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Zack Greinke

Donald Zachary Greinke

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 21, 1983 in Orlando, FL
High School: Apopka (Orlando, FL)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed July 13, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 22, 2004
Teams (by GP): Royals/Brewers 2004-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 4 yrs/$38M (09-12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 7.057, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: John Courtright SFX [*]
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All-Star

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
2004 20 KCR AL 8 11 .421 3.97 24 24 0 0 0 0 145.0 143 64 64 26 26 3 100 8 1 1 599 120 1.166 8.9 1.6 1.6 6.2 3.85 RoY-4
2005 21 KCR AL 5 17 .227 5.80 33 33 0 2 0 0 183.0 233 125 118 23 53 0 114 13 2 4 829 76 1.563 11.5 1.1 2.6 5.6 2.15
2006 22 KCR AL 1 0 1.000 4.26 3 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 7 3 3 1 3 2 5 0 0 0 28 116 1.579 9.9 1.4 4.3 7.1 1.67
2007 23 KCR AL 7 7 .500 3.69 52 14 7 0 0 1 122.0 122 52 50 12 36 5 106 3 1 3 507 124 1.295 9.0 0.9 2.7 7.8 2.94
2008 24 KCR AL 13 10 .565 3.47 32 32 0 1 0 0 202.1 202 87 78 21 56 1 183 4 1 8 851 126 1.275 9.0 0.9 2.5 8.1 3.27
2009 25 KCR AL 16 8 .667 2.16 33 33 0 6 3 0 229.1 195 64 55 11 51 0 242 4 0 5 915 205 1.073 7.7 0.4 2.0 9.5 4.75 AS,CYA-1,MVP-17
2010 26 KCR AL 10 14 .417 4.17 33 33 0 3 0 0 220.0 219 114 102 18 55 1 181 7 0 4 919 100 1.245 9.0 0.7 2.3 7.4 3.29
2011 27 MIL NL 16 6 .727 3.83 28 28 0 0 0 0 171.2 161 82 73 19 45 0 201 4 0 10 715 102 1.200 8.4 1.0 2.4 10.5 4.47
8 Seasons 76 73 .510 3.82 238 197 8 12 3 1 1279.2 1282 591 543 131 325 12 1132 43 5 35 5363 114 1.256 9.0 0.9 2.3 8.0 3.48
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .510 3.82 37 31 1 2 0 0 200 200 92 85 20 51 2 177 7 1 5 838 114 1.256 9.0 0.9 2.3 8.0 3.48
KCR (7 yrs) 60 67 .472 3.82 210 169 8 12 3 1 1108.0 1121 509 470 112 280 12 931 39 5 25 4648 116 1.264 9.1 0.9 2.3 7.6 3.33
MIL (1 yr) 16 6 .727 3.83 28 28 0 0 0 0 171.2 161 82 73 19 45 0 201 4 0 10 715 102 1.200 8.4 1.0 2.4 10.5 4.47
AL (7 yrs) AL 60 67 .472 3.82 210 169 8 12 3 1 1108.0 1121 509 470 112 280 12 931 39 5 25 4648 116 1.264 9.1 0.9 2.3 7.6 3.33
NL (1 yr) NL 16 6 .727 3.83 28 28 0 0 0 0 171.2 161 82 73 19 45 0 201 4 0 10 715 102 1.200 8.4 1.0 2.4 10.5 4.47

