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Russ Ortiz

Russell Reid Ortiz

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 5, 1974 in Van Nuys, CA
High School: Montclair Prep (Chatsworth, CA)
School: University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 2, 1998
Teams (by GP): Giants/Braves/Diamondbacks/Astros/Orioles/... 1998-2010
Agents: John Boggs,Tony Cabral [*]
Final Game: April 17, 2010
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All-Star

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
1998 24 SFG NL 4 4 .500 4.99 22 13 3 0 0 0 88.1 90 51 49 11 46 1 75 4 0 3 394 81 1.540 9.2 1.1 4.7 7.6 1.63
1999 25 SFG NL 18 9 .667 3.81 33 33 0 3 0 0 207.2 189 109 88 24 125 5 164 6 0 13 922 113 1.512 8.2 1.0 5.4 7.1 1.31
2000 26 SFG NL 14 12 .538 5.01 33 32 0 0 0 0 195.2 192 117 109 28 112 1 167 7 0 8 871 85 1.554 8.8 1.3 5.2 7.7 1.49
2001 27 SFG NL 17 9 .654 3.29 33 33 0 1 1 0 218.2 187 90 80 13 91 3 169 0 1 8 911 121 1.271 7.7 0.5 3.7 7.0 1.86
2002 28 SFG NL 14 10 .583 3.61 33 33 0 2 0 0 214.1 191 89 86 15 94 5 137 4 0 5 911 107 1.330 8.0 0.6 3.9 5.8 1.46
2003 29 ATL NL 21 7 .750 3.81 34 34 0 1 1 0 212.1 177 101 90 17 102 7 149 4 0 5 912 113 1.314 7.5 0.7 4.3 6.3 1.46 AS,CYA-4,MVP-27
2004 30 ATL NL 15 9 .625 4.13 34 34 0 2 1 0 204.2 197 98 94 23 112 7 143 3 1 4 896 104 1.510 8.7 1.0 4.9 6.3 1.28
2005 31 ARI NL 5 11 .313 6.89 22 22 0 0 0 0 115.0 147 92 88 18 65 3 46 4 0 5 551 64 1.843 11.5 1.4 5.1 3.6 0.71
2006 32 TOT MLB 0 8 .000 8.14 26 11 5 0 0 0 63.0 86 60 57 18 40 1 44 3 0 2 303 57 2.000 12.3 2.6 5.7 6.3 1.10
2006 32 ARI NL 0 5 .000 7.54 6 6 0 0 0 0 22.2 27 21 19 3 22 1 21 1 0 0 113 63 2.162 10.7 1.2 8.7 8.3 0.95
2006 32 BAL AL 0 3 .000 8.48 20 5 5 0 0 0 40.1 59 39 38 15 18 0 23 2 0 2 190 54 1.909 13.2 3.3 4.0 5.1 1.28
2007 33 SFG NL 2 3 .400 5.51 12 8 1 0 0 0 49.0 57 32 30 4 20 1 27 6 0 0 223 82 1.571 10.5 0.7 3.7 5.0 1.35
2009 35 HOU NL 3 6 .333 5.57 23 13 3 0 0 0 85.2 95 56 53 8 48 2 65 4 0 3 387 74 1.669 10.0 0.8 5.0 6.8 1.35
2010 36 LAD NL 0 1 .000 10.29 6 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 10 8 8 0 5 1 6 0 0 1 35 40 2.143 12.9 0.0 6.4 7.7 1.20
12 Yrs 113 89 .559 4.51 311 266 13 9 3 0 1661.1 1618 903 832 179 860 37 1192 45 2 57 7316 93 1.492 8.8 1.0 4.7 6.5 1.39
162 Game Avg. 13 10 .559 4.51 37 31 2 1 0 0 196 191 106 98 21 101 4 140 5 0 7 862 93 1.492 8.8 1.0 4.7 6.5 1.39
SFG (6 yrs) 69 47 .595 4.09 166 152 4 6 1 0 973.2 906 488 442 95 488 16 739 27 1 37 4232 101 1.432 8.4 0.9 4.5 6.8 1.51
ARI (2 yrs) 5 16 .238 7.00 28 28 0 0 0 0 137.2 174 113 107 21 87 4 67 5 0 5 664 64 1.896 11.4 1.4 5.7 4.4 0.77
ATL (2 yrs) 36 16 .692 3.97 68 68 0 3 2 0 417.0 374 199 184 40 214 14 292 7 1 9 1808 108 1.410 8.1 0.9 4.6 6.3 1.36
LAD (1 yr) 0 1 .000 10.29 6 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 10 8 8 0 5 1 6 0 0 1 35 40 2.143 12.9 0.0 6.4 7.7 1.20
HOU (1 yr) 3 6 .333 5.57 23 13 3 0 0 0 85.2 95 56 53 8 48 2 65 4 0 3 387 74 1.669 10.0 0.8 5.0 6.8 1.35
BAL (1 yr) 0 3 .000 8.48 20 5 5 0 0 0 40.1 59 39 38 15 18 0 23 2 0 2 190 54 1.909 13.2 3.3 4.0 5.1 1.28
NL (12 yrs) 113 86 .568 4.41 291 261 8 9 3 0 1621.0 1559 864 794 164 842 37 1169 43 2 55 7126 95 1.481 8.7 0.9 4.7 6.5 1.39
AL (1 yr) 0 3 .000 8.48 20 5 5 0 0 0 40.1 59 39 38 15 18 0 23 2 0 2 190 54 1.909 13.2 3.3 4.0 5.1 1.28

