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Joe Mays

Joseph Emerson Mays

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: December 10, 1975 in Flint, MI
High School: Southeast HS (Bradenton, FL)
School: Manatee Community College (Bradenton, FL)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 6th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed May 24, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1999
Teams (by GP): Twins/Reds/Royals 1999-2006
Agents: Steve Hilliard,Joe Urbon [*]
Final Game: July 22, 2006
Relatives: Cousin of Carl Mays
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All-Star

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
1995	19	SEA-min	Rk	2	3	.400	3.25	10	10	0	0	0	0	44.1	41	24	16	0	18	0	44	1	1	7	189		1.331	8.3	0.0	3.7	8.9	2.44	MRE · ARIZ
1996	20	SEA-min	A-	4	4	.500	3.08	13	10	0	0	0	0	64.1	55	33	22	3	22	0	56	2	1	9	271		1.197	7.7	0.4	3.1	7.8	2.55	EVR · NORW
1997	21	SEA-min	A+,A	16	7	.696	3.59	28	28	0	2	0	0	178.0	170	75	71	12	57	1	161	11	0	3	742		1.275	8.6	0.6	2.9	8.1	2.82	LNR,APP · CALL,MIDW
1998	22	MIN-min	A+,AA	12	5	.706	3.78	27	25	0	0	0	0	152.1	164	85	64	11	44	0	128	6	1	6	667		1.365	9.7	0.6	2.6	7.6	2.91	FTM,NBR · FLOR,EL
1999	23	MIN	AL	6	11	.353	4.37	49	20	8	2	1	0	171.0	179	92	83	24	67	2	115	2	0	6	746	116	1.439	9.4	1.3	3.5	6.1	1.72
2000	24	MIN-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	1.72	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.2	16	4	3	0	2	0	18	1	0	2	64		1.149	9.2	0.0	1.1	10.3	9.00	SLK · PCL
2000	24	MIN	AL	7	15	.318	5.56	31	28	1	2	1	0	160.1	193	105	99	20	67	1	102	2	0	11	723	93	1.622	10.8	1.1	3.8	5.7	1.52
2001	25	MIN	AL	17	13	.567	3.16	34	34	0	4	2	0	233.2	205	87	82	25	64	2	123	5	0	11	957	143	1.151	7.9	1.0	2.5	4.7	1.92	AS
2002	26	MIN-min	A+,AA	1	1	.500	1.72	4	4	0	0	0	0	15.2	11	3	3	1	4	0	12	1	0	1	61		0.957	6.3	0.6	2.3	6.9	3.00	FTM,NBR · FLOR,EL
2002	26	MIN	AL	4	8	.333	5.38	17	17	0	1	1	0	95.1	113	60	57	14	25	0	38	2	0	6	418	83	1.448	10.7	1.3	2.4	3.6	1.52
2003	27	MIN	AL	8	8	.500	6.30	31	21	4	0	0	0	130.0	159	92	91	21	39	2	50	4	0	3	576	72	1.523	11.0	1.5	2.7	3.5	1.28

2005	29	MIN	AL	6	10	.375	5.65	31	26	1	1	1	0	156.0	203	109	98	23	41	1	59	3	0	4	690	79	1.564	11.7	1.3	2.4	3.4	1.44
2006	30	CIN-min	AAA	6	3	.667	3.07	10	10	0	1	0	0	67.1	68	27	23	4	13	0	40	0	0	0	273		1.203	9.1	0.5	1.7	5.3	3.08	LOU · IL
2006	30	TOT	MLB	0	5	.000	8.70	13	10	0	0	0	0	50.2	78	56	49	11	26	2	25	0	0	6	250	55	2.053	13.9	2.0	4.6	4.4	0.96
2006	30	KCR	AL	0	4	.000	10.27	6	6	0	0	0	0	23.2	38	33	27	7	14	0	9	0	0	3	120	46	2.197	14.5	2.7	5.3	3.4	0.64
2006	30	CIN	NL	0	1	.000	7.33	7	4	0	0	0	0	27.0	40	23	22	4	12	2	16	0	0	3	130	65	1.926	13.3	1.3	4.0	5.3	1.33
2007	31	LAD-min	AAA	1	2	.333	5.16	8	8	0	0	0	0	45.1	54	31	26	4	10	0	29	0	1	1	199		1.412	10.7	0.8	2.0	5.8	2.90	LVG · PCL
7 Yrs				48	70	.407	5.05	206	156	14	10	6	0	997.0	1130	601	559	138	329	10	512	18	0	47	4360	94	1.463	10.2	1.2	3.0	4.6	1.56
162 Game Avg.				9	13	.407	5.05	39	29	3	2	1	0	187	212	113	105	26	62	2	96	3	0	9	819	94	1.463	10.2	1.2	3.0	4.6	1.56

