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Jon Lieber

Jonathan Ray Lieber

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: April 2, 1970 in Council Bluffs, IA
High School: Abraham Lincoln HS (Council Bluffs, IA)
School: University of South Alabama (Mobile, AL)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 15, 1994
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cubs/Phillies/Yankees 1994-2008
Agents: Rex Gary [*]
Final Game: September 5, 2008
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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
1992	22	KCR-min	A-,A+	6	3	.667	2.90	12	11	1	0	0	0	62.0	71	26	20	3	10	0	42	1	1	0	259		1.306	10.3	0.4	1.5	6.1	4.20	EUG,BBC · NORW,FLOR
1993	23	KCR-PIT-min	A+,AA	15	6	.714	3.45	27	26	0	2	0	0	169.2	196	78	65	11	25	1	134	3	2	6	722		1.303	10.4	0.6	1.3	7.1	5.36	WMT,CAR,MEM · CARL,SOUL
1994	24	PIT-min	AAA,AA	3	1	.750	1.49	6	6	0	1	1	0	42.1	29	8	7	1	3	0	42	0	0	0	157		0.756	6.2	0.2	0.6	8.9	14.00	BFL,CAR · AA,SOUL
1994	24	PIT	NL	6	7	.462	3.73	17	17	0	1	0	0	108.2	116	62	45	12	25	3	71	1	3	2	460	116	1.298	9.6	1.0	2.1	5.9	2.84
1995	25	PIT-min	AAA	1	5	.167	7.01	14	14	0	0	0	0	77.0	122	69	60	6	19	0	34	0	0	0	365		1.831	14.3	0.7	2.2	4.0	1.79	CGY · PCL
1995	25	PIT	NL	4	7	.364	6.32	21	12	3	0	0	0	72.2	103	56	51	7	14	0	45	4	0	3	327	68	1.610	12.8	0.9	1.7	5.6	3.21
1996	26	PIT	NL	9	5	.643	3.99	51	15	6	0	0	1	142.0	156	70	63	19	28	2	94	3	0	0	600	110	1.296	9.9	1.2	1.8	6.0	3.36
1997	27	PIT	NL	11	14	.440	4.49	33	32	0	1	0	0	188.1	193	102	94	23	51	8	160	1	1	3	799	97	1.296	9.2	1.1	2.4	7.6	3.14
1998	28	PIT	NL	8	14	.364	4.11	29	28	1	2	0	1	171.0	182	93	78	23	40	4	138	3	3	0	731	107	1.298	9.6	1.2	2.1	7.3	3.45
1999	29	CHC	NL	10	11	.476	4.07	31	31	0	3	1	0	203.1	226	107	92	28	46	6	186	1	2	2	875	110	1.338	10.0	1.2	2.0	8.2	4.04
2000	30	CHC	NL	12	11	.522	4.41	35	35	0	6	1	0	*251.0*	248	130	123	36	54	3	192	10	2	2	*1047*	103	1.203	8.9	1.3	1.9	6.9	3.56
2001	31	CHC	NL	20	6	.769	3.80	34	34	0	5	1	0	232.1	226	104	98	25	41	4	148	7	1	4	958	109	1.149	8.8	1.0	1.6	5.7	3.61	AS,CYA-4
2002	32	CHC	NL	6	8	.429	3.70	21	21	0	3	0	0	141.0	153	64	58	15	12	2	87	1	0	0	582	109	1.170	9.8	1.0	0.8	5.6	7.25

2003	33	NYY-min	Rk,A+	0	0		6.75	3	3	0	0	0	0	8.0	13	6	6	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	38		1.625	14.6	0.0	0.0	11.2		YNK,TAM · GULF,FLOR
2004	34	NYY-min	A+	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	22		0.286	2.6	0.0	0.0	5.1		TAM · FLOR
2004	34	NYY	AL	14	8	.636	4.33	27	27	0	0	0	0	176.2	216	95	85	20	18	2	102	2	0	7	749	104	1.325	11.0	1.0	*0.9*	5.2	5.67
2005	35	PHI	NL	17	13	.567	4.20	35	35	0	1	0	0	218.1	223	107	102	33	41	6	149	5	0	3	912	105	1.209	9.2	1.4	1.7	6.1	3.63
2006	36	PHI-min	A+,Rk	0	2	.000	6.28	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.1	23	11	10	1	0	0	7	2	0	0	66		1.605	14.4	0.6	0.0	4.4		CLW,CLR · FLOR,GULF
2006	36	PHI	NL	9	11	.450	4.93	27	27	0	2	1	0	168.0	196	100	92	27	24	3	100	6	0	3	714	95	1.310	10.5	1.4	1.3	5.4	4.17
2007	37	PHI-min	A+	0	0		2.45	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	4	2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	16		1.091	9.8	0.0	0.0	9.8		CLW · FLOR
2007	37	PHI	NL	3	6	.333	4.73	14	12	1	1	1	0	78.0	91	44	41	7	22	5	54	3	1	1	342	97	1.449	10.5	0.8	2.5	6.2	2.45
2008	38	CHC-min	A,Rk	0	1	.000	2.70	4	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	12	4	3	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	40		1.200	10.8	0.9	0.0	6.3		PEO,CBZ · MIDW,ARIZ
2008	38	CHC	NL	2	3	.400	4.05	26	1	7	0	0	0	46.2	59	24	21	10	6	4	27	2	0	0	204	113	1.393	11.4	1.9	1.2	5.2	4.50
14 Yrs				131	124	.514	4.27	401	327	18	25	5	2	2198.0	2388	1158	1043	285	422	52	1553	49	13	30	9300	103	1.278	9.8	1.2	1.7	6.4	3.68
162 Game Avg.				12	12	.514	4.27	37	31	2	2	0	0	205	223	108	97	27	39	5	145	5	1	3	869	103	1.278	9.8	1.2	1.7	6.4	3.68

