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Roy Oswalt

Roy Edward Oswalt (Wizard of Os) (twitter: @royoswalt44net)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 29, 1977 in Kosciusko, MS
High School: Weir HS (Weir, MS)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 23rd round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed May 18, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 6, 2001
Teams (by GP): Astros/Phillies 2001-2011
Agents: Robert Garber, previously: Barry Meister [*]
Final Game: September 27, 2011 vs. ATL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1997	19	HOU-min	A-,Rk	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		AUB,KIA · NYPL,GULF
1998	20	HOU-min	A-,Rk	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		AUB,KIA · NYPL,GULF
1999	21	HOU-min	A	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		BTC · MIDW
2000	22	HOU-min	AA,A+	27	33	29	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.138	.219	.172	.391		5	1	0	1	0	0		RRK,KIS · TL,FLOR
2001	23	HOU-min	AAA	5	10	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444		2	0	0	1	0	0		NOR · PCL
2001	23	HOU	NL	28	51	47	3	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	12	.191	.208	.213	.421	7	10	0	0	3	0	0	1	CYA-5,MVP-22,RoY-2
2002	24	HOU	NL	35	89	77	5	10	2	0	0	4	0	0	4	26	.130	.183	.156	.339	-11	12	0	1	7	0	0	1	CYA-4,MVP-23
2003	25	HOU-min	AAA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		NOR · PCL
2003	25	HOU	NL	21	48	39	4	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	15	.179	.220	.205	.425	11	8	0	0	7	0	0	1
2004	26	HOU	NL	36	89	71	1	10	1	0	0	6	0	0	3	16	.141	.184	.155	.339	-11	11	1	1	13	1	0	1	CYA-3,MVP-23
2005	27	HOU	NL	35	83	73	1	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	19	.178	.211	.178	.389	3	13	0	1	7	0	0	1	AS,CYA-4,MVP-23
2006	28	HOU	NL	35	90	66	3	10	1	0	1	8	0	0	4	15	.152	.200	.212	.412	6	14	2	0	20	0	0	1	AS,CYA-4
2007	29	HOU	NL	33	79	64	2	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	21	.125	.176	.141	.317	-16	9	1	1	11	0	0	1	AS
2008	30	HOU	NL	32	75	70	3	15	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	18	.214	.214	.214	.429	15	15	0	0	5	0	0	1
2009	31	HOU	NL	30	66	49	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	8	.122	.173	.122	.296	-19	6	1	1	14	0	0	1
2010	32	TOT	NL	35	70	57	2	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	15	.140	.169	.140	.310	-15	8	1	0	11	0	0	1/7	CYA-6
2010	32	HOU	NL	20	36	28	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.143	.172	.143	.315	-12	4	1	0	7	0	0	1
2010	32	PHI	NL	15	34	29	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.138	.167	.138	.305	-17	4	0	0	4	0	0	1/7
2011	33	PHI-min	AAA,A+	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		LHV,CLW · IL,FLOR
2011	33	PHI	NL	24	49	38	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	14	.079	.167	.079	.246	-30	3	0	0	7	0	0	1
