Ryan Drese
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: April 5, 1976 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Bishop O'Dowd (Oakland, CA)
School: University of California
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 5th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 25, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 29, 2001
Final Game: April 14, 2006
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Standard Pitching

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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 25 CLE AL 1 2 .333 3.44 9 4 2 0 0 0 36.2 32 15 14 2 15 2 24 1 0 0 149 130 1.282 7.9 0.5 3.7 5.9 1.60
2002 26 CLE AL 10 9 .526 6.55 26 26 0 1 0 0 137.1 176 104 100 15 62 1 102 6 0 11 635 67 1.733 11.5 1.0 4.1 6.7 1.65
2003 27 TEX AL 2 4 .333 6.85 11 8 0 0 0 0 46.0 61 42 35 8 24 1 26 5 0 2 223 73 1.848 11.9 1.6 4.7 5.1 1.08
2004 28 TEX AL 14 10 .583 4.20 34 33 1 2 0 0 207.2 233 104 97 16 58 6 98 11 0 1 897 120 1.401 10.1 0.7 2.5 4.2 1.69
2005 29 TOT MLB 7 12 .368 5.78 23 23 0 1 0 0 129.1 162 90 83 8 46 2 46 8 0 4 583 76 1.608 11.3 0.6 3.2 3.2 1.00
2005 29 TEX AL 4 6 .400 6.46 12 12 0 1 0 0 69.2 96 52 50 5 24 1 20 3 0 1 317 72 1.722 12.4 0.6 3.1 2.6 0.83
2005 29 WSN NL 3 6 .333 4.98 11 11 0 0 0 0 59.2 66 38 33 3 22 1 26 5 0 3 266 82 1.475 10.0 0.5 3.3 3.9 1.18
2006 30 WSN NL 0 2 .000 5.19 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.2 9 8 5 0 8 0 5 0 0 2 41 82 1.962 9.3 0.0 8.3 5.2 0.63
6 Seasons 34 39 .466 5.31 105 96 3 4 0 0 565.2 673 363 334 49 213 12 301 31 0 20 2528 88 1.566 10.7 0.8 3.4 4.8 1.41
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .466 5.31 36 32 1 1 0 0 191 228 123 113 17 72 4 102 10 0 7 855 88 1.566 10.7 0.8 3.4 4.8 1.41
TEX (3 yrs) 20 20 .500 5.07 57 53 1 3 0 0 323.1 390 198 182 29 106 8 144 19 0 4 1437 98 1.534 10.9 0.8 3.0 4.0 1.36
WSN (2 yrs) 3 8 .273 5.00 13 13 0 0 0 0 68.1 75 46 38 3 30 1 31 5 0 5 307 82 1.537 9.9 0.4 4.0 4.1 1.03
CLE (2 yrs) 11 11 .500 5.90 35 30 2 1 0 0 174.0 208 119 114 17 77 3 126 7 0 11 784 75 1.638 10.8 0.9 4.0 6.5 1.64
AL (5 yrs) 31 31 .500 5.36 92 83 3 4 0 0 497.1 598 317 296 46 183 11 270 26 0 15 2221 89 1.570 10.8 0.8 3.3 4.9 1.48
NL (2 yrs) 3 8 .273 5.00 13 13 0 0 0 0 68.1 75 46 38 3 30 1 31 5 0 5 307 82 1.537 9.9 0.4 4.0 4.1 1.03

