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Jim Mecir    \mah-SEAR\

James Jason Mecir

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 16, 1970 in Bayside, NY
High School: Smithtown East HS (St. James, NY)
School: Eckerd College (St. Petersburg, FL)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 3rd round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1995 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Athletics/DevilRays/Marlins/Yankees/Mariners 1995-2005

Final Game: September 28, 2005 (Age 35)
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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
1995 25 SEA AL 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 5 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 21 1.500 9.6 0.0 3.9 5.8 1.50
1996 26 NYY AL 1 1 .500 5.13 26 0 10 0 0 0 40.1 42 24 23 6 23 4 38 0 0 6 185 98 1.612 9.4 1.3 5.1 8.5 1.65
1997 27 NYY AL 0 4 .000 5.88 25 0 11 0 0 0 33.2 36 23 22 5 10 1 25 2 0 1 142 77 1.366 9.6 1.3 2.7 6.7 2.50
1998 28 TBD AL 7 2 .778 3.11 68 0 23 0 0 0 84.0 68 30 29 6 33 5 77 3 0 2 343 153 1.202 7.3 0.6 3.5 8.3 2.33
1999 29 TBD AL 0 1 .000 2.61 17 0 3 0 0 0 20.2 15 7 6 0 14 0 15 1 0 0 91 191 1.403 6.5 0.0 6.1 6.5 1.07
2000 30 TOT AL 10 3 .769 2.96 63 0 17 0 0 5 85.0 70 31 28 4 36 2 70 2 0 2 352 164 1.247 7.4 0.4 3.8 7.4 1.94
2000 30 TBD AL 7 2 .778 3.08 38 0 10 0 0 1 49.2 35 17 17 2 22 0 33 1 0 0 199 161 1.148 6.3 0.4 4.0 6.0 1.50
2000 30 OAK AL 3 1 .750 2.80 25 0 7 0 0 4 35.1 35 14 11 2 14 2 37 1 0 2 153 168 1.387 8.9 0.5 3.6 9.4 2.64
2001 31 OAK AL 2 8 .200 3.43 54 0 14 0 0 3 63.0 54 25 24 4 26 7 61 1 0 2 264 127 1.270 7.7 0.6 3.7 8.7 2.35
2002 32 OAK AL 6 4 .600 4.26 61 0 10 0 0 1 67.2 68 36 32 5 29 4 53 4 1 4 304 102 1.433 9.0 0.7 3.9 7.0 1.83
2003 33 OAK AL 2 3 .400 5.59 41 0 7 0 0 1 37.0 40 25 23 4 16 1 25 1 0 1 165 80 1.514 9.7 1.0 3.9 6.1 1.56
2004 34 OAK AL 0 5 .000 3.59 65 0 17 0 0 2 47.2 45 21 19 5 19 2 49 4 0 1 212 128 1.343 8.5 0.9 3.6 9.3 2.58
2005 35 FLA NL 1 4 .200 3.12 52 0 13 0 0 0 43.1 39 17 15 2 17 2 34 5 0 0 184 129 1.292 8.1 0.4 3.5 7.1 2.00
11 Yrs 29 35 .453 3.77 474 0 126 0 0 12 527.0 482 240 221 41 225 28 450 23 1 19 2263 122 1.342 8.2 0.7 3.8 7.7 2.00
162 Game Avg. 4 5 .453 3.77 68 0 18 0 0 2 76 69 34 32 6 32 4 65 3 0 3 325 122 1.342 8.2 0.7 3.8 7.7 2.00
OAK (5 yrs) 13 21 .382 3.91 246 0 55 0 0 11 250.2 242 121 109 20 104 16 225 11 1 10 1098 114 1.380 8.7 0.7 3.7 8.1 2.16
TBD (3 yrs) 14 5 .737 3.03 123 0 36 0 0 1 154.1 118 54 52 8 69 5 125 5 0 2 633 160 1.212 6.9 0.5 4.0 7.3 1.81
NYY (2 yrs) 1 5 .167 5.47 51 0 21 0 0 0 74.0 78 47 45 11 33 5 63 2 0 7 327 88 1.500 9.5 1.3 4.0 7.7 1.91
