Luke French

Lucas Stephen French

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: September 13, 1985 in Salina, KS
High School: Heritage HS (Littleton, CO)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 8th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 15, 2009
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Tigers 2009-2010
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.016 [*],
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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
2004	18	DET-min	Rk	1	3	.250	2.74	11	10	0	0	0	0	49.1	43	21	15	1	19	0	49	1	1	2	212		1.257	7.8	0.2	3.5	8.9	2.58	LAT · GULF
2005	19	DET-min	A,A+,Rk	5	3	.625	5.45	12	12	0	0	0	0	67.2	87	47	41	10	23	0	50	1	1	9	309		1.626	11.6	1.3	3.1	6.7	2.17	WMI,LAK,LAT · MIDW,FLOR,GULF
2006	20	DET-min	A	11	8	.579	3.72	26	26	0	1	1	0	157.1	156	75	65	10	44	3	94	7	0	8	668		1.271	8.9	0.6	2.5	5.4	2.14	WMI · MIDW
2007	21	DET-min	A+	5	14	.263	4.05	27	27	0	0	0	0	149.0	172	94	67	10	47	1	93	5	0	5	654		1.470	10.4	0.6	2.8	5.6	1.98	LAK · FLOR
2008	22	DET-min	AA	9	11	.450	4.02	27	26	0	3	0	0	170.0	195	92	76	16	60	1	88	6	0	10	745		1.500	10.3	0.8	3.2	4.7	1.47	ERI · EL
2009	23	DET-min	AAA	4	4	.500	2.98	13	13	0	1	0	0	81.2	71	32	27	6	20	0	72	1	0	1	328		1.114	7.8	0.7	2.2	7.9	3.60	TOL · IL
2009	23	TOT	AL	4	5	.444	5.21	15	12	2	0	0	0	67.1	87	45	39	11	28	1	42	2	0	3	312	84	1.708	11.6	1.5	3.7	5.6	1.50
2009	23	DET	AL	1	2	.333	3.38	7	5	1	0	0	0	29.1	33	13	11	2	11	1	19	1	0	1	133	135	1.500	10.1	0.6	3.4	5.8	1.73
2009	23	SEA	AL	3	3	.500	6.63	8	7	1	0	0	0	38.0	54	32	28	9	17	0	23	1	0	2	179	65	1.868	12.8	2.1	4.0	5.4	1.35
2010	24	SEA-min	AAA	11	3	.786	2.94	17	17	0	1	0	0	113.1	109	45	37	7	23	0	63	5	1	6	458		1.165	8.7	0.6	1.8	5.0	2.74	TAC · PCL
2010	24	SEA	AL	5	7	.417	4.83	16	13	2	0	0	0	87.2	88	47	47	13	29	2	37	4	0	4	371	82	1.335	9.0	1.3	3.0	3.8	1.28
2011	25	SEA-min	AAA	9	9	.500	6.27	26	26	0	0	0	0	146.1	196	115	102	30	61	0	81	2	1	3	684		1.756	12.1	1.8	3.8	5.0	1.33	TAC · PCL
2012	26	MIN-min	AA,AAA	2	1	.667	3.45	10	10	0	0	0	0	57.1	42	23	22	4	22	0	33	1	1	6	226		1.116	6.6	0.6	3.5	5.2	1.50	NBR,ROC · EL,IL
2 Yrs				9	12	.429	4.99	31	25	4	0	0	0	155.0	175	92	86	24	57	3	79	6	0	7	683	83	1.497	10.2	1.4	3.3	4.6	1.39
162 Game Avg.				11	15	.429	4.99	38	30	5	0	0	0	188	212	112	104	29	69	4	96	7	0	9	829	83	1.497	10.2	1.4	3.3	4.6	1.39

SEA (2 yrs)				8	10	.444	5.37	24	20	3	0	0	0	125.2	142	79	75	22	46	2	60	5	0	6	550	75	1.496	10.2	1.6	3.3	4.3	1.30
DET (1 yr)				1	2	.333	3.38	7	5	1	0	0	0	29.1	33	13	11	2	11	1	19	1	0	1	133	135	1.500	10.1	0.6	3.4	5.8	1.73

