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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 (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
Team: Mets 2006-2011
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$3.93M (11), 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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 9:17AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson… 

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 81 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 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 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 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 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 0 193.2 220 111 102 21 65 7 105 7 2 2 860 78 1.472 10.2 1.0 3.0 4.9 1.62
6 Seasons 50 54 .481 4.40 150 146 1 4 0 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
162 Game Avg. 11 12 .481 4.40 34 34 0 1 0 0 201 222 105 99 16 72 5 113 10 2 3 884 91 1.459 9.9 0.7 3.2 5.1 1.57

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
2006 22 NYM NL 21.1 4 14 12 1 1.1 -2 -0.3 $
2007 23 NYM NL 72.2 13 47 40 2 .9 -7 -0.7 $
2008 24 NYM NL 200.2 32 86 114 1 1.0 28 2.9 $1,987,500
2009 25 NYM NL 184.1 31 112 112 -3 1.0 0 0.0 $2,237,500
2010 26 NYM NL 204.0 33 88 109 5 1.1 21 2.4 $500,000
2011 27 NYM NL 193.2 33 111 124 -12 1.0 13 1.4 $3,925,000
6 Seasons 876.2 146 458 511 -6 1.0 53 5.7 $8,650,000

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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
2006 22 NYM NL 4 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2007 23 NYM NL 15 22 21 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .095 .136 .143 .279 -27 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 24 NYM NL 32 72 59 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 18 .085 .156 .085 .241 -34 5 0 1 8 0 0 1
2009 25 NYM NL 31 61 52 4 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 12 .096 .143 .115 .258 -30 6 1 1 5 1 0 1
2010 26 NYM NL 34 70 62 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 13 .113 .141 .113 .254 -29 7 2 0 6 0 0 1
2011 27 NYM NL 31 63 55 1 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 14 .109 .169 .145 .315 -11 8 0 0 4 0 0 1
6 Seasons 147 297 258 12 25 4 0 0 13 0 0 13 70 .097 .146 .112 .258 -29 29 3 2 23 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 327 284 13 28 4 0 0 14 0 0 14 77 .097 .146 .112 .258 -29 32 3 2 25 1 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
2006 22 NYM NL 9 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /1
2007 23 NYM NL 22 -4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
2008 24 NYM NL 72 -11 0 0 0 0 7 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $1,987,500 1
2009 25 NYM NL 61 -10 -0 -0 0 0 6 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $2,237,500 1
2010 26 NYM NL 70 -11 0 -1 -0 0 7 2 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $500,000 1
2011 27 NYM NL 63 -8 -0 -1 0 0 6 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $3,925,000 1
6 Seasons 297 -48 0 -2 -0 0 30 9 -11 -1.2 -11 -1.1 -0.1 $8,650,000

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2006 NYM NL 22 P 4 21.1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.69 1.00 .958 1.73 1.70
2007 NYM NL 23 P 15 72.2 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 -3 -8 0.99 0.53 .965 1.68 1.67
2008 NYM NL 24 P 32 200.2 47 14 33 0 3 1.000 2 2 2.11 1.47 .959 1.73 1.72
2009 NYM NL 25 P 31 184.1 39 12 25 2 2 .949 -2 -2 1.81 1.19 .955 1.72 1.70
2010 NYM NL 26 P 34 204.0 48 11 35 2 4 .958 -2 -2 2.03 1.35 .954 1.73 1.72
2011 NYM NL 27 P 34 33 2 193.2 41 15 25 1 1 .976 -2 -2 1.86 1.18 .955 1.80 1.79 29 2 6% 1
6 Seasons P 150 33 2 876.2 187 54 128 5 10 .973 -7 -1 1.87 1.21 .956 1.74 1.73 29 2 6% 1
6 Seasons TOT 150 33 2 876.2 187 54 128 5 10 .973 -7 -9 1.87 1.21 .956 1.74 1.73 29 2 6% 1
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

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 InkPitching - 10 (1465), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1694), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1856), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Al Nipper (975)
  2. Luis Leal (974)
  3. Frank Pastore (967)
  4. Brian Lawrence (966)
  5. Harry Byrd (965)
  6. Kevin Correia (965)
  7. Ken Schrom (964)
  8. Jackie Brown (963)
  9. Charles Hudson (962)
  10. Gavin Floyd (962)
Similar Pitchers through 27 
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  1. Todd Stottlemyre (981)
  2. Scott Karl (973)
  3. Kip Wells (971)
  4. Luis Leal (970)
  5. Joe Blanton (967)
  6. Jason Schmidt (966)
  7. Frank Pastore (965)
  8. Randy Lerch (965)
  9. Johnny Marcum (965)
  10. Wade Blasingame (964)
Most Similar by Ages 
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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
  3. Johnny Marcum (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Todd Stottlemyre (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200824New York Mets$1,987,500
200925New York Mets$2,237,500
201026New York Mets$500,000
201127New York Mets$3,925,000
201228New York Mets$5,675,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$8,650,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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