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 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
2005 23 PIT NL 3 1 .750 2.18 6 6 0 0 0 0 41.1 31 10 10 2 17 0 26 3 0 0 168 194 1.161 6.8 0.4 3.7 5.7 1.53
2006 24 PIT NL 8 10 .444 4.76 30 30 0 0 0 0 176.0 202 98 93 19 81 6 117 12 1 3 788 94 1.608 10.3 1.0 4.1 6.0 1.44
2007 25 PIT NL 10 15 .400 5.02 29 29 0 2 1 0 177.2 204 110 99 22 49 3 105 6 0 5 765 87 1.424 10.3 1.1 2.5 5.3 2.14
2008 26 PIT NL 9 9 .500 3.71 31 31 0 1 0 0 206.1 201 89 85 21 63 2 139 9 1 2 853 113 1.279 8.8 0.9 2.7 6.1 2.21
2009 27 PIT NL 8 9 .471 4.44 31 31 0 0 0 0 194.2 221 102 96 14 60 4 119 6 1 11 836 94 1.443 10.2 0.6 2.8 5.5 1.98
2010 28 PIT NL 9 15 .375 5.10 32 32 0 1 1 0 185.1 228 119 105 15 62 2 102 9 0 2 840 79 1.565 11.1 0.7 3.0 5.0 1.65
2011 29 PIT NL 6 14 .300 3.66 26 26 0 1 1 0 162.1 160 72 66 11 50 6 97 8 0 3 687 103 1.294 8.9 0.6 2.8 5.4 1.94
2012 30 CHC NL 4 3 .571 4.62 9 9 0 0 0 0 50.2 47 26 26 9 17 2 29 6 0 2 220 84 1.263 8.3 1.6 3.0 5.2 1.71
8 Yrs 57 76 .429 4.37 194 194 0 5 3 0 1194.1 1294 626 580 113 399 25 734 59 3 28 5157 95 1.418 9.8 0.9 3.0 5.5 1.84
162 Game Avg. 10 13 .429 4.37 34 34 0 1 1 0 209 227 110 102 20 70 4 129 10 1 5 904 95 1.418 9.8 0.9 3.0 5.5 1.84
PIT (7 yrs) 53 73 .421 4.36 185 185 0 5 3 0 1143.2 1247 600 554 104 382 23 705 53 3 26 4937 96 1.424 9.8 0.8 3.0 5.5 1.85
CHC (1 yr) 4 3 .571 4.62 9 9 0 0 0 0 50.2 47 26 26 9 17 2 29 6 0 2 220 84 1.263 8.3 1.6 3.0 5.2 1.71

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
2005 23 PIT NL 41.1 6 6 10 2.18 4.65 0.07 0.17 100.2 4.76 12 1.4 -0.0 1.7 16 .729 .508 $
2006 24 PIT NL 176.0 30 30 98 5.01 4.84 -0.29 0.19 100.1 5.33 7 0.7 -0.1 1.9 24 .522 .504 $328,000
2007 25 PIT NL 177.2 29 29 110 5.57 4.70 -0.14 0.19 99.2 5.00 -10 -1.0 -0.1 0.2 7 .465 .494 $403,000
2008 26 PIT NL 206.1 31 31 89 3.88 4.62 -0.10 0.18 97.2 4.77 22 2.4 -0.1 3.7 41 .576 .515 $424,500
2009 27 PIT NL 194.2 31 31 102 4.72 4.52 0.17 0.18 99.8 4.52 -4 -0.5 -0.1 0.8 14 .485 .497 $2,500,000
2010 28 PIT NL 185.1 32 32 119 5.78 4.44 -0.55 0.17 101.6 5.25 -11 -1.2 -0.1 0.1 6 .463 .493 $5,000,000
2011 29 PIT NL 162.1 26 26 72 3.99 4.22 -0.20 0.16 99.6 4.55 9 1.1 -0.1 2.1 24 .540 .506 $6,250,000
2012 30 CHC NL 50.2 9 9 26 4.62 4.31 0.18 0.16 98.5 4.22 -3 -0.3 -0.0 0.0 2 .464 .498 $
8 Seasons 1194.1 194 194 626 4.72 4.56 -0.16 0.18 99.5 4.87 20 2.5 -0.8 10.5 135 .513 .502 $14,905,500
PIT (7 yrs) 1143.2 185 185 600 4.72 4.57 -0.17 0.18 99.6 4.89 23 2.8 -0.8 10.5 133 .515 .502 $14,905,500
CHC (1 yr) 50.2 9 9 26 4.62 4.31 0.18 0.16 98.5 4.22 -3 -0.3 -0.0 0.0 2 .464 .498 $

