Rodney Myers
Rodney Luther Myers
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 26, 1969 in Rockford, IL
High School: East (Rockford, IL)
School: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 12th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed August 2, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 1996
Final Game: June 1, 2004
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Standard Pitching

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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
1996 27 CHC NL 2 1 .667 4.68 45 0 8 0 0 0 67.1 61 38 35 6 38 3 50 3 1 4 298 93 1.470 8.2 0.8 5.1 6.7 1.32
1997 28 CHC NL 0 0 6.00 5 1 2 0 0 0 9.0 12 6 6 1 7 1 6 1 0 0 44 72 2.111 12.0 1.0 7.0 6.0 0.86
1998 29 CHC NL 0 0 7.00 12 0 3 0 0 0 18.0 26 14 14 3 6 0 15 0 0 1 82 62 1.778 13.0 1.5 3.0 7.5 2.50
1999 30 CHC NL 3 1 .750 4.38 46 0 5 0 0 0 63.2 71 34 31 10 25 2 41 1 0 2 278 102 1.508 10.0 1.4 3.5 5.8 1.64
2000 31 SDP NL 0 0 4.50 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 8 95 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 13.5
2001 32 SDP NL 1 2 .333 5.32 37 0 16 0 0 1 47.1 53 31 28 6 20 0 29 4 0 2 211 75 1.542 10.1 1.1 3.8 5.5 1.45
2002 33 SDP NL 1 1 .500 5.91 14 0 4 0 0 0 21.1 29 20 14 1 10 0 11 3 0 2 101 63 1.828 12.2 0.4 4.2 4.6 1.10
2003 34 LAD NL 0 0 6.00 4 0 3 0 0 0 9.0 10 7 6 1 4 0 5 1 0 0 42 67 1.556 10.0 1.0 4.0 5.0 1.25
2004 35 LAD NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
9 Seasons 7 5 .583 5.07 167 1 43 0 0 1 239.2 265 151 135 28 110 6 161 13 1 12 1070 84 1.565 10.0 1.1 4.1 6.0 1.46
162 Game Avg. 3 2 .583 5.07 68 0 17 0 0 0 97 107 61 55 11 45 2 65 5 0 5 433 84 1.565 10.0 1.1 4.1 6.0 1.46
CHC (4 yrs) 5 2 .714 4.90 108 1 18 0 0 0 158.0 170 92 86 20 76 6 112 5 1 7 702 90 1.557 9.7 1.1 4.3 6.4 1.47
SDP (3 yrs) 2 3 .400 5.48 54 0 21 0 0 1 70.2 84 52 43 7 30 0 43 7 0 5 320 72 1.613 10.7 0.9 3.8 5.5 1.43
LAD (2 yrs) 0 0 4.91 5 0 4 0 0 0 11.0 11 7 6 1 4 0 6 1 0 0 48 82 1.364 9.0 0.8 3.3 4.9 1.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1996 27 CHC NL 45 298 251 38 61 12 2 6 11 2 38 50 .243 .343 .378 .722 .275 95 6 3 1 5 3
1997 28 CHC NL 5 44 36 6 12 0 1 1 2 0 7 6 .333 .455 .472 .927 .379 17 1 1 0 0 1
1998 29 CHC NL 12 82 76 14 26 4 0 3 0 0 6 15 .342 .390 .513 .903 .397 39 1 0 0 0 0
1999 30 CHC NL 46 278 246 34 71 13 2 10 1 2 25 41 .289 .354 .480 .834 .310 118 8 1 4 2 2
2000 31 SDP NL 3 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 .400 2 0 0 0 0 0
2001 32 SDP NL 37 211 182 31 53 10 0 6 0 1 20 29 .291 .367 .445 .812 .311 81 6 4 1 4 0
2002 33 SDP NL 14 101 87 20 29 8 0 1 0 0 10 11 .333 .420 .460 .880 .373 40 5 3 1 0 0
2003 34 LAD NL 4 42 37 7 10 1 0 1 0 0 4 5 .270 .357 .378 .736 .290 14 2 1 0 0 0
2004 35 LAD NL 1 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 .200 1 1 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 167 1070 929 151 265 48 5 28 14 5 110 161 .285 .365 .438 .803 .316 407 30 13 7 11 6
162 Game Avg. 68 433 376 61 107 19 2 11 6 2 45 65 .285 .365 .438 .803 .316 165 12 5 3 4 2
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1997 28 CHC NL 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 26 26 26 2 0 1 0 4.0 0.0 1.3 41 1 0 0 0 41
1 Season 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 26 26 26 2 0 1 0 4.0 0.0 1.3 41 1 0 0 0 41
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1996 27 CHC NL 45 45 8 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 28 13 46% 5 0.483 5 6 33 4 2 39 16 29 24 7 26 9 4.5 26
1997 28 CHC NL 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 1 0.605 0 1 2 1 0 3 2 2 2 0 2 0 5.8 33
1998 29 CHC NL 12 12 3 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 3 60% 6 0.596 0 5 7 3 0 9 3 9 8 1 9 3 4.5 25
1999 30 CHC NL 46 46 5 3 1 1 0 1 0% 9 8 38 12 32% 7 0.562 8 12 25 9 0 37 25 21 21 11 23 10 4.2 21
2000 31 SDP NL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 1.260 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 2.0 11
2001 32 SDP NL 37 37 16 1 2 2 1 1 50% 5 3 12 8 67% 9 0.489 5 6 24 17 2 18 8 29 13 8 14 7 3.8 21
2002 33 SDP NL 14 14 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 22 8 36% 6 0.505 3 5 6 2 1 11 10 4 9 4 10 1 4.6 25
2003 34 LAD NL 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 9 0.376 0 1 3 1 0 3 1 3 2 0 2 0 6.8 39
2004 35 LAD NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.145 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 19
9 Seasons 167 166 43 7 5 4 1 3 25% 19 14 110 46 42% 0.520 22 37 102 38 5 123 65 101 80 32 87 31 4.3 23

