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John Patterson

John Hollis Patterson

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

Born: January 30, 1978 in Orange, TX
High School: West Orange Stark HS (West Orange, TX)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed November 7, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 2002
Teams (by GP): Nationals/Diamondbacks/Expos 2002-2007
Agents: Casey Close, previously: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: May 5, 2007
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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
1997	19	SBN	A	1	9	.100	3.23	18	18	0	0	0	0	78.0	63	32	28	3	34	0	95	5	0	8	327		1.244	7.3	0.3	3.9	11.0	2.79	SBN · MIDW
1998	20	ARI-min	A+	8	7	.533	2.83	25	25	0	0	0	0	127.0	102	54	40	12	42	0	148	4	0	5	519		1.134	7.2	0.9	3.0	10.5	3.52	HDS · CALL
1999	21	ARI-min	AA,AAA	9	11	.450	5.30	25	24	0	2	0	0	130.2	141	87	77	19	60	0	146	0	0	3	577		1.538	9.7	1.3	4.1	10.1	2.43	ELP,TUC · TL,PCL
2000	22	ARI-min	AAA	0	2	.000	7.80	3	2	0	0	0	0	15.0	21	14	13	1	9	0	10	0	0	2	76		2.000	12.6	0.6	5.4	6.0	1.11	TUC · PCL
2001	23	ARI-min	AAA,AA,A+	3	9	.250	5.45	20	19	0	0	0	0	102.1	121	71	62	14	43	3	68	5	1	3	465		1.603	10.6	1.2	3.8	6.0	1.58	TUC,ELP,LNR · PCL,TL,CALL
2002	24	ARI-min	AAA	10	5	.667	4.23	19	18	0	0	0	0	112.2	117	59	53	14	45	1	104	4	0	6	496		1.438	9.3	1.1	3.6	8.3	2.31	TUC · PCL
2002	24	ARI	NL	2	0	1.000	3.23	7	5	1	0	0	0	30.2	27	11	11	7	7	0	31	1	0	2	123	142	1.109	7.9	2.1	2.1	9.1	4.43
2003	25	ARI-min	AAA	10	5	.667	2.63	18	18	0	2	2	0	109.1	100	48	32	6	43	0	74	5	0	6	474		1.308	8.2	0.5	3.5	6.1	1.72	TUC · PCL
2003	25	ARI	NL	1	4	.200	6.05	16	8	3	0	0	1	55.0	61	39	37	7	30	5	43	2	0	4	252	78	1.655	10.0	1.1	4.9	7.0	1.43
2004	26	WSN-min	A+,AA	0	0		0.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.2	3	0	0	0	3	0	16	0	0	0	41		0.514	2.3	0.0	2.3	12.3	5.33	BRE,HRB · FLOR,EL
2004	26	MON	NL	4	7	.364	5.03	19	19	0	0	0	0	98.1	100	58	55	18	46	4	99	8	0	0	445	90	1.485	9.2	1.6	4.2	9.1	2.15
2005	27	WSN	NL	9	7	.563	3.13	31	31	0	2	1	0	198.1	172	71	69	19	65	11	185	5	1	9	817	130	1.195	7.8	0.9	2.9	8.4	2.85
2006	28	WSN-min	A+,AAA	0	1	.000	4.05	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.1	16	9	6	2	4	0	14	1	0	1	62		1.500	10.8	1.4	2.7	9.4	3.50	POT,NOR · CARL,PCL
2006	28	WSN	NL	1	2	.333	4.43	8	8	0	0	0	0	40.2	36	21	20	4	9	1	42	3	0	0	170	97	1.107	8.0	0.9	2.0	9.3	4.67
2007	29	WSN-min	A+	0	0		6.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.1	6	4	4	2	5	0	2	0	0	1	26		2.062	10.1	3.4	8.4	3.4	0.40	POT · CARL
2007	29	WSN	NL	1	5	.167	7.47	7	7	0	0	0	0	31.1	39	26	26	5	22	1	15	0	0	4	152	57	1.947	11.2	1.4	6.3	4.3	0.68
6 Yrs				18	25	.419	4.32	88	78	4	2	1	1	454.1	435	226	218	60	179	22	415	19	1	19	1959	100	1.351	8.6	1.2	3.5	8.2	2.32
162 Game Avg.				7	10	.419	4.32	36	32	2	1	0	0	186	178	93	89	25	73	9	170	8	0	8	802	100	1.351	8.6	1.2	3.5	8.2	2.32

