Jesse Chavez

Jesse David Chavez

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: August 21, 1983 in Victorville, CA
High School: AB Miller HS (Fontana, CA)
School: Riverside Community College (Riverside, CA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 42nd round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed May 17, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 27, 2008
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Braves/Royals/BlueJays 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.065, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Matt Sosnick,Paul Cobbe [*]
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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
2003	19	TEX-min	A-	2	2	.500	4.55	17	8	1	0	0	1	55.1	63	30	28	5	31	0	48	7	0	4	259		1.699	10.2	0.8	5.0	7.8	1.55	SPO · NORW
2004	20	TEX-min	A	6	10	.375	4.68	27	22	1	0	0	0	123.0	148	75	64	8	35	1	96	3	0	4	537		1.488	10.8	0.6	2.6	7.0	2.74	CLI · MIDW
2005	21	TEX-min	AA,A+	4	3	.571	4.65	42	0	13	0	0	3	81.1	87	49	42	12	34	2	58	2	0	8	353		1.488	9.6	1.3	3.8	6.4	1.71	FRI,BAK · TL,CALL
2006	22	TEX-PIT-min	AA,AAA	4	6	.400	4.38	51	0	24	0	0	4	78.0	75	43	38	5	37	4	88	2	0	7	342		1.436	8.7	0.6	4.3	10.2	2.38	FRI,INA,OKC · TL,IL,PCL
2007	23	PIT-min	AAA	3	3	.500	3.92	46	1	12	0	0	2	80.1	94	41	35	4	17	1	65	1	0	3	348		1.382	10.5	0.4	1.9	7.3	3.82	INA · IL
2008	24	PIT-min	AAA	2	6	.250	3.80	51	0	27	0	0	14	68.2	58	30	29	8	22	4	70	0	0	6	284		1.165	7.6	1.0	2.9	9.2	3.18	INA · IL
2008	24	PIT	NL	0	1	.000	6.60	15	0	6	0	0	0	15.0	20	11	11	2	9	2	16	0	0	2	74	65	1.933	12.0	1.2	5.4	9.6	1.78
2009	25	PIT	NL	1	4	.200	4.01	73	0	24	0	0	0	67.1	69	33	30	11	22	3	47	1	0	5	286	104	1.351	9.2	1.5	2.9	6.3	2.14
2010	26	TOT	MLB	5	5	.500	5.89	51	0	26	0	0	0	62.2	69	44	41	11	23	7	45	1	0	2	280	69	1.468	9.9	1.6	3.3	6.5	1.96
2010	26	ATL	NL	3	2	.600	5.89	28	0	16	0	0	0	36.2	40	24	24	6	12	3	29	1	0	0	162	67	1.418	9.8	1.5	2.9	7.1	2.42
2010	26	KCR	AL	2	3	.400	5.88	23	0	10	0	0	0	26.0	29	20	17	5	11	4	16	0	0	2	118	72	1.538	10.0	1.7	3.8	5.5	1.45
2011	27	KCR-min	AAA	2	4	.333	3.75	45	0	30	0	0	16	57.2	63	30	24	6	16	3	54	0	0	4	249		1.370	9.8	0.9	2.5	8.4	3.38	OMA · PCL
2011	27	KCR	AL	0	0		10.57	4	0	3	0	0	0	7.2	12	9	9	3	5	0	8	0	0	0	39	41	2.217	14.1	3.5	5.9	9.4	1.60
2012	28	TOR-min	AAA	6	2	.750	3.72	10	10	0	1	0	0	58.0	49	24	24	5	11	0	55	0	0	3	231		1.034	7.6	0.8	1.7	8.5	5.00	LVG · PCL
2012	28	TOR	AL	0	0		5.40	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	4	3	3	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	19	84	0.800	7.2	1.8	0.0	12.6
5 Yrs				6	10	.375	5.37	144	0	60	0	0	0	157.2	174	100	94	28	59	12	123	2	0	9	698	78	1.478	9.9	1.6	3.4	7.0	2.08
162 Game Avg.				3	5	.375	5.37	68	0	28	0	0	0	74	82	47	44	13	28	6	58	1	0	4	330	78	1.478	9.9	1.6	3.4	7.0	2.08

