Kason Gabbard
Kason Ronald Gabbard
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 8, 1982 in Oxford, OH
High School: Royal Palm Beach (Royal Palm Beach, FL)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 29th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed May 27, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 22, 2006
Final Game: June 27, 2008
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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
2006 24 BOS AL 1 3 .250 3.51 7 4 1 0 0 0 25.2 24 11 10 0 16 0 15 0 1 1 111 135 1.558 8.4 0.0 5.6 5.3 0.94
2007 25 TOT AL 6 1 .857 4.65 15 15 0 1 1 0 81.1 68 42 42 8 41 1 55 7 0 5 344 100 1.340 7.5 0.9 4.5 6.1 1.34
2007 25 BOS AL 4 0 1.000 3.73 7 7 0 1 1 0 41.0 28 17 17 3 18 0 29 4 0 0 165 127 1.122 6.1 0.7 4.0 6.4 1.61
2007 25 TEX AL 2 1 .667 5.58 8 8 0 0 0 0 40.1 40 25 25 5 23 1 26 3 0 5 179 82 1.562 8.9 1.1 5.1 5.8 1.13
2008 26 TEX AL 2 3 .400 4.82 12 12 0 0 0 0 56.0 64 36 30 5 39 4 33 1 0 4 263 92 1.839 10.3 0.8 6.3 5.3 0.85
3 Seasons 9 7 .563 4.53 34 31 1 1 1 0 163.0 156 89 82 13 96 5 103 8 1 10 718 101 1.546 8.6 0.7 5.3 5.7 1.07
162 Game Avg. 9 7 .563 4.53 36 32 1 1 1 0 171 163 93 86 14 100 5 108 8 1 10 751 101 1.546 8.6 0.7 5.3 5.7 1.07
BOS (2 yrs) 5 3 .625 3.64 14 11 1 1 1 0 66.2 52 28 27 3 34 0 44 4 1 1 276 130 1.290 7.0 0.4 4.6 5.9 1.29
TEX (2 yrs) 4 4 .500 5.14 20 20 0 0 0 0 96.1 104 61 55 10 62 5 59 4 0 9 442 87 1.723 9.7 0.9 5.8 5.5 0.95

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
2006 24 BOS AL 7 111 94 11 24 5 0 0 1 1 16 15 .255 .364 .309 .672 .304 29 6 0 1 0 0
2007 25 BOS AL 7 165 143 17 28 7 0 3 0 1 18 29 .196 .303 .308 .611 .225 44 6 4 0 0 0
2007 25 TEX AL 8 179 151 25 40 9 0 5 5 1 23 26 .265 .371 .424 .795 .289 64 7 3 1 1 1
2007 25 TOT AL 15 344 294 42 68 16 0 8 5 2 41 55 .231 .338 .367 .706 .259 108 13 7 1 1 1
2008 26 TEX AL 12 263 219 36 64 11 0 5 2 0 39 33 .292 .398 .411 .809 .322 90 12 1 2 2 4
3 Seasons 34 718 607 89 156 32 0 13 8 3 96 103 .257 .364 .374 .738 .289 227 31 8 4 3 5
162 Game Avg. 36 751 635 93 163 33 0 14 8 3 100 108 .257 .364 .374 .738 .289 237 32 8 4 3 5
MLB Averages

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
2006 24 BOS AL 7 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 1 25% 49 75 24 10 5 1 3 2.3 1.3 5.1 88 0 4 0 0 99
2007 25 TOT AL 15 15 6 1 8 2 0 10 5 .667 0 2 1 1 6 40% 50 88 21 20 4 0 7 8.1 7.3 5.4 90 2 7 6 0 107
2007 25 BOS AL 7 7 4 0 3 2 0 5 2 .714 0 1 1 1 3 43% 55 88 28 10 2 0 4 7.3 7.7 5.9 92 1 3 3 0 107
2007 25 TEX AL 8 8 2 1 5 0 0 5 3 .625 0 1 0 0 3 38% 45 60 21 10 2 0 3 8.9 7.0 5.0 87 1 4 3 0 107
2008 26 TEX AL 12 12 2 3 7 1 0 8 4 .667 3 0 0 0 2 17% 44 65 23 14 4 0 7 6.5 7.2 4.7 85 2 9 1 0 101
3 Seasons 34 31 9 6 16 3 0 20 11 .645 3 2 1 1 9 29% 47 88 21 44 13 1 17 6.7 6.5 5.1 88 4 20 7 0 107
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
2006 24 BOS AL 7 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.129 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 5.3 29
1 Season 7 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.129 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 5.3 29

