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Roy Oswalt

Roy Edward Oswalt (Wizard of Os)

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

Born: August 29, 1977 in Kosciusko, MS
High School: Weir (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
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 5 yrs/$71M (07-11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 10.149, Free Agent: 2012 [*], Agents: Robert Garber, previously: Barry Meister [*]
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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
2001 23 HOU NL 14 3 .824 2.73 28 20 4 3 1 0 141.2 126 48 43 13 24 2 144 6 0 0 575 170 1.059 8.0 0.8 1.5 9.1 6.00 CYA-5,MVP-22,RoY-2
2002 24 HOU NL 19 9 .679 3.01 35 34 0 0 0 0 233.0 215 86 78 17 62 4 208 5 0 3 956 144 1.189 8.3 0.7 2.4 8.0 3.35 CYA-4,MVP-23
2003 25 HOU NL 10 5 .667 2.97 21 21 0 0 0 0 127.1 116 48 42 15 29 0 108 5 0 1 514 148 1.139 8.2 1.1 2.0 7.6 3.72
2004 26 HOU NL 20 10 .667 3.49 36 35 0 2 2 0 237.0 233 100 92 17 62 5 206 11 1 5 983 125 1.245 8.8 0.6 2.4 7.8 3.32 CYA-3,MVP-23
2005 27 HOU NL 20 12 .625 2.94 35 35 0 4 1 0 241.2 243 85 79 18 48 3 184 8 1 5 1002 144 1.204 9.0 0.7 1.8 6.9 3.83 AS,CYA-4,MVP-23
2006 28 HOU NL 15 8 .652 2.98 33 32 1 2 0 0 220.2 220 76 73 18 38 4 166 6 1 1 896 150 1.169 9.0 0.7 1.5 6.8 4.37 AS,CYA-4
2007 29 HOU NL 14 7 .667 3.18 33 32 0 1 0 0 212.0 221 80 75 14 60 6 154 7 1 1 910 140 1.325 9.4 0.6 2.5 6.5 2.57 AS
2008 30 HOU NL 17 10 .630 3.54 32 32 0 3 2 0 208.2 199 89 82 23 47 2 165 10 0 1 862 119 1.179 8.6 1.0 2.0 7.1 3.51
2009 31 HOU NL 8 6 .571 4.12 30 30 0 3 0 0 181.1 183 83 83 19 42 4 138 8 0 4 757 100 1.241 9.1 0.9 2.1 6.8 3.29
2010 32 TOT NL 13 13 .500 2.76 33 32 0 2 2 0 211.2 162 70 65 19 55 2 193 5 1 2 837 146 1.025 6.9 0.8 2.3 8.2 3.51 CYA-6
2010 32 HOU NL 6 12 .333 3.42 20 20 0 1 1 0 129.0 109 52 49 13 34 2 120 2 1 2 521 117 1.109 7.6 0.9 2.4 8.4 3.53
2010 32 PHI NL 7 1 .875 1.74 13 12 0 1 1 0 82.2 53 18 16 6 21 0 73 3 0 0 316 234 0.895 5.8 0.7 2.3 7.9 3.48
2011 33 PHI NL 9 10 .474 3.69 23 23 0 0 0 0 139.0 153 60 57 10 33 2 93 5 0 3 594 105 1.338 9.9 0.6 2.1 6.0 2.82
11 Seasons 159 93 .631 3.21 339 326 5 20 8 0 2154.0 2071 825 769 183 500 34 1759 76 5 26 8886 133 1.194 8.7 0.8 2.1 7.3 3.52
162 Game Avg. 16 10 .631 3.21 35 33 1 2 1 0 220 212 84 79 19 51 3 180 8 1 3 909 133 1.194 8.7 0.8 2.1 7.3 3.52
HOU (10 yrs) 143 82 .636 3.24 303 291 5 19 7 0 1932.1 1865 747 696 167 446 32 1593 68 5 23 7976 133 1.196 8.7 0.8 2.1 7.4 3.57
PHI (2 yrs) 16 11 .593 2.96 36 35 0 1 1 0 221.2 206 78 73 16 54 2 166 8 0 3 910 133 1.173 8.4 0.6 2.2 6.7 3.07

