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Casey Janssen

Robert Casey Janssen (twitter: @CaseyJanssen)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: September 17, 1981 in Orange, CA
School: University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 4th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 18, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 2006 (Age 24)
Team: BlueJays 2006-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 2 yrs/$5.9M (12-13) & 14 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 6.063, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Jim McDowell [*]
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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 24 TOR AL 6 10 .375 5.07 19 17 1 0 0 0 94.0 103 58 53 12 21 3 44 7 2 3 407 90 1.319 9.9 1.1 2.0 4.2 2.10
2007 25 TOR AL 2 3 .400 2.35 70 0 21 0 0 6 72.2 67 22 19 4 20 2 39 3 0 4 297 191 1.197 8.3 0.5 2.5 4.8 1.95
2009 27 TOR AL 2 4 .333 5.85 21 5 5 0 0 1 40.0 59 29 26 5 14 1 24 2 0 1 192 76 1.825 13.3 1.1 3.2 5.4 1.71
2010 28 TOR AL 5 2 .714 3.67 56 0 16 0 0 0 68.2 74 29 28 8 21 1 63 4 0 3 298 115 1.383 9.7 1.0 2.8 8.3 3.00
2011 29 TOR AL 6 0 1.000 2.26 55 0 11 0 0 2 55.2 47 14 14 2 14 1 53 2 0 2 223 189 1.096 7.6 0.3 2.3 8.6 3.79
2012 30 TOR AL 1 1 .500 2.54 62 0 47 0 0 22 63.2 44 18 18 7 11 1 67 3 1 2 242 166 0.864 6.2 1.0 1.6 9.5 6.09
2013 31 TOR AL 0 0 0.69 13 0 11 0 0 10 13.0 4 1 1 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 43 628 0.308 2.8 0.0 0.0 9.0
7 Yrs 22 20 .524 3.51 296 22 112 0 0 41 407.2 398 171 159 38 101 9 303 21 3 15 1702 125 1.224 8.8 0.8 2.2 6.7 3.00
162 Game Avg. 5 4 .524 3.51 63 5 24 0 0 9 87 85 37 34 8 22 2 65 4 1 3 364 125 1.224 8.8 0.8 2.2 6.7 3.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 24 TOR AL 94.0 19 17 58 5.55 4.89 0.42 0.17 99.5 4.62 -11 -1.0 .9 -0.1 -0.1 1 .446 .494
2007 25 TOR AL 72.2 70 0 22 2.72 5.03 0.58 -0.37 99.4 4.05 10 1.0 1.7 0.1 1.9 19 .514 .506 $385,200
2009 27 TOR AL 40.0 21 5 29 6.53 5.07 0.45 -0.00 100.2 4.63 -9 -0.8 .9 -0.0 -0.4 -4 .460 .495 $413,900
2010 28 TOR AL 68.2 56 0 29 3.80 4.61 -0.01 -0.35 101.2 4.32 3 0.4 .6 -0.2 0.9 11 .506 .502 $700,000
2011 29 TOR AL 55.2 55 0 14 2.26 4.60 0.00 -0.35 105.8 4.50 14 1.5 1.0 -0.2 1.9 20 .527 .509 $1,095,000
2012 30 TOR AL 63.2 62 0 18 2.54 4.50 0.25 -0.33 104.7 4.10 11 1.2 1.3 0.0 1.9 17 .519 .507 $2,000,000
2013 31 TOR AL 13.0 13 0 1 0.69 4.49 -0.19 -0.33 103.3 4.50 5 0.6 2.2 0.3 1.0 7 .544 .504 $3,900,000
7 Seasons 407.2 296 22 171 3.78 4.77 0.28 -0.20 101.6 4.37 24 2.7 1.2 -0.0 7.0 70 .509 .502 $8,494,100

