Justin Duchscherer
Justin Craig Duchscherer
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 164 lb.

Born: November 19, 1977 in Aberdeen, SD
High School: Coronado (Lubbock, TX)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 8th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 25, 2001
Final Game: August 18, 2008
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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 23 TEX AL 1 1 .500 12.27 5 2 1 0 0 0 14.2 24 20 20 5 4 0 11 4 0 1 76 38 1.909 14.7 3.1 2.5 6.8 2.75
2003 25 OAK AL 1 1 .500 3.31 4 3 0 0 0 0 16.1 17 7 6 1 3 0 15 2 0 0 71 134 1.224 9.4 0.6 1.7 8.3 5.00
2004 26 OAK AL 7 6 .538 3.27 53 0 18 0 0 0 96.1 85 37 35 13 32 6 59 5 1 1 398 139 1.215 7.9 1.2 3.0 5.5 1.84
2005 27 OAK AL 7 4 .636 2.21 65 0 24 0 0 5 85.2 67 25 21 7 19 3 85 2 0 2 338 198 1.004 7.0 0.7 2.0 8.9 4.47 AS
2006 28 OAK AL 2 1 .667 2.91 53 0 17 0 0 9 55.2 52 18 18 4 9 0 51 1 0 3 224 152 1.096 8.4 0.6 1.5 8.2 5.67
2007 29 OAK AL 3 3 .500 4.96 17 0 2 0 0 0 16.1 18 9 9 3 8 3 13 0 0 0 75 86 1.592 9.9 1.7 4.4 7.2 1.63
2008 30 OAK AL 10 8 .556 2.54 22 22 0 1 1 0 141.2 107 45 40 11 34 2 95 8 0 1 557 163 0.995 6.8 0.7 2.2 6.0 2.79 AS
7 Seasons 31 24 .564 3.14 219 27 62 1 1 14 426.2 370 161 149 44 109 14 329 22 1 8 1739 138 1.123 7.8 0.9 2.3 6.9 3.02
162 Game Avg. 9 7 .564 3.14 61 7 17 0 0 4 118 102 45 41 12 30 4 91 6 0 2 481 138 1.123 7.8 0.9 2.3 6.9 3.02
OAK (6 yrs) 30 23 .566 2.82 214 25 61 1 1 14 412.0 346 141 129 39 105 14 318 18 1 7 1663 154 1.095 7.6 0.9 2.3 6.9 3.03
TEX (1 yr) 1 1 .500 12.27 5 2 1 0 0 0 14.2 24 20 20 5 4 0 11 4 0 1 76 38 1.909 14.7 3.1 2.5 6.8 2.75

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS 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
2006 28 OAK AL ALDS W MIN 0 0 2.25 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 13 0.250 2.3 2.3 0.0 9.0
1 ALDS 0 0 2.25 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 13 0.250 2.3 2.3 0.0 9.0

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS 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
2005 OAK AL 27
2008 OAK AL 30 0 0 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 9.0

