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David Price

David Taylor Price (twitter: @DAVIDprice14)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: August 26, 1985 in Murfreesboro, TN
High School: Blackmon HS (Murfreesboro, TN)
School: Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)
Drafted
by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 2007 amateur draft.
Signed August 15, 2007. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 2008
Team: Rays 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$4.35M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.164, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Bo McKinnis [*]
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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
2008 22 TBR AL 0 0 1.93 5 1 0 0 0 0 14.0 9 4 3 1 4 0 12 1 0 0 57 234 0.929 5.8 0.6 2.6 7.7 3.00
2009 23 TBR AL 10 7 .588 4.42 23 23 0 0 0 0 128.1 119 72 63 17 54 0 102 4 0 2 557 98 1.348 8.3 1.2 3.8 7.2 1.89
2010 24 TBR AL 19 6 .760 2.72 32 31 0 2 1 0 208.2 170 71 63 15 79 1 188 5 3 5 861 144 1.193 7.3 0.6 3.4 8.1 2.38 AS,CYA-2
2011 25 TBR AL 12 13 .480 3.49 34 34 0 0 0 0 224.1 192 93 87 22 63 5 218 9 0 2 918 107 1.137 7.7 0.9 2.5 8.7 3.46 AS
2012 26 TBR AL 6 3 .667 2.71 10 10 0 1 1 0 66.1 62 21 20 5 21 1 57 2 0 1 274 137 1.251 8.4 0.7 2.8 7.7 2.71
5 Yrs 47 29 .618 3.31 104 99 0 3 2 0 641.2 552 261 236 60 221 7 577 21 3 10 2667 118 1.205 7.7 0.8 3.1 8.1 2.61
162 Game Avg. 16 10 .618 3.31 35 33 0 1 1 0 215 185 87 79 20 74 2 193 7 1 3 893 118 1.205 7.7 0.8 3.1 8.1 2.61

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
2008 22 TBR AL 14.0 5 1 4 2.57 4.87 0.13 -0.15 103.2 4.74 3 0.3 .8 -0.0 0.4 5 .566 .502 $
2009 23 TBR AL 128.1 23 23 72 5.05 5.00 0.27 0.19 99.3 4.88 -3 -0.3 -0.1 0.7 13 .486 .498 $
2010 24 TBR AL 208.2 32 31 71 3.06 4.57 0.31 0.16 93.8 4.15 24 2.6 .8 -0.1 4.4 49 .583 .516 $1,834,671 AS,CYA-2
2011 25 TBR AL 224.1 34 34 93 3.73 4.63 0.48 0.17 91.5 3.95 5 0.5 -0.1 2.4 31 .516 .503 $2,084,671 AS
2012 26 TBR AL 66.1 10 10 21 2.85 4.60 0.47 0.18 98.9 4.25 10 1.2 -0.1 1.7 18 .617 .507 $
5 Seasons 641.2 104 99 261 3.66 4.69 0.37 0.17 94.8 4.25 39 4.4 .8 -0.5 9.6 116 .542 .505 $3,919,342

Postseason Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2008 22 TBR AL ALCS W BOS 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 1 2.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 9 0.857 0.0 0.0 7.7 15.4 2.00
2008 22 TBR AL WS L PHI 0 0 2.70 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.1 2 2 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 15 1.200 5.4 2.7 5.4 10.8 2.00
2010 24 TBR AL ALDS L TEX 0 2 .000 4.97 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.2 17 8 7 2 0 0 14 0 0 0 55 1.342 12.1 1.4 0.0 9.9
2011 25 TBR AL ALDS L TEX 0 1 .000 4.05 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 7 3 3 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 27 1.200 9.5 1.4 1.4 4.1 3.00
3 Yrs (4 Series) 1 3 .250 3.96 8 3 5 0 0 1 25.0 26 13 11 4 5 0 25 0 0 1 106 1.240 9.4 1.4 1.8 9.0 5.00
2 ALDS 0 3 .000 4.66 3 3 0 0 0 0 19.1 24 11 10 3 1 0 17 0 0 1 82 1.293 11.2 1.4 0.5 7.9 17.00
1 ALCS 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 1 2.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 9 0.857 0.0 0.0 7.7 15.4 2.00
1 WS 0 0 2.70 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.1 2 2 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 15 1.200 5.4 2.7 5.4 10.8 2.00

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2010 TBR AL 24 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
2011 TBR AL 25

