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Gabe Molina

Cruz Gabriel Molina

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 3, 1975 in Denver, CO
High School: Kennedy HS (Denver, CO)
School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 21st round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1999
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Cardinals/Braves 1999-2003

Final Game: May 26, 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
1999 24 BAL AL 1 2 .333 6.65 20 0 7 0 0 0 23.0 22 19 17 4 16 1 14 0 0 4 102 71 1.652 8.6 1.6 6.3 5.5 0.88
2000 25 TOT MLB 0 0 9.00 11 0 4 0 0 0 15.0 28 18 15 3 10 0 9 1 0 0 85 55 2.533 16.8 1.8 6.0 5.4 0.90
2000 25 BAL AL 0 0 9.00 9 0 3 0 0 0 13.0 25 14 13 2 9 0 8 0 0 0 74 54 2.615 17.3 1.4 6.2 5.5 0.89
2000 25 ATL NL 0 0 9.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 4 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 11 60 2.000 13.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 1.00
2002 27 STL NL 1 0 1.000 1.59 12 0 3 0 0 0 11.1 6 2 2 1 6 0 4 0 0 0 43 260 1.059 4.8 0.8 4.8 3.2 0.67
2003 28 STL NL 0 0 13.50 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 5 4 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 14 35 2.250 16.9 3.4 3.4 3.4 1.00
4 Yrs 2 2 .500 6.58 46 0 15 0 0 0 52.0 61 43 38 9 33 1 28 1 0 4 244 70 1.808 10.6 1.6 5.7 4.8 0.85
162 Game Avg. 3 3 .500 6.58 68 0 22 0 0 0 77 90 64 56 13 49 1 41 1 0 6 361 70 1.808 10.6 1.6 5.7 4.8 0.85
STL (2 yrs) 1 0 1.000 3.86 15 0 4 0 0 0 14.0 11 6 6 2 7 0 5 0 0 0 57 110 1.286 7.1 1.3 4.5 3.2 0.71
BAL (2 yrs) 1 2 .333 7.50 29 0 10 0 0 0 36.0 47 33 30 6 25 1 22 0 0 4 176 63 2.000 11.8 1.5 6.3 5.5 0.88
ATL (1 yr) 0 0 9.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 4 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 11 60 2.000 13.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 1.00
NL (3 yrs) 1 0 1.000 4.50 17 0 5 0 0 0 16.0 14 10 8 3 8 0 6 1 0 0 68 97 1.375 7.9 1.7 4.5 3.4 0.75
AL (2 yrs) 1 2 .333 7.50 29 0 10 0 0 0 36.0 47 33 30 6 25 1 22 0 0 4 176 63 2.000 11.8 1.5 6.3 5.5 0.88

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
1999 24 BAL AL 23.0 20 0 19 7.43 5.39 0.24 -0.40 96.5 4.58 -7 -0.6 .8 0.0 -0.4 -4 .468 .496 $
2000 25 BAL AL 13.0 9 0 14 9.69 5.45 -0.18 -0.40 92.2 4.82 -7 -0.6 .3 0.2 -0.3 -5 .431 .496 $
2000 25 ATL NL 2.0 2 0 4 18.00 5.55 0.29 -0.42 98.0 4.74 -3 -0.3 .0 0.1 -0.1 -3 .374 .498 $
2002 27 STL NL 11.1 12 0 2 1.59 4.34 0.28 -0.32 99.0 3.70 3 0.3 .9 -0.0 0.3 4 .523 .502 $
2003 28 STL NL 2.2 3 0 4 13.50 4.60 -0.07 -0.34 99.7 4.32 -3 -0.3 .1 0.1 -0.1 -2 .414 .498 $
4 Seasons 52.0 46 0 43 7.44 5.14 0.13 -0.38 96.2 4.44 -17 -1.5 .7 0.4 -0.6 -11 .467 .498 $
STL (2 yrs) 14.0 15 0 6 3.86 4.39 0.21 -0.32 99.2 3.82 -0 0.0 .7 0.1 0.2 1 .501 .500 $
BAL (2 yrs) 36.0 29 0 33 8.25 5.41 0.09 -0.40 94.9 4.67 -14 -1.3 .7 0.2 -0.7 -9 .456 .496 $
ATL (1 yr) 2.0 2 0 4 18.00 5.55 0.29 -0.42 98.0 4.74 -3 -0.3 .0 0.1 -0.1 -3 .374 .498 $

