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Bobby Jenks

Robert Scott Jenks

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 275 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
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/RedSox 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 2 yrs/$12M (11-12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.090, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Genske, Felder [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 12:10AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #934. Rick Waits… #935. Bert Cunningham… #936. Scott Downs… #937. BOBBY JENKS… #938. Monty Stratton… #939. Dave Veres… #940. David Palmer… 

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 4 168 165 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 3 243 175 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 0 228 127 1.275 8.8 1.5 2.7 8.3 3.06
2010 29 CHW AL 1 3 .250 4.44 55 0 46 0 0 27 52.2 54 28 26 3 18 1 61 1 0 2 231 97 1.367 9.2 0.5 3.1 10.4 3.39
2011 30 BOS AL 2 2 .500 6.32 19 0 4 0 0 0 15.2 22 12 11 1 13 0 17 0 1 3 80 69 2.234 12.6 0.6 7.5 9.8 1.31
7 Seasons 16 20 .444 3.53 348 0 286 0 0 173 357.1 324 149 140 26 123 23 351 8 1 19 1499 131 1.251 8.2 0.7 3.1 8.8 2.85
162 Game Avg. 3 4 .444 3.53 68 0 56 0 0 34 70 63 29 27 5 24 4 69 2 0 4 293 131 1.251 8.2 0.7 3.1 8.8 2.85
CHW (6 yrs) 14 18 .438 3.40 329 0 282 0 0 173 341.2 302 137 129 25 110 23 334 8 0 16 1419 136 1.206 8.0 0.7 2.9 8.8 3.04
BOS (1 yr) 2 2 .500 6.32 19 0 4 0 0 0 15.2 22 12 11 1 13 0 17 0 1 3 80 69 2.234 12.6 0.6 7.5 9.8 1.31

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2005 24 CHW AL 39.1 0 15 25 0 1.5 10 0.9 $
2006 25 CHW AL 69.2 0 32 49 -1 2.1 17 1.6 $340,000 AS
2007 26 CHW AL 65.0 0 20 48 -2 1.9 28 2.9 $400,000 AS
2008 27 CHW AL 61.2 0 18 44 -2 1.7 26 2.7 $550,000
2009 28 CHW AL 53.1 0 24 36 -2 2.0 12 1.2 $5,600,000
2010 29 CHW AL 52.2 0 28 30 -1 1.7 2 0.3 $7,500,000
2011 30 BOS AL 15.2 0 12 9 0 1.5 -3 -0.4 $6,000,000
7 Seasons 357.1 0 149 241 -8 1.8 92 9.2 $20,390,000
CHW (6 yrs) 341.2 0 137 232 -8 1.8 95 9.6 $14,390,000
BOS (1 yr) 15.2 0 12 9 0 1.5 -3 -0.4 $6,000,000

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
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

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2005 24 CHW AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 25 CHW AL 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2007 26 CHW AL 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2008 27 CHW AL 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 28 CHW AL 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 29 CHW AL 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2011 30 BOS AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Seasons 332 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (6 yrs) 329 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2010 29 CHW AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $7,500,000 1
2011 30 BOS AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $6,000,000 1
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $13,500,000
BOS (1 yr) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $6,000,000
CHW (1 yr) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $7,500,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 24 CHW AL WS HOU W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2005 CHW AL 24 P 32 39.1 6 2 3 1 0 .833 -2 -10 1.14 0.16 .953 1.69 1.68
2006 CHW AL 25 P 67 69.2 12 5 6 1 1 .917 -2 -6 1.42 0.16 .958 1.56 1.54 AS
2007 CHW AL 26 P 66 65.0 15 3 12 0 1 1.000 1 3 2.08 0.23 .955 1.61 1.59 AS
2008 CHW AL 27 P 57 61.2 16 4 12 0 1 1.000 0 0 2.34 0.28 .952 1.61 1.59
2009 CHW AL 28 P 52 53.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -2 -8 0.51 0.06 .953 1.54 1.51
2010 CHW AL 29 P 55 52.2 17 4 12 1 1 .941 -2 -8 2.73 0.29 .953 1.62 1.61
2011 BOS AL 30 P 19 0 0 15.2 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 0 0 2.30 0.21 .950 1.61 1.59 2 0 0% 0
7 Seasons P 348 0 0 357.1 73 20 50 3 5 .959 -7 -3 1.76 0.20 .954 1.60 1.58 2 0 0% 0
7 Seasons TOT 348 0 0 357.1 73 20 50 3 5 .959 -7 -23 1.76 0.20 .954 1.60 1.58 2 0 0% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)
2010 AL  27 (8th)
Active  173 (11th)
Career  173 (59th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2006 AL  58 (3rd)
2007 AL  62 (2nd)
2008 AL  52 (6th)
2009 AL  46 (9th)
2010 AL  46 (8th)
Active  286 (13th)
Career  286 (121st)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2008 AL  3.4 (10th)
Career  8.4 (240th)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
2010 AL  2.73 (4th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2009 AL  1.000 (1st)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 - 15 (1235), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 32 (416), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Huston Street (939)
  6. Frank Francisco (939)
  7. Brandon League (935)
  8. Chad Cordero (935)
  9. Bill Landrum (934)
  10. Kerry Ligtenberg (932)
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  6. Antonio Alfonseca (946)
  7. Brad Lidge (943)
  8. Eric Gagne (938)
  9. Heathcliff Slocumb (937)
  10. Bob Howry (936)
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  4. Brian Wilson (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Brian Wilson (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200625Chicago White Sox$340,000
200726Chicago White Sox$400,000
200827Chicago White Sox$550,000
200928Chicago White Sox$5,600,000
201029Chicago White Sox$7,500,000
201130Boston Red Sox$6,000,000
201231Boston Red Sox$6,000,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$20,390,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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