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Jon Lieber
Jonathan Ray Lieber
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: April 2, 1970 in Council Bluffs, IA
High School: Abraham Lincoln (Council Bluffs, IA)
School: University of South Alabama
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
Final Game: September 5, 2008
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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
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 2 460 115 1.298 9.6 1.0 2.1 5.9 2.84
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 96 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 0 731 106 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
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 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 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 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 Seasons 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 99 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

Postseason Pitching

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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 34 NYY AL ALDS W MIN 0 0 4.05 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 7 3 3 0 1 0 4 0 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 0 0 0 0 14.1 12 5 5 1 1 0 5 1 0 1 54 0.907 7.5 0.6 0.6 3.1 5.00
1 Season (2 Series) 1 1 .500 3.43 3 3 0 0 0 0 21.0 19 8 8 1 2 0 9 1 0 1 80 1.000 8.1 0.4 0.9 3.9 4.50
1 ALDS 0 0 4.05 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 7 3 3 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 26 1.200 9.5 0.0 1.4 5.4 4.00
1 ALCS 1 1 .500 3.14 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.1 12 5 5 1 1 0 5 1 0 1 54 0.907 7.5 0.6 0.6 3.1 5.00

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
1994 24 PIT NL 17 42 39 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .103 .125 .128 .253 -34 5 3 0 2 0 0 1
1995 25 PIT NL 21 21 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .048 .048 .048 .095 -75 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
1996 26 PIT NL 51 42 36 4 7 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 11 .194 .256 .278 .534 39 10 2 0 3 0 0 1
1997 27 PIT NL 32 64 58 1 7 2 0 0 8 0 0 4 23 .121 .177 .155 .333 -13 9 4 0 2 0 0 1
1998 28 PIT NL 27 58 48 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 20 .167 .216 .188 .403 7 9 0 0 7 0 0 1
1999 29 CHC NL 29 71 58 8 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 23 .121 .188 .138 .325 -14 8 1 0 7 1 0 1
2000 30 CHC NL 34 94 82 3 18 4 0 0 4 0 0 2 28 .220 .238 .268 .506 30 22 0 0 10 0 0 1
2001 31 CHC NL 33 87 76 3 12 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 22 .158 .179 .184 .364 -3 14 2 0 9 0 0 1 AS,CYA-4
2002 32 CHC NL 20 48 43 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .163 .182 .186 .368 -2 8 2 0 4 0 0 1
2004 34 NYY AL 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 77 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
2005 35 PHI NL 34 78 73 7 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 29 .096 .107 .123 .230 -41 9 3 0 3 1 0 1
2006 36 PHI NL 28 63 53 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 28 .094 .158 .094 .252 -34 5 1 0 6 0 0 1
2007 37 PHI NL 12 22 17 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 8 .059 .238 .059 .297 -18 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
2008 38 CHC NL 24 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
14 Seasons 363 699 612 36 85 17 0 0 25 0 0 30 234 .139 .179 .167 .345 -10 102 20 0 55 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 312 273 16 38 8 0 0 11 0 0 13 104 .139 .179 .167 .345 -10 46 9 0 25 1 0
PIT (5 yrs) 148 227 202 11 27 7 0 0 12 0 0 11 82 .134 .178 .168 .347 -9 34 10 0 14 0 0
CHC (5 yrs) 140 306 264 16 44 8 0 0 8 0 0 10 87 .167 .196 .197 .393 3 52 5 0 31 1 0
PHI (3 yrs) 74 163 143 9 13 2 0 0 5 0 0 9 65 .091 .144 .105 .249 -35 15 4 0 10 1 0
NYY (1 yr) 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 77 1 1 0 0 0 0
NL (13 yrs) 362 696 609 36 84 17 0 0 25 0 0 30 234 .138 .178 .166 .344 -10 101 19 0 55 2 0
AL (1 yr) 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 77 1 1 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1994 PIT NL 24 P 17 17 108.2 20 10 8 2 1 .900 1.49 1.06 .960 1.86 0.54
1995 PIT NL 25 P 21 12 72.2 19 2 16 1 0 .947 2.23 0.86 .958 1.85 0.51
1996 PIT NL 26 P 51 15 142.0 42 17 25 0 0 1.000 2.66 0.82 .952 1.84 0.52
1997 PIT NL 27 P 33 32 188.1 42 16 25 1 1 .976 1.96 1.24 .952 1.85 0.52
1998 PIT NL 28 P 29 28 171.0 29 12 17 0 1 1.000 1.53 1.00 .959 1.85 0.54
1999 CHC NL 29 P 31 31 203.1 37 18 17 2 1 .946 1.55 1.13 .951 1.72 0.48
2000 CHC NL 30 P 35 35 251.0 62 30 31 1 1 .984 2.19 1.74 .963 1.74 0.48
2001 CHC NL 31 P 34 34 232.1 51 16 35 0 4 1.000 1.98 1.50 .957 1.75 0.46 AS,CYA-4
2002 CHC NL 32 P 21 21 141.0 24 5 19 0 1 1.000 1.53 1.14 .962 1.83 0.48
2004 NYY AL 34 P 27 27 176.2 33 10 19 4 1 .879 1.48 1.07 .952 1.66 0.45
2005 PHI NL 35 P 35 35 218.1 44 12 28 4 0 .909 1.65 1.14 .961 1.75 0.46
2006 PHI NL 36 P 27 27 168.0 37 15 19 3 0 .919 1.82 1.26 .959 1.72 0.43
2007 PHI NL 37 P 14 12 78.0 12 5 5 2 1 .833 1.15 0.71 .967 1.68 0.40
2008 CHC NL 38 P 26 1 46.2 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.35 0.27 .957 1.74 0.43
14 Seasons P 401 327 2198.0 459 169 270 20 12 .956 1.80 1.09 .958 1.77 0.48
14 Seasons TOT 401 327 2198.0 459 169 270 20 12 .956 1.80 1.09 .914 1.77 0.48

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 (260th)

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--.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--166th

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--1553--150th

Games Started s c a p y
2000 NL--35--1st
2001 NL--34--4th
2005 NL--35--1st
Career--327--231st

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--61st

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--10th

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--1043--195th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2000 NL--10--10th

Batters Faced s c a p y
2000 NL--1047--1st
2001 NL--958--5th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 5 (297), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 42 (386), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 15 (728), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (541), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  6. Todd Stottlemyre (933)
  7. Pat Hentgen (925)
  8. Mike Krukow (922)
  9. Mark Gubicza (919)
  10. Darryl Kile (917)
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  7. Carl Pavano (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  9. Bronson Arroyo (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 3, 1991: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 9th round of the 1991 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 1, 1992: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1992.

July 31, 1993: Traded by the Kansas City Royals with Dan Miceli to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Stan Belinda.

December 14, 1998: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Chicago Cubs for Brant Brown.

November 1, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

February 4, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

November 5, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

December 8, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

January 16, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

October 31, 2008: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1994Pittsburgh Pirates$109,000
1995Pittsburgh Pirates$140,000
1996Pittsburgh Pirates$150,000
1997Pittsburgh Pirates$335,000
1998Pittsburgh Pirates$1,450,000
1999Chicago Cubs$2,100,000
2000Chicago Cubs$3,833,333
2001Chicago Cubs$5,083,333
2002Chicago Cubs$5,833,333
2003New York Yankees$550,000
2004New York Yankees$2,700,000
2005Philadelphia Phillies$5,583,333
2006Philadelphia Phillies$7,583,333
2007Philadelphia Phillies$7,833,333
2008Chicago Cubs$3,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$46,783,998
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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