Luis Mendoza

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 245lb (190cm, 111kg)

Born: October 31, 1983 in Veracruz, Mexico mx

Debut: September 8, 2007 (Age 23-312d, 19,217th in major league history)
vs. OAK 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 6, 2013 (Age 29-310d)
vs. DET 3.1 IP, 8 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2008 season

Agents: ISE Baseball

Full Name: Luis Alonso Mendoza

Twitter: @luismendozar

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.2

ERA

5.39

359.0

208

WHIP

1.546

Summary of 38 Home Runs Allowed

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

1 leading off, 1 walk-off, 7 tying, 12 go ahead

2 Tms
KCR	29
TEX	9

Platoon
vs RHB	20
vs LHB	18

Home/Road
Home	20
Away	18

Outs
0	18
1	11
2	9

12 Opps
CHW	9
TBR	4
CLE	4
BAL	4
MIN	3
STL	3
BOS	3
LAA	3
DET	2
NYM	1
NYY	1
TOR	1

33 Batters
Paul Konerko	2
A.J. Pierzynski	2
Matt Holliday	2
J.J. Hardy	2
Matt Joyce	2
Jason Giambi	1
Michael Brantley	1
Kevin Millar	1
Delmon Young	1
Ben Zobrist	1
Luke Scott	1
Chris Parmelee	1
Josh Willingham	1
Jason Varitek	1
Vladimir Guerrero	1
José Bautista	1
Ryan Doumit	1
Adam Dunn	1
Miguel Cabrera	1
Torii Hunter	1
Miguel Tejada	1
Dewayne Wise	1
Jeff Mathis	1
Nick Swisher	1
Shelley Duncan	1
Dustin Pedroia	1
Carlos Santana	1
Gordon Beckham	1
David Ortiz	1
Eric Young Jr.	1
Allen Craig	1
Travis Hafner	1
Alexei Ramírez	1

12 Parks
KauffmanStad (KAN)	15
Guaranteed (CHI)	6
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	5
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	3
Camden Yards (BAL)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Citi Field (NYC)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
Target Field (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	12
9	12
89	7
78	6
8	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	13
2	8
1	7
5	7
6	1
4	1
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	21
2·HR gms	4
3·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	22
1--	7
123	3
12-	2
-2-	2
--3	1
1-3	1

63 Runs
RISP	9
0 on	22
1 on	10
2 on	3
3 on	3
Any on	16

Inning
1	6
2	6
3	4
4	6
5	3
6	6
7	2
8	2
9	2
Extra	1

1-3	16
4-6	15
7-end	7

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	2
+2	3
+1	4
Tied	8
-1	9
-2	5
-4..	2

Ahead	14
Tied	8
Behind	16

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	7
1-1	7
3-1	5
0-1	5
2-0	4
1-0	3
0-2	2
3-2	2
2-2	2
2-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

