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Brett Myers

Brett Allen Myers

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: August 17, 1980 in Jacksonville, FL
High School: Englewood Senior HS (Jacksonville, FL)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed July 9, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 24, 2002
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Astros 2002-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (vesting option), 2 yrs/$23M (11-12) & 13 vesting option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 9.068, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Craig Landis [*]
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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
1999	18	PHI-min	Rk	2	1	.667	2.33	7	5	0	0	0	0	27.0	17	8	7	0	7	0	30	2	0	2	105		0.889	5.7	0.0	2.3	10.0	4.29	PLS · GULF
2000	19	PHI-min	A	13	7	.650	3.18	27	27	0	2	1	0	175.1	165	78	62	7	69	0	140	9	0	8	738		1.335	8.5	0.4	3.5	7.2	2.03	KAN · SALL
2001	20	PHI-min	AA	13	4	.765	3.87	26	23	0	1	1	0	156.0	156	71	67	21	43	1	130	10	0	5	661		1.276	9.0	1.2	2.5	7.5	3.02	REA · EL
2002	21	PHI-min	AAA	9	6	.600	3.59	19	19	0	4	3	0	128.0	121	54	51	9	20	0	97	3	0	1	509		1.102	8.5	0.6	1.4	6.8	4.85	SWB · IL
2002	21	PHI	NL	4	5	.444	4.25	12	12	0	1	0	0	72.0	73	38	34	11	29	1	34	6	1	2	307	92	1.417	9.1	1.4	3.6	4.3	1.17
2003	22	PHI	NL	14	9	.609	4.43	32	32	0	1	1	0	193.0	205	99	95	20	76	8	143	9	0	9	848	90	1.456	9.6	0.9	3.5	6.7	1.88
2004	23	PHI	NL	11	11	.500	5.52	32	31	1	1	1	0	176.0	196	113	108	31	62	4	116	6	0	5	778	81	1.466	10.0	1.6	3.2	5.9	1.87
2005	24	PHI	NL	13	8	.619	3.72	34	34	0	2	0	0	215.1	193	94	89	31	68	2	208	11	4	4	905	118	1.212	8.1	1.3	2.8	8.7	3.06
2006	25	PHI	NL	12	7	.632	3.91	31	31	0	1	0	0	198.0	194	93	86	29	63	3	189	3	0	3	833	120	1.298	8.8	1.3	2.9	8.6	3.00
2007	26	PHI-min	A+	0	0		0.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	12		0.900	5.4	0.0	2.7	10.8	4.00	CLW · FLOR
2007	26	PHI	NL	5	7	.417	4.33	51	3	37	0	0	21	68.2	61	33	33	9	27	1	83	1	0	5	293	106	1.282	8.0	1.2	3.5	10.9	3.07
2008	27	PHI-min	AAA,AA,A+	1	3	.250	3.00	4	4	0	1	0	0	27.0	24	12	9	1	7	1	28	1	0	1	113		1.148	8.0	0.3	2.3	9.3	4.00	LHV,REA,CLW · IL,EL,FLOR
2008	27	PHI	NL	10	13	.435	4.55	30	30	0	2	1	0	190.0	197	103	96	29	65	6	163	6	0	2	817	96	1.379	9.3	1.4	3.1	7.7	2.51
2009	28	PHI-min	AA,AAA,A+,A	0	1	.000	1.12	6	2	1	0	0	1	8.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	14	0	0	0	29		0.750	4.5	1.1	2.2	15.8	7.00	REA,LHV,CLW,LWD · EL,IL,FLOR,SALL
2009	28	PHI	NL	4	3	.571	4.84	18	10	1	0	0	0	70.2	74	38	38	18	23	1	50	4	0	1	304	87	1.373	9.4	2.3	2.9	6.4	2.17
2010	29	HOU	NL	14	8	.636	3.14	33	33	0	2	0	0	223.2	212	88	78	20	66	3	180	3	0	2	936	126	1.243	8.5	0.8	2.7	7.2	2.73	CYA-10
2011	30	HOU	NL	7	14	.333	4.46	34	33	1	2	0	0	216.0	226	116	107	31	57	5	160	4	0	7	917	85	1.310	9.4	1.3	2.4	6.7	2.81
2012	31	HOU	NL	0	2	.000	2.08	19	0	17	0	0	12	17.1	13	4	4	2	3	1	14	0	0	1	67	189	0.923	6.8	1.0	1.6	7.3	4.67
11 Yrs				94	87	.519	4.21	326	249	57	12	3	33	1640.2	1644	819	768	231	539	35	1340	53	5	41	7005	100	1.331	9.0	1.3	3.0	7.4	2.49
162 Game Avg.				11	10	.519	4.21	39	29	7	1	0	4	194	194	97	91	27	64	4	158	6	1	5	828	100	1.331	9.0	1.3	3.0	7.4	2.49

