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Steve Kline

Steven James Kline

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 22, 1972 in Sunbury, PA
High School: Lewisburg HS (Lewisburg, PA)
School: West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 8th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 2, 1997
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Expos/Giants/Orioles/Indians 1997-2007

Final Game: September 25, 2007
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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
1993	20	CLE-min	A-,Rk	6	5	.545	3.34	15	14	0	2	1	0	86.1	88	40	32	3	14	1	49	4	0	5	366		1.181	9.2	0.3	1.5	5.1	3.50	WTR,BRL · NYPL,APPY
1994	21	CLE-min	A	18	5	.783	3.01	28	28	0	2	1	0	185.2	175	67	62	14	36	0	174	7	2	6	744		1.136	8.5	0.7	1.7	8.4	4.83	CBS · SALL
1995	22	CLE-min	AA	2	3	.400	2.42	14	14	0	0	0	0	89.1	86	34	24	6	30	3	45	1	1	1	377		1.299	8.7	0.6	3.0	4.5	1.50	CAK · EL
1996	23	CLE-min	AA	8	12	.400	5.46	25	24	0	0	0	0	146.2	168	98	89	16	55	2	107	6	1	5	658		1.520	10.3	1.0	3.4	6.6	1.95	CAK · EL
1997	24	CLE-min	AAA	3	3	.500	4.03	20	4	5	0	0	1	51.1	53	26	23	4	13	1	41	3	0	5	219		1.286	9.3	0.7	2.3	7.2	3.15	BFL · AA
1997	24	TOT	MLB	4	4	.500	5.98	46	1	7	0	0	0	52.2	73	37	35	10	23	4	37	2	1	4	248	75	1.823	12.5	1.7	3.9	6.3	1.61
1997	24	CLE	AL	3	1	.750	5.81	20	1	0	0	0	0	26.1	42	19	17	6	13	1	17	1	1	3	130	81	2.089	14.4	2.1	4.4	5.8	1.31
1997	24	MON	NL	1	3	.250	6.15	26	0	7	0	0	0	26.1	31	18	18	4	10	3	20	1	0	1	118	69	1.557	10.6	1.4	3.4	6.8	2.00
1998	25	WSN-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8		0.375	3.4	0.0	0.0	3.4		OTT · IL
1998	25	MON	NL	3	6	.333	2.76	78	0	18	0	0	1	71.2	62	25	22	4	41	7	76	3	0	5	319	153	1.437	7.8	0.5	5.1	9.5	1.85
1999	26	MON	NL	7	4	.636	3.75	82	0	18	0	0	0	69.2	56	32	29	8	33	6	69	3	0	2	297	120	1.278	7.2	1.0	4.3	8.9	2.09
2000	27	MON	NL	1	5	.167	3.50	83	0	42	0	0	14	82.1	88	36	32	8	27	2	64	3	0	4	349	138	1.397	9.6	0.9	3.0	7.0	2.37
2001	28	STL	NL	3	3	.500	1.80	89	0	26	0	0	9	75.0	53	16	15	3	29	7	54	4	0	1	303	241	1.093	6.4	0.4	3.5	6.5	1.86	MVP-24
2002	29	STL-min	A,AA	0	0		0.00	3	2	0	0	0	0	4.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	1	18		0.692	2.1	0.0	4.2	14.5	3.50	PEO,NHV · MIDW,EL
2002	29	STL	NL	2	1	.667	3.39	66	0	17	0	0	6	58.1	54	23	22	3	21	2	41	1	0	1	241	118	1.286	8.3	0.5	3.2	6.3	1.95
2003	30	STL	NL	5	5	.500	3.82	78	0	22	0	0	3	63.2	56	29	27	5	30	5	31	3	0	2	274	108	1.351	7.9	0.7	4.2	4.4	1.03
2004	31	STL	NL	2	2	.500	1.79	67	0	22	0	0	3	50.1	37	12	10	3	17	4	35	4	0	1	202	238	1.073	6.6	0.5	3.0	6.3	2.06
2005	32	BAL	AL	2	4	.333	4.28	67	0	23	0	0	0	61.0	59	34	29	11	30	5	36	0	3	4	264	101	1.459	8.7	1.6	4.4	5.3	1.20
2006	33	SFG	NL	4	3	.571	3.66	72	0	17	0	0	1	51.2	53	24	21	3	26	3	33	1	0	1	227	124	1.529	9.2	0.5	4.5	5.7	1.27
2007	34	SFG	NL	1	2	.333	4.70	68	0	19	0	0	2	46.0	58	25	24	2	18	3	17	2	0	1	216	96	1.652	11.3	0.4	3.5	3.3	0.94
2008	35	PHI-min	AAA	0	2	.000	5.16	20	0	9	0	0	1	22.2	28	13	13	3	8	2	16	2	0	0	105		1.588	11.1	1.2	3.2	6.4	2.00	LHV · IL
11 Yrs				34	39	.466	3.51	796	1	231	0	0	39	682.1	649	293	266	60	295	48	493	26	4	26	2940	125	1.383	8.6	0.8	3.9	6.5	1.67
162 Game Avg.				3	3	.466	3.51	68	0	20	0	0	3	58	55	25	23	5	25	4	42	2	0	2	251	125	1.383	8.6	0.8	3.9	6.5	1.67

