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Eric Gagne    \gahn-YAY\

Eric Serge Gagne

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 7, 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
High Schools: Polyvalente Edouard Montpetit (Montreal, QC), Polyvalente HS (Mascouche, QC)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1999 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Brewers/Rangers/RedSox 1999-2008
Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: September 25, 2008 (Age 32)
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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 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1999 23 LAD NL 1 1 .500 2.10 5 5 0 0 0 0 30.0 18 8 7 3 15 0 30 0 0 1 119 207 1.100 5.4 0.9 4.5 9.0 2.00
2000 24 LAD NL 4 6 .400 5.15 20 19 0 0 0 0 101.1 106 62 58 20 60 1 79 3 0 4 464 84 1.638 9.4 1.8 5.3 7.0 1.32
2001 25 LAD NL 6 7 .462 4.75 33 24 3 0 0 0 151.2 144 90 80 24 46 1 130 16 1 3 649 84 1.253 8.5 1.4 2.7 7.7 2.83
2002 26 LAD NL 4 1 .800 1.97 77 0 68 0 0 52 82.1 55 18 18 6 16 4 114 2 0 1 314 193 0.862 6.0 0.7 1.7 12.5 7.13 AS,CYA-4,MVP-12
2003 27 LAD NL 2 3 .400 1.20 77 0 67 0 0 55 82.1 37 12 11 2 20 2 137 3 0 2 306 337 0.692 4.0 0.2 2.2 15.0 6.85 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
2004 28 LAD NL 7 3 .700 2.19 70 0 59 0 0 45 82.1 53 24 20 5 22 3 114 5 0 2 326 188 0.911 5.8 0.5 2.4 12.5 5.18 AS,CYA-7,MVP-11
2005 29 LAD NL 1 0 1.000 2.70 14 0 13 0 0 8 13.1 10 4 4 2 3 0 22 0 0 3 53 156 0.975 6.8 1.4 2.0 14.9 7.33
2006 30 LAD NL 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 8 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 13.5 3.00
2007 31 TOT AL 4 2 .667 3.81 54 0 41 0 0 16 52.0 49 22 22 3 21 0 51 1 0 1 222 123 1.346 8.5 0.5 3.6 8.8 2.43
2007 31 TEX AL 2 0 1.000 2.16 34 0 30 0 0 16 33.1 23 8 8 2 12 0 29 1 0 1 133 213 1.050 6.2 0.5 3.2 7.8 2.42
2007 31 BOS AL 2 2 .500 6.75 20 0 11 0 0 0 18.2 26 14 14 1 9 0 22 0 0 0 89 71 1.875 12.5 0.5 4.3 10.6 2.44
2008 32 MIL NL 4 3 .571 5.44 50 0 16 0 0 10 46.1 46 28 28 11 22 2 38 2 0 1 203 78 1.468 8.9 2.1 4.3 7.4 1.73
10 Yrs 33 26 .559 3.47 402 48 269 0 0 187 643.2 518 268 248 76 226 13 718 33 1 18 2664 119 1.156 7.2 1.1 3.2 10.0 3.18
162 Game Avg. 5 4 .559 3.47 61 7 41 0 0 28 97 78 40 37 11 34 2 108 5 0 3 403 119 1.156 7.2 1.1 3.2 10.0 3.18
LAD (8 yrs) 25 21 .543 3.27 298 48 212 0 0 161 545.1 423 218 198 62 183 11 629 30 1 16 2239 125 1.111 7.0 1.0 3.0 10.4 3.44
TEX (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 2.16 34 0 30 0 0 16 33.1 23 8 8 2 12 0 29 1 0 1 133 213 1.050 6.2 0.5 3.2 7.8 2.42
MIL (1 yr) 4 3 .571 5.44 50 0 16 0 0 10 46.1 46 28 28 11 22 2 38 2 0 1 203 78 1.468 8.9 2.1 4.3 7.4 1.73
BOS (1 yr) 2 2 .500 6.75 20 0 11 0 0 0 18.2 26 14 14 1 9 0 22 0 0 0 89 71 1.875 12.5 0.5 4.3 10.6 2.44
NL (9 yrs) 29 24 .547 3.44 348 48 228 0 0 171 591.2 469 246 226 73 205 13 667 32 1 17 2442 119 1.139 7.1 1.1 3.1 10.1 3.25
AL (1 yr) 4 2 .667 3.81 54 0 41 0 0 16 52.0 49 22 22 3 21 0 51 1 0 1 222 123 1.346 8.5 0.5 3.6 8.8 2.43

