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Jeff Karstens

Jeffrey Wayne Karstens

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 24, 1982 in San Diego, CA
High School: Mount Miguel HS (Spring Valley, CA)
School: Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 19th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 22, 2006
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Yankees 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$3.1M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.132, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*],
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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
2006 23 NYY AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2007 24 NYY AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2008 25 PIT NL 9 18 14 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .143 .250 .143 .393 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 /1
2009 26 PIT NL 39 26 22 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 .045 .160 .045 .205 -42 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
2010 27 PIT NL 26 38 33 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 .061 .088 .061 .149 -58 2 0 0 4 0 0 1
2011 28 PIT NL 30 58 48 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 28 .104 .157 .125 .282 -20 6 0 0 7 0 0 1
2012 29 PIT NL 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
7 Yrs 122 144 121 7 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 67 .083 .146 .091 .237 -33 11 0 1 14 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 191 161 9 13 1 0 0 3 0 0 11 89 .083 .146 .091 .237 -33 15 0 1 19 0 0
PIT (5 yrs) 107 144 121 7 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 67 .083 .146 .091 .237 -33 11 0 1 14 0 0
NYY (2 yrs) 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 107 144 121 7 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 67 .083 .146 .091 .237 -33 11 0 1 14 0 0
AL (2 yrs) 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
2006 23 NYY AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
2007 24 NYY AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $389,495 /1
2008 25 PIT NL 9 18 -2 0 0 0 2 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .506 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
2009 26 PIT NL 39 26 -4 -0 0 0 4 -0 -0.0 1 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $401,500 1
2010 27 PIT NL 26 38 -8 -0 0 0 5 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .488 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ 1
2011 28 PIT NL 30 58 -8 -0 0 0 7 -1 -0.1 2 0 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 $1,100,000 1
2012 29 PIT NL 3 4 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .485 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
7 Seasons 122 144 -23 -0 0 0 19 -4 -0.4 4 -0 -0.3 .496 .500 -0.3 0.0 -0 $1,890,995
PIT (5 yrs) 107 144 -23 -0 0 0 19 -4 -0.4 4 -0 -0.3 .496 .499 -0.3 0.0 -0 $1,501,500
NYY (2 yrs) 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $389,495

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
2008 25 PIT NL 18 14 1 1.9 104 .333 .143 .262 .250 .334 .143 .419 .393 .752 9 .153 -1.8 -0.2 .333 .143 .000
2009 26 PIT NL 26 22 0 0.0 105 .100 .045 .263 .160 .336 .045 .418 .205 .755 -42 .000 -4.6 -0.4 .190 .091 .000
2010 27 PIT NL 38 35 0 0.0 101 .118 .061 .260 .088 .329 .061 .409 .149 .738 -58 .000 -7.4 -0.7 .097 .030 .000
2011 28 PIT NL 58 50 1 0.5 95 .250 .104 .254 .157 .321 .125 .396 .282 .717 -20 .021 -7.8 -0.8 .209 .083 .021
2012 29 PIT NL 4 4 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .254 .000 .321 .000 .401 .000 .722 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
7 Yrs 144 125 2 0.4 99 .185 .083 .258 .146 .328 .091 .406 .237 .734 -33 .013 -22.8 -2.3 .180 .074 .008
162 Game Avg. 191 166 3 0.4 99 .185 .083 .258 .146 .328 .091 .406 .237 .734 -33 .013 -22.8 -2.3 .180 .074 .008

