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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
2013 Contract Status: Free Agent (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 9.134, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Jaime Torres [*]
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All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #866. Bryan Harvey… #867. Joey Hamilton… #868. Scott Baker… #869. JOSE CONTRERAS… #870. Tom Hughes… #871. Al Demaree… #872. Russ Meyer… 

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 2 293 134 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 5.27 17 0 3 0 0 0 13.2 13 10 8 1 3 0 15 1 0 0 56 78 1.171 8.6 0.7 2.0 9.9 5.00
10 Yrs 78 67 .538 4.55 292 175 36 5 3 9 1168.0 1169 655 590 130 421 15 884 62 2 72 5059 101 1.361 9.0 1.0 3.2 6.8 2.10
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .538 4.55 43 25 5 1 0 1 170 170 95 86 19 61 2 129 9 0 10 737 101 1.361 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 3.74 101 0 32 0 0 9 84.1 77 38 35 6 27 2 85 6 0 0 349 109 1.233 8.2 0.6 2.9 9.1 3.15
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 3.38 108 2 32 0 0 9 101.1 97 41 38 8 35 3 102 6 0 0 425 124 1.303 8.6 0.7 3.1 9.1 2.91

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 13.2 17 0 10 6.59 4.49 0.00 -0.33 100.5 4.18 -4 -0.4 .9 0.0 -0.3 -2 .476 .497 $2,500,000
10 Seasons 1168.0 292 175 655 5.05 4.85 -0.16 0.14 102.9 5.30 22 2.7 1.1 -0.8 12.0 174 .509 .501 $67,500,000
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) 84.1 101 0 38 4.06 4.41 -0.08 -0.33 101.2 4.21 1 0.1 1.1 -0.1 0.6 9 .501 .500 $6,500,000
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

