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Mark Buehrle    \BURR-lee\

Mark Alan Buehrle

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 245 lb.

Born: March 23, 1979 in St. Charles, MO
High School: Francis Howell North HS (St. Charles, MO)
School: Jefferson College (Hillsboro, MO)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 38th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed May 21, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 16, 2000 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Marlins/BlueJays 2000-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2015, 4 yrs/$58M (12-15) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 12.078, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Jeff Berry), previously: Casey Close [*]
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All-Star

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 21 CHW AL 4 1 .800 4.21 28 3 6 0 0 0 51.1 55 27 24 5 19 1 37 3 0 0 225 120 1.442 9.6 0.9 3.3 6.5 1.95
2001 22 CHW AL 16 8 .667 3.29 32 32 0 4 2 0 221.1 188 89 81 24 48 2 126 8 5 1 885 140 1.066 7.6 1.0 2.0 5.1 2.63
2002 23 CHW AL 19 12 .613 3.58 34 34 0 5 2 0 239.0 236 102 95 25 61 7 134 3 1 6 984 126 1.243 8.9 0.9 2.3 5.0 2.20 AS
2003 24 CHW AL 14 14 .500 4.14 35 35 0 2 0 0 230.1 250 124 106 22 61 2 119 5 0 1 978 112 1.350 9.8 0.9 2.4 4.6 1.95
2004 25 CHW AL 16 10 .615 3.89 35 35 0 4 1 0 245.1 257 119 106 33 51 2 165 8 0 0 1016 121 1.255 9.4 1.2 1.9 6.1 3.24
2005 26 CHW AL 16 8 .667 3.12 33 33 0 3 1 0 236.2 240 99 82 20 40 4 149 4 2 2 971 144 1.183 9.1 0.8 1.5 5.7 3.73 AS,CYA-5
2006 27 CHW AL 12 13 .480 4.99 32 32 0 1 0 0 204.0 247 124 113 36 48 5 98 6 1 0 876 95 1.446 10.9 1.6 2.1 4.3 2.04 AS
2007 28 CHW AL 10 9 .526 3.63 30 30 0 3 1 0 201.0 208 86 81 22 45 5 115 5 0 1 835 130 1.259 9.3 1.0 2.0 5.1 2.56
2008 29 CHW AL 15 12 .556 3.79 34 34 0 1 0 0 218.2 240 106 92 22 52 4 140 5 0 4 918 121 1.335 9.9 0.9 2.1 5.8 2.69
2009 30 CHW AL 13 10 .565 3.84 33 33 0 1 1 0 213.1 222 97 91 27 45 3 105 5 1 2 874 122 1.252 9.4 1.1 1.9 4.4 2.33 AS,GG
2010 31 CHW AL 13 13 .500 4.28 33 33 0 3 0 0 210.1 246 105 100 17 49 1 99 1 5 3 897 100 1.403 10.5 0.7 2.1 4.2 2.02 GG
2011 32 CHW AL 13 9 .591 3.59 31 31 0 0 0 0 205.1 221 93 82 21 45 3 109 2 0 1 858 121 1.295 9.7 0.9 2.0 4.8 2.42 GG
2012 33 MIA NL 13 13 .500 3.74 31 31 0 1 0 0 202.1 197 88 84 26 40 3 125 4 0 2 828 105 1.171 8.8 1.2 1.8 5.6 3.13 GG
2013 34 TOR AL 1 3 .250 5.90 10 10 0 0 0 0 61.0 68 42 40 11 18 2 40 4 0 0 267 75 1.410 10.0 1.6 2.7 5.9 2.22
14 Yrs 175 135 .565 3.87 431 406 6 28 8 0 2740.0 2875 1301 1177 311 622 44 1561 63 15 23 11412 117 1.276 9.4 1.0 2.0 5.1 2.51
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .565 3.87 35 33 0 2 1 0 223 234 106 96 25 51 4 127 5 1 2 927 117 1.276 9.4 1.0 2.0 5.1 2.51
CHW (12 yrs) 161 119 .575 3.83 390 365 6 27 8 0 2476.2 2610 1171 1053 274 564 39 1396 55 15 21 10317 120 1.282 9.5 1.0 2.0 5.1 2.48
MIA (1 yr) 13 13 .500 3.74 31 31 0 1 0 0 202.1 197 88 84 26 40 3 125 4 0 2 828 105 1.171 8.8 1.2 1.8 5.6 3.13
TOR (1 yr) 1 3 .250 5.90 10 10 0 0 0 0 61.0 68 42 40 11 18 2 40 4 0 0 267 75 1.410 10.0 1.6 2.7 5.9 2.22
AL (13 yrs) 162 122 .570 3.88 400 375 6 27 8 0 2537.2 2678 1213 1093 285 582 41 1436 59 15 21 10584 118 1.285 9.5 1.0 2.1 5.1 2.47
NL (1 yr) 13 13 .500 3.74 31 31 0 1 0 0 202.1 197 88 84 26 40 3 125 4 0 2 828 105 1.171 8.8 1.2 1.8 5.6 3.13

