Mike Pelfrey
Michael Alan Pelfrey
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 14, 1984 in Wright Patterson AFB, OH
High School: Wichita Heights (Wichita, KS)
School: Wichita State University
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed January 10, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 8, 2006
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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
2006 22 NYM NL 2 1 .667 5.48 4 4 0 0 0 0 21.1 25 14 13 1 12 0 13 3 0 2 99 79 1.734 10.5 0.4 5.1 5.5 1.08
2007 23 NYM NL 3 8 .273 5.57 15 13 0 0 0 0 72.2 85 47 45 6 39 1 45 9 0 3 342 77 1.706 10.5 0.7 4.8 5.6 1.15
2008 24 NYM NL 13 11 .542 3.72 32 32 0 2 0 0 200.2 209 86 83 12 64 1 110 13 0 2 851 113 1.360 9.4 0.5 2.9 4.9 1.72
2009 25 NYM NL 10 12 .455 5.03 31 31 0 0 0 0 184.1 213 112 103 18 66 8 107 7 6 1 824 82 1.514 10.4 0.9 3.2 5.2 1.62
4 Seasons 28 32 .467 4.58 82 80 0 2 0 0 479.0 532 259 244 37 181 10 275 32 6 8 2116 91 1.489 10.0 0.7 3.4 5.2 1.52
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .467 4.58 34 34 0 1 0 0 201 223 109 102 16 76 4 115 13 3 3 888 91 1.489 10.0 0.7 3.4 5.2 1.52

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
2006 22 NYM NL 4 99 82 14 25 6 0 1 2 1 12 13 .305 .408 .415 .823 .348 34 4 3 1 1 0
2007 23 NYM NL 15 342 285 47 85 14 2 6 8 0 39 45 .298 .396 .425 .820 .333 121 7 9 6 3 1
2008 24 NYM NL 32 851 758 86 209 45 4 12 5 6 64 110 .276 .340 .393 .734 .307 298 29 13 11 5 1
2009 25 NYM NL 31 824 739 112 213 39 5 18 16 6 66 107 .288 .350 .428 .778 .316 316 15 7 8 4 8
4 Seasons 82 2116 1864 259 532 104 11 37 31 13 181 275 .285 .356 .413 .769 .316 769 55 32 26 13 10
162 Game Avg. 34 888 782 109 223 44 5 16 13 5 76 115 .285 .356 .413 .769 .316 323 23 13 11 5 4
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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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
2006 22 NYM NL 4 4 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 1 25% 43 50 33 1 1 0 3 8.7 9.5 5.3 94 0 3 1 0 104
2007 23 NYM NL 15 13 3 8 2 2 1 4 9 .308 0 2 0 0 3 23% 43 70 19 13 3 0 9 4.1 2.8 5.3 94 1 9 3 0 106
2008 24 NYM NL 32 32 13 11 8 4 5 17 15 .531 4 2 2 0 19 59% 51 77 21 15 6 0 12 5.1 5.2 6.3 104 1 10 21 0 119
2009 25 NYM NL 31 31 10 12 9 4 3 15 16 .484 1 5 0 0 15 48% 45 72 8 20 6 0 17 4.1 4.2 5.9 102 1 11 19 0 118
4 Seasons 82 80 28 32 20 11 9 38 42 .475 5 9 2 0 38 48% 47 77 8 49 16 0 41 4.7 4.6 5.9 101 3 33 44 0 119
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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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
2007 23 NYM NL 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 5 0.943 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 5.0 30
1 Season 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0.943 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 5.0 30

