Mike Koplove

Michael Paul Koplove

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: August 30, 1976 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: Chestnut Hill HS (Philadelphia, PA)
Schools: Northwestern University (Evanston, IL), University of Delaware (Newark, DE)
Drafted
by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 29th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 2001
Teams (by GP): Diamondbacks/Indians 2001-2007

Final Game: September 26, 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
2001 24 ARI NL 0 1 .000 3.60 9 0 1 0 0 0 10.0 8 7 4 1 9 1 14 2 0 1 50 134 1.700 7.2 0.9 8.1 12.6 1.56
2002 25 ARI NL 6 1 .857 3.36 55 0 15 0 0 0 61.2 47 24 23 2 23 4 46 0 0 1 249 136 1.135 6.9 0.3 3.4 6.7 2.00
2003 26 ARI NL 3 0 1.000 2.15 31 0 5 0 0 0 37.2 31 11 9 3 10 1 27 5 0 1 157 219 1.088 7.4 0.7 2.4 6.5 2.70
2004 27 ARI NL 4 4 .500 4.05 76 0 24 0 0 2 86.2 86 42 39 7 37 10 55 5 0 4 371 113 1.419 8.9 0.7 3.8 5.7 1.49
2005 28 ARI NL 2 1 .667 5.07 44 0 11 0 0 0 49.2 48 31 28 6 20 3 28 6 1 1 217 87 1.369 8.7 1.1 3.6 5.1 1.40
2006 29 ARI NL 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15 174 2.333 15.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
2007 30 CLE AL 0 0 6.00 5 0 4 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 4 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 26 80 1.333 9.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
7 Yrs 15 7 .682 3.82 222 0 60 0 0 2 254.2 231 120 108 19 103 19 175 19 1 8 1085 120 1.312 8.2 0.7 3.6 6.2 1.70
162 Game Avg. 5 2 .682 3.82 68 0 18 0 0 1 78 71 37 33 6 32 6 54 6 0 2 332 120 1.312 8.2 0.7 3.6 6.2 1.70
ARI (6 yrs) 15 7 .682 3.76 217 0 56 0 0 2 248.2 225 116 104 19 101 19 171 18 1 8 1059 122 1.311 8.1 0.7 3.7 6.2 1.69
CLE (1 yr) 0 0 6.00 5 0 4 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 4 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 26 80 1.333 9.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
NL (6 yrs) 15 7 .682 3.76 217 0 56 0 0 2 248.2 225 116 104 19 101 19 171 18 1 8 1059 122 1.311 8.1 0.7 3.7 6.2 1.69
AL (1 yr) 0 0 6.00 5 0 4 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 4 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 26 80 1.333 9.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00

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
2001 24 ARI NL 10.0 9 0 7 6.30 5.42 0.26 -0.41 103.2 4.90 -2 -0.2 1.2 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .483 .499 $
2002 25 ARI NL 61.2 55 0 24 3.50 4.62 -0.03 -0.34 110.8 4.77 9 0.9 1.0 -0.1 1.2 15 .516 .506 $
2003 26 ARI NL 37.2 31 0 11 2.63 4.67 -0.17 -0.35 110.4 4.96 10 1.0 1.3 0.1 1.4 13 .532 .506 $300,000
2004 27 ARI NL 86.2 76 0 42 4.36 4.85 -0.04 -0.36 106.3 4.82 4 0.4 1.4 -0.1 1.0 13 .505 .503 $330,000
2005 28 ARI NL 49.2 44 0 31 5.62 4.44 -0.08 -0.34 105.7 4.42 -7 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 -0.4 -2 .485 .496 $825,000
2006 29 ARI NL 3.0 2 0 1 3.00 4.47 -0.01 -0.33 108.7 4.51 1 0.1 1.6 0.0 0.1 1 .526 .500 $
2007 30 CLE AL 6.0 5 0 4 6.00 4.65 0.01 -0.34 102.5 4.41 -1 -0.1 .1 0.0 0.0 -0 .478 .499 $
7 Seasons 254.2 222 0 120 4.24 4.70 -0.05 -0.35 107.7 4.74 13 1.4 1.2 -0.3 3.2 39 .506 .501 $1,455,000
ARI (6 yrs) 248.2 217 0 116 4.20 4.70 -0.05 -0.35 107.8 4.75 14 1.5 1.2 -0.3 3.2 39 .507 .502 $1,455,000
CLE (1 yr) 6.0 5 0 4 6.00 4.65 0.01 -0.34 102.5 4.41 -1 -0.1 .1 0.0 0.0 -0 .478 .499 $

Postseason Pitching

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
2002 25 ARI NL NLDS L STL 0 1 .000 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 6.8
1 NLDS 0 1 .000 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 6.8

