Rafael Novoa

Rafael Angel Novoa

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 26, 1967 in New York, NY
School: Villanova University (Villanova, PA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 9th round of the 1989 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 31, 1990
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Giants 1990-1993

Final Game: October 3, 1993
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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
1989	21	SFG-min	A,A-	5	5	.500	2.97	16	13	0	0	0	0	78.2	78	31	26	3	26	1	81	5	7	4			1.322	8.9	0.3	3.0	9.3	3.12	CLI,EVR · MIDW,NORW
1990	22	SFG-min	A,AA	14	6	.700	2.50	26	24	1	5	2	0	169.1	133	53	47	9	55	0	178	7	2	6			1.110	7.1	0.5	2.9	9.5	3.24	CLI,SHV · MIDW,TL
1990	22	SFG	NL	0	1	.000	6.75	7	2	2	0	0	1	18.2	21	14	14	3	13	1	14	0	0	0	88	55	1.821	10.1	1.4	6.3	6.8	1.08

1991	23	SFG-min	AAA	6	6	.500	5.96	17	17	0	0	0	0	93.2	135	83	62	16	37	3	46	5	1	3	450		1.836	13.0	1.5	3.6	4.4	1.24	PHX · PCL
1992	24	MIL-min	AA	10	7	.588	3.26	22	21	1	6	0	0	146.1	143	63	53	6	48	3	124	9	1	8	617		1.305	8.8	0.4	3.0	7.6	2.58	ELP · TL
1993	25	MIL-min	AAA	10	5	.667	3.42	20	18	0	2	1	0	113.0	105	55	43	20	38	3	74	5	1	4	471		1.265	8.4	1.6	3.0	5.9	1.95	NOR · AA
1993	25	MIL	AL	0	3	.000	4.50	15	7	0	2	0	0	56.0	58	32	28	7	22	2	17	4	0	1	249	95	1.429	9.3	1.1	3.5	2.7	0.77
1994	26	CHC-min	AAA	6	10	.375	5.24	27	23	0	1	0	0	137.1	151	90	80	12	67	3	54	8	1	7	621		1.587	9.9	0.8	4.4	3.5	0.81	IWA · AA
1995	27	CHW-NYM-min	AAA,AA	0	2	.000	7.00	7	3	2	0	0	0	18.0	23	15	14	0	14	0	9	2	0	0	92		2.056	11.5	0.0	7.0	4.5	0.64	NVL,BNG · AA,EL
1996	28	ANA-min	A+,AA,AAA	3	4	.429	5.80	48	0	19	0	0	4	63.2	76	44	41	9	29	3	57	3	1	7	294		1.649	10.7	1.3	4.1	8.1	1.97	LEL,MDL,VAN · CALL,TL,PCL
2 Yrs				0	4	.000	5.06	22	9	2	2	0	1	74.2	79	46	42	10	35	3	31	4	0	1	337	82	1.527	9.5	1.2	4.2	3.7	0.89
162 Game Avg.				0	9	.000	5.06	48	20	4	4	0	2	164	173	101	92	22	77	7	68	9	0	2	739	82	1.527	9.5	1.2	4.2	3.7	0.89

SFG (1 yr)				0	1	.000	6.75	7	2	2	0	0	1	18.2	21	14	14	3	13	1	14	0	0	0	88	55	1.821	10.1	1.4	6.3	6.8	1.08
MIL (1 yr)				0	3	.000	4.50	15	7	0	2	0	0	56.0	58	32	28	7	22	2	17	4	0	1	249	95	1.429	9.3	1.1	3.5	2.7	0.77

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
1990	22	SFG	NL	18.2	7	2	14	6.75	4.31	-0.18	-0.09	92.2	4.06	-6	-0.6	.5	0.0	-0.4	-4	.415	.496	$

1993	25	MIL	AL	56.0	15	7	32	5.14	4.68	0.17	0.05	96.9	4.43	-4	-0.4	.9	-0.0	0.1	2	.474	.498	$
2 Seasons				74.2	22	9	46	5.54	4.59	0.08	0.02	95.8	4.34	-10	-1.0	.7	0.0	-0.3	-2	.455	.497	$

SFG (1 yr)				18.2	7	2	14	6.75	4.31	-0.18	-0.09	92.2	4.06	-6	-0.6	.5	0.0	-0.4	-4	.415	.496	$
MIL (1 yr)				56.0	15	7	32	5.14	4.68	0.17	0.05	96.9	4.43	-4	-0.4	.9	-0.0	0.1	2	.474	.498	$

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
1990	22	SFG	NL	7	88	74	14	21	0	1	3	3	2	13	14	.284	.386	.432	.819	.310	32	1	0	0	1	1	1

