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Zach Day

Stephen Zachary Day

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 15, 1978 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: LaSalle HS (Cincinnati, OH)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 5th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed July 14, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 15, 2002
Teams (by GP): Expos/Nationals/Rockies 2002-2006

Final Game: May 22, 2006
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Christy Mathewson… #3. Cy Young… #4. Tom Seaver… #5. Greg Maddux… #6. Pete Alexander… #7. Lefty Grove…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Christy Mathewson… #3. Cy Young… #4. Tom Seaver… #5. Greg Maddux… #6. Pete Alexander… #7. Lefty Grove…

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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
1996	18	NYY-min	Rk	5	2	.714	5.61	7	5	1	0	0	0	33.2	41	26	21	3	3	0	23	4	0	0	139		1.307	11.0	0.8	0.8	6.1	7.67	YNK · GULF
1997	19	NYY-min	A-	7	2	.778	2.15	14	14	0	0	0	0	92.0	82	26	22	2	23	0	92	1	0	3	372		1.141	8.0	0.2	2.2	9.0	4.00	ONE · NYPL
1998	20	NYY-min	A+,A	6	10	.375	4.76	25	23	0	1	0	0	136.0	177	111	72	6	38	4	106	9	0	9	634		1.581	11.7	0.4	2.5	7.0	2.79	TAM,GBO · FLOR,SALL
1999	21	NYY-min	Rk,A	1	2	.333	3.28	7	6	0	0	0	0	24.2	34	21	9	1	5	0	21	2	0	0	116		1.581	12.4	0.4	1.8	7.7	4.20	YNK,GBO · GULF,SALL
2000	22	NYY-CLE-min	A,AA,A+	15	9	.625	2.82	28	28	0	1	1	0	165.2	143	71	52	9	67	1	180	5	1	16	685		1.268	7.8	0.5	3.6	9.8	2.69	GBO,AKR,TAM · SALL,EL,FLOR
2001	23	CLE-WSN-min	AA,AAA	12	12	.500	3.72	29	28	0	2	0	0	169.1	164	81	70	10	54	1	113	6	0	10	714		1.287	8.7	0.5	2.9	6.0	2.09	AKR,OTT,BFL · EL,IL
2002	24	WSN-min	AAA	5	6	.455	3.50	17	16	0	1	3	0	90.0	77	38	35	5	32	0	68	4	0	7	373		1.211	7.7	0.5	3.2	6.8	2.13	OTT · IL
2002	24	MON	NL	4	1	.800	3.62	19	2	5	0	0	1	37.1	28	18	15	3	15	2	25	1	0	1	153	118	1.152	6.8	0.7	3.6	6.0	1.67
2003	25	WSN-min	A+,Rk	0	0		2.35	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.2	6	4	2	0	2	0	6	0	0	1	31		1.043	7.0	0.0	2.3	7.0	3.00	BRE,EXO · FLOR,GULF
2003	25	MON	NL	9	8	.529	4.18	23	23	0	1	1	0	131.1	132	64	61	8	59	3	61	10	0	13	580	108	1.454	9.0	0.5	4.0	4.2	1.03
2004	26	MON	NL	5	10	.333	3.93	19	19	0	1	1	0	116.2	117	53	51	13	45	7	61	4	0	5	496	115	1.389	9.0	1.0	3.5	4.7	1.36
2005	27	COL-WSN-min	AAA,AA	3	3	.500	5.07	10	10	0	0	0	0	49.2	60	33	28	5	16	0	27	3	2	5	224		1.530	10.9	0.9	2.9	4.9	1.69	CSP,HRB · PCL,EL
2005	27	TOT	NL	1	3	.250	6.85	17	8	4	0	0	0	47.1	61	40	36	6	32	4	23	1	0	2	229	63	1.965	11.6	1.1	6.1	4.4	0.72
2005	27	WSN	NL	1	2	.333	6.75	12	5	4	0	0	0	36.0	41	29	27	4	25	3	16	1	0	1	170	61	1.833	10.3	1.0	6.3	4.0	0.64
2005	27	COL	NL	0	1	.000	7.15	5	3	0	0	0	0	11.1	20	11	9	2	7	1	7	0	0	1	59	69	2.382	15.9	1.6	5.6	5.6	1.00
2006	28	TOT	NL	2	5	.286	6.75	8	8	0	0	0	0	40.0	51	32	30	5	21	2	19	3	0	1	190	67	1.800	11.5	1.1	4.7	4.3	0.90
2006	28	COL	NL	1	2	.333	10.80	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.1	22	17	16	3	10	1	6	1	0	0	71	46	2.400	14.9	2.0	6.8	4.1	0.60
2006	28	WSN	NL	1	3	.250	4.73	5	5	0	0	0	0	26.2	29	15	14	2	11	1	13	2	0	1	119	92	1.500	9.8	0.7	3.7	4.4	1.18
2007	29	KCR-min	AAA	1	1	.500	3.93	11	9	1	0	0	0	36.2	34	25	16	2	26	0	11	4	0	0	171		1.636	8.3	0.5	6.4	2.7	0.42	OMA · PCL
2008	30	MIN-min	A+	1	0	1.000	5.62	6	0	1	0	0	0	8.0	14	6	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	37		1.875	15.8	0.0	1.1	3.4	3.00	FTM · FLOR
5 Yrs				21	27	.438	4.66	86	60	9	2	2	1	372.2	389	207	193	35	172	18	189	19	0	22	1648	96	1.505	9.4	0.8	4.2	4.6	1.10
162 Game Avg.				10	13	.438	4.66	40	28	4	1	1	0	174	181	96	90	16	80	8	88	9	0	10	768	96	1.505	9.4	0.8	4.2	4.6	1.10

