Rocky Cherry

Rocky Ty Cherry

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: August 19, 1979 in Dallas, TX
High School: Coppell HS (Coppell, TX)
School: University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 14th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed January 25, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 2007
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Cubs 2007-2008
Agents: Lonnie Cooper [*]
Final Game: September 24, 2008
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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	23	CHC-min	A-,A	7	2	.778	2.38	18	14	2	0	0	0	83.1	59	31	22	2	25	0	73	6	0	5	341		1.008	6.4	0.2	2.7	7.9	2.92	BOI,LNS · NORW,MIDW
2004	24	CHC-min	A+	5	10	.333	5.20	27	22	0	1	1	0	124.2	138	79	72	16	46	1	104	9	0	4	557		1.476	10.0	1.2	3.3	7.5	2.26	DYT · FLOR
2005	25	CHC-min	AA	0	0		2.89	3	3	0	0	0	0	9.1	8	5	3	0	4	0	9	1	0	0	41		1.286	7.7	0.0	3.9	8.7	2.25	WTN · SOUL
2006	26	CHC-min	AA,AAA	5	1	.833	2.63	33	0	16	0	0	2	51.1	46	17	15	3	15	3	52	3	0	7	212		1.188	8.1	0.5	2.6	9.1	3.47	WTN,IWA · SOUL,PCL
2007	27	CHC-min	AAA,Rk	2	0	1.000	4.42	45	3	16	0	0	7	53.0	50	27	26	5	19	0	58	2	0	5	227		1.302	8.5	0.8	3.2	9.8	3.05	IWA,CBZ · PCL,ARIZ
2007	27	TOT	MLB	1	1	.500	5.46	22	0	2	0	0	0	31.1	30	20	19	4	19	2	23	3	0	0	145	86	1.564	8.6	1.1	5.5	6.6	1.21
2007	27	CHC	NL	1	1	.500	3.00	12	0	2	0	0	0	15.0	13	6	5	1	6	1	13	1	0	0	66	157	1.267	7.8	0.6	3.6	7.8	2.17
2007	27	BAL	AL	0	0		7.71	10	0	0	0	0	0	16.1	17	14	14	3	13	1	10	2	0	0	79	61	1.837	9.4	1.7	7.2	5.5	0.77
2008	28	BAL-min	AAA,AA	0	1	.000	2.75	30	0	8	0	0	0	39.1	36	15	12	3	11	2	40	2	0	4	164		1.195	8.2	0.7	2.5	9.2	3.64	NFK,BOW · IL,EL
2008	28	BAL	AL	0	3	.000	6.35	18	0	4	0	0	1	17.0	15	15	12	3	16	3	15	1	0	4	85	71	1.824	7.9	1.6	8.5	7.9	0.94
2009	29	BOS-SDP-min	AAA	3	2	.600	3.58	44	1	12	0	0	0	70.1	79	34	28	3	42	3	49	5	1	8	324		1.720	10.1	0.4	5.4	6.3	1.17	PAW,POR · IL,PCL
2 Yrs				1	4	.200	5.77	40	0	6	0	0	1	48.1	45	35	31	7	35	5	38	4	0	4	230	80	1.655	8.4	1.3	6.5	7.1	1.09
162 Game Avg.				2	7	.200	5.77	68	0	10	0	0	2	82	77	60	53	12	60	9	65	7	0	7	391	80	1.655	8.4	1.3	6.5	7.1	1.09

BAL (2 yrs)				0	3	.000	7.02	28	0	4	0	0	1	33.1	32	29	26	6	29	4	25	3	0	4	164	66	1.830	8.6	1.6	7.8	6.8	0.86
CHC (1 yr)				1	1	.500	3.00	12	0	2	0	0	0	15.0	13	6	5	1	6	1	13	1	0	0	66	157	1.267	7.8	0.6	3.6	7.8	2.17

