Daniel McCutchen

Daniel Thomas McCutchen (twitter: @DanielMcCutchen)

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

Born: September 26, 1982 in McKinney, TX
High School: Norman HS (Norman, OK)
Schools: University of Central Oklahoma (Edmond, OK), University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 13th round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 31, 2009
Team: Pirates 2009-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.129, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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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	NYY-min	A,A-	2	0	1.000	1.86	9	2	4	0	0	1	29.0	17	6	6	3	6	0	29	0	0	0	104		0.793	5.3	0.9	1.9	9.0	4.83	CHS,STI · SALL,NYPL
2007	24	NYY-min	A+,AA	14	4	.778	2.47	24	23	1	0	0	0	142.0	116	40	39	9	33	1	103	5	0	3	553		1.049	7.4	0.6	2.1	6.5	3.12	TAM,TRE · FLOR,EL
2008	25	PIT-NYY-min	AAA,AA	11	12	.478	3.57	28	28	0	2	2	0	171.1	165	73	68	26	36	0	151	4	0	3	701		1.173	8.7	1.4	1.9	7.9	4.19	SWB,INA,TRE · IL,EL
2009	26	PIT-min	AAA	13	6	.684	3.47	24	24	0	0	0	0	142.2	145	63	55	10	29	1	110	3	0	5	594		1.220	9.1	0.6	1.8	6.9	3.79	INA · IL
2009	26	PIT	NL	1	2	.333	4.21	6	6	0	0	0	0	36.1	38	17	17	6	11	2	19	1	0	0	155	100	1.349	9.4	1.5	2.7	4.7	1.73
2010	27	PIT-min	AAA	4	8	.333	3.99	13	13	0	0	0	0	79.0	71	35	35	12	19	1	39	6	1	0	320		1.139	8.1	1.4	2.2	4.4	2.05	INA · IL
2010	27	PIT	NL	2	5	.286	6.12	28	9	4	0	0	0	67.2	83	48	46	13	28	0	38	2	0	2	316	66	1.640	11.0	1.7	3.7	5.1	1.36
2011	28	PIT	NL	5	3	.625	3.72	73	0	15	0	0	0	84.2	87	38	35	7	33	5	47	4	0	7	364	101	1.417	9.2	0.7	3.5	5.0	1.42
2012	29	PIT-min	AAA	2	2	.500	2.49	11	1	2	0	0	0	21.2	19	7	6	0	6	1	14	2	0	1	93		1.154	7.9	0.0	2.5	5.8	2.33	INA · IL
3 Yrs				8	10	.444	4.67	107	15	19	0	0	0	188.2	208	103	98	26	72	7	104	7	0	9	835	84	1.484	9.9	1.2	3.4	5.0	1.44
162 Game Avg.				4	6	.444	4.67	60	8	11	0	0	0	105	116	57	55	14	40	4	58	4	0	5	465	84	1.484	9.9	1.2	3.4	5.0	1.44

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
2009	26	PIT	NL	36.1	6	6	17	4.21	4.47	0.17	0.17	97.5	4.36	1	0.1		-0.0	0.3	4	.510	.500	$
2010	27	PIT	NL	67.2	28	9	48	6.38	4.46	-0.57	-0.01	99.4	4.98	-11	-1.1	.3	0.0	-0.5	-4	.461	.493	$401,500
2011	28	PIT	NL	84.2	73	0	38	4.04	4.26	-0.20	-0.32	97.1	4.02	-1	-0.1	.9	-0.2	0.4	7	.499	.500	$
3 Seasons				188.2	107	15	103	4.91	4.37	-0.26	-0.12	98.0	4.43	-11	-1.1	.8	-0.2	0.2	7	.490	.498	$401,500

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
2009	26	PIT	NL	6	155	140	17	38	7	0	6	3	0	11	19	.271	.329	.450	.779	.278	63	1	1	3	0	2	0
2010	27	PIT	NL	28	316	278	48	83	20	2	13	8	1	28	38	.299	.362	.525	.887	.303	146	4	2	4	4	0	6
2011	28	PIT	NL	73	364	320	38	87	17	1	7	9	3	33	47	.272	.344	.397	.741	.297	127	11	4	4	3	5	2
3 Yrs				107	835	738	103	208	44	3	26	20	4	72	104	.282	.348	.455	.804	.296	336	16	7	11	7	7	8
162 Game Avg.				60	465	411	57	116	25	2	14	11	2	40	58	.282	.348	.455	.804	.296	187	9	4	6	4	4	4
MLB Averages																.258	.326	.407	.733	.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
2009	26	PIT	NL	0.6	0.1	160	-0.1	2.7	-2.8	.96	-0.1	-0.0	1.5	0.2	0.96	-1.2	0	0	0
2010	27	PIT	NL	-14.5	-1.4	327	-1.4	3.5	-4.8	.71	-2.0	0.1	-12.9	-1.3	0.71	-20.2	0	3	16
2011	28	PIT	NL	1.2	0.1	386	1.0	5.3	-4.3	.85	-0.1	1.3	4.7	0.5	0.85	-3.4	19	14	37
3 Yrs				-12.8	-1.2	873	-0.4	11.5	-11.9	.81	-2.2	1.6	-6.7	-0.6	0.81	-24.8	19	17	53

