Aaron Laffey
Aaron Steven Laffey
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 15, 1985 in Cumberland, MD
High School: Allegheny (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
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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
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 99 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 5 409 101 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 95 1.619 10.4 0.7 4.2 4.4 1.04
3 Seasons 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
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .471 4.39 36 32 2 0 0 1 191 215 106 93 15 72 1 92 11 2 6 836 98 1.500 10.1 0.7 3.4 4.3 1.27

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
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*

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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
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
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
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
3 Seasons 50 1155 1031 147 297 56 1 21 4 9 100 127 .288 .358 .405 .763 .310 418 51 15 3 6 2
162 Game Avg. 36 836 746 106 215 41 1 15 3 7 72 92 .288 .358 .405 .763 .310 302 37 11 2 4 1
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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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% 48 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% 47 70 6 9 5 0 9 6.3 6.4 5.9 93 2 11 3 0 108
2009 24 CLE AL 25 19 6 8 5 1 3 9 10 .474 1 3 0 0 10 53% 44 75 10 20 8 0 13 4.6 4.3 5.8 95 3 7 9 0 113
3 Seasons 50 44 15 17 12 4 6 22 22 .500 5 4 0 0 21 48% 46 75 6 37 17 0 26 5.3 5.5 5.7 91 8 24 12 0 113
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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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 0.934 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 4 6 0 6 0 6.2 29
1 Season 25 6 3 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 0 0% 0.934 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 4 6 0 6 0 6.2 29

Ratio Pitching*

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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 67% 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 75% 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 72% 1.7% 11.0% 10.6% 6.5% 25% 0.97 1.37 76% 21% 4.8% 12% 126 26 21%
3 Seasons 1155 72% 1.8% 11.0% 8.7% 6.8% 26% 1.13 1.58 77% 19% 5.7% 14% 240 51 21%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 409 1493 3.65 908 61% 27% 11% 26% 36% 73% 1% 45% 85% 53% 4% 16 9 16% 65 37 2 19% 8 6 0 0 0
2009 24 CLE AL 539 1980 3.67 1226 62% 30% 9% 26% 34% 70% 1% 43% 86% 56% 7% 36 20 18% 99 56 11 36% 9 15 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1155 4193 3.63 2582 62% 29% 10% 26% 35% 71% 0% 44% 86% 55% 6% 65 37 18% 209 118 14 28% 23 26 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
3 Seasons 1155 297 40 3 21 4 34 15 6 7 14 61 34 5 56% 16 8 5 432 4 9 31% 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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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 99 1.338 9.9 0.4 2.2 4.6 2.08 99
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

Neutralized Pitching

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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 4.60 47.0 51 27 24 2 11 24 4 1.319 9.8 2.1 4.6 2.18 0.4 9
2008 23 4 5 .444 4.45 89.0 103 49 44 10 31 41 9 1.506 10.4 3.1 4.1 1.32 1.0 16
2009 24 5 7 .417 4.82 114.0 139 68 61 9 57 55 2 1.719 11.0 4.5 4.3 0.96 0.7 25
3 Seasons 11 15 .423 4.64 250.0 293 144 129 21 99 120 15 1.568 10.5 4.3 1.21 0.8 50

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