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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 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
1997	22	TEX-min	A+	1	4	.200	6.94	8	6	2	0	0	0	35.0	51	32	27	8	12	1	32	0	3	5	162		1.800	13.1	2.1	3.1	8.2	2.67	CHT · FLOR
1998	23	TEX-min	A+	1	5	.167	3.30	57	0	54	0	0	38	60.0	58	31	22	9	22	3	53	0	2	3	260		1.333	8.7	1.4	3.3	8.0	2.41	CHT · FLOR
1999	24	TEX-min	AA,AAA	8	9	.471	4.51	41	13	22	0	0	10	117.2	128	72	59	14	47	2	76	3	0	11	518		1.487	9.8	1.1	3.6	5.8	1.62	TUL,OKC · TL,PCL
2000	25	TEX-min	AAA	8	9	.471	4.49	30	23	2	2	0	1	158.1	167	83	79	13	65	1	85	7	2	5	680		1.465	9.5	0.7	3.7	4.8	1.31	OKC · PCL
2001	26	TEX-min	AAA	11	7	.611	3.75	24	24	0	3	0	0	163.0	164	77	68	14	45	1	120	7	0	3	687		1.282	9.1	0.8	2.5	6.6	2.67	OKC · PCL
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

2002	27	TEX-min	AAA	8	7	.533	4.09	37	19	8	1	0	0	154.0	176	81	70	8	47	5	109	4	0	5	664		1.448	10.3	0.5	2.7	6.4	2.32	OKC · PCL
2003	28	TEX-min	AAA	1	1	.500	1.20	3	2	0	0	0	0	15.0	14	3	2	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	57		1.133	8.4	0.6	1.8	2.4	1.33	OKC · PCL
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-min	AA	1	1	.500	1.98	4	4	0	0	0	0	13.2	16	5	3	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	58		1.244	10.5	0.0	0.7	5.9	9.00	FRI · TL
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-min	AAA	10	6	.625	5.99	19	17	0	1	0	0	121.2	152	88	81	12	39	0	81	8	2	9	545		1.570	11.2	0.9	2.9	6.0	2.08	OKC · PCL
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-min	AAA	9	8	.529	4.92	22	19	1	3	1	1	131.2	134	80	72	17	46	0	61	11	2	6	560		1.367	9.2	1.2	3.1	4.2	1.33	OKC · PCL
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

2007	32	MIL-min	AAA	13	6	.684	3.72	31	22	3	3	0	0	169.1	159	80	70	18	60	0	119	7	0	12	707		1.293	8.5	1.0	3.2	6.3	1.98	NVL · PCL
2008	33	SEA-min	AAA	2	5	.286	3.44	7	7	0	0	0	0	49.2	58	25	19	2	8	0	30	3	0	2	211		1.329	10.5	0.4	1.4	5.4	3.75	TAC · PCL
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-min	AAA	2	1	.667	5.13	5	5	0	1	1	0	33.1	39	20	19	1	9	1	18	0	0	4	146		1.440	10.5	0.3	2.4	4.9	2.00	ROC · IL
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-min	AAA	4	2	.667	2.23	8	8	0	2	1	0	60.2	55	21	15	3	8	0	37	3	1	4	243		1.038	8.2	0.4	1.2	5.5	4.63	BFL · IL
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	111	1.227	8.7	0.8	2.3	5.8	2.48
2012	37	NYM	NL	7	1	.875	3.06	10	10	0	0	0	0	64.2	54	23	22	8	17	0	61	2	0	0	258	121	1.098	7.5	1.1	2.4	8.5	3.59
10 Yrs				48	51	.485	4.25	214	116	33	4	2	2	890.1	940	453	420	108	290	17	570	32	5	48	3838	100	1.382	9.5	1.1	2.9	5.8	1.97
162 Game Avg.				10	11	.485	4.25	44	24	7	1	0	0	183	194	93	87	22	60	4	117	7	1	10	791	100	1.382	9.5	1.1	2.9	5.8	1.97

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)				26	23	.531	3.08	70	68	0	3	1	0	447.2	421	170	153	39	113	5	299	15	1	20	1847	122	1.193	8.5	0.8	2.3	6.0	2.65
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

AL (7 yrs)				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
NL (3 yrs)				26	23	.531	3.08	70	68	0	3	1	0	447.2	421	170	153	39	113	5	299	15	1	20	1847	122	1.193	8.5	0.8	2.3	6.0	2.65

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
2001	26	TEX	AL	12.0	4	0	9	6.75	5.09	-0.30	-0.38	106.5	5.34	-2	-0.2	.5	0.0	-0.1	-0	.454	.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	0.5	10	.489	.498	$
2004	29	TEX	AL	104.1	25	15	77	6.64	5.06	-0.23	0.07	108.5	5.82	-10	-1.0	.6	-0.1	-0.1	4	.461	.494	$337,500
2005	30	TEX	AL	29.2	9	4	23	6.98	4.73	-0.28	0.05	106.3	5.39	-5	-0.5	1.7	-0.1	-0.3	-2	.442	.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	.178	.498	$380,000

2008	33	SEA	AL	112.1	32	14	65	5.21	4.88	0.11	0.01	96.3	4.61	-9	-0.9	.5	-0.1	0.0	6	.471	.494	$
2009	34	MIN	AL	64.1	35	1	34	4.76	4.97	-0.29	-0.32	97.7	4.83	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	3.4	36	.583	.514	$
2011	36	NYM	NL	208.2	33	32	85	3.67	4.08	-0.39	0.15	94.4	4.36	15	1.7	1.5	-0.1	3.1	35	.552	.511	$2,750,000
2012	37	NYM	NL	64.2	10	10	23	3.20	3.99	-0.52	0.15	95.3	4.44	8	0.9		-0.1	1.4	15	.593	.506	$
10 Seasons				890.1	214	116	453	4.58	4.54	-0.10	0.06	99.9	4.71	7	1.6	.9	-0.8	8.1	108	.507	.501	$4,365,000

