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Wade LeBlanc

Wade Matthew LeBlanc

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: August 7, 1984 in Lake Charles, LA
High School: Alfred M. Barbe HS (Lake Charles, LA)
School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 2nd round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 26, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 2008
Team: Padres 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.139, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Greg Landry) [*]
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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
2008 23 SDP NL 1 3 .250 8.02 5 4 0 0 0 0 21.1 29 19 19 7 15 2 14 0 0 0 104 48 2.063 12.2 3.0 6.3 5.9 0.93
2009 24 SDP NL 3 1 .750 3.69 9 9 0 0 0 0 46.1 35 19 19 6 19 1 30 4 0 0 194 103 1.165 6.8 1.2 3.7 5.8 1.58
2010 25 SDP NL 8 12 .400 4.25 26 25 0 0 0 0 146.0 157 69 69 24 51 5 110 2 0 2 625 86 1.425 9.7 1.5 3.1 6.8 2.16
2011 26 SDP NL 5 6 .455 4.63 14 14 0 0 0 0 79.2 84 42 41 7 28 1 51 1 1 1 339 77 1.406 9.5 0.8 3.2 5.8 1.82
4 Yrs 17 22 .436 4.54 54 52 0 0 0 0 293.1 305 149 148 44 113 9 205 7 1 3 1262 81 1.425 9.4 1.4 3.5 6.3 1.81
162 Game Avg. 11 14 .436 4.54 35 33 0 0 0 0 188 196 96 95 28 72 6 132 4 1 2 810 81 1.425 9.4 1.4 3.5 6.3 1.81

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
2008 23 SDP NL 21.1 5 4 19 8.02 4.46 -0.01 0.12 94.0 4.31 -9 -0.8 .7 -0.0 -0.6 -7 .349 .495 $
2009 24 SDP NL 46.1 9 9 19 3.69 4.37 -0.09 0.17 94.1 4.36 3 0.4 -0.0 0.7 8 .540 .502 $
2010 25 SDP NL 146.0 26 25 69 4.25 4.32 0.43 0.15 90.1 3.64 -10 -1.1 .2 -0.1 -0.1 4 .459 .493 $
2011 26 SDP NL 79.2 14 14 42 4.74 4.23 0.22 0.16 95.2 3.96 -7 -0.8 -0.0 -0.2 0 .445 .495 $
4 Seasons 293.1 54 52 149 4.57 4.31 0.26 0.15 92.4 3.89 -23 -2.2 .4 -0.2 -0.2 5 .459 .497 $

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
2008 23 SDP NL 5 104 88 19 29 6 1 7 1 0 15 14 .330 .427 .659 1.086 .328 58 2 0 1 0 2 0
2009 24 SDP NL 9 194 167 19 35 6 1 6 1 1 19 30 .210 .304 .365 .669 .220 61 3 4 3 1 1 0
2010 25 SDP NL 26 625 563 69 157 30 5 24 9 9 51 110 .279 .340 .478 .818 .309 269 10 2 7 2 5 4
2011 26 SDP NL 14 339 304 42 84 23 0 7 7 6 28 51 .276 .336 .421 .757 .309 128 9 1 3 3 1 2
4 Yrs 54 1262 1122 149 305 65 7 44 18 16 113 205 .272 .341 .460 .800 .297 516 24 7 14 6 9 6
162 Game Avg. 35 810 720 96 196 42 4 28 12 10 72 132 .272 .341 .460 .800 .297 331 15 4 9 4 6 4
MLB Averages .260 .328 .409 .737 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2008 23 SDP NL -10.4 -0.9 107 -0.6 1.6 -2.2 .91 -0.8 0.1 -8.8 -0.8 0.91 -8.3 0 0 1
2009 24 SDP NL 1.5 0.2 198 0.2 3.6 -3.4 1.04 0.3 -0.1 2.3 0.3 1.04 2.6 0 0 0
2010 25 SDP NL -7.1 -0.7 644 -0.3 10.4 -10.8 .94 -1.6 1.3 -3.0 -0.3 0.94 -15.2 0 0 1
2011 26 SDP NL -8.7 -0.9 351 -0.7 5.5 -6.2 .98 -0.4 -0.4 -5.1 -0.5 0.98 -3.3 0 0 0
4 Yrs -24.8 -2.4 1300 -1.5 21.1 -22.6 .96 -2.5 0.9 -14.5 -1.4 0.96 -24.2 0 0 2

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
2008 23 SDP NL 5 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 3 .250 1 0 0 0 1 25% 35.2 60 12 2 0 0 4 4.5 7.5 4.7 87 1 2 1 0 100
2009 24 SDP NL 9 9 3 1 5 0 0 5 4 .556 3 1 0 0 4 44% 53.6 80 26 6 2 0 7 4.5 4.5 5.1 86 2 6 1 0 101
2010 25 SDP NL 26 25 8 12 5 1 3 13 12 .520 1 2 0 0 13 52% 49.8 70 15 15 2 0 10 4.1 4.5 5.7 95 3 13 9 0 111
2011 26 SDP NL 14 14 5 6 3 2 2 6 8 .429 1 2 0 0 7 50% 48.1 71 30 10 5 0 9 4.2 4.6 5.7 95 0 9 5 0 112
4 Yrs 54 52 17 21 14 4 5 25 27 .481 6 5 0 0 25 48% 49 80 12 33 9 0 30 4.2 4.7 5.5 93 6 30 16 0 112
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 100 -10 4.5 4.5 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
2008 23 SDP NL 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .908 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 8.0 56
2010 25 SDP NL 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .939 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 34
2 Yrs 31 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .935 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 8.5 45

