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Felipe Lira
Antonio Felipe Lira

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 26, 1972 in Santa Teresa, Venezuela
High School: Miranda (Miranda, VE)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1995
Final Game: May 21, 2001
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Felipe Lira
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Standard Pitching

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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
1995	23	DET	AL	9	13	.409	4.31	37	22	7	0	0	1	146.1	151	74	70	17	56	7	89	8	1	5	635	111	1.415	9.3	1.0	3.4	5.5	1.59
1996	24	DET	AL	6	14	.300	5.22	32	32	0	3	2	0	194.2	204	123	113	30	66	2	113	10	0	7	850	98	1.387	9.4	1.4	3.1	5.2	1.71
1997	25	TOT	AL	5	11	.313	6.34	28	18	3	1	1	0	110.2	132	82	78	18	55	2	73	6	0	7	516	72	1.690	10.7	1.5	4.5	5.9	1.33
1997	25	DET	AL	5	7	.417	5.77	20	15	1	1	1	0	92.0	101	61	59	15	45	2	64	2	0	7	415	79	1.587	9.9	1.5	4.4	6.3	1.42
1997	25	SEA	AL	0	4	.000	9.16	8	3	2	0	0	0	18.2	31	21	19	3	10	0	9	4	0	0	101	49	2.196	14.9	1.4	4.8	4.3	0.90
1998	26	SEA	AL	1	0	1.000	4.60	7	0	3	0	0	0	15.2	22	10	8	5	5	0	16	0	0	1	75	100	1.723	12.6	2.9	2.9	9.2	3.20
1999	27	DET	AL	0	0		10.80	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	7	5	4	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	20	46	2.700	18.9	5.4	5.4	8.1	1.50
2000	28	MON	NL	5	8	.385	5.40	53	7	8	0	0	0	101.2	129	71	61	11	36	6	51	4	1	2	468	89	1.623	11.4	1.0	3.2	4.5	1.42
2001	29	MON	NL	0	0		12.60	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	11	7	7	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	28	35	2.600	19.8	1.8	3.6	5.4	1.50
7 Seasons				26	46	.361	5.32	163	79	22	4	3	1	577.1	656	372	341	84	222	17	348	28	2	22	2592	91	1.521	10.2	1.3	3.5	5.4	1.57
162 Game Avg.				7	13	.361	5.32	46	22	6	1	1	0	162	184	105	96	24	62	5	98	8	1	6	728	91	1.521	10.2	1.3	3.5	5.4	1.57

DET (4 yrs)				20	34	.370	5.07	91	69	8	4	3	1	436.1	463	263	246	64	169	11	269	20	1	19	1920	96	1.448	9.6	1.3	3.5	5.5	1.59
MON (2 yrs)				5	8	.385	5.74	57	7	9	0	0	0	106.2	140	78	68	12	38	6	54	4	1	2	496	84	1.669	11.8	1.0	3.2	4.6	1.42
SEA (2 yrs)				1	4	.200	7.08	15	3	5	0	0	0	34.1	53	31	27	8	15	0	25	4	0	1	176	64	1.981	13.9	2.1	3.9	6.6	1.67

AL (5 yrs)				21	38	.356	5.22	106	72	13	4	3	1	470.2	516	294	273	72	184	11	294	24	1	20	2096	93	1.487	9.9	1.4	3.5	5.6	1.60
NL (2 yrs)				5	8	.385	5.74	57	7	9	0	0	0	106.2	140	78	68	12	38	6	54	4	1	2	496	84	1.669	11.8	1.0	3.2	4.6	1.42

