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Jason Jennings

Jason Ryan Jennings

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: July 17, 1978 in Dallas, TX
High School: Poteet HS (Mesquite, TX)
School: Baylor University (Waco, TX)
Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 23, 2001
Teams (by GP): Rockies/Rangers/Astros 2001-2009
Agents: Casey Close [*]
Final Game: August 26, 2009
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Standard Batting

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
2001 22 COL NL 7 17 15 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 .267 .313 .533 .846 96 8 0 0 1 0 0 /1
2002 23 COL NL 32 68 62 6 19 4 0 0 11 0 0 3 13 .306 .348 .371 .719 80 23 0 1 2 0 0 1 RoY-1
2003 24 COL NL 33 65 54 3 12 3 0 0 3 0 0 5 16 .222 .283 .278 .561 39 15 0 0 5 1 0 1
2004 25 COL NL 37 78 71 3 17 4 0 1 6 0 0 2 16 .239 .260 .338 .598 46 24 1 0 5 0 0 1
2005 26 COL NL 22 44 38 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 12 .158 .200 .184 .384 -3 7 0 0 4 0 0 1
2006 27 COL NL 32 75 62 3 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 12 .129 .169 .145 .314 -21 9 0 0 10 0 0 1
2007 28 HOU NL 21 30 26 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 .077 .172 .077 .249 -32 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
2008 29 TEX AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2009 30 TEX AL 44 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Yrs 234 378 329 18 68 14 0 2 26 0 0 19 80 .207 .251 .267 .519 29 88 1 1 28 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 262 228 12 47 10 0 1 18 0 0 13 55 .207 .251 .267 .519 29 61 1 1 19 1 0
COL (6 yrs) 163 347 302 17 66 14 0 2 25 0 0 16 72 .219 .259 .285 .544 35 86 1 1 27 1 0
TEX (2 yrs) 50 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (1 yr) 21 30 26 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 .077 .172 .077 .249 -32 2 0 0 1 0 0
NL (7 yrs) 184 377 328 18 68 14 0 2 26 0 0 19 80 .207 .252 .268 .520 30 88 1 1 28 1 0
AL (2 yrs) 50 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2001 22 COL NL 7 17 -0 -0 0 0 2 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .528 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ /1
2002 23 COL NL 32 68 -2 -1 0 0 9 7 0.7 2 9 0.7 .522 .504 0.7 0.0 9 $206,000 1 RoY-1
2003 24 COL NL 33 65 -4 -0 0 0 9 5 0.5 2 7 0.5 .515 .503 0.5 0.0 7 $325,000 1
2004 25 COL NL 37 78 -5 0 1 0 11 7 0.7 2 10 0.7 .520 .505 0.7 0.0 10 $340,000 1
2005 26 COL NL 22 44 -6 -1 0 0 6 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 $2,400,000 1
2006 27 COL NL 32 75 -14 0 0 0 12 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 $4,500,000 1
2007 28 HOU NL 21 30 -5 -0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 0.0 0 $5,500,000 1
2008 29 TEX AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $4,000,000 /1
2009 30 TEX AL 44 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $800,000 1
9 Seasons 234 378 -37 -2 2 0 54 17 1.8 10 28 1.7 .507 .501 1.7 0.0 28 $18,071,000
COL (6 yrs) 163 347 -31 -2 1 0 50 18 1.9 9 28 1.8 .511 .502 1.8 0.0 28 $7,771,000
TEX (2 yrs) 50 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $4,800,000
HOU (1 yr) 21 30 -5 -0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 0.0 0 $5,500,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2001 22 COL NL 17 12 3 6.7 130 .273 .267 .293 .313 .367 .533 .480 .846 .847 96 .628 -0.2 -0.0 .818 .333 .267 .0
