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Luis Mendoza

Luis Alonso (Rodriguez) Mendoza (twitter: @luismendozar)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 245 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 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Royals/Rangers 2007-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$532k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.063, 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
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 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 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 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 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 60 341 1.091 6.8 0.0 3.1 4.3 1.40
2012 28 KCR AL 8 10 .444 4.23 30 25 0 0 0 0 166.0 176 84 78 15 59 3 104 11 2 6 709 97 1.416 9.5 0.8 3.2 5.6 1.76
2013 29 KCR AL 1 2 .333 6.00 6 5 0 0 0 0 30.0 28 23 20 4 13 0 22 0 0 5 131 69 1.367 8.4 1.2 3.9 6.6 1.69
7 Yrs 15 21 .417 5.46 74 46 9 0 0 1 295.0 337 202 179 32 110 7 176 22 2 16 1312 77 1.515 10.3 1.0 3.4 5.4 1.60
162 Game Avg. 9 12 .417 5.46 42 26 5 0 0 1 167 191 114 101 18 62 4 100 12 1 9 743 77 1.515 10.3 1.0 3.4 5.4 1.60
KCR (4 yrs) 11 13 .458 4.61 42 32 1 0 0 0 214.2 225 120 110 23 80 3 134 13 2 11 925 89 1.421 9.4 1.0 3.4 5.6 1.68
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 (v2.2): 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
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 4.68 -0.32 0.03 104.7 5.27 -38 -3.4 .8 -0.0 -2.7 -30 .365 .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 .240 .498 $406,210
2010 26 KCR AL 4.0 4 0 10 22.50 4.71 -1.03 -0.36 101.4 5.46 -8 -0.7 1.3 -0.1 -0.7 -7 .332 .496 $406,210
2011 27 KCR AL 14.2 2 2 3 1.84 4.45 0.12 0.16 101.9 4.58 4 0.5 -0.0 0.7 6 .765 .503
2012 28 KCR AL 166.0 30 25 84 4.55 4.52 0.07 0.11 100.9 4.60 1 0.1 .8 -0.2 1.6 18 .502 .500 $488,925
2013 29 KCR AL 30.0 6 5 23 6.90 4.51 0.19 0.14 100.4 4.48 -9 -0.8 1.1 -0.1 -0.6 -5 .367 .495 $532,000
7 Seasons 295.0 74 46 202 6.16 4.58 -0.02 0.09 101.7 4.77 -48 -4.0 .8 -0.3 -1.3 -15 .446 .496 $2,224,345
KCR (4 yrs) 214.2 42 32 120 5.03 4.52 0.07 0.11 100.9 4.60 -11 -0.9 1.0 -0.3 1.0 11 .479 .499 $1,427,135
TEX (3 yrs) 80.1 32 14 82 9.19 4.73 -0.26 0.03 103.9 5.22 -37 -3.1 .7 0.0 -2.2 -27 .402 .494 $797,210

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 30 709 632 84 176 29 5 15 7 7 59 104 .278 .348 .411 .759 .311 260 22 11 2 5 3 2
2013 29 KCR AL 6 131 115 23 28 10 2 4 4 0 13 22 .243 .315 .470 .785 .264 54 1 0 1 2 0 1
7 Yrs 74 1312 1165 202 337 75 8 32 18 12 110 176 .289 .358 .450 .808 .315 524 30 22 3 12 7 12
162 Game Avg. 42 743 660 114 191 43 5 18 10 7 62 100 .289 .358 .450 .808 .315 297 17 12 2 7 4 7
MLB Averages .260 .327 .410 .738 .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 -40.1 -3.6 0.87 -20.9 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 5.3 0.6 0.86 4.4 0 0 0
2012 28 KCR AL -2.2 -0.2 735 -1.2 12.0 -13.2 .97 -0.2 -0.9 -3.6 -0.4 0.97 -2.0 1 2 2
2013 29 KCR AL -6.8 -0.6 139 -0.6 1.5 -2.2 .77 -0.3 -0.5 -7.5 -0.7 0.77 -3.7 0 1 0
7 Yrs -43.3 -3.8 1364 -4.3 19.8 -24.1 .90 -2.3 -2.5 -53.2 -4.6 0.90 -25.0 5 8 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 30 25 7 9 9 1 3 12 13 .480 4 4 0 0 13 52% 49.1 73 13 33 12 0 15 4.0 3.9 5.8 89 3 18 4 0 115
2013 29 KCR AL 6 5 1 2 2 0 1 2 3 .400 1 1 0 0 3 60% 43.4 68 24 2 2 0 4 6.1 6.9 5.5 89 1 3 1 0 101
5 Yrs 69 46 13 17 16 3 4 22 24 .478 6 6 0 0 19 41% 45 73 2 59 26 2 26 4.9 5.0 5.3 85 12 27 7 0 115
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 101 -13 4.5 4.6 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
2007 23 TEX AL 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 7 .747 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 .866 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 30 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 1 .970 1 2 2 0 2 3 4 1 4 0 5 0 12.0 62
2013 29 KCR AL 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 4 .770 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 7.0 47
6 Yrs 72 28 9 2 4 3 1 2 33% 3 0 28 12 43% .902 5 8 15 7 4 17 15 13 14 8 17 0 5.4 29

