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Jesse Crain

Jesse Alan Crain (twitter: @JesseCrain)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: July 5, 1981 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
High School: Fairview HS (Boulder, CO)
School: University of Houston (Houston, TX)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed July 13, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 5, 2004 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Twins/WhiteSox 2004-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 3 yrs/$13M (11-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 8.039, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: SFX [*]
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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
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 1 109 239 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 2 326 165 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 1 325 128 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 80 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 2 268 117 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 94 1.452 8.4 0.5 4.7 7.5 1.59
2010 28 MIN AL 1 1 .500 3.04 71 0 16 0 0 1 68.0 53 27 23 5 27 4 62 1 0 3 278 134 1.176 7.0 0.7 3.6 8.2 2.30
2011 29 CHW AL 8 3 .727 2.62 67 0 11 0 0 1 65.1 50 20 19 7 31 5 70 0 1 0 268 166 1.240 6.9 1.0 4.3 9.6 2.26
2012 30 CHW AL 2 3 .400 2.44 51 0 6 0 0 0 48.0 29 14 13 5 23 1 60 1 0 4 194 177 1.083 5.4 0.9 4.3 11.3 2.61
2013 31 CHW AL 1 1 .500 0.89 23 0 3 0 0 0 20.1 15 2 2 0 8 1 25 1 0 0 85 508 1.131 6.6 0.0 3.5 11.1 3.13
10 Yrs 44 28 .611 3.12 517 0 114 0 0 4 515.2 433 201 179 44 203 27 419 18 3 14 2154 140 1.233 7.6 0.8 3.5 7.3 2.06
162 Game Avg. 6 4 .611 3.12 68 0 15 0 0 1 68 57 26 24 6 27 4 55 2 0 2 283 140 1.233 7.6 0.8 3.5 7.3 2.06
MIN (7 yrs) 33 21 .611 3.42 376 0 94 0 0 3 382.0 339 165 145 32 141 20 264 16 2 10 1607 128 1.257 8.0 0.8 3.3 6.2 1.87
CHW (3 yrs) 11 7 .611 2.29 141 0 20 0 0 1 133.2 94 36 34 12 62 7 155 2 1 4 547 191 1.167 6.3 0.8 4.2 10.4 2.50

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2004 22 MIN AL 27.0 22 0 6 2.00 5.42 -0.01 -0.40 101.7 5.10 9 0.9 1.1 -0.0 1.2 12 .540 .505
2005 23 MIN AL 79.2 75 0 28 3.16 4.77 0.20 -0.36 101.9 4.29 9 0.9 1.4 0.0 1.8 19 .513 .506 $321,000 RoY-8
2006 24 MIN AL 76.2 68 0 31 3.64 5.05 0.08 -0.37 98.7 4.54 7 0.7 1.0 -0.2 1.3 16 .510 .504 $361,000
2007 25 MIN AL 16.1 18 0 16 8.82 5.02 0.09 -0.37 95.2 4.34 -8 -0.8 1.2 -0.1 -0.7 -6 .456 .495 $500,000
2008 26 MIN AL 62.2 66 0 29 4.16 4.83 -0.17 -0.36 95.6 4.44 1 0.1 1.2 -0.2 0.6 9 .501 .500 $1,050,000
2009 27 MIN AL 51.2 56 0 28 4.88 4.91 -0.26 -0.36 98.2 4.72 -1 -0.1 .9 -0.1 0.3 5 .498 .499 $1,700,000
2010 28 MIN AL 68.0 71 0 27 3.57 4.48 -0.09 -0.34 99.0 4.18 4 0.4 1.3 -0.1 1.1 12 .506 .503 $2,000,000
2011 29 CHW AL 65.1 67 0 20 2.76 4.48 -0.07 -0.34 104.0 4.37 12 1.2 1.7 0.3 2.2 18 .518 .508 $4,000,000
2012 30 CHW AL 48.0 51 0 14 2.63 4.53 0.03 -0.34 105.4 4.38 9 1.0 1.3 0.0 1.5 14 .520 .506 $4,500,000
2013 31 CHW AL 20.1 23 0 2 0.89 4.69 -0.24 -0.34 106.2 4.88 9 0.9 1.8 0.3 1.5 11 .541 .506 $4,500,000
10 Seasons 515.2 517 0 201 3.51 4.77 -0.03 -0.36 100.4 4.46 50 5.2 1.3 -0.1 10.7 110 .510 .503 $18,932,000
MIN (7 yrs) 382.0 376 0 165 3.89 4.86 -0.02 -0.36 98.9 4.46 20 2.1 1.2 -0.7 5.5 66 .506 .502 $5,932,000
CHW (3 yrs) 133.2 141 0 36 2.42 4.53 -0.06 -0.34 104.8 4.45 30 3.2 1.6 0.6 5.2 44 .522 .507 $13,000,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
2010 28 MIN AL ALDS L NYY 0 1 .000 54.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9.000 81.0 27.0 0.0 0.0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 0 1 .000 16.20 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 7 5 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 14 4.800 37.8 10.8 5.4 5.4 1.00
3 ALDS 0 1 .000 16.20 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 7 5 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 14 4.800 37.8 10.8 5.4 5.4 1.00