STL (4 yrs)				12	11	.522	2.69	300	0	87	0	0	21	247.1	200	80	74	14	97	18	161	12	0	5	1020	156	1.201	7.3	0.5	3.5	5.9	1.66
MON (4 yrs)				12	18	.400	3.64	269	0	85	0	0	15	250.0	237	111	101	24	111	18	229	10	0	12	1083	124	1.392	8.5	0.9	4.0	8.2	2.06
SFG (2 yrs)				5	5	.500	4.15	140	0	36	0	0	3	97.2	111	49	45	5	44	6	50	3	0	2	443	109	1.587	10.2	0.5	4.1	4.6	1.14
CLE (1 yr)				3	1	.750	5.81	20	1	0	0	0	0	26.1	42	19	17	6	13	1	17	1	1	3	130	81	2.089	14.4	2.1	4.4	5.8	1.31
BAL (1 yr)				2	4	.333	4.28	67	0	23	0	0	0	61.0	59	34	29	11	30	5	36	0	3	4	264	101	1.459	8.7	1.6	4.4	5.3	1.20

NL (10 yrs)				29	34	.460	3.33	709	0	208	0	0	39	595.0	548	240	220	43	252	42	440	25	0	19	2546	132	1.345	8.3	0.7	3.8	6.7	1.75
AL (2 yrs)				5	5	.500	4.74	87	1	23	0	0	0	87.1	101	53	46	17	43	6	53	1	4	7	394	94	1.649	10.4	1.8	4.4	5.5	1.23

