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Cliff Lee

Clifton Phifer Lee

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 30, 1978 in Benton, AR
High School: Benton HS (Benton, AR)
Schools: Meridian Community College (Meridian, MS), University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)
Drafted
by the Montreal Expos in the 4th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed July 6, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 2002 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Indians/Phillies/Rangers/Mariners 2002-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2015, 5 yrs/$120M (11-15) & 16 vesting option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 9.100, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Darek Braunecker [*]
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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
2002 23 CLE AL 0 1 .000 1.74 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 6 2 2 0 8 1 6 0 1 0 44 260 1.355 5.2 0.0 7.0 5.2 0.75
2003 24 CLE AL 3 3 .500 3.61 9 9 0 0 0 0 52.1 41 28 21 7 20 1 44 2 0 3 210 122 1.166 7.1 1.2 3.4 7.6 2.20
2004 25 CLE AL 14 8 .636 5.43 33 33 0 0 0 0 179.0 188 113 108 30 81 1 161 11 0 6 802 80 1.503 9.5 1.5 4.1 8.1 1.99
2005 26 CLE AL 18 5 .783 3.79 32 32 0 1 0 0 202.0 194 91 85 22 52 1 143 0 0 4 838 111 1.218 8.6 1.0 2.3 6.4 2.75 CYA-4
2006 27 CLE AL 14 11 .560 4.40 33 33 0 1 0 0 200.2 224 114 98 29 58 3 129 8 0 3 882 102 1.405 10.0 1.3 2.6 5.8 2.22
2007 28 CLE AL 5 8 .385 6.29 20 16 1 1 0 0 97.1 112 73 68 17 36 1 66 7 0 5 443 72 1.521 10.4 1.6 3.3 6.1 1.83
2008 29 CLE AL 22 3 .880 2.54 31 31 0 4 2 0 223.1 214 68 63 12 34 1 170 5 0 4 891 167 1.110 8.6 0.5 1.4 6.9 5.00 AS,CYA-1,MVP-12
2009 30 TOT MLB 14 13 .519 3.22 34 34 0 6 2 0 231.2 245 88 83 17 43 1 181 5 0 7 969 131 1.243 9.5 0.7 1.7 7.0 4.21
2009 30 CLE AL 7 9 .438 3.14 22 22 0 3 1 0 152.0 165 53 53 10 33 1 107 3 0 6 641 135 1.303 9.8 0.6 2.0 6.3 3.24
2009 30 PHI NL 7 4 .636 3.39 12 12 0 3 1 0 79.2 80 35 30 7 10 0 74 2 0 1 328 124 1.130 9.0 0.8 1.1 8.4 7.40
2010 31 TOT AL 12 9 .571 3.18 28 28 0 7 1 0 212.1 195 84 75 16 18 2 185 1 1 3 843 133 1.003 8.3 0.7 0.8 7.8 10.28 AS,CYA-7
2010 31 SEA AL 8 3 .727 2.34 13 13 0 5 1 0 103.2 92 31 27 5 6 0 89 0 1 2 408 168 0.945 8.0 0.4 0.5 7.7 14.83
2010 31 TEX AL 4 6 .400 3.98 15 15 0 2 0 0 108.2 103 53 48 11 12 2 96 1 0 1 435 113 1.058 8.5 0.9 1.0 8.0 8.00
2011 32 PHI NL 17 8 .680 2.40 32 32 0 6 6 0 232.2 197 66 62 18 42 0 238 6 0 0 920 160 1.027 7.6 0.7 1.6 9.2 5.67 AS,CYA-3,MVP-15
2012 33 PHI NL 6 9 .400 3.16 30 30 0 0 0 0 211.0 207 79 74 26 28 0 207 0 0 4 847 129 1.114 8.8 1.1 1.2 8.8 7.39
2013 34 PHI NL 5 2 .714 2.48 10 10 0 1 1 0 72.2 61 22 20 5 13 0 55 1 0 1 286 158 1.018 7.6 0.6 1.6 6.8 4.23
12 Yrs 130 80 .619 3.55 294 290 1 27 12 0 1925.1 1884 828 759 199 433 12 1585 46 2 40 7975 119 1.203 8.8 0.9 2.0 7.4 3.66
162 Game Avg. 15 9 .619 3.55 34 34 0 3 1 0 224 219 96 88 23 50 1 185 5 0 5 929 119 1.203 8.8 0.9 2.0 7.4 3.66
CLE (8 yrs) 83 48 .634 4.01 182 178 1 10 3 0 1117.0 1144 542 498 127 322 10 826 36 1 31 4751 108 1.312 9.2 1.0 2.6 6.7 2.57
PHI (4 yrs) 35 23 .603 2.81 84 84 0 10 8 0 596.0 545 202 186 56 93 0 574 9 0 6 2381 142 1.070 8.2 0.8 1.4 8.7 6.17
TEX (1 yr) 4 6 .400 3.98 15 15 0 2 0 0 108.2 103 53 48 11 12 2 96 1 0 1 435 113 1.058 8.5 0.9 1.0 8.0 8.00
SEA (1 yr) 8 3 .727 2.34 13 13 0 5 1 0 103.2 92 31 27 5 6 0 89 0 1 2 408 168 0.945 8.0 0.4 0.5 7.7 14.83
AL (9 yrs) 95 57 .625 3.88 210 206 1 17 4 0 1329.1 1339 626 573 143 340 12 1011 37 2 34 5594 111 1.263 9.1 1.0 2.3 6.8 2.97
NL (4 yrs) 35 23 .603 2.81 84 84 0 10 8 0 596.0 545 202 186 56 93 0 574 9 0 6 2381 142 1.070 8.2 0.8 1.4 8.7 6.17

