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Aaron Cook

Aaron Lane Cook

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: February 8, 1979 in Fort Campbell, KY
High School: Hamilton HS (Hamilton, OH)
Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 2nd round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed July 13, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 10, 2002
Teams (by GP): Rockies/RedSox 2002-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 9.020, Free Agent: 2012 [*], Agents: Joe Bick [*]
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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
2002 23 COL NL 2 1 .667 4.54 9 5 1 0 0 0 35.2 41 18 18 4 13 0 14 2 0 0 154 106 1.514 10.3 1.0 3.3 3.5 1.08
2003 24 COL NL 4 6 .400 6.02 43 16 4 1 0 0 124.0 160 89 83 8 57 7 43 8 0 10 579 83 1.750 11.6 0.6 4.1 3.1 0.75
2004 25 COL NL 6 4 .600 4.28 16 16 0 1 0 0 96.2 112 47 46 7 39 5 40 7 1 6 433 115 1.562 10.4 0.7 3.6 3.7 1.03
2005 26 COL NL 7 2 .778 3.67 13 13 0 2 0 0 83.1 101 38 34 8 16 2 24 2 0 3 357 131 1.404 10.9 0.9 1.7 2.6 1.50
2006 27 COL NL 9 15 .375 4.23 32 32 0 0 0 0 212.2 242 107 100 17 55 11 92 7 0 2 915 116 1.397 10.2 0.7 2.3 3.9 1.67
2007 28 COL NL 8 7 .533 4.12 25 25 0 2 0 0 166.0 178 87 76 15 44 6 61 6 0 0 698 117 1.337 9.7 0.8 2.4 3.3 1.39
2008 29 COL NL 16 9 .640 3.96 32 32 0 2 1 0 211.1 236 102 93 13 48 2 96 4 0 6 886 118 1.344 10.1 0.6 2.0 4.1 2.00 AS
2009 30 COL NL 11 6 .647 4.16 27 27 0 1 1 0 158.0 175 76 73 19 47 2 78 2 0 2 675 113 1.405 10.0 1.1 2.7 4.4 1.66
2010 31 COL NL 6 8 .429 5.08 23 23 0 2 0 0 127.2 147 77 72 11 52 4 62 4 1 3 572 91 1.559 10.4 0.8 3.7 4.4 1.19
2011 32 COL NL 3 10 .231 6.03 18 17 0 0 0 0 97.0 127 67 65 9 37 5 48 5 0 3 441 74 1.691 11.8 0.8 3.4 4.5 1.30
2012 33 BOS AL 0 1 .000 20.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 8 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 24 3.375 27.0 3.4 3.4 0.0 0.00
11 Yrs 72 69 .511 4.56 239 207 5 11 2 0 1315.0 1527 715 666 112 409 44 558 47 2 36 5726 105 1.472 10.5 0.8 2.8 3.8 1.36
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .511 4.56 36 32 1 2 0 0 200 233 109 102 17 62 7 85 7 0 5 873 105 1.472 10.5 0.8 2.8 3.8 1.36
COL (10 yrs) 72 68 .514 4.53 238 206 5 11 2 0 1312.1 1519 708 660 111 408 44 558 47 2 35 5710 106 1.468 10.4 0.8 2.8 3.8 1.37
BOS (1 yr) 0 1 .000 20.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 8 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 24 3.375 27.0 3.4 3.4 0.0 0.00
NL (10 yrs) 72 68 .514 4.53 238 206 5 11 2 0 1312.1 1519 708 660 111 408 44 558 47 2 35 5710 106 1.468 10.4 0.8 2.8 3.8 1.37
AL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 20.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 8 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 24 3.375 27.0 3.4 3.4 0.0 0.00

