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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 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
1998 21 FLA NL 1 5 .167 7.08 14 11 1 0 0 0 54.2 72 47 43 6 38 1 35 9 0 5 272 57 2.012 11.9 1.0 6.3 5.8 0.92
1999 22 FLA NL 7 8 .467 4.71 25 25 0 0 0 0 147.0 146 77 77 21 93 2 126 6 0 8 666 91 1.626 8.9 1.3 5.7 7.7 1.35
2000 23 FLA NL 14 10 .583 3.66 33 33 0 2 1 0 226.1 210 102 92 30 97 7 209 5 0 4 974 121 1.356 8.4 1.2 3.9 8.3 2.15 AS
2001 24 FLA NL 15 12 .556 4.94 34 34 0 2 1 0 211.1 218 123 116 21 112 5 171 10 0 5 954 86 1.562 9.3 0.9 4.8 7.3 1.53
2002 25 TOT NL 10 13 .435 5.38 33 33 0 4 0 0 209.0 228 127 125 28 93 2 153 10 0 2 915 77 1.536 9.8 1.2 4.0 6.6 1.65
2002 25 FLA NL 5 8 .385 4.79 18 18 0 3 0 0 120.1 126 66 64 12 55 1 87 7 0 0 521 84 1.504 9.4 0.9 4.1 6.5 1.58
2002 25 CIN NL 5 5 .500 6.19 15 15 0 1 0 0 88.2 102 61 61 16 38 1 66 3 0 2 394 69 1.579 10.4 1.6 3.9 6.7 1.74
2003 26 CIN NL 3 7 .300 6.54 22 20 1 0 0 0 115.2 134 89 84 14 70 4 84 5 0 3 545 63 1.764 10.4 1.1 5.4 6.5 1.20
2004 27 CHC NL 1 1 .500 3.92 23 0 8 0 0 2 20.2 16 9 9 1 13 0 18 2 0 1 93 114 1.403 7.0 0.4 5.7 7.8 1.38
2005 28 CHC NL 5 3 .625 3.13 63 6 53 0 0 33 92.0 83 35 32 4 49 7 89 4 0 4 401 141 1.435 8.1 0.4 4.8 8.7 1.82
2006 29 CHC NL 1 9 .100 4.80 74 0 64 0 0 24 75.0 77 47 40 5 36 3 67 3 0 6 342 97 1.507 9.2 0.6 4.3 8.0 1.86
2007 30 CHC NL 2 7 .222 4.73 66 0 58 0 0 28 66.2 59 36 35 8 30 4 55 1 1 2 282 98 1.335 8.0 1.1 4.1 7.4 1.83
2008 31 CHC NL 17 6 .739 2.96 33 33 0 1 0 0 206.2 174 75 68 14 76 1 187 7 0 5 856 154 1.210 7.6 0.6 3.3 8.1 2.46 AS,CYA-6
2009 32 CHC NL 11 9 .550 3.65 31 31 0 1 1 0 200.0 196 94 81 22 65 4 172 6 0 11 842 122 1.305 8.8 1.0 2.9 7.7 2.65
2010 33 CHC NL 15 12 .556 3.85 34 34 0 1 0 0 215.1 198 110 92 25 86 4 208 10 0 6 918 110 1.319 8.3 1.0 3.6 8.7 2.42
2011 34 CHC NL 10 14 .417 4.80 34 34 0 0 0 0 202.1 211 111 108 23 82 2 191 5 0 7 881 80 1.448 9.4 1.0 3.6 8.5 2.33
2012 35 CHC NL 0 3 .000 2.14 8 8 0 0 0 0 54.2 43 15 13 3 15 0 50 0 1 0 219 180 1.061 7.1 0.5 2.5 8.2 3.33
15 Yrs 112 119 .485 4.36 527 302 185 11 3 87 2097.1 2065 1097 1015 225 955 46 1815 83 2 69 9160 98 1.440 8.9 1.0 4.1 7.8 1.90
162 Game Avg. 9 10 .485 4.36 43 25 15 1 0 7 172 169 90 83 18 78 4 149 7 0 6 751 98 1.440 8.9 1.0 4.1 7.8 1.90
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
CHC (9 yrs) 62 64 .492 3.80 366 146 183 3 1 87 1133.1 1057 532 478 105 452 25 1037 38 2 42 4834 114 1.331 8.4 0.8 3.6 8.2 2.29
FLA (5 yrs) 42 43 .494 4.64 124 121 1 7 2 0 759.2 772 415 392 90 395 16 628 37 0 22 3387 92 1.536 9.1 1.1 4.7 7.4 1.59
CIN (2 yrs) 8 12 .400 6.39 37 35 1 1 0 0 204.1 236 150 145 30 108 5 150 8 0 5 939 66 1.684 10.4 1.3 4.8 6.6 1.39

