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Darren O'Day

Darren Christopher O'Day (twitter: @DODay56)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: October 22, 1982 in Jacksonville, FL
High School: Bishop Kenney HS (Jacksonville, FL)
School: University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
Signed by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim as an amateur free agent in 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: March 31, 2008
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Angels/Orioles/Mets 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$1.35M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.103, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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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
2008 25 LAA AL 0 1 .000 4.57 30 0 17 0 0 0 43.1 49 24 22 2 14 6 29 4 0 1 194 98 1.454 10.2 0.4 2.9 6.0 2.07
2009 26 TOT MLB 2 1 .667 1.84 68 0 15 0 0 2 58.2 41 14 12 3 18 1 56 5 0 1 233 253 1.006 6.3 0.5 2.8 8.6 3.11
2009 26 NYM NL 0 0 0.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 5 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 17 2.000 15.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
2009 26 TEX AL 2 1 .667 1.94 64 0 14 0 0 2 55.2 36 12 12 3 17 1 54 4 0 1 216 241 0.952 5.8 0.5 2.7 8.7 3.18
2010 27 TEX AL 6 2 .750 2.03 72 0 14 0 0 0 62.0 43 15 14 5 12 2 45 5 0 0 240 221 0.887 6.2 0.7 1.7 6.5 3.75
2011 28 TEX AL 0 1 .000 5.40 16 0 7 0 0 0 16.2 17 10 10 7 5 0 18 2 0 0 74 83 1.320 9.2 3.8 2.7 9.7 3.60
2012 29 BAL AL 3 0 1.000 1.75 24 0 2 0 0 0 25.2 17 5 5 3 4 0 28 1 0 0 98 237 0.818 6.0 1.1 1.4 9.8 7.00
5 Yrs 11 5 .688 2.75 210 0 55 0 0 2 206.1 167 68 63 20 53 9 176 17 0 2 839 164 1.066 7.3 0.9 2.3 7.7 3.32
162 Game Avg. 4 2 .688 2.75 68 0 18 0 0 1 67 54 22 20 6 17 3 57 6 0 1 272 164 1.066 7.3 0.9 2.3 7.7 3.32
TEX (3 yrs) 8 4 .667 2.41 152 0 35 0 0 2 134.1 96 37 36 15 34 3 117 11 0 1 530 189 0.968 6.4 1.0 2.3 7.8 3.44
NYM (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 5 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 17 2.000 15.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
LAA (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.57 30 0 17 0 0 0 43.1 49 24 22 2 14 6 29 4 0 1 194 98 1.454 10.2 0.4 2.9 6.0 2.07
BAL (1 yr) 3 0 1.000 1.75 24 0 2 0 0 0 25.2 17 5 5 3 4 0 28 1 0 0 98 237 0.818 6.0 1.1 1.4 9.8 7.00
AL (5 yrs) 11 5 .688 2.79 206 0 54 0 0 2 203.1 162 66 63 20 52 9 174 16 0 2 822 161 1.052 7.2 0.9 2.3 7.7 3.35
NL (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 5 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 17 2.000 15.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00