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 24 TOR AL 19 407 375 58 103 20 2 12 2 3 21 44 .275 .323 .435 .758 .283 163 7 7 2 2 3 9
2007 25 TOR AL 70 297 271 22 67 16 0 4 1 1 20 39 .247 .303 .351 .654 .273 95 10 3 0 3 2 5
2009 27 TOR AL 21 192 173 29 59 19 0 5 0 1 14 24 .341 .393 .538 .930 .370 93 6 2 1 2 1 4
2010 28 TOR AL 56 298 272 29 74 9 3 8 4 1 21 63 .272 .332 .415 .748 .327 113 3 4 0 1 1 0
2011 29 TOR AL 55 223 206 14 47 11 0 2 2 3 14 53 .228 .284 .311 .594 .298 64 4 2 1 0 1 1
2012 30 TOR AL 62 242 226 18 44 4 2 7 3 2 11 67 .195 .241 .323 .564 .242 73 3 3 1 1 1 1
2013 31 TOR AL 13 43 43 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 .093 .093 .116 .209 .133 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 296 1702 1566 171 398 80 7 38 12 11 101 303 .254 .306 .387 .693 .292 606 33 21 5 9 9 20
162 Game Avg. 63 364 335 37 85 17 1 8 3 2 22 65 .254 .306 .387 .693 .292 130 7 4 1 2 2 4
MLB Averages .261 .329 .413 .742 .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 24 TOR AL -5.5 -0.5 420 -0.7 6.5 -7.2 .93 0.2 -1.0 -7.4 -0.7 0.93 1.9 0 1 1
2007 25 TOR AL 16.8 1.6 307 1.4 8.7 -7.4 1.57 1.2 -0.4 14.5 1.4 1.57 13.0 38 17 14
2009 27 TOR AL -6.7 -0.6 193 -0.9 3.0 -3.9 1.01 -0.8 -0.1 -9.5 -0.9 1.01 -9.3 5 3 8
2010 28 TOR AL 4.6 0.5 305 -1.1 1.9 -2.9 .41 -0.9 -1.7 -2.1 -0.2 0.41 -1.2 7 6 37
2011 29 TOR AL 12.5 1.3 232 2.0 4.7 -2.7 .94 1.3 0.8 8.1 0.8 0.94 12.3 17 10 23
2012 30 TOR AL 12.4 1.3 251 2.6 6.1 -3.6 1.22 1.4 0.7 15.8 1.6 1.22 16.3 24 11 26
2013 31 TOR AL 5.2 0.5 44 1.5 1.9 -0.4 1.84 0.8 0.0 5.5 0.6 1.84 8.4 12 0 1
7 Yrs 39.3 4.0 1752 4.8 32.8 -28.0 1.03 3.3 1.3 25.0 2.6 1.03 41.4 103 48 110

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
2006 24 TOR AL 19 17 6 10 1 2 0 7 10 .412 0 0 0 0 4 24% 45.7 81 6 14 3 0 5 4.1 3.8 5.4 87 5 8 4 0 107
2009 27 TOR AL 21 5 2 3 0 1 1 2 3 .400 0 0 0 0 2 40% 38.0 50 25 12 4 0 2 4.3 4.5 5.2 85 3 1 1 0 108
2 Yrs 40 22 8 13 1 3 1 9 13 .409 0 0 0 0 6 27% 44 81 6 26 7 0 7 4.1 3.9 5.3 86 8 9 5 0 108
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 101 -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 24 TOR AL 19 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .934 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 4.0 27
2007 25 TOR AL 70 70 21 2 3 11 6 5 55% 35 24 49 14 29% 8 1.567 38 17 14 43 12 15 36 34 23 26 31 15 3.1 15
2009 27 TOR AL 21 16 5 0 1 1 1 0 100% 3 2 10 3 30% 6 1.007 5 3 8 6 1 9 5 11 3 5 4 1 2.6 18
2010 28 TOR AL 56 56 16 5 2 0 0 0 3 2 31 15 48% 7 .405 7 6 37 16 6 34 17 39 20 9 24 6 3.7 21
2011 29 TOR AL 55 55 11 6 0 4 2 2 50% 11 7 23 11 48% 8 .945 17 10 23 20 10 25 14 41 10 14 11 6 3.0 16
2012 30 TOR AL 62 62 47 1 1 25 22 3 88% 26 1 12 2 17% 9 1.219 24 11 26 39 8 15 8 54 6 4 7 17 3.1 15
2013 31 TOR AL 13 13 11 0 0 10 10 0 100% 10 0 0 0 9 1.842 12 0 1 10 2 1 0 13 0 0 0 2 3.0 12
7 Yrs 296 274 112 14 7 51 41 10 80% 88 36 125 45 36% 1.025 103 48 110 134 40 100 80 194 63 59 78 47 3.2 17

