Dustin Nippert

Dustin David Nippert

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: May 6, 1981 in Wheeling, WV
High School: Beallsville HS (Beallsville, OH)
Schools: Ohio Valley College (Vienna, WV), West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV)
Drafted
by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 15th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 2005
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Diamondbacks 2005-2010

Final Game: October 3, 2010
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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
2005 24 ARI NL 1 0 1.000 5.52 3 3 0 0 0 0 14.2 10 9 9 1 13 0 11 1 0 1 68 82 1.568 6.1 0.6 8.0 6.8 0.85
2006 25 ARI NL 0 2 .000 11.70 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 15 13 13 5 7 0 9 0 0 0 51 42 2.200 13.5 4.5 6.3 8.1 1.29
2007 26 ARI NL 1 1 .500 5.56 36 0 8 0 0 0 45.1 48 30 28 5 16 1 38 0 0 4 196 86 1.412 9.5 1.0 3.2 7.5 2.38
2008 27 TEX AL 3 5 .375 6.40 20 6 6 0 0 0 71.2 92 52 51 10 37 3 55 1 1 1 341 70 1.800 11.6 1.3 4.6 6.9 1.49
2009 28 TEX AL 5 3 .625 3.88 20 10 3 0 0 0 69.2 64 31 30 7 29 0 54 4 0 2 300 120 1.335 8.3 0.9 3.7 7.0 1.86
2010 29 TEX AL 4 5 .444 4.29 38 2 7 0 0 0 56.2 61 28 27 7 34 3 47 5 0 3 262 105 1.676 9.7 1.1 5.4 7.5 1.38
6 Yrs 14 16 .467 5.31 119 23 24 0 0 0 268.0 290 163 158 35 136 7 214 11 1 11 1218 87 1.590 9.7 1.2 4.6 7.2 1.57
162 Game Avg. 7 8 .467 5.31 57 11 11 0 0 0 128 139 78 76 17 65 3 102 5 0 5 583 87 1.590 9.7 1.2 4.6 7.2 1.57
ARI (3 yrs) 2 3 .400 6.43 41 5 8 0 0 0 70.0 73 52 50 11 36 1 58 1 0 5 315 74 1.557 9.4 1.4 4.6 7.5 1.61
TEX (3 yrs) 12 13 .480 4.91 78 18 16 0 0 0 198.0 217 111 108 24 100 6 156 10 1 6 903 93 1.601 9.9 1.1 4.5 7.1 1.56
AL (3 yrs) 12 13 .480 4.91 78 18 16 0 0 0 198.0 217 111 108 24 100 6 156 10 1 6 903 93 1.601 9.9 1.1 4.5 7.1 1.56
NL (3 yrs) 2 3 .400 6.43 41 5 8 0 0 0 70.0 73 52 50 11 36 1 58 1 0 5 315 74 1.557 9.4 1.4 4.6 7.5 1.61

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
2005 24 ARI NL 14.2 3 3 9 5.52 4.36 -0.07 0.16 100.4 4.62 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 -0 .451 .499 $
2006 25 ARI NL 10.0 2 2 13 11.70 4.85 -0.01 0.19 110.0 5.55 -7 -0.5 -0.0 -0.4 -6 .249 .497 $
2007 26 ARI NL 45.1 36 0 30 5.96 4.76 0.22 -0.34 106.7 4.48 -7 -0.7 .5 0.1 -0.3 -3 .480 .496 $380,000
2008 27 TEX AL 71.2 20 6 52 6.53 4.63 -0.28 -0.11 102.9 4.94 -14 -1.3 .6 -0.0 -0.7 -4 .434 .492 $395,500
2009 28 TEX AL 69.2 20 10 31 4.00 4.99 0.03 0.04 100.7 5.03 7 0.8 .8 -0.1 1.3 17 .538 .505 $411,760
2010 29 TEX AL 56.2 38 2 28 4.45 4.42 -0.05 -0.29 109.1 4.57 0 0.0 1.4 -0.1 0.5 7 .501 .500 $665,000
6 Seasons 268.0 119 23 163 5.47 4.69 -0.05 -0.12 104.4 4.81 -22 -1.9 .9 -0.2 0.4 11 .484 .498 $1,852,260
ARI (3 yrs) 70.0 41 5 52 6.69 4.69 0.13 -0.16 105.8 4.66 -15 -1.4 .5 0.1 -0.7 -9 .467 .497 $380,000
TEX (3 yrs) 198.0 78 18 111 5.05 4.69 -0.11 -0.11 103.9 4.86 -6 -0.5 1.1 -0.2 1.1 20 .493 .499 $1,472,260

