Rick Helling
Ricky Allen Helling
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: December 15, 1970 in Devils Lake, ND
High School: Shanley (Fargo, ND)
School: Stanford University
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed July 16, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1994
Final Game: September 9, 2006
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Standard Pitching

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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
1994 23 TEX AL 3 2 .600 5.88 9 9 0 1 1 0 52.0 62 34 34 14 18 0 25 0 1 4 228 83 1.538 10.7 2.4 3.1 4.3 1.39
1995 24 TEX AL 0 2 .000 6.57 3 3 0 0 0 0 12.1 17 11 9 2 8 0 5 2 0 0 62 74 2.027 12.4 1.5 5.8 3.6 0.63
1996 25 TOT MLB 3 3 .500 4.31 11 6 2 0 0 0 48.0 37 23 23 9 16 0 42 0 1 1 198 106 1.104 6.9 1.7 3.0 7.9 2.63
1996 25 TEX AL 1 2 .333 7.52 6 2 2 0 0 0 20.1 23 17 17 7 9 0 16 0 0 1 92 70 1.574 10.2 3.1 4.0 7.1 1.78
1996 25 FLA NL 2 1 .667 1.95 5 4 0 0 0 0 27.2 14 6 6 2 7 0 26 0 1 0 106 210 0.759 4.6 0.7 2.3 8.5 3.71
1997 26 TOT MLB 5 9 .357 4.47 41 16 9 0 0 0 131.0 108 67 65 17 69 2 99 6 0 3 550 98 1.351 7.4 1.2 4.7 6.8 1.43
1997 26 FLA NL 2 6 .250 4.38 31 8 8 0 0 0 76.0 61 38 37 12 48 2 53 4 0 0 324 92 1.434 7.2 1.4 5.7 6.3 1.10
1997 26 TEX AL 3 3 .500 4.58 10 8 1 0 0 0 55.0 47 29 28 5 21 0 46 2 0 3 226 105 1.236 7.7 0.8 3.4 7.5 2.19
1998 27 TEX AL 20 7 .741 4.41 33 33 0 4 2 0 216.1 209 109 106 27 78 6 164 1 0 10 922 109 1.327 8.7 1.1 3.2 6.8 2.10 MVP-21
1999 28 TEX AL 13 11 .542 4.84 35 35 0 3 0 0 219.1 228 127 118 41 85 5 131 6 0 8 943 106 1.427 9.4 1.7 3.5 5.4 1.54
2000 29 TEX AL 16 13 .552 4.48 35 35 0 0 0 0 217.0 212 122 108 29 99 2 146 9 0 2 963 112 1.433 8.8 1.2 4.1 6.1 1.47
2001 30 TEX AL 12 11 .522 5.17 34 34 0 2 1 0 215.2 256 134 124 38 63 2 154 4 0 6 941 91 1.479 10.7 1.6 2.6 6.4 2.44
2002 31 ARI NL 10 12 .455 4.51 30 30 0 0 0 0 175.2 180 94 88 31 48 6 120 6 1 7 751 101 1.298 9.2 1.6 2.5 6.1 2.50
2003 32 TOT MLB 8 8 .500 5.17 35 24 5 0 0 0 155.0 167 91 89 31 45 0 98 12 1 5 665 86 1.368 9.7 1.8 2.6 5.7 2.18
2003 32 BAL AL 7 8 .467 5.71 24 24 0 0 0 0 138.2 156 90 88 30 40 0 86 12 1 4 603 79 1.413 10.1 1.9 2.6 5.6 2.15
2003 32 FLA NL 1 0 1.000 0.55 11 0 5 0 0 0 16.1 11 1 1 1 5 0 12 0 0 1 62 762 0.980 6.1 0.6 2.8 6.6 2.40
2005 34 MIL NL 3 1 .750 2.39 15 7 2 0 0 0 49.0 39 13 13 2 18 1 42 2 0 1 199 179 1.163 7.2 0.4 3.3 7.7 2.33
2006 35 MIL NL 0 2 .000 4.11 20 2 4 0 0 0 35.0 25 17 16 6 15 0 32 0 0 1 142 110 1.143 6.4 1.5 3.9 8.2 2.13
12 Seasons 93 81 .534 4.68 301 234 22 10 4 0 1526.1 1540 842 793 247 562 24 1058 48 4 48 6564 101 1.377 9.1 1.5 3.3 6.2 1.88
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .534 4.68 38 30 3 1 1 0 194 196 107 101 31 71 3 134 6 1 6 834 101 1.377 9.1 1.5 3.3 6.2 1.88
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
TEX (8 yrs) 68 51 .571 4.86 165 159 3 10 4 0 1008.0 1054 583 544 163 381 15 687 24 1 34 4377 101 1.424 9.4 1.5 3.4 6.1 1.80
FLA (3 yrs) 5 7 .417 3.30 47 12 13 0 0 0 120.0 86 45 44 15 60 2 91 4 1 1 492 123 1.217 6.5 1.1 4.5 6.8 1.52
MIL (2 yrs) 3 3 .500 3.11 35 9 6 0 0 0 84.0 64 30 29 8 33 1 74 2 0 2 341 141 1.155 6.9 0.9 3.5 7.9 2.24
ARI (1 yr) 10 12 .455 4.51 30 30 0 0 0 0 175.2 180 94 88 31 48 6 120 6 1 7 751 101 1.298 9.2 1.6 2.5 6.1 2.50
BAL (1 yr) 7 8 .467 5.71 24 24 0 0 0 0 138.2 156 90 88 30 40 0 86 12 1 4 603 79 1.413 10.1 1.9 2.6 5.6 2.15
AL (9 yrs) 75 59 .560 4.96 189 183 3 10 4 0 1146.2 1210 673 632 193 421 15 773 36 2 38 4980 98 1.422 9.5 1.5 3.3 6.1 1.84
NL (6 yrs) 18 22 .450 3.82 112 51 19 0 0 0 379.2 330 169 161 54 141 9 285 12 2 10 1584 115 1.241 7.8 1.3 3.3 6.8 2.02

