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Gil Meche

Gilbert Allen Meche

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 8, 1978 in Lafayette, LA
High School: Acadiana (Lafayette, LA)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 6, 1999
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Royals 1999-2010
Agents: Casey Close, Greg Landry [*]
Final Game: October 3, 2010
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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
1999 20 SEA AL 8 4 .667 4.73 16 15 0 0 0 0 85.2 73 48 45 9 57 1 47 2 0 1 375 107 1.518 7.7 0.9 6.0 4.9 0.82
2000 21 SEA AL 4 4 .500 3.78 15 15 0 1 1 0 85.2 75 37 36 7 40 0 60 1 0 2 363 121 1.342 7.9 0.7 4.2 6.3 1.50
2003 24 SEA AL 15 13 .536 4.59 32 32 0 1 0 0 186.1 187 97 95 30 63 2 130 3 0 7 785 94 1.342 9.0 1.4 3.0 6.3 2.06
2004 25 SEA AL 7 7 .500 5.01 23 23 0 1 1 0 127.2 139 73 71 21 47 0 99 5 0 4 565 91 1.457 9.8 1.5 3.3 7.0 2.11
2005 26 SEA AL 10 8 .556 5.09 29 26 2 0 0 0 143.1 153 92 81 18 72 1 83 2 0 4 638 83 1.570 9.6 1.1 4.5 5.2 1.15
2006 27 SEA AL 11 8 .579 4.48 32 32 0 1 0 0 186.2 183 106 93 24 84 2 156 8 2 4 811 99 1.430 8.8 1.2 4.1 7.5 1.86
2007 28 KCR AL 9 13 .409 3.67 34 34 0 1 0 0 216.0 218 98 88 22 62 2 156 3 0 3 906 125 1.296 9.1 0.9 2.6 6.5 2.52 AS
2008 29 KCR AL 14 11 .560 3.98 34 34 0 0 0 0 210.1 204 98 93 19 73 2 183 0 0 5 886 110 1.317 8.7 0.8 3.1 7.8 2.51
2009 30 KCR AL 6 10 .375 5.09 23 23 0 1 1 0 129.0 144 81 73 17 58 0 95 3 0 7 581 87 1.566 10.0 1.2 4.0 6.6 1.64
2010 31 KCR AL 0 5 .000 5.69 20 9 1 1 0 0 61.2 65 42 39 9 38 3 41 2 0 1 281 74 1.670 9.5 1.3 5.5 6.0 1.08
10 Seasons 84 83 .503 4.49 258 243 3 7 3 0 1432.1 1441 772 714 176 594 13 1050 29 2 38 6191 99 1.421 9.1 1.1 3.7 6.6 1.77
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .503 4.49 35 33 0 1 0 0 194 196 105 97 24 81 2 143 4 0 5 840 99 1.421 9.1 1.1 3.7 6.6 1.77
SEA (6 yrs) 55 44 .556 4.65 147 143 2 4 2 0 815.1 810 453 421 109 363 6 575 21 2 22 3537 96 1.439 8.9 1.2 4.0 6.3 1.58
KCR (4 yrs) 29 39 .426 4.27 111 100 1 3 1 0 617.0 631 319 293 67 231 7 475 8 0 16 2654 104 1.397 9.2 1.0 3.4 6.9 2.06

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1999 20 SEA AL 85.2 15 48 64 -3 1.0 16 1.5 $200,000
2000 21 SEA AL 85.2 15 37 55 2 .9 18 1.7 $252,500
2003 24 SEA AL 186.1 32 97 108 8 1.0 11 1.1 $325,000
2004 25 SEA AL 127.2 23 73 86 1 1.0 13 1.3 $1,950,000
2005 26 SEA AL 143.1 26 92 91 -2 1.0 -1 -0.2 $2,535,000
2006 27 SEA AL 186.2 32 106 119 0 1.0 13 1.3 $3,700,000
2007 28 KCR AL 216.0 34 98 151 0 1.0 53 4.9 $7,400,000 AS
2008 29 KCR AL 210.1 34 98 137 -1 1.0 39 3.8 $11,400,000
2009 30 KCR AL 129.0 23 81 88 -6 1.0 7 0.7 $11,400,000
2010 31 KCR AL 61.2 9 42 38 -1 1.0 -4 -0.4 $12,400,000
10 Seasons 1432.1 243 772 937 -2 1.0 165 15.7 $51,562,500
SEA (6 yrs) 815.1 143 453 523 6 1.0 70 6.7 $8,962,500
KCR (4 yrs) 617.0 100 319 414 -8 1.0 95 9.0 $42,600,000

