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Joba Chamberlain

Justin Louis Chamberlain (twitter: @Joba_62)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 250 lb.

Born: September 23, 1985 in Lincoln, NE
High School: Northeast HS (Lincoln, NE)
Schools: University of Nebraska at Kearney (Kearney, NE), University of Nebraska at Lincoln (Lincoln, NE)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (41st pick) of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed September 2, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 7, 2007
Team: Yankees 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$1.68M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.055, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*],
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2007 21 NYY AL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 22 NYY AL 42 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -26 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 RoY-8
2009 23 NYY AL 32 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2010 24 NYY AL 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2011 25 NYY AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Yrs 193 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -51 0 0 0 2 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -51 0 0 0 2 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2007 21 NYY AL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
2008 22 NYY AL 42 5 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $390,000 1 RoY-8
2009 23 NYY AL 32 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $432,575 1
2010 24 NYY AL 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $487,975 1
2011 25 NYY AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,400,000 1
5 Seasons 193 8 -2 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 -0.1 .500 .500 -0.1 0.2 0 $2,710,550

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2008 22 NYY AL 5 4 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .272 .250 .340 .000 .427 .250 .767 -26 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .333 .333 .000
2009 23 NYY AL 3 3 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .273 .000 .343 .000 .438 .000 .782 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
5 Yrs 8 7 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .272 .167 .341 .000 .431 .167 .772 -51 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .200 .200 .000
162 Game Avg. 7 6 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .272 .167 .341 .000 .431 .167 .772 -51 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .200 .200 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 21 NYY AL ALDS CLE L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 23 NYY AL ALDS MIN W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 23 NYY AL ALCS LAA W 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 23 NYY AL WS PHI W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 24 NYY AL ALCS TEX L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (5 Series) 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALDS 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2008 22 NYY AL 5 0.0% 20.0% 20.0% 0.0% 1.00 3.0 0.00 2.00 40% 33% 0.0% 0%
2009 23 NYY AL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 0.50 67% 67% 0.0% 0%
5 Yrs 8 0.0% 12.5% 12.5% 0.0% 1.00 5.0 0.00 1.00 50% 50% 0.0% 0%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.9% 8.6% 7.8% 33% 2.10 5.0 34.6 7.9 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2007 21 NYY AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 22 NYY AL -0.6 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .74 -0.1 -0.0 -0.8 -0.1 0.88 -0.6 0
2009 23 NYY AL -0.6 -0.1 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .63 -0.1 -0.0 -0.5 -0.0 0.70 -0.7 0
2010 24 NYY AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 25 NYY AL 0.0 0.0
5 Yrs -1.2 -0.1 8 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .70 -0.1 -0.0 -1.2 -0.1 0.81 -1.3 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2008 22 NYY AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 23 NYY AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2008 22 NYY AL 5 40% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 23 NYY AL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 8 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 3 0 0% 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 54% 69% 11% 32% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2008 22 NYY AL 5 20 4.00 13 65% 15% 15% 46% 23% 85% 0% 55% 82% 80% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2009 23 NYY AL 3 8 2.67 7 88% 29% 0% 29% 43% 71% 0% 63% 100% 33% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs 8 28 3.50 20 71% 20% 10% 40% 30% 80% 0% 57% 88% 63% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 22 61 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -26 0 0 0 1 0 0
2009 23 93 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -51 0 0 0 2 0 0
2010 24 166 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -51 0 0 0 2 0 0
2011 25 193 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -51 0 0 0 2 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2008 22 42 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 42
2009 23 32 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 32
2 Yrs 74 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 74
162 Game Avg. 162 18 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 74

* 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

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2007 AL  born 1985-09-23 (7th)

                                         

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