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John Lackey

John Derran Lackey

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 245 lb.

Born: October 23, 1978 in Abilene, TX
High School: Abilene HS (Abilene, TX)
Schools: Grayson County College (Denison, TX), University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, TX)
Drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 2nd round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 24, 2002
Teams (by GP): Angels/RedSox 2002-2011
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 5 yrs/$82.5M (10-14) & 15 vesting option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 10.095, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Steve Hilliard, previously: Joe Urbon [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 3:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #364. Josh Johnson… #365. Joe Horlen… #366. Mike Marshall… #367. JOHN LACKEY… #368. Ron Reed… #369. Tim Belcher… #370. Todd Stottlemyre… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
2002 23 ANA AL 9 4 .692 3.66 18 18 0 1 0 0 108.1 113 52 44 10 33 0 69 4 2 7 465 121 1.348 9.4 0.8 2.7 5.7 2.09 RoY-4
2003 24 ANA AL 10 16 .385 4.63 33 33 0 2 2 0 204.0 223 117 105 31 66 4 151 10 1 11 885 95 1.417 9.8 1.4 2.9 6.7 2.29
2004 25 ANA AL 14 13 .519 4.67 33 32 0 1 1 0 198.1 215 108 103 22 60 4 144 8 1 11 855 95 1.387 9.8 1.0 2.7 6.5 2.40
2005 26 LAA AL 14 5 .737 3.44 33 33 0 1 0 0 209.0 208 85 80 13 71 3 199 11 0 18 892 123 1.335 9.0 0.6 3.1 8.6 2.80
2006 27 LAA AL 13 11 .542 3.56 33 33 0 3 2 0 217.2 203 98 86 14 72 4 190 9 0 16 922 127 1.263 8.4 0.6 3.0 7.9 2.64
2007 28 LAA AL 19 9 .679 3.01 33 33 0 2 2 0 224.0 219 87 75 18 52 2 179 12 1 9 929 150 1.210 8.8 0.7 2.1 7.2 3.44 AS,CYA-3,MVP-17
2008 29 LAA AL 12 5 .706 3.75 24 24 0 3 0 0 163.1 161 71 68 26 40 1 130 10 0 5 675 119 1.231 8.9 1.4 2.2 7.2 3.25
2009 30 LAA AL 11 8 .579 3.83 27 27 0 1 1 0 176.1 177 84 75 17 47 1 139 9 0 6 748 115 1.270 9.0 0.9 2.4 7.1 2.96
2010 31 BOS AL 14 11 .560 4.40 33 33 0 0 0 0 215.0 233 114 105 18 72 2 156 9 0 3 930 99 1.419 9.8 0.8 3.0 6.5 2.17
2011 32 BOS AL 12 12 .500 6.41 28 28 0 0 0 0 160.0 203 119 114 20 56 1 108 19 0 11 743 67 1.619 11.4 1.1 3.2 6.1 1.93
10 Yrs 128 94 .577 4.10 295 294 0 14 8 0 1876.0 1955 935 855 189 569 22 1465 101 5 97 8044 107 1.345 9.4 0.9 2.7 7.0 2.57
162 Game Avg. 15 11 .577 4.10 34 34 0 2 1 0 217 226 108 99 22 66 3 169 12 1 11 929 107 1.345 9.4 0.9 2.7 7.0 2.57
LAA (8 yrs) 102 71 .590 3.81 234 233 0 14 8 0 1501.0 1519 702 636 151 441 19 1201 73 5 83 6371 116 1.306 9.1 0.9 2.6 7.2 2.72
BOS (2 yrs) 26 23 .531 5.26 61 61 0 0 0 0 375.0 436 233 219 38 128 3 264 28 0 14 1673 82 1.504 10.5 0.9 3.1 6.3 2.06