WSN (5 yrs)				20	24	.455	4.34	78	54	9	2	2	1	348.0	347	179	168	30	155	16	176	18	0	21	1518	102	1.443	9.0	0.8	4.0	4.6	1.14
COL (2 yrs)				1	3	.250	9.12	8	6	0	0	0	0	24.2	42	28	25	5	17	2	13	1	0	1	130	54	2.392	15.3	1.8	6.2	4.7	0.76

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
2002	24	MON	NL	37.1	19	2	18	4.34	4.58	-0.08	-0.23	102.7	4.55	1	0.1	.7	-0.1	0.3	4	.504	.500	$
2003	25	MON	NL	131.1	23	23	64	4.39	4.68	-0.04	0.18	105.4	5.17	11	1.1		-0.1	2.0	24	.550	.507	$301,500
2004	26	MON	NL	116.2	19	19	53	4.09	4.59	0.28	0.18	106.1	4.77	8	0.9		-0.1	1.6	20	.545	.505	$315,000
2005	27	WSN	NL	36.0	12	5	29	7.25	4.78	-0.02	0.03	97.5	4.71	-10	-1.0	.2	0.1	-0.6	-7	.418	.494	$357,500
2005	27	COL	NL	11.1	5	3	11	8.74	4.52	-0.12	0.12	121.4	5.77	-4	-0.4	.9	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.428	.498	$
2006	28	COL	NL	13.1	3	3	17	11.48	5.00	0.12	0.20	102.5	5.20	-9	-0.7		-0.0	-0.6	-8	.266	.496	$600,000
2006	28	WSN	NL	26.2	5	5	15	5.06	4.53	-0.26	0.18	98.9	4.91	-0	-0.0		-0.0	0.1	2	.493	.500	$
5 Seasons				372.2	86	60	207	5.00	4.65	0.05	0.12	104.5	4.94	-4	0.0	.6	-0.2	2.5	34	.500	.500	$1,574,000

WSN (5 yrs)				348.0	78	54	179	4.63	4.64	0.05	0.12	104.1	4.90	9	1.1	.5	-0.2	3.4	45	.514	.501	$974,000
COL (2 yrs)				24.2	8	6	28	10.22	4.78	0.01	0.16	111.2	5.46	-13	-1.1	.9	-0.0	-0.9	-11	.367	.497	$600,000

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1996	18	NYY-min	Rk	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		YNK · GULF
1997	19	NYY-min	A-	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		ONE · NYPL
1998	20	NYY-min	A,A+	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		GBO,TAM · SALL,FLOR
1999	21	NYY-min	A,Rk	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		GBO,YNK · SALL,GULF
2000	22	NYY-CLE-min	A,A+,AA	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		GBO,TAM,AKR · SALL,FLOR,EL
2001	23	WSN-CLE-min	AAA,AA	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OTT,BFL,AKR · IL,EL
2002	24	WSN-min	AAA	17	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.077	.077	.077	.154		1	0	0	1	0	0		OTT · IL
2002	24	MON	NL	19	9	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.167	.286	.167	.452	22	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
2003	25	WSN-min	Rk,A+	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		EXO,BRE · GULF,FLOR
2003	25	MON	NL	23	49	47	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	22	.043	.063	.043	.105	-72	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
2004	26	MON	NL	19	32	29	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	17	.034	.034	.138	.172	-59	4	0	0	3	0	0	1
2005	27	COL-WSN-min	AAA,AA	10	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222		1	0	0	1	0	0		CSP,HRB · PCL,EL
2005	27	TOT	NL	17	12	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.182	.182	.182	.364	-4	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
2005	27	WSN	NL	12	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	-32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
2005	27	COL	NL	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	68	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2006	28	TOT	NL	8	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	2	0	0	/1
2006	28	COL	NL	3	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	/1
2006	28	WSN	NL	5	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	1	0	0	/1
2007	29	KCR-min	AAA	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OMA · PCL
2008	30	MIN-min	A+	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		FTM · FLOR
5 Yrs				86	116	105	5	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	51	.057	.075	.086	.160	-59	9	1	0	9	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	219	198	9	11	0	0	2	6	0	0	4	96	.057	.075	.086	.160	-59	17	2	0	17	0	0