PIT (5 yrs)				38	47	.447	4.36	151	104	10	4	0	2	682.2	750	383	331	84	158	17	508	12	7	8	2917	100	1.330	9.9	1.1	2.1	6.7	3.22
CHC (5 yrs)				50	39	.562	4.04	147	122	7	17	3	0	874.1	912	429	392	114	159	19	640	21	5	8	3666	108	1.225	9.4	1.2	1.6	6.6	4.03
PHI (3 yrs)				29	30	.492	4.55	76	74	1	4	2	0	464.1	510	251	235	67	87	14	303	14	1	7	1968	100	1.286	9.9	1.3	1.7	5.9	3.48
NYY (1 yr)				14	8	.636	4.33	27	27	0	0	0	0	176.2	216	95	85	20	18	2	102	2	0	7	749	104	1.325	11.0	1.0	0.9	5.2	5.67

NL (13 yrs)				117	116	.502	4.27	374	300	18	25	5	2	2021.1	2172	1063	958	265	404	50	1451	47	13	23	8551	103	1.274	9.7	1.2	1.8	6.5	3.59
AL (1 yr)				14	8	.636	4.33	27	27	0	0	0	0	176.2	216	95	85	20	18	2	102	2	0	7	749	104	1.325	11.0	1.0	0.9	5.2	5.67

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
1994	24	PIT	NL	108.2	17	17	62	5.13	4.81	0.22	0.17	100.6	4.79	-5	-0.5		-0.1	0.2	3	.472	.497	$109,000
1995	25	PIT	NL	72.2	21	12	56	6.94	4.89	-0.31	0.09	103.4	5.47	-12	-1.2	1.5	-0.1	-0.8	-5	.442	.493	$140,000
1996	26	PIT	NL	142.0	51	15	70	4.44	4.72	-0.28	-0.01	106.1	5.29	15	1.5	1.1	-0.1	2.5	28	.530	.509	$150,000
1997	27	PIT	NL	188.1	33	32	102	4.87	4.66	-0.54	0.16	102.9	5.52	13	1.4	.8	-0.1	2.7	32	.542	.509	$335,000
1998	28	PIT	NL	171.0	29	28	93	4.89	4.63	-0.09	0.17	101.9	4.98	2	0.2	1.7	-0.1	1.3	18	.506	.501	$1,450,000
1999	29	CHC	NL	203.1	31	31	107	4.74	5.03	-0.13	0.19	96.7	5.16	9	0.8		-0.1	2.2	31	.527	.505	$2,100,000
2000	30	CHC	NL	251.0	35	35	130	4.66	5.13	0.04	0.19	100.5	5.30	17	1.7		-0.1	3.4	45	.548	.510	$3,833,333
2001	31	CHC	NL	232.1	34	34	104	4.03	4.72	-0.09	0.18	96.8	4.82	20	2.1		-0.1	3.7	44	.562	.513	$5,083,333	AS,CYA-4
2002	32	CHC	NL	141.0	21	21	64	4.09	4.53	-0.40	0.17	97.2	4.96	13	1.5		-0.1	2.4	27	.569	.509	$5,833,333

