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Zach Duke

Zachary Thomas Duke (twitter: @zach_duke)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 19, 1983 in Clifton, TX
High School: Midway HS (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
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Diamondbacks 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.094, Free Agent: 2012 [*], Agents: Mark Pieper [*]
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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
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 1 341 233 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 8 935 100 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 2 891 103 1.315 9.8 1.0 2.1 4.5 2.16 AS
2010 27 PIT NL 8 15 .348 5.72 29 29 0 0 0 0 159.0 212 115 101 25 51 2 96 4 3 4 730 71 1.654 12.0 1.4 2.9 5.4 1.88
2011 28 ARI NL 3 4 .429 4.93 21 9 5 0 0 1 76.2 101 42 42 6 19 0 32 1 0 1 338 81 1.565 11.9 0.7 2.2 3.8 1.68
7 Yrs 48 74 .393 4.56 181 168 5 6 3 1 1041.0 1269 579 528 107 282 13 537 27 8 18 4546 92 1.490 11.0 0.9 2.4 4.6 1.90
162 Game Avg. 9 14 .393 4.56 35 33 1 1 1 0 203 247 113 103 21 55 3 105 5 2 4 886 92 1.490 11.0 0.9 2.4 4.6 1.90
PIT (6 yrs) 45 70 .391 4.54 160 159 0 6 3 0 964.1 1168 537 486 101 263 13 505 26 8 17 4208 93 1.484 10.9 0.9 2.5 4.7 1.92
ARI (1 yr) 3 4 .429 4.93 21 9 5 0 0 1 76.2 101 42 42 6 19 0 32 1 0 1 338 81 1.565 11.9 0.7 2.2 3.8 1.68

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 Awards
2005 22 PIT NL 84.2 14 14 20 2.13 4.57 0.08 0.17 99.8 4.65 24 2.7 -0.1 3.3 32 .694 .517 $ RoY-5
2006 23 PIT NL 215.1 34 34 116 4.85 4.82 -0.30 0.19 98.7 5.25 10 1.0 -0.1 2.5 32 .530 .506 $335,000
2007 24 PIT NL 107.1 20 19 74 6.20 4.62 -0.16 0.17 98.4 4.87 -15 -1.4 .6 -0.1 -0.7 -5 .428 .491 $410,000
2008 25 PIT NL 185.0 31 31 111 5.40 4.63 -0.12 0.19 98.1 4.83 -10 -1.0 -0.1 0.2 7 .468 .494 $400,000
2009 26 PIT NL 213.0 32 32 101 4.27 4.46 0.17 0.17 99.0 4.42 3 0.3 -0.2 1.8 24 .511 .502 $2,200,000 AS
2010 27 PIT NL 159.0 29 29 115 6.51 4.45 -0.56 0.17 100.0 5.18 -24 -2.4 -0.1 -1.3 -9 .419 .485 $4,300,000
2011 28 ARI NL 76.2 21 9 42 4.93 4.13 0.38 -0.00 103.4 3.88 -9 -1.0 .2 0.0 -0.4 -2 .453 .494 $3,500,000
7 Seasons 1041.0 181 168 579 5.01 4.56 -0.12 0.16 99.2 4.80 -22 -1.7 .3 -0.6 5.4 78 .491 .498 $11,145,000
PIT (6 yrs) 964.1 160 159 537 5.01 4.60 -0.16 0.18 98.9 4.88 -12 -0.7 .6 -0.6 5.8 80 .495 .499 $7,645,000
ARI (1 yr) 76.2 21 9 42 4.93 4.13 0.38 -0.00 103.4 3.88 -9 -1.0 .2 0.0 -0.4 -2 .453 .494 $3,500,000

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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*

