Jose Contreras
Jose Ariel Contreras
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 224 lb.

Born: December 6, 1971 in Havana, Cuba
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: March 31, 2003
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Standard Pitching

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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 31 NYY AL 7 2 .778 3.30 18 9 2 0 0 0 71.0 52 27 26 4 30 1 72 5 0 2 293 133 1.155 6.6 0.5 3.8 9.1 2.40
2004 32 TOT AL 13 9 .591 5.50 31 31 0 0 0 0 170.1 166 114 104 31 84 1 150 8 0 17 758 84 1.468 8.8 1.6 4.4 7.9 1.79
2004 32 NYY AL 8 5 .615 5.64 18 18 0 0 0 0 95.2 93 66 60 22 42 1 82 6 0 10 425 80 1.411 8.7 2.1 4.0 7.7 1.95
2004 32 CHW AL 5 4 .556 5.30 13 13 0 0 0 0 74.2 73 48 44 9 42 0 68 2 0 7 333 89 1.540 8.8 1.1 5.1 8.2 1.62
2005 33 CHW AL 15 7 .682 3.61 32 32 0 1 0 0 204.2 177 91 82 23 75 2 154 9 2 20 857 125 1.231 7.8 1.0 3.3 6.8 2.05 MVP-27
2006 34 CHW AL 13 9 .591 4.27 30 30 0 1 1 0 196.0 194 101 93 20 55 4 134 10 0 16 833 111 1.270 8.9 0.9 2.5 6.2 2.44 AS
2007 35 CHW AL 10 17 .370 5.57 32 30 2 2 2 0 189.0 232 134 117 21 62 1 113 15 0 3 858 84 1.556 11.0 1.0 3.0 5.4 1.82
2008 36 CHW AL 7 6 .538 4.54 20 20 0 1 0 0 121.0 130 64 61 12 35 0 70 3 0 6 522 101 1.364 9.7 0.9 2.6 5.2 2.00
2009 37 TOT MLB 6 13 .316 4.92 28 23 0 0 0 0 131.2 141 86 72 13 53 4 106 6 0 8 589 94 1.473 9.6 0.9 3.6 7.2 2.00
2009 37 CHW AL 5 13 .278 5.42 21 21 0 0 0 0 114.2 121 83 69 11 45 3 89 6 0 8 513 86 1.448 9.5 0.9 3.5 7.0 1.98
2009 37 COL NL 1 0 1.000 1.59 7 2 0 0 0 0 17.0 20 3 3 2 8 1 17 0 0 0 76 288 1.647 10.6 1.1 4.2 9.0 2.13
7 Seasons 71 63 .530 4.61 191 175 4 5 3 0 1083.2 1092 617 555 124 394 13 799 56 2 72 4710 100 1.371 9.1 1.0 3.3 6.6 2.03
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .530 4.61 35 33 1 1 1 0 201 203 115 103 23 73 2 148 10 0 13 875 100 1.371 9.1 1.0 3.3 6.6 2.03
CHW (6 yrs) 55 56 .495 4.66 148 146 2 5 3 0 900.0 927 521 466 96 314 10 628 45 2 60 3916 100 1.379 9.3 1.0 3.1 6.3 2.00
NYY (2 yrs) 15 7 .682 4.64 36 27 2 0 0 0 166.2 145 93 86 26 72 2 154 11 0 12 718 96 1.302 7.8 1.4 3.9 8.3 2.14
COL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 1.59 7 2 0 0 0 0 17.0 20 3 3 2 8 1 17 0 0 0 76 288 1.647 10.6 1.1 4.2 9.0 2.13
AL (7 yrs) 70 63 .526 4.66 184 173 4 5 3 0 1066.2 1072 614 552 122 386 12 782 56 2 72 4634 99 1.367 9.0 1.0 3.3 6.6 2.03
NL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 1.59 7 2 0 0 0 0 17.0 20 3 3 2 8 1 17 0 0 0 76 288 1.647 10.6 1.1 4.2 9.0 2.13

