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Ryan Dempster

Ryan Scott Dempster

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

Born: May 3, 1977 in Sechelt, British Columbia, CAN
High School: Gibsons (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 1998-2011
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-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #576. Elden Auker… #577. Joakim Soria… #578. Tex Carleton… #579. RYAN DEMPSTER… #580. Paul Byrd… #581. Eric Gagne… #582. Ray Herbert… 

Standard Pitching

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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
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 92 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 85 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 70 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 5 856 155 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 81 1.448 9.4 1.0 3.6 8.5 2.33
14 Seasons 112 116 .491 4.41 519 294 185 11 3 87 2042.2 2022 1082 1002 222 940 46 1765 83 1 69 8941 98 1.450 8.9 1.0 4.1 7.8 1.88
162 Game Avg. 9 10 .491 4.41 43 25 15 1 0 7 171 169 90 84 19 79 4 148 7 0 6 748 98 1.450 8.9 1.0 4.1 7.8 1.88
CHC (8 yrs) 62 61 .504 3.88 358 138 183 3 1 87 1078.2 1014 517 465 102 437 25 987 38 1 42 4615 112 1.345 8.5 0.9 3.6 8.2 2.26
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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1998 21 FLA NL 54.2 11 47 33 0 1.0 -14 -1.4 $
1999 22 FLA NL 147.0 25 77 93 1 1.0 16 1.6 $202,000
2000 23 FLA NL 226.1 33 102 142 -1 1.0 40 4.1 $268,000 AS
2001 24 FLA NL 211.1 34 123 119 2 1.0 -4 -0.4 $400,000
2002 25 FLA NL 120.1 18 66 69 -1 1.0 3 0.3 $2,475,000
2002 25 CIN NL 88.2 15 61 53 0 .9 -8 -0.8 $
2003 26 CIN NL 115.2 20 89 67 1 1.2 -22 -2.5 $3,250,000
2004 27 CHC NL 20.2 0 9 12 0 1.1 3 0.2 $300,000
2005 28 CHC NL 92.0 6 35 56 1 1.7 21 2.2 $2,000,000
2006 29 CHC NL 75.0 0 47 47 1 1.7 0 -0.8 $4,333,333
2007 30 CHC NL 66.2 0 36 41 2 1.6 5 -0.1 $5,333,333
2008 31 CHC NL 206.2 33 75 128 -1 1.0 53 5.3 $7,333,333 AS,CYA-6
2009 32 CHC NL 200.0 31 94 123 1 .9 29 2.8 $9,000,000
2010 33 CHC NL 215.1 34 110 137 -4 1.0 27 2.7 $13,500,000
2011 34 CHC NL 202.1 34 111 119 1 1.0 8 0.9 $13,500,000
14 Seasons 2042.2 294 1082 1239 2 1.1 157 14.1 $61,894,999
CHC (8 yrs) 1078.2 138 517 663 0 1.1 146 13.2 $55,299,999
FLA (5 yrs) 759.2 121 415 456 1 1.0 41 4.2 $3,345,000
CIN (2 yrs) 204.1 35 150 120 1 1.1 -30 -3.3 $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 Seasons (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

