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Matt Garza    \GAR-zuh\

Matthew Scott Garza

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: November 26, 1983 in Selma, CA
High Schools: Washington Union HS (Fresno, CA), Washington Union HS (Washington Union, CA)
School: California State University Fresno (Fresno, CA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 11, 2006 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Rays/Cubs/Twins 2006-2012
2013 Contract Status: 4th-Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$10.25M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 5.149, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Nez Balelo) [*]
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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
2006 22 MIN AL 3 6 .333 5.76 10 9 0 0 0 0 50.0 62 33 32 6 23 0 38 0 0 1 232 78 1.700 11.2 1.1 4.1 6.8 1.65
2007 23 MIN AL 5 7 .417 3.69 16 15 1 0 0 0 83.0 96 44 34 8 32 4 67 4 0 4 367 117 1.542 10.4 0.9 3.5 7.3 2.09
2008 24 TBR AL 11 9 .550 3.70 30 30 0 3 2 0 184.2 170 83 76 19 59 2 128 6 2 3 772 119 1.240 8.3 0.9 2.9 6.2 2.17
2009 25 TBR AL 8 12 .400 3.95 32 32 0 0 0 0 203.0 177 93 89 25 79 0 189 11 0 3 861 110 1.261 7.8 1.1 3.5 8.4 2.39
2010 26 TBR AL 15 10 .600 3.91 33 32 1 3 1 1 204.2 193 94 89 28 63 2 150 7 2 12 855 100 1.251 8.5 1.2 2.8 6.6 2.38
2011 27 CHC NL 10 10 .500 3.32 31 31 0 2 0 0 198.0 186 90 73 14 63 5 197 3 0 6 839 118 1.258 8.5 0.6 2.9 9.0 3.13
2012 28 CHC NL 5 7 .417 3.91 18 18 0 0 0 0 103.2 90 48 45 15 32 0 96 4 0 1 424 105 1.177 7.8 1.3 2.8 8.3 3.00
7 Yrs 57 61 .483 3.84 170 167 2 8 3 1 1027.0 974 485 438 115 351 13 865 35 4 30 4350 108 1.290 8.5 1.0 3.1 7.6 2.46
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .483 3.84 34 34 0 2 1 0 207 197 98 88 23 71 3 175 7 1 6 878 108 1.290 8.5 1.0 3.1 7.6 2.46
TBR (3 yrs) 34 31 .523 3.86 95 94 1 6 3 1 592.1 540 270 254 72 201 4 467 24 4 18 2488 109 1.251 8.2 1.1 3.1 7.1 2.32
MIN (2 yrs) 8 13 .381 4.47 26 24 1 0 0 0 133.0 158 77 66 14 55 4 105 4 0 5 599 98 1.602 10.7 0.9 3.7 7.1 1.91
CHC (2 yrs) 15 17 .469 3.52 49 49 0 2 0 0 301.2 276 138 118 29 95 5 293 7 0 7 1263 113 1.230 8.2 0.9 2.8 8.7 3.08
AL (5 yrs) 42 44 .488 3.97 121 118 2 6 3 1 725.1 698 347 320 86 256 8 572 28 4 23 3087 107 1.315 8.7 1.1 3.2 7.1 2.23
NL (2 yrs) 15 17 .469 3.52 49 49 0 2 0 0 301.2 276 138 118 29 95 5 293 7 0 7 1263 113 1.230 8.2 0.9 2.8 8.7 3.08

