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Matt Cain

Matthew Thomas Cain (The Horse)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: October 1, 1984 in Dothan, AL
High School: Houston HS (Germantown, TN)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 26, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 29, 2005 (Age 20)
Team: Giants 2005-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2017, 8 yrs/$139.75M (10-17) & 18 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 7.038, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: Len Hardison, Kyle Rote Jr [*]
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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
2005 20 SFG NL 2 1 .667 2.33 7 7 0 1 0 0 46.1 24 12 12 4 19 1 30 0 0 1 181 185 0.928 4.7 0.8 3.7 5.8 1.58
2006 21 SFG NL 13 12 .520 4.15 32 31 1 1 1 0 190.2 157 93 88 18 87 1 179 6 2 9 818 108 1.280 7.4 0.8 4.1 8.4 2.06 RoY-5
2007 22 SFG NL 7 16 .304 3.65 32 32 0 1 0 0 200.0 173 84 81 14 79 3 163 5 0 12 832 123 1.260 7.8 0.6 3.6 7.3 2.06
2008 23 SFG NL 8 14 .364 3.76 34 34 0 1 1 0 217.2 206 95 91 19 91 9 186 7 2 7 933 117 1.364 8.5 0.8 3.8 7.7 2.04
2009 24 SFG NL 14 8 .636 2.89 33 33 0 4 0 0 217.2 184 73 70 22 73 6 171 3 0 9 886 147 1.181 7.6 0.9 3.0 7.1 2.34 AS
2010 25 SFG NL 13 11 .542 3.14 33 33 0 4 2 0 223.1 181 84 78 22 61 4 177 4 0 8 896 124 1.084 7.3 0.9 2.5 7.1 2.90 CYA-12
2011 26 SFG NL 12 11 .522 2.88 33 33 0 1 0 0 221.2 177 82 71 9 63 5 179 9 0 4 907 121 1.083 7.2 0.4 2.6 7.3 2.84 AS,CYA-8
2012 27 SFG NL 16 5 .762 2.79 32 32 0 2 2 0 219.1 177 73 68 21 51 1 193 9 0 8 876 126 1.040 7.3 0.9 2.1 7.9 3.78 AS,CYA-6
2013 28 SFG NL 3 2 .600 5.43 9 9 0 0 0 0 56.1 51 35 34 13 17 1 49 2 0 1 238 62 1.207 8.1 2.1 2.7 7.8 2.88
9 Yrs 88 80 .524 3.35 245 244 1 15 6 0 1593.0 1330 631 593 142 541 31 1327 45 4 59 6567 121 1.175 7.5 0.8 3.1 7.5 2.45
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .524 3.35 34 34 0 2 1 0 222 185 88 82 20 75 4 185 6 1 8 913 121 1.175 7.5 0.8 3.1 7.5 2.45

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
2005 20 SFG NL 46.1 7 7 12 2.33 4.26 -0.15 0.16 104.8 4.78 13 1.5 -0.0 1.8 17 .708 .509
2006 21 SFG NL 190.2 32 31 93 4.39 4.82 0.19 0.18 99.8 4.81 9 0.9 .0 -0.1 2.5 26 .530 .506 $328,000 RoY-5
2007 22 SFG NL 200.0 32 32 84 3.78 4.84 0.07 0.20 101.3 5.03 29 3.0 -0.1 4.6 46 .595 .519 $650,000
2008 23 SFG NL 217.2 34 34 95 3.93 4.57 -0.12 0.18 102.4 5.00 27 2.9 -0.1 4.6 45 .586 .518 $950,000
2009 24 SFG NL 217.2 33 33 73 3.02 4.47 0.06 0.17 102.4 4.70 40 4.6 -0.2 6.3 59 .638 .528 $2,900,000 AS
2010 25 SFG NL 223.1 33 33 84 3.39 4.37 0.19 0.17 101.3 4.41 25 2.8 -0.2 4.5 44 .584 .517 $4,583,333 CYA-12
2011 26 SFG NL 221.2 33 33 82 3.33 4.17 0.02 0.16 94.6 4.07 17 1.9 -0.1 3.7 36 .558 .512 $7,333,333 AS,CYA-8
2012 27 SFG NL 219.1 32 32 73 3.00 4.22 -0.05 0.16 87.1 3.85 19 2.2 -0.1 3.9 39 .567 .513 $15,000,000 AS,CYA-6
2013 28 SFG NL 56.1 9 9 35 5.59 4.05 -0.14 0.15 96.2 4.19 -10 -1.0 -0.1 -0.6 -4 .394 .494 $20,000,000
9 Seasons 1593.0 245 244 631 3.56 4.46 0.04 0.17 98.5 4.53 169 18.8 .0 -1.1 31.3 307 .577 .513 $51,744,666

