Neal Cotts
Neal James Cotts
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 25, 1980 in Belleville, IL
High School: Lebanon (Lebanon, IL)
School: Illinois State University
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 2003
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Standard Pitching

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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 57 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 84 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 16 13 1 29 5 58 4 0 3 248 232 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 95 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 61 2.091 11.5 2.5 7.4 7.4 1.00
7 Seasons 10 12 .455 4.63 284 5 50 0 0 1 256.1 245 142 132 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 1 193.0 178 106 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 92 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 1 193.0 178 106 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 92 1.547 9.5 1.6 4.4 9.4 2.13

Postseason Pitching

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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 Seasons (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*

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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
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
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
2005 25 CHW AL 69 248 212 16 38 10 0 1 2 1 29 58 .179 .286 .241 .527 .237 51 6 4 0 3 5
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
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
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
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
7 Seasons 284 1140 979 142 245 49 5 38 14 3 131 235 .250 .345 .427 .772 .290 418 30 15 8 7 15
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
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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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% 40 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 31 31 24 12 0 1 1.0 3.0 2.3 54 1 0 0 0 54
2 Seasons 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 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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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 0.778 14 9 29 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 1.121 19 24 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 0.924 19 18 33 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 1.193 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 0.924 15 11 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 1.094 6 2 11 7 2 10 8 11 0 11 1 6 1.7 12
6 Seasons 280 279 50 9 10 11 1 10 9% 65 45 212 55 26% 0.959 78 71 127 107 34 138 135 144 62 140 87 75 2.6 16

Ratio Pitching*

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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 88% 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 58% 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 53% 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 56% 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 62% 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 53% 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 47% 5.5% 16.4% 16.4% 10.9% 43% 1.57 2.00 60% 6% 27.3% 21% 15 2 13%
7 Seasons 1140 57% 3.3% 20.6% 11.5% 8.1% 38% 0.78 1.05 63% 17% 10.6% 14% 249 30 12%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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% 30% 18% 25% 28% 70% 0% 41% 75% 53% 11% 6 2 24% 13 5 0 56% 3 4 0 0 0
7 Seasons 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 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 Seasons 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 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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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 57 2.400 10.1 0.7 11.5 6.8 0.59 57
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 73 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 1 193.0 178 106 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 1 209.2 193 115 106 28 109 13 183 13 0 14 925 102 1.440 8.3 1.2 4.7 7.9 1.68 102
2008 28 10 10 .500 4.51 265 5 47 0 0 1 245.1 231 133 123 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 1 256.1 245 142 132 38 131 15 235 15 0 17 1140 100 1.467 8.6 1.3 4.6 8.3 1.79 100

Neutralized Pitching

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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 4 .333 5.43 63.0 60 42 38 13 30 56 3 1.429 8.6 4.3 8.0 1.87 1.9 56
2005 25 5 1 .833 1.80 60.0 37 13 12 1 28 58 4 1.083 5.6 4.2 8.7 2.07 0.2 69
2006 26 2 3 .400 4.67 54.0 63 31 28 12 24 43 3 1.611 10.5 4.0 7.2 1.79 2.0 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 4.00 36.0 38 18 16 7 13 43 1 1.417 9.5 3.3 10.8 3.31 1.8 50
2009 29 0 1 .000 6.55 11.0 13 9 8 3 8 9 1 1.909 10.6 6.5 7.4 1.13 2.5 19
7 Seasons 11 13 .458 4.29 254.0 239 134 121 38 127 233 15 1.441 8.5 8.3 1.83 1.3 284

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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

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (924), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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