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Francisco Cordero

Francisco Javier Cordero

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 245 lb.

Born: May 11, 1975 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
High School: Santo Domingo (Santo Domingo, DO)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 1999
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Reds/Brewers/BlueJays/Tigers 1999-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$4.5M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 12.046, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Bean Stringfellow [*]
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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
1999 24 DET AL 2 2 .500 3.32 20 0 4 0 0 0 19.0 19 7 7 2 18 2 19 0 0 1 91 149 1.947 9.0 0.9 8.5 9.0 1.06
2000 25 TEX AL 1 2 .333 5.35 56 0 13 0 0 0 77.1 87 51 46 11 48 3 49 4 0 7 365 94 1.746 10.1 1.3 5.6 5.7 1.02
2001 26 TEX AL 0 1 .000 3.86 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 12 138 2.143 11.6 0.0 7.7 3.9 0.50
2002 27 TEX AL 2 0 1.000 1.79 39 0 25 0 0 10 45.1 33 12 9 2 13 1 41 2 0 1 177 267 1.015 6.6 0.4 2.6 8.1 3.15
2003 28 TEX AL 5 8 .385 2.94 73 0 36 0 0 15 82.2 70 33 27 4 38 6 90 2 0 1 352 172 1.306 7.6 0.4 4.1 9.8 2.37
2004 29 TEX AL 3 4 .429 2.13 67 0 63 0 0 49 71.2 60 19 17 1 32 2 79 1 2 3 304 236 1.284 7.5 0.1 4.0 9.9 2.47 AS,MVP-24
2005 30 TEX AL 3 1 .750 3.39 69 0 60 0 0 37 69.0 61 28 26 5 30 2 79 4 0 0 302 136 1.319 8.0 0.7 3.9 10.3 2.63
2006 31 TOT MLB 10 5 .667 3.70 77 0 47 0 0 22 75.1 69 32 31 7 32 2 84 3 0 4 322 125 1.341 8.2 0.8 3.8 10.0 2.63
2006 31 TEX AL 7 4 .636 4.81 49 0 21 0 0 6 48.2 49 27 26 5 16 1 54 3 0 3 210 97 1.336 9.1 0.9 3.0 10.0 3.38
2006 31 MIL NL 3 1 .750 1.69 28 0 26 0 0 16 26.2 20 5 5 2 16 1 30 0 0 1 112 272 1.350 6.8 0.7 5.4 10.1 1.88
2007 32 MIL NL 0 4 .000 2.98 66 0 58 0 0 44 63.1 52 23 21 4 18 1 86 1 0 2 261 149 1.105 7.4 0.6 2.6 12.2 4.78 AS
2008 33 CIN NL 5 4 .556 3.33 72 0 63 0 0 34 70.1 61 28 26 6 38 3 78 3 0 3 307 132 1.408 7.8 0.8 4.9 10.0 2.05
2009 34 CIN NL 2 6 .250 2.16 68 0 59 0 0 39 66.2 58 21 16 2 30 2 58 0 0 3 276 195 1.320 7.8 0.3 4.1 7.8 1.93 AS
2010 35 CIN NL 6 5 .545 3.84 75 0 64 0 0 40 72.2 68 32 31 5 36 1 59 2 0 2 316 106 1.431 8.4 0.6 4.5 7.3 1.64
2011 36 CIN NL 5 3 .625 2.45 68 0 63 0 0 37 69.2 49 20 19 6 22 0 42 3 1 4 274 161 1.019 6.3 0.8 2.8 5.4 1.91
2012 37 TOR AL 1 2 .333 6.41 22 0 10 0 0 2 19.2 27 15 14 4 8 3 16 1 0 3 92 67 1.780 12.4 1.8 3.7 7.3 2.00
14 Yrs 45 47 .489 3.25 775 0 567 0 0 329 805.0 717 322 291 59 365 29 781 26 3 35 3451 141 1.344 8.0 0.7 4.1 8.7 2.14
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .489 3.25 68 0 50 0 0 29 71 63 28 26 5 32 3 69 2 0 3 303 141 1.344 8.0 0.7 4.1 8.7 2.14
TEX (7 yrs) 21 20 .512 3.45 356 0 220 0 0 117 397.0 363 171 152 28 179 16 393 16 2 16 1722 142 1.365 8.2 0.6 4.1 8.9 2.20
CIN (4 yrs) 18 18 .500 2.96 283 0 249 0 0 150 279.1 236 101 92 19 126 6 237 8 1 12 1173 141 1.296 7.6 0.6 4.1 7.6 1.88
MIL (2 yrs) 3 5 .375 2.60 94 0 84 0 0 60 90.0 72 28 26 6 34 2 116 1 0 3 373 173 1.178 7.2 0.6 3.4 11.6 3.41
DET (1 yr) 2 2 .500 3.32 20 0 4 0 0 0 19.0 19 7 7 2 18 2 19 0 0 1 91 149 1.947 9.0 0.9 8.5 9.0 1.06
TOR (1 yr) 1 2 .333 6.41 22 0 10 0 0 2 19.2 27 15 14 4 8 3 16 1 0 3 92 67 1.780 12.4 1.8 3.7 7.3 2.00
AL (9 yrs) 24 24 .500 3.57 398 0 234 0 0 119 435.2 409 193 173 34 205 21 428 17 2 20 1905 136 1.409 8.4 0.7 4.2 8.8 2.09
NL (6 yrs) 21 23 .477 2.88 377 0 333 0 0 210 369.1 308 129 118 25 160 8 353 9 1 15 1546 148 1.267 7.5 0.6 3.9 8.6 2.21

