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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 (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 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2015, 1 yr/$437k (11), 4 yrs/$27M (12-15) & 16-17 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.047, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

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	19	STL-min	A,A+	10	8	.556	3.37	25	25	0	1	0	0	155.0	151	61	58	4	34	0	131	3	9	12	636		1.194	8.8	0.2	2.0	7.6	3.85	DAV,PLM · MIDW,FLOR
2007	20	STL-min	AA	5	9	.357	3.75	18	18	0	0	0	0	103.1	93	47	43	14	45	1	97	3	1	13	440		1.335	8.1	1.2	3.9	8.4	2.16	SPD · TL
2008	21	STL-min	AAA,AA	7	6	.538	3.65	19	18	0	1	0	0	106.0	100	51	43	6	42	0	100	5	3	10	455		1.340	8.5	0.5	3.6	8.5	2.38	MEM,SPD · PCL,TL
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	102	1.320	9.6	0.7	2.3	7.2	3.12
3 Seasons				27	16	.628	3.27	70	61	4	3	3	0	374.0	372	174	136	28	122	6	296	6	2	19	1590	115	1.321	9.0	0.7	2.9	7.1	2.43
162 Game Avg.				14	8	.628	3.27	36	32	2	2	2	0	194	193	90	71	15	63	3	154	3	1	10	825	115	1.321	9.0	0.7	2.9	7.1	2.43

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
2008	21	STL	NL	16.0	1	10	9	1	.7	-1	-0.2	$

2010	23	STL	NL	163.1	28	64	91	1	1.0	27	2.9	$400,000	RoY-3
2011	24	STL	NL	194.2	32	100	108	-1	1.0	8	0.9	$437,000
3 Seasons				374.0	61	174	208	1	1.0	34	3.6	$837,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2011	24	STL	NL	NLDS	W	PHI	1	.000	3.86	1	1	7.0	6	3	3	1	2	2	3	0	1	29	1.143	7.7	1.3	2.6	3.9	1.50
2011	24	STL	NL	NLCS	W	MIL	1	.000	7.27	2	2	8.2	13	7	7	2	3	0	8	1	0	42	1.846	13.5	2.1	3.1	8.3	2.67
2011	24	STL	NL	WS	W	TEX	0		1.80	2	2	10.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	10	0	0	38	1.100	7.2	0.0	2.7	9.0	3.33
1 Season (3 Series)							2	.000	4.21	5	5	25.2	27	12	12	3	8	2	21	1	1	109	1.364	9.5	1.1	2.8	7.4	2.63
1 NLDS							1	.000	3.86	1	1	7.0	6	3	3	1	2	2	3	0	1	29	1.143	7.7	1.3	2.6	3.9	1.50
1 NLCS							1	.000	7.27	2	2	8.2	13	7	7	2	3	0	8	1	0	42	1.846	13.5	2.1	3.1	8.3	2.67
1 WS							0		1.80	2	2	10.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	10	0	0	38	1.100	7.2	0.0	2.7	9.0	3.33

Standard Batting

More Stats

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	97	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

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	30	68	62	3	6	0	0	1	6	0	0	1	18	.097	.111	.145	.256	-29	9	1	0	5	0	0	1
3 Seasons				71	131	117	11	16	1	0	1	8	0	0	5	32	.137	.172	.171	.343	-4	20	2	0	9	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	299	267	25	37	2	0	2	18	0	0	11	73	.137	.172	.171	.343	-4	46	5	0	21	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2008	21	STL	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1

2010	23	STL	NL	60	-6	0	-0	0	0	6	2	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$400,000	1	RoY-3
2011	24	STL	NL	68	-11	-0	-0	-0	0	7	2	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.4	0.0	$437,000	1
3 Seasons				131	-18	-0	-0	-0	0	13	4	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$837,000

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 Season (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

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
2008	STL	NL	21	P	10			16.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.69	0.30	.960	1.74	1.72
2010	STL	NL	23	P	28			163.1	28	5	23	0	0	1.000	2	2	1.54	1.00	.954	1.73	1.72					RoY-3
2011	STL	NL	24	P	32	32	2	194.2	27	3	22	2	2	.926	1	1	1.16	0.78	.955	1.80	1.79	15	3	17%	3
	3 Seasons			P	70	32	2	374.0	58	9	47	2	2	.966	3	1	1.35	0.80	.955	1.77	1.75	15	3	17%	3
	3 Seasons			TOT	70	32	2	374.0	58	9	47	2	2	.966	3	9	1.35	0.80	.955	1.77	1.75	15	3	17%	3

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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)	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 (48th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 2010 NL 0.496 (5th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 2011 NL 12 (2nd)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 2010 NL 142 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 11 (1407), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

June 7, 2004: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 30th round of the 2004 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 7, 2005: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 22nd round of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed July 16, 2005.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2009	22	St. Louis Cardinals	$400,000
2010	23	St. Louis Cardinals	$400,000
2011	24	St. Louis Cardinals	$437,000

2012	25	St. Louis Cardinals	$3,250,000
2013	26	St. Louis Cardinals	$5,750,000
2014	27	St. Louis Cardinals	$7,750,000
2015	28	St. Louis Cardinals	$9,250,000
2016	29	St. Louis Cardinals	*$11,500,000	$11.5M Team Option, $500k Buyout
2017	30	St. Louis Cardinals	*$12,000,000	$12M Team Option, $500k Buyout

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,237,000	Does not include future salaries

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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