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
2007 KCR AL 28

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 20 SEA AL 16 375 308 48 73 16 3 9 3 4 57 47 .237 .357 .396 .753 .251 122 10 2 5 3 1 3
2000 21 SEA AL 15 363 313 37 75 14 1 7 2 2 40 60 .240 .324 .358 .682 .272 112 7 1 5 4 0 2
2003 24 SEA AL 32 785 711 97 187 25 5 30 4 4 63 130 .263 .324 .439 .762 .282 312 17 3 3 5 2 0
2004 25 SEA AL 23 565 509 73 139 38 2 21 3 5 47 99 .273 .339 .479 .818 .301 244 7 5 1 3 0 6
2005 26 SEA AL 29 637 557 92 153 29 2 18 8 8 72 83 .275 .357 .431 .788 .293 240 15 2 1 5 1 6
2006 27 SEA AL 32 811 714 106 183 42 4 24 5 7 84 156 .256 .340 .427 .768 .297 305 16 8 3 2 2 8
2007 28 KCR AL 34 906 829 98 218 37 4 22 4 5 62 156 .263 .314 .397 .711 .298 329 20 3 5 7 2 8
2008 29 KCR AL 34 886 799 98 204 44 4 19 12 2 73 183 .255 .314 .392 .706 .305 313 18 0 4 10 2 6
2009 30 KCR AL 23 581 513 81 144 32 5 17 15 1 58 95 .281 .353 .462 .815 .312 237 13 3 1 6 0 9
2010 31 KCR AL 20 281 238 42 65 10 2 9 17 4 38 41 .273 .376 .445 .822 .296 106 4 2 2 1 3 2
10 Seasons 258 6190 5491 772 1441 287 32 176 73 42 594 1050 .262 .335 .423 .758 .293 2320 127 29 30 46 13 50
162 Game Avg. 35 840 745 105 196 39 4 24 10 6 81 143 .262 .335 .423 .758 .293 315 17 4 4 6 2 7
MLB Averages .265 .335 .423 .757 .298

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 20 SEA AL 3.3 0.3 381 0.5 7.1 -6.6 1.02 0.1 0.4 5.6 0.5 1.02 1.7 0 0 1
2000 21 SEA AL 9.3 0.9 368 1.1 6.2 -5.0 .92 1.1 0.1 16.6 1.7 0.92 13.7 0 0 0
2003 24 SEA AL -3.0 -0.3 802 1.0 14.1 -13.1 .98 0.2 0.9 4.2 0.4 0.98 1.3 0 0 0
2004 25 SEA AL -4.6 -0.4 577 -0.4 10.1 -10.5 .97 -0.8 0.4 -3.7 -0.4 0.97 -8.0 0 0 0
2005 26 SEA AL -16.7 -1.6 662 -1.1 11.0 -12.1 .99 -1.1 0.1 -13.4 -1.3 0.99 -12.6 0 1 2
2006 27 SEA AL -3.6 -0.3 832 -0.4 14.7 -15.0 1.01 -0.1 -0.3 -4.0 -0.4 1.01 -2.3 0 0 0
2007 28 KCR AL 20.0 2.0 922 1.3 16.4 -15.2 .98 1.7 -0.4 15.5 1.5 0.98 20.7 0 0 0
2008 29 KCR AL 10.3 1.0 906 1.1 15.6 -14.5 .98 1.6 -0.5 9.9 1.0 0.98 17.4 0 0 0
2009 30 KCR AL -10.6 -1.0 599 -1.4 10.3 -11.7 1.01 -1.2 -0.2 -11.4 -1.1 1.01 -12.3 0 0 0
2010 31 KCR AL -10.0 -1.0 303 -1.3 4.8 -6.1 1.03 -1.5 0.2 -10.8 -1.0 1.03 -14.2 4 4 3
10 Seasons -5.6 -0.4 6352 0.4 110.2 -109.8 .99 0.0 0.4 8.5 0.9 0.99 5.4 4 5 6

