Joel Hanrahan

Joel Ryan Hanrahan (twitter: @hanrahan52)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 250 lb.

Born: October 6, 1981 in Des Moines, IA
High School: Norwalk HS (Norwalk, IA)
Drafted
by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2nd round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 22, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 28, 2007
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Nationals 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$4.1M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.065, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Larry Reynolds [*]
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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
2007 25 WSN NL 5 3 .625 6.00 12 11 0 0 0 0 51.0 59 35 34 9 38 0 43 0 0 3 247 71 1.902 10.4 1.6 6.7 7.6 1.13
2008 26 WSN NL 6 3 .667 3.95 69 0 34 0 0 9 84.1 73 40 37 9 42 7 93 1 0 6 364 109 1.364 7.8 1.0 4.5 9.9 2.21
2009 27 TOT NL 1 4 .200 4.78 67 0 30 0 0 5 64.0 73 40 34 3 34 1 72 3 1 11 297 89 1.672 10.3 0.4 4.8 10.1 2.12
2009 27 WSN NL 1 3 .250 7.71 34 0 23 0 0 5 32.2 50 28 28 3 14 0 35 2 1 6 163 56 1.959 13.8 0.8 3.9 9.6 2.50
2009 27 PIT NL 0 1 .000 1.72 33 0 7 0 0 0 31.1 23 12 6 0 20 1 37 1 0 5 134 244 1.372 6.6 0.0 5.7 10.6 1.85
2010 28 PIT NL 4 1 .800 3.62 72 0 27 0 0 6 69.2 58 28 28 6 26 0 100 4 0 5 294 112 1.206 7.5 0.8 3.4 12.9 3.85
2011 29 PIT NL 1 4 .200 1.83 70 0 59 0 0 40 68.2 56 17 14 1 16 2 61 1 0 6 274 205 1.049 7.3 0.1 2.1 8.0 3.81 AS
2012 30 PIT NL 2 0 1.000 2.37 20 0 17 0 0 13 19.0 11 5 5 2 11 0 24 1 0 1 80 162 1.158 5.2 0.9 5.2 11.4 2.18
6 Yrs 19 15 .559 3.84 310 11 167 0 0 73 356.2 330 165 152 30 167 10 393 10 1 32 1556 107 1.393 8.3 0.8 4.2 9.9 2.35
162 Game Avg. 4 3 .559 3.84 66 2 35 0 0 15 76 70 35 32 6 35 2 83 2 0 7 330 107 1.393 8.3 0.8 4.2 9.9 2.35
PIT (4 yrs) 7 6 .538 2.53 195 0 110 0 0 59 188.2 148 62 53 9 73 3 222 7 0 17 782 156 1.171 7.1 0.4 3.5 10.6 3.04
WSN (3 yrs) 12 9 .571 5.30 115 11 57 0 0 14 168.0 182 103 99 21 94 7 171 3 1 15 774 81 1.643 9.8 1.1 5.0 9.2 1.82

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 Awards
2007 25 WSN NL 51.0 12 11 35 6.18 4.81 -0.11 0.18 96.0 4.89 -7 -0.7 .4 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .444 .496 $
2008 26 WSN NL 84.1 69 0 40 4.27 4.74 -0.03 -0.34 99.2 4.39 2 0.2 1.2 -0.1 0.7 9 .503 .501 $400,000
2009 27 WSN NL 32.2 34 0 28 7.71 4.59 -0.34 -0.34 101.5 4.65 -11 -1.1 1.4 -0.3 -1.2 -8 .467 .493 $420,000
2009 27 PIT NL 31.1 33 0 12 3.45 4.60 0.12 -0.34 99.2 4.11 2 0.2 .8 -0.1 0.4 5 .507 .501 $
2010 28 PIT NL 69.2 72 0 28 3.62 4.52 -0.36 -0.34 100.9 4.59 7 0.8 1.1 -0.2 1.2 14 .511 .505 $453,000
2011 29 PIT NL 68.2 70 0 17 2.23 4.25 -0.17 -0.32 98.4 4.03 13 1.5 1.6 0.3 2.3 20 .521 .509 $1,400,000 AS
2012 30 PIT NL 19.0 20 0 5 2.37 4.20 -0.06 -0.32 94.1 3.71 3 0.3 2.0 0.1 0.5 5 .514 .502 $
6 Seasons 356.2 310 11 165 4.16 4.56 -0.15 -0.26 98.9 4.39 9 1.2 1.3 -0.3 3.6 43 .504 .501 $2,673,000
PIT (4 yrs) 188.2 195 0 62 2.96 4.40 -0.18 -0.33 99.0 4.22 26 2.8 1.3 0.2 4.4 44 .514 .504 $1,853,000
WSN (3 yrs) 168.0 115 11 103 5.52 4.73 -0.11 -0.18 98.6 4.59 -16 -1.6 1.3 -0.5 -0.8 -1 .486 .497 $820,000

