Colby Lewis
Colby Preston Lewis
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: August 2, 1979 in Bakersfield, CA
High School: North (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
Final Game: September 26, 2007
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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 22 TEX AL 1 3 .250 6.29 15 4 4 0 0 0 34.1 42 26 24 4 26 2 28 2 1 3 168 76 1.981 11.0 1.0 6.8 7.3 1.08
2003 23 TEX AL 10 9 .526 7.30 26 26 0 0 0 0 127.0 163 104 103 23 70 1 88 5 0 5 594 69 1.835 11.6 1.6 5.0 6.2 1.26
2004 24 TEX AL 1 1 .500 4.11 3 3 0 0 0 0 15.1 13 7 7 1 13 0 11 1 0 0 71 123 1.696 7.6 0.6 7.6 6.5 0.85
2006 26 DET AL 0 0 3.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 8 1 1 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 18 152 3.000 24.0 3.0 3.0 15.0 5.00
2007 27 OAK AL 0 2 .000 6.45 26 1 8 0 0 0 37.2 44 28 27 7 14 3 23 3 1 1 170 66 1.540 10.5 1.7 3.3 5.5 1.64
5 Seasons 12 15 .444 6.71 72 34 13 0 0 0 217.1 270 166 162 36 124 6 155 11 2 9 1021 72 1.813 11.2 1.5 5.1 6.4 1.25
162 Game Avg. 8 10 .444 6.71 46 22 8 0 0 0 139 173 106 104 23 80 4 99 7 1 6 655 72 1.813 11.2 1.5 5.1 6.4 1.25
TEX (3 yrs) 12 13 .480 6.83 44 33 4 0 0 0 176.2 218 137 134 28 109 3 127 8 1 8 833 73 1.851 11.1 1.4 5.6 6.5 1.17
OAK (1 yr) 0 2 .000 6.45 26 1 8 0 0 0 37.2 44 28 27 7 14 3 23 3 1 1 170 66 1.540 10.5 1.7 3.3 5.5 1.64
DET (1 yr) 0 0 3.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 8 1 1 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 18 152 3.000 24.0 3.0 3.0 15.0 5.00

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 22 TEX AL 15 168 138 26 42 6 1 4 1 0 26 28 .304 .422 .449 .871 .358 62 4 2 2 0 2
2003 23 TEX AL 26 594 515 104 163 41 5 23 5 6 70 88 .317 .402 .550 .952 .345 283 12 5 2 2 1
2004 24 TEX AL 3 71 57 7 13 3 0 1 1 0 13 11 .228 .380 .333 .714 .267 19 2 1 0 0 0
2006 26 DET AL 2 18 17 1 8 2 0 1 0 0 1 5 .471 .500 .765 1.265 .636 13 0 0 0 0 0
2007 27 OAK AL 26 170 150 28 44 9 1 7 1 0 14 23 .293 .361 .507 .868 .303 76 5 3 1 2 3
5 Seasons 72 1021 877 166 270 61 7 36 8 6 124 155 .308 .399 .517 .915 .339 453 23 11 5 4 6
162 Game Avg. 46 655 563 106 173 39 4 23 5 4 80 99 .308 .399 .517 .915 .339 291 15 7 3 3 4
MLB Averages

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 22 TEX AL 15 4 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 .250 2 1 0 0 1 25% 43 58 33 9 4 0 1 4.1 3.3 5.4 95 0 2 2 0 102
2003 23 TEX AL 26 26 10 9 7 5 1 15 11 .577 2 4 0 0 8 31% 39 66 14 22 11 0 10 6.1 6.6 4.9 88 6 10 9 1 120
2004 24 TEX AL 3 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 0 0% 49 55 41 2 0 0 1 3.5 3.0 5.1 98 0 2 1 0 105
2007 27 OAK AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% -6 -6 -6 7 2 0 1 4.0 2.3 3.3 77 1 0 0 0 77
4 Seasons 70 34 11 12 11 6 1 18 16 .529 4 6 0 0 9 26% 39 66 -6 40 17 0 13 5.6 5.8 4.9 90 7 14 12 1 120
MLB Averages

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
2002 22 TEX AL 15 11 4 1 2 2 0 2 0% 3 1 7 1 14% 6 1.210 6 2 3 3 3 5 5 6 5 2 6 1 3.5 23
2006 26 DET AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 6 0.257 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 4.5 36
2007 27 OAK AL 26 25 8 0 1 1 0 1 0% 4 3 21 11 52% 8 0.536 5 5 15 6 0 19 10 15 9 8 10 5 4.1 22
3 Seasons 43 38 13 1 3 3 0 3 0% 7 4 32 15 47% 0.840 11 7 20 9 3 26 17 21 15 11 18 7 3.9 23

