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Eric Milton

Eric Robert Milton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 4, 1975 in State College, PA
High School: Bellefonte HS (Bellefonte, PA)
School: University of Maryland (College Park, MD)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed September 6, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 1998
Teams (by GP): Twins/Reds/Phillies/Dodgers 1998-2009
Agents: Casey Close [*]
Final Game: June 27, 2009
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All-Star

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
1998 22 MIN AL 8 14 .364 5.64 32 32 0 1 0 0 172.1 195 113 108 25 70 0 107 2 0 1 772 84 1.538 10.2 1.3 3.7 5.6 1.53
1999 23 MIN AL 7 11 .389 4.49 34 34 0 5 2 0 206.1 190 111 103 28 63 2 163 3 0 2 858 113 1.226 8.3 1.2 2.7 7.1 2.59
2000 24 MIN AL 13 10 .565 4.86 33 33 0 0 0 0 200.0 205 123 108 35 44 0 160 7 0 5 849 106 1.245 9.2 1.6 2.0 7.2 3.64
2001 25 MIN AL 15 7 .682 4.32 35 34 0 2 1 0 220.2 222 109 106 35 61 0 157 5 0 2 944 105 1.282 9.1 1.4 2.5 6.4 2.57 AS
2002 26 MIN AL 13 9 .591 4.84 29 29 0 2 1 0 171.0 173 96 92 24 30 0 121 3 0 4 707 92 1.187 9.1 1.3 1.6 6.4 4.03
2003 27 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 2.65 3 3 0 0 0 0 17.0 15 5 5 2 1 0 7 0 0 0 66 175 0.941 7.9 1.1 0.5 3.7 7.00
2004 28 PHI NL 14 6 .700 4.75 34 34 0 0 0 0 201.0 196 110 106 43 75 6 161 1 0 3 862 95 1.348 8.8 1.9 3.4 7.2 2.15
2005 29 CIN NL 8 15 .348 6.47 34 34 0 0 0 0 186.1 237 141 134 40 52 2 123 7 0 8 855 66 1.551 11.4 1.9 2.5 5.9 2.37
2006 30 CIN NL 8 8 .500 5.19 26 26 0 0 0 0 152.2 163 94 88 29 42 4 90 5 0 2 662 90 1.343 9.6 1.7 2.5 5.3 2.14
2007 31 CIN NL 0 4 .000 5.17 6 6 0 0 0 0 31.1 39 21 18 4 9 0 18 0 0 2 143 90 1.532 11.2 1.1 2.6 5.2 2.00
2009 33 LAD NL 2 1 .667 3.80 5 5 0 0 0 0 23.2 30 12 10 2 6 0 20 2 0 0 108 107 1.521 11.4 0.8 2.3 7.6 3.33
11 Yrs 89 85 .511 4.99 271 270 0 10 4 0 1582.1 1665 935 878 267 453 14 1127 35 0 29 6826 94 1.339 9.5 1.5 2.6 6.4 2.49
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .511 4.99 34 34 0 1 1 0 199 209 118 110 34 57 2 142 4 0 4 858 94 1.339 9.5 1.5 2.6 6.4 2.49
MIN (6 yrs) 57 51 .528 4.76 166 165 0 10 4 0 987.1 1000 557 522 149 269 2 715 20 0 14 4196 101 1.285 9.1 1.4 2.5 6.5 2.66
CIN (3 yrs) 16 27 .372 5.83 66 66 0 0 0 0 370.1 439 256 240 73 103 6 231 12 0 12 1660 77 1.464 10.7 1.8 2.5 5.6 2.24
PHI (1 yr) 14 6 .700 4.75 34 34 0 0 0 0 201.0 196 110 106 43 75 6 161 1 0 3 862 95 1.348 8.8 1.9 3.4 7.2 2.15
LAD (1 yr) 2 1 .667 3.80 5 5 0 0 0 0 23.2 30 12 10 2 6 0 20 2 0 0 108 107 1.521 11.4 0.8 2.3 7.6 3.33
AL (6 yrs) 57 51 .528 4.76 166 165 0 10 4 0 987.1 1000 557 522 149 269 2 715 20 0 14 4196 101 1.285 9.1 1.4 2.5 6.5 2.66
NL (5 yrs) 32 34 .485 5.38 105 105 0 0 0 0 595.0 665 378 356 118 184 12 412 15 0 15 2630 83 1.427 10.1 1.8 2.8 6.2 2.24

