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Philip Humber

Philip Gregory Humber

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 21, 1982 in Nacogdoches, TX
High School: Carthage HS (Carthage, TX)
School: Rice University (Houston, TX)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed January 11, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 2006
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Twins/Royals/Mets 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$530k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.000, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Michael Moye [*]
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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
2006 23 NYM NL 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
2007 24 NYM NL 0 0 7.71 3 1 2 0 0 0 7.0 9 6 6 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 32 59 1.571 11.6 1.3 2.6 2.6 1.00
2008 25 MIN AL 0 0 4.63 5 0 2 0 0 0 11.2 11 6 6 4 5 0 6 1 0 0 50 93 1.371 8.5 3.1 3.9 4.6 1.20
2009 26 MIN AL 0 0 8.00 8 0 3 0 0 0 9.0 17 8 8 1 9 2 9 0 0 1 50 57 2.889 17.0 1.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
2010 27 KCR AL 2 1 .667 4.15 8 1 1 0 0 0 21.2 22 10 10 1 7 2 16 1 0 2 94 102 1.338 9.1 0.4 2.9 6.6 2.29
2011 28 CHW AL 9 9 .500 3.75 28 26 0 0 0 0 163.0 151 71 68 14 41 2 116 6 1 9 676 114 1.178 8.3 0.8 2.3 6.4 2.83
2012 29 CHW AL 2 2 .500 5.37 9 9 0 1 1 0 52.0 47 31 31 7 23 1 47 3 0 4 227 80 1.346 8.1 1.2 4.0 8.1 2.04
7 Yrs 13 12 .520 4.36 63 37 9 1 1 0 266.1 257 132 129 28 88 7 198 11 1 16 1136 99 1.295 8.7 0.9 3.0 6.7 2.25
162 Game Avg. 9 8 .520 4.36 43 25 6 1 1 0 181 175 90 88 19 60 5 135 7 1 11 772 99 1.295 8.7 0.9 3.0 6.7 2.25
MIN (2 yrs) 0 0 6.10 13 0 5 0 0 0 20.2 28 14 14 5 14 2 15 1 0 1 100 72 2.032 12.2 2.2 6.1 6.5 1.07
NYM (2 yrs) 0 0 6.00 5 1 3 0 0 0 9.0 9 6 6 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 39 78 1.333 9.0 1.0 3.0 4.0 1.33
CHW (2 yrs) 11 11 .500 4.14 37 35 0 1 1 0 215.0 198 102 99 21 64 3 163 9 1 13 903 104 1.219 8.3 0.9 2.7 6.8 2.55
KCR (1 yr) 2 1 .667 4.15 8 1 1 0 0 0 21.2 22 10 10 1 7 2 16 1 0 2 94 102 1.338 9.1 0.4 2.9 6.6 2.29
AL (5 yrs) 13 12 .520 4.30 58 36 6 1 1 0 257.1 248 126 123 27 85 7 194 11 1 16 1097 100 1.294 8.7 0.9 3.0 6.8 2.28
NL (2 yrs) 0 0 6.00 5 1 3 0 0 0 9.0 9 6 6 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 39 78 1.333 9.0 1.0 3.0 4.0 1.33

