Jim Hoey

James Urban Hoey

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 30, 1982 in Trenton, NJ
School: Rider University (Lawrenceville, NJ)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 13th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 23, 2006
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Twins 2006-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.008 [*],
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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
2003	20	BAL-min	Rk	2	3	.400	2.79	11	8	0	0	0	0	42.0	33	19	13	3	19	0	20	6	0	2	177		1.238	7.1	0.6	4.1	4.3	1.05	BLD · APPY
2004	21	BAL-min	A-	0	1	.000	9.45	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.2	12	8	7	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	34		1.950	16.2	1.4	1.4	8.1	6.00	ADN · NYPL
2005	22	BAL-min	A-	1	1	.500	4.80	9	0	2	0	0	0	15.0	11	10	8	1	10	0	15	3	0	1	67		1.400	6.6	0.6	6.0	9.0	1.50	ADN · NYPL
2006	23	BAL-min	A,A+,AA	2	1	.667	2.28	49	0	43	0	0	33	51.1	39	16	13	3	18	2	73	1	0	2	217		1.110	6.8	0.5	3.2	12.8	4.06	DEL,FDK,BOW · SALL,CARL,EL
2006	23	BAL	AL	0	1	.000	10.24	12	0	2	0	0	0	9.2	14	11	11	1	5	0	6	2	1	0	49	46	1.966	13.0	0.9	4.7	5.6	1.20
2007	24	BAL-min	AAA,AA	3	0	1.000	0.79	40	0	26	0	0	16	45.2	28	4	4	1	14	0	69	2	0	1	178		0.920	5.5	0.2	2.8	13.6	4.93	NFK,BOW · IL,EL
2007	24	BAL	AL	3	4	.429	7.30	23	0	1	0	0	0	24.2	25	21	20	2	18	1	18	1	0	1	115	64	1.743	9.1	0.7	6.6	6.6	1.00

2009	26	BAL-min	AA	2	6	.250	4.50	36	0	10	0	0	0	48.0	48	27	24	4	32	2	47	1	0	2	216		1.667	9.0	0.8	6.0	8.8	1.47	BOW · EL
2010	27	BAL-min	AA,AAA	6	0	1.000	3.25	42	0	11	0	0	0	52.2	37	19	19	1	34	0	70	3	0	7	230		1.348	6.3	0.2	5.8	12.0	2.06	BOW,NFK · EL,IL
2011	28	MIN-min	AAA	1	3	.250	3.83	33	0	25	0	0	9	42.1	32	20	18	6	21	2	38	1	0	5	176		1.252	6.8	1.3	4.5	8.1	1.81	ROC · IL
2011	28	MIN	AL	1	2	.333	5.47	26	0	11	0	0	0	24.2	34	20	15	4	13	0	14	0	0	1	118	75	1.905	12.4	1.5	4.7	5.1	1.08
2012	29	TOR-min	AAA	0	2	.000	4.03	19	0	6	0	0	1	22.1	19	11	10	1	12	0	23	0	0	11	96		1.388	7.7	0.4	4.8	9.3	1.92	LVG · PCL
3 Yrs				4	7	.364	7.02	61	0	14	0	0	0	59.0	73	52	46	7	36	1	38	3	1	2	282	63	1.847	11.1	1.1	5.5	5.8	1.06
162 Game Avg.				4	8	.364	7.02	68	0	16	0	0	0	66	81	58	51	8	40	1	42	3	1	2	314	63	1.847	11.1	1.1	5.5	5.8	1.06

BAL (2 yrs)				3	5	.375	8.13	35	0	3	0	0	0	34.1	39	32	31	3	23	1	24	3	1	1	164	57	1.806	10.2	0.8	6.0	6.3	1.04
MIN (1 yr)				1	2	.333	5.47	26	0	11	0	0	0	24.2	34	20	15	4	13	0	14	0	0	1	118	75	1.905	12.4	1.5	4.7	5.1	1.08

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
2006	23	BAL	AL	9.2	12	0	11	10.24	4.92	-0.06	-0.36	98.0	4.52	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-5	.451	.496	$
2007	24	BAL	AL	24.2	23	0	21	7.66	5.19	0.01	-0.38	102.5	4.92	-8	-0.7	1.2	-0.1	-0.6	-4	.468	.495	$

2011	28	MIN	AL	24.2	26	0	20	7.30	4.73	-0.47	-0.36	98.9	4.79	-7	-0.7	1.2	-0.1	-0.6	-4	.473	.496	$
3 Seasons				59.0	61	0	52	7.93	4.96	-0.20	-0.37	100.3	4.80	-21	-2.0	1.1	-0.3	-1.7	-13	.467	.496	$

BAL (2 yrs)				34.1	35	0	32	8.39	5.12	-0.01	-0.38	101.2	4.81	-14	-1.3	1.1	-0.1	-1.1	-9	.462	.496	$
MIN (1 yr)				24.2	26	0	20	7.30	4.73	-0.47	-0.36	98.9	4.79	-7	-0.7	1.2	-0.1	-0.6	-4	.473	.496	$

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
2006	23	BAL	AL	12	49	39	11	14	4	1	1	1	0	5	6	.359	.438	.590	1.027	.382	23	1	2	1	2	0	0
2007	24	BAL	AL	23	115	92	21	25	6	0	2	3	0	18	18	.272	.383	.402	.785	.303	37	3	1	0	4	1	1

