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Scott Downs

Scott Jeremy Downs

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

Born: March 17, 1976 in Louisville, KY
High School: Pleasure Ridge Park HS (Louisville, KY)
School: University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed June 18, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 2000
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Angels/Cubs/Expos 2000-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 3 yrs/$15M (11-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 9.121, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Greg Landry), previously: SFX [*]
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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	21	CHC-min	A,A-	3	2	.600	1.83	10	10	0	0	0	0	59.0	32	16	12	1	15	0	71	1	4	2	221		0.797	4.9	0.2	2.3	10.8	4.73	RFD,WPT · MIDW,NYPL
1998	22	CHC-min	A+	8	9	.471	3.90	27	27	0	2	0	0	161.2	179	83	70	12	55	0	117	4	4	12	713		1.447	10.0	0.7	3.1	6.5	2.13	DYT · FLOR
1999	23	CHC-MIN-min	A+,AA	13	2	.867	2.35	28	24	1	2	1	0	157.1	137	49	41	9	55	1	173	3	1	6	648		1.220	7.8	0.5	3.1	9.9	3.15	WTN,DYT,FTM,NBR · SOUL,FLOR,EL
2000	24	TOT	NL	4	3	.571	5.29	19	19	0	0	0	0	97.0	122	62	57	13	40	1	63	5	0	1	442	87	1.670	11.3	1.2	3.7	5.8	1.58
2000	24	CHC	NL	4	3	.571	5.17	18	18	0	0	0	0	94.0	117	59	54	13	37	1	63	5	0	1	426	88	1.638	11.2	1.2	3.5	6.0	1.70
2000	24	MON	NL	0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	5	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	16	59	2.667	15.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
2001		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2002	26	WSN-min	AAA,A+	2	1	.667	5.01	24	0	3	0	2	1	32.1	38	24	18	6	5	0	22	2	1	0	142		1.330	10.6	1.7	1.4	6.1	4.40	OTT,BRE · IL,FLOR
2003	27	WSN-min	AAA	8	9	.471	4.29	21	21	0	3	0	0	121.2	119	67	58	13	39	0	54	1	0	1	502		1.299	8.8	1.0	2.9	4.0	1.38	EDM · PCL
2003	27	MON	NL	0	1	.000	15.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	5	5	5	2	3	2	4	0	1	0	17	33	2.667	15.0	6.0	9.0	12.0	1.33
2004	28	WSN-min	AAA	10	6	.625	3.52	22	22	0	2	2	0	135.1	143	57	53	16	26	0	67	3	1	1	559		1.249	9.5	1.1	1.7	4.5	2.58	EDM · PCL
2004	28	MON	NL	3	6	.333	5.14	12	12	0	1	1	0	63.0	79	47	36	9	23	2	38	3	0	2	284	89	1.619	11.3	1.3	3.3	5.4	1.65
2005	29	TOR-min	AAA	2	3	.400	4.81	7	7	0	0	0	0	39.1	45	21	21	5	3	0	35	0	0	0	161		1.220	10.3	1.1	0.7	8.0	11.67	SYR · IL
2005	29	TOR	AL	4	3	.571	4.31	26	13	0	0	0	0	94.0	93	49	45	12	34	0	75	5	0	3	407	104	1.351	8.9	1.1	3.3	7.2	2.21
2006	30	TOR	AL	6	2	.750	4.09	59	5	13	0	0	1	77.0	73	38	35	9	30	6	61	2	0	7	327	112	1.338	8.5	1.1	3.5	7.1	2.03
2007	31	TOR	AL	4	2	.667	2.17	81	0	13	0	0	1	58.0	47	15	14	3	24	3	57	1	1	2	239	207	1.224	7.3	0.5	3.7	8.8	2.38
2008	32	TOR	AL	0	3	.000	1.78	66	0	14	0	0	5	70.2	54	15	14	3	27	7	57	4	0	3	290	238	1.146	6.9	0.4	3.4	7.3	2.11
2009	33	TOR-min	A+	0	0		3.86	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.1	3	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	13		1.714	11.6	0.0	3.9	7.7	2.00	DUN · FLOR
2009	33	TOR	AL	1	3	.250	3.09	48	0	24	0	0	9	46.2	46	18	16	4	13	1	43	2	0	1	200	144	1.264	8.9	0.8	2.5	8.3	3.31
2010	34	TOR	AL	5	5	.500	2.64	67	0	14	0	0	0	61.1	47	19	18	3	14	3	48	4	0	1	241	159	0.995	6.9	0.4	2.1	7.0	3.43
2011	35	ANA-min	A+	1	1	.500	9.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	12		3.000	22.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	SBR · CALL
2011	35	LAA	AL	6	3	.667	1.34	60	0	10	0	0	1	53.2	39	11	8	3	15	3	35	0	0	2	218	288	1.006	6.5	0.5	2.5	5.9	2.33
2012	36	LAA	AL	0	0		0.00	20	0	6	0	0	5	18.0	11	0	0	0	4	0	11	0	0	1	69		0.833	5.5	0.0	2.0	5.5	2.75
11 Yrs				33	31	.516	3.47	459	50	94	1	1	22	642.1	616	279	248	61	227	28	492	26	2	23	2734	127	1.312	8.6	0.9	3.2	6.9	2.17
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.516	3.47	61	7	13	0	0	3	86	82	37	33	8	30	4	66	3	0	3	365	127	1.312	8.6	0.9	3.2	6.9	2.17

