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Kyle McClellan

Kyle William McClellan

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: June 12, 1984 in Florissant, MO
High School: Hazelwood West HS (Hazelwood, MO)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 25th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed July 17, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 1, 2008
Team: Cardinals 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.5M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.000, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*],
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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
2008 24 STL NL 2 7 .222 4.04 68 0 7 0 0 1 75.2 79 37 34 7 26 2 59 4 0 6 327 105 1.388 9.4 0.8 3.1 7.0 2.27
2009 25 STL NL 4 4 .500 3.38 66 0 14 0 0 3 66.2 56 27 25 4 34 2 51 2 0 4 288 121 1.350 7.6 0.5 4.6 6.9 1.50
2010 26 STL NL 1 4 .200 2.27 68 0 18 0 0 2 75.1 58 20 19 9 23 3 60 3 0 2 307 171 1.075 6.9 1.1 2.7 7.2 2.61
2011 27 STL NL 12 7 .632 4.19 43 17 5 0 0 0 141.2 143 71 66 21 43 3 76 6 0 6 607 89 1.313 9.1 1.3 2.7 4.8 1.77
2012 28 STL NL 0 1 .000 5.30 16 0 6 0 0 0 18.2 16 11 11 2 9 0 11 2 0 1 83 72 1.339 7.7 1.0 4.3 5.3 1.22
5 Yrs 19 23 .452 3.69 261 17 50 0 0 6 378.0 352 166 155 43 135 10 257 17 0 19 1612 106 1.288 8.4 1.0 3.2 6.1 1.90
162 Game Avg. 5 6 .452 3.69 64 4 12 0 0 1 92 86 41 38 11 33 2 63 4 0 5 394 106 1.288 8.4 1.0 3.2 6.1 1.90

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
2008 24 STL NL 75.2 68 0 37 4.40 4.67 0.36 -0.34 98.3 3.90 -4 -0.4 1.5 -0.2 0.0 3 .495 .498 $390,000
2009 25 STL NL 66.2 66 0 27 3.65 4.52 0.14 -0.33 96.8 3.92 2 0.2 1.2 -0.1 0.6 8 .503 .501 $411,000
2010 26 STL NL 75.1 68 0 20 2.39 4.38 0.19 -0.33 97.8 3.78 11 1.2 1.1 -0.1 1.7 19 .518 .508 $425,000
2011 27 STL NL 141.2 43 17 71 4.51 4.16 -0.21 0.03 95.4 4.20 -6 -0.6 1.0 -0.2 0.3 8 .486 .496 $1,375,000
2012 28 STL NL 18.2 16 0 11 5.30 4.02 -0.02 -0.30 97.5 3.64 -4 -0.4 .5 0.1 -0.2 -2 .476 .498 $
5 Seasons 378.0 261 17 166 3.95 4.36 0.05 -0.19 96.8 3.98 1 0.1 1.2 -0.6 2.4 36 .500 .500 $2,601,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
2009 25 STL NL NLDS L LAD 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
2011 27 STL NL NLCS W MIL 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.000 54.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 4.000 27.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
1 NLCS 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.000 54.0 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
2008 24 STL NL 68 327 294 37 79 11 2 7 2 1 26 59 .269 .335 .391 .727 .314 115 8 4 2 1 2 2
2009 25 STL NL 66 288 245 27 56 7 1 4 0 0 34 51 .229 .325 .314 .639 .271 77 8 2 5 2 2 5
2010 26 STL NL 68 307 276 20 58 10 0 9 8 2 23 60 .210 .277 .344 .621 .236 95 1 3 4 1 3 3
2011 27 STL NL 43 607 550 71 143 29 1 21 6 3 43 76 .260 .319 .431 .750 .268 237 13 6 6 2 3 10
2012 28 STL NL 16 83 72 11 16 5 0 2 1 0 9 11 .222 .325 .375 .700 .237 27 1 2 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 261 1612 1437 166 352 62 4 43 17 6 135 257 .245 .316 .383 .699 .270 551 31 17 17 6 10 20
162 Game Avg. 64 394 351 41 86 15 1 11 4 1 33 63 .245 .316 .383 .699 .270 135 8 4 4 1 2 5
MLB Averages .259 .327 .408 .736 .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
2008 24 STL NL 1.9 0.2 338 -0.1 9.0 -9.1 1.58 0.1 -0.2 4.1 0.4 1.58 1.5 32 20 15
2009 25 STL NL 5.5 0.6 295 0.3 6.8 -6.5 1.43 0.4 -0.2 5.3 0.5 1.43 5.8 23 16 26
2010 26 STL NL 14.4 1.5 317 1.0 6.0 -5.0 1.15 1.0 -0.1 15.1 1.6 1.15 11.8 20 18 30
2011 27 STL NL -8.6 -0.9 625 -0.6 10.5 -11.1 1.02 -1.1 0.6 -10.5 -1.1 1.02 -12.7 6 10 10
2012 28 STL NL -2.6 -0.3 84 -0.2 0.8 -1.0 .59 0.2 -0.6 -2.7 -0.3 0.59 -0.5 2 1 12
5 Yrs 10.5 1.1 1659 0.4 33.1 -32.7 1.21 0.7 -0.4 11.3 1.2 1.21 6.0 83 65 93

