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Kelvim Escobar    \kel-VEEM ehs-ko-BAHR\

Kelvim Jose (Bolivar) Escobar

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: April 11, 1976 in La Guaira, Vargas, Venezuela
High School: La Guaira (La Guaira, VE)
Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent in 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 1997 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Angels 1997-2009
2013 Contract Status: not updated (details) [*]Agents: Peter Greenberg [*]
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Standard Batting

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
1997 21 TOR AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 22 TOR AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 23 TOR AL 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 24 TOR AL 43 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 25 TOR AL 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 26 TOR AL 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 27 TOR AL 41 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 -13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 28 ANA AL 33 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 29 LAA AL 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2006 30 LAA AL 30 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 31 LAA AL 30 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 76 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
2009 33 LAA AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
12 Yrs 411 29 27 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .111 .111 .111 .222 -42 3 0 0 2 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .111 .111 .111 .222 -42 1 0 0 1 0 0
TOR (7 yrs) 301 14 14 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .071 .071 .071 .143 -63 1 0 0 0 0 0
LAA (5 yrs) 110 15 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .154 .154 .154 .308 -19 2 0 0 2 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1997 21 TOR AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $150,000 1
1998 22 TOR AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $220,000 1
1999 23 TOR AL 33 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $350,000 1
2000 24 TOR AL 43 7 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .498 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $500,000 1
2001 25 TOR AL 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $1,500,000 1
2002 26 TOR AL 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $2,300,000 1
2003 27 TOR AL 41 6 -1 -0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $3,900,000 1
2004 28 ANA AL 33 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $5,750,000 1
2005 29 LAA AL 16 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $6,250,000 1
2006 30 LAA AL 30 4 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $6,750,000 1
2007 31 LAA AL 30 7 -0 -0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .503 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $9,000,000 1
2009 33 LAA AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $10,000,000 /1
12 Seasons 411 29 -6 -0 0 0 6 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.4 1 $46,670,000
TOR (7 yrs) 301 14 -4 -0 0 0 3 -0 -0.0 1 0 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.3 0 $8,920,000
LAA (5 yrs) 110 15 -3 -0 0 0 3 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 1 $37,750,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1999 23 TOR AL 1 1 0 0.0 114 .000 .275 .000 .348 .000 .440 .000 .788 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2000 24 TOR AL 7 7 0 0.0 118 .000 .000 .280 .000 .353 .000 .450 .000 .803 -100 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
2003 27 TOR AL 6 5 0 0.0 110 .333 .167 .272 .167 .339 .167 .436 .333 .775 -13 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
2004 28 ANA AL 2 2 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .267 .000 .334 .000 .428 .000 .763 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2005 29 LAA AL 2 2 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .266 .000 .328 .000 .422 .000 .750 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2006 30 LAA AL 4 4 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .275 .000 .340 .000 .438 .000 .778 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2007 31 LAA AL 7 5 1 5.3 108 .500 .333 .272 .333 .340 .333 .426 .667 .765 76 .526 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
12 Yrs 29 26 1 1.0 111 .214 .111 .274 .111 .343 .111 .437 .222 .779 -42 .049 -5.8 -0.5 .125 .000 .000
162 Game Avg. 11 10 0 1.0 111 .214 .111 .274 .111 .343 .111 .437 .222 .779 -42 .049 -5.8 -0.5 .125 .000 .000
LAA (5 yrs) 15 13 1 2.1 108 .250 .154 .272 .154 .338 .154 .429 .308 .768 -19 .159 -2.3 -0.2 .182 .000 .000
TOR (7 yrs) 14 13 0 0.0 114 .167 .071 .276 .071 .347 .071 .443 .143 .790 -63 -3.5 -0.3 .077 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 28 ANA AL ALDS BOS L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 29 LAA AL ALDS NYY W 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 29 LAA AL ALCS CHW L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 31 LAA AL ALDS BOS L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (4 Series) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ALDS 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1999 23 TOR AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
2000 24 TOR AL 7 0.0% 57.1% 0.0% 0.0% 1.8 43% 0%
2003 27 TOR AL 6 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 6.0 0.00 0.00 50% 33% 0.0% 0%
2004 28 ANA AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.00 1.00 100% 0% 0.0% 0%
2005 29 LAA AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50% 0%
2006 30 LAA AL 4 0.0% 75.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3 0.00 0.00 25% 0% 0.0% 0%