MIN (6 yrs)				48	65	.425	4.85	193	146	14	10	6	0	946.1	1052	545	510	127	303	8	487	18	0	41	4110	97	1.432	10.0	1.2	2.9	4.6	1.61
KCR (1 yr)				0	4	.000	10.27	6	6	0	0	0	0	23.2	38	33	27	7	14	0	9	0	0	3	120	46	2.197	14.5	2.7	5.3	3.4	0.64
CIN (1 yr)				0	1	.000	7.33	7	4	0	0	0	0	27.0	40	23	22	4	12	2	16	0	0	3	130	65	1.926	13.3	1.3	4.0	5.3	1.33

AL (7 yrs)				48	69	.410	4.98	199	152	14	10	6	0	970.0	1090	578	537	134	317	8	496	18	0	44	4230	95	1.451	10.1	1.2	2.9	4.6	1.56
NL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	7.33	7	4	0	0	0	0	27.0	40	23	22	4	12	2	16	0	0	3	130	65	1.926	13.3	1.3	4.0	5.3	1.33

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
1999	23	MIN	AL	171.0	49	20	92	4.84	5.34	-0.05	0.02	104.8	5.67	16	1.6	.8	-0.2	2.9	39	.532	.510	$200,000
2000	24	MIN	AL	160.1	31	28	105	5.89	5.56	-0.30	0.20	105.1	6.37	7	0.7	.5	-0.1	2.0	30	.522	.504	$240,000
2001	25	MIN	AL	233.2	34	34	87	3.35	4.92	0.19	0.19	101.3	4.98	41	4.4		-0.1	6.3	72	.628	.527	$260,000	AS
2002	26	MIN	AL	95.1	17	17	60	5.66	4.95	0.15	0.18	98.8	4.92	-8	-0.8		-0.1	0.0	4	.454	.495	$2,350,000
2003	27	MIN	AL	130.0	31	21	92	6.37	4.82	-0.03	0.10	100.7	4.98	-20	-1.8	.5	-0.0	-0.7	-4	.441	.489	$4,150,000

2005	29	MIN	AL	156.0	31	26	109	6.29	4.85	0.23	0.15	101.4	4.83	-27	-2.5	.4	-0.1	-1.1	-6	.419	.485	$7,250,000
2006	30	KCR	AL	23.2	6	6	33	12.55	5.26	0.21	0.20	103.9	5.45	-19	-1.4		-0.0	-1.2	-16	.264	.491	$1,000,000
2006	30	CIN	NL	27.0	7	4	23	7.67	5.09	-0.34	0.05	102.8	5.63	-6	-0.6	.7	-0.0	-0.4	-3	.421	.497	$
7 Seasons				997.0	206	156	601	5.43	5.09	0.03	0.14	102.3	5.32	-15	-0.5	.7	-0.7	7.8	116	.498	.500	$15,450,000

MIN (6 yrs)				946.1	193	146	545	5.18	5.08	0.03	0.14	102.3	5.31	10	1.5	.7	-0.6	9.4	135	.508	.502	$14,450,000
KCR (1 yr)				23.2	6	6	33	12.55	5.26	0.21	0.20	103.9	5.45	-19	-1.4		-0.0	-1.2	-16	.264	.491	$1,000,000
CIN (1 yr)				27.0	7	4	23	7.67	5.09	-0.34	0.05	102.8	5.63	-6	-0.6	.7	-0.0	-0.4	-3	.421	.497	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2002	26	MIN	AL	ALDS	W	OAK	0	1	.000	14.73	1	1	3.2	9	6	6	1	2	1	1	1	22	3.000	22.1	2.5	4.9	2.5	0.50
2002	26	MIN	AL	ALCS	L	ANA	1	0	1.000	2.03	2	2	13.1	12	4	3	3	0	0	3	0	51	0.900	8.1	2.0	0.0	2.0
1 Yr (2 Series)							1	1	.500	4.76	3	3	17.0	21	10	9	4	2	1	4	1	73	1.353	11.1	2.1	1.1	2.1	2.00
1 ALDS							0	1	.000	14.73	1	1	3.2	9	6	6	1	2	1	1	1	22	3.000	22.1	2.5	4.9	2.5	0.50
1 ALCS							1	0	1.000	2.03	2	2	13.1	12	4	3	3	0	0	3	0	51	0.900	8.1	2.0	0.0	2.0