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
2002 23 ANA AL 108.1 18 18 52 4.32 4.89 0.64 0.18 98.1 4.35 -0 -0.0 -0.1 0.9 14 .499 .500 $ RoY-4
2003 24 ANA AL 204.0 33 33 117 5.16 4.91 0.14 0.19 97.7 4.84 -7 -0.7 -0.1 1.0 18 .480 .496 $315,000
2004 25 ANA AL 198.1 33 32 108 4.90 4.98 -0.07 0.19 96.8 5.07 2 0.2 .1 -0.1 1.8 29 .506 .501 $375,000
2005 26 LAA AL 209.0 33 33 85 3.66 4.83 0.25 0.18 97.8 4.65 21 2.2 -0.1 4.0 48 .568 .514 $440,000
2006 27 LAA AL 217.2 33 33 98 4.05 5.05 0.00 0.19 98.1 5.14 24 2.5 -0.1 4.3 54 .575 .515 $3,340,000
2007 28 LAA AL 224.0 33 33 87 3.50 5.01 0.03 0.19 99.3 5.13 39 4.1 -0.1 6.0 69 .625 .525 $5,833,333 AS,CYA-3,MVP-17
2008 29 LAA AL 163.1 24 24 71 3.91 4.85 0.05 0.19 102.2 5.09 18 2.0 -0.1 3.3 41 .582 .512 $7,333,333
2009 30 LAA AL 176.1 27 27 84 4.29 4.79 0.43 0.19 98.2 4.46 2 0.2 -0.1 1.6 25 .508 .501 $10,000,000
2010 31 BOS AL 215.0 33 33 114 4.77 4.47 0.18 0.16 105.5 4.70 -3 -0.3 -0.1 1.5 23 .490 .498 $18,700,000
2011 32 BOS AL 160.0 28 28 119 6.69 4.53 0.24 0.16 104.8 4.67 -36 -3.4 -0.1 -2.1 -18 .378 .479 $15,950,000
10 Seasons 1876.0 295 294 935 4.49 4.83 0.16 0.18 99.8 4.84 60 6.8 .1 -1.2 22.3 303 .523 .504 $62,286,666
LAA (8 yrs) 1501.0 234 233 702 4.21 4.92 0.15 0.19 98.5 4.88 100 10.5 .1 -1.0 22.9 298 .545 .508 $27,636,666
BOS (2 yrs) 375.0 61 61 233 5.59 4.50 0.20 0.16 105.2 4.69 -40 -3.8 -0.2 -0.6 5 .438 .488 $34,650,000

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
2002 23 ANA AL ALDS W NYY 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 13 1.333 9.0 0.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
2002 23 ANA AL ALCS W MIN 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 23 0.429 3.9 0.0 0.0 9.0
2002 23 ANA AL WS W SFG 1 0 1.000 4.38 3 2 0 0 0 0 12.1 15 6 6 0 5 4 7 0 0 0 54 1.622 10.9 0.0 3.6 5.1 1.40
2005 26 LAA AL ALDS W NYY 0 0 2.38 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.1 7 3 3 0 9 0 9 0 0 2 49 1.412 5.6 0.0 7.1 7.1 1.00
2005 26 LAA AL ALCS L CHW 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 8 5 5 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 23 1.800 14.4 1.8 1.8 5.4 3.00
2007 28 LAA AL ALDS L BOS 0 1 .000 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 4 4 2 2 0 4 0 0 1 25 1.833 13.5 3.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
2008 29 LAA AL ALDS L BOS 0 1 .000 2.63 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.2 11 4 4 1 4 0 6 1 0 0 57 1.098 7.2 0.7 2.6 4.0 1.50
2009 30 LAA AL ALDS W BOS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 27 0.682 4.9 0.0 1.2 4.9 4.00
2009 30 LAA AL ALCS L NYY 0 1 .000 3.65 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.1 15 7 5 0 6 0 10 0 0 0 57 1.703 10.9 0.0 4.4 7.3 1.67
5 Yrs (9 Series) 3 4 .429 3.12 14 12 0 0 0 0 78.0 75 29 27 4 29 4 53 1 0 4 328 1.333 8.7 0.5 3.3 6.1 1.83
5 ALDS 1 2 .333 2.40 7 6 0 0 0 0 41.1 34 11 11 3 17 0 26 1 0 4 171 1.234 7.4 0.7 3.7 5.7 1.53
3 ALCS 1 2 .333 3.70 4 4 0 0 0 0 24.1 26 12 10 1 7 0 20 0 0 0 103 1.356 9.6 0.4 2.6 7.4 2.86
1 WS 1 0 1.000 4.38 3 2 0 0 0 0 12.1 15 6 6 0 5 4 7 0 0 0 54 1.622 10.9 0.0 3.6 5.1 1.40

