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Félix Hernández

Felix Abraham (Garcia) Hernandez (King Felix) (twitter: @RealKingFelix)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: April 8, 1986 in Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
High School: U. E. Jose Austre (Valencia, VE)
Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent in 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 4, 2005
Team: Mariners 2005-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 5 yrs/$78M (10-14) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.060, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Alan Nero [*]
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All-Star

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
2005 19 SEA AL 4 4 .500 2.67 12 12 0 0 0 0 84.1 61 26 25 5 23 0 77 2 0 3 328 158 0.996 6.5 0.5 2.5 8.2 3.35
2006 20 SEA AL 12 14 .462 4.52 31 31 0 2 1 0 191.0 195 105 96 23 60 2 176 6 0 11 816 98 1.335 9.2 1.1 2.8 8.3 2.93
2007 21 SEA AL 14 7 .667 3.92 30 30 0 1 1 0 190.1 209 88 83 20 53 4 165 3 1 7 808 112 1.377 9.9 0.9 2.5 7.8 3.11
2008 22 SEA AL 9 11 .450 3.45 31 31 0 2 0 0 200.2 198 85 77 17 80 7 175 8 1 8 857 123 1.385 8.9 0.8 3.6 7.8 2.19
2009 23 SEA AL 19 5 .792 2.49 34 34 0 2 1 0 238.2 200 81 66 15 71 0 217 8 1 17 977 171 1.135 7.5 0.6 2.7 8.2 3.06 AS,CYA-2,MVP-26
2010 24 SEA AL 13 12 .520 2.27 34 34 0 6 1 0 249.2 194 80 63 17 70 1 232 8 1 14 1001 174 1.057 7.0 0.6 2.5 8.4 3.31 CYA-1,MVP-16
2011 25 SEA AL 14 14 .500 3.47 33 33 0 5 0 0 233.2 218 99 90 19 67 0 222 7 1 12 964 110 1.220 8.4 0.7 2.6 8.6 3.31 AS
2012 26 SEA AL 4 4 .500 3.17 11 11 0 0 0 0 76.2 72 29 27 6 22 0 75 5 0 2 317 121 1.226 8.5 0.7 2.6 8.8 3.41
8 Yrs 89 71 .556 3.24 216 216 0 18 4 0 1465.0 1347 593 527 122 446 14 1339 47 5 74 6068 128 1.224 8.3 0.7 2.7 8.2 3.00
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .556 3.24 34 34 0 3 1 0 231 212 93 83 19 70 2 211 7 1 12 955 128 1.224 8.3 0.7 2.7 8.2 3.00

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
2005 19 SEA AL 84.1 12 12 26 2.77 4.73 -0.02 0.17 95.9 4.72 18 1.9 -0.0 2.6 28 .662 .512 $
2006 20 SEA AL 191.0 31 31 105 4.95 5.00 0.29 0.19 97.4 4.78 -5 -0.5 -0.1 1.1 20 .483 .497 $340,000
2007 21 SEA AL 190.1 30 30 88 4.16 4.93 -0.31 0.19 95.9 5.20 20 2.1 -0.1 3.7 46 .570 .513 $420,000
2008 22 SEA AL 200.2 31 31 85 3.81 4.91 0.09 0.19 97.1 4.86 20 2.1 -0.1 3.7 48 .568 .513 $540,000
2009 23 SEA AL 238.2 34 34 81 3.05 4.92 0.43 0.19 94.4 4.42 34 3.7 -0.2 5.6 66 .608 .523 $3,800,000 AS,CYA-2,MVP-26
2010 24 SEA AL 249.2 34 34 80 2.88 4.52 0.06 0.16 96.1 4.45 42 4.8 -0.1 6.8 72 .640 .529 $7,200,000 CYA-1,MVP-16
2011 25 SEA AL 233.2 33 33 99 3.81 4.57 0.06 0.17 93.5 4.37 14 1.5 -0.2 3.4 41 .546 .509 $11,700,000 AS
2012 26 SEA AL 76.2 11 11 29 3.40 4.57 0.55 0.17 92.5 3.88 4 0.4 -0.1 1.0 13 .538 .503 $
8 Seasons 1465.0 216 216 593 3.64 4.78 0.13 0.18 95.5 4.61 146 16.0 -1.0 27.9 333 .574 .512 $24,000,000

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
2009 SEA AL 23 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 SEA AL 25

