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Ken Kravec

Kenneth Peter Kravec

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 29, 1951 in Cleveland, OH
High School: Midpark HS (Middleburg Heights, OH)
School: Ashland University (Ashland, OH)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1975
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Cubs 1975-1982

Final Game: October 3, 1982
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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
1973	21	CHW-min	AA	2	8	.200	5.06	13	12					64.0	53	44	36	3	65								1.844	7.5	0.4	9.1			KNX · SOUL
1974	22	CHW-min	AA	6	6	.500	3.41	27	24		3	2	0	132.0	100	58	50	12	79	0	105	2	3	2			1.356	6.8	0.8	5.4	7.2	1.33	KNX · SOUL
1975	23	CHW-min	AA	14	7	.667	2.41	28	22		7	2	1	168.0	138	52	45	6	78	2	119	7	0	10			1.286	7.4	0.3	4.2	6.4	1.53	KNX · SOUL
1975	23	CHW	AL	0	1	.000	6.23	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	1	3	3	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	22	68	2.077	2.1	0.0	16.6	2.1	0.13
1976	24	CHW-min	AAA	8	5	.615	4.33	24	22		5	2	0	131.0	103	68	63	13	89	4	142	2	1	4			1.466	7.1	0.9	6.1	9.8	1.60	IWA · AA
1976	24	CHW	AL	1	5	.167	4.89	9	8	0	1	0	0	49.2	49	28	27	3	32	0	38	1	1	3	226	74	1.631	8.9	0.5	5.8	6.9	1.19
1977	25	CHW-min	AAA	4	4	.500	2.59	9	9		1	1	0	59.0	46	21	17	5	33	0	62	1	1	0			1.339	7.0	0.8	5.0	9.5	1.88	IWA · AA
1977	25	CHW	AL	11	8	.579	4.10	26	25	0	6	1	0	166.2	161	87	76	12	57	0	125	6	1	4	718	100	1.308	8.7	0.6	3.1	6.8	2.19
1978	26	CHW-min	AAA	1	1	.500	3.75	2	2		1	1	0	12.0	10	5	5	1	5	0	14	1	0	0			1.250	7.5	0.8	3.8	10.5	2.80	IWA · AA
1978	26	CHW	AL	11	16	.407	4.08	30	30	0	7	2	0	203.0	188	104	92	22	95	1	154	10	1	7	890	94	1.394	8.3	1.0	4.2	6.8	1.62
1979	27	CHW	AL	15	13	.536	3.74	36	35	1	10	3	1	250.0	208	115	104	20	111	3	132	14	1	3	1041	114	1.276	7.5	0.7	4.0	4.8	1.19
1980	28	CHW	AL	3	6	.333	6.94	20	15	1	0	0	0	81.2	100	71	63	13	44	3	37	5	1	5	394	58	1.763	11.0	1.4	4.8	4.1	0.84
1981	29	CHC	NL	1	6	.143	5.06	24	12	2	0	0	0	78.1	80	48	44	5	39	6	50	4	1	2	356	74	1.519	9.2	0.6	4.5	5.7	1.28
1982	30	CHC-min	AAA	2	6	.250	6.98	14	14	0	0	0	0	68.1	76	59	53	14	39	0	53	3	2	1			1.683	10.0	1.8	5.1	7.0	1.36	IWA · AA
1982	30	CHC	NL	1	1	.500	6.12	13	2	2	0	0	0	25.0	27	20	17	3	18	2	20	0	0	1	123	62	1.800	9.7	1.1	6.5	7.2	1.11
1983	31	OAK-min	AA	3	7	.300	4.85	35	8	17	1	0	3	78.0	81	53	42	6	47	0	53	5	1	2			1.641	9.3	0.7	5.4	6.1	1.13	ALB · EL
1987	35	KCR-min	A	0	0		4.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	6	2	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0			1.750	13.5	0.0	2.2	6.8	3.00	FTM · FLOR
8 Yrs				43	56	.434	4.47	160	128	6	24	6	1	858.2	814	476	426	78	404	15	557	40	6	25	3770	90	1.418	8.5	0.8	4.2	5.8	1.38
162 Game Avg.				10	13	.434	4.47	38	30	1	6	1	0	203	192	112	101	18	95	4	132	9	1	6	890	90	1.418	8.5	0.8	4.2	5.8	1.38

