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Travis Harper

Travis Boyd Harper

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 21, 1976 in Harrisonburg, VA
High School: Circleville HS (Circleville, WV)
School: James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 3rd round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed July 14, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 4, 2000
Team: DevilRays 2000-2006
Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: August 1, 2006
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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
2000 24 TBD AL 1 2 .333 4.78 6 5 0 1 1 0 32.0 30 17 17 5 15 0 14 1 0 1 141 104 1.406 8.4 1.4 4.2 3.9 0.93
2001 25 TBD AL 0 2 .000 7.71 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.0 15 11 6 5 3 0 2 0 0 1 36 60 2.571 19.3 6.4 3.9 2.6 0.67
2002 26 TBD AL 5 9 .357 5.46 37 7 16 0 0 1 85.2 101 54 52 14 27 3 60 9 0 2 394 81 1.494 10.6 1.5 2.8 6.3 2.22
2003 27 TBD AL 4 8 .333 3.77 61 0 14 0 0 1 93.0 86 45 39 9 31 8 64 6 0 6 388 117 1.258 8.3 0.9 3.0 6.2 2.06
2004 28 TBD AL 6 2 .750 3.89 52 0 11 0 0 0 78.2 69 37 34 8 23 3 59 7 0 3 330 116 1.169 7.9 0.9 2.6 6.8 2.57
2005 29 TBD AL 4 6 .400 6.75 52 0 13 0 0 0 73.1 88 57 55 14 24 9 40 1 0 2 321 65 1.527 10.8 1.7 2.9 4.9 1.67
2006 30 TBD AL 2 0 1.000 4.93 30 0 7 0 0 0 42.0 62 27 23 6 13 1 32 2 1 2 196 93 1.786 13.3 1.3 2.8 6.9 2.46
7 Yrs 22 29 .431 4.94 240 14 61 1 1 2 411.2 451 248 226 61 136 24 271 26 1 17 1806 91 1.426 9.9 1.3 3.0 5.9 1.99
162 Game Avg. 6 8 .431 4.94 64 4 16 0 0 1 110 121 66 61 16 36 6 73 7 0 5 483 91 1.426 9.9 1.3 3.0 5.9 1.99

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
2000 24 TBD AL 32.0 6 5 17 4.78 5.57 0.07 0.15 99.8 5.64 3 0.3 1.1 -0.0 0.5 7 .544 .502 $
2001 25 TBD AL 7.0 2 2 11 14.14 4.80 -0.24 0.18 99.3 5.18 -7 -0.5 -0.0 -0.5 -6 .244 .497 $202,000
2002 26 TBD AL 85.2 37 7 54 5.67 5.13 -0.05 -0.18 99.8 4.99 -7 -0.7 1.3 -0.2 -0.1 4 .482 .496 $
2003 27 TBD AL 93.0 61 0 45 4.35 5.07 0.14 -0.38 97.5 4.44 1 0.1 1.5 -0.2 0.8 13 .502 .501 $300,000
2004 28 TBD AL 78.2 52 0 37 4.23 5.13 -0.01 -0.38 96.3 4.58 2 0.2 1.2 -0.2 0.8 13 .504 .501 $
2005 29 TBD AL 73.1 52 0 57 7.00 5.07 -0.03 -0.38 100.0 4.72 -19 -1.9 1.5 -0.7 -1.8 -10 .464 .488 $745,000
2006 30 TBD AL 42.0 30 0 27 5.79 5.11 -0.24 -0.38 99.0 4.93 -4 -0.4 .9 -0.1 -0.1 1 .486 .497 $850,000
7 Seasons 411.2 240 14 248 5.42 5.13 -0.01 -0.29 98.6 4.79 -31 -2.9 1.3 -1.3 -0.4 23 .488 .497 $2,097,000

