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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 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
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 71 124 1.696 7.6 0.6 7.6 6.5 0.85
2005 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
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 18 168 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
2010 30 TEX AL 12 13 .480 3.72 32 32 0 1 0 0 201.0 174 90 83 21 65 0 196 6 0 9 844 121 1.189 7.8 0.9 2.9 8.8 3.02
2011 31 TEX AL 14 10 .583 4.40 32 32 0 2 1 0 200.1 187 103 98 35 56 1 169 6 0 4 839 100 1.213 8.4 1.6 2.5 7.6 3.02
2012 32 TEX AL 4 3 .571 3.58 10 10 0 0 0 0 65.1 67 31 26 14 9 0 59 4 0 1 271 122 1.163 9.2 1.9 1.2 8.1 6.56
8 Yrs 42 41 .506 4.86 146 108 13 3 1 0 684.0 698 390 369 106 254 7 579 27 2 23 2975 94 1.392 9.2 1.4 3.3 7.6 2.28
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .506 4.86 39 29 3 1 0 0 183 187 104 99 28 68 2 155 7 1 6 796 94 1.392 9.2 1.4 3.3 7.6 2.28
TEX (6 yrs) 42 39 .519 4.77 118 107 4 3 1 0 643.1 646 361 341 98 239 4 551 24 1 22 2787 96 1.376 9.0 1.4 3.3 7.7 2.31
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 18 168 3.000 24.0 3.0 3.0 15.0 5.00

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 Awards
2002 22 TEX AL 34.1 15 4 26 6.82 5.16 -0.14 -0.02 104.5 5.51 -5 -0.5 1.4 -0.1 -0.3 -1 .467 .497 $200,000
2003 23 TEX AL 127.0 26 26 104 7.37 5.01 0.36 0.19 111.3 5.38 -28 -2.5 -0.1 -1.4 -12 .404 .485 $302,500
2004 24 TEX AL 15.1 3 3 7 4.11 4.96 -0.19 0.19 102.4 5.46 2 0.2 -0.0 0.3 4 .573 .501 $337,500
2006 26 DET AL 3.0 2 0 1 3.00 5.09 0.30 -0.38 98.0 4.33 0 0.0 .4 -0.0 0.0 1 .521 .500 $
2007 27 OAK AL 37.2 26 1 28 6.69 4.84 0.13 -0.31 95.6 4.21 -11 -1.0 .8 0.0 -0.7 -6 .461 .494 $
2010 30 TEX AL 201.0 32 32 90 4.03 4.32 -0.05 0.16 106.2 4.80 16 1.7 -0.1 3.4 40 .554 .511 $1,750,000
2011 31 TEX AL 200.1 32 32 103 4.63 4.32 0.11 0.16 103.8 4.54 -2 -0.3 -0.1 1.4 21 .492 .498 $2,000,000
2012 32 TEX AL 65.1 10 10 31 4.27 4.50 0.25 0.17 107.9 4.76 3 0.4 -0.1 0.9 11 .536 .502 $
8 Seasons 684.0 146 108 390 5.13 4.55 0.11 0.13 105.8 4.84 -24 -1.9 1.0 -0.5 3.6 58 .487 .499 $4,590,000
TEX (6 yrs) 643.1 118 107 361 5.05 4.53 0.10 0.16 106.4 4.88 -14 -1.0 1.4 -0.5 4.3 63 .492 .499 $4,590,000
OAK (1 yr) 37.2 26 1 28 6.69 4.84 0.13 -0.31 95.6 4.21 -11 -1.0 .8 0.0 -0.7 -6 .461 .494 $
DET (1 yr) 3.0 2 0 1 3.00 5.09 0.30 -0.38 98.0 4.33 0 0.0 .4 -0.0 0.0 1 .521 .500 $

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
2010 30 TEX AL ALDS W TBR 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 22 1.400 3.6 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
2010 30 TEX AL ALCS W NYY 2 0 1.000 1.98 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.2 9 3 3 1 6 0 13 1 0 2 54 1.098 5.9 0.7 4.0 8.6 2.17
2010 30 TEX AL WS L SFG 1 0 1.000 2.35 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 5 2 2 2 2 0 6 1 0 0 30 0.913 5.9 2.3 2.3 7.0 3.00
2011 31 TEX AL ALDS W TBR 1 0 1.000 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 1 1 1 1 2 0 6 0 0 1 21 0.500 1.5 1.5 3.0 9.0 3.00
2011 31 TEX AL ALCS W DET 0 1 .000 6.35 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 8 4 4 2 2 0 6 0 0 0 27 1.765 12.7 3.2 3.2 9.5 3.00
2011 31 TEX AL WS L STL 0 0 2.25 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 7 5 3 1 5 0 8 0 0 0 50 1.000 5.3 0.8 3.8 6.0 1.60
2 Yrs (6 Series) 4 1 .800 2.34 8 8 0 0 0 0 50.0 32 15 13 7 22 0 44 2 0 3 204 1.080 5.8 1.3 4.0 7.9 2.00
2 ALDS 1 0 1.000 0.82 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 3 1 1 1 7 0 11 0 0 1 43 0.909 2.5 0.8 5.7 9.0 1.57
2 ALCS 2 1 .667 3.26 3 3 0 0 0 0 19.1 17 7 7 3 8 0 19 1 0 2 81 1.293 7.9 1.4 3.7 8.8 2.38
2 WS 1 0 1.000 2.29 3 3 0 0 0 0 19.2 12 7 5 3 7 0 14 1 0 0 80 0.966 5.5 1.4 3.2 6.4 2.00