CHW (6 yrs)				41	49	.456	4.35	123	114	2	24	6	1	755.1	707	408	365	70	347	7	487	36	5	22	3291	93	1.395	8.4	0.8	4.1	5.8	1.40
CHC (2 yrs)				2	7	.222	5.31	37	14	4	0	0	0	103.1	107	68	61	8	57	8	70	4	1	3	479	70	1.587	9.3	0.7	5.0	6.1	1.23

AL (6 yrs)				41	49	.456	4.35	123	114	2	24	6	1	755.1	707	408	365	70	347	7	487	36	5	22	3291	93	1.395	8.4	0.8	4.1	5.8	1.40
NL (2 yrs)				2	7	.222	5.31	37	14	4	0	0	0	103.1	107	68	61	8	57	8	70	4	1	3	479	70	1.587	9.3	0.7	5.0	6.1	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
1975	23	CHW	AL	4.1	2	1	3	6.23	4.38	-0.22	-0.10	105.4	4.75	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.0	-0	.463	.500	$
1976	24	CHW	AL	49.2	9	8	28	5.07	3.95	-0.27	0.10	102.5	4.43	-3	-0.4	.1	-0.0	0.0	1	.458	.498	$
1977	25	CHW	AL	166.2	26	25	87	4.70	4.49	-0.55	0.14	99.8	5.17	9	0.9	1.9	-0.1	2.2	27	.535	.506	$
1978	26	CHW	AL	203.0	30	30	104	4.61	4.15	-0.06	0.13	100.8	4.37	-5	-0.5		-0.1	1.1	16	.483	.497	$
1979	27	CHW	AL	250.0	36	35	115	4.14	4.68	0.07	0.15	100.6	4.78	18	1.9	6.0	-0.1	3.9	47	.552	.512	$
1980	28	CHW	AL	81.2	20	15	71	7.82	4.60	-0.08	0.10	101.3	4.84	-27	-2.5	.5	0.0	-1.8	-18	.373	.484	$150,000
1981	29	CHC	NL	78.1	24	12	48	5.51	3.90	-0.62	0.03	108.0	4.91	-6	-0.7	.5	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.470	.496	$
1982	30	CHC	NL	25.0	13	2	20	7.20	3.87	-0.18	-0.11	102.7	4.05	-9	-0.9	.8	0.0	-0.7	-6	.427	.494	$
8 Seasons				858.2	160	128	476	4.99	4.37	-0.19	0.12	101.4	4.74	-25	-2.4	.8	-0.3	4.6	65	.485	.498	$150,000