Postseason Pitching

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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
1998 27 TEX AL ALDS L NYY 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 8 3 3 2 1 0 9 0 0 0 27 1.500 12.0 3.0 1.5 13.5 9.00
1999 28 TEX AL ALDS L NYY 0 1 .000 2.84 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 5 2 2 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 25 0.947 7.1 0.0 1.4 11.4 8.00
2002 31 ARI NL NLDS L STL 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 0.250 2.3 0.0 0.0 4.5
2003 32 FLA NL NLDS W SFG 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 12.000 54.0 0.0 54.0 0.0 0.00
2003 32 FLA NL NLCS W CHC 0 0 6.35 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 7 5 4 2 4 1 5 0 0 2 28 1.941 11.1 3.2 6.4 7.9 1.25
2003 32 FLA NL WS W NYY 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0.750 6.8 3.4 0.0 6.8
4 Seasons (6 Series) 0 2 .000 4.32 8 2 1 0 0 0 25.0 25 13 12 5 8 2 26 0 0 2 108 1.320 9.0 1.8 2.9 9.4 3.25
2 ALDS 0 2 .000 3.65 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.1 13 5 5 2 2 0 17 0 0 0 52 1.216 9.5 1.5 1.5 12.4 8.50
2 NLDS 0 0 2.08 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 3 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 18 1.154 6.2 0.0 4.2 4.2 1.00
1 NLCS 0 0 6.35 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 7 5 4 2 4 1 5 0 0 2 28 1.941 11.1 3.2 6.4 7.9 1.25
1 WS 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0.750 6.8 3.4 0.0 6.8