SEA (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 5 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 21 1.500 9.6 0.0 3.9 5.8 1.50
FLA (1 yr) 1 4 .200 3.12 52 0 13 0 0 0 43.1 39 17 15 2 17 2 34 5 0 0 184 129 1.292 8.1 0.4 3.5 7.1 2.00
AL (10 yrs) 28 31 .475 3.83 422 0 113 0 0 12 483.2 443 223 206 39 208 26 416 18 1 19 2079 121 1.346 8.2 0.7 3.9 7.7 2.00
NL (1 yr) 1 4 .200 3.12 52 0 13 0 0 0 43.1 39 17 15 2 17 2 34 5 0 0 184 129 1.292 8.1 0.4 3.5 7.1 2.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1995 25 SEA AL 4.2 2 0 1 1.93 5.21 0.08 -0.39 98.4 4.66 1 0.1 .0 -0.1 0.1 2 .571 .501
1996 26 NYY AL 40.1 26 0 24 5.36 5.61 -0.28 -0.42 99.3 5.43 -0 -0.0 .6 -0.1 0.3 5 .499 .500
1997 27 NYY AL 33.2 25 0 23 6.15 5.18 -0.39 -0.39 99.4 5.15 -4 -0.4 1.1 -0.1 -0.1 0 .485 .498
1998 28 TBD AL 84.0 68 0 30 3.21 5.15 0.50 -0.39 101.8 4.34 11 1.0 1.3 -0.0 1.9 20 .515 .506 $205,000
1999 29 TBD AL 20.2 17 0 7 3.05 5.34 -0.30 -0.39 102.7 5.39 5 0.5 1.3 0.0 0.8 8 .530 .503 $267,500
2000 30 TBD AL 49.2 38 0 17 3.08 5.35 0.05 -0.39 98.9 4.85 9 0.9 1.4 0.0 1.5 16 .523 .505 $350,000
2000 30 OAK AL 35.1 25 0 14 3.57 5.43 -0.25 -0.40 92.8 4.90 5 0.5 1.7 0.1 0.9 10 .519 .503
2001 31 OAK AL 63.0 54 0 25 3.57 4.95 0.11 -0.37 98.0 4.38 5 0.5 1.5 -0.0 1.2 13 .509 .503 $1,116,667
2002 32 OAK AL 67.2 61 0 36 4.79 4.88 -0.04 -0.37 97.4 4.44 -3 -0.3 1.5 -0.2 0.2 5 .495 .498 $2,366,667
2003 33 OAK AL 37.0 41 0 25 6.08 4.86 0.03 -0.36 99.9 4.47 -7 -0.6 1.1 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .485 .496 $3,216,667
2004 34 OAK AL 47.2 65 0 21 3.97 5.13 -0.11 -0.38 98.8 4.80 4 0.4 1.4 -0.0 0.8 10 .506 .502 $3,300,000
2005 35 FLA NL 43.1 52 0 17 3.53 4.66 -0.42 -0.35 92.4 4.37 4 0.4 1.2 -0.1 0.8 8 .508 .503 $1,100,000
11 Seasons 527.0 474 0 240 4.10 5.11 -0.02 -0.38 98.4 4.68 31 3.0 1.3 -0.6 8.0 94 .506 .502 $11,922,501
OAK (5 yrs) 250.2 246 0 121 4.34 5.02 -0.03 -0.37 97.5 4.56 4 0.4 1.4 -0.3 2.8 35 .502 .501 $10,000,001
TBD (3 yrs) 154.1 123 0 54 3.15 5.24 0.25 -0.39 101.0 4.65 25 2.4 1.3 0.0 4.1 44 .520 .505 $822,500
NYY (2 yrs) 74.0 51 0 47 5.72 5.41 -0.33 -0.40 99.3 5.30 -4 -0.4 .8 -0.2 0.2 5 .492 .499
SEA (1 yr) 4.2 2 0 1 1.93 5.21 0.08 -0.39 98.4 4.66 1 0.1 .0 -0.1 0.1 2 .571 .501
FLA (1 yr) 43.1 52 0 17 3.53 4.66 -0.42 -0.35 92.4 4.37 4 0.4 1.2 -0.1 0.8 8 .508 .503 $1,100,000

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
2000 30 OAK AL ALDS L NYY 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 0.188 1.7 0.0 0.0 3.4
2001 31 OAK AL ALDS L NYY 0 0 5.40 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 4 2 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 14 1.200 10.8 2.7 0.0 10.8