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1996 27 CHC NL 298 38% 2.0% 16.8% 12.8% 6.7% 33% 0.92 1.21 67% 20% 6.1% 8% 58 6 10%
1997 28 CHC NL 44 43% 2.3% 13.6% 15.9% 4.6% 17% 0.71 0.91 66% 30% 5.9% 0% 9 1 11%
1998 29 CHC NL 82 29% 3.7% 18.3% 7.3% 8.5% 27% 0.54 1.00 71% 34% 8.8% 13% 21 1 5%
1999 30 CHC NL 278 35% 3.6% 14.8% 9.0% 9.0% 35% 0.79 1.18 71% 20% 10.2% 15% 65 8 12%
2000 31 SDP NL 8 50% 0.0% 37.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.00 2.00 63% 0% 0.0% 0% 0 0
2001 32 SDP NL 211 41% 2.8% 13.7% 9.5% 7.6% 30% 0.69 0.88 72% 26% 7.9% 13% 55 6 11%
2002 33 SDP NL 101 39% 1.0% 10.9% 9.9% 8.9% 31% 0.83 1.65 74% 32% 2.7% 10% 20 5 25%
2003 34 LAD NL 42 40% 2.4% 11.9% 9.5% 4.8% 20% 3.00 6.33 74% 9% 14.3% 13% 12 2 17%
2004 35 LAD NL 6 33% 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.50 4.00 83% 0% 0.0% 0% 1 1 100%
9 Seasons 1070 37% 2.6% 15.1% 10.3% 7.6% 31% 0.83 1.20 70% 23% 7.6% 11% 241 30 12%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
1996 27 CHC NL 285 1108 3.89 656 59% 20% 17% 32% 30% 79% 1% 47% 78% 57% 7% 20 13 22% 64 31 4 19% 4 6 13 0 3
1997 28 CHC NL 44 173 3.93 97 56% 23% 20% 27% 31% 77% 5% 43% 75% 48% 11% 5 2 18% 8 5 0 17% 2 2 0 0 0
1998 29 CHC NL 82 306 3.73 196 64% 21% 14% 34% 31% 79% 0% 51% 82% 63% 5% 4 0 24% 20 8 0 47% 2 4 0 0 0
1999 30 CHC NL 278 945 3.40 580 61% 23% 14% 26% 36% 77% 2% 47% 82% 54% 5% 13 5 14% 40 27 4 24% 4 6 0 0 0
2000 31 SDP NL 8 32 4.00 21 66% 24% 19% 33% 24% 76% 0% 50% 75% 50% 0% 0 0 25% 2 0 0 33% 0 0 0 0 0
2001 32 SDP NL 211 781 3.70 484 62% 23% 13% 31% 33% 77% 0% 48% 83% 57% 7% 14 11 19% 41 26 4 28% 5 3 0 0 0
2002 33 SDP NL 101 350 3.47 211 60% 23% 12% 28% 36% 77% 0% 47% 84% 58% 6% 6 4 20% 20 12 1 27% 1 2 0 0 0
2003 34 LAD NL 42 154 3.67 94 61% 26% 10% 31% 34% 74% 0% 45% 87% 50% 5% 2 1 7% 3 2 0 20% 0 1 0 0 0
2004 35 LAD NL 6 19 3.17 15 79% 20% 13% 33% 33% 80% 0% 63% 83% 83% 0% 0 0 17% 1 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 1057 3868 3.66 2354 61% 22% 15% 30% 33% 78% 1% 47% 81% 56% 6% 64 36 19% 199 111 13 26% 18 24 13 0 3
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1996 27 CHC NL 298 61 6 0 6 0 14 5 1 3 3 28 17 3 61% 4 4 1 115 11 2 85% 9 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 11 0
1997 28 CHC NL 44 12 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 100% 0 0 0 21 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 29 CHC NL 82 26 2 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 100% 0 1 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1999 30 CHC NL 278 71 6 0 10 0 14 10 0 9 1 25 11 4 44% 1 2 0 119 1 2 33% 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
2000 31 SDP NL 8 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2001 32 SDP NL 211 53 6 1 6 0 4 2 4 4 2 17 12 2 71% 3 2 1 90 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 0
2002 33 SDP NL 101 29 4 0 1 0 8 0 1 0 1 7 5 1 71% 2 2 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2003 34 LAD NL 42 10 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 5 3 0 60% 2 0 1 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2004 35 LAD NL 6 1 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
9 Seasons 1070 265 28 2 28 1 42 22 6 20 8 86 52 10 60% 12 12 3 444 14 5 74% 11 4 3 1 0 0 5 0 31 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1996 27 2 1 .667 4.68 45 0 8 0 0 0 67.1 61 38 35 6 38 3 50 3 1 4 298 93 1.470 8.2 0.8 5.1 6.7 1.32 93
1997 28 2 1 .667 4.83 50 1 10 0 0 0 76.1 73 44 41 7 45 4 56 4 1 4 342 90 1.546 8.6 0.8 5.3 6.6 1.24 90
1998 29 2 1 .667 5.25 62 1 13 0 0 0 94.1 99 58 55 10 51 4 71 4 1 5 424 83 1.590 9.4 1.0 4.9 6.8 1.39 83
1999 30 5 2 .714 4.90 108 1 18 0 0 0 158.0 170 92 86 20 76 6 112 5 1 7 702 90 1.557 9.7 1.1 4.3 6.4 1.47 90
2000 31 5 2 .714 4.89 111 1 19 0 0 0 160.0 172 93 87 20 76 6 115 5 1 8 710 90 1.550 9.7 1.1 4.3 6.5 1.51 90
2001 32 6 4 .600 4.99 148 1 35 0 0 1 207.1 225 124 115 26 96 6 144 9 1 10 921 86 1.548 9.8 1.1 4.2 6.3 1.50 86
2002 33 7 5 .583 5.08 162 1 39 0 0 1 228.2 254 144 129 27 106 6 155 12 1 12 1022 84 1.574 10.0 1.1 4.2 6.1 1.46 84
2003 34 7 5 .583 5.11 166 1 42 0 0 1 237.2 264 151 135 28 110 6 160 13 1 12 1064 83 1.574 10.0 1.1 4.2 6.1 1.45 83
2004 35 7 5 .583 5.07 167 1 43 0 0 1 239.2 265 151 135 28 110 6 161 13 1 12 1070 84 1.565 10.0 1.1 4.1 6.0 1.46 84