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2002 23 CLE AL 10.1 2 2 2 1.74 4.56 -0.28 0.17 109.6 5.49 4 0.5 -0.0 0.6 5 .737 .503
2003 24 CLE AL 52.1 9 9 28 4.82 4.78 0.14 0.18 98.2 4.73 -0 -0.0 -0.0 0.5 5 .496 .500 $300,900
2004 25 CLE AL 179.0 33 33 113 5.68 5.03 -0.06 0.19 94.7 5.01 -16 -1.5 -0.1 0.3 7 .455 .491 $303,200
2005 26 CLE AL 202.0 32 32 91 4.05 4.69 0.32 0.17 95.7 4.35 5 0.5 -0.1 2.5 29 .515 .503 $345,000 CYA-4
2006 27 CLE AL 200.2 33 33 114 5.11 4.95 -0.19 0.19 98.6 5.25 1 0.1 -0.1 2.0 26 .502 .500 $406,200
2007 28 CLE AL 97.1 20 16 73 6.75 4.91 0.01 0.16 100.3 5.08 -19 -1.7 .3 -0.0 -0.8 -7 .414 .489 $3,000,000
2008 29 CLE AL 223.1 31 31 68 2.74 4.70 0.15 0.18 98.4 4.66 43 4.8 -0.2 6.9 72 .655 .530 $4,000,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-12
2009 30 CLE AL 152.0 22 22 53 3.14 4.68 -0.14 0.18 95.8 4.79 27 2.9 -0.1 4.3 45 .630 .518 $6,000,000
2009 30 PHI NL 79.2 12 12 35 3.95 4.38 0.10 0.17 100.5 4.47 4 0.5 -0.1 1.1 11 .540 .503
2010 31 SEA AL 103.2 13 13 31 2.69 4.72 0.06 0.17 94.9 4.58 21 2.5 -0.1 3.4 32 .689 .515 $9,000,000 AS,CYA-7
2010 31 TEX AL 108.2 15 15 53 4.39 4.37 -0.05 0.16 103.0 4.71 3 0.3 -0.1 1.4 15 .522 .502 AS,CYA-7
2011 32 PHI NL 232.2 32 32 66 2.55 4.22 -0.32 0.16 100.6 4.73 55 6.8 -0.1 8.6 75 .712 .542 $11,000,000 AS,CYA-3,MVP-15
2012 33 PHI NL 211.0 30 30 79 3.37 4.30 0.00 0.16 100.5 4.49 25 2.8 -0.1 4.5 43 .594 .517 $21,500,000
2013 34 PHI NL 72.2 10 10 22 2.72 4.44 -0.03 0.17 101.1 4.69 15 1.8 -0.1 2.4 22 .683 .511 $25,000,000
12 Seasons 1925.1 294 290 828 3.87 4.62 -0.02 0.17 98.5 4.74 167 20.1 .3 -1.2 37.5 381 .568 .509 $80,855,300
CLE (8 yrs) 1117.0 182 178 542 4.37 4.81 0.03 0.18 97.3 4.83 44 5.4 .3 -0.7 16.2 182 .530 .504 $14,355,300
PHI (4 yrs) 596.0 84 84 202 3.05 4.30 -0.12 0.16 100.6 4.61 98 11.9 -0.4 16.6 151 .642 .518 $57,500,000
TEX (1 yr) 108.2 15 15 53 4.39 4.37 -0.05 0.16 103.0 4.71 3 0.3 -0.1 1.4 15 .522 .502
SEA (1 yr) 103.2 13 13 31 2.69 4.72 0.06 0.17 94.9 4.58 21 2.5 -0.1 3.4 32 .689 .515 $9,000,000

