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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 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
2003 23 CHW AL 1 1 .500 8.10 4 4 0 0 0 0 13.1 15 12 12 1 17 0 10 0 0 0 69 58 2.400 10.1 0.7 11.5 6.8 0.59
2004 24 CHW AL 4 4 .500 5.65 56 1 12 0 0 0 65.1 61 45 41 13 30 2 58 3 0 8 281 83 1.393 8.4 1.8 4.1 8.0 1.93
2005 25 CHW AL 4 0 1.000 1.94 69 0 10 0 0 0 60.1 38 15 13 1 29 5 58 4 0 3 248 233 1.110 5.7 0.1 4.3 8.7 2.00
2006 26 CHW AL 1 2 .333 5.17 70 0 14 0 0 1 54.0 64 33 31 12 24 6 43 3 0 3 251 92 1.630 10.7 2.0 4.0 7.2 1.79
2007 27 CHC NL 0 1 .000 4.86 16 0 4 0 0 0 16.2 15 9 9 1 9 0 14 3 0 0 76 97 1.440 8.1 0.5 4.9 7.6 1.56
2008 28 CHC NL 0 2 .000 4.29 50 0 7 0 0 0 35.2 38 18 17 7 13 2 43 1 0 3 160 107 1.430 9.6 1.8 3.3 10.9 3.31
2009 29 CHC NL 0 2 .000 7.36 19 0 3 0 0 0 11.0 14 9 9 3 9 0 9 1 0 0 55 62 2.091 11.5 2.5 7.4 7.4 1.00
7 Yrs 10 12 .455 4.63 284 5 50 0 0 1 256.1 245 141 132 38 131 15 235 15 0 17 1140 100 1.467 8.6 1.3 4.6 8.3 1.79
162 Game Avg. 2 3 .455 4.63 67 1 12 0 0 0 60 58 33 31 9 31 4 55 4 0 4 268 100 1.467 8.6 1.3 4.6 8.3 1.79
CHW (4 yrs) 10 7 .588 4.52 199 5 36 0 0 1 193.0 178 105 97 27 100 13 169 10 0 14 849 103 1.440 8.3 1.3 4.7 7.9 1.69
CHC (3 yrs) 0 5 .000 4.97 85 0 14 0 0 0 63.1 67 36 35 11 31 2 66 5 0 3 291 93 1.547 9.5 1.6 4.4 9.4 2.13
AL (4 yrs) 10 7 .588 4.52 199 5 36 0 0 1 193.0 178 105 97 27 100 13 169 10 0 14 849 103 1.440 8.3 1.3 4.7 7.9 1.69
NL (3 yrs) 0 5 .000 4.97 85 0 14 0 0 0 63.1 67 36 35 11 31 2 66 5 0 3 291 93 1.547 9.5 1.6 4.4 9.4 2.13

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
2003 23 CHW AL 13.1 4 4 12 8.10 4.67 0.13 0.18 107.2 5.05 -4 -0.4 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .400 .498 $
2004 24 CHW AL 65.1 56 1 45 6.20 5.18 0.09 -0.36 101.4 4.80 -11 -1.0 .9 -0.1 -0.5 -2 .482 .494 $301,000
2005 25 CHW AL 60.1 69 0 15 2.24 4.86 0.21 -0.37 102.5 4.38 14 1.4 1.1 -0.1 1.9 22 .521 .509 $330,000
2006 26 CHW AL 54.0 70 0 33 5.50 5.13 -0.23 -0.38 103.9 5.17 -2 -0.2 1.2 -0.2 0.1 5 .497 .499 $400,000
2007 27 CHC NL 16.2 16 0 9 4.86 4.93 0.19 -0.35 104.6 4.58 -0 -0.0 1.4 -0.0 0.0 1 .497 .500 $825,000
2008 28 CHC NL 35.2 50 0 18 4.54 4.81 -0.15 -0.35 103.9 4.79 1 0.1 1.1 -0.1 0.4 5 .503 .501 $
2009 29 CHC NL 11.0 19 0 9 7.36 4.84 -0.16 -0.36 103.1 4.78 -3 -0.3 1.1 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .483 .498 $1,100,000
7 Seasons 256.1 284 5 141 4.95 4.99 0.02 -0.34 103.1 4.78 -6 -0.5 1.1 -0.5 1.3 25 .498 .500 $2,956,000
CHW (4 yrs) 193.0 199 5 105 4.90 5.03 0.04 -0.33 102.9 4.79 -4 -0.2 1.1 -0.3 1.2 22 .499 .500 $1,031,000
CHC (3 yrs) 63.1 85 0 36 5.12 4.85 -0.06 -0.35 103.9 4.73 -2 -0.2 1.1 -0.1 0.1 4 .497 .500 $1,925,000

