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Yusmeiro Petit

Yusmeiro Alberto Petit

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 250 lb.

Born: November 22, 1984 in Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela
High School: U.E. Andres Bello (Maracaibo, VE)
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 14, 2006
Teams (by GP): Diamondbacks/Marlins 2006-2009
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.110, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: SFX [*]
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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
2003	18	NYM-min	Rk,A-	4	3	.571	2.30	14	14	0	0	0	0	74.1	52	22	19	2	10	0	85	5	0	1	275		0.834	6.3	0.2	1.2	10.3	8.50	KPT,BKN · APPY,NYPL
2004	19	NYM-min	A,A+,AA	12	6	.667	2.20	26	26	0	1	1	0	139.1	84	44	34	8	41	1	200	7	1	4	545		0.897	5.4	0.5	2.6	12.9	4.88	CLM,SCE,BNG · SALL,FLOR,EL
2005	20	NYM-min	AA,AAA	9	6	.600	3.60	24	24	0	2	0	0	132.1	114	57	53	20	24	1	144	2	0	0	527		1.043	7.8	1.4	1.6	9.8	6.00	BNG,NFK · EL,IL
2006	21	FLA-min	AAA	4	6	.400	4.28	17	17	0	0	0	0	96.2	101	53	46	14	20	1	68	1	0	2	404		1.252	9.4	1.3	1.9	6.3	3.40	ABQ · PCL
2006	21	FLA	NL	1	1	.500	9.57	15	1	5	0	0	0	26.1	46	28	28	7	9	1	20	0	0	0	129	46	2.089	15.7	2.4	3.1	6.8	2.22
2007	22	ARI-min	AAA	8	4	.667	4.04	17	17	0	0	0	0	93.2	83	47	42	11	38	0	60	1	1	5	397		1.292	8.0	1.1	3.7	5.8	1.58	TUC · PCL
2007	22	ARI	NL	3	4	.429	4.58	14	10	2	0	0	0	57.0	58	30	29	12	18	1	40	0	1	0	243	104	1.333	9.2	1.9	2.8	6.3	2.22
2008	23	ARI-min	AAA	3	3	.500	4.80	11	11	0	0	0	0	60.0	64	34	32	7	8	0	67	0	0	2	249		1.200	9.6	1.0	1.2	10.0	8.38	TUC · PCL
2008	23	ARI	NL	3	5	.375	4.31	19	8	6	0	0	0	56.1	45	29	27	12	14	2	42	1	1	3	229	108	1.047	7.2	1.9	2.2	6.7	3.00
2009	24	ARI-min	AAA	0	1	.000	6.89	5	5	0	0	0	0	15.2	21	13	12	4	5	0	13	0	0	0	73		1.660	12.1	2.3	2.9	7.5	2.60	REN · PCL
2009	24	ARI	NL	3	10	.231	5.82	23	17	2	0	0	0	89.2	102	62	58	19	34	1	74	0	0	3	407	77	1.517	10.2	1.9	3.4	7.4	2.18
2010	25	SEA-min	AAA	4	2	.667	4.85	24	6	3	0	0	0	59.1	54	36	32	9	16	0	55	1	0	2	248		1.180	8.2	1.4	2.4	8.3	3.44	TAC · PCL
2011	26	-min	AAA	1	2	.333	4.17	7	6	0	0	0	0	36.2	33	18	17	3	5	0	28	0	0	0	145		1.036	8.1	0.7	1.2	6.9	5.60	OAX · MEX
4 Seasons				10	20	.333	5.57	71	36	15	0	0	0	229.1	251	149	142	50	75	5	176	1	2	6	1008	82	1.422	9.9	2.0	2.9	6.9	2.35
162 Game Avg.				6	13	.333	5.57	45	23	10	0	0	0	146	160	95	90	32	48	3	112	1	1	4	641	82	1.422	9.9	2.0	2.9	6.9	2.35

ARI (3 yrs)				9	19	.321	5.05	56	35	10	0	0	0	203.0	205	121	114	43	66	4	156	1	2	6	879	91	1.335	9.1	1.9	2.9	6.9	2.36
FLA (1 yr)				1	1	.500	9.57	15	1	5	0	0	0	26.1	46	28	28	7	9	1	20	0	0	0	129	46	2.089	15.7	2.4	3.1	6.8	2.22

