Luis Mendoza

Luis Alonso (Rodriguez) Mendoza

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: October 31, 1983 in Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 2007
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Royals 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$489k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.063, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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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
2002	18	BOS-min	Rk	3	4	.429	4.21	13	10	2	0	0	1	57.2	76	36	27	3	8	0	21	3	0	4	245		1.457	11.9	0.5	1.2	3.3	2.63	RES · GULF
2003	19	BOS-min	A,Rk	3	3	.500	2.09	15	13	0	0	0	0	64.2	50	19	15	1	14	0	32	6	0	2	260		0.990	7.0	0.1	1.9	4.5	2.29	AUG,RES · SALL,GULF
2004	20	BOS-min	A+	8	7	.533	3.74	25	25	0	1	0	0	137.0	133	76	57	12	54	5	51	6	0	10	596		1.365	8.7	0.8	3.5	3.4	0.94	SAR · FLOR
2005	21	BOS-SDP-min	A+	4	10	.286	6.58	25	24	1	1	0	0	130.0	163	105	95	18	40	0	63	7	0	9	595		1.562	11.3	1.2	2.8	4.4	1.58	WMT,LEL · CARL,CALL
2006	22	BOS-TEX-min	A+,AA	8	13	.381	5.36	29	29	0	0	0	0	149.1	195	94	89	10	39	1	96	8	1	16	675		1.567	11.8	0.6	2.4	5.8	2.46	WMT,PRT,FRI · CARL,EL,TL
2007	23	TEX-min	AA	15	4	.789	3.93	26	25	1	3	1	0	148.2	145	75	65	11	48	0	93	10	1	10	633		1.298	8.8	0.7	2.9	5.6	1.94	FRI · TL
2007	23	TEX	AL	1	0	1.000	2.25	6	3	2	0	0	0	16.0	13	4	4	1	4	0	7	2	0	0	64	207	1.063	7.3	0.6	2.3	3.9	1.75
2008	24	TEX-min	AAA,AA	2	3	.400	5.20	9	9	0	0	0	0	36.1	44	23	21	1	10	0	20	0	1	2	161		1.486	10.9	0.2	2.5	5.0	2.00	OKC,FRI · PCL,TL
2008	24	TEX	AL	3	8	.273	8.67	25	11	6	0	0	1	63.1	97	74	61	7	25	4	35	6	0	5	316	52	1.926	13.8	1.0	3.6	5.0	1.40
2009	25	TEX-min	AAA	6	7	.462	4.53	25	18	2	2	1	0	111.1	130	62	56	4	50	1	78	11	2	3	509		1.617	10.5	0.3	4.0	6.3	1.56	OKC · PCL
2009	25	TEX	AL	0	0		36.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	17	3.000	18.0	9.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
2010	26	KCR-min	AAA	10	9	.526	4.10	24	22	0	0	0	0	131.2	145	66	60	13	32	0	59	7	0	1	558		1.344	9.9	0.9	2.2	4.0	1.84	OMA · PCL
2010	26	KCR	AL	0	1	.000	22.50	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	10	10	10	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	25	20	3.250	22.5	9.0	6.8	2.3	0.33
2011	27	KCR-min	AAA	12	5	.706	2.18	33	18	8	1	1	2	144.1	126	52	35	5	54	4	81	7	0	10	598		1.247	7.9	0.3	3.4	5.1	1.50	OMA · PCL
2011	27	KCR	AL	2	0	1.000	1.23	2	2	0	0	0	0	14.2	11	3	2	0	5	0	7	2	0	0	60	344	1.091	6.8	0.0	3.1	4.3	1.40
2012	28	KCR	AL	2	2	.500	5.59	9	5	0	0	0	0	38.2	49	28	24	2	23	2	17	1	0	3	178	73	1.862	11.4	0.5	5.4	4.0	0.74
6 Yrs				8	11	.421	6.86	47	21	9	0	0	1	137.2	182	123	105	15	61	6	67	12	0	8	650	64	1.765	11.9	1.0	4.0	4.4	1.10
162 Game Avg.				8	11	.421	6.86	47	21	9	0	0	1	138	182	123	105	15	61	6	67	12	0	8	650	64	1.765	11.9	1.0	4.0	4.4	1.10