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
2008 25 PIT NL 18 0.0% 44.4% 11.1% 0.0% 0% 4.00 1.8 2.00 3.00 33% 25% 0.0% 0%
2009 26 PIT NL 26 0.0% 46.2% 7.7% 0.0% 0% 6.00 1.8 4.00 8.00 38% 0% 0.0% 50%
2010 27 PIT NL 38 0.0% 42.1% 2.6% 0.0% 0% 16.00 2.1 4.00 5.33 45% 10% 0.0% 0%
2011 28 PIT NL 58 0.0% 48.3% 5.2% 1.7% 20% 9.33 1.7 24.0 1.86 4.50 34% 15% 0.0% 0%
2012 29 PIT NL 4 0.0% 75.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3 25% 0%
7 Yrs 144 0.0% 46.5% 5.6% 0.7% 10% 8.38 1.8 60.5 2.71 4.90 38% 12% 0.0% 7%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.8% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 2.09 5.0 34.0 7.8 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.6% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2006 23 NYY AL 0.0 0.0
2007 24 NYY AL 0.0 0.0
2008 25 PIT NL -1.8 -0.2 18 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 1.13 -0.2 -0.1 -3.1 -0.3 1.03 -2.4 0
2009 26 PIT NL -4.6 -0.4 26 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 .67 -0.4 -0.1 -3.3 -0.3 0.77 -3.7 0
2010 27 PIT NL -7.4 -0.7 38 -0.7 0.1 -0.8 .89 -0.7 -0.0 -7.6 -0.8 0.92 -7.9 0
2011 28 PIT NL -8.0 -0.8 60 -0.7 0.3 -1.0 .95 -0.7 -0.0 -7.4 -0.8 0.96 -7.0 0
2012 29 PIT NL -1.1 -0.1 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .69 -0.1 0.0 -0.6 -0.1 0.61 -1.0 0
7 Yrs -22.9 -2.3 146 -2.1 0.6 -2.7 .90 -2.1 -0.2 -22.0 -2.2 0.92 -22.1 0

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
2008 25 PIT NL 0 0 75% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
2009 26 PIT NL 1 0 50% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 27 PIT NL 0 0 0% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
2011 28 PIT NL 0 0 25% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
2012 29 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1 0 37% 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20% 4 4 0 4 3 1 2 1 1

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
2008 25 PIT NL 18 44% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 4 0 0% 4 0 0% 13 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 26 PIT NL 26 31% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2010 27 PIT NL 38 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 7 0 0% 7 1 14% 21 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
2011 28 PIT NL 58 22% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 100% 11 0 0% 12 7 58% 35 3 9% 3 2 67% 1 1 100% 0
2012 29 PIT NL 4 75% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 144 35% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 14 78% 23 0 0% 26 9 35% 75 3 4% 3 2 67% 2 1 50% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 51% 56%

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
2008 25 PIT NL 18 79 4.39 51 65% 43% 16% 25% 16% 57% 0% 37% 72% 17% 6% 1 0 11% 2 0 6% 1 0 13% 0 0 0
2009 26 PIT NL 26 111 4.27 72 65% 50% 15% 19% 15% 50% 0% 32% 69% 4% 4% 1 0 4% 1 0 4% 1 0 50% 0 0 0
2010 27 PIT NL 38 132 3.47 102 77% 41% 15% 24% 21% 59% 0% 45% 75% 16% 0% 0 0 8% 3 1 5% 2 0 38% 0 0 0
2011 28 PIT NL 58 271 4.67 178 66% 38% 19% 29% 15% 62% 0% 41% 70% 19% 3% 2 0 14% 8 2 7% 4 0 32% 0 0 0
2012 29 PIT NL 4 20 5.00 16 80% 38% 13% 44% 6% 63% 0% 50% 80% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 144 613 4.26 419 68% 41% 16% 26% 16% 59% 0% 40% 72% 15% 3% 4 0 10% 14 3 6% 8 0 34% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
2008 25 24 18 14 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .143 .250 .143 .393 9 2 0 0 2 0 0
2009 26 63 44 36 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 20 .083 .195 .083 .278 -22 3 0 1 3 0 0
2010 27 89 82 69 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 36 .072 .147 .072 .219 -38 5 0 1 7 0 0
2011 28 119 140 117 7 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 64 .085 .151 .094 .245 -31 11 0 1 14 0 0
2012 29 122 144 121 7 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 67 .083 .146 .091 .237 -33 11 0 1 14 0 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
2008 25 9 20 15 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 .200 .333 .200 .533 1 9
2009 26 39 26 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 .000 .120 .000 .120 0 39
2010 27 26 38 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 .000 .029 .000 .029 0 26
2011 28 30 58 48 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 3 28 .104 .157 .125 .282 1 30
2012 29 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
5 Yrs 107 146 122 8 8 1 0 0 2 0 9 67 .066 .136 .074 .210 2 107
162 Game Avg. 162 221 185 12 12 2 0 0 3 0 14 101 .066 .136 .074 .210 3 107

* 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.

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