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
2006 23 NYM NL 2.0 2 0 0 0.00 5.22 0.14 -0.38 95.7 4.49 1 0.1 .0 -0.1 0.1 1 .551 .501 $
2007 24 NYM NL 7.0 3 1 6 7.71 4.58 0.25 -0.03 97.9 4.20 -3 -0.3 .0 0.0 -0.2 -2 .417 .498 $
2008 25 MIN AL 11.2 5 0 6 4.63 4.68 -0.18 -0.35 99.5 4.49 -0 -0.0 .2 -0.0 0.1 1 .492 .500 $
2009 26 MIN AL 9.0 8 0 8 8.00 4.64 -0.31 -0.34 102.5 4.72 -3 -0.3 .6 0.0 -0.2 -2 .460 .498 $1,150,000
2010 27 KCR AL 21.2 8 1 10 4.15 4.59 -0.63 -0.22 101.1 5.06 2 0.2 1.9 0.0 0.5 5 .527 .501 $
2011 28 CHW AL 163.0 28 26 71 3.92 4.46 -0.08 0.16 103.1 4.85 16 1.8 .1 -0.1 3.1 35 .564 .511 $500,000
2012 29 CHW AL 52.0 9 9 31 5.37 4.55 -0.22 0.17 101.3 5.01 -2 -0.2 -0.1 0.2 4 .475 .499 $
7 Seasons 266.1 63 37 132 4.46 4.51 -0.15 0.08 102.2 4.86 11 1.3 .8 -0.1 3.6 42 .520 .501 $1,650,000
MIN (2 yrs) 20.2 13 0 14 6.10 4.66 -0.24 -0.34 100.8 4.59 -4 -0.4 .4 0.0 -0.1 -1 .472 .499 $1,150,000
NYM (2 yrs) 9.0 5 1 6 6.00 4.72 0.23 -0.11 97.4 4.26 -2 -0.1 .0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .470 .500 $
CHW (2 yrs) 215.0 37 35 102 4.27 4.48 -0.12 0.16 102.7 4.88 14 1.6 .1 -0.2 3.3 39 .542 .505 $500,000
KCR (1 yr) 21.2 8 1 10 4.15 4.59 -0.63 -0.22 101.1 5.06 2 0.2 1.9 0.0 0.5 5 .527 .501 $

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 NYM NL 2 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 24 NYM NL 3 32 30 6 9 3 1 1 0 0 2 2 .300 .344 .567 .910 .296 17 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 25 MIN AL 5 50 44 6 11 1 0 4 0 0 5 6 .250 .340 .545 .885 .206 24 2 1 0 0 0 0
2009 26 MIN AL 8 50 41 8 17 0 0 1 1 0 9 9 .415 .520 .488 1.008 .516 20 2 0 0 0 2 0
2010 27 KCR AL 8 94 85 10 22 2 0 1 2 0 7 16 .259 .319 .318 .637 .304 27 1 1 0 1 2 1
2011 28 CHW AL 28 676 622 71 151 27 1 14 13 3 41 116 .243 .294 .357 .651 .276 222 11 6 2 5 2 4
2012 29 CHW AL 9 227 199 31 47 12 0 7 5 1 23 47 .236 .323 .402 .725 .274 80 1 3 1 1 1 1
7 Yrs 63 1136 1027 132 257 45 2 28 22 4 88 198 .250 .314 .380 .694 .283 390 17 11 3 7 7 6
162 Game Avg. 43 772 698 90 175 31 1 19 15 3 60 135 .250 .314 .380 .694 .283 265 12 7 2 5 5 4
MLB Averages .262 .330 .414 .745 .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 NYM NL 1.2 0.1 8 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .04 0.0 0.1 1.1 0.1 0.04 1.3 0 0 1
2007 24 NYM NL -2.3 -0.2 32 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 .55 -0.3 -0.0 -1.8 -0.2 0.55 -0.8 0 0 1
2008 25 MIN AL -0.2 -0.0 50 -0.0 0.3 -0.3 .25 -0.4 0.3 -1.1 -0.1 0.25 -3.3 0 1 4
2009 26 MIN AL -3.2 -0.3 52 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 .67 -0.3 -0.1 -4.6 -0.4 0.67 -3.2 1 1 5
2010 27 KCR AL 0.6 0.1 100 0.3 2.3 -2.0 1.46 0.4 -0.2 1.3 0.1 1.46 3.1 5 1 1
2011 28 CHW AL 9.5 1.0 698 1.4 12.0 -10.5 .97 1.4 0.1 13.3 1.3 0.97 14.7 0 0 2
2012 29 CHW AL -4.9 -0.5 237 -0.1 4.3 -4.4 1.13 0.1 -0.2 -3.1 -0.3 1.13 -0.8 0 0 0
7 Yrs 0.6 0.1 1177 1.2 19.6 -18.4 .98 0.9 0.3 5.0 0.6 0.98 11.1 6 3 14

