Bobby Keppel

Robert Griffin Keppel

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: June 11, 1982 in St. Louis, MO
High School: De Smet Jesuit HS (Creve Coeur, MO)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (36th pick) of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed July 7, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 25, 2006
Teams (by GP): Twins/Royals/Rockies 2006-2009

Final Game: October 6, 2009
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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
2000	18	NYM-min	Rk	1	2	.333	6.83	8	6	0	0	0	0	29.0	31	22	22	1	13	0	29	4	0	6	136		1.517	9.6	0.3	4.0	9.0	2.23	KPT · APPY
2001	19	NYM-min	A	6	7	.462	3.11	26	20	3	1	0	0	124.1	118	58	43	6	25	1	87	14	0	7	516		1.150	8.5	0.4	1.8	6.3	3.48	CLM · SALL
2002	20	NYM-min	A+	9	7	.563	4.32	27	26	0	0	0	0	152.0	162	83	73	13	43	0	109	16	1	12	656		1.349	9.6	0.8	2.5	6.5	2.53	SCE · FLOR
2003	21	NYM-min	AA,A-	9	4	.692	2.97	21	20	0	2	2	0	109.0	102	41	36	6	29	0	59	8	1	3	445		1.202	8.4	0.5	2.4	4.9	2.03	BNG,BKN · EL,NYPL
2004	22	NYM-min	AAA,A+	4	8	.333	4.34	19	18	0	1	0	0	103.2	118	53	50	8	24	1	48	9	1	2	439		1.370	10.2	0.7	2.1	4.2	2.00	NFK,SCE · IL,FLOR
2005	23	NYM-min	AAA	2	1	.667	3.29	5	5	0	0	0	0	27.1	24	11	10	0	6	0	19	4	0	1	111		1.098	7.9	0.0	2.0	6.3	3.17	NFK · IL
2006	24	KCR-min	AAA	6	7	.462	5.67	25	14	2	0	0	1	98.1	126	73	62	12	28	1	43	1	1	8	432		1.566	11.5	1.1	2.6	3.9	1.54	OMA · PCL
2006	24	KCR	AL	0	4	.000	5.50	8	6	0	0	0	0	34.1	45	21	21	6	15	2	20	1	0	0	157	86	1.748	11.8	1.6	3.9	5.2	1.33
2007	25	COL-min	AAA	8	10	.444	5.48	26	23	0	0	0	0	138.0	162	95	84	14	60	1	64	10	1	6	620		1.609	10.6	0.9	3.9	4.2	1.07	CSP · PCL
2007	25	COL	NL	0	0		11.25	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	6	5	5	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	20	46	2.250	13.5	2.3	6.8	2.3	0.33

2008	26	FLA-min	AAA	9	11	.450	5.99	28	27	0	1	1	0	159.1	208	120	106	26	57	2	85	7	0	8	717		1.663	11.7	1.5	3.2	4.8	1.49	ABQ · PCL
2009	27	MIN-min	AAA	3	3	.500	2.43	23	3	6	1	0	1	55.2	51	18	15	1	13	1	28	3	0	3	227		1.150	8.2	0.2	2.1	4.5	2.15	ROC · IL
2009	27	MIN	AL	1	1	.500	4.83	37	0	8	0	0	0	54.0	63	30	29	4	21	2	32	5	0	2	242	91	1.556	10.5	0.7	3.5	5.3	1.52
2010	28	NPN	Fgn	12	8	.600	3.35	25	25		2	1	0	158.2	156	67	59	10	53	1	85	9	0	7	669		1.317	8.8	0.6	3.0	4.8	1.60	NPN · JPPL
2011	29	NPN	Fgn	14	6	.700	3.22	26	26	0	0	0	0	162.0	162	66	58	10	56	1	66	12	0	1	695		1.346	9.0	0.6	3.1	3.7	1.18	NPN · JPPL
2012	30	NPN	Fgn	0	1	.000	9.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	12	6	6	0	2		2	0			31		2.333	18.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	NPN · JPPL
3 Yrs				1	5	.167	5.36	49	6	9	0	0	0	92.1	114	56	55	11	39	4	53	6	0	2	419	85	1.657	11.1	1.1	3.8	5.2	1.36
162 Game Avg.				1	6	.167	5.36	61	7	11	0	0	0	114	141	69	68	14	48	5	66	7	0	2	518	85	1.657	11.1	1.1	3.8	5.2	1.36

