Adam Pettyjohn

Adam Christopher Pettyjohn

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 11, 1977 in Phoenix, AZ
High School: Exeter Union HS (Exeter, CA)
School: California State University Fresno (Fresno, CA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 2nd round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 22, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 16, 2001
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Reds 2001-2008

Final Game: September 28, 2008
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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
1998	21	DET-min	A,A-	6	4	.600	2.24	12	12	0	1	1	0	72.1	67	25	18	3	13	0	88	6	1	2	303		1.106	8.3	0.4	1.6	10.9	6.77	WMI,JAM · MIDW,NYPL
1999	22	DET-min	AA,A+	12	9	.571	4.40	29	29	0	2	0	0	186.1	196	110	91	15	46	0	143	9	0	6	803		1.299	9.5	0.7	2.2	6.9	3.11	JCK,LAK · SOUL,FLOR
2000	23	DET-min	AA,AAA	2	6	.250	4.84	15	15	0	0	0	0	89.1	88	54	48	9	34	0	68	6	0	3	385		1.366	8.9	0.9	3.4	6.9	2.00	JCK,TOL · SOUL,IL
2001	24	DET-min	AAA	5	8	.385	3.44	17	17	0	0	0	0	107.1	107	51	41	9	26	0	78	4	1	5	449		1.239	9.0	0.8	2.2	6.5	3.00	TOL · IL
2001	24	DET	AL	1	6	.143	5.82	16	9	1	0	0	0	65.0	81	48	42	10	21	2	40	4	0	2	293	74	1.569	11.2	1.4	2.9	5.5	1.90
2002		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2003	26	DET-min	AA	1	4	.200	4.00	19	10	5	1	0	0	81.0	87	39	36	9	18	0	49	3	0	0	340		1.296	9.7	1.0	2.0	5.4	2.72	ERI · EL
2004	27	SFG-OAK-min	AAA	6	7	.462	5.78	31	23	2	1	0	0	132.1	158	96	85	17	39	1	87	6	1	5	574		1.489	10.7	1.2	2.7	5.9	2.23	FRE,SAC · PCL
2006	29	OAK-SEA-min	AAA,AA	5	6	.455	3.81	28	12	9	0	0	2	115.2	120	52	49	11	35	2	88	2	2	1	488		1.340	9.3	0.9	2.7	6.8	2.51	SAC,SAN · PCL,TL
2007	30	MIL-min	AAA,AA	16	6	.727	4.07	28	28	0	1	1	0	161.1	160	81	73	24	34	1	137	1	1	5	675		1.202	8.9	1.3	1.9	7.6	4.03	NVL,HVL · PCL,SOUL
2008	31	CIN-min	AAA	15	6	.714	4.59	28	28	0	0	0	0	174.1	188	97	89	20	43	0	95	7	0	3	740		1.325	9.7	1.0	2.2	4.9	2.21	LOU · IL
2008	31	CIN	NL	0	1	.000	20.25	3	1	1	0	0	0	4.0	11	9	9	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	26	24	3.250	24.8	4.5	4.5	2.3	0.50
2009	32	NYM-CIN-min	AAA	4	11	.267	4.09	27	14	5	0	0	0	105.2	129	59	48	10	31	2	57	7	1	0	475		1.514	11.0	0.9	2.6	4.9	1.84	BFL,LOU · IL
2010	33	NYM-min	AAA	2	4	.333	4.94	44	3	14	0	0	2	62.0	66	38	34	6	34	3	47	2	1	5	285		1.613	9.6	0.9	4.9	6.8	1.38	BFL · IL
2 Yrs				1	7	.125	6.65	19	10	2	0	0	0	69.0	92	57	51	12	23	3	41	5	0	2	319	65	1.667	12.0	1.6	3.0	5.3	1.78
162 Game Avg.				2	16	.125	6.65	45	23	5	0	0	0	162	216	134	120	28	54	7	96	12	0	5	748	65	1.667	12.0	1.6	3.0	5.3	1.78

CIN (1 yr)				0	1	.000	20.25	3	1	1	0	0	0	4.0	11	9	9	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	26	24	3.250	24.8	4.5	4.5	2.3	0.50
DET (1 yr)				1	6	.143	5.82	16	9	1	0	0	0	65.0	81	48	42	10	21	2	40	4	0	2	293	74	1.569	11.2	1.4	2.9	5.5	1.90

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
2001	24	DET	AL	65.0	16	9	48	6.65	5.06	-0.23	0.09	99.0	5.33	-10	-0.9	.5	-0.0	-0.3	-1	.442	.494	$

2008	31	CIN	NL	4.0	3	1	9	20.25	4.72	-0.25	-0.08	101.0	4.95	-7	-0.6	.7	0.0	-0.5	-6	.311	.496	$
2 Seasons				69.0	19	10	57	7.43	5.04	-0.23	0.08	99.1	5.31	-17	-1.5	.5	0.0	-0.8	-8	.422	.495	$

CIN (1 yr)				4.0	3	1	9	20.25	4.72	-0.25	-0.08	101.0	4.95	-7	-0.6	.7	0.0	-0.5	-6	.311	.496	$
DET (1 yr)				65.0	16	9	48	6.65	5.06	-0.23	0.09	99.0	5.33	-10	-0.9	.5	-0.0	-0.3	-1	.442	.494	$

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
2001	24	DET	AL	16	293	262	48	81	22	2	10	7	2	21	40	.309	.366	.523	.888	.330	137	8	4	3	3	2	3

