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Madison Bumgarner

Madison K. Bumgarner

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: August 1, 1989 in Hickory, NC
High School: South Caldwell HS (Hudson, NC)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 2007 amateur draft.
Signed August 14, 2007. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 2009
Team: Giants 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2017, 6 yrs/$35.56M (12-17) & 18-19 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.127, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: Mike Milchen [*]
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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
2008	18	SFG-min	A	15	3	.833	1.46	24	24	0	1	1	141.2	111	28	23	3	21	0	164	5	2	3	548		0.932	7.1	0.2	1.3	10.4	7.81	AUG · SALL
2009	19	SFG-min	AA,A+	12	2	.857	1.85	25	24	0	1	1	131.1	100	38	27	6	34	1	92	5	0	4	521		1.020	6.9	0.4	2.3	6.3	2.71	NCH,SJO · EL,CALL
2009	19	SFG	NL	0	0		1.80	4	1	1	0	0	10.0	8	2	2	2	3	1	10	0	0	0	40	244	1.100	7.2	1.8	2.7	9.0	3.33
2010	20	SFG-min	AAA	7	1	.875	3.16	14	14	0	1	1	82.2	88	32	29	5	22	0	59	2	1	1	348		1.331	9.6	0.5	2.4	6.4	2.68	FRE · PCL
2010	20	SFG	NL	7	6	.538	3.00	18	18	0	0	0	111.0	119	40	37	11	26	2	86	5	1	1	472	131	1.306	9.6	0.9	2.1	7.0	3.31
2011	21	SFG	NL	13	13	.500	3.21	33	33	0	0	0	204.2	202	82	73	12	46	5	191	5	1	0	844	109	1.212	8.9	0.5	2.0	8.4	4.15	CYA-11
2012	22	SFG	NL	5	4	.556	3.14	10	10	0	0	0	66.0	59	27	23	7	14	3	47	1	1	2	271	112	1.106	8.0	1.0	1.9	6.4	3.36
4 Yrs				25	23	.521	3.10	65	62	1	0	0	391.2	388	151	135	32	89	11	334	11	3	3	1627	117	1.218	8.9	0.7	2.0	7.7	3.75
162 Game Avg.				13	12	.521	3.10	35	33	1	0	0	210	208	81	72	17	48	6	179	6	2	2	871	117	1.218	8.9	0.7	2.0	7.7	3.75

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	Awards
2009	19	SFG	NL	10.0	4	1	2	1.80	4.43	0.05	-0.06	97.9	4.23	3	0.3	.4	-0.1	0.3	4	.573	.502	$
2010	20	SFG	NL	111.0	18	18	40	3.24	4.40	0.21	0.17	100.7	4.39	14	1.6		-0.1	2.3	25	.587	.510	$
2011	21	SFG	NL	204.2	33	33	82	3.61	4.14	0.02	0.15	92.1	3.93	6	0.7		-0.1	2.1	25	.522	.504	$450,000	CYA-11
2012	22	SFG	NL	66.0	10	10	27	3.68	4.25	-0.29	0.16	97.5	4.58	6	0.7		-0.1	1.1	12	.565	.504	$
4 Seasons				391.2	65	62	151	3.47	4.24	0.02	0.15	95.6	4.18	29	3.2	.4	-0.3	5.8	66	.550	.505	$450,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2010	20	SFG	NL	NLDS	W	ATL	1	1.000	3.00	1	1	6.0	6	2	2	1	1	0	5	0	26	1.167	9.0	1.5	1.5	7.5	5.00
2010	20	SFG	NL	NLCS	W	PHI	0		4.05	2	1	6.2	9	3	3	0	2	1	7	1	30	1.650	12.2	0.0	2.7	9.5	3.50
2010	20	SFG	NL	WS	W	TEX	1	1.000	0.00	1	1	8.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	27	0.625	3.4	0.0	2.3	6.8	3.00
1 Yr (3 Series)							2	1.000	2.18	4	3	20.2	18	5	5	1	5	1	18	1	83	1.113	7.8	0.4	2.2	7.8	3.60
1 NLDS							1	1.000	3.00	1	1	6.0	6	2	2	1	1	0	5	0	26	1.167	9.0	1.5	1.5	7.5	5.00
1 NLCS							0		4.05	2	1	6.2	9	3	3	0	2	1	7	1	30	1.650	12.2	0.0	2.7	9.5	3.50
1 WS							1	1.000	0.00	1	1	8.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	27	0.625	3.4	0.0	2.3	6.8	3.00

