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Cory Lidle

Cory Fulton Lidle

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 22, 1972 in Hollywood, CA
High School: South Hills HS (Covina, CA)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 8, 1997
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Athletics/Mets/DevilRays/BlueJays/... 1997-2006

Final Game: October 1, 2006
Died: October 11, 2006 in New York, NY
Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Covina, CA
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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
1997 25 NYM NL 7 2 .778 3.53 54 2 20 0 0 2 81.2 86 38 32 7 20 4 54 3 0 2 345 116 1.298 9.5 0.8 2.2 6.0 2.70
1999 27 TBD AL 1 0 1.000 7.20 5 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 8 4 4 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 24 73 2.000 14.4 0.0 3.6 7.2 2.00
2000 28 TBD AL 4 6 .400 5.03 31 11 5 0 0 0 96.2 114 61 54 13 29 3 62 3 0 6 424 98 1.479 10.6 1.2 2.7 5.8 2.14
2001 29 OAK AL 13 6 .684 3.59 29 29 0 1 0 0 188.0 170 84 75 23 47 7 118 10 0 5 762 121 1.154 8.1 1.1 2.3 5.6 2.51
2002 30 OAK AL 8 10 .444 3.89 31 30 0 2 2 0 192.0 191 90 83 17 39 3 111 6 1 6 796 112 1.198 9.0 0.8 1.8 5.2 2.85
2003 31 TOR AL 12 15 .444 5.75 31 31 0 2 0 0 192.2 216 133 123 24 60 3 112 5 0 9 840 82 1.433 10.1 1.1 2.8 5.2 1.87
2004 32 TOT NL 12 12 .500 4.90 34 34 0 5 3 0 211.1 224 123 115 27 61 5 126 10 0 8 911 88 1.349 9.5 1.1 2.6 5.4 2.07
2004 32 CIN NL 7 10 .412 5.32 24 24 0 3 1 0 149.0 170 95 88 24 44 4 93 5 0 8 656 80 1.436 10.3 1.4 2.7 5.6 2.11
2004 32 PHI NL 5 2 .714 3.90 10 10 0 2 2 0 62.1 54 28 27 3 17 1 33 5 0 0 255 116 1.139 7.8 0.4 2.5 4.8 1.94
2005 33 PHI NL 13 11 .542 4.53 31 31 0 1 0 0 184.2 210 105 93 18 40 5 121 6 0 6 792 97 1.354 10.2 0.9 1.9 5.9 3.03
2006 34 TOT MLB 12 10 .545 4.85 31 30 0 0 0 0 170.2 181 100 92 30 58 4 130 11 0 5 745 96 1.400 9.5 1.6 3.1 6.9 2.24
2006 34 PHI NL 8 7 .533 4.74 21 21 0 0 0 0 125.1 132 74 66 19 39 3 98 8 0 4 542 99 1.364 9.5 1.4 2.8 7.0 2.51
2006 34 NYY AL 4 3 .571 5.16 10 9 0 0 0 0 45.1 49 26 26 11 19 1 32 3 0 1 203 88 1.500 9.7 2.2 3.8 6.4 1.68
9 Yrs 82 72 .532 4.57 277 199 26 11 5 2 1322.2 1400 738 671 159 356 34 838 54 1 47 5639 98 1.328 9.5 1.1 2.4 5.7 2.35
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .532 4.57 40 28 4 2 1 0 189 200 105 96 23 51 5 120 8 0 7 806 98 1.328 9.5 1.1 2.4 5.7 2.35
PHI (3 yrs) 26 20 .565 4.50 62 62 0 3 2 0 372.1 396 207 186 40 96 9 252 19 0 10 1589 100 1.321 9.6 1.0 2.3 6.1 2.63
TBD (2 yrs) 5 6 .455 5.13 36 12 6 0 0 0 101.2 122 65 58 13 31 3 66 3 0 6 448 96 1.505 10.8 1.2 2.7 5.8 2.13
OAK (2 yrs) 21 16 .568 3.74 60 59 0 3 2 0 380.0 361 174 158 40 86 10 229 16 1 11 1558 116 1.176 8.6 0.9 2.0 5.4 2.66
NYM (1 yr) 7 2 .778 3.53 54 2 20 0 0 2 81.2 86 38 32 7 20 4 54 3 0 2 345 116 1.298 9.5 0.8 2.2 6.0 2.70
CIN (1 yr) 7 10 .412 5.32 24 24 0 3 1 0 149.0 170 95 88 24 44 4 93 5 0 8 656 80 1.436 10.3 1.4 2.7 5.6 2.11