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 Awards
1998 22 MIN AL 172.1 32 32 113 5.90 5.10 -0.68 0.19 102.0 6.08 3 0.3 -0.1 1.8 26 .510 .502 $170,000
1999 23 MIN AL 206.1 34 34 111 4.84 5.33 -0.05 0.21 104.0 5.81 23 2.2 -0.1 4.0 50 .566 .514 $240,000
2000 24 MIN AL 200.0 33 33 123 5.54 5.55 -0.28 0.22 104.9 6.35 17 1.6 -0.1 3.2 45 .548 .510 $285,000
2001 25 MIN AL 220.2 35 34 109 4.45 5.05 0.19 0.18 100.4 5.07 14 1.4 .7 -0.1 3.3 43 .541 .509 $2,150,000 AS
2002 26 MIN AL 171.0 29 29 96 5.05 4.72 0.13 0.17 100.0 4.76 -6 -0.6 -0.1 0.8 16 .479 .496 $4,000,000
2003 27 MIN AL 17.0 3 3 5 2.65 4.02 -0.03 0.15 94.6 3.97 3 0.3 -0.0 0.4 5 .587 .502 $6,000,000
2004 28 PHI NL 201.0 34 34 110 4.93 4.61 0.10 0.18 104.3 4.90 -1 -0.1 -0.1 1.2 19 .496 .499 $9,000,000
2005 29 CIN NL 186.1 34 34 141 6.81 4.51 -0.30 0.16 102.2 5.08 -36 -3.4 -0.1 -2.1 -18 .400 .479 $5,333,333
2006 30 CIN NL 152.2 26 26 94 5.54 4.82 -0.31 0.19 104.2 5.55 0 0.0 -0.1 1.1 16 .502 .500 $9,833,333
2007 31 CIN NL 31.1 6 6 21 6.03 4.76 -0.36 0.19 104.8 5.57 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.1 2 .476 .499 $10,333,333
2009 33 LAD NL 23.2 5 5 12 4.56 4.48 0.10 0.18 103.8 4.73 0 0.0 -0.0 0.2 3 .508 .500 $
11 Seasons 1582.1 271 270 935 5.32 4.95 -0.13 0.19 102.7 5.42 16 1.6 .7 -1.0 14.0 206 .506 .501 $47,344,999
MIN (6 yrs) 987.1 166 165 557 5.08 5.14 -0.12 0.19 102.2 5.59 54 5.2 .7 -0.6 13.5 185 .531 .505 $12,845,000
CIN (3 yrs) 370.1 66 66 256 6.22 4.66 -0.31 0.18 103.3 5.31 -37 -3.5 -0.2 -0.9 -0 .447 .493 $25,499,999
PHI (1 yr) 201.0 34 34 110 4.93 4.61 0.10 0.18 104.3 4.90 -1 -0.1 -0.1 1.2 19 .496 .499 $9,000,000
LAD (1 yr) 23.2 5 5 12 4.56 4.48 0.10 0.18 103.8 4.73 0 0.0 -0.0 0.2 3 .508 .500 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2002 26 MIN AL ALDS W OAK 1 0 1.000 2.57 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 6 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 28 1.000 7.7 1.3 1.3 3.9 3.00
2002 26 MIN AL ALCS L ANA 0 0 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 1 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 25 1.167 7.5 1.5 3.0 6.0 2.00
2003 27 MIN AL ALDS L NYY 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 0.600 5.4 0.0 0.0 5.4
2 Yrs (3 Series) 1 0 1.000 1.65 3 2 0 0 0 0 16.1 13 3 3 2 3 0 9 0 0 0 65 0.980 7.2 1.1 1.7 5.0 3.00
2 ALDS 1 0 1.000 1.74 2 1 0 0 0 0 10.1 8 2 2 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 40 0.871 7.0 0.9 0.9 4.4 5.00
1 ALCS 0 0 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 1 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 25 1.167 7.5 1.5 3.0 6.0 2.00