WSN (4 yrs)				15	21	.417	4.15	65	65	0	2	1	0	368.2	347	176	170	46	142	17	341	16	1	13	1584	102	1.326	8.5	1.1	3.5	8.3	2.40
ARI (2 yrs)				3	4	.429	5.04	23	13	4	0	0	1	85.2	88	50	48	14	37	5	74	3	0	6	375	92	1.459	9.2	1.5	3.9	7.8	2.00

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
2002	24	ARI	NL	30.2	7	5	11	3.23	4.59	-0.02	0.13	104.5	4.96	6	0.6	.3	-0.0	0.8	9	.592	.504	$
2003	25	ARI	NL	55.0	16	8	39	6.38	4.59	-0.18	0.05	109.1	5.26	-7	-0.7	.5	-0.0	-0.3	-1	.456	.496	$
2004	26	MON	NL	98.1	19	19	58	5.31	4.67	0.25	0.18	102.6	4.72	-7	-0.7		-0.1	0.0	3	.464	.496	$310,000
2005	27	WSN	NL	198.1	31	31	71	3.22	4.61	-0.02	0.17	95.0	4.56	29	3.2		-0.1	4.6	49	.604	.520	$322,500
2006	28	WSN	NL	40.2	8	8	21	4.65	5.07	-0.21	0.20	94.2	5.17	2	0.2		-0.0	0.5	7	.531	.502	$450,000
2007	29	WSN	NL	31.1	7	7	26	7.47	4.95	-0.12	0.20	93.8	4.95	-9	-0.8		-0.0	-0.6	-6	.389	.495	$850,000
6 Seasons				454.1	88	78	226	4.48	4.69	-0.00	0.16	98.8	4.79	15	2.0	.5	-0.3	5.0	60	.522	.502	$1,932,500

WSN (4 yrs)				368.2	65	65	176	4.30	4.71	0.02	0.18	96.8	4.70	16	2.0		-0.2	4.5	53	.531	.503	$1,932,500
ARI (2 yrs)				85.2	23	13	50	5.25	4.59	-0.12	0.08	107.4	5.15	-1	-0.1	.5	-0.1	0.5	7	.498	.500	$

