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Dave Bush

David Thomas Bush

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: November 9, 1979 in Pittsburgh, PA
High School: Conestoga HS (Berwyn, PA)
School: Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2nd round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 2, 2004 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Brewers/BlueJays/Rangers 2004-2013
2013 Contract Status: Free Agent (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 6.150, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Rex Gary [*]
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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
2004 24 TOR AL 5 4 .556 3.69 16 16 0 1 1 0 97.2 95 47 40 11 25 2 64 6 0 3 412 131 1.229 8.8 1.0 2.3 5.9 2.56 RoY-8
2005 25 TOR AL 5 11 .313 4.49 25 24 1 2 0 0 136.1 142 73 68 20 29 3 75 13 0 2 575 99 1.254 9.4 1.3 1.9 5.0 2.59
2006 26 MIL NL 12 11 .522 4.41 34 32 0 3 2 0 210.0 201 111 103 26 38 2 166 18 0 6 869 103 1.138 8.6 1.1 1.6 7.1 4.37
2007 27 MIL NL 12 10 .545 5.12 33 31 2 0 0 0 186.1 217 110 106 27 44 1 134 11 0 3 810 87 1.401 10.5 1.3 2.1 6.5 3.05
2008 28 MIL NL 9 10 .474 4.18 31 29 0 0 0 0 185.0 163 92 86 29 48 3 109 10 1 2 763 101 1.141 7.9 1.4 2.3 5.3 2.27
2009 29 MIL NL 5 9 .357 6.38 22 21 0 0 0 0 114.1 131 84 81 19 37 2 89 15 0 2 508 65 1.469 10.3 1.5 2.9 7.0 2.41
2010 30 MIL NL 8 13 .381 4.54 32 31 0 0 0 0 174.1 198 108 88 28 65 6 107 4 1 1 781 89 1.509 10.2 1.4 3.4 5.5 1.65
2011 31 TEX AL 0 1 .000 5.79 17 3 7 0 0 0 37.1 47 27 24 6 9 2 23 3 0 2 166 77 1.500 11.3 1.4 2.2 5.5 2.56
2013 33 TOR AL 0 0 15.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 5 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 15 32 2.000 15.0 12.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
9 Yrs 56 69 .448 4.73 211 187 10 6 3 0 1144.1 1199 657 601 170 296 21 768 80 2 21 4899 92 1.306 9.4 1.3 2.3 6.0 2.59
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .448 4.73 36 32 2 1 1 0 196 205 112 103 29 51 4 131 14 0 4 837 92 1.306 9.4 1.3 2.3 6.0 2.59
MIL (5 yrs) 46 53 .465 4.80 152 144 2 3 2 0 870.0 910 505 464 129 232 14 605 58 2 14 3731 90 1.313 9.4 1.3 2.4 6.3 2.61
TOR (3 yrs) 10 15 .400 4.29 42 40 1 3 1 0 237.0 242 125 113 35 55 5 140 19 0 5 1002 108 1.253 9.2 1.3 2.1 5.3 2.55
TEX (1 yr) 0 1 .000 5.79 17 3 7 0 0 0 37.1 47 27 24 6 9 2 23 3 0 2 166 77 1.500 11.3 1.4 2.2 5.5 2.56
NL (5 yrs) 46 53 .465 4.80 152 144 2 3 2 0 870.0 910 505 464 129 232 14 605 58 2 14 3731 90 1.313 9.4 1.3 2.4 6.3 2.61
AL (4 yrs) 10 16 .385 4.49 59 43 8 3 1 0 274.1 289 152 137 41 64 7 163 22 0 7 1168 102 1.287 9.5 1.3 2.1 5.3 2.55

