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Dustin McGowan

Dustin Michael McGowan

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: March 24, 1982 in Savannah, GA
High School: Long County HS (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
Team: BlueJays 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 3 yrs/$4.1M (12-14) & 15 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.113, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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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
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 71 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 64 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 13 705 110 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
2011 29 TOR AL 0 2 .000 6.43 5 4 0 0 0 0 21.0 20 15 15 4 13 0 20 1 0 3 96 68 1.571 8.6 1.7 5.6 8.6 1.54
5 Yrs 20 24 .455 4.80 80 60 5 3 1 0 374.2 365 216 200 36 154 6 305 17 1 31 1623 92 1.385 8.8 0.9 3.7 7.3 1.98
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .455 4.80 39 29 2 1 0 0 182 177 105 97 17 75 3 148 8 0 15 788 92 1.385 8.8 0.9 3.7 7.3 1.98

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
2005 23 TOR AL 45.1 13 7 34 6.75 4.82 0.39 0.05 102.1 4.58 -11 -1.1 .6 -0.0 -0.6 -5 .418 .493 $
2006 24 TOR AL 27.1 16 3 27 8.89 5.19 0.40 -0.19 98.4 4.52 -14 -1.2 .8 0.0 -0.9 -10 .423 .492 $
2007 25 TOR AL 169.2 27 27 80 4.24 5.07 0.53 0.20 99.2 4.70 7 0.7 -0.1 2.1 30 .527 .504 $
2008 26 TOR AL 111.1 19 19 60 4.85 4.74 0.26 0.18 97.3 4.54 -6 -0.6 -0.1 0.3 10 .470 .496 $404,100
2011 29 TOR AL 21.0 5 4 15 6.43 4.64 0.00 0.07 110.8 5.21 -3 -0.3 .0 0.0 -0.1 -0 .442 .498 $450,000
5 Seasons 374.2 80 60 216 5.19 4.93 0.39 0.14 99.6 4.65 -26 -2.4 .7 -0.1 0.8 24 .470 .497 $854,100

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
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 2
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 3
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 6
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 3
2011 29 TOR AL 5 96 81 15 20 4 1 4 4 0 13 20 .247 .354 .469 .823 .276 38 0 1 0 1 0 0
5 Yrs 80 1623 1430 216 365 71 8 36 55 9 154 305 .255 .331 .392 .722 .297 560 25 17 2 20 6 14
162 Game Avg. 39 788 695 105 177 34 4 17 27 4 75 148 .255 .331 .392 .722 .297 272 12 8 1 10 3 7
MLB Averages .263 .331 .416 .746 .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
2005 23 TOR AL -8.9 -0.8 222 -0.5 3.0 -3.5 .86 -0.5 -0.1 -8.6 -0.8 0.86 -5.0 1 1 4
2006 24 TOR AL -9.4 -0.9 153 -0.6 1.7 -2.2 .83 -0.5 -0.2 -10.3 -0.9 0.83 -7.8 2 3 8
2007 25 TOR AL 9.0 0.9 748 0.5 12.2 -11.8 .96 1.8 -1.3 11.9 1.2 0.96 21.2 0 0 0
2008 26 TOR AL -2.3 -0.2 494 0.2 9.4 -9.3 1.14 -0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.14 0.6 0 0 0
2011 29 TOR AL -4.1 -0.4 104 -0.4 1.2 -1.6 .80 -0.1 -0.3 -4.0 -0.4 0.80 -4.2 0 0 0
5 Yrs -15.8 -1.5 1721 -0.9 27.6 -28.4 .98 0.6 -1.5 -10.8 -0.9 0.98 4.8 3 4 12

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
2005 23 TOR AL 13 7 1 3 3 1 0 2 5 .286 1 2 0 0 0 0% 36.6 62 1 9 5 0 3 4.5 5.0 4.9 89 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% 41.7 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% 54.0 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% 49.5 78 7 10 5 0 6 3.3 3.6 5.9 95 4 5 9 1 125
2011 29 TOR AL 5 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 .500 1 1 0 0 0 0% 45.5 57 32 4 2 0 0 4.2 2.4 4.3 76 4 0 0 0 79
5 Yrs 80 60 19 24 17 2 6 26 34 .433 5 9 3 1 27 45% 49 91 1 47 22 0 23 4.1 4.2 5.7 94 13 21 24 2 125
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 100 -12 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
2005 23 TOR AL 13 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 6 .855 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 .827 2 3 8 3 0 10 6 7 7 2 7 1 4.2 29
2011 29 TOR AL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .798 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12.0 74
3 Yrs 34 20 5 1 0 1 0 1 0% 3 2 10 5 50% .834 3 4 12 5 1 14 7 13 13 2 13 1 5.0 29