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
2009 30 PHI NL NLDS W COL 1 0 1.000 1.10 2 2 0 1 0 0 16.1 11 4 2 0 3 0 10 0 0 2 62 0.857 6.1 0.0 1.7 5.5 3.33
2009 30 PHI NL NLCS W LAD 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 26 0.375 3.4 0.0 0.0 11.3
2009 30 PHI NL WS L NYY 2 0 1.000 2.81 2 2 0 1 0 0 16.0 13 6 5 0 3 0 13 0 0 0 63 1.000 7.3 0.0 1.7 7.3 4.33
2010 31 TEX AL ALDS W TBR 2 0 1.000 1.13 2 2 0 1 0 0 16.0 11 2 2 1 0 0 21 0 0 0 60 0.688 6.2 0.6 0.0 11.8
2010 31 TEX AL ALCS W NYY 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 0 0 27 0.375 2.3 0.0 1.1 14.6 13.00
2010 31 TEX AL WS L SFG 0 2 .000 6.94 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.2 14 10 9 1 1 0 13 1 0 0 51 1.286 10.8 0.8 0.8 10.0 13.00
2011 32 PHI NL NLDS L STL 0 1 .000 7.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 12 5 5 0 2 0 9 0 0 0 31 2.333 18.0 0.0 3.0 13.5 4.50
3 Yrs (7 Series) 7 3 .700 2.52 11 11 0 3 0 0 82.0 66 27 23 2 10 0 89 1 0 2 320 0.927 7.2 0.2 1.1 9.8 8.90
1 ALDS 2 0 1.000 1.13 2 2 0 1 0 0 16.0 11 2 2 1 0 0 21 0 0 0 60 0.688 6.2 0.6 0.0 11.8
2 NLDS 1 1 .500 2.82 3 3 0 1 0 0 22.1 23 9 7 0 5 0 19 0 0 2 93 1.254 9.3 0.0 2.0 7.7 3.80
1 ALCS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 0 0 27 0.375 2.3 0.0 1.1 14.6 13.00
1 NLCS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 26 0.375 3.4 0.0 0.0 11.3
2 WS 2 2 .500 4.55 4 4 0 1 0 0 27.2 27 16 14 1 4 0 26 1 0 0 114 1.120 8.8 0.3 1.3 8.5 6.50

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
2008 CLE AL 29 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
2010 SEA AL 31 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2011 PHI NL 32 0 0 0 5.40 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.800 16.2 5.4 0.0 0.0
3 Yrs (3 GP) 1 0 0 1.93 0 0 0 0 4.2 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 18 0.857 7.7 1.9 0.0 7.7

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
2002 23 CLE AL 2 44 35 2 6 1 0 0 2 1 8 6 .171 .326 .200 .526 .207 7 0 0 1 0 1 0
2003 24 CLE AL 9 210 186 28 41 5 1 7 4 2 20 44 .220 .301 .371 .672 .250 69 7 2 1 1 1 3
2004 25 CLE AL 33 802 702 113 188 43 4 30 9 5 81 161 .268 .350 .469 .819 .306 329 10 11 2 6 1 6
2005 26 CLE AL 32 838 774 91 194 46 3 22 7 4 52 143 .251 .295 .403 .698 .279 312 10 0 5 7 1 7
2006 27 CLE AL 33 882 807 114 224 47 1 29 7 3 58 129 .278 .330 .446 .776 .298 360 14 8 3 6 3 8
2007 28 CLE AL 20 443 395 73 112 28 1 17 4 1 36 66 .284 .352 .489 .841 .303 193 7 7 3 2 1 6
2008 29 CLE AL 31 891 847 68 214 33 6 12 3 0 34 170 .253 .285 .348 .633 .302 295 27 5 2 3 1 6
2009 30 TOT MLB 34 969 900 88 245 51 2 17 7 3 43 181 .272 .306 .390 .696 .321 351 14 5 11 9 1 7
2009 30 CLE AL 22 641 594 53 165 30 1 10 7 2 33 107 .278 .317 .382 .699 .322 227 10 3 6 5 1 3
2009 30 PHI NL 12 328 306 35 80 21 1 7 0 1 10 74 .261 .286 .405 .691 .319 124 4 2 5 4 0 4
2010 31 TOT AL 28 843 813 84 195 46 3 16 4 3 18 185 .240 .255 .363 .618 .290 295 11 1 4 6 2 6
2010 31 SEA AL 13 408 398 31 92 23 1 5 1 2 6 89 .231 .241 .332 .572 .283 132 5 0 0 3 0 5
2010 31 TEX AL 15 435 415 53 103 23 2 11 3 1 12 96 .248 .269 .393 .662 .296 163 6 1 4 3 2 1
2011 32 PHI NL 32 920 862 66 197 35 3 18 11 4 42 238 .229 .268 .339 .607 .293 292 20 6 6 4 0 4
2012 33 PHI NL 30 847 812 79 207 43 3 26 4 3 28 207 .255 .278 .411 .690 .310 334 21 0 3 4 0 7
2013 34 PHI NL 10 286 269 22 61 8 1 5 0 1 13 55 .227 .263 .320 .583 .265 86 9 1 1 2 0 5
12 Yrs 294 7975 7402 828 1884 386 28 199 62 30 433 1585 .255 .298 .395 .693 .297 2923 150 46 42 50 12 65
162 Game Avg. 34 929 862 96 219 45 3 23 7 3 50 185 .255 .298 .395 .693 .297 340 17 5 5 6 1 8
MLB Averages .262 .330 .416 .746 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2002 23 CLE AL 3.3 0.4 46 0.3 1.0 -0.6 1.22 0.3 -0.0 3.9 0.4 1.22 3.4 0 0 0
2003 24 CLE AL 2.4 0.2 218 -0.2 3.5 -3.8 .92 0.5 -0.7 0.2 0.0 0.92 4.5 0 0 0
2004 25 CLE AL -20.5 -1.9 821 -0.4 14.4 -14.8 1.00 -1.3 1.0 -14.2 -1.4 1.00 -14.0 0 0 0
2005 26 CLE AL 10.1 1.0 853 2.0 14.6 -12.6 .95 1.7 0.4 13.8 1.4 0.95 17.9 0 0 0
2006 27 CLE AL -1.8 -0.2 895 -0.5 14.8 -15.2 .95 -0.1 -0.4 -5.0 -0.5 0.95 -0.4 0 0 0
2007 28 CLE AL -18.8 -1.7 452 -1.8 6.6 -8.4 .91 -1.6 -0.4 -16.8 -1.5 0.91 -15.9 0 0 4
2008 29 CLE AL 43.5 4.6 901 5.9 17.7 -11.7 1.00 4.7 1.2 49.0 5.3 1.00 51.1 0 0 0
2009 30 TOT MLB 27.9 2.9 988 2.4 16.4 -14.0 .93 2.7 -0.1 30.3 3.2 0.93 29.9 0 0 0
2009 30 CLE AL 21.8 2.2 656 2.3 11.3 -9.0 .96 1.8 0.6 26.2 2.8 0.96 21.6 0 0 0
2009 30 PHI NL 6.1 0.6 332 0.1 5.0 -5.0 .86 0.9 -0.8 4.0 0.4 0.86 8.3 0 0 0
2010 31 TOT AL 23.7 2.6 855 2.2 15.0 -12.7 .95 3.3 -1.0 22.1 2.5 0.95 37.8 0 0 0
2010 31 SEA AL 18.5 2.0 414 2.2 7.6 -5.4 .94 2.1 0.3 19.2 2.2 0.94 22.6 0 0 0
2010 31 TEX AL 5.2 0.5 441 0.0 7.3 -7.3 .96 1.3 -1.3 2.9 0.3 0.96 15.2 0 0 0
2011 32 PHI NL 37.7 4.2 934 4.1 16.8 -12.7 .96 3.4 0.9 39.0 4.4 0.96 37.6 0 0 0
2012 33 PHI NL 20.3 2.2 857 2.0 16.5 -14.6 1.02 2.1 -0.2 21.5 2.3 1.02 23.4 0 0 0
2013 34 PHI NL 11.1 1.2 290 1.6 5.2 -3.6 .93 1.6 0.1 12.5 1.4 0.93 16.2 0 0 0
12 Yrs 139.0 15.5 8110 17.6 142.3 -124.7 .96 17.2 1.1 156.4 17.5 0.96 191.4 0 0 4

