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Kris Medlen

Kristopher Allen Medlen (twitter: @KrisMedlen54)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 7, 1985 in Artesia, CA
High School: Gahr HS (Cerritos, CA)
School: Santa Ana College (Santa Ana, CA)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 10th round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 21, 2009
Team: Braves 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$490k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.137, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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	20	ATL-min	Rk	1	0	1.000	0.41	20	0	19	10	22.0	14	2	1	0	2	0	36	1	0	2	83		0.727	5.7	0.0	0.8	14.7	18.00	DAN · APPY
2007	21	ATL-min	A+,A,AA	2	1	.667	1.53	38	0	24	11	47.0	39	14	8	2	12	2	63	0	0	0	192		1.085	7.5	0.4	2.3	12.1	5.25	MYR,ROM,MSS · CARL,SALL,SOUL
2008	22	ATL-min	AA	7	8	.467	3.52	36	17	8	1	120.1	121	47	47	8	27	2	120	5	0	3	491		1.230	9.0	0.6	2.0	9.0	4.44	MSS · SOUL
2009	23	ATL-min	AAA	5	0	1.000	1.19	8	6	1	0	37.2	20	5	5	0	10	0	44	0	1	0	138		0.796	4.8	0.0	2.4	10.5	4.40	GWI · IL
2009	23	ATL	NL	3	5	.375	4.26	37	4	10	0	67.2	65	34	32	5	30	2	72	2	1	3	294	97	1.404	8.6	0.7	4.0	9.6	2.40
2010	24	ATL	NL	6	2	.750	3.68	31	14	5	0	107.2	108	48	44	13	21	1	83	3	1	1	438	107	1.198	9.0	1.1	1.8	6.9	3.95
2011	25	ATL	NL	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8		0.429	3.9	0.0	0.0	7.7
2012	26	ATL	NL	1	1	.500	3.49	21	0	4	1	28.1	27	11	11	1	7	0	17	0	0	0	113	112	1.200	8.6	0.3	2.2	5.4	2.43
4 Yrs				10	8	.556	3.80	91	18	20	1	206.0	201	93	87	19	58	3	174	5	2	4	853	105	1.257	8.8	0.8	2.5	7.6	3.00
162 Game Avg.				6	5	.556	3.80	57	11	12	1	129	125	58	54	12	36	2	109	3	1	2	532	105	1.257	8.8	0.8	2.5	7.6	3.00

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	23	ATL	NL	67.2	37	4	34	4.52	4.60	-0.06	-0.20	100.8	4.50	-0	-0.0	.8	-0.1	0.4	6	.499	.500	$
2010	24	ATL	NL	107.2	31	14	48	4.01	4.38	0.07	0.06	97.1	4.24	2	0.3	.9	-0.1	1.0	13	.508	.502	$407,500
2011	25	ATL	NL	2.1	2	0	0	0.00	4.12	0.07	-0.31	99.5	3.72	1	0.1	3.5	0.1	0.3	1	.554	.501	$429,500
2012	26	ATL	NL	28.1	21	0	11	3.49	4.38	0.06	-0.33	100.8	4.02	1	0.1	1.1	-0.1	0.3	4	.507	.501	$
4 Seasons				206.0	91	18	93	4.06	4.45	0.03	-0.08	98.9	4.29	5	0.5	1.0	-0.2	2.0	24	.505	.501	$837,000

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	23	ATL	NL	37	294	254	34	65	20	0	5	1	1	30	72	.256	.337	.394	.731	.335	100	5	2	6	2	2	1
2010	24	ATL	NL	31	438	404	48	108	18	2	13	4	1	21	83	.267	.306	.418	.725	.305	169	12	3	7	3	1	3
2011	25	ATL	NL	2	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	.167	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	26	ATL	NL	21	113	106	11	27	4	2	1	0	0	7	17	.255	.301	.358	.659	.295	38	4	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				91	853	772	93	201	42	4	19	5	2	58	174	.260	.314	.399	.713	.312	308	21	5	13	5	3	4
162 Game Avg.				57	532	482	58	125	26	2	12	3	1	36	109	.260	.314	.399	.713	.312	192	13	3	8	3	2	2
MLB Averages																.258	.326	.406	.732	.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	23	ATL	NL	-0.7	-0.1	298	-0.3	4.0	-4.3	.80	0.4	-0.8	1.1	0.1	0.80	2.9	7	4	21
2010	24	ATL	NL	3.0	0.3	446	-0.4	7.7	-8.1	.99	0.0	-0.4	4.5	0.5	0.99	0.5	4	3	10
2011	25	ATL	NL	1.2	0.1	8	0.3	0.3	-0.0	1.81	0.2	0.0	1.6	0.2	1.81	1.4	1	0	1
2012	26	ATL	NL	1.9	0.2	113	-0.1	1.5	-1.6	.79	0.5	-0.6	1.0	0.1	0.79	4.5	7	5	9
4 Yrs				5.4	0.6	865	-0.5	13.6	-14.1	.90	1.0	-1.6	8.3	0.9	0.90	9.3	19	12	41

