Sean Marshall

Sean Christopher Marshall

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: August 30, 1982 in Richmond, VA
High School: Manchester HS (Midlothian, VA)
School: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA)
Drafted
by the Chicago Cubs in the 6th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 2006
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Reds 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2015, 2 yrs/$4.7M (11-12), 3 yrs/$16.5M (13-15) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.088, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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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
2006 23 CHC NL 6 9 .400 5.59 24 24 0 0 0 0 125.2 132 85 78 20 59 3 77 7 0 6 563 83 1.520 9.5 1.4 4.2 5.5 1.31
2007 24 CHC NL 7 8 .467 3.92 21 19 0 0 0 0 103.1 107 52 45 13 35 3 67 1 0 4 446 118 1.374 9.3 1.1 3.0 5.8 1.91
2008 25 CHC NL 3 5 .375 3.86 34 7 6 0 0 1 65.1 60 28 28 9 23 4 58 4 0 3 279 119 1.270 8.3 1.2 3.2 8.0 2.52
2009 26 CHC NL 3 7 .300 4.32 55 9 10 1 0 0 85.1 91 43 41 10 32 4 68 1 0 2 373 103 1.441 9.6 1.1 3.4 7.2 2.13
2010 27 CHC NL 7 5 .583 2.65 80 0 16 0 0 1 74.2 58 25 22 3 25 5 90 2 0 1 307 160 1.112 7.0 0.4 3.0 10.8 3.60
2011 28 CHC NL 6 6 .500 2.26 78 0 18 0 0 5 75.2 66 21 19 1 17 4 79 2 1 0 307 172 1.097 7.9 0.1 2.0 9.4 4.65
2012 29 CIN NL 1 2 .333 4.15 21 0 15 0 0 8 17.1 22 8 8 2 5 0 24 0 0 1 78 99 1.558 11.4 1.0 2.6 12.5 4.80
7 Yrs 33 42 .440 3.96 313 59 65 1 0 15 547.1 536 262 241 58 196 23 463 17 1 17 2353 112 1.337 8.8 1.0 3.2 7.6 2.36
162 Game Avg. 6 8 .440 3.96 57 11 12 0 0 3 100 98 48 44 11 36 4 85 3 0 3 430 112 1.337 8.8 1.0 3.2 7.6 2.36
CHC (6 yrs) 32 40 .444 3.96 292 59 50 1 0 7 530.0 514 254 233 56 191 23 439 17 1 16 2275 112 1.330 8.7 1.0 3.2 7.5 2.30
CIN (1 yr) 1 2 .333 4.15 21 0 15 0 0 8 17.1 22 8 8 2 5 0 24 0 0 1 78 99 1.558 11.4 1.0 2.6 12.5 4.80

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
2006 23 CHC NL 125.2 24 24 85 6.09 4.89 -0.08 0.19 101.2 5.23 -12 -1.1 -0.1 -0.2 1 .454 .493 $327,000
2007 24 CHC NL 103.1 21 19 52 4.53 4.68 0.21 0.17 104.2 4.84 4 0.4 .6 -0.1 1.1 14 .519 .503 $
2008 25 CHC NL 65.1 34 7 28 3.86 4.74 -0.15 -0.03 105.5 5.14 10 1.0 .8 -0.1 1.4 16 .530 .506 $
2009 26 CHC NL 85.1 55 9 43 4.54 4.66 -0.15 -0.06 106.9 5.09 5 0.5 1.3 -0.1 1.1 13 .510 .503 $450,000
2010 27 CHC NL 74.2 80 0 25 3.01 4.36 -0.22 -0.33 105.1 4.47 12 1.3 1.3 0.0 1.9 19 .516 .508 $950,000
2011 28 CHC NL 75.2 78 0 21 2.50 4.25 -0.20 -0.32 101.3 4.19 14 1.5 1.6 0.3 2.4 21 .520 .510 $1,600,000
2012 29 CIN NL 17.1 21 0 8 4.15 4.21 0.06 -0.32 104.6 4.01 -0 -0.1 1.2 -0.0 0.0 1 .498 .500 $
7 Seasons 547.1 313 59 262 4.31 4.61 -0.08 -0.03 103.8 4.83 32 3.6 1.3 -0.1 7.7 85 .512 .503 $3,327,000
CHC (6 yrs) 530.0 292 59 254 4.31 4.63 -0.08 -0.02 103.8 4.86 33 3.7 1.4 -0.0 7.7 84 .513 .504 $3,327,000
CIN (1 yr) 17.1 21 0 8 4.15 4.21 0.06 -0.32 104.6 4.01 -0 -0.1 1.2 -0.0 0.0 1 .498 .500 $

