Jason Middlebrook

Jason Douglas Middlebrook

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: June 26, 1975 in Jackson, MI
High School: Grass Lake HS (Grass Lake, MI)
School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 9th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed September 20, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 2001
Teams (by GP): Padres/Mets 2001-2003

Final Game: May 15, 2003
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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
1997	22	SDP-min	A,A+	6	6	.500	3.99	20	20	0	2	1	0	103.2	105	61	46	5	51	1	104	1	6	8	458		1.505	9.1	0.4	4.4	9.0	2.04	CLI,RCU · MIDW,CALL
1998	23	SDP-min	A+	10	12	.455	4.92	28	28	0	0	0	0	150.0	162	99	82	10	63	0	132	4	4	17	665		1.500	9.7	0.6	3.8	7.9	2.10	RCU · CALL
1999	24	SDP-min	AA,Rk	5	6	.455	8.00	14	14	0	0	0	0	68.2	87	64	61	9	31	1	41	8	0	5	327		1.718	11.4	1.2	4.1	5.4	1.32	MOB,PDS · SOUL,ARIZ
2000	25	SDP-min	AA,AAA	5	14	.263	6.73	25	25	0	0	0	0	120.1	141	97	90	16	52	0	75	4	0	3	542		1.604	10.5	1.2	3.9	5.6	1.44	MOB,LVG · SOUL,PCL
2001	26	SDP-min	AAA,AA	10	4	.714	2.52	25	24	0	0	0	0	143.0	122	44	40	6	32	1	117	3	0	3	574		1.077	7.7	0.4	2.0	7.4	3.66	POR,MOB · PCL,SOUL
2001	26	SDP	NL	2	1	.667	5.12	4	3	0	0	0	0	19.1	18	11	11	6	10	1	10	1	0	0	85	79	1.448	8.4	2.8	4.7	4.7	1.00
2002	27	SDP-NYM-min	AAA	4	6	.400	4.48	15	12	1	0	0	0	60.1	55	34	30	7	14	0	54	1	0	0	250		1.144	8.2	1.0	2.1	8.1	3.86	POR,NFK · PCL,IL
2002	27	TOT	NL	2	3	.400	4.73	15	5	5	0	0	0	51.1	44	27	27	2	22	2	42	1	1	2	216	82	1.286	7.7	0.4	3.9	7.4	1.91
2002	27	SDP	NL	1	3	.250	5.09	12	2	5	0	0	0	35.1	31	20	20	1	15	2	28	1	0	2	149	74	1.302	7.9	0.3	3.8	7.1	1.87
2002	27	NYM	NL	1	0	1.000	3.94	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.0	13	7	7	1	7	0	14	0	1	0	67	104	1.250	7.3	0.6	3.9	7.9	2.00
2003	28	NYM-min	AAA	7	10	.412	4.49	23	23	0	0	0	0	118.1	121	64	59	21	33	0	91	1	1	3	497		1.301	9.2	1.6	2.5	6.9	2.76	NFK · IL
2003	28	NYM	NL	0	0		10.29	5	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	13	8	8	0	4	0	3	0	0	1	36	43	2.429	16.7	0.0	5.1	3.9	0.75
2004	29	ANA-min	AAA	7	10	.412	6.94	29	29	0	0	0	0	155.2	220	126	120	31	50	0	93	2	2	6	706		1.734	12.7	1.8	2.9	5.4	1.86	SLK · PCL
3 Yrs				4	4	.500	5.33	24	8	7	0	0	0	77.2	75	46	46	8	36	3	55	2	1	3	337	74	1.429	8.7	0.9	4.2	6.4	1.53
162 Game Avg.				9	9	.500	5.33	51	17	15	0	0	0	165	159	98	98	17	77	6	117	4	2	6	716	74	1.429	8.7	0.9	4.2	6.4	1.53

NYM (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	5.87	8	3	2	0	0	0	23.0	26	15	15	1	11	0	17	0	1	1	103	71	1.609	10.2	0.4	4.3	6.7	1.55
SDP (2 yrs)				3	4	.429	5.10	16	5	5	0	0	0	54.2	49	31	31	7	25	3	38	2	0	2	234	76	1.354	8.1	1.2	4.1	6.3	1.52

