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Paul Maholm

Paul Gurner Maholm (twitter: @paul_maholm)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: June 25, 1982 in Greenwood, MS
High School: Germantown HS (Germantown, TN)
School: Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed July 9, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 30, 2005
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cubs 2005-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (team option), 1 yr/$4.75M (12) & 13 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.037, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Bo McKinnis [*]
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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
2005 23 PIT NL 6 17 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .133 .188 .133 .321 -13 2 0 0 1 0 0 /1
2006 24 PIT NL 30 59 55 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 31 .109 .155 .109 .264 -30 6 2 0 1 0 0 1
2007 25 PIT NL 29 62 59 4 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 29 .186 .200 .203 .403 6 12 2 0 2 0 0 1
2008 26 PIT NL 31 73 65 4 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 28 .123 .197 .123 .320 -12 8 2 0 2 0 0 1
2009 27 PIT NL 31 67 58 1 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 36 .069 .115 .138 .253 -33 8 0 0 6 0 0 1
2010 28 PIT NL 32 65 56 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 31 .089 .121 .089 .210 -42 5 0 0 7 0 0 1
2011 29 PIT NL 26 53 46 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 22 .109 .163 .109 .272 -22 5 1 0 4 0 0 1
2012 30 CHC NL 9 17 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .063 .118 .063 .180 -48 1 1 0 0 0 0 /1
8 Yrs 194 413 370 15 42 2 0 1 13 0 0 20 192 .114 .159 .127 .286 -22 47 8 0 23 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 345 309 13 35 2 0 1 11 0 0 17 160 .114 .159 .127 .286 -22 39 7 0 19 0 0
PIT (7 yrs) 185 396 354 15 41 2 0 1 13 0 0 19 183 .116 .161 .130 .291 -21 46 7 0 23 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 9 17 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .063 .118 .063 .180 -48 1 1 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2005 23 PIT NL 6 17 -3 -0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .484 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
2006 24 PIT NL 30 59 -8 0 -0 0 9 0 0.1 2 2 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 2 $328,000 1
2007 25 PIT NL 29 62 -8 -1 -0 0 9 1 0.1 2 2 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 2 $403,000 1
2008 26 PIT NL 31 73 -11 -1 0 0 10 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $424,500 1
2009 27 PIT NL 31 67 -12 -1 0 0 10 -3 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .488 .498 -0.4 0.0 -2 $2,500,000 1
2010 28 PIT NL 32 65 -12 -0 1 0 9 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .490 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 $5,000,000 1
2011 29 PIT NL 26 53 -7 -0 0 0 7 -0 -0.0 2 1 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $6,250,000 1
2012 30 CHC NL 9 17 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .490 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
8 Seasons 194 413 -64 -3 1 0 58 -9 -0.9 11 3 -0.8 .495 .499 -0.8 0.0 3 $14,905,500
PIT (7 yrs) 185 396 -61 -3 1 0 56 -8 -0.8 11 3 -0.7 .496 .499 -0.7 0.0 3 $14,905,500
CHC (1 yr) 9 17 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .490 .499 -0.1 0.0 -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
2005 23 PIT NL 17 14 0 0.0 107 .222 .133 .267 .188 .338 .133 .426 .321 .763 -13 .000 -2.5 -0.2 .231 .067 .000
2006 24 PIT NL 59 52 1 0.5 111 .250 .109 .270 .155 .340 .109 .438 .264 .778 -30 .015 -10.9 -1.0 .176 .055 .000
2007 25 PIT NL 62 52 2 1.0 108 .367 .186 .269 .200 .338 .203 .430 .403 .768 6 .051 -8.3 -0.8 .260 .034 .017
2008 26 PIT NL 73 61 2 0.9 104 .216 .123 .262 .197 .334 .123 .419 .320 .753 -12 .041 -10.6 -1.0 .237 .092 .000
2009 27 PIT NL 67 60 1 0.4 105 .143 .069 .263 .115 .336 .138 .418 .253 .755 -33 .013 -11.4 -1.1 .204 .121 .069 .0
2010 28 PIT NL 65 58 1 0.5 101 .200 .089 .260 .121 .329 .089 .409 .210 .738 -42 .015 -11.3 -1.1 .137 .036 .000
2011 29 PIT NL 53 46 1 0.6 95 .208 .109 .254 .163 .321 .109 .396 .272 .717 -22 .024 -7.7 -0.8 .190 .065 .000
2012 30 CHC NL 17 16 0 0.0 99 .143 .063 .257 .118 .325 .063 .406 .180 .731 -48 .000 -3.3 -0.3 .125 .063 .000
8 Yrs 413 359 8 0.6 104 .232 .114 .263 .159 .333 .127 .419 .286 .752 -22 .022 -66.1 -6.5 .199 .068 .014 .0
162 Game Avg. 345 300 7 0.6 104 .232 .114 .263 .159 .333 .127 .419 .286 .752 -22 .022 -66.1 -6.5 .199 .068 .014
PIT (7 yrs) 396 343 8 0.6 104 .235 .116 .264 .161 .334 .130 .419 .291 .753 -21 .023 -62.8 -6.2 .203 .068 .014 .0
CHC (1 yr) 17 16 0 0.0 99 .143 .063 .257 .118 .325 .063 .406 .180 .731 -48 .000 -3.3 -0.3 .125 .063 .000