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
1998 24 SFG NL 88.1 22 13 51 5.20 4.49 0.08 0.09 92.7 4.17 -10 -1.0 .3 -0.0 -0.4 -1 .455 .494 $170,000
1999 25 SFG NL 207.2 33 33 109 4.72 4.98 -0.27 0.18 94.9 5.16 9 0.9 -0.1 2.3 32 .527 .505 $220,000
2000 26 SFG NL 195.2 33 32 117 5.38 5.06 0.03 0.17 91.1 4.73 -15 -1.4 .9 -0.1 0.0 7 .459 .492 $462,500
2001 27 SFG NL 218.2 33 33 90 3.70 4.83 0.04 0.18 93.1 4.63 22 2.3 -0.1 3.8 44 .571 .515 $912,500
2002 28 SFG NL 214.1 33 33 89 3.74 4.56 0.24 0.18 93.8 4.22 11 1.2 -0.1 2.6 32 .535 .507 $2,862,500
2003 29 ATL NL 212.1 34 34 101 4.28 4.62 0.21 0.18 99.3 4.56 6 0.6 -0.1 2.0 27 .517 .504 $4,662,500 AS,CYA-4,MVP-27
2004 30 ATL NL 204.2 34 34 98 4.31 4.60 0.26 0.18 99.2 4.49 3 0.3 -0.1 1.7 24 .509 .502 $6,200,000
2005 31 ARI NL 115.0 22 22 92 7.20 4.41 -0.09 0.16 105.6 4.93 -29 -2.7 -0.1 -1.9 -18 .378 .483 $7,375,000
2006 32 ARI NL 22.2 6 6 21 8.34 4.89 -0.01 0.19 107.2 5.46 -7 -0.6 -0.0 -0.5 -5 .393 .496 $7,875,000
2006 32 BAL AL 40.1 20 5 39 8.70 5.21 -0.06 -0.17 100.1 5.11 -17 -1.5 .3 0.3 -0.9 -11 .424 .491 $
2007 33 SFG NL 49.0 12 8 32 5.88 4.72 0.08 0.13 99.3 4.74 -6 -0.6 .8 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .452 .496 $380,000
2009 35 HOU NL 85.2 23 13 56 5.88 4.50 -0.01 0.05 98.8 4.50 -13 -1.3 .7 -0.0 -0.7 -5 .443 .492 $750,000
2010 36 LAD NL 7.0 6 0 8 10.29 4.18 -0.44 -0.31 95.9 4.13 -5 -0.5 .7 0.1 -0.4 -4 .421 .497 $
12 Seasons 1661.1 311 266 903 4.89 4.73 0.06 0.15 96.4 4.64 -51 -4.3 .5 -0.6 7.4 121 .486 .498 $31,870,000
SFG (6 yrs) 973.2 166 152 488 4.51 4.81 0.02 0.17 93.5 4.64 11 1.5 .5 -0.5 8.1 112 .509 .502 $5,007,500
ARI (2 yrs) 137.2 28 28 113 7.39 4.49 -0.08 0.17 105.9 5.01 -36 -3.3 -0.1 -2.4 -23 .381 .490 $15,250,000
ATL (2 yrs) 417.0 68 68 199 4.29 4.61 0.23 0.18 99.3 4.53 9 0.9 -0.3 3.7 52 .513 .503 $10,862,500
LAD (1 yr) 7.0 6 0 8 10.29 4.18 -0.44 -0.31 95.9 4.13 -5 -0.5 .7 0.1 -0.4 -4 .421 .497 $
HOU (1 yr) 85.2 23 13 56 5.88 4.50 -0.01 0.05 98.8 4.50 -13 -1.3 .7 -0.0 -0.7 -5 .443 .492 $750,000
BAL (1 yr) 40.1 20 5 39 8.70 5.21 -0.06 -0.17 100.1 5.11 -17 -1.5 .3 0.3 -0.9 -11 .424 .491 $

