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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 Schools: Midway HS (Hewitt, TX), Midway HS (Waco, 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 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Diamondbacks/Nationals 2005-2012
2013 Contract Status: Free Agent (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 6.125, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Mark Pieper [*]
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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 1 341 233 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 80 1.565 11.9 0.7 2.2 3.8 1.68
2012 29 WSN NL 1 0 1.000 1.32 8 0 3 0 0 0 13.2 11 2 2 0 4 0 10 0 0 0 56 308 1.098 7.2 0.0 2.6 6.6 2.50
8 Yrs 49 74 .398 4.52 189 168 8 6 3 1 1054.2 1280 581 530 107 286 13 547 27 8 18 4602 93 1.485 10.9 0.9 2.4 4.7 1.91
162 Game Avg. 9 14 .398 4.52 36 32 2 1 1 0 201 244 111 101 20 54 2 104 5 2 3 877 93 1.485 10.9 0.9 2.4 4.7 1.91
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 80 1.565 11.9 0.7 2.2 3.8 1.68
WSN (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 1.32 8 0 3 0 0 0 13.2 11 2 2 0 4 0 10 0 0 0 56 308 1.098 7.2 0.0 2.6 6.6 2.50

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
2012 29 WSN NL 13.2 8 0 2 1.32 4.26 -0.08 -0.32 98.8 3.97 4 0.4 .6 -0.1 0.4 5 .554 .503
8 Seasons 1054.2 189 168 581 4.96 4.56 -0.12 0.16 99.2 4.79 -18 -1.3 .4 -0.7 5.8 83 .493 .499 $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
WSN (1 yr) 13.2 8 0 2 1.32 4.26 -0.08 -0.32 98.8 3.97 4 0.4 .6 -0.1 0.4 5 .554 .503

