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Brad Lidge

Bradley Thomas Lidge (Lights Out)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: December 23, 1976 in Sacramento, CA
High School: Cherry Creek (Englewood, CO)
School: University of Notre Dame
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed July 2, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 2002
Teams (by GP): Astros/Phillies 2002-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 3 yrs/$36M (09-11), 1 yr/$1M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 9.043, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Jim Turner [*]
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All-Star

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 25 HOU NL 1 0 1.000 6.23 6 1 2 0 0 0 8.2 12 6 6 0 9 1 12 2 0 0 48 72 2.423 12.5 0.0 9.3 12.5 1.33
2003 26 HOU NL 6 3 .667 3.60 78 0 9 0 0 1 85.0 60 36 34 6 42 7 97 5 1 4 349 122 1.200 6.4 0.6 4.4 10.3 2.31 RoY-5
2004 27 HOU NL 6 5 .545 1.90 80 0 44 0 0 29 94.2 57 21 20 8 30 5 157 6 1 3 369 230 0.919 5.4 0.8 2.9 14.9 5.23 CYA-8
2005 28 HOU NL 4 4 .500 2.29 70 0 65 0 0 42 70.2 58 21 18 5 23 1 103 3 0 8 291 185 1.146 7.4 0.6 2.9 13.1 4.48 AS,MVP-30
2006 29 HOU NL 1 5 .167 5.28 78 0 52 0 0 32 75.0 69 47 44 10 36 4 104 6 0 11 340 85 1.400 8.3 1.2 4.3 12.5 2.89
2007 30 HOU NL 5 3 .625 3.36 66 0 34 0 0 19 67.0 54 29 25 9 30 4 88 4 0 6 287 133 1.254 7.3 1.2 4.0 11.8 2.93
2008 31 PHI NL 2 0 1.000 1.95 72 0 61 0 0 41 69.1 50 17 15 2 35 4 92 1 0 5 292 226 1.226 6.5 0.3 4.5 11.9 2.63 AS,CYA-4,MVP-8
2009 32 PHI NL 0 8 .000 7.21 67 0 55 0 0 31 58.2 72 51 47 11 34 3 61 5 0 4 283 59 1.807 11.0 1.7 5.2 9.4 1.79
2010 33 PHI NL 1 1 .500 2.96 50 0 38 0 0 27 45.2 32 16 15 5 24 4 52 1 1 3 193 139 1.226 6.3 1.0 4.7 10.2 2.17
2011 34 PHI NL 0 2 .000 1.40 25 0 4 0 0 1 19.1 16 3 3 0 13 3 23 1 0 2 86 282 1.500 7.4 0.0 6.1 10.7 1.77
10 Seasons 26 31 .456 3.44 592 1 364 0 0 223 594.0 480 247 227 56 276 36 789 34 3 46 2538 126 1.273 7.3 0.8 4.2 12.0 2.86
162 Game Avg. 3 4 .456 3.44 68 0 42 0 0 26 68 55 28 26 6 32 4 90 4 0 5 291 126 1.273 7.3 0.8 4.2 12.0 2.86
HOU (6 yrs) 23 20 .535 3.30 378 1 206 0 0 123 401.0 310 160 147 38 170 22 561 26 2 32 1684 133 1.197 7.0 0.9 3.8 12.6 3.30
PHI (4 yrs) 3 11 .214 3.73 214 0 158 0 0 100 193.0 170 87 80 18 106 14 228 8 1 14 854 113 1.430 7.9 0.8 4.9 10.6 2.15

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2002 25 HOU NL 8.2 1 6 6 0 .8 0 -0.1 $
2003 26 HOU NL 85.0 0 36 52 1 1.4 16 1.2 $300,000 RoY-5
2004 27 HOU NL 94.2 0 21 56 1 1.9 35 4.2 $360,000 CYA-8
2005 28 HOU NL 70.2 0 21 40 2 1.7 19 2.0 $500,000 AS,MVP-30
2006 29 HOU NL 75.0 0 47 42 3 1.8 -5 -1.5 $3,975,000
2007 30 HOU NL 67.0 0 29 42 -1 1.7 13 1.0 $5,350,000
2008 31 PHI NL 69.1 0 17 41 1 1.9 24 2.8 $6,350,000 AS,CYA-4,MVP-8
2009 32 PHI NL 58.2 0 51 35 0 2.1 -16 -3.3 $12,000,000
2010 33 PHI NL 45.2 0 16 23 0 2.2 7 1.1 $12,000,000
2011 34 PHI NL 19.1 0 3 9 0 1.5 6 0.9 $12,000,000
10 Seasons 594.0 1 247 346 8 1.8 99 8.3 $52,835,000
HOU (6 yrs) 401.0 1 160 238 6 1.7 78 6.8 $10,485,000
PHI (4 yrs) 193.0 0 87 108 2 2.0 21 1.5 $42,350,000