PHI (8 yrs)				73	63	.537	4.40	240	183	39	8	3	21	1183.2	1193	611	579	178	413	26	986	46	5	31	5085	99	1.357	9.1	1.4	3.1	7.5	2.39
HOU (3 yrs)				21	24	.467	3.72	86	66	18	4	0	12	457.0	451	208	189	53	126	9	354	7	0	10	1920	104	1.263	8.9	1.0	2.5	7.0	2.81

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	Awards
2002	21	PHI	NL	72.0	12	12	38	4.75	4.47	0.16	0.17	91.1	4.09	-5	-0.6		-0.0	-0.1	2	.454	.497	$
2003	22	PHI	NL	193.0	32	32	99	4.62	4.63	0.13	0.18	92.7	4.34	-7	-0.7		-0.1	0.6	13	.479	.496	$300,000
2004	23	PHI	NL	176.0	32	31	113	5.78	4.77	0.10	0.18	103.8	5.03	-15	-1.5	2.4	-0.1	-0.3	3	.453	.491	$362,500
2005	24	PHI	NL	215.1	34	34	94	3.93	4.58	0.52	0.17	103.8	4.39	11	1.2		-0.1	2.6	32	.534	.507	$445,000
2006	25	PHI	NL	198.0	31	31	93	4.23	4.97	-0.11	0.19	103.1	5.44	27	2.8		-0.1	4.2	47	.591	.517	$3,300,000
2007	26	PHI	NL	68.2	51	3	33	4.33	4.79	0.20	-0.22	102.3	4.47	1	0.1	1.5	-0.1	0.6	8	.503	.501	$5,083,333
2008	27	PHI	NL	190.0	30	30	103	4.88	4.59	0.45	0.18	102.0	4.42	-8	-0.8		-0.1	0.4	9	.472	.495	$8,583,333
2009	28	PHI	NL	70.2	18	10	38	4.84	4.67	0.11	0.13	102.6	4.81	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.1	0.4	7	.498	.500	$12,083,333
2010	29	HOU	NL	223.2	33	33	88	3.54	4.45	-0.18	0.17	97.9	4.69	28	3.2		-0.2	4.7	49	.596	.520	$3,100,000	CYA-10
2011	30	HOU	NL	216.0	34	33	116	4.83	4.26	0.11	0.15	100.7	4.34	-13	-1.4	.1	-0.1	0.1	7	.459	.491	$8,000,000
2012	31	HOU	NL	17.1	19	0	4	2.08	4.11	-0.06	-0.31	100.7	3.88	3	0.4	2.1	0.2	0.7	5	.519	.502	$
11 Seasons				1640.2	326	249	819	4.49	4.60	0.14	0.15	100.3	4.62	22	2.7	1.6	-1.0	13.9	181	.508	.502	$41,257,499

PHI (8 yrs)				1183.2	240	183	611	4.65	4.69	0.21	0.15	100.7	4.67	3	0.5	1.5	-0.8	8.4	120	.502	.500	$30,157,499
HOU (3 yrs)				457.0	86	66	208	4.10	4.35	-0.04	0.14	99.3	4.49	18	2.2	2.0	-0.1	5.5	62	.525	.504	$11,100,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2007	26	PHI	NL	NLDS	L	COL	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	20.3
2008	27	PHI	NL	NLDS	W	MIL	1	0	1.000	2.57	1	1	0	7.0	2	2	2	0	3	1	4	1	0	26	0.714	2.6	0.0	3.9	5.1	1.33
2008	27	PHI	NL	NLCS	W	LAD	1	0	1.000	9.00	1	1	0	5.0	6	5	5	1	4	1	6	0	1	26	2.000	10.8	1.8	7.2	10.8	1.50
2008	27	PHI	NL	WS	W	TBR	0	1	.000	3.86	1	1	0	7.0	7	4	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	29	1.429	9.0	0.0	3.9	2.6	0.67
2009	28	PHI	NL	NLDS	W	COL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	5	3.000	0.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
2009	28	PHI	NL	WS	L	NYY	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	1.000	9.0	9.0	0.0	18.0
3 Yrs (6 Series)							2	1	.667	4.50	7	3	2	22.0	18	12	11	2	12	3	17	2	1	96	1.364	7.4	0.8	4.9	7.0	1.42
3 NLDS							1	0	1.000	2.00	4	1	2	9.0	4	2	2	0	5	2	7	2	0	37	1.000	4.0	0.0	5.0	7.0	1.40
1 NLCS							1	0	1.000	9.00	1	1	0	5.0	6	5	5	1	4	1	6	0	1	26	2.000	10.8	1.8	7.2	10.8	1.50
2 WS							0	1	.000	4.50	2	1	0	8.0	8	5	4	1	3	0	4	0	0	33	1.375	9.0	1.1	3.4	4.5	1.33

