Bob File
Robert Michael File
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: January 28, 1977 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: Father Judge (Philadelphia, PA)
School: Philadelphia University
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 19th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 2001
Final Game: September 30, 2004
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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
2001 24 TOR AL 5 3 .625 3.27 60 0 18 0 0 0 74.1 57 28 27 6 29 8 38 7 0 2 299 141 1.157 6.9 0.7 3.5 4.6 1.31
2002 25 TOR AL 0 1 .000 18.90 5 0 3 0 0 0 3.1 8 7 7 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 20 25 3.000 21.6 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
2004 27 TOR AL 1 0 1.000 4.81 24 0 6 0 0 0 33.2 45 19 18 4 12 2 15 2 0 1 154 100 1.693 12.0 1.1 3.2 4.0 1.25
3 Seasons 6 4 .600 4.20 89 0 27 0 0 0 111.1 110 54 52 10 43 10 55 9 0 3 473 111 1.374 8.9 0.8 3.5 4.4 1.28
162 Game Avg. 5 3 .600 4.20 68 0 21 0 0 0 85 84 41 40 8 33 8 42 7 0 2 361 111 1.374 8.9 0.8 3.5 4.4 1.28

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
2001 24 TOR AL 60 299 259 28 57 10 0 6 9 2 29 38 .220 .314 .328 .642 .236 85 13 7 3 1 8
2002 25 TOR AL 5 20 17 7 8 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 .471 .526 .588 1.115 .533 10 0 0 1 0 0
2004 27 TOR AL 24 154 136 19 45 10 0 4 3 0 12 15 .331 .383 .493 .876 .339 67 7 2 0 4 2
3 Seasons 89 473 412 54 110 22 0 10 12 2 43 55 .267 .345 .393 .739 .284 162 20 9 4 5 10
162 Game Avg. 68 361 315 41 84 17 0 8 9 2 33 42 .267 .345 .393 .739 .284 124 15 7 3 4 8
MLB Averages

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 24 TOR AL 60 60 18 5 3 2 0 2 0% 9 6 44 9 20% 6 0.971 21 12 27 15 12 33 25 35 27 17 31 14 3.7 18
2002 25 TOR AL 5 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0% 8 0.732 1 0 3 1 0 4 2 3 0 3 2 1 2.0 13
2004 27 TOR AL 24 24 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 17 5 29% 4 0.413 3 3 18 7 0 17 13 11 13 3 13 2 4.2 21
3 Seasons 89 89 27 6 4 2 0 2 0% 12 9 64 14 22% 0.779 25 15 48 23 12 54 40 49 40 23 46 17 3.8 19

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%
2001 24 TOR AL 299 39% 2.0% 12.7% 9.7% 5.4% 28% 0.98 1.65 72% 21% 6.6% 16% 53 13 25%
2002 25 TOR AL 20 45% 0.0% 10.0% 10.0% 10.0% 25% 0.67 1.00 75% 38% 0.0% 11% 5 0 0%
2004 27 TOR AL 154 58% 2.6% 9.7% 7.8% 9.1% 31% 0.92 1.61 79% 23% 6.5% 5% 36 7 19%
3 Seasons 473 45% 2.1% 11.6% 9.1% 6.8% 29% 0.95 1.61 74% 23% 6.2% 12% 94 20 21%
MLB Averages

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
2001 24 TOR AL 299 1073 3.59 661 62% 29% 10% 27% 34% 71% 7% 44% 86% 57% 6% 17 5 21% 63 40 1 29% 5 5 0 0 0
2002 25 TOR AL 20 65 3.25 38 58% 29% 16% 13% 42% 71% 0% 42% 78% 30% 10% 2 2 5% 1 1 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0
2004 27 TOR AL 154 515 3.34 340 66% 30% 8% 25% 37% 70% 5% 46% 88% 58% 5% 8 2 21% 33 22 3 47% 5 4 0 0 0
3 Seasons 473 1653 3.49 1039 63% 30% 10% 26% 35% 70% 6% 44% 86% 56% 6% 27 9 21% 97 63 4 35% 10 9 0 0 0
MLB Averages

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
2001 24 TOR AL 299 57 4 1 6 0 15 3 3 1 5 21 9 1 43% 2 2 0 103 9 2 82% 7 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
2002 25 TOR AL 20 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 100% 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 27 TOR AL 154 45 3 0 4 0 7 1 3 0 4 12 9 0 75% 2 1 0 70 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
3 Seasons 473 110 7 1 10 0 23 4 6 1 9 36 21 1 58% 4 3 0 183 12 2 86% 9 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 10 0
MLB Averages

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+
2001 24 5 3 .625 3.27 60 0 18 0 0 0 74.1 57 28 27 6 29 8 38 7 0 2 299 141 1.157 6.9 0.7 3.5 4.6 1.31 141
2002 25 5 4 .556 3.94 65 0 21 0 0 0 77.2 65 35 34 6 31 8 40 7 0 2 319 117 1.236 7.5 0.7 3.6 4.6 1.29 117
2003 26 5 4 .556 3.94 65 0 21 0 0 0 77.2 65 35 34 6 31 8 40 7 0 2 319 117 1.236 7.5 0.7 3.6 4.6 1.29 117
2004 27 6 4 .600 4.20 89 0 27 0 0 0 111.1 110 54 52 10 43 10 55 9 0 3 473 111 1.374 8.9 0.8 3.5 4.4 1.28 111

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2001 24 4 3 .571 3.21 70.0 54 28 25 6 27 36 7 1.157 6.9 3.5 4.6 1.33 0.8 60
2002 25 0 0 18.00 3.0 8 7 6 0 2 2 0 3.333 24.0 6.0 6.0 1.00 0.0 5
2004 27 1 2 .333 4.64 33.0 43 19 17 4 11 15 2 1.636 11.7 3.0 4.1 1.36 1.1 24
3 Seasons 5 5 .500 4.08 106.0 105 54 48 10 40 53 9 1.368 8.9 4.5 1.33 0.8 89

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Similarity Scores

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