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
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 1
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 0
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 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 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 2
2010 30 TEX AL 32 844 765 90 174 39 3 21 13 4 65 196 .227 .292 .369 .660 .277 282 12 6 4 4 0 12
2011 31 TEX AL 32 839 767 103 187 35 5 35 10 7 56 169 .244 .299 .439 .738 .268 337 10 6 4 5 1 6
2012 32 TEX AL 10 271 257 31 67 14 2 14 2 3 9 59 .261 .295 .494 .789 .286 127 3 4 0 1 0 2
8 Yrs 146 2975 2666 390 698 149 17 106 33 20 254 579 .262 .331 .450 .780 .297 1199 48 27 13 14 7 23
162 Game Avg. 39 796 714 104 187 40 5 28 9 5 68 155 .262 .331 .450 .780 .297 321 13 7 3 4 2 6
MLB Averages .263 .331 .417 .748 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2002 22 TEX AL -5.2 -0.5 171 -1.5 2.9 -4.5 1.21 -0.6 -0.6 -6.6 -0.6 1.21 -7.5 6 2 3
2003 23 TEX AL -25.4 -2.3 608 -2.4 9.9 -12.3 .98 -2.4 0.0 -27.6 -2.4 0.98 -31.4 0 0 0
2004 24 TEX AL 1.9 0.2 72 -0.0 1.5 -1.5 1.15 0.1 -0.1 1.1 0.1 1.15 0.7 0 0 0
2006 26 DET AL 0.7 0.1 18 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .26 -0.2 -0.4 -2.5 -0.2 0.26 -2.3 0 0 2
2007 27 OAK AL -9.1 -0.9 173 -0.5 1.4 -2.0 .53 -0.6 -0.5 -11.2 -1.1 0.53 -5.9 5 5 15
2010 30 TEX AL 15.6 1.6 869 1.3 15.6 -14.3 1.04 1.3 -0.0 14.8 1.5 1.04 13.8 0 0 0
2011 31 TEX AL 2.8 0.3 861 0.3 13.4 -13.0 .87 -0.0 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.87 -0.0 0 0 0
2012 32 TEX AL 4.1 0.4 278 -0.1 4.2 -4.3 .81 0.0 -0.2 1.9 0.2 0.81 2.7 0 0 0
8 Yrs -14.7 -1.1 3050 -3.1 48.9 -52.0 .94 -2.5 -0.8 -29.7 -2.5 0.94 -29.9 11 7 20

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
2002 22 TEX AL 15 4 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 .250 2 1 0 0 1 25% 42.8 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 3 4 0 0 8 31% 39.1 66 14 22 11 0 10 6.1 6.6 4.9 89 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% 48.7 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% -6.0 -6 -6 7 2 0 1 4.0 2.3 3.3 77 1 0 0 0 77
2010 30 TEX AL 32 32 12 13 7 3 6 14 18 .438 3 2 1 0 20 63% 55.6 90 9 16 7 0 16 4.1 4.4 6.3 103 2 6 24 0 119
2011 31 TEX AL 32 32 14 10 8 1 2 17 15 .531 4 3 2 1 19 59% 52.4 83 6 22 7 0 15 5.8 5.9 6.3 100 3 8 20 1 121
2012 32 TEX AL 10 10 4 3 3 0 0 6 4 .600 1 2 0 0 6 60% 54.4 75 31 5 0 0 6 5.8 4.1 6.5 106 0 3 6 1 122
7 Yrs 144 108 41 38 29 10 9 55 53 .509 13 13 3 1 54 50% 49 90 -6 83 31 0 50 5.2 5.2 5.9 98 12 31 62 3 122
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 100 -13 4.7 4.7 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

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 1.209 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 .259 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 .527 5 5 15 6 0 19 10 15 9 8 10 5 4.1 22
3 Yrs 43 38 13 1 3 3 0 3 0% 7 4 32 15 47% .835 11 7 20 9 3 26 17 21 15 11 18 7 3.9 23

