Dustin McGowan
Dustin Michael McGowan
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: March 24, 1982 in Savannah, GA
High School: Long County (Ludowici, GA)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (33rd pick) of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 20, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 30, 2005
Final Game: July 8, 2008
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Standard Pitching

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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
2005 23 TOR AL 1 3 .250 6.35 13 7 2 0 0 0 45.1 49 34 32 7 17 0 34 7 0 7 205 70 1.456 9.7 1.4 3.4 6.8 2.00
2006 24 TOR AL 1 2 .333 7.24 16 3 3 0 0 0 27.1 35 27 22 2 25 2 22 2 1 3 143 63 2.195 11.5 0.7 8.2 7.2 0.88
2007 25 TOR AL 12 10 .545 4.08 27 27 0 2 1 0 169.2 146 80 77 14 61 3 144 2 0 13 705 109 1.220 7.7 0.7 3.2 7.6 2.36
2008 26 TOR AL 6 7 .462 4.37 19 19 0 1 0 0 111.1 115 60 54 9 38 1 85 5 0 5 474 97 1.374 9.3 0.7 3.1 6.9 2.24
4 Seasons 20 22 .476 4.71 75 56 5 3 1 0 353.2 345 201 185 32 141 6 285 16 1 28 1527 93 1.374 8.8 0.8 3.6 7.3 2.02
162 Game Avg. 10 11 .476 4.71 39 29 3 2 1 0 184 179 104 96 17 73 3 148 8 1 15 793 93 1.374 8.8 0.8 3.6 7.3 2.02

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
2005 23 TOR AL 13 205 177 34 49 10 1 7 7 3 17 34 .277 .356 .463 .819 .300 82 2 7 0 4 0
2006 24 TOR AL 16 143 115 27 35 8 0 2 3 1 25 22 .304 .434 .426 .860 .359 49 1 2 0 1 2
2007 25 TOR AL 27 705 636 80 146 27 3 14 29 1 61 144 .230 .296 .347 .644 .273 221 13 2 0 6 3
2008 26 TOR AL 19 474 421 60 115 22 3 9 12 4 38 85 .273 .335 .404 .739 .316 170 9 5 2 8 1
4 Seasons 75 1527 1349 201 345 67 7 32 51 9 141 285 .256 .329 .387 .716 .298 522 25 16 2 19 6
162 Game Avg. 39 793 700 104 179 35 4 17 26 5 73 148 .256 .329 .387 .716 .298 271 13 8 1 10 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
2005 23 TOR AL 13 7 1 3 3 1 0 2 5 .286 1 2 0 0 0 0% 37 62 1 9 5 0 3 4.5 5.0 4.9 88 1 6 0 0 95
2006 24 TOR AL 16 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0% 42 48 33 13 7 0 2 4.7 6.3 3.0 62 3 0 0 0 78
2007 25 TOR AL 27 27 12 10 5 0 4 13 14 .481 1 5 2 1 18 67% 54 91 15 11 3 0 12 4.4 4.6 6.3 100 1 10 15 1 122
2008 26 TOR AL 19 19 6 7 6 1 2 8 11 .421 2 1 1 0 9 47% 50 78 7 10 5 0 6 3.3 3.6 5.9 94 4 6 8 1 125
4 Seasons 75 56 19 22 15 2 6 24 32 .429 4 8 3 1 27 48% 50 91 1 43 20 0 23 4.1 4.3 5.8 95 9 22 23 2 125
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
2005 23 TOR AL 13 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 6 0.856 1 1 4 2 1 3 1 5 5 0 5 0 5.5 24
2006 24 TOR AL 16 13 3 1 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 9 5 56% 4 0.826 2 3 8 3 0 10 6 7 7 2 7 1 4.2 29
2 Seasons 29 19 5 1 0 1 0 1 0% 3 2 10 5 50% 0.844 3 4 12 5 1 13 7 12 12 2 12 1 4.6 27