KCR (3 yrs)				4	3	.571	5.65	15	7	1	0	0	0	57.1	70	41	36	6	31	2	25	3	0	3	263	74	1.762	11.0	0.9	4.9	3.9	0.81
TEX (3 yrs)				4	8	.333	7.73	32	14	8	0	0	1	80.1	112	82	69	9	30	4	42	9	0	5	387	59	1.768	12.5	1.0	3.4	4.7	1.40

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
2007	23	TEX	AL	16.0	6	3	4	2.25	4.98	-0.04	0.04	100.4	5.08	5	0.5	.5	-0.1	0.6	7	.585	.503	$
2008	24	TEX	AL	63.1	25	11	74	10.52	4.72	-0.32	0.03	104.4	5.30	-38	-3.4	.8	-0.0	-2.8	-29	.366	.479	$391,000
2009	25	TEX	AL	1.0	1	0	4	36.00	4.28	0.04	-0.32	108.0	4.24	-4	-0.3	.1	0.1	-0.1	-3	.241	.498	$
2010	26	KCR	AL	4.0	4	0	10	22.50	4.66	-1.03	-0.36	102.0	5.45	-8	-0.7	1.3	-0.1	-0.7	-7	.331	.496	$406,210
2011	27	KCR	AL	14.2	2	2	3	1.84	4.45	0.12	0.16	103.9	4.67	5	0.6		-0.0	0.7	6	.775	.503	$
2012	28	KCR	AL	38.2	9	5	28	6.52	4.41	0.05	-0.02	100.3	4.35	-9	-0.9	.6	0.0	-0.6	-5	.398	.494	$
6 Seasons				137.2	47	21	123	8.04	4.63	-0.16	0.02	102.7	4.94	-49	-4.2	.8	-0.1	-2.9	-31	.412	.496	$797,210

KCR (3 yrs)				57.1	15	7	41	6.44	4.44	-0.01	0.00	101.4	4.51	-12	-1.0	.9	-0.1	-0.6	-6	.430	.498	$406,210
TEX (3 yrs)				80.1	32	14	82	9.19	4.77	-0.26	0.03	103.7	5.24	-36	-3.1	.7	0.0	-2.3	-25	.403	.494	$391,000

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
2007	23	TEX	AL	6	64	56	4	13	3	0	1	0	1	4	7	.232	.297	.339	.636	.240	19	1	2	0	2	0	1
2008	24	TEX	AL	25	316	283	74	97	28	1	7	7	2	25	35	.343	.405	.523	.928	.370	148	4	6	0	2	4	6
2009	25	TEX	AL	1	7	5	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.400	.571	1.000	1.571	.250	5	0	1	0	0	0	0
2010	26	KCR	AL	4	25	22	10	10	3	0	4	0	0	3	1	.455	.520	1.136	1.656	.353	25	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	27	KCR	AL	2	60	52	3	11	2	0	0	0	2	5	7	.212	.300	.250	.550	.239	13	2	2	0	1	0	2
2012	28	KCR	AL	9	178	154	28	49	8	0	2	3	2	23	17	.318	.410	.409	.819	.348	63	7	1	0	0	2	0
6 Yrs				47	650	572	123	182	44	1	15	10	7	61	67	.318	.392	.477	.870	.337	273	14	12	0	5	6	9
162 Game Avg.				47	650	572	123	182	44	1	15	10	7	61	67	.318	.392	.477	.870	.337	273	14	12	0	5	6	9
MLB Averages																.261	.329	.411	.740	.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
2007	23	TEX	AL	4.4	0.4	65	0.3	0.9	-0.6	.75	0.3	0.1	2.5	0.2	0.75	4.5	0	1	2
2008	24	TEX	AL	-32.6	-3.0	331	-2.9	4.0	-6.9	.87	-1.7	-1.6	-39.8	-3.6	0.87	-20.7	3	3	8
2009	25	TEX	AL	-3.0	-0.3	7	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.14	-0.2	-0.1	-3.4	-0.3	0.14	-1.3	0	0	1
2010	26	KCR	AL	-7.5	-0.7	25	-0.6	0.2	-0.8	.71	-0.6	-0.2	-6.4	-0.6	0.71	-5.9	1	1	2
2011	27	KCR	AL	4.4	0.5	62	0.7	1.1	-0.4	.86	0.4	0.4	5.2	0.6	0.86	4.0	0	0	0
2012	28	KCR	AL	-7.2	-0.7	189	-1.0	2.5	-3.5	.89	-0.4	-0.8	-7.1	-0.7	0.89	-4.8	0	2	2
6 Yrs				-41.6	-3.7	679	-3.6	8.7	-12.2	.85	-2.2	-2.0	-49.1	-4.3	0.85	-24.2	4	7	15

