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Jason Bulger    \BUL-jer\

Jason Patrick Bulger

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: December 6, 1978 in Lawrenceville, GA
High School: Brookwood HS (Snellville, GA)
School: Valdosta State University (Valdosta, GA)
Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed September 18, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 26, 2005 (Age 26)
Teams (by GP): Angels/Diamondbacks 2005-2011

Final Game: April 23, 2011 (Age 32)
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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
2005 26 ARI NL 1 0 1.000 5.40 9 0 5 0 0 0 10.0 14 6 6 1 5 1 9 0 0 0 48 84 1.900 12.6 0.9 4.5 8.1 1.80
2006 27 LAA AL 0 0 16.20 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 1 3 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 9 34 2.400 5.4 0.0 16.2 5.4 0.33
2007 28 LAA AL 0 0 2.84 6 0 4 0 0 0 6.1 5 2 2 0 3 0 8 0 0 1 25 167 1.263 7.1 0.0 4.3 11.4 2.67
2008 29 LAA AL 0 0 7.31 14 0 7 0 0 0 16.0 15 13 13 3 9 0 20 2 0 0 73 62 1.500 8.4 1.7 5.1 11.3 2.22
2009 30 LAA AL 6 1 .857 3.56 64 0 20 0 0 1 65.2 46 26 26 7 30 1 68 1 0 5 262 123 1.157 6.3 1.0 4.1 9.3 2.27
2010 31 LAA AL 0 0 4.88 25 0 5 0 0 0 24.0 25 14 13 3 15 0 25 2 0 1 111 83 1.667 9.4 1.1 5.6 9.4 1.67
2011 32 LAA AL 0 1 .000 0.96 5 0 4 0 0 0 9.1 6 4 1 2 10 1 7 0 0 0 43 407 1.714 5.8 1.9 9.6 6.8 0.70
7 Yrs 7 2 .778 4.33 125 0 46 0 0 1 133.0 112 68 64 16 75 3 138 5 0 8 571 101 1.406 7.6 1.1 5.1 9.3 1.84
162 Game Avg. 4 1 .778 4.33 68 0 25 0 0 1 72 61 37 35 9 41 2 75 3 0 4 311 101 1.406 7.6 1.1 5.1 9.3 1.84
LAA (6 yrs) 6 2 .750 4.24 116 0 41 0 0 1 123.0 98 62 58 15 70 2 129 5 0 8 523 102 1.366 7.2 1.1 5.1 9.4 1.84
ARI (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 5.40 9 0 5 0 0 0 10.0 14 6 6 1 5 1 9 0 0 0 48 84 1.900 12.6 0.9 4.5 8.1 1.80
AL (6 yrs) 6 2 .750 4.24 116 0 41 0 0 1 123.0 98 62 58 15 70 2 129 5 0 8 523 102 1.366 7.2 1.1 5.1 9.4 1.84
NL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 5.40 9 0 5 0 0 0 10.0 14 6 6 1 5 1 9 0 0 0 48 84 1.900 12.6 0.9 4.5 8.1 1.80

