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Keith Foulke

Keith Charles Foulke

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 19, 1972 in Ellsworth Air Force Base, SD
High School: Hargrave HS (Huffman, TX)
School: Lewis-Clark State College (Lewiston, ID)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 9th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 21, 1997
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/RedSox/Athletics/Giants 1997-2008
Agents: Dan Horwits [*]
Final Game: September 18, 2008
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

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
1997 24 TOT MLB 4 5 .444 6.38 27 8 5 0 0 3 73.1 88 52 52 13 23 2 54 4 0 1 326 67 1.514 10.8 1.6 2.8 6.6 2.35
1997 24 SFG NL 1 5 .167 8.26 11 8 0 0 0 0 44.2 60 41 41 9 18 1 33 4 0 1 209 50 1.746 12.1 1.8 3.6 6.6 1.83
1997 24 CHW AL 3 0 1.000 3.45 16 0 5 0 0 3 28.2 28 11 11 4 5 1 21 0 0 0 117 129 1.151 8.8 1.3 1.6 6.6 4.20
1998 25 CHW AL 3 2 .600 4.13 54 0 18 0 0 1 65.1 51 31 30 9 20 3 57 4 1 3 267 111 1.087 7.0 1.2 2.8 7.9 2.85
1999 26 CHW AL 3 3 .500 2.22 67 0 31 0 0 9 105.1 72 28 26 11 21 4 123 3 0 1 411 222 0.883 6.2 0.9 1.8 10.5 5.86 CYA-10
2000 27 CHW AL 3 1 .750 2.97 72 0 58 0 0 34 88.0 66 31 29 9 22 2 91 2 0 1 350 170 1.000 6.8 0.9 2.3 9.3 4.14
2001 28 CHW AL 4 9 .308 2.33 72 0 69 0 0 42 81.0 57 21 21 3 22 1 75 8 0 1 322 199 0.975 6.3 0.3 2.4 8.3 3.41
2002 29 CHW AL 2 4 .333 2.90 65 0 35 0 0 11 77.2 65 26 25 7 13 2 58 2 0 1 306 156 1.004 7.5 0.8 1.5 6.7 4.46
2003 30 OAK AL 9 1 .900 2.08 72 0 67 0 0 43 86.2 57 21 20 10 20 2 88 7 1 0 338 215 0.888 5.9 1.0 2.1 9.1 4.40 AS,CYA-7,MVP-15
2004 31 BOS AL 5 3 .625 2.17 72 0 61 0 0 32 83.0 63 22 20 8 15 5 79 6 0 3 333 223 0.940 6.8 0.9 1.6 8.6 5.27
2005 32 BOS AL 5 5 .500 5.91 43 0 37 0 0 15 45.2 53 30 30 8 18 1 34 5 0 0 210 77 1.555 10.4 1.6 3.5 6.7 1.89
2006 33 BOS AL 3 1 .750 4.35 44 0 16 0 0 0 49.2 52 24 24 9 7 0 36 2 0 2 205 110 1.188 9.4 1.6 1.3 6.5 5.14
2008 35 OAK AL 0 3 .000 4.06 31 0 9 0 0 1 31.0 28 14 14 7 13 2 23 1 0 1 133 102 1.323 8.1 2.0 3.8 6.7 1.77
11 Yrs 41 37 .526 3.33 619 8 406 0 0 191 786.2 652 300 291 94 194 24 718 44 2 14 3201 140 1.075 7.5 1.1 2.2 8.2 3.70
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .526 3.33 67 1 44 0 0 21 85 71 33 32 10 21 3 78 5 0 2 347 140 1.075 7.5 1.1 2.2 8.2 3.70
CHW (6 yrs) 18 19 .486 2.87 346 0 216 0 0 100 446.0 339 148 142 43 103 13 425 19 1 7 1773 166 0.991 6.8 0.9 2.1 8.6 4.13
BOS (3 yrs) 13 9 .591 3.73 159 0 114 0 0 47 178.1 168 76 74 25 40 6 149 13 0 5 748 127 1.166 8.5 1.3 2.0 7.5 3.73
