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Tim Byrdak

Timothy Christopher Byrdak (twitter: @Givemethelefty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 31, 1973 in Oak Lawn, IL
High School: Oak Forest HS (Oak Forest, IL)
School: Rice University (Houston, TX)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 5th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 7, 1998
Teams (by GP): Astros/Mets/Orioles/Royals/Tigers 1998-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$1M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.150, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Mike Mosa [*]
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1998 24 KCR AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1999 25 KCR AL 33 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 270 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 26 KCR AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 31 BAL AL 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 32 BAL AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 33 DET AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 34 HOU NL 59 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 35 HOU NL 76 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 36 HOU NL 64 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2011 37 NYM NL 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2012 38 NYM NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Yrs 444 13 13 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .154 .154 .231 .385 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .154 .154 .231 .385 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
KCR (3 yrs) 48 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 270 2 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (3 yrs) 199 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -51 1 0 0 0 0 0
NYM (2 yrs) 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BAL (2 yrs) 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (6 yrs) 144 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 270 2 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 300 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -51 1 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1998 24 KCR AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1999 25 KCR AL 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $200,000 1
2000 26 KCR AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
2005 31 BAL AL 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
2006 32 BAL AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $335,000 1
2007 33 DET AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
2008 34 HOU NL 59 6 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $ 1
2009 35 HOU NL 76 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $1,000,000 1
2010 36 HOU NL 64 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $1,600,000 1
2011 37 NYM NL 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $900,000 1
2012 38 NYM NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
11 Seasons 444 13 -2 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .500 .500 0.1 0.2 1 $4,035,000
KCR (3 yrs) 48 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $200,000
HOU (3 yrs) 199 11 -2 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $2,600,000
NYM (2 yrs) 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $900,000
BAL (2 yrs) 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $335,000
DET (1 yr) 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1999 25 KCR AL 2 1 1 26.6 115 .500 .500 .276 .500 .349 1.000 .442 1.500 .791 270 .949 0.5 0.0 2.000 .500 .500
2008 34 HOU NL 6 5 0 0.0 105 .250 .167 .264 .167 .335 .167 .421 .333 .756 -11 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
2009 35 HOU NL 3 3 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .263 .000 .336 .000 .418 .000 .755 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2010 36 HOU NL 2 2 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .258 .000 .328 .000 .407 .000 .735 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
11 Yrs 13 11 1 2.4 106 .222 .154 .265 .154 .336 .231 .421 .385 .758 0 .217 -1.9 -0.2 .273 .077 .077
162 Game Avg. 5 4 0 2.4 106 .222 .154 .265 .154 .336 .231 .421 .385 .758 0 .217 -1.9 -0.2 .273 .077 .077
HOU (3 yrs) 11 10 0 0.0 104 .143 .091 .263 .091 .334 .091 .418 .182 .752 -51 .000 -2.4 -0.2 .100 .000 .000
KCR (3 yrs) 2 1 1 26.6 115 .500 .500 .276 .500 .349 1.000 .442 1.500 .791 270 .949 0.5 0.0 2.000 .500 .500
NL (5 yrs) 11 10 0 0.0 104 .143 .091 .263 .091 .334 .091 .418 .182 .752 -51 .000 -2.4 -0.2 .100 .000 .000
AL (6 yrs) 2 1 1 26.6 115 .500 .500 .276 .500 .349 1.000 .442 1.500 .791 270 .949 0.5 0.0 2.000 .500 .500

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1999 25 KCR AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 100% 1.00 100% 50% 0.0% 0%
2008 34 HOU NL 6 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 1.00 1.00 67% 50% 0.0% 0%
2009 35 HOU NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 1.00 1.00 67% 0% 0.0% 0%
2010 36 HOU NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50% 0%
11 Yrs 13 0.0% 30.8% 0.0% 7.7% 50% 3.3 1.25 1.67 69% 33% 0.0% 0%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.2% 8.7% 7.9% 34% 1.99 5.2 32.5 7.6 0.79 1.08 70% 20% 7.9% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1998 24 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
1999 25 KCR AL 0.5 0.0 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 .12 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.86 0.4 0
2000 26 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
2005 31 BAL AL 0.0 0.0
2006 32 BAL AL 0.0 0.0
2007 33 DET AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 34 HOU NL -1.0 -0.1 6 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1.53 -0.1 -0.0 -1.1 -0.1 0.97 -1.0 0
2009 35 HOU NL -0.9 -0.1 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .18 -0.1 -0.0 -0.6 -0.1 0.66 -0.9 0
2010 36 HOU NL -0.6 -0.1 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 .00 0.0 -0.9 -0.1 1.30 -0.6 0
2011 37 NYM NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 38 NYM NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Yrs -1.9 -0.2 13 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .77 -0.1 -0.1 -2.2 -0.2 0.93 -2.1 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1999 25 KCR AL 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 34 HOU NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 35 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 36 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 0 0 50% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1999 25 KCR AL 2 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 34 HOU NL 6 67% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 35 HOU NL 3 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2010 36 HOU NL 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
11 Yrs 13 62% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 8 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 54% 70% 11% 33% 15% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1999 25 KCR AL 2 11 5.50 7 64% 0% 14% 57% 29% 100% 0% 64% 86% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2008 34 HOU NL 6 14 2.33 12 86% 17% 33% 17% 33% 83% 0% 71% 60% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2009 35 HOU NL 3 9 3.00 8 89% 0% 38% 38% 25% 100% 0% 89% 63% 67% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2010 36 HOU NL 2 7 3.50 6 86% 0% 33% 50% 17% 100% 0% 86% 67% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 13 41 3.15 33 80% 6% 30% 36% 27% 94% 0% 76% 68% 54% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.76 62% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 28% 5% 15% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1999 25 36 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 270 2 0 0 0 0 0
2000 26 48 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 270 2 0 0 0 0 0
2001 27 48 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 270 2 0 0 0 0 0
2002 28 48 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 270 2 0 0 0 0 0
2003 29 48 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 270 2 0 0 0 0 0
2004 30 48 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 270 2 0 0 0 0 0
2005 31 89 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 270 2 0 0 0 0 0
2006 32 105 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 270 2 0 0 0 0 0
2007 33 144 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 270 2 0 0 0 0 0
2008 34 203 8 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .375 .625 62 3 0 0 0 0 0
2009 35 279 11 11 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .182 .182 .273 .455 18 3 0 0 0 0 0
2010 36 343 13 13 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .154 .154 .231 .385 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
2011 37 415 13 13 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .154 .154 .231 .385 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
2012 38 444 13 13 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .154 .154 .231 .385 0 3 0 0 0 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1999 25 33 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 1 33
2008 34 59 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 59
2009 35 76 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 76
2010 36 64 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 64
4 Yrs 232 13 13 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .077 .077 .154 .231 1 232
162 Game Avg. 162 9 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .077 .077 .154 .231 1 232

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