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
2005 26 ARI NL 10.0 9 0 6 5.40 4.46 -0.08 -0.34 109.4 4.60 -1 -0.1 .4 0.0 0.0 -0 .490 .499
2006 27 LAA AL 1.2 2 0 3 16.20 5.21 0.00 -0.38 100.0 4.83 -2 -0.2 .3 0.1 -0.1 -2 .405 .499
2007 28 LAA AL 6.1 6 0 2 2.84 5.03 0.02 -0.37 100.9 4.67 1 0.1 .1 -0.1 0.1 2 .521 .501
2008 29 LAA AL 16.0 14 0 13 7.31 5.17 0.05 -0.38 102.2 4.85 -5 -0.5 .3 0.1 -0.2 -3 .467 .497 $392,000
2009 30 LAA AL 65.2 64 0 26 3.56 4.83 0.34 -0.36 98.2 4.06 3 0.3 1.1 -0.2 0.9 11 .505 .502 $403,000
2010 31 LAA AL 24.0 25 0 14 5.25 4.50 -0.09 -0.34 98.5 4.18 -3 -0.3 .8 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .487 .498 $418,000
2011 32 LAA AL 9.1 5 0 4 3.86 4.82 0.19 -0.37 96.3 4.11 0 0.0 1.3 -0.0 0.1 1 .505 .500 $423,000
7 Seasons 133.0 125 0 68 4.60 4.80 0.17 -0.36 99.6 4.26 -6 -0.6 .9 -0.1 0.7 9 .495 .499 $1,636,000
LAA (6 yrs) 123.0 116 0 62 4.54 4.83 0.19 -0.36 98.8 4.23 -5 -0.5 .9 -0.1 0.7 9 .496 .499 $1,636,000
ARI (1 yr) 10.0 9 0 6 5.40 4.46 -0.08 -0.34 109.4 4.60 -1 -0.1 .4 0.0 0.0 -0 .490 .499

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
2009 30 LAA AL ALDS W BOS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
2009 30 LAA AL ALCS L NYY 0 0 3.86 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 1 1 1 3 0 4 1 0 1 12 1.714 3.9 3.9 11.6 15.4 1.33
1 Yr (2 Series) 0 0 2.70 4 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 1 1 1 1 4 0 5 1 0 1 16 1.500 2.7 2.7 10.8 13.5 1.25
1 ALDS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1 ALCS 0 0 3.86 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 1 1 1 3 0 4 1 0 1 12 1.714 3.9 3.9 11.6 15.4 1.33

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
2005 26 ARI NL 9 48 42 6 14 3 2 1 0 0 5 9 .333 .404 .571 .976 .406 24 0 0 1 0 1 0
2006 27 LAA AL 2 9 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .167 .444 .167 .611 .200 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 28 LAA AL 6 25 22 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 .227 .320 .227 .547 .357 5 1 0 0 0 0 0
2008 29 LAA AL 14 73 62 13 15 3 2 3 1 0 9 20 .242 .356 .500 .856 .308 31 1 2 0 0 0 0
2009 30 LAA AL 64 262 222 26 46 14 2 7 3 0 30 68 .207 .300 .383 .682 .258 85 11 1 5 4 1 1
2010 31 LAA AL 25 111 93 14 25 7 0 3 2 2 15 25 .269 .382 .441 .823 .338 41 0 2 1 0 0 0
2011 32 LAA AL 5 43 33 4 6 0 0 2 3 0 10 7 .182 .372 .364 .736 .167 12 1 0 0 0 1 1
7 Yrs 125 571 480 68 112 27 6 16 9 2 75 138 .233 .340 .415 .755 .291 199 14 5 7 4 3 2
162 Game Avg. 68 311 261 37 61 15 3 9 5 1 41 75 .233 .340 .415 .755 .291 108 8 3 4 2 2 1
MLB Averages .263 .331 .416 .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
2005 26 ARI NL -0.7 -0.1 50 0.2 0.3 -0.1 .31 -0.1 0.8 -0.8 -0.1 0.31 -2.3 1 1 5
2006 27 LAA AL -1.9 -0.2 10 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .49 -0.2 -0.0 -1.4 -0.1 0.49 -0.6 0 0 1
2007 28 LAA AL 1.4 0.1 26 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .17 -0.0 -0.2 2.2 0.2 0.17 1.7 0 0 5
2008 29 LAA AL -4.3 -0.4 74 0.4 0.6 -0.2 .38 -0.2 1.3 -5.2 -0.5 0.38 -1.6 1 1 11
2009 30 LAA AL 7.2 0.7 271 1.0 5.1 -4.1 1.01 1.0 -0.0 12.4 1.2 1.01 13.1 16 17 26
2010 31 LAA AL -2.3 -0.2 116 0.3 1.4 -1.1 .73 -0.3 0.6 -6.0 -0.6 0.73 -4.1 4 6 14
2011 32 LAA AL 1.9 0.2 47 0.3 1.5 -1.2 2.07 -0.0 0.1 1.0 0.1 2.07 -0.5 2 0 3
7 Yrs 1.2 0.1 594 2.0 9.0 -7.0 .86 0.2 2.2 2.3 0.3 0.86 5.7 24 25 65