Postseason Pitching

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
2005 25 CHW AL ALDS W BOS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 25 CHW AL ALCS W LAA 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 25 CHW AL WS W HOU 1 0 1.000 0.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 13.5 2.00
2008 28 CHC NL NLDS L LAD 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 7 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 16.2 3.00
2 Yrs (4 Series) 1 0 1.000 0.00 8 0 3 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 16 1.000 4.5 0.0 4.5 11.3 2.50
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 7 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 16.2 3.00
1 ALDS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 ALCS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 WS 1 0 1.000 0.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 13.5 2.00

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
2003 23 CHW AL 4 69 51 12 15 5 0 1 0 0 17 10 .294 .471 .451 .922 .350 23 4 0 1 0 0 1
2004 24 CHW AL 56 281 247 45 61 9 1 13 5 1 30 58 .247 .335 .449 .784 .271 111 9 3 0 1 2 4
2005 25 CHW AL 69 248 212 15 38 10 0 1 2 1 29 58 .179 .286 .241 .527 .237 51 6 4 0 3 5 3
2006 26 CHW AL 70 251 220 33 64 13 3 12 2 0 24 43 .291 .367 .541 .908 .313 119 3 3 3 1 6 1
2007 27 CHC NL 16 76 61 9 15 5 0 1 1 1 9 14 .246 .360 .377 .737 .292 23 4 3 1 2 0 3
2008 28 CHC NL 50 160 143 18 38 4 1 7 3 0 13 43 .266 .331 .455 .786 .333 65 2 1 3 0 2 3
2009 29 CHC NL 19 55 45 9 14 3 0 3 1 0 9 9 .311 .436 .578 1.014 .333 26 2 1 0 0 0 1
7 Yrs 284 1140 979 141 245 49 5 38 14 3 131 235 .250 .345 .427 .772 .290 418 30 15 8 7 15 16
162 Game Avg. 67 268 230 33 58 12 1 9 3 1 31 55 .250 .345 .427 .772 .290 98 7 4 2 2 4 4
MLB Averages .265 .334 .422 .756 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2003 23 CHW AL -4.4 -0.4 69 -0.7 1.2 -1.8 1.15 -0.4 -0.2 -7.0 -0.6 1.15 -5.1 0 0 0
2004 24 CHW AL -6.6 -0.6 295 -1.0 3.8 -4.8 .79 -0.2 -1.1 -3.7 -0.3 0.79 -2.7 14 10 28
2005 25 CHW AL 16.4 1.6 257 1.2 5.1 -3.9 1.11 1.5 -0.4 13.4 1.3 1.11 16.1 19 23 26
2006 26 CHW AL -2.0 -0.2 257 -0.5 4.1 -4.6 .93 -0.9 0.4 -8.6 -0.8 0.93 -9.9 19 18 32
2007 27 CHC NL 0.0 0.0 78 0.1 1.5 -1.4 1.19 -0.1 0.2 -2.6 -0.2 1.19 -1.2 5 7 4
2008 28 CHC NL 1.5 0.2 165 -0.5 2.2 -2.7 .92 -0.4 -0.1 -0.8 -0.1 0.92 -3.3 15 10 24
2009 29 CHC NL -2.9 -0.3 56 -0.5 0.8 -1.4 1.08 -0.5 0.0 -2.5 -0.2 1.08 -4.1 6 2 11
7 Yrs 2.0 0.3 1177 -1.8 18.8 -20.6 .97 -1.0 -0.9 -11.8 -1.0 0.97 -10.2 78 70 125