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
1998 21 FLA NL 54.2 14 11 47 7.74 4.85 -0.08 0.11 94.3 4.75 -18 -1.7 1.0 -0.0 -1.3 -13 .382 .490 $
1999 22 FLA NL 147.0 25 25 77 4.71 5.05 0.04 0.19 94.4 4.91 2 0.2 -0.1 1.3 19 .510 .501 $202,000
2000 23 FLA NL 226.1 33 33 102 4.06 5.04 -0.06 0.18 95.2 5.03 24 2.4 -0.1 3.9 49 .573 .515 $268,000 AS
2001 24 FLA NL 211.1 34 34 123 5.24 4.58 0.08 0.17 97.2 4.54 -17 -1.6 -0.1 -0.2 5 .453 .490 $400,000
2002 25 FLA NL 120.1 18 18 66 4.94 4.49 -0.08 0.17 97.3 4.62 -5 -0.5 -0.1 0.3 7 .474 .497 $2,475,000
2002 25 CIN NL 88.2 15 15 61 6.19 4.38 0.00 0.17 105.2 4.78 -14 -1.4 -0.1 -0.8 -6 .409 .492 $
2003 26 CIN NL 115.2 22 20 89 6.93 4.69 0.03 0.17 97.8 4.72 -29 -2.6 1.1 -0.1 -1.9 -17 .380 .484 $3,250,000
2004 27 CHC NL 20.2 23 0 9 3.92 4.57 -0.10 -0.33 102.2 4.43 1 0.1 1.3 -0.0 0.2 3 .505 .501 $300,000
2005 28 CHC NL 92.0 63 6 35 3.42 4.62 0.02 -0.16 103.8 4.61 12 1.3 1.7 0.1 2.1 21 .520 .508 $2,000,000
2006 29 CHC NL 75.0 74 0 47 5.64 4.78 -0.08 -0.35 102.8 4.64 -8 -0.8 1.3 -0.3 -0.5 -1 .489 .495 $4,333,333
2007 30 CHC NL 66.2 66 0 36 4.86 4.71 0.19 -0.34 104.5 4.37 -3 -0.3 1.4 -0.2 0.0 3 .495 .498 $5,333,333
2008 31 CHC NL 206.2 33 33 75 3.27 4.57 -0.15 0.18 107.2 5.25 47 5.3 -0.1 6.7 66 .660 .533 $7,333,333 AS,CYA-6
2009 32 CHC NL 200.0 31 31 94 4.23 4.49 -0.15 0.18 104.6 5.03 17 1.9 -0.1 3.2 37 .561 .512 $9,000,000
2010 33 CHC NL 215.1 34 34 110 4.60 4.38 -0.24 0.17 104.6 5.01 9 1.0 -0.2 2.4 30 .530 .506 $13,500,000
2011 34 CHC NL 202.1 34 34 111 4.94 4.19 -0.22 0.16 101.5 4.64 -8 -0.8 -0.1 0.5 11 .475 .495 $13,500,000
2012 35 CHC NL 54.2 8 8 15 2.47 4.04 0.16 0.15 100.7 4.06 9 1.0 -0.1 1.4 15 .631 .506 $
15 Seasons 2097.1 527 302 1097 4.71 4.59 -0.07 0.12 100.8 4.81 21 3.5 1.4 -1.6 17.3 229 .507 .501 $61,894,999
CHC (9 yrs) 1133.1 366 146 532 4.22 4.45 -0.12 0.07 104.1 4.84 77 8.6 1.4 -1.0 16.0 185 .524 .506 $55,299,999
FLA (5 yrs) 759.2 124 121 415 4.92 4.81 -0.01 0.17 95.9 4.79 -13 -1.1 1.0 -0.5 4.0 67 .491 .499 $3,345,000
CIN (2 yrs) 204.1 37 35 150 6.61 4.55 0.02 0.17 101.0 4.74 -43 -4.0 1.1 -0.1 -2.7 -23 .392 .488 $3,250,000

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
2007 30 CHC NL NLDS L ARI 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
2008 31 CHC NL NLDS L LAD 0 1 .000 7.71 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 4 4 4 1 7 0 2 0 0 0 24 2.357 7.7 1.9 13.5 3.9 0.29
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 1 .000 6.35 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.2 4 4 4 1 7 0 4 0 0 0 27 1.941 6.4 1.6 11.1 6.4 0.57
2 NLDS 0 1 .000 6.35 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.2 4 4 4 1 7 0 4 0 0 0 27 1.941 6.4 1.6 11.1 6.4 0.57

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
2000 FLA NL 23
2008 CHC NL 31 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.0