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
2004 20 KCR AL 145.0 24 64 106 -6 .9 42 3.8 $ RoY-4
2005 21 KCR AL 183.0 33 125 131 -13 .9 6 0.6 $330,500
2006 22 KCR AL 6.1 0 3 5 0 1.3 2 0.1 $365,500
2007 23 KCR AL 122.0 14 52 84 0 1.0 32 2.7 $407,000
2008 24 KCR AL 202.1 32 87 129 -1 1.0 42 4.2 $1,400,000
2009 25 KCR AL 229.1 33 64 152 -9 1.0 88 9.0 $3,750,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-17
2010 26 KCR AL 220.0 33 114 137 -3 1.0 23 2.3 $7,250,000
2011 27 MIL NL 171.2 28 82 99 3 .9 17 1.7 $13,500,000
8 Seasons 1279.2 197 591 843 -29 1.0 252 24.4 $27,003,000
KCR (7 yrs) 1108.0 169 509 744 -32 1.0 235 22.7 $13,503,000
MIL (1 yr) 171.2 28 82 99 3 .9 17 1.7 $13,500,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2011 27 MIL NL NLDS W ARI 0 0 7.20 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 8 4 4 3 0 0 7 0 0 0 22 1.600 14.4 5.4 0.0 12.6
2011 27 MIL NL NLCS L STL 1 1 .500 6.17 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.2 15 11 8 1 4 0 6 1 0 0 58 1.629 11.6 0.8 3.1 4.6 1.50
1 Season (2 Series) 1 1 .500 6.48 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.2 23 15 12 4 4 0 13 1 0 0 80 1.620 12.4 2.2 2.2 7.0 3.25
1 NLDS 0 0 7.20 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 8 4 4 3 0 0 7 0 0 0 22 1.600 14.4 5.4 0.0 12.6
1 NLCS 1 1 .500 6.17 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.2 15 11 8 1 4 0 6 1 0 0 58 1.629 11.6 0.8 3.1 4.6 1.50

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2009 KCR AL 25 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0

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
2004 20 KCR AL 24 598 559 64 143 31 1 26 5 3 26 100 .256 .297 .454 .752 .269 254 8 8 3 2 3 4
2005 21 KCR AL 33 828 754 125 233 48 7 23 5 3 53 114 .309 .363 .483 .846 .338 364 14 13 4 4 0 9
2006 22 KCR AL 3 28 25 3 7 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .280 .357 .400 .757 .316 10 0 0 0 0 2 0
2007 23 KCR AL 52 507 461 52 122 35 2 12 7 3 36 106 .265 .319 .427 .747 .317 197 11 3 3 4 5 1
2008 24 KCR AL 32 851 785 87 202 36 9 21 2 4 56 183 .257 .309 .406 .715 .309 319 15 4 2 4 1 7
2009 25 KCR AL 33 915 849 64 195 47 5 11 5 9 51 242 .230 .276 .336 .611 .307 285 17 4 8 3 0 7
2010 26 KCR AL 33 918 843 114 219 40 7 18 12 11 55 181 .260 .308 .388 .696 .309 327 22 7 6 7 1 15
2011 27 MIL NL 28 714 658 82 161 41 6 19 8 6 45 201 .245 .297 .412 .708 .323 271 11 4 6 1 0 9
8 Seasons 238 5359 4934 591 1282 278 37 131 44 39 325 1132 .260 .310 .411 .721 .311 2027 98 43 32 25 12 52
162 Game Avg. 37 838 771 92 200 43 6 20 7 6 51 177 .260 .310 .411 .721 .311 317 15 7 5 4 2 8
MLB Averages .263 .331 .417 .748 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2004 20 KCR AL 15.2 1.5 609 1.5 10.3 -8.8 .89 1.6 0.0 16.6 1.6 0.89 19.5 0 0 0
2005 21 KCR AL -26.6 -2.5 848 -1.9 13.1 -15.1 .93 -2.3 0.3 -27.0 -2.5 0.93 -25.8 0 0 0
2006 22 KCR AL 0.6 0.0 28 0.2 0.7 -0.5 1.29 0.1 0.1 1.2 0.1 1.29 0.5 0 1 2
2007 23 KCR AL 12.8 1.2 521 2.8 10.1 -7.2 1.00 1.2 1.6 17.2 1.7 1.00 15.6 16 11 10
2008 24 KCR AL 19.0 1.9 868 1.9 15.0 -13.1 .95 1.5 0.5 17.1 1.7 0.95 18.1 0 0 0
2009 25 KCR AL 56.2 6.0 941 5.8 18.4 -12.6 1.00 5.2 0.7 59.0 6.4 1.00 59.7 0 0 0
2010 26 KCR AL -1.4 -0.2 941 0.5 15.8 -15.3 .96 0.9 -0.3 -5.2 -0.5 0.96 8.6 0 0 0
2011 27 MIL NL 0.4 0.0 734 0.3 12.2 -11.9 .93 -0.3 0.6 1.2 0.1 0.93 -3.2 0 0 0
8 Seasons 76.1 8.1 5490 11.1 95.5 -84.4 .95 7.9 3.8 79.9 8.5 0.95 93.0 16 12 12

