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Ryan Dempster

Ryan Scott Dempster (twitter: @RyanDempsterFDN)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: May 3, 1977 in Sechelt, British Columbia, CAN
High School: Gibsons HS (Gibsons, BC)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed July 6, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 23, 1998
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Marlins/Reds 1998-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 4 yrs/$52M (09-12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 13.063, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Craig Landis, previously: Jim Lindell [*]
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
1995	18	TEX-min	A-,Rk	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		HDV,RGS · NYPL,GULF
1996	19	TEX-FLA-min	A	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CHS,KNC · SALL,MIDW
1997	20	FLA-min	A+	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		BRE · FLOR
1998	21	FLA-min	AAA,AA	12	17	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	.154	.313	.154	.466		2	0	0	1	0	0		CHR,PRT · IL,EL
1998	21	FLA	NL	14	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	1	0	0	1
1999	22	FLA-min	AAA	5	14	11	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	.182	.182	.273	.455		3	0	0	3	0	0		CGY · PCL
1999	22	FLA	NL	26	51	49	5	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	22	.102	.120	.122	.242	-36	6	1	0	1	0	0	1
2000	23	FLA	NL	33	82	77	3	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	29	.078	.090	.104	.194	-50	8	0	0	4	0	0	1	AS
2001	24	FLA	NL	34	78	61	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	29	.049	.065	.066	.130	-66	4	0	0	16	0	0	1
2002	25	TOT	NL	35	75	63	2	8	1	1	0	3	0	0	2	20	.127	.154	.175	.328	-14	11	0	0	9	0	0	1
2002	25	FLA	NL	18	40	34	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	12	.059	.086	.118	.203	-46	4	0	0	4	0	0	1
2002	25	CIN	NL	17	35	29	2	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.207	.233	.241	.475	24	7	0	0	5	0	0	1
2003	26	CIN-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		LOU · IL
2003	26	CIN	NL	24	35	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	.030	.059	.030	.089	-75	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
2004	27	CHC-min	AAA,A	11	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		IWA,LNS · PCL,MIDW
2004	27	CHC	NL	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	28	CHC	NL	63	14	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.071	.071	.071	.143	-63	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2006	29	CHC	NL	74	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2007	30	CHC-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		IWA · PCL
2007	30	CHC	NL	66	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	31	CHC	NL	33	82	61	4	10	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	19	.164	.190	.197	.387	-1	12	1	0	19	0	0	1	AS,CYA-6
2009	32	CHC	NL	31	75	64	2	8	1	0	0	5	0	0	4	20	.125	.176	.141	.317	-17	9	0	0	7	0	0	1
2010	33	CHC	NL	35	75	59	3	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	19	.136	.136	.153	.288	-23	9	0	0	16	0	0	1
2011	34	CHC	NL	35	70	58	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	.086	.102	.086	.188	-47	5	0	0	10	0	0	1
2012	35	CHC	NL	8	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
15 Yrs				534	673	574	22	55	9	1	0	16	0	0	13	218	.096	.116	.115	.231	-39	66	3	0	84	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	204	174	7	17	3	0	0	5	0	0	4	66	.096	.116	.115	.231	-39	20	1	0	25	0	0
				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