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
2004 24 TOR AL 97.2 16 16 47 4.33 5.05 0.29 0.19 104.1 5.16 8 0.8 -0.1 1.7 20 .548 .505 RoY-8
2005 25 TOR AL 136.1 25 24 73 4.82 4.81 0.40 0.17 102.3 4.69 -3 -0.3 .0 -0.1 1.0 13 .487 .498 $327,000
2006 26 MIL NL 210.0 34 32 111 4.76 4.70 0.05 0.18 102.5 4.95 5 0.5 2.0 -0.1 2.2 24 .515 .503 $352,000
2007 27 MIL NL 186.1 33 31 110 5.31 4.58 -0.09 0.18 100.0 4.85 -9 -0.8 2.3 -0.1 0.6 7 .474 .495 $450,000
2008 28 MIL NL 185.0 31 29 92 4.48 4.67 0.24 0.18 99.7 4.59 3 0.3 .4 -0.1 1.8 18 .511 .502 $2,550,000
2009 29 MIL NL 114.1 22 21 84 6.61 4.49 0.01 0.17 98.1 4.56 -26 -2.5 .4 -0.1 -1.6 -16 .388 .485 $4,000,000
2010 30 MIL NL 174.1 32 31 108 5.58 4.24 0.06 0.16 96.5 4.19 -28 -2.7 4.5 -0.1 -1.3 -13 .415 .483 $4,215,000
2011 31 TEX AL 37.1 17 3 27 6.51 4.49 0.12 -0.19 107.3 4.48 -9 -0.9 .5 0.1 -0.4 -5 .449 .495 $1,000,000
2013 33 TOR AL 3.0 1 0 5 15.00 4.04 -0.36 -0.29 106.0 4.34 -4 -0.3 .0 0.1 -0.1 -3 .227 .498
9 Seasons 1144.1 211 187 657 5.17 4.62 0.12 0.16 100.6 4.69 -62 -5.8 .9 -0.5 3.9 46 .472 .496 $12,894,000
MIL (5 yrs) 870.0 152 144 505 5.22 4.55 0.06 0.17 99.6 4.65 -54 -5.2 1.8 -0.6 1.7 21 .466 .494 $11,567,000
TOR (3 yrs) 237.0 42 40 125 4.75 4.90 0.34 0.17 103.1 4.88 1 0.2 .0 -0.0 2.6 30 .504 .500 $327,000
TEX (1 yr) 37.1 17 3 27 6.51 4.49 0.12 -0.19 107.3 4.48 -9 -0.9 .5 0.1 -0.4 -5 .449 .495 $1,000,000

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
2008 28 MIL NL NLDS L PHI 1 0 1.000 1.69 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 21 0.938 8.4 0.0 0.0 5.1
1 NLDS 1 0 1.000 1.69 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 21 0.938 8.4 0.0 0.0 5.1

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
2004 24 TOR AL 16 412 373 47 95 16 1 11 6 3 25 64 .255 .309 .391 .700 .278 146 5 6 4 4 2 3
2005 25 TOR AL 25 575 528 73 142 37 2 20 16 4 29 75 .269 .322 .460 .782 .280 243 11 13 3 2 3 3
2006 26 MIL NL 34 869 798 111 201 51 3 26 18 8 38 166 .252 .299 .421 .720 .286 336 8 18 9 6 2 6
2007 27 MIL NL 33 810 747 110 217 54 2 27 15 7 44 134 .290 .338 .477 .815 .323 356 13 11 6 2 1 8
2008 28 MIL NL 31 763 698 92 163 38 4 29 17 9 48 109 .234 .291 .424 .715 .238 296 13 10 4 3 3 11
2009 29 MIL NL 22 508 445 84 131 34 5 19 12 4 37 89 .294 .365 .521 .886 .327 232 9 15 6 5 2 2
2010 30 MIL NL 32 781 693 108 198 49 1 28 22 6 65 107 .286 .346 .481 .826 .299 333 14 4 9 10 6 14
2011 31 TEX AL 17 166 152 27 47 4 0 6 8 1 9 23 .309 .360 .454 .814 .333 69 7 3 2 0 2 4
2013 33 TOR AL 1 15 14 5 5 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 .357 .400 1.214 1.614 .111 17 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 211 4899 4448 657 1199 283 18 170 114 42 296 768 .270 .324 .456 .780 .291 2028 80 80 43 32 21 51
162 Game Avg. 36 837 760 112 205 48 3 29 19 7 51 131 .270 .324 .456 .780 .291 346 14 14 7 5 4 9
MLB Averages .262 .330 .416 .745 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2004 24 TOR AL 10.4 1.0 425 1.0 7.1 -6.1 .93 1.0 0.1 8.3 0.8 0.93 12.9 0 0 0
2005 25 TOR AL -0.1 -0.0 599 -0.5 9.1 -9.7 .88 -0.2 -0.4 -2.4 -0.2 0.88 -1.4 0 0 0
2006 26 MIL NL 3.5 0.3 902 0.2 13.5 -13.2 .87 1.5 -1.2 2.9 0.3 0.87 16.4 2 0 0
2007 27 MIL NL -11.8 -1.1 832 -0.9 14.4 -15.4 .99 -1.3 0.4 -10.8 -1.0 0.99 -16.5 2 0 0
2008 28 MIL NL 1.3 0.1 791 -0.8 11.7 -12.5 .86 0.5 -1.4 3.6 0.4 0.86 2.3 0 0 2
2009 29 MIL NL -27.5 -2.6 523 -2.4 8.5 -10.9 .99 -2.0 -0.5 -21.9 -2.1 0.99 -21.8 0 0 1
2010 30 MIL NL -15.3 -1.5 811 -2.0 11.8 -13.8 .93 -2.7 0.5 -23.2 -2.3 0.93 -28.0 1 0 0
2011 31 TEX AL -5.5 -0.5 177 -0.6 1.6 -2.2 .60 -0.6 -0.4 -5.6 -0.5 0.60 -6.5 2 2 8
2013 33 TOR AL -3.1 -0.3 15 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .01 -0.2 0.2 -3.3 -0.3 0.01 -3.3 0 0 1
9 Yrs -48.1 -4.5 5075 -6.0 77.7 -83.7 .90 -3.9 -2.8 -52.5 -5.0 0.90 -45.8 7 2 12