2004	34	NYY	AL	176.2	27	27	95	4.84	4.98	-0.55	0.19	96.3	5.51	11	1.1		-0.1	2.6	36	.542	.507	$2,700,000
2005	35	PHI	NL	218.1	35	35	107	4.41	4.56	0.59	0.17	102.7	4.25	-4	-0.4		-0.1	1.1	17	.488	.497	$5,583,333
2006	36	PHI	NL	168.0	27	27	100	5.36	4.93	-0.13	0.19	103.0	5.41	1	0.1		-0.1	1.3	18	.505	.501	$7,583,333
2007	37	PHI	NL	78.0	14	12	44	5.08	4.60	0.26	0.17	103.1	4.65	-3	-0.3	1.3	-0.1	0.2	4	.477	.498	$7,833,333
2008	38	CHC	NL	46.2	26	1	24	4.63	4.58	-0.19	-0.31	103.9	4.63	0	0.0	.8	-0.1	0.3	5	.502	.500	$3,500,000
14 Seasons				2198.0	401	327	1158	4.74	4.79	-0.10	0.15	100.6	5.07	78	8.1	1.1	-1.5	23.1	302	.520	.504	$46,233,998

PIT (5 yrs)				682.2	151	104	383	5.05	4.71	-0.23	0.12	103.0	5.22	13	1.4	1.2	-0.6	5.9	76	.509	.502	$2,184,000
CHC (5 yrs)				874.1	147	122	429	4.42	4.87	-0.12	0.16	98.3	5.05	60	6.1	.8	-0.5	12.0	151	.542	.508	$20,349,999
PHI (3 yrs)				464.1	76	74	251	4.87	4.70	0.28	0.18	102.9	4.74	-6	-0.6	1.3	-0.3	2.6	40	.492	.499	$20,999,999
NYY (1 yr)				176.2	27	27	95	4.84	4.98	-0.55	0.19	96.3	5.51	11	1.1		-0.1	2.6	36	.542	.507	$2,700,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2004	34	NYY	AL	ALDS	W	MIN	0	0		4.05	1	1	6.2	7	3	3	0	1	4	0	0	26	1.200	9.5	0.0	1.4	5.4	4.00
2004	34	NYY	AL	ALCS	L	BOS	1	1	.500	3.14	2	2	14.1	12	5	5	1	1	5	1	1	54	0.907	7.5	0.6	0.6	3.1	5.00
1 Yr (2 Series)							1	1	.500	3.43	3	3	21.0	19	8	8	1	2	9	1	1	80	1.000	8.1	0.4	0.9	3.9	4.50
1 ALDS							0	0		4.05	1	1	6.2	7	3	3	0	1	4	0	0	26	1.200	9.5	0.0	1.4	5.4	4.00
1 ALCS							1	1	.500	3.14	2	2	14.1	12	5	5	1	1	5	1	1	54	0.907	7.5	0.6	0.6	3.1	5.00

All-Star Pitching

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	W	L	W-L%	ERA	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	CHC	NL	31	0	0	0		18.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	3.000	27.0	18.0	0.0	9.0

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
1994	24	PIT	NL	17	460	428	62	116	30	2	12	2	5	25	71	.271	.311	.435	.745	.299	186	10	1	3	3	3	10
1995	25	PIT	NL	21	327	298	56	103	15	4	7	11	4	14	45	.346	.376	.493	.869	.381	147	8	4	5	6	0	2
1996	26	PIT	NL	51	600	559	70	156	20	5	19	19	8	28	94	.279	.316	.435	.751	.306	243	11	3	7	2	2	5
1997	27	PIT	NL	33	799	734	102	193	39	7	23	16	4	51	160	.263	.309	.429	.738	.305	315	12	1	6	7	8	10
1998	28	PIT	NL	29	731	677	93	182	42	4	23	7	6	40	138	.269	.311	.445	.755	.306	301	9	3	7	4	4	14
1999	29	CHC	NL	31	875	810	107	226	24	8	28	5	4	46	186	.279	.315	.432	.747	.326	350	15	1	7	11	6	15
2000	30	CHC	NL	35	1047	966	130	248	42	6	36	9	5	54	192	.257	.301	.424	.725	.285	410	18	10	9	7	3	11
2001	31	CHC	NL	34	958	888	104	226	47	4	25	2	7	41	148	.255	.290	.401	.691	.278	356	15	7	13	9	4	14
2002	32	CHC	NL	21	582	553	64	153	26	2	15	3	2	12	87	.277	.290	.412	.703	.302	228	8	1	10	6	2	7

