J.J. Putz
Joseph Jason Putz
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 250 lb.

Born: February 22, 1977 in Trenton, MI
High School: Trenton (Trenton, MI)
School: University of Michigan
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 6th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 11, 2003
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Standard Pitching

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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
2003 26 SEA AL 0 0 4.91 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 4 2 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 18 88 1.909 9.8 0.0 7.4 7.4 1.00
2004 27 SEA AL 0 3 .000 4.71 54 0 30 0 0 9 63.0 66 35 33 10 24 4 47 5 0 1 275 96 1.429 9.4 1.4 3.4 6.7 1.96
2005 28 SEA AL 6 5 .545 3.60 64 0 20 0 0 1 60.0 58 27 24 8 23 2 45 2 0 2 259 116 1.350 8.7 1.2 3.5 6.8 1.96
2006 29 SEA AL 4 1 .800 2.30 72 0 57 0 0 36 78.1 59 20 20 4 13 1 104 2 0 1 303 193 0.919 6.8 0.5 1.5 11.9 8.00
2007 30 SEA AL 6 1 .857 1.38 68 0 65 0 0 40 71.2 37 11 11 6 13 0 82 2 0 3 260 317 0.698 4.6 0.8 1.6 10.3 6.31 AS,MVP-13
2008 31 SEA AL 6 5 .545 3.88 47 0 35 0 0 15 46.1 46 20 20 4 28 2 56 2 0 2 211 109 1.597 8.9 0.8 5.4 10.9 2.00
2009 32 NYM NL 1 4 .200 5.22 29 0 6 0 0 2 29.1 29 18 17 1 19 4 19 0 0 1 135 79 1.636 8.9 0.3 5.8 5.8 1.00
7 Seasons 23 19 .548 3.24 337 0 213 0 0 103 352.1 299 133 127 33 123 13 356 13 0 10 1461 134 1.198 7.6 0.8 3.1 9.1 2.89
162 Game Avg. 5 4 .548 3.24 68 0 43 0 0 21 71 60 27 26 7 25 3 72 3 0 2 295 134 1.198 7.6 0.8 3.1 9.1 2.89
SEA (6 yrs) 22 15 .595 3.07 308 0 207 0 0 101 323.0 270 115 110 32 104 9 337 13 0 9 1326 142 1.158 7.5 0.9 2.9 9.4 3.24
NYM (1 yr) 1 4 .200 5.22 29 0 6 0 0 2 29.1 29 18 17 1 19 4 19 0 0 1 135 79 1.636 8.9 0.3 5.8 5.8 1.00
AL (6 yrs) 22 15 .595 3.07 308 0 207 0 0 101 323.0 270 115 110 32 104 9 337 13 0 9 1326 142 1.158 7.5 0.9 2.9 9.4 3.24
NL (1 yr) 1 4 .200 5.22 29 0 6 0 0 2 29.1 29 18 17 1 19 4 19 0 0 1 135 79 1.636 8.9 0.3 5.8 5.8 1.00

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
2007 SEA AL 30 0 0 0 27.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 4.500 27.0 13.5 13.5 13.5 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
2003 26 SEA AL 3 18 15 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 .267 .389 .400 .789 .333 6 0 0 0 0 0
2004 27 SEA AL 54 275 241 35 66 12 1 10 4 3 24 47 .274 .349 .456 .806 .301 110 8 5 3 2 4
2005 28 SEA AL 64 259 228 27 58 6 0 8 7 1 23 45 .254 .324 .386 .710 .281 88 5 2 3 3 2
2006 29 SEA AL 72 303 285 20 59 8 1 4 7 0 13 104 .207 .245 .284 .529 .307 81 5 2 1 2 1
2007 30 SEA AL 68 260 242 11 37 6 0 6 3 0 13 82 .153 .202 .252 .454 .200 61 7 2 2 1 0
2008 31 SEA AL 47 211 180 20 46 12 0 4 1 2 28 56 .256 .360 .389 .749 .347 70 3 2 0 1 2
2009 32 NYM NL 29 135 113 18 29 5 3 1 4 1 19 19 .257 .358 .381 .739 .295 43 1 0 1 2 4
7 Seasons 337 1461 1304 133 299 51 5 33 26 7 123 356 .229 .300 .352 .652 .287 459 29 13 10 11 13
162 Game Avg. 68 295 263 27 60 10 1 7 5 1 25 72 .229 .300 .352 .652 .287 93 6 3 2 2 3
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Reliever Pitching*