2011	28	MIN	AL	26	118	103	20	34	8	1	4	3	1	13	14	.330	.398	.544	.942	.345	56	5	0	0	2	0	3
3 Yrs				61	282	234	52	73	18	2	7	7	1	36	38	.312	.399	.496	.894	.335	116	9	3	1	8	1	4
162 Game Avg.				68	314	261	58	81	20	2	8	8	1	40	42	.312	.399	.496	.894	.335	129	10	3	1	9	1	4
MLB Averages																.263	.331	.415	.746	.299

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2006	23	BAL	AL	-5.5	-0.5	52	-0.7	0.8	-1.6	1.32	-0.4	-0.1	-7.8	-0.7	1.32	-5.2	3	4	5
2007	24	BAL	AL	-6.8	-0.6	120	-1.1	2.1	-3.2	1.34	-0.4	-0.5	-5.4	-0.5	1.34	-3.4	7	9	7

2011	28	MIN	AL	-5.6	-0.6	123	-1.1	1.2	-2.3	.70	-0.8	-0.8	-12.5	-1.2	0.70	-9.5	9	2	15
3 Yrs				-18.0	-1.7	295	-3.0	4.1	-7.1	1.07	-1.6	-1.2	-25.7	-2.5	1.07	-18.1	19	15	27

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
2006	23	BAL	AL	12	12	2	0	1	1	0	1	0%	5	4	4	2	50%	7	1.317	3	4	5	6	0	6	2	10	1	6	1	1	2.4	16
2007	24	BAL	AL	23	23	1	3	4	3	0	3	0%	7	4	12	1	8%	7	1.337	7	9	7	10	3	10	7	16	9	5	10	4	3.2	21

2011	28	MIN	AL	26	26	11	1	2	1	0	1	0%	4	2	27	11	41%	8	.701	9	2	15	6	5	15	15	11	5	11	7	4	2.8	18
3 Yrs				61	61	14	4	7	5	0	5	0%	16	10	43	14	33%		1.067	19	15	27	22	8	31	24	37	15	22	18	9	2.9	18

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%
2006	23	BAL	AL	49	53%	2.0%	12.2%	10.2%	12.2%	43%	1.06	1.56	69%	17%	6.3%	6%	9	1	11%
2007	24	BAL	AL	115	59%	1.7%	15.7%	15.7%	7.0%	32%	0.66	0.87	66%	19%	4.9%	13%	27	3	11%

2011	28	MIN	AL	118	58%	3.4%	11.9%	11.0%	11.0%	38%	0.82	1.11	74%	13%	9.5%	16%	31	5	16%
3 Yrs				282	57%	2.5%	13.5%	12.8%	9.6%	37%	0.79	1.06	70%	16%	7.1%	13%	67	9	13%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	17.7%	8.5%	7.8%	34%	0.79	1.07	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
2006	23	BAL	AL	49	191	3.90	113	59%	25%	15%	28%	32%	75%	0%	45%	80%	51%	6%	3	3	20%	10	7	2	33%	1	0	0	0	0
2007	24	BAL	AL	115	476	4.14	274	58%	30%	14%	28%	28%	70%	2%	41%	81%	49%	8%	9	5	19%	22	11	2	28%	3	3	0	0	0

2011	28	MIN	AL	119	457	3.84	282	62%	22%	17%	28%	32%	78%	0%	48%	78%	53%	6%	7	2	21%	25	16	0	36%	3	5	-1	0	0
3 Yrs				283	1124	3.97	669	60%	26%	15%	28%	31%	74%	1%	44%	79%	51%	7%	19	10	20%	57	34	4	32%	7	8	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.80		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
2006	23	BAL	AL	49	14	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	100%	0	0	0	22	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
2007	24	BAL	AL	115	25	1	0	2	0	5	0	2	1	1	8	7	0	88%	1	1	1	49	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0

2011	28	MIN	AL	118	34	7	0	4	0	5	2	2	3	1	11	8	1	73%	3	1	1	56	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
3 Yrs				282	73	9	0	7	0	13	2	5	5	2	21	17	1	81%	4	2	2	127	7	1	88%	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	17	0
MLB Averages																		53%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	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+
2006	23	0	1	.000	10.24	12	2	9.2	14	11	11	1	5	0	6	2	1	0	49	46	1.966	13.0	0.9	4.7	5.6	1.20	46
2007	24	3	5	.375	8.13	35	3	34.1	39	32	31	3	23	1	24	3	1	1	164	57	1.806	10.2	0.8	6.0	6.3	1.04	57
2008	25	3	5	.375	8.13	35	3	34.1	39	32	31	3	23	1	24	3	1	1	164	57	1.806	10.2	0.8	6.0	6.3	1.04	57
2009	26	3	5	.375	8.13	35	3	34.1	39	32	31	3	23	1	24	3	1	1	164	57	1.806	10.2	0.8	6.0	6.3	1.04	57
2010	27	3	5	.375	8.13	35	3	34.1	39	32	31	3	23	1	24	3	1	1	164	57	1.806	10.2	0.8	6.0	6.3	1.04	57
2011	28	4	7	.364	7.02	61	14	59.0	73	52	46	7	36	1	38	3	1	2	282	63	1.847	11.1	1.1	5.5	5.8	1.06	63

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
2006	23	0	1	.000	9.00	10.0	13	11	10	1	5	6	2	1.800	11.7	4.5	5.4	1.20	0.9	12
2007	24	1	1	.500	6.75	24.0	24	20	18	2	17	18	1	1.708	9.0	6.4	6.8	1.06	0.8	23

2011	28	1	1	.500	6.26	23.0	35	18	16	4	13	13	0	2.087	13.7	5.1	5.1	1.00	1.6	26
3 Yrs		2	3	.400	6.95	57.0	72	49	44	7	35	37	3	1.877	11.4		5.8	1.06	1.1	61

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