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Brian Moehler

Brian Merritt Moehler

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 31, 1971 in Rockingham, NC
High School: South HS (Richmond, NC)
School: University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Greensboro, NC)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 6th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1996
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Astros/Marlins/Reds 1996-2010
Agents: Lonnie Cooper [*]
Final Game: July 7, 2010
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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
1996 24 DET AL 0 1 .000 4.35 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 11 10 5 1 8 1 2 0 0 1 51 120 1.839 9.6 0.9 7.0 1.7 0.25
1997 25 DET AL 11 12 .478 4.67 31 31 0 2 1 0 175.1 198 97 91 22 61 1 97 5 0 3 770 98 1.477 10.2 1.1 3.1 5.0 1.59
1998 26 DET AL 14 13 .519 3.90 33 33 0 4 3 0 221.1 220 103 96 30 56 1 123 2 0 4 912 121 1.247 8.9 1.2 2.3 5.0 2.20
1999 27 DET AL 10 16 .385 5.04 32 32 0 2 2 0 196.1 229 116 110 22 59 5 106 7 0 4 859 97 1.467 10.5 1.0 2.7 4.9 1.80
2000 28 DET AL 12 9 .571 4.50 29 29 0 2 0 0 178.0 222 99 89 20 40 0 103 2 1 2 776 104 1.472 11.2 1.0 2.0 5.2 2.58
2001 29 DET AL 0 0 3.38 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 6 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 30 132 0.875 6.8 0.0 1.1 2.3 2.00
2002 30 TOT MLB 3 5 .375 4.86 13 12 0 0 0 0 63.0 78 39 34 11 13 0 31 1 0 0 278 89 1.444 11.1 1.6 1.9 4.4 2.38
2002 30 DET AL 1 1 .500 2.29 3 3 0 0 0 0 19.2 17 5 5 3 2 0 13 0 0 0 77 189 0.966 7.8 1.4 0.9 5.9 6.50
2002 30 CIN NL 2 4 .333 6.02 10 9 0 0 0 0 43.1 61 34 29 8 11 0 18 1 0 0 201 72 1.662 12.7 1.7 2.3 3.7 1.64
2003 31 HOU NL 0 0 7.90 3 3 0 0 0 0 13.2 22 12 12 4 6 0 5 0 0 0 66 57 2.049 14.5 2.6 4.0 3.3 0.83
2005 33 FLA NL 6 12 .333 4.55 37 25 4 0 0 0 158.1 198 82 80 16 42 9 95 5 0 1 696 88 1.516 11.3 0.9 2.4 5.4 2.26
2006 34 FLA NL 7 11 .389 6.57 29 21 2 0 0 0 122.0 164 95 89 19 38 3 58 5 1 2 556 66 1.656 12.1 1.4 2.8 4.3 1.53
2007 35 HOU NL 1 4 .200 4.07 42 0 29 0 0 1 59.2 67 29 27 8 17 3 36 0 0 1 257 110 1.408 10.1 1.2 2.6 5.4 2.12
2008 36 HOU NL 11 8 .579 4.56 31 26 0 0 0 0 150.0 166 79 76 20 36 1 82 4 0 3 650 93 1.347 10.0 1.2 2.2 4.9 2.28
2009 37 HOU NL 8 12 .400 5.47 29 29 0 1 0 0 154.2 187 101 94 21 51 12 91 4 0 4 694 75 1.539 10.9 1.2 3.0 5.3 1.78
2010 38 HOU NL 1 4 .200 4.92 20 8 5 0 0 0 56.2 66 32 31 5 26 1 28 1 1 0 249 81 1.624 10.5 0.8 4.1 4.4 1.08
14 Yrs 84 107 .440 4.81 332 252 40 11 6 1 1567.1 1834 897 837 199 454 37 859 36 3 25 6844 93 1.460 10.5 1.1 2.6 4.9 1.89
