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Bob Howry

Bobby Dean Howry

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: August 4, 1973 in Phoenix, AZ
High School: Deer Valley HS (Phoenix, AZ)
School: McNeese State University (Lake Charles, LA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 5th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 21, 1998
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Cubs/Indians/Giants/RedSox/... 1998-2010
Agents: Craig Landis [*]
Final Game: July 28, 2010
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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
1998 24 CHW AL 0 3 .000 3.15 44 0 15 0 0 9 54.1 37 20 19 7 19 2 51 2 0 2 217 146 1.031 6.1 1.2 3.1 8.4 2.68
1999 25 CHW AL 5 3 .625 3.59 69 0 54 0 0 28 67.2 58 34 27 8 38 3 80 3 1 3 298 138 1.419 7.7 1.1 5.1 10.6 2.11
2000 26 CHW AL 2 4 .333 3.17 65 0 29 0 0 7 71.0 54 26 25 6 29 2 60 4 0 2 289 159 1.169 6.8 0.8 3.7 7.6 2.07
2001 27 CHW AL 4 5 .444 4.69 69 0 23 0 0 5 78.2 85 41 41 11 30 9 64 4 0 6 346 99 1.462 9.7 1.3 3.4 7.3 2.13
2002 28 TOT AL 3 5 .375 4.19 67 0 26 0 0 0 68.2 67 37 32 9 21 4 45 5 0 2 292 109 1.282 8.8 1.2 2.8 5.9 2.14
2002 28 CHW AL 2 2 .500 3.91 47 0 17 0 0 0 50.2 45 22 22 7 17 2 31 3 0 1 209 116 1.224 8.0 1.2 3.0 5.5 1.82
2002 28 BOS AL 1 3 .250 5.00 20 0 9 0 0 0 18.0 22 15 10 2 4 2 14 2 0 1 83 93 1.444 11.0 1.0 2.0 7.0 3.50
2003 29 BOS AL 0 0 12.46 4 0 3 0 0 0 4.1 11 6 6 1 3 1 4 0 0 0 27 40 3.231 22.8 2.1 6.2 8.3 1.33
2004 30 CLE AL 4 2 .667 2.74 37 0 6 0 0 0 42.2 37 14 13 5 12 0 39 2 0 0 178 160 1.148 7.8 1.1 2.5 8.2 3.25
2005 31 CLE AL 7 4 .636 2.47 79 0 24 0 0 3 73.0 49 23 20 4 16 1 48 0 0 0 277 171 0.890 6.0 0.5 2.0 5.9 3.00
2006 32 CHC NL 4 5 .444 3.17 84 0 26 0 0 5 76.2 70 28 27 8 17 4 71 3 0 1 314 147 1.135 8.2 0.9 2.0 8.3 4.18
2007 33 CHC NL 6 7 .462 3.32 78 0 32 0 0 8 81.1 76 31 30 8 19 3 72 2 0 1 336 140 1.168 8.4 0.9 2.1 8.0 3.79
2008 34 CHC NL 7 5 .583 5.35 72 0 27 0 0 1 70.2 90 44 42 13 13 5 59 2 0 0 311 86 1.458 11.5 1.7 1.7 7.5 4.54
2009 35 SFG NL 2 6 .250 3.39 63 0 20 0 0 0 63.2 50 26 24 5 23 6 46 2 0 4 268 126 1.147 7.1 0.7 3.3 6.5 2.00
2010 36 TOT NL 1 3 .250 7.71 38 0 10 0 0 0 35.0 47 36 30 8 13 2 14 0 0 3 168 56 1.714 12.1 2.1 3.3 3.6 1.08
2010 36 ARI NL 1 0 1.000 10.67 14 0 4 0 0 0 14.1 18 17 17 6 6 1 6 0 0 1 67 41 1.674 11.3 3.8 3.8 3.8 1.00
2010 36 CHC NL 0 3 .000 5.66 24 0 6 0 0 0 20.2 29 19 13 2 7 1 8 0 0 2 101 76 1.742 12.6 0.9 3.0 3.5 1.14
13 Yrs 45 52 .464 3.84 769 0 295 0 0 66 787.2 731 366 336 93 253 42 653 29 1 24 3321 120 1.249 8.4 1.1 2.9 7.5 2.58
162 Game Avg. 4 5 .464 3.84 68 0 26 0 0 6 70 65 32 30 8 22 4 58 3 0 2 294 120 1.249 8.4 1.1 2.9 7.5 2.58
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
CHW (5 yrs) 13 17 .433 3.74 294 0 138 0 0 49 322.1 279 143 134 39 133 18 286 16 1 14 1359 127 1.278 7.8 1.1 3.7 8.0 2.15
