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Cliff Lee

Clifton Phifer Lee

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): Indians/Phillies/Rangers/Mariners 2002-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2015, 5 yrs/$120M (11-15) & 16 vesting option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 8.100, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Darek Braunecker [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 3, 2012, 8:11PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #188. Bruce Sutter… #189. Cole Hamels… #190. Eddie Rommel… #191. CLIFF LEE… #192. Harvey Haddix… #193. Larry Dierker… #194. Barry Zito… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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 4 891 168 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 6 641 135 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 0 920 161 1.027 7.6 0.7 1.6 9.2 5.67 AS,CYA-3,MVP-15
10 Seasons 119 69 .633 3.65 254 250 1 26 11 0 1641.2 1616 727 665 168 392 12 1323 45 2 35 6842 117 1.223 8.9 0.9 2.1 7.3 3.38
162 Game Avg. 16 9 .633 3.65 34 34 0 4 1 0 221 218 98 90 23 53 2 179 6 0 5 923 117 1.223 8.9 0.9 2.1 7.3 3.38
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 (2 yrs) 24 12 .667 2.65 44 44 0 9 7 0 312.1 277 101 92 25 52 0 312 8 0 1 1248 149 1.053 8.0 0.7 1.5 9.0 6.00
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) AL 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 (2 yrs) NL 24 12 .667 2.65 44 44 0 9 7 0 312.1 277 101 92 25 52 0 312 8 0 1 1248 149 1.053 8.0 0.7 1.5 9.0 6.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2002 23 CLE AL 10.1 2 2 7 0 1.3 5 0.5 $
2003 24 CLE AL 52.1 9 28 32 0 .9 4 0.4 $300,900
2004 25 CLE AL 179.0 33 113 118 -4 1.0 5 0.5 $303,200
2005 26 CLE AL 202.0 32 91 114 7 1.0 23 2.3 $345,000 CYA-4
2006 27 CLE AL 200.2 33 114 139 -6 .9 25 2.4 $406,200
2007 28 CLE AL 97.1 16 73 67 -1 .9 -6 -0.6 $3,000,000
2008 29 CLE AL 223.1 31 68 140 2 1.0 72 7.3 $4,000,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-12
2009 30 CLE AL 152.0 22 53 91 -2 1.0 38 3.9 $6,000,000
2009 30 PHI NL 79.2 12 35 46 0 .8 11 1.1 $
2010 31 SEA AL 103.2 13 31 59 3 .9 28 2.8 $9,000,000 AS,CYA-7
2010 31 TEX AL 108.2 15 53 68 -1 1.0 15 1.5 $ AS,CYA-7
2011 32 PHI NL 232.2 32 66 134 4 1.0 68 6.9 $11,000,000 AS,CYA-3,MVP-15
10 Seasons 1641.2 250 727 1014 2 1.0 287 29.0 $34,355,300
CLE (8 yrs) 1117.0 178 542 708 -4 1.0 166 16.7 $14,355,300
PHI (2 yrs) 312.1 44 101 180 4 .9 79 8.0 $11,000,000
TEX (1 yr) 108.2 15 53 68 -1 1.0 15 1.5 $
SEA (1 yr) 103.2 13 31 59 3 .9 28 2.8 $9,000,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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 Seasons (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
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 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
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