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1999 23 LAD NL 30.0 5 5 8 2.40 5.07 0.03 0.19 90.1 4.72 8 0.8 -0.0 1.0 11 .661 .505
2000 24 LAD NL 101.1 20 19 62 5.51 5.28 0.04 0.17 94.7 5.12 -5 -0.4 .1 -0.1 0.4 5 .478 .497
2001 25 LAD NL 151.2 33 24 90 5.34 4.78 -0.20 0.13 94.0 4.80 -10 -0.9 .8 -0.1 0.3 4 .472 .494 $220,000
2002 26 LAD NL 82.1 77 0 18 1.97 4.59 0.20 -0.34 91.5 3.71 16 1.7 1.9 0.5 2.9 23 .521 .510 $300,000 AS,CYA-4,MVP-12
2003 27 LAD NL 82.1 77 0 12 1.31 4.55 0.23 -0.34 93.8 3.74 22 2.3 1.7 0.7 3.7 29 .530 .514 $550,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
2004 28 LAD NL 82.1 70 0 24 2.62 4.75 0.25 -0.35 96.1 3.99 12 1.2 1.8 0.3 2.2 20 .517 .508 $5,000,000 AS,CYA-7,MVP-11
2005 29 LAD NL 13.1 14 0 4 2.70 4.37 0.02 -0.33 96.3 3.87 2 0.2 1.2 -0.0 0.3 3 .513 .501 $8,000,000
2006 30 LAD NL 2.0 2 0 0 0.00 5.25 -0.07 -0.39 100.0 4.94 1 0.1 .6 -0.0 0.1 1 .556 .501 $10,000,000
2007 31 TEX AL 33.1 34 0 8 2.16 5.01 -0.04 -0.37 101.8 4.76 9 0.9 1.6 0.2 1.5 13 .528 .506 $6,000,000
2007 31 BOS AL 18.2 20 0 14 6.75 4.94 0.06 -0.37 105.5 4.76 -4 -0.4 .9 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .479 .497
2008 32 MIL NL 46.1 50 0 28 5.44 4.72 0.23 -0.34 99.1 4.11 -7 -0.7 1.4 -0.2 -0.5 -3 .487 .496 $10,000,000
10 Seasons 643.2 402 48 268 3.75 4.82 0.06 -0.13 95.0 4.40 44 4.7 1.6 1.2 11.7 105 .512 .503 $40,070,000
LAD (8 yrs) 545.1 298 48 218 3.60 4.81 0.05 -0.09 93.9 4.39 46 4.9 1.7 1.3 10.9 96 .516 .504 $24,070,000
TEX (1 yr) 33.1 34 0 8 2.16 5.01 -0.04 -0.37 101.8 4.76 9 0.9 1.6 0.2 1.5 13 .528 .506 $6,000,000
MIL (1 yr) 46.1 50 0 28 5.44 4.72 0.23 -0.34 99.1 4.11 -7 -0.7 1.4 -0.2 -0.5 -3 .487 .496 $10,000,000
BOS (1 yr) 18.2 20 0 14 6.75 4.94 0.06 -0.37 105.5 4.76 -4 -0.4 .9 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .479 .497

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
2004 28 LAD NL NLDS L STL 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 10 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
2007 31 BOS AL ALDS W LAA 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2007 31 BOS AL ALCS W CLE 0 1 .000 7.71 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 3 2 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 12 2.143 11.6 0.0 7.7 15.4 2.00
2007 31 BOS AL WS W COL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2008 32 MIL NL NLDS L PHI 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
3 Yrs (5 Series) 0 1 .000 2.89 9 0 6 0 0 0 9.1 6 3 3 0 3 0 10 0 0 1 36 0.964 5.8 0.0 2.9 9.6 3.33
2 NLDS 0 0 0.00 4 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 17 0.600 3.6 0.0 1.8 7.2 4.00
1 ALDS 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 7.71 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 3 2 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 12 2.143 11.6 0.0 7.7 15.4 2.00
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0

