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Carlos Pulido

Juan Carlos (Valera) Pulido

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 194 lb.

Born: August 5, 1971 in Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela
High School: Caracas (Caracas, VE)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1994
Team: Twins 1994-2004

Final Game: April 24, 2004
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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
1989	17	MIN-min	Rk	3	0	1.000	2.25	22	0	11	0	0	2	36.0	22	9	9	0	14	0	46	3	3	6			1.000	5.5	0.0	3.5	11.5	3.29	TWN · GULF
1990	18	MIN-min	A	5	5	.500	2.34	56	0	29	0	0	6	61.2	55	21	16	2	36	3	70	4	4	3			1.476	8.0	0.3	5.3	10.2	1.94	KSH · MIDW
1991	19	MIN-min	A+,AAA	1	5	.167	2.30	59	0	34	0	0	17	82.1	81	37	21	3	24	2	104	0	1	3	344		1.275	8.9	0.3	2.6	11.4	4.33	VIS,POR · CALL,PCL
1992	20	MIN-min	AA	6	2	.750	4.40	52	5	20	0	0	0	100.1	99	52	49	7	37	0	87	3	1	4	432		1.355	8.9	0.6	3.3	7.8	2.35	ORL · SOUL
1993	21	MIN-min	AAA	10	6	.625	4.19	33	22	5	1	0	0	146.0	169	74	68	8	45	1	79	2	1	8	625		1.466	10.4	0.5	2.8	4.9	1.76	POR · PCL
1994	22	MIN	AL	3	7	.300	5.98	19	14	1	0	0	0	84.1	87	57	56	17	40	1	32	1	2	3	366	82	1.506	9.3	1.8	4.3	3.4	0.80

1995	23	MIN-min	AAA	8	1	.889	4.67	43	3	9	0	0	3	71.1	87	42	37	10	20	4	38	2	1	0	321		1.500	11.0	1.3	2.5	4.8	1.90	SLK · PCL
1996	24	CHC-min	AAA,AA	4	10	.286	5.50	34	17	4	0	0	0	111.1	150	73	68	17	39	3	60	3	1	8	511		1.698	12.1	1.4	3.2	4.9	1.54	IWA,ORL · AA,SOUL
1997	25	WSN-min	AAA	5	2	.714	5.42	44	5	17	0	0	0	76.1	84	47	46	10	25	2	44	2	0	2	333		1.428	9.9	1.2	2.9	5.2	1.76	OTT · IL
1998	26	NYM-min	AAA	0	0		1.69	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	6	1	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	20		1.125	10.1	1.7	0.0	10.1		NFK · IL
2000		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2001		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2002	30	OAX	AAA	13	7	.650	3.57	23	23	0	3	0	0	151.1	174	66	60	7	27	0	95	4	0	5	639		1.328	10.3	0.4	1.6	5.6	3.52	OAX · MEX
2003	31	MIN-min	AAA	12	5	.706	3.56	25	25	0	1	0	0	149.1	145	65	59	13	40	0	87	2	0	3	611		1.239	8.7	0.8	2.4	5.2	2.18	ROC · IL
2003	31	MIN	AL	0	1	.000	4.02	7	1	1	0	0	0	15.2	15	9	7	0	3	0	6	0	0	1	65	115	1.149	8.6	0.0	1.7	3.4	2.00
2004	32	MIN-min	AAA	1	3	.250	11.72	5	5	0	0	0	0	17.2	29	24	23	7	7	0	12	0	0	1	90		2.038	14.8	3.6	3.6	6.1	1.71	ROC · IL
2004	32	MIN	AL	0	0		8.74	6	0	3	0	0	0	11.1	16	13	11	2	4	1	9	1	0	0	55	56	1.765	12.7	1.6	3.2	7.1	2.25
2005	33	OAX	AAA	7	7	.500	4.72	23	23	0	3	1	0	150.2	179	88	79	21	37	1	67	1	0	3	654		1.434	10.7	1.3	2.2	4.0	1.81	OAX · MEX
2006	34	OAX,MVA	AAA	9	8	.529	4.60	22	22	0	2	0	0	139.0	176	78	71	14	20	1	78	0	0	2	601		1.410	11.4	0.9	1.3	5.1	3.90	OAX,MVA · MEX
3 Yrs				3	8	.273	5.98	32	15	5	0	0	0	111.1	118	79	74	19	47	2	47	2	2	4	486	81	1.482	9.5	1.5	3.8	3.8	1.00
162 Game Avg.				4	12	.273	5.98	46	22	7	0	0	0	161	171	114	107	27	68	3	68	3	3	6	703	81	1.482	9.5	1.5	3.8	3.8	1.00