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 Awards
2000 21 CHW AL 51.1 28 3 27 4.73 5.23 0.04 -0.20 103.6 5.17 2 0.2 .9 -0.1 0.6 9 .507 .501
2001 22 CHW AL 221.1 32 32 89 3.62 4.91 0.04 0.19 102.2 5.17 36 3.8 -0.1 5.9 63 .618 .523 $225,000
2002 23 CHW AL 239.0 34 34 102 3.84 4.72 0.08 0.17 101.5 4.88 26 2.8 -0.2 5.0 54 .581 .517 $310,000 AS
2003 24 CHW AL 230.1 35 35 124 4.85 4.85 0.15 0.18 101.4 4.96 3 0.3 -0.1 2.5 29 .509 .502 $445,000
2004 25 CHW AL 245.1 35 35 119 4.37 4.92 0.10 0.19 102.9 5.15 18 1.8 -0.1 4.2 50 .552 .511 $3,500,000
2005 26 CHW AL 236.2 33 33 99 3.76 4.72 0.27 0.17 102.9 4.75 24 2.5 -0.1 4.8 52 .577 .516 $6,000,000 AS,CYA-5
2006 27 CHW AL 204.0 32 32 124 5.47 5.00 -0.24 0.19 104.8 5.70 3 0.3 -0.1 2.2 28 .508 .502 $8,000,000 AS
2007 28 CHW AL 201.0 30 30 86 3.85 4.89 -0.43 0.19 103.3 5.69 39 4.2 -0.1 6.1 64 .640 .526 $9,500,000
2008 29 CHW AL 218.2 34 34 106 4.36 4.78 -0.21 0.18 105.3 5.45 22 2.4 -0.2 4.4 50 .570 .515 $14,000,000
2009 30 CHW AL 213.1 33 33 97 4.09 4.87 -0.17 0.19 104.5 5.47 31 3.2 -0.2 5.3 56 .598 .520 $14,000,000 AS,GG
2010 31 CHW AL 210.1 33 33 105 4.49 4.46 -0.44 0.16 105.7 5.34 18 2.0 -0.1 4.0 41 .561 .512 $14,000,000 GG
2011 32 CHW AL 205.1 31 31 93 4.08 4.43 -0.09 0.16 103.3 4.83 17 1.8 -0.1 3.8 38 .558 .511 $14,000,000 GG
2012 33 MIA NL 202.1 31 31 88 3.91 4.25 -0.34 0.16 100.0 4.75 17 1.9 -0.1 3.5 35 .562 .512 $6,000,000 GG
2013 34 TOR AL 61.0 10 10 42 6.20 4.57 -0.11 0.18 104.8 5.10 -8 -0.8 -0.1 -0.3 -1 .421 .495 $11,000,000
14 Seasons 2740.0 431 406 1301 4.27 4.74 -0.09 0.17 103.2 5.17 249 26.4 .9 -1.8 52.2 568 .561 .512 $100,980,000
CHW (12 yrs) 2476.2 390 365 1171 4.26 4.79 -0.07 0.17 103.4 5.20 240 25.3 .9 -1.6 49.0 535 .565 .513 $83,980,000
MIA (1 yr) 202.1 31 31 88 3.91 4.25 -0.34 0.16 100.0 4.75 17 1.9 -0.1 3.5 35 .562 .512 $6,000,000
TOR (1 yr) 61.0 10 10 42 6.20 4.57 -0.11 0.18 104.8 5.10 -8 -0.8 -0.1 -0.3 -1 .421 .495 $11,000,000

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
2000 21 CHW AL ALDS L SEA 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 6.000 54.0 0.0 0.0 27.0
2005 26 CHW AL ALDS W BOS 1 0 1.000 5.14 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 4 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 30 1.286 10.3 0.0 1.3 2.6 2.00
2005 26 CHW AL ALCS W LAA 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 32 0.556 5.0 1.0 0.0 4.0
2005 26 CHW AL WS W HOU 0 0 4.91 2 1 1 0 0 1 7.1 7 4 4 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 29 0.955 8.6 1.2 0.0 7.4
2008 29 CHW AL ALDS L TBR 0 1 .000 6.43 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 10 5 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 30 1.429 12.9 1.3 0.0 3.9
3 Yrs (5 Series) 2 1 .667 4.11 6 4 2 1 0 1 30.2 32 14 14 3 1 1 16 1 0 0 124 1.076 9.4 0.9 0.3 4.7 16.00
3 ALDS 1 1 .500 5.65 3 2 1 0 0 0 14.1 20 9 9 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 63 1.465 12.6 0.6 0.6 3.8 6.00
1 ALCS 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 32 0.556 5.0 1.0 0.0 4.0
1 WS 0 0 4.91 2 1 1 0 0 1 7.1 7 4 4 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 29 0.955 8.6 1.2 0.0 7.4