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS 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
2003 31 NYY AL ALCS W BOS 0 1 .000 5.79 4 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 6 3 3 0 2 0 7 0 0 2 21 1.714 11.6 0.0 3.9 13.5 3.50
2003 31 NYY AL WS L FLA 0 1 .000 5.68 4 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 5 4 4 0 5 0 10 0 0 0 29 1.579 7.1 0.0 7.1 14.2 2.00
2005 33 CHW AL ALDS W BOS 1 0 1.000 2.35 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 8 2 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 31 1.043 9.4 0.0 0.0 7.0
2005 33 CHW AL ALCS W LAA 1 1 .500 3.12 2 2 0 1 0 0 17.1 12 6 6 1 2 0 6 0 0 1 66 0.808 6.2 0.5 1.0 3.1 3.00
2005 33 CHW AL WS W HOU 1 0 1.000 3.86 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 6 3 3 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 29 0.857 7.7 1.3 0.0 2.6
2009 37 COL NL NLDS L PHI 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 10 2.500 13.5 0.0 9.0 13.5 1.50
3 Seasons (6 Series) 3 3 .500 3.80 14 4 3 1 0 0 45.0 40 19 19 2 11 0 34 3 0 4 186 1.133 8.0 0.4 2.2 6.8 3.09
1 NLDS 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 10 2.500 13.5 0.0 9.0 13.5 1.50
1 ALDS 1 0 1.000 2.35 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 8 2 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 31 1.043 9.4 0.0 0.0 7.0
2 ALCS 1 2 .333 3.68 6 2 1 1 0 0 22.0 18 9 9 1 4 0 13 0 0 3 87 1.000 7.4 0.4 1.6 5.3 3.25
2 WS 1 1 .500 4.72 5 1 2 0 0 0 13.1 11 7 7 1 5 0 12 3 0 0 58 1.200 7.4 0.7 3.4 8.1 2.40

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS 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
2006 CHW AL 34

