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Tim Byrdak    \BURR-dak\

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 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Astros/Mets/Orioles/Royals/Tigers 1998-2012
Agents: Mike Mosa [*]
Final Game: August 1, 2012 (Age 38)   vs. SFG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
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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
1998 24 KCR AL 0 0 5.40 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 105 3.000 27.0 5.4 0.0 5.4
1999 25 KCR AL 0 3 .000 7.66 33 0 5 0 0 1 24.2 32 24 21 5 20 2 17 1 1 3 128 66 2.108 11.7 1.8 7.3 6.2 0.85
2000 26 KCR AL 0 1 .000 11.37 12 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 11 8 8 3 4 0 8 0 0 1 34 47 2.368 15.6 4.3 5.7 11.4 2.00
2005 31 BAL AL 0 1 .000 4.05 41 0 3 0 0 1 26.2 27 14 12 1 21 1 31 1 0 5 131 108 1.800 9.1 0.3 7.1 10.5 1.48
2006 32 BAL AL 1 0 1.000 12.86 16 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 14 10 10 2 8 1 2 0 0 1 42 37 3.143 18.0 2.6 10.3 2.6 0.25
2007 33 DET AL 3 0 1.000 3.20 39 0 3 0 0 1 45.0 38 23 16 3 26 4 49 1 0 3 199 144 1.422 7.6 0.6 5.2 9.8 1.88
2008 34 HOU NL 2 1 .667 3.90 59 0 9 0 0 0 55.1 45 24 24 10 29 2 47 2 0 0 237 109 1.337 7.3 1.6 4.7 7.6 1.62
2009 35 HOU NL 1 2 .333 3.23 76 0 8 0 0 0 61.1 39 23 22 10 36 0 58 3 0 2 261 128 1.223 5.7 1.5 5.3 8.5 1.61
2010 36 HOU NL 2 2 .500 3.49 64 0 9 0 0 0 38.2 40 15 15 4 20 0 29 0 0 2 170 114 1.552 9.3 0.9 4.7 6.8 1.45
2011 37 NYM NL 2 1 .667 3.82 72 0 10 0 0 1 37.2 34 20 16 3 19 4 47 1 0 1 168 97 1.407 8.1 0.7 4.5 11.2 2.47
2012 38 NYM NL 2 2 .500 4.40 56 0 4 0 0 0 30.2 18 16 15 2 18 5 34 1 0 0 125 87 1.174 5.3 0.6 5.3 10.0 1.89
11 Yrs 13 13 .500 4.30 471 0 54 0 0 4 335.0 303 178 160 44 201 19 323 10 1 18 1504 99 1.504 8.1 1.2 5.4 8.7 1.61
162 Game Avg. 2 2 .500 4.30 68 0 8 0 0 1 48 44 26 23 6 29 3 47 1 0 3 217 99 1.504 8.1 1.2 5.4 8.7 1.61
KCR (3 yrs) 0 4 .000 8.27 48 0 6 0 0 1 32.2 48 33 30 9 24 2 26 1 1 4 171 62 2.204 13.2 2.5 6.6 7.2 1.08
HOU (3 yrs) 5 5 .500 3.53 199 0 26 0 0 0 155.1 124 62 61 24 85 2 134 5 0 4 668 117 1.345 7.2 1.4 4.9 7.8 1.58
NYM (2 yrs) 4 3 .571 4.08 128 0 14 0 0 1 68.1 52 36 31 5 37 9 81 2 0 1 293 92 1.302 6.8 0.7 4.9 10.7 2.19
BAL (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 5.88 57 0 5 0 0 1 33.2 41 24 22 3 29 2 33 1 0 6 173 76 2.079 11.0 0.8 7.8 8.8 1.14
DET (1 yr) 3 0 1.000 3.20 39 0 3 0 0 1 45.0 38 23 16 3 26 4 49 1 0 3 199 144 1.422 7.6 0.6 5.2 9.8 1.88
AL (6 yrs) 4 5 .444 5.50 144 0 14 0 0 3 111.1 127 80 68 15 79 8 108 3 1 13 543 86 1.850 10.3 1.2 6.4 8.7 1.37