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .440 4.81 39 29 5 1 1 0 182 214 104 97 23 53 4 100 4 0 3 797 93 1.460 10.5 1.1 2.6 4.9 1.89
DET (7 yrs) 48 52 .480 4.44 131 131 0 10 6 0 809.0 903 433 399 98 227 8 446 16 1 14 3475 106 1.397 10.0 1.1 2.5 5.0 1.96
HOU (5 yrs) 21 28 .429 4.97 125 66 34 1 0 1 434.2 508 253 240 58 136 17 242 9 1 8 1916 84 1.482 10.5 1.2 2.8 5.0 1.78
FLA (2 yrs) 13 23 .361 5.43 66 46 6 0 0 0 280.1 362 177 169 35 80 12 153 10 1 3 1252 76 1.577 11.6 1.1 2.6 4.9 1.91
CIN (1 yr) 2 4 .333 6.02 10 9 0 0 0 0 43.1 61 34 29 8 11 0 18 1 0 0 201 72 1.662 12.7 1.7 2.3 3.7 1.64
NL (8 yrs) 36 55 .396 5.20 201 121 40 1 0 1 758.1 931 464 438 101 227 29 413 20 2 11 3369 80 1.527 11.0 1.2 2.7 4.9 1.82
AL (7 yrs) 48 52 .480 4.44 131 131 0 10 6 0 809.0 903 433 399 98 227 8 446 16 1 14 3475 106 1.397 10.0 1.1 2.5 5.0 1.96

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
1996 24 DET AL 10.1 2 2 10 8.71 5.40 -0.56 0.20 106.1 6.54 -3 -0.2 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .391 .499 $
1997 25 DET AL 175.1 31 31 97 4.98 5.03 -0.40 0.19 99.8 5.60 11 1.1 -0.1 2.6 34 .536 .507 $150,000
1998 26 DET AL 221.1 33 33 103 4.19 5.16 0.36 0.19 100.7 5.03 21 2.1 -0.1 3.9 49 .563 .513 $240,000
1999 27 DET AL 196.1 32 32 116 5.32 5.34 0.23 0.21 99.5 5.29 0 0.0 -0.1 1.7 26 .501 .500 $466,666
2000 28 DET AL 178.0 29 29 99 5.01 5.50 0.03 0.22 94.3 5.36 6 0.5 -0.1 2.0 31 .518 .503 $1,816,667
2001 29 DET AL 8.0 1 1 3 3.38 4.82 -0.22 0.18 90.0 4.69 1 0.1 -0.0 0.2 2 .619 .501 $2,416,667
2002 30 DET AL 19.2 3 3 5 2.29 5.28 -0.24 0.19 93.9 5.36 7 0.7 -0.0 0.9 9 .747 .505 $2,400,000
2002 30 CIN NL 43.1 10 9 34 7.06 4.46 0.00 0.16 111.9 5.16 -9 -0.9 1.3 -0.0 -0.6 -5 .410 .494 $
2003 31 HOU NL 13.2 3 3 12 7.90 5.33 0.53 0.21 96.8 4.85 -5 -0.4 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .360 .497 $500,000
2005 33 FLA NL 158.1 37 25 82 4.66 4.61 -0.49 0.10 93.3 4.85 3 0.3 .9 -0.1 1.4 19 .509 .502 $400,000
2006 34 FLA NL 122.0 29 21 95 7.01 4.89 -0.20 0.11 94.7 4.92 -28 -2.5 .7 -0.0 -1.7 -16 .412 .484 $1,500,000
2007 35 HOU NL 59.2 42 0 29 4.37 4.76 -0.34 -0.34 100.8 4.80 3 0.3 .6 -0.2 0.6 9 .507 .502 $500,000
2008 36 HOU NL 150.0 31 26 79 4.74 4.73 0.09 0.16 97.8 4.69 0 0.0 .3 -0.1 1.0 14 .501 .500 $500,000
2009 37 HOU NL 154.2 29 29 101 5.88 4.48 -0.01 0.18 97.6 4.55 -23 -2.2 -0.1 -1.2 -8 .423 .486 $2,300,000
2010 38 HOU NL 56.2 20 8 32 5.08 4.49 -0.20 0.01 102.0 4.78 -2 -0.2 .2 -0.0 0.2 3 .489 .499 $3,000,000
14 Seasons 1567.1 332 252 897 5.15 4.96 -0.04 0.15 98.2 5.05 -17 -1.2 .6 -1.2 10.6 164 .496 .499 $16,190,000
DET (7 yrs) 809.0 131 131 433 4.82 5.25 0.06 0.20 98.6 5.31 43 4.4 -0.5 11.2 151 .533 .504 $7,490,000
