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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 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	18	NYY-min	Rk	3	3	.500	2.89	11	5	2	0	0	0	43.2	33	16	14	3	5	0	56	5	0	4	168		0.870	6.8	0.6	1.0	11.5	11.20	YNK · GULF
2004	19	NYY-min	A	10	10	.500	3.44	26	25	0	1	0	0	149.0	153	71	57	12	32	0	145	15	0	4	636		1.242	9.2	0.7	1.9	8.8	4.53	BTC · MIDW
2005	20	NYY-min	A+,A,AAA	10	10	.500	3.32	28	26	1	0	0	0	154.1	127	61	57	13	34	1	181	11	1	6	621		1.043	7.4	0.8	2.0	10.6	5.32	TAM,CHS,CLB · FLOR,SALL,IL
2006	21	NYY-min	AA	12	10	.545	3.35	28	28	0	1	1	0	166.1	118	72	62	14	55	1	175	17	0	3	672		1.040	6.4	0.8	3.0	9.5	3.18	TRE · EL
2007	22	NYY-min	AAA,AA	6	5	.545	4.50	20	20	0	0	0	0	96.0	104	58	48	12	47	0	83	5	0	5	430		1.573	9.8	1.1	4.4	7.8	1.77	SWB,TRE · IL,EL
2007	22	NYY	AL	3	1	.750	6.33	6	6	0	0	0	0	27.0	29	19	19	6	17	1	18	0	1	2	124	72	1.704	9.7	2.0	5.7	6.0	1.06
2008	23	WSN-min	AAA	6	13	.316	4.66	27	27	0	0	0	0	143.0	129	80	74	15	66	3	125	3	0	2	611		1.364	8.1	0.9	4.2	7.9	1.89	CLB · IL
2008	23	WSN	NL	1	1	.500	4.35	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.1	12	5	5	2	7	1	8	0	0	1	48	102	1.839	10.5	1.7	6.1	7.0	1.14
2009	24	WSN-min	AAA	4	1	.800	0.92	24	0	5	0	0	1	39.0	20	8	4	2	15	1	42	0	0	0	149		0.897	4.6	0.5	3.5	9.7	2.80	SYR · IL
2009	24	WSN	NL	4	2	.667	2.69	41	0	8	0	0	0	60.1	36	20	18	9	32	1	67	1	1	1	246	159	1.127	5.4	1.3	4.8	10.0	2.09
2010	25	WSN	NL	11	8	.579	3.07	78	0	18	0	0	1	91.0	69	33	31	8	41	4	112	2	1	1	378	132	1.209	6.8	0.8	4.1	11.1	2.73
2011	26	WSN	NL	3	0	1.000	1.83	72	0	8	0	0	0	88.1	48	18	18	11	26	2	104	0	0	1	329	211	0.838	4.9	1.1	2.6	10.6	4.00	AS
2012	27	WSN	NL	1	2	.333	2.91	22	0	4	0	0	3	21.2	14	8	7	0	9	1	27	0	0	0	90	137	1.062	5.8	0.0	3.7	11.2	3.00
6 Yrs				23	14	.622	2.95	221	8	38	0	0	4	298.2	208	103	98	36	132	10	336	3	3	6	1215	139	1.138	6.3	1.1	4.0	10.1	2.55
162 Game Avg.				7	4	.622	2.95	66	2	11	0	0	1	89	62	31	29	11	39	3	100	1	1	2	361	139	1.138	6.3	1.1	4.0	10.1	2.55

WSN (5 yrs)				20	13	.606	2.62	215	2	38	0	0	4	271.2	179	84	79	30	115	9	318	3	2	4	1091	155	1.082	5.9	1.0	3.8	10.5	2.77
NYY (1 yr)				3	1	.750	6.33	6	6	0	0	0	0	27.0	29	19	19	6	17	1	18	0	1	2	124	72	1.704	9.7	2.0	5.7	6.0	1.06

NL (5 yrs)				20	13	.606	2.62	215	2	38	0	0	4	271.2	179	84	79	30	115	9	318	3	2	4	1091	155	1.082	5.9	1.0	3.8	10.5	2.77
AL (1 yr)				3	1	.750	6.33	6	6	0	0	0	0	27.0	29	19	19	6	17	1	18	0	1	2	124	72	1.704	9.7	2.0	5.7	6.0	1.06

