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Jack Cressend

John Baptiste Cressend

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 13, 1975 in New Orleans, LA
High School: Mandeville HS (Mandeville, LA)
School: Tulane University (New Orleans, LA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 26, 2000
Teams (by GP): Twins/Indians 2000-2004

Final Game: May 5, 2004
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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
2000 25 MIN AL 0 0 5.27 11 0 4 0 0 0 13.2 20 8 8 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 61 100 1.902 13.2 0.0 4.0 4.0 1.00
2001 26 MIN AL 3 2 .600 3.67 44 0 9 0 0 0 56.1 50 24 23 6 16 0 40 1 0 2 232 124 1.172 8.0 1.0 2.6 6.4 2.50
2002 27 MIN AL 0 1 .000 5.91 23 0 4 0 0 0 32.0 40 25 21 6 19 4 22 1 0 1 154 76 1.844 11.3 1.7 5.3 6.2 1.16
2003 28 CLE AL 2 1 .667 2.51 33 0 8 0 0 0 43.0 40 12 12 1 9 1 28 2 0 1 174 176 1.140 8.4 0.2 1.9 5.9 3.11
2004 29 CLE AL 0 1 .000 6.32 11 0 1 0 0 0 15.2 22 11 11 4 10 2 8 0 0 0 78 71 2.043 12.6 2.3 5.7 4.6 0.80
5 Yrs 5 5 .500 4.20 122 0 26 0 0 0 160.2 172 80 75 17 60 7 104 4 0 4 699 109 1.444 9.6 1.0 3.4 5.8 1.73
162 Game Avg. 3 3 .500 4.20 68 0 14 0 0 0 90 96 45 42 9 33 4 58 2 0 2 390 109 1.444 9.6 1.0 3.4 5.8 1.73
MIN (3 yrs) 3 3 .500 4.59 78 0 17 0 0 0 102.0 110 57 52 12 41 4 68 2 0 3 447 101 1.480 9.7 1.1 3.6 6.0 1.66
CLE (2 yrs) 2 2 .500 3.53 44 0 9 0 0 0 58.2 62 23 23 5 19 3 36 2 0 1 252 126 1.381 9.5 0.8 2.9 5.5 1.89

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
2000 25 MIN AL 13.2 11 0 8 5.27 5.48 -0.31 -0.40 104.0 5.60 0 0.0 .7 -0.0 0.1 2 .503 .500 $200,000
2001 26 MIN AL 56.1 44 0 24 3.83 5.03 0.18 -0.38 99.8 4.47 4 0.4 .8 -0.2 0.7 11 .508 .502 $
2002 27 MIN AL 32.0 23 0 25 7.03 4.87 0.14 -0.37 102.1 4.44 -9 -0.9 .7 0.1 -0.5 -5 .461 .494 $222,500
2003 28 CLE AL 43.0 33 0 12 2.51 4.86 0.16 -0.36 98.2 4.26 8 0.8 1.0 -0.1 1.1 14 .525 .505 $
2004 29 CLE AL 15.2 11 0 11 6.32 4.99 -0.08 -0.37 93.6 4.40 -3 -0.3 1.2 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .470 .498 $322,400
5 Seasons 160.2 122 0 80 4.48 4.99 0.10 -0.37 99.6 4.50 -0 0.0 .8 -0.3 1.2 21 .500 .500 $744,900
MIN (3 yrs) 102.0 78 0 57 5.03 5.04 0.10 -0.38 101.1 4.61 -5 -0.5 .7 -0.1 0.3 8 .494 .499 $422,500
CLE (2 yrs) 58.2 44 0 23 3.53 4.89 0.10 -0.36 97.0 4.30 5 0.5 1.0 -0.2 0.9 12 .512 .502 $322,400

