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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 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
2006 21 SEA AL 0 0 4.09 15 0 5 0 0 0 11.0 18 9 5 2 6 3 6 0 0 2 57 112 2.182 14.7 1.6 4.9 4.9 1.00
2007 22 SEA AL 7 1 .875 4.47 56 0 9 0 0 0 52.1 45 26 26 1 20 1 36 5 1 4 221 99 1.242 7.7 0.2 3.4 6.2 1.80
2008 23 SEA AL 0 1 .000 20.25 7 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 16 15 15 2 4 2 4 2 0 0 42 22 3.000 21.6 2.7 5.4 5.4 1.00
2009 24 ATL NL 2 1 .667 3.04 78 0 8 0 0 0 56.1 52 23 19 2 18 4 39 6 0 2 236 136 1.243 8.3 0.3 2.9 6.2 2.17
2010 25 ATL NL 3 2 .600 2.45 56 0 7 0 0 0 44.0 37 14 12 2 18 2 36 1 0 3 181 160 1.250 7.6 0.4 3.7 7.4 2.00
2011 26 ATL NL 2 4 .333 0.98 78 0 5 0 0 0 73.2 59 9 8 2 21 8 67 3 0 1 301 393 1.086 7.2 0.2 2.6 8.2 3.19
2012 27 ATL NL 1 0 1.000 3.86 21 0 3 0 0 0 18.2 21 10 8 2 8 1 18 1 0 0 84 103 1.554 10.1 1.0 3.9 8.7 2.25
7 Yrs 15 9 .625 3.19 311 0 38 0 0 0 262.2 248 106 93 13 95 21 206 18 1 12 1122 128 1.306 8.5 0.4 3.3 7.1 2.17
162 Game Avg. 3 2 .625 3.19 68 0 8 0 0 0 57 54 23 20 3 21 5 45 4 0 3 245 128 1.306 8.5 0.4 3.3 7.1 2.17
ATL (4 yrs) 8 7 .533 2.20 233 0 23 0 0 0 192.2 169 56 47 8 65 15 160 11 0 6 802 180 1.215 7.9 0.4 3.0 7.5 2.46
SEA (3 yrs) 7 2 .778 5.91 78 0 15 0 0 0 70.0 79 50 46 5 30 6 46 7 1 6 320 75 1.557 10.2 0.6 3.9 5.9 1.53
NL (4 yrs) 8 7 .533 2.20 233 0 23 0 0 0 192.2 169 56 47 8 65 15 160 11 0 6 802 180 1.215 7.9 0.4 3.0 7.5 2.46
AL (3 yrs) 7 2 .778 5.91 78 0 15 0 0 0 70.0 79 50 46 5 30 6 46 7 1 6 320 75 1.557 10.2 0.6 3.9 5.9 1.53

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
2006 21 SEA AL 11.0 15 0 9 7.36 5.24 0.39 -0.39 98.4 4.39 -4 -0.4 1.4 -0.1 -0.4 -2 .476 .498 $
2007 22 SEA AL 52.1 56 0 26 4.47 5.18 -0.31 -0.38 97.1 4.95 2 0.2 1.1 -0.1 0.6 9 .504 .501 $
2008 23 SEA AL 6.2 7 0 15 20.25 5.01 0.15 -0.37 97.6 4.39 -12 -1.0 1.4 -0.2 -1.2 -11 .352 .494 $400,000
2009 24 ATL NL 56.1 78 0 23 3.67 4.66 -0.07 -0.34 98.6 4.33 4 0.4 1.2 -0.1 0.8 9 .505 .503 $400,000
2010 25 ATL NL 44.0 56 0 14 2.86 4.33 0.07 -0.32 99.0 3.90 5 0.5 1.3 -0.0 0.8 9 .510 .503 $440,000
2011 26 ATL NL 73.2 78 0 9 1.10 4.11 0.07 -0.31 98.7 3.68 21 2.3 1.5 0.3 3.2 28 .530 .514 $895,000
2012 27 ATL NL 18.2 21 0 10 4.82 4.44 0.06 -0.34 100.7 4.07 -2 -0.2 1.5 -0.1 -0.1 0 .491 .499 $
7 Seasons 262.2 311 0 106 3.63 4.57 -0.02 -0.34 98.5 4.18 15 1.9 1.3 -0.3 3.7 42 .506 .502 $2,135,000
ATL (4 yrs) 192.2 233 0 56 2.62 4.35 0.03 -0.32 98.9 3.96 28 3.1 1.3 0.1 4.7 46 .513 .505 $1,735,000
SEA (3 yrs) 70.0 78 0 50 6.43 5.17 -0.15 -0.38 97.3 4.81 -13 -1.2 1.2 -0.4 -1.0 -4 .485 .498 $400,000