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
2001 24 ARI NL 9 50 38 7 8 2 0 1 0 0 9 14 .211 .388 .342 .730 .304 13 0 2 1 0 1 1
2002 25 ARI NL 55 249 221 24 47 6 1 2 4 2 23 46 .213 .286 .276 .562 .259 61 3 0 4 1 4 1
2003 26 ARI NL 31 157 138 11 31 4 1 3 0 3 10 27 .225 .297 .333 .630 .255 46 1 5 2 2 1 4
2004 27 ARI NL 76 371 320 42 86 11 2 7 4 2 37 55 .269 .353 .381 .734 .305 122 15 5 8 1 10 3
2005 28 ARI NL 44 217 187 31 48 8 2 6 2 1 20 28 .257 .343 .417 .760 .269 78 8 6 1 3 3 3
2006 29 ARI NL 2 15 12 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 .417 .500 .583 1.083 .455 7 0 0 1 0 0 0
2007 30 CLE AL 5 26 23 4 6 4 0 0 2 0 2 4 .261 .346 .435 .781 .316 10 1 1 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 222 1085 939 120 231 37 6 19 14 8 103 175 .246 .331 .359 .689 .282 337 28 19 17 7 19 12
162 Game Avg. 68 332 288 37 71 11 2 6 4 2 32 54 .246 .331 .359 .689 .282 103 9 6 5 2 6 4
MLB Averages .265 .333 .424 .757 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2001 24 ARI NL 0.1 0.0 51 -0.5 0.8 -1.3 1.39 -0.2 -0.2 -3.2 -0.3 1.39 -0.8 3 3 3
2002 25 ARI NL 8.1 0.8 257 1.8 4.7 -2.9 1.00 1.5 0.3 15.3 1.5 1.00 16.8 15 12 27
2003 26 ARI NL 9.3 0.9 161 1.5 3.7 -2.2 1.25 0.4 0.8 9.4 0.9 1.25 4.1 12 9 10
2004 27 ARI NL 5.4 0.5 381 1.0 9.1 -8.1 1.43 0.3 0.4 6.8 0.7 1.43 5.3 32 21 20
2005 28 ARI NL -3.5 -0.3 222 0.0 3.3 -3.3 .86 0.1 -0.1 -11.6 -1.1 0.86 -3.5 13 8 21
2006 29 ARI NL 0.8 0.1 17 0.1 0.3 -0.2 1.29 -0.1 0.2 1.2 0.1 1.29 -0.5 1 0 1
2007 30 CLE AL -0.7 -0.1 28 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .13 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1 -0.0 0.13 -0.3 0 0 4
7 Yrs 19.5 2.0 1117 3.9 21.9 -18.1 1.15 1.8 1.5 17.7 1.7 1.15 21.2 76 53 86

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
2001 24 ARI NL 9 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 5 3 60% 6 1.387 3 3 3 4 3 2 5 4 3 3 3 1 3.3 23
2002 25 ARI NL 55 55 15 6 1 0 0 0 11 10 16 4 25% 8 1.002 15 12 27 22 11 22 14 41 16 16 17 17 3.4 16
2003 26 ARI NL 31 31 5 3 0 1 0 1 0% 6 5 10 3 30% 8 1.249 12 9 10 11 8 12 5 26 13 5 13 12 3.6 19
2004 27 ARI NL 76 76 24 4 4 8 2 6 25% 27 19 47 15 32% 8 1.428 32 21 20 34 13 29 23 53 23 17 29 16 3.4 17
2005 28 ARI NL 44 44 11 2 1 2 0 2 0% 11 9 31 17 55% 8 .861 13 8 21 19 5 20 16 28 13 14 14 14 3.4 17
2006 29 ARI NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 5 1.289 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 4.5 29
2007 30 CLE AL 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 8 .131 0 0 4 2 0 3 1 4 2 0 2 1 3.6 21
7 Yrs 222 222 60 15 7 11 2 9 18% 57 44 115 42 37% 1.156 76 53 86 92 40 90 65 157 71 55 79 62 3.4 18

