Kirk Bullinger

Kirk Matthew Bullinger

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 28, 1969 in New Orleans, LA
High School: Archbishop Rummel HS (Metairie, LA)
School: Southeastern Louisiana University (Hammond, LA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 32nd round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 30, 1998
Teams (by GP): Astros/Expos/RedSox/Phillies 1998-2004

Final Game: September 6, 2004
Relatives: Brother of Jim Bullinger
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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
1992	22	STL-min	A-	2	2	.500	1.11	35	0	7	0	0	2	48.2	24	7	6	0	15	4	61	2	1	3	191		0.801	4.4	0.0	2.8	11.3	4.07	HAM · NYPL
1993	23	STL-min	A	1	3	.250	2.28	50	0	46	0	0	33	51.1	26	19	13	5	21	1	72	2	0	6	208		0.916	4.6	0.9	3.7	12.6	3.43	SPR · MIDW
1994	24	STL-min	A+	2	0	1.000	1.17	39	0	18	0	0	6	53.2	37	16	7	0	20	5	50	1	3	4	220		1.062	6.2	0.0	3.4	8.4	2.50	SPT · FLOR
1995	25	WSN-min	AA	5	3	.625	2.42	56	0	39	0	0	7	67.0	61	22	18	4	25	5	42	0	2	2	282		1.284	8.2	0.5	3.4	5.6	1.68	HRB · EL
1996	26	WSN-min	AA,AAA	5	5	.500	2.36	57	0	44	0	0	22	61.0	56	22	16	8	27	4	38	1	0	4	255		1.361	8.3	1.2	4.0	5.6	1.41	HRB,OTT · EL,IL
1997	27	WSN-min	AAA,AA,A+	8	4	.667	2.02	45	0	26	0	0	11	62.1	42	16	14	4	16	0	43	1	0	2	240		0.930	6.1	0.6	2.3	6.2	2.69	OTT,HRB,WPB · IL,EL,FLOR
1998	28	WSN-min	AAA,A+,Rk	0	0		2.32	23	2	5	0	0	3	31.0	27	9	8	1	8	1	26	0	0	2	128		1.129	7.8	0.3	2.3	7.5	3.25	OTT,JUP,JUE · IL,FLOR,GULF
1998	28	MON	NL	1	0	1.000	9.00	8	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	14	8	7	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	35	49	2.000	18.0	1.3	0.0	2.6
1999	29	BOS-min	AAA,AA	1	3	.250	1.81	52	0	47	0	0	25	54.2	43	16	11	4	18	5	43	2	0	1	220		1.116	7.1	0.7	3.0	7.1	2.39	PAW,TRE · IL,EL
1999	29	BOS	AL	0	0		4.50	4	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	128	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
2000	30	PHI-min	AAA,AA,Rk	0	1	.000	0.62	29	2	21	0	0	12	29.0	22	4	2	0	11	2	18	2	0	0	114		1.138	6.8	0.0	3.4	5.6	1.64	SWB,REA,CLR · IL,EL,GULF
2000	30	PHI	NL	0	0		5.40	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	4	2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	14	95	1.200	10.8	0.0	0.0	10.8