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
2002 23 COL NL 35.2 9 5 18 4.54 4.65 0.23 0.10 117.9 5.33 3 0.3 .4 -0.0 0.5 6 .536 .502 $
2003 24 COL NL 124.0 43 16 89 6.46 4.63 0.07 0.02 112.8 5.17 -18 -1.8 .6 -0.0 -0.9 -6 .458 .489 $300,000
2004 25 COL NL 96.2 16 16 47 4.38 4.79 -0.17 0.19 111.9 5.76 14 1.6 -0.1 2.2 24 .597 .510 $
2005 26 COL NL 83.1 13 13 38 4.10 4.44 -0.12 0.16 111.5 5.26 11 1.2 -0.1 1.7 19 .590 .507 $326,000
2006 27 COL NL 212.2 32 32 107 4.53 4.82 0.11 0.19 110.7 5.43 22 2.2 -0.1 3.7 43 .570 .514 $1,250,000
2007 28 COL NL 166.0 25 25 87 4.72 4.68 0.09 0.19 107.7 5.15 9 0.9 -0.1 2.0 25 .536 .506 $3,100,000
2008 29 COL NL 211.1 32 32 102 4.34 4.52 -0.21 0.18 108.6 5.34 25 2.7 -0.1 4.1 44 .584 .517 $5,125,000 AS
2009 30 COL NL 158.0 27 27 76 4.33 4.66 0.05 0.18 109.0 5.22 15 1.7 -0.1 2.7 31 .562 .510 $9,375,000
2010 31 COL NL 127.2 23 23 77 5.43 4.46 0.22 0.17 113.1 4.98 -7 -0.7 -0.1 0.2 6 .470 .496 $9,625,000
2011 32 COL NL 97.0 18 17 67 6.22 4.20 0.14 0.15 118.2 4.97 -14 -1.4 .1 -0.1 -0.8 -5 .420 .491 $9,875,000
2012 33 BOS AL 2.2 1 1 7 23.63 4.57 1.19 0.18 108.0 3.84 -6 -0.4 -0.0 -0.3 -6 .137 .498 $
11 Seasons 1315.0 239 207 715 4.89 4.61 0.03 0.16 111.1 5.26 54 6.3 .6 -0.8 15.1 182 .526 .504 $38,976,000
COL (10 yrs) 1312.1 238 206 708 4.86 4.61 0.03 0.16 111.1 5.26 60 6.6 .6 -0.8 15.4 188 .528 .504 $38,976,000
BOS (1 yr) 2.2 1 1 7 23.63 4.57 1.19 0.18 108.0 3.84 -6 -0.4 -0.0 -0.3 -6 .137 .498 $

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
2007 28 COL NL WS L BOS 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 23 1.000 9.0 1.5 0.0 3.0
2009 30 COL NL NLDS L PHI 1 0 1.000 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 3 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 22 1.800 12.6 0.0 3.6 7.2 2.00
2 Yrs (2 Series) 1 1 .500 4.91 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 13 6 6 1 2 0 6 0 0 0 45 1.364 10.6 0.8 1.6 4.9 3.00
1 NLDS 1 0 1.000 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 3 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 22 1.800 12.6 0.0 3.6 7.2 2.00
1 WS 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 23 1.000 9.0 1.5 0.0 3.0

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
2008 COL NL 29 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 16 2.333 12.0 0.0 9.0 3.0 0.33