NL (5 yrs) 9 8 .529 3.70 327 0 40 0 0 1 223.2 176 98 92 29 122 11 215 7 0 5 961 109 1.332 7.1 1.2 4.9 8.7 1.76

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
1998 24 KCR AL 1.2 3 0 1 5.40 7.06 -0.09 -0.53 93.1 6.16 0 0.0 .2 -0.0 0.0 0 .504 .500
1999 25 KCR AL 24.2 33 0 24 8.76 5.52 0.23 -0.41 103.4 5.05 -10 -0.9 1.4 -0.2 -0.9 -7 .472 .494 $200,000
2000 26 KCR AL 6.1 12 0 8 11.37 5.54 0.29 -0.41 101.7 4.92 -5 -0.4 1.8 -0.2 -0.5 -4 .466 .497
2005 31 BAL AL 26.2 41 0 14 4.73 5.19 0.16 -0.39 98.8 4.58 -1 -0.1 1.2 -0.1 0.2 2 .498 .500
2006 32 BAL AL 7.0 16 0 10 12.86 5.80 -0.07 -0.43 100.1 5.45 -6 -0.6 1.3 -0.1 -0.6 -5 .465 .497 $335,000
2007 33 DET AL 45.0 39 0 23 4.60 4.95 0.19 -0.37 100.9 4.43 -1 -0.1 1.2 -0.1 0.2 4 .497 .499
2008 34 HOU NL 55.1 59 0 24 3.90 4.72 0.07 -0.34 99.2 4.27 3 0.3 .8 -0.1 0.6 7 .504 .502
2009 35 HOU NL 61.1 76 0 23 3.38 4.66 -0.01 -0.34 99.0 4.28 6 0.6 1.1 -0.1 1.1 11 .508 .504 $1,000,000
2010 36 HOU NL 38.2 64 0 15 3.49 4.61 -0.18 -0.34 98.5 4.38 4 0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.6 7 .506 .502 $1,600,000
2011 37 NYM NL 37.2 72 0 20 4.78 4.50 -0.32 -0.34 98.0 4.40 -2 -0.2 1.3 -0.1 0.0 1 .497 .499 $900,000
2012 38 NYM NL 30.2 56 0 16 4.70 4.52 -0.21 -0.34 96.3 4.22 -2 -0.2 1.4 -0.1 -0.0 1 .496 .499 $1,000,000
11 Seasons 335.0 471 0 178 4.78 4.83 -0.01 -0.36 99.2 4.45 -14 -1.2 1.2 -1.3 0.7 19 .498 .499 $5,035,000
KCR (3 yrs) 32.2 48 0 33 9.09 5.60 0.23 -0.41 102.6 5.08 -15 -1.3 1.4 -0.4 -1.4 -11 .472 .497 $200,000
HOU (3 yrs) 155.1 199 0 62 3.59 4.67 -0.02 -0.34 98.9 4.30 12 1.3 .9 -0.3 2.3 25 .506 .503 $2,600,000
NYM (2 yrs) 68.1 128 0 36 4.74 4.51 -0.27 -0.34 97.2 4.32 -4 -0.4 1.4 -0.2 -0.0 2 .497 .499 $1,900,000
BAL (2 yrs) 33.2 57 0 24 6.42 5.32 0.11 -0.40 99.0 4.76 -6 -0.6 1.2 -0.2 -0.4 -2 .489 .498 $335,000
DET (1 yr) 45.0 39 0 23 4.60 4.95 0.19 -0.37 100.9 4.43 -1 -0.1 1.2 -0.1 0.2 4 .497 .499

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 24 KCR AL 3 9 9 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 .556 .556 1.000 1.556 .571 9 1 0 0 0 0 0
1999 25 KCR AL 33 128 104 24 32 2 0 5 0 1 20 17 .308 .424 .471 .895 .329 49 2 1 3 0 2 4
2000 26 KCR AL 12 34 30 8 11 2 1 3 0 0 4 8 .367 .441 .800 1.241 .421 24 1 0 0 0 0 1
2005 31 BAL AL 41 131 106 14 27 4 0 1 1 0 21 31 .255 .380 .321 .701 .347 34 1 1 2 1 1 2
2006 32 BAL AL 16 42 32 10 14 6 0 2 0 0 8 2 .438 .550 .813 1.363 .429 26 2 0 2 0 1 0
2007 33 DET AL 39 199 165 23 38 12 1 3 2 1 26 49 .230 .330 .370 .700 .297 61 4 1 2 5 4 6
2008 34 HOU NL 59 237 203 24 45 17 0 10 4 1 29 47 .222 .323 .453 .777 .238 92 3 2 2 1 2 1
