Aaron Laffey

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: April 15, 1985 in Cumberland, MD us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 16th round of the 2003 MLB June Amateur Draft from Allegany HS (Cumberland, MD).

High School: Allegany HS (Cumberland, MD)

Debut: August 4, 2007 (Age 22-111d, 19,158th in major league history)
vs. MIN 5.1 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: July 31, 2015 (Age 30-107d)
vs. STL 3.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2008 season

National Team: us USA (Pro)

Full Name: Aaron Steven Laffey

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.4

ERA

4.44

156

494.1

245

WHIP

1.519

Summary of 48 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 11 go ahead

5 Tms
CLE	22
TOR	17
SEA	7
NYM	1
COL	1

Platoon
vs RHB	31
vs LHB	17

Home/Road
Home	25
Away	23

Outs
0	20
1	15
2	13

18 Opps
MIN	6
SEA	6
CHW	5
TBR	3
OAK	3
NYY	3
DET	3
BOS	3
WSN	3
TOR	3
TEX	2
CIN	2
COL	1
LAA	1
BAL	1
ATL	1
PHI	1
CLE	1

44 Batters
Josh Reddick	2
Edwin Encarnación	2
Russell Branyan	2
A.J. Pierzynski	2
Ryan Raburn	1
Shelley Duncan	1
Alberto Callaspo	1
Ian Desmond	1
Jeff Baker	1
Michael Cuddyer	1
Ryan Lavarnway	1
Dustin Ackley	1
Matt Macri	1
Ben Zobrist	1
Tyler Flowers	1
Dayán Viciedo	1
Josh Hamilton	1
Carlos Guillén	1
Raúl Ibañez	1
Adam Jones	1
Adam LaRoche	1
Dustin Pedroia	1
Casey McGehee	1
Delmon Young	1
Shane Victorino	1
Kelly Johnson	1
Víctor Martínez	1
Matt Joyce	1
Adam Lind	1
Dewayne Wise	1
Drew Stubbs	1
Joe Mauer	1
Melvin Mora	1
Ichiro Suzuki	1
Adam Everett	1
José Bautista	1
Nick Swisher	1
Jim Thome	1
Tyler Moore	1
Jonny Gomes	1
José López	1
Brandon Inge	1
Marlon Byrd	1
Trevor Plouffe	1

15 Parks
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	14
Progressive (CLE)	7
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	7
Metrodome (MIN)	3
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	2
Coors Fld (DEN)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Comerica Pk (DET)	2
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Citi Field (NYC)	1
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
Target Field (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	20
89	9
9	8
8	6
78	5

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	14
1	8
4	7
2	7
5	7
7+	4
6	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	33
2·HR gms	6
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	22
1--	12
123	4
1-3	3
12-	2
--3	2
-2-	2
-23	1

88 Runs
RISP	14
0 on	22
1 on	16
2 on	6
3 on	4
Any on	26

Inning
1	5
2	7
3	6
4	8
5	10
6	7
7	2
8	3

1-3	18
4-6	25
7-end	5

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	3
+2	2
+1	10
Tied	9
-1	3
-2	6
-3	3
-4..	7

Ahead	20
Tied	9
Behind	19

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-1	11
0-0	8
3-2	5
1-0	5
3-1	4
1-2	3
2-1	3
2-2	3
0-2	2
0-1	2
2-0	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
3B	9
1B	7
C	6
RF	6
LF	6
2B	5
CF	4
DH	3
SS	2

