Paul Menhart

Paul Gerard Menhart

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 25, 1969 in St. Louis, MO
School: Western Carolina University (Cullowhee, NC)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 8th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1995
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Mariners/Padres 1995-1997

Final Game: September 27, 1997
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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
1990	21	TOR-min	A-,A	3	5	.375	2.55	13	12	1	1	0	0	70.2	52	32	20	3	24	0	56	5	2	7			1.075	6.6	0.4	3.1	7.1	2.33	STC,MYR · NYPL,SALL
1991	22	TOR-min	A+	10	6	.625	2.66	20	20	0	3	0	0	128.1	114	42	38	3	34	0	114	3	1	4	521		1.153	8.0	0.2	2.4	8.0	3.35	DUN · FLOR
1992	23	TOR-min	AA	10	11	.476	3.85	28	28	0	2	1	0	177.2	181	85	76	14	38	0	104	11	1	12	735		1.233	9.2	0.7	1.9	5.3	2.74	KNX · SOUL
1993	24	TOR-min	AAA	9	10	.474	3.64	25	25	0	4	0	0	151.0	143	74	61	16	67	4	108	7	1	8	646		1.391	8.5	1.0	4.0	6.4	1.61	SYR · IL
1994		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1995	26	TOR-min	AAA	2	4	.333	6.31	10	10	0	0	0	0	51.1	62	42	36	5	25	0	30	0	1	3	234		1.695	10.9	0.9	4.4	5.3	1.20	SYR · IL
1995	26	TOR	AL	1	4	.200	4.92	21	9	6	1	0	0	78.2	72	49	43	9	47	4	50	6	0	6	350	96	1.513	8.2	1.0	5.4	5.7	1.06
1996	27	SEA-min	AAA	0	3	.000	11.08	6	6	0	0	0	0	26.0	53	33	32	4	16	0	12	1	0	3	142		2.654	18.3	1.4	5.5	4.2	0.75	TAC · PCL
1996	27	SEA	AL	2	2	.500	7.29	11	6	4	0	0	0	42.0	55	36	34	9	25	0	18	2	0	1	196	68	1.905	11.8	1.9	5.4	3.9	0.72
1997	28	SEA-SDP-min	AAA	4	14	.222	6.06	26	21	2	1	0	1	127.2	154	92	86	18	55	2	95	6	2	6	579		1.637	10.9	1.3	3.9	6.7	1.73	TAC,LVG · PCL
1997	28	SDP	NL	2	3	.400	4.70	9	8	0	0	0	0	44.0	42	23	23	6	13	0	22	0	0	4	180	84	1.250	8.6	1.2	2.7	4.5	1.69
1998	29	SDP-min	AAA	7	6	.538	5.34	49	2	16	0	0	4	64.0	79	45	38	10	39	6	50	5	2	3	310		1.844	11.1	1.4	5.5	7.0	1.28	LVG · PCL
1999	30	FLA-ANA-CLE-min	AAA	7	6	.538	5.74	24	17	0	0	0	0	94.0	124	67	60	10	41	1	61	2	0	4	435		1.755	11.9	1.0	3.9	5.8	1.49	CGY,EDM,BFL · PCL,IL
2000	31	COL-min	AAA	2	1	.667	5.75	14	0	4	0	0	1	20.1	29	19	13	3	12	0	20	1	0	3	104		2.016	12.8	1.3	5.3	8.9	1.67	CSP · PCL
3 Yrs				5	9	.357	5.47	41	23	10	1	0	0	164.2	169	108	100	24	85	4	90	8	0	11	726	84	1.543	9.2	1.3	4.6	4.9	1.06
162 Game Avg.				5	10	.357	5.47	44	24	11	1	0	0	175	180	115	106	26	90	4	96	9	0	12	771	84	1.543	9.2	1.3	4.6	4.9	1.06

SDP (1 yr)				2	3	.400	4.70	9	8	0	0	0	0	44.0	42	23	23	6	13	0	22	0	0	4	180	84	1.250	8.6	1.2	2.7	4.5	1.69
SEA (1 yr)				2	2	.500	7.29	11	6	4	0	0	0	42.0	55	36	34	9	25	0	18	2	0	1	196	68	1.905	11.8	1.9	5.4	3.9	0.72
TOR (1 yr)				1	4	.200	4.92	21	9	6	1	0	0	78.2	72	49	43	9	47	4	50	6	0	6	350	96	1.513	8.2	1.0	5.4	5.7	1.06