2008	31	CIN	NL	3	26	23	9	11	2	0	2	0	0	2	1	.478	.538	.826	1.365	.450	19	0	1	0	0	1	0
2 Yrs				19	319	285	57	92	24	2	12	7	2	23	41	.323	.380	.547	.927	.340	156	8	5	3	3	3	3
162 Game Avg.				45	748	668	134	216	56	5	28	16	5	54	96	.323	.380	.547	.927	.340	366	19	12	7	7	7	7
MLB Averages																.265	.333	.423	.756	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2001	24	DET	AL	-12.6	-1.2	304	-0.8	4.0	-4.8	.78	-1.4	0.3	-12.3	-1.2	0.78	-13.2	0	2	5

2008	31	CIN	NL	-6.3	-0.6	26	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	.80	-0.6	0.2	-5.9	-0.5	0.80	-6.8	0	1	1
2 Yrs				-19.0	-1.7	330	-1.2	4.3	-5.5	.78	-2.0	0.5	-18.3	-1.7	0.78	-20.0	0	3	6

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
2001	24	DET	AL	16	9	0	6	3	0	1	1	8	.111	2	1	0	0	3	33%	45.0	60	26	15	5	2	4	3.2	2.4	6.0	93	0	8	1	0	106

2008	31	CIN	NL	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	8.0	8	8	2	2	0	1	4.0	3.0	2.0	52	1	0	0	0	52
2 Yrs				19	10	0	7	3	0	1	1	9	.100	2	1	0	0	3	30%	41	60	8	17	7	2	5	3.3	2.4	5.6	89	1	8	1	0	106
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	100	-12					4.8	4.8	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2001	24	DET	AL	16	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	33%	6	.783	0	2	5	1	1	5	3	4	4	0	4	0	4.9	31

2008	31	CIN	NL	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	.799	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	20
2 Yrs				19	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	33%		.784	0	3	6	1	2	6	3	6	4	0	4	0	4.4	29

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%
2001	24	DET	AL	293	15%	3.4%	13.7%	7.2%	11.6%	42%	0.74	1.28	73%	28%	9.2%	11%	49	8	16%

2008	31	CIN	NL	26	8%	7.7%	3.9%	7.7%	15.4%	36%	0.10	0.22	77%	36%	11.1%	10%	5	0	0%
2 Yrs				319	15%	3.8%	12.9%	7.2%	11.9%	41%	0.65	1.16	74%	29%	9.4%	11%	54	8	15%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.9%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	0.79	1.07	70%	20%	7.9%	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
2001	24	DET	AL	293	1061	3.62	661	62%	31%	9%	25%	34%	69%	2%	43%	87%	53%	5%	16	7	18%	54	33	4	38%	4	7	0	0	0

2008	31	CIN	NL	26	92	3.54	50	54%	28%	12%	16%	44%	72%	10%	39%	83%	62%	8%	2	1	8%	2	2	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				319	1153	3.61	711	62%	31%	9%	24%	35%	69%	3%	42%	87%	54%	6%	18	8	18%	56	35	4	37%	4	7	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.75		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	59%	5%			22%				26%

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
2001	24	DET	AL	293	81	6	0	10	0	4	8	2	3	7	15	8	2	53%	3	2	0	111	7	2	78%	6	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	6	0

2008	31	CIN	NL	26	11	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				319	92	7	0	12	0	4	10	2	3	9	15	8	2	53%	3	2	0	125	7	2	78%	6	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	6	0
MLB Averages																		53%							71%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2001	24	1	6	.143	5.82	16	9	1	65.0	81	48	42	10	21	2	40	4	2	293	74	1.569	11.2	1.4	2.9	5.5	1.90	74
2002	25	1	6	.143	5.82	16	9	1	65.0	81	48	42	10	21	2	40	4	2	293	74	1.569	11.2	1.4	2.9	5.5	1.90	74
2003	26	1	6	.143	5.82	16	9	1	65.0	81	48	42	10	21	2	40	4	2	293	74	1.569	11.2	1.4	2.9	5.5	1.90	74
2004	27	1	6	.143	5.82	16	9	1	65.0	81	48	42	10	21	2	40	4	2	293	74	1.569	11.2	1.4	2.9	5.5	1.90	74
2005	28	1	6	.143	5.82	16	9	1	65.0	81	48	42	10	21	2	40	4	2	293	74	1.569	11.2	1.4	2.9	5.5	1.90	74
2006	29	1	6	.143	5.82	16	9	1	65.0	81	48	42	10	21	2	40	4	2	293	74	1.569	11.2	1.4	2.9	5.5	1.90	74
2007	30	1	6	.143	5.82	16	9	1	65.0	81	48	42	10	21	2	40	4	2	293	74	1.569	11.2	1.4	2.9	5.5	1.90	74
2008	31	1	7	.125	6.65	19	10	2	69.0	92	57	51	12	23	3	41	5	2	319	65	1.667	12.0	1.6	3.0	5.3	1.78	65

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
2001	24	2	4	.333	6.24	62.0	82	48	43	10	21	38	4	1.661	11.9	3.0	5.5	1.81	1.5	16

2008	31	0	0		20.25	4.0	11	10	9	2	2	1	1	3.250	24.8	4.5	2.3	0.50	4.5	3
2 Yrs		2	4	.333	7.09	66.0	93	58	52	12	23	39	5	1.758	12.7		5.3	1.70	1.6	19

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