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Gustavo Chacin

Gustavo Adolfo (Gonzalez) Chacin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 4, 1980 in Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela
High School: Maracaibo (Maracaibo, VE)
Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent in 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 2004
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Astros 2004-2010

Final Game: September 30, 2010
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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	18	TOR-min	Rk	4	3	.571	3.09	15	9	2	0	0	1	64.0	68	33	22	6	23	0	50	7	3	4	280		1.422	9.6	0.8	3.2	7.0	2.17	MDH · PION
2000	19	TOR-min	A+,AA	9	7	.563	4.34	27	23	1	0	0	0	132.2	148	76	64	15	70	0	82	4	1	9	615		1.643	10.0	1.0	4.7	5.6	1.17	DUN,KNX · FLOR,SOUL
2001	20	TOR-min	AA	11	8	.579	3.98	25	23	0	1	1	0	140.1	138	66	62	17	39	0	86	7	0	5	588		1.261	8.9	1.1	2.5	5.5	2.21	KNX · SOUL
2002	21	TOR-min	AA	6	5	.545	4.66	35	13	8	1	0	1	119.2	131	73	62	12	59	0	68	8	1	4	542		1.588	9.9	0.9	4.4	5.1	1.15	KNX · SOUL
2003	22	TOR-min	AA	3	4	.429	4.15	46	2	9	0	0	2	69.1	78	39	32	1	29	1	55	2	3	7	314		1.543	10.1	0.1	3.8	7.1	1.90	NHV · EL
2004	23	TOR-min	AA,AAA	18	2	.900	2.82	27	27	0	0	0	0	153.1	129	57	48	15	52	0	123	5	0	3	630		1.180	7.6	0.9	3.1	7.2	2.37	MAN,SYR · EL,IL
2004	23	TOR	AL	1	1	.500	2.57	2	2	0	0	0	0	14.0	8	4	4	0	3	0	6	1	0	0	52	192	0.786	5.1	0.0	1.9	3.9	2.00
2005	24	TOR	AL	13	9	.591	3.72	34	34	0	0	0	0	203.0	213	93	84	20	70	3	121	8	0	3	872	120	1.394	9.4	0.9	3.1	5.4	1.73	RoY-5
2006	25	TOR-min	AAA,A+	0	3	.000	9.98	5	5	0	0	0	0	15.1	28	17	17	1	7	0	16	0	0	1	82		2.283	16.4	0.6	4.1	9.4	2.29	SYR,DUN · IL,FLOR
2006	25	TOR	AL	9	4	.692	5.05	17	17	0	0	0	0	87.1	90	51	49	19	38	2	47	6	0	0	384	91	1.466	9.3	2.0	3.9	4.8	1.24
2007	26	TOR-min	AAA	0	2	.000	7.45	3	3	0	0	0	0	9.2	13	8	8	1	3	0	5	1	0	2	44		1.655	12.1	0.9	2.8	4.7	1.67	SYR · IL
2007	26	TOR	AL	2	1	.667	5.60	5	5	0	0	0	0	27.1	29	17	17	6	7	1	11	2	0	0	118	81	1.317	9.5	2.0	2.3	3.6	1.57

2008	27	TOR-min	A+	1	7	.125	7.88	11	11	0	0	0	0	45.2	72	43	40	9	12	0	22	2	0	1	213		1.839	14.2	1.8	2.4	4.3	1.83	DUN · FLOR
2009	28	PHI-min	AAA,AA	9	4	.692	3.20	20	19	0	1	0	0	115.1	114	47	41	10	44	0	66	3	1	2	488		1.370	8.9	0.8	3.4	5.2	1.50	LHV,REA · IL,EL
2010	29	HOU-min	AAA	1	1	.500	3.60	6	5	0	0	0	0	25.0	24	10	10	5	6	0	14	0	0	0	101		1.200	8.6	1.8	2.2	5.0	2.33	RRK · PCL
2010	29	HOU	NL	2	2	.500	4.70	44	0	12	0	0	1	38.1	51	22	20	3	20	3	31	0	0	2	186	85	1.852	12.0	0.7	4.7	7.3	1.55
2011	30	HOU-NYM-min	AAA	3	7	.300	6.39	39	10	9	0	0	0	81.2	114	64	58	12	32	5	47	5	1	5	390		1.788	12.6	1.3	3.5	5.2	1.47	OKC,BFL · PCL,IL
5 Yrs				27	17	.614	4.23	102	58	12	0	0	1	370.0	391	187	174	48	138	9	216	17	0	5	1612	105	1.430	9.5	1.2	3.4	5.3	1.57
162 Game Avg.				11	7	.614	4.23	43	25	5	0	0	0	157	166	79	74	20	59	4	92	7	0	2	685	105	1.430	9.5	1.2	3.4	5.3	1.57