OAK (2 yrs) 9 4 .692 2.60 103 0 76 0 0 44 117.2 85 35 34 17 33 4 111 8 1 1 471 168 1.003 6.5 1.3 2.5 8.5 3.36
SFG (1 yr) 1 5 .167 8.26 11 8 0 0 0 0 44.2 60 41 41 9 18 1 33 4 0 1 209 50 1.746 12.1 1.8 3.6 6.6 1.83
AL (11 yrs) 40 32 .556 3.03 608 0 406 0 0 191 742.0 592 259 250 85 176 23 685 40 2 13 2992 155 1.035 7.2 1.0 2.1 8.3 3.89
NL (1 yr) 1 5 .167 8.26 11 8 0 0 0 0 44.2 60 41 41 9 18 1 33 4 0 1 209 50 1.746 12.1 1.8 3.6 6.6 1.83

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1997 24 SFG NL 44.2 11 8 41 8.26 4.93 0.28 0.09 94.6 4.48 -19 -1.7 1.0 -0.0 -1.4 -14 .349 .490 $
1997 24 CHW AL 28.2 16 0 11 3.45 4.98 -0.16 -0.37 94.8 4.52 3 0.3 1.6 0.0 0.6 7 .520 .502 $150,000
1998 25 CHW AL 65.1 54 0 31 4.27 5.08 0.03 -0.39 97.7 4.56 2 0.2 1.1 -0.1 0.7 11 .504 .501 $185,000
1999 26 CHW AL 105.1 67 0 28 2.39 5.34 -0.09 -0.39 100.3 5.05 32 3.0 1.4 0.3 4.3 45 .545 .519 $255,000 CYA-10
2000 27 CHW AL 88.0 72 0 31 3.17 5.37 0.03 -0.39 102.1 5.06 18 1.7 1.8 0.4 2.9 30 .523 .510 $375,000
2001 28 CHW AL 81.0 72 0 21 2.33 4.96 0.03 -0.37 102.8 4.68 21 2.1 1.9 0.8 3.7 31 .529 .513 $3,100,000
2002 29 CHW AL 77.2 65 0 26 3.01 4.73 0.07 -0.36 100.2 4.30 11 1.1 1.0 -0.2 1.6 21 .517 .507 $4,000,000
2003 30 OAK AL 86.2 72 0 21 2.18 4.93 0.02 -0.37 98.4 4.47 22 2.2 1.5 0.4 3.4 33 .531 .514 $6,000,000 AS,CYA-7,MVP-15
2004 31 BOS AL 83.0 72 0 22 2.39 5.07 -0.08 -0.38 103.7 4.95 23 2.3 1.5 0.3 3.4 34 .531 .514 $3,500,000
2005 32 BOS AL 45.2 43 0 30 5.91 5.00 -0.14 -0.38 104.1 4.96 -5 -0.5 1.2 -0.2 -0.2 1 .488 .497 $7,500,000
2006 33 BOS AL 49.2 44 0 24 4.35 5.15 -0.18 -0.38 103.8 5.14 4 0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.7 11 .509 .502 $7,750,000
2008 35 OAK AL 31.0 31 0 14 4.06 4.85 0.27 -0.36 93.6 3.95 -1 -0.1 1.1 -0.1 0.1 3 .497 .499 $700,000
11 Seasons 786.2 619 8 300 3.43 5.06 -0.00 -0.35 100.3 4.73 110 10.9 1.4 1.5 19.8 213 .518 .506 $33,515,000
CHW (6 yrs) 446.0 346 0 148 2.99 5.11 -0.00 -0.38 100.4 4.75 86 8.4 1.5 1.3 13.8 146 .524 .509 $8,065,000
BOS (3 yrs) 178.1 159 0 76 3.84 5.07 -0.13 -0.38 103.8 5.00 22 2.1 1.3 0.0 3.9 46 .513 .504 $18,750,000
OAK (2 yrs) 117.2 103 0 35 2.68 4.91 0.09 -0.37 97.2 4.33 21 2.1 1.4 0.3 3.5 36 .521 .507 $6,700,000
SFG (1 yr) 44.2 11 8 41 8.26 4.93 0.28 0.09 94.6 4.48 -19 -1.7 1.0 -0.0 -1.4 -14 .349 .490 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2000 27 CHW AL ALDS L SEA 0 1 .000 11.57 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 4 3 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 13 2.571 15.4 7.7 7.7 7.7 1.00
2003 30 OAK AL ALDS L BOS 0 1 .000 3.60 3 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 4 2 2 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 21 1.200 7.2 0.0 3.6 5.4 1.50
