Neal Musser

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Neal Musser \MUSS-sir\

Neal Gordon Musser

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

Born: August 25, 1980 in Lafayette, IN
High Schools: Benton Central HS (Otterbein, IN), 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 (Age 26)
Team: Royals 2007-2008

Final Game: May 29, 2008 (Age 27)
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Standard Pitching

More Stats

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	40	6	21	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 (v2.2): 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%
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	100.0	5.22	1	0.1	.0	-0.0	0.0	1	.559	.500
2 Seasons				25.2	18	13	4.56	5.07	0.24	-0.37	101.2	4.51	-0	-0.0	.6	-0.1	0.2	3	.498	.500

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	Pos	Awards
1999	18	NYM-min	Rk	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0		MET · GULF
2000	19	NYM-min	Rk	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0		KPT · APPY
2001	20	NYM-min	A,A+	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0		CLM,SCE · SALL,FLOR
2002	21	NYM-min	A-,A+	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0		BKN,SCE · NYPL,FLOR
2003	22	NYM-min	AA,A+	27	9	6	1	2	1	0	1	1	.333	.429	.500	.929		3	2		BNG,SCE · EL,FLOR
2004	23	NYM-min	AA,AAA	27	22	19	1	2	0	2	1	5	.105	.150	.105	.255		2	2		BNG,NFK · EL,IL
2005	24	NYM-min	AAA	24	14	12	1	1	0	0	0	4	.083	.083	.083	.167		1	2		NFK · IL
2006	25	ARI-KCR-min	AAA,AA	28	7	7	0	1	0	1	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286		1	0		TUC,OMA,WCH · PCL,TL
2007	26	KCR-min	AAA	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0		OMA · PCL
2007	26	KCR	AL	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	1
2008	27	KCR-min	AAA,Rk	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0		OMA,ROY · PCL,ARIZ
2008	27	KCR	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	/1
2009	28	HOU-min	AAA	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0		RRK · PCL
2 Yrs				18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	RAA	WAA	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	oRAR	Pos
2007	26	KCR	AL	17	1	-0	-0	-0.0	-0.0	.500	.500	-0.0	-0	1
2008	27	KCR	AL	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0	/1
2 Seasons				18	1	-0	-0	-0.0	-0.0	.500	.500	-0.0	-0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%
2007	KCR	AL	26	P	17	24.2	-1	-7	1.61	1.59	3	1	25%	26%
2008	KCR	AL	27	P	1	1.0	0	0	1.80	1.60	0	0
	2 Seasons			P	18	25.2	-1	-7	1.61	1.59	3	1	25%	26%
	2 Seasons			TOT	18	25.2	-1	-46	1.61	1.59	3	1	25%	26%

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Transactions

June 2, 1999: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 23, 1999.
October 15, 2005: Granted Free Agency.
January 30, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
May 23, 2006: Released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.
May 24, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
October 15, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
November 20, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
February 27, 2009: Released by the Kansas City Royals.
March 5, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
April 26, 2009: Released by the Houston Astros.
February 2, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

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