HOU (5 yrs) 434.2 125 66 253 5.24 4.63 -0.03 0.08 98.7 4.67 -26 -2.5 .5 -0.5 0.3 15 .480 .497 $6,800,000
FLA (2 yrs) 280.1 66 46 177 5.68 4.73 -0.37 0.10 93.9 4.88 -25 -2.2 .9 -0.2 -0.3 3 .467 .493 $1,900,000
CIN (1 yr) 43.1 10 9 34 7.06 4.46 0.00 0.16 111.9 5.16 -9 -0.9 1.3 -0.0 -0.6 -5 .410 .494 $

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
1996 24 DET AL 2 51 42 10 11 6 1 1 0 0 8 2 .262 .380 .524 .904 .256 22 0 0 1 0 1 2
1997 25 DET AL 31 770 695 97 198 37 4 22 21 5 61 97 .285 .343 .445 .788 .301 309 13 5 1 8 1 5
1998 26 DET AL 33 912 847 103 220 38 7 30 11 9 56 123 .260 .306 .427 .734 .273 362 28 2 3 3 1 9
1999 27 DET AL 32 859 780 116 229 37 6 22 18 4 59 106 .294 .347 .441 .788 .315 344 17 7 8 5 5 8
2000 28 DET AL 29 776 727 99 222 45 5 20 6 1 40 103 .305 .342 .464 .805 .332 337 19 2 3 4 0 11
2001 29 DET AL 1 30 29 3 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 .207 .233 .310 .544 .222 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 30 TOT MLB 13 278 258 39 78 19 2 11 3 2 13 31 .302 .336 .519 .855 .307 134 4 1 4 2 0 4
2002 30 CIN NL 10 201 185 34 61 17 2 8 2 2 11 18 .330 .369 .573 .942 .331 106 2 1 3 1 0 3
2002 30 DET AL 3 77 73 5 17 2 0 3 1 0 2 13 .233 .250 .384 .634 .241 28 2 0 1 1 0 1
2003 31 HOU NL 3 66 58 12 22 5 1 4 0 0 6 5 .379 .431 .707 1.138 .360 41 2 0 1 1 0 0
2005 33 FLA NL 37 696 632 82 198 44 2 16 16 5 42 95 .313 .359 .465 .824 .347 294 16 5 13 4 9 0
2006 34 FLA NL 29 556 504 95 164 33 7 19 5 6 38 58 .325 .377 .532 .909 .338 268 15 5 7 2 3 8
2007 35 HOU NL 42 257 238 29 67 9 1 8 3 0 17 36 .282 .328 .429 .757 .303 102 11 0 1 1 3 5
2008 36 HOU NL 31 650 595 79 166 37 3 20 9 0 36 82 .279 .320 .452 .772 .291 269 7 4 7 8 1 5
2009 37 HOU NL 29 694 627 101 187 43 7 21 12 3 51 91 .298 .353 .490 .843 .320 307 16 4 9 3 12 7
2010 38 HOU NL 20 249 221 32 66 11 1 5 2 2 26 28 .299 .373 .425 .799 .323 94 11 1 0 1 1 2
14 Yrs 332 6844 6253 897 1834 365 48 199 106 37 454 859 .293 .343 .462 .805 .312 2892 159 36 58 42 37 66
162 Game Avg. 39 797 728 104 214 43 6 23 12 4 53 100 .293 .343 .462 .805 .312 337 19 4 7 5 4 8
MLB Averages .266 .335 .423 .758 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1996 24 DET AL -1.1 -0.1 52 -0.3 0.7 -1.0 .96 -0.2 -0.2 -4.2 -0.3 0.96 -2.2 0 0 0
1997 25 DET AL -0.8 -0.1 798 0.6 12.8 -12.2 .93 -0.4 1.0 -1.6 -0.2 0.93 -5.3 0 0 0
1998 26 DET AL 20.2 2.0 931 1.0 15.9 -14.9 .92 1.9 -0.8 24.0 2.3 0.92 27.7 0 0 0
1999 27 DET AL -0.7 -0.1 884 0.2 15.2 -15.0 .96 0.1 0.1 -0.3 -0.0 0.96 2.2 0 0 0
2000 28 DET AL 2.6 0.2 786 0.8 14.1 -13.4 .95 -0.3 1.2 6.2 0.6 0.95 -2.7 0 0 0
2001 29 DET AL 1.1 0.1 30 0.2 0.6 -0.4 1.08 0.3 -0.1 1.1 0.1 1.08 2.9 0 0 0
2002 30 TOT MLB -3.8 -0.3 283 -0.4 4.5 -4.9 .89 -0.5 0.0 -4.8 -0.4 0.89 -4.4 0 1 0