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2005 22 PIT NL 14 31 28 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 .143 .194 .143 .336 -9 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 RoY-5
2006 23 PIT NL 34 78 68 2 13 3 0 0 7 0 0 1 32 .191 .203 .235 .438 13 16 0 0 9 0 0 1
2007 24 PIT NL 21 35 32 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 .250 .250 .250 .500 32 8 0 0 3 0 0 1
2008 25 PIT NL 32 65 57 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 20 .158 .186 .158 .344 -6 9 0 0 6 0 0 1
2009 26 PIT NL 33 79 60 1 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 4 18 .200 .246 .233 .479 29 14 0 0 14 1 0 1 AS
2010 27 PIT NL 32 58 48 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 17 .063 .100 .104 .204 -44 5 0 0 8 0 0 1
2011 28 ARI NL 21 23 20 3 6 0 0 2 6 0 0 1 7 .300 .333 .600 .933 148 12 0 0 2 0 0 1
2012 29 WSN NL 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
8 Yrs 195 370 314 17 55 7 0 2 23 0 0 12 116 .175 .204 .217 .421 12 68 2 0 42 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 307 261 14 46 6 0 2 19 0 0 10 96 .175 .204 .217 .421 12 56 2 0 35 2 0
PIT (6 yrs) 166 346 293 14 49 7 0 0 17 0 0 11 109 .167 .196 .191 .387 4 56 2 0 40 2 0
ARI (1 yr) 21 23 20 3 6 0 0 2 6 0 0 1 7 .300 .333 .600 .933 148 12 0 0 2 0 0
WSN (1 yr) 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2005 22 PIT NL 14 31 -3 -0 -0 0 4 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .503 .500 0.0 0.0 1 1 RoY-5
2006 23 PIT NL 34 78 -9 -0 0 0 12 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .510 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $335,000 1
2007 24 PIT NL 21 35 -3 -0 0 0 5 3 0.3 1 4 0.3 .512 .502 0.3 0.0 3 $410,000 1
2008 25 PIT NL 32 65 -9 -0 1 0 9 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $400,000 1
2009 26 PIT NL 33 79 -6 -1 1 0 11 5 0.5 2 7 0.5 .516 .503 0.5 0.0 7 $2,200,000 1 AS
2010 27 PIT NL 32 58 -9 -0 1 0 8 -1 -0.1 2 0 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 $4,300,000 1
2011 28 ARI NL 21 23 1 0 0 0 3 4 0.4 1 5 0.4 .522 .503 0.4 0.0 5 $3,500,000 1
2012 29 WSN NL 8 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 /1
8 Seasons 195 370 -38 -2 2 0 53 15 1.5 10 25 1.5 .508 .501 1.5 0.0 25 $11,145,000
PIT (6 yrs) 166 346 -39 -2 2 0 50 11 1.1 9 21 1.1 .507 .501 1.1 0.0 20 $7,645,000
ARI (1 yr) 21 23 1 0 0 0 3 4 0.4 1 5 0.4 .522 .503 0.4 0.0 5 $3,500,000
WSN (1 yr) 8 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 0.0 -0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2005 PIT NL 22 P 14 14 0 84.2 19 4 15 0 2 1.000 3 7 2.02 1.36 .960 1.75 1.73 1 3 75% 29% 2 RoY-5
2006 PIT NL 23 P 34 34 2 215.1 61 8 52 1 3 .984 9 8 2.51 1.76 .958 1.72 1.71 13 12 48% 28% 7
2007 PIT NL 24 P 20 19 0 107.1 24 2 22 0 3 1.000 3 6 2.01 1.20 .966 1.68 1.67 5 5 50% 25% 2
2008 PIT NL 25 P 31 31 1 185.0 52 11 39 2 3 .962 6 6 2.43 1.61 .959 1.73 1.72 6 6 50% 27% 4
2009 PIT NL 26 P 32 32 3 213.0 53 16 35 2 5 .962 4 4 2.15 1.59 .955 1.72 1.70 7 8 53% 29% 3 AS
2010 PIT NL 27 P 29 29 0 159.0 34 11 23 0 0 1.000 1 1 1.92 1.17 .954 1.73 1.72 10 3 23% 29% 2
2011 ARI NL 28 P 21 9 0 76.2 16 6 10 0 0 1.000 -1 -3 1.88 0.76 .955 1.80 1.79 0 4 100% 28% 1
2012 WSN NL 29 P 8 0 0 13.2 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.63 0.50 .950 1.78 1.75 3 0 0% 27% 0
8 Seasons P 189 168 6 1054.2 263 58 200 5 16 .981 25 4 2.20 1.37 .958 1.73 1.72 45 41 48% 28% 21
8 Seasons TOT 189 168 6 1054.2 263 58 200 5 16 .981 25 28 2.20 1.37 .958 1.73 1.72 45 41 48% 28% 21
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)
Active  2.441 (16th)

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)

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  0.913 (28th)

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

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)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2009 NL  14 (4th)

Assists as P s c a p y
2006 NL  52 (1st)
2008 NL  39 (4th)
2009 NL  35 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
Active  1.37 (8th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2010 NL  1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1615), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1574), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1407), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (915th), 7.3 career WAR/8.7 7yr-peak WAR/8.0 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 68.1 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.9 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  8. Brian Lawrence (946)
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  10. Frank Pastore (943)
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  5. Joe Mays (949)
  6. Glendon Rusch (948)
  7. Al Jackson (947)
  8. Mike Maroth (947)
  9. Frank Castillo (946)
  10. Bruce Ruffin (945)
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  3. Jamie Moyer (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bruce Ruffin (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  6. Paul Maholm (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Glenn Abbott (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
200623Pittsburgh Pirates$335,000
200724Pittsburgh Pirates$410,000
200825Pittsburgh Pirates$400,000
200926Pittsburgh Pirates$2,200,000
201027Pittsburgh Pirates$4,300,000
201128Arizona Diamondbacks$3,500,000
Earliest Free Agent: 2012
Career to date (may be incomplete)$11,145,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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