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
1998 21 FLA NL 14 272 214 47 72 14 1 6 6 1 38 35 .336 .446 .495 .941 .369 106 9 9 5 6 1 2
1999 22 FLA NL 25 666 558 77 146 23 4 21 4 5 93 126 .262 .370 .430 .800 .300 240 14 6 3 6 2 2
2000 23 FLA NL 33 974 863 102 210 37 6 30 13 9 97 209 .243 .322 .404 .726 .286 349 12 5 4 5 7 15
2001 24 FLA NL 34 954 810 123 218 50 8 21 10 7 112 171 .269 .362 .428 .790 .315 347 21 10 15 7 5 13
2002 25 TOT NL 33 915 797 127 228 42 11 28 7 13 93 153 .286 .365 .472 .837 .322 376 23 10 9 6 2 2
2002 25 CIN NL 15 394 348 61 102 19 2 16 4 2 38 66 .293 .365 .497 .862 .320 173 12 3 2 3 1 1
2002 25 FLA NL 18 521 449 66 126 23 9 12 3 11 55 87 .281 .366 .452 .818 .323 203 11 7 7 3 1 1
2003 26 CIN NL 22 545 457 89 134 31 2 14 1 3 70 84 .293 .390 .462 .852 .331 211 14 5 9 4 4 8
2004 27 CHC NL 23 93 77 9 16 2 0 1 2 0 13 18 .208 .337 .273 .610 .259 21 0 2 1 0 0 1
2005 28 CHC NL 63 401 343 35 83 14 1 4 6 2 49 89 .242 .343 .324 .667 .316 111 12 4 5 0 7 5
2006 29 CHC NL 74 342 294 47 77 12 2 5 5 0 36 67 .262 .344 .367 .712 .319 108 6 3 5 4 3 5
2007 30 CHC NL 66 282 246 36 59 8 3 8 9 0 30 55 .240 .323 .394 .717 .276 97 6 1 3 2 4 1
2008 31 CHC NL 33 856 766 75 174 35 5 14 11 4 76 187 .227 .302 .341 .642 .282 261 19 7 4 3 1 6
2009 32 CHC NL 31 842 753 94 196 41 3 22 16 11 65 172 .260 .321 .410 .731 .307 309 17 6 10 8 4 6
2010 33 CHC NL 34 918 811 110 198 34 4 25 16 6 86 208 .244 .323 .388 .712 .298 315 19 10 9 2 4 9
2011 34 CHC NL 34 881 779 111 211 51 8 23 17 10 82 191 .271 .343 .445 .788 .331 347 13 5 12 3 2 6
2012 35 CHC NL 8 219 202 15 43 7 1 3 6 2 15 50 .213 .266 .302 .568 .267 61 2 0 1 1 0 5
15 Yrs 527 9160 7970 1097 2065 401 59 225 129 73 955 1815 .259 .342 .409 .751 .307 3259 187 83 95 57 46 86
162 Game Avg. 43 751 654 90 169 33 5 18 11 6 78 149 .259 .342 .409 .751 .307 267 15 7 8 5 4 7
MLB Averages .264 .333 .421 .754 .298
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1998 21 FLA NL -19.4 -1.8 286 -2.0 4.1 -6.0 1.03 -2.3 0.4 -20.5 -1.9 1.03 -23.8 1 0 2
1999 22 FLA NL -2.8 -0.3 681 0.5 11.7 -11.3 1.01 -0.9 1.4 4.8 0.5 1.01 -10.7 0 0 0
2000 23 FLA NL 19.3 1.9 999 1.7 18.5 -16.7 1.04 1.5 0.1 23.1 2.3 1.04 16.2 0 0 0
2001 24 FLA NL -15.4 -1.5 973 -0.7 16.0 -16.8 1.01 -1.3 0.5 -9.2 -0.9 1.01 -13.4 0 0 0
2002 25 TOT NL -23.2 -2.2 932 -1.6 14.9 -16.5 .94 -2.0 0.3 -20.8 -2.0 0.94 -24.1 0 0 0
2002 25 FLA NL -8.3 -0.8 532 -0.1 9.0 -9.1 1.00 -0.7 0.6 -4.9 -0.5 1.00 -9.0 0 0 0
2002 25 CIN NL -14.9 -1.4 400 -1.5 5.9 -7.4 .88 -1.3 -0.3 -15.9 -1.5 0.88 -15.1 0 0 0
2003 26 CIN NL -31.3 -2.9 552 -2.5 10.2 -12.7 1.14 -2.0 -0.1 -30.1 -2.8 1.14 -22.9 0 2 0