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
2006	21	FLA	NL	26.1	1	28	16	0	.3	-12	-0.9	$
2007	22	ARI	NL	57.0	10	30	37	1	.8	7	0.5	$
2008	23	ARI	NL	56.1	8	29	37	-1	.8	8	0.6	$394,000
2009	24	ARI	NL	89.2	17	62	57	0	.8	-5	-0.4	$411,500
4 Seasons				229.1	36	149	147	0	.7	-2	-0.2	$805,500

ARI (3 yrs)				203.0	35	121	131	0	.8	10	0.7	$805,500
FLA (1 yr)				26.1	1	28	16	0	.3	-12	-0.9	$

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	21	FLA	NL	15	129	118	28	46	7	4	7	0	2	9	20	.390	.430	.695	1.125	.424	82	3	0	1	1	1	0
2007	22	ARI	NL	14	243	223	30	58	15	3	12	4	0	18	40	.260	.314	.516	.830	.267	115	4	0	1	1	1	1
2008	23	ARI	NL	19	229	208	29	45	8	1	12	2	1	14	42	.216	.267	.438	.704	.212	91	1	1	4	2	2	1
2009	24	ARI	NL	23	407	370	62	102	22	2	19	9	1	34	74	.276	.337	.500	.837	.300	185	2	0	3	0	1	6
4 Seasons				71	1008	919	149	251	52	10	50	15	4	75	176	.273	.327	.515	.842	.288	473	10	1	9	4	5	8
162 Game Avg.				45	641	584	95	160	33	6	32	10	3	48	112	.273	.327	.515	.842	.288	301	6	1	6	3	3	5
MLB Averages																.266	.335	.422	.757	.301

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	21	FLA	NL	-14.7	-1.3	129	-0.6	0.6	-1.2	.32	-0.8	-1.1	-13.1	-1.2	0.32	-13.8	1	1	12
2007	22	ARI	NL	1.7	0.2	251	0.1	3.5	-3.4	.75	-0.6	0.8	0.9	0.1	0.75	-4.0	0	1	3
2008	23	ARI	NL	2.2	0.2	235	0.2	3.3	-3.0	.74	0.4	-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.74	4.1	1	2	8
2009	24	ARI	NL	-12.5	-1.2	420	-2.0	5.6	-7.6	.81	-1.4	-1.0	-15.6	-1.5	0.81	-14.8	1	1	4
4 Seasons				-23.3	-2.2	1035	-2.3	12.9	-15.2	.72	-2.4	-0.8	-27.6	-2.6	0.72	-28.6	3	5	27

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	21	FLA	NL	15	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	32	32	32	8	3	0	1	18.0	22.5	6.0	88	0	1	0	0	88
2007	22	ARI	NL	14	10	2	4	4	1	1	4	6	.400	1	1	0	0	2	20%	47	71	24	8	3	1	6	3.3	4.1	5.1	79	5	5	0	0	89
2008	23	ARI	NL	19	8	3	4	1	1	0	3	5	.375	1	0	0	0	3	38%	52	70	19	5	0	1	5	5.1	4.6	5.2	79	4	4	0	0	96
2009	24	ARI	NL	23	17	3	9	5	0	2	4	13	.235	2	3	0	0	5	29%	45	81	16	7	3	0	8	4.4	4.0	4.9	81	7	9	1	0	108
4 Seasons				71	36	9	17	10	3	3	12	24	.333	4	4	0	0	10	28%	47	81	16	28	9	2	20	4.6	4.8	5.0	80	16	19	1	0	108
MLB Averages													.500						48%	48	98	-12					4.8	4.8	5.8	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2006	21	FLA	NL	15	14	5	0	1	0	0		5	.317	1	1	12	2	1	11	0	14	6	1	7	1	4.4	29
2007	22	ARI	NL	14	4	2	1	0	0	0		9	.752	0	1	3	1	0	3	0	4	2	0	2	0	4.5	26
2008	23	ARI	NL	19	11	6	0	1	4	2	50%	4	.740	1	2	8	5	1	5	2	9	4	1	4	0	4.1	20
2009	24	ARI	NL	23	6	2	0	1	0	0		5	.807	1	1	4	0	2	4	0	6	1	1	2	0	3.2	23
4 Seasons				71	35	15	1	3	4	2	50%		.716	3	5	27	8	4	23	2	33	13	3	15	1	4.1	25