Postseason Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2007 26 ARI NL NLCS L COL 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 0.429 3.9 0.0 0.0 7.7
2010 29 TEX AL ALDS W TBR 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 9.0 0.0 0.0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 0 5.40 3 0 2 0 0 0 3.1 3 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 0.900 8.1 2.7 0.0 5.4
1 ALDS 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 9.0 0.0 0.0
1 NLCS 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 0.429 3.9 0.0 0.0 7.7

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
2005 24 ARI NL 3 68 54 9 10 4 0 1 3 0 13 11 .185 .353 .315 .668 .214 17 1 1 0 0 0 1
2006 25 ARI NL 2 51 43 13 15 2 0 5 1 0 7 9 .349 .440 .744 1.184 .345 32 2 0 1 0 0 1
2007 26 ARI NL 36 196 180 30 48 12 0 5 1 0 16 38 .267 .327 .417 .743 .314 75 5 0 0 0 1 1
2008 27 TEX AL 20 341 299 52 92 20 2 10 5 2 37 55 .308 .385 .488 .873 .349 146 3 1 3 1 3 4
2009 28 TEX AL 20 300 261 31 64 10 1 7 12 1 29 54 .245 .324 .372 .696 .278 97 6 4 1 5 0 2
2010 29 TEX AL 38 262 220 28 61 11 1 7 12 1 34 47 .277 .385 .432 .816 .323 95 3 5 2 1 3 0
6 Yrs 119 1218 1057 163 290 59 4 35 34 4 136 214 .274 .361 .437 .798 .313 462 20 11 7 7 7 9
162 Game Avg. 57 583 506 78 139 28 2 17 16 2 65 102 .274 .361 .437 .798 .313 221 10 5 3 3 3 4
MLB Averages .264 .332 .418 .751 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2005 24 ARI NL -1.2 -0.1 72 -0.1 1.3 -1.4 1.13 -0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 1.13 -1.8 0 0 0
2006 25 ARI NL -6.7 -0.6 52 -0.6 0.5 -1.1 .64 -0.6 -0.3 -7.3 -0.6 0.64 -7.3 0 0 0
2007 26 ARI NL -3.6 -0.3 202 0.4 1.7 -1.2 .41 0.1 0.9 -4.8 -0.4 0.41 -0.2 2 7 27
2008 27 TEX AL -13.7 -1.3 351 -0.5 4.1 -4.6 .75 -0.8 0.2 -7.7 -0.7 0.75 -9.7 3 1 9
2009 28 TEX AL 6.5 0.6 317 0.8 5.2 -4.4 .95 0.3 0.5 6.6 0.6 0.95 3.4 1 4 5
2010 29 TEX AL 1.7 0.2 275 -0.3 5.1 -5.4 1.12 -0.6 0.3 1.9 0.2 1.12 -4.8 13 11 12
6 Yrs -16.9 -1.5 1269 -0.3 17.8 -18.1 .84 -1.8 1.4 -11.1 -0.9 0.84 -20.5 19 23 53

