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Mark Mulder

Mark Alan Mulder (twitter: @markmulder20)

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

Born: August 5, 1977 in South Holland, IL
High School: Thornwood HS (South Holland, IL)
School: Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed October 9, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 2000
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Cardinals 2000-2008
Agents: Gregg Clifton, previously: Jack Toffey,Gregg Clifton,Gregg Clifton,Jack Toffey [*]
Final Game: July 9, 2008
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2000 22 OAK AL 27 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
2001 23 OAK AL 34 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-2,MVP-13
2002 24 OAK AL 30 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 25 OAK AL 26 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 AS
2004 26 OAK AL 33 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .333 .000 .333 -1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 AS
2005 27 STL NL 32 67 62 3 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 25 .145 .182 .145 .327 -13 9 1 0 1 1 0 1
2006 28 STL NL 17 36 25 5 7 2 0 1 5 0 0 5 8 .280 .400 .480 .880 126 12 0 0 6 0 0 1
2007 29 STL NL 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 162 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2008 30 STL NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
9 Yrs 205 131 111 10 18 2 0 1 9 0 0 9 45 .162 .228 .207 .435 15 23 3 1 8 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 104 88 8 14 2 0 1 7 0 0 7 36 .162 .228 .207 .435 15 18 2 1 6 2 0
OAK (5 yrs) 150 26 22 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .045 .120 .045 .165 -54 1 2 1 1 1 0
STL (4 yrs) 55 105 89 8 17 2 0 1 8 0 0 8 34 .191 .255 .247 .502 32 22 1 0 7 1 0
AL (5 yrs) 150 26 22 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .045 .120 .045 .165 -54 1 2 1 1 1 0
NL (4 yrs) 55 105 89 8 17 2 0 1 8 0 0 8 34 .191 .255 .247 .502 32 22 1 0 7 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2000 22 OAK AL 27 4 -1 0 -0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $200,000 1
2001 23 OAK AL 34 5 -1 -0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $232,500 1 CYA-2,MVP-13
2002 24 OAK AL 30 5 -1 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $800,000 1
2003 25 OAK AL 26 6 -2 0 -0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $2,650,000 1 AS
2004 26 OAK AL 33 6 -0 -0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $4,450,000 1 AS
2005 27 STL NL 32 67 -11 0 0 0 9 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $6,050,000 1
2006 28 STL NL 17 36 1 -0 0 0 6 7 0.6 1 8 0.6 .538 .504 0.6 0.0 8 $7,750,000 1
2007 29 STL NL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .516 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $4,500,000 /1
2008 30 STL NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $7,000,000 /1
9 Seasons 205 131 -15 -0 0 0 19 4 0.4 4 8 0.3 .502 .500 0.3 0.1 8 $33,632,500
OAK (5 yrs) 150 26 -6 -0 -0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.3 .498 .500 -0.3 0.1 -2 $8,332,500
STL (4 yrs) 55 105 -9 0 0 0 15 7 0.6 3 9 0.6 .511 .501 0.6 0.0 9 $25,300,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2000 22 OAK AL 4 5 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .271 .000 .344 .000 .436 .000 .780 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2001 23 OAK AL 5 4 0 0.0 105 .250 .200 .265 .200 .332 .200 .425 .400 .757 7 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
2002 24 OAK AL 5 5 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .262 .000 .329 .000 .421 .000 .750 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2003 25 OAK AL 6 7 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .266 .000 .333 .000 .427 .000 .759 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2004 26 OAK AL 6 4 0 0.0 109 .000 .000 .270 .333 .337 .000 .432 .333 .770 -1 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .500 .250 .000
2005 27 STL NL 67 56 2 1.0 109 .237 .145 .270 .182 .340 .145 .430 .327 .770 -13 .048 -10.5 -1.0 .222 .048 .000