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
2007	23	TEX	AL	6	3	1	0	2	1	0	3	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	51.7	56	47	3	0	0	2	9.8	11.0	3.9	57	3	0	0	0	71
2008	24	TEX	AL	25	11	2	6	3	1	0	3	8	.273	1	1	0	0	1	9%	31.0	69	2	19	11	2	4	5.2	5.8	4.1	78	5	6	0	0	98

2011	27	KCR	AL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	2	100%	63.0	67	59	2	1	0	1	6.4	7.1	7.3	101	0	0	2	0	102
2012	28	KCR	AL	9	5	1	2	2	1	0	1	4	.200	0	2	0	0	0	0%	37.0	53	13	18	8	0	3	4.0	4.5	4.7	80	2	3	0	0	97
4 Yrs				42	21	6	8	7	3	0	9	12	.429	1	3	0	0	3	14%	38	69	2	42	20	2	10	5.6	6.2	4.5	78	10	9	2	0	102
MLB Averages													.500						50%	50	100	-13					4.6	4.6	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
2007	23	TEX	AL	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%	7	.746	0	1	2	0	0	3	1	2	2	1	2	0	4.3	15
2008	24	TEX	AL	25	14	6	1	2	2	1	1	50%	2	0	13	7	54%	7	.867	3	3	8	5	2	7	6	8	6	5	6	0	3.9	22
2009	25	TEX	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	.144	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	22
2010	26	KCR	AL	4	4	1	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	5	1	20%	8	.710	1	1	2	1	0	3	3	1	1	2	3	0	3.0	24

2012	28	KCR	AL	9	4	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0%	3	.895	0	2	2	0	1	3	3	1	3	0	4	0	11.3	59
5 Yrs				45	26	9	2	3	3	1	2	33%	3	0	24	10	42%		.847	4	7	15	7	3	16	13	13	12	8	15	0	4.9	27

