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Mike Pelfrey

Michael Alan Pelfrey

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 250 lb.

Born: January 14, 1984 in Wright Patterson AFB, OH
High School: Wichita Heights HS (Wichita, KS)
School: Wichita State University (Wichita, KS)
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
Team: Mets 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$5.68M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.122, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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-min	AA,A+,AAA	7	3	.700	2.43	18	18	0	0	0	96.1	81	30	26	4	33	1	109	5	0	5	392		1.183	7.6	0.4	3.1	10.2	3.30	BNG,SCE,NFK · EL,FLOR,IL
2006	22	NYM	NL	2	1	.667	5.48	4	4	0	0	0	21.1	25	14	13	1	12	0	13	3	0	2	99	81	1.734	10.5	0.4	5.1	5.5	1.08
2007	23	NYM-min	AAA,A+	3	6	.333	3.94	15	15	0	0	0	80.0	79	38	35	7	29	0	58	8	0	2	348		1.350	8.9	0.8	3.3	6.5	2.00	NOR,SCE · PCL,FLOR
2007	23	NYM	NL	3	8	.273	5.57	15	13	0	0	0	72.2	85	47	45	6	39	1	45	9	0	3	342	78	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	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	184.1	213	112	103	18	66	8	107	7	6	1	824	81	1.514	10.4	0.9	3.2	5.2	1.62
2010	26	NYM	NL	15	9	.625	3.66	34	33	1	0	1	204.0	213	88	83	12	68	5	113	6	1	1	870	107	1.377	9.4	0.5	3.0	5.0	1.66
2011	27	NYM	NL	7	13	.350	4.74	34	33	0	2	0	193.2	220	111	102	21	65	7	105	7	2	2	860	77	1.472	10.2	1.0	3.0	4.9	1.62
2012	28	NYM	NL	0	0		2.29	3	3	0	0	0	19.2	24	5	5	0	4	0	13	0	0	1	85	164	1.424	11.0	0.0	1.8	5.9	3.25
7 Yrs				50	54	.481	4.36	153	149	1	4	1	896.1	989	463	434	70	318	22	506	45	9	12	3931	92	1.458	9.9	0.7	3.2	5.1	1.59
162 Game Avg.				11	12	.481	4.36	34	34	0	1	0	202	223	104	98	16	72	5	114	10	2	3	885	92	1.458	9.9	0.7	3.2	5.1	1.59

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
2006	22	NYM	NL	21.1	4	4	14	5.91	4.81	0.23	0.19	97.0	4.63	-3	-0.3		-0.0	-0.1	-1	.431	.498	$
2007	23	NYM	NL	72.2	15	13	47	5.82	4.70	0.22	0.17	96.5	4.49	-10	-1.0	.2	-0.0	-0.5	-3	.435	.494	$
2008	24	NYM	NL	200.2	32	32	86	3.86	4.55	0.11	0.18	97.7	4.52	16	1.7		-0.1	3.1	35	.554	.511	$1,987,500
2009	25	NYM	NL	184.1	31	31	112	5.47	4.63	-0.01	0.18	98.2	4.74	-15	-1.5		-0.1	-0.3	3	.451	.491	$2,237,500
2010	26	NYM	NL	204.0	34	33	88	3.88	4.45	0.17	0.17	96.8	4.30	9	1.0	3.4	-0.1	2.3	28	.528	.506	$500,000
2011	27	NYM	NL	193.2	34	33	111	5.16	4.18	-0.43	0.16	97.0	4.62	-13	-1.3	.1	-0.1	0.0	6	.461	.492	$3,925,000
2012	28	NYM	NL	19.2	3	3	5	2.29	4.23	-0.65	0.16	92.6	4.66	5	0.6		-0.0	0.7	7	.703	.504	$
7 Seasons				896.1	153	149	463	4.65	4.47	-0.02	0.17	97.2	4.54	-11	-0.8	1.0	-0.6	5.2	74	.495	.499	$8,650,000

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
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	1
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	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	8
2009	25	NYM	NL	31	824	738	112	213	39	5	18	16	6	66	107	.289	.350	.428	.779	.316	316	15	7	8	5	8	7
2010	26	NYM	NL	34	870	774	88	213	47	6	12	12	5	68	113	.275	.337	.398	.735	.308	308	25	6	17	4	5	9
2011	27	NYM	NL	34	860	770	111	220	37	7	21	29	2	65	105	.286	.344	.434	.777	.305	334	15	7	10	8	7	12
2012	28	NYM	NL	3	85	80	5	24	2	1	0	2	1	4	13	.300	.333	.350	.683	.358	28	2	0	1	0	0	1
7 Yrs				153	3931	3487	463	989	190	25	70	74	21	318	506	.284	.349	.413	.761	.313	1439	97	45	54	26	22	39
162 Game Avg.				34	885	785	104	223	43	6	16	17	5	72	114	.284	.349	.413	.761	.313	324	22	10	12	6	5	9
MLB Averages																.262	.330	.414	.745	.299

