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Robert Person

Robert Alan Person

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 6, 1969 in Lowell, MA
High School: University City HS (University City, MO)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 25th round of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1995
Teams (by GP): Phillies/BlueJays/Mets/RedSox 1995-2003

Final Game: June 7, 2003
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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
1989	19	CLE-min	Rk	0	1	.000	3.18	10	5	3	0	0	1	34.0	23	13	12	1	17	0	19	5	0	5			1.176	6.1	0.3	4.5	5.0	1.12	BRL · APPY
1990	20	CLE-min	A+,A-,Rk	2	2	.500	2.90	17	5	10	0	0	2	40.1	35	15	13	0	20	1	34	0	0	1			1.364	7.8	0.0	4.5	7.6	1.70	KIN,WTR,INS · CARL,NYPL,GULF
1991	21	CHW-CLE-min	A,A+,A-	8	9	.471	3.84	26	26	0	0	0	0	138.1	112	78	59	5	103	1	117	3	1	7	614		1.554	7.3	0.3	6.7	7.6	1.14	SBN,KIN,BND · MIDW,CARL,NORW
1992	22	CHW-min	A+	5	7	.417	3.59	19	18	0	1	0	0	105.1	90	48	42	7	62	1	85	1	0	7	458		1.443	7.7	0.6	5.3	7.3	1.37	SAR · FLOR
1993	23	FLA-min	A+	12	10	.545	4.69	28	26	1	4	0	0	169.0	184	115	88	13	48	0	107	4	1	9	740		1.373	9.8	0.7	2.6	5.7	2.23	HDS · CALL
1994	24	NYM-min	AA	9	6	.600	3.45	31	23	4	3	2	0	159.0	124	68	61	18	68	3	130	3	0	6	649		1.208	7.0	1.0	3.8	7.4	1.91	BNG · EL
1995	25	NYM-min	AA,AAA	7	5	.583	3.56	31	11	13	1	0	7	98.2	76	44	39	6	38	0	98	0	0	5	401		1.155	6.9	0.5	3.5	8.9	2.58	BNG,NFK · EL,IL
1995	25	NYM	NL	1	0	1.000	0.75	3	1	0	0	0	0	12.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	10	0	0	0	44	552	0.583	3.8	0.8	1.5	7.5	5.00
1996	26	NYM-min	AAA	5	0	1.000	3.35	8	8	0	0	0	0	43.0	33	16	16	7	21	0	32	1	0	1	178		1.256	6.9	1.5	4.4	6.7	1.52	NFK · IL
1996	26	NYM	NL	4	5	.444	4.52	27	13	1	0	0	0	89.2	86	50	45	16	35	3	76	2	0	3	390	89	1.349	8.6	1.6	3.5	7.6	2.17
1997	27	TOR-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	4	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	26		0.857	5.1	0.0	2.6	6.4	2.50	SYR · IL
1997	27	TOR	AL	5	10	.333	5.61	23	22	0	0	0	0	128.1	125	86	80	19	60	2	99	5	0	7	566	81	1.442	8.8	1.3	4.2	6.9	1.65
1998	28	TOR-min	AAA	3	3	.500	2.29	20	6	12	1	0	6	59.0	38	17	15	9	29	2	55	1	0	3	238		1.136	5.8	1.4	4.4	8.4	1.90	SYR · IL
1998	28	TOR	AL	3	1	.750	7.04	27	0	14	0	0	6	38.1	45	31	30	9	22	1	31	2	0	0	184	66	1.748	10.6	2.1	5.2	7.3	1.41
1999	29	TOR-min	A+	0	0		3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	12		1.667	12.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	3.00	DUN · FLOR
1999	29	TOT	MLB	10	7	.588	4.68	42	22	8	0	0	2	148.0	139	84	77	24	85	2	139	6	1	5	659	103	1.514	8.5	1.5	5.2	8.5	1.64
1999	29	TOR	AL	0	2	.000	9.82	11	0	7	0	0	2	11.0	9	12	12	1	15	1	12	4	0	2	60	51	2.182	7.4	0.8	12.3	9.8	0.80
1999	29	PHI	NL	10	5	.667	4.27	31	22	1	0	0	0	137.0	130	72	65	23	70	1	127	2	1	3	599	113	1.460	8.5	1.5	4.6	8.3	1.81
2000	30	PHI-min	AA,A+	1	0	1.000	6.14	2	1	0	0	0	0	7.1	6	5	5	1	4	0	9	0	0	0	32		1.364	7.4	1.2	4.9	11.0	2.25	REA,CLW · EL,FLOR
2000	30	PHI	NL	9	7	.563	3.63	28	28	0	1	1	0	173.1	144	73	70	13	95	1	164	6	1	10	743	129	1.379	7.5	0.7	4.9	8.5	1.73
2001	31	PHI	NL	15	7	.682	4.19	33	33	0	3	1	0	208.1	179	103	97	34	80	3	183	8	1	10	867	101	1.243	7.7	1.5	3.5	7.9	2.29
2002	32	PHI-min	AAA	0	1	.000	4.32	2	2	0	0	1	0	8.1	8	4	4	2	1	0	7	0	0	1	32		1.080	8.6	2.2	1.1	7.6	7.00	SWB · IL
2002	32	PHI	NL	4	5	.444	5.44	16	16	0	0	0	0	87.2	79	58	53	13	51	0	61	5	0	2	388	71	1.483	8.1	1.3	5.2	6.3	1.20
2003	33	BOS-min	A+,AAA,Rk	1	1	.500	3.06	14	9	3	0	0	1	35.1	34	16	12	1	13	0	27	0	0	3	147		1.330	8.7	0.3	3.3	6.9	2.08	SAR,PAW,RES · FLOR,IL,GULF
2003	33	BOS	AL	0	0		7.71	7	0	3	0	0	1	11.2	11	10	10	0	8	0	10	1	0	2	55	62	1.629	8.5	0.0	6.2	7.7	1.25
2005	35	CHW-min	AAA	2	3	.400	7.00	7	7	0	0	0	0	36.0	34	28	28	11	25	3	24	1	0	1	164		1.639	8.5	2.8	6.2	6.0	0.96	CHR · IL
9 Yrs				51	42	.548	4.64	206	135	26	4	2	9	897.1	813	496	463	129	438	12	773	35	3	39	3896	95	1.394	8.2	1.3	4.4	7.8	1.76
162 Game Avg.				10	8	.548	4.64	41	27	5	1	0	2	179	162	99	92	26	87	2	154	7	1	8	777	95	1.394	8.2	1.3	4.4	7.8	1.76

