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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 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
2003 24 PIT NL 0 0 3.60 5 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 6 3 2 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 22 130 1.200 10.8 0.0 0.0 16.2
2004 25 PIT NL 2 5 .286 5.11 68 0 10 0 0 1 61.2 81 39 35 8 28 7 64 0 0 5 286 84 1.768 11.8 1.2 4.1 9.3 2.29
2005 26 PIT NL 2 3 .400 4.85 63 0 8 0 0 0 52.0 46 31 28 6 25 2 42 2 0 1 222 87 1.365 8.0 1.0 4.3 7.3 1.68
2006 27 PIT NL 4 2 .667 4.13 72 0 17 0 0 0 69.2 68 34 32 7 30 3 66 3 0 0 303 108 1.407 8.8 0.9 3.9 8.5 2.20
2007 28 PIT NL 3 2 .600 4.53 63 0 14 0 0 1 51.2 56 27 26 6 19 2 42 1 0 3 228 97 1.452 9.8 1.0 3.3 7.3 2.21
2008 29 PIT NL 6 3 .667 2.84 74 0 18 0 0 4 76.0 60 25 24 9 37 2 62 1 2 4 322 147 1.276 7.1 1.1 4.4 7.3 1.68
2009 30 TOT NL 3 0 1.000 3.36 75 0 12 0 0 0 72.1 62 28 27 5 40 3 57 3 0 1 314 128 1.410 7.7 0.6 5.0 7.1 1.43
2009 30 PIT NL 3 0 1.000 3.42 45 0 4 0 0 0 47.1 43 19 18 4 28 2 41 2 0 0 209 122 1.500 8.2 0.8 5.3 7.8 1.46
2009 30 CHC NL 0 0 3.24 30 0 8 0 0 0 25.0 19 9 9 1 12 1 16 1 0 1 105 139 1.240 6.8 0.4 4.3 5.8 1.33
2010 31 CHC NL 1 3 .250 7.36 28 0 9 0 0 0 25.2 35 24 21 5 13 0 20 1 0 1 126 58 1.870 12.3 1.8 4.6 7.0 1.54
2011 32 CHC NL 3 1 .750 4.76 58 0 22 0 0 0 62.1 67 39 33 9 28 4 38 1 3 3 282 82 1.524 9.7 1.3 4.0 5.5 1.36
9 Yrs 24 19 .558 4.31 506 0 111 0 0 6 476.1 481 250 228 55 220 23 400 12 5 18 2105 99 1.472 9.1 1.0 4.2 7.6 1.82
162 Game Avg. 3 3 .558 4.31 68 0 15 0 0 1 64 65 34 31 7 30 3 54 2 1 2 283 99 1.472 9.1 1.0 4.2 7.6 1.82
PIT (7 yrs) 20 15 .571 4.09 390 0 72 0 0 6 363.1 360 178 165 40 167 18 326 9 2 13 1592 105 1.450 8.9 1.0 4.1 8.1 1.95
CHC (3 yrs) 4 4 .500 5.02 116 0 39 0 0 0 113.0 121 72 63 15 53 5 74 3 3 5 513 82 1.540 9.6 1.2 4.2 5.9 1.40

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
2003 24 PIT NL 5.0 5 0 3 5.40 4.70 -0.04 -0.35 103.4 4.54 -0 -0.1 .5 0.0 0.0 -0 .490 .500
2004 25 PIT NL 61.2 68 0 39 5.69 4.81 -0.14 -0.35 101.6 4.67 -7 -0.7 1.3 -0.2 -0.4 -2 .489 .495 $300,000
2005 26 PIT NL 52.0 63 0 31 5.37 4.73 0.07 -0.36 100.6 4.32 -6 -0.6 1.1 -0.2 -0.3 -2 .490 .496 $327,000
2006 27 PIT NL 69.2 72 0 34 4.39 4.92 -0.26 -0.36 100.2 4.83 4 0.4 1.1 -0.1 0.9 10 .505 .502 $341,750
2007 28 PIT NL 51.2 63 0 27 4.70 4.87 -0.13 -0.35 98.1 4.56 -1 -0.1 1.2 -0.1 0.3 4 .499 .500 $832,500
2008 29 PIT NL 76.0 74 0 25 2.96 4.62 -0.09 -0.34 98.0 4.29 12 1.2 1.3 0.1 2.0 18 .516 .507 $1,135,000
2009 30 PIT NL 47.1 45 0 19 3.61 4.48 0.15 -0.33 98.6 3.94 2 0.2 1.1 -0.1 0.5 6 .504 .501 $2,300,000
2009 30 CHC NL 25.0 30 0 9 3.24 4.51 -0.15 -0.33 104.8 4.54 4 0.4 1.0 -0.0 0.6 6 .512 .502