2004	34	NYY	AL	27	749	718	95	216	35	3	20	2	1	18	102	.301	.317	.442	.758	.325	317	18	2	3	7	2	11
2005	35	PHI	NL	35	912	848	107	223	39	5	33	11	5	41	149	.263	.299	.438	.737	.283	371	12	5	13	5	6	7
2006	36	PHI	NL	27	714	674	100	196	34	4	27	8	3	24	100	.291	.319	.473	.793	.307	319	12	6	6	4	3	9
2007	37	PHI	NL	14	342	311	44	91	20	3	7	2	0	22	54	.293	.341	.444	.785	.331	138	10	3	2	4	5	3
2008	38	CHC	NL	26	204	193	24	59	13	2	10	0	0	6	27	.306	.332	.549	.881	.312	106	6	2	2	1	4	3
14 Yrs				401	9300	8657	1158	2388	426	59	285	97	54	422	1553	.276	.311	.437	.748	.305	3787	164	49	93	76	52	121
162 Game Avg.				37	869	809	108	223	40	6	27	9	5	39	145	.276	.311	.437	.748	.305	354	15	5	9	7	5	11
MLB Averages																.267	.336	.424	.760	.299

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1994	24	PIT	NL	1.5	0.2	475	-0.6	8.7	-9.3	1.03	-0.6	0.0	-6.3	-0.6	1.03	-6.2	0	0	0
1995	25	PIT	NL	-15.3	-1.4	346	-1.8	5.7	-7.5	1.06	-1.3	-0.4	-17.9	-1.7	1.06	-14.4	5	3	1
1996	26	PIT	NL	6.3	0.6	621	0.3	11.2	-10.8	1.03	0.7	-0.3	5.7	0.5	1.03	9.9	12	9	15
1997	27	PIT	NL	-2.4	-0.2	817	-0.6	13.7	-14.3	.97	0.3	-0.9	-1.1	-0.1	0.97	5.8	0	1	0
1998	28	PIT	NL	1.4	0.1	746	0.8	13.2	-12.3	.97	-0.6	1.4	-4.9	-0.5	0.97	-5.3	1	0	0
1999	29	CHC	NL	6.5	0.6	887	1.1	15.7	-14.6	.99	-0.3	1.3	5.5	0.5	0.99	-0.9	0	0	0
2000	30	CHC	NL	6.1	0.6	1065	1.2	18.7	-17.5	.95	1.0	0.3	12.1	1.2	0.95	14.8	0	0	0
2001	31	CHC	NL	11.0	1.1	973	1.8	17.1	-15.3	.99	2.3	-0.5	15.1	1.5	0.99	24.7	0	0	0
2002	32	CHC	NL	5.2	0.5	586	0.9	10.0	-9.2	.96	0.9	-0.0	7.9	0.8	0.96	11.2	0	0	0

2004	34	NYY	AL	2.2	0.2	760	0.7	11.3	-10.6	.80	0.8	0.0	2.0	0.2	0.80	8.3	0	0	0
2005	35	PHI	NL	6.1	0.6	929	1.8	16.2	-14.5	.96	1.7	0.1	3.7	0.4	0.96	12.0	0	0	0
2006	36	PHI	NL	-4.4	-0.4	729	-0.1	13.0	-13.1	.99	-0.5	0.4	-4.8	-0.4	0.99	-6.4	0	0	0
2007	37	PHI	NL	-1.0	-0.1	349	-0.6	6.1	-6.7	1.05	0.3	-0.9	-4.5	-0.4	1.05	2.0	0	2	0
2008	38	CHC	NL	2.3	0.2	204	-0.4	2.6	-2.9	.75	-0.6	0.1	-2.8	-0.3	0.75	-5.4	5	4	16
14 Yrs				25.6	2.6	9487	4.6	163.2	-158.6	.97	4.4	0.4	9.7	1.2	0.97	50.1	23	19	32

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
1994	24	PIT	NL	17	17	6	7	4	0	2	8	9	.471	1	2	1	0	9	53%	50.4	77	16	7	1	0	7	4.7	4.6	6.4	92	3	8	5	1	121
1995	25	PIT	NL	21	12	3	7	2	2	0	4	8	.333	0	0	0	0	3	25%	37.8	64	11	14	3	5	4	4.6	3.9	5.1	83	3	6	2	0	114
1996	26	PIT	NL	51	15	7	2	6	1	0	9	6	.600	1	2	0	0	8	53%	49.7	63	25	21	6	1	5	5.9	5.7	6.1	87	6	4	4	0	119
1997	27	PIT	NL	33	32	11	14	7	0	3	16	16	.500	2	4	1	0	18	56%	50.3	81	18	17	9	0	14	4.6	4.0	5.8	87	10	13	9	0	113
1998	28	PIT	NL	29	28	8	14	6	0	3	10	18	.357	5	0	2	0	15	54%	50.8	82	21	14	2	1	12	3.9	3.7	6.1	92	7	9	12	0	115
1999	29	CHC	NL	31	31	10	11	10	2	4	15	16	.484	6	4	3	1	17	55%	51.6	88	7	17	6	1	13	5.1	5.0	6.6	100	3	11	13	4	133
2000	30	CHC	NL	35	35	12	11	12	1	3	18	17	.514	2	6	6	1	19	54%	53.1	85	2	7	2	1	13	4.7	4.6	7.2	105	1	10	21	3	125
2001	31	CHC	NL	34	34	20	6	8	6	4	24	10	.706	1	6	5	1	22	65%	53.9	86	21	11	1	0	16	5.7	5.3	6.8	96	5	17	11	1	125
2002	32	CHC	NL	21	21	6	8	7	1	4	10	11	.476	4	3	3	0	12	57%	52.9	84	20	4	4	0	13	3.8	3.2	6.7	93	3	9	8	1	120