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
2010 25 SFG NL NLDS W ATL 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 7 1 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 28 1.350 9.5 0.0 2.7 8.1 3.00
2010 25 SFG NL NLCS W PHI 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 5 2 0 0 28 0.714 2.6 0.0 3.9 6.4 1.67
2010 25 SFG NL WS W TEX 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 4 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 29 0.783 4.7 0.0 2.3 2.3 1.00
2012 27 SFG NL NLDS W CIN 1 1 .500 5.06 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.2 11 6 6 3 3 0 9 2 0 0 46 1.313 9.3 2.5 2.5 7.6 3.00
2012 27 SFG NL NLCS W STL 1 1 .500 2.19 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.1 11 3 3 1 2 1 6 2 0 0 51 1.054 8.0 0.7 1.5 4.4 3.00
2012 27 SFG NL WS W DET 0 0 3.86 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 5 3 3 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 28 1.000 6.4 2.6 2.6 6.4 2.50
2 Yrs (6 Series) 4 2 .667 2.10 8 8 0 0 0 0 51.1 40 13 12 6 14 2 33 6 0 1 210 1.052 7.0 1.1 2.5 5.8 2.36
2 NLDS 1 1 .500 3.12 3 3 0 0 0 0 17.1 18 7 6 3 5 0 15 2 0 0 74 1.327 9.3 1.6 2.6 7.8 3.00
2 NLCS 2 1 .667 1.40 3 3 0 0 0 0 19.1 13 3 3 1 5 1 11 4 0 0 79 0.931 6.1 0.5 2.3 5.1 2.20
2 WS 1 0 1.000 1.84 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.2 9 3 3 2 4 1 7 0 0 1 57 0.886 5.5 1.2 2.5 4.3 1.75

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
2009 SFG NL 24
2011 SFG NL 26
2012 SFG NL 27 1 1 0 1.000 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5

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 20 SFG NL 7 181 159 12 24 0 1 4 1 1 19 30 .151 .240 .239 .479 .159 38 2 0 2 1 1 1
2006 21 SFG NL 32 818 708 93 157 38 7 18 15 3 87 179 .222 .310 .371 .681 .269 263 6 6 11 6 1 5
2007 22 SFG NL 32 832 735 84 173 40 7 14 8 5 79 163 .235 .312 .366 .678 .282 269 16 5 8 5 3 3
2008 23 SFG NL 34 933 821 95 206 49 8 19 13 10 91 186 .251 .328 .400 .728 .300 328 10 7 7 7 9 7
2009 24 SFG NL 33 886 793 73 184 36 5 22 11 9 73 171 .232 .297 .373 .670 .267 296 14 3 10 6 6 5
2010 25 SFG NL 33 896 818 84 181 39 8 22 19 10 61 177 .221 .276 .369 .646 .254 302 10 4 6 7 4 5
2011 26 SFG NL 33 907 816 82 177 46 5 9 18 5 63 179 .217 .279 .319 .597 .265 260 7 9 11 6 5 8
2012 27 SFG NL 32 876 796 73 177 41 3 21 18 9 51 193 .222 .274 .361 .635 .264 287 14 9 11 9 1 9
2013 28 SFG NL 9 238 218 35 51 9 0 13 8 2 17 49 .234 .294 .454 .748 .242 99 1 2 0 1 1 2
9 Yrs 245 6567 5864 631 1330 298 44 142 111 54 541 1327 .227 .295 .365 .660 .267 2142 80 45 66 48 31 45
162 Game Avg. 34 913 815 88 185 41 6 20 15 8 75 185 .227 .295 .365 .660 .267 298 11 6 9 7 4 6
MLB Averages .262 .329 .414 .743 .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
2005 20 SFG NL 10.5 1.1 184 1.6 3.9 -2.3 1.17 1.4 -0.1 12.7 1.4 1.17 15.6 0 0 0
2006 21 SFG NL 8.6 0.8 848 0.8 14.2 -13.4 .99 1.3 -0.5 12.9 1.3 0.99 16.0 0 0 1
2007 22 SFG NL 20.2 2.0 857 2.3 15.2 -12.9 .98 2.6 -0.2 26.0 2.6 0.98 29.7 0 0 0
2008 23 SFG NL 16.5 1.7 965 1.5 18.3 -16.8 1.07 1.0 0.4 14.4 1.4 1.07 11.3 0 0 0
2009 24 SFG NL 33.6 3.6 915 3.5 16.4 -12.9 .97 2.5 1.1 37.8 4.0 0.97 30.7 0 0 0
2010 25 SFG NL 20.2 2.1 930 3.0 15.5 -12.5 .92 2.9 0.4 26.7 2.9 0.92 31.4 0 0 0
2011 26 SFG NL 14.0 1.5 939 1.5 16.5 -15.0 1.06 3.2 -1.8 19.4 2.2 1.06 31.7 0 0 0
2012 27 SFG NL 19.8 2.1 907 1.7 16.1 -14.4 1.02 1.9 -0.2 21.5 2.4 1.02 20.0 0 0 0
2013 28 SFG NL -13.6 -1.3 249 -0.5 3.4 -3.9 .82 -0.1 -0.4 -6.3 -0.7 0.82 -1.9 0 0 0
9 Yrs 129.8 13.6 6794 15.5 119.5 -104.0 1.00 16.7 -1.2 165.1 17.6 1.00 184.4 0 0 1

