Glen Perkins

Glen Weston Perkins (twitter: @glen_perkins)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 2, 1983 in St. Paul, MN
High School: Stillwater HS (Stillwater, MN)
School: University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
Drafted
by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 30, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 2006 (Age 23)
Team: Twins 2006-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed (team option), 4 yrs/$11.85M (12-15) & 16 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 5.010, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: SFX John Courtright [*]
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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
2006 23 MIN AL 0 0 1.59 4 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 3 1 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 20 299 0.529 4.8 0.0 0.0 9.5
2007 24 MIN AL 0 0 3.14 19 0 3 0 0 0 28.2 23 10 10 2 12 0 20 2 0 2 115 138 1.221 7.2 0.6 3.8 6.3 1.67
2008 25 MIN AL 12 4 .750 4.41 26 26 0 0 0 0 151.0 183 81 74 25 39 0 74 3 1 2 661 95 1.470 10.9 1.5 2.3 4.4 1.90
2009 26 MIN AL 6 7 .462 5.89 18 17 1 0 0 0 96.1 120 64 63 13 23 0 45 1 1 2 423 75 1.484 11.2 1.2 2.1 4.2 1.96
2010 27 MIN AL 1 1 .500 5.82 13 1 5 0 0 0 21.2 29 16 14 3 5 1 14 4 0 0 98 71 1.569 12.0 1.2 2.1 5.8 2.80
2011 28 MIN AL 4 4 .500 2.48 65 0 17 0 0 2 61.2 55 19 17 2 21 5 65 1 0 3 253 164 1.232 8.0 0.3 3.1 9.5 3.10
2012 29 MIN AL 3 1 .750 2.56 70 0 43 0 0 16 70.1 57 25 20 8 16 3 78 3 0 3 281 159 1.038 7.3 1.0 2.0 10.0 4.88
2013 30 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 3.45 16 0 14 0 0 8 15.2 10 6 6 2 5 0 25 0 0 0 61 123 0.957 5.7 1.1 2.9 14.4 5.00
8 Yrs 27 17 .614 4.09 231 44 84 0 0 26 451.0 480 222 205 55 121 9 327 14 2 12 1912 103 1.333 9.6 1.1 2.4 6.5 2.70
162 Game Avg. 7 4 .614 4.09 57 11 21 0 0 6 112 119 55 51 14 30 2 81 3 0 3 473 103 1.333 9.6 1.1 2.4 6.5 2.70

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
2006 23 MIN AL 5.2 4 0 1 1.59 5.25 0.06 -0.39 99.2 4.77 2 0.2 .8 -0.0 0.2 3 .549 .501
2007 24 MIN AL 28.2 19 0 10 3.14 4.97 0.08 -0.37 95.3 4.31 3 0.3 .9 -0.1 0.6 7 .518 .502
2008 25 MIN AL 151.0 26 26 81 4.83 4.76 -0.20 0.18 95.2 4.90 -2 -0.2 -0.1 1.3 18 .494 .499
2009 26 MIN AL 96.1 18 17 64 5.98 4.69 -0.32 0.18 97.2 5.04 -11 -1.0 .0 -0.1 -0.1 1 .443 .494 $430,000
2010 27 MIN AL 21.2 13 1 16 6.65 4.41 -0.11 -0.23 101.7 4.36 -6 -0.6 .7 0.0 -0.3 -3 .456 .496
2011 28 MIN AL 61.2 65 0 19 2.77 4.57 -0.34 -0.35 99.1 4.53 12 1.3 1.5 0.1 2.1 18 .519 .508 $700,000
2012 29 MIN AL 70.1 70 0 25 3.20 4.49 0.17 -0.33 100.1 3.99 6 0.7 1.2 -0.1 1.3 13 .509 .504 $1,550,000
2013 30 MIN AL 15.2 16 0 6 3.45 4.29 -0.01 -0.31 103.1 4.11 1 0.1 1.6 -0.0 0.2 3 .506 .501 $2,500,000
8 Seasons 451.0 231 44 222 4.43 4.67 -0.16 -0.05 97.6 4.65 6 0.8 1.3 -0.2 5.3 59 .503 .501 $5,180,000

