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José Contreras

Jose Ariel Contreras

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 255 lb.

Born: December 6, 1971 in Las Martinas, Pinar del Rio, Cuba
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: March 31, 2003
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Phillies/Yankees/Rockies 2003-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (team option), 2 yrs/$5.5M (11-12) & 13 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 8.134, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Jaime Torres [*]
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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 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 2 293 134 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 96 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 87 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 76 302 1.647 10.6 1.1 4.2 9.0 2.13
2010 38 PHI NL 6 4 .600 3.34 67 0 21 0 0 4 56.2 53 22 21 5 16 2 57 4 0 0 233 123 1.218 8.4 0.8 2.5 9.1 3.56
2011 39 PHI NL 0 0 3.86 17 0 8 0 0 5 14.0 11 6 6 0 8 0 13 1 0 0 60 102 1.357 7.1 0.0 5.1 8.4 1.63
2012 40 PHI NL 1 0 1.000 5.68 15 0 3 0 0 0 12.2 13 10 8 1 3 0 13 1 0 0 53 70 1.263 9.2 0.7 2.1 9.2 4.33
10 Yrs 78 67 .538 4.55 290 175 36 5 3 9 1167.0 1169 655 590 130 421 15 882 62 2 72 5056 101 1.362 9.0 1.0 3.2 6.8 2.10
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .538 4.55 42 26 5 1 0 1 171 171 96 86 19 62 2 129 9 0 11 739 101 1.362 9.0 1.0 3.2 6.8 2.10
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
PHI (3 yrs) 7 4 .636 3.78 99 0 32 0 0 9 83.1 77 38 35 6 27 2 83 6 0 0 346 107 1.248 8.3 0.6 2.9 9.0 3.07
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 76 302 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 (4 yrs) 8 4 .667 3.41 106 2 32 0 0 9 100.1 97 41 38 8 35 3 100 6 0 0 422 122 1.316 8.7 0.7 3.1 9.0 2.86

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
2003 31 NYY AL 71.0 18 9 27 3.42 4.79 -0.22 0.08 97.6 4.96 12 1.3 .9 -0.1 1.8 21 .570 .508 $5,500,000
2004 32 NYY AL 95.2 18 18 66 6.21 4.96 -0.47 0.19 97.9 5.51 -8 -0.8 -0.1 0.0 5 .457 .495 $8,500,000
2004 32 CHW AL 74.2 13 13 48 5.79 5.20 0.09 0.20 100.4 5.33 -4 -0.4 -0.0 0.2 6 .468 .497 $
2005 33 CHW AL 204.2 32 32 91 4.00 4.68 0.25 0.17 103.3 4.76 16 1.6 -0.1 3.3 42 .551 .510 $8,500,000 MVP-27
2006 34 CHW AL 196.0 30 30 101 4.64 4.96 -0.22 0.19 103.8 5.58 19 1.9 -0.1 3.5 45 .563 .512 $9,500,000 AS
2007 35 CHW AL 189.0 32 30 134 6.38 5.01 -0.45 0.17 103.7 5.84 -13 -1.2 1.3 -0.1 0.3 12 .461 .492 $9,000,000
2008 36 CHW AL 121.0 20 20 64 4.76 4.83 -0.22 0.19 105.6 5.53 8 0.8 -0.1 1.8 25 .542 .505 $10,000,000
2009 37 CHW AL 114.2 21 21 83 6.51 4.85 -0.16 0.19 104.7 5.45 -14 -1.4 -0.1 -0.4 1 .435 .492 $10,000,000
2009 37 COL NL 17.0 7 2 3 1.59 4.49 0.04 -0.04 118.2 5.21 7 0.8 1.5 0.1 0.9 8 .609 .505 $
2010 38 PHI NL 56.2 67 0 22 3.49 4.47 -0.03 -0.33 102.4 4.27 5 0.5 1.2 -0.1 0.8 10 .508 .503 $1,500,000
2011 39 PHI NL 14.0 17 0 6 3.86 4.10 -0.32 -0.31 97.1 4.00 0 0.0 1.1 -0.0 0.1 1 .501 .500 $2,500,000
2012 40 PHI NL 12.2 15 0 10 7.11 4.32 0.09 -0.33 100.6 3.93 -5 -0.5 .8 0.0 -0.4 -3 .467 .497 $
10 Seasons 1167.0 290 175 655 5.05 4.85 -0.16 0.14 102.9 5.30 22 2.6 1.1 -0.8 11.9 173 .509 .501 $65,000,000
CHW (6 yrs) 900.0 148 146 521 5.21 4.90 -0.13 0.18 103.8 5.40 11 1.4 1.3 -0.6 8.7 131 .509 .501 $47,000,000
PHI (3 yrs) 83.1 99 0 38 4.10 4.39 -0.06 -0.33 101.3 4.17 0 0.0 1.1 -0.1 0.5 8 .500 .500 $4,000,000
NYY (2 yrs) 166.2 36 27 93 5.02 4.89 -0.37 0.14 97.8 5.28 4 0.5 .9 -0.1 1.8 26 .513 .501 $14,000,000
COL (1 yr) 17.0 7 2 3 1.59 4.49 0.04 -0.04 118.2 5.21 7 0.8 1.5 0.1 0.9 8 .609 .505 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
2010 38 PHI NL NLDS W CIN 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2010 38 PHI NL NLCS L SFG 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
4 Yrs (8 Series) 4 3 .571 3.49 18 4 4 1 0 0 49.0 41 19 19 2 11 0 38 3 0 4 199 1.061 7.5 0.4 2.0 7.0 3.45
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 NLDS 1 0 1.000 3.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 13 1.667 9.0 0.0 6.0 12.0 2.00
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
1 NLCS 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2 WS 1 1 .500 4.73 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