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2001 23 HOU NL 141.2 20 48 92 0 .9 44 3.9 $ CYA-5,MVP-22,RoY-2
2002 24 HOU NL 233.0 34 86 147 -7 1.0 61 6.2 $300,000 CYA-4,MVP-23
2003 25 HOU NL 127.1 21 48 79 2 1.0 31 3.0 $500,000
2004 26 HOU NL 237.0 35 100 140 5 1.0 40 4.0 $3,250,000 CYA-3,MVP-23
2005 27 HOU NL 241.2 35 85 137 9 1.0 52 5.3 $5,900,000 AS,CYA-4,MVP-23
2006 28 HOU NL 220.2 32 76 123 12 1.0 47 4.7 $11,000,000 AS,CYA-4
2007 29 HOU NL 212.0 32 80 134 -4 1.1 54 5.6 $13,000,000 AS
2008 30 HOU NL 208.2 32 89 126 -1 .9 37 3.7 $13,000,000
2009 31 HOU NL 181.1 30 83 113 -7 1.0 30 3.1 $14,000,000
2010 32 HOU NL 129.0 20 52 74 -3 .9 22 2.3 $15,000,000 CYA-6
2010 32 PHI NL 82.2 12 18 45 1 1.0 27 2.8 $ CYA-6
2011 33 PHI NL 139.0 23 60 76 3 1.0 16 1.7 $16,000,000
11 Seasons 2154.0 326 825 1286 9 1.0 461 46.3 $91,950,000
HOU (10 yrs) 1932.1 291 747 1166 6 1.0 418 41.8 $75,950,000
PHI (2 yrs) 221.2 35 78 121 4 1.0 43 4.5 $16,000,000

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
2004 26 HOU NL NLDS W ATL 1 0 1.000 2.38 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.1 15 3 3 2 4 0 8 0 0 0 52 1.676 11.9 1.6 3.2 6.4 2.00
2004 26 HOU NL NLCS L STL 0 0 6.75 2 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 11 6 6 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 37 1.875 12.4 1.1 4.5 2.3 0.50
2005 27 HOU NL NLDS W ATL 1 0 1.000 3.68 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 6 3 3 0 2 0 7 1 0 0 30 1.091 7.4 0.0 2.5 8.6 3.50
2005 27 HOU NL NLCS W STL 2 0 1.000 1.29 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.0 8 2 2 1 4 0 12 2 0 0 56 0.857 5.1 0.6 2.6 7.7 3.00
2005 27 HOU NL WS L CHW 0 0 7.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 8 5 5 1 5 0 3 1 0 0 31 2.167 12.0 1.5 7.5 4.5 0.60
2010 32 PHI NL NLDS W CIN 0 0 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 4 3 2 1 0 5 0 0 1 22 1.200 9.0 3.6 1.8 9.0 5.00
2010 32 PHI NL NLCS L SFG 1 1 .500 1.84 3 2 1 0 0 0 14.2 14 4 3 1 3 0 14 1 0 0 60 1.159 8.6 0.6 1.8 8.6 4.67
2011 33 PHI NL NLDS L STL 0 1 .000 7.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 5 5 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 26 1.167 9.0 1.5 1.5 7.5 5.00
4 Seasons (8 Series) 5 2 .714 3.73 13 11 2 0 0 0 72.1 73 32 30 9 24 0 56 6 0 1 314 1.341 9.1 1.1 3.0 7.0 2.33
4 NLDS 2 1 .667 4.25 5 5 0 0 0 0 29.2 32 15 14 5 8 0 25 2 0 1 130 1.348 9.7 1.5 2.4 7.6 3.13
3 NLCS 3 1 .750 2.70 7 5 2 0 0 0 36.2 33 12 11 3 11 0 28 3 0 0 153 1.200 8.1 0.7 2.7 6.9 2.55
1 WS 0 0 7.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 8 5 5 1 5 0 3 1 0 0 31 2.167 12.0 1.5 7.5 4.5 0.60

