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Clayton Mortensen

Clayton Grant Mortensen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 10, 1985 in Rexburg, ID
High School: Madison HS (Rexburg, ID)
School: Gonzaga University (Spokane, WA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (36th pick) of the 2007 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 2007. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 2009
Teams (by GP): Rockies/Athletics/RedSox/Cardinals 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$487k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 0.109, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*],
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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
2009 24 TOT MLB 2 4 .333 7.63 7 6 1 0 0 0 30.2 42 34 26 6 13 0 13 3 0 1 149 58 1.793 12.3 1.8 3.8 3.8 1.00
2009 24 STL NL 0 0 6.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 5 6 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 16 76 2.000 15.0 3.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
2009 24 OAK AL 2 4 .333 7.81 6 6 0 0 0 0 27.2 37 28 24 5 12 0 11 2 0 1 133 57 1.771 12.0 1.6 3.9 3.6 0.92
2010 25 OAK AL 0 0 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 3 1 2 0 7 0 0 0 26 97 1.333 9.0 1.5 3.0 10.5 3.50
2011 26 COL NL 2 4 .333 3.86 16 6 6 0 0 0 58.1 55 30 25 9 24 2 30 2 0 3 244 117 1.354 8.5 1.4 3.7 4.6 1.25
2012 27 BOS AL 0 0 0.96 3 0 2 0 0 0 9.1 6 1 1 1 0 0 12 0 0 1 33 451 0.643 5.8 1.0 0.0 11.6
4 Yrs 4 8 .333 4.74 27 13 9 0 0 0 104.1 109 69 55 17 39 2 62 5 0 5 452 94 1.419 9.4 1.5 3.4 5.3 1.59
162 Game Avg. 7 14 .333 4.74 46 22 15 0 0 0 177 185 117 94 29 66 3 105 9 0 9 768 94 1.419 9.4 1.5 3.4 5.3 1.59
OAK (2 yrs) 2 4 .333 7.22 7 7 0 0 0 0 33.2 43 32 27 6 14 0 18 2 0 1 159 61 1.693 11.5 1.6 3.7 4.8 1.29
COL (1 yr) 2 4 .333 3.86 16 6 6 0 0 0 58.1 55 30 25 9 24 2 30 2 0 3 244 117 1.354 8.5 1.4 3.7 4.6 1.25
STL (1 yr) 0 0 6.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 5 6 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 16 76 2.000 15.0 3.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
BOS (1 yr) 0 0 0.96 3 0 2 0 0 0 9.1 6 1 1 1 0 0 12 0 0 1 33 451 0.643 5.8 1.0 0.0 11.6
AL (3 yrs) 2 4 .333 5.86 10 7 2 0 0 0 43.0 49 33 28 7 14 0 30 2 0 2 192 75 1.465 10.3 1.5 2.9 6.3 2.14
NL (2 yrs) 2 4 .333 3.96 17 6 7 0 0 0 61.1 60 36 27 10 25 2 32 3 0 3 260 114 1.386 8.8 1.5 3.7 4.7 1.28

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
2009 24 STL NL 3.0 1 0 6 18.00 4.06 0.19 -0.30 94.0 3.36 -5 -0.3 .2 0.1 -0.2 -5 .175 .498 $
2009 24 OAK AL 27.2 6 6 28 9.11 4.76 -0.23 0.19 95.8 4.96 -13 -1.1 -0.0 -0.8 -9 .321 .493 $
2010 25 OAK AL 6.0 1 1 4 6.00 4.30 0.33 0.16 90.0 3.72 -2 -0.1 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .357 .499 $
2011 26 COL NL 58.1 16 6 30 4.63 4.15 0.13 -0.03 116.4 4.64 -0 -0.0 .4 -0.1 0.3 5 .498 .500 $
2012 27 BOS AL 9.1 3 0 1 0.96 4.35 0.47 -0.32 106.0 3.77 3 0.3 .5 -0.1 0.3 4 .610 .502 $
4 Seasons 104.1 27 13 69 5.95 4.33 0.08 0.00 107.9 4.55 -17 -1.2 .4 -0.1 -0.5 -6 .454 .498 $
OAK (2 yrs) 33.2 7 7 32 8.55 4.68 -0.13 0.18 94.8 4.74 -15 -1.2 -0.0 -0.9 -10 .326 .496 $
COL (1 yr) 58.1 16 6 30 4.63 4.15 0.13 -0.03 116.4 4.64 -0 -0.0 .4 -0.1 0.3 5 .498 .500 $
STL (1 yr) 3.0 1 0 6 18.00 4.06 0.19 -0.30 94.0 3.36 -5 -0.3 .2 0.1 -0.2 -5 .175 .498 $
BOS (1 yr) 9.1 3 0 1 0.96 4.35 0.47 -0.32 106.0 3.77 3 0.3 .5 -0.1 0.3 4 .610 .502 $

