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Jim Pittsley

James Michael Pittsley

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: April 3, 1974 in Du Bois, PA
High School: Dubois Area HS (Dubois, PA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 26, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 23, 1995
Teams (by GP): Royals/Brewers 1995-1999

Final Game: July 18, 1999
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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
1995 21 KCR AL 0 0 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 7 5 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 39 2.400 18.9 8.1 2.7 0.0 0.00
1997 23 KCR AL 5 8 .385 5.46 21 21 0 0 0 0 112.0 120 72 68 15 54 1 52 6 0 3 501 86 1.554 9.6 1.2 4.3 4.2 0.96
1998 24 KCR AL 1 1 .500 6.59 39 2 11 0 0 0 68.1 88 56 50 13 37 1 44 2 0 6 320 72 1.829 11.6 1.7 4.9 5.8 1.19
1999 25 TOT MLB 1 3 .250 6.00 20 5 5 0 0 0 42.0 53 34 28 5 25 0 20 2 0 4 200 81 1.857 11.4 1.1 5.4 4.3 0.80
1999 25 KCR AL 1 2 .333 6.94 5 5 0 0 0 0 23.1 33 22 18 2 15 0 7 1 0 2 115 73 2.057 12.7 0.8 5.8 2.7 0.47
1999 25 MIL NL 0 1 .000 4.82 15 0 5 0 0 0 18.2 20 12 10 3 10 0 13 1 0 2 85 95 1.607 9.6 1.4 4.8 6.3 1.30
2000 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
4 Yrs 7 12 .368 6.02 81 29 16 0 0 0 225.2 268 167 151 36 117 2 116 10 0 13 1038 79 1.706 10.7 1.4 4.7 4.6 0.99
162 Game Avg. 4 7 .368 6.02 50 18 10 0 0 0 140 166 103 93 22 72 1 72 6 0 8 642 79 1.706 10.7 1.4 4.7 4.6 0.99
KCR (4 yrs) 7 11 .389 6.13 66 29 11 0 0 0 207.0 248 155 141 33 107 2 103 9 0 11 953 78 1.715 10.8 1.4 4.7 4.5 0.96
MIL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.82 15 0 5 0 0 0 18.2 20 12 10 3 10 0 13 1 0 2 85 95 1.607 9.6 1.4 4.8 6.3 1.30
AL (4 yrs) 7 11 .389 6.13 66 29 11 0 0 0 207.0 248 155 141 33 107 2 103 9 0 11 953 78 1.715 10.8 1.4 4.7 4.5 0.96
NL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.82 15 0 5 0 0 0 18.2 20 12 10 3 10 0 13 1 0 2 85 95 1.607 9.6 1.4 4.8 6.3 1.30

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 Awards
1995 21 KCR AL 3.1 1 1 5 13.50 4.46 0.48 0.17 100.0 4.15 -3 -0.2 -0.0 -0.2 -3 .252 .498 $109,000
1997 23 KCR AL 112.0 21 21 72 5.79 5.08 0.35 0.19 102.4 5.04 -10 -0.9 -0.1 0.0 5 .456 .494 $
1998 24 KCR AL 68.1 39 2 56 7.38 5.25 -0.07 -0.33 101.4 5.06 -18 -1.6 .3 0.3 -0.6 -9 .458 .490 $215,000
1999 25 KCR AL 23.1 5 5 22 8.49 4.99 0.25 0.19 103.2 5.09 -9 -0.7 -0.0 -0.5 -6 .359 .496 $255,000
1999 25 MIL NL 18.2 15 0 12 5.79 4.90 -0.19 -0.37 99.3 4.68 -2 -0.2 .6 0.0 -0.1 -0 .485 .499 $
4 Seasons 225.2 81 29 167 6.66 5.10 0.17 -0.01 101.9 5.01 -42 -3.7 .4 0.3 -1.4 -13 .454 .495 $579,000
KCR (4 yrs) 207.0 66 29 155 6.74 5.12 0.20 0.02 102.1 5.04 -40 -3.5 .3 0.3 -1.3 -12 .447 .495 $579,000
MIL (1 yr) 18.2 15 0 12 5.79 4.90 -0.19 -0.37 99.3 4.68 -2 -0.2 .6 0.0 -0.1 -0 .485 .499 $

