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Jeremy Hellickson

Jeremy Robert Hellickson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 8, 1987 in Des Moines, IA
High School: Hoover HS (Des Moines, IA)
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 4th round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed July 23, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 2010
Team: Rays 2010-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$490k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.045, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	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	Awards
2005	18	TBD-min	Rk	0	0		6.00	4	0	1	0	0	6.0	6	4	4	1	1	0	11	1	0	0	27		1.167	9.0	1.5	1.5	16.5	11.00	PRI · APPY
2006	19	TBD-min	A-	4	3	.571	2.43	15	14	0	0	0	77.2	55	24	21	3	16	0	96	6	0	4	309		0.914	6.4	0.3	1.9	11.1	6.00	HDV · NYPL
2007	20	TBD-min	A	13	3	.813	2.67	21	21	0	1	0	111.1	87	36	33	7	34	0	106	3	0	4	446		1.087	7.0	0.6	2.7	8.6	3.12	CBS · SALL
2008	21	TBD-min	A+,AA	11	5	.688	2.96	27	27	0	0	0	152.0	148	55	50	22	20	1	162	6	1	4	604		1.105	8.8	1.3	1.2	9.6	8.10	VRO,MTG · FLOR,SOUL
2009	22	TBD-min	AAA,AA	9	2	.818	2.45	20	20	0	0	0	114.0	72	35	31	8	29	0	132	8	0	3	446		0.886	5.7	0.6	2.3	10.4	4.55	DHM,MTG · IL,SOUL
2010	23	TBD-min	AAA,A+	12	3	.800	2.72	22	21	0	0	0	119.1	107	39	36	5	37	0	127	7	0	0	494		1.207	8.1	0.4	2.8	9.6	3.43	DHM,POE · IL,FLOR
2010	23	TBR	AL	4	0	1.000	3.47	10	4	0	0	0	36.1	32	14	14	5	8	2	33	2	0	2	149	113	1.101	7.9	1.2	2.0	8.2	4.13
2011	24	TBR	AL	13	10	.565	2.95	29	29	0	2	1	189.0	146	64	62	21	72	8	117	4	1	8	774	126	1.153	7.0	1.0	3.4	5.6	1.63	RoY-1
2012	25	TBR	AL	4	1	.800	2.83	10	10	0	0	0	63.2	57	25	20	10	21	2	41	0	0	1	263	130	1.225	8.1	1.4	3.0	5.8	1.95
3 Yrs				21	11	.656	2.99	49	43	0	2	1	289.0	235	103	96	36	101	12	191	6	1	11	1186	125	1.163	7.3	1.1	3.1	5.9	1.89
162 Game Avg.				16	8	.656	2.99	36	32	0	1	1	214	174	76	71	27	75	9	141	4	1	8	877	125	1.163	7.3	1.1	3.1	5.9	1.89

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
2010	23	TBR	AL	36.1	10	4	14	3.47	4.50	0.32	0.02	96.5	4.06	2	0.2	.9	-0.0	0.5	7	.523	.501	$
2011	24	TBR	AL	189.0	29	29	64	3.05	4.59	0.53	0.17	92.0	3.89	17	1.9		-0.1	3.5	39	.566	.512	$418,400	RoY-1
2012	25	TBR	AL	63.2	10	10	25	3.53	4.64	0.54	0.18	92.2	3.94	3	0.3		-0.1	0.8	10	.528	.502	$
3 Seasons				289.0	49	43	103	3.21	4.59	0.50	0.15	92.6	3.92	22	2.4	.9	-0.2	4.8	56	.549	.505	$418,400

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
2011	24	TBR	AL	ALDS	L	TEX	0	1	.000	6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	3	3	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	16	1.250	9.0	6.8	2.3	2.3	1.00
1 ALDS							0	1	.000	6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	3	3	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	16	1.250	9.0	6.8	2.3	2.3	1.00

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
2010	23	TBR	AL	10	149	138	14	32	6	0	5	2	0	8	33	.232	.282	.384	.666	.267	53	2	2	0	1	2	1
2011	24	TBR	AL	29	774	695	64	146	38	6	21	10	1	72	117	.210	.287	.373	.660	.224	259	13	4	1	2	8	4
2012	25	TBR	AL	10	263	239	25	57	12	0	10	2	2	21	41	.238	.299	.414	.713	.249	99	5	0	1	1	2	3
3 Yrs				49	1186	1072	103	235	56	6	36	14	3	101	191	.219	.289	.383	.672	.234	411	20	6	2	4	12	8
162 Game Avg.				36	877	792	76	174	41	4	27	10	2	75	141	.219	.289	.383	.672	.234	304	15	4	1	3	9	6
MLB Averages																.256	.322	.401	.723	.295

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	23	TBR	AL	2.6	0.3	151	0.5	2.6	-2.1	.99	0.6	-0.1	0.7	0.1	0.99	3.0	1	2	3
2011	24	TBR	AL	19.6	2.0	793	1.9	12.2	-10.3	.85	2.2	0.0	26.6	3.0	0.85	20.8	0	0	0
2012	25	TBR	AL	5.0	0.5	267	0.8	5.3	-4.5	1.05	0.0	0.7	8.4	1.0	1.05	0.7	0	0	0
3 Yrs				27.1	2.8	1211	3.2	20.1	-17.0	.91	2.8	0.7	35.8	4.0	0.91	24.5	1	2	3