2010 31 CHC NL 25.2 28 0 24 8.42 4.38 -0.30 -0.33 107.2 4.67 -11 -1.1 .9 -0.0 -0.9 -9 .461 .493 $2,700,000
2011 32 CHC NL 62.1 58 0 39 5.63 4.21 -0.25 -0.32 103.0 4.28 -10 -1.1 .6 0.1 -0.5 -5 .482 .493 $4,800,000
9 Seasons 476.1 506 0 250 4.72 4.64 -0.12 -0.34 100.7 4.45 -15 -1.5 1.1 -0.6 2.0 27 .497 .499 $12,736,250
PIT (7 yrs) 363.1 390 0 178 4.41 4.74 -0.08 -0.35 99.6 4.46 2 0.3 1.2 -0.6 2.9 34 .501 .500 $5,236,250
CHC (3 yrs) 113.0 116 0 72 5.73 4.32 -0.24 -0.32 104.4 4.42 -17 -1.8 .8 -0.0 -0.8 -7 .484 .496 $7,500,000

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
2003 24 PIT NL 5 22 22 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .273 .273 .273 .545 .462 6 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 25 PIT NL 68 286 251 39 81 12 2 8 3 4 28 64 .323 .389 .482 .871 .406 121 6 0 6 1 7 4
2005 26 PIT NL 63 222 193 31 46 9 0 6 2 1 25 42 .238 .332 .378 .710 .276 73 5 2 2 0 2 2
2006 27 PIT NL 72 303 262 34 68 15 2 7 2 1 30 66 .260 .339 .412 .751 .318 108 5 3 5 3 3 3
2007 28 PIT NL 63 228 202 27 56 5 1 6 10 0 19 42 .277 .339 .401 .740 .321 81 5 1 4 2 2 2
2008 29 PIT NL 74 322 279 25 60 9 0 9 3 2 37 62 .215 .307 .344 .651 .243 96 7 1 3 2 2 6
2009 30 CHC NL 30 105 91 9 19 5 0 1 2 0 12 16 .209 .305 .297 .601 .240 27 3 1 0 1 1 1
2009 30 PIT NL 45 209 175 19 43 7 0 4 3 1 28 41 .246 .351 .354 .705 .293 62 5 2 1 3 2 1
2009 30 TOT NL 75 314 266 28 62 12 0 5 5 1 40 57 .233 .335 .335 .670 .274 89 8 3 1 4 3 2
2010 31 CHC NL 28 126 109 24 35 6 1 5 6 0 13 20 .321 .398 .532 .930 .357 58 3 1 3 0 0 3
2011 32 CHC NL 58 282 247 39 67 19 1 9 3 3 28 38 .271 .345 .466 .811 .287 115 3 1 4 2 4 8
9 Yrs 506 2105 1831 250 481 87 7 55 34 12 220 400 .263 .343 .408 .751 .306 747 42 12 28 14 23 31
162 Game Avg. 68 283 246 34 65 12 1 7 5 2 30 54 .263 .343 .408 .751 .306 100 6 2 4 2 3 4
MLB Averages .263 .331 .418 .749 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2003 24 PIT NL 0.2 0.0 22 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .23 0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 0.23 0.7 0 1 4
2004 25 PIT NL -6.1 -0.6 297 -0.9 5.2 -6.1 1.02 -0.9 0.0 -3.3 -0.3 1.02 -8.7 24 13 30
2005 26 PIT NL -4.0 -0.4 226 0.5 3.4 -3.0 .83 0.1 0.5 5.1 0.5 0.83 4.5 21 15 27
2006 27 PIT NL 3.0 0.3 306 0.5 4.0 -3.5 .77 -0.2 0.8 5.3 0.5 0.77 -0.4 24 17 28
2007 28 PIT NL -0.4 -0.0 241 0.3 3.6 -3.3 .99 -0.2 0.5 -0.6 -0.1 0.99 -0.4 19 12 28
2008 29 PIT NL 12.2 1.2 332 2.1 8.3 -6.2 1.39 0.5 1.0 14.9 1.5 1.39 7.2 33 12 26
2009 30 TOT NL 7.9 0.8 321 2.0 6.5 -4.5 1.09 0.6 1.3 3.4 0.3 1.09 5.7 25 22 25
2009 30 PIT NL 4.3 0.4 213 1.1 4.7 -3.6 1.20 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.0 1.20 1.6 15 16 13
