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Ryan Madson

Ryan Michael Madson (Mad Dog) (twitter: @RyanMadson46)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 28, 1980 in Long Beach, CA
High School: Valley View HS (Moreno County, CA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 9th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 2003
Team: Phillies 2003-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (team option), 1 yr/$8.5M (12) & 13 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 8.027, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Relatives: Nephew of Steve Barr
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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
2003 22 PHI NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 23 PHI NL 9 3 .750 2.34 52 1 14 0 0 1 77.0 68 23 20 6 19 4 55 5 0 7 312 193 1.130 7.9 0.7 2.2 6.4 2.89
2005 24 PHI NL 6 5 .545 4.14 78 0 10 0 0 0 87.0 84 44 40 11 25 6 79 6 1 6 365 107 1.253 8.7 1.1 2.6 8.2 3.16
2006 25 PHI NL 11 9 .550 5.69 50 17 8 0 0 2 134.1 176 92 85 20 50 4 99 10 0 12 620 82 1.682 11.8 1.3 3.3 6.6 1.98
2007 26 PHI NL 2 2 .500 3.05 38 0 9 0 0 1 56.0 48 19 19 5 23 4 43 2 2 2 237 151 1.268 7.7 0.8 3.7 6.9 1.87
2008 27 PHI NL 4 2 .667 3.05 76 0 14 0 0 1 82.2 79 29 28 6 23 4 67 1 1 2 340 143 1.234 8.6 0.7 2.5 7.3 2.91
2009 28 PHI NL 5 5 .500 3.26 79 0 28 0 0 10 77.1 73 29 28 7 22 3 78 3 0 1 320 129 1.228 8.5 0.8 2.6 9.1 3.55
2010 29 PHI NL 6 2 .750 2.55 55 0 21 0 0 5 53.0 42 16 15 4 13 3 64 4 0 2 217 161 1.038 7.1 0.7 2.2 10.9 4.92
2011 30 PHI NL 4 2 .667 2.37 62 0 46 0 0 32 60.2 54 16 16 2 16 8 62 1 0 0 246 162 1.154 8.0 0.3 2.4 9.2 3.88
9 Yrs 47 30 .610 3.59 491 18 150 0 0 52 630.0 624 268 251 61 191 36 547 32 4 32 2663 122 1.294 8.9 0.9 2.7 7.8 2.86
162 Game Avg. 6 4 .610 3.59 66 2 20 0 0 7 84 83 36 34 8 26 5 73 4 1 4 356 122 1.294 8.9 0.9 2.7 7.8 2.86

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
2003 22 PHI NL 2.0 1 0 0 0.00 5.72 0.12 -0.42 86.0 4.46 1 0.1 .6 -0.0 0.1 1 .607 .501 $
2004 23 PHI NL 77.0 52 1 23 2.69 4.63 0.09 -0.33 105.6 4.44 15 1.5 1.3 0.0 2.1 23 .529 .509 $300,000
2005 24 PHI NL 87.0 78 0 44 4.55 4.61 0.53 -0.35 102.6 3.83 -7 -0.7 1.4 -0.4 -0.4 1 .491 .496 $350,000
2006 25 PHI NL 134.1 50 17 92 6.16 4.90 -0.13 0.01 103.4 5.20 -14 -1.3 1.4 -0.2 -0.5 -0 .473 .492 $400,000
2007 26 PHI NL 56.0 38 0 19 3.05 4.70 0.23 -0.34 101.9 4.21 7 0.8 1.0 -0.1 1.1 13 .520 .505 $1,100,000
2008 27 PHI NL 82.2 76 0 29 3.16 4.66 0.44 -0.34 100.8 3.91 8 0.8 1.1 -0.1 1.3 15 .510 .505 $1,400,000
2009 28 PHI NL 77.1 79 0 29 3.38 4.58 0.09 -0.34 100.2 4.16 7 0.7 1.4 -0.0 1.3 14 .509 .504 $2,333,333
2010 29 PHI NL 53.0 55 0 16 2.72 4.36 -0.03 -0.33 99.4 4.04 8 0.8 1.4 0.0 1.3 13 .515 .505 $4,833,333
2011 30 PHI NL 60.2 62 0 16 2.37 4.17 -0.33 -0.31 99.3 4.15 12 1.3 1.6 0.2 2.0 17 .521 .508 $4,833,333
9 Seasons 630.0 491 18 268 3.83 4.62 0.11 -0.26 101.9 4.33 36 3.9 1.3 -0.5 8.3 97 .508 .503 $15,549,999

