Mike Ekstrom

Michael Robert Ekstrom

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 30, 1983 in Portland, OR
High School: Sam Barlow HS (Gresham, OR)
Schools: Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR), Point Loma Nazarene University (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 12th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 2008
Teams (by GP): Padres/Rays 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 0.130, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*],
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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
2004	20	SDP-min	A-,A	3	3	.500	4.89	15	10	1	0	0	0	53.1	59	33	29	2	13	0	52	4	0	5	233		1.350	10.0	0.3	2.2	8.8	4.00	EUG,FWA · NORW,MIDW
2005	21	SDP-min	A	13	6	.684	3.70	28	28	0	1	1	0	167.2	167	76	69	11	36	0	112	5	0	4	703		1.211	9.0	0.6	1.9	6.0	3.11	FWA · MIDW
2006	22	SDP-min	AA,A+	10	11	.476	3.08	28	28	0	4	2	0	166.2	163	78	57	4	40	3	117	9	0	8	695		1.218	8.8	0.2	2.2	6.3	2.93	MOB,LEL · SOUL,CALL
2007	23	SDP-min	AA	7	10	.412	4.76	27	27	0	0	0	0	143.2	183	85	76	6	47	0	98	5	0	8	643		1.601	11.5	0.4	2.9	6.1	2.09	SAN · TL
2008	24	SDP-min	AA	11	8	.579	4.58	41	15	10	0	0	1	108.0	137	68	55	14	34	2	101	8	0	4	496		1.583	11.4	1.2	2.8	8.4	2.97	SAN · TL
2008	24	SDP	NL	0	2	.000	7.45	8	0	1	0	0	0	9.2	14	8	8	2	7	1	6	0	0	0	47	53	2.172	13.0	1.9	6.5	5.6	0.86
2009	25	SDP-min	AAA	4	2	.667	1.73	42	1	7	0	0	0	62.1	44	12	12	2	16	0	43	1	0	2	240		0.963	6.4	0.3	2.3	6.2	2.69	POR · PCL
2009	25	SDP	NL	0	0		6.38	12	0	5	0	0	0	18.1	21	14	13	3	8	0	19	1	0	2	83	60	1.582	10.3	1.5	3.9	9.3	2.38
2010	26	TBD-min	AAA	6	1	.857	2.79	39	1	11	0	0	1	58.0	55	21	18	5	19	1	48	2	0	2	242		1.276	8.5	0.8	2.9	7.4	2.53	DHM · IL
2010	26	TBR	AL	0	1	.000	3.31	15	0	10	0	0	0	16.1	12	6	6	0	9	1	10	2	0	1	68	121	1.286	6.6	0.0	5.0	5.5	1.11
2011	27	TBD-min	AAA	6	4	.600	4.35	46	1	20	0	0	5	68.1	75	37	33	5	29	2	65	1	0	4	302		1.522	9.9	0.7	3.8	8.6	2.24	DHM · IL
2011	27	TBR	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4		1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2012	28	COL-min	AAA	1	1	.500	2.60	22	0	6	0	0	0	27.2	22	9	8	0	9	2	22	1	0	1	113		1.120	7.2	0.0	2.9	7.2	2.44	CSP · PCL
4 Yrs				0	3	.000	5.36	36	0	17	0	0	0	45.1	48	28	27	5	24	2	36	3	0	3	202	74	1.588	9.5	1.0	4.8	7.1	1.50
162 Game Avg.				0	6	.000	5.36	68	0	32	0	0	0	86	91	53	51	9	45	4	68	6	0	6	382	74	1.588	9.5	1.0	4.8	7.1	1.50

TBR (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	3.12	16	0	11	0	0	0	17.1	13	6	6	0	9	1	11	2	0	1	72	130	1.269	6.8	0.0	4.7	5.7	1.22
SDP (2 yrs)				0	2	.000	6.75	20	0	6	0	0	0	28.0	35	22	21	5	15	1	25	1	0	2	130	58	1.786	11.3	1.6	4.8	8.0	1.67

