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Derek Lowe

Derek Christopher Lowe

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: June 1, 1973 in Dearborn, MI
High School: Ford (Dearborn, MI)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 8th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1997
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Dodgers/Braves/Mariners 1997-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 4 yrs/$60M (09-12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 14.100, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Scott Boras Mike Nicotera [*]
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1997 24 TOT AL 20 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1997 24 SEA AL 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1997 24 BOS AL 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1998 25 BOS AL 63 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .200 .000 .200 -42 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 26 BOS AL 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 27 BOS AL 74 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2001 28 BOS AL 67 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 29 BOS AL 32 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 127 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-19
2003 30 BOS AL 33 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2004 31 BOS AL 33 5 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 84 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
2005 32 LAD NL 35 76 65 3 10 2 0 0 4 1 0 2 17 .154 .179 .185 .364 -3 12 2 0 9 0 0 1
2006 33 LAD NL 35 79 64 5 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 19 .094 .145 .125 .270 -30 8 1 0 10 1 0 1
2007 34 LAD NL 33 71 59 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 17 .119 .185 .119 .303 -19 7 1 0 6 1 0 1
2008 35 LAD NL 34 75 65 4 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 20 .138 .176 .138 .315 -15 9 0 0 7 0 0 1
2009 36 ATL NL 34 70 54 6 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 16 .222 .276 .222 .498 35 12 1 0 12 0 0 1
2010 37 ATL NL 34 69 53 6 8 4 0 0 3 0 0 5 14 .151 .224 .226 .451 23 12 1 0 11 0 0 1
2011 38 ATL NL 32 65 52 4 9 4 0 1 7 0 0 4 18 .173 .232 .308 .540 48 16 0 0 9 0 0 1
15 Seasons 633 530 432 30 63 13 0 1 25 1 0 29 129 .146 .199 .183 .382 2 79 7 0 67 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 136 111 8 16 3 0 0 6 0 0 7 33 .146 .199 .183 .382 2 20 2 0 17 1 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
BOS (8 yrs) 384 23 18 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 .111 .200 .167 .367 -3 3 1 0 3 0 0
LAD (4 yrs) 137 301 253 14 32 4 0 0 13 1 0 14 73 .126 .171 .142 .313 -17 36 4 0 32 2 0
ATL (3 yrs) 100 204 159 16 29 8 0 1 11 0 0 13 48 .182 .244 .252 .496 35 40 2 0 32 0 0
SEA (1 yr) 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (8 yrs) 396 25 20 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 .100 .182 .150 .332 -12 3 1 0 3 0 0
NL (7 yrs) 237 505 412 30 61 12 0 1 24 1 0 27 121 .148 .200 .184 .384 3 76 6 0 64 2 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1997 24 SEA AL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1997 24 BOS AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1998 25 BOS AL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $172,000 1
2000 27 BOS AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $625,000 1 AS
2001 28 BOS AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $2,125,000 1
2002 29 BOS AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $3,125,000 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-19
2003 30 BOS AL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $3,625,000 1
2004 31 BOS AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $4,500,000 1
2005 32 LAD NL 76 -10 0 1 0 0 7 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $7,000,000 1
2006 33 LAD NL 79 -13 0 -1 0 0 9 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $9,500,000 1
2007 34 LAD NL 71 -10 -1 -1 0 0 7 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $9,500,000 1
2008 35 LAD NL 75 -11 -1 1 0 0 8 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $10,000,000 1
2009 36 ATL NL 70 -5 -1 1 0 0 7 2 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $15,000,000 1
2010 37 ATL NL 69 -6 -1 -0 0 0 7 2 2 0.3 2 0.3 0.0 $15,000,000 1
2011 38 ATL NL 65 -4 -0 -0 0 0 6 2 4 0.5 4 0.5 0.0 $15,000,000 1