2009 35 HOU NL 76 261 219 23 39 6 3 10 2 4 36 58 .178 .299 .370 .669 .188 81 2 3 0 3 0 5
2010 36 HOU NL 64 170 147 15 40 9 2 4 0 1 20 29 .272 .353 .442 .795 .308 65 4 0 0 3 0 0
2011 37 NYM NL 72 168 142 20 34 8 0 3 1 1 19 47 .239 .329 .359 .688 .330 51 1 1 4 2 4 3
2012 38 NYM NL 56 125 100 16 18 1 1 2 1 2 18 34 .180 .306 .270 .576 .242 27 2 1 4 2 5 2
11 Yrs 471 1504 1257 178 303 68 8 44 11 11 201 323 .241 .346 .413 .759 .286 519 23 10 19 17 19 24
162 Game Avg. 68 217 181 26 44 10 1 6 2 2 29 47 .241 .346 .413 .759 .286 75 3 1 3 2 3 3
MLB Averages .264 .333 .420 .753 .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
1998 24 KCR AL 0.1 0.0 9 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .14 -0.2 -0.1 -1.6 -0.1 0.14 -2.1 0 0 3
1999 25 KCR AL -7.6 -0.7 132 -1.0 2.0 -3.0 1.05 -0.7 -0.3 -14.3 -1.3 1.05 -9.2 14 7 12
2000 26 KCR AL -3.8 -0.4 35 -0.7 0.8 -1.5 1.42 -0.5 -0.1 -6.1 -0.5 1.42 -5.7 7 1 4
2005 31 BAL AL 0.5 0.0 138 0.4 2.1 -1.8 1.03 -0.1 0.5 -4.2 -0.4 1.03 -1.9 12 14 15
2006 32 BAL AL -6.0 -0.6 42 -0.2 0.6 -0.8 .88 -0.5 0.3 -8.2 -0.8 0.88 -7.3 5 5 6
2007 33 DET AL 4.3 0.4 205 0.3 3.1 -2.8 .86 0.1 0.2 2.9 0.3 0.86 0.1 13 11 15
2008 34 HOU NL 3.0 0.3 242 0.8 3.1 -2.3 .74 0.2 0.9 1.6 0.2 0.74 -2.5 11 9 37
2009 35 HOU NL 6.7 0.7 269 -0.6 2.9 -3.5 .69 0.3 -1.2 1.4 0.1 0.69 2.6 24 12 35
2010 36 HOU NL 2.8 0.3 175 0.2 2.2 -2.1 .80 -0.3 0.5 -3.1 -0.3 0.80 -1.7 15 13 34
2011 37 NYM NL -1.7 -0.2 171 -0.9 2.5 -3.4 1.05 0.1 -0.9 -0.7 -0.1 1.05 -0.7 28 14 28
2012 38 NYM NL -1.7 -0.2 129 0.3 2.6 -2.3 1.28 0.3 -0.1 5.4 0.6 1.28 4.3 22 8 24
11 Yrs -3.3 -0.2 1547 -1.6 21.9 -23.5 .90 -1.4 -0.4 -26.6 -2.4 0.90 -24.2 151 94 213

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
1998 24 KCR AL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 7 .143 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1.7 14
1999 25 KCR AL 33 33 5 0 3 4 1 3 25% 14 10 29 17 59% 8 1.053 14 7 12 16 2 15 15 18 3 20 8 9 2.2 15
2000 26 KCR AL 12 12 1 0 1 2 0 2 0% 5 3 16 6 38% 7 1.420 7 1 4 5 1 6 9 3 1 9 1 3 1.6 12
2005 31 BAL AL 41 41 3 0 1 1 1 0 100% 13 11 25 7 28% 7 1.028 12 14 15 17 7 17 15 26 4 28 8 18 2.0 12
2006 32 BAL AL 16 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 10 3 30% 7 .879 5 5 6 4 4 8 5 11 0 14 0 3 1.3 11
2007 33 DET AL 39 39 3 3 0 2 1 1 50% 11 8 34 12 35% 6 .861 13 11 15 16 4 19 25 14 15 15 22 3 3.5 20
2008 34 HOU NL 59 59 9 2 1 0 0 0 8 8 32 6 19% 7 .739 11 9 37 21 6 32 20 39 12 26 15 18 2.8 16
2009 35 HOU NL 76 76 8 1 2 2 0 2 0% 18 10 58 19 33% 7 .686 24 12 35 25 6 45 27 49 11 37 12 23 2.4 14