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
2005 20 SFG NL 7 7 2 1 4 0 0 4 3 .571 2 2 1 0 6 86% 62.9 86 50 1 1 0 3 3.3 2.7 6.6 102 0 1 6 0 107
2006 21 SFG NL 32 31 13 12 6 4 2 16 15 .516 4 3 1 1 14 45% 53.3 87 19 18 9 0 16 4.7 4.7 6.1 106 0 11 16 4 131
2007 22 SFG NL 32 32 7 16 9 1 8 9 23 .281 5 4 1 0 22 69% 54.7 77 13 18 10 0 14 3.2 3.3 6.3 105 2 8 20 2 123
2008 23 SFG NL 34 34 8 14 12 1 6 14 20 .412 3 5 1 1 21 62% 53.5 85 10 23 4 0 13 3.1 3.0 6.4 106 0 10 22 2 126
2009 24 SFG NL 33 33 14 8 11 2 0 21 12 .636 3 4 4 0 20 61% 58.3 84 16 8 3 0 16 4.3 3.9 6.6 102 2 4 27 0 119
2010 25 SFG NL 33 33 13 11 9 0 4 19 14 .576 3 4 4 2 25 76% 58.4 94 12 12 6 0 16 4.1 3.6 6.8 106 1 11 16 5 125
2011 26 SFG NL 33 33 12 11 10 2 6 18 15 .545 3 5 1 0 26 79% 58.9 83 26 13 6 0 13 3.4 3.6 6.7 106 0 6 27 0 118
2012 27 SFG NL 32 32 16 5 11 4 2 21 11 .656 4 5 2 2 21 66% 60.6 101 38 15 1 0 16 4.7 5.1 6.9 105 1 7 23 1 125
2013 28 SFG NL 9 9 3 2 4 1 0 4 5 .444 0 2 0 0 5 56% 50.1 73 11 3 3 0 6 4.2 4.5 6.3 99 1 4 4 0 114
9 Yrs 245 244 88 80 76 15 28 126 118 .516 27 34 15 6 160 66% 57 101 10 111 43 0 113 3.9 3.9 6.5 105 7 62 161 14 131
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 101 -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
2006 21 SFG NL 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .987 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 20
1 Yr 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .987 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 20

