Cliff Lee
Clifton Phifer Lee
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 30, 1978 in Benton, AR
High School: Benton (Benton, AR)
School: University of Arkansas
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 4th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed July 6, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 2002
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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
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 44 251 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 4 891 168 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 6 641 134 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 1 328 125 1.130 9.0 0.8 1.1 8.4 7.40
8 Seasons 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
162 Game Avg. 16 9 .634 3.97 34 34 0 2 1 0 212 217 102 94 24 59 2 159 7 0 6 899 109 1.300 9.2 1.0 2.5 6.8 2.71
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 (1 yr) 7 4 .636 3.39 12 12 0 3 1 0 79.2 80 35 30 7 10 0 74 2 0 1 328 125 1.130 9.0 0.8 1.1 8.4 7.40
AL (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
NL (1 yr) 7 4 .636 3.39 12 12 0 3 1 0 79.2 80 35 30 7 10 0 74 2 0 1 328 125 1.130 9.0 0.8 1.1 8.4 7.40

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
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
1 Season (3 Series) 4 0 1.000 1.56 5 5 0 2 0 0 40.1 27 10 7 0 6 0 33 0 0 2 151 0.818 6.0 0.0 1.3 7.4 5.50
1 NLDS 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
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
1 WS 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

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
2008 CLE AL 29 1 0 0 0.00 1 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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
2009 30 PHI NL 12 327 306 35 80 21 1 7 0 1 10 74 .261 .286 .405 .691 .319 124 4 2 5 4 0
2009 30 TOT MLB 34 968 900 88 245 51 2 17 7 3 43 181 .272 .306 .390 .696 .321 351 14 5 11 9 1
8 Seasons 194 5078 4646 577 1224 254 18 134 43 19 332 900 .263 .316 .412 .728 .299 1916 89 38 28 34 10
162 Game Avg. 34 899 823 102 217 45 3 24 8 3 59 159 .263 .316 .412 .728 .299 339 16 7 5 6 2
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
2002 23 CLE AL 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 57 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 69 33 5 3 0 7 4.8 5.6 5.8 89 2 5 2 0 102
2004 25 CLE AL 33 33 14 8 11 4 0 20 13 .606 0 4 0 0 16 48% 47 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 2 2 1 0 16 50% 53 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% 48 67 13 19 4 0 18 5.9 6.4 6.1 102 1 9 22 1 120
2007 28 CLE AL 20 16 5 8 3 1 1 7 9 .438 1 1 1 0 6 38% 42 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% 60 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% 55 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 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 92 20 4 1 0 6 4.5 5.3 6.6 100 2 3 5 2 124
8 Seasons 194 190 90 52 48 21 13 109 81 .574 12 11 13 4 105 55% 52 92 11 87 29 0 87 5.5 5.6 6.3 100 13 65 106 6 124
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
2007 28 CLE AL 20 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 7 0.906 0 0 4 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 2 0 4.3 25
1 Season 20 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0.906 0 0 4 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 2 0 4.3 25