2004	34	NYY	AL	27	27	14	8	5	1	1	18	9	.667	2	3	0	0	16	59%	48.1	70	15	20	6	0	16	6.4	6.3	6.5	94	3	14	10	0	112
2005	35	PHI	NL	35	35	17	13	5	6	5	18	17	.514	0	2	1	0	20	57%	51.6	79	14	14	3	0	11	4.5	4.4	6.2	89	7	21	7	0	110
2006	36	PHI	NL	27	27	9	11	7	4	3	12	15	.444	2	4	2	1	11	41%	47.2	86	4	20	9	0	13	5.0	4.3	6.2	92	4	14	8	1	123
2007	37	PHI	NL	14	12	3	6	3	0	1	3	9	.250	1	1	1	1	5	42%	48.4	92	21	7	2	0	5	4.1	3.5	6.3	96	2	6	4	0	115
2008	38	CHC	NL	26	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	24.0	24	24	9	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	2.0	49	1	0	0	0	49
14 Yrs				401	327	126	119	82	24	33	165	162	.505	27	37	25	5	175	54%	50	92	2	182	54	9	142	4.9	4.6	6.4	93	58	142	114	11	133
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	105	-21					4.9	4.9	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1995	25	PIT	NL	21	9	3	1	0	1	0	1	0%	4	3	7	1	14%	8	1.064	5	3	1	5	1	3	4	5	4	3	4	1	4.0	19
1996	26	PIT	NL	51	36	6	2	3	4	1	3	25%	13	9	20	6	30%	6	1.030	12	9	15	21	4	11	13	23	18	11	21	4	4.2	21
1997	27	PIT	NL	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	.973	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0	16
1998	28	PIT	NL	29	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	2	0	0%	9	.970	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	3

2007	37	PHI	NL	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	5	100%	4	1.046	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	1	0	3.5	19
2008	38	CHC	NL	26	25	7	2	2	1	0	1	0%	4	3	3	2	67%	7	.755	5	4	16	6	4	15	2	23	14	2	14	3	5.4	26
6 Yrs				174	74	18	5	5	7	2	5	29%	22	15	37	14	38%		.987	23	19	32	33	9	32	22	52	38	18	41	8	4.5	22

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%
1994	24	PIT	NL	460	45%	2.6%	15.4%	5.4%	9.6%	38%	1.18	1.59	76%	18%	8.8%	17%	78	10	13%
1995	25	PIT	NL	327	56%	2.1%	13.8%	4.3%	8.0%	25%	0.81	1.04	77%	19%	5.8%	14%	78	8	10%
1996	26	PIT	NL	600	54%	3.2%	15.7%	4.7%	7.3%	28%	1.05	1.54	75%	18%	9.3%	10%	106	11	10%
1997	27	PIT	NL	799	48%	2.9%	20.0%	6.4%	8.6%	36%	1.10	1.45	70%	16%	9.3%	10%	135	12	9%
1998	28	PIT	NL	731	53%	3.2%	18.9%	5.5%	9.4%	38%	0.75	0.99	71%	20%	8.9%	15%	103	9	9%
1999	29	CHC	NL	875	54%	3.2%	21.3%	5.3%	6.9%	27%	0.82	1.09	69%	20%	9.3%	11%	160	15	9%
2000	30	CHC	NL	1047	54%	3.4%	18.3%	5.2%	8.0%	34%	0.99	1.48	71%	24%	10.9%	12%	184	18	10%
2001	31	CHC	NL	958	54%	2.6%	15.5%	4.3%	7.9%	34%	0.87	1.18	76%	24%	7.3%	10%	168	15	9%
2002	32	CHC	NL	582	50%	2.6%	15.0%	2.1%	7.4%	28%	0.73	1.02	79%	23%	6.9%	16%	103	8	8%