All-Star Pitching

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	W	L	W-L%	ERA	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
2001	MIN	AL	25	0	0	0		0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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
1999	23	MIN	AL	49	746	664	92	179	35	4	24	12	5	67	115	.270	.336	.443	.778	.292	294	15	2	7	6	2	10
2000	24	MIN	AL	31	723	646	105	193	31	7	20	7	3	67	102	.299	.364	.461	.825	.327	298	18	2	3	5	1	3
2001	25	MIN	AL	34	957	872	87	205	28	5	25	9	5	64	123	.235	.289	.365	.653	.246	318	19	5	8	8	2	9
2002	26	MIN	AL	17	418	387	60	113	19	0	14	2	0	25	38	.292	.337	.450	.786	.294	174	12	2	2	2	0	5
2003	27	MIN	AL	31	576	527	92	159	30	5	21	3	1	39	50	.302	.353	.497	.850	.301	262	17	4	3	3	2	4

2005	29	MIN	AL	31	690	638	109	203	44	4	23	2	5	41	59	.318	.361	.508	.868	.322	324	17	3	5	3	1	6
2006	30	KCR	AL	6	120	103	33	38	14	0	7	0	0	14	9	.369	.437	.709	1.146	.348	73	4	0	1	2	0	2
2006	30	CIN	NL	7	130	117	23	40	7	1	4	1	0	12	16	.342	.403	.521	.924	.371	61	2	0	1	0	2	2
2006	30	TOT	MLB	13	250	220	56	78	21	1	11	1	0	26	25	.355	.419	.609	1.028	.360	134	6	0	2	2	2	4
7 Yrs				206	4360	3954	601	1130	208	26	138	36	19	329	512	.286	.341	.456	.797	.298	1804	104	18	30	29	10	41
162 Game Avg.				39	819	743	113	212	39	5	26	7	4	62	96	.286	.341	.456	.797	.298	339	20	3	6	5	2	8
MLB Averages																.266	.336	.427	.763	.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
1999	23	MIN	AL	12.3	1.1	770	0.3	11.3	-11.0	.87	0.5	-0.2	3.4	0.3	0.87	4.9	6	5	17
2000	24	MIN	AL	-5.4	-0.5	746	-0.5	12.7	-13.1	.98	-0.3	-0.1	-3.6	-0.3	0.98	-2.9	0	2	0
2001	25	MIN	AL	37.3	3.8	984	2.8	17.3	-14.5	.94	3.2	-0.2	42.3	4.3	0.94	36.2	0	0	0
2002	26	MIN	AL	-8.7	-0.8	427	-0.6	7.3	-7.9	.99	-0.8	0.2	-5.4	-0.5	0.99	-8.4	0	0	0
2003	27	MIN	AL	-22.2	-2.0	584	-2.5	8.4	-11.0	.88	-1.1	-1.7	-23.2	-2.1	0.88	-12.3	0	2	7

2005	29	MIN	AL	-21.5	-2.0	700	-2.1	11.8	-13.9	.99	-1.7	-0.4	-27.0	-2.5	0.99	-19.6	0	1	4
2006	30	TOT	MLB	-22.8	-2.0	254	-2.1	2.8	-4.9	.79	-1.7	-1.0	-29.5	-2.5	0.79	-20.2	0	1	2
2006	30	KCR	AL	-15.8	-1.3	122	-1.4	1.0	-2.4	.68	-1.4	-0.6	-20.2	-1.6	0.68	-16.2	0	0	0
2006	30	CIN	NL	-7.1	-0.6	132	-0.8	1.8	-2.5	.89	-0.4	-0.5	-9.3	-0.8	0.89	-4.0	0	1	2
7 Yrs				-31.0	-2.4	4465	-4.7	71.7	-76.4	.93	-2.0	-3.1	-43.0	-3.3	0.93	-22.4	6	11	30

