David Cortés

David Cardenas Cortes

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 15, 1973 in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
High School: El Centro HS (El Centro, CA)
School: Imperial Valley College (Imperial, CA)
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 30, 1999
Teams (by GP): Rockies/Braves/Indians 1999-2006

Final Game: July 13, 2006
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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
1996	22	ATL-min	A-	2	1	.667	0.73	15	0	11	0	0	4	24.2	13	2	2	0	6	0	33	0	0	0	95		0.770	4.7	0.0	2.2	12.0	5.50	EUG · NORW
1997	23	ATL-min	A,A+,AA	6	0	1.000	1.29	49	0	41	0	0	23	55.2	35	9	8	2	10	0	55	2	0	1	210		0.808	5.7	0.3	1.6	8.9	5.50	MAC,DHM,GRV · SALL,CARL,SOUL
1998	24	ATL-COL-min	AAA	4	3	.571	3.48	35	0	17	0	0	4	51.2	51	21	20	2	16	3	51	0	0	1	218		1.297	8.9	0.3	2.8	8.9	3.19	RMD,CSP · IL,PCL
1999	25	ATL-min	AAA	2	3	.400	3.35	47	0	42	0	0	22	45.2	50	19	17	2	14	5	42	0	0	2	198		1.401	9.9	0.4	2.8	8.3	3.00	RMD · IL
1999	25	ATL	NL	0	0		4.91	4	0	4	0	0	0	3.2	3	3	2	0	4	0	2	0	0	2	18	100	1.909	7.4	0.0	9.8	4.9	0.50
2000		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2001	27	ATL-min	AA,A,A+	1	5	.167	7.24	33	0	12	0	0	2	41.0	44	36	33	5	21	2	27	2	1	7	195		1.585	9.7	1.1	4.6	5.9	1.29	GRV,MAC,MYR · SOUL,SALL,CARL
2002	28	ARI-min	AAA	3	1	.750	3.86	42	0	31	0	0	14	51.1	55	22	22	2	15	2	51	1	0	3	221		1.364	9.6	0.4	2.6	8.9	3.40	DLA,TUC · MEX,PCL
2003	29	CLE-min	AAA	5	3	.625	2.70	53	0	44	0	0	19	60.0	62	20	18	4	18	1	48	0	0	2	255		1.333	9.3	0.6	2.7	7.2	2.67	DLA,BFL · MEX,IL
2003	29	CLE	AL	0	0		12.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	8	5	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	18	41	2.667	24.0	3.0	0.0	3.0

2004	30	DET-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	3.95	14	0	4	0	0	0	13.2	12	6	6	0	6	2	10	1	0	1	58		1.317	7.9	0.0	4.0	6.6	1.67	TOL · IL
2005	31	COL-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	4.02	12	0	6	0	0	1	15.2	15	9	7	3	7	0	15	0	0	0	69		1.404	8.6	1.7	4.0	8.6	2.14	CSP · PCL
2005	31	COL	NL	2	0	1.000	4.10	50	0	14	0	0	2	52.2	50	24	24	9	10	2	36	1	0	3	213	117	1.139	8.5	1.5	1.7	6.2	3.60
2006	32	COL-min	AAA	1	1	.500	4.82	18	0	8	0	0	2	18.2	22	10	10	2	9	1	16	0	0	1	87		1.661	10.6	1.0	4.3	7.7	1.78	CSP · PCL
2006	32	COL	NL	3	1	.750	4.30	30	0	16	0	0	0	29.1	35	14	14	3	6	1	14	1	0	0	124	115	1.398	10.7	0.9	1.8	4.3	2.33
2007	33	MCD	AAA	0	0		4.67	18	0	11	0	0	9	17.1	17	9	9	0	5	1	18	0	0	0	75		1.269	8.8	0.0	2.6	9.3	3.60	MCD · MEX
2008	34	MCD	AAA	3	0	1.000	0.20	42	0	39	0	0	25	44.1	44	2	1	0	4	0	37	1	0	1	175		1.083	8.9	0.0	0.8	7.5	9.25	MCD · MEX
2009	35	MCD	AAA	2	2	.500	4.46	42	0	33	0	0	19	38.1	53	24	19	2	7	1	26	1	0	2	173		1.565	12.4	0.5	1.6	6.1	3.71	MCD · MEX
2010	36	MCD	AAA	1	0	1.000	6.65	27	0	19	0	0	9	23.0	30	17	17	4	8	1	13	4	0	1	107		1.652	11.7	1.6	3.1	5.1	1.63	MCD · MEX
4 Yrs				5	1	.833	4.47	86	0	36	0	0	2	88.2	96	46	44	13	20	3	53	2	0	5	373	109	1.308	9.7	1.3	2.0	5.4	2.65
162 Game Avg.				4	1	.833	4.47	68	0	28	0	0	2	70	76	36	35	10	16	2	42	2	0	4	295	109	1.308	9.7	1.3	2.0	5.4	2.65