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
2008 25 LAA AL 43.1 30 0 24 4.98 4.75 0.06 -0.35 100.8 4.37 -4 -0.4 .3 -0.0 0.0 2 .488 .498 $390,000
2009 26 NYM NL 3.0 4 0 2 6.00 4.95 -0.02 -0.36 101.3 4.67 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.0 -0 .488 .500 $406,000
2009 26 TEX AL 55.2 64 0 12 1.94 4.93 0.03 -0.36 103.1 4.68 17 1.7 1.3 0.1 2.3 24 .526 .510 $
2010 27 TEX AL 62.0 72 0 15 2.18 4.41 -0.05 -0.34 107.5 4.43 15 1.6 1.4 0.1 2.3 23 .522 .510 $426,700
2011 28 TEX AL 16.2 16 0 10 5.40 4.38 0.10 -0.33 112.3 4.43 -2 -0.2 .6 -0.0 0.0 0 .488 .499 $1,251,000
2012 29 BAL AL 25.2 24 0 5 1.75 4.49 0.02 -0.33 103.1 4.27 7 0.8 1.0 -0.0 1.0 10 .532 .505 $
5 Seasons 206.1 210 0 68 2.97 4.64 0.02 -0.35 104.7 4.47 33 3.5 1.1 0.2 5.6 59 .516 .504 $2,473,700
TEX (3 yrs) 134.1 152 0 37 2.48 4.62 0.00 -0.35 106.3 4.53 30 3.1 1.3 0.3 4.6 46 .520 .506 $1,677,700
NYM (1 yr) 3.0 4 0 2 6.00 4.95 -0.02 -0.36 101.3 4.67 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.0 -0 .488 .500 $406,000
LAA (1 yr) 43.1 30 0 24 4.98 4.75 0.06 -0.35 100.8 4.37 -4 -0.4 .3 -0.0 0.0 2 .488 .498 $390,000
BAL (1 yr) 25.2 24 0 5 1.75 4.49 0.02 -0.33 103.1 4.27 7 0.8 1.0 -0.0 1.0 10 .532 .505 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
2010 27 TEX AL ALDS W TBR 0 0 0.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
2010 27 TEX AL ALCS W NYY 0 1 .000 13.50 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 13.5 1.00
2010 27 TEX AL WS L SFG 0 0 13.50 4 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 3 3 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 11 1.500 13.5 9.0 0.0 13.5
1 Yr (3 Series) 0 1 .000 7.71 11 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 6 4 4 2 1 0 8 1 0 0 23 1.500 11.6 3.9 1.9 15.4 8.00
1 ALDS 0 0 0.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 13.50 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 13.5 1.00
1 WS 0 0 13.50 4 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 3 3 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 11 1.500 13.5 9.0 0.0 13.5

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
2008 25 LAA AL 30 194 173 24 49 7 1 2 2 1 14 29 .283 .349 .370 .719 .329 64 4 4 2 1 6 2
2009 26 NYM NL 4 17 14 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .357 .412 .357 .769 .385 5 0 1 0 1 0 1
2009 26 TEX AL 64 216 192 12 36 5 0 3 7 4 17 54 .188 .265 .260 .526 .241 50 6 4 1 2 1 2
2009 26 TOT MLB 68 233 206 14 41 5 0 3 7 4 18 56 .199 .276 .267 .543 .253 55 6 5 1 3 1 3
2010 27 TEX AL 72 240 219 15 43 7 0 5 3 1 12 45 .196 .251 .297 .548 .221 65 6 5 1 3 2 2
2011 28 TEX AL 16 74 65 10 17 1 0 7 4 0 5 18 .262 .329 .600 .929 .244 39 0 2 1 1 0 1
2012 29 BAL AL 24 98 90 5 17 6 1 3 0 1 4 28 .189 .232 .378 .609 .237 34 1 1 3 0 0 1
5 Yrs 210 839 753 68 167 26 2 20 16 7 53 176 .222 .285 .341 .627 .260 257 17 17 8 8 9 9
162 Game Avg. 68 272 244 22 54 8 1 6 5 2 17 57 .222 .285 .341 .627 .260 83 6 6 3 3 3 3
MLB Averages .259 .327 .408 .736 .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
2008 25 LAA AL -0.5 -0.1 198 -0.3 1.1 -1.4 .38 -0.2 -0.7 2.3 0.2 0.38 2.5 0 6 21
2009 26 TOT MLB 17.3 1.7 247 1.8 4.8 -3.1 .99 1.2 0.6 13.5 1.3 0.99 16.2 26 19 22
2009 26 NYM NL 0.6 0.1 17 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 .83 -0.1 -0.5 -2.7 -0.3 0.83 -1.4 1 1 2
2009 26 TEX AL 16.7 1.6 230 2.3 4.7 -2.5 1.00 1.3 0.9 16.2 1.6 1.00 17.6 25 18 20
2010 27 TEX AL 15.8 1.6 244 1.7 5.1 -3.4 1.09 1.6 -0.0 18.5 1.8 1.09 18.9 29 16 26
2011 28 TEX AL -1.1 -0.1 80 -0.4 0.5 -0.9 .59 -0.2 -0.5 -1.7 -0.2 0.59 -2.9 2 3 10
2012 29 BAL AL 7.0 0.7 99 1.1 1.9 -0.9 .94 0.6 0.6 7.0 0.7 0.94 7.0 8 6 10
5 Yrs 38.4 3.9 868 3.8 13.4 -9.6 .83 2.9 1.6 39.7 3.9 0.83 41.7 65 50 89