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
2002 LAD NL 26 0 0 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 9.0 0.0 9.0
2003 LAD NL 27 0 0 1 .000 27.00 1 0 0 0 1.0 3 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 3.000 27.0 9.0 0.0 9.0
2004 LAD NL 28 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 18.0 2.00
3 Yrs (3 GP) 0 0 1 .000 12.00 2 0 0 0 3.0 5 4 4 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 15 2.000 15.0 6.0 3.0 12.0 4.00

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
1999 23 LAD NL 5 119 103 8 18 4 0 3 2 1 15 30 .175 .280 .301 .581 .214 31 2 0 1 0 0 0
2000 24 LAD NL 20 464 393 62 106 23 1 20 19 2 60 79 .270 .368 .486 .854 .290 191 6 3 5 3 1 2
2001 25 LAD NL 33 649 573 90 144 37 3 24 10 6 46 130 .251 .320 .452 .772 .281 259 9 16 6 8 1 6
2002 26 LAD NL 77 314 291 18 55 11 2 6 2 3 16 114 .189 .235 .302 .537 .283 88 4 2 3 2 4 2
2003 27 LAD NL 77 306 279 12 37 6 0 2 2 1 20 137 .133 .199 .176 .374 .250 49 0 3 4 0 2 1
2004 28 LAD NL 70 326 293 24 53 9 0 5 0 0 22 114 .181 .248 .263 .511 .273 77 2 5 4 2 3 1
2005 29 LAD NL 14 53 50 4 10 3 0 2 2 0 3 22 .200 .245 .380 .625 .308 19 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 30 LAD NL 2 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .250 .000 .250 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2007 31 TOT AL 54 222 200 22 49 12 0 3 1 0 21 51 .245 .320 .350 .670 .315 70 3 1 0 0 0 1
2007 31 BOS AL 20 89 80 14 26 8 0 1 1 0 9 22 .325 .393 .463 .856 .439 37 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 31 TEX AL 34 133 120 8 23 4 0 2 0 0 12 29 .192 .271 .275 .546 .236 33 3 1 0 0 0 1
2008 32 MIL NL 50 203 178 28 46 9 0 11 0 0 22 38 .258 .347 .494 .841 .271 88 6 2 1 0 2 1
10 Yrs 402 2664 2366 268 518 114 6 76 38 13 226 718 .219 .294 .369 .663 .279 872 32 33 24 15 13 14
162 Game Avg. 61 403 358 40 78 17 1 11 6 2 34 108 .219 .294 .369 .663 .279 132 5 5 4 2 2 2
MLB Averages .266 .336 .425 .761 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1999 23 LAD NL 7.8 0.8 122 0.6 2.3 -1.7 1.00 0.7 -0.1 7.8 0.8 1.00 8.3 0 0 0
2000 24 LAD NL -9.3 -0.8 486 -1.0 7.1 -8.2 .91 -1.8 0.6 -9.3 -0.9 0.91 -19.1 0 0 1
2001 25 LAD NL -15.6 -1.5 666 -1.9 11.3 -13.2 1.02 -0.9 -1.0 -14.1 -1.4 1.02 -8.1 1 3 5
2002 26 LAD NL 19.1 1.9 329 5.7 12.9 -7.2 1.95 2.2 0.7 24.1 2.6 1.95 19.9 43 15 19
2003 27 LAD NL 27.6 2.8 314 6.6 11.7 -5.1 1.92 3.4 -0.0 31.3 3.3 1.92 38.6 40 26 9
2004 28 LAD NL 17.5 1.7 334 5.4 11.8 -6.3 1.90 2.9 -0.0 21.5 2.2 1.90 25.9 38 21 10
2005 29 LAD NL 2.5 0.2 59 0.9 1.6 -0.7 1.30 0.1 0.5 2.0 0.2 1.30 2.7 4 5 5
2006 30 LAD NL 1.2 0.1 8 0.1 0.1 -0.0 .39 0.1 0.0 1.1 0.1 0.39 1.1 0 1 1
2007 31 TOT AL 6.0 0.6 227 0.4 5.6 -5.3 1.45 0.5 -0.3 7.3 0.7 1.45 8.0 19 13 20
2007 31 TEX AL 9.3 0.9 134 1.9 4.4 -2.5 1.64 0.8 0.4 11.1 1.1 1.64 10.9 15 8 9
2007 31 BOS AL -3.3 -0.3 93 -1.6 1.2 -2.8 1.17 -0.2 -1.1 -3.8 -0.4 1.17 -2.9 4 5 11
2008 32 MIL NL -5.2 -0.5 207 -0.7 5.8 -6.5 1.72 -0.7 0.3 -1.4 -0.1 1.71 -5.1 28 7 13
10 Yrs 51.6 5.4 2752 16.0 70.2 -54.2 1.41 6.7 4.7 70.2 7.5 1.41 72.3 173 91 83

