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Colby Lewis

Colby Preston Lewis

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 240 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 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Athletics/Tigers 2002-2012
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 4 yrs/$10M (10-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 6.136, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Octagon [*]
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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 71 124 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 6 6 .500 3.43 16 16 0 2 0 0 105.0 99 48 40 16 14 0 93 6 0 2 427 130 1.076 8.5 1.4 1.2 8.0 6.64
8 Yrs 44 44 .500 4.76 152 114 13 5 1 0 723.2 730 407 383 108 259 7 613 29 2 24 3131 96 1.367 9.1 1.3 3.2 7.6 2.37
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .500 4.76 39 29 3 1 0 0 185 187 104 98 28 66 2 157 7 1 6 800 96 1.367 9.1 1.3 3.2 7.6 2.37
TEX (6 yrs) 44 42 .512 4.68 124 113 4 5 1 0 683.0 678 378 355 100 244 4 585 26 1 23 2943 98 1.350 8.9 1.3 3.2 7.7 2.40
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
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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 -0.02 105.6 5.57 -5 -0.5 1.4 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .468 .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 -1.3 -14 .404 .485 $302,500
2004 24 TEX AL 15.1 3 3 7 4.11 4.96 -0.19 0.19 103.7 5.53 2 0.2 -0.0 0.4 4 .575 .501 $337,500
2006 26 DET AL 3.0 2 0 1 3.00 5.09 0.30 -0.38 100.0 4.42 0 0.0 .4 -0.0 0.1 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 -0.6 -6 .461 .494
2010 30 TEX AL 201.0 32 32 90 4.03 4.30 -0.05 0.16 102.9 4.64 12 1.3 -0.1 3.2 34 .540 .508 $1,750,000
2011 31 TEX AL 200.1 32 32 103 4.63 4.32 0.11 0.16 106.0 4.63 -0 -0.1 -0.1 1.9 21 .498 .500 $2,000,000
2012 32 TEX AL 105.0 16 16 48 4.11 4.35 -0.02 0.17 109.9 4.99 10 1.1 -0.1 2.1 21 .570 .507 $3,250,000
8 Seasons 723.2 152 114 407 5.06 4.52 0.07 0.13 106.0 4.86 -19 -1.4 1.0 -0.5 5.6 60 .491 .499 $7,840,000
TEX (6 yrs) 683.0 124 113 378 4.98 4.50 0.07 0.16 106.6 4.89 -9 -0.4 1.4 -0.5 6.1 65 .497 .500 $7,840,000
DET (1 yr) 3.0 2 0 1 3.00 5.09 0.30 -0.38 100.0 4.42 0 0.0 .4 -0.0 0.1 1 .521 .500
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 -0.6 -6 .461 .494

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

Standard Batting

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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 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 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 AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2007 27 OAK AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 16 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 165 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Yrs 152 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 22 21 1 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 .250 .250 .300 .550 45 6 0 0 1 0 0
TEX (6 yrs) 124 21 20 1 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 .250 .250 .300 .550 45 6 0 0 1 0 0
DET (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OAK (1 yr) 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
2002 22 TEX AL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .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 .500 .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 .501 .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 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
2010 30 TEX AL 32 8 -1 -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 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $2,000,000 1
2012 32 TEX AL 16 4 0 -0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .506 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $3,250,000 1
8 Seasons 152 21 -2 -0 0 0 4 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .501 .500 0.2 0.1 3 $7,840,000
TEX (6 yrs) 124 21 -2 -0 0 0 3 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .502 .500 0.2 0.1 3 $7,840,000
DET (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0
OAK (1 yr) 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0

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
2010 30 TEX AL ALDS TBR W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 30 TEX AL ALCS NYY W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 30 TEX AL WS SFG L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 31 TEX AL ALDS TBR W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 31 TEX AL ALCS DET W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 31 TEX AL WS STL L 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (6 Series) 8 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 ALDS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

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% lgCS% PO Awards
2002 TEX AL 22 P 15 4 0 34.1 12 5 7 0 2 1.000 3.15 0.80 .957 1.68 1.67 1 0 0% 32% 0
2003 TEX AL 23 P 26 26 0 127.0 21 8 13 0 1 1.000 1 2 1.49 0.81 .957 1.73 1.71 5 6 55% 30% 0
2004 TEX AL 24 P 3 3 0 15.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.76 1.00 .947 1.64 1.63 1 0 0% 32% 0
2006 DET AL 26 P 2 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.50 1.55 0 0 0
2007 OAK AL 27 P 26 1 0 37.2 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 0 0 0.96 0.15 .955 1.60 1.59 1 0 0% 27% 0
2010 TEX AL 30 P 32 32 1 201.0 25 8 12 5 0 .800 -5 -5 0.90 0.63 .953 1.63 1.61 13 4 24% 26% 0
2011 TEX AL 31 P 32 32 2 200.1 20 3 13 4 1 .800 0 0 0.72 0.50 .949 1.60 1.59 10 7 41% 28% 0
2012 TEX AL 32 P 16 16 2 105.0 13 4 7 2 0 .846 -1 -2 0.94 0.69 .954 1.57 1.56 8 3 27% 25% 0
8 Seasons P 152 114 5 723.2 98 30 57 11 5 .888 -5 -1 1.08 0.57 .953 1.63 1.62 39 20 34% 28% 0
8 Seasons TOT 152 114 5 723.2 98 30 57 11 5 .888 -5 -8 1.08 0.57 .953 1.63 1.62 39 20 34% 28% 0
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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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)

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

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

Complete Games s c a p y
2012 AL  2 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2011 AL  1 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2011 AL  35 (1st)

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

Losses s c a p y
2010 AL  13 (10th)

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

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
2010 AL  5 (1st)
2011 AL  4 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 9 (1564), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 11 (928), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1411), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (1093rd), 5.8 career WAR/7.0 7yr-peak WAR/6.4 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
200222Texas Rangers$200,0004/3/02 AP
200323Texas Rangers$302,5004/3/03 AP
200424Texas Rangers$337,5004/7/04 AP
200525Detroit Tigers$339,500
201030Texas Rangers$1,750,000
201131Texas Rangers$2,000,000
201232Texas Rangers$3,250,000contracts
201333Texas Rangers$2,000,000
2013 StatusSigned thru 2013, Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)$10,179,500
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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