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
2004 27 HOU NL NLDS W ATL 0 0 2.08 3 0 1 0 0 1 4.1 4 1 1 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 16 1.154 8.3 0.0 2.1 12.5 6.00
2004 27 HOU NL NLCS L STL 1 0 1.000 0.00 4 0 3 0 0 2 8.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 14 1 0 0 28 0.375 1.1 0.0 2.3 15.8 7.00
2005 28 HOU NL NLDS W ATL 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 18 1.500 4.5 0.0 9.0 11.3 1.25
2005 28 HOU NL NLCS W STL 0 1 .000 7.20 4 0 4 0 0 3 5.0 6 4 4 1 2 0 7 0 0 0 22 1.600 10.8 1.8 3.6 12.6 3.50
2005 28 HOU NL WS L CHW 0 2 .000 4.91 3 0 2 0 0 0 3.2 4 2 2 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 15 1.091 9.8 2.5 0.0 14.7
2008 31 PHI NL NLDS W MIL 0 0 3.00 3 0 3 0 0 2 3.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 13 1.333 9.0 0.0 3.0 12.0 4.00
2008 31 PHI NL NLCS W LAD 0 0 0.00 4 0 4 0 0 3 4.1 2 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 1 18 0.923 4.2 0.0 4.2 12.5 3.00
2008 31 PHI NL WS W TBR 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 2 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
2009 32 PHI NL NLDS W COL 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 2 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 1.500 0.0 0.0 13.5 6.8 0.50
2009 32 PHI NL NLCS W LAD 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 1 2.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 9 0.750 3.4 0.0 3.4 10.1 3.00
2009 32 PHI NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 27.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 3 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2010 33 PHI NL NLDS W CIN 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
2010 33 PHI NL NLCS L SFG 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 1 3.0 3 0 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 15 1.667 9.0 0.0 6.0 15.0 2.50
2011 34 PHI NL NLDS L STL 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 8 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
6 Seasons (14 Series) 2 4 .333 2.18 39 0 32 0 0 18 45.1 32 11 11 2 19 2 62 3 0 3 185 1.125 6.4 0.4 3.8 12.3 3.26
6 NLDS 0 0 1.15 15 0 10 0 0 6 15.2 11 2 2 0 10 1 17 0 0 1 65 1.340 6.3 0.0 5.7 9.8 1.70
5 NLCS 2 1 .667 1.57 18 0 17 0 0 10 23.0 13 4 4 1 9 1 35 2 0 2 92 0.957 5.1 0.4 3.5 13.7 3.89
3 WS 0 3 .000 6.75 6 0 5 0 0 2 6.2 8 5 5 1 0 0 10 1 0 0 28 1.200 10.8 1.4 0.0 13.5

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
2005 HOU NL 28 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.0
2008 PHI NL 31 0 0 1 .000 13.50 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.500 27.0 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 0 1 .000 5.40 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 8 1.800 10.8 0.0 5.4 16.2 3.00

