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Luke Prokopec

Kenneth Luke Prokopec

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 166 lb.

Born: February 23, 1978 in Blackwood, South Australia, Australia
High School: Renmark (Renmark, AU)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 2000
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/BlueJays 2000-2002

Final Game: August 23, 2002
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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
1997	19	LAD-min	A	3	1	.750	4.07	13	6	5	0	0	0	42.0	37	21	19	8	12	0	45	1	0	1	175		1.167	7.9	1.7	2.6	9.6	3.75	SAV · SALL
1998	20	LAD-min	A+,AA	11	5	.688	2.44	25	25	0	0	0	0	136.1	114	48	37	11	46	1	173	4	2	7	566		1.174	7.5	0.7	3.0	11.4	3.76	SBR,SAN · CALL,TL
1999	21	LAD-min	AA	8	12	.400	5.42	27	27	0	0	0	0	157.2	172	113	95	18	46	0	128	7	1	3	685		1.383	9.8	1.0	2.6	7.3	2.78	SAN · TL
2000	22	LAD-min	AA	7	3	.700	2.45	22	22	0	1	0	0	128.2	118	40	35	8	23	1	124	7	0	0	524		1.096	8.3	0.6	1.6	8.7	5.39	SAN · TL
2000	22	LAD	NL	1	1	.500	3.00	5	3	1	0	0	0	21.0	19	10	7	2	9	0	12	2	0	0	88	146	1.333	8.1	0.9	3.9	5.1	1.33
2001	23	LAD-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	3	2	2	1	2	0	8	1	0	0	24		0.833	4.5	1.5	3.0	12.0	4.00	LVG · PCL
2001	23	LAD	NL	8	7	.533	4.88	29	22	2	0	0	0	138.1	146	80	75	27	40	1	91	4	2	3	596	82	1.345	9.5	1.8	2.6	5.9	2.28
2002	24	TOR-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6		0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0		SYR · IL
2002	24	TOR	AL	2	9	.182	6.78	22	12	4	0	0	0	71.2	90	57	54	19	25	2	41	7	1	3	336	68	1.605	11.3	2.4	3.1	5.1	1.64
3 Yrs				11	17	.393	5.30	56	37	7	0	0	0	231.0	255	147	136	48	74	3	144	13	3	6	1020	80	1.424	9.9	1.9	2.9	5.6	1.95
162 Game Avg.				8	12	.393	5.30	41	27	5	0	0	0	169	186	107	99	35	54	2	105	10	2	4	746	80	1.424	9.9	1.9	2.9	5.6	1.95

LAD (2 yrs)				9	8	.529	4.63	34	25	3	0	0	0	159.1	165	90	82	29	49	1	103	6	2	3	684	87	1.343	9.3	1.6	2.8	5.8	2.10
TOR (1 yr)				2	9	.182	6.78	22	12	4	0	0	0	71.2	90	57	54	19	25	2	41	7	1	3	336	68	1.605	11.3	2.4	3.1	5.1	1.64

NL (2 yrs)				9	8	.529	4.63	34	25	3	0	0	0	159.1	165	90	82	29	49	1	103	6	2	3	684	87	1.343	9.3	1.6	2.8	5.8	2.10
AL (1 yr)				2	9	.182	6.78	22	12	4	0	0	0	71.2	90	57	54	19	25	2	41	7	1	3	336	68	1.605	11.3	2.4	3.1	5.1	1.64

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
2000	22	LAD	NL	21.0	5	3	10	4.29	5.24	0.04	0.03	91.0	4.76	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.2	3	.520	.501	$
2001	23	LAD	NL	138.1	29	22	80	5.20	4.91	-0.22	0.15	94.3	4.98	-4	-0.4	.7	-0.1	0.6	10	.488	.498	$200,000
2002	24	TOR	AL	71.2	22	12	57	7.16	4.96	-0.05	0.11	102.2	5.24	-16	-1.5	.6	-0.0	-0.8	-6	.434	.491	$268,000
3 Seasons				231.0	56	37	147	5.73	4.95	-0.15	0.13	96.4	5.04	-18	-1.7	.7	-0.1	0.0	7	.469	.496	$468,000

LAD (2 yrs)				159.1	34	25	90	5.08	4.95	-0.19	0.14	93.9	4.95	-2	-0.2	.8	-0.1	0.8	14	.493	.499	$200,000
TOR (1 yr)				71.2	22	12	57	7.16	4.96	-0.05	0.11	102.2	5.24	-16	-1.5	.6	-0.0	-0.8	-6	.434	.491	$268,000

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
2000	22	LAD	NL	5	88	75	10	19	5	0	2	1	0	9	12	.253	.345	.400	.745	.274	30	4	2	1	1	0	1
2001	23	LAD	NL	29	596	545	80	146	31	2	27	8	3	40	91	.268	.321	.481	.802	.277	262	11	4	4	3	1	6
2002	24	TOR	AL	22	336	298	57	90	21	2	19	2	1	25	41	.302	.364	.577	.941	.292	172	2	7	1	5	2	5
3 Yrs				56	1020	918	147	255	57	4	48	11	4	74	144	.278	.337	.505	.843	.282	464	17	13	6	9	3	12
162 Game Avg.				41	746	671	107	186	42	3	35	8	3	54	105	.278	.337	.505	.843	.282	339	12	10	4	7	2	9
MLB Averages																.265	.336	.427	.763	.296

