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Wilton López

Wilton Lopez

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 19, 1983 in Leon, Nicaragua
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 28, 2009
Team: Astros 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$516k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.038, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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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
2009 25 HOU NL 0 2 .000 8.38 8 2 0 0 0 0 19.1 32 21 18 4 8 0 9 1 0 1 97 50 2.069 14.9 1.9 3.7 4.2 1.13
2010 26 HOU NL 5 2 .714 2.96 68 0 14 0 0 1 67.0 66 23 22 4 5 1 50 0 2 2 262 134 1.060 8.9 0.5 0.7 6.7 10.00
2011 27 HOU NL 2 6 .250 2.79 73 0 13 0 0 0 71.0 72 26 22 6 18 3 56 3 1 1 298 136 1.268 9.1 0.8 2.3 7.1 3.11
2012 28 HOU NL 3 0 1.000 2.28 27 0 5 0 0 0 27.2 22 7 7 2 4 1 21 1 0 1 105 172 0.940 7.2 0.7 1.3 6.8 5.25
4 Yrs 10 10 .500 3.36 176 2 32 0 0 1 185.0 192 77 69 16 35 5 136 5 3 5 762 117 1.227 9.3 0.8 1.7 6.6 3.89
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .500 3.36 67 1 12 0 0 0 71 73 29 26 6 13 2 52 2 1 2 291 117 1.227 9.3 0.8 1.7 6.6 3.89

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
2009 25 HOU NL 19.1 8 2 21 9.78 4.48 -0.01 -0.10 100.2 4.39 -12 -1.1 .5 0.1 -0.8 -10 .367 .493 $
2010 26 HOU NL 67.0 68 0 23 3.09 4.47 -0.18 -0.33 99.2 4.28 9 0.9 1.0 -0.2 1.3 15 .514 .506 $
2011 27 HOU NL 71.0 73 0 26 3.30 4.25 0.11 -0.32 99.6 3.81 4 0.4 1.2 -0.1 0.8 10 .506 .503 $442,000
2012 28 HOU NL 27.2 27 0 7 2.28 4.15 -0.06 -0.31 104.1 4.05 5 0.6 1.4 0.1 0.8 8 .521 .503 $
4 Seasons 185.0 176 2 77 3.75 4.34 -0.03 -0.30 100.2 4.08 6 0.8 1.2 -0.1 2.1 24 .505 .501 $442,000

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
2009 25 HOU NL 8 97 83 21 32 4 1 4 1 0 8 9 .386 .436 .602 1.039 .389 50 1 1 3 2 0 0
2010 26 HOU NL 68 262 253 23 66 12 3 4 1 3 5 50 .261 .273 .379 .653 .308 96 7 0 2 2 1 2
2011 27 HOU NL 73 298 273 26 72 11 0 6 1 2 18 56 .264 .316 .370 .686 .313 101 9 3 4 0 3 3
2012 28 HOU NL 27 105 96 7 22 0 1 2 0 0 4 21 .229 .265 .313 .577 .270 30 3 1 3 1 1 0
4 Yrs 176 762 705 77 192 27 5 16 3 5 35 136 .272 .309 .393 .702 .315 277 20 5 12 5 5 5
162 Game Avg. 67 291 269 29 73 10 2 6 1 2 13 52 .272 .309 .393 .702 .315 106 8 2 5 2 2 2
MLB Averages .258 .326 .406 .732 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2009 25 HOU NL -9.9 -0.9 98 -0.7 0.7 -1.4 .59 -1.0 -0.3 -11.3 -1.1 0.59 -9.3 1 0 5
2010 26 HOU NL 8.4 0.8 270 1.0 4.6 -3.6 .89 0.4 0.6 16.5 1.7 0.89 9.5 19 20 26
2011 27 HOU NL 7.2 0.8 302 -1.0 5.8 -6.8 1.14 0.3 -1.2 0.0 0.0 1.14 4.2 29 17 27
2012 28 HOU NL 5.4 0.6 109 0.6 2.8 -2.3 1.49 0.8 -0.4 3.9 0.4 1.49 6.5 10 7 10
4 Yrs 11.0 1.2 779 -0.2 13.9 -14.1 1.03 0.6 -0.8 9.2 1.1 1.03 10.9 59 44 68

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
2009 25 HOU NL 8 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34.5 40 29 3 1 1 0 2.0 1.0 4.3 67 2 0 0 0 77
1 Yr 8 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34 40 29 3 1 1 0 2.0 1.0 4.3 67 2 0 0 0 77
MLB Averages .500 52% 50 100 -13 4.4 4.4 5.9 96

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
2009 25 HOU NL 8 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 1 1 100% 6 .592 1 0 5 1 0 5 1 5 3 1 3 1 5.3 34
2010 26 HOU NL 68 68 14 5 2 3 1 2 33% 19 14 33 1 3% 7 .893 19 20 26 29 7 32 21 47 14 18 16 20 3.0 14
2011 27 HOU NL 73 73 13 2 6 6 0 6 0% 20 14 34 16 47% 8 1.138 29 17 27 23 17 33 19 54 16 24 17 20 2.9 15
2012 28 HOU NL 27 27 5 3 0 1 0 1 0% 8 5 18 6 33% 7 1.487 10 7 10 13 6 8 12 15 9 10 10 9 3.1 13
4 Yrs 176 174 32 10 8 11 1 10 9% 48 33 86 24 28% 1.032 59 44 68 66 30 78 53 121 42 53 46 50 3.0 15

