Rick Porcello Pitching Statistics and History

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Rick Porcello \por-SELL-oh\

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 (Age 20)
Team: Tigers 2009-2013
2013 Contract Status: 2nd Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$5.1M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 3.170, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Hendricks Sports [*]
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	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	Awards
2008	19	DET-min	A+	8	6	.571	2.66	24	24	0	125.0	116	51	37	7	33	0	72	11	0	3	527		1.192	8.4	0.5	2.4	5.2	2.18	LAK · FLOR
2009	20	DET	AL	14	9	.609	3.96	31	31	0	170.2	176	81	75	23	52	0	89	3	1	6	720	114	1.336	9.3	1.2	2.7	4.7	1.71	RoY-3
2010	21	DET-min	AAA	1	2	.333	3.21	4	4	0	28.0	24	11	10	0	10	0	19	1	1	0	111		1.214	7.7	0.0	3.2	6.1	1.90	TOL · IL
2010	21	DET	AL	10	12	.455	4.92	27	27	0	162.2	188	96	89	18	38	2	84	7	3	11	700	85	1.389	10.4	1.0	2.1	4.6	2.21
2011	22	DET	AL	14	9	.609	4.75	31	31	0	182.0	210	103	96	18	46	1	104	8	0	12	784	87	1.407	10.4	0.9	2.3	5.1	2.26
2012	23	DET	AL	10	12	.455	4.59	31	31	0	176.1	226	101	90	16	44	3	107	6	0	6	783	92	1.531	11.5	0.8	2.2	5.5	2.43
2013	24	DET	AL	4	3	.571	4.37	13	12	1	70.0	67	35	34	8	13	0	59	1	1	2	282	96	1.143	8.6	1.0	1.7	7.6	4.54
5 Yrs				52	45	.536	4.54	133	132	1	761.2	867	416	384	83	193	6	443	25	5	37	3269	94	1.392	10.2	1.0	2.3	5.2	2.30
162 Game Avg.				13	12	.536	4.54	34	34	0	195	222	107	99	21	50	2	114	6	1	9	839	94	1.392	10.2	1.0	2.3	5.2	2.30

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2009	20	DET	AL	170.2	31	31	81	4.27	4.83	0.22	0.19	99.6	4.78	8	0.8		-0.1	2.5	29	.526	.505	$2,095,000	RoY-3
2010	21	DET	AL	162.2	27	27	96	5.31	4.51	0.15	0.16	101.0	4.56	-15	-1.5		-0.1	0.1	3	.445	.491	$1,920,000
2011	22	DET	AL	182.0	31	31	103	5.09	4.30	0.11	0.16	100.1	4.35	-16	-1.6		-0.1	0.2	4	.449	.490	$1,536,000
2012	23	DET	AL	176.1	31	31	101	5.16	4.49	-0.24	0.17	103.9	5.10	-1	-0.1		-0.1	1.5	17	.496	.499	$3,100,000
2013	24	DET	AL	70.0	13	12	35	4.50	4.50	-0.08	0.16	105.5	5.00	2	0.2	.0	-0.1	0.8	10	.518	.501	$5,100,000
5 Seasons				761.2	133	132	416	4.92	4.53	0.05	0.17	101.6	4.72	-21	-2.1	.0	-0.5	5.1	63	.484	.497	$13,751,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BF	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2011	22	DET	AL	ALDS	W	NYY	1	.000	6.00	1	1	0	6.0	5	4	4	1	1	5	2	26	1.000	7.5	1.5	7.5	5.00
2011	22	DET	AL	ALCS	L	TEX	0		4.00	3	1	0	9.0	10	5	4	1	1	7	0	38	1.222	10.0	1.0	7.0	7.00
2012	23	DET	AL	ALDS	W	OAK	0		0.00	1	0	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2012	23	DET	AL	WS	L	SFG	0		0.00	1	0	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	9.0
2 Yrs (4 Series)							1	.000	4.41	6	2	2	16.1	15	9	8	2	2	13	2	68	1.041	8.3	1.1	7.2	6.50
2 ALDS							1	.000	5.68	2	1	1	6.1	5	4	4	1	1	5	2	27	0.947	7.1	1.4	7.1	5.00
1 ALCS							0		4.00	3	1	0	9.0	10	5	4	1	1	7	0	38	1.222	10.0	1.0	7.0	7.00
1 WS							0		0.00	1	0	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	9.0