TOR (6 yrs)				20	18	.526	3.13	347	18	78	0	0	16	407.2	360	154	142	34	142	20	341	18	1	17	1704	141	1.231	7.9	0.8	3.1	7.5	2.40
MON (3 yrs)				3	7	.300	5.74	14	14	0	1	1	0	69.0	89	55	44	11	29	4	42	3	1	2	317	80	1.710	11.6	1.4	3.8	5.5	1.45
LAA (2 yrs)				6	3	.667	1.00	80	0	16	0	0	6	71.2	50	11	8	3	19	3	46	0	0	3	287	386	0.963	6.3	0.4	2.4	5.8	2.42
CHC (1 yr)				4	3	.571	5.17	18	18	0	0	0	0	94.0	117	59	54	13	37	1	63	5	0	1	426	88	1.638	11.2	1.2	3.5	6.0	1.70

AL (8 yrs)				26	21	.553	2.82	427	18	94	0	0	22	479.1	410	165	150	37	161	23	387	18	1	20	1991	154	1.191	7.7	0.7	3.0	7.3	2.40
NL (3 yrs)				7	10	.412	5.41	32	32	0	1	1	0	163.0	206	114	98	24	66	5	105	8	1	3	743	85	1.669	11.4	1.3	3.6	5.8	1.59

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
2000	24	CHC	NL	94.0	18	18	59	5.65	5.03	0.04	0.18	98.6	5.10	-6	-0.6		-0.1	0.1	4	.468	.496	$
2000	24	MON	NL	3.0	1	1	3	9.00	4.77	-0.31	0.17	106.0	5.57	-1	-0.1		-0.0	-0.1	-1	.399	.499	$

2003	27	MON	NL	3.0	1	1	5	15.00	4.87	-0.04	0.19	104.0	5.29	-3	-0.2		-0.0	-0.2	-3	.251	.498	$
2004	28	MON	NL	63.0	12	12	47	6.71	4.80	0.30	0.19	106.1	4.98	-12	-1.2		-0.0	-0.7	-6	.404	.493	$
2005	29	TOR	AL	94.0	26	13	49	4.69	5.04	0.37	0.04	101.1	4.76	-0	-0.0	.5	-0.1	0.8	12	.500	.500	$
2006	30	TOR	AL	77.0	59	5	38	4.44	5.08	0.36	-0.26	100.5	4.48	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.2	0.5	10	.499	.500	$705,000
2007	31	TOR	AL	58.0	81	0	15	2.33	5.24	0.49	-0.39	98.9	4.32	12	1.2	1.4	0.1	1.9	20	.515	.508	$1,025,000
2008	32	TOR	AL	70.2	66	0	15	1.91	4.88	0.24	-0.36	98.2	4.20	17	1.7	1.6	0.3	2.7	27	.526	.511	$2,250,000
2009	33	TOR	AL	46.2	48	0	18	3.47	4.94	0.36	-0.36	99.1	4.18	3	0.3	1.6	-0.0	0.8	9	.507	.502	$3,750,000
2010	34	TOR	AL	61.1	67	0	19	2.79	4.60	-0.01	-0.35	100.5	4.28	10	1.0	1.5	0.1	1.7	17	.515	.506	$4,000,000
2011	35	LAA	AL	53.2	60	0	11	1.84	4.44	0.21	-0.34	93.4	3.63	11	1.1	1.8	0.3	2.0	17	.519	.507	$5,000,000
2012	36	LAA	AL	18.0	20	0	0	0.00	4.43	0.03	-0.33	89.2	3.63	7	0.8	2.0	0.4	1.3	9	.540	.505	$
11 Seasons				642.1	459	50	279	3.91	4.90	0.24	-0.15	99.5	4.49	37	4.1	1.5	0.8	10.8	116	.509	.502	$16,730,000