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2008 27 PHI NL NLDS W MIL 0 0 2.25 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16 0.750 6.8 0.0 0.0 4.5
2008 27 PHI NL NLCS W LAD 1 0 1.000 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 19 1.000 7.2 0.0 1.8 7.2 4.00
2008 27 PHI NL WS W TBR 0 0 4.91 4 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 3 2 2 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 14 0.818 7.4 2.5 0.0 14.7
2009 28 PHI NL NLDS W COL 1 0 1.000 3.38 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 2 1 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 11 1.125 6.8 0.0 3.4 13.5 4.00
2009 28 PHI NL NLCS W LAD 0 0 5.40 4 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 6 2 2 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 19 2.700 16.2 0.0 8.1 10.8 1.33
2009 28 PHI NL WS L NYY 0 0 2.08 5 0 4 0 0 1 4.1 6 1 1 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 21 1.846 12.5 0.0 4.2 12.5 3.00
2010 29 PHI NL NLDS W CIN 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2010 29 PHI NL NLCS L SFG 0 1 .000 1.35 5 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 4 1 1 1 3 1 10 0 0 0 26 1.050 5.4 1.4 4.1 13.5 3.33
2011 30 PHI NL NLDS L STL 0 0 2.08 4 0 4 0 0 1 4.1 4 1 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 15 0.923 8.3 0.0 0.0 12.5
4 Yrs (9 Series) 2 1 .667 2.31 33 0 11 0 0 2 35.0 33 9 9 2 10 2 43 1 0 2 145 1.229 8.5 0.5 2.6 11.1 4.30
4 NLDS 1 0 1.000 2.25 11 0 6 0 0 1 12.0 10 3 3 0 1 1 13 0 0 2 46 0.917 7.5 0.0 0.8 9.8 13.00
3 NLCS 1 1 .500 1.80 13 0 1 0 0 0 15.0 14 3 3 1 7 1 18 0 0 0 64 1.400 8.4 0.6 4.2 10.8 2.57
2 WS 0 0 3.38 9 0 4 0 0 1 8.0 9 3 3 1 2 0 12 1 0 0 35 1.375 10.1 1.1 2.3 13.5 6.00

