Steve Colyer

Stephen Edward Colyer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 22, 1979 in St. Louis, MO
High School: St. Peters HS (St. Peters, MO)
School: Saint Louis Community College, Meramec Campus (Kirkwood, MO)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2nd round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed May 23, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 2003
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Dodgers/Braves 2003-2007

Final Game: May 5, 2007
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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
1998	19	LAD-min	A-	2	2	.500	4.96	15	12	2	0	0	0	65.1	72	46	36	2	36	0	75	4	0	5	302		1.653	9.9	0.3	5.0	10.3	2.08	YAK · NORW
1999	20	LAD-min	A+	7	9	.438	4.70	27	25	0	1	0	0	145.2	145	82	76	12	86	0	131	8	3	8	644		1.586	9.0	0.7	5.3	8.1	1.52	SBR · CALL
2000	21	LAD-min	A+	5	7	.417	5.76	26	18	2	1	0	0	95.1	97	74	61	9	68	0	80	7	0	6	442		1.731	9.2	0.8	6.4	7.6	1.18	VRO · FLOR
2001	22	LAD-min	A+	4	8	.333	3.96	24	24	0	0	0	0	120.1	101	62	53	16	77	0	118	7	1	3	524		1.479	7.6	1.2	5.8	8.8	1.53	VRO · FLOR
2002	23	LAD-min	AA	5	4	.556	3.45	59	0	46	0	0	21	62.2	50	29	24	6	40	3	68	2	0	4	284		1.436	7.2	0.9	5.7	9.8	1.70	JCK · SOUL
2003	24	LAD-min	AAA	2	3	.400	3.21	44	0	44	0	0	23	47.2	44	18	17	1	22	0	50	1	0	1	206		1.385	8.3	0.2	4.2	9.4	2.27	LVG · PCL
2003	24	LAD	NL	0	0		2.75	13	0	3	0	0	0	19.2	22	6	6	0	9	0	16	0	0	1	84	150	1.576	10.1	0.0	4.1	7.3	1.78
2004	25	DET-min	AAA	2	1	.667	4.21	25	0	6	0	0	0	25.2	26	13	12	2	25	1	23	0	0	3	128		1.987	9.1	0.7	8.8	8.1	0.92	TOL · IL
2004	25	DET	AL	1	0	1.000	6.47	41	0	9	0	0	0	32.0	33	24	23	8	24	1	31	1	0	3	147	70	1.781	9.3	2.3	6.8	8.7	1.29

2005	26	NYM-min	AAA	4	2	.667	5.67	28	0	5	0	0	1	27.0	25	17	17	2	19	0	31	2	0	2	124		1.630	8.3	0.7	6.3	10.3	1.63	NFK · IL
2006	27	COL-min	AAA,AA	2	3	.400	5.97	54	0	16	0	0	1	63.1	61	44	42	9	51	0	56	2	0	5	287		1.768	8.7	1.3	7.2	8.0	1.10	CSP,TUL · PCL,TL
2007	28	ATL-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8		1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	4.5		RMD · IL
2007	28	ATL	NL	0	1	.000	4.91	7	0	1	0	0	0	3.2	9	2	2	1	4	0	4	0	0	1	22	97	3.545	22.1	2.5	9.8	9.8	1.00
3 Yrs				1	1	.500	5.04	61	0	13	0	0	0	55.1	64	32	31	9	37	1	51	1	0	5	253	87	1.825	10.4	1.5	6.0	8.3	1.38
162 Game Avg.				1	1	.500	5.04	68	0	14	0	0	0	62	71	36	35	10	41	1	57	1	0	6	282	87	1.825	10.4	1.5	6.0	8.3	1.38