2002 23 COL NL 68 45 8 4.8 120 .388 .306 .283 .348 .359 .371 .450 .719 .809 80 .496 -2.0 -0.2 .628 .113 .065
2003 24 COL NL 65 48 5 2.8 122 .308 .222 .286 .283 .360 .278 .458 .561 .818 39 .261 -5.2 -0.5 .476 .148 .056
2004 25 COL NL 78 60 6 2.7 122 .296 .239 .284 .260 .358 .338 .461 .598 .819 46 .240 -6.3 -0.6 .473 .127 .099 .0
2005 26 COL NL 44 36 2 1.5 118 .231 .158 .282 .200 .354 .184 .450 .384 .804 -3 .103 -6.2 -0.6 .281 .079 .026
2006 27 COL NL 75 64 2 0.8 121 .160 .129 .283 .169 .355 .145 .459 .314 .814 -21 .036 -12.1 -1.2 .222 .065 .016
2007 28 HOU NL 30 25 1 1.1 111 .111 .077 .273 .172 .342 .077 .436 .249 .778 -32 .056 -5.3 -0.5 .208 .115 .000
2009 30 TEX AL 1 1 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .272 .000 .342 .000 .436 .000 .778 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
9 Yrs 378 291 27 2.5 120 .266 .207 .283 .251 .357 .267 .456 .519 .812 29 .219 -37.5 -3.6 .412 .119 .061 .0
162 Game Avg. 262 201 19 2.5 120 .266 .207 .283 .251 .357 .267 .456 .519 .812 29 .219 -37.5 -3.6 .412 .119 .061
COL (6 yrs) 347 265 26 2.6 121 .279 .219 .284 .259 .358 .285 .457 .544 .815 35 .238 -31.9 -3.0 .435 .119 .066 .0
TEX (2 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .272 .000 .342 .000 .436 .000 .778 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
HOU (1 yr) 30 25 1 1.1 111 .111 .077 .273 .172 .342 .077 .436 .249 .778 -32 .055 -5.3 -0.5 .208 .115 .000
NL (7 yrs) 377 290 27 2.5 120 .267 .207 .283 .252 .357 .268 .456 .520 .812 30 .221 -37.2 -3.6 .414 .119 .061 .0
AL (2 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .272 .000 .342 .000 .436 .000 .778 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2001 22 COL NL 17 5.9% 17.7% 5.9% 11.8% 50% 3.00 5.0 15.0 7.5 0.57 1.00 65% 23% 20.0% 29%
2002 23 COL NL 68 0.0% 19.1% 4.4% 5.9% 21% 4.33 4.8 5.6 0.71 1.13 72% 27% 0.0% 32%
2003 24 COL NL 65 0.0% 24.6% 7.7% 4.6% 25% 3.20 3.4 18.0 1.05 1.46 60% 14% 0.0% 0%
2004 25 COL NL 78 1.3% 20.5% 2.6% 6.4% 29% 8.00 4.4 71.0 11.8 0.85 2.14 69% 27% 5.0% 23%
2005 26 COL NL 44 0.0% 27.3% 4.6% 2.3% 17% 6.00 3.2 38.0 1.67 1.67 59% 10% 0.0% 11%
2006 27 COL NL 75 0.0% 16.0% 4.0% 1.3% 13% 4.00 5.2 31.0 2.06 2.92 67% 5% 0.0% 6%
2007 28 HOU NL 30 0.0% 26.7% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 2.67 3.3 26.0 0.78 1.43 60% 16% 0.0% 33%
2009 30 TEX AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 0.00 100% 0% 100%
9 Yrs 378 0.5% 21.2% 5.0% 4.2% 24% 4.21 4.1 164.5 12.7 1.05 1.74 66% 17% 2.2% 20%
MLB Averages 2.8% 17.0% 8.6% 8.0% 34% 1.99 5.2 32.3 7.6 0.79 1.07 70% 20% 7.9% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2001 22 COL NL -0.2 -0.0 17 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .63 -0.1 -0.0 0.5 0.0 0.93 0.6 0
2002 23 COL NL -2.0 -0.2 68 0.4 1.3 -0.8 .86 0.0 0.5 2.3 0.2 0.96 -0.4 0
2003 24 COL NL -5.2 -0.5 65 -0.4 0.6 -1.0 .87 -0.4 -0.1 -4.9 -0.4 0.88 -4.3 0.01 1
2004 25 COL NL -6.3 -0.6 80 -0.5 1.2 -1.7 1.07 -0.4 -0.1 -5.9 -0.5 0.98 -4.6 1.36 4
2005 26 COL NL -6.2 -0.6 45 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 .91 -0.6 -0.1 -7.4 -0.7 0.91 -7.1 0.56 2
2006 27 COL NL -12.1 -1.2 76 -1.1 0.5 -1.6 .97 -1.2 0.1 -13.1 -1.2 0.92 -13.4 0
2007 28 HOU NL -5.3 -0.5 30 -0.1 0.5 -0.6 1.03 -0.4 0.3 -4.1 -0.4 0.87 -4.6 1.86 2
2008 29 TEX AL 0.0 0.0
2009 30 TEX AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .39 -0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 1.04 -0.3 0
9 Yrs -37.6 -3.6 382 -2.4 4.3 -6.8 .93 -3.0 0.4 -33.0 -3.0 0.93 -34.2 1.14 9