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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
2003 26 SEA AL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.134 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 3.7 27
2004 27 SEA AL 54 54 30 0 3 13 9 4 69% 18 3 32 13 41% 9 1.182 19 8 25 24 6 24 17 37 16 14 17 7 3.5 19
2005 28 SEA AL 64 64 20 6 5 4 1 3 25% 25 21 44 14 32% 8 1.330 29 13 22 30 8 26 25 39 13 22 18 13 2.8 16
2006 29 SEA AL 72 72 57 4 1 43 36 7 84% 48 5 40 7 18% 9 1.704 39 16 15 55 5 12 21 51 19 9 20 20 3.3 17
2007 30 SEA AL 68 68 65 6 1 42 40 2 95% 42 0 32 7 22% 9 1.671 39 11 16 53 8 7 17 51 12 4 12 14 3.2 15
2008 31 SEA AL 47 47 35 6 5 23 15 8 65% 24 0 9 5 56% 9 2.198 27 7 11 29 9 9 6 41 5 7 5 8 3.0 18
2009 32 NYM NL 29 29 6 1 4 4 2 2 50% 14 10 4 1 25% 8 1.521 16 6 7 18 7 4 2 27 3 2 3 5 3.0 18
7 Seasons 337 337 213 23 19 129 103 26 80% 171 39 161 47 29% 1.569 169 61 97 209 43 85 88 249 69 58 76 67 3.1 17

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
2003 26 SEA AL 18 61% 0.0% 16.7% 16.7% 11.1% 50% 1.00 1.67 67% 17% 0.0% 0% 5 0 0%
2004 27 SEA AL 275 45% 3.6% 17.1% 8.7% 8.4% 35% 1.03 1.33 68% 15% 11.9% 13% 68 8 12%
2005 28 SEA AL 259 46% 3.1% 17.4% 8.9% 5.4% 24% 1.24 1.44 69% 15% 11.3% 13% 51 5 10%
2006 29 SEA AL 303 47% 1.3% 34.3% 4.3% 4.3% 22% 1.07 1.34 59% 18% 4.9% 7% 39 5 13%
2007 30 SEA AL 260 52% 2.3% 31.5% 5.0% 4.6% 32% 0.75 1.09 60% 20% 7.5% 12% 37 7 19%
2008 31 SEA AL 211 54% 1.9% 26.5% 13.3% 7.6% 35% 0.65 0.80 57% 23% 6.2% 13% 48 3 6%
2009 32 NYM NL 135 52% 0.7% 14.1% 14.1% 6.7% 31% 0.88 1.13 70% 24% 2.4% 16% 26 1 4%
7 Seasons 1461 49% 2.3% 24.4% 8.4% 6.1% 30% 0.95 1.21 63% 18% 7.7% 12% 274 29 11%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
2003 26 SEA AL 18 81 4.50 47 58% 36% 11% 28% 26% 64% 0% 37% 83% 78% 11% 2 1 56% 10 5 0 67% 0 1 0 0 0
2004 27 SEA AL 275 1036 3.77 633 61% 24% 16% 29% 31% 76% 4% 46% 79% 60% 7% 19 10 21% 57 33 3 13% 4 5 0 0 0
2005 28 SEA AL 259 1013 3.91 644 64% 25% 14% 31% 29% 75% 2% 48% 81% 59% 3% 7 3 23% 59 31 3 29% 8 2 0 0 0
2006 29 SEA AL 303 1215 4.01 825 68% 24% 24% 30% 22% 76% 1% 52% 69% 65% 3% 10 6 33% 101 55 0 13% 17 3 0 0 0
2007 30 SEA AL 260 1033 3.97 674 65% 23% 21% 32% 24% 77% 0% 50% 73% 58% 2% 6 5 24% 63 39 1 11% 13 1 0 0 0
2008 31 SEA AL 211 853 4.04 509 60% 23% 20% 33% 25% 77% 2% 46% 74% 55% 7% 14 7 24% 51 23 1 18% 8 5 0 0 0
2009 32 NYM NL 135 526 3.90 333 63% 26% 14% 32% 29% 74% 8% 47% 81% 61% 7% 10 4 27% 37 28 5 26% 1 2 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1461 5757 3.94 3665 64% 24% 19% 31% 26% 76% 2% 48% 76% 60% 5% 68 36 26% 378 214 13 16% 51 19 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
2003 26 SEA AL 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 27 SEA AL 275 66 10 0 10 0 21 2 8 6 4 26 9 6 35% 2 1 1 101 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2005 28 SEA AL 259 58 8 0 8 2 12 2 6 3 5 19 11 3 58% 4 2 0 104 7 1 88% 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
2006 29 SEA AL 303 59 7 1 4 0 10 1 3 3 1 14 4 6 29% 2 1 0 98 7 0 100% 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2007 30 SEA AL 260 37 5 0 6 1 8 2 4 4 2 8 4 1 50% 0 3 1 87 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2008 31 SEA AL 211 46 4 0 4 0 10 1 3 2 2 13 6 4 46% 1 2 1 83 1 2 33% 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2009 32 NYM NL 135 29 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 7 5 1 71% 2 1 0 58 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
7 Seasons 1461 299 36 1 33 3 63 8 25 18 15 88 40 21 45% 11 10 3 539 26 7 79% 22 6 4 0 0 1 0 0 29 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
2003 26 0 0 4.91 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 4 2 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 18 88 1.909 9.8 0.0 7.4 7.4 1.00 88
2004 27 0 3 .000 4.72 57 0 30 0 0 9 66.2 70 37 35 10 27 4 50 5 0 1 293 96 1.455 9.5 1.4 3.6 6.8 1.85 96
2005 28 6 8 .429 4.19 121 0 50 0 0 10 126.2 128 64 59 18 50 6 95 7 0 3 552 104 1.405 9.1 1.3 3.6 6.8 1.90 104
2006 29 10 9 .526 3.47 193 0 107 0 0 46 205.0 187 84 79 22 63 7 199 9 0 4 855 127 1.220 8.2 1.0 2.8 8.7 3.16 127
2007 30 16 10 .615 2.93 261 0 172 0 0 86 276.2 224 95 90 28 76 7 281 11 0 7 1115 150 1.084 7.3 0.9 2.5 9.1 3.70 150
2008 31 22 15 .595 3.07 308 0 207 0 0 101 323.0 270 115 110 32 104 9 337 13 0 9 1326 142 1.158 7.5 0.9 2.9 9.4 3.24 142
2009 32 23 19 .548 3.24 337 0 213 0 0 103 352.1 299 133 127 33 123 13 356 13 0 10 1461 134 1.198 7.6 0.8 3.1 9.1 2.89 134