2009 30 CHC NL 3.6 0.4 108 0.9 1.9 -0.9 .88 0.4 0.7 3.3 0.3 0.88 4.1 10 6 12
2010 31 CHC NL -8.8 -0.9 134 -0.8 1.7 -2.6 .95 -0.8 -0.1 -10.1 -1.0 0.95 -12.2 9 7 9
2011 32 CHC NL -7.1 -0.7 296 -0.5 2.6 -3.0 .58 -1.2 0.5 -11.0 -1.1 0.58 -14.8 9 8 38
9 Yrs -3.0 -0.3 2175 3.2 35.4 -32.2 .96 -2.1 5.5 3.1 0.3 0.96 -18.5 164 107 215

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
2003 24 PIT NL 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 7 .227 0 1 4 0 0 5 3 2 2 2 2 0 3.0 19
2004 25 PIT NL 68 68 10 2 5 7 1 6 14% 18 11 43 13 30% 7 1.025 24 13 30 22 10 36 26 42 13 30 14 20 2.7 16
2005 26 PIT NL 63 63 8 2 3 1 0 1 0% 17 14 39 4 10% 7 .829 21 15 27 23 8 32 27 36 13 29 15 16 2.5 12
2006 27 PIT NL 72 72 17 4 2 2 0 2 0% 15 11 40 7 18% 8 .772 24 17 28 22 12 38 24 48 18 30 22 23 2.9 15
2007 28 PIT NL 63 63 14 3 2 2 1 1 50% 11 8 47 17 36% 7 .985 19 12 28 19 7 37 28 35 14 33 14 15 2.5 13
2008 29 PIT NL 74 74 18 6 3 8 4 4 50% 24 16 33 8 24% 8 1.393 33 12 26 31 15 28 18 56 12 18 16 17 3.1 17
2009 30 TOT NL 75 75 12 3 0 2 0 2 0% 26 24 29 10 34% 1.089 25 22 25 41 10 24 21 54 8 18 11 22 2.9 15
2009 30 PIT NL 45 45 4 3 0 2 0 2 0% 18 16 12 7 58% 8 1.196 15 16 13 27 7 11 9 36 7 7 7 11 3.2 17
2009 30 CHC NL 30 30 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 17 3 18% 8 .875 10 6 12 14 3 13 12 18 1 11 4 11 2.5 13
2010 31 CHC NL 28 28 9 1 3 1 0 1 0% 9 7 9 1 11% 8 .947 9 7 9 12 5 11 5 23 3 9 6 8 2.8 17
2011 32 CHC NL 58 58 22 3 1 0 0 0 5 5 17 5 29% 8 .584 9 8 38 11 6 41 9 49 14 14 15 9 3.2 16
9 Yrs 506 506 111 24 19 23 6 17 26% 125 96 262 66 25% .957 164 107 215 181 73 252 161 345 97 183 115 130 2.8 15

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%
2003 24 PIT NL 22 41% 0.0% 40.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.17 1.00 59% 15% 0.0% 0% 6 0 0%
2004 25 PIT NL 286 43% 2.8% 22.4% 9.8% 7.7% 27% 0.97 1.66 63% 18% 8.8% 3% 66 6 9%
2005 26 PIT NL 222 37% 2.7% 18.9% 11.3% 6.8% 33% 0.88 1.22 65% 19% 8.6% 10% 53 5 9%
2006 27 PIT NL 303 34% 2.3% 21.8% 9.9% 7.9% 35% 0.99 1.37 63% 14% 7.8% 7% 61 5 8%
2007 28 PIT NL 228 38% 2.6% 18.4% 8.3% 5.3% 21% 1.01 1.31 68% 17% 9.8% 22% 52 5 10%
2008 29 PIT NL 322 25% 2.8% 19.3% 11.5% 5.6% 30% 0.71 1.00 65% 17% 8.6% 15% 67 7 10%
2009 30 TOT NL 314 30% 1.6% 18.2% 12.7% 5.4% 27% 0.79 0.92 66% 14% 4.8% 11% 68 8 12%
2009 30 PIT NL 209 28% 1.9% 19.6% 13.4% 5.3% 26% 0.70 0.82 64% 14% 5.6% 9% 50 5 10%
2009 30 CHC NL 105 33% 1.0% 15.2% 11.4% 5.7% 32% 1.00 1.11 71% 12% 3.1% 16% 18 3 17%
2010 31 CHC NL 126 33% 4.0% 15.9% 10.3% 9.5% 34% 0.73 1.28 67% 20% 11.9% 18% 28 3 11%
2011 32 CHC NL 282 36% 3.2% 13.5% 9.9% 10.3% 43% 0.63 0.80 72% 19% 8.0% 13% 45 3 7%
