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Aaron Laffey

Aaron Steven Laffey

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 15, 1985 in Cumberland, MD
High School: Allegany HS (Cumberland, MD)
Drafted
by the Cleveland Indians in the 16th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed July 1, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 4, 2007
Teams (by GP): Indians/Mariners/Yankees 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: 2nd Year Arb Eligible (Super 2) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.115, Arb Eligible: 2012, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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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
2007 22 CLE AL 4 2 .667 4.56 9 9 0 0 0 0 49.1 54 26 25 2 12 0 25 4 1 2 207 100 1.338 9.9 0.4 2.2 4.6 2.08
2008 23 CLE AL 5 7 .417 4.23 16 16 0 0 0 0 93.2 103 52 44 10 31 1 43 9 1 5 409 100 1.431 9.9 1.0 3.0 4.1 1.39
2009 24 CLE AL 7 9 .438 4.44 25 19 3 0 0 1 121.2 140 69 60 9 57 1 59 2 1 1 539 96 1.619 10.4 0.7 4.2 4.4 1.04
2010 25 CLE AL 2 3 .400 4.53 29 5 1 0 0 0 55.2 62 30 28 1 28 1 28 2 0 1 253 88 1.617 10.0 0.2 4.5 4.5 1.00
2011 26 TOT AL 3 2 .600 3.88 47 0 7 0 0 0 53.1 67 24 23 7 21 3 30 3 1 2 247 102 1.650 11.3 1.2 3.5 5.1 1.43
2011 26 SEA AL 1 1 .500 4.01 36 0 7 0 0 0 42.2 54 20 19 7 16 3 24 1 1 2 197 96 1.641 11.4 1.5 3.4 5.1 1.50
2011 26 NYY AL 2 1 .667 3.38 11 0 0 0 0 0 10.2 13 4 4 0 5 0 6 2 0 0 50 132 1.688 11.0 0.0 4.2 5.1 1.20
5 Yrs 21 23 .477 4.34 126 49 11 0 0 1 373.2 426 201 180 29 149 6 185 20 4 11 1655 97 1.539 10.3 0.7 3.6 4.5 1.24
162 Game Avg. 8 9 .477 4.34 49 19 4 0 0 0 145 166 78 70 11 58 2 72 8 2 4 643 97 1.539 10.3 0.7 3.6 4.5 1.24
CLE (4 yrs) 18 21 .462 4.41 79 49 4 0 0 1 320.1 359 177 157 22 128 3 155 17 3 9 1408 96 1.520 10.1 0.6 3.6 4.4 1.21
NYY (1 yr) 2 1 .667 3.38 11 0 0 0 0 0 10.2 13 4 4 0 5 0 6 2 0 0 50 132 1.688 11.0 0.0 4.2 5.1 1.20
SEA (1 yr) 1 1 .500 4.01 36 0 7 0 0 0 42.2 54 20 19 7 16 3 24 1 1 2 197 96 1.641 11.4 1.5 3.4 5.1 1.50

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
2007 22 CLE AL 49.1 9 9 26 4.74 4.70 0.01 0.18 98.9 4.82 -0 -0.0 -0.0 0.4 7 .500 .500 $
2008 23 CLE AL 93.2 16 16 52 5.00 4.72 0.17 0.18 98.4 4.66 -5 -0.5 -0.1 0.3 8 .468 .497 $
2009 24 CLE AL 121.2 25 19 69 5.10 4.73 -0.14 0.13 95.1 4.76 -6 -0.5 1.0 -0.1 0.5 10 .479 .497 $
2010 25 CLE AL 55.2 29 5 30 4.85 4.74 -0.12 -0.12 96.8 4.59 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.1 0.2 5 .493 .499 $421,900
2011 26 SEA AL 42.2 36 0 20 4.22 4.59 0.07 -0.35 96.4 4.02 -1 -0.1 1.2 -0.1 0.2 4 .497 .499 $431,600
2011 26 NYY AL 10.2 11 0 4 3.38 4.92 0.03 -0.38 105.4 4.76 2 0.2 1.1 -0.0 0.3 3 .516 .501 $
5 Seasons 373.2 126 49 201 4.84 4.72 -0.01 0.04 97.1 4.63 -12 -1.2 1.1 -0.4 1.9 36 .491 .499 $853,500
CLE (4 yrs) 320.1 79 49 177 4.97 4.72 -0.03 0.11 96.9 4.71 -13 -1.3 1.0 -0.3 1.4 29 .484 .498 $421,900
NYY (1 yr) 10.2 11 0 4 3.38 4.92 0.03 -0.38 105.4 4.76 2 0.2 1.1 -0.0 0.3 3 .516 .501 $
SEA (1 yr) 42.2 36 0 20 4.22 4.59 0.07 -0.35 96.4 4.02 -1 -0.1 1.2 -0.1 0.2 4 .497 .499 $431,600