TOR (4 yrs)				25	15	.625	4.18	58	58	0	0	0	0	331.2	340	165	154	45	118	6	185	17	0	3	1426	108	1.381	9.2	1.2	3.2	5.0	1.57
HOU (1 yr)				2	2	.500	4.70	44	0	12	0	0	1	38.1	51	22	20	3	20	3	31	0	0	2	186	85	1.852	12.0	0.7	4.7	7.3	1.55

AL (4 yrs)				25	15	.625	4.18	58	58	0	0	0	0	331.2	340	165	154	45	118	6	185	17	0	3	1426	108	1.381	9.2	1.2	3.2	5.0	1.57
NL (1 yr)				2	2	.500	4.70	44	0	12	0	0	1	38.1	51	22	20	3	20	3	31	0	0	2	186	85	1.852	12.0	0.7	4.7	7.3	1.55

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
2004	23	TOR	AL	14.0	2	2	4	2.57	5.62	0.27	0.22	95.0	5.29	4	0.4		-0.0	0.6	6	.721	.503	$
2005	24	TOR	AL	203.0	34	34	93	4.12	4.87	0.39	0.18	101.8	4.74	12	1.3		-0.1	3.0	38	.537	.508	$316,000	RoY-5
2006	25	TOR	AL	87.1	17	17	51	5.26	5.05	0.39	0.19	100.3	4.87	-5	-0.4		-0.1	0.3	7	.474	.497	$347,500
2007	26	TOR	AL	27.1	5	5	17	5.60	4.86	0.64	0.19	99.5	4.38	-4	-0.4		-0.0	-0.1	-0	.427	.498	$395,300

2010	29	HOU	NL	38.1	44	0	22	5.17	4.56	-0.20	-0.34	99.3	4.38	-3	-0.4	.8	-0.1	-0.1	0	.492	.498	$
5 Seasons				370.0	102	58	187	4.55	4.91	0.35	0.13	100.8	4.73	4	0.5	.8	-0.3	3.7	52	.505	.501	$1,058,800

TOR (4 yrs)				331.2	58	58	165	4.48	4.95	0.41	0.19	100.9	4.77	8	0.9		-0.2	3.8	51	.515	.501	$1,058,800
HOU (1 yr)				38.1	44	0	22	5.17	4.56	-0.20	-0.34	99.3	4.38	-3	-0.4	.8	-0.1	-0.1	0	.492	.498	$

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
2004	23	TOR	AL	2	52	48	4	8	4	0	0	0	0	3	6	.167	.231	.250	.481	.190	12	3	1	0	0	0	1
2005	24	TOR	AL	34	872	776	93	213	41	4	20	8	10	70	121	.274	.337	.415	.752	.299	322	22	8	8	10	3	9
2006	25	TOR	AL	17	384	338	51	90	25	2	19	5	0	38	47	.266	.351	.521	.871	.261	176	11	6	2	0	2	3
2007	26	TOR	AL	5	118	109	17	29	6	1	6	0	0	7	11	.266	.322	.505	.827	.250	55	2	2	0	0	1	0

2010	29	HOU	NL	44	186	162	22	51	9	0	3	4	0	20	31	.315	.388	.426	.814	.372	69	0	0	3	1	3	1
5 Yrs				102	1612	1433	187	391	85	7	48	17	10	138	216	.273	.341	.442	.784	.291	634	38	17	13	11	9	14
162 Game Avg.				43	685	609	79	166	36	3	20	7	4	59	92	.273	.341	.442	.784	.291	269	16	7	6	5	4	6
MLB Averages																.265	.333	.420	.753	.299