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
2005 HOU NL 27 0 0 0 18.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
2006 HOU NL 28 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2007 HOU NL 29
3 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 0 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 9 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 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
2001 23 HOU NL 28 575 537 48 126 25 2 13 2 1 24 144 .235 .273 .361 .634 .294 194 12 6 4 4 2 9
2002 24 HOU NL 35 956 870 86 215 39 8 17 10 7 62 208 .247 .299 .369 .668 .304 321 22 5 12 7 4 8
2003 25 HOU NL 21 514 472 48 116 14 1 15 1 5 29 108 .246 .296 .375 .671 .289 177 11 5 7 1 0 5
2004 26 HOU NL 36 983 895 100 233 57 2 17 6 5 62 206 .260 .315 .385 .700 .320 345 21 11 11 4 5 5
2005 27 HOU NL 35 1002 927 85 243 48 8 18 3 4 48 184 .262 .302 .389 .691 .307 361 22 8 12 7 3 9
2006 28 HOU NL 33 896 836 76 220 55 4 18 5 6 38 166 .263 .299 .403 .702 .308 337 23 6 12 4 4 5
2007 29 HOU NL 33 910 833 80 221 51 5 14 5 1 60 154 .265 .319 .389 .708 .309 324 19 7 6 4 6 11
2008 30 HOU NL 32 862 788 89 199 35 3 23 1 1 47 165 .253 .300 .392 .692 .289 309 16 10 8 9 2 3
2009 31 HOU NL 30 757 690 83 183 43 3 19 2 1 42 138 .265 .313 .419 .732 .305 289 18 8 12 5 4 6
2010 32 HOU NL 20 521 476 52 109 25 2 13 10 2 34 120 .229 .280 .372 .652 .276 177 6 2 4 5 2 5
2010 32 PHI NL 13 316 285 18 53 11 2 6 5 4 21 73 .186 .248 .302 .550 .227 86 7 3 6 1 0 2
2010 32 TOT NL 33 837 761 70 162 36 4 19 15 6 55 193 .213 .268 .346 .614 .258 263 13 5 10 6 2 7
2011 33 PHI NL 23 594 546 60 153 37 2 10 11 0 33 93 .280 .325 .410 .736 .321 224 17 5 7 3 2 4
11 Seasons 339 8886 8155 825 2071 440 42 183 61 37 500 1759 .254 .301 .386 .687 .301 3144 194 76 101 54 34 72
162 Game Avg. 35 909 834 84 212 45 4 19 6 4 51 180 .254 .301 .386 .687 .301 321 20 8 10 6 3 7
MLB Averages .263 .331 .418 .750 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2001 23 HOU NL 27.8 2.8 578 2.1 9.8 -7.7 .88 2.6 -0.3 30.7 3.1 0.88 29.5 2 1 5
2002 24 HOU NL 32.1 3.4 975 3.6 18.0 -14.5 1.00 3.1 0.4 34.1 3.5 1.00 35.3 0 0 1
2003 25 HOU NL 18.5 1.9 520 1.7 9.3 -7.6 .96 1.7 0.0 18.1 1.9 0.96 20.1 0 0 0
2004 26 HOU NL 22.7 2.3 1000 1.4 17.3 -15.9 .97 2.9 -1.5 23.6 2.4 0.97 33.8 1 0 0
2005 27 HOU NL 34.9 3.7 1016 4.2 19.0 -14.8 1.00 3.2 1.0 33.4 3.5 1.00 34.4 0 0 0
2006 28 HOU NL 38.2 3.9 907 3.9 17.3 -13.4 1.00 3.5 0.4 41.2 4.3 1.00 38.8 1 0 0
2007 29 HOU NL 30.2 3.1 919 3.1 17.6 -14.5 1.05 2.1 0.8 29.3 3.0 1.05 23.5 1 0 0
2008 30 HOU NL 16.1 1.6 867 1.5 14.3 -12.8 .92 1.7 -0.1 20.0 2.1 0.92 20.9 0 0 0
2009 31 HOU NL 3.2 0.3 765 0.7 13.5 -12.8 1.03 1.4 -0.7 11.7 1.2 1.03 14.6 0 0 0
2010 32 TOT NL 28.5 3.1 858 3.6 14.8 -11.2 .93 3.1 0.8 32.9 3.6 0.93 33.6 0 1 0
2010 32 HOU NL 7.6 0.8 534 0.9 8.6 -7.7 .91 1.4 -0.4 9.7 1.0 0.91 15.0 0 0 0
2010 32 PHI NL 20.9 2.3 324 2.7 6.2 -3.5 .95 1.7 1.2 23.2 2.6 0.95 18.6 0 1 0
2011 33 PHI NL 3.8 0.4 612 0.0 10.2 -10.2 1.00 -0.3 0.3 3.1 0.3 1.00 -2.6 0 0 0
11 Seasons 255.7 26.5 9017 25.8 161.1 -135.3 .98 25.2 1.2 278.2 28.8 0.98 282.0 5 2 6