Standard Batting

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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
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 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 74 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 39 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 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 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 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 34 69 58 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19 .086 .102 .086 .188 -48 5 0 0 10 0 0 1
14 Seasons 525 653 556 22 55 9 1 0 16 0 0 13 212 .099 .120 .119 .238 -37 66 3 0 84 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 201 172 7 17 3 0 0 5 0 0 4 65 .099 .120 .119 .238 -37 20 1 0 26 0 0
CHC (8 yrs) 359 319 260 10 32 4 0 0 9 0 0 7 85 .123 .146 .138 .285 -25 36 1 0 52 0 0
FLA (5 yrs) 125 264 234 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1998 21 FLA NL 14 -4 0 0 0 0 1 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
1999 22 FLA NL 51 -11 0 0 0 0 6 1 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $202,000 1
2000 23 FLA NL 82 -18 0 -1 1 0 10 2 -6 -0.5 -6 -0.6 0.1 $268,000 1 AS
2001 24 FLA NL 78 -15 -1 0 0 0 8 2 -6 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $400,000 1
2002 25 FLA NL 40 -7 0 0 0 0 4 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $2,475,000 1
2002 25 CIN NL 35 -3 -1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
2003 26 CIN NL 35 -8 0 0 0 0 4 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $3,250,000 1
2004 27 CHC NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $300,000 1
2005 28 CHC NL 14 -3 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $2,000,000 1
2006 29 CHC NL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $4,333,333 1
2007 30 CHC NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $5,333,333 1
2008 31 CHC NL 82 -9 0 -1 0 0 7 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $7,333,333 1 AS,CYA-6
2009 32 CHC NL 75 -10 0 -1 0 0 8 2 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $9,000,000 1
2010 33 CHC NL 75 -11 -0 -0 0 0 8 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $13,500,000 1
2011 34 CHC NL 70 -12 -0 -1 0 0 7 2 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.5 0.0 $13,500,000 1
14 Seasons 655 -112 -3 -4 2 0 68 16 -33 -3.2 -33 -3.3 0.1 $61,894,999
CHC (8 yrs) 320 -46 -1 -3 1 0 32 8 -9 -1.0 -9 -0.9 -0.1 $55,299,999
FLA (5 yrs) 265 -55 -1 -1 1 0 29 6 -21 -1.9 -21 -2.1 0.2 $3,345,000
CIN (2 yrs) 70 -11 -1 0 0 0 7 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $3,250,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 30 CHC NL NLDS ARI L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 31 CHC NL NLDS LAD L 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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% PO Awards
1998 FLA NL 21 P 14 54.2 14 2 12 0 2 1.000 2.30 1.00 .961 1.84 1.84
1999 FLA NL 22 P 25 147.0 26 10 15 1 4 .962 1.53 1.00 .951 1.72 1.71
2000 FLA NL 23 P 33 226.1 44 11 29 4 2 .909 1.59 1.21 .962 1.74 1.72 AS
2001 FLA NL 24 P 34 211.1 55 16 36 3 7 .945 2.21 1.53 .959 1.75 1.73
2002 TOT NL 25 P 33 33 4 209.0 45 19 26 0 4 1.000 1.94 1.36 .963 1.83 1.81 7 13 65% 2
2002 FLA NL 25 P 18 18 3 120.1 30 13 17 0 1 1.000 2.24 1.67 .963 1.83 1.81 3 11 79% 2
2002 CIN NL 25 P 15 15 1 88.2 15 6 9 0 3 1.000 1.52 1.00 .963 1.83 1.81 4 2 33% 0
2003 CIN NL 26 P 22 115.2 21 4 14 3 2 .857 0 0 1.40 0.82 .957 1.84 1.83
2004 CHC NL 27 P 23 20.2 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 1 10 2.61 0.26 .965 1.83 1.82
2005 CHC NL 28 P 63 92.0 20 3 17 0 1 1.000 0 0 1.96 0.32 .960 1.75 1.73
2006 CHC NL 29 P 74 75.0 12 3 8 1 0 .917 -1 -3 1.32 0.15 .958 1.72 1.71
2007 CHC NL 30 P 66 66.2 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 -1 -3 1.48 0.17 .965 1.69 1.67
2008 CHC NL 31 P 33 206.2 53 18 34 1 2 .981 5 5 2.26 1.58 .959 1.73 1.72 AS,CYA-6
2009 CHC NL 32 P 31 200.0 53 17 33 3 5 .943 2 2 2.25 1.61 .955 1.72 1.70
2010 CHC NL 33 P 34 215.1 47 23 23 1 2 .979 1 1 1.92 1.35 .954 1.73 1.72
2011 CHC NL 34 P 34 34 0 202.1 52 13 36 3 3 .942 1 1 2.18 1.44 .955 1.80 1.79 17 10 37% 0
14 Seasons P 519 67 4 2042.2 459 147 292 20 35 .956 8 1 1.93 0.85 .958 1.76 1.74 24 23 49% 2
14 Seasons TOT 519 67 4 2042.2 459 147 292 20 35 .956 8 8 1.93 0.85 .958 1.76 1.74 24 23 49% 2
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2008 NL  5.3 (3rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 NL  2.96 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
2008 NL  17 (3rd)
2010 NL  15 (9th)
Active  112 (26th)

