Lucas Harrell    \HAIR-ell\

Lucas William Bradley Harrell (twitter: @LucasHarrell34)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 3, 1985 in Springfield, MO
High School: Ozark HS (Ozark, MO)
Drafted
by the Chicago White Sox in the 4th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 30, 2010 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Astros/WhiteSox 2010-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$501k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.083, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: Frontline [*]
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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
2010 25 CHW AL 1 0 1.000 4.88 8 3 3 0 0 0 24.0 34 18 13 2 17 1 15 0 0 1 119 89 2.125 12.8 0.8 6.4 5.6 0.88
2011 26 TOT MLB 0 2 .000 4.50 9 2 2 0 0 0 18.0 23 12 9 0 8 0 15 1 1 1 86 91 1.722 11.5 0.0 4.0 7.5 1.88
2011 26 CHW AL 0 0 7.20 3 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 11 4 4 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 26 64 2.400 19.8 0.0 1.8 9.0 5.00
2011 26 HOU NL 0 2 .000 3.46 6 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 12 8 5 0 7 0 10 1 1 1 60 113 1.462 8.3 0.0 4.8 6.9 1.43
2012 27 HOU NL 11 11 .500 3.76 32 32 0 1 1 0 193.2 185 90 81 13 78 5 140 1 3 10 827 106 1.358 8.6 0.6 3.6 6.5 1.79
2013 28 HOU AL 3 5 .375 4.63 10 10 0 0 0 0 56.1 63 30 29 8 30 1 32 3 0 3 251 92 1.651 10.1 1.3 4.8 5.1 1.07
4 Yrs 15 18 .455 4.07 59 47 5 1 1 0 292.0 305 150 132 23 133 7 202 5 4 15 1283 100 1.500 9.4 0.7 4.1 6.2 1.52
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .455 4.07 38 30 3 1 1 0 187 196 96 85 15 85 4 130 3 3 10 823 100 1.500 9.4 0.7 4.1 6.2 1.52
HOU (3 yrs) 14 18 .438 3.94 48 44 0 1 1 0 263.0 260 128 115 21 115 6 182 5 4 14 1138 103 1.426 8.9 0.7 3.9 6.2 1.58
CHW (2 yrs) 1 0 1.000 5.28 11 3 5 0 0 0 29.0 45 22 17 2 18 1 20 0 0 1 145 83 2.172 14.0 0.6 5.6 6.2 1.11
AL (3 yrs) 4 5 .444 4.85 21 13 5 0 0 0 85.1 108 52 46 10 48 2 52 3 0 4 396 89 1.828 11.4 1.1 5.1 5.5 1.08
NL (2 yrs) 11 13 .458 3.75 38 34 0 1 1 0 206.2 197 98 86 13 85 5 150 2 4 11 887 107 1.365 8.6 0.6 3.7 6.5 1.76

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
2010 25 CHW AL 24.0 8 3 18 6.75 4.47 -0.45 -0.04 107.8 5.26 -4 -0.4 .3 0.0 -0.1 -2 .448 .497
2011 26 CHW AL 5.0 3 0 4 7.20 4.44 -0.10 -0.34 107.6 4.53 -1 -0.2 .3 0.0 -0.1 -1 .450 .499
2011 26 HOU NL 13.0 6 2 8 5.54 4.27 0.11 -0.01 99.2 4.12 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .462 .499
2012 27 HOU NL 193.2 32 32 90 4.18 4.31 -0.35 0.16 101.9 4.90 14 1.6 -0.1 3.1 31 .549 .510 $482,000
2013 28 HOU AL 56.1 10 10 30 4.79 4.93 -0.08 0.19 99.5 5.17 2 0.2 -0.1 0.6 8 .517 .501 $500,700
4 Seasons 292.0 59 47 150 4.62 4.44 -0.28 0.14 101.9 4.94 8 0.9 .5 -0.1 3.4 36 .516 .501 $982,700
HOU (3 yrs) 263.0 48 44 128 4.38 4.44 -0.27 0.16 101.2 4.92 13 1.5 1.0 -0.2 3.6 38 .531 .503 $982,700
CHW (2 yrs) 29.0 11 3 22 6.83 4.46 -0.39 -0.09 107.8 5.13 -6 -0.6 .3 0.1 -0.2 -2 .448 .498