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
1997	24	CLE	AL	26.1	20	1	19	6.49	5.35	0.05	-0.36	100.8	4.98	-5	-0.4	1.3	-0.1	-0.3	-1	.478	.497	$150,000
1997	24	MON	NL	26.1	26	0	18	6.15	4.78	0.14	-0.36	98.2	4.20	-6	-0.6	1.2	-0.1	-0.5	-3	.478	.496	$
1998	25	MON	NL	71.2	78	0	25	3.14	4.70	0.18	-0.36	97.4	4.05	7	0.7	1.2	-0.1	1.2	14	.510	.505	$173,500
1999	26	MON	NL	69.2	82	0	32	4.13	5.36	-0.18	-0.40	98.5	5.06	7	0.7	1.5	0.0	1.2	14	.508	.504	$260,000
2000	27	MON	NL	82.1	83	0	36	3.94	5.08	-0.22	-0.39	103.9	5.11	10	1.0	1.4	0.0	1.7	20	.512	.506	$355,000
2001	28	STL	NL	75.0	89	0	16	1.92	4.84	0.35	-0.36	100.0	4.12	18	1.9	1.4	0.2	2.7	26	.521	.511	$750,000	MVP-24
2002	29	STL	NL	58.1	66	0	23	3.55	4.47	0.29	-0.33	97.0	3.73	1	0.1	1.3	-0.1	0.4	7	.502	.501	$1,200,000
2003	30	STL	NL	63.2	78	0	29	4.10	4.69	-0.06	-0.35	97.7	4.30	1	0.1	1.3	-0.1	0.5	8	.502	.501	$1,800,000
2004	31	STL	NL	50.1	67	0	12	2.15	4.62	0.18	-0.34	99.0	4.06	10	1.1	1.3	0.1	1.5	16	.516	.507	$1,700,000
2005	32	BAL	AL	61.0	67	0	34	5.02	5.18	0.17	-0.39	99.2	4.58	-3	-0.3	1.1	-0.2	0.1	4	.495	.498	$2,500,000
2006	33	SFG	NL	51.2	72	0	24	4.18	4.97	0.21	-0.36	99.2	4.36	1	0.1	1.4	-0.1	0.4	6	.502	.501	$3,000,000
2007	34	SFG	NL	46.0	68	0	25	4.89	5.05	0.09	-0.36	102.5	4.71	-1	-0.1	1.2	-0.1	0.2	4	.499	.500	$1,750,000
11 Seasons				682.1	796	1	293	3.86	4.92	0.09	-0.37	99.5	4.44	42	4.3	1.3	-0.6	9.1	114	.505	.502	$13,638,500

STL (4 yrs)				247.1	300	0	80	2.91	4.67	0.20	-0.35	98.5	4.06	31	3.2	1.4	0.1	5.1	56	.511	.505	$5,450,000
MON (4 yrs)				250.0	269	0	111	4.00	5.02	-0.05	-0.38	100.0	4.69	19	1.8	1.3	-0.2	3.6	45	.507	.503	$788,500
SFG (2 yrs)				97.2	140	0	49	4.52	5.01	0.15	-0.36	100.7	4.52	0	0.0	1.3	-0.2	0.6	10	.500	.500	$4,750,000
CLE (1 yr)				26.1	20	1	19	6.49	5.35	0.05	-0.36	100.8	4.98	-5	-0.4	1.3	-0.1	-0.3	-1	.478	.497	$150,000
BAL (1 yr)				61.0	67	0	34	5.02	5.18	0.17	-0.39	99.2	4.58	-3	-0.3	1.1	-0.2	0.1	4	.495	.498	$2,500,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2001	28	STL	NL	NLDS	L	ARI	0	1	.000	2.08	4	0	4	0	0	2	4.1	4	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	17	1.385	8.3	0.0	4.2	0.0	0.00
2002	29	STL	NL	NLDS	W	ARI	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	1.500	6.8	0.0	6.8	0.0	0.00
2002	29	STL	NL	NLCS	L	SFG	0	0		0.00	4	0	3	0	0	0	2.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	0.857	7.7	0.0	0.0	3.9

2004	31	STL	NL	NLDS	W	LAD	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	31	STL	NL	NLCS	W	HOU	0	0			1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
3 Yrs (5 Series)							0	1	.000	0.96	13	0	9	0	0	2	9.1	9	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	38	1.286	8.7	0.0	2.9	1.0	0.33
3 NLDS							0	1	.000	1.29	8	0	6	0	0	2	7.0	5	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	27	1.143	6.4	0.0	3.9	0.0	0.00
2 NLCS							0	0		0.00	5	0	3	0	0	0	2.1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	1.714	15.4	0.0	0.0	3.9