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
2002 CHW AL 23 0 0 0 4.50 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2005 CHW AL 26 1 1 0 1.000 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
2006 CHW AL 27
2009 CHW AL 30 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
4 Yrs (3 GP) 1 1 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 19 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0

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
2000 21 CHW AL 28 225 202 27 55 15 2 5 1 3 19 37 .272 .344 .441 .784 .313 89 4 3 1 0 1 4
2001 22 CHW AL 32 885 816 89 188 40 4 24 6 6 48 126 .230 .279 .377 .656 .245 308 23 8 9 4 2 12
2002 23 CHW AL 34 984 908 102 236 53 2 25 4 10 61 134 .260 .308 .405 .713 .281 368 24 3 9 3 7 6
2003 24 CHW AL 35 978 898 124 250 48 3 22 1 4 61 119 .278 .325 .412 .737 .298 370 24 5 7 7 2 13
2004 25 CHW AL 35 1016 947 119 257 40 4 33 5 8 51 165 .271 .312 .427 .739 .297 404 33 8 4 6 2 12
2005 26 CHW AL 33 971 916 99 240 44 2 20 8 3 40 149 .262 .295 .380 .675 .293 348 29 4 7 4 4 15
2006 27 CHW AL 32 876 809 124 247 48 2 36 4 7 48 98 .305 .346 .503 .849 .309 407 21 6 6 7 5 5
2007 28 CHW AL 30 835 773 86 208 44 2 22 2 3 45 115 .269 .312 .417 .728 .290 322 20 5 7 5 5 7
2008 29 CHW AL 34 918 853 106 240 41 7 22 5 7 52 140 .281 .324 .423 .747 .313 361 34 5 2 6 4 15
2009 30 CHW AL 33 874 806 97 222 44 4 27 4 4 45 105 .275 .315 .440 .756 .286 355 28 5 11 7 3 7
2010 31 CHW AL 33 897 834 105 246 50 1 17 6 6 49 99 .295 .332 .418 .751 .316 349 19 1 6 7 1 9
2011 32 CHW AL 31 858 798 93 221 34 6 21 3 7 45 109 .277 .315 .414 .728 .296 330 19 2 6 7 3 8
2012 33 MIA NL 31 828 763 88 197 37 2 26 5 3 40 125 .258 .296 .414 .710 .276 316 17 4 14 7 3 8
2013 34 TOR AL 10 267 244 42 68 12 1 11 1 0 18 40 .279 .337 .471 .808 .294 115 6 4 0 1 2 4
14 Yrs 431 11412 10567 1301 2875 550 42 311 55 71 622 1561 .272 .314 .420 .735 .292 4442 301 63 89 71 44 125
162 Game Avg. 35 927 858 106 234 45 3 25 4 6 51 127 .272 .314 .420 .735 .292 361 24 5 7 6 4 10
MLB Averages .263 .331 .419 .750 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2000 21 CHW AL 4.3 0.4 231 0.3 4.1 -3.8 .95 0.2 0.1 1.4 0.1 0.95 3.9 5 8 11
2001 22 CHW AL 31.6 3.2 908 2.5 16.1 -13.6 .93 3.6 -0.9 38.2 3.8 0.93 46.6 0 0 0
2002 23 CHW AL 25.2 2.5 1009 1.9 17.0 -15.1 .91 2.8 -0.8 29.9 3.0 0.91 33.6 0 0 0
2003 24 CHW AL 8.2 0.8 990 0.3 16.2 -15.9 .92 1.4 -1.1 1.7 0.2 0.92 16.9 0 0 0
2004 25 CHW AL 19.8 1.9 1033 1.3 16.3 -14.9 .85 2.2 -0.6 21.4 2.1 0.85 30.3 0 0 0
2005 26 CHW AL 30.8 3.2 989 3.0 19.5 -16.5 1.07 3.1 -0.3 28.1 2.8 1.07 34.3 0 0 0
2006 27 CHW AL -5.8 -0.6 897 -0.9 14.8 -15.6 .91 -1.5 0.6 -10.3 -0.9 0.91 -16.2 0 0 0
2007 28 CHW AL 23.8 2.4 843 2.3 15.8 -13.5 1.00 2.2 0.0 29.9 3.0 1.00 27.0 0 0 0
2008 29 CHW AL 15.6 1.6 934 1.7 16.6 -14.8 .93 1.3 0.6 15.6 1.5 0.93 14.0 0 0 0
2009 30 CHW AL 19.8 2.0 891 1.7 15.6 -13.8 .95 1.4 0.4 24.6 2.4 0.95 18.6 0 0 0
2010 31 CHW AL 1.1 0.1 922 -0.4 15.7 -16.1 .98 -0.1 -0.4 2.4 0.2 0.98 0.3 0 0 0
2011 32 CHW AL 14.4 1.5 874 2.2 15.9 -13.7 .97 1.1 1.2 16.5 1.7 0.97 11.9 0 0 0
2012 33 MIA NL 6.6 0.7 839 0.8 15.0 -14.2 1.01 1.1 -0.3 9.1 1.0 1.01 10.8 0 0 0
2013 34 TOR AL -9.4 -0.9 272 -0.8 4.3 -5.0 .94 -0.5 -0.3 -8.3 -0.8 0.94 -5.9 0 0 0
14 Yrs 186.0 18.8 11632 15.9 202.6 -186.7 .95 18.3 -1.6 200.2 20.1 0.95 226.2 5 8 11