COL (2 yrs)				5	1	.833	4.17	80	0	30	0	0	2	82.0	85	38	38	12	16	3	50	2	0	3	337	117	1.232	9.3	1.3	1.8	5.5	3.13
ATL (1 yr)				0	0		4.91	4	0	4	0	0	0	3.2	3	3	2	0	4	0	2	0	0	2	18	100	1.909	7.4	0.0	9.8	4.9	0.50
CLE (1 yr)				0	0		12.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	8	5	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	18	41	2.667	24.0	3.0	0.0	3.0

NL (3 yrs)				5	1	.833	4.20	84	0	34	0	0	2	85.2	88	41	40	12	20	3	52	2	0	5	355	116	1.261	9.2	1.3	2.1	5.5	2.60
AL (1 yr)				0	0		12.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	8	5	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	18	41	2.667	24.0	3.0	0.0	3.0

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
1999	25	ATL	NL	3.2	4	0	3	7.36	5.26	0.28	-0.40	99.2	4.55	-1	-0.1	.0	0.0	0.0	-1	.472	.499	$

2003	29	CLE	AL	3.0	2	0	5	15.00	4.94	0.29	-0.37	96.0	4.11	-4	-0.3	.4	0.1	-0.2	-3	.347	.498	$

2005	31	COL	NL	52.2	50	0	24	4.10	4.51	-0.10	-0.34	112.9	4.81	4	0.4	.8	-0.2	0.7	9	.509	.503	$
2006	32	COL	NL	29.1	30	0	14	4.30	4.88	0.11	-0.36	107.1	4.74	2	0.2	.8	-0.1	0.3	4	.505	.501	$350,000
4 Seasons				88.2	86	0	46	4.67	4.68	-0.00	-0.35	109.8	4.75	1	0.2	.8	-0.1	0.8	10	.502	.500	$350,000

COL (2 yrs)				82.0	80	0	38	4.17	4.64	-0.02	-0.35	110.8	4.79	6	0.6	.8	-0.2	1.0	14	.507	.502	$350,000
ATL (1 yr)				3.2	4	0	3	7.36	5.26	0.28	-0.40	99.2	4.55	-1	-0.1	.0	0.0	0.0	-1	.472	.499	$
CLE (1 yr)				3.0	2	0	5	15.00	4.94	0.29	-0.37	96.0	4.11	-4	-0.3	.4	0.1	-0.2	-3	.347	.498	$

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	25	ATL	NL	4	18	14	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	.214	.389	.286	.675	.250	4	0	0	0	0	0	0

2003	29	CLE	AL	2	18	17	5	8	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	.471	.444	.824	1.268	.438	14	0	0	0	1	0	1

2005	31	COL	NL	50	213	199	24	50	7	1	9	5	1	10	36	.251	.288	.432	.720	.263	86	3	1	1	2	2	2
2006	32	COL	NL	30	124	113	14	35	4	0	3	0	0	6	14	.310	.344	.425	.769	.327	48	4	1	2	2	1	0
4 Yrs				86	373	343	46	96	15	1	13	6	1	20	53	.280	.319	.443	.762	.294	152	7	2	3	5	3	3
162 Game Avg.				68	295	271	36	76	12	1	10	5	1	16	42	.280	.319	.443	.762	.294	120	6	2	2	4	2	2
MLB Averages																.266	.336	.427	.763	.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
1999	25	ATL	NL	-0.4	-0.0	21	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.01	0.0	-0.6	-0.6	-0.1	0.01	-0.8	0	0	3

2003	29	CLE	AL	-2.8	-0.2	20	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.20	-0.3	0.1	-3.2	-0.3	0.20	-3.8	0	1	1

2005	31	COL	NL	4.5	0.4	223	-0.0	2.7	-2.7	.74	-0.1	0.1	4.7	0.4	0.74	5.5	11	13	24
2006	32	COL	NL	2.5	0.2	124	0.4	1.8	-1.4	.68	0.2	0.5	4.4	0.4	0.68	3.0	6	4	19
4 Yrs				3.8	0.4	388	0.4	4.6	-4.2	.65	-0.2	0.8	5.3	0.5	0.65	3.9	17	18	47

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1999	25	ATL	NL	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0%	8	.011	0	0	3	1	0	3	2	2	1	2	1	0	2.8	16

2003	29	CLE	AL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	7	.196	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	4.5	34

2005	31	COL	NL	50	50	14	2	0	4	2	2	50%	9	4	18	6	33%	7	.740	11	13	24	15	4	31	11	39	10	12	10	9	3.2	16
2006	32	COL	NL	30	30	16	3	1	1	0	1	0%	4	3	17	3	18%	9	.680	6	4	19	7	2	21	10	20	3	4	5	7	2.9	14
4 Yrs				86	86	36	5	1	5	2	3	40%	13	7	40	9	23%		.659	17	18	47	24	6	56	24	62	15	19	17	16	3.1	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%
1999	25	ATL	NL	18	67%	0.0%	11.1%	22.2%	5.6%	33%	0.20	0.29	67%	33%	0.0%	20%	2	0	0%

