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Cole Hamels

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

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 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 (Age 22)
Team: Phillies 2006-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2018, 7 yrs/$153M (12-18) & 19 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 6.143, Free Agent: 2019 [*], Agents: John Boggs [*]
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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
2006 22 PHI NL 9 8 .529 4.08 23 23 0 0 0 0 132.1 117 66 60 19 48 4 145 3 0 5 558 115 1.247 8.0 1.3 3.3 9.9 3.02
2007 23 PHI NL 15 5 .750 3.39 28 28 0 2 0 0 183.1 163 72 69 25 43 4 177 3 0 5 743 135 1.124 8.0 1.2 2.1 8.7 4.12 AS,CYA-6
2008 24 PHI NL 14 10 .583 3.09 33 33 0 2 2 0 227.1 193 89 78 28 53 7 196 1 0 0 914 141 1.082 7.6 1.1 2.1 7.8 3.70
2009 25 PHI NL 10 11 .476 4.32 32 32 0 2 2 0 193.2 206 95 93 24 43 4 168 5 0 1 814 97 1.286 9.6 1.1 2.0 7.8 3.91
2010 26 PHI NL 12 11 .522 3.06 33 33 0 1 0 0 208.2 185 74 71 26 61 5 211 8 0 3 856 133 1.179 8.0 1.1 2.6 9.1 3.46
2011 27 PHI NL 14 9 .609 2.79 32 31 0 3 0 0 216.0 169 68 67 19 44 2 194 5 3 3 850 137 0.986 7.0 0.8 1.8 8.1 4.41 AS,CYA-5
2012 28 PHI NL 17 6 .739 3.05 31 31 0 2 2 0 215.1 190 80 73 24 52 3 216 3 2 3 867 134 1.124 7.9 1.0 2.2 9.0 4.15 AS,CYA-8
2013 29 PHI NL 1 7 .125 4.45 10 10 0 0 0 0 62.2 56 31 31 9 24 1 57 2 0 0 265 88 1.277 8.0 1.3 3.4 8.2 2.38
8 Yrs 92 67 .579 3.39 222 221 0 12 6 0 1439.1 1279 575 542 174 368 30 1364 30 5 20 5867 124 1.144 8.0 1.1 2.3 8.5 3.71
162 Game Avg. 14 10 .579 3.39 34 34 0 2 1 0 221 196 88 83 27 56 5 209 5 1 3 901 124 1.144 8.0 1.1 2.3 8.5 3.71

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
2006 22 PHI NL 132.1 23 23 66 4.49 4.93 -0.10 0.19 101.6 5.31 12 1.3 -0.1 2.3 24 .555 .508
2007 23 PHI NL 183.1 28 28 72 3.53 4.68 0.22 0.19 101.2 4.71 25 2.6 -0.1 4.1 40 .594 .516 $400,000 AS,CYA-6
2008 24 PHI NL 227.1 33 33 89 3.52 4.61 0.43 0.18 101.4 4.43 24 2.6 -0.2 4.3 43 .578 .516 $500,000
2009 25 PHI NL 193.2 32 32 95 4.41 4.50 0.10 0.18 100.4 4.59 3 0.4 -0.1 1.9 20 .511 .502 $4,350,000
2010 26 PHI NL 208.2 33 33 74 3.19 4.43 -0.03 0.17 100.2 4.64 33 3.7 -0.2 5.4 51 .613 .523 $6,650,000
2011 27 PHI NL 216.0 32 31 68 2.83 4.08 -0.33 0.15 100.5 4.58 40 4.9 1.0 -0.1 6.6 59 .653 .530 $9,500,000 AS,CYA-5
2012 28 PHI NL 215.1 31 31 80 3.34 4.24 0.00 0.16 101.9 4.48 25 2.9 -0.1 4.6 45 .594 .518 $15,000,000 AS,CYA-8
2013 29 PHI NL 62.2 10 10 31 4.45 4.21 -0.16 0.16 103.1 4.67 1 0.1 -0.1 0.5 7 .508 .500 $19,500,000
8 Seasons 1439.1 222 221 575 3.60 4.45 0.04 0.17 101.1 4.64 164 18.5 1.0 -1.0 29.7 288 .583 .514 $55,900,000

