Wes Littleton

Wes Avi Littleton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 2, 1982 in Hayward, CA
High School: Vista HS (Vista, CA)
School: California State University Fullerton (Fullerton, CA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 4th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 29, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 2006
Team: Rangers 2006-2008

Final Game: September 26, 2008
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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
2003	20	TEX-min	A-	6	0	1.000	1.56	12	8	2	0	52.0	36	9	9	2	8	0	47	1	1	2	192		0.846	6.2	0.3	1.4	8.1	5.88	SPO · NORW
2004	21	TEX-min	A+	8	10	.444	4.15	30	23	1	0	141.0	139	76	65	7	56	0	72	11	0	14	600		1.383	8.9	0.4	3.6	4.6	1.29	STK · CALL
2005	22	TEX-min	AA	2	3	.400	3.97	48	0	27	3	81.2	93	37	36	9	24	7	71	3	1	3	351		1.433	10.2	1.0	2.6	7.8	2.96	FRI · TL
2006	23	TEX-min	AA,AAA	7	1	.875	1.23	30	0	12	5	44.0	27	7	6	4	12	0	40	2	0	1	170		0.886	5.5	0.8	2.5	8.2	3.33	FRI,OKC · TL,PCL
2006	23	TEX	AL	2	1	.667	1.73	33	0	6	1	36.1	23	7	7	2	13	0	17	2	0	0	138	268	0.991	5.7	0.5	3.2	4.2	1.31
2007	24	TEX-min	AAA	0	1	.000	5.01	23	0	13	2	32.1	31	19	18	5	8	0	21	0	0	0	130		1.206	8.6	1.4	2.2	5.8	2.63	OKC · PCL
2007	24	TEX	AL	3	2	.600	4.31	35	0	11	2	48.0	48	23	23	6	16	1	24	3	0	1	205	106	1.333	9.0	1.1	3.0	4.5	1.50
2008	25	TEX-min	AAA	7	1	.875	4.01	44	0	19	6	58.1	55	27	26	3	25	1	58	2	0	5	252		1.371	8.5	0.5	3.9	8.9	2.32	OKC · PCL
2008	25	TEX	AL	0	0		6.00	12	0	4	0	18.0	18	12	12	1	8	0	14	3	0	0	80	75	1.444	9.0	0.5	4.0	7.0	1.75
2009	26	MIL-min	AAA,AA	0	5	.000	6.50	35	0	18	0	45.2	55	38	33	4	39	3	38	5	0	5	227		2.058	10.8	0.8	7.7	7.5	0.97	NVL,HVL · PCL,SOUL
2010	27	SEA-min	AA,A+,AAA	3	4	.429	5.52	37	0	24	8	44.0	60	31	27	4	27	1	37	4	0	7	218		1.977	12.3	0.8	5.5	7.6	1.37	WTN,HDS,TAC · SOUL,CALL,PCL
3 Yrs				5	3	.625	3.69	80	0	21	3	102.1	89	42	42	9	37	1	55	8	0	1	423	125	1.231	7.8	0.8	3.3	4.8	1.49
162 Game Avg.				4	3	.625	3.69	68	0	18	3	87	76	36	36	8	31	1	47	7	0	1	360	125	1.231	7.8	0.8	3.3	4.8	1.49

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	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2006	23	TEX	AL	36.1	33	7	1.73	4.98	0.05	-0.37	99.7	4.55	11	1.1	1.1	-0.0	1.4	16	.533	.507	$
2007	24	TEX	AL	48.0	35	23	4.31	4.93	-0.05	-0.37	99.6	4.60	1	0.1	.9	-0.1	0.4	8	.503	.501	$
2008	25	TEX	AL	18.0	12	12	6.00	4.79	-0.25	-0.35	103.6	4.85	-3	-0.3	.9	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.479	.498	$
3 Seasons				102.1	80	42	3.69	4.93	-0.05	-0.36	100.3	4.63	10	0.9	1.0	-0.2	1.7	23	.512	.502	$

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
2006	23	TEX	AL	33	138	122	7	23	1	1	2	1	1	13	17	.189	.275	.262	.538	.202	32	9	2	0	1	0	1
2007	24	TEX	AL	35	205	183	23	48	9	0	6	3	1	16	24	.262	.327	.410	.737	.269	75	6	3	0	3	1	2
2008	25	TEX	AL	12	80	68	12	18	2	0	1	0	0	8	14	.265	.363	.338	.701	.315	23	4	3	0	1	0	1
3 Yrs				80	423	373	42	89	12	1	9	4	2	37	55	.239	.317	.349	.665	.255	130	19	8	0	5	1	4
162 Game Avg.				68	360	317	36	76	10	1	8	3	2	31	47	.239	.317	.349	.665	.255	111	16	7	0	4	1	3
MLB Averages																.267	.335	.424	.759	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2006	23	TEX	AL	11.9	1.2	140	1.2	2.8	-1.6	.96	0.8	0.4	14.5	1.4	0.96	12.8	13	4	13
2007	24	TEX	AL	2.3	0.2	209	-0.0	2.5	-2.6	.68	-0.1	0.1	-1.1	-0.1	0.68	0.7	8	7	20
2008	25	TEX	AL	-2.4	-0.2	80	0.1	1.2	-1.1	.65	0.0	0.2	-3.4	-0.3	0.65	-0.2	1	2	6
3 Yrs				11.8	1.2	429	1.3	6.5	-5.3	.77	0.7	1.0	9.9	1.0	0.77	13.3	22	13	39