CHC (4 yrs) 17 20 .459 4.04 258 0 91 0 0 14 249.1 265 122 112 31 56 13 210 7 0 4 1062 114 1.287 9.6 1.1 2.0 7.6 3.75
BOS (2 yrs) 1 3 .250 6.45 24 0 12 0 0 0 22.1 33 21 16 3 7 3 18 2 0 1 110 73 1.791 13.3 1.2 2.8 7.3 2.57
CLE (2 yrs) 11 6 .647 2.57 116 0 30 0 0 3 115.2 86 37 33 9 28 1 87 2 0 0 455 167 0.986 6.7 0.7 2.2 6.8 3.11
ARI (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 10.67 14 0 4 0 0 0 14.1 18 17 17 6 6 1 6 0 0 1 67 41 1.674 11.3 3.8 3.8 3.8 1.00
SFG (1 yr) 2 6 .250 3.39 63 0 20 0 0 0 63.2 50 26 24 5 23 6 46 2 0 4 268 126 1.147 7.1 0.7 3.3 6.5 2.00
AL (8 yrs) 25 26 .490 3.58 434 0 180 0 0 52 460.1 398 201 183 51 168 22 391 20 1 15 1924 130 1.230 7.8 1.0 3.3 7.6 2.33
NL (5 yrs) 20 26 .435 4.21 335 0 115 0 0 14 327.1 333 165 153 42 85 20 262 9 0 9 1397 107 1.277 9.2 1.2 2.3 7.2 3.08

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 Awards
1998 24 CHW AL 54.1 44 0 20 3.31 5.07 0.03 -0.39 98.0 4.56 8 0.7 1.8 0.2 1.4 15 .517 .505 $170,000
1999 25 CHW AL 67.2 69 0 34 4.52 5.29 -0.10 -0.39 100.9 5.04 4 0.4 1.5 -0.1 1.0 13 .506 .502 $235,000
2000 26 CHW AL 71.0 65 0 26 3.30 5.46 0.03 -0.40 101.3 5.09 14 1.3 1.6 0.2 2.1 24 .520 .508 $325,000
2001 27 CHW AL 78.2 69 0 41 4.69 4.96 0.04 -0.37 103.9 4.73 -0 -0.0 1.4 -0.2 0.6 10 .500 .500 $375,000
2002 28 CHW AL 50.2 47 0 22 3.91 4.67 0.08 -0.35 99.9 4.24 2 0.2 1.1 -0.1 0.5 8 .503 .501 $1,200,000
2002 28 BOS AL 18.0 20 0 15 7.50 5.07 0.45 -0.38 103.2 4.37 -6 -0.6 1.3 -0.1 -0.6 -4 .469 .496 $
2003 29 BOS AL 4.1 4 0 6 12.46 4.86 -0.21 -0.36 99.7 4.69 -4 -0.3 .5 0.1 -0.2 -3 .415 .498 $1,700,000
2004 30 CLE AL 42.2 37 0 14 2.95 4.96 -0.06 -0.37 93.3 4.34 6 0.6 1.2 -0.0 1.0 12 .516 .504 $
2005 31 CLE AL 73.0 79 0 23 2.84 4.70 0.29 -0.36 96.3 3.90 8 0.8 1.3 -0.1 1.5 17 .510 .505 $900,000
2006 32 CHC NL 76.2 84 0 28 3.29 4.82 -0.07 -0.35 103.0 4.68 12 1.2 1.3 0.1 1.9 20 .514 .507 $3,000,000
2007 33 CHC NL 81.1 78 0 31 3.43 4.69 0.19 -0.34 104.9 4.36 9 0.9 1.6 0.1 1.6 17 .511 .505 $4,500,000
2008 34 CHC NL 70.2 72 0 44 5.60 4.65 -0.17 -0.34 105.9 4.75 -6 -0.6 1.1 -0.1 -0.2 0 .491 .496 $4,500,000
2009 35 SFG NL 63.2 63 0 26 3.68 4.63 0.06 -0.34 101.2 4.29 4 0.4 1.1 -0.1 0.8 10 .507 .503 $2,750,000
2010 36 ARI NL 14.1 14 0 17 10.67 4.42 0.19 -0.33 111.1 4.34 -10 -1.0 .8 0.1 -0.8 -9 .428 .494 $2,000,000
2010 36 CHC NL 20.2 24 0 19 8.27 4.23 -0.35 -0.32 104.1 4.44 -9 -0.9 .8 0.1 -0.7 -7 .462 .494 $
13 Seasons 787.2 769 0 366 4.18 4.88 0.03 -0.36 101.5 4.55 31 3.0 1.3 -0.1 9.9 124 .504 .501 $21,655,000
CHW (5 yrs) 322.1 294 0 143 3.99 5.11 0.01 -0.38 101.1 4.77 27 2.5 1.5 0.0 5.6 70 .509 .503 $2,305,000
CHC (4 yrs) 249.1 258 0 122 4.40 4.68 -0.04 -0.34 104.5 4.58 6 0.6 1.3 0.0 2.6 30 .502 .501 $12,000,000
BOS (2 yrs) 22.1 24 0 21 8.46 5.03 0.32 -0.38 102.5 4.43 -10 -1.0 1.1 -0.0 -0.8 -7 .460 .497 $1,700,000
