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José Lima

Jose Desiderio Rodriguez Lima (Lima Time)
born Jose Desiderio Rodriguez Lima

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 30, 1972 in Santiago, Santiago, D.R.
High School: Santiago (Santiago, DO)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1994
Teams (by GP): Astros/Tigers/Royals/Dodgers/Mets 1994-2006

Final Game: July 7, 2006
Died: May 23, 2010 in Pasadena, CA
Buried: Las Charcas Cemetery, Santiago, Santiago, D.R.
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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
1990	17	DET-min	Rk	3	8	.273	5.02	14	12	2	1	0	1	75.1	89	49	42	9	22	3	64	3	1	4			1.473	10.6	1.1	2.6	7.6	2.91	BRS · APPY
1991	18	DET-min	A,A+	1	4	.200	5.67	22	8	6	0	0	0	66.2	69	48	42	5	27	0	65	1	6	3	290		1.440	9.3	0.7	3.6	8.8	2.41	FAY,LAK · SALL,FLOR
1992	19	DET-min	A+	5	11	.313	3.16	25	25	0	5	2	0	151.0	132	57	53	14	21	2	137	5	4	3	587		1.013	7.9	0.8	1.3	8.2	6.52	LAK · FLOR
1993	20	DET-min	AA	8	13	.381	4.07	27	27	0	2	0	0	177.0	160	96	80	19	59	4	138	5	13	8	744		1.237	8.1	1.0	3.0	7.0	2.34	LON · EL
1994	21	DET-min	AAA	7	9	.438	3.60	23	22	0	3	2	0	142.1	124	70	57	16	48	1	117	2	2	4	582		1.208	7.8	1.0	3.0	7.4	2.44	TOL · IL
1994	21	DET	AL	0	1	.000	13.50	3	1	1	0	0	0	6.2	11	10	10	2	3	1	7	0	0	1	34	38	2.100	14.9	2.7	4.1	9.5	2.33
1995	22	DET-min	AAA,A+	8	4	.667	2.92	15	15	0	1	0	0	95.2	92	37	31	11	14	2	60	1	0	3	387		1.108	8.7	1.0	1.3	5.6	4.29	TOL,LAK · IL,FLOR
1995	22	DET	AL	3	9	.250	6.11	15	15	0	0	0	0	73.2	85	52	50	10	18	4	37	4	0	5	320	79	1.398	10.4	1.2	2.2	4.5	2.06
1996	23	DET-min	AAA	5	4	.556	6.78	12	12	0	0	0	0	69.0	93	53	52	11	12	0	57	0	0	2	303		1.522	12.1	1.4	1.6	7.4	4.75	TOL · IL
1996	23	DET	AL	5	6	.455	5.70	39	4	15	0	0	3	72.2	87	48	46	13	22	4	59	5	0	3	329	90	1.500	10.8	1.6	2.7	7.3	2.68
1997	24	HOU	NL	1	6	.143	5.28	52	1	15	0	0	2	75.0	79	45	44	9	16	2	63	5	0	2	321	76	1.267	9.5	1.1	1.9	7.6	3.94
1998	25	HOU	NL	16	8	.667	3.70	33	33	0	3	1	0	233.1	229	100	96	34	32	1	169	7	0	4	950	111	1.119	8.8	1.3	1.2	6.5	5.28
1999	26	HOU	NL	21	10	.677	3.58	35	35	0	3	0	0	246.1	256	108	98	30	44	2	187	2	0	8	1024	125	1.218	9.4	1.1	1.6	6.8	4.25	AS,CYA-4
2000	27	HOU	NL	7	16	.304	6.65	33	33	0	0	0	0	196.1	251	152	*145*	48	68	3	124	2	0	3	895	75	1.625	11.5	2.2	3.1	5.7	1.82
2001	28	TOT	MLB	6	12	.333	5.54	32	27	3	2	0	0	165.2	197	114	102	35	38	3	84	9	0	4	719	79	1.419	10.7	1.9	2.1	4.6	2.21
2001	28	HOU	NL	1	2	.333	7.30	14	9	3	0	0	0	53.0	77	48	43	12	16	1	41	5	0	3	249	64	1.755	13.1	2.0	2.7	7.0	2.56
2001	28	DET	AL	5	10	.333	4.71	18	18	0	2	0	0	112.2	120	66	59	23	22	2	43	4	0	1	470	91	1.260	9.6	1.8	1.8	3.4	1.95
2002	29	DET	AL	4	6	.400	7.77	20	12	3	0	0	0	68.1	86	60	59	12	21	0	33	2	0	2	304	55	1.566	11.3	1.6	2.8	4.3	1.57
2003	30	KCR	AL	8	3	.727	4.91	14	14	0	0	0	0	73.1	80	40	40	7	26	0	32	5	2	2	321	100	1.445	9.8	0.9	3.2	3.9	1.23
2004	31	LAD	NL	13	5	.722	4.07	36	24	3	0	0	0	170.1	178	81	77	33	34	6	93	1	0	3	702	101	1.245	9.4	1.7	1.8	4.9	2.74
2005	32	KCR	AL	5	16	.238	6.99	32	32	0	1	0	0	168.2	219	140	131	31	61	1	80	9	0	5	780	63	1.660	11.7	1.7	3.3	4.3	1.31
2006	33	NYM-min	AAA	7	8	.467	3.92	25	22	1	0	0	0	140.0	140	64	61	15	20	0	88	6	0	2	572		1.143	9.0	1.0	1.3	5.7	4.40	NFK · IL
2006	33	NYM	NL	0	4	.000	9.87	4	4	0	0	0	0	17.1	25	22	19	3	10	0	12	2	1	1	91	45	2.019	13.0	1.6	5.2	6.2	1.20
2007	34	SLT	AAA	13	4	.765	3.60	22	22	0	6	1	0	160.0	170	68	64	18	33	1	76	3	2	5	669		1.269	9.6	1.0	1.9	4.3	2.30	SLT · MEX
13 Yrs				89	102	.466	5.26	348	235	40	9	1	5	1567.2	1783	972	917	267	393	27	980	53	3	43	6790	85	1.388	10.2	1.5	2.3	5.6	2.49
162 Game Avg.				10	12	.466	5.26	41	27	5	1	0	1	183	208	113	107	31	46	3	114	6	0	5	792	85	1.388	10.2	1.5	2.3	5.6	2.49

