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Rick Porcello

Frederick Alfred Porcello

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 27, 1988 in Morristown, NJ
High School: Seton Hall Prep (West Orange, NJ)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (27th pick) of the 2007 amateur draft.
Signed August 15, 2007. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 2009
Team: Tigers 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$3.1M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.170, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Hendricks Sports [*]
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2009 20 DET AL 31 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 111 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 RoY-3
2010 21 DET AL 27 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2011 22 DET AL 31 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 -8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 Yrs 89 13 12 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .250 .250 .250 .500 35 3 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 24 22 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 .250 .250 .250 .500 35 5 0 0 2 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2009 20 DET AL 31 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .503 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $2,095,000 1 RoY-3
2010 21 DET AL 27 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $1,920,000 1
2011 22 DET AL 31 6 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,536,000 1
2012 23 DET AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 0.0 $
4 Seasons 99 13 -1 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .500 .500 0.1 0.1 1 $5,551,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2009 20 DET AL 5 3 1 8.9 109 .500 .400 .268 .400 .338 .400 .431 .800 .769 111 .737 0.0 0.0 .667 .000 .000
2010 21 DET AL 2 2 0 0.0 102 .000 .263 .000 .331 .000 .411 .000 .742 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2011 22 DET AL 6 5 0 0.0 99 .333 .167 .260 .167 .324 .167 .410 .333 .735 -8 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
3 Yrs 13 10 1 2.7 103 .429 .250 .264 .250 .330 .250 .419 .500 .750 35 .255 -1.2 -0.1 .333 .000 .000
162 Game Avg. 24 18 2 2.7 103 .429 .250 .264 .250 .330 .250 .419 .500 .750 35 .255 -1.2 -0.1 .333 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2011 22 DET AL ALDS NYY W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 22 DET AL ALCS TEX L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (2 Series) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2009 20 DET AL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.0 2.5 3.00 80% 25% 0.0% 0%
2010 21 DET AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0% 0%
2011 22 DET AL 6 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 50% 0%
4 Yrs 13 0.0% 38.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.4 6.0 6.00 54% 13% 0.0% 0%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.5% 8.5% 7.6% 33% 2.18 4.8 35.0 8.1 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2009 20 DET AL 0.0 0.0 5 0.2 0.2 -0.1 1.14 0.0 0.1 1.3 0.1 1.12 0.5 0
2010 21 DET AL -0.3 -0.0 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .56 -0.0 0.0 -0.4 -0.0 0.93 -0.5 0
2011 22 DET AL -0.9 -0.1 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .65 -0.1 -0.0 -0.6 -0.1 0.81 -0.8 0
2012 23 DET AL
4 Yrs -1.2 -0.1 13 0.1 0.3 -0.2 .83 -0.1 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.95 -0.7 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2009 20 DET AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 21 DET AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 22 DET AL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2009 20 DET AL 5 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0
2010 21 DET AL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2011 22 DET AL 6 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 13 31% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 8 2 25% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 55% 69% 11% 32% 14% 51% 55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2009 20 DET AL 5 18 3.60 10 56% 10% 10% 40% 40% 90% 0% 50% 89% 20% 0% 0 0 20% 1 1 20% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2010 21 DET AL 2 7 3.50 5 71% 0% 60% 20% 20% 100% 0% 71% 40% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2011 22 DET AL 6 28 4.67 18 64% 11% 28% 44% 17% 89% 0% 57% 69% 67% 17% 1 0 17% 1 0 17% 1 1 33% 0 0 0
3 Yrs 13 53 4.08 33 62% 9% 27% 39% 24% 91% 0% 57% 70% 54% 8% 1 0 15% 2 1 15% 2 1 20% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2009 20 31 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 111 2 0 0 0 0 0
2010 21 58 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 77 2 0 0 1 0 0
2011 22 89 13 12 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .250 .250 .250 .500 35 3 0 0 1 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2009 20 31 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 1 31
2010 21 27 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 27
2011 22 31 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 31
3 Yrs 89 13 12 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 89
162 Game Avg. 162 24 22 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 9 .167 .167 .167 .333 2 89

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
2009 AL  born 1988-12-27 (1st)
2010 AL  born 1988-12-27 (3rd)

                                         

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