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Cole Hamels

Colbert Michael Hamels (Hollywood) (twitter: @TheHamels)

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

Born: December 27, 1983 in San Diego, CA
High School: Rancho Bernardo HS (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed August 28, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 12, 2006
Team: Phillies 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: 4th-Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$15M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.143, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: John Boggs [*]
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
2006 22 PHI NL 23 53 44 4 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 24 .114 .216 .114 .329 -13 5 1 0 2 1 0 1
2007 23 PHI NL 30 72 64 7 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 26 .141 .164 .172 .336 -14 11 0 0 5 1 0 1 AS,CYA-6
2008 24 PHI NL 36 85 76 3 17 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 29 .224 .234 .250 .484 27 19 0 1 8 0 0 1
2009 25 PHI NL 32 69 61 6 9 3 0 0 5 1 0 1 29 .148 .161 .197 .358 -6 12 0 0 7 0 0 1
2010 26 PHI NL 34 72 67 4 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 .149 .149 .179 .328 -12 12 1 0 5 0 0 1
2011 27 PHI NL 33 75 69 2 11 0 1 0 3 0 1 3 33 .159 .194 .188 .383 6 13 2 0 3 0 0 1 AS,CYA-5
2012 28 PHI NL 10 29 22 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .227 .292 .273 .564 56 6 0 1 5 0 0 1
7 Yrs 198 455 403 26 66 10 1 0 20 1 1 13 167 .164 .193 .194 .386 2 78 4 2 35 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 372 330 21 54 8 1 0 16 1 1 11 137 .164 .193 .194 .386 2 64 3 2 29 2 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 22 PHI NL 23 53 -8 -0 0 0 8 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
2007 23 PHI NL 30 72 -12 -0 1 0 11 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $400,000 1 AS,CYA-6
2008 24 PHI NL 36 85 -9 -0 1 0 12 3 0.3 2 6 0.3 .509 .502 0.3 0.0 6 $500,000 1
2009 25 PHI NL 32 69 -9 -0 1 0 10 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $4,350,000 1
2010 26 PHI NL 34 72 -9 -0 -0 0 10 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $6,650,000 1
2011 27 PHI NL 33 75 -9 -1 -0 0 10 -0 -0.1 2 2 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 2 $9,500,000 1 AS,CYA-5
2012 28 PHI NL 10 29 -2 -1 0 0 4 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .520 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $ 1
7 Seasons 198 455 -58 -3 2 0 64 5 0.5 12 18 0.4 .503 .500 0.4 0.0 18 $21,400,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2006 22 PHI NL 53 43 2 1.2 117 .238 .114 .278 .216 .350 .114 .452 .329 .801 -13 .071 -7.9 -0.8 .275 .136 .000
2007 23 PHI NL 72 61 2 0.9 115 .231 .141 .278 .164 .347 .172 .444 .336 .791 -14 .039 -11.2 -1.1 .236 .063 .031
2008 24 PHI NL 85 67 5 2.0 110 .362 .224 .270 .234 .342 .250 .430 .484 .772 27 .162 -8.5 -0.8 .339 .026 .026
2009 25 PHI NL 69 59 2 0.9 108 .281 .148 .267 .161 .340 .197 .424 .358 .764 -6 .046 -9.6 -0.9 .269 .082 .049 .0
2010 26 PHI NL 72 63 2 0.8 104 .213 .149 .264 .149 .335 .179 .416 .328 .751 -12 .044 -10.8 -1.1 .207 .030 .030
2011 27 PHI NL 75 64 2 0.8 99 .306 .159 .260 .194 .328 .188 .405 .383 .733 6 .045 -9.3 -1.0 .246 .058 .029
2012 28 PHI NL 29 22 2 2.4 100 .313 .227 .259 .292 .327 .273 .410 .564 .737 56 .245 -1.4 -0.1 .471 .091 .045
7 Yrs 455 379 17 1.2 108 .277 .164 .268 .193 .339 .194 .426 .386 .765 2 .074 -58.7 -5.8 .272 .062 .030 .0
162 Game Avg. 372 310 14 1.2 108 .277 .164 .268 .193 .339 .194 .426 .386 .765 2 .074 -58.7 -5.8 .272 .062 .030

