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J.J. Putz

Joseph Jason Putz

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 250 lb.

Born: February 22, 1977 in Trenton, MI
High School: Trenton HS (Trenton, MI)
School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 6th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 11, 2003 (Age 26)
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Diamondbacks/WhiteSox/Mets 2003-2012
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 4 yrs/$22M (11-14) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 9.022, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Craig Landis [*]
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All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #701. Jesse Flores… #702. Larry Benton… #703. Jack Harshman… #704. J.J. PUTZ… #705. Scott Kazmir… #706. Ray Herbert… #707. Mickey McDermott…

All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #701. Jesse Flores… #702. Larry Benton… #703. Jack Harshman… #704. J.J. PUTZ… #705. Scott Kazmir… #706. Ray Herbert… #707. Mickey McDermott…

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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
1999	22	SEA-min	A-	0	0		4.84	10	0	3	0	0	2	22.1	23	13	12	2	11	1	17	2	1	0	99		1.522	9.3	0.8	4.4	6.9	1.55	EVR · NORW
2000	23	SEA-min	A	12	6	.667	3.15	26	25	0	3	2	0	142.2	130	71	50	4	63	2	105	9	0	8	611		1.353	8.2	0.3	4.0	6.6	1.67	APP · MIDW
2001	24	SEA-min	AA	7	9	.438	3.83	27	26	0	0	0	0	148.0	145	80	63	11	59	2	135	9	0	12	642		1.378	8.8	0.7	3.6	8.2	2.29	SAN · TL
2002	25	SEA-min	AA,AAA	5	14	.263	3.72	24	24	0	1	1	0	138.0	135	64	57	11	49	0	99	9	0	13	579		1.333	8.8	0.7	3.2	6.5	2.02	SAN,TAC · TL,PCL
2003	26	SEA-min	AAA	0	3	.000	2.51	41	0	22	0	0	11	86.0	69	30	24	4	34	0	60	3	0	3	352		1.198	7.2	0.4	3.6	6.3	1.76	TAC · PCL
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	96	1.909	9.8	0.0	7.4	7.4	1.00
2004	27	SEA-min	AAA	0	0		4.32	7	0	5	0	0	3	8.1	10	5	4	2	3	0	13	0	0	0	39		1.560	10.8	2.2	3.2	14.0	4.33	TAC · PCL
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	117	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	194	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	319	0.698	4.6	0.8	1.6	10.3	6.31	AS,MVP-13
2008	31	SEA-min	Rk,AAA	0	0		0.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	15		0.429	3.9	0.0	0.0	9.6		MRE,TAC · ARIZ,PCL
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	110	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
2010	33	CHW	AL	7	5	.583	2.83	60	0	16	0	0	3	54.0	41	18	17	4	15	2	65	1	0	4	219	152	1.037	6.8	0.7	2.5	10.8	4.33
2011	34	ARI-min	Rk,AAA	0	0		0.00	4	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	14		0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	6.8		DKS,REN · ARIZ,PCL
2011	34	ARI	NL	2	2	.500	2.17	60	0	52	0	0	45	58.0	41	15	14	4	12	0	61	2	0	2	229	182	0.914	6.4	0.6	1.9	9.5	5.08
2012	35	ARI	NL	1	5	.167	2.82	57	0	52	0	0	32	54.1	45	18	17	4	11	1	65	2	0	3	218	148	1.031	7.5	0.7	1.8	10.8	5.91
10 Yrs				33	31	.516	3.04	514	0	333	0	0	183	518.2	426	184	175	45	161	16	547	18	0	19	2127	141	1.132	7.4	0.8	2.8	9.5	3.40
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.516	3.04	68	0	44	0	0	24	69	56	24	23	6	21	2	72	2	0	3	281	141	1.132	7.4	0.8	2.8	9.5	3.40

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	143	1.158	7.5	0.9	2.9	9.4	3.24
ARI (2 yrs)				3	7	.300	2.48	117	0	104	0	0	77	112.1	86	33	31	8	23	1	126	4	0	5	447	164	0.970	6.9	0.6	1.8	10.1	5.48
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
CHW (1 yr)				7	5	.583	2.83	60	0	16	0	0	3	54.0	41	18	17	4	15	2	65	1	0	4	219	152	1.037	6.8	0.7	2.5	10.8	4.33

AL (7 yrs)				29	20	.592	3.03	368	0	223	0	0	104	377.0	311	133	127	36	119	11	402	14	0	13	1545	144	1.141	7.4	0.9	2.8	9.6	3.38
NL (3 yrs)				4	11	.267	3.05	146	0	110	0	0	79	141.2	115	51	48	9	42	5	145	4	0	6	582	134	1.108	7.3	0.6	2.7	9.2	3.45