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
2005 26 ARI NL 9 9 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 8 .309 1 1 5 1 1 7 2 7 2 2 3 0 3.3 21
2006 27 LAA AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .488 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 2.5 21
2007 28 LAA AL 6 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 9 .167 0 0 5 2 0 4 1 5 1 1 1 0 3.2 19
2008 29 LAA AL 14 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 9 .379 1 1 11 4 1 9 1 13 3 5 3 2 3.4 22
2009 30 LAA AL 64 64 20 6 1 4 1 3 25% 13 9 45 12 27% 8 1.015 16 17 26 25 7 32 27 37 17 22 20 16 3.1 15
2010 31 LAA AL 25 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16 8 50% 8 .728 4 6 14 7 3 15 8 17 7 9 7 5 2.9 18
2011 32 LAA AL 5 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 11 2.067 2 0 3 0 2 3 2 3 4 1 4 0 5.6 35
7 Yrs 125 125 46 7 2 4 1 3 25% 15 11 70 21 30% .852 24 25 65 39 14 72 41 84 34 41 38 24 3.2 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%
2005 26 ARI NL 48 54% 2.1% 18.8% 10.4% 12.5% 43% 0.39 0.82 67% 26% 5.0% 13% 7 0 0%
2006 27 LAA AL 9 44% 0.0% 11.1% 33.3% 0.0% 0% 1.50 1.00 56% 20% 0.0% 50% 3 0 0%
2007 28 LAA AL 25 52% 0.0% 32.0% 12.0% 0.0% 0% 1.33 1.20 56% 21% 0.0% 33% 5 1 20%
2008 29 LAA AL 73 48% 4.1% 27.4% 12.3% 11.0% 53% 0.50 0.87 53% 14% 11.5% 7% 14 1 7%
2009 30 LAA AL 262 52% 2.7% 26.0% 11.5% 8.8% 50% 0.78 1.22 58% 12% 9.2% 14% 52 11 21%
2010 31 LAA AL 111 54% 2.7% 22.5% 13.5% 9.0% 40% 0.58 0.67 59% 20% 7.5% 7% 21 0 0%
2011 32 LAA AL 43 53% 4.7% 16.3% 23.3% 4.7% 33% 0.92 1.50 56% 8% 16.7% 8% 9 1 11%
7 Yrs 571 52% 2.8% 24.2% 13.1% 8.6% 44% 0.69 1.04 58% 15% 8.9% 12% 111 14 13%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.80 1.07 70% 19% 7.6% 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
2005 26 ARI NL 48 187 3.90 110 59% 30% 12% 27% 31% 70% 5% 41% 83% 48% 6% 3 1 15% 7 2 0 44% 1 1 0 0 0
2006 27 LAA AL 9 41 4.56 20 49% 40% 20% 15% 25% 60% 0% 29% 67% 33% 11% 1 0 22% 2 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0
2007 28 LAA AL 25 113 4.52 68 60% 40% 13% 26% 21% 60% 0% 36% 78% 52% 12% 3 3 32% 8 5 0 38% 1 0 0 0 0
2008 29 LAA AL 73 308 4.22 177 57% 33% 18% 25% 24% 67% 0% 38% 73% 47% 10% 7 4 21% 15 7 0 15% 3 3 0 0 0
2009 30 LAA AL 262 978 3.73 575 59% 32% 18% 22% 28% 68% 1% 40% 74% 49% 10% 25 10 23% 61 35 1 25% 12 14 0 0 0
2010 31 LAA AL 113 461 4.08 263 57% 37% 16% 21% 26% 63% 0% 36% 75% 52% 11% 12 4 27% 30 23 3 24% 6 7 -2 0 0
2011 32 LAA AL 43 174 4.05 100 57% 33% 15% 26% 26% 67% 5% 39% 78% 53% 14% 6 3 33% 14 10 0 14% 0 2 0 0 0
7 Yrs 573 2262 3.95 1313 58% 34% 17% 23% 27% 66% 1% 39% 75% 50% 10% 57 25 24% 137 83 5 25% 23 28 -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 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
2005 26 ARI NL 48 14 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 27 LAA AL 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2007 28 LAA AL 25 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2008 29 LAA AL 73 15 1 0 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 6 3 3 50% 0 0 0 22 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 30 LAA AL 262 46 2 0 7 3 14 2 5 3 4 29 13 5 45% 1 5 0 93 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
2010 31 LAA AL 111 25 2 0 3 0 8 1 2 1 2 8 3 1 38% 0 1 0 41 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2011 32 LAA AL 43 6 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0% 1 0 1 19 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
7 Yrs 571 112 8 0 16 3 26 6 10 6 10 47 20 9 43% 2 8 1 212 9 2 82% 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
MLB Averages 53% 72%