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
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 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 7
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 6
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 12
2009 26 PIT NL 32 891 810 101 231 46 5 23 7 8 49 106 .285 .325 .440 .764 .301 356 20 3 18 10 0 6
2010 27 PIT NL 29 730 660 115 212 44 3 25 10 3 51 96 .321 .370 .511 .881 .343 337 21 4 9 6 2 13
2011 28 ARI NL 21 338 312 42 101 20 2 6 0 4 19 32 .324 .361 .458 .820 .343 143 6 1 3 3 0 1
7 Yrs 181 4546 4142 579 1269 283 19 107 42 41 282 537 .306 .352 .461 .813 .329 1911 121 27 62 32 13 47
162 Game Avg. 35 886 807 113 247 55 4 21 8 8 55 105 .306 .352 .461 .813 .329 372 24 5 12 6 3 9
MLB Averages .263 .331 .416 .746 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2005 22 PIT NL 22.2 2.4 346 2.4 7.1 -4.7 1.03 1.7 0.7 22.6 2.5 1.03 18.8 0 0 0
2006 23 PIT NL -0.2 -0.0 966 -1.1 16.5 -17.6 1.00 -0.6 -0.5 1.5 0.1 1.00 -5.8 0 0 0
2007 24 PIT NL -15.5 -1.4 493 -1.6 8.2 -9.8 .94 -1.9 0.2 -17.7 -1.7 0.94 -21.8 0 0 1
2008 25 PIT NL -14.2 -1.4 846 -2.1 13.1 -15.2 .94 -1.9 -0.4 -18.7 -1.8 0.94 -19.6 0 0 0
2009 26 PIT NL 3.8 0.4 912 -1.0 12.9 -13.9 .84 -0.1 -1.0 3.5 0.3 0.84 0.6 0 0 0
2010 27 PIT NL -31.8 -3.0 748 -3.1 10.7 -13.7 .90 -4.1 0.7 -42.6 -4.0 0.90 -43.9 0 0 0
2011 28 ARI NL -6.4 -0.6 342 -0.8 3.0 -3.8 .55 -0.7 -0.8 -7.1 -0.7 0.55 -5.7 0 1 10
7 Yrs -42.2 -3.7 4653 -7.3 71.4 -78.7 .91 -7.6 -0.5 -58.4 -5.2 0.91 -77.3 0 1 11

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
2005 22 PIT NL 14 14 8 2 4 1 1 9 5 .643 0 1 0 0 9 64% 58.6 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 5 4 2 1 18 53% 46.8 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 3 3 0 0 7 37% 39.2 61 11 11 3 0 10 4.7 4.8 5.5 88 2 13 4 0 106
2008 25 PIT NL 31 31 5 14 12 0 3 12 19 .387 4 5 1 1 14 45% 44.7 77 15 16 4 0 17 4.4 3.9 6.0 94 6 13 12 0 117
2009 26 PIT NL 32 32 11 16 5 1 7 11 21 .344 2 2 3 1 21 66% 50.2 82 7 9 1 0 18 4.5 4.9 6.7 96 2 18 12 0 119
2010 27 PIT NL 29 29 8 15 6 2 1 11 18 .379 3 3 0 0 12 41% 41.5 66 12 22 5 0 14 3.8 4.1 5.5 91 5 18 6 0 115
2011 28 ARI NL 21 9 2 4 3 0 0 4 5 .444 0 2 0 0 3 33% 42.0 74 13 7 3 0 4 4.9 6.1 5.7 92 0 7 2 0 110
7 Yrs 181 168 47 74 47 8 17 66 102 .393 17 20 6 3 84 50% 46 82 7 81 22 0 83 4.4 4.5 6.0 93 21 87 59 1 127
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 100 -12 4.6 4.6 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

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 .945 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 46
2011 28 ARI NL 21 12 5 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 3 75% 4 .548 0 1 10 4 0 8 2 10 7 0 7 0 6.4 32
2 Yrs 41 13 5 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 3 75% .781 0 1 11 4 0 9 2 11 8 0 8 0 6.6 33