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 25 HOU NL 6 48 36 6 12 4 0 0 2 0 9 12 .333 .489 .444 .934 .500 16 1 2 1 0 1 0
2003 26 HOU NL 78 349 297 36 60 14 2 6 5 6 42 97 .202 .308 .323 .632 .274 96 6 5 2 3 7 1
2004 27 HOU NL 80 369 328 21 57 6 4 8 2 5 30 157 .174 .254 .290 .544 .297 95 5 6 3 2 5 2
2005 28 HOU NL 70 291 260 21 58 11 0 5 5 2 23 103 .223 .293 .323 .616 .346 84 1 3 4 1 1 3
2006 29 HOU NL 78 340 290 47 69 12 3 10 7 0 36 104 .238 .332 .403 .736 .331 117 2 6 6 2 4 7
2007 30 HOU NL 66 287 247 29 54 14 3 9 3 0 30 88 .219 .312 .409 .721 .298 101 3 4 5 1 4 2
2008 31 PHI NL 72 292 253 17 50 10 1 2 8 1 35 92 .198 .297 .269 .565 .300 68 3 1 2 1 4 4
2009 32 PHI NL 67 283 239 51 72 12 3 11 11 1 34 61 .301 .398 .515 .912 .363 123 4 5 4 1 3 4
2010 33 PHI NL 50 193 165 16 32 7 0 5 7 0 24 52 .194 .300 .327 .627 .250 54 2 1 3 0 4 1
2011 34 PHI NL 25 86 71 3 16 4 0 0 6 1 13 23 .225 .353 .282 .635 .333 20 1 1 1 0 3 0
10 Seasons 592 2538 2186 247 480 94 16 56 56 16 276 789 .220 .315 .354 .669 .314 774 28 34 31 11 36 24
162 Game Avg. 68 291 251 28 55 11 2 6 6 2 32 90 .220 .315 .354 .669 .314 89 3 4 4 1 4 3
MLB Averages .263 .331 .418 .749 .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 25 HOU NL -1.3 -0.1 49 0.1 0.6 -0.5 .81 -0.2 0.4 -1.6 -0.2 0.81 -4.6 1 1 2
2003 26 HOU NL 7.7 0.8 362 2.2 9.7 -7.5 1.47 1.4 0.1 13.5 1.3 1.47 16.5 37 22 19
2004 27 HOU NL 26.1 2.6 382 5.8 14.4 -8.7 1.94 2.6 0.3 34.3 3.4 1.94 30.1 46 19 15
2005 28 HOU NL 14.7 1.5 314 2.8 9.6 -6.8 1.70 1.1 0.6 13.3 1.3 1.70 14.0 37 16 16
2006 29 HOU NL -6.4 -0.6 360 -1.0 10.2 -11.2 1.91 -0.5 -0.0 -4.7 -0.5 1.91 -4.8 39 14 22
2007 30 HOU NL 7.3 0.7 298 1.1 8.9 -7.7 1.67 0.3 0.4 7.4 0.7 1.67 4.0 33 8 24
2008 31 PHI NL 18.2 1.8 316 5.3 10.7 -5.4 1.90 1.7 1.2 17.9 1.8 1.90 16.9 39 11 22
2009 32 PHI NL -19.6 -1.9 306 -4.6 8.0 -12.6 2.01 -1.6 -0.7 -17.7 -1.7 2.01 -20.0 32 13 20
2010 33 PHI NL 5.8 0.6 210 1.9 7.3 -5.4 2.15 0.6 0.3 7.3 0.7 2.15 8.4 26 11 12
2011 34 PHI NL 5.5 0.6 92 0.4 2.2 -1.8 1.54 0.2 -0.0 5.0 0.5 1.54 2.7 11 6 8
10 Seasons 57.9 5.9 2689 14.1 81.6 -67.6 1.80 5.6 2.2 74.7 7.5 1.80 63.2 301 121 160

