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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-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #164. Bob Friend… #165. Charlie Root… #166. Billy Wagner… #167. ROY OSWALT… #168. George Uhle… #169. Tim Hudson… #170. Brandon Webb… 

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
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

Standard Batting

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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
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 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 14 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 NL 23 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 Seasons 343 789 651 30 99 7 0 1 36 0 0 27 179 .152 .192 .167 .359 -5 109 6 5 105 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 373 307 14 47 3 0 0 17 0 0 13 85 .152 .192 .167 .359 -5 51 3 2 50 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) 38 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2001 23 HOU NL 51 -7 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1 CYA-5,MVP-22,RoY-2
2002 24 HOU NL 89 -12 0 0 0 0 9 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $300,000 1 CYA-4,MVP-23
2003 25 HOU NL 48 -5 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $500,000 1
2004 26 HOU NL 89 -12 0 -1 0 0 9 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $3,250,000 1 CYA-3,MVP-23
2005 27 HOU NL 83 -9 0 0 0 0 8 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $5,900,000 1 AS,CYA-4,MVP-23
2006 28 HOU NL 90 -9 0 -1 0 0 9 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $11,000,000 1 AS,CYA-4
2007 29 HOU NL 79 -11 0 0 0 0 8 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $13,000,000 1 AS
2008 30 HOU NL 75 -9 0 0 0 0 8 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $13,000,000 1
2009 31 HOU NL 66 -8 -0 0 -0 0 6 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $14,000,000 1
2010 32 HOU NL 36 -4 0 -0 -0 0 4 1 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $15,000,000 1 CYA-6
2010 32 PHI NL 34 -5 0 0 0 0 4 1 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $ 1/7 CYA-6
2011 33 PHI NL 49 -7 -1 0 0 0 5 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $16,000,000 1
11 Seasons 789 -98 -1 -2 -0 0 80 18 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.2 0.0 $91,950,000
HOU (10 yrs) 706 -86 -0 -2 -0 0 72 16 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $75,950,000
PHI (2 yrs) 83 -12 -1 0 0 0 8 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $16,000,000

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 Seasons (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

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2001 HOU NL 23 P 28 20 3 141.2 35 19 15 1 1 .971 2.16 1.21 .959 1.75 1.73 2 1 33% 1 CYA-5,MVP-22,RoY-2
2002 HOU NL 24 P 35 34 0 233.0 52 13 38 1 3 .981 1.97 1.46 .963 1.83 1.81 10 7 41% 1 CYA-4,MVP-23
2003 HOU NL 25 P 21 21 0 127.1 23 10 13 0 1 1.000 -1 -2 1.63 1.10 .957 1.84 1.83 1 5 83% 1
2004 HOU NL 26 P 36 35 2 237.0 49 14 32 3 3 .939 3 3 1.75 1.28 .965 1.84 1.82 6 5 45% 1 CYA-3,MVP-23
2005 HOU NL 27 P 35 35 4 241.2 50 19 31 0 2 1.000 1 1 1.86 1.43 .960 1.75 1.73 3 4 57% 1 AS,CYA-4,MVP-23
2006 HOU NL 28 P 33 32 2 220.2 44 15 28 1 4 .977 1 1 1.75 1.30 .958 1.72 1.71 5 6 55% 0 AS,CYA-4
2007 HOU NL 29 P 33 32 1 212.0 56 20 36 0 3 1.000 2 2 2.38 1.70 .965 1.68 1.67 5 1 17% 0 AS
2008 HOU NL 30 P 32 32 3 208.2 54 24 30 0 4 1.000 3 3 2.33 1.69 .959 1.73 1.72 1 1 50% 0
2009 HOU NL 31 P 30 30 3 181.1 40 11 29 0 1 1.000 2 2 1.99 1.33 .955 1.72 1.70 2 1 33% 0
2010 TOT NL 32 P 33 32 2 211.2 46 11 33 2 2 .957 -1 0 1.87 1.33 .954 1.73 1.72 15 6 29% 1 CYA-6
2010 HOU NL 32 P 20 20 1 129.0 25 6 17 2 1 .920 0 0 1.60 1.15 .954 1.73 1.72 10 2 17% 0
2010 PHI NL 32 P 13 12 1 82.2 21 5 16 0 1 1.000 -1 -2 2.29 1.62 .954 1.73 1.72 5 4 44% 1
2010 PHI NL 32 LF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 60 0 4.50 1.00 .980 1.80 1.80 CYA-6
2010 PHI NL 32 OF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 60 0 4.50 1.00 .990 2.25 2.20 CYA-6
2011 PHI NL 33 P 23 24 0 139.0 24 5 18 1 5 .958 -3 -4 1.49 1.00 .955 1.80 1.79 11 0 0% 0
11 Seasons P 339 327 20 2154.0 473 161 303 9 29 .981 7 0 1.94 1.37 .960 1.76 1.75 61 37 38% 6
1 Season OF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 60 0 4.50 1.00 .990 2.25 2.20
1 Season LF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 60 0 4.50 1.00 .980 1.80 1.80
11 Seasons TOT 340 327 20 2156.0 474 162 303 9 29 .981 0 7 0 4 1.94 1.37 .960 1.76 1.75 61 37 38% 6
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2004 NL  13 (6th)
2006 NL  20 (1st)
2009 NL  14 (4th)
2010 NL  11 (7th)
Active  105 (4th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
2001 NL  19 (3rd)
2007 NL  20 (5th)
2008 NL  24 (1st)
Active  161 (14th)

Assists as P s c a p y
Active  303 (12th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
2004 NL  3 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
2007 NL  1.70 (4th)
2008 NL  1.69 (5th)
Active  1.37 (13th)

             

† 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)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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
Similar Batters 
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  1. Kirk Rueter (995)
  2. Sam Jones (989)
  3. Joe Dobson (988)
  4. Ramon Martinez (986)
  5. Johnny Vander Meer (984)
  6. Larry Jansen (984)
  7. Sam McDowell (984)
  8. Cy Falkenberg (983)
  9. Frank Sullivan (983)
  10. Tom Browning (982)
Similar Batters through 33 
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  1. Kirk Rueter (994)
  2. Bob Welch (987)
  3. Ramon Martinez (986)
  4. Ron Reed (986)
  5. Larry Jansen (984)
  6. Denny Galehouse (983)
  7. Frank Sullivan (983)
  8. Dummy Taylor (982)
  9. Tom Browning (982)
  10. Ken Raffensberger (980)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Steve Blass (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ralph Terry (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Carl Erskine (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Kirk Rueter (994)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200224Houston Astros$300,0004/3/02 AP
200325Houston Astros$500,0004/3/03 AP
200426Houston Astros$3,250,0004/7/04 AP
200527Houston Astros$5,900,000
200628Houston Astros$11,000,000
200729Houston Astros$13,000,000
200830Houston Astros$13,000,000
200931Houston Astros$14,000,000
201032Houston Astros$15,000,000 $4M paid by Houston Astros ((estimated))
201133Philadelphia Phillies$16,000,000 $7M paid by Houston Astros ((estimated))
2012 Statusnot updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)$91,950,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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