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
2011 27 STL NL 43 17 6 6 5 1 1 9 8 .529 1 2 0 0 9 53% 49.6 70 20 16 3 0 9 4.4 4.6 6.2 89 4 12 1 0 106
1 Yr 43 17 6 6 5 1 1 9 8 .529 1 2 0 0 9 53% 50 70 20 16 3 0 9 4.4 4.6 6.2 89 4 12 1 0 106
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 100 -13 4.5 4.5 5.9 96

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
2008 24 STL NL 68 68 7 2 7 6 1 5 17% 36 30 33 10 30% 8 1.579 32 20 15 45 10 13 20 48 22 16 28 12 3.3 18
2009 25 STL NL 66 66 14 4 4 6 3 3 50% 23 16 30 5 17% 7 1.433 23 16 26 38 11 17 19 47 20 23 22 12 3.0 17
2010 26 STL NL 68 68 18 1 4 3 2 1 67% 22 19 18 6 33% 8 1.150 20 18 30 43 10 15 10 58 19 15 20 13 3.3 17
2011 27 STL NL 43 26 5 6 1 1 0 1 0% 5 4 4 2 50% 8 1.019 6 10 10 12 6 8 4 22 11 5 11 4 4.3 24
2012 28 STL NL 16 16 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 9 .593 2 1 12 8 2 6 1 15 4 1 4 3 3.5 18
5 Yrs 261 244 50 13 17 16 6 10 38% 87 70 86 23 27% 1.210 83 65 93 146 39 59 54 190 76 60 85 44 3.4 18