2010 36 HOU NL 64 64 9 2 2 0 0 0 14 11 42 15 36% 8 .795 15 13 34 24 7 33 27 37 1 42 3 21 1.8 10
2011 37 NYM NL 72 72 10 2 1 4 1 3 25% 15 8 67 16 24% 8 1.052 28 14 28 26 14 32 38 34 3 54 7 26 1.6 9
2012 38 NYM NL 56 56 4 2 2 2 0 2 0% 19 17 41 7 17% 8 1.279 22 8 24 27 4 25 30 26 0 44 2 23 1.6 9
11 Yrs 471 471 54 13 13 17 4 13 24% 120 89 356 110 31% .900 151 94 213 182 55 234 212 259 50 291 78 148 2.1 13

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 24 KCR AL 9 33% 11.1% 11.1% 0.0% 22.2% 40% 0.33 3.00 78% 50% 20.0% 17% 2 1 50%
1999 25 KCR AL 128 45% 3.9% 13.3% 15.6% 5.5% 22% 1.42 1.85 64% 17% 15.6% 11% 41 2 5%
2000 26 KCR AL 34 59% 8.8% 23.5% 11.8% 17.7% 55% 0.57 1.75 56% 32% 21.4% 0% 10 1 10%
2005 31 BAL AL 131 51% 0.8% 23.7% 16.0% 3.8% 19% 0.97 1.27 57% 21% 3.0% 13% 23 1 4%
2006 32 BAL AL 42 57% 4.8% 4.8% 19.1% 19.1% 57% 1.00 2.17 67% 28% 13.3% 0% 7 2 29%
2007 33 DET AL 199 42% 1.5% 24.6% 13.1% 8.0% 42% 0.70 0.83 59% 20% 4.9% 14% 54 4 7%
2008 34 HOU NL 237 42% 4.2% 19.8% 12.2% 11.4% 60% 0.74 1.09 62% 15% 13.3% 15% 41 3 7%
2009 35 HOU NL 261 48% 3.8% 22.2% 13.8% 7.3% 49% 0.71 0.89 59% 13% 12.5% 15% 48 2 4%
2010 36 HOU NL 170 50% 2.4% 17.1% 11.8% 8.8% 38% 0.43 0.54 69% 17% 5.4% 12% 37 4 11%
2011 37 NYM NL 168 65% 1.8% 28.0% 11.3% 6.6% 32% 0.64 0.97 56% 19% 6.5% 22% 38 1 3%
2012 38 NYM NL 125 64% 1.6% 27.2% 14.4% 3.2% 22% 0.55 0.72 53% 17% 5.3% 14% 39 2 5%
11 Yrs 1504 50% 2.9% 21.5% 13.4% 8.0% 40% 0.72 0.97 60% 18% 9.3% 14% 340 23 7%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.3% 8.6% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.08 70% 20% 7.8% 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 24 KCR AL 9 42 4.67 25 60% 24% 8% 36% 32% 76% 0% 45% 89% 67% 0% 0 0 22% 2 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0
1999 25 KCR AL 129 487 3.78 282 58% 33% 10% 25% 32% 67% 3% 39% 85% 50% 8% 10 5 18% 23 10 1 18% 4 3 -1 0 0
2000 26 KCR AL 34 140 4.12 87 62% 17% 13% 45% 25% 83% 0% 51% 85% 59% 6% 2 2 12% 4 3 0 63% 0 0 0 0 0
2005 31 BAL AL 131 512 3.91 301 59% 28% 19% 27% 26% 72% 2% 42% 74% 56% 8% 11 6 15% 20 9 1 19% 4 4 0 0 0
2006 32 BAL AL 42 168 4.00 88 52% 30% 9% 25% 36% 70% 5% 37% 87% 60% 10% 4 2 19% 8 3 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0
2007 33 DET AL 199 794 3.99 462 58% 31% 18% 24% 27% 69% 5% 40% 74% 47% 8% 16 5 20% 40 22 2 16% 7 7 0 0 0
2008 34 HOU NL 237 932 3.93 577 62% 26% 16% 30% 28% 74% 2% 46% 78% 56% 10% 23 9 26% 61 35 0 26% 7 12 0 0 0
2009 35 HOU NL 261 1058 4.05 628 59% 25% 19% 29% 26% 75% 0% 44% 74% 58% 8% 20 11 23% 60 29 2 17% 5 9 0 0 0
