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R.A. Dickey

Robert Allen Dickey (twitter: @RADickey43)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", 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 (Age 26)
Teams (by GP): Mets/Rangers/Twins/Mariners/BlueJays 2001-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2015, 5 yrs/$37.5M (11-15) & 16 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 7.007, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Bo McKinnis [*]
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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
2001 26 TEX AL 0 1 .000 6.75 4 0 1 0 0 0 12.0 13 9 9 3 7 1 4 0 0 1 53 71 1.667 9.8 2.3 5.3 3.0 0.57
2003 28 TEX AL 9 8 .529 5.09 38 13 6 1 1 1 116.2 135 68 66 16 38 5 94 5 2 5 513 99 1.483 10.4 1.2 2.9 7.3 2.47
2004 29 TEX AL 6 7 .462 5.61 25 15 2 0 0 1 104.1 136 77 65 17 33 1 57 4 1 5 480 90 1.620 11.7 1.5 2.8 4.9 1.73
2005 30 TEX AL 1 2 .333 6.67 9 4 2 0 0 0 29.2 29 23 22 4 17 0 15 2 0 2 134 69 1.551 8.8 1.2 5.2 4.6 0.88
2006 31 TEX AL 0 1 .000 18.90 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 8 7 7 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 18 27 2.700 21.6 16.2 2.7 2.7 1.00
2008 33 SEA AL 5 8 .385 5.21 32 14 9 0 0 0 112.1 124 65 65 15 51 4 58 2 1 11 500 81 1.558 9.9 1.2 4.1 4.6 1.14
2009 34 MIN AL 1 1 .500 4.62 35 1 13 0 0 0 64.1 74 34 33 8 30 1 42 4 0 4 293 95 1.617 10.4 1.1 4.2 5.9 1.40
2010 35 NYM NL 11 9 .550 2.84 27 26 0 2 1 0 174.1 165 62 55 13 42 3 104 4 0 11 713 138 1.187 8.5 0.7 2.2 5.4 2.48
2011 36 NYM NL 8 13 .381 3.28 33 32 0 1 0 0 208.2 202 85 76 18 54 2 134 9 1 9 876 112 1.227 8.7 0.8 2.3 5.8 2.48
2012 37 NYM NL 20 6 .769 2.73 34 33 1 5 3 0 233.2 192 78 71 24 54 2 230 9 1 4 927 139 1.053 7.4 0.9 2.1 8.9 4.26 AS,CYA-1,MVP-14
2013 38 TOR AL 3 5 .375 4.83 9 9 0 0 0 0 54.0 49 32 29 9 24 0 48 1 1 3 230 88 1.352 8.2 1.5 4.0 8.0 2.00
11 Yrs 64 61 .512 4.03 247 148 34 9 5 2 1113.1 1127 540 498 133 351 19 787 40 7 55 4737 104 1.328 9.1 1.1 2.8 6.4 2.24
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .512 4.03 43 25 6 2 1 0 192 194 93 86 23 60 3 135 7 1 9 815 104 1.328 9.1 1.1 2.8 6.4 2.24
TEX (5 yrs) 16 19 .457 5.72 77 33 11 1 1 2 266.0 321 184 169 46 96 7 171 11 3 13 1198 87 1.568 10.9 1.6 3.2 5.8 1.78
NYM (3 yrs) 39 28 .582 2.95 94 91 1 8 4 0 616.2 559 225 202 55 150 7 468 22 2 24 2516 129 1.150 8.2 0.8 2.2 6.8 3.12
MIN (1 yr) 1 1 .500 4.62 35 1 13 0 0 0 64.1 74 34 33 8 30 1 42 4 0 4 293 95 1.617 10.4 1.1 4.2 5.9 1.40
SEA (1 yr) 5 8 .385 5.21 32 14 9 0 0 0 112.1 124 65 65 15 51 4 58 2 1 11 500 81 1.558 9.9 1.2 4.1 4.6 1.14
TOR (1 yr) 3 5 .375 4.83 9 9 0 0 0 0 54.0 49 32 29 9 24 0 48 1 1 3 230 88 1.352 8.2 1.5 4.0 8.0 2.00
AL (8 yrs) 25 33 .431 5.36 153 57 33 1 1 2 496.2 568 315 296 78 201 12 319 18 5 31 2221 87 1.548 10.3 1.4 3.6 5.8 1.59
NL (3 yrs) 39 28 .582 2.95 94 91 1 8 4 0 616.2 559 225 202 55 150 7 468 22 2 24 2516 129 1.150 8.2 0.8 2.2 6.8 3.12