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
2000 26 SFG NL NLDS L NYM 0 0 1.69 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 2 1 1 0 4 1 4 0 0 0 21 1.125 3.4 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
2002 28 SFG NL NLDS W ATL 2 0 1.000 2.19 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.1 9 3 3 0 8 1 8 0 0 2 53 1.378 6.6 0.0 5.8 5.8 1.00
2002 28 SFG NL NLCS W STL 0 0 7.71 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 5 4 4 2 3 0 3 0 0 1 23 1.714 9.6 3.9 5.8 5.8 1.00
2002 28 SFG NL WS L ANA 0 0 10.13 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 13 9 9 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 38 1.875 14.6 1.1 2.3 2.3 1.00
2003 29 ATL NL NLDS L CHC 1 1 .500 5.06 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.2 15 6 6 1 7 1 9 0 0 0 52 2.063 12.7 0.8 5.9 7.6 1.29
2004 30 ATL NL NLDS L HOU 0 0 15.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 7 5 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 17 2.667 21.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
4 Yrs (6 Series) 3 1 .750 5.73 9 9 0 0 0 0 44.0 51 28 28 5 25 3 27 0 0 3 204 1.727 10.4 1.0 5.1 5.5 1.08
4 NLDS 3 1 .750 4.31 6 6 0 0 0 0 31.1 33 15 15 2 20 3 22 0 0 2 143 1.691 9.5 0.6 5.7 6.3 1.10
1 NLCS 0 0 7.71 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 5 4 4 2 3 0 3 0 0 1 23 1.714 9.6 3.9 5.8 5.8 1.00
1 WS 0 0 10.13 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 13 9 9 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 38 1.875 14.6 1.1 2.3 2.3 1.00

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
2003 ATL NL 29 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 18.0 2.00