NYY (1 yr) 4 3 .571 5.16 10 9 0 0 0 0 45.1 49 26 26 11 19 1 32 3 0 1 203 88 1.500 9.7 2.2 3.8 6.4 1.68
TOR (1 yr) 12 15 .444 5.75 31 31 0 2 0 0 192.2 216 133 123 24 60 3 112 5 0 9 840 82 1.433 10.1 1.1 2.8 5.2 1.87
AL (6 yrs) 42 40 .512 4.56 137 111 6 5 2 0 719.2 748 398 365 88 196 17 439 27 1 27 3049 100 1.312 9.4 1.1 2.5 5.5 2.24
NL (4 yrs) 40 32 .556 4.57 140 88 20 6 3 2 603.0 652 340 306 71 160 17 399 27 0 20 2590 96 1.347 9.7 1.1 2.4 6.0 2.49

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
1997 25 NYM NL 81.2 54 2 38 4.19 4.71 0.28 -0.31 96.4 3.97 -2 -0.2 1.1 -0.1 0.3 6 .496 .499 $150,000
1999 27 TBD AL 5.0 5 1 4 7.20 5.62 -0.38 -0.16 101.9 5.95 -1 -0.1 .8 -0.0 0.0 -0 .488 .500 $210,000
2000 28 TBD AL 96.2 31 11 61 5.68 5.40 0.06 -0.04 100.1 5.30 -5 -0.4 .8 -0.1 0.3 9 .486 .497 $
2001 29 OAK AL 188.0 29 29 84 4.02 4.93 0.12 0.19 96.9 4.84 16 1.6 -0.1 3.2 41 .556 .510 $
2002 30 OAK AL 192.0 31 30 90 4.22 4.98 -0.04 0.18 96.6 5.02 16 1.7 .6 -0.1 3.3 41 .554 .510 $2,550,000
2003 31 TOR AL 192.2 31 31 133 6.21 4.88 -0.25 0.19 104.2 5.54 -14 -1.3 -0.1 0.3 10 .457 .492 $5,350,000
2004 32 CIN NL 149.0 24 24 95 5.74 4.83 0.05 0.19 98.3 4.90 -15 -1.4 -0.1 -0.4 1 .441 .491 $2,750,000
2004 32 PHI NL 62.1 10 10 28 4.04 4.51 0.10 0.18 103.6 4.75 5 0.5 -0.0 0.9 11 .549 .503 $
2005 33 PHI NL 184.2 31 31 105 5.12 4.55 0.61 0.17 103.3 4.25 -18 -1.8 -0.1 -0.5 -0 .443 .489 $3,000,000
2006 34 PHI NL 125.1 21 21 74 5.31 4.92 -0.12 0.19 105.3 5.51 3 0.3 -0.1 1.2 16 .515 .502 $3,300,000
2006 34 NYY AL 45.1 10 9 26 5.16 4.91 -0.35 0.18 99.3 5.40 1 0.1 1.3 -0.0 0.5 7 .508 .500 $
9 Seasons 1322.2 277 199 738 5.02 4.87 0.07 0.13 100.4 4.95 -13 -1.0 1.0 -1.0 9.1 141 .496 .499 $17,310,000
PHI (3 yrs) 372.1 62 62 207 5.00 4.67 0.28 0.18 104.0 4.76 -10 -1.0 -0.2 1.6 27 .484 .498 $6,300,000
TBD (2 yrs) 101.2 36 12 65 5.75 5.41 0.04 -0.05 100.2 5.33 -6 -0.5 .8 -0.1 0.3 9 .486 .498 $210,000
OAK (2 yrs) 380.0 60 59 174 4.12 4.95 0.04 0.18 96.7 4.93 32 3.3 .6 -0.2 6.5 82 .555 .510 $2,550,000
NYM (1 yr) 81.2 54 2 38 4.19 4.71 0.28 -0.31 96.4 3.97 -2 -0.2 1.1 -0.1 0.3 6 .496 .499 $150,000
CIN (1 yr) 149.0 24 24 95 5.74 4.83 0.05 0.19 98.3 4.90 -15 -1.4 -0.1 -0.4 1 .441 .491 $2,750,000
NYY (1 yr) 45.1 10 9 26 5.16 4.91 -0.35 0.18 99.3 5.40 1 0.1 1.3 -0.0 0.5 7 .508 .500 $
TOR (1 yr) 192.2 31 31 133 6.21 4.88 -0.25 0.19 104.2 5.54 -14 -1.3 -0.1 0.3 10 .457 .492 $5,350,000

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
2001 29 OAK AL ALDS L NYY 0 1 .000 10.80 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 5 6 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18 2.400 13.5 0.0 8.1 0.0 0.00
2002 30 OAK AL ALDS L MIN 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 34 NYY AL ALDS L DET 0 0 20.25 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 4 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 6.8