Postseason Pitching

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 25 CHC NL NLDS L LAD 0 0 2.70 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 2 1 1 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 13 0.900 5.4 2.7 2.7 13.5 5.00
1 NLDS 0 0 2.70 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 2 1 1 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 13 0.900 5.4 2.7 2.7 13.5 5.00

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
2006 23 CHC NL 24 563 489 85 132 21 2 20 12 5 59 77 .270 .356 .444 .800 .285 217 12 7 7 1 3 8
2007 24 CHC NL 21 446 401 52 107 18 3 13 5 2 35 67 .267 .326 .424 .750 .291 170 9 1 7 2 3 5
2008 25 CHC NL 34 279 245 28 60 15 1 9 5 2 23 58 .245 .316 .424 .741 .282 104 1 4 4 3 4 1
2009 26 CHC NL 55 373 332 43 91 16 4 10 3 1 32 68 .274 .339 .437 .776 .318 145 6 1 7 1 4 2
2010 27 CHC NL 80 307 276 25 58 11 1 3 3 0 25 90 .210 .279 .290 .569 .297 80 6 2 2 2 5 3
2011 28 CHC NL 78 307 282 21 66 11 0 1 9 2 17 79 .234 .282 .284 .566 .322 80 5 2 6 0 4 3
2012 29 CIN NL 21 78 73 8 22 2 1 2 0 1 5 24 .301 .346 .438 .785 .426 32 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 313 2353 2098 262 536 94 12 58 37 13 196 463 .255 .323 .395 .718 .301 828 39 17 33 9 23 22
162 Game Avg. 57 430 384 48 98 17 2 11 7 2 36 85 .255 .323 .395 .718 .301 151 7 3 6 2 4 4
MLB Averages .262 .330 .414 .745 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2006 23 CHC NL -12.9 -1.2 587 -0.4 10.0 -10.4 1.00 -0.9 0.5 -14.4 -1.3 1.00 -12.2 0 0 0
2007 24 CHC NL 6.3 0.6 457 0.3 7.9 -7.6 .96 0.3 0.1 4.7 0.5 0.96 3.5 0 1 1
2008 25 CHC NL 6.2 0.6 289 0.5 4.6 -4.1 .90 0.2 0.3 5.4 0.5 0.90 2.9 5 7 15
2009 26 CHC NL 1.8 0.2 380 0.6 5.9 -5.3 .90 0.3 0.4 0.8 0.1 0.90 -0.3 15 9 21
2010 27 CHC NL 12.2 1.2 312 1.8 7.0 -5.2 1.32 1.1 0.2 12.0 1.2 1.32 17.1 34 13 29
2011 28 CHC NL 13.5 1.4 318 1.7 8.7 -7.1 1.62 1.3 -0.3 14.1 1.5 1.62 13.2 42 17 18
2012 29 CIN NL 0.3 0.0 82 -0.8 1.6 -2.4 1.45 0.0 -0.5 -1.7 -0.2 1.45 -0.6 6 8 7
7 Yrs 27.4 2.9 2425 3.7 45.8 -42.1 1.10 2.3 1.1 20.8 2.2 1.10 23.6 102 55 91