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
2007 23 PHI NL NLDS L COL 0 1 .000 4.05 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 3 3 3 0 4 0 7 0 0 0 27 1.050 4.1 0.0 5.4 9.5 1.75
2008 24 PHI NL NLDS W MIL 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 27 0.375 2.3 0.0 1.1 10.1 9.00
2008 24 PHI NL NLCS W LAD 2 0 1.000 1.93 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.0 11 3 3 1 5 0 13 0 0 0 55 1.143 7.1 0.6 3.2 8.4 2.60
2008 24 PHI NL WS W TBR 1 0 1.000 2.77 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 10 4 4 1 3 0 8 0 0 0 49 1.000 6.9 0.7 2.1 5.5 2.67
2009 25 PHI NL NLDS W COL 0 1 .000 7.20 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 4 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 21 1.400 12.6 1.8 0.0 9.0
2009 25 PHI NL NLCS W LAD 1 0 1.000 6.52 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.2 13 7 7 5 2 0 7 0 0 0 44 1.552 12.1 4.7 1.9 6.5 3.50
2009 25 PHI NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 10.38 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 5 5 5 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 21 1.615 10.4 2.1 4.2 6.2 1.50
2010 26 PHI NL NLDS W CIN 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 5 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 31 0.556 5.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2010 26 PHI NL NLCS L SFG 0 1 .000 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 3 2 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 24 0.833 6.0 0.0 1.5 12.0 8.00
2011 27 PHI NL NLDS L STL 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 0 0 0 3 1 8 1 0 0 27 1.333 7.5 0.0 4.5 12.0 2.67
5 Yrs (10 Series) 7 4 .636 3.09 13 13 0 1 1 0 81.2 65 29 28 9 21 1 77 2 0 0 326 1.053 7.2 1.0 2.3 8.5 3.67
5 NLDS 3 2 .600 1.82 5 5 0 1 1 0 34.2 22 7 7 1 8 1 38 1 0 0 133 0.865 5.7 0.3 2.1 9.9 4.75
3 NLCS 3 1 .750 3.64 5 5 0 0 0 0 29.2 28 13 12 6 8 0 28 0 0 0 123 1.213 8.5 1.8 2.4 8.5 3.50
2 WS 1 1 .500 4.67 3 3 0 0 0 0 17.1 15 9 9 2 5 0 11 1 0 0 70 1.154 7.8 1.0 2.6 5.7 2.20

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
2007 PHI NL 23 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 PHI NL 27
2012 PHI NL 28 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
3 Yrs (2 GP) 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
2006 22 PHI NL 23 558 493 66 117 26 5 19 9 2 48 145 .237 .304 .426 .730 .291 210 5 3 6 8 4 5
2007 23 PHI NL 28 743 687 72 163 37 1 25 14 2 43 177 .237 .283 .403 .686 .282 277 13 3 5 5 4 9
2008 24 PHI NL 33 914 851 89 193 44 3 28 15 2 53 196 .227 .272 .384 .657 .262 327 15 1 6 2 7 5
2009 25 PHI NL 32 814 754 95 206 44 5 24 18 11 43 168 .273 .315 .440 .755 .321 332 11 5 7 5 4 6
2010 26 PHI NL 33 856 780 74 185 42 1 26 10 6 61 211 .237 .299 .394 .693 .293 307 19 8 7 0 5 6
2011 27 PHI NL 32 850 789 68 169 28 6 19 23 6 44 194 .214 .259 .337 .596 .259 266 18 5 9 3 2 9
2012 28 PHI NL 31 867 802 80 190 32 4 24 23 11 52 216 .237 .285 .377 .661 .293 302 10 3 6 4 3 7
2013 29 PHI NL 10 265 236 31 56 19 2 9 8 3 24 57 .237 .312 .449 .761 .275 106 3 2 2 1 1 2
8 Yrs 222 5867 5392 575 1279 272 27 174 120 43 368 1364 .237 .288 .394 .683 .285 2127 94 30 48 28 30 49
162 Game Avg. 34 901 828 88 196 42 4 27 18 7 56 209 .237 .288 .394 .683 .285 326 14 5 7 4 5 8
MLB Averages .261 .329 .413 .742 .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
2006 22 PHI NL 8.2 0.8 572 1.0 8.7 -7.7 .83 0.3 0.8 5.9 0.6 0.83 5.1 0 0 0
2007 23 PHI NL 24.7 2.5 763 2.6 14.2 -11.7 1.01 1.6 0.9 24.1 2.4 1.01 18.5 0 0 0
2008 24 PHI NL 29.4 3.0 933 2.4 16.6 -14.2 .96 2.9 -0.3 27.5 2.8 0.96 32.2 0 0 0
2009 25 PHI NL -0.0 0.0 841 0.6 15.2 -14.6 1.03 0.3 0.3 3.3 0.3 1.03 4.6 0 0 0
2010 26 PHI NL 24.8 2.6 875 2.5 17.3 -14.8 1.07 1.7 0.6 27.8 2.9 1.07 20.3 0 0 0
2011 27 PHI NL 27.2 3.0 881 3.9 15.8 -11.9 .98 3.5 0.5 30.5 3.4 0.98 33.2 0 1 0
2012 28 PHI NL 22.2 2.4 905 2.6 16.5 -13.9 1.01 2.5 0.1 23.8 2.5 1.01 25.4 0 0 0
2013 29 PHI NL -2.3 -0.2 275 -0.5 4.4 -4.9 .97 -0.2 -0.3 0.8 0.1 0.97 -1.0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 134.3 14.1 6045 15.0 108.7 -93.7 .99 12.6 2.6 143.7 15.0 0.99 138.3 0 1 0