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
2001 25 CLE AL 9 149 132 15 32 7 1 2 2 3 15 24 .242 .324 .356 .680 .283 47 5 1 1 0 2
2002 26 CLE AL 26 635 555 104 176 37 8 15 7 9 62 102 .317 .386 .494 .880 .360 274 9 6 3 9 1
2003 27 TEX AL 11 223 194 42 61 12 0 8 6 1 24 26 .314 .404 .500 .904 .331 97 5 5 0 0 1
2004 28 TEX AL 34 897 817 104 233 41 6 16 5 4 58 98 .285 .339 .409 .748 .306 334 26 11 6 5 6
2005 29 TOT MLB 23 583 520 90 162 41 2 8 4 9 46 46 .312 .373 .444 .817 .327 231 16 8 4 5 2
2005 29 TEX AL 12 317 287 52 96 22 1 5 1 6 24 20 .334 .390 .470 .861 .346 135 10 3 2 1 1
2005 29 WSN NL 11 266 233 38 66 19 1 3 3 3 22 26 .283 .352 .412 .764 .303 96 6 5 2 4 1
2006 30 WSN NL 2 41 31 8 9 3 0 0 1 2 8 5 .290 .436 .387 .823 .346 12 0 0 2 0 0
6 Seasons 105 2528 2249 363 673 141 17 49 25 28 213 301 .299 .365 .442 .807 .325 995 61 31 16 19 12
162 Game Avg. 36 855 761 123 228 48 6 17 8 9 72 102 .299 .365 .442 .807 .325 337 21 10 5 6 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
2001 25 CLE AL 9 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 .500 1 0 0 0 1 25% 53 68 45 3 3 0 3 4.6 3.0 5.9 98 1 1 2 0 111
2002 26 CLE AL 26 26 10 9 7 5 1 14 12 .538 4 2 1 0 8 31% 41 79 4 29 14 0 16 5.6 5.9 5.3 94 5 9 12 0 117
2003 27 TEX AL 11 8 2 4 2 1 0 3 5 .375 1 0 0 0 2 25% 40 60 19 16 8 0 6 6.7 6.8 4.6 84 3 4 0 1 137
2004 28 TEX AL 34 33 14 10 9 2 4 20 13 .606 2 4 2 0 20 61% 47 73 7 23 10 3 6 5.3 5.7 6.2 93 6 17 10 0 118
2005 29 TOT MLB 23 23 7 12 4 2 2 11 12 .478 1 3 1 0 8 35% 41 77 18 18 12 0 14 4.3 4.1 5.6 88 6 11 6 0 117
2005 29 TEX AL 12 12 4 6 2 1 1 6 6 .500 0 2 1 0 4 33% 38 71 18 11 7 0 7 5.2 5.2 5.8 91 3 5 4 0 114
2005 29 WSN NL 11 11 3 6 2 1 1 5 6 .455 1 1 0 0 4 36% 45 77 21 7 5 0 7 3.4 2.8 5.4 85 3 6 2 0 117
2006 30 WSN NL 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40 41 38 2 0 0 1 3.0 3.0 4.3 80 1 1 0 0 81
6 Seasons 105 96 34 38 24 11 8 50 46 .521 9 9 4 0 39 41% 44 79 4 91 47 3 46 5.2 5.3 5.6 91 22 43 30 1 137
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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 25 CLE AL 9 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 0.968 1 0 4 0 1 4 1 4 3 1 3 0 7.8 44
2003 27 TEX AL 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 3 0.804 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 3 0 3 0 9.0 60
2004 28 TEX AL 34 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.005 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 13.0 44
3 Seasons 54 9 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0% 0.965 1 1 7 1 1 7 2 7 7 1 7 0 8.8 49