CLE (2 yrs) 115.2 116 0 37 2.88 4.80 0.16 -0.36 95.2 4.07 14 1.4 1.3 -0.1 2.5 30 .512 .504 $900,000
ARI (1 yr) 14.1 14 0 17 10.67 4.42 0.19 -0.33 111.1 4.34 -10 -1.0 .8 0.1 -0.8 -9 .428 .494 $2,000,000
SFG (1 yr) 63.2 63 0 26 3.68 4.63 0.06 -0.34 101.2 4.29 4 0.4 1.1 -0.1 0.8 10 .507 .503 $2,750,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
2000 26 CHW AL ALDS L SEA 0 0 3.38 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 2 1 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 12 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 13.5 2.00
2007 33 CHC NL NLDS L ARI 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 9 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 0 1.59 4 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 3 1 1 0 2 0 10 0 0 0 21 0.882 4.8 0.0 3.2 15.9 5.00
1 ALDS 0 0 3.38 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 2 1 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 12 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 13.5 2.00
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 9 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 18.0

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
1998 24 CHW AL 44 217 191 20 37 8 1 7 3 2 19 51 .194 .270 .356 .626 .221 68 4 2 2 3 2 1
1999 25 CHW AL 69 298 253 34 58 8 1 8 2 2 38 80 .229 .336 .364 .699 .301 92 6 3 3 1 3 4
2000 26 CHW AL 65 289 250 26 54 8 1 6 6 3 29 60 .216 .303 .328 .631 .255 82 7 4 2 4 2 4
2001 27 CHW AL 69 346 305 41 85 14 4 11 4 2 30 64 .279 .348 .459 .807 .318 140 4 4 4 3 9 1
2002 28 TOT AL 67 292 256 37 67 19 1 9 5 0 21 45 .262 .323 .449 .772 .279 115 9 5 4 6 4 4
2002 28 BOS AL 20 83 72 15 22 9 1 2 1 0 4 14 .306 .350 .542 .892 .345 39 1 2 3 2 2 3
2002 28 CHW AL 47 209 184 22 45 10 0 7 4 0 17 31 .245 .313 .413 .726 .253 76 8 3 1 4 2 1
2003 29 BOS AL 4 27 23 6 11 1 0 1 2 0 3 4 .478 .519 .652 1.171 .526 15 0 0 0 1 1 0
2004 30 CLE AL 37 178 162 14 37 7 0 5 2 0 12 39 .228 .288 .364 .652 .269 59 1 2 1 1 0 1
2005 31 CLE AL 79 277 256 23 49 8 1 4 4 1 16 48 .191 .237 .277 .515 .218 71 7 0 3 2 1 2
2006 32 CHC NL 84 314 286 28 70 10 1 8 4 5 17 71 .245 .291 .371 .662 .295 106 3 3 5 3 4 3
2007 33 CHC NL 78 336 310 31 76 9 4 8 2 0 19 72 .245 .292 .377 .670 .294 117 3 2 4 1 3 2
2008 34 CHC NL 72 311 291 44 90 21 4 13 5 0 13 59 .309 .339 .543 .882 .345 158 6 2 1 4 5 1
2009 35 SFG NL 63 268 234 26 50 11 3 5 4 0 23 46 .214 .283 .350 .633 .238 82 2 2 3 6 6 4
2010 36 TOT NL 38 168 151 36 47 12 3 8 1 0 13 14 .311 .364 .589 .953 .300 89 0 0 3 1 2 3
2010 36 ARI NL 14 67 60 17 18 3 0 6 0 0 6 6 .300 .358 .650 1.008 .245 39 0 0 0 1 1 0
2010 36 CHC NL 24 101 91 19 29 9 3 2 1 0 7 8 .319 .367 .549 .917 .333 50 0 0 3 0 1 3
13 Yrs 769 3321 2968 366 731 136 24 93 44 15 253 653 .246 .308 .402 .711 .283 1194 52 29 35 36 42 30
162 Game Avg. 68 294 262 32 65 12 2 8 4 1 22 58 .246 .308 .402 .711 .283 106 5 3 3 3 4 3