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 20 SFG NL 181 52% 2.2% 16.6% 10.5% 2.8% 21% 0.39 0.47 70% 18% 5.1% 15% 28 2 7%
2006 21 SFG NL 818 46% 2.2% 21.9% 10.6% 7.7% 40% 0.58 0.73 63% 16% 6.4% 16% 124 6 5%
2007 22 SFG NL 832 53% 1.7% 19.6% 9.5% 7.3% 35% 0.66 0.83 68% 16% 4.7% 13% 139 16 12%
2008 23 SFG NL 933 52% 2.0% 19.9% 9.8% 8.2% 37% 0.50 0.65 67% 21% 5.2% 13% 162 10 6%
2009 24 SFG NL 886 49% 2.5% 19.3% 8.2% 7.1% 34% 0.66 0.88 68% 17% 6.7% 13% 151 14 9%
2010 25 SFG NL 896 50% 2.5% 19.8% 6.8% 7.7% 38% 0.57 0.70 70% 17% 6.6% 18% 136 10 7%
2011 26 SFG NL 907 49% 1.0% 19.7% 7.0% 6.6% 34% 0.74 0.87 70% 16% 2.9% 16% 125 7 6%
2012 27 SFG NL 876 52% 2.4% 22.0% 5.8% 7.4% 37% 0.62 0.80 67% 19% 6.8% 16% 140 14 10%
2013 28 SFG NL 238 54% 5.5% 20.6% 7.1% 9.2% 43% 0.59 0.82 66% 25% 14.1% 13% 30 1 3%
9 Yrs 6567 50% 2.2% 20.2% 8.2% 7.4% 36% 0.61 0.77 68% 18% 5.9% 15% 1035 80 8%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.9% 8.4% 7.8% 34% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.6% 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
2005 20 SFG NL 182 716 3.93 452 63% 25% 12% 34% 29% 75% 2% 48% 84% 51% 7% 13 9 27% 49 32 3 33% 5 3 -1 0 0
2006 21 SFG NL 819 3305 4.04 2056 62% 27% 15% 31% 27% 73% 0% 45% 80% 56% 6% 47 26 24% 196 129 10 27% 29 20 -1 0 0
2007 22 SFG NL 833 3348 4.02 2114 63% 25% 14% 33% 28% 75% 1% 47% 81% 57% 5% 40 23 27% 225 115 15 29% 24 14 -1 0 0
2008 23 SFG NL 937 3606 3.85 2326 65% 26% 16% 31% 28% 74% 2% 48% 79% 58% 6% 57 34 26% 246 149 10 23% 34 15 -4 0 0
2009 24 SFG NL 890 3362 3.78 2220 66% 27% 15% 29% 29% 73% 2% 48% 79% 61% 4% 36 17 27% 238 155 13 23% 44 13 -4 0 0
2010 25 SFG NL 898 3501 3.90 2271 65% 25% 15% 30% 29% 75% 1% 48% 79% 59% 4% 40 28 30% 266 147 11 22% 21 9 -2 0 0
2011 26 SFG NL 910 3488 3.83 2250 65% 27% 16% 28% 29% 73% 1% 47% 78% 61% 3% 30 13 23% 211 100 10 15% 25 12 -3 0 1
2012 27 SFG NL 878 3345 3.81 2186 65% 27% 16% 28% 28% 73% 0% 48% 78% 62% 3% 27 16 24% 210 83 7 28% 21 10 -2 0 0
2013 28 SFG NL 239 887 3.71 558 63% 27% 14% 28% 30% 73% 1% 46% 80% 64% 6% 14 6 20% 48 19 0 31% 7 7 -1 0 0
9 Yrs 6586 25558 3.88 16433 64% 26% 15% 30% 28% 74% 1% 47% 79% 59% 5% 304 172 26% 1689 929 79 24% 210 103 -19 0 1
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 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
2005 20 SFG NL 181 24 2 0 4 0 2 2 2 3 1 4 4 0 100% 1 1 0 56 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2006 21 SFG NL 818 157 20 2 18 0 19 8 10 6 12 40 18 8 45% 5 9 0 275 15 3 83% 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
2007 22 SFG NL 832 173 22 1 14 0 13 11 3 9 5 33 17 4 52% 3 12 5 292 8 5 62% 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
2008 23 SFG NL 933 206 22 3 19 0 15 9 10 10 9 47 25 7 53% 7 7 1 333 13 10 57% 12 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
2009 24 SFG NL 886 184 20 5 22 0 8 12 10 13 9 31 20 4 65% 5 9 0 311 11 9 55% 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
2010 25 SFG NL 896 181 13 0 22 0 9 10 12 10 12 36 17 8 47% 5 8 1 286 19 10 66% 18 9 1 1 0 0 2 2 16 0
2011 26 SFG NL 907 177 17 2 9 0 17 5 4 4 5 48 22 13 46% 8 4 4 288 18 5 78% 18 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
2012 27 SFG NL 876 177 20 10 21 0 10 12 9 7 14 43 21 8 49% 9 8 0 281 18 9 67% 17 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 23 0
2013 28 SFG NL 238 51 6 0 13 0 2 8 5 2 11 6 5 0 83% 2 1 0 72 8 2 80% 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
9 Yrs 6567 1330 142 23 142 0 95 77 65 64 78 288 149 52 52% 45 59 11 2194 111 54 67% 107 50 4 4 0 0 2 2 147 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

