Jaime García

Jaime Omar Garcia

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: July 8, 1986 in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico
High School: Sharyland HS (Mission, TX)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 22nd round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed July 16, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 11, 2008
Team: Cardinals 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2015, 4 yrs/$27M (12-15) & 16-17 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.047, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2006	19	STL-min	A,A+	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		DAV,PLM · MIDW,FLOR
2007	20	STL-min	AA	18	17	16	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.250	.294	.313	.607		5	0	1	0	0	0		SPD · TL
2008	21	STL-min	AAA,AA	19	26	21	1	4	2	1	0	5	0	0	2	6	.190	.261	.381	.642		8	1	0	3	0	0		MEM,SPD · PCL,TL
2008	21	STL	NL	10	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.667	.000	.667	98	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

2009	22	STL-min	AAA,Rk,A+	9	10	10	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400		2	0	0	0	0	0		MEM,CDS,PLM · PCL,GULF,FLOR
2010	23	STL	NL	31	60	54	8	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	13	.185	.214	.204	.418	15	11	1	0	4	0	0	1	RoY-3
2011	24	STL	NL	32	68	62	3	6	0	0	1	6	0	0	1	18	.097	.111	.145	.256	-30	9	1	0	5	0	0	1
2012	25	STL	NL	10	25	23	4	6	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	8	.261	.292	.348	.639	75	8	1	0	1	0	0	1
4 Yrs				83	156	140	15	22	1	1	1	10	0	0	6	40	.157	.192	.200	.392	8	28	3	0	10	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	304	273	29	43	2	2	2	20	0	0	12	78	.157	.192	.200	.392	8	55	6	0	20	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2008	21	STL	NL	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.507	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	1

2010	23	STL	NL	31	60	-6	0	0	0	8	3	0.3	2	4	0.3	.509	.502	0.3	0.0	4	$400,000	1	RoY-3
2011	24	STL	NL	32	68	-10	-0	-0	0	9	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.3	.491	.498	-0.3	0.0	-1	$437,000	1
2012	25	STL	NL	10	25	-1	-0	0	0	4	2	0.3	1	3	0.3	.526	.502	0.3	0.0	3	$	1
4 Seasons				83	156	-17	-0	-0	0	21	3	0.3	4	7	0.4	.504	.500	0.4	0.0	7	$837,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2008	21	STL	NL	3	1	0	0.0	106		.000	.265	.667	.336	.000	.423	.667	.759	98	.000	0.4	0.0	2.000	2.000	.000

2010	23	STL	NL	60	49	2	1.1	100	.244	.185	.258	.214	.328	.204	.407	.418	.735	15	.067	-6.5	-0.6	.289	.056	.019
2011	24	STL	NL	68	62	1	0.4	97	.116	.097	.258	.111	.325	.145	.402	.256	.727	-30	.014	-11.2	-1.2	.175	.065	.048	.0
2012	25	STL	NL	25	19	2	2.8	99	.400	.261	.257	.292	.325	.348	.406	.639	.731	75	.298	-1.0	-0.1	.500	.130	.087
4 Yrs				156	131	5	1.0	99	.212	.157	.258	.192	.326	.200	.405	.392	.731	8	.062	-18.3	-1.9	.281	.086	.043	.0
162 Game Avg.				304	256	10	1.0	99	.212	.157	.258	.192	.326	.200	.405	.392	.731	8	.062	-18.3	-1.9	.281	.086	.043

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
2011	24	STL	NL	NLDS	PHI	W	1	3	3	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
2011	24	STL	NL	NLCS	MIL	W	2	4	4	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
2011	24	STL	NL	WS	TEX	W	2	3	2	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333
1 Yr (3 Series)							5	10	9	1	1	4	.000	.100	.000	.100
1 NLDS							1	3	3	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 NLCS							2	4	4	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 WS							2	3	2	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2008	21	STL	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	66.7%	0.0%		0.50	1.0					0%

