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Wade Davis

Wade Allen Davis

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: September 7, 1985 in Lake Wales, FL
High School: Lake Wales HS (Lake Wales, FL)
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 3rd round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 2009
Team: Rays 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 4 yrs/$10.1M (11-14) & 15-17 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.032, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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	18	TBD-min	Rk	3	5	.375	6.09	13	13	0	0	0	57.2	71	46	39	8	19	0	38	2	0	3	264		1.561	11.1	1.2	3.0	5.9	2.00	PRI · APPY
2005	19	TBD-min	A-	7	4	.636	2.72	15	15	0	0	0	86.0	75	35	26	5	23	0	97	5	0	3	353		1.140	7.8	0.5	2.4	10.2	4.22	HDV · NYPL
2006	20	TBD-min	A	7	12	.368	3.02	27	27	0	1	0	146.0	124	61	49	5	64	0	165	8	1	4	608		1.288	7.6	0.3	3.9	10.2	2.58	BTC · MIDW
2007	21	TBD-min	AA,A+	10	3	.769	2.50	27	27	0	1	1	158.1	128	57	44	8	51	0	169	8	0	9	645		1.131	7.3	0.5	2.9	9.6	3.31	MTG,VRO · SOUL,FLOR
2008	22	TBD-min	AA,AAA	13	8	.619	3.47	28	28	0	0	0	160.2	143	65	62	12	66	2	136	13	0	4	676		1.301	8.0	0.7	3.7	7.6	2.06	MTG,DHM · SOUL,IL
2009	23	TBD-min	AAA	10	8	.556	3.40	28	28	0	0	0	158.2	139	71	60	14	60	1	140	6	0	7	673		1.254	7.9	0.8	3.4	7.9	2.33	DHM · IL
2009	23	TBR	AL	2	2	.500	3.72	6	6	0	1	1	36.1	33	19	15	2	13	1	36	0	0	1	150	118	1.266	8.2	0.5	3.2	8.9	2.77
2010	24	TBR	AL	12	10	.545	4.07	29	29	0	0	0	168.0	165	77	76	24	62	2	113	5	0	4	722	96	1.351	8.8	1.3	3.3	6.1	1.82	RoY-4
2011	25	TBR	AL	11	10	.524	4.45	29	29	0	1	0	184.0	190	96	91	23	63	1	105	8	0	6	795	84	1.375	9.3	1.1	3.1	5.1	1.67
2012	26	TBR	AL	1	0	1.000	1.93	16	0	2	0	0	23.1	20	5	5	2	9	1	20	0	0	2	100	193	1.243	7.7	0.8	3.5	7.7	2.22
4 Yrs				26	22	.542	4.09	80	64	2	2	1	411.2	408	197	187	51	147	5	274	13	0	13	1767	94	1.348	8.9	1.1	3.2	6.0	1.86
162 Game Avg.				12	10	.542	4.09	38	30	1	1	0	194	193	93	88	24	69	2	129	6	0	6	834	94	1.348	8.9	1.1	3.2	6.0	1.86

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
2009	23	TBR	AL	36.1	6	6	19	4.71	4.74	0.24	0.18	97.7	4.58	-1	-0.1		-0.0	0.2	4	.487	.500	$
2010	24	TBR	AL	168.0	29	29	77	4.13	4.49	0.35	0.16	93.8	4.04	-3	-0.3		-0.1	1.1	18	.490	.498	$404,900	RoY-4
2011	25	TBR	AL	184.0	29	29	96	4.70	4.39	0.58	0.16	90.6	3.60	-23	-2.2		-0.1	-0.7	-2	.423	.486	$434,100
2012	26	TBR	AL	23.1	16	0	5	1.93	4.55	0.53	-0.34	92.9	3.42	4	0.4	1.2	-0.0	0.6	6	.526	.503	$
4 Seasons				411.2	80	64	197	4.31	4.47	0.45	0.13	92.7	3.85	-23	-2.2	1.2	-0.2	1.2	26	.472	.497	$839,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2010	24	TBR	AL	ALDS	L	TEX	1	1.000	3.60	1	1	0	5.0	7	2	2	1	3	7	24	2.000	12.6	1.8	5.4	12.6	2.33
2011	25	TBR	AL	ALDS	L	TEX	0		0.00	2	0	2	2.1	1	0	0	0	1	1	9	0.857	3.9	0.0	3.9	3.9	1.00
2 Yrs (2 Series)							1	1.000	2.45	3	1	2	7.1	8	2	2	1	4	8	33	1.636	9.8	1.2	4.9	9.8	2.00
2 ALDS							1	1.000	2.45	3	1	2	7.1	8	2	2	1	4	8	33	1.636	9.8	1.2	4.9	9.8	2.00