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
1998 24 SFG NL 22 394 335 51 90 26 0 11 11 4 46 75 .269 .360 .445 .805 .312 149 8 4 5 4 1 3
1999 25 SFG NL 33 922 774 109 189 33 3 24 25 7 125 164 .244 .351 .388 .739 .279 300 16 6 11 6 5 13
2000 26 SFG NL 33 871 736 117 192 33 4 28 21 9 112 167 .261 .361 .431 .792 .300 317 14 7 10 6 1 3
2001 27 SFG NL 33 911 806 90 187 34 2 13 6 6 91 169 .232 .309 .328 .636 .277 264 20 0 10 4 3 10
2002 28 SFG NL 33 911 792 89 191 35 6 15 7 7 94 137 .241 .323 .357 .680 .272 283 19 4 15 6 5 6
2003 29 ATL NL 34 912 793 101 177 41 3 17 22 5 102 149 .223 .312 .347 .659 .252 275 9 4 6 7 7 9
2004 30 ATL NL 34 896 764 98 197 37 1 23 18 7 112 143 .258 .352 .399 .751 .288 305 21 3 10 7 7 4
2005 31 ARI NL 22 551 469 92 147 31 8 18 2 5 65 46 .313 .396 .529 .924 .312 248 8 4 5 8 3 5
2006 32 BAL AL 20 190 169 39 59 10 2 15 0 3 18 23 .349 .416 .698 1.114 .333 118 4 2 0 1 0 1
2006 32 ARI NL 6 113 89 21 27 13 1 3 4 2 22 21 .303 .446 .573 1.019 .369 51 3 1 1 0 1 1
2006 32 TOT MLB 26 303 258 60 86 23 3 18 4 5 40 44 .333 .427 .655 1.082 .345 169 7 3 1 1 1 2
2007 33 SFG NL 12 223 193 32 57 16 1 4 4 2 20 27 .295 .377 .451 .828 .325 87 3 6 3 1 1 1
2009 35 HOU NL 23 387 329 56 95 21 3 8 6 3 48 65 .289 .382 .444 .826 .335 146 12 4 2 4 2 2
2010 36 LAD NL 6 35 29 8 10 1 0 0 0 0 5 6 .345 .429 .379 .808 .417 11 1 0 0 1 1 1
12 Yrs 311 7316 6278 903 1618 331 34 179 126 60 860 1192 .258 .349 .407 .755 .290 2554 138 45 78 55 37 59
162 Game Avg. 37 862 740 106 191 39 4 21 15 7 101 140 .258 .349 .407 .755 .290 301 16 5 9 6 4 7
MLB Averages .265 .335 .423 .757 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1998 24 SFG NL -8.6 -0.8 412 -1.2 6.1 -7.3 .94 -1.3 0.0 -4.9 -0.5 0.94 -17.5 1 0 8
1999 25 SFG NL 5.7 0.6 960 0.5 17.1 -16.6 1.07 0.1 0.4 2.0 0.2 1.07 -0.3 0 0 0
2000 26 SFG NL -16.4 -1.5 906 -0.5 15.0 -15.5 .99 -0.5 -0.0 -7.7 -0.7 0.99 -2.9 0 1 0
2001 27 SFG NL 17.8 1.8 928 2.5 17.3 -14.8 1.04 3.1 -0.7 25.0 2.7 1.04 29.4 0 0 0
2002 28 SFG NL 9.1 0.9 931 1.4 16.0 -14.5 1.00 0.9 0.5 18.9 2.0 1.00 13.2 0 0 0
2003 29 ATL NL 9.6 1.0 944 2.0 16.2 -14.2 .99 2.1 -0.1 13.1 1.3 0.99 22.6 0 0 0
2004 30 ATL NL 6.2 0.6 925 1.2 16.3 -15.1 1.01 0.4 0.8 11.7 1.2 1.01 6.0 0 0 0
2005 31 ARI NL -28.2 -2.6 563 -3.1 8.6 -11.7 1.01 -3.1 0.0 -35.4 -3.2 1.01 -35.8 0 0 0
2006 32 TOT MLB -23.2 -2.1 314 -2.4 3.3 -5.7 .71 -2.5 -0.9 -28.3 -2.5 0.71 -29.0 0 2 12
2006 32 ARI NL -6.8 -0.6 119 -0.8 1.7 -2.5 .92 -1.0 0.1 -9.5 -0.8 0.92 -11.3 0 0 0
2006 32 BAL AL -16.4 -1.5 195 -1.6 1.6 -3.2 .59 -1.5 -1.2 -18.8 -1.7 0.59 -17.6 0 2 12
2007 33 SFG NL -5.2 -0.5 229 -0.4 3.8 -4.1 1.05 -0.2 -0.1 -5.4 -0.5 1.05 -3.1 1 0 3
2009 35 HOU NL -13.4 -1.3 401 -0.9 6.8 -7.6 1.01 -1.5 0.6 -12.1 -1.2 1.01 -15.5 1 3 5
2010 36 LAD NL -4.7 -0.4 36 -0.3 0.4 -0.6 .94 -0.2 -0.1 -2.2 -0.2 0.94 -1.8 1 1 3
12 Yrs -51.1 -4.5 7549 -1.1 126.7 -127.8 1.00 -2.6 1.6 -25.3 -1.5 1.00 -34.6 4 7 31

