.0%	15.4%	5.1%	7.6%	29%	0.82	1.16	76%	19%	5.5%	13%	78	11	14%
2008	26	COL	NL	263	57%	1.9%	21.3%	6.8%	6.1%	36%	0.62	0.79	68%	17%	5.2%	14%	43	4	9%

2010	28	TOT	MLB	49	59%	4.1%	18.4%	12.2%	12.2%	60%	0.57	0.85	63%	15%	11.1%	14%	5	0	0%
2010	28	COL	NL	43	58%	4.7%	20.9%	14.0%	14.0%	60%	0.50	0.80	58%	18%	11.8%	6%	5	0	0%
2010	28	TOR	AL	6	67%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%		1.00	1.00	100%	0%	0.0%	67%	0	0
2011	29	NYM	NL	107	58%	4.7%	24.3%	6.5%	6.5%	32%	0.64	0.76	62%	15%	13.5%	12%	25	0	0%
5 Yrs				1294	54%	3.2%	17.7%	6.6%	8.4%	38%	0.75	1.01	71%	18%	8.6%	12%	220	24	11%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	17.7%	8.5%	7.8%	34%	0.79	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	24	HOU	NL	479	1760	3.67	1114	63%	25%	16%	26%	33%	75%	2%	47%	79%	58%	5%	23	12	22%	103	61	6	13%	17	7	0	0	0
2007	25	COL	NL	396	1353	3.42	866	64%	28%	14%	22%	36%	72%	2%	46%	81%	59%	4%	15	12	17%	69	35	4	31%	15	2	0	0	0
2008	26	COL	NL	264	892	3.38	557	62%	24%	19%	24%	34%	76%	2%	47%	75%	59%	5%	13	7	19%	50	26	0	18%	14	4	-1	0	0

2010	28	TOT	MLB	49	176	3.59	102	58%	32%	20%	15%	33%	68%	0%	39%	71%	59%	12%	6	3	24%	12	4	0	33%	2	3	0	0	0
2010	28	COL	NL	43	158	3.67	89	56%	33%	22%	13%	31%	67%	0%	38%	67%	56%	14%	6	3	21%	9	3	0	33%	2	3	0	0	0
2010	28	TOR	AL	6	18	3.00	13	72%	31%	0%	23%	46%	69%	0%	50%	100%	83%	0%	0	0	50%	3	1	0		0	0	0	0	0
2011	29	NYM	NL	108	410	3.80	266	65%	27%	17%	29%	27%	73%	0%	48%	77%	60%	6%	6	5	25%	27	15	1	15%	7	1	-1	0	0
5 Yrs				1296	4591	3.54	2905	63%	26%	16%	24%	33%	74%	2%	47%	78%	58%	5%	63	39	20%	261	141	11	20%	55	17	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.80		63%	28%	15%	27%	31%	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	24	HOU	NL	479	107	5	0	21	2	7	10	11	11	10	23	17	1	74%	7	5	1	157	11	1	92%	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
2007	25	COL	NL	396	105	11	1	8	0	7	4	4	5	3	28	16	3	57%	1	3	0	152	7	0	100%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
2008	26	COL	NL	263	45	2	0	5	0	4	2	3	3	2	20	8	3	40%	5	5	0	76	6	2	75%	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0

2010	28	TOT	MLB	49	10	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	15	0	3	0%	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	28	COL	NL	43	10	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	15	0	3	0%	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	28	TOR	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0											0
2011	29	NYM	NL	107	22	2	1	5	0	4	1	4	3	2	8	4	4	50%	0	0	1	40	4	1	80%	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
5 Yrs				1294	289	21	2	41	2	22	18	23	23	18	79	45	11	57%	13	13	2	440	28	7	80%	24	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	38	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	24	6	10	.375	5.89	22	19	1	1	1	0	113.0	107	80	74	21	34	4	77	3	0	5	479	76	1.248	8.5	1.7	2.7	6.1	2.26	76
2007	25	12	15	.444	5.14	63	27	7	1	1	0	206.2	212	127	118	29	54	8	138	5	1	8	875	90	1.287	9.2	1.3	2.4	6.0	2.56	90
2008	26	18	21	.462	4.42	126	27	26	1	1	1	273.0	257	150	134	34	72	10	194	7	2	13	1138	105	1.205	8.5	1.1	2.4	6.4	2.69	105
2009	27	18	21	.462	4.42	126	27	26	1	1	1	273.0	257	150	134	34	72	10	194	7	2	13	1138	105	1.205	8.5	1.1	2.4	6.4	2.69	105
2010	28	19	21	.475	4.39	135	27	30	1	1	1	285.0	267	155	139	36	78	10	203	7	2	13	1187	106	1.211	8.4	1.1	2.5	6.4	2.60	106
2011	29	20	22	.476	4.28	158	27	38	1	1	1	311.0	289	165	148	41	85	10	229	8	2	13	1294	107	1.203	8.4	1.2	2.5	6.6	2.69	107

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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
2006	24	4	8	.333	5.50	113.0	104	77	69	20	33	77	3	1.212	8.3	2.6	6.1	2.33	1.6	22
2007	25	5	5	.500	3.72	92.0	98	42	38	7	19	60	2	1.272	9.6	1.9	5.9	3.16	0.7	41
2008	26	6	1	.857	1.88	67.0	42	16	14	5	17	57	2	0.881	5.6	2.3	7.7	3.35	0.7	63

2010	28	1	0	1.000	3.00	12.0	9	4	4	2	5	9	0	1.167	6.8	3.8	6.8	1.80	1.5	9
2011	29	1	1	.500	3.60	25.0	23	11	10	5	7	25	1	1.200	8.3	2.5	9.0	3.57	1.8	23
5 Yrs		17	15	.531	3.93	309.0	276	150	135	39	81	228	8	1.155	8.0		6.6	2.81	1.1	158

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Shutouts s c a p y 2006 NL 1 (7th)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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