Tyler Clippard

Tyler Lee Clippard (The Yankee Clippard) (twitter: @TylerClippard)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 14, 1985 in Lexington, KY
High School: J W Mitchell HS (New Port Richey, FL)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 9th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 20, 2007
Teams (by GP): Nationals/Yankees 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$1.65M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.148, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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All-Star

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
2003	18	NYY-min	Rk	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		YNK · GULF
2004	19	NYY-min	A	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		BTC · MIDW
2005	20	NYY-min	A,AAA,A+	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CHS,CLB,TAM · SALL,IL,FLOR
2006	21	NYY-min	AA	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TRE · EL
2007	22	NYY-min	AAA,AA	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SWB,TRE · IL,EL
2007	22	NYY	AL	6	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	282	2	0	0	1	0	0	/1
2008	23	WSN-min	AAA	27	13	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.077	.077	.077	.154		1	1	0	0	0	0		CLB · IL
2008	23	WSN	NL	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	434	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2009	24	WSN-min	AAA	24	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		SYR · IL
2009	24	WSN	NL	41	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
2010	25	WSN	NL	78	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	173	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
2011	26	WSN	NL	72	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	AS
2012	27	WSN	NL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
6 Yrs				221	17	14	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.214	.214	.286	.500	32	4	1	0	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	12	10	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.214	.214	.286	.500	32	3	1	0	2	0	0

WSN (5 yrs)				215	14	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.167	.333	-10	2	1	0	2	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				6	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	282	2	0	0	1	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				215	14	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.167	.333	-10	2	1	0	2	0	0
AL (1 yr)				6	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	282	2	0	0	1	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	22	NYY	AL	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.518	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
2008	23	WSN	NL	2	1	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.520	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
2009	24	WSN	NL	41	7	-2	0	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
2010	25	WSN	NL	78	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$401,000	1
2011	26	WSN	NL	72	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$443,000	1	AS
2012	27	WSN	NL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
6 Seasons				221	17	-1	-0	-0	0	2	1	0.1	1	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$844,000

WSN (5 yrs)				215	14	-2	-0	-0	0	2	-1	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$844,000
NYY (1 yr)				6	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.518	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$

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
2007	22	NYY	AL	3	2	1	13.4	108	1.000	.500	.272	.500	.340	1.000	.426	1.500	.766	282	.856	0.6	0.0	2.000	.500	.500
2008	23	WSN	NL	1	0	1		106	1.000	1.000	.265	1.000	.336	1.000	.423	2.000	.759	434	.000	0.5	0.0		.000	.000
2009	24	WSN	NL	7	8	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.265	.000	.338	.000	.420	.000	.758	-100	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
2010	25	WSN	NL	3	2	1	13.4	101	1.000	.500	.260	.500	.330	.500	.411	1.000	.742	173	.876	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
2011	26	WSN	NL	3	3	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.260	.000	.328	.000	.405	.000	.733	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
6 Yrs				17	15	3	5.4	105	.375	.214	.264	.214	.335	.286	.418	.500	.753	32	.554	-1.4	-0.2	.333	.071	.071
162 Game Avg.				12	11	2	5.4	105	.375	.214	.264	.214	.335	.286	.418	.500	.753	32	.554	-1.4	-0.2	.333	.071	.071

WSN (5 yrs)				14	13	2	4.1	104	.286	.167	.263	.167	.335	.167	.416	.333	.751	-10	.442	-1.9	-0.2	.182	.000	.000
NYY (1 yr)				3	2	1	13.3	108	1.000	.500	.272	.500	.340	1.000	.426	1.500	.766	282	.855	0.6	0.0	2.000	.500	.500

NL (5 yrs)				14	13	2	4.1	104	.286	.167	.263	.167	.335	.167	.416	.333	.751	-10	.442	-1.9	-0.2	.182	.000	.000
AL (1 yr)				3	2	1	13.3	108	1.000	.500	.272	.500	.340	1.000	.426	1.500	.766	282	.855	0.6	0.0	2.000	.500	.500

