Brett Cecil Pitching Statistics and History

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Brett Cecil

Brett Aarion Cecil

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: July 2, 1986 in Dunkirk, MD
High School: DeMatha HS (Hyattsville, MD)
School: University of Maryland (College Park, MD)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (38th pick) of the 2007 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 2007. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 2009 (Age 22)
Team: BlueJays 2009-2013
2013 Contract Status: 1st Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$510k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.152, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: ACES (Sam & Seth Levinson) [*]
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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
2007	20	TOR-min	A-	1	0	1.000	1.27	14	13	0	0	0	49.2	36	10	7	1	11	0	56	3	0	0	197		0.946	6.5	0.2	2.0	10.1	5.09	AUB · NYPL
2008	21	TOR-min	AA,AAA,A+	8	5	.615	2.88	28	28	0	0	0	118.2	100	43	38	6	41	0	129	5	0	4	497		1.188	7.6	0.5	3.1	9.8	3.15	MAN,SYR,DUN · EL,IL,FLOR
2009	22	TOR-min	AAA	1	5	.167	5.69	9	9	0	1	0	49.0	53	37	31	2	19	0	32	3	0	1	219		1.469	9.7	0.4	3.5	5.9	1.68	LVG · PCL
2009	22	TOR	AL	7	4	.636	5.30	18	17	1	0	0	93.1	116	59	55	17	38	0	69	5	0	0	422	84	1.650	11.2	1.6	3.7	6.7	1.82
2010	23	TOR-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	2.45	2	2	0	0	0	11.0	13	4	3	0	2	0	11	0	0	1	46		1.364	10.6	0.0	1.6	9.0	5.50	LVG · PCL
2010	23	TOR	AL	15	7	.682	4.22	28	28	0	0	0	172.2	175	87	81	18	54	2	117	1	1	7	726	99	1.326	9.1	0.9	2.8	6.1	2.17
2011	24	TOR-min	AAA	8	2	.800	5.26	12	12	0	2	1	78.2	89	51	46	15	24	0	63	0	0	1	345		1.436	10.2	1.7	2.7	7.2	2.63	LVG · PCL
2011	24	TOR	AL	4	11	.267	4.73	20	20	0	2	1	123.2	122	68	65	22	42	1	87	6	0	1	532	90	1.326	8.9	1.6	3.1	6.3	2.07
2012	25	TOR-min	AA,AAA	4	4	.500	2.95	15	15	0	0	0	82.1	80	29	27	3	21	0	67	3	0	3	338		1.227	8.7	0.3	2.3	7.3	3.19	MAN,LVG · EL,PCL
2012	25	TOR	AL	2	4	.333	5.72	21	9	2	0	0	61.1	70	40	39	11	23	0	51	3	0	0	270	75	1.516	10.3	1.6	3.4	7.5	2.22
2013	26	TOR	AL	1	0	1.000	2.25	22	0	8	0	0	24.0	16	6	6	1	7	0	25	0	1	2	94	197	0.958	6.0	0.4	2.6	9.4	3.57
5 Yrs				29	26	.527	4.66	109	74	11	2	1	475.0	499	260	246	69	164	3	349	15	2	10	2044	92	1.396	9.5	1.3	3.1	6.6	2.13
162 Game Avg.				11	10	.527	4.66	41	27	4	1	0	177	185	97	91	26	61	1	130	6	1	4	760	92	1.396	9.5	1.3	3.1	6.6	2.13

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
2009	22	TOR	AL	93.1	18	17	59	5.69	4.92	0.39	0.19	100.3	4.73	-11	-1.0	.2	-0.1	-0.1	0	.443	.494
2010	23	TOR	AL	172.2	28	28	87	4.53	4.70	-0.01	0.17	98.8	4.81	4	0.4		-0.1	2.1	23	.515	.503
2011	24	TOR	AL	123.2	20	20	68	4.95	4.58	0.00	0.17	104.3	4.95	-0	-0.0		-0.1	1.1	13	.498	.500	$443,100
2012	25	TOR	AL	61.1	21	9	40	5.87	4.51	0.31	0.08	106.1	4.54	-9	-0.9	.8	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.456	.494
2013	26	TOR	AL	24.0	22	0	6	2.25	4.60	-0.09	-0.34	105.7	4.60	6	0.6	.7	-0.2	0.7	9	.529	.504	$510,000
5 Seasons				475.0	109	74	260	4.93	4.68	0.11	0.14	101.8	4.79	-10	-0.9	.7	-0.4	3.5	42	.491	.499	$953,100