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
2001	26	SDP	NL	19.1	4	3	11	5.12	5.25	-0.29	0.10	82.0	4.62	-1	-0.1	1.5	-0.0	0.0	1	.473	.499	$
2002	27	SDP	NL	35.1	12	2	20	5.09	4.61	-0.42	-0.21	89.8	4.32	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.1	-0.1	0	.473	.498	$
2002	27	NYM	NL	16.0	3	3	7	3.94	4.32	-0.13	0.17	101.5	4.68	1	0.1		-0.0	0.2	3	.546	.501	$
2003	28	NYM	NL	7.0	5	0	8	10.29	5.11	-0.33	-0.38	98.9	5.01	-4	-0.4	.4	0.1	-0.2	-3	.421	.498	$
3 Seasons				77.2	24	8	46	5.33	4.75	-0.32	-0.07	91.1	4.53	-7	-0.7	.8	0.0	-0.1	1	.472	.499	$

NYM (2 yrs)				23.0	8	3	15	5.87	4.56	-0.19	0.00	100.7	4.78	-3	-0.3	.4	0.1	0.0	-1	.468	.499	$
SDP (2 yrs)				54.2	16	5	31	5.10	4.84	-0.37	-0.10	87.0	4.43	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.1	-0.1	1	.473	.499	$

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
2001	26	SDP	NL	4	85	73	11	18	2	0	6	1	0	10	10	.247	.345	.521	.866	.211	38	2	1	1	0	1	1
2002	27	NYM	NL	3	67	59	7	13	0	1	1	1	1	7	14	.220	.303	.305	.608	.273	18	0	0	1	0	0	0
2002	27	SDP	NL	12	149	127	20	31	8	1	1	2	0	15	28	.244	.322	.346	.668	.297	44	5	1	3	3	2	2
2002	27	TOT	NL	15	216	186	27	44	8	2	2	3	1	22	42	.237	.316	.333	.649	.290	62	5	1	4	3	2	2
2003	28	NYM	NL	5	36	30	8	13	4	0	0	1	0	4	3	.433	.486	.567	1.052	.464	17	3	0	1	1	0	1
3 Yrs				24	337	289	46	75	14	2	8	5	1	36	55	.260	.341	.405	.746	.291	117	10	2	6	4	3	4
162 Game Avg.				51	716	614	98	159	30	4	17	11	2	77	117	.260	.341	.405	.746	.291	249	21	4	13	9	6	9
MLB Averages																.263	.332	.422	.754	.294

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2001	26	SDP	NL	-1.9	-0.2	86	0.1	1.6	-1.5	1.07	-0.8	0.9	0.5	0.0	1.07	-7.3	0	1	0
2002	27	TOT	NL	-4.1	-0.4	223	-0.5	3.0	-3.5	.85	0.4	-1.0	-1.8	-0.2	0.85	3.5	3	1	5
2002	27	SDP	NL	-4.7	-0.5	153	-0.4	2.0	-2.4	.83	0.2	-0.6	-2.4	-0.2	0.83	1.0	3	1	5
2002	27	NYM	NL	0.6	0.1	70	-0.1	1.1	-1.2	.90	0.2	-0.4	0.6	0.1	0.90	2.5	0	0	0
2003	28	NYM	NL	-4.3	-0.4	38	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.49	-0.4	0.1	-4.1	-0.4	0.49	-4.5	0	2	2
3 Yrs				-10.4	-1.0	347	-0.5	4.9	-5.4	.87	-0.8	0.1	-5.4	-0.5	0.87	-8.3	3	4	7

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
2001	26	SDP	NL	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	.667	0	0	0	0	2	67%	51.7	62	34	1	1	0	2	5.9	2.4	5.3	89	0	3	0	0	91
2002	27	TOT	NL	15	5	1	2	2	1	0	2	3	.400	0	2	0	0	1	20%	42.0	56	23	4	1	0	4	4.0	2.3	4.9	83	3	1	1	0	103
2002	27	SDP	NL	12	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	25.5	28	23	3	1	0	1	3.5	3.9	4.3	75	2	0	0	0	77
2002	27	NYM	NL	3	3	1	0	2	1	0	2	1	.667	0	2	0	0	1	33%	53.0	56	47	1	0	0	3	4.3	1.7	5.3	88	1	1	1	0	103
2 Yrs				19	8	3	3	2	1	0	4	4	.500	0	2	0	0	3	38%	46	62	23	5	2	0	6	4.7	2.4	5.1	85	3	4	1	0	103
MLB Averages													.500						49%	49	100	-9					4.8	4.7	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2001	26	SDP	NL	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0%	1	1.071	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	10.0	45
2002	27	TOT	NL	15	10	5	1	1	1	1	13	4	31%		.849	3	1	5	2	1	7	7	3	7	1	7	8.0	39
2002	27	SDP	NL	12	10	5	1	1	1	1	13	4	31%	4	.827	3	1	5	2	1	7	7	3	7	1	7	8.0	39
2003	28	NYM	NL	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	.494	0	2	2	2	0	3	0	5	3	1	3	4.2	25
3 Yrs				21	16	7	1	1	1	1	16	4	25%		.859	3	4	7	4	1	11	8	8	11	2	11	6.9	35