CHC (9 yrs)				368	338	278	10	32	4	0	0	9	0	0	7	91	.115	.137	.129	.266	-29	36	1	0	52	0	0
FLA (5 yrs)				125	265	234	9	16	4	1	0	6	0	0	4	100	.068	.084	.094	.178	-53	22	2	0	26	0	0
CIN (2 yrs)				41	70	62	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	27	.113	.141	.129	.270	-28	8	0	0	6	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	Awards
1998	21	FLA	NL	14	14	-4	0	-0	0	2	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.484	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	1
1999	22	FLA	NL	26	51	-9	-0	0	0	8	-2	-0.2	1	-0	-0.2	.494	.499	-0.2	0.0	-0	$202,000	1
2000	23	FLA	NL	33	82	-19	0	1	0	12	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.6	.483	.497	-0.6	-0.0	-3	$268,000	1	AS
2001	24	FLA	NL	34	78	-18	-1	0	0	11	-7	-0.7	2	-5	-0.7	.478	.495	-0.7	0.0	-5	$400,000	1
2002	25	FLA	NL	18	40	-8	0	0	0	5	-2	-0.3	1	-1	-0.3	.485	.498	-0.3	0.0	-1	$2,475,000	1
2002	25	CIN	NL	17	35	-4	-0	0	0	5	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.504	.500	0.1	0.0	2	$	1
2003	26	CIN	NL	24	35	-9	0	0	0	5	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.4	.484	.498	-0.4	0.0	-3	$3,250,000	1
2004	27	CHC	NL	23	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$300,000	1
2005	28	CHC	NL	63	14	-3	0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.498	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$2,000,000	1
2006	29	CHC	NL	74	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$4,333,333	1
2007	30	CHC	NL	66	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$5,333,333	1
2008	31	CHC	NL	33	82	-12	0	-0	0	12	-0	-0.1	2	2	-0.1	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	2	$7,333,333	1	AS,CYA-6
2009	32	CHC	NL	31	75	-12	0	0	0	11	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.0	1	$9,000,000	1
2010	33	CHC	NL	35	75	-12	-0	0	0	10	-2	-0.2	2	0	-0.2	.494	.499	-0.2	0.0	0	$13,500,000	1
2011	34	CHC	NL	35	70	-13	-0	0	0	9	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.5	.485	.497	-0.5	0.0	-3	$13,500,000	1
2012	35	CHC	NL	8	18	-5	0	0	0	3	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.471	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/1
15 Seasons				534	673	-128	-2	2	0	94	-34	-3.6	18	-16	-3.6	.493	.499	-3.5	0.0	-16	$61,894,999

CHC (9 yrs)				368	338	-59	-0	1	0	46	-12	-1.3	9	-3	-1.3	.496	.499	-1.2	0.0	-3	$55,299,999
FLA (5 yrs)				125	265	-57	-2	1	0	38	-19	-2.0	7	-12	-2.0	.485	.498	-2.0	-0.0	-12	$3,345,000
CIN (2 yrs)				41	70	-12	-0	0	0	10	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.3	.492	.499	-0.3	0.0	-1	$3,250,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1998	21	FLA	NL	14	15	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.262	.000	.331	.000	.413	.000	.744	-100	.000	-3.7	-0.4	.000	.000	.000
1999	22	FLA	NL	51	46	1	0.6	109	.185	.102	.267	.120	.341	.122	.430	.242	.771	-36	.017	-10.1	-0.9	.156	.041	.020
2000	23	FLA	NL	82	75	1	0.4	111	.125	.078	.266	.090	.342	.104	.434	.194	.777	-50	.007	-17.5	-1.6	.127	.039	.026
2001	24	FLA	NL	78	74	1	0.4	108	.094	.049	.264	.065	.334	.066	.432	.130	.766	-66	.008	-14.9	-1.4	.086	.033	.016
2002	25	TOT	NL	75	64	2	0.8	107	.186	.127	.266	.154	.340	.175	.423	.328	.763	-14	.040	-10.8	-1.1	.236	.079	.048
2002	25	FLA	NL	40	36	0	0.0	105	.091	.059	.262	.086	.336	.118	.417	.203	.753	-46	.000	-7.4	-0.7	.156	.088	.059
2002	25	CIN	NL	35	28	2	1.9	111	.286	.207	.271	.233	.345	.241	.430	.475	.776	24	.156	-3.4	-0.3	.348	.069	.034
2003	26	CIN	NL	35	33	0	0.0	105	.071	.030	.263	.059	.334	.030	.421	.089	.755	-75	.000	-8.5	-0.8	.063	.030	.000
2004	27	CHC	NL	1	1	0	0.0	113		.000	.272	.000	.344	.000	.441	.000	.785	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
2005	28	CHC	NL	14	13	0	0.0	112	.111	.071	.273	.071	.344	.071	.435	.143	.779	-63	.000	-3.4	-0.3	.077	.000	.000