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
2006 21 SEA AL 15 57 50 9 18 3 0 2 0 0 6 6 .360 .429 .540 .969 .381 27 1 0 1 0 3 1
2007 22 SEA AL 56 221 194 26 45 7 1 1 2 2 20 36 .232 .317 .294 .611 .277 57 4 5 0 2 1 1
2008 23 SEA AL 7 42 35 15 16 6 0 2 3 1 4 4 .457 .524 .800 1.324 .467 28 0 2 0 1 2 0
2009 24 ATL NL 78 236 210 23 52 4 0 2 4 3 18 39 .248 .323 .295 .619 .294 62 5 6 1 1 4 3
2010 25 ATL NL 56 181 161 14 37 9 1 2 3 0 18 36 .230 .311 .335 .647 .285 54 7 1 1 0 2 1
2011 26 ATL NL 78 301 267 9 59 10 1 2 5 2 21 67 .221 .283 .288 .572 .285 77 3 3 7 2 8 2
2012 27 ATL NL 21 84 72 10 21 1 0 2 1 1 8 18 .292 .366 .389 .755 .358 28 2 1 2 1 1 1
7 Yrs 311 1122 989 106 248 40 3 13 18 9 95 206 .251 .326 .337 .662 .302 333 22 18 12 7 21 9
162 Game Avg. 68 245 216 23 54 9 1 3 4 2 21 45 .251 .326 .337 .662 .302 73 5 4 3 2 5 2
MLB Averages .262 .330 .414 .745 .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
2006 21 SEA AL -1.1 -0.1 59 -0.5 0.7 -1.2 .80 -0.4 -0.3 -3.8 -0.4 0.80 -4.4 6 1 7
2007 22 SEA AL 0.6 0.1 232 -0.0 2.9 -2.9 .76 0.6 -0.7 11.2 1.1 0.76 10.5 15 16 24
2008 23 SEA AL -11.5 -1.0 45 -0.8 0.4 -1.2 .85 -0.8 -0.1 -11.6 -1.1 0.85 -10.0 4 2 1
2009 24 ATL NL 5.9 0.6 246 0.4 3.6 -3.2 .86 0.7 -0.3 7.9 0.8 0.86 9.7 26 16 35
2010 25 ATL NL 7.1 0.7 187 0.8 3.3 -2.6 1.02 0.6 0.2 7.1 0.7 1.02 5.6 19 14 22
2011 26 ATL NL 23.2 2.5 309 2.8 8.5 -5.6 1.56 1.6 0.2 19.7 2.1 1.56 15.2 42 23 13
2012 27 ATL NL -0.3 -0.0 86 0.3 2.6 -2.3 1.84 -0.1 0.2 0.7 0.1 1.84 -0.5 8 8 5
7 Yrs 23.9 2.7 1164 2.9 22.0 -19.1 1.12 2.3 0.3 31.2 3.4 1.12 26.1 120 80 107