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1994 23 TEX AL 9 228 210 34 62 9 2 14 4 1 18 25 .295 .351 .557 .908 .281 117 6 0 0 0 0
1995 24 TEX AL 3 62 50 11 17 2 0 2 0 0 8 5 .340 .435 .500 .935 .333 25 3 2 0 2 0
1996 25 FLA NL 5 106 98 6 14 2 1 2 5 0 7 26 .143 .200 .245 .445 .171 24 0 0 1 0 0
1996 25 TEX AL 6 92 82 17 23 6 3 7 2 0 9 16 .280 .348 .683 1.031 .267 56 0 0 0 1 0
1996 25 TOT MLB 11 198 180 23 37 8 4 9 7 0 16 42 .206 .269 .444 .713 .215 80 0 0 1 1 0
1997 26 FLA NL 31 324 263 38 61 14 3 12 7 9 48 53 .232 .351 .445 .796 .239 117 5 4 2 7 2
1997 26 TEX AL 10 226 200 29 47 7 1 5 1 4 21 46 .235 .311 .355 .666 .278 71 3 2 1 2 0
1997 26 TOT MLB 41 550 463 67 108 21 4 17 8 13 69 99 .233 .335 .406 .741 .256 188 8 6 3 9 2
1998 27 TEX AL 33 922 827 109 209 44 5 27 11 12 78 164 .253 .314 .416 .730 .282 344 7 1 6 10 6
1999 28 TEX AL 35 943 837 127 228 49 8 41 13 14 85 131 .272 .340 .497 .837 .277 416 19 6 5 10 5
2000 29 TEX AL 35 963 842 122 212 66 5 29 16 5 99 146 .252 .334 .445 .779 .271 375 8 9 4 9 2
2001 30 TEX AL 34 941 861 134 256 68 10 38 7 13 63 154 .297 .344 .532 .876 .321 458 17 4 3 10 2
2002 31 ARI NL 30 751 681 94 180 35 6 31 4 8 48 120 .264 .316 .470 .786 .278 320 11 6 10 6 6
2003 32 BAL AL 24 603 545 90 156 33 3 30 8 2 40 86 .286 .347 .523 .870 .292 285 16 12 4 2 0
2003 32 FLA NL 11 62 57 1 11 0 0 1 0 1 5 12 .193 .258 .246 .504 .227 14 1 0 0 0 0
2003 32 TOT MLB 35 665 602 91 167 33 3 31 8 3 45 98 .277 .339 .497 .836 .286 299 17 12 4 2 0
2005 34 MIL NL 15 199 178 13 39 7 0 2 6 1 18 42 .219 .296 .292 .589 .274 52 4 2 0 1 1
2006 35 MIL NL 20 142 124 17 25 11 0 6 2 0 15 32 .202 .284 .435 .719 .216 54 3 0 1 2 0
12 Seasons 301 6564 5855 842 1540 353 47 247 86 70 562 1058 .263 .329 .466 .795 .280 2728 103 48 37 62 24
162 Game Avg. 38 834 744 107 196 45 6 31 11 9 71 134 .263 .329 .466 .795 .280 347 13 6 5 8 3
MLB Averages
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

