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Kevin Mulvey

Kevin John Mulvey

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: May 26, 1985 in Parlin, NJ
High School: Bishop Ahr HS (Edison, NJ)
School: Villanova University (Villanova, PA)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed August 9, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 2009
Teams (by GP): Diamondbacks/Twins 2009-2010
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 0.045 [*], Agents: Rick Oliver [*]
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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
2006	21	NYM-min	AA,Rk	0	1	.000	1.17	4	4	0	1	0	0	15.1	11	4	2	1	5	0	11	0	0	1	58		1.043	6.5	0.6	2.9	6.5	2.20	BNG,MET · EL,GULF
2007	22	NYM-min	AA,AAA	12	10	.545	3.20	27	27	0	0	0	0	157.2	147	74	56	4	43	0	113	7	1	12	660		1.205	8.4	0.2	2.5	6.5	2.63	BNG,NOR · EL,PCL
2008	23	MIN-min	AAA	7	9	.438	3.77	27	27	0	1	0	0	148.0	152	80	62	16	48	0	121	6	2	7	640		1.351	9.2	1.0	2.9	7.4	2.52	ROC · IL
2009	24	MIN-min	AAA	5	8	.385	3.93	24	24	0	2	1	0	149.0	153	84	65	12	54	1	113	7	0	8	644		1.389	9.2	0.7	3.3	6.8	2.09	ROC · IL
2009	24	TOT	MLB	0	3	.000	8.14	8	4	1	0	0	0	24.1	29	22	22	5	12	0	18	2	0	1	114	56	1.685	10.7	1.8	4.4	6.7	1.50
2009	24	MIN	AL	0	0		27.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.1	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	20	4.500	40.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
2009	24	ARI	NL	0	3	.000	7.04	6	4	0	0	0	0	23.0	23	18	18	5	12	0	18	2	0	0	104	64	1.522	9.0	2.0	4.7	7.0	1.50
2010	25	ARI-min	AAA	7	8	.467	4.65	27	27	0	0	0	0	156.2	161	85	81	11	60	2	109	10	0	10	682		1.411	9.2	0.6	3.4	6.3	1.82	REN · PCL
2010	25	ARI	NL	0	0		6.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	5	2	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	17	79	2.333	15.0	6.0	6.0	3.0	0.50
2011	26	ARI-min	AAA,Rk	4	10	.286	6.59	21	21	0	1	1	0	110.2	142	88	81	11	44	1	66	6	0	3	507		1.681	11.5	0.9	3.6	5.4	1.50	REN,DKS · PCL,ARIZ
2012	27	NYM-min	AA	0	1	.000	5.59	13	0	2	0	0	0	19.1	20	13	12	2	13	1	14	4	0	1	92		1.707	9.3	0.9	6.1	6.5	1.08	BNG · EL
2 Yrs				0	3	.000	7.90	10	4	2	0	0	0	27.1	34	24	24	7	14	0	19	3	0	1	131	58	1.756	11.2	2.3	4.6	6.3	1.36
162 Game Avg.				0	15	.000	7.90	49	19	10	0	0	0	133	165	117	117	34	68	0	92	15	0	5	636	58	1.756	11.2	2.3	4.6	6.3	1.36

ARI (2 yrs)				0	3	.000	6.92	8	4	1	0	0	0	26.0	28	20	20	7	14	0	19	3	0	0	121	66	1.615	9.7	2.4	4.8	6.6	1.36
MIN (1 yr)				0	0		27.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.1	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	20	4.500	40.5	0.0	0.0	0.0

NL (2 yrs)				0	3	.000	6.92	8	4	1	0	0	0	26.0	28	20	20	7	14	0	19	3	0	0	121	66	1.615	9.7	2.4	4.8	6.6	1.36
AL (1 yr)				0	0		27.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.1	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	20	4.500	40.5	0.0	0.0	0.0

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
2009	24	MIN	AL	1.1	2	0	4	27.00	4.90	-0.63	-0.36	96.0	4.97	-3	-0.3	.5	0.1	-0.2	-3	.358	.498	$
2009	24	ARI	NL	23.0	6	4	18	7.04	4.39	0.03	0.11	110.2	4.92	-5	-0.5	.3	0.0	-0.3	-3	.413	.497	$
2010	25	ARI	NL	3.0	2	0	2	6.00	4.21	0.21	-0.31	110.0	4.06	-1	-0.1	.0	0.0	0.0	-0	.466	.500	$
2 Seasons				27.1	10	4	24	7.90	4.39	0.01	0.04	109.5	4.83	-9	-0.9	.3	0.1	-0.5	-7	.412	.498	$

ARI (2 yrs)				26.0	8	4	20	6.92	4.37	0.05	0.06	110.2	4.82	-6	-0.6	.2	0.0	-0.3	-4	.426	.498	$
MIN (1 yr)				1.1	2	0	4	27.00	4.90	-0.63	-0.36	96.0	4.97	-3	-0.3	.5	0.1	-0.2	-3	.358	.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
2009	24	ARI	NL	6	104	87	18	23	5	0	5	1	1	12	18	.264	.359	.494	.853	.273	43	1	2	1	2	0	0
2009	24	MIN	AL	2	10	10	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.600	.600	.600	1.200	.600	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	24	TOT	MLB	8	114	97	22	29	5	0	5	1	1	12	18	.299	.381	.505	.886	.316	49	1	2	1	2	0	0
2010	25	ARI	NL	2	17	14	2	5	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	.357	.471	.786	1.256	.273	11	1	1	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				10	131	111	24	34	5	0	7	1	1	14	19	.306	.392	.541	.933	.310	60	2	3	1	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				49	636	539	117	165	24	0	34	5	5	68	92	.306	.392	.541	.933	.310	291	10	15	5	10	0	0
MLB Averages																.260	.329	.410	.740	.298