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
2005 19 SEA AL 12 328 300 26 61 9 0 5 3 2 23 77 .203 .263 .283 .546 .255 85 6 2 1 2 0 1
2006 20 SEA AL 31 816 745 105 195 36 2 23 14 5 60 176 .262 .321 .408 .729 .313 304 18 6 2 3 2 9
2007 21 SEA AL 30 808 745 88 209 36 4 20 10 5 53 165 .281 .330 .420 .751 .337 313 20 3 6 1 4 5
2008 22 SEA AL 31 857 759 85 198 48 0 17 19 4 80 175 .261 .335 .391 .727 .316 297 28 8 4 6 7 5
2009 23 SEA AL 34 977 881 81 200 31 2 15 20 8 71 217 .227 .287 .318 .605 .280 280 20 8 6 11 0 12
2010 24 SEA AL 34 1001 914 80 194 34 3 17 15 5 70 232 .212 .273 .312 .585 .265 285 25 8 6 3 1 10
2011 25 SEA AL 33 964 880 99 218 28 5 19 31 8 67 222 .248 .304 .356 .660 .308 313 25 7 3 7 0 9
2012 26 SEA AL 11 317 288 29 72 16 0 6 7 2 22 75 .250 .313 .368 .681 .317 106 8 5 1 1 0 0
8 Yrs 216 6068 5512 593 1347 238 16 122 119 39 446 1339 .244 .305 .360 .664 .300 1983 150 47 29 34 14 51
162 Game Avg. 34 955 868 93 212 37 3 19 19 6 70 211 .244 .305 .360 .664 .300 312 24 7 5 5 2 8
MLB Averages .262 .330 .415 .745 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2005 19 SEA AL 15.5 1.6 338 1.6 6.8 -5.2 1.08 2.0 -0.5 16.4 1.8 1.08 22.2 0 0 0
2006 20 SEA AL -2.5 -0.2 843 0.3 14.2 -13.9 .96 1.0 -0.7 -1.0 -0.1 0.96 10.0 0 0 0
2007 21 SEA AL 10.9 1.1 829 1.6 14.7 -13.1 .97 1.0 0.6 12.3 1.2 0.97 13.1 0 0 0
2008 22 SEA AL 17.2 1.7 887 1.6 16.9 -15.3 1.09 0.9 0.6 21.7 2.2 1.09 11.6 0 0 0
2009 23 SEA AL 45.1 4.7 1021 4.1 19.9 -15.8 1.10 3.8 -0.0 42.8 4.6 1.10 42.4 0 0 0
2010 24 SEA AL 42.8 4.6 1036 4.8 18.8 -13.9 .98 3.7 1.2 42.2 4.7 0.98 42.7 0 0 0
2011 25 SEA AL 10.0 1.0 1015 1.5 18.3 -16.8 1.06 2.1 -0.6 14.3 1.5 1.06 18.3 0 0 0
2012 26 SEA AL 6.0 0.6 329 1.2 6.3 -5.1 1.10 1.0 0.1 9.1 1.0 1.10 8.8 0 0 0
8 Yrs 145.1 15.2 6298 16.7 115.9 -99.2 1.04 15.4 0.7 157.8 16.9 1.04 169.1 0 0 0

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
2005 19 SEA AL 12 12 4 4 4 0 1 5 7 .417 0 1 0 0 9 75% 63.1 82 24 4 1 0 5 3.2 3.1 7.0 102 1 4 7 0 115
2006 20 SEA AL 31 31 12 14 5 5 4 14 17 .452 1 4 2 1 13 42% 50.7 81 12 16 3 0 15 4.5 3.8 6.2 99 1 13 17 0 117
2007 21 SEA AL 30 30 14 7 9 5 1 21 9 .700 3 3 1 1 15 50% 52.1 89 22 17 4 0 11 5.3 6.4 6.3 100 2 10 17 1 120
2008 22 SEA AL 31 31 9 11 11 1 3 15 16 .484 2 5 2 0 19 61% 54.0 80 21 11 4 0 12 3.6 3.6 6.5 103 1 8 22 0 117
2009 23 SEA AL 34 34 19 5 10 0 1 25 9 .735 3 8 2 1 29 85% 60.8 85 20 9 1 0 15 4.4 4.3 7.0 107 0 4 29 1 121
2010 24 SEA AL 34 34 13 12 9 0 8 17 17 .500 4 1 6 1 30 88% 63.4 91 19 15 5 0 12 3.1 3.1 7.3 110 0 5 26 3 128
2011 25 SEA AL 33 33 14 14 5 1 6 17 16 .515 1 1 5 0 22 67% 57.3 82 13 11 4 0 16 3.7 3.6 7.1 109 1 4 23 5 128
2012 26 SEA AL 11 11 4 4 3 1 1 5 6 .455 1 0 0 0 7 64% 58.3 87 13 4 2 0 6 3.9 4.9 7.0 105 0 2 8 1 126
8 Yrs 216 216 89 71 56 13 25 119 97 .551 15 23 18 4 144 67% 57 91 12 87 24 0 92 4.0 4.0 6.8 105 6 50 149 11 128
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 100 -13 4.6 4.6 5.9 95