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 24 TOR AL 407 54% 3.0% 10.8% 5.2% 8.4% 33% 1.12 1.53 79% 17% 9.0% 13% 75 7 9%
2007 25 TOR AL 297 63% 1.4% 13.1% 6.7% 6.7% 30% 0.96 1.20 78% 21% 3.7% 10% 66 10 15%
2009 27 TOR AL 192 53% 2.6% 12.5% 7.3% 12.5% 41% 0.97 1.97 76% 26% 7.2% 8% 44 6 14%
2010 28 TOR AL 298 56% 2.7% 21.1% 7.1% 6.7% 27% 0.87 1.38 68% 24% 8.2% 12% 57 3 5%
2011 29 TOR AL 223 47% 0.9% 23.8% 6.3% 5.8% 28% 0.90 1.41 68% 19% 2.9% 11% 35 4 11%
2012 30 TOR AL 242 49% 2.9% 27.7% 4.6% 5.4% 30% 0.78 0.91 63% 17% 9.5% 18% 35 3 9%
2013 31 TOR AL 43 44% 0.0% 30.2% 0.0% 2.3% 25% 1.00 1.17 70% 20% 0.0% 0% 1 0 0%
7 Yrs 1702 54% 2.2% 17.8% 5.9% 7.3% 31% 0.95 1.35 73% 20% 6.7% 12% 313 33 11%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 18.1% 8.4% 7.8% 34% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.7% 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 24 TOR AL 408 1529 3.75 969 63% 25% 11% 29% 35% 75% 1% 47% 85% 61% 4% 17 13 21% 86 31 2 9% 2 1 -1 0 0
2007 25 TOR AL 298 1067 3.58 664 62% 28% 12% 25% 35% 72% 2% 45% 83% 64% 4% 13 11 16% 47 25 3 18% 7 0 -1 0 0
2009 27 TOR AL 192 716 3.73 435 61% 28% 13% 24% 35% 72% 1% 44% 82% 59% 3% 6 1 15% 29 7 0 13% 1 4 0 0 0
2010 28 TOR AL 298 1198 4.02 752 63% 30% 14% 28% 28% 70% 0% 44% 79% 64% 4% 13 9 24% 71 29 6 21% 8 3 0 0 0
2011 29 TOR AL 225 879 3.91 567 65% 33% 14% 27% 27% 67% 1% 43% 80% 64% 3% 6 3 24% 54 24 1 36% 7 2 -2 0 0
2012 30 TOR AL 244 948 3.89 626 66% 31% 16% 27% 26% 69% 1% 46% 77% 62% 4% 9 7 30% 73 34 2 39% 14 1 -2 0 0
2013 31 TOR AL 43 156 3.63 105 67% 44% 11% 16% 29% 56% 0% 38% 80% 60% 2% 1 1 19% 8 2 0 38% 2 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1708 6493 3.80 4118 63% 29% 13% 27% 31% 71% 1% 45% 81% 62% 4% 65 45 22% 368 152 14 25% 41 11 -6 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 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
2006 24 TOR AL 407 103 14 2 12 0 12 7 5 5 7 25 16 2 64% 9 3 1 134 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
2007 25 TOR AL 297 67 9 0 4 0 5 4 0 0 4 18 12 2 67% 5 4 0 133 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
2009 27 TOR AL 192 59 7 1 5 0 5 2 3 5 0 12 6 2 50% 4 1 0 81 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2010 28 TOR AL 298 74 12 1 8 0 19 4 4 3 5 16 8 5 50% 0 3 1 101 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2011 29 TOR AL 223 47 6 1 2 1 5 2 0 2 0 13 6 5 46% 1 2 1 80 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2012 30 TOR AL 242 44 5 0 7 0 3 5 2 5 2 7 3 2 43% 1 2 0 72 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2013 31 TOR AL 43 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1702 398 53 5 38 1 49 24 14 20 18 91 51 18 56% 20 15 3 608 12 11 52% 11 11 1 0 0 0 4 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 24 6 10 .375 5.07 19 17 1 0 0 0 94.0 103 58 53 12 21 3 44 7 2 3 407 90 1.319 9.9 1.1 2.0 4.2 2.10 90
2007 25 8 13 .381 3.89 89 17 22 0 0 6 166.2 170 80 72 16 41 5 83 10 2 7 704 117 1.266 9.2 0.9 2.2 4.5 2.02 117
2008 26 8 13 .381 3.89 89 17 22 0 0 6 166.2 170 80 72 16 41 5 83 10 2 7 704 117 1.266 9.2 0.9 2.2 4.5 2.02 117
2009 27 10 17 .370 4.27 110 22 27 0 0 7 206.2 229 109 98 21 55 6 107 12 2 8 896 106 1.374 10.0 0.9 2.4 4.7 1.95 106
2010 28 15 19 .441 4.12 166 22 43 0 0 7 275.1 303 138 126 29 76 7 170 16 2 11 1194 108 1.377 9.9 0.9 2.5 5.6 2.24 108
2011 29 21 19 .525 3.81 221 22 54 0 0 9 331.0 350 152 140 31 90 8 223 18 2 13 1417 116 1.329 9.5 0.8 2.4 6.1 2.48 116
2012 30 22 20 .524 3.60 283 22 101 0 0 31 394.2 394 170 158 38 101 9 290 21 3 15 1659 122 1.254 9.0 0.9 2.3 6.6 2.87 122
2013 31 22 20 .524 3.51 296 22 112 0 0 41 407.2 398 171 159 38 101 9 303 21 3 15 1702 125 1.224 8.8 0.8 2.2 6.7 3.00 125