HOU (5 yrs)				46	42	.523	4.77	167	111	18	6	1	2	804.0	892	453	426	133	176	9	584	21	0	20	3439	94	1.328	10.0	1.5	2.0	6.5	3.32
DET (5 yrs)				17	32	.347	6.04	95	50	19	2	0	3	334.0	389	236	224	60	86	11	179	15	0	12	1457	76	1.422	10.5	1.6	2.3	4.8	2.08
KCR (2 yrs)				13	19	.406	6.36	46	46	0	1	0	0	242.0	299	180	171	38	87	1	112	14	2	7	1101	72	1.595	11.1	1.4	3.2	4.2	1.29
NYM (1 yr)				0	4	.000	9.87	4	4	0	0	0	0	17.1	25	22	19	3	10	0	12	2	1	1	91	45	2.019	13.0	1.6	5.2	6.2	1.20
LAD (1 yr)				13	5	.722	4.07	36	24	3	0	0	0	170.1	178	81	77	33	34	6	93	1	0	3	702	101	1.245	9.4	1.7	1.8	4.9	2.74

NL (7 yrs)				59	51	.536	4.74	207	139	21	6	1	2	991.2	1095	556	522	169	220	15	689	24	1	24	4232	93	1.326	9.9	1.5	2.0	6.3	3.13
AL (7 yrs)				30	51	.370	6.17	141	96	19	3	0	3	576.0	688	416	395	98	173	12	291	29	2	19	2558	74	1.495	10.8	1.5	2.7	4.5	1.68

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	21	DET	AL	6.2	3	1	10	13.50	5.13	-0.35	-0.05	101.6	5.51	-6	-0.5	.3	0.1	-0.4	-5	.342	.497	$109,000
1995	22	DET	AL	73.2	15	15	52	6.35	5.12	-0.36	0.19	103.1	5.84	-4	-0.4		-0.1	0.2	4	.475	.498	$129,000
1996	23	DET	AL	72.2	39	4	48	5.94	5.50	-0.47	-0.23	102.0	5.86	-2	-0.2	1.4	-0.2	0.4	9	.496	.499	$145,000
1997	24	HOU	NL	75.0	52	1	45	5.40	4.63	0.41	-0.34	96.0	3.72	-14	-1.4	1.2	-0.3	-1.1	-7	.473	.491	$170,000
1998	25	HOU	NL	233.1	33	33	100	3.86	4.52	0.00	0.16	98.4	4.60	20	2.1		-0.2	3.6	42	.563	.513	$240,000
1999	26	HOU	NL	246.1	35	35	108	3.95	5.02	0.20	0.19	98.3	4.91	25	2.6		-0.1	4.2	52	.573	.516	$2,250,000	AS,CYA-4
2000	27	HOU	NL	196.1	33	33	152	6.97	5.07	-0.36	0.18	107.7	6.04	-21	-1.9		-0.1	-0.6	1	.442	.488	$5,032,444
2001	28	HOU	NL	53.0	14	9	48	8.15	4.84	-0.02	0.09	104.9	5.19	-17	-1.6	.2	0.1	-1.1	-12	.387	.490	$6,250,000
2001	28	DET	AL	112.2	18	18	66	5.27	4.89	-0.23	0.19	96.5	5.12	-2	-0.2		-0.1	0.7	12	.487	.499	$
2002	29	DET	AL	68.1	20	12	60	7.90	5.01	-0.27	0.06	92.8	4.96	-23	-2.0	.4	0.1	-1.4	-14	.398	.487	$7,250,000
2003	30	KCR	AL	73.1	14	14	40	4.91	4.66	-0.33	0.18	107.3	5.53	5	0.5		-0.0	1.1	14	.538	.503	$
2004	31	LAD	NL	170.1	36	24	81	4.28	4.66	0.37	0.12	97.2	4.29	-1	-0.1	.8	-0.1	1.1	17	.498	.500	$
2005	32	KCR	AL	168.2	32	32	140	7.47	4.65	-0.81	0.17	101.2	5.70	-35	-3.2		-0.1	-1.8	-13	.401	.480	$2,500,000
2006	33	NYM	NL	17.1	4	4	22	11.42	5.00	0.26	0.20	96.9	4.78	-13	-1.0		-0.0	-0.8	-11	.260	.494	$
13 Seasons				1567.2	348	235	972	5.58	4.85	-0.12	0.12	100.2	5.11	-87	-7.2	1.1	-1.0	4.1	91	.479	.497	$24,075,444