CHW (6 yrs)				755.1	123	114	408	4.86	4.44	-0.14	0.13	100.7	4.74	-10	-0.7	1.3	-0.3	5.4	72	.494	.499	$150,000
CHC (2 yrs)				103.1	37	14	68	5.92	3.89	-0.51	-0.01	106.7	4.70	-15	-1.7	.6	-0.0	-0.8	-7	.455	.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
1975	23	CHW	AL	2	22	14	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	.071	.409	.071	.481	.077	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	24	CHW	AL	9	226	191	28	49	8	2	3	3	3	32	38	.257	.366	.366	.733	.307	70	3	1	2	0	0	2
1977	25	CHW	AL	26	718	643	87	161	32	8	12	12	4	57	125	.250	.317	.381	.698	.294	245	8	6	11	1	0	12
1978	26	CHW	AL	30	890	767	104	188	31	7	22	25	9	95	154	.245	.334	.390	.724	.279	299	11	10	14	4	1	16
1979	27	CHW	AL	36	1041	894	115	208	35	1	20	16	17	111	132	.233	.323	.341	.664	.249	305	21	14	10	12	3	10
1980	28	CHW	AL	20	394	336	71	100	17	2	13	9	1	44	37	.298	.382	.476	.858	.299	160	4	5	4	5	3	5
1981	29	CHC	NL	24	356	298	48	80	18	6	5	10	5	39	50	.268	.355	.419	.775	.302	125	3	4	10	5	6	6
1982	30	CHC	NL	13	123	101	20	27	4	0	3	6	0	18	20	.267	.375	.396	.771	.304	40	1	0	3	1	2	3
8 Yrs				160	3770	3244	476	814	145	26	78	81	39	404	557	.251	.339	.384	.722	.279	1245	51	40	54	28	15	54
162 Game Avg.				38	890	766	112	192	34	6	18	19	9	95	132	.251	.339	.384	.722	.279	294	12	9	13	7	4	13
MLB Averages																.261	.325	.383	.708	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1975	23	CHW	AL	-0.8	-0.1	22	0.1	0.4	-0.3	1.31	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.1	1.31	0.5	0	1	0
1976	24	CHW	AL	-5.7	-0.6	238	-0.4	3.7	-4.1	.98	-0.3	-0.1	-3.5	-0.4	0.98	-2.8	0	0	1
1977	25	CHW	AL	-0.5	-0.1	742	0.0	11.1	-11.0	.87	0.3	-0.2	-2.4	-0.2	0.87	4.9	1	0	0
1978	26	CHW	AL	-5.1	-0.5	935	-0.6	15.9	-16.5	1.01	-2.0	1.4	-5.4	-0.5	1.01	-17.2	0	0	0
1979	27	CHW	AL	15.2	1.5	1076	2.0	18.8	-16.9	1.01	2.1	-0.1	18.1	1.8	1.01	20.9	1	0	0
1980	28	CHW	AL	-26.4	-2.5	409	-2.6	5.9	-8.4	.98	-2.4	-0.2	-30.1	-2.8	0.98	-25.7	1	1	2
1981	29	CHC	NL	-10.5	-1.1	373	-1.0	5.1	-6.0	.89	-1.2	0.1	-12.9	-1.3	0.89	-11.9	0	2	10
1982	30	CHC	NL	-6.7	-0.7	130	-0.7	1.3	-2.0	.64	-0.4	-0.7	-7.1	-0.7	0.64	-6.4	2	2	6
8 Yrs				-40.5	-4.0	3925	-3.1	62.1	-65.2	.96	-3.9	0.7	-42.4	-4.0	0.96	-37.8	5	6	19

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
1975	23	CHW	AL	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	36.0	36	36	3	3	0	1	0.0	0.0	2.3
1976	24	CHW	AL	9	8	1	5	2	0	1	2	6	.250	0	0	1	0	4	50%	48.9	67	16	9	5	0	1	3.0	2.3	6.0
1977	25	CHW	AL	26	25	11	8	6	2	3	15	10	.600	2	3	6	1	14	56%	52.3	83	14	24	9	8	9	5.3	5.3	6.7
1978	26	CHW	AL	30	30	11	16	3	2	6	12	18	.400	2	1	7	2	16	53%	51.9	88	23	30	12	7	11	3.3	3.6	6.8
1979	27	CHW	AL	36	35	15	13	7	3	4	16	19	.457	5	0	10	3	21	60%	53.8	89	16	26	13	7	13	4.5	4.7	7.1
1980	28	CHW	AL	20	15	3	6	6	2	1	7	8	.467	3	2	0	0	4	27%	40.8	78	17	31	10	1	8	4.1	5.0	4.9
1981	29	CHC	NL	24	12	1	5	6	0	2	2	10	.167	1	1	0	0	4	33%	49.1	73	17	19	9	5	5	2.4	2.8	4.8
1982	30	CHC	NL	13	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.500	1	1	0	0	1	50%	46.5	56	37	8	4	0	2	4.5	5.4	5.5
8 Yrs				160	128	42	54	32	9	17	55	73	.430	14	8	24	6	64	50%	51	89	14	150	65	28	50	4.0	4.3	6.3
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	105	-13					4.3	4.2	6.4