AL (2 yrs)				0	3	.000	7.02	28	0	4	0	0	1	33.1	32	29	26	6	29	4	25	3	0	4	164	66	1.830	8.6	1.6	7.8	6.8	0.86
NL (1 yr)				1	1	.500	3.00	12	0	2	0	0	0	15.0	13	6	5	1	6	1	13	1	0	0	66	157	1.267	7.8	0.6	3.6	7.8	2.17

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
2007	27	CHC	NL	15.0	12	0	6	3.60	4.92	0.20	-0.35	105.9	4.63	2	0.2	1.1	-0.0	0.3	3	.515	.501	$
2007	27	BAL	AL	16.1	10	0	14	7.71	5.14	0.01	-0.38	102.7	4.88	-5	-0.5	.7	0.0	-0.3	-3	.450	.497	$
2008	28	BAL	AL	17.0	18	0	15	7.94	5.00	-0.01	-0.37	103.6	4.81	-6	-0.6	1.4	-0.2	-0.6	-4	.466	.496	$390,000
2 Seasons				48.1	40	0	35	6.52	5.02	0.06	-0.37	104.0	4.78	-10	-0.9	1.1	-0.1	-0.6	-4	.477	.498	$390,000

BAL (2 yrs)				33.1	28	0	29	7.83	5.07	-0.00	-0.37	103.2	4.84	-12	-1.1	1.1	-0.1	-0.9	-7	.460	.497	$390,000
CHC (1 yr)				15.0	12	0	6	3.60	4.92	0.20	-0.35	105.9	4.63	2	0.2	1.1	-0.0	0.3	3	.515	.501	$

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
2007	27	BAL	AL	10	79	61	14	17	4	0	3	0	0	13	10	.279	.416	.492	.907	.286	30	2	2	2	1	1	0
2007	27	CHC	NL	12	66	58	6	13	6	0	1	1	0	6	13	.224	.303	.379	.682	.267	22	0	1	0	1	1	2
2007	27	TOT	MLB	22	145	119	20	30	10	0	4	1	0	19	23	.252	.364	.437	.801	.277	52	2	3	2	2	2	2
2008	28	BAL	AL	18	85	65	15	15	6	1	3	1	1	16	15	.231	.381	.492	.873	.245	32	1	1	1	2	3	4
2 Yrs				40	230	184	35	45	16	1	7	2	1	35	38	.245	.370	.457	.827	.266	84	3	4	3	4	5	6
162 Game Avg.				68	391	313	60	77	27	2	12	3	2	60	65	.245	.370	.457	.827	.266	143	5	7	5	7	9	10
MLB Averages																.266	.334	.419	.754	.302

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2007	27	TOT	MLB	-2.4	-0.2	148	-0.3	1.7	-2.0	.76	-0.3	-0.0	-4.5	-0.4	0.77	-2.7	3	6	13
2007	27	CHC	NL	2.5	0.2	69	-0.2	1.0	-1.2	.94	0.0	-0.3	1.0	0.1	0.94	1.3	3	1	8
2007	27	BAL	AL	-4.8	-0.4	79	-0.0	0.7	-0.8	.62	-0.4	0.3	-5.5	-0.5	0.62	-4.0	0	5	5
2008	28	BAL	AL	-4.3	-0.4	90	-1.4	1.7	-3.0	1.60	-0.6	-0.2	-5.1	-0.5	1.60	-5.8	7	4	7
2 Yrs				-6.6	-0.6	238	-1.6	3.4	-5.0	1.08	-0.9	-0.5	-9.6	-0.9	1.08	-8.5	10	10	20