2002 32 OAK AL ALDS L MIN 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
2003 33 OAK AL ALDS L BOS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
4 Yrs (4 Series) 0 0 1.74 7 0 2 0 0 0 10.1 6 2 2 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 38 0.677 5.2 0.9 0.9 7.0 8.00
4 ALDS 0 0 1.74 7 0 2 0 0 0 10.1 6 2 2 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 38 0.677 5.2 0.9 0.9 7.0 8.00

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
1995 25 SEA AL 2 21 19 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 2 3 .263 .333 .368 .702 .313 7 1 0 0 0 0 1
1996 26 NYY AL 26 185 153 24 42 8 1 6 4 0 23 38 .275 .361 .458 .819 .319 70 2 0 5 4 4 1
1997 27 NYY AL 25 142 129 23 36 7 0 5 3 3 10 25 .279 .338 .450 .788 .310 58 4 2 0 1 1 1
1998 28 TBD AL 68 343 302 30 68 9 2 6 5 3 33 77 .225 .306 .328 .634 .281 99 11 3 3 2 5 3
1999 29 TBD AL 17 91 73 7 15 3 1 0 1 0 14 15 .205 .333 .274 .607 .250 20 2 1 0 2 0 0
2000 30 OAK AL 25 153 137 14 35 5 1 2 5 1 14 37 .255 .327 .350 .677 .333 48 3 1 0 1 2 2
2000 30 TBD AL 38 199 174 17 35 2 0 2 8 1 22 33 .201 .293 .247 .540 .236 43 8 1 1 1 0 1
2000 30 TOT AL 63 352 311 31 70 7 1 4 13 2 36 70 .225 .308 .293 .600 .276 91 11 2 1 2 2 3
2001 31 OAK AL 54 264 234 25 54 6 3 4 4 2 26 61 .231 .310 .333 .644 .296 78 6 1 3 0 7 3
2002 32 OAK AL 61 304 263 36 68 11 3 5 9 1 29 53 .259 .337 .380 .717 .301 100 3 4 4 4 4 3
2003 33 OAK AL 41 165 143 25 40 7 1 4 2 1 16 25 .280 .352 .427 .778 .310 61 3 1 3 2 1 2
2004 34 OAK AL 65 212 188 21 45 3 2 5 8 1 19 49 .239 .322 .356 .679 .299 67 1 4 1 0 2 3
2005 35 FLA NL 52 184 157 17 39 5 0 2 3 1 17 34 .248 .337 .318 .655 .301 50 4 5 3 2 2 1
11 Yrs 474 2263 1972 240 482 66 15 41 53 14 225 450 .244 .326 .355 .682 .294 701 48 23 23 19 28 21
162 Game Avg. 68 325 283 34 69 9 2 6 8 2 32 65 .244 .326 .355 .682 .294 101 7 3 3 3 4 3
MLB Averages .266 .336 .424 .761 .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
1995 25 SEA AL 2.2 0.2 22 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .04 0.1 -0.1 1.2 0.1 0.04 0.5 0 0 2
1996 26 NYY AL 0.0 0.0 193 0.1 1.8 -1.7 .62 -0.5 0.7 -6.2 -0.6 0.62 -3.1 3 4 18
1997 27 NYY AL -4.7 -0.4 148 -0.8 2.0 -2.7 .91 -0.0 -0.8 -3.1 -0.3 0.91 -0.6 7 5 11
1998 28 TBD AL 15.9 1.5 354 2.2 8.3 -6.1 1.30 1.3 0.4 22.9 2.2 1.30 20.1 26 8 32
1999 29 TBD AL 5.2 0.5 92 0.4 2.2 -1.9 1.49 0.5 -0.3 4.3 0.4 1.49 5.9 7 7 3
2000 30 TOT AL 17.9 1.7 369 1.8 9.4 -7.5 1.41 1.3 0.0 23.7 2.2 1.41 20.7 34 13 14
2000 30 TBD AL 11.0 1.0 207 1.5 5.4 -3.9 1.36 1.1 -0.0 17.6 1.6 1.36 16.4 19 9 8
