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John Grabow

John William Grabow

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 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
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cubs 2003-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 2 yrs/$7.5M (10-11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 8.016, Free Agent: 2012 [*], Agents: Paul Kinzer, previously: Arn Tellem,Tom O'Connell [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 11:00AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson… 

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 22 130 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 85 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 88 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 4 322 149 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 Seasons 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 106 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2003 24 PIT NL 5.0 0 3 3 0 .2 0 0.0 $
2004 25 PIT NL 61.2 0 39 38 0 1.0 -1 -0.6 $300,000
2005 26 PIT NL 52.0 0 31 31 1 .8 0 -0.4 $327,000
2006 27 PIT NL 69.2 0 34 44 0 .8 10 0.4 $341,750
2007 28 PIT NL 51.2 0 27 33 -1 1.0 6 0.1 $832,500
2008 29 PIT NL 76.0 0 25 46 -2 1.4 21 1.9 $1,135,000
2009 30 PIT NL 47.1 0 19 28 -1 1.2 9 0.6 $2,300,000
2009 30 CHC NL 25.0 0 9 15 0 .9 6 0.4 $
2010 31 CHC NL 25.2 0 24 14 -1 .9 -10 -0.9 $2,700,000
2011 32 CHC NL 62.1 0 39 32 0 .6 -7 -0.6 $4,800,000
9 Seasons 476.1 0 250 285 -3 1.0 35 0.9 $12,736,250
PIT (7 yrs) 363.1 0 178 223 -3 1.0 45 2.0 $5,236,250
CHC (3 yrs) 113.0 0 72 62 -0 .7 -10 -1.1 $7,500,000

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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 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Seasons 503 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) 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2004 25 PIT NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $300,000 1
2006 27 PIT NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $341,750 1
2007 28 PIT NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $832,500 1
2008 29 PIT NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $1,135,000 1
2009 30 PIT NL 2 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $2,300,000 1
2010 31 CHC NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,700,000 1
2011 32 CHC NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,800,000 1
7 Seasons 6 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $12,409,250
PIT (5 yrs) 6 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $4,909,250
CHC (2 yrs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $7,500,000

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2003 PIT NL 24 P 5 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.84
2004 PIT NL 25 P 68 61.2 17 2 15 0 2 1.000 2 6 2.48 0.25 .965 1.84 1.82
2005 PIT NL 26 P 63 52.0 9 0 8 1 1 .889 2 8 1.38 0.13 .960 1.75 1.73
2006 PIT NL 27 P 72 69.2 17 4 13 0 0 1.000 -1 -3 2.20 0.24 .958 1.72 1.71
2007 PIT NL 28 P 63 51.2 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 -3 -12 1.05 0.10 .965 1.69 1.67
2008 PIT NL 29 P 74 76.0 13 3 9 1 1 .923 1 3 1.42 0.16 .959 1.73 1.72
2009 TOT NL 30 P 75 0 0 72.1 10 0 9 1 0 .900 -1 -2 1.12 0.12 .956 1.72 1.70 5 1 17% 1
2009 PIT NL 30 P 45 0 0 47.1 9 0 8 1 0 .889 -1 -4 1.52 0.18 .956 1.71 1.70 3 1 25% 1
2009 CHC NL 30 P 30 0 0 25.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0.36 0.03 .960 1.73 1.70 2 0 0% 0
2010 CHC NL 31 P 28 25.2 6 1 3 2 0 .667 0 0 1.40 0.14 .953 1.72 1.72
2011 CHC NL 32 P 58 0 0 62.1 8 3 4 1 0 .875 -1 -3 1.01 0.12 .955 1.80 1.79 3 3 50% 2
9 Seasons P 506 0 0 476.1 86 15 65 6 4 .930 -1 0 1.51 0.16 .959 1.75 1.73 8 4 33% 3
9 Seasons TOT 506 0 0 476.1 86 15 65 6 4 .930 -1 -2 1.51 0.16 .959 1.75 1.73 8 4 33% 3
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
Active  506 (35th)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
Active  1.51 (22nd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  10. Ron Mahay (954)
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200425Pittsburgh Pirates$300,0004/7/04 AP
200526Pittsburgh Pirates$327,000
200627Pittsburgh Pirates$341,750
200728Pittsburgh Pirates$832,500
200829Pittsburgh Pirates$1,135,000
200930Pittsburgh Pirates$2,300,000
201031Chicago Cubs$2,700,000
201132Chicago Cubs$4,800,000
2012 Statusnot updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)$12,736,250
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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