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
2006 CHW AL 34

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 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 3
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 10
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 4
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 6
2005 33 CHW AL 32 857 763 91 177 32 3 23 28 2 75 154 .232 .307 .372 .680 .262 284 15 9 7 2 2 4
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 7
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 16
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 4
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 9
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 0
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 9
2010 38 PHI NL 67 233 208 22 53 9 1 5 5 1 16 57 .255 .319 .380 .699 .327 79 5 4 4 1 2 0
2011 39 PHI NL 17 60 50 6 11 5 0 0 2 1 8 13 .220 .339 .320 .659 .297 16 1 1 1 0 0 0
2012 40 PHI NL 15 53 48 10 13 4 0 1 3 1 3 13 .271 .321 .417 .737 .343 20 2 1 0 1 0 2
10 Yrs 290 5056 4500 655 1169 220 24 130 159 32 421 882 .260 .329 .406 .735 .295 1827 91 62 39 33 15 55
162 Game Avg. 42 739 658 96 171 32 4 19 23 5 62 129 .260 .329 .406 .735 .295 267 13 9 6 5 2 8
MLB Averages .263 .331 .417 .748 .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 31 NYY AL 9.7 1.0 304 0.8 5.2 -4.4 .97 1.2 -0.3 13.9 1.4 0.97 13.6 2 1 6
2004 32 TOT AL -17.4 -1.6 818 -0.8 12.6 -13.5 .95 -1.2 0.3 -17.3 -1.6 0.95 -10.9 0 0 0
2004 32 NYY AL -12.8 -1.2 459 -0.9 7.0 -7.9 .97 -1.0 0.1 -11.8 -1.1 0.97 -9.2 0 0 0
2004 32 CHW AL -4.6 -0.4 359 0.1 5.6 -5.5 .94 -0.1 0.2 -5.5 -0.5 0.94 -1.7 0 0 0
2005 33 CHW AL 18.8 1.9 912 2.3 16.7 -14.3 1.04 2.2 0.1 20.2 2.0 1.04 25.0 0 0 0
2006 34 CHW AL 10.0 1.0 876 0.6 14.9 -14.3 .98 1.4 -0.7 12.2 1.2 0.98 17.0 0 0 0
2007 35 CHW AL -20.9 -1.9 897 -2.8 13.7 -16.4 .95 -1.7 -1.2 -22.4 -2.0 0.95 -18.2 1 0 1
2008 36 CHW AL 1.6 0.2 546 0.4 10.3 -9.9 1.10 0.5 -0.1 0.8 0.1 1.10 6.9 0 0 0
2009 37 TOT MLB -7.0 -0.6 623 -1.4 10.3 -11.8 1.05 -0.3 -1.0 -11.0 -1.0 1.05 -5.5 1 4 0
2009 37 CHW AL -12.5 -1.2 543 -2.1 8.2 -10.4 .98 -0.5 -1.7 -16.9 -1.5 0.98 -6.9 0 0 0
2009 37 COL NL 5.5 0.6 80 0.7 2.1 -1.4 1.49 0.1 0.3 5.8 0.6 1.49 1.5 1 4 0
2010 38 PHI NL 5.2 0.5 237 0.8 5.4 -4.6 1.21 0.5 0.1 10.6 1.1 1.21 6.9 25 12 28
2011 39 PHI NL 0.4 0.0 63 0.7 1.4 -0.8 1.36 0.1 0.4 1.6 0.2 1.36 1.5 6 4 7
2012 40 PHI NL -3.0 -0.3 57 0.0 0.7 -0.6 .79 0.1 -0.1 -2.5 -0.3 0.79 -0.5 3 3 7
10 Yrs -2.6 0.1 5333 0.6 91.2 -90.5 1.01 2.7 -2.0 6.0 1.0 1.01 35.9 38 24 49

