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Mike Minor

Michael David Minor (twitter: @MikeMinor36)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 26, 1987 in Chapel Hill, TN
High Schools: Forrest HS (Forrest, TN), Forrest HS (Chapel Hill, TN)
School: Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 2009 amateur draft.
Signed August 6, 2009. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 9, 2010 (Age 22)
Team: Braves 2010-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$505k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.138, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: Bo McKinnis [*]
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	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	Awards
2009	21	ATL-min	A	0	1	.000	0.64	4	4	0	14.0	10	1	1	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	48		0.714	6.4	0.0	0.0	10.9		ROM · SALL
2010	22	ATL-min	AA,AAA	6	7	.462	3.44	21	21	0	120.1	93	55	46	9	46	1	146	1	1	2	487		1.155	7.0	0.7	3.4	10.9	3.17	MSS,GWI · SOUL,IL
2010	22	ATL	NL	3	2	.600	5.98	9	8	1	40.2	53	28	27	6	11	0	43	1	0	0	185	66	1.574	11.7	1.3	2.4	9.5	3.91
2011	23	ATL-min	AAA	4	5	.444	3.13	16	16	0	100.2	93	43	35	12	27	2	99	2	0	1	415		1.192	8.3	1.1	2.4	8.9	3.67	GWI · IL
2011	23	ATL	NL	5	3	.625	4.14	15	15	0	82.2	93	39	38	7	30	5	77	1	0	2	361	93	1.488	10.1	0.8	3.3	8.4	2.57
2012	24	ATL	NL	11	10	.524	4.12	30	30	0	179.1	151	88	82	26	56	7	145	5	0	3	728	96	1.154	7.6	1.3	2.8	7.3	2.59
2013	25	ATL	NL	8	2	.800	2.68	14	14	0	90.2	70	31	27	9	18	1	85	1	0	2	356	145	0.971	6.9	0.9	1.8	8.4	4.72
4 Yrs				27	17	.614	3.98	68	67	1	393.1	367	186	174	48	115	13	350	8	0	7	1630	98	1.225	8.4	1.1	2.6	8.0	3.04
162 Game Avg.				14	9	.614	3.98	34	34	1	198	185	94	88	24	58	7	176	4	0	4	821	98	1.225	8.4	1.1	2.6	8.0	3.04

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
2010	22	ATL	NL	40.2	9	8	28	6.20	4.24	0.07	0.14	98.7	4.25	-9	-0.9	.1	-0.0	-0.5	-5	.404	.495
2011	23	ATL	NL	82.2	15	15	39	4.25	4.07	0.08	0.15	98.9	4.10	-2	-0.2		-0.0	0.4	5	.486	.499
2012	24	ATL	NL	179.1	30	30	88	4.42	4.34	0.47	0.16	102.9	4.15	-7	-0.7		-0.1	0.7	9	.476	.496	$482,500
2013	25	ATL	NL	90.2	14	14	31	3.08	4.14	0.06	0.16	104.1	4.41	12	1.4		-0.1	2.1	21	.603	.509	$505,000
4 Seasons				393.1	68	67	186	4.26	4.23	0.25	0.16	101.9	4.21	-5	-0.3	.1	-0.3	2.8	30	.495	.499	$987,500

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
2010	22	ATL	NL	9	185	169	28	53	16	1	6	3	2	11	43	.314	.353	.527	.880	.382	89	1	1	1	3	0	1
2011	23	ATL	NL	15	361	326	39	93	25	2	7	2	2	30	77	.285	.346	.439	.785	.354	143	9	1	3	1	5	1
2012	24	ATL	NL	30	728	651	88	151	30	3	26	10	2	56	145	.232	.294	.407	.702	.256	265	17	5	8	8	7	4
2013	25	ATL	NL	14	356	332	31	70	19	1	9	1	2	18	85	.211	.251	.355	.607	.253	118	3	1	2	3	1	3
4 Yrs				68	1630	1478	186	367	90	7	48	16	8	115	350	.248	.303	.416	.719	.291	615	30	8	14	15	13	9
162 Game Avg.				34	821	744	94	185	45	4	24	8	4	58	176	.248	.303	.416	.719	.291	310	15	4	7	8	7	5
MLB Averages																.255	.321	.402	.723	.296