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
2004 24 TOR AL 16 16 5 4 7 0 1 6 10 .375 3 1 1 1 8 50% 52.1 91 18 9 1 0 10 4.4 5.4 6.1 92 3 8 5 0 117
2005 25 TOR AL 25 24 5 11 8 1 5 8 16 .333 1 5 2 0 12 50% 49.1 73 15 14 3 3 12 4.6 4.0 5.6 88 9 6 9 0 107
2006 26 MIL NL 34 32 12 10 10 3 2 16 16 .500 5 4 3 2 18 56% 53.3 87 20 7 0 2 11 5.1 5.2 6.5 93 6 13 13 0 116
2007 27 MIL NL 33 31 10 10 11 0 2 14 17 .452 4 4 0 0 15 48% 46.6 67 4 20 8 2 14 4.7 4.6 5.9 95 6 13 11 1 127
2008 28 MIL NL 31 29 9 10 10 0 2 15 14 .517 4 7 0 0 16 55% 51.7 87 26 6 3 2 13 5.0 4.8 6.2 92 5 16 7 1 124
2009 29 MIL NL 22 21 5 9 7 1 1 10 11 .476 2 4 0 0 9 43% 44.0 74 6 15 9 1 7 5.1 5.0 5.4 88 5 12 4 0 116
2010 30 MIL NL 32 31 8 13 10 0 5 12 19 .387 3 4 0 0 18 58% 46.0 69 9 18 6 1 13 4.0 4.4 5.6 95 2 19 10 0 119
2011 31 TEX AL 17 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 0 0% 46.0 50 44 5 4 1 2 4.7 3.3 3.7 72 3 0 0 0 78
8 Yrs 210 187 54 67 66 5 18 82 105 .439 22 30 6 3 96 51% 49 91 4 94 34 12 82 4.7 4.7 5.9 92 39 87 59 2 127
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 101 -13 4.6 4.6 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 25 TOR AL 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 .882 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 7.0 38
2006 26 MIL NL 34 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 7 .874 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 4.0 21
2007 27 MIL NL 33 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .985 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5 22
2008 28 MIL NL 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 4 .858 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 31
2009 29 MIL NL 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .990 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 16
2010 30 MIL NL 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0% 6 .932 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 12
2011 31 TEX AL 17 14 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0% 8 .597 2 2 8 2 1 11 2 12 6 0 6 0 5.6 27
2013 33 TOR AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 .009 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 9.0 51
8 Yrs 195 24 10 2 2 0 0 0 3 3 12 1 8% .902 7 2 12 4 4 16 7 17 11 1 11 0 5.3 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%
2004 24 TOR AL 412 41% 2.7% 15.5% 6.1% 6.8% 30% 0.72 0.79 73% 16% 7.2% 16% 69 5 7%
2005 25 TOR AL 575 50% 3.5% 13.0% 5.0% 10.3% 42% 0.86 1.26 76% 18% 9.3% 12% 74 11 15%
2006 26 MIL NL 869 51% 3.0% 19.1% 4.4% 9.2% 40% 0.91 1.31 70% 18% 8.9% 10% 124 8 6%
2007 27 MIL NL 810 56% 3.3% 16.5% 5.4% 10.3% 38% 0.80 1.01 73% 19% 9.2% 12% 141 13 9%
2008 28 MIL NL 763 51% 3.8% 14.3% 6.3% 9.3% 44% 0.70 0.91 74% 15% 9.8% 14% 102 13 13%
2009 29 MIL NL 508 49% 3.7% 17.5% 7.3% 11.4% 44% 0.57 0.80 67% 18% 9.4% 11% 97 9 9%
2010 30 MIL NL 781 53% 3.6% 13.7% 8.3% 10.0% 39% 0.66 0.90 73% 22% 8.9% 11% 133 14 11%
2011 31 TEX AL 166 47% 3.6% 13.9% 5.4% 6.0% 21% 0.88 1.26 74% 16% 10.0% 12% 35 7 20%
2013 33 TOR AL 15 53% 26.7% 6.7% 6.7% 26.7% 80% 0.30 0.33 60% 8% 44.4% 10% 1 0 0%
9 Yrs 4899 51% 3.5% 15.7% 6.0% 9.6% 39% 0.75 1.01 72% 18% 9.3% 12% 776 80 10%
MLB Averages 45% 2.7% 17.8% 8.4% 7.9% 34% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 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
2004 24 TOR AL 412 1474 3.58 964 65% 30% 12% 26% 33% 70% 2% 46% 83% 62% 3% 11 7 24% 98 54 8 27% 11 2 0 0 0