14 Seasons 530 -61 -4 1 0 0 53 14 2 0.2 2 0.3 -0.1 $95,172,000
BOS (7 yrs) 23 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $14,172,000
LAD (4 yrs) 301 -44 -2 0 0 0 31 8 -7 -0.8 -7 -0.7 -0.1 $36,000,000
ATL (3 yrs) 204 -14 -2 1 0 0 21 6 11 1.2 11 1.2 0.0 $45,000,000
SEA (1 yr) 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1997 24 TOT AL 3 3 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .271 .000 .340 .000 .427 .000 .767 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1997 24 SEA AL 2 2 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .269 .000 .338 .000 .425 .000 .763 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1997 24 BOS AL 1 1 0 0.0 110 .000 .274 .000 .343 .000 .432 .000 .775 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1998 25 BOS AL 5 4 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .274 .200 .343 .000 .436 .200 .779 -42 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .250 .250 .000
2000 27 BOS AL 1 1 0 0.0 119 .000 .281 .000 .355 .000 .453 .000 .808 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2001 28 BOS AL 1 1 0 0.0 109 .000 .270 .000 .337 .000 .434 .000 .771 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2002 29 BOS AL 5 4 0 0.0 108 .333 .333 .268 .500 .335 .333 .431 .833 .766 127 .000 0.2 0.0 .667 .333 .000
2003 30 BOS AL 5 5 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .274 .000 .340 .000 .438 .000 .778 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2004 31 BOS AL 5 4 1 6.7 115 .333 .250 .278 .250 .346 .500 .446 .750 .792 84 .615 -0.1 -0.0 .667 .250 .250
2005 32 LAD NL 76 66 2 0.8 106 .208 .154 .266 .179 .336 .185 .424 .364 .760 -3 .037 -9.9 -1.0 .263 .077 .031 .0
2006 33 LAD NL 79 70 2 0.8 114 .130 .094 .273 .145 .344 .125 .444 .270 .788 -30 .030 -12.8 -1.2 .203 .094 .031
2007 34 LAD NL 71 60 2 0.9 112 .163 .119 .274 .185 .344 .119 .438 .303 .781 -19 .040 -10.8 -1.0 .226 .085 .000
2008 35 LAD NL 75 63 2 0.8 106 .200 .138 .265 .176 .336 .138 .423 .315 .759 -15 .039 -11.1 -1.1 .214 .046 .000
2009 36 ATL NL 70 55 4 2.0 106 .316 .222 .265 .276 .338 .222 .420 .498 .758 35 .161 -5.2 -0.5 .372 .074 .000
2010 37 ATL NL 69 57 3 1.4 101 .205 .151 .260 .224 .329 .226 .409 .451 .738 23 .104 -5.6 -0.6 .370 .170 .075
2011 38 ATL NL 65 52 4 2.1 97 .242 .173 .258 .232 .325 .308 .402 .540 .727 48 .198 -3.8 -0.4 .465 .212 .135 .0
15 Seasons 530 445 20 1.2 107 .204 .146 .266 .199 .337 .183 .424 .382 .761 2 .072 -62.6 -6.0 .290 .106 .037 1.0
162 Game Avg. 136 114 5 1.2 107 .204 .146 .266 .199 .337 .183 .424 .382 .761 2 .072 -62.6 -6.0 .290 .106 .037
BOS (8 yrs) 23 20 1 1.3 112 .182 .111 .274 .200 .342 .167 .438 .367 .780 -3 .079 -2.8 -0.3 .294 .167 .056
LAD (4 yrs) 301 259 8 0.8 110 .176 .126 .269 .171 .340 .142 .432 .313 .772 -17 .036 -44.6 -4.3 .227 .075 .016 .0
ATL (3 yrs) 204 164 11 1.8 101 .255 .182 .261 .244 .331 .252 .410 .496 .741 35 .151 -14.6 -1.5 .402 .151 .069 .0
SEA (1 yr) 2 2 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .269 .000 .338 .000 .425 .000 .763 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
AL (8 yrs) 25 22 1 1.2 111 .167 .100 .273 .182 .341 .150 .437 .332 .778 -12 .067 -3.4 -0.3 .263 .150 .050
NL (7 yrs) 505 423 19 1.2 106 .205 .148 .266 .200 .336 .184 .424 .384 .760 3 .073 -59.2 -5.7 .291 .104 .036 1.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 31 BOS AL WS STL W 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2006 33 LAD NL NLDS NYM L 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2008 35 LAD NL NLDS CHC W 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .667 .000 .667 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 35 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
2010 37 ATL NL NLDS SFG L 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (5 Series) 7 16 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .083 .214 .083 .298 1 0 0 2 0 0
3 NLDS 4 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLCS 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2000 BOS AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 BOS AL 29 as P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1997 24 TOT AL 3 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5 33% 0%
1997 24 SEA AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50% 0%
1997 24 BOS AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1998 25 BOS AL 5 0.0% 60.0% 20.0% 0.0% 3.00 1.3 20% 0%
2000 27 BOS AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
