Neal Cotts

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: March 25, 1980 in Lebanon, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 2001 MLB June Amateur Draft from Illinois State University (Normal, IL).

High School: Lebanon HS (Lebanon, IL)

School: Illinois State University (Normal, IL)

Debut: August 12, 2003 (Age 23-140d, 18,340th in major league history)
vs. ANA 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 6 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: October 3, 2015 (Age 35-192d)
vs. KCR 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2004 season

Agents: Joe Bick

Full Name: Neal James Cotts

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2005 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.2

ERA

3.96

483

443.1

421

WHIP

1.351

Summary of 58 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 3 tying, 14 go ahead

5 Tms
CHW	27
CHC	11
MIL	9
TEX	8
MIN	3

Platoon
vs RHB	29
vs LHB	29

Home/Road
Home	33
Away	25

Outs
0	20
2	20
1	18

24 Opps
CLE	5
MIN	4
TEX	4
CHC	4
SEA	4
DET	4
TBD/TBR	3
CIN	3
PHI	3
HOU	3
TOR	3
LAA	2
NYM	2
PIT	2
LAD	2
MON/WSN	2
OAK	1
SDP	1
NYY	1
BAL	1
KCR	1
BOS	1
CHW	1
MIL	1

52 Batters
Kevin Mench	3
Ben Broussard	3
Adrián González	2
Joey Votto	2
Nate McLouth	1
Jason Dubois	1
Jorge Cantú	1
A.J. Pierzynski	1
José López	1
Matt Lawton	1
Iván Rodríguez	1
Ryan Flaherty	1
Dmitri Young	1
Bobby Kielty	1
Terrmel Sledge	1
Jayson Werth	1
Gregg Zaun	1
Curtis Granderson	1
Evan Longoria	1
Mark Teixeira	1
Aaron Boone	1
Torii Hunter	1
Curt Casali	1
Kyle Schwarber	1
Kevin Plawecki	1
Jacque Jones	1
Chris Iannetta	1
Starling Marte	1
Jimmy Rollins	1
Kyle Seager	1
Alex Rodriguez	1
Jake Marisnick	1
Matt Dominguez	1
Matt Stairs	1
Travis Hafner	1
David Ortiz	1
Troy Glaus	1
Willie Harris	1
Justin Morneau	1
Andrés Blanco	1
Raúl Ibañez	1
Prince Fielder	1
Joe Mauer	1
Carlos Peña	1
Anthony Rizzo	1
Robbie Grossman	1
Zack Cozart	1
Eric Munson	1
Matt LeCroy	1
Josh Phelps	1
Ryan Howard	1
Kole Calhoun	1

17 Parks
Guaranteed (CHI)	15
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	8
Am Fam Field (MIL)	7
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	7
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	3
Metrodome (MIN)	3
TropicanaFld (STP)	2
Progressive (CLE)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
Citi Field (NYC)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
Target Field (MIN)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Comerica Pk (DET)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1

Where Hit
7	22
9	16
89	8
8	7
78	5

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
4	10
3	10
7+	10
2	9
1	8
5	6
6	5

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	46
2·HR gms	6

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	29
1--	13
-2-	6
12-	3
123	2
--3	2
1-3	2
-23	1

97 Runs
RISP	16
0 on	29
1 on	21
2 on	6
3 on	2
Any on	29

Inning
1	1
2	1
5	2
6	6
7	18
8	21
9	6
Extra	3

1-3	2
4-6	8
7-end	48

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	10
+2	9
+1	3
Tied	7
-1	8
-2	2
-4..	11

Ahead	30
Tied	7
Behind	21

Before event,
for batter

Count
3-2	11
0-0	8
1-0	7
1-2	6
1-1	5
2-2	5
2-0	5
3-1	4
2-1	3
0-2	2
0-1	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	13
RF	8
LF	8
3B	8
C	7
DH	7
SS	3
2B	2
CF	2