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2001 26 TEX AL 12.0 4 0 9 6.75 5.08 -0.30 -0.38 108.1 5.41 -2 -0.2 .5 0.0 -0.0 -0 .455 .499
2003 28 TEX AL 116.2 38 13 68 5.25 4.77 0.34 -0.02 111.4 4.91 -4 -0.4 1.4 -0.2 0.7 9 .489 .498
2004 29 TEX AL 104.1 25 15 77 6.64 5.05 -0.23 0.07 110.0 5.89 -10 -0.9 .6 -0.1 0.1 3 .462 .494 $337,500
2005 30 TEX AL 29.2 9 4 23 6.98 4.73 -0.28 0.05 107.7 5.45 -5 -0.5 1.7 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .444 .497 $372,500
2006 31 TEX AL 3.1 1 1 7 18.90 5.06 0.08 0.19 102.0 5.27 -5 -0.3 -0.0 -0.3 -5 .177 .498 $380,000
2008 33 SEA AL 112.1 32 14 65 5.21 4.85 0.11 0.01 96.5 4.59 -10 -1.0 .5 -0.1 0.1 4 .470 .494
2009 34 MIN AL 64.1 35 1 34 4.76 4.97 -0.29 -0.32 98.0 4.84 0 0.0 .7 -0.2 0.5 8 .500 .500 $525,000
2010 35 NYM NL 174.1 27 26 62 3.20 4.38 0.17 0.16 97.2 4.25 20 2.2 .8 -0.1 3.6 35 .582 .514
2011 36 NYM NL 208.2 33 32 85 3.67 4.09 -0.39 0.15 96.6 4.47 17 2.0 1.5 -0.1 3.6 35 .560 .512 $2,750,000
2012 37 NYM NL 233.2 34 33 78 3.00 4.23 -0.24 0.16 94.5 4.37 34 3.9 .6 -0.1 5.8 54 .614 .524 $4,250,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-14
2013 38 TOR AL 54.0 9 9 32 5.33 4.71 -0.24 0.19 102.6 5.27 -1 -0.1 -0.1 0.3 5 .485 .499 $5,000,000
11 Seasons 1113.1 247 148 540 4.37 4.51 -0.11 0.08 99.9 4.71 33 4.6 .9 -1.0 14.1 147 .519 .503 $13,615,000
TEX (5 yrs) 266.0 77 33 184 6.23 4.89 0.02 0.01 110.2 5.38 -26 -2.4 1.2 -0.3 0.2 5 .469 .497 $1,090,000
NYM (3 yrs) 616.2 94 91 225 3.28 4.22 -0.18 0.16 96.0 4.37 71 8.1 1.0 -0.4 12.9 124 .586 .517 $7,000,000
MIN (1 yr) 64.1 35 1 34 4.76 4.97 -0.29 -0.32 98.0 4.84 0 0.0 .7 -0.2 0.5 8 .500 .500 $525,000
SEA (1 yr) 112.1 32 14 65 5.21 4.85 0.11 0.01 96.5 4.59 -10 -1.0 .5 -0.1 0.1 4 .470 .494
TOR (1 yr) 54.0 9 9 32 5.33 4.71 -0.24 0.19 102.6 5.27 -1 -0.1 -0.1 0.3 5 .485 .499 $5,000,000

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
2012 NYM NL 37 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0

