Jon Leicester

Jonathan David Leicester

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: February 7, 1979 in Mariposa, CA
High School: Palisades Charter HS (Pacific Palisades, CA)
School: University of Memphis (Memphis, TN)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 11th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 19, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 9, 2004
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Orioles 2004-2007

Final Game: September 28, 2007
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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
2000	21	CHC-min	A-	1	5	.167	5.44	17	7	1	0	0	0	49.2	47	36	30	4	22	1	31	2	0	2	224		1.389	8.5	0.7	4.0	5.6	1.41	EUG · NORW
2001	22	CHC-min	A	9	10	.474	5.29	28	27	1	1	0	0	153.0	182	117	90	16	58	0	109	16	1	12	693		1.569	10.7	0.9	3.4	6.4	1.88	LNS · MIDW
2002	23	CHC-min	A+,AA	4	5	.444	4.13	25	18	0	0	0	0	109.0	101	59	50	3	61	1	75	11	1	12	494		1.486	8.3	0.2	5.0	6.2	1.23	DYT,WTN · FLOR,SOUL
2003	24	CHC-min	AA,AAA	6	7	.462	4.04	46	10	13	1	1	6	111.1	95	58	50	7	55	0	110	4	1	4	478		1.347	7.7	0.6	4.4	8.9	2.00	WTN,IWA · SOUL,PCL
2004	25	CHC-min	AAA	6	2	.750	3.70	12	12	0	0	0	0	65.2	61	31	27	3	36	0	60	2	0	3	290		1.477	8.4	0.4	4.9	8.2	1.67	IWA · PCL
2004	25	CHC	NL	5	1	.833	3.89	32	0	6	0	0	0	41.2	40	20	18	7	15	0	35	0	0	0	175	114	1.320	8.6	1.5	3.2	7.6	2.33
2005	26	CHC-min	AAA	3	8	.273	5.51	24	16	2	0	0	1	98.0	115	65	60	17	42	1	73	0	0	7	435		1.602	10.6	1.6	3.9	6.7	1.74	IWA · PCL
2005	26	CHC	NL	0	2	.000	9.00	6	1	2	0	0	0	9.0	11	10	9	2	9	0	7	2	0	1	46	51	2.222	11.0	2.0	9.0	7.0	0.78

2006	27	TEX-min	AAA	0	1	.000	10.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	17	11	10	0	3	0	7	1	0	1	46		2.222	17.0	0.0	3.0	7.0	2.33	OKC · PCL
2007	28	BAL-min	AAA,A-,Rk	3	3	.500	2.29	17	15	2	0	0	0	74.2	58	25	19	5	26	1	67	5	0	3	299		1.125	7.0	0.6	3.1	8.1	2.58	NFK,ADN,OLS · IL,NYPL,GULF
2007	28	BAL	AL	2	3	.400	7.59	10	5	1	1	0	0	32.0	36	27	27	3	13	0	16	3	0	1	145	61	1.531	10.1	0.8	3.7	4.5	1.23
2008	29	BAL-min	AAA	3	8	.273	5.26	39	13	5	0	0	1	106.0	125	75	62	14	40	3	95	5	0	5	484		1.557	10.6	1.2	3.4	8.1	2.38	NFK · IL
2009	30	ORX	Fgn	0	1	.000	5.04	20	0		0	0	0	25.0	22	14	14	0	11	0	20	2	0	2	108		1.320	7.9	0.0	4.0	7.2	1.82	ORX · JPPL
2010	31	ORX	Fgn	2	2	.500	4.78	35	0		0	0	10	37.2	45	21	20	3	16	1	33	2	0	1	178		1.619	10.8	0.7	3.8	7.9	2.06	ORX · JPPL
2011	32	SDP-min	AAA	5	9	.357	6.50	27	25	0	0	0	0	135.2	169	105	98	21	64	0	66	4	1	10	623		1.717	11.2	1.4	4.2	4.4	1.03	TUC · PCL
3 Yrs				7	6	.538	5.88	48	6	9	1	0	0	82.2	87	57	54	12	37	0	58	5	0	2	366	77	1.500	9.5	1.3	4.0	6.3	1.57
162 Game Avg.				9	8	.538	5.88	60	8	11	1	0	0	104	110	72	68	15	47	0	73	6	0	3	461	77	1.500	9.5	1.3	4.0	6.3	1.57

