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J.A. Happ

James Anthony Happ (J A)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 19, 1982 in Peru, IL
High School: St. Bede Academy (Peru, IL)
School: Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 3rd round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 2007
Teams (by GP): Astros/Phillies 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.35M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.047, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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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
2004	21	PHI-min	A-	1	2	.333	2.02	11	11	0	0	0	0	35.2	22	8	8	1	18	0	37	3	0	0	143		1.121	5.6	0.3	4.5	9.3	2.06	BAT · NYPL
2005	22	PHI-min	A,AA	5	4	.556	2.30	15	13	0	0	0	0	78.1	60	27	20	3	28	0	78	5	1	5	323		1.123	6.9	0.3	3.2	9.0	2.79	LWD,REA · SALL,EL
2006	23	PHI-min	A+,AA,AAA	10	9	.526	2.69	26	26	0	0	0	0	160.2	124	63	48	12	49	0	162	6	2	1	650		1.077	6.9	0.7	2.7	9.1	3.31	CLW,REA,SWB · FLOR,EL,IL
2007	24	PHI-min	AAA	4	6	.400	5.02	24	24	0	0	0	0	118.1	118	74	66	12	62	1	117	0	1	2	515		1.521	9.0	0.9	4.7	8.9	1.89	OTT · IL
2007	24	PHI	NL	0	1	.000	11.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	7	5	5	3	2	0	5	0	0	0	21	44	2.250	15.8	6.8	4.5	11.3	2.50
2008	25	PHI-min	AAA	8	7	.533	3.60	24	23	1	0	0	0	135.0	116	58	54	14	48	0	151	1	0	4	552		1.215	7.7	0.9	3.2	10.1	3.15	LHV · IL
2008	25	PHI	NL	1	0	1.000	3.69	8	4	1	0	0	0	31.2	28	13	13	3	14	1	26	1	0	1	138	119	1.326	8.0	0.9	4.0	7.4	1.86
2009	26	PHI	NL	12	4	.750	2.93	35	23	4	3	2	0	166.0	149	55	54	20	56	2	119	5	0	2	685	144	1.235	8.1	1.1	3.0	6.5	2.13	RoY-2
2010	27	PHI-min	AAA,AA,A+	1	2	.333	5.97	9	8	0	0	0	0	37.2	47	25	25	6	19	0	34	1	0	2	178		1.752	11.2	1.4	4.5	8.1	1.79	LHV,REA,CLW · IL,EL,FLOR
2010	27	TOT	NL	6	4	.600	3.40	16	16	0	1	1	0	87.1	73	37	33	8	47	1	70	1	0	4	374	118	1.374	7.5	0.8	4.8	7.2	1.49
2010	27	PHI	NL	1	0	1.000	1.76	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.1	13	4	3	1	12	0	9	0	0	1	70	237	1.630	7.6	0.6	7.0	5.3	0.75
2010	27	HOU	NL	5	4	.556	3.75	13	13	0	1	1	0	72.0	60	33	30	7	35	1	61	1	0	3	304	106	1.319	7.5	0.9	4.4	7.6	1.74
2011	28	HOU-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.50	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.0	11	5	3	0	9	0	16	0	0	0	71		1.111	5.5	0.0	4.5	8.0	1.78	OKC · PCL
2011	28	HOU	NL	6	15	.286	5.35	28	28	0	0	0	0	156.1	157	103	93	21	83	5	134	2	2	3	698	71	1.535	9.0	1.2	4.8	7.7	1.61
2012	29	HOU	NL	4	4	.500	4.37	10	10	0	0	0	0	57.2	65	30	28	10	22	0	58	0	0	2	256	89	1.509	10.1	1.6	3.4	9.1	2.64
6 Yrs				29	28	.509	4.04	98	82	5	4	3	0	503.0	479	243	226	65	224	9	412	9	2	12	2172	99	1.398	8.6	1.2	4.0	7.4	1.84
162 Game Avg.				11	11	.509	4.04	37	31	2	2	1	0	190	181	92	85	25	85	3	156	3	1	5	821	99	1.398	8.6	1.2	4.0	7.4	1.84

