David Huff

David Gregory Huff (twitter: @theREALdavehuff)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: August 22, 1984 in San Diego, CA
High School: Edison HS (Huntington Beach, CA)
Schools: University of California, Irvine (Irvine, CA), University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (39th pick) of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed July 21, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 17, 2009
Team: Indians 2009-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$486k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.117, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2006	21	CLE-min	A-	0	1	.000	5.87	4	4	0	0	0	7.2	9	5	5	0	7	0	8	1	1	38		2.087	10.6	0.0	8.2	9.4	1.14	MHV · NYPL
2007	22	CLE-min	A+	4	2	.667	2.72	11	11	0	0	0	59.2	57	23	18	4	15	0	46	1	2	249		1.207	8.6	0.6	2.3	6.9	3.07	KIN · CARL
2008	23	CLE-min	AAA,AA	11	5	.688	2.52	27	26	1	1	1	146.1	112	48	41	13	29	1	143	4	4	576		0.964	6.9	0.8	1.8	8.8	4.93	BFL,AKR · IL,EL
2009	24	CLE-min	AAA	5	1	.833	4.35	7	7	0	0	0	39.1	35	19	19	5	16	0	32	0	1	163		1.297	8.0	1.1	3.7	7.3	2.00	CLB · IL
2009	24	CLE	AL	11	8	.579	5.61	23	23	0	0	0	128.1	159	82	80	16	41	1	65	1	1	574	76	1.558	11.2	1.1	2.9	4.6	1.59
2010	25	CLE-min	AAA	8	2	.800	4.36	12	12	0	0	0	74.1	84	37	36	8	21	0	52	2	3	319		1.413	10.2	1.0	2.5	6.3	2.48	CLB · IL
2010	25	CLE	AL	2	11	.154	6.21	15	15	0	1	0	79.2	101	61	55	14	34	1	37	3	2	369	64	1.695	11.4	1.6	3.8	4.2	1.09
2011	26	CLE-min	AAA	9	3	.750	3.87	18	18	0	0	0	107.0	111	52	46	10	30	0	66	2	2	454		1.318	9.3	0.8	2.5	5.6	2.20	CLB · IL
2011	26	CLE	AL	2	6	.250	4.09	11	10	1	0	0	50.2	55	35	23	6	17	1	36	0	4	227	97	1.421	9.8	1.1	3.0	6.4	2.12
2012	27	CLE-min	AAA,AA	3	1	.750	2.58	7	6	0	1	1	38.1	32	12	11	3	5	0	29	2	2	154		0.965	7.5	0.7	1.2	6.8	5.80	CLB,AKR · IL,EL
3 Yrs				15	25	.375	5.50	49	48	1	1	0	258.2	315	178	158	36	92	3	138	4	7	1170	75	1.573	11.0	1.3	3.2	4.8	1.50
162 Game Avg.				11	18	.375	5.50	34	34	1	1	0	181	221	125	111	25	64	2	97	3	5	820	75	1.573	11.0	1.3	3.2	4.8	1.50

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
2009	24	CLE	AL	128.1	23	23	82	5.75	4.76	-0.15	0.19	95.3	4.85	-14	-1.3		-0.1	-0.2	3	.444	.492	$
2010	25	CLE	AL	79.2	15	15	61	6.89	4.68	-0.13	0.17	95.5	4.76	-19	-1.8		-0.0	-1.1	-10	.378	.489	$410,700
2011	26	CLE	AL	50.2	11	10	35	6.22	4.38	-0.11	0.16	99.9	4.65	-9	-0.9	5.2	-0.0	-0.5	-3	.420	.495	$
3 Seasons				258.2	49	48	178	6.19	4.66	-0.14	0.17	96.3	4.78	-42	-4.0	5.2	-0.2	-1.8	-10	.418	.492	$410,700

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
2009	24	CLE	AL	23	574	528	82	159	40	4	16	7	1	41	65	.301	.351	.483	.834	.318	255	13	1	2	2	1	5
2010	25	CLE	AL	15	369	326	61	101	27	3	14	1	1	34	37	.310	.377	.540	.917	.313	176	8	3	3	3	1	3
2011	26	CLE	AL	11	227	207	35	55	16	1	6	4	0	17	36	.266	.317	.440	.757	.292	91	4	0	0	3	1	7
3 Yrs				49	1170	1061	178	315	83	8	36	12	2	92	138	.297	.353	.492	.845	.312	522	25	4	5	8	3	15
162 Game Avg.				34	820	744	125	221	58	6	25	8	1	64	97	.297	.353	.492	.845	.312	366	18	3	4	6	2	11
MLB Averages																.258	.326	.407	.733	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi
2009	24	CLE	AL	-18.3	-1.7	583	-0.9	9.8	-10.7	.98	-1.4	0.5	-9.0	-0.9	0.98	-14.4	0
2010	25	CLE	AL	-21.9	-2.0	373	-2.7	5.7	-8.3	.98	-2.2	-0.5	-20.8	-2.0	0.97	-22.4	0
2011	26	CLE	AL	-5.2	-0.5	234	-0.4	4.1	-4.5	1.06	-0.5	0.1	-6.7	-0.7	1.06	-4.7	1
3 Yrs				-45.4	-4.2	1190	-3.9	19.5	-23.4	.99	-4.1	0.1	-36.5	-3.5	0.99	-41.5	1