2004 27 CHC NL 1.6 0.2 97 0.7 1.8 -1.1 1.06 0.2 0.4 5.1 0.5 1.06 3.0 8 3 12
2005 28 CHC NL 12.4 1.2 414 3.2 12.4 -9.2 1.66 0.7 1.3 9.9 1.0 1.66 9.9 32 10 12
2006 29 CHC NL -2.8 -0.3 356 -3.2 8.5 -11.7 1.76 -0.2 -1.6 -8.3 -0.8 1.76 -2.3 28 14 27
2007 30 CHC NL 0.2 0.0 297 1.1 7.7 -6.7 1.54 0.6 0.1 3.4 0.3 1.54 4.3 32 9 24
2008 31 CHC NL 34.7 3.6 874 3.5 15.6 -12.1 .97 3.4 0.2 33.5 3.4 0.97 37.9 0 0 0
2009 32 CHC NL 14.2 1.4 878 0.1 13.3 -13.3 .89 0.7 -0.6 7.8 0.8 0.89 10.0 0 0 0
2010 33 CHC NL 4.7 0.5 944 0.8 16.1 -15.3 .97 0.1 0.8 2.5 0.3 0.97 1.5 0 0 0
2011 34 CHC NL -16.7 -1.7 916 -1.1 14.9 -16.1 .99 -1.4 0.2 -16.3 -1.6 0.99 -14.7 0 0 0
2012 35 CHC NL 10.1 1.1 226 0.9 4.4 -3.5 1.07 0.8 0.1 10.6 1.2 1.07 8.5 0 0 0
15 Yrs -14.3 -0.6 9425 1.4 170.3 -168.9 1.07 -2.1 3.4 -4.4 0.2 1.07 -20.4 101 38 77
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1998 21 FLA NL 14 11 1 5 5 0 0 5 6 .455 0 4 0 0 3 27% 40.5 68 26 18 6 0 6 3.5 3.2 4.4 78 6 3 2 0 106
1999 22 FLA NL 25 25 7 8 10 0 2 11 14 .440 1 4 0 0 12 48% 48.9 78 17 22 11 0 17 4.5 4.1 5.9 99 4 8 12 1 123
2000 23 FLA NL 33 33 14 10 9 2 2 21 12 .636 1 7 2 1 20 61% 54.8 89 19 15 4 0 19 4.3 4.1 6.9 109 0 9 17 7 130
2001 24 FLA NL 34 34 15 12 7 2 3 18 16 .529 2 5 2 1 19 56% 48.0 83 13 25 10 0 18 5.2 5.6 6.2 105 3 7 18 6 129
2002 25 TOT NL 33 33 10 13 10 3 4 14 19 .424 2 3 4 0 15 45% 46.4 75 -4 17 8 0 11 5.4 5.6 6.3 101 3 8 19 3 124
2002 25 FLA NL 18 18 5 8 5 1 3 7 11 .389 2 0 3 0 10 56% 48.6 71 -4 9 5 0 7 5.1 5.2 6.7 104 1 3 13 1 123
2002 25 CIN NL 15 15 5 5 5 2 1 7 8 .467 0 3 1 0 5 33% 43.7 75 5 8 3 0 4 5.9 6.1 5.9 98 2 5 6 2 124
2003 26 CIN NL 22 20 3 7 10 0 0 9 11 .450 4 4 0 0 7 35% 40.5 71 13 20 7 4 8 4.4 4.0 5.6 96 2 9 9 0 116
2005 28 CHC NL 63 6 1 3 2 0 2 2 4 .333 0 2 0 0 4 67% 46.2 66 19 3 1 0 3 3.0 1.9 5.6 99 0 3 3 0 107
2008 31 CHC NL 33 33 17 6 10 4 2 22 11 .667 4 4 1 0 21 64% 57.4 82 9 12 2 0 14 5.7 5.1 6.3 101 3 9 21 0 119
2009 32 CHC NL 31 31 11 9 11 3 4 13 18 .419 3 9 1 1 19 61% 53.6 81 24 11 3 0 10 4.3 4.4 6.5 102 0 12 16 3 121
2010 33 CHC NL 34 34 15 12 7 2 6 16 18 .471 4 3 1 0 23 68% 53.5 82 5 24 12 0 13 4.8 4.2 6.3 106 3 5 19 7 125
2011 34 CHC NL 34 34 10 14 10 2 6 18 16 .529 3 2 0 0 21 62% 49.8 83 11 13 7 0 12 4.0 3.6 6.0 103 1 11 20 2 128
2012 35 CHC NL 8 8 0 3 5 0 2 1 7 .125 2 1 0 0 6 75% 62.4 81 42 3 1 0 6 2.2 1.9 6.8 101 0 2 6 0 108
12 Yrs 364 302 104 102 96 18 33 150 152 .497 26 48 11 3 170 56% 51 89 -4 183 72 4 137 4.6 4.4 6.2 102 25 86 162 29 130
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 105 -21 4.8 4.7 5.9 95