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
2002 23 COL NL 9 154 139 18 41 5 1 4 0 1 13 14 .295 .364 .432 .795 .306 60 8 2 0 0 0 0
2003 24 COL NL 43 579 504 89 160 29 2 8 8 1 57 43 .317 .391 .431 .822 .331 217 16 8 4 6 7 5
2004 25 COL NL 16 433 381 47 112 19 3 7 4 1 39 40 .294 .369 .415 .784 .313 158 14 7 5 1 5 2
2005 26 COL NL 13 357 335 38 101 23 0 8 3 0 16 24 .301 .334 .442 .776 .304 148 14 2 1 3 2 5
2006 27 COL NL 32 915 840 107 242 43 9 17 7 5 55 92 .288 .335 .421 .757 .306 354 28 7 8 5 11 10
2007 28 COL NL 25 698 639 87 178 38 2 15 8 2 44 61 .279 .329 .415 .744 .288 265 27 6 6 3 6 7
2008 29 COL NL 32 886 821 102 236 46 8 13 5 8 48 96 .287 .328 .410 .739 .311 337 29 4 9 4 2 12
2009 30 COL NL 27 675 617 76 175 30 5 19 4 4 47 78 .284 .333 .441 .774 .297 272 19 2 3 6 2 6
2010 31 COL NL 23 572 507 77 147 22 1 11 4 0 52 62 .290 .357 .402 .759 .309 204 18 4 3 6 4 8
2011 32 COL NL 18 441 390 67 127 25 6 9 1 4 37 48 .326 .384 .490 .874 .346 191 14 5 1 8 5 2
2012 33 BOS AL 1 16 15 7 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 .533 .563 .800 1.363 .500 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 239 5726 5188 715 1527 281 37 112 44 27 409 558 .294 .349 .428 .776 .310 2218 187 47 40 42 44 57
162 Game Avg. 36 873 791 109 233 43 6 17 7 4 62 85 .294 .349 .428 .776 .310 338 29 7 6 6 7 9
MLB Averages .263 .331 .417 .748 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2002 23 COL NL 1.6 0.2 156 -0.0 2.2 -2.2 .76 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0.0 0.76 -0.3 0 1 2
2003 24 COL NL -12.0 -1.2 599 -1.4 8.0 -9.4 .86 -1.2 -0.4 -19.6 -1.8 0.86 -13.3 3 6 18
2004 25 COL NL 7.4 0.7 446 0.4 7.3 -6.9 .95 0.2 0.2 6.2 0.6 0.95 2.9 0 0 0
2005 26 COL NL 8.7 0.9 365 1.2 6.8 -5.5 .98 0.1 1.2 8.5 0.8 0.98 3.5 0 0 0
2006 27 COL NL 15.3 1.5 931 1.5 15.9 -14.4 .94 1.2 0.4 17.8 1.7 0.94 15.8 0 0 0
2007 28 COL NL 9.5 0.9 709 -0.6 13.8 -14.4 1.09 0.3 -0.8 5.0 0.5 1.09 3.7 0 0 0
2008 29 COL NL 15.2 1.5 907 1.5 16.6 -15.1 1.01 1.3 0.1 8.9 0.8 1.01 14.7 0 0 0
2009 30 COL NL 9.8 1.0 687 0.7 11.9 -11.2 .97 -0.0 0.8 6.0 0.6 0.97 -0.3 0 0 0
2010 31 COL NL -4.7 -0.5 586 -1.0 9.9 -10.9 1.04 -0.2 -0.7 -11.9 -1.1 1.04 -4.8 0 0 0
2011 32 COL NL -12.7 -1.3 453 -1.6 6.2 -7.9 .92 -1.2 -0.6 -18.3 -1.7 0.92 -15.2 0 0 1
2012 33 BOS AL -4.6 -0.4 19 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .88 -0.4 0.1 -3.9 -0.3 0.88 -4.4 0 0 0
11 Yrs 33.5 3.5 5858 0.3 98.9 -98.6 .97 0.1 0.3 -1.2 0.1 0.97 2.2 3 7 21

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
2002 23 COL NL 9 5 2 1 2 0 1 2 3 .400 0 2 0 0 4 80% 46.6 67 30 3 0 1 2 4.5 4.8 6.0 82 2 3 0 0 96
2003 24 COL NL 43 16 3 6 7 1 1 4 12 .250 0 4 1 0 6 38% 39.1 74 8 25 10 0 8 5.5 6.3 5.4 90 3 11 2 0 107
2004 25 COL NL 16 16 6 4 6 1 1 8 8 .500 3 2 1 0 8 50% 46.7 69 11 12 5 0 6 5.1 5.1 6.0 92 2 7 7 0 109
2005 26 COL NL 13 13 7 2 4 1 0 9 4 .692 4 0 2 0 10 77% 47.8 67 14 11 6 0 4 6.2 6.4 6.4 91 2 9 2 0 118
2006 27 COL NL 32 32 9 15 8 2 7 10 22 .313 7 3 0 0 18 56% 48.0 74 20 24 11 0 19 4.0 4.0 6.6 97 0 19 13 0 111
2007 28 COL NL 25 25 8 7 10 1 3 10 15 .400 4 3 2 0 15 60% 48.4 77 19 8 5 0 10 4.8 5.4 6.6 96 3 9 13 0 119
2008 29 COL NL 32 32 16 9 7 2 0 19 13 .594 1 4 2 1 18 56% 49.4 81 16 11 2 0 12 5.1 4.8 6.6 96 3 17 12 0 118
2009 30 COL NL 27 27 11 6 10 0 0 14 13 .519 4 3 1 1 15 56% 48.8 81 12 16 5 0 15 5.3 5.9 5.9 89 8 9 10 0 114
2010 31 COL NL 23 23 6 8 9 1 1 11 12 .478 2 4 2 0 11 48% 44.7 75 19 14 4 0 13 4.4 5.2 5.6 86 5 15 3 0 111
2011 32 COL NL 18 17 3 10 4 1 1 5 12 .294 2 2 0 0 5 29% 40.9 65 19 13 3 0 8 3.3 3.7 5.6 85 5 12 0 0 97
2012 33 BOS AL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 15.0 15 15 2 2 0 1 2.0 0.0 2.7 48 1 0 0 0 48
11 Yrs 239 207 71 69 67 10 15 92 115 .444 27 27 11 2 110 53% 46 81 8 139 53 1 98 4.8 5.1 6.1 92 34 111 62 0 119
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
2002 23 COL NL 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 .763 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 4.3 24
2003 24 COL NL 43 27 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 2 20% 7 .858 3 6 18 7 3 17 6 21 13 3 17 2 4.1 22
2011 32 COL NL 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .923 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 26
3 Yrs 70 32 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 10 2 20% .870 3 7 21 9 3 20 6 26 15 3 19 2 4.1 22