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
1975	23	CHW	AL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		3	1.308	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0
1976	24	CHW	AL	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	.982	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0
1977	25	CHW	AL	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	2	2	100%	8	.865	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0

1979	27	CHW	AL	36	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0%	9	1.011	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.0
1980	28	CHW	AL	20	5	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	1	50%	7	.981	1	1	2	1	0	4	2	3	2	1	3	0	4.6
1981	29	CHC	NL	24	12	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	8	6	75%	6	.894	0	2	10	0	1	11	5	7	9	1	9	1	5.1
1982	30	CHC	NL	13	11	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	6	1	17%	5	.636	2	2	6	0	2	9	4	7	5	4	6	0	3.8
7 Yrs				130	32	6	1	2	1	1	0	100%	2	0	19	10	53%		.940	5	6	19	3	4	25	13	19	18	8	20	1	4.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1975	23	CHW	AL	22	36%	0.0%	4.6%	36.4%	0.0%	0%	1.00	59%	6	0	0%
1976	24	CHW	AL	226	15%	1.3%	16.8%	14.2%	5.8%	27%	0.70	66%	42	3	7%
1977	25	CHW	AL	718	26%	1.7%	17.4%	7.9%	7.2%	32%	0.84	71%	111	8	7%
1978	26	CHW	AL	890	21%	2.5%	17.3%	10.7%	6.7%	32%	0.85	67%	162	11	7%
1979	27	CHW	AL	1041	22%	1.9%	12.7%	10.7%	5.4%	27%	0.84	72%	220	21	10%
1980	28	CHW	AL	394	25%	3.3%	9.4%	11.2%	8.1%	32%	0.93	74%	72	4	6%
1981	29	CHC	NL	356	26%	1.4%	14.0%	11.0%	8.2%	36%	1.54	70%	59	3	5%
1982	30	CHC	NL	123	33%	2.4%	16.3%	14.6%	5.7%	26%	0.93	64%	22	1	5%
8 Yrs				3770	23%	2.1%	14.8%	10.7%	6.6%	31%	0.90	70%	694	51	7%
MLB Averages					44%	1.9%	12.8%	8.5%	6.4%	28%	1.10	75%			11%

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
1975	23	CHW	AL	22	1			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0%	0	0	0	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	24	CHW	AL	226	49			3	0	6	3	0	2	1	8	1	4	13%	2	3	0	94	3	3	50%	3	2	0	0	0	1	3	2	6	0
1977	25	CHW	AL	718	161			12	0	8	7	5	5	7	32	15	9	47%	12	4	1	263	12	4	75%	12	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	9	0
1978	26	CHW	AL	890	188			22	0	6	18	4	9	13	42	19	10	45%	16	7	0	352	25	9	74%	25	8	0	1	0	0	3	2	14	0
1979	27	CHW	AL	1041	208			20	2	20	15	5	13	7	39	26	5	67%	10	3	1	405	16	17	48%	12	12	4	4	0	1	8	8	24	0
1980	28	CHW	AL	394	100			13	0	10	9	4	5	8	28	17	2	61%	5	5	0	143	9	1	90%	7	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	11	0
1981	29	CHC	NL	356	80			5	0	8	5	0	3	2	24	16	3	67%	6	2	0	136	10	5	67%	8	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	13	0
1982	30	CHC	NL	123	27			3	0	6	3	0	2	1	12	5	4	42%	3	1	1	47	6	0	100%	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
8 Yrs				3770	814			78	2	65	60	18	39	39	186	99	37	53%	54	25	3	1449	81	39	68%	72	31	8	6	1	2	18	15	81	0
MLB Averages																		53%							65%

