Mike Gosling

Michael Frederick Gosling

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 23, 1980 in Madison, WI
High School: East HS (Salt Lake City, UT)
School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2nd round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed August 1, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 2004
Teams (by GP): Reds/Diamondbacks/Indians 2004-2009
Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: October 3, 2009
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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
2002	21	ARI-min	AA	14	5	.737	3.13	27	27	0	2	2	0	166.2	149	66	58	7	62	4	115	4	1	9	705		1.266	8.0	0.4	3.3	6.2	1.85	ELP · TL
2003	22	ARI-min	AAA	9	12	.429	5.61	26	26	0	0	0	0	136.1	190	106	85	13	56	0	89	3	0	13	645		1.804	12.5	0.9	3.7	5.9	1.59	TUC · PCL
2004	23	ARI-min	AAA	9	5	.643	5.82	24	21	0	0	0	0	128.1	160	101	83	16	53	0	67	3	0	12	581		1.660	11.2	1.1	3.7	4.7	1.26	TUC · PCL
2004	23	ARI	NL	1	1	.500	4.62	6	4	0	0	0	0	25.1	26	13	13	5	13	1	14	2	0	2	112	100	1.539	9.2	1.8	4.6	5.0	1.08
2005	24	ARI-min	AAA	4	6	.400	5.95	18	17	0	0	0	0	92.1	129	70	61	11	30	0	76	2	1	5	432		1.722	12.6	1.1	2.9	7.4	2.53	TUC · PCL
2005	24	ARI	NL	0	3	.000	4.45	13	5	5	0	0	0	32.1	40	20	16	2	19	2	14	0	0	0	154	100	1.825	11.1	0.6	5.3	3.9	0.74
2006	25	CIN-min	AAA	6	8	.429	4.58	23	22	1	0	0	0	118.0	118	68	60	12	53	0	100	5	0	9	519		1.449	9.0	0.9	4.0	7.6	1.89	LOU · IL
2006	25	CIN	NL	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	7	43	1.500	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	1.00
2007	26	CIN-min	AAA	5	3	.625	3.00	13	13	0	0	0	0	78.0	71	31	26	7	23	0	65	3	0	2	328		1.205	8.2	0.8	2.7	7.5	2.83	LOU · IL
2007	26	CIN	NL	2	0	1.000	4.91	23	0	7	0	0	0	33.0	42	22	18	5	28	8	32	1	0	1	164	95	2.121	11.5	1.4	7.6	8.7	1.14

2008	27	TOR-min	AAA	5	6	.455	3.67	58	0	26	0	0	7	68.2	78	34	28	3	22	0	64	2	1	1	301		1.456	10.2	0.4	2.9	8.4	2.91	SYR · IL
2009	28	MIN-CLE-min	AAA	7	4	.636	4.81	29	4	10	0	0	1	67.1	78	38	36	7	24	0	73	2	0	1	294		1.515	10.4	0.9	3.2	9.8	3.04	ROC,CLB · IL
2009	28	CLE	AL	0	0		5.04	15	0	7	0	0	0	25.0	30	15	14	5	11	1	13	0	0	0	114	85	1.640	10.8	1.8	4.0	4.7	1.18
2010	29	CLE-min	AAA	3	0	1.000	2.96	13	2	4	0	0	0	27.1	22	10	9	2	9	0	24	1	0	2	114		1.134	7.2	0.7	3.0	7.9	2.67	CLB · IL
5 Yrs				3	4	.429	4.85	58	9	19	0	0	0	117.0	139	72	63	18	72	12	74	4	0	3	551	94	1.803	10.7	1.4	5.5	5.7	1.03
162 Game Avg.				3	4	.429	4.85	59	9	19	0	0	0	119	141	73	64	18	73	12	75	4	0	3	559	94	1.803	10.7	1.4	5.5	5.7	1.03

ARI (2 yrs)				1	4	.200	4.53	19	9	5	0	0	0	57.2	66	33	29	7	32	3	28	2	0	2	266	100	1.699	10.3	1.1	5.0	4.4	0.88
CIN (2 yrs)				2	0	1.000	5.24	24	0	7	0	0	0	34.1	43	24	20	6	29	8	33	2	0	1	171	90	2.097	11.3	1.6	7.6	8.7	1.14
CLE (1 yr)				0	0		5.04	15	0	7	0	0	0	25.0	30	15	14	5	11	1	13	0	0	0	114	85	1.640	10.8	1.8	4.0	4.7	1.18

NL (4 yrs)				3	4	.429	4.79	43	9	12	0	0	0	92.0	109	57	49	13	61	11	61	4	0	3	437	96	1.848	10.7	1.3	6.0	6.0	1.00
AL (1 yr)				0	0		5.04	15	0	7	0	0	0	25.0	30	15	14	5	11	1	13	0	0	0	114	85	1.640	10.8	1.8	4.0	4.7	1.18