2001	31	CHW-CLE-min	AAA,AA	0	4	.000	3.67	39	1	19	0	0	6	54.0	49	25	22	5	22	7	38	4	0	3	229		1.315	8.2	0.8	3.7	6.3	1.73	CHR,AKR · IL,EL
2002	32	HOU-min	AAA	4	1	.800	2.75	55	1	16	0	0	4	75.1	61	25	23	6	11	4	46	3	0	0	293		0.956	7.3	0.7	1.3	5.5	4.18	NOR · PCL
2003	33	HOU-min	AAA	3	3	.500	1.94	55	0	45	0	0	20	65.0	56	18	14	3	14	4	46	3	0	0	263		1.077	7.8	0.4	1.9	6.4	3.29	NOR · PCL
2003	33	HOU	NL	0	0		6.75	7	0	3	0	0	0	8.0	7	6	6	2	1	0	5	0	0	0	33	68	1.000	7.9	2.3	1.1	5.6	5.00
2004	34	HOU-min	AAA	3	1	.750	3.00	28	0	25	0	0	14	30.0	24	10	10	3	9	2	14	2	0	1	129		1.100	7.2	0.9	2.7	4.2	1.56	NOR · PCL
2004	34	HOU	NL	1	0	1.000	6.16	27	0	7	0	0	1	30.2	36	22	21	5	10	2	11	1	0	0	140	71	1.500	10.6	1.5	2.9	3.2	1.10
2005	35	PIT-min	AAA	2	7	.222	3.39	55	0	19	0	0	4	69.0	72	29	26	7	15	6	40	1	0	1	288		1.261	9.4	0.9	2.0	5.2	2.67	INA · IL
5 Yrs				2	0	1.000	6.53	49	0	12	0	0	1	51.0	63	39	37	8	13	2	22	1	1	0	231	69	1.490	11.1	1.4	2.3	3.9	1.69
162 Game Avg.				3	0	1.000	6.53	68	0	17	0	0	1	71	87	54	51	11	18	3	31	1	1	0	321	69	1.490	11.1	1.4	2.3	3.9	1.69

HOU (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	6.28	34	0	10	0	0	1	38.2	43	28	27	7	11	2	16	1	0	0	173	70	1.397	10.0	1.6	2.6	3.7	1.45
PHI (1 yr)				0	0		5.40	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	4	2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	14	95	1.200	10.8	0.0	0.0	10.8
BOS (1 yr)				0	0		4.50	4	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	128	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
MON (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	9.00	8	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	14	8	7	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	35	49	2.000	18.0	1.3	0.0	2.6

NL (4 yrs)				2	0	1.000	6.61	45	0	12	0	0	1	49.0	61	38	36	8	11	2	22	1	1	0	222	67	1.469	11.2	1.5	2.0	4.0	2.00
AL (1 yr)				0	0		4.50	4	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	128	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00

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
1998	28	MON	NL	7.0	8	0	8	10.29	5.06	0.31	-0.39	92.9	4.05	-5	-0.5	.9	0.0	-0.4	-4	.441	.497	$170,000
1999	29	BOS	AL	2.0	4	0	1	4.50	6.31	0.35	-0.46	98.4	5.41	0	0.0	1.4	0.0	0.0	0	.505	.500	$
2000	30	PHI	NL	3.1	3	0	2	5.40	5.14	0.08	-0.39	106.3	4.97	-0	-0.0	1.4	-0.0	0.0	0	.495	.500	$205,000

2003	33	HOU	NL	8.0	7	0	6	6.75	4.58	0.44	-0.34	106.8	4.06	-2	-0.2	.7	0.0	-0.2	-2	.466	.499	$
2004	34	HOU	NL	30.2	27	0	22	6.46	4.73	0.25	-0.35	100.6	4.16	-8	-0.8	.7	0.1	-0.5	-5	.471	.495	$
5 Seasons				51.0	49	0	39	6.88	4.84	0.28	-0.36	100.8	4.23	-15	-1.5	.8	0.1	-1.1	-10	.469	.498	$375,000

HOU (2 yrs)				38.2	34	0	28	6.52	4.70	0.29	-0.34	101.9	4.14	-10	-1.0	.7	0.1	-0.7	-6	.470	.497	$
PHI (1 yr)				3.1	3	0	2	5.40	5.14	0.08	-0.39	106.3	4.97	-0	-0.0	1.4	-0.0	0.0	0	.495	.500	$205,000
BOS (1 yr)				2.0	4	0	1	4.50	6.31	0.35	-0.46	98.4	5.41	0	0.0	1.4	0.0	0.0	0	.505	.500	$
MON (1 yr)				7.0	8	0	8	10.29	5.06	0.31	-0.39	92.9	4.05	-5	-0.5	.9	0.0	-0.4	-4	.441	.497	$170,000