KCR (2 yrs)				2	3	.400	6.95	27	0	13	0	0	0	33.2	41	29	26	8	16	4	24	0	0	2	157	61	1.693	11.0	2.1	4.3	6.4	1.50
PIT (2 yrs)				1	5	.167	4.48	88	0	30	0	0	0	82.1	89	44	41	13	31	5	63	1	0	7	360	94	1.457	9.7	1.4	3.4	6.9	2.03
ATL (1 yr)				3	2	.600	5.89	28	0	16	0	0	0	36.2	40	24	24	6	12	3	29	1	0	0	162	67	1.418	9.8	1.5	2.9	7.1	2.42
TOR (1 yr)				0	0		5.40	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	4	3	3	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	19	84	0.800	7.2	1.8	0.0	12.6

AL (3 yrs)				2	3	.400	6.75	28	0	14	0	0	0	38.2	45	32	29	9	16	4	31	0	0	2	176	64	1.578	10.5	2.1	3.7	7.2	1.94
NL (3 yrs)				4	7	.364	4.92	116	0	46	0	0	0	119.0	129	68	65	19	43	8	92	2	0	7	522	84	1.445	9.8	1.4	3.3	7.0	2.14

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
2008	24	PIT	NL	15.0	15	0	11	6.60	4.63	-0.10	-0.34	95.6	4.20	-4	-0.4	1.1	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.474	.498	$
2009	25	PIT	NL	67.1	73	0	33	4.41	4.49	0.16	-0.33	99.5	3.98	-3	-0.3	1.1	-0.2	0.0	3	.495	.498	$402,000
2010	26	ATL	NL	36.2	28	0	24	5.89	4.58	0.08	-0.34	96.9	4.03	-8	-0.8	.5	0.1	-0.4	-4	.472	.495	$415,000
2010	26	KCR	AL	26.0	23	0	20	6.92	4.55	-0.69	-0.35	99.7	4.88	-6	-0.6	1.2	-0.1	-0.5	-3	.473	.496	$
2011	27	KCR	AL	7.2	4	0	9	10.57	4.22	0.13	-0.32	99.1	3.74	-6	-0.5	.4	0.1	-0.3	-5	.365	.497	$
2012	28	TOR	AL	5.0	1	0	3	5.40	4.85	0.72	-0.36	116.0	4.37	-1	-0.1	.1	0.0	0.0	-0	.441	.500	$
5 Seasons				157.2	144	0	100	5.71	4.53	-0.01	-0.34	99.1	4.16	-27	-2.7	1.0	-0.1	-1.5	-11	.481	.497	$817,000

KCR (2 yrs)				33.2	27	0	29	7.75	4.48	-0.50	-0.34	99.5	4.62	-12	-1.2	1.1	0.0	-0.8	-8	.457	.496	$
PIT (2 yrs)				82.1	88	0	44	4.81	4.52	0.11	-0.33	98.8	4.02	-7	-0.7	1.1	-0.2	-0.3	1	.492	.498	$402,000
ATL (1 yr)				36.2	28	0	24	5.89	4.58	0.08	-0.34	96.9	4.03	-8	-0.8	.5	0.1	-0.4	-4	.472	.495	$415,000
TOR (1 yr)				5.0	1	0	3	5.40	4.85	0.72	-0.36	116.0	4.37	-1	-0.1	.1	0.0	0.0	-0	.441	.500	$