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
1998 24 SFG NL 22 13 4 4 5 3 0 9 4 .692 0 2 0 0 4 31% 45.4 62 24 19 9 0 4 6.6 7.1 5.8 100 2 4 7 0 119
1999 25 SFG NL 33 33 18 9 6 3 3 22 11 .667 1 5 3 0 21 64% 51.3 80 14 28 6 0 16 5.6 5.3 6.3 113 2 4 14 13 142
2000 26 SFG NL 33 32 13 12 7 3 0 17 15 .531 3 4 0 0 15 47% 47.2 78 15 34 16 0 16 5.6 5.8 5.9 106 2 7 17 6 132
2001 27 SFG NL 33 33 17 9 7 4 1 20 13 .606 4 0 1 1 21 64% 55.7 79 19 20 9 0 14 5.6 5.4 6.6 106 1 7 23 2 121
2002 28 SFG NL 33 33 14 10 9 2 5 18 15 .545 3 4 2 0 24 73% 53.5 79 6 19 10 0 14 5.3 5.0 6.5 109 1 7 17 8 135
2003 29 ATL NL 34 34 21 7 6 5 2 24 10 .706 3 3 1 1 19 56% 52.7 88 21 25 12 1 7 5.9 6.3 6.2 105 1 11 17 5 131
2004 30 ATL NL 34 34 15 9 10 2 2 22 12 .647 3 4 2 1 20 59% 50.3 83 15 39 14 0 12 4.9 4.8 6.0 102 4 7 19 4 133
2005 31 ARI NL 22 22 5 11 6 2 1 8 14 .364 3 2 0 0 6 27% 37.6 63 11 21 5 0 13 4.6 5.1 5.2 94 2 13 7 0 118
2006 32 TOT MLB 26 11 0 8 3 0 1 2 9 .182 0 0 0 0 1 9% 0.0 55 14 12 3 1 6 4.1 4.7 3.4 74 5 5 1 0 106
2006 32 ARI NL 6 6 0 5 1 0 1 1 5 .167 0 0 0 0 1 17% 39.8 55 22 5 0 0 3 3.1 2.1 3.8 76 3 2 1 0 106
2006 32 BAL AL 20 5 0 3 2 0 0 1 4 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0% 25.0 42 14 7 3 1 3 5.4 7.9 3.0 71 2 3 0 0 93
2007 33 SFG NL 12 8 2 3 3 1 0 4 4 .500 1 0 0 0 1 13% 40.4 51 12 5 3 0 5 5.5 6.1 5.4 87 2 5 0 1 121
2009 35 HOU NL 23 13 2 5 6 2 1 5 8 .385 3 2 0 0 4 31% 41.8 64 3 16 7 3 5 3.8 4.5 4.9 91 3 6 4 0 116
11 Yrs 305 266 111 87 68 27 16 151 115 .568 24 26 9 3 136 51% 49 88 3 238 94 5 112 5.3 5.5 6.0 103 25 76 126 39 142
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 105 -21 4.8 4.8 5.9 95

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
1998 24 SFG NL 22 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 100% 7 .935 1 0 8 2 0 7 2 7 4 2 5 0 4.2 26
2000 26 SFG NL 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .986 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 18.0 91
2006 32 TOT MLB 26 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 50% .710 0 2 12 1 0 14 7 8 10 1 10 1 5.1 26
2006 32 BAL AL 20 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 50% 8 .588 0 2 12 1 0 14 7 8 10 1 10 1 5.1 26
2007 33 SFG NL 12 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 1.050 1 0 3 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 3 0 4.3 24
2009 35 HOU NL 23 10 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 67% 6 1.008 1 3 5 1 1 8 2 8 6 1 6 0 6.5 40
2010 36 LAD NL 6 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .937 1 1 3 2 2 2 0 6 2 1 2 1 3.5 25
6 Yrs 116 45 13 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 16 9 56% .950 4 7 31 8 5 32 12 33 25 6 27 2 5.2 30

