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Trevor Cahill

Trevor John Cahill

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: March 1, 1988 in Oceanside, CA
High School: Vista HS (Vista, CA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed July 8, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 2009
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Diamondbacks 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2015, 4 yrs/$30M (12-15) & 16-17 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.000, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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All-Star

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
2009 21 OAK AL 10 13 .435 4.63 32 32 0 0 0 0 178.2 185 99 92 27 72 1 90 4 0 5 773 95 1.438 9.3 1.4 3.6 4.5 1.25
2010 22 OAK AL 18 8 .692 2.97 30 30 0 1 1 0 196.2 155 73 65 19 63 1 118 6 2 2 783 138 1.108 7.1 0.9 2.9 5.4 1.87 AS,CYA-9
2011 23 OAK AL 12 14 .462 4.16 34 34 0 0 0 0 207.2 214 102 96 19 82 1 147 8 0 15 901 97 1.425 9.3 0.8 3.6 6.4 1.79
2012 24 ARI NL 2 5 .286 3.96 10 10 0 0 0 0 61.1 55 30 27 3 26 0 42 3 1 4 255 103 1.321 8.1 0.4 3.8 6.2 1.62
4 Yrs 42 40 .512 3.91 106 106 0 1 1 0 644.1 609 304 280 68 243 3 397 21 3 26 2712 106 1.322 8.5 0.9 3.4 5.5 1.63
162 Game Avg. 13 13 .512 3.91 34 34 0 0 0 0 207 195 98 90 22 78 1 127 7 1 8 870 106 1.322 8.5 0.9 3.4 5.5 1.63
OAK (3 yrs) 40 35 .533 3.91 96 96 0 1 1 0 583.0 554 274 253 65 217 3 355 18 2 22 2457 107 1.322 8.6 1.0 3.3 5.5 1.64
ARI (1 yr) 2 5 .286 3.96 10 10 0 0 0 0 61.1 55 30 27 3 26 0 42 3 1 4 255 103 1.321 8.1 0.4 3.8 6.2 1.62
AL (3 yrs) 40 35 .533 3.91 96 96 0 1 1 0 583.0 554 274 253 65 217 3 355 18 2 22 2457 107 1.322 8.6 1.0 3.3 5.5 1.64
NL (1 yr) 2 5 .286 3.96 10 10 0 0 0 0 61.1 55 30 27 3 26 0 42 3 1 4 255 103 1.321 8.1 0.4 3.8 6.2 1.62

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 21 OAK AL 178.2 32 32 99 4.99 4.77 -0.20 0.19 97.6 5.03 -0 -0.0 -0.1 1.4 23 .499 .500 $400,000
2010 22 OAK AL 196.2 30 30 73 3.34 4.46 0.35 0.16 99.5 4.25 18 2.0 -0.1 3.7 42 .568 .513 $410,000 AS,CYA-9
2011 23 OAK AL 207.2 34 34 102 4.42 4.51 -0.10 0.16 98.0 4.68 5 0.6 -0.1 2.3 30 .517 .504 $440,000
2012 24 ARI NL 61.1 10 10 30 4.40 4.23 0.19 0.16 106.0 4.44 -1 -0.1 -0.1 0.3 6 .494 .500 $
4 Seasons 644.1 106 106 304 4.25 4.54 0.04 0.17 99.1 4.62 23 2.5 -0.4 7.7 100 .524 .504 $1,250,000
OAK (3 yrs) 583.0 96 96 274 4.23 4.57 0.02 0.17 98.4 4.64 24 2.6 -0.4 7.4 95 .527 .505 $1,250,000
ARI (1 yr) 61.1 10 10 30 4.40 4.23 0.19 0.16 106.0 4.44 -1 -0.1 -0.1 0.3 6 .494 .500 $