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
2007	27	TOT	MLB	22	22	2	1	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	16	6	38%		.765	3	6	13	4	3	15	10	12	12	5	15	1	4.3	25
2007	27	CHC	NL	12	12	2	1	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	9	3	33%	6	.937	3	1	8	3	2	7	6	6	5	3	7	1	3.8	20
2007	27	BAL	AL	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	7	3	43%	5	.622	0	5	5	1	1	8	4	6	7	2	8	0	4.9	32
2008	28	BAL	AL	18	18	4	0	3	3	1	2	33%	5	2	12	3	25%	7	1.603	7	4	7	7	3	8	7	11	5	8	6	2	2.8	18
2 Yrs				40	40	6	1	4	4	1	3	25%	6	2	28	9	32%		1.075	10	10	20	11	6	23	17	23	17	13	21	3	3.6	22

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%
2007	27	TOT	MLB	145	62%	2.8%	15.9%	13.1%	9.7%	47%	0.58	0.65	65%	21%	7.7%	16%	27	2	7%
2007	27	CHC	NL	66	74%	1.5%	19.7%	9.1%	10.6%	54%	0.44	0.33	68%	20%	3.7%	16%	8	0	0%
2007	27	BAL	AL	79	52%	3.8%	12.7%	16.5%	8.9%	41%	0.73	1.05	62%	22%	12.0%	17%	19	2	11%
2008	28	BAL	AL	85	55%	3.5%	17.7%	18.8%	11.8%	67%	0.70	0.67	58%	17%	12.5%	20%	23	1	4%
2 Yrs				230	60%	3.0%	16.5%	15.2%	10.4%	53%	0.62	0.66	62%	20%	9.2%	17%	50	3	6%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	17.3%	8.6%	7.9%	34%	0.79	1.06	70%	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
2007	27	TOT	MLB	145	556	3.83	325	58%	30%	13%	26%	31%	70%	3%	41%	81%	56%	9%	13	8	19%	28	13	0	22%	4	3	0	0	0
2007	27	CHC	NL	66	238	3.61	149	63%	30%	15%	24%	31%	70%	4%	44%	78%	61%	6%	4	1	21%	14	4	0	31%	3	2	0	0	0
2007	27	BAL	AL	79	318	4.03	176	55%	30%	11%	28%	31%	70%	3%	39%	84%	52%	11%	9	7	18%	14	9	0	10%	1	1	0	0	0
2008	28	BAL	AL	85	319	3.75	181	57%	28%	18%	25%	29%	72%	7%	41%	75%	55%	8%	7	3	22%	19	14	2	7%	5	1	0	0	0
2 Yrs				230	875	3.80	506	58%	29%	15%	26%	30%	71%	5%	41%	79%	56%	9%	20	11	20%	47	27	2	16%	9	4	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.78		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	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
2007	27	TOT	MLB	145	30	2	0	4	0	4	2	2	3	1	8	4	1	50%	2	0	1	61	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2007	27	CHC	NL	66	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	100%	2	0	1	29	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2007	27	BAL	AL	79	17	1	0	3	0	4	2	1	2	1	7	3	1	43%	0	0	0	32	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2008	28	BAL	AL	85	15	3	0	3	0	8	3	0	2	1	8	3	2	38%	4	4	0	34	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	9	0
2 Yrs				230	45	5	0	7	0	12	5	2	5	2	16	7	3	44%	6	4	1	95	2	1	67%	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	12	0
MLB Averages																		53%							74%

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+
2007	27	1	1	.500	5.46	22	0	2	0	0	0	31.1	30	20	19	4	19	2	23	3	0	0	145	86	1.564	8.6	1.1	5.5	6.6	1.21	86
2008	28	1	4	.200	5.77	40	0	6	0	0	1	48.1	45	35	31	7	35	5	38	4	0	4	230	80	1.655	8.4	1.3	6.5	7.1	1.09	80

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
2007	27	1	2	.333	4.78	32.0	29	19	17	4	18	23	3	1.469	8.2	5.1	6.5	1.28	1.1	22
2008	28	0	1	.000	6.00	18.0	15	13	12	3	16	16	1	1.722	7.5	8.0	8.0	1.00	1.5	18
2 Yrs		1	3	.250	5.22	50.0	44	32	29	7	34	39	4	1.560	7.9		7.0	1.15	1.3	40

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