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
1997	24	TOT	MLB	46	248	216	37	73	9	2	10	8	3	23	37	.338	.403	.537	.940	.368	116	7	2	4	2	4	0
1997	24	CLE	AL	20	130	115	19	42	5	1	6	3	2	13	17	.365	.434	.583	1.017	.391	67	4	1	1	0	1	0
1997	24	MON	NL	26	118	101	18	31	4	1	4	5	1	10	20	.307	.368	.485	.854	.342	49	3	1	3	2	3	0
1998	25	MON	NL	78	319	272	25	62	13	2	4	6	3	41	76	.228	.333	.335	.668	.299	91	1	3	1	2	7	2
1999	26	MON	NL	82	297	257	32	56	12	0	8	7	1	33	69	.218	.313	.358	.671	.265	92	9	3	3	1	6	5
2000	27	MON	NL	83	349	316	36	88	15	3	8	1	0	27	64	.278	.340	.421	.761	.327	133	16	3	2	1	2	1
2001	28	STL	NL	89	303	261	16	53	11	2	3	4	0	29	54	.203	.288	.295	.583	.239	77	10	4	4	5	7	3
2002	29	STL	NL	66	241	215	23	54	10	1	3	1	2	21	41	.251	.318	.349	.667	.295	75	9	1	2	2	2	3
2003	30	STL	NL	78	274	236	29	56	11	3	5	3	1	30	31	.237	.328	.373	.701	.252	88	6	3	3	2	5	2
2004	31	STL	NL	67	202	177	12	37	6	0	3	5	1	17	35	.209	.291	.294	.585	.243	52	7	4	3	1	4	3
2005	32	BAL	AL	67	264	230	34	59	8	0	11	2	2	30	36	.257	.340	.435	.774	.259	100	8	0	2	2	5	3
2006	33	SFG	NL	72	227	193	24	53	10	2	3	0	1	26	33	.275	.362	.394	.756	.316	76	7	1	6	1	3	2
2007	34	SFG	NL	68	216	193	25	58	11	0	2	2	2	18	17	.301	.366	.389	.755	.322	75	2	2	3	0	3	4
11 Yrs				796	2940	2566	293	649	116	15	60	39	16	295	493	.253	.334	.380	.714	.290	975	82	26	33	19	48	28
162 Game Avg.				68	251	219	25	55	10	1	5	3	1	25	42	.253	.334	.380	.714	.290	83	7	2	3	2	4	2
MLB Averages																.267	.336	.425	.761	.298

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1997	24	TOT	MLB	-8.2	-0.8	260	-0.8	3.4	-4.2	.91	-1.0	0.2	-12.7	-1.2	0.91	-12.3	15	13	15
1997	24	CLE	AL	-3.3	-0.3	138	-0.3	1.8	-2.1	.80	-0.9	0.5	-7.8	-0.7	0.80	-8.8	8	5	5
1997	24	MON	NL	-4.9	-0.5	122	-0.5	1.6	-2.1	1.04	-0.1	-0.4	-4.9	-0.5	1.04	-3.5	7	8	10
1998	25	MON	NL	11.2	1.1	330	0.0	5.3	-5.3	.96	0.3	-0.2	7.6	0.8	0.96	5.7	28	21	26
1999	26	MON	NL	5.8	0.6	304	0.6	5.6	-5.0	1.07	0.4	0.2	12.9	1.3	1.07	6.7	36	18	26
2000	27	MON	NL	11.4	1.1	354	0.1	8.4	-8.2	1.35	0.6	-0.5	1.1	0.1	1.35	4.0	38	15	23
2001	28	STL	NL	21.5	2.1	307	2.8	7.4	-4.6	1.29	1.4	0.8	25.1	2.5	1.29	21.8	32	21	33
2002	29	STL	NL	4.7	0.5	246	1.0	5.2	-4.3	1.18	0.5	0.4	13.0	1.3	1.18	7.3	27	14	23
2003	30	STL	NL	2.5	0.2	280	-0.2	6.0	-6.2	1.27	0.2	-0.4	5.9	0.6	1.27	6.4	32	13	31
2004	31	STL	NL	13.7	1.4	210	0.5	4.3	-3.8	1.27	1.2	-0.8	11.9	1.2	1.27	14.1	26	9	30
2005	32	BAL	AL	-0.7	-0.1	275	-1.7	3.2	-4.9	.79	-0.4	-1.7	-1.3	-0.1	0.79	-0.8	20	14	29
2006	33	SFG	NL	4.4	0.4	231	0.7	4.7	-4.0	1.18	-0.1	0.7	-2.3	-0.2	1.18	1.3	32	12	26
2007	34	SFG	NL	-0.5	-0.1	223	0.6	3.3	-2.6	.85	0.2	0.5	4.5	0.4	0.85	0.3	23	6	33
11 Yrs				65.8	6.5	3020	3.7	56.9	-53.2	1.11	3.3	0.1	65.9	6.6	1.11	54.6	309	156	295