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
1999	23	MIN	AL	49	20	6	9	5	0	2	9	11	.450	2	2	2	1	10	50%	52.6	85	15	33	8	2	6	3.1	3.1	5.9	94	3	10	6	1	126
2000	24	MIN	AL	31	28	7	15	6	2	3	11	17	.393	2	2	2	1	10	36%	43.9	80	12	24	12	2	9	3.9	3.3	5.6	92	7	10	10	1	121
2001	25	MIN	AL	34	34	17	13	4	1	2	20	14	.588	2	3	4	2	20	59%	55.9	78	26	14	5	1	9	4.5	3.9	6.9	100	1	13	19	1	122
2002	26	MIN	AL	17	17	4	8	5	0	3	8	9	.471	1	3	1	1	9	53%	43.9	87	14	9	6	1	7	4.6	3.7	5.6	89	5	6	5	1	121
2003	27	MIN	AL	31	21	8	7	6	3	1	12	9	.571	2	5	0	0	7	33%	40.4	68	15	16	3	0	13	5.5	6.0	5.3	82	9	9	3	0	101

2005	29	MIN	AL	31	26	6	10	10	2	2	8	18	.308	4	3	1	1	10	38%	41.3	75	10	14	4	1	14	4.3	4.8	5.6	86	5	18	3	0	101
2006	30	TOT	MLB	13	10	0	5	5	0	0	3	7	.300	1	2	0	0	1	10%	0.0	51	11	12	2	0	6	5.4	5.0	4.4	80	5	3	2	0	110
2006	30	KCR	AL	6	6	0	4	2	0	0	1	5	.167	0	1	0	0	0	0%	28.7	39	22	9	2	0	4	4.2	3.4	3.9	75	4	1	1	0	110
2006	30	CIN	NL	7	4	0	1	3	0	0	2	2	.500	1	1	0	0	1	25%	29.5	51	11	3	0	0	2	7.0	7.1	5.0	88	1	2	1	0	102
7 Yrs				206	156	48	67	41	8	13	71	85	.455	14	20	10	6	67	43%	46	87	10	122	40	7	64	4.4	4.1	5.8	91	35	69	48	4	126
MLB Averages													.500						48%	48	100	-11					4.9	4.9	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1999	23	MIN	AL	49	29	8	0	2	0	0	0		2	2	18	7	39%	6	.866	6	5	17	7	3	19	10	19	18	4	21	6	5.4	31
2000	24	MIN	AL	31	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	5	.982	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	2	1	0	1	1	4.7	24

2003	27	MIN	AL	31	10	4	0	1	1	0	1	0%	2	1	7	3	43%	7	.884	0	2	7	2	0	8	4	6	6	2	6	1	5.9	29

2005	29	MIN	AL	31	5	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		2	.986	0	1	4	0	0	5	0	5	3	0	3	0	5.8	30
2006	30	TOT	MLB	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%		.792	0	1	2	0	1	2	1	2	2	0	2	0	7.0	34
2006	30	CIN	NL	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%	3	.893	0	1	2	0	1	2	1	2	2	0	2	0	7.0	34
5 Yrs				149	50	14	0	3	1	0	1	0%	4	3	28	12	43%		.929	6	11	30	10	4	36	16	34	30	6	33	8	5.6	30

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%
1999	23	MIN	AL	746	52%	3.2%	15.4%	9.0%	8.5%	35%	0.99	1.48	71%	18%	9.8%	12%	144	15	10%
2000	24	MIN	AL	723	51%	2.8%	14.1%	9.3%	8.0%	30%	0.78	1.28	73%	28%	7.5%	10%	150	18	12%
2001	25	MIN	AL	957	47%	2.6%	12.9%	6.7%	6.1%	28%	0.90	1.12	76%	19%	7.6%	14%	166	19	11%
2002	26	MIN	AL	418	42%	3.4%	9.1%	6.0%	7.9%	29%	0.74	1.05	81%	23%	8.6%	16%	90	12	13%
2003	27	MIN	AL	576	45%	3.7%	8.7%	6.8%	9.7%	35%	0.86	1.26	80%	18%	9.3%	11%	103	17	17%