3 Yrs (3 Series) 0 1 .000 12.71 3 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 11 10 8 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 31 2.471 17.5 0.0 4.8 1.6 0.33
3 ALDS 0 1 .000 12.71 3 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 11 10 8 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 31 2.471 17.5 0.0 4.8 1.6 0.33

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
1997 25 NYM NL 54 345 314 38 86 14 2 7 3 2 20 54 .274 .320 .398 .718 .307 125 5 3 4 4 4 2
1999 27 TBD AL 5 24 22 4 8 2 0 0 1 1 2 4 .364 .417 .455 .871 .444 10 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 28 TBD AL 31 424 388 61 114 19 2 13 8 1 29 62 .294 .347 .454 .800 .322 176 13 3 3 1 3 4
2001 29 OAK AL 29 762 702 84 170 27 4 23 14 11 47 118 .242 .299 .390 .689 .262 274 14 10 2 1 7 5
2002 30 OAK AL 31 796 740 90 191 43 1 17 9 5 39 111 .258 .298 .388 .686 .282 287 16 6 5 6 3 8
2003 31 TOR AL 31 840 765 133 216 47 11 24 16 6 60 112 .282 .337 .467 .803 .303 357 20 5 5 5 3 13
2004 32 CIN NL 24 656 591 95 170 39 5 24 9 6 44 93 .288 .340 .492 .832 .305 291 9 5 12 4 4 10
2004 32 PHI NL 10 255 229 28 54 9 2 3 3 2 17 33 .236 .300 .332 .632 .262 76 8 5 2 2 1 2
2004 32 TOT NL 34 911 820 123 224 48 7 27 12 8 61 126 .273 .329 .448 .776 .293 367 17 10 14 6 5 12
2005 33 PHI NL 31 792 727 105 210 47 7 18 19 6 40 121 .289 .328 .447 .775 .322 325 21 6 11 8 5 11
2006 34 NYY AL 10 203 180 26 49 7 1 11 3 4 19 32 .272 .351 .506 .857 .277 91 3 3 1 0 1 2
2006 34 PHI NL 21 542 487 74 132 35 2 19 5 4 39 98 .271 .333 .468 .801 .302 228 12 8 4 4 3 7
2006 34 TOT MLB 31 745 667 100 181 42 3 30 8 8 58 130 .271 .338 .478 .816 .295 319 15 11 5 4 4 9
9 Yrs 277 5639 5145 738 1400 289 37 159 90 48 356 838 .272 .324 .435 .759 .297 2240 121 54 49 35 34 65
162 Game Avg. 40 806 735 105 200 41 5 23 13 7 51 120 .272 .324 .435 .759 .297 320 17 8 7 5 5 9
MLB Averages .266 .336 .425 .761 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1997 25 NYM NL 4.1 0.4 353 0.3 5.4 -5.1 .94 0.5 -0.2 3.9 0.4 0.94 5.2 15 12 23
1999 27 TBD AL -0.9 -0.1 26 0.0 0.4 -0.4 .83 -0.0 0.1 1.2 0.1 0.83 -0.3 1 1 1
2000 28 TBD AL -2.1 -0.2 439 -0.8 6.3 -7.2 .83 -0.3 -0.7 -6.5 -0.6 0.83 -1.7 4 5 11
2001 29 OAK AL 15.5 1.5 789 2.4 14.0 -11.6 .98 2.3 0.2 20.3 2.1 0.98 25.9 0 0 0
2002 30 OAK AL 9.9 1.0 815 0.7 13.5 -12.7 .93 1.7 -0.9 20.6 2.1 0.93 21.5 0 0 1
2003 31 TOR AL -20.8 -1.9 867 -1.5 13.8 -15.3 .92 -1.0 -0.6 -23.9 -2.2 0.92 -12.8 0 0 0
2004 32 TOT NL -12.3 -1.1 937 -0.7 14.2 -14.9 .90 -0.6 -0.2 -10.4 -1.0 0.90 -3.2 0 0 0
2004 32 CIN NL -17.0 -1.6 678 -0.8 10.2 -11.0 .90 -1.6 0.7 -16.0 -1.5 0.90 -15.1 0 0 0
2004 32 PHI NL 4.7 0.5 259 0.1 4.0 -3.9 .92 1.0 -0.9 5.6 0.6 0.92 11.9 0 0 0
2005 33 PHI NL -4.5 -0.4 818 0.4 13.9 -13.5 1.00 -0.4 0.8 -7.7 -0.7 1.00 -6.6 0 0 0
2006 34 TOT MLB -3.8 -0.4 766 -0.5 13.4 -13.9 .99 -0.9 0.4 -3.1 -0.3 0.99 -10.9 0 1 0
2006 34 PHI NL -1.7 -0.2 556 -0.5 9.9 -10.4 1.00 -0.3 -0.2 -3.7 -0.3 1.00 -3.9 0 0 0