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%
1998 24 SFG NL 394 48% 2.8% 19.0% 11.7% 9.4% 41% 0.78 1.14 64% 22% 8.7% 13% 69 8 12%
1999 25 SFG NL 922 54% 2.6% 17.8% 13.6% 6.5% 32% 0.82 1.10 64% 18% 8.5% 16% 171 16 9%
2000 26 SFG NL 871 51% 3.2% 19.2% 12.9% 7.5% 34% 0.73 1.07 63% 26% 10.1% 12% 176 14 8%
2001 27 SFG NL 911 51% 1.4% 18.6% 10.0% 5.4% 26% 0.74 1.01 69% 24% 4.2% 14% 195 20 10%
2002 28 SFG NL 911 50% 1.7% 15.0% 10.3% 6.2% 29% 0.76 1.19 71% 22% 4.9% 15% 175 19 11%
2003 29 ATL NL 912 53% 1.9% 16.3% 11.2% 6.7% 35% 0.75 0.97 70% 17% 5.1% 11% 147 9 6%
2004 30 ATL NL 896 50% 2.6% 16.0% 12.5% 6.8% 31% 0.68 0.98 68% 21% 6.8% 8% 188 21 11%
2005 31 ARI NL 551 48% 3.3% 8.4% 11.8% 10.3% 39% 0.58 0.81 75% 21% 7.7% 13% 119 8 7%
2006 32 TOT MLB 303 55% 5.9% 14.5% 13.2% 14.5% 51% 0.55 0.87 65% 23% 14.4% 9% 55 7 13%
2006 32 ARI NL 113 51% 2.7% 18.6% 19.5% 15.0% 63% 0.63 1.14 58% 22% 7.7% 5% 19 3 16%
2006 32 BAL AL 190 57% 7.9% 12.1% 9.5% 14.2% 46% 0.52 0.76 69% 23% 17.4% 11% 36 4 11%
2007 33 SFG NL 223 56% 1.8% 12.1% 9.0% 9.4% 37% 0.74 1.15 73% 23% 4.8% 13% 36 3 8%
2009 35 HOU NL 387 51% 2.1% 16.8% 12.4% 8.3% 34% 0.96 1.47 67% 20% 6.8% 12% 83 12 14%
2010 36 LAD NL 35 54% 0.0% 17.1% 14.3% 2.9% 10% 0.71 1.50 69% 33% 0.0% 7% 14 1 7%
12 Yrs 7316 51% 2.5% 16.3% 11.8% 7.4% 34% 0.73 1.05 68% 22% 7.0% 12% 1428 138 10%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 17.0% 8.7% 8.0% 34% 0.78 1.07 70% 20% 7.9% 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
1998 24 SFG NL 394 1541 3.91 920 60% 29% 16% 26% 29% 71% 1% 43% 77% 55% 8% 30 23 18% 69 33 2 28% 12 6 0 0 0
1999 25 SFG NL 924 3727 4.03 2155 58% 29% 15% 27% 29% 71% 1% 41% 79% 53% 7% 61 30 19% 174 72 6 30% 21 27 -2 0 0
2000 26 SFG NL 876 3474 3.97 2032 58% 29% 15% 27% 29% 71% 0% 42% 79% 51% 5% 46 31 17% 148 72 4 33% 21 15 -5 0 0
2001 27 SFG NL 912 3511 3.85 2139 61% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 1% 44% 80% 57% 5% 48 29 19% 177 86 7 30% 24 16 -1 0 0
2002 28 SFG NL 915 3592 3.93 2138 60% 28% 12% 29% 32% 72% 1% 43% 83% 52% 5% 49 25 16% 148 82 6 32% 18 19 -4 0 0
2003 29 ATL NL 913 3570 3.91 2105 59% 27% 13% 28% 31% 73% 2% 43% 82% 53% 6% 54 35 16% 148 76 8 28% 11 12 -1 0 0
2004 30 ATL NL 898 3469 3.86 2071 60% 27% 14% 28% 31% 73% 2% 43% 81% 52% 6% 58 29 18% 158 90 10 27% 18 22 -2 0 0
2005 31 ARI NL 552 2073 3.76 1194 58% 27% 10% 26% 37% 73% 1% 42% 86% 52% 7% 38 16 15% 84 43 4 26% 9 19 -1 0 0
2006 32 TOT MLB 304 1204 3.96 690 57% 28% 14% 27% 31% 72% 0% 41% 81% 51% 6% 17 9 15% 46 22 5 30% 8 7 -1 0 0
2006 32 ARI NL 113 457 4.04 256 56% 32% 14% 27% 27% 68% 0% 38% 79% 51% 9% 10 5 19% 22 12 3 33% 3 4 0 0 0
2006 32 BAL AL 191 747 3.91 434 58% 26% 13% 27% 34% 74% 0% 43% 82% 51% 4% 7 4 13% 24 10 2 26% 5 3 -1 0 0
2007 33 SFG NL 223 793 3.56 474 60% 29% 13% 22% 36% 71% 0% 42% 82% 53% 8% 18 12 13% 29 17 1 44% 8 5 0 0 0
2009 35 HOU NL 387 1591 4.11 939 59% 29% 14% 27% 29% 71% 1% 42% 80% 54% 6% 22 17 20% 76 34 4 26% 6 3 0 0 0
2010 36 LAD NL 35 150 4.29 84 56% 35% 15% 21% 29% 65% 5% 37% 76% 37% 6% 2 1 20% 7 3 0 17% 1 1 0 0 0
12 Yrs 7333 28695 3.91 16941 59% 28% 14% 27% 31% 72% 1% 42% 81% 53% 6% 443 257 17% 1264 630 57 30% 157 152 -17 0 0
MLB Averages 3.75 62% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 21% 26%

