Sean DePaula

Sean Michael DePaula

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: November 7, 1973 in Newton, MA
High School: Cushing Academy (Ashburnham, MA)
School: Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 9th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 31, 1999
Team: Indians 1999-2002

Final Game: August 1, 2002
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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
1996	22	CLE-min	Rk,A-	4	2	.667	3.62	24	0	11	0	0	1	37.1	31	16	15	3	13	0	47	2	3	4	157		1.179	7.5	0.7	3.1	11.3	3.62	BRL,WTR · APPY,NYPL
1997	23	CLE-min	A,A-	5	6	.455	4.70	38	1	9	0	0	0	90.0	92	62	47	5	51	3	92	5	0	9	422		1.589	9.2	0.5	5.1	9.2	1.80	CBS,WTR · SALL,NYPL
1998	24	CLE-min	A+,AA	4	3	.571	2.97	36	2	15	0	0	1	66.2	66	30	22	0	33	3	76	3	0	9	307		1.485	8.9	0.0	4.5	10.3	2.30	KIN,AKR · CARL,EL
1999	25	CLE-min	A+,AA,AAA	5	2	.714	2.56	42	0	25	0	0	10	84.1	56	28	24	8	37	0	113	6	0	7	349		1.103	6.0	0.9	3.9	12.1	3.05	KIN,AKR,BFL · CARL,EL,IL
1999	25	CLE	AL	0	0		4.63	11	0	4	0	0	0	11.2	8	6	6	0	3	0	18	0	0	0	45	110	0.943	6.2	0.0	2.3	13.9	6.00
2000	26	CLE-min	AAA,AA	1	0	1.000	4.50	13	0	5	0	0	1	18.0	17	11	9	1	9	0	15	1	0	2	80		1.444	8.5	0.5	4.5	7.5	1.67	BFL,AKR · IL,EL
2000	26	CLE	AL	0	0		5.94	13	0	3	0	0	0	16.2	20	11	11	3	14	2	16	0	0	0	83	84	2.040	10.8	1.6	7.6	8.6	1.14

2001	27	CLE-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.04	6	0	4	0	0	1	8.2	2	1	1	0	4	0	6	0	0	0	32		0.692	2.1	0.0	4.2	6.2	1.50	BFL · IL
2002	28	CLE-min	AAA	2	3	.400	3.95	34	0	18	0	0	9	57.0	55	26	25	6	18	2	53	2	0	4	241		1.281	8.7	0.9	2.8	8.4	2.94	BFL · IL
2002	28	CLE	AL	1	1	.500	12.79	5	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	11	9	9	3	3	0	8	0	0	0	33	36	2.211	15.6	4.3	4.3	11.4	2.67
2003	29	CIN-min	AAA	0	0		6.17	10	0	3	0	0	0	11.2	15	10	8	1	7	0	8	2	0	0	57		1.886	11.6	0.8	5.4	6.2	1.14	LOU · IL
3 Yrs				1	1	.500	6.75	29	0	8	0	0	0	34.2	39	26	26	6	20	2	42	0	0	0	161	74	1.702	10.1	1.6	5.2	10.9	2.10
162 Game Avg.				2	2	.500	6.75	68	0	19	0	0	0	81	91	61	61	14	47	5	98	0	0	0	378	74	1.702	10.1	1.6	5.2	10.9	2.10

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
1999	25	CLE	AL	11.2	11	0	6	4.63	5.51	0.14	-0.40	103.6	5.15	1	0.1	.9	-0.0	0.1	2	.506	.500	$200,000
2000	26	CLE	AL	16.2	13	0	11	5.94	5.46	-0.09	-0.40	101.1	5.21	-1	-0.1	1.3	-0.1	0.0	1	.490	.499	$

2002	28	CLE	AL	6.1	5	0	9	12.79	4.27	-0.33	-0.32	100.1	4.28	-6	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-5	.392	.497	$
3 Seasons				34.2	29	0	26	6.75	5.26	-0.06	-0.39	101.8	5.02	-7	-0.6	1.1	-0.1	-0.4	-2	.479	.499	$200,000

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
1999	25	CLE	AL	ALDS	L	BOS	0	0		1.80	3	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	20	1.000	3.6	0.0	5.4	9.0	1.67
1 ALDS							0	0		1.80	3	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	20	1.000	3.6	0.0	5.4	9.0	1.67

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
1999	25	CLE	AL	11	45	40	6	8	3	0	0	2	0	3	18	.200	.256	.275	.531	.364	11	1	0	2	0	0	0
2000	26	CLE	AL	13	83	68	11	20	2	0	3	7	0	14	16	.294	.410	.456	.866	.340	31	1	0	0	1	2	0

2002	28	CLE	AL	5	33	30	9	11	1	0	3	1	0	3	8	.367	.424	.700	1.124	.421	21	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				29	161	138	26	39	6	0	6	10	0	20	42	.283	.371	.457	.828	.363	63	2	0	2	1	2	0
162 Game Avg.				68	378	324	61	91	14	0	14	23	0	47	98	.283	.371	.457	.828	.363	148	5	0	5	2	5	0
MLB Averages																.267	.338	.429	.767	.298