MLB Averages .265 .335 .423 .757 .298
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1998 24 CHW AL 9.2 0.9 223 2.9 7.2 -4.3 1.62 1.0 0.8 15.1 1.5 1.62 13.5 30 8 6
1999 25 CHW AL 8.0 0.7 309 1.7 10.1 -8.4 1.87 0.5 0.4 10.2 0.9 1.87 3.9 34 11 19
2000 26 CHW AL 15.0 1.4 304 1.8 8.1 -6.3 1.57 1.5 -0.4 17.6 1.6 1.57 19.2 32 10 21
2001 27 CHW AL 1.2 0.1 358 0.1 8.5 -8.3 1.47 0.2 -0.2 -0.4 -0.0 1.47 -0.1 37 10 21
2002 28 TOT AL 1.8 0.2 300 -0.5 4.4 -4.9 .92 0.4 -0.9 -3.0 -0.3 0.91 -0.9 22 13 28
2002 28 CHW AL 4.4 0.4 215 0.8 3.0 -2.2 .80 0.9 0.1 5.3 0.5 0.80 5.0 12 11 22
2002 28 BOS AL -2.6 -0.2 85 -1.3 1.4 -2.7 1.20 -0.5 -0.6 -8.3 -0.8 1.20 -6.0 10 2 6
2003 29 BOS AL -3.2 -0.3 30 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 .60 -0.3 -0.5 -4.2 -0.4 0.60 -3.8 1 0 3
2004 30 CLE AL 8.4 0.8 180 -0.4 3.3 -3.8 1.08 0.3 -0.7 9.9 1.0 1.08 7.1 15 6 13
2005 31 CLE AL 14.1 1.4 282 1.8 6.5 -4.7 1.23 2.1 -0.7 18.2 1.8 1.23 24.8 35 19 23
2006 32 CHC NL 12.8 1.2 323 1.0 7.9 -6.9 1.42 1.3 -0.6 12.1 1.2 1.42 13.8 34 17 32
2007 33 CHC NL 12.0 1.2 342 1.9 8.9 -7.0 1.43 1.3 0.0 14.8 1.4 1.43 16.8 47 10 21
2008 34 CHC NL -4.7 -0.5 319 -0.8 5.5 -6.2 1.05 -1.2 0.4 -4.7 -0.4 1.05 -13.1 26 9 34
2009 35 SFG NL 6.3 0.6 278 -0.8 4.3 -5.1 1.03 0.7 -1.5 6.9 0.7 1.03 8.1 23 5 34
2010 36 TOT NL -14.0 -1.4 174 -0.5 1.5 -2.0 .55 -0.5 -0.4 -19.9 -1.9 0.55 -18.7 9 2 22
2010 36 ARI NL -8.9 -0.9 68 0.0 0.6 -0.6 .50 -0.2 0.2 -9.3 -0.9 0.50 -8.9 3 1 7
2010 36 CHC NL -5.1 -0.5 106 -0.5 0.9 -1.4 .59 -0.3 -0.6 -10.6 -1.0 0.59 -9.8 6 1 15
13 Yrs 67.0 6.4 3422 7.7 76.3 -68.6 1.30 7.5 -1.5 72.6 7.1 1.30 70.6 345 120 277
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

Reliever Pitching*

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
1998 24 CHW AL 44 44 15 0 3 11 9 2 82% 30 19 23 2 9% 7 1.619 30 8 6 34 4 6 15 29 18 7 18 12 3.7 21
1999 25 CHW AL 69 69 54 5 3 34 28 6 82% 35 1 13 2 15% 9 1.866 34 11 19 44 8 17 7 62 4 9 5 16 2.9 19
2000 26 CHW AL 65 65 29 2 4 12 7 5 58% 26 14 38 15 39% 8 1.569 32 10 21 39 11 15 23 42 20 14 23 11 3.3 18
2001 27 CHW AL 69 69 23 4 5 11 5 6 45% 32 21 37 18 49% 8 1.470 37 10 21 39 13 17 21 48 20 14 21 18 3.4 20
2002 28 TOT AL 67 67 26 3 5 1 0 1 0% 17 15 45 14 31% .915 22 13 28 32 9 26 25 42 15 20 16 23 3.1 17
2002 28 CHW AL 47 47 17 2 2 0 0 0 10 10 37 9 24% 8 .802 12 11 22 21 5 21 21 26 14 15 15 16 3.2 17
2002 28 BOS AL 20 20 9 1 3 1 0 1 0% 7 5 8 5 63% 8 1.200 10 2 6 11 4 5 4 16 1 5 1 7 2.7 16
2003 29 BOS AL 4 4 3 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 8 .595 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 4 1 1 1 0 3.3 25
2004 30 CLE AL 37 37 6 4 2 2 0 2 0% 11 8 11 2 18% 8 1.076 15 6 13 17 9 11 7 30 10 4 10 10 3.5 21
2005 31 CLE AL 79 79 24 7 4 5 3 2 60% 34 29 33 6 18% 8 1.234 35 19 23 47 14 18 23 56 16 25 19 22 2.8 14
