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Mike Leake

Michael Raymond Leake (twitter: @MikeLeake44)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 12, 1987 in San Diego, CA
High School: Fallbrook HS (Fallbrook, CA)
School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 2009 amateur draft.
Signed August 17, 2009. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 2010
Team: Reds 2010-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$508k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.000, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Dan Horwits, BHSC [*]
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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
2010	22	CIN	NL	8	4	.667	4.23	24	22	0	138.1	158	77	65	19	49	2	91	3	0	2	604	96	1.496	10.3	1.2	3.2	5.9	1.86
2011	23	CIN-min	AAA	0	1	.000	9.82	2	1	0	7.1	12	8	8	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	35		1.636	14.7	3.7	0.0	6.1		LOU · IL
2011	23	CIN	NL	12	9	.571	3.86	29	26	2	167.2	159	74	72	23	38	3	118	8	1	2	693	102	1.175	8.5	1.2	2.0	6.3	3.11
2012	24	CIN	NL	1	5	.167	5.47	9	9	0	49.1	59	35	30	7	15	0	31	1	0	1	218	74	1.500	10.8	1.3	2.7	5.7	2.07
3 Yrs				21	18	.538	4.23	62	57	2	355.1	376	186	167	49	102	5	240	12	1	5	1515	95	1.345	9.5	1.2	2.6	6.1	2.35
162 Game Avg.				12	10	.538	4.23	35	33	1	203	215	106	95	28	58	3	137	7	1	3	866	95	1.345	9.5	1.2	2.6	6.1	2.35

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
2010	22	CIN	NL	138.1	24	22	77	5.01	4.25	0.21	0.15	100.7	4.22	-12	-1.3	.4	-0.1	-0.3	1	.447	.492	$
2011	23	CIN	NL	167.2	29	26	74	3.97	4.15	0.19	0.15	101.6	4.17	3	0.3	1.0	-0.1	1.4	19	.511	.502	$425,000
2012	24	CIN	NL	49.1	9	9	35	6.39	4.18	0.07	0.15	102.3	4.36	-12	-1.1		-0.0	-0.8	-7	.374	.493	$
3 Seasons				355.1	62	57	186	4.71	4.19	0.18	0.15	101.3	4.22	-21	-2.1	.8	-0.2	0.3	13	.466	.496	$425,000

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
2010	22	CIN	NL	24	604	542	77	158	28	1	19	5	3	49	91	.292	.352	.452	.804	.320	245	19	3	7	3	2	8
2011	23	CIN	NL	29	693	635	74	159	30	3	23	5	2	38	118	.250	.298	.416	.714	.272	264	15	8	3	6	3	7
2012	24	CIN	NL	9	218	198	35	59	15	4	7	3	1	15	31	.298	.349	.520	.869	.323	103	5	1	3	1	0	3
3 Yrs				62	1515	1375	186	376	73	8	49	13	6	102	240	.273	.327	.445	.772	.298	612	39	12	13	10	5	18
162 Game Avg.				35	866	786	106	215	42	5	28	7	3	58	137	.273	.327	.445	.772	.298	350	22	7	7	6	3	10
MLB Averages																.256	.323	.401	.724	.296

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2010	22	CIN	NL	-5.0	-0.5	614	-0.1	10.1	-10.1	.94	-0.5	0.4	-8.3	-0.8	0.94	-9.3	0	0	2
2011	23	CIN	NL	2.8	0.3	703	-0.8	11.3	-12.1	.94	0.3	-1.1	4.3	0.4	0.94	6.1	1	1	1
2012	24	CIN	NL	-8.4	-0.8	224	-1.1	3.3	-4.5	.88	-1.4	0.1	-10.9	-1.0	0.88	-13.8	0	0	0
3 Yrs				-10.6	-1.0	1541	-2.0	24.7	-26.7	.93	-1.6	-0.5	-14.9	-1.4	0.93	-17.0	1	1	3