2000 30 OAK AL 6.9 0.6 162 0.4 4.0 -3.6 1.47 0.2 0.0 6.2 0.6 1.47 4.3 15 4 6
2001 31 OAK AL 7.4 0.7 272 0.1 7.0 -6.9 1.48 0.9 -0.8 6.3 0.6 1.48 10.2 30 5 18
2002 32 OAK AL 0.2 0.0 319 0.6 8.4 -7.7 1.57 0.1 0.3 5.7 0.6 1.57 2.2 30 13 18
2003 33 OAK AL -4.7 -0.4 170 -0.4 2.8 -3.2 1.04 -0.2 -0.3 -1.7 -0.2 1.04 -2.0 13 7 21
2004 34 OAK AL 5.2 0.5 224 -1.0 4.8 -5.8 1.37 -0.2 -0.5 3.3 0.3 1.37 2.6 30 10 22
2005 35 FLA NL 4.2 0.4 190 -0.3 3.3 -3.6 1.16 0.5 -0.7 4.0 0.4 1.16 5.2 17 13 21
11 Yrs 48.7 4.6 2353 2.8 49.9 -47.1 1.27 3.7 -1.5 60.4 5.8 1.27 61.7 197 85 180

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
1995 25 SEA AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 .041 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 7.0 39
1996 26 NYY AL 26 26 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 29 15 52% 8 .618 3 4 18 2 2 22 15 11 15 5 15 3 4.7 25
1997 27 NYY AL 25 25 11 0 4 1 0 1 0% 2 1 35 9 26% 6 .909 7 5 11 7 3 15 17 8 12 8 14 6 4.0 24
1998 28 TBD AL 68 68 23 7 2 3 0 3 0% 18 15 46 11 24% 8 1.305 26 8 32 33 9 26 28 40 24 10 25 10 3.7 20
1999 29 TBD AL 17 17 3 0 1 2 0 2 0% 8 6 10 4 40% 7 1.493 7 7 3 11 2 4 8 9 8 4 9 5 3.6 21
2000 30 TOT AL 63 63 17 10 3 13 5 8 38% 34 20 46 11 24% 1.409 34 13 14 41 10 12 28 35 32 7 33 14 4.0 22
2000 30 TBD AL 38 38 10 7 2 4 1 3 25% 15 11 21 2 10% 7 1.362 19 9 8 20 9 9 13 25 17 5 18 6 3.9 21
2000 30 OAK AL 25 25 7 3 1 9 4 5 44% 19 9 25 9 36% 8 1.471 15 4 6 21 1 3 15 10 15 2 15 8 4.2 25
2001 31 OAK AL 54 54 14 2 8 8 3 5 38% 25 17 31 12 39% 8 1.478 30 5 18 36 10 8 19 35 20 9 23 10 3.5 19
2002 32 OAK AL 61 61 10 6 4 6 1 5 17% 26 20 39 7 18% 8 1.574 30 13 18 35 14 12 22 39 22 20 24 9 3.3 20
2003 33 OAK AL 41 41 7 2 3 2 1 1 50% 14 12 6 1 17% 8 1.040 13 7 21 22 4 15 4 37 2 10 2 5 2.7 16
2004 34 OAK AL 65 65 17 0 5 7 2 5 29% 28 21 25 6 24% 8 1.366 30 10 22 42 9 14 16 49 0 30 0 15 2.2 13
2005 35 FLA NL 52 52 13 1 4 4 0 4 0% 18 13 23 9 39% 8 1.157 17 13 21 27 8 17 12 40 0 15 0 11 2.5 14
11 Yrs 474 474 126 29 35 46 12 34 26% 173 125 291 86 30% 1.267 197 85 180 256 71 147 170 304 136 118 146 88 3.3 19

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%
1995 25 SEA AL 21 29% 0.0% 14.3% 9.5% 4.8% 20% 1.00 2.67 76% 19% 0.0% 13% 1 1 100%
1996 26 NYY AL 185 50% 3.2% 20.5% 12.4% 8.1% 36% 0.67 0.98 61% 22% 10.0% 14% 41 2 5%
1997 27 NYY AL 142 70% 3.5% 17.6% 7.0% 8.5% 33% 1.15 1.61 70% 24% 11.4% 8% 32 4 13%
1998 28 TBD AL 343 49% 1.8% 22.5% 9.6% 5.0% 25% 1.07 1.65 64% 21% 6.3% 10% 79 11 14%
1999 29 TBD AL 91 60% 0.0% 16.5% 15.4% 4.4% 27% 0.94 1.14 66% 18% 0.0% 10% 22 2 9%
2000 30 TOT AL 352 51% 1.1% 19.9% 10.2% 3.4% 17% 0.95 1.53 68% 22% 3.8% 14% 96 11 11%