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%
2002 23 COL NL 154 56% 2.6% 9.1% 8.4% 6.5% 24% 1.16 2.37 79% 26% 8.2% 13% 36 8 22%
2003 24 COL NL 579 56% 1.4% 7.4% 9.8% 6.7% 24% 1.34 2.04 79% 19% 4.6% 12% 131 16 12%
2004 25 COL NL 433 45% 1.6% 9.2% 9.0% 6.7% 26% 1.38 1.95 77% 17% 5.3% 8% 92 14 15%
2005 26 COL NL 357 44% 2.2% 6.7% 4.5% 8.7% 31% 1.52 2.55 86% 20% 6.7% 4% 61 14 23%
2006 27 COL NL 915 46% 1.9% 10.1% 6.0% 7.5% 29% 1.38 2.35 80% 19% 5.7% 5% 152 28 18%
2007 28 COL NL 698 50% 2.2% 8.7% 6.3% 7.9% 31% 1.44 2.26 81% 20% 6.8% 6% 132 27 20%
2008 29 COL NL 886 47% 1.5% 10.8% 5.4% 7.6% 28% 1.26 2.17 81% 20% 4.6% 11% 168 29 17%
2009 30 COL NL 675 46% 2.8% 11.6% 7.0% 8.0% 31% 1.36 2.12 78% 19% 8.8% 7% 114 19 17%
2010 31 COL NL 572 57% 1.9% 10.8% 9.1% 5.9% 23% 1.42 2.29 77% 19% 6.6% 9% 139 18 13%
2011 32 COL NL 441 51% 2.0% 10.9% 8.4% 9.1% 32% 1.23 2.01 77% 19% 6.6% 11% 88 14 16%
2012 33 BOS AL 16 38% 6.3% 0.0% 6.3% 12.5% 25% 0.75 2.50 88% 40% 12.5% 0% 0 0
11 Yrs 5726 49% 2.0% 9.8% 7.1% 7.5% 28% 1.35 2.20 80% 19% 6.2% 8% 1113 187 17%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.4% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.79 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
2002 23 COL NL 154 504 3.27 299 59% 27% 6% 24% 42% 73% 0% 43% 91% 55% 6% 10 8 12% 19 8 2 29% 1 2 0 0 0
2003 24 COL NL 581 2019 3.48 1214 60% 22% 10% 30% 39% 78% 3% 47% 88% 58% 7% 38 20 17% 97 56 6 19% 12 11 -2 0 0
2004 25 COL NL 433 1478 3.41 890 60% 25% 10% 26% 39% 75% 3% 45% 86% 57% 5% 22 12 15% 65 44 6 23% 10 5 0 0 0
2005 26 COL NL 357 1185 3.32 751 63% 22% 9% 27% 42% 78% 1% 49% 88% 60% 3% 9 3 14% 50 22 2 25% 5 4 0 0 0
2006 27 COL NL 917 3112 3.39 1962 63% 25% 10% 26% 39% 75% 3% 47% 86% 57% 4% 38 24 19% 172 95 15 28% 18 3 -2 0 0
2007 28 COL NL 698 2404 3.44 1516 63% 25% 9% 26% 39% 75% 2% 47% 87% 61% 4% 31 16 20% 141 77 8 20% 9 10 0 0 0
2008 29 COL NL 887 3072 3.46 1994 65% 25% 9% 29% 37% 75% 0% 48% 88% 60% 4% 37 28 23% 207 125 20 27% 29 8 -1 0 0
2009 30 COL NL 676 2404 3.56 1487 62% 25% 11% 27% 37% 75% 1% 47% 85% 55% 4% 25 14 17% 112 59 3 14% 14 9 -1 0 0
2010 31 COL NL 572 1969 3.44 1200 61% 27% 11% 24% 38% 73% 2% 45% 85% 55% 6% 37 19 16% 90 53 7 18% 12 14 0 0 0
2011 32 COL NL 443 1476 3.33 911 62% 28% 10% 24% 39% 72% 3% 45% 86% 56% 6% 28 16 16% 72 45 7 17% 11 7 -2 0 0
2012 33 BOS AL 16 48 3.00 30 63% 30% 7% 13% 50% 70% 0% 44% 90% 56% 13% 2 2 25% 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 5734 19671 3.43 12254 62% 25% 10% 27% 38% 75% 2% 47% 87% 58% 5% 277 162 18% 1029 588 78 22% 121 73 -8 0 0
MLB Averages 3.77 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
2002 23 COL NL 154 41 4 0 4 0 2 4 0 3 1 4 1 2 25% 0 0 0 62 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
2003 24 COL NL 579 160 16 2 8 2 22 2 6 5 3 45 25 6 56% 5 10 1 230 8 1 89% 7 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 18 0
2004 25 COL NL 433 112 13 0 7 0 8 3 4 4 3 24 11 3 46% 2 6 0 172 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
2005 26 COL NL 357 101 10 0 8 0 6 4 4 2 6 24 13 1 54% 5 3 0 124 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
2006 27 COL NL 915 242 14 1 17 0 14 4 13 15 2 43 23 3 53% 10 2 0 326 7 5 58% 7 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 7 0
2007 28 COL NL 698 178 17 2 15 0 14 8 7 7 8 39 19 8 49% 7 0 1 255 8 2 80% 5 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 4 0
2008 29 COL NL 886 236 24 1 13 0 9 7 6 6 7 41 26 4 63% 12 6 0 322 5 8 38% 5 6 0 1 0 1 4 0 12 0
2009 30 COL NL 675 175 18 1 19 0 16 9 10 6 13 40 22 4 55% 6 2 0 222 4 4 50% 4 3 0 1 0 0 6 1 9 0
2010 31 COL NL 572 147 14 0 11 1 21 6 5 7 4 39 26 2 67% 8 3 2 221 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 17 0
2011 32 COL NL 441 127 12 3 9 0 9 5 4 6 3 33 21 2 64% 2 3 0 169 1 4 20% 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 17 0
2012 33 BOS AL 16 8 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
11 Yrs 5726 1527 143 11 112 3 121 53 59 62 50 332 187 35 56% 57 36 5 2110 44 27 62% 38 18 6 6 0 3 26 3 103 0
MLB Averages 53% 71%

