Neal Cotts

Neal James Cotts

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 25, 1980 in Belleville, IL
High School: Lebanon HS (Lebanon, IL)
School: Illinois State University (Normal, IL)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 2003
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Cubs 2003-2009
Agents: Joe Bick [*]
Final Game: May 25, 2009
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Standard Batting

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
2001	21	OAK-min	A-,A+	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		VAN,VIS · NORW,CALL
2002	22	OAK-min	A+	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		MOD · CALL
2003	23	CHW-min	AA	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		BIR · SOUL
2003	23	CHW	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2004	24	CHW	AL	56	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	650	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	25	CHW	AL	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2006	26	CHW	AL	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2007	27	CHC-min	AAA	24	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400		1	0	0	0	0	0		IWA · PCL
2007	27	CHC	NL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	28	CHC-min	AAA	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		IWA · PCL
2008	28	CHC	NL	50	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	29	CHC-min	AAA	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		IWA · PCL
2009	29	CHC	NL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
7 Yrs				284	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	273	2	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	273	1	0	0	0	0	0

CHW (4 yrs)				199	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	650	2	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (3 yrs)				85	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				199	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	650	2	0	0	0	0	0
NL (3 yrs)				85	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	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
2003	23	CHW	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
2004	24	CHW	AL	56	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.501	0.1	0.1	1	$301,000	1
2005	25	CHW	AL	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$330,000	1
2006	26	CHW	AL	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$400,000	1
2007	27	CHC	NL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$825,000	1
2008	28	CHC	NL	50	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
2009	29	CHC	NL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,100,000	1
7 Seasons				284	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.2	1	$2,956,000

CHW (4 yrs)				199	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.2	1	$1,031,000
CHC (3 yrs)				85	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$1,925,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
2004	24	CHW	AL	1	0	2		111	1.000	1.000	.273	1.000	.341	2.000	.438	3.000	.779	650	.000	0.8	0.1		1.000	1.000

2008	28	CHC	NL	1	1	0	0.0	114		.000	.275	.000	.348	.000	.439	.000	.787	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
7 Yrs				2	1	2	53.6	112	1.000	.500	.274	.500	.344	1.000	.438	1.500	.783	273	.987	0.5	0.0	2.000	.500	.500
162 Game Avg.				1	1	1	53.6	112	1.000	.500	.274	.500	.344	1.000	.438	1.500	.783	273	.987	0	0	2.000	.500	.500

CHC (3 yrs)				1	1	0	0.0	114		.000	.275	.000	.348	.000	.439	.000	.787	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
CHW (4 yrs)				1	0	2		111	1.000	1.000	.273	1.000	.341	2.000	.438	3.000	.779	650		0.8	0.1		1.000	1.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2005	25	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	25	CHW	AL	ALCS	LAA	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	25	CHW	AL	WS	HOU	W	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2008	28	CHC	NL	NLDS	LAD	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (4 Series)							8	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
1 NLDS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2004	24	CHW	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100%					0.00	0.00	100%	100%	0.0%	0%

2008	28	CHC	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
7 Yrs				2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	100%		2.0			0.00	0.00	50%	100%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.0%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	1.99	5.2	32.5	7.6	0.80	1.07	70%	19%	7.8%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
2003	23	CHW	AL	0.0	0.0
2004	24	CHW	AL	0.8	0.1	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	-.06	0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.74	-0.3	0
2005	25	CHW	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2006	26	CHW	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2007	27	CHC	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2008	28	CHC	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	0.0		-0.1	-0.0	0.39	-0.3	0
2009	29	CHC	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
7 Yrs				0.5	0.0	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	-.03	0.1	0.1	-0.4	-0.0	0.56	-0.6	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2004	24	CHW	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2008	28	CHC	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2004	24	CHW	AL	1	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

2008	28	CHC	NL	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				2	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					54%																			67%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2004	24	CHW	AL	1	7	7.00	4	57%	50%	0%	25%	25%	50%	0%	29%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0

2008	28	CHC	NL	1	4	4.00	3	75%	0%	67%	33%	0%	100%	0%	75%	33%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				2	11	5.50	7	64%	29%	29%	29%	14%	71%	0%	45%	60%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	2B	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
2004	24	60	1	1	1	1	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	650	2
2005	25	129	1	1	1	1	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	650	2
2006	26	199	1	1	1	1	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	650	2
2007	27	215	1	1	1	1	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	650	2
2008	28	265	2	2	1	1	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	273	2
2009	29	284	2	2	1	1	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	273	2

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2004	24	56	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2	56

2008	28	50	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	50
2 Yrs		106	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	106
162 Game Avg.		162	3	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	3	106

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