TOR (6 yrs)				407.2	347	18	154	3.40	4.97	0.30	-0.25	99.8	4.41	42	4.3	1.4	0.2	8.4	95	.512	.504	$11,730,000
MON (3 yrs)				69.0	14	14	55	7.17	4.81	0.26	0.19	106.0	5.02	-17	-1.5		-0.0	-1.0	-10	.392	.497	$
LAA (2 yrs)				71.2	80	0	11	1.38	4.44	0.16	-0.34	92.4	3.63	18	1.9	1.9	0.7	3.3	26	.524	.506	$5,000,000
CHC (1 yr)				94.0	18	18	59	5.65	5.03	0.04	0.18	98.6	5.10	-6	-0.6		-0.1	0.1	4	.468	.496	$

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
2000	24	CHC	NL	18	426	378	59	117	30	5	13	1	4	37	63	.310	.375	.519	.894	.340	196	10	5	2	4	1	3
2000	24	MON	NL	1	16	13	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	.385	.500	.385	.885	.385	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
2000	24	TOT	NL	19	442	391	62	122	30	5	13	2	4	40	63	.312	.380	.514	.894	.342	201	11	5	2	4	1	3

2003	27	MON	NL	1	17	14	5	5	2	0	2	0	0	3	4	.357	.471	.929	1.399	.375	13	0	0	0	0	2	0
2004	28	MON	NL	12	284	255	47	79	10	1	9	0	0	23	38	.310	.372	.463	.835	.335	118	8	3	2	1	2	2
2005	29	TOR	AL	26	407	367	49	93	16	3	12	0	2	34	75	.253	.324	.411	.736	.288	151	8	5	0	1	0	6
2006	30	TOR	AL	59	327	293	38	73	21	0	9	1	1	30	61	.249	.322	.413	.735	.286	121	9	2	1	1	6	3
2007	31	TOR	AL	81	239	211	15	47	5	0	3	0	1	24	57	.223	.303	.289	.592	.288	61	6	1	1	2	3	1
2008	32	TOR	AL	66	290	254	15	54	9	1	3	2	0	27	57	.213	.298	.291	.590	.263	74	8	4	5	0	7	2
2009	33	TOR	AL	48	200	183	18	46	10	1	4	1	1	13	43	.251	.305	.383	.688	.304	70	3	2	0	2	1	3
2010	34	TOR	AL	67	241	223	19	47	8	3	3	3	0	14	48	.211	.270	.314	.584	.256	70	10	4	0	0	3	3
2011	35	LAA	AL	60	218	196	11	39	6	1	3	0	0	15	35	.199	.254	.286	.539	.225	56	3	0	5	2	3	5
2012	36	LAA	AL	20	69	64	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	4	11	.172	.217	.188	.405	.204	12	0	0	0	1	0	0
11 Yrs				459	2734	2451	279	616	118	15	61	10	9	227	492	.251	.320	.386	.706	.290	947	66	26	16	14	28	28
162 Game Avg.				61	365	327	37	82	16	2	8	1	1	30	66	.251	.320	.386	.706	.290	127	9	3	2	2	4	4
MLB Averages																.264	.332	.420	.752	.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
2000	24	TOT	NL	-7.5	-0.7	448	-0.9	8.2	-9.0	1.05	-1.3	0.4	-11.0	-1.0	1.05	-14.5	0	0	0
2000	24	CHC	NL	-6.5	-0.6	431	-0.6	7.9	-8.5	1.04	-1.2	0.6	-9.0	-0.8	1.04	-13.2	0	0	0
2000	24	MON	NL	-1.0	-0.1	17	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	1.27	-0.1	-0.1	-2.1	-0.2	1.27	-1.3	0	0	0