11 Yrs				344	789	651	30	99	7	0	1	36	0	0	27	179	.152	.192	.167	.359	-5	109	6	5	105	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	372	307	14	47	3	0	0	17	0	0	13	84	.152	.192	.167	.359	-5	51	3	2	49	0	0

HOU (10 yrs)				305	706	584	27	92	7	0	1	33	0	0	22	161	.158	.194	.175	.369	-3	102	6	5	94	1	0
PHI (2 yrs)				39	83	67	3	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	18	.104	.167	.104	.271	-24	7	0	0	11	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2001	23	HOU	NL	28	51	-6	0	0	0	7	1	0.1	1	3	0.1	.505	.501	0.1	0.0	3	$	1	CYA-5,MVP-22,RoY-2
2002	24	HOU	NL	35	89	-13	0	0	0	12	-0	-0.0	2	2	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	2	$300,000	1	CYA-4,MVP-23
2003	25	HOU	NL	21	48	-6	-0	0	0	7	0	0.0	1	2	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	2	$500,000	1
2004	26	HOU	NL	36	89	-14	-0	0	0	13	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	1	$3,250,000	1	CYA-3,MVP-23
2005	27	HOU	NL	35	83	-11	-0	0	0	12	1	0.1	2	3	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	3	$5,900,000	1	AS,CYA-4,MVP-23
2006	28	HOU	NL	35	90	-12	0	0	0	14	2	0.2	2	4	0.2	.505	.501	0.2	0.0	4	$11,000,000	1	AS,CYA-4
2007	29	HOU	NL	33	79	-12	-0	0	0	12	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	1	$13,000,000	1	AS
2008	30	HOU	NL	32	75	-8	-0	0	0	11	3	0.3	2	5	0.3	.510	.502	0.3	0.0	5	$13,000,000	1
2009	31	HOU	NL	30	66	-9	-0	-0	0	9	0	0.0	2	2	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	2	$14,000,000	1
2010	32	HOU	NL	20	36	-5	0	-0	0	5	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	0	$15,000,000	1	CYA-6
2010	32	PHI	NL	15	34	-4	0	0	0	5	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1/7	CYA-6
2011	33	PHI	NL	24	49	-7	-0	0	0	6	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	0.0	0	$16,000,000	1
11 Seasons				344	789	-108	-1	1	0	112	4	0.3	21	25	0.3	.501	.500	0.3	0.0	25	$91,950,000

HOU (10 yrs)				305	706	-96	-1	0	0	101	4	0.4	19	24	0.4	.501	.500	0.4	0.0	24	$75,950,000
PHI (2 yrs)				39	83	-11	-0	0	0	11	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	1	$16,000,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2001	23	HOU	NL	51	41	2	1.3	117	.257	.191	.275	.208	.348	.213	.451	.421	.799	7	.078	-6.9	-0.6	.289	.043	.021
2002	24	HOU	NL	89	74	3	1.1	112	.196	.130	.273	.183	.348	.156	.434	.339	.782	-11	.062	-13.2	-1.3	.254	.078	.026
2003	25	HOU	NL	48	39	2	1.4	112	.292	.179	.272	.220	.344	.205	.437	.425	.781	11	.088	-5.4	-0.5	.313	.077	.026
2004	26	HOU	NL	89	76	3	1.1	112	.179	.141	.271	.184	.343	.155	.439	.339	.782	-11	.055	-12.0	-1.2	.242	.056	.014
2005	27	HOU	NL	83	67	3	1.2	109	.241	.178	.270	.211	.340	.178	.430	.389	.770	3	.072	-10.7	-1.0	.267	.027	.000
2006	28	HOU	NL	90	78	3	1.0	113	.180	.152	.272	.200	.343	.212	.442	.412	.785	6	.051	-9.7	-0.9	.310	.121	.061	.0
2007	29	HOU	NL	79	68	2	0.8	111	.186	.125	.273	.176	.342	.141	.436	.317	.778	-16	.032	-11.4	-1.1	.228	.063	.016
2008	30	HOU	NL	75	60	4	1.8	105	.288	.214	.264	.214	.335	.214	.421	.429	.756	15	.137	-8.8	-0.9	.273	.000	.000