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
2007 22 CLE AL ALCS L BOS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 16 0.429 1.9 0.0 1.9 5.8 3.00
1 ALCS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 16 0.429 1.9 0.0 1.9 5.8 3.00

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
2007 22 CLE AL 9 207 188 26 54 13 0 2 1 3 12 25 .287 .340 .388 .728 .319 73 8 4 1 2 0 3
2008 23 CLE AL 16 409 367 52 103 18 0 10 2 2 31 43 .281 .351 .411 .763 .296 151 17 9 2 0 1 6
2009 24 CLE AL 25 539 476 69 140 25 1 9 1 4 57 59 .294 .369 .408 .777 .318 194 26 2 0 4 1 7
2010 25 CLE AL 29 253 219 30 62 14 2 1 1 0 28 28 .283 .365 .379 .744 .316 83 6 2 0 3 1 2
2011 26 TOT AL 47 247 219 24 67 13 0 7 2 0 21 30 .306 .371 .461 .833 .326 101 5 3 2 2 3 2
2011 26 NYY AL 11 50 42 4 13 1 0 0 1 0 5 6 .310 .400 .333 .733 .351 14 2 2 0 1 0 0
2011 26 SEA AL 36 197 177 20 54 12 0 7 1 0 16 24 .305 .364 .492 .856 .320 87 3 1 2 1 3 2
5 Yrs 126 1655 1469 201 426 83 3 29 7 9 149 185 .290 .361 .410 .771 .314 602 62 20 5 11 6 20
162 Game Avg. 49 643 571 78 166 32 1 11 3 3 58 72 .290 .361 .410 .771 .314 234 24 8 2 4 2 8
MLB Averages .261 .330 .412 .741 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2007 22 CLE AL 0.4 0.0 212 -0.0 3.6 -3.6 .97 0.3 -0.3 2.2 0.2 0.97 3.2 0 0 0
2008 23 CLE AL -1.4 -0.1 417 -0.2 7.4 -7.5 1.03 0.2 -0.4 -0.4 -0.0 1.03 1.3 0 0 0
2009 24 CLE AL -4.7 -0.4 550 -0.6 8.6 -9.2 .93 -0.2 -0.4 -3.0 -0.3 0.93 -1.1 2 2 2
2010 25 CLE AL -3.6 -0.4 257 -0.5 3.8 -4.2 .88 -0.1 -0.4 -2.6 -0.3 0.88 -1.0 4 10 9
2011 26 TOT AL 1.1 0.1 252 -0.0 3.4 -3.4 .85 -0.8 0.8 -5.9 -0.6 0.85 -6.5 18 6 21
2011 26 SEA AL -0.3 -0.0 201 -0.3 2.6 -2.9 .87 -0.9 0.5 -7.3 -0.7 0.86 -7.1 14 3 18
2011 26 NYY AL 1.4 0.2 51 0.3 0.8 -0.5 .79 0.1 0.2 1.4 0.1 0.79 0.6 4 3 3
5 Yrs -8.2 -0.8 1688 -1.2 26.6 -27.9 .94 -0.6 -0.8 -9.7 -1.0 0.94 -4.1 24 18 32