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
2002 23 CLE AL 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 56.5 60 53 2 1 0 2 1.0 0.0 5.2 81 1 1 0 0 82
2003 24 CLE AL 9 9 3 3 3 0 2 3 6 .333 1 1 0 0 6 67% 54.1 69 33 5 3 0 7 4.8 5.6 5.8 90 2 5 2 0 105
2004 25 CLE AL 33 33 14 8 11 4 0 20 13 .606 1 4 0 0 16 48% 46.9 68 14 23 8 0 12 5.6 5.5 5.4 96 2 13 18 0 118
2005 26 CLE AL 32 32 18 5 9 8 2 23 9 .719 3 2 1 0 16 50% 53.0 76 27 12 4 0 15 6.4 6.5 6.3 97 2 16 14 0 116
2006 27 CLE AL 33 33 14 11 8 3 2 16 17 .485 3 0 1 0 14 42% 47.8 67 13 19 4 0 18 5.9 6.4 6.1 102 1 8 23 1 120
2007 28 CLE AL 20 16 5 8 3 1 1 7 9 .438 1 1 1 0 6 38% 42.0 77 12 9 5 0 4 6.6 6.2 5.7 97 1 10 5 0 114
2008 29 CLE AL 31 31 22 3 6 4 0 24 7 .774 3 0 4 2 23 74% 59.9 90 28 10 2 0 16 5.6 5.9 7.2 106 0 5 25 1 120
2009 30 TOT MLB 34 34 14 13 7 1 6 16 18 .471 2 2 6 2 24 71% 0.1 92 11 7 2 0 13 4.1 4.0 6.8 104 4 6 20 4 124
2009 30 CLE AL 22 22 7 9 6 0 6 8 14 .364 2 2 3 1 18 82% 55.4 85 11 3 1 0 7 3.9 3.3 6.9 106 2 3 15 2 122
2009 30 PHI NL 12 12 7 4 1 1 0 8 4 .667 0 0 3 1 6 50% 56.4 92 20 4 1 0 6 4.5 5.3 6.6 100 2 3 5 2 124
2010 31 TOT AL 28 28 12 9 7 1 2 15 13 .536 2 0 7 1 18 64% 60.4 88 20 12 4 0 10 4.3 4.5 7.6 106 0 8 20 0 118
2010 31 SEA AL 13 13 8 3 2 1 2 9 4 .692 0 0 5 1 11 85% 65.1 82 28 4 2 0 5 4.8 5.4 8.0 110 0 2 11 0 115
2010 31 TEX AL 15 15 4 6 5 0 0 6 9 .400 2 0 2 0 7 47% 56.3 88 20 8 2 0 5 3.8 3.8 7.2 104 0 6 9 0 118
2011 32 PHI NL 32 32 17 8 7 2 3 22 10 .688 0 4 6 6 25 78% 64.1 92 18 10 0 0 14 4.1 3.8 7.3 106 1 9 16 6 126
2012 33 PHI NL 30 30 6 9 15 0 4 12 18 .400 4 6 0 0 21 70% 58.9 85 21 10 2 0 14 3.5 2.9 7.0 103 0 12 17 1 122
2013 34 PHI NL 10 10 5 2 3 0 0 6 4 .600 1 1 1 1 8 80% 61.8 86 35 2 0 0 4 3.4 3.4 7.3 108 0 1 8 1 122
12 Yrs 294 290 130 80 80 24 22 164 126 .566 21 22 27 12 177 61% 55 92 11 121 35 0 129 4.9 4.9 6.6 102 14 94 168 14 126
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 101 -13 4.6 4.6 5.9 95