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2002 23 ANA AL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 RoY-4
2003 24 ANA AL 33 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 25 ANA AL 33 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 26 LAA AL 33 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 27 LAA AL 33 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 28 LAA AL 33 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-17
2008 29 LAA AL 24 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 30 LAA AL 27 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -33 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
2010 31 BOS AL 34 6 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .600 1.000 163 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
2011 32 BOS AL 28 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 161 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Yrs 296 40 38 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 .105 .105 .158 .263 -31 6 0 0 2 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 22 21 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .105 .105 .158 .263 -31 3 0 0 1 0 0
LAA (8 yrs) 234 31 30 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .033 .033 .033 .067 -82 1 0 0 1 0 0
BOS (2 yrs) 62 9 8 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .375 .375 .625 1.000 162 5 0 0 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2002 23 ANA AL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1 RoY-4
2003 24 ANA AL 33 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $315,000 1
2004 25 ANA AL 33 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $375,000 1
2005 26 LAA AL 33 6 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $440,000 1
2006 27 LAA AL 33 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $3,340,000 1
2007 28 LAA AL 33 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $5,833,333 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-17
2008 29 LAA AL 24 6 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $7,333,333 1
2009 30 LAA AL 27 9 -2 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $10,000,000 1
2010 31 BOS AL 34 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $18,700,000 1
2011 32 BOS AL 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $15,950,000 1
10 Seasons 296 40 -8 0 0 0 6 -2 -0.2 1 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.3 -0 $62,286,666
LAA (8 yrs) 234 31 -8 0 0 0 4 -4 -0.4 1 -2 -0.2 .499 .500 -0.2 0.2 -2 $27,636,666
BOS (2 yrs) 62 9 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .503 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $34,650,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2002 23 ANA AL ALDS NYY W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 23 ANA AL ALCS MIN W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 23 ANA AL WS SFG W 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2005 26 LAA AL ALDS NYY W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 26 LAA AL ALCS CHW L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 28 LAA AL ALDS BOS L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 29 LAA AL ALDS BOS L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 30 LAA AL ALDS BOS W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 30 LAA AL ALCS NYY L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (9 Series) 14 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 ALDS 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ALCS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2002 ANA AL 23 P 18 18 1 108.1 20 4 16 0 2 1.000 1.66 1.11 .957 1.69 1.67 12 4 25% 32% 0 RoY-4
2003 ANA AL 24 P 33 33 2 204.0 39 14 22 3 2 .923 -2 -2 1.59 1.09 .957 1.73 1.71 14 8 36% 30% 1
2004 ANA AL 25 P 33 32 1 198.1 38 15 23 0 1 1.000 -3 -3 1.72 1.15 .948 1.66 1.65 15 7 32% 32% 1
2005 LAA AL 26 P 33 33 1 209.0 33 5 25 3 0 .909 0 0 1.29 0.91 .954 1.70 1.68 11 8 42% 30% 2
2006 LAA AL 27 P 33 33 3 217.2 35 9 26 0 1 1.000 5 5 1.45 1.06 .958 1.56 1.54 12 4 25% 30% 0
2007 LAA AL 28 P 33 33 2 224.0 49 22 25 2 5 .959 -2 -2 1.89 1.42 .955 1.60 1.59 19 6 24% 27% 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-17
2008 LAA AL 29 P 24 24 3 163.1 24 9 10 5 3 .792 -4 -5 1.05 0.79 .952 1.60 1.59 11 3 21% 27% 1
2009 LAA AL 30 P 27 27 1 176.1 37 13 22 2 3 .946 0 0 1.79 1.30 .953 1.53 1.51 13 3 19% 26% 0
2010 BOS AL 31 P 33 33 0 215.0 46 22 21 3 3 .935 -4 -4 1.80 1.30 .953 1.63 1.61 26 10 28% 26% 1
2011 BOS AL 32 P 28 28 0 160.0 38 19 16 3 4 .921 -6 -8 1.97 1.25 .949 1.60 1.59 33 3 8% 28% 0
10 Seasons P 295 294 14 1876.0 359 132 206 21 24 .942 -16 -1 1.62 1.15 .953 1.63 1.61 166 56 25% 29% 7
10 Seasons TOT 295 294 14 1876.0 359 132 206 21 24 .942 -16 -10 1.62 1.15 .953 1.63 1.61 166 56 25% 29% 7
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2007

Awards (yr lg award)
2007 AL pitching_title

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2007 AL (17, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1521st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2007 AL (3, 26%)
0.26 Career Shares (146th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2007 AL  6.0 (9th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2005 AL  4.0 (8th)
2006 AL  4.3 (10th)
2007 AL  6.0 (2nd)
Active  22.3 (34th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2005 AL  3.44 (6th)
2006 AL  3.56 (5th)
2007 AL  3.01 (1st)
Active  4.10 (38th)

