Mike Maroth

Michael Warren Maroth

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 17, 1977 in Orlando, FL
High School: Boone HS (Orlando, FL)
School: University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL)
Drafted
by the Boston Red Sox in the 3rd round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed July 5, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 8, 2002
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Cardinals 2002-2007
Agents: Lonnie Cooper [*]
Final Game: September 24, 2007
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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
2002 24 DET AL 6 10 .375 4.48 21 21 0 0 0 0 128.2 136 68 64 7 36 1 58 2 0 4 538 95 1.337 9.5 0.5 2.5 4.1 1.61
2003 25 DET AL 9 21 .300 5.73 33 33 0 1 0 0 193.1 231 131 123 34 50 2 87 8 0 7 847 75 1.453 10.8 1.6 2.3 4.1 1.74
2004 26 DET AL 11 13 .458 4.31 33 33 0 2 1 0 217.0 244 112 104 25 59 1 108 7 1 10 928 103 1.396 10.1 1.0 2.4 4.5 1.83
2005 27 DET AL 14 14 .500 4.74 34 34 0 0 0 0 209.0 235 123 110 30 51 1 115 9 0 5 889 89 1.368 10.1 1.3 2.2 5.0 2.25
2006 28 DET AL 5 2 .714 4.19 13 9 2 0 0 0 53.2 64 26 25 11 16 1 24 1 0 0 234 108 1.491 10.7 1.8 2.7 4.0 1.50
2007 29 TOT MLB 5 7 .417 6.89 27 20 2 0 0 0 116.1 168 103 89 26 50 1 51 5 0 2 549 66 1.874 13.0 2.0 3.9 3.9 1.02
2007 29 DET AL 5 2 .714 5.06 13 13 0 0 0 0 78.1 97 47 44 15 33 0 28 3 0 1 346 91 1.660 11.1 1.7 3.8 3.2 0.85
2007 29 STL NL 0 5 .000 10.66 14 7 2 0 0 0 38.0 71 56 45 11 17 1 23 2 0 1 203 42 2.316 16.8 2.6 4.0 5.4 1.35
6 Yrs 50 67 .427 5.05 161 150 4 3 1 0 918.0 1078 563 515 133 262 7 443 32 1 28 3985 86 1.460 10.6 1.3 2.6 4.3 1.69
162 Game Avg. 11 15 .427 5.05 35 33 1 1 0 0 201 236 123 113 29 57 2 97 7 0 6 871 86 1.460 10.6 1.3 2.6 4.3 1.69
DET (6 yrs) 50 62 .446 4.81 147 143 2 3 1 0 880.0 1007 507 470 122 245 6 420 30 1 27 3782 91 1.423 10.3 1.2 2.5 4.3 1.71
STL (1 yr) 0 5 .000 10.66 14 7 2 0 0 0 38.0 71 56 45 11 17 1 23 2 0 1 203 42 2.316 16.8 2.6 4.0 5.4 1.35
AL (6 yrs) 50 62 .446 4.81 147 143 2 3 1 0 880.0 1007 507 470 122 245 6 420 30 1 27 3782 91 1.423 10.3 1.2 2.5 4.3 1.71
NL (1 yr) 0 5 .000 10.66 14 7 2 0 0 0 38.0 71 56 45 11 17 1 23 2 0 1 203 42 2.316 16.8 2.6 4.0 5.4 1.35

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
2002 24 DET AL 128.2 21 21 68 4.76 4.91 -0.26 0.18 95.7 5.12 5 0.5 -0.1 1.5 21 .522 .503 $
2003 25 DET AL 193.1 33 33 131 6.10 4.96 -0.20 0.19 98.7 5.28 -17 -1.6 -0.1 0.0 7 .451 .490 $309,000
2004 26 DET AL 217.0 33 33 112 4.65 5.02 -0.14 0.19 97.7 5.23 12 1.2 -0.1 3.0 42 .536 .507 $332,500
2005 27 DET AL 209.0 34 34 123 5.30 4.64 0.18 0.17 97.1 4.50 -20 -1.9 -0.1 -0.2 7 .443 .488 $405,000
2006 28 DET AL 53.2 13 9 26 4.36 5.05 0.27 0.13 97.9 4.81 2 0.2 .3 -0.1 0.7 9 .516 .501 $2,300,000
2007 29 DET AL 78.1 13 13 47 5.40 4.80 0.25 0.18 99.7 4.71 -7 -0.6 -0.1 0.0 4 .452 .496 $2,950,000
2007 29 STL NL 38.0 14 7 56 13.26 4.90 0.27 0.10 99.0 4.68 -36 -2.9 .4 0.1 -2.5 -32 .294 .482 $
6 Seasons 918.0 161 150 563 5.52 4.88 -0.02 0.18 97.7 4.97 -61 -5.2 .4 -0.4 2.5 58 .468 .495 $6,296,500
DET (6 yrs) 880.0 147 143 507 5.19 4.88 -0.03 0.18 97.7 4.98 -25 -2.3 .3 -0.6 5.0 90 .484 .498 $6,296,500
STL (1 yr) 38.0 14 7 56 13.26 4.90 0.27 0.10 99.0 4.68 -36 -2.9 .4 0.1 -2.5 -32 .294 .482 $