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 20 SEA AL 16 15 8 4 3 1 1 9 6 .600 1 2 0 0 9 60% 49 67 19 19 8 0 9 4.1 4.9 5.6 98 1 3 11 0 112
2000 21 SEA AL 15 15 4 4 7 1 0 6 9 .400 3 2 1 1 6 40% 52 74 29 13 7 0 7 4.7 4.9 5.7 96 1 8 6 0 114
2003 24 SEA AL 32 32 15 13 4 5 1 17 15 .531 3 1 1 0 15 47% 50 80 13 24 11 1 17 4.8 5.5 5.8 96 4 12 16 0 116
2004 25 SEA AL 23 23 7 7 9 1 2 10 13 .435 1 7 1 1 9 39% 48 80 5 14 3 0 12 4.6 4.3 5.6 101 3 6 11 3 129
2005 26 SEA AL 29 26 10 8 8 3 1 11 15 .423 1 4 0 0 9 35% 44 74 16 18 11 0 14 5.1 5.0 5.4 97 2 9 15 0 119
2006 27 SEA AL 32 32 11 8 13 5 2 18 14 .563 4 4 1 0 15 47% 50 79 16 26 12 0 15 5.3 4.8 5.8 103 1 11 17 3 126
2007 28 KCR AL 34 34 9 13 12 1 6 15 19 .441 3 3 1 0 23 68% 53 70 13 19 1 0 14 3.8 3.8 6.4 105 0 9 23 2 124
2008 29 KCR AL 34 34 14 11 9 1 3 19 15 .559 5 4 0 0 21 62% 53 75 11 19 1 0 14 4.2 4.3 6.2 105 0 10 23 1 129
2009 30 KCR AL 23 23 6 10 7 3 2 8 15 .348 3 3 1 1 9 39% 46 84 5 15 5 0 8 4.5 4.6 5.6 99 2 9 9 3 132
2010 31 KCR AL 20 9 0 4 5 0 1 2 7 .222 1 3 1 0 2 22% 40 62 17 5 3 0 5 4.8 3.5 5.4 104 0 4 3 2 128
10 Seasons 258 243 84 82 77 21 19 115 128 .473 25 33 7 3 118 49% 49 84 5 172 62 1 115 4.6 4.6 5.8 101 14 81 134 14 132
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 100 -12 4.8 4.8 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
1999 20 SEA AL 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 1.021 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 5.0 37
2005 26 SEA AL 29 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 .993 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 3.7 15
2010 31 KCR AL 20 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 7 1.030 4 4 3 7 2 2 0 11 2 0 2 0 3.5 16
3 Seasons 65 15 3 0 1 0 0 0 6 6 2 1 50% 1.009 4 5 6 7 2 6 2 13 4 1 4 0 3.7 17