2005	29	MIN	AL	690	51%	3.3%	8.6%	5.9%	10.3%	35%	0.84	1.21	81%	20%	8.0%	8%	135	17	13%
2006	30	TOT	MLB	250	56%	4.4%	10.0%	10.4%	13.2%	42%	0.86	1.27	74%	20%	11.1%	6%	57	6	11%
2006	30	KCR	AL	120	56%	5.8%	7.5%	11.7%	17.5%	55%	0.81	1.30	74%	14%	14.3%	8%	24	4	17%
2006	30	CIN	NL	130	55%	3.1%	12.3%	9.2%	9.2%	30%	0.90	1.24	75%	25%	8.0%	4%	33	2	6%
7 Yrs				4360	49%	3.2%	11.7%	7.6%	8.5%	33%	0.86	1.23	76%	21%	8.5%	11%	845	104	12%
MLB Averages					46%	2.9%	16.7%	8.7%	8.1%	34%	0.78	1.07	70%	21%	8.1%	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
1999	23	MIN	AL	749	2772	3.70	1701	61%	27%	14%	26%	33%	73%	1%	45%	80%	58%	5%	40	25	17%	125	63	7	40%	22	13	-3	0	2
2000	24	MIN	AL	723	2660	3.68	1615	61%	26%	12%	28%	34%	74%	0%	45%	84%	56%	5%	38	18	17%	126	60	10	37%	14	19	0	0	0
2001	25	MIN	AL	958	3406	3.56	2139	63%	28%	12%	24%	36%	72%	0%	45%	83%	59%	4%	43	33	18%	170	93	9	26%	25	9	-1	0	0
2002	26	MIN	AL	418	1518	3.63	977	64%	23%	11%	30%	36%	77%	0%	50%	85%	60%	3%	13	10	22%	90	52	7	16%	5	3	0	0	0
2003	27	MIN	AL	577	2010	3.48	1245	62%	29%	8%	24%	39%	71%	1%	44%	88%	59%	4%	25	14	18%	102	45	4	28%	6	9	-1	0	0

2005	29	MIN	AL	691	2389	3.46	1516	63%	29%	7%	24%	39%	71%	0%	45%	89%	61%	3%	22	14	19%	129	63	9	32%	9	7	-1	0	0
2006	30	TOT	MLB	250	904	3.62	539	60%	27%	9%	27%	37%	73%	2%	43%	88%	55%	6%	16	11	18%	46	21	1	48%	5	3	0	0	0
2006	30	KCR	AL	120	450	3.75	262	58%	27%	7%	29%	37%	73%	0%	43%	91%	50%	6%	7	5	18%	21	8	1	56%	0	2	0	0	0
2006	30	CIN	NL	130	454	3.49	277	61%	28%	11%	24%	37%	72%	3%	44%	85%	60%	7%	9	6	19%	25	13	0	44%	5	1	0	0	0
7 Yrs				4366	15659	3.59	9732	62%	27%	11%	26%	36%	73%	0%	45%	85%	59%	5%	197	125	18%	788	397	47	33%	86	63	-6	0	2
MLB Averages						3.74		62%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	58%	5%			21%				27%

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
1999	23	MIN	AL	746	179	13	0	24	1	16	9	15	13	11	34	22	7	65%	10	6	1	276	12	5	71%	12	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	0
2000	24	MIN	AL	723	193	15	1	20	0	25	10	10	9	11	54	29	8	54%	3	11	2	260	7	3	70%	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0
2001	25	MIN	AL	957	205	25	5	25	0	7	11	14	14	11	43	22	7	51%	9	11	1	338	9	5	64%	9	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	22	0
2002	26	MIN	AL	418	113	10	2	14	0	6	4	10	4	10	16	9	2	56%	5	6	0	170	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
2003	27	MIN	AL	576	159	15	2	21	1	15	5	16	10	11	33	20	0	61%	4	3	0	195	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0