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
1999 24 BAL AL 20 102 86 19 22 4 0 4 0 0 16 14 .256 .373 .442 .814 .265 38 6 0 0 0 1 1
2000 25 BAL AL 9 74 63 14 25 2 0 2 1 0 9 8 .397 .459 .524 .983 .418 33 0 0 0 2 0 1
2000 25 ATL NL 2 11 8 4 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 .375 .455 .750 1.205 .286 6 0 1 0 1 0 1
2000 25 TOT MLB 11 85 71 18 28 2 0 3 1 1 10 9 .394 .459 .549 1.008 .403 39 0 1 0 3 0 2
2002 27 STL NL 12 43 37 2 6 0 0 1 0 0 6 4 .162 .279 .243 .522 .156 9 2 0 0 0 0 0
2003 28 STL NL 3 14 13 4 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 .385 .429 .769 1.198 .364 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 46 244 207 43 61 8 0 9 1 1 33 28 .295 .389 .464 .853 .301 96 8 1 0 3 1 3
162 Game Avg. 68 361 306 64 90 12 0 13 1 1 49 41 .295 .389 .464 .853 .301 142 12 1 0 4 1 4
MLB Averages .266 .337 .427 .764 .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
1999 24 BAL AL -5.3 -0.5 105 -0.6 1.2 -1.8 .68 -0.4 -0.5 -5.2 -0.5 0.68 -0.7 5 4 10
2000 25 TOT MLB -7.9 -0.7 87 -0.0 0.4 -0.4 .28 -0.9 0.8 -9.9 -0.9 0.28 -8.4 0 1 9
2000 25 BAL AL -6.2 -0.6 75 -0.0 0.4 -0.4 .32 -0.6 0.6 -7.0 -0.6 0.32 -6.4 0 1 7
2000 25 ATL NL -1.7 -0.2 12 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .01 -0.3 -0.7 -2.9 -0.3 0.01 -2.0 0 0 2
2002 27 STL NL 3.4 0.3 43 0.2 0.8 -0.6 .94 0.3 -0.0 4.5 0.5 0.94 3.3 2 5 4
2003 28 STL NL -2.6 -0.2 14 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .12 -0.0 0.1 -2.5 -0.2 0.12 -2.0 0 0 3
4 Yrs -12.3 -1.1 249 -0.4 2.4 -2.7 .55 -1.0 0.3 -13.1 -1.2 0.55 -7.8 7 10 26

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
1999 24 BAL AL 20 20 7 1 2 1 0 1 0% 3 2 13 4 31% 7 .683 5 4 10 7 1 12 7 13 7 8 10 1 3.5 20
2000 25 TOT MLB 11 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 100% .282 0 1 9 2 0 9 1 10 3 0 3 0 4.1 28
2000 25 BAL AL 9 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 100% 6 .323 0 1 7 2 0 7 1 8 3 0 3 0 4.3 31
2000 25 ATL NL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .007 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 17
2002 27 STL NL 12 12 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 0 0% 5 .936 2 5 4 4 2 6 6 6 3 5 4 1 2.8 14
2003 28 STL NL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .121 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 2.7 20
4 Yrs 46 46 15 2 2 1 0 1 0% 6 5 21 5 24% .556 7 10 26 14 3 29 14 32 13 14 17 3 3.4 20