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
2002	24	ARI	NL	7	123	115	11	27	4	0	7	2	0	7	31	.235	.285	.452	.737	.260	52	1	1	0	0	0	0
2003	25	ARI	NL	16	252	217	39	61	18	3	7	7	1	30	43	.281	.371	.488	.859	.320	106	2	2	1	2	5	1
2004	26	MON	NL	19	445	385	58	100	20	2	18	9	3	46	99	.260	.349	.462	.812	.304	178	2	8	4	2	4	3
2005	27	WSN	NL	31	817	738	71	172	33	1	19	26	11	65	185	.233	.298	.358	.656	.284	264	8	5	5	4	11	2
2006	28	WSN	NL	8	170	152	21	36	9	2	4	8	0	9	42	.237	.286	.401	.687	.291	61	1	3	2	4	1	2
2007	29	WSN	NL	7	152	126	26	39	10	1	5	7	1	22	15	.310	.409	.524	.933	.318	66	2	0	3	1	1	1
6 Yrs				88	1959	1733	226	435	94	9	60	59	16	179	415	.251	.326	.420	.745	.295	727	16	19	15	13	22	9
162 Game Avg.				36	802	710	93	178	39	4	25	24	7	73	170	.251	.326	.420	.745	.295	298	7	8	6	5	9	4
MLB Averages																.266	.334	.423	.757	.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
2002	24	ARI	NL	4.7	0.5	127	0.3	2.2	-1.9	.89	0.2	0.2	4.1	0.4	0.89	2.7	0	0	2
2003	25	ARI	NL	-7.2	-0.7	264	-0.6	3.5	-4.1	.83	-0.7	-0.1	-9.9	-0.9	0.83	-9.7	1	2	4
2004	26	MON	NL	-4.3	-0.4	459	-0.6	7.1	-7.8	.93	-0.9	0.2	-5.6	-0.5	0.93	-10.5	0	0	0
2005	27	WSN	NL	23.2	2.4	859	3.1	15.9	-12.8	1.06	2.1	0.8	25.4	2.7	1.06	22.4	0	0	0
2006	28	WSN	NL	-0.2	-0.0	179	0.2	3.0	-2.7	.98	0.2	-0.0	1.1	0.1	0.98	2.2	0	0	0
2007	29	WSN	NL	-10.7	-1.0	164	-0.5	2.6	-3.2	1.08	-1.0	0.5	-7.7	-0.7	1.08	-11.4	0	0	0
6 Yrs				5.5	0.8	2052	1.8	34.3	-32.5	.99	-0.0	1.8	7.4	1.1	0.99	-4.3	1	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
2002	24	ARI	NL	7	5	2	0	3	1	0	4	1	.800	0	1	0	0	3	60%	56.4	76	14	2	0	0	3	8.8	7.7	5.5	93	0	4	1	0	113
2003	25	ARI	NL	16	8	1	4	3	0	1	4	4	.500	0	2	0	0	2	25%	40.6	59	30	6	2	0	4	5.0	3.0	5.2	93	2	3	3	0	110
2004	26	MON	NL	19	19	4	7	8	0	0	7	12	.368	1	4	0	0	6	32%	48.2	78	26	20	6	0	10	4.2	4.5	5.2	95	1	10	8	0	119
2005	27	WSN	NL	31	31	9	7	15	1	3	17	14	.548	3	5	2	1	19	61%	57.6	92	19	23	4	2	12	3.8	3.4	6.4	102	3	5	23	0	119
2006	28	WSN	NL	8	8	1	2	5	0	1	4	4	.500	1	3	0	0	4	50%	53.1	84	27	1	1	0	4	5.1	2.4	5.1	81	3	3	2	0	108
2007	29	WSN	NL	7	7	1	5	1	0	0	1	6	.143	1	0	0	0	1	14%	37.9	61	20	9	7	0	4	2.3	1.7	4.5	82	3	3	1	0	101
6 Yrs				88	78	18	25	35	2	5	37	41	.474	6	15	2	1	35	45%	51	92	14	61	20	2	37	4.3	3.7	5.6	95	12	28	38	0	119
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	100	-12					4.8	4.8	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	SVOpp	SV	SV%	SVSit	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Empt	>3o	IPmult	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2002	24	ARI	NL	7	2	1	0	0		0	3	.887	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	1	1	4.5	26
2003	25	ARI	NL	16	8	3	1	1	100%	1	6	.835	1	2	4	3	1	4	8	6	6	5.0	32
2 Yrs				23	10	4	1	1	100%	1		.852	1	2	6	3	1	6	10	7	7	4.9	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%
2002	24	ARI	NL	123	52%	5.7%	25.2%	5.7%	8.9%	41%	0.36	0.39	63%	29%	13.7%	9%	18	1	6%
2003	25	ARI	NL	252	56%	2.8%	17.1%	11.9%	11.1%	46%	0.53	0.68	67%	24%	6.9%	11%	35	2	6%
2004	26	MON	NL	445	56%	4.0%	22.3%	10.3%	9.0%	40%	0.49	0.62	61%	19%	10.7%	10%	68	2	3%
2005	27	WSN	NL	817	50%	2.3%	22.6%	8.0%	6.5%	31%	0.43	0.52	66%	18%	5.9%	17%	131	8	6%
2006	28	WSN	NL	170	55%	2.4%	24.7%	5.3%	8.8%	42%	0.43	0.43	65%	16%	5.6%	9%	26	1	4%
2007	29	WSN	NL	152	51%	3.3%	9.9%	14.5%	10.5%	41%	0.56	0.81	70%	20%	7.9%	13%	27	2	7%
6 Yrs				1959	53%	3.1%	21.2%	9.1%	8.3%	38%	0.46	0.56	65%	20%	7.7%	13%	305	16	5%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.8%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	0.79	1.08	70%	20%	7.8%	12%			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
2002	24	ARI	NL	123	516	4.20	326	63%	28%	17%	29%	26%	72%	0%	45%	76%	59%	2%	2	1	19%	23	10	1	35%	5	1	0	0	0
2003	25	ARI	NL	252	1000	3.97	596	60%	32%	13%	26%	30%	68%	5%	40%	81%	55%	8%	19	9	22%	56	27	1	33%	8	5	0	0	0
2004	26	MON	NL	446	1812	4.06	1147	63%	27%	14%	33%	25%	73%	2%	46%	80%	58%	6%	26	18	26%	117	72	9	34%	20	4	-1	0	0
2005	27	WSN	NL	820	3177	3.87	2047	64%	26%	16%	30%	27%	74%	4%	47%	78%	59%	5%	39	22	24%	200	117	8	38%	37	7	-3	0	0
2006	28	WSN	NL	170	650	3.82	421	65%	30%	15%	27%	28%	70%	2%	45%	78%	60%	6%	10	7	28%	48	27	4	40%	11	2	0	0	0
2007	29	WSN	NL	152	571	3.76	324	57%	31%	10%	23%	35%	69%	2%	39%	86%	49%	9%	13	9	16%	25	12	2	27%	2	3	0	0	0
6 Yrs				1963	7726	3.94	4861	63%	28%	15%	29%	28%	72%	3%	45%	79%	58%	6%	109	66	24%	469	265	25	36%	83	22	-4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.75		63%	27%	14%	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
2002	24	ARI	NL	123	27	4	0	7	0	0	2	5	2	5	1	0	1	0%	0	2	0	40	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2003	25	ARI	NL	252	61	2	0	7	0	6	5	2	4	3	7	6	0	86%	1	4	0	96	7	1	88%	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
2004	26	MON	NL	445	100	8	5	18	0	7	16	2	7	11	11	5	4	45%	3	0	0	168	9	3	75%	8	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
2005	27	WSN	NL	817	172	7	1	19	1	15	10	9	10	9	19	10	6	53%	2	9	0	289	26	11	70%	24	10	2	1	0	0	2	2	19	0
2006	28	WSN	NL	170	36	2	0	4	0	4	2	2	0	4	10	5	0	50%	2	0	1	56	8	0	100%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
2007	29	WSN	NL	152	39	2	0	5	0	5	3	2	2	3	17	5	2	29%	1	4	0	57	7	1	88%	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
6 Yrs				1959	435	25	6	60	1	37	38	22	25	35	65	31	13	48%	9	19	1	706	59	16	79%	55	15	4	1	0	0	3	3	42	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+
2002	24	2	0	1.000	3.23	7	5	1	0	0	0	30.2	27	11	11	7	7	0	31	1	0	2	123	142	1.109	7.9	2.1	2.1	9.1	4.43	142
2003	25	3	4	.429	5.04	23	13	4	0	0	1	85.2	88	50	48	14	37	5	74	3	0	6	375	92	1.459	9.2	1.5	3.9	7.8	2.00	92
2004	26	7	11	.389	5.04	42	32	4	0	0	1	184.0	188	108	103	32	83	9	173	11	0	6	820	91	1.473	9.2	1.6	4.1	8.5	2.08	91
2005	27	16	18	.471	4.05	73	63	4	2	1	1	382.1	360	179	172	51	148	20	358	16	1	15	1637	107	1.329	8.5	1.2	3.5	8.4	2.42	107
2006	28	17	20	.459	4.09	81	71	4	2	1	1	423.0	396	200	192	55	157	21	400	19	1	15	1807	106	1.307	8.4	1.2	3.3	8.5	2.55	106
2007	29	18	25	.419	4.32	88	78	4	2	1	1	454.1	435	226	218	60	179	22	415	19	1	19	1959	100	1.351	8.6	1.2	3.5	8.2	2.32	100

