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Ángel Guzmán

Angel Moises Guzman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 14, 1981 in Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela
Signed by the Kansas City Royals as an amateur free agent in 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 2006
Team: Cubs 2006-2009
Agents: Alan Nero [*]
Final Game: September 8, 2009
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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
2001	19	CHC-min	A-	9	1	.900	2.23	14	14	0	0	0	76.2	68	27	19	2	19	0	63	0	1	2	318		1.135	8.0	0.2	2.2	7.4	3.32	BOI · NORW
2002	20	CHC-min	A+,A	11	4	.733	2.19	25	24	0	2	0	156.0	141	52	38	5	49	1	123	5	3	14	656		1.218	8.1	0.3	2.8	7.1	2.51	DYT,LNS · FLOR,MIDW
2003	21	CHC-min	AA	3	3	.500	2.81	15	15	0	0	0	89.2	83	30	28	8	26	0	87	2	1	3	366		1.216	8.3	0.8	2.6	8.7	3.35	WTN · SOUL
2004	22	CHC-min	A+,AA	3	4	.429	4.72	11	11	0	0	0	47.2	47	26	25	4	4	0	53	1	0	0	190		1.070	8.9	0.8	0.8	10.0	13.25	DYT,WTN · FLOR,SOUL
2005	23	CHC-min	Rk,A	0	1	.000	2.45	6	6	0	0	0	18.1	20	8	5	1	1	0	24	2	0	0	78		1.145	9.8	0.5	0.5	11.8	24.00	CBZ,PEO · ARIZ,MIDW
2006	24	CHC-min	AAA	4	4	.500	4.04	15	15	0	0	0	75.2	72	37	34	5	24	0	77	2	1	3	320		1.269	8.6	0.6	2.9	9.2	3.21	IWA · PCL
2006	24	CHC	NL	0	6	.000	7.39	15	10	1	0	0	56.0	68	48	46	9	37	1	60	6	1	8	272	63	1.875	10.9	1.4	5.9	9.6	1.62
2007	25	CHC-min	AAA,Rk	0	3	.000	8.22	7	7	0	0	0	15.1	15	15	14	1	7	1	10	1	0	0	69		1.435	8.8	0.6	4.1	5.9	1.43	IWA,CBZ · PCL,ARIZ
2007	25	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	3.56	12	3	3	0	0	30.1	32	12	12	2	9	0	26	2	0	3	128	131	1.352	9.5	0.6	2.7	7.7	2.89
2008	26	CHC-min	AAA,A+,AA	1	0	1.000	1.59	7	4	1	0	0	17.0	14	5	3	0	4	0	20	1	0	0	66		1.059	7.4	0.0	2.1	10.6	5.00	IWA,DYT,KNX · PCL,FLOR,SOUL
2008	26	CHC	NL	0	0		5.59	6	1	1	0	0	9.2	10	6	6	1	4	0	10	1	0	1	44	84	1.448	9.3	0.9	3.7	9.3	2.50
2009	27	CHC-min	AAA,A	0	0		0.00	2	2	0	0	0	2.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	9		0.857	3.9	0.0	3.9	11.6	3.00	IWA,PEO · PCL,MIDW
2009	27	CHC	NL	3	3	.500	2.95	55	0	14	0	1	61.0	41	20	20	8	23	4	47	1	0	1	245	152	1.049	6.0	1.2	3.4	6.9	2.04
2011	29	CHC-min	A+,A	0	3	.000	4.04	21	19	0	0	0	35.2	43	21	16	3	5	0	28	2	0	2	155		1.346	10.9	0.8	1.3	7.1	5.60	DYT,PEO · FLOR,MIDW
4 Yrs				3	10	.231	4.82	88	14	19	0	1	157.0	151	86	84	20	73	5	143	10	1	13	689	95	1.427	8.7	1.1	4.2	8.2	1.96
162 Game Avg.				2	7	.231	4.82	59	9	13	0	1	105	101	57	56	13	49	3	95	7	1	9	459	95	1.427	8.7	1.1	4.2	8.2	1.96