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1995	23	DET	AL	37	635	558	74	151	32	5	17	6	7	56	89	.271	.341	.437	.778	.291	244	13	8	4	9	7
1996	24	DET	AL	32	849	757	123	204	32	3	30	17	4	66	113	.269	.332	.439	.770	.278	332	15	10	5	11	2
1997	25	TOT	AL	28	515	448	82	132	29	3	18	22	3	55	73	.295	.376	.493	.870	.316	221	12	6	2	4	2
1997	25	DET	AL	20	415	364	61	101	21	2	15	17	3	45	64	.277	.358	.470	.828	.300	171	11	2	2	2	2
1997	25	SEA	AL	8	100	84	21	31	8	1	3	5	0	10	9	.369	.450	.595	1.045	.378	50	1	4	0	2	0
1998	26	SEA	AL	7	75	69	10	22	4	1	5	1	0	5	16	.319	.360	.623	.983	.347	43	0	0	0	1	0
1999	27	DET	AL	2	20	18	5	7	1	0	2	0	0	2	3	.389	.450	.778	1.228	.385	14	0	0	0	0	0
2000	28	MON	NL	53	468	416	71	129	27	3	11	8	2	36	51	.310	.363	.469	.832	.325	195	10	4	3	9	6
2001	29	MON	NL	4	28	25	7	11	2	0	1	3	0	2	3	.440	.481	.640	1.121	.476	16	0	0	1	0	0
7 Seasons				163	2590	2291	372	656	127	15	84	57	16	222	348	.286	.352	.465	.817	.302	1065	50	28	15	34	17
162 Game Avg.				46	728	644	105	184	36	4	24	16	4	62	98	.286	.352	.465	.817	.302	299	14	8	4	10	5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1995	23	DET	AL	37	22	7	10	5	2	2	10	12	.455	0	1	0	0	10	45%	48	71	25	19	7	4	4	4.0	3.4	5.5	88	6	9	6	0	113
1996	24	DET	AL	32	32	6	14	12	1	6	11	21	.344	5	2	3	2	15	47%	46	79	8	33	17	0	12	4.3	4.5	6.1	102	4	7	13	6	135
1997	25	TOT	AL	28	18	5	9	4	1	1	7	11	.389	0	2	1	1	7	39%	43	88	16	24	11	2	11	5.0	3.7	5.4	95	5	4	5	4	132
1997	25	DET	AL	20	15	5	6	4	1	1	7	8	.467	0	2	1	1	7	47%	45	88	16	15	8	1	9	5.4	4.1	5.7	101	3	3	5	4	132
1997	25	SEA	AL	8	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	30	43	19	9	3	1	2	3.0	0.8	3.6	67	2	1	0	0	97

2000	28	MON	NL	53	7	0	6	1	0	0	0	7	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	36	55	21	22	8	2	0	2.4	4.0	3.8	69	6	1	0	0	95
4 Seasons				150	79	18	39	22	4	9	28	51	.354	5	5	4	3	32	41%	45	88	8	98	43	8	27	4.2	4.0	5.6	93	21	21	24	10	135
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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	23	DET	AL	37	15	7	2	3	3	1	2	33%	4	1	9	5	56%	6	1.081	8	3	3	6	6	3	6	9	10	4	11	2	5.0	26

1997	25	TOT	AL	28	10	3	0	2	0	0	0		2	2	8	3	38%		1.020	4	3	3	3	2	5	4	6	4	3	6	2	4.3	30
1997	25	DET	AL	20	5	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	100%	8	1.020	1	2	2	1	1	3	1	4	2	2	2	2	3.8	27
1997	25	SEA	AL	8	5	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	2	7	2	29%	2	1.022	3	1	1	2	1	2	3	2	2	1	4	0	4.8	32
1998	26	SEA	AL	7	7	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	4	80%	4	0.217	0	1	6	0	0	7	4	3	5	1	6	2	6.7	38
1999	27	DET	AL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	3	100%	3	0.355	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	2	0	5.0	35
2000	28	MON	NL	53	46	8	5	2	0	0	0		3	3	48	18	38%	7	0.777	11	9	25	10	7	29	25	21	29	9	30	9	4.9	25
2001	29	MON	NL	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	1	50%	4	0.399	0	1	3	0	0	4	2	2	2	1	2	0	3.8	25
6 Seasons				131	84	22	8	7	3	1	2	33%	9	6	75	34	45%		0.925	23	18	41	19	15	50	42	42	51	18	57	15	4.9	27