Starting Pitching*

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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
1994 23 TEX AL 9 9 3 2 4 0 0 6 3 .667 1 1 1 1 4 44% 43 70 -3 5 2 0 2 5.7 6.9 5.8 97 1 4 3 1 122
1995 24 TEX AL 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 37 49 30 3 0 0 2 3.3 5.7 4.1 77 2 1 0 0 83
1996 25 TOT MLB 11 6 3 2 1 0 0 3 3 .500 0 0 0 0 4 67% 60 83 16 5 1 1 4 3.3 3.4 6.4 104 0 2 4 0 116
1996 25 TEX AL 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 45 74 16 3 0 0 2 4.0 4.5 6.0 98 0 1 1 0 115
1996 25 FLA NL 5 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 3 75% 68 83 54 2 1 1 2 2.9 2.9 6.7 108 0 1 3 0 116
1997 26 TOT MLB 41 16 5 7 4 2 1 7 9 .438 2 4 0 0 6 38% 48 83 11 15 7 2 9 4.0 3.4 5.6 93 2 5 7 1 120
1997 26 FLA NL 31 8 2 4 2 1 0 4 4 .500 0 2 0 0 2 25% 43 70 22 5 2 1 5 3.7 3.8 4.8 91 1 3 4 0 111
1997 26 TEX AL 10 8 3 3 2 1 1 3 5 .375 2 2 0 0 4 50% 52 83 11 10 5 1 4 4.4 3.1 6.5 96 1 2 3 1 120
1998 27 TEX AL 33 33 20 7 6 7 1 25 8 .758 1 1 4 2 15 45% 51 86 14 25 5 0 11 6.1 6.4 6.6 106 1 10 14 7 138
1999 28 TEX AL 35 35 13 11 11 4 1 21 14 .600 2 6 3 0 15 43% 48 73 12 28 10 1 10 5.7 5.4 6.3 108 3 4 16 12 131
2000 29 TEX AL 35 35 16 13 6 4 6 19 16 .543 3 4 0 0 22 63% 49 77 11 29 6 0 7 5.7 5.6 6.2 108 4 5 15 11 137
2001 30 TEX AL 34 34 12 11 11 1 1 17 17 .500 3 7 2 1 15 44% 46 83 13 23 9 0 16 5.6 6.0 6.3 105 2 9 19 4 125
2002 31 ARI NL 30 30 10 12 8 4 4 14 16 .467 4 2 0 0 16 53% 50 74 8 6 3 0 8 4.9 5.2 5.9 93 6 13 11 0 116
2003 32 TOT MLB 35 24 7 8 9 3 1 12 12 .500 3 6 0 0 7 29% 78 13 13 6 0 12 5.9 5.4 5.8 100 3 6 12 3 126
2003 32 BAL AL 24 24 7 8 9 3 1 12 12 .500 3 6 0 0 7 29% 45 78 13 10 6 0 12 5.9 5.4 5.8 100 3 6 12 3 126
2005 34 MIL NL 15 7 2 1 4 0 1 2 5 .286 2 0 0 0 5 71% 60 70 40 5 1 0 2 3.0 3.8 5.9 93 1 4 2 0 108
2006 35 MIL NL 20 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35 49 21 1 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 2.7 53 2 0 0 0 63
12 Seasons 290 234 91 78 65 25 16 126 108 .538 21 32 10 4 109 47% 48 86 -3 155 51 4 84 5.3 5.5 6.1 102 27 63 103 39 138
MLB Averages
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

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1996 25 TOT MLB 11 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 3 75% 1.012 2 0 3 3 0 2 2 3 3 0 3 1 5.6 37
1996 25 TEX AL 6 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 3 75% 5 1.032 2 0 2 3 0 1 2 2 3 0 3 1 6.3 41
1996 25 FLA NL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.995 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 21
1997 26 TOT MLB 41 25 9 0 2 1 0 1 0% 7 6 20 6 30% 1.028 10 3 12 9 2 14 13 12 16 4 18 1 4.9 26
1997 26 FLA NL 31 23 8 0 2 1 0 1 0% 7 6 17 6 35% 7 1.031 10 2 11 8 2 13 11 12 15 3 16 1 5.0 27
1997 26 TEX AL 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 6 1.024 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 4.0 15
2003 32 TOT MLB 35 11 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0% 0.949 2 0 9 4 1 6 1 10 4 1 4 1 4.5 20
2003 32 FLA NL 11 11 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0% 8 0.652 2 0 9 4 1 6 1 10 4 1 4 1 4.5 20
2005 34 MIL NL 15 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 10 4 40% 4 1.054 3 3 2 2 1 5 4 4 2 3 3 1 2.9 16
2006 35 MIL NL 20 18 4 0 0 1 0 1 0% 3 2 10 2 20% 6 0.656 3 6 9 4 2 12 6 12 11 1 11 0 4.9 25
5 Seasons 98 67 22 2 3 2 0 2 0% 14 12 47 15 32% 0.964 20 12 35 22 6 39 26 41 36 9 39 4 4.6 24