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2000	22	LAD	NL	2.4	0.2	89	0.0	1.5	-1.5	.94	-0.1	0.2	2.3	0.2	0.94	0.0	1	0	0
2001	23	LAD	NL	-14.3	-1.4	612	-0.6	9.6	-10.1	.89	-1.4	0.7	-9.1	-0.9	0.89	-17.8	1	1	5
2002	24	TOR	AL	-15.5	-1.4	344	-1.8	5.0	-6.8	.89	-1.8	-0.2	-16.4	-1.5	0.89	-19.1	1	2	7
3 Yrs				-27.4	-2.6	1045	-2.3	16.1	-18.4	.90	-3.3	0.7	-23.2	-2.2	0.90	-36.9	3	3	12

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
2000	22	LAD	NL	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	.333	0	1	0	0	1	33%	45.0	55	37	1	1	0	1	5.5	4.5	5.1	81	1	2	0	0	83
2001	23	LAD	NL	29	22	7	7	8	1	1	12	10	.545	3	3	0	0	11	50%	48.8	74	20	18	6	0	15	5.5	5.3	5.9	95	0	14	8	0	110
2002	24	TOR	AL	22	12	2	7	3	1	3	4	8	.333	0	2	0	0	5	42%	43.0	59	12	10	4	0	5	3.2	3.3	5.3	89	3	5	4	0	108
3 Yrs				56	37	10	15	12	2	4	17	20	.459	3	6	0	0	17	46%	47	74	12	29	11	0	21	4.7	4.6	5.6	92	4	21	12	0	110
MLB Averages													.500						48%	48	100	-9					4.9	4.9	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2000	22	LAD	NL	5	2	1	0	0	2	0	0%	4	.945	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	8.5	37
2001	23	LAD	NL	29	7	2	1	0	4	2	50%	7	.895	1	1	5	2	1	4	3	4	3	2	4	1	3.3	20
2002	24	TOR	AL	22	10	4	0	2	0	0		7	.894	1	2	7	3	2	5	0	10	1	4	1	1	2.6	14
3 Yrs				56	19	7	1	2	6	2	33%		.899	3	3	12	5	3	11	4	15	6	6	7	2	3.5	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%
2000	22	LAD	NL	88	35%	2.3%	13.6%	10.2%	8.0%	37%	0.41	0.59	70%	25%	5.4%	16%	28	4	14%
2001	23	LAD	NL	596	56%	4.5%	15.3%	6.7%	10.1%	41%	0.53	0.67	72%	23%	12.1%	20%	97	11	11%
2002	24	TOR	AL	336	43%	5.7%	12.2%	7.4%	12.5%	47%	0.53	0.57	72%	21%	15.0%	20%	61	2	3%
3 Yrs				1020	50%	4.7%	14.1%	7.3%	10.7%	43%	0.52	0.63	72%	23%	12.4%	19%	186	17	9%
MLB Averages					47%	2.9%	16.9%	8.9%	8.1%	34%	0.74	1.06	70%	25%	8.5%	14%			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
2000	22	LAD	NL	88	317	3.60	202	64%	24%	13%	31%	32%	76%	0%	49%	83%	60%	2%	2	1	24%	21	15	2	25%	3	1	0	0	0
2001	23	LAD	NL	598	2233	3.73	1432	64%	25%	13%	30%	32%	75%	0%	48%	82%	61%	4%	24	18	27%	162	88	12	26%	16	5	-2	0	0
2002	24	TOR	AL	336	1210	3.60	760	63%	25%	11%	29%	35%	75%	1%	47%	85%	63%	4%	12	8	22%	75	40	5	32%	6	3	0	0	0
3 Yrs				1022	3760	3.68	2394	64%	25%	13%	29%	33%	75%	1%	48%	83%	61%	4%	38	27	25%	258	143	19	28%	25	9	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	58%	5%			21%				27%

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
2000	22	LAD	NL	88	19	0	0	2	0	4	1	1	2	0	3	2	0	67%	1	0	0	43	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2001	23	LAD	NL	596	146	6	0	27	0	8	13	14	15	12	22	11	3	50%	6	3	1	206	8	3	73%	7	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	12	0
2002	24	TOR	AL	336	90	4	0	19	0	8	7	12	12	7	25	11	3	44%	5	3	0	128	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	0
3 Yrs				1020	255	10	0	48	0	20	21	27	29	19	50	24	6	48%	12	6	1	377	11	4	73%	10	3	0	0	1	1	2	0	25	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

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+
2000	22	1	1	.500	3.00	5	3	1	21.0	19	10	7	2	9	0	12	2	0	0	88	146	1.333	8.1	0.9	3.9	5.1	1.33	146
2001	23	9	8	.529	4.63	34	25	3	159.1	165	90	82	29	49	1	103	6	2	3	684	87	1.343	9.3	1.6	2.8	5.8	2.10	87
2002	24	11	17	.393	5.30	56	37	7	231.0	255	147	136	48	74	3	144	13	3	6	1020	80	1.424	9.9	1.9	2.9	5.6	1.95	80

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
2000	22	1	1	.500	2.70	20.0	18	7	6	2	9	11	2	1.350	8.1	4.1	5.0	1.22	0.9	5
2001	23	5	9	.357	5.24	134.0	149	87	78	28	41	88	4	1.418	10.0	2.8	5.9	2.15	1.9	29
2002	24	2	6	.250	6.38	72.0	88	57	51	19	24	41	7	1.556	11.0	3.0	5.1	1.71	2.4	22
3 Yrs		8	16	.333	5.38	226.0	255	151	135	49	74	140	13	1.456	10.2		5.6	1.89	2.0	56

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