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
2008 22 TBR AL 5 57 51 4 9 1 0 1 0 0 4 12 .176 .246 .255 .501 .205 13 1 1 0 1 0 2
2009 23 TBR AL 23 557 494 72 119 26 0 17 8 6 54 102 .241 .319 .397 .716 .271 196 2 4 3 2 0 3
2010 24 TBR AL 32 861 770 71 170 33 7 15 13 7 79 188 .221 .296 .340 .637 .272 262 18 5 4 3 1 9
2011 25 TBR AL 34 918 835 93 192 43 4 22 20 5 63 218 .230 .289 .370 .659 .282 309 17 9 4 7 5 8
2012 26 TBR AL 10 274 249 21 62 7 0 5 6 1 21 57 .249 .311 .337 .649 .303 84 6 2 1 1 1 0
5 Yrs 104 2667 2399 261 552 110 11 60 47 19 221 577 .230 .299 .360 .659 .277 864 44 21 12 14 7 22
162 Game Avg. 35 893 804 87 185 37 4 20 16 6 74 193 .230 .299 .360 .659 .277 289 15 7 4 5 2 7
MLB Averages .259 .327 .408 .736 .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
2008 22 TBR AL 3.6 0.4 57 0.1 0.8 -0.7 .88 0.4 -0.3 3.9 0.4 0.88 4.4 1 0 3
2009 23 TBR AL -3.0 -0.3 573 0.3 8.9 -8.7 .90 0.4 -0.1 -3.1 -0.3 0.90 4.6 0 0 0
2010 24 TBR AL 27.6 2.9 889 2.4 15.9 -13.5 .99 1.7 0.7 29.1 3.2 0.99 21.3 0 1 0
2011 25 TBR AL 7.3 0.7 948 0.0 15.3 -15.2 .95 2.2 -2.2 13.3 1.4 0.95 21.0 0 0 0
2012 26 TBR AL 8.4 0.9 285 0.9 5.1 -4.2 .98 0.8 0.1 11.9 1.4 0.98 8.7 0 0 0
5 Yrs 43.9 4.6 2752 3.7 46.0 -42.3 .95 5.5 -1.7 55.1 6.1 0.95 60.0 1 1 3

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
2008 22 TBR AL 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 54.0 54 54 3 1 1 0 4.0 3.0 5.3 88 0 1 0 0 88
2009 23 TBR AL 23 23 10 7 6 2 1 14 9 .609 1 3 0 0 10 43% 50.0 72 18 14 3 0 13 5.5 5.8 5.6 99 2 5 16 0 114
2010 24 TBR AL 32 31 19 6 6 3 4 23 8 .742 1 4 2 1 25 81% 59.2 87 24 15 4 0 16 5.3 5.5 6.7 108 0 6 24 1 122
2011 25 TBR AL 34 34 12 13 9 1 7 18 16 .529 1 5 0 0 21 62% 57.4 84 22 14 2 0 15 4.0 3.8 6.6 109 1 5 26 2 121
2012 26 TBR AL 10 10 6 3 1 1 1 6 4 .600 1 0 1 1 7 70% 58.1 83 36 3 0 0 5 5.0 5.3 6.6 110 0 1 8 1 123
5 Yrs 104 99 47 29 23 7 13 62 37 .626 4 12 3 2 63 64% 56 87 18 49 10 1 49 4.9 4.9 6.4 106 3 18 74 4 123
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 100 -13 4.5 4.5 5.9 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
2008 22 TBR AL 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 2 33% 3 .875 1 0 3 1 0 3 3 1 2 1 3 0 6.5 37
2010 24 TBR AL 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .991 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 13
2 Yrs 37 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 2 33% .984 1 1 3 2 0 3 3 2 2 1 3 0 5.8 32

