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José Mijares

Jose Manuel Mijares

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: October 29, 1984 in Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 2008
Teams (by GP): Twins/Royals 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$925k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.024, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: SFX [*]
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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
2004	19	MIN-min	Rk	4	0	1.000	2.43	19	0	13	0	0	5	29.2	22	9	8	1	15	0	25	2	1	3	126		1.247	6.7	0.3	4.6	7.6	1.67	TWN · GULF
2005	20	MIN-min	A,A+	6	3	.667	3.80	25	7	6	0	0	2	66.1	48	32	28	7	45	0	95	2	1	3	289		1.402	6.5	0.9	6.1	12.9	2.11	BEL,FTM · MIDW,FLOR
2006	21	MIN-min	A+	3	5	.375	3.57	27	5	6	0	0	0	63.0	52	30	25	10	27	2	77	4	0	5	267		1.254	7.4	1.4	3.9	11.0	2.85	FTM · FLOR
2007	22	MIN-min	AA,AAA	5	4	.556	3.88	51	0	31	0	0	9	69.2	49	33	30	10	53	2	81	3	0	3	316		1.464	6.3	1.3	6.8	10.5	1.53	NBR,ROC · EL,IL
2008	23	MIN-min	AA,Rk,A+	3	2	.600	2.21	23	0	5	0	0	2	36.2	33	11	9	2	11	0	41	0	0	2	153		1.200	8.1	0.5	2.7	10.1	3.73	NBR,TWN,FTM · EL,GULF,FLOR
2008	23	MIN	AL	0	1	.000	0.87	10	0	3	0	0	0	10.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	34	497	0.290	2.6	0.0	0.0	4.4
2009	24	MIN-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	0.00	5	0	4	0	0	1	6.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	21		0.474	2.8	0.0	1.4	5.7	4.00	ROC · IL
2009	24	MIN	AL	2	2	.500	2.34	71	0	12	0	0	0	61.2	50	17	16	7	23	1	55	2	0	0	253	188	1.184	7.3	1.0	3.4	8.0	2.39
2010	25	MIN-min	AAA	0	0		27.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	6	5	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	12		4.200	32.4	5.4	5.4	10.8	2.00	ROC · IL
2010	25	MIN	AL	1	1	.500	3.31	47	0	10	0	0	0	32.2	34	14	12	4	9	1	28	1	0	1	139	124	1.316	9.4	1.1	2.5	7.7	3.11
2011	26	MIN	AL	0	2	.000	4.59	58	0	13	0	0	0	49.0	53	31	25	4	30	2	30	3	0	1	228	89	1.694	9.7	0.7	5.5	5.5	1.00
2012	27	KCR	AL	2	1	.667	2.61	25	0	4	0	0	0	20.2	21	6	6	2	4	0	16	3	0	1	89	158	1.210	9.1	0.9	1.7	7.0	4.00
5 Yrs				5	7	.417	3.10	211	0	42	0	0	0	174.1	161	69	60	17	66	4	134	9	0	4	743	136	1.302	8.3	0.9	3.4	6.9	2.03
162 Game Avg.				2	2	.417	3.10	68	0	14	0	0	0	56	52	22	19	5	21	1	43	3	0	1	239	136	1.302	8.3	0.9	3.4	6.9	2.03

MIN (4 yrs)				3	6	.333	3.16	186	0	38	0	0	0	153.2	140	63	54	15	62	4	118	6	0	3	654	134	1.315	8.2	0.9	3.6	6.9	1.90
KCR (1 yr)				2	1	.667	2.61	25	0	4	0	0	0	20.2	21	6	6	2	4	0	16	3	0	1	89	158	1.210	9.1	0.9	1.7	7.0	4.00

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
2008	23	MIN	AL	10.1	10	0	1	0.87	4.79	-0.16	-0.35	99.1	4.55	4	0.4	.9	-0.0	0.5	5	.542	.503	$
2009	24	MIN	AL	61.2	71	0	17	2.48	4.95	-0.24	-0.36	98.1	4.74	15	1.5	1.4	0.2	2.3	23	.521	.509	$
2010	25	MIN	AL	32.2	47	0	14	3.86	4.77	-0.10	-0.36	97.4	4.38	2	0.2	1.2	-0.1	0.4	6	.504	.501	$430,000
2011	26	MIN	AL	49.0	58	0	31	5.69	4.73	-0.43	-0.36	100.4	4.82	-5	-0.5	1.2	-0.2	-0.2	1	.491	.497	$445,000
2012	27	KCR	AL	20.2	25	0	6	2.61	4.63	0.04	-0.34	100.4	4.26	4	0.4	1.0	-0.0	0.6	6	.516	.502	$
5 Seasons				174.1	211	0	69	3.56	4.81	-0.23	-0.36	98.9	4.63	20	2.0	1.2	-0.1	3.6	41	.510	.502	$875,000