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
2005 23 PIT NL 17 0.0% 35.3% 5.9% 0.0% 0% 6.00 2.5 6.00 1.33 53% 10% 0.0% 0%
2006 24 PIT NL 59 0.0% 52.5% 5.1% 0.0% 0% 10.33 1.8 27.5 2.14 5.00 41% 20% 0.0% 0%
2007 25 PIT NL 62 0.0% 46.8% 1.6% 1.6% 9% 29.00 2.0 11.8 0.93 1.88 48% 22% 0.0% 7%
2008 26 PIT NL 73 0.0% 38.4% 8.2% 0.0% 0% 4.67 2.3 21.7 2.67 4.00 51% 13% 0.0% 0%
2009 27 PIT NL 67 1.5% 53.7% 4.5% 3.0% 50% 12.00 1.6 58.0 29.0 1.86 3.60 31% 7% 14.3% 0%
2010 28 PIT NL 65 0.0% 47.7% 3.1% 0.0% 0% 15.50 1.8 1.75 4.60 38% 13% 0.0% 13%
2011 29 PIT NL 53 0.0% 41.5% 5.7% 0.0% 0% 7.33 2.1 46.0 2.00 5.00 45% 11% 0.0% 17%
2012 30 CHC NL 17 0.0% 52.9% 5.9% 0.0% 0% 9.00 1.8 2.00 6.00 41% 29% 0.0% 0%
8 Yrs 413 0.2% 46.5% 4.8% 0.7% 7% 9.60 1.9 370.0 28.5 1.87 3.58 43% 14% 2.0% 6%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 2.08 5.0 33.9 7.8 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.6% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2005 23 PIT NL -2.5 -0.2 17 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 .79 -0.2 -0.1 -2.4 -0.2 0.95 -2.0 0
2006 24 PIT NL -10.9 -1.0 59 -0.9 0.5 -1.4 1.01 -0.8 -0.1 -9.8 -0.9 0.98 -9.5 0
2007 25 PIT NL -8.3 -0.8 63 -0.5 0.8 -1.2 .97 -0.7 0.2 -7.9 -0.8 1.01 -8.2 0
2008 26 PIT NL -10.6 -1.0 73 -1.0 0.4 -1.4 .91 -1.0 -0.1 -9.1 -0.9 0.88 -11.2 0
2009 27 PIT NL -11.4 -1.1 67 -1.1 0.3 -1.4 1.01 -1.2 0.1 -11.1 -1.1 0.96 -12.4 0
2010 28 PIT NL -11.3 -1.1 65 -1.2 0.2 -1.4 .98 -1.2 -0.0 -14.5 -1.5 0.99 -13.4 0
2011 29 PIT NL -7.8 -0.8 53 -0.8 0.2 -1.0 .97 -0.7 -0.1 -6.2 -0.6 0.94 -7.2 0
2012 30 CHC NL -3.3 -0.3 17 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 .78 -0.3 -0.0 -3.1 -0.3 0.76 -3.5 0
8 Yrs -66.3 -6.5 414 -6.0 2.5 -8.5 .96 -6.1 -0.1 -64.1 -6.4 0.95 -67.3 0

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
2005 23 PIT NL 0 0 33% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2006 24 PIT NL 3 0 33% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
2007 25 PIT NL 1 0 33% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
2008 26 PIT NL 0 0 29% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 5 4 0 0 0 0 4 4 0
2009 27 PIT NL 0 0 0% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2010 28 PIT NL 0 0 14% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2011 29 PIT NL 1 0 13% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 30 CHC NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 5 0 23% 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 3 3% 19 17 0 2 2 0 8 5 1