2009	31	HOU	NL	66	58	2	0.9	105	.146	.122	.263	.173	.336	.122	.418	.296	.755	-19	.046	-8.6	-0.8	.205	.041	.000
2010	32	TOT	NL	70	61	2	0.9	102	.190	.140	.261	.169	.331	.140	.412	.310	.743	-15	.047	-9.4	-0.9	.200	.035	.000
2010	32	HOU	NL	36	32	1	0.8	100	.235	.143	.258	.172	.328	.143	.407	.315	.735	-12	.043	-4.4	-0.4	.200	.036	.000
2010	32	PHI	NL	34	29	1	0.9	104	.160	.138	.264	.167	.335	.138	.416	.305	.751	-17	.050	-5.0	-0.5	.200	.034	.000
2011	33	PHI	NL	49	42	1	0.6	99	.125	.079	.260	.167	.328	.079	.405	.246	.733	-30	.028	-7.0	-0.7	.200	.105	.000
11 Yrs				789	664	27	1.1	109	.208	.152	.269	.192	.340	.167	.430	.359	.771	-5	.060	-103.0	-10.0	.253	.057	.015	.0
162 Game Avg.				372	313	13	1.1	109	.208	.152	.269	.192	.340	.167	.430	.359	.771	-5	.060	-103.0	-10.0	.253	.057	.015

HOU (10 yrs)				706	593	25	1.1	110	.215	.158	.270	.194	.341	.175	.433	.369	.774	-3	.063	-91.1	-8.8	.259	.055	.017	.0
PHI (2 yrs)				83	71	2	0.8	101	.143	.104	.262	.167	.331	.104	.410	.271	.741	-24	.037	-11.9	-1.2	.200	.075	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2004	26	HOU	NL	NLDS	ATL	W	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	26	HOU	NL	NLCS	STL	L	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	27	HOU	NL	NLDS	ATL	W	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
2005	27	HOU	NL	NLCS	STL	W	2	6	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	2	0	0
2005	27	HOU	NL	WS	CHW	L	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

2010	32	PHI	NL	NLDS	CIN	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	32	PHI	NL	NLCS	SFG	L	3	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
2011	33	PHI	NL	NLDS	STL	L	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
4 Yrs (8 Series)							13	25	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.105	.190	.105	.296	2	1	0	4	0	0
4 NLDS							5	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	1	0	1	0	0
3 NLCS							7	13	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.273	.200	.473	2	0	0	2	0	0
1 WS							1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
2005	HOU	NL	27
2006	HOU	NL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	HOU	NL	29	DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2001	23	HOU	NL	51	0.0%	23.5%	2.0%	2.0%	11%	12.00	3.9		15.7	2.56	4.40	69%	16%	0.0%	11%
2002	24	HOU	NL	89	0.0%	29.2%	4.5%	2.3%	20%	6.50	3.0		19.3	1.14	1.32	57%	16%	0.0%	14%
2003	25	HOU	NL	48	0.0%	31.3%	4.2%	2.1%	14%	7.50	2.6			3.00	3.80	50%	3%	0.0%	67%
2004	26	HOU	NL	89	0.0%	18.0%	3.4%	1.1%	10%	5.33	4.4		11.8	2.06	3.69	63%	7%	0.0%	22%
2005	27	HOU	NL	83	0.0%	22.9%	2.4%	0.0%	0%	9.50	3.8		36.5	1.68	1.82	65%	11%	0.0%	32%
2006	28	HOU	NL	90	1.1%	16.7%	4.4%	2.2%	20%	3.75	4.4	66.0	8.3	1.78	4.73	56%	7%	7.1%	22%
2007	29	HOU	NL	79	0.0%	26.6%	3.8%	1.3%	13%	7.00	3.0		21.3	1.29	1.81	54%	7%	0.0%	29%
2008	30	HOU	NL	75	0.0%	24.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.9		14.0	1.27	1.87	69%	19%	0.0%	27%
2009	31	HOU	NL	66	0.0%	12.1%	3.0%	0.0%	0%	4.00	6.1		24.5	1.73	2.69	62%	7%	0.0%	7%