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	22	TOR	AL	18	422	377	59	116	24	2	17	4	4	38	69	.308	.377	.517	.894	.338	195	10	5	0	2	0	2
2010	23	TOR	AL	28	726	664	87	175	45	1	18	4	2	54	117	.264	.317	.416	.733	.293	276	24	1	1	6	2	5
2011	24	TOR	AL	20	532	476	68	122	24	3	22	4	2	42	87	.256	.321	.458	.779	.269	218	5	6	3	5	1	3
2012	25	TOR	AL	21	270	238	40	70	13	1	11	3	2	23	51	.294	.360	.496	.855	.330	118	8	3	3	3	0	2
2013	26	TOR	AL	22	94	84	6	16	4	2	1	3	0	7	25	.190	.250	.321	.571	.254	27	1	0	2	1	0	0
5 Yrs				109	2044	1839	260	499	110	9	69	18	10	164	349	.271	.333	.454	.787	.299	834	48	15	9	17	3	12
162 Game Avg.				41	760	683	97	185	41	3	26	7	4	61	130	.271	.333	.454	.787	.299	310	18	6	3	6	1	4
MLB Averages																.257	.324	.406	.730	.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	22	TOR	AL	-8.9	-0.8	430	0.2	7.4	-7.1	.97	-0.9	1.1	-8.3	-0.8	0.97	-11.3	0	0	1
2010	23	TOR	AL	-0.4	-0.0	740	1.0	12.4	-11.3	.91	0.2	0.9	-0.3	-0.0	0.91	-1.7	0	0	0
2011	24	TOR	AL	-5.0	-0.5	539	-1.6	8.0	-9.6	.89	-1.0	-0.7	-4.1	-0.4	0.89	-7.3	0	0	0
2012	25	TOR	AL	-8.5	-0.8	275	-1.2	3.9	-5.1	.86	-0.9	-0.6	-6.3	-0.6	0.86	-8.9	2	5	5
2013	26	TOR	AL	5.8	0.6	100	0.3	1.2	-0.9	.69	0.5	-0.1	6.4	0.6	0.69	5.7	4	7	10
5 Yrs				-17.0	-1.6	2084	-1.2	32.9	-34.1	.90	-2.0	0.6	-12.6	-1.2	0.90	-23.6	6	12	16

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	22	TOR	AL	18	17	7	4	6	2	0	9	8	.529	2	3	0	0	8	47%	44.2	76	11	8	2	0	7	5.2	5.8	5.5	94	2	9	6	0	108
2010	23	TOR	AL	28	28	15	7	6	3	2	18	10	.643	2	3	0	0	18	64%	50.5	84	8	12	4	0	15	5.6	5.7	6.2	97	3	10	15	0	114
2011	24	TOR	AL	20	20	4	11	5	0	4	6	14	.300	0	4	2	1	9	45%	49.7	84	29	3	1	0	8	3.4	3.2	6.2	96	3	7	9	1	121
2012	25	TOR	AL	21	9	2	4	3	1	3	4	5	.444	0	1	0	0	5	56%	45.6	60	20	11	5	0	4	4.8	5.0	5.6	92	1	6	2	0	109
4 Yrs				87	74	28	26	20	6	9	37	37	.500	4	11	2	1	40	54%	48	84	8	34	12	0	34	4.8	4.9	5.9	95	9	32	32	1	121
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	101	-13					4.4	4.4	5.9	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2009	22	TOR	AL	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	9	.969	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	10

2012	25	TOR	AL	21	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	0	0%	7	.861	2	5	5	3	1	8	5	7	3	7	4	3	2.8	16
2013	26	TOR	AL	22	22	8	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	12	4	33%	7	.695	4	7	10	5	2	15	8	14	10	4	10	3	3.3	16
3 Yrs				61	35	11	1	0	0	0	0	5	4	19	4	21%		.899	6	12	16	8	3	24	14	21	13	12	14	6	3.1	16