2005 25 TOR AL 576 2139 3.71 1406 66% 25% 12% 30% 33% 75% 2% 49% 84% 62% 4% 23 17 23% 130 67 9 13% 10 3 -1 0 0
2006 26 MIL NL 870 3026 3.48 2007 66% 26% 14% 28% 32% 74% 1% 49% 81% 61% 3% 30 19 25% 221 124 17 29% 41 9 -1 0 0
2007 27 MIL NL 812 2979 3.67 1955 66% 25% 15% 28% 32% 75% 0% 49% 80% 62% 3% 27 17 28% 228 125 14 26% 23 9 -2 0 0
2008 28 MIL NL 771 2741 3.56 1739 63% 27% 13% 26% 34% 73% 1% 46% 82% 60% 4% 27 11 20% 158 61 6 25% 18 13 -8 0 0
2009 29 MIL NL 512 1856 3.63 1157 62% 28% 12% 28% 32% 72% 1% 45% 83% 58% 5% 28 19 19% 99 50 3 38% 20 7 -4 0 0
2010 30 MIL NL 784 2954 3.77 1879 64% 30% 11% 27% 32% 70% 2% 44% 84% 60% 5% 37 21 22% 169 90 7 26% 22 10 -3 0 0
2011 31 TEX AL 166 595 3.58 387 65% 25% 12% 29% 34% 75% 3% 49% 84% 57% 5% 8 4 18% 30 14 1 17% 3 2 0 0 0
2013 33 TOR AL 15 51 3.40 34 67% 32% 3% 26% 38% 68% 0% 45% 96% 60% 7% 1 1 27% 4 3 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 4918 17815 3.62 11528 65% 27% 13% 27% 33% 73% 1% 47% 82% 61% 4% 192 116 23% 1137 588 65 27% 148 55 -19 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
2004 24 TOR AL 412 95 12 0 11 0 7 2 9 4 7 26 13 1 50% 3 3 1 135 6 3 67% 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2005 25 TOR AL 575 142 9 1 20 0 2 8 12 10 10 20 11 0 55% 3 2 3 204 16 4 80% 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2006 26 MIL NL 869 201 17 4 26 0 10 15 11 13 13 49 32 8 65% 6 6 2 266 18 8 69% 17 5 1 2 0 1 0 0 20 0
2007 27 MIL NL 810 217 22 5 27 1 18 18 9 17 10 45 25 7 56% 8 3 1 297 15 7 68% 15 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
2008 28 MIL NL 763 163 17 2 29 3 17 13 16 16 13 34 18 7 53% 11 2 1 219 17 9 65% 16 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 0
2009 29 MIL NL 508 131 10 3 19 0 14 9 10 10 9 27 17 4 63% 2 2 1 182 12 4 75% 8 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 11 0
2010 30 MIL NL 781 198 23 2 28 1 14 13 15 18 10 44 27 7 61% 14 1 0 293 22 6 79% 20 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 18 0
2011 31 TEX AL 166 47 4 1 6 0 4 3 3 5 1 13 7 1 54% 4 2 1 65 8 1 89% 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2013 33 TOR AL 15 5 1 0 4 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 4899 1199 115 18 170 5 86 83 87 97 73 258 150 35 58% 51 21 10 1664 114 42 73% 104 36 9 5 1 1 0 0 85 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+
2004 24 5 4 .556 3.69 16 16 0 1 1 0 97.2 95 47 40 11 25 2 64 6 0 3 412 131 1.229 8.8 1.0 2.3 5.9 2.56 131
2005 25 10 15 .400 4.15 41 40 1 3 1 0 234.0 237 120 108 31 54 5 139 19 0 5 987 111 1.244 9.1 1.2 2.1 5.3 2.57 111
2006 26 22 26 .458 4.28 75 72 1 6 3 0 444.0 438 231 211 57 92 7 305 37 0 11 1856 107 1.194 8.9 1.2 1.9 6.2 3.32 107
2007 27 34 36 .486 4.53 108 103 3 6 3 0 630.1 655 341 317 84 136 8 439 48 0 14 2666 100 1.255 9.4 1.2 1.9 6.3 3.23 100
2008 28 43 46 .483 4.45 139 132 3 6 3 0 815.1 818 433 403 113 184 11 548 58 1 16 3429 100 1.229 9.0 1.2 2.0 6.0 2.98 100
2009 29 48 55 .466 4.69 161 153 3 6 3 0 929.2 949 517 484 132 221 13 637 73 1 18 3937 94 1.259 9.2 1.3 2.1 6.2 2.88 94
2010 30 56 68 .452 4.66 193 184 3 6 3 0 1104.0 1147 625 572 160 286 19 744 77 2 19 4718 94 1.298 9.4 1.3 2.3 6.1 2.60 94
2011 31 56 69 .448 4.70 210 187 10 6 3 0 1141.1 1194 652 596 166 295 21 767 80 2 21 4884 93 1.305 9.4 1.3 2.3 6.0 2.60 93
2012 32 56 69 .448 4.70 210 187 10 6 3 0 1141.1 1194 652 596 166 295 21 767 80 2 21 4884 93 1.305 9.4 1.3 2.3 6.0 2.60 93
2013 33 56 69 .448 4.73 211 187 10 6 3 0 1144.1 1199 657 601 170 296 21 768 80 2 21 4899 92 1.306 9.4 1.3 2.3 6.0 2.59 92