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
2001 23 HOU NL 28 20 12 2 6 0 0 16 4 .800 1 4 3 1 14 70% 60 86 14 10 4 1 8 6.5 6.9 6.4 93 3 9 7 1 125
2002 24 HOU NL 35 34 19 9 6 2 2 20 14 .588 2 1 0 0 24 71% 58 82 31 10 4 1 12 4.8 5.1 6.8 100 2 17 13 2 126
2003 25 HOU NL 21 21 10 5 6 2 3 13 8 .619 0 1 0 0 15 71% 57 78 31 2 0 0 11 4.9 5.5 6.1 92 3 8 10 0 119
2004 26 HOU NL 36 35 19 10 6 4 3 21 14 .600 0 3 2 2 22 63% 55 91 22 16 3 2 12 5.2 5.2 6.7 102 2 12 17 4 133
2005 27 HOU NL 35 35 20 12 3 3 6 22 13 .629 0 1 4 1 25 71% 57 86 15 18 1 0 10 4.1 3.8 6.9 103 0 12 20 3 130
2006 28 HOU NL 33 32 15 7 10 2 5 21 11 .656 4 2 2 0 25 78% 57 81 17 16 2 0 8 5.2 5.0 6.9 101 1 15 14 2 122
2007 29 HOU NL 33 32 14 7 11 2 2 19 13 .594 4 4 1 0 21 66% 54 78 18 14 2 2 10 4.7 4.4 6.6 103 1 9 21 1 120
2008 30 HOU NL 32 32 17 10 5 1 4 19 13 .594 0 5 3 2 22 69% 55 89 18 10 5 1 8 4.4 4.3 6.5 97 4 12 16 0 118
2009 31 HOU NL 30 30 8 6 16 1 2 16 14 .533 7 5 3 0 17 57% 53 85 16 12 11 1 10 5.0 4.7 6.0 93 5 12 12 1 126
2010 32 TOT NL 33 32 13 13 6 1 7 17 15 .531 2 1 2 2 24 75% 61 91 19 7 3 0 18 3.1 3.1 6.6 99 4 8 20 0 119
2010 32 HOU NL 20 20 6 12 2 0 7 7 13 .350 0 1 1 1 15 75% 58 91 19 4 1 0 12 2.3 2.4 6.5 98 3 5 12 0 119
2010 32 PHI NL 13 12 7 1 4 1 0 10 2 .833 2 0 1 1 9 75% 66 84 42 3 2 0 6 4.4 4.1 6.8 102 1 3 8 0 115
2011 33 PHI NL 23 23 9 10 4 0 2 11 13 .458 1 3 0 0 14 61% 51 75 24 3 0 1 11 4.2 3.7 6.0 94 4 10 9 0 116
11 Seasons 339 326 156 91 79 18 36 195 132 .596 21 30 20 8 223 68% 56 91 14 118 35 9 118 4.7 4.6 6.6 98 29 124 159 14 133
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 100 -12 4.7 4.7 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
2001 23 HOU NL 28 8 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 6 .875 2 1 5 1 2 5 2 6 5 0 5 1 5.3 27
2002 24 HOU NL 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .999 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 19
2004 26 HOU NL 36 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .973 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 13
2006 28 HOU NL 33 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .997 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 11
2007 29 HOU NL 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 7 1.055 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 3
2010 32 TOT NL 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .925 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 17
2010 32 PHI NL 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .952 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 17
2011 33 PHI NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .995 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
7 Seasons 201 13 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 20% .987 5 2 6 4 4 5 3 10 5 2 5 1 3.9 22

