John Hope

John Alan Hope

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 21, 1970 in Fort Lauderdale, FL
High School: Stranahan HS (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2nd round of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 29, 1993
Team: Pirates 1993-1996

Final Game: May 14, 1996
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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
1989	18	PIT-min	Rk	0	1	.000	4.80	4	3	0	0	0	0	15.0	15	12	8	0	6	0	14	1	1	0			1.400	9.0	0.0	3.6	8.4	2.33	PRA · GULF
1990		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1991	20	PIT-min	A,A+,A-	8	4	.667	3.76	16	15	1	0	0	0	91.0	79	41	38	6	26	0	70	6	1	2	377		1.154	7.8	0.6	2.6	6.9	2.69	AUG,SAL,WLD · SALL,CARL,NYPL
1992	21	PIT-min	A+	11	8	.579	3.47	27	27	0	4	0	0	176.1	169	75	68	13	46	0	106	10	3	10	726		1.219	8.6	0.7	2.3	5.4	2.30	SAL · CARL
1993	22	PIT-min	AA,AAA	11	5	.688	4.68	25	24	0	0	0	0	132.2	153	85	69	11	31	4	72	9	2	12	570		1.387	10.4	0.7	2.1	4.9	2.32	CAR,BFL · SOUL,AA
1993	22	PIT	NL	0	2	.000	4.03	7	7	0	0	0	0	38.0	47	19	17	2	8	3	8	2	0	1	166	100	1.447	11.1	0.5	1.9	1.9	1.00
1994	23	PIT-min	AAA	4	9	.308	3.87	18	17	0	0	0	0	100.0	98	56	43	8	23	1	54	5	2	1	423		1.210	8.8	0.7	2.1	4.9	2.35	BFL · AA
1994	23	PIT	NL	0	0		5.79	9	0	1	0	0	0	14.0	18	12	9	1	4	0	6	2	0	1	64	76	1.571	11.6	0.6	2.6	3.9	1.50
1995	24	PIT-min	AAA	7	1	.875	2.79	13	13	0	3	1	0	80.2	76	29	25	3	11	0	41	3	0	1	322		1.079	8.5	0.3	1.2	4.6	3.73	CGY · PCL
1995	24	PIT	NL	0	0		30.86	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	8	8	8	0	4	0	2	3	0	0	21	16	5.143	30.9	0.0	15.4	7.7	0.50
1996	25	PIT-min	AAA	4	7	.364	4.82	23	21	0	0	0	0	125.0	147	74	67	11	49	3	71	7	0	6	561		1.568	10.6	0.8	3.5	5.1	1.45	CGY · PCL
1996	25	PIT	NL	1	3	.250	6.98	5	4	0	0	0	0	19.1	17	18	15	5	11	1	13	2	0	2	86	64	1.448	7.9	2.3	5.1	6.1	1.18
1997	26	COL-min	AAA	4	3	.571	7.22	43	9	5	0	0	0	99.2	115	85	80	15	65	1	67	11	0	12	473		1.806	10.4	1.4	5.9	6.1	1.03	CSP · PCL
4 Yrs				1	5	.167	5.99	24	11	1	0	0	0	73.2	90	57	49	8	27	4	29	9	0	4	337	71	1.588	11.0	1.0	3.3	3.5	1.07
162 Game Avg.				2	10	.167	5.99	47	21	2	0	0	0	143	175	111	95	16	52	8	56	17	0	8	655	71	1.588	11.0	1.0	3.3	3.5	1.07