2004	34	NYY	AL	749	47%	2.7%	13.6%	2.4%	7.7%	27%	0.96	1.33	81%	17%	7.0%	9%	153	18	12%
2005	35	PHI	NL	912	49%	3.6%	16.3%	4.5%	8.4%	35%	0.83	1.13	74%	19%	9.8%	11%	135	12	9%
2006	36	PHI	NL	714	49%	3.8%	14.0%	3.4%	9.1%	33%	0.78	1.01	77%	19%	9.7%	13%	118	12	10%
2007	37	PHI	NL	342	53%	2.1%	15.8%	6.4%	8.8%	33%	0.79	1.10	74%	21%	5.4%	10%	66	10	15%
2008	38	CHC	NL	204	64%	4.9%	13.2%	2.9%	12.3%	42%	0.68	0.88	77%	20%	12.7%	20%	32	6	19%
14 Yrs				9300	52%	3.1%	16.7%	4.5%	8.3%	32%	0.89	1.21	74%	20%	8.7%	12%	1619	164	10%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.8%	8.8%	7.9%	34%	0.79	1.08	70%	21%	8.0%	14%			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
1994	24	PIT	NL	462	1560	3.38	1031	66%	20%	15%	29%	35%	80%	2%	53%	81%	60%	3%	16	9	17%	77	47	4	20%	14	4	-2	0	0
1995	25	PIT	NL	310	1087	3.51	719	66%	20%	18%	28%	34%	80%	0%	53%	78%	62%	4%	12	9	23%	71	36	4	20%	8	3	17	1	1
1996	26	PIT	NL	570	1931	3.39	1273	66%	22%	17%	25%	36%	78%	1%	52%	78%	60%	4%	25	18	21%	117	74	7	21%	15	5	30	0	1
1997	27	PIT	NL	799	2791	3.49	1805	65%	23%	20%	24%	33%	77%	3%	50%	74%	58%	4%	29	15	21%	164	93	12	21%	30	7	0	0	1
1998	28	PIT	NL	733	2584	3.53	1670	65%	24%	18%	25%	33%	76%	1%	49%	76%	58%	4%	30	22	22%	158	102	10	22%	26	4	-2	0	0
1999	29	CHC	NL	878	3110	3.54	2104	68%	22%	19%	28%	31%	78%	2%	53%	75%	64%	4%	33	19	29%	253	170	14	24%	52	9	-3	0	2
2000	30	CHC	NL	1048	3669	3.50	2415	66%	26%	18%	24%	33%	74%	1%	49%	76%	65%	3%	34	20	24%	251	138	19	25%	35	11	-1	0	0
2001	31	CHC	NL	960	3249	3.38	2183	67%	24%	13%	27%	35%	76%	2%	51%	82%	67%	3%	27	15	24%	233	135	12	28%	35	8	-2	0	0
2002	32	CHC	NL	582	1945	3.34	1356	70%	23%	15%	26%	36%	77%	1%	54%	80%	69%	2%	10	6	25%	144	85	11	22%	20	2	0	0	0

2004	34	NYY	AL	750	2543	3.39	1783	70%	22%	15%	28%	35%	78%	1%	55%	81%	66%	3%	19	14	27%	205	123	17	12%	29	3	-1	0	0
2005	35	PHI	NL	913	3128	3.43	2103	67%	24%	15%	27%	34%	76%	2%	51%	80%	66%	3%	28	13	24%	221	111	7	23%	37	9	-1	0	0
2006	36	PHI	NL	717	2494	3.48	1679	67%	25%	14%	27%	35%	75%	1%	50%	82%	68%	2%	13	8	25%	177	91	9	25%	16	2	-3	0	0
2007	37	PHI	NL	342	1184	3.46	781	66%	27%	13%	26%	34%	73%	5%	48%	82%	63%	4%	15	6	26%	89	53	10	28%	7	4	0	0	0
2008	38	CHC	NL	204	696	3.41	476	68%	24%	17%	23%	36%	76%	7%	52%	77%	68%	3%	7	3	28%	57	36	4	22%	9	0	0	0	0
14 Yrs				9268	31971	3.45	21378	67%	23%	16%	26%	34%	76%	2%	51%	79%	64%	3%	298	177	24%	2217	1294	140	23%	333	71	32	1	5
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
1994	24	PIT	NL	460	116	15	0	12	1	12	4	8	7	5	36	17	6	47%	10	2	0	146	2	5	29%	2	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
1995	25	PIT	NL	327	103	12	0	7	0	3	1	6	5	2	23	18	3	78%	2	3	1	137	11	4	73%	11	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	13	0
1996	26	PIT	NL	600	156	13	1	19	0	8	14	5	9	10	17	10	2	59%	5	0	1	219	19	8	70%	18	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0
1997	27	PIT	NL	799	193	24	3	23	2	6	8	15	12	11	37	21	7	57%	10	3	0	286	16	4	80%	13	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	12	0
1998	28	PIT	NL	731	182	56	3	23	0	5	6	17	8	15	28	14	5	50%	14	0	2	253	7	6	54%	7	5	0	1	0	0	1	1	12	0
1999	29	CHC	NL	875	226	32	9	28	0	11	10	18	18	10	45	29	8	64%	15	2	0	306	5	4	56%	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
2000	30	CHC	NL	1047	248	22	1	36	0	7	18	18	15	21	48	26	11	54%	11	2	2	370	9	5	64%	9	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	14	0
2001	31	CHC	NL	958	226	25	4	25	2	15	10	15	14	11	47	30	6	64%	14	4	3	327	2	7	22%	2	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	21	0
2002	32	CHC	NL	582	153	12	4	15	0	1	4	11	5	10	31	17	3	55%	7	0	0	212	3	2	60%	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	0