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
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 1
2005 23 MIN AL 75 326 279 28 61 6 0 6 3 0 29 25 .219 .301 .305 .605 .219 85 14 5 9 3 7 5
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 1
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 1
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 2
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 2
2010 28 MIN AL 71 278 247 27 53 12 1 5 7 1 27 62 .215 .295 .332 .627 .267 82 6 1 3 0 4 2
2011 29 CHW AL 67 268 233 20 50 9 1 7 13 2 31 70 .215 .303 .352 .655 .270 82 3 0 1 3 5 0
2012 30 CHW AL 51 194 170 14 29 5 0 5 6 2 23 60 .171 .273 .288 .561 .229 49 1 1 0 0 1 2
2013 31 CHW AL 23 85 76 2 15 3 0 0 0 0 8 25 .197 .282 .237 .519 .294 18 1 1 0 0 1 2
10 Yrs 517 2154 1900 201 433 80 9 44 44 9 203 419 .228 .306 .349 .655 .268 663 42 18 18 14 27 18
162 Game Avg. 68 283 250 26 57 11 1 6 6 1 27 55 .228 .306 .349 .655 .268 87 6 2 2 2 4 2
MLB Averages .262 .330 .416 .745 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2004 22 MIN AL 8.4 0.8 113 -0.1 1.4 -1.5 .77 0.8 -0.9 2.9 0.3 0.76 9.5 5 7 9
2005 23 MIN AL 14.4 1.4 333 3.0 9.4 -6.4 1.57 1.4 0.5 15.4 1.5 1.57 15.7 36 13 26
2006 24 MIN AL 9.1 0.9 333 -0.2 5.3 -5.6 .93 0.6 -0.9 2.6 0.2 0.93 9.2 16 20 31
2007 25 MIN AL -4.7 -0.4 72 -0.3 1.1 -1.4 .89 -0.0 -0.3 -6.1 -0.6 0.89 -3.7 5 5 8
2008 26 MIN AL 3.6 0.4 279 -0.7 5.0 -5.7 1.11 0.0 -0.7 3.2 0.3 1.11 -1.2 24 18 22
2009 27 MIN AL -1.2 -0.1 237 -1.3 3.6 -4.9 1.01 -0.3 -1.0 -5.7 -0.6 1.01 -0.9 14 10 27
2010 28 MIN AL 6.9 0.7 288 1.4 6.2 -4.8 1.19 1.0 0.2 6.0 0.6 1.19 10.0 29 10 32
2011 29 CHW AL 12.2 1.2 289 1.9 9.0 -7.2 1.77 0.9 0.2 12.9 1.3 1.77 9.7 38 12 16
2012 30 CHW AL 9.7 1.0 211 1.1 4.5 -3.4 1.21 1.2 -0.2 14.3 1.4 1.21 12.0 22 8 21
2013 31 CHW AL 7.8 0.8 85 0.5 2.5 -2.0 1.66 0.4 -0.1 3.4 0.3 1.66 5.1 14 6 3
10 Yrs 66.2 6.6 2240 5.2 48.1 -43.0 1.24 6.0 -1.9 48.9 4.8 1.24 65.5 203 109 195

