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Ross Ohlendorf

Curtis Ross Ohlendorf (Ross)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: August 8, 1982 in Austin, TX
High School: St. Stephens Episcopal School (Austin, TX)
School: Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 4th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed July 9, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 2007
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Yankees 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: 2nd Year Arb Eligible (Super 2) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.139, Arb Eligible: 2012, 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
2007 24 NYY AL 0 0 2.84 6 0 3 0 0 0 6.1 5 2 2 1 2 0 9 0 0 0 26 167 1.105 7.1 1.4 2.8 12.8 4.50
2008 25 TOT MLB 1 4 .200 6.46 30 5 3 0 0 0 62.2 86 49 45 10 31 3 49 1 1 10 300 68 1.867 12.4 1.4 4.5 7.0 1.58
2008 25 NYY AL 1 1 .500 6.53 25 0 3 0 0 0 40.0 50 31 29 7 19 3 36 1 0 6 187 68 1.725 11.3 1.6 4.3 8.1 1.89
2008 25 PIT NL 0 3 .000 6.35 5 5 0 0 0 0 22.2 36 18 16 3 12 0 13 0 1 4 113 67 2.118 14.3 1.2 4.8 5.2 1.08
2009 26 PIT NL 11 10 .524 3.92 29 29 0 0 0 0 176.2 165 80 77 25 53 1 109 7 1 2 725 106 1.234 8.4 1.3 2.7 5.6 2.06
2010 27 PIT NL 1 11 .083 4.07 21 21 0 0 0 0 108.1 106 54 49 12 44 2 79 6 0 5 475 99 1.385 8.8 1.0 3.7 6.6 1.80
2011 28 PIT NL 1 3 .250 8.15 9 9 0 0 0 0 38.2 60 38 35 9 15 2 27 6 0 2 194 46 1.940 14.0 2.1 3.5 6.3 1.80
5 Yrs 14 28 .333 4.77 95 64 6 0 0 0 392.2 422 223 208 57 145 8 273 20 2 19 1720 87 1.444 9.7 1.3 3.3 6.3 1.88
162 Game Avg. 6 12 .333 4.77 41 27 3 0 0 0 168 180 95 89 24 62 3 117 9 1 8 736 87 1.444 9.7 1.3 3.3 6.3 1.88
PIT (4 yrs) 13 27 .325 4.60 64 64 0 0 0 0 346.1 367 190 177 49 124 5 228 19 2 13 1507 89 1.418 9.5 1.3 3.2 5.9 1.84
NYY (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 6.02 31 0 6 0 0 0 46.1 55 33 31 8 21 3 45 1 0 6 213 74 1.640 10.7 1.6 4.1 8.7 2.14
NL (4 yrs) 13 27 .325 4.60 64 64 0 0 0 0 346.1 367 190 177 49 124 5 228 19 2 13 1507 89 1.418 9.5 1.3 3.2 5.9 1.84
AL (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 6.02 31 0 6 0 0 0 46.1 55 33 31 8 21 3 45 1 0 6 213 74 1.640 10.7 1.6 4.1 8.7 2.14

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
2007 24 NYY AL 6.1 6 0 2 2.84 4.77 -0.07 -0.35 104.1 4.67 1 0.1 .4 -0.1 0.1 2 .521 .501 $
2008 25 NYY AL 40.0 25 0 31 6.98 4.82 -0.26 -0.36 101.4 4.78 -10 -1.0 .9 -0.1 -0.7 -5 .459 .494 $391,425
2008 25 PIT NL 22.2 5 5 18 7.15 4.52 -0.12 0.18 93.2 4.50 -6 -0.6 -0.0 -0.4 -4 .381 .496 $
2009 26 PIT NL 176.2 29 29 80 4.08 4.55 0.16 0.18 99.9 4.56 9 1.0 -0.1 2.2 26 .534 .506 $413,500
2010 27 PIT NL 108.1 21 21 54 4.49 4.44 -0.49 0.17 101.1 5.16 8 0.9 -0.1 1.6 18 .541 .505 $439,000
2011 28 PIT NL 38.2 9 9 38 8.84 4.16 -0.22 0.16 99.7 4.52 -19 -1.7 -0.0 -1.4 -15 .312 .490 $2,025,000
5 Seasons 392.2 95 64 223 5.11 4.51 -0.12 0.11 100.1 4.74 -17 -1.3 .8 -0.4 1.4 22 .486 .499 $3,268,925
PIT (4 yrs) 346.1 64 64 190 4.94 4.47 -0.11 0.17 99.8 4.74 -8 -0.5 -0.2 2.0 25 .493 .499 $2,877,500
NYY (2 yrs) 46.1 31 0 33 6.41 4.81 -0.23 -0.36 101.7 4.77 -9 -0.9 .8 -0.1 -0.6 -3 .471 .497 $391,425