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
1999 23 LAD NL 5 5 1 1 3 0 0 2 3 .400 2 0 0 0 3 60% 61.8 75 41 0 0 0 3 3.5 4.0 6.0 102 0 1 4 0 109
2000 24 LAD NL 20 19 4 6 9 0 3 8 11 .421 1 6 0 0 9 47% 45.9 73 11 12 2 0 13 5.0 5.1 5.2 97 1 11 7 0 117
2001 25 LAD NL 33 24 5 6 13 1 1 11 13 .458 4 5 0 0 12 50% 49.4 79 16 9 2 0 11 5.3 4.9 5.7 94 5 10 8 1 122
3 Yrs 58 48 10 13 25 1 4 21 27 .438 7 11 0 0 24 50% 49 79 11 21 4 0 27 5.0 4.9 5.5 96 6 22 19 1 122
MLB Averages .500 48% 48 100 -12 4.9 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
2000 24 LAD NL 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .913 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 10.0 66
2001 25 LAD NL 33 9 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 7 1.016 1 3 5 0 2 7 3 6 5 2 5 3 4.8 22
2002 26 LAD NL 77 77 68 4 1 56 52 4 93% 57 1 23 3 13% 9 1.947 43 15 19 62 6 9 15 62 13 5 14 26 3.2 16
2003 27 LAD NL 77 77 67 2 3 55 55 0 100% 55 0 10 0 0% 9 1.919 40 26 9 61 13 3 8 69 13 4 13 30 3.2 15
2004 28 LAD NL 70 70 59 7 3 47 45 2 96% 47 0 18 0 0% 9 1.903 38 21 10 53 15 2 13 57 20 5 20 21 3.5 18
2005 29 LAD NL 14 14 13 1 0 8 8 0 100% 8 0 2 1 50% 9 1.304 4 5 5 10 2 2 1 13 0 1 0 2 2.9 16
2006 30 LAD NL 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 9 .390 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 16
2007 31 TOT AL 54 54 41 4 2 20 16 4 80% 24 4 7 2 29% 1.449 19 13 20 37 3 14 4 50 1 5 1 9 2.9 17
2007 31 TEX AL 34 34 30 2 0 17 16 1 94% 18 1 6 1 17% 9 1.638 15 8 9 24 3 7 3 31 1 2 1 7 2.9 16
2007 31 BOS AL 20 20 11 2 2 3 0 3 0% 6 3 1 1 100% 8 1.167 4 5 11 13 0 7 1 19 0 3 0 2 2.8 19
2008 32 MIL NL 50 50 16 4 3 17 10 7 59% 24 7 7 1 14% 9 1.723 28 7 13 33 10 7 5 45 1 8 2 13 2.8 16
9 Yrs 397 354 269 23 13 204 187 17 92% 216 12 74 12 16% 1.432 173 91 83 257 51 46 49 305 54 30 56 104 3.2 17