MIN (1 yr)				1	1	.500	4.83	37	0	8	0	0	0	54.0	63	30	29	4	21	2	32	5	0	2	242	91	1.556	10.5	0.7	3.5	5.3	1.52
KCR (1 yr)				0	4	.000	5.50	8	6	0	0	0	0	34.1	45	21	21	6	15	2	20	1	0	0	157	86	1.748	11.8	1.6	3.9	5.2	1.33
COL (1 yr)				0	0		11.25	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	6	5	5	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	20	46	2.250	13.5	2.3	6.8	2.3	0.33

AL (2 yrs)				1	5	.167	5.09	45	6	8	0	0	0	88.1	108	51	50	10	36	4	52	6	0	2	399	89	1.630	11.0	1.0	3.7	5.3	1.44
NL (1 yr)				0	0		11.25	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	6	5	5	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	20	46	2.250	13.5	2.3	6.8	2.3	0.33

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
2006	24	KCR	AL	34.1	8	6	21	5.50	4.99	0.18	0.08	101.3	4.96	-2	-0.2	1.2	-0.0	0.0	2	.471	.499	$
2007	25	COL	NL	4.0	4	0	5	11.25	5.09	0.11	-0.37	105.0	4.84	-3	-0.3	.4	0.1	-0.2	-2	.433	.498	$

2009	27	MIN	AL	54.0	37	0	30	5.00	4.93	-0.29	-0.36	98.2	4.77	-2	-0.2	.7	-0.1	0.2	5	.495	.499	$
3 Seasons				92.1	49	6	56	5.46	4.96	-0.10	-0.20	99.7	4.84	-7	-0.7	.7	-0.1	0.0	5	.486	.499	$

MIN (1 yr)				54.0	37	0	30	5.00	4.93	-0.29	-0.36	98.2	4.77	-2	-0.2	.7	-0.1	0.2	5	.495	.499	$
KCR (1 yr)				34.1	8	6	21	5.50	4.99	0.18	0.08	101.3	4.96	-2	-0.2	1.2	-0.0	0.0	2	.471	.499	$
COL (1 yr)				4.0	4	0	5	11.25	5.09	0.11	-0.37	105.0	4.84	-3	-0.3	.4	0.1	-0.2	-2	.433	.498	$

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	24	KCR	AL	8	157	138	21	45	8	0	6	1	1	15	20	.326	.391	.514	.906	.342	71	4	1	1	2	2	0
2007	25	COL	NL	4	20	17	5	6	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	.353	.450	.588	1.038	.333	10	1	0	0	0	0	0

2009	27	MIN	AL	37	242	212	30	63	13	3	4	2	1	21	32	.297	.369	.443	.813	.330	94	3	5	1	3	2	2
3 Yrs				49	419	367	56	114	22	3	11	3	2	39	53	.311	.381	.477	.858	.334	175	8	6	2	5	4	2
162 Game Avg.				61	518	454	69	141	27	4	14	4	2	48	66	.311	.381	.477	.858	.334	216	10	7	2	6	5	2
MLB Averages																.266	.335	.422	.757	.301

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	24	KCR	AL	-2.0	-0.2	159	-0.2	2.6	-2.8	.95	-0.4	0.3	-1.6	-0.1	0.95	-3.7	1	0	1
2007	25	COL	NL	-2.3	-0.2	20	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.34	-0.1	-0.1	-1.0	-0.1	0.34	-1.4	0	0	4

2009	27	MIN	AL	-2.0	-0.2	248	0.3	3.2	-3.0	.76	-0.1	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.76	-1.8	5	9	22
3 Yrs				-6.4	-0.6	427	0.0	6.0	-5.9	.82	-0.7	0.7	-2.0	-0.2	0.82	-6.9	6	9	27