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
1998 24 SFG NL 394 90 16 0 11 0 4 3 8 9 2 14 9 1 64% 3 3 1 159 11 4 73% 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1999 25 SFG NL 922 189 13 1 24 0 23 14 10 17 7 42 21 5 50% 13 13 1 351 25 7 78% 23 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 29 0
2000 26 SFG NL 871 192 13 3 28 0 28 20 8 10 18 49 23 10 47% 3 8 1 323 21 9 70% 20 9 0 0 1 0 1 1 21 0
2001 27 SFG NL 911 187 18 2 13 0 17 6 7 1 12 44 22 7 50% 10 8 0 358 6 6 50% 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 17 0
2002 28 SFG NL 911 191 19 1 15 0 21 11 4 3 12 40 21 8 53% 6 5 1 335 7 7 50% 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 17 0
2003 29 ATL NL 912 177 16 1 17 1 19 10 7 11 6 50 25 8 50% 9 5 1 317 22 5 81% 20 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 17 0
2004 30 ATL NL 896 197 11 2 23 0 22 12 11 15 8 46 18 6 39% 4 4 1 340 18 7 72% 15 7 3 0 0 0 1 0 19 0
2005 31 ARI NL 551 147 11 1 18 1 17 12 6 6 12 36 27 2 75% 5 5 0 217 2 5 29% 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
2006 32 TOT MLB 303 86 6 1 18 1 7 10 8 8 10 18 10 1 56% 2 2 0 113 4 5 44% 4 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0
2006 32 ARI NL 113 27 1 1 3 0 3 2 1 2 1 8 3 1 38% 1 0 0 46 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
2006 32 BAL AL 190 59 5 0 15 1 4 8 7 6 9 10 7 0 70% 1 2 0 67 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2007 33 SFG NL 223 57 4 0 4 0 9 1 3 2 2 12 5 1 42% 1 0 1 82 4 2 67% 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
2009 35 HOU NL 387 95 7 1 8 0 9 3 5 3 5 20 10 2 50% 2 3 2 152 6 3 67% 4 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 12 0
2010 36 LAD NL 35 10 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 75% 1 1 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
12 Yrs 7316 1618 134 13 179 3 179 102 77 85 94 375 194 52 52% 59 57 9 2762 126 60 68% 115 55 10 3 1 2 10 4 166 0
MLB Averages 53% 70%

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+
1998 24 4 4 .500 4.99 22 13 3 0 0 0 88.1 90 51 49 11 46 1 75 4 0 3 394 81 1.540 9.2 1.1 4.7 7.6 1.63 81
1999 25 22 13 .629 4.17 55 46 3 3 0 0 296.0 279 160 137 35 171 6 239 10 0 16 1316 101 1.520 8.5 1.1 5.2 7.3 1.40 101
2000 26 36 25 .590 4.50 88 78 3 3 0 0 491.2 471 277 246 63 283 7 406 17 0 24 2187 94 1.534 8.6 1.2 5.2 7.4 1.43 94
2001 27 53 34 .609 4.13 121 111 3 4 1 0 710.1 658 367 326 76 374 10 575 17 1 32 3098 101 1.453 8.3 1.0 4.7 7.3 1.54 101
2002 28 67 44 .604 4.01 154 144 3 6 1 0 924.2 849 456 412 91 468 15 712 21 1 37 4009 102 1.424 8.3 0.9 4.6 6.9 1.52 102
2003 29 88 51 .633 3.97 188 178 3 7 2 0 1137.0 1026 557 502 108 570 22 861 25 1 42 4921 104 1.404 8.1 0.9 4.5 6.8 1.51 104
2004 30 103 60 .632 4.00 222 212 3 9 3 0 1341.2 1223 655 596 131 682 29 1004 28 2 46 5817 104 1.420 8.2 0.9 4.6 6.7 1.47 104
2005 31 108 71 .603 4.23 244 234 3 9 3 0 1456.2 1370 747 684 149 747 32 1050 32 2 51 6368 99 1.453 8.5 0.9 4.6 6.5 1.41 99
2006 32 108 79 .578 4.39 270 245 8 9 3 0 1519.2 1456 807 741 167 787 33 1094 35 2 53 6671 96 1.476 8.6 1.0 4.7 6.5 1.39 96
2007 33 110 82 .573 4.42 282 253 9 9 3 0 1568.2 1513 839 771 171 807 34 1121 41 2 53 6894 95 1.479 8.7 1.0 4.6 6.4 1.39 95
2008 34 110 82 .573 4.42 282 253 9 9 3 0 1568.2 1513 839 771 171 807 34 1121 41 2 53 6894 95 1.479 8.7 1.0 4.6 6.4 1.39 95
2009 35 113 88 .562 4.48 305 266 12 9 3 0 1654.1 1608 895 824 179 855 36 1186 45 2 56 7281 94 1.489 8.7 1.0 4.7 6.5 1.39 94
2010 36 113 89 .559 4.51 311 266 13 9 3 0 1661.1 1618 903 832 179 860 37 1192 45 2 57 7316 93 1.492 8.8 1.0 4.7 6.5 1.39 93