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
2003 31 NYY AL 18 293 257 27 52 13 0 4 7 0 30 72 .202 .297 .300 .597 .264 77 8 5 0 1 1
2004 32 CHW AL 13 333 285 48 73 16 2 9 10 6 42 68 .256 .353 .421 .775 .305 120 4 2 2 2 0
2004 32 NYY AL 18 425 372 66 93 11 1 22 19 5 42 82 .250 .333 .462 .795 .261 172 4 6 1 4 1
2004 32 TOT AL 31 758 657 114 166 27 3 31 29 11 84 150 .253 .342 .444 .786 .280 292 8 8 3 6 1
2005 33 CHW AL 32 856 763 91 177 32 3 23 28 2 75 154 .232 .307 .372 .680 .262 284 15 9 7 2 2
2006 34 CHW AL 30 833 758 101 194 34 7 20 21 6 55 134 .256 .312 .398 .710 .284 302 12 10 2 8 4
2007 35 CHW AL 32 858 763 134 232 39 5 21 25 6 62 113 .304 .364 .451 .814 .330 344 19 15 8 10 1
2008 36 CHW AL 20 522 478 64 130 24 3 12 16 1 35 70 .272 .324 .410 .734 .296 196 10 3 4 2 0
2009 37 CHW AL 21 513 453 83 121 32 2 11 19 3 45 89 .267 .340 .419 .759 .310 190 9 6 7 2 3
2009 37 COL NL 7 76 65 3 20 1 0 2 4 0 8 17 .308 .384 .415 .799 .391 27 2 0 3 0 1
2009 37 TOT MLB 28 589 518 86 141 33 2 13 23 3 53 106 .272 .345 .419 .764 .319 217 11 6 10 2 4
7 Seasons 191 4709 4194 617 1092 202 23 124 149 29 394 799 .260 .330 .408 .738 .293 1712 83 56 34 31 13
162 Game Avg. 35 875 779 115 203 38 4 23 28 5 73 148 .260 .330 .408 .738 .293 318 15 10 6 6 2
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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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
2003 31 NYY AL 18 9 6 1 2 0 0 7 2 .778 0 0 0 0 7 78% 63 82 22 14 6 1 4 5.2 5.5 6.4 98 1 3 5 0 116
2004 32 TOT AL 31 31 13 9 9 2 0 19 12 .613 4 3 0 0 13 42% 47 80 10 27 10 1 10 5.9 6.2 5.5 96 6 6 18 1 120
2004 32 NYY AL 18 18 8 5 5 1 0 11 7 .611 2 2 0 0 8 44% 47 76 19 18 8 1 9 6.4 6.6 5.3 94 4 4 9 1 120
2004 32 CHW AL 13 13 5 4 4 1 0 8 5 .615 2 1 0 0 5 38% 47 80 10 9 2 0 1 5.1 5.8 5.7 99 2 2 9 0 118
2005 33 CHW AL 32 32 15 7 10 2 1 21 11 .656 3 6 1 0 18 56% 54 79 23 21 7 0 18 4.1 4.1 6.4 99 2 11 19 0 118
2006 34 CHW AL 30 30 13 9 8 1 1 15 15 .500 2 5 1 1 16 53% 51 85 21 15 7 0 14 5.1 5.3 6.5 101 3 8 18 1 122
2007 35 CHW AL 32 30 9 17 4 2 4 11 19 .367 2 3 2 2 12 40% 42 82 4 24 12 0 18 4.6 4.8 6.1 97 2 11 17 0 114
2008 36 CHW AL 20 20 7 6 7 0 1 11 9 .550 1 3 1 0 11 55% 49 78 3 15 3 0 10 5.1 5.0 6.1 95 2 8 10 0 115
2009 37 TOT MLB 28 23 6 13 4 0 1 9 14 .391 0 2 0 0 8 35% 46 84 15 26 10 0 11 4.0 4.7 5.4 93 4 10 9 0 117
2009 37 CHW AL 21 21 5 13 3 0 1 7 14 .333 0 1 0 0 7 33% 45 84 15 24 10 0 10 4.0 4.7 5.5 94 3 9 9 0 117
2009 37 COL NL 7 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 1 50% 54 58 49 2 0 0 1 5.1 3.4 4.8 80 1 1 0 0 94
7 Seasons 191 175 69 62 44 7 8 93 82 .531 12 22 5 3 85 49% 49 85 3 142 55 2 85 4.8 5.0 6.0 97 20 57 96 2 122
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2003 31 NYY AL 18 9 2 1 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 8 2 25% 7 0.974 2 1 6 6 0 3 4 5 5 2 5 0 4.4 27
2007 35 CHW AL 32 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.954 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 10.5 49
2009 37 TOT MLB 28 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 0 0 1.049 1 4 0 2 2 1 0 5 2 1 2 2 4.4 22
2009 37 COL NL 7 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 0 0 6 1.475 1 4 0 2 2 1 0 5 2 1 2 2 4.4 22
3 Seasons 57 16 4 2 1 2 0 2 0% 4 2 8 2 25% 0.991 4 5 7 8 3 5 4 12 9 3 9 2 5.2 28