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2001 22 COL NL 0 0 25% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
2002 23 COL NL 0 0 26% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20% 6 5 1 1 1 0 3 2 1
2003 24 COL NL 2 0 18% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
2004 25 COL NL 2 0 11% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 29% 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 2
2005 26 COL NL 0 0 0% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 27 COL NL 0 0 27% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2007 28 HOU NL 0 0 20% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 30 TEX AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 4 0 19% 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 15% 21 20 1 3 3 0 9 4 4

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2001 22 COL NL 17 59% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0 0 11 1 9% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
2002 23 COL NL 68 76% 19 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 19 0 0% 12 3 25% 52 11 21% 5 3 60% 4 3 75% 0
2003 24 COL NL 65 72% 12 1 0 1 1 0 0 0.01 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 12 0 0% 11 5 45% 34 3 9% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
2004 25 COL NL 78 72% 17 1 0 4 2 0 0 1.36 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 13 5 38% 20 1 5% 21 3 14% 55 6 11% 3 1 33% 6 1 17% 0
2005 26 COL NL 44 61% 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 7 0 0% 9 3 33% 27 1 4% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
2006 27 COL NL 75 83% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 10 91% 9 0 0% 13 4 31% 47 2 4% 4 1 25% 2 1 50% 0
2007 28 HOU NL 30 87% 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 1.86 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 5 0 0% 7 0 0% 15 1 7% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
2009 30 TEX AL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 378 74% 68 4 1 9 4 0 1 1.14 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 44 28 64% 73 1 1% 73 18 25% 242 25 10% 16 7 44% 16 7 44% 0
MLB Averages 54% 69% 11% 33% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2001 22 COL NL 17 60 3.53 40 67% 15% 23% 30% 33% 85% 0% 57% 74% 53% 0% 0 0 6% 1 1 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
2002 23 COL NL 68 209 3.07 136 65% 20% 18% 25% 38% 80% 0% 52% 78% 34% 4% 3 0 16% 11 4 4% 3 2 23% 0 0 0
2003 24 COL NL 66 266 4.03 164 62% 30% 16% 26% 27% 70% 0% 43% 76% 18% 3% 2 0 18% 12 5 14% 9 6 19% -1 0 0
2004 25 COL NL 78 253 3.24 176 70% 20% 18% 28% 34% 80% 0% 56% 77% 44% 3% 2 0 9% 7 4 6% 5 3 25% 0 0 0
2005 26 COL NL 44 148 3.36 103 70% 14% 22% 35% 29% 86% 0% 60% 74% 50% 2% 1 0 5% 2 1 9% 4 3 17% 0 0 0
2006 27 COL NL 75 230 3.07 146 63% 23% 14% 22% 41% 77% 0% 49% 82% 35% 3% 2 0 9% 7 5 7% 5 3 33% 0 0 0
2007 28 HOU NL 30 107 3.57 67 63% 24% 18% 30% 28% 76% 0% 48% 76% 27% 3% 1 0 3% 1 0 3% 1 1 38% 0 0 0
2009 30 TEX AL 1 2 2.00 1 50% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 0% 50% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 379 1275 3.36 833 65% 22% 18% 27% 33% 78% 0% 51% 77% 35% 3% 11 0 11% 41 20 7% 27 18 25% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.76 63% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 28% 5% 15% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2001 22 7 17 15 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 .267 .313 .533 .846 96 8 0 0 1 0 0
2002 23 39 85 77 8 23 5 0 1 13 0 0 4 16 .299 .341 .403 .744 83 31 0 1 3 0 0
2003 24 72 150 131 11 35 8 0 1 16 0 0 9 32 .267 .317 .351 .668 65 46 0 1 8 1 0
2004 25 109 228 202 14 52 12 0 2 22 0 0 11 48 .257 .298 .347 .644 58 70 1 1 13 1 0
2005 26 131 272 240 14 58 13 0 2 23 0 0 13 60 .242 .282 .321 .603 49 77 1 1 17 1 0
2006 27 163 347 302 17 66 14 0 2 25 0 0 16 72 .219 .259 .285 .544 35 86 1 1 27 1 0
2007 28 184 377 328 18 68 14 0 2 26 0 0 19 80 .207 .252 .268 .520 30 88 1 1 28 1 0
2008 29 190 377 328 18 68 14 0 2 26 0 0 19 80 .207 .252 .268 .520 30 88 1 1 28 1 0
2009 30 234 378 329 18 68 14 0 2 26 0 0 19 80 .207 .251 .267 .519 29 88 1 1 28 1 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2001 22 7 17 15 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 .267 .313 .533 .846 2 7
2002 23 32 67 61 5 18 4 0 0 10 0 3 13 .295 .338 .361 .699 7 32
2003 24 33 64 53 3 11 3 0 0 3 0 5 16 .208 .271 .264 .535 4 33
2004 25 37 76 69 2 15 4 0 1 5 0 2 16 .217 .239 .319 .558 5 37
2005 26 22 43 37 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 12 .135 .179 .162 .342 1 22
2006 27 32 72 60 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 12 .100 .129 .117 .246 1 32
2007 28 21 30 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 .000 .103 .000 .103 0 21
2009 30 44 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 44
8 Yrs 228 370 322 14 59 14 0 2 22 0 18 80 .183 .228 .245 .473 20 228
162 Game Avg. 162 263 229 10 42 10 0 1 16 0 13 57 .183 .228 .245 .473 14 228

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Awards (yr lg award)
2002 NL Rookie of the Year

                                         

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