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
2006 23 CHC NL 24 24 6 9 9 2 2 12 12 .500 1 2 0 0 9 38% 44.3 78 4 18 7 0 13 4.7 3.9 5.2 86 7 14 3 0 102
2007 24 CHC NL 21 19 7 8 4 1 3 9 10 .474 0 1 0 0 10 53% 49.0 68 13 13 4 0 10 4.2 4.8 5.3 84 7 9 3 0 111
2008 25 CHC NL 34 7 1 4 2 0 1 1 6 .143 1 0 0 0 3 43% 51.9 63 30 11 4 3 3 3.1 2.6 5.6 87 2 4 1 0 103
2009 26 CHC NL 55 9 2 5 2 2 1 2 7 .222 2 0 1 0 2 22% 46.1 65 18 23 7 2 1 2.9 3.5 5.1 86 3 5 1 0 102
4 Yrs 134 59 16 26 17 5 7 24 35 .407 4 3 1 0 24 41% 47 78 4 65 22 5 27 4.1 4.0 5.3 85 19 32 8 0 111
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 100 -13 4.6 4.6 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
2007 24 CHC NL 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .958 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 5.0 28
2008 25 CHC NL 34 27 6 2 1 2 1 1 50% 5 3 15 5 33% 7 .900 5 7 15 10 3 14 10 17 6 13 6 2 2.9 16
2009 26 CHC NL 55 46 10 1 2 0 0 0 10 7 42 9 21% 7 .899 15 9 21 18 7 21 22 24 10 24 11 17 2.5 14
2010 27 CHC NL 80 80 16 7 5 3 1 2 33% 25 22 42 8 19% 8 1.318 34 13 29 39 19 22 26 54 13 29 19 25 2.8 15
2011 28 CHC NL 78 78 18 6 6 9 5 4 56% 44 34 29 8 28% 8 1.616 42 17 18 52 11 15 19 59 12 21 16 23 2.9 15
2012 29 CIN NL 21 21 15 1 2 9 8 1 89% 13 4 3 0 0% 9 1.448 6 8 7 16 1 4 2 19 0 6 0 4 2.5 16
6 Yrs 289 254 65 17 16 23 15 8 65% 97 70 131 30 23% 1.133 102 55 91 136 41 77 79 175 43 93 54 71 2.8 15

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%
2006 23 CHC NL 563 16% 3.6% 13.7% 10.5% 7.6% 33% 0.90 1.18 70% 18% 10.3% 10% 119 12 10%
2007 24 CHC NL 446 17% 2.9% 15.0% 7.9% 7.6% 32% 0.92 1.21 72% 17% 8.6% 12% 70 9 13%
2008 25 CHC NL 279 29% 3.2% 20.8% 8.2% 9.0% 42% 0.68 0.94 65% 15% 10.0% 19% 43 1 2%
2009 26 CHC NL 373 33% 2.7% 18.2% 8.6% 8.0% 33% 1.02 1.63 68% 19% 8.4% 7% 65 6 9%
2010 27 CHC NL 307 36% 1.0% 29.3% 8.1% 4.9% 26% 1.11 1.85 60% 23% 3.6% 6% 60 6 10%
2011 28 CHC NL 307 34% 0.3% 25.7% 5.5% 3.9% 18% 1.42 1.81 66% 20% 1.3% 10% 62 5 8%
2012 29 CIN NL 78 24% 2.6% 30.8% 6.4% 6.4% 23% 1.45 1.70 60% 18% 10.0% 0% 20 0 0%
7 Yrs 2353 26% 2.5% 19.7% 8.3% 7.0% 31% 0.98 1.36 67% 18% 7.9% 10% 439 39 9%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.8% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.6% 13% 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
2006 23 CHC NL 566 2055 3.63 1206 59% 29% 11% 25% 35% 71% 1% 42% 85% 48% 7% 38 24 17% 97 50 3 36% 15 11 -3 0 0
2007 24 CHC NL 447 1653 3.70 1037 63% 24% 14% 29% 33% 76% 1% 48% 82% 52% 6% 26 17 19% 84 50 5 19% 14 6 -1 0 0
2008 25 CHC NL 279 1045 3.75 674 64% 28% 15% 28% 29% 72% 4% 46% 80% 62% 6% 16 7 22% 62 31 3 29% 12 5 0 0 0
2009 26 CHC NL 374 1419 3.79 911 64% 29% 14% 27% 30% 71% 3% 46% 81% 56% 6% 23 11 24% 89 61 7 16% 15 8 -1 0 0
2010 27 CHC NL 307 1190 3.88 797 67% 33% 17% 26% 24% 67% 4% 45% 74% 57% 4% 11 3 27% 83 53 4 24% 22 4 0 0 0
2011 28 CHC NL 309 1188 3.84 794 67% 32% 19% 23% 26% 68% 4% 46% 73% 61% 4% 11 5 29% 91 46 4 20% 19 2 -2 0 0
2012 29 CIN NL 79 327 4.14 224 69% 32% 21% 25% 22% 68% 0% 46% 69% 59% 5% 4 4 33% 26 16 0 13% 9 0 -1 0 0
7 Yrs 2361 8877 3.76 5643 64% 29% 15% 26% 30% 71% 3% 45% 79% 55% 5% 129 71 23% 532 307 26 24% 106 36 -8 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 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
2006 23 CHC NL 563 132 19 2 20 2 17 14 6 11 9 36 21 2 58% 8 6 1 204 12 5 71% 11 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 13 0
2007 24 CHC NL 446 107 15 3 13 0 5 12 1 6 7 18 11 2 61% 5 4 1 146 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 8 0
2008 25 CHC NL 279 60 7 3 9 0 5 7 2 2 7 14 3 3 21% 1 3 0 104 5 2 71% 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
2009 26 CHC NL 373 91 10 2 10 0 10 8 2 6 4 26 11 3 42% 2 2 0 136 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2010 27 CHC NL 307 58 6 1 3 0 13 1 2 1 2 17 8 6 47% 3 1 0 118 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2011 28 CHC NL 307 66 10 2 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 13 5 4 38% 3 0 1 128 9 2 82% 7 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
2012 29 CIN NL 78 22 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 5 3 2 60% 0 1 0 29 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
7 Yrs 2353 536 69 13 58 2 57 45 13 28 30 129 62 22 48% 22 17 3 865 37 13 74% 32 11 5 2 0 0 5 5 40 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