2004 31 BOS AL ALDS W ANA 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 1 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 12 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 15.0 5.00
2004 31 BOS AL ALCS W NYY 0 0 0.00 5 0 3 0 0 1 6.0 1 0 0 0 6 0 6 1 0 0 26 1.167 1.5 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
2004 31 BOS AL WS W STL 1 0 1.000 1.80 4 0 4 0 0 1 5.0 4 1 1 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 21 1.000 7.2 1.8 1.8 14.4 8.00
3 Yrs (5 Series) 1 2 .333 2.53 16 0 12 0 0 3 21.1 15 6 6 3 12 3 24 1 0 0 93 1.266 6.3 1.3 5.1 10.1 2.00
3 ALDS 0 2 .000 4.35 7 0 5 0 0 1 10.1 10 5 5 2 5 2 10 0 0 0 46 1.452 8.7 1.7 4.4 8.7 2.00
1 ALCS 0 0 0.00 5 0 3 0 0 1 6.0 1 0 0 0 6 0 6 1 0 0 26 1.167 1.5 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1 WS 1 0 1.000 1.80 4 0 4 0 0 1 5.0 4 1 1 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 21 1.000 7.2 1.8 1.8 14.4 8.00

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2003 OAK AL 30 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1997 24 TOT MLB 27 326 295 52 88 13 3 13 8 5 23 54 .298 .356 .495 .851 .328 146 7 4 3 1 2 4
1997 24 CHW AL 16 117 110 11 28 4 1 4 1 1 5 21 .255 .284 .418 .703 .279 46 3 0 1 1 1 2
1997 24 SFG NL 11 209 185 41 60 9 2 9 7 4 18 33 .324 .396 .541 .937 .357 100 4 4 2 0 1 2
1998 25 CHW AL 54 267 239 31 51 11 2 9 3 1 20 57 .213 .283 .389 .672 .240 93 3 4 2 2 3 1
1999 26 CHW AL 67 411 384 28 72 18 0 11 1 2 21 123 .188 .235 .320 .556 .244 123 4 3 3 0 4 5
2000 27 CHW AL 72 350 319 31 66 11 2 9 5 3 22 91 .207 .261 .339 .599 .258 108 4 2 5 2 2 5
2001 28 CHW AL 72 322 287 21 57 7 1 3 3 1 22 75 .199 .274 .261 .535 .257 75 9 8 4 1 1 1
2002 29 CHW AL 65 306 289 26 65 7 1 7 6 0 13 58 .225 .263 .329 .592 .259 95 7 2 2 0 2 3
2003 30 OAK AL 72 338 309 21 57 11 2 10 9 3 20 88 .184 .249 .330 .579 .222 102 4 7 1 1 2 3
2004 31 BOS AL 72 333 306 22 63 13 1 8 3 2 15 79 .206 .254 .333 .587 .247 102 0 6 2 4 5 4
2005 32 BOS AL 43 210 184 30 53 11 2 8 3 0 18 34 .288 .365 .500 .865 .315 92 2 5 2 1 1 0
2006 33 BOS AL 44 205 192 24 52 15 0 9 1 0 7 36 .271 .298 .490 .787 .285 94 3 2 0 4 0 0
2008 35 OAK AL 31 133 116 14 28 8 0 7 3 1 13 23 .241 .318 .491 .810 .239 57 1 1 1 2 2 1
11 Yrs 619 3201 2920 300 652 125 14 94 45 18 194 718 .223 .280 .372 .652 .262 1087 44 44 25 18 24 27
162 Game Avg. 67 347 317 33 71 14 2 10 5 2 21 78 .223 .280 .372 .652 .262 118 5 5 3 2 3 3
MLB Averages .266 .336 .424 .760 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1997 24 TOT MLB -15.1 -1.4 340 -0.4 5.5 -5.9 .96 -0.8 0.3 -7.4 -0.7 0.96 -9.3 9 5 5