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 21 KCR AL 1 17 16 5 7 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 .438 .471 1.063 1.533 .308 17 1 0 0 0 0 0
1997 23 KCR AL 21 501 433 72 120 14 5 15 11 4 54 52 .277 .361 .436 .797 .282 189 13 6 2 6 1 5
1998 24 KCR AL 39 320 273 56 88 19 3 13 6 2 37 44 .322 .401 .557 .957 .339 152 10 2 3 5 1 2
1999 25 TOT MLB 20 200 171 34 53 9 0 5 3 2 25 20 .310 .400 .450 .850 .324 77 5 2 0 2 0 4
1999 25 KCR AL 5 115 98 22 33 6 0 2 1 2 15 7 .337 .426 .459 .885 .344 45 2 1 0 1 0 2
1999 25 MIL NL 15 85 73 12 20 3 0 3 2 0 10 13 .274 .365 .438 .803 .293 32 3 1 0 1 0 2
4 Yrs 81 1038 893 167 268 43 8 36 20 8 117 116 .300 .382 .487 .870 .308 435 29 10 5 13 2 11
162 Game Avg. 50 642 552 103 166 27 5 22 12 5 72 72 .300 .382 .487 .870 .308 269 18 6 3 8 1 7
MLB Averages .268 .339 .424 .763 .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
1995 21 KCR AL -2.8 -0.2 17 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .73 -0.3 -0.1 -3.5 -0.3 0.73 -3.7 0 0 0
1997 23 KCR AL -8.7 -0.8 519 -1.4 8.3 -9.7 .96 -1.3 -0.2 -10.8 -1.0 0.96 -13.7 0 0 0
1998 24 KCR AL -14.2 -1.3 337 -0.5 1.7 -2.2 .35 -2.2 0.8 -20.0 -1.8 0.35 -17.5 1 3 31
1999 25 TOT MLB -6.7 -0.6 211 -1.4 2.5 -3.9 .83 -1.0 -0.7 -11.9 -1.0 0.83 -12.9 2 2 11
1999 25 KCR AL -5.7 -0.5 120 -0.7 1.9 -2.6 1.04 -0.7 -0.0 -8.2 -0.7 1.04 -8.0 0 0 0
1999 25 MIL NL -1.0 -0.1 91 -0.7 0.5 -1.2 .56 -0.3 -1.0 -3.7 -0.3 0.56 -4.9 2 2 11
4 Yrs -32.5 -3.0 1084 -3.6 12.7 -16.3 .74 -4.8 -0.1 -46.2 -4.1 0.74 -47.8 3 5 42

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 21 KCR AL 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 25.0 25 25 1 0 0 1 6.0 4.5 3.3 66 1 0 0 0 66
1997 23 KCR AL 21 21 5 8 8 2 1 8 13 .381 2 4 0 0 5 24% 44.0 63 18 6 0 0 14 4.8 5.3 5.3 87 6 13 2 0 113
1998 24 KCR AL 39 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40.0 59 21 13 5 1 1 2.0 4.0 4.2 81 1 1 0 0 91
1999 25 TOT MLB 20 5 1 2 2 1 0 1 4 .200 1 1 0 0 0 0% 42 26 17 7 0 3 4.8 5.9 4.7 83 2 3 0 0 97
1999 25 KCR AL 5 5 1 2 2 1 0 1 4 .200 1 1 0 0 0 0% 34.4 42 26 7 3 0 3 4.8 5.9 4.7 83 2 3 0 0 97
4 Yrs 66 29 7 11 11 4 1 10 19 .345 3 6 0 0 5 17% 41 63 18 27 8 1 19 4.6 5.3 5.1 85 10 17 2 0 113
MLB Averages .500 47% 48 105 -21 4.9 4.9 6.0 96

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
1998 24 KCR AL 39 37 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15 8 53% 7 .349 1 3 31 6 0 31 9 28 23 5 23 1 4.9 28
1999 25 TOT MLB 20 15 5 0 1 1 0 1 0% 4 3 13 4 31% .835 2 2 11 6 0 9 7 8 7 5 8 4 3.7 20
1999 25 MIL NL 15 15 5 0 1 1 0 1 0% 4 3 13 4 31% 9 .563 2 2 11 6 0 9 7 8 7 5 8 4 3.7 20
2 Yrs 54 52 16 0 1 1 0 1 0% 6 4 28 12 43% .394 3 5 42 12 0 40 16 36 30 10 31 5 4.5 26