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1999	25	CLE	AL	0.9	0.1	47	0.6	0.8	-0.2	.76	0.4	0.4	3.7	0.3	0.76	4.5	3	2	6
2000	26	CLE	AL	-1.3	-0.1	89	-0.1	1.3	-1.5	1.09	-0.2	0.1	-4.2	-0.4	1.09	-2.1	4	2	7

2002	28	CLE	AL	-5.5	-0.5	34	-1.0	0.3	-1.3	.87	-0.5	-0.7	-5.8	-0.5	0.87	-4.7	2	1	2
3 Yrs				-5.9	-0.5	170	-0.5	2.4	-3.0	.96	-0.3	-0.3	-6.4	-0.6	0.96	-2.3	9	5	15

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
1999	25	CLE	AL	11	11	4	0	0	0	0	0		3	3	8	0	0%	7	.763	3	2	6	5	1	5	5	6	5	2	5	1	3.2	17
2000	26	CLE	AL	13	13	3	0	0	2	0	2	0%	4	2	11	6	55%	8	1.093	4	2	7	5	0	8	6	7	8	2	8	1	3.8	25

2002	28	CLE	AL	5	5	1	1	1	2	0	2	0%	3	1	3	1	33%	6	.867	2	1	2	3	0	2	2	3	1	2	2	1	3.8	26
3 Yrs				29	29	8	1	1	4	0	4	0%	10	6	22	7	32%		.954	9	5	15	13	1	15	13	16	14	6	15	3	3.6	22

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%
1999	25	CLE	AL	45	56%	0.0%	40.0%	6.7%	6.7%	38%	0.83	1.83	49%	21%	0.0%	8%	5	1	20%
2000	26	CLE	AL	83	57%	3.6%	19.3%	16.9%	6.0%	25%	0.85	1.13	60%	25%	12.5%	11%	20	1	5%

2002	28	CLE	AL	33	52%	9.1%	24.2%	9.1%	12.1%	36%	1.11	1.20	58%	18%	37.5%	11%	5	0	0%
3 Yrs				161	55%	3.7%	26.1%	12.4%	7.5%	31%	0.90	1.30	57%	22%	14.0%	10%	30	2	7%
MLB Averages					47%	2.9%	16.8%	9.1%	8.1%	34%	0.75	1.06	70%	24%	8.4%	14%			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
1999	25	CLE	AL	45	183	4.07	115	63%	28%	24%	27%	21%	72%	0%	45%	66%	62%	4%	2	1	33%	15	10	2	39%	2	1	0	0	0
2000	26	CLE	AL	83	324	3.90	197	61%	28%	20%	25%	27%	72%	6%	44%	72%	57%	5%	4	2	27%	22	14	0	31%	1	0	0	0	0

2002	28	CLE	AL	33	128	3.88	80	63%	31%	21%	20%	28%	69%	0%	43%	69%	45%	0%	0	0	18%	6	5	0	13%	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				161	635	3.94	392	62%	29%	21%	24%	25%	71%	3%	44%	70%	56%	4%	6	3	27%	43	29	2	31%	3	1	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	45%	80%	57%	5%			20%				27%

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
1999	25	CLE	AL	45	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	16	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	26	CLE	AL	83	20	4	0	3	1	5	1	2	3	0	9	4	2	44%	0	0	0	39	7	0	100%	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

2002	28	CLE	AL	33	11	2	0	3	1	1	0	3	1	2	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	10	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				161	39	6	0	6	2	7	1	5	4	2	11	6	2	55%	0	0	0	65	10	0	100%	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1999	25	0	0		4.63	11	4	11.2	8	6	6	0	3	0	18	45	110	0.943	6.2	0.0	2.3	13.9	6.00	110
2000	26	0	0		5.40	24	7	28.1	28	17	17	3	17	2	34	128	94	1.588	8.9	1.0	5.4	10.8	2.00	94
2001	27	0	0		5.40	24	7	28.1	28	17	17	3	17	2	34	128	94	1.588	8.9	1.0	5.4	10.8	2.00	94
2002	28	1	1	.500	6.75	29	8	34.2	39	26	26	6	20	2	42	161	74	1.702	10.1	1.6	5.2	10.9	2.10	74

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
1999	25	0	1	.000	3.75	12.0	7	6	5	0	3	18	0	0.833	5.3	2.3	13.5	6.00	0.0	11
2000	26	0	1	.000	5.29	17.0	19	11	10	3	13	16	0	1.882	10.1	6.9	8.5	1.23	1.6	13

2002	28	0	0		13.50	6.0	11	10	9	3	3	8	0	2.333	16.5	4.5	12.0	2.67	4.5	5
3 Yrs		0	2	.000	6.17	35.0	37	27	24	6	19	42	0	1.600	9.5		10.8	2.21	1.5	29

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