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
2004	23	ARI	NL	25.1	6	4	13	4.62	5.18	-0.04	0.13	100.3	5.37	2	0.2	.5	-0.0	0.4	5	.535	.501	$
2005	24	ARI	NL	32.1	13	5	20	5.57	4.61	-0.09	0.04	106.4	5.05	-2	-0.2	.8	-0.0	0.0	1	.485	.499	$317,500
2006	25	CIN	NL	1.1	1	0	2	13.50	5.08	-0.26	-0.37	108.0	5.37	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.393	.499	$
2007	26	CIN	NL	33.0	23	0	22	6.00	4.83	-0.30	-0.35	102.9	4.92	-4	-0.4	.8	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.484	.498	$

2009	28	CLE	AL	25.0	15	0	15	5.40	4.70	-0.15	-0.35	95.3	4.29	-3	-0.3	.2	0.1	0.0	0	.479	.498	$
5 Seasons				117.0	58	9	72	5.54	4.82	-0.15	-0.14	101.7	4.92	-8	-0.8	.6	-0.0	0.1	4	.486	.499	$317,500

ARI (2 yrs)				57.2	19	9	33	5.15	4.86	-0.07	0.08	103.7	5.19	0	0.0	.8	-0.1	0.4	6	.501	.500	$317,500
CIN (2 yrs)				34.1	24	0	24	6.29	4.84	-0.30	-0.35	103.1	4.94	-5	-0.5	.8	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.480	.499	$
CLE (1 yr)				25.0	15	0	15	5.40	4.70	-0.15	-0.35	95.3	4.29	-3	-0.3	.2	0.1	0.0	0	.479	.498	$

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
2004	23	ARI	NL	6	112	95	13	26	6	1	5	1	0	13	14	.274	.373	.516	.889	.276	49	3	2	2	0	1	1
2005	24	ARI	NL	13	154	133	20	40	17	1	2	1	1	19	14	.301	.388	.489	.877	.325	65	6	0	2	0	2	6
2006	25	CIN	NL	1	7	5	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.200	.429	.800	1.229	.000	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
2007	26	CIN	NL	23	164	132	22	42	11	0	5	2	1	28	32	.318	.438	.515	.953	.385	68	5	1	2	1	8	1

2009	28	CLE	AL	15	114	103	15	30	7	0	5	0	0	11	13	.291	.360	.505	.865	.294	52	3	0	0	0	1	1
5 Yrs				58	551	468	72	139	41	2	18	4	2	72	74	.297	.394	.509	.903	.321	238	17	4	6	1	12	9
162 Game Avg.				59	559	475	73	141	42	2	18	4	2	73	75	.297	.394	.509	.903	.321	242	17	4	6	1	12	9
MLB Averages																.266	.334	.423	.757	.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
2004	23	ARI	NL	0.6	0.1	117	-0.3	2.3	-2.6	1.11	-0.2	-0.1	-0.6	-0.1	1.11	-1.8	0	1	1
2005	24	ARI	NL	-1.1	-0.1	156	-0.8	3.0	-3.8	1.22	-0.6	-0.1	-7.2	-0.7	1.22	-7.1	2	1	4
2006	25	CIN	NL	-1.0	-0.1	7	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.96	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.96	-1.0	0	1	0
2007	26	CIN	NL	-2.0	-0.2	170	-0.2	1.6	-1.8	.61	-0.6	0.2	-7.8	-0.7	0.61	-9.0	5	3	13

2009	28	CLE	AL	-2.1	-0.2	114	0.1	0.3	-0.2	.14	-0.5	0.9	2.6	0.3	0.14	-5.3	0	1	12
5 Yrs				-5.6	-0.5	564	-1.3	7.3	-8.6	.79	-1.9	0.2	-13.6	-1.3	0.79	-24.2	7	7	30

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
2004	23	ARI	NL	6	4	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	.500	1	1	0	0	1	25%	47.2	58	40	4	0	1	1	3.2	2.9	5.6	94	1	2	1	0	107
2005	24	ARI	NL	13	5	0	1	4	0	0	3	2	.600	0	1	0	0	1	20%	46.2	57	29	11	3	0	3	4.4	4.1	4.9	85	1	4	0	0	97
2 Yrs				19	9	1	2	6	1	1	5	4	.556	1	2	0	0	2	22%	47	58	29	15	3	1	4	3.8	3.5	5.2	89	2	6	1	0	107
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	100	-12					4.8	4.8	5.8	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2004	23	ARI	NL	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	1.108	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	4.5	21
2005	24	ARI	NL	13	8	5	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	4	2	50%	8	1.221	2	1	4	1	2	5	2	6	2	3	2	1	3.0	19
2006	25	CIN	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		5	.957	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	4.0	21
2007	26	CIN	NL	23	23	7	2	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	10	5	50%	7	.609	5	3	13	4	4	15	8	15	9	7	11	1	4.3	27

2009	28	CLE	AL	15	15	7	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	9	0	0%	5	.138	0	1	12	2	0	13	6	9	8	3	8	1	5.0	29
5 Yrs				58	49	19	2	2	1	0	1	0%	1	0	23	7	30%		.788	7	7	30	7	6	36	16	33	21	13	23	3	4.3	26