2006 28 STL NL 36 24 5 5.6 112 .375 .280 .271 .400 .342 .480 .440 .880 .782 126 .541 1.2 0.1 .944 .400 .200 .0
2007 29 STL NL 2 1 1 26.9 110 1.000 .500 .272 .500 .341 .500 .434 1.000 .775 162 .955 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
9 Yrs 131 106 8 2.0 109 .254 .162 .269 .228 .339 .207 .432 .435 .771 15 .161 -14.1 -1.4 .344 .126 .045 .0
162 Game Avg. 104 84 6 2.0 109 .254 .162 .269 .228 .339 .207 .432 .435 .771 15 .161 -14.1 -1.4 .344 .126 .045
OAK (5 yrs) 26 25 0 0.0 107 .083 .045 .267 .120 .335 .045 .428 .165 .763 -54 .000 -5.0 -0.5 .130 .045 .000
STL (4 yrs) 105 81 8 2.6 110 .291 .191 .270 .255 .341 .247 .433 .502 .773 32 .242 -9.1 -0.9 .411 .146 .056 .0
AL (5 yrs) 26 25 0 0.0 107 .083 .045 .267 .120 .335 .045 .428 .165 .763 -54 .000 -5.0 -0.5 .130 .045 .000
NL (4 yrs) 105 81 8 2.6 110 .291 .191 .270 .255 .341 .247 .433 .502 .773 32 .242 -9.1 -0.9 .411 .146 .056 .0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2001 23 OAK AL ALDS NYY L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 24 OAK AL ALDS MIN L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 27 STL NL NLDS SDP W 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 1 0 0
2005 27 STL NL NLCS HOU L 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (4 Series) 7 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLDS 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 ALDS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 OAK AL 25
2004 OAK AL 26 as P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2000 22 OAK AL 4 0.0% 75.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3 2.00 25% 0%
2001 23 OAK AL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.0 3.00 80% 25% 0.0% 0%
2002 24 OAK AL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.0 0.50 1.00 80% 25% 0.0% 0%
2003 25 OAK AL 6 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3 4.0 1.00 3.00 33% 0% 0.0% 0%
2004 26 OAK AL 6 0.0% 50.0% 16.7% 0.0% 3.00 1.3 0.00 0.00 17% 0% 0.0% 0%
2005 27 STL NL 67 0.0% 37.3% 4.5% 0.0% 0% 8.33 2.5 20.7 1.50 2.88 57% 21% 0.0% 0%
2006 28 STL NL 36 2.8% 22.2% 13.9% 8.3% 43% 1.60 3.1 25.0 5.0 0.67 2.40 44% 30% 11.1% 0%
2007 29 STL NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 0.00 50% 100% 0.0% 0%
9 Yrs 131 0.8% 34.4% 6.9% 2.3% 17% 5.00 2.5 111.0 12.3 1.14 2.50 51% 24% 3.4% 0%
MLB Averages 2.8% 16.9% 8.6% 8.0% 34% 1.95 5.3 31.9 7.6 0.78 1.07 70% 21% 8.0% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2000 22 OAK AL -1.2 -0.1 4 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1.24 -0.1 -0.0 -1.8 -0.2 0.97 -1.6 0
2001 23 OAK AL -0.7 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .78 -0.1 -0.0 -0.9 -0.1 0.76 -0.9 0
2002 24 OAK AL -1.4 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .87 -0.1 -0.0 -1.4 -0.1 0.95 -1.4 0
2003 25 OAK AL -1.2 -0.1 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 1.15 -0.2 0.0 -2.0 -0.2 1.11 -1.7 0
2004 26 OAK AL -0.5 -0.1 6 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .76 -0.1 -0.0 -0.9 -0.1 0.87 -0.6 0
2005 27 STL NL -10.5 -1.0 68 -1.2 0.3 -1.5 .91 -0.9 -0.3 -9.2 -0.9 0.92 -10.2 0
2006 28 STL NL 1.2 0.1 36 -0.1 0.5 -0.6 .97 0.1 -0.2 0.2 0.0 1.00 1.5 0
2007 29 STL NL 0.2 0.0 2 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .76 0.0 -0.0 0.0 0.0 0.74 0.0 0
2008 30 STL NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Yrs -14.1 -1.4 132 -1.8 0.9 -2.7 .93 -1.4 -0.6 -16.0 -1.5 0.94 -14.8 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2000 22 OAK AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 23 OAK AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2002 24 OAK AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 25 OAK AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 26 OAK AL 0 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2005 27 STL NL 0 0 25% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 43% 3 2 1 1 0 1 3 2 1
2006 28 STL NL 0 0 36% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 6 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
2007 29 STL NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 0 0 33% 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 28% 10 8 2 3 2 1 5 3 2