2010	32	TOT	NL	70	0.0%	21.4%	2.9%	0.0%	0%	7.50	3.8		57.0	2.08	3.50	60%	11%	0.0%	23%
2010	32	HOU	NL	36	0.0%	30.6%	2.8%	0.0%	0%	11.00	2.5			1.14	3.20	47%	13%	0.0%	29%
2010	32	PHI	NL	34	0.0%	11.8%	2.9%	0.0%	0%	4.00	7.3		29.0	3.17	3.80	74%	10%	0.0%	17%
2011	33	PHI	NL	49	0.0%	28.6%	8.2%	0.0%	0%	3.50	2.7		19.0	2.67	4.20	49%	6%	0.0%	0%
11 Yrs				789	0.1%	22.7%	3.4%	1.0%	8%	6.63	3.6	651.0	18.1	1.73	2.64	60%	10%	0.8%	22%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.3%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.03	5.1	32.9	7.7	0.79	1.07	70%	20%	7.8%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2001	23	HOU	NL	-6.9	-0.7	52	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.68	-0.5	-0.1	-6.2	-0.6	0.96	-6.1		0
2002	24	HOU	NL	-13.2	-1.3	90	-1.1	0.6	-1.6	.88	-1.2	-0.0	-11.3	-1.1	1.05	-13.0		0
2003	25	HOU	NL	-5.4	-0.5	48	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.75	-0.6	0.1	-6.8	-0.6	0.86	-6.8		0
2004	26	HOU	NL	-12.2	-1.2	89	-0.8	0.6	-1.4	.89	-1.2	0.3	-10.9	-1.0	1.00	-12.9		0
2005	27	HOU	NL	-10.7	-1.0	83	-0.7	0.8	-1.5	.92	-0.9	0.1	-7.9	-0.8	0.91	-9.3		0
2006	28	HOU	NL	-9.7	-0.9	90	-1.2	0.6	-1.9	1.10	-1.1	-0.1	-14.5	-1.4	1.13	-13.1	1.45	2
2007	29	HOU	NL	-11.4	-1.1	80	-1.1	0.5	-1.6	1.00	-1.1	0.0	-13.3	-1.3	1.03	-12.7		0
2008	30	HOU	NL	-8.9	-0.9	75	-0.8	0.6	-1.4	.87	-0.9	-0.0	-9.5	-0.9	0.96	-9.7		0
2009	31	HOU	NL	-8.6	-0.8	66	-0.7	0.4	-1.1	.87	-0.6	-0.2	-7.1	-0.7	0.93	-6.6		0
2010	32	TOT	NL	-9.4	-0.9	70	-1.1	0.3	-1.4	1.00	-1.1	-0.0	-11.5	-1.2	0.99	-11.4		0
2010	32	HOU	NL	-4.4	-0.4	36	-0.6	0.1	-0.7	.93	-0.6	-0.0	-6.1	-0.6	0.91	-6.1		0
2010	32	PHI	NL	-5.0	-0.5	34	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	1.08	-0.5	0.0	-5.4	-0.5	1.07	-5.3	3.45	0
2011	33	PHI	NL	-7.0	-0.7	49	-0.6	0.3	-0.9	1.01	-0.6	0.0	-5.8	-0.6	1.07	-5.9		0
11 Yrs				-103.3	-10.1	792	-8.9	5.4	-14.3	.92	-9.7	0.0	-104.9	-10.1	1.00	-107.5	1.45	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2001	23	HOU	NL	1	30%	16	0	3	40%	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	1
2002	24	HOU	NL	1	33%	15	1	2	11%	4	4	0	2	2	0	3	2	1
2003	25	HOU	NL	0	44%	12	0	0	25%	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
2004	26	HOU	NL	0	7%	15	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	27	HOU	NL	1	6%	28	0	0	20%	7	6	1	0	0	0	3	2	1
2006	28	HOU	NL	0	15%	20	0	0	20%	3	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
2007	29	HOU	NL	1	17%	16	0	1	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
2008	30	HOU	NL	2	20%	21	0	1	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	31	HOU	NL	2	44%	21	1	0	33%	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0
2010	32	TOT	NL	1	20%	11	2	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
2010	32	HOU	NL	0	20%	5	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	32	PHI	NL	1	20%	6	1	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
2011	33	PHI	NL	1	29%	13	2	1	20%	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
