Bobby Jenks
Robert Scott Jenks
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 270 lb.

Born: March 14, 1981 in Mission Hills, CA
High School: Inglemoor (Kenmore, WA)
Drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 5th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 6, 2005
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Standard Pitching

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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
2005 24 CHW AL 1 1 .500 2.75 32 0 18 0 0 6 39.1 34 15 12 3 15 3 50 1 0 4 168 164 1.246 7.8 0.7 3.4 11.4 3.33
2006 25 CHW AL 3 4 .429 4.00 67 0 58 0 0 41 69.2 66 32 31 5 31 10 80 2 0 3 300 119 1.392 8.5 0.6 4.0 10.3 2.58 AS
2007 26 CHW AL 3 5 .375 2.77 66 0 62 0 0 40 65.0 45 20 20 2 13 4 56 1 0 4 249 170 0.892 6.2 0.3 1.8 7.8 4.31 AS
2008 27 CHW AL 3 1 .750 2.63 57 0 52 0 0 30 61.2 51 18 18 3 17 4 38 1 0 3 243 174 1.103 7.4 0.4 2.5 5.5 2.24
2009 28 CHW AL 3 4 .429 3.71 52 0 46 0 0 29 53.1 52 24 22 9 16 1 49 2 0 0 228 125 1.275 8.8 1.5 2.7 8.3 3.06
5 Seasons 13 15 .464 3.21 274 0 236 0 0 146 289.0 248 109 103 22 92 22 273 7 0 14 1188 145 1.176 7.7 0.7 2.9 8.5 2.97
162 Game Avg. 3 4 .464 3.21 68 0 59 0 0 36 72 62 27 26 5 23 5 68 2 0 3 295 145 1.176 7.7 0.7 2.9 8.5 2.97

Postseason Pitching

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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
2005 24 CHW AL ALDS W BOS 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 2 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
2005 24 CHW AL WS W HOU 0 0 3.60 4 0 2 0 0 2 5.0 3 2 2 0 2 0 7 1 0 0 21 1.000 5.4 0.0 3.6 12.6 3.50
2008 27 CHW AL ALDS L TBR 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 0 0 2.00 7 0 5 0 0 5 9.0 5 2 2 0 3 0 9 1 0 0 36 0.889 5.0 0.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
2 ALDS 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 3 4.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 15 0.750 4.5 0.0 2.3 4.5 2.00
1 WS 0 0 3.60 4 0 2 0 0 2 5.0 3 2 2 0 2 0 7 1 0 0 21 1.000 5.4 0.0 3.6 12.6 3.50

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
2006 CHW AL 25
2007 CHW AL 26

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
2005 24 CHW AL 32 168 151 15 34 10 0 3 7 0 15 50 .225 .299 .351 .650 .316 53 1 1 1 0 3
2006 25 CHW AL 67 300 261 32 66 14 0 5 11 2 31 80 .253 .334 .364 .698 .343 95 8 2 4 2 10
2007 26 CHW AL 66 249 227 20 45 5 0 2 5 0 13 56 .198 .242 .247 .488 .250 56 4 1 5 3 4
2008 27 CHW AL 57 243 222 18 51 12 1 3 5 0 17 38 .230 .286 .333 .620 .264 74 9 1 2 1 4
2009 28 CHW AL 52 228 208 24 52 8 0 9 9 0 16 49 .250 .307 .418 .725 .283 87 4 2 0 2 1
5 Seasons 274 1188 1069 109 248 49 1 22 37 2 92 273 .232 .295 .341 .637 .289 365 26 7 12 8 22
162 Game Avg. 68 295 265 27 62 12 0 5 9 0 23 68 .232 .295 .341 .637 .289 91 6 2 3 2 5
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Reliever Pitching*

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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
2005 24 CHW AL 32 32 18 1 1 8 6 2 75% 11 3 10 4 40% 8 1.489 15 1 16 19 5 8 8 24 12 8 14 7 3.7 20
2006 25 CHW AL 67 67 58 3 4 45 41 4 91% 45 0 30 5 17% 9 2.125 36 21 9 50 7 10 19 48 13 10 14 17 3.1 16
2007 26 CHW AL 66 66 62 3 5 46 40 6 87% 46 0 18 6 33% 9 1.895 37 16 10 52 7 7 12 54 5 9 5 21 3.0 13
2008 27 CHW AL 57 57 52 3 1 34 30 4 88% 34 0 9 2 22% 9 1.752 31 9 17 49 4 4 6 51 6 2 6 14 3.2 14
2009 28 CHW AL 52 52 46 3 4 35 29 6 83% 35 0 9 1 11% 9 1.938 27 15 9 40 6 6 6 46 5 5 5 9 3.1 16
5 Seasons 274 274 236 13 15 168 146 22 87% 171 3 76 18 24% 1.875 146 62 61 210 29 35 51 223 41 34 44 68 3.2 15