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%
2001 23 HOU NL 575 49% 2.3% 25.0% 4.2% 7.0% 32% 0.87 1.31 67% 27% 7.0% 9% 103 12 12%
2002 24 HOU NL 956 55% 1.8% 21.8% 6.5% 6.7% 30% 0.82 1.29 68% 26% 5.7% 15% 182 22 12%
2003 25 HOU NL 514 59% 2.9% 21.0% 5.6% 5.8% 26% 1.14 1.27 68% 13% 10.6% 16% 107 11 10%
2004 26 HOU NL 983 49% 1.7% 21.0% 6.3% 7.7% 33% 0.76 1.14 69% 21% 5.0% 12% 164 21 13%
2005 27 HOU NL 1002 53% 1.8% 18.4% 4.8% 7.4% 31% 1.01 1.42 73% 17% 5.3% 8% 168 22 13%
2006 28 HOU NL 896 56% 2.0% 18.5% 4.2% 8.6% 35% 0.97 1.46 73% 19% 6.1% 13% 142 23 16%
2007 29 HOU NL 910 48% 1.5% 16.9% 6.6% 7.7% 32% 1.16 1.66 74% 17% 5.1% 13% 170 19 11%
2008 30 HOU NL 862 50% 2.7% 19.1% 5.5% 7.1% 31% 1.02 1.48 71% 16% 8.3% 9% 153 16 10%
2009 31 HOU NL 757 52% 2.5% 18.2% 5.6% 8.6% 36% 0.81 1.17 71% 18% 7.5% 16% 142 18 13%
2010 32 TOT NL 837 53% 2.3% 23.1% 6.6% 7.1% 36% 0.86 1.14 66% 17% 7.3% 14% 106 13 12%
2010 32 HOU NL 521 54% 2.5% 23.0% 6.5% 7.7% 37% 0.79 1.02 67% 18% 7.6% 14% 70 6 9%
2010 32 PHI NL 316 53% 1.9% 23.1% 6.7% 6.0% 36% 0.99 1.38 66% 15% 6.7% 14% 36 7 19%
2011 33 PHI NL 594 53% 1.7% 15.7% 5.6% 8.3% 32% 0.85 1.05 75% 15% 5.0% 18% 98 17 17%
11 Seasons 8886 52% 2.1% 19.8% 5.6% 7.5% 32% 0.93 1.31 71% 19% 6.4% 13% 1535 194 13%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.3% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.79 1.07 70% 20% 7.8% 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
2001 23 HOU NL 575 2074 3.61 1442 70% 28% 17% 27% 28% 72% 1% 50% 76% 63% 2% 14 10 31% 178 124 13 26% 32 2 0 0 0
2002 24 HOU NL 956 3418 3.58 2365 69% 25% 17% 29% 29% 75% 1% 52% 77% 67% 3% 25 15 30% 291 200 23 27% 60 7 0 0 0
2003 25 HOU NL 514 1910 3.72 1281 67% 27% 15% 29% 29% 73% 0% 49% 80% 64% 5% 24 14 31% 161 99 9 27% 24 10 0 0 0
2004 26 HOU NL 983 3582 3.64 2368 66% 25% 16% 30% 30% 75% 2% 50% 79% 62% 4% 40 24 26% 260 141 9 27% 39 11 0 0 0
2005 27 HOU NL 1002 3600 3.59 2436 68% 28% 12% 29% 31% 72% 1% 49% 83% 63% 3% 34 17 30% 296 171 17 33% 48 14 0 0 0
2006 28 HOU NL 896 3245 3.62 2205 68% 27% 12% 29% 31% 73% 1% 49% 83% 65% 3% 31 17 31% 278 160 15 33% 29 10 0 0 0
2007 29 HOU NL 910 3301 3.63 2238 68% 27% 14% 29% 31% 73% 2% 49% 81% 67% 3% 29 19 33% 296 185 29 31% 31 5 0 0 0
2008 30 HOU NL 862 3090 3.58 2105 68% 27% 14% 29% 30% 73% 1% 50% 81% 64% 3% 29 17 27% 234 148 14 31% 34 10 0 0 0
2009 31 HOU NL 757 2781 3.67 1883 68% 26% 15% 28% 30% 74% 2% 50% 80% 65% 3% 24 13 31% 235 142 15 26% 31 7 0 0 0
2010 32 TOT NL 837 3192 3.81 2155 68% 30% 16% 27% 27% 70% 1% 47% 78% 65% 3% 26 13 34% 281 173 19 26% 38 11 0 0 0
2010 32 HOU NL 521 1957 3.76 1323 68% 31% 15% 27% 28% 69% 1% 47% 78% 66% 3% 17 8 34% 176 109 14 28% 22 7 0 0 0
2010 32 PHI NL 316 1235 3.91 832 67% 30% 16% 27% 26% 70% 0% 47% 77% 63% 3% 9 5 33% 105 64 5 23% 16 4 0 0 0
2011 33 PHI NL 594 2159 3.63 1428 66% 25% 14% 28% 32% 75% 1% 49% 81% 63% 4% 23 15 24% 143 84 13 16% 20 6 0 0 0
11 Seasons 8886 32352 3.64 21906 68% 27% 15% 29% 30% 73% 1% 50% 80% 65% 3% 299 174 30% 2653 1627 176 28% 386 93 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.77 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 59% 5% 22% 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
2001 23 HOU NL 575 126 6 1 13 0 13 8 5 7 6 26 9 9 35% 9 0 0 185 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0
2002 24 HOU NL 956 215 13 3 17 0 10 6 11 7 10 41 22 10 54% 8 3 1 359 10 7 59% 10 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 13 0
2003 25 HOU NL 514 116 14 2 15 0 4 12 3 5 10 24 12 4 50% 5 1 0 186 1 5 17% 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
2004 26 HOU NL 983 233 18 2 17 1 11 10 7 10 7 45 24 7 53% 5 5 1 347 6 5 55% 5 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 11 0
2005 27 HOU NL 1002 243 23 2 18 0 19 9 9 12 6 48 26 8 54% 9 5 0 349 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 0
2006 28 HOU NL 896 220 17 2 18 0 8 12 6 11 7 30 18 3 60% 5 1 0 319 5 6 45% 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
2007 29 HOU NL 910 221 24 3 14 0 21 9 5 5 9 37 14 10 38% 11 1 1 349 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2008 30 HOU NL 862 199 22 4 23 1 18 13 10 16 7 35 17 8 49% 3 1 1 304 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
2009 31 HOU NL 757 183 16 1 19 1 24 11 8 10 9 36 20 6 56% 6 4 1 261 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
2010 32 TOT NL 837 162 15 2 19 0 3 12 7 15 4 29 17 6 59% 7 2 0 269 15 6 71% 14 6 1 0 0 0 2 1 8 0
2010 32 HOU NL 521 109 10 0 13 0 2 6 7 10 3 20 13 3 65% 5 2 0 173 10 2 83% 9 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
2010 32 PHI NL 316 53 5 2 6 0 1 6 0 5 1 9 4 3 44% 2 0 0 96 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
2011 33 PHI NL 594 153 15 1 10 1 6 7 3 5 5 22 15 1 68% 4 3 3 234 11 0 100% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
11 Seasons 8886 2071 183 23 183 4 137 109 74 103 80 373 194 72 52% 72 26 8 3162 61 37 62% 58 34 3 3 0 0 8 4 120 0
MLB Averages 53% 71%