2006 34 NYY AL -2.1 -0.2 210 0.0 3.5 -3.5 .95 -0.6 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.95 -7.0 0 1 0
9 Yrs -14.8 -1.2 5810 0.4 95.0 -94.6 .94 1.3 -1.0 -5.6 -0.1 0.94 17.0 20 19 36

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
1997 25 NYM NL 54 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36.5 41 32 11 5 1 0 8.2 6.4 3.5 49 2 0 0 0 60
1999 27 TBD AL 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 42.0 42 42 3 2 0 0 6.8 0.0 2.0 38 1 0 0 0 38
2000 28 TBD AL 31 11 4 4 3 1 0 7 4 .636 1 4 0 0 4 36% 44.0 73 9 24 8 0 5 4.4 3.7 5.2 84 4 6 0 1 120
2001 29 OAK AL 29 29 13 6 10 3 2 16 13 .552 7 3 1 0 17 59% 54.0 78 7 17 7 0 15 5.4 5.3 6.5 94 2 19 8 0 113
2002 30 OAK AL 31 30 8 10 12 0 1 17 13 .567 5 3 2 2 16 53% 51.7 92 20 22 14 1 10 5.2 5.1 6.4 96 2 15 12 1 122
2003 31 TOR AL 31 31 12 15 4 5 3 13 18 .419 1 1 2 0 11 35% 44.1 81 11 23 12 0 11 5.0 5.7 6.2 95 3 19 8 1 127
2004 32 TOT NL 34 34 12 12 10 2 2 16 18 .471 5 4 5 3 17 50% 47.7 87 8 11 5 1 12 4.6 5.1 6.2 92 6 17 10 1 124
2004 32 CIN NL 24 24 7 10 7 2 2 10 14 .417 5 3 3 1 12 50% 45.5 77 8 5 3 0 8 4.1 4.6 6.2 94 3 11 10 0 108
2004 32 PHI NL 10 10 5 2 3 0 0 6 4 .600 0 1 2 2 5 50% 52.9 87 18 6 2 1 4 5.9 6.3 6.2 88 3 6 0 1 124
2005 33 PHI NL 31 31 13 11 7 4 1 17 14 .548 3 1 1 0 13 42% 47.8 78 11 18 6 0 14 5.2 5.5 6.0 90 9 12 10 0 115
2006 34 TOT MLB 31 30 12 10 8 1 4 15 15 .500 1 6 0 0 18 60% 0.0 74 15 16 7 0 16 5.4 5.2 5.7 92 5 16 9 0 115
2006 34 PHI NL 21 21 8 7 6 1 3 10 11 .476 1 5 0 0 13 62% 48.7 74 15 11 5 0 11 5.3 5.1 6.0 95 2 11 8 0 115
2006 34 NYY AL 10 9 4 3 2 0 1 5 4 .556 0 1 0 0 5 56% 46.6 70 20 5 2 0 5 5.6 5.7 4.9 85 3 5 1 0 105
9 Yrs 277 199 74 69 56 16 13 103 96 .518 23 23 11 5 96 48% 48 92 7 145 66 3 83 5.1 5.2 6.0 92 34 104 57 4 127
MLB Averages .500 48% 48 105 -21 4.9 4.8 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
1997 25 NYM NL 54 52 20 7 1 3 2 1 67% 12 9 29 11 38% 7 .942 15 12 23 19 6 27 18 34 22 9 24 10 4.3 20
1999 27 TBD AL 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 7 .833 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 3 0 3 0 0 2.3 13
2000 28 TBD AL 31 20 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 18 8 44% 8 .829 4 5 11 4 2 14 11 9 14 5 14 1 6.0 33
2002 30 OAK AL 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 5 .927 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 5
2006 34 TOT MLB 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .990 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 10
2006 34 NYY AL 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .949 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 10
5 Yrs 131 78 26 8 3 3 2 1 67% 14 11 52 19 37% .908 20 19 36 24 9 45 31 47 36 18 38 11 4.6 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%
1997 25 NYM NL 345 56% 2.0% 15.7% 5.8% 6.7% 27% 1.48 2.05 74% 16% 7.9% 13% 69 5 7%
1999 27 TBD AL 24 79% 0.0% 16.7% 8.3% 8.3% 25% 0.64 0.67 75% 33% 0.0% 0% 5 0 0%