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
2010 OAK AL 22

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 21 OAK AL 32 773 686 99 185 45 6 27 17 10 72 90 .270 .339 .471 .810 .274 323 18 4 4 7 1 8
2010 22 OAK AL 30 783 705 73 155 20 1 19 15 5 63 118 .220 .287 .332 .619 .237 234 27 6 3 6 1 8
2011 23 OAK AL 34 901 797 102 214 40 3 19 28 8 82 147 .269 .340 .398 .738 .306 317 17 8 8 6 1 10
2012 24 ARI NL 10 255 221 30 55 10 2 3 5 4 26 42 .249 .333 .353 .686 .292 78 6 3 3 2 0 1
4 Yrs 106 2712 2409 304 609 115 12 68 65 27 243 397 .253 .324 .395 .719 .275 952 68 21 18 21 3 27
162 Game Avg. 34 870 773 98 195 37 4 22 21 9 78 127 .253 .324 .395 .719 .275 305 22 7 6 7 1 9
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 LevHi LevMd LevLo
2009 21 OAK AL -4.0 -0.4 806 -0.4 13.3 -13.8 .97 -1.1 0.6 -2.7 -0.3 0.97 -12.3 0 0 0
2010 22 OAK AL 23.6 2.5 808 2.0 13.0 -10.9 .88 2.2 0.1 24.9 2.6 0.88 26.5 0 0 0
2011 23 OAK AL -1.3 -0.1 953 0.1 15.8 -15.6 1.01 -0.2 0.4 -1.2 -0.1 1.01 -1.3 0 0 0
2012 24 ARI NL 0.6 0.1 271 0.1 4.2 -4.1 .90 -0.1 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.90 -0.9 0 0 0
4 Yrs 18.9 2.0 2838 1.8 46.3 -44.4 .95 0.8 1.1 21.5 2.3 0.95 11.9 0 0 0

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 21 OAK AL 32 32 10 13 9 3 4 16 16 .500 0 3 0 0 15 47% 47.0 80 13 20 5 0 13 5.0 5.9 5.6 94 4 20 8 0 110
2010 22 OAK AL 30 30 18 8 4 2 3 21 9 .700 0 1 1 1 21 70% 56.8 82 12 11 4 0 10 4.8 5.2 6.6 101 0 11 19 0 116
2011 23 OAK AL 34 34 12 14 8 2 6 15 19 .441 1 5 0 0 21 62% 50.0 79 -2 29 5 0 15 4.0 3.7 6.1 100 3 10 21 0 119
2012 24 ARI NL 10 10 2 5 3 0 1 4 6 .400 2 1 0 0 5 50% 51.4 70 33 6 3 0 4 3.7 2.8 6.1 98 0 5 5 0 108
4 Yrs 106 106 42 40 24 7 14 56 50 .528 3 10 1 1 62 58% 51 82 -2 66 17 0 42 4.5 4.7 6.1 98 7 46 53 0 119
MLB Averages .500 52% 50 100 -13 4.4 4.4 5.9 96

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 21 OAK AL 773 48% 3.5% 11.6% 9.3% 10.1% 42% 0.92 1.40 75% 19% 9.6% 10% 137 18 13%
2010 22 OAK AL 783 44% 2.4% 15.1% 8.1% 5.1% 26% 1.31 1.92 73% 15% 8.2% 8% 120 27 23%
2011 23 OAK AL 901 47% 2.1% 16.3% 9.1% 6.9% 29% 1.27 1.86 71% 18% 7.3% 9% 147 17 12%
2012 24 ARI NL 255 38% 1.2% 16.5% 10.2% 5.9% 27% 1.60 2.40 70% 15% 4.9% 9% 43 6 14%
4 Yrs 2712 45% 2.5% 14.6% 9.0% 7.2% 32% 1.19 1.77 72% 17% 8.1% 9% 447 68 15%
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 21 OAK AL 776 3006 3.87 1776 59% 28% 13% 24% 34% 72% 0% 42% 82% 54% 7% 56 40 17% 132 54 9 28% 11 15 -3 0 0
2010 22 OAK AL 784 3038 3.88 1819 60% 32% 11% 24% 33% 68% 0% 40% 84% 57% 5% 41 26 15% 119 46 7 44% 17 14 -1 0 0
2011 23 OAK AL 904 3385 3.74 2007 59% 33% 14% 20% 33% 67% 0% 40% 79% 57% 6% 55 33 17% 152 65 10 29% 14 22 -3 0 0
2012 24 ARI NL 257 984 3.83 589 60% 34% 17% 18% 31% 66% 0% 40% 75% 65% 7% 17 8 20% 52 25 5 24% 8 9 -2 0 0
4 Yrs 2721 10413 3.83 6191 59% 31% 13% 22% 33% 69% 0% 41% 81% 57% 6% 169 107 17% 455 190 31 33% 50 60 -9 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 21 OAK AL 773 185 15 0 27 0 11 6 21 20 7 41 26 3 63% 8 5 0 271 17 10 63% 14 8 3 2 0 0 4 4 16 0
2010 22 OAK AL 783 155 22 6 19 3 8 12 7 6 13 21 16 1 76% 8 2 0 251 15 5 75% 15 3 0 2 0 0 5 3 11 0
2011 23 OAK AL 901 214 33 5 19 0 21 6 13 7 12 47 25 5 53% 10 15 0 307 28 8 78% 25 7 3 1 0 0 3 1 24 0
2012 24 ARI NL 255 55 9 2 3 0 2 2 1 1 2 9 7 3 78% 1 4 2 90 5 4 56% 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 11 0
4 Yrs 2712 609 79 13 68 3 42 26 42 34 34 118 74 12 63% 27 26 2 919 65 27 71% 58 21 6 6 1 0 12 8 62 0
MLB Averages 52% 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+
2009 21 10 13 .435 4.63 32 32 0 0 0 0 178.2 185 99 92 27 72 1 90 4 0 5 773 95 1.438 9.3 1.4 3.6 4.5 1.25 95
2010 22 28 21 .571 3.76 62 62 0 1 1 0 375.1 340 172 157 46 135 2 208 10 2 7 1556 113 1.266 8.2 1.1 3.2 5.0 1.54 113
2011 23 40 35 .533 3.91 96 96 0 1 1 0 583.0 554 274 253 65 217 3 355 18 2 22 2457 107 1.322 8.6 1.0 3.3 5.5 1.64 107
2012 24 42 40 .512 3.91 106 106 0 1 1 0 644.1 609 304 280 68 243 3 397 21 3 26 2712 106 1.322 8.5 0.9 3.4 5.5 1.63 106