2002 30 DET AL 4.9 0.5 78 0.4 1.4 -1.0 .89 0.4 0.1 4.9 0.5 0.89 4.7 0 0 0
2002 30 CIN NL -8.6 -0.8 205 -0.8 3.1 -3.9 .89 -0.8 -0.1 -9.8 -0.9 0.89 -9.1 0 1 0
2003 31 HOU NL -4.6 -0.4 66 -0.5 0.8 -1.3 .73 -1.0 0.2 -5.2 -0.5 0.73 -10.3 0 0 0
2005 33 FLA NL -8.3 -0.8 715 -1.4 12.6 -14.0 1.09 -1.1 -0.2 -6.6 -0.7 1.09 -11.7 3 3 5
2006 34 FLA NL -30.8 -2.8 572 -2.8 8.2 -11.0 .90 -2.6 -0.6 -28.0 -2.6 0.90 -26.1 1 2 5
2007 35 HOU NL 2.7 0.3 262 -0.4 2.9 -3.3 .69 0.2 -0.9 3.6 0.3 0.69 1.0 7 1 27
2008 36 HOU NL -4.2 -0.4 661 -0.3 10.6 -10.9 .94 0.1 -0.5 -4.4 -0.4 0.94 2.2 0 0 5
2009 37 HOU NL -23.4 -2.2 711 -2.5 11.9 -14.4 1.06 -1.9 -0.5 -22.7 -2.2 1.06 -20.2 0 0 0
2010 38 HOU NL -4.9 -0.5 253 -0.5 3.1 -3.6 .77 -0.4 -0.2 -4.6 -0.5 0.77 -5.2 0 1 10
14 Yrs -55.8 -5.1 7004 -6.5 113.8 -120.2 .95 -5.6 -1.2 -47.4 -4.3 0.95 -52.0 11 8 52

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
1996 24 DET AL 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 38.5 43 34 3 1 0 2 4.5 2.5 5.2 86 0 2 0 0 91
1997 25 DET AL 31 31 11 12 8 4 4 16 15 .516 3 2 2 1 12 39% 46.8 87 17 32 12 0 12 5.5 5.2 5.7 92 7 10 12 1 125
1998 26 DET AL 33 33 14 13 6 0 2 17 16 .515 2 2 4 3 20 61% 51.8 80 17 25 9 1 15 4.5 4.5 6.7 100 5 11 14 3 123
1999 27 DET AL 32 32 10 16 6 2 4 13 19 .406 0 3 2 2 16 50% 45.8 81 13 28 12 0 12 4.6 4.3 6.1 99 3 12 13 4 130
2000 28 DET AL 29 29 12 9 8 3 3 17 12 .586 5 2 2 0 16 55% 46.4 73 -4 25 9 1 13 5.9 5.4 6.1 93 3 17 9 0 115
2001 29 DET AL 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 1 100% 59.0 59 59 0 0 0 1 4.5 5.1 8.0 98 0 1 0 0 98
2002 30 TOT MLB 13 12 3 5 4 1 0 6 6 .500 2 0 0 0 4 33% 0.0 72 18 5 2 0 8 5.2 6.2 5.1 80 4 7 1 0 105
2002 30 DET AL 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 1 0 0 0 2 67% 60.0 72 45 2 0 0 3 3.8 4.0 6.6 87 0 3 0 0 88
2002 30 CIN NL 10 9 2 4 3 1 0 4 5 .444 1 0 0 0 2 22% 39.3 71 18 3 2 0 5 5.6 7.2 4.7 78 4 4 1 0 105
2003 31 HOU NL 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 0 2 0 0 0 0% 33.3 46 26 2 0 0 2 5.2 4.2 4.6 74 2 1 0 0 89
2005 33 FLA NL 37 25 6 11 8 4 3 8 17 .320 2 2 0 0 9 36% 46.2 76 21 24 7 6 7 4.1 4.2 5.5 86 8 11 6 0 111
2006 34 FLA NL 29 21 5 11 5 0 0 8 13 .381 1 3 0 0 7 33% 37.7 60 8 14 9 0 14 4.5 4.5 4.9 81 8 10 3 0 110
2008 36 HOU NL 31 26 11 8 7 4 0 16 10 .615 2 3 0 0 9 35% 48.2 76 17 23 4 0 12 4.4 4.6 5.5 84 6 18 2 0 111
2009 37 HOU NL 29 29 8 12 9 2 0 14 15 .483 3 5 1 0 11 38% 43.9 71 11 20 6 0 15 4.3 4.1 5.3 87 9 13 6 1 123
2010 38 HOU NL 20 8 1 3 4 1 1 5 3 .625 2 2 0 0 2 25% 44.1 61 5 6 2 0 5 4.6 2.9 4.8 83 3 4 1 0 105
13 Yrs 290 252 81 101 70 21 17 124 128 .492 23 27 11 6 107 42% 46 87 -4 207 73 8 118 4.7 4.6 5.7 90 58 117 67 9 130