2000 28 TBD AL 424 52% 3.1% 14.6% 6.8% 8.0% 30% 1.25 2.69 74% 29% 10.0% 6% 77 13 17%
2001 29 OAK AL 762 45% 3.0% 15.5% 6.2% 7.1% 32% 1.08 1.55 74% 22% 9.7% 12% 127 14 11%
2002 30 OAK AL 796 47% 2.1% 13.9% 4.9% 7.7% 32% 0.89 1.40 78% 24% 5.9% 11% 126 16 13%
2003 31 TOR AL 840 44% 2.9% 13.3% 7.1% 9.8% 38% 1.02 1.51 75% 18% 8.2% 9% 134 20 15%
2004 32 TOT NL 911 57% 3.0% 13.8% 6.7% 9.0% 37% 0.96 1.37 74% 20% 8.4% 9% 145 17 12%
2004 32 CIN NL 656 59% 3.7% 14.2% 6.7% 10.4% 40% 0.98 1.48 73% 20% 10.7% 10% 103 9 9%
2004 32 PHI NL 255 52% 1.2% 12.9% 6.7% 5.5% 26% 0.89 1.15 76% 21% 3.1% 7% 42 8 19%
2005 33 PHI NL 792 53% 2.3% 15.3% 5.1% 9.1% 34% 0.95 1.54 75% 23% 6.3% 7% 139 21 15%
2006 34 TOT MLB 745 54% 4.0% 17.5% 7.8% 10.1% 41% 1.02 1.81 69% 16% 12.0% 7% 109 15 14%
2006 34 PHI NL 542 54% 3.5% 18.1% 7.2% 10.3% 42% 1.01 1.84 69% 18% 10.4% 7% 81 12 15%
2006 34 NYY AL 203 53% 5.4% 15.8% 9.4% 9.4% 39% 1.06 1.73 67% 12% 16.4% 7% 28 3 11%
9 Yrs 5639 51% 2.8% 14.9% 6.3% 8.6% 35% 1.02 1.60 74% 21% 8.3% 9% 931 121 13%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.8% 8.8% 8.0% 34% 0.79 1.08 70% 21% 8.1% 13% 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
1997 25 NYM NL 308 1016 3.30 638 63% 25% 14% 23% 37% 75% 4% 47% 81% 56% 4% 13 6 15% 45 23 4 20% 13 3 37 0 1
1999 27 TBD AL 24 88 3.67 51 58% 22% 20% 24% 35% 78% 0% 45% 75% 50% 0% 0 0 8% 2 1 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0
2000 28 TBD AL 425 1590 3.74 994 63% 28% 11% 27% 33% 72% 2% 45% 84% 55% 4% 16 10 19% 79 40 7 32% 9 3 -1 0 0
2001 29 OAK AL 762 2725 3.58 1736 64% 29% 13% 24% 34% 71% 2% 45% 82% 61% 4% 34 20 20% 155 84 8 27% 21 7 0 0 0
2002 30 OAK AL 798 2875 3.60 1841 64% 27% 12% 25% 35% 73% 1% 47% 83% 62% 2% 18 12 19% 153 63 4 14% 15 3 -2 0 0
2003 31 TOR AL 843 2956 3.51 1858 63% 27% 12% 25% 36% 73% 1% 46% 83% 59% 6% 49 32 19% 161 102 18 15% 19 14 -3 0 0
2004 32 TOT NL 913 3135 3.43 2024 65% 28% 13% 24% 35% 72% 2% 47% 81% 60% 5% 42 26 21% 188 116 10 21% 35 11 -2 0 0
2004 32 CIN NL 658 2260 3.43 1452 64% 27% 14% 24% 35% 73% 2% 47% 81% 60% 5% 30 19 21% 139 83 6 19% 23 7 -2 0 0
2004 32 PHI NL 255 875 3.43 572 65% 29% 12% 24% 35% 71% 1% 47% 83% 61% 5% 12 7 19% 49 33 4 24% 12 4 0 0 0
2005 33 PHI NL 793 2792 3.52 1808 65% 29% 12% 25% 35% 71% 2% 46% 83% 61% 4% 35 20 19% 148 94 16 29% 24 11 -1 0 0
2006 34 TOT MLB 746 2764 3.71 1726 62% 30% 13% 26% 32% 70% 1% 44% 82% 61% 5% 35 20 16% 118 67 14 24% 19 11 -1 0 0
2006 34 PHI NL 542 1992 3.68 1239 62% 29% 14% 25% 32% 71% 1% 44% 81% 60% 5% 29 15 16% 88 54 10 24% 14 11 0 0 0
2006 34 NYY AL 204 772 3.78 487 63% 31% 10% 29% 31% 69% 1% 44% 86% 64% 3% 6 5 15% 30 13 4 22% 5 0 -1 0 0
9 Yrs 5612 19941 3.55 12676 64% 28% 13% 25% 34% 72% 2% 46% 82% 60% 4% 242 146 19% 1049 590 81 22% 156 63 27 0 1
MLB Averages 3.73 62% 27% 15% 27% 32% 73% 2% 46% 80% 58% 5% 21% 27%

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