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
1998 21 FLA NL 14 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 3 100% 5 1.035 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 6.0 41
2003 26 CIN NL 22 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 5 1.145 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 4.5 28
2004 27 CHC NL 23 23 8 1 1 2 2 0 100% 5 3 11 1 9% 8 1.057 8 3 12 11 4 8 6 17 2 8 4 5 2.7 16
2005 28 CHC NL 63 57 53 4 0 35 33 2 94% 35 0 10 6 60% 9 1.663 32 10 12 44 6 7 7 50 4 4 4 17 3.1 17
2006 29 CHC NL 74 74 64 1 9 33 24 9 73% 35 2 6 0 0% 9 1.765 28 14 27 56 4 14 3 71 4 6 4 28 3.0 18
2007 30 CHC NL 66 66 58 2 7 31 28 3 90% 31 0 6 0 0% 9 1.542 32 9 24 47 9 10 3 63 5 5 5 20 3.0 16
6 Yrs 262 225 185 8 17 102 87 15 85% 107 5 41 13 32% 1.400 101 38 77 159 23 43 23 202 17 24 20 70 3.1 17

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%
1998 21 FLA NL 272 52% 2.2% 12.9% 14.0% 7.7% 29% 0.96 1.61 66% 22% 6.7% 4% 72 9 13%
1999 22 FLA NL 666 53% 3.2% 18.9% 14.0% 7.2% 33% 0.70 0.93 63% 22% 9.4% 13% 141 14 10%
2000 23 FLA NL 974 55% 3.1% 21.5% 10.0% 7.5% 35% 0.69 0.90 65% 24% 10.1% 19% 198 12 6%
2001 24 FLA NL 954 52% 2.2% 17.9% 11.7% 8.3% 36% 0.79 1.15 66% 24% 7.1% 14% 166 21 13%
2002 25 TOT NL 915 52% 3.1% 16.7% 10.2% 8.9% 36% 0.64 1.02 68% 27% 8.6% 12% 209 23 11%
2002 25 FLA NL 521 50% 2.3% 16.7% 10.6% 8.5% 35% 0.60 0.89 68% 26% 6.3% 12% 119 11 9%
2002 25 CIN NL 394 56% 4.1% 16.8% 9.6% 9.4% 36% 0.69 1.22 68% 28% 11.6% 12% 90 12 13%
2003 26 CIN NL 545 54% 2.6% 15.4% 12.8% 8.6% 35% 0.77 1.06 67% 25% 7.5% 11% 126 14 11%
2004 27 CHC NL 93 61% 1.1% 19.4% 14.0% 3.2% 19% 1.15 1.20 62% 15% 4.2% 11% 17 0 0%
2005 28 CHC NL 401 56% 1.0% 22.2% 12.2% 4.7% 23% 1.42 2.08 62% 19% 4.1% 7% 79 12 15%
2006 29 CHC NL 342 56% 1.5% 19.6% 10.5% 5.6% 25% 1.17 1.51 66% 17% 5.1% 8% 86 6 7%
2007 30 CHC NL 282 54% 2.8% 19.5% 10.6% 6.7% 32% 0.93 1.48 66% 22% 9.1% 11% 57 6 11%
2008 31 CHC NL 856 53% 1.6% 21.9% 8.9% 6.3% 31% 0.93 1.22 66% 17% 5.2% 10% 139 19 14%
2009 32 CHC NL 842 51% 2.6% 20.4% 7.7% 7.8% 34% 0.93 1.32 67% 16% 8.2% 11% 139 17 12%
2010 33 CHC NL 918 56% 2.7% 22.7% 9.4% 6.9% 32% 0.94 1.29 63% 14% 9.2% 12% 159 19 12%
2011 34 CHC NL 881 55% 2.6% 21.7% 9.3% 9.3% 39% 0.79 1.23 64% 21% 8.2% 13% 138 13 9%
2012 35 CHC NL 219 57% 1.4% 22.8% 6.9% 5.0% 26% 0.68 0.75 68% 23% 3.8% 11% 36 2 6%
15 Yrs 9160 54% 2.5% 19.8% 10.4% 7.5% 33% 0.84 1.17 65% 21% 7.8% 12% 1762 187 11%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.2% 8.7% 7.9% 34% 0.79 1.08 70% 20% 7.9% 13% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1998 21 FLA NL 272 978 3.60 546 56% 27% 14% 24% 35% 73% 1% 40% 81% 49% 8% 22 7 14% 37 21 4 40% 7 14 0 0 0
1999 22 FLA NL 667 2483 3.72 1444 58% 24% 18% 27% 31% 76% 0% 44% 76% 55% 6% 41 24 17% 114 64 1 22% 24 16 -1 0 0
2000 23 FLA NL 977 3606 3.69 2218 62% 24% 19% 27% 30% 76% 1% 47% 75% 58% 5% 52 24 18% 178 98 5 27% 37 22 -3 0 0
2001 24 FLA NL 954 3566 3.74 2131 60% 25% 16% 28% 31% 75% 1% 45% 78% 55% 6% 59 33 19% 183 87 6 28% 24 21 0 0 0
2002 25 TOT NL 918 3343 3.64 2034 61% 25% 16% 26% 32% 75% 0% 45% 78% 56% 6% 51 26 18% 162 84 7 25% 22 23 -3 0 0
2002 25 FLA NL 524 1872 3.57 1140 61% 25% 17% 26% 33% 75% 0% 46% 77% 56% 7% 35 17 17% 91 48 5 24% 11 17 -3 0 0
2002 25 CIN NL 394 1471 3.73 894 61% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 0% 45% 80% 56% 4% 16 9 18% 71 36 2 27% 11 6 0 0 0
2003 26 CIN NL 546 1978 3.62 1157 58% 28% 15% 24% 33% 72% 2% 42% 79% 58% 8% 41 21 16% 90 49 9 24% 12 16 -1 0 0
2004 27 CHC NL 93 378 4.06 225 60% 28% 19% 26% 27% 72% 0% 43% 73% 55% 6% 6 3 25% 23 15 2 0% 2 3 0 0 0
2005 28 CHC NL 401 1572 3.92 927 59% 30% 21% 21% 28% 70% 3% 41% 70% 55% 5% 22 9 18% 73 40 7 16% 15 6 0 0 0
2006 29 CHC NL 342 1344 3.93 819 61% 26% 17% 28% 29% 74% 2% 45% 77% 59% 5% 18 7 18% 62 29 3 22% 11 8 0 0 0
2007 30 CHC NL 282 1030 3.65 648 63% 24% 22% 24% 30% 76% 3% 48% 71% 58% 5% 15 5 25% 70 44 6 13% 16 7 0 0 0
2008 31 CHC NL 857 3341 3.90 2109 63% 27% 19% 26% 28% 73% 0% 46% 74% 58% 6% 52 32 27% 230 126 5 17% 42 20 -1 0 0
2009 32 CHC NL 844 3159 3.74 1980 63% 28% 19% 23% 30% 72% 1% 45% 74% 61% 5% 43 24 21% 178 91 8 21% 34 15 -2 0 0
2010 33 CHC NL 921 3596 3.90 2223 62% 28% 19% 25% 28% 72% 1% 45% 73% 60% 5% 49 26 22% 205 90 13 20% 31 19 -3 0 0
2011 34 CHC NL 884 3515 3.98 2215 63% 26% 16% 30% 27% 74% 0% 46% 78% 60% 4% 33 18 25% 217 115 10 18% 34 14 -3 0 0
2012 35 CHC NL 219 808 3.69 523 65% 27% 19% 24% 29% 73% 0% 47% 73% 63% 4% 8 5 21% 45 28 1 18% 9 3 0 0 0
15 Yrs 9177 34697 3.78 21199 61% 26% 18% 26% 30% 74% 1% 45% 76% 57% 6% 512 264 20% 1867 981 87 22% 320 207 -17 0 0
MLB Averages 3.76 62% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 21% 26%
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