PHI (4 yrs)				38	24	.613	4.23	108	99	1	4	2	0	606.1	532	306	285	83	296	5	535	21	3	25	2597	105	1.366	7.9	1.2	4.4	7.9	1.81
TOR (3 yrs)				8	13	.381	6.18	61	22	21	0	0	8	177.2	179	129	122	29	97	4	142	11	0	9	810	74	1.553	9.1	1.5	4.9	7.2	1.46
NYM (2 yrs)				5	5	.500	4.07	30	14	1	0	0	0	101.2	91	51	46	17	37	3	86	2	0	3	434	99	1.259	8.1	1.5	3.3	7.6	2.32
BOS (1 yr)				0	0		7.71	7	0	3	0	0	1	11.2	11	10	10	0	8	0	10	1	0	2	55	62	1.629	8.5	0.0	6.2	7.7	1.25

NL (6 yrs)				43	29	.597	4.21	138	113	2	4	2	0	708.0	623	357	331	100	333	8	621	23	3	28	3031	104	1.350	7.9	1.3	4.2	7.9	1.86
AL (4 yrs)				8	13	.381	6.27	68	22	24	0	0	9	189.1	190	139	132	29	105	4	152	12	0	11	865	73	1.558	9.0	1.4	5.0	7.2	1.45