2005	29	MIN	AL	690	203	17	5	23	0	14	11	12	11	12	37	21	3	57%	6	4	0	256	2	5	29%	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
2006	30	TOT	MLB	250	78	5	0	11	1	9	8	3	5	6	26	18	3	69%	4	6	0	96	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
2006	30	KCR	AL	120	38	3	0	7	0	2	6	1	3	4	13	11	0	85%	2	3	0	46	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
2006	30	CIN	NL	130	40	2	0	4	1	7	2	2	2	2	13	7	3	54%	2	3	0	50	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
7 Yrs				4360	1130	100	15	138	3	92	58	80	66	72	243	141	30	58%	41	47	4	1591	36	19	65%	36	19	0	0	0	0	4	0	95	0
MLB Averages																		54%							70%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1999	23	6	11	.353	4.37	49	20	8	2	1	171.0	179	92	83	24	67	2	115	2	6	746	116	1.439	9.4	1.3	3.5	6.1	1.72	116
2000	24	13	26	.333	4.94	80	48	9	4	2	331.1	372	197	182	44	134	3	217	4	17	1469	104	1.527	10.1	1.2	3.6	5.9	1.62	104
2001	25	30	39	.435	4.21	114	82	9	8	4	565.0	577	284	264	69	198	5	340	9	28	2426	116	1.372	9.2	1.1	3.2	5.4	1.72	116
2002	26	34	47	.420	4.38	131	99	9	9	5	660.1	690	344	321	83	223	5	378	11	34	2844	110	1.383	9.4	1.1	3.0	5.2	1.70	110
2003	27	42	55	.433	4.69	162	120	13	9	5	790.1	849	436	412	104	262	7	428	15	37	3420	102	1.406	9.7	1.2	3.0	4.9	1.63	102
2004	28	42	55	.433	4.69	162	120	13	9	5	790.1	849	436	412	104	262	7	428	15	37	3420	102	1.406	9.7	1.2	3.0	4.9	1.63	102
2005	29	48	65	.425	4.85	193	146	14	10	6	946.1	1052	545	510	127	303	8	487	18	41	4110	97	1.432	10.0	1.2	2.9	4.6	1.61	97
2006	30	48	70	.407	5.05	206	156	14	10	6	997.0	1130	601	559	138	329	10	512	18	47	4360	94	1.463	10.2	1.2	3.0	4.6	1.56	94

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1999	23	10	9	.526	3.79	171.0	167	80	72	22	63	115	2	1.345	8.8	3.3	6.1	1.83	1.2	49
2000	24	7	10	.412	4.73	160.0	178	93	84	18	62	102	2	1.500	10.0	3.5	5.7	1.65	1.0	31
2001	25	16	9	.640	3.05	230.0	200	87	78	24	62	121	5	1.139	7.8	2.4	4.7	1.95	0.9	34
2002	26	4	6	.400	5.42	93.0	112	62	56	14	25	37	2	1.473	10.8	2.4	3.6	1.48	1.4	17
2003	27	4	10	.286	6.29	126.0	156	98	88	21	38	48	4	1.540	11.1	2.7	3.4	1.26	1.5	31

2005	29	5	11	.313	5.74	149.0	200	106	95	23	40	56	3	1.611	12.1	2.4	3.4	1.40	1.4	31
2006	30	1	4	.200	7.92	50.0	74	49	44	10	25	25	0	1.980	13.3	4.5	4.5	1.00	1.8	13
7 Yrs		47	59	.443	4.75	979.0	1087	575	517	132	315	504	18	1.432	10.0		4.6	1.60	1.2	206

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 2001 *	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 2001 AL 6.3 (7th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 2001 AL 6.3 (2nd)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 2001 AL 3.16 (3rd)
Wins s c a p y 2001 AL 17 (6th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 2001 AL 1.151 (5th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 2001 AL 7.896 (6th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 2001 AL 2.465 (10th)
Innings Pitched s c a p y 2001 AL 233.7 (3rd)	Games Started s c a p y 2001 AL 34 (3rd)	Complete Games s c a p y 2001 AL 4 (5th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1999 AL 1 (6th) 2000 AL 1 (4th) 2001 AL 2 (4th) 2002 AL 1 (9th) 2005 AL 1 (5th)
Losses s c a p y 2000 AL 15 (2nd) 2001 AL 13 (5th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 2000 AL 11 (5th) 2001 AL 11 (4th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 2001 AL 957 (5th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 2001 AL 145 (1st)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 2001 AL 37 (1st)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 2001 AL 3.8 (1st)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 2001 AL 42.32 (1st)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 2001 AL 3.2 (6th)
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 2001 AL 4.3 (1st)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 23 (984), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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