Kirt Ojala

Kirt Stanley Ojala

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 24, 1968 in Kalamazoo, MI
High School: Portage Central HS (Portage, MI)
School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 4th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 1997
Team: Marlins 1997-1999

Final Game: May 4, 1999
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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
1990	21	NYY-min	A-	7	2	.778	2.16	14	14	0	1	0	0	79.0	75	28	19	2	43	0	87	3	2	1			1.494	8.5	0.2	4.9	9.9	2.02	ONE · NYPL
1991	22	NYY-min	A+	8	7	.533	2.53	25	23	0	1	0	0	156.2	120	52	44	5	61	1	112	4	1	3	635		1.155	6.9	0.3	3.5	6.4	1.84	PRW · CARL
1992	23	NYY-min	AA	12	8	.600	3.62	24	23	0	2	1	0	151.2	130	71	61	10	80	0	116	0	0	10	642		1.385	7.7	0.6	4.7	6.9	1.45	ALC · EL
1993	24	NYY-min	AAA,AA	9	9	.500	5.24	32	21	3	0	0	0	132.1	150	85	77	13	73	2	89	3	1	15	601		1.685	10.2	0.9	5.0	6.1	1.22	CLB,ALC · IL,EL
1994	25	NYY-min	AAA	11	7	.611	3.83	25	23	0	1	1	0	148.0	157	78	63	12	46	1	81	4	1	10	638		1.372	9.5	0.7	2.8	4.9	1.76	CLB · IL
1995	26	NYY-min	AAA	8	7	.533	3.95	32	20	5	0	0	1	145.2	138	74	64	15	54	3	107	3	1	7	619		1.318	8.5	0.9	3.3	6.6	1.98	CLB · IL
1996	27	CIN-min	AAA	7	7	.500	3.77	22	21	0	3	0	0	133.2	143	67	56	15	31	0	92	6	0	3	569		1.302	9.6	1.0	2.1	6.2	2.97	INA · AA
1997	28	FLA-min	AAA	8	7	.533	3.50	25	24	1	0	0	0	149.0	148	74	58	13	55	2	119	3	0	4	627		1.362	8.9	0.8	3.3	7.2	2.16	CHR · IL
1997	28	FLA	NL	1	2	.333	3.14	7	5	1	0	0	0	28.2	28	10	10	4	18	0	19	0	0	0	130	130	1.605	8.8	1.3	5.7	6.0	1.06
1998	29	FLA	NL	2	7	.222	4.25	41	13	4	1	0	0	125.0	128	71	59	14	59	4	75	4	0	6	554	95	1.496	9.2	1.0	4.2	5.4	1.27
1999	30	FLA-min	AAA	3	8	.273	7.21	16	14	0	1	0	0	78.2	110	70	63	12	44	0	54	2	0	6	381		1.958	12.6	1.4	5.0	6.2	1.23	CGY · PCL
1999	30	FLA	NL	0	1	.000	14.34	8	1	2	0	0	0	10.2	21	17	17	1	6	0	5	0	0	0	56	31	2.531	17.7	0.8	5.1	4.2	0.83
2000	31	BOS-min	AA	0	0		2.45	7	0	4	0	0	1	11.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	6	0	0	0	43		0.909	5.7	1.6	2.5	4.9	2.00	TRE · EL
3 Yrs				3	10	.231	4.71	56	19	7	1	0	0	164.1	177	98	86	19	83	4	99	4	0	6	740	86	1.582	9.7	1.0	4.5	5.4	1.19
162 Game Avg.				3	9	.231	4.71	51	17	6	1	0	0	149	160	89	78	17	75	4	90	4	0	5	671	86	1.582	9.7	1.0	4.5	5.4	1.19

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
1997	28	FLA	NL	28.2	7	5	10	3.14	4.60	-0.03	0.11	93.4	4.43	4	0.4	1.2	-0.0	0.6	7	.562	.503	$
1998	29	FLA	NL	125.0	41	13	71	5.11	4.72	-0.07	-0.05	94.1	4.46	-9	-0.9	.5	-0.1	0.0	3	.478	.494	$225,000
1999	30	FLA	NL	10.2	8	1	17	14.34	5.24	0.05	-0.36	92.3	4.45	-12	-1.0	.4	0.3	-0.7	-11	.373	.494	$240,000
3 Seasons				164.1	56	19	98	5.37	4.73	-0.06	-0.04	93.8	4.45	-17	-1.5	.5	0.2	-0.1	-1	.474	.497	$465,000

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
1997	28	FLA	NL	7	130	111	10	28	2	0	4	1	2	18	19	.252	.354	.378	.732	.270	42	2	0	0	1	0	2
1998	29	FLA	NL	41	554	479	71	128	29	5	14	10	6	59	75	.267	.351	.436	.787	.291	209	14	4	10	2	4	7
1999	30	FLA	NL	8	56	48	17	21	4	2	1	0	1	6	5	.438	.482	.667	1.149	.455	32	0	0	0	2	0	0
3 Yrs				56	740	638	98	177	35	7	19	11	9	83	99	.277	.362	.444	.805	.301	283	16	4	10	5	4	9
162 Game Avg.				51	671	578	89	160	32	6	17	10	8	75	90	.277	.362	.444	.805	.301	257	15	4	9	5	4	8
MLB Averages																.268	.339	.425	.763	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1997	28	FLA	NL	3.6	0.4	132	-0.0	2.5	-2.5	1.12	-0.0	0.0	4.1	0.4	1.12	0.6	1	0	1
1998	29	FLA	NL	-6.3	-0.6	578	-1.9	7.3	-9.2	.81	-1.4	-1.0	-9.6	-1.0	0.81	-14.4	2	7	19
1999	30	FLA	NL	-11.5	-1.0	57	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	.32	-0.7	-0.8	-11.0	-1.0	0.32	-7.9	0	1	6
3 Yrs				-14.2	-1.3	767	-2.4	10.0	-12.4	.83	-2.2	-0.8	-16.5	-1.5	0.83	-21.7	3	8	26

