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Ambiorix Burgos

Ambiorix Burgos

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: April 19, 1984 in Nagua, Maria Trinidad Sanchez, D.R.
High School: San Jose de Villa (Nagua, DO)
Signed by the Kansas City Royals as an amateur free agent in 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 2005
Teams (by GP): Royals/Mets 2005-2007

Final Game: May 26, 2007
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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 21 KCR AL 3 5 .375 3.98 59 0 17 0 0 2 63.1 60 29 28 6 31 1 65 5 2 8 278 111 1.437 8.5 0.9 4.4 9.2 2.10
2006 22 KCR AL 4 5 .444 5.52 68 1 41 0 0 18 73.1 83 49 45 16 37 4 72 6 3 11 336 86 1.636 10.2 2.0 4.5 8.8 1.95
2007 23 NYM NL 1 0 1.000 3.42 17 0 5 0 0 0 23.2 17 10 9 3 9 0 19 2 0 2 98 128 1.099 6.5 1.1 3.4 7.2 2.11
3 Yrs 8 10 .444 4.60 144 1 63 0 0 20 160.1 160 88 82 25 77 5 156 13 5 21 712 99 1.478 9.0 1.4 4.3 8.8 2.03
162 Game Avg. 4 5 .444 4.60 68 0 30 0 0 9 75 75 41 38 12 36 2 73 6 2 10 334 99 1.478 9.0 1.4 4.3 8.8 2.03
KCR (2 yrs) 7 10 .412 4.81 127 1 58 0 0 20 136.2 143 78 73 22 68 5 137 11 5 19 614 95 1.544 9.4 1.4 4.5 9.0 2.01
NYM (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.42 17 0 5 0 0 0 23.2 17 10 9 3 9 0 19 2 0 2 98 128 1.099 6.5 1.1 3.4 7.2 2.11
AL (2 yrs) 7 10 .412 4.81 127 1 58 0 0 20 136.2 143 78 73 22 68 5 137 11 5 19 614 95 1.544 9.4 1.4 4.5 9.0 2.01
NL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.42 17 0 5 0 0 0 23.2 17 10 9 3 9 0 19 2 0 2 98 128 1.099 6.5 1.1 3.4 7.2 2.11

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
2005 21 KCR AL 63.1 59 0 29 4.12 4.80 -0.61 -0.36 101.4 5.12 6 0.7 1.4 -0.0 1.2 15 .511 .504 $
2006 22 KCR AL 73.1 68 1 49 6.01 5.07 0.16 -0.35 103.3 4.71 -11 -1.1 1.7 -0.5 -0.9 -1 .484 .493 $339,500
2007 23 NYM NL 23.2 17 0 10 3.80 4.84 0.18 -0.35 96.8 4.18 1 0.1 .4 -0.1 0.2 3 .506 .501 $415,000
3 Seasons 160.1 144 1 88 4.94 4.93 -0.14 -0.36 101.6 4.79 -4 -0.3 1.4 -0.6 0.5 17 .498 .499 $754,500
KCR (2 yrs) 136.2 127 1 78 5.14 4.95 -0.20 -0.36 102.4 4.90 -5 -0.4 1.5 -0.6 0.3 13 .497 .499 $339,500
NYM (1 yr) 23.2 17 0 10 3.80 4.84 0.18 -0.35 96.8 4.18 1 0.1 .4 -0.1 0.2 3 .506 .501 $415,000

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
2005 21 KCR AL 59 278 239 29 60 11 1 6 2 3 31 65 .251 .348 .381 .729 .320 91 6 5 2 1 1 2
2006 22 KCR AL 68 336 288 49 83 11 3 16 5 0 37 72 .288 .376 .514 .890 .328 148 10 6 1 4 4 2
2007 23 NYM NL 17 98 85 10 17 5 0 3 1 0 9 19 .200 .289 .365 .653 .219 31 1 2 1 1 0 1
3 Yrs 144 712 612 88 160 27 4 25 8 3 77 156 .261 .353 .441 .794 .309 270 17 13 4 6 5 5
162 Game Avg. 68 334 287 41 75 13 2 12 4 1 36 73 .261 .353 .441 .794 .309 127 8 6 2 3 2 2
MLB Averages .267 .334 .425 .759 .300

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 21 KCR AL 3.8 0.4 291 -0.2 6.3 -6.5 1.32 0.1 -0.3 8.2 0.8 1.32 2.4 24 13 20
2006 22 KCR AL -6.5 -0.6 357 -2.2 9.2 -11.5 1.62 -1.5 0.1 -14.8 -1.4 1.62 -16.6 34 14 17
2007 23 NYM NL 2.4 0.2 101 -0.2 0.6 -0.8 .33 0.1 -0.9 2.4 0.2 0.33 3.0 1 2 14
3 Yrs -0.3 0.0 749 -2.7 16.1 -18.8 1.33 -1.2 -0.8 -4.2 -0.3 1.33 -11.2 59 29 51