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
2005 23 PIT NL 6 168 148 10 31 8 0 2 2 2 17 26 .209 .304 .304 .608 .242 45 7 3 0 0 0 2
2006 24 PIT NL 30 788 684 98 202 40 3 19 13 11 81 117 .295 .378 .446 .824 .332 305 23 12 7 4 6 5
2007 25 PIT NL 29 765 691 110 204 36 3 22 11 6 49 105 .295 .344 .452 .796 .319 312 29 6 13 6 3 9
2008 26 PIT NL 31 853 765 89 201 39 2 21 5 7 63 139 .263 .323 .401 .724 .294 307 27 9 8 8 2 4
2009 27 PIT NL 31 836 762 102 221 52 5 14 15 6 60 119 .290 .346 .427 .773 .329 325 28 6 7 1 4 9
2010 28 PIT NL 32 840 753 119 228 59 4 15 8 2 62 102 .303 .360 .452 .812 .332 340 21 9 10 6 2 12
2011 29 PIT NL 26 687 611 72 160 37 4 11 7 3 50 97 .262 .321 .390 .711 .290 238 17 8 8 10 6 8
2012 30 CHC NL 9 220 192 26 47 9 0 9 4 0 17 29 .245 .323 .432 .755 .244 83 4 6 3 2 2 2
8 Yrs 194 5157 4606 626 1294 280 21 113 65 37 399 734 .281 .343 .424 .768 .311 1955 156 59 56 37 25 51
162 Game Avg. 34 904 807 110 227 49 4 20 11 6 70 129 .281 .343 .424 .768 .311 343 27 10 10 6 4 9
MLB Averages .262 .330 .415 .745 .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
2005 23 PIT NL 10.0 1.1 172 0.9 3.6 -2.7 1.17 0.8 -0.1 12.1 1.4 1.17 9.8 0 0 0
2006 24 PIT NL -4.4 -0.4 818 -0.9 14.1 -15.0 1.04 -1.1 0.3 -3.8 -0.4 1.04 -11.4 0 0 0
2007 25 PIT NL -14.7 -1.4 789 -1.3 13.0 -14.2 .98 -0.8 -0.4 -15.6 -1.5 0.98 -10.1 0 0 0
2008 26 PIT NL 13.4 1.4 867 1.1 15.4 -14.3 .99 1.6 -0.5 14.1 1.4 0.99 15.9 0 0 0
2009 27 PIT NL -5.3 -0.5 871 0.1 16.0 -16.0 1.07 -0.9 1.0 -3.5 -0.3 1.07 -9.6 0 0 0
2010 28 PIT NL -23.9 -2.3 854 -1.3 14.2 -15.4 .99 -2.4 1.2 -28.1 -2.7 0.99 -28.4 0 0 0
2011 29 PIT NL 3.1 0.3 700 0.0 10.8 -10.7 .93 0.3 -0.3 5.1 0.5 0.93 5.5 0 0 0
2012 30 CHC NL -3.1 -0.3 227 0.1 3.4 -3.3 .93 -0.4 0.5 -2.6 -0.3 0.93 -3.5 0 0 0
8 Yrs -24.9 -2.2 5298 -1.2 90.5 -91.7 1.00 -3.0 1.8 -22.5 -1.8 1.00 -31.8 0 0 0

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
2005 23 PIT NL 6 6 3 1 2 0 0 3 3 .500 1 0 0 0 5 83% 60.5 78 38 4 2 0 4 3.4 4.2 6.9 102 0 3 3 0 112
2006 24 PIT NL 30 30 8 10 12 2 4 14 16 .467 4 7 0 0 16 53% 46.1 70 20 11 3 0 14 4.7 4.2 5.9 97 1 16 13 0 118
2007 25 PIT NL 29 29 10 15 4 3 3 12 17 .414 0 2 2 1 12 41% 46.1 84 -3 17 7 0 10 4.2 4.5 6.1 91 5 16 8 0 110
2008 26 PIT NL 31 31 9 9 13 0 1 15 16 .484 3 5 1 0 19 61% 53.4 77 18 11 4 0 18 4.2 4.2 6.7 98 1 18 11 1 121
2009 27 PIT NL 31 31 8 9 14 2 2 15 16 .484 4 5 0 0 16 52% 48.0 79 10 11 5 0 17 4.0 3.6 6.3 98 0 17 14 0 118
2010 28 PIT NL 32 32 9 15 8 1 2 13 19 .406 4 4 1 1 16 50% 44.1 82 8 23 9 0 13 3.9 3.7 5.8 96 4 12 15 1 120
2011 29 PIT NL 26 26 6 14 6 1 4 7 19 .269 5 1 1 1 13 50% 51.8 85 24 13 5 0 12 2.9 3.1 6.2 94 2 17 7 0 109
2012 30 CHC NL 9 9 4 3 2 0 0 4 5 .444 1 0 0 0 4 44% 49.3 71 26 2 1 0 6 3.7 4.0 5.6 91 1 6 2 0 106
8 Yrs 194 194 57 76 61 9 16 83 111 .428 22 24 5 3 101 52% 49 85 -3 92 36 0 94 4.0 3.9 6.2 96 14 105 73 2 121
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 100 -13 4.6 4.6 5.9 95