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 % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2005 23 PIT NL 17 71% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 11 0 0% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
2006 24 PIT NL 59 66% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 8 2 25% 7 1 14% 49 2 4% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2007 25 PIT NL 62 71% 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 11 2 18% 12 1 8% 45 5 11% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
2008 26 PIT NL 73 73% 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 11 2 18% 13 3 23% 36 3 8% 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
2009 27 PIT NL 67 75% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 8 6 75% 8 0 0% 14 3 21% 44 1 2% 3 0 0% 4 2 50% 0
2010 28 PIT NL 65 83% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 64% 11 0 0% 18 2 11% 46 0 0% 4 0 0% 3 2 67% 0
2011 29 PIT NL 53 64% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 40% 12 1 8% 13 3 23% 30 1 3% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
2012 30 CHC NL 17 94% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 5 0 0% 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
8 Yrs 413 73% 42 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 1 0 0 1 0 49 23 47% 67 8 12% 85 13 15% 267 12 4% 14 0 0% 14 6 43% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 51% 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
2005 23 PIT NL 17 52 3.06 39 75% 18% 28% 28% 26% 82% 0% 62% 66% 71% 0% 0 0 6% 1 1 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
2006 24 PIT NL 59 241 4.08 158 66% 37% 23% 24% 16% 63% 0% 41% 63% 20% 2% 1 0 12% 7 1 8% 5 4 39% 0 0 0
2007 25 PIT NL 62 223 3.60 160 72% 24% 33% 24% 20% 76% 0% 55% 57% 48% 2% 1 0 6% 4 1 2% 1 0 28% 0 0 0
2008 26 PIT NL 73 310 4.25 203 65% 41% 18% 22% 19% 59% 0% 39% 69% 19% 3% 2 0 8% 6 1 11% 8 4 39% 0 0 0
2009 27 PIT NL 67 283 4.22 196 69% 41% 23% 21% 14% 59% 0% 41% 60% 13% 6% 4 0 12% 8 1 4% 3 1 39% 0 0 0
2010 28 PIT NL 66 246 3.73 172 70% 41% 18% 23% 19% 59% 0% 41% 70% 18% 0% 0 0 6% 4 1 2% 1 0 52% -1 0 0
2011 29 PIT NL 53 212 4.00 143 67% 31% 20% 30% 20% 69% 0% 47% 72% 42% 2% 1 0 6% 3 0 8% 4 2 41% 0 0 0
2012 30 CHC NL 17 68 4.00 44 65% 45% 27% 11% 16% 55% 0% 35% 50% 24% 6% 1 0 12% 2 0 12% 2 0 22% 0 0 0
8 Yrs 414 1635 3.95 1115 68% 36% 23% 23% 18% 64% 0% 44% 64% 28% 2% 10 0 8% 35 6 6% 24 11 39% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
2005 23 6 17 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .133 .188 .133 .321 -13 2 0 0 1 0 0
2006 24 36 76 70 4 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 37 .114 .162 .114 .276 -26 8 2 0 2 0 0
2007 25 65 138 129 8 19 1 0 0 7 0 0 5 66 .147 .179 .155 .334 -11 20 4 0 4 0 0
2008 26 96 211 194 12 27 1 0 0 10 0 0 11 94 .139 .185 .144 .330 -11 28 6 0 6 0 0
2009 27 127 278 252 13 31 2 0 1 12 0 0 14 130 .123 .169 .143 .312 -16 36 6 0 12 0 0
2010 28 159 343 308 14 36 2 0 1 12 0 0 16 161 .117 .160 .133 .294 -21 41 6 0 19 0 0
2011 29 185 396 354 15 41 2 0 1 13 0 0 19 183 .116 .161 .130 .291 -21 46 7 0 23 0 0
2012 30 194 413 370 15 42 2 0 1 13 0 0 20 192 .114 .159 .127 .286 -22 47 8 0 23 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2005 23 6 17 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .063 .000 .063 0 6
2006 24 30 59 55 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 3 31 .109 .155 .109 .264 1 30
2007 25 29 61 58 3 10 1 0 0 4 0 1 29 .172 .186 .190 .376 2 29
2008 26 31 75 66 5 9 0 0 0 4 0 7 28 .136 .219 .136 .356 2 31
2009 27 31 67 58 1 4 1 0 1 2 0 3 36 .069 .115 .138 .253 1 31
2010 28 32 68 58 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 31 .121 .164 .121 .285 1 32
2011 29 26 55 47 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 4 22 .128 .196 .128 .324 1 26
2012 30 9 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .000 .059 .000 .059 0 9
8 Yrs 194 419 373 15 42 2 0 1 13 0 23 192 .113 .164 .126 .290 8 194
162 Game Avg. 162 350 311 13 35 2 0 1 11 0 19 160 .113 .164 .126 .290 7 194

* 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.

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