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
2008	24	PIT	NL	15	74	61	11	20	4	0	2	3	0	9	16	.328	.408	.492	.900	.409	30	0	0	3	1	2	0
2009	25	PIT	NL	73	286	261	33	69	14	2	11	3	0	22	47	.264	.323	.460	.783	.284	120	2	1	1	1	3	0
2010	26	ATL	NL	28	162	144	24	40	11	0	6	0	0	12	29	.278	.333	.479	.812	.306	69	2	1	3	2	3	1
2010	26	KCR	AL	23	118	104	20	29	8	1	5	1	1	11	16	.279	.345	.519	.864	.286	54	0	0	2	1	4	2
2010	26	TOT	MLB	51	280	248	44	69	19	1	11	1	1	23	45	.278	.338	.496	.834	.297	123	2	1	5	3	7	3
2011	27	KCR	AL	4	39	34	9	12	0	1	3	1	0	5	8	.353	.436	.676	1.112	.391	23	1	0	0	0	0	0
2012	28	TOR	AL	1	19	19	3	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	.211	.211	.421	.632	.273	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				144	698	623	100	174	38	4	28	8	1	59	123	.279	.341	.488	.829	.306	304	5	2	9	5	12	3
162 Game Avg.				68	330	294	47	82	18	2	13	4	0	28	58	.279	.341	.488	.829	.306	144	2	1	4	2	6	1
MLB Averages																.259	.327	.408	.736	.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
2008	24	PIT	NL	-3.4	-0.3	78	-0.8	0.6	-1.4	.92	-0.3	-0.6	-6.1	-0.6	0.92	-3.2	6	0	9
2009	25	PIT	NL	1.0	0.1	298	-0.9	4.3	-5.2	.89	-0.7	-0.3	-4.7	-0.5	0.89	-5.2	19	22	30
2010	26	TOT	MLB	-12.6	-1.2	284	-1.1	3.2	-4.3	.77	-1.1	-0.3	-13.6	-1.4	0.78	-12.4	13	10	25
2010	26	ATL	NL	-7.1	-0.7	162	-0.5	0.8	-1.3	.41	-0.2	-0.9	-6.8	-0.7	0.41	-5.4	5	1	20
2010	26	KCR	AL	-5.5	-0.5	122	-0.6	2.4	-3.0	1.27	-0.9	0.4	-6.8	-0.7	1.27	-6.9	8	9	5
2011	27	KCR	AL	-5.0	-0.5	40	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.17	-0.4	-1.0	-6.7	-0.6	0.17	-5.4	0	1	3
2012	28	TOR	AL	-0.3	-0.0	19	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.04	-0.0	0.2	-0.2	-0.0	0.04	0.6	0	0	1
5 Yrs				-20.4	-2.0	719	-3.0	8.2	-11.2	.79	-2.5	-1.3	-31.3	-3.1	0.79	-25.6	38	33	68