2006 32 CHC NL 84 84 26 4 5 9 5 4 56% 30 21 33 9 27% 8 1.422 34 17 32 43 15 26 21 63 7 24 9 31 2.7 16
2007 33 CHC NL 78 78 32 6 7 12 8 4 67% 35 22 25 6 24% 8 1.430 47 10 21 47 17 14 13 65 14 9 14 21 3.1 16
2008 34 CHC NL 72 72 27 7 5 5 1 4 20% 20 15 28 5 18% 8 1.053 26 9 34 40 11 21 15 57 11 18 12 17 2.9 17
2009 35 SFG NL 63 63 20 2 6 3 0 3 0% 14 10 23 7 30% 8 1.033 23 5 34 28 14 21 12 51 13 19 20 9 3.0 17
2010 36 TOT NL 38 38 10 1 3 1 0 1 0% 4 3 19 9 47% .554 9 2 22 8 6 24 9 29 6 15 6 10 2.8 17
2010 36 ARI NL 14 14 4 1 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 9 4 44% 9 .505 3 1 7 5 2 7 4 10 3 5 3 3 3.1 19
2010 36 CHC NL 24 24 6 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 10 5 50% 7 .586 6 1 15 3 4 17 5 19 3 10 3 7 2.6 16
13 Yrs 769 769 295 45 52 107 66 41 62% 289 178 328 95 29% 1.298 345 120 277 420 131 218 191 578 155 179 174 200 3.1 17
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

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%
1998 24 CHW AL 217 52% 3.2% 23.5% 8.8% 7.4% 43% 0.56 0.79 63% 13% 9.9% 21% 36 4 11%
1999 25 CHW AL 298 47% 2.7% 26.9% 12.8% 5.7% 29% 0.52 0.70 56% 22% 8.7% 19% 66 6 9%
2000 26 CHW AL 289 53% 2.1% 20.8% 10.0% 5.2% 28% 0.69 0.86 65% 22% 6.5% 16% 63 7 11%
2001 27 CHW AL 346 52% 3.2% 18.5% 8.7% 8.4% 34% 0.58 0.85 67% 25% 9.2% 18% 75 4 5%
2002 28 TOT AL 292 54% 3.1% 15.4% 7.2% 9.9% 43% 0.54 0.68 71% 21% 8.3% 19% 60 9 15%
2002 28 CHW AL 209 52% 3.4% 14.8% 8.1% 8.1% 38% 0.60 0.75 72% 17% 9.2% 18% 48 8 17%
2002 28 BOS AL 83 60% 2.4% 16.9% 4.8% 14.5% 55% 0.40 0.48 70% 30% 6.3% 20% 12 1 8%
2003 29 BOS AL 27 56% 3.7% 14.8% 11.1% 7.4% 18% 0.36 0.29 70% 30% 7.1% 0% 7 0 0%
2004 30 CLE AL 178 49% 2.8% 21.9% 6.7% 6.7% 32% 0.46 0.62 67% 28% 6.6% 10% 28 1 4%
2005 31 CLE AL 277 66% 1.4% 17.3% 5.8% 4.7% 27% 0.64 0.81 74% 16% 3.7% 14% 45 7 16%
2006 32 CHC NL 314 69% 2.6% 22.6% 5.4% 6.1% 27% 0.63 0.73 67% 18% 7.3% 17% 66 3 5%
2007 33 CHC NL 336 57% 2.4% 21.4% 5.7% 6.3% 28% 0.47 0.52 69% 23% 6.0% 17% 57 3 5%
2008 34 CHC NL 311 59% 4.2% 19.0% 4.2% 12.2% 42% 0.53 0.70 72% 17% 10.4% 19% 67 6 9%
2009 35 SFG NL 268 58% 1.9% 17.2% 8.6% 7.1% 38% 0.46 0.53 71% 16% 4.5% 16% 48 2 4%
2010 36 TOT NL 168 65% 4.8% 8.3% 7.7% 13.7% 49% 0.49 0.69 77% 22% 10.0% 13% 28 0 0%
2010 36 ARI NL 67 58% 9.0% 9.0% 9.0% 13.4% 50% 0.34 0.48 73% 27% 16.2% 10% 11 0 0%
2010 36 CHC NL 101 70% 2.0% 7.9% 6.9% 13.9% 48% 0.61 0.86 80% 19% 4.7% 16% 17 0 0%
13 Yrs 3321 57% 2.8% 19.7% 7.6% 7.6% 35% 0.55 0.70 68% 20% 7.5% 17% 646 52 8%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 17.0% 8.7% 8.0% 34% 0.78 1.07 70% 20% 7.9% 13% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1998 24 CHW AL 218 920 4.22 553 60% 30% 15% 28% 26% 70% 1% 42% 78% 56% 8% 17 12 13% 29 9 0 29% 4 4 -1 0 0
1999 25 CHW AL 300 1308 4.36 809 62% 25% 18% 35% 22% 75% 2% 47% 76% 61% 6% 18 9 21% 64 32 1 30% 11 6 -2 0 0