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
1993	22	PIT	NL	38.0	7	7	19	4.50	4.29	-0.11	0.15	105.9	4.81	1	0.1		-0.0	0.3	5	.510	.500	$
1994	23	PIT	NL	14.0	9	0	12	7.71	4.42	0.25	-0.34	99.8	3.82	-6	-0.6	.7	0.1	-0.4	-5	.434	.496	$
1995	24	PIT	NL	2.1	3	0	8	30.86	4.67	-0.43	-0.35	97.3	4.62	-7	-0.6	.4	0.2	-0.4	-7	.310	.496	$109,000
1996	25	PIT	NL	19.1	5	4	18	8.38	4.69	-0.26	0.16	106.0	5.41	-6	-0.6	.1	-0.0	-0.4	-4	.387	.497	$
4 Seasons				73.2	24	11	57	6.96	4.43	-0.09	0.04	104.5	4.78	-18	-1.7	.6	0.2	-0.9	-11	.431	.497	$109,000

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
1993	22	PIT	NL	7	166	150	19	47	11	2	2	3	2	8	8	.313	.354	.453	.807	.319	68	4	2	5	1	3	1
1994	23	PIT	NL	9	64	58	12	18	6	0	1	0	0	4	6	.310	.375	.466	.841	.333	27	4	2	0	0	0	2
1995	24	PIT	NL	3	21	13	8	8	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	.615	.714	.692	1.407	.667	9	0	3	0	1	0	0
1996	25	PIT	NL	5	86	69	18	17	4	0	5	3	0	11	13	.246	.361	.522	.883	.231	36	1	2	2	1	1	0
4 Yrs				24	337	290	57	90	22	2	8	6	2	27	29	.310	.383	.483	.866	.320	140	9	9	7	3	4	3
162 Game Avg.				47	655	563	111	175	43	4	16	12	4	52	56	.310	.383	.483	.866	.320	272	17	17	14	6	8	6
MLB Averages																.268	.337	.417	.755	.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
1993	22	PIT	NL	0.2	0.0	171	-0.2	3.2	-3.4	1.15	-0.0	-0.1	0.3	0.0	1.14	-0.2	0	0	0
1994	23	PIT	NL	-3.0	-0.3	65	0.1	0.7	-0.6	.60	-0.4	0.5	-3.0	-0.3	0.60	-2.5	1	3	5
1995	24	PIT	NL	-6.1	-0.6	21	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.46	-0.4	0.2	-7.5	-0.7	0.46	-4.4	0	0	3
1996	25	PIT	NL	-5.7	-0.5	93	-0.7	1.3	-2.0	.97	-0.3	-0.4	-6.5	-0.6	0.97	-3.6	0	0	1
4 Yrs				-14.6	-1.4	350	-1.0	5.3	-6.3	.96	-1.1	0.1	-16.7	-1.5	0.96	-10.7	1	3	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
1993	22	PIT	NL	7	7	0	2	5	0	0	1	6	.143	1	3	0	0	2	29%	45.1	61	32	2	0	0	5	5.0	2.3	5.4	76	4	3	0	0	99

1996	25	PIT	NL	5	4	1	3	0	1	0	1	3	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0%	41.5	54	24	1	1	0	2	4.0	3.2	4.7	73	2	2	0	0	85
2 Yrs				12	11	1	5	5	1	0	2	9	.182	1	3	0	0	2	18%	44	61	24	3	1	0	7	4.7	2.6	5.2	75	6	5	0	0	99
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	99	-11					4.9	4.8	6.0	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1994	23	PIT	NL	9	9	1	3	3	3	1	33%	6	.602	1	3	5	4	5	3	6	4	2	5	1	4.7	27
1995	24	PIT	NL	3	3	0	0	0	2	2	100%	4	.461	0	0	3	0	3	1	2	1	2	1	0	2.3	26
1996	25	PIT	NL	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0%	6	.969	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	4
3 Yrs				17	13	1	3	3	6	3	50%		.769	1	3	9	4	9	5	8	5	5	6	1	3.9	25