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 20 2 1 .667 2.33 7 7 0 1 0 0 46.1 24 12 12 4 19 1 30 0 0 1 181 185 0.928 4.7 0.8 3.7 5.8 1.58 185
2006 21 15 13 .536 3.80 39 38 1 2 1 0 237.0 181 105 100 22 106 2 209 6 2 10 999 118 1.211 6.9 0.8 4.0 7.9 1.97 118
2007 22 22 29 .431 3.73 71 70 1 3 1 0 437.0 354 189 181 36 185 5 372 11 2 22 1831 120 1.233 7.3 0.7 3.8 7.7 2.01 120
2008 23 30 43 .411 3.74 105 104 1 4 2 0 654.2 560 284 272 55 276 14 558 18 4 29 2764 119 1.277 7.7 0.8 3.8 7.7 2.02 119
2009 24 44 51 .463 3.53 138 137 1 8 2 0 872.1 744 357 342 77 349 20 729 21 4 38 3650 125 1.253 7.7 0.8 3.6 7.5 2.09 125
2010 25 57 62 .479 3.45 171 170 1 12 4 0 1095.2 925 441 420 99 410 24 906 25 4 46 4546 125 1.218 7.6 0.8 3.4 7.4 2.21 125
2011 26 69 73 .486 3.35 204 203 1 13 4 0 1317.1 1102 523 491 108 473 29 1085 34 4 50 5453 124 1.196 7.5 0.7 3.2 7.4 2.29 124
2012 27 85 78 .521 3.27 236 235 1 15 6 0 1536.2 1279 596 559 129 524 30 1278 43 4 58 6329 124 1.173 7.5 0.8 3.1 7.5 2.44 124
2013 28 88 80 .524 3.35 245 244 1 15 6 0 1593.0 1330 631 593 142 541 31 1327 45 4 59 6567 121 1.175 7.5 0.8 3.1 7.5 2.45 121

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 20 4 1 .800 2.35 46.0 24 13 12 4 19 30 0 0.935 4.7 3.7 5.9 1.58 0.8 7
2006 21 11 10 .524 3.84 192.0 151 91 82 17 84 181 6 1.224 7.1 3.9 8.5 2.15 0.8 32
2007 22 12 9 .571 3.46 195.0 167 83 75 14 76 159 5 1.246 7.7 3.5 7.3 2.09 0.6 32
2008 23 12 11 .522 3.69 212.0 202 97 87 19 89 181 7 1.373 8.6 3.8 7.7 2.03 0.8 34
2009 24 15 8 .652 2.97 209.0 183 77 69 22 73 164 3 1.225 7.9 3.1 7.1 2.25 0.9 33
2010 25 13 10 .565 3.45 214.0 186 91 82 23 63 170 4 1.164 7.8 2.6 7.1 2.70 1.0 33
2011 26 13 10 .565 3.57 212.0 193 93 84 10 69 171 10 1.236 8.2 2.9 7.3 2.48 0.4 33
2012 27 12 10 .545 3.50 206.0 192 89 80 23 55 182 10 1.199 8.4 2.4 8.0 3.31 1.0 32
2013 28 2 4 .333 6.50 54.0 55 43 39 14 18 47 2 1.352 9.2 3.0 7.8 2.61 2.3 9
9 Yrs 94 73 .563 3.56 1540.0 1353 677 610 146 546 1285 47 1.233 7.9 7.5 2.35 0.9 245

* 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

All-Star Games
2009
2011
2012 (P)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2010 NL (12, 0%)
2011 NL (8, 1%)
2012 NL (6, 10%)
0.11 Career Shares (185th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
Active  31.7 (50th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2007 NL  4.6 (7th)
2008 NL  4.6 (9th)
2009 NL  6.3 (6th)
2011 NL  3.7 (10th)
Active  31.3 (19th)
Career  31.3 (250th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2007 NL  3.65 (10th)
2009 NL  2.89 (7th)
2011 NL  2.88 (8th)
2012 NL  2.79 (4th)
Active  3.35 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
2012 NL  16 (6th)
Active  88 (42nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2009 NL  .636 (9th)
2012 NL  .762 (4th)
Active  .524 (45th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2009 NL  1.181 (9th)
2010 NL  1.084 (6th)
2011 NL  1.083 (5th)
2012 NL  1.040 (2nd)
Active  1.175 (6th)
Career  1.175 (91st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 NL  7.411 (3rd)
2007 NL  7.785 (5th)
2009 NL  7.608 (10th)
2010 NL  7.294 (6th)
2011 NL  7.187 (3rd)
2012 NL  7.263 (3rd)
Active  7.514 (3rd)
Career  7.514 (37th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
Active  3.057 (49th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 NL  8.449 (5th)
Active  7.497 (28th)
Career  7.497 (64th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2008 NL  217.7 (5th)
2009 NL  217.7 (7th)
2010 NL  223.3 (6th)
2011 NL  221.7 (7th)
2012 NL  219.3 (3rd)
Active  1,593.0 (34th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2006 NL  179 (9th)
2008 NL  186 (8th)
2012 NL  193 (8th)
Active  1,327 (29th)

