D.J. Houlton

Dennis Sean Houlton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: August 12, 1979 in Fullerton, CA
High School: Servite HS (Anaheim, CA)
School: University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 11th round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 2005
Team: Dodgers 2005-2007

Final Game: September 30, 2007
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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
2001	21	HOU-min	Rk,A	5	5	.500	2.69	14	14	0	1	0	0	77.0	74	29	23	7	8	0	75	3	0	2	316		1.065	8.6	0.8	0.9	8.8	9.38	MTV,BTC · APPY,MIDW
2002	22	HOU-min	A	14	5	.737	3.14	35	16	7	0	0	2	140.2	120	57	49	12	30	0	138	3	0	4	577		1.066	7.7	0.8	1.9	8.8	4.60	BTC · MIDW
2003	23	HOU-min	AA,AAA	8	8	.500	4.17	29	29	0	1	1	0	170.2	163	84	79	23	47	1	149	6	1	5	715		1.230	8.6	1.2	2.5	7.9	3.17	RRK,NOR · TL,PCL
2004	24	HOU-min	AA	12	5	.706	2.94	28	28	0	3	1	0	159.0	141	59	52	14	47	2	159	12	0	4	654		1.182	8.0	0.8	2.7	9.0	3.38	RRK · TL
2005	25	LAD	NL	6	9	.400	5.16	35	19	4	0	0	0	129.0	145	79	74	21	52	3	90	8	0	2	578	80	1.527	10.1	1.5	3.6	6.3	1.73

2006	26	LAD-min	AAA	9	11	.450	5.60	29	29	0	1	1	0	162.1	180	115	101	25	60	0	132	9	0	3	724		1.478	10.0	1.4	3.3	7.3	2.20	LVG · PCL
2007	27	LAD-min	AAA	6	4	.600	3.65	23	19	1	0	0	0	106.0	106	50	43	12	39	1	92	5	0	2	459		1.368	9.0	1.0	3.3	7.8	2.36	LVG · PCL
2007	27	LAD	NL	0	2	.000	4.18	18	0	8	0	0	0	28.0	28	14	13	5	7	0	21	0	0	0	113	107	1.250	9.0	1.6	2.3	6.8	3.00
2008	28	FKA	Fgn	4	7	.364	4.27	28	11		0	0	6	84.1	82	44	40	10	31	2	86	3	0	0	366		1.340	8.8	1.1	3.3	9.2	2.77	FKA · JPPL
2009	29	FKA	Fgn	11	8	.579	2.89	25	25		3	0	0	171.0	137	58	55	22	43	0	138	6	0	2	680		1.053	7.2	1.2	2.3	7.3	3.21	FKA · JPPL
2010	30	FKA	Fgn	8	6	.571	5.70	16	16		0	0	0	79.0	97	52	50	11	25	0	69	1	0	1	349		1.544	11.1	1.3	2.8	7.9	2.76	FKA · JPPL
2011	31	FKA	Fgn	19	6	.760	2.19	26		0	3	2	0	172.1	132	43	42	8	36	0	121	7	0	2	680		0.975	6.9	0.4	1.9	6.3	3.36	FKA · JPPL
2012	32	YOM	Fgn	3	4	.429	3.88	8	8	0	0	0	0	46.1	39	21	20	3	19		37	3			196		1.252	7.6	0.6	3.7	7.2	1.95	YOM · JPCL
2 Yrs				6	11	.353	4.99	53	19	12	0	0	0	157.0	173	93	87	26	59	3	111	8	0	2	691	84	1.478	9.9	1.5	3.4	6.4	1.88
162 Game Avg.				6	10	.353	4.99	50	18	11	0	0	0	148	163	88	82	25	56	3	105	8	0	2	653	84	1.478	9.9	1.5	3.4	6.4	1.88

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
2005	25	LAD	NL	129.0	35	19	79	5.51	4.45	0.03	0.07	96.4	4.33	-17	-1.7	.5	-0.0	-0.8	-5	.452	.490	$316,000

2007	27	LAD	NL	28.0	18	0	14	4.50	4.74	-0.03	-0.34	102.1	4.52	0	0.0	.5	-0.1	0.2	3	.501	.500	$
2 Seasons				157.0	53	19	93	5.33	4.50	0.02	-0.00	97.4	4.36	-17	-1.7	.5	-0.1	-0.6	-2	.468	.495	$316,000

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
2005	25	LAD	NL	35	578	502	79	145	36	3	21	14	4	52	90	.289	.362	.498	.860	.313	250	8	8	11	5	3	4