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1994 23 TEX AL 228 50% 6.1% 11.0% 7.9% 11.0% 40% 0.48 0.54 75% 18% 13.7% 17% 45 6 13%
1995 24 TEX AL 62 56% 3.2% 8.1% 12.9% 6.5% 24% 0.88 1.00 73% 21% 8.3% 4% 18 3 17%
1996 25 TOT MLB 198 47% 4.6% 21.2% 8.1% 10.6% 57% 0.37 0.38 66% 23% 12.0% 26% 24 0 0%
1996 25 TEX AL 92 62% 7.6% 17.4% 9.8% 17.4% 70% 0.32 0.41 65% 28% 17.1% 18% 12 0 0%
1996 25 FLA NL 106 34% 1.9% 24.5% 6.6% 4.7% 36% 0.41 0.36 66% 18% 5.9% 33% 12 0 0%
1997 26 TOT MLB 550 49% 3.1% 18.0% 12.6% 7.6% 39% 0.43 0.56 65% 20% 8.9% 25% 108 8 7%
1997 26 FLA NL 324 44% 3.7% 16.4% 14.8% 9.0% 48% 0.41 0.57 63% 19% 10.5% 24% 60 5 8%
1997 26 TEX AL 226 57% 2.2% 20.4% 9.3% 5.8% 28% 0.46 0.54 67% 22% 6.6% 25% 48 3 6%
1998 27 TEX AL 922 52% 2.9% 17.8% 8.5% 8.2% 36% 0.43 0.50 70% 22% 7.1% 19% 141 7 5%
1999 28 TEX AL 943 49% 4.4% 13.9% 9.0% 10.4% 43% 0.49 0.62 72% 21% 10.3% 16% 150 19 13%
2000 29 TEX AL 963 54% 3.0% 15.2% 10.3% 10.4% 47% 0.39 0.48 70% 26% 7.3% 17% 181 8 4%
2001 30 TEX AL 941 55% 4.0% 16.4% 6.7% 12.3% 45% 0.53 0.74 72% 27% 10.4% 17% 155 17 11%
2002 31 ARI NL 751 47% 4.1% 16.0% 6.4% 9.6% 40% 0.49 0.62 71% 21% 11.2% 22% 145 11 8%
2003 32 TOT MLB 665 51% 4.7% 14.7% 6.8% 10.1% 40% 0.56 0.77 71% 19% 11.2% 14% 114 17 15%
2003 32 BAL AL 603 53% 5.0% 14.3% 6.6% 11.0% 42% 0.53 0.73 71% 19% 11.5% 13% 105 16 15%
2003 32 FLA NL 62 31% 1.6% 19.4% 8.1% 1.6% 9% 0.96 1.19 71% 16% 5.9% 26% 9 1 11%
2005 34 MIL NL 199 42% 1.0% 21.1% 9.1% 4.5% 23% 0.43 0.46 68% 15% 2.5% 16% 34 4 12%
2006 35 MIL NL 142 41% 4.2% 22.5% 10.6% 12.0% 68% 0.41 0.52 62% 20% 10.2% 11% 21 3 14%
12 Seasons 6564 51% 3.8% 16.1% 8.6% 9.9% 42% 0.47 0.59 70% 22% 9.4% 18% 1136 103 9%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
1994 23 TEX AL 228 874 3.83 526 60% 28% 10% 27% 35% 72% 0% 43% 86% 64% 5% 11 5 19% 43 17 2 36% 2 6 0 0 1
1995 24 TEX AL 62 232 3.74 134 58% 34% 7% 25% 35% 66% 0% 38% 90% 56% 6% 4 2 21% 13 6 0 40% 2 2 0 0 0
1996 25 TOT MLB 198 811 4.10 509 63% 28% 13% 31% 28% 72% 0% 45% 82% 55% 6% 12 7 21% 42 28 2 33% 5 5 0 0 0
1996 25 TEX AL 92 360 3.91 219 61% 28% 11% 30% 31% 72% 0% 44% 85% 59% 8% 7 4 18% 17 11 2 50% 1 3 0 0 0
1996 25 FLA NL 106 451 4.25 290 64% 28% 14% 32% 25% 72% 0% 46% 80% 52% 5% 5 3 24% 25 17 0 23% 4 2 0 0 0
1997 26 TOT MLB 506 1974 3.90 1165 59% 30% 13% 27% 30% 70% 1% 41% 81% 54% 7% 35 22 17% 85 40 3 42% 16 11 44 0 0
1997 26 FLA NL 310 1270 4.10 733 58% 28% 14% 29% 29% 72% 1% 42% 80% 49% 6% 18 12 13% 41 16 2 34% 7 4 14 0 0
1997 26 TEX AL 196 704 3.59 432 61% 34% 11% 24% 31% 66% 0% 40% 84% 61% 9% 17 10 22% 44 24 1 51% 9 7 30 0 0
1998 27 TEX AL 922 3515 3.81 2176 62% 29% 12% 29% 31% 71% 1% 44% 84% 55% 4% 39 23 19% 177 81 10 39% 25 10 0 0 0
1999 28 TEX AL 943 3787 4.02 2253 59% 30% 10% 28% 32% 70% 1% 41% 86% 52% 6% 60 36 17% 163 71 15 39% 19 19 0 0 0
2000 29 TEX AL 963 3788 3.93 2252 59% 31% 10% 28% 31% 69% 0% 41% 86% 52% 5% 49 31 17% 162 75 8 50% 15 16 0 0 0
2001 30 TEX AL 941 3585 3.81 2246 63% 29% 12% 27% 32% 71% 1% 44% 83% 58% 4% 34 25 22% 209 110 15 38% 25 7 0 0 0
2002 31 ARI NL 751 2776 3.70 1753 63% 28% 11% 29% 33% 72% 2% 46% 85% 58% 5% 34 18 21% 154 84 13 41% 23 10 0 0 0
2003 32 TOT MLB 665 2624 3.95 1669 64% 29% 10% 30% 31% 71% 0% 45% 86% 58% 3% 22 12 20% 133 64 6 35% 9 10 0 0 0
2003 32 BAL AL 603 2409 4.00 1535 64% 28% 10% 31% 30% 72% 0% 46% 86% 57% 3% 20 11 21% 124 59 6 33% 7 9 0 0 0
2003 32 FLA NL 62 215 3.47 134 62% 40% 9% 18% 34% 60% 0% 38% 85% 60% 3% 2 1 15% 9 5 0 50% 2 1 0 0 0
2005 34 MIL NL 199 778 3.91 492 63% 23% 17% 32% 28% 77% 1% 49% 78% 59% 6% 11 7 26% 51 24 3 33% 8 3 0 0 0
2006 35 MIL NL 142 563 3.96 342 61% 27% 18% 27% 28% 73% 0% 44% 76% 58% 6% 8 5 18% 26 17 1 25% 8 3 0 0 0
12 Seasons 6520 25307 3.88 15517 61% 29% 11% 28% 31% 71% 1% 43% 84% 56% 5% 319 193 19% 1258 617 78 39% 157 102 44 0 1
MLB Averages
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