2007 31 LAA AL 7 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 3.00 57% 20% 0.0% 0%
12 Yrs 29 0.0% 44.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.1 27.0 1.33 2.25 48% 13% 0.0% 0%
MLB Averages 2.8% 16.9% 8.7% 8.0% 34% 1.94 5.2 32.0 7.5 0.77 1.07 70% 21% 7.9% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1997 21 TOR AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 22 TOR AL 0.0 0.0
1999 23 TOR AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.58 -0.0 -0.0 -0.4 -0.0 1.34 -0.3 0
2000 24 TOR AL -2.2 -0.2 7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .63 -0.2 -0.0 -2.6 -0.2 0.99 -2.5 0
2001 25 TOR AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 26 TOR AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 27 TOR AL -1.0 -0.1 6 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .75 -0.1 0.1 -0.4 -0.0 1.04 -0.8 0
2004 28 ANA AL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.02 -0.1 -0.0 -0.4 -0.0 0.71 -0.6 0
2005 29 LAA AL -0.3 -0.0 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.09 -0.0 0.0 -0.5 -0.0 1.18 -0.4 0
2006 30 LAA AL -1.2 -0.1 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.32 -0.1 -0.0 -1.3 -0.1 1.00 -1.3 0
2007 31 LAA AL -0.2 -0.0 7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.00 -0.1 -0.0 -0.7 -0.1 1.17 -0.8 0
2009 33 LAA AL 0.0 0.0
12 Yrs -5.8 -0.5 29 -0.5 0.1 -0.7 .93 -0.6 0.0 -6.4 -0.6 1.05 -6.6 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1999 23 TOR AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 24 TOR AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 27 TOR AL 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 28 ANA AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 29 LAA AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 30 LAA AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 31 LAA AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
12 Yrs 0 0 33% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1999 23 TOR AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2000 24 TOR AL 7 29% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 7 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2003 27 TOR AL 6 17% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 6 1 17% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
2004 28 ANA AL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2005 29 LAA AL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2006 30 LAA AL 4 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2007 31 LAA AL 7 43% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 9 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
12 Yrs 29 21% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 6 0 0% 8 1 13% 29 1 3% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 54% 70% 11% 33% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1999 23 TOR AL 1 4 4.00 3 75% 0% 33% 67% 0% 100% 0% 75% 67% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2000 24 TOR AL 7 25 3.57 18 72% 11% 67% 6% 17% 89% 0% 64% 25% 71% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2003 27 TOR AL 6 17 2.83 14 82% 36% 14% 29% 21% 64% 0% 53% 78% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
2004 28 ANA AL 2 2 1.00 2 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2005 29 LAA AL 2 7 3.50 5 71% 0% 40% 20% 40% 100% 0% 71% 60% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2006 30 LAA AL 4 15 3.75 12 80% 33% 25% 33% 8% 67% 0% 53% 63% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 67% 0 0 0
2007 31 LAA AL 7 18 2.57 13 72% 38% 23% 0% 38% 62% 0% 44% 63% 43% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 14% 1 0 50% 0 0 0
7 Yrs 29 88 3.03 67 76% 24% 34% 18% 24% 76% 0% 58% 55% 55% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 3% 1 0 46% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.75 62% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 29% 5% 15% 9% 27%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1999 23 82 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 24 125 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 25 184 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 26 260 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 27 301 14 14 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .071 .071 .071 .143 -63 1 0 0 0 0 0
2004 28 334 16 16 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .063 .063 .063 .125 -68 1 0 0 0 0 0
2005 29 350 18 17 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .059 .059 .059 .118 -70 1 0 0 1 0 0
2006 30 380 22 21 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .048 .048 .048 .095 -75 1 0 0 1 0 0
2007 31 410 29 27 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .111 .111 .111 .222 -42 3 0 0 2 0 0
2008 32 410 29 27 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .111 .111 .111 .222 -42 3 0 0 2 0 0
2009 33 411 29 27 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .111 .111 .111 .222 -42 3 0 0 2 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1999 23 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 33
2000 24 43 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 43
2003 27 41 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 41
2004 28 33 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 33
2005 29 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 16
2006 30 30 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 30
2007 31 30 8 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .429 .429 .429 .857 1 30
7 Yrs 226 30 28 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .107 .107 .107 .214 1 226
162 Game Avg. 162 22 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .107 .107 .107 .214 1 226

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1997 AL  born 1976-04-11 (2nd)
1997 AL  born 1976-04-11 (2nd)

                                         

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