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Tim Lincecum    \LIN-suh-come\

Timothy LeRoy Lincecum (The Freak or Big Time Timmy Jim) (twitter: @timlincecum)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 15, 1984 in Bellevue, WA
High School: Liberty HS (Renton, WA)
School: University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 30, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 6, 2007 (Age 22)
Team: Giants 2007-2013
2013 Contract Status: 4th-Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 2 yrs/$40.5M (12-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 5.148, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Rick Thurman BHSC [*]
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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
2007 23 SFG NL 7 5 .583 4.00 24 24 0 0 0 0 146.1 122 70 65 12 65 5 150 2 0 10 618 112 1.278 7.5 0.7 4.0 9.2 2.31
2008 24 SFG NL 18 5 .783 2.62 34 33 0 2 1 0 227.0 182 72 66 11 84 1 265 6 2 17 928 168 1.172 7.2 0.4 3.3 10.5 3.15 AS,CYA-1,MVP-23
2009 25 SFG NL 15 7 .682 2.48 32 32 0 4 2 0 225.1 168 69 62 10 68 2 261 6 0 11 905 171 1.047 6.7 0.4 2.7 10.4 3.84 AS,CYA-1,MVP-18
2010 26 SFG NL 16 10 .615 3.43 33 33 0 1 1 0 212.1 194 84 81 18 76 7 231 5 0 9 897 114 1.272 8.2 0.8 3.2 9.8 3.04 AS,CYA-10
2011 27 SFG NL 13 14 .481 2.74 33 33 0 1 1 0 217.0 176 74 66 15 86 5 220 6 0 9 900 127 1.207 7.3 0.6 3.6 9.1 2.56 AS,CYA-6
2012 28 SFG NL 10 15 .400 5.18 33 33 0 0 0 0 186.0 183 111 107 23 90 3 190 4 2 17 825 68 1.468 8.9 1.1 4.4 9.2 2.11
2013 29 SFG NL 4 7 .364 4.57 14 14 0 0 0 0 82.2 81 48 42 8 39 3 81 1 1 3 362 74 1.452 8.8 0.9 4.2 8.8 2.08
7 Yrs 83 63 .568 3.39 203 202 0 8 5 0 1296.2 1106 528 489 97 508 26 1398 30 5 76 5435 117 1.245 7.7 0.7 3.5 9.7 2.75
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .568 3.39 34 34 0 1 1 0 218 186 89 82 16 85 4 235 5 1 13 913 117 1.245 7.7 0.7 3.5 9.7 2.75

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2007 23 SFG NL 146.1 24 24 70 4.31 4.74 0.06 0.19 101.4 4.94 11 1.1 -0.1 2.3 24 .547 .507
2008 24 SFG NL 227.0 34 33 72 2.85 4.53 -0.10 0.17 103.0 4.95 54 6.1 1.1 -0.2 7.9 73 .680 .538 $405,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-23
2009 25 SFG NL 225.1 32 32 69 2.76 4.55 0.05 0.18 101.7 4.76 50 5.8 -0.2 7.5 69 .680 .535 $650,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-18
2010 26 SFG NL 212.1 33 33 84 3.56 4.32 0.18 0.16 101.9 4.38 19 2.1 -0.2 3.7 37 .563 .513 $9,000,000 AS,CYA-10
2011 27 SFG NL 217.0 33 33 74 3.07 4.16 0.02 0.16 93.8 4.03 22 2.5 -0.1 4.2 40 .576 .515 $14,000,000 AS,CYA-6
2012 28 SFG NL 186.0 33 33 111 5.37 4.20 -0.05 0.16 87.8 3.88 -32 -3.2 -0.1 -1.7 -16 .403 .480 $18,000,000
2013 29 SFG NL 82.2 14 14 48 5.23 4.19 0.01 0.16 88.2 3.83 -14 -1.4 -0.1 -0.8 -6 .399 .491 $22,000,000
7 Seasons 1296.2 203 202 528 3.66 4.39 0.02 0.17 97.7 4.44 109 13.0 1.1 -0.9 23.1 221 .564 .514 $64,055,000

