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 Pitching

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 3 179 120 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 42 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 77 1.481 9.6 1.0 3.8 4.3 1.16
2010 27 PIT NL 3 10 .231 4.92 26 19 1 0 0 0 122.2 146 72 67 21 27 5 72 1 1 0 525 82 1.410 10.7 1.5 2.0 5.3 2.67
2011 28 PIT NL 9 9 .500 3.38 30 26 1 1 1 0 162.1 163 69 61 22 33 6 96 4 1 4 668 111 1.207 9.0 1.2 1.8 5.3 2.91
2012 29 PIT NL 0 1 .000 4.50 3 3 0 0 0 0 12.0 15 6 6 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 53 85 1.417 11.3 0.0 1.5 3.8 2.50
7 Yrs 21 37 .362 4.52 122 79 14 2 2 0 513.2 562 286 258 72 140 18 269 9 3 11 2196 90 1.367 9.8 1.3 2.5 4.7 1.92
162 Game Avg. 7 13 .362 4.52 41 27 5 1 1 0 174 190 97 87 24 47 6 91 3 1 4 743 90 1.367 9.8 1.3 2.5 4.7 1.92
PIT (5 yrs) 18 32 .360 4.38 107 70 10 2 2 0 456.1 495 245 222 62 120 16 248 8 2 6 1937 91 1.348 9.8 1.2 2.4 4.9 2.07
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 81 1.517 10.5 1.6 3.1 3.3 1.05
NL (5 yrs) 18 32 .360 4.38 107 70 10 2 2 0 456.1 495 245 222 62 120 16 248 8 2 6 1937 91 1.348 9.8 1.2 2.4 4.9 2.07
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 81 1.517 10.5 1.6 3.1 3.3 1.05

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2006 23 NYY AL 42.2 8 6 20 4.22 4.92 -0.38 0.11 97.8 5.29 5 0.5 .1 -0.1 0.8 10 .559 .503 $
2007 24 NYY AL 14.2 7 3 21 12.89 4.89 -0.13 -0.09 102.6 5.06 -13 -1.1 1.3 -0.1 -1.1 -11 .344 .493 $389,495
2008 25 PIT NL 51.1 9 9 32 5.61 4.63 -0.11 0.19 99.7 4.91 -4 -0.4 -0.0 0.0 1 .461 .498 $
2009 26 PIT NL 108.0 39 13 66 5.50 4.46 0.17 -0.02 100.9 4.31 -14 -1.5 .8 -0.1 -0.7 -4 .463 .491 $401,500
2010 27 PIT NL 122.2 26 19 72 5.28 4.51 -0.53 0.11 100.3 5.16 -2 -0.2 .3 -0.1 0.6 10 .492 .499 $
2011 28 PIT NL 162.1 30 26 69 3.83 4.28 -0.20 0.14 97.2 4.48 11 1.2 1.0 -0.1 2.3 26 .542 .508 $1,100,000
2012 29 PIT NL 12.0 3 3 6 4.50 4.45 -0.16 0.16 94.9 4.52 -0 -0.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .494 .500 $
7 Seasons 513.2 122 79 286 5.01 4.48 -0.20 0.09 99.1 4.74 -17 -1.4 .8 -0.5 2.0 34 .489 .499 $1,890,995
PIT (5 yrs) 456.1 107 70 245 4.83 4.43 -0.19 0.10 99.1 4.67 -9 -0.8 .7 -0.3 2.3 34 .493 .499 $1,501,500
NYY (2 yrs) 57.1 15 9 41 6.44 4.91 -0.31 0.06 99.0 5.23 -8 -0.6 .9 -0.2 -0.3 -0 .459 .498 $389,495