PHI (4 yrs)				14	5	.737	3.11	47	31	5	3	2	0	217.0	197	77	75	27	84	3	159	6	0	4	914	136	1.295	8.2	1.1	3.5	6.6	1.89
HOU (3 yrs)				15	23	.395	4.75	51	51	0	1	1	0	286.0	282	166	151	38	140	6	253	3	2	8	1258	81	1.476	8.9	1.2	4.4	8.0	1.81

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	24	PHI	NL	4.0	1	1	5	11.25	5.11	0.27	0.21	106.0	5.34	-3	-0.2		-0.0	-0.2	-2	.292	.499	$
2008	25	PHI	NL	31.2	8	4	13	3.69	4.78	0.45	0.06	100.7	4.42	3	0.3	.5	-0.0	0.5	6	.536	.502	$
2009	26	PHI	NL	166.0	35	23	55	2.98	4.51	0.10	0.11	99.5	4.50	28	3.1	.5	-0.3	4.0	44	.587	.519	$405,000	RoY-2
2010	27	PHI	NL	15.1	3	3	4	2.35	4.10	-0.04	0.15	99.9	4.29	3	0.4		-0.0	0.5	5	.625	.502	$470,000
2010	27	HOU	NL	72.0	13	13	33	4.13	4.40	-0.16	0.17	99.0	4.68	4	0.5		-0.1	0.9	11	.536	.503	$
2011	28	HOU	NL	156.1	28	28	103	5.93	4.28	0.10	0.16	98.0	4.25	-30	-3.0		-0.1	-1.9	-15	.393	.481	$474,000
2012	29	HOU	NL	57.2	10	10	30	4.68	4.34	-0.06	0.16	100.0	4.56	-2	-0.2		-0.1	0.2	4	.484	.499	$
6 Seasons				503.0	98	82	243	4.35	4.41	0.07	0.14	99.1	4.45	4	0.8	.5	-0.5	4.0	52	.508	.501	$1,349,000

PHI (4 yrs)				217.0	47	31	77	3.19	4.53	0.15	0.11	99.8	4.49	31	3.5	.5	-0.3	4.8	52	.575	.505	$875,000
HOU (3 yrs)				286.0	51	51	166	5.22	4.32	0.00	0.16	98.6	4.42	-27	-2.7		-0.2	-0.8	0	.447	.494	$474,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2008	25	PHI	NL	NLCS	W	LAD	3.00	1	0	3.0	4	1	1	0	2	2	13	2.000	12.0	0.0	6.0	6.0	1.00
2009	26	PHI	NL	NLDS	W	COL	9.00	2	1	3.0	6	3	3	0	2	4	17	2.667	18.0	0.0	6.0	12.0	2.00
2009	26	PHI	NL	NLCS	W	LAD	0.00	3	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	4.500	0.0	0.0	40.5	0.0	0.00
2009	26	PHI	NL	WS	L	NYY	3.38	2	0	2.2	2	1	1	1	1	4	11	1.125	6.8	3.4	3.4	13.5	4.00
2 Yrs (4 Series)							4.82	8	1	9.1	12	5	5	1	8	10	46	2.143	11.6	1.0	7.7	9.6	1.25
1 NLDS							9.00	2	1	3.0	6	3	3	0	2	4	17	2.667	18.0	0.0	6.0	12.0	2.00
2 NLCS							2.45	4	0	3.2	4	1	1	0	5	2	18	2.455	9.8	0.0	12.3	4.9	0.40
1 WS							3.38	2	0	2.2	2	1	1	1	1	4	11	1.125	6.8	3.4	3.4	13.5	4.00