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
2007 28 CLE AL 20 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 7 .906 0 0 4 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 2 0 4.3 25
1 Yr 20 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% .906 0 0 4 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 2 0 4.3 25

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%
2002 23 CLE AL 44 25% 0.0% 13.6% 18.2% 2.3% 17% 0.53 0.60 66% 20% 0.0% 21% 10 0 0%
2003 24 CLE AL 210 27% 3.3% 21.0% 9.5% 6.2% 32% 0.63 0.82 65% 13% 9.7% 16% 38 7 18%
2004 25 CLE AL 802 19% 3.7% 20.1% 10.1% 9.6% 41% 0.51 0.66 64% 20% 9.1% 8% 158 10 6%
2005 26 CLE AL 838 23% 2.6% 17.1% 6.2% 8.5% 37% 0.55 0.60 74% 19% 6.3% 14% 161 10 6%
2006 27 CLE AL 882 22% 3.3% 14.6% 6.6% 8.7% 34% 0.50 0.52 74% 18% 7.5% 15% 155 14 9%
2007 28 CLE AL 443 26% 3.8% 14.9% 8.1% 10.4% 41% 0.56 0.69 71% 16% 9.8% 17% 87 7 8%
2008 29 CLE AL 891 29% 1.4% 19.1% 3.8% 5.7% 24% 0.85 1.06 75% 17% 3.9% 15% 163 27 17%
2009 30 TOT MLB 969 25% 1.8% 18.7% 4.4% 7.2% 29% 0.73 0.97 73% 22% 4.6% 11% 178 14 8%
2009 30 CLE AL 641 28% 1.6% 16.7% 5.2% 6.4% 25% 0.79 0.99 75% 21% 4.1% 11% 118 10 8%
2009 30 PHI NL 328 19% 2.1% 22.6% 3.1% 8.8% 36% 0.60 0.93 70% 22% 5.4% 10% 60 4 7%
2010 31 TOT AL 843 23% 1.9% 22.0% 2.1% 7.7% 33% 0.70 0.81 73% 18% 5.1% 14% 128 11 9%
2010 31 SEA AL 408 23% 1.2% 21.8% 1.5% 7.1% 32% 0.68 0.73 75% 20% 3.3% 16% 68 5 7%
2010 31 TEX AL 435 24% 2.5% 22.1% 2.8% 8.3% 35% 0.72 0.89 71% 17% 6.7% 12% 60 6 10%
2011 32 PHI NL 920 23% 2.0% 25.9% 4.6% 6.1% 28% 0.91 1.19 66% 19% 6.7% 17% 153 20 13%
2012 33 PHI NL 847 21% 3.1% 24.4% 3.3% 8.5% 35% 0.80 1.13 69% 16% 9.4% 16% 122 21 17%
2013 34 PHI NL 286 27% 1.8% 19.2% 4.6% 4.9% 23% 0.66 0.78 74% 25% 4.5% 13% 46 9 20%
12 Yrs 7975 24% 2.5% 19.9% 5.4% 7.7% 33% 0.67 0.83 71% 19% 6.7% 14% 1399 150 11%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.6% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.79 1.08 70% 19% 7.7% 12% 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
2002 23 CLE AL 44 161 3.66 95 59% 25% 21% 22% 32% 75% 6% 44% 72% 61% 7% 3 1 20% 9 6 1 17% 2 1 0 0 0
2003 24 CLE AL 212 806 3.80 505 63% 22% 15% 34% 29% 78% 1% 49% 81% 55% 6% 12 7 21% 45 25 1 23% 10 4 -2 0 0
2004 25 CLE AL 803 3171 3.95 1986 63% 27% 14% 32% 28% 73% 0% 46% 81% 60% 4% 34 14 27% 217 116 11 32% 30 19 -1 0 0
2005 26 CLE AL 841 3097 3.68 2038 66% 27% 11% 30% 32% 73% 0% 48% 84% 64% 4% 30 20 28% 233 142 13 29% 24 10 -3 0 0
2006 27 CLE AL 883 3362 3.81 2200 65% 27% 12% 30% 31% 73% 1% 48% 84% 62% 4% 31 14 26% 226 119 13 28% 17 14 -1 0 0
2007 28 CLE AL 443 1647 3.72 1067 65% 28% 12% 29% 31% 72% 1% 47% 83% 62% 3% 12 8 21% 94 54 9 32% 12 3 0 0 0
2008 29 CLE AL 891 3289 3.69 2279 69% 28% 13% 30% 30% 72% 0% 50% 82% 67% 2% 18 12 33% 292 183 17 28% 33 5 0 0 0
2009 30 TOT MLB 971 3533 3.64 2411 68% 27% 12% 30% 31% 73% 0% 50% 83% 65% 2% 23 12 30% 294 171 12 36% 41 10 -2 0 0
2009 30 CLE AL 643 2339 3.64 1567 67% 26% 12% 30% 32% 74% 1% 49% 84% 64% 2% 14 7 26% 165 92 9 32% 22 6 -2 0 0
2009 30 PHI NL 328 1194 3.64 844 71% 27% 14% 31% 29% 73% 0% 52% 81% 69% 3% 9 5 39% 129 79 3 42% 19 4 0 0 0
2010 31 TOT AL 844 2981 3.53 2121 71% 28% 13% 29% 30% 72% 1% 51% 82% 70% 2% 16 11 33% 277 174 17 43% 53 3 -1 0 0
2010 31 SEA AL 408 1424 3.49 1032 72% 25% 14% 31% 30% 75% 0% 54% 82% 70% 2% 9 7 35% 141 92 6 36% 29 2 0 0 0
2010 31 TEX AL 436 1557 3.57 1089 70% 31% 12% 27% 30% 69% 2% 48% 83% 70% 2% 7 4 31% 136 82 11 49% 24 1 -1 0 0
2011 32 PHI NL 922 3403 3.69 2360 69% 31% 15% 28% 27% 69% 0% 48% 78% 65% 2% 23 17 33% 301 189 17 41% 57 6 -2 0 0
2012 33 PHI NL 849 3099 3.65 2184 70% 30% 14% 28% 28% 70% 0% 49% 80% 71% 2% 16 14 34% 287 183 18 38% 54 2 -2 0 0
2013 34 PHI NL 286 1077 3.77 751 70% 28% 12% 31% 29% 72% 0% 50% 83% 68% 2% 6 5 38% 108 79 5 40% 11 1 0 0 0