CHC (2 yrs)				5	3	.625	4.80	38	1	8	0	0	0	50.2	51	30	27	9	24	0	42	2	0	1	221	93	1.480	9.1	1.6	4.3	7.5	1.75
BAL (1 yr)				2	3	.400	7.59	10	5	1	1	0	0	32.0	36	27	27	3	13	0	16	3	0	1	145	61	1.531	10.1	0.8	3.7	4.5	1.23

NL (2 yrs)				5	3	.625	4.80	38	1	8	0	0	0	50.2	51	30	27	9	24	0	42	2	0	1	221	93	1.480	9.1	1.6	4.3	7.5	1.75
AL (1 yr)				2	3	.400	7.59	10	5	1	1	0	0	32.0	36	27	27	3	13	0	16	3	0	1	145	61	1.531	10.1	0.8	3.7	4.5	1.23

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
2004	25	CHC	NL	41.2	32	0	20	4.32	4.90	-0.10	-0.36	102.0	4.74	2	0.2	1.1	-0.1	0.4	6	.506	.501	$
2005	26	CHC	NL	9.0	6	1	10	10.00	4.70	0.02	-0.18	107.2	4.82	-5	-0.5	1.6	-0.1	-0.5	-4	.417	.497	$300,000

2007	28	BAL	AL	32.0	10	5	27	7.59	5.37	0.01	0.11	103.7	5.68	-7	-0.7	.6	-0.0	-0.4	-3	.434	.496	$
3 Seasons				82.2	48	6	57	6.21	5.06	-0.05	-0.16	103.3	5.11	-11	-1.0	1.1	-0.2	-0.5	-1	.480	.498	$300,000

CHC (2 yrs)				50.2	38	1	30	5.33	4.87	-0.08	-0.33	103.0	4.76	-3	-0.3	1.1	-0.2	-0.1	2	.492	.499	$300,000
BAL (1 yr)				32.0	10	5	27	7.59	5.37	0.01	0.11	103.7	5.68	-7	-0.7	.6	-0.0	-0.4	-3	.434	.496	$

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
2004	25	CHC	NL	32	175	156	20	40	3	0	7	1	1	15	35	.256	.318	.410	.728	.284	64	6	0	2	2	0	2
2005	26	CHC	NL	6	46	34	10	11	2	0	2	0	0	9	7	.324	.489	.559	1.048	.360	19	2	2	1	0	0	0

2007	28	BAL	AL	10	145	127	27	36	13	1	3	2	0	13	16	.283	.361	.472	.834	.303	60	2	3	1	1	0	0
3 Yrs				48	366	317	57	87	18	1	12	3	1	37	58	.274	.356	.451	.807	.300	143	10	5	4	3	0	2
162 Game Avg.				60	461	399	72	110	23	1	15	4	1	47	73	.274	.356	.451	.807	.300	180	13	6	5	4	0	3
MLB Averages																.267	.334	.425	.760	.299

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2004	25	CHC	NL	2.3	0.2	177	0.4	2.8	-2.3	.86	0.4	0.1	5.6	0.6	0.86	1.9	9	6	17
2005	26	CHC	NL	-4.4	-0.4	47	-0.4	1.4	-1.8	1.61	-0.3	0.0	-2.5	-0.2	1.61	-3.4	3	0	2

2007	28	BAL	AL	-9.3	-0.8	148	-0.6	2.0	-2.6	.84	-0.2	-0.5	-5.4	-0.5	0.84	-2.3	0	2	3
3 Yrs				-11.4	-1.0	372	-0.6	6.2	-6.8	.94	-0.1	-0.5	-2.2	-0.2	0.94	-3.9	12	8	22

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
2005	26	CHC	NL	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	35.0	35	35	4	2	0	1	4.0	0.0	3.0	59	1	0	0	0	59

