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Neal Musser

Neal Gordon Musser

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: August 25, 1980 in Lafayette, IN
High School: Benton HS (Oxford, IN)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 23, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 2007
Team: Royals 2007-2008

Final Game: May 29, 2008
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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
1999	18	NYM-min	Rk	2	1	.667	2.01	8	7	0	0	0	31.1	26	13	7	1	18	0	22	0	0	4	134		1.404	7.5	0.3	5.2	6.3	1.22	MET · GULF
2000	19	NYM-min	Rk	3	2	.600	2.10	7	7	0	0	0	34.1	33	10	8	1	6	0	21	1	0	3	138		1.136	8.7	0.3	1.6	5.5	3.50	KPT · APPY
2001	20	NYM-min	A,A+	10	8	.556	3.07	26	26	0	1	0	140.2	131	62	48	5	37	0	138	8	1	10	588		1.194	8.4	0.3	2.4	8.8	3.73	CLM,SCE · SALL,FLOR
2002	21	NYM-min	A+,A-	2	0	1.000	1.12	8	8	0	0	0	32.0	27	6	4	1	10	0	24	2	0	1	129		1.156	7.6	0.3	2.8	6.8	2.40	SCE,BKN · FLOR,NYPL
2003	22	NYM-min	AA,A+	8	9	.471	4.60	27	26	0	0	0	135.0	149	77	69	14	48	0	92	9	2	6	591		1.459	9.9	0.9	3.2	6.1	1.92	BNG,SCE · EL,FLOR
2004	23	NYM-min	AA,AAA	11	10	.524	4.12	26	26	0	0	0	144.1	142	82	66	11	57	2	94	4	1	6	619		1.379	8.9	0.7	3.6	5.9	1.65	BNG,NFK · EL,IL
2005	24	NYM-min	AAA	6	11	.353	5.02	24	24	0	0	0	123.2	140	75	69	12	52	0	89	9	1	7	561		1.553	10.2	0.9	3.8	6.5	1.71	NFK · IL
2006	25	KCR-ARI-min	AA,AAA	8	6	.571	4.86	28	20	3	0	2	129.2	131	81	70	18	75	3	91	10	1	12	584		1.589	9.1	1.2	5.2	6.3	1.21	WCH,OMA,TUC · TL,PCL
2007	26	KCR-min	AAA	4	1	.800	0.49	32	0	20	0	8	55.1	32	5	3	1	11	0	47	3	0	4	204		0.777	5.2	0.2	1.8	7.6	4.27	OMA · PCL
2007	26	KCR	AL	0	1	.000	4.38	17	0	3	0	0	24.2	32	13	12	5	14	3	19	0	0	2	116	106	1.865	11.7	1.8	5.1	6.9	1.36
2008	27	KCR-min	AAA,Rk	3	6	.333	4.30	39	6	20	0	6	58.2	50	33	28	9	37	0	70	3	1	5	265		1.483	7.7	1.4	5.7	10.7	1.89	OMA,ROY · PCL,ARIZ
2008	27	KCR	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3		1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
2009	28	HOU-min	AAA	0	0		5.14	4	0	2	0	0	7.0	9	4	4	0	4	0	7	0	0	3	32		1.857	11.6	0.0	5.1	9.0	1.75	RRK · PCL
2 Yrs				0	1	.000	4.21	18	0	4	0	0	25.2	32	13	12	5	15	3	19	0	0	2	119	111	1.831	11.2	1.8	5.3	6.7	1.27
162 Game Avg.				0	4	.000	4.21	68	0	15	0	0	97	121	49	45	19	57	11	72	0	0	8	450	111	1.831	11.2	1.8	5.3	6.7	1.27