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 23 PHI NL NLDS COL L 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2008 24 PHI NL NLDS MIL W 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2008 24 PHI NL NLCS LAD W 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
2008 24 PHI NL WS TBR W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 25 PHI NL NLDS COL W 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 25 PHI NL NLCS LAD W 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 2 0 0
2009 25 PHI NL WS NYY L 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 1 0 0
2010 26 PHI NL NLDS CIN W 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2010 26 PHI NL NLCS SFG L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 27 PHI NL NLDS STL L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (10 Series) 13 27 20 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .150 .227 .150 .377 3 0 0 5 0 0
5 NLDS 5 12 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .111 .200 .111 .311 1 0 0 2 0 0
3 NLCS 5 11 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .125 .222 .125 .347 1 0 0 2 0 0
2 WS 3 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 1 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 PHI NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 PHI NL 27 DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2006 22 PHI NL 53 0.0% 45.3% 11.3% 0.0% 0% 4.00 1.8 14.7 0.89 2.33 40% 22% 0.0% 0%
2007 23 PHI NL 72 0.0% 36.1% 2.8% 2.8% 22% 13.00 2.5 32.0 1.12 2.50 54% 16% 0.0% 12%
2008 24 PHI NL 85 0.0% 34.1% 0.0% 2.4% 12% 2.6 25.3 1.05 3.22 55% 15% 0.0% 10%
2009 25 PHI NL 69 0.0% 42.0% 1.5% 4.4% 33% 29.00 2.1 12.2 1.78 3.00 46% 10% 0.0% 0%
2010 26 PHI NL 72 0.0% 27.8% 0.0% 2.8% 20% 3.4 33.5 1.32 1.86 65% 8% 0.0% 0%
2011 27 PHI NL 75 0.0% 44.0% 4.0% 1.3% 9% 11.00 2.1 23.0 1.69 4.00 48% 18% 0.0% 8%
2012 28 PHI NL 29 0.0% 20.7% 3.5% 3.5% 20% 6.00 3.7 11.0 1.29 4.33 55% 14% 0.0% 0%
7 Yrs 455 0.0% 36.7% 2.9% 2.4% 17% 12.85 2.4 20.2 1.27 2.76 52% 14% 0.0% 5%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.8% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 2.09 5.0 34.0 7.8 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.6% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2006 22 PHI NL -7.9 -0.8 53 -0.4 0.3 -0.8 .72 -0.7 0.1 -8.7 -0.8 0.95 -8.3 0
2007 23 PHI NL -11.2 -1.1 72 -1.0 0.3 -1.3 .87 -1.1 -0.1 -13.3 -1.3 0.94 -12.6 2.74 1
2008 24 PHI NL -8.6 -0.8 86 -1.1 0.8 -1.8 1.05 -0.8 -0.2 -10.2 -1.0 0.96 -9.2 3.93 3
2009 25 PHI NL -9.6 -0.9 70 -0.5 0.9 -1.3 .98 -0.8 0.3 -6.9 -0.7 1.07 -8.4 0
2010 26 PHI NL -10.8 -1.1 72 -1.1 0.6 -1.6 1.05 -0.9 -0.1 -9.9 -1.0 0.98 -10.2 0.05 1
2011 27 PHI NL -9.4 -1.0 78 -1.0 0.5 -1.5 .83 -1.0 -0.2 -11.6 -1.2 0.96 -10.3 2.52 1
2012 28 PHI NL -1.4 -0.1 29 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .69 -0.2 0.1 -0.0 -0.0 0.81 -2.0 0
7 Yrs -58.9 -5.8 460 -5.1 3.5 -8.6 .91 -5.5 -0.0 -60.7 -5.9 0.97 -61.0 2.85 6

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2006 22 PHI NL 0 0 36% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2007 23 PHI NL 0 0 64% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
2008 24 PHI NL 0 0 17% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0
2009 25 PHI NL 2 0 60% 13 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 40% 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 1 0
2010 26 PHI NL 3 0 40% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
2011 27 PHI NL 0 0 14% 13 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 28 PHI NL 0 0 0% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
7 Yrs 5 0 32% 118 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 15% 12 10 2 9 8 1 5 4 1