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
2000 24 TBD AL 6 141 123 17 30 5 1 5 3 1 15 14 .244 .329 .423 .751 .238 52 3 1 1 1 0 3
2001 25 TBD AL 2 36 33 11 15 4 0 5 1 0 3 2 .455 .500 1.030 1.530 .385 34 2 0 0 0 0 0
2002 26 TBD AL 37 394 349 54 101 18 0 14 4 2 27 60 .289 .352 .461 .814 .312 161 3 9 5 4 3 3
2003 27 TBD AL 61 388 341 45 86 12 1 9 4 2 31 64 .252 .323 .372 .695 .284 127 14 6 7 3 8 7
2004 28 TBD AL 52 330 295 37 69 12 1 8 3 3 23 59 .234 .303 .363 .665 .265 107 6 7 3 2 3 3
2005 29 TBD AL 52 321 289 57 88 15 4 14 1 1 24 40 .304 .358 .529 .887 .312 153 8 1 5 2 9 2
2006 30 TBD AL 30 196 178 27 62 15 1 6 1 1 13 32 .348 .397 .545 .942 .397 97 3 2 2 1 1 3
7 Yrs 240 1806 1608 248 451 81 8 61 17 10 136 271 .280 .344 .455 .798 .303 731 39 26 23 13 24 21
162 Game Avg. 64 483 430 66 121 22 2 16 5 3 36 73 .280 .344 .455 .798 .303 196 10 7 6 3 6 6
MLB Averages .266 .335 .426 .761 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2000 24 TBD AL 1.3 0.1 146 0.3 2.7 -2.4 1.02 0.1 0.2 3.1 0.3 1.02 1.5 0 1 0
2001 25 TBD AL -4.4 -0.4 41 -0.6 0.5 -1.1 .86 -0.6 -0.0 -7.1 -0.6 0.86 -7.5 0 0 0
2002 26 TBD AL -8.7 -0.8 404 -2.0 6.7 -8.7 1.13 -0.9 -0.8 -13.2 -1.3 1.13 -8.8 12 7 11
2003 27 TBD AL 5.5 0.5 401 -0.4 8.1 -8.5 1.27 0.6 -1.0 3.2 0.3 1.27 7.7 23 22 16
2004 28 TBD AL 6.0 0.6 338 1.3 5.6 -4.3 .89 1.1 0.4 8.5 0.8 0.89 11.2 16 17 19
2005 29 TBD AL -18.0 -1.7 325 -1.3 6.2 -7.4 1.10 -0.7 -0.5 -14.1 -1.4 1.10 -16.5 23 12 17
2006 30 TBD AL -2.3 -0.2 200 -0.9 2.1 -3.1 .72 -1.2 -0.2 -10.4 -1.0 0.72 -11.1 7 6 14
7 Yrs -20.6 -1.9 1855 -3.6 31.9 -35.5 1.05 -1.6 -1.8 -30.1 -2.8 1.05 -23.4 81 65 77

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
2000 24 TBD AL 6 5 1 1 3 0 1 2 3 .400 0 2 1 1 2 40% 49.8 85 15 1 1 0 2 4.7 4.5 5.7 97 1 2 1 1 127
2001 25 TBD AL 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29.0 30 28 0 0 0 2 1.0 3.0 3.5 70 1 1 0 0 81
2002 26 TBD AL 37 7 2 4 1 2 1 3 4 .429 0 1 0 0 1 14% 37.1 63 13 5 1 1 5 3.5 3.5 4.5 78 4 2 1 0 101
3 Yrs 45 14 3 7 4 2 2 5 9 .357 0 3 1 1 3 21% 40 85 13 6 2 1 9 3.6 3.9 4.8 84 6 5 2 1 127
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 100 -11 4.8 4.8 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
2000 24 TBD AL 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.020 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 10.0 68
2002 26 TBD AL 37 30 16 3 5 2 1 1 50% 5 3 8 4 50% 7 1.129 12 7 11 9 9 12 4 26 19 2 19 2 5.4 30
2003 27 TBD AL 61 61 14 4 8 6 1 5 17% 22 15 45 16 36% 8 1.273 23 22 16 29 9 23 27 34 36 12 41 8 4.6 23
2004 28 TBD AL 52 52 11 6 2 1 0 1 0% 10 9 44 13 30% 7 .887 16 17 19 18 8 26 25 27 29 11 31 7 4.5 24
2005 29 TBD AL 52 52 13 4 6 3 0 3 0% 15 11 41 14 34% 7 1.098 23 12 17 19 10 23 25 27 24 12 30 6 4.2 22
2006 30 TBD AL 30 30 7 2 0 2 0 2 0% 8 5 20 9 45% 6 .717 7 6 14 11 1 18 10 20 15 8 19 0 4.2 23
6 Yrs 238 226 61 19 22 14 2 12 14% 60 43 158 56 35% 1.056 81 65 77 86 38 102 91 135 124 45 141 23 4.6 24

