Nelson Figueroa
Nelson Figueroa
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 155 lb.

Born: May 18, 1974 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Abraham Lincoln (Brooklyn, NY)
School: Brandeis University
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 30th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 3, 2000
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Standard Pitching

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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
2000 26 ARI NL 0 1 .000 7.47 3 3 0 0 0 0 15.2 17 13 13 4 5 0 7 0 0 2 68 64 1.404 9.8 2.3 2.9 4.0 1.40
2001 27 PHI NL 4 5 .444 3.94 19 13 1 0 0 0 89.0 95 40 39 8 37 3 61 7 0 2 393 108 1.483 9.6 0.8 3.7 6.2 1.65
2002 28 MIL NL 1 7 .125 5.03 30 11 4 0 0 0 93.0 96 59 52 18 37 6 51 4 0 5 412 81 1.430 9.3 1.7 3.6 4.9 1.38
2003 29 PIT NL 2 1 .667 3.31 12 3 1 0 0 0 35.1 28 13 13 8 13 2 23 2 0 2 146 132 1.160 7.1 2.0 3.3 5.9 1.77
2004 30 PIT NL 0 3 .000 5.72 10 3 0 0 0 0 28.1 32 18 18 4 11 1 10 0 0 3 121 75 1.518 10.2 1.3 3.5 3.2 0.91
2008 34 NYM NL 3 3 .500 4.57 16 6 2 0 0 0 45.1 48 26 23 3 26 1 36 2 0 0 211 92 1.632 9.5 0.6 5.2 7.1 1.38
2009 35 NYM NL 3 8 .273 4.09 16 10 2 1 1 0 70.1 80 33 32 8 24 4 59 9 0 1 320 100 1.479 10.2 1.0 3.1 7.5 2.46
7 Seasons 13 28 .317 4.54 106 49 10 1 1 0 377.0 396 202 190 53 153 17 247 24 0 15 1671 93 1.456 9.5 1.3 3.7 5.9 1.61
162 Game Avg. 6 12 .317 4.54 47 21 4 0 0 0 165 174 89 83 23 67 7 108 11 0 7 733 93 1.456 9.5 1.3 3.7 5.9 1.61
NYM (2 yrs) 6 11 .353 4.28 32 16 4 1 1 0 115.2 128 59 55 11 50 5 95 11 0 1 531 97 1.539 10.0 0.9 3.9 7.4 1.90
PIT (2 yrs) 2 4 .333 4.38 22 6 1 0 0 0 63.2 60 31 31 12 24 3 33 2 0 5 267 99 1.319 8.5 1.7 3.4 4.7 1.38
ARI (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.47 3 3 0 0 0 0 15.2 17 13 13 4 5 0 7 0 0 2 68 64 1.404 9.8 2.3 2.9 4.0 1.40
PHI (1 yr) 4 5 .444 3.94 19 13 1 0 0 0 89.0 95 40 39 8 37 3 61 7 0 2 393 108 1.483 9.6 0.8 3.7 6.2 1.65
MIL (1 yr) 1 7 .125 5.03 30 11 4 0 0 0 93.0 96 59 52 18 37 6 51 4 0 5 412 81 1.430 9.3 1.7 3.6 4.9 1.38