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
2007	22	NYY	AL	27.0	6	6	19	6.33	4.84	-0.10	0.19	99.9	5.12	-4	-0.4		-0.0	-0.1	-0	.440	.498	$
2008	23	WSN	NL	10.1	2	2	5	4.35	4.07	-0.04	0.16	96.8	4.13	-0	-0.0		-0.0	0.1	1	.491	.500	$
2009	24	WSN	NL	60.1	41	0	20	2.98	4.57	-0.24	-0.34	101.2	4.53	10	1.1	.8	-0.2	1.3	16	.526	.507	$
2010	25	WSN	NL	91.0	78	0	33	3.26	4.39	-0.01	-0.33	99.8	4.07	8	0.8	1.4	-0.1	1.5	17	.511	.505	$401,000
2011	26	WSN	NL	88.1	72	0	18	1.83	4.08	0.01	-0.31	101.3	3.81	19	2.1	1.7	0.5	3.3	27	.530	.513	$443,000	AS
2012	27	WSN	NL	21.2	22	0	8	3.32	4.15	-0.34	-0.31	97.8	4.08	2	0.2	1.8	0.0	0.4	4	.508	.501	$
6 Seasons				298.2	221	8	103	3.10	4.35	-0.08	-0.26	100.3	4.18	35	3.8	1.4	0.2	6.5	64	.517	.504	$844,000

WSN (5 yrs)				271.2	215	2	84	2.78	4.30	-0.08	-0.30	100.3	4.09	38	4.2	1.4	0.3	6.6	64	.520	.505	$844,000
NYY (1 yr)				27.0	6	6	19	6.33	4.84	-0.10	0.19	99.9	5.12	-4	-0.4		-0.0	-0.1	-0	.440	.498	$

All-Star Pitching

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	W	L	W-L%	ERA	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2011	WSN	NL	26	0	1	0	1.000	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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	22	NYY	AL	6	124	107	19	29	7	0	6	5	0	17	18	.271	.371	.505	.876	.277	54	2	0	0	0	1	0
2008	23	WSN	NL	2	48	41	5	12	5	0	2	0	0	7	8	.293	.396	.561	.957	.323	23	1	0	0	0	1	0
2009	24	WSN	NL	41	246	209	20	36	8	1	9	1	1	32	67	.172	.284	.349	.633	.201	73	3	1	3	1	1	3
2010	25	WSN	NL	78	378	325	33	69	14	3	8	5	1	41	112	.212	.299	.348	.646	.288	113	6	2	3	7	4	2
2011	26	WSN	NL	72	329	296	18	48	8	1	11	3	5	26	104	.162	.228	.307	.535	.201	91	3	0	4	3	2	1
2012	27	WSN	NL	22	90	79	8	14	4	0	0	4	0	9	27	.177	.256	.228	.483	.259	18	0	0	0	2	1	2
6 Yrs				221	1215	1057	103	208	46	5	36	18	7	132	336	.197	.285	.352	.637	.246	372	15	3	10	13	10	8
162 Game Avg.				66	361	314	31	62	14	1	11	5	2	39	100	.197	.285	.352	.637	.246	110	4	1	3	4	3	2
MLB Averages																.261	.329	.411	.740	.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
2007	22	NYY	AL	-4.6	-0.4	133	-0.5	2.0	-2.6	.97	-0.6	0.0	-4.7	-0.4	0.97	-6.5	0	0	0
2008	23	WSN	NL	0.3	0.0	49	-0.2	0.9	-1.1	1.13	-0.3	0.1	-1.1	-0.1	1.13	-3.3	0	0	0
2009	24	WSN	NL	10.2	1.0	251	0.6	4.3	-3.7	.89	0.8	-0.1	10.6	1.1	0.89	7.0	9	10	21
2010	25	WSN	NL	10.3	1.0	387	-1.4	8.7	-10.1	1.39	0.7	-1.7	8.7	0.9	1.39	9.2	36	20	21
2011	26	WSN	NL	20.6	2.2	338	*5.2*	10.7	-5.4	1.54	1.9	1.5	27.8	2.9	1.54	16.7	44	19	9
2012	27	WSN	NL	2.4	0.2	94	0.4	2.8	-2.4	1.80	0.4	-0.2	2.4	0.3	1.80	4.2	14	6	2
6 Yrs				39.2	4.1	1252	4.1	29.4	-25.3	1.31	3.0	0.1	43.8	4.6	1.30	27.3	103	55	53