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 22 PHI NL 23 23 9 8 6 2 2 13 10 .565 4 2 0 0 11 48% 53.9 83 10 11 2 0 12 5.8 5.9 5.8 95 3 10 10 0 116
2007 23 PHI NL 28 28 15 5 8 4 1 19 9 .679 5 3 2 0 16 57% 57.9 86 31 5 0 0 11 5.2 5.7 6.5 100 4 6 18 0 117
2008 24 PHI NL 33 33 14 10 9 2 5 19 14 .576 2 4 2 2 23 70% 58.8 83 22 13 5 0 14 4.7 4.6 6.9 104 1 10 19 3 125
2009 25 PHI NL 32 32 10 11 11 1 1 16 16 .500 7 4 2 2 15 47% 51.5 91 11 15 5 0 16 4.7 5.1 6.1 97 5 8 18 1 123
2010 26 PHI NL 33 33 12 11 10 3 6 18 15 .545 2 5 1 0 21 64% 58.3 86 23 8 1 0 17 3.7 3.3 6.3 102 2 6 23 2 127
2011 27 PHI NL 32 31 14 9 8 0 4 18 13 .581 1 3 3 0 24 77% 62.1 81 18 6 1 0 11 3.9 3.8 6.9 100 3 9 18 1 126
2012 28 PHI NL 31 31 17 6 8 3 3 21 10 .677 3 4 2 2 23 74% 59.7 83 34 6 2 0 15 4.9 4.7 6.9 107 0 6 24 1 128
2013 29 PHI NL 10 10 1 7 2 0 4 1 9 .100 0 2 0 0 7 70% 52.9 72 17 2 2 0 5 2.8 1.9 6.3 101 0 5 5 0 118
8 Yrs 222 221 92 67 62 15 26 125 96 .566 24 27 12 6 140 63% 57 91 10 66 18 0 101 4.5 4.5 6.5 101 18 60 135 8 128
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 101 -13 4.6 4.6 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
2011 27 PHI NL 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .976 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 40
1 Yr 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .976 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 40