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
2007 22 CLE AL 9 9 4 2 3 3 0 7 2 .778 2 1 0 0 1 11% 47.0 58 30 8 4 0 4 5.0 6.3 5.5 80 3 6 0 0 95
2008 23 CLE AL 16 16 5 7 4 0 3 6 10 .375 2 0 0 0 10 63% 46.9 70 6 9 5 0 9 6.3 6.4 5.9 93 2 10 4 0 108
2009 24 CLE AL 25 19 6 8 5 1 3 9 10 .474 1 3 0 0 10 53% 44.5 75 10 20 8 0 13 4.6 4.3 5.8 95 3 7 9 0 113
2010 25 CLE AL 29 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 .600 0 0 0 0 1 20% 47.2 61 34 16 4 0 2 5.1 5.2 5.0 97 0 2 3 0 102
4 Yrs 79 49 17 19 13 5 6 25 24 .510 5 4 0 0 22 45% 46 75 6 53 21 0 28 5.3 5.5 5.7 92 8 25 16 0 113
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 100 -12 4.6 4.6 5.9 96

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
2009 24 CLE AL 25 6 3 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 0 0% 7 .929 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 4 6 0 6 0 6.2 29
2010 25 CLE AL 29 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 5 21 7 33% 7 .884 4 10 9 8 3 13 11 13 12 5 13 1 3.8 22
2011 26 TOT AL 47 47 7 3 2 1 0 1 0% 7 5 29 11 38% .852 18 6 21 13 11 23 19 28 18 17 21 10 3.4 19
2011 26 SEA AL 36 36 7 1 1 1 0 1 0% 6 5 24 11 46% 7 .867 14 3 18 11 7 18 15 21 14 11 15 6 3.6 20
2011 26 NYY AL 11 11 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0% 5 .794 4 3 3 2 4 5 4 7 4 6 6 4 2.9 17
3 Yrs 101 77 11 4 4 2 1 1 50% 14 10 53 18 34% .900 24 18 32 24 16 37 32 45 36 22 40 11 3.8 21

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%
2007 22 CLE AL 207 33% 1.0% 12.1% 5.8% 7.3% 28% 1.80 2.75 79% 17% 3.7% 8% 36 8 22%
2008 23 CLE AL 409 25% 2.4% 10.5% 7.6% 6.9% 27% 1.08 1.48 77% 17% 7.9% 18% 78 17 22%
2009 24 CLE AL 539 28% 1.7% 11.0% 10.6% 6.5% 25% 0.97 1.37 76% 21% 4.8% 12% 126 26 21%
2010 25 CLE AL 253 35% 0.4% 11.1% 11.1% 6.7% 27% 1.03 1.26 76% 20% 1.2% 9% 50 6 12%
2011 26 TOT AL 247 45% 2.8% 12.2% 8.5% 8.1% 30% 0.96 1.28 74% 17% 8.0% 9% 49 5 10%
2011 26 SEA AL 197 41% 3.6% 12.2% 8.1% 9.6% 35% 1.07 1.60 75% 17% 10.4% 8% 31 3 10%
2011 26 NYY AL 50 62% 0.0% 12.0% 10.0% 2.0% 8% 0.61 0.53 74% 19% 0.0% 13% 18 2 11%
5 Yrs 1655 31% 1.8% 11.2% 9.0% 7.0% 27% 1.08 1.49 77% 19% 5.4% 12% 339 62 18%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.9% 8.6% 7.8% 33% 0.79 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 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
2007 22 CLE AL 207 720 3.48 448 62% 28% 10% 24% 37% 72% 0% 45% 86% 57% 6% 13 8 22% 45 25 1 28% 6 5 0 0 0
2008 23 CLE AL 410 1495 3.65 909 61% 27% 11% 26% 36% 73% 1% 45% 85% 53% 4% 16 9 16% 65 37 2 19% 8 6 -1 0 0
2009 24 CLE AL 541 1987 3.67 1229 62% 30% 9% 26% 34% 70% 1% 43% 86% 56% 7% 36 20 18% 99 56 11 36% 9 15 -2 0 0
2010 25 CLE AL 253 1020 4.03 600 59% 31% 8% 29% 33% 69% 1% 40% 89% 45% 5% 13 8 21% 53 26 1 25% 1 4 0 0 0
2011 26 TOT AL 247 890 3.60 568 64% 25% 9% 32% 34% 75% 4% 48% 88% 62% 4% 10 2 23% 57 35 5 27% 7 5 0 0 0
2011 26 SEA AL 197 702 3.56 448 64% 24% 9% 32% 35% 76% 5% 49% 88% 61% 4% 8 2 23% 46 26 5 29% 6 3 0 0 0
2011 26 NYY AL 50 188 3.76 120 64% 31% 8% 30% 31% 69% 0% 44% 88% 64% 4% 2 0 22% 11 9 0 17% 1 2 0 0 0
5 Yrs 1658 6112 3.69 3754 61% 29% 10% 27% 35% 71% 1% 44% 86% 55% 5% 88 47 19% 319 179 20 28% 31 35 -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

