Jesse Crain
Jesse Alan Crain
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 5, 1981 in Toronto, ON, CAN
High School: Fairview (Boulder, CO)
School: University of Houston
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed July 13, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 5, 2004
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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
2004 22 MIN AL 3 0 1.000 2.00 22 0 3 0 0 0 27.0 17 6 6 2 12 1 14 1 0 1 109 236 1.074 5.7 0.7 4.0 4.7 1.17
2005 23 MIN AL 12 5 .706 2.71 75 0 17 0 0 1 79.2 61 28 24 6 29 7 25 5 0 2 326 164 1.130 6.9 0.7 3.3 2.8 0.86 RoY-8
2006 24 MIN AL 4 5 .444 3.52 68 0 24 0 0 1 76.2 79 31 30 6 18 2 60 2 0 1 325 127 1.265 9.3 0.7 2.1 7.0 3.33
2007 25 MIN AL 1 2 .333 5.51 18 0 5 0 0 0 16.1 19 16 10 4 4 0 10 1 1 0 71 78 1.408 10.5 2.2 2.2 5.5 2.50
2008 26 MIN AL 5 4 .556 3.59 66 0 14 0 0 0 62.2 62 29 25 6 24 3 50 1 0 2 268 116 1.372 8.9 0.9 3.4 7.2 2.08
2009 27 MIN AL 7 4 .636 4.70 56 0 15 0 0 0 51.2 48 28 27 3 27 3 43 5 1 1 230 93 1.452 8.4 0.5 4.7 7.5 1.59
6 Seasons 32 20 .615 3.50 305 0 78 0 0 2 314.0 286 138 122 27 114 16 202 15 2 7 1329 126 1.274 8.2 0.8 3.3 5.8 1.77
162 Game Avg. 7 4 .615 3.50 68 0 17 0 0 0 70 64 31 27 6 25 4 45 3 0 2 296 126 1.274 8.2 0.8 3.3 5.8 1.77

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
2004 22 MIN AL ALDS L NYY 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 24 MIN AL ALDS L OAK 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 4.000 27.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 0 6.75 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 4 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 3.750 27.0 6.8 6.8 6.8 1.00
2 ALDS 0 0 6.75 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 4 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 3.750 27.0 6.8 6.8 6.8 1.00

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
2004 22 MIN AL 22 109 95 6 17 3 0 2 1 0 12 14 .179 .278 .274 .551 .190 26 3 1 1 0 1
2005 23 MIN AL 75 325 279 28 61 6 0 6 3 0 29 25 .219 .301 .305 .605 .219 85 14 5 9 3 7
2006 24 MIN AL 68 325 302 31 79 13 2 6 4 1 18 60 .262 .306 .377 .683 .307 114 3 2 1 2 2
2007 25 MIN AL 18 71 65 16 19 4 0 4 0 1 4 10 .292 .338 .538 .876 .288 35 2 1 0 1 0
2008 26 MIN AL 66 268 241 29 62 15 3 6 6 1 24 50 .257 .325 .419 .744 .299 101 4 1 0 2 3
2009 27 MIN AL 56 230 192 28 48 10 2 3 4 1 27 43 .250 .352 .370 .722 .302 71 5 5 3 3 3
6 Seasons 305 1328 1174 138 286 51 7 27 18 4 114 202 .244 .316 .368 .684 .271 432 31 15 14 11 16
162 Game Avg. 68 296 262 31 64 11 2 6 4 1 25 45 .244 .316 .368 .684 .271 96 7 3 3 2 4
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