Postseason Pitching

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
2006 23 MIN AL ALDS L OAK 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.000 54.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 ALDS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.000 54.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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 23 MIN AL 4 20 20 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 .150 .150 .200 .350 .214 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 24 MIN AL 19 115 99 10 23 4 0 2 1 1 12 20 .232 .325 .333 .658 .269 33 5 2 1 1 0 0
2008 25 MIN AL 26 661 608 81 183 38 2 25 3 4 39 74 .301 .344 .493 .837 .308 300 12 3 7 4 0 5
2009 26 MIN AL 18 423 395 64 120 19 2 13 7 0 23 45 .304 .341 .461 .802 .315 182 10 1 1 3 0 1
2010 27 MIN AL 13 98 86 16 29 5 2 3 2 1 5 14 .337 .392 .547 .938 .366 47 4 4 1 2 1 2
2011 28 MIN AL 65 253 225 19 55 14 0 2 3 2 21 65 .244 .310 .333 .644 .333 75 8 1 5 1 5 1
2012 29 MIN AL 70 281 257 25 57 9 1 8 2 3 16 78 .222 .273 .358 .631 .283 92 5 3 3 2 3 3
2013 30 MIN AL 16 61 55 6 10 3 0 2 0 0 5 25 .182 .246 .345 .591 .276 19 1 0 0 1 0 0
8 Yrs 231 1912 1745 222 480 93 7 55 18 11 121 327 .275 .325 .431 .756 .309 752 45 14 18 14 9 12
162 Game Avg. 57 473 431 55 119 23 2 14 4 3 30 81 .275 .325 .431 .756 .309 186 11 3 4 3 2 3
MLB Averages .261 .329 .413 .742 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2006 23 MIN AL 2.1 0.2 20 0.1 0.2 -0.1 .43 0.3 -0.1 2.6 0.3 0.43 3.7 1 1 2
2007 24 MIN AL 4.4 0.4 117 0.3 1.0 -0.7 .44 0.2 0.5 4.8 0.5 0.44 4.3 4 2 12
2008 25 MIN AL -4.2 -0.4 672 0.1 11.3 -11.2 .95 -1.6 1.7 -2.1 -0.2 0.95 -15.6 0 0 0
2009 26 MIN AL -14.5 -1.3 433 -0.8 7.4 -8.2 1.01 -0.6 -0.2 -12.9 -1.2 1.01 -7.4 0 0 0
2010 27 MIN AL -4.6 -0.4 101 -0.2 0.7 -0.9 .51 -0.6 0.3 -6.3 -0.6 0.51 -6.1 1 2 9
2011 28 MIN AL 10.8 1.1 262 0.1 6.2 -6.1 1.44 0.7 -0.7 12.0 1.2 1.44 10.2 32 9 22
2012 29 MIN AL 10.4 1.0 294 1.8 7.3 -5.5 1.29 0.8 0.5 8.9 0.9 1.29 5.3 24 14 30
2013 30 MIN AL 1.6 0.2 61 0.9 1.7 -0.8 1.25 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.0 1.25 -0.3 8 2 5
8 Yrs 6.0 0.7 1960 2.3 35.8 -33.5 1.03 -0.5 2.8 7.2 0.9 1.03 -6.0 70 30 80

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
2008 25 MIN AL 26 26 12 4 10 4 1 16 10 .615 5 5 0 0 12 46% 46.5 75 20 13 4 0 11 6.2 7.0 5.8 91 4 15 7 0 107
2009 26 MIN AL 18 17 6 7 4 1 1 8 9 .471 1 3 0 0 7 41% 43.1 73 5 5 2 0 8 4.4 4.2 5.6 85 3 9 5 0 107
2010 27 MIN AL 13 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34.0 34 34 5 0 0 1 1.0 0.0 4.7 73 1 0 0 0 73
3 Yrs 57 44 18 12 14 5 2 24 20 .545 6 8 0 0 19 43% 45 75 5 23 6 0 20 5.4 5.8 5.7 88 8 24 12 0 107
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 101 -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% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2006 23 MIN AL 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0% 6 .431 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 3 2 2 2 1 4.3 21
2007 24 MIN AL 19 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 10 2 20% 6 .444 4 2 12 6 1 12 8 11 10 5 11 3 4.5 23
2009 26 MIN AL 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.011 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 19
2010 27 MIN AL 13 12 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 8 .514 1 2 9 4 1 7 4 8 6 1 6 1 4.3 23
2011 28 MIN AL 65 65 17 4 4 5 2 3 40% 24 17 44 14 32% 8 1.441 32 9 22 31 8 26 26 39 12 22 15 15 2.8 14
2012 29 MIN AL 70 70 43 3 1 20 16 4 80% 31 11 6 3 50% 9 1.292 24 14 30 39 5 26 3 67 4 7 5 18 3.0 15
2013 30 MIN AL 16 16 14 1 0 9 8 1 89% 9 0 2 2 100% 9 1.249 8 2 5 12 1 3 1 15 0 1 0 3 2.9 17
7 Yrs 205 187 84 9 5 34 26 8 76% 70 32 71 23 32% 1.072 70 30 80 95 16 76 43 144 34 38 39 41 3.2 16