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
2000 21 CHW AL 28 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 0 0 1 33% 40.7 61 23 15 3 1 0 5.2 6.6 5.2 95 0 2 1 0 103
2001 22 CHW AL 32 32 16 8 8 2 3 20 12 .625 2 4 4 2 20 63% 56.2 88 21 18 9 0 17 5.3 5.4 6.9 103 1 10 21 0 117
2002 23 CHW AL 34 34 19 12 3 2 4 20 14 .588 1 1 5 2 23 68% 53.7 79 8 10 5 0 13 6.4 6.0 7.0 103 1 9 23 1 124
2003 24 CHW AL 35 35 14 14 7 2 7 18 17 .514 2 3 2 0 24 69% 48.9 80 0 18 5 1 8 4.9 4.8 6.6 100 2 12 20 1 128
2004 25 CHW AL 35 35 16 10 9 2 4 21 14 .600 3 4 4 1 23 66% 52.6 87 7 12 5 2 11 6.2 6.2 7.0 105 1 8 24 2 122
2005 26 CHW AL 33 33 16 8 9 2 1 20 13 .606 4 3 3 1 20 61% 55.4 88 21 20 8 0 17 4.2 4.1 7.2 105 0 5 27 1 120
2006 27 CHW AL 32 32 12 13 7 1 0 18 14 .563 1 2 1 0 16 50% 45.0 81 3 16 3 0 16 4.8 4.8 6.4 97 3 12 17 0 118
2007 28 CHW AL 30 30 10 9 11 1 5 17 13 .567 5 6 3 1 20 67% 52.8 94 20 18 11 0 18 4.3 3.8 6.7 103 1 6 23 0 119
2008 29 CHW AL 34 34 15 12 7 1 4 18 16 .529 1 2 1 0 24 71% 50.8 75 4 19 7 3 15 5.2 5.4 6.4 100 1 11 21 1 121
2009 30 CHW AL 33 33 13 10 10 0 1 19 14 .576 3 4 1 1 19 58% 51.1 93 8 18 9 0 14 4.5 4.1 6.5 97 4 11 18 0 116
2010 31 CHW AL 33 33 13 13 7 1 4 19 14 .576 1 4 3 0 19 58% 48.0 77 19 16 6 0 17 4.9 4.8 6.4 100 1 13 18 1 125
2011 32 CHW AL 31 31 13 9 9 1 3 19 12 .613 3 5 0 0 22 71% 51.4 78 12 12 6 0 21 4.5 4.1 6.6 101 1 11 18 1 120
2012 33 MIA NL 31 31 13 13 5 4 5 15 16 .484 3 0 1 0 17 55% 53.3 75 22 9 3 0 18 4.5 4.6 6.5 99 2 15 14 0 116
2013 34 TOR AL 10 10 1 3 6 0 0 6 4 .600 1 3 0 0 4 40% 44.3 66 27 11 7 0 4 4.4 3.4 6.1 102 0 3 7 0 109
14 Yrs 431 406 172 134 100 19 41 232 174 .571 30 41 28 8 252 62% 51 94 0 212 87 7 189 5.0 4.9 6.7 101 18 128 252 8 128
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 101 -13 4.7 4.7 5.9 95

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
2000 21 CHW AL 28 25 6 3 1 2 0 2 0% 5 3 23 12 52% 6 .954 5 8 11 13 2 10 12 13 10 6 12 5 4.3 24
1 Yr 28 25 6 3 1 2 0 2 0% 5 3 23 12 52% .954 5 8 11 13 2 10 12 13 10 6 12 5 4.3 24