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
2005 24 ARI NL 3 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 .333 1 2 0 0 0 0% 46.7 62 33 2 2 0 3 4.5 3.2 4.9 88 1 1 1 0 107
2006 25 ARI NL 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27.0 28 26 0 0 0 2 3.0 1.1 5.0 100 0 1 1 0 102
2008 27 TEX AL 20 6 2 3 1 1 0 3 3 .500 0 0 0 0 1 17% 45.7 67 19 18 10 1 4 3.8 3.8 5.3 97 1 1 4 0 104
2009 28 TEX AL 20 10 3 3 4 1 0 5 5 .500 1 2 0 0 2 20% 48.4 68 36 11 2 3 3 3.6 2.4 5.0 90 2 7 1 0 104
2010 29 TEX AL 38 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 41.0 46 36 13 5 0 2 10.1 12.6 3.0 78 1 1 0 0 82
5 Yrs 83 23 6 8 9 3 0 11 12 .478 2 5 0 0 3 13% 45 68 19 44 19 4 14 4.3 3.3 4.9 91 5 11 7 0 107
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 100 -12 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% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2007 26 ARI NL 36 36 8 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 17 7 41% 6 .408 2 7 27 9 2 25 7 29 13 6 14 1 3.8 22
2008 27 TEX AL 20 14 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 18% 3 .750 3 1 9 1 3 10 6 8 9 1 9 0 8.5 57
2009 28 TEX AL 20 10 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 2 20% 4 .948 1 4 5 1 2 7 6 4 7 2 7 2 5.8 31
2010 29 TEX AL 38 36 7 4 5 1 0 1 0% 6 5 21 6 29% 6 1.119 13 11 12 11 12 13 11 25 17 8 18 4 4.2 25
4 Yrs 114 96 24 8 8 1 0 1 0% 9 8 59 17 29% .831 19 23 53 22 19 55 30 66 46 17 48 7 4.8 29