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2011	WSN	NL	26

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
2007	22	NYY	AL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	33.3%	100%		2.0			0.00		33%	0%	0.0%	0%
2008	23	WSN	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%							100%	0%
2009	24	WSN	NL	7	0.0%	57.1%	0.0%	0.0%			1.8			2.00	3.00	43%	0%		100%
2010	25	WSN	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0			0.00		33%	50%	0.0%	0%
2011	26	WSN	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						1.00	2.00	67%	0%	0.0%	0%
6 Yrs				17	0.0%	35.3%	0.0%	5.9%	33%		2.3			1.00	3.50	47%	9%	0.0%	25%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.0%	8.5%	7.8%	33%	2.11	4.9	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	AB
2007	22	NYY	AL	0.6	0.0	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.52	0.0	-0.1	-0.4	-0.0	1.31	0.2	0
2008	23	WSN	NL	0.5	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.49	0.0	-0.0	0.1	0.0	0.38	0.3	0
2009	24	WSN	NL	-2.0	-0.2	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.30	-0.2	0.0	-2.6	-0.2	0.90	-2.5	0
2010	25	WSN	NL	0.2	0.0	3	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.54	-0.0	0.0	-0.5	-0.0	1.28	-0.1	0
2011	26	WSN	NL	-0.6	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.56	-0.1	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.89	-0.7	0
2012	27	WSN	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
6 Yrs				-1.4	-0.2	17	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.61	-0.2	-0.0	-4.0	-0.4	1.01	-2.8	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2
2007	22	NYY	AL	0%	3		0	0
2008	23	WSN	NL	0%	2	0%	1	1
2009	24	WSN	NL		0		0	0
2010	25	WSN	NL	0%	1		0	0
2011	26	WSN	NL		0		0	0
6 Yrs				0%	6	0%	1	1

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
2007	22	NYY	AL	3	33%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2008	23	WSN	NL	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
2009	24	WSN	NL	7	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
2010	25	WSN	NL	3	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	4	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
2011	26	WSN	NL	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%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				17	6%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	4	1	25%	4	1	25%	15	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			32%			14%			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
2007	22	NYY	AL	3	15	5.00	11	73%	18%	27%	36%	18%	82%	0%	60%	67%	67%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	100%	0	0	0
2008	23	WSN	NL	1	2	2.00	2	100%	50%	0%	0%	50%	50%		50%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2009	24	WSN	NL	7	25	3.57	20	80%	30%	45%	10%	15%	70%	0%	56%	36%	29%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2010	25	WSN	NL	3	8	2.67	7	88%	43%	0%	29%	29%	57%	0%	50%	100%	33%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	100%	0	0	0
2011	26	WSN	NL	3	10	3.33	7	70%	0%	0%	57%	43%	100%	0%	70%	100%	67%	0%	0	0	33%	1	1	0%	0	0		0	0	0
5 Yrs				17	60	3.53	47	78%	26%	26%	26%	23%	74%	0%	58%	66%	41%	0%	0	0	6%	1	1	0%	0	0	33%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	2B	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
2007	22	6	3	2	1	1	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	282	2	0	1
2008	23	8	4	3	2	1	1	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	332	3	0	1
2009	24	49	11	10	2	1	5	.200	.200	.300	.500	30	3	1	1
2010	25	127	14	12	3	1	6	.250	.250	.333	.583	54	4	1	2
2011	26	199	17	14	3	1	6	.214	.214	.286	.500	32	4	1	3
2012	27	221	17	14	3	1	6	.214	.214	.286	.500	32	4	1	3

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	2B	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2007	22	6	3	2	1	1	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	1	6
2008	23	2	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	2
2009	24	41	7	7	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	41
2010	25	78	4	3	2	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	1	78
2011	26	72	3	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	72
5 Yrs		199	18	15	4	1	6	.267	.267	.333	.600	3	199
162 Game Avg.		162	15	12	3	1	5	.267	.267	.333	.600	2	199

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All-Star Games 2011 *

All-Star Games
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