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John Lackey
John Derran Lackey
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 23, 1978 in Abilene, TX
High School: Abilene (Abilene, TX)
School: University of Texas at Arlington
Drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 2nd round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 24, 2002
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Standard Pitching

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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 96 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 16 922 128 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 6 748 118 1.270 9.0 0.9 2.4 7.1 2.96
8 Seasons 102 71 .590 3.81 234 233 0 14 8 0 1501.0 1519 702 636 151 441 19 1201 73 5 83 6371 117 1.306 9.1 0.9 2.6 7.2 2.72
162 Game Avg. 15 10 .590 3.81 34 34 0 2 1 0 219 221 102 93 22 64 3 175 11 1 12 928 117 1.306 9.1 0.9 2.6 7.2 2.72

Postseason Pitching

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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 Seasons (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

Standard Batting

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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
2003 24 ANA AL 2 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 2 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 3 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 2 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 1 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 2 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 3 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -34 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
8 Seasons 15 31 30 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .033 .033 .033 .067 -82 1 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 335 324 11 11 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 97 .033 .033 .033 .067 -82 11 0 0 11 0 0

Postseason Batting

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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 WS SFG W 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 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 Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2002 ANA AL 23 P 18 18 108.1 19 4 15 0 2 1.000 1.58 1.06 .953 1.69 0.48 RoY-4
2003 ANA AL 24 P 33 33 204.0 38 14 21 3 1 .921 1.54 1.06 .958 1.73 0.49
2004 ANA AL 25 P 33 32 198.1 38 15 23 0 1 1.000 1.72 1.15 .945 1.66 0.45
2005 LAA AL 26 P 33 33 209.0 33 5 25 3 0 .909 1.29 0.91 .958 1.69 0.46
2006 LAA AL 27 P 33 33 217.2 35 9 26 0 1 1.000 1.45 1.06 .957 1.56 0.41
2007 LAA AL 28 P 33 33 224.0 49 22 25 2 5 .959 1.89 1.42 .955 1.60 0.42 AS,CYA-3,MVP-17
2008 LAA AL 29 P 24 24 163.1 24 9 10 5 3 .792 1.05 0.79 .958 1.60 0.42
2009 LAA AL 30 P 27 27 176.1 37 13 22 2 3 .946 1.79 1.30 .954 1.53 0.40
8 Seasons P 234 233 1501.0 273 91 167 15 16 .945 1.55 1.10 .955 1.63 0.44
8 Seasons TOT 234 233 1501.0 273 91 167 15 16 .945 1.55 1.10 .900 1.63 0.44

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2007

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2007-AL-17-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2007-AL--3--26%
0.26 Career Shares (136th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2005 AL--3.445--6th
2006 AL--3.556--5th
2007 AL--3.013--1st
Active--3.813--20th

Wins s c a p y
2004 AL--14--8th
2007 AL--19--2nd
Active--102--40th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2005 AL--.737--2nd
2007 AL--.679--9th
2008 AL--.706--5th
Active--.590--18th
Career--.590--147th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2006 AL--1.263--10th
Active--1.306--28th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 AL--8.394--4th
Active--9.108--44th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 AL--2.089--10th
Active--2.644--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--7.201--31st
Career--7.201--71st

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2006 AL--217.7--6th
2007 AL--224.0--4th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2005 AL--199--3rd
2006 AL--190--3rd
Active--1201--42nd

Games Started s c a p y
2003 AL--33--8th
2005 AL--33--8th
2006 AL--33--6th
2007 AL--33--9th
Active--233--50th

Complete Games s c a p y
2006 AL--3--3rd
2007 AL--2--7th
2008 AL--3--3rd
Active--14--32nd

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--14th

Home Runs s c a p y
2003 AL--31--5th
2008 AL--26--5th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2005 AL--71--6th
2006 AL--72--6th

Hits s c a p y
2003 AL--223--10th
2007 AL--219--8th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2007 AL--3.442--9th
Active--2.723--15th
Career--2.723--53rd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2005 AL--.560--1st
2006 AL--.579--2nd
2007 AL--.723--7th
2009 AL--.868--8th
Active--.905--30th

Losses s c a p y
2003 AL--16--4th
2004 AL--13--6th

Earned Runs s c a p y
2003 AL--105--7th

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
Active--83--9th
Career--83--148th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2005 AL--11--9th
2007 AL--12--5th
2008 AL--10--8th
2009 AL--9--8th
Active--73--22nd
Career--73--142nd

Batters Faced s c a p y
2006 AL--922--4th
2007 AL--929--4th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2005 AL--123--10th
2006 AL--128--5th
2007 AL--150--1st
Active--117--20th
Career--117--168th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 7 (331), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 62 (400), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 25 (501), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (541), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Jim Bunning (951) *
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Transactions

June 2, 1999: Drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 2nd round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1999.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2003Anaheim Angels$315,000
2004Anaheim Angels$375,000
2005Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$440,000
2006Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$3,340,000
2007Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$5,833,333
2008Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$7,333,333
2009Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$10,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$27,636,666
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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