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
2007 22 CLE AL 207 54 11 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 9 5 1 56% 3 2 0 80 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2008 23 CLE AL 409 103 9 1 10 2 10 7 3 3 7 16 9 0 56% 6 5 0 155 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2009 24 CLE AL 539 140 20 2 9 2 23 7 2 3 6 36 20 4 56% 7 1 5 197 1 4 20% 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2010 25 CLE AL 253 62 13 1 1 0 12 1 0 0 1 18 12 3 67% 2 1 1 104 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2011 26 TOT AL 247 67 10 1 7 0 14 4 3 4 3 16 9 4 56% 2 2 0 96 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2011 26 SEA AL 197 54 8 1 7 0 7 4 3 4 3 11 6 3 55% 2 2 0 75 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2011 26 NYY AL 50 13 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 60% 0 0 0 21 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 Yrs 1655 426 63 5 29 4 60 20 9 11 18 95 55 12 58% 20 11 6 632 7 9 44% 6 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 41 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

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+
2007 22 4 2 .667 4.56 9 9 0 0 0 0 49.1 54 26 25 2 12 0 25 4 1 2 207 100 1.338 9.9 0.4 2.2 4.6 2.08 100
2008 23 9 9 .500 4.34 25 25 0 0 0 0 143.0 157 78 69 12 43 1 68 13 2 7 616 100 1.399 9.9 0.8 2.7 4.3 1.58 100
2009 24 16 18 .471 4.39 50 44 3 0 0 1 264.2 297 147 129 21 100 2 127 15 3 8 1155 98 1.500 10.1 0.7 3.4 4.3 1.27 98
2010 25 18 21 .462 4.41 79 49 4 0 0 1 320.1 359 177 157 22 128 3 155 17 3 9 1408 96 1.520 10.1 0.6 3.6 4.4 1.21 96
2011 26 21 23 .477 4.34 126 49 11 0 0 1 373.2 426 201 180 29 149 6 185 20 4 11 1655 97 1.539 10.3 0.7 3.6 4.5 1.24 97

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
2007 22 2 3 .400 4.70 46.0 53 27 24 2 12 23 4 1.413 10.4 2.3 4.5 1.92 0.4 9
2008 23 4 5 .444 4.60 88.0 104 50 45 10 31 41 9 1.534 10.6 3.2 4.2 1.32 1.0 16
2009 24 5 7 .417 4.98 112.0 142 69 62 9 58 54 2 1.786 11.4 4.7 4.3 0.93 0.7 25
2010 25 2 3 .400 5.54 52.0 66 36 32 1 30 26 2 1.846 11.4 5.2 4.5 0.87 0.2 29
2011 26 2 3 .400 4.41 51.0 70 28 25 7 22 28 3 1.804 12.4 3.9 4.9 1.27 1.2 47
5 Yrs 15 21 .417 4.85 349.0 435 210 188 29 153 172 20 1.685 11.2 4.4 1.12 0.7 126

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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