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Kelvim Escobar
Kelvim Jose (Bolivar) Escobar
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 11, 1976 in LaGuaira, 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
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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
1997 21 TOR AL 3 2 .600 2.90 27 0 23 0 0 14 31.0 28 12 10 1 19 2 36 0 0 0 139 156 1.516 8.1 0.3 5.5 10.5 1.89
1998 22 TOR AL 7 3 .700 3.73 22 10 2 0 0 0 79.2 72 37 33 5 35 0 72 0 0 0 342 124 1.343 8.1 0.6 4.0 8.1 2.06
1999 23 TOR AL 14 11 .560 5.69 33 30 2 1 0 0 174.0 203 118 110 19 81 2 129 10 1 6 795 86 1.632 10.5 1.0 4.2 6.7 1.59
2000 24 TOR AL 10 15 .400 5.35 43 24 8 3 1 2 180.0 186 118 107 26 85 3 142 3 0 4 794 95 1.506 9.3 1.3 4.3 7.1 1.67
2001 25 TOR AL 6 8 .429 3.50 59 11 15 1 1 0 126.0 93 51 49 8 52 5 121 3 0 2 517 132 1.151 6.6 0.6 3.7 8.6 2.33
2002 26 TOR AL 5 7 .417 4.27 76 0 68 0 0 38 78.0 75 39 37 10 44 6 85 5 0 4 355 109 1.526 8.7 1.2 5.1 9.8 1.93
2003 27 TOR AL 13 9 .591 4.29 41 26 12 1 1 4 180.1 189 94 86 15 78 3 159 9 0 9 797 110 1.481 9.4 0.7 3.9 7.9 2.04
2004 28 ANA AL 11 12 .478 3.93 33 33 0 0 0 0 208.1 192 91 91 21 76 2 191 7 0 9 878 114 1.286 8.3 0.9 3.3 8.3 2.51
2005 29 LAA AL 3 2 .600 3.02 16 7 2 0 0 1 59.2 45 21 20 4 21 1 63 2 0 4 242 140 1.106 6.8 0.6 3.2 9.5 3.00
2006 30 LAA AL 11 14 .440 3.61 30 30 0 1 0 0 189.1 192 93 76 17 50 2 147 4 0 7 789 126 1.278 9.1 0.8 2.4 7.0 2.94
2007 31 LAA AL 18 7 .720 3.40 30 30 0 3 1 0 195.2 182 79 74 11 66 2 160 3 0 9 812 133 1.267 8.4 0.5 3.0 7.4 2.42
2009 33 LAA AL 0 1 .000 3.60 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 2 2 0 4 0 5 1 0 0 23 125 1.600 7.2 0.0 7.2 9.0 1.25
12 Seasons 101 91 .526 4.15 411 202 132 10 4 59 1507.0 1461 755 695 137 611 28 1310 47 1 54 6483 112 1.375 8.7 0.8 3.6 7.8 2.14
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .526 4.15 46 22 15 1 0 7 167 162 84 77 15 68 3 145 5 0 6 719 112 1.375 8.7 0.8 3.6 7.8 2.14
TOR (7 yrs) 58 55 .513 4.58 301 101 130 6 3 58 849.0 846 469 432 84 394 21 744 30 1 25 3739 105 1.461 9.0 0.9 4.2 7.9 1.89
LAA (5 yrs) 43 36 .544 3.60 110 101 2 4 1 1 658.0 615 286 263 53 217 7 566 17 0 29 2744 125 1.264 8.4 0.7 3.0 7.7 2.61

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G 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
2004 28 ANA AL ALDS L BOS 0 0 8.10 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 5 5 3 0 5 1 4 0 0 0 21 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 10.8 0.80
2005 29 LAA AL ALDS W NYY 1 0 1.000 1.29 4 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 2 1 1 1 5 0 5 0 0 2 27 1.000 2.6 1.3 6.4 6.4 1.00
2005 29 LAA AL ALCS L CHW 0 2 .000 2.08 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 4 3 1 1 2 0 10 0 0 0 20 1.385 8.3 2.1 4.2 20.8 5.00
2007 31 LAA AL ALDS L BOS 0 0 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 3 3 0 5 1 5 0 0 0 24 1.800 7.2 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
3 Seasons (4 Series) 1 2 .333 3.66 8 2 2 0 0 0 19.2 15 12 8 2 17 2 24 0 0 2 92 1.627 6.9 0.9 7.8 11.0 1.41
3 ALDS 1 0 1.000 4.11 6 2 1 0 0 0 15.1 11 9 7 1 15 2 14 0 0 2 72 1.696 6.5 0.6 8.8 8.2 0.93
1 ALCS 0 2 .000 2.08 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 4 3 1 1 2 0 10 0 0 0 20 1.385 8.3 2.1 4.2 20.8 5.00