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
2007	22	NYY	AL	6	6	3	1	2	2	0	5	1	.833	0	2	0	0	1	17%	42.7	65	24	2	0	0	3	9.2	7.6	4.5	88	2	4	0	0	98
2008	23	WSN	NL	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	1	50%	46.0	49	43	3	0	0	1	3.5	4.1	5.2	95	0	2	0	0	98
2 Yrs				8	8	4	2	2	2	0	6	2	.750	0	2	0	0	2	25%	44	65	24	5	0	0	4	7.7	6.5	4.7	89	2	6	0	0	98
MLB Averages													.500						50%	50	100	-13					4.6	4.6	5.9	96

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
2009	24	WSN	NL	41	41	8	4	2	1	0	1	0%	5	3	19	7	37%	7	.894	9	10	21	11	8	22	13	28	20	6	23	6	4.4	24
2010	25	WSN	NL	78	78	18	11	8	11	1	10	9%	34	23	46	18	39%	8	1.386	36	20	21	42	16	20	27	51	29	16	30	25	3.5	20
2011	26	WSN	NL	72	72	8	3	0	7	0	7	0%	45	38	46	10	22%	8	1.537	44	19	9	50	13	9	26	46	27	11	28	15	3.7	19
2012	27	WSN	NL	22	22	4	1	2	4	3	1	75%	14	10	6	1	17%	8	1.800	14	6	2	16	6	0	3	19	0	1	1	2	3.0	17
4 Yrs				213	213	38	19	12	23	4	19	17%	98	74	117	36	31%		1.353	103	55	53	119	43	51	69	144	76	34	82	48	3.7	20