HOU (5 yrs)				804.0	167	111	453	5.07	4.84	0.01	0.12	100.8	5.01	-8	-0.3	1.1	-0.6	5.0	77	.498	.500	$13,942,444
DET (5 yrs)				334.0	95	50	236	6.36	5.10	-0.32	0.07	98.5	5.42	-37	-3.3	1.2	-0.2	-0.5	7	.465	.496	$7,633,000
KCR (2 yrs)				242.0	46	46	180	6.69	4.65	-0.67	0.17	103.1	5.65	-29	-2.7		-0.1	-0.7	2	.442	.492	$2,500,000
NYM (1 yr)				17.1	4	4	22	11.42	5.00	0.26	0.20	96.9	4.78	-13	-1.0		-0.0	-0.8	-11	.260	.494	$
LAD (1 yr)				170.1	36	24	81	4.28	4.66	0.37	0.12	97.2	4.29	-1	-0.1	.8	-0.1	1.1	17	.498	.500	$

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
1997	24	HOU	NL	NLDS	L	ATL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00

1999	26	HOU	NL	NLDS	L	ATL	0	1	.000	5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	9	4	4	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	31	1.650	12.2	0.0	2.7	5.4	2.00

2004	31	LAD	NL	NLDS	L	STL	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	32	0.667	5.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	4.00
3 Yrs (3 Series)							1	1	.500	2.16	3	2	0	1	1	0	16.2	14	4	4	0	4	2	9	0	0	0	66	1.080	7.6	0.0	2.2	4.9	2.25
3 NLDS							1	1	.500	2.16	3	2	0	1	1	0	16.2	14	4	4	0	4	2	9	0	0	0	66	1.080	7.6	0.0	2.2	4.9	2.25

