Jaime Cerda

Jaime Magana Cerda

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 26, 1978 in Fresno, CA
School: Fresno City College (Fresno, CA)
Drafted
by the New York Mets in the 23rd round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed May 25, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 28, 2002
Teams (by GP): Royals/Mets 2002-2005

Final Game: May 25, 2005
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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
1999 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2002 23 NYM NL 0 0 2.45 32 0 7 0 0 0 25.2 22 7 7 0 14 0 21 1 1 0 113 165 1.403 7.7 0.0 4.9 7.4 1.50
2003 24 NYM NL 1 1 .500 5.85 27 0 9 0 0 0 32.1 32 21 21 4 20 1 19 0 1 3 144 73 1.608 8.9 1.1 5.6 5.3 0.95
2004 25 KCR AL 1 4 .200 3.15 53 0 16 0 0 2 45.2 41 21 16 1 30 3 33 3 0 4 206 153 1.555 8.1 0.2 5.9 6.5 1.10
2005 26 KCR AL 1 4 .200 6.63 20 0 1 0 0 0 19.0 21 14 14 3 11 2 18 0 0 2 89 68 1.684 9.9 1.4 5.2 8.5 1.64
4 Yrs 3 9 .250 4.26 132 0 33 0 0 2 122.2 116 63 58 8 75 6 91 4 2 9 552 105 1.557 8.5 0.6 5.5 6.7 1.21
162 Game Avg. 2 5 .250 4.26 68 0 17 0 0 1 63 60 32 30 4 39 3 47 2 1 5 284 105 1.557 8.5 0.6 5.5 6.7 1.21
KCR (2 yrs) 2 8 .200 4.18 73 0 17 0 0 2 64.2 62 35 30 4 41 5 51 3 0 6 295 113 1.593 8.6 0.6 5.7 7.1 1.24
NYM (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 4.34 59 0 16 0 0 0 58.0 54 28 28 4 34 1 40 1 2 3 257 96 1.517 8.4 0.6 5.3 6.2 1.18
AL (2 yrs) 2 8 .200 4.18 73 0 17 0 0 2 64.2 62 35 30 4 41 5 51 3 0 6 295 113 1.593 8.6 0.6 5.7 7.1 1.24
NL (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 4.34 59 0 16 0 0 0 58.0 54 28 28 4 34 1 40 1 2 3 257 96 1.517 8.4 0.6 5.3 6.2 1.18

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
2002 23 NYM NL 25.2 32 0 7 2.45 4.70 -0.13 -0.35 96.5 4.33 5 0.6 .8 -0.1 0.6 8 .517 .503 $
2003 24 NYM NL 32.1 27 0 21 5.85 4.93 -0.26 -0.36 100.0 4.83 -4 -0.4 .9 -0.0 -0.2 -0 .486 .498 $300,000
2004 25 KCR AL 45.2 53 0 21 4.14 5.14 -0.09 -0.38 102.3 4.96 4 0.4 1.4 -0.0 0.8 10 .507 .502 $
2005 26 KCR AL 19.0 20 0 14 6.63 4.82 -0.69 -0.36 101.5 5.22 -3 -0.3 1.2 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .484 .498 $341,500
4 Seasons 122.2 132 0 63 4.62 4.94 -0.24 -0.37 100.3 4.83 2 0.2 1.1 -0.3 1.0 17 .502 .500 $641,500
KCR (2 yrs) 64.2 73 0 35 4.87 5.05 -0.26 -0.38 102.0 5.03 1 0.0 1.4 -0.1 0.6 9 .501 .500 $341,500
NYM (2 yrs) 58.0 59 0 28 4.34 4.83 -0.21 -0.36 98.5 4.61 1 0.2 .8 -0.2 0.4 7 .503 .501 $300,000

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
2002 23 NYM NL 32 113 95 7 22 3 1 0 2 0 14 21 .232 .327 .284 .612 .286 27 1 1 0 3 0 0
2003 24 NYM NL 27 144 120 21 32 7 1 4 0 1 20 19 .267 .366 .442 .808 .283 53 3 0 2 2 1 2
2004 25 KCR AL 53 206 168 21 41 6 0 1 1 2 30 33 .244 .363 .298 .660 .292 50 5 3 2 3 3 3
2005 26 KCR AL 20 89 74 14 21 5 0 3 0 0 11 18 .284 .372 .473 .845 .333 35 0 0 3 1 2 1
4 Yrs 132 552 457 63 116 21 2 8 3 3 75 91 .254 .358 .361 .719 .294 165 9 4 7 9 6 6
162 Game Avg. 68 284 235 32 60 11 1 4 2 2 39 47 .254 .358 .361 .719 .294 85 5 2 4 5 3 3
MLB Averages .264 .332 .421 .754 .295

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2002 23 NYM NL 5.0 0.5 117 -0.2 0.9 -1.1 .58 0.1 -0.5 0.4 0.0 0.58 3.3 8 4 19
2003 24 NYM NL -5.0 -0.5 149 -0.6 1.2 -1.7 .54 -0.6 -0.4 -4.3 -0.4 0.54 -4.2 7 3 17
2004 25 KCR AL 6.5 0.6 215 1.3 4.7 -3.5 1.31 0.6 0.4 9.9 0.9 1.31 5.0 22 7 21
2005 26 KCR AL -3.9 -0.4 92 -0.4 1.6 -2.0 1.11 -0.2 -0.1 -2.8 -0.3 1.11 -2.3 6 8 6
4 Yrs 2.6 0.2 573 0.1 8.4 -8.3 .93 -0.2 0.3 3.3 0.3 0.93 1.8 43 22 63