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
2002	21	PHI	NL	12	307	264	38	73	10	2	11	1	3	29	34	.277	.359	.455	.813	.281	120	14	6	6	2	1	2
2003	22	PHI	NL	32	848	754	99	205	43	6	20	16	5	76	143	.272	.344	.424	.769	.311	320	20	9	6	3	8	7
2004	23	PHI	NL	32	778	698	113	196	49	2	31	18	3	62	116	.281	.343	.490	.833	.298	342	13	6	9	3	4	7
2005	24	PHI	NL	34	905	814	94	193	44	2	31	15	4	68	208	.237	.304	.410	.714	.280	334	7	11	9	3	2	7
2006	25	PHI	NL	31	833	756	93	194	35	5	29	13	5	63	189	.257	.315	.431	.746	.304	326	20	3	7	4	3	6
2007	26	PHI	NL	51	293	261	33	61	10	2	9	6	1	27	83	.234	.307	.391	.698	.306	102	1	1	3	1	1	0
2008	27	PHI	NL	30	817	739	103	197	49	4	29	17	3	65	163	.267	.330	.461	.791	.305	341	18	6	4	3	6	6
2009	28	PHI	NL	18	304	272	38	74	18	0	18	3	3	23	50	.272	.336	.537	.872	.272	146	5	4	3	2	1	2
2010	29	HOU	NL	33	936	854	88	212	40	6	20	10	7	66	180	.248	.303	.379	.683	.292	324	15	3	9	4	3	12
2011	30	HOU	NL	34	917	845	116	226	42	4	31	15	6	57	160	.267	.315	.437	.751	.295	369	20	4	5	6	5	14
2012	31	HOU	NL	19	67	63	4	13	2	2	2	0	0	3	14	.206	.239	.397	.636	.229	25	2	0	0	1	1	1
11 Yrs				326	7005	6320	819	1644	342	35	231	114	40	539	1340	.260	.322	.435	.757	.296	2749	135	53	61	32	35	64
162 Game Avg.				39	828	747	97	194	40	4	27	13	5	64	158	.260	.322	.435	.757	.296	325	16	6	7	4	4	8
MLB Averages																.263	.331	.417	.748	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2002	21	PHI	NL	-3.5	-0.3	314	-0.5	4.7	-5.2	.91	-0.7	0.2	-2.8	-0.3	0.91	-7.1	0	0	0
2003	22	PHI	NL	-8.1	-0.8	879	-0.5	14.3	-14.8	1.00	-0.8	0.3	-2.5	-0.3	1.00	-10.6	0	0	0
2004	23	PHI	NL	-17.4	-1.7	800	-2.1	12.7	-14.8	.98	-1.4	-0.7	-23.8	-2.2	0.98	-18.4	1	0	0
2005	24	PHI	NL	16.8	1.7	934	1.6	15.5	-13.9	.92	1.0	0.8	15.2	1.5	0.92	12.2	0	0	0
2006	25	PHI	NL	16.6	1.6	857	2.1	16.3	-14.2	1.04	1.1	1.0	17.4	1.7	1.04	14.3	0	0	0
2007	26	PHI	NL	3.2	0.3	311	-0.6	8.2	-8.7	1.64	0.4	-0.8	1.2	0.1	1.64	6.3	25	11	12
2008	27	PHI	NL	-2.8	-0.3	839	-1.5	13.6	-15.1	.94	-0.3	-1.2	-2.1	-0.2	0.94	-3.4	0	0	0
2009	28	PHI	NL	-3.5	-0.3	313	0.1	5.3	-5.2	.93	-0.7	0.7	-0.5	-0.1	0.93	-8.7	1	3	4
2010	29	HOU	NL	20.1	2.1	960	1.6	16.5	-14.9	.99	1.9	-0.3	18.8	2.0	0.99	20.4	0	0	0
2011	30	HOU	NL	-15.8	-1.6	945	-1.8	13.8	-15.7	.89	-1.6	-0.4	-17.6	-1.8	0.89	-19.1	0	0	1
2012	31	HOU	NL	3.8	0.4	68	0.6	2.7	-2.1	2.15	0.2	0.1	3.3	0.3	2.15	3.0	14	1	4
11 Yrs				9.3	1.2	7220	-1.0	123.6	-124.6	1.00	-0.9	-0.1	6.5	0.9	1.00	-11.2	41	15	21