OrderPos
5th	9
3rd	7
6th	7
8th	6
7th	5
1st	4
4th	4
2nd	4
9th	2

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	21
Low Lev	16

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2007-08-09	A.J. Pierzynski	CHW		CLE	behind 3-7	b 6	0	---	4,(1-2) BCSX	1	5	2	7%	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	2007-08-30	Adam Jones	SEA	@	CLE	behind 0-3	t 6	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	8	9	8%	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	2008-06-02	Josh Hamilton	TEX		CLE	behind 1-5	b 3	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	9	13%	31%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Young Scores
4	4	2	2	2008-06-02	Marlon Byrd	TEX		CLE	behind 4-8	b 5	1	123	1,(0-0) X	4	6	8	31%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Young Scores; J. Hamilton Scores; M. Bradley Scores
5	5	3	1	2008-06-07	Carlos Guillén	DET		CLE	behind 0-2	b 4	2	1--	5,(3-1) BBFBX	2	6	5	23%	51%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. Ordóñez Scores
6	6	4	1	2008-06-12	Matt Macri	MIN	@	CLE	behind 0-7	t 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	5	1%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
7	7	5	1	2008-06-18	Jeff Baker	COL		CLE	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---	5,(2-2) BSFBX	1	6	4	10%	78%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
8	8	6	1	2008-06-29	Edwin Encarnación	CIN	@	CLE	ahead 3-0	t 5	2	1--	3,(1-1) B1FX	2	5	5	11%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Phillips Scores
9	9	7	1	2008-07-05	Joe Mauer	MIN		CLE	behind 3-5	b 5	0	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	3	2	13%	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
10	10	8	1	2008-07-10	Jonny Gomes	TBR	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 3	0	1--	5,(2-2) FBS1BX	2	8	9	17%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); W. Aybar Scores
11	11	9	1	2008-07-18	Raúl Ibañez	SEA		CLE	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	123	3,(1-1) SBX	4	3	7	23%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Y. Betancourt Scores/unER; I. Suzuki Scores/unER; W. Bloomquist Scores/unER; R. Ibañez Scores/unER
12	12	10	2	2008-07-18	José López	SEA		CLE	ahead 5-1	b 4	2	1-3	3,(1-1) BFX	3	5	4	7%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); W. Bloomquist Scores; R. Ibañez Scores
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	2009-05-02	Adam Everett	DET		CLE	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	123	8,(3-2) BBBCCFFX	4	9	6	17%	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); G. Laird Scores; B. Inge Scores; R. Raburn Scores
14	14	2	1	2009-07-19	Russell Branyan	SEA	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	0	-2-	4,(2-1) FB.BX	2	2	3	13%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); I. Suzuki Scores
15	15	3	1	2009-08-16	Delmon Young	MIN		CLE	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	-2-	3,(0-2) FFX	2	8	7	16%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Cuddyer Scores
16	16	4	1	2009-08-22	Russell Branyan	SEA	@	CLE	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	--3	6,(3-2) BSBSBX	2	5	3	15%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Sweeney Scores
17	17	5	1	2009-08-27	Melvin Mora	BAL		CLE	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	5	5	10%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
18	18	6	1	2009-09-16	Michael Cuddyer	MIN		CLE	ahead 4-0	b 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	3	3%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
19	19	7	1	2009-09-22	Ryan Raburn	DET	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	5,(2-2) CTBBX	1	1	7	12%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
20	20	8	1	2009-10-03	Dustin Pedroia	BOS		CLE	behind 0-2	b 1	0	---	9,(3-2) CBCFBFBFX	1	1	4	9%	46%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21	21	9	2	2009-10-03	Víctor Martínez	BOS		CLE	tied 4-4	b 2	1	123	5,(3-1) BFBBX	4	3	2	21%	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); B. Anderson Scores; D. Pedroia Scores; J. Bay Scores
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	2010-06-25	Drew Stubbs	CIN		CLE	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	7	8	18%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Bruce Scores
2011	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	2011-05-23	Jim Thome	MIN		SEA	ahead 5-4	b 7	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	DH	16%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); M. Cuddyer Scores
24	24	2	1	2011-06-02	Matt Joyce	TBR	@	SEA	behind 1-8	t 8	0	---	4,(1-2) .CBFX	1	2	9	0%	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
25	25	3	1	2011-06-17	Shane Victorino	PHI	@	SEA	behind 1-4	t 8	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	8	4%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
26	26	4	1	2011-07-20	Edwin Encarnación	TOR		SEA	ahead 8-2	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	5	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
27	27	5	2	2011-07-20	Adam Lind	TOR		SEA	ahead 10-3	b 7	1	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	4	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
28	28	6	1	2011-07-29	Ben Zobrist	TBR	@	SEA	ahead 4-0	t 2	2	--3	4,(2-1) BBCX	2	4	4	8%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Damon Scores
29	29	7	1	2011-08-16	José Bautista	TOR	@	SEA	ahead 10-7	t 6	0	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	3	9	7%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Thames Scores
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	2012-06-13	Tyler Moore	WSN	@	TOR	ahead 4-2	t 6	1	---	7,(3-2) BBBCFFX	1	7	3	9%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
31	31	2	2	2012-06-13	Ian Desmond	WSN	@	TOR	ahead 5-2	t 8	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	6	4%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
32	32	3	1	2012-07-01	Alberto Callaspo	LAA	@	TOR	ahead 1-0	t 5	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	5	16%	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); H. Kendrick Scores
33	33	4	1	2012-07-06	A.J. Pierzynski	CHW		TOR	ahead 3-1	b 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	2	7%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
34	34	5	1	2012-07-14	Shelley Duncan	CLE	@	TOR	behind 2-10	t 4	1	1--	7,(3-2) BBFBFFX	2	7	7	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Brantley Scores
35	35	6	1	2012-07-26	Josh Reddick	OAK	@	TOR	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	3	DH	10%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
36	36	7	2	2012-07-26	Brandon Inge	OAK	@	TOR	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	5	20%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Y. Céspedes Scores
37	37	8	1	2012-07-31	Dustin Ackley	SEA		TOR	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	4	11%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
38	38	9	1	2012-08-05	Josh Reddick	OAK		TOR	tied 1-1	b 3	1	1-3	4,(0-2) SFFX	3	3	9	21%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Weeks Scores; J. Gomes Scores
39	39	10	1	2012-08-11	Casey McGehee	NYY	@	TOR	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	1-3	3,(1-1) FBX	3	8	5	24%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. Jones Scores; J. Nix Scores
40	40	11	1	2012-08-16	Dewayne Wise	CHW	@	TOR	behind 0-2	t 3	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	1	8	10%	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
41	41	12	2	2012-08-16	Dayán Viciedo	CHW	@	TOR	behind 1-2	t 5	0	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	7	7	14%	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
42	42	13	3	2012-08-16	Tyler Flowers	CHW	@	TOR	tied 2-2	t 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	14%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
43	43	14	1	2012-08-27	Nick Swisher	NYY		TOR	ahead 4-3	b 5	0	1--	4,(2-1) BCBX	2	2	DH	14%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Jeter Scores
44	44	15	1	2012-09-14	Ryan Lavarnway	BOS	@	TOR	behind 0-3	t 4	0	12-	2,(0-1) FX	3	6	2	22%	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); C. Ross Scores; M. Gómez Scores
45	45	16	1	2012-09-20	Ichiro Suzuki	NYY		TOR	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	8	7	11%	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
46	46	17	1	2012-10-01	Trevor Plouffe	MIN	@	TOR	behind 0-1	t 2	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	5	5	17%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); C. Parmelee Scores
2013	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	2013-04-20	Adam LaRoche	WSN	@	NYM	behind 3-5	t 5	2	-23	4,(1-2) BFSX	3	4	3	38%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Werth Scores; B. Harper Scores
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	2015-07-10	Kelly Johnson	ATL	@	COL	behind 0-5	t 6	1	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	4	3	12%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Maybin Scores; N. Markakis Scores