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1994 23 TEX AL 228 62 6 2 14 0 5 3 11 6 8 6 3 2 50% 3 4 0 79 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1995 24 TEX AL 62 17 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 0 75% 1 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1996 25 TOT MLB 198 37 1 0 9 0 1 4 5 6 3 5 3 3 60% 2 1 0 59 7 0 100% 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
1996 25 TEX AL 92 23 1 0 7 0 0 3 4 6 1 4 2 2 50% 0 1 0 27 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1996 25 FLA NL 106 14 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 100% 2 0 0 32 5 0 100% 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
1997 26 TOT MLB 550 108 5 1 17 0 21 8 9 4 13 43 21 7 49% 1 3 0 179 8 13 38% 7 11 1 1 0 1 3 1 17 0
1997 26 FLA NL 324 61 1 0 12 0 15 6 6 2 10 21 12 2 57% 0 0 0 107 7 9 44% 6 7 1 1 0 1 3 1 11 0
1997 26 TEX AL 226 47 4 1 5 0 6 2 3 2 3 22 9 5 41% 1 3 0 72 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1998 27 TEX AL 922 209 37 2 27 1 18 11 16 14 13 50 32 8 64% 7 10 0 307 11 12 48% 10 10 1 2 0 0 1 0 23 0
1999 28 TEX AL 943 228 14 1 41 0 18 21 20 21 20 47 25 5 53% 10 8 0 316 13 14 48% 13 14 0 0 0 0 10 3 25 0
2000 29 TEX AL 963 212 7 0 29 0 22 13 16 13 16 54 26 9 48% 10 2 2 366 16 5 76% 14 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 19 0
2001 30 TEX AL 941 256 18 3 38 0 10 19 19 13 25 41 24 6 59% 7 6 0 344 7 13 35% 7 10 0 2 0 1 5 3 22 0
2002 31 ARI NL 751 180 18 7 31 1 11 17 14 18 13 36 21 4 58% 10 7 0 277 4 8 33% 4 7 0 1 0 0 1 1 15 0
2003 32 TOT MLB 665 167 10 3 31 1 7 15 16 12 19 26 17 2 65% 3 5 3 238 8 3 73% 8 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 12 0
2003 32 BAL AL 603 156 10 3 30 1 5 14 16 12 18 24 17 2 71% 3 4 3 220 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 11 0
2003 32 FLA NL 62 11 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0% 0 1 0 18 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2005 34 MIL NL 199 39 7 1 2 0 14 1 1 1 1 17 7 2 41% 0 1 1 52 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2006 35 MIL NL 142 25 1 0 6 0 3 4 2 3 3 9 3 1 33% 1 1 0 51 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
12 Seasons 6564 1540 127 20 247 3 131 117 130 112 135 338 185 49 55% 55 48 6 2296 86 70 55% 77 62 8 6 1 2 29 9 150 0
MLB Averages
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