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
2002	21	PHI	NL	12	12	4	5	3	1	1	6	6	.500	2	2	1	0	5	42%	48.2	78	24	6	3	0	6	4.5	4.6	6.0	89	3	7	1	1	124
2003	22	PHI	NL	32	32	14	9	9	3	3	18	14	.563	1	8	1	1	17	53%	49.0	83	22	24	7	0	13	5.6	4.3	6.0	94	1	19	11	1	126
2004	23	PHI	NL	32	31	11	10	10	2	1	15	16	.484	2	5	1	1	11	35%	45.3	85	12	25	3	1	14	5.5	5.3	5.6	91	8	12	11	0	117
2005	24	PHI	NL	34	34	13	8	13	2	2	21	13	.618	4	4	2	0	21	62%	55.5	79	19	12	0	0	13	5.6	5.0	6.3	102	0	10	23	1	127
2006	25	PHI	NL	31	31	12	7	12	2	5	16	15	.516	2	8	1	0	22	71%	53.9	80	19	14	5	0	12	4.2	3.8	6.4	104	2	8	19	2	124
2007	26	PHI	NL	51	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	0	1	33%	39.3	66	25	6	2	0	2	4.5	5.4	5.1	94	0	2	1	0	106
2008	27	PHI	NL	30	30	10	13	7	0	3	12	18	.400	0	4	2	1	15	50%	50.5	84	5	22	10	1	14	4.4	4.7	6.3	101	3	11	15	1	121
2009	28	PHI	NL	18	10	4	3	3	2	1	5	5	.500	1	1	0	0	6	60%	49.7	69	31	7	3	0	7	5.1	4.8	6.4	102	0	4	6	0	119
2010	29	HOU	NL	33	33	14	8	11	1	2	20	13	.606	2	10	2	0	24	73%	56.3	86	20	5	0	0	16	4.4	3.9	6.8	105	2	6	22	3	124
2011	30	HOU	NL	34	33	7	14	12	0	3	12	21	.364	5	4	2	0	19	58%	50.2	74	22	5	0	0	16	4.0	3.8	6.5	100	2	11	20	0	117
10 Yrs				307	249	89	79	81	13	21	125	124	.502	19	46	12	3	141	57%	51	86	5	126	33	2	113	4.8	4.4	6.3	99	21	90	129	9	127
MLB Averages													.500						49%	49	100	-13					4.7	4.7	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2004	23	PHI	NL	32	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		14	.979	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	22

2007	26	PHI	NL	51	48	37	5	5	24	21	3	88%	27	3	6	3	50%	9	1.643	25	11	12	36	9	3	3	45	10	5	10	17	3.3	19

2009	28	PHI	NL	18	8	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	3	0	0		8	.928	1	3	4	4	1	3	0	8	1	2	1	3	2.6	15

2011	30	HOU	NL	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	.888	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0	34
2012	31	HOU	NL	19	19	17	0	2	13	12	1	92%	13	0	0	0		9	2.150	14	1	4	15	3	1	0	19	0	3	0	4	2.7	13
5 Yrs				154	77	57	5	8	37	33	4	89%	43	6	6	3	50%		1.053	41	15	21	56	14	7	3	74	12	10	12	24	3.1	17