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2001 MIN AL 25

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
1998 22 MIN AL 32 772 692 113 195 48 4 25 10 6 70 107 .282 .347 .471 .818 .300 326 9 2 2 6 0 6
1999 23 MIN AL 34 858 783 111 190 38 3 28 6 6 63 163 .243 .299 .406 .706 .271 318 10 3 3 6 2 2
2000 24 MIN AL 33 849 787 123 205 42 3 35 4 2 44 160 .260 .303 .455 .758 .284 358 11 7 4 6 0 8
2001 25 MIN AL 35 944 864 109 222 50 4 35 3 4 61 157 .257 .308 .446 .753 .276 385 7 5 8 6 0 8
2002 26 MIN AL 29 707 670 96 173 33 6 24 2 1 30 121 .258 .291 .433 .724 .282 290 12 3 0 4 0 3
2003 27 MIN AL 3 66 64 5 15 2 0 2 1 2 1 7 .234 .242 .359 .602 .232 23 0 0 0 1 0 1
2004 28 PHI NL 34 862 768 110 196 46 4 43 12 2 75 161 .255 .320 .493 .813 .268 379 12 1 11 6 6 3
2005 29 CIN NL 34 855 784 141 237 55 7 40 11 3 52 123 .302 .349 .543 .892 .314 426 3 7 6 6 2 8
2006 30 CIN NL 26 662 606 94 163 35 2 29 3 2 42 90 .269 .320 .477 .797 .273 289 7 5 6 3 4 5
2007 31 CIN NL 6 143 131 21 39 12 1 4 2 0 9 18 .298 .343 .496 .839 .321 65 2 0 3 0 0 3
2009 33 LAD NL 5 108 99 12 30 7 1 2 0 1 6 20 .303 .355 .455 .810 .364 45 0 2 1 0 0 1
11 Yrs 271 6826 6248 935 1665 368 35 267 54 29 453 1127 .266 .318 .465 .782 .285 2904 73 35 44 44 14 48
162 Game Avg. 34 858 785 118 209 46 4 34 7 4 57 142 .266 .318 .465 .782 .285 365 9 4 6 6 2 6
MLB Averages .266 .335 .424 .760 .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
1998 22 MIN AL -14.6 -1.4 793 -1.1 13.0 -14.1 .96 -0.8 -0.4 -12.9 -1.2 0.96 -9.6 0 0 0
1999 23 MIN AL 13.4 1.3 877 0.7 14.4 -13.7 .90 2.8 -2.0 13.1 1.2 0.90 33.5 0 0 0
2000 24 MIN AL 4.1 0.4 858 0.2 15.2 -14.9 .95 1.8 -1.6 5.6 0.5 0.95 22.9 0 0 0
2001 25 MIN AL 9.2 0.9 955 1.8 18.1 -16.2 1.03 0.4 1.4 12.4 1.2 1.03 6.1 0 0 1
2002 26 MIN AL -5.2 -0.5 715 0.3 12.4 -12.1 .98 1.3 -1.0 -3.1 -0.3 0.98 12.0 0 0 0
2003 27 MIN AL 3.9 0.4 69 0.2 1.0 -0.8 .79 0.3 -0.2 4.0 0.4 0.79 4.3 0 0 0
2004 28 PHI NL -3.1 -0.3 879 -0.2 15.6 -15.8 .98 -1.0 0.8 -3.3 -0.3 0.98 -12.2 0 0 0
2005 29 CIN NL -43.2 -4.0 877 -4.4 13.2 -17.6 .93 -4.6 -0.1 -45.5 -4.2 0.93 -49.9 0 0 0
2006 30 CIN NL -7.5 -0.7 669 -0.2 10.8 -11.0 .93 0.0 -0.3 -6.5 -0.6 0.93 0.3 0 0 0
2007 31 CIN NL -2.4 -0.2 146 -0.7 2.0 -2.7 .85 -0.4 -0.4 -4.6 -0.4 0.85 -4.0 0 0 0
2009 33 LAD NL 0.1 0.0 109 -0.2 1.8 -1.9 .97 -0.1 -0.1 -2.0 -0.2 0.97 -0.9 0 0 0
11 Yrs -45.1 -4.2 6947 -3.5 117.5 -121.0 .96 -0.1 -3.6 -42.9 -3.9 0.96 2.7 0 0 1