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevLo
2006	22	NYM	NL	-2.5	-0.2	104	-0.2	1.8	-2.1	1.14	-0.4	0.2	-2.0	-0.2	1.14	-4.5	0	0
2007	23	NYM	NL	-9.6	-0.9	355	-1.4	4.9	-6.3	.94	-0.9	-0.5	-10.6	-1.0	0.94	-10.7	0	2
2008	24	NYM	NL	13.1	1.3	869	1.5	15.2	-13.7	.98	0.9	0.6	17.9	1.8	0.98	9.6	0	0
2009	25	NYM	NL	-20.4	-2.0	853	-1.9	13.4	-15.4	.98	-0.9	-1.1	-20.5	-2.0	0.98	-10.2	0	0
2010	26	NYM	NL	7.1	0.7	892	2.0	17.9	-15.9	1.14	0.1	1.7	11.1	1.2	1.14	1.8	1	0
2011	27	NYM	NL	-22.6	-2.3	895	-1.8	13.9	-15.7	.98	-1.7	-0.1	-18.3	-1.9	0.98	-18.1	0	1
2012	28	NYM	NL	3.6	0.4	87	0.5	1.8	-1.3	1.18	0.2	0.2	3.6	0.4	1.18	2.2	0	0
7 Yrs				-31.3	-2.9	4055	-1.3	69.0	-70.2	1.02	-2.7	1.4	-18.6	-1.7	1.02	-29.8	1	3

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
2006	22	NYM	NL	4	4	2	1	1	1	0	2	2	.500	1	0	0	0	1	25%	42.8	50	33	1	1	0	3	8.7	9.5	5.3	95	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%	43.2	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%	50.9	77	21	15	6	0	12	5.1	5.2	6.3	104	1	9	22	0	119
2009	25	NYM	NL	31	31	10	12	9	4	3	15	16	.484	1	5	0	0	15	48%	45.2	72	8	20	6	0	17	4.1	4.2	5.9	102	1	11	19	0	118
2010	26	NYM	NL	34	33	15	9	9	1	1	19	14	.576	2	2	0	0	20	61%	50.8	79	15	20	7	1	12	3.7	3.9	6.2	103	1	9	21	2	124
2011	27	NYM	NL	34	33	7	13	13	0	3	12	21	.364	5	6	2	0	15	45%	46.4	78	14	27	12	1	14	4.1	3.5	5.9	97	5	10	16	2	125
2012	28	NYM	NL	3	3	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	.667	2	0	0	0	2	67%	54.7	68	44	2	0	0	3	3.9	4.0	6.6	102	0	1	2	0	104
7 Yrs				153	149	50	54	45	12	13	71	78	.477	15	17	4	0	75	50%	48	79	8	98	35	2	70	4.4	4.2	6.0	101	9	52	84	4	125
MLB Averages													.500						50%	49	100	-13					4.6	4.6	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	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	.940	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	5.0	30

2010	26	NYM	NL	34	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0		20	1.140	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	18
2011	27	NYM	NL	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	.980	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	8
3 Yrs				83	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	2	0	0%		1.041	1	0	3	1	0	3	1	3	2	1	2	0	3.5	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%
2006	22	NYM	NL	99	56%	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	53%	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	42%	2.2%	13.0%	8.0%	7.5%	29%	1.06	1.42	75%	19%	6.6%	11%	134	15	11%
2010	26	NYM	NL	870	48%	1.4%	13.0%	7.8%	7.5%	31%	0.95	1.37	75%	20%	4.1%	12%	166	25	15%
2011	27	NYM	NL	860	52%	2.4%	12.2%	7.6%	7.6%	30%	0.86	1.18	76%	19%	6.7%	12%	121	15	12%
2012	28	NYM	NL	85	39%	0.0%	15.3%	4.7%	3.5%	13%	1.13	1.71	79%	25%	0.0%	10%	17	2	12%
7 Yrs				3931	49%	1.8%	12.9%	8.1%	7.3%	29%	0.96	1.36	75%	20%	5.3%	12%	682	97	14%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	17.8%	8.5%	7.8%	34%	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.6%	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
2006	22	NYM	NL	100	379	3.79	213	56%	31%	12%	23%	33%	69%	0%	39%	82%	58%	6%	6	6	22%	22	8	0	31%	3	0	-1	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	853	3324	3.90	2023	61%	25%	11%	31%	33%	75%	0%	46%	85%	59%	5%	42	34	17%	142	59	5	18%	18	7	-2	0	0
2009	25	NYM	NL	826	3158	3.82	1937	61%	27%	10%	29%	33%	73%	2%	45%	86%	58%	5%	38	22	17%	144	59	8	34%	12	9	-2	0	0
2010	26	NYM	NL	871	3407	3.91	2128	62%	26%	11%	31%	32%	74%	2%	46%	85%	62%	4%	31	15	19%	167	69	8	22%	16	11	-1	0	0
2011	27	NYM	NL	860	3210	3.73	2004	62%	26%	10%	29%	34%	74%	2%	46%	86%	64%	4%	36	22	18%	159	68	4	37%	17	8	0	0	0
2012	28	NYM	NL	86	305	3.55	191	63%	27%	15%	23%	36%	73%	0%	46%	80%	64%	3%	3	2	19%	16	6	0	23%	3	1	-1	0	0
7 Yrs				3938	15068	3.83	9232	61%	26%	11%	30%	33%	74%	1%	45%	85%	60%	5%	180	114	18%	697	288	27	28%	78	46	-7	0	0
MLB Averages						3.80		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	59%	5%			22%				25%

