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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 vs. TOR 5.0 IP, 9 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, L
Team: Tigers 2009-2011
2012 Contract Status: 1st Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 5 yrs/$8.82M (07-11), 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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	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	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	170.2	176	81	75	23	52	0	89	3	1	6	720	115	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	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	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	182.0	210	103	96	18	46	1	104	8	0	12	784	86	1.407	10.4	0.9	2.3	5.1	2.26
3 Seasons				38	30	.559	4.54	89	89	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
162 Game Avg.				15	11	.559	4.54	34	34	197	219	107	99	23	52	1	106	7	2	11	842	94	1.378	10.0	1.0	2.4	4.8	2.04

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	Awards
2009	20	DET	AL	170.2	31	81	106	4	1.0	25	2.5	$2,095,000	RoY-3
2010	21	DET	AL	162.2	27	96	96	4	1.0	0	0.0	$1,920,000
2011	22	DET	AL	182.0	31	103	112	-3	1.0	9	1.0	$1,536,000
3 Seasons				515.1	89	280	314	5	1.0	34	3.5	$5,551,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	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	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	9.0	10	5	4	1	1	7	0	38	1.222	10.0	1.0	7.0	7.00
1 Season (2 Series)							1	.000	4.80	4	2	15.0	15	9	8	2	2	12	2	64	1.133	9.0	1.2	7.2	6.00
1 ALDS							1	.000	6.00	1	1	6.0	5	4	4	1	1	5	2	26	1.000	7.5	1.5	7.5	5.00
1 ALCS							0		4.00	3	1	9.0	10	5	4	1	1	7	0	38	1.222	10.0	1.0	7.0	7.00

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
3 Seasons				89	2204	2031	280	574	85	12	59	34	11	136	277	.283	.332	.423	.755	.302	860	66	18	10	9	3	21
162 Game Avg.				34	842	776	107	219	32	5	23	13	4	52	106	.283	.332	.423	.755	.302	329	25	7	4	3	1	8
MLB Averages																.258	.326	.407	.733	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
2009	20	DET	AL	11.2	1.1	739	1.2	12.7	-11.5	.95	0.7	0.6	10.4	1.0	0.95	9.8
2010	21	DET	AL	-13.1	-1.3	730	-1.6	11.8	-13.4	1.00	-0.1	-1.4	-16.2	-1.6	1.00	-3.4
2011	22	DET	AL	-12.5	-1.2	815	-0.6	14.0	-14.6	1.01	-0.7	0.1	-8.3	-0.8	1.01	-9.6
3 Seasons				-14.4	-1.4	2284	-0.9	38.5	-39.4	.99	-0.1	-0.8	-14.1	-1.4	0.99	-3.2

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	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	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%	47	81	10	14	7	0	12	5.8	5.9	5.9	92	5	16	9	1	120
3 Seasons				89	89	38	30	21	11	6	52	37	.584	6	5	0	0	43	48%	47	81	10	54	18	0	40	5.3	5.6	5.8	92	10	53	25	1	120
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	100	-8					4.5	4.5	5.9	96

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%
3 Seasons				2204	43%	2.7%	12.6%	6.2%	7.1%	27%	1.12	1.57	77%	18%	8.0%	11%	392	66	17%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	18.4%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	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	720	2721	3.78	1692	62%	28%	12%	26%	34%	72%	0%	45%	83%	55%	5%	38	30	18%	126	64	6	15%	16	8	0	0	0
2010	21	DET	AL	700	2588	3.70	1640	63%	30%	10%	25%	35%	70%	1%	44%	86%	57%	5%	32	23	21%	150	83	12	26%	17	7	0	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
3 Seasons				2205	8169	3.70	5142	63%	29%	11%	25%	34%	71%	0%	45%	84%	58%	5%	106	79	20%	442	223	28	24%	54	24	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				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
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
3 Seasons				2204	574	73	8	59	0	42	24	35	31	28	115	69	14	60%	21	29	0	762	34	11	76%	31	10	3	0	0	1	1	0	53	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	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	170.2	176	81	75	23	52	0	89	3	1	6	720	115	1.336	9.3	1.2	2.7	4.7	1.71	115
2010	21	24	21	.533	4.43	58	58	333.1	364	177	164	41	90	2	173	10	4	17	1420	99	1.362	9.8	1.1	2.4	4.7	1.92	99
2011	22	38	30	.559	4.54	89	89	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

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	3.95	164.0	173	80	72	23	51	86	3	1.366	9.5	2.8	4.7	1.69	1.3	31
2010	21	6	11	.353	5.49	154.0	193	104	94	18	39	79	7	1.506	11.3	2.3	4.6	2.03	1.1	27
2011	22	7	12	.368	5.37	171.0	216	113	102	19	47	98	8	1.538	11.4	2.5	5.2	2.09	1.0	31
3 Seasons		22	32	.407	4.93	489.0	582	297	268	60	137	263	18	1.470	10.7		4.8	1.92	1.1	89

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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)	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)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 AL 2.103 (7th)

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 - 2 (2433), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 9 (927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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