Ratio Pitching*

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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 24 CHW AL 168 39% 1.8% 29.8% 8.9% 7.7% 38% 0.87 0.84 58% 19% 6.0% 7% 28 1 4%
2006 25 CHW AL 300 39% 1.7% 26.7% 10.3% 6.3% 29% 1.49 2.46 59% 19% 7.2% 5% 56 8 14%
2007 26 CHW AL 249 43% 0.8% 22.5% 5.2% 2.8% 16% 1.25 1.40 69% 15% 3.1% 16% 51 4 8%
2008 27 CHW AL 243 52% 1.2% 15.6% 7.0% 6.6% 31% 1.45 1.90 75% 13% 4.8% 16% 40 9 23%
2009 28 CHW AL 228 46% 4.0% 21.5% 7.0% 7.5% 33% 0.93 1.27 67% 19% 12.0% 10% 36 4 11%
5 Seasons 1188 44% 1.9% 23.0% 7.7% 6.1% 29% 1.21 1.56 66% 17% 6.8% 11% 211 26 12%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 24 CHW AL 168 649 3.86 433 67% 24% 20% 33% 24% 76% 5% 51% 74% 68% 4% 7 2 26% 44 29 2 34% 16 2 0 0 0
2006 25 CHW AL 300 1068 3.56 695 65% 26% 17% 30% 27% 74% 10% 48% 77% 60% 7% 20 6 26% 78 51 4 29% 28 4 0 0 0
2007 26 CHW AL 249 866 3.48 587 68% 24% 16% 29% 30% 76% 6% 51% 79% 60% 4% 9 4 20% 49 35 1 25% 15 1 0 0 0
2008 27 CHW AL 243 816 3.36 550 67% 25% 12% 29% 34% 75% 5% 50% 84% 71% 4% 9 1 28% 69 40 3 24% 8 4 0 0 0
2009 28 CHW AL 228 834 3.66 550 66% 24% 16% 30% 29% 76% 1% 50% 79% 61% 4% 10 8 29% 67 43 3 33% 12 1 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1188 4233 3.56 2815 67% 25% 16% 30% 29% 75% 6% 50% 79% 64% 5% 55 21 26% 307 198 13 29% 79 12 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 24 CHW AL 168 34 6 0 3 0 6 2 1 0 3 8 4 1 50% 2 4 1 68 7 0 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2006 25 CHW AL 300 66 6 0 5 0 7 5 0 0 5 19 8 2 42% 2 3 1 128 11 2 85% 9 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
2007 26 CHW AL 249 45 4 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 12 11 1 92% 1 4 0 95 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2008 27 CHW AL 243 51 7 0 3 0 3 3 0 2 1 15 7 1 47% 1 3 1 70 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
2009 28 CHW AL 228 52 4 1 9 0 7 5 4 3 6 14 6 2 43% 4 0 0 80 9 0 100% 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
5 Seasons 1188 248 27 1 22 0 24 17 5 6 16 68 36 7 53% 10 14 3 441 37 2 95% 31 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 29 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
2005 24 1 1 .500 2.75 32 0 18 0 0 6 39.1 34 15 12 3 15 3 50 1 0 4 168 164 1.246 7.8 0.7 3.4 11.4 3.33 164
2006 25 4 5 .444 3.55 99 0 76 0 0 47 109.0 100 47 43 8 46 13 130 3 0 7 468 131 1.339 8.3 0.7 3.8 10.7 2.83 131
2007 26 7 10 .412 3.26 165 0 138 0 0 87 174.0 145 67 63 10 59 17 186 4 0 11 717 143 1.172 7.5 0.5 3.1 9.6 3.15 143
2008 27 10 11 .476 3.09 222 0 190 0 0 117 235.2 196 85 81 13 76 21 224 5 0 14 960 150 1.154 7.5 0.5 2.9 8.6 2.95 150
2009 28 13 15 .464 3.21 274 0 236 0 0 146 289.0 248 109 103 22 92 22 273 7 0 14 1188 145 1.176 7.7 0.7 2.9 8.5 2.97 145

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2005 24 3 1 .750 2.48 40.0 33 12 11 3 15 51 1 1.200 7.4 3.4 11.5 3.40 0.7 32
2006 25 4 3 .571 3.71 68.0 63 31 28 5 30 78 2 1.368 8.3 4.0 10.3 2.60 0.7 67
2007 26 5 2 .714 2.53 64.0 43 20 18 2 12 55 1 0.859 6.0 1.7 7.7 4.58 0.3 66
2008 27 4 2 .667 2.59 59.0 49 19 17 3 16 36 1 1.102 7.5 2.4 5.5 2.25 0.5 57
2009 28 3 2 .600 3.57 53.0 51 23 21 9 16 49 2 1.264 8.7 2.7 8.3 3.06 1.5 52
5 Seasons 19 10 .655 3.01 284.0 239 105 95 22 89 269 7 1.155 7.6 8.5 3.02 0.7 274

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2006
2007

Saves s c a p y
2006 AL--41--2nd
2007 AL--40--2nd
2008 AL--30--8th
2009 AL--29--8th
Active--146--19th
Career--146--71st

Games Finished s c a p y
2006 AL--58--3rd
2007 AL--62--2nd
2008 AL--52--6th
2009 AL--46--9th
Active--236--25th
Career--236--171st

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 12 (1334), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 31 (420), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  5. Huston Street (950)
  6. J.J. Putz (948)
  7. Bill Landrum (943)
  8. Steve Olin (942)
  9. Luis DeLeon (939)
  10. Kiko Calero (938)
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  2. Trevor Hoffman (951)
  3. Keith Foulke (949)
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  5. Ricky Bottalico (945)
  6. Mike Schooler (941)
  7. Jeff Nelson (940)
  8. John Wetteland (940)
  9. Luis DeLeon (939)
  10. Eric Gagne (938)
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