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%
1999 24 BAL AL 102 63% 3.9% 13.7% 15.7% 7.8% 36% 0.67 1.15 67% 17% 11.1% 16% 28 6 21%
2000 25 TOT MLB 85 46% 3.5% 10.6% 11.8% 5.9% 18% 0.41 0.46 73% 34% 7.5% 9% 33 0 0%
2000 25 BAL AL 74 46% 2.7% 10.8% 12.2% 5.4% 16% 0.31 0.35 74% 37% 5.3% 10% 29 0 0%
2000 25 ATL NL 11 45% 9.1% 9.1% 9.1% 9.1% 33% 2.50 3.00 64% 13% 50.0% 0% 4 0 0%
2002 27 STL NL 43 58% 2.3% 9.3% 14.0% 2.3% 17% 0.33 0.43 74% 33% 5.0% 17% 8 2 25%
2003 28 STL NL 14 57% 7.1% 7.1% 7.1% 21.4% 60% 0.33 0.17 79% 8% 16.7% 33% 4 0 0%
4 Yrs 244 56% 3.7% 11.5% 13.5% 7.0% 28% 0.48 0.66 71% 25% 8.8% 15% 73 8 11%
MLB Averages 47% 2.9% 16.7% 8.9% 8.0% 34% 0.76 1.07 70% 23% 8.3% 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
1999 24 BAL AL 102 402 3.94 222 55% 23% 20% 25% 32% 77% 2% 43% 74% 50% 8% 8 4 16% 16 8 0 21% 4 3 0 0 0
2000 25 TOT MLB 85 311 3.66 189 61% 22% 13% 31% 34% 78% 0% 47% 84% 54% 6% 5 2 12% 10 4 1 33% 1 3 0 0 0
2000 25 BAL AL 74 278 3.76 168 60% 23% 13% 31% 34% 77% 0% 47% 84% 54% 5% 4 2 14% 10 4 1 38% 1 2 0 0 0
2000 25 ATL NL 11 33 3.00 21 64% 19% 14% 29% 38% 81% 0% 52% 82% 55% 9% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0% 0 1 0 0 0
2002 27 STL NL 43 162 3.77 97 60% 29% 12% 25% 34% 71% 0% 43% 83% 47% 5% 2 1 19% 8 6 0 0% 3 1 0 0 0
2003 28 STL NL 14 59 4.21 40 68% 20% 10% 40% 30% 80% 0% 54% 88% 64% 7% 1 1 21% 3 2 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 244 934 3.83 548 59% 23% 15% 28% 33% 77% 1% 45% 80% 52% 7% 16 8 15% 37 20 1 25% 8 7 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.73 62% 27% 15% 27% 32% 73% 2% 45% 80% 57% 5% 20% 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
1999 24 BAL AL 102 22 1 0 4 1 7 3 1 4 0 8 3 1 38% 1 4 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2000 25 TOT MLB 85 28 1 0 3 0 6 3 0 3 0 10 8 0 80% 2 0 0 47 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2000 25 BAL AL 74 25 1 0 2 0 5 2 0 2 0 8 6 0 75% 1 0 0 44 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2000 25 ATL NL 11 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 100% 1 0 0 3 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2002 27 STL NL 43 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 28 STL NL 14 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 244 61 3 0 9 1 14 6 3 8 1 20 12 1 60% 3 4 0 114 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

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+
1999 24 1 2 .333 6.65 20 0 7 0 0 0 23.0 22 19 17 4 16 1 14 0 0 4 102 71 1.652 8.6 1.6 6.3 5.5 0.88 71
2000 25 1 2 .333 7.58 31 0 11 0 0 0 38.0 50 37 32 7 26 1 23 1 0 4 187 63 2.000 11.8 1.7 6.2 5.4 0.88 63
2001 26 1 2 .333 7.58 31 0 11 0 0 0 38.0 50 37 32 7 26 1 23 1 0 4 187 63 2.000 11.8 1.7 6.2 5.4 0.88 63
2002 27 2 2 .500 6.20 43 0 14 0 0 0 49.1 56 39 34 8 32 1 27 1 0 4 230 75 1.784 10.2 1.5 5.8 4.9 0.84 75
2003 28 2 2 .500 6.58 46 0 15 0 0 0 52.0 61 43 38 9 33 1 28 1 0 4 244 70 1.808 10.6 1.6 5.7 4.8 0.85 70

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
1999 24 0 2 .000 7.29 21.0 22 19 17 4 16 13 0 1.810 9.4 6.9 5.6 0.81 1.7 20
2000 25 0 1 .000 7.88 16.0 27 16 14 3 10 9 1 2.313 15.2 5.6 5.1 0.90 1.7 11
2002 27 1 0 1.000 1.80 10.0 6 2 2 1 6 4 0 1.200 5.4 5.4 3.6 0.67 0.9 12
2003 28 0 0 12.00 3.0 5 4 4 1 1 1 0 2.000 15.0 3.0 3.0 1.00 3.0 3
4 Yrs 1 3 .250 6.66 50.0 60 41 37 9 33 27 1 1.860 10.8 4.9 0.82 1.6 46

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