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 24 4 6 .400 4.84 93.0 100 56 50 12 20 44 7 1.290 9.7 1.9 4.3 2.20 1.2 19
2007 25 5 2 .714 2.48 69.0 66 21 19 4 20 37 3 1.246 8.6 2.6 4.8 1.85 0.5 70
2009 27 1 3 .250 6.00 39.0 59 29 26 5 14 23 2 1.872 13.6 3.2 5.3 1.64 1.2 21
2010 28 4 3 .571 4.02 65.0 76 32 29 8 22 60 4 1.508 10.5 3.0 8.3 2.73 1.1 56
2011 29 4 1 .800 2.38 53.0 47 16 14 2 14 51 2 1.151 8.0 2.4 8.7 3.64 0.3 55
2012 30 4 2 .667 2.66 61.0 44 20 18 7 11 65 3 0.902 6.5 1.6 9.6 5.91 1.0 62
2013 31 1 0 1.000 0.00 14.0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 13
7 Yrs 23 17 .575 3.56 394.0 392 174 156 38 101 294 21 1.251 9.0 6.7 2.91 0.9 296

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

Saves s c a p y
2013 AL  10 (6th)
Active  41 (50th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2012 AL  47 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2013 AL  1.5 (6th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 - 3 (2148), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1429), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Relief Pitcher (460th), 6.2 career WAR/6.2 7yr-peak WAR/6.2 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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