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%
2002 22 TEX AL 168 46% 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 44% 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 49% 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 61% 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 69% 4.1% 13.5% 8.2% 10.0% 39% 0.59 0.73 72% 21% 10.0% 14% 44 5 11%
2010 30 TEX AL 844 50% 2.5% 23.2% 7.7% 7.5% 36% 0.62 0.76 65% 16% 7.4% 20% 150 12 8%
2011 31 TEX AL 839 42% 4.2% 20.1% 6.7% 8.9% 40% 0.53 0.63 68% 15% 10.7% 17% 125 10 8%
2012 32 TEX AL 271 40% 5.2% 21.8% 3.3% 11.1% 45% 0.52 0.61 68% 18% 13.1% 18% 32 3 9%
8 Yrs 2975 47% 3.6% 19.5% 8.5% 9.1% 39% 0.61 0.80 67% 18% 9.7% 16% 532 48 9%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.4% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.79 1.08 70% 19% 7.7% 12% 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
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 596 2306 3.87 1394 60% 28% 13% 29% 31% 72% 0% 44% 83% 55% 6% 34 21 22% 133 73 5 27% 11 12 -2 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
2010 30 TEX AL 844 3300 3.91 2144 65% 30% 16% 27% 27% 70% 0% 45% 77% 63% 4% 33 23 26% 217 125 16 31% 42 10 0 0 0
2011 31 TEX AL 841 3207 3.81 2100 65% 31% 14% 26% 29% 69% 0% 45% 80% 66% 3% 25 20 30% 254 136 9 27% 35 4 -2 0 0
2012 32 TEX AL 272 1063 3.91 701 66% 33% 14% 25% 28% 67% 0% 44% 79% 67% 3% 7 7 28% 75 40 4 20% 11 0 -1 0 0
8 Yrs 2980 11503 3.86 7295 63% 30% 14% 27% 29% 70% 1% 45% 79% 62% 5% 137 92 26% 768 418 36 28% 111 38 -5 0 0
MLB Averages 3.77 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

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
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 0 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
2010 30 TEX AL 844 174 19 3 21 0 19 12 9 7 14 45 21 12 47% 12 9 1 298 13 4 76% 13 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 20 0
2011 31 TEX AL 839 187 11 3 35 0 9 14 21 22 13 30 15 5 50% 6 4 1 274 10 7 59% 9 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 16 0
2012 32 TEX AL 271 67 6 1 14 0 1 3 11 4 10 8 4 3 50% 2 1 0 86 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
8 Yrs 2975 698 54 10 106 0 66 48 58 51 55 145 70 32 48% 23 23 3 1063 33 20 62% 32 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 55 0
MLB Averages 53% 71%

Cumulative Pitching

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 73 1.813 11.2 1.5 5.1 6.4 1.25 73
2008 28 12 15 .444 6.71 72 34 13 0 0 0 217.1 270 166 162 36 124 6 155 11 2 9 1021 73 1.813 11.2 1.5 5.1 6.4 1.25 73
2009 29 12 15 .444 6.71 72 34 13 0 0 0 217.1 270 166 162 36 124 6 155 11 2 9 1021 73 1.813 11.2 1.5 5.1 6.4 1.25 73
2010 30 24 28 .462 5.27 104 66 13 1 0 0 418.1 444 256 245 57 189 6 351 17 2 18 1865 89 1.513 9.6 1.2 4.1 7.6 1.86 89
2011 31 38 38 .500 4.99 136 98 13 3 1 0 618.2 631 359 343 92 245 7 520 23 2 22 2704 92 1.416 9.2 1.3 3.6 7.6 2.12 92
2012 32 42 41 .506 4.86 146 108 13 3 1 0 684.0 698 390 369 106 254 7 579 27 2 23 2975 94 1.392 9.2 1.4 3.3 7.6 2.28 94

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
2002 22 1 2 .333 5.82 34.0 40 24 22 4 25 27 2 1.912 10.6 6.6 7.1 1.08 1.1 15
2003 23 3 10 .231 6.59 123.0 153 100 90 22 66 85 5 1.780 11.2 4.8 6.2 1.29 1.6 26
2004 24 1 0 1.000 3.60 15.0 12 7 6 1 12 11 1 1.600 7.2 7.2 6.6 0.92 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 6.75 36.0 44 30 27 7 14 22 3 1.611 11.0 3.5 5.5 1.57 1.8 26
2010 30 12 10 .545 3.63 201.0 172 90 81 21 64 196 6 1.174 7.7 2.9 8.8 3.06 0.9 32
2011 31 9 12 .429 4.36 198.0 185 107 96 35 55 167 6 1.212 8.4 2.5 7.6 3.04 1.6 32
2012 32 4 3 .571 3.52 64.0 66 28 25 14 9 58 4 1.172 9.3 1.3 8.2 6.44 2.0 10
8 Yrs 31 40 .437 4.65 674.0 680 387 348 105 246 571 27 1.374 9.1 7.6 2.32 1.4 146

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2010 AL  1.189 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 AL  7.791 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2012 AL  1.240 (2nd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 AL  8.776 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2010 AL  196 (7th)
2012 AL  59 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2011 AL  1 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2011 AL  35 (1st)
2012 AL  14 (1st)

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

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2012 AL  6.556 (1st)

Losses s c a p y
2010 AL  13 (10th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2011 AL  98 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2012 AL  4 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 13 (1325), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 11 (915), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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