ATL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	4.91	7	0	1	0	0	0	3.2	9	2	2	1	4	0	4	0	0	1	22	97	3.545	22.1	2.5	9.8	9.8	1.00
LAD (1 yr)				0	0		2.75	13	0	3	0	0	0	19.2	22	6	6	0	9	0	16	0	0	1	84	150	1.576	10.1	0.0	4.1	7.3	1.78
DET (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	6.47	41	0	9	0	0	0	32.0	33	24	23	8	24	1	31	1	0	3	147	70	1.781	9.3	2.3	6.8	8.7	1.29

NL (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	3.09	20	0	4	0	0	0	23.1	31	8	8	1	13	0	20	0	0	2	106	136	1.886	12.0	0.4	5.0	7.7	1.54
AL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	6.47	41	0	9	0	0	0	32.0	33	24	23	8	24	1	31	1	0	3	147	70	1.781	9.3	2.3	6.8	8.7	1.29

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
2003	24	LAD	NL	19.2	13	0	6	2.75	4.73	0.39	-0.35	98.6	3.93	3	0.3	.3	-0.1	0.3	5	.520	.502	$300,000
2004	25	DET	AL	32.0	41	0	24	6.75	5.17	-0.11	-0.38	96.1	4.71	-8	-0.7	.8	-0.0	-0.4	-3	.482	.496	$302,000

2007	28	ATL	NL	3.2	7	0	2	4.91	5.52	0.40	-0.40	97.6	4.62	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.499	.500	$
3 Seasons				55.1	61	0	32	5.20	5.04	0.10	-0.37	97.1	4.43	-5	-0.5	.7	-0.2	-0.1	2	.492	.499	$602,000

ATL (1 yr)				3.2	7	0	2	4.91	5.52	0.40	-0.40	97.6	4.62	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.499	.500	$
LAD (1 yr)				19.2	13	0	6	2.75	4.73	0.39	-0.35	98.6	3.93	3	0.3	.3	-0.1	0.3	5	.520	.502	$300,000
DET (1 yr)				32.0	41	0	24	6.75	5.17	-0.11	-0.38	96.1	4.71	-8	-0.7	.8	-0.0	-0.4	-3	.482	.496	$302,000

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
2003	24	LAD	NL	13	84	74	6	22	3	0	0	1	1	9	16	.297	.373	.338	.711	.379	25	4	0	1	0	0	2
2004	25	DET	AL	41	147	122	24	33	13	2	8	5	2	24	31	.270	.395	.607	1.001	.301	74	2	1	0	0	1	1

2007	28	ATL	NL	7	22	18	2	9	1	0	1	0	2	4	4	.500	.591	.722	1.313	.615	13	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				61	253	214	32	64	17	2	9	6	5	37	51	.299	.405	.523	.928	.357	112	6	1	1	0	1	3
162 Game Avg.				68	282	239	36	71	19	2	10	7	6	41	57	.299	.405	.523	.928	.357	125	7	1	1	0	1	3
MLB Averages																.266	.334	.425	.759	.298

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2003	24	LAD	NL	3.4	0.3	86	0.1	0.4	-0.3	.24	0.1	0.2	3.6	0.4	0.24	2.1	0	2	11
2004	25	DET	AL	-6.8	-0.6	155	0.2	1.6	-1.4	.56	-1.0	1.3	-11.3	-1.1	0.56	-9.9	9	8	23

2007	28	ATL	NL	0.0	0.0	25	-0.5	0.2	-0.8	.95	-0.3	-0.2	-4.3	-0.4	0.95	-3.9	2	1	4
3 Yrs				-3.4	-0.3	266	-0.3	2.2	-2.5	.49	-1.3	0.7	-12.0	-1.1	0.49	-11.6	11	11	38

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2003	24	LAD	NL	13	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	.243	0	2	11	2	1	10	0	13	7	1	7	3	4.5	24
2004	25	DET	AL	41	41	9	1	0	0	0	0	5	4	20	4	20%	8	.560	9	8	23	11	5	25	14	27	8	24	11	8	2.3	15