12 Yrs 7989 29626 3.71 19997 67% 28% 13% 30% 30% 72% 0% 49% 82% 65% 3% 224 135 30% 2383 1441 134 35% 344 78 -14 0 0
MLB Averages 3.78 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 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
2002 23 CLE AL 44 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 18 2 1 67% 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
2003 24 CLE AL 210 41 4 1 7 2 2 3 4 4 3 8 5 1 63% 3 3 0 66 4 2 67% 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2004 25 CLE AL 802 188 12 3 30 2 16 28 2 12 18 40 21 4 53% 6 6 1 301 9 5 64% 7 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 15 0
2005 26 CLE AL 838 194 22 1 22 3 13 16 6 10 12 39 22 5 56% 7 4 0 304 7 4 64% 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2006 27 CLE AL 882 224 18 0 29 1 12 23 6 18 11 35 17 5 49% 8 3 1 330 7 3 70% 4 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 12 0
2007 28 CLE AL 443 112 13 2 17 0 14 12 5 7 10 38 21 5 55% 6 5 0 162 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2008 29 CLE AL 891 214 37 5 12 0 6 10 2 8 4 24 17 4 71% 6 4 4 315 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2009 30 TOT MLB 969 245 30 5 17 0 15 14 3 7 10 41 23 9 56% 7 7 3 374 7 3 70% 6 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 25 0
2009 30 CLE AL 641 165 23 3 10 0 12 9 1 3 7 29 14 6 48% 3 6 1 248 7 2 78% 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 17 0
2009 30 PHI NL 328 80 7 2 7 0 3 5 2 4 3 12 9 3 75% 4 1 2 126 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0
2010 31 TOT AL 843 195 27 3 16 0 2 12 4 7 9 40 25 9 63% 6 3 0 259 4 3 57% 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
2010 31 SEA AL 408 92 13 2 5 0 1 3 2 2 3 19 9 6 47% 5 2 0 134 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
2010 31 TEX AL 435 103 14 1 11 0 1 9 2 5 6 21 16 3 76% 1 1 0 125 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2011 32 PHI NL 920 197 30 5 18 0 12 14 4 8 10 27 16 9 59% 4 0 0 326 11 4 73% 8 4 2 0 1 0 2 2 5 0
2012 33 PHI NL 847 207 20 3 26 0 7 24 2 14 12 28 14 5 50% 7 4 0 263 4 3 57% 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 11 0
2013 34 PHI NL 286 61 9 1 5 0 4 4 1 4 1 6 4 1 67% 5 1 1 91 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
12 Yrs 7975 1884 223 29 199 8 104 160 39 99 100 328 186 57 57% 65 40 10 2809 62 30 67% 45 23 16 4 1 3 6 6 121 0
MLB Averages 53% 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+
2002 23 0 1 .000 1.74 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 6 2 2 0 8 1 6 0 1 0 44 260 1.355 5.2 0.0 7.0 5.2 0.75 260
2003 24 3 4 .429 3.30 11 11 0 0 0 0 62.2 47 30 23 7 28 2 50 2 1 3 254 134 1.197 6.8 1.0 4.0 7.2 1.79 134
2004 25 17 12 .586 4.88 44 44 0 0 0 0 241.2 235 143 131 37 109 3 211 13 1 9 1056 90 1.423 8.8 1.4 4.1 7.9 1.94 90
2005 26 35 17 .673 4.38 76 76 0 1 0 0 443.2 429 234 216 59 161 4 354 13 1 13 1894 98 1.330 8.7 1.2 3.3 7.2 2.20 98
2006 27 49 28 .636 4.39 109 109 0 2 0 0 644.1 653 348 314 88 219 7 483 21 1 16 2776 99 1.353 9.1 1.2 3.1 6.7 2.21 99
2007 28 54 36 .600 4.64 129 125 1 3 0 0 741.2 765 421 382 105 255 8 549 28 1 21 3219 94 1.375 9.3 1.3 3.1 6.7 2.15 94
2008 29 76 39 .661 4.15 160 156 1 7 2 0 965.0 979 489 445 117 289 9 719 33 1 25 4110 105 1.314 9.1 1.1 2.7 6.7 2.49 105
2009 30 90 52 .634 3.97 194 190 1 13 4 0 1196.2 1224 577 528 134 332 10 900 38 1 32 5079 109 1.300 9.2 1.0 2.5 6.8 2.71 109
2010 31 102 61 .626 3.85 222 218 1 20 5 0 1409.0 1419 661 603 150 350 12 1085 39 2 35 5922 112 1.256 9.1 1.0 2.2 6.9 3.10 112
2011 32 119 69 .633 3.65 254 250 1 26 11 0 1641.2 1616 727 665 168 392 12 1323 45 2 35 6842 116 1.223 8.9 0.9 2.1 7.3 3.38 116
2012 33 125 78 .616 3.59 284 280 1 26 11 0 1852.2 1823 806 739 194 420 12 1530 45 2 39 7689 118 1.211 8.9 0.9 2.0 7.4 3.64 118
2013 34 130 80 .619 3.55 294 290 1 27 12 0 1925.1 1884 828 759 199 433 12 1585 46 2 40 7975 119 1.203 8.8 0.9 2.0 7.4 3.66 119