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
2006 22 MIN AL 50.0 10 9 33 5.94 5.07 0.08 0.13 98.4 5.04 -6 -0.5 1.6 -0.1 -0.1 1 .447 .497
2007 23 MIN AL 83.0 16 15 44 4.77 4.95 0.09 0.18 97.2 4.90 0 0.0 .1 -0.1 0.9 10 .503 .500
2008 24 TBR AL 184.2 30 30 83 4.05 4.84 0.15 0.19 101.2 4.94 15 1.6 -0.1 3.3 38 .552 .510 $404,600
2009 25 TBR AL 203.0 32 32 93 4.12 5.03 0.25 0.20 98.6 4.90 16 1.6 -0.2 3.5 40 .551 .510 $433,300
2010 26 TBR AL 204.2 33 32 94 4.13 4.38 0.34 0.16 96.6 4.06 -3 -0.3 .9 -0.1 1.7 19 .490 .498 $3,350,000
2011 27 CHC NL 198.0 31 31 90 4.09 4.17 -0.21 0.16 102.6 4.66 11 1.3 -0.1 2.8 28 .541 .508 $5,950,000
2012 28 CHC NL 103.2 18 18 48 4.17 4.43 0.01 0.17 99.0 4.54 3 0.4 -0.1 1.2 13 .521 .502 $9,500,000
7 Seasons 1027.0 170 167 485 4.25 4.64 0.11 0.17 99.4 4.66 37 4.0 .9 -0.7 13.3 150 .524 .504 $19,637,900
TBR (3 yrs) 592.1 95 94 270 4.10 4.75 0.25 0.18 98.7 4.62 27 2.8 .9 -0.4 8.5 98 .530 .506 $4,187,900
MIN (2 yrs) 133.0 26 24 77 5.21 5.00 0.09 0.16 97.6 4.95 -5 -0.5 .9 -0.1 0.8 11 .481 .499
CHC (2 yrs) 301.2 49 49 138 4.12 4.26 -0.14 0.16 101.4 4.62 15 1.6 -0.2 4.0 41 .534 .505 $15,450,000

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
2008 24 TBR AL ALDS W CHW 0 1 .000 7.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 5 5 0 4 0 4 0 0 1 28 1.833 10.5 0.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
2008 24 TBR AL ALCS W BOS 2 0 1.000 1.38 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 8 2 2 1 6 0 14 1 0 0 54 1.077 5.5 0.7 4.2 9.7 2.33
2008 24 TBR AL WS L PHI 0 0 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 4 3 2 0 7 0 0 1 25 1.333 9.0 4.5 3.0 10.5 3.50
2010 26 TBR AL ALDS L TEX 0 0 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 2 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 24 1.167 7.5 1.5 3.0 6.0 2.00
2 Yrs (4 Series) 2 1 .667 3.48 5 5 0 0 0 0 31.0 26 13 12 5 14 0 29 1 0 2 131 1.290 7.5 1.5 4.1 8.4 2.07
2 ALDS 0 1 .000 4.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 12 7 6 1 6 0 8 0 0 1 52 1.500 9.0 0.8 4.5 6.0 1.33
1 ALCS 2 0 1.000 1.38 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 8 2 2 1 6 0 14 1 0 0 54 1.077 5.5 0.7 4.2 9.7 2.33
1 WS 0 0 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 4 3 2 0 7 0 0 1 25 1.333 9.0 4.5 3.0 10.5 3.50

