Tom Gorzelanny
Thomas Stephen Gorzelanny
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 207 lb.

Born: July 12, 1982 in Evergreen Park, IL
High School: Marist (Chicago, IL)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2nd round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed July 1, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 2005
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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
2005 22 PIT NL 0 1 .000 12.00 3 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 10 8 8 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 32 35 2.167 15.0 1.5 4.5 4.5 1.00
2006 23 PIT NL 2 5 .286 3.79 11 11 0 0 0 0 61.2 50 29 26 3 31 2 40 4 0 3 267 117 1.314 7.3 0.4 4.5 5.8 1.29
2007 24 PIT NL 14 10 .583 3.88 32 32 0 1 1 0 201.2 214 90 87 18 68 3 135 11 1 5 874 112 1.398 9.6 0.8 3.0 6.0 1.99
2008 25 PIT NL 6 9 .400 6.66 21 21 0 0 0 0 105.1 120 79 78 20 70 0 67 1 1 5 490 63 1.804 10.3 1.7 6.0 5.7 0.96
2009 26 TOT NL 7 3 .700 5.55 22 7 2 0 0 0 47.0 45 30 29 6 17 0 47 1 0 1 204 80 1.319 8.6 1.1 3.3 9.0 2.76
2009 26 PIT NL 3 1 .750 5.19 9 0 2 0 0 0 8.2 6 5 5 0 4 0 7 0 0 0 36 79 1.154 6.2 0.0 4.2 7.3 1.75
2009 26 CHC NL 4 2 .667 5.63 13 7 0 0 0 0 38.1 39 25 24 6 13 0 40 1 0 1 168 80 1.357 9.2 1.4 3.1 9.4 3.08
5 Seasons 29 28 .509 4.87 89 72 2 1 1 0 421.2 439 236 228 48 189 5 292 17 2 14 1867 89 1.489 9.4 1.0 4.0 6.2 1.55
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .509 4.87 38 30 1 0 0 0 178 185 100 96 20 80 2 123 7 1 6 789 89 1.489 9.4 1.0 4.0 6.2 1.55
PIT (5 yrs) 25 26 .490 4.79 76 65 2 1 1 0 383.1 400 211 204 42 176 5 252 16 2 13 1699 90 1.503 9.4 1.0 4.1 5.9 1.43
CHC (1 yr) 4 2 .667 5.63 13 7 0 0 0 0 38.1 39 25 24 6 13 0 40 1 0 1 168 80 1.357 9.2 1.4 3.1 9.4 3.08