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	22	NYY	AL	124	51%	4.8%	14.5%	13.7%	10.5%	45%	0.63	0.62	67%	9%	14.0%	20%	19	2	11%
2008	23	WSN	NL	48	54%	4.2%	16.7%	14.6%	14.6%	58%	0.22	0.35	65%	24%	10.0%	26%	6	1	17%
2009	24	WSN	NL	246	46%	3.7%	27.2%	13.0%	7.3%	50%	0.43	0.51	54%	16%	11.8%	23%	41	3	7%
2010	25	WSN	NL	378	54%	2.1%	29.6%	10.9%	6.6%	36%	0.37	0.53	56%	20%	6.2%	18%	79	6	8%
2011	26	WSN	NL	329	53%	3.3%	31.6%	7.9%	6.1%	42%	0.27	0.32	56%	20%	10.1%	28%	43	3	7%
2012	27	WSN	NL	90	49%	0.0%	30.0%	10.0%	4.4%	29%	0.72	0.65	60%	7%	0.0%	24%	18	0	0%
6 Yrs				1215	52%	3.0%	27.7%	10.9%	7.2%	42%	0.39	0.47	57%	17%	9.0%	23%	206	15	7%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	18.0%	8.5%	7.8%	33%	0.80	1.07	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
2007	22	NYY	AL	124	525	4.23	305	58%	31%	12%	27%	29%	69%	2%	40%	82%	52%	6%	7	4	18%	22	12	2	33%	3	2	0	0	0
2008	23	WSN	NL	48	189	3.94	107	57%	33%	12%	24%	31%	67%	5%	38%	82%	46%	10%	5	2	19%	9	6	0	0%	1	2	0	0	0
2009	24	WSN	NL	246	987	4.01	600	61%	27%	24%	25%	24%	73%	1%	44%	68%	61%	7%	17	7	25%	62	36	2	16%	16	9	0	0	0
2010	25	WSN	NL	378	1573	4.16	991	63%	25%	24%	28%	23%	75%	2%	47%	68%	55%	6%	21	12	27%	101	69	4	15%	20	5	0	0	0
2011	26	WSN	NL	330	1356	4.11	885	65%	23%	26%	28%	22%	77%	2%	51%	66%	55%	5%	15	7	29%	97	68	5	13%	19	6	-1	0	0
2012	27	WSN	NL	90	383	4.26	253	66%	24%	20%	35%	21%	76%	1%	50%	74%	62%	1%	1	0	27%	24	13	1	7%	1	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				1216	5013	4.12	3141	63%	26%	23%	28%	24%	74%	2%	47%	69%	56%	5%	66	32	26%	315	204	14	15%	60	24	-1	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
2007	22	NYY	AL	124	29	3	0	6	0	3	4	2	3	3	5	3	1	60%	0	2	1	41	5	0	100%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2008	23	WSN	NL	48	12	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0		0	1	0	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2009	24	WSN	NL	246	36	2	0	9	0	8	6	3	5	4	19	4	3	21%	3	1	0	79	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2010	25	WSN	NL	378	69	5	1	8	0	15	5	3	4	4	20	13	2	65%	2	1	0	146	5	1	83%	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	12	0
2011	26	WSN	NL	329	48	3	0	11	0	7	5	6	4	7	12	6	3	50%	1	1	0	107	3	5	38%	3	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0
2012	27	WSN	NL	90	14	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	67%	2	0	0	41	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
6 Yrs				1215	208	18	3	36	0	36	21	15	16	20	59	28	9	47%	8	6	1	429	18	7	72%	17	7	1	0	0	0	3	1	28	0
MLB Averages																		53%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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	22	3	1	.750	6.33	6	6	0	0	27.0	29	19	19	6	17	1	18	0	1	2	124	72	1.704	9.7	2.0	5.7	6.0	1.06	72
2008	23	4	2	.667	5.79	8	8	0	0	37.1	41	24	24	8	24	2	26	0	1	3	172	78	1.741	9.9	1.9	5.8	6.3	1.08	78
2009	24	8	4	.667	3.87	49	8	8	0	97.2	77	44	42	17	56	3	93	1	2	4	418	113	1.362	7.1	1.6	5.2	8.6	1.66	113
2010	25	19	12	.613	3.48	127	8	26	1	188.2	146	77	73	25	97	7	205	3	3	5	796	121	1.288	7.0	1.2	4.6	9.8	2.11	121
2011	26	22	12	.647	2.96	199	8	34	1	277.0	194	95	91	36	123	9	309	3	3	6	1125	139	1.144	6.3	1.2	4.0	10.0	2.51	139
2012	27	23	14	.622	2.95	221	8	38	4	298.2	208	103	98	36	132	10	336	3	3	6	1215	139	1.138	6.3	1.1	4.0	10.1	2.55	139

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
2007	22	1	1	.500	6.23	26.0	29	20	18	6	17	17	0	1.769	10.0	5.9	5.9	1.00	2.1	6
2008	23	0	1	.000	4.50	10.0	12	6	5	2	7	7	0	1.900	10.8	6.3	6.3	1.00	1.8	2
2009	24	4	2	.667	2.55	60.0	35	19	17	9	31	66	1	1.100	5.3	4.7	9.9	2.13	1.4	41
2010	25	5	4	.556	3.27	88.0	70	36	32	8	42	108	2	1.273	7.2	4.3	11.0	2.57	0.8	78
2011	26	7	2	.778	2.04	84.0	50	21	19	11	27	99	0	0.917	5.4	2.9	10.6	3.67	1.2	72
2012	27	1	1	.500	3.27	22.0	15	9	8	0	10	27	0	1.136	6.1	4.1	11.0	2.70	0.0	22
6 Yrs		18	11	.621	3.07	290.0	211	111	99	36	134	324	3	1.190	6.5		10.1	2.42	1.1	221

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 2011 *	Games Played s c a p y 2010 NL 78 (8th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 2011 NL 21 (8th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 2011 NL 2.2 (9th)
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 2011 NL 27.77 (6th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2011 NL 5.2 (1st)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 2011 NL 1.9 (10th)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 2011 NL 2.9 (6th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2621), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 7 (1145), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Frank Funk (967)
Jeff Lahti (967)
Mel Queen (964)
Minnie Rojas (962)
Ken Tatum (962)
Jason Motte (961)

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