Games Started s c a p y
2008 NL  34 (1st)
2009 NL  33 (7th)
2010 NL  33 (6th)
2011 NL  33 (4th)
2013 NL  9 (6th)
Active  244 (32nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
2009 NL  4 (1st)
2010 NL  4 (3rd)
2012 NL  2 (4th)
Active  15 (14th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2006 NL  1 (7th)
2008 NL  1 (7th)
2010 NL  2 (2nd)
2012 NL  2 (2nd)
Active  6 (14th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2013 NL  13 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2006 NL  87 (3rd)
2007 NL  79 (7th)
2008 NL  91 (5th)
Active  541 (31st)

Hits s c a p y
2008 NL  206 (8th)
Active  1,330 (50th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2012 NL  3.784 (7th)
Active  2.453 (31st)
Career  2.453 (106th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 NL  0.630 (8th)
2011 NL  0.365 (2nd)
Active  0.802 (14th)

Losses s c a p y
2007 NL  16 (2nd)
2008 NL  14 (4th)
Active  80 (39th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2013 NL  34 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2006 NL  9 (6th)
2007 NL  12 (1st)
Active  59 (22nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2011 NL  9 (6th)
2012 NL  9 (7th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2008 NL  933 (3rd)
2009 NL  886 (9th)
2010 NL  896 (9th)
2011 NL  907 (7th)
2012 NL  876 (6th)
Active  6,567 (34th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2007 NL  123 (10th)
2009 NL  147 (5th)
2011 NL  121 (9th)
2012 NL  126 (9th)
Active  121 (12th)
Career  121 (109th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2009 NL  34 (5th)
Active  131 (17th)
Career  131 (166th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2009 NL  3.6 (5th)
Active  13.7 (16th)
Career  13.7 (165th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2007 NL  25.96 (10th)
2009 NL  37.77 (5th)
2010 NL  26.71 (9th)
Active  165.11 (12th)
Career  165.11 (64th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2009 NL  3.5 (5th)
Active  15.5 (20th)
Career  15.5 (101st)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2007 NL  2.6 (6th)
2009 NL  2.5 (10th)
2010 NL  2.9 (8th)
2011 NL  3.2 (5th)
Active  16.7 (12th)
Career  16.7 (60th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2007 NL  2.6 (9th)
2009 NL  4.0 (5th)
2010 NL  2.9 (9th)
2011 NL  2.2 (10th)
2012 NL  2.4 (10th)
Active  17.6 (13th)
Career  17.6 (67th)

Salary s c a p y
2013 NL  $20,000,000 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
2005 NL  born 1984-10-01 (1st)
2005 NL  born 1984-10-01 (1st)
2006 NL  born 1984-10-01 (7th)
2006 NL  born 1984-10-01 (7th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 - 3 (568), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 80 (309), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 26 (524), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (448), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (238th), 31.9 career WAR/30.5 7yr-peak WAR/31.2 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Ewell Blackwell (954)
  2. John Montefusco (951)
  3. Brandon Webb (950)
  4. Lee Viau (947)
  5. Felix Hernandez (944)
  6. Tim Lincecum (935)
  7. Zack Greinke (934)
  8. Pat Jarvis (933)
  9. Jean Dubuc (933)
  10. Don Wilson (932)
Similar Pitchers through 27 
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  1. Jose Rijo (961)
  2. Jake Peavy (951)
  3. Mark Gubicza (950)
  4. John Smoltz (949)
  5. Dave Stieb (945)
  6. Johnny Antonelli (942)
  7. Juan Pizarro (939)
  8. Bill Gullickson (939)
  9. Burt Hooton (938)
  10. Don Wilson (937)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Dan Petry (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Moe Drabowsky (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Moe Drabowsky (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Clay Kirby (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. John Smoltz (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. John Smoltz (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jose Rijo (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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