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2004 20 KCR AL 24 24 8 11 5 2 4 9 15 .375 2 0 0 0 13 54% 53 76 8 8 1 0 13 4.1 4.7 6.0 95 1 13 10 0 109
2005 21 KCR AL 33 33 5 17 11 3 3 9 24 .273 2 3 2 0 12 36% 42 72 -11 25 9 0 15 4.0 3.4 5.5 94 3 16 14 0 111
2007 23 KCR AL 52 14 3 6 5 1 1 5 9 .357 0 1 0 0 4 29% 49 88 21 19 5 1 5 3.4 3.9 4.9 86 3 7 4 0 108
2008 24 KCR AL 32 32 13 10 9 0 3 17 15 .531 2 2 1 0 23 72% 55 79 8 13 3 0 15 4.7 5.0 6.3 101 0 13 19 0 117
2009 25 KCR AL 33 33 16 8 9 2 4 17 16 .515 3 1 6 3 26 79% 63 89 27 4 2 0 15 3.8 4.1 6.9 105 1 6 25 1 125
2010 26 KCR AL 33 33 10 14 9 1 4 12 21 .364 5 1 3 0 21 64% 53 78 13 8 4 0 15 3.5 3.7 6.7 104 1 6 25 1 120
2011 27 MIL NL 28 28 16 6 6 1 2 21 7 .750 1 5 0 0 19 68% 56 76 15 7 5 1 11 5.3 5.3 6.1 101 2 7 18 1 123
7 Seasons 235 197 71 72 54 10 21 90 107 .457 15 13 12 3 118 60% 53 89 -11 84 29 2 89 4.1 4.3 6.2 99 11 68 115 3 125
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 100 -12 4.7 4.7 5.9 95

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
2006 22 KCR AL 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 5 1.294 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 2 0 6.3 31
2007 23 KCR AL 52 38 7 4 1 1 1 0 100% 14 12 34 7 21% 8 .997 16 11 10 21 6 11 20 18 21 6 23 5 4.2 23
2 Seasons 55 41 8 5 1 1 1 0 100% 14 12 37 7 19% 1.013 16 12 12 21 6 14 22 19 23 6 25 5 4.4 24