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%
2002	21	PHI	NL	307	58%	3.6%	11.1%	9.5%	7.5%	32%	0.98	1.71	72%	22%	11.8%	16%	70	14	20%
2003	22	PHI	NL	848	54%	2.4%	16.9%	9.0%	8.1%	34%	1.04	1.50	70%	22%	7.4%	10%	140	20	14%
2004	23	PHI	NL	778	51%	4.0%	14.9%	8.0%	10.5%	42%	0.89	1.37	71%	18%	11.3%	11%	129	13	10%
2005	24	PHI	NL	905	47%	3.4%	23.0%	7.5%	8.5%	40%	0.87	1.24	64%	20%	10.8%	11%	121	7	6%
2006	25	PHI	NL	833	53%	3.5%	22.7%	7.6%	8.3%	36%	0.85	1.16	65%	17%	10.6%	10%	117	20	17%
2007	26	PHI	NL	293	56%	3.1%	28.3%	9.2%	7.2%	34%	0.88	1.22	58%	18%	10.7%	11%	49	1	2%
2008	27	PHI	NL	817	53%	3.6%	20.0%	8.0%	10.0%	42%	0.91	1.27	67%	20%	11.6%	17%	141	18	13%
2009	28	PHI	NL	304	44%	5.9%	16.5%	7.6%	11.8%	49%	0.88	1.41	68%	18%	17.8%	14%	40	5	13%
2010	29	HOU	NL	936	57%	2.1%	19.2%	7.1%	7.1%	31%	0.97	1.28	70%	16%	6.6%	11%	155	15	10%
2011	30	HOU	NL	917	56%	3.4%	17.5%	6.2%	8.4%	34%	0.92	1.24	72%	17%	9.6%	9%	166	20	12%
2012	31	HOU	NL	67	48%	3.0%	20.9%	4.5%	9.0%	46%	1.78	2.45	72%	10%	13.3%	17%	9	2	22%
11 Yrs				7005	53%	3.3%	19.1%	7.7%	8.7%	37%	0.93	1.32	68%	19%	10.2%	12%	1137	135	12%
MLB Averages					46%	2.7%	17.4%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	0.79	1.08	70%	19%	7.7%	12%			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
2002	21	PHI	NL	307	1073	3.50	659	61%	28%	11%	26%	36%	72%	1%	44%	85%	61%	5%	15	8	20%	61	29	3	35%	9	6	0	0	0
2003	22	PHI	NL	848	3014	3.55	1926	64%	29%	13%	26%	32%	71%	3%	45%	82%	61%	6%	48	27	23%	196	114	10	31%	32	13	0	0	0
2004	23	PHI	NL	779	2828	3.63	1820	64%	27%	13%	28%	33%	73%	2%	47%	83%	63%	4%	33	19	25%	194	114	12	29%	24	10	-1	0	0
2005	24	PHI	NL	906	3472	3.83	2224	64%	30%	15%	28%	28%	70%	1%	45%	79%	61%	5%	44	30	25%	228	141	15	37%	33	12	-1	0	0
2006	25	PHI	NL	837	3215	3.84	2057	64%	30%	16%	26%	28%	70%	1%	45%	78%	62%	5%	39	23	26%	219	124	12	29%	37	13	-4	0	0
2007	26	PHI	NL	295	1195	4.05	749	63%	33%	16%	27%	24%	67%	1%	42%	76%	61%	7%	20	11	30%	89	50	6	31%	9	8	-2	0	0
2008	27	PHI	NL	819	3016	3.68	1940	64%	32%	14%	24%	30%	68%	2%	44%	79%	61%	5%	42	27	24%	196	127	10	27%	42	9	-2	0	0
2009	28	PHI	NL	304	1145	3.77	703	61%	31%	11%	25%	32%	69%	1%	42%	83%	53%	7%	21	11	23%	69	43	3	32%	13	9	0	0	0
2010	29	HOU	NL	940	3457	3.68	2212	64%	31%	15%	24%	31%	69%	1%	44%	79%	59%	4%	35	23	22%	206	122	20	27%	42	9	-4	0	0
2011	30	HOU	NL	918	3348	3.65	2172	65%	29%	13%	26%	32%	71%	1%	46%	81%	61%	5%	43	26	26%	235	144	7	26%	38	12	-1	0	0
2012	31	HOU	NL	67	247	3.69	174	70%	33%	18%	20%	29%	67%	5%	47%	73%	64%	4%	3	2	34%	23	17	1	21%	7	0	0	0	0
11 Yrs				7020	26010	3.71	16636	64%	30%	14%	26%	30%	70%	1%	45%	80%	61%	5%	343	207	24%	1716	1025	99	30%	286	101	-15	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	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
2002	21	PHI	NL	307	73	8	0	11	0	7	6	5	7	4	12	11	0	92%	2	2	1	120	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
2003	22	PHI	NL	848	205	16	2	20	0	22	10	10	8	12	56	28	7	50%	7	9	2	282	16	5	76%	15	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	19	0
2004	23	PHI	NL	778	196	20	3	31	0	14	19	12	15	16	56	34	8	61%	7	5	0	266	18	3	86%	16	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
2005	24	PHI	NL	905	193	23	3	31	1	11	15	16	18	13	36	21	9	58%	7	4	2	307	15	4	79%	14	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	16	0
2006	25	PHI	NL	833	194	29	5	29	0	14	21	8	15	14	24	15	2	63%	6	3	3	273	13	5	72%	13	5	0	0	0	0	3	2	12	0
2007	26	PHI	NL	293	61	10	1	9	1	10	6	3	8	1	14	9	2	64%	0	5	1	99	6	1	86%	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
2008	27	PHI	NL	817	197	28	2	29	0	23	18	11	13	16	49	23	11	47%	6	2	0	270	17	3	85%	17	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
2009	28	PHI	NL	304	74	7	1	18	0	5	14	4	7	11	5	4	0	80%	2	1	2	103	3	3	50%	3	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	5	0
2010	29	HOU	NL	936	212	22	2	20	0	20	12	8	4	16	39	21	7	54%	12	2	1	336	10	7	59%	10	6	0	1	0	0	3	0	9	0
2011	30	HOU	NL	917	226	32	4	31	0	9	17	14	18	13	53	35	4	66%	14	7	1	334	15	6	71%	15	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	18	0
2012	31	HOU	NL	67	13	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	2	2	1	0	50%	1	1	0	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
11 Yrs				7005	1644	196	23	231	2	136	140	91	113	118	346	202	50	58%	64	41	13	2407	114	40	74%	109	35	4	4	1	1	13	4	115	0
MLB Averages																		53%							71%