2010 36 HOU NL 170 666 3.92 400 60% 26% 18% 26% 30% 74% 0% 44% 76% 54% 8% 13 8 18% 31 18 3 17% 5 5 0 0 0
2011 37 NYM NL 168 645 3.84 403 62% 30% 20% 25% 25% 70% 7% 44% 71% 56% 7% 12 8 23% 38 17 0 21% 7 0 0 0 0
2012 38 NYM NL 126 525 4.17 317 60% 30% 21% 26% 23% 70% 8% 42% 70% 53% 6% 8 3 29% 36 19 1 24% 6 1 -1 0 0
11 Yrs 1506 5969 3.96 3570 60% 28% 17% 27% 27% 72% 3% 43% 76% 54% 8% 119 59 21% 323 165 10 21% 46 42 -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.76 62% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 58% 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
1998 24 KCR AL 9 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 25 KCR AL 128 32 0 0 5 0 7 2 3 2 3 11 7 1 64% 4 3 0 61 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2000 26 KCR AL 34 11 1 0 3 1 3 1 2 1 2 7 3 1 43% 1 1 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2005 31 BAL AL 131 27 2 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 10 7 2 70% 2 5 1 51 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2006 32 BAL AL 42 14 1 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 5 2 0 40% 0 1 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 33 DET AL 199 38 3 0 3 0 4 1 2 1 2 13 8 2 62% 6 3 1 104 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
2008 34 HOU NL 237 45 1 1 10 0 7 8 2 7 3 11 5 3 45% 1 0 0 90 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
2009 35 HOU NL 261 39 4 1 10 1 22 4 6 7 3 19 7 7 37% 5 2 0 81 2 4 33% 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 8 0
2010 36 HOU NL 170 40 2 1 4 1 7 2 2 2 2 10 6 1 60% 0 2 0 74 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
2011 37 NYM NL 168 34 4 0 3 0 12 1 2 1 2 18 7 6 39% 3 1 0 73 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
2012 38 NYM NL 125 18 2 0 2 1 6 0 2 1 1 8 2 2 25% 2 0 1 67 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
11 Yrs 1504 303 21 3 44 4 77 23 21 23 21 113 55 25 49% 24 18 3 642 11 11 50% 9 9 2 1 0 1 4 4 52 0
MLB Averages 53% 71%

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+
1998 24 0 0 5.40 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 105 3.000 27.0 5.4 0.0 5.4 105
1999 25 0 3 .000 7.52 36 0 5 0 0 1 26.1 37 25 22 6 20 2 18 1 1 3 137 67 2.165 12.6 2.1 6.8 6.2 0.90 67
2000 26 0 4 .000 8.27 48 0 6 0 0 1 32.2 48 33 30 9 24 2 26 1 1 4 171 62 2.204 13.2 2.5 6.6 7.2 1.08 62
2001 27 0 4 .000 8.27 48 0 6 0 0 1 32.2 48 33 30 9 24 2 26 1 1 4 171 62 2.204 13.2 2.5 6.6 7.2 1.08 62
2002 28 0 4 .000 8.27 48 0 6 0 0 1 32.2 48 33 30 9 24 2 26 1 1 4 171 62 2.204 13.2 2.5 6.6 7.2 1.08 62
2003 29 0 4 .000 8.27 48 0 6 0 0 1 32.2 48 33 30 9 24 2 26 1 1 4 171 62 2.204 13.2 2.5 6.6 7.2 1.08 62