OrderPos
3rd	10
7th	9
4th	9
8th	8
6th	8
5th	5
1st	3
9th	3
2nd	3

Leverage
High Lev	17
Medium Lev	5
Low Lev	36

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2003-08-17	Alex Rodriguez	TEX		CHW	behind 3-4	b 6	0	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	3	6	16%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2004-05-08	Josh Phelps	TOR		CHW	tied 2-2	b 8	2	-2-	4,(1-2) FS>B.X	2	5	DH	34%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); V. Wells Scores
3	3	2	1	2004-05-22	Matt LeCroy	MIN		CHW	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	--3	4,(0-2) CCFX	2	4	2	10%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Guzmán Scores
4	4	3	2	2004-05-22	Justin Morneau	MIN		CHW	ahead 3-1	b 2	0	---	7,(2-2) SBSFBFX	1	8	DH	7%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
5	5	4	1	2004-06-01	Bobby Kielty	OAK		CHW	tied 4-4	b 12	0	1--	9,(3-2) .FCBFFBFB1X	2	7	7	28%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); E. Byrnes Scores
6	6	5	1	2004-06-19	Terrmel Sledge	MON		CHW	ahead 15-14	b 8	0	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	9	9	9%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Schneider Scores
7	7	6	1	2004-06-22	Matt Lawton	CLE	@	CHW	behind 6-8	t 6	2	-2-	9,(3-2) CBBFBFFFX	2	1	7	23%	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Broussard Scores
8	8	7	1	2004-08-26	Ben Broussard	CLE		CHW	behind 7-14	b 5	0	---	7,(3-2) BSBFBFX	1	6	3	2%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
9	9	8	1	2004-09-06	Kevin Mench	TEX		CHW	behind 3-7	b 7	2	---	4,(1-2) CBFX	1	6	7	5%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
10	10	9	1	2004-09-08	Kevin Mench	TEX		CHW	behind 1-5	b 7	1	---	8,(3-2) BCBFBFFX	1	8	9	5%	12%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
11	11	10	1	2004-09-18	Dmitri Young	DET	@	CHW	tied 4-4	t 10	2	-2-	3,(1-1) BSX	2	4	DH	44%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); O. Infante Scores
12	12	11	2	2004-09-18	Carlos Peña	DET	@	CHW	ahead 6-4	t 10	2	1--	1,(0-0) >X	2	6	3	8%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); C. Monroe Scores
13	13	12	1	2004-09-23	Matt Stairs	KCR	@	CHW	ahead 5-1	t 7	2	---	7,(3-2) BCFFBBX	1	4	3	4%	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
14	14	13	1	2004-09-28	Eric Munson	DET		CHW	behind 3-4	b 7	1	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	7	5	43%	87%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); C. Peña Scores; C. Monroe Scores
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	2005-06-24	Jason Dubois	CHC	@	CHW	behind 1-12	t 8	1	---	2,(0-1) TX	1	9	DH	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	2006-04-04	Aaron Boone	CLE	@	CHW	ahead 7-1	t 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	5	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	2	1	2006-04-14	Troy Glaus	TOR	@	CHW	ahead 11-5	t 9	0	-2-	6,(3-2) CB.BBCX	2	4	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); V. Wells Scores
18	18	3	1	2006-05-21	Jacque Jones	CHC	@	CHW	tied 4-4	t 8	2	--3	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	9	35%	82%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. Barrett Scores
19	19	4	1	2006-06-01	Ben Broussard	CLE		CHW	ahead 11-8	b 8	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	3	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
20	20	5	1	2006-06-09	Travis Hafner	CLE	@	CHW	behind 1-2	t 6	2	12-	6,(3-2) .BCFBB>X	3	3	DH	39%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); G. Sizemore Scores; J. Michaels Scores
21	21	6	1	2006-07-21	Kevin Mench	TEX	@	CHW	ahead 6-3	t 8	2	1-3	3,(2-0) BBX	3	7	9	7%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Young Scores; M. Teixeira Scores
22	22	7	1	2006-07-24	Joe Mauer	MIN	@	CHW	ahead 3-2	t 7	2	-23	5,(3-1) *BC>B.BX	3	3	2	23%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Bartlett Scores; N. Punto Scores
23	23	8	1	2006-08-20	Torii Hunter	MIN		CHW	ahead 5-3	b 8	1	1--	4,(2-1) C1*BBX	2	6	8	5%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Morneau Scores
24	24	9	1	2006-08-29	Jorge Cantú	TBD	@	CHW	behind 5-11	t 8	0	1--	13,(3-2) BBFBFFFFFFFFX	2	6	4	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Navarro Scores
25	25	10	1	2006-09-20	Iván Rodríguez	DET	@	CHW	ahead 5-2	t 9	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	2	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
26	26	11	1	2006-09-24	Ben Broussard	SEA	@	CHW	behind 4-10	t 8	0	---	5,(2-2) ..BSCBX	1	6	3	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
27	27	12	2	2006-09-24	José López	SEA	@	CHW	behind 5-10	t 8	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	4	2%	4%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	2007-05-20	A.J. Pierzynski	CHW	@	CHC	ahead 4-2	t 7	2	123	2,(0-1) .FX	4	3	2	16%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Thome Scores; D. Erstad Scores; T. Iguchi Scores
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	2008-06-15	Gregg Zaun	TOR		CHC	behind 1-7	b 8	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	DH	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Wilkerson Scores