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%
2004	23	ARI	NL	112	29%	4.5%	12.5%	11.6%	10.7%	46%	0.88	1.07	68%	16%	11.9%	2%	21	3	14%
2005	24	ARI	NL	154	29%	1.3%	9.1%	12.3%	13.0%	50%	0.55	0.91	76%	26%	2.9%	8%	35	6	17%
2006	25	CIN	NL	7	43%	14.3%	14.3%	14.3%	14.3%	100%	0.33	0.50	43%	0%	33.3%	0%	2	0	0%
2007	26	CIN	NL	164	37%	3.1%	19.5%	17.1%	9.8%	38%	0.69	1.20	59%	23%	9.4%	10%	42	5	12%

2009	28	CLE	AL	114	37%	4.4%	11.4%	9.7%	10.5%	40%	0.48	0.59	75%	23%	9.4%	12%	26	3	12%
5 Yrs				551	33%	3.3%	13.4%	13.1%	11.1%	44%	0.63	0.91	68%	22%	8.2%	8%	126	17	13%
MLB Averages					45%	2.7%	17.1%	8.6%	8.0%	34%	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.7%	12%			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
2004	23	ARI	NL	112	415	3.71	249	60%	29%	10%	28%	33%	71%	1%	42%	86%	61%	6%	7	5	21%	23	12	1	36%	5	2	0	0	0
2005	24	ARI	NL	154	578	3.75	324	56%	31%	11%	20%	37%	69%	3%	39%	84%	52%	4%	6	1	14%	21	10	1	36%	2	3	0	0	0
2006	25	CIN	NL	7	21	3.00	11	52%	36%	18%	9%	36%	64%	0%	33%	71%	57%	14%	1	0	0%	0	0	0	0%	0	1	0	0	0
2007	26	CIN	NL	165	628	3.81	353	56%	27%	16%	28%	29%	73%	10%	41%	78%	53%	13%	21	6	19%	32	14	1	41%	4	8	-1	0	0

2009	28	CLE	AL	114	436	3.82	265	61%	22%	12%	32%	34%	78%	2%	47%	85%	56%	4%	5	4	22%	25	11	0	46%	3	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				552	2078	3.76	1202	58%	28%	12%	27%	33%	72%	5%	42%	83%	55%	7%	40	16	18%	101	47	3	39%	14	14	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	59%	5%			22%				26%

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
2004	23	ARI	NL	112	26	3	0	5	0	1	3	2	3	2	6	1	0	17%	1	2	0	44	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2005	24	ARI	NL	154	40	0	0	2	0	4	2	0	1	1	13	6	1	46%	6	0	0	66	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	25	CIN	NL	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	26	CIN	NL	164	42	4	0	5	0	5	4	1	2	3	13	6	4	46%	1	1	1	74	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0

2009	28	CLE	AL	114	30	5	1	5	0	1	5	0	3	2	1	0	1	0%	1	0	0	55	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				551	139	12	1	18	0	11	15	3	10	8	33	13	6	39%	9	3	1	242	4	2	67%	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	8	0
MLB Averages																		53%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2004	23	1	1	.500	4.62	6	4	0	25.1	26	13	13	5	13	1	14	2	2	112	100	1.539	9.2	1.8	4.6	5.0	1.08	100
2005	24	1	4	.200	4.53	19	9	5	57.2	66	33	29	7	32	3	28	2	2	266	100	1.699	10.3	1.1	5.0	4.4	0.88	100
2006	25	1	4	.200	4.73	20	9	5	59.0	67	35	31	8	33	3	29	3	2	273	96	1.695	10.2	1.2	5.0	4.4	0.88	96
2007	26	3	4	.429	4.79	43	9	12	92.0	109	57	49	13	61	11	61	4	3	437	96	1.848	10.7	1.3	6.0	6.0	1.00	96
2008	27	3	4	.429	4.79	43	9	12	92.0	109	57	49	13	61	11	61	4	3	437	96	1.848	10.7	1.3	6.0	6.0	1.00	96
2009	28	3	4	.429	4.85	58	9	19	117.0	139	72	63	18	72	12	74	4	3	551	94	1.803	10.7	1.4	5.5	5.7	1.03	94

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2004	23	1	1	.500	4.32	25.0	24	13	12	5	12	14	2	1.440	8.6	4.3	5.0	1.17	1.8	6
2005	24	1	2	.333	4.22	32.0	39	17	15	2	19	14	0	1.813	11.0	5.3	3.9	0.74	0.6	13
2006	25	0	0		18.00	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2.000	9.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	9.0	1
2007	26	1	2	.333	4.50	32.0	40	18	16	5	27	31	1	2.094	11.3	7.6	8.7	1.15	1.4	23

2009	28	1	1	.500	5.25	24.0	30	16	14	5	11	13	0	1.708	11.3	4.1	4.9	1.18	1.9	15
5 Yrs		4	6	.400	4.66	114.0	134	66	59	18	70	73	4	1.789	10.6		5.8	1.04	1.4	58

* 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.

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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