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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 85 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 CHW AL 3 7 .300 4.84 11 11 0 0 0 0 67.0 64 40 36 7 21 2 46 1 0 2 289 95 1.269 8.6 0.9 2.8 6.2 2.19
7 Seasons 68 57 .544 4.58 174 163 4 5 3 0 1019.0 1015 571 519 118 362 11 739 51 2 66 4410 101 1.351 9.0 1.0 3.2 6.5 2.04
162 Game Avg. 14 12 .544 4.58 35 33 1 1 1 0 206 205 115 105 24 73 2 149 10 0 13 890 101 1.351 9.0 1.0 3.2 6.5 2.04
CHW (6 yrs) 53 50 .515 4.57 138 136 2 5 3 0 852.1 870 478 433 92 290 9 585 40 2 54 3692 102 1.361 9.2 1.0 3.1 6.2 2.02
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

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 7.2 8 2 0 0 6 1.043 9.4 0.0 0.0 7.0
2005 33 CHW AL ALCS W LAA 1 1 .500 3.12 2 2 1 0 17.1 12 6 1 2 6 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 7.0 6 3 1 0 2 0.857 7.7 1.3 0.0 2.6
2 Seasons (5 Series) 3 3 .500 3.77 12 4 3 1 0 0 43.0 37 7 18 2 9 0 31 0 0 2 50 1.070 7.7 0.4 1.9 6.5 3.44
1 ALDS 1 0 1.000 2.35 1 1 0 7.2 8 2 0 0 6 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 3 9 1 4 0 13 0 0 2 21 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 4 7 1 5 0 12 0 0 0 29 1.200 7.4 0.7 3.4 8.1 2.40

Standard Batting

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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 1 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 3 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 32 NYY AL 3 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 33 CHW AL 2 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 2 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 1 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 1 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 CHW AL 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Seasons 12 29 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 .000 .103 .000 .103 -69 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 392 351 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 149 .000 .103 .000 .103 -69 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (6 yrs) 8 18 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 .000 .167 .000 .167 -51 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (2 yrs) 4 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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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 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
2 Seasons (5 Series) 12 0 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
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 Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2003 NYY AL 31 P 18 9 71.0 11 1 9 1 1 .909 1.27 0.56 .964 1.72 0.49
2004 TOT AL 32 P 31 31 170.4 21 7 12 2 0 .905 1.00 0.61 .948 1.66 0.45
2004 NYY AL 32 P 18 18 95.2 8 1 6 1 0 .875 0.66 0.39 .950 1.67 0.45
2004 CHW AL 32 P 13 13 74.2 13 6 6 1 0 .923 1.45 0.92 .946 1.66 0.45
2005 CHW AL 33 P 32 32 204.2 38 11 25 2 1 .947 1.58 1.13 .955 1.69 0.46 MVP-27
2006 CHW AL 34 P 30 30 196.0 31 8 21 2 1 .935 1.33 0.97 .958 1.56 0.41 AS
2007 CHW AL 35 P 32 30 189.0 33 5 22 6 2 .818 1.29 0.84 .961 1.60 0.42
2008 CHW AL 36 P 20 20 121.0 19 5 14 0 1 1.000 1.41 0.95 .947 1.60 0.42
2009 CHW AL 37 P 11 11 67.0 16 3 11 2 1 .875 1.88 1.27 .962 1.64 0.44
7 Seasons P 174 163 1019.0 169 40 114 15 7 .911 1.36 0.89 .956 1.63 0.44
7 Seasons TOT 174 163 1019.0 169 40 114 15 7 .911 1.36 0.89 .867 1.63 0.44

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 (1667th)

Wins s c a p y
2005 AL--15--8th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2005 AL--.682--7th
Active--.544--39th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
Active--1.351--45th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2005 AL--7.783--3rd
Active--8.965--38th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 AL--7.926--7th
Active--6.527--44th
Career--6.527--138th

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--50th

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--2.041--236th

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--7--4th

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
Active--66--17th

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 (835), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 17 (1171), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 16 (707), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (988), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

February 6, 2003: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

July 31, 2004: Traded by the New York Yankees with cash to the Chicago White Sox for Esteban Loaiza.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2003New York Yankees$5,500,000
2004New York Yankees$8,500,000
2005Chicago White Sox$8,500,000
2006Chicago White Sox$9,500,000
2007Chicago White Sox$9,000,000
2008Chicago White Sox$10,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$51,000,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: Jose Ariel Jose Contreras

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