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%
2005 19 SEA AL 328 50% 1.5% 23.5% 7.0% 4.3% 23% 2.08 2.93 67% 13% 7.5% 7% 51 6 12%
2006 20 SEA AL 816 48% 2.8% 21.6% 7.4% 7.5% 31% 1.40 2.09 67% 17% 10.5% 8% 143 18 13%
2007 21 SEA AL 808 49% 2.5% 20.4% 6.6% 7.4% 29% 1.55 2.56 69% 18% 9.8% 9% 151 20 13%
2008 22 SEA AL 857 43% 2.0% 20.4% 9.3% 7.6% 33% 1.06 1.62 67% 19% 6.7% 11% 174 28 16%
2009 23 SEA AL 977 46% 1.5% 22.2% 7.3% 4.9% 24% 1.13 1.55 68% 17% 5.4% 11% 183 20 11%
2010 24 SEA AL 1001 47% 1.7% 23.2% 7.0% 5.4% 28% 1.19 1.64 67% 17% 6.1% 10% 179 25 14%
2011 25 SEA AL 964 46% 2.0% 23.0% 7.0% 5.4% 24% 1.02 1.36 67% 18% 6.6% 11% 183 25 14%
2012 26 SEA AL 317 34% 1.9% 23.7% 6.9% 6.9% 31% 0.97 1.28 66% 20% 6.2% 8% 61 8 13%
8 Yrs 6068 46% 2.0% 22.1% 7.4% 6.2% 28% 1.22 1.75 67% 18% 7.3% 10% 1125 150 13%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.6% 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
2005 19 SEA AL 328 1218 3.71 789 65% 30% 17% 24% 29% 70% 0% 45% 76% 60% 5% 15 11 24% 79 51 5 35% 13 4 0 0 0
2006 20 SEA AL 817 3060 3.75 1946 64% 29% 15% 27% 29% 71% 0% 45% 79% 57% 4% 32 20 25% 208 120 6 28% 33 10 -1 0 0
2007 21 SEA AL 812 3007 3.70 1942 65% 29% 16% 24% 30% 71% 2% 46% 77% 63% 4% 30 18 26% 210 109 16 31% 32 8 -4 0 0
2008 22 SEA AL 858 3194 3.72 2024 63% 27% 15% 29% 29% 73% 2% 46% 79% 60% 5% 45 23 25% 216 117 11 29% 34 16 -1 0 0
2009 23 SEA AL 983 3633 3.70 2307 64% 27% 18% 26% 30% 73% 0% 46% 76% 58% 4% 42 30 23% 226 117 11 24% 34 12 -6 0 0
2010 24 SEA AL 1002 3731 3.72 2412 65% 28% 16% 27% 29% 72% 0% 46% 77% 61% 3% 35 25 25% 250 134 9 24% 48 9 -1 0 0
2011 25 SEA AL 969 3609 3.72 2334 65% 29% 16% 27% 29% 71% 0% 46% 78% 63% 3% 33 22 25% 241 141 12 23% 34 12 -5 0 0
2012 26 SEA AL 317 1158 3.65 730 63% 29% 15% 26% 29% 71% 0% 45% 78% 64% 4% 14 10 22% 69 32 2 20% 13 4 0 0 0
8 Yrs 6086 22610 3.72 14484 64% 28% 16% 26% 29% 72% 1% 46% 78% 60% 4% 246 159 25% 1499 821 72 26% 241 75 -18 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 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
2005 19 SEA AL 328 61 9 0 5 0 7 4 1 4 1 9 5 2 56% 1 3 1 104 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 0
2006 20 SEA AL 816 195 15 0 23 2 19 5 18 9 14 39 19 8 49% 9 11 6 272 14 5 74% 11 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 22 0
2007 21 SEA AL 808 209 27 1 20 0 17 6 14 8 12 52 22 16 42% 5 7 1 286 10 5 67% 10 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 0
2008 22 SEA AL 857 198 19 1 17 0 24 4 13 11 6 51 24 14 47% 5 8 2 321 19 4 83% 16 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 20 0
2009 23 SEA AL 977 200 24 0 15 0 14 7 8 8 7 53 26 9 49% 12 17 6 340 20 8 71% 19 6 1 1 0 1 1 1 38 0
2010 24 SEA AL 1001 194 32 6 17 1 14 9 8 7 10 43 19 9 44% 10 14 4 338 15 5 75% 14 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 20 0
2011 25 SEA AL 964 218 40 8 19 0 17 12 7 12 7 45 25 4 56% 9 12 4 358 31 8 79% 27 8 4 0 0 0 2 0 26 0
2012 26 SEA AL 317 72 13 4 6 1 9 1 5 3 3 16 5 6 31% 0 2 2 109 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
8 Yrs 6068 1347 179 20 122 4 121 48 74 62 60 308 145 68 47% 51 74 26 2128 119 39 75% 107 33 12 4 0 2 9 2 156 0
MLB Averages 53% 72%