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%
2005 24 ARI NL 68 54% 1.5% 16.2% 19.1% 7.4% 50% 0.86 1.20 62% 12% 5.3% 14% 12 1 8%
2006 25 ARI NL 51 37% 9.8% 17.7% 13.7% 13.7% 47% 1.27 3.20 57% 11% 35.7% 7% 14 2 14%
2007 26 ARI NL 196 53% 2.6% 19.4% 8.2% 8.7% 35% 0.65 0.90 70% 25% 6.2% 6% 40 5 13%
2008 27 TEX AL 341 49% 2.9% 16.1% 10.9% 9.4% 35% 0.59 0.66 69% 23% 7.6% 14% 72 3 4%
2009 28 TEX AL 300 45% 2.3% 18.0% 9.7% 6.0% 28% 0.72 0.84 68% 20% 6.9% 16% 57 6 11%
2010 29 TEX AL 262 59% 2.7% 17.9% 13.0% 7.3% 31% 0.49 0.65 64% 24% 6.9% 12% 53 3 6%
6 Yrs 1218 51% 2.9% 17.6% 11.2% 8.1% 34% 0.64 0.81 67% 22% 7.8% 13% 248 20 8%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.4% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.79 1.07 70% 19% 7.6% 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
2005 24 ARI NL 68 265 3.90 153 58% 29% 12% 30% 28% 71% 0% 41% 82% 46% 12% 8 6 18% 12 11 1 18% 2 2 0 0 0
2006 25 ARI NL 51 199 3.90 119 60% 32% 9% 29% 29% 68% 0% 41% 86% 53% 8% 4 2 18% 9 4 1 56% 0 2 0 0 0
2007 26 ARI NL 196 793 4.05 502 63% 24% 15% 33% 28% 76% 1% 48% 80% 59% 4% 7 4 26% 51 27 4 29% 8 2 0 0 0
2008 27 TEX AL 342 1372 4.01 830 60% 23% 16% 31% 30% 77% 2% 47% 79% 53% 5% 18 8 23% 80 38 4 16% 10 7 -1 0 0
2009 28 TEX AL 300 1202 4.01 741 62% 26% 16% 29% 29% 74% 0% 45% 79% 54% 5% 15 12 23% 69 38 4 15% 4 3 0 0 0
2010 29 TEX AL 262 1063 4.06 638 60% 29% 15% 29% 28% 71% 3% 43% 79% 52% 6% 17 7 24% 63 35 4 32% 8 7 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1219 4894 4.01 2983 61% 26% 15% 30% 29% 74% 1% 45% 80% 53% 6% 69 39 23% 284 153 18 23% 32 23 -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.78 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 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
2005 24 ARI NL 68 10 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 34 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 25 ARI NL 51 15 2 0 5 1 1 1 4 5 0 5 2 1 40% 1 0 0 20 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 26 ARI NL 196 48 7 0 5 1 7 4 1 1 4 13 8 4 62% 1 4 0 77 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2008 27 TEX AL 341 92 10 1 10 1 8 5 5 6 4 24 11 3 46% 4 1 1 146 5 2 71% 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0
2009 28 TEX AL 300 64 12 1 7 0 8 2 5 4 3 19 13 2 68% 2 2 0 112 12 1 92% 10 0 2 1 0 0 3 2 7 0
2010 29 TEX AL 262 61 8 2 7 0 10 5 2 6 1 14 5 2 36% 0 3 0 110 12 1 92% 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
6 Yrs 1218 290 40 4 35 3 34 18 17 23 12 75 39 12 52% 9 11 1 499 34 4 89% 28 2 6 1 0 1 3 2 26 0
MLB Averages 53% 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+
2005 24 1 0 1.000 5.52 3 3 0 0 0 0 14.2 10 9 9 1 13 0 11 1 0 1 68 82 1.568 6.1 0.6 8.0 6.8 0.85 82
2006 25 1 2 .333 8.03 5 5 0 0 0 0 24.2 25 22 22 6 20 0 20 1 0 1 119 58 1.824 9.1 2.2 7.3 7.3 1.00 58
2007 26 2 3 .400 6.43 41 5 8 0 0 0 70.0 73 52 50 11 36 1 58 1 0 5 315 74 1.557 9.4 1.4 4.6 7.5 1.61 74
2008 27 5 8 .385 6.42 61 11 14 0 0 0 141.2 165 104 101 21 73 4 113 2 1 6 656 72 1.680 10.5 1.3 4.6 7.2 1.55 72
2009 28 10 11 .476 5.58 81 21 17 0 0 0 211.1 229 135 131 28 102 4 167 6 1 8 956 83 1.566 9.8 1.2 4.3 7.1 1.64 83
2010 29 14 16 .467 5.31 119 23 24 0 0 0 268.0 290 163 158 35 136 7 214 11 1 11 1218 87 1.590 9.7 1.2 4.6 7.2 1.57 87

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2005 24 0 1 .000 4.80 15.0 10 9 8 1 13 11 1 1.533 6.0 7.8 6.6 0.85 0.6 3
2006 25 0 1 .000 9.90 10.0 14 12 11 5 7 9 0 2.100 12.6 6.3 8.1 1.29 4.5 2
2007 26 2 3 .400 4.80 45.0 45 27 24 5 15 38 0 1.333 9.0 3.0 7.6 2.53 1.0 36
2008 27 2 5 .286 6.34 71.0 91 56 50 10 37 54 1 1.803 11.5 4.7 6.8 1.46 1.3 20
2009 28 4 3 .571 3.65 69.0 62 31 28 7 28 53 4 1.304 8.1 3.7 6.9 1.89 0.9 20
2010 29 3 3 .500 4.50 54.0 61 30 27 7 34 45 5 1.759 10.2 5.7 7.5 1.32 1.2 38
6 Yrs 11 16 .407 5.05 264.0 283 165 148 35 134 210 11 1.580 9.6 7.2 1.57 1.2 119

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