2006	29	CHC	NL	2	2	0	0.0	116		.000	.276	.000	.347	.000	.448	.000	.795	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2007	30	CHC	NL	1	1	0	0.0	115	.000	.000	.279	.000	.349	.000	.445	.000	.794	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
2008	31	CHC	NL	82	71	3	1.1	114	.238	.164	.275	.190	.348	.197	.439	.387	.788	-1	.064	-9.6	-0.9	.269	.066	.033
2009	32	CHC	NL	75	63	2	0.8	113	.182	.125	.274	.176	.348	.141	.435	.317	.783	-17	.040	-11.5	-1.1	.232	.078	.016
2010	33	CHC	NL	75	67	2	0.8	106	.200	.136	.267	.136	.337	.153	.420	.288	.757	-23	.039	-10.6	-1.1	.176	.017	.017
2011	34	CHC	NL	70	63	1	0.4	98	.128	.086	.259	.102	.327	.086	.403	.188	.730	-47	.014	-11.9	-1.2	.113	.017	.000
2012	35	CHC	NL	18	18	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.257	.000	.325	.000	.406	.000	.731	-100	.000	-5.0	-0.5	.000	.000	.000
15 Yrs				673	606	13	0.6	108	.154	.096	.267	.116	.339	.115	.426	.231	.766	-39	.019	-118.7	-11.6	.151	.042	.019
162 Game Avg.				204	184	4	0.6	108	.154	.096	.267	.116	.339	.115	.426	.231	.766	-39	.019	-118.7	-11.6	.151	.042	.019
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
CHC (9 yrs)				338	299	8	0.7	108	.171	.115	.268	.137	.340	.129	.424	.266	.764	-29	.031	-53.3	-5.3	.174	.040	.014
FLA (5 yrs)				265	246	3	0.3	108	.119	.068	.265	.084	.338	.094	.429	.178	.768	-53	.006	-53.6	-5.1	.118	.043	.026
CIN (2 yrs)				70	61	2	0.9	108	.200	.113	.266	.141	.339	.129	.426	.270	.765	-28	.042	-11.9	-1.2	.182	.048	.016

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	IBB
2007	30	CHC	NL	NLDS	ARI	L	1	0	0	0	0					0
2008	31	CHC	NL	NLDS	LAD	L	1	2	2	1	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							2	2	2	1	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0
2 NLDS							2	2	2	1	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA
2000	FLA	NL	23	DNP

2008	CHC	NL	31

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1998	21	FLA	NL	14	0.0%	57.1%	0.0%	0.0%			1.6			0.33	1.00	36%	0%	0.0%	67%
1999	22	FLA	NL	51	0.0%	43.1%	2.0%	2.0%	20%	22.00	2.2		24.5	1.18	1.75	53%	11%	0.0%	45%
2000	23	FLA	NL	82	0.0%	35.4%	1.2%	2.4%	33%	29.00	2.7		38.5	1.47	1.82	59%	13%	0.0%	37%
2001	24	FLA	NL	78	0.0%	37.2%	1.3%	1.3%	33%	29.00	2.1			1.33	2.21	41%	2%	0.0%	67%
2002	25	TOT	NL	75	0.0%	26.7%	2.7%	2.7%	25%	10.00	3.2		21.0	1.00	2.07	57%	13%	0.0%	29%
2002	25	FLA	NL	40	0.0%	30.0%	2.5%	2.5%	50%	12.00	2.8		17.0	1.43	2.25	55%	4%	0.0%	43%
2002	25	CIN	NL	35	0.0%	22.9%	2.9%	2.9%	17%	8.00	3.6		29.0	0.70	1.86	60%	23%	0.0%	20%
2003	26	CIN	NL	35	0.0%	54.3%	2.9%	0.0%	0%	19.00	1.7			1.00	0.64	40%	20%	0.0%	0%
2004	27	CHC	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
2005	28	CHC	NL	14	0.0%	35.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.8			7.00	3.50	64%	0%	0.0%	0%
2006	29	CHC	NL	2	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
2007	30	CHC	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	0.00	100%	0%		100%
2008	31	CHC	NL	82	0.0%	23.2%	2.4%	2.4%	20%	9.50	3.2		30.5	1.16	2.79	51%	10%	0.0%	16%
2009	32	CHC	NL	75	0.0%	26.7%	5.3%	1.3%	13%	5.00	3.2		12.8	1.86	2.46	59%	6%	0.0%	7%
2010	33	CHC	NL	75	0.0%	25.3%	0.0%	1.3%	13%		3.1		29.5	2.08	2.92	53%	9%	0.0%	17%
2011	34	CHC	NL	70	0.0%	27.1%	1.4%	0.0%	0%	19.00	3.1			2.27	4.50	56%	12%	0.0%	18%
2012	35	CHC	NL	18	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			5.00	5.00	67%	8%	0.0%	50%
15 Yrs				673	0.0%	32.4%	1.9%	1.5%	18%	16.77	2.6		35.9	1.53	2.29	53%	10%	0.0%	29%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.2%	8.7%	7.9%	34%	1.99	5.2	32.5	7.6	0.79	1.08	70%	20%	7.9%	13%
				PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1998	21	FLA	NL	-3.7	-0.4	14	-0.5	0.0	-0.5	1.00	-0.4	-0.1	-5.4	-0.6	1.02	-4.8		0
1999	22	FLA	NL	-10.1	-0.9	51	-0.6	0.4	-1.0	.88	-0.8	0.2	-6.9	-0.7	0.85	-9.0		0
2000	23	FLA	NL	-17.5	-1.6	82	-1.4	0.4	-1.7	.88	-1.6	0.1	-17.6	-1.7	0.91	-18.8		0
2001	24	FLA	NL	-15.0	-1.4	78	-1.2	0.2	-1.4	.91	-1.5	0.1	-16.0	-1.6	0.98	-17.4		0
2002	25	TOT	NL	-10.8	-1.1	75	-1.1	0.3	-1.4	.94	-1.1	-0.1	-13.4	-1.3	1.05	-12.0		0
2002	25	FLA	NL	-7.4	-0.7	40	-0.8	0.1	-0.9	1.07	-0.6	-0.1	-8.0	-0.8	1.09	-7.5		0
2002	25	CIN	NL	-3.4	-0.3	35	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.79	-0.4	0.0	-5.5	-0.5	1.00	-4.5		0
2003	26	CIN	NL	-8.5	-0.8	35	-0.8	0.1	-0.8	.93	-0.8	-0.0	-7.2	-0.7	0.80	-8.8		0
2004	27	CHC	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	0.0		-0.4	-0.0	1.38	-0.3		0
2005	28	CHC	NL	-3.4	-0.3	14	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	1.04	-0.3	-0.0	-4.0	-0.4	1.00	-3.5		0
2006	29	CHC	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.01	-0.1	0.0	-1.1	-0.1	1.57	-0.7		0
2007	30	CHC	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.26	-0.0	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.46	-0.3		0
2008	31	CHC	NL	-9.7	-0.9	82	-1.2	0.3	-1.5	.87	-1.1	-0.3	-14.5	-1.4	0.98	-13.2		0
2009	32	CHC	NL	-11.5	-1.1	75	-1.2	0.5	-1.6	1.01	-1.0	-0.1	-11.7	-1.1	1.02	-11.8		0
2010	33	CHC	NL	-10.6	-1.1	76	-1.0	0.4	-1.4	.97	-1.1	0.1	-11.1	-1.1	0.96	-12.4	2.67	1
2011	34	CHC	NL	-12.0	-1.2	70	-1.5	0.2	-1.7	1.05	-1.3	-0.1	-14.2	-1.5	1.02	-12.6	2.68	1
2012	35	CHC	NL	-5.0	-0.5	18	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	.96	-0.4	0.0	-4.5	-0.5	0.93	-4.6		0
15 Yrs				-119.0	-11.6	674	-11.2	2.7	-13.9	.94	-11.6	-0.3	-128.4	-12.6	0.97	-130.2	2.68	2
				BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1998	21	FLA	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	22	FLA	NL	2	0	83%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	2	2	0	1	1	0
2000	23	FLA	NL	0	0	43%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	24	FLA	NL	1	0	25%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	0
2002	25	TOT	NL	0	1	20%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
2002	25	FLA	NL	0	1	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	25	CIN	NL	0	0	29%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
2003	26	CIN	NL	0	0	50%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
2004	27	CHC	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	28	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	29	CHC	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	30	CHC	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	31	CHC	NL	0	0	33%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
2009	32	CHC	NL	0	0	17%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
2010	33	CHC	NL	1	0	38%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20%	1	1	0	2	2	0	2	1	1
2011	34	CHC	NL	0	1	17%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	35	CHC	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15 Yrs				4	2	32%	95	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	25%	9	7	2	8	6	1	7	4	3
				ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1998	21	FLA	NL	14	21%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	4	1	25%	5	2	40%	10	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1999	22	FLA	NL	51	29%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	25%	6	1	17%	6	1	17%	25	2	8%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
2000	23	FLA	NL	82	33%	6	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	57%	11	0	0%	15	4	27%	47	2	4%	4	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