2000 26 CHW AL 290 1145 3.95 693 61% 25% 17% 30% 28% 75% 2% 46% 77% 52% 7% 19 11 18% 53 23 3 22% 7 6 -1 0 0
2001 27 CHW AL 348 1370 3.94 851 62% 23% 18% 30% 29% 77% 6% 48% 77% 57% 7% 23 10 18% 64 23 5 22% 3 4 -2 0 0
2002 28 TOT AL 292 1131 3.87 694 61% 25% 13% 30% 32% 75% 4% 46% 83% 55% 6% 17 10 17% 50 20 3 33% 5 3 0 0 0
2002 28 CHW AL 209 808 3.87 495 61% 24% 14% 30% 32% 76% 3% 47% 82% 56% 5% 10 6 18% 38 17 3 23% 5 2 0 0 0
2002 28 BOS AL 83 323 3.89 199 62% 29% 10% 30% 32% 71% 6% 44% 87% 51% 8% 7 4 14% 12 3 0 57% 0 1 0 0 0
2003 29 BOS AL 27 98 3.63 56 57% 30% 16% 18% 36% 70% 5% 40% 77% 48% 7% 2 2 11% 3 2 1 0% 1 0 0 0 0
2004 30 CLE AL 178 763 4.29 470 62% 25% 14% 35% 27% 75% 0% 46% 82% 56% 4% 7 5 13% 24 6 0 21% 2 2 0 0 0
2005 31 CLE AL 277 1115 4.03 721 65% 26% 11% 33% 30% 74% 1% 48% 85% 65% 4% 12 6 22% 60 29 2 38% 6 5 0 0 0
2006 32 CHC NL 316 1305 4.13 846 65% 24% 17% 33% 26% 76% 3% 49% 78% 62% 3% 9 3 30% 95 38 7 25% 10 2 -2 0 0
2007 33 CHC NL 336 1284 3.82 850 66% 22% 16% 34% 29% 78% 2% 52% 80% 62% 2% 6 2 23% 78 39 6 14% 9 2 0 0 0
2008 34 CHC NL 311 1189 3.82 779 66% 22% 13% 34% 30% 78% 5% 51% 83% 62% 3% 8 2 16% 51 23 3 27% 8 1 0 0 0
2009 35 SFG NL 268 1080 4.03 678 63% 22% 18% 31% 29% 78% 5% 49% 77% 58% 6% 16 10 21% 56 20 2 24% 7 1 0 0 0
2010 36 TOT NL 168 649 3.86 398 61% 22% 14% 28% 35% 78% 3% 48% 82% 56% 5% 8 4 21% 35 15 4 14% 2 2 0 0 0
2010 36 ARI NL 67 266 3.97 164 62% 20% 15% 32% 34% 80% 4% 50% 82% 60% 1% 1 0 10% 7 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2010 36 CHC NL 101 383 3.79 234 61% 24% 14% 25% 37% 76% 3% 46% 82% 53% 7% 7 4 28% 28 14 4 25% 2 2 0 0 0
13 Yrs 3329 13357 4.01 8398 63% 24% 16% 32% 28% 76% 3% 48% 79% 59% 5% 162 86 20% 662 279 37 25% 75 38 -8 0 0
MLB Averages 3.75 62% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 21% 26%
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*

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
1998 24 CHW AL 217 37 6 0 7 0 5 3 4 3 4 8 4 1 50% 1 2 0 83 3 2 60% 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
1999 25 CHW AL 298 58 3 0 8 0 7 5 3 7 1 10 3 5 30% 4 3 2 126 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
2000 26 CHW AL 289 54 5 1 6 1 14 4 2 3 3 18 10 4 56% 4 2 1 106 6 3 67% 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
2001 27 CHW AL 346 85 6 1 11 2 16 5 6 6 5 33 17 5 52% 1 6 0 136 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2002 28 TOT AL 292 67 8 1 9 0 14 3 6 6 3 24 14 2 58% 4 2 0 111 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