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
2003 31 NYY AL 18 9 6 1 2 0 0 7 2 .778 0 0 0 0 7 78% 63.0 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% 47.2 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% 47.1 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% 47.4 80 10 9 2 0 1 5.1 5.8 5.7 100 2 2 9 0 118
2005 33 CHW AL 32 32 15 7 10 2 1 21 11 .656 4 6 1 0 18 56% 54.2 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 3 5 1 1 16 53% 51.4 85 21 15 7 0 14 5.1 5.3 6.5 101 3 7 19 1 122
2007 35 CHW AL 32 30 9 17 4 2 4 11 19 .367 2 3 2 2 12 40% 42.1 82 4 24 12 0 18 4.6 4.8 6.1 97 2 10 18 0 114
2008 36 CHW AL 20 20 7 6 7 0 1 11 9 .550 1 3 1 0 11 55% 48.5 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% 0.0 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% 45.4 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% 53.5 58 49 2 0 0 1 5.1 3.4 4.8 80 1 1 0 0 94
7 Yrs 191 175 69 62 44 7 8 93 82 .531 14 22 5 3 85 49% 49 85 3 142 55 2 85 4.8 5.0 6.0 97 20 55 98 2 122
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 100 -13 4.7 4.7 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

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 .968 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 .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 1.486 1 4 0 2 2 1 0 5 2 1 2 2 4.4 22
2010 38 PHI NL 67 67 21 6 4 5 4 1 80% 18 13 27 8 30% 8 1.206 25 12 28 31 16 20 16 51 2 22 3 19 2.5 14
2011 39 PHI NL 17 17 8 0 0 5 5 0 100% 9 4 2 0 0% 9 1.356 6 4 7 12 2 3 2 15 0 7 0 3 2.5 14
2012 40 PHI NL 15 15 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 5 2 40% 8 .790 3 3 7 5 2 8 4 11 0 6 1 3 2.5 13
6 Yrs 156 115 36 9 5 12 9 3 75% 34 22 42 12 29% 1.029 38 24 49 56 23 36 26 89 11 38 13 27 2.9 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 31 NYY AL 293 45% 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 45% 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 39% 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 48% 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 55% 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 46% 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 48% 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 61% 2.6% 22.4% 10.5% 4.0% 15% 0.74 1.27 61% 29% 8.3% 11% 22 2 9%
2010 38 PHI NL 233 55% 2.2% 24.5% 6.9% 6.4% 28% 0.81 1.33 63% 22% 6.8% 11% 47 5 11%
2011 39 PHI NL 60 58% 0.0% 21.7% 13.3% 8.3% 46% 0.85 1.33 62% 29% 0.0% 25% 10 1 10%
2012 40 PHI NL 53 66% 1.9% 24.5% 5.7% 9.4% 39% 1.12 2.43 66% 22% 7.7% 24% 8 2 25%