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 23 TEX AL 5 76 68 20 24 3 2 5 5 0 4 11 .353 .421 .676 1.098 .365 46 0 4 0 0 0
2003 25 OAK AL 4 71 65 7 17 3 0 1 2 0 3 15 .262 .314 .354 .668 .327 23 1 2 1 0 0
2004 26 OAK AL 53 398 353 37 85 8 3 13 4 4 32 59 .241 .312 .391 .703 .255 138 8 5 7 1 6
2005 27 OAK AL 65 338 311 25 67 9 1 7 6 2 19 85 .215 .263 .318 .582 .271 99 9 2 4 2 3
2006 28 OAK AL 53 224 213 18 52 6 0 4 5 1 9 51 .244 .278 .329 .607 .304 70 3 1 1 0 0
2007 29 OAK AL 17 75 64 9 18 5 2 3 3 0 8 13 .281 .351 .563 .914 .300 36 0 0 1 2 3
2008 30 OAK AL 22 557 510 45 107 22 1 11 4 2 34 95 .210 .268 .322 .590 .235 164 13 8 1 4 2
7 Seasons 219 1739 1584 161 370 56 9 44 29 9 109 329 .234 .291 .364 .654 .267 576 34 22 15 9 14
162 Game Avg. 61 481 438 45 102 15 2 12 8 2 30 91 .234 .291 .364 .654 .267 159 9 6 4 2 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 23 TEX AL 5 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38 50 25 3 2 0 2 4.2 7.0 5.2 86 0 2 0 0 92
2003 25 OAK AL 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 1 33% 49 73 33 1 0 0 2 5.9 9.0 4.8 88 1 1 1 0 102
2008 30 OAK AL 22 22 10 8 4 2 5 11 11 .500 1 1 1 1 15 68% 59 87 26 14 2 0 13 4.5 4.9 6.4 93 4 8 10 0 110
3 Seasons 31 27 12 10 5 3 5 14 13 .519 1 2 1 1 16 59% 56 87 25 18 4 0 17 4.6 5.4 6.2 92 5 11 11 0 110
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 23 TEX AL 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0.647 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 4.3 33
2003 25 OAK AL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 3 0.949 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 6.0 19
2004 26 OAK AL 53 53 18 7 6 2 0 2 0% 8 6 42 12 29% 6 1.173 19 15 18 13 17 23 26 27 34 10 39 7 5.5 28
2005 27 OAK AL 65 65 24 7 4 7 5 2 71% 18 10 31 15 48% 8 1.254 26 14 23 28 12 25 20 45 32 8 32 16 4.0 20
2006 28 OAK AL 53 53 17 2 1 11 9 2 82% 28 17 22 3 14% 8 1.383 30 9 14 34 7 12 14 39 13 11 16 9 3.2 17
2007 29 OAK AL 17 17 2 3 3 2 0 2 0% 7 5 7 2 29% 8 1.879 11 3 3 9 5 3 5 12 1 4 2 3 2.9 16
6 Seasons 197 192 62 19 14 22 14 8 64% 61 38 105 33 31% 1.233 86 41 62 84 41 67 67 125 83 33 92 35 4.1 21