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
2005 23 TOR AL 205 42% 3.4% 16.6% 8.3% 8.8% 37% 0.84 1.15 68% 16% 9.3% 5% 38 2 5%
2006 24 TOR AL 143 50% 1.4% 15.4% 17.5% 7.0% 29% 0.79 1.11 64% 24% 4.1% 6% 33 1 3%
2007 25 TOR AL 705 53% 2.0% 20.4% 8.7% 6.2% 30% 1.17 1.60 69% 17% 6.9% 11% 101 13 13%
2008 26 TOR AL 474 50% 1.9% 17.9% 8.0% 7.2% 30% 0.73 0.99 71% 21% 5.2% 11% 95 9 9%
4 Seasons 1527 51% 2.1% 18.7% 9.2% 6.9% 31% 0.93 1.28 69% 19% 6.4% 10% 267 25 9%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
2005 23 TOR AL 205 760 3.71 448 59% 29% 14% 24% 33% 71% 0% 42% 81% 54% 6% 12 8 15% 31 11 0 32% 6 4 0 0 0
2006 24 TOR AL 143 558 3.90 306 55% 25% 15% 30% 31% 75% 2% 41% 81% 44% 9% 13 7 14% 20 7 0 27% 2 5 0 0 0
2007 25 TOR AL 705 2697 3.83 1656 61% 25% 19% 26% 30% 75% 1% 46% 75% 57% 4% 31 17 19% 132 54 2 15% 24 11 0 0 0
2008 26 TOR AL 474 1794 3.78 1116 62% 24% 17% 28% 31% 76% 1% 47% 78% 59% 4% 17 13 20% 93 38 4 14% 15 3 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1527 5809 3.80 3526 61% 25% 17% 27% 31% 75% 1% 45% 77% 56% 5% 73 45 18% 276 110 6 18% 47 23 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
2005 23 TOR AL 205 49 8 2 7 0 3 2 5 4 3 11 6 2 55% 2 7 0 68 7 3 70% 5 3 1 0 1 0 2 1 15 0
2006 24 TOR AL 143 35 1 0 2 0 10 0 2 0 2 15 11 1 73% 3 3 2 62 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2007 25 TOR AL 705 146 11 0 14 0 13 2 12 7 7 36 19 9 53% 6 13 1 236 29 1 97% 26 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 28 0
2008 26 TOR AL 474 115 10 3 9 0 14 1 8 3 6 38 23 6 61% 3 5 0 158 12 4 75% 12 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 21 0
4 Seasons 1527 345 30 5 32 0 40 5 27 14 18 100 59 18 59% 14 28 3 524 51 9 85% 46 9 3 0 2 0 5 1 73 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
2005 23 1 3 .250 6.35 13 7 2 0 0 0 45.1 49 34 32 7 17 0 34 7 0 7 205 70 1.456 9.7 1.4 3.4 6.8 2.00 70
2006 24 2 5 .286 6.69 29 10 5 0 0 0 72.2 84 61 54 9 42 2 56 9 1 10 348 67 1.734 10.4 1.1 5.2 6.9 1.33 67
2007 25 14 15 .483 4.87 56 37 5 2 1 0 242.1 230 141 131 23 103 5 200 11 1 23 1053 92 1.374 8.5 0.9 3.8 7.4 1.94 92
2008 26 20 22 .476 4.71 75 56 5 3 1 0 353.2 345 201 185 32 141 6 285 16 1 28 1527 93 1.374 8.8 0.8 3.6 7.3 2.02 93

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2005 23 1 3 .250 6.34 44.0 48 34 31 7 17 33 7 1.477 9.8 3.5 6.8 1.94 1.4 13
2006 24 1 2 .333 6.43 28.0 34 22 20 2 24 23 2 2.071 10.9 7.7 7.4 0.96 0.6 16
2007 25 9 9 .500 4.07 166.0 145 83 75 14 61 141 2 1.241 7.9 3.3 7.6 2.31 0.8 27
2008 26 5 6 .455 4.63 105.0 115 60 54 9 38 80 5 1.457 9.9 3.3 6.9 2.11 0.8 19
4 Seasons 16 20 .444 4.72 343.0 342 199 180 32 140 277 16 1.405 9.0 7.3 1.98 0.8 75

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 AL--7.745--4th

Complete Games s c a p y
2007 AL--2--7th

Shutouts s c a p y
2007 AL--1--5th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 AL--.743--8th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2007 AL--13--3rd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (1834), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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  8. Ray Semproch (975)
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