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
2002 30 TOT MLB 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% .889 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.0 18
2002 30 CIN NL 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 .888 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.0 18
2005 33 FLA NL 37 12 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 100% 6 1.091 3 3 5 2 4 6 2 10 5 2 5 1 5.1 26
2006 34 FLA NL 29 8 2 2 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 3 50% 7 .899 1 2 5 4 0 4 3 5 4 0 4 1 6.9 31
2007 35 HOU NL 42 42 29 1 4 1 1 0 100% 2 1 13 2 15% 9 .693 7 1 27 9 6 27 7 35 16 2 17 8 4.3 21
2008 36 HOU NL 31 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 5 .938 0 0 5 0 0 5 1 4 2 1 2 0 4.6 28
2010 38 HOU NL 20 12 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 6 .770 0 1 10 0 1 11 3 9 7 2 7 1 4.6 24
6 Yrs 169 80 40 3 6 2 1 1 50% 4 2 29 10 34% .926 11 8 52 15 11 54 17 63 35 7 36 11 4.7 24

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%
1996 24 DET AL 51 45% 2.0% 3.9% 15.7% 15.7% 73% 1.35 1.90 76% 17% 6.3% 6% 9 0 0%
1997 25 DET AL 770 47% 2.9% 12.6% 7.9% 8.2% 32% 0.95 1.30 76% 21% 8.2% 12% 119 13 11%
1998 26 DET AL 912 48% 3.3% 13.5% 6.1% 8.2% 34% 0.94 1.32 76% 21% 9.4% 14% 148 28 19%
1999 27 DET AL 859 49% 2.6% 12.3% 6.9% 7.6% 28% 0.87 1.20 76% 24% 6.9% 11% 167 17 10%
2000 28 DET AL 776 52% 2.6% 13.3% 5.2% 9.0% 32% 0.84 1.29 78% 29% 6.7% 10% 145 19 13%
2001 29 DET AL 30 20% 0.0% 6.7% 3.3% 6.7% 33% 0.69 0.83 90% 19% 0.0% 25% 4 0 0%
2002 30 TOT MLB 278 51% 4.0% 11.2% 4.7% 11.5% 41% 0.80 1.26 78% 26% 10.8% 14% 41 4 10%
2002 30 DET AL 77 43% 3.9% 16.9% 2.6% 6.5% 29% 0.81 1.30 75% 18% 12.5% 23% 11 2 18%
2002 30 CIN NL 201 54% 4.0% 9.0% 5.5% 13.4% 44% 0.80 1.24 80% 29% 10.3% 11% 30 2 7%
2003 31 HOU NL 66 62% 6.1% 7.6% 9.1% 15.2% 46% 0.80 1.25 76% 27% 14.8% 10% 8 2 25%
2005 33 FLA NL 696 48% 2.3% 13.7% 6.0% 8.9% 31% 0.79 1.23 75% 21% 6.0% 10% 126 16 13%
2006 34 FLA NL 556 47% 3.4% 10.4% 6.8% 10.6% 36% 0.83 1.29 77% 21% 8.6% 9% 122 15 12%
2007 35 HOU NL 257 61% 3.1% 14.0% 6.6% 7.0% 27% 1.15 1.60 76% 18% 9.3% 9% 52 11 21%
2008 36 HOU NL 650 53% 3.1% 12.6% 5.5% 9.2% 36% 0.79 1.04 77% 16% 7.9% 12% 105 7 7%
2009 37 HOU NL 694 51% 3.0% 13.1% 7.4% 10.2% 38% 0.82 1.19 75% 16% 8.0% 10% 127 16 13%
2010 38 HOU NL 249 53% 2.0% 11.2% 10.4% 6.8% 26% 0.78 1.12 76% 20% 5.4% 15% 61 11 18%
14 Yrs 6844 50% 2.9% 12.6% 6.6% 8.9% 33% 0.86 1.24 77% 21% 7.8% 11% 1234 159 13%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 17.0% 8.8% 7.9% 34% 0.79 1.08 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
1996 24 DET AL 51 172 3.37 90 52% 23% 10% 21% 46% 77% 5% 40% 87% 47% 12% 6 2 6% 3 2 0 0% 1 3 0 0 0