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 22 MIN AL 22 22 3 3 0 1 0 1 0% 4 2 17 10 59% 7 0.760 5 7 10 8 3 11 9 13 10 4 11 6 3.7 20
2005 23 MIN AL 75 75 17 12 5 4 1 3 25% 15 11 42 11 26% 8 1.577 36 14 25 23 24 28 23 52 22 25 25 17 3.2 15
2006 24 MIN AL 68 68 24 4 5 4 1 3 25% 14 10 34 13 38% 8 0.935 16 20 31 26 11 31 21 47 26 18 29 13 3.4 17
2007 25 MIN AL 18 18 5 1 2 0 0 0 6 6 7 1 14% 7 0.905 5 5 8 7 2 9 5 13 2 5 4 4 2.7 15
2008 26 MIN AL 66 66 14 5 4 3 0 3 0% 21 17 42 11 26% 7 1.130 25 20 19 30 9 27 29 37 15 22 17 12 2.8 16
2009 27 MIN AL 56 56 15 7 4 0 0 0 5 4 33 13 39% 7 1.023 14 12 29 13 14 29 20 36 17 24 19 11 2.8 16
6 Seasons 305 305 78 32 20 12 2 10 17% 65 50 175 59 34% 1.131 101 78 122 107 63 135 107 198 92 98 105 63 3.1 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%
2004 22 MIN AL 109 44% 1.8% 12.8% 11.0% 4.6% 29% 0.72 0.81 72% 12% 5.4% 21% 17 3 18%
2005 23 MIN AL 326 40% 1.9% 7.7% 8.9% 3.7% 20% 0.90 1.23 77% 12% 5.4% 15% 80 14 18%
2006 24 MIN AL 325 38% 1.9% 18.5% 5.5% 6.5% 27% 1.28 1.64 73% 16% 6.0% 6% 48 3 6%
2007 25 MIN AL 71 42% 5.6% 14.1% 5.6% 11.3% 42% 0.93 1.53 73% 14% 14.3% 3% 9 2 22%
2008 26 MIN AL 268 35% 2.2% 18.7% 9.0% 9.0% 39% 0.68 0.83 70% 17% 6.3% 17% 56 4 7%
2009 27 MIN AL 230 41% 1.3% 18.7% 11.7% 6.5% 31% 0.79 1.04 65% 16% 3.9% 8% 58 5 9%
6 Seasons 1329 39% 2.0% 15.2% 8.6% 6.4% 30% 0.90 1.16 72% 15% 6.0% 12% 268 31 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
2004 22 MIN AL 109 446 4.09 273 61% 26% 10% 34% 30% 74% 2% 45% 87% 61% 7% 8 3 25% 27 10 1 21% 1 4 0 0 0
2005 23 MIN AL 326 1089 3.34 685 63% 22% 9% 30% 39% 78% 6% 49% 89% 63% 4% 14 2 19% 63 38 4 36% 7 5 0 0 1
2006 24 MIN AL 325 1144 3.52 744 65% 23% 14% 30% 33% 77% 2% 50% 82% 62% 3% 9 6 21% 69 36 3 37% 11 1 0 0 0
2007 25 MIN AL 71 265 3.73 166 63% 23% 14% 29% 34% 77% 0% 48% 81% 58% 8% 6 4 24% 17 9 1 30% 3 2 0 0 0
2008 26 MIN AL 268 1029 3.84 653 63% 26% 15% 30% 30% 74% 3% 47% 80% 64% 6% 16 11 30% 81 35 4 20% 6 2 0 0 0
2009 27 MIN AL 230 901 3.92 551 61% 24% 14% 34% 28% 76% 3% 47% 82% 57% 5% 12 5 21% 48 22 4 28% 2 4 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1329 4874 3.67 3072 63% 24% 13% 31% 32% 76% 3% 48% 83% 62% 5% 65 31 23% 305 150 17 29% 30 18 0 0 1
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
2004 22 MIN AL 109 17 2 0 2 1 8 2 0 0 2 8 4 0 50% 1 1 0 35 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2005 23 MIN AL 326 61 10 1 6 0 18 4 2 2 4 24 15 1 63% 5 2 1 118 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2006 24 MIN AL 325 79 9 1 6 0 8 3 3 2 4 17 13 1 76% 1 1 0 109 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
2007 25 MIN AL 71 19 0 0 4 0 1 2 2 0 4 3 3 0 100% 1 0 0 26 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2008 26 MIN AL 268 62 12 0 6 0 4 5 1 0 6 13 8 2 62% 2 2 1 122 6 1 86% 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
2009 27 MIN AL 230 48 6 2 3 0 12 0 3 1 2 15 9 2 60% 2 1 0 90 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
6 Seasons 1329 286 39 4 27 1 51 16 11 5 22 80 52 6 65% 12 7 2 500 18 4 82% 16 4 2 0 0 0 4 0 30 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+
2004 22 3 0 1.000 2.00 22 0 3 0 0 0 27.0 17 6 6 2 12 1 14 1 0 1 109 236 1.074 5.7 0.7 4.0 4.7 1.17 236
2005 23 15 5 .750 2.53 97 0 20 0 0 1 106.2 78 34 30 8 41 8 39 6 0 3 435 179 1.116 6.6 0.7 3.5 3.3 0.95 179
2006 24 19 10 .655 2.95 165 0 44 0 0 2 183.1 157 65 60 14 59 10 99 8 0 4 760 153 1.178 7.7 0.7 2.9 4.9 1.68 153
2007 25 20 12 .625 3.16 183 0 49 0 0 2 199.2 176 81 70 18 63 10 109 9 1 4 831 142 1.197 7.9 0.8 2.8 4.9 1.73 142
2008 26 25 16 .610 3.26 249 0 63 0 0 2 262.1 238 110 95 24 87 13 159 10 1 6 1099 135 1.239 8.2 0.8 3.0 5.5 1.83 135
2009 27 32 20 .615 3.50 305 0 78 0 0 2 314.0 286 138 122 27 114 16 202 15 2 7 1329 126 1.274 8.2 0.8 3.3 5.8 1.77 126

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
2004 22 2 1 .667 1.67 27.0 16 6 5 2 11 14 1 1.000 5.3 3.7 4.7 1.27 0.7 22
2005 23 5 3 .625 2.81 77.0 61 27 24 6 29 24 5 1.169 7.1 3.4 2.8 0.83 0.7 75
2006 24 5 3 .625 3.48 75.0 79 32 29 6 18 59 2 1.293 9.5 2.2 7.1 3.28 0.7 68
2007 25 0 1 .000 5.62 16.0 19 11 10 4 4 10 1 1.438 10.7 2.3 5.6 2.50 2.3 18
2008 26 3 3 .500 3.90 60.0 63 29 26 6 24 48 1 1.450 9.5 3.6 7.2 2.00 0.9 66
2009 27 2 3 .400 5.14 49.0 49 31 28 3 28 41 5 1.571 9.0 5.1 7.5 1.46 0.6 56
6 Seasons 17 14 .548 3.61 304.0 287 136 122 27 114 196 15 1.319 8.5 5.8 1.72 0.8 305

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2005 AL  .706 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
2005 AL  75 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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