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 20 SEA AL 375 44% 2.4% 12.5% 15.2% 7.5% 38% 0.64 0.98 68% 20% 6.9% 18% 82 10 12%
2000 21 SEA AL 363 47% 1.9% 16.5% 11.0% 6.1% 29% 0.59 0.86 69% 24% 5.4% 17% 58 7 12%
2003 24 SEA AL 785 45% 3.8% 16.6% 8.0% 7.6% 32% 0.62 0.80 71% 21% 9.6% 12% 151 17 11%
2004 25 SEA AL 565 41% 3.7% 17.5% 8.3% 10.8% 44% 0.57 0.70 69% 20% 9.0% 11% 101 7 7%
2005 26 SEA AL 638 45% 2.8% 13.0% 11.3% 7.7% 32% 0.68 0.81 72% 20% 7.1% 11% 116 15 13%
2006 27 SEA AL 811 52% 3.0% 19.2% 10.4% 8.6% 38% 0.80 0.99 66% 15% 8.8% 11% 161 16 10%
2007 28 KCR AL 906 49% 2.4% 17.2% 6.8% 7.0% 29% 0.88 1.16 73% 18% 7.1% 14% 157 20 13%
2008 29 KCR AL 886 49% 2.1% 20.7% 8.2% 7.6% 33% 0.64 0.79 69% 21% 5.7% 12% 164 18 11%
2009 30 KCR AL 581 52% 2.9% 16.4% 10.0% 9.3% 38% 0.93 1.29 70% 19% 8.8% 10% 103 13 13%
2010 31 KCR AL 281 50% 3.2% 14.6% 13.5% 7.5% 32% 0.81 1.11 67% 19% 9.2% 10% 52 4 8%
10 Seasons 6191 48% 2.8% 17.0% 9.6% 8.0% 34% 0.71 0.93 70% 19% 7.8% 12% 1145 127 11%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 17.1% 8.7% 8.0% 34% 0.78 1.07 70% 20% 7.9% 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
1999 20 SEA AL 375 1510 4.03 844 56% 25% 13% 30% 32% 75% 1% 42% 83% 49% 9% 35 17 18% 69 40 5 30% 2 17 0 0 0
2000 21 SEA AL 363 1441 3.97 861 60% 24% 13% 33% 30% 76% 0% 45% 83% 52% 4% 14 7 18% 64 36 6 22% 8 7 0 0 0
2003 24 SEA AL 785 3059 3.90 1884 62% 29% 12% 28% 31% 71% 1% 44% 83% 54% 5% 39 26 22% 173 78 10 31% 24 11 0 0 0
2004 25 SEA AL 565 2308 4.08 1413 61% 27% 13% 31% 29% 73% 0% 45% 82% 50% 5% 27 19 20% 111 66 4 27% 10 8 0 0 0
2005 26 SEA AL 638 2574 4.03 1532 60% 30% 10% 29% 31% 70% 0% 42% 85% 54% 6% 39 26 19% 119 54 5 31% 12 12 0 0 1
2006 27 SEA AL 811 3292 4.06 2010 61% 27% 15% 30% 28% 73% 1% 45% 80% 56% 6% 47 30 24% 196 98 9 30% 17 15 0 0 0
2007 28 KCR AL 906 3576 3.95 2283 64% 28% 13% 29% 30% 72% 1% 46% 82% 60% 4% 34 25 22% 198 97 11 29% 21 7 0 0 0
2008 29 KCR AL 886 3554 4.01 2240 63% 27% 16% 29% 28% 73% 1% 46% 78% 59% 5% 41 31 25% 225 118 12 23% 40 8 0 0 0
2009 30 KCR AL 581 2276 3.92 1359 60% 27% 13% 28% 31% 73% 0% 44% 82% 53% 7% 43 25 18% 104 62 11 23% 8 18 0 0 0
2010 31 KCR AL 281 1115 3.97 657 59% 26% 12% 32% 30% 74% 2% 43% 84% 52% 7% 19 12 20% 56 28 3 32% 4 4 0 0 0
10 Seasons 6191 24705 3.99 15083 61% 27% 13% 30% 30% 73% 1% 44% 82% 55% 5% 338 218 21% 1315 677 76 28% 146 107 0 0 1
MLB Averages 3.76 62% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 21% 26%

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 20 SEA AL 375 73 6 1 9 0 10 4 5 6 3 14 7 2 50% 3 1 0 142 3 4 43% 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 0
2000 21 SEA AL 363 75 10 4 7 0 1 1 6 1 6 13 10 2 77% 2 2 0 136 2 2 50% 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 0
2003 24 SEA AL 785 187 14 4 30 0 13 13 17 11 19 42 26 5 62% 0 7 1 269 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
2004 25 SEA AL 565 139 12 1 21 0 15 7 14 15 6 32 10 8 31% 6 4 1 207 3 5 38% 2 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 10 0
2005 26 SEA AL 638 153 10 1 18 0 7 6 12 8 10 26 20 2 77% 6 4 2 247 8 8 50% 8 8 0 0 0 0 3 0 17 0
2006 27 SEA AL 811 183 13 4 24 1 12 14 10 9 15 30 14 1 47% 8 4 0 313 5 7 42% 5 4 0 3 0 0 2 0 10 0
2007 28 KCR AL 906 218 22 3 22 0 12 11 11 14 8 31 19 1 61% 8 3 0 330 4 5 44% 4 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 13 0
2008 29 KCR AL 886 204 18 6 19 1 14 10 9 12 7 52 27 7 52% 6 5 0 327 12 2 86% 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
2009 30 KCR AL 581 144 16 5 17 1 12 9 8 5 12 38 21 3 55% 9 7 1 218 15 1 94% 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
2010 31 KCR AL 281 65 9 0 9 0 7 7 2 6 3 20 6 5 30% 2 1 0 110 17 4 81% 17 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
10 Seasons 6191 1441 130 29 176 3 103 82 94 87 89 298 160 36 54% 50 38 5 2299 73 42 63% 67 36 6 5 0 1 12 3 118 0
MLB Averages 53% 71%