1997 25 NYM NL 345 86 12 2 7 0 13 2 5 1 6 29 14 6 48% 2 2 0 127 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1999 27 TBD AL 24 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 28 TBD AL 424 114 9 1 13 0 7 4 9 7 6 23 14 2 61% 4 6 1 157 8 1 89% 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
2001 29 OAK AL 762 170 20 2 23 0 14 9 14 18 5 27 16 1 59% 5 5 0 247 14 11 56% 14 10 0 1 0 0 2 1 7 0
2002 30 OAK AL 796 191 14 0 17 0 8 6 11 9 8 36 21 3 58% 8 6 0 270 9 5 64% 8 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 17 0
2003 31 TOR AL 840 216 23 6 24 1 8 13 11 15 9 46 31 3 67% 13 9 0 287 16 6 73% 15 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
2004 32 TOT NL 911 224 27 2 27 1 21 12 15 7 20 39 26 3 67% 12 8 1 322 12 8 60% 11 6 1 1 0 1 1 1 19 0
2004 32 CIN NL 656 170 21 2 24 1 16 11 13 6 18 33 21 3 64% 10 8 1 229 9 6 60% 8 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 16 0
2004 32 PHI NL 255 54 6 0 3 0 5 1 2 1 2 6 5 0 83% 2 0 0 93 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2005 33 PHI NL 792 210 16 5 18 0 16 12 6 6 12 50 33 8 66% 11 6 1 273 19 6 76% 19 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 0
2006 34 TOT MLB 745 181 10 0 30 0 9 15 15 23 7 30 18 3 60% 9 5 1 251 8 8 50% 7 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 0
2006 34 PHI NL 542 132 7 0 19 0 5 11 8 14 5 27 16 3 59% 7 4 1 181 5 4 56% 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2006 34 NYY AL 203 49 3 0 11 0 4 4 7 9 2 3 2 0 67% 2 1 0 70 3 4 43% 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 5639 1400 133 18 159 2 96 73 86 86 73 280 173 29 62% 65 47 4 1947 90 48 65% 86 42 4 4 0 2 5 2 100 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

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+
1997 25 7 2 .778 3.53 54 2 20 0 0 2 81.2 86 38 32 7 20 4 54 3 0 2 345 116 1.298 9.5 0.8 2.2 6.0 2.70 116
1998 26 7 2 .778 3.53 54 2 20 0 0 2 81.2 86 38 32 7 20 4 54 3 0 2 345 116 1.298 9.5 0.8 2.2 6.0 2.70 116
1999 27 8 2 .800 3.74 59 3 21 0 0 2 86.2 94 42 36 7 22 4 58 3 0 2 369 111 1.338 9.8 0.7 2.3 6.0 2.64 111
2000 28 12 8 .600 4.42 90 14 26 0 0 2 183.1 208 103 90 20 51 7 120 6 0 8 793 103 1.413 10.2 1.0 2.5 5.9 2.35 103
2001 29 25 14 .641 4.00 119 43 26 1 0 2 371.1 378 187 165 43 98 14 238 16 0 13 1555 112 1.282 9.2 1.0 2.4 5.8 2.43 112
2002 30 33 24 .579 3.96 150 73 26 3 2 2 563.1 569 277 248 60 137 17 349 22 1 19 2351 112 1.253 9.1 1.0 2.2 5.6 2.55 112
2003 31 45 39 .536 4.42 181 104 26 5 2 2 756.0 785 410 371 84 197 20 461 27 1 28 3191 102 1.299 9.3 1.0 2.3 5.5 2.34 102
2004 32 57 51 .528 4.52 215 138 26 10 5 2 967.1 1009 533 486 111 258 25 587 37 1 36 4102 99 1.310 9.4 1.0 2.4 5.5 2.28 99
2005 33 70 62 .530 4.52 246 169 26 11 5 2 1152.0 1219 638 579 129 298 30 708 43 1 42 4894 98 1.317 9.5 1.0 2.3 5.5 2.38 98
2006 34 82 72 .532 4.57 277 199 26 11 5 2 1322.2 1400 738 671 159 356 34 838 54 1 47 5639 98 1.328 9.5 1.1 2.4 5.7 2.35 98