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%
2000 24 TBD AL 141 49% 3.6% 9.9% 10.6% 7.8% 37% 0.50 0.62 74% 24% 8.8% 19% 32 3 9%
2001 25 TBD AL 36 39% 13.9% 5.6% 8.3% 25.0% 60% 0.80 1.57 72% 23% 50.0% 33% 5 2 40%
2002 26 TBD AL 394 53% 3.6% 15.2% 6.9% 8.1% 32% 0.65 0.82 71% 23% 10.1% 17% 89 3 3%
2003 27 TBD AL 388 53% 2.3% 16.5% 8.0% 5.7% 26% 1.05 1.37 70% 17% 7.9% 16% 81 14 17%
2004 28 TBD AL 330 58% 2.4% 17.9% 7.0% 6.4% 30% 0.74 1.10 70% 21% 6.8% 13% 65 6 9%
2005 29 TBD AL 321 60% 4.4% 12.5% 7.5% 10.3% 38% 0.46 0.77 74% 24% 8.9% 8% 69 8 12%
2006 30 TBD AL 196 67% 3.1% 16.3% 6.6% 11.2% 36% 0.58 0.82 72% 27% 6.9% 5% 32 3 9%
7 Yrs 1806 56% 3.4% 15.0% 7.5% 8.3% 33% 0.68 0.95 71% 22% 8.9% 13% 373 39 10%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.8% 8.6% 8.1% 34% 0.78 1.07 70% 21% 8.1% 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
2000 24 TBD AL 142 553 3.89 341 62% 25% 9% 33% 33% 75% 0% 46% 88% 61% 5% 7 4 17% 24 11 0 36% 1 3 -1 0 0
2001 25 TBD AL 36 140 3.89 81 58% 25% 11% 26% 38% 75% 0% 44% 85% 58% 11% 4 3 17% 6 3 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0
2002 26 TBD AL 395 1451 3.67 906 62% 30% 10% 26% 33% 70% 2% 43% 85% 59% 3% 13 7 19% 76 37 4 40% 6 3 -1 0 0
2003 27 TBD AL 388 1387 3.57 879 63% 30% 11% 26% 33% 70% 6% 44% 84% 61% 4% 15 6 24% 93 45 2 39% 14 1 0 0 0
2004 28 TBD AL 331 1268 3.83 801 63% 29% 10% 32% 30% 71% 3% 45% 86% 56% 4% 13 6 22% 72 33 3 32% 8 4 -1 0 0
2005 29 TBD AL 321 1135 3.54 720 63% 27% 9% 29% 36% 73% 9% 47% 88% 57% 7% 24 10 24% 76 50 6 33% 10 5 0 0 0
2006 30 TBD AL 196 701 3.58 440 63% 30% 12% 24% 34% 70% 1% 44% 83% 57% 6% 12 8 20% 39 25 1 25% 6 3 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1809 6635 3.67 4168 63% 29% 10% 28% 33% 71% 4% 45% 85% 58% 5% 88 44 21% 386 204 17 35% 45 20 -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.74 62% 27% 14% 27% 32% 73% 2% 46% 80% 58% 5% 21% 27%