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%
2002 23 CLE AL 44 75% 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 73% 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 81% 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 77% 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 78% 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 74% 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 71% 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 75% 1.8% 18.7% 4.4% 7.2% 29% 0.73 0.98 73% 22% 4.6% 11% 178 14 8%
2009 30 CLE AL 641 72% 1.6% 16.7% 5.2% 6.4% 25% 0.79 1.00 75% 21% 4.1% 11% 118 10 8%
2009 30 PHI NL 328 81% 2.1% 22.6% 3.1% 8.9% 36% 0.60 0.93 70% 22% 5.4% 10% 60 4 7%
8 Seasons 5079 76% 2.6% 17.7% 6.5% 8.0% 33% 0.62 0.74 72% 19% 6.7% 13% 950 89 9%
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
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 210 801 3.81 504 63% 22% 15% 34% 29% 78% 1% 49% 81% 55% 6% 12 7 21% 45 25 1 23% 10 4 0 0 0
2004 25 CLE AL 802 3166 3.95 1982 63% 27% 14% 32% 28% 73% 0% 46% 81% 60% 4% 34 14 27% 214 114 11 32% 30 19 0 0 0
2005 26 CLE AL 838 3088 3.68 2033 66% 27% 11% 30% 32% 73% 0% 48% 85% 64% 4% 30 20 28% 232 142 13 29% 24 10 0 0 0
2006 27 CLE AL 882 3358 3.81 2198 65% 27% 12% 30% 31% 73% 1% 48% 84% 62% 4% 31 14 26% 226 119 13 28% 17 14 0 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 969 3529 3.64 2408 68% 26% 12% 30% 31% 73% 0% 50% 83% 65% 2% 23 12 30% 293 171 12 36% 41 10 0 0 1
2009 30 CLE AL 641 2335 3.64 1564 67% 26% 12% 30% 32% 74% 1% 49% 84% 63% 2% 14 7 26% 164 92 9 32% 22 6 0 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 1
8 Seasons 5079 19039 3.75 12566 66% 27% 13% 30% 30% 73% 1% 48% 83% 63% 3% 163 88 28% 1405 814 77 30% 169 66 0 0 1
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
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 1 1 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 1 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
8 Seasons 5079 1224 137 17 134 8 79 106 28 66 68 227 127 33 56% 43 32 9 1870 43 19 69% 31 16 12 2 0 1 5 4 90 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+
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 44 251 1.355 5.2 0.0 7.0 5.2 0.75 251
2003 24 3 4 .429 3.30 11 11 0 0 0 0 62.2 47 30 23 7 28 2 50 2 1 3 254 133 1.197 6.8 1.0 4.0 7.2 1.79 133
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

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
2002 23 1 0 1.000 1.80 10.0 6 2 2 0 8 6 0 1.400 5.4 7.2 5.4 0.75 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 5.62 173.0 191 120 108 30 82 156 11 1.578 9.9 4.3 8.1 1.90 1.6 33
2005 26 10 11 .476 3.99 196.0 198 97 87 22 53 139 0 1.281 9.1 2.4 6.4 2.62 1.0 32
2006 27 10 11 .476 4.32 198.0 223 106 95 29 58 127 8 1.419 10.1 2.6 5.8 2.19 1.3 33
2007 28 3 7 .300 6.09 96.0 112 72 65 17 36 65 7 1.542 10.5 3.4 6.1 1.81 1.6 20
2008 29 16 7 .696 2.66 213.0 212 70 63 12 34 162 5 1.155 9.0 1.4 6.8 4.76 0.5 31
2009 30 15 10 .600 3.28 225.0 245 91 82 17 43 176 5 1.280 9.8 1.7 7.0 4.09 0.7 34
8 Seasons 64 61 .512 4.06 1160.0 1228 581 523 134 334 872 38 1.347 9.5 6.8 2.61 1.0 194

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2008 (P)

Awards (yr lg award)
2008 AL Cy Young
2008 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2008 AL (12, 6%)
0.06 Career Shares (1041st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2005 AL (4, 6%)
2008 AL (1, 94%)
1 Cy Young
1.00 Career Shares (47th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 AL  2.539 (1st)
Active  3.971 (28th)

Wins s c a p y
2004 AL  14 (8th)
2005 AL  18 (2nd)
2008 AL  22 (1st)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2004 AL  .636 (8th)
2005 AL  .783 (1st)
2008 AL  .880 (1st)
Active  .634 (7th)
Career  .634 (45th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2008 AL  1.110 (2nd)
Active  1.300 (25th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
Active  9.206 (49th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL  1.370 (1st)
Active  2.497 (16th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 AL  8.095 (5th)
Active  6.769 (36th)
Career  6.769 (109th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2008 AL  223.3 (2nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2008 AL  170 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
2004 AL  33 (8th)
2006 AL  33 (6th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2008 AL  4 (2nd)
2009 NL  3 (3rd)
2009 AL  3 (5th)
Active  13 (35th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 AL  2 (1st)
2009 NL  1 (6th)
2009 AL  1 (7th)
Active  4 (40th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2006 AL  29 (8th)

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

Hits s c a p y
2008 AL  214 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2008 AL  5.000 (3rd)
Active  2.711 (16th)
Career  2.711 (54th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL  .484 (1st)
Active  1.008 (47th)

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

Batters Faced s c a p y
2008 AL  891 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2008 AL  168 (1st)
Active  109 (33rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 17 (120), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 45 (553), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 39 (339), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 18 (358), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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