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
1998	28	MON	NL	8	35	35	8	14	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	.400	.400	.543	.943	.406	19	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999	29	BOS	AL	4	9	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.286	.444	.286	.730	.286	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	30	PHI	NL	3	14	13	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.308	.286	.308	.593	.400	4	0	0	0	1	0	0

2003	33	HOU	NL	7	33	32	6	7	1	2	2	1	0	1	5	.219	.242	.563	.805	.200	18	0	0	0	0	0	1
2004	34	HOU	NL	27	140	126	22	36	9	0	5	4	0	10	11	.286	.341	.476	.817	.279	60	1	1	2	1	2	3
5 Yrs				49	231	213	39	63	12	2	8	6	0	13	22	.296	.336	.484	.820	.297	103	1	1	2	2	2	5
162 Game Avg.				68	321	296	54	87	17	3	11	8	0	18	31	.296	.336	.484	.820	.297	143	1	1	3	3	3	7
MLB Averages																.266	.337	.426	.763	.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
1998	28	MON	NL	-3.8	-0.4	39	-0.4	0.5	-0.9	.80	-0.4	-0.1	-3.5	-0.3	0.80	-3.5	1	4	3
1999	29	BOS	AL	0.3	0.0	10	0.1	0.3	-0.2	1.30	0.0	0.1	0.8	0.1	1.30	0.4	2	1	1
2000	30	PHI	NL	0.0	0.0	14	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.78	0.1	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.78	0.6	1	1	1

2003	33	HOU	NL	-1.7	-0.2	34	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.33	-0.0	0.4	-2.1	-0.2	0.33	-1.8	1	0	4
2004	34	HOU	NL	-5.6	-0.5	144	-0.1	1.4	-1.5	.62	-0.1	-0.0	-5.4	-0.5	0.62	-3.5	4	6	16
5 Yrs				-10.7	-1.0	241	-0.1	2.7	-2.8	.65	-0.4	0.2	-11.0	-1.1	0.65	-7.9	9	12	25

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
1998	28	MON	NL	8	8	1	1	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	8	2	25%	6	.799	1	4	3	2	1	5	5	3	1	4	2	2	2.6	12
1999	29	BOS	AL	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	2	2	0	0%	7	1.301	2	1	1	3	0	1	2	2	0	4	1	0	1.5	8
2000	30	PHI	NL	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	3	2	67%	5	.779	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	3.3	21

2003	33	HOU	NL	7	7	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	3	1	33%	8	.326	1	0	4	3	0	4	2	5	2	2	2	1	3.4	16
2004	34	HOU	NL	27	27	7	1	0	2	1	1	50%	3	1	12	2	17%	9	.621	4	6	16	8	1	18	7	20	8	6	8	2	3.4	18
5 Yrs				49	49	12	2	0	3	1	2	33%	9	5	28	7	25%		.642	9	12	25	17	3	29	17	32	12	17	14	5	3.1	16

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%
1998	28	MON	NL	35	54%	2.9%	5.7%	0.0%	8.6%	21%	1.36	3.50	91%	33%	7.7%	7%	7	0	0%
1999	29	BOS	AL	9	78%	0.0%	0.0%	22.2%	0.0%	0%	0.75	1.00	78%	57%	0.0%	0%	1	0	0%
2000	30	PHI	NL	14	50%	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%	0.67	0.50	71%	30%	0.0%	0%	5	0	0%