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%
1999 23 LAD NL 119 55% 2.5% 25.2% 12.6% 5.9% 39% 0.62 0.84 59% 18% 8.6% 22% 20 2 10%
2000 24 LAD NL 464 53% 4.3% 17.0% 12.9% 9.5% 42% 0.42 0.63 64% 25% 10.8% 17% 80 6 8%
2001 25 LAD NL 649 53% 3.7% 20.0% 7.1% 9.9% 44% 0.44 0.69 66% 26% 9.2% 16% 127 9 7%
2002 26 LAD NL 314 47% 1.9% 36.3% 5.1% 6.1% 35% 0.49 0.71 55% 24% 6.1% 17% 45 4 9%
2003 27 LAD NL 306 50% 0.7% 44.8% 6.5% 2.6% 22% 0.92 1.16 46% 23% 3.3% 18% 45 0 0%
2004 28 LAD NL 326 49% 1.5% 35.0% 6.8% 4.3% 26% 0.73 1.00 54% 22% 5.7% 16% 50 2 4%
2005 29 LAD NL 53 55% 3.8% 41.5% 5.7% 9.4% 50% 1.08 2.00 49% 11% 18.2% 15% 2 0 0%
2006 30 LAD NL 8 63% 0.0% 37.5% 12.5% 0.0% 0.50 0.50 38% 0% 0.0% 0% 0 0
2007 31 TOT AL 222 52% 1.4% 23.0% 9.5% 6.8% 31% 0.64 0.75 66% 23% 3.8% 11% 53 3 6%
2007 31 TEX AL 133 53% 1.5% 21.8% 9.0% 4.5% 26% 0.72 0.87 67% 23% 4.1% 8% 34 3 9%
2007 31 BOS AL 89 49% 1.1% 24.7% 10.1% 10.1% 35% 0.54 0.55 64% 22% 3.2% 16% 19 0 0%
2008 32 MIL NL 203 51% 5.4% 18.7% 10.8% 9.9% 44% 0.54 0.87 64% 22% 14.3% 14% 45 6 13%
10 Yrs 2664 52% 2.9% 27.0% 8.5% 7.4% 38% 0.54 0.79 60% 24% 8.5% 16% 467 32 7%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.8% 8.7% 8.0% 34% 0.76 1.07 70% 21% 7.8% 12% 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
1999 23 LAD NL 119 511 4.29 310 61% 28% 20% 28% 24% 72% 0% 43% 73% 48% 8% 10 6 25% 30 20 2 30% 2 4 0 0 0
2000 24 LAD NL 464 1907 4.11 1131 59% 25% 17% 30% 28% 75% 0% 44% 78% 53% 8% 36 24 20% 95 53 3 34% 14 11 0 0 0
2001 25 LAD NL 650 2444 3.76 1542 63% 25% 17% 29% 30% 75% 0% 48% 78% 58% 5% 35 22 24% 155 85 6 27% 21 12 -1 0 0
2002 26 LAD NL 317 1241 3.91 866 70% 23% 29% 27% 21% 77% 4% 54% 62% 67% 4% 12 7 38% 120 80 7 18% 20 3 -3 0 0
2003 27 LAD NL 306 1187 3.88 824 69% 27% 32% 23% 18% 73% 2% 51% 56% 65% 4% 13 5 37% 113 74 2 22% 31 6 0 0 0
2004 28 LAD NL 326 1265 3.88 868 69% 22% 31% 26% 21% 78% 3% 54% 61% 64% 3% 11 5 34% 112 63 5 22% 23 3 0 0 0
2005 29 LAD NL 53 217 4.09 147 68% 24% 37% 20% 19% 76% 0% 52% 52% 62% 2% 1 1 34% 18 11 2 23% 3 0 0 0 0
2006 30 LAD NL 8 32 4.00 18 56% 28% 28% 28% 17% 72% 0% 41% 62% 38% 13% 1 1 13% 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2007 31 TOT AL 222 925 4.17 583 63% 26% 19% 29% 26% 74% 0% 46% 74% 52% 5% 11 9 19% 42 26 3 22% 4 2 0 0 0
2007 31 TEX AL 133 545 4.10 346 63% 26% 19% 29% 26% 74% 0% 47% 75% 48% 5% 6 4 18% 24 14 2 17% 1 2 0 0 0
2007 31 BOS AL 89 380 4.27 237 62% 27% 19% 29% 24% 73% 0% 45% 74% 57% 6% 5 5 20% 18 12 1 27% 3 0 0 0 0
2008 32 MIL NL 203 812 4.00 511 63% 25% 19% 28% 28% 75% 3% 47% 74% 55% 6% 12 8 26% 52 31 4 29% 6 2 0 0 0
10 Yrs 2668 10541 3.95 6800 65% 25% 23% 27% 25% 75% 1% 49% 69% 59% 5% 142 88 28% 738 443 34 24% 124 43 -4 0 0
MLB Averages 3.75 62% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 58% 5% 21% 26%