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
2007 24 NYM NL 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28.0 28 28 2 2 0 1 6.0 13.5 4.0 91 0 1 0 0 91
2010 27 KCR AL 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 37.0 37 37 4 3 0 1 5.1 1.8 5.7 101 0 0 1 0 101
2011 28 CHW AL 28 26 9 9 8 1 2 11 15 .423 3 3 0 0 15 58% 53.9 78 16 25 9 1 17 3.4 3.4 6.2 94 2 12 12 0 114
2012 29 CHW AL 9 9 2 2 5 0 0 4 5 .444 2 0 1 1 5 56% 49.3 96 6 7 5 0 4 4.7 4.7 5.8 95 2 2 5 0 115
4 Yrs 48 37 11 11 15 1 2 16 21 .432 5 4 1 1 20 54% 52 96 6 38 19 1 23 3.9 3.9 6.0 95 4 15 18 0 115
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 100 -13 4.6 4.6 5.9 95

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
2006 23 NYM NL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .039 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 15
2007 24 NYM NL 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .553 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5 23
2008 25 MIN AL 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 5 .255 0 1 4 1 0 4 2 3 3 1 3 1 7.0 37
2009 26 MIN AL 8 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 5 .672 1 1 5 1 0 7 1 7 2 1 3 2 3.4 28
2010 27 KCR AL 8 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 11 6 55% 4 1.461 5 1 1 3 1 3 5 2 6 0 6 0 6.9 38
2011 28 CHW AL 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 .966 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 3.0 21
6 Yrs 54 26 9 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 18 9 50% .940 6 3 14 5 1 20 9 17 13 3 14 3 5.0 30

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 NYM NL 7 29% 0.0% 28.6% 14.3% 0.0% 0.33 0.33 57% 25% 0.0% 33% 0 0
2007 24 NYM NL 32 47% 3.1% 6.3% 6.3% 15.6% 56% 0.40 0.58 84% 29% 5.9% 15% 6 0 0%
2008 25 MIN AL 50 50% 8.0% 12.0% 10.0% 10.0% 46% 1.00 1.42 68% 26% 22.2% 5% 4 2 50%
2009 26 MIN AL 50 58% 2.0% 18.0% 18.0% 2.0% 6% 0.94 1.25 62% 25% 7.7% 19% 14 2 14%
2010 27 KCR AL 94 53% 1.1% 17.0% 7.5% 3.2% 14% 0.79 0.81 73% 20% 2.9% 10% 14 1 7%
2011 28 CHW AL 676 39% 2.1% 17.2% 6.1% 6.2% 28% 0.89 1.10 74% 18% 6.1% 14% 112 11 10%
2012 29 CHW AL 227 29% 3.1% 20.7% 10.1% 8.4% 40% 0.54 0.66 64% 19% 8.8% 18% 41 1 2%
7 Yrs 1136 40% 2.5% 17.4% 7.8% 6.6% 29% 0.79 0.97 71% 19% 7.1% 14% 191 17 9%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.8% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 0.80 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 NYM NL 7 30 4.29 20 67% 35% 10% 35% 20% 65% 0% 43% 85% 71% 0% 0 0 29% 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0
2007 24 NYM NL 32 136 4.25 83 61% 31% 5% 30% 34% 69% 0% 42% 93% 41% 6% 2 1 19% 6 4 0 100% 1 1 0 0 0
2008 25 MIN AL 50 184 3.68 108 59% 31% 9% 24% 35% 69% 0% 40% 86% 62% 2% 1 0 20% 10 3 0 50% 2 1 0 0 0
2009 26 MIN AL 50 221 4.42 122 55% 29% 14% 31% 26% 71% 5% 39% 80% 42% 12% 6 2 20% 10 6 0 33% 0 2 0 0 0
2010 27 KCR AL 94 366 3.89 236 64% 30% 9% 31% 30% 70% 6% 45% 87% 60% 4% 4 2 41% 39 26 1 50% 3 0 0 0 0
2011 28 CHW AL 677 2497 3.69 1613 65% 28% 15% 25% 32% 72% 1% 46% 79% 64% 3% 18 12 23% 153 86 11 22% 20 4 -1 0 0
2012 29 CHW AL 227 853 3.76 541 63% 30% 16% 26% 28% 70% 1% 45% 77% 67% 6% 13 7 24% 55 33 1 26% 10 5 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1137 4287 3.77 2723 64% 29% 14% 26% 31% 71% 2% 45% 80% 62% 4% 44 24 24% 275 160 13 28% 36 13 -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 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 NYM NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 24 NYM NL 32 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0% 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 25 MIN AL 50 11 1 0 4 0 0 2 2 1 3 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 26 MIN AL 50 17 6 1 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 0 1 0 23 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2010 27 KCR AL 94 22 6 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 7 4 0 57% 1 2 1 33 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2011 28 CHW AL 676 151 24 5 14 0 2 6 8 5 9 19 16 3 84% 4 9 0 242 13 3 81% 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
2012 29 CHW AL 227 47 7 3 7 1 8 1 6 5 2 14 9 5 64% 1 4 0 69 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
7 Yrs 1136 257 44 9 28 1 19 10 18 13 15 44 29 9 66% 6 16 1 391 22 4 85% 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

