Zach Duke
Zachary Thomas Duke
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 212 lb.

Born: April 19, 1983 in Clifton, TX
High School: Midway (Hewitt, TX)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 20th round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed July 31, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 2, 2005
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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
2005 22 PIT NL 8 2 .800 1.81 14 14 0 0 0 0 84.2 79 20 17 3 23 2 58 2 0 1 341 234 1.205 8.4 0.3 2.4 6.2 2.52 RoY-5
2006 23 PIT NL 10 15 .400 4.47 34 34 0 2 1 0 215.1 255 116 107 17 68 6 117 7 1 8 935 99 1.500 10.7 0.7 2.8 4.9 1.72
2007 24 PIT NL 3 8 .273 5.53 20 19 0 0 0 0 107.1 161 74 66 14 25 2 41 3 1 0 482 79 1.733 13.5 1.2 2.1 3.4 1.64
2008 25 PIT NL 5 14 .263 4.82 31 31 0 1 1 0 185.0 230 111 99 19 47 1 87 7 2 2 829 87 1.497 11.2 0.9 2.3 4.2 1.85
2009 26 PIT NL 11 16 .407 4.06 32 32 0 3 1 0 213.0 231 101 96 23 49 0 106 3 1 2 891 101 1.315 9.8 1.0 2.1 4.5 2.16 AS
5 Seasons 37 55 .402 4.30 131 130 0 6 3 0 805.1 956 422 385 76 212 11 409 22 5 13 3478 99 1.450 10.7 0.8 2.4 4.6 1.93
162 Game Avg. 10 14 .402 4.30 34 34 0 2 1 0 210 249 110 100 20 55 3 107 6 1 3 906 99 1.450 10.7 0.8 2.4 4.6 1.93

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
2009 PIT NL 26

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
2005 22 PIT NL 14 341 312 20 79 17 1 3 1 3 23 58 .253 .308 .343 .651 .302 107 15 2 3 1 2
2006 23 PIT NL 34 935 843 116 255 60 3 17 13 12 68 117 .302 .358 .441 .799 .334 372 27 7 13 4 6
2007 24 PIT NL 20 482 448 74 161 38 2 14 5 5 25 41 .359 .394 .547 .941 .370 245 23 3 2 4 2
2008 25 PIT NL 31 829 757 111 230 58 3 19 6 6 47 87 .304 .348 .464 .812 .322 351 9 7 14 4 1
2009 26 PIT NL 32 890 810 101 231 46 5 23 7 8 49 106 .285 .325 .440 .764 .301 356 20 3 18 10 0
5 Seasons 131 3477 3170 422 956 219 14 76 32 34 212 409 .302 .347 .451 .799 .325 1431 94 22 50 23 11
162 Game Avg. 34 906 826 110 249 57 4 20 8 9 55 107 .302 .347 .451 .799 .325 373 24 6 13 6 3
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

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
2005 22 PIT NL 14 14 8 2 4 1 1 9 5 .643 0 1 0 0 9 64% 59 77 29 2 0 0 7 4.5 5.1 6.0 91 3 3 8 0 112
2006 23 PIT NL 34 34 10 15 9 3 5 12 22 .353 4 4 2 1 18 53% 47 78 14 14 6 0 13 4.2 4.3 6.3 96 3 15 15 1 127
2007 24 PIT NL 20 19 3 8 8 1 0 7 12 .368 2 3 0 0 7 37% 39 61 11 11 3 0 10 4.7 4.8 5.5 88 2 13 4 0 103
2008 25 PIT NL 31 31 5 14 12 0 3 12 19 .387 3 5 1 1 14 45% 45 77 15 16 4 0 17 4.4 3.9 6.0 94 6 13 12 0 116
2009 26 PIT NL 32 32 11 16 5 1 7 11 21 .344 2 2 3 1 21 66% 50 82 7 9 1 0 18 4.5 4.9 6.7 96 2 18 11 1 120
5 Seasons 131 130 37 55 38 6 16 51 79 .392 11 15 6 3 69 53% 47 82 7 52 14 0 65 4.4 4.5 6.2 94 16 62 50 2 127
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

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
2007 24 PIT NL 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.945 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 46
1 Season 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.945 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 46

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%
2005 22 PIT NL 341 84% 0.9% 17.0% 6.7% 6.2% 27% 0.95 1.44 74% 19% 2.6% 9% 74 15 20%
2006 23 PIT NL 935 82% 1.8% 12.5% 7.3% 8.6% 31% 1.12 1.61 76% 18% 5.4% 7% 173 27 16%
2007 24 PIT NL 482 82% 2.9% 8.5% 5.2% 11.2% 34% 1.07 1.82 82% 21% 7.9% 9% 99 23 23%
2008 25 PIT NL 829 85% 2.3% 10.5% 5.7% 9.7% 35% 0.95 1.44 79% 18% 6.3% 10% 129 9 7%
2009 26 PIT NL 891 78% 2.6% 11.9% 5.5% 8.3% 32% 0.94 1.34 78% 17% 7.1% 10% 157 20 13%
5 Seasons 3478 82% 2.2% 11.8% 6.1% 8.9% 32% 1.01 1.50 78% 18% 6.1% 9% 632 94 15%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