TEX (5 yrs)				266.0	77	33	184	6.23	4.90	0.02	0.01	109.3	5.34	-27	-2.4	1.2	-0.3	-0.3	8	.469	.497	$1,090,000
NYM (3 yrs)				447.2	70	68	170	3.42	4.18	-0.19	0.15	95.6	4.33	43	4.9	1.2	-0.3	7.9	86	.570	.510	$2,750,000
MIN (1 yr)				64.1	35	1	34	4.76	4.97	-0.29	-0.32	97.7	4.83	0	0.0	.7	-0.2	0.5	8	.500	.500	$525,000
SEA (1 yr)				112.1	32	14	65	5.21	4.88	0.11	0.01	96.3	4.61	-9	-0.9	.5	-0.1	0.0	6	.471	.494	$

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	10	258	234	23	54	14	2	8	0	2	17	61	.231	.286	.410	.697	.275	96	5	2	3	2	0	3
10 Yrs				214	3838	3450	453	940	179	21	108	44	25	290	570	.272	.332	.430	.763	.297	1485	74	32	39	27	17	38
162 Game Avg.				44	791	711	93	194	37	4	22	9	5	60	117	.272	.332	.430	.763	.297	306	15	7	8	6	4	8
MLB Averages																.263	.331	.418	.749	.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	-8.5	-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	-5.8	-0.6	140	-0.8	2.2	-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	0.4	-7.9	-0.8	0.74	-10.6	3	0	14
2009	34	MIN	AL	-0.8	-0.1	311	-1.1	2.5	-3.6	.56	-0.4	-1.5	-6.6	-0.6	0.56	-5.4	3	7	22
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	9.4	1.0	909	-0.4	15.7	-16.1	1.04	0.3	-0.7	7.3	0.8	1.04	4.0	0	1	0
2012	37	NYM	NL	5.4	0.6	266	0.6	4.9	-4.3	1.01	0.3	0.4	5.0	0.5	1.01	3.5	0	0	0
10 Yrs				4.4	0.9	4005	-2.5	62.8	-65.3	.93	-2.3	-0.4	-12.3	-0.5	0.93	-18.3	20	22	52

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	10	10	7	1	2	0	0	8	2	.800	0	2	0	0	9	90%	58.8	81	18	3	0	0	5	5.2	4.1	6.5	95	2	4	4	0	117
9 Yrs				210	116	40	45	31	5	15	57	59	.491	8	12	4	2	68	59%	50	91	-1	90	23	11	48	4.5	4.5	6.1	97	15	40	58	3	131
MLB Averages													.500						49%	49	100	-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%	1^stIP	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	1.050	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	.742	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	.565	3	7	22	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	1.041	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	16
8 Yrs				203	98	33	8	6	2	2	0	100%	8	6	79	39	49%		.931	20	22	52	20	14	64	42	56	60	12	60	12	5.6	31

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%	0.65	0.76	74%	21%	18.8%	30%	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	60%	2.1%	15.3%	6.2%	6.9%	30%	1.05	1.45	74%	16%	6.4%	12%	155	22	14%
2012	37	NYM	NL	258	59%	3.1%	23.6%	6.6%	9.3%	44%	0.91	1.45	65%	20%	10.0%	12%	40	5	13%
10 Yrs				3838	54%	2.8%	14.9%	7.6%	8.0%	33%	0.93	1.29	73%	18%	8.2%	12%	676	74	11%
MLB Averages					46%	2.7%	17.4%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	0.79	1.08	70%	20%	7.8%	13%			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	259	948	3.66	652	69%	30%	17%	26%	27%	70%	0%	48%	76%	61%	3%	7	6	28%	73	56	8	21%	9	1	-1	0	0
10 Yrs				3846	14272	3.71	9150	64%	28%	13%	26%	32%	72%	1%	46%	81%	59%	5%	178	119	22%	846	505	60	22%	104	42	-8	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	5	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	5	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	5	0	30	0
2012	37	NYM	NL	258	54	3	0	8	0	0	4	4	3	5	5	4	1	80%	3	0	5	86	0	2	0%	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	7	0
10 Yrs				3838	940	96	12	108	1	96	51	57	60	48	219	125	32	57%	38	48	46	1393	44	25	64%	42	22	2	3	0	0	20	5	138	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	98	1.404	9.7	1.1	3.0	5.5	1.86	98
2012	37	48	51	.485	4.25	214	116	33	4	2	2	890.1	940	453	420	108	290	17	570	32	5	48	3838	100	1.382	9.5	1.1	2.9	5.8	1.97	100

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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
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	3.91	198.0	214	96	86	19	57	127	10	1.369	9.7	2.6	5.8	2.23	0.9	33
2012	37	3	3	.500	3.75	60.0	58	28	25	9	18	57	2	1.267	8.7	2.7	8.6	3.17	1.4	10
10 Yrs		41	49	.456	4.41	856.0	944	465	419	108	290	549	33	1.442	9.9		5.8	1.89	1.1	214

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 2010 NL 2.84 (7th)	Wins s c a p y 2012 NL 7 (3rd)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 2012 NL .875 (3rd)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 2010 NL 2.168 (3rd)
Complete Games s c a p y 2010 NL 2 (6th)	Shutouts s c a p y 2003 AL 1 (6th) 2010 NL 1 (8th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 2008 AL 11 (4th) 2010 NL 11 (8th) 2011 NL 9 (9th) Active 48 (44th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2011 NL 9 (6th)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 2010 NL 138 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 17 (1178), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1952), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1540), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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