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Luke Gregerson

Lucas John Gregerson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 14, 1984 in Park Ridge, IL
High School: Morton HS (Morton, IL)
School: Saint Xavier University (Orland Park, IL)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 28th round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 2009
Team: Padres 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$1.55M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.000, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	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
2006	22	STL-min	Rk,A-	6	2	.750	2.81	27	17	9	32.0	23	15	10	0	15	1	46	1	2	9	136		1.188	6.5	0.0	4.2	12.9	3.07	JOH,SCS · APPY,NYPL
2007	23	STL-min	A+,AA	3	4	.429	1.94	54	44	29	65.0	43	14	14	0	20	3	72	1	1	5	255		0.969	6.0	0.0	2.8	10.0	3.60	PLM,SPD · FLOR,TL
2008	24	STL-min	AA	7	6	.538	3.35	57	29	10	75.1	62	32	28	6	26	5	78	3	1	5	312		1.168	7.4	0.7	3.1	9.3	3.00	SPD · TL
2009	25	SDP	NL	2	4	.333	3.24	72	7	1	75.0	62	29	27	3	31	9	93	3	0	4	318	117	1.240	7.4	0.4	3.7	11.2	3.00
2010	26	SDP	NL	4	7	.364	3.22	80	9	2	78.1	47	30	28	8	18	2	89	1	0	0	297	114	0.830	5.4	0.9	2.1	10.2	4.94
2011	27	SDP-min	AAA	0	0		20.25	2	0	0	1.1	3	3	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	9		3.750	20.2	0.0	13.5	13.5	1.00	TUC · PCL
2011	27	SDP	NL	3	3	.500	2.75	61	11	0	55.2	57	23	17	2	19	3	34	2	0	2	241	130	1.365	9.2	0.3	3.1	5.5	1.79
2012	28	SDP	NL	1	0	1.000	4.57	23	1	0	21.2	22	11	11	3	10	2	20	0	0	1	94	79	1.477	9.1	1.2	4.2	8.3	2.00
4 Yrs				10	14	.417	3.24	236	28	3	230.2	188	93	83	16	78	16	236	6	0	7	950	114	1.153	7.3	0.6	3.0	9.2	3.03
162 Game Avg.				3	4	.417	3.24	68	8	1	66	54	27	24	5	22	5	68	2	0	2	274	114	1.153	7.3	0.6	3.0	9.2	3.03

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	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2009	25	SDP	NL	75.0	72	29	3.48	4.46	-0.07	-0.33	91.7	3.86	3	0.3	1.5	-0.1	0.8	10	.504	.502	$400,000
2010	26	SDP	NL	78.1	80	30	3.45	4.40	0.33	-0.33	91.5	3.42	-0	-0.0	1.5	-0.2	0.4	7	.500	.500	$416,500
2011	27	SDP	NL	55.2	61	23	3.72	4.13	0.23	-0.31	93.8	3.37	-2	-0.3	1.3	-0.2	0.0	3	.496	.498	$447,800
2012	28	SDP	NL	21.2	23	11	4.57	4.16	-0.27	-0.32	90.4	3.72	-2	-0.3	1.2	-0.1	-0.2	-0	.489	.498	$
4 Seasons				230.2	236	93	3.63	4.33	0.12	-0.32	92.0	3.58	-2	-0.2	1.4	-0.5	1.0	20	.499	.500	$1,264,300

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
2009	25	SDP	NL	72	318	280	29	62	16	0	3	1	1	31	93	.221	.305	.311	.615	.319	87	5	3	3	1	9	1
2010	26	SDP	NL	80	297	276	30	47	10	1	8	7	0	18	89	.170	.223	.301	.524	.217	83	5	1	1	1	2	1
2011	27	SDP	NL	61	241	214	23	57	10	1	2	5	0	19	34	.266	.331	.350	.681	.307	75	6	2	5	1	3	2
2012	28	SDP	NL	23	94	81	11	22	2	0	3	2	1	10	20	.272	.352	.407	.759	.328	33	3	0	3	0	2	1
4 Yrs				236	950	851	93	188	38	2	16	15	2	78	236	.221	.290	.327	.617	.286	278	19	6	12	3	16	5
162 Game Avg.				68	274	245	27	54	11	1	5	4	1	22	68	.221	.290	.327	.617	.286	80	5	2	3	1	5	1
MLB Averages																.258	.326	.406	.732	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2009	25	SDP	NL	5.2	0.5	325	1.3	8.5	-7.2	1.54	1.0	-0.2	7.2	0.8	1.54	10.3	35	17	20
2010	26	SDP	NL	4.8	0.5	303	1.1	7.3	-6.2	1.32	1.8	-1.0	13.4	1.4	1.32	20.5	42	31	7
2011	27	SDP	NL	3.4	0.4	250	-0.6	5.5	-6.1	1.39	0.3	-0.7	2.1	0.2	1.39	1.4	24	17	19
2012	28	SDP	NL	-1.9	-0.2	98	0.7	2.2	-1.5	1.29	-0.1	0.6	1.9	0.2	1.29	-1.7	11	7	5
4 Yrs				11.4	1.2	976	2.5	23.6	-21.1	1.41	3.0	-1.3	24.5	2.6	1.41	30.6	112	72	51