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	21	FLA	NL	129	45%	5.4%	15.5%	7.0%	14.0%	39%	0.46	0.54	71%	22%	11.3%	9%	29	3	10%
2007	22	ARI	NL	243	54%	4.9%	16.5%	7.4%	12.4%	52%	0.50	0.58	71%	18%	11.8%	17%	32	4	13%
2008	23	ARI	NL	229	56%	5.2%	18.3%	6.1%	9.2%	47%	0.48	0.69	68%	15%	12.2%	13%	31	1	3%
2009	24	ARI	NL	407	48%	4.7%	18.2%	8.4%	10.6%	42%	0.46	0.56	68%	20%	10.9%	14%	50	2	4%
4 Seasons				1008	51%	5.0%	17.5%	7.4%	11.1%	45%	0.47	0.59	69%	19%	11.5%	14%	142	10	7%
MLB Averages					46%	2.7%	17.4%	8.6%	8.0%	34%	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.7%	12%			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	21	FLA	NL	129	488	3.78	307	63%	31%	12%	24%	33%	69%	2%	44%	82%	60%	4%	5	4	23%	30	13	2	30%	4	0	0	0	0
2007	22	ARI	NL	243	891	3.67	576	65%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	1%	48%	80%	63%	3%	8	2	26%	62	25	0	35%	7	5	0	0	0
2008	23	ARI	NL	229	853	3.72	560	66%	30%	16%	24%	31%	70%	2%	46%	78%	62%	3%	7	2	26%	59	29	3	21%	9	3	0	0	0
2009	24	ARI	NL	407	1514	3.72	966	64%	31%	15%	23%	31%	69%	1%	44%	78%	64%	3%	12	8	22%	88	41	4	32%	13	3	0	0	0
4 Seasons				1008	3746	3.72	2409	64%	30%	15%	24%	31%	70%	1%	45%	79%	63%	3%	32	16	24%	239	108	9	30%	33	11	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.79		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	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	21	FLA	NL	129	46	4	0	7	0	3	5	2	4	3	11	8	0	73%	0	0	0	48	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2007	22	ARI	NL	243	58	4	0	12	0	1	6	6	2	10	7	5	0	71%	1	0	1	71	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2008	23	ARI	NL	229	45	5	1	12	0	2	10	2	6	6	6	3	1	50%	1	3	0	71	2	1	67%	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	6	0
2009	24	ARI	NL	407	102	14	1	19	0	5	7	12	12	7	10	1	3	10%	6	3	0	147	9	1	90%	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
4 Seasons				1008	251	27	2	50	0	11	28	22	24	26	34	17	4	50%	8	6	1	337	15	4	79%	14	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	13	0
MLB Averages																		53%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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	21	1	1	.500	9.57	15	1	5	26.1	46	28	28	7	9	1	20	0	0	0	129	46	2.089	15.7	2.4	3.1	6.8	2.22	46
2007	22	4	5	.444	6.16	29	11	7	83.1	104	58	57	19	27	2	60	0	1	0	372	75	1.572	11.2	2.1	2.9	6.5	2.22	75
2008	23	7	10	.412	5.41	48	19	13	139.2	149	87	84	31	41	4	102	1	2	3	601	86	1.360	9.6	2.0	2.6	6.6	2.49	86
2009	24	10	20	.333	5.57	71	36	15	229.1	251	149	142	50	75	5	176	1	2	6	1008	82	1.422	9.9	2.0	2.9	6.9	2.35	82

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2006	21	0	2	.000	9.72	25.0	45	30	27	7	9	19	0	2.160	16.2	3.2	6.8	2.11	2.5	15
2007	22	3	3	.500	4.11	57.0	56	29	26	12	17	40	0	1.281	8.8	2.7	6.3	2.35	1.9	14
2008	23	3	3	.500	3.79	57.0	44	27	24	12	14	42	1	1.018	6.9	2.2	6.6	3.00	1.9	19
2009	24	4	6	.400	5.34	91.0	101	60	54	19	34	75	0	1.484	10.0	3.4	7.4	2.21	1.9	23
4 Seasons		10	14	.417	5.13	230.0	246	146	131	50	74	176	1	1.391	9.6		6.9	2.38	2.0	71

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