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 23 MIN AL 20 40% 0.0% 30.0% 0.0% 5.0% 33% 0.27 0.22 70% 21% 0.0% 18% 0 0
2007 24 MIN AL 115 35% 1.7% 17.4% 10.4% 5.2% 26% 0.67 0.76 68% 15% 5.1% 19% 29 5 17%
2008 25 MIN AL 661 21% 3.8% 11.2% 5.9% 9.8% 36% 0.62 0.87 78% 20% 8.5% 11% 136 12 9%
2009 26 MIN AL 423 23% 3.1% 10.6% 5.4% 8.0% 28% 0.93 1.05 80% 16% 8.0% 10% 78 10 13%
2010 27 MIN AL 98 33% 3.1% 14.3% 5.1% 10.2% 35% 1.11 1.94 72% 20% 9.7% 11% 25 4 16%
2011 28 MIN AL 253 40% 0.8% 25.7% 8.3% 6.3% 29% 1.01 1.57 63% 19% 3.1% 17% 59 8 14%
2012 29 MIN AL 281 38% 2.9% 27.8% 5.7% 6.4% 32% 0.75 1.00 62% 11% 9.2% 15% 40 5 13%
2013 30 MIN AL 61 36% 3.3% 41.0% 8.2% 8.2% 50% 0.35 0.57 48% 23% 11.1% 22% 11 1 9%
8 Yrs 1912 29% 2.9% 17.1% 6.3% 8.1% 32% 0.75 1.00 72% 18% 7.8% 13% 378 45 12%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 18.1% 8.4% 7.8% 34% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.7% 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 23 MIN AL 20 82 4.10 56 68% 16% 25% 34% 25% 84% 0% 57% 70% 40% 0% 0 0 35% 7 5 0 17% 1 0 0 0 0
2007 24 MIN AL 115 431 3.75 276 64% 22% 14% 35% 29% 78% 0% 50% 82% 58% 7% 8 3 25% 29 21 1 15% 4 4 0 0 0
2008 25 MIN AL 661 2365 3.58 1569 66% 26% 11% 29% 35% 74% 0% 49% 86% 62% 3% 20 14 23% 153 91 13 35% 16 6 0 0 0
2009 26 MIN AL 423 1467 3.47 957 65% 27% 9% 27% 37% 73% 0% 48% 87% 65% 3% 14 8 20% 84 41 7 20% 5 6 0 0 0
2010 27 MIN AL 98 344 3.51 229 67% 29% 14% 24% 33% 71% 1% 47% 81% 58% 2% 2 0 33% 32 21 3 21% 5 1 0 0 0
2011 28 MIN AL 253 908 3.59 611 67% 23% 18% 32% 27% 77% 6% 52% 77% 66% 5% 13 5 32% 82 58 3 18% 13 3 0 0 0
2012 29 MIN AL 282 1059 3.76 733 69% 25% 21% 29% 25% 75% 4% 52% 72% 63% 4% 10 4 37% 104 73 6 19% 22 3 -1 0 0
2013 30 MIN AL 61 264 4.33 180 68% 21% 24% 37% 17% 79% 0% 54% 69% 74% 2% 1 0 43% 26 15 3 16% 5 1 0 0 0
8 Yrs 1913 6920 3.62 4611 67% 25% 14% 29% 31% 75% 1% 50% 81% 63% 4% 68 34 27% 517 325 36 22% 71 24 -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 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 23 MIN AL 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 24 MIN AL 115 23 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 8 3 3 38% 0 2 0 54 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2008 25 MIN AL 661 183 11 1 25 1 12 23 2 14 11 30 17 2 57% 5 2 1 253 3 4 43% 2 4 1 0 0 0 3 3 9 0
2009 26 MIN AL 423 120 12 3 13 0 7 10 3 7 6 19 14 0 74% 1 2 1 156 7 0 100% 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2010 27 MIN AL 98 29 2 0 3 0 5 3 0 1 2 10 7 0 70% 2 0 0 43 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
2011 28 MIN AL 253 55 6 0 2 0 11 1 1 1 1 15 6 3 40% 1 3 1 110 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 0
2012 29 MIN AL 281 57 5 1 8 0 4 7 1 4 4 13 7 2 54% 3 3 1 89 2 3 40% 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 7 0
2013 30 MIN AL 61 10 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Yrs 1912 480 37 5 55 1 40 47 8 29 26 97 56 10 58% 12 12 4 726 18 11 62% 15 10 3 1 0 0 7 7 38 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