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1994 23 3 2 .600 5.88 9 9 0 1 1 0 52.0 62 34 34 14 18 0 25 0 1 4 228 83 1.538 10.7 2.4 3.1 4.3 1.39 83
1995 24 3 4 .429 6.02 12 12 0 1 1 0 64.1 79 45 43 16 26 0 30 2 1 4 290 81 1.632 11.1 2.2 3.6 4.2 1.15 81
1996 25 6 7 .462 5.29 23 18 2 1 1 0 112.1 116 68 66 25 42 0 72 2 2 5 488 90 1.407 9.3 2.0 3.4 5.8 1.71 90
1997 26 11 16 .407 4.85 64 34 11 1 1 0 243.1 224 135 131 42 111 2 171 8 2 8 1038 94 1.377 8.3 1.6 4.1 6.3 1.54 94
1998 27 31 23 .574 4.64 97 67 11 5 3 0 459.2 433 244 237 69 189 8 335 9 2 18 1960 100 1.353 8.5 1.4 3.7 6.6 1.77 100
1999 28 44 34 .564 4.71 132 102 11 8 3 0 679.0 661 371 355 110 274 13 466 15 2 26 2903 102 1.377 8.8 1.5 3.6 6.2 1.70 102
2000 29 60 47 .561 4.65 167 137 11 8 3 0 896.0 873 493 463 139 373 15 612 24 2 28 3866 104 1.391 8.8 1.4 3.7 6.1 1.64 104
2001 30 72 58 .554 4.75 201 171 11 10 4 0 1111.2 1129 627 587 177 436 17 766 28 2 34 4807 102 1.408 9.1 1.4 3.5 6.2 1.76 102
2002 31 82 70 .539 4.72 231 201 11 10 4 0 1287.1 1309 721 675 208 484 23 886 34 3 41 5558 102 1.393 9.2 1.5 3.4 6.2 1.83 102
2003 32 90 78 .536 4.77 266 225 16 10 4 0 1442.1 1476 812 764 239 529 23 984 46 4 46 6223 100 1.390 9.2 1.5 3.3 6.1 1.86 100
2004 33 90 78 .536 4.77 266 225 16 10 4 0 1442.1 1476 812 764 239 529 23 984 46 4 46 6223 100 1.390 9.2 1.5 3.3 6.1 1.86 100
2005 34 93 79 .541 4.69 281 232 18 10 4 0 1491.1 1515 825 777 241 547 24 1026 48 4 47 6422 101 1.383 9.1 1.5 3.3 6.2 1.88 101
2006 35 93 81 .534 4.68 301 234 22 10 4 0 1526.1 1540 842 793 247 562 24 1058 48 4 48 6564 101 1.377 9.1 1.5 3.3 6.2 1.88 101

