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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 (Age 23)
Team: Braves 2009-2013
2013 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.6M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 3.137, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Wasserman Media Group [*]
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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
2009 23 ATL NL 3 5 .375 4.26 37 4 10 0 0 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 0 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 0 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 10 1 .909 1.57 50 12 7 2 1 1 138.0 103 26 24 6 23 0 120 0 0 3 520 256 0.913 6.7 0.4 1.5 7.8 5.22 MVP-20
2013 27 ATL NL 1 5 .167 3.02 9 9 0 0 0 0 56.2 53 24 19 7 22 1 38 3 0 1 249 128 1.324 8.4 1.1 3.5 6.0 1.73
5 Yrs 20 13 .606 2.88 129 39 23 2 1 1 372.1 330 132 119 31 96 4 315 8 2 8 1509 138 1.144 8.0 0.7 2.3 7.6 3.28
162 Game Avg. 8 5 .606 2.88 52 16 9 1 0 0 151 134 53 48 13 39 2 128 3 1 3 611 138 1.144 8.0 0.7 2.3 7.6 3.28

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
2009 23 ATL NL 67.2 37 4 34 4.52 4.59 -0.06 -0.20 101.0 4.50 -0 -0.0 .8 -0.1 0.5 6 .499 .500
2010 24 ATL NL 107.2 31 14 48 4.01 4.37 0.07 0.06 97.4 4.24 2 0.3 .9 -0.1 1.1 12 .508 .502 $407,500
2011 25 ATL NL 2.1 2 0 0 0.00 4.13 0.07 -0.31 98.8 3.71 1 0.1 3.5 0.1 0.3 1 .554 .501 $429,500
2012 26 ATL NL 138.0 50 12 26 1.70 4.20 0.44 -0.03 100.3 3.75 30 3.4 1.0 -0.1 4.5 43 .568 .521 $490,000 MVP-20
2013 27 ATL NL 56.2 9 9 24 3.81 4.33 0.41 0.16 98.5 4.02 1 0.1 -0.1 0.5 6 .507 .500 $2,600,000
5 Seasons 372.1 129 39 132 3.19 4.34 0.23 -0.01 99.3 4.07 34 3.8 1.0 -0.3 6.7 67 .530 .505 $3,927,000

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
2012 26 ATL NL NLWC L STL 0 1 .000 2.84 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 3 5 2 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 25 0.474 4.3 1.4 0.0 5.7
1 NLWC 0 1 .000 2.84 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 3 5 2 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 25 0.474 4.3 1.4 0.0 5.7

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 50 520 496 26 103 17 2 6 5 2 23 120 .208 .243 .286 .529 .262 142 13 0 1 0 0 2
2013 27 ATL NL 9 249 216 24 53 13 0 7 5 3 22 38 .245 .321 .403 .724 .266 87 2 3 5 2 1 6
5 Yrs 129 1509 1378 132 330 68 4 31 15 7 96 315 .239 .291 .362 .654 .288 499 32 8 19 7 4 12
162 Game Avg. 52 611 558 53 134 28 2 13 6 3 39 128 .239 .291 .362 .654 .288 202 13 3 8 3 2 5
MLB Averages .257 .324 .406 .730 .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 1.82 0.2 0.0 1.7 0.2 1.82 1.5 1 0 1
2012 26 ATL NL 37.1 4.0 533 3.6 8.8 -5.2 .81 4.0 0.4 36.8 3.9 0.81 42.0 11 10 17
2013 27 ATL NL 3.8 0.4 259 0.2 4.3 -4.1 .98 -0.5 0.7 2.3 0.2 0.98 -4.3 0 0 0
5 Yrs 44.3 4.7 1544 3.4 25.2 -21.8 .89 4.1 -0.3 46.3 4.9 0.89 42.6 23 17 49