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 22 PHI NL 558 18% 3.4% 26.0% 8.6% 9.0% 43% 0.66 0.95 60% 19% 9.9% 9% 82 5 6%
2007 23 PHI NL 743 15% 3.4% 23.8% 5.8% 8.5% 39% 0.76 0.97 66% 16% 10.4% 16% 114 13 11%
2008 24 PHI NL 914 25% 3.1% 21.4% 5.8% 8.2% 39% 0.66 0.91 69% 19% 8.5% 15% 121 15 12%
2009 25 PHI NL 814 22% 3.0% 20.6% 5.3% 9.0% 35% 0.73 0.97 70% 20% 8.7% 18% 130 11 8%
2010 26 PHI NL 856 21% 3.0% 24.7% 7.1% 8.1% 37% 0.85 1.16 63% 18% 10.2% 15% 140 19 14%
2011 27 PHI NL 850 23% 2.2% 22.8% 5.2% 6.2% 31% 1.14 1.57 68% 14% 8.4% 18% 134 18 13%
2012 28 PHI NL 867 27% 2.8% 24.9% 6.0% 6.9% 32% 0.76 0.98 65% 20% 8.6% 15% 130 10 8%
2013 29 PHI NL 265 27% 3.4% 21.5% 9.1% 11.3% 54% 0.73 1.17 65% 22% 10.5% 16% 38 3 8%
8 Yrs 5867 22% 3.0% 23.3% 6.3% 8.1% 37% 0.79 1.07 66% 18% 9.2% 15% 889 94 11%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 18.1% 8.4% 7.8% 34% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.7% 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
2006 22 PHI NL 559 2178 3.90 1399 64% 27% 21% 27% 26% 73% 2% 47% 71% 55% 5% 29 17 26% 148 97 7 20% 22 8 -1 0 0
2007 23 PHI NL 743 2789 3.75 1911 69% 23% 20% 29% 27% 77% 2% 53% 73% 60% 4% 31 15 34% 255 170 14 20% 42 12 0 0 0
2008 24 PHI NL 916 3427 3.74 2292 67% 25% 18% 28% 29% 75% 2% 50% 76% 61% 4% 33 20 29% 265 167 16 22% 38 7 -2 0 0
2009 25 PHI NL 816 3116 3.82 2082 67% 26% 18% 27% 29% 74% 1% 49% 75% 61% 3% 23 16 27% 220 130 10 23% 32 3 -2 0 0
2010 26 PHI NL 858 3371 3.93 2221 66% 27% 20% 27% 26% 73% 2% 48% 73% 59% 4% 36 22 28% 236 147 12 20% 31 9 -2 0 0
2011 27 PHI NL 851 3132 3.68 2058 66% 28% 19% 24% 29% 72% 1% 48% 74% 62% 5% 39 25 23% 192 119 13 19% 32 12 -1 0 0
2012 28 PHI NL 871 3316 3.81 2203 66% 25% 21% 27% 27% 75% 1% 50% 72% 63% 3% 30 18 26% 226 133 16 18% 41 9 -4 0 0
2013 29 PHI NL 266 1011 3.80 650 64% 22% 22% 27% 28% 78% 1% 50% 71% 61% 4% 10 5 25% 67 44 2 11% 11 4 -1 0 0
8 Yrs 5880 22340 3.80 14816 66% 26% 20% 27% 28% 74% 1% 49% 74% 60% 4% 231 138 27% 1609 1007 90 20% 249 64 -13 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 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
2006 22 PHI NL 558 117 9 1 19 0 10 15 4 10 9 33 15 7 45% 5 5 1 184 9 2 82% 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
2007 23 PHI NL 743 163 18 4 25 0 10 23 2 13 12 31 17 5 55% 9 5 0 244 14 2 88% 11 2 3 0 0 0 2 2 11 0
2008 24 PHI NL 914 193 20 4 28 0 6 16 12 15 13 23 12 4 52% 5 0 1 288 15 2 88% 12 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 0
2009 25 PHI NL 814 206 30 3 24 0 15 17 7 14 10 41 21 9 51% 6 1 0 280 18 11 62% 13 11 5 0 0 0 5 5 8 0
2010 26 PHI NL 856 185 18 2 26 0 22 21 5 16 10 30 9 8 30% 6 3 1 282 10 6 63% 9 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 0
2011 27 PHI NL 850 169 23 5 19 0 11 15 4 7 12 43 18 9 42% 9 3 1 256 23 6 79% 19 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 12 0
2012 28 PHI NL 867 190 24 4 24 0 12 20 4 9 15 36 13 10 36% 7 3 1 279 23 11 68% 18 4 4 5 1 2 3 3 13 0
2013 29 PHI NL 265 56 5 1 9 1 3 8 1 6 3 13 8 0 62% 2 0 0 95 8 3 73% 6 3 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 0
8 Yrs 5867 1279 147 24 174 1 89 135 39 90 84 250 113 52 45% 49 20 5 1908 120 43 74% 96 32 23 9 1 2 14 14 73 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