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+
2006 23 6 9 .400 5.59 24 24 0 0 0 0 125.2 132 85 78 20 59 3 77 7 0 6 563 83 1.520 9.5 1.4 4.2 5.5 1.31 83
2007 24 13 17 .433 4.83 45 43 0 0 0 0 229.0 239 137 123 33 94 6 144 8 0 10 1009 96 1.454 9.4 1.3 3.7 5.7 1.53 96
2008 25 16 22 .421 4.62 79 50 6 0 0 1 294.1 299 165 151 42 117 10 202 12 0 13 1288 100 1.413 9.1 1.3 3.6 6.2 1.73 100
2009 26 19 29 .396 4.55 134 59 16 1 0 1 379.2 390 208 192 52 149 14 270 13 0 15 1661 101 1.420 9.2 1.2 3.5 6.4 1.81 101
2010 27 26 34 .433 4.24 214 59 32 1 0 2 454.1 448 233 214 55 174 19 360 15 0 16 1968 107 1.369 8.9 1.1 3.4 7.1 2.07 107
2011 28 32 40 .444 3.96 292 59 50 1 0 7 530.0 514 254 233 56 191 23 439 17 1 16 2275 112 1.330 8.7 1.0 3.2 7.5 2.30 112
2012 29 33 42 .440 3.96 313 59 65 1 0 15 547.1 536 262 241 58 196 23 463 17 1 17 2353 112 1.337 8.8 1.0 3.2 7.6 2.36 112

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
2006 23 5 8 .385 5.04 125.0 125 78 70 19 56 77 7 1.448 9.0 4.0 5.5 1.38 1.4 24
2007 24 6 5 .545 3.58 103.0 102 46 41 12 33 67 1 1.311 8.9 2.9 5.9 2.03 1.0 21
2008 25 4 3 .571 3.60 65.0 58 29 26 9 22 58 4 1.231 8.0 3.0 8.0 2.64 1.2 34
2009 26 4 5 .444 4.07 84.0 88 42 38 10 31 67 1 1.417 9.4 3.3 7.2 2.16 1.1 55
2010 27 6 2 .750 2.68 74.0 57 24 22 3 25 90 2 1.108 6.9 3.0 10.9 3.60 0.4 80
2011 28 6 2 .750 2.47 73.0 68 22 20 1 18 76 2 1.178 8.4 2.2 9.4 4.22 0.1 78
2012 29 0 1 .000 4.24 17.0 23 9 8 2 5 23 0 1.647 12.2 2.6 12.2 4.60 1.1 21
7 Yrs 31 26 .544 3.74 541.0 521 250 225 56 190 458 17 1.314 8.7 7.6 2.41 0.9 313

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2010 NL  80 (4th)
2011 NL  78 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2461), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1698), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1386), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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