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%
2007	23	TEX	AL	64	42%	1.6%	10.9%	6.3%	6.3%	31%	1.22	1.29	78%	22%	4.5%	4%	13	1	8%
2008	24	TEX	AL	316	49%	2.2%	11.1%	7.9%	11.4%	37%	0.92	1.25	77%	25%	5.9%	8%	60	4	7%
2009	25	TEX	AL	7	71%	14.3%	0.0%	14.3%	14.3%	50%	0.00	0.00	57%	40%	20.0%	0%	0	0
2010	26	KCR	AL	25	68%	16.0%	4.0%	12.0%	28.0%	70%	0.54	1.20	68%	14%	36.4%	15%	8	0	0%
2011	27	KCR	AL	60	52%	0.0%	11.7%	8.3%	3.3%	18%	0.80	1.33	77%	26%	0.0%	12%	8	2	25%
2012	28	KCR	AL	178	44%	1.1%	9.6%	12.9%	5.6%	20%	1.29	2.00	76%	20%	3.7%	8%	33	7	21%
6 Yrs				650	48%	2.3%	10.3%	9.4%	9.2%	33%	0.98	1.40	76%	23%	6.4%	8%	122	14	11%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	18.0%	8.5%	7.8%	33%	0.80	1.07	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
2007	23	TEX	AL	64	215	3.36	141	66%	23%	14%	26%	36%	77%	0%	50%	81%	64%	3%	2	0	19%	12	7	0	0%	1	2	0	0	0
2008	24	TEX	AL	317	1167	3.68	687	59%	25%	10%	29%	36%	75%	2%	44%	87%	54%	5%	17	8	14%	45	22	4	14%	4	5	-1	0	0
2009	25	TEX	AL	7	22	3.14	11	50%	9%	0%	45%	45%	91%	0%	45%	100%	57%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
2010	26	KCR	AL	25	95	3.80	55	58%	25%	7%	29%	38%	75%	0%	43%	90%	40%	8%	2	2	8%	2	2	1	0%	1	0	0	0	0
2011	27	KCR	AL	61	202	3.31	123	61%	25%	11%	27%	37%	75%	0%	46%	86%	54%	3%	2	1	20%	12	4	1	14%	1	1	-1	0	0
2012	28	KCR	AL	178	636	3.57	374	59%	25%	11%	27%	37%	75%	2%	44%	85%	61%	4%	8	4	17%	31	11	3	24%	2	2	0	0	0
6 Yrs				652	2337	3.58	1391	60%	25%	10%	28%	37%	75%	2%	45%	86%	56%	5%	31	15	16%	102	46	9	15%	9	10	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		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
2007	23	TEX	AL	64	13	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	100%	1	0	0	20	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
2008	24	TEX	AL	316	97	9	1	7	2	18	4	3	3	4	36	19	2	53%	6	5	1	110	7	2	78%	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
2009	25	TEX	AL	7	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	26	KCR	AL	25	10	1	0	4	0	2	3	1	3	1	3	0	0	0%	0	0	0	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	27	KCR	AL	60	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	100%	2	0	0	22	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2012	28	KCR	AL	178	49	7	3	2	0	3	1	1	2	0	8	6	0	75%	0	3	0	68	3	2	60%	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
6 Yrs				650	182	19	4	15	3	26	9	6	10	5	51	29	2	57%	9	8	1	230	10	7	59%	10	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	17	0
MLB Averages																		53%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2007	23	1	0	1.000	2.25	6	3	2	0	16.0	13	4	4	1	4	0	7	2	0	64	207	1.063	7.3	0.6	2.3	3.9	1.75	207
2008	24	4	8	.333	7.37	31	14	8	1	79.1	110	78	65	8	29	4	42	8	5	380	61	1.752	12.5	0.9	3.3	4.8	1.45	61
2009	25	4	8	.333	7.73	32	14	8	1	80.1	112	82	69	9	30	4	42	9	5	387	59	1.768	12.5	1.0	3.4	4.7	1.40	59
2010	26	4	9	.308	8.43	36	14	9	1	84.1	122	92	79	13	33	4	43	9	5	412	54	1.838	13.0	1.4	3.5	4.6	1.30	54
2011	27	6	9	.400	7.36	38	16	9	1	99.0	133	95	81	13	38	4	50	11	5	472	61	1.727	12.1	1.2	3.5	4.5	1.32	61
2012	28	8	11	.421	6.86	47	21	9	1	137.2	182	123	105	15	61	6	67	12	8	650	64	1.765	11.9	1.0	4.0	4.4	1.10	64

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2007	23	1	0	1.000	2.40	15.0	12	4	4	1	4	7	2	1.067	7.2	2.4	4.2	1.75	0.6	6
2008	24	1	6	.143	8.30	64.0	95	66	59	7	24	35	6	1.859	13.4	3.4	4.9	1.46	1.0	25
2009	25	0	0		36.00	1.0	2	4	4	1	1	0	1	3.000	18.0	9.0	0.0	0.00	9.0	1
2010	26	0	0		24.75	4.0	10	12	11	4	3	1	0	3.250	22.5	6.8	2.3	0.33	9.0	4
2011	27	1	0	1.000	1.29	14.0	11	2	2	0	5	7	2	1.143	7.1	3.2	4.5	1.40	0.0	2
2012	28	1	2	.333	6.43	35.0	50	28	25	2	23	15	1	2.086	12.9	5.9	3.9	0.65	0.5	9
6 Yrs		4	8	.333	7.11	133.0	180	116	105	15	60	65	12	1.805	12.2		4.4	1.08	1.0	47

* 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.

Other Resources & Links

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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