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%
2000 21 CHW AL 225 35% 2.2% 16.4% 8.4% 9.8% 40% 0.66 1.04 71% 27% 6.0% 15% 42 4 10%
2001 22 CHW AL 885 19% 2.7% 14.2% 5.4% 7.7% 36% 0.71 1.03 76% 22% 7.2% 17% 143 23 16%
2002 23 CHW AL 984 27% 2.5% 13.6% 6.2% 8.1% 34% 0.81 1.35 76% 25% 6.9% 14% 163 24 15%
2003 24 CHW AL 978 29% 2.3% 12.2% 6.2% 7.5% 29% 0.84 1.11 78% 20% 5.9% 12% 198 24 12%
2004 25 CHW AL 1016 21% 3.3% 16.2% 5.0% 7.6% 30% 0.97 1.30 74% 18% 9.3% 11% 196 33 17%
2005 26 CHW AL 971 22% 2.1% 15.4% 4.1% 6.8% 28% 0.89 1.19 77% 18% 5.7% 13% 182 29 16%
2006 27 CHW AL 876 20% 4.1% 11.2% 5.5% 9.8% 35% 0.82 1.11 78% 17% 10.4% 11% 164 21 13%
2007 28 CHW AL 835 20% 2.6% 13.8% 5.4% 8.1% 33% 0.78 1.08 77% 20% 6.9% 13% 156 20 13%
2008 29 CHW AL 918 28% 2.4% 15.3% 5.7% 7.6% 29% 0.99 1.51 76% 18% 7.1% 13% 168 34 20%
2009 30 CHW AL 874 27% 3.1% 12.0% 5.2% 8.6% 34% 0.84 1.17 78% 18% 8.1% 12% 147 28 19%
2010 31 CHW AL 897 28% 1.9% 11.0% 5.5% 7.6% 28% 0.87 1.11 81% 18% 4.9% 13% 173 19 11%
2011 32 CHW AL 858 29% 2.5% 12.7% 5.2% 7.1% 28% 0.85 1.09 79% 18% 6.7% 16% 153 19 12%
2012 33 MIA NL 828 25% 3.1% 15.1% 4.8% 7.9% 33% 0.70 1.13 75% 20% 7.9% 12% 142 17 12%
2013 34 TOR AL 267 36% 4.1% 15.0% 6.7% 9.0% 35% 0.80 1.00 73% 22% 11.1% 12% 55 6 11%
14 Yrs 11412 25% 2.7% 13.7% 5.5% 7.9% 31% 0.83 1.17 77% 19% 7.3% 13% 2082 301 14%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.5% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.08 69% 20% 7.7% 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
2000 21 CHW AL 226 880 3.89 533 61% 26% 13% 29% 31% 74% 1% 45% 82% 51% 4% 10 9 15% 35 11 3 24% 3 0 -1 0 0
2001 22 CHW AL 888 3311 3.73 2123 64% 27% 12% 28% 33% 73% 1% 47% 84% 58% 3% 26 19 18% 157 81 8 22% 17 5 -3 0 0
2002 23 CHW AL 986 3510 3.56 2256 64% 26% 14% 25% 35% 74% 2% 48% 81% 60% 4% 42 26 20% 198 105 18 25% 22 9 -2 0 0
2003 24 CHW AL 979 3499 3.57 2244 64% 26% 11% 27% 35% 74% 1% 47% 85% 58% 4% 36 27 18% 180 68 8 39% 17 7 -1 0 0
2004 25 CHW AL 1022 3690 3.61 2398 65% 28% 12% 27% 33% 72% 1% 47% 83% 61% 2% 23 13 19% 191 72 7 32% 25 8 -6 0 0
2005 26 CHW AL 973 3475 3.57 2338 67% 27% 11% 29% 33% 73% 1% 49% 85% 62% 4% 35 24 24% 232 119 7 35% 34 7 -2 0 0
2006 27 CHW AL 882 3102 3.52 2004 65% 26% 10% 28% 36% 74% 2% 48% 87% 61% 3% 30 17 20% 173 76 7 24% 18 8 -6 0 0
2007 28 CHW AL 837 3102 3.71 1997 64% 27% 12% 27% 34% 73% 2% 47% 83% 62% 3% 28 17 22% 183 72 9 25% 18 6 -2 0 0
2008 29 CHW AL 919 3388 3.69 2183 64% 27% 11% 29% 33% 73% 1% 47% 85% 59% 3% 29 17 22% 200 93 10 27% 23 8 -1 0 0
2009 30 CHW AL 875 3213 3.67 2074 65% 27% 11% 27% 35% 73% 1% 47% 85% 59% 4% 33 21 22% 192 101 16 30% 16 9 -1 0 0
2010 31 CHW AL 898 3305 3.68 2136 65% 28% 10% 27% 35% 72% 0% 47% 86% 62% 3% 27 19 20% 179 74 4 27% 11 7 -1 0 0
2011 32 CHW AL 863 3146 3.65 2002 64% 28% 11% 26% 35% 72% 1% 46% 84% 56% 4% 38 27 17% 143 63 8 36% 18 8 -5 0 0
2012 33 MIA NL 831 3061 3.68 1968 64% 30% 12% 25% 33% 70% 1% 45% 83% 61% 3% 25 20 20% 167 76 11 29% 13 2 -3 0 0
2013 34 TOR AL 267 1020 3.82 628 62% 30% 13% 24% 33% 70% 2% 43% 82% 52% 5% 14 10 21% 56 23 4 28% 5 2 0 0 0
14 Yrs 11446 41702 3.64 26884 64% 27% 12% 27% 34% 73% 1% 47% 84% 60% 3% 396 266 20% 2286 1034 120 29% 240 86 -34 0 0
MLB Averages 3.77 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 59% 5% 22% 26%