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%
2006 24 BOS AL 111 77% 0.0% 13.5% 14.4% 4.5% 21% 1.52 1.65 71% 18% 0.0% 6% 24 6 25%
2007 25 TOT AL 344 76% 2.3% 16.0% 11.9% 7.0% 35% 1.21 1.97 67% 16% 8.2% 9% 63 13 21%
2007 25 BOS AL 165 78% 1.8% 17.6% 10.9% 6.1% 36% 1.17 1.66 67% 18% 7.0% 17% 32 6 19%
2007 25 TEX AL 179 75% 2.8% 14.5% 12.9% 7.8% 35% 1.25 2.36 68% 14% 9.3% 2% 31 7 23%
2008 26 TEX AL 263 80% 1.9% 12.6% 14.8% 6.1% 25% 1.75 2.89 70% 15% 8.1% 9% 70 12 17%
3 Seasons 718 78% 1.8% 14.4% 13.4% 6.3% 29% 1.44 2.17 69% 16% 6.9% 9% 157 31 20%
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
2006 24 BOS AL 111 438 3.95 257 59% 29% 15% 25% 31% 71% 0% 42% 79% 51% 12% 13 9 23% 25 12 0 40% 0 4 0 0 0
2007 25 TOT AL 344 1343 3.90 773 58% 32% 16% 21% 31% 68% 1% 39% 77% 54% 8% 26 17 17% 58 25 0 20% 8 8 0 0 0
2007 25 BOS AL 165 645 3.91 370 57% 32% 16% 22% 31% 68% 0% 39% 77% 53% 8% 14 11 17% 28 11 0 24% 4 3 0 0 0
2007 25 TEX AL 179 698 3.90 403 58% 31% 16% 21% 32% 69% 1% 40% 77% 55% 7% 12 6 17% 30 14 0 15% 4 5 0 0 0
2008 26 TEX AL 263 1018 3.87 571 56% 33% 13% 20% 33% 67% 3% 37% 80% 52% 10% 26 12 15% 39 19 3 30% 8 10 0 0 0
3 Seasons 718 2799 3.90 1601 57% 32% 15% 21% 32% 68% 1% 39% 78% 53% 9% 65 38 17% 122 56 3 26% 16 22 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
2006 24 BOS AL 111 24 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 20% 2 1 0 43 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2007 25 TOT AL 344 68 10 2 8 0 9 5 3 4 4 18 8 3 44% 0 5 1 114 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2007 25 BOS AL 165 28 4 0 3 0 6 2 1 1 2 6 3 0 50% 0 0 0 47 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 25 TEX AL 179 40 6 2 5 0 3 3 2 3 2 12 5 3 42% 0 5 1 67 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2008 26 TEX AL 263 64 11 0 5 1 12 4 1 3 2 17 9 3 53% 1 4 1 113 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
3 Seasons 718 156 25 3 13 1 24 9 4 7 6 40 18 6 45% 3 10 2 270 8 3 73% 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 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+
2006 24 1 3 .250 3.51 7 4 1 0 0 0 25.2 24 11 10 0 16 0 15 0 1 1 111 135 1.558 8.4 0.0 5.6 5.3 0.94 135
2007 25 7 4 .636 4.37 22 19 1 1 1 0 107.0 92 53 52 8 57 1 70 7 1 6 455 107 1.393 7.7 0.7 4.8 5.9 1.23 107
2008 26 9 7 .563 4.53 34 31 1 1 1 0 163.0 156 89 82 13 96 5 103 8 1 10 718 101 1.546 8.6 0.7 5.3 5.7 1.07 101

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
2006 24 1 1 .500 3.24 25.0 22 10 9 0 15 15 0 1.480 7.9 5.4 5.4 1.00 0.0 7
2007 25 3 5 .375 4.56 77.0 66 43 39 8 40 52 7 1.377 7.7 4.7 6.1 1.30 0.9 15
2008 26 2 3 .400 4.83 54.0 63 32 29 5 38 32 1 1.870 10.5 6.3 5.3 0.84 0.8 12
3 Seasons 6 9 .400 4.44 156.0 151 85 77 13 93 99 8 1.564 8.7 5.7 1.06 0.8 34

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
2007 AL--1--5th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

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

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  7. Cy Warmoth (976)
  8. Red Nelson (976)
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