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
1997	24	TOT	MLB	46	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%		37	37	27	8	0	1	3.0	0.0	1.7		0	0	0	0	0
1997	24	CLE	AL	20	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	37.0	37	37	12	2	0	1	3.0	0.0	1.7		0	0	0	0	0
1 Yr				20	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	37	37	37	12	2	0	1	3.0	0.0	1.7		0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages													.500						48%	48	105	-21					4.9	4.8	5.9	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
1997	24	TOT	MLB	46	45	7	4	3	3	0	3	0%	9	5	29	14	48%		.913	15	13	15	15	7	23	17	28	11	19	13	13	3.4	17
1997	24	CLE	AL	20	19	0	3	0	2	0	2	0%	6	4	15	6	40%	7	.801	8	5	5	8	3	8	9	10	5	9	6	4	3.9	20
1997	24	MON	NL	26	26	7	1	3	1	0	1	0%	3	1	14	8	57%	8	1.036	7	8	10	7	4	15	8	18	6	10	7	9	3.0	15
1998	25	MON	NL	78	78	18	3	6	2	1	1	50%	20	18	53	14	26%	7	.963	28	21	26	27	16	35	36	42	21	33	26	23	2.8	15
1999	26	MON	NL	82	82	18	7	4	2	0	2	0%	24	16	65	11	17%	8	1.072	36	18	26	34	17	31	40	42	18	39	22	29	2.5	13
2000	27	MON	NL	83	83	42	1	5	18	14	4	78%	32	12	40	17	43%	8	1.348	38	15	23	44	14	25	23	60	16	28	20	30	3.0	15
2001	28	STL	NL	89	89	26	3	3	10	9	1	90%	32	17	64	15	23%	8	1.289	32	21	33	54	11	24	40	49	16	41	18	36	2.5	13
2002	29	STL	NL	66	66	17	2	1	8	6	2	75%	31	21	34	7	21%	8	1.185	27	14	23	47	8	11	23	43	9	26	13	24	2.7	14
2003	30	STL	NL	78	78	22	5	5	7	3	4	43%	28	18	51	13	25%	8	1.270	32	13	31	44	10	24	29	49	11	38	17	28	2.4	13
2004	31	STL	NL	67	67	22	2	2	4	3	1	75%	20	15	38	10	26%	8	1.275	26	9	30	39	9	19	25	42	6	40	10	22	2.3	11
2005	32	BAL	AL	67	67	23	2	4	3	0	3	0%	15	9	45	11	24%	7	.787	20	14	29	23	8	36	26	41	13	27	18	22	2.7	14
2006	33	SFG	NL	72	72	17	4	3	1	1	0	100%	20	18	52	16	31%	8	1.181	32	12	26	29	16	27	31	41	7	42	8	23	2.2	11
2007	34	SFG	NL	68	68	19	1	2	4	2	2	50%	15	9	32	6	19%	8	.854	23	6	33	26	10	32	19	49	3	41	4	25	2.0	12
11 Yrs				796	795	231	34	38	62	39	23	63%	246	158	503	134	27%		1.110	309	156	295	382	126	287	309	486	131	374	169	275	2.6	13