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+
2005 19 4 4 .500 2.67 12 12 0 0 0 0 84.1 61 26 25 5 23 0 77 2 0 3 328 158 0.996 6.5 0.5 2.5 8.2 3.35 158
2006 20 16 18 .471 3.96 43 43 0 2 1 0 275.1 256 131 121 28 83 2 253 8 0 14 1144 110 1.231 8.4 0.9 2.7 8.3 3.05 110
2007 21 30 25 .545 3.94 73 73 0 3 2 0 465.2 465 219 204 48 136 6 418 11 1 21 1952 111 1.291 9.0 0.9 2.6 8.1 3.07 111
2008 22 39 36 .520 3.80 104 104 0 5 2 0 666.1 663 304 281 65 216 13 593 19 2 29 2809 114 1.319 9.0 0.9 2.9 8.0 2.75 114
2009 23 58 41 .586 3.45 138 138 0 7 3 0 905.0 863 385 347 80 287 13 810 27 3 46 3786 125 1.271 8.6 0.8 2.9 8.1 2.82 125
2010 24 71 53 .573 3.20 172 172 0 13 4 0 1154.2 1057 465 410 97 357 14 1042 35 4 60 4787 132 1.225 8.2 0.8 2.8 8.1 2.92 132
2011 25 85 67 .559 3.24 205 205 0 18 4 0 1388.1 1275 564 500 116 424 14 1264 42 5 72 5751 128 1.224 8.3 0.8 2.7 8.2 2.98 128
2012 26 89 71 .556 3.24 216 216 0 18 4 0 1465.0 1347 593 527 122 446 14 1339 47 5 74 6068 128 1.224 8.3 0.7 2.7 8.2 3.00 128

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
2005 19 5 3 .625 2.78 81.0 61 28 25 5 23 74 2 1.037 6.8 2.6 8.2 3.22 0.6 12
2006 20 9 11 .450 4.55 186.0 193 104 94 23 59 171 6 1.355 9.3 2.9 8.3 2.90 1.1 31
2007 21 10 10 .500 4.08 181.0 208 91 82 20 53 157 3 1.442 10.3 2.6 7.8 2.96 1.0 30
2008 22 11 10 .524 3.71 189.0 200 87 78 17 81 165 8 1.487 9.5 3.9 7.9 2.04 0.8 31
2009 23 17 8 .680 2.65 231.0 203 76 68 15 72 210 8 1.190 7.9 2.8 8.2 2.92 0.6 34
2010 24 18 8 .692 2.65 238.0 205 78 70 18 74 221 8 1.172 7.8 2.8 8.4 2.99 0.7 34
2011 25 11 13 .458 4.21 218.0 232 113 102 20 71 207 7 1.390 9.6 2.9 8.5 2.92 0.8 33
2012 26 4 3 .571 3.99 70.0 77 34 31 6 24 69 5 1.443 9.9 3.1 8.9 2.88 0.8 11
8 Yrs 85 66 .563 3.55 1394.0 1379 611 550 124 457 1274 47 1.317 8.9 8.2 2.79 0.8 216

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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