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
2010 26 SFG NL NLDS W ATL 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 14 0 0 0 30 0.333 2.0 0.0 1.0 14.0 14.00
2010 26 SFG NL NLCS W PHI 1 1 .500 3.14 3 2 0 0 0 0 14.1 12 6 5 2 4 0 16 1 0 0 59 1.116 7.5 1.3 2.5 10.0 4.00
2010 26 SFG NL WS W TEX 2 0 1.000 3.29 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.2 11 5 5 1 4 0 13 0 0 0 56 1.098 7.2 0.7 2.6 8.6 3.25
2012 28 SFG NL NLDS W CIN 1 0 1.000 1.42 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 22 0.474 4.3 0.0 0.0 11.4
2012 28 SFG NL NLCS W STL 0 1 .000 5.40 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 6 4 4 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 29 1.500 8.1 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
2012 28 SFG NL WS W DET 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 16 0.214 0.0 0.0 1.9 15.4 8.00
2 Yrs (6 Series) 5 2 .714 2.47 12 6 0 1 1 0 54.2 34 16 15 3 14 0 63 1 0 0 212 0.878 5.6 0.5 2.3 10.4 4.50
2 NLDS 2 0 1.000 0.59 3 1 0 1 1 0 15.1 5 1 1 0 1 0 22 0 0 0 52 0.391 2.9 0.0 0.6 12.9 22.00
2 NLCS 1 2 .333 3.86 5 3 0 0 0 0 21.0 18 10 9 2 8 0 20 1 0 0 88 1.238 7.7 0.9 3.4 8.6 2.50
2 WS 2 0 1.000 2.45 4 2 0 0 0 0 18.1 11 5 5 1 5 0 21 0 0 0 72 0.873 5.4 0.5 2.5 10.3 4.20

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
2008 SFG NL 24
2009 SFG NL 25 1 0 0 4.50 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 10 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 4.5
2010 SFG NL 26
2011 SFG NL 27

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PAu G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
2007 23 SFG NL 24 618 539 70 122 26 6 12 10 2 65 150 .226 .308 .364 .672 .286 196 9 2 5 7 5 2
2008 24 SFG NL 34 928 824 72 182 39 3 11 20 3 84 265 .221 .297 .316 .612 .310 260 23 6 11 3 1 6
2009 25 SFG NL 32 905 814 69 168 32 3 10 20 5 68 261 .206 .271 .290 .561 .288 236 9 6 12 5 2 5
2010 26 SFG NL 33 897 802 84 194 28 8 18 27 3 76 231 .242 .310 .364 .674 .315 292 11 5 9 5 7 2
2011 27 SFG NL 33 900 794 74 176 48 2 15 23 14 86 220 .222 .302 .344 .646 .288 273 12 6 13 1 5 9
2012 28 SFG NL 33 825 713 111 183 42 5 23 25 2 90 190 .257 .341 .426 .767 .316 304 8 4 11 6 3 4
2013 29 SFG NL 14 362 316 48 81 12 1 8 11 0 39 81 .256 .339 .377 .716 .320 119 6 1 5 1 3 2
7 Yrs 203 5435 4802 528 1106 227 28 97 136 29 508 1398 .230 .306 .350 .656 .303 1680 78 30 66 28 26 30
162 Game Avg. 34 913 806 89 186 38 5 16 23 5 85 235 .230 .306 .350 .656 .303 282 13 5 11 5 4 5
MLB Averages .260 .327 .410 .737 .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
2007 23 SFG NL 8.1 0.8 641 0.8 11.1 -10.3 1.01 1.2 -0.4 9.5 0.9 1.01 14.0 0 0 0
2008 24 SFG NL 43.6 4.6 965 5.0 18.5 -13.5 1.04 3.8 1.0 48.0 5.1 1.04 42.3 0 1 0
2009 25 SFG NL 42.9 4.6 935 4.8 17.0 -12.3 1.01 4.3 0.4 45.8 4.9 1.01 50.8 0 0 0
2010 26 SFG NL 13.8 1.4 935 2.5 17.1 -14.6 1.03 1.8 0.6 18.3 1.9 1.03 20.9 0 0 0
2011 27 SFG NL 18.8 2.0 944 2.0 16.9 -14.8 1.05 1.9 0.1 20.6 2.3 1.05 17.8 0 0 0
2012 28 SFG NL -36.8 -3.5 874 -3.1 12.9 -16.0 1.02 -2.7 -0.3 -28.3 -2.9 1.02 -27.4 0 0 0
2013 29 SFG NL -13.6 -1.3 374 -1.5 5.2 -6.7 .96 -1.0 -0.6 -12.0 -1.3 0.96 -10.2 0 0 0
7 Yrs 76.7 8.6 5668 10.6 98.9 -88.3 1.02 9.3 1.0 101.9 11.1 1.02 108.3 0 1 0