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
2000 21 CHW AL 225 55 4 1 5 0 11 3 2 1 4 21 9 4 43% 4 0 0 76 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0
2001 22 CHW AL 885 188 19 4 24 1 8 19 5 14 10 42 23 6 55% 12 1 2 286 6 6 50% 6 5 0 0 0 1 5 3 14 0
2002 23 CHW AL 984 236 14 4 25 0 16 15 10 10 15 47 22 6 47% 6 6 2 325 4 10 29% 4 10 0 0 0 0 8 7 15 0
2003 24 CHW AL 978 250 31 6 22 1 17 15 7 13 9 51 33 4 65% 13 1 2 366 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 2 11 0
2004 25 CHW AL 1016 257 34 5 33 1 17 27 6 22 11 44 29 5 66% 12 0 1 348 5 8 38% 4 7 1 0 0 1 9 5 7 0
2005 26 CHW AL 971 240 24 2 20 0 11 16 4 13 7 46 24 7 52% 15 2 1 344 8 3 73% 7 3 1 0 0 0 5 2 10 0
2006 27 CHW AL 876 247 21 7 36 0 11 28 8 26 10 39 27 3 69% 5 0 4 317 4 7 36% 4 6 0 1 0 0 10 4 16 0
2007 28 CHW AL 835 208 25 4 22 0 11 17 5 13 9 43 23 5 53% 7 1 0 301 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 3 9 0
2008 29 CHW AL 918 240 38 9 22 1 10 16 6 10 12 39 17 10 44% 15 4 1 321 5 7 42% 5 7 0 0 0 0 7 5 12 0
2009 30 CHW AL 874 222 19 1 27 0 13 19 8 14 13 34 21 1 62% 7 2 0 290 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 8 4 11 0
2010 31 CHW AL 897 246 21 2 17 0 17 11 6 6 11 37 24 6 65% 9 3 1 333 6 6 50% 5 5 0 0 1 1 11 5 22 0
2011 32 CHW AL 858 221 31 5 21 0 6 12 9 9 12 31 19 3 61% 8 1 1 311 3 7 30% 3 5 0 1 0 1 6 4 10 0
2012 33 MIA NL 828 197 19 5 26 1 17 19 7 10 16 28 17 2 61% 8 2 0 282 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 4 2 14 0
2013 34 TOR AL 267 68 10 2 11 1 7 8 3 6 5 14 7 1 50% 4 0 0 88 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
14 Yrs 11412 2875 310 57 311 6 172 225 86 167 144 516 295 63 57% 125 23 15 3988 55 71 44% 51 65 3 2 1 4 89 48 152 0
MLB Averages 53% 71%

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+
2000 21 4 1 .800 4.21 28 3 6 0 0 0 51.1 55 27 24 5 19 1 37 3 0 0 225 120 1.442 9.6 0.9 3.3 6.5 1.95 120
2001 22 20 9 .690 3.47 60 35 6 4 2 0 272.2 243 116 105 29 67 3 163 11 5 1 1110 136 1.137 8.0 1.0 2.2 5.4 2.43 136
2002 23 39 21 .650 3.52 94 69 6 9 4 0 511.2 479 218 200 54 128 10 297 14 6 7 2094 131 1.186 8.4 0.9 2.3 5.2 2.32 131
2003 24 53 35 .602 3.71 129 104 6 11 4 0 742.0 729 342 306 76 189 12 416 19 6 8 3072 124 1.237 8.8 0.9 2.3 5.0 2.20 124
2004 25 69 45 .605 3.76 164 139 6 15 5 0 987.1 986 461 412 109 240 14 581 27 6 8 4088 123 1.242 9.0 1.0 2.2 5.3 2.42 123
2005 26 85 53 .616 3.63 197 172 6 18 6 0 1224.0 1226 560 494 129 280 18 730 31 8 10 5059 127 1.230 9.0 0.9 2.1 5.4 2.61 127
2006 27 97 66 .595 3.83 229 204 6 19 6 0 1428.0 1473 684 607 165 328 23 828 37 9 10 5935 121 1.261 9.3 1.0 2.1 5.2 2.52 121
2007 28 107 75 .588 3.80 259 234 6 22 7 0 1629.0 1681 770 688 187 373 28 943 42 9 11 6770 122 1.261 9.3 1.0 2.1 5.2 2.53 122
2008 29 122 87 .584 3.80 293 268 6 23 7 0 1847.2 1921 876 780 209 425 32 1083 47 9 15 7688 122 1.270 9.4 1.0 2.1 5.3 2.55 122
2009 30 135 97 .582 3.80 326 301 6 24 8 0 2061.0 2143 973 871 236 470 35 1188 52 10 17 8562 122 1.268 9.4 1.0 2.1 5.2 2.53 122
2010 31 148 110 .574 3.85 359 334 6 27 8 0 2271.1 2389 1078 971 253 519 36 1287 53 15 20 9459 120 1.280 9.5 1.0 2.1 5.1 2.48 120
2011 32 161 119 .575 3.83 390 365 6 27 8 0 2476.2 2610 1171 1053 274 564 39 1396 55 15 21 10317 120 1.282 9.5 1.0 2.0 5.1 2.48 120
2012 33 174 132 .569 3.82 421 396 6 28 8 0 2679.0 2807 1259 1137 300 604 42 1521 59 15 23 11145 119 1.273 9.4 1.0 2.0 5.1 2.52 119
2013 34 175 135 .565 3.87 431 406 6 28 8 0 2740.0 2875 1301 1177 311 622 44 1561 63 15 23 11412 117 1.276 9.4 1.0 2.0 5.1 2.51 117