All-Star Games
2009 *
2011

Awards (yr lg award)
2010 AL Cy Young
2010 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2009 AL (26, 0%)
2010 AL (16, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2009 AL (2, 56%)
2010 AL (1, 85%)
1 Cy Young
1.42 Career Shares (32nd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2010 AL  6.8 (6th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2009 AL  5.6 (5th)
2010 AL  6.8 (1st)
Active  27.9 (20th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 AL  3.45 (9th)
2009 AL  2.49 (2nd)
2010 AL  2.27 (1st)
2012 AL  3.17 (10th)
Active  3.24 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
2009 AL  19 (1st)
Active  89 (39th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2007 AL  .667 (10th)
2009 AL  .792 (1st)
Active  .556 (27th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2009 AL  1.135 (3rd)
2010 AL  1.057 (2nd)
Active  1.224 (13th)
Career  1.224 (192nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 AL  7.542 (1st)
2010 AL  6.993 (1st)
Active  8.275 (16th)
Career  8.275 (218th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
Active  2.740 (26th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 AL  8.293 (3rd)
2007 AL  7.802 (10th)
2008 AL  7.849 (7th)
2009 AL  8.183 (7th)
2010 AL  8.363 (7th)
2011 AL  8.551 (7th)
2012 AL  8.804 (8th)
Active  8.226 (12th)
Career  8.226 (30th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2009 AL  238.7 (3rd)
2010 AL  249.7 (1st)
2011 AL  233.7 (6th)
2012 AL  76.7 (3rd)
Active  1,465.0 (40th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2006 AL  176 (6th)
2008 AL  175 (7th)
2009 AL  217 (4th)
2010 AL  232 (2nd)
2011 AL  222 (4th)
2012 AL  75 (2nd)
Active  1,339 (29th)
Career  1,339 (244th)

Games Started s c a p y
2009 AL  34 (2nd)
2010 AL  34 (1st)
2011 AL  33 (6th)
2012 AL  11 (2nd)
Active  216 (40th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2006 AL  2 (6th)
2008 AL  2 (9th)
2009 AL  2 (9th)
2010 AL  6 (3rd)
2011 AL  5 (2nd)
Active  18 (13th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2006 AL  1 (5th)
2007 AL  1 (5th)
2009 AL  1 (7th)
2010 AL  1 (3rd)
Active  4 (35th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2008 AL  80 (6th)
2009 AL  71 (9th)
Active  446 (47th)

Hits s c a p y
2009 AL  200 (9th)
2011 AL  218 (6th)
2012 AL  72 (6th)
Active  1,347 (46th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2009 AL  3.056 (10th)
2010 AL  3.314 (7th)
Active  3.002 (13th)
Career  3.002 (42nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL  0.763 (7th)
2009 AL  0.566 (2nd)
2010 AL  0.613 (6th)
2011 AL  0.732 (8th)
2012 AL  0.704 (10th)
Active  0.750 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
2006 AL  14 (3rd)
2011 AL  14 (4th)
Active  71 (50th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2006 AL  11 (5th)
2008 AL  8 (7th)
2009 AL  17 (1st)
2010 AL  14 (3rd)
2011 AL  12 (4th)
Active  74 (9th)
Career  74 (219th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2012 AL  5 (4th)
Active  47 (50th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2009 AL  977 (2nd)
2010 AL  1,001 (1st)
2011 AL  964 (4th)
2012 AL  317 (1st)
Active  6,068 (41st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2009 AL  172 (2nd)
2010 AL  174 (2nd)
Active  128 (6th)
Career  128 (46th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2009 AL  45 (2nd)
2010 AL  43 (1st)
Active  143 (9th)
Career  143 (137th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2009 AL  4.7 (2nd)
2010 AL  4.6 (1st)
Active  15.0 (10th)
Career  15.0 (133rd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2009 AL  42.80 (3rd)
2010 AL  42.22 (1st)
Active  157.79 (13th)
Career  157.79 (70th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2009 AL  4.1 (4th)
2010 AL  4.8 (1st)
Active  16.7 (11th)
Career  16.7 (83rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2009 AL  3.8 (3rd)
2010 AL  3.7 (1st)
2012 AL  1.0 (5th)
Active  15.4 (10th)
Career  15.4 (64th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2009 AL  4.5 (3rd)
2010 AL  4.7 (1st)
Active  16.9 (12th)
Career  16.9 (70th)

Youngest s c a p y
2005 AL  born 1986-04-08 (1st)
2006 AL  born 1986-04-08 (1st)
2007 AL  born 1986-04-08 (4th)
2008 AL  born 1986-04-08 (9th)

                           

† 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 InkPitching - 19 (108), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 84 (286), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 30 (446), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (403), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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Name and misspellings: Felix Abraham King (Garcia) Felix hernadez Hernandez

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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