1997 25 DET AL 747 2774 3.71 1664 60% 25% 14% 25% 35% 75% 0% 45% 81% 54% 6% 44 25 17% 128 59 7 26% 9 15 23 13 4
1998 26 DET AL 914 3291 3.60 2074 63% 27% 13% 25% 35% 73% 0% 46% 82% 57% 4% 37 30 18% 167 86 7 33% 14 6 -2 0 0
1999 27 DET AL 861 3152 3.66 1943 62% 27% 14% 24% 35% 73% 1% 45% 81% 56% 4% 37 23 17% 146 75 6 31% 16 9 -2 0 0
2000 28 DET AL 777 2694 3.47 1758 65% 30% 9% 25% 36% 70% 0% 46% 88% 62% 3% 22 17 20% 157 86 8 50% 15 5 -1 0 0
2001 29 DET AL 30 98 3.27 65 66% 26% 8% 25% 42% 74% 0% 49% 90% 57% 7% 2 2 20% 6 1 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0
2002 30 TOT MLB 278 983 3.54 664 68% 27% 9% 29% 35% 73% 0% 50% 88% 64% 3% 8 5 28% 78 50 9 45% 7 3 0 0 0
2002 30 DET AL 77 260 3.38 181 70% 28% 11% 27% 34% 72% 0% 50% 85% 65% 1% 1 1 30% 23 16 1 54% 4 0 0 0 0
2002 30 CIN NL 201 723 3.60 483 67% 26% 8% 30% 35% 74% 0% 49% 89% 64% 3% 7 4 27% 55 34 8 39% 3 3 0 0 0
2003 31 HOU NL 66 221 3.35 128 58% 33% 5% 19% 43% 67% 0% 39% 92% 58% 8% 5 4 9% 6 3 0 40% 0 1 0 0 0
2005 33 FLA NL 697 2471 3.55 1594 65% 28% 10% 28% 35% 72% 4% 47% 86% 63% 4% 28 15 22% 152 70 3 42% 15 4 -1 0 0
2006 34 FLA NL 557 1948 3.50 1214 62% 30% 10% 22% 37% 70% 2% 44% 85% 62% 4% 21 12 17% 92 44 9 26% 12 6 -1 0 0
2007 35 HOU NL 257 884 3.44 594 67% 28% 14% 24% 34% 72% 4% 48% 81% 67% 4% 11 6 26% 67 45 10 11% 12 2 0 0 0
2008 36 HOU NL 650 2313 3.56 1509 65% 24% 12% 29% 35% 76% 0% 50% 85% 63% 3% 19 15 23% 149 81 9 21% 16 3 0 0 0
2009 37 HOU NL 695 2515 3.62 1599 64% 29% 11% 26% 34% 71% 5% 45% 84% 63% 4% 30 15 22% 154 76 8 40% 14 4 -1 0 0
2010 38 HOU NL 250 956 3.82 562 59% 32% 10% 23% 35% 68% 1% 40% 84% 57% 6% 15 14 18% 46 21 2 25% 2 0 -1 0 0
14 Yrs 6830 24472 3.58 15458 63% 28% 12% 25% 35% 72% 2% 46% 84% 60% 4% 285 185 20% 1351 699 78 33% 133 61 14 13 4
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
1996 24 DET AL 51 11 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 67% 2 1 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1997 25 DET AL 770 198 14 0 22 0 10 10 12 11 11 33 21 4 64% 5 3 1 269 21 5 81% 18 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
1998 26 DET AL 912 220 64 7 30 0 11 14 16 17 13 45 23 4 51% 9 4 0 286 11 9 55% 10 9 1 0 0 0 2 1 11 0
1999 27 DET AL 859 229 27 5 22 0 10 7 15 15 7 41 18 8 44% 8 4 1 320 18 4 82% 18 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 10 0
2000 28 DET AL 776 222 22 1 20 0 5 7 13 11 9 38 18 6 47% 11 2 0 301 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
2001 29 DET AL 30 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 30 TOT MLB 278 78 9 1 11 0 1 4 7 9 2 8 4 1 50% 4 0 0 115 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