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
1999 23 LAD NL 119 18 2 0 3 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 40 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2000 24 LAD NL 464 106 7 0 20 0 17 9 11 13 7 31 17 4 55% 2 4 0 160 19 2 90% 16 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
2001 25 LAD NL 649 144 7 1 24 3 13 13 11 8 16 45 21 14 47% 6 3 0 240 10 6 63% 8 6 2 0 0 0 1 1 15 0
2002 26 LAD NL 314 55 5 2 6 0 2 4 2 3 3 17 5 8 29% 2 1 3 107 2 3 40% 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2003 27 LAD NL 306 37 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 50% 1 2 1 106 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2004 28 LAD NL 326 53 2 0 5 0 6 3 2 2 3 8 4 3 50% 1 2 1 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2005 29 LAD NL 53 10 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 0% 0 3 0 12 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2006 30 LAD NL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 31 TOT AL 222 49 2 0 3 0 3 3 0 2 1 7 5 1 71% 1 1 0 96 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2007 31 TEX AL 133 23 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 4 3 0 75% 1 1 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2007 31 BOS AL 89 26 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 2 1 67% 0 0 0 39 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 32 MIL NL 203 46 6 1 11 0 6 5 6 7 4 7 3 1 43% 1 1 1 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 Yrs 2664 518 34 4 76 3 47 41 35 41 35 121 57 34 47% 14 18 6 966 38 13 75% 32 13 5 0 1 0 1 1 44 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+
1999 23 1 1 .500 2.10 5 5 0 0 0 0 30.0 18 8 7 3 15 0 30 0 0 1 119 207 1.100 5.4 0.9 4.5 9.0 2.00 207
2000 24 5 7 .417 4.45 25 24 0 0 0 0 131.1 124 70 65 23 75 1 109 3 0 5 583 97 1.515 8.5 1.6 5.1 7.5 1.45 97
2001 25 11 14 .440 4.61 58 48 3 0 0 0 283.0 268 160 145 47 121 2 239 19 1 8 1232 90 1.375 8.5 1.5 3.8 7.6 1.98 90
2002 26 15 15 .500 4.02 135 48 71 0 0 52 365.1 323 178 163 53 137 6 353 21 1 9 1546 101 1.259 8.0 1.3 3.4 8.7 2.58 101
2003 27 17 18 .486 3.50 212 48 138 0 0 107 447.2 360 190 174 55 157 8 490 24 1 11 1852 116 1.155 7.2 1.1 3.2 9.9 3.12 116
2004 28 24 21 .533 3.29 282 48 197 0 0 152 530.0 413 214 194 60 179 11 604 29 1 13 2178 124 1.117 7.0 1.0 3.0 10.3 3.37 124
2005 29 25 21 .543 3.28 296 48 210 0 0 160 543.1 423 218 198 62 182 11 626 29 1 16 2231 124 1.113 7.0 1.0 3.0 10.4 3.44 124
2006 30 25 21 .543 3.27 298 48 212 0 0 161 545.1 423 218 198 62 183 11 629 30 1 16 2239 125 1.111 7.0 1.0 3.0 10.4 3.44 125
2007 31 29 23 .558 3.31 352 48 253 0 0 177 597.1 472 240 220 65 204 11 680 31 1 17 2461 125 1.132 7.1 1.0 3.1 10.2 3.33 125
2008 32 33 26 .559 3.47 402 48 269 0 0 187 643.2 518 268 248 76 226 13 718 33 1 18 2664 119 1.156 7.2 1.1 3.2 10.0 3.18 119