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
1994	22	MIN	AL	84.1	19	14	57	6.08	5.31	0.08	0.08	99.7	5.29	-8	-0.7	.2	-0.0	0.0	0	.464	.496	$109,000

2003	31	MIN	AL	15.2	7	1	9	5.17	4.50	-0.03	-0.24	103.7	4.45	-1	-0.1	.5	-0.0	0.0	1	.483	.499	$
2004	32	MIN	AL	11.1	6	0	13	10.32	5.48	-0.01	-0.41	101.4	5.15	-7	-0.6	.6	0.1	-0.4	-5	.402	.496	$305,000
3 Seasons				111.1	32	15	79	6.39	5.22	0.06	-0.02	100.4	5.16	-15	-1.4	.5	0.1	-0.4	-4	.457	.497	$414,000

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
1994	22	MIN	AL	19	366	319	57	87	25	2	17	4	7	40	32	.273	.352	.524	.875	.255	167	10	1	2	4	1	3

2003	31	MIN	AL	7	65	59	9	15	5	0	0	1	0	3	6	.254	.281	.339	.620	.273	20	1	0	1	2	0	1
2004	32	MIN	AL	6	55	48	13	16	5	0	2	2	0	4	9	.333	.382	.563	.944	.359	27	1	1	0	2	1	1
3 Yrs				32	486	426	79	118	35	2	19	7	7	47	47	.277	.346	.502	.848	.269	214	12	2	3	8	2	5
162 Game Avg.				46	703	616	114	171	51	3	27	10	10	68	68	.277	.346	.502	.848	.269	310	17	3	4	12	3	7
MLB Averages																.267	.337	.425	.762	.298

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1994	22	MIN	AL	-7.7	-0.7	382	-1.1	5.4	-6.5	.79	-1.4	-0.0	-6.0	-0.5	0.79	-14.5	0	0	4

2003	31	MIN	AL	0.4	0.0	67	-0.0	0.7	-0.8	.80	0.2	-0.3	1.5	0.1	0.80	2.8	1	1	4
2004	32	MIN	AL	-5.3	-0.5	56	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.30	-0.3	-0.7	-8.3	-0.7	0.30	-3.7	1	1	4
3 Yrs				-12.6	-1.1	505	-1.4	6.3	-7.8	.74	-1.5	-0.5	-12.8	-1.1	0.74	-15.4	2	2	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
1994	22	MIN	AL	19	14	3	7	4	0	0	5	9	.357	2	1	0	0	3	21%	40.5	71	16	9	5	1	8	5.2	6.9	4.9	82	6	5	2	0	108

2003	31	MIN	AL	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	38.0	38	38	3	3	0	1	6.0	0.0	3.0	68	1	0	0	0	68
2 Yrs				26	15	3	8	4	0	0	5	10	.333	2	1	0	0	3	20%	40	71	16	12	8	1	9	5.3	6.5	4.8	81	7	5	2	0	108
MLB Averages													.500						48%	48	105	-21					4.9	4.9	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1994	22	MIN	AL	19	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	.792	0	0	4	0	0	5	0	5	4	0	4	0	9.4	46

2003	31	MIN	AL	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	33%	3	.798	1	1	4	3	0	3	1	5	5	0	5	0	6.3	29
2004	32	MIN	AL	6	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	67%	6	.298	1	1	4	2	0	4	2	4	4	1	4	1	5.7	33
3 Yrs				32	17	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	3	50%		.737	2	2	12	5	0	12	3	14	13	1	13	1	7.0	35

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%
1994	22	MIN	AL	366	18%	4.6%	8.7%	10.9%	12.0%	51%	0.52	0.69	75%	19%	11.1%	19%	64	10	16%