11 Yrs				10	22%	188	6	8	23%	27	22	4	6	5	1	14	8	6

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2001	23	HOU	NL	51	16%	9	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	50%	7	0	0%	11	2	18%	37	3	8%	4	2	50%	3	2	67%	0
2002	24	HOU	NL	89	20%	10	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	15	7	47%	23	0	0%	21	3	14%	76	4	5%	4	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
2003	25	HOU	NL	48	27%	7	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	7	100%	8	0	0%	10	3	30%	23	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
2004	26	HOU	NL	89	29%	10	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	16	13	81%	20	1	5%	21	5	24%	69	7	10%	7	4	57%	4	3	75%	0
2005	27	HOU	NL	83	19%	13	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	7	54%	16	0	0%	14	3	21%	49	3	6%	6	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
2006	28	HOU	NL	90	31%	10	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.45	1	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	21	20	95%	28	2	7%	28	11	39%	83	7	8%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0
2007	29	HOU	NL	79	23%	8	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	11	79%	17	1	6%	18	7	39%	65	4	6%	5	3	60%	6	4	67%	0
2008	30	HOU	NL	75	32%	15	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	5	56%	13	0	0%	14	2	14%	54	5	9%	5	2	40%	2	1	50%	0
2009	31	HOU	NL	66	18%	6	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	14	93%	16	1	6%	15	5	33%	40	3	8%	1	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
2010	32	TOT	NL	70	23%	8	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	13	11	85%	14	1	7%	18	5	28%	51	1	2%	5	1	20%	4	1	25%	0
2010	32	HOU	NL	36	17%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	7	78%	8	1	13%	10	4	40%	21	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
2010	32	PHI	NL	34	29%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.45	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	6	0	0%	8	1	13%	30	1	3%	4	1	25%	2	0	0%	0
2011	33	PHI	NL	49	35%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	7	78%	9	0	0%	9	3	33%	34	2	6%	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	0
11 Yrs				789	25%	99	23	3	2	0	0	0	1.45	1	0	28	1	0	1	0	0	138	105	76%	171	6	4%	179	49	27%	581	39	7%	45	14	31%	30	18	60%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			11%			33%			15%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2001	23	HOU	NL	51	190	3.73	131	69%	23%	15%	33%	29%	77%	0%	53%	80%	43%	0%	0	0	2%	1	1	4%	2	1	42%	0	0	0
2002	24	HOU	NL	89	323	3.63	218	67%	32%	11%	30%	27%	68%	0%	46%	84%	39%	2%	2	0	13%	12	5	8%	7	4	58%	0	0	0
2003	25	HOU	NL	48	171	3.56	116	68%	41%	15%	17%	27%	59%	0%	40%	75%	29%	6%	3	0	13%	6	0	6%	3	1	53%	0	0	0
2004	26	HOU	NL	89	296	3.33	201	68%	32%	11%	22%	34%	68%	0%	46%	83%	38%	4%	4	0	10%	9	1	3%	3	0	38%	0	0	0
2005	27	HOU	NL	83	272	3.28	201	74%	33%	12%	24%	30%	67%	0%	49%	82%	30%	4%	3	0	10%	8	1	4%	3	0	47%	0	0	0
