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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 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
2008 21 STL NL 1 1 .500 5.63 10 1 4 0 0 0 16.0 14 10 10 4 8 0 8 1 0 3 69 77 1.375 7.9 2.3 4.5 4.5 1.00
2010 23 STL NL 13 8 .619 2.70 28 28 0 1 1 0 163.1 151 64 49 9 64 4 132 3 1 4 695 143 1.316 8.3 0.5 3.5 7.3 2.06 RoY-3
2011 24 STL NL 13 7 .650 3.56 32 32 0 2 2 0 194.2 207 100 77 15 50 2 156 2 1 12 826 104 1.320 9.6 0.7 2.3 7.2 3.12
2012 25 STL NL 3 3 .500 3.78 10 10 0 0 0 0 64.1 73 28 27 1 17 1 49 0 1 5 272 100 1.399 10.2 0.1 2.4 6.9 2.88
4 Yrs 30 19 .612 3.35 80 71 4 3 3 0 438.1 445 202 163 29 139 7 345 6 3 24 1862 114 1.332 9.1 0.6 2.9 7.1 2.48
162 Game Avg. 14 9 .612 3.35 36 32 2 1 1 0 197 200 91 73 13 63 3 155 3 1 11 839 114 1.332 9.1 0.6 2.9 7.1 2.48

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
2008 21 STL NL 16.0 10 1 10 5.63 4.61 0.37 -0.17 97.7 3.97 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .472 .498 $
2010 23 STL NL 163.1 28 28 64 3.53 4.46 0.19 0.17 96.5 4.28 13 1.5 -0.1 2.5 29 .552 .509 $400,000 RoY-3
2011 24 STL NL 194.2 32 32 100 4.62 4.14 -0.20 0.15 97.9 4.40 -6 -0.6 -0.1 0.7 12 .480 .496 $437,000
2012 25 STL NL 64.1 10 10 28 3.92 4.16 -0.11 0.15 97.2 4.30 2 0.2 -0.1 0.6 8 .518 .501 $
4 Seasons 438.1 80 71 202 4.15 4.28 -0.02 0.15 97.3 4.32 6 0.7 1.0 -0.3 3.6 48 .509 .501 $837,000

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
2011 24 STL NL NLDS W PHI 0 1 .000 3.86 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 6 3 3 1 2 2 3 0 0 1 29 1.143 7.7 1.3 2.6 3.9 1.50
2011 24 STL NL NLCS W MIL 0 1 .000 7.27 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.2 13 7 7 2 3 0 8 1 0 0 42 1.846 13.5 2.1 3.1 8.3 2.67
2011 24 STL NL WS W TEX 0 0 1.80 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 8 2 2 0 3 0 10 0 0 0 38 1.100 7.2 0.0 2.7 9.0 3.33
1 Yr (3 Series) 0 2 .000 4.21 5 5 0 0 0 0 25.2 27 12 12 3 8 2 21 1 0 1 109 1.364 9.5 1.1 2.8 7.4 2.63
1 NLDS 0 1 .000 3.86 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 6 3 3 1 2 2 3 0 0 1 29 1.143 7.7 1.3 2.6 3.9 1.50
1 NLCS 0 1 .000 7.27 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.2 13 7 7 2 3 0 8 1 0 0 42 1.846 13.5 2.1 3.1 8.3 2.67
1 WS 0 0 1.80 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 8 2 2 0 3 0 10 0 0 0 38 1.100 7.2 0.0 2.7 9.0 3.33

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
2008 21 STL NL 10 69 60 10 14 2 0 4 0 0 8 8 .233 .333 .467 .800 .208 28 2 1 0 0 0 0
2010 23 STL NL 28 695 622 64 151 21 1 9 6 3 64 132 .243 .315 .323 .638 .293 201 18 3 3 3 4 12
2011 24 STL NL 32 826 759 100 207 37 5 15 15 3 50 156 .273 .317 .394 .711 .324 299 25 2 10 5 2 13
2012 25 STL NL 10 272 246 28 73 17 2 1 2 2 17 49 .297 .337 .394 .731 .360 97 10 0 5 4 1 1
4 Yrs 80 1862 1687 202 445 77 8 29 23 8 139 345 .264 .320 .370 .690 .314 625 55 6 18 12 7 26
162 Game Avg. 36 839 760 91 200 35 4 13 10 4 63 155 .264 .320 .370 .690 .314 281 25 3 8 5 3 12
MLB Averages .259 .327 .408 .736 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2008 21 STL NL -1.9 -0.2 71 0.3 1.1 -0.8 .75 0.1 0.3 -2.8 -0.3 0.75 -0.6 2 2 4
2010 23 STL NL 17.2 1.8 709 1.5 12.0 -10.4 1.01 2.0 -0.5 14.0 1.5 1.01 19.0 0 0 0
2011 24 STL NL -5.9 -0.6 859 -1.0 14.1 -15.1 1.01 -0.2 -0.7 -12.2 -1.3 1.01 -6.9 0 0 0
2012 25 STL NL 0.8 0.1 284 -0.3 5.0 -5.3 1.10 0.1 -0.3 0.1 0.0 1.10 1.7 0 0 0
4 Yrs 10.2 1.1 1923 0.6 32.2 -31.6 1.01 2.0 -1.4 -0.9 -0.0 1.01 13.3 2 2 4