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
2008 25 LAA AL 30 30 17 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 17 5 29% 7 .375 0 6 21 6 1 23 8 22 16 6 17 3 4.3 22
2009 26 TOT MLB 68 68 15 2 1 2 2 0 100% 22 20 45 15 33% .987 26 19 22 36 12 20 27 41 14 24 18 21 2.6 14
2009 26 NYM NL 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 5 .835 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2.3 17
2009 26 TEX AL 64 64 14 2 1 2 2 0 100% 22 20 42 12 29% 8 .999 25 18 20 35 11 18 25 39 13 22 17 19 2.6 13
2010 27 TEX AL 72 72 14 6 2 2 0 2 0% 24 21 50 13 26% 8 1.087 29 16 26 33 15 24 28 44 10 29 19 28 2.6 12
2011 28 TEX AL 16 16 7 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 4 1 25% 9 .594 2 3 10 11 1 4 2 14 2 2 3 1 3.1 17
2012 29 BAL AL 24 24 2 3 0 1 0 1 0% 4 3 16 4 25% 7 .939 8 6 10 6 4 14 10 14 8 7 9 5 3.2 16
5 Yrs 210 210 55 11 5 5 2 3 40% 54 48 132 38 29% .834 65 50 89 92 33 85 75 135 50 68 66 58 2.9 15

