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Jason Motte

Jason Louis Motte (twitter: @JMotte30)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 22, 1982 in Port Huron, MI
High School: Valley Central HS (Montgomery, NY)
School: Iona College (New Rochelle, NY)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 19th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 2008
Team: Cardinals 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$1.95M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.027, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	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
2006	24	STL-min	A-,A	2	3	.400	3.69	29	16	8	39.0	46	20	16	2	7	0	38	1	0	0	172		1.359	10.6	0.5	1.6	8.8	5.43	SCS,DAV · NYPL,MIDW
2007	25	STL-min	AA,A+	4	3	.571	1.98	53	30	11	59.0	43	15	13	3	23	2	69	3	0	2	240		1.119	6.6	0.5	3.5	10.5	3.00	SPD,PLM · TL,FLOR
2008	26	STL-min	AAA	4	3	.571	3.24	63	28	9	66.2	64	25	24	6	26	3	110	1	0	7	290		1.350	8.6	0.8	3.5	14.8	4.23	MEM · PCL
2008	26	STL	NL	0	0		0.82	12	4	1	11.0	5	2	1	0	3	0	16	0	0	0	40	532	0.727	4.1	0.0	2.5	13.1	5.33
2009	27	STL	NL	4	4	.500	4.76	69	14	0	56.2	57	32	30	10	23	1	54	2	1	2	244	86	1.412	9.1	1.6	3.7	8.6	2.35
2010	28	STL-min	AAA	0	0		3.38	2	0	0	2.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	11		1.125	6.8	0.0	3.4	6.8	2.00	MEM · PCL
2010	28	STL	NL	4	2	.667	2.24	56	13	2	52.1	41	13	13	5	18	3	54	0	0	1	208	174	1.127	7.1	0.9	3.1	9.3	3.00
2011	29	STL	NL	5	2	.714	2.25	78	27	9	68.0	49	22	17	2	16	2	63	5	0	1	268	166	0.956	6.5	0.3	2.1	8.3	3.94
2012	30	STL	NL	3	2	.600	2.70	18	17	8	20.0	13	6	6	3	4	0	19	0	0	0	75	142	0.850	5.9	1.4	1.8	8.6	4.75
5 Yrs				16	10	.615	2.90	233	75	20	208.0	165	75	67	20	64	6	206	7	1	4	835	135	1.101	7.1	0.9	2.8	8.9	3.22
162 Game Avg.				5	3	.615	2.90	68	22	6	61	48	22	20	6	19	2	60	2	0	1	244	135	1.101	7.1	0.9	2.8	8.9	3.22

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	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2008	26	STL	NL	11.0	12	2	1.64	4.57	0.22	-0.33	100.1	4.03	3	0.3	2.0	0.1	0.5	4	.526	.502	$
2009	27	STL	NL	56.2	69	32	5.08	4.54	0.13	-0.33	96.8	3.95	-7	-0.7	1.0	-0.1	-0.4	-2	.489	.495	$400,000
2010	28	STL	NL	52.1	56	13	2.24	4.38	0.17	-0.33	97.3	3.78	9	1.0	1.3	0.0	1.4	14	.517	.506	$411,000
2011	29	STL	NL	68.0	78	22	2.91	4.14	-0.17	-0.31	97.2	3.89	7	0.8	1.5	0.0	1.3	13	.510	.505	$435,000
2012	30	STL	NL	20.0	18	6	2.70	4.09	-0.09	-0.31	98.6	3.81	2	0.2	1.5	0.0	0.4	4	.513	.501	$
5 Seasons				208.0	233	75	3.25	4.33	0.03	-0.32	97.4	3.88	14	1.5	1.3	0.0	3.2	34	.507	.502	$1,246,000

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
2009	27	STL	NL	NLDS	L	LAD	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

2011	29	STL	NL	NLDS	W	PHI	0	0		0.00	3	0	3	0	0	2	3.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	0.300	2.7	0.0	0.0	8.1
2011	29	STL	NL	NLCS	W	MIL	0	0		0.00	4	0	4	0	0	2	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	14	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.7
2011	29	STL	NL	WS	W	TEX	0	1	.000	6.23	5	0	3	0	0	1	4.1	4	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	18	1.154	8.3	2.1	2.1	2.1	1.00
2 Yrs (4 Series)							0	1	.000	2.03	13	0	10	0	0	5	13.1	5	4	3	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	46	0.450	3.4	0.7	0.7	5.4	8.00
2 NLDS							0	0		0.00	4	0	3	0	0	2	4.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	14	0.231	2.1	0.0	0.0	6.2
1 NLCS							0	0		0.00	4	0	4	0	0	2	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	14	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.7
1 WS							0	1	.000	6.23	5	0	3	0	0	1	4.1	4	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	18	1.154	8.3	2.1	2.1	2.1	1.00