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
2003 23 CHW AL 4 4 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 39.8 51 21 9 1 0 2 6.7 7.8 3.3 77 2 1 1 0 113
2004 24 CHW AL 56 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31.0 31 31 24 12 0 1 1.0 3.0 2.3 54 1 0 0 0 54
2 Yrs 60 5 1 2 2 1 0 2 3 .400 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38 51 21 33 13 0 3 5.5 7.0 3.1 72 3 1 1 0 113
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 100 -12 4.8 4.8 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
2004 24 CHW AL 56 55 12 4 3 2 0 2 0% 6 4 37 11 30% 7 .785 14 10 28 14 7 34 27 28 22 19 26 12 3.4 21
2005 25 CHW AL 69 69 10 4 0 2 0 2 0% 17 13 47 11 23% 7 1.109 19 23 26 28 9 32 32 37 16 35 20 20 2.6 14
2006 26 CHW AL 70 70 14 1 2 4 1 3 25% 19 14 67 20 30% 7 .927 19 18 32 30 6 34 41 29 12 42 22 17 2.3 15
2007 27 CHC NL 16 16 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 14 5 36% 7 1.192 5 7 4 3 4 9 8 8 6 6 7 3 3.1 20
2008 28 CHC NL 50 50 7 0 2 2 0 2 0% 15 10 33 7 21% 7 .916 15 10 24 25 6 19 19 31 6 27 11 17 2.1 13
2009 29 CHC NL 19 19 3 0 2 1 0 1 0% 5 2 14 1 7% 7 1.076 6 2 11 7 2 10 8 11 0 11 1 6 1.7 12
6 Yrs 280 279 50 9 10 11 1 10 9% 65 45 212 55 26% .957 78 70 125 107 34 138 135 144 62 140 87 75 2.6 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%
2003 23 CHW AL 69 12% 1.5% 14.5% 24.6% 8.7% 40% 0.63 1.14 58% 24% 5.3% 21% 20 4 20%
2004 24 CHW AL 281 42% 4.6% 20.6% 10.7% 8.2% 38% 0.83 1.16 63% 21% 14.0% 11% 61 9 15%
2005 25 CHW AL 248 47% 0.4% 23.4% 11.7% 4.4% 29% 0.86 1.00 63% 13% 1.5% 18% 54 6 11%
2006 26 CHW AL 251 44% 4.8% 17.1% 9.6% 11.2% 44% 0.73 1.13 66% 17% 13.5% 12% 44 3 7%
2007 27 CHC NL 76 38% 1.3% 18.4% 11.8% 7.9% 40% 0.78 0.84 63% 8% 4.2% 11% 22 4 18%
2008 28 CHC NL 160 48% 4.4% 26.9% 8.1% 7.5% 32% 0.56 0.73 58% 20% 13.2% 16% 33 2 6%
2009 29 CHC NL 55 53% 5.5% 16.4% 16.4% 10.9% 43% 1.50 2.00 60% 6% 27.3% 21% 15 2 13%
7 Yrs 1140 43% 3.3% 20.6% 11.5% 8.1% 38% 0.78 1.05 63% 17% 10.6% 14% 249 30 12%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.0% 8.5% 8.0% 34% 0.80 1.07 70% 19% 7.8% 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
2003 23 CHW AL 69 308 4.46 169 55% 28% 15% 32% 25% 72% 0% 39% 79% 55% 10% 7 3 22% 15 5 0 10% 1 4 0 0 0
2004 24 CHW AL 281 1193 4.25 732 61% 25% 17% 32% 26% 75% 2% 46% 78% 56% 3% 9 5 18% 50 23 2 21% 5 2 0 0 0
2005 25 CHW AL 248 999 4.03 616 62% 26% 18% 31% 25% 74% 5% 46% 76% 56% 6% 15 6 26% 65 37 0 24% 13 4 0 0 0
2006 26 CHW AL 251 1030 4.10 645 63% 21% 15% 36% 28% 79% 6% 50% 81% 55% 6% 16 7 21% 52 21 3 28% 4 3 0 0 0
2007 27 CHC NL 76 318 4.18 193 61% 24% 18% 32% 26% 76% 0% 46% 76% 62% 4% 3 2 30% 23 8 1 21% 1 1 0 0 0
2008 28 CHC NL 160 659 4.12 408 62% 25% 21% 28% 25% 75% 2% 46% 72% 58% 10% 16 9 27% 43 29 1 12% 4 5 0 0 0
2009 29 CHC NL 55 222 4.04 130 59% 31% 17% 25% 28% 69% 0% 41% 76% 53% 11% 6 2 24% 13 5 0 56% 3 4 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1140 4729 4.15 2893 61% 25% 17% 32% 26% 75% 3% 46% 77% 56% 6% 72 34 23% 261 128 7 22% 31 23 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.77 63% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 59% 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
2003 23 CHW AL 69 15 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 4 3 0 75% 1 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 24 CHW AL 281 61 4 1 13 0 9 6 7 4 9 17 9 3 53% 4 8 2 107 5 1 83% 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 0
2005 25 CHW AL 248 38 3 1 1 0 9 1 0 1 0 14 6 2 43% 3 3 3 102 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 10 0
2006 26 CHW AL 251 64 7 0 12 0 8 7 5 10 2 15 7 1 47% 1 3 2 106 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2007 27 CHC NL 76 15 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 7 3 2 43% 3 0 0 35 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
2008 28 CHC NL 160 38 6 2 7 1 5 3 4 4 3 9 5 0 56% 3 3 0 59 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2009 29 CHC NL 55 14 3 0 3 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 28 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1140 245 24 5 38 2 37 18 20 22 16 67 33 8 49% 16 17 7 467 14 3 82% 11 1 3 2 0 0 2 2 37 0
MLB Averages 53% 72%