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
1999 24 DET AL 19.0 20 0 7 3.32 5.35 0.19 -0.39 98.3 4.68 3 0.3 1.4 0.0 0.5 5 .514 .502 $200,000
2000 25 TEX AL 77.1 56 0 51 5.94 5.46 -0.39 -0.40 100.6 5.48 -4 -0.4 .9 -0.2 0.2 7 .493 .497 $200,000
2001 26 TEX AL 2.1 3 0 1 3.86 5.12 -0.35 -0.38 96.0 4.88 0 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.1 1 .508 .500 $277,500
2002 27 TEX AL 45.1 39 0 12 2.38 4.87 -0.11 -0.37 105.4 4.86 12 1.2 1.4 0.1 1.8 18 .532 .508 $
2003 28 TEX AL 82.2 73 0 33 3.59 4.97 0.29 -0.37 110.2 4.76 11 1.1 1.6 0.1 2.0 21 .515 .507 $900,000
2004 29 TEX AL 71.2 67 0 19 2.39 5.01 -0.17 -0.37 106.3 5.11 21 2.1 1.9 0.8 3.5 31 .531 .513 $2,000,000 AS,MVP-24
2005 30 TEX AL 69.0 69 0 28 3.65 4.74 -0.23 -0.36 104.0 4.80 8 0.8 1.6 0.1 1.6 17 .512 .505 $3,875,000
2006 31 TEX AL 48.2 49 0 27 4.99 5.03 0.05 -0.37 101.3 4.67 -2 -0.2 1.6 -0.2 0.1 4 .496 .499 $4,125,000
2006 31 MIL NL 26.2 28 0 5 1.69 4.75 0.04 -0.35 101.7 4.43 8 0.8 2.1 0.4 1.4 11 .529 .505 $
2007 32 MIL NL 63.1 66 0 23 3.27 4.70 -0.07 -0.34 100.5 4.46 9 0.9 1.8 0.2 1.6 15 .513 .505 $5,425,000 AS
2008 33 CIN NL 70.1 72 0 28 3.58 4.67 -0.12 -0.34 101.6 4.53 8 0.8 1.6 0.1 1.5 14 .511 .505 $8,625,000
2009 34 CIN NL 66.2 68 0 21 2.84 4.48 0.11 -0.33 100.2 4.05 9 0.9 1.7 0.2 1.6 15 .514 .506 $12,125,000 AS
2010 35 CIN NL 72.2 75 0 32 3.96 4.35 0.19 -0.32 100.2 3.84 -1 -0.1 1.6 -0.2 0.2 6 .498 .499 $12,125,000
2011 36 CIN NL 69.2 68 0 20 2.58 4.21 0.18 -0.32 101.1 3.75 9 1.0 1.6 0.1 1.6 15 .514 .506 $12,125,000
2012 37 TOR AL 19.2 22 0 15 6.86 4.68 0.97 -0.35 103.3 3.47 -8 -0.8 1.3 -0.2 -0.7 -5 .465 .495 $
14 Seasons 805.0 775 0 322 3.60 4.78 0.01 -0.35 102.8 4.55 83 8.4 1.6 1.5 17.0 175 .511 .503 $62,002,500
TEX (7 yrs) 397.0 356 0 171 3.88 5.03 -0.10 -0.37 104.8 4.97 46 4.6 1.5 0.8 9.3 99 .513 .504 $11,377,500
CIN (4 yrs) 279.1 283 0 101 3.25 4.43 0.09 -0.33 100.8 4.04 24 2.6 1.6 0.2 4.9 51 .509 .504 $45,000,000
MIL (2 yrs) 90.0 94 0 28 2.80 4.72 -0.04 -0.34 100.9 4.45 17 1.7 1.9 0.6 3.0 26 .518 .505 $5,425,000
DET (1 yr) 19.0 20 0 7 3.32 5.35 0.19 -0.39 98.3 4.68 3 0.3 1.4 0.0 0.5 5 .514 .502 $200,000
TOR (1 yr) 19.2 22 0 15 6.86 4.68 0.97 -0.35 103.3 3.47 -8 -0.8 1.3 -0.2 -0.7 -5 .465 .495 $