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
2001 26 TEX AL 4 53 46 9 13 6 0 3 1 2 7 4 .283 .377 .609 .986 .256 28 0 0 0 0 1 0
2003 28 TEX AL 38 513 463 68 135 27 3 16 7 2 38 94 .292 .350 .467 .816 .334 216 11 5 4 3 5 3
2004 29 TEX AL 25 480 437 77 136 28 1 17 6 5 33 57 .311 .363 .497 .859 .325 217 6 4 3 3 1 10
2005 30 TEX AL 9 134 114 23 29 6 2 4 3 0 17 15 .254 .358 .447 .806 .260 51 4 2 0 1 0 1
2006 31 TEX AL 1 18 17 7 8 0 0 6 0 0 1 1 .471 .500 1.529 2.029 .200 26 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 33 SEA AL 32 500 437 65 124 25 1 15 6 7 51 58 .284 .357 .449 .805 .295 196 6 2 4 6 4 2
2009 34 MIN AL 35 293 255 34 74 12 3 8 5 1 30 42 .290 .371 .455 .826 .319 116 5 4 2 2 1 1
2010 35 NYM NL 27 713 657 62 165 23 5 13 9 3 42 104 .251 .299 .361 .660 .280 237 15 4 7 3 3 6
2011 36 NYM NL 33 876 790 85 202 38 4 18 7 3 54 134 .256 .308 .382 .690 .285 302 22 9 16 7 2 12
2012 37 NYM NL 34 927 848 78 192 35 4 24 4 3 54 230 .226 .278 .362 .640 .280 307 25 9 9 7 2 8
2013 38 TOR AL 9 230 203 32 49 12 2 9 2 0 24 48 .241 .322 .453 .775 .270 92 4 1 0 2 0 0
11 Yrs 247 4737 4267 540 1127 212 25 133 50 26 351 787 .264 .324 .419 .743 .294 1788 98 40 45 34 19 43
162 Game Avg. 43 815 735 93 194 36 4 23 9 4 60 135 .264 .324 .419 .743 .294 308 17 7 8 6 3 7
MLB Averages .262 .330 .417 .747 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2001 26 TEX AL -2.1 -0.2 57 -0.4 0.5 -0.9 .56 -0.4 -0.2 -2.5 -0.2 0.56 -4.1 0 1 3
2003 28 TEX AL 1.0 0.1 530 0.3 9.5 -9.1 1.00 -0.3 0.6 0.3 0.0 1.00 -0.9 11 6 7
2004 29 TEX AL -9.0 -0.8 503 -1.2 7.4 -8.6 .88 -1.2 -0.2 -17.4 -1.5 0.88 -11.5 1 4 5
2005 30 TEX AL -6.0 -0.6 140 -0.9 2.1 -3.0 1.05 -0.3 -0.5 -7.1 -0.7 1.05 -3.4 2 2 1
2006 31 TEX AL -4.8 -0.4 18 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 .51 -0.7 0.1 -5.1 -0.4 0.51 -7.5 0 0 0
2008 33 SEA AL -9.9 -1.0 532 -0.7 6.0 -6.7 .74 -1.3 0.3 -8.5 -0.8 0.74 -11.3 3 0 14
2009 34 MIN AL -0.8 -0.1 311 -1.1 2.5 -3.6 .56 -0.4 -1.5 -6.8 -0.7 0.56 -5.6 3 6 23
2010 35 NYM NL 20.5 2.2 739 1.4 14.0 -12.7 1.07 1.6 -0.3 21.8 2.4 1.07 17.6 0 1 0
2011 36 NYM NL 8.6 0.9 909 -0.5 15.6 -16.1 1.04 0.3 -0.8 6.6 0.7 1.04 3.4 0 1 0
2012 37 NYM NL 29.3 3.2 960 2.5 17.0 -14.4 .96 2.4 0.3 30.2 3.3 0.96 26.9 0 0 1
2013 38 TOR AL -3.6 -0.4 245 -0.3 3.5 -3.8 .86 -0.3 -0.1 -4.2 -0.4 0.86 -2.5 0 0 0
11 Yrs 23.0 2.9 4944 -1.1 78.3 -79.4 .93 -0.5 -0.6 7.2 1.7 0.93 1.0 20 21 54