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
2007 24 NYY AL ALDS L CLE 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 5.000 36.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1 ALDS 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 5.000 36.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00

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
2007 24 NYY AL 6 26 24 2 5 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .208 .269 .333 .603 .286 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 25 NYY AL 25 187 167 31 50 6 1 7 0 0 19 36 .299 .374 .473 .847 .347 79 5 1 0 0 3 3
2008 25 PIT NL 5 113 99 18 36 8 1 3 2 1 12 13 .364 .429 .556 .984 .393 55 2 0 1 1 0 0
2008 25 TOT MLB 30 300 266 49 86 14 2 10 2 1 31 49 .323 .395 .504 .898 .365 134 7 1 1 1 3 3
2009 26 PIT NL 29 725 646 80 165 36 6 25 12 8 53 109 .255 .315 .446 .761 .269 288 16 7 11 8 1 4
2010 27 PIT NL 21 475 408 54 106 27 5 12 16 1 44 79 .260 .335 .439 .773 .289 179 1 6 9 8 2 3
2011 28 PIT NL 9 194 165 38 60 11 2 9 7 2 15 27 .364 .429 .618 1.047 .386 102 2 6 5 3 2 1
5 Yrs 95 1720 1509 223 422 88 15 57 37 12 145 273 .280 .347 .471 .818 .304 711 26 20 26 20 8 11
162 Game Avg. 41 736 645 95 180 38 6 24 16 5 62 117 .280 .347 .471 .818 .304 304 11 9 11 9 3 5
MLB Averages .261 .330 .412 .741 .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
2007 24 NYY AL 1.4 0.1 26 0.1 0.2 -0.1 .44 0.2 0.1 1.2 0.1 0.44 1.6 0 1 5
2008 25 TOT MLB -14.4 -1.4 317 -1.9 4.6 -6.5 1.00 -1.8 -0.2 -20.9 -2.0 1.00 -19.1 5 7 13
2008 25 NYY AL -8.7 -0.8 194 -1.0 2.5 -3.6 .91 -0.8 -0.3 -13.7 -1.3 0.91 -9.4 5 7 13
2008 25 PIT NL -5.6 -0.5 123 -0.9 2.0 -2.9 1.14 -0.9 0.1 -7.1 -0.7 1.14 -9.8 0 0 0
2009 26 PIT NL 6.2 0.6 752 0.6 12.5 -11.9 .93 0.3 0.4 7.4 0.8 0.93 2.2 0 0 0
2010 27 PIT NL -0.6 -0.1 498 -0.3 8.3 -8.6 1.03 -0.7 0.4 -1.2 -0.1 1.03 -6.2 0 0 0
2011 28 PIT NL -18.3 -1.7 203 -2.0 3.1 -5.1 1.07 -1.9 0.1 -19.0 -1.8 1.07 -19.5 0 0 0
5 Yrs -25.6 -2.4 1796 -3.5 28.7 -32.2 .98 -3.9 0.4 -32.4 -3.0 0.98 -41.1 5 8 18