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
1999	HOU	NL	26	0	0	0		0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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	21	DET	AL	3	34	31	10	11	1	0	2	1	0	3	7	.355	.412	.581	.992	.409	18	0	0	0	0	1	0
1995	22	DET	AL	15	320	295	52	85	16	2	10	4	0	18	37	.288	.336	.458	.794	.301	135	7	4	2	1	4	1
1996	23	DET	AL	39	329	294	48	87	19	3	13	3	1	22	59	.296	.352	.514	.865	.329	151	5	5	5	3	4	3
1997	24	HOU	NL	52	321	291	45	79	17	2	9	3	4	16	63	.271	.317	.436	.754	.315	127	2	5	6	3	2	3
1998	25	HOU	NL	33	950	895	100	229	38	5	34	13	4	32	169	.256	.285	.423	.709	.280	379	16	7	11	5	1	6
1999	26	HOU	NL	35	1024	966	108	256	50	8	30	12	7	44	187	.265	.296	.427	.723	.299	412	9	2	5	7	2	9
2000	27	HOU	NL	33	895	801	152	251	52	8	48	14	5	68	124	.313	.364	.578	.942	.317	463	12	2	12	12	3	9
2001	28	DET	AL	18	470	438	66	120	18	4	23	11	2	22	43	.274	.311	.491	.802	.257	215	13	4	1	5	2	9
2001	28	HOU	NL	14	249	220	48	77	9	3	12	4	2	16	41	.350	.400	.582	.982	.380	128	8	5	4	4	1	4
2001	28	TOT	MLB	32	719	658	114	197	27	7	35	15	4	38	84	.299	.342	.521	.863	.296	343	21	9	5	9	3	13
2002	29	DET	AL	20	304	274	60	86	22	5	12	6	3	21	33	.314	.360	.562	.922	.315	154	2	2	1	6	0	1
2003	30	KCR	AL	14	321	286	40	80	16	3	7	10	0	26	32	.280	.347	.430	.777	.292	123	9	5	1	3	0	4
2004	31	LAD	NL	36	702	657	81	178	28	2	33	5	0	34	93	.271	.307	.470	.778	.273	309	21	1	9	1	6	4
2005	32	KCR	AL	32	780	698	140	219	58	5	31	10	4	61	80	.314	.373	.544	.917	.316	380	10	9	5	7	1	5
2006	33	NYM	NL	4	91	76	22	25	4	1	3	1	0	10	12	.329	.416	.526	.942	.355	40	1	2	2	1	0	2
13 Yrs				348	6790	6222	972	1783	348	51	267	97	32	393	980	.287	.331	.488	.819	.301	3034	115	53	64	58	27	60
162 Game Avg.				41	792	726	113	208	41	6	31	11	4	46	114	.287	.331	.488	.819	.301	354	13	6	7	7	3	7
MLB Averages																.267	.337	.425	.762	.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
1994	21	DET	AL	-5.7	-0.5	36	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	.54	-0.3	-0.6	-6.4	-0.5	0.54	-3.9	0	0	2
1995	22	DET	AL	-9.7	-0.9	328	-0.3	5.3	-5.6	.96	0.2	-0.5	-5.1	-0.5	0.96	1.6	0	0	0
1996	23	DET	AL	-3.7	-0.3	337	0.4	6.6	-6.2	1.13	-0.9	1.3	-5.1	-0.5	1.13	-5.9	15	5	15
1997	24	HOU	NL	-9.4	-0.9	330	-0.4	4.8	-5.2	.91	-0.2	-0.2	-4.5	-0.5	0.91	-2.0	14	14	23
1998	25	HOU	NL	13.3	1.3	972	1.3	16.0	-14.7	.91	1.3	0.2	16.8	1.7	0.91	14.0	0	0	0
1999	26	HOU	NL	24.8	2.4	1051	2.7	19.3	-16.6	1.00	2.4	0.3	25.5	2.5	1.00	30.0	0	0	0
2000	27	HOU	NL	-31.4	-2.8	915	-2.2	14.9	-17.1	.94	-3.5	1.2	-35.1	-3.0	0.94	-40.1	0	0	0
2001	28	TOT	MLB	-21.7	-2.0	747	-2.2	10.9	-13.1	.85	-2.4	-0.2	-26.5	-2.4	0.85	-25.2	0	0	4
2001	28	HOU	NL	-15.2	-1.4	259	-1.4	3.3	-4.7	.81	-1.6	-0.1	-19.6	-1.7	0.81	-17.9	0	0	4
2001	28	DET	AL	-6.5	-0.6	488	-0.9	7.6	-8.5	.88	-0.9	-0.1	-6.9	-0.7	0.88	-7.3	0	0	0
2002	29	DET	AL	-26.1	-2.4	315	-2.1	4.6	-6.7	.94	-1.7	-0.6	-22.7	-2.1	0.94	-18.1	1	0	7
2003	30	KCR	AL	1.5	0.1	335	0.4	6.3	-5.9	1.03	-0.2	0.6	1.9	0.2	1.03	-1.2	0	0	0
2004	31	LAD	NL	2.1	0.2	714	0.8	11.8	-11.1	.90	-0.2	1.0	9.6	1.0	0.90	-1.5	2	3	7
2005	32	KCR	AL	-46.8	-4.2	797	-4.0	11.9	-15.9	.92	-4.5	0.2	-51.7	-4.6	0.92	-49.1	0	0	0
2006	33	NYM	NL	-11.4	-1.0	94	-1.1	1.1	-2.2	.96	-1.0	-0.1	-12.7	-1.1	0.96	-11.4	0	0	0
13 Yrs				-124.3	-10.9	6971	-7.2	113.7	-120.8	.94	-11.0	3.4	-116.0	-9.8	0.94	-112.8	32	22	58