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	24	PHI	NL	1	21	19	5	7	1	0	3	0	0	2	5	.368	.429	.895	1.323	.364	17	1	0	0	0	0	1
2008	25	PHI	NL	8	138	120	13	28	4	0	3	1	0	14	26	.233	.316	.342	.658	.272	41	0	1	2	1	1	0
2009	26	PHI	NL	35	685	610	55	149	31	2	20	4	4	56	119	.244	.310	.400	.710	.270	244	16	5	7	6	2	3
2010	27	HOU	NL	13	304	261	33	60	14	0	7	1	2	35	61	.230	.320	.364	.684	.270	95	6	1	4	3	1	2
2010	27	PHI	NL	3	70	56	4	13	3	0	1	0	1	12	9	.232	.362	.339	.702	.255	19	2	0	1	1	0	1
2010	27	TOT	NL	16	374	317	37	73	17	0	8	1	3	47	70	.230	.328	.360	.688	.267	114	8	1	5	4	1	3
2011	28	HOU	NL	28	698	592	103	157	40	4	21	11	5	83	134	.265	.353	.453	.806	.306	268	11	2	12	8	5	9
2012	29	HOU	NL	10	256	230	30	65	14	2	10	6	1	22	58	.283	.344	.491	.835	.337	113	4	0	3	1	0	2
6 Yrs				98	2172	1888	243	479	107	8	65	23	13	224	412	.254	.333	.422	.755	.289	797	40	9	29	20	9	18
162 Game Avg.				37	821	713	92	181	40	3	25	9	5	85	156	.254	.333	.422	.755	.289	301	15	3	11	8	3	7
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	24	PHI	NL	-2.5	-0.2	21	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	.92	-0.3	-0.0	-2.8	-0.2	0.92	-3.4	0	0	0
2008	25	PHI	NL	3.0	0.3	141	0.5	2.1	-1.6	.86	0.4	0.1	3.3	0.3	0.86	5.0	0	1	3
2009	26	PHI	NL	25.1	2.6	696	1.7	11.6	-9.9	.88	1.0	0.9	31.7	3.3	0.88	17.8	1	1	9
2010	27	TOT	NL	5.7	0.6	381	0.7	7.0	-6.3	1.10	0.5	0.1	3.2	0.3	1.10	5.5	0	0	0
2010	27	PHI	NL	3.7	0.4	72	0.2	1.1	-0.9	1.00	0.0	0.2	2.3	0.2	1.00	0.5	0	0	0
2010	27	HOU	NL	2.0	0.2	309	0.5	5.9	-5.4	1.13	0.5	-0.1	0.8	0.1	1.13	5.1	0	0	0
2011	28	HOU	NL	-28.1	-2.8	722	-2.5	10.2	-12.8	.92	-2.7	-0.1	-27.2	-2.7	0.92	-25.3	0	0	0
2012	29	HOU	NL	-2.7	-0.3	263	-0.2	4.5	-4.7	.96	-1.2	1.0	-3.4	-0.3	0.96	-10.6	0	0	0
6 Yrs				0.5	0.3	2224	-0.2	35.7	-35.8	.94	-2.2	2.0	4.8	0.7	0.94	-11.0	1	2	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
2007	24	PHI	NL	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	31.0	31	31	0	0	0	1	3.0	6.8	4.0	94	0	1	0	0	94
2008	25	PHI	NL	8	4	1	0	3	0	0	4	0	1.000	1	1	0	0	3	75%	57.8	67	49	8	2	0	2	5.1	3.3	5.9	95	0	3	1	0	105
2009	26	PHI	NL	35	23	10	4	9	3	2	14	9	.609	2	3	3	2	14	61%	55.6	87	32	5	3	0	12	5.0	5.3	6.3	100	3	3	16	1	127
2010	27	TOT	NL	16	16	6	4	6	1	2	7	9	.438	1	5	1	1	9	56%	53.2	86	11	7	0	0	7	4.0	3.2	5.5	99	1	5	10	0	114
2010	27	PHI	NL	3	3	1	0	2	1	0	2	1	.667	0	1	0	0	0	0%	53.0	58	47	3	0	0	3	5.9	6.0	5.1	97	0	2	1	0	103
2010	27	HOU	NL	13	13	5	4	4	0	2	5	8	.385	1	4	1	1	9	69%	53.2	86	11	4	0	0	4	3.5	2.6	5.5	99	1	3	9	0	114
2011	28	HOU	NL	28	28	6	15	7	2	3	7	21	.250	4	1	0	0	11	39%	46.3	76	17	13	8	0	16	3.6	3.9	5.6	106	0	7	19	2	126
2012	29	HOU	NL	10	10	4	4	2	0	2	5	5	.500	1	0	0	0	7	70%	49.7	62	32	4	2	0	4	3.7	4.5	5.8	103	0	4	6	0	115
6 Yrs				98	82	27	28	27	6	9	37	45	.451	9	10	4	3	44	54%	51	87	11	37	15	0	42	4.1	4.3	5.8	102	4	23	52	3	127
MLB Averages													.500						50%	50	100	-13					4.6	4.6	5.9	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2008	25	PHI	NL	8	4	1	0	1	1	0	0		2	.860	0	1	3	1	0	3	0	4	3	0	3	0	6.0	42
2009	26	PHI	NL	35	12	4	2	0	0	10	2	20%	8	.885	1	1	9	1	1	10	6	6	8	2	8	1	5.4	29
2 Yrs				43	16	5	2	1	1	10	2	20%		.881	1	2	12	2	1	13	6	10	11	2	11	1	5.6	32