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 23 TEX AL 76 58% 6.6% 14.5% 5.3% 13.2% 42% 1.04 1.75 68% 32% 23.8% 16% 12 0 0%
2003 25 OAK AL 71 61% 1.4% 21.1% 4.2% 5.6% 24% 0.67 0.89 69% 24% 4.0% 17% 15 1 7%
2004 26 OAK AL 398 48% 3.3% 14.8% 8.0% 6.0% 28% 0.72 1.00 71% 18% 8.2% 8% 74 8 11%
2005 27 OAK AL 338 44% 2.1% 25.2% 5.6% 5.0% 25% 0.75 1.02 65% 17% 6.2% 12% 63 9 14%
2006 28 OAK AL 224 47% 1.8% 22.8% 4.0% 4.5% 19% 0.64 0.81 71% 24% 4.5% 8% 30 3 10%
2007 29 OAK AL 75 48% 4.0% 17.3% 10.7% 13.3% 56% 1.04 1.77 67% 15% 12.5% 8% 12 0 0%
2008 30 OAK AL 557 57% 2.0% 17.1% 6.1% 6.1% 32% 0.73 0.92 73% 17% 5.2% 12% 91 13 14%
7 Seasons 1739 51% 2.5% 18.9% 6.3% 6.3% 30% 0.74 0.99 70% 19% 6.9% 11% 297 34 11%
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 23 TEX AL 76 272 3.58 172 63% 33% 10% 24% 33% 67% 0% 42% 85% 64% 5% 4 2 20% 15 9 3 45% 0 2 0 0 0
2003 25 OAK AL 71 283 3.99 180 64% 32% 12% 28% 28% 68% 0% 43% 83% 55% 7% 5 4 24% 17 9 1 27% 3 1 0 0 0
2004 26 OAK AL 398 1491 3.75 942 63% 28% 13% 27% 32% 72% 4% 46% 82% 58% 7% 26 13 21% 82 44 5 32% 7 7 0 0 0
2005 27 OAK AL 338 1328 3.93 861 65% 37% 13% 23% 27% 63% 3% 41% 79% 65% 4% 14 9 30% 103 50 3 47% 13 2 0 0 0
2006 28 OAK AL 224 901 4.02 618 69% 34% 13% 27% 26% 66% 0% 46% 80% 70% 1% 2 2 32% 72 37 3 37% 8 0 0 0 0
2007 29 OAK AL 75 271 3.61 174 64% 30% 16% 23% 31% 70% 12% 45% 78% 65% 4% 3 0 28% 21 12 0 38% 3 0 0 0 0
2008 30 OAK AL 557 2047 3.68 1316 64% 34% 11% 23% 32% 66% 1% 42% 83% 61% 4% 21 16 22% 120 63 4 45% 18 3 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1739 6593 3.79 4263 65% 33% 13% 25% 30% 67% 2% 43% 81% 62% 4% 75 46 25% 430 224 19 41% 52 15 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 23 TEX AL 76 24 4 0 5 0 4 1 4 4 1 7 3 2 43% 0 1 0 27 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2003 25 OAK AL 71 17 3 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 5 2 1 40% 1 0 0 26 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 26 OAK AL 398 85 4 0 13 1 10 8 5 7 6 20 12 2 60% 4 1 0 145 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0
2005 27 OAK AL 338 67 5 0 7 0 8 3 4 4 3 14 8 2 57% 7 2 0 117 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
2006 28 OAK AL 224 52 8 0 4 0 3 3 1 1 3 7 4 1 57% 1 3 1 78 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
2007 29 OAK AL 75 18 0 0 3 0 4 3 0 2 1 8 3 1 38% 1 0 0 27 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2008 30 OAK AL 557 107 10 2 11 0 5 1 10 7 4 18 11 2 61% 5 1 0 173 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
7 Seasons 1739 370 34 2 44 1 39 19 25 25 19 79 43 11 54% 19 8 1 593 29 9 76% 27 9 2 0 0 0 6 1 27 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 23 1 1 .500 12.27 5 2 1 0 0 0 14.2 24 20 20 5 4 0 11 4 0 1 76 38 1.909 14.7 3.1 2.5 6.8 2.75 38
2002 24 1 1 .500 12.27 5 2 1 0 0 0 14.2 24 20 20 5 4 0 11 4 0 1 76 38 1.909 14.7 3.1 2.5 6.8 2.75 38
2003 25 2 2 .500 7.55 9 5 1 0 0 0 31.0 41 27 26 6 7 0 26 6 0 1 147 60 1.548 11.9 1.7 2.0 7.5 3.71 60
2004 26 9 8 .529 4.31 62 5 19 0 0 0 127.1 126 64 61 19 39 6 85 11 1 2 545 106 1.296 8.9 1.3 2.8 6.0 2.18 106
2005 27 16 12 .571 3.46 127 5 43 0 0 5 213.0 193 89 82 26 58 9 170 13 1 4 883 129 1.178 8.2 1.1 2.5 7.2 2.93 129
2006 28 18 13 .581 3.35 180 5 60 0 0 14 268.2 245 107 100 30 67 9 221 14 1 7 1107 133 1.161 8.2 1.0 2.2 7.4 3.30 133
2007 29 21 16 .568 3.44 197 5 62 0 0 14 285.0 263 116 109 33 75 12 234 14 1 7 1182 129 1.186 8.3 1.0 2.4 7.4 3.12 129
2008 30 31 24 .564 3.14 219 27 62 1 1 14 426.2 370 161 149 44 109 14 329 22 1 8 1739 138 1.123 7.8 0.9 2.3 6.9 3.02 138

Neutralized Pitching

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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 23 0 1 .000 10.80 15.0 24 20 18 5 4 11 4 1.867 14.4 2.4 6.6 2.75 3.0 5
2003 25 1 0 1.000 3.38 16.0 17 7 6 1 3 15 2 1.250 9.6 1.7 8.4 5.00 0.6 4
2004 26 6 4 .600 3.33 92.0 84 38 34 13 32 56 5 1.261 8.2 3.1 5.5 1.75 1.3 53
2005 27 7 2 .778 2.28 83.0 67 23 21 7 19 82 2 1.036 7.3 2.1 8.9 4.32 0.8 65
2006 28 4 2 .667 2.83 54.0 51 19 17 4 9 49 1 1.111 8.5 1.5 8.2 5.44 0.7 53
2007 29 0 1 .000 5.06 16.0 18 10 9 3 8 13 0 1.625 10.1 4.5 7.3 1.63 1.7 17
2008 30 10 5 .667 2.80 135.0 109 47 42 11 35 91 8 1.067 7.3 2.3 6.1 2.60 0.7 22
7 Seasons 28 15 .651 3.22 411.0 370 164 147 44 110 317 22 1.168 8.1 6.9 2.88 1.0 219

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games
2005
2008 *

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 AL--1--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1037), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  10. Brendan Donnelly (956)
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