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
2007	26	KCR	AL	24.2	17	13	4.74	5.05	0.26	-0.37	101.3	4.48	-1	-0.1	.7	-0.0	0.1	2	.495	.499	$
2008	27	KCR	AL	1.0	1	0	0.00	5.36	-0.25	-0.40	98.0	5.11	1	0.1	.0	-0.0	0.0	1	.558	.500	$
2 Seasons				25.2	18	13	4.56	5.07	0.24	-0.37	101.1	4.50	-0	-0.0	.6	-0.1	0.1	3	.498	.500	$

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
2007	26	KCR	AL	17	116	102	13	32	8	0	5	3	1	14	19	.314	.397	.539	.936	.346	55	3	0	0	0	3	0
2008	27	KCR	AL	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				18	119	104	13	32	8	0	5	3	1	15	19	.308	.395	.529	.924	.338	55	4	0	0	0	3	0
162 Game Avg.				68	450	393	49	121	30	0	19	11	4	57	72	.308	.395	.529	.924	.338	208	15	0	0	0	11	0
MLB Averages																.266	.334	.419	.754	.302

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2007	26	KCR	AL	0.6	0.1	122	-0.4	0.7	-1.1	.44	-0.1	-0.8	-3.3	-0.3	0.44	-4.0	4	3	9
2008	27	KCR	AL	0.6	0.1	3	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.05	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.1	0.05	0.4	0	0	1
2 Yrs				1.3	0.1	125	-0.4	0.7	-1.1	.43	-0.1	-0.8	-2.8	-0.3	0.43	-3.6	4	3	10

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2007	26	KCR	AL	17	17	3	1	1	1	11	5	45%	7	.437	4	3	9	3	3	11	7	10	9	4	9	4.4	27
2008	27	KCR	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		9	.047	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	13
2 Yrs				18	18	4	1	1	1	11	5	45%		.427	4	3	10	3	3	12	7	11	9	4	9	4.3	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%
2007	26	KCR	AL	116	35%	4.3%	16.4%	12.1%	11.2%	41%	0.54	0.69	67%	27%	10.2%	9%	20	3	15%
2008	27	KCR	AL	3	67%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%				67%	0%			1	1	100%
2 Yrs				119	36%	4.2%	16.0%	12.6%	10.9%	41%	0.57	0.78	67%	26%	10.2%	9%	21	4	19%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	17.3%	8.6%	7.9%	34%	0.79	1.06	70%	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
2007	26	KCR	AL	116	455	3.92	274	60%	23%	16%	31%	30%	77%	7%	47%	80%	59%	6%	7	1	22%	26	10	2	21%	3	3	0	0	0
2008	27	KCR	AL	3	13	4.33	6	46%	33%	17%	17%	33%	67%	0%	31%	75%	67%	33%	1	1	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				119	468	3.93	280	60%	23%	16%	31%	30%	77%	6%	46%	80%	60%	7%	8	2	22%	26	10	2	21%	3	3	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.78		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	59%	5%			22%				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
2007	26	KCR	AL	116	32	3	0	5	0	2	2	3	4	1	4	1	2	25%	0	2	0	52	3	1	75%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2008	27	KCR	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				119	32	3	0	5	0	2	2	3	4	1	4	1	2	25%	0	2	0	53	3	1	75%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MLB Averages																		53%							74%

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+
2007	26	0	1	.000	4.38	17	0	3	0	0	0	24.2	32	13	12	5	14	3	19	0	0	2	116	106	1.865	11.7	1.8	5.1	6.9	1.36	106
2008	27	0	1	.000	4.21	18	0	4	0	0	0	25.2	32	13	12	5	15	3	19	0	0	2	119	111	1.831	11.2	1.8	5.3	6.7	1.27	111

Neutralized Pitching

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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	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2007	26	1	1	.500	4.13	24.0	31	12	11	5	14	18	1.875	11.6	5.3	6.8	1.29	1.9	17
2008	27	0	0		0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	1
2 Yrs		1	1	.500	3.96	25.0	31	12	11	5	15	18	1.840	11.2		6.5	1.20	1.8	18

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