Eric O'Flaherty

Eric George O'Flaherty

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: February 5, 1985 in Walla Walla, WA
High School: Walla Walla HS (Walla Walla, WA)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 6th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 16, 2006
Teams (by GP): Braves/Mariners 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.49M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.062, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*],
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2003	18	SEA-min	A-,Rk	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		EVR,MRE · NORW,ARIZ
2004	19	SEA-min	A	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		APP · MIDW
2005	20	SEA-min	A	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		APP · MIDW
2006	21	SEA-min	AA,AAA,A+	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SAN,TAC,SBR · TL,PCL,CALL
2006	21	SEA	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2007	22	SEA-min	AAA	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
2007	22	SEA	AL	56	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	23	SEA-min	AA,AAA	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		WTN,TAC · SOUL,PCL
2008	23	SEA	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2009	24	ATL	NL	78	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	25	ATL-min	AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		GWI · IL
2010	25	ATL	NL	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2011	26	ATL	NL	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2012	27	ATL	NL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
7 Yrs				311	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

ATL (4 yrs)				233	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
SEA (3 yrs)				78	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				233	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
AL (3 yrs)				78	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2006	21	SEA	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
2007	22	SEA	AL	56	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$	1
2008	23	SEA	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$400,000	/1
2009	24	ATL	NL	78	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$400,000	1
2010	25	ATL	NL	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$440,000	1
2011	26	ATL	NL	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$895,000	1
2012	27	ATL	NL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
7 Seasons				311	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$2,135,000

ATL (4 yrs)				233	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$1,735,000
SEA (3 yrs)				78	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$400,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
2007	22	SEA	AL	1	1	0	0.0	103	.000	.266	.000	.333	.000	.416	.000	.749	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

2009	24	ATL	NL	1	1	0	0.0	106	.000	.265	.000	.338	.000	.420	.000	.758	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
7 Yrs				2	2	0	0.0	105	.000	.266	.000	.336	.000	.418	.000	.754	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				1	1	0	0.0	105	.000	.266	.000	.336	.000	.418	.000	.754	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

ATL (4 yrs)				1	1	0	0.0	106	.000	.265	.000	.338	.000	.420	.000	.758	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
SEA (3 yrs)				1	1	0	0.0	103	.000	.266	.000	.333	.000	.416	.000	.749	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2007	22	SEA	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%

2009	24	ATL	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
7 Yrs				2	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
MLB Averages					2.6%	17.8%	8.5%	7.8%	34%	2.09	5.0	34.0	7.8	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.6%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
2006	21	SEA	AL	0.0	0.0
2007	22	SEA	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.88	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.62	-0.3	0
2008	23	SEA	AL	0.0	0.0
2009	24	ATL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.19	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.3	0
2010	25	ATL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2011	26	ATL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2012	27	ATL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
7 Yrs				-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.03	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.74	-0.6	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2007	22	SEA	AL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2009	24	ATL	NL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2007	22	SEA	AL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

2009	24	ATL	NL	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				2	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			32%			15%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2007	22	SEA	AL	1	3	3.00	3	100%	67%	33%	0%	0%	33%		33%	0%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0

2009	24	ATL	NL	1	4	4.00	3	75%	33%	67%	0%	0%	67%	0%	50%	0%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				2	7	3.50	6	86%	50%	50%	0%	0%	50%	0%	43%	0%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.80		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
2007	22	71	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
2008	23	78	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
2009	24	156	2	2	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
2010	25	212	2	2	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
2011	26	290	2	2	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
2012	27	311	2	2	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2007	22	56	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	56

2009	24	78	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	78
2 Yrs		134	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	134
162 Game Avg.		162	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	134

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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2006 AL born 1985-02-05 (7th)

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