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 21 KCR AL 17 53% 17.7% 0.0% 5.9% 23.5% 57% 0.78 2.33 76% 19% 33.3% 0% 3 1 33%
1997 23 KCR AL 501 50% 3.0% 10.4% 10.8% 6.8% 28% 0.74 0.99 74% 21% 8.4% 19% 109 13 12%
1998 24 KCR AL 320 61% 4.1% 13.8% 11.6% 10.9% 40% 0.75 1.15 69% 24% 11.0% 11% 66 10 15%
1999 25 TOT MLB 200 51% 2.5% 10.0% 12.5% 7.0% 26% 0.86 1.02 74% 24% 6.9% 11% 48 5 10%
1999 25 KCR AL 115 43% 1.7% 6.1% 13.0% 7.0% 24% 0.86 1.03 78% 25% 4.8% 14% 29 2 7%
1999 25 MIL NL 85 61% 3.5% 15.3% 11.8% 7.1% 30% 0.88 1.00 68% 21% 10.0% 6% 19 3 16%
4 Yrs 1038 54% 3.5% 11.2% 11.3% 8.4% 33% 0.76 1.05 73% 22% 9.5% 14% 226 29 13%
MLB Averages 45% 2.7% 16.6% 9.1% 7.8% 33% 0.81 1.10 70% 21% 8.2% 15% 10%

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 21 KCR AL 17 66 3.88 44 67% 34% 7% 23% 36% 66% 0% 44% 90% 59% 6% 1 1 6% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 23 KCR AL 502 1837 3.66 1056 57% 29% 9% 25% 37% 71% 1% 41% 87% 53% 7% 34 17 15% 75 24 6 38% 6 16 -1 0 0
1998 24 KCR AL 320 1210 3.78 743 61% 27% 13% 28% 32% 73% 1% 45% 83% 57% 5% 17 9 22% 71 35 5 39% 7 8 0 0 0
1999 25 TOT MLB 201 713 3.55 420 59% 28% 10% 25% 36% 72% 0% 42% 85% 55% 4% 9 3 20% 40 16 1 25% 4 6 -1 0 0
1999 25 KCR AL 115 415 3.61 246 59% 27% 9% 27% 37% 73% 0% 43% 88% 56% 2% 2 0 24% 28 12 1 29% 2 2 0 0 0
1999 25 MIL NL 86 298 3.47 174 58% 29% 13% 22% 35% 71% 0% 41% 81% 55% 8% 7 3 14% 12 4 0 23% 2 4 -1 0 0
4 Yrs 1040 3826 3.68 2263 59% 28% 10% 26% 35% 72% 0% 42% 85% 55% 6% 61 30 18% 187 75 12 36% 17 30 -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.71 61% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 45% 80% 57% 6% 19% 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 21 KCR AL 17 7 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 23 KCR AL 501 120 16 1 15 0 6 7 8 10 5 30 21 3 70% 5 3 1 206 11 4 73% 11 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 0
1998 24 KCR AL 320 88 12 2 13 0 10 12 1 10 3 28 18 1 64% 2 6 1 125 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
1999 25 TOT MLB 200 53 3 0 5 0 10 2 3 3 2 16 11 1 69% 4 4 1 81 3 2 60% 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 0
1999 25 KCR AL 115 33 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 10 7 1 70% 2 2 0 50 1 2 33% 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0
1999 25 MIL NL 85 20 2 0 3 0 7 1 2 2 1 6 4 0 67% 2 2 1 31 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
4 Yrs 1038 268 31 3 36 0 26 23 13 23 13 74 50 5 68% 11 13 3 416 20 8 71% 19 6 1 2 0 0 2 1 32 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 21 0 0 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 7 5 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 39 2.400 18.9 8.1 2.7 0.0 0.00 39
1996 22 0 0 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 7 5 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 39 2.400 18.9 8.1 2.7 0.0 0.00 39
1997 23 5 8 .385 5.70 22 22 0 0 0 0 115.1 127 77 73 18 55 1 52 6 0 3 518 82 1.578 9.9 1.4 4.3 4.1 0.95 82
1998 24 6 9 .400 6.03 61 24 11 0 0 0 183.2 215 133 123 31 92 2 96 8 0 9 838 78 1.672 10.5 1.5 4.5 4.7 1.04 78
1999 25 7 12 .368 6.02 81 29 16 0 0 0 225.2 268 167 151 36 117 2 116 10 0 13 1038 79 1.706 10.7 1.4 4.7 4.6 0.99 79

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
1995 21 0 0 11.25 4.0 7 6 5 3 1 0 0 2.000 15.8 2.3 0.0 0.00 6.8 1
1997 23 4 8 .333 5.20 109.0 116 70 63 14 52 51 6 1.541 9.6 4.3 4.2 0.98 1.2 21
1998 24 2 5 .286 6.27 66.0 84 51 46 12 35 43 2 1.803 11.5 4.8 5.9 1.23 1.6 39
1999 25 1 3 .250 5.49 41.0 50 28 25 5 24 20 2 1.805 11.0 5.3 4.4 0.83 1.1 20
4 Yrs 7 16 .304 5.69 220.0 257 155 139 34 112 114 10 1.677 10.5 4.7 1.02 1.4 81

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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