2007	27	LAD	NL	18	113	105	14	28	2	0	5	1	2	7	21	.267	.310	.429	.738	.288	45	3	0	0	1	0	1
2 Yrs				53	691	607	93	173	38	3	26	15	6	59	111	.285	.353	.486	.839	.309	295	11	8	11	6	3	5
162 Game Avg.				50	653	573	88	163	36	3	25	14	6	56	105	.285	.353	.486	.839	.309	279	10	8	10	6	3	5
MLB Averages																.267	.334	.425	.759	.300

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	25	LAD	NL	-15.0	-1.5	598	-0.6	9.0	-9.5	.92	-1.5	0.8	-12.3	-1.2	0.92	-20.6	1	4	10

2007	27	LAD	NL	1.0	0.1	117	-0.1	1.1	-1.2	.52	-0.0	-0.1	1.1	0.1	0.52	2.0	1	4	13
2 Yrs				-14.0	-1.4	715	-0.7	10.0	-10.7	.85	-1.5	0.7	-11.2	-1.1	0.85	-18.6	2	8	23

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	25	LAD	NL	35	19	6	8	5	3	3	6	13	.316	3	3	0	0	8	42%	47.9	77	16	13	3	0	7	3.0	3.3	5.5	92	4	9	6	0	111
1 Yr				35	19	6	8	5	3	3	6	13	.316	3	3	0	0	8	42%	48	77	16	13	3	0	7	3.0	3.3	5.5	92	4	9	6	0	111
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	98	-12					4.8	4.8	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2005	25	LAD	NL	35	16	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0%	5	.916	1	4	10	2	1	13	2	14	8	3	9	2	4.5	27

2007	27	LAD	NL	18	18	8	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	4	1	25%	9	.519	1	4	13	6	2	10	3	15	9	0	9	3	4.7	24
2 Yrs				53	34	12	0	3	0	0	0	2	2	9	1	11%		.851	2	8	23	8	3	23	5	29	17	3	18	5	4.6	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%
2005	25	LAD	NL	578	58%	3.6%	15.6%	9.0%	10.4%	41%	0.55	0.73	69%	18%	9.1%	13%	103	8	8%

2007	27	LAD	NL	113	52%	4.4%	18.6%	6.2%	6.2%	25%	0.57	0.74	71%	20%	11.1%	17%	17	3	18%
2 Yrs				691	57%	3.8%	16.1%	8.5%	9.7%	39%	0.56	0.74	69%	19%	9.4%	13%	120	11	9%
MLB Averages					46%	2.7%	16.8%	8.4%	8.1%	34%	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.6%	11%			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	25	LAD	NL	581	2178	3.75	1375	63%	28%	11%	29%	31%	72%	1%	45%	84%	59%	5%	27	13	26%	149	88	10	27%	16	11	-3	0	0

2007	27	LAD	NL	113	427	3.78	277	65%	25%	15%	30%	31%	75%	0%	49%	80%	60%	4%	4	4	25%	28	13	4	38%	2	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				694	2605	3.75	1652	63%	28%	12%	29%	31%	72%	1%	46%	83%	59%	4%	31	17	26%	177	101	14	29%	18	11	-3	0	0
MLB Averages						3.75		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	59%	5%			22%				26%

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	25	LAD	NL	578	145	9	3	21	1	20	13	8	11	10	37	14	8	38%	4	2	0	220	14	4	78%	12	3	2	1	0	0	2	2	8	0

2007	27	LAD	NL	113	28	3	0	5	0	2	3	2	4	1	2	1	0	50%	1	0	0	35	1	2	33%	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
2 Yrs				691	173	12	3	26	1	22	16	10	15	11	39	15	8	38%	5	2	0	255	15	6	71%	13	4	2	2	0	0	3	2	9	0
MLB Averages																		53%							72%

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+
2005	25	6	9	.400	5.16	35	19	4	129.0	145	79	74	21	52	3	90	8	2	578	80	1.527	10.1	1.5	3.6	6.3	1.73	80
2006	26	6	9	.400	5.16	35	19	4	129.0	145	79	74	21	52	3	90	8	2	578	80	1.527	10.1	1.5	3.6	6.3	1.73	80
2007	27	6	11	.353	4.99	53	19	12	157.0	173	93	87	26	59	3	111	8	2	691	84	1.478	9.9	1.5	3.4	6.4	1.88	84

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
2005	25	4	9	.308	5.56	123.0	147	84	76	21	53	86	8	1.626	10.8	3.9	6.3	1.62	1.5	35

2007	27	1	1	.500	4.15	26.0	27	13	12	5	7	20	0	1.308	9.3	2.4	6.9	2.86	1.7	18
2 Yrs		5	10	.333	5.32	149.0	174	97	88	26	60	106	8	1.570	10.5		6.4	1.77	1.6	53

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