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
2005 22 PIT NL 341 1269 3.72 816 64% 26% 14% 29% 32% 74% 2% 48% 81% 61% 5% 18 11 21% 73 35 4 26% 10 5 0 0 0
2006 23 PIT NL 935 3265 3.49 2037 62% 30% 10% 24% 36% 70% 2% 44% 86% 58% 6% 54 32 19% 176 97 11 27% 27 17 0 0 0
2007 24 PIT NL 482 1711 3.55 1089 64% 27% 10% 25% 38% 73% 1% 47% 86% 58% 5% 23 15 19% 92 47 5 29% 6 6 0 0 0
2008 25 PIT NL 829 2924 3.53 1841 63% 24% 10% 28% 37% 76% 0% 48% 87% 55% 5% 40 30 18% 152 88 8 21% 28 9 0 0 0
2009 26 PIT NL 891 3067 3.44 1994 65% 25% 11% 27% 37% 75% 0% 49% 85% 59% 3% 23 19 18% 163 96 8 25% 24 4 0 0 1
5 Seasons 3478 12236 3.52 7777 64% 27% 11% 26% 36% 73% 1% 47% 85% 58% 5% 158 107 19% 656 363 36 25% 95 41 0 0 1
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

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
2005 22 PIT NL 341 79 5 1 3 0 8 3 0 1 2 17 6 3 35% 2 1 0 126 1 3 25% 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 4 0
2006 23 PIT NL 935 255 22 4 17 0 11 15 2 6 11 46 24 4 52% 7 8 2 369 13 12 52% 11 11 2 1 0 0 7 7 19 0
2007 24 PIT NL 482 161 15 3 14 0 12 11 3 5 9 37 23 1 62% 6 0 1 175 5 5 50% 3 4 2 1 0 0 2 2 8 0
2008 25 PIT NL 829 230 27 6 19 0 9 17 2 9 10 44 28 2 64% 12 2 1 318 6 6 50% 4 5 2 1 0 0 4 4 10 0
2009 26 PIT NL 891 231 29 6 23 0 8 19 4 9 14 44 28 1 64% 6 2 2 312 7 8 47% 6 5 1 3 0 0 5 3 19 0
5 Seasons 3478 956 98 20 76 0 48 65 11 30 46 188 109 11 58% 33 13 6 1300 32 34 48% 24 28 8 6 0 0 20 18 60 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
2005 22 8 2 .800 1.81 14 14 0 0 0 0 84.2 79 20 17 3 23 2 58 2 0 1 341 234 1.205 8.4 0.3 2.4 6.2 2.52 234
2006 23 18 17 .514 3.72 48 48 0 2 1 0 300.0 334 136 124 20 91 8 175 9 1 9 1276 118 1.417 10.0 0.6 2.7 5.3 1.92 118
2007 24 21 25 .457 4.20 68 67 0 2 1 0 407.1 495 210 190 34 116 10 216 12 2 9 1758 104 1.500 10.9 0.8 2.6 4.8 1.86 104
2008 25 26 39 .400 4.39 99 98 0 3 2 0 592.1 725 321 289 53 163 11 303 19 4 11 2587 98 1.499 11.0 0.8 2.5 4.6 1.86 98
2009 26 37 55 .402 4.30 131 130 0 6 3 0 805.1 956 422 385 76 212 11 409 22 5 13 3478 99 1.450 10.7 0.8 2.4 4.6 1.93 99

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
2005 22 6 2 .750 1.91 80.0 77 19 17 3 22 55 2 1.238 8.7 2.5 6.2 2.50 0.3 14
2006 23 10 12 .455 4.37 206.0 245 111 100 16 65 112 7 1.505 10.7 2.8 4.9 1.72 0.7 34
2007 24 4 7 .364 5.67 100.0 155 70 63 13 24 38 3 1.790 14.0 2.2 3.4 1.58 1.2 20
2008 25 8 12 .400 4.92 181.0 231 110 99 19 47 85 7 1.536 11.5 2.3 4.2 1.81 0.9 31
2009 26 10 12 .455 4.21 203.0 230 106 95 23 49 101 3 1.374 10.2 2.2 4.5 2.06 1.0 32
5 Seasons 38 45 .458 4.37 770.0 938 416 374 74 207 391 22 1.487 11.0 4.6 1.89 0.9 131

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2009

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 NL  2.070 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
2006 NL  34 (6th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2009 NL  3 (3rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
2006 NL  1 (7th)
2008 NL  1 (7th)
2009 NL  1 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
2006 NL  255 (1st)
2008 NL  230 (2nd)
2009 NL  231 (2nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 NL  .711 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
2006 NL  15 (3rd)
2008 NL  14 (4th)
2009 NL  16 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2006 NL  107 (7th)
2008 NL  99 (5th)
2009 NL  96 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2006 NL  8 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2006 NL  935 (9th)
2009 NL  891 (7th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1567), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Paul Maholm (972)
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  5. John Butcher (964)
  6. Arnie Portocarrero (962)
  7. Jay Tibbs (960)
  8. Chris Capuano (959)
  9. Bob Milacki (958)
  10. Mike Sirotka (958)
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  2. Roger Erickson (966)
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  5. Ed Brandt (961)
  6. Jay Tibbs (959)
  7. Joe Mays (958)
  8. Scott Karl (958)
  9. Neal Heaton (957)
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