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
1995	25	NYM	NL	12.0	3	1	1	0.75	4.94	-0.13	-0.04	96.1	4.83	5	0.6	.2	-0.1	0.6	6	.703	.504	$109,000
1996	26	NYM	NL	89.2	27	13	50	5.02	4.64	0.47	0.07	94.8	4.02	-9	-0.9	.6	-0.1	-0.3	-1	.467	.494	$109,000
1997	27	TOR	AL	128.1	23	22	86	6.03	5.00	0.07	0.18	97.9	5.00	-15	-1.4	1.0	-0.1	-0.4	2	.438	.491	$185,000
1998	28	TOR	AL	38.1	27	0	31	7.28	5.14	0.00	-0.39	97.8	4.64	-11	-1.0	1.5	-0.4	-1.0	-6	.461	.494	$265,000
1999	29	TOR	AL	11.0	11	0	12	9.82	5.43	0.04	-0.40	98.6	4.92	-6	-0.5	1.7	-0.2	-0.6	-4	.452	.497	$379,000
1999	29	PHI	NL	137.0	31	22	72	4.73	5.11	0.20	0.14	102.7	5.19	6	0.6	.5	-0.1	1.6	21	.520	.504	$
2000	30	PHI	NL	173.1	28	28	73	3.79	5.02	0.07	0.18	99.2	5.09	25	2.5		-0.1	3.7	44	.589	.515	$1,400,000
2001	31	PHI	NL	208.1	33	33	103	4.45	4.64	0.24	0.17	97.8	4.48	0	0.0		-0.1	1.5	21	.501	.500	$2,975,000
2002	32	PHI	NL	87.2	16	16	58	5.95	4.42	0.15	0.17	90.7	4.03	-19	-1.8		-0.1	-1.2	-10	.388	.489	$6,250,000
2003	33	BOS	AL	11.2	7	0	10	7.71	4.98	-0.14	-0.37	103.5	4.92	-4	-0.3	.6	0.0	-0.2	-2	.452	.498	$300,000
9 Seasons				897.1	206	135	496	4.97	4.86	0.17	0.12	97.9	4.71	-28	-2.3	1.1	-1.1	3.7	70	.489	.499	$11,972,000

PHI (4 yrs)				606.1	108	99	306	4.54	4.82	0.17	0.17	98.3	4.75	12	1.4	.5	-0.4	5.6	76	.513	.502	$10,625,000
TOR (3 yrs)				177.2	61	22	129	6.53	5.05	0.06	0.02	97.9	4.91	-33	-3.0	1.6	-0.7	-2.0	-9	.451	.494	$829,000
NYM (2 yrs)				101.2	30	14	51	4.51	4.68	0.40	0.06	95.0	4.12	-4	-0.3	.6	-0.2	0.3	5	.490	.499	$218,000
BOS (1 yr)				11.2	7	0	10	7.71	4.98	-0.14	-0.37	103.5	4.92	-4	-0.3	.6	0.0	-0.2	-2	.452	.498	$300,000

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
1995	25	NYM	NL	3	44	42	1	5	0	0	1	1	0	2	10	.119	.159	.190	.350	.129	8	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	26	NYM	NL	27	390	348	50	86	16	1	16	7	1	35	76	.247	.316	.437	.753	.269	152	2	2	1	4	3	4
1997	27	TOR	AL	23	566	491	86	125	33	3	19	3	4	60	99	.255	.338	.450	.788	.280	221	7	5	4	6	2	4
1998	28	TOR	AL	27	184	153	31	45	7	1	9	3	1	22	31	.294	.379	.529	.909	.305	81	1	2	2	5	1	2
1999	29	TOR	AL	11	60	39	12	9	4	0	1	1	0	15	12	.231	.467	.410	.877	.286	16	1	4	0	2	1	0
1999	29	PHI	NL	31	599	516	72	130	24	7	23	8	1	70	127	.252	.341	.459	.801	.289	237	12	2	7	4	1	5
1999	29	TOT	MLB	42	659	555	84	139	28	7	24	9	1	85	139	.250	.353	.456	.809	.289	253	13	6	7	6	2	5
2000	30	PHI	NL	28	743	629	73	144	43	4	13	12	8	95	164	.229	.332	.372	.704	.284	234	11	6	4	9	1	2
2001	31	PHI	NL	33	867	765	103	179	41	2	34	14	6	80	183	.234	.311	.426	.737	.262	326	12	8	8	6	3	2
2002	32	PHI	NL	16	388	328	58	79	26	3	13	7	5	51	61	.241	.350	.457	.807	.258	150	5	5	2	2	0	2
2003	33	BOS	AL	7	55	44	10	11	4	1	0	0	0	8	10	.250	.364	.386	.750	.306	17	0	1	0	2	0	0
9 Yrs				206	3896	3355	496	813	198	22	129	56	26	438	773	.242	.332	.430	.762	.274	1442	51	35	28	40	12	22
162 Game Avg.				41	777	669	99	162	39	4	26	11	5	87	154	.242	.332	.430	.762	.274	288	10	7	6	8	2	4
MLB Averages																.267	.337	.425	.762	.298