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 25 HOU NL 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 57 57 57 2 1 0 1 3.0 6.0 3.0 49 1 0 0 0 49
1 Season 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 57 57 57 2 1 0 1 3.0 6.0 3.0 49 1 0 0 0 49
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 100 -12 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 25 HOU NL 6 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .810 1 1 2 0 2 3 0 5 2 2 2 0 3.4 31
2003 26 HOU NL 78 78 9 6 3 6 1 5 17% 34 28 27 7 26% 7 1.465 37 22 19 42 18 18 15 63 17 16 18 27 3.3 18
2004 27 HOU NL 80 80 44 6 5 33 29 4 88% 50 16 30 2 7% 8 1.942 46 19 15 61 13 6 20 60 27 8 27 24 3.6 18
2005 28 HOU NL 70 70 65 4 4 46 42 4 91% 46 0 17 7 41% 9 1.700 37 16 16 52 8 10 11 59 7 7 7 23 3.0 16
2006 29 HOU NL 78 78 52 1 5 38 32 6 84% 44 6 16 5 31% 9 1.912 39 14 22 55 9 14 9 69 7 15 9 27 2.9 17
2007 30 HOU NL 66 66 34 5 3 27 19 8 70% 34 7 12 3 25% 9 1.671 33 8 24 43 5 18 6 60 9 10 9 20 3.0 17
2008 31 PHI NL 72 72 61 2 0 41 41 0 100% 41 0 1 1 100% 9 1.898 39 11 22 51 9 12 1 71 0 4 0 25 2.9 17
2009 32 PHI NL 67 67 55 0 8 42 31 11 74% 43 1 6 1 17% 9 2.007 32 13 20 51 3 13 5 62 0 16 0 21 2.6 17
2010 33 PHI NL 50 50 38 1 1 32 27 5 84% 32 0 6 2 33% 9 2.150 26 11 12 39 6 5 5 45 0 8 0 14 2.7 16
2011 34 PHI NL 25 25 4 0 2 1 1 0 100% 9 8 8 1 13% 8 1.539 11 6 8 10 5 10 6 19 0 10 0 4 2.3 14
10 Seasons 592 591 364 26 31 266 223 43 84% 333 66 123 29 24% 1.797 301 121 160 404 78 109 78 513 69 96 72 185 3.0 17