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	22	TOR	AL	422	33%	4.0%	16.4%	9.0%	10.2%	37%	0.75	1.05	69%	20%	10.9%	10%	82	10	12%
2010	23	TOR	AL	726	22%	2.5%	16.1%	7.4%	8.8%	37%	0.77	1.19	74%	21%	6.8%	14%	137	24	18%
2011	24	TOR	AL	532	28%	4.1%	16.4%	7.9%	9.2%	40%	0.63	0.81	70%	14%	11.4%	18%	91	5	5%
2012	25	TOR	AL	270	24%	4.1%	18.9%	8.5%	9.3%	36%	0.59	0.87	66%	21%	12.0%	21%	58	8	14%
2013	26	TOR	AL	94	56%	1.1%	26.6%	7.5%	7.5%	44%	0.82	1.14	63%	19%	3.4%	12%	11	1	9%
5 Yrs				2044	28%	3.4%	17.1%	8.0%	9.2%	38%	0.70	1.01	70%	19%	9.4%	15%	379	48	13%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.8%	8.4%	7.6%	33%	0.81	1.09	69%	19%	7.7%	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	22	TOR	AL	423	1605	3.79	992	62%	30%	13%	25%	31%	70%	0%	43%	81%	54%	4%	15	8	19%	81	50	6	29%	13	7	-1	0	0
2010	23	TOR	AL	726	2711	3.73	1728	64%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	1%	47%	79%	57%	5%	39	23	21%	155	92	11	21%	19	14	0	0	0
2011	24	TOR	AL	534	1915	3.59	1237	65%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	0%	47%	81%	59%	5%	29	18	24%	130	94	10	17%	19	10	-2	0	0
2012	25	TOR	AL	270	1021	3.78	643	63%	30%	15%	25%	30%	70%	0%	44%	78%	52%	4%	12	9	27%	72	39	7	22%	11	3	0	0	0
2013	26	TOR	AL	94	346	3.68	221	64%	32%	19%	21%	28%	68%	0%	43%	72%	52%	11%	10	6	26%	24	16	0	12%	8	4	0	0	0
5 Yrs				2047	7598	3.71	4821	63%	28%	15%	26%	31%	72%	0%	46%	80%	56%	5%	105	64	23%	462	291	34	21%	70	38	-3	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	22	TOR	AL	422	116	14	4	17	0	12	8	9	10	7	17	10	2	59%	2	0	0	162	4	4	50%	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
2010	23	TOR	AL	726	175	18	1	18	1	13	15	3	7	11	28	17	4	61%	5	7	1	276	4	2	67%	2	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	18	0
2011	24	TOR	AL	532	122	16	5	22	0	10	22	0	10	12	26	17	2	65%	3	1	0	186	4	2	67%	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
2012	25	TOR	AL	270	70	12	4	11	0	2	10	1	7	4	8	6	0	75%	2	0	0	109	3	2	60%	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	4	0
2013	26	TOR	AL	94	16	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	8	4	4	50%	0	2	0	32	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
5 Yrs				2044	499	62	14	69	1	38	56	13	35	34	87	54	12	62%	12	10	1	765	18	10	64%	10	7	8	3	0	0	2	2	37	0
MLB Averages																		52%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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	22	7	4	.636	5.30	18	17	1	0	0	93.1	116	59	55	17	38	0	69	5	0	0	422	84	1.650	11.2	1.6	3.7	6.7	1.82	84
2010	23	22	11	.667	4.60	46	45	1	0	0	266.0	291	146	136	35	92	2	186	6	1	7	1148	93	1.440	9.8	1.2	3.1	6.3	2.02	93
2011	24	26	22	.542	4.64	66	65	1	2	1	389.2	413	214	201	57	134	3	273	12	1	8	1680	92	1.404	9.5	1.3	3.1	6.3	2.04	92
2012	25	28	26	.519	4.79	87	74	3	2	1	451.0	483	254	240	68	157	3	324	15	1	8	1950	89	1.419	9.6	1.4	3.1	6.5	2.06	89
2013	26	29	26	.527	4.66	109	74	11	2	1	475.0	499	260	246	69	164	3	349	15	2	10	2044	92	1.396	9.5	1.3	3.1	6.6	2.13	92

Neutralized Pitching

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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	22	3	6	.333	5.52	88.0	115	60	54	17	38	65	5	1.739	11.8	3.9	6.6	1.71	1.7	18
2010	23	8	10	.444	4.66	164.0	179	94	85	18	55	111	1	1.427	9.8	3.0	6.1	2.02	1.0	28
2011	24	5	8	.385	4.95	120.0	123	73	66	22	42	85	6	1.375	9.2	3.2	6.4	2.02	1.7	20
2012	25	2	4	.333	6.21	58.0	71	44	40	11	23	48	3	1.621	11.0	3.6	7.4	2.09	1.7	21
2013	26	1	1	.500	2.35	23.0	17	7	6	1	7	24	0	1.043	6.7	2.7	9.4	3.43	0.4	22
5 Yrs		19	29	.396	4.99	453.0	505	278	251	69	165	333	15	1.479	10.0		6.6	2.02	1.4	109

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y 2010 AL 15 (10th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 2010 AL .682 (8th)	Games Played s c a p y 2013 AL 22 (10th)	Shutouts s c a p y 2011 AL 1 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
2010 AL 15 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2010 AL .682 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
2013 AL 22 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2011 AL 1 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 9 (1562), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1722), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS	Starting Pitcher (1424th), 2.9 career WAR/2.9 7yr-peak WAR/2.9 JAWS Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

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