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+
2006 22 9 8 .529 4.08 23 23 0 0 0 0 132.1 117 66 60 19 48 4 145 3 0 5 558 115 1.247 8.0 1.3 3.3 9.9 3.02 115
2007 23 24 13 .649 3.68 51 51 0 2 0 0 315.2 280 138 129 44 91 8 322 6 0 10 1301 126 1.175 8.0 1.3 2.6 9.2 3.54 126
2008 24 38 23 .623 3.43 84 84 0 4 2 0 543.0 473 227 207 72 144 15 518 7 0 10 2215 131 1.136 7.8 1.2 2.4 8.6 3.60 131
2009 25 48 34 .585 3.67 116 116 0 6 4 0 736.2 679 322 300 96 187 19 686 12 0 11 3029 121 1.176 8.3 1.2 2.3 8.4 3.67 121
2010 26 60 45 .571 3.53 149 149 0 7 4 0 945.1 864 396 371 122 248 24 897 20 0 14 3885 123 1.176 8.2 1.2 2.4 8.5 3.62 123
2011 27 74 54 .578 3.39 181 180 0 10 4 0 1161.1 1033 464 438 141 292 26 1091 25 3 17 4735 125 1.141 8.0 1.1 2.3 8.5 3.74 125
2012 28 91 60 .603 3.34 212 211 0 12 6 0 1376.2 1223 544 511 165 344 29 1307 28 5 20 5602 126 1.138 8.0 1.1 2.2 8.5 3.80 126
2013 29 92 67 .579 3.39 222 221 0 12 6 0 1439.1 1279 575 542 174 368 30 1364 30 5 20 5867 124 1.144 8.0 1.1 2.3 8.5 3.71 124

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
2006 22 8 6 .571 3.59 133.0 110 59 53 18 45 146 3 1.165 7.4 3.0 9.9 3.24 1.2 23
2007 23 12 8 .600 3.13 181.0 156 70 63 24 41 175 3 1.088 7.8 2.0 8.7 4.27 1.2 28
2008 24 15 9 .625 3.01 224.0 190 83 75 28 52 193 1 1.080 7.6 2.1 7.8 3.71 1.1 33
2009 25 9 11 .450 4.48 187.0 206 103 93 24 43 162 5 1.332 9.9 2.1 7.8 3.77 1.2 32
2010 26 13 9 .591 3.24 200.0 186 80 72 26 61 203 8 1.235 8.4 2.7 9.1 3.33 1.2 33
2011 27 14 9 .609 3.06 209.0 174 79 71 20 45 187 5 1.048 7.5 1.9 8.1 4.16 0.9 32
2012 28 14 9 .609 3.22 207.0 191 82 74 24 52 208 3 1.174 8.3 2.3 9.0 4.00 1.0 31
2013 29 2 4 .333 4.72 61.0 57 36 32 9 24 55 2 1.328 8.4 3.5 8.1 2.29 1.3 10
8 Yrs 87 65 .572 3.42 1402.0 1270 592 533 173 363 1329 30 1.165 8.2 8.5 3.66 1.1 222

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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
2007 *
2011
2012 *

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%)
2012 NL (8, 0%)
0.09 Career Shares (196th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2011 NL  6.5 (6th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2007 NL  4.1 (10th)
2010 NL  5.4 (8th)
2011 NL  6.6 (3rd)
2012 NL  4.6 (6th)
Active  29.7 (22nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2007 NL  3.39 (8th)
2008 NL  3.09 (6th)
2011 NL  2.79 (6th)
2012 NL  3.05 (8th)
Active  3.39 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
2007 NL  15 (8th)
2011 NL  14 (9th)
2012 NL  17 (5th)
Active  92 (37th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2007 NL  .750 (3rd)
2012 NL  .739 (5th)
Active  .579 (18th)
Career  .579 (189th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2007 NL  1.124 (3rd)
2008 NL  1.082 (1st)
2011 NL  0.986 (2nd)
2012 NL  1.124 (7th)
Active  1.144 (4th)
Career  1.144 (57th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 NL  8.002 (10th)
2008 NL  7.641 (4th)
2011 NL  7.042 (2nd)
2012 NL  7.941 (10th)
Active  7.998 (9th)
Career  7.998 (118th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 NL  2.111 (4th)
2008 NL  2.098 (9th)
2009 NL  1.998 (6th)
2011 NL  1.833 (4th)
Active  2.301 (9th)
Career  2.301 (201st)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 NL  8.689 (3rd)
2010 NL  9.101 (7th)
2012 NL  9.028 (6th)
Active  8.529 (8th)
Career  8.529 (21st)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2008 NL  227.3 (2nd)
2011 NL  216.0 (9th)
2012 NL  215.3 (6th)
2013 NL  62.7 (7th)
Active  1,439.3 (40th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2007 NL  177 (7th)
2008 NL  196 (6th)
2010 NL  211 (6th)
2011 NL  194 (10th)
2012 NL  216 (3rd)
2013 NL  57 (8th)
Active  1,364 (27th)
Career  1,364 (242nd)