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
2008	26	STL	NL	12	40	36	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	16	.139	.205	.139	.344	.250	5	1	0	1	0	0	0
2009	27	STL	NL	69	244	216	32	57	14	0	10	0	1	23	54	.264	.336	.468	.804	.303	101	6	2	0	3	1	1
2010	28	STL	NL	56	208	186	13	41	6	0	5	3	1	18	54	.220	.285	.333	.618	.277	62	5	0	1	3	3	0
2011	29	STL	NL	78	268	243	22	49	13	2	2	6	1	16	63	.202	.262	.296	.558	.260	72	7	5	1	3	2	4
2012	30	STL	NL	18	75	71	6	13	1	0	3	1	1	4	19	.183	.227	.324	.551	.204	23	1	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				233	835	752	75	165	34	2	20	10	4	64	206	.219	.284	.350	.633	.271	263	20	7	3	9	6	5
162 Game Avg.				68	244	219	22	48	10	1	6	3	1	19	60	.219	.284	.350	.633	.271	77	6	2	1	3	2	1
MLB Averages																.259	.327	.408	.736	.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
2008	26	STL	NL	4.0	0.4	40	0.5	1.1	-0.7	1.34	0.5	-0.1	4.8	0.5	1.34	5.1	4	4	4
2009	27	STL	NL	-4.2	-0.4	249	-0.2	4.2	-4.5	1.01	-0.1	-0.2	0.6	0.1	1.01	-3.7	20	13	34
2010	28	STL	NL	10.6	1.1	214	1.3	5.1	-3.8	1.26	0.9	0.2	15.0	1.6	1.26	10.7	23	7	26
2011	29	STL	NL	9.5	1.0	278	1.2	6.7	-5.5	1.33	1.1	-0.2	11.6	1.2	1.33	8.9	31	21	25
2012	30	STL	NL	2.8	0.3	77	-0.9	1.8	-2.7	1.48	0.4	-1.0	3.0	0.3	1.48	3.9	8	4	6
5 Yrs				22.8	2.4	858	1.8	18.9	-17.1	1.23	2.8	-1.3	35.1	3.7	1.23	24.9	86	49	95

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
2008	26	STL	NL	12	12	4	0	0	1	1	0	100%	5	4	10	2	20%	8	1.338	4	4	4	6	2	4	5	7	2	3	3	3	2.8	14
2009	27	STL	NL	69	69	14	4	4	3	0	3	0%	18	15	36	8	22%	8	1.008	20	13	34	40	8	21	22	47	7	31	10	17	2.5	14
2010	28	STL	NL	56	56	13	4	2	3	2	1	67%	16	12	34	9	26%	8	1.261	23	7	26	30	9	17	22	34	9	17	11	11	2.8	15
2011	29	STL	NL	78	78	27	5	2	13	9	4	69%	31	18	56	18	32%	8	1.333	31	21	25	42	10	26	32	46	9	35	13	23	2.6	14
2012	30	STL	NL	18	18	17	3	2	11	8	3	73%	11	0	5	2	40%	9	1.482	8	4	6	15	3	0	2	16	3	1	3	2	3.3	17
5 Yrs				233	233	75	16	10	31	20	11	65%	81	49	141	39	28%		1.234	86	49	95	133	32	68	83	150	30	87	40	56	2.7	15