AL (2 yrs)				3	6	.333	5.74	32	15	10	1	0	0	120.2	127	85	77	18	72	4	68	8	0	7	546	84	1.649	9.5	1.3	5.4	5.1	0.94
NL (1 yr)				2	3	.400	4.70	9	8	0	0	0	0	44.0	42	23	23	6	13	0	22	0	0	4	180	84	1.250	8.6	1.2	2.7	4.5	1.69

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
1995	26	TOR	AL	78.2	21	9	49	5.61	4.87	-0.40	0.03	101.0	5.36	-2	-0.2	1.1	-0.1	0.4	7	.491	.499	$109,000
1996	27	SEA	AL	42.0	11	6	36	7.71	5.35	0.35	0.01	99.5	4.99	-13	-1.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.8	-7	.399	.493	$140,000
1997	28	SDP	NL	44.0	9	8	23	4.70	4.84	-0.82	0.17	87.7	5.12	2	0.2	.0	-0.0	0.5	6	.522	.501	$175,000
3 Seasons				164.2	41	23	108	5.90	4.99	-0.32	0.07	97.1	5.20	-13	-1.1	1.0	-0.2	0.1	6	.473	.498	$424,000

SDP (1 yr)				44.0	9	8	23	4.70	4.84	-0.82	0.17	87.7	5.12	2	0.2	.0	-0.0	0.5	6	.522	.501	$175,000
SEA (1 yr)				42.0	11	6	36	7.71	5.35	0.35	0.01	99.5	4.99	-13	-1.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.8	-7	.399	.493	$140,000
TOR (1 yr)				78.2	21	9	49	5.61	4.87	-0.40	0.03	101.0	5.36	-2	-0.2	1.1	-0.1	0.4	7	.491	.499	$109,000

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
1995	26	TOR	AL	21	350	290	49	72	15	4	9	5	2	47	50	.248	.360	.421	.781	.268	122	10	6	3	4	4	3
1996	27	SEA	AL	11	196	168	36	55	10	2	9	2	1	25	18	.327	.421	.571	.992	.326	96	8	2	1	0	0	1
1997	28	SDP	NL	9	180	164	23	42	10	1	6	3	3	13	22	.256	.309	.439	.748	.263	72	4	0	2	1	0	2
3 Yrs				41	726	622	108	169	35	7	24	10	6	85	90	.272	.364	.466	.830	.283	290	22	8	6	5	4	6
162 Game Avg.				44	771	661	115	180	37	7	26	11	6	90	96	.272	.364	.466	.830	.283	308	23	9	6	5	4	6
MLB Averages																.268	.338	.421	.760	.300

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	26	TOR	AL	-2.7	-0.2	370	-0.3	5.8	-6.1	.99	-0.4	0.1	-2.8	-0.3	0.99	-5.6	5	0	6
1996	27	SEA	AL	-10.4	-0.9	203	-1.0	3.1	-4.1	.86	-0.9	-0.2	-11.0	-1.0	0.86	-11.4	1	2	2
1997	28	SDP	NL	-2.8	-0.3	189	-0.2	3.3	-3.5	.99	-0.5	0.2	-1.0	-0.1	0.99	-4.8	0	0	1
3 Yrs				-15.9	-1.4	762	-1.5	12.2	-13.7	.95	-1.8	0.2	-14.9	-1.3	0.95	-21.8	6	2	9