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
2000 25 MIN AL 11 61 55 8 20 3 1 0 0 0 6 6 .364 .426 .455 .881 .408 25 4 0 0 0 0 0
2001 26 MIN AL 44 232 211 24 50 11 2 6 5 0 16 40 .237 .291 .393 .685 .263 83 6 1 2 2 0 2
2002 27 MIN AL 23 154 131 25 40 8 1 6 3 0 19 22 .305 .392 .519 .911 .324 68 2 1 1 2 4 2
2003 28 CLE AL 33 174 159 12 40 14 0 1 2 4 9 28 .252 .300 .358 .658 .300 57 3 2 4 0 1 3
2004 29 CLE AL 11 78 66 11 22 3 0 4 1 0 10 8 .333 .416 .561 .976 .327 37 0 0 1 1 2 0
5 Yrs 122 699 622 80 172 39 4 17 11 4 60 104 .277 .342 .434 .776 .306 270 15 4 8 5 7 7
162 Game Avg. 68 390 347 45 96 22 2 9 6 2 33 58 .277 .342 .434 .776 .306 150 8 2 4 3 4 4
MLB Averages .265 .335 .426 .761 .296

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2000 25 MIN AL 0.3 0.0 61 -0.1 0.4 -0.6 .49 -0.3 0.0 -0.7 -0.1 0.49 -1.0 1 4 6
2001 26 MIN AL 6.2 0.6 240 -0.1 2.8 -3.0 .70 0.5 -0.7 7.6 0.7 0.70 6.5 6 11 25
2002 27 MIN AL -6.0 -0.6 158 -0.3 1.7 -2.0 .80 -0.9 0.5 -8.8 -0.8 0.80 -9.3 3 6 12
2003 28 CLE AL 9.9 1.0 179 0.8 3.0 -2.1 .87 0.9 0.1 9.5 0.9 0.87 8.3 9 12 11
2004 29 CLE AL -3.0 -0.3 79 0.4 1.7 -1.2 1.16 -0.3 0.7 -0.7 -0.1 1.16 -4.7 5 2 3
5 Yrs 7.5 0.7 717 0.7 9.6 -8.8 .80 -0.0 1.0 6.9 0.7 0.80 -0.1 24 35 57

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
2000 25 MIN AL 11 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 60% 5 .491 1 4 6 1 1 9 6 5 5 2 5 1 3.7 21
2001 26 MIN AL 44 44 9 3 2 2 0 2 0% 7 5 31 10 32% 6 .700 6 11 25 16 2 26 19 25 19 17 21 7 3.8 19
2002 27 MIN AL 23 23 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% 7 .795 3 6 12 5 4 14 6 17 11 5 12 5 4.2 26
2003 28 CLE AL 33 33 8 2 1 1 0 1 0% 6 5 20 5 25% 7 .866 9 12 11 10 5 18 12 21 18 6 20 6 3.9 20
2004 29 CLE AL 11 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0% 7 1.163 5 2 3 4 4 3 3 8 6 0 8 2 4.3 27
5 Yrs 122 122 26 5 5 3 0 3 0% 15 12 74 27 36% .796 24 35 57 36 16 70 46 76 59 30 66 21 4.0 21