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	24	PHI	NL	21	19%	14.3%	23.8%	9.5%	19.1%	57%	0.17	0.40	52%	21%	25.0%	0%	5	1	20%
2008	25	PHI	NL	138	33%	2.2%	18.8%	10.1%	5.1%	25%	0.49	0.52	67%	23%	5.6%	14%	22	0	0%
2009	26	PHI	NL	685	24%	2.9%	17.4%	8.2%	7.7%	36%	0.62	0.85	70%	17%	8.0%	17%	129	16	12%
2010	27	TOT	NL	374	21%	2.1%	18.7%	12.6%	6.7%	34%	0.64	0.89	65%	20%	6.3%	16%	85	8	9%
2010	27	PHI	NL	70	26%	1.4%	12.9%	17.1%	5.7%	31%	0.52	0.85	67%	16%	4.8%	32%	12	2	17%
2010	27	HOU	NL	304	20%	2.3%	20.1%	11.5%	6.9%	35%	0.68	0.90	64%	20%	6.6%	12%	73	6	8%
2011	28	HOU	NL	698	19%	3.0%	19.2%	11.9%	9.3%	41%	0.50	0.72	64%	24%	8.1%	17%	139	11	8%
2012	29	HOU	NL	256	25%	3.9%	22.7%	8.6%	10.2%	40%	0.86	1.19	64%	14%	12.7%	13%	41	4	10%
6 Yrs				2172	23%	3.0%	19.0%	10.3%	8.3%	38%	0.60	0.82	66%	20%	8.3%	16%	421	40	10%
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	24	PHI	NL	21	94	4.48	58	62%	31%	7%	38%	24%	69%	0%	43%	90%	67%	0%	0	0	14%	3	3	0	40%	0	0	0	0	0
2008	25	PHI	NL	138	546	3.96	328	60%	28%	12%	30%	30%	72%	2%	43%	83%	56%	5%	7	4	16%	22	10	0	38%	3	2	0	0	0
2009	26	PHI	NL	688	2645	3.84	1665	63%	28%	13%	28%	30%	72%	1%	45%	81%	57%	4%	30	15	21%	143	68	1	27%	25	13	-3	0	0
2010	27	TOT	NL	375	1576	4.20	944	60%	27%	15%	31%	27%	73%	0%	44%	80%	55%	6%	21	12	20%	75	30	2	23%	10	8	-1	0	0
2010	27	PHI	NL	70	292	4.17	170	58%	29%	12%	31%	29%	71%	0%	41%	83%	47%	7%	5	2	9%	6	2	0	22%	2	3	0	0	0
2010	27	HOU	NL	305	1284	4.21	774	60%	26%	15%	32%	27%	74%	0%	44%	79%	57%	5%	16	10	23%	69	28	2	23%	8	5	-1	0	0
2011	28	HOU	NL	699	2972	4.25	1775	60%	27%	14%	32%	27%	73%	1%	44%	81%	56%	7%	46	23	19%	133	57	3	29%	15	19	-1	0	1
2012	29	HOU	NL	257	1025	3.99	667	65%	28%	16%	30%	26%	72%	0%	47%	78%	63%	4%	9	4	28%	72	39	6	10%	7	5	-1	0	0
6 Yrs				2178	8858	4.07	5437	61%	28%	14%	30%	28%	72%	1%	44%	81%	57%	5%	113	58	21%	448	207	12	25%	60	47	-6	0	1
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	24	PHI	NL	21	7	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	0	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	25	PHI	NL	138	28	2	0	3	0	4	1	2	3	0	6	2	0	33%	0	1	1	47	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2009	26	PHI	NL	685	149	17	3	20	0	15	17	3	11	9	32	9	10	28%	3	2	0	247	4	4	50%	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
2010	27	TOT	NL	374	73	12	0	8	1	5	7	1	4	4	20	13	1	65%	3	4	0	144	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	9	0
2010	27	PHI	NL	70	13	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	67%	1	1	0	27	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
2010	27	HOU	NL	304	60	10	0	7	1	4	6	1	3	4	17	11	1	65%	2	3	0	117	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	0
2011	28	HOU	NL	698	157	10	0	21	1	23	19	2	11	10	39	27	8	69%	9	3	1	266	11	5	69%	9	5	2	0	0	0	4	3	18	0
2012	29	HOU	NL	256	65	7	1	10	0	2	9	1	4	6	12	2	5	17%	2	2	0	96	6	1	86%	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
6 Yrs				2172	479	48	4	65	2	49	56	9	36	29	110	53	25	48%	18	12	2	809	23	13	64%	17	13	6	0	0	0	7	5	47	0
MLB Averages																		53%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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	24	0	1	.000	11.25	1	1	0	0	0	4.0	7	5	5	3	2	0	5	0	0	0	21	44	2.250	15.8	6.8	4.5	11.3	2.50	44
2008	25	1	1	.500	4.54	9	5	1	0	0	35.2	35	18	18	6	16	1	31	1	0	1	159	98	1.430	8.8	1.5	4.0	7.8	1.94	98
2009	26	13	5	.722	3.21	44	28	5	3	2	201.2	184	73	72	26	72	3	150	6	0	3	844	132	1.269	8.2	1.2	3.2	6.7	2.08	132
2010	27	19	9	.679	3.27	60	44	5	4	3	289.0	257	110	105	34	119	4	220	7	0	7	1218	128	1.301	8.0	1.1	3.7	6.9	1.85	128
2011	28	25	24	.510	4.00	88	72	5	4	3	445.1	414	213	198	55	202	9	354	9	2	10	1916	101	1.383	8.4	1.1	4.1	7.2	1.75	101
2012	29	29	28	.509	4.04	98	82	5	4	3	503.0	479	243	226	65	224	9	412	9	2	12	2172	99	1.398	8.6	1.2	4.0	7.4	1.84	99