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
2003 28 TEX AL 38 13 5 5 3 1 1 6 7 .462 1 0 1 1 6 46% 47.1 81 25 17 7 2 7 4.9 6.5 5.7 97 3 3 6 1 120
2004 29 TEX AL 25 15 4 7 4 0 0 7 8 .467 1 1 0 0 5 33% 39.1 73 -1 20 4 0 5 5.4 6.1 5.4 95 3 7 4 1 131
2005 30 TEX AL 9 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 .250 1 1 0 0 1 25% 41.8 57 31 6 2 0 3 4.6 5.6 5.8 103 0 2 2 0 112
2006 31 TEX AL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 16.0 16 16 0 0 0 1 6.0 0.0 3.3 61 1 0 0 0 61
2008 33 SEA AL 32 14 3 8 3 1 1 5 9 .357 2 1 0 0 6 43% 39.4 69 10 14 3 6 2 4.3 4.4 5.5 97 2 4 8 0 116
2009 34 MIN AL 35 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 47.0 47 47 13 5 0 1 12.0 7.2 5.0 104 0 0 1 0 104
2010 35 NYM NL 27 26 11 9 6 1 5 14 12 .538 1 2 2 1 19 73% 55.9 91 22 6 2 1 9 4.0 3.9 6.7 100 3 8 14 1 127
2011 36 NYM NL 33 32 8 13 11 0 8 15 17 .469 2 5 1 0 22 69% 54.1 80 24 11 0 2 15 3.8 3.7 6.5 97 1 12 19 0 114
2012 37 NYM NL 34 33 20 6 7 0 3 22 11 .667 1 6 5 3 27 82% 62.1 96 18 9 3 1 15 4.8 4.6 7.1 101 2 12 18 1 128
2013 38 TOR AL 9 9 3 5 1 0 2 3 6 .333 1 0 0 0 6 67% 50.0 74 17 2 1 0 3 3.0 4.0 6.0 101 1 1 7 0 118
10 Yrs 243 148 56 55 37 5 20 74 74 .500 10 16 9 5 92 62% 52 96 -1 98 27 12 61 4.4 4.5 6.3 99 16 49 79 4 131
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 101 -13 4.7 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
2001 26 TEX AL 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 1 .565 0 1 3 1 1 2 3 1 3 0 3 0 9.0 47
2003 28 TEX AL 38 25 6 4 3 1 1 0 100% 4 3 23 9 39% 3 .996 11 6 7 8 6 11 13 12 16 2 16 1 5.2 30
2004 29 TEX AL 25 10 2 2 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 8 2 25% 5 .881 1 4 5 3 0 7 4 6 8 0 8 0 6.8 39
2005 30 TEX AL 9 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 5 1.051 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 4.0 15
2008 33 SEA AL 32 18 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 40% 8 .740 3 0 14 0 2 16 5 13 11 0 11 1 6.0 31
2009 34 MIN AL 35 34 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 27 17 63% 7 .562 3 6 23 5 3 26 14 20 20 8 20 7 5.2 30
2010 35 NYM NL 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 1.071 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 17
2011 36 NYM NL 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 1.042 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 16
2012 37 NYM NL 34 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .964 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 15
9 Yrs 237 99 34 8 6 2 2 0 100% 8 6 79 39 49% .938 20 21 54 20 14 65 42 57 60 12 60 12 5.5 30