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
2012 26 ATL NL 50 12 9 0 3 1 0 12 0 1.000 1 1 2 1 10 83% 70.1 87 57 14 2 0 7 6.0 5.5 7.0 91 3 5 4 0 111
2013 27 ATL NL 9 9 1 5 3 0 2 3 6 .333 1 2 0 0 6 67% 53.8 73 29 3 0 0 4 2.7 2.0 6.3 101 0 5 4 0 112
4 Yrs 127 39 16 7 16 2 2 29 10 .744 4 7 2 1 24 62% 57 87 29 47 15 4 17 4.8 4.5 6.2 91 6 24 9 0 112
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 101 -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% 1stIP 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 1.819 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 3.5 12
2012 26 ATL NL 50 38 7 1 1 2 1 1 50% 9 7 17 9 53% 7 .811 11 10 17 18 7 13 9 29 17 4 18 6 4.3 21
4 Yrs 120 90 23 4 6 4 1 3 25% 13 9 34 15 44% .876 23 17 49 29 17 44 19 71 43 11 44 14 4.3 22

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 520 49% 1.2% 23.1% 4.4% 4.8% 24% 1.18 1.40 71% 16% 3.9% 11% 70 13 19%
2013 27 ATL NL 249 42% 2.8% 15.3% 8.8% 8.0% 38% 0.75 0.94 69% 22% 7.5% 9% 44 2 5%
5 Yrs 1509 50% 2.1% 20.9% 6.4% 6.8% 31% 0.86 1.17 69% 20% 6.0% 9% 241 32 13%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.8% 8.4% 7.6% 33% 0.81 1.09 69% 19% 7.7% 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 520 1885 3.63 1307 69% 31% 16% 24% 29% 69% 0% 48% 77% 66% 2% 12 10 31% 160 99 7 40% 23 2 0 0 0
2013 27 ATL NL 251 910 3.63 592 65% 28% 13% 28% 31% 72% 1% 47% 81% 68% 4% 10 5 24% 59 33 5 42% 9 4 -2 0 0
5 Yrs 1512 5502 3.64 3643 66% 30% 15% 25% 30% 70% 1% 46% 78% 64% 3% 48 31 27% 402 231 20 32% 68 13 -3 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 1 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 520 103 16 1 6 1 5 5 1 4 2 17 6 4 35% 2 3 0 151 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 3 0
2013 27 ATL NL 249 53 5 0 7 0 4 3 4 1 6 13 6 1 46% 6 1 0 95 5 3 63% 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
5 Yrs 1509 330 37 3 31 1 21 19 12 10 21 53 24 9 45% 12 8 0 517 15 7 68% 13 6 2 1 0 0 6 1 17 0
MLB Averages 52% 73%

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+
2009 23 3 5 .375 4.26 37 4 10 0 0 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 0 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 0 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 19 8 .704 2.85 120 30 23 2 1 1 315.2 277 108 100 24 74 3 277 5 2 7 1260 140 1.112 7.9 0.7 2.1 7.9 3.74 140
2013 27 20 13 .606 2.88 129 39 23 2 1 1 372.1 330 132 119 31 96 4 315 8 2 8 1509 138 1.144 8.0 0.7 2.3 7.6 3.28 138

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
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 12 2 .857 1.73 130.0 106 28 25 6 24 113 0 1.000 7.3 1.7 7.8 4.71 0.4 50
2013 27 4 2 .667 3.16 57.0 54 22 20 7 22 38 3 1.333 8.5 3.5 6.0 1.73 1.1 9
5 Yrs 24 14 .632 3.13 356.0 337 138 124 31 98 301 8 1.222 8.5 7.6 3.07 0.8 129

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2012 NL (20, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1402nd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2012 NL  4.5 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2012 NL  2 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2012 NL  1 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
2013 NL  5 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2012 NL  37 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2012 NL  4.0 (1st)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2012 NL  36.82 (2nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2012 NL  3.6 (3rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2012 NL  4.0 (2nd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2012 NL  3.9 (2nd)

             

† 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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2150), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1429), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Relief Pitcher (439th), 6.5 career WAR/6.5 7yr-peak WAR/6.5 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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