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
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	17	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%	7	1	0	296	16	6	73%	13	3	3	2	0	1	4	4	13	0
2010	26	NYM	NL	870	213	28	4	12	0	17	1	11	4	8	47	21	7	45%	9	1	0	334	12	5	71%	11	5	1	0	0	0	3	0	7	0
2011	27	NYM	NL	860	220	20	5	21	1	15	9	12	7	14	47	28	4	60%	12	2	0	306	29	2	94%	28	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	13	0
2012	28	NYM	NL	85	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	33%	1	1	0	32	2	1	67%	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				3931	989	100	13	70	1	94	23	47	27	43	204	110	20	54%	39	12	2	1463	74	21	78%	67	16	7	4	0	1	14	4	54	0
MLB Averages																		53%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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	21.1	25	14	13	1	12	0	13	3	0	2	99	81	1.734	10.5	0.4	5.1	5.5	1.08	81
2007	23	5	9	.357	5.55	19	17	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	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	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
2010	26	43	41	.512	4.31	116	113	1	2	1	683.0	745	347	327	49	249	15	388	38	7	9	2986	95	1.455	9.8	0.6	3.3	5.1	1.56	95
2011	27	50	54	.481	4.40	150	146	1	4	1	876.2	965	458	429	70	314	22	493	45	9	11	3846	91	1.459	9.9	0.7	3.2	5.1	1.57	91
2012	28	50	54	.481	4.36	153	149	1	4	1	896.1	989	463	434	70	318	22	506	45	9	12	3931	92	1.458	9.9	0.7	3.2	5.1	1.59	92

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	10	10	.500	3.90	189.0	208	91	82	12	64	103	13	1.439	9.9	3.0	4.9	1.61	0.6	32
2009	25	7	12	.368	5.36	178.0	216	118	106	18	67	103	7	1.590	10.9	3.4	5.2	1.54	0.9	31
2010	26	10	11	.476	4.08	192.0	218	97	87	12	70	106	6	1.500	10.2	3.3	5.0	1.51	0.6	34
2011	27	7	13	.350	5.63	184.0	233	128	115	22	69	100	7	1.641	11.4	3.4	4.9	1.45	1.1	34
2012	28	1	1	.500	2.84	19.0	25	7	6	0	4	12	0	1.526	11.8	1.9	5.7	3.00	0.0	3
7 Yrs		38	53	.418	4.76	853.0	1007	502	451	71	324	480	45	1.560	10.6		5.1	1.48	0.7	153

* 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

Wins s c a p y 2010 NL 15 (9th)	Games Started s c a p y 2010 NL 33 (6th) 2011 NL 33 (4th)	Complete Games s c a p y 2008 NL 2 (6th) 2011 NL 2 (9th)	Hits s c a p y 2008 NL 209 (6th) 2010 NL 213 (6th) 2011 NL 220 (5th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 2008 NL 0.538 (5th) 2010 NL 0.529 (6th)	Losses s c a p y 2009 NL 12 (10th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 2009 NL 103 (4th) 2011 NL 102 (6th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2008 NL 13 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 10 (1484), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1698), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 2 (1865), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Al Nipper (975)
Luis Leal (974)
Frank Pastore (967)
Brian Lawrence (966)
Harry Byrd (965)
Kevin Correia (965)
Ken Schrom (964)
Jackie Brown (963)
Charles Hudson (962)
Gavin Floyd (962)

Similar Pitchers through 27

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Most Similar by Ages

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John Lackey (992) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jason Schmidt (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Johnny Marcum (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Todd Stottlemyre (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

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