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%
2001 26 TEX AL 53 62% 5.7% 7.6% 13.2% 17.0% 69% 0.58 0.76 74% 21% 15.8% 27% 8 0 0%
2003 28 TEX AL 513 47% 3.1% 18.3% 7.4% 9.0% 34% 0.68 0.95 69% 22% 7.8% 7% 103 11 11%
2004 29 TEX AL 480 48% 3.5% 11.9% 6.9% 9.6% 34% 0.82 1.02 76% 18% 9.2% 11% 81 6 7%
2005 30 TEX AL 134 57% 3.0% 11.2% 12.7% 9.0% 41% 1.02 1.64 72% 20% 9.1% 10% 31 4 13%
2006 31 TEX AL 18 94% 33.3% 5.6% 5.6% 33.3% 75% 0.23 0.50 56% 13% 46.2% 0% 2 0 0%
2008 33 SEA AL 500 50% 3.0% 11.6% 10.2% 8.2% 33% 0.86 1.15 74% 17% 8.7% 16% 85 6 7%
2009 34 MIN AL 293 54% 2.7% 14.3% 10.2% 7.9% 31% 0.89 1.34 71% 18% 7.8% 11% 52 5 10%
2010 35 NYM NL 713 57% 1.8% 14.6% 5.9% 5.8% 25% 1.21 1.65 76% 16% 5.9% 11% 119 15 13%
2011 36 NYM NL 876 59% 2.1% 15.3% 6.2% 6.9% 30% 1.05 1.44 74% 15% 6.4% 12% 155 22 14%
2012 37 NYM NL 927 54% 2.6% 24.8% 5.8% 6.8% 33% 0.87 1.29 65% 18% 8.5% 15% 145 25 17%
2013 38 TOR AL 230 44% 3.9% 20.9% 10.4% 10.0% 47% 0.73 0.78 64% 22% 12.2% 19% 30 4 13%
11 Yrs 4737 54% 2.8% 16.6% 7.4% 7.8% 33% 0.91 1.25 71% 18% 8.3% 13% 811 98 12%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.6% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.08 70% 20% 7.7% 12% 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
2001 26 TEX AL 54 187 3.46 104 56% 25% 9% 26% 40% 75% 1% 42% 88% 46% 7% 4 1 9% 5 2 1 75% 0 2 -1 0 0
2003 28 TEX AL 514 2004 3.90 1251 62% 27% 16% 27% 30% 73% 3% 46% 78% 60% 6% 30 19 21% 107 45 4 23% 19 6 -1 0 0
2004 29 TEX AL 483 1809 3.75 1140 63% 27% 13% 26% 34% 73% 1% 46% 82% 63% 4% 19 13 21% 100 49 12 23% 8 5 -3 0 0
2005 30 TEX AL 134 490 3.66 280 57% 30% 10% 25% 36% 70% 0% 40% 86% 52% 8% 11 8 11% 15 9 1 40% 1 3 0 0 0
2006 31 TEX AL 18 61 3.39 42 69% 24% 12% 26% 38% 76% 0% 52% 84% 72% 0% 0 0 22% 4 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2008 33 SEA AL 502 1914 3.81 1172 61% 30% 11% 26% 33% 70% 1% 43% 84% 52% 6% 29 19 17% 84 49 3 19% 13 6 -2 0 0
2009 34 MIN AL 293 1116 3.81 684 61% 31% 12% 25% 32% 69% 1% 42% 83% 54% 7% 20 14 23% 66 37 6 21% 6 5 0 0 0
2010 35 NYM NL 713 2611 3.66 1724 66% 27% 14% 26% 33% 73% 1% 48% 81% 59% 4% 26 18 23% 164 102 12 13% 21 5 0 0 0
2011 36 NYM NL 876 3132 3.58 2101 67% 28% 13% 26% 32% 72% 1% 48% 82% 63% 4% 32 21 26% 228 155 13 24% 27 9 0 0 0
2012 37 NYM NL 930 3359 3.61 2315 69% 27% 19% 27% 27% 73% 1% 50% 74% 62% 3% 25 17 29% 268 191 23 17% 45 6 -3 0 0
2013 38 TOR AL 231 905 3.92 559 62% 29% 18% 25% 28% 71% 0% 44% 74% 51% 7% 16 14 20% 46 31 3 17% 10 2 -1 0 0
11 Yrs 4748 17588 3.70 11372 65% 28% 15% 26% 31% 72% 1% 47% 80% 59% 4% 212 144 23% 1087 671 78 20% 150 49 -11 0 0
MLB Averages 3.77 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 59% 5% 22% 26%