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
2002 24 DET AL 21 538 492 68 136 41 4 7 2 4 36 58 .276 .326 .419 .745 .300 206 21 2 5 3 1 5
2003 25 DET AL 33 847 773 131 231 37 9 34 8 11 50 87 .299 .344 .502 .846 .298 388 18 8 8 8 2 14
2004 26 DET AL 33 928 847 112 244 42 7 25 11 11 59 108 .288 .338 .443 .781 .305 375 27 7 11 4 1 13
2005 27 DET AL 34 889 815 123 235 33 4 30 4 12 51 115 .288 .333 .449 .782 .301 366 18 9 3 11 1 6
2006 28 DET AL 13 234 217 26 64 12 2 11 1 1 16 24 .295 .346 .521 .867 .291 113 6 1 0 0 1 2
2007 29 DET AL 13 346 304 47 97 23 3 15 1 3 33 28 .319 .387 .563 .949 .309 171 10 3 2 4 0 1
2007 29 STL NL 14 203 180 56 71 14 0 11 0 3 17 23 .394 .448 .656 1.103 .405 118 4 2 2 2 1 8
2007 29 TOT MLB 27 549 484 103 168 37 3 26 1 6 50 51 .347 .409 .597 1.006 .344 289 14 5 4 6 1 9
6 Yrs 161 3985 3628 563 1078 202 29 133 27 45 262 443 .297 .347 .479 .826 .306 1737 104 32 31 32 7 49
162 Game Avg. 35 871 793 123 236 44 6 29 6 10 57 97 .297 .347 .479 .826 .306 380 23 7 7 7 2 11
MLB Averages .266 .334 .423 .757 .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
2002 24 DET AL -2.6 -0.2 547 0.2 10.2 -10.0 1.03 0.6 -0.5 2.0 0.2 1.03 7.9 0 0 0
2003 25 DET AL -30.7 -2.8 875 -2.3 14.0 -16.3 .95 -1.9 -0.6 -24.6 -2.3 0.95 -21.9 0 0 0
2004 26 DET AL 4.0 0.4 959 0.9 17.8 -16.9 1.03 1.0 -0.1 13.5 1.3 1.03 12.2 0 0 0
2005 27 DET AL -12.5 -1.2 914 -1.1 15.3 -16.4 .97 -0.6 -0.5 -15.1 -1.5 0.97 -6.4 0 0 0
2006 28 DET AL 2.9 0.3 237 0.7 3.8 -3.1 .84 -0.1 0.9 1.2 0.1 0.84 -3.3 0 1 2
2007 29 TOT MLB -33.8 -3.0 562 -1.8 8.7 -10.5 .90 -3.6 1.6 -39.1 -3.4 0.90 -46.0 1 0 6
2007 29 DET AL -3.9 -0.4 355 0.1 6.4 -6.3 .96 -1.5 1.6 -3.1 -0.3 0.96 -15.3 0 0 0
2007 29 STL NL -30.0 -2.6 207 -2.0 2.3 -4.3 .79 -2.1 -0.4 -36.1 -3.1 0.79 -30.7 1 0 6
6 Yrs -72.7 -6.6 4094 -3.5 69.7 -73.2 .97 -4.6 1.0 -62.1 -5.5 0.97 -57.6 1 1 8