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
2002 23 1 0 1.000 1.64 11.0 5 2 2 0 7 6 0 1.091 4.1 5.7 4.9 0.86 0.0 2
2003 24 3 2 .600 3.86 49.0 41 23 21 7 20 41 2 1.245 7.5 3.7 7.5 2.05 1.3 9
2004 25 6 13 .316 5.59 174.0 188 120 108 30 81 157 11 1.546 9.7 4.2 8.1 1.94 1.6 33
2005 26 10 11 .476 4.04 196.0 197 98 88 22 53 139 0 1.276 9.0 2.4 6.4 2.62 1.0 32
2006 27 10 12 .455 4.30 199.0 221 106 95 29 57 128 8 1.397 10.0 2.6 5.8 2.25 1.3 33
2007 28 3 7 .300 6.03 97.0 110 72 65 17 35 66 7 1.495 10.2 3.2 6.1 1.89 1.6 20
2008 29 16 7 .696 2.72 212.0 216 71 64 12 34 161 5 1.179 9.2 1.4 6.8 4.74 0.5 31
2009 30 14 10 .583 3.40 225.0 247 94 85 17 43 176 5 1.289 9.9 1.7 7.0 4.09 0.7 34
2010 31 13 10 .565 3.38 208.0 199 87 78 16 18 182 1 1.043 8.6 0.8 7.9 10.11 0.7 28
2011 32 17 7 .708 2.66 223.0 203 73 66 19 43 228 6 1.103 8.2 1.7 9.2 5.30 0.8 32
2012 33 13 9 .591 3.31 204.0 208 83 75 26 28 200 0 1.157 9.2 1.2 8.8 7.14 1.1 30
2013 34 5 2 .714 2.57 70.0 61 22 20 5 13 53 1 1.057 7.8 1.7 6.8 4.08 0.6 10
12 Yrs 111 90 .552 3.70 1868.0 1896 851 767 200 432 1537 46 1.246 9.1 7.4 3.56 1.0 294

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2008 AL (12, 6%)
2011 NL (15, 3%)
0.09 Career Shares (951st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2005 AL (4, 6%)
2008 AL (1, 94%)
2010 AL (7, 3%)
2011 NL (3, 40%)
1 Cy Young
1.43 Career Shares (33rd)

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
2008 AL  6.8 (3rd)
2011 NL  9.2 (1st)
2013 NL  2.6 (6th)
Active  38.3 (30th)

WAR for Pitcherss c a p y
2008 AL  6.9 (1st)
2010 AL  4.8 (6th)
2011 NL  8.6 (2nd)
2012 NL  4.5 (8th)
2013 NL  2.4 (6th)
Active  37.6 (9th)
Career  37.6 (184th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 AL  2.54 (1st)
2010 AL  3.18 (6th)
2011 NL  2.40 (3rd)
2012 NL  3.16 (9th)
2013 NL  2.48 (9th)
Active  3.55 (15th)