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
1998 22 MIN AL 32 32 8 14 10 2 3 14 18 .438 5 5 1 0 14 44% 44.1 66 11 34 16 0 15 4.5 4.6 5.4 94 5 14 13 0 118
1999 23 MIN AL 34 34 7 11 16 2 3 14 19 .424 5 9 5 2 14 41% 51.6 98 13 17 8 1 11 4.8 4.2 6.1 99 6 9 15 4 128
2000 24 MIN AL 33 33 13 10 10 2 4 19 14 .576 3 6 0 0 19 58% 49.6 81 7 17 13 1 13 5.2 5.0 6.1 98 6 8 16 3 126
2001 25 MIN AL 35 34 15 7 12 3 2 21 13 .618 4 4 2 1 20 59% 51.5 84 21 12 2 1 9 5.2 5.0 6.4 103 2 12 18 2 128
2002 26 MIN AL 29 29 13 9 7 2 1 18 12 .600 3 1 2 1 15 52% 49.8 92 3 12 5 0 9 4.2 4.8 5.9 93 5 11 12 1 131
2003 27 MIN AL 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 1.000 1 2 0 0 1 33% 55.7 77 39 0 0 0 2 5.1 4.5 5.7 79 2 1 0 0 88
2004 28 PHI NL 34 34 14 6 14 6 3 20 14 .588 6 6 0 0 18 53% 49.7 81 22 17 6 0 11 5.7 5.5 5.9 101 1 15 17 1 134
2005 29 CIN NL 34 34 8 15 11 1 2 14 19 .424 2 8 0 0 13 38% 41.5 75 12 20 8 1 13 5.1 4.7 5.5 93 7 15 12 0 118
2006 30 CIN NL 26 26 8 8 10 1 3 12 14 .462 4 3 0 0 14 54% 46.6 81 13 13 6 0 10 5.1 4.9 5.9 91 1 19 6 0 107
2007 31 CIN NL 6 6 0 4 2 0 1 0 6 .000 1 1 0 0 1 17% 43.2 53 37 4 0 0 4 3.7 2.1 5.2 83 2 4 0 0 99
2009 33 LAD NL 5 5 2 1 2 2 0 3 2 .600 0 1 0 0 0 0% 47.4 52 41 4 0 0 3 4.6 6.0 4.7 81 1 4 0 0 86
11 Yrs 271 270 89 85 96 21 22 138 131 .513 34 46 10 4 129 48% 48 98 3 150 64 4 100 5.0 4.8 5.9 96 38 112 109 11 134
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 105 -21 4.8 4.8 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
2001 25 MIN AL 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.031 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 8.0 40
2002 26 MIN AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .981 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
2 Yrs 64 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.010 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 4.0 40