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	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2006	24	CHC	NL	56.0	15	10	48	7.71	4.86	-0.07	0.06	103.2	5.15	-16	-1.4	.7	0.0	-1.0	-10	.405	.491	$
2007	25	CHC	NL	30.1	12	3	12	3.56	4.87	0.19	-0.07	102.8	4.73	4	0.4	1.1	-0.0	0.6	7	.535	.503	$384,000
2008	26	CHC	NL	9.2	6	1	6	5.59	4.73	-0.16	-0.23	104.9	4.88	-1	-0.1	.5	-0.0	0.0	0	.488	.500	$401,000
2009	27	CHC	NL	61.0	55	0	20	2.95	4.53	-0.14	-0.33	105.2	4.56	11	1.1	1.2	-0.0	1.6	17	.521	.507	$421,500
4 Seasons				157.0	88	14	86	4.93	4.73	-0.05	-0.14	104.0	4.83	-2	0.1	1.1	-0.1	1.2	14	.501	.500	$1,206,500

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
2006	24	CHC	NL	15	272	221	48	68	13	2	9	5	3	37	60	.308	.416	.507	.923	.381	112	3	6	5	3	1	0
2007	25	CHC	NL	12	128	115	12	32	9	0	2	4	0	9	26	.278	.339	.409	.747	.341	47	5	2	1	1	0	0
2008	26	CHC	NL	6	44	39	6	10	3	0	1	0	0	4	10	.256	.341	.410	.751	.321	16	0	1	0	0	0	0
2009	27	CHC	NL	55	245	214	20	41	9	0	8	2	4	23	47	.192	.271	.346	.617	.205	74	4	1	5	2	4	5
4 Yrs				88	689	589	86	151	34	2	20	11	7	73	143	.256	.345	.423	.768	.303	249	12	10	11	6	5	5
162 Game Avg.				59	459	393	57	101	23	1	13	7	5	49	95	.256	.345	.423	.768	.303	166	8	7	7	4	3	3
MLB Averages																.266	.335	.422	.757	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2006	24	CHC	NL	-15.6	-1.4	290	-1.0	4.3	-5.3	.98	-1.1	0.1	-12.0	-1.1	0.98	-13.1	1	0	4
2007	25	CHC	NL	4.0	0.4	136	-0.0	1.8	-1.8	.86	0.2	-0.2	4.0	0.4	0.86	4.6	3	0	6
2008	26	CHC	NL	-0.6	-0.1	45	0.1	0.4	-0.3	.44	-0.1	0.3	-0.5	-0.0	0.44	-1.0	0	2	3
2009	27	CHC	NL	10.4	1.0	251	2.0	5.3	-3.2	1.19	0.9	0.8	11.6	1.1	1.19	10.5	19	18	17
4 Yrs				-1.8	-0.0	722	1.1	11.7	-10.6	1.00	-0.1	1.2	3.1	0.4	1.00	0.9	23	20	30

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
2006	24	CHC	NL	15	10	0	6	4	0	0	0	10	.000	0	1	0	0	1	10%	35.1	65	10	12	9	0	5	3.2	3.5	4.3	87	2	6	2	0	104
2007	25	CHC	NL	12	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	.333	2	1	0	0	0	0%	50.7	60	39	3	2	0	2	5.3	1.8	5.1	77	2	1	0	0	82
2008	26	CHC	NL	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	58.0	58	58	1	0	0	0	1.0	4.5	2.0	30	1	0	0	0	30
3 Yrs				33	14	0	6	8	0	0	1	13	.071	2	2	0	0	1	7%	40	65	10	16	11	0	7	3.5	3.1	4.3	81	5	7	2	0	104
MLB Averages													.500						48%	48	98	-12					4.8	4.8	5.8	95

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
2006	24	CHC	NL	15	5	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	2	.982	1	0	4	0	1	4	1	4	4	0	4	0	8.0	47
2007	25	CHC	NL	12	9	3	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	5	3	60%	8	.855	3	0	6	3	1	5	2	7	6	1	6	1	5.0	24
2008	26	CHC	NL	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	7	.442	0	2	3	0	0	5	1	4	3	1	4	0	4.6	26
2009	27	CHC	NL	55	55	14	3	3	1	1	0	100%	16	15	25	4	16%	7	1.193	19	18	17	22	13	20	14	41	14	13	17	15	3.3	18
4 Yrs				88	74	19	3	4	2	1	1	50%	17	15	33	7	21%		.999	23	20	30	25	15	34	18	56	27	15	31	16	3.9	21