2002 28 CHW AL 209 45 5 0 7 0 12 3 4 5 2 16 9 1 56% 1 1 0 79 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2002 28 BOS AL 83 22 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 8 5 1 63% 3 1 0 32 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2003 29 BOS AL 27 11 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 50% 0 0 0 18 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2004 30 CLE AL 178 37 2 0 5 0 1 3 2 2 3 5 2 0 40% 1 0 1 72 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2005 31 CLE AL 277 49 7 3 4 0 3 3 1 1 3 3 2 0 67% 2 0 1 93 4 1 80% 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
2006 32 CHC NL 314 70 4 0 8 1 11 5 3 5 3 17 9 5 53% 3 1 1 123 4 5 44% 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 8 0
2007 33 CHC NL 336 76 6 0 8 0 8 6 2 7 1 17 7 3 41% 2 1 1 113 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2008 34 CHC NL 311 90 6 0 13 0 11 9 4 6 7 26 10 3 38% 1 0 1 125 5 0 100% 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2009 35 SFG NL 268 50 2 0 5 0 9 3 2 1 4 21 11 3 52% 4 4 0 92 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
2010 36 TOT NL 168 47 1 0 8 0 3 5 3 6 2 14 9 0 64% 3 3 0 62 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2010 36 ARI NL 67 18 1 0 6 0 3 4 2 4 2 6 4 0 67% 0 1 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2010 36 CHC NL 101 29 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 8 5 0 63% 3 2 0 40 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
13 Yrs 3321 731 58 6 93 4 103 55 38 53 40 198 99 32 50% 30 24 8 1260 44 15 75% 37 10 7 3 0 2 0 0 93 0
MLB Averages 53% 70%
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

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+
1998 24 0 3 .000 3.15 44 0 15 0 0 9 54.1 37 20 19 7 19 2 51 2 0 2 217 146 1.031 6.1 1.2 3.1 8.4 2.68 146
1999 25 5 6 .455 3.39 113 0 69 0 0 37 122.0 95 54 46 15 57 5 131 5 1 5 515 141 1.246 7.0 1.1 4.2 9.7 2.30 141
2000 26 7 10 .412 3.31 178 0 98 0 0 44 193.0 149 80 71 21 86 7 191 9 1 7 804 147 1.218 6.9 1.0 4.0 8.9 2.22 147
2001 27 11 15 .423 3.71 247 0 121 0 0 49 271.2 234 121 112 32 116 16 255 13 1 13 1150 130 1.288 7.8 1.1 3.8 8.4 2.20 130
2002 28 14 20 .412 3.81 314 0 147 0 0 49 340.1 301 158 144 41 137 20 300 18 1 15 1442 125 1.287 8.0 1.1 3.6 7.9 2.19 125
2003 29 14 20 .412 3.92 318 0 150 0 0 49 344.2 312 164 150 42 140 21 304 18 1 15 1469 122 1.311 8.1 1.1 3.7 7.9 2.17 122
2004 30 18 22 .450 3.79 355 0 156 0 0 49 387.1 349 178 163 47 152 21 343 20 1 15 1647 125 1.293 8.1 1.1 3.5 8.0 2.26 125
2005 31 25 26 .490 3.58 434 0 180 0 0 52 460.1 398 201 183 51 168 22 391 20 1 15 1924 130 1.230 7.8 1.0 3.3 7.6 2.33 130
2006 32 29 31 .483 3.52 518 0 206 0 0 57 537.0 468 229 210 59 185 26 462 23 1 16 2238 132 1.216 7.8 1.0 3.1 7.7 2.50 132
2007 33 35 38 .479 3.49 596 0 238 0 0 65 618.1 544 260 240 67 204 29 534 25 1 17 2574 133 1.210 7.9 1.0 3.0 7.8 2.62 133
2008 34 42 43 .494 3.68 668 0 265 0 0 66 689.0 634 304 282 80 217 34 593 27 1 17 2885 126 1.235 8.3 1.0 2.8 7.7 2.73 126
2009 35 44 49 .473 3.66 731 0 285 0 0 66 752.2 684 330 306 85 240 40 639 29 1 21 3153 126 1.228 8.2 1.0 2.9 7.6 2.66 126