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
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 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 1
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 6
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 1
2010 27 PIT NL 26 525 486 72 146 30 3 21 8 6 27 72 .300 .333 .504 .837 .311 245 8 1 2 9 5 4
2011 28 PIT NL 30 668 620 69 163 31 0 22 14 2 33 96 .263 .302 .419 .721 .278 260 16 4 6 5 6 3
2012 29 PIT NL 3 53 48 6 15 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 .313 .346 .375 .721 .341 18 1 1 1 1 0 0
7 Yrs 122 2196 2000 286 562 125 13 72 37 13 140 269 .281 .327 .465 .791 .290 929 40 9 19 28 18 17
162 Game Avg. 41 743 677 97 190 42 4 24 13 4 47 91 .281 .327 .465 .791 .290 314 14 3 6 9 6 6
MLB Averages .262 .330 .414 .745 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2006 23 NYY AL 3.4 0.3 184 0.4 2.8 -2.5 .87 0.3 0.1 5.0 0.5 0.87 5.3 0 0 1
2007 24 NYY AL -11.2 -1.0 83 -1.2 1.0 -2.2 .95 -0.9 -0.4 -10.8 -1.0 0.95 -9.9 2 0 2
2008 25 PIT NL -2.1 -0.2 226 -0.1 3.9 -4.0 .97 -0.3 0.2 -3.2 -0.3 0.97 -1.7 0 0 0
2009 26 PIT NL -13.2 -1.3 484 -1.3 6.5 -7.9 .86 -0.9 -0.7 -13.8 -1.4 0.86 -10.6 4 6 16
2010 27 PIT NL -11.4 -1.1 540 -1.2 7.6 -8.8 .86 -1.9 0.5 -9.0 -0.9 0.86 -16.8 0 2 5
2011 28 PIT NL 7.0 0.7 693 -0.4 11.8 -12.2 1.02 -0.0 -0.4 1.5 0.2 1.02 -1.3 1 1 2
2012 29 PIT NL -0.6 -0.1 53 -0.2 0.7 -0.8 .88 -0.1 -0.1 -0.6 -0.1 0.88 -0.6 0 0 0
7 Yrs -28.2 -2.6 2263 -4.1 34.3 -38.4 .92 -3.8 -0.7 -30.9 -2.9 0.92 -35.6 7 9 26

Starting Pitching*

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% 47.7 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% 29.3 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% 47.3 86 23 5 5 0 7 2.4 2.8 5.7 92 2 3 4 0 113
2009 26 PIT NL 39 13 3 4 6 1 1 6 7 .462 1 2 0 0 4 31% 45.5 63 25 18 5 2 6 3.6 4.2 5.1 80 5 6 2 0 109
2010 27 PIT NL 26 19 3 10 6 1 4 6 13 .316 2 2 0 0 10 53% 46.5 68 11 9 6 0 9 3.7 3.6 5.6 83 8 9 2 0 104
2011 28 PIT NL 30 26 8 8 10 0 4 12 14 .462 1 2 1 1 16 62% 52.0 79 7 14 1 1 13 3.7 4.3 5.9 86 9 15 2 0 109
2012 29 PIT NL 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 2 0 0 1 33% 47.0 59 39 0 0 0 1 2.9 1.6 4.0 59 2 1 0 0 85
7 Yrs 122 79 18 32 29 2 12 32 47 .405 7 9 2 2 40 51% 48 86 7 56 22 3 43 3.7 4.0 5.5 83 30 39 10 0 113
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 100 -13 4.6 4.6 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

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 .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 .946 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 .856 4 6 16 6 6 14 5 21 13 5 13 4 4.8 26
2010 27 PIT NL 26 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 4 .860 0 2 5 0 0 7 3 4 5 1 5 1 6.6 29
2011 28 PIT NL 30 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 1.019 1 1 2 0 2 2 1 3 3 0 3 0 5.8 32
5 Yrs 110 43 14 3 5 0 0 0 1 1 18 4 22% .919 7 9 26 6 10 27 11 32 24 7 24 5 5.4 29