2007	28	ATL	NL	7	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	50%	6	.952	2	1	4	2	1	4	3	4	1	5	2	0	1.6	12
3 Yrs				61	61	13	1	1	0	0	0	7	5	24	6	25%		.489	11	11	38	15	7	39	17	44	16	30	20	11	2.7	16

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%
2003	24	LAD	NL	84	31%	0.0%	19.1%	10.7%	3.6%	14%	0.97	1.16	69%	17%	0.0%	21%	23	4	17%
2004	25	DET	AL	147	44%	5.4%	21.1%	16.3%	15.7%	70%	0.60	0.97	56%	22%	15.4%	9%	25	2	8%

2007	28	ATL	NL	22	45%	4.6%	18.2%	18.2%	9.1%	22%	0.30	0.25	59%	21%	12.5%	20%	7	0	0%
3 Yrs				253	40%	3.6%	20.2%	14.6%	11.1%	44%	0.68	0.98	61%	20%	10.8%	14%	55	6	11%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.7%	8.4%	8.1%	34%	0.80	1.08	70%	19%	7.8%	11%			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
2003	24	LAD	NL	84	308	3.67	195	63%	23%	17%	30%	30%	77%	0%	49%	78%	60%	7%	6	5	26%	22	15	1	6%	5	1	0	0	0
2004	25	DET	AL	148	606	4.09	330	54%	27%	20%	26%	28%	73%	0%	40%	73%	44%	9%	13	5	22%	32	18	0	26%	2	7	-1	0	0

2007	28	ATL	NL	23	81	3.52	45	56%	27%	16%	27%	31%	73%	0%	41%	79%	48%	4%	1	0	4%	1	1	0	25%	1	1	-1	0	0
3 Yrs				255	995	3.90	570	57%	25%	19%	27%	29%	75%	0%	43%	75%	49%	8%	20	10	22%	55	34	1	20%	8	9	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.75		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	59%	5%			22%				26%

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
2003	24	LAD	NL	84	22	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	1	4	13%	2	1	0	39	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2004	25	DET	AL	147	33	1	0	8	0	4	6	2	7	1	7	3	2	43%	1	3	0	55	5	2	71%	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0

2007	28	ATL	NL	22	9	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	50%	0	1	0	11	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0
3 Yrs				253	64	4	1	9	0	5	7	2	7	2	17	5	6	29%	3	5	0	105	6	5	55%	4	4	2	0	0	1	2	2	6	0
MLB Averages																		53%							71%

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+
2003	24	0	0		2.75	13	3	19.2	22	6	6	0	9	0	16	0	1	84	150	1.576	10.1	0.0	4.1	7.3	1.78	150
2004	25	1	0	1.000	5.05	54	12	51.2	55	30	29	8	33	1	47	1	4	231	86	1.703	9.6	1.4	5.7	8.2	1.42	86
2005	26	1	0	1.000	5.05	54	12	51.2	55	30	29	8	33	1	47	1	4	231	86	1.703	9.6	1.4	5.7	8.2	1.42	86
2006	27	1	0	1.000	5.05	54	12	51.2	55	30	29	8	33	1	47	1	4	231	86	1.703	9.6	1.4	5.7	8.2	1.42	86
2007	28	1	1	.500	5.04	61	13	55.1	64	32	31	9	37	1	51	1	5	253	87	1.825	10.4	1.5	6.0	8.3	1.38	87

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2003	24	1	0	1.000	3.00	18.0	22	7	6	0	9	14	0	1.722	11.0	4.5	7.0	1.56	0.0	13
2004	25	1	2	.333	6.60	30.0	32	24	22	8	23	29	1	1.833	9.6	6.9	8.7	1.26	2.4	41

2007	28	0	0		6.00	3.0	9	2	2	1	4	3	0	4.333	27.0	12.0	9.0	0.75	3.0	7
3 Yrs		2	2	.500	5.29	51.0	63	33	30	9	36	46	1	1.941	11.1		8.1	1.28	1.6	61

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