1997 24 SFG NL -18.9 -1.7 220 -1.0 3.0 -4.0 .86 -1.0 -0.2 -11.3 -1.1 0.86 -10.9 1 1 1
1997 24 CHW AL 3.8 0.4 120 0.6 2.5 -1.9 1.14 0.2 0.3 3.9 0.4 1.14 1.6 8 4 4
1998 25 CHW AL 4.1 0.4 276 1.6 5.4 -3.8 1.03 1.3 0.3 6.6 0.6 1.03 14.3 19 10 24
1999 26 CHW AL 31.6 3.0 417 3.5 10.9 -7.3 1.28 2.9 -0.2 37.2 3.5 1.28 38.5 31 17 19
2000 27 CHW AL 20.1 1.9 357 6.4 12.7 -6.3 1.69 2.3 1.5 23.6 2.2 1.69 26.7 37 13 20
2001 28 CHW AL 21.0 2.0 329 2.3 11.5 -9.2 1.86 1.8 -0.6 20.5 2.0 1.86 25.1 45 15 12
2002 29 CHW AL 14.5 1.4 314 0.4 6.1 -5.6 1.15 1.5 -1.1 19.0 1.9 1.15 23.5 21 13 28
2003 30 OAK AL 23.7 2.3 360 4.6 11.5 -6.9 1.65 2.2 0.6 27.7 2.7 1.65 25.7 41 15 14
2004 31 BOS AL 23.7 2.3 348 2.8 10.1 -7.3 1.51 1.8 0.1 25.8 2.4 1.51 22.1 35 12 25
2005 32 BOS AL -5.4 -0.5 214 -1.8 4.9 -6.7 1.59 -0.7 -0.4 -5.8 -0.5 1.59 -6.1 15 9 16
2006 33 BOS AL 3.2 0.3 210 1.0 3.7 -2.6 .89 0.2 0.9 3.7 0.3 0.89 0.2 16 8 18
2008 35 OAK AL 1.0 0.1 137 0.1 2.4 -2.4 1.03 -0.4 0.5 0.9 0.1 1.03 -3.3 11 6 14
11 Yrs 122.3 11.8 3302 20.6 84.7 -64.1 1.37 12.2 2.9 151.7 14.5 1.37 157.2 280 123 195

Starting Pitching*

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
1997 24 TOT MLB 27 8 1 4 3 0 0 3 5 .375 0 1 0 0 2 25% 69 15 21 13 1 1 3.2 2.9 4.7 81 2 6 0 0 96
1997 24 SFG NL 11 8 1 4 3 0 0 3 5 .375 0 1 0 0 2 25% 40.4 69 15 15 12 1 1 3.2 2.9 4.7 81 2 6 0 0 96
1 Yr 11 8 1 4 3 0 0 3 5 .375 0 1 0 0 2 25% 40 69 15 15 12 1 1 3.2 2.9 4.7 81 2 6 0 0 96
MLB Averages .500 48% 48 105 -21 4.8 4.8 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

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
1997 24 TOT MLB 27 19 5 3 1 6 3 3 50% 11 5 12 2 17% .961 9 5 5 12 2 5 8 11 12 4 12 3 5.7 29
1997 24 SFG NL 11 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 0 0% 3 .862 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 2 0 7.3 39
1997 24 CHW AL 16 16 5 3 0 5 3 2 60% 10 5 10 2 20% 7 1.139 8 4 4 11 2 3 7 9 10 3 10 3 5.4 28
1998 25 CHW AL 54 54 18 3 2 2 1 1 50% 15 13 40 10 25% 7 1.029 19 10 24 25 8 21 24 30 23 17 23 9 3.6 19
1999 26 CHW AL 67 67 31 3 3 13 9 4 69% 36 22 23 3 13% 8 1.276 31 17 19 43 7 17 16 51 38 1 40 13 4.7 24
2000 27 CHW AL 72 72 58 3 1 39 34 5 87% 42 3 23 4 17% 9 1.693 37 13 20 55 3 14 15 57 26 7 26 15 3.7 19
2001 28 CHW AL 72 72 69 4 9 45 42 3 93% 45 0 26 10 38% 9 1.862 45 15 12 54 13 5 15 57 17 7 19 26 3.4 17
2002 29 CHW AL 65 65 35 2 4 14 11 3 79% 24 8 21 3 14% 9 1.153 21 13 28 42 7 16 12 53 20 7 22 14 3.6 17
2003 30 OAK AL 72 72 67 9 1 48 43 5 90% 48 0 23 4 17% 9 1.651 41 15 14 57 7 8 15 57 21 2 22 21 3.6 19