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
2007 23 SFG NL 24 24 7 5 12 1 2 11 13 .458 4 5 0 0 16 67% 54.5 83 21 16 7 0 12 4.5 4.2 6.1 99 1 10 13 0 116
2008 24 SFG NL 34 33 17 5 11 0 2 21 12 .636 6 3 2 1 26 79% 62.1 88 31 14 8 0 12 4.6 4.9 6.8 109 1 5 22 5 138
2009 25 SFG NL 32 32 15 7 10 0 4 19 13 .594 3 1 4 2 26 81% 64.5 91 33 17 8 0 15 4.6 4.6 7.0 107 1 7 19 5 127
2010 26 SFG NL 33 33 16 10 7 0 1 21 12 .636 4 2 1 1 22 67% 57.0 83 25 12 2 0 16 4.5 4.4 6.4 104 2 8 19 4 123
2011 27 SFG NL 33 33 13 14 6 0 7 17 16 .515 1 3 1 1 23 70% 59.6 87 17 16 4 0 17 2.8 2.7 6.6 109 1 4 24 4 133
2012 28 SFG NL 33 33 10 15 8 2 2 14 19 .424 2 5 0 0 13 39% 48.8 82 12 24 8 0 16 4.0 3.8 5.6 100 3 11 17 2 122
2013 29 SFG NL 14 14 4 7 3 1 2 7 7 .500 1 3 0 0 5 36% 49.9 77 27 6 2 0 9 4.0 2.8 5.9 99 1 4 9 0 114
7 Yrs 203 202 82 63 57 4 20 110 92 .545 21 22 8 5 131 65% 57 91 12 105 39 0 97 4.1 4.0 6.4 105 10 49 123 20 138
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 101 -13 4.5 4.5 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
2008 24 SFG NL 34 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.041 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 12.0 84
1 Yr 34 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.041 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 12.0 84