AL (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	3.12	16	0	11	0	0	0	17.1	13	6	6	0	9	1	11	2	0	1	72	130	1.269	6.8	0.0	4.7	5.7	1.22
NL (2 yrs)				0	2	.000	6.75	20	0	6	0	0	0	28.0	35	22	21	5	15	1	25	1	0	2	130	58	1.786	11.3	1.6	4.8	8.0	1.67

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
2008	24	SDP	NL	9.2	8	0	8	7.45	4.35	-0.01	-0.32	90.9	3.69	-4	-0.4	1.3	-0.1	-0.4	-3	.452	.498	$
2009	25	SDP	NL	18.1	12	0	14	6.87	4.45	-0.09	-0.33	94.1	3.96	-6	-0.6	.4	0.1	-0.3	-4	.451	.496	$
2010	26	TBR	AL	16.1	15	0	6	3.31	4.57	0.31	-0.35	97.3	3.81	1	0.1	.2	-0.1	0.2	3	.506	.501	$402,700
2011	27	TBR	AL	1.0	1	0	0	0.00	3.77	0.51	-0.29	88.0	2.61	0	0.0	.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.531	.500	$
4 Seasons				45.1	36	0	28	5.56	4.46	0.09	-0.33	94.4	3.82	-9	-0.9	.5	-0.0	-0.5	-4	.476	.499	$402,700

TBR (2 yrs)				17.1	16	0	6	3.12	4.53	0.32	-0.35	96.8	3.74	1	0.1	.2	-0.1	0.2	3	.507	.500	$402,700
SDP (2 yrs)				28.0	20	0	22	7.07	4.42	-0.06	-0.32	93.0	3.87	-10	-1.0	.8	0.1	-0.7	-7	.451	.497	$

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
2008	24	SDP	NL	8	47	40	8	14	1	0	2	1	0	7	6	.350	.447	.525	.972	.375	21	2	0	0	0	1	0
2009	25	SDP	NL	12	83	72	14	21	2	0	3	4	0	8	19	.292	.361	.444	.806	.346	32	3	1	0	2	0	1
2010	26	TBR	AL	15	68	56	6	12	1	0	0	1	0	9	10	.214	.338	.232	.570	.255	13	2	2	0	1	1	0
2011	27	TBR	AL	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				36	202	172	28	48	4	0	5	6	0	24	36	.279	.371	.390	.761	.321	67	7	3	0	3	2	1
162 Game Avg.				68	382	325	53	91	8	0	9	11	0	45	68	.279	.371	.390	.761	.321	127	13	6	0	6	4	2
MLB Averages																.260	.328	.409	.737	.298

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2008	24	SDP	NL	-3.9	-0.4	49	-0.5	0.6	-1.1	.97	-0.3	-0.2	-3.1	-0.3	0.97	-2.5	2	3	3
2009	25	SDP	NL	-5.7	-0.6	88	0.1	0.5	-0.4	.32	-0.3	0.7	-3.5	-0.4	0.32	-2.9	1	0	10
2010	26	TBR	AL	1.6	0.2	70	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.17	0.3	-1.3	4.1	0.4	0.17	4.4	1	0	11
2011	27	TBR	AL	0.6	0.1	4	0.0	0.0	0.0	.01	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.1	0.01	0.4	0	0	1
4 Yrs				-7.4	-0.7	211	-0.6	1.3	-1.8	.42	-0.3	-1.1	-2.1	-0.2	0.42	-0.5	4	3	25

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2008	24	SDP	NL	8	8	1	2	0	0	7	2	29%	6	.968	2	3	3	2	2	4	3	5	3	3	4	0	3.6	24
2009	25	SDP	NL	12	12	5	0	0	0	7	2	29%	9	.318	1	0	10	2	0	10	4	8	6	2	6	1	4.6	26
2010	26	TBR	AL	15	15	10	1	1	1	4	0	0%	9	.173	1	0	11	10	0	5	3	12	3	1	4	2	3.3	19
2011	27	TBR	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		9	.010	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	12
4 Yrs				36	36	17	3	1	1	18	4	22%		.414	4	3	25	15	2	19	10	26	12	6	14	3	3.8	22