Wins s c a p y
2004 AL  14 (8th)
2007 AL  19 (2nd)
Active  128 (22nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2005 AL  .737 (3rd)
2007 AL  .679 (9th)
2008 AL  .706 (6th)
Active  .577 (20th)
Career  .577 (196th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2006 AL  1.263 (10th)
Active  1.345 (50th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 AL  8.394 (4th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 AL  2.089 (10th)
Active  2.730 (31st)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2003 AL  6.662 (10th)
2005 AL  8.569 (2nd)
2006 AL  7.856 (8th)
Active  7.028 (37th)
Career  7.028 (105th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2006 AL  217.7 (6th)
2007 AL  224.0 (4th)
2010 AL  215.0 (8th)
Active  1,876.0 (29th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2005 AL  199 (3rd)
2006 AL  190 (3rd)
Active  1,465 (27th)
Career  1,465 (203rd)

Games Started s c a p y
2003 AL  33 (8th)
2005 AL  33 (8th)
2006 AL  33 (6th)
2007 AL  33 (9th)
2010 AL  33 (4th)
Active  294 (25th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2006 AL  3 (3rd)
2007 AL  2 (7th)
2008 AL  3 (3rd)
Active  14 (25th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2003 AL  2 (1st)
2004 AL  1 (4th)
2006 AL  2 (1st)
2007 AL  2 (1st)
2009 AL  1 (7th)
Active  8 (13th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2003 AL  31 (5th)
2008 AL  26 (5th)
Active  189 (41st)
Career  189 (248th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2005 AL  71 (6th)
2006 AL  72 (6th)
Active  569 (31st)

Hits s c a p y
2003 AL  223 (10th)
2007 AL  219 (8th)
2010 AL  233 (3rd)
Active  1,955 (26th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2007 AL  3.442 (9th)
Active  2.575 (25th)
Career  2.575 (80th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2005 AL  0.560 (1st)
2006 AL  0.579 (2nd)
2007 AL  0.723 (7th)
2009 AL  0.868 (8th)
Active  0.907 (27th)

Losses s c a p y
2003 AL  16 (4th)
2004 AL  13 (6th)
Active  94 (34th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2003 AL  105 (7th)
2010 AL  105 (5th)
2011 AL  114 (1st)
Active  855 (29th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2003 AL  11 (3rd)
2004 AL  11 (6th)
2005 AL  18 (3rd)
2006 AL  16 (2nd)
2007 AL  9 (9th)
2011 AL  11 (9th)
Active  97 (3rd)
Career  97 (107th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2005 AL  11 (9th)
2007 AL  12 (5th)
2008 AL  10 (8th)
2009 AL  9 (8th)
2010 AL  9 (10th)
2011 AL  19 (1st)
Active  101 (8th)
Career  101 (83rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2006 AL  922 (4th)
2007 AL  929 (4th)
2010 AL  930 (4th)
Active  8,044 (28th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2005 AL  123 (10th)
2006 AL  127 (5th)
2007 AL  150 (1st)
Active  107 (35th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2007 AL  35 (2nd)
Active  62 (50th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2007 AL  3.5 (2nd)
Active  6.5 (50th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2007 AL  35.63 (4th)
Career  67.36 (244th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2006 AL  2.8 (5th)
2007 AL  3.2 (5th)
Active  7.3 (42nd)
Career  7.3 (222nd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2007 AL  3.6 (4th)
Active  7.1 (46th)
Career  7.1 (250th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
2007 AL  22 (3rd)
2010 AL  22 (1st)
2011 AL  19 (3rd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
2008 AL  5 (2nd)
Active  21 (9th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2004 AL  1.000 (1st)
2006 AL  1.000 (1st)

Salary s c a p y
2010 AL  $18,700,000 (6th)

                           

† 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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 7 (337), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 66 (383), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 28 (474), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (446), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (349th), 22.3 career WAR/22.4 7yr-peak WAR/22.4 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 58) = 67.9 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.8 JAWS

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  4. Pat Hentgen (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Brad Penny (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dan Haren (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Brad Penny (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Kevin Millwood (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Kevin Millwood (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Kevin Millwood (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

  • June 2, 1999: Drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 2nd round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1999.
  • November 5, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 14, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200324Anaheim Angels$315,0004/3/03 AP
200425Anaheim Angels$375,0004/7/04 AP
200526Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$440,000
200627Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$3,340,000
200728Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$5,833,333
200829Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$7,333,333
200930Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$10,000,000
201031Boston Red Sox$18,700,000
201132Boston Red Sox$15,950,000
201233Boston Red Sox$15,250,000contracts
201334Boston Red Sox$15,250,000
201435Boston Red Sox$15,250,000
201536Boston Red Sox*$500,000$500k Vesting OptionClub option at minimum for 2015 if Lackey misses significant time 2010-2014 due to an elbow injury
Earliest Free Agent: 2015
Career to date (may be incomplete)$77,536,666Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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