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%
2008 24 STL NL 327 58% 2.1% 18.0% 8.0% 6.1% 25% 0.97 1.39 70% 20% 6.8% 13% 80 8 10%
2009 25 STL NL 288 57% 1.4% 17.7% 11.8% 4.2% 21% 1.00 1.39 67% 21% 4.7% 12% 53 8 15%
2010 26 STL NL 307 59% 2.9% 19.5% 7.5% 6.2% 33% 1.01 1.10 68% 15% 9.1% 7% 47 1 2%
2011 27 STL NL 607 59% 3.5% 12.5% 7.1% 8.4% 36% 1.03 1.32 75% 15% 10.0% 10% 114 13 11%
2012 28 STL NL 83 57% 2.4% 13.3% 10.8% 8.4% 44% 0.85 1.09 71% 10% 6.7% 9% 12 1 8%
5 Yrs 1612 58% 2.7% 15.9% 8.4% 6.8% 31% 1.00 1.28 71% 17% 8.1% 10% 306 31 10%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.2% 8.5% 7.7% 33% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 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
2008 24 STL NL 328 1248 3.80 764 61% 26% 15% 27% 31% 74% 2% 45% 79% 58% 6% 20 11 20% 66 24 2 31% 6 7 -1 0 0
2009 25 STL NL 289 1118 3.87 659 59% 30% 12% 28% 31% 70% 2% 42% 83% 57% 7% 19 9 19% 56 26 4 24% 8 8 -1 0 0
2010 26 STL NL 308 1163 3.78 724 62% 34% 14% 22% 31% 66% 3% 41% 79% 59% 6% 18 13 16% 49 27 0 28% 13 2 -1 0 0
2011 27 STL NL 610 2126 3.49 1312 62% 28% 11% 24% 37% 72% 1% 44% 85% 59% 5% 28 13 18% 107 57 4 28% 16 12 -3 0 0
2012 28 STL NL 83 283 3.41 183 65% 31% 13% 23% 33% 69% 0% 45% 82% 60% 6% 5 3 16% 13 10 0 45% 5 2 0 0 0
5 Yrs 1618 5938 3.67 3642 61% 29% 13% 25% 33% 71% 2% 43% 82% 58% 6% 90 49 18% 291 144 10 28% 48 31 -6 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 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
2008 24 STL NL 327 79 10 0 7 0 22 4 3 3 4 28 13 4 46% 2 6 1 124 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2009 25 STL NL 288 56 3 0 4 0 9 3 1 2 2 12 8 2 67% 5 4 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2010 26 STL NL 307 58 10 0 9 0 5 7 2 3 6 10 3 4 30% 3 2 1 105 8 2 80% 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 0
2011 27 STL NL 607 143 16 1 21 1 7 13 8 12 9 33 18 3 55% 10 6 1 236 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 0
2012 28 STL NL 83 16 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 0% 0 1 0 36 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 1612 352 41 1 43 1 43 27 16 21 22 85 42 14 49% 20 19 3 612 17 6 74% 15 6 2 0 0 0 4 1 33 0
MLB Averages 52% 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+
2008 24 2 7 .222 4.04 68 0 7 0 0 1 75.2 79 37 34 7 26 2 59 4 0 6 327 105 1.388 9.4 0.8 3.1 7.0 2.27 105
2009 25 6 11 .353 3.73 134 0 21 0 0 4 142.1 135 64 59 11 60 4 110 6 0 10 615 112 1.370 8.5 0.7 3.8 7.0 1.83 112
2010 26 7 15 .318 3.23 202 0 39 0 0 6 217.2 193 84 78 20 83 7 170 9 0 12 922 126 1.268 8.0 0.8 3.4 7.0 2.05 126
2011 27 19 22 .463 3.61 245 17 44 0 0 6 359.1 336 155 144 41 126 10 246 15 0 18 1529 109 1.286 8.4 1.0 3.2 6.2 1.95 109
2012 28 19 23 .452 3.69 261 17 50 0 0 6 378.0 352 166 155 43 135 10 257 17 0 19 1612 106 1.288 8.4 1.0 3.2 6.1 1.90 106

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
2008 24 4 4 .500 4.19 73.0 79 38 34 7 26 57 4 1.438 9.7 3.2 7.0 2.19 0.9 68
2009 25 4 3 .571 3.60 65.0 57 29 26 4 35 49 2 1.415 7.9 4.8 6.8 1.40 0.6 66
2010 26 6 2 .750 2.43 74.0 59 22 20 9 23 59 3 1.108 7.2 2.8 7.2 2.57 1.1 68
2011 27 6 9 .400 4.87 135.0 151 81 73 22 45 72 6 1.452 10.1 3.0 4.8 1.60 1.5 43
2012 28 1 1 .500 6.00 18.0 17 13 12 2 10 11 2 1.500 8.5 5.0 5.5 1.10 1.0 16
5 Yrs 21 19 .525 4.07 365.0 363 183 165 44 139 248 17 1.375 9.0 6.1 1.78 1.1 261

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1952), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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