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
2008 25 TOT MLB 30 5 0 3 2 0 0 2 3 .400 0 0 0 0 1 20% 49 22 7 3 0 5 3.8 3.4 4.5 86 2 2 1 0 100
2008 25 PIT NL 5 5 0 3 2 0 0 2 3 .400 0 0 0 0 1 20% 37.0 49 22 2 0 0 5 3.8 3.4 4.5 86 2 2 1 0 100
2009 26 PIT NL 29 29 11 10 8 2 3 14 15 .483 4 2 0 0 18 62% 52.0 82 23 15 5 0 17 4.3 4.4 6.1 93 2 21 6 0 114
2010 27 PIT NL 21 21 1 11 9 0 4 6 15 .286 3 4 0 0 11 52% 50.4 74 23 13 5 0 9 2.9 2.0 5.2 84 5 8 8 0 111
2011 28 PIT NL 9 9 1 3 5 0 0 4 5 .444 1 3 0 0 1 11% 36.4 67 12 8 6 0 7 4.5 4.2 4.3 74 5 4 0 0 96
4 Yrs 64 64 13 27 24 2 7 26 38 .406 8 9 0 0 31 48% 48 82 12 38 16 0 38 3.9 3.6 5.4 87 14 35 15 0 114
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 100 -12 4.6 4.6 5.9 96