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2006 22 PHI NL 53 77% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 10 1 10% 10 2 20% 35 3 9% 3 2 67% 1 0 0% 0
2007 23 PHI NL 72 72% 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.74 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 63% 14 0 0% 18 7 39% 49 2 4% 6 2 33% 5 3 60% 0
2008 24 PHI NL 85 69% 17 2 1 3 1 0 0 3.93 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 67% 17 0 0% 15 3 20% 54 3 6% 1 0 0% 4 4 100% 0
2009 25 PHI NL 69 70% 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 7 50% 16 0 0% 17 2 12% 57 7 12% 3 0 0% 0 0 0
2010 26 PHI NL 72 72% 10 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.05 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 63% 11 1 9% 9 4 44% 41 2 5% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
2011 27 PHI NL 75 75% 11 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.52 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 6 2 33% 12 2 17% 43 3 7% 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
2012 28 PHI NL 29 90% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 4 0 0% 5 2 40% 14 2 14% 0 0 2 2 100% 0
7 Yrs 455 73% 66 8 2 6 1 0 0 2.85 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 58 35 60% 78 4 5% 86 22 26% 293 22 8% 17 4 24% 16 11 69% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2006 22 PHI NL 53 186 3.51 129 69% 29% 22% 31% 18% 71% 0% 49% 68% 42% 6% 3 0 13% 7 2 6% 3 1 21% 0 0 0
2007 23 PHI NL 72 252 3.50 185 73% 25% 25% 25% 24% 75% 0% 55% 66% 33% 6% 4 0 11% 8 1 8% 6 2 8% 0 0 0
2008 24 PHI NL 85 272 3.20 209 77% 22% 23% 29% 26% 78% 0% 60% 70% 48% 1% 1 0 6% 5 2 1% 1 1 28% 0 0 0
2009 25 PHI NL 69 248 3.59 181 73% 32% 23% 24% 22% 68% 0% 50% 67% 43% 0% 0 0 9% 6 3 3% 2 0 28% 0 0 0
2010 26 PHI NL 72 240 3.33 176 73% 26% 19% 26% 30% 74% 0% 55% 75% 47% 0% 0 0 13% 9 7 3% 2 0 40% 0 0 0
2011 27 PHI NL 75 296 3.95 208 70% 36% 20% 25% 19% 64% 0% 45% 68% 32% 1% 1 0 7% 5 1 5% 4 1 33% 0 0 0
2012 28 PHI NL 29 85 2.93 54 64% 22% 11% 28% 39% 78% 0% 49% 86% 52% 3% 1 0 10% 3 1 14% 4 3 50% 0 0 0
7 Yrs 455 1579 3.47 1142 72% 28% 22% 27% 24% 72% 0% 52% 70% 42% 2% 10 0 9% 43 17 5% 22 8 27% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 22 23 53 44 4 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 24 .114 .216 .114 .329 -13 5 1 0 2 1 0
2007 23 53 125 108 11 14 2 0 0 5 0 0 8 50 .130 .186 .148 .335 -13 16 1 0 7 2 0
2008 24 89 210 184 14 31 4 0 0 8 0 0 8 79 .168 .205 .190 .395 3 35 1 1 15 2 0
2009 25 121 279 245 20 40 7 0 0 13 1 0 9 108 .163 .195 .192 .386 0 47 1 1 22 2 0
2010 26 155 351 312 24 50 9 0 0 15 1 0 9 128 .160 .185 .189 .374 -2 59 2 1 27 2 0
2011 27 188 426 381 26 61 9 1 0 18 1 1 12 161 .160 .187 .189 .376 -1 72 4 1 30 2 0
2012 28 198 455 403 26 66 10 1 0 20 1 1 13 167 .164 .193 .194 .386 2 78 4 2 35 2 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2006 22 23 53 44 4 5 0 0 0 3 0 6 24 .114 .216 .114 .329 1 23
2007 23 30 72 64 8 9 2 0 0 2 0 2 26 .141 .164 .172 .336 2 30
2008 24 36 84 75 3 16 2 0 0 3 0 0 29 .213 .224 .240 .464 4 36
2009 25 32 69 61 6 9 3 0 0 5 1 1 29 .148 .161 .197 .358 2 32
2010 26 34 73 68 4 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 20 .162 .162 .191 .353 2 34
2011 27 33 76 70 2 12 0 1 0 4 0 3 33 .171 .205 .200 .405 3 33
2012 28 10 30 23 0 6 1 0 0 3 0 1 6 .261 .320 .304 .624 2 10
7 Yrs 198 457 405 27 68 10 1 0 22 1 13 167 .168 .197 .198 .394 16 198
162 Game Avg. 162 374 331 22 56 8 1 0 18 1 11 137 .168 .197 .198 .394 13 198

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2007 *
2011

Awards (yr lg award)
2008 NL Babe Ruth Award
2008 NL NLCS MVP
2008 ML WS MVP

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2007 NL (6, 1%)
2011 NL (5, 8%)
0.09 Career Shares (190th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2011 NL  6.1 (7th)
2012 NL  2.2 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2012 NL  5 (5th)

                                         

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