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
2010	22	CIN	NL	24	22	8	4	10	2	0	12	10	.545	2	6	0	0	13	59%	49.6	66	19	11	4	0	11	5.1	3.9	6.2	93	3	12	7	0	108
2011	23	CIN	NL	29	26	12	8	6	1	4	15	11	.577	1	4	0	0	18	69%	53.8	81	23	9	4	0	12	5.1	5.7	6.4	97	2	16	8	0	114
2012	24	CIN	NL	9	9	1	5	3	0	2	4	5	.444	1	1	0	0	4	44%	43.8	77	22	5	2	0	5	4.3	3.3	5.5	88	2	6	1	0	105
3 Yrs				62	57	21	17	19	3	6	31	26	.544	4	11	0	0	35	61%	51	81	19	25	10	0	28	5.0	4.7	6.2	94	7	34	16	0	114
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	100	-13					4.4	4.3	6.0	97

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2010	22	CIN	NL	24	2	0	0	0	0		4	.935	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	4.0	44
2011	23	CIN	NL	29	3	2	1	1	1	100%	9	.938	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	2.0	14
2 Yrs				53	5	2	1	1	1	100%		.937	1	1	3	1	1	3	1	4	1	3	1	2.8	26

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%
2010	22	CIN	NL	604	54%	3.2%	15.1%	8.1%	8.0%	30%	1.01	1.49	72%	19%	9.3%	9%	114	19	17%
2011	23	CIN	NL	693	52%	3.3%	17.0%	5.5%	8.1%	35%	0.95	1.36	72%	18%	9.7%	11%	107	15	14%
2012	24	CIN	NL	218	47%	3.2%	14.2%	6.9%	11.9%	44%	0.75	1.47	74%	25%	8.4%	13%	39	5	13%
3 Yrs				1515	52%	3.2%	15.8%	6.7%	8.6%	35%	0.94	1.42	72%	19%	9.3%	10%	260	39	15%
MLB Averages					46%	2.5%	18.7%	8.3%	7.5%	33%	0.81	1.09	69%	18%	7.4%	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
2010	22	CIN	NL	604	2131	3.53	1317	62%	30%	14%	21%	35%	70%	1%	43%	81%	59%	4%	24	17	16%	99	56	11	23%	14	5	0	0	0
2011	23	CIN	NL	695	2552	3.67	1619	63%	28%	13%	26%	32%	71%	1%	45%	81%	58%	5%	34	24	19%	133	74	8	30%	23	8	-2	0	3
2012	24	CIN	NL	218	794	3.64	509	64%	28%	15%	23%	34%	72%	0%	46%	79%	67%	3%	6	5	21%	45	16	2	32%	4	1	0	0	0
3 Yrs				1517	5477	3.61	3445	63%	29%	14%	24%	34%	71%	1%	45%	81%	60%	4%	64	46	18%	277	146	21	28%	41	14	-2	0	3
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				24%

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
2010	22	CIN	NL	604	158	15	0	19	1	14	8	11	12	7	25	15	2	60%	8	2	0	227	5	3	63%	5	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	6	0
2011	23	CIN	NL	693	159	17	0	23	0	12	12	11	11	12	34	20	4	59%	7	2	0	223	5	2	71%	3	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	12	0
2012	24	CIN	NL	218	59	4	0	7	0	2	1	6	5	2	16	9	1	56%	3	1	0	82	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3 Yrs				1515	376	36	0	49	1	28	21	28	28	21	75	44	7	59%	18	5	0	532	13	6	68%	11	5	2	1	0	0	3	0	20	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
2010	22	8	4	.667	4.23	24	22	0	138.1	158	77	65	19	49	2	91	3	0	2	604	96	1.496	10.3	1.2	3.2	5.9	1.86	96
2011	23	20	13	.606	4.03	53	48	2	306.0	317	151	137	42	87	5	209	11	1	4	1297	99	1.320	9.3	1.2	2.6	6.1	2.40	99
2012	24	21	18	.538	4.23	62	57	2	355.1	376	186	167	49	102	5	240	12	1	5	1515	95	1.345	9.5	1.2	2.6	6.1	2.35	95

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2010	22	6	8	.429	4.53	131.0	159	73	66	19	49	86	3	1.588	10.9	3.4	5.9	1.76	1.3	24
2011	23	8	9	.471	4.19	161.0	162	83	75	23	39	114	8	1.248	9.1	2.2	6.4	2.92	1.3	29
2012	24	2	3	.400	5.94	47.0	60	34	31	7	15	30	1	1.596	11.5	2.9	5.7	2.00	1.3	9
3 Yrs		16	20	.444	4.57	339.0	381	190	172	49	103	230	12	1.428	10.1		6.1	2.23	1.3	62

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 2 (2461), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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