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%
2009 25 HOU NL 97 37% 4.1% 9.3% 8.3% 9.3% 28% 1.38 2.06 74% 15% 12.9% 3% 25 1 4%
2010 26 HOU NL 262 60% 1.5% 19.1% 1.9% 7.3% 29% 1.26 1.64 77% 16% 5.1% 12% 42 7 17%
2011 27 HOU NL 298 64% 2.0% 18.8% 6.0% 5.7% 24% 1.28 1.77 71% 16% 7.4% 13% 60 9 15%
2012 28 HOU NL 105 68% 1.9% 20.0% 3.8% 2.9% 14% 1.34 1.77 70% 14% 6.5% 3% 23 3 13%
4 Yrs 762 59% 2.1% 17.9% 4.6% 6.3% 25% 1.29 1.75 73% 16% 7.2% 10% 150 20 13%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.5% 8.5% 7.6% 33% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 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 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2009 25 HOU NL 97 336 3.46 209 62% 19% 12% 32% 38% 81% 0% 51% 85% 51% 5% 5 2 18% 17 9 1 11% 3 3 0 0 0
2010 26 HOU NL 263 941 3.58 645 69% 26% 17% 25% 32% 74% 1% 51% 78% 60% 3% 7 5 31% 81 41 5 20% 10 1 -1 0 0
2011 27 HOU NL 298 1099 3.69 722 66% 22% 17% 31% 31% 78% 3% 52% 79% 65% 3% 10 4 22% 67 30 3 14% 8 3 0 0 0
2012 28 HOU NL 105 356 3.39 238 67% 24% 17% 26% 33% 76% 3% 51% 77% 56% 4% 4 2 25% 26 13 0 14% 5 1 0 0 0
4 Yrs 763 2732 3.58 1814 66% 23% 16% 29% 32% 77% 2% 51% 79% 60% 3% 26 13 25% 191 93 9 16% 26 8 -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 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
2009 25 HOU NL 97 32 6 0 4 1 5 2 2 0 4 11 6 1 55% 0 1 0 41 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2010 26 HOU NL 262 66 5 1 4 0 7 2 2 2 2 16 6 1 38% 2 2 1 90 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2011 27 HOU NL 298 72 12 0 6 0 10 5 1 2 4 29 13 7 45% 3 1 0 105 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2012 28 HOU NL 105 22 3 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 6 2 1 33% 0 1 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
4 Yrs 762 192 26 2 16 1 23 11 5 4 12 62 27 10 44% 5 5 1 274 3 5 38% 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
2009 25 0 2 .000 8.38 8 2 0 0 0 0 19.1 32 21 18 4 8 0 9 1 0 1 97 50 2.069 14.9 1.9 3.7 4.2 1.13 50
2010 26 5 4 .556 4.17 76 2 14 0 0 1 86.1 98 44 40 8 13 1 59 1 2 3 359 96 1.286 10.2 0.8 1.4 6.2 4.54 96
2011 27 7 10 .412 3.55 149 2 27 0 0 1 157.1 170 70 62 14 31 4 115 4 3 4 657 111 1.278 9.7 0.8 1.8 6.6 3.71 111
2012 28 10 10 .500 3.36 176 2 32 0 0 1 185.0 192 77 69 16 35 5 136 5 3 5 762 117 1.227 9.3 0.8 1.7 6.6 3.89 117

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
2009 25 0 2 .000 8.53 19.0 32 20 18 4 8 9 1 2.105 15.2 3.8 4.3 1.13 1.9 8
2010 26 4 3 .571 3.29 63.0 67 26 23 4 5 47 0 1.143 9.6 0.7 6.7 9.40 0.6 68
2011 27 4 3 .571 3.22 67.0 75 27 24 6 19 53 3 1.403 10.1 2.6 7.1 2.79 0.8 73
2012 28 1 1 .500 2.42 26.0 23 8 7 2 4 19 1 1.038 8.0 1.4 6.6 4.75 0.7 27
4 Yrs 9 9 .500 3.70 175.0 197 81 72 16 36 128 5 1.331 10.1 6.6 3.56 0.8 176

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
2012 NL  27 (2nd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2621), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1698), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Rick Williams (979)
  6. Ronald Belisario (979)
  7. Mike Strahler (978)
  8. Logan Ondrusek (978)
  9. Jensen Lewis (978)
  10. Gene Pentz (978)
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  2. Julio Mateo (986)
  3. Jim Johnson (985)
  4. Jeff Nelson (984)
  5. Mike Fetters (983)
  6. Jeff Lahti (982)
  7. Jason Frasor (982)
  8. Walt Huntzinger (981)
  9. Phil Niekro (980) *
  10. Michael Wuertz (979)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Ramon Troncoso (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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