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%
2007 23 SFG NL 618 51% 1.9% 24.3% 10.5% 7.1% 36% 0.87 1.15 62% 16% 6.5% 11% 103 9 9%
2008 24 SFG NL 928 50% 1.2% 28.6% 9.1% 5.7% 29% 0.76 1.12 59% 20% 3.9% 11% 163 23 14%
2009 25 SFG NL 905 44% 1.1% 28.8% 7.5% 5.0% 27% 0.91 1.18 61% 19% 3.9% 10% 143 9 6%
2010 26 SFG NL 897 47% 2.0% 25.8% 8.5% 6.0% 28% 0.98 1.29 62% 21% 6.8% 9% 163 11 7%
2011 27 SFG NL 900 50% 1.7% 24.4% 9.6% 7.2% 37% 0.92 1.30 62% 18% 5.8% 13% 150 12 8%
2012 28 SFG NL 825 49% 2.8% 23.0% 10.9% 8.5% 38% 0.83 1.28 61% 23% 8.8% 8% 144 8 6%
2013 29 SFG NL 362 46% 2.2% 22.4% 10.8% 5.8% 26% 0.84 1.37 63% 27% 6.8% 8% 72 6 8%
7 Yrs 5435 48% 1.8% 25.7% 9.4% 6.5% 32% 0.87 1.23 61% 20% 6.0% 10% 938 78 8%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.3% 8.4% 7.7% 33% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.6% 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 S/SO L/SO% 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2007 23 SFG NL 619 2387 3.86 1483 62% 29% 17% 26% 27% 71% 2% 44% 76% 59% 7% 43 27 23% 141 89 5 39 111 26% 24 11 -1 0 0
2008 24 SFG NL 929 3682 3.96 2335 63% 27% 20% 29% 25% 73% 0% 46% 72% 57% 5% 50 32 26% 243 152 15 66 198 25% 54 17 -1 0 0
2009 25 SFG NL 906 3439 3.80 2197 64% 31% 18% 25% 26% 69% 1% 44% 74% 57% 5% 49 32 26% 232 137 8 54 205 21% 51 15 -1 0 0
2010 26 SFG NL 897 3437 3.83 2210 64% 28% 18% 27% 26% 72% 2% 46% 74% 57% 6% 53 28 27% 244 151 14 43 186 19% 39 19 0 0 0
2011 27 SFG NL 904 3605 3.99 2233 62% 28% 19% 27% 26% 72% 1% 45% 74% 53% 6% 58 33 25% 230 138 12 41 176 19% 25 20 -4 0 0
2012 28 SFG NL 827 3299 3.99 2019 61% 27% 20% 26% 27% 73% 1% 45% 72% 55% 5% 42 28 22% 183 88 10 37 150 19% 25 12 -2 0 1
2013 29 SFG NL 362 1388 3.83 834 60% 29% 18% 24% 29% 71% 2% 42% 74% 55% 8% 29 16 23% 83 45 4 19 62 23% 16 10 0 0 0
7 Yrs 5444 21237 3.90 13311 63% 28% 19% 26% 26% 72% 1% 45% 74% 56% 6% 324 196 25% 1356 800 68 299 1088 21% 234 104 -9 0 1
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 25%

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
2007 23 SFG NL 618 122 12 3 12 0 10 4 8 6 6 32 20 5 63% 2 10 2 215 10 2 83% 10 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 0
2008 24 SFG NL 928 182 16 1 11 0 12 7 4 8 3 42 16 13 38% 6 17 0 342 20 3 87% 18 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
2009 25 SFG NL 905 168 23 3 10 0 7 2 8 0 10 33 19 4 58% 5 11 1 309 20 5 80% 16 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
2010 26 SFG NL 897 194 23 0 18 0 12 6 12 8 10 46 15 9 33% 2 9 1 326 27 3 90% 25 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
2011 27 SFG NL 900 176 15 0 15 0 9 9 6 7 8 36 18 7 50% 9 9 2 339 23 14 62% 18 11 5 3 0 0 2 2 13 0
2012 28 SFG NL 825 183 22 2 23 0 31 13 10 7 16 50 29 8 58% 4 17 3 282 25 2 93% 21 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 37 0
2013 29 SFG NL 362 81 11 0 8 0 9 5 3 4 4 20 10 4 50% 2 3 1 136 11 0 100% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
7 Yrs 5435 1106 122 9 97 0 90 46 51 40 57 259 127 50 49% 30 76 10 1949 136 29 82% 119 26 17 3 0 0 4 2 139 0
MLB Averages 52% 73%