2001	24	FLA	NL	78	36%	3	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	16	84%	21	0	0%	24	7	29%	53	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
2002	25	TOT	NL	75	21%	8	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	13	9	69%	17	0	0%	21	4	19%	57	3	5%	1	0	0%	7	2	29%	0
2002	25	FLA	NL	40	18%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	67%	8	0	0%	11	2	18%	32	2	6%	1	0	0%	6	2	33%	0
2002	25	CIN	NL	35	26%	6	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	71%	9	0	0%	10	2	20%	25	1	4%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
2003	26	CIN	NL	35	29%	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	25%	3	0	0%	5	1	20%	17	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
2004	27	CHC	NL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2005	28	CHC	NL	14	0%	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		9	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2006	29	CHC	NL	2	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2007	30	CHC	NL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2008	31	CHC	NL	82	30%	10	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	21	19	90%	25	1	4%	28	11	39%	54	2	4%	4	1	25%	3	2	67%	0
2009	32	CHC	NL	75	28%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	9	7	78%	9	0	0%	16	8	50%	57	5	9%	6	1	17%	5	3	60%	0
2010	33	CHC	NL	75	32%	8	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.67	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	19	16	84%	19	0	0%	21	7	33%	52	3	6%	5	3	60%	3	3	100%	0
2011	34	CHC	NL	70	21%	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.68	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	10	83%	12	0	0%	16	6	38%	42	0	0%	2	0	0%	4	1	25%	0
2012	35	CHC	NL	18	6%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	9	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
15 Yrs				673	27%	55	8	5	2	0	0	0	2.68	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	110	84	76%	128	3	2%	159	51	32%	439	17	4%	28	5	18%	27	13	48%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			70%			11%			33%			15%			52%			56%
				PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1998	21	FLA	NL	14	51	3.64	37	73%	32%	22%	30%	16%	68%	0%	49%	68%	71%	7%	1	0	7%	1	0	7%	1	0	75%	0	0	0
1999	22	FLA	NL	51	160	3.14	119	74%	18%	29%	29%	24%	82%	0%	61%	64%	63%	0%	0	0	6%	3	2	2%	1	1	36%	0	0	0
2000	23	FLA	NL	82	258	3.15	195	76%	15%	27%	31%	27%	85%	0%	64%	68%	65%	2%	2	0	4%	3	1	4%	3	1	24%	0	0	0
2001	24	FLA	NL	78	252	3.23	202	80%	17%	25%	34%	24%	83%	0%	66%	69%	69%	1%	1	0	3%	2	0	1%	1	1	24%	0	0	0
2002	25	TOT	NL	75	229	3.05	177	77%	18%	19%	34%	30%	82%	0%	64%	77%	67%	0%	0	0	1%	1	0	3%	2	0	25%	0	0	0
2002	25	FLA	NL	40	129	3.23	101	78%	13%	21%	40%	27%	87%	0%	68%	76%	70%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	3%	1	0	17%	0	0	0
2002	25	CIN	NL	35	100	2.86	76	76%	24%	16%	26%	34%	76%	0%	58%	79%	63%	0%	0	0	3%	1	0	3%	1	0	38%	0	0	0
2003	26	CIN	NL	35	140	4.00	104	74%	25%	21%	39%	14%	75%	0%	56%	72%	51%	0%	0	0	3%	1	0	0%	0	0	26%	0	0	0
2004	27	CHC	NL	1	4	4.00	3	75%	33%	67%	0%	0%	67%	0%	50%	0%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	100%	0	0	0
2005	28	CHC	NL	14	46	3.29	38	83%	34%	26%	16%	24%	66%	0%	54%	60%	21%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	20%	0	0	0
2006	29	CHC	NL	2	11	5.50	9	82%	11%	44%	44%	0%	89%	0%	73%	50%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2007	30	CHC	NL	1	1	1.00	1	100%	0%	0%	0%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2008	31	CHC	NL	82	226	2.76	174	77%	18%	17%	30%	35%	82%	0%	63%	80%	61%	2%	2	0	4%	3	1	4%	3	1	21%	0	0	0
2009	32	CHC	NL	75	242	3.23	171	71%	21%	19%	30%	30%	79%	0%	56%	76%	59%	1%	1	0	8%	6	1	5%	4	1	40%	0	0	0
2010	33	CHC	NL	75	212	2.83	170	80%	27%	20%	20%	33%	73%	0%	58%	73%	49%	1%	1	0	1%	1	0	1%	1	0	21%	0	0	0