2003	27	MON	NL	-3.0	-0.3	18	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.82	-0.3	-0.0	-3.4	-0.3	0.82	-4.4	0	0	0
2004	28	MON	NL	-7.4	-0.7	290	-0.4	5.1	-5.5	1.04	-0.5	0.2	-10.4	-1.0	1.04	-5.8	0	0	0
2005	29	TOR	AL	1.5	0.2	414	-0.1	6.3	-6.4	.86	0.2	-0.4	1.5	0.1	0.86	2.2	0	2	10
2006	30	TOR	AL	4.2	0.4	337	-0.0	4.6	-4.6	.80	0.6	-0.6	5.3	0.5	0.80	6.4	14	15	25
2007	31	TOR	AL	15.2	1.5	243	1.4	5.9	-4.6	1.37	1.5	-0.5	13.2	1.3	1.37	15.3	32	24	25
2008	32	TOR	AL	20.0	2.0	298	2.8	8.7	-6.0	1.61	1.8	-0.1	16.0	1.6	1.61	19.4	29	20	17
2009	33	TOR	AL	6.8	0.7	203	-0.2	5.7	-5.9	1.67	0.6	-0.7	5.8	0.6	1.67	6.5	25	9	14
2010	34	TOR	AL	10.8	1.1	247	1.4	6.5	-5.1	1.45	1.1	-0.1	10.6	1.1	1.45	12.5	33	12	22
2011	35	LAA	AL	14.8	1.5	220	1.9	7.7	-5.8	1.97	1.3	-0.4	12.6	1.3	1.97	11.6	39	9	12
2012	36	LAA	AL	8.3	0.9	72	1.0	2.3	-1.3	1.76	0.7	-0.1	7.2	0.8	1.76	7.4	14	4	2
11 Yrs				63.7	6.5	2790	6.6	61.2	-54.6	1.25	5.7	-0.4	47.3	5.0	1.25	56.6	186	95	127

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
2000	24	TOT	NL	19	19	4	3	12	0	0	10	9	.526	2	8	0	0	6	32%	43.7	68	21	21	6	1	11	5.6	3.8	5.1	92	5	6	6	2	121
2000	24	CHC	NL	18	18	4	3	11	0	0	9	9	.500	2	8	0	0	6	33%	44.2	68	21	18	5	1	10	5.4	3.7	5.2	93	4	6	6	2	121
2000	24	MON	NL	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	34.0	34	34	3	1	0	1	9.0	6.8	3.0	64	1	0	0	0	64

2003	27	MON	NL	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	30.0	30	30	0	0	0	1	2.0	0.0	3.0	66	1	0	0	0	66
2004	28	MON	NL	12	12	3	6	3	0	1	4	8	.333	1	1	1	1	6	50%	43.3	80	4	9	6	0	7	4.1	4.5	5.3	87	5	1	6	0	112
2005	29	TOR	AL	26	13	4	3	6	2	1	8	5	.615	2	3	0	0	5	38%	49.5	73	30	24	7	0	7	5.1	5.3	5.3	90	2	9	2	0	100
2006	30	TOR	AL	59	5	1	1	3	1	0	3	2	.600	1	1	0	0	0	0%	36.0	59	12	23	10	0	4	6.8	7.3	3.1	59	5	0	0	0	75
5 Yrs				117	50	12	14	24	3	2	25	25	.500	6	13	1	1	17	34%	44	80	4	77	29	1	30	5.2	4.6	4.9	86	18	16	14	2	121
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
2005	29	TOR	AL	26	13	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	1	20%	5	.857	0	2	10	2	0	11	4	9	10	2	10	0	5.8	30
2006	30	TOR	AL	59	54	13	5	1	4	1	3	25%	14	7	39	11	28%	7	.795	14	15	25	22	6	26	20	34	17	18	21	13	3.4	19
2007	31	TOR	AL	81	81	13	4	2	4	1	3	25%	31	24	50	13	26%	7	1.371	32	24	25	42	13	26	37	44	13	51	23	26	2.1	11
2008	32	TOR	AL	66	66	14	0	3	9	5	4	56%	33	24	28	14	50%	8	1.610	29	20	17	45	10	11	19	47	17	13	17	18	3.2	17
2009	33	TOR	AL	48	48	24	1	3	13	9	4	69%	23	10	16	5	31%	9	1.672	25	9	14	33	7	8	9	39	4	8	5	15	2.9	15
2010	34	TOR	AL	67	67	14	5	5	2	0	2	0%	29	26	24	9	38%	8	1.451	33	12	22	36	14	17	19	48	12	24	12	15	2.7	14
2011	35	LAA	AL	60	60	10	6	3	4	1	3	25%	30	26	36	10	28%	8	1.967	39	9	12	38	19	3	25	35	8	19	11	15	2.7	13
2012	36	LAA	AL	20	20	6	0	0	7	5	2	71%	16	9	13	4	31%	8	1.756	14	4	2	18	1	1	8	12	2	4	5	4	2.7	13
8 Yrs				427	409	94	21	17	43	22	21	51%	176	126	211	67	32%		1.325	186	95	127	236	70	103	141	268	83	139	104	106	2.9	15