10 Yrs 5056 49% 2.6% 17.4% 8.3% 7.4% 32% 0.86 1.12 70% 17% 7.7% 13% 847 91 11%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.4% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.7% 12% 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 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 764 2989 3.91 1767 59% 26% 19% 27% 29% 74% 0% 44% 75% 54% 6% 45 29 19% 146 81 10 20% 23 15 -6 0 0
2004 32 NYY AL 426 1690 3.97 1005 59% 26% 18% 27% 29% 74% 0% 44% 76% 53% 6% 24 16 19% 82 48 5 21% 16 7 -1 0 0
2004 32 CHW AL 338 1299 3.84 762 59% 25% 20% 26% 29% 75% 0% 44% 74% 56% 6% 21 13 19% 64 33 5 19% 7 8 -5 0 0
2005 33 CHW AL 859 3169 3.69 1980 62% 26% 16% 27% 31% 74% 0% 46% 78% 57% 5% 45 34 23% 201 118 5 18% 31 9 -2 0 0
2006 34 CHW AL 835 3042 3.64 1948 64% 26% 14% 28% 33% 74% 1% 47% 82% 60% 5% 39 26 25% 209 123 14 29% 30 9 -2 0 0
2007 35 CHW AL 862 3006 3.49 1891 63% 25% 13% 26% 35% 75% 0% 47% 82% 60% 3% 30 21 21% 180 108 19 28% 15 8 -4 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 590 2253 3.82 1374 61% 28% 14% 27% 31% 72% 2% 44% 80% 57% 6% 33 20 18% 106 53 9 22% 15 9 -1 0 0
2009 37 CHW AL 514 1983 3.86 1206 61% 28% 14% 27% 31% 72% 2% 44% 81% 56% 5% 27 17 17% 87 40 6 24% 10 7 -1 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
2010 38 PHI NL 233 906 3.89 562 62% 29% 19% 25% 28% 71% 2% 44% 74% 60% 6% 13 9 27% 63 29 1 23% 9 2 0 0 0
2011 39 PHI NL 60 246 4.10 147 60% 30% 18% 26% 26% 70% 0% 42% 74% 57% 7% 4 3 20% 12 7 2 31% 4 1 0 0 0
2012 40 PHI NL 53 193 3.64 119 62% 18% 23% 29% 30% 82% 0% 50% 72% 51% 9% 5 4 26% 14 11 1 8% 1 1 0 0 0
10 Yrs 5071 18836 3.71 11665 62% 26% 16% 27% 32% 74% 1% 46% 79% 58% 5% 252 170 22% 1106 625 65 22% 155 67 -15 0 0
MLB Averages 3.78 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 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
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 2 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 0 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 0 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 0 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% 9 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% 9 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
2010 38 PHI NL 233 53 6 1 5 0 8 2 3 2 3 14 3 6 21% 0 0 0 97 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2011 39 PHI NL 60 11 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 22 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 40 PHI NL 53 13 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 100% 2 0 0 19 3 1 75% 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 Yrs 5056 1169 162 31 130 3 106 63 67 71 59 302 156 45 52% 55 72 14 1747 159 32 83% 151 32 8 0 0 0 7 2 160 0
MLB Averages 53% 72%