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	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
2008	24	PIT	NL	15	15	6	0	1	2	2	0%	2	0	5	3	60%	6	.924	6	0	9	3	3	9	4	11	3	6	3	2	3.0	19
2009	25	PIT	NL	73	73	24	1	4	4	4	0%	19	15	44	17	39%	7	.887	19	22	30	30	8	35	25	48	12	28	12	19	2.8	14
2010	26	TOT	MLB	51	51	26	5	5	1	1	0%	7	6	17	2	12%		.773	13	10	25	12	10	29	10	41	14	7	18	6	3.7	21
2010	26	ATL	NL	28	28	16	3	2	0	0		0	0	10	0	0%	8	.407	5	1	20	4	4	20	6	22	9	3	10	3	3.9	23
2010	26	KCR	AL	23	23	10	2	3	1	1	0%	7	6	7	2	29%	7	1.275	8	9	5	8	6	9	4	19	5	4	8	3	3.4	18
2011	27	KCR	AL	4	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%	6	.170	0	1	3	0	0	4	1	3	2	0	2	0	5.8	40
2012	28	TOR	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		4	.037	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	15.0	72
5 Yrs				144	144	60	6	10	7	7	0%	28	21	68	24	35%		.782	38	33	68	45	21	78	40	104	32	41	36	27	3.3	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%
2008	24	PIT	NL	74	61%	2.7%	21.6%	12.2%	8.1%	30%	0.77	1.42	59%	20%	8.0%	4%	18	0	0%
2009	25	PIT	NL	286	51%	3.9%	16.4%	7.7%	9.4%	39%	0.64	0.77	71%	17%	9.6%	13%	54	2	4%
2010	26	TOT	MLB	280	58%	3.9%	16.1%	8.2%	11.1%	45%	0.50	0.60	70%	18%	9.2%	12%	56	2	4%
2010	26	ATL	NL	162	64%	3.7%	17.9%	7.4%	10.5%	43%	0.41	0.50	69%	18%	8.5%	14%	34	2	6%
2010	26	KCR	AL	118	50%	4.2%	13.6%	9.3%	11.9%	48%	0.65	0.74	71%	16%	10.2%	9%	22	0	0%
2011	27	KCR	AL	39	56%	7.7%	20.5%	12.8%	10.3%	33%	1.36	2.75	59%	19%	27.3%	0%	9	1	11%
2012	28	TOR	AL	19	68%	5.3%	36.8%	0.0%	10.5%	50%	0.20	0.14	58%	33%	12.5%	20%	0	0
5 Yrs				698	56%	4.0%	17.6%	8.5%	10.0%	40%	0.60	0.75	68%	18%	10.1%	12%	137	5	4%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.2%	8.5%	7.7%	33%	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	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
2008	24	PIT	NL	74	283	3.82	176	62%	24%	21%	27%	28%	76%	6%	47%	72%	53%	8%	6	2	27%	20	15	2	6%	1	3	0	0	0
2009	25	PIT	NL	287	1039	3.62	668	64%	23%	16%	28%	32%	77%	3%	49%	79%	56%	5%	13	5	21%	59	30	3	13%	4	5	-1	0	0
2010	26	TOT	MLB	281	1056	3.76	669	63%	26%	16%	27%	32%	74%	7%	47%	79%	56%	5%	14	6	21%	60	31	3	36%	10	2	-1	0	0
2010	26	ATL	NL	162	638	3.94	408	64%	25%	17%	29%	29%	75%	5%	48%	78%	57%	5%	8	4	27%	43	22	3	28%	6	1	0	0	0
2010	26	KCR	AL	119	418	3.51	261	62%	28%	15%	23%	35%	72%	9%	45%	80%	55%	5%	6	2	14%	17	9	0	50%	4	1	-1	0	0
2011	27	KCR	AL	39	158	4.05	94	59%	24%	21%	27%	28%	76%	0%	45%	72%	44%	8%	3	2	18%	7	2	1	13%	0	1	0	0	0
2012	28	TOR	AL	19	72	3.79	54	75%	31%	19%	28%	22%	69%	0%	51%	73%	58%	5%	1	1	21%	4	2	0	57%	1	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				700	2608	3.73	1661	64%	25%	17%	27%	31%	75%	4%	48%	77%	55%	5%	37	16	21%	150	80	9	23%	16	11	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		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
2008	24	PIT	NL	74	20	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	5	4	0	80%	0	2	0	40	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2009	25	PIT	NL	286	69	11	0	11	0	6	6	5	5	6	20	12	2	60%	0	5	1	116	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
2010	26	TOT	MLB	280	69	7	0	11	0	6	3	8	6	5	16	11	0	69%	3	2	0	106	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
2010	26	ATL	NL	162	40	4	0	6	0	2	2	4	4	2	5	4	0	80%	1	0	0	68	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2010	26	KCR	AL	118	29	3	0	5	0	4	1	4	2	3	11	7	0	64%	2	2	0	38	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
2011	27	KCR	AL	39	12	1	0	3	0	0	2	1	3	0	2	1	0	50%	0	0	0	20	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	28	TOR	AL	19	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				698	174	22	0	28	1	13	13	15	14	14	43	28	2	65%	3	9	1	285	8	1	89%	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	22	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2008	24	0	1	.000	6.60	15	6	15.0	20	11	11	2	9	2	16	0	2	74	65	1.933	12.0	1.2	5.4	9.6	1.78	65
2009	25	1	5	.167	4.48	88	30	82.1	89	44	41	13	31	5	63	1	7	360	94	1.457	9.7	1.4	3.4	6.9	2.03	94
2010	26	6	10	.375	5.09	139	56	145.0	158	88	82	24	54	12	108	2	9	640	81	1.462	9.8	1.5	3.4	6.7	2.00	81
2011	27	6	10	.375	5.36	143	59	152.2	170	97	91	27	59	12	116	2	9	679	77	1.500	10.0	1.6	3.5	6.8	1.97	77
2012	28	6	10	.375	5.37	144	60	157.2	174	100	94	28	59	12	123	2	9	698	78	1.478	9.9	1.6	3.4	7.0	2.08	78

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
2008	24	0	1	.000	6.60	15.0	20	12	11	2	9	16	0	1.933	12.0	5.4	9.6	1.78	1.2	15
2009	25	3	4	.429	4.15	65.0	69	33	30	11	22	45	1	1.400	9.6	3.0	6.2	2.05	1.5	73
2010	26	2	4	.333	6.34	61.0	71	48	43	11	24	44	1	1.557	10.5	3.5	6.5	1.83	1.6	51
2011	27	0	0		12.86	7.0	12	11	10	3	5	8	0	2.429	15.4	6.4	10.3	1.60	3.9	4
2012	28	0	0		6.00	6.0	0	4	4	0	0	9	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	13.5		0.0	1
5 Yrs		5	9	.357	5.73	154.0	172	108	98	27	60	122	2	1.506	10.1		7.1	2.03	1.6	144

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