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
2003 22 PHI NL 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 23 PHI NL 52 312 286 23 68 8 1 6 5 2 19 55 .238 .296 .336 .631 .274 96 10 5 1 1 4 4
2005 24 PHI NL 78 365 324 44 84 19 1 11 6 2 25 79 .259 .319 .426 .745 .305 138 9 6 5 5 6 3
2006 25 PHI NL 50 620 548 92 176 39 4 20 14 6 50 99 .321 .386 .516 .903 .361 283 12 10 9 3 4 7
2007 26 PHI NL 38 237 208 19 48 9 1 5 1 3 23 43 .231 .311 .356 .666 .265 74 1 2 2 2 4 4
2008 27 PHI NL 76 340 311 29 79 16 1 6 7 1 23 67 .254 .306 .370 .675 .304 115 7 1 3 2 4 2
2009 28 PHI NL 79 320 291 29 73 12 0 7 5 1 22 78 .251 .309 .364 .673 .319 106 8 3 3 1 3 2
2010 29 PHI NL 55 217 198 16 42 7 0 4 4 0 13 64 .212 .274 .308 .582 .292 61 3 4 2 0 3 1
2011 30 PHI NL 62 246 222 16 54 6 0 2 4 1 16 62 .243 .296 .297 .593 .327 66 6 1 6 1 8 0
9 Yrs 491 2663 2394 268 624 116 8 61 46 16 191 547 .261 .322 .392 .714 .313 939 56 32 31 15 36 23
162 Game Avg. 66 356 320 36 83 15 1 8 6 2 26 73 .261 .322 .392 .714 .313 125 7 4 4 2 5 3
MLB Averages .263 .331 .418 .749 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2003 22 PHI NL 1.1 0.1 6 0.1 0.1 0.0 .46 0.2 -0.0 1.0 0.1 0.46 1.6 0 0 1
2004 23 PHI NL 17.3 1.7 326 1.8 7.5 -5.8 1.25 1.4 -0.0 20.8 2.0 1.25 17.7 14 19 18
2005 24 PHI NL 2.2 0.2 379 -0.2 8.6 -8.9 1.36 0.1 -0.3 1.8 0.2 1.36 3.1 36 21 21
2006 25 PHI NL -14.3 -1.4 654 -1.1 12.3 -13.4 1.15 -2.0 1.0 -16.8 -1.6 1.15 -21.0 13 9 11
2007 26 PHI NL 10.0 1.0 245 0.7 4.9 -4.2 1.21 0.7 -0.2 8.9 0.9 1.21 9.0 13 10 15
2008 27 PHI NL 12.8 1.3 351 1.2 6.6 -5.4 1.09 1.1 0.1 11.4 1.1 1.09 11.4 25 15 36
2009 28 PHI NL 8.8 0.9 330 0.7 9.4 -8.7 1.59 0.6 -0.1 12.1 1.2 1.59 7.5 35 17 26
2010 29 PHI NL 9.2 0.9 223 1.2 6.1 -4.9 1.59 0.7 0.1 9.7 1.0 1.59 7.0 26 10 18
2011 30 PHI NL 10.7 1.1 254 2.6 8.2 -5.6 1.94 1.3 0.1 10.9 1.1 1.94 12.7 34 10 18
9 Yrs 57.9 5.9 2768 6.9 63.8 -56.9 1.35 4.1 1.1 59.6 6.1 1.35 48.9 196 111 164

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
2004 23 PHI NL 52 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 15.0 15 15 16 4 1 0 11.0 27.0 0.7 37 1 0 0 0 37
2006 25 PHI NL 50 17 8 5 4 2 0 11 6 .647 0 4 0 0 7 41% 40.1 80 0 36 15 0 8 6.4 6.3 5.3 90 3 10 4 0 114
2 Yrs 102 18 8 5 5 2 0 11 7 .611 0 5 0 0 7 39% 39 80 0 52 19 1 8 6.6 6.5 5.1 87 4 10 4 0 114
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 100 -12 4.7 4.7 5.9 95

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
2003 22 PHI NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .457 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 23
2004 23 PHI NL 52 51 14 9 3 2 1 1 50% 9 7 23 4 17% 7 1.254 14 19 18 17 11 23 12 39 25 6 26 11 4.5 23
2005 24 PHI NL 78 78 10 6 5 7 0 7 0% 39 32 41 16 39% 7 1.364 36 21 21 49 10 19 23 55 18 18 19 23 3.3 18
2006 25 PHI NL 50 33 8 3 4 4 2 2 50% 11 6 11 4 36% 7 1.148 13 9 11 17 9 7 8 25 10 8 12 9 4.0 20
2007 26 PHI NL 38 38 9 2 2 2 1 1 50% 9 7 8 5 63% 8 1.208 13 10 15 16 8 14 5 33 20 4 21 9 4.4 23
2008 27 PHI NL 76 76 14 4 2 3 1 2 33% 21 17 37 13 35% 8 1.093 25 15 36 35 13 28 18 58 21 20 22 17 3.3 17
2009 28 PHI NL 79 79 28 5 5 16 10 6 63% 43 26 13 0 0% 8 1.586 35 17 26 59 11 9 6 73 7 12 7 29 2.9 15
2010 29 PHI NL 55 55 21 6 2 10 5 5 50% 25 15 12 3 25% 8 1.587 26 10 18 37 9 9 8 47 3 6 4 20 2.9 15
2011 30 PHI NL 62 62 46 4 2 34 32 2 94% 37 3 8 4 50% 9 1.944 34 10 18 46 11 5 3 59 0 3 0 21 2.9 16
9 Yrs 491 473 150 39 25 78 52 26 67% 194 113 153 49 32% 1.349 196 111 164 276 82 115 83 390 105 77 112 139 3.4 18