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%
2008 23 SDP NL 104 25% 6.7% 13.5% 14.4% 13.5% 48% 0.76 1.53 64% 17% 19.4% 12% 24 2 8%
2009 24 SDP NL 194 22% 3.1% 15.5% 9.8% 6.7% 37% 0.57 0.77 68% 18% 8.3% 18% 32 3 9%
2010 25 SDP NL 625 25% 3.8% 17.6% 8.2% 9.4% 38% 0.52 0.76 69% 19% 9.4% 14% 107 10 9%
2011 26 SDP NL 339 23% 2.1% 15.0% 8.3% 8.9% 36% 0.49 0.78 73% 30% 4.7% 12% 73 9 12%
4 Yrs 1262 24% 3.5% 16.2% 9.0% 9.2% 38% 0.53 0.81 70% 22% 8.6% 14% 236 24 10%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 18.1% 8.6% 7.7% 33% 0.80 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
2008 23 SDP NL 106 405 3.82 242 60% 32% 13% 24% 31% 68% 5% 41% 81% 57% 8% 9 4 22% 23 14 2 21% 4 3 -2 0 0
2009 24 SDP NL 194 771 3.97 469 61% 30% 14% 26% 30% 70% 1% 42% 80% 53% 5% 9 6 21% 41 21 3 23% 4 3 0 0 0
2010 25 SDP NL 628 2411 3.84 1488 62% 31% 15% 24% 31% 69% 1% 43% 79% 57% 6% 38 26 18% 115 60 8 24% 15 7 -3 0 0
2011 26 SDP NL 341 1323 3.88 839 63% 30% 11% 28% 31% 70% 1% 45% 84% 61% 5% 18 7 25% 85 49 3 39% 6 10 -2 0 0
4 Yrs 1269 4910 3.87 3038 62% 30% 14% 25% 31% 70% 1% 43% 81% 57% 6% 74 43 21% 264 144 16 27% 29 23 -7 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 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
2008 23 SDP NL 104 29 3 0 7 1 3 5 2 3 4 8 3 2 38% 0 0 0 42 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 24 SDP NL 194 35 1 0 6 0 4 4 2 1 5 7 4 2 57% 0 0 1 60 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
2010 25 SDP NL 625 157 12 3 24 0 10 20 4 9 15 26 10 4 38% 4 2 0 221 9 9 50% 8 9 1 0 0 0 8 7 6 0
2011 26 SDP NL 339 84 6 1 7 0 7 6 1 4 3 20 11 1 55% 2 1 0 128 7 6 54% 5 5 2 0 0 1 2 2 5 0
4 Yrs 1262 305 22 4 44 1 24 35 9 17 27 61 28 9 46% 6 3 1 451 18 16 53% 15 14 3 1 0 1 10 9 14 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
2008 23 1 3 .250 8.02 5 4 0 0 0 0 21.1 29 19 19 7 15 2 14 0 0 0 104 48 2.063 12.2 3.0 6.3 5.9 0.93 48
2009 24 4 4 .500 5.05 14 13 0 0 0 0 67.2 64 38 38 13 34 3 44 4 0 0 298 76 1.448 8.5 1.7 4.5 5.9 1.29 76
2010 25 12 16 .429 4.51 40 38 0 0 0 0 213.2 221 107 107 37 85 8 154 6 0 2 923 83 1.432 9.3 1.6 3.6 6.5 1.81 83
2011 26 17 22 .436 4.54 54 52 0 0 0 0 293.1 305 149 148 44 113 9 205 7 1 3 1262 81 1.425 9.4 1.4 3.5 6.3 1.81 81

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
2008 23 0 2 .000 9.95 19.0 31 23 21 7 16 12 0 2.474 14.7 7.6 5.7 0.75 3.3 5
2009 24 2 2 .500 4.30 44.0 37 23 21 6 20 29 4 1.295 7.6 4.1 5.9 1.45 1.2 9
2010 25 5 9 .357 5.17 134.0 166 86 77 25 54 101 2 1.642 11.1 3.6 6.8 1.87 1.7 26
2011 26 3 5 .375 5.79 73.0 90 52 47 8 30 47 1 1.644 11.1 3.7 5.8 1.57 1.0 14
4 Yrs 10 18 .357 5.53 270.0 324 184 166 46 120 189 7 1.644 10.8 6.3 1.58 1.5 54

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Losses s c a p y
2010 NL  12 (9th)

                                         

Similarity Scores

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