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2004	23	TOR	AL	3.7	0.4	52	0.5	1.2	-0.7	1.00	0.4	0.0	3.9	0.4	1.00	5.1	0	0	0
2005	24	TOR	AL	15.4	1.5	895	1.2	14.5	-13.3	.90	0.7	0.7	13.1	1.3	0.90	8.6	0	0	0
2006	25	TOR	AL	-3.6	-0.3	390	0.0	7.2	-7.2	1.01	-0.9	0.9	-3.2	-0.3	1.01	-9.4	0	0	0
2007	26	TOR	AL	-2.6	-0.2	118	-0.1	2.0	-2.2	.96	-0.2	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.96	-1.5	0	0	0

2010	29	HOU	NL	-3.0	-0.3	193	-1.1	1.8	-3.0	.80	-0.4	-1.0	-4.1	-0.4	0.80	-5.6	8	10	24
5 Yrs				9.8	1.0	1648	0.4	26.7	-26.3	.92	-0.4	0.8	9.0	0.9	0.92	-2.7	8	10	24

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
2004	23	TOR	AL	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	2	100%	62.5	69	56	3	2	0	2	3.0	3.6	7.0	102	0	1	1	0	105
2005	24	TOR	AL	34	34	13	9	12	3	2	19	15	.559	4	3	0	0	18	53%	50.2	79	21	27	6	1	14	5.1	5.5	6.0	95	4	13	17	0	116
2006	25	TOR	AL	17	17	9	4	4	5	1	12	5	.706	1	1	0	0	6	35%	46.1	67	20	9	2	0	10	6.7	6.9	5.1	86	4	11	2	0	110
2007	26	TOR	AL	5	5	2	1	2	1	0	2	3	.400	0	2	0	0	2	40%	44.4	61	28	4	3	0	3	5.1	2.7	5.5	84	2	3	0	0	97
4 Yrs				58	58	25	15	18	9	4	34	24	.586	5	6	0	0	28	48%	49	79	20	43	13	1	29	5.4	5.6	5.7	92	10	28	20	0	116
MLB Averages													.500						49%	49	100	-12					4.7	4.7	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2010	29	HOU	NL	44	44	12	2	2	1	1	0	100%	6	5	31	8	26%	8	.803	8	10	24	10	6	28	18	26	8	19	10	6	2.6	16
1 Yr				44	44	12	2	2	1	1	0	100%	6	5	31	8	26%		.803	8	10	24	10	6	28	18	26	8	19	10	6	2.6	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%
2004	23	TOR	AL	52	33%	0.0%	11.5%	5.8%	7.7%	50%	0.75	1.00	81%	17%	0.0%	13%	8	3	38%
2005	24	TOR	AL	872	22%	2.3%	13.9%	8.0%	7.5%	31%	0.64	0.83	74%	21%	5.6%	11%	180	22	12%
2006	25	TOR	AL	384	21%	5.0%	12.2%	9.9%	12.0%	51%	0.55	0.78	71%	20%	11.7%	11%	70	11	16%
2007	26	TOR	AL	118	25%	5.1%	9.3%	5.9%	11.0%	45%	0.75	0.92	78%	18%	12.0%	11%	24	2	8%

2010	29	HOU	NL	186	39%	1.6%	16.7%	10.8%	6.5%	24%	0.56	0.68	69%	20%	4.2%	15%	40	0	0%
5 Yrs				1612	24%	3.0%	13.4%	8.6%	8.7%	36%	0.62	0.82	73%	20%	7.3%	11%	322	38	12%
MLB Averages					46%	2.7%	17.3%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.7%	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
2004	23	TOR	AL	52	203	3.90	133	66%	28%	11%	29%	32%	72%	0%	47%	84%	65%	4%	2	2	29%	15	12	1	33%	1	0	0	0	0
2005	24	TOR	AL	876	3245	3.70	2028	62%	25%	14%	29%	33%	75%	1%	47%	82%	58%	6%	49	27	16%	141	66	11	26%	15	19	-4	0	0
2006	25	TOR	AL	384	1459	3.80	891	61%	28%	12%	27%	33%	72%	1%	44%	84%	58%	6%	22	12	17%	67	33	2	32%	8	8	0	0	0
2007	26	TOR	AL	118	421	3.57	265	63%	25%	13%	25%	37%	75%	1%	48%	83%	63%	3%	4	2	25%	30	16	1	27%	1	1	0	0	0