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
2007 24 NYY AL 6 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 33% 6 .439 0 1 5 3 0 3 1 5 2 1 2 0 3.2 18
2008 25 TOT MLB 30 25 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 4 20 10 50% .998 5 7 13 10 2 13 13 12 13 5 14 3 4.8 26
2008 25 NYY AL 25 25 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 4 20 10 50% 7 .909 5 7 13 10 2 13 13 12 13 5 14 3 4.8 26
2 Yrs 31 31 6 1 1 0 0 0 5 5 23 11 48% .852 5 8 18 13 2 16 14 17 15 6 16 3 4.5 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%
2007 24 NYY AL 26 42% 3.9% 34.6% 7.7% 3.9% 20% 1.00 1.50 54% 13% 14.3% 0% 3 0 0%
2008 25 TOT MLB 300 47% 3.3% 16.3% 10.3% 8.7% 30% 0.79 1.12 69% 24% 9.8% 16% 73 7 10%
2008 25 NYY AL 187 47% 3.7% 19.3% 10.2% 7.5% 28% 0.91 1.15 66% 19% 12.7% 19% 43 5 12%
2008 25 PIT NL 113 48% 2.7% 11.5% 10.6% 10.6% 33% 0.64 1.08 74% 31% 6.4% 11% 30 2 7%
2009 26 PIT NL 725 48% 3.5% 15.0% 7.3% 9.2% 41% 0.70 0.94 72% 15% 9.2% 14% 104 16 15%
2010 27 PIT NL 475 58% 2.5% 16.6% 9.3% 9.3% 42% 0.48 0.59 68% 19% 6.3% 16% 82 1 1%
2011 28 PIT NL 194 65% 4.6% 13.9% 7.7% 11.3% 37% 0.64 1.02 68% 20% 12.0% 12% 39 2 5%
5 Yrs 1720 52% 3.3% 15.9% 8.4% 9.3% 38% 0.65 0.87 70% 18% 8.8% 14% 301 26 9%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.9% 8.6% 7.8% 33% 0.79 1.07 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
2007 24 NYY AL 26 110 4.23 69 63% 19% 28% 32% 22% 81% 0% 51% 66% 77% 4% 1 0 31% 8 3 1 11% 0 1 0 0 0
2008 25 TOT MLB 301 1068 3.55 666 62% 24% 15% 28% 33% 76% 3% 47% 81% 62% 6% 17 8 23% 68 36 2 20% 13 6 -1 0 0
2008 25 NYY AL 187 638 3.41 399 63% 26% 15% 26% 33% 74% 5% 46% 79% 63% 7% 13 5 21% 39 18 0 22% 11 5 0 0 0
2008 25 PIT NL 114 430 3.77 267 62% 22% 13% 31% 33% 78% 0% 48% 83% 61% 4% 4 3 25% 29 18 2 15% 2 1 -1 0 0
2009 26 PIT NL 728 2693 3.70 1676 62% 26% 14% 27% 33% 74% 0% 46% 81% 57% 5% 40 27 19% 137 69 8 21% 27 12 -3 0 0
2010 27 PIT NL 475 1771 3.73 1093 62% 25% 15% 29% 32% 75% 1% 46% 80% 60% 5% 25 12 21% 101 48 2 16% 17 11 0 0 0
2011 28 PIT NL 195 663 3.40 416 63% 24% 18% 24% 35% 76% 3% 48% 77% 60% 4% 8 3 22% 43 26 3 15% 5 3 -1 0 0
5 Yrs 1725 6305 3.66 3920 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 1% 47% 80% 59% 5% 91 50 21% 357 182 16 19% 62 33 -5 0 0
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
2007 24 NYY AL 26 5 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 25 TOT MLB 300 86 8 1 10 1 11 3 7 4 6 19 8 3 42% 3 10 2 129 2 1 67% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 0
2008 25 NYY AL 187 50 4 1 7 1 6 3 4 4 3 7 4 1 57% 3 6 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2008 25 PIT NL 113 36 4 0 3 0 5 0 3 0 3 12 4 2 33% 0 4 2 48 2 1 67% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 0
2009 26 PIT NL 725 165 20 3 25 0 10 15 10 10 15 42 23 5 55% 4 2 1 219 12 8 60% 10 6 2 2 0 0 6 2 16 0
2010 27 PIT NL 475 106 11 2 12 0 13 5 7 5 7 41 15 5 37% 3 5 1 154 16 1 94% 14 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 16 0
2011 28 PIT NL 194 60 6 1 9 0 7 5 4 3 6 18 9 0 50% 1 2 0 69 7 2 78% 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
5 Yrs 1720 422 45 7 57 1 43 28 29 22 35 120 55 13 46% 11 19 4 578 37 12 76% 30 8 7 3 0 1 6 2 60 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+
2007 24 0 0 2.84 6 0 3 0 0 0 6.1 5 2 2 1 2 0 9 0 0 0 26 167 1.105 7.1 1.4 2.8 12.8 4.50 167
2008 25 1 4 .200 6.13 36 5 6 0 0 0 69.0 91 51 47 11 33 3 58 1 1 10 326 72 1.797 11.9 1.4 4.3 7.6 1.76 72
2009 26 12 14 .462 4.54 65 34 6 0 0 0 245.2 256 131 124 36 86 4 167 8 2 12 1051 93 1.392 9.4 1.3 3.2 6.1 1.94 93
2010 27 13 25 .342 4.40 86 55 6 0 0 0 354.0 362 185 173 48 130 6 246 14 2 17 1526 95 1.390 9.2 1.2 3.3 6.3 1.89 95
2011 28 14 28 .333 4.77 95 64 6 0 0 0 392.2 422 223 208 57 145 8 273 20 2 19 1720 87 1.444 9.7 1.3 3.3 6.3 1.88 87

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
2007 24 0 0 3.00 6.0 5 2 2 1 2 9 0 1.167 7.5 3.0 13.5 4.50 1.5 6
2008 25 2 4 .333 6.49 61.0 85 49 44 10 31 48 1 1.902 12.5 4.6 7.1 1.55 1.5 30
2009 26 8 10 .444 4.23 166.0 166 87 78 25 53 103 7 1.319 9.0 2.9 5.6 1.94 1.4 29
2010 27 5 6 .455 4.29 105.0 108 56 50 12 45 77 6 1.457 9.3 3.9 6.6 1.71 1.0 21
2011 28 1 3 .250 9.75 36.0 63 43 39 9 16 25 6 2.194 15.8 4.0 6.3 1.56 2.3 9
5 Yrs 16 23 .410 5.13 374.0 427 237 213 57 147 262 20 1.535 10.3 6.3 1.78 1.4 95

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y
2009 NL  25 (8th)

                                         

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