2010	23	STL	NL	60	0.0%	21.7%	3.3%	1.7%	10%	6.50	4.2		27.0	2.90	4.14	68%	16%	0.0%	10%
2011	24	STL	NL	68	1.5%	26.5%	1.5%	1.5%	17%	18.00	3.4	62.0	10.3	2.58	4.38	63%	10%	10.0%	17%
2012	25	STL	NL	25	0.0%	32.0%	4.0%	4.0%	17%	8.00	2.9		11.5	1.33	2.67	60%	13%	0.0%	17%
4 Yrs				156	0.6%	25.6%	3.9%	1.9%	14%	6.67	3.5	140.0	14.0	2.43	4.00	63%	13%	4.2%	14%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.2%	8.5%	7.7%	33%	2.14	4.9	34.8	8.0	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
2008	21	STL	NL	0.4	0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.43	0.0	-0.0	0.1	0.0	0.46	0.4	0

2010	23	STL	NL	-6.5	-0.6	61	-0.4	0.5	-0.9	.75	-0.5	0.0	-5.7	-0.6	0.90	-7.2	0
2011	24	STL	NL	-11.0	-1.1	68	-0.6	0.6	-1.2	.82	-1.0	0.3	-9.0	-0.9	1.03	-9.7	0
2012	25	STL	NL	-1.0	-0.1	25	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.91	-0.2	-0.0	-1.1	-0.1	0.89	-1.6	0
4 Yrs				-18.1	-1.8	157	-1.1	1.4	-2.5	.80	-1.7	0.3	-15.8	-1.6	0.95	-18.0	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2008	21	STL	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2010	23	STL	NL	1	0	67%	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	57%	4	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1
2011	24	STL	NL	1	0	33%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	25%	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
2012	25	STL	NL	0	0	57%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	60%	3	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				2	0	52%	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	50%	9	3	5	5	3	1	2	0	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2008	21	STL	NL	3	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

2010	23	STL	NL	60	70%	10	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	67%	9	1	11%	8	4	50%	31	2	6%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
2011	24	STL	NL	68	79%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	6	5	83%	10	1	10%	12	1	8%	46	5	11%	4	1	25%	2	0	0%	0
2012	25	STL	NL	25	68%	6	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	4	0	0%	14	2	14%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
4 Yrs				156	74%	22	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	14	10	71%	22	3	14%	24	5	21%	91	9	10%	6	1	17%	3	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			68%			11%			32%			14%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2008	21	STL	NL	3	15	5.00	5	33%	0%	60%	40%	0%	100%	0%	33%	40%	33%	33%	1	0	33%	1	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0

2010	23	STL	NL	60	209	3.48	150	72%	37%	9%	25%	30%	63%	0%	45%	86%	32%	2%	1	0	5%	3	1	3%	2	1	46%	0	0	0
2011	24	STL	NL	68	249	3.66	173	69%	30%	16%	26%	28%	70%	0%	49%	78%	34%	0%	0	0	7%	5	1	3%	2	2	28%	0	0	0
2012	25	STL	NL	25	88	3.52	66	75%	17%	23%	36%	24%	83%	0%	63%	73%	52%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	4%	1	0	25%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				156	561	3.60	394	70%	30%	15%	27%	28%	70%	0%	49%	79%	36%	1%	2	0	6%	9	2	3%	5	3	33%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
2008	21	10	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.667	.000	.667	98	0	0	0
2009	22	10	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.667	.000	.667	98	0	0	0
2010	23	41	63	55	8	10	1	0	0	2	4	14	.182	.237	.200	.437	21	11	1	4
2011	24	73	131	117	11	16	1	0	1	8	5	32	.137	.172	.171	.343	-5	20	2	9
2012	25	83	156	140	15	22	1	1	1	10	6	40	.157	.192	.200	.392	8	28	3	10

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2008	21	10	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	10

2010	23	31	59	53	7	9	1	0	0	2	0	2	13	.170	.200	.189	.389	2	31
2011	24	32	68	62	3	6	0	0	1	6	0	1	18	.097	.111	.145	.256	1	32
2012	25	10	26	24	5	7	0	1	0	3	0	1	8	.292	.320	.375	.695	3	10
4 Yrs		83	156	140	15	22	1	1	1	11	0	6	40	.157	.192	.200	.392	6	83
162 Game Avg.		162	304	273	29	43	2	2	2	21	0	12	78	.157	.192	.200	.392	12	83

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