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R.A. Dickey

Robert Alan Dickey (twitter: @RADickey43)

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

Born: October 29, 1974 in Nashville, TN
High School: Montgomery Bell Academy (Nashville, TN)
School: University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed September 12, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 2001
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Mets/Twins/Mariners 2001-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (team option), 2 yrs/$7.8M (11-12) & 13 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.007, Free Agent: 2013 [*],
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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
2001 26 TEX AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2003 28 TEX AL 38 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 411 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 29 TEX AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 30 TEX AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2006 31 TEX AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2008 33 SEA AL 32 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 36 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
2009 34 MIN AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 35 NYM NL 27 61 51 7 13 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 8 .255 .296 .294 .590 63 15 0 0 7 0 0 1
2011 36 NYM NL 33 69 59 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .136 .150 .136 .286 -19 8 1 0 9 0 0 1
2012 37 NYM NL 10 23 20 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .150 .190 .150 .340 -3 3 2 1 2 0 0 1
10 Yrs 214 158 135 8 26 2 0 0 8 0 0 4 21 .193 .221 .207 .429 20 28 4 1 18 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 120 102 6 20 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 16 .193 .221 .207 .429 20 21 3 1 14 0 0
TEX (5 yrs) 77 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 411 1 0 0 0 0 0
NYM (3 yrs) 70 153 130 7 24 2 0 0 8 0 0 4 21 .185 .215 .200 .415 16 26 3 1 18 0 0
MIN (1 yr) 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SEA (1 yr) 32 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 36 1 1 0 0 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 144 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 115 2 1 0 0 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 70 153 130 7 24 2 0 0 8 0 0 4 21 .185 .215 .200 .415 16 26 3 1 18 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
2001 26 TEX AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
2003 28 TEX AL 38 1 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
2004 29 TEX AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $337,500 1
2005 30 TEX AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $372,500 /1
2006 31 TEX AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $380,000 /1
2008 33 SEA AL 32 4 -0 -0 -0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
2009 34 MIN AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $525,000 1
2010 35 NYM NL 27 61 -3 0 1 0 8 6 0.6 2 8 0.6 .522 .504 0.6 0.0 8 $ 1
2011 36 NYM NL 33 69 -10 -0 0 0 9 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $2,750,000 1
2012 37 NYM NL 10 23 -3 -0 -0 0 3 -0 -0.0 1 0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
10 Seasons 214 158 -16 -1 0 0 21 5 0.5 4 9 0.5 .502 .500 0.5 0.2 9 $4,365,000
TEX (5 yrs) 77 1 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $1,090,000
NYM (3 yrs) 70 153 -16 -0 1 0 20 5 0.5 4 9 0.5 .507 .501 0.5 0.0 9 $2,750,000
MIN (1 yr) 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $525,000
SEA (1 yr) 32 4 -0 -0 -0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

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
2003 28 TEX AL 1 0 1 116 1.000 1.000 .280 1.000 .348 1.000 .448 2.000 .796 411 .000 0.5 0.0 .000 .000
2008 33 SEA AL 4 4 0 0.0 102 .250 .250 .263 .250 .331 .250 .414 .500 .744 36 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .250 .000 .000
2010 35 NYM NL 61 45 5 3.0 100 .302 .255 .258 .296 .328 .294 .407 .590 .735 63 .312 -2.7 -0.3 .474 .098 .039
2011 36 NYM NL 69 61 2 0.9 94 .167 .136 .253 .150 .320 .136 .394 .286 .714 -19 .049 -9.5 -1.0 .173 .017 .000
2012 37 NYM NL 23 21 0 0.0 96 .167 .150 .253 .190 .320 .150 .400 .340 .721 -3 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .211 .000 .000
10 Yrs 158 131 8 1.6 97 .228 .193 .256 .221 .324 .207 .401 .429 .725 20 .135 -15.0 -1.5 .292 .044 .015
162 Game Avg. 120 99 6 1.6 97 .228 .193 .256 .221 .324 .207 .401 .429 .725 20 .135 -15.0 -1.5 .292 .044 .015
NYM (3 yrs) 153 127 7 1.5 97 .220 .185 .255 .215 .323 .200 .400 .415 .723 16 .115 -15.0 -1.5 .284 .046 .015
TEX (5 yrs) 1 0 1 116 1.000 1.000 .280 1.000 .348 1.000 .448 2.000 .796 411 0.5 0.0 .000 .000
SEA (1 yr) 4 4 0 0.0 102 .250 .250 .263 .250 .331 .250 .414 .500 .744 36 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .250 .000 .000
NL (3 yrs) 153 127 7 1.5 97 .220 .185 .255 .215 .323 .200 .400 .415 .723 16 .115 -15.0 -1.5 .284 .046 .015
AL (7 yrs) 5 4 1 6.7 105 .400 .400 .267 .400 .334 .400 .420 .800 .755 115 .632 0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000

