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John Grabow    \GRAY-bo\

John William Grabow

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: November 4, 1978 in Arcadia, CA
High School: San Gabriel HS (San Gabriel, CA)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 2003 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cubs 2003-2011
Agents: Paul Kinzer, previously: Arn Tellem,Tom O'Connell [*]
Final Game: September 20, 2011 (Age 32)
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Standard Batting

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
2003 24 PIT NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2004 25 PIT NL 68 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 26 PIT NL 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 27 PIT NL 72 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 28 PIT NL 63 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 29 PIT NL 74 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 30 TOT NL 75 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2009 30 PIT NL 45 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2009 30 CHC NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 31 CHC NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2011 32 CHC NL 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Yrs 506 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT (7 yrs) 390 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
CHC (3 yrs) 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2003 24 PIT NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
2004 25 PIT NL 68 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $300,000 1
2005 26 PIT NL 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $327,000 1
2006 27 PIT NL 72 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $341,750 1
2007 28 PIT NL 63 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $832,500 1
2008 29 PIT NL 74 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,135,000 1
2009 30 PIT NL 45 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $2,300,000 1
2009 30 CHC NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
2010 31 CHC NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $2,700,000 1
2011 32 CHC NL 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $4,800,000 1
9 Seasons 506 6 -2 0 0 0 3 2 0.1 0 2 0.1 .500 .500 0.1 0.0 2 $12,736,250
PIT (7 yrs) 390 6 -2 0 0 0 3 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .500 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $5,236,250
CHC (3 yrs) 116 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $7,500,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2004 25 PIT NL 1 1 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .268 .000 .340 .000 .435 .000 .775 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2006 27 PIT NL 1 1 0 0.0 111 .000 .270 .000 .340 .000 .438 .000 .778 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2007 28 PIT NL 1 1 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .269 .000 .338 .000 .430 .000 .768 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2008 29 PIT NL 1 1 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .262 .000 .334 .000 .419 .000 .753 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2009 30 TOT NL 2 2 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .263 .000 .336 .000 .418 .000 .754 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2009 30 PIT NL 2 2 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .263 .000 .336 .000 .418 .000 .754 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
9 Yrs 6 6 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .266 .000 .338 .000 .428 .000 .766 -100 .000 -1.5 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
162 Game Avg. 2 2 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .266 .000 .338 .000 .428 .000 .766 -100 .000 -1.5 -0.2 .000 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2004 25 PIT NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
2006 27 PIT NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
2007 28 PIT NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 0.00 100% 0% 0.0% 0%
2008 29 PIT NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
2009 30 TOT NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50% 0%
2009 30 PIT NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50% 0%
9 Yrs 6 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 5.0 3.00 4.00 67% 0% 0.0% 0%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.4% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 2.04 5.1 33.2 7.8 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.7% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2003 24 PIT NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 25 PIT NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .67 -0.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.39 -0.3 0
2005 26 PIT NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 27 PIT NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .21 -0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 1.02 -0.3 0
2007 28 PIT NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .12 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.39 -0.3 0
2008 29 PIT NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 2.25 -0.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.86 -0.3 0
2009 30 TOT NL -0.3 -0.0 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .15 -0.1 -0.0 -0.6 -0.1 1.16 -0.5 0
2009 30 PIT NL -0.3 -0.0 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .15 -0.1 -0.0 -0.6 -0.1 1.16 -0.5 0
2009 30 CHC NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 31 CHC NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 32 CHC NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Yrs -1.5 -0.2 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .59 -0.2 0.0 -1.4 -0.1 0.83 -1.7 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2004 25 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 27 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 28 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 29 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 30 TOT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 30 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2004 25 PIT NL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 27 PIT NL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2007 28 PIT NL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 29 PIT NL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 30 TOT NL 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 30 PIT NL 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 6 83% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 54% 67% 11% 33% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2004 25 PIT NL 1 6 6.00 3 50% 33% 0% 33% 33% 67% 0% 33% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0
2006 27 PIT NL 1 4 4.00 3 75% 33% 33% 33% 0% 67% 0% 50% 50% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2007 28 PIT NL 1 2 2.00 2 100% 50% 0% 0% 50% 50% 50% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2008 29 PIT NL 1 3 3.00 2 67% 50% 0% 0% 50% 50% 0% 33% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 30 TOT NL 2 5 2.50 4 80% 25% 25% 0% 50% 75% 0% 60% 67% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 30 PIT NL 2 5 2.50 4 80% 25% 25% 0% 50% 75% 0% 60% 67% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 6 20 3.33 14 70% 36% 14% 14% 36% 64% 0% 45% 78% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 17% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.78 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 25 73 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 26 136 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 27 208 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 28 271 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 29 345 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 30 420 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
2010 31 448 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
2011 32 506 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2004 25 68 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 68
2006 27 72 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 72
2007 28 63 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 63
2008 29 74 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 74
2009 30 75 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 75
5 Yrs 352 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 352
162 Game Avg. 162 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 352

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