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	23	ATL	NL	37	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	3	.250	0	0	0	0	1	25%	45.8	68	31	14	8	1	1	4.0	7.2	4.6	83	1	3	0	0	91
2010	24	ATL	NL	31	14	5	0	9	1	0	13	1	.929	2	4	0	0	7	50%	51.9	66	43	16	5	3	5	5.5	4.6	6.0	88	2	11	1	0	105
2 Yrs				68	18	6	2	10	1	0	14	4	.778	2	4	0	0	8	44%	51	68	31	30	13	4	6	5.2	5.1	5.7	87	3	14	1	0	105
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	100	-13					4.4	4.4	5.9	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2009	23	ATL	NL	37	33	10	2	3	2	0	2	0%	3	1	12	6	50%	6	.798	7	4	21	8	6	19	7	26	17	5	17	6	4.5	23
2010	24	ATL	NL	31	17	5	1	2	0	0	0		1	1	2	0	0%	6	.988	4	3	10	3	3	11	2	15	8	2	8	2	4.2	21
2011	25	ATL	NL	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0%	8	1.810	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	3.5	12
2012	26	ATL	NL	21	21	4	1	1	2	1	1	50%	4	2	12	5	42%	7	.791	7	5	9	8	5	8	6	15	8	3	8	4	4.0	20
4 Yrs				91	73	20	4	6	4	1	3	25%	8	4	29	11	38%		.904	19	12	41	19	15	39	16	57	34	10	34	12	4.3	21

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	23	ATL	NL	294	49%	1.7%	24.5%	10.2%	8.5%	39%	0.66	1.05	61%	21%	5.0%	9%	53	5	9%
2010	24	ATL	NL	438	56%	3.0%	19.0%	4.8%	7.5%	31%	0.75	1.15	71%	21%	7.6%	7%	74	12	16%
2011	25	ATL	NL	8	50%	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%	0.50	0.67	75%	17%	0.0%	25%	0	0
2012	26	ATL	NL	113	55%	0.9%	15.0%	6.2%	6.2%	26%	1.05	1.27	78%	17%	2.4%	5%	25	4	16%
4 Yrs				853	53%	2.2%	20.4%	6.8%	7.6%	32%	0.76	1.13	68%	20%	6.0%	8%	152	21	14%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.5%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	0.80	1.08	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	23	ATL	NL	294	1092	3.71	675	62%	33%	17%	23%	28%	67%	1%	42%	75%	59%	5%	15	8	24%	70	39	3	29%	15	5	0	0	0
2010	24	ATL	NL	439	1592	3.63	1051	66%	29%	16%	24%	31%	71%	1%	47%	78%	64%	3%	11	8	25%	111	58	5	18%	20	2	-1	0	0
2011	25	ATL	NL	8	23	2.88	18	78%	39%	6%	22%	33%	61%	0%	48%	91%	75%	0%	0	0	25%	2	2	0	50%	1	0	0	0	0
2012	26	ATL	NL	113	423	3.74	279	66%	30%	14%	24%	32%	70%	0%	46%	80%	62%	4%	4	3	32%	36	22	2	24%	2	1	0	0	0
4 Yrs				854	3130	3.67	2023	65%	30%	16%	24%	30%	70%	1%	45%	78%	62%	4%	30	19	26%	219	121	10	24%	38	8	-1	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	23	ATL	NL	294	65	4	1	5	0	8	3	2	1	4	9	5	1	56%	1	3	0	120	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
2010	24	ATL	NL	438	108	12	1	13	0	3	8	5	4	9	14	7	3	50%	3	1	0	150	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
2011	25	ATL	NL	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	26	ATL	NL	113	27	4	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	8	4	2	50%	0	0	0	43	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				853	201	20	2	19	1	15	12	7	5	14	31	16	6	52%	4	4	0	314	5	2	71%	5	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	11	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
2009	23	3	5	.375	4.26	37	4	10	0	67.2	65	34	32	5	30	2	72	2	1	3	294	97	1.404	8.6	0.7	4.0	9.6	2.40	97
2010	24	9	7	.563	3.90	68	18	15	0	175.1	173	82	76	18	51	3	155	5	2	4	732	103	1.278	8.9	0.9	2.6	8.0	3.04	103
2011	25	9	7	.563	3.85	70	18	16	0	177.2	174	82	76	18	51	3	157	5	2	4	740	104	1.266	8.8	0.9	2.6	8.0	3.08	104
2012	26	10	8	.556	3.80	91	18	20	1	206.0	201	93	87	19	58	3	174	5	2	4	853	105	1.257	8.8	0.8	2.5	7.6	3.00	105

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
2009	23	3	4	.429	4.57	65.0	66	37	33	5	30	70	2	1.477	9.1	4.2	9.7	2.33	0.7	37
2010	24	5	6	.455	4.10	101.0	111	51	46	13	22	78	3	1.317	9.9	2.0	7.0	3.55	1.2	31
2011	25	0	0		0.00	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	6.0		0.0	2
2012	26	1	1	.500	4.15	26.0	28	13	12	1	7	16	0	1.346	9.7	2.4	5.5	2.29	0.3	21
4 Yrs		9	11	.450	4.20	195.0	205	101	91	19	59	166	5	1.354	9.5		7.7	2.81	0.9	91

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