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+
2002	21	4	5	.444	4.25	12	12	0	1	0	0	72.0	73	38	34	11	29	1	34	6	1	2	307	92	1.417	9.1	1.4	3.6	4.3	1.17	92
2003	22	18	14	.563	4.38	44	44	0	2	1	0	265.0	278	137	129	31	105	9	177	15	1	11	1155	91	1.445	9.4	1.1	3.6	6.0	1.69	91
2004	23	29	25	.537	4.84	76	75	1	3	2	0	441.0	474	250	237	62	167	13	293	21	1	16	1933	86	1.454	9.7	1.3	3.4	6.0	1.75	86
2005	24	42	33	.560	4.47	110	109	1	5	2	0	656.1	667	344	326	93	235	15	501	32	5	20	2838	95	1.374	9.1	1.3	3.2	6.9	2.13	95
2006	25	54	40	.574	4.34	141	140	1	6	2	0	854.1	861	437	412	122	298	18	690	35	5	23	3671	100	1.357	9.1	1.3	3.1	7.3	2.32	100
2007	26	59	47	.557	4.34	192	143	38	6	2	21	923.0	922	470	445	131	325	19	773	36	5	28	3964	101	1.351	9.0	1.3	3.2	7.5	2.38	101
2008	27	69	60	.535	4.37	222	173	38	8	3	21	1113.0	1119	573	541	160	390	25	936	42	5	30	4781	100	1.356	9.0	1.3	3.2	7.6	2.40	100
2009	28	73	63	.537	4.40	240	183	39	8	3	21	1183.2	1193	611	579	178	413	26	986	46	5	31	5085	99	1.357	9.1	1.4	3.1	7.5	2.39	99
2010	29	87	71	.551	4.20	273	216	39	10	3	21	1407.1	1405	699	657	198	479	29	1166	49	5	33	6021	102	1.339	9.0	1.3	3.1	7.5	2.43	102
2011	30	94	85	.525	4.24	307	249	40	12	3	21	1623.1	1631	815	764	229	536	34	1326	53	5	40	6938	100	1.335	9.0	1.3	3.0	7.4	2.47	100
2012	31	94	87	.519	4.21	326	249	57	12	3	33	1640.2	1644	819	768	231	539	35	1340	53	5	41	7005	100	1.331	9.0	1.3	3.0	7.4	2.49	100