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+
2002 23 2 1 .667 4.54 9 5 1 0 0 0 35.2 41 18 18 4 13 0 14 2 0 0 154 106 1.514 10.3 1.0 3.3 3.5 1.08 106
2003 24 6 7 .462 5.69 52 21 5 1 0 0 159.2 201 107 101 12 70 7 57 10 0 10 733 87 1.697 11.3 0.7 3.9 3.2 0.81 87
2004 25 12 11 .522 5.16 68 37 5 2 0 0 256.1 313 154 147 19 109 12 97 17 1 16 1166 96 1.646 11.0 0.7 3.8 3.4 0.89 96
2005 26 19 13 .594 4.80 81 50 5 4 0 0 339.2 414 192 181 27 125 14 121 19 1 19 1523 102 1.587 11.0 0.7 3.3 3.2 0.97 102
2006 27 28 28 .500 4.58 113 82 5 4 0 0 552.1 656 299 281 44 180 25 213 26 1 21 2438 107 1.514 10.7 0.7 2.9 3.5 1.18 107
2007 28 36 35 .507 4.47 138 107 5 6 0 0 718.1 834 386 357 59 224 31 274 32 1 21 3136 109 1.473 10.4 0.7 2.8 3.4 1.22 109
2008 29 52 44 .542 4.36 170 139 5 8 1 0 929.2 1070 488 450 72 272 33 370 36 1 27 4022 111 1.444 10.4 0.7 2.6 3.6 1.36 111
2009 30 63 50 .558 4.33 197 166 5 9 2 0 1087.2 1245 564 523 91 319 35 448 38 1 29 4697 111 1.438 10.3 0.8 2.6 3.7 1.40 111
2010 31 69 58 .543 4.41 220 189 5 11 2 0 1215.1 1392 641 595 102 371 39 510 42 2 32 5269 109 1.451 10.3 0.8 2.7 3.8 1.37 109
2011 32 72 68 .514 4.53 238 206 5 11 2 0 1312.1 1519 708 660 111 408 44 558 47 2 35 5710 106 1.468 10.4 0.8 2.8 3.8 1.37 106
2012 33 72 69 .511 4.56 239 207 5 11 2 0 1315.0 1527 715 666 112 409 44 558 47 2 36 5726 105 1.472 10.5 0.8 2.8 3.8 1.36 105