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%
1998 22 MIN AL 772 22% 3.2% 13.9% 9.1% 10.0% 40% 0.36 0.43 73% 20% 6.8% 16% 134 9 7%
1999 23 MIN AL 858 19% 3.3% 19.0% 7.3% 8.0% 36% 0.42 0.52 70% 19% 8.1% 21% 150 10 7%
2000 24 MIN AL 849 19% 4.1% 18.9% 5.2% 9.4% 39% 0.45 0.62 70% 26% 11.1% 23% 149 11 7%
2001 25 MIN AL 944 17% 3.7% 16.6% 6.5% 9.4% 40% 0.42 0.50 72% 24% 9.1% 19% 164 7 4%
2002 26 MIN AL 707 17% 3.4% 17.1% 4.2% 8.9% 36% 0.48 0.59 75% 23% 8.6% 21% 134 12 9%
2003 27 MIN AL 66 30% 3.0% 10.6% 1.5% 6.1% 27% 0.38 0.45 85% 17% 6.1% 15% 7 0 0%
2004 28 PHI NL 862 16% 5.0% 18.7% 8.7% 10.8% 47% 0.43 0.54 66% 18% 12.2% 17% 133 12 9%
2005 29 CIN NL 855 20% 4.7% 14.4% 6.1% 11.9% 43% 0.48 0.59 73% 21% 10.3% 12% 135 3 2%
2006 30 CIN NL 662 24% 4.4% 13.6% 6.3% 10.0% 41% 0.46 0.54 74% 19% 9.1% 10% 115 7 6%
2007 31 CIN NL 143 15% 2.8% 12.6% 6.3% 11.9% 44% 0.35 0.58 76% 26% 6.0% 19% 26 2 8%
2009 33 LAD NL 108 31% 1.9% 18.5% 5.6% 9.3% 33% 0.43 0.46 71% 23% 4.7% 20% 25 0 0%
11 Yrs 6826 19% 3.9% 16.5% 6.6% 9.8% 40% 0.43 0.54 72% 21% 9.2% 18% 1172 73 6%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.9% 8.7% 8.0% 34% 0.78 1.07 70% 21% 8.0% 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
1998 22 MIN AL 774 3014 3.89 1897 63% 24% 12% 32% 31% 76% 0% 48% 84% 56% 6% 43 26 22% 168 97 13 28% 17 17 -2 0 0
1999 23 MIN AL 863 3359 3.89 2200 65% 23% 16% 33% 29% 77% 1% 50% 79% 60% 4% 32 19 27% 232 134 11 20% 38 11 -5 0 0
2000 24 MIN AL 849 3236 3.81 2116 65% 26% 14% 30% 30% 74% 0% 48% 82% 60% 4% 33 26 25% 215 95 11 26% 16 7 0 0 0
2001 25 MIN AL 946 3529 3.73 2315 66% 26% 12% 30% 31% 74% 0% 48% 83% 60% 3% 29 20 27% 256 149 13 31% 21 9 -2 0 0
2002 26 MIN AL 708 2700 3.81 1802 67% 24% 15% 30% 31% 76% 0% 51% 81% 62% 3% 23 18 30% 210 115 17 18% 24 5 -1 0 0
2003 27 MIN AL 68 237 3.49 172 73% 26% 9% 32% 34% 74% 0% 54% 88% 76% 4% 3 3 29% 20 11 2 0% 3 0 -2 0 0
2004 28 PHI NL 862 3438 3.99 2212 64% 23% 17% 32% 28% 77% 2% 50% 78% 61% 5% 46 29 26% 224 99 7 22% 26 11 0 0 0
2005 29 CIN NL 856 3164 3.70 2082 66% 25% 13% 30% 32% 75% 1% 49% 83% 66% 4% 31 22 26% 223 114 11 27% 20 7 -1 0 0
2006 30 CIN NL 662 2374 3.59 1559 66% 27% 14% 25% 34% 73% 2% 48% 81% 63% 4% 25 16 22% 144 77 12 22% 26 5 0 0 0
2007 31 CIN NL 143 496 3.47 330 67% 25% 12% 28% 35% 75% 0% 50% 84% 60% 2% 3 2 19% 27 13 3 56% 5 1 0 0 0
2009 33 LAD NL 109 404 3.71 268 66% 25% 15% 29% 30% 75% 0% 50% 80% 65% 3% 3 3 22% 24 9 1 20% 3 0 -1 0 0
11 Yrs 6840 25951 3.79 16953 65% 25% 14% 30% 31% 75% 1% 49% 81% 61% 4% 271 184 25% 1743 913 101 25% 199 73 -14 0 0
MLB Averages 3.75 62% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 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
1998 22 MIN AL 772 195 34 1 25 0 10 16 9 13 12 28 14 1 50% 6 1 1 297 10 6 63% 6 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 8 0
1999 23 MIN AL 858 190 16 6 28 0 9 21 7 12 16 44 26 4 59% 2 2 2 277 6 6 50% 5 6 1 0 0 0 2 1 15 0
2000 24 MIN AL 849 205 10 2 35 0 12 28 7 20 15 36 20 9 56% 8 5 1 298 4 2 67% 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 16 0
2001 25 MIN AL 944 222 20 2 35 1 15 24 11 16 19 33 19 3 58% 8 2 0 341 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 14 0
2002 26 MIN AL 707 173 13 2 24 1 14 15 9 12 12 34 24 3 71% 3 4 0 222 2 1 67% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0
2003 27 MIN AL 66 15 3 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 100% 1 0 0 19 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2004 28 PHI NL 862 196 20 2 43 0 18 38 5 20 23 43 20 8 47% 3 3 1 278 12 2 86% 8 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 11 0
2005 29 CIN NL 855 237 19 3 40 2 17 35 5 21 19 48 27 3 56% 8 8 0 301 11 3 79% 8 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
2006 30 CIN NL 662 163 10 1 29 1 11 23 6 16 13 23 13 2 57% 5 2 0 231 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
2007 31 CIN NL 143 39 3 0 4 0 1 3 1 4 0 11 6 0 55% 3 2 0 54 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2009 33 LAD NL 108 30 5 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 8 3 1 38% 1 0 0 46 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
11 Yrs 6826 1665 153 22 267 5 110 205 62 135 132 310 174 34 56% 48 29 5 2364 54 29 65% 38 24 15 4 1 1 7 4 102 0
MLB Averages 53% 70%