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
2000 26 ARI NL 3 68 60 13 17 4 0 4 1 2 5 7 .283 .328 .550 .878 .255 33 0 0 1 2 0
2001 27 PHI NL 19 393 345 40 95 22 3 8 7 2 37 61 .275 .357 .426 .783 .315 147 8 7 4 0 3
2002 28 MIL NL 30 412 355 59 96 21 1 18 6 2 37 51 .270 .342 .487 .829 .268 173 5 4 11 5 6
2003 29 PIT NL 12 146 127 13 28 4 0 8 2 0 13 23 .220 .299 .441 .740 .204 56 2 2 2 2 2
2004 30 PIT NL 10 121 106 18 32 7 3 4 0 2 11 10 .302 .368 .538 .905 .304 57 4 0 4 0 1
2008 34 NYM NL 16 211 180 26 48 11 0 3 3 0 26 36 .267 .364 .378 .741 .317 68 3 2 2 1 1
2009 35 NYM NL 16 320 280 33 80 16 1 8 4 2 24 59 .286 .356 .436 .792 .332 122 3 9 3 4 4
7 Seasons 106 1671 1453 202 396 85 8 53 23 10 153 247 .273 .349 .451 .800 .294 656 25 24 27 14 17
162 Game Avg. 47 733 637 89 174 37 4 23 10 4 67 108 .273 .349 .451 .800 .294 288 11 11 12 6 7
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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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
2000 26 ARI NL 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 0 0% 40 44 31 3 1 0 3 6.0 5.1 5.2 83 1 2 0 0 93
2001 27 PHI NL 19 13 4 5 4 1 0 4 9 .308 1 1 0 0 6 46% 50 66 33 13 5 0 6 4.8 3.8 6.0 94 1 8 4 0 106
2002 28 MIL NL 30 11 1 5 5 0 1 5 6 .455 0 4 0 0 3 27% 42 55 25 9 2 1 6 4.6 3.1 5.4 90 2 5 4 0 114
2003 29 PIT NL 12 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 .667 0 2 0 0 1 33% 49 53 46 1 1 0 2 4.8 1.2 5.3 88 1 2 0 0 97
2004 30 PIT NL 10 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 1 33% 38 55 30 3 1 0 2 3.3 2.7 4.0 58 3 0 0 0 75
2008 34 NYM NL 16 6 2 3 1 1 0 3 3 .500 0 1 0 0 2 33% 46 68 30 5 1 0 4 3.5 4.6 5.6 97 0 4 2 0 108
2009 35 NYM NL 16 10 2 8 0 0 3 2 8 .200 0 0 1 1 5 50% 51 86 10 5 0 1 7 2.6 2.6 5.8 99 2 2 5 1 126
7 Seasons 106 49 11 24 14 3 4 17 32 .347 1 9 1 1 18 37% 47 86 10 39 11 2 30 4.2 3.4 5.6 91 10 23 15 1 126
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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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
2001 27 PHI NL 19 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 6 0.915 0 1 5 0 0 6 1 5 5 1 6 0 5.7 32
2002 28 MIL NL 30 19 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 6 2 33% 6 0.713 1 5 13 1 2 16 3 16 12 2 13 4 5.3 24
2003 29 PIT NL 12 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 3 0.656 1 1 7 0 0 9 3 6 8 0 8 0 6.4 29
2004 30 PIT NL 10 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 40% 3 0.581 1 3 3 0 1 6 4 3 6 1 6 2 7.0 36
2008 34 NYM NL 16 10 2 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 5 83% 4 0.991 3 1 6 3 1 6 3 7 2 2 3 1 3.6 22
2009 35 NYM NL 16 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 9 0.906 2 0 3 1 1 4 2 4 4 0 4 1 6.2 38
6 Seasons 103 57 10 2 4 1 0 1 0% 2 1 35 14 40% 0.822 8 11 37 5 5 47 16 41 37 6 40 8 5.5 28