Games Started s c a p y
2008 NL  33 (9th)
2010 NL  33 (6th)
2013 NL  10 (1st)
Active  221 (42nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
2007 NL  2 (4th)
2008 NL  2 (6th)
2011 NL  3 (5th)
2012 NL  2 (4th)
Active  12 (25th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 NL  2 (3rd)
2009 NL  2 (1st)
2012 NL  2 (2nd)
Active  6 (14th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2008 NL  28 (10th)
2010 NL  26 (7th)
2013 NL  9 (5th)
Active  174 (38th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2013 NL  24 (3rd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2007 NL  4.116 (4th)
2008 NL  3.698 (4th)
2009 NL  3.907 (5th)
2010 NL  3.459 (7th)
2011 NL  4.409 (5th)
2012 NL  4.154 (4th)
Active  3.707 (3rd)
Career  3.707 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
Active  1.088 (48th)

Losses s c a p y
2013 NL  7 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2013 NL  31 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2008 NL  914 (5th)
2012 NL  867 (9th)
2013 NL  265 (2nd)
Active  5,867 (47th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2007 NL  135 (6th)
2008 NL  141 (4th)
2010 NL  133 (10th)
2011 NL  137 (4th)
2012 NL  132 (6th)
Active  124 (10th)
Career  124 (78th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2007 NL  25 (7th)
2008 NL  29 (5th)
2010 NL  25 (7th)
2011 NL  27 (5th)
2012 NL  23 (6th)
Active  136 (16th)
Career  136 (157th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2007 NL  2.5 (7th)
2008 NL  3.0 (5th)
2010 NL  2.6 (7th)
2011 NL  3.0 (5th)
2012 NL  2.5 (6th)
Active  14.3 (15th)
Career  14.3 (156th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2008 NL  27.55 (6th)
2010 NL  27.79 (7th)
2011 NL  30.49 (5th)
2012 NL  23.78 (8th)
Active  143.73 (18th)
Career  143.73 (87th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2008 NL  2.4 (8th)
2011 NL  3.9 (7th)
2012 NL  2.6 (10th)
Active  15.0 (21st)
Career  15.0 (106th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2008 NL  2.9 (7th)
2011 NL  3.5 (3rd)
2012 NL  2.5 (6th)
Active  12.6 (19th)
Career  12.6 (100th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2008 NL  2.8 (7th)
2010 NL  2.9 (8th)
2011 NL  3.4 (5th)
2012 NL  2.5 (8th)
Active  15.0 (18th)
Career  15.0 (86th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 - 2 (751), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 100 (215), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 37 (366), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 22 (260), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (262nd), 29.6 career WAR/30.1 7yr-peak WAR/29.9 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Teddy Higuera (955)
  2. Brandon Webb (953)
  3. Doug Rau (943)
  4. Tim Lincecum (942)
  5. Jered Weaver (939)
  6. Zack Greinke (930)
  7. James Shields (929)
  8. Matt Cain (926)
  9. Jon Lester (923)
  10. Adam Wainwright (919)
Similar Pitchers through 28 
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  1. John Candelaria (958)
  2. Johan Santana (957)
  3. Jake Peavy (953)
  4. Juan Pizarro (953)
  5. Jack McDowell (952)
  6. Kevin Appier (952)
  7. Kevin Millwood (944)
  8. Ron Darling (943)
  9. Josh Beckett (942)
  10. Tim Lincecum (942)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Floyd Bannister (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Brett Anderson (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mickey Lolich (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Tommy Hanson (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Johnny Cueto (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. John Smiley (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. John Candelaria (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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