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 22 TEX AL 168 54% 2.4% 16.7% 15.5% 6.6% 26% 0.70 1.30 63% 29% 7.3% 10% 46 4 9%
2003 23 TEX AL 594 56% 3.9% 14.8% 11.8% 11.6% 42% 0.73 1.14 68% 22% 10.2% 8% 120 12 10%
2004 24 TEX AL 71 51% 1.4% 15.5% 18.3% 5.6% 31% 0.55 0.94 63% 28% 4.2% 17% 14 2 14%
2006 26 DET AL 18 39% 5.6% 27.8% 5.6% 16.7% 38% 1.40 3.00 61% 17% 20.0% 0% 1 0 0%
2007 27 OAK AL 170 31% 4.1% 13.5% 8.2% 10.0% 39% 0.59 0.73 72% 21% 10.0% 14% 44 5 11%
5 Seasons 1021 51% 3.5% 15.2% 12.1% 10.2% 39% 0.70 1.07 68% 23% 9.5% 10% 225 23 10%
MLB Averages

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 22 TEX AL 168 632 3.76 362 57% 30% 15% 25% 31% 70% 3% 40% 79% 55% 11% 18 8 20% 34 20 2 25% 4 8 0 0 0
2003 23 TEX AL 594 2299 3.87 1390 60% 28% 13% 29% 31% 72% 0% 44% 83% 55% 6% 34 21 22% 132 73 5 27% 11 12 0 0 0
2004 24 TEX AL 71 294 4.14 163 55% 26% 17% 29% 28% 74% 0% 41% 77% 52% 7% 5 3 21% 15 6 0 27% 2 2 0 0 0
2006 26 DET AL 18 72 4.00 46 64% 24% 11% 39% 26% 76% 0% 49% 86% 67% 6% 1 1 17% 3 1 0 20% 1 0 0 0 0
2007 27 OAK AL 170 629 3.70 385 61% 25% 15% 27% 34% 75% 5% 46% 80% 58% 8% 14 9 22% 37 17 0 26% 5 2 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1021 3926 3.85 2346 60% 27% 14% 28% 31% 73% 2% 43% 81% 56% 7% 72 42 22% 221 117 7 26% 23 24 0 0 0
MLB Averages

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 22 TEX AL 168 42 6 1 4 0 7 1 3 2 2 10 5 2 50% 1 3 0 76 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2003 23 TEX AL 594 163 7 2 23 0 15 11 12 13 10 34 16 8 47% 0 5 1 230 5 6 45% 5 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
2004 24 TEX AL 71 13 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 25% 0 0 0 27 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 26 DET AL 18 8 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 27 OAK AL 170 44 5 0 7 0 11 5 2 2 5 14 8 2 57% 2 1 0 64 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
5 Seasons 1021 270 18 3 36 0 37 19 17 18 18 62 30 12 48% 3 9 1 405 8 6 57% 8 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 0
MLB Averages

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 22 1 3 .250 6.29 15 4 4 0 0 0 34.1 42 26 24 4 26 2 28 2 1 3 168 76 1.981 11.0 1.0 6.8 7.3 1.08 76
2003 23 11 12 .478 7.08 41 30 4 0 0 0 161.1 205 130 127 27 96 3 116 7 1 8 762 70 1.866 11.4 1.5 5.4 6.5 1.21 70
2004 24 12 13 .480 6.83 44 33 4 0 0 0 176.2 218 137 134 28 109 3 127 8 1 8 833 73 1.851 11.1 1.4 5.6 6.5 1.17 73
2005 25 12 13 .480 6.83 44 33 4 0 0 0 176.2 218 137 134 28 109 3 127 8 1 8 833 73 1.851 11.1 1.4 5.6 6.5 1.17 73
2006 26 12 13 .480 6.76 46 33 5 0 0 0 179.2 226 138 135 29 110 3 132 8 1 8 851 74 1.870 11.3 1.5 5.5 6.6 1.20 74
2007 27 12 15 .444 6.71 72 34 13 0 0 0 217.1 270 166 162 36 124 6 155 11 2 9 1021 72 1.813 11.2 1.5 5.1 6.4 1.25 72

Neutralized Pitching

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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 22 1 2 .333 6.00 33.0 41 24 22 4 25 27 2 2.000 11.2 6.8 7.4 1.08 1.1 15
2003 23 4 9 .308 6.53 124.0 152 100 90 21 65 86 5 1.750 11.0 4.7 6.2 1.32 1.5 26
2004 24 0 1 .000 4.20 15.0 13 8 7 1 13 11 1 1.733 7.8 7.8 6.6 0.85 0.6 3
2006 26 0 0 3.00 3.0 8 1 1 1 1 5 0 3.000 24.0 3.0 15.0 5.00 3.0 2
2007 27 1 3 .250 7.00 36.0 45 31 28 7 14 22 3 1.639 11.3 3.5 5.5 1.57 1.8 26
5 Seasons 6 15 .286 6.31 211.0 259 164 148 34 118 151 11 1.787 11.0 6.4 1.28 1.5 72

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Bases on Balls s c a p y
2003 AL--70--10th

                                         

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