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+
1999 20 8 4 .667 4.73 16 15 0 0 0 0 85.2 73 48 45 9 57 1 47 2 0 1 375 107 1.518 7.7 0.9 6.0 4.9 0.82 107
2000 21 12 8 .600 4.25 31 30 0 1 1 0 171.1 148 85 81 16 97 1 107 3 0 3 738 113 1.430 7.8 0.8 5.1 5.6 1.10 113
2001 22 12 8 .600 4.25 31 30 0 1 1 0 171.1 148 85 81 16 97 1 107 3 0 3 738 113 1.430 7.8 0.8 5.1 5.6 1.10 113
2002 23 12 8 .600 4.25 31 30 0 1 1 0 171.1 148 85 81 16 97 1 107 3 0 3 738 113 1.430 7.8 0.8 5.1 5.6 1.10 113
2003 24 27 21 .563 4.43 63 62 0 2 1 0 357.2 335 182 176 46 160 3 237 6 0 10 1523 103 1.384 8.4 1.2 4.0 6.0 1.48 103
2004 25 34 28 .548 4.58 86 85 0 3 2 0 485.1 474 255 247 67 207 3 336 11 0 14 2088 99 1.403 8.8 1.2 3.8 6.2 1.62 99
2005 26 44 36 .550 4.70 115 111 2 3 2 0 628.2 627 347 328 85 279 4 419 13 0 18 2726 95 1.441 9.0 1.2 4.0 6.0 1.50 95
2006 27 55 44 .556 4.65 147 143 2 4 2 0 815.1 810 453 421 109 363 6 575 21 2 22 3537 96 1.439 8.9 1.2 4.0 6.3 1.58 96
2007 28 64 57 .529 4.44 181 177 2 5 2 0 1031.1 1028 551 509 131 425 8 731 24 2 25 4443 101 1.409 9.0 1.1 3.7 6.4 1.72 101
2008 29 78 68 .534 4.36 215 211 2 5 2 0 1241.2 1232 649 602 150 498 10 914 24 2 30 5329 102 1.393 8.9 1.1 3.6 6.6 1.84 102
2009 30 84 78 .519 4.43 238 234 2 6 3 0 1370.2 1376 730 675 167 556 10 1009 27 2 37 5910 101 1.410 9.0 1.1 3.7 6.6 1.81 101
2010 31 84 83 .503 4.49 258 243 3 7 3 0 1432.1 1441 772 714 176 594 13 1050 29 2 38 6191 99 1.421 9.1 1.1 3.7 6.6 1.77 99

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
1999 20 4 5 .444 4.18 84.0 68 43 39 8 53 46 2 1.440 7.3 5.7 4.9 0.87 0.9 16
2000 21 5 4 .556 3.80 83.0 74 39 35 7 39 58 1 1.361 8.0 4.2 6.3 1.49 0.8 15
2003 24 7 12 .368 4.96 176.0 190 108 97 30 64 123 3 1.443 9.7 3.3 6.3 1.92 1.5 32
2004 25 5 8 .385 4.90 125.0 138 76 68 21 47 97 5 1.480 9.9 3.4 7.0 2.06 1.5 23
2005 26 5 10 .333 5.49 136.0 156 92 83 18 73 79 2 1.684 10.3 4.8 5.2 1.08 1.2 29
2006 27 8 11 .421 4.58 179.0 182 101 91 24 84 150 8 1.486 9.2 4.2 7.5 1.79 1.2 32
2007 28 13 10 .565 3.60 210.0 213 93 84 21 61 151 3 1.305 9.1 2.6 6.5 2.48 0.9 34
2008 29 11 11 .500 4.08 203.0 203 102 92 19 73 177 0 1.360 9.0 3.2 7.8 2.42 0.8 34
2009 30 5 8 .385 5.18 125.0 145 80 72 17 58 92 3 1.624 10.4 4.2 6.6 1.59 1.2 23
2010 31 2 4 .333 6.21 58.0 67 44 40 9 39 38 2 1.828 10.4 6.1 5.9 0.97 1.4 20
10 Seasons 65 83 .439 4.58 1379.0 1436 778 701 174 591 1011 29 1.470 9.4 6.6 1.71 1.1 258

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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

All-Star Games
2007

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL  7.830 (8th)
Career  6.598 (146th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2007 AL  216.0 (8th)
2008 AL  210.3 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2008 AL  183 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
2007 AL  34 (1st)
2008 AL  34 (1st)

Shutouts s c a p y
2000 AL  1 (4th)
2004 AL  1 (4th)
2009 AL  1 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2003 AL  30 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2005 AL  72 (5th)
2006 AL  84 (3rd)
2008 AL  73 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
2007 AL  218 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
2003 AL  13 (10th)
2007 AL  13 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2007 AL  906 (8th)
2008 AL  886 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
1999 AL  born 1978-09-08 (3rd)
2000 AL  born 1978-09-08 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (731), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 15 (1235), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1705), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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