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Roberto Novoa

Roberto Novoa

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 15, 1979 in Las Matas de Farfan, San Juan, D.R.
High School: Las Matas de Farfan (Las Matas de Farfan, DO)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 29, 2004
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Tigers 2004-2006
2012 Contract Status: not updated (details) [*]
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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
2004 24 DET AL 1 1 .500 5.57 16 0 2 0 0 0 21.0 25 15 13 4 6 0 15 2 0 1 94 81 1.476 10.7 1.7 2.6 6.4 2.50
2005 25 CHC NL 4 5 .444 4.43 49 0 11 0 0 0 44.2 47 22 22 4 25 6 47 0 1 4 205 100 1.612 9.5 0.8 5.0 9.5 1.88
2006 26 CHC NL 2 1 .667 4.26 66 0 10 0 0 0 76.0 77 47 36 15 32 5 53 6 0 4 336 109 1.434 9.1 1.8 3.8 6.3 1.66
3 Yrs 7 7 .500 4.51 131 0 23 0 0 0 141.2 149 84 71 23 63 11 115 8 1 9 635 101 1.496 9.5 1.5 4.0 7.3 1.83
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .500 4.51 68 0 12 0 0 0 74 77 44 37 12 33 6 60 4 1 5 330 101 1.496 9.5 1.5 4.0 7.3 1.83
CHC (2 yrs) 6 6 .500 4.33 115 0 21 0 0 0 120.2 124 69 58 19 57 11 100 6 1 8 541 106 1.500 9.2 1.4 4.3 7.5 1.75
DET (1 yr) 1 1 .500 5.57 16 0 2 0 0 0 21.0 25 15 13 4 6 0 15 2 0 1 94 81 1.476 10.7 1.7 2.6 6.4 2.50
NL (2 yrs) 6 6 .500 4.33 115 0 21 0 0 0 120.2 124 69 58 19 57 11 100 6 1 8 541 106 1.500 9.2 1.4 4.3 7.5 1.75
AL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 5.57 16 0 2 0 0 0 21.0 25 15 13 4 6 0 15 2 0 1 94 81 1.476 10.7 1.7 2.6 6.4 2.50

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
2004 24 DET AL 21.0 16 0 15 6.43 5.20 -0.14 -0.39 93.2 4.61 -4 -0.4 1.1 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .474 .497 $
2005 25 CHC NL 44.2 49 0 22 4.43 4.73 0.02 -0.36 102.7 4.47 0 0.0 1.5 -0.1 0.3 4 .500 .500 $
2006 26 CHC NL 76.0 66 0 47 5.57 4.83 -0.08 -0.35 102.6 4.67 -7 -0.7 .7 -0.1 -0.2 0 .489 .496 $
3 Seasons 141.2 131 0 84 5.34 4.85 -0.06 -0.36 101.3 4.60 -12 -1.1 1.1 -0.2 -0.2 3 .491 .498 $
CHC (2 yrs) 120.2 115 0 69 5.15 4.79 -0.04 -0.36 102.7 4.60 -7 -0.7 1.1 -0.2 0.1 5 .494 .498 $
DET (1 yr) 21.0 16 0 15 6.43 5.20 -0.14 -0.39 93.2 4.61 -4 -0.4 1.1 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .474 .497 $

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
2004 24 DET AL 16 94 81 15 25 4 0 4 2 2 6 15 .309 .355 .506 .861 .318 41 0 2 1 4 0 0
2005 25 CHC NL 49 205 178 22 47 10 3 4 0 0 25 47 .264 .355 .421 .776 .339 75 1 0 2 0 6 0
2006 26 CHC NL 66 336 294 47 77 15 1 15 10 0 32 53 .262 .344 .473 .817 .272 139 9 6 2 2 5 3
3 Yrs 131 635 553 84 149 29 4 23 12 2 63 115 .269 .349 .461 .810 .299 255 10 8 5 6 11 3
162 Game Avg. 68 330 287 44 77 15 2 12 6 1 33 60 .269 .349 .461 .810 .299 132 5 4 3 3 6 2
MLB Averages .267 .334 .426 .760 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2004 24 DET AL -3.0 -0.3 99 -0.6 1.5 -2.0 .95 -0.4 -0.3 -6.5 -0.6 0.95 -3.3 4 4 8
2005 25 CHC NL 0.8 0.1 210 -1.1 4.7 -5.9 1.51 0.0 -0.8 1.0 0.1 1.51 -0.5 23 9 17
2006 26 CHC NL -0.4 -0.0 351 -0.1 3.9 -4.0 .69 -0.4 0.3 -6.7 -0.6 0.69 -3.5 14 11 38
3 Yrs -2.5 -0.2 660 -1.8 10.0 -11.9 .99 -0.8 -1.1 -12.2 -1.1 0.99 -7.4 41 24 63