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%
2008 22 TBR AL 57 35% 1.8% 21.1% 7.0% 3.5% 22% 1.11 1.00 68% 15% 5.9% 11% 10 1 10%
2009 23 TBR AL 557 22% 3.1% 18.3% 9.7% 7.7% 36% 0.72 1.02 68% 20% 8.4% 11% 101 2 2%
2010 24 TBR AL 861 23% 1.7% 21.8% 9.2% 6.4% 32% 0.80 1.02 66% 18% 5.4% 14% 158 18 11%
2011 25 TBR AL 918 25% 2.4% 23.8% 6.9% 7.5% 36% 0.80 0.99 66% 18% 7.3% 13% 154 17 11%
2012 26 TBR AL 274 24% 1.8% 20.8% 7.7% 4.4% 19% 1.13 1.43 69% 19% 6.1% 9% 49 6 12%
5 Yrs 2667 24% 2.3% 21.6% 8.3% 6.8% 33% 0.82 1.05 67% 19% 6.8% 12% 472 44 9%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.2% 8.5% 7.7% 33% 0.80 1.08 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
2008 22 TBR AL 57 236 4.14 149 63% 19% 21% 32% 27% 81% 0% 51% 73% 60% 2% 1 0 21% 12 7 0 17% 2 1 0 0 0
2009 23 TBR AL 558 2280 4.09 1432 63% 28% 13% 31% 28% 72% 0% 45% 82% 58% 4% 20 13 26% 143 74 10 36% 12 7 -1 0 0
2010 24 TBR AL 865 3355 3.88 2195 65% 27% 16% 30% 27% 73% 0% 48% 78% 62% 3% 30 15 31% 264 151 15 31% 43 14 -4 0 0
2011 25 TBR AL 919 3696 4.02 2355 64% 30% 15% 28% 27% 70% 1% 44% 79% 60% 4% 39 25 26% 239 119 14 38% 36 9 -1 0 0
2012 26 TBR AL 274 1098 4.01 703 64% 34% 14% 24% 28% 66% 1% 42% 79% 64% 4% 12 5 29% 80 43 2 42% 11 6 0 0 0
5 Yrs 2673 10665 3.99 6834 64% 29% 15% 29% 27% 71% 1% 46% 79% 61% 4% 102 58 28% 738 394 41 35% 104 37 -6 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 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
2008 22 TBR AL 57 9 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 5 3 2 60% 2 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2009 23 TBR AL 557 119 15 4 17 0 3 16 1 6 11 22 14 7 64% 3 2 0 210 8 6 57% 8 5 0 1 0 0 4 3 5 0
2010 24 TBR AL 861 170 17 1 15 0 15 15 0 8 7 35 10 8 29% 9 5 1 315 13 7 65% 12 5 1 2 0 0 2 2 14 0
2011 25 TBR AL 918 192 29 2 22 1 14 17 5 13 9 39 18 8 46% 8 2 1 309 20 5 80% 18 4 2 1 0 0 3 1 15 0
2012 26 TBR AL 274 62 7 0 5 0 3 3 2 1 4 9 4 0 44% 0 1 1 107 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
5 Yrs 2667 552 68 7 60 1 40 52 8 28 32 110 49 25 45% 22 10 3 957 47 19 71% 43 15 4 4 0 0 9 6 40 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
2008 22 0 0 1.93 5 1 0 0 0 0 14.0 9 4 3 1 4 0 12 1 0 0 57 234 0.929 5.8 0.6 2.6 7.7 3.00 234
2009 23 10 7 .588 4.17 28 24 0 0 0 0 142.1 128 76 66 18 58 0 114 5 0 2 614 104 1.307 8.1 1.1 3.7 7.2 1.97 104
2010 24 29 13 .690 3.31 60 55 0 2 1 0 351.0 298 147 129 33 137 1 302 10 3 7 1475 124 1.239 7.6 0.8 3.5 7.7 2.20 124
2011 25 41 26 .612 3.38 94 89 0 2 1 0 575.1 490 240 216 55 200 6 520 19 3 9 2393 117 1.199 7.7 0.9 3.1 8.1 2.60 117
2012 26 47 29 .618 3.31 104 99 0 3 2 0 641.2 552 261 236 60 221 7 577 21 3 10 2667 118 1.205 7.7 0.8 3.1 8.1 2.61 118

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
2008 22 1 0 1.000 1.80 15.0 8 3 3 1 4 13 1 0.800 4.8 2.4 7.8 3.25 0.6 5
2009 23 6 8 .429 4.57 126.0 120 71 64 17 54 100 4 1.381 8.6 3.9 7.1 1.85 1.2 23
2010 24 13 8 .619 3.24 197.0 180 79 71 16 84 178 5 1.340 8.2 3.8 8.1 2.12 0.7 32
2011 25 11 12 .478 4.31 211.0 206 112 101 24 68 205 10 1.299 8.8 2.9 8.7 3.01 1.0 34
2012 26 3 3 .500 3.39 61.0 67 26 23 5 23 52 2 1.475 9.9 3.4 7.7 2.26 0.7 10
5 Yrs 34 31 .523 3.87 610.0 581 291 262 63 233 548 22 1.334 8.6 8.1 2.35 0.9 104

* 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

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2010 AL (2, 56%)
0.57 Career Shares (92nd)

WAR for Pitcherss c a p y
2010 AL  4.4 (8th)
2012 AL  1.7 (5th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2010 AL  2.72 (3rd)
2012 AL  2.71 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
2010 AL  19 (2nd)
2012 AL  6 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2010 AL  .760 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 AL  7.332 (5th)
2011 AL  7.703 (9th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 AL  8.109 (9th)
2011 AL  8.746 (5th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2011 AL  224.3 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2010 AL  188 (8th)
2011 AL  218 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
2011 AL  34 (1st)

Complete Games s c a p y
2012 AL  1 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2010 AL  1 (3rd)
2012 AL  1 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2010 AL  79 (6th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2011 AL  3.460 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 AL  0.647 (8th)
2012 AL  0.678 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
2011 AL  13 (7th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2011 AL  918 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2010 AL  144 (3rd)
2012 AL  137 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2010 AL  28 (4th)
2012 AL  8 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2010 AL  2.9 (4th)
2012 AL  0.9 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)s c a p y
2010 AL  29.12 (4th)
2012 AL  11.86 (4th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)s c a p y
2011 AL  2.2 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)s c a p y
2010 AL  3.2 (3rd)
2012 AL  1.4 (2nd)


Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (846), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 39 (640), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 18 (658), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 22 (260), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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