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
1998 21 FLA NL 272 72 19 1 6 0 6 2 4 0 6 23 15 2 65% 2 5 2 126 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1999 22 FLA NL 666 146 11 1 21 0 30 9 12 5 16 28 12 7 43% 2 8 0 261 4 5 44% 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 21 0
2000 23 FLA NL 974 210 16 3 30 0 27 14 16 15 15 42 18 10 43% 15 4 0 361 13 9 59% 12 7 1 2 0 0 1 1 14 0
2001 24 FLA NL 954 218 21 5 21 0 42 10 11 11 10 64 32 15 50% 13 5 0 339 10 7 59% 10 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 15 0
2002 25 TOT NL 915 228 18 6 28 3 17 14 14 12 16 47 26 6 55% 2 2 0 356 7 13 35% 7 11 0 2 0 0 2 2 10 0
2002 25 FLA NL 521 126 9 3 12 1 10 8 4 4 8 31 17 3 55% 1 0 0 206 3 11 21% 3 10 0 1 0 0 2 2 4 0
2002 25 CIN NL 394 102 9 3 16 2 7 6 10 8 8 16 9 3 56% 1 2 0 150 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
2003 26 CIN NL 545 134 12 3 14 0 28 7 7 8 6 43 19 9 44% 8 3 1 222 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2004 27 CHC NL 93 16 2 1 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 3 0 3 0% 1 1 0 38 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2005 28 CHC NL 401 83 8 0 4 1 15 2 2 1 3 20 4 8 20% 5 4 0 157 6 2 75% 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2006 29 CHC NL 342 77 8 1 5 0 15 3 2 3 2 28 16 3 57% 5 6 0 139 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
2007 30 CHC NL 282 59 6 0 8 0 11 4 4 5 3 18 5 3 28% 1 2 0 99 9 0 100% 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2008 31 CHC NL 856 174 16 2 14 2 28 5 9 6 8 39 16 10 41% 6 5 1 273 11 4 73% 10 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
2009 32 CHC NL 842 196 26 1 22 0 13 13 9 10 12 44 28 7 64% 6 11 1 296 16 11 59% 15 10 1 1 0 0 1 0 25 0
2010 33 CHC NL 918 198 28 1 25 0 16 17 8 11 14 40 19 9 48% 9 6 1 320 16 6 73% 14 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2011 34 CHC NL 881 211 20 4 23 3 18 15 8 9 14 41 18 11 44% 6 7 0 317 17 10 63% 14 8 3 1 0 1 0 0 15 0
2012 35 CHC NL 219 43 6 2 3 0 4 1 2 3 0 9 3 2 33% 5 0 0 75 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
15 Yrs 9160 2065 217 31 225 9 275 116 109 100 125 489 231 105 47% 86 69 6 3379 129 73 64% 118 62 11 9 0 2 5 4 182 0
MLB Averages 53% 71%
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