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+
2007 23 7 5 .583 4.00 24 24 0 0 0 0 146.1 122 70 65 12 65 5 150 2 0 10 618 112 1.278 7.5 0.7 4.0 9.2 2.31 112
2008 24 25 10 .714 3.16 58 57 0 2 1 0 373.1 304 142 131 23 149 6 415 8 2 27 1546 140 1.213 7.3 0.6 3.6 10.0 2.79 140
2009 25 40 17 .702 2.90 90 89 0 6 3 0 598.2 472 211 193 33 217 8 676 14 2 38 2451 150 1.151 7.1 0.5 3.3 10.2 3.12 150
2010 26 56 27 .675 3.04 123 122 0 7 4 0 811.0 666 295 274 51 293 15 907 19 2 47 3348 140 1.182 7.4 0.6 3.3 10.1 3.10 140
2011 27 69 41 .627 2.98 156 155 0 8 5 0 1028.0 842 369 340 66 379 20 1127 25 2 56 4248 137 1.188 7.4 0.6 3.3 9.9 2.97 137
2012 28 79 56 .585 3.31 189 188 0 8 5 0 1214.0 1025 480 447 89 469 23 1317 29 4 73 5073 121 1.231 7.6 0.7 3.5 9.8 2.81 121
2013 29 83 63 .568 3.39 203 202 0 8 5 0 1296.2 1106 528 489 97 508 26 1398 30 5 76 5435 117 1.245 7.7 0.7 3.5 9.7 2.75 117

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
2007 23 8 8 .500 3.79 145.0 118 68 61 12 63 149 2 1.248 7.3 3.9 9.2 2.37 0.7 24
2008 24 17 7 .708 2.57 221.0 178 70 63 11 82 258 6 1.176 7.2 3.3 10.5 3.15 0.4 34
2009 25 17 7 .708 2.48 221.0 167 68 61 10 68 256 6 1.063 6.8 2.8 10.4 3.76 0.4 32
2010 26 12 10 .545 3.73 205.0 199 94 85 18 78 223 5 1.351 8.7 3.4 9.8 2.86 0.8 33
2011 27 12 10 .545 3.46 203.0 191 87 78 16 93 206 7 1.399 8.5 4.1 9.1 2.22 0.7 33
2012 28 5 14 .263 6.48 175.0 199 140 126 25 98 178 4 1.697 10.2 5.0 9.2 1.82 1.3 33
2013 29 3 5 .375 5.84 77.0 88 56 50 9 42 75 1 1.688 10.3 4.9 8.8 1.79 1.1 14
7 Yrs 74 61 .548 3.78 1247.0 1140 583 524 101 524 1345 31 1.334 8.2 9.7 2.57 0.7 203



* - Disclaimer & Completeness Note

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1945 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) 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
2008
2009 (P)
2010
2011

Awards (yr lg award)
2008 NL Cy Young
2008 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
2009 NL Cy Young
2009 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
2010 NL Babe Ruth Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2008 NL (23, 2%)
2009 NL (18, 2%)
0.04 Career Shares (1193rd)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2008 NL (1, 86%)
2009 NL (1, 63%)
2010 NL (10, 1%)
2011 NL (6, 3%)
2 Cy Youngs
1.53 Career Shares (28th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2008 NL  8.1 (3rd)
2009 NL  7.6 (3rd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2008 NL  7.9 (1st)
2009 NL  7.5 (1st)
2011 NL  4.2 (6th)
Active  23.1 (37th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 NL  2.62 (2nd)
2009 NL  2.48 (2nd)
2011 NL  2.74 (5th)
Active  3.39 (11th)

Wins s c a p y
2008 NL  18 (2nd)
2009 NL  15 (4th)
2010 NL  16 (6th)
Active  83 (48th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2008 NL  .783 (1st)
2009 NL  .682 (5th)
Active  .568 (26th)
Career  .568 (232nd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2008 NL  1.172 (8th)
2009 NL  1.047 (4th)
Active  1.245 (20th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL  7.216 (1st)
2009 NL  6.710 (2nd)
2011 NL  7.300 (4th)
Active  7.677 (5th)
Career  7.677 (48th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL  10.507 (1st)
2009 NL  10.425 (1st)
2010 NL  9.791 (1st)
2011 NL  9.124 (5th)
2012 NL  9.194 (4th)
2013 NL  8.819 (9th)
Active  9.703 (1st)
Career  9.703 (4th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2008 NL  227.0 (3rd)
2009 NL  225.3 (3rd)
2011 NL  217.0 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2008 NL  265 (1st)
2009 NL  261 (1st)
2010 NL  231 (1st)
2011 NL  220 (3rd)
2012 NL  190 (10th)
Active  1,398 (26th)
Career  1,398 (226th)