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
2004 TEX AL 29
2007 MIL NL 32 0 0 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.0
2009 CIN NL 34 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
3 Yrs (2 GP) 0 0 0 4.50 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 4.5 0.0 0.0

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
1999 24 DET AL 20 91 67 7 19 4 1 2 3 0 18 19 .284 .416 .463 .878 .340 31 2 0 2 4 2 0
2000 25 TEX AL 56 365 305 51 87 19 3 11 3 2 48 49 .285 .383 .475 .858 .303 145 8 4 2 6 3 6
2001 26 TEX AL 3 12 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .300 .417 .300 .717 .333 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
2002 27 TEX AL 39 177 162 12 33 7 0 2 0 4 13 41 .204 .271 .284 .555 .261 46 4 2 0 0 1 2
2003 28 TEX AL 73 352 305 33 70 8 1 4 5 5 38 90 .230 .315 .302 .617 .307 92 5 2 3 4 6 5
2004 29 TEX AL 67 304 265 19 60 12 0 1 5 2 32 79 .226 .311 .283 .594 .317 75 4 1 5 1 2 3
2005 30 TEX AL 69 302 261 28 61 15 1 5 4 0 30 79 .234 .319 .356 .675 .311 93 1 4 4 3 2 3
2006 31 TEX AL 49 210 185 27 49 9 0 5 3 2 16 54 .265 .325 .395 .720 .336 73 1 3 1 5 1 1
2006 31 MIL NL 28 112 94 5 20 3 2 2 1 0 16 30 .213 .327 .351 .678 .290 33 6 0 2 0 1 1
2006 31 TOT MLB 77 322 279 32 69 12 2 7 4 2 32 84 .247 .326 .380 .706 .321 106 7 3 3 5 2 2
2007 32 MIL NL 66 261 239 23 52 11 0 4 3 0 18 86 .218 .274 .314 .588 .320 75 2 1 2 1 1 3
2008 33 CIN NL 72 307 260 28 61 9 1 6 7 3 38 78 .235 .336 .346 .682 .307 90 5 3 3 3 3 4
2009 34 CIN NL 68 276 239 21 58 9 0 2 3 4 30 58 .243 .322 .305 .628 .306 73 7 0 3 4 2 1
2010 35 CIN NL 75 316 276 32 68 12 0 5 12 1 36 59 .246 .337 .344 .681 .296 95 7 2 1 1 1 1
2011 36 CIN NL 68 274 247 20 49 10 1 6 9 2 22 42 .198 .271 .320 .591 .215 79 6 3 1 1 0 2
2012 37 TOR AL 22 92 80 15 27 4 0 4 2 0 8 16 .338 .404 .538 .942 .383 43 3 1 3 0 3 1
14 Yrs 775 3451 2995 322 717 132 10 59 60 25 365 781 .239 .324 .349 .673 .301 1046 61 26 32 33 29 33
162 Game Avg. 68 303 263 28 63 12 1 5 5 2 32 69 .239 .324 .349 .673 .301 92 5 2 3 3 3 3
MLB Averages .264 .333 .421 .754 .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
1999 24 DET AL 3.8 0.4 96 -0.1 2.2 -2.4 1.61 -0.1 0.0 2.1 0.2 1.61 -1.8 8 9 3
2000 25 TEX AL -3.1 -0.3 376 -1.4 4.1 -5.5 .66 -1.3 -0.8 -7.3 -0.7 0.66 -9.3 15 12 25
2001 26 TEX AL 0.4 0.0 13 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 1.95 0.0 -0.1 -0.5 -0.0 1.95 -0.2 2 0 1
2002 27 TEX AL 13.3 1.3 185 1.6 4.3 -2.7 1.13 1.4 -0.0 12.2 1.2 1.13 16.7 13 11 15
2003 28 TEX AL 15.9 1.5 365 1.1 11.0 -9.9 1.77 1.1 -0.5 11.0 1.0 1.77 15.5 39 18 15
2004 29 TEX AL 21.2 2.0 321 4.4 13.6 -9.1 2.28 1.3 0.6 20.1 1.9 2.28 18.2 41 15 9
2005 30 TEX AL 9.2 0.9 314 2.2 11.4 -9.2 1.94 0.2 0.9 7.5 0.7 1.94 6.9 35 12 22
2006 31 TOT MLB 8.4 0.8 331 -0.5 10.6 -11.1 1.94 0.2 -0.5 7.7 0.7 1.93 7.7 47 14 14
2006 31 TEX AL -0.4 -0.0 217 -1.5 5.5 -7.0 1.69 0.0 -0.9 1.3 0.1 1.69 3.7 30 5 12
2006 31 MIL NL 8.7 0.8 114 0.9 5.1 -4.1 2.39 0.2 0.2 6.5 0.6 2.39 4.0 17 9 2
2007 32 MIL NL 10.2 1.0 271 1.5 10.2 -8.7 2.01 0.8 -0.1 10.3 1.0 2.01 10.6 40 11 14
2008 33 CIN NL 8.6 0.8 321 1.4 9.9 -8.5 1.81 0.3 0.4 3.2 0.3 1.81 5.7 40 7 20
2009 34 CIN NL 13.5 1.4 286 1.3 9.5 -8.2 1.96 1.0 -0.4 10.9 1.1 1.96 13.3 42 11 15
2010 35 CIN NL 2.8 0.3 331 -0.0 11.3 -11.3 2.10 -0.2 0.2 1.4 0.1 2.10 3.8 45 14 15
2011 36 CIN NL 11.4 1.2 292 1.8 10.5 -8.7 2.04 1.2 -0.3 10.5 1.1 2.04 11.5 34 15 16
2012 37 TOR AL -4.3 -0.4 99 -0.8 2.3 -3.1 1.77 -0.5 0.0 -5.1 -0.5 1.77 -4.7 10 5 7
14 Yrs 111.3 11.0 3601 12.4 111.1 -98.7 1.78 5.7 1.3 84.0 8.1 1.78 94.1 411 154 191