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1996 27 3 4 .429 4.30 67.0 58 36 32 6 36 50 3 1.403 7.8 4.8 6.7 1.39 0.8 45
1997 28 0 0 6.75 8.0 12 7 6 1 7 5 1 2.375 13.5 7.9 5.6 0.71 1.1 5
1998 29 0 1 .000 6.88 17.0 25 14 13 3 6 14 0 1.824 13.2 3.2 7.4 2.33 1.6 12
1999 30 3 3 .500 4.06 62.0 68 31 28 10 24 40 1 1.484 9.9 3.5 5.8 1.67 1.5 46
2000 31 0 0 6.00 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 12.0 0.0 3
2001 32 1 3 .250 5.60 45.0 53 31 28 6 20 28 4 1.622 10.6 4.0 5.6 1.40 1.2 37
2002 33 0 2 .000 7.11 19.0 30 17 15 1 10 10 3 2.105 14.2 4.7 4.7 1.00 0.5 14
2003 34 0 1 .000 6.00 9.0 10 7 6 1 4 5 1 1.556 10.0 4.0 5.0 1.25 1.0 4
2004 35 0 0 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 1
9 Seasons 7 14 .333 5.04 232.0 256 145 130 28 107 157 13 1.565 9.9 6.1 1.47 1.1 167

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Similarity Scores

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