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
2000 26 ARI NL 68 51% 5.9% 10.3% 7.4% 11.8% 47% 0.79 1.24 75% 23% 16.0% 11% 8 0 0%
2001 27 PHI NL 393 38% 2.0% 15.5% 9.4% 8.4% 35% 0.83 1.15 70% 26% 6.5% 17% 55 8 15%
2002 28 MIL NL 412 44% 4.4% 12.4% 9.0% 9.7% 42% 0.63 0.87 71% 20% 11.4% 10% 72 5 7%
2003 29 PIT NL 146 32% 5.5% 15.8% 8.9% 8.2% 43% 0.81 1.13 67% 13% 15.7% 12% 14 2 14%
2004 30 PIT NL 121 41% 3.3% 8.3% 9.1% 11.6% 44% 1.11 1.70 76% 10% 9.3% 4% 22 4 18%
2008 34 NYM NL 211 39% 1.4% 17.1% 12.3% 6.6% 29% 0.73 0.74 67% 16% 3.8% 6% 40 3 8%
2009 35 NYM NL 320 44% 2.5% 18.4% 7.5% 7.8% 31% 0.62 0.88 68% 23% 6.6% 12% 47 3 6%
7 Seasons 1671 41% 3.2% 14.8% 9.2% 8.7% 37% 0.74 1.00 70% 20% 8.8% 11% 258 25 10%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
2000 26 ARI NL 68 249 3.66 146 59% 33% 9% 20% 38% 67% 0% 39% 87% 53% 10% 7 5 16% 11 4 0 57% 2 2 0 0 0
2001 27 PHI NL 393 1415 3.60 891 63% 30% 13% 24% 32% 70% 2% 44% 81% 62% 3% 13 9 21% 83 41 7 39% 11 1 0 0 0
2002 28 MIL NL 412 1450 3.52 903 62% 31% 11% 23% 35% 69% 4% 43% 84% 61% 5% 22 16 17% 72 43 6 24% 7 1 0 0 0
2003 29 PIT NL 146 522 3.58 314 60% 27% 17% 21% 34% 73% 4% 44% 77% 49% 10% 14 12 12% 18 10 1 13% 5 0 0 0 0
2004 30 PIT NL 121 422 3.49 253 60% 26% 13% 22% 40% 74% 1% 44% 83% 58% 5% 6 4 17% 21 12 1 10% 3 1 0 0 0
2008 34 NYM NL 211 797 3.78 495 62% 33% 13% 25% 30% 67% 1% 42% 81% 63% 5% 10 3 22% 46 32 1 42% 7 6 0 0 0
2009 35 NYM NL 320 1215 3.80 753 62% 28% 13% 28% 30% 72% 3% 45% 82% 60% 7% 21 13 21% 67 37 5 31% 14 4 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1671 6070 3.63 3755 62% 30% 13% 24% 33% 70% 2% 43% 82% 60% 6% 93 62 19% 318 179 21 31% 49 15 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
2000 26 ARI NL 68 17 0 0 4 0 0 3 1 1 3 3 2 0 67% 2 2 0 22 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 0
2001 27 PHI NL 393 95 6 1 8 0 5 4 4 6 2 9 1 5 11% 1 2 0 137 7 2 78% 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
2002 28 MIL NL 412 96 8 2 18 0 10 6 12 11 7 28 16 3 57% 4 5 0 142 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 13 0
2003 29 PIT NL 146 28 3 1 8 0 3 6 2 4 4 5 2 1 40% 1 2 0 43 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
2004 30 PIT NL 121 32 1 0 4 0 4 2 2 2 2 12 8 1 67% 0 3 0 38 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2008 34 NYM NL 211 48 4 0 3 0 10 1 2 2 1 12 5 2 42% 3 0 0 83 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2009 35 NYM NL 320 80 10 1 8 0 14 6 2 6 2 19 8 4 42% 1 1 0 113 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
7 Seasons 1671 396 32 5 53 0 46 28 25 32 21 88 42 16 48% 12 15 0 578 23 10 70% 23 8 0 1 0 1 3 2 37 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
2000 26 0 1 .000 7.47 3 3 0 0 0 0 15.2 17 13 13 4 5 0 7 0 0 2 68 64 1.404 9.8 2.3 2.9 4.0 1.40 64
2001 27 4 6 .400 4.47 22 16 1 0 0 0 104.2 112 53 52 12 42 3 68 7 0 4 461 97 1.471 9.6 1.0 3.6 5.8 1.62 97
2002 28 5 13 .278 4.74 52 27 5 0 0 0 197.2 208 112 104 30 79 9 119 11 0 9 873 89 1.452 9.5 1.4 3.6 5.4 1.51 89
2003 29 7 14 .333 4.52 64 30 6 0 0 0 233.0 236 125 117 38 92 11 142 13 0 11 1019 94 1.408 9.1 1.5 3.6 5.5 1.54 94
2004 30 7 17 .292 4.65 74 33 6 0 0 0 261.1 268 143 135 42 103 12 152 13 0 14 1140 91 1.420 9.2 1.4 3.5 5.2 1.48 91
2005 31 7 17 .292 4.65 74 33 6 0 0 0 261.1 268 143 135 42 103 12 152 13 0 14 1140 91 1.420 9.2 1.4 3.5 5.2 1.48 91
2006 32 7 17 .292 4.65 74 33 6 0 0 0 261.1 268 143 135 42 103 12 152 13 0 14 1140 91 1.420 9.2 1.4 3.5 5.2 1.48 91
2007 33 7 17 .292 4.65 74 33 6 0 0 0 261.1 268 143 135 42 103 12 152 13 0 14 1140 91 1.420 9.2 1.4 3.5 5.2 1.48 91
2008 34 10 20 .333 4.64 90 39 8 0 0 0 306.2 316 169 158 45 129 13 188 15 0 14 1351 92 1.451 9.3 1.3 3.8 5.5 1.46 92
2009 35 13 28 .317 4.54 106 49 10 1 1 0 377.0 396 202 190 53 153 17 247 24 0 15 1671 93 1.456 9.5 1.3 3.7 5.9 1.61 93

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2000 26 0 1 .000 6.19 16.0 16 12 11 4 5 7 0 1.313 9.0 2.8 3.9 1.40 2.3 3
2001 27 5 4 .556 3.87 86.0 92 41 37 8 36 59 7 1.488 9.6 3.8 6.2 1.64 0.8 19
2002 28 4 6 .400 5.30 90.0 99 59 53 19 38 49 4 1.522 9.9 3.8 4.9 1.29 1.9 30
2003 29 2 1 .667 3.18 34.0 28 13 12 8 13 22 2 1.206 7.4 3.4 5.8 1.69 2.1 12
2004 30 1 1 .500 5.88 26.0 31 19 17 4 11 9 0 1.615 10.7 3.8 3.1 0.82 1.4 10
2008 34 2 3 .400 4.60 45.0 48 26 23 3 26 36 2 1.644 9.6 5.2 7.2 1.38 0.6 16
2009 35 3 4 .429 4.17 69.0 81 36 32 8 24 58 9 1.522 10.6 3.1 7.6 2.42 1.0 16
7 Seasons 17 20 .459 4.55 366.0 395 206 185 54 153 240 24 1.497 9.7 5.9 1.57 1.3 106

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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