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
2006 22 MIN AL 10 232 206 33 62 14 2 6 2 0 23 38 .301 .366 .476 .842 .339 98 3 0 0 3 0 1
2007 23 MIN AL 16 367 326 44 96 16 1 8 1 3 32 67 .294 .361 .423 .784 .345 138 11 4 1 4 4 4
2008 24 TBR AL 30 772 695 83 170 25 5 19 5 1 59 128 .245 .306 .377 .683 .271 262 22 6 3 9 2 9
2009 25 TBR AL 32 861 761 93 177 32 4 25 3 4 79 189 .233 .311 .384 .695 .274 292 14 11 2 8 0 8
2010 26 TBR AL 33 855 777 94 193 41 4 28 9 4 63 150 .248 .308 .420 .728 .273 326 17 7 1 6 2 6
2011 27 CHC NL 31 839 760 90 186 32 3 14 10 5 63 197 .245 .304 .350 .654 .312 266 14 3 11 2 5 17
2012 28 CHC NL 18 424 382 48 90 11 2 15 2 3 32 96 .236 .301 .393 .693 .276 150 12 4 5 1 0 6
7 Yrs 170 4350 3907 485 974 171 21 115 32 20 351 865 .249 .314 .392 .706 .290 1532 93 35 23 33 13 51
162 Game Avg. 34 878 788 98 197 35 4 23 6 4 71 175 .249 .314 .392 .706 .290 309 19 7 5 7 3 10
MLB Averages .262 .329 .414 .743 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2006 22 MIN AL -6.4 -0.6 235 -0.5 3.9 -4.5 .97 -0.9 0.4 -5.4 -0.5 0.97 -10.4 1 0 0
2007 23 MIN AL 2.5 0.2 378 0.2 6.4 -6.2 1.02 -0.4 0.5 2.4 0.2 1.02 -3.2 0 0 1
2008 24 TBR AL 14.0 1.4 783 1.0 13.7 -12.7 1.00 2.0 -0.9 12.4 1.2 1.00 21.6 0 0 0
2009 25 TBR AL 10.5 1.0 867 1.4 16.4 -15.0 1.05 1.2 0.2 17.2 1.7 1.05 15.0 0 0 0
2010 26 TBR AL 0.6 0.1 884 0.5 14.2 -13.8 .93 0.3 0.2 7.3 0.8 0.93 5.8 0 1 0
2011 27 CHC NL 8.0 0.8 858 0.4 15.1 -14.6 1.03 1.2 -0.8 1.8 0.2 1.03 11.3 0 0 0
2012 28 CHC NL 0.7 0.1 431 0.0 6.9 -6.8 .92 0.6 -0.5 1.1 0.1 0.92 4.4 0 0 0
7 Yrs 30.0 3.1 4436 3.0 76.6 -73.6 .99 3.9 -0.8 36.7 3.8 0.99 44.5 1 1 1

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
2006 22 MIN AL 10 9 3 5 1 2 1 4 5 .444 0 1 0 0 2 22% 41.9 67 14 10 1 0 6 3.7 3.9 4.9 89 2 6 1 0 102
2007 23 MIN AL 16 15 5 7 3 2 2 7 8 .467 0 2 0 0 6 40% 48.2 71 13 15 7 1 8 4.3 3.9 5.4 95 1 8 6 0 109
2008 24 TBR AL 30 30 11 9 10 0 3 14 16 .467 4 4 3 2 15 50% 52.8 90 16 21 2 1 18 4.3 4.6 6.2 98 4 8 18 0 119
2009 25 TBR AL 32 32 8 12 12 0 5 15 17 .469 3 5 0 0 19 59% 54.4 86 27 18 5 0 17 3.9 3.2 6.3 107 0 6 22 4 120
2010 26 TBR AL 33 32 15 10 7 3 4 18 14 .563 1 5 3 1 18 56% 53.1 92 11 19 8 1 18 5.2 5.0 6.4 102 1 10 20 1 120
2011 27 CHC NL 31 31 10 10 11 2 4 16 15 .516 7 4 2 0 20 65% 55.7 82 17 14 4 0 13 4.2 3.7 6.4 103 2 8 18 3 124
2012 28 CHC NL 18 18 5 7 6 1 3 6 12 .333 1 3 0 0 11 61% 54.1 85 21 4 1 0 11 3.7 3.2 5.8 94 2 8 8 0 119
7 Yrs 170 167 57 60 50 10 22 80 87 .479 16 24 8 3 91 54% 53 92 11 101 28 3 91 4.3 4.0 6.1 100 12 54 93 8 124
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 101 -13 4.6 4.6 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
2006 22 MIN AL 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 .967 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 17.0 94
2007 23 MIN AL 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.024 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 30
2010 26 TBR AL 33 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 1 100% 9 .927 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 20
3 Yrs 59 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 1 50% .958 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 8.3 48