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
2009	19	SFG	NL	4	40	35	2	8	0	1	2	0	0	3	10	.229	.282	.457	.739	.250	16	1	0	1	1	1	0
2010	20	SFG	NL	18	472	437	40	119	25	2	11	8	2	26	86	.272	.318	.414	.732	.314	181	10	5	0	4	2	4
2011	21	SFG	NL	33	844	777	82	202	40	3	12	12	11	46	191	.260	.304	.366	.670	.329	284	11	5	12	4	5	9
2012	22	SFG	NL	10	271	251	27	59	14	1	7	5	1	14	47	.235	.277	.382	.660	.263	96	4	1	4	1	3	6
4 Yrs				65	1627	1500	151	388	79	7	32	25	14	89	334	.259	.303	.385	.688	.311	577	26	11	17	10	11	19
162 Game Avg.				35	871	803	81	208	42	4	17	13	7	48	179	.259	.303	.385	.688	.311	309	14	6	9	5	6	10
MLB Averages																.258	.326	.406	.732	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevMd	LevLo
2009	19	SFG	NL	2.9	0.3	40	0.2	0.5	-0.4	.69	0.1	0.2	3.3	0.3	0.69	1.8	1	1
2010	20	SFG	NL	11.9	1.2	484	1.1	7.7	-6.6	.92	0.5	0.8	14.7	1.6	0.92	6.0	0	0
2011	21	SFG	NL	7.4	0.8	867	1.1	14.8	-13.8	1.01	1.3	-0.3	5.8	0.6	1.01	11.5	0	0
2012	22	SFG	NL	2.1	0.2	277	0.1	5.0	-4.9	1.01	-0.1	0.2	3.4	0.4	1.01	0.2	0	0
4 Yrs				24.3	2.6	1668	2.5	28.1	-25.6	.98	1.7	0.8	27.3	3.0	0.98	19.5	1	1

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
2009	19	SFG	NL	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0%	53.0	53	53	0	0	0	1	3.0	5.4	5.3	76	1	0	0	0	76
2010	20	SFG	NL	18	18	7	6	5	2	3	11	7	.611	1	3	0	0	11	61%	54.3	78	16	7	2	0	9	4.4	4.2	6.2	96	2	9	7	0	115
2011	21	SFG	NL	33	33	13	13	7	1	6	17	16	.515	3	3	0	0	23	70%	55.9	87	2	13	1	0	14	3.6	3.6	6.2	97	4	12	14	3	124
2012	22	SFG	NL	10	10	5	4	1	0	0	6	4	.600	0	0	0	0	6	60%	56.1	70	33	5	2	0	5	3.6	4.3	6.6	104	0	3	7	0	117
4 Yrs				65	62	25	23	14	3	9	34	28	.548	5	6	0	0	40	65%	55	87	2	25	5	0	29	3.8	3.9	6.2	97	7	24	28	3	124
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	100	-13					4.4	4.4	5.9	96

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
2009	19	SFG	NL	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	1	33%	3	.693	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	2	2	0	2	0	4.7	27
1 Yr				4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	1	33%		.693	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	2	2	0	2	0	4.7	27