Win Probability*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
2010	22	ATL	NL	-8.8	-0.8	190	-1.2	2.7	-4.0	.98	-1.0	-0.3	-11.4	-1.1	0.98	-10.4	1
2011	23	ATL	NL	-1.6	-0.2	367	0.4	6.8	-6.4	1.07	-0.8	1.2	1.5	0.2	1.07	-7.9	0
2012	24	ATL	NL	-1.7	-0.2	741	0.3	12.1	-11.8	.94	0.8	-0.5	5.7	0.6	0.94	7.4	0
2013	25	ATL	NL	11.3	1.2	359	0.8	6.0	-5.2	.90	1.2	-0.3	11.8	1.3	0.90	13.4	0
4 Yrs				-0.8	0.1	1657	0.2	27.7	-27.5	.96	0.2	0.1	7.5	0.9	0.96	2.5	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
2010	22	ATL	NL	9	8	3	2	3	1	0	4	4	.500	0	4	0	0	3	38%	44.4	57	25	2	0	0	4	7.5	3.2	4.9	93	2	3	3	0	105
2011	23	ATL	NL	15	15	5	3	7	3	1	10	5	.667	2	2	0	0	5	33%	49.4	72	27	15	6	0	9	4.8	5.0	5.5	92	1	14	0	0	99
2012	24	ATL	NL	30	30	11	10	9	2	4	15	15	.500	3	4	0	0	16	53%	53.1	79	15	19	12	0	16	4.4	4.3	6.0	95	3	16	11	0	115
2013	25	ATL	NL	14	14	8	2	4	1	1	11	3	.786	1	3	0	0	11	79%	60.5	80	42	6	1	0	6	6.0	5.8	6.5	99	0	5	9	0	117
4 Yrs				68	67	27	17	23	7	6	40	27	.597	6	13	0	0	35	52%	53	80	15	42	19	0	35	5.2	4.7	5.9	95	6	38	23	0	117
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	101	-13					4.3	4.4	6.0	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	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
2010	22	ATL	NL	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	3	100%	8	.980	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	4.0	29
1 Yr				9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	3	100%		.980	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	4.0	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%
2010	22	ATL	NL	185	24%	3.2%	23.2%	6.0%	12.4%	43%	0.56	0.71	66%	19%	8.5%	12%	27	1	4%
2011	23	ATL	NL	361	17%	1.9%	21.3%	8.3%	9.4%	37%	0.61	0.89	67%	21%	5.0%	9%	73	9	12%
2012	24	ATL	NL	728	25%	3.6%	19.9%	7.7%	8.1%	39%	0.55	0.74	67%	19%	9.3%	15%	120	17	14%
2013	25	ATL	NL	356	23%	2.5%	23.9%	5.1%	8.2%	41%	0.58	0.65	68%	21%	6.8%	15%	51	3	6%
4 Yrs				1630	23%	2.9%	21.5%	7.1%	8.9%	40%	0.57	0.74	67%	20%	7.7%	13%	271	30	11%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	19.1%	8.2%	7.6%	33%	0.82	1.10	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
2010	22	ATL	NL	186	769	4.13	489	64%	22%	20%	30%	27%	78%	0%	49%	74%	58%	2%	3	2	22%	41	18	0	21%	5	1	-1	0	0
2011	23	ATL	NL	361	1377	3.81	888	64%	32%	14%	25%	28%	68%	3%	44%	79%	64%	4%	13	5	27%	99	51	6	35%	13	4	0	0	0
2012	24	ATL	NL	729	2863	3.93	1779	62%	31%	14%	26%	29%	69%	3%	43%	79%	59%	5%	40	27	23%	166	79	7	33%	17	6	-1	0	0
2013	25	ATL	NL	358	1391	3.89	919	66%	27%	18%	27%	27%	73%	0%	48%	76%	64%	1%	4	1	23%	83	39	6	15%	7	2	-2	0	0
4 Yrs				1634	6400	3.92	4075	64%	29%	16%	27%	28%	71%	2%	45%	78%	61%	4%	60	35	24%	389	187	19	28%	42	13	-4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	46%	79%	59%	5%			23%				24%

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
2010	22	ATL	NL	185	53	6	2	6	1	5	6	0	3	3	6	6	0	100%	1	0	0	72	3	2	60%	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	0
2011	23	ATL	NL	361	93	7	0	7	1	3	6	1	1	6	13	7	2	54%	1	2	1	157	2	2	50%	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	0
2012	24	ATL	NL	728	151	9	2	26	1	13	19	7	8	18	35	18	3	51%	4	3	0	222	10	2	83%	7	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	11	0
2013	25	ATL	NL	356	70	8	2	9	0	5	7	2	5	4	12	6	3	50%	3	2	0	108	1	2	33%	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	0
4 Yrs				1630	367	30	6	48	3	26	38	10	17	31	66	37	8	56%	9	7	1	559	16	8	67%	12	5	3	3	1	0	3	3	26	0
MLB Averages																		52%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	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+
2010	22	3	2	.600	5.98	9	8	1	40.2	53	28	27	6	11	0	43	1	0	185	66	1.574	11.7	1.3	2.4	9.5	3.91	66
2011	23	8	5	.615	4.74	24	23	1	123.1	146	67	65	13	41	5	120	2	2	546	82	1.516	10.7	0.9	3.0	8.8	2.93	82
2012	24	19	15	.559	4.37	54	53	1	302.2	297	155	147	39	97	12	265	7	5	1274	90	1.302	8.8	1.2	2.9	7.9	2.73	90
2013	25	27	17	.614	3.98	68	67	1	393.1	367	186	174	48	115	13	350	8	7	1630	98	1.225	8.4	1.1	2.6	8.0	3.04	98

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
2010	22	1	3	.250	6.69	39.0	55	32	29	6	11	42	1	1.692	12.7	2.5	9.7	3.82	1.4	9
2011	23	3	5	.375	4.73	78.0	96	46	41	7	31	72	1	1.628	11.1	3.6	8.3	2.32	0.8	15
2012	24	8	10	.444	4.55	170.0	155	96	86	27	57	138	5	1.247	8.2	3.0	7.3	2.42	1.4	30
2013	25	6	3	.667	2.83	89.0	71	31	28	9	18	83	1	1.000	7.2	1.8	8.4	4.61	0.9	14
4 Yrs		18	21	.462	4.40	376.0	377	205	184	49	117	335	8	1.314	9.0		8.0	2.86	1.2	68

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y 2013 NL 8 (7th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 2013 NL .800 (8th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 2012 NL 1.154 (9th) 2013 NL 0.971 (6th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 2012 NL 7.578 (5th)
Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 2013 NL 1.787 (9th)	Home Runs s c a p y 2012 NL 26 (5th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 2013 NL 4.722 (7th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 2013 NL 1.2 (10th)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 11 (1439), Average HOFer ≈ 185
JAWS	Starting Pitcher (1479th), 2.5 career WAR/2.5 7yr-peak WAR/2.5 JAWS Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.2 7yr-peak WAR/61.4 JAWS

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