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%
2000	24	TOT	NL	442	18%	2.9%	14.3%	9.1%	10.9%	39%	0.63	0.90	72%	31%	7.6%	13%	88	11	13%
2000	24	CHC	NL	426	17%	3.1%	14.8%	8.7%	11.3%	41%	0.62	0.87	72%	31%	7.9%	13%	82	10	12%
2000	24	MON	NL	16	38%	0.0%	0.0%	18.8%	0.0%	0%	0.86	2.00	81%	31%	0.0%	14%	6	1	17%

2003	27	MON	NL	17	6%	11.8%	23.5%	17.7%	23.5%	80%	0.43	1.50	47%	40%	28.6%	0%	1	0	0%
2004	28	MON	NL	284	15%	3.2%	13.4%	8.1%	7.0%	25%	1.11	1.48	74%	15%	9.7%	8%	48	8	17%
2005	29	TOR	AL	407	29%	3.0%	18.4%	8.4%	7.6%	33%	1.17	1.72	69%	19%	10.2%	11%	71	8	11%
2006	30	TOR	AL	327	32%	2.8%	18.7%	9.2%	9.2%	41%	1.28	2.02	69%	18%	9.8%	10%	58	9	16%
2007	31	TOR	AL	239	53%	1.3%	23.9%	10.0%	3.4%	17%	1.49	2.63	64%	19%	5.4%	8%	52	6	12%
2008	32	TOR	AL	290	41%	1.0%	19.7%	9.3%	4.5%	24%	1.95	3.28	67%	11%	5.4%	14%	56	8	14%
2009	33	TOR	AL	200	31%	2.0%	21.5%	6.5%	7.5%	33%	1.30	2.00	69%	21%	7.0%	7%	48	3	6%
2010	34	TOR	AL	241	37%	1.2%	19.9%	5.8%	5.8%	30%	1.40	2.00	71%	17%	4.6%	10%	48	10	21%
2011	35	LAA	AL	218	42%	1.4%	16.1%	6.9%	4.6%	26%	1.70	2.23	73%	14%	5.4%	7%	47	3	6%
2012	36	LAA	AL	69	49%	0.0%	15.9%	5.8%	1.5%	9%	2.18	2.58	78%	9%	0.0%	0%	9	0	0%
11 Yrs				2734	32%	2.2%	18.0%	8.3%	7.1%	32%	1.21	1.80	70%	19%	7.7%	10%	526	66	13%
MLB Averages					46%	2.7%	17.3%	8.6%	7.9%	34%	0.79	1.07	70%	20%	7.9%	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
2000	24	TOT	NL	443	1742	3.93	1047	60%	31%	11%	26%	32%	69%	0%	41%	84%	53%	5%	23	14	17%	76	34	5	33%	8	8	-1	0	0
2000	24	CHC	NL	427	1678	3.93	1015	60%	31%	11%	26%	32%	69%	0%	42%	84%	53%	5%	21	13	18%	75	33	4	33%	8	7	-1	0	0
2000	24	MON	NL	16	64	4.00	32	50%	22%	16%	22%	41%	78%	0%	39%	80%	44%	13%	2	1	6%	1	1	1		0	1	0	0	0