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
2003	26	SEA	AL	3.2	3	0	2	4.91	5.07	0.23	-0.38	99.4	4.44	-0	-0.0	.1	-0.0	0.0	0	.494	.500
2004	27	SEA	AL	63.0	54	0	35	5.00	5.27	0.12	-0.39	97.8	4.65	-3	-0.3	1.1	-0.2	0.1	6	.495	.498
2005	28	SEA	AL	60.0	64	0	27	4.05	4.92	-0.02	-0.37	95.6	4.37	2	0.2	1.4	-0.1	0.6	9	.503	.501	$360,000
2006	29	SEA	AL	78.1	72	0	20	2.30	5.02	0.22	-0.37	96.1	4.25	16	1.6	1.7	0.4	2.7	27	.522	.510	$415,000
2007	30	SEA	AL	71.2	68	0	11	1.38	4.92	-0.23	-0.36	95.5	4.57	25	2.5	1.8	0.8	3.9	34	.537	.515	$2,700,000	AS,MVP-13
2008	31	SEA	AL	46.1	47	0	20	3.88	5.00	0.08	-0.37	95.7	4.35	2	0.2	1.7	-0.1	0.5	8	.503	.501	$4,400,000
2009	32	NYM	NL	29.1	29	0	18	5.52	4.69	-0.01	-0.34	95.8	4.17	-4	-0.5	1.5	-0.2	-0.4	-2	.484	.497	$6,000,000
2010	33	CHW	AL	54.0	60	0	18	3.00	4.55	-0.32	-0.35	103.7	4.69	10	1.0	1.4	0.1	1.6	16	.517	.506	$3,000,000
2011	34	ARI	NL	58.0	60	0	15	2.33	4.04	0.27	-0.30	105.7	3.67	8	0.9	1.9	0.3	1.6	14	.515	.506	$4,000,000
2012	35	ARI	NL	54.1	57	0	18	2.98	4.33	0.04	-0.32	105.3	4.18	6	0.7	1.6	0.1	1.2	12	.512	.504	$4,500,000
10 Seasons				518.2	514	0	184	3.19	4.77	0.02	-0.36	99.0	4.34	61	6.3	1.6	1.0	11.8	125	.512	.504	$25,375,000

SEA (6 yrs)				323.0	308	0	115	3.20	5.03	0.04	-0.37	96.2	4.44	41	4.1	1.5	0.8	7.8	85	.513	.504	$7,875,000
ARI (2 yrs)				112.1	117	0	33	2.64	4.18	0.16	-0.31	105.5	3.91	15	1.6	1.7	0.4	2.8	26	.514	.505	$8,500,000
NYM (1 yr)				29.1	29	0	18	5.52	4.69	-0.01	-0.34	95.8	4.17	-4	-0.5	1.5	-0.2	-0.4	-2	.484	.497	$6,000,000
CHW (1 yr)				54.0	60	0	18	3.00	4.55	-0.32	-0.35	103.7	4.69	10	1.0	1.4	0.1	1.6	16	.517	.506	$3,000,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

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
2011	34	ARI	NL	NLDS	L	MIL	0	1	.000	3.86	3	0	3	0	0	0	2.1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	1.714	11.6	0.0	3.9	0.0	0.00
1 NLDS							0	1	.000	3.86	3	0	3	0	0	0	2.1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	1.714	11.6	0.0	3.9	0.0	0.00

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1999	22	SEA-min	A-	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		EVR · NORW
2000	23	SEA-min	A	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		APP · MIDW
2001	24	SEA-min	AA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		SAN · TL
2002	25	SEA-min	AA,AAA	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		SAN,TAC · TL,PCL
2003	26	SEA-min	AAA	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
2003	26	SEA	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2004	27	SEA-min	AAA	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
2004	27	SEA	AL	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	28	SEA	AL	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2006	29	SEA	AL	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2007	30	SEA	AL	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS,MVP-13
2008	31	SEA-min	AAA,Rk	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		TAC,MRE · PCL,ARIZ
2008	31	SEA	AL	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	32	NYM	NL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	33	CHW	AL	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2011	34	ARI-min	AAA,Rk	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		REN,DKS · PCL,ARIZ
2011	34	ARI	NL	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2012	35	ARI	NL	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
10 Yrs				514	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

SEA (6 yrs)				308	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ARI (2 yrs)				117	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (7 yrs)				368	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (3 yrs)				146	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2003	26	SEA	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
2004	27	SEA	AL	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0		1
2005	28	SEA	AL	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$360,000	1
2006	29	SEA	AL	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$415,000	1
2007	30	SEA	AL	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$2,700,000	1	AS,MVP-13
2008	31	SEA	AL	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$4,400,000	1
2009	32	NYM	NL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$6,000,000	1
2010	33	CHW	AL	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$3,000,000	1
2011	34	ARI	NL	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$4,000,000	1
2012	35	ARI	NL	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$4,500,000	1
10 Seasons				514	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.4	0	$25,375,000