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%
2005 23 PIT NL 168 14% 1.2% 15.5% 10.1% 6.0% 32% 1.42 1.82 71% 14% 4.2% 4% 34 7 21%
2006 24 PIT NL 788 23% 2.4% 14.9% 10.3% 7.9% 31% 1.16 1.84 70% 19% 7.9% 7% 167 23 14%
2007 25 PIT NL 765 15% 2.9% 13.7% 6.4% 8.0% 30% 1.13 1.80 75% 18% 8.9% 10% 146 29 20%
2008 26 PIT NL 853 17% 2.5% 16.3% 7.4% 7.3% 31% 1.18 1.63 72% 17% 8.0% 9% 156 27 17%
2009 27 PIT NL 836 20% 1.7% 14.2% 7.2% 8.5% 32% 1.12 1.52 75% 19% 5.2% 10% 156 28 18%
2010 28 PIT NL 840 15% 1.8% 12.1% 7.4% 9.3% 34% 1.04 1.56 76% 19% 5.1% 6% 182 21 12%
2011 29 PIT NL 687 19% 1.6% 14.1% 7.3% 7.6% 33% 1.02 1.43 75% 21% 4.8% 11% 113 17 15%
2012 30 CHC NL 220 22% 4.1% 13.2% 7.7% 8.2% 38% 1.23 1.60 71% 11% 15.0% 18% 36 4 11%
8 Yrs 5157 18% 2.2% 14.2% 7.7% 8.0% 32% 1.12 1.63 74% 18% 6.9% 9% 990 156 16%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.6% 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
2005 23 PIT NL 168 610 3.63 370 61% 33% 11% 23% 33% 67% 0% 41% 84% 51% 7% 12 10 23% 38 21 2 38% 7 2 0 0 0
2006 24 PIT NL 792 2913 3.68 1764 61% 30% 11% 25% 33% 70% 2% 42% 84% 60% 6% 45 30 20% 160 92 13 27% 17 9 -4 0 0
2007 25 PIT NL 768 2644 3.44 1665 63% 29% 11% 24% 36% 71% 1% 45% 85% 59% 5% 36 23 20% 157 89 6 31% 19 10 -3 0 0
2008 26 PIT NL 855 3040 3.56 1932 64% 27% 14% 26% 33% 73% 1% 47% 81% 62% 4% 35 24 24% 201 108 6 19% 25 9 -2 0 0
2009 27 PIT NL 838 3051 3.64 1928 63% 27% 12% 27% 34% 73% 1% 46% 83% 60% 5% 41 24 21% 175 106 15 21% 24 13 -2 0 0
2010 28 PIT NL 841 3068 3.65 1898 62% 30% 10% 24% 35% 70% 1% 43% 85% 61% 4% 36 26 18% 148 83 10 27% 15 8 -1 0 0
2011 29 PIT NL 688 2456 3.57 1548 63% 30% 10% 26% 34% 70% 2% 44% 86% 60% 5% 36 22 21% 146 85 11 27% 21 8 -1 0 0
2012 30 CHC NL 220 822 3.74 515 63% 30% 12% 25% 33% 70% 3% 44% 83% 62% 4% 8 3 23% 50 25 4 10% 7 3 0 0 0
8 Yrs 5170 18604 3.60 11620 62% 29% 12% 25% 34% 71% 1% 44% 84% 60% 5% 249 162 21% 1075 609 67 25% 135 62 -13 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 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
2005 23 PIT NL 168 31 3 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 9 3 0 33% 2 0 1 57 2 2 50% 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 24 PIT NL 788 202 24 5 19 0 21 18 1 9 10 35 19 6 54% 5 3 3 313 13 11 54% 6 10 7 1 0 0 8 7 15 0
2007 25 PIT NL 765 204 27 4 22 0 19 19 3 7 15 46 27 8 59% 9 5 2 272 11 6 65% 7 3 4 2 0 1 0 0 16 0
2008 26 PIT NL 853 201 29 4 21 1 23 17 4 10 11 39 21 7 54% 4 2 0 302 5 7 42% 4 5 1 2 0 0 4 3 14 0
2009 27 PIT NL 836 221 24 3 14 0 18 13 1 6 8 50 31 8 62% 9 11 2 312 15 6 71% 10 5 5 0 0 1 4 3 17 0
2010 28 PIT NL 840 228 23 2 15 0 28 12 3 8 7 60 33 7 55% 12 2 0 329 8 2 80% 6 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 9 0
2011 29 PIT NL 687 160 22 1 11 0 12 10 1 5 6 32 19 3 59% 8 3 1 249 7 3 70% 5 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 18 0
2012 30 CHC NL 220 47 5 0 9 0 2 8 1 6 3 12 8 0 67% 2 2 0 78 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
8 Yrs 5157 1294 157 19 113 1 127 99 14 51 62 283 161 39 57% 51 28 9 1912 65 37 64% 43 26 22 8 0 3 22 16 95 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+
2005 23 3 1 .750 2.18 6 6 0 0 0 0 41.1 31 10 10 2 17 0 26 3 0 0 168 194 1.161 6.8 0.4 3.7 5.7 1.53 194
2006 24 11 11 .500 4.27 36 36 0 0 0 0 217.1 233 108 103 21 98 6 143 15 1 3 956 103 1.523 9.6 0.9 4.1 5.9 1.46 103
2007 25 21 26 .447 4.60 65 65 0 2 1 0 395.0 437 218 202 43 147 9 248 21 1 8 1721 95 1.478 10.0 1.0 3.3 5.7 1.69 95
2008 26 30 35 .462 4.30 96 96 0 3 1 0 601.1 638 307 287 64 210 11 387 30 2 10 2574 100 1.410 9.5 1.0 3.1 5.8 1.84 100
2009 27 38 44 .463 4.33 127 127 0 3 1 0 796.0 859 409 383 78 270 15 506 36 3 21 3410 99 1.418 9.7 0.9 3.1 5.7 1.87 99
2010 28 47 59 .443 4.48 159 159 0 4 2 0 981.1 1087 528 488 93 332 17 608 45 3 23 4250 95 1.446 10.0 0.9 3.0 5.6 1.83 95
2011 29 53 73 .421 4.36 185 185 0 5 3 0 1143.2 1247 600 554 104 382 23 705 53 3 26 4937 96 1.424 9.8 0.8 3.0 5.5 1.85 96
2012 30 57 76 .429 4.37 194 194 0 5 3 0 1194.1 1294 626 580 113 399 25 734 59 3 28 5157 95 1.418 9.8 0.9 3.0 5.5 1.84 95