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%
2009	19	SFG	NL	40	35%	5.0%	25.0%	7.5%	7.5%	38%	1.36	1.86	60%	15%	18.2%	0%	5	1	20%
2010	20	SFG	NL	472	26%	2.3%	18.2%	5.5%	8.1%	32%	0.86	0.97	73%	17%	6.5%	12%	69	10	14%
2011	21	SFG	NL	844	18%	1.4%	22.6%	5.5%	6.5%	27%	0.87	1.07	68%	19%	4.3%	11%	150	11	7%
2012	22	SFG	NL	271	23%	2.6%	17.3%	5.2%	8.1%	37%	1.08	1.42	73%	12%	8.4%	15%	47	4	9%
4 Yrs				1627	22%	2.0%	20.5%	5.5%	7.3%	30%	0.91	1.10	70%	17%	5.9%	12%	271	26	10%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.5%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	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
2009	19	SFG	NL	40	156	3.90	99	63%	26%	15%	31%	27%	74%	7%	47%	79%	58%	8%	3	1	20%	8	5	0	50%	0	1	0	0	0
2010	20	SFG	NL	473	1719	3.63	1133	66%	28%	13%	28%	31%	72%	1%	47%	82%	60%	4%	20	12	25%	117	68	8	26%	22	6	-1	0	0
2011	21	SFG	NL	847	3202	3.78	2147	67%	29%	16%	27%	28%	71%	2%	48%	78%	62%	4%	31	20	28%	240	143	12	16%	37	6	-3	0	0
2012	22	SFG	NL	271	1037	3.83	686	66%	27%	13%	29%	30%	73%	3%	48%	82%	63%	3%	7	4	24%	65	34	2	15%	5	1	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1631	6114	3.75	4065	66%	28%	14%	28%	29%	72%	2%	48%	80%	62%	4%	61	37	26%	430	250	22	19%	64	14	-4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				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
2009	19	SFG	NL	40	8	0	0	2	0	3	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2010	20	SFG	NL	472	119	23	0	11	0	9	8	3	5	6	11	7	2	64%	4	1	0	168	8	2	80%	7	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	8	0
2011	21	SFG	NL	844	202	25	1	12	0	13	11	1	4	8	43	26	10	60%	9	0	1	288	12	11	52%	9	8	3	3	0	0	5	3	5	0
2012	22	SFG	NL	271	59	10	0	7	0	6	7	0	2	5	15	5	0	33%	6	2	0	94	5	1	83%	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
4 Yrs				1627	388	58	1	32	0	31	28	4	13	19	70	39	12	56%	19	3	1	559	25	14	64%	19	11	6	3	0	0	6	4	19	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
2009	19	0	0		1.80	4	1	1	10.0	8	2	2	2	3	1	10	0	0	0	40	244	1.100	7.2	1.8	2.7	9.0	3.33	244
2010	20	7	6	.538	2.90	22	19	1	121.0	127	42	39	13	29	3	96	5	1	1	512	136	1.289	9.4	1.0	2.2	7.1	3.31	136
2011	21	20	19	.513	3.10	55	52	1	325.2	329	124	112	25	75	8	287	10	2	1	1356	118	1.241	9.1	0.7	2.1	7.9	3.83	118
2012	22	25	23	.521	3.10	65	62	1	391.2	388	151	135	32	89	11	334	11	3	3	1627	117	1.218	8.9	0.7	2.0	7.7	3.75	117

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2009	19	1	0	1.000	1.80	10.0	8	2	2	2	3	10	0	1.100	7.2	2.7	9.0	3.33	1.8	4
2010	20	7	4	.636	3.31	106.0	122	43	39	11	27	82	5	1.406	10.4	2.3	7.0	3.04	0.9	18
2011	21	10	11	.476	4.07	190.0	219	96	86	13	50	177	5	1.416	10.4	2.4	8.4	3.54	0.6	33
2012	22	4	3	.571	3.80	64.0	64	30	27	8	15	45	1	1.234	9.0	2.1	6.3	3.00	1.1	10
4 Yrs		22	18	.550	3.75	370.0	413	171	154	34	95	314	11	1.373	10.0		7.6	3.31	0.8	65

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2011 NL (11, 0%) 0.00 Career Shares (329th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 2011 NL 3.21 (10th)	Wins s c a p y 2012 NL 5 (7th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 2011 NL 2.023 (7th)
Games Started s c a p y 2011 NL 33 (4th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 2011 NL 4.152 (6th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 2011 NL 0.528 (4th)	Youngest s c a p y 2009 NL born 1989-08-01 (1st) 2010 NL born 1989-08-01 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 11 (1423), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 5 (1307), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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