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
2002 24 DET AL 21 21 6 10 5 0 3 6 15 .286 2 2 0 0 11 52% 48.2 73 17 22 11 0 10 3.4 3.6 6.1 95 4 8 9 0 119
2003 25 DET AL 33 33 9 21 3 4 8 12 21 .364 4 1 1 0 14 42% 43.0 64 9 20 10 0 15 4.8 4.8 5.9 95 5 13 15 0 118
2004 26 DET AL 33 33 11 13 9 3 4 15 18 .455 5 2 2 1 17 52% 48.1 90 8 27 14 0 13 4.8 5.2 6.6 101 3 9 19 2 127
2005 27 DET AL 34 34 14 14 6 5 5 18 16 .529 3 0 0 0 17 50% 46.9 73 10 20 3 1 12 4.5 5.2 6.1 96 4 14 16 0 116
2006 28 DET AL 13 9 5 2 2 1 0 7 2 .778 1 2 0 0 5 56% 49.0 74 15 7 2 0 5 4.2 2.6 5.3 85 1 6 2 0 103
2007 29 TOT MLB 27 20 5 6 9 3 0 11 9 .550 3 0 0 0 5 25% 0.0 72 2 22 7 0 13 6.1 6.8 5.5 92 4 8 8 0 109
2007 29 DET AL 13 13 5 2 6 3 0 9 4 .692 3 0 0 0 4 31% 42.3 55 31 11 4 0 8 6.6 7.7 6.0 96 1 6 6 0 109
2007 29 STL NL 14 7 0 4 3 0 0 2 5 .286 0 0 0 0 1 14% 31.3 72 2 11 3 0 5 5.3 4.6 4.4 85 3 2 2 0 102
6 Yrs 161 150 50 66 34 16 20 69 81 .460 18 7 3 1 69 46% 45 90 2 118 47 1 68 4.7 4.9 6.0 95 21 58 69 2 127
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 100 -12 4.8 4.8 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
2006 28 DET AL 13 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 .836 0 1 2 1 0 3 1 3 2 0 3 0 4.3 24
2007 29 TOT MLB 27 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .897 1 0 6 0 1 6 0 7 1 2 1 1 3.0 27
2007 29 STL NL 14 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .787 1 0 6 0 1 6 0 7 1 2 1 1 3.0 27
2 Yrs 27 11 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% .813 1 1 8 1 1 9 1 10 3 2 4 1 3.5 26

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%
2002 24 DET AL 538 23% 1.3% 10.8% 6.7% 9.7% 38% 0.83 1.46 80% 27% 3.5% 15% 99 21 21%
2003 25 DET AL 847 22% 4.0% 10.3% 5.9% 9.5% 35% 0.88 1.18 78% 20% 10.2% 9% 158 18 11%
2004 26 DET AL 928 23% 2.7% 11.6% 6.4% 8.0% 30% 0.87 1.13 77% 19% 7.2% 11% 199 27 14%
2005 27 DET AL 889 25% 3.4% 12.9% 5.7% 7.5% 29% 0.88 1.17 77% 16% 9.0% 11% 181 18 10%
2006 28 DET AL 234 25% 4.7% 10.3% 6.8% 10.7% 39% 0.72 1.13 78% 18% 10.5% 6% 34 6 18%
2007 29 TOT MLB 549 21% 4.7% 9.3% 9.1% 12.0% 39% 0.76 1.15 75% 19% 11.8% 11% 106 14 13%
2007 29 DET AL 346 20% 4.3% 8.1% 9.5% 11.9% 42% 0.79 1.11 77% 16% 10.6% 10% 66 10 15%
2007 29 STL NL 203 23% 5.4% 11.3% 8.4% 12.3% 35% 0.71 1.26 73% 24% 13.8% 12% 40 4 10%
6 Yrs 3985 23% 3.3% 11.1% 6.6% 9.1% 34% 0.84 1.19 77% 20% 8.6% 11% 777 104 13%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.8% 8.5% 8.0% 34% 0.79 1.08 70% 20% 7.8% 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
2002 24 DET AL 540 1994 3.69 1249 63% 27% 11% 26% 35% 73% 1% 46% 85% 59% 5% 27 19 18% 96 41 7 12% 7 7 -2 0 0
2003 25 DET AL 852 3129 3.67 1903 61% 25% 11% 27% 37% 75% 0% 45% 85% 57% 4% 32 22 16% 140 31 2 17% 4 9 -5 0 0
2004 26 DET AL 932 3343 3.59 2034 61% 27% 12% 24% 37% 73% 0% 44% 83% 61% 4% 40 27 14% 132 44 5 32% 10 12 -4 0 0
2005 27 DET AL 898 3249 3.62 2048 63% 29% 12% 25% 35% 71% 0% 45% 84% 61% 3% 27 17 17% 157 67 8 42% 20 9 -9 0 0
2006 28 DET AL 235 862 3.67 510 59% 31% 10% 22% 38% 69% 1% 41% 86% 49% 5% 11 9 10% 24 8 2 25% 2 1 -1 0 0
2007 29 TOT MLB 553 2028 3.67 1177 58% 28% 11% 24% 38% 72% 0% 42% 85% 55% 7% 38 24 11% 62 13 4 29% 3 13 -4 0 0
2007 29 DET AL 349 1244 3.56 712 57% 31% 10% 20% 40% 69% 0% 40% 86% 56% 7% 24 13 11% 37 5 3 43% 0 11 -3 0 0
2007 29 STL NL 204 784 3.84 465 59% 23% 13% 29% 35% 77% 1% 45% 83% 52% 7% 14 11 12% 25 8 1 13% 3 2 -1 0 0
6 Yrs 4010 14605 3.64 8921 61% 27% 11% 25% 36% 73% 0% 44% 84% 58% 4% 175 118 15% 611 204 28 28% 46 51 -25 0 0
MLB Averages 3.75 63% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 59% 5% 22% 26%