2004	34	NYY	AL	749	216	21	5	20	0	4	6	14	10	10	37	23	3	62%	11	7	1	272	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	17	0
2005	35	PHI	NL	912	223	19	6	33	0	8	16	17	17	16	34	19	4	56%	7	3	0	304	11	5	69%	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
2006	36	PHI	NL	714	196	20	4	27	0	8	11	16	15	12	30	15	6	50%	9	3	0	232	8	3	73%	7	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	0
2007	37	PHI	NL	342	91	15	2	7	0	11	3	4	5	2	23	13	4	57%	3	1	1	127	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
2008	38	CHC	NL	204	59	9	1	10	1	2	4	6	4	6	7	1	0	14%	3	0	0	72	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14 Yrs				9300	2388	295	43	285	6	101	115	170	144	141	443	253	68	57%	121	30	11	3263	97	54	64%	92	47	3	7	2	0	8	2	152	0
MLB Averages																		54%							70%

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+
1994	24	6	7	.462	3.73	17	17	0	1	0	0	108.2	116	62	45	12	25	3	71	1	3	2	460	116	1.298	9.6	1.0	2.1	5.9	2.84	116
1995	25	10	14	.417	4.76	38	29	3	1	0	0	181.1	219	118	96	19	39	3	116	5	3	5	787	90	1.423	10.9	0.9	1.9	5.8	2.97	90
1996	26	19	19	.500	4.43	89	44	9	1	0	1	323.1	375	188	159	38	67	5	210	8	3	5	1387	98	1.367	10.4	1.1	1.9	5.8	3.13	98
1997	27	30	33	.476	4.45	122	76	9	2	0	1	511.2	568	290	253	61	118	13	370	9	4	8	2186	98	1.341	10.0	1.1	2.1	6.5	3.14	98
1998	28	38	47	.447	4.36	151	104	10	4	0	2	682.2	750	383	331	84	158	17	508	12	7	8	2917	100	1.330	9.9	1.1	2.1	6.7	3.22	100
1999	29	48	58	.453	4.30	182	135	10	7	1	2	886.0	976	490	423	112	204	23	694	13	9	10	3792	102	1.332	9.9	1.1	2.1	7.0	3.40	102
2000	30	60	69	.465	4.32	217	170	10	13	2	2	1137.0	1224	620	546	148	258	26	886	23	11	12	4839	102	1.303	9.7	1.2	2.0	7.0	3.43	102
2001	31	80	75	.516	4.23	251	204	10	18	3	2	1369.1	1450	724	644	173	299	30	1034	30	12	16	5797	103	1.277	9.5	1.1	2.0	6.8	3.46	103
2002	32	86	83	.509	4.18	272	225	10	21	3	2	1510.1	1603	788	702	188	311	32	1121	31	12	16	6379	104	1.267	9.6	1.1	1.9	6.7	3.60	104
2003	33	86	83	.509	4.18	272	225	10	21	3	2	1510.1	1603	788	702	188	311	32	1121	31	12	16	6379	104	1.267	9.6	1.1	1.9	6.7	3.60	104
2004	34	100	91	.524	4.20	299	252	10	21	3	2	1687.0	1819	883	787	208	329	34	1223	33	12	23	7128	104	1.273	9.7	1.1	1.8	6.5	3.72	104
2005	35	117	104	.529	4.20	334	287	10	22	3	2	1905.1	2042	990	889	241	370	40	1372	38	12	26	8040	104	1.266	9.6	1.1	1.7	6.5	3.71	104
2006	36	126	115	.523	4.26	361	314	10	24	4	2	2073.1	2238	1090	981	268	394	43	1472	44	12	29	8754	103	1.269	9.7	1.2	1.7	6.4	3.74	103
2007	37	129	121	.516	4.28	375	326	11	25	5	2	2151.1	2329	1134	1022	275	416	48	1526	47	13	30	9096	103	1.276	9.7	1.2	1.7	6.4	3.67	103
2008	38	131	124	.514	4.27	401	327	18	25	5	2	2198.0	2388	1158	1043	285	422	52	1553	49	13	30	9300	103	1.278	9.8	1.2	1.7	6.4	3.68	103