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+
2001 23 14 3 .824 2.73 28 20 4 3 1 0 141.2 126 48 43 13 24 2 144 6 0 0 575 170 1.059 8.0 0.8 1.5 9.1 6.00 170
2002 24 33 12 .733 2.91 63 54 4 3 1 0 374.2 341 134 121 30 86 6 352 11 0 3 1531 153 1.140 8.2 0.7 2.1 8.5 4.09 153
2003 25 43 17 .717 2.92 84 75 4 3 1 0 502.0 457 182 163 45 115 6 460 16 0 4 2045 152 1.139 8.2 0.8 2.1 8.2 4.00 152
2004 26 63 27 .700 3.11 120 110 4 5 3 0 739.0 690 282 255 62 177 11 666 27 1 9 3028 142 1.173 8.4 0.8 2.2 8.1 3.76 142
2005 27 83 39 .680 3.07 155 145 4 9 4 0 980.2 933 367 334 80 225 14 850 35 2 14 4030 142 1.181 8.6 0.7 2.1 7.8 3.78 142
2006 28 98 47 .676 3.05 188 177 5 11 4 0 1201.1 1153 443 407 98 263 18 1016 41 3 15 4926 144 1.179 8.6 0.7 2.0 7.6 3.86 144
2007 29 112 54 .675 3.07 221 209 5 12 4 0 1413.1 1374 523 482 112 323 24 1170 48 4 16 5836 143 1.201 8.7 0.7 2.1 7.5 3.62 143
2008 30 129 64 .668 3.13 253 241 5 15 6 0 1622.0 1573 612 564 135 370 26 1335 58 4 17 6698 140 1.198 8.7 0.7 2.1 7.4 3.61 140
2009 31 137 70 .662 3.23 283 271 5 18 6 0 1803.1 1756 695 647 154 412 30 1473 66 4 21 7455 135 1.202 8.8 0.8 2.1 7.4 3.58 135
2010 32 150 83 .644 3.18 316 303 5 20 8 0 2015.0 1918 765 712 173 467 32 1666 71 5 23 8292 136 1.184 8.6 0.8 2.1 7.4 3.57 136
2011 33 159 93 .631 3.21 339 326 5 20 8 0 2154.0 2071 825 769 183 500 34 1759 76 5 26 8886 133 1.194 8.7 0.8 2.1 7.3 3.52 133