Games Started s c a p y
2008 NL  33 (9th)
2010 NL  33 (6th)
2011 NL  33 (4th)
2012 NL  33 (1st)

Complete Games s c a p y
2008 NL  2 (6th)
2009 NL  4 (1st)
Active  8 (47th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 NL  1 (7th)
2009 NL  2 (1st)
2010 NL  1 (8th)
2011 NL  1 (6th)
Active  5 (29th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2008 NL  84 (7th)
2010 NL  76 (10th)
2011 NL  86 (2nd)
2012 NL  90 (2nd)
2013 NL  39 (2nd)
Active  508 (38th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2008 NL  3.155 (10th)
2009 NL  3.838 (7th)
Active  2.752 (20th)
Career  2.752 (65th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL  0.436 (1st)
2009 NL  0.399 (3rd)
2011 NL  0.622 (9th)
Active  0.673 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
2011 NL  14 (4th)
2012 NL  15 (1st)
2013 NL  7 (7th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2012 NL  107 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2007 NL  10 (4th)
2008 NL  17 (1st)
2009 NL  11 (6th)
2010 NL  9 (10th)
2011 NL  9 (9th)
2012 NL  17 (1st)
Active  76 (9th)
Career  76 (208th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2008 NL  928 (4th)
2009 NL  905 (6th)
2010 NL  897 (8th)
2011 NL  900 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2008 NL  168 (1st)
2009 NL  171 (2nd)
2011 NL  127 (7th)
Active  117 (20th)
Career  117 (179th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2008 NL  44 (1st)
2009 NL  43 (1st)
2011 NL  19 (10th)
Active  78 (36th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2008 NL  4.6 (1st)
2009 NL  4.6 (1st)
2011 NL  2.0 (10th)
Active  8.7 (33rd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2008 NL  47.98 (1st)
2009 NL  45.79 (2nd)
2011 NL  20.57 (9th)
Active  101.90 (31st)
Career  101.90 (144th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2008 NL  5.0 (2nd)
2009 NL  4.8 (2nd)
Active  10.6 (34th)
Career  10.6 (166th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2008 NL  3.8 (1st)
2009 NL  4.3 (2nd)
2011 NL  1.9 (10th)
Active  9.3 (32nd)
Career  9.3 (164th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2008 NL  5.1 (1st)
2009 NL  4.9 (2nd)
2011 NL  2.3 (8th)
Active  11.1 (29th)
Career  11.1 (139th)

Salary s c a p y
2013 NL  $22,000,000 (3rd)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 InkPitching - 21 (88), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 77 (322), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 64 (200), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 18 (366), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (397th), 22.7 career WAR/22.7 7yr-peak WAR/22.7 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.2 7yr-peak WAR/61.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Brandon Webb (966)
  2. Chad Billingsley (957)
  3. Cole Hamels (942)
  4. Adam Wainwright (942)
  5. Doug Rau (937)
  6. Ed Figueroa (935)
  7. Matt Cain (935)
  8. Dave Boswell (934)
  9. Jack Harper (930)
  10. Mike Smith (930)
Similar Pitchers through 28 
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  1. Sid Fernandez (966)
  2. J.R. Richard (963)
  3. Jake Peavy (959)
  4. Bob Gibson (955) *
  5. Jered Weaver (951)
  6. Kevin Appier (950)
  7. Chan Ho Park (949)
  8. Kerry Wood (947)
  9. Doug Drabek (946)
  10. Dan Haren (945)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Paul Moskau (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Daniel Hudson (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Roy Oswalt (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. David Price (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Doug Drabek (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Sid Fernandez (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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