9 Yrs 2105 34% 2.6% 19.0% 10.5% 7.1% 31% 0.83 1.13 66% 17% 8.1% 12% 446 42 9%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.4% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.80 1.08 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
2003 24 PIT NL 22 94 4.27 63 67% 38% 16% 25% 21% 62% 0% 41% 74% 59% 5% 1 1 45% 10 6 0 44% 4 0 0 0 0
2004 25 PIT NL 286 1055 3.69 672 64% 26% 17% 28% 29% 74% 6% 47% 77% 62% 6% 18 6 28% 79 48 7 27% 13 5 0 0 0
2005 26 PIT NL 223 785 3.52 488 62% 24% 20% 25% 31% 76% 3% 47% 74% 58% 7% 15 7 26% 58 42 3 10% 7 6 -1 0 0
2006 27 PIT NL 303 1067 3.52 668 63% 24% 22% 24% 31% 76% 3% 48% 72% 57% 4% 12 2 21% 64 38 3 11% 19 7 0 0 0
2007 28 PIT NL 228 846 3.71 528 62% 24% 18% 26% 31% 76% 2% 47% 76% 59% 6% 13 7 21% 48 33 3 14% 10 4 0 0 0
2008 29 PIT NL 322 1227 3.81 733 60% 27% 19% 24% 30% 73% 1% 44% 74% 52% 8% 27 15 23% 73 42 3 23% 11 10 0 0 0
2009 30 TOT NL 314 1153 3.67 711 62% 26% 17% 27% 30% 74% 2% 46% 77% 59% 6% 20 8 24% 75 52 10 21% 8 9 0 0 0
2009 30 PIT NL 209 752 3.60 466 62% 26% 18% 27% 30% 74% 2% 46% 76% 59% 6% 13 4 24% 51 35 6 15% 4 7 0 0 0
2009 30 CHC NL 105 401 3.82 245 61% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 79% 58% 7% 7 4 23% 24 17 4 38% 4 2 0 0 0
2010 31 CHC NL 126 469 3.72 303 65% 28% 17% 25% 30% 72% 0% 47% 77% 63% 4% 5 4 27% 34 23 3 25% 7 1 0 0 0
2011 32 CHC NL 283 949 3.35 598 63% 23% 20% 21% 36% 77% 3% 48% 74% 59% 5% 14 6 19% 54 40 8 13% 10 4 -1 0 0
9 Yrs 2107 7645 3.63 4764 62% 25% 19% 25% 31% 75% 2% 47% 75% 58% 6% 125 56 23% 495 324 40 19% 89 46 -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.78 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 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
2003 24 PIT NL 22 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 50% 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 25 PIT NL 286 81 14 3 8 0 10 4 4 5 3 22 7 6 32% 4 5 0 126 3 4 43% 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 0
2005 26 PIT NL 222 46 4 0 6 0 5 2 4 3 3 12 3 4 25% 2 1 0 95 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
2006 27 PIT NL 303 68 10 1 7 0 7 5 2 1 6 14 10 3 71% 3 0 0 110 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
2007 28 PIT NL 228 56 10 3 6 0 19 5 1 3 3 20 9 3 45% 2 3 1 92 10 0 100% 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2008 29 PIT NL 322 60 5 1 9 1 11 8 1 4 5 14 6 2 43% 6 4 0 132 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 0
2009 30 TOT NL 314 62 7 0 5 0 13 4 1 2 3 29 16 4 55% 2 1 1 136 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 0
2009 30 PIT NL 209 43 7 0 4 0 10 3 1 2 2 17 10 4 59% 1 0 1 94 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