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%
1997	24	TOT	MLB	248	37%	4.0%	14.9%	9.3%	8.5%	29%	1.01	1.74	69%	22%	14.3%	19%	56	7	13%
1997	24	CLE	AL	130	38%	4.6%	13.1%	10.0%	9.2%	29%	0.88	1.22	71%	20%	17.1%	27%	32	4	13%
1997	24	MON	NL	118	36%	3.4%	17.0%	8.5%	7.6%	29%	1.18	2.63	67%	24%	11.4%	8%	24	3	13%
1998	25	MON	NL	319	33%	1.3%	23.8%	12.9%	6.0%	31%	1.17	1.63	61%	22%	4.8%	7%	48	1	2%
1999	26	MON	NL	297	36%	2.7%	23.2%	11.1%	6.7%	36%	1.25	2.04	61%	17%	10.4%	7%	64	9	14%
2000	27	MON	NL	349	34%	2.3%	18.3%	7.7%	7.5%	30%	0.91	1.79	70%	28%	6.8%	8%	85	16	19%
2001	28	STL	NL	303	41%	1.0%	17.8%	9.6%	5.3%	30%	0.91	1.36	69%	25%	3.1%	10%	62	10	16%
2002	29	STL	NL	241	41%	1.2%	17.0%	8.7%	5.8%	26%	0.76	1.32	72%	30%	3.4%	9%	55	9	16%
2003	30	STL	NL	274	45%	1.8%	11.3%	11.0%	6.9%	34%	0.99	1.34	74%	18%	5.6%	13%	58	6	10%
2004	31	STL	NL	202	49%	1.5%	17.3%	8.4%	4.5%	24%	1.30	1.74	69%	14%	5.8%	15%	47	7	15%
2005	32	BAL	AL	264	42%	4.2%	13.6%	11.4%	7.2%	32%	1.28	1.69	70%	12%	14.7%	12%	48	8	17%
2006	33	SFG	NL	227	46%	1.3%	14.5%	11.5%	6.6%	28%	0.88	1.42	70%	19%	3.7%	5%	45	7	16%
2007	34	SFG	NL	216	44%	0.9%	7.9%	8.3%	6.0%	22%	1.00	1.05	81%	18%	2.6%	11%	54	2	4%
11 Yrs				2940	40%	2.0%	16.8%	10.0%	6.5%	29%	1.02	1.53	69%	21%	6.6%	10%	622	82	13%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.8%	8.7%	8.0%	34%	0.79	1.08	70%	21%	8.1%	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
1997	24	TOT	MLB	213	731	3.43	449	61%	29%	15%	20%	36%	71%	4%	44%	78%	56%	6%	12	6	19%	40	21	4	25%	9	3	35	0	0
1997	24	CLE	AL	101	354	3.50	211	60%	31%	11%	20%	37%	69%	0%	41%	84%	55%	5%	5	3	16%	16	8	2	29%	4	2	29	0	0
1997	24	MON	NL	112	377	3.37	238	63%	27%	19%	19%	35%	73%	9%	46%	74%	57%	6%	7	3	21%	24	13	2	22%	5	1	6	0	0
1998	25	MON	NL	320	1159	3.62	691	60%	27%	22%	22%	29%	73%	6%	43%	69%	53%	6%	20	4	22%	71	38	2	18%	10	9	-1	0	0
1999	26	MON	NL	297	1064	3.58	650	61%	25%	23%	22%	30%	75%	6%	46%	69%	61%	9%	28	13	21%	63	35	2	22%	12	9	0	0	0
2000	27	MON	NL	349	1240	3.55	775	63%	23%	18%	27%	33%	77%	2%	48%	77%	53%	6%	22	9	23%	81	48	5	13%	13	11	0	0	0
2001	28	STL	NL	303	1120	3.70	685	61%	26%	18%	24%	32%	74%	6%	45%	75%	55%	5%	15	3	20%	60	30	2	24%	7	5	0	0	0
2002	29	STL	NL	242	903	3.73	555	61%	29%	15%	24%	32%	71%	2%	44%	78%	61%	5%	13	6	17%	42	20	3	34%	6	6	-1	0	0
2003	30	STL	NL	274	1000	3.65	584	58%	26%	16%	23%	36%	74%	5%	44%	79%	54%	8%	23	11	10%	27	8	1	23%	6	7	0	0	0
2004	31	STL	NL	203	742	3.66	456	61%	24%	16%	28%	32%	76%	3%	46%	79%	58%	5%	10	5	12%	24	10	2	26%	2	3	-1	0	0
2005	32	BAL	AL	265	964	3.64	577	60%	24%	18%	24%	34%	76%	4%	46%	77%	58%	7%	18	7	21%	55	25	1	22%	9	6	-1	0	0
2006	33	SFG	NL	227	825	3.63	480	58%	25%	16%	24%	35%	75%	3%	44%	79%	56%	9%	21	10	14%	31	12	1	15%	3	8	0	0	0
2007	34	SFG	NL	217	786	3.62	485	62%	25%	11%	27%	37%	75%	3%	46%	85%	62%	4%	9	5	20%	43	18	3	12%	5	2	-1	0	0
11 Yrs				2910	10534	3.62	6387	61%	26%	17%	24%	33%	74%	4%	45%	77%	57%	7%	191	79	18%	537	265	26	21%	82	69	30	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	58%	5%			21%				27%