2004 31 BOS AL 72 72 61 5 3 39 32 7 82% 39 0 17 4 24% 9 1.511 35 12 25 57 9 6 10 62 19 2 19 20 3.5 18
2005 32 BOS AL 43 43 37 5 5 19 15 4 79% 20 1 13 4 31% 9 1.588 15 9 16 30 5 8 8 35 8 4 9 10 3.2 19
2006 33 BOS AL 44 44 16 3 1 0 0 0 14 14 18 5 28% 8 .895 16 8 18 26 5 13 11 33 13 6 16 10 3.4 18
2008 35 OAK AL 31 31 9 0 3 2 1 1 50% 10 8 9 5 56% 8 1.028 11 6 14 14 3 14 5 26 3 3 3 8 3.0 17
11 Yrs 619 611 406 40 33 227 191 36 84% 304 74 225 54 24% 1.366 280 123 195 415 69 127 139 472 200 60 211 149 3.7 19

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1997 24 TOT MLB 326 56% 4.0% 16.6% 7.1% 8.9% 33% 0.73 0.89 70% 25% 10.8% 13% 62 7 11%
1997 24 SFG NL 209 56% 4.3% 15.8% 8.6% 9.6% 33% 0.80 1.06 68% 25% 12.5% 13% 36 4 11%
1997 24 CHW AL 117 58% 3.4% 18.0% 4.3% 7.7% 32% 0.64 0.68 74% 26% 8.3% 13% 26 3 12%
1998 25 CHW AL 267 57% 3.4% 21.4% 7.5% 8.2% 43% 0.59 0.74 66% 22% 10.1% 23% 40 3 8%
1999 26 CHW AL 411 51% 2.7% 29.9% 5.1% 7.1% 40% 0.53 0.68 61% 17% 8.6% 23% 61 4 7%
2000 27 CHW AL 350 49% 2.6% 26.0% 6.3% 6.3% 33% 0.48 0.63 63% 23% 7.3% 17% 64 4 6%
2001 28 CHW AL 322 46% 0.9% 23.3% 6.8% 3.4% 19% 0.45 0.65 65% 23% 2.9% 27% 66 9 14%
2002 29 CHW AL 306 50% 2.3% 19.0% 4.3% 4.9% 23% 0.68 0.84 73% 22% 6.2% 15% 49 7 14%
2003 30 OAK AL 338 50% 3.0% 26.0% 5.9% 6.8% 40% 0.41 0.45 63% 19% 7.7% 17% 46 4 9%
2004 31 BOS AL 333 46% 2.4% 23.7% 4.5% 6.6% 35% 0.52 0.60 67% 17% 5.9% 11% 37 0 0%
2005 32 BOS AL 210 42% 3.8% 16.2% 8.6% 10.0% 40% 0.37 0.39 68% 14% 8.5% 15% 29 2 7%
2006 33 BOS AL 205 47% 4.4% 17.6% 3.4% 11.7% 46% 0.32 0.45 74% 22% 8.3% 10% 33 3 9%
2008 35 OAK AL 133 53% 5.3% 17.3% 9.8% 11.3% 54% 0.47 0.50 66% 19% 12.1% 9% 23 1 4%
11 Yrs 3201 50% 2.9% 22.4% 6.1% 7.3% 36% 0.51 0.63 66% 20% 7.8% 17% 510 44 9%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.9% 8.7% 8.0% 34% 0.79 1.08 70% 21% 8.0% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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
1997 24 TOT MLB 327 1202 3.68 751 62% 28% 12% 27% 33% 72% 2% 45% 83% 64% 5% 15 8 21% 70 35 2 43% 9 5 -1 0 0
1997 24 SFG NL 210 760 3.62 468 62% 28% 13% 25% 33% 72% 1% 44% 81% 63% 6% 12 7 20% 43 18 1 42% 6 4 -1 0 0
1997 24 CHW AL 117 442 3.78 283 64% 27% 10% 30% 32% 73% 3% 47% 86% 65% 3% 3 1 23% 27 17 1 43% 3 1 0 0 0
1998 25 CHW AL 268 1009 3.76 648 64% 31% 15% 25% 29% 69% 2% 44% 78% 60% 3% 7 3 23% 61 34 3 42% 9 2 -1 0 0
1999 26 CHW AL 411 1610 3.92 1082 67% 27% 21% 28% 24% 73% 2% 49% 71% 67% 3% 13 5 31% 129 71 6 24% 20 4 0 0 0
2000 27 CHW AL 350 1367 3.91 919 67% 22% 21% 31% 26% 78% 2% 52% 73% 63% 5% 16 9 27% 96 65 8 21% 13 5 0 0 0
2001 28 CHW AL 322 1198 3.72 802 67% 24% 20% 29% 27% 76% 1% 51% 73% 66% 2% 6 3 30% 95 55 3 16% 11 2 0 0 0