2006	28	HOU	NL	91	338	3.71	228	67%	34%	11%	23%	31%	66%	0%	44%	83%	25%	3%	3	0	12%	11	2	8%	7	1	33%	-1	0	0
2007	29	HOU	NL	79	297	3.76	212	71%	40%	9%	25%	25%	60%	0%	43%	84%	27%	5%	4	0	10%	8	1	6%	5	3	52%	0	0	0
2008	30	HOU	NL	75	289	3.85	200	69%	38%	9%	25%	29%	62%	0%	43%	85%	23%	0%	0	0	1%	1	0	1%	1	1	56%	0	0	0
2009	31	HOU	NL	66	210	3.18	146	70%	34%	3%	25%	38%	66%	0%	46%	95%	26%	2%	1	0	11%	7	4	3%	2	1	63%	0	0	0
2010	32	TOT	NL	70	248	3.54	170	69%	36%	9%	24%	31%	64%	0%	44%	85%	27%	1%	1	0	7%	5	1	3%	2	0	47%	0	0	0
2010	32	HOU	NL	36	121	3.36	86	71%	36%	12%	24%	28%	64%	0%	45%	82%	31%	3%	1	0	11%	4	1	3%	1	0	45%	0	0	0
2010	32	PHI	NL	34	127	3.74	84	66%	36%	7%	23%	35%	64%	0%	43%	89%	24%	0%	0	0	3%	1	0	3%	1	0	50%	0	0	0
2011	33	PHI	NL	49	181	3.69	120	66%	41%	15%	18%	26%	59%	0%	39%	75%	20%	2%	1	0	8%	4	0	6%	3	2	43%	0	0	0
11 Yrs				790	2815	3.56	1943	69%	35%	11%	25%	30%	65%	0%	45%	83%	30%	3%	22	0	9%	72	16	5%	38	14	49%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
2001	23	28	51	47	3	9	1	0	3	1	12	.191	.208	.213	.421	7	10	0	0	3	0
2002	24	63	140	124	8	19	3	0	7	5	38	.153	.192	.177	.370	-4	22	0	1	10	0
2003	25	84	188	163	12	26	4	0	7	7	53	.160	.199	.184	.383	-1	30	0	1	17	0
2004	26	120	277	234	13	36	5	0	13	10	69	.154	.194	.175	.370	-4	41	1	2	30	1
2005	27	155	360	307	14	49	5	0	15	12	88	.160	.198	.176	.374	-2	54	1	3	37	1
2006	28	190	450	373	17	59	6	1	23	16	103	.158	.198	.182	.381	-1	68	3	3	57	1
2007	29	223	529	437	19	67	7	1	26	19	124	.153	.195	.176	.371	-3	77	4	4	68	1
2008	30	255	604	507	22	82	7	1	31	19	142	.162	.198	.181	.379	-1	92	4	4	73	1
2009	31	285	670	556	26	88	7	1	33	21	150	.158	.196	.176	.372	-2	98	5	5	87	1
2010	32	320	740	613	28	96	7	1	34	23	165	.157	.193	.173	.366	-3	106	6	5	98	1
2011	33	344	789	651	30	99	7	1	36	27	179	.152	.192	.167	.359	-5	109	6	5	105	1

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2001	23	28	51	47	3	9	1	0	3	1	12	.191	.208	.213	.421	2	28
2002	24	35	89	77	5	10	2	0	4	4	26	.130	.183	.156	.339	2	35
2003	25	21	49	40	5	8	1	0	0	2	15	.200	.238	.225	.463	2	21
2004	26	36	89	71	1	10	1	0	6	3	16	.141	.184	.155	.339	2	36
2005	27	35	84	74	1	14	0	0	2	2	19	.189	.221	.189	.410	3	35
2006	28	35	90	66	3	10	1	1	9	4	15	.152	.200	.212	.412	3	35
2007	29	33	76	62	1	6	1	0	2	2	21	.097	.138	.113	.251	1	33
2008	30	32	74	69	3	14	0	0	5	0	18	.203	.203	.203	.406	3	32
2009	31	30	66	49	4	6	0	0	2	2	8	.122	.173	.122	.296	1	30
2010	32	35	69	56	1	7	0	0	1	2	15	.125	.155	.125	.280	1	35
2011	33	24	51	39	4	4	0	0	4	5	14	.103	.205	.103	.307	1	24
11 Yrs		344	788	650	31	98	7	1	38	27	179	.151	.190	.166	.356	21	344
162 Game Avg.		162	371	306	15	46	3	0	18	13	84	.151	.190	.166	.356	10	344

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Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 2002 NL 6.7 (6th) 2006 NL 5.8 (7th) 2007 NL 6.3 (7th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 2004 NL 13 (6th) 2006 NL 20 (1st) 2009 NL 14 (4th) 2010 NL 11 (7th)

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