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
2011 PIT NL 29 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 27.0

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
2007 25 WSN NL 12 247 206 35 59 10 0 9 4 2 38 43 .286 .396 .466 .862 .323 96 1 0 2 1 0 1
2008 26 WSN NL 69 364 313 40 73 18 0 9 11 0 42 93 .233 .320 .377 .697 .295 118 5 1 2 6 7 3
2009 27 PIT NL 33 134 113 12 23 7 0 0 4 2 20 37 .204 .328 .265 .594 .303 30 2 1 0 0 1 1
2009 27 TOT NL 67 297 259 40 73 24 0 3 6 3 34 72 .282 .370 .409 .780 .378 106 2 3 0 1 1 3
2009 27 WSN NL 34 163 146 28 50 17 0 3 2 1 14 35 .342 .405 .521 .925 .431 76 0 2 0 1 0 2
2010 28 PIT NL 72 294 263 28 58 12 2 6 7 1 26 100 .221 .299 .350 .649 .329 92 2 4 0 1 0 1
2011 29 PIT NL 70 274 254 17 56 11 0 1 3 0 16 61 .220 .267 .276 .543 .284 70 6 1 1 2 2 3
2012 30 PIT NL 20 80 68 5 11 2 0 2 3 0 11 24 .162 .288 .279 .567 .214 19 0 1 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 310 1556 1363 165 330 77 2 30 34 6 167 393 .242 .327 .368 .694 .315 501 16 10 5 11 10 11
162 Game Avg. 66 330 289 35 70 16 0 6 7 1 35 83 .242 .327 .368 .694 .315 106 3 2 1 2 2 2
MLB Averages .261 .329 .411 .740 .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
2007 25 WSN NL -9.6 -0.9 254 -0.8 3.9 -4.8 .97 -1.4 0.6 -9.5 -0.9 0.97 -15.9 0 0 1
2008 26 WSN NL 3.5 0.3 384 -0.4 7.3 -7.8 1.22 -0.1 -0.2 -1.7 -0.2 1.22 2.5 21 12 34
2009 27 TOT NL -5.2 -0.5 318 0.2 6.4 -6.2 1.15 -0.6 0.7 -4.9 -0.4 1.15 -6.6 21 9 36
2009 27 WSN NL -11.3 -1.1 174 -0.9 4.0 -4.9 1.35 -1.1 0.4 -13.0 -1.3 1.35 -12.0 13 3 17
2009 27 PIT NL 6.1 0.6 144 1.1 2.5 -1.3 .92 0.5 0.7 8.1 0.8 0.92 5.4 8 6 19
2010 28 PIT NL 4.5 0.5 309 1.3 6.2 -4.9 1.17 1.1 0.0 5.0 0.5 1.17 5.2 23 17 29
2011 29 PIT NL 14.5 1.5 286 2.1 9.1 -7.0 1.92 1.3 -0.3 14.7 1.6 1.92 14.4 32 18 20
2012 30 PIT NL 3.4 0.4 85 1.3 3.4 -2.1 2.12 0.2 0.4 3.7 0.4 2.12 3.4 14 3 3
6 Yrs 11.2 1.3 1636 3.6 36.4 -32.8 1.33 0.5 2.3 7.2 0.9 1.33 2.9 111 59 123

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
2007 25 WSN NL 12 11 4 3 4 3 0 7 4 .636 0 1 0 0 2 18% 42.6 67 2 8 1 0 6 5.7 4.1 4.5 90 1 7 3 0 104
1 Yr 12 11 4 3 4 3 0 7 4 .636 0 1 0 0 2 18% 43 67 2 8 1 0 6 5.7 4.1 4.5 90 1 7 3 0 104
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 100 -13 4.6 4.6 5.9 96