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%
2006	24	CHC	NL	272	60%	3.3%	22.1%	13.6%	8.8%	35%	0.50	0.68	57%	24%	9.0%	7%	56	3	5%
2007	25	CHC	NL	128	48%	1.6%	20.3%	7.0%	8.6%	34%	0.85	1.50	69%	19%	4.8%	13%	17	5	29%
2008	26	CHC	NL	44	50%	2.3%	22.7%	9.1%	9.1%	40%	0.38	0.73	64%	31%	5.9%	19%	10	0	0%
2009	27	CHC	NL	245	57%	3.3%	19.2%	9.4%	6.9%	42%	0.94	1.28	66%	13%	11.0%	15%	49	4	8%
4 Yrs				689	56%	2.9%	20.8%	10.6%	8.1%	37%	0.70	1.04	63%	19%	8.6%	12%	132	12	9%
MLB Averages					46%	2.7%	17.3%	8.6%	8.0%	34%	0.79	1.07	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
2006	24	CHC	NL	272	1110	4.08	664	60%	26%	17%	31%	25%	74%	1%	44%	77%	54%	7%	18	13	22%	61	33	4	25%	7	4	0	0	0
2007	25	CHC	NL	128	444	3.47	292	66%	25%	17%	26%	31%	75%	0%	49%	77%	61%	4%	5	3	26%	33	21	1	31%	7	2	0	0	0
2008	26	CHC	NL	44	160	3.64	97	61%	30%	20%	21%	30%	70%	0%	43%	72%	61%	0%	0	0	18%	8	2	0	10%	1	0	0	0	0
2009	27	CHC	NL	245	971	3.96	622	64%	24%	18%	30%	28%	76%	4%	49%	76%	57%	7%	16	8	26%	64	41	1	26%	7	4	0	0	0
4 Yrs				689	2685	3.90	1675	62%	25%	18%	29%	28%	75%	2%	46%	76%	57%	6%	39	24	24%	166	97	6	25%	22	10	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.79		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	80%	58%	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
2006	24	CHC	NL	272	68	8	0	9	0	4	4	5	4	5	20	11	3	55%	0	8	2	113	5	3	63%	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
2007	25	CHC	NL	128	32	2	1	2	0	5	1	1	1	1	10	4	2	40%	0	3	0	41	4	0	100%	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
2008	26	CHC	NL	44	10	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	1	67%	0	1	0	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2009	27	CHC	NL	245	41	3	1	8	1	6	5	3	3	5	12	6	0	50%	5	1	0	88	2	4	33%	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
4 Yrs				689	151	13	2	20	1	15	11	9	9	11	45	23	6	51%	5	13	2	262	11	7	61%	10	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	30	0
MLB Averages																		53%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	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	ERA+
2006	24	0	6	.000	7.39	15	10	1	0	56.0	68	48	46	9	37	1	60	6	1	8	272	63	1.875	10.9	1.4	5.9	9.6	1.62	63
2007	25	0	7	.000	6.05	27	13	4	0	86.1	100	60	58	11	46	1	86	8	1	11	400	77	1.691	10.4	1.1	4.8	9.0	1.87	77
2008	26	0	7	.000	6.00	33	14	5	0	96.0	110	66	64	12	50	1	96	9	1	12	444	78	1.667	10.3	1.1	4.7	9.0	1.92	78
2009	27	3	10	.231	4.82	88	14	19	1	157.0	151	86	84	20	73	5	143	10	1	13	689	95	1.427	8.7	1.1	4.2	8.2	1.96	95

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
2006	24	2	4	.333	6.59	56.0	64	46	41	8	35	60	6	1.768	10.3	5.6	9.6	1.71	1.3	15
2007	25	2	1	.667	3.41	29.0	31	12	11	2	9	25	2	1.379	9.6	2.8	7.8	2.78	0.6	12
2008	26	0	1	.000	5.40	10.0	10	7	6	1	4	10	1	1.400	9.0	3.6	9.0	2.50	0.9	6
2009	27	4	2	.667	2.80	61.0	39	21	19	8	22	47	1	1.000	5.8	3.2	6.9	2.14	1.2	55
4 Yrs		8	8	.500	4.44	156.0	144	86	77	19	70	142	10	1.372	8.3		8.2	2.03	1.1	88

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