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
2009	24	CLE	AL	23	23	11	8	4	4	1	14	9	.609	1	1	0	0	8	35%	43.0	75	11	10	8	0	13	5.9	6.8	5.6	98	2	10	11	0	112
2010	25	CLE	AL	15	15	2	11	2	0	2	3	12	.200	0	1	1	0	4	27%	39.9	74	25	12	6	0	8	3.7	3.4	5.3	93	2	5	8	0	108
2011	26	CLE	AL	11	10	2	6	2	0	1	3	7	.300	1	0	0	0	3	30%	47.1	70	14	9	6	1	5	2.9	2.9	5.1	92	1	5	4	0	102
3 Yrs				49	48	15	25	8	4	4	20	28	.417	2	2	1	0	15	31%	43	75	11	31	20	1	26	4.6	4.9	5.4	95	5	20	23	0	112
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	100	-8					4.5	4.5	5.9	96

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
2011	26	CLE	AL	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	1	50%	14	1.061	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	3
1 Yr				11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	1	50%		1.061	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	3

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%
2009	24	CLE	AL	574	36%	2.8%	11.3%	7.1%	10.5%	38%	0.60	0.82	78%	21%	6.8%	18%	116	13	11%
2010	25	CLE	AL	369	24%	3.8%	10.0%	9.2%	11.9%	44%	0.58	0.72	75%	21%	8.9%	14%	73	8	11%
2011	26	CLE	AL	227	28%	2.6%	15.9%	7.5%	10.1%	42%	0.53	0.55	74%	20%	6.3%	15%	41	4	10%
3 Yrs				1170	31%	3.1%	11.8%	7.9%	10.9%	40%	0.58	0.73	77%	21%	7.4%	16%	230	25	11%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	18.4%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	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
2009	24	CLE	AL	575	2250	3.91	1407	63%	29%	9%	28%	33%	71%	0%	44%	87%	58%	6%	32	25	23%	134	80	10	17%	9	6	-1	0	0
2010	25	CLE	AL	369	1391	3.77	867	62%	28%	10%	28%	34%	72%	1%	45%	87%	59%	5%	18	11	24%	90	55	6	35%	10	6	0	0	0
2011	26	CLE	AL	227	919	4.05	578	63%	28%	12%	30%	30%	72%	1%	45%	83%	65%	4%	9	8	28%	64	35	4	17%	6	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				1171	4560	3.89	2852	63%	29%	10%	28%	33%	71%	1%	44%	86%	60%	5%	59	44	25%	288	170	20	22%	25	12	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				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
2009	24	CLE	AL	574	159	14	4	16	0	6	10	6	6	10	24	13	1	54%	5	1	0	245	7	1	88%	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2010	25	CLE	AL	369	101	11	1	14	0	5	10	4	8	6	16	6	1	38%	3	2	0	149	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
2011	26	CLE	AL	227	55	5	0	6	1	4	5	1	1	5	9	8	3	89%	7	4	0	91	4	0	100%	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
3 Yrs				1170	315	30	5	36	1	15	25	11	15	21	49	27	5	55%	15	7	0	485	12	2	86%	9	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	19	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2009	24	11	8	.579	5.61	23	23	0	0	128.1	159	82	80	16	41	1	65	1	1	574	76	1.558	11.2	1.1	2.9	4.6	1.59	76
2010	25	13	19	.406	5.84	38	38	0	1	208.0	260	143	135	30	75	2	102	4	3	943	71	1.611	11.3	1.3	3.2	4.4	1.36	71
2011	26	15	25	.375	5.50	49	48	1	1	258.2	315	178	158	36	92	3	138	4	7	1170	75	1.573	11.0	1.3	3.2	4.8	1.50	75

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
2009	24	4	9	.308	6.07	123.0	162	92	83	16	42	62	1	1.659	11.9	3.1	4.5	1.48	1.2	23
2010	25	2	6	.250	7.54	74.0	107	69	62	15	36	35	3	1.932	13.0	4.4	4.3	0.97	1.8	15
2011	26	2	3	.400	4.50	50.0	58	28	25	6	18	36	0	1.520	10.4	3.2	6.5	2.00	1.1	11
3 Yrs		8	18	.308	6.19	247.0	327	189	170	37	96	133	4	1.713	11.9		4.8	1.39	1.3	49

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