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
1997 25 4 4 .500 3.65 79.0 86 36 32 7 20 52 3 1.342 9.8 2.3 5.9 2.60 0.8 54
1999 27 0 0 7.20 5.0 8 4 4 0 2 4 0 2.000 14.4 3.6 7.2 2.00 0.0 5
2000 28 4 6 .400 4.55 95.0 108 53 48 12 27 61 3 1.421 10.2 2.6 5.8 2.26 1.1 31
2001 29 10 9 .526 3.79 178.0 170 83 75 23 47 112 10 1.219 8.6 2.4 5.7 2.38 1.2 29
2002 30 10 10 .500 4.06 186.0 192 93 84 17 39 108 6 1.242 9.3 1.9 5.2 2.77 0.8 31
2003 31 7 14 .333 5.48 189.0 209 128 115 23 58 110 5 1.413 10.0 2.8 5.2 1.90 1.1 31
2004 32 9 14 .391 4.78 207.0 219 122 110 26 60 124 10 1.348 9.5 2.6 5.4 2.07 1.1 34
2005 33 9 11 .450 4.45 180.0 206 99 89 18 39 118 6 1.361 10.3 2.0 5.9 3.03 0.9 31
2006 34 8 10 .444 4.42 169.0 172 92 83 29 55 129 10 1.343 9.2 2.9 6.9 2.35 1.5 31
9 Yrs 61 78 .439 4.47 1288.0 1370 710 640 155 347 818 53 1.333 9.6 5.7 2.36 1.1 277

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2001 AL  3.59 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2001 AL  .684 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2001 AL  1.154 (6th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2001 AL  8.138 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2001 AL  2.250 (9th)
2002 AL  1.828 (5th)
2005 NL  1.950 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
2004 NL  34 (5th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2004 NL  5 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
2002 AL  2 (2nd)
2004 NL  3 (1st)

Hits s c a p y
2004 NL  224 (6th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
Career  2.354 (132nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2002 AL  0.797 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
2003 AL  15 (5th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2003 AL  123 (1st)
2004 NL  115 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2003 AL  9 (6th)
2004 NL  8 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2004 NL  911 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2001 AL  121 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 20 (1074), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (1020), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Jose Contreras (970)
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  5. Rodrigo Lopez (955)
  6. Aaron Cook (954)
  7. Joey Hamilton (952)
  8. James Baldwin (951)
  9. Brian Anderson (949)
  10. Cal Eldred (948)
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  1. Bobby Chouinard (993)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Willard Schmidt (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ken Schrom (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Paul Byrd (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike Smithson (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mike Smithson (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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