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	21	DET	AL	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	30.0	30	30	2	0	0	1	6.0	6.0	4.0	72	1	0	0	0	72
1995	22	DET	AL	15	15	3	9	3	1	4	3	12	.200	2	1	0	0	6	40%	43.3	65	11	14	10	1	6	3.4	4.7	4.9	79	7	6	2	0	111
1996	23	DET	AL	39	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	31.8	44	16	20	7	0	1	2.5	3.9	5.3	95	1	1	2	0	113
1997	24	HOU	NL	52	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	55.0	55	55	27	14	0	1	3.3	9.0	2.0	27	1	0	0	0	27
1998	25	HOU	NL	33	33	16	8	9	2	4	21	12	.636	1	5	3	1	24	73%	55.5	83	25	15	2	0	12	5.6	5.7	7.1	102	2	14	13	4	127
1999	26	HOU	NL	35	35	21	10	4	2	4	24	11	.686	0	2	3	0	25	71%	54.6	83	5	19	2	3	11	4.9	4.7	7.0	103	3	10	20	2	132
2000	27	HOU	NL	33	33	7	16	10	2	4	11	22	.333	7	5	0	0	11	33%	40.1	81	-4	19	8	1	16	5.3	4.7	5.9	97	5	11	15	2	122
2001	28	TOT	MLB	32	27	6	12	9	1	4	10	17	.370	2	4	2	0	11	41%	0.0	75	14	21	5	1	16	4.3	4.2	5.8	88	7	13	7	0	115
2001	28	HOU	NL	14	9	1	2	6	0	0	4	5	.444	1	4	0	0	2	22%	38.4	75	14	12	3	1	6	4.9	3.8	4.9	84	3	4	2	0	104
2001	28	DET	AL	18	18	5	10	3	1	4	6	12	.333	1	0	2	0	9	50%	47.4	71	15	9	2	0	10	4.0	4.4	6.3	89	4	9	5	0	115
2002	29	DET	AL	20	12	4	4	4	1	0	5	7	.417	0	2	0	0	3	25%	37.8	77	-5	11	5	0	5	4.4	4.6	4.4	71	9	3	0	0	98
2003	30	KCR	AL	14	14	8	3	3	4	0	10	4	.714	0	3	0	0	4	29%	46.0	71	13	4	2	0	6	5.6	5.7	5.2	86	5	5	4	0	115
2004	31	LAD	NL	36	24	11	5	8	1	1	17	7	.708	0	7	0	0	14	58%	50.5	84	6	8	5	3	8	4.6	4.4	6.3	89	4	15	5	0	119
2005	32	KCR	AL	32	32	5	16	11	1	3	8	24	.250	2	4	1	0	9	28%	38.2	76	13	21	5	1	15	4.3	4.0	5.3	90	8	14	10	0	117
2006	33	NYM	NL	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	31.0	35	21	4	1	0	3	3.8	3.2	4.3	92	2	0	2	0	114
13 Yrs				348	235	81	92	62	15	24	109	126	.464	14	33	9	1	107	46%	46	84	-5	185	66	10	101	4.7	4.7	5.9	92	55	92	80	8	132
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
1994	21	DET	AL	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	.536	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	4.0	27

1996	23	DET	AL	39	35	15	5	2	7	3	4	43%	13	6	27	9	33%	8	1.128	15	5	15	15	5	15	17	18	20	8	22	3	4.4	23
1997	24	HOU	NL	52	51	15	1	6	2	2	0	100%	6	3	36	15	42%	8	.908	14	14	23	14	10	27	19	32	23	16	25	9	4.3	21

2001	28	TOT	MLB	32	5	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0%		.852	0	0	4	1	0	4	2	3	2	0	2	0	5.4	31
2001	28	HOU	NL	14	5	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0%	9	.807	0	0	4	1	0	4	2	3	2	0	2	0	5.4	31
2002	29	DET	AL	20	8	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	7	.942	1	0	7	0	1	7	1	7	6	0	6	0	5.8	28