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%
2005 23 TOR AL 205 58% 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 47% 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%
2011 29 TOR AL 96 46% 4.2% 20.8% 13.5% 9.4% 45% 0.94 1.53 60% 18% 15.4% 19% 17 0 0%
5 Yrs 1623 49% 2.2% 18.8% 9.5% 7.1% 32% 0.93 1.29 68% 19% 6.9% 10% 284 25 9%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.80 1.07 70% 19% 7.6% 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
2005 23 TOR AL 207 766 3.70 449 59% 29% 14% 24% 33% 71% 0% 42% 81% 54% 6% 12 8 15% 31 11 0 32% 6 4 -2 0 0
2006 24 TOR AL 144 560 3.89 306 55% 25% 15% 30% 31% 75% 2% 41% 81% 44% 9% 13 7 14% 20 7 0 27% 2 5 -1 0 0
2007 25 TOR AL 706 2702 3.83 1658 61% 25% 19% 26% 30% 75% 1% 46% 75% 57% 4% 31 17 19% 132 54 2 15% 24 11 -1 0 0
2008 26 TOR AL 476 1801 3.78 1119 62% 24% 17% 28% 31% 76% 1% 47% 78% 59% 4% 17 13 20% 94 38 4 14% 15 3 -2 0 0
2011 29 TOR AL 96 376 3.92 215 57% 26% 17% 29% 29% 74% 0% 43% 78% 51% 7% 7 4 25% 24 7 0 15% 2 3 0 0 0
5 Yrs 1629 6205 3.81 3747 60% 25% 17% 27% 31% 75% 1% 45% 77% 55% 5% 80 49 18% 301 117 6 18% 49 26 -6 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 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
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 0 0 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 0 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 0 0 21 0
2011 29 TOR AL 96 20 2 0 4 0 3 2 2 3 1 7 4 1 57% 0 3 0 28 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
5 Yrs 1623 365 32 5 36 0 43 7 29 17 19 107 63 19 59% 14 31 3 552 55 9 86% 49 9 4 0 2 0 0 0 80 0
MLB Averages 53% 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+
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 71 1.456 9.7 1.4 3.4 6.8 2.00 71
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 68 1.734 10.4 1.1 5.2 6.9 1.33 68
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 94 1.374 8.8 0.8 3.6 7.3 2.02 94
2009 27 20 22 .476 4.71 75 56 5 3 1 0 353.2 345 201 185 32 141 6 285 16 1 28 1527 94 1.374 8.8 0.8 3.6 7.3 2.02 94
2010 28 20 22 .476 4.71 75 56 5 3 1 0 353.2 345 201 185 32 141 6 285 16 1 28 1527 94 1.374 8.8 0.8 3.6 7.3 2.02 94
2011 29 20 24 .455 4.80 80 60 5 3 1 0 374.2 365 216 200 36 154 6 305 17 1 31 1623 92 1.385 8.8 0.9 3.7 7.3 1.98 92

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
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 6.75 28.0 34 23 21 2 24 22 2 2.071 10.9 7.7 7.1 0.92 0.6 16
2007 25 9 9 .500 4.07 166.0 144 83 75 14 60 141 2 1.229 7.8 3.3 7.6 2.35 0.8 27
2008 26 5 6 .455 4.71 105.0 116 61 55 9 38 80 5 1.467 9.9 3.3 6.9 2.11 0.8 19
2011 29 1 1 .500 6.43 21.0 20 17 15 4 13 20 1 1.571 8.6 5.6 8.6 1.54 1.7 5
5 Yrs 17 21 .447 4.87 364.0 362 218 197 36 152 296 17 1.412 9.0 7.3 1.95 0.9 80

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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  0.743 (8th)

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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