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
2001 23 11 4 .733 2.41 142.0 119 42 38 12 23 145 6 1.000 7.5 1.5 9.2 6.30 0.8 28
2002 24 16 9 .640 2.93 227.0 210 82 74 17 61 202 5 1.194 8.3 2.4 8.0 3.31 0.7 35
2003 25 8 5 .615 2.93 123.0 113 44 40 15 28 104 5 1.146 8.3 2.0 7.6 3.71 1.1 21
2004 26 14 11 .560 3.42 229.0 226 97 87 16 60 199 11 1.249 8.9 2.4 7.8 3.32 0.6 36
2005 27 16 10 .615 3.04 234.0 243 88 79 18 48 178 8 1.244 9.3 1.8 6.8 3.71 0.7 35
2006 28 15 8 .652 2.92 213.0 213 77 69 17 37 160 6 1.174 9.0 1.6 6.8 4.32 0.7 33
2007 29 15 8 .652 3.00 210.0 215 78 70 14 58 153 7 1.300 9.2 2.5 6.6 2.64 0.6 33
2008 30 12 10 .545 3.61 202.0 199 90 81 23 47 160 10 1.218 8.9 2.1 7.1 3.40 1.0 32
2009 31 9 10 .474 4.34 174.0 185 93 84 19 42 132 8 1.305 9.6 2.2 6.8 3.14 1.0 30
2010 32 14 8 .636 2.97 203.0 166 74 67 19 56 185 5 1.094 7.4 2.5 8.2 3.30 0.8 33
2011 33 7 7 .500 4.16 132.0 158 68 61 10 34 89 5 1.455 10.8 2.3 6.1 2.62 0.7 23
11 Seasons 137 90 .604 3.23 2089.0 2047 833 750 180 494 1707 76 1.216 8.8 7.4 3.46 0.8 339

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2005 *
2006 *
2007

Awards (yr lg award)
2005 NL NLCS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2001 NL (22, 0%)
2002 NL (23, 0%)
2004 NL (23, 1%)
2005 NL (23, 1%)
0.02 Career Shares (1362nd)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2001 NL (5, 1%)
2002 NL (4, 5%)
2004 NL (3, 12%)
2005 NL (4, 1%)
2006 NL (4, 19%)
2010 NL (6, 6%)
0.44 Career Shares (109th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2002 NL  6.1 (9th)
Active  46.1 (26th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2001 NL  3.9 (9th)
2002 NL  6.2 (3rd)
2005 NL  5.3 (5th)
2006 NL  4.7 (4th)
2007 NL  5.6 (5th)
2010 NL  5.1 (6th)
Active  46.3 (7th)
Career  46.3 (94th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2002 NL  3.01 (5th)
2005 NL  2.94 (7th)
2006 NL  2.98 (1st)
2007 NL  3.18 (6th)
2010 NL  2.76 (5th)
Active  3.21 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
2002 NL  19 (3rd)
2004 NL  20 (1st)
2005 NL  20 (3rd)
2006 NL  15 (7th)
2008 NL  17 (3rd)
Active  159 (11th)
Career  159 (222nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2001 NL  .824 (1st)
2002 NL  .679 (8th)
2004 NL  .667 (10th)
2006 NL  .652 (7th)
2007 NL  .667 (7th)
Active  .631 (9th)
Career  .631 (54th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2002 NL  1.189 (6th)
2006 NL  1.169 (5th)
2008 NL  1.179 (9th)
2010 NL  1.025 (1st)
Active  1.194 (9th)
Career  1.194 (126th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 NL  6.888 (3rd)
Active  8.653 (24th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2002 NL  2.395 (10th)
2004 NL  2.354 (10th)
2005 NL  1.788 (6th)
2006 NL  1.550 (2nd)
2008 NL  2.027 (5th)
2009 NL  2.085 (8th)
2010 NL  2.339 (7th)
Active  2.089 (7th)
Career  2.089 (116th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2002 NL  8.034 (8th)
2004 NL  7.823 (9th)
Active  7.350 (28th)
Career  7.350 (70th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2002 NL  233.0 (3rd)
2004 NL  237.0 (3rd)
2005 NL  241.7 (2nd)
2006 NL  220.7 (8th)
2007 NL  212.0 (7th)
2008 NL  208.7 (10th)
Active  2,154.0 (14th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2002 NL  208 (5th)
2004 NL  206 (6th)
2010 NL  193 (10th)
Active  1,759 (10th)
Career  1,759 (96th)