30	30	2	1	2008-06-17	Evan Longoria	TBR		CHC	tied 1-1	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	5	5	16%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
31	31	3	1	2008-07-10	Joey Votto	CIN	@	CHC	ahead 11-7	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) ...X	1	7	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
32	32	4	1	2008-07-30	Prince Fielder	MIL		CHC	behind 1-7	b 9	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	4	3	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
33	33	5	1	2008-08-22	Willie Harris	WSN	@	CHC	behind 2-4	t 6	1	123	2,(1-0) BX	4	7	7	38%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Zimmerman Scores; R. Belliard Scores; A. Kearns Scores
34	34	6	1	2008-08-30	Ryan Howard	PHI	@	CHC	ahead 3-1	t 8	1	---	7,(3-2) CBBSBFX	1	4	3	7%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
35	35	7	2	2008-08-30	Jayson Werth	PHI	@	CHC	ahead 4-1	t 8	2	---	4,(1-2) CFBX	1	6	9	4%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	2009-04-23	Joey Votto	CIN	@	CHC	ahead 4-1	t 8	0	---	8,(3-2) .BBSBSFFX	1	3	3	4%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
37	37	2	1	2009-05-22	Adrián González	SDP		CHC	ahead 3-0	b 7	0	---	4,(1-2) .SSBX	1	3	3	3%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
38	38	3	1	2009-05-25	Nate McLouth	PIT	@	CHC	behind 6-7	t 6	1	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	3	8	28%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); F. Sanchez Scores
2013	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	2013-07-04	Raúl Ibañez	SEA	@	TEX	tied 1-1	t 7	1	1--	6,(2-2) CSF1B1BX	2	3	7	30%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); N. Franklin Scores
40	40	2	1	2013-08-16	Kyle Seager	SEA	@	TEX	behind 0-1	t 8	1	1--	4,(0-2) 1CC1FX	2	3	5	47%	73%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); N. Franklin Scores
2014	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	2014-04-09	David Ortiz	BOS		TEX	behind 1-2	b 8	1	1-3	3,(1-1) .CBX	3	3	DH	45%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Bradley Scores; D. Pedroia Scores
42	42	2	1	2014-07-02	Ryan Flaherty	BAL		TEX	tied 4-4	b 7	0	---	5,(3-1) .CBBBX	1	8	5	21%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
43	43	3	1	2014-07-29	Mark Teixeira	NYY	@	TEX	ahead 10-8	t 8	2	1--	6,(2-2) 1CCFB*BX	2	4	3	11%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Gardner Scores
44	44	4	1	2014-08-08	Robbie Grossman	HOU		TEX	behind 1-2	b 8	1	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	7	9	51%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Singleton Scores
45	45	5	1	2014-08-31	Matt Dominguez	HOU		TEX	behind 1-2	b 8	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	5	33%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
46	46	6	1	2014-09-10	Kole Calhoun	LAA	@	TEX	ahead 7-1	t 9	1	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	1	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	2015-04-10	Starling Marte	PIT	@	MIL	ahead 5-2	t 8	0	---	5,(3-1) .BBBCX	1	5	7	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
48	48	2	1	2015-04-21	Zack Cozart	CIN	@	MIL	ahead 13-10	t 7	0	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	8	6	4%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
49	49	3	1	2015-05-05	Jimmy Rollins	LAD	@	MIL	ahead 3-1	t 7	2	-2-	4,(1-2) FCBX	2	2	6	12%	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Z. Greinke Scores
50	50	4	2	2015-05-05	Adrián González	LAD	@	MIL	ahead 5-1	t 7	2	1--	7,(1-2) CFBFFFX	2	4	3	4%	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); H. Kendrick Scores
51	51	5	1	2015-05-16	Kevin Plawecki	NYM		MIL	ahead 11-1	b 7	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	7	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
52	52	6	2	2015-05-16	Curtis Granderson	NYM		MIL	ahead 12-1	b 7	1	1--	6,(3-2) CBBFBX	2	1	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); W. Flores Scores
53	53	7	1	2015-07-31	Anthony Rizzo	CHC	@	MIL	ahead 3-1	t 7	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	4	3	9%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
54	54	8	1	2015-08-13	Kyle Schwarber	CHC		MIL	ahead 5-2	b 7	0	1--	2,(1-0) .BX	2	2	7	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Fowler Scores
55	55	9	1	2015-08-16	Andrés Blanco	PHI	@	MIL	behind 0-6	t 9	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	5	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
56	56	10	1	2015-08-25	Curt Casali	TBR		MIN	behind 6-10	b 5	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	2	6%	13%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
57	57	11	1	2015-09-06	Jake Marisnick	HOU		MIN	ahead 5-3	b 8	0	12-	5,(2-2) BLCBX	3	8	7	3%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); C. Gómez Scores; M. González Scores
58	58	12	1	2015-09-17	Chris Iannetta	LAA	@	MIN	ahead 10-7	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	8	2	5%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)