2002 30 DET AL 77 17 2 1 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 50% 1 0 0 24 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2002 30 CIN NL 201 61 7 0 8 0 1 4 4 6 2 6 3 1 50% 3 0 0 91 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
2003 31 HOU NL 66 22 1 0 4 0 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2005 33 FLA NL 696 198 17 3 16 0 14 7 9 8 8 38 19 7 50% 0 1 0 265 16 5 76% 15 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
2006 34 FLA NL 556 164 14 5 19 0 15 10 9 9 10 44 21 6 48% 8 2 1 210 5 6 45% 4 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 9 0
2007 35 HOU NL 257 67 5 1 8 0 5 4 4 6 2 11 8 0 73% 5 1 0 107 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2008 36 HOU NL 650 166 10 1 20 0 9 9 11 13 7 28 17 4 61% 5 3 0 233 9 0 100% 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2009 37 HOU NL 694 187 16 1 21 1 17 11 10 10 11 60 33 2 55% 7 4 0 240 12 3 80% 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2010 38 HOU NL 249 66 6 0 5 0 5 1 4 1 4 10 8 0 80% 2 0 0 108 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
14 Yrs 6844 1834 206 25 199 1 106 86 113 111 88 362 194 42 54% 66 25 3 2503 106 37 74% 99 34 7 3 0 0 8 3 91 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+
1996 24 0 1 .000 4.35 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 11 10 5 1 8 1 2 0 0 1 51 120 1.839 9.6 0.9 7.0 1.7 0.25 120
1997 25 11 13 .458 4.65 33 33 0 2 1 0 185.2 209 107 96 23 69 2 99 5 0 4 821 99 1.497 10.1 1.1 3.3 4.8 1.43 99
1998 26 25 26 .490 4.25 66 66 0 6 4 0 407.0 429 210 192 53 125 3 222 7 0 8 1733 110 1.361 9.5 1.2 2.8 4.9 1.78 110
1999 27 35 42 .455 4.50 98 98 0 8 6 0 603.1 658 326 302 75 184 8 328 14 0 12 2592 105 1.396 9.8 1.1 2.7 4.9 1.78 105
2000 28 47 51 .480 4.50 127 127 0 10 6 0 781.1 880 425 391 95 224 8 431 16 1 14 3368 105 1.413 10.1 1.1 2.6 5.0 1.92 105
2001 29 47 51 .480 4.49 128 128 0 10 6 0 789.1 886 428 394 95 225 8 433 16 1 14 3398 105 1.408 10.1 1.1 2.6 4.9 1.92 105
2002 30 50 56 .472 4.52 141 140 0 10 6 0 852.1 964 467 428 106 238 8 464 17 1 14 3676 104 1.410 10.2 1.1 2.5 4.9 1.95 104
2003 31 50 56 .472 4.57 144 143 0 10 6 0 866.0 986 479 440 110 244 8 469 17 1 14 3742 103 1.420 10.2 1.1 2.5 4.9 1.92 103
2004 32 50 56 .472 4.57 144 143 0 10 6 0 866.0 986 479 440 110 244 8 469 17 1 14 3742 103 1.420 10.2 1.1 2.5 4.9 1.92 103
2005 33 56 68 .452 4.57 181 168 4 10 6 0 1024.1 1184 561 520 126 286 17 564 22 1 15 4438 100 1.435 10.4 1.1 2.5 5.0 1.97 100
2006 34 63 79 .444 4.78 210 189 6 10 6 0 1146.1 1348 656 609 145 324 20 622 27 2 17 4994 95 1.459 10.6 1.1 2.5 4.9 1.92 95
2007 35 64 83 .435 4.75 252 189 35 10 6 1 1206.0 1415 685 636 153 341 23 658 27 2 18 5251 96 1.456 10.6 1.1 2.5 4.9 1.93 96