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
2006	23	TEX	AL	33	33	6	2	1	1	1	0	100%	8	7	18	3	17%	8	.964	13	4	13	15	5	13	12	21	11	8	12	5	3.3	15
2007	24	TEX	AL	35	35	11	3	2	3	2	1	67%	5	2	26	11	42%	7	.676	8	7	20	11	5	19	14	21	17	8	20	7	4.1	21
2008	25	TEX	AL	12	12	4	0	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	15	9	60%	9	.653	1	2	6	4	0	8	7	5	5	3	6	1	4.5	26
3 Yrs				80	80	21	5	3	5	3	2	60%	14	9	59	23	39%		.766	22	13	39	30	10	40	33	47	33	19	38	13	3.8	19

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%
2006	23	TEX	AL	138	65%	1.5%	12.3%	9.4%	2.9%	17%	2.42	3.14	75%	11%	7.4%	13%	30	9	30%
2007	24	TEX	AL	205	61%	2.9%	11.7%	7.8%	7.3%	31%	1.27	1.83	76%	17%	9.2%	8%	37	6	16%
2008	25	TEX	AL	80	54%	1.3%	17.5%	10.0%	3.8%	17%	1.20	1.86	68%	18%	4.3%	8%	23	4	17%
3 Yrs				423	61%	2.1%	13.0%	8.8%	5.2%	25%	1.54	2.21	74%	15%	7.8%	9%	90	19	21%
MLB Averages					46%	2.7%	17.1%	8.6%	8.0%	34%	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.7%	12%			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
2006	23	TEX	AL	138	480	3.48	303	63%	33%	13%	19%	35%	67%	0%	42%	81%	62%	4%	6	4	28%	38	26	3	18%	3	2	0	0	0
2007	24	TEX	AL	205	747	3.64	464	62%	30%	15%	21%	35%	70%	1%	44%	79%	58%	4%	9	5	15%	31	15	1	8%	4	3	0	0	0
2008	25	TEX	AL	80	309	3.86	191	62%	32%	9%	30%	29%	68%	0%	42%	86%	54%	6%	5	2	23%	18	9	0	43%	3	3	0	0	0
3 Yrs				423	1536	3.63	958	62%	31%	13%	22%	34%	69%	0%	43%	81%	58%	5%	20	11	21%	87	50	4	20%	10	8	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	59%	5%			22%				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
2006	23	TEX	AL	138	23	6	0	2	0	5	1	1	0	2	7	5	0	71%	1	0	0	49	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2007	24	TEX	AL	205	48	5	0	6	0	6	2	4	5	1	14	6	1	43%	2	1	0	73	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2008	25	TEX	AL	80	18	0	0	1	0	7	1	0	1	0	9	7	0	78%	1	0	0	34	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3 Yrs				423	89	11	0	9	0	18	4	5	6	3	30	18	1	60%	4	1	0	156	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
MLB Averages																		53%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2006	23	2	1	.667	1.73	33	6	1	36.1	23	7	7	2	13	0	17	2	0	138	268	0.991	5.7	0.5	3.2	4.2	1.31	268
2007	24	5	3	.625	3.20	68	17	3	84.1	71	30	30	8	29	1	41	5	1	343	144	1.186	7.6	0.9	3.1	4.4	1.41	144
2008	25	5	3	.625	3.69	80	21	3	102.1	89	42	42	9	37	1	55	8	1	423	125	1.231	7.8	0.8	3.3	4.8	1.49	125

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
2006	23	2	1	.667	1.85	34.0	22	8	7	2	12	16	2	1.000	5.8	3.2	4.2	1.33	0.5	33
2007	24	2	3	.400	4.30	46.0	47	24	22	6	16	23	3	1.370	9.2	3.1	4.5	1.44	1.2	35
2008	25	0	1	.000	6.35	17.0	18	13	12	1	8	13	3	1.529	9.5	4.2	6.9	1.63	0.5	12
3 Yrs		4	5	.444	3.80	97.0	87	45	41	9	36	52	8	1.268	8.1		4.8	1.44	0.8	80

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