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
2001 26 TEX AL 53 13 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 2 0 67% 0 1 0 20 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2003 28 TEX AL 513 135 8 0 16 0 17 5 11 10 6 38 14 9 37% 3 5 1 209 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 0
2004 29 TEX AL 480 136 13 3 17 0 11 6 11 13 4 27 18 0 67% 10 5 2 182 6 5 55% 5 4 1 1 0 0 4 0 11 0
2005 30 TEX AL 134 29 2 0 4 0 5 2 2 3 1 14 12 0 86% 1 2 2 54 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2006 31 TEX AL 18 8 1 0 6 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 33 SEA AL 500 124 13 3 15 0 21 5 10 8 7 31 21 5 68% 2 11 9 165 6 7 46% 6 7 0 0 0 0 4 3 31 0
2009 34 MIN AL 293 74 7 0 8 1 14 4 4 4 4 17 10 3 59% 1 4 5 118 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
2010 35 NYM NL 713 165 24 5 13 0 17 9 4 3 10 32 15 7 47% 6 11 7 237 9 3 75% 9 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 23 0
2011 36 NYM NL 876 202 24 0 18 0 11 7 11 8 10 52 29 7 56% 12 9 15 319 7 3 70% 7 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 30 0
2012 37 NYM NL 927 192 22 2 24 0 6 13 11 12 12 30 19 3 63% 8 4 19 302 4 3 57% 3 1 1 2 0 0 5 1 31 0
2013 38 TOR AL 230 49 4 0 9 1 3 2 7 7 2 9 6 0 67% 0 3 8 76 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 0
11 Yrs 4737 1127 119 14 133 2 105 62 71 76 57 253 146 34 58% 43 55 68 1685 50 26 66% 46 22 4 4 0 0 22 5 178 0
MLB Averages 53% 71%

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+
2001 26 0 1 .000 6.75 4 0 1 0 0 0 12.0 13 9 9 3 7 1 4 0 0 1 53 71 1.667 9.8 2.3 5.3 3.0 0.57 71
2002 27 0 1 .000 6.75 4 0 1 0 0 0 12.0 13 9 9 3 7 1 4 0 0 1 53 71 1.667 9.8 2.3 5.3 3.0 0.57 71
2003 28 9 9 .500 5.25 42 13 7 1 1 1 128.2 148 77 75 19 45 6 98 5 2 6 566 96 1.500 10.4 1.3 3.1 6.9 2.18 96
2004 29 15 16 .484 5.41 67 28 9 1 1 2 233.0 284 154 140 36 78 7 155 9 3 11 1046 93 1.554 11.0 1.4 3.0 6.0 1.99 93
2005 30 16 18 .471 5.55 76 32 11 1 1 2 262.2 313 177 162 40 95 7 170 11 3 13 1180 90 1.553 10.7 1.4 3.3 5.8 1.79 90
2006 31 16 19 .457 5.72 77 33 11 1 1 2 266.0 321 184 169 46 96 7 171 11 3 13 1198 87 1.568 10.9 1.6 3.2 5.8 1.78 87
2007 32 16 19 .457 5.72 77 33 11 1 1 2 266.0 321 184 169 46 96 7 171 11 3 13 1198 87 1.568 10.9 1.6 3.2 5.8 1.78 87
2008 33 21 27 .438 5.57 109 47 20 1 1 2 378.1 445 249 234 61 147 11 229 13 4 24 1698 85 1.565 10.6 1.5 3.5 5.4 1.56 85
2009 34 22 28 .440 5.43 144 48 33 1 1 2 442.2 519 283 267 69 177 12 271 17 4 28 1991 87 1.572 10.6 1.4 3.6 5.5 1.53 87
2010 35 33 37 .471 4.70 171 74 33 3 2 2 617.0 684 345 322 82 219 15 375 21 4 39 2704 95 1.464 10.0 1.2 3.2 5.5 1.71 95
2011 36 41 50 .451 4.34 204 106 33 4 2 2 825.2 886 430 398 100 273 17 509 30 5 48 3580 99 1.404 9.7 1.1 3.0 5.5 1.86 99
2012 37 61 56 .521 3.98 238 139 34 9 5 2 1059.1 1078 508 469 124 327 19 739 39 6 52 4507 105 1.326 9.2 1.1 2.8 6.3 2.26 105
2013 38 64 61 .512 4.03 247 148 34 9 5 2 1113.1 1127 540 498 133 351 19 787 40 7 55 4737 104 1.328 9.1 1.1 2.8 6.4 2.24 104