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
2009 24 OAK AL 6 133 116 28 37 7 2 5 5 2 12 11 .319 .383 .543 .927 .311 63 1 2 0 3 0 2
2009 24 STL NL 1 16 12 6 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 .417 .467 .833 1.300 .400 10 1 1 1 1 0 1
2009 24 TOT MLB 7 149 128 34 42 9 2 6 5 2 13 13 .328 .392 .570 .962 .319 73 2 3 1 4 0 3
2010 25 OAK AL 1 26 24 4 6 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 .250 .308 .375 .683 .313 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 26 COL NL 16 244 214 30 55 14 0 9 4 3 24 30 .257 .338 .449 .786 .263 96 11 2 4 0 2 5
2012 27 BOS AL 3 33 33 1 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 12 .182 .182 .364 .545 .250 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 27 452 399 69 109 26 2 17 9 5 39 62 .273 .342 .476 .818 .284 190 13 5 5 4 2 8
162 Game Avg. 46 768 678 117 185 44 3 29 15 9 66 105 .273 .342 .476 .818 .284 323 22 9 9 7 3 14
MLB Averages .258 .326 .406 .732 .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
2009 24 TOT MLB -13.7 -1.2 157 -1.3 1.5 -2.8 .73 -1.0 -0.7 -16.8 -1.5 0.74 -10.8 0 0 1
2009 24 STL NL -2.3 -0.2 16 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .10 -0.3 -0.2 -4.5 -0.4 0.10 -2.7 0 0 1
2009 24 OAK AL -11.3 -1.0 141 -1.2 1.5 -2.7 .81 -0.8 -0.7 -12.3 -1.1 0.81 -8.2 0 0 0
2010 25 OAK AL -0.5 -0.1 26 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 .88 0.0 -0.3 -1.2 -0.1 0.88 0.2 0 0 0
2011 26 COL NL 2.5 0.3 253 -0.8 3.0 -3.8 .73 -0.5 -0.7 -0.6 -0.1 0.73 -4.0 1 1 8
2012 27 BOS AL 3.4 0.4 34 0.1 0.2 -0.1 .31 0.4 -0.1 2.1 0.2 0.31 4.0 0 1 2
4 Yrs -8.2 -0.6 470 -2.2 5.1 -7.3 .71 -1.1 -2.1 -16.5 -1.4 0.71 -10.8 1 2 11

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
2009 24 TOT MLB 7 6 2 4 0 1 0 2 4 .333 0 0 0 0 1 17% 56 13 4 3 0 6 5.8 8.7 4.6 87 1 4 1 0 100
2009 24 OAK AL 6 6 2 4 0 1 0 2 4 .333 0 0 0 0 1 17% 36.0 56 13 4 3 0 6 5.8 8.7 4.6 87 1 4 1 0 100
2010 25 OAK AL 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 1 100% 51.0 51 51 0 0 0 1 3.6 4.5 6.0 95 0 1 0 0 95
2011 26 COL NL 16 6 2 3 1 1 1 2 4 .333 0 2 0 0 3 50% 49.3 63 28 1 0 1 2 3.2 1.6 5.8 87 2 3 1 0 105
3 Yrs 23 13 4 7 2 2 1 4 9 .308 0 3 0 0 5 38% 43 63 13 5 3 1 9 4.4 4.8 5.3 88 3 8 2 0 105
MLB Averages .500 52% 50 100 -13 4.4 4.4 5.9 96

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
2009 24 TOT MLB 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .733 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 50
2009 24 STL NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .105 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 50
2011 26 COL NL 16 10 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 7 .727 1 1 8 1 1 8 3 7 7 0 7 0 7.1 35
2012 27 BOS AL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 .311 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 3 0 9.3 47
3 Yrs 20 14 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% .646 1 2 11 1 1 12 4 10 11 0 11 0 7.7 39