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1995	25	NYM	NL	4.8	0.5	45	0.2	0.4	-0.2	.46	0.5	-0.0	5.1	0.6	0.46	6.0	0	0	2
1996	26	NYM	NL	-5.0	-0.5	403	0.4	6.8	-6.4	.99	0.4	-0.0	-1.1	-0.1	0.99	4.7	1	6	7
1997	27	TOR	AL	-14.9	-1.4	578	-1.0	10.0	-11.0	1.04	-0.5	-0.4	-15.3	-1.4	1.04	-6.4	0	1	0
1998	28	TOR	AL	-9.6	-0.9	188	0.5	4.0	-3.5	1.25	-0.9	1.3	-9.1	-0.9	1.25	-9.4	12	4	11
1999	29	TOT	MLB	2.1	0.2	675	-0.5	11.2	-11.7	.96	-0.9	0.4	-2.4	-0.2	0.96	-8.4	7	2	10
1999	29	TOR	AL	-5.3	-0.5	63	-0.3	1.3	-1.6	1.44	-0.4	0.2	-4.6	-0.4	1.44	-4.7	6	1	3
1999	29	PHI	NL	7.4	0.7	612	-0.2	9.9	-10.0	.91	-0.5	0.3	2.2	0.2	0.91	-3.8	1	1	7
2000	30	PHI	NL	21.8	2.1	771	1.6	13.3	-11.7	.99	1.2	0.5	23.0	2.2	0.99	14.9	0	0	0
2001	31	PHI	NL	3.4	0.3	892	1.8	15.9	-14.0	1.00	0.9	1.0	12.6	1.3	1.00	9.4	0	0	0
2002	32	PHI	NL	-16.2	-1.5	402	-1.6	6.0	-7.6	.92	-0.8	-0.9	-16.1	-1.6	0.92	-10.3	0	0	0
2003	33	BOS	AL	-3.3	-0.3	57	-0.2	0.6	-0.8	.71	-0.0	-0.3	-2.7	-0.2	0.71	-1.0	1	2	4
9 Yrs				-16.8	-1.3	4011	1.3	68.2	-66.9	.99	-0.1	1.5	-6.1	-0.3	0.99	-0.4	21	15	34

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
1995	25	NYM	NL	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	72.0	72	72	0	0	0	1	5.6	7.5	7.0	99	0	1	0	0	99
1996	26	NYM	NL	27	13	4	4	5	1	1	7	6	.538	2	1	0	0	6	46%	51.3	75	10	13	5	3	8	4.5	2.3	5.6	88	3	6	3	0	116
1997	27	TOR	AL	23	22	5	10	7	0	2	8	14	.364	4	2	0	0	8	36%	46.5	72	3	25	9	0	10	3.6	3.7	5.8	96	1	9	8	1	121