2003	31	MIN	AL	65	25%	0.0%	9.2%	4.6%	7.7%	33%	0.47	0.64	85%	20%	0.0%	14%	17	1	6%
2004	32	MIN	AL	55	42%	3.6%	16.4%	7.3%	12.7%	44%	0.48	0.67	71%	17%	7.7%	4%	15	1	7%
3 Yrs				486	21%	3.9%	9.7%	9.7%	11.5%	48%	0.51	0.68	76%	19%	9.0%	17%	96	12	13%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.7%	8.9%	7.9%	34%	0.79	1.09	70%	22%	8.2%	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
1994	22	MIN	AL	346	1295	3.74	744	57%	24%	12%	26%	37%	76%	0%	43%	84%	47%	6%	21	12	10%	34	14	2	10%	3	8	20	1	0

2003	31	MIN	AL	65	244	3.75	156	64%	21%	13%	30%	36%	79%	0%	51%	83%	57%	3%	2	2	17%	11	3	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0
2004	32	MIN	AL	55	195	3.55	118	61%	25%	14%	27%	35%	75%	5%	46%	82%	60%	4%	2	1	16%	9	3	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				466	1734	3.72	1018	59%	24%	12%	27%	37%	76%	1%	45%	84%	50%	5%	25	15	12%	54	20	3	7%	3	8	20	1	0
MLB Averages						3.72		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	57%	5%			20%				28%

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
1994	22	MIN	AL	366	87	8	2	17	0	3	16	1	12	5	16	7	1	44%	3	3	0	135	4	7	36%	4	5	0	2	0	0	3	3	11	0

2003	31	MIN	AL	65	15	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	100%	1	1	0	28	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2004	32	MIN	AL	55	16	1	1	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	11	7	1	64%	1	0	0	18	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3 Yrs				486	118	10	4	19	0	6	17	2	13	6	31	18	2	58%	5	4	0	181	7	7	50%	5	5	2	2	0	0	3	3	16	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+
1994	22	3	7	.300	5.98	19	14	1	84.1	87	57	56	17	40	1	32	1	2	3	366	82	1.506	9.3	1.8	4.3	3.4	0.80	82
1995	23	3	7	.300	5.98	19	14	1	84.1	87	57	56	17	40	1	32	1	2	3	366	82	1.506	9.3	1.8	4.3	3.4	0.80	82
1996	24	3	7	.300	5.98	19	14	1	84.1	87	57	56	17	40	1	32	1	2	3	366	82	1.506	9.3	1.8	4.3	3.4	0.80	82
1997	25	3	7	.300	5.98	19	14	1	84.1	87	57	56	17	40	1	32	1	2	3	366	82	1.506	9.3	1.8	4.3	3.4	0.80	82
1998	26	3	7	.300	5.98	19	14	1	84.1	87	57	56	17	40	1	32	1	2	3	366	82	1.506	9.3	1.8	4.3	3.4	0.80	82
1999	27	3	7	.300	5.98	19	14	1	84.1	87	57	56	17	40	1	32	1	2	3	366	82	1.506	9.3	1.8	4.3	3.4	0.80	82
2000	28	3	7	.300	5.98	19	14	1	84.1	87	57	56	17	40	1	32	1	2	3	366	82	1.506	9.3	1.8	4.3	3.4	0.80	82
2001	29	3	7	.300	5.98	19	14	1	84.1	87	57	56	17	40	1	32	1	2	3	366	82	1.506	9.3	1.8	4.3	3.4	0.80	82
2002	30	3	7	.300	5.98	19	14	1	84.1	87	57	56	17	40	1	32	1	2	3	366	82	1.506	9.3	1.8	4.3	3.4	0.80	82
2003	31	3	8	.273	5.67	26	15	2	100.0	102	66	63	17	43	1	38	1	2	4	431	85	1.450	9.2	1.5	3.9	3.4	0.88	85
2004	32	3	8	.273	5.98	32	15	5	111.1	118	79	74	19	47	2	47	2	2	4	486	81	1.482	9.5	1.5	3.8	3.8	1.00	81

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
1994	22	4	8	.333	5.59	116.0	117	80	72	23	54	44	1	1.474	9.1	4.2	3.4	0.81	1.8	19

2003	31	0	1	.000	3.94	16.0	15	8	7	0	3	6	0	1.125	8.4	1.7	3.4	2.00	0.0	7
2004	32	0	1	.000	7.50	12.0	15	11	10	2	4	9	1	1.583	11.3	3.0	6.8	2.25	1.5	6
3 Yrs		4	10	.286	5.56	144.0	147	99	89	25	61	59	2	1.444	9.2		3.7	0.97	1.6	32

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