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Jason Motte

Jason Louis Motte

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

Born: June 22, 1982 in Port Huron, MI
High School: Valley Central (Montgomery, NY)
School: Iona College
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 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$435k (11), 1 yr/$1.95M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.027, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

Standard Pitching

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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	537	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	162	0.956	6.5	0.3	2.1	8.3	3.94
4 Seasons				13	8	.619	2.92	215	58	12	188.0	152	69	61	17	60	6	187	7	1	4	760	133	1.128	7.3	0.8	2.9	9.0	3.12
162 Game Avg.				4	3	.619	2.92	68	18	4	59	48	22	19	5	19	2	59	2	0	1	240	133	1.128	7.3	0.8	2.9	9.0	3.12

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
2008	26	STL	NL	11.0	2	6	0	1.3	4	0.4	$
2009	27	STL	NL	56.2	32	31	1	1.0	-1	-0.5	$400,000
2010	28	STL	NL	52.1	13	25	0	1.3	12	1.5	$411,000
2011	29	STL	NL	68.0	22	33	-0	1.3	11	1.4	$435,000
4 Seasons				188.0	69	95	1	1.2	26	2.8	$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 Seasons (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

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	Pos
2003	21	STL-min	A,Rk	57	178	162	10	36	4	0	15	2	2	10	53	.222	.264	.247	.511		40	4	0	4	2	PEO,JOH · MIDW,APPY
2004	22	STL-min	A+,AAA	111	314	292	22	51	5	1	24	1	2	6	98	.175	.193	.202	.395		59	8	1	13	2	PLM,MEM · FLOR,PCL
2005	23	STL-min	A+,AA	41	132	125	8	22	4	3	11	1	0	5	42	.176	.208	.280	.488		35	3	0	2	0	PLM,SPD · FLOR,TL
2006	24	STL-min	A+,AA,A-,A	39	37	33	0	7	0	0	4	0	0	2	11	.212	.257	.212	.469		7	0	0	2	0	PLM,SPD,SCS,DAV · FLOR,TL,NYPL,MIDW
2007	25	STL-min	AA,A+	53	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500		2	0	0	0	0	SPD,PLM · TL,FLOR
2008	26	STL-min	AAA	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	MEM · PCL
2008	26	STL	NL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	27	STL	NL	69	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	28	STL-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	MEM · PCL
2010	28	STL	NL	56	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	1
2011	29	STL	NL	74	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	1
4 Seasons				211	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	RAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2009	27	STL	NL	1	0	0	0	$400,000	1
2010	28	STL	NL	2	-1	-0	-0	$411,000	1
2011	29	STL	NL	1	-0	-0	-0	$435,000	1
3 Seasons				4	-1	-1	-1	$1,246,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2009	27	STL	NL	NLDS	LAD	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2011	29	STL	NL	NLDS	PHI	W	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	29	STL	NL	NLCS	MIL	W	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	29	STL	NL	WS	TEX	W	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Seasons (4 Series)							12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 NLDS							4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
2008	STL	NL	26	P	12			11.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.64	0.17	.960	1.72	1.72
2009	STL	NL	27	P	69			56.2	10	4	6	0	1	1.000	1	4	1.59	0.14	.955	1.72	1.70
2010	STL	NL	28	P	56			52.1	9	4	4	1	0	.889	0	0	1.38	0.14	.954	1.74	1.72
2011	STL	NL	29	P	78	0	0	68.0	23	11	12	0	2	1.000	2	6	3.04	0.29	.955	1.80	1.79	6	1	14%	1
	4 Seasons			P	215	0	0	188.0	44	20	23	1	3	.977	3	3	2.06	0.20	.955	1.75	1.74	6	1	14%	1
	4 Seasons			TOT	215	0	0	188.0	44	20	23	1	3	.977	3	19	2.06	0.20	.955	1.75	1.74	6	1	14%	1

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 7 (1143), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

June 3, 2003: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 19th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 2003.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2009	27	St. Louis Cardinals	$400,000
2010	28	St. Louis Cardinals	$411,000
2011	29	St. Louis Cardinals	$435,000

2012	30	St. Louis Cardinals	$1,950,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,246,000	Does not include future salaries

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