Colby Lewis

Colby Preston Lewis

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: August 2, 1979 in Bakersfield, CA
High School: North Bakersfield HS (Bakersfield, CA)
School: Bakersfield College (Bakersfield, CA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (38th pick) of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 1, 2002
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Athletics/Tigers 2002-2012
2012 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible, 3 yrs/$8M (10-12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.136, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Octagon [*]
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Standard Batting

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
1999	19	TEX-min	Rk	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		PUL · APPY
2000	20	TEX-min	A+	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CHT · FLOR
2001	21	TEX-min	AA,A+	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TUL,CHT · TL,FLOR
2002	22	TEX-min	AAA	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OKC · PCL
2002	22	TEX	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	23	TEX-min	AAA	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OKC · PCL
2003	23	TEX	AL	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2004	24	TEX	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2005		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2006	26	DET-min	AAA	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TOL · IL
2006	26	DET	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2007	27	OAK-min	AAA	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SAC · PCL
2007	27	OAK	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

2008	28	HIR	Fgn	26	57	47	2	5	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	21	.106	.104	.255	.359		12	1	0	9	1	0		HIR · JPCL
2009	29	HIR	Fgn	29	59	52	4	9	0	0	3	3	0	0	3	22	.173	.218	.346	.564		18	0	0	4	0	0		HIR · JPCL
2010	30	TEX	AL	32	8	7	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	52	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
2011	31	TEX	AL	32	8	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.250	.375	-4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
2012	32	TEX	AL	10	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.500	1.000	168	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
8 Yrs				146	21	20	1	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	7	.250	.250	.300	.550	45	6	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	23	22	1	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	8	.250	.250	.300	.550	45	7	0	0	1	0	0

TEX (6 yrs)				118	21	20	1	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	7	.250	.250	.300	.550	45	6	0	0	1	0	0
OAK (1 yr)				26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
DET (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2002	22	TEX	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$200,000	1
2003	23	TEX	AL	26	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$302,500	1
2004	24	TEX	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$337,500	/1

2006	26	DET	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
2007	27	OAK	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1

2010	30	TEX	AL	32	8	-0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$1,750,000	1
2011	31	TEX	AL	32	8	-1	-0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$2,000,000	1
2012	32	TEX	AL	10	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.510	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
8 Seasons				146	21	-2	-0	0	0	3	1	0.2	1	2	0.2	.501	.500	0.2	0.1	2	$4,590,000

TEX (6 yrs)				118	21	-2	-0	0	0	3	1	0.2	1	2	0.2	.501	.500	0.2	0.1	2	$4,590,000
OAK (1 yr)				26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
DET (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
2003	23	TEX	AL	1	1	0	0.0	116		.000	.280	.000	.348	.000	.448	.000	.796	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

2010	30	TEX	AL	8	6	1	4.5	107	.400	.286	.271	.286	.340	.286	.423	.571	.763	52	.478	-0.5	-0.1	.400	.000	.000
2011	31	TEX	AL	8	7	0	0.0	106	.167	.125	.268	.125	.335	.250	.424	.375	.759	-4	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.286	.125	.125
2012	32	TEX	AL	4	2	1	13.5	106	1.000	.500	.263	.500	.332	.500	.426	1.000	.758	168	.878	0.4	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
8 Yrs				21	16	2	3.4	107	.385	.250	.269	.250	.336	.300	.426	.550	.762	45	.353	-1.6	-0.2	.400	.050	.050
162 Game Avg.				23	18	2	3.4	107	.385	.250	.269	.250	.336	.300	.426	.550	.762	45	.353	-1.6	-0.2	.400	.050	.050

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	GDP
2010	30	TEX	AL	ALDS	TBR	W	1	0	0	0					0
2010	30	TEX	AL	ALCS	NYY	W	2	0	0	0					0
2010	30	TEX	AL	WS	SFG	L	1	0	0	0					0
2011	31	TEX	AL	ALDS	TBR	W	1	0	0	0					0
2011	31	TEX	AL	ALCS	DET	W	1	0	0	0					0
2011	31	TEX	AL	WS	STL	L	2	5	5	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1
2 Yrs (6 Series)							8	5	5	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1
2 ALDS							2	0	0	0					0
2 ALCS							3	0	0	0					0
2 WS							3	5	5	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2003	23	TEX	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%

2010	30	TEX	AL	8	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.5		3.5	1.50	3.00	63%	17%	0.0%	0%
2011	31	TEX	AL	8	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	12.5%	100%		4.0			1.00	4.00	75%	33%	0.0%	0%
2012	32	TEX	AL	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0		2.0	1.00		50%	50%	0.0%	0%
8 Yrs				21	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	4.8%	20%		2.9		5.0	1.20	3.50	62%	29%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.4%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.04	5.1	33.2	7.8	0.79	1.08	70%	19%	7.7%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
2002	22	TEX	AL	0.0	0.0
2003	23	TEX	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.65	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.62	-0.3	0
2004	24	TEX	AL	0.0	0.0

2006	26	DET	AL	0.0	0.0
2007	27	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

2010	30	TEX	AL	-0.5	-0.1	8	0.0	0.2	-0.1	1.10	-0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	1.21	-0.6	0
2011	31	TEX	AL	-1.2	-0.1	8	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.84	-0.1	-0.0	-1.1	-0.1	1.03	-1.0	0
2012	32	TEX	AL	0.4	0.0	4	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.49	0.0	0.1	1.3	0.1	1.41	0.4	0
8 Yrs				-1.6	-0.2	21	0.0	0.3	-0.3	.86	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.15	-1.5	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2003	23	TEX	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2010	30	TEX	AL	0	0	50%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	31	TEX	AL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	32	TEX	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				0	0	20%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2003	23	TEX	AL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

2010	30	TEX	AL	8	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	8	2	25%	0	0		0	0		0
2011	31	TEX	AL	8	25%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2012	32	TEX	AL	4	0%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		6	2	33%	0	0		0	0		0
8 Yrs				21	10%	5	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	3	0	0%	3	0	0%	19	4	21%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			33%			15%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2003	23	TEX	AL	1	6	6.00	4	67%	25%	50%	25%	0%	75%	0%	50%	33%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0

2010	30	TEX	AL	8	29	3.63	21	72%	5%	24%	43%	29%	95%	0%	69%	75%	75%	0%	0	0	13%	1	1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2011	31	TEX	AL	8	23	2.88	20	87%	20%	35%	15%	30%	80%	0%	70%	56%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2012	32	TEX	AL	4	15	3.75	12	80%	17%	25%	42%	17%	83%	0%	67%	70%	75%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				21	73	3.48	57	78%	14%	30%	32%	25%	86%	0%	67%	65%	62%	0%	0	0	5%	1	1	0%	0	0	14%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
2003	23	41	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
2004	24	44	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
2005	25	44	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
2006	26	46	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
2007	27	72	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
2008	28	72	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
2009	29	72	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
2010	30	104	9	8	1	2	0	2	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	32	2	1
2011	31	136	17	16	1	3	1	2	5	.188	.188	.250	.438	14	4	1
2012	32	146	21	20	1	5	1	4	7	.250	.250	.300	.550	45	6	1

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2003	23	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	26

2010	30	32	9	8	2	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	.375	.375	.375	.750	1	32
2011	31	32	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	32
2012	32	10	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	10
4 Yrs		100	22	21	2	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	7	.238	.238	.238	.476	2	100
162 Game Avg.		162	36	34	3	8	0	0	0	10	0	0	11	.238	.238	.238	.476	3	100

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