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
2007 25 WSN NL 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 .972 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 5.0 33
2008 26 WSN NL 69 69 34 6 3 13 9 4 69% 16 3 34 16 47% 9 1.219 21 12 34 23 11 35 17 52 21 8 22 14 3.7 21
2009 27 TOT NL 67 67 30 1 4 10 5 5 50% 20 9 22 9 41% 1.153 21 9 36 25 9 33 14 53 8 20 9 14 2.9 18
2009 27 WSN NL 34 34 23 1 3 10 5 5 50% 12 2 13 7 54% 9 1.346 13 3 17 14 4 16 7 27 3 6 4 11 2.9 19
2009 27 PIT NL 33 33 7 0 1 0 0 0 8 7 9 2 22% 7 .919 8 6 19 11 5 17 7 26 5 14 5 3 2.8 17
2010 28 PIT NL 72 72 27 4 1 10 6 4 60% 28 18 9 3 33% 8 1.168 23 17 29 34 10 28 7 65 4 9 4 19 2.9 16
2011 29 PIT NL 70 70 59 1 4 44 40 4 91% 44 0 16 2 13% 9 1.919 32 18 20 49 9 12 10 60 5 7 5 20 2.9 15
2012 30 PIT NL 20 20 17 2 0 14 13 1 93% 14 0 1 0 0% 9 2.115 14 3 3 15 4 1 1 19 0 2 0 4 2.9 18
6 Yrs 310 299 167 15 12 91 73 18 80% 122 30 84 30 36% 1.327 111 59 123 146 43 110 50 249 39 46 41 71 3.1 18