Wins s c a p y
2004 AL  14 (8th)
2005 AL  18 (2nd)
2008 AL  22 (1st)
2011 NL  17 (4th)
2013 NL  5 (8th)
Active  130 (15th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2004 AL  .636 (8th)
2005 AL  .783 (1st)
2008 AL  .880 (1st)
2011 NL  .680 (7th)
2013 NL  .714 (10th)
Active  .619 (11th)
Career  .619 (75th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2008 AL  1.110 (2nd)
2010 AL  1.003 (1st)
2011 NL  1.027 (3rd)
2012 NL  1.114 (6th)
2013 NL  1.018 (10th)
Active  1.203 (12th)
Career  1.203 (144th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2011 NL  7.620 (6th)
Active  8.807 (30th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL  1.370 (1st)
2009 ML  1.671 (4th)
2010 AL  0.763 (1st)
2011 NL  1.625 (2nd)
2012 NL  1.194 (1st)
2013 NL  1.610 (7th)
Active  2.024 (3rd)
Career  2.024 (97th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 AL  8.095 (5th)
2010 AL  7.841 (10th)
2011 NL  9.206 (4th)
2012 NL  8.829 (9th)
Active  7.409 (30th)
Career  7.409 (75th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2008 AL  223.3 (2nd)
2009 ML  231.7 (5th)
2010 AL  212.3 (10th)
2011 NL  232.7 (4th)
2012 NL  211.0 (7th)
2013 NL  72.7 (2nd)
Active  1,925.3 (22nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2008 AL  170 (9th)
2010 AL  185 (10th)
2011 NL  238 (2nd)
2012 NL  207 (4th)
Active  1,585 (16th)
Career  1,585 (161st)

Games Started s c a p y
2004 AL  33 (8th)
2006 AL  33 (6th)
2009 ML  34 (2nd)
2013 NL  10 (1st)
Active  290 (23rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
2008 AL  4 (2nd)
2009 AL  3 (5th)
2009 NL  3 (3rd)
2010 AL  7 (1st)
2011 NL  6 (2nd)
2013 NL  1 (4th)
Active  27 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 AL  2 (1st)
2009 AL  1 (7th)
2009 NL  1 (6th)
2010 AL  1 (3rd)
2011 NL  6 (1st)
2013 NL  1 (2nd)
Active  12 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2006 AL  29 (8th)
2012 NL  26 (5th)
Active  199 (30th)
Career  199 (214th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2004 AL  81 (7th)
Active  433 (49th)

Hits s c a p y
2008 AL  214 (9th)
2009 ML  245 (1st)
2012 NL  207 (5th)
Active  1,884 (24th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2008 AL  5.000 (3rd)
2009 ML  4.209 (7th)
2010 AL  10.278 (1st)
2011 NL  5.667 (2nd)
2012 NL  7.393 (1st)
2013 NL  4.231 (7th)
Active  3.661 (6th)
Career  3.661 (13th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL  0.484 (1st)
Active  0.930 (28th)

Losses s c a p y
2009 ML  13 (5th)
Active  80 (39th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
Active  759 (30th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2004 AL  11 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2008 AL  891 (5th)
2009 ML  969 (4th)
2011 NL  920 (4th)
2013 NL  286 (1st)
Active  7,975 (26th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2008 AL  167 (1st)
2010 AL  133 (8th)
2011 NL  160 (3rd)
2012 NL  128 (8th)
2013 NL  158 (8th)
Active  119 (14th)
Career  119 (140th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2008 AL  43 (1st)
2009 AL  22 (8th)
2010 AL  24 (7th)
2011 NL  38 (2nd)
2012 NL  21 (10th)
2013 NL  11 (7th)
Active  140 (12th)
Career  140 (141st)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2008 AL  4.6 (1st)
2009 AL  2.2 (8th)
2010 AL  2.6 (5th)
2011 NL  4.2 (2nd)
2012 NL  2.2 (10th)
2013 NL  1.3 (7th)
Active  15.6 (10th)
Career  15.6 (125th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)s c a p y
2008 AL  48.99 (1st)
2009 AL  26.24 (7th)
2011 NL  38.97 (2nd)
2013 NL  12.54 (7th)
Active  156.44 (15th)
Career  156.44 (72nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
2008 AL  5.9 (1st)
2011 NL  4.1 (6th)
2013 NL  1.6 (9th)
Active  17.6 (13th)
Career  17.6 (79th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)s c a p y
2008 AL  4.7 (2nd)
2010 AL  3.3 (2nd)
2011 NL  3.4 (4th)
2012 NL  2.1 (10th)
2013 NL  1.6 (5th)
Active  17.2 (10th)
Career  17.2 (57th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)s c a p y
2008 AL  5.3 (1st)
2009 AL  2.8 (7th)
2010 AL  2.5 (8th)
2011 NL  4.4 (2nd)
2013 NL  1.4 (7th)
Active  17.5 (14th)
Career  17.5 (68th)

Salary s c a p y
2013 NL  $25,000,000 (2nd)

             

Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 25 (69), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 119 (161), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 66 (189), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 27 (175), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (196th), 36.2 career WAR/32.6 7yr-peak WAR/34.4 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

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