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
2008 21 STL NL 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 48.0 48 48 5 1 0 1 9.7 2.3 5.0 86 0 1 0 0 86
2010 23 STL NL 28 28 13 8 7 3 5 15 13 .536 2 1 1 1 19 68% 54.8 87 22 14 5 0 13 4.2 4.9 5.8 93 2 19 7 0 111
2011 24 STL NL 32 32 13 7 12 3 2 19 13 .594 9 3 2 2 18 56% 51.6 90 -6 10 4 0 16 5.1 5.7 6.1 93 2 22 8 0 107
2012 25 STL NL 10 10 3 3 4 0 1 4 6 .400 3 0 0 0 6 60% 51.3 66 33 7 1 0 5 4.5 4.9 6.4 91 0 9 1 0 101
4 Yrs 80 71 29 18 24 6 8 39 32 .549 14 5 3 3 43 61% 53 90 -6 36 11 0 35 4.7 5.3 6.0 93 4 51 16 0 111
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 100 -13 4.5 4.5 5.9 96

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
2008 21 STL NL 10 9 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 67% 7 .746 2 2 4 5 1 3 2 7 4 2 4 0 3.7 20
1 Yr 10 9 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 67% .746 2 2 4 5 1 3 2 7 4 2 4 0 3.7 20

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%
2008 21 STL NL 69 29% 5.8% 11.6% 11.6% 8.7% 43% 1.55 2.15 70% 15% 23.5% 15% 17 2 12%
2010 23 STL NL 695 20% 1.3% 19.0% 9.2% 4.5% 21% 1.27 1.86 70% 20% 4.7% 10% 128 18 14%
2011 24 STL NL 826 19% 1.8% 18.9% 6.1% 6.9% 28% 1.15 1.67 72% 20% 5.9% 9% 163 25 15%
2012 25 STL NL 272 24% 0.4% 18.0% 6.3% 7.4% 27% 1.15 1.78 74% 16% 1.2% 11% 54 10 19%
4 Yrs 1862 20% 1.6% 18.5% 7.5% 6.1% 26% 1.20 1.77 71% 19% 5.3% 10% 362 55 15%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.2% 8.5% 7.7% 33% 0.80 1.08 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
2008 21 STL NL 69 264 3.83 158 60% 26% 11% 30% 33% 74% 0% 44% 85% 58% 6% 4 2 19% 13 5 1 25% 2 2 0 0 0
2010 23 STL NL 695 2609 3.75 1632 63% 27% 17% 25% 30% 73% 2% 45% 76% 54% 6% 42 25 22% 154 91 9 21% 30 13 0 0 0
2011 24 STL NL 827 2986 3.61 1921 64% 28% 18% 22% 32% 72% 1% 46% 75% 58% 4% 34 25 21% 172 107 14 19% 39 7 -1 0 0
2012 25 STL NL 274 911 3.32 593 65% 25% 19% 21% 35% 75% 1% 49% 75% 63% 4% 10 7 21% 57 31 4 18% 12 2 -2 0 0
4 Yrs 1865 6770 3.63 4304 64% 27% 18% 23% 32% 73% 1% 46% 76% 57% 5% 90 59 21% 396 234 28 20% 83 24 -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 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
2008 21 STL NL 69 14 2 0 4 0 1 4 0 3 1 3 2 0 67% 0 3 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2010 23 STL NL 695 151 24 3 9 0 22 8 1 4 5 21 13 2 62% 12 4 0 248 6 3 67% 5 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 8 0
2011 24 STL NL 826 207 32 3 15 0 15 13 2 6 9 47 25 9 53% 13 12 3 314 15 3 83% 14 3 1 0 0 0 3 3 25 0
2012 25 STL NL 272 73 15 3 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 20 10 5 50% 1 5 2 101 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 16 0
4 Yrs 1862 445 73 9 29 1 43 26 3 13 16 91 50 16 55% 26 24 5 692 23 8 74% 21 8 2 0 0 0 6 5 51 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+
2008 21 1 1 .500 5.63 10 1 4 0 0 0 16.0 14 10 10 4 8 0 8 1 0 3 69 77 1.375 7.9 2.3 4.5 4.5 1.00 77
2009 22 1 1 .500 5.63 10 1 4 0 0 0 16.0 14 10 10 4 8 0 8 1 0 3 69 77 1.375 7.9 2.3 4.5 4.5 1.00 77
2010 23 14 9 .609 2.96 38 29 4 1 1 0 179.1 165 74 59 13 72 4 140 4 1 7 764 132 1.322 8.3 0.7 3.6 7.0 1.94 132
2011 24 27 16 .628 3.27 70 61 4 3 3 0 374.0 372 174 136 28 122 6 296 6 2 19 1590 116 1.321 9.0 0.7 2.9 7.1 2.43 116
2012 25 30 19 .612 3.35 80 71 4 3 3 0 438.1 445 202 163 29 139 7 345 6 3 24 1862 114 1.332 9.1 0.6 2.9 7.1 2.48 114

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
2008 21 0 1 .000 5.40 15.0 14 10 9 4 8 8 1 1.467 8.4 4.8 4.8 1.00 2.4 10
2010 23 11 6 .647 2.98 157.0 155 58 52 9 66 127 3 1.408 8.9 3.8 7.3 1.92 0.5 28
2011 24 10 10 .500 4.16 184.0 218 94 85 16 53 148 2 1.473 10.7 2.6 7.2 2.79 0.8 32
2012 25 3 3 .500 4.42 59.0 76 32 29 1 18 45 0 1.593 11.6 2.7 6.9 2.50 0.2 10
4 Yrs 24 20 .545 3.80 415.0 463 194 175 30 145 328 6 1.465 10.0 7.1 2.26 0.7 80

* 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

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2010 NL  2.70 (4th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2011 NL  .650 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
2012 NL  10 (5th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2011 NL  2 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2010 NL  1 (8th)
2011 NL  2 (2nd)
Active  3 (46th)

Hits s c a p y
2012 NL  73 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 NL  0.496 (5th)
2012 NL  0.140 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2011 NL  12 (2nd)
2012 NL  5 (2nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2012 NL  272 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2010 NL  143 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 12 (1365), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1308), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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