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2002 23 CLE AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2003 24 CLE AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2004 25 CLE AL 33 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 80 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 26 CLE AL 32 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-4
2006 27 CLE AL 33 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 -13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 28 CLE AL 20 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 29 CLE AL 31 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-12
2009 30 TOT MLB 34 41 38 2 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .184 .205 .237 .442 17 9 1 0 2 0 0 1
2009 30 CLE AL 22 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -49 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
2009 30 PHI NL 12 33 33 2 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .212 .212 .273 .485 27 9 1 0 0 0 0 1
2010 31 TOT AL 28 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-7
2010 31 SEA AL 13 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 31 TEX AL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2011 32 PHI NL 34 82 75 6 15 2 0 2 7 1 0 1 26 .200 .208 .307 .514 39 23 2 0 5 1 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-15
10 Seasons 256 153 143 8 24 4 0 2 8 1 0 2 53 .168 .178 .238 .416 11 34 3 0 7 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 97 90 5 15 3 0 1 5 1 0 1 34 .168 .178 .238 .416 11 22 2 0 4 1 0
CLE (8 yrs) 182 35 32 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .063 .091 .063 .153 -58 2 0 0 2 0 0
PHI (2 yrs) 46 115 108 8 22 4 0 2 8 1 0 1 39 .204 .209 .296 .505 35 32 3 0 5 1 0
TEX (1 yr) 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SEA (1 yr) 13 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (9 yrs) 210 38 35 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .057 .083 .057 .140 -61 2 0 0 2 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 46 115 108 8 22 4 0 2 8 1 0 1 39 .204 .209 .296 .505 35 32 3 0 5 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2004 25 CLE AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $303,200 1
2005 26 CLE AL 8 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $345,000 1 CYA-4
2006 27 CLE AL 6 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $406,200 1
2007 28 CLE AL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $3,000,000 1
2008 29 CLE AL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $4,000,000 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-12
2009 30 CLE AL 8 -1 0 -0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $6,000,000 1
2009 30 PHI NL 33 -3 0 -0 -0 0 4 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
2010 31 SEA AL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $9,000,000 1 AS,CYA-7
2011 32 PHI NL 82 -7 0 1 -0 0 8 2 4 0.5 4 0.5 0.0 $11,000,000 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-15
8 Seasons 153 -16 0 0 -0 0 17 3 5 0.6 5 0.6 0.0 $34,054,400
CLE (6 yrs) 35 -6 0 -0 0 0 5 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $14,054,400
PHI (2 yrs) 115 -10 0 0 -0 0 12 3 6 0.7 6 0.7 0.0 $11,000,000
SEA (1 yr) 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $9,000,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2009 30 PHI NL NLDS COL W 3 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 1 0 0
2009 30 PHI NL NLCS LAD W 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 1 0 0
2009 30 PHI NL WS NYY L 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
2010 31 TEX AL WS SFG L 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 2 0 0 0 0 0
2011 32 PHI NL NLDS STL L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (5 Series) 7 17 15 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .267 .267 .333 .600 5 0 0 2 0 0
2 NLDS 4 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 1 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLCS 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 1 0 0
2 WS 2 5 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .600 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2002 CLE AL 23 P 2 2 0 10.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.61 1.50 .957 1.65 1.65 2 1 33% 0
2003 CLE AL 24 P 9 9 0 52.1 7 1 5 1 0 .857 0 0 1.03 0.67 .957 1.74 1.71 4 2 33% 0
2004 CLE AL 25 P 33 33 0 179.0 12 5 7 0 0 1.000 -1 -1 0.60 0.36 .948 1.66 1.65 9 5 36% 1
2005 CLE AL 26 P 32 32 1 202.0 18 5 10 3 0 .833 -2 -2 0.67 0.47 .954 1.70 1.68 7 4 36% 0 CYA-4
2006 CLE AL 27 P 33 33 1 200.2 22 3 18 1 0 .955 -1 -1 0.94 0.64 .958 1.56 1.54 7 3 30% 2
2007 CLE AL 28 P 20 16 1 97.1 13 7 5 1 2 .923 -2 -4 1.11 0.60 .955 1.60 1.59 4 1 20% 0
2008 CLE AL 29 P 31 31 4 223.1 31 16 14 1 2 .968 -2 -2 1.21 0.97 .952 1.60 1.59 3 0 0% 0 AS,CYA-1,MVP-12
2009 TOT MLB 30 P 34 34 6 231.2 42 11 29 2 2 .952 -1 0 1.55 1.18 .954 1.59 1.58 7 3 30% 1
2009 CLE AL 30 P 22 22 3 152.0 26 8 17 1 1 .962 -2 -3 1.48 1.14 .953 1.53 1.51 7 2 22% 0
2009 PHI NL 30 P 12 12 3 79.2 16 3 12 1 1 .938 1 3 1.69 1.25 .955 1.72 1.70 0 1 100% 1
2010 TOT AL 31 P 28 28 7 212.4 28 10 14 4 1 .857 -3 -2 1.02 0.86 .953 1.63 1.61 4 3 43% 0 AS,CYA-7
2010 SEA AL 31 P 13 13 5 103.2 13 5 5 3 0 .769 -1 -2 0.87 0.77 .953 1.63 1.61 1 2 67% 0
2010 TEX AL 31 P 15 15 2 108.2 15 5 9 1 1 .933 -2 -4 1.16 0.93 .953 1.63 1.61 3 1 25% 0
2011 PHI NL 32 P 32 32 6 232.2 34 7 26 1 1 .971 -1 -1 1.28 1.03 .955 1.80 1.79 11 4 27% 2 AS,CYA-3,MVP-15
10 Seasons P 254 250 26 1641.2 210 66 130 14 8 .933 -13 -1 1.07 0.77 .954 1.65 1.63 58 26 31% 6
10 Seasons TOT 254 250 26 1641.2 210 66 130 14 8 .933 -13 -9 1.07 0.77 .954 1.65 1.63 58 26 31% 6
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2008 (P)
2010 *
2011 *

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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2008 AL (12, 6%)
2011 NL (15, 3%)
0.09 Career Shares (940th)

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 (31st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2008 AL  7.3 (2nd)
2011 NL  7.4 (4th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2008 AL  7.3 (1st)
2010 AL  4.3 (9th)
2011 NL  6.9 (3rd)
Active  29.0 (19th)
Career  29.0 (248th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 AL  2.54 (1st)
2010 AL  3.18 (6th)
2011 NL  2.40 (3rd)
Active  3.65 (18th)