2003	27	MON	NL	17	66	3.88	34	52%	26%	6%	38%	29%	74%	16%	38%	92%	59%	18%	3	2	12%	2	1	0	50%	1	0	0	0	0
2004	28	MON	NL	285	1046	3.67	648	62%	31%	11%	25%	34%	69%	1%	43%	84%	66%	6%	16	11	20%	58	24	4	32%	9	3	-1	0	0
2005	29	TOR	AL	407	1566	3.85	953	61%	32%	15%	22%	31%	68%	0%	41%	78%	58%	4%	17	11	17%	69	42	3	23%	12	6	0	0	0
2006	30	TOR	AL	328	1297	3.95	773	60%	31%	13%	25%	30%	69%	4%	41%	81%	52%	6%	21	12	22%	73	32	5	31%	9	4	-1	0	0
2007	31	TOR	AL	240	913	3.80	553	61%	31%	19%	21%	28%	69%	3%	42%	72%	52%	8%	18	11	16%	39	19	3	26%	3	4	-1	0	0
2008	32	TOR	AL	290	1094	3.77	650	59%	28%	16%	25%	31%	72%	6%	43%	78%	54%	6%	17	5	19%	54	23	1	32%	9	5	0	0	0
2009	33	TOR	AL	200	705	3.53	446	63%	26%	18%	25%	32%	74%	2%	47%	76%	58%	4%	8	4	29%	57	41	3	21%	13	3	0	0	0
2010	34	TOR	AL	242	936	3.87	567	61%	32%	12%	25%	31%	68%	3%	41%	82%	46%	7%	17	14	19%	47	22	2	25%	6	0	-1	0	0
2011	35	LAA	AL	218	800	3.67	491	61%	29%	13%	23%	34%	71%	4%	43%	81%	52%	5%	11	5	22%	47	27	3	23%	5	3	0	0	0
2012	36	LAA	AL	69	254	3.68	160	63%	31%	14%	21%	34%	69%	0%	43%	80%	54%	1%	1	1	12%	8	4	1	18%	3	0	0	0	0
11 Yrs				2739	10419	3.80	6322	61%	30%	14%	24%	31%	70%	2%	42%	80%	55%	6%	152	90	19%	530	269	30	27%	78	36	-5	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	80%	58%	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
2000	24	TOT	NL	442	122	13	0	13	0	6	8	5	8	5	28	14	2	50%	3	1	0	169	2	4	33%	2	4	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	0
2000	24	CHC	NL	426	117	12	0	13	0	6	8	5	8	5	27	14	2	52%	3	1	0	162	1	4	20%	1	4	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	0
2000	24	MON	NL	16	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0%	0	0	0	7	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2003	27	MON	NL	17	5	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	2	2	1	1	50%	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2004	28	MON	NL	284	79	13	5	9	1	10	9	0	2	7	13	6	3	46%	2	2	1	102	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
2005	29	TOR	AL	407	93	10	1	12	0	6	9	3	7	5	16	9	3	56%	6	3	1	153	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2006	30	TOR	AL	327	73	9	0	9	0	13	7	2	5	4	18	8	4	44%	3	7	1	112	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
2007	31	TOR	AL	239	47	7	1	3	0	6	2	1	3	0	11	5	4	45%	1	2	0	94	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
2008	32	TOR	AL	290	54	9	1	3	0	8	2	1	1	2	17	6	3	35%	2	3	1	106	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
2009	33	TOR	AL	200	46	6	1	4	0	11	1	3	2	2	14	5	5	36%	3	1	0	80	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2010	34	TOR	AL	241	47	7	0	3	1	9	1	2	2	1	14	2	2	14%	3	1	0	77	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
2011	35	LAA	AL	218	39	9	1	3	1	5	2	1	0	3	15	6	3	40%	5	2	0	94	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2012	36	LAA	AL	69	11	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	33%	0	1	0	24	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
11 Yrs				2734	616	86	10	61	3	77	43	18	30	31	151	63	31	42%	28	23	4	1014	10	9	53%	8	9	2	0	0	0	8	3	57	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+
2000	24	4	3	.571	5.29	19	19	0	0	0	0	97.0	122	62	57	13	40	1	63	5	0	1	442	87	1.670	11.3	1.2	3.7	5.8	1.58	87
2001	25	4	3	.571	5.29	19	19	0	0	0	0	97.0	122	62	57	13	40	1	63	5	0	1	442	87	1.670	11.3	1.2	3.7	5.8	1.58	87
2002	26	4	3	.571	5.29	19	19	0	0	0	0	97.0	122	62	57	13	40	1	63	5	0	1	442	87	1.670	11.3	1.2	3.7	5.8	1.58	87
2003	27	4	4	.500	5.58	20	20	0	0	0	0	100.0	127	67	62	15	43	3	67	5	1	1	459	82	1.700	11.4	1.4	3.9	6.0	1.56	82
2004	28	7	10	.412	5.41	32	32	0	1	1	0	163.0	206	114	98	24	66	5	105	8	1	3	743	85	1.669	11.4	1.3	3.6	5.8	1.59	85
2005	29	11	13	.458	5.01	58	45	0	1	1	0	257.0	299	163	143	36	100	5	180	13	1	6	1150	91	1.553	10.5	1.3	3.5	6.3	1.80	91
2006	30	17	15	.531	4.80	117	50	13	1	1	1	334.0	372	201	178	45	130	11	241	15	1	13	1477	95	1.503	10.0	1.2	3.5	6.5	1.85	95
2007	31	21	17	.553	4.41	198	50	26	1	1	2	392.0	419	216	192	48	154	14	298	16	2	15	1716	103	1.462	9.6	1.1	3.5	6.8	1.94	103
2008	32	21	20	.512	4.01	264	50	40	1	1	7	462.2	473	231	206	51	181	21	355	20	2	18	2006	112	1.414	9.2	1.0	3.5	6.9	1.96	112
2009	33	22	23	.489	3.92	312	50	64	1	1	16	509.1	519	249	222	55	194	22	398	22	2	19	2206	115	1.400	9.2	1.0	3.4	7.0	2.05	115
2010	34	27	28	.491	3.79	379	50	78	1	1	16	570.2	566	268	240	58	208	25	446	26	2	20	2447	118	1.356	8.9	0.9	3.3	7.0	2.14	118
2011	35	33	31	.516	3.58	439	50	88	1	1	17	624.1	605	279	248	61	223	28	481	26	2	22	2665	123	1.326	8.7	0.9	3.2	6.9	2.16	123
2012	36	33	31	.516	3.47	459	50	94	1	1	22	642.1	616	279	248	61	227	28	492	26	2	23	2734	127	1.312	8.6	0.9	3.2	6.9	2.17	127

