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Jesse Crain

Jesse Alan Crain

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

Born: July 5, 1981 in Toronto, Ontario, 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
Teams (by GP): Twins/WhiteSox 2004-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 3 yrs/$13M (11-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 7.039, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: SFX [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 9:06AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson… 

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 1 109 239 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 0 268 162 1.240 6.9 1.0 4.3 9.6 2.26
8 Seasons 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
162 Game Avg. 6 4 .631 3.30 68 0 16 0 0 1 69 60 28 25 6 26 4 51 2 0 2 288 132 1.254 7.8 0.8 3.5 6.7 1.94
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 (1 yr) 8 3 .727 2.62 67 0 11 0 0 1 65.1 50 20 19 7 31 5 70 0 1 0 268 162 1.240 6.9 1.0 4.3 9.6 2.26

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2004 22 MIN AL 27.0 0 6 19 0 .8 13 0.9 $
2005 23 MIN AL 79.2 0 28 47 4 1.6 19 1.7 $321,000 RoY-8
2006 24 MIN AL 76.2 0 31 49 1 .9 18 1.2 $361,000
2007 25 MIN AL 16.1 0 16 11 0 .9 -5 -0.6 $500,000
2008 26 MIN AL 62.2 0 29 39 -2 1.1 10 0.6 $1,050,000
2009 27 MIN AL 51.2 0 28 33 -1 1.0 5 0.1 $1,700,000
2010 28 MIN AL 68.0 0 27 35 1 1.2 8 0.9 $2,000,000
2011 29 CHW AL 65.1 0 20 37 0 1.8 17 2.3 $4,000,000
8 Seasons 447.1 0 185 270 3 1.2 85 7.1 $9,932,000
MIN (7 yrs) 382.0 0 165 233 3 1.1 68 4.8 $5,932,000
CHW (1 yr) 65.1 0 20 37 0 1.8 17 2.3 $4,000,000

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 Seasons (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

Standard Batting

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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
2004 22 MIN AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 23 MIN AL 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 RoY-8
2006 24 MIN AL 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 25 MIN AL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 26 MIN AL 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 27 MIN AL 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 28 MIN AL 71 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2011 29 CHW AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Seasons 380 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIN (7 yrs) 376 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2010 28 MIN AL 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $2,000,000 1
2011 29 CHW AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,000,000 1
2 Seasons 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $6,000,000
MIN (1 yr) 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $2,000,000
CHW (1 yr) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,000,000

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2004 MIN AL 22 P 22 27.0 6 2 3 1 1 .833 -1 -7 1.67 0.23 .948 1.67 1.65
2005 MIN AL 23 P 75 79.2 29 11 17 1 3 .966 -1 -3 3.16 0.37 .954 1.71 1.68 RoY-8
2006 MIN AL 24 P 68 76.2 17 8 8 1 0 .941 0 0 1.88 0.24 .958 1.56 1.54
2007 MIN AL 25 P 18 16.1 7 5 2 0 1 1.000 1 12 3.86 0.39 .954 1.60 1.59
2008 MIN AL 26 P 66 62.2 14 1 10 3 2 .786 0 0 1.58 0.17 .952 1.59 1.59
2009 MIN AL 27 P 56 51.2 14 6 8 0 1 1.000 1 4 2.44 0.25 .953 1.53 1.51
2010 MIN AL 28 P 71 68.0 18 3 14 1 3 .944 0 0 2.25 0.24 .953 1.63 1.61
2011 CHW AL 29 P 67 0 0 65.1 15 3 11 1 1 .933 -1 -3 1.93 0.21 .949 1.60 1.59 13 2 13% 2
8 Seasons P 443 0 0 447.1 120 39 73 8 12 .933 -1 0 2.25 0.25 .953 1.61 1.59 13 2 13% 2
8 Seasons TOT 443 0 0 447.1 120 39 73 8 12 .933 -1 -2 2.25 0.25 .953 1.61 1.59 13 2 13% 2
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

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

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
2005 AL  3.16 (5th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 5 (1863), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Jim Corsi (950)
  6. Matt Guerrier (949)
  7. Greg McMichael (949)
  8. Antonio Osuna (948)
  9. Luis Ayala (946)
  10. Rafael Betancourt (945)
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  8. Gene Garber (943)
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Transactions

  • June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 13, 2002.
  • November 1, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 20, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200523Minnesota Twins$321,000
200624Minnesota Twins$361,000
200725Minnesota Twins$500,000
200826Minnesota Twins$1,050,000
200927Minnesota Twins$1,700,000
201028Minnesota Twins$2,000,000
201129Chicago White Sox$4,000,000
201230Chicago White Sox$4,500,000
201331Chicago White Sox$4,500,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$9,932,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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