2009 30 CHC NL 105 19 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 12 6 0 50% 1 1 0 42 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2010 31 CHC NL 126 35 7 1 5 0 3 5 0 3 2 6 4 0 67% 3 1 0 57 6 0 100% 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2011 32 CHC NL 282 67 7 2 9 1 11 6 3 6 3 16 9 2 56% 8 3 0 113 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 9 0
9 Yrs 2105 481 65 11 55 2 81 39 16 27 28 135 65 25 48% 31 18 2 871 34 12 74% 27 9 7 2 0 1 6 6 46 0
MLB Averages 53% 72%

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+
2003 24 0 0 3.60 5 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 6 3 2 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 22 130 1.200 10.8 0.0 0.0 16.2 130
2004 25 2 5 .286 5.00 73 0 11 0 0 1 66.2 87 42 37 8 28 7 73 0 0 5 308 87 1.725 11.7 1.1 3.8 9.9 2.61 87
2005 26 4 8 .333 4.93 136 0 19 0 0 1 118.2 133 73 65 14 53 9 115 2 0 6 530 87 1.567 10.1 1.1 4.0 8.7 2.17 87
2006 27 8 10 .444 4.64 208 0 36 0 0 1 188.1 201 107 97 21 83 12 181 5 0 6 833 94 1.508 9.6 1.0 4.0 8.6 2.18 94
2007 28 11 12 .478 4.61 271 0 50 0 0 2 240.0 257 134 123 27 102 14 223 6 0 9 1061 94 1.496 9.6 1.0 3.8 8.4 2.19 94
2008 29 17 15 .531 4.19 345 0 68 0 0 6 316.0 317 159 147 36 139 16 285 7 2 13 1383 103 1.443 9.0 1.0 4.0 8.1 2.05 103
2009 30 20 15 .571 4.03 420 0 80 0 0 6 388.1 379 187 174 41 179 19 342 10 2 14 1697 107 1.437 8.8 1.0 4.1 7.9 1.91 107
2010 31 21 18 .538 4.24 448 0 89 0 0 6 414.0 414 211 195 46 192 19 362 11 2 15 1823 102 1.464 9.0 1.0 4.2 7.9 1.89 102
2011 32 24 19 .558 4.31 506 0 111 0 0 6 476.1 481 250 228 55 220 23 400 12 5 18 2105 99 1.472 9.1 1.0 4.2 7.6 1.82 99

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
2003 24 0 0 2.57 7.0 0 2 2 0 0 13 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 16.7 0.0 5
2004 25 2 4 .333 4.95 60.0 79 37 33 8 27 62 0 1.767 11.9 4.1 9.3 2.30 1.2 68
2005 26 2 3 .400 5.04 50.0 46 31 28 6 25 40 2 1.420 8.3 4.5 7.2 1.60 1.1 63
2006 27 4 3 .571 3.97 68.0 66 33 30 7 29 65 3 1.397 8.7 3.8 8.6 2.24 0.9 72
2007 28 2 3 .400 4.41 51.0 55 28 25 6 19 41 1 1.451 9.7 3.4 7.2 2.16 1.1 63
2008 29 5 3 .625 2.92 74.0 61 27 24 9 38 60 1 1.338 7.4 4.6 7.3 1.58 1.1 74
2009 30 4 3 .571 3.47 70.0 61 30 27 5 39 55 3 1.429 7.8 5.0 7.1 1.41 0.6 75
2010 31 0 2 .000 7.27 26.0 35 23 21 5 13 20 1 1.846 12.1 4.5 6.9 1.54 1.7 28
2011 32 2 4 .333 5.16 61.0 69 39 35 9 29 37 1 1.607 10.2 4.3 5.5 1.28 1.3 58
9 Yrs 21 25 .457 4.34 467.0 472 250 225 55 219 393 12 1.480 9.1 7.6 1.79 1.1 506

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1982), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Relief Pitcher (813th), 2.2 career WAR/3.9 7yr-peak WAR/3.0 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

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