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
2003 28 TEX AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100% 0%
2008 33 SEA AL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.00 100% 0%
2010 35 NYM NL 61 0.0% 13.1% 4.9% 3.3% 15% 2.67 6.4 10.2 3.44 8.25 70% 14% 0.0% 0%
2011 36 NYM NL 69 0.0% 15.9% 1.5% 0.0% 0% 11.00 5.4 29.5 1.42 2.06 70% 14% 0.0% 21%
2012 37 NYM NL 23 0.0% 8.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 10.0 20.0 3.00 5.33 78% 5% 0.0% 50%
10 Yrs 158 0.0% 13.3% 2.5% 1.3% 8% 5.25 6.4 16.9 2.31 3.54 72% 12% 0.0% 19%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.4% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 2.04 5.1 33.0 7.8 0.79 1.08 70% 20% 7.8% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2001 26 TEX AL 0.0 0.0
2003 28 TEX AL 0.5 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.08 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.86 0.5 0
2004 29 TEX AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 30 TEX AL 0.0 0.0
2006 31 TEX AL 0.0 0.0
2008 33 SEA AL -0.4 -0.0 4 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .52 -0.0 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1 1.21 -0.5 0
2009 34 MIN AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 35 NYM NL -2.7 -0.3 62 -0.3 0.8 -1.1 1.01 -0.4 0.1 -4.7 -0.5 1.00 -4.1 0
2011 36 NYM NL -9.7 -1.0 69 -1.1 0.4 -1.5 1.06 -0.9 -0.1 -10.4 -1.1 1.13 -9.1 0
2012 37 NYM NL -2.8 -0.3 23 -0.2 0.1 -0.4 .81 -0.4 0.1 -2.4 -0.2 0.91 -3.5 0
10 Yrs -15.1 -1.5 159 -1.6 1.4 -3.0 .99 -1.7 0.0 -17.8 -1.8 1.05 -16.8 0

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2003 28 TEX AL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 33 SEA AL 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 35 NYM NL 0 0 44% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13% 6 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
2011 36 NYM NL 1 0 0% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 37 NYM NL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 1 0 26% 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 8% 10 9 0 0 0 0 2 1 1

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
2003 28 TEX AL 1 0% 1 0 0 0 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 33 SEA AL 4 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 4 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
2010 35 NYM NL 61 20% 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 70% 13 0 0% 15 4 27% 46 5 11% 6 2 33% 4 2 50% 0
2011 36 NYM NL 69 25% 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 11 9 82% 19 1 5% 19 8 42% 51 4 8% 4 2 50% 5 2 40% 0
2012 37 NYM NL 23 22% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 4 2 50% 4 0 0% 12 1 8% 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 158 23% 26 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 26 18 69% 39 4 10% 40 12 30% 113 10 9% 10 4 40% 10 4 40% 0
MLB Averages 54% 69% 11% 33% 15% 51% 56%

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
2003 28 TEX AL 1 3 3.00 2 67% 50% 0% 0% 50% 50% 0% 33% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2008 33 SEA AL 4 8 2.00 7 88% 14% 0% 29% 57% 86% 0% 75% 100% 75% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2010 35 NYM NL 61 193 3.16 148 77% 29% 11% 26% 34% 71% 0% 54% 85% 30% 3% 2 0 5% 3 0 3% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
2011 36 NYM NL 69 192 2.78 156 81% 25% 18% 21% 37% 75% 0% 61% 76% 36% 4% 3 0 6% 4 0 3% 2 2 0% 0 0 0
2012 37 NYM NL 23 76 3.30 62 82% 23% 10% 35% 32% 77% 0% 63% 88% 39% 4% 1 0 9% 2 0 4% 1 1 0% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 158 472 2.99 375 79% 26% 13% 25% 35% 74% 0% 59% 82% 35% 4% 6 0 6% 9 0 3% 5 3 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.77 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 28% 5% 15% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 28 42 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 411 1 0 0 0 0 0
2004 29 67 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 411 1 0 0 0 0 0
2005 30 76 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 411 1 0 0 0 0 0
2006 31 77 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 411 1 0 0 0 0 0
2007 32 77 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 411 1 0 0 0 0 0
2008 33 109 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 115 2 1 0 0 0 0
2009 34 144 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 115 2 1 0 0 0 0
2010 35 171 66 56 8 15 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 8 .268 .305 .304 .609 67 17 1 0 7 0 0
2011 36 204 135 115 8 23 2 0 0 7 0 0 4 19 .200 .227 .217 .444 24 25 2 0 16 0 0
2012 37 214 158 135 8 26 2 0 0 8 0 0 4 21 .193 .221 .207 .429 20 28 4 1 18 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2003 28 38 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 38
2008 33 32 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 32
2010 35 27 62 52 8 14 2 0 0 6 0 3 8 .269 .309 .308 .617 5 27
2011 36 33 68 58 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 11 .121 .136 .121 .256 1 33
2012 37 10 26 22 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .227 .292 .227 .519 1 10
5 Yrs 140 161 137 8 27 2 0 0 10 0 4 21 .197 .231 .212 .442 8 140
162 Game Avg. 162 186 159 9 31 2 0 0 12 0 5 24 .197 .231 .212 .442 9 140

* 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.

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