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevMd	LevLo
2009	24	TOT	MLB	-8.6	-0.8	117	-0.7	1.1	-1.9	.69	-0.6	-0.4	-10.2	-0.9	0.69	-7.0	1	3
2009	24	MIN	AL	-3.1	-0.3	11	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.18	-0.2	0.2	-3.1	-0.3	0.18	-2.1	1	1
2009	24	ARI	NL	-5.5	-0.5	106	-0.7	1.1	-1.8	.74	-0.5	-0.5	-7.0	-0.6	0.74	-4.9	0	2
2010	25	ARI	NL	-0.3	-0.0	17	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.02	-0.3	-0.2	-0.5	-0.0	0.02	-2.4	0	2
2 Yrs				-8.9	-0.8	134	-0.7	1.1	-1.9	.60	-0.9	-0.4	-10.6	-1.0	0.60	-9.4	1	5

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	8	4	0	3	1	0	1	1	3	.250	0	1	0	0	1	25%		56	18	2	0	0	3	3.1	1.0	5.0	86	1	2	1	0	103
2009	24	ARI	NL	6	4	0	3	1	0	1	1	3	.250	0	1	0	0	1	25%	40.5	56	18	2	0	0	3	3.1	1.0	5.0	86	1	2	1	0	103
1 Yr				6	4	0	3	1	0	1	1	3	.250	0	1	0	0	1	25%	40	56	18	2	0	0	3	3.1	1.0	5.0	86	1	2	1	0	103
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	100	-8					4.5	4.5	5.9	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	IR	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevMd	LevLo	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2009	24	TOT	MLB	8	4	1	1	0%		.688	1	3	4	1	3	1	1	1	3.3	23
2009	24	MIN	AL	2	2	1	1	0%	2	.180	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	2.0	17
2009	24	ARI	NL	6	2	0	0		4	.737	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	1	4.5	30
2010	25	ARI	NL	2	2	1	0		6	.016	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	1	4.5	31
2 Yrs				10	6	2	1	0%		.601	1	5	6	1	5	2	1	2	3.7	26

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	114	39%	4.4%	15.8%	10.5%	8.8%	35%	0.67	1.00	67%	30%	11.1%	6%	24	1	4%
2009	24	MIN	AL	10	60%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%	0.00	0.00	100%	70%	0.0%	10%	3	0	0%
2009	24	ARI	NL	104	38%	4.8%	17.3%	11.5%	9.6%	44%	0.84	1.17	63%	25%	13.9%	5%	21	1	5%
2010	25	ARI	NL	17	65%	11.8%	5.9%	11.8%	11.8%	40%	0.63	0.60	65%	23%	25.0%	0%	7	1	14%
2 Yrs				131	43%	5.3%	14.5%	10.7%	9.2%	35%	0.66	0.94	66%	29%	13.2%	5%	31	2	6%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.2%	8.7%	7.7%	33%	0.79	1.07	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	115	434	3.77	273	63%	26%	15%	29%	30%	74%	0%	47%	80%	54%	7%	8	5	19%	22	14	0	33%	4	3	-1	0	0
2009	24	MIN	AL	10	33	3.30	22	67%	9%	9%	36%	45%	91%	0%	61%	90%	60%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
2009	24	ARI	NL	105	401	3.82	251	63%	27%	15%	29%	29%	73%	0%	45%	79%	53%	8%	8	5	21%	22	14	0	33%	4	3	-1	0	0
2010	25	ARI	NL	17	62	3.65	37	60%	24%	8%	32%	35%	76%	0%	45%	89%	47%	0%	0	0	12%	2	1	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				132	496	3.76	310	63%	26%	14%	30%	31%	74%	0%	46%	81%	53%	6%	8	5	18%	24	15	0	32%	4	3	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	58%	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	114	29	1	0	5	0	4	4	1	3	2	6	5	1	83%	0	1	0	46	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2009	24	MIN	AL	10	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2009	24	ARI	NL	104	23	1	0	5	0	3	4	1	3	2	6	5	1	83%	0	0	0	38	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2010	25	ARI	NL	17	5	1	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0%	0	0	0	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				131	34	2	0	7	0	6	6	1	3	4	7	5	1	71%	0	1	0	53	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	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	0	3	.000	8.14	8	4	1	0	0	0	24.1	29	22	22	5	12	0	18	2	0	1	114	56	1.685	10.7	1.8	4.4	6.7	1.50	56
2010	25	0	3	.000	7.90	10	4	2	0	0	0	27.1	34	24	24	7	14	0	19	3	0	1	131	58	1.756	11.2	2.3	4.6	6.3	1.36	58

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	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	2	.000	7.88	24.0	28	23	21	5	12	18	2	1.667	10.5	4.5	6.8	1.50	1.9	8
2010	25	0		6.00	3.0	5	2	2	2	2	1	1	2.333	15.0	6.0	3.0	0.50	6.0	2
2 Yrs		2	.000	7.67	27.0	33	25	23	7	14	19	3	1.741	11.0		6.3	1.36	2.3	10

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