Ratio Pitching*

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 53% 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 53% 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 48% 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 52% 2.6% 11.0% 9.6% 11.0% 45% 0.63 0.86 75% 15% 6.3% 14% 66 9 14%
2010 27 PIT NL 525 55% 4.0% 13.7% 5.1% 10.3% 37% 0.74 0.85 77% 17% 10.1% 14% 71 8 11%
2011 28 PIT NL 668 54% 3.3% 14.4% 4.9% 7.9% 33% 0.90 1.21 76% 17% 9.0% 12% 95 16 17%
2012 29 PIT NL 53 49% 0.0% 9.4% 3.8% 5.7% 20% 0.42 0.63 83% 27% 0.0% 3% 10 1 10%
7 Yrs 2196 53% 3.3% 12.3% 6.4% 9.6% 37% 0.71 0.90 77% 16% 8.1% 12% 324 40 12%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.8% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.6% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 222 830 3.74 531 64% 26% 13% 26% 35% 74% 0% 47% 82% 56% 5% 10 6 23% 51 25 4 22% 4 4 -2 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
2010 27 PIT NL 528 1790 3.39 1197 67% 29% 12% 24% 36% 71% 3% 48% 83% 66% 3% 15 8 23% 120 73 5 18% 19 2 -3 0 0
2011 28 PIT NL 668 2356 3.53 1574 67% 28% 12% 26% 34% 72% 3% 48% 83% 62% 4% 24 15 26% 175 112 12 23% 27 3 0 0 0
2012 29 PIT NL 53 176 3.32 118 67% 22% 10% 30% 38% 78% 0% 52% 87% 58% 2% 1 1 21% 11 4 1 20% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 2201 7786 3.54 5080 65% 28% 12% 25% 35% 72% 2% 47% 84% 62% 4% 89 50 23% 502 290 32 23% 69 21 -5 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
2010 27 PIT NL 525 146 17 1 21 0 4 11 10 8 13 30 20 0 67% 4 0 1 177 8 6 57% 8 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 13 0
2011 28 PIT NL 668 163 19 2 22 1 8 10 12 9 13 34 18 4 53% 3 4 2 206 14 2 88% 13 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 0
2012 29 PIT NL 53 15 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 50% 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 Yrs 2196 562 70 14 72 2 31 38 34 36 36 123 70 8 57% 17 11 4 727 37 13 74% 34 11 2 2 1 0 2 1 52 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

Cumulative Pitching

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 3 179 120 1.195 8.4 1.3 2.3 3.4 1.45 120
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 81 1.517 10.5 1.6 3.1 3.3 1.05 81
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 90 1.436 10.2 1.4 2.7 3.6 1.33 90
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 83 1.458 9.9 1.2 3.2 4.0 1.23 83
2010 27 12 27 .308 5.07 89 50 13 1 1 0 339.1 384 211 191 50 105 12 168 4 2 7 1475 83 1.441 10.2 1.3 2.8 4.5 1.60 83
2011 28 21 36 .368 4.52 119 76 14 2 2 0 501.2 547 280 252 72 138 18 264 8 3 11 2143 90 1.365 9.8 1.3 2.5 4.7 1.91 90
2012 29 21 37 .362 4.52 122 79 14 2 2 0 513.2 562 286 258 72 140 18 269 9 3 11 2196 90 1.367 9.8 1.3 2.5 4.7 1.92 90

Neutralized Pitching

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 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 3.86 42.0 40 20 18 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 26 19 17 4 9 5 0 2.333 15.6 5.4 3.0 0.56 2.4 7
2008 25 2 3 .400 4.14 50.0 56 26 23 7 13 23 0 1.380 10.1 2.3 4.1 1.77 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
2010 27 4 8 .333 5.23 117.0 147 76 68 21 27 68 1 1.487 11.3 2.1 5.2 2.52 1.6 26
2011 28 8 8 .500 3.94 153.0 171 74 67 23 35 90 4 1.346 10.1 2.1 5.3 2.57 1.4 30
2012 29 0 1 .000 5.73 11.0 16 8 7 0 2 5 1 1.636 13.1 1.6 4.1 2.50 0.0 3
7 Yrs 20 30 .400 4.86 491.0 571 295 265 73 142 257 9 1.452 10.5 4.7 1.81 1.3 122

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2011 NL  1.830 (3rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 NL  1 (7th)
2011 NL  1 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1996), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1386), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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