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
2009	23	DET	AL	29.1	7	5	13	3.99	4.85	0.23	0.13	102.9	4.89	3	0.3	.3	-0.0	0.5	7	.540	.502	$
2009	23	SEA	AL	38.0	8	7	32	7.58	5.00	0.55	0.17	91.7	4.24	-14	-1.2	.0	-0.0	-0.9	-9	.346	.492	$
2010	24	SEA	AL	87.2	16	13	47	4.83	4.59	0.07	0.11	95.5	4.42	-5	-0.5	.1	-0.0	0.3	6	.471	.497	$
2 Seasons				155.0	31	25	92	5.34	4.74	0.22	0.13	95.9	4.47	-16	-1.4	.2	-0.1	-0.1	3	.454	.497	$

SEA (2 yrs)				125.2	24	20	79	5.66	4.71	0.22	0.13	94.3	4.37	-19	-1.7	.1	-0.1	-0.6	-3	.429	.495	$
DET (1 yr)				29.1	7	5	13	3.99	4.85	0.23	0.13	102.9	4.89	3	0.3	.3	-0.0	0.5	7	.540	.502	$

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
2009	23	TOT	AL	15	312	277	45	87	20	2	11	2	1	28	42	.314	.375	.520	.895	.332	144	4	2	0	5	1	3
2009	23	DET	AL	7	133	120	13	33	11	1	2	1	0	11	19	.275	.338	.433	.772	.310	52	0	1	0	1	1	2
2009	23	SEA	AL	8	179	157	32	54	9	1	9	1	1	17	23	.344	.402	.586	.988	.349	92	4	1	0	4	0	1
2010	24	SEA	AL	16	371	336	47	88	19	3	13	2	3	29	37	.262	.326	.452	.779	.260	152	6	4	0	2	2	3
2 Yrs				31	683	613	92	175	39	5	24	4	4	57	79	.285	.348	.483	.831	.292	296	10	6	0	7	3	6
162 Game Avg.				38	829	744	112	212	47	6	29	5	5	69	96	.285	.348	.483	.831	.292	359	12	7	0	9	4	7
MLB Averages																.260	.329	.410	.740	.298

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
2009	23	TOT	AL	-7.6	-0.7	319	-0.8	4.9	-5.7	.94	-1.2	0.3	-9.6	-0.9	0.94	-14.9	2
2009	23	DET	AL	3.4	0.3	134	0.1	2.3	-2.2	.98	-0.2	0.3	2.1	0.2	0.98	-1.0	1
2009	23	SEA	AL	-11.0	-1.0	185	-1.0	2.6	-3.5	.92	-1.0	-0.0	-11.8	-1.1	0.92	-13.9	1
2010	24	SEA	AL	-7.2	-0.7	381	-0.2	6.0	-6.2	.91	-0.2	-0.1	-5.7	-0.6	0.91	-4.7	3
2 Yrs				-14.8	-1.4	700	-1.0	10.9	-12.0	.92	-1.3	0.2	-15.3	-1.5	0.92	-19.6	5

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
2009	23	TOT	AL	15	12	4	5	3	2	1	6	6	.500	2	0	0	0	3	25%	41.8	58	22	11	2	0	5	4.7	6.5	5.3	91	1	8	3	0	107
2009	23	DET	AL	7	5	1	2	2	0	0	2	3	.400	1	0	0	0	1	20%	46.6	58	29	5	0	0	3	3.7	5.5	5.3	90	0	4	1	0	101
2009	23	SEA	AL	8	7	3	3	1	2	1	4	3	.571	1	0	0	0	2	29%	38.4	49	22	6	2	0	2	5.6	7.1	5.2	92	1	4	2	0	107
2010	24	SEA	AL	16	13	5	7	1	1	0	5	8	.385	2	1	0	0	4	31%	47.8	76	15	6	2	0	5	2.8	2.9	6.1	90	3	8	2	0	107
2 Yrs				31	25	9	12	4	3	1	11	14	.440	4	1	0	0	7	28%	45	76	15	17	4	0	10	3.8	4.5	5.7	90	4	16	5	0	107
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	100	-8					4.5	4.5	5.9	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2009	23	TOT	AL	15	3	2	2	0	0%		.944	2	2	1	1	2	2	0	2	4.3	25
2009	23	DET	AL	7	2	1	0	0		6	.980	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	4.5	25
2009	23	SEA	AL	8	1	1	2	0	0%	8	.917	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	4.0	25
2010	24	SEA	AL	16	3	2	1	1	100%	2	.907	3	0	3	1	2	2	1	2	8.7	46
2 Yrs				31	6	4	3	1	33%		.924	5	2	4	2	4	4	1	4	6.5	36