WSN (5 yrs)				78	107	97	4	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	48	.052	.071	.082	.153	-61	8	1	0	8	0	0
COL (2 yrs)				8	9	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	-37	1	0	0	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2002	24	MON	NL	19	9	-1	-0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
2003	25	MON	NL	23	49	-12	0	0	0	7	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.5	.477	.497	-0.5	0.0	-4	$301,500	1
2004	26	MON	NL	19	32	-8	0	0	0	5	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.484	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$315,000	1
2005	27	WSN	NL	12	9	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.496	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$357,500	1
2005	27	COL	NL	5	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.506	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
2006	28	COL	NL	3	6	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.470	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$600,000	/1
2006	28	WSN	NL	5	8	-2	0	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.474	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1
5 Seasons				86	116	-27	0	0	0	16	-10	-1.0	3	-7	-1.1	.488	.499	-1.1	0.0	-7	$1,574,000

WSN (5 yrs)				78	107	-25	0	0	0	15	-10	-1.0	3	-7	-1.0	.487	.499	-1.0	0.0	-7	$974,000
COL (2 yrs)				8	9	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.493	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$600,000

Standard Fielding

More Stats

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%	lgCS%
2002	MON	NL	24	P	19	2	0	37.1	12	6	6	0	1	1.000			2.89	0.63	.963	1.83	1.81	2	2	50%	32%
2003	MON	NL	25	P	23	23	1	131.1	32	9	22	1	1	.969	-1	-2	2.12	1.35	.957	1.84	1.83	4	2	33%	31%
2004	MON	NL	26	P	19	19	1	116.2	26	10	16	0	1	1.000	2	3	2.01	1.37	.965	1.84	1.82	4	2	33%	28%
2005	TOT	NL	27	P	17	8	0	47.1	14	6	8	0	1	1.000	-1	-4	2.66	0.82	.960	1.75	1.73	2	1	33%	29%
2005	WSN	NL	27	P	12	5	0	36.0	9	4	5	0	1	1.000	-1	-6	2.25	0.75	.960	1.75	1.73	2	1	33%	29%
2005	COL	NL	27	P	5	3	0	11.1	5	2	3	0	0	1.000	0	0	3.97	1.00	.960	1.75	1.72	0	0
2006	TOT	NL	28	P	8	8	0	40.0	5	1	4	0	1	1.000	-2	-10	1.12	0.63	.958	1.71	1.71	9	1	10%	28%
2006	COL	NL	28	P	3	3	0	13.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	0.68	0.33	.960	1.69	1.70	3	0	0%	28%
2006	WSN	NL	28	P	5	5	0	26.2	4	1	3	0	1	1.000	-2	-15	1.35	0.80	.958	1.72	1.72	6	1	14%	28%
	5 Seasons			P	86	60	2	372.2	89	32	56	1	5	.989	-2	-1	2.13	1.02	.961	1.81	1.79	21	8	28%	29%
	5 Seasons			TOT	86	60	2	372.2	89	32	56	1	5	.989	-2	-7	2.13	1.02	.961	1.81	1.79	21	8	28%	29%

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Shutouts s c a p y 2004 NL 1 (9th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 2003 NL 13 (1st)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2003 NL 10 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2004 NL 1 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2003 NL 13 (1st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2003 NL 10 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 4, 1996: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 5th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed July 14, 1996.
June 29, 2000: Traded by the New York Yankees with Ricky Ledee and Jake Westbrook to the Cleveland Indians for David Justice.
July 31, 2001: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Montreal Expos for Milton Bradley.
July 13, 2005: Traded by the Washington Nationals with J.J. Davis and cash to the Colorado Rockies for Preston Wilson.
April 26, 2006: Selected off waivers by the Washington Nationals from the Colorado Rockies.
October 3, 2006: Released by the Washington Nationals.
December 20, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
January 7, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.
May 6, 2008: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2003	25	Montreal Expos	$301,500	4/3/03 AP
2004	26	Montreal Expos	$315,000	4/7/04 AP
2005	27	Washington Nationals	$357,500
2006	28	Colorado Rockies	$600,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,574,000

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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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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Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

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