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 709 47% 2.1% 14.7% 8.3% 6.9% 28% 1.12 1.45 73% 17% 7.0% 13% 118 22 19%
2013 29 KCR AL 131 44% 3.1% 16.8% 9.9% 12.2% 57% 1.16 1.62 69% 20% 10.0% 9% 11 1 9%
7 Yrs 1312 47% 2.4% 13.4% 8.4% 8.8% 34% 1.03 1.38 74% 20% 7.4% 11% 218 30 14%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 18.3% 8.4% 7.7% 33% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.6% 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 710 2532 3.57 1525 60% 26% 13% 26% 35% 74% 1% 44% 83% 58% 5% 35 25 17% 119 45 4 18% 11 7 -1 0 0
2013 29 KCR AL 131 490 3.74 293 60% 24% 17% 26% 33% 76% 0% 46% 78% 63% 3% 4 4 14% 18 8 2 5% 3 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1315 4723 3.59 2835 60% 26% 12% 27% 35% 74% 1% 45% 84% 57% 5% 62 40 16% 208 88 12 15% 21 15 -3 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 709 176 24 6 15 0 11 9 6 7 8 29 20 1 69% 2 6 0 241 7 7 50% 5 5 2 1 0 1 2 0 14 0
2013 29 KCR AL 131 28 5 0 4 0 2 1 3 3 1 8 8 1 100% 1 5 0 30 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
7 Yrs 1312 337 41 7 32 3 36 18 14 18 14 80 51 4 64% 12 16 1 433 18 12 60% 16 9 2 2 0 1 3 0 37 0
MLB Averages 53% 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+
2007 23 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 1.75 207
2008 24 4 8 .333 7.37 31 14 8 0 0 1 79.1 110 78 65 8 29 4 42 8 0 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 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 59
2010 26 4 9 .308 8.43 36 14 9 0 0 1 84.1 122 92 79 13 33 4 43 9 0 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 0 0 1 99.0 133 95 81 13 38 4 50 11 0 5 472 61 1.727 12.1 1.2 3.5 4.5 1.32 61
2012 28 14 19 .424 5.40 68 41 9 0 0 1 265.0 309 179 159 28 97 7 154 22 2 11 1181 79 1.532 10.5 1.0 3.3 5.2 1.59 79
2013 29 15 21 .417 5.46 74 46 9 0 0 1 295.0 337 202 179 32 110 7 176 22 2 16 1312 77 1.515 10.3 1.0 3.4 5.4 1.60 77

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
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 6 10 .375 4.91 152.0 181 92 83 15 61 95 11 1.592 10.7 3.6 5.6 1.56 0.9 30
2013 29 1 2 .333 6.30 30.0 29 23 21 4 13 22 0 1.400 8.7 3.9 6.6 1.69 1.2 6
7 Yrs 10 18 .357 5.91 280.0 340 203 184 32 111 167 22 1.611 10.9 5.4 1.50 1.0 74

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2012 AL  0.813 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2013 AL  5 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2012 AL  11 (6th)

             

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