2001 28 BOS AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
2002 29 BOS AL 5 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 60% 0%
2003 30 BOS AL 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.00 4.00 80% 0% 0.0% 0%
2004 31 BOS AL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 20.0% 100% 4.0 4.0 2.00 3.00 60% 25% 0.0% 0%
2005 32 LAD NL 76 0.0% 22.4% 2.6% 2.6% 20% 8.50 3.8 16.3 1.65 3.27 63% 9% 0.0% 6%
2006 33 LAD NL 79 0.0% 24.1% 5.1% 2.5% 33% 4.75 3.4 21.3 1.20 2.50 58% 13% 0.0% 10%
2007 34 LAD NL 71 0.0% 23.9% 7.0% 0.0% 0% 3.40 3.5 59.0 1.35 1.75 61% 10% 0.0% 12%
2008 35 LAD NL 75 0.0% 26.7% 4.0% 0.0% 0% 6.67 3.3 13.0 1.65 2.42 60% 12% 0.0% 12%
2009 36 ATL NL 70 0.0% 22.9% 5.7% 0.0% 0% 4.00 3.4 54.0 0.59 1.47 54% 16% 0.0% 23%
2010 37 ATL NL 69 0.0% 20.3% 7.3% 5.8% 50% 2.80 3.8 17.7 1.19 2.82 57% 14% 0.0% 6%
2011 38 ATL NL 65 1.5% 27.7% 6.2% 7.7% 56% 4.50 2.9 52.0 7.4 2.20 7.00 51% 7% 10.0% 0%
15 Seasons 530 0.2% 24.3% 5.5% 2.6% 22% 4.45 3.3 432.0 17.3 1.37 2.61 57% 11% 0.9% 11%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.2% 8.7% 7.9% 34% 1.98 5.2 32.5 7.6 0.79 1.08 70% 20% 7.9% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1997 24 TOT AL -0.9 -0.1 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .87 -0.1 -0.0 -0.5 -0.0 0.62 -0.8 0
1997 24 SEA AL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .95 -0.1 -0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.62 -0.6 0
1997 24 BOS AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .69 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.61 -0.3 0
1998 25 BOS AL -0.9 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.08 -0.1 -0.0 -1.2 -0.1 0.98 -0.8 0
1999 26 BOS AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 27 BOS AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .05 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.39 -0.3 0
2001 28 BOS AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .51 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.39 -0.3 0
2002 29 BOS AL 0.2 0.0 5 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .76 -0.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 1.02 -0.1 0
2003 30 BOS AL -1.2 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .63 -0.1 -0.0 -1.4 -0.1 0.92 -1.5 0
2004 31 BOS AL -0.1 -0.0 5 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 1.13 -0.1 0.0 -1.4 -0.1 1.24 -1.2 0
2005 32 LAD NL -9.9 -1.0 77 -0.7 0.6 -1.3 .93 -0.8 0.1 -9.4 -0.9 0.99 -9.8 0
2006 33 LAD NL -12.8 -1.2 79 -1.4 0.4 -1.8 1.02 -1.3 -0.1 -14.8 -1.4 0.99 -14.2 0
2007 34 LAD NL -10.8 -1.0 71 -1.2 0.3 -1.5 1.02 -1.1 -0.1 -14.0 -1.3 1.00 -12.8 0
2008 35 LAD NL -11.1 -1.1 75 -0.7 0.4 -1.1 .82 -0.9 0.0 -6.1 -0.6 0.96 -9.3 0
2009 36 ATL NL -5.2 -0.5 71 -0.8 0.7 -1.5 1.06 -0.6 -0.1 -9.5 -0.9 1.09 -7.4 0
2010 37 ATL NL -5.6 -0.6 69 -0.8 0.6 -1.4 1.02 -0.6 -0.2 -9.1 -0.9 1.09 -6.7 2.90 0
2011 38 ATL NL -3.8 -0.4 65 -0.0 1.1 -1.1 1.00 -0.4 0.4 0.7 0.1 1.01 -3.4 0
15 Seasons -62.6 -6.1 532 -6.0 4.2 -10.3 .97 -6.2 0.0 -67.2 -6.5 1.01 -68.7 0
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1997 24 TOT AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 24 SEA AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 24 BOS AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 25 BOS AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 27 BOS AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 28 BOS AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 29 BOS AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 30 BOS AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 31 BOS AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 32 LAD NL 3 0 25% 19 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20% 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
2006 33 LAD NL 1 0 50% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40% 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
2007 34 LAD NL 0 0 17% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 3 0 2 2 0 1 1 0
2008 35 LAD NL 3 0 33% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0
2009 36 ATL NL 2 0 38% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9% 9 9 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
2010 37 ATL NL 1 0 46% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8% 5 5 0 0 0 0 7 4 1
2011 38 ATL NL 1 0 25% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
15 Seasons 11 0 32% 147 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 10% 26 26 0 7 7 0 15 8 5