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
2009 21 7 11 .389 4.84 171.0 185 102 92 27 72 86 4 1.503 9.7 3.8 4.5 1.19 1.4 32
2010 22 12 8 .600 3.38 184.0 160 77 69 20 65 110 6 1.223 7.8 3.2 5.4 1.69 1.0 30
2011 23 9 12 .429 4.68 196.0 221 113 102 20 85 139 8 1.561 10.1 3.9 6.4 1.64 0.9 34
2012 24 3 3 .500 4.42 57.0 56 31 28 3 26 39 3 1.439 8.8 4.1 6.2 1.50 0.5 10
4 Yrs 31 34 .477 4.31 608.0 622 323 291 70 248 374 21 1.431 9.2 5.5 1.51 1.0 106

* 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

All-Star Games
2010

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2010 AL (9, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (255th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2010 AL  2.97 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
2010 AL  18 (4th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2010 AL  .692 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2010 AL  1.108 (4th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 AL  7.093 (2nd)

Games Started s c a p y
2011 AL  34 (1st)

Shutouts s c a p y
2010 AL  1 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
2009 AL  27 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2009 AL  72 (7th)
2011 AL  82 (3rd)
2012 NL  26 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
2011 AL  214 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2012 NL  0.440 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
2009 AL  13 (2nd)
2011 AL  14 (4th)
2012 NL  5 (5th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2009 AL  92 (10th)
2011 AL  96 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2011 AL  15 (2nd)
2012 NL  4 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2012 NL  3 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2010 AL  138 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2010 AL  24 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2010 AL  2.5 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2010 AL  24.93 (7th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2010 AL  2.2 (9th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2010 AL  2.6 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
2009 AL  born 1988-03-01 (5th)
2010 AL  born 1988-03-01 (9th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (846), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 15 (1244), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1076), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1244), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Rollie Sheldon (968)
  6. Bob Keegan (967)
  7. Gio Gonzalez (967)
  8. Chris Nabholz (967)
  9. Steve Swetonic (966)
  10. Anibal Sanchez (965)
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  1. Alex Fernandez (981)
  2. Mark Gubicza (980)
  3. Richard Dotson (975)
  4. Tony Cloninger (974)
  5. Gary Bell (974)
  6. Jim Abbott (973)
  7. Greg Maddux (970)
  8. Lary Sorensen (968)
  9. Tony Kaufmann (968)
  10. Tom Gordon (967)
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  1. Gene Nelson (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Gary Bell (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Alex Fernandez (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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