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 25 HOU NL 48 60% 0.0% 25.0% 18.8% 8.3% 33% 0.35 1.00 50% 40% 0.0% 0% 11 1 9%
2003 26 HOU NL 349 54% 1.7% 27.8% 12.0% 6.3% 37% 0.66 0.78 56% 19% 5.7% 14% 70 6 9%
2004 27 HOU NL 369 49% 2.2% 42.6% 8.1% 4.9% 32% 0.50 0.70 45% 22% 7.8% 10% 63 5 8%
2005 28 HOU NL 291 50% 1.7% 35.4% 7.9% 5.5% 28% 0.89 1.06 53% 20% 6.8% 12% 52 1 2%
2006 29 HOU NL 340 56% 2.9% 30.6% 10.6% 7.4% 36% 0.83 1.33 52% 20% 10.8% 9% 66 2 3%
2007 30 HOU NL 287 58% 3.1% 30.7% 10.5% 9.1% 48% 0.76 1.05 53% 16% 11.4% 12% 48 3 6%
2008 31 PHI NL 292 46% 0.7% 31.5% 12.0% 4.5% 26% 0.88 1.13 55% 17% 3.0% 20% 39 3 8%
2009 32 PHI NL 283 50% 3.9% 21.6% 12.0% 9.2% 36% 0.65 0.92 59% 20% 12.2% 17% 49 4 8%
2010 33 PHI NL 193 48% 2.6% 26.9% 12.4% 6.2% 38% 0.61 0.70 56% 14% 8.3% 14% 26 2 8%
2011 34 PHI NL 86 57% 0.0% 26.7% 15.1% 4.7% 25% 1.24 2.18 56% 20% 0.0% 10% 14 1 7%
10 Seasons 2538 52% 2.2% 31.1% 10.9% 6.5% 35% 0.72 0.96 53% 19% 7.9% 13% 438 28 6%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.3% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.79 1.07 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 25 HOU NL 48 205 4.27 118 58% 24% 21% 34% 21% 76% 5% 44% 72% 63% 13% 6 3 33% 16 10 1 25% 1 2 0 0 0
2003 26 HOU NL 349 1391 3.99 867 62% 24% 23% 29% 24% 76% 5% 47% 69% 58% 7% 24 11 29% 101 65 6 24% 20 7 0 0 0
2004 27 HOU NL 369 1466 3.97 983 67% 23% 37% 22% 18% 77% 4% 51% 52% 62% 4% 16 7 38% 140 93 5 11% 42 5 0 0 0
2005 28 HOU NL 291 1134 3.90 764 67% 24% 31% 24% 21% 76% 1% 51% 60% 62% 4% 12 6 37% 107 77 5 15% 31 5 0 0 0
2006 29 HOU NL 340 1351 3.97 851 63% 23% 28% 26% 23% 77% 3% 48% 64% 63% 5% 17 8 31% 104 62 6 16% 28 7 0 0 0
2007 30 HOU NL 287 1146 3.99 706 62% 23% 29% 24% 23% 77% 3% 47% 62% 54% 7% 20 12 26% 76 42 5 14% 15 5 0 0 0
2008 31 PHI NL 292 1238 4.24 759 61% 30% 26% 22% 22% 70% 3% 43% 63% 55% 6% 18 10 24% 71 36 2 16% 17 4 0 0 0
2009 32 PHI NL 283 1142 4.04 690 60% 28% 23% 23% 27% 72% 2% 44% 68% 58% 6% 17 6 22% 61 27 3 21% 9 8 0 0 0
2010 33 PHI NL 193 812 4.21 489 60% 32% 19% 26% 24% 68% 5% 41% 72% 49% 5% 10 5 18% 35 18 1 19% 11 2 0 0 0
2011 34 PHI NL 86 339 3.94 197 58% 31% 27% 17% 25% 69% 7% 40% 61% 60% 10% 9 2 27% 23 11 0 17% 8 4 0 0 0
10 Seasons 2538 10224 4.03 6424 63% 26% 28% 24% 22% 74% 3% 47% 63% 58% 6% 149 70 29% 734 441 34 16% 182 49 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.77 63% 27% 15% 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
2002 25 HOU NL 48 12 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 26 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 26 HOU NL 349 60 2 0 6 0 10 3 3 3 3 15 8 4 53% 1 4 1 128 5 6 45% 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 0
2004 27 HOU NL 369 57 4 1 8 0 9 5 3 5 3 24 4 8 17% 2 3 0 129 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
2005 28 HOU NL 291 58 8 0 5 0 4 4 1 4 1 13 9 3 69% 3 8 1 119 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
2006 29 HOU NL 340 69 1 0 10 2 5 6 4 9 1 18 9 3 50% 7 11 0 135 7 0 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
2007 30 HOU NL 287 54 10 0 9 0 10 6 3 7 2 16 5 9 31% 2 6 1 94 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
2008 31 PHI NL 292 50 8 2 2 1 10 1 1 1 1 15 4 6 27% 4 5 0 99 8 1 89% 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2009 32 PHI NL 283 72 6 1 11 0 15 8 3 5 6 24 10 5 42% 4 4 0 103 11 1 92% 10 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 6 0
2010 33 PHI NL 193 32 1 0 5 0 6 2 3 3 2 9 3 2 33% 1 3 0 68 7 0 100% 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2011 34 PHI NL 86 16 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 50% 0 2 0 39 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 Seasons 2538 480 45 4 56 3 75 35 21 37 19 139 54 41 39% 24 46 3 940 56 16 78% 52 14 4 2 0 0 4 2 90 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 25 1 0 1.000 6.23 6 1 2 0 0 0 8.2 12 6 6 0 9 1 12 2 0 0 48 72 2.423 12.5 0.0 9.3 12.5 1.33 72
2003 26 7 3 .700 3.84 84 1 11 0 0 1 93.2 72 42 40 6 51 8 109 7 1 4 397 114 1.313 6.9 0.6 4.9 10.5 2.14 114
2004 27 13 8 .619 2.87 164 1 55 0 0 30 188.1 129 63 60 14 81 13 266 13 2 7 766 153 1.115 6.2 0.7 3.9 12.7 3.28 153
2005 28 17 12 .586 2.71 234 1 120 0 0 72 259.0 187 84 78 19 104 14 369 16 2 15 1057 160 1.124 6.5 0.7 3.6 12.8 3.55 160
2006 29 18 17 .514 3.29 312 1 172 0 0 104 334.0 256 131 122 29 140 18 473 22 2 26 1397 133 1.186 6.9 0.8 3.8 12.7 3.38 133
2007 30 23 20 .535 3.30 378 1 206 0 0 123 401.0 310 160 147 38 170 22 561 26 2 32 1684 133 1.197 7.0 0.9 3.8 12.6 3.30 133
2008 31 25 20 .556 3.10 450 1 267 0 0 164 470.1 360 177 162 40 205 26 653 27 2 37 1976 142 1.201 6.9 0.8 3.9 12.5 3.19 142
2009 32 25 28 .472 3.56 517 1 322 0 0 195 529.0 432 228 209 51 239 29 714 32 2 41 2259 123 1.268 7.3 0.9 4.1 12.1 2.99 123
2010 33 26 29 .473 3.51 567 1 360 0 0 222 574.2 464 244 224 56 263 33 766 33 3 44 2452 124 1.265 7.3 0.9 4.1 12.0 2.91 124
2011 34 26 31 .456 3.44 592 1 364 0 0 223 594.0 480 247 227 56 276 36 789 34 3 46 2538 126 1.273 7.3 0.8 4.2 12.0 2.86 126