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
2006 21 SEA AL 15 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 3 25% 8 .796 6 1 7 4 5 6 7 8 3 9 3 2 2.2 14
2007 22 SEA AL 56 56 9 7 1 1 0 1 0% 7 4 56 13 23% 6 .762 15 16 24 16 10 30 34 22 16 28 22 14 2.8 16
2008 23 SEA AL 7 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 5 4 80% 8 .846 4 2 1 2 2 3 3 4 1 4 2 3 2.9 22
2009 24 ATL NL 78 78 8 2 1 2 0 2 0% 17 15 45 8 18% 7 .861 26 16 35 28 11 39 30 48 6 47 7 27 2.2 12
2010 25 ATL NL 56 56 7 3 2 1 0 1 0% 11 9 38 10 26% 7 1.025 19 14 22 21 12 23 23 33 4 26 8 17 2.4 12
2011 26 ATL NL 78 78 5 2 4 4 0 4 0% 36 32 31 9 29% 7 1.557 42 23 13 42 23 13 18 60 9 19 11 30 2.8 15
2012 27 ATL NL 21 21 3 1 0 2 0 2 0% 9 7 14 1 7% 7 1.835 8 8 5 10 5 6 10 11 3 7 4 6 2.7 14
7 Yrs 311 311 38 15 9 10 0 10 0% 83 70 201 48 24% 1.124 120 80 107 123 68 120 125 186 42 140 57 99 2.5 14

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%
2006 21 SEA AL 57 39% 3.5% 10.5% 10.5% 8.8% 28% 0.63 0.69 74% 20% 8.7% 15% 16 1 6%
2007 22 SEA AL 221 49% 0.5% 16.3% 9.1% 4.1% 20% 0.85 0.98 72% 18% 1.3% 13% 43 4 9%
2008 23 SEA AL 42 45% 4.8% 9.5% 9.5% 19.1% 50% 1.00 2.00 71% 25% 14.3% 13% 9 0 0%
2009 24 ATL NL 236 49% 0.9% 16.5% 7.6% 2.5% 12% 1.22 1.44 72% 15% 2.9% 13% 51 5 10%
2010 25 ATL NL 181 46% 1.1% 19.9% 9.9% 6.6% 32% 1.30 2.31 68% 17% 4.1% 8% 29 7 24%
2011 26 ATL NL 301 31% 0.7% 22.3% 7.0% 4.3% 22% 1.25 1.62 66% 14% 2.7% 16% 48 3 6%
2012 27 ATL NL 84 38% 2.4% 21.4% 9.5% 3.6% 14% 1.84 2.70 63% 12% 11.8% 11% 19 2 11%
7 Yrs 1122 42% 1.2% 18.4% 8.5% 5.0% 23% 1.13 1.49 69% 16% 4.0% 13% 215 22 10%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.8% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.6% 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
2006 21 SEA AL 57 205 3.60 119 58% 21% 18% 24% 38% 79% 12% 46% 78% 56% 4% 2 0 12% 7 3 1 0% 2 0 0 0 0
2007 22 SEA AL 222 873 3.93 554 63% 28% 15% 28% 29% 72% 1% 46% 79% 59% 4% 9 6 23% 50 28 2 17% 7 3 -1 0 0
2008 23 SEA AL 43 157 3.65 98 62% 18% 22% 27% 33% 82% 14% 51% 73% 65% 5% 2 0 26% 11 3 1 25% 1 0 -1 0 0
2009 24 ATL NL 237 901 3.80 575 64% 29% 15% 26% 30% 71% 4% 46% 79% 63% 4% 10 5 22% 51 22 3 26% 6 1 -1 0 0
2010 25 ATL NL 181 675 3.73 417 62% 27% 17% 27% 30% 73% 3% 45% 77% 59% 7% 12 7 22% 40 20 4 19% 9 3 0 0 0
2011 26 ATL NL 302 1144 3.79 726 63% 24% 18% 29% 29% 75% 7% 48% 76% 64% 4% 13 4 30% 92 43 5 22% 7 2 -1 0 1
2012 27 ATL NL 84 298 3.55 187 63% 21% 20% 28% 30% 79% 4% 50% 74% 60% 2% 2 0 30% 25 15 0 0% 2 1 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1126 4253 3.78 2676 63% 26% 17% 27% 30% 74% 5% 47% 77% 61% 4% 50 22 25% 276 134 16 19% 34 10 -4 0 1
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 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
2006 21 SEA AL 57 18 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 4 0 1 0% 1 2 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2007 22 SEA AL 221 45 8 1 1 0 8 1 0 0 1 11 5 1 45% 1 4 2 92 2 2 50% 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 11 0
2008 23 SEA AL 42 16 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 10 6 0 60% 0 0 0 18 3 1 75% 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 0
2009 24 ATL NL 236 52 11 0 2 0 5 0 2 2 0 15 9 3 60% 3 2 0 96 4 3 57% 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 0
2010 25 ATL NL 181 37 2 1 2 0 6 1 1 0 2 13 6 1 46% 1 3 0 79 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2011 26 ATL NL 301 59 10 1 2 0 9 1 1 1 1 16 3 5 19% 2 1 1 115 5 2 71% 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 0
2012 27 ATL NL 84 21 6 1 2 0 6 2 0 2 0 5 2 0 40% 1 0 0 41 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
7 Yrs 1122 248 38 4 13 0 36 8 5 7 6 74 31 11 42% 9 12 3 475 18 9 67% 13 5 4 3 1 1 5 5 29 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