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%
2000 25 MIN AL 61 64% 0.0% 9.8% 9.8% 6.6% 20% 0.75 1.50 80% 37% 0.0% 4% 17 4 24%
2001 26 MIN AL 232 60% 2.6% 17.2% 6.9% 8.2% 38% 1.00 1.48 72% 22% 9.2% 22% 38 6 16%
2002 27 MIN AL 154 51% 3.9% 14.3% 12.3% 9.7% 38% 0.62 0.80 68% 26% 10.9% 15% 31 2 6%
2003 28 CLE AL 174 52% 0.6% 16.1% 5.2% 8.6% 38% 0.65 0.64 75% 17% 1.4% 13% 24 3 13%
2004 29 CLE AL 78 59% 5.1% 10.3% 12.8% 9.0% 32% 0.69 0.63 71% 17% 12.9% 11% 18 0 0%
5 Yrs 699 56% 2.4% 14.9% 8.6% 8.6% 35% 0.76 0.97 72% 22% 6.9% 15% 128 15 12%
MLB Averages 46% 2.9% 16.8% 8.8% 8.1% 34% 0.77 1.07 70% 22% 8.3% 13% 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
2000 25 MIN AL 61 233 3.82 149 64% 26% 13% 28% 33% 74% 0% 47% 83% 54% 8% 5 4 23% 14 9 4 33% 1 1 0 0 0
2001 26 MIN AL 232 848 3.66 564 67% 26% 15% 28% 31% 74% 0% 49% 80% 67% 4% 9 7 29% 68 41 2 28% 12 2 0 0 0
2002 27 MIN AL 154 596 3.87 365 61% 25% 15% 29% 31% 75% 6% 46% 80% 58% 10% 15 6 25% 38 24 1 36% 3 5 0 0 0
2003 28 CLE AL 176 644 3.66 413 64% 24% 11% 31% 33% 76% 2% 48% 85% 59% 2% 3 2 14% 25 10 1 25% 1 0 -2 0 0
2004 29 CLE AL 78 298 3.82 182 61% 30% 8% 29% 33% 70% 3% 43% 89% 62% 6% 5 1 23% 18 9 1 25% 1 2 0 0 0
5 Yrs 701 2619 3.74 1673 64% 26% 13% 29% 32% 74% 2% 47% 82% 61% 5% 37 20 23% 163 93 9 29% 18 10 -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.74 62% 27% 14% 27% 32% 73% 2% 46% 80% 58% 5% 21% 27%

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
2000 25 MIN AL 61 20 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 9 5 1 56% 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 26 MIN AL 232 50 6 1 6 0 5 2 4 5 1 10 4 2 40% 2 2 0 92 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2002 27 MIN AL 154 40 0 0 6 0 5 5 1 2 4 11 8 0 73% 2 1 0 63 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2003 28 CLE AL 174 40 6 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 4 2 1 50% 3 1 0 64 2 4 33% 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
2004 29 CLE AL 78 22 0 0 4 0 8 2 2 3 1 5 1 1 20% 0 0 0 28 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 Yrs 699 172 14 2 17 0 25 9 8 10 7 39 20 5 51% 7 4 0 273 11 4 73% 11 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

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+
2000 25 0 0 5.27 11 0 4 0 0 0 13.2 20 8 8 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 61 100 1.902 13.2 0.0 4.0 4.0 1.00 100
2001 26 3 2 .600 3.99 55 0 13 0 0 0 70.0 70 32 31 6 22 0 46 1 0 2 293 118 1.314 9.0 0.8 2.8 5.9 2.09 118
2002 27 3 3 .500 4.59 78 0 17 0 0 0 102.0 110 57 52 12 41 4 68 2 0 3 447 101 1.480 9.7 1.1 3.6 6.0 1.66 101
2003 28 5 4 .556 3.97 111 0 25 0 0 0 145.0 150 69 64 13 50 5 96 4 0 4 621 115 1.379 9.3 0.8 3.1 6.0 1.92 115
2004 29 5 5 .500 4.20 122 0 26 0 0 0 160.2 172 80 75 17 60 7 104 4 0 4 699 109 1.444 9.6 1.0 3.4 5.8 1.73 109

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
2000 25 0 1 .000 4.85 13.0 18 8 7 0 5 6 0 1.769 12.5 3.5 4.2 1.20 0.0 11
2001 26 3 3 .500 3.60 55.0 49 24 22 6 16 39 1 1.182 8.0 2.6 6.4 2.44 1.0 44
2002 27 1 2 .333 5.63 32.0 39 22 20 6 19 22 1 1.813 11.0 5.3 6.2 1.16 1.7 23
2003 28 3 1 .750 2.63 41.0 39 13 12 1 9 27 2 1.171 8.6 2.0 5.9 3.00 0.2 33
2004 29 0 1 .000 6.60 15.0 22 12 11 4 10 8 0 2.133 13.2 6.0 4.8 0.80 2.4 11
5 Yrs 7 8 .467 4.15 156.0 167 79 72 17 59 102 4 1.449 9.6 5.9 1.73 1.0 122

* 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.

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