2010 36 45 52 .464 3.84 769 0 295 0 0 66 787.2 731 366 336 93 253 42 653 29 1 24 3321 120 1.249 8.4 1.1 2.9 7.5 2.58 120

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
1998 24 3 2 .600 3.00 54.0 36 20 18 7 18 50 2 1.000 6.0 3.0 8.3 2.78 1.2 44
1999 25 4 3 .571 3.18 68.0 55 27 24 8 36 80 3 1.338 7.3 4.8 10.6 2.22 1.1 69
2000 26 5 2 .714 2.87 69.0 50 24 22 6 27 59 4 1.116 6.5 3.5 7.7 2.19 0.8 65
2001 27 4 4 .500 4.44 77.0 82 42 38 11 29 63 4 1.442 9.6 3.4 7.4 2.17 1.3 69
2002 28 3 4 .429 4.16 67.0 65 34 31 9 20 44 5 1.269 8.7 2.7 5.9 2.20 1.2 67
2003 29 0 0 13.50 4.0 11 7 6 1 3 4 0 3.500 24.8 6.8 9.0 1.33 2.3 4
2004 30 3 1 .750 2.79 42.0 37 14 13 5 12 39 2 1.167 7.9 2.6 8.4 3.25 1.1 37
2005 31 5 2 .714 2.70 70.0 50 23 21 4 16 46 0 0.943 6.4 2.1 5.9 2.88 0.5 79
2006 32 5 3 .625 2.84 76.0 66 27 24 8 16 71 3 1.079 7.8 1.9 8.4 4.44 0.9 84
2007 33 6 3 .667 3.11 81.0 73 31 28 8 18 72 2 1.123 8.1 2.0 8.0 4.00 0.9 78
2008 34 3 4 .429 5.01 70.0 86 43 39 12 12 59 2 1.400 11.1 1.5 7.6 4.92 1.5 72
2009 35 4 3 .571 3.38 64.0 50 27 24 5 23 46 2 1.141 7.0 3.2 6.5 2.00 0.7 63
2010 36 1 3 .250 7.25 36.0 46 32 29 8 13 15 0 1.639 11.5 3.3 3.8 1.15 2.0 38
13 Yrs 46 34 .575 3.67 778.0 707 351 317 92 243 648 29 1.221 8.2 7.5 2.67 1.1 769

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
2005 AL  79 (3rd)
2006 NL  84 (4th)
2007 NL  78 (10th)
Career  769 (53rd)

Saves s c a p y
1999 AL  28 (9th)
Career  66 (205th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1999 AL  54 (8th)
Career  295 (107th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
Career  72.64 (215th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1998 AL  2.9 (8th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
Career  7.5 (216th)

                           

† 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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 6 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (869), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (1020), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Randy Moffitt (942)
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  8. Matt Herges (940)
  9. Shigetoshi Hasegawa (939)
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  4. Brandon League (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Joel Hanrahan (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike Timlin (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mike Timlin (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mike Timlin (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mike Timlin (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Scott Linebrink (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  12. Tim Worrell (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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