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
2006 22 NYM NL 99 44% 1.0% 13.1% 12.1% 7.1% 28% 0.94 1.50 70% 24% 2.9% 3% 23 4 17%
2007 23 NYM NL 342 48% 1.8% 13.2% 11.4% 6.4% 26% 0.97 1.34 69% 20% 5.8% 15% 72 7 10%
2008 24 NYM NL 851 50% 1.4% 12.9% 7.5% 7.2% 29% 0.99 1.45 75% 18% 4.2% 12% 149 29 19%
2009 25 NYM NL 824 58% 2.2% 13.0% 8.0% 7.5% 29% 1.06 1.43 75% 19% 6.6% 11% 134 15 11%
4 Seasons 2116 52% 1.8% 13.0% 8.6% 7.2% 29% 1.01 1.43 74% 19% 5.3% 12% 378 55 15%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
2006 22 NYM NL 99 375 3.79 212 57% 31% 12% 23% 33% 69% 0% 39% 82% 58% 6% 6 6 22% 22 8 0 31% 3 0 0 0 0
2007 23 NYM NL 342 1285 3.76 736 57% 26% 12% 28% 34% 74% 1% 42% 84% 53% 7% 24 13 14% 47 19 2 31% 9 10 0 0 0
2008 24 NYM NL 851 3316 3.90 2018 61% 25% 11% 30% 33% 75% 0% 46% 85% 59% 5% 42 34 16% 139 58 5 18% 18 7 0 0 0
2009 25 NYM NL 824 3154 3.83 1935 61% 27% 10% 29% 33% 73% 2% 45% 86% 58% 5% 38 22 17% 144 59 8 33% 12 9 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2116 8130 3.84 4901 60% 26% 11% 29% 33% 74% 1% 44% 85% 58% 5% 110 75 17% 352 144 15 27% 42 26 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
2006 22 NYM NL 99 25 2 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 6 5 0 83% 1 2 0 41 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2007 23 NYM NL 342 85 12 1 6 0 13 1 5 4 2 24 14 3 58% 1 3 1 150 8 0 100% 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
2008 24 NYM NL 851 209 16 1 12 0 20 5 7 6 6 38 23 1 61% 8 2 1 304 5 6 45% 5 5 0 1 0 0 4 0 8 0
2009 25 NYM NL 824 213 21 2 18 0 24 6 12 6 12 39 18 4 46% 8 1 0 296 16 6 73% 13 3 3 2 0 1 5 3 12 0
4 Seasons 2116 532 51 4 37 0 61 13 24 16 21 107 60 8 56% 18 8 2 791 31 13 70% 27 9 4 3 0 1 10 3 33 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
2006 22 2 1 .667 5.48 4 4 0 0 0 0 21.1 25 14 13 1 12 0 13 3 0 2 99 79 1.734 10.5 0.4 5.1 5.5 1.08 79
2007 23 5 9 .357 5.55 19 17 0 0 0 0 94.0 110 61 58 7 51 1 58 12 0 5 441 78 1.713 10.5 0.7 4.9 5.6 1.14 78
2008 24 18 20 .474 4.31 51 49 0 2 0 0 294.2 319 147 141 19 115 2 168 25 0 7 1292 99 1.473 9.7 0.6 3.5 5.1 1.46 99
2009 25 28 32 .467 4.58 82 80 0 2 0 0 479.0 532 259 244 37 181 10 275 32 6 8 2116 91 1.489 10.0 0.7 3.4 5.2 1.52 91

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
2006 22 1 1 .500 5.40 20.0 24 13 12 1 12 12 3 1.800 10.8 5.4 5.4 1.00 0.5 4
2007 23 2 5 .286 5.45 71.0 83 48 43 6 38 44 9 1.704 10.5 4.8 5.6 1.16 0.8 15
2008 24 11 10 .524 3.93 190.0 206 92 83 12 63 104 13 1.416 9.8 3.0 4.9 1.65 0.6 32
2009 25 7 12 .368 5.13 179.0 213 113 102 18 66 104 7 1.559 10.7 3.3 5.2 1.58 0.9 31
4 Seasons 21 28 .429 4.70 460.0 526 266 240 37 179 264 32 1.533 10.3 5.2 1.47 0.7 82

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Complete Games s c a p y
2008 NL  2 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
2008 NL  209 (6th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL  .538 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
2009 NL  12 (10th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2009 NL  103 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2008 NL  13 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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  1. William Van Landingham (983)
  2. Alan Benes (979)
  3. Jae Weong Seo (978)
  4. Ken Dixon (976)
  5. Allen Ripley (976)
  6. Roy Smith (976)
  7. Eli Grba (974)
  8. Brian Bannister (973)
  9. Jim Sullivan (972)
  10. Fausto Carmona (972)
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  1. Jason Schmidt (985)
  2. Todd Stottlemyre (979)
  3. Willie Fraser (978)
  4. Scott Karl (978)
  5. Kip Wells (976)
  6. Mike Paxton (976)
  7. Jamie Moyer (976)
  8. Gil Meche (973)
  9. Francisco Barrios (972)
  10. Bill Wegman (972)
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  1. John Lackey (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jason Schmidt (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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