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
2010 25 CHW AL 8 119 101 18 34 7 0 2 6 1 17 15 .337 .432 .465 .898 .381 47 2 0 1 0 1 1
2011 26 TOT MLB 9 86 75 12 23 2 0 0 0 0 8 15 .307 .376 .333 .710 .377 25 1 1 1 1 0 1
2011 26 CHW AL 3 26 25 4 11 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 .440 .462 .520 .982 .550 13 1 0 0 0 0 0
2011 26 HOU NL 6 60 50 8 12 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 .240 .339 .240 .579 .293 12 0 1 1 1 0 1
2012 27 HOU NL 32 827 730 90 185 27 7 13 18 5 78 140 .253 .322 .363 .685 .293 265 16 1 8 10 5 8
2013 28 HOU AL 10 251 216 30 63 12 1 8 2 2 30 32 .292 .384 .468 .852 .311 101 12 3 1 1 1 2
4 Yrs 59 1283 1122 150 305 48 8 23 26 8 133 202 .272 .348 .390 .739 .310 438 31 5 11 12 7 12
162 Game Avg. 38 823 720 96 196 31 5 15 17 5 85 130 .272 .348 .390 .739 .310 281 20 3 7 8 4 8
MLB Averages .255 .321 .402 .724 .296

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2010 25 CHW AL -3.2 -0.3 126 -0.5 1.3 -1.8 .68 -0.5 -0.3 -5.1 -0.5 0.68 -5.6 0 1 4
2011 26 TOT MLB -1.7 -0.2 88 -0.1 1.1 -1.2 .84 -0.1 -0.1 -3.0 -0.3 0.85 -1.9 2 0 5
2011 26 CHW AL -1.2 -0.1 26 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .06 -0.1 0.2 -1.4 -0.1 0.06 -1.7 0 0 3
2011 26 HOU NL -0.5 -0.1 62 -0.1 1.0 -1.2 1.18 0.1 -0.1 -1.6 -0.2 1.18 -0.2 2 0 2
2012 27 HOU NL 4.2 0.4 863 0.4 14.4 -14.0 1.04 0.9 -0.5 3.3 0.3 1.04 9.9 0 0 0
2013 28 HOU AL -1.8 -0.2 259 0.0 4.1 -4.1 .90 -1.1 1.1 -4.6 -0.4 0.90 -12.3 0 0 0
4 Yrs -2.5 -0.2 1336 -0.2 20.9 -21.1 .96 -0.7 0.5 -9.5 -0.9 0.96 -9.9 2 1 9

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
2010 25 CHW AL 8 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 2 0 0 1 33% 38.0 56 16 2 0 0 2 7.6 6.0 4.8 91 0 3 0 0 98
2011 26 TOT MLB 9 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 64 29 5 1 0 1 2.5 2.6 4.2 91 1 0 1 0 114
2011 26 HOU NL 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 46.5 64 29 3 1 0 1 2.5 2.6 4.2 91 1 0 1 0 114
2012 27 HOU NL 32 32 11 11 10 4 2 14 18 .438 2 6 1 1 14 44% 51.6 78 12 22 7 0 17 3.6 4.1 6.1 100 1 13 17 1 121
2013 28 HOU AL 10 10 3 5 2 1 2 3 7 .300 2 0 0 0 4 40% 45.5 67 10 7 1 0 3 3.9 4.7 5.6 102 0 5 5 0 112
4 Yrs 56 47 15 17 15 5 4 19 28 .404 5 8 1 1 19 40% 49 78 10 34 9 0 23 3.8 4.2 5.8 99 2 21 23 1 121
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 101 -13 4.4 4.4 6.0 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
2010 25 CHW AL 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 7 .681 0 1 4 0 0 5 1 4 3 1 3 0 5.8 41
2011 26 TOT MLB 9 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% .840 2 0 5 0 1 6 2 5 3 2 3 0 4.1 26
2011 26 CHW AL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 9 .059 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 1 2 1 0 5.0 31
2011 26 HOU NL 6 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 1.178 2 0 2 0 1 3 1 3 2 0 2 0 3.5 23
2 Yrs 17 12 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0% .748 2 1 9 0 1 11 3 9 6 3 6 0 4.8 33