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2002	21	3	4	.429	4.98	65.0	75	40	36	11	30	31	6	1.615	10.4	4.2	4.3	1.03	1.5	12
2003	22	8	12	.400	4.77	185.0	208	109	98	20	77	137	9	1.541	10.1	3.7	6.7	1.78	1.0	32
2004	23	7	12	.368	5.09	175.0	188	110	99	30	59	115	6	1.411	9.7	3.0	5.9	1.95	1.5	32
2005	24	13	10	.565	3.59	213.0	189	94	85	30	67	205	11	1.202	8.0	2.8	8.7	3.06	1.3	34
2006	25	12	9	.571	3.54	196.0	183	86	77	27	59	187	3	1.235	8.4	2.7	8.6	3.17	1.2	31
2007	26	4	3	.571	3.91	69.0	58	33	30	9	26	84	1	1.217	7.6	3.4	11.0	3.23	1.2	51
2008	27	9	11	.450	4.48	185.0	193	102	92	28	64	158	6	1.389	9.4	3.1	7.7	2.47	1.4	30
2009	28	3	4	.429	5.03	68.0	74	42	38	18	23	48	4	1.426	9.8	3.0	6.4	2.09	2.4	18
2010	29	14	10	.583	3.36	217.0	216	90	81	20	67	174	3	1.304	9.0	2.8	7.2	2.60	0.8	33
2011	30	8	14	.364	5.07	206.0	235	129	116	32	59	153	4	1.427	10.3	2.6	6.7	2.59	1.4	34
2012	31	1	0	1.000	2.65	17.0	14	6	5	2	3	13	0	1.000	7.4	1.6	6.9	4.33	1.1	19
11 Yrs		82	89	.480	4.27	1596.0	1633	841	757	227	534	1305	53	1.358	9.2		7.4	2.44	1.3	326

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2010 NL (10, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (283rd)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 2006 NL 4.2 (10th) 2010 NL 4.7 (9th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y Active 4.21 (38th)	Wins s c a p y Active 94 (37th)
Win-Loss % s c a p y 2010 NL .636 (9th) Active .519 (47th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y Active 1.331 (36th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y Active 9.018 (33rd)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y Active 2.957 (43rd)
Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 2005 NL 8.694 (3rd) 2006 NL 8.591 (4th) Active 7.351 (27th) Career 7.351 (72nd)	Saves s c a p y 2012 NL 12 (6th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 2010 NL 223.7 (5th) 2011 NL 216.0 (9th) Active 1,640.7 (37th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 2005 NL 208 (3rd) 2006 NL 189 (5th) Active 1,340 (28th) Career 1,340 (243rd)
Games Started s c a p y 2005 NL 34 (8th) 2010 NL 33 (6th) 2011 NL 33 (4th) Active 249 (34th)	Complete Games s c a p y 2008 NL 2 (6th) 2010 NL 2 (6th) 2011 NL 2 (9th) Active 12 (29th)	Shutouts s c a p y 2004 NL 1 (9th) 2008 NL 1 (7th) Active 3 (46th)	Home Runs s c a p y 2004 NL 31 (6th) 2005 NL 31 (6th) 2006 NL 29 (5th) 2008 NL 29 (6th) 2011 NL 31 (2nd) Active 231 (14th) Career 231 (136th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y Active 539 (32nd)	Hits s c a p y 2010 NL 212 (8th) 2011 NL 226 (4th) Active 1,644 (34th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y Active 2.486 (25th) Career 2.486 (98th)	Losses s c a p y 2008 NL 13 (9th) 2011 NL 14 (4th) Active 87 (36th)
Earned Runs s c a p y 2004 NL 108 (4th) 2008 NL 96 (9th) 2011 NL 107 (3rd) Active 768 (32nd)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2005 NL 11 (8th) Active 53 (40th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 2010 NL 936 (3rd) 2011 NL 917 (5th) Active 7,005 (36th)	Games Finished s c a p y 2012 NL 17 (5th)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y Active 100 (48th)	Youngest s c a p y 2002 NL born 1980-08-17 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 31 (772), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 8 (1076), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 8 (1022), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Aaron Harang (966)
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Chris Bosio (953)
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Rick Helling (947)
Joel Pineiro (944)
Juan Guzman (942)
Bill Swift (942)
Bobby Jones (941)

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Ervin Santana (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ervin Santana (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Livan Hernandez (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Len Barker (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Brad Penny (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jaime Navarro (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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