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
1999 24 DET AL 20 20 4 2 2 0 0 0 6 6 14 5 36% 7 1.614 8 9 3 8 6 6 8 12 4 8 5 2 2.9 20
2000 25 TEX AL 56 56 13 1 2 3 0 3 0% 7 4 72 24 33% 6 .662 15 12 25 9 3 44 37 19 30 16 37 8 4.1 26
2001 26 TEX AL 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0% 8 1.953 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2.3 14
2002 27 TEX AL 39 39 25 2 0 12 10 2 83% 13 1 21 8 38% 9 1.130 13 11 15 23 4 12 11 28 12 6 13 7 3.5 19
2003 28 TEX AL 73 73 36 5 8 25 15 10 60% 43 18 34 12 35% 8 1.775 39 18 15 51 9 13 21 52 23 11 24 20 3.4 20
2004 29 TEX AL 67 67 63 3 4 54 49 5 91% 54 0 25 8 32% 9 2.280 41 15 9 58 5 4 13 54 13 10 13 17 3.2 19
2005 30 TEX AL 69 69 60 3 1 45 37 8 82% 45 0 27 11 41% 9 1.943 35 12 22 53 3 13 13 56 6 9 6 18 3.0 18
2006 31 TOT MLB 77 77 47 10 5 33 22 11 67% 49 16 33 11 33% 1.936 47 14 14 55 9 13 19 58 8 13 8 24 2.9 17
2006 31 TEX AL 49 49 21 7 4 15 6 9 40% 30 15 19 5 26% 8 1.691 30 5 12 35 5 9 10 39 5 7 5 15 3.0 17
2006 31 MIL NL 28 28 26 3 1 18 16 2 89% 19 1 14 6 43% 9 2.395 17 9 2 20 4 4 9 19 3 6 3 9 2.9 16
2007 32 MIL NL 66 66 58 0 4 51 44 7 86% 51 0 17 4 24% 9 2.010 40 11 14 58 4 4 11 55 5 9 5 21 2.9 16
2008 33 CIN NL 72 72 63 5 4 40 34 6 85% 40 0 15 9 60% 9 1.809 40 7 20 51 9 12 7 65 3 6 3 22 2.9 18
2009 34 CIN NL 68 68 59 2 6 43 39 4 91% 43 0 4 3 75% 9 1.961 42 11 15 51 10 7 2 66 1 6 1 22 2.9 16
2010 35 CIN NL 75 75 64 6 5 48 40 8 83% 49 1 4 3 75% 9 2.096 45 14 15 63 10 2 2 73 2 7 3 30 2.9 17
2011 36 CIN NL 68 68 63 5 3 43 37 6 86% 43 0 2 2 100% 9 2.042 34 15 16 52 6 10 1 67 3 4 3 21 3.1 16
2012 37 TOR AL 22 22 10 1 2 5 2 3 40% 10 5 4 0 0% 9 1.766 10 5 7 16 4 2 2 20 0 4 0 3 2.7 17
14 Yrs 775 775 567 45 47 402 329 73 82% 454 52 274 100 36% 1.781 411 154 191 549 83 143 148 627 110 110 122 216 3.1 18