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
2009	20	DET	AL	31	720	659	81	176	27	1	23	8	2	52	89	.267	.323	.416	.738	.279	274	24	3	4	2	0	7
2010	21	DET	AL	27	700	652	96	188	23	4	18	10	5	38	84	.288	.333	.419	.752	.308	273	19	7	1	2	2	6
2011	22	DET	AL	31	784	720	103	210	35	7	18	16	4	46	104	.292	.339	.435	.774	.318	313	23	8	5	5	1	8
2012	23	DET	AL	31	783	728	101	226	53	2	16	18	5	44	107	.310	.353	.455	.808	.345	331	21	6	2	3	3	8
2013	24	DET	AL	13	282	268	35	67	9	1	8	4	3	13	59	.250	.287	.381	.668	.294	102	7	1	0	0	0	2
5 Yrs				133	3269	3027	416	867	147	15	83	56	19	193	443	.286	.333	.427	.760	.312	1293	94	25	12	12	6	31
162 Game Avg.				34	839	777	107	222	38	4	21	14	5	50	114	.286	.333	.427	.760	.312	332	24	6	3	3	2	8
MLB Averages																.257	.324	.406	.729	.297

Win Probability*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
2009	20	DET	AL	10.5	1.0	739	1.2	12.7	-11.5	.95	0.7	0.6	10.2	1.0	0.95	9.7	0
2010	21	DET	AL	-13.1	-1.3	730	-1.5	11.8	-13.3	1.00	-0.1	-1.4	-15.7	-1.5	1.00	-2.9	0
2011	22	DET	AL	-11.5	-1.1	815	-0.6	14.0	-14.6	1.01	-0.6	0.1	-8.1	-0.8	1.01	-10.0	0
2012	23	DET	AL	-8.7	-0.9	815	-1.9	13.4	-15.3	1.00	-1.4	-0.5	-16.1	-1.6	1.00	-16.0	0
2013	24	DET	AL	-0.7	-0.1	293	0.5	5.2	-4.7	.96	0.9	-0.5	0.8	0.1	0.96	10.0	1
5 Yrs				-23.6	-2.3	3392	-2.3	57.1	-59.4	.99	-0.5	-1.8	-29.0	-2.8	0.99	-9.2	1

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
2009	20	DET	AL	31	31	14	9	8	6	1	18	13	.581	5	0	0	0	11	35%	49.2	72	23	21	5	0	15	5.0	5.8	5.5	88	3	24	4	0	111
2010	21	DET	AL	27	27	10	12	5	3	3	13	14	.481	0	2	0	0	13	48%	46.0	76	13	19	6	0	13	4.9	4.9	6.0	96	2	13	12	0	115
2011	22	DET	AL	31	31	14	9	8	2	2	21	10	.677	1	3	0	0	19	61%	46.8	81	10	14	7	0	12	5.8	5.9	5.9	92	5	16	9	1	120
2012	23	DET	AL	31	31	10	12	9	3	3	16	15	.516	1	8	0	0	13	42%	45.4	73	-1	24	2	0	15	4.8	4.4	5.7	91	4	19	8	0	106
2013	24	DET	AL	13	12	4	3	5	1	1	6	6	.500	3	2	0	0	7	58%	51.8	86	-3	7	3	0	8	3.7	4.6	5.7	94	1	7	4	0	106
5 Yrs				133	132	52	45	35	15	10	74	58	.561	10	15	0	0	63	48%	47	86	-3	85	23	0	63	5.0	5.2	5.8	92	15	79	37	1	120
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	101	-13					4.4	4.4	5.9	96

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
2013	24	DET	AL	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	.965	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0	19
1 Yr				13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0			.965	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0	19

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%
2009	20	DET	AL	720	43%	3.2%	12.4%	7.2%	7.1%	29%	1.21	1.86	76%	19%	10.0%	10%	123	24	20%
2010	21	DET	AL	700	48%	2.6%	12.0%	5.4%	6.4%	24%	1.01	1.42	79%	19%	7.1%	10%	125	19	15%
2011	22	DET	AL	784	40%	2.3%	13.3%	5.9%	7.7%	29%	1.14	1.48	77%	16%	7.2%	12%	144	23	16%
2012	23	DET	AL	783	47%	2.0%	13.7%	5.6%	9.1%	31%	1.16	1.81	78%	21%	6.5%	14%	132	21	16%
2013	24	DET	AL	282	45%	2.8%	20.9%	4.6%	6.4%	27%	1.33	2.02	71%	20%	9.5%	6%	39	7	18%
5 Yrs				3269	44%	2.5%	13.6%	5.9%	7.5%	28%	1.14	1.66	77%	19%	7.8%	11%	563	94	17%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.8%	8.3%	7.6%	33%	0.81	1.09	69%	19%	7.7%	13%			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
2009	20	DET	AL	722	2726	3.78	1695	62%	28%	12%	26%	34%	72%	0%	45%	83%	55%	5%	38	30	18%	127	64	6	15%	16	8	-2	0	0
2010	21	DET	AL	702	2591	3.69	1642	63%	30%	10%	25%	35%	70%	1%	44%	86%	57%	5%	32	23	21%	150	83	12	26%	17	7	-2	0	0
2011	22	DET	AL	785	2860	3.64	1810	63%	28%	11%	26%	35%	72%	0%	45%	84%	61%	5%	36	26	21%	166	76	10	30%	21	9	-1	0	0
2012	23	DET	AL	784	2828	3.61	1826	65%	27%	13%	26%	34%	73%	1%	47%	83%	63%	4%	30	19	24%	190	102	12	25%	18	8	-1	0	0
2013	24	DET	AL	283	1147	4.05	737	64%	30%	14%	28%	28%	70%	0%	45%	80%	62%	4%	12	9	26%	73	34	4	34%	12	3	-1	0	0
5 Yrs				3276	12152	3.71	7710	63%	29%	12%	26%	34%	71%	0%	45%	84%	59%	5%	148	107	22%	706	359	44	26%	84	35	-7	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				24%