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+
2003 31 7 2 .778 3.30 18 9 2 0 0 0 71.0 52 27 26 4 30 1 72 5 0 2 293 134 1.155 6.6 0.5 3.8 9.1 2.40 134
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
2010 38 77 67 .535 4.55 258 175 25 5 3 4 1140.1 1145 639 576 129 410 15 856 60 2 72 4943 101 1.364 9.0 1.0 3.2 6.8 2.09 101
2011 39 77 67 .535 4.54 275 175 33 5 3 9 1154.1 1156 645 582 129 418 15 869 61 2 72 5003 101 1.364 9.0 1.0 3.3 6.8 2.08 101
2012 40 78 67 .538 4.55 290 175 36 5 3 9 1167.0 1169 655 590 130 421 15 882 62 2 72 5056 101 1.362 9.0 1.0 3.2 6.8 2.10 101

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
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 5.27 169.0 162 110 99 30 82 149 8 1.444 8.6 4.4 7.9 1.82 1.6 31
2005 33 12 10 .545 3.49 201.0 173 87 78 22 73 151 9 1.224 7.7 3.3 6.8 2.07 1.0 32
2006 34 11 10 .524 3.92 195.0 186 94 85 19 53 133 10 1.226 8.6 2.4 6.1 2.51 0.9 30
2007 35 7 13 .350 5.20 187.0 223 120 108 20 60 112 14 1.513 10.7 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 4.57 132.0 136 74 67 13 51 106 6 1.417 9.3 3.5 7.2 2.08 0.9 28
2010 38 3 2 .600 3.57 53.0 53 23 21 5 16 54 4 1.302 9.0 2.7 9.2 3.38 0.8 67
2011 39 0 1 .000 4.85 13.0 11 8 7 0 8 12 1 1.462 7.6 5.5 8.3 1.50 0.0 17
2012 40 0 1 .000 6.75 12.0 14 10 9 1 3 12 1 1.417 10.5 2.3 9.0 4.00 0.8 15
10 Yrs 56 66 .459 4.36 1151.0 1136 618 557 126 410 868 61 1.343 8.9 6.8 2.12 1.0 290

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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 (1712th)

Wins s c a p y
2005 AL  15 (8th)
Active  78 (50th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2005 AL  .682 (8th)
Active  .538 (36th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
Active  1.362 (47th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2005 AL  7.783 (3rd)
Active  9.015 (33rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 AL  7.926 (7th)
Active  6.802 (37th)
Career  6.802 (122nd)

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)
Active  3 (46th)

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
Active  2.095 (46th)
Career  2.095 (234th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 AL  0.918 (10th)
Active  1.003 (40th)

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 (11th)
Career  72 (236th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2006 AL  10 (6th)
2007 AL  15 (2nd)
Active  62 (31st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2005 AL  125 (8th)
Active  101 (44th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2005 AL  2.2 (9th)

Oldest s c a p y
2011 NL  born 1971-12-06 (9th)
2012 NL  born 1971-12-06 (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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (850), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 17 (1177), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 17 (689), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Cory Lidle (970)
  2. Mark Clark (959)
  3. Joey Hamilton (956)
  4. Aaron Cook (955)
  5. Joe Blanton (953)
  6. Mike Smithson (948)
  7. Kris Benson (948)
  8. Len Barker (947)
  9. Adam Eaton (946)
  10. Cal Eldred (945)
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  1. Ruben Gomez (912)
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  3. Luke Hamlin (908)
  4. Bob Klinger (900)
  5. Jim Bouton (898)
  6. Ray Kolp (884)
  7. Mark Gardner (880)
  8. Hal Brown (874)
  9. Ed Heusser (861)
  10. Jack Knott (861)
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  1. Bill Beckmann (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Paul Abbott (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Orlando Hernandez (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Steve Sparks (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Armando Reynoso (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike Bielecki (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ramon Ortiz (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ruben Gomez (912)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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