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
2002 23 1 2 .333 3.97 34.0 38 17 15 4 12 13 2 1.471 10.1 3.2 3.4 1.08 1.1 9
2003 24 5 8 .385 4.90 125.0 145 76 68 7 52 43 7 1.576 10.4 3.7 3.1 0.83 0.5 43
2004 25 5 5 .500 3.66 96.0 103 43 39 6 36 40 6 1.448 9.7 3.4 3.8 1.11 0.6 16
2005 26 5 4 .556 3.29 82.0 95 33 30 8 15 24 2 1.341 10.4 1.6 2.6 1.60 0.9 13
2006 27 13 10 .565 3.61 212.0 223 94 85 16 51 92 6 1.292 9.5 2.2 3.9 1.80 0.7 32
2007 28 9 8 .529 3.67 162.0 166 73 66 14 41 59 6 1.278 9.2 2.3 3.3 1.44 0.8 25
2008 29 12 10 .545 3.64 205.0 223 92 83 12 45 93 4 1.307 9.8 2.0 4.1 2.07 0.5 32
2009 30 9 8 .529 3.77 155.0 165 72 65 18 44 76 2 1.348 9.6 2.6 4.4 1.73 1.0 27
2010 31 6 8 .429 4.54 127.0 139 71 64 10 49 62 4 1.480 9.9 3.5 4.4 1.27 0.7 23
2011 32 3 7 .300 5.71 93.0 121 66 59 9 35 46 5 1.677 11.7 3.4 4.5 1.31 0.9 18
2012 33 0 0 27.00 2.0 8 7 6 1 1 0 0 4.500 36.0 4.5 0.0 0.00 4.5 1
11 Yrs 68 70 .493 4.04 1293.0 1426 644 580 105 381 548 44 1.398 9.9 3.8 1.44 0.7 239

* 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
2008 *

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
Active  15.1 (50th)

Wins s c a p y
2008 NL  16 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2009 NL  .647 (7th)
Active  .511 (50th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 NL  2.386 (8th)
2008 NL  2.044 (7th)
Active  2.799 (33rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2008 NL  211.3 (8th)
Active  1,315.0 (48th)

Games Started s c a p y
Active  207 (49th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2007 NL  2 (4th)
2008 NL  2 (6th)
2010 NL  2 (6th)
Active  11 (34th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 NL  1 (7th)
2009 NL  1 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
2006 NL  242 (3rd)
2008 NL  236 (1st)
Active  1,527 (40th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 NL  0.719 (4th)
2008 NL  0.554 (6th)
Active  0.767 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
2006 NL  15 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
Active  666 (42nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2003 NL  10 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
Active  47 (50th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2008 NL  886 (6th)
Active  5,726 (48th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
Active  105 (33rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 22 (1012), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1076), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Mark Clark (973)
  2. Joey Hamilton (962)
  3. Kris Benson (961)
  4. Armando Reynoso (957)
  5. Joe Blanton (957)
  6. Carlos Silva (956)
  7. Mike Smithson (956)
  8. Jose Contreras (955)
  9. Cory Lidle (954)
  10. Willard Nixon (954)
Similar Pitchers through 32 
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  1. Mark Clark (973)
  2. Jake Westbrook (966)
  3. Joey Hamilton (962)
  4. Cal Eldred (960)
  5. Brett Tomko (957)
  6. Phil Collins (954)
  7. Kris Benson (953)
  8. Sloppy Thurston (946)
  9. Ramon Ortiz (945)
  10. Omar Olivares (944)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Dick Marlowe (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Rich Robertson (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Kirk Saarloos (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jimmy Jones (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mike Harkey (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Brett Tomko (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jake Westbrook (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mark Clark (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mark Clark (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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