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1994	24	9	7	.563	3.58	151.0	159	67	60	16	34	99	1	1.278	9.5	2.0	5.9	2.91	1.0	17
1995	25	2	6	.250	6.04	79.0	112	59	53	8	15	49	4	1.608	12.8	1.7	5.6	3.27	0.9	21
1996	26	8	7	.533	3.66	140.0	149	63	57	18	27	93	3	1.257	9.6	1.7	6.0	3.44	1.2	51
1997	27	9	11	.450	4.16	188.0	186	97	87	22	49	159	1	1.250	8.9	2.3	7.6	3.24	1.1	33
1998	28	10	9	.526	3.84	171.0	176	81	73	22	39	138	3	1.257	9.3	2.1	7.3	3.54	1.2	29
1999	29	12	10	.545	3.64	205.0	214	92	83	27	44	188	1	1.259	9.4	1.9	8.3	4.27	1.2	31
2000	30	14	13	.519	3.98	251.0	235	123	111	34	51	192	9	1.139	8.4	1.8	6.9	3.76	1.2	35
2001	31	13	12	.520	3.83	228.0	225	108	97	25	41	145	7	1.167	8.9	1.6	5.7	3.54	1.0	34
2002	32	8	7	.533	3.85	138.0	154	66	59	15	12	85	1	1.203	10.0	0.8	5.5	7.08	1.0	21

2004	34	9	10	.474	4.29	172.0	212	91	82	20	18	99	2	1.337	11.1	0.9	5.2	5.50	1.0	27
2005	35	12	12	.500	4.04	216.0	218	108	97	32	40	148	5	1.194	9.1	1.7	6.2	3.70	1.3	35
2006	36	8	10	.444	4.42	167.0	185	91	82	25	23	99	6	1.246	10.0	1.2	5.3	4.30	1.3	27
2007	37	4	4	.500	4.32	77.0	87	41	37	7	21	53	3	1.403	10.2	2.5	6.2	2.52	0.8	14
2008	38	3	2	.600	3.91	46.0	57	22	20	10	6	27	2	1.370	11.2	1.2	5.3	4.50	2.0	26
14 Yrs		121	120	.502	4.03	2229.0	2369	1109	998	281	420	1574	48	1.251	9.6		6.4	3.75	1.1	401

* 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

All-Star Games 2001 *	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2001 NL (4, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (283rd)	Wins s c a p y 2001 NL 20 (4th) 2004 AL 14 (8th) 2005 NL 17 (5th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 2001 NL .769 (4th) 2004 AL .636 (8th)
Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 2000 NL 1.203 (8th) 2001 NL 1.149 (5th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1999 NL 2.036 (6th) 2000 NL 1.936 (6th) 2001 NL 1.588 (3rd) 2004 AL 0.917 (1st) 2005 NL 1.690 (3rd) 2006 NL 1.286 (1st) Career 1.728 (43rd)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1997 NL 7.646 (10th) 1999 NL 8.233 (3rd) Career 6.359 (184th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 2000 NL 251.0 (1st) 2001 NL 232.3 (5th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1999 NL 186 (8th) 2000 NL 192 (9th) Career 1,553 (164th)	Games Started s c a p y 2000 NL 35 (1st) 2001 NL 34 (4th) 2005 NL 35 (1st) Career 327 (242nd)	Complete Games s c a p y 1999 NL 3 (9th) 2000 NL 6 (3rd) 2001 NL 5 (2nd) 2002 NL 3 (10th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1999 NL 1 (8th) 2000 NL 1 (9th) 2001 NL 1 (7th) 2006 NL 1 (7th) 2007 NL 1 (2nd)
Home Runs s c a p y 2000 NL 36 (3rd) 2005 NL 33 (5th) Career 285 (62nd)	Hits s c a p y 1999 NL 226 (10th) 2000 NL 248 (3rd) 2001 NL 226 (7th) 2005 NL 223 (9th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1997 NL 3.137 (8th) 1998 NL 3.450 (10th) 1999 NL 4.044 (4th) 2000 NL 3.556 (7th) 2001 NL 3.610 (7th) 2004 AL 5.667 (2nd) 2005 NL 3.634 (9th) 2006 NL 4.167 (4th) Career 3.680 (11th)	Losses s c a p y 1997 NL 14 (3rd) 1998 NL 14 (5th)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1997 NL 94 (9th) 2000 NL 123 (2nd) Career 1,043 (199th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2000 NL 10 (10th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 2000 NL 1,047 (1st) 2001 NL 958 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Pitching - 9 (269), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 60 (423), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 15 (753), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 14 (550), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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