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1995	23	DET	AL	635	60%	2.7%	14.0%	8.8%	8.5%	36%	0.66	0.86	73%	24%	7.1%	15%	135	13	10%
1996	24	DET	AL	850	55%	3.5%	13.3%	7.8%	7.7%	32%	0.74	0.88	74%	21%	9.3%	13%	162	15	9%
1997	25	TOT	AL	516	50%	3.5%	14.2%	10.7%	9.7%	38%	0.70	0.97	70%	23%	10.1%	19%	102	12	12%
1997	25	DET	AL	415	48%	3.6%	15.4%	10.8%	9.2%	38%	0.72	1.06	69%	22%	10.6%	19%	78	11	14%
1997	25	SEA	AL	101	54%	3.0%	9.0%	10.0%	12.0%	39%	0.62	0.64	74%	29%	7.9%	19%	24	1	4%
1998	26	SEA	AL	75	47%	6.7%	21.3%	6.7%	13.3%	46%	0.80	1.21	65%	33%	17.9%	7%	9	0	0%
1999	27	DET	AL	20	55%	10.0%	15.0%	10.0%	15.0%	43%	1.50	2.50	65%	20%	40.0%	17%	1	0	0%
2000	28	MON	NL	468	39%	2.4%	10.9%	7.7%	8.8%	32%	0.80	1.36	78%	29%	6.0%	8%	94	10	11%
2001	29	MON	NL	28	36%	3.6%	10.7%	7.1%	10.7%	27%	0.62	2.00	75%	43%	7.7%	0%	7	0	0%
7 Seasons				2592	52%	3.2%	13.4%	8.6%	8.7%	35%	0.73	0.99	73%	24%	8.6%	14%	510	50	10%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
1995	23	DET	AL	607	2229	3.67	1355	61%	26%	13%	26%	34%	74%	2%	45%	82%	58%	5%	32	17	18%	111	47	5	40%	14	9	28	0	0
1996	24	DET	AL	810	3054	3.77	1831	60%	26%	13%	26%	34%	74%	0%	44%	82%	56%	4%	32	18	15%	123	40	6	27%	6	12	40	0	0
1997	25	TOT	AL	516	2007	3.89	1192	59%	23%	15%	29%	32%	77%	1%	45%	80%	52%	6%	31	15	15%	78	36	6	21%	6	14	0	0	0
1997	25	DET	AL	415	1647	3.97	977	59%	24%	16%	29%	31%	76%	1%	45%	79%	50%	6%	26	15	14%	59	25	5	22%	4	9	0	0	0
1997	25	SEA	AL	101	360	3.56	215	60%	21%	13%	30%	36%	79%	0%	47%	84%	57%	5%	5	0	19%	19	11	1	11%	2	5	0	0	0
1998	26	SEA	AL	75	285	3.80	173	61%	25%	18%	25%	31%	75%	0%	45%	76%	59%	4%	3	2	12%	9	3	1	38%	2	1	0	0	0
1999	27	DET	AL	20	69	3.45	42	61%	40%	7%	17%	36%	60%	0%	36%	88%	70%	0%	0	0	20%	4	3	2	67%	1	0	0	0	0
2000	28	MON	NL	468	1612	3.44	1034	64%	24%	13%	27%	36%	76%	4%	49%	83%	59%	6%	27	10	23%	106	65	7	20%	11	12	0	0	0
2001	29	MON	NL	28	99	3.54	62	63%	27%	11%	24%	37%	73%	0%	45%	84%	61%	0%	0	0	21%	6	4	0	33%	0	0	0	0	0
7 Seasons				2524	9355	3.71	5689	61%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	1%	45%	82%	56%	5%	125	62	17%	437	198	27	29%	40	48	68	0	0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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					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
1995	23	DET	AL	635	151	15	3	17	0	13	9	8	10	7	35	21	4	60%	5	5	1	237	6	7	46%	5	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	0
1996	24	DET	AL	850	204	25	4	30	1	22	12	18	17	13	50	27	7	54%	10	7	2	279	17	4	81%	16	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	26	0
1997	25	TOT	AL	516	132	9	1	18	0	18	8	10	11	7	37	20	3	54%	6	7	1	196	22	3	88%	16	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	16	0
1997	25	DET	AL	415	101	8	1	15	0	11	7	8	10	5	27	13	2	48%	5	7	1	149	17	3	85%	13	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	12	0
1997	25	SEA	AL	101	31	1	0	3	0	7	1	2	1	2	10	7	1	70%	1	0	0	47	5	0	100%	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1998	26	SEA	AL	75	22	4	0	5	0	1	2	3	3	2	6	3	1	50%	1	1	0	23	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1999	27	DET	AL	20	7	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	28	MON	NL	468	129	10	1	11	1	28	6	5	7	4	37	21	5	57%	8	2	0	182	8	2	80%	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
2001	29	MON	NL	28	11	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	20	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Seasons				2592	656	63	9	84	2	84	39	45	48	36	165	92	20	56%	31	22	4	943	57	16	78%	47	15	10	0	0	1	3	0	81	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1995	23	9	13	.409	4.31	37	22	7	0	0	1	146.1	151	74	70	17	56	7	89	8	1	5	635	111	1.415	9.3	1.0	3.4	5.5	1.59	111
1996	24	15	27	.357	4.83	69	54	7	3	2	1	341.0	355	197	183	47	122	9	202	18	1	12	1485	103	1.399	9.4	1.2	3.2	5.3	1.66	103
1997	25	20	38	.345	5.20	97	72	10	4	3	1	451.2	487	279	261	65	177	11	275	24	1	19	2001	93	1.470	9.7	1.3	3.5	5.5	1.55	93
1998	26	21	38	.356	5.18	104	72	13	4	3	1	467.1	509	289	269	70	182	11	291	24	1	20	2076	94	1.479	9.8	1.3	3.5	5.6	1.60	94
1999	27	21	38	.356	5.22	106	72	13	4	3	1	470.2	516	294	273	72	184	11	294	24	1	20	2096	93	1.487	9.9	1.4	3.5	5.6	1.60	93
2000	28	26	46	.361	5.25	159	79	21	4	3	1	572.1	645	365	334	83	220	17	345	28	2	22	2564	92	1.511	10.1	1.3	3.5	5.4	1.57	92
2001	29	26	46	.361	5.32	163	79	22	4	3	1	577.1	656	372	341	84	222	17	348	28	2	22	2592	91	1.521	10.2	1.3	3.5	5.4	1.57	91