2002 29 CHW AL 306 1134 3.71 736 65% 24% 16% 29% 32% 76% 2% 49% 79% 63% 3% 10 7 22% 68 32 2 24% 9 2 0 0 0
2003 30 OAK AL 338 1360 4.02 916 67% 27% 20% 29% 24% 73% 2% 49% 73% 66% 3% 9 4 36% 123 72 6 30% 15 3 0 0 0
2004 31 BOS AL 334 1263 3.78 849 67% 28% 16% 29% 27% 72% 4% 48% 78% 66% 4% 12 4 30% 99 57 5 27% 7 3 -1 0 0
2005 32 BOS AL 210 819 3.90 522 64% 29% 13% 29% 29% 71% 1% 46% 81% 60% 3% 7 5 32% 67 46 7 32% 6 1 0 0 0
2006 33 BOS AL 205 773 3.77 512 66% 28% 12% 29% 31% 72% 0% 48% 83% 63% 1% 3 3 23% 48 31 2 31% 11 0 0 0 0
2008 35 OAK AL 133 542 4.08 340 63% 32% 11% 29% 28% 68% 2% 43% 84% 53% 6% 8 4 17% 23 10 1 35% 2 2 0 0 0
11 Yrs 3204 12277 3.83 8077 66% 27% 17% 29% 28% 73% 2% 48% 77% 64% 3% 106 55 27% 879 508 45 28% 112 29 -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.74 62% 27% 15% 27% 32% 73% 2% 46% 80% 58% 5% 21% 27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
1997 24 TOT MLB 326 88 14 3 13 0 2 8 5 4 9 11 6 1 55% 4 1 0 129 8 5 62% 7 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
1997 24 SFG NL 209 60 10 3 9 0 2 7 2 2 7 8 4 1 50% 2 1 0 80 7 4 64% 6 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
1997 24 CHW AL 117 28 4 0 4 0 0 1 3 2 2 3 2 0 67% 2 0 0 49 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1998 25 CHW AL 267 51 9 0 9 0 5 5 4 3 6 16 7 2 44% 1 3 0 89 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1999 26 CHW AL 411 72 8 2 11 0 11 5 6 6 5 16 2 6 13% 5 1 0 135 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2000 27 CHW AL 350 66 9 1 9 0 15 2 7 5 4 20 10 3 50% 5 1 0 122 5 3 63% 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2001 28 CHW AL 322 57 5 3 3 0 13 0 3 1 2 12 5 1 42% 1 1 0 128 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
2002 29 CHW AL 306 65 5 0 7 0 7 4 3 3 4 13 7 1 54% 3 1 0 91 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2003 30 OAK AL 338 57 3 0 10 0 8 5 5 7 3 11 5 3 45% 3 0 0 115 9 3 75% 9 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0
2004 31 BOS AL 333 63 4 0 8 0 9 5 3 4 4 21 5 8 24% 4 3 0 97 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2005 32 BOS AL 210 53 6 0 8 1 9 5 3 4 4 11 8 1 73% 0 0 0 85 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2006 33 BOS AL 205 52 2 0 9 0 0 3 6 6 3 7 6 1 86% 0 2 0 81 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2008 35 OAK AL 133 28 3 1 7 0 4 5 2 5 2 6 4 1 67% 1 1 0 48 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
11 Yrs 3201 652 68 10 94 1 83 47 47 48 46 144 65 28 45% 27 14 0 1120 45 18 71% 41 17 4 1 0 0 3 3 40 0