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
2009	25	SDP	NL	72	72	7	2	4	7	1	6	14%	34	27	27	5	19%	8	1.543	35	17	20	42	12	18	15	57	14	14	16	20	3.1	16
2010	26	SDP	NL	80	80	9	4	7	7	2	5	29%	47	40	38	7	18%	7	1.320	42	31	7	51	15	14	22	58	15	20	17	23	2.9	14
2011	27	SDP	NL	61	61	11	3	3	4	0	4	0%	20	16	29	7	24%	7	1.393	24	17	19	27	12	22	17	44	6	19	8	12	2.7	14
2012	28	SDP	NL	23	23	1	1	0	1	0	1	0%	7	6	5	0	0%	7	1.291	11	7	5	9	6	8	4	19	3	8	3	5	2.8	15
4 Yrs				236	236	28	10	14	19	3	16	16%	108	89	99	19	19%		1.410	112	72	51	129	45	62	58	178	38	61	44	60	2.9	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%
2009	25	SDP	NL	318	50%	0.9%	29.3%	9.8%	6.0%	31%	0.84	1.20	58%	21%	3.5%	15%	56	5	9%
2010	26	SDP	NL	297	56%	2.7%	30.0%	6.1%	6.4%	40%	0.90	1.25	61%	17%	9.0%	9%	39	5	13%
2011	27	SDP	NL	241	60%	0.8%	14.1%	7.9%	5.4%	23%	0.99	1.44	74%	21%	2.6%	13%	52	6	12%
2012	28	SDP	NL	94	55%	3.2%	21.3%	10.6%	5.3%	23%	1.00	1.44	62%	22%	12.0%	17%	17	3	18%
4 Yrs				950	55%	1.7%	24.8%	8.2%	5.9%	30%	0.92	1.30	63%	20%	5.8%	13%	164	19	12%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.5%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%			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
2009	25	SDP	NL	318	1180	3.71	759	64%	26%	26%	23%	25%	74%	8%	48%	65%	56%	7%	22	7	29%	92	59	5	15%	31	6	0	0	0
2010	26	SDP	NL	297	1108	3.73	748	68%	26%	24%	24%	25%	74%	2%	50%	67%	62%	4%	11	3	29%	86	57	4	12%	21	6	0	0	0
2011	27	SDP	NL	241	877	3.64	553	63%	22%	20%	24%	34%	78%	3%	49%	75%	55%	6%	15	6	24%	58	36	2	6%	7	7	0	0	0
2012	28	SDP	NL	95	337	3.55	209	62%	28%	22%	20%	31%	72%	6%	45%	70%	52%	7%	7	2	16%	15	12	2	15%	4	3	-1	0	0
4 Yrs				951	3502	3.68	2269	65%	25%	23%	23%	28%	75%	5%	48%	69%	57%	6%	55	18	26%	251	164	13	13%	63	22	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				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
2009	25	SDP	NL	318	62	6	1	3	1	11	0	3	0	3	19	7	1	37%	1	4	1	119	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2010	26	SDP	NL	297	47	3	0	8	2	8	5	3	2	6	14	6	2	43%	1	0	1	87	7	0	100%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2011	27	SDP	NL	241	57	6	1	2	1	11	2	0	1	1	17	8	5	47%	2	2	1	105	5	0	100%	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
2012	28	SDP	NL	94	22	4	0	3	0	4	2	1	0	3	6	2	1	33%	1	1	0	34	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4 Yrs				950	188	19	2	16	4	34	9	7	3	13	56	23	9	41%	5	7	3	345	15	2	88%	15	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	13	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2009	25	2	4	.333	3.24	72	7	1	75.0	62	29	27	3	31	9	93	3	4	318	117	1.240	7.4	0.4	3.7	11.2	3.00	117
2010	26	6	11	.353	3.23	152	16	3	153.1	109	59	55	11	49	11	182	4	4	615	116	1.030	6.4	0.6	2.9	10.7	3.71	116
2011	27	9	14	.391	3.10	213	27	3	209.0	166	82	72	13	68	14	216	6	6	856	119	1.120	7.1	0.6	2.9	9.3	3.18	119
2012	28	10	14	.417	3.24	236	28	3	230.2	188	93	83	16	78	16	236	6	7	950	114	1.153	7.3	0.6	3.0	9.2	3.03	114

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
2009	25	4	4	.500	3.75	72.0	66	33	30	3	33	89	3	1.375	8.3	4.1	11.1	2.70	0.4	72
2010	26	4	4	.500	3.67	76.0	50	34	31	9	19	86	1	0.908	5.9	2.3	10.2	4.53	1.1	80
2011	27	3	2	.600	3.46	52.0	62	22	20	2	21	32	2	1.596	10.7	3.6	5.5	1.52	0.3	61
2012	28	1	1	.500	5.85	20.0	24	14	13	3	11	18	0	1.750	10.8	5.0	8.1	1.64	1.4	23
4 Yrs		12	11	.522	3.85	220.0	202	103	94	17	84	225	6	1.300	8.3		9.2	2.68	0.7	236

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