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
1997	24	TOT	MLB	248	73	9	1	10	0	9	6	4	1	9	18	10	5	56%	0	4	0	97	8	3	73%	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
1997	24	CLE	AL	130	42	7	1	6	0	5	3	3	1	5	10	5	3	50%	0	3	0	57	3	2	60%	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1997	24	MON	NL	118	31	2	0	4	0	4	3	1	0	4	8	5	2	63%	0	1	0	40	5	1	83%	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1998	25	MON	NL	319	62	19	2	4	0	7	3	1	1	3	13	5	5	38%	2	5	1	138	6	3	67%	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	6	0
1999	26	MON	NL	297	56	6	0	8	0	13	7	1	2	6	19	7	2	37%	5	2	0	111	7	1	88%	4	0	3	1	0	0	2	2	2	0
2000	27	MON	NL	349	88	9	0	8	1	8	7	1	1	7	16	10	2	63%	1	4	1	137	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2001	28	STL	NL	303	53	8	1	3	0	14	3	0	0	3	19	7	3	37%	3	1	1	122	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
2002	29	STL	NL	241	54	4	0	3	0	10	2	1	0	3	15	8	2	53%	3	1	0	96	1	2	33%	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0
2003	30	STL	NL	274	56	8	0	5	0	18	4	1	2	3	25	9	2	36%	2	2	0	103	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0
2004	31	STL	NL	202	37	6	0	3	1	8	2	1	0	3	10	1	2	10%	3	1	0	80	5	1	83%	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2005	32	BAL	AL	264	59	11	1	11	0	4	6	5	5	6	11	8	1	73%	3	4	0	103	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
2006	33	SFG	NL	227	53	4	0	3	0	12	3	0	2	1	16	8	5	50%	2	1	0	96	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
2007	34	SFG	NL	216	58	4	1	2	1	9	2	0	0	2	15	6	3	40%	4	1	1	98	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
11 Yrs				2940	649	88	6	60	3	112	45	15	14	46	177	79	32	45%	28	26	4	1181	39	16	71%	32	13	6	3	1	0	4	4	60	0
MLB Averages																		54%							70%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1997	24	4	4	.500	5.98	46	1	7	0	52.2	73	37	35	10	23	4	37	2	1	4	248	75	1.823	12.5	1.7	3.9	6.3	1.61	75
1998	25	7	10	.412	4.13	124	1	25	1	124.1	135	62	57	14	64	11	113	5	1	9	567	105	1.601	9.8	1.0	4.6	8.2	1.77	105
1999	26	14	14	.500	3.99	206	1	43	1	194.0	191	94	86	22	97	17	182	8	1	11	864	110	1.485	8.9	1.0	4.5	8.4	1.88	110
2000	27	15	19	.441	3.84	289	1	85	15	276.1	279	130	118	30	124	19	246	11	1	15	1213	118	1.458	9.1	1.0	4.0	8.0	1.98	118
2001	28	18	22	.450	3.41	378	1	111	24	351.1	332	146	133	33	153	26	300	15	1	16	1516	132	1.380	8.5	0.8	3.9	7.7	1.96	132
2002	29	20	23	.465	3.41	444	1	128	30	409.2	386	169	155	36	174	28	341	16	1	17	1757	130	1.367	8.5	0.8	3.8	7.5	1.96	130
2003	30	25	28	.472	3.46	522	1	150	33	473.1	442	198	182	41	204	33	372	19	1	19	2031	127	1.365	8.4	0.8	3.9	7.1	1.82	127
2004	31	27	30	.474	3.30	589	1	172	36	523.2	479	210	192	44	221	37	407	23	1	20	2233	132	1.337	8.2	0.8	3.8	7.0	1.84	132
2005	32	29	34	.460	3.40	656	1	195	36	584.2	538	244	221	55	251	42	443	23	4	24	2497	128	1.349	8.3	0.8	3.9	6.8	1.76	128
2006	33	33	37	.471	3.42	728	1	212	37	636.1	591	268	242	58	277	45	476	24	4	25	2724	128	1.364	8.4	0.8	3.9	6.7	1.72	128
2007	34	34	39	.466	3.51	796	1	231	39	682.1	649	293	266	60	295	48	493	26	4	26	2940	125	1.383	8.6	0.8	3.9	6.5	1.67	125