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
2001 26 0 1 .000 7.36 11.0 13 10 9 3 7 4 0 1.818 10.6 5.7 3.3 0.57 2.5 4
2003 28 5 7 .417 4.54 115.0 127 64 58 15 36 93 5 1.417 9.9 2.8 7.3 2.58 1.2 38
2004 29 4 7 .364 4.84 106.0 127 63 57 16 31 58 4 1.491 10.8 2.6 4.9 1.87 1.4 25
2005 30 1 2 .333 6.52 29.0 28 23 21 4 16 15 2 1.517 8.7 5.0 4.7 0.94 1.2 9
2006 31 0 0 18.00 3.0 8 7 6 6 1 1 0 3.000 24.0 3.0 3.0 1.00 18.0 1
2008 33 4 7 .364 5.55 107.0 125 73 66 15 51 55 2 1.645 10.5 4.3 4.6 1.08 1.3 32
2009 34 2 4 .333 4.79 62.0 74 37 33 8 30 40 4 1.677 10.7 4.4 5.8 1.33 1.2 35
2010 35 11 7 .611 3.16 165.0 170 64 58 13 43 99 4 1.291 9.3 2.3 5.4 2.30 0.7 27
2011 36 11 11 .500 3.84 199.0 213 94 85 19 57 128 9 1.357 9.6 2.6 5.8 2.25 0.9 33
2012 37 15 9 .625 3.19 220.0 201 87 78 25 57 217 9 1.173 8.2 2.3 8.9 3.81 1.0 34
2013 38 2 3 .400 5.19 52.0 50 33 30 9 24 46 1 1.423 8.7 4.2 8.0 1.92 1.6 9
11 Yrs 55 58 .487 4.22 1069.0 1136 555 501 133 353 756 40 1.393 9.6 6.4 2.14 1.1 247

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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
2012 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2012 ML Branch Rickey Award
2012 NL Cy Young
2012 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2012 NL (14, 4%)
0.04 Career Shares (1193rd)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2012 NL (1, 93%)
1 Cy Young
0.93 Career Shares (61st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2012 NL  5.8 (9th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2012 NL  5.8 (3rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2010 NL  2.84 (7th)
2012 NL  2.73 (2nd)
Active  4.03 (31st)

Wins s c a p y
2012 NL  20 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2012 NL  .769 (3rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2012 NL  1.053 (3rd)
Active  1.328 (35th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2012 NL  7.395 (4th)
Active  9.111 (40th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 NL  2.168 (3rd)
Active  2.837 (36th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2012 NL  8.859 (8th)
Active  6.362 (48th)
Career  6.362 (191st)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2012 NL  233.7 (1st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2012 NL  230 (1st)

Games Started s c a p y
2012 NL  33 (1st)
2013 AL  9 (1st)

Complete Games s c a p y
2010 NL  2 (6th)
2012 NL  5 (1st)
Active  9 (40th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2003 AL  1 (6th)
2010 NL  1 (8th)
2012 NL  3 (1st)
Active  5 (26th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2013 AL  9 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2013 AL  24 (4th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2012 NL  4.259 (3rd)
Active  2.242 (42nd)
Career  2.242 (181st)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
Active  1.075 (46th)

Losses s c a p y
2013 AL  5 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2013 AL  29 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2008 AL  11 (4th)
2010 NL  11 (8th)
2011 NL  9 (9th)
Active  55 (28th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2011 NL  9 (6th)
2012 NL  9 (7th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2012 NL  927 (1st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2010 NL  138 (8th)
2012 NL  139 (3rd)
Active  104 (41st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2012 NL  29 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2012 NL  3.1 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2012 NL  30.21 (4th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2012 NL  2.4 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2012 NL  3.3 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
2013 AL  born 1974-10-29 (8th)
2013 AL  born 1974-10-29 (8th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 - 12 (193), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 35 (699), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 24 (561), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1409), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (672nd), 14.0 career WAR/15.0 7yr-peak WAR/14.5 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  3. David Palmer (967)
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  5. Matt Garza (959)
  6. Art Mahaffey (957)
  7. Wade Miller (957)
  8. Wally Bunker (954)
  9. John Danks (953)
  10. Ron Bryant (953)
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  5. Huck Betts (939)
  6. Heinie Meine (934)
  7. Jose Contreras (933)
  8. Hiroki Kuroda (930)
  9. Hal Brown (929)
  10. Orlando Hernandez (923)
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  4. Doug Linton (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. George Murray (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bill Trotter (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bud Podbielan (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Al Gettel (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bob Klinger (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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