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	24	KCR	AL	8	6	0	4	2	0	1	0	6	.000	1	1	0	0	2	33%	40.7	64	24	7	2	0	2	2.3	1.6	4.6	79	3	3	0	0	99
1 Yr				8	6	0	4	2	0	1	0	6	.000	1	1	0	0	2	33%	41	64	24	7	2	0	2	2.3	1.6	4.6	79	3	3	0	0	99
MLB Averages													.500						48%	48	98	-12					4.8	4.8	5.8	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2006	24	KCR	AL	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0%	1	.953	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	10.0	49
2007	25	COL	NL	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	7	.342	0	0	4	0	0	4	1	3	1	2	1	0	3.0	17

2009	27	MIN	AL	37	37	8	1	1	1	0	1	0%	5	4	25	9	36%	6	.765	5	9	22	17	3	17	14	23	18	7	21	7	4.4	25
3 Yrs				49	43	9	1	1	1	0	1	0%	5	4	29	9	31%		.815	6	9	27	18	3	22	17	26	21	9	24	7	4.5	25

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	24	KCR	AL	157	53%	3.8%	12.7%	9.6%	8.9%	31%	0.85	1.25	73%	21%	10.5%	12%	32	4	13%
2007	25	COL	NL	20	50%	5.0%	5.0%	15.0%	10.0%	33%	0.60	1.20	75%	25%	11.1%	10%	4	1	25%

2009	27	MIN	AL	242	52%	1.7%	13.2%	8.7%	8.3%	32%	1.01	1.25	74%	21%	4.8%	8%	54	3	6%
3 Yrs				419	52%	2.6%	12.7%	9.3%	8.6%	32%	0.92	1.24	74%	21%	7.3%	10%	90	8	9%
MLB Averages					46%	2.7%	17.3%	8.6%	8.0%	34%	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.7%	12%			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	24	KCR	AL	158	569	3.60	331	58%	25%	12%	26%	37%	75%	2%	43%	84%	59%	7%	11	5	13%	20	6	0	15%	3	4	-1	0	0
2007	25	COL	NL	20	69	3.45	36	52%	28%	8%	19%	44%	72%	0%	38%	88%	35%	10%	2	0	10%	2	1	0	0%	1	2	0	0	0

2009	27	MIN	AL	242	911	3.76	542	59%	28%	11%	27%	34%	72%	2%	43%	85%	55%	9%	22	13	13%	32	8	5	28%	2	7	0	0	0
3 Yrs				420	1549	3.69	909	59%	27%	11%	26%	35%	73%	2%	43%	85%	55%	8%	35	18	13%	54	15	5	23%	6	13	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.79		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	80%	58%	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	24	KCR	AL	157	45	0	0	6	0	3	1	5	1	5	6	2	1	33%	0	0	0	64	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
2007	25	COL	NL	20	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2009	27	MIN	AL	242	63	11	0	4	1	9	3	1	2	2	21	11	1	52%	2	2	0	99	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
3 Yrs				419	114	11	0	11	1	12	4	7	3	8	27	13	2	48%	2	2	0	172	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	8	0
MLB Averages																		53%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2006	24	0	4	.000	5.50	8	6	0	34.1	45	21	21	6	15	2	20	1	0	157	86	1.748	11.8	1.6	3.9	5.2	1.33	86
2007	25	0	4	.000	6.10	12	6	1	38.1	51	26	26	7	18	2	21	1	0	177	78	1.800	12.0	1.6	4.2	4.9	1.17	78
2008	26	0	4	.000	6.10	12	6	1	38.1	51	26	26	7	18	2	21	1	0	177	78	1.800	12.0	1.6	4.2	4.9	1.17	78
2009	27	1	5	.167	5.36	49	6	9	92.1	114	56	55	11	39	4	53	6	2	419	85	1.657	11.1	1.1	3.8	5.2	1.36	85

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	24	1	2	.333	5.18	33.0	43	21	19	6	14	19	1	1.727	11.7	3.8	5.2	1.36	1.6	8
2007	25	0	0		9.00	4.0	6	4	4	1	3	1	0	2.250	13.5	6.8	2.3	0.33	2.3	4

2009	27	2	3	.400	5.12	51.0	63	32	29	4	21	30	5	1.647	11.1	3.7	5.3	1.43	0.7	37
3 Yrs		3	5	.375	5.32	88.0	112	57	52	11	38	50	6	1.705	11.5		5.1	1.32	1.1	49

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