Seth Etherton

Seth Michael Etherton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 17, 1976 in Laguna Beach, CA
High School: Dana Hills HS (Dana Point, CA)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed July 2, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 26, 2000
Teams (by GP): Angels/Reds/Athletics/Royals 2000-2006

Final Game: June 3, 2006
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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
1998	21	ANA-min	AA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		MDL · TL
1999	22	ANA-min	AAA,AA	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		EDM,ERI · PCL,EL
2000	23	ANA-min	AAA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		EDM · PCL
2000	23	ANA	AL	11	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2002	25	CIN-NYY-min	AAA,A,AA	10	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	4	1	0		CNG,LOU,DAY,NCH · SOUL,IL,MIDW,EL
2003	26	CIN-min	AAA	21	14	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.083	.000	.083		0	1	0	2	0	0		LOU · IL
2003	26	CIN	NL	7	10	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	-23	1	0	0	3	0	0	/1

2004	27	CIN-min	AA,AAA	26	23	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.095	.136	.095	.232		2	0	0	1	0	0		CNG,LOU · SOUL,IL
2005	28	OAK-min	AAA	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SAC · PCL
2005	28	OAK	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2006	29	SDP-KCR-min	AAA	19	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.182	.182	.182	.364		2	0	0	1	0	0		POR,OMA · PCL
2006	29	KCR	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2007	30	FLA-min	AAA,Fgn,A+	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	1	0	0		ABQ,KIA,JUP · PCL,KBO,FLOR
2009	32	ARI-min	AAA	28	32	25	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	7	.200	.286	.240	.526		6	1	0	4	0	0		REN · PCL
2010	33	LAD-min	AAA	19	28	21	4	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	7	.333	.440	.333	.773		7	0	0	3	0	0		ABQ · PCL
2011	34	QRO	AAA	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		QRO · MEX
4 Yrs				23	13	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.111	.200	.111	.311	-15	1	0	0	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	92	63	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14	.111	.200	.111	.311	-15	7	0	0	21	0	0

KCR (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
OAK (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				7	10	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	-23	1	0	0	3	0	0
ANA (1 yr)				11	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-5	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				16	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-5	0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (1 yr)				7	10	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	-23	1	0	0	3	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
2000	23	ANA	AL	11	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$200,000	1

2003	26	CIN	NL	7	10	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

2005	28	OAK	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
2006	29	KCR	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
4 Seasons				23	13	-2	0	0	0	2	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$200,000

KCR (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
OAK (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
CIN (1 yr)				7	10	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
ANA (1 yr)				11	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$200,000

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
2000	23	ANA	AL	3	2	0	0.0	117	.000	.000	.278	.333	.352	.000	.448	.333	.800	-5	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.500	.000

2003	26	CIN	NL	10	9	0	0.0	105	.200	.143	.263	.143	.334	.143	.421	.286	.755	-23	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.167	.000	.000
4 Yrs				13	11	0	0.0	108	.143	.111	.266	.200	.339	.111	.427	.311	.766	-15	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.250	.111	.000
162 Game Avg.				92	77	0	0.0	108	.143	.111	.266	.200	.339	.111	.427	.311	.766	-15	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.250	.111	.000

CIN (1 yr)				10	9	0	0.0	105	.200	.143	.263	.143	.334	.143	.421	.286	.755	-23	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.167	.000	.000
ANA (1 yr)				3	2	0	0.0	117	.000	.000	.278	.333	.352	.000	.448	.333	.800	-5	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.500	.000

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
2000	23	ANA	AL	3	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%		0.00				1.00	1.00	67%	0%		100%

2003	26	CIN	NL	10	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.5			1.50	2.50	50%	0%		100%
4 Yrs				13	0.0%	15.4%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	2.00	4.5			1.33	2.00	54%	0%		100%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.8%	8.6%	8.1%	34%	1.94	5.3	31.3	7.5	0.78	1.07	70%	21%	8.1%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
2000	23	ANA	AL	-0.3	-0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.63	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.70	-0.2	0

2003	26	CIN	NL	-1.2	-0.1	10	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.10	-0.2	0.0	-1.8	-0.2	1.04	-1.7	0

2005	28	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
2006	29	KCR	AL	0.0	0.0
4 Yrs				-1.5	-0.2	13	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.99	-0.2	0.0	-2.0	-0.2	0.96	-2.0	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2000	23	ANA	AL	0	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2003	26	CIN	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				0	0	50%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	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	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2000	23	ANA	AL	3	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

2003	26	CIN	NL	10	40%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	3	0	0%	3	3	100%	8	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
4 Yrs				13	31%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	3	0	0%	3	3	100%	10	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			71%			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
2000	23	ANA	AL	3	14	4.67	7	50%	57%	0%	14%	29%	43%	0%	21%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	33%	1	0	33%	1	0		0	0	0

2003	26	CIN	NL	10	21	2.10	17	81%	35%	12%	6%	47%	65%	0%	52%	82%	50%	0%	0	0	10%	1	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				13	35	2.69	24	69%	42%	8%	8%	42%	58%	0%	40%	86%	38%	0%	0	0	15%	2	0	8%	1	0	50%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		62%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
2000	23	11	3	2	1	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-5	0	0
2001	24	11	3	2	1	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-5	0	0
2002	25	11	3	2	1	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-5	0	0
2003	26	18	13	9	1	1	1	2	.111	.200	.111	.311	-15	1	3
2004	27	18	13	9	1	1	1	2	.111	.200	.111	.311	-15	1	3
2005	28	21	13	9	1	1	1	2	.111	.200	.111	.311	-15	1	3
2006	29	23	13	9	1	1	1	2	.111	.200	.111	.311	-15	1	3

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2000	23	11	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	11

2003	26	7	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7
2 Yrs		18	13	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	18
162 Game Avg.		162	117	81	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	18	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	18

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