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
2004 24 6 4 .600 3.34 97.0 90 40 36 10 24 64 6 1.175 8.4 2.2 5.9 2.67 0.9 16
2005 25 6 8 .429 4.53 131.0 140 73 66 20 29 72 13 1.290 9.6 2.0 4.9 2.48 1.4 25
2006 26 11 12 .478 4.11 208.0 193 106 95 25 36 164 17 1.101 8.4 1.6 7.1 4.56 1.1 34
2007 27 8 12 .400 4.90 182.0 210 110 99 26 43 131 11 1.390 10.4 2.1 6.5 3.05 1.3 33
2008 28 9 11 .450 4.28 181.0 163 96 86 29 48 106 10 1.166 8.1 2.4 5.3 2.21 1.4 31
2009 29 3 9 .250 6.83 108.0 132 91 82 19 37 84 15 1.565 11.0 3.1 7.0 2.27 1.6 22
2010 30 7 11 .389 4.76 170.0 200 100 90 28 66 105 4 1.565 10.6 3.5 5.6 1.59 1.5 32
2011 31 1 3 .250 5.75 36.0 46 26 23 6 9 22 3 1.528 11.5 2.3 5.5 2.44 1.5 17
2013 33 0 0 15.00 3.0 5 6 5 4 1 1 0 2.000 15.0 3.0 3.0 1.00 12.0 1
9 Yrs 51 70 .421 4.69 1116.0 1179 648 582 167 293 749 79 1.319 9.5 6.0 2.56 1.3 211

* 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

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2006 NL  1.138 (4th)
2008 NL  1.141 (5th)
Active  1.306 (29th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL  7.930 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 NL  1.629 (4th)
2007 NL  2.125 (5th)
Active  2.328 (10th)
Career  2.328 (207th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  6.040 (242nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
2005 AL  2 (10th)
2006 NL  3 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2004 AL  1 (4th)
2006 NL  2 (3rd)
Active  3 (47th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2008 NL  29 (6th)
2010 NL  28 (5th)
Active  170 (38th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2006 NL  4.368 (1st)
2007 NL  3.046 (7th)
Active  2.595 (22nd)
Career  2.595 (75th)

Losses s c a p y
2010 NL  13 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2006 NL  103 (10th)
2007 NL  106 (8th)
Active  601 (50th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2005 AL  13 (4th)
2006 NL  18 (2nd)
2009 NL  15 (1st)
Active  80 (12th)
Career  80 (150th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 12 (1382), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1981), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1266), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (1216th), 3.5 career WAR/6.3 7yr-peak WAR/4.9 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

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  6. John Thomson (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. John Thomson (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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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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