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
1999 23 2 1 .667 2.17 29.0 17 8 7 3 14 29 0 1.069 5.3 4.3 9.0 2.07 0.9 5
2000 24 4 7 .364 4.95 100.0 103 61 55 19 58 78 3 1.610 9.3 5.2 7.0 1.34 1.7 20
2001 25 6 10 .375 5.12 146.0 147 92 83 24 47 125 16 1.329 9.1 2.9 7.7 2.66 1.5 33
2002 26 6 2 .750 2.16 79.0 57 21 19 6 17 110 2 0.937 6.5 1.9 12.5 6.47 0.7 77
2003 27 8 1 .889 1.21 82.0 37 12 11 2 20 136 3 0.695 4.1 2.2 14.9 6.80 0.2 77
2004 28 7 2 .778 2.20 82.0 53 22 20 5 22 114 5 0.915 5.8 2.4 12.5 5.18 0.5 70
2005 29 1 0 1.000 3.46 13.0 11 6 5 2 3 21 0 1.077 7.6 2.1 14.5 7.00 1.4 14
2006 30 0 0 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0.500 0.0 4.5 13.5 3.00 0.0 2
2007 31 3 2 .600 3.71 51.0 48 23 21 3 21 50 1 1.353 8.5 3.7 8.8 2.38 0.5 54
2008 32 1 3 .250 5.73 44.0 46 31 28 11 22 36 2 1.545 9.4 4.5 7.4 1.64 2.3 50
10 Yrs 38 28 .576 3.57 628.0 519 276 249 75 225 702 33 1.185 7.4 10.1 3.12 1.1 402

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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
2002 *
2003 *
2004 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2003 NL Cy Young
2003 NL Rolaids Relief
2003 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
2004 NL Rolaids Relief

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2002 NL (12, 10%)
2003 NL (6, 32%)
2004 NL (11, 7%)
0.49 Career Shares (458th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2002 NL (4, 5%)
2003 NL (1, 91%)
2004 NL (7, 2%)
1 Cy Young
0.98 Career Shares (55th)

Games Played s c a p y
2002 NL  77 (8th)
2003 NL  77 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
2002 NL  52 (2nd)
2003 NL  55 (1st)
2004 NL  45 (3rd)
Career  187 (50th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2001 NL  16 (4th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2002 NL  68 (2nd)
2003 NL  67 (1st)
2004 NL  59 (6th)
Career  269 (145th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2003 NL  28 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2003 NL  2.8 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2003 NL  31.25 (8th)
Career  70.22 (226th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2002 NL  5.7 (2nd)
2003 NL  6.6 (1st)
2004 NL  5.4 (2nd)
Career  16.0 (93rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2002 NL  2.2 (10th)
2003 NL  3.4 (2nd)
2004 NL  2.9 (7th)
Career  6.7 (243rd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2002 NL  2.6 (9th)
2003 NL  3.3 (7th)
Career  7.5 (228th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 (572), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 11 (1438), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 46 (295), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (408), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Relief Pitcher (161st), 11.9 career WAR/12.2 7yr-peak WAR/12.1 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Bobby Thigpen (961)
  2. Heath Bell (951)
  3. J.J. Putz (943)
  4. Duane Ward (941)
  5. Keith Foulke (937)
  6. Huston Street (935)
  7. Billy Koch (935)
  8. Brad Lidge (934)
  9. Mel Rojas (932)
  10. Matt Capps (929)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Zach McAllister (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Art Herring (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Darren Dreifort (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Robb Nen (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Robb Nen (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Brian Wilson (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Brad Lidge (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Brad Lidge (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Todd Jones (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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