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+
2006 21 0 0 4.09 15 0 5 0 0 0 11.0 18 9 5 2 6 3 6 0 0 2 57 112 2.182 14.7 1.6 4.9 4.9 1.00 112
2007 22 7 1 .875 4.41 71 0 14 0 0 0 63.1 63 35 31 3 26 4 42 5 1 6 278 101 1.405 9.0 0.4 3.7 6.0 1.62 101
2008 23 7 2 .778 5.91 78 0 15 0 0 0 70.0 79 50 46 5 30 6 46 7 1 6 320 75 1.557 10.2 0.6 3.9 5.9 1.53 75
2009 24 9 3 .750 4.63 156 0 23 0 0 0 126.1 131 73 65 7 48 10 85 13 1 8 556 93 1.417 9.3 0.5 3.4 6.1 1.77 93
2010 25 12 5 .706 4.07 212 0 30 0 0 0 170.1 168 87 77 9 66 12 121 14 1 11 737 103 1.374 8.9 0.5 3.5 6.4 1.83 103
2011 26 14 9 .609 3.14 290 0 35 0 0 0 244.0 227 96 85 11 87 20 188 17 1 12 1038 131 1.287 8.4 0.4 3.2 6.9 2.16 131
2012 27 15 9 .625 3.19 311 0 38 0 0 0 262.2 248 106 93 13 95 21 206 18 1 12 1122 128 1.306 8.5 0.4 3.3 7.1 2.17 128

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
2006 21 0 1 .000 4.09 11.0 18 6 5 2 6 6 0 2.182 14.7 4.9 4.9 1.00 1.6 15
2007 22 2 3 .400 4.68 50.0 45 29 26 1 20 35 5 1.300 8.1 3.6 6.3 1.75 0.2 56
2008 23 0 0 20.57 7.0 16 18 16 2 4 4 2 2.857 20.6 5.1 5.1 1.00 2.6 7
2009 24 3 2 .600 3.23 53.0 52 21 19 2 18 37 6 1.321 8.8 3.1 6.3 2.06 0.3 78
2010 25 3 1 .750 2.85 41.0 38 14 13 2 18 34 1 1.366 8.3 4.0 7.5 1.89 0.4 56
2011 26 8 0 1.000 1.00 72.0 60 9 8 2 21 66 3 1.125 7.5 2.6 8.3 3.14 0.3 78
2012 27 0 1 .000 4.00 18.0 22 9 8 2 8 17 1 1.667 11.0 4.0 8.5 2.13 1.0 21
7 Yrs 16 8 .667 3.39 252.0 251 106 95 13 95 199 18 1.373 9.0 7.1 2.09 0.5 311

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2009 NL  78 (7th)
2011 NL  78 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2011 NL  23 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2011 NL  2.5 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
2006 AL  born 1985-02-05 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2461), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1307), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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