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 25 0 0 6.75 8.0 12 7 6 0 9 12 2 2.625 13.5 10.1 13.5 1.33 0.0 6
2003 26 5 4 .556 3.40 82.0 58 34 31 6 41 93 5 1.207 6.4 4.5 10.2 2.27 0.7 78
2004 27 8 2 .800 1.84 93.0 56 21 19 8 29 154 6 0.914 5.4 2.8 14.9 5.31 0.8 80
2005 28 5 2 .714 2.35 69.0 58 20 18 5 23 101 3 1.174 7.6 3.0 13.2 4.39 0.7 70
2006 29 3 5 .375 4.97 76.0 69 47 42 10 36 106 6 1.382 8.2 4.3 12.6 2.94 1.2 78
2007 30 4 3 .571 3.27 66.0 54 27 24 9 30 87 4 1.273 7.4 4.1 11.9 2.90 1.2 66
2008 31 6 1 .857 1.83 69.0 49 16 14 2 34 92 1 1.203 6.4 4.4 12.0 2.71 0.3 72
2009 32 1 5 .167 7.42 57.0 73 52 47 11 34 59 5 1.877 11.5 5.4 9.3 1.74 1.7 67
2010 33 2 2 .500 3.00 45.0 33 17 15 5 25 51 1 1.289 6.6 5.0 10.2 2.04 1.0 50
2011 34 2 0 1.000 1.42 19.0 16 3 3 0 13 22 1 1.526 7.6 6.2 10.4 1.69 0.0 25
10 Seasons 36 24 .600 3.38 584.0 478 244 219 56 274 777 34 1.288 7.4 12.0 2.84 0.9 592

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2005 *
2008 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2008 NL Comeback Player of the Year
2008 NL Rolaids Relief

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2005 NL (30, 0%)
2008 NL (8, 23%)
0.23 Career Shares (693rd)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2004 NL (8, 1%)
2008 NL (4, 6%)
0.07 Career Shares (200th)

Games Played s c a p y
2003 NL  78 (5th)
2004 NL  80 (9th)
2006 NL  78 (10th)
Active  592 (20th)
Career  592 (198th)

Saves s c a p y
2004 NL  29 (10th)
2005 NL  42 (3rd)
2006 NL  32 (6th)
2008 NL  41 (2nd)
2009 NL  31 (9th)
2010 NL  27 (7th)
Active  223 (7th)
Career  223 (36th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2005 NL  8 (8th)
2006 NL  11 (3rd)
Active  46 (47th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2005 NL  65 (2nd)
2006 NL  52 (7th)
2008 NL  61 (3rd)
2009 NL  55 (6th)
Active  364 (8th)
Career  364 (71st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2004 NL  26 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2004 NL  2.6 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2004 NL  34.34 (7th)
Active  74.71 (47th)
Career  74.71 (249th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2004 NL  5.8 (1st)
2008 NL  5.3 (1st)
Active  14.1 (22nd)
Career  14.1 (116th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2004 NL  2.6 (9th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2004 NL  3.4 (8th)
Active  7.5 (48th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 21 (1043), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 58 (221), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (737), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Ugueth Urbina (954)
  2. Bobby Thigpen (949)
  3. Gregg Olson (947)
  4. Brian Fuentes (943)
  5. Jose Valverde (943)
  6. Eric Gagne (940)
  7. Keith Foulke (932)
  8. Jeff Shaw (927)
  9. Duane Ward (926)
  10. Jeff Brantley (924)
Similar Pitchers through 34 
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  1. Francisco Cordero (952)
  2. Gregg Olson (947)
  3. Brian Fuentes (934)
  4. Keith Foulke (934)
  5. Todd Jones (933)
  6. Roberto Hernandez (932)
  7. Jeff Shaw (927)
  8. Troy Percival (926)
  9. Tom Henke (925)
  10. Dave Veres (916)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Todd Jones (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ken Tatum (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Keith Foulke (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Francisco Cordero (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jose Valverde (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Todd Jones (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Francisco Cordero (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Francisco Cordero (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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