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1997	24	2	3	.400	6.00	51.0	71	38	34	10	22	36	2	1.824	12.5	3.9	6.4	1.64	1.8	46
1998	25	5	2	.714	2.79	71.0	62	24	22	4	41	75	3	1.451	7.9	5.2	9.5	1.83	0.5	78
1999	26	4	3	.571	3.34	70.0	53	29	26	8	31	69	3	1.200	6.8	4.0	8.9	2.23	1.0	82
2000	27	5	3	.625	3.04	80.0	81	30	27	7	25	62	3	1.325	9.1	2.8	7.0	2.48	0.8	83
2001	28	7	1	.875	1.73	73.0	52	16	14	3	28	53	4	1.096	6.4	3.5	6.5	1.89	0.4	89
2002	29	3	3	.500	3.60	55.0	54	24	22	3	21	39	1	1.364	8.8	3.4	6.4	1.86	0.5	66
2003	30	3	3	.500	3.92	62.0	56	30	27	5	30	30	3	1.387	8.1	4.4	4.4	1.00	0.7	78
2004	31	4	1	.800	1.88	48.0	36	11	10	3	17	34	4	1.104	6.8	3.2	6.4	2.00	0.6	67
2005	32	3	3	.500	4.50	58.0	59	32	29	11	30	34	0	1.534	9.2	4.7	5.3	1.13	1.7	67
2006	33	3	2	.600	3.42	50.0	51	21	19	3	25	32	1	1.520	9.2	4.5	5.8	1.28	0.5	72
2007	34	2	3	.400	4.21	47.0	56	24	22	2	17	17	2	1.553	10.7	3.3	3.3	1.00	0.4	68
11 Yrs		41	27	.603	3.41	665.0	631	279	252	59	287	481	26	1.380	8.5		6.5	1.68	0.8	796

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2001 NL (24, 0%) 0.00 Career Shares (1712th)	Games Played s c a p y 1998 NL 78 (2nd) 1999 NL 82 (1st) 2000 NL 83 (1st) 2001 NL 89 (1st) 2003 NL 78 (5th) Career 796 (47th)	Games Finished s c a p y Career 231 (188th)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y Career 65.88 (247th)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2001 NL (24, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

Games Played s c a p y
1998 NL  78 (2nd)
1999 NL  82 (1st)
2000 NL  83 (1st)
2001 NL  89 (1st)
2003 NL  78 (5th)
Career  796 (47th)

Games Finished s c a p y
Career 231 (188th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
Career 65.88 (247th)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 22 (574), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Scott Radinsky (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Frank DiPino (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rob Murphy (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rob Murphy (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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