MIN (4 yrs)				153.2	186	0	63	3.69	4.83	-0.26	-0.36	98.8	4.68	16	1.6	1.3	-0.1	3.0	35	.509	.502	$875,000
KCR (1 yr)				20.2	25	0	6	2.61	4.63	0.04	-0.34	100.4	4.26	4	0.4	1.0	-0.0	0.6	6	.516	.502	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9
2009	24	MIN	AL	ALDS	L	NYY	1	.000	13.50	2	1	0.2	1	1	1	1	1	0	3	3.000	13.5	13.5	13.5
2010	25	MIN	AL	ALDS	L	NYY	0		0.00	3	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0.750	0.0	0.0	6.8
2 Yrs (2 Series)							1	.000	4.50	5	1	2.0	1	1	1	1	2	1	7	1.500	4.5	4.5	9.0
2 ALDS							1	.000	4.50	5	1	2.0	1	1	1	1	2	1	7	1.500	4.5	4.5	9.0

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
2008	23	MIN	AL	10	34	34	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.088	.088	.118	.206	.103	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	24	MIN	AL	71	253	223	17	50	7	0	7	5	0	23	55	.224	.299	.350	.649	.262	78	5	2	2	3	1	2
2010	25	MIN	AL	47	139	127	14	34	11	0	4	1	1	9	28	.268	.319	.449	.768	.313	57	3	1	1	1	1	1
2011	26	MIN	AL	58	228	193	31	53	14	1	4	2	3	30	30	.275	.377	.420	.797	.304	81	4	3	0	2	2	5
2012	27	KCR	AL	25	89	79	6	21	4	0	2	2	1	4	16	.266	.315	.392	.707	.297	31	0	3	0	3	0	1
5 Yrs				211	743	656	69	161	37	1	17	10	5	66	134	.245	.319	.383	.702	.280	251	12	9	3	9	4	9
162 Game Avg.				68	239	211	22	52	12	0	5	3	2	21	43	.245	.319	.383	.702	.280	81	4	3	1	3	1	3
MLB Averages																.259	.327	.408	.736	.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
2008	23	MIN	AL	4.2	0.4	35	0.5	0.6	-0.2	.78	0.4	0.2	5.9	0.6	0.78	7.2	4	1	3
2009	24	MIN	AL	14.6	1.4	260	2.9	6.5	-3.6	1.22	0.9	1.5	13.6	1.3	1.22	11.4	29	22	17
2010	25	MIN	AL	2.5	0.2	148	-0.6	1.8	-2.5	.80	-0.3	-0.5	-2.0	-0.2	0.80	-1.6	15	5	23
2011	26	MIN	AL	-4.8	-0.5	237	-0.2	3.1	-3.2	.82	-0.5	0.3	-7.9	-0.8	0.82	-7.3	18	9	30
2012	27	KCR	AL	3.7	0.4	94	0.1	1.6	-1.5	1.03	-0.0	0.2	1.5	0.2	1.03	-0.8	7	7	11
5 Yrs				20.0	2.0	774	2.7	13.7	-10.9	.97	0.5	2.3	11.1	1.1	0.97	8.8	73	44	84

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	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
2008	23	MIN	AL	10	10	3	0	1	0	0		2	2	2	0	0%	7	.781	4	1	3	4	2	4	1	9	2	1	2	3	3.1	13
2009	24	MIN	AL	71	71	12	2	2	1	1	0%	31	27	55	15	27%	8	1.216	29	22	17	40	12	19	35	36	17	31	19	18	2.6	14
2010	25	MIN	AL	47	47	10	1	1	0	0		10	9	29	8	28%	8	.803	15	5	23	20	8	19	16	31	2	27	5	13	2.1	13
2011	26	MIN	AL	58	58	13	0	2	2	2	0%	13	10	43	11	26%	7	.822	18	9	30	19	7	32	23	35	10	26	14	9	2.5	16
2012	27	KCR	AL	25	25	4	2	1	1	1	0%	7	6	17	8	47%	7	1.033	7	7	11	12	2	11	10	15	3	12	5	9	2.5	14
5 Yrs				211	211	42	5	7	4	4	0%	63	54	146	42	29%		.976	73	44	84	95	31	85	85	126	34	97	45	52	2.5	14