1999	29	TOT	MLB	42	22	10	5	7	1	1	13	9	.591	2	6	0	0	11	50%		78	15	23	7	1	3	6.0	5.1	5.7	100	2	8	9	3	140
1999	29	PHI	NL	31	22	10	5	7	1	1	13	9	.591	2	6	0	0	11	50%	51.0	78	15	15	2	1	3	6.0	5.1	5.7	100	2	8	9	3	140
2000	30	PHI	NL	28	28	9	7	12	1	2	13	15	.464	3	5	1	1	15	54%	54.7	80	19	16	6	0	15	4.5	4.3	6.2	110	0	7	15	6	127
2001	31	PHI	NL	33	33	15	7	11	4	2	20	13	.606	5	5	3	1	18	55%	53.3	87	8	26	14	0	16	4.8	4.5	6.3	100	3	12	15	3	126
2002	32	PHI	NL	16	16	4	5	7	3	0	7	9	.438	1	6	0	0	3	19%	46.4	75	28	10	3	0	9	5.0	4.8	5.5	93	2	7	7	0	115
7 Yrs				161	135	48	38	49	10	8	69	66	.511	17	25	4	2	62	46%	51	87	3	105	39	4	62	4.7	4.3	5.9	100	11	50	57	13	140
MLB Averages													.500						48%	48	105	-21					4.9	4.9	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
1995	25	NYM	NL	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		5	.458	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	7.5	32
1996	26	NYM	NL	27	14	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	1	6	0	0%	5	.987	1	6	7	1	3	10	3	11	7	6	7	1	3.7	20
1997	27	TOR	AL	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	1.039	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3.0
1998	28	TOR	AL	27	27	14	3	1	8	6	2	75%	8	0	9	2	22%	9	1.255	12	4	11	10	7	10	5	22	11	5	12	6	4.3	26
1999	29	TOT	MLB	42	20	8	0	2	2	2	0	100%	3	1	12	5	42%		.961	7	2	10	6	3	11	7	13	6	6	8	4	3.3	23
1999	29	TOR	AL	11	11	7	0	2	2	2	0	100%	3	1	7	3	43%	8	1.438	6	1	3	5	3	3	4	7	3	5	4	3	3.0	24
1999	29	PHI	NL	31	9	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	2	40%	6	.913	1	1	7	1	0	8	3	6	3	1	4	1	3.7	22

2003	33	BOS	AL	7	7	3	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0		9	.711	1	2	4	4	1	2	0	7	3	0	3	0	5.0	30
6 Yrs				129	71	26	3	4	11	9	2	82%	13	2	27	7	26%		.999	21	15	34	21	14	36	15	56	29	17	33	11	4.0	24