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
1997	28	FLA	NL	7	5	1	1	3	0	1	2	3	.400	1	1	0	0	3	60%	51.4	65	30	4	1	0	3	4.5	4.3	5.1	92	2	0	3	0	113
1998	29	FLA	NL	41	13	1	7	5	0	2	3	10	.231	2	3	1	0	7	54%	45.3	65	21	15	5	2	3	3.2	1.9	5.6	90	4	6	3	0	114
1999	30	FLA	NL	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	14.0	14	14	1	0	0	1	2.0	0.0	0.7	37	1	0	0	0	37
3 Yrs				56	19	2	9	8	0	3	5	14	.263	3	4	1	0	10	53%	45	65	14	20	6	2	7	3.5	2.5	5.2	88	7	6	6	0	114
MLB Averages													.500						48%	48	105	-21					4.9	4.9	6.0	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1997	28	FLA	NL	7	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0%	5	1.124	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	4.5	23
1998	29	FLA	NL	41	28	4	1	0	1	1	11	4	36%	6	.807	2	7	19	1	1	26	6	22	17	4	17	0	5.6	28
1999	30	FLA	NL	8	7	2	0	0	0	0	7	1	14%	6	.318	0	1	6	0	0	7	4	3	4	2	4	1	4.3	24
3 Yrs				56	37	7	1	1	1	1	19	5	26%		.826	3	8	26	1	2	34	11	26	22	6	23	1	5.3	27

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%
1997	28	FLA	NL	130	11%	3.1%	14.6%	13.9%	4.6%	21%	0.82	0.97	68%	17%	8.9%	10%	27	2	7%
1998	29	FLA	NL	554	23%	2.5%	13.5%	10.7%	8.7%	38%	0.69	0.89	71%	17%	6.9%	15%	125	14	11%
1999	30	FLA	NL	56	25%	1.8%	8.9%	10.7%	12.5%	33%	0.67	0.86	79%	29%	4.3%	15%	15	0	0%
3 Yrs				740	21%	2.6%	13.4%	11.2%	8.2%	35%	0.71	0.90	71%	18%	7.0%	14%	167	16	10%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.8%	9.0%	7.9%	33%	0.81	1.09	70%	21%	8.2%	15%			10%

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
1997	28	FLA	NL	129	506	3.92	288	57%	25%	15%	28%	32%	75%	0%	43%	80%	53%	8%	10	7	18%	23	12	2	42%	2	3	1	0	0
1998	29	FLA	NL	557	1957	3.51	1160	59%	26%	16%	22%	36%	74%	2%	44%	79%	52%	7%	41	18	17%	93	59	12	31%	18	19	-3	0	0
1999	30	FLA	NL	56	205	3.66	119	58%	18%	16%	28%	38%	82%	0%	47%	80%	52%	11%	6	4	14%	8	3	0	0%	0	2	0	0	0
3 Yrs				742	2668	3.60	1567	59%	26%	15%	24%	35%	74%	1%	44%	79%	52%	8%	57	29	17%	124	74	14	31%	20	24	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.72		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	1%	45%	80%	57%	6%			19%				28%

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
1997	28	FLA	NL	130	28	4	1	4	0	2	4	0	4	0	3	2	1	67%	2	0	0	56	1	2	33%	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0
1998	29	FLA	NL	554	128	29	1	14	1	15	11	3	10	4	31	16	2	52%	7	6	6	236	10	6	63%	9	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	14	0
1999	30	FLA	NL	56	21	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	8	5	0	63%	0	0	0	29	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3 Yrs				740	177	33	2	19	1	20	15	4	15	4	42	23	3	55%	9	6	6	321	11	9	55%	10	6	1	2	0	1	2	2	17	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1997	28	1	2	.333	3.14	7	5	1	0	28.2	28	10	10	4	18	0	19	0	0	130	130	1.605	8.8	1.3	5.7	6.0	1.06	130
1998	29	3	9	.250	4.04	48	18	5	1	153.2	156	81	69	18	77	4	94	4	6	684	100	1.516	9.1	1.1	4.5	5.5	1.22	100
1999	30	3	10	.231	4.71	56	19	7	1	164.1	177	98	86	19	83	4	99	4	6	740	86	1.582	9.7	1.0	4.5	5.4	1.19	86

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1997	28	2	1	.667	3.21	28.0	28	11	10	4	18	19	0	1.643	9.0	5.8	6.1	1.06	1.3	7
1998	29	6	7	.462	4.39	121.0	128	66	59	14	59	73	4	1.545	9.5	4.4	5.4	1.24	1.0	41
1999	30	0	1	.000	14.40	10.0	20	18	16	1	6	5	0	2.600	18.0	5.4	4.5	0.83	0.9	8
3 Yrs		8	9	.471	4.81	159.0	176	95	85	19	83	97	4	1.629	10.0		5.5	1.17	1.1	56

* 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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