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
1998 24 3 6 .333 5.19 85.0 90 54 49 11 46 72 4 1.600 9.5 4.9 7.6 1.57 1.2 22
1999 25 12 10 .545 3.68 203.0 184 92 83 23 122 161 6 1.507 8.2 5.4 7.1 1.32 1.0 33
2000 26 8 12 .400 5.00 189.0 188 117 105 27 110 161 7 1.577 9.0 5.2 7.7 1.46 1.3 33
2001 27 13 10 .565 3.56 210.0 190 92 83 13 92 162 0 1.343 8.1 3.9 6.9 1.76 0.6 33
2002 28 11 11 .500 4.00 205.0 196 101 91 15 96 131 4 1.424 8.6 4.2 5.8 1.36 0.7 33
2003 29 12 11 .522 3.65 212.0 173 96 86 17 100 149 4 1.288 7.3 4.2 6.3 1.49 0.7 34
2004 30 10 11 .476 4.16 197.0 193 101 91 23 110 137 3 1.538 8.8 5.0 6.3 1.25 1.1 34
2005 31 3 9 .250 6.63 114.0 143 93 84 18 63 45 4 1.807 11.3 5.0 3.6 0.71 1.4 22
2006 32 1 5 .167 8.08 59.0 83 59 53 17 39 41 3 2.068 12.7 5.9 6.3 1.05 2.6 26
2007 33 2 3 .400 5.25 48.0 55 31 28 4 19 26 6 1.542 10.3 3.6 4.9 1.37 0.8 12
2009 35 2 6 .250 5.96 80.0 95 59 53 8 48 61 4 1.788 10.7 5.4 6.9 1.27 0.9 23
2010 36 0 0 13.50 6.0 11 10 9 0 6 5 0 2.833 16.5 9.0 7.5 0.83 0.0 6
12 Yrs 77 94 .450 4.56 1608.0 1601 905 815 176 851 1151 45 1.525 9.0 6.4 1.35 1.0 311

* 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

All-Star Games
2003 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2003 NL (27, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2003 NL (4, 6%)
0.06 Career Shares (205th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2001 NL  3.29 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1999 NL  18 (4th)
2001 NL  17 (5th)
2003 NL  21 (1st)
2004 NL  15 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1999 NL  .667 (8th)
2001 NL  .654 (10th)
2003 NL  .750 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1999 NL  8.191 (8th)
2001 NL  7.697 (6th)
2003 NL  7.502 (5th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2000 NL  7.681 (10th)
Career  6.458 (167th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2003 NL  212.3 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1999 NL  33 (10th)
2003 NL  34 (3rd)
2004 NL  34 (5th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1999 NL  3 (9th)
2004 NL  2 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2001 NL  1 (7th)
2004 NL  1 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1999 NL  125 (1st)
2000 NL  112 (3rd)
2001 NL  91 (5th)
2002 NL  94 (4th)
2003 NL  102 (1st)
2004 NL  112 (2nd)
Career  860 (181st)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2001 NL  0.535 (2nd)
2002 NL  0.630 (3rd)
2003 NL  0.721 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2000 NL  109 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1999 NL  13 (3rd)
2001 NL  8 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2003 NL  912 (6th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2001 NL  3.1 (6th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2001 NL  2.7 (10th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 47 (550), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 28 (469), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Tony Cloninger (947)
  2. Shawn Estes (938)
  3. Jason Marquis (932)
  4. George Earnshaw (931)
  5. Ken Hill (928)
  6. Steve Stone (927)
  7. Brad Penny (925)
  8. Bronson Arroyo (924)
  9. Chan Ho Park (924)
  10. Mark Gardner (923)
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  1. Ben Rivera (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Gavin Floyd (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bartolo Colon (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bartolo Colon (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bartolo Colon (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Monte Pearson (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Aaron Sele (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Chan Ho Park (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Chan Ho Park (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Chan Ho Park (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dave Burba (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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