Games Started s c a p y
2002 NL  34 (4th)
2004 NL  35 (1st)
2005 NL  35 (1st)
Active  326 (17th)
Career  326 (245th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2001 NL  3 (7th)
2004 NL  2 (7th)
2005 NL  4 (3rd)
2008 NL  3 (3rd)
2009 NL  3 (3rd)
2010 NL  2 (6th)
Active  20 (13th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2001 NL  1 (7th)
2004 NL  2 (3rd)
2005 NL  1 (8th)
2008 NL  2 (3rd)
2010 NL  2 (2nd)
Active  8 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
Active  183 (39th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Active  500 (38th)

Hits s c a p y
2002 NL  215 (9th)
2004 NL  233 (3rd)
2005 NL  243 (2nd)
2007 NL  221 (9th)
Active  2,071 (14th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2002 NL  3.355 (5th)
2004 NL  3.323 (6th)
2005 NL  3.833 (6th)
2006 NL  4.368 (1st)
2008 NL  3.511 (5th)
2010 NL  3.509 (6th)
Active  3.518 (7th)
Career  3.518 (18th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2002 NL  0.657 (5th)
2004 NL  0.646 (5th)
2005 NL  0.670 (6th)
2006 NL  0.734 (7th)
2007 NL  0.594 (7th)
Active  0.765 (12th)

Losses s c a p y
2010 NL  13 (6th)
Active  93 (29th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
Active  769 (33rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2004 NL  11 (6th)
Active  76 (22nd)
Career  76 (167th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2002 NL  956 (4th)
2004 NL  983 (2nd)
2005 NL  1,002 (2nd)
2007 NL  910 (10th)
Active  8,886 (17th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2002 NL  144 (3rd)
2005 NL  144 (6th)
2006 NL  150 (2nd)
2007 NL  140 (5th)
2010 NL  143 (5th)
Active  133 (6th)
Career  133 (29th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2001 NL  28 (6th)
2002 NL  32 (4th)
2005 NL  35 (5th)
2006 NL  38 (2nd)
2007 NL  30 (4th)
2010 NL  29 (6th)
Active  257 (5th)
Career  257 (46th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2001 NL  2.9 (6th)
2002 NL  3.4 (4th)
2005 NL  3.7 (5th)
2006 NL  3.9 (2nd)
2007 NL  3.1 (4th)
2010 NL  3.1 (6th)
Active  26.7 (4th)
Career  26.7 (46th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2001 NL  30.71 (5th)
2002 NL  34.14 (3rd)
2005 NL  33.37 (7th)
2006 NL  41.21 (1st)
2007 NL  29.34 (7th)
2010 NL  32.88 (6th)
Active  278.20 (5th)
Career  278.20 (30th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2002 NL  3.6 (6th)
2005 NL  4.2 (5th)
2006 NL  3.9 (2nd)
2007 NL  3.1 (5th)
2010 NL  3.6 (9th)
Active  25.8 (6th)
Career  25.8 (38th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2001 NL  2.6 (8th)
2002 NL  3.1 (4th)
2004 NL  2.9 (7th)
2005 NL  3.2 (7th)
2006 NL  3.5 (3rd)
2007 NL  2.1 (10th)
2010 NL  3.1 (5th)
Active  25.2 (5th)
Career  25.2 (34th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2001 NL  3.1 (5th)
2002 NL  3.5 (3rd)
2005 NL  3.5 (7th)
2006 NL  4.3 (1st)
2007 NL  3.0 (7th)
2010 NL  3.6 (6th)
Active  28.8 (5th)
Career  28.8 (34th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 - 13 (168), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 121 (155), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 62 (207), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 35 (99), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Don Newcombe (931)
  2. Ron Guidry (931)
  3. Chris Carpenter (925)
  4. Bret Saberhagen (918)
  5. Roy Halladay (916)
  6. Dizzy Dean (911) *
  7. Tim Hudson (908)
  8. Johan Santana (908)
  9. CC Sabathia (906)
  10. Freddy Garcia (898)
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Similar Pitchers through 33 
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  1. Roy Halladay (950)
  2. John Candelaria (947)
  3. Jimmy Key (940)
  4. Jim Bunning (932) *
  5. Bret Saberhagen (926)
  6. Tim Hudson (922)
  7. Mike Mussina (922)
  8. Kevin Brown (919)
  9. John Smoltz (918)
  10. David Cone (917)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Vance Worley (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. David Palmer (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Tim Lincecum (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mike Mussina (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tim Hudson (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike Mussina (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mike Mussina (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mike Mussina (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Roy Halladay (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Roy Halladay (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Roy Halladay (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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