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Willie Eyre

William Mays Eyre

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: July 21, 1978 in Fountain Valley, CA
School: College of Eastern Utah (Price, UT)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 23rd round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 2006
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Twins/Orioles 2006-2011
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.000 [*], Agents: Matt Sosnick,Paul Cobbe [*]
Relatives: Brother of Scott Eyre
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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
2006 27 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 5.31 42 0 20 0 0 0 59.1 75 36 35 8 22 4 26 6 0 4 275 85 1.635 11.4 1.2 3.3 3.9 1.18
2007 28 TEX AL 4 6 .400 5.16 33 2 10 0 0 1 68.0 78 42 39 8 32 4 42 1 0 5 307 89 1.618 10.3 1.1 4.2 5.6 1.31
2009 30 TEX AL 0 0 4.50 17 0 6 0 0 0 18.0 18 9 9 0 6 2 8 0 0 0 72 105 1.333 9.0 0.0 3.0 4.0 1.33
2011 32 BAL AL 2 2 .500 3.44 19 0 4 0 0 0 18.1 12 7 7 2 5 0 10 0 0 1 72 124 0.927 5.9 1.0 2.5 4.9 2.00
4 Yrs 7 8 .467 4.95 111 2 40 0 0 1 163.2 183 94 90 18 65 10 86 7 0 10 726 92 1.515 10.1 1.0 3.6 4.7 1.32
162 Game Avg. 4 5 .467 4.95 67 1 24 0 0 1 99 110 57 54 11 39 6 52 4 0 6 437 92 1.515 10.1 1.0 3.6 4.7 1.32
TEX (2 yrs) 4 6 .400 5.02 50 2 16 0 0 1 86.0 96 51 48 8 38 6 50 1 0 5 379 92 1.558 10.0 0.8 4.0 5.2 1.32
MIN (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 5.31 42 0 20 0 0 0 59.1 75 36 35 8 22 4 26 6 0 4 275 85 1.635 11.4 1.2 3.3 3.9 1.18
BAL (1 yr) 2 2 .500 3.44 19 0 4 0 0 0 18.1 12 7 7 2 5 0 10 0 0 1 72 124 0.927 5.9 1.0 2.5 4.9 2.00

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
2006 27 MIN AL 59.1 42 0 36 5.46 5.06 0.09 -0.37 98.0 4.51 -7 -0.7 .4 0.0 0.0 1 .484 .496 $327,000
2007 28 TEX AL 68.0 33 2 42 5.56 4.95 -0.05 -0.31 100.4 4.70 -7 -0.7 1.0 -0.2 -0.2 2 .479 .496 $
2009 30 TEX AL 18.0 17 0 9 4.50 4.87 0.03 -0.36 102.4 4.58 0 0.0 .3 -0.0 0.1 2 .500 .500 $410,000
2011 32 BAL AL 18.1 19 0 7 3.44 4.79 -0.12 -0.37 101.2 4.60 2 0.2 1.2 -0.0 0.4 4 .513 .502 $
4 Seasons 163.2 111 2 94 5.17 4.96 0.00 -0.34 99.8 4.61 -12 -1.1 .7 -0.2 0.3 10 .490 .498 $737,000
TEX (2 yrs) 86.0 50 2 51 5.34 4.93 -0.03 -0.32 100.8 4.68 -7 -0.7 .8 -0.2 -0.1 4 .486 .498 $410,000
MIN (1 yr) 59.1 42 0 36 5.46 5.06 0.09 -0.37 98.0 4.51 -7 -0.7 .4 0.0 0.0 1 .484 .496 $327,000
BAL (1 yr) 18.1 19 0 7 3.44 4.79 -0.12 -0.37 101.2 4.60 2 0.2 1.2 -0.0 0.4 4 .513 .502 $

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
2006 27 MIN AL 42 275 243 36 75 19 1 8 1 1 22 26 .309 .376 .494 .870 .316 120 5 6 1 3 4 3
2007 28 TEX AL 33 307 268 42 78 17 1 8 2 2 32 42 .291 .368 .451 .819 .320 121 5 1 5 1 4 3
2009 30 TEX AL 17 72 64 9 18 8 0 0 0 1 6 8 .281 .343 .406 .749 .321 26 5 0 2 0 2 0
2011 32 BAL AL 19 72 64 7 12 1 1 2 1 1 5 10 .188 .239 .328 .568 .185 21 1 0 1 2 0 2
4 Yrs 111 726 639 94 183 45 3 18 4 5 65 86 .286 .356 .451 .806 .305 288 16 7 9 6 10 8
162 Game Avg. 67 437 385 57 110 27 2 11 2 3 39 52 .286 .356 .451 .806 .305 173 10 4 5 4 6 5
MLB Averages .263 .331 .415 .746 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2006 27 MIN AL -4.6 -0.4 282 0.1 1.5 -1.4 .31 -0.6 0.9 -3.1 -0.3 0.31 -5.0 3 4 31
2007 28 TEX AL -4.3 -0.4 316 -1.7 4.3 -6.0 .93 -0.4 -1.5 -1.0 -0.1 0.93 -3.1 8 8 14
2009 30 TEX AL 0.8 0.1 73 0.2 0.4 -0.2 .25 -0.1 0.8 2.4 0.2 0.25 2.8 1 0 15
2011 32 BAL AL 1.8 0.2 75 0.0 1.2 -1.2 .91 0.3 -0.3 3.8 0.4 0.91 3.9 8 4 6
4 Yrs -6.2 -0.6 746 -1.4 7.4 -8.8 .62 -0.7 -1.6 2.2 0.2 0.62 -1.5 20 16 66