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%
2004 20 KCR AL 599 44% 4.4% 16.7% 4.4% 9.7% 41% 0.56 0.69 73% 20% 9.9% 10% 85 8 9%
2005 21 KCR AL 829 50% 2.8% 13.8% 6.4% 9.4% 34% 0.65 0.86 75% 21% 6.7% 12% 158 14 9%
2006 22 KCR AL 28 57% 3.6% 17.9% 10.7% 3.6% 14% 0.54 0.75 68% 30% 8.3% 8% 9 0 0%
2007 23 KCR AL 507 49% 2.4% 20.9% 7.1% 9.7% 40% 0.47 0.66 68% 21% 5.6% 12% 94 11 12%
2008 24 KCR AL 851 54% 2.5% 21.5% 6.6% 7.8% 33% 0.74 1.00 69% 20% 7.3% 16% 171 15 9%
2009 25 KCR AL 915 52% 1.2% 26.5% 5.6% 6.9% 32% 0.66 0.87 65% 19% 3.5% 14% 150 17 11%
2010 26 KCR AL 919 44% 2.0% 19.7% 6.0% 7.1% 30% 0.85 1.25 71% 19% 5.7% 11% 183 22 12%
2011 27 MIL NL 715 51% 2.7% 28.2% 6.3% 9.2% 41% 0.93 1.28 61% 22% 8.6% 7% 107 11 10%
8 Seasons 5363 49% 2.4% 21.1% 6.1% 8.3% 35% 0.69 0.94 69% 20% 6.7% 12% 957 98 10%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.5% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.80 1.07 70% 19% 7.6% 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
2004 20 KCR AL 599 2284 3.81 1498 66% 30% 12% 27% 31% 70% 1% 46% 82% 66% 3% 16 13 25% 147 60 11 24% 12 1 0 0 1
2005 21 KCR AL 829 3086 3.72 1970 64% 30% 11% 25% 33% 69% 0% 44% 84% 67% 3% 29 21 19% 159 65 5 25% 15 8 0 0 1
2006 22 KCR AL 28 94 3.36 55 59% 27% 13% 24% 36% 73% 21% 43% 83% 54% 11% 3 1 11% 3 2 0 40% 1 0 0 0 0
2007 23 KCR AL 507 2079 4.10 1322 64% 29% 16% 28% 27% 71% 3% 45% 78% 62% 5% 23 12 28% 144 65 7 23% 15 6 0 0 0
2008 24 KCR AL 851 3219 3.78 2051 64% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 0% 46% 79% 62% 3% 29 18 18% 155 62 6 21% 23 10 0 0 0
2009 25 KCR AL 915 3471 3.79 2203 63% 29% 17% 26% 28% 71% 0% 45% 77% 62% 3% 25 24 20% 186 79 4 20% 26 1 0 0 0
2010 26 KCR AL 919 3429 3.73 2151 63% 28% 14% 27% 31% 72% 0% 45% 81% 61% 4% 36 24 19% 177 76 4 22% 27 11 0 0 0
2011 27 MIL NL 718 2841 3.96 1812 64% 30% 18% 27% 26% 70% 0% 45% 74% 60% 4% 26 18 22% 158 69 4 26% 26 8 -3 0 1
8 Seasons 5366 20503 3.82 13062 64% 29% 15% 27% 30% 71% 1% 45% 79% 63% 3% 187 131 21% 1129 478 41 23% 145 45 -3 0 3
MLB Averages 3.79 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
2004 20 KCR AL 599 143 7 3 26 0 9 17 9 10 16 18 11 0 61% 4 1 1 189 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2005 21 KCR AL 829 233 11 0 23 2 16 10 13 13 10 42 22 5 52% 9 4 0 322 5 3 63% 3 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 15 0
2006 22 KCR AL 28 7 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0% 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 23 KCR AL 507 122 4 0 12 2 10 7 5 7 5 22 9 3 41% 1 3 0 192 7 3 70% 6 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 9 0
2008 24 KCR AL 851 202 23 3 21 0 16 10 11 7 14 41 20 7 49% 7 8 2 318 2 4 33% 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 14 0
2009 25 KCR AL 915 195 14 2 11 0 13 7 4 4 7 41 15 13 37% 7 5 1 320 5 9 36% 4 8 1 1 0 0 2 0 10 0
2010 26 KCR AL 919 219 9 1 18 1 20 6 12 6 12 55 28 8 51% 15 4 1 327 12 11 52% 9 10 3 1 0 0 3 1 16 0
2011 27 MIL NL 715 161 8 1 19 0 15 5 14 10 9 30 12 11 40% 9 10 1 238 8 6 57% 6 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 15 0
8 Seasons 5363 1282 76 10 131 5 100 63 68 57 74 251 117 47 47% 52 35 6 1922 44 39 53% 34 34 10 5 0 0 10 1 88 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+
2004 20 8 11 .421 3.97 24 24 0 0 0 0 145.0 143 64 64 26 26 3 100 8 1 1 599 120 1.166 8.9 1.6 1.6 6.2 3.85 120
2005 21 13 28 .317 4.99 57 57 0 2 0 0 328.0 376 189 182 49 79 3 214 21 3 5 1428 92 1.387 10.3 1.3 2.2 5.9 2.71 92
2006 22 14 28 .333 4.98 60 57 1 2 0 0 334.1 383 192 185 50 82 5 219 21 3 5 1456 92 1.391 10.3 1.3 2.2 5.9 2.67 92
2007 23 21 35 .375 4.63 112 71 8 2 0 1 456.1 505 244 235 62 118 10 325 24 4 8 1963 99 1.365 10.0 1.2 2.3 6.4 2.75 99
2008 24 34 45 .430 4.28 144 103 8 3 0 1 658.2 707 331 313 83 174 11 508 28 5 16 2814 106 1.338 9.7 1.1 2.4 6.9 2.92 106
2009 25 50 53 .485 3.73 177 136 8 9 3 1 888.0 902 395 368 94 225 11 750 32 5 21 3729 120 1.269 9.1 1.0 2.3 7.6 3.33 120
2010 26 60 67 .472 3.82 210 169 8 12 3 1 1108.0 1121 509 470 112 280 12 931 39 5 25 4648 116 1.264 9.1 0.9 2.3 7.6 3.33 116
2011 27 76 73 .510 3.82 238 197 8 12 3 1 1279.2 1282 591 543 131 325 12 1132 43 5 35 5363 114 1.256 9.0 0.9 2.3 8.0 3.48 114