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1997 24 TOT AL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 24 SEA AL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 24 BOS AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 25 BOS AL 5 60% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2000 27 BOS AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 28 BOS AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 29 BOS AL 5 80% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
2003 30 BOS AL 5 60% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2004 31 BOS AL 5 40% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 7 1 14% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2005 32 LAD NL 76 20% 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 9 69% 17 2 12% 21 7 33% 57 4 7% 7 2 29% 3 3 100% 0
2006 33 LAD NL 79 34% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 10 83% 15 1 7% 18 6 33% 55 3 5% 6 2 33% 2 1 50% 0
2007 34 LAD NL 71 24% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 60% 14 1 7% 14 3 21% 54 1 2% 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 0
2008 35 LAD NL 75 25% 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 88% 11 0 0% 9 4 44% 45 6 13% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
2009 36 ATL NL 70 39% 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 15 12 80% 17 1 6% 18 5 28% 55 1 2% 2 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
2010 37 ATL NL 69 35% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.90 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 15 11 73% 15 1 7% 15 6 40% 58 4 7% 4 2 50% 6 4 67% 0
2011 38 ATL NL 65 45% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 11 9 82% 11 0 0% 9 7 78% 43 8 19% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
15 Seasons 530 32% 63 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 27 0 1 1 0 0 88 67 76% 104 7 7% 110 39 35% 386 28 7% 29 9 31% 18 14 78% 0
MLB Averages 54% 70% 11% 33% 15% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1997 24 TOT AL 3 10 3.33 9 90% 22% 33% 33% 11% 78% 0% 70% 57% 67% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
1997 24 SEA AL 2 6 3.00 6 100% 17% 17% 50% 17% 83% 83% 80% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
1997 24 BOS AL 1 4 4.00 3 75% 33% 67% 0% 0% 67% 0% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1998 25 BOS AL 5 20 4.00 13 65% 38% 54% 0% 8% 62% 0% 40% 13% 20% 20% 1 0 20% 1 0 20% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2000 27 BOS AL 1 4 4.00 3 75% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
2001 28 BOS AL 1 4 4.00 3 75% 67% 33% 0% 0% 33% 0% 25% 0% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
2002 29 BOS AL 5 18 3.60 9 50% 22% 22% 11% 44% 78% 0% 39% 71% 40% 20% 1 0 20% 1 0 20% 1 0 0 0 0
2003 30 BOS AL 5 9 1.80 8 89% 13% 0% 25% 63% 88% 0% 78% 100% 60% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2004 31 BOS AL 5 14 2.80 9 64% 22% 22% 11% 44% 78% 0% 50% 71% 60% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2005 32 LAD NL 76 238 3.13 174 73% 18% 21% 28% 33% 82% 0% 60% 74% 49% 1% 1 0 8% 6 2 3% 2 1 24% 0 0 0
2006 33 LAD NL 79 274 3.47 184 67% 27% 17% 26% 30% 73% 0% 49% 76% 37% 4% 3 0 10% 8 0 6% 5 3 42% 0 0 0
2007 34 LAD NL 71 234 3.30 163 70% 24% 17% 29% 30% 76% 0% 53% 77% 46% 4% 3 0 8% 6 1 6% 4 1 35% 0 0 0
2008 35 LAD NL 75 291 3.88 200 69% 33% 16% 26% 26% 67% 0% 46% 77% 31% 0% 0 0 7% 5 0 4% 3 0 25% 0 0 0
2009 36 ATL NL 70 227 3.24 151 67% 29% 15% 23% 33% 71% 0% 47% 79% 37% 4% 3 0 14% 10 2 6% 4 0 31% 0 0 0
2010 37 ATL NL 69 236 3.42 155 66% 27% 15% 25% 32% 73% 0% 48% 79% 39% 3% 2 0 12% 8 1 7% 5 1 50% 0 0 0
2011 38 ATL NL 65 239 3.68 167 70% 35% 13% 26% 26% 65% 0% 46% 80% 29% 2% 1 0 6% 4 0 3% 2 0 50% 0 0 0
14 Seasons 530 1818 3.43 1248 69% 28% 17% 25% 30% 72% 0% 50% 76% 39% 3% 15 0 9% 49 6 5% 27 6 36% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.76 62% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 28% 5% 15% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1997 24 20 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 25 83 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .125 .000 .125 -63 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 26 157 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .125 .000 .125 -63 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 27 231 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .111 .000 .111 -68 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 28 298 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .100 .000 .100 -71 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 29 330 15 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .083 .214 .083 .298 -18 1 1 0 1 0 0
2003 30 363 20 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .063 .167 .063 .229 -37 1 1 0 2 0 0
2004 31 396 25 20 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 .100 .182 .150 .332 -12 3 1 0 3 0 0
2005 32 431 101 85 3 12 3 0 0 5 1 0 4 25 .141 .180 .176 .356 -5 15 3 0 12 0 0
2006 33 466 180 149 8 18 5 0 0 8 1 0 8 44 .121 .165 .154 .319 -16 23 4 0 22 1 0
2007 34 499 251 208 10 25 5 0 0 9 1 0 13 61 .120 .170 .144 .315 -17 30 5 0 28 2 0
2008 35 533 326 273 14 34 5 0 0 14 1 0 16 81 .125 .172 .143 .315 -16 39 5 0 35 2 0
2009 36 567 396 327 20 46 5 0 0 15 1 0 20 97 .141 .189 .156 .345 -8 51 6 0 47 2 0
2010 37 601 465 380 26 54 9 0 0 18 1 0 25 111 .142 .194 .166 .360 -4 63 7 0 58 2 0
2011 38 633 530 432 30 63 13 0 1 25 1 0 29 129 .146 .199 .183 .382 2 79 7 0 67 2 0