2003	33	HOU	NL	33	67%	6.1%	15.2%	3.0%	15.2%	71%	1.08	2.17	76%	7%	18.2%	15%	6	0	0%
2004	34	HOU	NL	140	62%	3.6%	7.9%	7.1%	10.0%	39%	1.21	2.00	79%	18%	9.8%	2%	22	1	5%
5 Yrs				231	61%	3.5%	9.5%	5.6%	9.5%	35%	1.16	1.95	80%	21%	9.4%	4%	41	1	2%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.8%	8.9%	8.0%	34%	0.78	1.07	70%	22%	8.2%	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
1998	28	MON	NL	35	92	2.63	61	66%	16%	10%	20%	54%	84%	0%	55%	88%	60%	0%	0	0	3%	1	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0
1999	29	BOS	AL	9	31	3.44	15	48%	27%	7%	20%	47%	73%	0%	35%	91%	67%	0%	0	0	11%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
2000	30	PHI	NL	14	64	4.57	39	61%	18%	18%	38%	26%	82%	0%	50%	78%	7%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	25%	0	0	0	0	0

2003	33	HOU	NL	33	111	3.36	78	70%	18%	13%	35%	35%	82%	0%	58%	84%	55%	3%	1	1	30%	10	6	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0
2004	34	HOU	NL	140	499	3.56	318	64%	25%	10%	27%	37%	75%	4%	48%	86%	54%	6%	9	6	13%	18	7	1	27%	2	1	0	0	0
5 Yrs				231	797	3.45	511	64%	23%	11%	28%	38%	77%	3%	50%	86%	53%	4%	10	7	13%	30	13	1	18%	3	1	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	45%	80%	58%	5%			20%				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
1998	28	MON	NL	35	14	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	2	1	33%	1	0	1	14	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
1999	29	BOS	AL	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	30	PHI	NL	14	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	100%	0	0	0	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

2003	33	HOU	NL	33	7	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	100%	1	0	0	13	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	34	HOU	NL	140	36	4	1	5	0	1	5	0	2	3	4	4	0	100%	3	0	0	59	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5 Yrs				231	63	5	1	8	0	2	7	1	3	5	13	9	1	69%	5	0	1	95	6	0	100%	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1998	28	1	1.000	9.00	8	1	0	7.0	14	8	7	1	0	0	2	0	1	35	49	2.000	18.0	1.3	0.0	2.6		49
1999	29	1	1.000	8.00	12	1	0	9.0	16	9	8	1	2	0	2	0	1	44	59	2.000	16.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.00	59
2000	30	1	1.000	7.30	15	2	0	12.1	20	11	10	1	2	0	6	0	1	58	66	1.784	14.6	0.7	1.5	4.4	3.00	66
2001	31	1	1.000	7.30	15	2	0	12.1	20	11	10	1	2	0	6	0	1	58	66	1.784	14.6	0.7	1.5	4.4	3.00	66
2002	32	1	1.000	7.30	15	2	0	12.1	20	11	10	1	2	0	6	0	1	58	66	1.784	14.6	0.7	1.5	4.4	3.00	66
2003	33	1	1.000	7.08	22	5	0	20.1	27	17	16	3	3	0	11	0	1	91	67	1.475	12.0	1.3	1.3	4.9	3.67	67
2004	34	2	1.000	6.53	49	12	1	51.0	63	39	37	8	13	2	22	1	1	231	69	1.490	11.1	1.4	2.3	3.9	1.69	69

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1998	28	0	1	.000	5.25	12.0	0	8	7	0	0	3	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	2.3		0.0	8
1999	29	0	0		4.50	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.000	9.0	9.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	4
2000	30	0	0		1.80	5.0	0	1	1	0	0	6	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	10.8		0.0	3

2003	33	0	0		5.63	8.0	7	6	5	2	1	5	0	1.000	7.9	1.1	5.6	5.00	2.3	7
2004	34	1	2	.333	5.81	31.0	35	22	20	5	10	11	1	1.452	10.2	2.9	3.2	1.10	1.5	27
5 Yrs		1	3	.250	5.28	58.0	44	38	34	7	13	25	1	0.983	6.8		3.9	1.92	1.1	49

* 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.

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Name and misspellings: Kirk Kirk kurt Matthew Bullinger

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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