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 22 MIN AL 22 22 3 3 0 1 0 1 0% 4 2 17 10 59% 7 .767 5 7 9 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 1.567 36 13 26 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 .932 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 .894 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 1.111 24 18 22 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 1.015 14 10 27 13 14 29 20 36 17 24 19 11 2.8 16
2010 28 MIN AL 71 71 16 1 1 4 1 3 25% 26 21 39 9 23% 8 1.188 29 10 32 35 10 26 21 50 12 25 15 19 2.9 15
2011 29 CHW AL 67 67 11 8 3 7 1 6 14% 31 24 44 14 32% 7 1.769 38 12 16 35 14 18 29 38 19 24 23 12 2.9 17
2012 30 CHW AL 51 51 6 2 3 4 0 4 0% 14 10 24 5 21% 7 1.208 22 8 21 28 11 12 16 35 7 18 9 12 2.8 17
2013 31 CHW AL 23 23 3 1 1 0 0 0 13 13 9 5 56% 8 1.665 14 6 3 14 6 3 5 18 3 8 3 8 2.7 16
10 Yrs 517 517 114 44 28 27 4 23 15% 149 118 291 92 32% 1.241 203 109 195 219 104 194 178 339 133 173 155 114 3.0 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%
2004 22 MIN AL 109 56% 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 60% 1.8% 7.7% 8.9% 3.7% 20% 0.90 1.23 77% 12% 5.4% 15% 80 14 18%
2006 24 MIN AL 325 62% 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 58% 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 65% 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 59% 1.3% 18.7% 11.7% 6.5% 31% 0.79 1.04 65% 16% 3.9% 8% 58 5 9%
2010 28 MIN AL 278 59% 1.8% 22.3% 9.7% 6.5% 34% 0.66 0.79 65% 19% 5.3% 13% 49 6 12%
2011 29 CHW AL 268 62% 2.6% 26.1% 11.6% 6.3% 34% 0.54 0.60 59% 14% 7.8% 16% 60 3 5%
2012 30 CHW AL 194 60% 2.6% 30.9% 11.9% 5.2% 35% 0.61 0.70 54% 19% 9.6% 22% 35 1 3%
2013 31 CHW AL 85 54% 0.0% 29.4% 9.4% 3.5% 20% 0.59 0.64 60% 22% 0.0% 19% 17 1 6%
10 Yrs 2154 60% 2.0% 19.5% 9.4% 6.2% 31% 0.79 0.97 67% 16% 6.2% 14% 429 42 10%
MLB Averages 45% 2.7% 17.8% 8.4% 7.9% 34% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.7% 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
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 0
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
2010 28 MIN AL 278 1099 3.95 707 64% 29% 16% 28% 27% 71% 4% 45% 77% 60% 5% 14 5 29% 80 47 2 26% 18 5 0 0 0
2011 29 CHW AL 274 1146 4.18 711 62% 26% 23% 27% 23% 74% 4% 46% 69% 61% 4% 11 3 24% 66 37 4 6% 11 4 -6 0 0
2012 30 CHW AL 196 851 4.34 523 61% 27% 21% 31% 21% 73% 1% 45% 71% 56% 6% 11 7 24% 47 17 2 15% 4 3 -2 0 0
2013 31 CHW AL 85 375 4.41 237 63% 30% 20% 29% 22% 70% 1% 44% 72% 60% 2% 2 1 29% 25 10 0 28% 3 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 2162 8345 3.86 5250 63% 25% 16% 30% 29% 75% 3% 47% 79% 61% 5% 103 47 24% 523 261 25 23% 66 30 -8 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