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
2000	24	4	6	.400	4.88	94.0	116	57	51	12	38	61	5	1.638	11.1	3.6	5.8	1.61	1.1	19

2003	27	0	0		15.00	3.0	5	6	5	2	3	4	0	2.667	15.0	9.0	12.0	1.33	6.0	1
2004	28	2	4	.333	4.72	61.0	75	36	32	9	22	37	3	1.590	11.1	3.2	5.5	1.68	1.3	12
2005	29	5	5	.500	4.30	92.0	92	49	44	12	34	73	5	1.370	9.0	3.3	7.1	2.15	1.2	26
2006	30	4	4	.500	3.96	75.0	71	37	33	9	29	59	2	1.333	8.5	3.5	7.1	2.03	1.1	59
2007	31	4	2	.667	2.25	56.0	47	16	14	3	24	55	1	1.268	7.6	3.9	8.8	2.29	0.5	81
2008	32	6	1	.857	1.85	68.0	55	16	14	3	28	55	4	1.221	7.3	3.7	7.3	1.96	0.4	66
2009	33	3	2	.600	3.13	46.0	46	18	16	4	13	43	2	1.283	9.0	2.5	8.4	3.31	0.8	48
2010	34	4	2	.667	2.95	58.0	48	21	19	3	14	46	4	1.069	7.4	2.2	7.1	3.29	0.5	67
2011	35	4	1	.800	1.50	54.0	41	10	9	3	16	35	0	1.056	6.8	2.7	5.8	2.19	0.5	60
2012	36	2	0	1.000	0.00	18.0	11	0	0	0	4	11	0	0.833	5.5	2.0	5.5	2.75	0.0	20
11 Yrs		38	27	.585	3.41	625.0	607	266	237	60	225	479	26	1.331	8.7		6.9	2.13	0.9	459

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 2007 AL 81 (1st) Active 459 (42nd)	Shutouts s c a p y 2004 NL 1 (9th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 2012 AL 8 (9th) Active 64 (50th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 2012 AL 0.9 (9th) Active 6.5 (49th)

Games Played s c a p y
2007 AL 81 (1st)
Active 459 (42nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
2004 NL 1 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2012 AL 8 (9th)
Active 64 (50th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2012 AL 0.9 (9th)
Active 6.5 (49th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 1 (846), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 2 (2461), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 11 (915), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 9 (928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Similar Pitchers through 35

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Most Similar by Ages

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Eric Nolte (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike O'Connor (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Art Ceccarelli (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pete Burnside (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bryan Hickerson (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Paul Gibson (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Paul Gibson (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tony Castillo (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rob Murphy (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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