MLB Averages 54% 70%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1997 24 4 5 .444 6.38 27 8 5 0 0 3 73.1 88 52 52 13 23 2 54 4 0 1 326 67 1.514 10.8 1.6 2.8 6.6 2.35 67
1998 25 7 7 .500 5.32 81 8 23 0 0 4 138.2 139 83 82 22 43 5 111 8 1 4 593 83 1.313 9.0 1.4 2.8 7.2 2.58 83
1999 26 10 10 .500 3.98 148 8 54 0 0 13 244.0 211 111 108 33 64 9 234 11 1 5 1004 117 1.127 7.8 1.2 2.4 8.6 3.66 117
2000 27 13 11 .542 3.71 220 8 112 0 0 47 332.0 277 142 137 42 86 11 325 13 1 6 1354 128 1.093 7.5 1.1 2.3 8.8 3.78 128
2001 28 17 20 .459 3.44 292 8 181 0 0 89 413.0 334 163 158 45 108 12 400 21 1 7 1676 137 1.070 7.3 1.0 2.4 8.7 3.70 137
2002 29 19 24 .442 3.36 357 8 216 0 0 100 490.2 399 189 183 52 121 14 458 23 1 8 1982 140 1.060 7.3 1.0 2.2 8.4 3.79 140
2003 30 28 25 .528 3.16 429 8 283 0 0 143 577.1 456 210 203 62 141 16 546 30 2 8 2320 147 1.034 7.1 1.0 2.2 8.5 3.87 147
2004 31 33 28 .541 3.04 501 8 344 0 0 175 660.1 519 232 223 70 156 21 625 36 2 11 2653 154 1.022 7.1 1.0 2.1 8.5 4.01 154
2005 32 38 33 .535 3.23 544 8 381 0 0 190 706.0 572 262 253 78 174 22 659 41 2 11 2863 145 1.057 7.3 1.0 2.2 8.4 3.79 145
2006 33 41 34 .547 3.30 588 8 397 0 0 190 755.2 624 286 277 87 181 22 695 43 2 13 3068 142 1.065 7.4 1.0 2.2 8.3 3.84 142
2007 34 41 34 .547 3.30 588 8 397 0 0 190 755.2 624 286 277 87 181 22 695 43 2 13 3068 142 1.065 7.4 1.0 2.2 8.3 3.84 142
2008 35 41 37 .526 3.33 619 8 406 0 0 191 786.2 652 300 291 94 194 24 718 44 2 14 3201 140 1.075 7.5 1.1 2.2 8.2 3.70 140

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1997 24 2 5 .286 6.69 70.0 88 58 52 13 23 52 4 1.586 11.3 3.0 6.7 2.26 1.7 27
1998 25 3 4 .429 4.08 64.0 50 32 29 9 20 56 4 1.094 7.0 2.8 7.9 2.80 1.3 54
1999 26 9 2 .818 1.93 107.0 68 26 23 10 20 125 3 0.822 5.7 1.7 10.5 6.25 0.8 67
2000 27 6 3 .667 2.56 88.0 62 28 25 8 21 91 2 0.943 6.3 2.1 9.3 4.33 0.8 72
2001 28 6 2 .750 2.28 79.0 55 22 20 3 21 73 8 0.962 6.3 2.4 8.3 3.48 0.3 72
2002 29 5 3 .625 3.00 75.0 65 28 25 7 13 56 2 1.040 7.8 1.6 6.7 4.31 0.8 65
2003 30 7 2 .778 2.12 85.0 56 22 20 10 20 86 7 0.894 5.9 2.1 9.1 4.30 1.1 72
2004 31 7 2 .778 1.93 84.0 60 20 18 8 14 80 6 0.881 6.4 1.5 8.6 5.71 0.9 72
2005 32 2 3 .400 5.48 46.0 51 31 28 8 17 34 5 1.478 10.0 3.3 6.7 2.00 1.6 43
2006 33 3 2 .600 4.04 49.0 49 24 22 8 7 36 2 1.143 9.0 1.3 6.6 5.14 1.5 44
2008 35 1 2 .333 4.50 30.0 29 17 15 7 13 22 1 1.400 8.7 3.9 6.6 1.69 2.1 31
11 Yrs 51 30 .630 3.21 777.0 633 308 277 91 189 711 44 1.058 7.3 8.2 3.76 1.1 619

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2003 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2003 AL Rolaids Relief
2004 AL Babe Ruth Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2003 AL (15, 5%)