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%
2003 22 PHI NL 6 67% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.00 1.00 100% 0% 100% 0 0
2004 23 PHI NL 312 56% 1.9% 17.6% 6.1% 4.8% 22% 1.12 1.49 72% 19% 6.2% 10% 67 10 15%
2005 24 PHI NL 365 55% 3.0% 21.6% 6.9% 8.5% 37% 0.92 1.40 65% 22% 9.3% 9% 74 9 12%
2006 25 PHI NL 620 51% 3.2% 16.0% 8.1% 10.2% 36% 0.75 0.97 70% 22% 8.7% 9% 127 12 9%
2007 26 PHI NL 237 55% 2.1% 18.1% 9.7% 6.3% 31% 0.94 1.12 68% 21% 6.8% 13% 31 1 3%
2008 27 PHI NL 340 54% 1.8% 19.7% 6.8% 6.8% 29% 1.06 1.54 71% 18% 5.9% 14% 72 7 10%
2009 28 PHI NL 320 52% 2.2% 24.4% 6.9% 5.9% 26% 0.88 1.25 65% 22% 7.1% 13% 69 8 12%
2010 29 PHI NL 217 53% 1.8% 29.5% 6.0% 5.1% 26% 1.02 1.26 60% 15% 6.9% 12% 42 3 7%
2011 30 PHI NL 246 56% 0.8% 25.2% 6.5% 3.3% 15% 0.98 1.38 65% 17% 3.1% 21% 49 6 12%
9 Yrs 2663 54% 2.3% 20.5% 7.2% 7.0% 30% 0.92 1.26 68% 20% 7.3% 12% 531 56 11%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.4% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.80 1.08 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
2003 22 PHI NL 6 23 3.83 15 65% 40% 7% 13% 40% 60% 0% 39% 89% 100% 0% 0 0 17% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 23 PHI NL 313 1207 3.86 770 64% 26% 18% 26% 30% 74% 3% 47% 76% 59% 4% 12 8 20% 64 34 3 16% 13 0 -1 0 0
2005 24 PHI NL 365 1373 3.76 863 63% 25% 19% 26% 30% 75% 5% 47% 75% 55% 6% 22 11 17% 63 38 8 16% 10 5 0 0 0
2006 25 PHI NL 621 2202 3.55 1390 63% 25% 13% 28% 33% 75% 1% 47% 82% 60% 5% 29 14 21% 133 69 9 19% 17 13 -1 0 0
2007 26 PHI NL 237 880 3.71 564 64% 24% 18% 28% 30% 76% 5% 49% 76% 66% 4% 9 5 28% 66 33 5 7% 13 1 0 0 0
2008 27 PHI NL 341 1255 3.68 815 65% 22% 20% 28% 31% 78% 4% 51% 75% 59% 5% 17 8 24% 81 45 5 9% 8 5 -1 0 0
2009 28 PHI NL 321 1186 3.69 805 68% 25% 20% 28% 27% 75% 3% 51% 73% 62% 2% 8 4 27% 88 55 7 22% 17 1 -1 0 0
2010 29 PHI NL 217 834 3.84 548 66% 23% 26% 26% 25% 77% 3% 50% 66% 65% 4% 9 3 27% 59 25 3 8% 9 3 0 0 0
2011 30 PHI NL 247 966 3.91 625 65% 21% 25% 28% 27% 79% 7% 51% 69% 59% 6% 14 6 26% 64 35 2 10% 10 0 -1 0 0
9 Yrs 2668 9926 3.72 6395 64% 24% 19% 27% 30% 76% 4% 49% 75% 60% 4% 120 59 23% 619 334 42 14% 97 28 -5 0 0
MLB Averages 3.78 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 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
2003 22 PHI NL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 23 PHI NL 312 68 8 0 6 0 9 5 1 2 4 15 4 3 27% 4 7 0 111 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2005 24 PHI NL 365 84 10 1 11 0 14 4 7 5 6 33 16 6 48% 3 6 0 134 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
2006 25 PHI NL 620 176 19 3 20 0 10 9 11 11 9 33 23 6 70% 7 12 0 254 14 6 70% 14 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 0
2007 26 PHI NL 237 48 6 0 5 0 5 3 2 5 0 7 4 1 57% 4 2 0 81 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2008 27 PHI NL 340 79 14 1 6 0 19 3 3 3 3 27 15 3 56% 2 2 0 116 7 1 88% 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2009 28 PHI NL 320 73 7 1 7 0 10 3 4 4 3 13 7 2 54% 2 1 1 128 5 1 83% 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
2010 29 PHI NL 217 42 3 1 4 0 6 2 2 1 3 7 3 3 43% 1 2 1 87 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2011 30 PHI NL 246 54 6 1 2 1 7 2 0 1 1 14 7 4 50% 0 0 1 102 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
9 Yrs 2663 624 73 8 61 1 80 31 30 32 29 149 79 28 53% 23 32 3 1013 46 16 74% 41 16 5 0 0 0 2 1 69 0
MLB Averages 53% 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+
2003 22 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 23 9 3 .750 2.28 53 1 14 0 0 1 79.0 68 23 20 6 19 4 55 5 0 7 318 198 1.101 7.7 0.7 2.2 6.3 2.89 198
2005 24 15 8 .652 3.25 131 1 24 0 0 1 166.0 152 67 60 17 44 10 134 11 1 13 683 137 1.181 8.2 0.9 2.4 7.3 3.05 137
2006 25 26 17 .605 4.35 181 18 32 0 0 3 300.1 328 159 145 37 94 14 233 21 1 25 1303 105 1.405 9.8 1.1 2.8 7.0 2.48 105
2007 26 28 19 .596 4.14 219 18 41 0 0 4 356.1 376 178 164 42 117 18 276 23 3 27 1540 110 1.384 9.5 1.1 3.0 7.0 2.36 110
2008 27 32 21 .604 3.94 295 18 55 0 0 5 439.0 455 207 192 48 140 22 343 24 4 29 1880 115 1.355 9.3 1.0 2.9 7.0 2.45 115
2009 28 37 26 .587 3.83 374 18 83 0 0 15 516.1 528 236 220 55 162 25 421 27 4 30 2200 117 1.336 9.2 1.0 2.8 7.3 2.60 117
2010 29 43 28 .606 3.71 429 18 104 0 0 20 569.1 570 252 235 59 175 28 485 31 4 32 2417 120 1.309 9.0 0.9 2.8 7.7 2.77 120
2011 30 47 30 .610 3.59 491 18 150 0 0 52 630.0 624 268 251 61 191 36 547 32 4 32 2663 122 1.294 8.9 0.9 2.7 7.8 2.86 122

