Kirt Ojala
Kirt Stanley Ojala
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 24, 1968 in Kalamazoo, MI
High School: Central (Portage, MI)
School: University of Michigan
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
Final Game: May 4, 1999
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 0 130 129 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 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 30 2.531 17.7 0.8 5.1 4.2 0.83
3 Seasons 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

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
3 Seasons 56 740 638 98 177 35 7 19 11 9 83 99 .277 .362 .444 .805 .301 283 16 4 10 5 4
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 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 1 3 1 0 7 54% 45 65 21 15 5 2 3 3.2 1.9 5.6 89 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 14 14 1 0 0 1 2.0 0.0 0.7 37 1 0 0 0 37
3 Seasons 56 19 2 9 8 0 3 5 14 .263 2 4 1 0 10 53% 45 65 14 20 6 2 7 3.5 2.5 5.2 87 7 6 6 0 114
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1997 28 FLA NL 7 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 1.121 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 4.5 23
1998 29 FLA NL 41 28 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 4 36% 6 0.818 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 0 0 0 7 1 14% 6 0.337 0 1 6 0 0 7 4 3 4 2 4 1 4.3 26
3 Seasons 56 37 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 19 5 26% 0.835 3 8 26 1 2 34 11 26 22 6 23 1 5.3 27

Ratio Pitching*

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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 89% 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 77% 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 75% 1.8% 8.9% 10.7% 12.5% 33% 0.67 0.86 79% 29% 4.3% 15% 15 0 0%
3 Seasons 740 79% 2.6% 13.4% 11.2% 8.2% 35% 0.71 0.90 71% 18% 7.0% 14% 167 16 10%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 554 1950 3.52 1155 59% 26% 15% 22% 36% 74% 2% 44% 79% 53% 7% 41 18 17% 92 58 12 31% 18 19 0 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 Seasons 739 2661 3.60 1562 59% 26% 15% 24% 35% 74% 1% 44% 79% 53% 8% 57 29 17% 123 73 14 31% 20 24 1 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 Seasons 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

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1997 28 1 2 .333 3.14 7 5 1 0 0 0 28.2 28 10 10 4 18 0 19 0 0 0 130 129 1.605 8.8 1.3 5.7 6.0 1.06 129
1998 29 3 9 .250 4.04 48 18 5 1 0 0 153.2 156 81 69 18 77 4 94 4 0 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 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 86

Neutralized Pitching

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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
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 4.50 120.0 130 67 60 14 60 72 4 1.583 9.8 4.5 5.4 1.20 1.1 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 Seasons 8 9 .471 4.90 158.0 178 96 86 19 84 96 4 1.658 10.1 5.5 1.14 1.1 56

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