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
2000 21 3 2 .600 3.71 51.0 52 23 21 5 18 37 3 1.373 9.2 3.2 6.5 2.06 0.9 28
2001 22 15 9 .625 3.17 216.0 182 84 76 23 46 123 8 1.056 7.6 1.9 5.1 2.67 1.0 32
2002 23 14 11 .560 3.62 229.0 233 102 92 25 60 129 3 1.279 9.2 2.4 5.1 2.15 1.0 34
2003 24 12 12 .500 4.08 223.0 244 112 101 21 60 115 5 1.363 9.8 2.4 4.6 1.92 0.8 35
2004 25 14 12 .538 3.72 237.0 248 109 98 32 49 159 8 1.253 9.4 1.9 6.0 3.24 1.2 35
2005 26 16 9 .640 3.08 231.0 235 88 79 20 39 145 4 1.186 9.2 1.5 5.6 3.72 0.8 33
2006 27 9 12 .429 4.73 196.0 236 114 103 34 46 94 6 1.439 10.8 2.1 4.3 2.04 1.6 32
2007 28 12 9 .571 3.44 196.0 200 83 75 21 43 112 5 1.240 9.2 2.0 5.1 2.60 1.0 30
2008 29 12 11 .522 3.73 210.0 233 97 87 21 50 134 5 1.348 10.0 2.1 5.7 2.68 0.9 34
2009 30 12 10 .545 3.75 204.0 214 94 85 26 43 100 5 1.260 9.4 1.9 4.4 2.33 1.1 33
2010 31 9 13 .409 4.66 199.0 249 114 103 17 50 94 1 1.503 11.3 2.3 4.3 1.88 0.8 33
2011 32 11 10 .524 3.75 197.0 221 91 82 21 45 104 2 1.350 10.1 2.1 4.8 2.31 1.0 31
2012 33 10 11 .476 4.15 193.0 203 99 89 27 41 119 4 1.264 9.5 1.9 5.5 2.90 1.3 31
2013 34 2 4 .333 6.25 59.0 69 46 41 11 18 38 4 1.475 10.5 2.7 5.8 2.11 1.7 10
14 Yrs 151 135 .528 3.86 2641.0 2819 1256 1132 304 608 1503 63 1.298 9.6 5.1 2.47 1.0 431

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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
2002 *
2005 (P)
2006
2009 *

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2005 AL (5, 4%)
0.04 Career Shares (238th)

Gold Gloves
2009 AL (P)
2010 AL (P)
2011 AL (P)
2012 NL (P)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
Active  51.6 (15th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2001 AL  5.9 (3rd)
2002 AL  5.0 (8th)
2005 AL  4.8 (5th)
2007 AL  6.1 (6th)
2009 AL  5.3 (7th)
Active  52.2 (6th)
Career  52.2 (86th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2001 AL  3.29 (4th)
2004 AL  3.89 (8th)
2005 AL  3.12 (3rd)
2007 AL  3.63 (10th)
Active  3.87 (25th)

Wins s c a p y
2002 AL  19 (4th)
2004 AL  16 (6th)
2005 AL  16 (5th)
2008 AL  15 (10th)
Active  175 (6th)
Career  175 (170th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
Active  .565 (29th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2001 AL  1.066 (1st)
2004 AL  1.255 (8th)
2005 AL  1.183 (7th)
Active  1.276 (23rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2001 AL  7.645 (3rd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2001 AL  1.952 (6th)
2004 AL  1.871 (5th)
2005 AL  1.521 (6th)
2007 AL  2.015 (8th)
2009 AL  1.898 (4th)
2010 AL  2.097 (6th)
2011 AL  1.972 (7th)
2012 NL  1.779 (7th)
Active  2.043 (5th)
Career  2.043 (101st)