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1994 23 3 5 .375 5.38 72.0 84 48 43 19 24 35 0 1.500 10.5 3.0 4.4 1.46 2.4 9
1995 24 0 1 .000 5.79 14.0 18 10 9 2 8 6 2 1.857 11.6 5.1 3.9 0.75 1.3 3
1996 25 3 2 .600 3.67 49.0 36 22 20 9 16 43 0 1.061 6.6 2.9 7.9 2.69 1.7 11
1997 26 6 7 .462 4.61 123.0 106 70 63 17 68 93 6 1.415 7.8 5.0 6.8 1.37 1.2 41
1998 27 11 12 .478 4.02 215.0 202 107 96 26 75 163 1 1.288 8.5 3.1 6.8 2.17 1.1 33
1999 28 11 12 .478 4.33 214.0 214 114 103 38 80 128 6 1.374 9.0 3.4 5.4 1.60 1.6 35
2000 29 12 12 .500 3.85 220.0 201 104 94 27 94 148 9 1.341 8.2 3.8 6.1 1.57 1.1 35
2001 30 9 14 .391 4.95 209.0 248 128 115 37 61 149 4 1.478 10.7 2.6 6.4 2.44 1.6 34
2002 31 9 10 .474 4.06 175.0 173 88 79 30 46 120 6 1.251 8.9 2.4 6.2 2.61 1.5 30
2003 32 6 10 .375 5.33 147.0 167 97 87 31 45 93 12 1.442 10.2 2.8 5.7 2.07 1.9 35
2005 34 4 1 .800 2.49 47.0 39 14 13 2 18 40 2 1.213 7.5 3.4 7.7 2.22 0.4 15
2006 35 2 1 .667 3.60 35.0 24 16 14 6 14 32 0 1.086 6.2 3.6 8.2 2.29 1.5 20
12 Seasons 76 87 .466 4.36 1520.0 1512 818 736 244 549 1050 48 1.356 9.0 6.2 1.91 1.4 301

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1998-AL-21-0%
0.00 Career Shares (1667th)

Wins s c a p y
1998 AL--20--1st
2000 AL--16--6th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1998 AL--.741--3rd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2000 AL--8.793--8th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career--6.239--180th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1999 AL--219.3--5th
2000 AL--217.0--7th

Games Started s c a p y
1998 AL--33--7th
1999 AL--35--1st
2000 AL--35--1st
2001 AL--34--3rd

Shutouts s c a p y
1998 AL--2--5th
2001 AL--1--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1999 AL--41--1st
2000 AL--29--9th
2001 AL--38--1st
2002 NL--31--2nd
2003 AL--30--8th
Career--247--103rd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1999 AL--85--10th
2000 AL--99--3rd

Hits s c a p y
2001 AL--256--1st

Losses s c a p y
2000 AL--13--8th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1999 AL--118--6th
2000 AL--108--8th
2001 AL--124--1st

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1998 AL--10--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2000 AL--9--8th
2003 AL--12--2nd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1999 AL--943--4th
2000 AL--963--5th
2001 AL--941--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 6 (368), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 25 (920), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (840), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Jason Marquis (975)
  2. Vicente Padilla (961)
  3. Steve Avery (954)
  4. Gil Meche (954)
  5. Cal Eldred (953)
  6. Joel Pineiro (949)
  7. Kyle Lohse (946)
  8. Bobby Jones (943)
  9. Mark Gardner (942)
  10. Matt Clement (942)
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  1. Tony Brizzolara (995)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Claudio Vargas (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Chad Ogea (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Roger Pavlik (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Adam Eaton (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Adam Eaton (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. James Baldwin (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Brett Tomko (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Brett Tomko (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Brett Tomko (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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