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
2004 20 8 7 .533 3.68 142.0 139 64 58 25 25 98 8 1.155 8.8 1.6 6.2 3.92 1.6 24
2005 21 6 13 .316 5.90 177.0 232 129 116 23 53 110 13 1.610 11.8 2.7 5.6 2.08 1.2 33
2006 22 0 0 3.00 6.0 6 2 2 1 3 5 0 1.500 9.0 4.5 7.5 1.67 1.5 3
2007 23 6 6 .500 3.69 117.0 119 53 48 12 35 101 3 1.316 9.2 2.7 7.8 2.89 0.9 52
2008 24 12 9 .571 3.54 196.0 202 86 77 21 56 178 4 1.316 9.3 2.6 8.2 3.18 1.0 32
2009 25 18 6 .750 2.23 222.0 194 61 55 11 51 234 4 1.104 7.9 2.1 9.5 4.59 0.4 33
2010 26 10 13 .435 4.59 210.0 225 119 107 18 57 173 7 1.343 9.6 2.4 7.4 3.04 0.8 33
2011 27 9 9 .500 4.12 166.0 166 84 76 20 46 195 4 1.277 9.0 2.5 10.6 4.24 1.1 28
8 Seasons 69 63 .523 3.92 1236.0 1283 598 539 131 326 1094 43 1.302 9.3 8.0 3.36 1.0 238

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2009 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2009 AL Cy Young
2009 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2009 AL (17, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2009 AL (1, 96%)
1 Cy Young
0.96 Career Shares (55th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2009 AL  9.0 (1st)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2009 AL  9.0 (1st)
Active  24.4 (29th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 AL  3.47 (10th)
2009 AL  2.16 (1st)
Active  3.82 (21st)

Wins s c a p y
2009 AL  16 (7th)
2011 NL  16 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2009 AL  .667 (9th)
2011 NL  .727 (4th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2009 AL  1.073 (1st)
Active  1.256 (21st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 AL  7.653 (2nd)
Active  9.016 (38th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 AL  2.002 (5th)
2010 AL  2.250 (10th)
Active  2.286 (11th)
Career  2.286 (194th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL  8.140 (6th)
2009 AL  9.497 (3rd)
2011 NL  10.538 (1st)
Active  7.961 (16th)
Career  7.961 (34th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2009 AL  229.3 (5th)
2010 AL  220.0 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2008 AL  183 (5th)
2009 AL  242 (2nd)
2011 NL  201 (7th)
Active  1,132 (39th)

Games Started s c a p y
2005 AL  33 (8th)
2009 AL  33 (4th)
2010 AL  33 (4th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2005 AL  2 (10th)
2009 AL  6 (2nd)
2010 AL  3 (8th)
Active  12 (31st)

Shutouts s c a p y
2009 AL  3 (2nd)
Active  3 (48th)

Hits s c a p y
2005 AL  233 (4th)
2010 AL  219 (7th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2008 AL  3.268 (10th)
2009 AL  4.745 (2nd)
2010 AL  3.291 (8th)
2011 NL  4.467 (4th)
Active  3.483 (8th)
Career  3.483 (19th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 AL  0.432 (1st)
Active  0.921 (24th)

Losses s c a p y
2005 AL  17 (1st)
2010 AL  14 (5th)
Active  73 (49th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2005 AL  118 (2nd)
2010 AL  102 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2008 AL  8 (7th)
2011 NL  10 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2005 AL  13 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2009 AL  915 (6th)
2010 AL  919 (6th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2008 AL  126 (9th)
2009 AL  205 (1st)
Active  114 (22nd)
Career  114 (231st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2009 AL  56 (1st)
Active  76 (37th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2009 AL  6.0 (1st)
Active  8.1 (34th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2009 AL  58.95 (1st)
Active  79.93 (44th)
Career  79.93 (229th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2009 AL  5.8 (1st)
Active  11.1 (37th)
Career  11.1 (158th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2009 AL  5.2 (1st)
Active  7.9 (37th)
Career  7.9 (195th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2009 AL  6.4 (1st)
Active  8.5 (40th)
Career  8.5 (231st)

Youngest s c a p y
2004 AL  born 1983-10-21 (6th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (462), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 56 (448), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 22 (573), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (1017), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  2. Mike Morrison (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mike Morrison (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Moose Haas (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ben Sheets (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ralph Terry (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ben Sheets (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Andy Benes (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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