2010	29	HOU	NL	186	689	3.70	421	61%	24%	16%	28%	32%	76%	3%	47%	79%	56%	5%	9	4	18%	34	20	3	13%	2	2	0	0	0
5 Yrs				1616	6017	3.72	3738	62%	25%	13%	28%	33%	75%	1%	46%	82%	58%	5%	86	47	18%	287	147	18	25%	27	30	-4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.78		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	80%	59%	5%			22%				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
2004	23	TOR	AL	52	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	50%	1	0	0	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	24	TOR	AL	872	213	17	3	20	0	13	18	2	13	7	42	23	4	55%	9	3	0	329	8	10	44%	5	9	3	1	0	0	6	4	16	0
2006	25	TOR	AL	384	90	8	3	19	0	7	12	7	11	8	13	6	2	46%	3	0	2	135	5	0	100%	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2007	26	TOR	AL	118	29	1	0	6	0	1	4	2	3	3	2	1	0	50%	0	0	0	39	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2010	29	HOU	NL	186	51	5	1	3	0	8	3	0	0	3	12	6	2	50%	1	2	0	89	4	0	100%	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
5 Yrs				1612	391	31	7	48	0	29	37	11	27	21	71	37	8	52%	14	5	2	610	17	10	63%	10	9	7	1	0	0	6	4	24	0
MLB Averages																		53%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2004	23	1	1	.500	2.57	2	2	0	0	14.0	8	4	4	0	3	0	6	1	0	52	192	0.786	5.1	0.0	1.9	3.9	2.00	192
2005	24	14	10	.583	3.65	36	36	0	0	217.0	221	97	88	20	73	3	127	9	3	924	123	1.355	9.2	0.8	3.0	5.3	1.74	123
2006	25	23	14	.622	4.05	53	53	0	0	304.1	311	148	137	39	111	5	174	15	3	1308	111	1.387	9.2	1.2	3.3	5.1	1.57	111
2007	26	25	15	.625	4.18	58	58	0	0	331.2	340	165	154	45	118	6	185	17	3	1426	108	1.381	9.2	1.2	3.2	5.0	1.57	108
2008	27	25	15	.625	4.18	58	58	0	0	331.2	340	165	154	45	118	6	185	17	3	1426	108	1.381	9.2	1.2	3.2	5.0	1.57	108
2009	28	25	15	.625	4.18	58	58	0	0	331.2	340	165	154	45	118	6	185	17	3	1426	108	1.381	9.2	1.2	3.2	5.0	1.57	108
2010	29	27	17	.614	4.23	102	58	12	1	370.0	391	187	174	48	138	9	216	17	5	1612	105	1.430	9.5	1.2	3.4	5.3	1.57	105

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2004	23	1	0	1.000	1.93	14.0	7	3	3	0	3	6	1	0.714	4.5	1.9	3.9	2.00	0.0	2
2005	24	11	10	.524	3.74	195.0	210	90	81	20	69	116	8	1.431	9.7	3.2	5.4	1.68	0.9	34
2006	25	3	6	.333	5.04	84.0	88	52	47	19	37	45	6	1.488	9.4	4.0	4.8	1.22	2.0	17
2007	26	1	1	.500	5.67	27.0	29	19	17	6	7	11	2	1.333	9.7	2.3	3.7	1.57	2.0	5

2010	29	2	2	.500	4.97	38.0	52	23	21	3	20	31	0	1.895	12.3	4.7	7.3	1.55	0.7	44
5 Yrs		18	19	.486	4.25	358.0	386	187	169	48	136	209	17	1.458	9.7		5.3	1.54	1.2	102

* 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

Games Started s c a p y 2005 AL 34 (3rd)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 2005 AL 70 (7th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 2005 AL 0.887 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
2005 AL 34 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2005 AL 70 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2005 AL 0.887 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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