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%
2001	26	SDP	NL	85	59%	7.1%	11.8%	11.8%	9.4%	44%	1.04	1.18	67%	13%	31.6%	32%	17	2	12%
2002	27	TOT	NL	216	61%	0.9%	19.4%	10.2%	5.6%	27%	0.72	1.13	67%	24%	2.7%	11%	35	5	14%
2002	27	SDP	NL	149	61%	0.7%	18.8%	10.1%	6.7%	32%	0.89	1.36	68%	23%	2.1%	9%	25	5	20%
2002	27	NYM	NL	67	60%	1.5%	20.9%	10.5%	3.0%	15%	0.43	0.74	66%	26%	3.8%	13%	10	0	0%
2003	28	NYM	NL	36	69%	0.0%	8.3%	11.1%	11.1%	31%	0.47	1.25	78%	31%	0.0%	11%	11	3	27%
3 Yrs				337	61%	2.4%	16.3%	10.7%	7.1%	32%	0.75	1.16	68%	22%	7.3%	15%	63	10	16%
MLB Averages					47%	2.8%	16.9%	8.6%	8.0%	34%	0.77	1.07	70%	22%	8.2%	14%			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
2001	26	SDP	NL	85	313	3.68	193	62%	30%	13%	23%	33%	70%	3%	43%	81%	58%	6%	5	3	16%	14	6	0	30%	1	1	0	0	0
2002	27	TOT	NL	216	804	3.72	511	64%	25%	17%	28%	30%	75%	3%	48%	77%	63%	6%	12	4	25%	53	30	2	24%	12	6	0	0	0
2002	27	SDP	NL	149	539	3.62	339	63%	25%	16%	28%	31%	75%	4%	47%	78%	62%	5%	7	1	26%	38	21	1	21%	8	4	0	0	0
2002	27	NYM	NL	67	265	3.96	172	65%	25%	20%	28%	27%	75%	0%	49%	74%	66%	7%	5	3	22%	15	9	1	29%	4	2	0	0	0
2003	28	NYM	NL	36	124	3.44	69	56%	30%	9%	19%	42%	70%	0%	39%	88%	56%	11%	4	4	11%	4	1	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				337	1241	3.68	773	62%	27%	16%	26%	32%	73%	3%	46%	79%	61%	6%	21	11	21%	71	37	2	24%	13	7	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		63%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	58%	5%			21%				27%

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
2001	26	SDP	NL	85	18	3	0	6	0	8	2	4	3	3	7	0	2	0%	1	0	0	26	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	27	TOT	NL	216	44	4	0	2	0	6	1	1	2	0	16	7	3	44%	2	2	0	78	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
2002	27	SDP	NL	149	31	4	0	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	12	6	1	50%	2	2	0	59	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
2002	27	NYM	NL	67	13	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	4	1	2	25%	0	0	0	19	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2003	28	NYM	NL	36	13	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	1	0	20	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3 Yrs				337	75	9	0	8	0	16	3	5	5	3	24	8	5	33%	4	3	0	124	5	1	83%	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
MLB Averages																		53%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
2001	26	2	1	.667	5.12	4	3	0	19.1	18	11	11	6	10	1	10	1	0	0	85	79	1.448	8.4	2.8	4.7	4.7	1.00	79
2002	27	4	4	.500	4.84	19	8	5	70.2	62	38	38	8	32	3	52	2	1	2	301	81	1.330	7.9	1.0	4.1	6.6	1.63	81
2003	28	4	4	.500	5.33	24	8	7	77.2	75	46	46	8	36	3	55	2	1	3	337	74	1.429	8.7	0.9	4.2	6.4	1.53	74

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
2001	26	1	1	.500	5.68	19.0	18	13	12	6	10	10	1	1.474	8.5	4.7	4.7	1.00	2.8	4
2002	27	2	3	.400	5.33	49.0	45	32	29	2	22	40	1	1.367	8.3	4.0	7.3	1.82	0.4	15
2003	28	0	0		12.00	6.0	13	9	8	0	4	3	0	2.833	19.5	6.0	4.5	0.75	0.0	5
3 Yrs		3	4	.429	5.96	74.0	76	54	49	8	36	53	2	1.514	9.2		6.4	1.47	1.0	24

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