2000 30 TBD AL 199 53% 1.0% 16.6% 11.1% 2.0% 11% 1.11 1.61 70% 17% 3.6% 17% 49 8 16%
2000 30 OAK AL 153 48% 1.3% 24.2% 9.2% 5.2% 23% 0.77 1.39 65% 28% 3.9% 11% 47 3 6%
2001 31 OAK AL 264 49% 1.5% 23.1% 9.9% 4.9% 24% 0.83 1.25 64% 26% 5.1% 17% 47 6 13%
2002 32 OAK AL 304 57% 1.6% 17.4% 9.5% 6.3% 28% 0.83 1.16 69% 23% 5.0% 15% 75 3 4%
2003 33 OAK AL 165 56% 2.4% 15.2% 9.7% 7.3% 30% 1.05 1.58 70% 18% 8.0% 12% 32 3 9%
2004 34 OAK AL 212 51% 2.4% 23.1% 9.0% 4.7% 22% 1.26 1.45 63% 13% 10.0% 18% 41 1 2%
2005 35 FLA NL 184 58% 1.1% 18.5% 9.2% 3.8% 18% 0.73 1.14 67% 23% 3.1% 10% 41 4 10%
11 Yrs 2263 53% 1.8% 19.9% 9.9% 5.4% 25% 0.93 1.36 66% 21% 6.0% 13% 507 48 9%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.7% 8.8% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.08 70% 21% 8.0% 14% 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
1995 25 SEA AL 21 77 3.67 43 56% 23% 19% 21% 37% 77% 0% 43% 76% 43% 10% 2 1 19% 4 4 0 33% 3 1 0 0 0
1996 26 NYY AL 142 555 3.91 329 59% 32% 16% 22% 30% 68% 2% 40% 77% 52% 11% 16 13 16% 23 13 2 29% 6 1 43 0 0
1997 27 NYY AL 139 568 4.09 339 60% 34% 11% 24% 30% 65% 1% 39% 83% 48% 7% 10 8 19% 27 12 1 28% 3 2 3 0 1
1998 28 TBD AL 344 1354 3.94 833 62% 33% 14% 25% 28% 67% 4% 41% 79% 58% 4% 15 8 22% 76 37 4 44% 12 2 -1 0 0
1999 29 TBD AL 91 364 4.00 196 54% 32% 12% 26% 31% 68% 0% 37% 83% 48% 11% 10 4 11% 10 2 0 60% 1 6 0 0 0
2000 30 TOT AL 354 1415 4.00 856 60% 30% 14% 27% 29% 70% 1% 43% 79% 53% 6% 20 14 21% 76 43 2 23% 10 4 -2 0 0
2000 30 TBD AL 200 801 4.01 466 58% 29% 14% 27% 31% 71% 0% 41% 80% 48% 5% 10 8 14% 28 16 1 24% 4 2 -1 0 0
2000 30 OAK AL 154 614 3.99 390 64% 31% 15% 28% 26% 69% 4% 44% 78% 61% 6% 10 6 31% 48 27 1 22% 6 2 -1 0 0
2001 31 OAK AL 264 1042 3.95 648 62% 33% 12% 27% 27% 67% 6% 41% 82% 63% 6% 16 8 31% 81 40 4 41% 10 1 0 0 0
2002 32 OAK AL 304 1202 3.95 746 62% 28% 16% 27% 29% 72% 4% 45% 78% 57% 4% 13 7 25% 77 32 4 45% 9 2 0 0 0
2003 33 OAK AL 165 644 3.90 387 60% 31% 13% 24% 32% 69% 2% 41% 82% 56% 5% 8 4 16% 26 12 1 40% 4 3 0 0 0
2004 34 OAK AL 212 841 3.97 513 61% 33% 16% 24% 27% 67% 2% 41% 77% 51% 8% 16 10 18% 39 15 1 31% 3 5 0 0 0
2005 35 FLA NL 184 731 3.97 428 59% 29% 13% 28% 30% 71% 2% 42% 81% 53% 6% 11 7 14% 25 7 0 38% 2 3 0 0 0
11 Yrs 2220 8793 3.96 5318 60% 31% 14% 26% 29% 69% 3% 42% 80% 55% 6% 137 84 21% 464 217 19 37% 63 30 43 0 1
MLB Averages 3.73 62% 27% 15% 27% 32% 73% 2% 45% 80% 57% 5% 20% 27%

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