2003	29	CLE	AL	18	50%	5.6%	5.6%	0.0%	22.2%	50%	0.42	0.33	89%	18%	8.3%	0%	2	0	0%

2005	31	COL	NL	213	55%	4.2%	16.9%	4.7%	8.0%	34%	0.48	0.59	73%	17%	9.5%	14%	32	3	9%
2006	32	COL	NL	124	60%	2.4%	11.3%	4.8%	5.7%	20%	0.71	0.80	79%	21%	5.5%	7%	32	4	13%
4 Yrs				373	57%	3.5%	14.2%	5.4%	7.8%	30%	0.53	0.63	76%	19%	7.6%	11%	68	7	10%
MLB Averages					46%	2.9%	16.7%	8.7%	8.1%	34%	0.78	1.07	70%	21%	8.1%	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
1999	25	ATL	NL	18	64	3.56	32	50%	25%	13%	25%	38%	75%	0%	38%	83%	61%	11%	2	0	11%	2	1	1	0%	0	2	0	0	0

2003	29	CLE	AL	18	67	3.72	46	69%	22%	11%	30%	37%	78%	0%	54%	86%	56%	0%	0	0	39%	7	6	3	100%	0	0	0	0	0

2005	31	COL	NL	213	790	3.71	525	66%	25%	12%	31%	32%	75%	2%	50%	83%	64%	6%	13	7	31%	65	37	4	44%	8	4	0	0	0
2006	32	COL	NL	124	416	3.35	281	68%	19%	11%	34%	37%	81%	3%	55%	86%	62%	2%	3	1	33%	41	29	5	36%	2	1	0	0	0
4 Yrs				373	1337	3.58	884	66%	23%	12%	32%	34%	77%	2%	51%	85%	63%	5%	18	8	31%	115	73	13	42%	10	7	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		62%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	58%	5%			21%				27%

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	25	ATL	NL	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	2	0	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

2003	29	CLE	AL	18	8	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	50%	1	0	0	8	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

2005	31	COL	NL	213	50	3	0	9	1	4	5	4	6	3	9	4	1	44%	2	3	1	69	5	1	83%	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
2006	32	COL	NL	124	35	1	0	3	0	8	2	1	2	1	10	5	2	50%	0	0	0	58	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4 Yrs				373	96	5	0	13	1	12	8	5	9	4	22	11	3	50%	3	5	1	147	6	1	86%	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
MLB Averages																		54%							70%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1999	25	0	0		4.91	4	4	0	3.2	3	3	2	0	4	0	2	0	2	18	100	1.909	7.4	0.0	9.8	4.9	0.50	100
2000	26	0	0		4.91	4	4	0	3.2	3	3	2	0	4	0	2	0	2	18	100	1.909	7.4	0.0	9.8	4.9	0.50	100
2001	27	0	0		4.91	4	4	0	3.2	3	3	2	0	4	0	2	0	2	18	100	1.909	7.4	0.0	9.8	4.9	0.50	100
2002	28	0	0		4.91	4	4	0	3.2	3	3	2	0	4	0	2	0	2	18	100	1.909	7.4	0.0	9.8	4.9	0.50	100
2003	29	0	0		8.10	6	6	0	6.2	11	8	6	1	4	0	3	0	2	36	60	2.250	14.9	1.4	5.4	4.1	0.75	60
2004	30	0	0		8.10	6	6	0	6.2	11	8	6	1	4	0	3	0	2	36	60	2.250	14.9	1.4	5.4	4.1	0.75	60
2005	31	2	0	1.000	4.55	56	20	2	59.1	61	32	30	10	14	2	39	1	5	249	106	1.264	9.3	1.5	2.1	5.9	2.79	106
2006	32	5	1	.833	4.47	86	36	2	88.2	96	46	44	13	20	3	53	2	5	373	109	1.308	9.7	1.3	2.0	5.4	2.65	109

Neutralized Pitching

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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	25	0	0		2.25	4.0	2	1	1	0	3	2	0	1.250	4.5	6.8	4.5	0.67	0.0	4

2003	29	0	0		6.00	6.0	0	4	4	0	0	2	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	3.0		0.0	2

2005	31	3	2	.600	3.63	52.0	47	23	21	8	9	36	1	1.077	8.1	1.6	6.2	4.00	1.4	50
2006	32	2	1	.667	3.72	29.0	32	13	12	3	5	14	1	1.276	9.9	1.6	4.3	2.80	0.9	30
4 Yrs		5	3	.625	3.76	91.0	81	41	38	11	17	54	2	1.077	8.0		5.3	3.18	1.1	86

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