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%
2008	23	MIN	AL	34	41%	0.0%	14.7%	0.0%	2.9%	33%	0.75	0.86	85%	7%	0.0%	25%	4	0	0%
2009	24	MIN	AL	253	45%	2.8%	21.7%	9.1%	5.5%	28%	0.60	0.69	65%	13%	8.3%	21%	62	5	8%
2010	25	MIN	AL	139	45%	2.9%	20.1%	6.5%	10.8%	44%	0.43	0.57	69%	16%	7.3%	20%	23	3	13%
2011	26	MIN	AL	228	43%	1.8%	13.2%	13.2%	8.3%	36%	0.49	0.58	71%	19%	4.3%	16%	52	4	8%
2012	27	KCR	AL	89	55%	2.3%	18.0%	4.5%	6.7%	29%	0.47	0.50	72%	18%	5.6%	20%	27	0	0%
5 Yrs				743	45%	2.3%	18.0%	8.9%	7.4%	34%	0.52	0.62	69%	16%	6.1%	19%	168	12	7%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.2%	8.5%	7.7%	33%	0.80	1.08	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
2008	23	MIN	AL	34	129	3.79	82	64%	18%	11%	35%	35%	82%	0%	52%	87%	53%	6%	2	2	15%	5	4	0	20%	0	0	0	0	0
2009	24	MIN	AL	254	986	3.88	637	65%	29%	15%	29%	27%	71%	1%	46%	79%	59%	6%	16	9	33%	84	51	3	25%	9	6	-1	0	0
2010	25	MIN	AL	139	598	4.30	379	63%	27%	16%	31%	27%	73%	2%	46%	79%	58%	6%	9	6	27%	37	19	0	18%	6	2	0	0	0
2011	26	MIN	AL	230	944	4.10	563	60%	31%	10%	30%	29%	69%	2%	41%	85%	51%	10%	23	16	21%	48	30	6	40%	1	5	-2	0	0
2012	27	KCR	AL	89	359	4.03	241	67%	33%	10%	29%	27%	67%	0%	45%	85%	58%	3%	3	3	33%	29	14	1	44%	4	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				746	3016	4.04	1902	63%	29%	13%	30%	28%	71%	1%	45%	82%	56%	7%	53	36	27%	203	118	10	29%	20	13	-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
2008	23	MIN	AL	34	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0%	0	1	0	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2009	24	MIN	AL	253	50	6	0	7	0	15	4	3	6	1	16	10	3	63%	2	0	1	109	5	0	100%	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
2010	25	MIN	AL	139	34	5	1	4	0	7	3	1	2	2	11	5	1	45%	1	1	3	43	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	7	0
2011	26	MIN	AL	228	53	6	0	4	0	8	3	1	3	1	20	10	3	50%	5	1	1	100	2	3	40%	1	3	1	0	0	0	2	2	4	0
2012	27	KCR	AL	89	21	1	0	2	0	7	2	0	1	1	10	6	2	60%	1	1	0	39	2	1	67%	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	5	0
5 Yrs				743	161	19	1	17	0	37	12	5	12	5	58	31	10	53%	9	4	5	297	10	5	67%	5	5	5	0	0	0	5	4	22	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2008	23	0	1	.000	0.87	10	3	10.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	34	497	0.290	2.6	0.0	0.0	4.4		497
2009	24	2	3	.400	2.13	81	15	72.0	53	18	17	7	23	1	60	2	1	287	207	1.056	6.6	0.9	2.9	7.5	2.61	207
2010	25	3	4	.429	2.49	128	25	104.2	87	32	29	11	32	2	88	3	2	426	172	1.137	7.5	0.9	2.8	7.6	2.75	172
2011	26	3	6	.333	3.16	186	38	153.2	140	63	54	15	62	4	118	6	3	654	134	1.315	8.2	0.9	3.6	6.9	1.90	134
2012	27	5	7	.417	3.10	211	42	174.1	161	69	60	17	66	4	134	9	4	743	136	1.302	8.3	0.9	3.4	6.9	2.03	136

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
2008	23	1	0	1.000	0.00	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	4.1		0.0	10
2009	24	4	2	.667	2.44	59.0	50	18	16	7	23	53	2	1.237	7.6	3.5	8.1	2.30	1.1	71
2010	25	2	1	.667	3.77	31.0	35	14	13	4	9	27	1	1.419	10.2	2.6	7.8	3.00	1.2	47
2011	26	2	3	.400	5.28	46.0	55	30	27	4	31	28	3	1.870	10.8	6.1	5.5	0.90	0.8	58
2012	27	1	1	.500	2.70	20.0	21	7	6	2	4	16	3	1.250	9.5	1.8	7.2	4.00	0.9	25
5 Yrs		10	7	.588	3.34	167.0	161	69	62	17	67	129	9	1.365	8.7		7.0	1.93	0.9	211

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