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
2002 23 NYM NL 32 32 7 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 23 8 35% 6 .576 8 4 19 8 3 21 13 19 4 18 6 8 2.4 15
2003 24 NYM NL 27 27 9 1 1 1 0 1 0% 4 2 15 7 47% 8 .544 7 3 17 7 4 16 10 17 11 8 11 4 3.6 22
2004 25 KCR AL 53 53 16 1 4 3 2 1 67% 15 12 46 8 17% 8 1.314 22 7 21 18 9 26 27 26 10 28 15 8 2.6 16
2005 26 KCR AL 20 20 1 1 4 1 0 1 0% 4 3 12 6 50% 7 1.106 6 8 6 7 4 9 8 12 6 10 8 4 2.9 20
4 Yrs 132 132 33 3 9 5 2 3 40% 28 22 96 29 30% .929 43 22 63 40 20 72 58 74 31 64 40 24 2.8 18

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%
2002 23 NYM NL 113 46% 0.0% 18.6% 12.4% 3.5% 18% 0.62 0.70 68% 25% 0.0% 13% 26 1 4%
2003 24 NYM NL 144 28% 2.8% 13.2% 13.9% 8.3% 38% 0.61 0.75 69% 13% 7.5% 15% 25 3 12%
2004 25 KCR AL 206 37% 0.5% 16.0% 14.6% 3.4% 17% 0.52 0.73 67% 18% 1.3% 11% 49 5 10%
2005 26 KCR AL 89 49% 3.4% 20.2% 12.4% 9.0% 38% 0.73 1.00 61% 17% 11.1% 18% 13 0 0%
4 Yrs 552 39% 1.5% 16.5% 13.6% 5.6% 27% 0.60 0.76 66% 18% 4.0% 13% 113 9 8%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.7% 8.5% 8.0% 34% 0.79 1.08 70% 20% 7.9% 12% 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
2002 23 NYM NL 113 471 4.17 282 60% 28% 14% 30% 27% 72% 0% 43% 80% 56% 9% 10 7 16% 18 7 0 38% 2 3 0 0 0
2003 24 NYM NL 144 583 4.05 344 59% 26% 14% 29% 31% 74% 2% 43% 81% 50% 8% 12 8 21% 30 12 1 37% 1 3 0 0 0
2004 25 KCR AL 206 870 4.22 512 59% 24% 16% 33% 27% 76% 3% 45% 79% 50% 5% 11 5 17% 36 17 0 21% 2 3 0 0 0
2005 26 KCR AL 89 394 4.43 234 59% 36% 12% 27% 26% 64% 5% 38% 82% 57% 6% 5 2 25% 22 10 0 33% 1 1 0 0 0
4 Yrs 552 2318 4.20 1372 59% 27% 14% 30% 28% 73% 2% 43% 80% 52% 7% 38 22 19% 106 46 1 31% 6 10 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.74 63% 27% 14% 27% 32% 73% 2% 46% 80% 58% 5% 21% 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
2002 23 NYM NL 113 22 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 71% 0 0 0 45 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2003 24 NYM NL 144 32 3 0 4 0 5 3 1 2 2 6 4 0 67% 2 3 0 68 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0
2004 25 KCR AL 206 41 2 2 1 0 12 1 0 0 1 15 7 1 47% 3 4 2 92 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 11 0
2005 26 KCR AL 89 21 0 0 3 0 3 1 2 1 2 6 3 1 50% 1 2 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
4 Yrs 552 116 6 2 8 0 22 5 3 3 5 34 19 2 56% 6 9 2 236 3 3 50% 3 2 0 0 0 1 3 2 28 0
MLB Averages 53% 70%

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+
2002 23 0 0 2.45 32 0 7 0 0 0 25.2 22 7 7 0 14 0 21 1 1 0 113 165 1.403 7.7 0.0 4.9 7.4 1.50 165
2003 24 1 1 .500 4.34 59 0 16 0 0 0 58.0 54 28 28 4 34 1 40 1 2 3 257 96 1.517 8.4 0.6 5.3 6.2 1.18 96
2004 25 2 5 .286 3.82 112 0 32 0 0 2 103.2 95 49 44 5 64 4 73 4 2 7 463 116 1.534 8.2 0.4 5.6 6.3 1.14 116
2005 26 3 9 .250 4.26 132 0 33 0 0 2 122.2 116 63 58 8 75 6 91 4 2 9 552 105 1.557 8.5 0.6 5.5 6.7 1.21 105

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
2002 23 1 1 .500 2.52 25.0 22 8 7 0 14 21 1 1.440 7.9 5.0 7.6 1.50 0.0 32
2003 24 1 2 .333 6.10 31.0 32 23 21 4 20 18 0 1.677 9.3 5.8 5.2 0.90 1.2 27
2004 25 3 2 .600 3.00 45.0 39 17 15 1 29 33 3 1.511 7.8 5.8 6.6 1.14 0.2 53
2005 26 1 1 .500 6.63 19.0 21 16 14 3 11 18 0 1.684 9.9 5.2 8.5 1.64 1.4 20
4 Yrs 6 6 .500 4.28 120.0 114 64 57 8 74 90 4 1.567 8.6 6.8 1.22 0.6 132

* 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.

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