SEA (6 yrs)				308	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.3	0	$7,875,000
ARI (2 yrs)				117	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$8,500,000
NYM (1 yr)				29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$6,000,000
CHW (1 yr)				60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$3,000,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2011	34	ARI	NL	NLDS	MIL	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Awards
2003	SEA	AL	26	P	3	3.2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	2.45	0.33	.960	1.72	1.70	0	0
2004	SEA	AL	27	P	54	63.0	13	4	9	0	1	1.000	-2	-6	1.86	0.24	.948	1.66	1.65	4	3	43%	32%
2005	SEA	AL	28	P	64	60.0	17	4	13	0	2	1.000	2	7	2.55	0.27	.954	1.70	1.68	7	1	13%	30%
2006	SEA	AL	29	P	72	78.1	10	2	7	1	0	.900	1	3	1.03	0.13	.958	1.56	1.54	7	0	0%	30%
2007	SEA	AL	30	P	68	71.2	11	6	5	0	0	1.000	1	3	1.38	0.16	.955	1.59	1.59	3	0	0%	27%	AS,MVP-13
2008	SEA	AL	31	P	47	46.1	9	1	7	1	0	.889	2	9	1.55	0.17	.952	1.59	1.59	1	2	67%	27%
2009	NYM	NL	32	P	29	29.1	9	4	5	0	1	1.000	1	7	2.76	0.31	.956	1.72	1.70	4	1	20%	29%
2010	CHW	AL	33	P	60	54.0	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	0	0	0.83	0.08	.952	1.63	1.61	4	1	20%	26%
2011	ARI	NL	34	P	60	58.0	13	4	9	0	0	1.000	-1	-3	2.02	0.22	.955	1.80	1.79	7	1	13%	28%
2012	ARI	NL	35	P	57	54.1	7	1	6	0	0	1.000	1	4	1.16	0.12	.950	1.77	1.75	0	0
	10 Seasons			P	514	518.2	95	28	65	2	4	.979	5	1	1.61	0.18	.953	1.66	1.65	37	9	20%	29%
	10 Seasons			TOT	514	518.2	95	28	65	2	4	.979	5	11	1.61	0.18	.953	1.66	1.65	37	9	20%	29%

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (1270th)	Games Played s c a p y 2006 AL 72 (5th) Active 514 (32nd)
Saves s c a p y 2006 AL 36 (6th) 2007 AL 40 (2nd) 2011 NL 45 (3rd) 2012 NL 32 (7th) Active 183 (11th) Career 183 (55th)	Games Finished s c a p y 2006 AL 57 (5th) 2007 AL 65 (1st) 2011 NL 52 (7th) 2012 NL 52 (7th) Active 333 (11th) Career 333 (87th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 2007 AL 25 (8th) Active 75 (41st)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 2007 AL 2.5 (9th) Active 7.5 (41st)
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 2006 AL 27.67 (8th) 2007 AL 30.24 (7th) Active 80.12 (39th) Career 80.12 (191st)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2006 AL 4.2 (5th) 2007 AL 6.0 (1st) 2011 NL 3.2 (9th) Active 10.7 (34th) Career 10.7 (164th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 2007 AL 2.6 (10th) Active 6.8 (43rd) Career 6.8 (236th)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 2006 AL 2.7 (8th) 2007 AL 3.0 (8th) Active 8.0 (39th) Career 8.0 (205th)
Def. Games as P s c a p y 2006 AL 72 (5th)	Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 2009 NL 2.76 (5th) Active 1.61 (20th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y Active .979 (6th) Career .979 (26th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 13 (1325), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 33 (410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 17 (404), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (132nd), 11.8 career WAR/12.1 7yr-peak WAR/12.0 JAWS Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 37.9 career WAR/26.7 7yr-peak WAR/32.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Similar Pitchers through 35

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Most Similar by Ages

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Jeremy Fikac (989) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike MacDougal (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jason Motte (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Roberto Hernandez (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Heath Bell (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Heath Bell (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Heath Bell (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Todd Worrell (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1995 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 2, 1998: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 17th round of the 1998 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 2, 1999: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 6th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1999.
December 11, 2008: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Seattle Mariners with Sean Green and Jeremy Reed to the New York Mets. The Seattle Mariners sent Luis Valbuena to the Cleveland Indians. The New York Mets sent Mike Carp, Ezequiel Carrera, Endy Chavez, Maikel Cleto, Aaron Heilman and Jason Vargas to the Seattle Mariners. The New York Mets sent Joe Smith to the Cleveland Indians. The Cleveland Indians sent Franklin Gutierrez to the Seattle Mariners.
November 7, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
December 11, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
November 1, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
December 7, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2005	28	Seattle Mariners	$360,000
2006	29	Seattle Mariners	$415,000
2007	30	Seattle Mariners	$2,700,000
2008	31	Seattle Mariners	$4,400,000
2009	32	New York Mets	$6,000,000
2010	33	Chicago White Sox	$3,000,000
2011	34	Arizona Diamondbacks	$4,000,000
2012	35	Arizona Diamondbacks	$4,500,000	contracts

2013	36	Arizona Diamondbacks	$6,500,000
2014	37	Arizona Diamondbacks	$7,000,000
		Earliest Free Agent: 2015
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$25,375,000	Does not include future salaries

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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