2008 36 75 91 .452 4.73 283 215 35 10 6 1 1356.0 1581 764 712 173 377 24 740 31 2 21 5901 95 1.444 10.5 1.1 2.5 4.9 1.96 95
2009 37 83 103 .446 4.80 312 244 35 11 6 1 1510.2 1768 865 806 194 428 36 831 35 2 25 6595 93 1.454 10.5 1.2 2.5 5.0 1.94 93
2010 38 84 107 .440 4.81 332 252 40 11 6 1 1567.1 1834 897 837 199 454 37 859 36 3 25 6844 93 1.460 10.5 1.1 2.6 4.9 1.89 93

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
1996 24 1 0 1.000 3.27 11.0 10 4 4 1 7 2 0 1.545 8.2 5.7 1.6 0.29 0.8 2
1997 25 8 10 .444 4.61 170.0 194 97 87 22 60 94 5 1.494 10.3 3.2 5.0 1.57 1.2 31
1998 26 12 11 .522 3.79 214.0 213 100 90 29 54 119 2 1.248 9.0 2.3 5.0 2.20 1.2 33
1999 27 9 12 .429 4.73 192.0 219 112 101 21 56 104 7 1.432 10.3 2.6 4.9 1.86 1.0 32
2000 28 9 10 .474 4.32 173.0 215 92 83 19 39 100 2 1.468 11.2 2.0 5.2 2.56 1.0 29
2001 29 0 0 3.38 8.0 6 3 3 0 1 2 0 0.875 6.8 1.1 2.3 2.00 0.0 1
2002 30 2 4 .333 4.79 62.0 77 37 33 11 13 31 1 1.452 11.2 1.9 4.5 2.38 1.6 13
2003 31 0 1 .000 7.62 13.0 21 12 11 4 6 5 0 2.077 14.5 4.2 3.5 0.83 2.8 3
2005 33 6 10 .375 5.17 148.0 204 94 85 16 43 89 5 1.669 12.4 2.6 5.4 2.07 1.0 37
2006 34 3 10 .231 6.62 117.0 162 96 86 19 38 56 5 1.709 12.5 2.9 4.3 1.47 1.5 29
2007 35 3 3 .500 3.81 59.0 64 28 25 8 16 36 0 1.356 9.8 2.4 5.5 2.25 1.2 42
2008 36 7 9 .438 4.62 148.0 166 84 76 20 36 81 4 1.365 10.1 2.2 4.9 2.25 1.2 31
2009 37 5 11 .313 5.76 150.0 189 107 96 21 52 88 4 1.607 11.3 3.1 5.3 1.69 1.3 29
2010 38 2 3 .400 5.82 51.0 68 37 33 5 27 25 1 1.863 12.0 4.8 4.4 0.93 0.9 20
14 Yrs 67 94 .416 4.83 1516.0 1808 903 813 196 448 832 36 1.488 10.7 4.9 1.86 1.2 332

* 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

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1998 AL  1.247 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1998 AL  2.277 (8th)
2000 AL  2.023 (5th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1998 AL  221.3 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1998 AL  33 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1997 AL  1 (9th)
1998 AL  3 (2nd)
1999 AL  2 (2nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1998 AL  30 (5th)
Career  199 (210th)

Hits s c a p y
1999 AL  229 (10th)
2000 AL  222 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2000 AL  2.575 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1997 AL  12 (10th)
1999 AL  16 (1st)
2009 NL  12 (10th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1999 AL  110 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 11 (1423), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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