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%
1995	25	NYM	NL	44	50%	2.3%	22.7%	4.6%	2.3%	20%	0.41	0.44	70%	9%	5.6%	18%	4	0	0%
1996	26	NYM	NL	390	50%	4.1%	19.5%	9.0%	8.5%	38%	0.50	0.68	67%	27%	10.8%	18%	70	2	3%
1997	27	TOR	AL	566	49%	3.4%	17.5%	10.6%	9.7%	44%	0.43	0.51	67%	18%	9.9%	26%	101	7	7%
1998	28	TOR	AL	184	51%	4.9%	16.9%	12.0%	9.2%	38%	0.55	0.60	64%	19%	13.8%	19%	49	1	2%
1999	29	TOT	MLB	659	54%	3.6%	21.1%	12.9%	9.0%	42%	0.52	0.71	60%	20%	10.5%	17%	130	13	10%
1999	29	TOR	AL	60	58%	1.7%	20.0%	25.0%	8.3%	56%	0.38	0.50	47%	24%	5.9%	19%	22	1	5%
1999	29	PHI	NL	599	53%	3.8%	21.2%	11.7%	9.0%	42%	0.53	0.72	62%	20%	10.9%	17%	108	12	11%
2000	30	PHI	NL	743	54%	1.8%	22.1%	12.8%	8.1%	42%	0.45	0.59	62%	26%	5.2%	21%	126	11	9%
2001	31	PHI	NL	867	55%	3.9%	21.1%	9.2%	8.9%	43%	0.45	0.57	64%	22%	10.6%	16%	149	12	8%
2002	32	PHI	NL	388	55%	3.4%	15.7%	13.1%	10.8%	53%	0.40	0.57	66%	20%	9.1%	21%	56	5	9%
2003	33	BOS	AL	55	62%	0.0%	18.2%	14.6%	9.1%	46%	0.57	0.56	65%	17%	0.0%	13%	12	0	0%
9 Yrs				3896	53%	3.3%	19.8%	11.2%	9.0%	43%	0.47	0.59	64%	22%	9.3%	19%	697	51	7%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.7%	8.9%	7.9%	34%	0.79	1.08	70%	22%	8.3%	15%			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
1995	25	NYM	NL	44	163	3.70	107	66%	21%	20%	29%	30%	79%	0%	52%	74%	68%	2%	1	1	20%	9	3	0	30%	0	0	0	0	1
1996	26	NYM	NL	358	1315	3.67	801	61%	17%	21%	30%	32%	83%	1%	50%	75%	57%	6%	20	11	21%	74	33	3	22%	10	7	32	0	1
1997	27	TOR	AL	477	1822	3.82	1105	61%	28%	14%	27%	31%	72%	1%	44%	80%	52%	6%	28	22	18%	88	49	6	24%	16	5	89	0	0
1998	28	TOR	AL	184	700	3.80	416	59%	23%	17%	29%	31%	77%	1%	46%	78%	51%	7%	13	5	17%	32	19	3	26%	5	7	0	0	0
1999	29	TOT	MLB	660	2665	4.04	1569	59%	25%	18%	29%	27%	75%	0%	44%	76%	52%	8%	53	32	20%	129	74	5	22%	25	19	-1	0	0
1999	29	TOR	AL	60	261	4.35	136	52%	26%	18%	35%	21%	74%	1%	39%	76%	43%	10%	6	2	8%	5	2	1	33%	0	3	0	0	0
1999	29	PHI	NL	600	2404	4.01	1433	60%	25%	18%	29%	28%	75%	0%	45%	76%	53%	8%	47	30	21%	124	72	4	20%	25	16	-1	0	0
2000	30	PHI	NL	747	3077	4.12	1814	59%	24%	18%	32%	26%	76%	0%	45%	76%	51%	8%	59	36	20%	151	75	5	29%	23	22	-4	0	0
2001	31	PHI	NL	869	3308	3.81	2049	62%	26%	17%	28%	29%	74%	1%	46%	77%	57%	5%	45	27	22%	190	108	7	27%	32	15	-2	0	0
2002	32	PHI	NL	390	1482	3.80	893	60%	26%	16%	27%	30%	74%	0%	45%	78%	55%	7%	26	14	21%	81	52	7	34%	15	11	-2	0	0
2003	33	BOS	AL	55	213	3.87	114	54%	33%	17%	18%	32%	67%	0%	36%	75%	51%	13%	7	5	16%	9	4	0	30%	2	2	0	0	0
9 Yrs				3784	14745	3.90	8868	60%	25%	17%	29%	29%	75%	1%	45%	77%	54%	7%	252	153	20%	763	417	36	26%	128	88	112	0	2
MLB Averages						3.72		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	57%	5%			20%				28%

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
1995	25	NYM	NL	44	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	13	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	26	NYM	NL	390	86	7	1	16	1	8	9	7	6	10	19	9	3	47%	4	3	0	134	7	1	88%	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
1997	27	TOR	AL	566	125	15	2	19	0	13	8	11	6	13	26	17	3	65%	4	7	1	200	3	4	43%	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	14	0
1998	28	TOR	AL	184	45	12	0	9	1	11	4	5	4	5	18	11	4	61%	2	0	0	75	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1999	29	TOT	MLB	659	139	8	3	24	0	11	12	12	9	15	37	20	4	54%	5	5	1	262	9	1	90%	9	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	18	0
1999	29	TOR	AL	60	9	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	8	5	1	63%	0	2	0	32	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1999	29	PHI	NL	599	130	7	3	23	0	9	11	12	8	15	29	15	3	52%	5	3	1	230	8	1	89%	8	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	11	0
2000	30	PHI	NL	743	144	10	2	13	0	9	7	6	6	7	34	18	6	53%	2	10	1	280	12	8	60%	10	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	22	0
2001	31	PHI	NL	867	179	13	3	34	0	6	17	17	17	17	32	21	3	66%	2	10	0	287	14	6	70%	10	5	4	1	0	0	1	0	21	0
2002	32	PHI	NL	388	79	2	1	13	0	5	7	6	5	8	21	8	3	38%	2	2	1	141	7	5	58%	6	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
2003	33	BOS	AL	55	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	4	0	67%	0	2	0	24	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
9 Yrs				3896	813	67	12	129	2	65	64	65	54	75	193	108	26	56%	22	39	4	1416	56	26	68%	48	24	8	2	0	0	4	0	98	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