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%
1999 24 DET AL 91 47% 2.2% 20.9% 19.8% 7.7% 37% 0.58 1.11 55% 30% 6.3% 3% 22 2 9%
2000 25 TEX AL 365 58% 3.0% 13.4% 13.2% 9.0% 38% 0.48 0.74 69% 30% 7.3% 11% 96 8 8%
2001 26 TEX AL 12 50% 0.0% 8.3% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 0.60 1.00 75% 22% 0.0% 20% 2 0 0%
2002 27 TEX AL 177 53% 1.1% 23.2% 7.3% 5.1% 27% 0.53 0.91 67% 28% 3.0% 14% 24 4 17%
2003 28 TEX AL 352 51% 1.1% 25.6% 10.8% 3.7% 19% 1.02 1.49 61% 20% 4.0% 7% 69 5 7%
2004 29 TEX AL 304 44% 0.3% 26.0% 10.5% 4.3% 22% 0.69 0.86 61% 21% 1.0% 12% 66 4 6%
2005 30 TEX AL 302 44% 1.7% 26.2% 9.9% 7.0% 34% 0.77 0.80 60% 17% 5.3% 9% 67 1 1%
2006 31 TOT MLB 322 54% 2.2% 26.1% 9.9% 6.5% 30% 0.68 0.96 60% 20% 6.3% 6% 77 7 9%
2006 31 TEX AL 210 53% 2.4% 25.7% 7.6% 6.7% 29% 0.76 0.91 62% 19% 6.9% 5% 43 1 2%
2006 31 MIL NL 112 57% 1.8% 26.8% 14.3% 6.3% 35% 0.52 1.04 55% 21% 5.1% 7% 34 6 18%
2007 32 MIL NL 261 56% 1.5% 33.0% 6.9% 5.8% 29% 0.70 0.79 57% 19% 5.4% 18% 40 2 5%
2008 33 CIN NL 307 56% 2.0% 25.4% 12.4% 5.2% 26% 0.70 0.90 58% 22% 6.5% 14% 63 5 8%
2009 34 CIN NL 276 50% 0.7% 21.0% 10.9% 4.0% 19% 0.70 1.01 66% 25% 2.1% 12% 62 7 11%
2010 35 CIN NL 316 55% 1.6% 18.7% 11.4% 5.4% 25% 0.78 0.95 67% 21% 5.0% 18% 68 7 10%
2011 36 CIN NL 274 54% 2.2% 15.3% 8.0% 6.2% 35% 0.98 1.26 73% 16% 6.7% 14% 44 6 14%
2012 37 TOR AL 92 43% 4.4% 17.4% 8.7% 8.7% 30% 0.75 1.53 65% 21% 14.3% 22% 21 3 14%
14 Yrs 3451 52% 1.7% 22.6% 10.6% 5.8% 28% 0.72 0.98 63% 22% 5.2% 12% 721 61 8%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.2% 8.7% 7.9% 34% 0.79 1.07 70% 20% 7.9% 13% 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
1999 24 DET AL 91 403 4.43 225 56% 27% 15% 34% 24% 73% 3% 41% 79% 46% 11% 10 5 14% 13 6 1 37% 2 3 0 0 0
2000 25 TEX AL 366 1433 3.92 824 58% 27% 14% 27% 32% 73% 2% 42% 81% 44% 8% 30 14 16% 59 35 6 29% 6 13 -1 0 0
2001 26 TEX AL 12 42 3.50 24 57% 33% 17% 13% 38% 67% 17% 38% 75% 25% 8% 1 0 8% 1 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2002 27 TEX AL 178 731 4.11 456 62% 27% 18% 28% 27% 73% 1% 45% 75% 58% 4% 7 4 26% 46 27 4 17% 7 2 -1 0 0
2003 28 TEX AL 353 1467 4.16 910 62% 28% 18% 29% 24% 72% 4% 44% 75% 58% 6% 21 8 25% 90 50 6 18% 12 7 -1 0 0
2004 29 TEX AL 306 1288 4.21 829 64% 26% 21% 30% 23% 74% 2% 48% 72% 63% 3% 9 6 27% 83 38 3 18% 11 1 -2 0 0
2005 30 TEX AL 302 1239 4.10 772 62% 24% 22% 29% 24% 76% 2% 47% 70% 63% 4% 13 8 24% 71 37 3 15% 9 2 0 0 0
2006 31 TOT MLB 322 1305 4.05 829 64% 27% 21% 28% 24% 73% 2% 46% 72% 62% 3% 10 4 26% 83 43 4 17% 12 4 0 0 0
2006 31 TEX AL 210 849 4.04 548 65% 27% 20% 28% 25% 73% 1% 47% 73% 61% 2% 4 2 27% 57 30 1 15% 10 1 0 0 0
2006 31 MIL NL 112 456 4.07 281 62% 28% 21% 27% 23% 72% 2% 44% 70% 63% 5% 6 2 23% 26 13 3 20% 2 3 0 0 0
2007 32 MIL NL 261 1048 4.02 684 65% 24% 27% 26% 23% 76% 1% 50% 64% 64% 3% 7 4 32% 84 48 6 15% 19 2 0 0 0
2008 33 CIN NL 307 1272 4.14 771 61% 28% 22% 25% 24% 72% 2% 44% 69% 56% 6% 19 11 23% 70 35 5 29% 15 5 0 0 0
2009 34 CIN NL 277 1108 4.00 692 62% 28% 18% 26% 27% 72% 1% 45% 74% 58% 5% 13 6 22% 61 35 7 36% 8 5 -1 0 0
2010 35 CIN NL 317 1290 4.07 801 62% 29% 15% 28% 27% 71% 1% 44% 79% 59% 5% 15 9 24% 76 38 6 29% 6 5 -1 0 0
2011 36 CIN NL 274 1080 3.94 664 61% 29% 18% 21% 31% 71% 0% 44% 74% 61% 5% 13 11 20% 56 18 0 14% 7 2 0 0 0
2012 37 TOR AL 92 380 4.13 233 61% 30% 15% 26% 29% 70% 2% 43% 78% 50% 5% 5 3 21% 19 8 0 25% 2 0 0 0 0
14 Yrs 3458 14086 4.07 8714 62% 27% 19% 27% 26% 73% 2% 45% 73% 58% 5% 173 93 23% 812 419 51 22% 116 51 -7 0 0
MLB Averages 3.76 62% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 26%