Ratio Pitching*

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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 31 NYY AL 293 55% 1.4% 24.6% 10.2% 5.8% 33% 1.00 1.31 62% 16% 5.0% 12% 52 8 15%
2004 32 TOT AL 758 55% 4.1% 19.8% 11.1% 8.1% 37% 0.76 0.94 64% 15% 12.3% 13% 122 8 7%
2004 32 NYY AL 425 50% 5.2% 19.3% 9.9% 8.0% 37% 0.66 0.79 64% 13% 14.3% 13% 60 4 7%
2004 32 CHW AL 333 61% 2.7% 20.4% 12.6% 8.1% 37% 0.93 1.19 63% 19% 9.2% 13% 62 4 6%
2005 33 CHW AL 857 52% 2.7% 18.0% 8.8% 6.8% 33% 0.82 1.01 69% 16% 7.8% 12% 126 15 12%
2006 34 CHW AL 833 45% 2.4% 16.1% 6.6% 7.3% 31% 0.81 1.05 73% 17% 6.5% 11% 126 12 10%
2007 35 CHW AL 858 54% 2.5% 13.2% 7.2% 7.6% 28% 0.82 1.04 74% 18% 7.1% 16% 170 19 11%
2008 36 CHW AL 522 50% 2.3% 13.4% 6.7% 7.5% 30% 1.08 1.43 76% 16% 7.2% 15% 82 10 12%
2009 37 TOT MLB 589 50% 2.2% 18.0% 9.0% 8.2% 34% 0.92 1.25 68% 16% 7.0% 13% 104 11 11%
2009 37 CHW AL 513 52% 2.1% 17.4% 8.8% 8.8% 37% 0.95 1.25 69% 14% 6.8% 13% 82 9 11%
2009 37 COL NL 76 39% 2.6% 22.4% 10.5% 4.0% 15% 0.74 1.27 61% 29% 8.3% 11% 22 2 9%
7 Seasons 4710 51% 2.6% 17.0% 8.4% 7.4% 32% 0.86 1.10 70% 16% 7.8% 13% 782 83 11%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 31 NYY AL 293 1129 3.85 687 61% 25% 22% 27% 27% 75% 1% 46% 71% 52% 5% 16 10 23% 67 40 1 10% 11 5 0 0 0
2004 32 TOT AL 758 2970 3.92 1758 59% 25% 18% 27% 29% 75% 0% 44% 75% 54% 6% 45 29 19% 146 81 10 20% 23 15 0 0 0
2004 32 NYY AL 425 1688 3.97 1004 59% 26% 18% 27% 29% 74% 0% 44% 76% 53% 6% 24 16 19% 82 48 5 21% 16 7 0 0 0
2004 32 CHW AL 333 1282 3.85 754 59% 25% 19% 27% 29% 75% 0% 44% 74% 56% 6% 21 13 19% 64 33 5 19% 7 8 0 0 0
2005 33 CHW AL 857 3166 3.69 1980 63% 26% 16% 27% 31% 74% 0% 46% 78% 57% 5% 45 34 23% 201 118 5 18% 31 9 0 0 1
2006 34 CHW AL 833 3035 3.64 1946 64% 26% 14% 28% 33% 74% 1% 47% 82% 60% 5% 39 26 25% 209 123 14 29% 30 9 0 0 0
2007 35 CHW AL 858 2992 3.49 1886 63% 25% 13% 26% 35% 75% 0% 47% 82% 60% 3% 30 21 21% 179 108 19 28% 15 8 0 0 0
2008 36 CHW AL 522 1903 3.65 1190 63% 26% 13% 27% 35% 74% 0% 47% 83% 61% 4% 22 14 21% 108 55 3 21% 16 8 0 0 0
2009 37 TOT MLB 589 2250 3.82 1372 61% 28% 14% 27% 31% 72% 2% 44% 80% 57% 6% 33 20 18% 105 53 9 22% 15 9 0 0 0
2009 37 CHW AL 513 1980 3.86 1204 61% 28% 14% 27% 31% 72% 2% 44% 81% 56% 5% 27 17 17% 86 40 6 24% 10 7 0 0 0
2009 37 COL NL 76 270 3.55 168 62% 24% 19% 26% 30% 76% 4% 47% 75% 66% 8% 6 3 25% 19 13 3 12% 5 2 0 0 0
7 Seasons 4710 17445 3.70 10819 62% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 1% 46% 79% 58% 5% 230 154 22% 1015 578 61 22% 141 63 0 0 1
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 31 NYY AL 293 52 6 1 4 0 8 2 2 1 3 14 6 2 43% 3 2 2 107 7 0 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2004 32 TOT AL 758 166 19 3 31 0 23 17 14 12 19 44 27 5 61% 10 17 4 239 29 11 73% 27 11 2 0 0 0 3 1 33 0
2004 32 NYY AL 425 93 7 1 22 0 9 13 9 9 13 20 13 1 65% 6 10 2 132 19 5 79% 17 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 21 0
2004 32 CHW AL 333 73 12 2 9 0 14 4 5 3 6 24 14 4 58% 4 7 2 107 10 6 63% 10 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 12 0
2005 33 CHW AL 857 177 20 3 23 1 14 11 12 17 6 47 21 6 45% 4 20 1 270 28 2 93% 28 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 33 0
2006 34 CHW AL 833 194 29 6 20 0 17 12 8 12 8 46 24 8 52% 7 16 0 273 21 6 78% 21 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 30 0
2007 35 CHW AL 858 232 43 12 21 2 19 8 13 11 10 62 35 6 56% 16 3 4 319 25 6 81% 24 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 24 0
2008 36 CHW AL 522 130 20 2 12 0 5 2 10 8 4 29 15 3 52% 4 6 2 187 16 1 94% 15 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 12 0
2009 37 TOT MLB 589 141 17 3 13 0 11 9 4 7 6 41 21 9 51% 10 8 1 214 23 3 88% 21 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
2009 37 CHW AL 513 121 15 2 11 0 8 8 3 5 6 38 20 7 53% 10 8 1 180 19 3 86% 17 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
2009 37 COL NL 76 20 2 1 2 0 3 1 1 2 0 3 1 2 33% 0 0 0 34 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 4710 1092 154 30 124 3 97 61 63 68 56 283 149 39 53% 54 72 14 1609 149 29 84% 143 29 6 0 0 0 10 2 158 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
2003 31 7 2 .778 3.30 18 9 2 0 0 0 71.0 52 27 26 4 30 1 72 5 0 2 293 133 1.155 6.6 0.5 3.8 9.1 2.40 133
2004 32 20 11 .645 4.85 49 40 2 0 0 0 241.1 218 141 130 35 114 2 222 13 0 19 1051 94 1.376 8.1 1.3 4.3 8.3 1.95 94
2005 33 35 18 .660 4.28 81 72 2 1 0 0 446.0 395 232 212 58 189 4 376 22 2 39 1908 106 1.309 8.0 1.2 3.8 7.6 1.99 106
2006 34 48 27 .640 4.28 111 102 2 2 1 0 642.0 589 333 305 78 244 8 510 32 2 55 2741 107 1.298 8.3 1.1 3.4 7.1 2.09 107
2007 35 58 44 .569 4.57 143 132 4 4 3 0 831.0 821 467 422 99 306 9 623 47 2 58 3599 101 1.356 8.9 1.1 3.3 6.7 2.04 101
2008 36 65 50 .565 4.57 163 152 4 5 3 0 952.0 951 531 483 111 341 9 693 50 2 64 4121 101 1.357 9.0 1.0 3.2 6.6 2.03 101
2009 37 71 63 .530 4.61 191 175 4 5 3 0 1083.2 1092 617 555 124 394 13 799 56 2 72 4710 100 1.371 9.1 1.0 3.3 6.6 2.03 100