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%
2001 24 ARI NL 50 72% 2.0% 28.0% 18.0% 6.0% 38% 1.00 1.43 46% 20% 12.5% 27% 15 0 0%
2002 25 ARI NL 249 63% 0.8% 18.5% 9.2% 3.6% 19% 1.21 2.11 70% 22% 3.1% 18% 43 3 7%
2003 26 ARI NL 157 57% 1.9% 17.2% 6.4% 5.1% 26% 1.24 1.86 70% 18% 6.3% 4% 19 1 5%
2004 27 ARI NL 371 52% 1.9% 14.8% 10.0% 5.4% 23% 1.25 2.27 70% 18% 6.5% 7% 90 15 17%
2005 28 ARI NL 217 55% 2.8% 12.9% 9.2% 7.4% 33% 1.09 1.55 72% 14% 9.0% 12% 45 8 18%
2006 29 ARI NL 15 60% 0.0% 6.7% 13.3% 13.3% 40% 0.83 1.67 73% 25% 0.0% 33% 6 0 0%
2007 30 CLE AL 26 62% 0.0% 15.4% 7.7% 15.4% 67% 0.58 0.56 73% 26% 0.0% 8% 4 1 25%
7 Yrs 1085 57% 1.8% 16.1% 9.5% 5.7% 27% 1.17 1.90 69% 18% 6.1% 11% 222 28 13%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.8% 8.5% 8.0% 34% 0.79 1.07 70% 20% 7.9% 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
2001 24 ARI NL 50 207 4.14 124 60% 40% 17% 23% 20% 60% 5% 36% 72% 54% 8% 4 2 26% 13 9 2 50% 4 1 0 0 0
2002 25 ARI NL 250 897 3.59 557 62% 29% 17% 22% 32% 71% 4% 44% 77% 61% 5% 13 5 21% 52 26 0 15% 10 4 -1 0 0
2003 26 ARI NL 160 592 3.70 378 64% 26% 18% 25% 30% 74% 0% 47% 76% 60% 3% 4 3 19% 31 16 0 4% 4 1 -3 0 0
2004 27 ARI NL 371 1328 3.58 809 61% 27% 14% 25% 34% 73% 7% 45% 81% 58% 8% 28 11 19% 69 31 3 22% 7 7 0 0 0
2005 28 ARI NL 217 767 3.53 468 61% 27% 10% 28% 35% 73% 3% 45% 86% 53% 5% 10 3 12% 26 15 3 21% 5 5 0 0 0
2006 29 ARI NL 15 58 3.87 35 60% 31% 9% 26% 34% 69% 0% 41% 88% 53% 7% 1 0 13% 2 0 0 100% 0 1 0 0 0
2007 30 CLE AL 26 105 4.04 65 62% 26% 14% 31% 29% 74% 0% 46% 81% 54% 4% 1 0 8% 2 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1089 3954 3.63 2436 62% 28% 15% 25% 32% 72% 4% 44% 80% 58% 6% 61 24 18% 195 98 8 19% 31 20 -4 0 0
MLB Averages 3.74 63% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 59% 5% 21% 26%

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
2001 24 ARI NL 50 8 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 100% 1 1 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2002 25 ARI NL 249 47 9 1 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 8 6 0 75% 1 1 1 93 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
2003 26 ARI NL 157 31 3 0 3 0 4 1 2 3 0 6 3 1 50% 4 1 0 51 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2004 27 ARI NL 371 86 17 4 7 1 20 3 4 4 3 25 15 3 60% 3 4 0 151 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2005 28 ARI NL 217 48 6 1 6 0 10 2 4 5 1 23 16 1 70% 3 1 1 77 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2006 29 ARI NL 15 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 25% 0 0 0 6 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 30 CLE AL 26 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 10 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1085 231 36 6 19 1 43 8 11 15 4 70 45 5 64% 12 8 2 415 14 8 64% 11 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 30 0
MLB Averages 53% 70%

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+
2001 24 0 1 .000 3.60 9 0 1 0 0 0 10.0 8 7 4 1 9 1 14 2 0 1 50 134 1.700 7.2 0.9 8.1 12.6 1.56 134
2002 25 6 2 .750 3.39 64 0 16 0 0 0 71.2 55 31 27 3 32 5 60 2 0 2 299 135 1.214 6.9 0.4 4.0 7.5 1.88 135
2003 26 9 2 .818 2.96 95 0 21 0 0 0 109.1 86 42 36 6 42 6 87 7 0 3 456 156 1.171 7.1 0.5 3.5 7.2 2.07 156
2004 27 13 6 .684 3.44 171 0 45 0 0 2 196.0 172 84 75 13 79 16 142 12 0 7 827 134 1.281 7.9 0.6 3.6 6.5 1.80 134
2005 28 15 7 .682 3.77 215 0 56 0 0 2 245.2 220 115 103 19 99 19 170 18 1 8 1044 121 1.299 8.1 0.7 3.6 6.2 1.72 121
2006 29 15 7 .682 3.76 217 0 56 0 0 2 248.2 225 116 104 19 101 19 171 18 1 8 1059 122 1.311 8.1 0.7 3.7 6.2 1.69 122
2007 30 15 7 .682 3.82 222 0 60 0 0 2 254.2 231 120 108 19 103 19 175 19 1 8 1085 120 1.312 8.2 0.7 3.6 6.2 1.70 120

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
2001 24 1 0 1.000 2.45 11.0 7 3 3 1 8 15 2 1.364 5.7 6.5 12.3 1.88 0.8 9
2002 25 4 2 .667 2.95 61.0 44 22 20 2 22 46 0 1.082 6.5 3.2 6.8 2.09 0.3 55
2003 26 3 1 .750 1.89 38.0 29 9 8 3 9 27 5 1.000 6.9 2.1 6.4 3.00 0.7 31
2004 27 5 4 .556 3.80 83.0 81 39 35 7 35 53 5 1.398 8.8 3.8 5.7 1.51 0.8 76
2005 28 2 3 .400 5.06 48.0 47 30 27 6 20 27 6 1.396 8.8 3.8 5.1 1.35 1.1 44
2006 29 0 0 3.00 3.0 5 1 1 0 2 1 0 2.333 15.0 6.0 3.0 0.50 0.0 2
2007 30 0 0 7.50 6.0 6 6 5 0 2 4 1 1.333 9.0 3.0 6.0 2.00 0.0 5
7 Yrs 15 10 .600 3.56 250.0 219 110 99 19 98 173 19 1.268 7.9 6.2 1.77 0.7 222

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