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
1999 24 DET AL 91 19 1 0 2 0 7 1 1 0 2 9 6 1 67% 0 1 1 45 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2000 25 TEX AL 365 87 4 0 11 1 19 7 4 5 6 31 15 3 48% 6 7 0 173 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 17 0
2001 26 TEX AL 12 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2002 27 TEX AL 177 33 1 0 2 1 8 1 1 1 1 7 4 1 57% 2 1 1 53 0 4 0% 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 0
2003 28 TEX AL 352 70 7 0 4 0 14 3 1 2 2 17 12 4 71% 5 1 0 136 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 0
2004 29 TEX AL 304 60 6 0 1 0 13 1 0 1 0 18 10 3 56% 3 3 0 141 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 0
2005 30 TEX AL 302 61 5 1 5 0 11 3 2 3 2 16 6 6 38% 3 0 0 139 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2006 31 TOT MLB 322 69 8 1 7 0 20 3 4 4 3 24 12 5 50% 2 4 0 133 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2006 31 TEX AL 210 49 7 1 5 0 5 3 2 4 1 10 9 0 90% 1 3 0 90 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2006 31 MIL NL 112 20 1 0 2 0 15 0 2 0 2 14 3 5 21% 1 1 0 43 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 32 MIL NL 261 52 8 0 4 0 9 2 2 2 2 17 6 9 35% 3 2 0 92 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2008 33 CIN NL 307 61 8 0 6 0 13 6 0 4 2 22 14 4 64% 4 3 0 121 7 3 70% 7 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 0
2009 34 CIN NL 276 58 8 0 2 0 11 2 0 2 0 16 8 2 50% 1 3 0 100 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 0
2010 35 CIN NL 316 68 6 0 5 1 10 4 1 2 3 14 8 2 57% 1 2 0 122 12 1 92% 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2011 36 CIN NL 274 49 6 0 6 0 5 1 5 2 4 7 3 0 43% 2 4 0 92 9 2 82% 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2012 37 TOR AL 92 27 5 1 4 1 1 3 1 3 1 8 5 0 63% 1 3 1 40 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
14 Yrs 3451 717 74 4 59 4 141 37 22 31 28 206 109 40 53% 33 35 3 1393 60 25 71% 55 22 5 2 0 1 8 4 86 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+
1999 24 2 2 .500 3.32 20 0 4 0 0 0 19.0 19 7 7 2 18 2 19 0 0 1 91 149 1.947 9.0 0.9 8.5 9.0 1.06 149
2000 25 3 4 .429 4.95 76 0 17 0 0 0 96.1 106 58 53 13 66 5 68 4 0 8 456 101 1.785 9.9 1.2 6.2 6.4 1.03 101
2001 26 3 5 .375 4.93 79 0 19 0 0 0 98.2 109 59 54 13 68 6 69 4 0 9 468 102 1.794 9.9 1.2 6.2 6.3 1.01 102
2002 27 5 5 .500 3.94 118 0 44 0 0 10 144.0 142 71 63 15 81 7 110 6 0 10 645 126 1.549 8.9 0.9 5.1 6.9 1.36 126
2003 28 10 13 .435 3.57 191 0 80 0 0 25 226.2 212 104 90 19 119 13 200 8 0 11 997 139 1.460 8.4 0.8 4.7 7.9 1.68 139
2004 29 13 17 .433 3.23 258 0 143 0 0 74 298.1 272 123 107 20 151 15 279 9 2 14 1301 155 1.418 8.2 0.6 4.6 8.4 1.85 155
2005 30 16 18 .471 3.26 327 0 203 0 0 111 367.1 333 151 133 25 181 17 358 13 2 14 1603 151 1.399 8.2 0.6 4.4 8.8 1.98 151
2006 31 26 23 .531 3.33 404 0 250 0 0 133 442.2 402 183 164 32 213 19 442 16 2 18 1925 146 1.389 8.2 0.7 4.3 9.0 2.08 146
2007 32 26 27 .491 3.29 470 0 308 0 0 177 506.0 454 206 185 36 231 20 528 17 2 20 2186 146 1.354 8.1 0.6 4.1 9.4 2.29 146
2008 33 31 31 .500 3.29 542 0 371 0 0 211 576.1 515 234 211 42 269 23 606 20 2 23 2493 145 1.360 8.0 0.7 4.2 9.5 2.25 145
2009 34 33 37 .471 3.18 610 0 430 0 0 250 643.0 573 255 227 44 299 25 664 20 2 26 2769 148 1.356 8.0 0.6 4.2 9.3 2.22 148
2010 35 39 42 .481 3.24 685 0 494 0 0 290 715.2 641 287 258 49 335 26 723 22 2 28 3085 143 1.364 8.1 0.6 4.2 9.1 2.16 143
2011 36 44 45 .494 3.17 753 0 557 0 0 327 785.1 690 307 277 55 357 26 765 25 3 32 3359 144 1.333 7.9 0.6 4.1 8.8 2.14 144
2012 37 45 47 .489 3.25 775 0 567 0 0 329 805.0 717 322 291 59 365 29 781 26 3 35 3451 141 1.344 8.0 0.7 4.1 8.7 2.14 141