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2000 22 OAK AL 4 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2001 23 OAK AL 5 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2002 24 OAK AL 5 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2003 25 OAK AL 6 83% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 1 33% 3 1 33% 6 1 17% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
2004 26 OAK AL 6 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
2005 27 STL NL 67 72% 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 8 1 13% 11 2 18% 34 3 9% 5 2 40% 1 1 100% 0
2006 28 STL NL 36 75% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 10 6 60% 12 0 0% 10 1 10% 33 4 12% 3 2 67% 3 2 67% 0
2007 29 STL NL 2 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 131 74% 18 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 16 8 50% 26 3 12% 28 4 14% 89 8 9% 11 5 45% 5 3 60% 0
MLB Averages 54% 70% 11% 33% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2000 22 OAK AL 4 16 4.00 10 63% 60% 0% 30% 10% 40% 0% 25% 100% 25% 0% 0 0 25% 1 1 0% 0 0 67% 0 0 0
2001 23 OAK AL 5 16 3.20 12 75% 42% 8% 17% 33% 58% 0% 44% 86% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
2002 24 OAK AL 5 20 4.00 14 70% 36% 14% 21% 29% 64% 0% 45% 78% 20% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
2003 25 OAK AL 6 25 4.17 16 64% 31% 13% 38% 19% 69% 0% 44% 82% 33% 0% 0 0 17% 1 1 0% 0 0 67% 0 0 0
2004 26 OAK AL 6 21 3.50 11 52% 9% 45% 36% 9% 91% 0% 48% 50% 33% 17% 1 0 33% 2 1 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2005 27 STL NL 68 264 3.88 175 66% 40% 19% 19% 22% 60% 0% 40% 69% 26% 1% 1 0 10% 7 1 4% 3 2 40% -1 0 0
2006 28 STL NL 36 137 3.81 81 59% 30% 15% 27% 28% 70% 0% 42% 79% 33% 6% 2 0 17% 6 3 19% 7 3 13% 0 0 0
2007 29 STL NL 2 9 4.50 6 67% 17% 17% 50% 17% 83% 0% 56% 80% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
8 Yrs 132 508 3.85 325 64% 36% 17% 23% 23% 64% 0% 41% 73% 29% 3% 4 0 13% 17 7 8% 10 5 38% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.75 62% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 29% 5% 15% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2000 22 27 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
2001 23 61 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .111 .111 .111 .222 -41 1 1 0 0 0 0
2002 24 91 14 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .071 .071 .071 .143 -62 1 1 0 0 0 0
2003 25 117 20 18 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .056 .053 .056 .108 -71 1 2 0 1 1 0
2004 26 150 26 22 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .045 .120 .045 .165 -54 1 2 1 1 1 0
2005 27 182 93 84 5 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 36 .119 .165 .119 .284 -24 10 3 1 2 2 0
2006 28 199 129 109 10 17 2 0 1 9 0 0 9 44 .156 .223 .202 .425 12 22 3 1 8 2 0
2007 29 202 131 111 10 18 2 0 1 9 0 0 9 45 .162 .228 .207 .435 15 23 3 1 8 2 0
2008 30 205 131 111 10 18 2 0 1 9 0 0 9 45 .162 .228 .207 .435 15 23 3 1 8 2 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2000 22 27 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 27
2001 23 34 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 34
2002 24 30 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 30
2003 25 26 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 26
2004 26 33 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 33
2005 27 32 68 63 4 10 0 0 0 4 0 3 25 .159 .194 .159 .353 2 32
2006 28 17 34 24 4 6 2 0 1 4 0 4 8 .250 .357 .458 .815 4 17
2007 29 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
8 Yrs 202 130 111 10 16 2 0 1 9 0 8 45 .144 .205 .189 .394 6 202
162 Game Avg. 162 104 89 8 13 2 0 1 7 0 6 36 .144 .205 .189 .394 5 202

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2003 *
2004 (P)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2001 AL (13, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2001 AL (2, 43%)
0.43 Career Shares (111th)

              

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