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+
1998 22 8 14 .364 5.64 32 32 0 1 0 0 172.1 195 113 108 25 70 0 107 2 0 1 772 84 1.538 10.2 1.3 3.7 5.6 1.53 84
1999 23 15 25 .375 5.01 66 66 0 6 2 0 378.2 385 224 211 53 133 2 270 5 0 3 1630 98 1.368 9.2 1.3 3.2 6.4 2.03 98
2000 24 28 35 .444 4.96 99 99 0 6 2 0 578.2 590 347 319 88 177 2 430 12 0 8 2479 101 1.325 9.2 1.4 2.8 6.7 2.43 101
2001 25 43 42 .506 4.79 134 133 0 8 3 0 799.1 812 456 425 123 238 2 587 17 0 10 3423 102 1.314 9.1 1.4 2.7 6.6 2.47 102
2002 26 56 51 .523 4.80 163 162 0 10 4 0 970.1 985 552 517 147 268 2 708 20 0 14 4130 100 1.291 9.1 1.4 2.5 6.6 2.64 100
2003 27 57 51 .528 4.76 166 165 0 10 4 0 987.1 1000 557 522 149 269 2 715 20 0 14 4196 101 1.285 9.1 1.4 2.5 6.5 2.66 101
2004 28 71 57 .555 4.76 200 199 0 10 4 0 1188.1 1196 667 628 192 344 8 876 21 0 17 5058 100 1.296 9.1 1.5 2.6 6.6 2.55 100
2005 29 79 72 .523 4.99 234 233 0 10 4 0 1374.2 1433 808 762 232 396 10 999 28 0 25 5913 94 1.331 9.4 1.5 2.6 6.5 2.52 94
2006 30 87 80 .521 5.01 260 259 0 10 4 0 1527.1 1596 902 850 261 438 14 1089 33 0 27 6575 94 1.332 9.4 1.5 2.6 6.4 2.49 94
2007 31 87 84 .509 5.01 266 265 0 10 4 0 1558.2 1635 923 868 265 447 14 1107 33 0 29 6718 94 1.336 9.4 1.5 2.6 6.4 2.48 94
2008 32 87 84 .509 5.01 266 265 0 10 4 0 1558.2 1635 923 868 265 447 14 1107 33 0 29 6718 94 1.336 9.4 1.5 2.6 6.4 2.48 94
2009 33 89 85 .511 4.99 271 270 0 10 4 0 1582.1 1665 935 878 267 453 14 1127 35 0 29 6826 94 1.339 9.5 1.5 2.6 6.4 2.49 94