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
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 0 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 0 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
2010 28 MIN AL 278 53 7 0 5 0 14 2 3 3 2 14 4 2 29% 2 3 1 103 7 1 88% 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
2011 29 CHW AL 268 50 5 0 7 0 13 7 0 6 1 21 9 10 43% 0 0 1 111 13 2 87% 13 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0
2012 30 CHW AL 194 29 2 1 5 0 9 2 3 4 1 13 4 5 31% 2 4 0 72 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
2013 31 CHW AL 85 15 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0% 2 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 2154 433 56 5 44 1 89 27 17 18 26 130 69 25 53% 18 14 4 824 44 9 83% 41 9 3 0 0 0 6 0 48 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+
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 1 109 239 1.074 5.7 0.7 4.0 4.7 1.17 239
2005 23 15 5 .750 2.53 97 0 20 0 0 1 106.2 78 34 30 8 41 8 39 6 0 3 435 180 1.116 6.6 0.7 3.5 3.3 0.95 180
2006 24 19 10 .655 2.95 165 0 44 0 0 2 183.1 157 65 60 14 59 10 99 8 0 4 760 154 1.178 7.7 0.7 2.9 4.9 1.68 154
2007 25 20 12 .625 3.16 183 0 49 0 0 2 199.2 176 81 70 18 63 10 109 9 1 4 831 143 1.197 7.9 0.8 2.8 4.9 1.73 143
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 136 1.239 8.2 0.8 3.0 5.5 1.83 136
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 127 1.274 8.2 0.8 3.3 5.8 1.77 127
2010 28 33 21 .611 3.42 376 0 94 0 0 3 382.0 339 165 145 32 141 20 264 16 2 10 1607 128 1.257 8.0 0.8 3.3 6.2 1.87 128
2011 29 41 24 .631 3.30 443 0 105 0 0 4 447.1 389 185 164 39 172 25 334 16 3 10 1875 132 1.254 7.8 0.8 3.5 6.7 1.94 132
2012 30 43 27 .614 3.22 494 0 111 0 0 4 495.1 418 199 177 44 195 26 394 17 3 14 2069 136 1.238 7.6 0.8 3.5 7.2 2.02 136
2013 31 44 28 .611 3.12 517 0 114 0 0 4 515.2 433 201 179 44 203 27 419 18 3 14 2154 140 1.233 7.6 0.8 3.5 7.3 2.06 140

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
2004 22 2 0 1.000 2.08 26.0 17 7 6 2 12 14 1 1.115 5.9 4.2 4.8 1.17 0.7 22
2005 23 5 3 .625 2.69 77.0 60 26 23 6 29 24 5 1.156 7.0 3.4 2.8 0.83 0.7 75
2006 24 5 3 .625 3.43 76.0 78 32 29 6 18 59 2 1.263 9.2 2.1 7.0 3.28 0.7 68
2007 25 0 1 .000 5.63 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 3.75 60.0 62 28 25 6 24 48 1 1.433 9.3 3.6 7.2 2.00 0.9 66
2009 27 2 3 .400 4.86 50.0 48 30 27 3 27 42 5 1.500 8.6 4.9 7.6 1.56 0.5 56
2010 28 4 3 .571 3.46 65.0 55 28 25 5 28 59 1 1.277 7.6 3.9 8.2 2.11 0.7 71
2011 29 4 2 .667 2.76 62.0 50 21 19 7 31 67 0 1.306 7.3 4.5 9.7 2.16 1.0 67
2012 30 4 1 .800 2.49 47.0 29 14 13 5 23 59 1 1.106 5.6 4.4 11.3 2.57 1.0 51
2013 31 2 0 1.000 0.90 20.0 15 2 2 0 8 25 1 1.150 6.8 3.6 11.3 3.13 0.0 23
10 Yrs 31 19 .620 3.23 499.0 433 199 179 44 204 407 18 1.277 7.8 7.3 2.00 0.8 517

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2005 AL  .706 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
2005 AL  75 (6th)
2010 AL  71 (9th)
2013 AL  23 (1st)
Active  517 (29th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
Active  66 (40th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
Active  6.6 (43rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2005 AL  3.0 (8th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
Active  6.0 (48th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (856), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 6 (1796), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1215), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 21 (279), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Relief Pitcher (251st), 9.6 career WAR/9.8 7yr-peak WAR/9.7 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

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Name and misspellings: Jesse Alan Jesse jessie Crain

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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