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%
2008	26	STL	NL	40	53%	0.0%	40.0%	7.5%	0.0%	0%	0.82	0.89	50%	10%	0.0%	9%	7	1	14%
2009	27	STL	NL	244	61%	4.1%	22.1%	9.4%	9.8%	42%	0.64	0.85	64%	18%	11.9%	15%	49	6	12%
2010	28	STL	NL	208	65%	2.4%	26.0%	8.7%	5.3%	27%	0.65	0.89	63%	16%	7.0%	13%	54	5	9%
2011	29	STL	NL	268	63%	0.8%	23.5%	6.0%	6.3%	35%	0.81	1.00	68%	16%	2.4%	16%	53	7	13%
2012	30	STL	NL	75	51%	4.0%	25.3%	5.3%	5.3%	31%	0.68	0.90	65%	15%	10.7%	10%	18	1	6%
5 Yrs				835	61%	2.4%	24.7%	7.7%	6.7%	34%	0.70	0.92	64%	16%	7.2%	14%	181	20	11%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.2%	8.5%	7.7%	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
2008	26	STL	NL	40	171	4.28	110	64%	23%	25%	33%	19%	77%	0%	50%	67%	65%	5%	2	1	30%	12	5	1	19%	2	1	0	0	0
2009	27	STL	NL	244	942	3.86	608	65%	27%	15%	31%	27%	73%	1%	47%	80%	61%	4%	10	4	26%	63	33	5	22%	14	5	0	0	0
2010	28	STL	NL	208	863	4.15	562	65%	23%	20%	33%	24%	77%	4%	50%	74%	63%	5%	10	3	37%	77	35	2	19%	9	4	0	0	0
2011	29	STL	NL	269	1123	4.17	754	67%	24%	19%	33%	24%	76%	2%	51%	75%	61%	4%	12	6	29%	77	37	6	19%	5	4	-1	0	0
2012	30	STL	NL	75	307	4.09	218	71%	28%	16%	32%	24%	72%	0%	51%	78%	79%	1%	1	0	45%	34	17	0	11%	7	1	0	0	0
5 Yrs				836	3406	4.07	2252	66%	25%	18%	32%	25%	75%	2%	50%	76%	63%	4%	35	14	31%	263	127	14	19%	37	15	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		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
2008	26	STL	NL	40	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0%	0	0	0	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	27	STL	NL	244	57	7	0	10	1	9	6	4	5	5	14	7	3	50%	1	2	0	99	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	0
2010	28	STL	NL	208	41	7	0	5	0	6	3	2	3	2	14	7	3	50%	0	1	2	90	3	1	75%	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	8	0
2011	29	STL	NL	268	49	6	0	2	0	16	1	1	2	0	26	15	6	58%	4	1	0	96	6	1	86%	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	0
2012	30	STL	NL	75	13	0	0	3	0	2	3	0	2	1	2	0	1	0%	0	0	0	24	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				835	165	20	0	20	1	35	13	7	12	8	57	29	14	51%	5	4	2	325	10	4	71%	9	2	1	2	0	0	3	2	22	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	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+
2008	26	0	0		0.82	12	4	1	11.0	5	2	1	0	3	0	16	0	0	0	40	532	0.727	4.1	0.0	2.5	13.1	5.33	532
2009	27	4	4	.500	4.12	81	18	1	67.2	62	34	31	10	26	1	70	2	1	2	284	100	1.300	8.2	1.3	3.5	9.3	2.69	100
2010	28	8	6	.571	3.30	137	31	3	120.0	103	47	44	15	44	4	124	2	1	3	492	122	1.225	7.7	1.1	3.3	9.3	2.82	122
2011	29	13	8	.619	2.92	215	58	12	188.0	152	69	61	17	60	6	187	7	1	4	760	134	1.128	7.3	0.8	2.9	9.0	3.12	134
2012	30	16	10	.615	2.90	233	75	20	208.0	165	75	67	20	64	6	206	7	1	4	835	135	1.101	7.1	0.9	2.8	8.9	3.22	135

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
2008	26	1	0	1.000	0.82	11.0	4	1	1	0	2	16	0	0.545	3.3	1.6	13.1	8.00	0.0	12
2009	27	2	3	.400	5.17	54.0	58	34	31	10	23	51	2	1.500	9.7	3.8	8.5	2.22	1.7	69
2010	28	3	2	.600	2.57	49.0	43	16	14	5	19	50	0	1.265	7.9	3.5	9.2	2.63	0.9	56
2011	29	5	2	.714	2.63	65.0	51	21	19	2	17	60	5	1.046	7.1	2.4	8.3	3.53	0.3	78
2012	30	1	1	.500	2.84	19.0	14	7	6	3	4	18	0	0.947	6.6	1.9	8.5	4.50	1.4	18
5 Yrs		12	8	.600	3.23	198.0	170	79	71	20	65	195	7	1.187	7.7		8.9	3.00	0.9	233

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2622), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 7 (1145), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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