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+
1998 21 1 5 .167 7.08 14 11 1 0 0 0 54.2 72 47 43 6 38 1 35 9 0 5 272 57 2.012 11.9 1.0 6.3 5.8 0.92 57
1999 22 8 13 .381 5.36 39 36 1 0 0 0 201.2 218 124 120 27 131 3 161 15 0 13 938 79 1.731 9.7 1.2 5.8 7.2 1.23 79
2000 23 22 23 .489 4.46 72 69 1 2 1 0 428.0 428 226 212 57 228 10 370 20 0 17 1912 97 1.533 9.0 1.2 4.8 7.8 1.62 97
2001 24 37 35 .514 4.62 106 103 1 4 2 0 639.1 646 349 328 78 340 15 541 30 0 22 2866 93 1.542 9.1 1.1 4.8 7.6 1.59 93
2002 25 47 48 .495 4.81 139 136 1 8 2 0 848.1 874 476 453 106 433 17 694 40 0 24 3781 89 1.541 9.3 1.1 4.6 7.4 1.60 89
2003 26 50 55 .476 5.01 161 156 2 8 2 0 964.0 1008 565 537 120 503 21 778 45 0 27 4326 85 1.567 9.4 1.1 4.7 7.3 1.55 85
2004 27 51 56 .477 4.99 184 156 10 8 2 2 984.2 1024 574 546 121 516 21 796 47 0 28 4419 85 1.564 9.4 1.1 4.7 7.3 1.54 85
2005 28 56 59 .487 4.83 247 162 63 8 2 35 1076.2 1107 609 578 125 565 28 885 51 0 32 4820 88 1.553 9.3 1.0 4.7 7.4 1.57 88
2006 29 57 68 .456 4.83 321 162 127 8 2 59 1151.2 1184 656 618 130 601 31 952 54 0 38 5162 89 1.550 9.3 1.0 4.7 7.4 1.58 89
2007 30 59 75 .440 4.82 387 162 185 8 2 87 1218.1 1243 692 653 138 631 35 1007 55 1 40 5444 89 1.538 9.2 1.0 4.7 7.4 1.60 89
2008 31 76 81 .484 4.55 420 195 185 9 2 87 1425.0 1417 767 721 152 707 36 1194 62 1 45 6300 95 1.491 8.9 1.0 4.5 7.5 1.69 95
2009 32 87 90 .492 4.44 451 226 185 10 3 87 1625.0 1613 861 802 174 772 40 1366 68 1 56 7142 98 1.468 8.9 1.0 4.3 7.6 1.77 98
2010 33 102 102 .500 4.37 485 260 185 11 3 87 1840.1 1811 971 894 199 858 44 1574 78 1 62 8060 99 1.450 8.9 1.0 4.2 7.7 1.83 99
2011 34 112 116 .491 4.41 519 294 185 11 3 87 2042.2 2022 1082 1002 222 940 46 1765 83 1 69 8941 97 1.450 8.9 1.0 4.1 7.8 1.88 97
2012 35 112 119 .485 4.36 527 302 185 11 3 87 2097.1 2065 1097 1015 225 955 46 1815 83 2 69 9160 98 1.440 8.9 1.0 4.1 7.8 1.90 98