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%
2010 25 CHW AL 119 45% 1.7% 12.6% 14.3% 7.6% 27% 1.05 1.67 71% 30% 5.6% 12% 23 2 9%
2011 26 TOT MLB 86 76% 0.0% 17.4% 9.3% 2.3% 9% 1.22 1.60 71% 21% 0.0% 22% 25 1 4%
2011 26 CHW AL 26 81% 0.0% 19.2% 3.9% 7.7% 18% 1.50 1.50 77% 25% 0.0% 13% 5 1 20%
2011 26 HOU NL 60 73% 0.0% 16.7% 11.7% 0.0% 0% 1.11 1.64 68% 19% 0.0% 26% 20 0 0%
2012 27 HOU NL 827 54% 1.6% 16.9% 9.4% 5.7% 25% 1.36 2.03 71% 19% 5.9% 12% 153 16 10%
2013 28 HOU AL 251 43% 3.2% 12.8% 12.0% 8.4% 33% 1.35 2.21 71% 17% 11.6% 12% 55 12 22%
4 Yrs 1283 53% 1.8% 15.7% 10.4% 6.2% 26% 1.31 2.00 71% 20% 6.6% 13% 256 31 12%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 19.1% 8.2% 7.6% 33% 0.82 1.10 69% 19% 7.6% 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
2010 25 CHW AL 120 479 3.99 281 59% 29% 12% 28% 31% 71% 2% 42% 83% 57% 5% 6 4 20% 24 13 2 33% 3 1 -1 0 0
2011 26 TOT MLB 86 366 4.26 220 60% 28% 14% 30% 28% 72% 0% 43% 81% 62% 7% 6 5 24% 21 9 0 27% 1 1 0 0 0
2011 26 CHW AL 26 92 3.54 60 65% 27% 12% 28% 33% 73% 0% 48% 84% 62% 4% 1 1 19% 5 2 0 60% 0 0 0 0 0
2011 26 HOU NL 60 274 4.57 160 58% 28% 15% 31% 26% 72% 0% 42% 79% 62% 8% 5 4 27% 16 7 0 10% 1 1 0 0 0
2012 27 HOU NL 833 3188 3.83 1991 62% 32% 11% 27% 31% 68% 1% 43% 84% 59% 5% 43 28 20% 167 89 11 38% 21 11 -6 0 0
2013 28 HOU AL 251 1022 4.07 605 59% 34% 9% 26% 31% 66% 0% 39% 86% 58% 8% 19 14 19% 48 23 3 59% 5 4 0 0 0
4 Yrs 1290 5055 3.92 3097 61% 32% 11% 27% 30% 68% 1% 42% 84% 59% 6% 74 51 20% 260 134 16 40% 30 17 -7 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 24%

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
2010 25 CHW AL 119 34 5 0 2 0 4 1 1 2 0 6 1 3 17% 1 1 0 53 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2011 26 TOT MLB 86 23 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 67% 1 1 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2011 26 CHW AL 26 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 26 HOU NL 60 12 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 80% 1 1 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2012 27 HOU NL 827 185 24 0 13 1 17 6 7 3 10 37 23 2 62% 8 10 0 288 18 5 78% 18 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
2013 28 HOU AL 251 63 9 1 8 0 11 2 6 6 2 12 7 3 58% 2 3 1 90 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
4 Yrs 1283 305 39 1 23 1 34 9 14 11 12 61 35 8 57% 12 15 1 472 26 8 76% 25 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 42 0
MLB Averages 52% 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+
2010 25 1 0 1.000 4.88 8 3 3 0 0 0 24.0 34 18 13 2 17 1 15 0 0 1 119 89 2.125 12.8 0.8 6.4 5.6 0.88 89
2011 26 1 2 .333 4.71 17 5 5 0 0 0 42.0 57 30 22 2 25 1 30 1 1 2 205 90 1.952 12.2 0.4 5.4 6.4 1.20 90
2012 27 12 13 .480 3.93 49 37 5 1 1 0 235.2 242 120 103 15 103 6 170 2 4 12 1032 103 1.464 9.2 0.6 3.9 6.5 1.65 103
2013 28 15 18 .455 4.07 59 47 5 1 1 0 292.0 305 150 132 23 133 7 202 5 4 15 1283 100 1.500 9.4 0.7 4.1 6.2 1.52 100

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
2010 25 1 1 .500 5.09 23.0 34 14 13 2 17 14 0 2.217 13.3 6.7 5.5 0.82 0.8 8
2011 26 1 1 .500 4.50 18.0 23 10 9 0 8 15 1 1.722 11.5 4.0 7.5 1.88 0.0 9
2012 27 10 10 .500 4.06 186.0 189 93 84 13 80 134 1 1.446 9.1 3.9 6.5 1.68 0.6 32
2013 28 2 3 .400 5.29 51.0 64 33 30 8 30 29 3 1.843 11.3 5.3 5.1 0.97 1.4 10
4 Yrs 14 15 .483 4.40 278.0 310 150 136 23 135 192 5 1.601 10.0 6.2 1.42 0.7 59

* 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

Games Started s c a p y
2013 AL  10 (1st)

Shutouts s c a p y
2012 NL  1 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2012 NL  78 (5th)
2013 AL  30 (2nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2012 NL  0.604 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
2013 AL  5 (5th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2012 NL  10 (3rd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (861), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 2 (2486), Average HOFer ≈ 185
JAWS Starting Pitcher (1506th), 2.3 career WAR/2.3 7yr-peak WAR/2.3 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

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