1993	25	MIL	AL	15	249	217	32	58	14	0	7	3	1	22	17	.267	.343	.429	.771	.262	93	3	4	4	2	2	3
2 Yrs				22	337	291	46	79	14	1	10	6	3	35	31	.271	.354	.430	.784	.273	125	4	4	4	3	3	4
162 Game Avg.				48	739	638	101	173	31	2	22	13	7	77	68	.271	.354	.430	.784	.273	274	9	9	9	7	7	9
MLB Averages																.259	.326	.388	.714	.288

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1990	22	SFG	NL	-5.8	-0.6	93	-0.6	1.0	-1.6	.73	-0.4	-0.5	-5.2	-0.5	0.73	-4.1	1	1	2

1993	25	MIL	AL	-1.7	-0.2	254	-0.9	3.6	-4.5	.96	-0.2	-0.7	-5.7	-0.6	0.96	-1.9	1	2	5
2 Yrs				-7.5	-0.7	347	-1.5	4.6	-6.1	.90	-0.6	-1.1	-11.0	-1.1	0.90	-6.0	2	3	7

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
1990	22	SFG	NL	7	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.500	0	1	0	0	0	0%	36.5	54	19	6	1	0	1	4.8	6.8	4.7		0	0	0	0	0

1993	25	MIL	AL	15	7	0	3	4	0	1	2	5	.286	1	3	2	0	3	43%	47.3	64	24	10	2	1	2	3.0	2.5	6.3	95	1	3	3	0	115
2 Yrs				22	9	0	4	5	0	1	3	6	.333	1	4	2	0	3	33%	45	64	19	16	3	1	3	3.3	3.2	5.9	95	1	3	3	0	115
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	101	-14					4.3	4.3	6.1	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
1990	22	SFG	NL	7	5	2	0	0	1	1	0	100%	2	0	7	2	29%	8	.726	1	1	2	2	0	3	3	2	4	1	4	1	5.6	33

1993	25	MIL	AL	15	8	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	6	4	67%	5	.957	1	2	5	1	1	6	4	4	4	2	4	1	4.5	20
2 Yrs				22	13	2	0	0	1	1	0	100%	2	0	13	6	46%		.897	2	3	7	3	1	9	7	6	8	3	8	2	4.9	24

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%
1990	22	SFG	NL	88	18%	3.4%	15.9%	14.8%	4.6%	19%	0.64	0.67	66%	26%	11.1%	25%	24	1	4%

1993	25	MIL	AL	249	20%	2.8%	6.8%	8.8%	8.4%	36%	0.57	0.69	78%	18%	6.7%	17%	55	3	5%
2 Yrs				337	19%	3.0%	9.2%	10.4%	7.4%	32%	0.58	0.68	75%	20%	7.6%	19%	79	4	5%
MLB Averages					41%	2.1%	15.0%	8.6%	6.8%	29%	0.80	1.05	73%	21%	6.1%	17%			10%

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
1990	22	SFG	NL	54	191	3.54	127	66%	20%	20%	28%	31%	80%	0%	53%	74%	72%	2%	1	0	19%	10	6	1	25%	3	1	34	0	1

1993	25	MIL	AL	250	828	3.31	474	57%	24%	10%	22%	43%	75%	2%	43%	86%	48%	7%	17	10	10%	25	9	1	41%	2	5	-1	0	1
2 Yrs				304	1019	3.35	601	59%	23%	12%	23%	41%	76%	1%	45%	83%	52%	6%	18	10	12%	35	15	2	36%	5	6	33	0	2
MLB Averages						3.64		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			18%				27%

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
1990	22	SFG	NL	88	21	4	0	3	0	2	3	0	3	0	7	4	1	57%	1	0	0	39	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

1993	25	MIL	AL	249	58	8	6	7	0	8	5	2	3	4	19	10	2	53%	3	1	0	98	3	1	75%	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2 Yrs				337	79	12	6	10	0	10	8	2	6	4	26	14	3	54%	4	1	0	137	6	3	67%	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1990	22	1	.000	6.75	7	2	2	0	1	18.2	21	14	14	3	13	1	14	0	0	88	55	1.821	10.1	1.4	6.3	6.8	1.08	55
1991	23	1	.000	6.75	7	2	2	0	1	18.2	21	14	14	3	13	1	14	0	0	88	55	1.821	10.1	1.4	6.3	6.8	1.08	55
1992	24	1	.000	6.75	7	2	2	0	1	18.2	21	14	14	3	13	1	14	0	0	88	55	1.821	10.1	1.4	6.3	6.8	1.08	55
1993	25	4	.000	5.06	22	9	2	2	1	74.2	79	46	42	10	35	3	31	4	1	337	82	1.527	9.5	1.2	4.2	3.7	0.89	82

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
1990	22	0	1	.000	8.47	17.0	22	18	16	3	14	13	0	2.118	11.6	7.4	6.9	0.93	1.6	7

1993	25	2	4	.333	4.75	55.0	59	32	29	7	22	17	4	1.473	9.7	3.6	2.8	0.77	1.1	15
2 Yrs		2	5	.286	5.63	72.0	81	50	45	10	36	30	4	1.625	10.1		3.8	0.83	1.3	22

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