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%
2006 22 MIN AL 232 50% 2.6% 16.4% 9.9% 9.5% 36% 0.60 0.72 71% 21% 6.3% 10% 46 3 7%
2007 23 MIN AL 367 50% 2.2% 18.3% 8.7% 6.8% 26% 0.90 0.99 69% 16% 6.8% 14% 75 11 15%
2008 24 TBR AL 772 52% 2.5% 16.6% 7.6% 6.4% 29% 0.72 0.88 72% 19% 7.3% 21% 156 22 14%
2009 25 TBR AL 861 47% 2.9% 22.0% 9.2% 7.1% 35% 0.65 0.83 64% 22% 8.3% 14% 169 14 8%
2010 26 TBR AL 855 51% 3.3% 17.5% 7.4% 8.5% 38% 0.56 0.71 71% 20% 8.1% 14% 144 17 12%
2011 27 CHC NL 839 53% 1.7% 23.5% 7.5% 5.8% 26% 0.89 1.10 66% 19% 5.9% 19% 164 14 9%
2012 28 CHC NL 424 51% 3.5% 22.6% 7.6% 6.6% 31% 0.94 1.33 64% 16% 12.0% 13% 83 12 14%
7 Yrs 4350 51% 2.6% 19.9% 8.1% 7.1% 32% 0.72 0.90 68% 19% 7.7% 16% 837 93 11%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 18.0% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.6% 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
2006 22 MIN AL 232 891 3.84 560 63% 25% 15% 29% 31% 75% 0% 47% 80% 56% 4% 9 5 19% 44 24 1 21% 11 4 0 0 0
2007 23 MIN AL 368 1454 3.95 918 63% 22% 14% 35% 29% 78% 2% 49% 81% 61% 4% 15 5 25% 92 42 8 18% 9 6 -1 0 0
2008 24 TBR AL 772 2947 3.82 1858 63% 23% 13% 32% 31% 77% 1% 48% 82% 55% 5% 41 26 21% 165 102 12 26% 26 13 0 0 0
2009 25 TBR AL 863 3421 3.96 2084 61% 28% 15% 29% 28% 72% 0% 44% 80% 56% 5% 45 34 21% 180 94 7 26% 25 11 -2 0 0
2010 26 TBR AL 857 3281 3.83 2064 63% 26% 13% 30% 31% 74% 0% 46% 82% 58% 5% 41 25 25% 212 115 10 21% 31 14 -2 0 0
2011 27 CHC NL 840 3192 3.80 2093 66% 26% 19% 27% 28% 74% 2% 48% 74% 64% 5% 44 26 28% 233 142 10 15% 38 13 -1 0 0
2012 28 CHC NL 425 1699 4.00 1105 65% 29% 17% 27% 26% 71% 0% 46% 76% 62% 4% 18 11 31% 132 75 5 28% 16 7 -1 0 0
7 Yrs 4357 16885 3.88 10682 63% 26% 15% 30% 29% 74% 1% 47% 79% 59% 5% 213 132 24% 1058 594 53 22% 156 68 -7 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 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
2006 22 MIN AL 232 62 4 0 6 0 0 5 1 2 4 8 6 2 75% 1 1 0 98 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2007 23 MIN AL 367 96 17 1 8 0 11 3 5 6 2 23 12 4 52% 4 4 3 140 1 3 25% 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
2008 24 TBR AL 772 170 26 2 19 0 12 8 11 5 14 44 26 4 59% 9 3 0 268 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
2009 25 TBR AL 861 177 16 3 25 1 28 14 11 11 14 46 22 7 48% 8 3 0 296 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2010 26 TBR AL 855 193 19 3 28 1 10 15 13 11 17 30 20 4 67% 6 12 2 292 9 4 69% 7 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 31 0
2011 27 CHC NL 839 186 32 3 14 0 19 9 5 11 3 53 24 15 45% 17 6 0 307 10 5 67% 9 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2012 28 CHC NL 424 90 16 5 15 0 8 5 10 1 14 17 10 1 59% 6 1 0 132 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
7 Yrs 4350 974 130 17 115 2 88 59 56 47 68 221 120 37 54% 51 30 5 1533 32 20 62% 28 19 4 1 0 0 2 2 89 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