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%
2007 25 WSN NL 247 50% 3.6% 17.4% 15.4% 7.7% 32% 0.48 0.59 63% 24% 10.0% 17% 38 1 3%
2008 26 WSN NL 364 54% 2.5% 25.6% 11.5% 7.4% 37% 0.76 0.87 60% 19% 8.0% 11% 69 5 7%
2009 27 TOT NL 297 53% 1.0% 24.2% 11.5% 9.1% 37% 0.61 0.72 62% 24% 3.0% 15% 55 2 4%
2009 27 WSN NL 163 50% 1.8% 21.5% 8.6% 12.3% 40% 0.84 0.94 67% 25% 5.6% 11% 31 0 0%
2009 27 PIT NL 134 56% 0.0% 27.6% 14.9% 5.2% 30% 0.36 0.53 57% 22% 0.0% 18% 24 2 8%
2010 28 PIT NL 294 61% 2.0% 34.0% 8.8% 6.8% 35% 0.74 0.75 54% 18% 7.4% 13% 51 2 4%
2011 29 PIT NL 274 55% 0.4% 22.3% 5.8% 4.4% 21% 1.08 1.32 71% 15% 1.2% 11% 53 6 11%
2012 30 PIT NL 80 44% 2.5% 30.0% 13.8% 5.0% 36% 0.45 0.50 53% 14% 8.7% 21% 17 0 0%
6 Yrs 1556 54% 1.9% 25.3% 10.7% 7.0% 33% 0.71 0.82 61% 20% 6.2% 14% 283 16 6%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 18.0% 8.5% 7.8% 33% 0.80 1.07 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
2007 25 WSN NL 247 1025 4.15 595 58% 28% 15% 29% 28% 72% 0% 42% 80% 53% 7% 17 9 22% 54 23 1 14% 7 8 0 0 0
2008 26 WSN NL 366 1481 4.05 907 61% 26% 20% 29% 25% 74% 4% 45% 74% 55% 6% 23 9 19% 68 31 4 13% 14 8 -2 0 0
2009 27 TOT NL 297 1196 4.03 734 61% 27% 22% 25% 26% 73% 1% 45% 70% 54% 6% 18 12 21% 61 21 4 10% 9 5 0 0 0
2009 27 WSN NL 163 637 3.91 404 63% 26% 19% 26% 28% 74% 0% 47% 74% 55% 6% 9 7 18% 29 14 4 11% 4 2 0 0 0
2009 27 PIT NL 134 559 4.17 330 59% 28% 25% 24% 23% 72% 2% 43% 65% 52% 7% 9 5 24% 32 7 0 8% 5 3 0 0 0
2010 28 PIT NL 295 1176 3.99 752 64% 29% 22% 27% 22% 71% 0% 45% 69% 55% 4% 12 6 29% 86 50 2 18% 17 6 -1 0 0
2011 29 PIT NL 274 1028 3.75 653 64% 25% 18% 28% 30% 75% 1% 48% 77% 60% 4% 10 8 20% 56 28 4 20% 10 0 0 0 0
2012 30 PIT NL 80 353 4.41 218 62% 22% 21% 38% 20% 78% 0% 48% 74% 60% 8% 6 5 31% 25 10 0 13% 4 1 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1559 6259 4.01 3859 62% 27% 20% 28% 26% 73% 1% 45% 73% 56% 6% 86 49 22% 350 163 15 15% 61 28 -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 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
2007 25 WSN NL 247 59 6 2 9 0 8 5 4 4 5 3 2 0 67% 1 3 0 102 4 2 67% 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 0
2008 26 WSN NL 364 73 4 1 9 1 15 5 4 7 2 28 14 10 50% 3 6 1 139 11 0 100% 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 0
2009 27 TOT NL 297 73 11 1 3 1 11 1 2 2 1 16 7 6 44% 3 11 0 128 6 3 67% 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 17 0
2009 27 WSN NL 163 50 8 0 3 1 8 1 2 2 1 11 6 2 55% 2 6 0 72 2 1 67% 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 0
2009 27 PIT NL 134 23 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 1 4 20% 1 5 0 56 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2010 28 PIT NL 294 58 5 0 6 0 7 2 4 3 3 11 6 4 55% 1 5 0 114 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2011 29 PIT NL 274 56 14 2 1 0 10 0 1 0 1 13 7 2 54% 3 6 0 99 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2012 30 PIT NL 80 11 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 0% 0 1 0 32 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
6 Yrs 1556 330 41 6 30 2 51 13 17 17 13 73 36 23 49% 11 32 1 614 34 6 85% 30 4 4 1 0 1 1 0 55 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+
2007 25 5 3 .625 6.00 12 11 0 0 0 0 51.0 59 35 34 9 38 0 43 0 0 3 247 71 1.902 10.4 1.6 6.7 7.6 1.13 71
2008 26 11 6 .647 4.72 81 11 34 0 0 9 135.1 132 75 71 18 80 7 136 1 0 9 611 91 1.567 8.8 1.2 5.3 9.0 1.70 91
2009 27 12 10 .545 4.74 148 11 64 0 0 14 199.1 205 115 105 21 114 8 208 4 1 20 908 90 1.600 9.3 0.9 5.1 9.4 1.82 90
2010 28 16 11 .593 4.45 220 11 91 0 0 20 269.0 263 143 133 27 140 8 308 8 1 25 1202 95 1.498 8.8 0.9 4.7 10.3 2.20 95
2011 29 17 15 .531 3.92 290 11 150 0 0 60 337.2 319 160 147 28 156 10 369 9 1 31 1476 105 1.407 8.5 0.7 4.2 9.8 2.37 105
2012 30 19 15 .559 3.84 310 11 167 0 0 73 356.2 330 165 152 30 167 10 393 10 1 32 1556 107 1.393 8.3 0.8 4.2 9.9 2.35 107

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
2007 25 2 3 .400 5.82 51.0 58 37 33 9 37 43 0 1.863 10.2 6.5 7.6 1.16 1.6 12
2008 26 5 4 .556 3.90 83.0 72 40 36 9 41 92 1 1.361 7.8 4.4 10.0 2.24 1.0 69
2009 27 2 4 .333 4.94 62.0 73 38 34 3 34 70 3 1.726 10.6 4.9 10.2 2.06 0.4 67
2010 28 4 3 .571 3.65 69.0 58 31 28 6 26 99 4 1.217 7.6 3.4 12.9 3.81 0.8 72
2011 29 5 2 .714 2.05 66.0 58 17 15 1 17 59 1 1.136 7.9 2.3 8.0 3.47 0.1 70
2012 30 1 1 .500 2.37 19.0 11 6 5 2 11 24 1 1.158 5.2 5.2 11.4 2.18 0.9 20
6 Yrs 19 17 .528 3.88 350.0 330 169 151 30 166 387 10 1.417 8.5 10.0 2.33 0.8 310

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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

Saves s c a p y
2011 NL  40 (6th)
2012 NL  13 (5th)
Active  73 (33rd)
Career  73 (191st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2009 NL  11 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2011 NL  59 (5th)
2012 NL  17 (5th)
Active  167 (37th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
2012 NL  1.3 (7th)

                                         

Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 6 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (784), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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