Ratio Pitching*

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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 25 CLE AL 149 46% 1.3% 16.1% 10.1% 6.7% 31% 1.44 2.07 71% 17% 6.1% 23% 27 5 19%
2002 26 CLE AL 635 56% 2.4% 16.1% 9.8% 9.5% 34% 0.76 0.98 70% 26% 6.4% 7% 137 9 7%
2003 27 TEX AL 223 47% 3.6% 11.7% 10.8% 9.0% 33% 0.91 1.27 72% 21% 10.3% 11% 50 5 10%
2004 28 TEX AL 897 56% 1.8% 10.9% 6.5% 7.0% 27% 1.19 1.74 79% 22% 5.3% 7% 184 26 14%
2005 29 TOT MLB 583 48% 1.4% 7.9% 7.9% 8.8% 32% 1.22 1.69 81% 18% 4.0% 7% 106 16 15%
2005 29 TEX AL 317 50% 1.6% 6.3% 7.6% 8.8% 29% 1.34 1.92 83% 19% 4.8% 8% 67 10 15%
2005 29 WSN NL 266 45% 1.1% 9.8% 8.3% 8.7% 35% 1.09 1.46 78% 17% 3.2% 7% 39 6 15%
2006 30 WSN NL 41 24% 0.0% 12.2% 19.5% 7.3% 33% 1.08 1.11 63% 7% 0.0% 8% 9 0 0%
6 Seasons 2528 52% 1.9% 11.9% 8.4% 8.2% 31% 1.07 1.49 76% 21% 5.7% 8% 513 61 12%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 25 CLE AL 149 609 4.09 371 61% 31% 12% 27% 29% 69% 3% 42% 82% 58% 7% 11 6 22% 33 13 1 29% 3 3 0 0 0
2002 26 CLE AL 635 2440 3.84 1486 61% 27% 14% 28% 31% 73% 0% 45% 81% 56% 6% 40 26 20% 124 52 10 24% 14 13 0 0 0
2003 27 TEX AL 223 848 3.80 504 59% 30% 11% 26% 33% 70% 1% 42% 84% 57% 8% 18 11 20% 44 24 3 31% 5 6 0 0 0
2004 28 TEX AL 897 3100 3.46 1915 62% 28% 9% 25% 38% 72% 2% 44% 87% 57% 5% 41 25 16% 140 68 8 36% 10 12 0 0 0
2005 29 TOT MLB 583 2023 3.47 1234 61% 28% 8% 25% 39% 72% 1% 44% 89% 60% 3% 18 11 15% 90 49 8 35% 10 5 0 0 0
2005 29 TEX AL 317 1090 3.44 663 61% 27% 8% 25% 41% 73% 1% 45% 89% 62% 4% 13 9 15% 47 25 7 40% 4 3 0 0 0
2005 29 WSN NL 266 933 3.51 571 61% 29% 8% 25% 37% 71% 1% 43% 88% 59% 2% 5 2 16% 43 24 1 31% 6 2 0 0 0
2006 30 WSN NL 41 159 3.88 90 57% 28% 13% 28% 31% 72% 0% 41% 82% 56% 10% 4 1 12% 5 2 1 20% 0 3 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2528 9179 3.63 5600 61% 28% 11% 26% 35% 72% 1% 44% 85% 57% 5% 132 80 17% 436 208 31 30% 42 42 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 25 CLE AL 149 32 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 8 5 2 63% 0 0 0 53 2 3 40% 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
2002 26 CLE AL 635 176 28 2 15 0 18 8 7 6 9 42 27 5 64% 8 11 0 245 7 9 44% 7 9 0 0 0 0 4 2 26 0
2003 27 TEX AL 223 61 6 0 8 0 8 4 4 5 3 19 10 5 53% 3 2 0 89 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2004 28 TEX AL 897 233 30 2 16 0 15 3 13 8 8 50 37 1 74% 6 1 3 341 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
2005 29 TOT MLB 583 162 20 1 8 0 12 5 3 3 5 49 28 4 57% 4 4 2 223 4 9 31% 3 8 0 1 1 0 4 2 15 0
2005 29 TEX AL 317 96 15 0 5 0 8 3 2 2 3 29 18 2 62% 1 1 0 121 1 6 14% 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 0
2005 29 WSN NL 266 66 5 1 3 0 4 2 1 1 2 20 10 2 50% 3 3 2 102 3 3 50% 2 3 0 0 1 0 3 1 11 0
2006 30 WSN NL 41 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 75% 1 2 0 19 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 Seasons 2528 673 86 6 49 0 54 21 28 23 26 172 110 18 64% 22 20 5 970 25 28 47% 24 25 0 3 1 0 10 4 59 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 25 1 2 .333 3.44 9 4 2 0 0 0 36.2 32 15 14 2 15 2 24 1 0 0 149 130 1.282 7.9 0.5 3.7 5.9 1.60 130
2002 26 11 11 .500 5.90 35 30 2 1 0 0 174.0 208 119 114 17 77 3 126 7 0 11 784 75 1.638 10.8 0.9 4.0 6.5 1.64 75
2003 27 13 15 .464 6.10 46 38 2 1 0 0 220.0 269 161 149 25 101 4 152 12 0 13 1007 74 1.682 11.0 1.0 4.1 6.2 1.51 74
2004 28 27 25 .519 5.18 80 71 3 3 0 0 427.2 502 265 246 41 159 10 250 23 0 14 1904 92 1.546 10.6 0.9 3.3 5.3 1.57 92
2005 29 34 37 .479 5.32 103 94 3 4 0 0 557.0 664 355 329 49 205 12 296 31 0 18 2487 88 1.560 10.7 0.8 3.3 4.8 1.44 88
2006 30 34 39 .466 5.31 105 96 3 4 0 0 565.2 673 363 334 49 213 12 301 31 0 20 2528 88 1.566 10.7 0.8 3.4 4.8 1.41 88

Neutralized Pitching

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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 25 2 1 .667 3.44 34.0 31 14 13 2 15 22 1 1.353 8.2 4.0 5.8 1.47 0.5 9
2002 26 4 10 .286 6.87 131.0 175 111 100 15 62 97 6 1.809 12.0 4.3 6.7 1.56 1.0 26
2003 27 2 3 .400 5.87 46.0 57 33 30 7 22 26 5 1.717 11.2 4.3 5.1 1.18 1.4 11
2004 28 12 10 .545 3.63 206.0 215 92 83 15 54 97 10 1.306 9.4 2.4 4.2 1.80 0.7 34
2005 29 4 9 .308 5.88 124.0 158 90 81 8 45 44 8 1.637 11.5 3.3 3.2 0.98 0.6 23
2006 30 0 0 5.62 8.0 9 6 5 0 8 5 0 2.125 10.1 9.0 5.6 0.63 0.0 2
6 Seasons 24 33 .421 5.11 549.0 645 346 312 47 206 291 30 1.550 10.6 4.8 1.41 0.8 105

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Wins s c a p y
2004 AL  14 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
2004 AL  33 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2004 AL  2 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
2004 AL  233 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 AL  .693 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2002 AL  100 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2002 AL  11 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2004 AL  11 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1632), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Jose Mercedes (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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