2004	31	LAD	NL	36	12	3	2	0	0	0	0		1	1	10	2	20%	6	.899	2	3	7	4	1	7	5	7	6	2	6	0	4.8	22
6 Yrs				164	113	40	8	10	9	5	4	56%	20	10	78	26	33%		.928	32	22	58	34	17	62	44	69	58	27	62	12	4.5	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%
1994	21	DET	AL	34	53%	5.9%	20.6%	8.8%	8.8%	27%	0.92	1.17	65%	21%	16.7%	0%	9	0	0%
1995	22	DET	AL	320	40%	3.1%	11.6%	5.6%	8.8%	33%	0.66	0.84	78%	22%	7.8%	17%	58	7	12%
1996	23	DET	AL	329	49%	4.0%	17.9%	6.7%	10.6%	40%	0.75	1.36	68%	24%	10.9%	11%	58	5	9%
1997	24	HOU	NL	321	59%	2.8%	19.6%	5.0%	8.7%	35%	0.54	0.65	69%	24%	7.6%	17%	62	2	3%
1998	25	HOU	NL	950	50%	3.6%	17.8%	3.4%	8.1%	34%	0.75	0.96	73%	19%	10.1%	19%	160	16	10%
1999	26	HOU	NL	1024	56%	2.9%	18.3%	4.3%	8.6%	34%	0.81	1.10	74%	21%	8.1%	13%	148	9	6%
2000	27	HOU	NL	895	55%	5.4%	13.9%	7.6%	12.1%	43%	0.62	0.89	72%	26%	13.8%	12%	153	12	8%
2001	28	TOT	MLB	719	54%	4.9%	11.7%	5.3%	9.6%	35%	0.69	0.92	76%	23%	12.7%	15%	136	21	15%
2001	28	HOU	NL	249	62%	4.8%	16.5%	6.4%	9.6%	31%	0.67	1.19	69%	30%	12.8%	8%	54	8	15%
2001	28	DET	AL	470	49%	4.9%	9.2%	4.7%	9.6%	38%	0.69	0.82	80%	19%	12.7%	18%	82	13	16%
2002	29	DET	AL	304	46%	4.0%	10.9%	6.9%	12.8%	45%	0.43	0.58	77%	28%	8.1%	9%	54	2	4%
2003	30	KCR	AL	321	39%	2.2%	10.0%	8.1%	8.1%	33%	0.66	0.74	78%	14%	5.5%	16%	72	9	13%
2004	31	LAD	NL	702	50%	4.7%	13.3%	4.8%	9.0%	35%	0.85	1.38	76%	16%	12.5%	12%	119	21	18%
2005	32	KCR	AL	780	53%	4.0%	10.3%	7.8%	12.1%	43%	0.58	0.72	76%	23%	8.8%	10%	121	10	8%
2006	33	NYM	NL	91	55%	3.3%	13.2%	11.0%	8.8%	32%	0.94	1.50	68%	18%	10.0%	9%	17	1	6%
13 Yrs				6790	52%	3.9%	14.4%	5.8%	9.8%	37%	0.69	0.94	74%	21%	10.1%	14%	1167	115	10%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.7%	8.8%	7.9%	34%	0.79	1.08	70%	21%	8.1%	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	21	DET	AL	34	125	3.68	72	58%	21%	18%	28%	33%	79%	8%	46%	77%	41%	6%	2	1	18%	6	1	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0
1995	22	DET	AL	320	1191	3.72	776	65%	22%	14%	30%	34%	78%	4%	51%	82%	60%	3%	11	4	19%	62	29	4	32%	5	3	0	0	0
1996	23	DET	AL	330	1187	3.60	769	65%	22%	21%	25%	32%	78%	4%	51%	73%	60%	4%	14	7	24%	79	46	7	10%	13	3	-1	0	1
1997	24	HOU	NL	313	1088	3.48	744	68%	21%	22%	26%	31%	79%	2%	54%	72%	62%	4%	13	9	26%	82	52	10	12%	16	2	8	0	2
1998	25	HOU	NL	951	3374	3.55	2263	67%	23%	17%	28%	33%	77%	0%	52%	78%	65%	2%	21	19	25%	241	124	13	22%	40	1	-1	0	0
1999	26	HOU	NL	1025	3593	3.51	2467	69%	20%	20%	28%	32%	80%	1%	55%	75%	63%	3%	29	19	27%	278	167	22	15%	42	8	-1	0	1
2000	27	HOU	NL	896	3195	3.57	2037	64%	24%	16%	26%	34%	76%	1%	49%	79%	60%	5%	45	22	19%	173	90	17	26%	22	20	-1	0	0
2001	28	TOT	MLB	719	2520	3.50	1646	65%	25%	13%	27%	36%	75%	1%	49%	83%	63%	4%	26	13	24%	169	88	11	35%	18	10	0	0	0
2001	28	HOU	NL	249	916	3.68	590	64%	25%	16%	28%	32%	75%	0%	49%	79%	65%	5%	13	8	24%	60	29	6	37%	5	4	0	0	0
2001	28	DET	AL	470	1604	3.41	1056	66%	25%	11%	27%	38%	75%	1%	50%	86%	61%	3%	13	5	23%	109	59	5	33%	13	6	0	0	0
2002	29	DET	AL	305	1075	3.52	700	65%	26%	12%	26%	35%	74%	0%	48%	83%	59%	4%	13	10	23%	70	40	4	6%	8	3	-1	0	0
2003	30	KCR	AL	321	1209	3.77	753	62%	28%	13%	25%	34%	72%	0%	45%	82%	59%	5%	17	11	19%	61	33	4	16%	6	6	0	0	0
2004	31	LAD	NL	703	2408	3.43	1598	66%	26%	14%	24%	36%	74%	3%	49%	81%	64%	4%	25	13	20%	143	91	15	18%	25	6	-1	0	0
2005	32	KCR	AL	783	2868	3.66	1786	62%	28%	11%	27%	35%	72%	0%	45%	85%	62%	5%	39	24	20%	154	85	14	14%	12	14	-3	0	0
2006	33	NYM	NL	91	366	4.02	217	59%	27%	11%	31%	31%	73%	0%	43%	85%	62%	9%	8	7	14%	13	7	3	17%	1	1	0	0	0
13 Yrs				6791	24199	3.56	15828	65%	24%	16%	27%	34%	76%	1%	50%	79%	62%	4%	263	159	23%	1531	853	124	19%	209	77	-1	0	4
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	57%	5%			20%				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	21	DET	AL	34	11	1	1	2	0	1	2	0	2	0	5	3	2	60%	0	1	1	13	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1995	22	DET	AL	320	85	3	0	10	0	9	4	6	8	2	24	16	0	67%	1	5	0	104	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
1996	23	DET	AL	329	87	9	1	13	1	7	6	7	6	7	16	9	2	56%	3	3	0	131	3	1	75%	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	0
1997	24	HOU	NL	321	79	10	2	9	0	10	6	3	1	8	23	9	6	39%	3	2	0	117	3	4	43%	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1998	25	HOU	NL	950	229	62	1	34	0	10	23	11	17	17	43	20	7	47%	6	4	1	308	13	4	76%	11	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
1999	26	HOU	NL	1024	256	18	3	30	1	12	16	14	7	23	35	22	5	63%	9	8	0	330	12	7	63%	11	7	1	0	0	0	2	0	21	0
2000	27	HOU	NL	895	251	18	2	48	1	13	23	25	27	21	45	25	7	56%	9	3	0	326	14	5	74%	13	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	16	0
2001	28	TOT	MLB	719	197	15	0	35	1	16	15	20	17	18	44	25	7	57%	13	4	0	232	15	4	79%	14	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	14	0
2001	28	HOU	NL	249	77	7	0	12	1	9	6	6	7	5	24	14	4	58%	4	3	0	91	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
2001	28	DET	AL	470	120	8	0	23	0	7	9	14	10	13	20	11	3	55%	9	1	0	141	11	2	85%	10	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
2002	29	DET	AL	304	86	5	2	12	0	5	5	7	5	7	18	11	2	61%	1	2	1	112	6	3	67%	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	0
2003	30	KCR	AL	321	80	7	3	7	0	8	1	6	5	2	25	10	3	40%	4	2	0	129	10	0	100%	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
2004	31	LAD	NL	702	178	10	4	33	0	5	17	16	16	17	29	14	3	48%	4	3	1	238	5	0	100%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
2005	32	KCR	AL	780	219	17	4	31	0	14	14	17	9	22	36	19	5	53%	5	5	0	302	10	4	71%	9	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	14	0
2006	33	NYM	NL	91	25	3	0	3	1	5	1	2	2	1	8	6	1	75%	2	1	0	37	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
13 Yrs				6790	1783	178	23	267	5	115	133	134	122	145	351	189	50	54%	60	43	4	2379	97	32	75%	91	28	6	2	0	2	6	0	131	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+
1994	21	0	1	.000	13.50	3	1	1	0	0	0	6.2	11	10	10	2	3	1	7	0	0	1	34	38	2.100	14.9	2.7	4.1	9.5	2.33	38
1995	22	3	10	.231	6.72	18	16	1	0	0	0	80.1	96	62	60	12	21	5	44	4	0	6	354	72	1.456	10.8	1.3	2.4	4.9	2.10	72
1996	23	8	16	.333	6.24	57	20	16	0	0	3	153.0	183	110	106	25	43	9	103	9	0	9	683	80	1.477	10.8	1.5	2.5	6.1	2.40	80
1997	24	9	22	.290	5.92	109	21	31	0	0	5	228.0	262	155	150	34	59	11	166	14	0	11	1004	79	1.408	10.3	1.3	2.3	6.6	2.81	79
1998	25	25	30	.455	4.80	142	54	31	3	1	5	461.1	491	255	246	68	91	12	335	21	0	15	1954	91	1.262	9.6	1.3	1.8	6.5	3.68	91
1999	26	46	40	.535	4.37	177	89	31	6	1	5	707.2	747	363	344	98	135	14	522	23	0	23	2978	101	1.246	9.5	1.2	1.7	6.6	3.87	101
2000	27	53	56	.486	4.87	210	122	31	6	1	5	904.0	998	515	489	146	203	17	646	25	0	26	3873	93	1.329	9.9	1.5	2.0	6.4	3.18	93
2001	28	59	68	.465	4.97	242	149	34	8	1	5	1069.2	1195	629	591	181	241	20	730	34	0	30	4592	91	1.342	10.1	1.5	2.0	6.1	3.03	91
2002	29	63	74	.460	5.14	262	161	37	8	1	5	1138.0	1281	689	650	193	262	20	763	36	0	32	4896	88	1.356	10.1	1.5	2.1	6.0	2.91	88
2003	30	71	77	.480	5.13	276	175	37	8	1	5	1211.1	1361	729	690	200	288	20	795	41	2	34	5217	88	1.361	10.1	1.5	2.1	5.9	2.76	88
2004	31	84	82	.506	5.00	312	199	40	8	1	5	1381.2	1539	810	767	233	322	26	888	42	2	37	5919	90	1.347	10.0	1.5	2.1	5.8	2.76	90
2005	32	89	98	.476	5.21	344	231	40	9	1	5	1550.1	1758	950	898	264	383	27	968	51	2	42	6699	86	1.381	10.2	1.5	2.2	5.6	2.53	86
2006	33	89	102	.466	5.26	348	235	40	9	1	5	1567.2	1783	972	917	267	393	27	980	53	3	43	6790	85	1.388	10.2	1.5	2.3	5.6	2.49	85