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
2005 22 PIT NL 3 32 28 8 10 3 0 1 0 0 3 3 .357 .419 .571 .991 .375 16 0 0 1 0 0
2006 23 PIT NL 11 267 221 29 50 13 0 3 4 2 31 40 .226 .327 .326 .653 .258 72 6 4 7 4 2
2007 24 PIT NL 32 874 783 90 214 50 2 18 17 5 68 135 .273 .336 .411 .748 .307 322 17 11 3 9 3
2008 25 PIT NL 21 490 410 79 120 26 3 20 16 4 70 67 .293 .392 .517 .909 .304 212 16 1 3 6 0
2009 26 TOT NL 22 204 180 30 45 4 2 6 1 0 17 47 .250 .313 .394 .708 .300 71 2 1 3 3 0
2009 26 PIT NL 9 36 31 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 4 7 .194 .286 .226 .512 .250 7 0 0 1 0 0
2009 26 CHC NL 13 168 149 25 39 3 2 6 1 0 13 40 .262 .319 .430 .749 .311 64 2 1 2 3 0
5 Seasons 89 1867 1622 236 439 96 7 48 38 11 189 292 .271 .349 .427 .776 .300 693 41 17 17 22 5
162 Game Avg. 38 789 685 100 185 41 3 20 16 5 80 123 .271 .349 .427 .776 .300 293 17 7 7 9 2
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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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
2005 22 PIT NL 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29 29 29 4 3 0 1 4.0 4.5 4.3 82 0 1 0 0 82
2006 23 PIT NL 11 11 2 5 4 0 2 4 7 .364 1 1 0 0 6 55% 52 83 23 3 2 0 8 3.9 2.9 5.6 92 3 4 4 0 112
2007 24 PIT NL 32 32 14 10 8 2 2 15 17 .469 5 3 1 1 19 59% 51 80 17 16 4 0 13 4.5 5.1 6.3 103 1 11 18 2 123
2008 25 PIT NL 21 21 6 9 6 3 2 7 14 .333 0 4 0 0 7 33% 41 64 12 17 6 0 14 4.8 4.7 5.0 90 3 11 7 0 110
2009 26 TOT NL 22 7 4 2 1 3 0 4 3 .571 0 0 0 0 1 14% 73 19 12 8 1 3 5.1 6.1 4.5 77 2 5 0 0 98
2009 26 CHC NL 13 7 4 2 1 3 0 4 3 .571 0 0 0 0 1 14% 48 73 19 6 5 1 3 5.1 6.1 4.5 77 2 5 0 0 98
5 Seasons 80 72 26 27 19 8 6 30 42 .417 6 8 1 1 33 46% 48 83 12 46 20 1 39 4.6 4.8 5.6 95 9 32 29 2 123
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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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
2005 22 PIT NL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 0.976 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 2.5 16
2009 26 TOT NL 22 15 2 3 1 1 0 1 0% 3 2 12 1 8% 0.929 4 7 4 6 2 7 6 9 5 6 5 3 3.1 15
2009 26 PIT NL 9 9 2 3 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 6 0 0% 7 1.328 4 3 2 4 2 3 4 5 3 4 3 2 2.9 15
2009 26 CHC NL 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 17% 6 0.844 0 4 2 2 0 4 2 4 2 2 2 1 3.3 16
2 Seasons 25 17 2 3 1 1 0 1 0% 3 2 13 1 8% 0.936 4 8 5 6 2 9 7 10 5 7 6 3 3.0 15