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
2002 24 DET AL 538 136 13 2 7 0 4 6 1 1 6 37 18 8 49% 5 4 0 185 2 4 33% 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 7 0
2003 25 DET AL 847 231 16 3 34 0 14 30 4 14 20 40 22 5 55% 14 7 0 300 8 11 42% 8 8 0 1 0 2 7 6 17 0
2004 26 DET AL 928 244 32 5 25 0 15 21 4 7 18 49 25 7 51% 13 10 1 346 11 11 50% 8 10 3 1 0 0 6 5 20 0
2005 27 DET AL 889 235 28 3 30 1 18 27 3 15 15 53 32 4 60% 6 5 0 313 4 12 25% 4 12 0 0 0 0 12 9 24 0
2006 28 DET AL 234 64 4 0 11 0 2 8 3 4 7 3 1 0 33% 2 0 1 79 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2007 29 TOT MLB 549 168 10 2 26 0 9 23 3 8 18 27 19 0 70% 9 2 0 224 1 6 14% 1 6 0 0 0 0 7 4 12 0
2007 29 DET AL 346 97 6 1 15 0 3 14 1 7 8 17 10 0 59% 1 1 0 140 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 5 2 7 0
2007 29 STL NL 203 71 4 1 11 0 6 9 2 1 10 10 9 0 90% 8 1 0 84 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 0
6 Yrs 3985 1078 103 15 133 1 62 115 18 49 84 209 117 24 56% 49 28 2 1447 27 45 38% 23 40 4 3 0 2 33 25 81 0
MLB Averages 53% 71%

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+
2002 24 6 10 .375 4.48 21 21 0 0 0 0 128.2 136 68 64 7 36 1 58 2 0 4 538 95 1.337 9.5 0.5 2.5 4.1 1.61 95
2003 25 15 31 .326 5.23 54 54 0 1 0 0 322.0 367 199 187 41 86 3 145 10 0 11 1385 82 1.407 10.3 1.1 2.4 4.1 1.69 82
2004 26 26 44 .371 4.86 87 87 0 3 1 0 539.0 611 311 291 66 145 4 253 17 1 21 2313 90 1.403 10.2 1.1 2.4 4.2 1.74 90
2005 27 40 58 .408 4.82 121 121 0 3 1 0 748.0 846 434 401 96 196 5 368 26 1 26 3202 90 1.393 10.2 1.2 2.4 4.4 1.88 90
2006 28 45 60 .429 4.78 134 130 2 3 1 0 801.2 910 460 426 107 212 6 392 27 1 26 3436 91 1.400 10.2 1.2 2.4 4.4 1.85 91
2007 29 50 67 .427 5.05 161 150 4 3 1 0 918.0 1078 563 515 133 262 7 443 32 1 28 3985 86 1.460 10.6 1.3 2.6 4.3 1.69 86

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
2002 24 5 8 .385 4.95 120.0 138 73 66 7 37 54 2 1.458 10.4 2.8 4.1 1.46 0.5 21
2003 25 6 14 .300 6.08 185.0 233 139 125 34 50 83 8 1.530 11.3 2.4 4.0 1.66 1.7 33
2004 26 10 13 .435 4.43 207.0 241 113 102 25 58 103 7 1.444 10.5 2.5 4.5 1.78 1.1 33
2005 27 8 13 .381 5.16 197.0 238 126 113 30 52 108 9 1.472 10.9 2.4 4.9 2.08 1.4 34
2006 28 2 3 .400 4.24 51.0 63 27 24 11 16 23 1 1.549 11.1 2.8 4.1 1.44 1.9 13
2007 29 3 9 .250 6.95 110.0 164 94 85 25 49 48 5 1.936 13.4 4.0 3.9 0.98 2.0 27
6 Yrs 34 60 .362 5.33 870.0 1077 572 515 132 262 419 32 1.539 11.1 4.3 1.60 1.4 161

* 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

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2004 AL  217.0 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
2003 AL  33 (8th)
2004 AL  33 (8th)
2005 AL  34 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
2004 AL  2 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2004 AL  1 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2003 AL  34 (1st)
2005 AL  30 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
2003 AL  231 (7th)
2004 AL  244 (5th)
2005 AL  235 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
2003 AL  21 (1st)
2004 AL  13 (6th)
2005 AL  14 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2003 AL  123 (1st)
2005 AL  110 (6th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2004 AL  10 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2004 AL  928 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 9 (1547), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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