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
2009	26	PIT	NL	6	6	1	2	3	0	0	2	4	.333	1	2	0	0	4	67%	49.5	64	36	1	1	0	5	3.6	3.1	6.1	95	0	4	2	0	103
2010	27	PIT	NL	28	9	2	5	2	1	0	4	5	.444	0	0	0	0	1	11%	40.9	69	11	10	5	1	6	3.2	4.0	4.8	82	4	3	2	0	107
2 Yrs				34	15	3	7	5	1	0	6	9	.400	1	2	0	0	5	33%	44	69	11	11	6	1	11	3.4	3.6	5.3	87	4	7	4	0	107
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	100	-8					4.5	4.5	5.9	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2010	27	PIT	NL	28	19	4	0	0	0	0	8	2	25%	6	.706	0	3	16	2	1	16	4	15	7	4	8	2	3.9	20
2011	28	PIT	NL	73	73	15	5	3	12	10	43	8	19%	7	.845	19	14	37	18	10	45	22	51	23	20	26	23	3.5	18
2 Yrs				101	92	19	5	3	12	10	51	10	20%		.780	19	17	53	20	11	61	26	66	30	24	34	25	3.6	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%
2009	26	PIT	NL	155	53%	3.9%	12.3%	7.1%	8.4%	34%	0.75	0.96	74%	15%	9.8%	12%	23	1	4%
2010	27	PIT	NL	316	55%	4.1%	12.0%	8.9%	11.1%	42%	0.57	0.74	73%	15%	10.0%	14%	66	4	6%
2011	28	PIT	NL	364	62%	1.9%	12.9%	9.1%	6.9%	29%	0.70	1.02	74%	19%	4.9%	11%	75	11	15%
3 Yrs				835	58%	3.1%	12.5%	8.6%	8.7%	35%	0.66	0.90	74%	17%	7.8%	12%	164	16	10%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	18.4%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	0.80	1.07	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
2009	26	PIT	NL	157	569	3.62	361	63%	22%	12%	31%	34%	78%	2%	49%	84%	58%	5%	8	3	21%	33	18	2	26%	2	3	-2	0	0
2010	27	PIT	NL	316	1119	3.54	690	62%	28%	12%	24%	36%	72%	0%	45%	83%	55%	5%	15	11	16%	52	23	3	29%	8	4	0	0	0
2011	28	PIT	NL	366	1319	3.60	830	63%	27%	12%	28%	34%	73%	3%	46%	83%	60%	5%	18	6	25%	90	54	9	28%	7	8	-2	0	0
3 Yrs				839	3007	3.58	1881	63%	26%	12%	27%	35%	74%	2%	46%	84%	58%	5%	41	20	21%	175	95	14	28%	17	15	-4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		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
2009	26	PIT	NL	155	38	5	0	6	0	4	4	2	3	3	5	1	0	20%	0	0	0	53	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
2010	27	PIT	NL	316	83	7	1	13	0	9	8	5	4	9	19	9	2	47%	6	2	0	129	8	1	89%	7	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	9	0
2011	28	PIT	NL	364	87	9	1	7	0	11	4	3	5	2	19	13	1	68%	2	7	0	144	9	3	75%	8	2	1	1	0	0	4	1	13	0
3 Yrs				835	208	21	2	26	0	24	16	10	12	14	43	23	3	53%	8	9	0	326	20	4	83%	18	3	2	1	0	0	7	1	22	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2009	26	1	2	.333	4.21	6	6	0	36.1	38	17	17	6	11	2	19	1	0	155	100	1.349	9.4	1.5	2.7	4.7	1.73	100
2010	27	3	7	.300	5.45	34	15	4	104.0	121	65	63	19	39	2	57	3	2	471	75	1.538	10.5	1.6	3.4	4.9	1.46	75
2011	28	8	10	.444	4.67	107	15	19	188.2	208	103	98	26	72	7	104	7	9	835	84	1.484	9.9	1.2	3.4	5.0	1.44	84

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
2009	26	1	2	.333	4.37	35.0	38	19	17	6	11	18	1	1.400	9.8	2.8	4.6	1.64	1.5	6
2010	27	2	5	.286	6.31	67.0	84	52	47	13	28	38	2	1.672	11.3	3.8	5.1	1.36	1.7	28
2011	28	4	4	.500	4.38	78.0	91	42	38	7	35	43	4	1.615	10.5	4.0	5.0	1.23	0.8	73
3 Yrs		7	11	.389	5.10	180.0	213	113	102	26	74	99	7	1.594	10.7		5.0	1.34	1.3	107

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