John Grabow
John Grabow
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 4, 1978 in Arcadia, CA
High School: San Gabriel (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
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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
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 22 121 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 96 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 4 322 148 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 1 314 126 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 0 209 120 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
7 Seasons 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
162 Game Avg. 3 2 .571 4.03 68 0 13 0 0 1 63 61 30 28 7 29 3 55 2 0 2 275 107 1.437 8.8 1.0 4.1 7.9 1.91
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 (1 yr) 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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
7 Seasons 420 1697 1475 187 379 62 5 41 25 9 179 342 .257 .339 .389 .728 .306 574 36 10 21 12 19
162 Game Avg. 68 275 239 30 61 10 1 7 4 1 29 55 .257 .339 .389 .728 .306 93 6 2 3 2 3
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

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
2003 24 PIT NL 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 7 0.247 0 2 3 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 1.038 25 13 29 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 0.855 23 13 27 23 8 32 27 36 13 29 15 16 2.5 13
2006 27 PIT NL 72 72 17 4 2 2 0 2 0% 15 11 40 7 18% 8 0.779 25 18 26 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 0.996 19 14 26 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 1.415 34 13 25 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 28 10 36% 1.128 28 21 24 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 1.245 18 15 11 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 16 3 19% 8 0.897 10 6 13 14 3 13 12 18 1 11 4 11 2.5 14
7 Seasons 420 420 80 20 15 22 6 16 27% 111 84 235 60 26% 1.040 154 94 160 158 62 200 147 273 80 160 94 113 2.8 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%
2003 24 PIT NL 22 59% 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 57% 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 63% 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 66% 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 62% 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 75% 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 315 70% 1.6% 18.2% 12.7% 5.4% 27% 0.79 0.92 66% 14% 4.8% 11% 69 8 12%
2009 30 PIT NL 209 72% 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 106 66% 1.0% 15.2% 11.4% 5.7% 32% 1.00 1.11 71% 12% 3.1% 16% 19 3 16%
7 Seasons 1698 66% 2.4% 20.2% 10.6% 6.4% 29% 0.88 1.19 65% 16% 7.8% 11% 374 36 10%
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
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 222 782 3.52 486 62% 24% 20% 25% 31% 76% 3% 47% 74% 58% 7% 15 7 26% 58 42 3 10% 7 6 0 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 315 1158 3.68 712 61% 26% 17% 27% 30% 74% 2% 46% 77% 58% 7% 21 9 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 106 406 3.83 246 61% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 44% 79% 58% 8% 8 5 23% 24 17 4 38% 4 2 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1698 6229 3.67 3862 62% 25% 19% 26% 30% 75% 3% 46% 75% 58% 6% 107 47 24% 407 261 29 19% 72 41 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
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 315 62 7 0 5 0 13 4 1 2 3 29 16 4 55% 2 1 1 137 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 106 19 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 12 6 0 50% 1 1 0 43 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
7 Seasons 1698 379 51 8 41 1 67 28 13 18 23 113 52 23 46% 20 14 2 702 25 9 74% 19 6 6 2 0 1 4 4 36 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+
2003 24 0 0 3.60 5 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 6 3 2 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 22 121 1.200 10.8 0.0 0.0 16.2 121
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 86 1.725 11.7 1.1 3.8 9.9 2.61 86
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

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
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 64 3 1.397 8.7 3.8 8.5 2.21 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 3.34 70.0 61 29 26 5 39 55 3 1.429 7.8 5.0 7.1 1.41 0.6 75
7 Seasons 19 19 .500 3.98 380.0 368 187 168 41 177 335 10 1.434 8.7 7.9 1.89 1.0 420

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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