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

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

Leverage
High Lev	9
Medium Lev	14
Low Lev	15

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	2007-09-21	Miguel Tejada	BAL	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	4	6	10%	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2008-04-18	David Ortiz	BOS		TEX	behind 0-1	b 3	2	123	1,(0-0) X	4	3	DH	33%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Lowrie Scores; J. Ellsbury Scores; D. Pedroia Scores
3	3	2	1	2008-07-02	Jason Giambi	NYY		TEX	behind 1-3	b 3	2	123	4,(2-1) B*BFX	4	5	DH	36%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Damon Scores/unER; D. Jeter Scores/unER; A. Rodriguez Scores/unER; J. Giambi Scores/unER
4	4	3	1	2008-07-07	Jeff Mathis	LAA	@	TEX	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	-2-	3,(0-2) >C.CX	2	9	2	10%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); H. Kendrick Scores
5	5	4	2	2008-07-07	Vladimir Guerrero	LAA	@	TEX	ahead 5-0	t 2	1	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	4	9	6%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Izturis Scores
6	6	5	3	2008-07-07	Torii Hunter	LAA	@	TEX	ahead 7-0	t 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	8	2%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
7	7	6	1	2008-07-22	Nick Swisher	CHW		TEX	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	7	8	16%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Dye Scores; P. Konerko Scores
8	8	7	1	2008-08-08	Kevin Millar	BAL		TEX	ahead 3-0	b 3	0	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	5	3	8%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); A. Huff Scores
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	2009-05-02	A.J. Pierzynski	CHW	@	TEX	behind 1-9	t 6	2	123	1,(0-0) X	4	7	2	5%	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Thome Scores; B. Lillibridge Scores; P. Konerko Scores
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	2010-04-08	Miguel Cabrera	DET	@	KCR	behind 1-2	t 8	0	12-	3,(0-2) FFX	3	4	3	40%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Damon Scores; M. Ordóñez Scores
11	11	2	1	2010-04-10	Jason Varitek	BOS	@	KCR	ahead 5-3	t 9	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	8	2	4%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
12	12	3	2	2010-04-10	Dustin Pedroia	BOS	@	KCR	ahead 6-3	t 9	1	1--	3,(2-0) B11BX	2	2	4	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Ellsbury Scores
13	13	4	1	2010-04-19	José Bautista	TOR		KCR	ahead 6-1	b 7	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	5	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Overbay Scores
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	2012-04-15	Shelley Duncan	CLE	@	KCR	behind 2-3	t 3	2	12-	3,(1-1) F*BX	3	5	7	30%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Choo Scores/unER; T. Hafner Scores/unER; S. Duncan Scores/unER
15	15	2	2	2012-04-15	Travis Hafner	CLE	@	KCR	ahead 6-4	t 5	0	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	4	DH	9%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
16	16	3	1	2012-06-17	Matt Holliday	STL		KCR	behind 0-1	b 6	1	---	5,(2-2) BFCBX	1	3	7	20%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
17	17	4	2	2012-06-17	Allen Craig	STL		KCR	tied 1-1	b 6	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	9	19%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
18	18	5	1	2012-07-15	Adam Dunn	CHW	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	3	DH	10%	56%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
19	19	6	1	2012-08-01	Carlos Santana	CLE	@	KCR	behind 0-4	t 4	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	5	2	6%	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
20	20	7	1	2012-08-06	Paul Konerko	CHW		KCR	behind 1-2	b 7	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	4	3	22%	59%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
21	21	8	2	2012-08-06	Gordon Beckham	CHW		KCR	tied 2-2	b 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	4	29%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
22	22	9	1	2012-08-17	Paul Konerko	CHW	@	KCR	behind 0-1	t 4	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	DH	13%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
23	23	10	1	2012-08-28	Delmon Young	DET	@	KCR	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	-2-	2,(0-1) FX	2	5	DH	16%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); A. Dirks Scores
24	24	11	1	2012-09-02	Chris Parmelee	MIN	@	KCR	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	6	9	10%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
25	25	12	1	2012-09-07	A.J. Pierzynski	CHW		KCR	behind 1-2	b 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	2	13%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
26	26	13	2	2012-09-07	Dewayne Wise	CHW		KCR	behind 2-3	b 5	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	3	7	15%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
27	27	14	3	2012-09-07	Alexei Ramírez	CHW		KCR	behind 3-5	b 6	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	6	26%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Viciedo Scores
28	28	15	1	2012-09-13	Josh Willingham	MIN		KCR	behind 0-2	b 1	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	DH	10%	40%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2013	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	2013-05-01	Matt Joyce	TBR	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	9	10%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
30	30	2	2	2013-05-01	Ben Zobrist	TBR	@	KCR	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	3	4	9%	67%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
31	31	3	3	2013-05-01	Luke Scott	TBR	@	KCR	ahead 5-1	t 4	0	---	6,(3-2) CBSBBX	1	7	DH	4%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
32	32	4	1	2013-05-08	J.J. Hardy	BAL		KCR	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	7	6	16%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); M. Wieters Scores
33	33	5	1	2013-05-29	Matt Holliday	STL		KCR	behind 0-2	b 6	0	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	3	7	14%	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
34	34	6	1	2013-06-04	Ryan Doumit	MIN	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	10,(3-2) CBFBBFFFFX	1	5	DH	13%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
35	35	7	1	2013-06-14	Matt Joyce	TBR		KCR	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	1	9	11%	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
36	36	8	1	2013-06-19	Michael Brantley	CLE		KCR	behind 0-2	b 5	0	---	5,(2-2) BFBFX	1	5	7	13%	40%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
37	37	9	1	2013-07-22	J.J. Hardy	BAL	@	KCR	ahead 7-2	t 6	1	--3	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	6	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Davis Scores
38	38	10	1	2013-08-02	Eric Young Jr.	NYM		KCR	tied 2-2	b 11	2	1--	5,(3-1) 1BB1BCX	2	1	7	44%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); O. Quintanilla Scores