1995 25 SEA AL 21 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 6 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 26 NYY AL 185 42 4 0 6 2 13 1 5 3 3 24 14 4 58% 1 6 0 76 4 0 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1997 27 NYY AL 142 36 3 1 5 0 12 3 2 2 3 11 6 1 55% 1 1 0 51 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
1998 28 TBD AL 343 68 13 2 6 0 17 1 5 4 2 26 13 4 50% 3 2 0 145 5 3 63% 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
1999 29 TBD AL 91 15 2 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 40% 0 0 0 38 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2000 30 TOT AL 352 70 9 2 4 0 21 3 1 2 2 36 17 6 47% 3 2 0 153 13 2 87% 11 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
2000 30 TBD AL 199 35 5 2 2 0 8 1 1 1 1 17 6 1 35% 1 0 0 86 8 1 89% 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2000 30 OAK AL 153 35 4 0 2 0 13 2 0 1 1 19 11 5 58% 2 2 0 67 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
2001 31 OAK AL 264 54 4 1 4 0 6 4 0 3 1 22 12 0 55% 3 2 0 100 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
2002 32 OAK AL 304 68 4 0 5 0 19 2 3 2 3 24 12 8 50% 3 4 0 131 9 1 90% 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 12 0
2003 33 OAK AL 165 40 5 2 4 0 3 1 3 2 2 6 3 0 50% 2 1 0 66 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2004 34 OAK AL 212 45 6 0 5 0 10 2 3 2 3 11 7 1 64% 3 1 0 71 8 1 89% 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
2005 35 FLA NL 184 39 3 0 2 0 10 1 1 0 2 12 9 0 75% 1 0 0 71 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
11 Yrs 2263 482 53 8 41 2 119 18 23 20 21 178 96 26 54% 21 19 0 908 53 14 79% 43 11 10 3 0 0 4 2 50 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

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+
1995 25 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 5 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 21 1.500 9.6 0.0 3.9 5.8 1.50
1996 26 1 1 .500 4.60 28 0 11 0 0 0 45.0 47 25 23 6 25 4 41 0 0 6 206 110 1.600 9.4 1.2 5.0 8.2 1.64 110
1997 27 1 5 .167 5.15 53 0 22 0 0 0 78.2 83 48 45 11 35 5 66 2 0 7 348 94 1.500 9.5 1.3 4.0 7.6 1.89 94
1998 28 8 7 .533 4.09 121 0 45 0 0 0 162.2 151 78 74 17 68 10 143 5 0 9 691 117 1.346 8.4 0.9 3.8 7.9 2.10 117
1999 29 8 8 .500 3.93 138 0 48 0 0 0 183.1 166 85 80 17 82 10 158 6 0 9 782 123 1.353 8.1 0.8 4.0 7.8 1.93 123
2000 30 18 11 .621 3.62 201 0 65 0 0 5 268.1 236 116 108 21 118 12 228 8 0 11 1134 133 1.319 7.9 0.7 4.0 7.6 1.93 133
2001 31 20 19 .513 3.59 255 0 79 0 0 8 331.1 290 141 132 25 144 19 289 9 0 13 1398 132 1.310 7.9 0.7 3.9 7.9 2.01 132
2002 32 26 23 .531 3.70 316 0 89 0 0 9 399.0 358 177 164 30 173 23 342 13 1 17 1702 126 1.331 8.1 0.7 3.9 7.7 1.98 126