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2003 26 0 0 4.50 4.0 4 2 2 0 3 3 0 1.750 9.0 6.8 6.8 1.00 0.0 3
2004 27 2 4 .333 4.80 60.0 65 36 32 10 24 45 5 1.483 9.8 3.6 6.8 1.88 1.5 54
2005 28 3 3 .500 3.88 58.0 60 28 25 8 24 44 2 1.448 9.3 3.7 6.8 1.83 1.2 64
2006 29 6 2 .750 2.22 77.0 58 21 19 4 13 102 2 0.922 6.8 1.5 11.9 7.85 0.5 72
2007 30 6 1 .857 1.43 69.0 37 12 11 6 13 79 2 0.725 4.8 1.7 10.3 6.08 0.8 68
2008 31 2 2 .500 4.30 44.0 47 23 21 4 29 53 2 1.727 9.6 5.9 10.8 1.83 0.8 47
2009 32 1 2 .333 4.97 29.0 29 18 16 1 19 19 0 1.655 9.0 5.9 5.9 1.00 0.3 29
7 Seasons 20 14 .588 3.33 341.0 300 140 126 33 125 345 13 1.246 7.9 9.1 2.76 0.9 337

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2007 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
2007-AL-Rolaids Relief

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2007-AL-13-3%
0.03 Career Shares (1233rd)

Games Played s c a p y
2006 AL--72--5th

Saves s c a p y
2006 AL--36--6th
2007 AL--40--2nd
Active--103--25th
Career--103--110th

Games Finished s c a p y
2006 AL--57--5th
2007 AL--65--1st
Active--213--32nd
Career--213--205th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1632), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 19 (626), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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