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
2005 23 3 1 .750 2.37 38.0 32 11 10 2 18 24 3 1.316 7.6 4.3 5.7 1.33 0.5 6
2006 24 8 10 .444 4.69 167.0 196 97 87 18 79 111 12 1.647 10.6 4.3 6.0 1.41 1.0 30
2007 25 7 11 .389 4.95 171.0 199 104 94 21 48 101 6 1.444 10.5 2.5 5.3 2.10 1.1 29
2008 26 11 10 .524 3.96 193.0 201 94 85 21 63 130 9 1.368 9.4 2.9 6.1 2.06 1.0 31
2009 27 8 12 .400 4.77 183.0 222 108 97 14 60 112 6 1.541 10.9 3.0 5.5 1.87 0.7 31
2010 28 7 12 .368 5.38 179.0 231 119 107 15 63 99 9 1.642 11.6 3.2 5.0 1.57 0.8 32
2011 29 8 9 .471 4.24 153.0 167 80 72 11 52 92 8 1.431 9.8 3.1 5.4 1.77 0.6 26
2012 30 2 3 .400 4.86 50.0 48 30 27 9 17 28 6 1.300 8.6 3.1 5.0 1.65 1.6 9
8 Yrs 54 68 .443 4.60 1134.0 1296 643 579 111 400 697 59 1.496 10.3 5.5 1.74 0.9 194

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Active  4.37 (49th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 NL  2.482 (10th)
Active  3.007 (46th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2007 NL  2 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2007 NL  1 (2nd)
2010 NL  1 (8th)
2011 NL  1 (6th)
Active  3 (46th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2012 NL  9 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2006 NL  81 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
2009 NL  221 (5th)
2010 NL  228 (2nd)
Active  1,294 (50th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 NL  0.647 (10th)
2011 NL  0.610 (8th)
Active  0.852 (18th)

Losses s c a p y
2007 NL  15 (3rd)
2010 NL  15 (2nd)
2011 NL  14 (4th)
Active  76 (44th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2009 NL  96 (8th)
2010 NL  105 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2009 NL  11 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2006 NL  12 (8th)
2010 NL  9 (6th)
2012 NL  6 (1st)
Active  59 (34th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1687), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1714), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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