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	23	TBR	AL	10	4	3	0	1	0	0	3	1	.750	1	0	0	0	4	100%	66.0	78	53	7	0	0	2	5.0	4.7	6.6	99	0	2	2	0	107
2011	24	TBR	AL	29	29	13	10	6	4	6	16	13	.552	3	2	2	1	20	69%	57.0	81	33	18	4	0	19	4.7	5.2	6.5	102	0	14	14	1	120
2012	25	TBR	AL	10	10	4	1	5	1	1	6	4	.600	1	2	0	0	7	70%	54.9	78	31	9	4	0	5	3.6	3.9	6.4	104	0	3	7	0	118
3 Yrs				49	43	20	11	12	5	7	25	18	.581	5	4	2	1	31	72%	57	81	31	34	8	0	26	4.5	4.9	6.5	102	0	19	23	1	120
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	100	-13					4.4	4.3	6.0	97

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2010	23	TBR	AL	10	6	0	1	0	1	0	1	0%	2	1	3	2	67%	6	.994	1	2	3	4	0	2	3	3	4	1	4	0	5.0	33
1 Yr				10	6	0	1	0	1	0	1	0%	2	1	3	2	67%		.994	1	2	3	4	0	2	3	3	4	1	4	0	5.0	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	23	TBR	AL	149	46%	3.4%	22.2%	5.4%	7.4%	34%	0.59	0.63	68%	16%	9.3%	18%	25	2	8%
2011	24	TBR	AL	774	46%	2.7%	15.1%	9.3%	8.4%	45%	0.55	0.70	72%	17%	7.3%	22%	98	13	13%
2012	25	TBR	AL	263	45%	3.8%	15.6%	8.0%	8.4%	39%	0.68	0.86	72%	16%	10.5%	19%	33	5	15%
3 Yrs				1186	46%	3.0%	16.1%	8.5%	8.3%	42%	0.58	0.73	72%	16%	8.2%	21%	156	20	13%
MLB Averages					46%	2.5%	18.7%	8.3%	7.5%	33%	0.81	1.09	69%	18%	7.4%	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	23	TBR	AL	149	589	3.95	375	64%	26%	21%	25%	28%	74%	4%	47%	72%	64%	3%	5	2	21%	32	20	2	12%	4	1	0	0	0
2011	24	TBR	AL	775	2954	3.81	1817	62%	25%	17%	26%	32%	75%	3%	46%	78%	60%	6%	43	18	21%	159	74	4	10%	21	17	-1	0	0
2012	25	TBR	AL	263	1035	3.94	648	63%	29%	13%	27%	31%	71%	2%	44%	81%	63%	4%	10	6	23%	61	30	1	24%	6	2	0	0	1
3 Yrs				1187	4578	3.86	2840	62%	26%	16%	26%	31%	74%	3%	46%	78%	61%	5%	58	26	21%	252	124	7	14%	31	20	-1	0	1
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	23	TBR	AL	149	32	5	0	5	0	1	1	4	2	3	6	5	0	83%	1	2	0	48	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2011	24	TBR	AL	774	146	11	1	21	1	15	10	11	11	10	39	21	3	54%	4	8	0	230	10	1	91%	9	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	12	0
2012	25	TBR	AL	263	57	7	1	10	0	3	5	5	4	6	5	1	2	20%	3	1	0	81	2	2	50%	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
3 Yrs				1186	235	23	2	36	1	19	16	20	17	19	50	27	5	54%	8	11	0	359	14	3	82%	11	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	19	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	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+
2010	23	4	0	1.000	3.47	10	4	0	0	36.1	32	14	14	5	8	2	33	2	0	2	149	113	1.101	7.9	1.2	2.0	8.2	4.13	113
2011	24	17	10	.630	3.04	39	33	2	1	225.1	178	78	76	26	80	10	150	6	1	10	923	124	1.145	7.1	1.0	3.2	6.0	1.88	124
2012	25	21	11	.656	2.99	49	43	2	1	289.0	235	103	96	36	101	12	191	6	1	11	1186	125	1.163	7.3	1.1	3.1	5.9	1.89	125

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2010	23	1	2	.333	4.11	35.0	34	18	16	5	8	32	2	1.200	8.7	2.1	8.2	4.00	1.3	10
2011	24	10	9	.526	3.62	179.0	157	80	72	23	77	111	4	1.307	7.9	3.9	5.6	1.44	1.2	29
2012	25	3	3	.500	3.45	60.0	61	26	23	11	22	39	0	1.383	9.2	3.3	5.9	1.77	1.7	10
3 Yrs		14	14	.500	3.65	274.0	252	124	111	39	107	182	6	1.310	8.3		6.0	1.70	1.3	49

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Awards (yr lg award) 2011 AL Rookie of the Year	Earned Run Average s c a p y 2011 AL 2.95 (8th) 2012 AL 2.83 (7th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 2012 AL .800 (6th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 2011 AL 6.952 (4th)
Shutouts s c a p y 2011 AL 1 (8th)	Home Runs s c a p y 2012 AL 10 (8th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 2011 AL 72 (8th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 2012 AL 130 (10th)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 2011 AL 2.1 (10th)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 2011 AL 26.64 (10th)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 2011 AL 3.0 (8th)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 14 (1285), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1699), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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