Wins s c a p y
2004 AL  14 (8th)
2005 AL  18 (2nd)
2008 AL  22 (1st)
2011 NL  17 (4th)
Active  119 (24th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2004 AL  .636 (8th)
2005 AL  .783 (1st)
2008 AL  .880 (1st)
2011 NL  .680 (7th)
Active  .633 (8th)
Career  .633 (50th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2008 AL  1.110 (2nd)
2010 AL  1.003 (1st)
2011 NL  1.027 (3rd)
Active  1.223 (13th)
Career  1.223 (188th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2011 NL  7.620 (6th)
Active  8.859 (29th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL  1.370 (1st)
2010 AL  0.763 (1st)
2011 NL  1.625 (2nd)
Active  2.149 (8th)
Career  2.149 (136th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 AL  8.095 (5th)
2010 AL  7.841 (10th)
2011 NL  9.206 (4th)
Active  7.253 (30th)
Career  7.253 (77th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2008 AL  223.3 (2nd)
2010 AL  212.3 (10th)
2011 NL  232.7 (4th)
Active  1,641.7 (37th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2008 AL  170 (9th)
2010 AL  185 (10th)
2011 NL  238 (2nd)
Active  1,323 (29th)
Career  1,323 (247th)

Games Started s c a p y
2004 AL  33 (8th)
2006 AL  33 (6th)
Active  250 (35th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2008 AL  4 (2nd)
2009 NL  3 (3rd)
2009 AL  3 (5th)
2010 AL  7 (1st)
2011 NL  6 (2nd)
Active  26 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 AL  2 (1st)
2009 NL  1 (6th)
2009 AL  1 (7th)
2010 AL  1 (3rd)
2011 NL  6 (1st)
Active  11 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2006 AL  29 (8th)
Active  168 (43rd)

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

Hits s c a p y
2008 AL  214 (9th)
Active  1,616 (36th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2008 AL  5.000 (3rd)
2010 AL  10.278 (1st)
2011 NL  5.667 (2nd)
Active  3.375 (9th)
Career  3.375 (22nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL  0.484 (1st)
Active  0.921 (23rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
Active  665 (42nd)

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

Batters Faced s c a p y
2008 AL  891 (5th)
2011 NL  920 (4th)
Active  6,842 (39th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2008 AL  168 (1st)
2010 AL  132 (8th)
2011 NL  161 (3rd)
Active  117 (18th)
Career  117 (179th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2008 AL  44 (1st)
2009 AL  22 (9th)
2010 AL  23 (8th)
2011 NL  38 (2nd)
Active  109 (24th)
Career  109 (215th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2008 AL  4.7 (1st)
2009 AL  2.2 (8th)
2010 AL  2.5 (8th)
2011 NL  4.3 (2nd)
Active  12.2 (18th)
Career  12.2 (190th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2008 AL  49.28 (1st)
2009 AL  26.28 (10th)
2011 NL  39.48 (2nd)
Active  122.56 (24th)
Career  122.56 (121st)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2008 AL  5.9 (1st)
2011 NL  4.1 (6th)
Active  14.1 (21st)
Career  14.1 (114th)

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)
Active  13.6 (15th)
Career  13.6 (82nd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2008 AL  5.3 (1st)
2009 AL  2.8 (7th)
2010 AL  2.4 (10th)
2011 NL  4.4 (2nd)
Active  13.8 (23rd)
Career  13.8 (114th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
2010 AL  4 (3rd)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 - 22 (80), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 86 (269), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 58 (220), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 24 (219), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  5. Josh Beckett (924)
  6. Larry Jansen (923)
  7. Teddy Higuera (918)
  8. Jake Peavy (917)
  9. Mark Mulder (914)
  10. Alex Fernandez (913)
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  5. Denny Neagle (930)
  6. Mike Boddicker (923)
  7. Matt Morris (922)
  8. Freddy Garcia (922)
  9. Mike Flanagan (919)
  10. Pat Malone (919)
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  5. Kirk Rueter (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Denny Neagle (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Denny Neagle (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200324Cleveland Indians$300,9004/3/03 AP
200425Cleveland Indians$303,2004/7/04 AP
200526Cleveland Indians$345,000
200627Cleveland Indians$406,200
200728Cleveland Indians$3,000,000
200829Cleveland Indians$4,000,000
200930Cleveland Indians$6,000,000
201031Seattle Mariners$9,000,000
201132Philadelphia Phillies$11,000,000
201233Philadelphia Phillies$21,500,000
201334Philadelphia Phillies$25,000,000
201435Philadelphia Phillies$25,000,000
201536Philadelphia Phillies$25,000,000
201637Philadelphia Phillies*$27,500,000$27.5M Vesting Option, $12.5M Buyoutoption becomes guaranteed with 200 IP in 2015 or 400 IP in 2014-15
Career to date (may be incomplete)$34,355,300Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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