Jesse Litsch
Jesse A. Litsch
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 9, 1985 in Pinellas Park, FL
High School: Dixie M. Hollins (St. Petersberg, FL)
School: University of South Florida
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 24th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed May 16, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 15, 2007
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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 Awards
2007 22 TOR AL 7 9 .438 3.81 20 20 0 0 0 0 111.0 116 56 47 14 36 2 50 7 0 2 478 117 1.369 9.4 1.1 2.9 4.1 1.39
2008 23 TOR AL 13 9 .591 3.58 29 28 0 2 2 0 176.0 178 79 70 20 39 2 99 8 0 4 735 118 1.233 9.1 1.0 2.0 5.1 2.54
2009 24 TOR AL 0 1 .000 9.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.0 14 9 9 4 1 0 8 1 0 0 42 48 1.667 14.0 4.0 1.0 8.0 8.00
3 Seasons 20 19 .513 3.83 51 50 0 2 2 0 296.0 308 144 126 38 76 4 157 16 0 6 1255 113 1.297 9.4 1.2 2.3 4.8 2.07
162 Game Avg. 13 13 .513 3.83 34 34 0 1 1 0 199 207 97 85 26 51 3 106 11 0 4 845 113 1.297 9.4 1.2 2.3 4.8 2.07

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
2007 22 TOR AL 20 478 429 56 116 19 3 14 6 3 36 50 .270 .335 .427 .761 .277 183 17 7 3 3 2
2008 23 TOR AL 29 735 683 79 178 37 4 20 3 6 39 99 .261 .307 .414 .721 .278 283 11 8 1 4 2
2009 24 TOR AL 2 42 40 9 14 1 1 4 1 1 1 8 .350 .381 .725 1.106 .357 29 0 1 0 0 0
3 Seasons 51 1255 1152 144 308 57 8 38 10 10 76 157 .267 .320 .430 .749 .280 495 28 16 4 7 4
162 Game Avg. 34 845 776 97 207 38 5 26 7 7 51 106 .267 .320 .430 .749 .280 333 19 11 3 5 3
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

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
2007 22 TOR AL 20 20 7 9 4 0 3 9 11 .450 1 1 0 0 12 60% 49 70 19 15 5 0 8 4.1 3.9 5.6 88 4 11 5 0 106
2008 23 TOR AL 29 28 13 9 6 3 2 13 15 .464 3 3 2 2 15 54% 52 80 24 21 8 1 13 5.1 5.7 6.2 97 3 12 13 0 115
2009 24 TOR AL 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 37 42 32 1 0 0 1 4.5 3.0 4.5 78 1 0 1 0 106
3 Seasons 51 50 20 19 11 3 5 23 27 .460 4 5 2 2 27 54% 50 80 19 37 13 1 22 4.7 4.9 5.9 93 8 23 19 0 115
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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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 23 TOR AL 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.870 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 49
1 Season 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.870 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 49

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%
2007 22 TOR AL 478 54% 2.9% 10.5% 7.5% 7.5% 31% 0.95 1.41 77% 18% 8.4% 14% 86 17 20%
2008 23 TOR AL 735 54% 2.7% 13.5% 5.3% 8.3% 34% 0.94 1.22 77% 19% 7.6% 12% 115 11 10%
2009 24 TOR AL 42 57% 9.5% 19.1% 2.4% 14.3% 43% 0.60 0.80 67% 9% 23.5% 15% 4 0 0%
3 Seasons 1255 54% 3.0% 12.5% 6.1% 8.2% 33% 0.93 1.28 77% 18% 8.5% 13% 205 28 14%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

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
2007 22 TOR AL 478 1768 3.70 1087 61% 28% 12% 24% 35% 72% 1% 44% 83% 55% 5% 25 16 16% 76 28 7 28% 2 7 0 0 0
2008 23 TOR AL 735 2754 3.75 1760 64% 29% 11% 26% 33% 71% 1% 46% 84% 58% 3% 19 13 20% 147 63 5 32% 11 4 0 0 0
2009 24 TOR AL 42 156 3.71 94 60% 27% 15% 24% 34% 73% 0% 44% 80% 52% 5% 2 2 17% 7 3 0 63% 1 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1255 4678 3.73 2941 63% 29% 12% 26% 34% 71% 1% 45% 84% 57% 4% 46 31 18% 230 94 12 32% 14 11 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

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
2007 22 TOR AL 478 116 12 3 14 0 7 8 6 5 9 28 17 3 61% 8 2 0 159 6 3 67% 6 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 10 0
2008 23 TOR AL 735 178 16 2 20 0 11 11 9 8 12 25 18 2 72% 4 4 1 233 3 6 33% 3 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 11 0
2009 24 TOR AL 42 14 1 0 4 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1255 308 29 5 38 0 18 22 16 16 22 53 35 5 66% 12 6 1 403 10 10 50% 10 8 0 2 0 0 3 1 21 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
2007 22 7 9 .438 3.81 20 20 0 0 0 0 111.0 116 56 47 14 36 2 50 7 0 2 478 117 1.369 9.4 1.1 2.9 4.1 1.39 117
2008 23 20 18 .526 3.67 49 48 0 2 2 0 287.0 294 135 117 34 75 4 149 15 0 6 1213 118 1.286 9.2 1.1 2.4 4.7 1.99 118
2009 24 20 19 .513 3.83 51 50 0 2 2 0 296.0 308 144 126 38 76 4 157 16 0 6 1255 113 1.297 9.4 1.2 2.3 4.8 2.07 113

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
2007 22 6 5 .545 3.79 107.0 114 50 45 14 35 48 7 1.393 9.6 2.9 4.0 1.37 1.2 20
2008 23 9 9 .500 3.78 169.0 181 79 71 20 40 95 8 1.308 9.6 2.1 5.1 2.38 1.1 29
2009 24 0 0 9.00 9.0 14 10 9 4 1 8 1 1.667 14.0 1.0 8.0 8.00 4.0 2
3 Seasons 15 14 .517 3.95 285.0 309 139 125 38 76 151 16 1.351 9.8 4.8 1.99 1.2 51

* 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

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL--1.994--10th

Complete Games s c a p y
2008 AL--2--9th

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 AL--2--1st

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 1 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 5 (1819), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  8. Bill McCahan (972)
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  8. Rick Aguilera (978)
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