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
2003 22 0 0 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
2004 23 6 2 .750 2.16 75.0 65 20 18 6 18 53 5 1.107 7.8 2.2 6.4 2.94 0.7 52
2005 24 4 5 .444 4.07 84.0 82 42 38 11 24 77 6 1.262 8.8 2.6 8.3 3.21 1.2 78
2006 25 5 9 .357 5.18 132.0 167 84 76 19 47 98 9 1.621 11.4 3.2 6.7 2.09 1.3 50
2007 26 4 2 .667 2.89 56.0 46 20 18 5 22 43 2 1.214 7.4 3.5 6.9 1.95 0.8 38
2008 27 5 3 .625 3.08 79.0 78 30 27 6 23 64 1 1.278 8.9 2.6 7.3 2.78 0.7 76
2009 28 5 3 .625 3.41 74.0 73 31 28 7 22 75 3 1.284 8.9 2.7 9.1 3.41 0.9 79
2010 29 3 2 .600 2.55 53.0 42 17 15 4 13 64 4 1.038 7.1 2.2 10.9 4.92 0.7 55
2011 30 4 2 .667 2.68 57.0 56 19 17 2 17 59 1 1.281 8.8 2.7 9.3 3.47 0.3 62
9 Yrs 36 28 .563 3.49 612.0 609 263 237 60 186 533 31 1.299 9.0 7.8 2.87 0.9 491

* 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
2005 NL  78 (4th)
2008 NL  76 (9th)
2009 NL  79 (4th)
Active  491 (34th)

Saves s c a p y
Active  52 (43rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2006 NL  12 (2nd)

Games Finished s c a p y
Active  150 (46th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2127), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 18 (658), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (403), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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