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%
2008 25 LAA AL 194 53% 1.0% 15.0% 7.2% 5.2% 20% 1.36 1.78 74% 12% 3.7% 11% 42 4 10%
2009 26 TOT MLB 233 69% 1.3% 24.0% 7.7% 3.4% 20% 0.72 0.87 64% 17% 3.9% 15% 40 6 15%
2009 26 NYM NL 17 76% 0.0% 11.8% 5.9% 0.0% 0% 0.63 0.40 76% 23% 0.0% 0% 6 0 0%
2009 26 TEX AL 216 69% 1.4% 25.0% 7.9% 3.7% 22% 0.73 0.91 63% 16% 4.4% 16% 34 6 18%
2010 27 TEX AL 240 68% 2.1% 18.8% 5.0% 5.0% 28% 0.60 0.77 72% 19% 5.7% 19% 31 6 19%
2011 28 TEX AL 74 58% 9.5% 24.3% 6.8% 10.8% 47% 0.55 0.78 55% 16% 26.9% 16% 11 0 0%
2012 29 BAL AL 98 63% 3.1% 28.6% 4.1% 10.2% 59% 0.69 1.00 60% 14% 10.3% 19% 15 1 7%
5 Yrs 839 64% 2.4% 21.0% 6.3% 5.7% 29% 0.78 0.99 67% 16% 7.4% 16% 139 17 12%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.2% 8.5% 7.7% 33% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 13% 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
2008 25 LAA AL 194 671 3.46 420 63% 28% 15% 22% 35% 72% 10% 45% 79% 64% 6% 12 3 20% 39 23 3 24% 9 3 0 0 0
2009 26 TOT MLB 235 919 3.91 599 65% 32% 19% 24% 26% 68% 1% 45% 73% 63% 3% 7 5 30% 71 45 3 18% 14 1 -2 0 0
2009 26 NYM NL 17 66 3.88 41 62% 37% 12% 20% 32% 63% 0% 39% 81% 53% 12% 2 2 18% 3 2 1 0% 1 0 0 0 0
2009 26 TEX AL 218 853 3.91 558 65% 31% 19% 24% 25% 69% 1% 45% 72% 63% 2% 5 3 31% 68 43 2 19% 13 1 -2 0 0
2010 27 TEX AL 241 897 3.72 591 66% 28% 16% 27% 30% 72% 2% 48% 78% 60% 4% 10 5 27% 65 33 2 16% 8 3 -1 0 0
2011 28 TEX AL 74 275 3.72 178 65% 31% 17% 25% 28% 69% 0% 45% 76% 68% 3% 2 2 28% 21 13 1 6% 5 0 0 0 0
2012 29 BAL AL 99 376 3.80 256 68% 29% 18% 28% 25% 71% 0% 49% 74% 64% 2% 2 0 37% 37 24 2 21% 3 2 -1 0 0
5 Yrs 843 3138 3.72 2044 65% 29% 17% 25% 29% 71% 3% 46% 76% 63% 4% 33 15 28% 233 138 11 18% 39 9 -4 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 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
2008 25 LAA AL 194 49 7 1 2 0 14 0 2 1 1 19 6 4 32% 2 1 0 73 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
2009 26 TOT MLB 233 41 4 0 3 0 11 0 3 1 2 8 4 1 50% 3 1 0 88 7 4 64% 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2009 26 NYM NL 17 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2009 26 TEX AL 216 36 4 0 3 0 9 0 3 1 2 6 3 1 50% 2 1 0 79 7 4 64% 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2010 27 TEX AL 240 43 7 1 5 0 8 5 0 1 4 17 9 2 53% 2 0 0 69 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2011 28 TEX AL 74 17 1 0 7 0 2 3 4 7 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 24 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2012 29 BAL AL 98 17 3 1 3 0 2 1 2 3 0 3 1 0 33% 1 0 0 36 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 839 167 22 3 20 0 37 9 11 13 7 48 21 7 44% 9 2 0 290 16 7 70% 15 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 0
MLB Averages 52% 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+
2008 25 0 1 .000 4.57 30 0 17 0 0 0 43.1 49 24 22 2 14 6 29 4 0 1 194 98 1.454 10.2 0.4 2.9 6.0 2.07 98
2009 26 2 2 .500 3.00 98 0 32 0 0 2 102.0 90 38 34 5 32 7 85 9 0 2 427 153 1.196 7.9 0.4 2.8 7.5 2.66 153
2010 27 8 4 .667 2.63 170 0 46 0 0 2 164.0 133 53 48 10 44 9 130 14 0 2 667 173 1.079 7.3 0.5 2.4 7.1 2.95 173
2011 28 8 5 .615 2.89 186 0 53 0 0 2 180.2 150 63 58 17 49 9 148 16 0 2 741 157 1.101 7.5 0.8 2.4 7.4 3.02 157
2012 29 11 5 .688 2.75 210 0 55 0 0 2 206.1 167 68 63 20 53 9 176 17 0 2 839 164 1.066 7.3 0.9 2.3 7.7 3.32 164

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
2008 25 2 2 .500 4.40 43.0 48 23 21 2 14 29 4 1.442 10.0 2.9 6.1 2.07 0.4 30
2009 26 5 1 .833 1.74 57.0 39 12 11 3 17 55 5 0.982 6.2 2.7 8.7 3.24 0.5 68
2010 27 5 1 .833 2.10 60.0 43 16 14 5 12 44 5 0.917 6.5 1.8 6.6 3.67 0.8 72
2011 28 0 1 .000 5.29 17.0 17 11 10 7 5 18 2 1.294 9.0 2.6 9.5 3.60 3.7 16
2012 29 2 0 1.000 1.80 25.0 17 6 5 3 4 28 1 0.840 6.1 1.4 10.1 7.00 1.1 24
5 Yrs 14 5 .737 2.72 202.0 164 68 61 20 52 174 17 1.069 7.3 7.8 3.35 0.9 210

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2010 AL  72 (7th)
2012 AL  24 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2461), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (1016), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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