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	21	0	1	.000	11.70	10.0	15	14	13	3	4	10	0	1.900	13.5	3.6	9.0	2.50	2.7	3
1995	22	3	6	.333	5.71	82.0	92	58	52	11	19	41	4	1.354	10.1	2.1	4.5	2.16	1.2	15
1996	23	3	5	.375	4.74	74.0	81	43	39	12	20	60	5	1.365	9.9	2.4	7.3	3.00	1.5	39
1997	24	3	5	.375	5.47	74.0	79	50	45	9	16	62	5	1.284	9.6	1.9	7.5	3.88	1.1	52
1998	25	13	12	.520	3.75	228.0	228	106	95	34	32	165	7	1.140	9.0	1.3	6.5	5.16	1.3	33
1999	26	16	11	.593	3.22	246.0	243	98	88	28	42	186	2	1.159	8.9	1.5	6.8	4.43	1.0	35
2000	27	8	14	.364	5.37	201.0	228	133	120	44	62	127	2	1.443	10.2	2.8	5.7	2.05	2.0	33
2001	28	6	11	.353	5.57	160.0	194	110	99	34	37	81	9	1.444	10.9	2.1	4.6	2.19	1.9	32
2002	29	1	6	.143	8.45	65.0	87	68	61	12	21	31	2	1.662	12.0	2.9	4.3	1.48	1.7	20
2003	30	3	4	.429	4.50	72.0	76	40	36	7	25	31	5	1.403	9.5	3.1	3.9	1.24	0.9	14
2004	31	8	10	.444	4.25	163.0	178	86	77	33	34	89	1	1.301	9.8	1.9	4.9	2.62	1.8	36
2005	32	4	14	.222	7.04	165.0	217	143	129	31	60	78	9	1.679	11.8	3.3	4.3	1.30	1.7	32
2006	33	0	2	.000	9.00	18.0	24	20	18	3	10	13	2	1.889	12.0	5.0	6.5	1.30	1.5	4
13 Yrs		68	101	.402	5.04	1558.0	1742	969	872	261	382	974	53	1.363	10.1		5.6	2.55	1.5	348