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+
2005 26 1 0 1.000 5.40 9 0 5 0 0 0 10.0 14 6 6 1 5 1 9 0 0 0 48 84 1.900 12.6 0.9 4.5 8.1 1.80 84
2006 27 1 0 1.000 6.94 11 0 6 0 0 0 11.2 15 9 9 1 8 1 10 0 0 1 57 67 1.971 11.6 0.8 6.2 7.7 1.25 67
2007 28 1 0 1.000 5.50 17 0 10 0 0 0 18.0 20 11 11 1 11 1 18 0 0 2 82 86 1.722 10.0 0.5 5.5 9.0 1.64 86
2008 29 1 0 1.000 6.35 31 0 17 0 0 0 34.0 35 24 24 4 20 1 38 2 0 2 155 73 1.618 9.3 1.1 5.3 10.1 1.90 73
2009 30 7 1 .875 4.52 95 0 37 0 0 1 99.2 81 50 50 11 50 2 106 3 0 7 417 99 1.314 7.3 1.0 4.5 9.6 2.12 99
2010 31 7 1 .875 4.58 120 0 42 0 0 1 123.2 106 64 63 14 65 2 131 5 0 8 528 96 1.383 7.7 1.0 4.7 9.5 2.02 96
2011 32 7 2 .778 4.33 125 0 46 0 0 1 133.0 112 68 64 16 75 3 138 5 0 8 571 101 1.406 7.6 1.1 5.1 9.3 1.84 101

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
2005 26 0 1 .000 5.40 10.0 14 7 6 1 5 9 0 1.900 12.6 4.5 8.1 1.80 0.9 9
2006 27 0 0 22.50 2.0 1 6 5 0 3 1 0 2.000 4.5 13.5 4.5 0.33 0.0 2
2007 28 0 0 3.00 6.0 5 2 2 0 3 7 0 1.333 7.5 4.5 10.5 2.33 0.0 6
2008 29 0 1 .000 6.75 16.0 15 13 12 3 9 20 2 1.500 8.4 5.1 11.3 2.22 1.7 14
2009 30 3 3 .500 3.77 62.0 46 29 26 7 30 64 1 1.226 6.7 4.4 9.3 2.13 1.0 64
2010 31 1 1 .500 6.14 22.0 27 17 15 3 16 23 2 1.955 11.0 6.5 9.4 1.44 1.2 25
2011 32 0 0 1.13 8.0 7 1 1 2 12 6 0 2.375 7.9 13.5 6.8 0.50 2.3 5
7 Yrs 4 6 .400 4.79 126.0 115 75 67 16 78 130 5 1.532 8.2 9.3 1.67 1.1 125

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