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%
2008	24	SDP	NL	47	60%	4.3%	12.8%	14.9%	6.4%	21%	0.89	1.88	68%	18%	11.1%	0%	12	2	17%
2009	25	SDP	NL	83	49%	3.6%	22.9%	9.6%	6.0%	24%	0.90	1.12	63%	18%	12.5%	17%	16	3	19%
2010	26	TBR	AL	68	50%	0.0%	14.7%	13.2%	1.5%	8%	0.62	0.95	69%	28%	0.0%	3%	17	2	12%
2011	27	TBR	AL	4	50%	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%	0.50	1.00	75%	33%	0.0%	0%	0	0
4 Yrs				202	52%	2.5%	17.8%	11.9%	4.5%	19%	0.78	1.17	66%	22%	6.9%	8%	45	7	16%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	18.1%	8.6%	7.7%	33%	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%			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
2008	24	SDP	NL	47	192	4.09	107	56%	21%	13%	35%	32%	79%	2%	44%	84%	40%	6%	3	0	4%	2	0	0	17%	0	2	0	0	0
2009	25	SDP	NL	83	317	3.82	195	62%	31%	17%	23%	28%	69%	0%	42%	75%	64%	4%	3	1	20%	17	9	0	32%	3	2	0	0	0
2010	26	TBR	AL	68	278	4.09	165	59%	28%	14%	29%	28%	72%	4%	42%	81%	56%	4%	3	2	29%	20	7	0	20%	1	0	0	0	0
2011	27	TBR	AL	4	12	3.00	8	67%	25%	13%	25%	38%	75%	0%	50%	83%	75%	0%	0	0	25%	1	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				202	799	3.96	475	59%	28%	15%	28%	29%	72%	2%	43%	79%	56%	4%	9	3	20%	40	16	0	25%	4	4	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				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
2008	24	SDP	NL	47	14	1	0	2	0	5	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	33%	0	0	0	20	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	25	SDP	NL	83	21	2	0	3	0	3	2	1	2	1	3	2	0	67%	1	2	0	34	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2010	26	TBR	AL	68	12	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	33%	0	1	0	31	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2011	27	TBR	AL	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				202	48	3	0	5	0	10	3	2	3	2	9	4	2	44%	1	3	0	86	6	0	100%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2008	24	2	.000	7.45	8	1	9.2	14	8	8	2	7	1	6	0	0	47	53	2.172	13.0	1.9	6.5	5.6	0.86	53
2009	25	2	.000	6.75	20	6	28.0	35	22	21	5	15	1	25	1	2	130	58	1.786	11.3	1.6	4.8	8.0	1.67	58
2010	26	3	.000	5.48	35	16	44.1	47	28	27	5	24	2	35	3	3	198	72	1.602	9.5	1.0	4.9	7.1	1.46	72
2011	27	3	.000	5.36	36	17	45.1	48	28	27	5	24	2	36	3	3	202	74	1.588	9.5	1.0	4.8	7.1	1.50	74

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	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2008	24	0		9.00	9.0	14	10	9	2	7	5	0	2.333	14.0	7.0	5.0	0.71	2.0	8
2009	25	1	.000	7.94	17.0	22	17	15	3	8	18	1	1.765	11.6	4.2	9.5	2.25	1.6	12
2010	26	1	.000	4.50	14.0	13	8	7	0	10	9	2	1.643	8.4	6.4	5.8	0.90	0.0	15
2011	27	0		0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	9.0		0.0	1
4 Yrs		2	.000	6.80	41.0	49	35	31	5	25	33	3	1.805	10.8		7.2	1.32	1.1	36

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