Jeff Karstens
Jeffrey Wayne Karstens
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 24, 1982 in San Diego, CA
High School: Mount Miguel (Spring Valley, CA)
School: Texas Tech University
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
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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
2006 23 NYY AL 2 1 .667 3.80 8 6 2 0 0 0 42.2 40 20 18 6 11 2 16 1 1 3 179 119 1.195 8.4 1.3 2.3 3.4 1.45
2007 24 NYY AL 1 4 .200 11.05 7 3 2 0 0 0 14.2 27 21 18 4 9 0 5 0 0 2 80 41 2.455 16.6 2.5 5.5 3.1 0.56
2008 25 PIT NL 2 6 .250 4.03 9 9 0 1 1 0 51.1 56 32 23 7 13 0 23 0 0 1 220 104 1.344 9.8 1.2 2.3 4.0 1.77
2009 26 PIT NL 4 6 .400 5.42 39 13 8 0 0 0 108.0 115 66 65 12 45 5 52 2 0 1 471 76 1.481 9.6 1.0 3.8 4.3 1.16
4 Seasons 9 17 .346 5.15 63 31 12 1 1 0 216.2 238 139 124 29 78 7 96 3 1 7 950 82 1.458 9.9 1.2 3.2 4.0 1.23
162 Game Avg. 7 12 .346 5.15 46 22 9 1 1 0 157 172 101 90 21 56 5 69 2 1 5 687 82 1.458 9.9 1.2 3.2 4.0 1.23
PIT (2 yrs) 6 12 .333 4.97 48 22 8 1 1 0 159.1 171 98 88 19 58 5 75 2 0 2 691 83 1.437 9.7 1.1 3.3 4.2 1.29
NYY (2 yrs) 3 5 .375 5.65 15 9 4 0 0 0 57.1 67 41 36 10 20 2 21 1 1 5 259 80 1.517 10.5 1.6 3.1 3.3 1.05
NL (2 yrs) 6 12 .333 4.97 48 22 8 1 1 0 159.1 171 98 88 19 58 5 75 2 0 2 691 83 1.437 9.7 1.1 3.3 4.2 1.29
AL (2 yrs) 3 5 .375 5.65 15 9 4 0 0 0 57.1 67 41 36 10 20 2 21 1 1 5 259 80 1.517 10.5 1.6 3.1 3.3 1.05

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
2006 23 NYY AL 8 179 165 20 40 9 1 6 2 0 11 16 .242 .291 .418 .709 .234 69 1 1 0 2 2
2007 24 NYY AL 7 80 68 21 27 9 0 4 1 0 9 5 .397 .462 .706 1.167 .383 48 0 0 2 1 0
2008 25 PIT NL 9 220 201 32 56 9 3 7 3 3 13 23 .279 .317 .458 .774 .280 92 5 0 2 4 0
2009 26 PIT NL 39 471 412 66 115 34 6 12 9 2 45 52 .279 .348 .478 .827 .291 197 9 2 6 6 5
4 Seasons 63 950 846 139 238 61 10 29 15 5 78 96 .281 .339 .480 .819 .285 406 15 3 10 13 7
162 Game Avg. 46 687 612 101 172 44 7 21 11 4 56 69 .281 .339 .480 .819 .285 294 11 2 7 9 5
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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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 23 NYY AL 8 6 2 1 3 0 1 3 3 .500 2 1 0 0 4 67% 48 57 39 4 2 0 4 6.2 6.2 6.1 86 2 4 0 0 99
2007 24 NYY AL 7 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29 46 16 6 3 0 3 2.8 5.1 2.4 56 2 1 0 0 89
2008 25 PIT NL 9 9 2 6 1 0 2 2 7 .222 1 0 1 1 5 56% 47 86 23 5 5 0 7 2.4 2.8 5.7 92 2 4 3 0 113
2009 26 PIT NL 39 13 3 4 6 1 1 6 7 .462 1 2 0 0 4 31% 45 63 25 18 5 2 6 3.6 4.2 5.1 80 5 6 2 0 109
4 Seasons 63 31 7 13 11 1 4 12 19 .387 4 3 1 1 13 42% 45 86 16 33 15 2 20 3.7 4.2 5.2 82 11 15 5 0 113
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

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
2006 23 NYY AL 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.868 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 9.0 44
2007 24 NYY AL 7 4 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 10 0.949 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 0 5.5 34
2009 26 PIT NL 39 26 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 9 3 33% 6 0.867 4 8 14 6 6 14 5 21 13 5 13 4 4.8 26
3 Seasons 54 32 12 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 13 3 23% 0.876 6 8 17 6 8 18 7 25 16 6 16 4 5.2 28