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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 31 NYY AL 18 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 32 TOT AL 31 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 32 NYY AL 18 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 32 CHW AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 33 CHW AL 32 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 -25 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 MVP-27
2006 34 CHW AL 30 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2007 35 CHW AL 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 36 CHW AL 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 37 TOT MLB 28 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2009 37 CHW AL 21 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 37 COL NL 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
2010 38 PHI NL 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2011 39 PHI NL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2012 40 PHI NL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Yrs 292 33 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18 .000 .094 .000 .094 -72 0 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 18 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .000 .094 .000 .094 -72 0 0 0 1 0 0
CHW (6 yrs) 148 18 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 .000 .167 .000 .167 -51 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHI (3 yrs) 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (2 yrs) 36 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
COL (1 yr) 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 184 29 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16 .000 .103 .000 .103 -69 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 108 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 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
2003 31 NYY AL 18 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $5,500,000 1
2004 32 NYY AL 18 8 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .494 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $8,500,000 1
2004 32 CHW AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
2005 33 CHW AL 32 4 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $8,500,000 1 MVP-27
2006 34 CHW AL 30 6 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $9,500,000 1 AS
2007 35 CHW AL 32 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $9,000,000 1
2008 36 CHW AL 20 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $10,000,000 1
2009 37 CHW AL 21 6 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $10,000,000 1
2009 37 COL NL 7 4 -1 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .491 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /1
2010 38 PHI NL 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,500,000 1
2011 39 PHI NL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $2,500,000 1
2012 40 PHI NL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $2,500,000 1
10 Seasons 292 33 -8 0 0 0 5 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.4 .499 .500 -0.4 0.2 -2 $67,500,000
CHW (6 yrs) 148 18 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 -1 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1 $47,000,000
PHI (3 yrs) 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $6,500,000
NYY (2 yrs) 36 11 -3 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $14,000,000
COL (1 yr) 7 4 -1 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .491 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 31 NYY AL ALCS BOS W 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 31 NYY AL WS FLA L 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 33 CHW AL ALDS BOS W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 33 CHW AL ALCS LAA W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 33 CHW AL WS HOU W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 37 COL NL NLDS PHI L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 38 PHI NL NLDS CIN W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 38 PHI NL NLCS SFG L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (8 Series) 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2003 NYY AL 31 P 18 9 0 71.0 11 1 9 1 1 .909 -2 -6 1.27 0.56 .957 1.72 1.71 7 0 0% 30% 0
2004 TOT AL 32 P 31 31 0 170.4 21 7 12 2 0 .905 -3 -3 1.00 0.61 .948 1.66 1.65 29 11 28% 32% 2
2004 NYY AL 32 P 18 18 0 95.2 8 1 6 1 0 .875 -1 -2 0.66 0.39 .948 1.67 1.65 19 5 21% 32% 0
2004 CHW AL 32 P 13 13 0 74.2 13 6 6 1 0 .923 -2 -5 1.45 0.92 .948 1.66 1.65 10 6 38% 32% 2
2005 CHW AL 33 P 32 32 1 204.2 37 11 24 2 1 .946 -2 -2 1.54 1.09 .954 1.70 1.68 28 2 7% 30% 2 MVP-27
2006 CHW AL 34 P 30 30 1 196.0 31 8 21 2 1 .935 -2 -2 1.33 0.97 .958 1.56 1.54 21 6 22% 30% 0 AS
2007 CHW AL 35 P 32 30 2 189.0 33 5 22 6 2 .818 -8 -8 1.29 0.84 .955 1.60 1.59 25 6 19% 27% 0
2008 CHW AL 36 P 20 20 1 121.0 19 5 14 0 1 1.000 -3 -5 1.41 0.95 .952 1.60 1.59 16 1 6% 27% 1
2009 TOT MLB 37 P 28 23 0 131.2 25 4 17 4 1 .840 -4 -6 1.44 0.75 .953 1.55 1.56 23 3 12% 27% 0
2009 CHW AL 37 P 21 21 0 114.2 23 4 15 4 1 .826 -3 -5 1.49 0.90 .953 1.53 1.51 19 3 14% 26% 0
2009 COL NL 37 P 7 2 0 17.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -12 1.06 0.29 .955 1.69 1.70 4 0 0% 29% 0
2010 PHI NL 38 P 67 0 0 56.2 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.27 0.12 .954 1.73 1.72 5 1 17% 29% 0
2011 PHI NL 39 P 17 0 0 14.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.79 2 1 33% 28% 0
2012 PHI NL 40 P 17 0 0 13.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0.66 0.06 .950 1.78 1.75 3 1 25% 26% 0
10 Seasons P 292 175 5 1168.0 186 43 126 17 7 .909 -24 -4 1.30 0.58 .954 1.63 1.66 159 32 17% 29% 5
10 Seasons TOT 292 175 5 1168.0 186 43 126 17 7 .909 -24 -24 1.30 0.58 .954 1.63 1.66 159 32 17% 29% 5
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (1736th)

Wins s c a p y
2005 AL  15 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2005 AL  .682 (8th)
Active  .538 (42nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2005 AL  7.783 (3rd)
Active  9.008 (40th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 AL  7.926 (7th)
Active  6.812 (45th)
Career  6.812 (128th)

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  2.100 (236th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 AL  0.918 (10th)
Active  1.002 (41st)

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 (12th)
Career  72 (237th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2006 AL  10 (6th)
2007 AL  15 (2nd)
Active  62 (34th)

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

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

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
2007 AL  6 (1st)
2009 AL  4 (2nd)
Active  17 (24th)

Oldest s c a p y
2011 NL  born 1971-12-06 (9th)
2012 NL  born 1971-12-06 (7th)

                           

† 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 (843), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 17 (1183), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 17 (703), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1131), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (712th), 11.6 career WAR/12.2 7yr-peak WAR/11.9 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 58) = 67.9 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.8 JAWS

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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. R.A. Dickey (933)  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
  9. Orlando Hernandez (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200331New York Yankees$5,500,0004/3/03 AP
200432New York Yankees$8,500,0004/7/04 AP
200533Chicago White Sox$8,500,000
200634Chicago White Sox$9,500,000
200735Chicago White Sox$9,000,000
200836Chicago White Sox$10,000,000
200937Chicago White Sox$10,000,000
201038Philadelphia Phillies$1,500,000
201139Philadelphia Phillies$2,500,000
201240Philadelphia Phillies$2,500,000contracts
2013 StatusSigned thru 2012, Earliest Free Agent: 2013
Career to date (may be incomplete)$67,500,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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