2007	28	BAL	AL	10	5	2	2	1	2	1	3	2	.600	0	1	1	0	1	20%	40.8	59	21	8	6	1	0	4.9	5.4	5.4	86	1	3	1	0	103
2 Yrs				16	6	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	.500	0	2	1	0	1	17%	40	59	21	12	8	1	1	4.8	5.0	5.0	81	2	3	1	0	103
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	100	-12					4.8	4.8	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2004	25	CHC	NL	32	32	6	5	1	2	0	2	0%	7	5	17	4	24%	7	.856	9	6	17	12	6	14	8	24	13	8	14	9	3.9	22
2005	26	CHC	NL	6	5	2	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0%	8	1.611	3	0	2	0	2	3	2	3	1	1	2	0	3.6	23

2007	28	BAL	AL	10	5	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	4	1	25%	7	.839	0	2	3	2	0	3	2	3	2	2	2	1	3.0	21
3 Yrs				48	42	9	5	4	2	0	2	0%	7	5	26	5	19%		.944	12	8	22	14	8	20	12	30	16	11	18	10	3.8	22

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%
2004	25	CHC	NL	175	65%	4.0%	20.0%	8.6%	5.7%	25%	0.95	1.28	66%	14%	12.1%	8%	40	6	15%
2005	26	CHC	NL	46	61%	4.4%	15.2%	19.6%	8.7%	36%	1.08	1.50	54%	18%	15.4%	0%	10	2	20%

2007	28	BAL	AL	145	45%	2.1%	11.0%	9.0%	11.7%	47%	0.59	0.67	75%	19%	4.8%	10%	28	2	7%
3 Yrs				366	56%	3.3%	15.9%	10.1%	8.5%	36%	0.79	0.99	68%	17%	9.0%	8%	78	10	13%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.8%	8.4%	8.1%	34%	0.80	1.08	70%	19%	7.8%	11%			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
2004	25	CHC	NL	175	715	4.09	447	63%	25%	16%	31%	28%	75%	0%	47%	79%	55%	3%	5	3	23%	40	19	3	26%	7	2	0	0	0
2005	26	CHC	NL	46	174	3.78	92	53%	29%	17%	23%	30%	71%	0%	37%	75%	41%	20%	9	2	17%	8	3	0	43%	1	7	0	0	0

2007	28	BAL	AL	145	535	3.69	321	60%	34%	7%	24%	35%	66%	0%	40%	90%	52%	7%	10	6	14%	21	10	2	38%	2	4	0	0	0
3 Yrs				366	1424	3.89	860	60%	29%	13%	28%	31%	71%	0%	43%	82%	52%	7%	24	11	19%	69	32	5	31%	10	13	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.75		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	59%	5%			22%				26%

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
2004	25	CHC	NL	175	40	10	0	7	0	4	3	4	4	3	8	3	1	38%	2	0	0	67	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2005	26	CHC	NL	46	11	2	0	2	0	4	1	1	2	0	6	0	1	0%	0	1	0	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

2007	28	BAL	AL	145	36	4	2	3	0	1	1	2	2	1	5	4	1	80%	0	1	0	62	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
3 Yrs				366	87	16	2	12	0	9	5	7	8	4	19	7	3	37%	2	2	0	147	3	1	75%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
MLB Averages																		53%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2004	25	5	1	.833	3.89	32	0	6	0	41.2	40	20	18	7	15	35	0	0	175	114	1.320	8.6	1.5	3.2	7.6	2.33	114
2005	26	5	3	.625	4.80	38	1	8	0	50.2	51	30	27	9	24	42	2	1	221	93	1.480	9.1	1.6	4.3	7.5	1.75	93
2006	27	5	3	.625	4.80	38	1	8	0	50.2	51	30	27	9	24	42	2	1	221	93	1.480	9.1	1.6	4.3	7.5	1.75	93
2007	28	7	6	.538	5.88	48	6	9	1	82.2	87	57	54	12	37	58	5	2	366	77	1.500	9.5	1.3	4.0	6.3	1.57	77

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2004	25	2	2	.500	3.73	41.0	38	19	17	7	14	34	0	1.268	8.3	3.1	7.5	2.43	1.5	32
2005	26	0	0		10.13	8.0	11	10	9	2	9	6	2	2.500	12.4	10.1	6.8	0.67	2.3	6

2007	28	1	2	.333	7.26	31.0	35	28	25	3	13	16	3	1.548	10.2	3.8	4.6	1.23	0.9	10
3 Yrs		3	4	.429	5.74	80.0	84	57	51	12	36	56	5	1.500	9.5		6.3	1.56	1.4	48

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