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%
1993	22	PIT	NL	166	55%	1.2%	4.8%	4.8%	9.0%	32%	0.73	1.21	85%	26%	2.7%	11%	39	4	10%
1994	23	PIT	NL	64	61%	1.6%	9.4%	6.3%	10.9%	39%	1.27	2.60	80%	13%	5.0%	9%	15	4	27%
1995	24	PIT	NL	21	67%	0.0%	9.5%	19.1%	4.8%	13%	0.71	0.67	57%	42%	0.0%	0%	6	0	0%
1996	25	PIT	NL	86	62%	5.8%	15.1%	12.8%	10.5%	53%	0.72	1.14	60%	14%	16.7%	6%	21	1	5%
4 Yrs				337	58%	2.4%	8.6%	8.0%	9.5%	36%	0.81	1.35	76%	21%	6.2%	9%	81	9	11%
MLB Averages					43%	2.6%	15.9%	8.9%	7.6%	32%	0.83	1.10	71%	21%	7.8%	16%			10%

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
1993	22	PIT	NL	167	533	3.19	339	64%	18%	11%	27%	44%	82%	5%	52%	87%	57%	6%	10	5	15%	25	19	3	25%	1	2	-1	0	1
1994	23	PIT	NL	64	242	3.78	145	60%	19%	14%	31%	36%	81%	0%	48%	83%	45%	6%	4	3	16%	10	4	1	17%	0	1	0	0	0
1995	24	PIT	NL	21	78	3.71	47	60%	21%	15%	38%	26%	79%	0%	47%	81%	67%	0%	0	0	24%	5	3	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0
1996	25	PIT	NL	86	295	3.43	177	60%	23%	13%	30%	34%	77%	2%	46%	83%	56%	9%	8	2	14%	12	8	1	54%	3	5	0	0	0
4 Yrs				338	1148	3.40	708	62%	20%	12%	30%	38%	80%	3%	49%	85%	55%	7%	22	10	15%	52	34	5	34%	5	8	-1	0	1
MLB Averages						3.68		61%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	80%	56%	6%			19%				28%

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
1993	22	PIT	NL	166	47	6	0	2	0	3	2	0	1	1	8	4	0	50%	1	1	0	69	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1994	23	PIT	NL	64	18	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	100%	2	1	0	31	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1995	24	PIT	NL	21	8	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1996	25	PIT	NL	86	17	0	0	5	0	2	3	2	4	1	6	3	0	50%	0	2	0	34	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
4 Yrs				337	90	8	0	8	0	10	6	2	5	3	16	9	0	56%	3	4	0	145	6	2	75%	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1993	22	0	2	.000	4.03	7	7	0	38.0	47	19	17	2	8	3	8	2	1	166	100	1.447	11.1	0.5	1.9	1.9	1.00	100
1994	23	0	2	.000	4.50	16	7	1	52.0	65	31	26	3	12	3	14	4	2	230	92	1.481	11.3	0.5	2.1	2.4	1.17	92
1995	24	0	2	.000	5.63	19	7	1	54.1	73	39	34	3	16	3	16	7	2	251	74	1.638	12.1	0.5	2.7	2.7	1.00	74
1996	25	1	5	.167	5.99	24	11	1	73.2	90	57	49	8	27	4	29	9	4	337	71	1.588	11.0	1.0	3.3	3.5	1.07	71

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1993	22	2	2	.500	4.25	36.0	47	19	17	2	8	8	2	1.528	11.8	2.0	2.0	1.00	0.5	7
1994	23	1	1	.500	5.68	19.0	25	13	12	1	6	8	3	1.632	11.8	2.8	3.8	1.33	0.5	9
1995	24	0	0		27.00	3.0	9	10	9	0	4	2	3	4.333	27.0	12.0	6.0	0.50	0.0	3
1996	25	1	1	.500	6.63	19.0	16	16	14	5	10	13	2	1.368	7.6	4.7	6.2	1.30	2.4	5
4 Yrs		4	4	.500	6.08	77.0	97	58	52	8	28	31	10	1.623	11.3		3.6	1.11	0.9	24

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