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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
1997 21 TOR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 23 TOR AL 1 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 2 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 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 26 TOR AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 27 TOR AL 2 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 1 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 1 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 2 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 2 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 76 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
11 Seasons 21 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. 162 224 208 8 23 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 100 .111 .111 .111 .222 -42 23 0 0 15 0 0
TOR (7 yrs) 15 14 14 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .071 .071 .071 .143 -63 1 0 0 0 0 0
LAA (4 yrs) 6 15 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .154 .154 .154 .308 -19 2 0 0 2 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1997 TOR AL 21 P 27 0 31.0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.58 0.07 .950 1.71 0.49
1998 TOR AL 22 P 22 10 79.2 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.68 0.27 .950 1.78 0.50
1999 TOR AL 23 P 33 30 174.0 18 6 11 1 1 .944 0.88 0.52 .950 1.69 0.47
2000 TOR AL 24 P 43 24 180.0 26 10 15 1 1 .962 1.25 0.58 .954 1.62 0.46
2001 TOR AL 25 P 59 11 126.0 15 6 8 1 0 .933 1.00 0.24 .953 1.75 0.49
2002 TOR AL 26 P 76 0 78.0 10 1 9 0 0 1.000 1.15 0.13 .960 1.68 0.48
2003 TOR AL 27 P 41 26 180.1 35 15 18 2 2 .943 1.65 0.80 .957 1.73 0.49
2004 ANA AL 28 P 33 33 208.1 40 16 24 0 1 1.000 1.73 1.21 .945 1.66 0.45
2005 LAA AL 29 P 16 7 59.2 10 5 4 1 0 .900 1.36 0.56 .960 1.69 0.46
2006 LAA AL 30 P 30 30 189.1 25 7 18 0 2 1.000 1.19 0.83 .956 1.56 0.41
2007 LAA AL 31 P 30 30 195.2 33 13 18 2 4 .939 1.43 1.03 .955 1.60 0.42
2009 LAA AL 33 P 1 1 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 2.00 .950 1.44 0.40
12 Seasons P 411 202 1507.0 222 83 131 8 12 .964 1.28 0.52 .953 1.66 0.47
12 Seasons TOT 411 202 1507.0 222 83 131 8 12 .964 1.28 0.52 .917 1.66 0.47

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2004 AL--3.931--10th
2006 AL--3.613--6th
2007 AL--3.404--8th
Active--4.151--41st

Wins s c a p y
2007 AL--18--6th
Active--101--41st

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2007 AL--.720--6th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 AL--8.294--8th
2007 AL--8.371--8th
Active--8.725--27th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2000 AL--7.100--10th
2003 AL--7.935--5th
2004 AL--8.251--3rd
Active--7.824--16th
Career--7.824--32nd

Games Played s c a p y
2002 AL--76--5th

Saves s c a p y
2002 AL--38--5th
Active--59--44th
Career--59--215th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
Active--1507.0--50th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2004 AL--191--4th
Active--1310--34th
Career--1310--245th

Games Started s c a p y
2004 AL--33--8th

Complete Games s c a p y
2000 AL--3--7th
2007 AL--3--3rd
Active--10--47th

Shutouts s c a p y
2000 AL--1--4th
2001 AL--1--10th
2003 AL--1--6th
2007 AL--1--5th
Active--4--40th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2000 AL--85--9th
2003 AL--78--4th
2004 AL--76--10th
Active--611--32nd

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2004 AL--2.513--10th
2006 AL--2.940--10th
Active--2.144--49th
Career--2.144--194th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2003 AL--.749--6th
2004 AL--.907--7th
2006 AL--.808--9th
2007 AL--.506--2nd
Active--.818--19th

Losses s c a p y
2000 AL--15--2nd
2006 AL--14--3rd
Active--91--37th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1999 AL--110--10th
2000 AL--107--10th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2003 AL--9--6th
2007 AL--9--9th
Active--54--38th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1999 AL--10--9th

Games Finished s c a p y
2002 AL--68--2nd

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2006 AL--126--6th
2007 AL--133--7th
Active--112--26th

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 40 (615), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 11 (883), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

July 9, 1992: Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent.

October 26, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

November 24, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1997Toronto Blue Jays$150,000
1998Toronto Blue Jays$220,000
1999Toronto Blue Jays$350,000
2000Toronto Blue Jays$500,000
2001Toronto Blue Jays$1,500,000
2002Toronto Blue Jays$2,300,000
2003Toronto Blue Jays$3,900,000
2004Anaheim Angels$5,750,000
2005Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$6,250,000
2006Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$6,750,000
2007Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$9,000,000
2008Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$9,500,000
2009Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$10,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$56,170,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: Kelvim Jose (Bolivar) Kelvim kelvin Escobar

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