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%
2005 22 PIT NL 341 16% 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 18% 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 18% 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 15% 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 22% 2.6% 11.9% 5.5% 8.3% 32% 0.94 1.33 78% 17% 7.1% 10% 157 20 13%
2010 27 PIT NL 730 20% 3.4% 13.2% 7.0% 9.9% 34% 0.92 1.37 75% 18% 9.4% 9% 147 21 14%
2011 28 ARI NL 338 22% 1.8% 9.5% 5.6% 8.3% 28% 0.97 1.37 82% 21% 4.7% 9% 62 6 10%
7 Yrs 4546 19% 2.4% 11.8% 6.2% 9.0% 32% 0.99 1.47 78% 18% 6.5% 9% 841 121 14%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.80 1.07 70% 19% 7.6% 12% 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
2005 22 PIT NL 342 1270 3.71 817 64% 26% 14% 29% 32% 74% 2% 48% 81% 61% 5% 18 11 21% 73 35 4 26% 10 5 -1 0 0
2006 23 PIT NL 940 3271 3.48 2040 62% 30% 10% 24% 36% 70% 2% 44% 86% 58% 6% 54 32 19% 176 97 11 27% 27 17 -5 0 0
2007 24 PIT NL 483 1715 3.55 1092 64% 27% 10% 25% 38% 73% 1% 47% 86% 58% 5% 23 15 19% 94 48 5 29% 6 6 -1 0 0
2008 25 PIT NL 831 2928 3.52 1844 63% 25% 10% 28% 37% 75% 0% 48% 87% 56% 5% 40 30 18% 153 88 8 21% 28 9 -2 0 0
2009 26 PIT NL 893 3071 3.44 1996 65% 25% 11% 27% 37% 75% 0% 49% 85% 58% 3% 23 19 18% 163 96 8 25% 24 4 -2 0 0
2010 27 PIT NL 731 2638 3.61 1669 63% 28% 12% 26% 35% 72% 1% 46% 84% 58% 5% 33 23 21% 154 86 14 20% 19 8 -1 0 0
2011 28 ARI NL 338 1214 3.59 762 63% 25% 11% 27% 38% 75% 0% 47% 85% 59% 4% 13 13 17% 58 34 6 31% 9 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 4558 16107 3.53 10220 63% 27% 11% 26% 36% 73% 1% 47% 85% 58% 4% 204 143 19% 871 484 56 25% 123 49 -12 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

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
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 3 3 19 0
2010 27 PIT NL 730 212 25 6 25 0 16 16 9 12 13 39 25 2 64% 13 4 1 287 10 3 77% 6 3 4 0 0 0 2 2 17 0
2011 28 ARI NL 338 101 12 2 6 0 5 4 2 1 5 15 11 0 73% 1 1 0 134 0 4 0% 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 4 0
7 Yrs 4546 1269 135 28 107 0 69 85 22 43 64 242 145 13 60% 47 18 7 1721 42 41 51% 30 32 12 9 0 0 21 21 81 0
MLB Averages 53% 72%

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+
2005 22 8 2 .800 1.81 14 14 0 0 0 0 84.2 79 20 17 3 23 2 58 2 0 1 341 233 1.205 8.4 0.3 2.4 6.2 2.52 233
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
2010 27 45 70 .391 4.54 160 159 0 6 3 0 964.1 1168 537 486 101 263 13 505 26 8 17 4208 93 1.484 10.9 0.9 2.5 4.7 1.92 93
2011 28 48 74 .393 4.56 181 168 5 6 3 1 1041.0 1269 579 528 107 282 13 537 27 8 18 4546 92 1.490 11.0 0.9 2.4 4.6 1.90 92

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 1.94 79.0 79 19 17 3 23 54 2 1.291 9.0 2.6 6.2 2.35 0.3 14
2006 23 10 12 .455 4.39 205.0 247 111 100 16 66 111 7 1.527 10.8 2.9 4.9 1.68 0.7 34
2007 24 4 7 .364 5.73 99.0 157 70 63 14 24 38 3 1.828 14.3 2.2 3.5 1.58 1.3 20
2008 25 8 12 .400 4.90 182.0 230 110 99 19 47 85 7 1.522 11.4 2.3 4.2 1.81 0.9 31
2009 26 10 12 .455 4.32 202.0 232 108 97 23 49 101 3 1.391 10.3 2.2 4.5 2.06 1.0 32
2010 27 5 12 .294 6.02 154.0 214 114 103 25 51 93 4 1.721 12.5 3.0 5.4 1.82 1.5 29
2011 28 2 5 .286 5.50 72.0 103 49 44 6 19 30 1 1.694 12.9 2.4 3.8 1.58 0.8 21
7 Yrs 45 62 .421 4.74 993.0 1262 581 523 106 279 512 27 1.552 11.4 4.6 1.84 1.0 181

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 NL  2.070 (7th)
Active  2.438 (12th)

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)
Active  3 (46th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2010 NL  25 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
2006 NL  255 (1st)
2008 NL  230 (2nd)
2009 NL  231 (2nd)
2010 NL  212 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 NL  0.711 (3rd)
Active  0.925 (24th)

Losses s c a p y
2006 NL  15 (3rd)
2008 NL  14 (4th)
2009 NL  16 (1st)
2010 NL  15 (2nd)
Active  74 (48th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2006 NL  107 (7th)
2008 NL  99 (5th)
2009 NL  96 (8th)
2010 NL  101 (3rd)

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 (1624), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1556), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1386), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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