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2007 28 TEX AL 33 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 31.0 45 17 9 2 2 0 7.0 2.3 3.5 68 2 0 0 0 69
1 Yr 33 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 31 45 17 9 2 2 0 7.0 2.3 3.5 68 2 0 0 0 69
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 100 -12 4.6 4.6 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2006 27 MIN AL 42 42 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 5 23% 6 .306 3 4 31 9 3 30 13 29 21 7 26 6 4.2 25
2007 28 TEX AL 33 31 10 4 5 1 1 0 100% 2 1 23 2 9% 7 .926 8 8 14 6 8 17 12 19 22 5 23 2 5.9 33
2009 30 TEX AL 17 17 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 8 .249 1 0 15 6 1 10 4 13 3 2 3 2 3.2 15
2011 32 BAL AL 19 19 4 2 2 0 0 0 3 3 9 1 11% 7 .908 8 4 6 8 4 7 6 13 5 7 5 3 2.9 12
4 Yrs 111 109 40 7 7 1 1 0 100% 5 4 60 10 17% .622 20 16 66 29 16 64 35 74 51 21 57 13 4.3 23

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%
2006 27 MIN AL 275 56% 2.9% 9.5% 8.0% 10.2% 37% 0.87 1.19 77% 15% 7.6% 9% 45 5 11%
2007 28 TEX AL 307 56% 2.6% 13.7% 10.4% 8.5% 33% 0.82 1.11 71% 21% 7.5% 14% 83 5 6%
2009 30 TEX AL 72 56% 0.0% 11.1% 8.3% 11.1% 44% 0.56 0.80 78% 28% 0.0% 11% 18 5 28%
2011 32 BAL AL 72 61% 2.8% 13.9% 6.9% 5.6% 33% 0.96 1.20 75% 9% 8.7% 18% 16 1 6%
4 Yrs 726 57% 2.5% 11.9% 9.0% 9.1% 36% 0.82 1.11 75% 18% 6.8% 12% 162 16 10%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.7% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 0.79 1.07 69% 19% 7.6% 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
2006 27 MIN AL 275 1034 3.76 621 60% 24% 10% 30% 36% 76% 3% 45% 87% 53% 6% 16 11 18% 50 27 2 15% 5 2 0 0 0
2007 28 TEX AL 308 1158 3.76 692 60% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 3% 45% 81% 55% 7% 23 11 20% 63 41 4 14% 4 8 -1 0 0
2009 30 TEX AL 72 251 3.49 142 57% 23% 13% 24% 41% 77% 7% 44% 84% 50% 6% 4 2 14% 10 4 2 38% 0 0 0 0 0
2011 32 BAL AL 73 237 3.25 157 66% 22% 15% 27% 36% 78% 0% 51% 81% 58% 3% 2 2 18% 13 9 2 0% 3 0 -1 0 0
4 Yrs 728 2680 3.68 1612 60% 24% 13% 28% 35% 76% 3% 45% 83% 54% 6% 45 26 19% 136 81 10 15% 12 10 -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 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
2006 27 MIN AL 275 75 5 1 8 0 8 3 5 3 5 19 7 4 37% 3 4 0 101 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2007 28 TEX AL 307 78 10 2 8 0 9 5 3 1 7 24 14 4 58% 3 5 1 143 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
2009 30 TEX AL 72 18 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 43% 0 0 0 32 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 32 BAL AL 72 12 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 7 3 3 43% 2 1 0 31 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 Yrs 726 183 21 4 18 0 20 10 8 5 13 57 27 11 47% 8 10 1 307 4 5 44% 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 22 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
2006 27 1 0 1.000 5.31 42 0 20 0 0 0 59.1 75 36 35 8 22 4 26 6 0 4 275 85 1.635 11.4 1.2 3.3 3.9 1.18 85
2007 28 5 6 .455 5.23 75 2 30 0 0 1 127.1 153 78 74 16 54 8 68 7 0 9 582 87 1.626 10.8 1.1 3.8 4.8 1.26 87
2008 29 5 6 .455 5.23 75 2 30 0 0 1 127.1 153 78 74 16 54 8 68 7 0 9 582 87 1.626 10.8 1.1 3.8 4.8 1.26 87
2009 30 5 6 .455 5.14 92 2 36 0 0 1 145.1 171 87 83 16 60 10 76 7 0 9 654 89 1.589 10.6 1.0 3.7 4.7 1.27 89
2010 31 5 6 .455 5.14 92 2 36 0 0 1 145.1 171 87 83 16 60 10 76 7 0 9 654 89 1.589 10.6 1.0 3.7 4.7 1.27 89
2011 32 7 8 .467 4.95 111 2 40 0 0 1 163.2 183 94 90 18 65 10 86 7 0 10 726 92 1.515 10.1 1.0 3.6 4.7 1.32 92

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2006 27 2 4 .333 5.28 58.0 74 38 34 8 22 25 6 1.655 11.5 3.4 3.9 1.14 1.2 42
2007 28 3 4 .429 5.05 66.0 76 41 37 8 31 41 1 1.621 10.4 4.2 5.6 1.32 1.1 33
2009 30 0 1 .000 4.50 16.0 17 9 8 0 6 7 0 1.438 9.6 3.4 3.9 1.17 0.0 17
2011 32 1 1 .500 3.50 18.0 12 8 7 2 5 10 0 0.944 6.0 2.5 5.0 2.00 1.0 19
4 Yrs 6 10 .375 4.90 158.0 179 96 86 18 64 83 7 1.538 10.2 4.7 1.30 1.0 111

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  8. Joe Hudson (986)
  9. Scott Lewis (986)
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  6. Ralph Winegarner (979)
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  8. Herb Moford (975)
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