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
2009	20	DET	AL	720	176	27	1	23	0	8	10	13	11	12	30	19	2	63%	7	6	0	249	8	2	80%	7	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	11	0
2010	21	DET	AL	700	188	25	1	18	0	16	10	8	10	8	34	25	4	74%	6	11	0	233	10	5	67%	9	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	0
2011	22	DET	AL	784	210	21	6	18	0	18	4	14	10	8	51	25	8	49%	8	12	0	280	16	4	80%	15	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	23	0
2012	23	DET	AL	783	226	30	6	16	0	13	5	11	8	8	43	25	4	58%	8	6	2	299	18	5	78%	16	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	13	0
2013	24	DET	AL	282	67	12	1	8	1	6	5	3	1	7	14	10	0	71%	2	2	1	81	4	3	57%	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
5 Yrs				3269	867	115	15	83	1	61	34	49	40	43	172	104	18	60%	31	37	3	1142	56	19	75%	51	17	5	1	0	1	2	0	70	0
MLB Averages																		52%							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+
2009	20	14	9	.609	3.96	31	31	0	170.2	176	81	75	23	52	0	89	3	1	6	720	114	1.336	9.3	1.2	2.7	4.7	1.71	114
2010	21	24	21	.533	4.43	58	58	0	333.1	364	177	164	41	90	2	173	10	4	17	1420	98	1.362	9.8	1.1	2.4	4.7	1.92	98
2011	22	38	30	.559	4.54	89	89	0	515.1	574	280	260	59	136	3	277	18	4	29	2204	94	1.378	10.0	1.0	2.4	4.8	2.04	94
2012	23	48	42	.533	4.55	120	120	0	691.2	800	381	350	75	180	6	384	24	4	35	2987	94	1.417	10.4	1.0	2.3	5.0	2.13	94
2013	24	52	45	.536	4.54	133	132	1	761.2	867	416	384	83	193	6	443	25	5	37	3269	94	1.392	10.2	1.0	2.3	5.2	2.30	94

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
2009	20	9	9	.500	4.01	164.0	173	81	73	23	51	86	3	1.366	9.5	2.8	4.7	1.69	1.3	31
2010	21	6	11	.353	5.44	154.0	192	103	93	18	39	80	7	1.500	11.2	2.3	4.7	2.05	1.1	27
2011	22	7	12	.368	5.26	171.0	215	111	100	18	47	98	8	1.532	11.3	2.5	5.2	2.09	0.9	31
2012	23	7	11	.389	5.01	167.0	230	103	93	16	45	102	6	1.647	12.4	2.4	5.5	2.27	0.9	31
2013	24	3	4	.429	4.70	67.0	68	39	35	8	13	56	1	1.209	9.1	1.7	7.5	4.31	1.1	13
5 Yrs		32	47	.405	4.90	723.0	878	437	394	83	195	422	25	1.484	10.9		5.3	2.16	1.0	133

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 2010 AL 2.103 (7th) 2013 AL 1.671 (6th)	Hits s c a p y 2012 AL 226 (1st)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 2013 AL 4.539 (7th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 2012 AL 0.817 (8th)
Earned Runs s c a p y 2011 AL 96 (10th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 2010 AL 11 (7th) 2011 AL 12 (4th)	Youngest s c a p y 2009 AL born 1988-12-27 (1st) 2010 AL born 1988-12-27 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 4 (2011), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1982), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 7 (1136), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Starting Pitcher (1195th), 5.2 career WAR/5.2 7yr-peak WAR/5.2 JAWS Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.2 7yr-peak WAR/61.4 JAWS

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