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
2009	23	TBR	AL	6	150	136	19	33	6	0	2	4	1	13	36	.243	.309	.331	.640	.316	45	2	0	0	0	1	0
2010	24	TBR	AL	29	722	646	77	165	33	5	24	13	5	62	113	.255	.323	.433	.756	.274	280	8	5	3	6	2	3
2011	25	TBR	AL	29	795	712	96	190	43	6	23	2	4	63	105	.267	.330	.441	.771	.283	314	17	8	5	7	1	6
2012	26	TBR	AL	16	100	90	5	20	1	0	2	1	0	9	20	.222	.290	.300	.590	.261	27	0	0	0	1	1	2
4 Yrs				80	1767	1584	197	408	83	11	51	20	10	147	274	.258	.323	.420	.744	.280	666	27	13	8	14	5	11
162 Game Avg.				38	834	748	93	193	39	5	24	9	5	69	129	.258	.323	.420	.744	.280	315	13	6	4	7	2	5
MLB Averages																.258	.326	.406	.732	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2009	23	TBR	AL	1.4	0.1	157	0.7	3.2	-2.5	1.15	0.8	-0.2	3.3	0.3	1.15	8.2	0	0	0
2010	24	TBR	AL	-0.9	-0.1	747	0.0	11.3	-11.3	.89	-0.4	0.5	6.9	0.7	0.89	-1.2	0	0	0
2011	25	TBR	AL	-14.7	-1.4	806	-1.1	13.7	-14.8	1.00	-1.1	0.0	-6.5	-0.7	1.00	-12.7	0	0	0
2012	26	TBR	AL	5.3	0.6	104	0.2	1.6	-1.4	.88	0.3	-0.1	5.8	0.6	0.88	4.1	5	5	6
4 Yrs				-8.9	-0.8	1814	-0.2	29.8	-30.0	.96	-0.5	0.3	9.5	1.0	0.96	-1.6	5	5	6

Starting Pitching*

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
2009	23	TBR	AL	6	6	2	2	2	0	0	3	3	.500	1	1	1	1	3	50%	54.0	87	13	4	4	0	4	3.2	2.6	6.1	100	1	2	2	1	124
2010	24	TBR	AL	29	29	12	10	7	3	4	16	13	.552	1	5	0	0	15	52%	50.7	73	13	15	6	0	19	4.9	5.0	5.8	96	3	9	17	0	115
2011	25	TBR	AL	29	29	11	10	8	3	3	17	12	.586	3	5	1	0	15	52%	48.9	75	6	18	6	0	18	5.0	4.6	6.3	102	1	9	19	0	114
3 Yrs				64	64	25	22	17	6	7	36	28	.563	5	11	2	1	33	52%	50	87	6	37	16	0	41	4.8	4.6	6.1	99	5	20	38	1	124
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	100	-13					4.4	4.4	5.9	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2012	26	TBR	AL	16	16	2	1	0	0	0	0		5	4	13	4	31%	8	.878	5	5	6	7	1	8	7	9	10	3	11	2	4.4	25
1 Yr				16	16	2	1	0	0	0	0		5	4	13	4	31%		.878	5	5	6	7	1	8	7	9	10	3	11	2	4.4	25