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
1998 22 7 12 .368 5.23 172.0 187 111 100 24 67 107 2 1.477 9.8 3.5 5.6 1.60 1.3 32
1999 23 11 11 .500 3.93 206.0 178 100 90 26 59 163 3 1.150 7.8 2.6 7.1 2.76 1.1 34
2000 24 11 11 .500 4.01 204.0 189 101 91 32 41 163 6 1.127 8.3 1.8 7.2 3.98 1.4 33
2001 25 11 13 .458 4.17 220.0 218 113 102 34 60 157 5 1.264 8.9 2.5 6.4 2.62 1.4 35
2002 26 7 11 .389 4.90 167.0 172 101 91 24 30 118 3 1.210 9.3 1.6 6.4 3.93 1.3 29
2003 27 1 0 1.000 2.65 17.0 15 6 5 2 1 7 0 0.941 7.9 0.5 3.7 7.00 1.1 3
2004 28 10 12 .455 4.37 200.0 188 108 97 41 72 160 1 1.300 8.5 3.2 7.2 2.22 1.8 34
2005 29 6 14 .300 6.35 187.0 235 147 132 40 52 123 7 1.535 11.3 2.5 5.9 2.37 1.9 34
2006 30 7 10 .412 4.56 154.0 154 87 78 27 40 91 5 1.260 9.0 2.3 5.3 2.28 1.6 26
2007 31 1 2 .333 4.50 32.0 37 18 16 4 9 19 0 1.438 10.4 2.5 5.3 2.11 1.1 6
2009 33 1 1 .500 4.30 23.0 31 12 11 2 6 19 2 1.609 12.1 2.3 7.4 3.17 0.8 5
11 Yrs 73 97 .429 4.63 1582.0 1604 904 813 256 437 1127 34 1.290 9.1 6.4 2.58 1.5 271

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2001

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2001 AL  .682 (9th)
2004 NL  .700 (6th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1999 AL  1.226 (2nd)
2000 AL  1.245 (5th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1999 AL  8.288 (5th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2000 AL  1.980 (4th)
2002 AL  1.579 (3rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1999 AL  7.110 (9th)
2000 AL  7.200 (9th)
Career  6.410 (172nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1999 AL  163 (9th)
2000 AL  160 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1999 AL  34 (2nd)
2000 AL  33 (9th)
2001 AL  34 (3rd)
2004 NL  34 (5th)
2005 NL  34 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1999 AL  5 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1999 AL  2 (2nd)
2001 AL  1 (10th)
2002 AL  1 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2000 AL  35 (2nd)
2001 AL  35 (2nd)
2004 NL  43 (1st)
2005 NL  40 (1st)
2006 NL  29 (5th)
Career  267 (75th)

Hits s c a p y
2005 NL  237 (4th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1999 AL  2.587 (9th)
2000 AL  3.636 (4th)
2001 AL  2.574 (9th)
2002 AL  4.033 (3rd)
Career  2.488 (96th)

Losses s c a p y
1998 AL  14 (8th)
2005 NL  15 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2000 AL  108 (8th)
2001 AL  106 (4th)
2004 NL  106 (5th)
2005 NL  134 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2005 NL  8 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2001 AL  944 (8th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1999 AL  2.8 (5th)
2000 AL  1.8 (10th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 30 (794), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1076), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Ramon Ortiz (957)
  2. James Baldwin (943)
  3. Brian Anderson (940)
  4. Rick Helling (938)
  5. Bobby Jones (938)
  6. Sterling Hitchcock (937)
  7. Jose Lima (934)
  8. Erik Hanson (933)
  9. Rodrigo Lopez (932)
  10. Jake Westbrook (928)
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  1. John Danks (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mark Davis (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Scott Olsen (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Kyle Lohse (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Kyle Lohse (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jeff Francis (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Sterling Hitchcock (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Kyle Lohse (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Kyle Lohse (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Kyle Lohse (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Darren Oliver (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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