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%
2006 23 NYY AL 179 47% 3.4% 8.9% 6.2% 8.9% 40% 0.49 0.49 81% 17% 6.6% 10% 25 1 4%
2007 24 NYY AL 80 48% 5.0% 6.3% 11.3% 16.3% 48% 0.41 0.56 75% 15% 10.3% 11% 14 0 0%
2008 25 PIT NL 220 52% 3.2% 10.5% 5.9% 8.6% 34% 0.79 0.91 80% 14% 7.8% 9% 43 5 12%
2009 26 PIT NL 471 48% 2.6% 11.0% 9.6% 11.0% 45% 0.63 0.86 75% 15% 6.3% 14% 66 9 14%
4 Seasons 950 49% 3.1% 10.1% 8.2% 10.5% 42% 0.61 0.76 77% 15% 7.1% 12% 148 15 10%
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
2006 23 NYY AL 179 605 3.38 387 64% 29% 8% 25% 39% 71% 2% 46% 89% 58% 6% 11 6 18% 33 16 2 31% 3 3 0 0 0
2007 24 NYY AL 80 304 3.80 193 63% 28% 10% 27% 34% 72% 0% 45% 86% 60% 5% 4 2 26% 21 12 0 40% 2 2 0 0 0
2008 25 PIT NL 220 824 3.75 527 64% 27% 13% 26% 35% 73% 0% 47% 83% 56% 5% 10 6 23% 51 25 4 22% 4 4 0 0 0
2009 26 PIT NL 471 1725 3.66 1080 63% 28% 11% 26% 34% 72% 2% 45% 84% 62% 5% 24 12 19% 91 48 8 27% 14 7 0 0 0
4 Seasons 950 3458 3.64 2187 63% 28% 11% 26% 35% 72% 2% 46% 85% 60% 5% 49 26 21% 196 101 14 27% 23 16 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
2006 23 NYY AL 179 40 2 1 6 0 3 5 1 4 2 8 4 0 50% 2 3 0 56 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2007 24 NYY AL 80 27 4 2 4 1 3 1 3 2 2 8 5 0 63% 1 2 0 34 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2008 25 PIT NL 220 56 13 3 7 0 3 4 3 7 0 10 7 0 70% 6 1 0 76 3 3 50% 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
2009 26 PIT NL 471 115 14 5 12 0 9 7 5 6 6 29 14 3 48% 1 1 1 157 9 2 82% 8 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
4 Seasons 950 238 33 11 29 1 18 17 12 19 10 55 30 3 55% 10 7 1 323 15 5 75% 13 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 23 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+
2006 23 2 1 .667 3.80 8 6 2 0 0 0 42.2 40 20 18 6 11 2 16 1 1 3 179 119 1.195 8.4 1.3 2.3 3.4 1.45 119
2007 24 3 5 .375 5.65 15 9 4 0 0 0 57.1 67 41 36 10 20 2 21 1 1 5 259 80 1.517 10.5 1.6 3.1 3.3 1.05 80
2008 25 5 11 .313 4.89 24 18 4 1 1 0 108.2 123 73 59 17 33 2 44 1 1 6 479 89 1.436 10.2 1.4 2.7 3.6 1.33 89
2009 26 9 17 .346 5.15 63 31 12 1 1 0 216.2 238 139 124 29 78 7 96 3 1 7 950 82 1.458 9.9 1.2 3.2 4.0 1.23 82

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
2006 23 2 2 .500 3.64 42.0 40 19 17 6 11 16 1 1.214 8.6 2.4 3.4 1.45 1.3 8
2007 24 0 1 .000 10.20 15.0 27 19 17 4 9 5 0 2.400 16.2 5.4 3.0 0.56 2.4 7
2008 25 3 2 .600 3.96 50.0 56 24 22 7 13 22 0 1.380 10.1 2.3 4.0 1.69 1.3 9
2009 26 4 7 .364 5.68 103.0 115 72 65 12 45 50 2 1.553 10.0 3.9 4.4 1.11 1.0 39
4 Seasons 9 12 .429 5.19 210.0 238 134 121 29 78 93 3 1.505 10.2 4.0 1.19 1.2 63

* 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

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 NL--1--7th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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  5. Craig Anderson (984)
  6. Dan Boone (983)
  7. Jack Berly (983)
  8. John Briggs (983)
  9. Steve Baker (983)
  10. Woody Main (982)
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  2. Don Wengert (987)
  3. Howie Fox (984)
  4. Bob Purkey (984)
  5. Rocky Biddle (983)
  6. Ralph Winegarner (983)
  7. John Briggs (983)
  8. Steve Baker (983)
  9. Jose Nunez (980)
  10. Garrett Mock (980)
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  2. Bronson Arroyo (994)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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