* 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 1999 *	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1999 NL (4, 2%) 0.02 Career Shares (255th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1999 NL 4.2 (8th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1999 NL 3.58 (9th)
Wins s c a p y 1998 NL 16 (10th) 1999 NL 21 (2nd)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1998 NL .667 (10th) 1999 NL .677 (7th) 2004 NL .722 (3rd)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1998 NL 1.119 (5th) 1999 NL 1.218 (6th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1998 NL 1.234 (3rd) 1999 NL 1.608 (3rd) 2004 NL 1.797 (5th) Career 2.256 (180th)
Innings Pitched s c a p y 1998 NL 233.3 (6th) 1999 NL 246.3 (3rd)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1998 NL 169 (10th) 1999 NL 187 (7th)	Games Started s c a p y 1999 NL 35 (1st) 2000 NL 33 (9th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1999 NL 3 (9th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1998 NL 34 (4th) 2000 NL 48 (1st) 2004 NL 33 (4th) 2005 AL 31 (6th) Career 267 (75th)	Hits s c a p y 1998 NL 229 (10th) 1999 NL 256 (4th) 2000 NL 251 (2nd)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1998 NL 5.281 (1st) 1999 NL 4.250 (3rd) Career 2.494 (94th)	Losses s c a p y 2000 NL 16 (4th) 2005 AL 16 (2nd)
Earned Runs s c a p y 2000 NL 145 (1st) 2005 AL 131 (1st)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1998 NL 950 (10th) 1999 NL 1,024 (2nd)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1999 NL 25 (8th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1999 NL 2.4 (7th)
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1999 NL 2.4 (9th)	Youngest s c a p y 1994 AL born 1972-09-30 (7th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 45 (572), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 14 (784), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Augie Walsh (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Edgar Gonzalez (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chris Reitsma (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
John Lackey (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kyle Lohse (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kyle Lohse (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jimmy Haynes (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Esteban Loaiza (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Eric Milton (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Eric Milton (935) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Eric Milton (934) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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