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+
2003 23 1 1 .500 8.10 4 4 0 0 0 0 13.1 15 12 12 1 17 0 10 0 0 0 69 58 2.400 10.1 0.7 11.5 6.8 0.59 58
2004 24 5 5 .500 6.06 60 5 12 0 0 0 78.2 76 57 53 14 47 2 68 3 0 8 350 78 1.564 8.7 1.6 5.4 7.8 1.45 78
2005 25 9 5 .643 4.27 129 5 22 0 0 0 139.0 114 72 66 15 76 7 126 7 0 11 598 108 1.367 7.4 1.0 4.9 8.2 1.66 108
2006 26 10 7 .588 4.52 199 5 36 0 0 1 193.0 178 105 97 27 100 13 169 10 0 14 849 103 1.440 8.3 1.3 4.7 7.9 1.69 103
2007 27 10 8 .556 4.55 215 5 40 0 0 1 209.2 193 114 106 28 109 13 183 13 0 14 925 103 1.440 8.3 1.2 4.7 7.9 1.68 103
2008 28 10 10 .500 4.51 265 5 47 0 0 1 245.1 231 132 123 35 122 15 226 14 0 17 1085 103 1.439 8.5 1.3 4.5 8.3 1.85 103
2009 29 10 12 .455 4.63 284 5 50 0 0 1 256.1 245 141 132 38 131 15 235 15 0 17 1140 100 1.467 8.6 1.3 4.6 8.3 1.79 100

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
2003 23 0 1 .000 7.62 13.0 14 12 11 1 16 10 0 2.308 9.7 11.1 6.9 0.63 0.7 4
2004 24 2 5 .286 5.43 63.0 59 42 38 13 29 56 3 1.397 8.4 4.1 8.0 1.93 1.9 56
2005 25 5 1 .833 1.95 60.0 37 14 13 1 28 57 4 1.083 5.6 4.2 8.6 2.04 0.2 69
2006 26 3 3 .500 4.58 55.0 61 31 28 11 23 44 3 1.527 10.0 3.8 7.2 1.91 1.8 70
2007 27 0 1 .000 4.24 17.0 14 9 8 1 8 14 3 1.294 7.4 4.2 7.4 1.75 0.5 16
2008 28 2 2 .500 3.89 37.0 36 18 16 7 12 45 1 1.297 8.8 2.9 10.9 3.75 1.7 50
2009 29 0 1 .000 8.10 10.0 14 10 9 3 9 8 1 2.300 12.6 8.1 7.2 0.89 2.7 19
7 Yrs 12 14 .462 4.34 255.0 235 136 123 37 125 234 15 1.412 8.3 8.3 1.87 1.3 284

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
2006 AL  70 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2622), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (961), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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