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
2003 31 4 3 .571 3.39 69.0 52 29 26 4 30 70 5 1.188 6.8 3.9 9.1 2.33 0.5 18
2004 32 7 11 .389 5.25 168.0 164 109 98 31 83 148 8 1.470 8.8 4.4 7.9 1.78 1.7 31
2005 33 12 10 .545 3.56 200.0 175 88 79 23 74 150 9 1.245 7.9 3.3 6.8 2.03 1.0 32
2006 34 11 10 .524 3.94 194.0 187 94 85 19 53 133 10 1.237 8.7 2.5 6.2 2.51 0.9 30
2007 35 7 13 .350 5.20 187.0 224 120 108 20 60 112 14 1.519 10.8 2.9 5.4 1.87 1.0 32
2008 36 6 7 .462 4.28 120.0 126 63 57 12 34 69 3 1.333 9.5 2.6 5.2 2.03 0.9 20
2009 37 6 8 .429 4.57 132.0 137 74 67 13 51 106 6 1.424 9.3 3.5 7.2 2.08 0.9 28
7 Seasons 53 62 .461 4.37 1070.0 1065 577 520 122 385 788 55 1.355 9.0 6.6 2.05 1.0 191

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2006

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2005 AL (27, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1684th)

Wins s c a p y
2005 AL  15 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2005 AL  .682 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2005 AL  7.783 (3rd)
Active  9.069 (42nd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 AL  7.926 (7th)
Active  6.636 (39th)
Career  6.636 (124th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2005 AL  154 (10th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2007 AL  2 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2006 AL  1 (5th)
2007 AL  2 (1st)

Home Runs s c a p y
2004 AL  31 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2004 AL  84 (5th)
2005 AL  75 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
2007 AL  232 (5th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
Career  2.028 (241st)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 AL  .918 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
2007 AL  17 (2nd)
2009 AL  13 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2007 AL  117 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2004 AL  17 (1st)
2005 AL  20 (1st)
2006 AL  16 (2nd)
2009 AL  8 (8th)
Active  72 (14th)
Career  72 (209th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2006 AL  10 (6th)
2007 AL  15 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2005 AL  125 (8th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 17 (1151), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 16 (712), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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