2011	34	CHC	NL	70	234	3.34	172	74%	28%	23%	20%	28%	72%	0%	53%	68%	31%	1%	1	0	6%	4	0	1%	1	0	11%	0	0	1
2012	35	CHC	NL	18	65	3.61	50	77%	32%	14%	30%	24%	68%	0%	52%	79%	33%	0%	0	0	11%	2	0	0%	0	0	33%	0	0	0
15 Yrs				673	2131	3.17	1622	76%	21%	22%	29%	27%	78%	0%	60%	72%	57%	1%	9	0	4%	27	5	3%	17	5	28%	0	0	1
MLB Averages						3.76		62%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%
				PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1998	21	14	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	1
1999	22	40	65	62	5	5	1	0	2	1	30	.081	.095	.097	.192	-49	6	2	2
2000	23	73	147	139	8	11	3	0	4	2	59	.079	.092	.101	.193	-50	14	2	6
2001	24	107	225	200	9	14	4	0	4	3	88	.070	.084	.090	.174	-54	18	2	22
2002	25	142	300	263	11	22	5	1	7	5	108	.084	.101	.110	.211	-45	29	2	31
2003	26	166	335	296	12	23	5	1	7	6	127	.078	.096	.101	.197	-48	30	2	32
2004	27	189	336	297	12	23	5	1	7	6	128	.077	.096	.101	.197	-48	30	2	32
2005	28	252	350	311	12	24	5	1	7	6	133	.077	.095	.100	.194	-49	31	2	32
2006	29	326	352	313	12	24	5	1	7	6	135	.077	.094	.099	.193	-49	31	2	32
2007	30	392	353	314	12	24	5	1	7	6	135	.076	.094	.099	.192	-49	31	2	32
2008	31	425	435	375	16	34	7	1	9	8	154	.091	.110	.115	.224	-41	43	3	51
2009	32	456	510	439	18	42	8	1	14	12	174	.096	.120	.118	.238	-37	52	3	58
2010	33	491	585	498	21	50	9	1	16	12	193	.100	.122	.122	.244	-36	61	3	74
2011	34	526	655	556	22	55	9	1	16	13	212	.099	.120	.119	.238	-37	66	3	84
2012	35	534	673	574	22	55	9	1	16	13	218	.096	.116	.115	.231	-39	66	3	84

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1998	21	14	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	14
1999	22	26	52	50	7	6	1	0	3	1	22	.120	.137	.140	.277	1	26
2000	23	33	83	78	4	7	2	0	3	1	29	.090	.101	.115	.217	1	33
2001	24	34	78	61	0	0	0	0	0	1	29	.000	.016	.000	.016	0	34
2002	25	35	75	64	2	9	1	1	3	2	20	.141	.167	.188	.354	2	35
2003	26	24	35	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	.000	.029	.000	.029	0	24
2004	27	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	23
2005	28	63	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	63
2006	29	74	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	74
2007	30	66	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	66
2008	31	33	81	60	4	9	2	0	2	2	19	.150	.177	.183	.361	2	33
2009	32	31	72	62	1	6	1	0	3	3	20	.097	.138	.113	.251	1	31
2010	33	35	74	58	2	7	1	0	2	0	19	.121	.121	.138	.259	1	35
2011	34	35	71	60	2	7	0	0	0	1	19	.117	.131	.117	.248	1	35
2012	35	8	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8
15 Yrs		534	671	575	22	51	8	1	16	12	218	.089	.107	.106	.213	9	534
162 Game Avg.		162	204	174	7	15	2	0	5	4	66	.089	.107	.106	.213	3	534

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games 2000 2008 *	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2008 NL (6, 2%) 0.02 Career Shares (255th)	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 2008 NL 6.6 (8th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 2001 NL 16 (4th) 2008 NL 19 (1st) 2010 NL 16 (2nd) Active 84 (7th)
Youngest s c a p y 1998 NL born 1977-05-03 (6th)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Al Benton (989)
Sandy Koufax (980) *
John Burkett (980)
Jack Billingham (979)
Bill Monbouquette (978)
Vida Blue (975)
Preacher Roe (971)
Bob Veale (969)
Al Leiter (968)
Mickey Lolich (967)

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Terry Mulholland (979)
Jack Billingham (975)
Mickey Lolich (972)
Bob Veale (969)
Bob Buhl (964)
Dave Koslo (960)
Jason Schmidt (958)
Si Johnson (956)
Chris Short (952)
Billy O'Dell (952)

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