2004 30 0 4 .000 8.27 48 0 6 0 0 1 32.2 48 33 30 9 24 2 26 1 1 4 171 62 2.204 13.2 2.5 6.6 7.2 1.08 62
2005 31 0 5 .000 6.37 89 0 9 0 0 2 59.1 75 47 42 10 45 3 57 2 1 9 302 75 2.022 11.4 1.5 6.8 8.6 1.27 75
2006 32 1 5 .167 7.06 105 0 11 0 0 2 66.1 89 57 52 12 53 4 59 2 1 10 344 68 2.141 12.1 1.6 7.2 8.0 1.11 68
2007 33 4 5 .444 5.50 144 0 14 0 0 3 111.1 127 80 68 15 79 8 108 3 1 13 543 86 1.850 10.3 1.2 6.4 8.7 1.37 86
2008 34 6 6 .500 4.97 203 0 23 0 0 3 166.2 172 104 92 25 108 10 155 5 1 13 780 92 1.680 9.3 1.4 5.8 8.4 1.44 92
2009 35 7 8 .467 4.50 279 0 31 0 0 3 228.0 211 127 114 35 144 10 213 8 1 15 1041 99 1.557 8.3 1.4 5.7 8.4 1.48 99
2010 36 9 10 .474 4.35 343 0 40 0 0 3 266.2 251 142 129 39 164 10 242 8 1 17 1211 100 1.556 8.5 1.3 5.5 8.2 1.48 100
2011 37 11 11 .500 4.29 415 0 50 0 0 4 304.1 285 162 145 42 183 14 289 9 1 18 1379 100 1.538 8.4 1.2 5.4 8.5 1.58 100
2012 38 13 13 .500 4.30 471 0 54 0 0 4 335.0 303 178 160 44 201 19 323 10 1 18 1504 99 1.504 8.1 1.2 5.4 8.7 1.61 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
1998 24 0 0 3.00 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 3
1999 25 1 1 .500 6.58 26.0 30 21 19 5 19 18 1 1.885 10.4 6.6 6.2 0.95 1.7 33
2000 26 0 0 9.00 7.0 10 8 7 3 4 8 0 2.000 12.9 5.1 10.3 2.00 3.9 12
2005 31 2 1 .667 4.00 27.0 27 13 12 1 21 32 1 1.778 9.0 7.0 10.7 1.52 0.3 41
2006 32 0 0 12.86 7.0 14 11 10 2 8 2 0 3.143 18.0 10.3 2.6 0.25 2.6 16
2007 33 3 2 .600 3.00 45.0 37 17 15 3 25 49 1 1.378 7.4 5.0 9.8 1.96 0.6 39
2008 34 2 3 .400 4.00 54.0 45 27 24 10 29 46 2 1.370 7.5 4.8 7.7 1.59 1.7 59
2009 35 4 2 .667 3.25 61.0 39 24 22 10 36 58 3 1.230 5.8 5.3 8.6 1.61 1.5 76
2010 36 2 2 .500 3.65 37.0 40 17 15 4 20 28 0 1.622 9.7 4.9 6.8 1.40 1.0 64
2011 37 2 2 .500 4.38 37.0 36 20 18 3 20 46 1 1.514 8.8 4.9 11.2 2.30 0.7 72
2012 38 1 2 .333 4.97 29.0 19 18 16 2 19 32 1 1.310 5.9 5.9 9.9 1.68 0.6 56
11 Yrs 17 15 .531 4.30 333.0 297 177 159 43 201 321 10 1.495 8.0 8.7 1.60 1.2 471

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
2009 NL  76 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2652), Average HOFer ≈ 185
JAWS Relief Pitcher (1028th), 1.0 career WAR/2.9 7yr-peak WAR/1.9 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

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  4. Tony Fossas (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tony Fossas (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tony Fossas (955)  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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