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+
2006 23 0 0 1.59 4 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 3 1 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 20 299 0.529 4.8 0.0 0.0 9.5 299
2007 24 0 0 2.88 23 0 4 0 0 0 34.1 26 11 11 2 12 0 26 2 0 2 135 153 1.107 6.8 0.5 3.1 6.8 2.17 153
2008 25 12 4 .750 4.13 49 26 4 0 0 0 185.1 209 92 85 27 51 0 100 5 1 4 796 103 1.403 10.1 1.3 2.5 4.9 1.96 103
2009 26 18 11 .621 4.73 67 43 5 0 0 0 281.2 329 156 148 40 74 0 145 6 2 6 1219 91 1.431 10.5 1.3 2.4 4.6 1.96 91
2010 27 19 12 .613 4.81 80 44 10 0 0 0 303.1 358 172 162 43 79 1 159 10 2 6 1317 89 1.441 10.6 1.3 2.3 4.7 2.01 89
2011 28 23 16 .590 4.41 145 44 27 0 0 2 365.0 413 191 179 45 100 6 224 11 2 9 1570 96 1.405 10.2 1.1 2.5 5.5 2.24 96
2012 29 26 17 .605 4.11 215 44 70 0 0 18 435.1 470 216 199 53 116 9 302 14 2 12 1851 102 1.346 9.7 1.1 2.4 6.2 2.60 102
2013 30 27 17 .614 4.09 231 44 84 0 0 26 451.0 480 222 205 55 121 9 327 14 2 12 1912 103 1.333 9.6 1.1 2.4 6.5 2.70 103

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 23 0 0 2.57 7.0 0 2 2 0 0 7 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 4
2007 24 1 1 .500 3.46 26.0 23 11 10 2 12 18 2 1.346 8.0 4.2 6.2 1.50 0.7 19
2008 25 7 9 .438 4.72 145.0 185 84 76 25 39 71 3 1.545 11.5 2.4 4.4 1.82 1.6 26
2009 26 3 7 .300 6.10 93.0 120 70 63 13 23 43 1 1.538 11.6 2.2 4.2 1.87 1.3 18
2010 27 0 2 .000 6.75 20.0 30 17 15 3 5 13 4 1.750 13.5 2.3 5.9 2.60 1.4 13
2011 28 4 2 .667 2.79 58.0 57 20 18 2 22 61 1 1.362 8.8 3.4 9.5 2.77 0.3 65
2012 29 5 2 .714 2.82 67.0 59 23 21 8 17 75 3 1.134 7.9 2.3 10.1 4.41 1.1 70
2013 30 0 1 .000 4.20 15.0 11 8 7 2 6 23 0 1.133 6.6 3.6 13.8 3.83 1.2 16
8 Yrs 20 24 .455 4.43 431.0 485 235 212 55 124 311 14 1.413 10.1 6.5 2.51 1.1 231

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2008 AL  .750 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
2013 AL  8 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2008 AL  25 (8th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2013 AL  14 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 6 (1794), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1429), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Relief Pitcher (529th), 5.4 career WAR/5.7 7yr-peak WAR/5.5 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

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