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
2004 24 DET AL 16 16 2 1 1 1 0 1 0% 4 3 14 7 50% 8 .955 4 4 8 6 3 7 8 8 8 4 9 1 3.9 21
2005 25 CHC NL 49 49 11 4 5 5 0 5 0% 20 14 25 7 28% 8 1.506 23 9 17 25 7 17 13 36 8 16 10 13 2.7 16
2006 26 CHC NL 66 66 10 2 1 0 0 0 4 4 38 9 24% 7 .688 14 11 38 16 10 40 22 44 24 19 27 17 3.5 19
3 Yrs 131 131 23 7 7 6 0 6 0% 28 21 77 23 30% .992 41 24 63 47 20 64 43 88 40 39 46 31 3.2 19

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%
2004 24 DET AL 94 59% 4.3% 16.0% 6.4% 8.5% 32% 0.55 0.77 70% 20% 10.0% 9% 18 0 0%
2005 25 CHC NL 205 60% 2.0% 22.9% 12.2% 8.3% 36% 0.61 0.76 62% 21% 5.3% 7% 37 1 3%
2006 26 CHC NL 336 69% 4.5% 15.8% 9.5% 9.2% 40% 0.77 1.07 68% 16% 12.2% 10% 67 9 13%
3 Yrs 635 65% 3.6% 18.1% 9.9% 8.8% 38% 0.68 0.93 66% 18% 9.6% 9% 122 10 8%
MLB Averages 45% 2.8% 16.7% 8.4% 8.1% 34% 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.8% 11% 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
2004 24 DET AL 95 338 3.56 209 62% 22% 16% 28% 34% 78% 0% 48% 80% 46% 6% 6 5 14% 13 10 1 13% 3 1 -1 0 0
2005 25 CHC NL 205 801 3.91 487 61% 25% 21% 26% 27% 75% 5% 45% 72% 50% 7% 15 7 20% 42 25 2 17% 9 3 0 0 0
2006 26 CHC NL 336 1286 3.83 782 61% 26% 15% 28% 31% 74% 4% 45% 80% 60% 6% 20 10 22% 74 35 3 21% 8 5 0 0 0
3 Yrs 636 2425 3.81 1478 61% 25% 17% 27% 30% 75% 4% 46% 77% 55% 6% 41 22 20% 129 70 6 18% 20 9 -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.75 63% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 59% 5% 22% 26%

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
2004 24 DET AL 94 25 2 2 4 0 2 0 4 3 1 7 5 0 71% 0 1 0 33 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2005 25 CHC NL 205 47 3 0 4 0 13 2 2 0 4 13 3 4 23% 0 4 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2006 26 CHC NL 336 77 6 1 15 1 11 12 3 12 3 21 7 4 33% 3 4 0 128 10 0 100% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
3 Yrs 635 149 11 3 23 1 26 14 9 15 8 41 15 8 37% 3 9 0 243 12 2 86% 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 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+
2004 24 1 1 .500 5.57 16 0 2 0 0 0 21.0 25 15 13 4 6 0 15 2 0 1 94 81 1.476 10.7 1.7 2.6 6.4 2.50 81
2005 25 5 6 .455 4.80 65 0 13 0 0 0 65.2 72 37 35 8 31 6 62 2 1 5 299 93 1.569 9.9 1.1 4.2 8.5 2.00 93
2006 26 7 7 .500 4.51 131 0 23 0 0 0 141.2 149 84 71 23 63 11 115 8 1 9 635 101 1.496 9.5 1.5 4.0 7.3 1.83 101

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
2004 24 1 1 .500 5.85 20.0 25 14 13 4 6 15 2 1.550 11.3 2.7 6.8 2.50 1.8 16
2005 25 2 3 .400 4.20 45.0 46 23 21 4 24 47 0 1.556 9.2 4.8 9.4 1.96 0.8 49
2006 26 4 4 .500 3.79 76.0 73 36 32 14 30 53 6 1.355 8.6 3.6 6.3 1.77 1.7 66
3 Yrs 7 8 .467 4.21 141.0 144 73 66 22 60 115 8 1.447 9.2 7.3 1.92 1.4 131

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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