Neutralized Batting

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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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1997 24 20 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 20
1998 25 63 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 63
2000 27 74 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 74
2001 28 67 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 67
2002 29 32 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 32
2003 30 33 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 33
2004 31 33 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 33
2005 32 35 67 65 3 10 2 0 0 4 1 2 17 .154 .179 .185 .364 2 35
2006 33 35 67 63 4 5 2 0 0 3 0 3 19 .079 .119 .111 .231 1 35
2007 34 33 63 58 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 4 17 .103 .159 .103 .262 1 33
2008 35 34 69 66 5 10 0 0 0 6 0 3 20 .152 .188 .152 .340 2 34
2009 36 34 57 53 5 11 0 0 0 1 0 4 16 .208 .263 .208 .471 3 34
2010 37 34 60 54 7 9 4 0 0 3 0 6 14 .167 .250 .241 .491 3 34
2011 38 32 56 52 4 9 4 0 1 8 0 4 18 .173 .232 .308 .540 4 32
14 Seasons 559 461 431 30 60 12 0 1 26 1 28 129 .139 .191 .174 .365 16 559
162 Game Avg. 162 134 125 9 17 3 0 0 8 0 8 37 .139 .191 .174 .365 5 559

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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

All-Star Games
2000 *
2002 (P)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2002 AL (19, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1498th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2002 AL (3, 28%)
0.29 Career Shares (137th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2002 AL  6.4 (7th)
Active  31.7 (46th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2010 NL  11 (7th)
Active  67 (18th)

                                         

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