Games Played s c a p y
Active  431 (48th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2001 AL  221.3 (10th)
2002 AL  239.0 (2nd)
2003 AL  230.3 (5th)
2004 AL  245.3 (1st)
2005 AL  236.7 (1st)
2008 AL  218.7 (5th)
2009 AL  213.3 (8th)
Active  2,740.0 (2nd)
Career  2,740.0 (177th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2004 AL  165 (9th)
Active  1,561 (19th)
Career  1,561 (167th)

Games Started s c a p y
2002 AL  34 (2nd)
2003 AL  35 (2nd)
2004 AL  35 (1st)
2005 AL  33 (8th)
2008 AL  34 (1st)
2009 AL  33 (4th)
2010 AL  33 (4th)
2013 AL  10 (2nd)
Active  406 (3rd)
Career  406 (118th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2001 AL  4 (5th)
2002 AL  5 (2nd)
2004 AL  4 (4th)
2005 AL  3 (4th)
2007 AL  3 (3rd)
2010 AL  3 (8th)
Active  28 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2001 AL  2 (4th)
2002 AL  2 (2nd)
2004 AL  1 (4th)
2005 AL  1 (5th)
2007 AL  1 (5th)
2009 AL  1 (7th)
Active  8 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2004 AL  33 (5th)
2006 AL  36 (2nd)
2009 AL  27 (6th)
2012 NL  26 (5th)
2013 AL  11 (2nd)
Active  311 (1st)
Career  311 (41st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Active  622 (19th)

Hits s c a p y
2002 AL  236 (4th)
2003 AL  250 (2nd)
2004 AL  257 (2nd)
2005 AL  240 (1st)
2006 AL  247 (1st)
2008 AL  240 (1st)
2009 AL  222 (6th)
2010 AL  246 (1st)
2011 AL  221 (5th)
2013 AL  68 (5th)
Active  2,875 (2nd)
Career  2,875 (146th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2001 AL  2.625 (8th)
2004 AL  3.235 (7th)
2005 AL  3.725 (7th)
Active  2.510 (28th)
Career  2.510 (98th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2005 AL  0.761 (4th)
Active  1.022 (40th)

Losses s c a p y
2002 AL  12 (8th)
2003 AL  14 (7th)
2006 AL  13 (6th)
2008 AL  12 (10th)
2010 AL  13 (10th)
2012 NL  13 (5th)
Active  135 (3rd)
Career  135 (233rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2003 AL  106 (4th)
2006 AL  113 (6th)
2010 AL  100 (8th)
2013 AL  40 (1st)
Active  1,177 (3rd)
Career  1,177 (134th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2013 AL  4 (6th)
Active  63 (26th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2002 AL  984 (3rd)
2003 AL  978 (3rd)
2004 AL  1,016 (1st)
2005 AL  971 (1st)
2008 AL  918 (3rd)
2010 AL  897 (10th)
2013 AL  267 (9th)
Active  11,412 (2nd)
Career  11,412 (191st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2001 AL  140 (3rd)
2004 AL  121 (9th)
2005 AL  144 (3rd)
2007 AL  130 (9th)
2009 AL  122 (10th)
Active  117 (16th)
Career  117 (168th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2001 AL  32 (3rd)
2002 AL  25 (9th)
2005 AL  31 (3rd)
Active  185 (8th)
Career  185 (93rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2001 AL  3.2 (3rd)
2002 AL  2.5 (9th)
2005 AL  3.2 (3rd)
Active  18.7 (8th)
Career  18.7 (96th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2001 AL  38.19 (3rd)
2002 AL  29.90 (9th)
2005 AL  28.13 (4th)
2007 AL  29.91 (9th)
Active  200.24 (8th)
Career  200.24 (46th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2005 AL  3.0 (7th)
Active  15.9 (18th)
Career  15.9 (94th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2001 AL  3.6 (5th)
2002 AL  2.8 (8th)
2004 AL  2.2 (10th)
2005 AL  3.1 (3rd)
Active  18.3 (10th)
Career  18.3 (52nd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2001 AL  3.8 (3rd)
2002 AL  3.0 (9th)
2005 AL  2.8 (4th)
2007 AL  3.0 (9th)
Active  20.1 (9th)
Career  20.1 (53rd)

Youngest s c a p y
2000 AL  born 1979-03-23 (3rd)
2000 AL  born 1979-03-23 (3rd)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (305), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 101 (210), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 44 (308), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 23 (240), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (112th), 51.6 career WAR/35.8 7yr-peak WAR/43.7 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

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  6. Doug Drabek (920)
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  6. Herb Pennock (906) *
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  6. Mark Mulder (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  11. Frank Viola (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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