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
1999 24 1 1 .500 2.84 19.0 18 7 6 2 17 19 0 1.842 8.5 8.1 9.0 1.12 0.9 20
2000 25 3 5 .375 4.62 78.0 81 44 40 10 45 50 4 1.615 9.3 5.2 5.8 1.11 1.2 56
2001 26 0 0 3.00 3.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1.000 6.0 3.0 3.0 1.00 0.0 3
2002 27 3 1 .750 1.88 43.0 32 10 9 2 13 39 2 1.047 6.7 2.7 8.2 3.00 0.4 39
2003 28 6 3 .667 2.60 83.0 66 27 24 4 36 90 2 1.229 7.2 3.9 9.8 2.50 0.4 73
2004 29 7 1 .875 1.88 72.0 56 17 15 1 30 80 1 1.194 7.0 3.8 10.0 2.67 0.1 67
2005 30 4 3 .571 3.26 69.0 60 28 25 5 30 79 4 1.304 7.8 3.9 10.3 2.63 0.7 69
2006 31 4 4 .500 3.53 74.0 67 32 29 7 31 82 3 1.324 8.1 3.8 10.0 2.65 0.9 77
2007 32 5 2 .714 2.67 64.0 50 21 19 4 17 87 1 1.047 7.0 2.4 12.2 5.12 0.6 66
2008 33 4 3 .571 3.13 69.0 59 27 24 6 37 77 3 1.391 7.7 4.8 10.0 2.08 0.8 72
2009 34 4 2 .667 2.29 63.0 58 18 16 2 30 55 0 1.397 8.3 4.3 7.9 1.83 0.3 68
2010 35 3 4 .429 4.17 69.0 69 36 32 5 37 56 2 1.536 9.0 4.8 7.3 1.51 0.7 75
2011 36 5 2 .714 2.73 66.0 50 22 20 6 22 40 3 1.091 6.8 3.0 5.5 1.82 0.8 68
2012 37 0 2 .000 6.63 19.0 27 16 14 4 8 15 1 1.842 12.8 3.8 7.1 1.88 1.9 22
14 Yrs 49 33 .598 3.12 791.0 695 306 274 58 354 770 26 1.326 7.9 8.8 2.18 0.7 775