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%
2009 24 TOT MLB 149 50% 4.0% 8.7% 8.7% 11.4% 41% 1.13 1.66 76% 18% 11.8% 7% 25 2 8%
2009 24 STL NL 16 38% 6.3% 12.5% 6.3% 18.8% 60% 0.57 1.33 63% 25% 16.7% 14% 3 1 33%
2009 24 OAK AL 133 52% 3.8% 8.3% 9.0% 10.5% 38% 1.21 1.69 77% 17% 11.1% 6% 22 1 5%
2010 25 OAK AL 26 65% 3.9% 26.9% 7.7% 3.9% 17% 0.55 0.57 62% 24% 11.1% 18% 3 0 0%
2011 26 COL NL 244 58% 3.7% 12.3% 9.8% 9.4% 42% 1.14 1.49 72% 12% 12.3% 15% 48 11 23%
2012 27 BOS AL 33 42% 3.0% 36.4% 0.0% 12.1% 67% 1.10 1.67 61% 14% 10.0% 0% 0 0
4 Yrs 452 55% 3.8% 13.7% 8.6% 10.0% 41% 1.09 1.48 72% 14% 11.9% 12% 76 13 17%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.5% 8.5% 7.6% 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
2009 24 TOT MLB 149 571 3.83 353 62% 29% 13% 24% 34% 71% 0% 44% 81% 52% 5% 8 4 21% 32 20 4 0% 4 4 0 0 0
2009 24 STL NL 16 50 3.13 31 62% 16% 16% 29% 39% 84% 0% 52% 81% 63% 6% 1 0 31% 5 2 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0
2009 24 OAK AL 133 521 3.92 322 62% 30% 13% 23% 34% 70% 0% 43% 81% 51% 5% 7 4 20% 27 18 3 0% 3 3 0 0 0
2010 25 OAK AL 26 95 3.65 62 65% 26% 15% 32% 27% 74% 0% 48% 80% 58% 8% 2 1 12% 3 0 0 43% 0 1 0 0 0
2011 26 COL NL 245 875 3.57 523 60% 27% 13% 25% 36% 73% 1% 44% 83% 54% 6% 14 8 18% 43 23 2 33% 6 4 -1 0 0
2012 27 BOS AL 33 140 4.24 94 67% 30% 26% 22% 22% 70% 0% 47% 64% 61% 9% 3 3 27% 9 4 0 25% 2 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 453 1681 3.71 1032 61% 28% 14% 25% 34% 72% 1% 44% 80% 54% 6% 27 16 19% 87 47 6 26% 12 9 -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 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
2009 24 TOT MLB 149 42 4 1 6 0 3 2 4 2 4 11 8 0 73% 3 1 0 54 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2009 24 STL NL 16 5 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 67% 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2009 24 OAK AL 133 37 4 1 5 0 2 1 4 1 4 8 6 0 75% 2 1 0 47 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2010 25 OAK AL 26 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 26 COL NL 244 55 7 0 9 0 9 4 5 6 3 14 6 3 43% 5 3 0 89 4 3 57% 4 2 0 1 0 0 3 3 4 0
2012 27 BOS AL 33 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Yrs 452 109 11 1 17 0 12 8 9 9 8 25 14 3 56% 8 5 0 159 9 5 64% 8 4 1 1 0 0 3 3 10 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
2009 24 2 4 .333 7.63 7 6 1 0 0 0 30.2 42 34 26 6 13 0 13 3 0 1 149 58 1.793 12.3 1.8 3.8 3.8 1.00 58
2010 25 2 4 .333 7.12 8 7 1 0 0 0 36.2 48 38 29 7 15 0 20 3 0 1 175 62 1.718 11.8 1.7 3.7 4.9 1.33 62
2011 26 4 8 .333 5.12 24 13 7 0 0 0 95.0 103 68 54 16 39 2 50 5 0 4 419 87 1.495 9.8 1.5 3.7 4.7 1.28 87
2012 27 4 8 .333 4.74 27 13 9 0 0 0 104.1 109 69 55 17 39 2 62 5 0 5 452 94 1.419 9.4 1.5 3.4 5.3 1.59 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
2009 24 1 2 .333 7.80 30.0 42 29 26 6 13 13 3 1.833 12.6 3.9 3.9 1.00 1.8 7
2010 25 0 0 4.50 6.0 6 3 3 1 2 7 0 1.333 9.0 3.0 10.5 3.50 1.5 1
2011 26 3 3 .500 3.70 56.0 52 26 23 9 23 29 2 1.339 8.4 3.7 4.7 1.26 1.4 16
2012 27 1 0 1.000 0.82 11.0 0 1 1 0 0 14 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 11.5 0.0 3
4 Yrs 5 5 .500 4.63 103.0 100 59 53 16 38 63 5 1.340 8.7 5.5 1.66 1.4 27

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