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
1998 21 1 4 .200 7.59 51.0 72 48 43 6 38 33 9 2.157 12.7 6.7 5.8 0.87 1.1 14
1999 22 7 8 .467 4.53 143.0 141 80 72 20 90 123 6 1.615 8.9 5.7 7.7 1.37 1.3 25
2000 23 14 10 .583 3.46 224.0 203 96 86 29 94 207 5 1.326 8.2 3.8 8.3 2.20 1.2 33
2001 24 9 13 .409 4.87 207.0 214 124 112 21 110 167 10 1.565 9.3 4.8 7.3 1.52 0.9 34
2002 25 7 14 .333 5.72 195.0 227 138 124 28 93 143 10 1.641 10.5 4.3 6.6 1.54 1.3 33
2003 26 3 9 .250 6.75 112.0 134 93 84 14 70 81 5 1.821 10.8 5.6 6.5 1.16 1.1 22
2004 27 1 1 .500 3.43 21.0 15 9 8 1 12 19 2 1.286 6.4 5.1 8.1 1.58 0.4 23
2005 28 6 3 .667 3.03 89.0 81 33 30 4 48 86 4 1.449 8.2 4.9 8.7 1.79 0.4 63
2006 29 4 4 .500 4.21 77.0 73 40 36 5 34 69 3 1.390 8.5 4.0 8.1 2.03 0.6 74
2007 30 3 4 .429 4.36 66.0 56 36 32 8 28 54 1 1.273 7.6 3.8 7.4 1.93 1.1 66
2008 31 15 7 .682 2.79 203.0 167 70 63 13 73 184 7 1.182 7.4 3.2 8.2 2.52 0.6 33
2009 32 12 9 .571 3.53 194.0 190 84 76 21 63 167 6 1.304 8.8 2.9 7.7 2.65 1.0 31
2010 33 12 11 .522 3.88 209.0 196 100 90 25 85 202 10 1.344 8.4 3.7 8.7 2.38 1.1 34
2011 34 7 14 .333 5.34 192.0 217 127 114 24 84 181 5 1.568 10.2 3.9 8.5 2.15 1.1 34
2012 35 4 1 .800 2.21 53.0 44 14 13 3 15 49 0 1.113 7.5 2.5 8.3 3.27 0.5 8
15 Yrs 105 112 .484 4.35 2036.0 2030 1092 983 222 937 1765 83 1.457 9.0 7.8 1.88 1.0 527

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2008 NL  6.7 (3rd)
Active  17.3 (44th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 NL  2.96 (4th)
2012 NL  2.14 (4th)
Active  4.36 (48th)

Wins s c a p y
2008 NL  17 (3rd)
2010 NL  15 (9th)
Active  112 (25th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2008 NL  .739 (3rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2012 NL  1.061 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL  7.577 (3rd)
2012 NL  7.079 (9th)
Active  8.861 (27th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2000 NL  8.311 (8th)
2008 NL  8.143 (9th)
2010 NL  8.694 (8th)
2011 NL  8.496 (10th)
Active  7.789 (16th)
Career  7.789 (43rd)

Games Played s c a p y
Active  527 (26th)

Saves s c a p y
2005 NL  33 (8th)
2006 NL  24 (9th)
2007 NL  28 (10th)
Active  87 (25th)
Career  87 (156th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2000 NL  226.3 (8th)
2010 NL  215.3 (10th)
Active  2,097.3 (16th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2000 NL  209 (4th)
2008 NL  187 (7th)
2010 NL  208 (7th)
Active  1,815 (9th)
Career  1,815 (89th)

Games Started s c a p y
2000 NL  33 (9th)
2001 NL  34 (4th)
2008 NL  33 (9th)
2010 NL  34 (2nd)
2011 NL  34 (1st)
Active  302 (19th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2002 NL  4 (5th)
Active  11 (34th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2000 NL  1 (9th)
2001 NL  1 (7th)
2009 NL  1 (6th)
Active  3 (46th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2002 NL  28 (6th)
2010 NL  25 (10th)
Active  225 (16th)
Career  225 (148th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1999 NL  93 (6th)
2000 NL  97 (7th)
2001 NL  112 (1st)
2002 NL  93 (5th)
2008 NL  76 (10th)
2010 NL  86 (5th)
2011 NL  82 (5th)
Active  955 (5th)
Career  955 (128th)

Hits s c a p y
2002 NL  228 (5th)
2011 NL  211 (9th)
Active  2,065 (15th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL  0.610 (8th)
2012 NL  0.494 (10th)
Active  0.966 (33rd)

Losses s c a p y
2002 NL  13 (7th)
2010 NL  12 (9th)
2011 NL  14 (4th)
Active  119 (10th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2001 NL  116 (4th)
2002 NL  125 (1st)
2010 NL  92 (10th)
2011 NL  108 (2nd)
Active  1,015 (9th)
Career  1,015 (218th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2009 NL  11 (6th)
Active  69 (13th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2002 NL  10 (8th)
2010 NL  10 (3rd)
Active  83 (15th)
Career  83 (136th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2000 NL  974 (6th)
2001 NL  954 (7th)
2002 NL  915 (9th)
2010 NL  918 (6th)
Active  9,160 (15th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2005 NL  53 (9th)
2006 NL  64 (1st)
2007 NL  58 (4th)
Active  185 (33rd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2008 NL  155 (3rd)
2012 NL  180 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2008 NL  35 (4th)
2012 NL  10 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2008 NL  3.6 (4th)
2012 NL  1.1 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2008 NL  33.52 (5th)
2012 NL  10.63 (8th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2005 NL  3.2 (10th)
2008 NL  3.5 (6th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2008 NL  3.4 (3rd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2000 NL  2.3 (10th)
2008 NL  3.4 (4th)
2012 NL  1.2 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1998 NL  born 1977-05-03 (6th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (850), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 60 (423), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 25 (517), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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