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
2000 24 TBD AL 141 30 1 0 5 0 3 1 4 4 1 7 3 3 43% 3 1 0 56 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2001 25 TBD AL 36 15 0 0 5 0 0 2 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2002 26 TBD AL 394 101 10 1 14 0 9 4 10 5 9 17 11 3 65% 3 2 0 165 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2003 27 TBD AL 388 86 10 0 9 0 13 5 4 2 7 28 13 4 46% 7 6 0 137 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
2004 28 TBD AL 330 69 6 0 8 1 13 4 4 4 4 20 10 2 50% 3 3 0 130 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 0
2005 29 TBD AL 321 88 6 2 14 1 14 6 8 4 10 35 14 5 40% 2 2 0 115 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2006 30 TBD AL 196 62 3 1 6 0 7 3 3 4 2 14 7 3 50% 3 2 0 65 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
7 Yrs 1806 451 36 4 61 2 59 25 36 26 35 121 58 20 48% 21 17 0 678 17 10 63% 17 8 0 2 0 0 2 1 42 0
MLB Averages 53% 70%

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+
2000 24 1 2 .333 4.78 6 5 0 1 1 0 32.0 30 17 17 5 15 0 14 1 0 1 141 104 1.406 8.4 1.4 4.2 3.9 0.93 104
2001 25 1 4 .200 5.31 8 7 0 1 1 0 39.0 45 28 23 10 18 0 16 1 0 2 177 93 1.615 10.4 2.3 4.2 3.7 0.89 93
2002 26 6 13 .316 5.41 45 14 16 1 1 1 124.2 146 82 75 24 45 3 76 10 0 4 571 85 1.532 10.5 1.7 3.2 5.5 1.69 85
2003 27 10 21 .323 4.71 106 14 30 1 1 2 217.2 232 127 114 33 76 11 140 16 0 10 959 96 1.415 9.6 1.4 3.1 5.8 1.84 96
2004 28 16 23 .410 4.49 158 14 41 1 1 2 296.1 301 164 148 41 99 14 199 23 0 13 1289 100 1.350 9.1 1.2 3.0 6.0 2.01 100
2005 29 20 29 .408 4.94 210 14 54 1 1 2 369.2 389 221 203 55 123 23 239 24 0 15 1610 91 1.385 9.5 1.3 3.0 5.8 1.94 91
2006 30 22 29 .431 4.94 240 14 61 1 1 2 411.2 451 248 226 61 136 24 271 26 1 17 1806 91 1.426 9.9 1.3 3.0 5.9 1.99 91

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
2000 24 1 2 .333 4.09 33.0 28 17 15 5 14 14 1 1.273 7.6 3.8 3.8 1.00 1.4 6
2001 25 0 0 9.00 6.0 15 7 6 5 3 2 0 3.000 22.5 4.5 3.0 0.67 7.5 2
2002 26 3 6 .333 5.44 86.0 101 58 52 14 27 60 9 1.488 10.6 2.8 6.3 2.22 1.5 37
2003 27 5 4 .556 3.99 88.0 86 43 39 9 31 61 6 1.330 8.8 3.2 6.2 1.97 0.9 61
2004 28 4 4 .500 3.86 77.0 68 37 33 8 23 58 7 1.182 7.9 2.7 6.8 2.52 0.9 52
2005 29 2 5 .286 7.17 69.0 88 61 55 14 24 38 1 1.623 11.5 3.1 5.0 1.58 1.8 52
2006 30 2 2 .500 4.95 40.0 60 24 22 6 13 31 2 1.825 13.5 2.9 7.0 2.38 1.4 30
7 Yrs 17 23 .425 5.01 399.0 446 247 222 61 135 264 26 1.456 10.1 6.0 1.96 1.4 240

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
2000 AL  1 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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