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%
2009	23	TBR	AL	150	39%	1.3%	24.0%	8.7%	5.3%	24%	0.67	0.92	65%	27%	4.0%	17%	32	2	6%
2010	24	TBR	AL	722	44%	3.3%	15.7%	8.6%	8.6%	38%	0.63	0.78	71%	17%	8.7%	15%	123	8	7%
2011	25	TBR	AL	795	52%	2.9%	13.2%	7.9%	9.1%	38%	0.59	0.71	74%	18%	7.2%	16%	161	17	11%
2012	26	TBR	AL	100	54%	2.0%	20.0%	9.0%	3.0%	15%	0.46	0.44	69%	18%	5.0%	17%	17	0	0%
4 Yrs				1767	48%	2.9%	15.5%	8.3%	8.2%	36%	0.61	0.74	72%	19%	7.4%	16%	333	27	8%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.5%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	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
2009	23	TBR	AL	150	600	4.00	378	63%	28%	15%	30%	27%	72%	1%	45%	79%	61%	4%	6	5	19%	29	14	1	25%	3	1	0	0	0
2010	24	TBR	AL	722	2787	3.86	1759	63%	28%	11%	30%	31%	72%	1%	45%	85%	59%	5%	35	24	22%	161	85	8	22%	21	9	0	0	0
2011	25	TBR	AL	796	2952	3.71	1889	64%	26%	11%	31%	33%	74%	0%	48%	86%	59%	5%	36	23	24%	191	109	14	31%	15	12	-1	0	0
2012	26	TBR	AL	100	407	4.07	260	64%	26%	16%	31%	27%	74%	3%	47%	79%	58%	7%	7	6	25%	25	13	0	20%	2	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1768	6746	3.82	4286	64%	27%	12%	30%	31%	73%	1%	46%	84%	59%	5%	84	58	23%	406	221	23	26%	41	22	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				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
2009	23	TBR	AL	150	33	1	0	2	0	6	1	1	2	0	8	4	1	50%	0	1	1	47	4	1	80%	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
2010	24	TBR	AL	722	165	20	2	24	0	15	9	15	14	10	30	16	6	53%	3	4	1	258	13	5	72%	11	5	2	0	0	0	2	1	16	0
2011	25	TBR	AL	795	190	20	4	23	0	16	15	8	11	12	35	23	2	66%	6	6	1	296	2	4	33%	2	3	0	1	0	0	3	2	16	0
2012	26	TBR	AL	100	20	0	0	2	0	3	2	0	2	0	4	1	1	25%	2	2	0	36	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
4 Yrs				1767	408	41	6	51	0	40	27	24	29	22	77	44	10	57%	11	13	3	637	20	10	67%	17	9	3	1	0	0	5	3	44	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2009	23	2	2	.500	3.72	6	6	0	1	1	36.1	33	19	15	2	13	1	36	0	1	150	118	1.266	8.2	0.5	3.2	8.9	2.77	118
2010	24	14	12	.538	4.01	35	35	0	1	1	204.1	198	96	91	26	75	3	149	5	5	872	99	1.336	8.7	1.1	3.3	6.6	1.99	99
2011	25	25	22	.532	4.22	64	64	0	2	1	388.1	388	192	182	49	138	4	254	13	11	1667	92	1.355	9.0	1.1	3.2	5.9	1.84	92
2012	26	26	22	.542	4.09	80	64	2	2	1	411.2	408	197	187	51	147	5	274	13	13	1767	94	1.348	8.9	1.1	3.2	6.0	1.86	94

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
2009	23	2	1	.667	3.86	35.0	33	17	15	2	13	34	0	1.314	8.5	3.3	8.7	2.62	0.5	6
2010	24	7	10	.412	4.87	159.0	175	96	86	25	66	107	5	1.516	9.9	3.7	6.1	1.62	1.4	29
2011	25	6	13	.316	5.58	171.0	205	118	106	25	68	98	9	1.596	10.8	3.6	5.2	1.44	1.3	29
2012	26	1	1	.500	2.35	23.0	21	7	6	2	9	20	0	1.304	8.2	3.5	7.8	2.22	0.8	16
4 Yrs		16	25	.390	4.94	388.0	434	238	213	54	156	259	14	1.521	10.1		6.0	1.66	1.3	80

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