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+
1995	25	1	0	1.000	0.75	3	1	0	0	0	0	12.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	10	0	0	0	44	552	0.583	3.8	0.8	1.5	7.5	5.00	552
1996	26	5	5	.500	4.07	30	14	1	0	0	0	101.2	91	51	46	17	37	3	86	2	0	3	434	99	1.259	8.1	1.5	3.3	7.6	2.32	99
1997	27	10	15	.400	4.93	53	36	1	0	0	0	230.0	216	137	126	36	97	5	185	7	0	10	1000	88	1.361	8.5	1.4	3.8	7.2	1.91	88
1998	28	13	16	.448	5.23	80	36	15	0	0	6	268.1	261	168	156	45	119	6	216	9	0	10	1184	83	1.416	8.8	1.5	4.0	7.2	1.82	83
1999	29	23	23	.500	5.04	122	58	23	0	0	8	416.1	400	252	233	69	204	8	355	15	1	15	1843	90	1.451	8.6	1.5	4.4	7.7	1.74	90
2000	30	32	30	.516	4.62	150	86	23	1	1	8	589.2	544	325	303	82	299	9	519	21	2	25	2586	99	1.430	8.3	1.3	4.6	7.9	1.74	99
2001	31	47	37	.560	4.51	183	119	23	4	2	8	798.0	723	428	400	116	379	12	702	29	3	35	3453	99	1.381	8.2	1.3	4.3	7.9	1.85	99
2002	32	51	42	.548	4.60	199	135	23	4	2	8	885.2	802	486	453	129	430	12	763	34	3	37	3841	96	1.391	8.1	1.3	4.4	7.8	1.77	96
2003	33	51	42	.548	4.64	206	135	26	4	2	9	897.1	813	496	463	129	438	12	773	35	3	39	3896	95	1.394	8.2	1.3	4.4	7.8	1.76	95

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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
1995	25	1	0	1.000	0.64	14.0	5	1	1	1	2	12	0	0.500	3.2	1.3	7.7	6.00	0.6	3
1996	26	4	5	.444	4.55	89.0	86	50	45	16	35	75	2	1.360	8.7	3.5	7.6	2.14	1.6	27
1997	27	5	9	.357	5.57	126.0	123	87	78	19	59	97	5	1.444	8.8	4.2	6.9	1.64	1.4	23
1998	28	1	3	.250	6.69	39.0	44	32	29	9	22	31	2	1.692	10.2	5.1	7.2	1.41	2.1	27
1999	29	8	8	.500	3.93	149.0	128	72	65	22	78	140	6	1.383	7.7	4.7	8.5	1.79	1.3	42
2000	30	12	7	.632	3.19	172.0	134	68	61	12	88	162	6	1.291	7.0	4.6	8.5	1.84	0.6	28
2001	31	10	12	.455	4.21	201.0	176	104	94	33	79	177	8	1.269	7.9	3.5	7.9	2.24	1.5	33
2002	32	3	6	.333	5.96	83.0	81	61	55	13	52	58	5	1.602	8.8	5.6	6.3	1.12	1.4	16
2003	33	0	1	.000	7.50	12.0	11	11	10	0	8	10	1	1.583	8.3	6.0	7.5	1.25	0.0	7
9 Yrs		44	51	.463	4.45	885.0	788	486	438	125	423	762	35	1.368	8.0		7.7	1.80	1.3	206

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 2000 NL 3.63 (10th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 2001 NL .682 (7th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 2000 NL 7.477 (5th) 2001 NL 7.733 (7th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 2000 NL 8.515 (6th) 2001 NL 7.906 (10th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 2001 NL 183 (8th)	Complete Games s c a p y 2001 NL 3 (7th)	Shutouts s c a p y 2000 NL 1 (9th) 2001 NL 1 (7th)	Home Runs s c a p y 2001 NL 34 (5th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 2000 NL 95 (8th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 2000 NL 0.675 (4th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 2000 NL 10 (8th) 2001 NL 10 (3rd)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 2000 NL 129 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 19 (1112), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 9 (928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Similar Pitchers

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Kevin Foster (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Nels Potter (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Armando Reynoso (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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