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%
2009	23	TOT	AL	312	31%	3.5%	13.5%	9.0%	10.6%	38%	0.43	0.44	73%	23%	7.5%	13%	67	4	6%
2009	23	DET	AL	133	38%	1.5%	14.3%	8.3%	10.5%	42%	0.40	0.35	75%	24%	3.2%	14%	25	0	0%
2009	23	SEA	AL	179	26%	5.0%	12.9%	9.5%	10.6%	35%	0.46	0.51	72%	22%	10.7%	12%	42	4	10%
2010	24	SEA	AL	371	26%	3.5%	10.0%	7.8%	9.4%	40%	0.46	0.49	78%	17%	8.0%	19%	62	6	10%
2 Yrs				683	28%	3.5%	11.6%	8.4%	10.0%	39%	0.45	0.47	76%	20%	7.8%	16%	129	10	8%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.2%	8.7%	7.7%	33%	0.79	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	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
2009	23	TOT	AL	312	1166	3.74	733	63%	25%	14%	28%	33%	75%	1%	47%	81%	59%	4%	11	5	25%	79	45	5	7%	4	5	0	0	0
2009	23	DET	AL	133	500	3.76	312	62%	25%	17%	26%	33%	75%	2%	47%	78%	62%	4%	5	3	27%	36	21	1	5%	1	1	0	0	0
2009	23	SEA	AL	179	666	3.72	421	63%	25%	13%	29%	33%	75%	0%	47%	83%	56%	3%	6	2	24%	43	24	4	9%	3	4	0	0	0
2010	24	SEA	AL	372	1306	3.51	836	64%	28%	9%	27%	36%	72%	2%	46%	87%	64%	4%	15	9	22%	82	43	5	24%	6	4	-1	0	0
2 Yrs				684	2472	3.61	1569	63%	27%	12%	27%	34%	73%	1%	47%	84%	62%	4%	26	14	24%	161	88	10	15%	10	9	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	58%	5%			23%				25%

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
2009	23	TOT	AL	312	87	6	0	11	0	1	9	2	7	4	11	11	0	100%	3	3	0	142	2	1	67%	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
2009	23	DET	AL	133	33	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	2	0	100%	2	1	0	64	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2009	23	SEA	AL	179	54	4	0	9	0	1	7	2	6	3	9	9	0	100%	1	2	0	78	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
2010	24	SEA	AL	371	88	13	3	13	2	7	9	4	6	7	17	10	1	59%	3	4	0	131	2	3	40%	0	2	2	1	0	0	3	2	6	0
2 Yrs				683	175	19	3	24	2	8	18	6	13	11	28	21	1	75%	6	7	0	273	4	4	50%	1	3	3	1	0	0	4	2	17	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

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+
2009	23	4	5	.444	5.21	15	12	2	0	0	0	67.1	87	45	39	11	28	1	42	2	0	3	312	84	1.708	11.6	1.5	3.7	5.6	1.50	84
2010	24	9	12	.429	4.99	31	25	4	0	0	0	155.0	175	92	86	24	57	3	79	6	0	7	683	83	1.497	10.2	1.4	3.3	4.6	1.39	83

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
2009	23	2	5	.286	5.40	65.0	87	43	39	11	28	41	2	1.769	12.0	3.9	5.7	1.46	1.5	15
2010	24	3	6	.333	5.78	81.0	93	58	52	14	31	34	4	1.531	10.3	3.4	3.8	1.10	1.6	16
2 Yrs		5	11	.313	5.61	146.0	180	101	91	25	59	75	6	1.637	11.1		4.6	1.27	1.5	31

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