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1995	23	8	9	.471	4.11	160.0	164	81	73	18	61	97	9	1.406	9.2	3.4	5.5	1.59	1.0	37
1996	24	9	12	.429	4.45	196.0	191	108	97	28	62	114	9	1.291	8.8	2.8	5.2	1.84	1.3	32
1997	25	3	9	.250	6.25	108.0	131	83	75	18	55	71	6	1.722	10.9	4.6	5.9	1.29	1.5	28
1998	26	0	1	.000	4.50	16.0	23	9	8	5	5	16	0	1.750	12.9	2.8	9.0	3.20	2.8	7
1999	27	0	0		9.00	4.0	7	4	4	2	2	4	0	2.250	15.8	4.5	9.0	2.00	4.5	2
2000	28	5	6	.455	4.50	104.0	120	58	52	10	33	52	4	1.471	10.4	2.9	4.5	1.58	0.9	53
2001	29	0	0		10.80	5.0	10	7	6	1	2	3	0	2.400	18.0	3.6	5.4	1.50	1.8	4
7 Seasons		25	37	.403	4.78	593.0	646	350	315	82	220	357	28	1.460	9.8		5.4	1.62	1.2	163

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
1996 AL--2--4th
1997 AL--1--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1996 AL--30--9th

Losses s c a p y
1995 AL--13--8th
1996 AL--14--6th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1995 AL--8--5th
1996 AL--10--8th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Pitching - 2 (2165), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 1 (1927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Bill MacDonald (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Mays (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Phil Ortega (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Micah Owings (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tim Redding (989) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jay Witasick (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Brian Williams (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 2 (2165), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 1 (1927), Average HOFer ≈ 50