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

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL  7.577 (3rd)
Active  8.909 (33rd)

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  7.777 (17th)
Career  7.777 (41st)

Games Played s c a p y
Active  519 (32nd)

Saves s c a p y
2005 NL  33 (8th)
2006 NL  24 (9th)
2007 NL  28 (10th)
Active  87 (24th)
Career  87 (153rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2000 NL  226.3 (8th)
2010 NL  215.3 (10th)
Active  2,042.7 (18th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2000 NL  209 (4th)
2008 NL  187 (7th)
2010 NL  208 (7th)
Active  1,765 (9th)
Career  1,765 (94th)

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  294 (22nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
2002 NL  4 (5th)
Active  11 (35th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2000 NL  1 (9th)
2001 NL  1 (7th)
2009 NL  1 (6th)
Active  3 (48th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2002 NL  28 (6th)
2010 NL  25 (10th)
Active  222 (17th)
Career  222 (156th)

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  940 (3rd)
Career  940 (135th)

Hits s c a p y
2002 NL  228 (5th)
2011 NL  211 (9th)
Active  2,022 (17th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL  0.610 (8th)
Active  0.978 (34th)

Losses s c a p y
2002 NL  13 (7th)
2010 NL  12 (9th)
2011 NL  14 (4th)
Active  116 (11th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2001 NL  116 (4th)
2002 NL  125 (1st)
2010 NL  92 (10th)
2011 NL  108 (2nd)
Active  1,002 (9th)
Career  1,002 (229th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2009 NL  11 (6th)
Active  69 (15th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2002 NL  10 (8th)
2010 NL  10 (3rd)
Active  83 (15th)
Career  83 (135th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2000 NL  974 (6th)
2001 NL  954 (7th)
2002 NL  915 (9th)
2010 NL  918 (6th)
Active  8,941 (15th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2005 NL  53 (9th)
2006 NL  64 (1st)
2007 NL  58 (4th)
Active  185 (34th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2008 NL  155 (3rd)

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

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

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

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
2008 NL  3.4 (4th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2001 NL  16 (4th)
2008 NL  19 (1st)
2010 NL  16 (2nd)
Active  84 (9th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
2010 NL  23 (3rd)
Active  147 (18th)

Assists as P s c a p y
Active  292 (13th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
2000 NL  4 (2nd)
Active  20 (8th)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
Active  1.93 (8th)
Career  1.93 (60th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2002 NL  1.000 (1st)
Active  .956 (15th)

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 1950-1973, 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 (829), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 54 (469), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 25 (516), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (1017), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  6. Vida Blue (975)
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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
199922Florida Marlins$202,00011/19/99 USA Today
200023Florida Marlins$268,0004/5/00 AP
200124Florida Marlins$400,0004/6/01 USA Today
200225Florida Marlins$2,475,0004/3/02 AP
200326Cincinnati Reds$3,250,0004/3/03 AP
200427Chicago Cubs$300,0004/7/04 AP
200528Chicago Cubs$2,000,000
200629Chicago Cubs$4,333,333
200730Chicago Cubs$5,333,333
200831Chicago Cubs$7,333,333
200932Chicago Cubs$9,000,000
201033Chicago Cubs$13,500,000
201134Chicago Cubs$13,500,000
201235Chicago Cubs$14,000,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$61,894,999Does not include future salaries
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