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+
1975	23	0	1	.000	6.23	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	1	3	3	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	22	68	2.077	2.1	0.0	16.6	2.1	0.13	68
1976	24	1	6	.143	5.00	11	9	0	1	0	0	54.0	50	31	30	3	40	0	39	1	1	3	248	73	1.667	8.3	0.5	6.7	6.5	0.98	73
1977	25	12	14	.462	4.32	37	34	0	7	1	0	220.2	211	118	106	15	97	0	164	7	2	7	966	93	1.396	8.6	0.6	4.0	6.7	1.69	93
1978	26	23	30	.434	4.21	67	64	0	14	3	0	423.2	399	222	198	37	192	1	318	17	3	14	1856	93	1.395	8.5	0.8	4.1	6.8	1.66	93
1979	27	38	43	.469	4.03	103	99	1	24	6	1	673.2	607	337	302	57	303	4	450	31	4	17	2897	101	1.351	8.1	0.8	4.0	6.0	1.49	101
1980	28	41	49	.456	4.35	123	114	2	24	6	1	755.1	707	408	365	70	347	7	487	36	5	22	3291	93	1.395	8.4	0.8	4.1	5.8	1.40	93
1981	29	42	55	.433	4.42	147	126	4	24	6	1	833.2	787	456	409	75	386	13	537	40	6	24	3647	91	1.407	8.5	0.8	4.2	5.8	1.39	91
1982	30	43	56	.434	4.47	160	128	6	24	6	1	858.2	814	476	426	78	404	15	557	40	6	25	3770	90	1.418	8.5	0.8	4.2	5.8	1.38	90

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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
1975	23	0	0		13.50	4.0	1	7	6	0	8	1	0	2.250	2.3	18.0	2.3	0.13	0.0	2
1976	24	2	3	.400	6.07	46.0	53	34	31	3	35	35	1	1.913	10.4	6.8	6.8	1.00	0.6	9
1977	25	8	10	.444	4.28	164.0	163	87	78	12	58	123	6	1.348	8.9	3.2	6.8	2.12	0.7	26
1978	26	9	12	.429	4.73	194.0	198	113	102	23	100	147	11	1.536	9.2	4.6	6.8	1.47	1.1	30
1979	27	13	13	.500	3.99	237.0	209	117	105	20	112	125	14	1.354	7.9	4.3	4.7	1.12	0.8	36
1980	28	2	6	.250	7.43	80.0	103	73	66	13	45	36	5	1.850	11.6	5.1	4.1	0.80	1.5	20
1981	29	4	8	.333	5.51	116.0	125	79	71	8	61	74	6	1.603	9.7	4.7	5.7	1.21	0.6	24
1982	30	1	1	.500	6.48	25.0	28	20	18	3	19	20	0	1.880	10.1	6.8	7.2	1.05	1.1	13
8 Yrs		39	53	.424	4.96	866.0	880	530	477	82	438	561	43	1.522	9.1		5.8	1.28	0.9	160

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1979 AL 7.488 (2nd)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1977 AL 6.750 (7th) 1978 AL 6.828 (3rd)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1979 AL 250.0 (8th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1978 AL 154 (8th) 1979 AL 132 (8th)
Games Started s c a p y 1979 AL 35 (8th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1979 AL 3 (6th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1978 AL 95 (5th) 1979 AL 111 (3rd)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1977 AL 2.193 (10th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1977 AL 0.648 (6th)	Losses s c a p y 1978 AL 16 (3rd)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1978 AL 10 (1st) 1979 AL 14 (1st) 1981 NL 4 (2nd)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1979 AL 1,041 (8th)
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1979 AL 2.1 (10th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 15 (1244), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Cozy Dolan (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jerome Williams (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Zane Smith (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chris Capuano (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Nate Robertson (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chris Hammond (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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