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 22 KCR AL 68 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37.0 37 37 21 5 0 1 9.0 21.0 2.7 59 1 0 0 0 59
1 Yr 68 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37 37 37 21 5 0 1 9.0 21.0 2.7 59 1 0 0 0 59
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -12 4.8 4.8 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
2005 21 KCR AL 59 59 17 3 5 6 2 4 33% 17 11 40 10 25% 8 1.315 24 13 20 25 13 21 22 37 17 14 19 11 3.2 18
2006 22 KCR AL 68 67 41 4 5 30 18 12 60% 35 5 41 21 51% 9 1.620 34 14 17 42 5 20 24 43 15 14 16 16 3.2 19
2007 23 NYM NL 17 17 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 2 29% 7 .329 1 2 14 8 1 8 3 14 9 3 9 2 4.2 21
3 Yrs 144 143 63 8 10 36 20 16 56% 53 17 88 33 38% 1.323 59 29 51 75 19 49 49 94 41 31 44 29 3.3 19

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 21 KCR AL 278 57% 2.2% 23.4% 11.2% 6.5% 30% 0.89 1.16 61% 17% 7.7% 15% 57 6 11%
2006 22 KCR AL 336 58% 4.8% 21.4% 11.0% 8.9% 36% 0.76 1.14 61% 20% 13.9% 7% 70 10 14%
2007 23 NYM NL 98 50% 3.1% 19.4% 9.2% 8.2% 47% 0.43 0.49 65% 13% 9.4% 30% 14 1 7%
3 Yrs 712 57% 3.5% 21.9% 10.8% 7.9% 35% 0.75 1.01 61% 18% 11.1% 14% 141 17 12%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 16.8% 8.4% 8.1% 34% 0.79 1.07 70% 19% 7.6% 11% 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 21 KCR AL 279 1077 3.86 644 60% 23% 20% 29% 27% 77% 1% 46% 74% 55% 6% 18 8 23% 65 36 2 17% 8 9 -1 0 0
2006 22 KCR AL 336 1351 4.02 824 61% 25% 18% 30% 27% 75% 3% 46% 76% 61% 5% 17 9 27% 92 53 5 15% 14 4 0 0 0
2007 23 NYM NL 98 365 3.72 236 65% 22% 18% 32% 29% 78% 0% 51% 77% 55% 5% 5 4 22% 22 16 1 26% 3 1 0 0 0
3 Yrs 713 2793 3.92 1704 61% 24% 19% 30% 27% 76% 2% 46% 76% 58% 6% 40 21 25% 179 105 8 17% 25 14 -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.75 63% 27% 14% 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
2005 21 KCR AL 278 60 7 0 6 0 20 4 2 3 3 21 11 8 52% 2 8 0 104 2 3 40% 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 15 0
2006 22 KCR AL 336 83 4 2 16 0 14 6 10 10 6 16 10 5 63% 2 11 0 137 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 29 0
2007 23 NYM NL 98 17 0 0 3 0 4 1 2 2 1 4 1 2 25% 1 2 0 26 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
3 Yrs 712 160 11 2 25 0 38 11 14 15 10 41 22 15 54% 5 21 0 267 8 3 73% 6 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 49 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 21 3 5 .375 3.98 59 0 17 0 0 2 63.1 60 29 28 6 31 1 65 5 2 8 278 111 1.437 8.5 0.9 4.4 9.2 2.10 111
2006 22 7 10 .412 4.81 127 1 58 0 0 20 136.2 143 78 73 22 68 5 137 11 5 19 614 95 1.544 9.4 1.4 4.5 9.0 2.01 95
2007 23 8 10 .444 4.60 144 1 63 0 0 20 160.1 160 88 82 25 77 5 156 13 5 21 712 99 1.478 9.0 1.4 4.3 8.8 2.03 99

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 21 3 3 .500 3.98 61.0 59 30 27 6 30 63 5 1.459 8.7 4.4 9.3 2.10 0.9 59
2006 22 3 4 .429 5.20 71.0 80 46 41 15 36 70 6 1.634 10.1 4.6 8.9 1.94 1.9 68
2007 23 1 1 .500 3.52 23.0 17 10 9 3 9 19 2 1.130 6.7 3.5 7.4 2.11 1.2 17
3 Yrs 7 8 .467 4.47 155.0 156 86 77 24 75 152 13 1.490 9.1 8.8 2.03 1.4 144

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2005 AL  8 (10th)
2006 AL  11 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
2005 AL  born 1984-04-19 (5th)

                           

Similarity Scores

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