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
1995	26	TOR	AL	21	9	0	3	6	0	1	3	6	.333	3	3	1	0	3	33%	48.8	75	32	7	5	1	5	4.1	3.9	6.3	97	2	3	4	0	112
1996	27	SEA	AL	11	6	2	1	3	1	1	4	2	.667	0	2	0	0	2	33%	34.2	53	10	9	6	0	3	7.0	6.0	4.8	88	2	2	2	0	108
1997	28	SDP	NL	9	8	2	3	3	0	0	5	3	.625	1	1	0	0	3	38%	48.2	65	29	6	2	0	5	5.8	4.5	5.5	79	4	3	1	0	100
3 Yrs				41	23	4	7	12	1	2	12	11	.522	4	6	1	0	8	35%	45	75	10	22	13	1	13	5.4	4.6	5.6	88	8	8	7	0	112
MLB Averages													.500						47%	49	97	-11					4.9	4.9	6.0	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1995	26	TOR	AL	21	12	6	1	1	9	4	44%	7	.990	5	0	6	1	5	6	5	7	6	3	6	1	5.4	30
1996	27	SEA	AL	11	5	4	0	1	5	4	80%	4	.859	1	2	2	1	0	4	3	2	3	1	3	1	8.0	50
1997	28	SDP	NL	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	0%	7	.989	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	3
3 Yrs				41	18	10	1	2	15	8	53%		.954	6	2	9	2	5	11	9	9	9	5	9	2	5.9	33

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	26	TOR	AL	350	41%	2.6%	14.3%	13.4%	8.0%	39%	1.05	1.49	67%	16%	8.7%	11%	73	10	14%
1996	27	SEA	AL	196	42%	4.6%	9.2%	12.8%	10.7%	38%	0.86	1.33	72%	28%	12.5%	10%	39	8	21%
1997	28	SDP	NL	180	54%	3.3%	12.2%	7.2%	9.4%	41%	0.87	1.33	76%	16%	9.4%	15%	23	4	17%
3 Yrs				726	45%	3.3%	12.4%	11.7%	9.1%	39%	0.94	1.40	71%	20%	10.0%	12%	135	22	16%
MLB Averages					44%	2.7%	16.6%	9.0%	7.7%	33%	0.83	1.11	70%	22%	8.3%	17%			10%

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	26	TOR	AL	329	1171	3.56	672	57%	24%	15%	26%	35%	76%	3%	43%	81%	50%	6%	21	6	12%	41	27	0	26%	11	11	21	2	0
1996	27	SEA	AL	189	725	3.84	415	57%	28%	11%	26%	35%	72%	0%	41%	84%	56%	6%	12	7	17%	33	16	2	44%	3	5	7	0	0
1997	28	SDP	NL	182	637	3.50	398	62%	26%	13%	24%	36%	74%	0%	46%	82%	56%	5%	9	6	17%	31	17	3	23%	4	3	-2	0	0
3 Yrs				700	2533	3.62	1485	59%	26%	13%	26%	35%	74%	1%	43%	82%	53%	6%	42	19	15%	105	60	5	29%	18	19	26	2	0
MLB Averages						3.71		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	46%	80%	57%	5%			19%				28%

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	26	TOR	AL	350	72	9	1	9	0	14	4	5	3	6	34	18	6	53%	3	6	2	123	5	2	71%	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	18	0
1996	27	SEA	AL	196	55	7	0	9	0	2	5	4	6	3	8	3	0	38%	1	1	0	82	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
1997	28	SDP	NL	180	42	4	1	6	0	1	5	1	2	4	5	3	1	60%	2	4	0	57	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
3 Yrs				726	169	20	2	24	0	17	14	10	11	13	47	24	7	51%	6	11	2	262	10	6	63%	10	6	0	0	0	0	4	0	23	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1995	26	1	4	.200	4.92	21	9	6	1	78.2	72	49	43	9	47	4	50	6	6	350	96	1.513	8.2	1.0	5.4	5.7	1.06	96
1996	27	3	6	.333	5.74	32	15	10	1	120.2	127	85	77	18	72	4	68	8	7	546	84	1.649	9.5	1.3	5.4	5.1	0.94	84
1997	28	5	9	.357	5.47	41	23	10	1	164.2	169	108	100	24	85	4	90	8	11	726	84	1.543	9.2	1.3	4.6	4.9	1.06	84

Neutralized Pitching

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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	26	4	5	.444	4.71	86.0	78	50	45	10	51	55	6	1.500	8.2	5.3	5.8	1.08	1.0	21
1996	27	1	3	.250	6.92	39.0	52	33	30	9	24	17	2	1.949	12.0	5.5	3.9	0.71	2.1	11
1997	28	1	3	.250	5.27	41.0	43	27	24	6	13	21	0	1.366	9.4	2.9	4.6	1.62	1.3	9
3 Yrs		6	11	.353	5.37	166.0	173	110	99	25	88	93	8	1.572	9.4		5.0	1.06	1.4	41

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