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+
2006 22 3 6 .333 5.76 10 9 0 0 0 0 50.0 62 33 32 6 23 0 38 0 0 1 232 78 1.700 11.2 1.1 4.1 6.8 1.65 78
2007 23 8 13 .381 4.47 26 24 1 0 0 0 133.0 158 77 66 14 55 4 105 4 0 5 599 98 1.602 10.7 0.9 3.7 7.1 1.91 98
2008 24 19 22 .463 4.02 56 54 1 3 2 0 317.2 328 160 142 33 114 6 233 10 2 8 1371 109 1.391 9.3 0.9 3.2 6.6 2.04 109
2009 25 27 34 .443 3.99 88 86 1 3 2 0 520.2 505 253 231 58 193 6 422 21 2 11 2232 110 1.341 8.7 1.0 3.3 7.3 2.19 110
2010 26 42 44 .488 3.97 121 118 2 6 3 1 725.1 698 347 320 86 256 8 572 28 4 23 3087 107 1.315 8.7 1.1 3.2 7.1 2.23 107
2011 27 52 54 .491 3.83 152 149 2 8 3 1 923.1 884 437 393 100 319 13 769 31 4 29 3926 109 1.303 8.6 1.0 3.1 7.5 2.41 109
2012 28 57 61 .483 3.84 170 167 2 8 3 1 1027.0 974 485 438 115 351 13 865 35 4 30 4350 108 1.290 8.5 1.0 3.1 7.6 2.46 108

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
2006 22 2 3 .400 5.69 49.0 61 34 31 6 23 37 0 1.714 11.2 4.2 6.8 1.61 1.1 10
2007 23 4 4 .500 4.04 78.0 97 39 35 8 32 63 4 1.654 11.2 3.7 7.3 1.97 0.9 16
2008 24 11 9 .550 3.70 180.0 168 82 74 19 58 125 6 1.256 8.4 2.9 6.3 2.16 1.0 30
2009 25 10 11 .476 4.09 198.0 178 100 90 25 79 184 11 1.298 8.1 3.6 8.4 2.33 1.1 32
2010 26 9 12 .429 4.69 192.0 204 111 100 30 67 141 7 1.411 9.6 3.1 6.6 2.10 1.4 33
2011 27 12 9 .571 3.59 193.0 191 86 77 14 65 192 3 1.326 8.9 3.0 9.0 2.95 0.7 31
2012 28 5 6 .455 4.18 99.0 91 51 46 15 32 92 4 1.242 8.3 2.9 8.4 2.88 1.4 18
7 Yrs 53 54 .495 4.12 989.0 990 503 453 117 356 834 35 1.361 9.0 7.6 2.34 1.1 170

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Awards (yr lg award)
2008 AL ALCS MVP

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Active  3.84 (22nd)

Wins s c a p y
2010 AL  15 (10th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
Active  1.290 (23rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL  8.285 (7th)
2009 AL  7.847 (4th)
Active  8.536 (23rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 AL  8.379 (6th)
2011 NL  8.955 (7th)
Active  7.580 (25th)
Career  7.580 (55th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2009 AL  189 (9th)
2011 NL  197 (9th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2008 AL  3 (3rd)
2010 AL  3 (8th)
2011 NL  2 (9th)
Active  8 (45th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 AL  2 (1st)
2010 AL  1 (3rd)
Active  3 (48th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2010 AL  28 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2009 AL  79 (2nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
Active  2.464 (30th)
Career  2.464 (105th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2011 NL  0.636 (10th)
Active  1.008 (36th)

Losses s c a p y
2009 AL  12 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2010 AL  12 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2009 AL  11 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
Active  108 (31st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (856), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 24 (967), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 7 (1162), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1136), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (745th), 12.7 career WAR/12.7 7yr-peak WAR/12.7 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

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