2003 33 28 26 .519 3.86 357 0 96 0 0 10 436.0 398 202 187 34 189 24 367 14 1 18 1867 121 1.346 8.2 0.7 3.9 7.6 1.94 121
2004 34 28 31 .475 3.83 422 0 113 0 0 12 483.2 443 223 206 39 208 26 416 18 1 19 2079 121 1.346 8.2 0.7 3.9 7.7 2.00 121
2005 35 29 35 .453 3.77 474 0 126 0 0 12 527.0 482 240 221 41 225 28 450 23 1 19 2263 122 1.342 8.2 0.7 3.8 7.7 2.00 122

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
1995 25 0 0 0.00 5.0 6 0 0 0 2 3 0 1.600 10.8 3.6 5.4 1.50 0.0 2
1996 26 2 2 .500 4.29 42.0 39 22 20 6 21 39 0 1.429 8.4 4.5 8.4 1.86 1.3 26
1997 27 1 2 .333 5.91 32.0 35 23 21 5 10 24 2 1.406 9.8 2.8 6.8 2.40 1.4 25
1998 28 6 3 .667 2.89 81.0 65 29 26 6 32 74 3 1.198 7.2 3.6 8.2 2.31 0.7 68
1999 29 1 1 .500 2.70 20.0 15 7 6 0 14 15 1 1.450 6.8 6.3 6.8 1.07 0.0 17
2000 30 6 3 .667 2.82 83.0 67 29 26 4 34 68 2 1.217 7.3 3.7 7.4 2.00 0.4 63
2001 31 3 3 .500 3.54 61.0 54 27 24 4 26 59 1 1.311 8.0 3.8 8.7 2.27 0.6 54
2002 32 3 4 .429 4.24 68.0 68 36 32 5 29 53 4 1.426 9.0 3.8 7.0 1.83 0.7 61
2003 33 1 3 .250 5.75 36.0 40 26 23 4 16 24 1 1.556 10.0 4.0 6.0 1.50 1.0 41
2004 34 3 2 .600 3.56 48.0 45 21 19 5 19 49 4 1.333 8.4 3.6 9.2 2.58 0.9 65
2005 35 2 2 .500 3.51 41.0 40 18 16 2 17 32 5 1.390 8.8 3.7 7.0 1.88 0.4 52
11 Yrs 28 25 .528 3.71 517.0 474 238 213 41 220 440 23 1.342 8.3 7.7 2.00 0.7 474

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2000 AL  23.74 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2000 AL  2.2 (8th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1982), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1261), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Relief Pitcher (330th), 8.2 career WAR/7.9 7yr-peak WAR/8.1 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Jason Frasor (978)
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  3. Juan Rincon (964)
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  5. Roy Lee Jackson (963)
  6. John Habyan (961)
  7. Cecilio Guante (960)
  8. Matt Guerrier (960)
  9. T.J. Mathews (960)
  10. David Riske (960)
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  2. John Johnstone (994)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Brandon Medders (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Todd Frohwirth (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Steve Reed (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Doug Brocail (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Doug Brocail (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Doug Brocail (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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