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
2002	24	2	1	.667	3.00	30.0	26	11	10	7	7	30	1	1.100	7.8	2.1	9.0	4.29	2.1	7
2003	25	2	4	.333	5.40	55.0	57	37	33	7	28	43	2	1.545	9.3	4.6	7.0	1.54	1.1	16
2004	26	5	6	.455	4.55	99.0	95	56	50	17	44	100	8	1.404	8.6	4.0	9.1	2.27	1.5	19
2005	27	12	9	.571	3.36	190.0	175	79	71	19	66	178	5	1.268	8.3	3.1	8.4	2.70	0.9	31
2006	28	2	2	.500	4.17	41.0	35	21	19	4	9	42	3	1.073	7.7	2.0	9.2	4.67	0.9	8
2007	29	1	2	.333	7.80	30.0	39	29	26	5	22	15	0	2.033	11.7	6.6	4.5	0.68	1.5	7
6 Yrs		24	24	.500	4.23	445.0	427	233	209	59	176	408	19	1.355	8.6		8.3	2.32	1.2	88

* 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

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 2005 NL 4.6 (9th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 2005 NL 3.13 (9th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 2005 NL 7.805 (9th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 2005 NL 8.395 (8th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 2005 NL 185 (10th)	Shutouts s c a p y 2005 NL 1 (8th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 2005 NL 9 (5th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 2005 NL 130 (10th)
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 2005 NL 25.37 (10th)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 2005 NL 2.7 (9th)

† 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

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 11 (1423), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Steve Karsay (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Stoddard (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Stoddard (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Scott Kamieniecki (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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