* 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
2004
2007 *
2009 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2004 AL (24, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
Active  17.0 (46th)

Games Played s c a p y
2003 AL  73 (6th)
Active  775 (4th)
Career  775 (51st)

Saves s c a p y
2004 AL  49 (2nd)
2005 AL  37 (6th)
2007 NL  44 (2nd)
2008 NL  34 (4th)
2009 NL  39 (2nd)
2010 NL  40 (3rd)
2011 NL  37 (7th)
Active  329 (2nd)
Career  329 (12th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2004 AL  63 (2nd)
2005 AL  60 (5th)
2007 NL  58 (4th)
2008 NL  63 (2nd)
2009 NL  59 (3rd)
2010 NL  64 (2nd)
2011 NL  63 (2nd)
Active  567 (2nd)
Career  567 (20th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
Active  111 (24th)
Career  111 (208th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
Active  10.9 (26th)
Career  10.9 (232nd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
Active  84.05 (36th)
Career  84.05 (178th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2004 AL  4.4 (6th)
Active  12.4 (29th)
Career  12.4 (140th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
Active  8.1 (38th)
Career  8.1 (204th)

             

† 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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 22 (1012), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 82 (140), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Jeff Montgomery (962)
  2. Armando Benitez (962)
  3. Robb Nen (957)
  4. Troy Percival (956)
  5. John Wetteland (951)
  6. Rod Beck (943)
  7. Randy Myers (939)
  8. Tom Henke (938)
  9. Jason Isringhausen (931)
  10. Todd Worrell (928)
Similar Pitchers through 36 
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  1. Roberto Hernandez (959)
  2. Jeff Montgomery (956)
  3. Jason Isringhausen (936)
  4. Troy Percival (932)
  5. Jeff Reardon (926)
  6. Trevor Hoffman (923)
  7. Tom Henke (920)
  8. Jeff Brantley (917)
  9. Joe Nathan (908)
  10. Todd Worrell (896)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Rich Garces (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ken Ryan (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Todd Jones (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jose Valverde (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Todd Jones (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Todd Jones (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Gregg Olson (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Roberto Hernandez (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Rod Beck (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Roberto Hernandez (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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