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
2005 22 PIT NL 32 81% 3.1% 9.4% 9.4% 12.5% 40% 0.41 1.14 75% 31% 6.7% 12% 6 0 0%
2006 23 PIT NL 267 81% 1.1% 15.0% 11.6% 6.0% 32% 0.97 1.34 68% 16% 3.8% 15% 70 6 9%
2007 24 PIT NL 874 84% 2.1% 15.5% 7.8% 8.0% 33% 0.74 0.87 73% 19% 5.7% 15% 162 17 10%
2008 25 PIT NL 490 83% 4.1% 13.7% 14.3% 10.0% 41% 0.69 0.91 67% 16% 11.0% 11% 103 16 16%
2009 26 TOT NL 204 77% 2.9% 23.0% 8.3% 5.9% 27% 0.69 1.07 64% 24% 8.2% 9% 34 2 6%
2009 26 PIT NL 36 67% 0.0% 19.4% 11.1% 2.8% 17% 0.85 1.38 67% 20% 0.0% 15% 4 0 0%
2009 26 CHC NL 168 79% 3.6% 23.8% 7.7% 6.6% 28% 0.66 1.00 63% 25% 9.7% 7% 30 2 7%
5 Seasons 1867 82% 2.6% 15.6% 10.1% 8.1% 34% 0.74 0.97 70% 18% 7.2% 13% 375 41 11%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
2005 22 PIT NL 32 114 3.56 63 55% 29% 11% 19% 41% 71% 0% 39% 84% 50% 6% 2 0 13% 4 2 1 33% 1 2 0 0 0
2006 23 PIT NL 267 1014 3.80 607 60% 24% 13% 31% 32% 76% 2% 45% 82% 55% 6% 16 8 15% 40 20 2 18% 3 6 0 0 0
2007 24 PIT NL 874 3309 3.79 2062 62% 26% 14% 29% 32% 74% 1% 46% 82% 55% 4% 36 24 21% 181 94 12 25% 20 9 0 0 0
2008 25 PIT NL 490 1890 3.86 1088 58% 25% 14% 28% 32% 75% 0% 43% 81% 54% 8% 39 20 19% 91 40 4 27% 9 19 0 0 0
2009 26 TOT NL 204 772 3.78 478 62% 24% 17% 30% 29% 76% 0% 47% 77% 57% 3% 7 3 21% 42 20 1 32% 4 4 0 0 0
2009 26 PIT NL 36 134 3.72 80 60% 21% 19% 29% 31% 79% 0% 47% 76% 50% 0% 0 0 19% 7 2 1 29% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 26 CHC NL 168 638 3.80 398 62% 24% 17% 30% 29% 76% 0% 47% 77% 58% 4% 7 3 21% 35 18 0 33% 4 4 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1867 7099 3.80 4298 61% 25% 14% 29% 32% 75% 1% 45% 81% 55% 5% 100 55 19% 358 176 20 26% 37 40 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
2005 22 PIT NL 32 10 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 67% 1 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 23 PIT NL 267 50 8 1 3 0 8 2 1 1 2 17 9 1 53% 7 3 0 119 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 9 0
2007 24 PIT NL 874 214 26 2 18 0 24 15 3 11 7 40 26 6 65% 6 5 0 344 17 5 77% 16 3 1 1 0 1 3 1 20 0
2008 25 PIT NL 490 120 13 2 20 0 8 19 1 5 15 35 17 4 49% 6 5 0 198 16 4 80% 13 3 3 1 0 0 3 2 12 0
2009 26 TOT NL 204 45 4 1 6 0 5 6 0 2 4 11 7 2 64% 2 1 1 71 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
2009 26 PIT NL 36 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 26 CHC NL 168 39 4 1 6 0 5 6 0 2 4 10 6 2 60% 2 1 1 60 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
5 Seasons 1867 439 52 7 48 0 45 43 5 20 28 106 61 13 58% 22 14 1 746 38 11 78% 34 8 4 2 0 1 11 5 46 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
2005 22 0 1 .000 12.00 3 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 10 8 8 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 32 35 2.167 15.0 1.5 4.5 4.5 1.00 35
2006 23 2 6 .250 4.52 14 12 0 0 0 0 67.2 60 37 34 4 34 2 43 4 0 3 299 98 1.389 8.0 0.5 4.5 5.7 1.26 98
2007 24 16 16 .500 4.04 46 44 0 1 1 0 269.1 274 127 121 22 102 5 178 15 1 8 1173 108 1.396 9.2 0.7 3.4 5.9 1.75 108
2008 25 22 25 .468 4.78 67 65 0 1 1 0 374.2 394 206 199 42 172 5 245 16 2 13 1663 90 1.511 9.5 1.0 4.1 5.9 1.42 90
2009 26 29 28 .509 4.87 89 72 2 1 1 0 421.2 439 236 228 48 189 5 292 17 2 14 1867 89 1.489 9.4 1.0 4.0 6.2 1.55 89

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2005 22 0 0 12.00 6.0 10 9 8 1 3 3 0 2.167 15.0 4.5 4.5 1.00 1.5 3
2006 23 3 3 .500 3.54 61.0 49 27 24 3 30 40 4 1.295 7.2 4.4 5.9 1.33 0.4 11
2007 24 11 10 .524 3.83 195.0 210 92 83 18 67 131 11 1.421 9.7 3.1 6.0 1.96 0.8 32
2008 25 3 8 .273 7.09 99.0 121 87 78 20 71 63 1 1.939 11.0 6.5 5.7 0.89 1.8 21
2009 26 2 3 .400 4.98 47.0 44 29 26 6 17 47 1 1.298 8.4 3.3 9.0 2.76 1.1 22
5 Seasons 19 24 .442 4.83 408.0 434 244 219 48 188 284 17 1.525 9.6 6.3 1.51 1.1 89

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
2007 NL--1--2nd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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