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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
2007	24	0	0		11.25	4.0	7	6	5	3	2	5	0	2.250	15.8	4.5	11.3	2.50	6.8	1
2008	25	2	1	.667	3.66	32.0	27	14	13	3	14	26	1	1.281	7.6	3.9	7.3	1.86	0.8	8
2009	26	11	6	.647	3.08	158.0	149	60	54	20	56	114	5	1.297	8.5	3.2	6.5	2.04	1.1	35
2010	27	5	4	.556	3.64	84.0	74	38	34	8	48	67	1	1.452	7.9	5.1	7.2	1.40	0.9	16
2011	28	5	11	.313	6.04	149.0	163	111	100	22	86	128	2	1.671	9.8	5.2	7.7	1.49	1.3	28
2012	29	2	4	.333	4.91	55.0	68	33	30	10	23	55	0	1.655	11.1	3.8	9.0	2.39	1.6	10
6 Yrs		25	26	.490	4.41	482.0	488	262	236	66	229	395	9	1.488	9.1		7.4	1.72	1.2	98

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 2009 NL 2.93 (8th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 2009 NL .750 (2nd)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 2012 NL 9.052 (8th)	Complete Games s c a p y 2009 NL 3 (3rd)
Shutouts s c a p y 2009 NL 2 (1st) 2010 NL 1 (8th) Active 3 (46th)	Home Runs s c a p y 2012 NL 10 (4th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 2011 NL 83 (4th)	Losses s c a p y 2011 NL 15 (3rd)
Earned Runs s c a p y 2011 NL 93 (9th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 2009 NL 144 (8th)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 2009 NL 31.75 (8th)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 2009 NL 3.3 (8th)

† 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 (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 1 (846), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 11 (1423), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1540), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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