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+
2006 23 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
2007 24 0 0 6.00 5 1 3 0 0 0 9.0 9 6 6 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 39 78 1.333 9.0 1.0 3.0 4.0 1.33 78
2008 25 0 0 5.23 10 1 5 0 0 0 20.2 20 12 12 5 8 0 10 1 0 0 89 85 1.355 8.7 2.2 3.5 4.4 1.25 85
2009 26 0 0 6.07 18 1 8 0 0 0 29.2 37 20 20 6 17 2 19 1 0 1 139 74 1.820 11.2 1.8 5.2 5.8 1.12 74
2010 27 2 1 .667 5.26 26 2 9 0 0 0 51.1 59 30 30 7 24 4 35 2 0 3 233 83 1.617 10.3 1.2 4.2 6.1 1.46 83
2011 28 11 10 .524 4.12 54 28 9 0 0 0 214.1 210 101 98 21 65 6 151 8 1 12 909 105 1.283 8.8 0.9 2.7 6.3 2.32 105
2012 29 13 12 .520 4.36 63 37 9 1 1 0 266.1 257 132 129 28 88 7 198 11 1 16 1136 99 1.295 8.7 0.9 3.0 6.7 2.25 99

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
2006 23 0 0 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.500 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00 0.0 2
2007 24 0 0 7.71 7.0 9 7 6 1 2 2 0 1.571 11.6 2.6 2.6 1.00 1.3 3
2008 25 0 1 .000 4.91 11.0 11 7 6 4 5 6 1 1.455 9.0 4.1 4.9 1.20 3.3 5
2009 26 0 0 9.00 8.0 17 9 8 1 9 8 0 3.250 19.1 10.1 9.0 0.89 1.1 8
2010 27 1 1 .500 4.29 21.0 22 11 10 1 7 16 1 1.381 9.4 3.0 6.9 2.29 0.4 8
2011 28 9 8 .529 3.85 159.0 151 76 68 14 41 113 6 1.208 8.5 2.3 6.4 2.76 0.8 28
2012 29 2 3 .400 5.47 51.0 47 34 31 7 23 46 3 1.373 8.3 4.1 8.1 2.00 1.2 9
7 Yrs 12 13 .480 4.48 259.0 257 144 129 28 88 193 11 1.332 8.9 6.7 2.19 1.0 63

* 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

Complete Games s c a p y
2012 AL  1 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2012 AL  1 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2012 AL  4 (7th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2127), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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