0.05 Career Shares (1113th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1999 AL (10, 1%)
2003 AL (7, 1%)
0.02 Career Shares (255th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1999 AL  4.3 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
2000 AL  72 (7th)
2001 AL  72 (4th)
2003 AL  72 (9th)
Career  619 (167th)

Saves s c a p y
2000 AL  34 (5th)
2001 AL  42 (3rd)
2003 AL  43 (1st)
2004 AL  32 (5th)
Career  191 (47th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2000 AL  58 (5th)
2001 AL  69 (1st)
2003 AL  67 (1st)
2004 AL  61 (4th)
Career  406 (59th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1999 AL  32 (3rd)
2000 AL  20 (10th)
2001 AL  21 (9th)
2004 AL  24 (8th)
Career  122 (177th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1999 AL  3.0 (3rd)
2000 AL  1.9 (10th)
2001 AL  2.0 (10th)
2004 AL  2.3 (9th)
Career  11.8 (201st)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1999 AL  37.17 (2nd)
2000 AL  23.59 (9th)
2003 AL  27.66 (10th)
Career  151.74 (77th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1999 AL  3.5 (7th)
2000 AL  6.4 (2nd)
2003 AL  4.6 (3rd)
Career  20.6 (62nd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1999 AL  2.9 (4th)
2000 AL  2.3 (4th)
Career  12.2 (111th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1999 AL  3.5 (2nd)
2000 AL  2.2 (9th)
Career  14.5 (94th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 15 (1244), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 38 (358), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (404), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Gregg Olson (959)
  2. Jeff Brantley (958)
  3. Jeff Shaw (943)
  4. Rod Beck (942)
  5. Ugueth Urbina (941)
  6. Jay Howell (940)
  7. Mike Henneman (940)
  8. Dave Veres (938)
  9. Eric Gagne (937)
  10. Bobby Thigpen (933)
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  1. Kris Wilson (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bill Simas (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bob Howry (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Derek Lowe (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Brad Lidge (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mel Rojas (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Brad Lidge (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Gregg Olson (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Gregg Olson (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jeff Brantley (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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