Clay Rapada

Clayton Anthony Rapada (twitter: @pada5something)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 9, 1981 in Portsmouth, VA
High School: Deep Creek HS (Chesapeake, VA)
School: Virginia State University (Lexington, VA)
Signed
by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 14, 2007
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Orioles/Yankees/Rangers/Cubs 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$525k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.095, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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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
2007 26 TOT MLB 0 0 10.13 5 0 2 0 0 0 2.2 3 3 3 2 2 0 4 0 0 2 13 56 1.875 10.1 6.8 6.8 13.5 2.00
2007 26 CHC NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 26 DET AL 0 0 11.57 4 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 3 3 3 2 2 0 4 0 0 2 12 45 2.143 11.6 7.7 7.7 15.4 2.00
2008 27 DET AL 3 0 1.000 4.22 25 0 3 0 0 0 21.1 19 11 10 0 14 1 15 1 0 1 94 107 1.547 8.0 0.0 5.9 6.3 1.07
2009 28 DET AL 0 0 5.40 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 4 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 16 92 1.800 10.8 2.7 5.4 5.4 1.00
2010 29 TEX AL 0 0 4.00 13 0 2 0 0 0 9.0 6 4 4 2 7 1 5 0 0 0 39 116 1.444 6.0 2.0 7.0 5.0 0.71
2011 30 BAL AL 2 0 1.000 6.06 32 0 4 0 0 0 16.1 14 11 11 3 7 0 18 0 0 0 69 70 1.286 7.7 1.7 3.9 9.9 2.57
2012 31 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 3.95 21 0 4 0 0 0 13.2 9 7 6 1 9 1 9 0 0 0 54 111 1.317 5.9 0.7 5.9 5.9 1.00
6 Yrs 6 0 1.000 4.88 99 0 16 0 0 0 66.1 55 38 36 9 41 4 53 1 0 3 285 92 1.447 7.5 1.2 5.6 7.2 1.29
162 Game Avg. 4 0 1.000 4.88 68 0 11 0 0 0 46 38 26 25 6 28 3 36 1 0 2 196 92 1.447 7.5 1.2 5.6 7.2 1.29
DET (3 yrs) 3 0 1.000 5.00 32 0 6 0 0 0 27.0 26 16 15 3 18 2 21 1 0 3 122 93 1.630 8.7 1.0 6.0 7.0 1.17
TEX (1 yr) 0 0 4.00 13 0 2 0 0 0 9.0 6 4 4 2 7 1 5 0 0 0 39 116 1.444 6.0 2.0 7.0 5.0 0.71
CHC (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
NYY (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.95 21 0 4 0 0 0 13.2 9 7 6 1 9 1 9 0 0 0 54 111 1.317 5.9 0.7 5.9 5.9 1.00
BAL (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 6.06 32 0 4 0 0 0 16.1 14 11 11 3 7 0 18 0 0 0 69 70 1.286 7.7 1.7 3.9 9.9 2.57
AL (6 yrs) 6 0 1.000 4.91 98 0 16 0 0 0 66.0 55 38 36 9 41 4 53 1 0 3 284 91 1.455 7.5 1.2 5.6 7.2 1.29
NL (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
2007 26 CHC NL 0.1 1 0 0 0.00 5.10 0.16 -0.38 108.0 4.94 0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0 .519 .500 $
2007 26 DET AL 2.1 4 0 3 11.57 5.20 0.18 -0.39 102.5 4.75 -2 -0.2 .4 0.0 -0.1 -1 .458 .499 $
2008 27 DET AL 21.1 25 0 11 4.64 5.19 -0.32 -0.38 100.8 5.17 1 0.1 1.1 -0.1 0.2 4 .503 .501 $
2009 28 DET AL 3.1 3 0 2 5.40 5.05 0.24 -0.37 102.0 4.53 -0 -0.0 .7 -0.0 0.0 0 .489 .500 $
2010 29 TEX AL 9.0 13 0 4 4.00 4.40 -0.05 -0.34 103.9 4.28 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .502 .500 $
2011 30 BAL AL 16.1 32 0 11 6.06 4.93 -0.10 -0.38 102.5 4.78 -2 -0.2 .9 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .492 .498 $
2012 31 NYY AL 13.2 21 0 7 4.61 4.47 -0.29 -0.33 106.7 4.73 0 0.0 .7 -0.0 0.1 2 .501 .500 $
6 Seasons 66.1 99 0 38 5.16 4.86 -0.18 -0.36 103.0 4.81 -3 -0.3 .9 -0.1 0.2 5 .497 .500 $
DET (3 yrs) 27.0 32 0 16 5.33 5.17 -0.21 -0.38 101.1 5.05 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.1 2 .496 .500 $
TEX (1 yr) 9.0 13 0 4 4.00 4.40 -0.05 -0.34 103.9 4.28 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .502 .500 $
CHC (1 yr) 0.1 1 0 0 0.00 5.10 0.16 -0.38 108.0 4.94 0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0 .519 .500 $
NYY (1 yr) 13.2 21 0 7 4.61 4.47 -0.29 -0.33 106.7 4.73 0 0.0 .7 -0.0 0.1 2 .501 .500 $
BAL (1 yr) 16.1 32 0 11 6.06 4.93 -0.10 -0.38 102.5 4.78 -2 -0.2 .9 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .492 .498 $

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
2010 29 TEX AL ALCS W NYY 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 6.000 27.0 0.0 27.0 27.0 1.00
1 ALCS 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 6.000 27.0 0.0 27.0 27.0 1.00

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
2007 26 CHC NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 26 DET AL 4 12 10 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 4 .300 .417 1.000 1.417 .250 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 26 TOT MLB 5 13 11 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 4 .273 .385 .909 1.294 .200 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 27 DET AL 25 94 78 11 19 4 0 0 0 1 14 15 .244 .366 .295 .660 .302 23 2 1 1 0 1 1
2009 28 DET AL 3 16 14 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 .286 .375 .571 .946 .273 8 0 0 0 0 1 0
2010 29 TEX AL 13 39 32 4 6 0 0 2 0 0 7 5 .188 .333 .375 .708 .160 12 0 0 0 0 1 0
2011 30 BAL AL 32 69 61 11 14 2 1 3 0 1 7 18 .230 .304 .443 .747 .268 27 0 0 0 1 0 0
2012 31 NYY AL 21 54 44 7 9 2 0 1 0 0 9 9 .205 .340 .318 .658 .235 14 2 0 1 0 1 0
6 Yrs 99 285 240 38 55 10 1 9 0 2 41 53 .229 .343 .392 .734 .257 94 4 1 2 1 4 1
162 Game Avg. 68 196 165 26 38 7 1 6 0 1 28 36 .229 .343 .392 .734 .257 65 3 1 1 1 3 1
MLB Averages .261 .329 .411 .740 .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
2007 26 TOT MLB -1.2 -0.1 15 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .27 -0.3 -0.2 -2.7 -0.2 0.25 -2.1 1 1 3
2007 26 CHC NL 0.3 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.95 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.95 0.3 1 0 0
2007 26 DET AL -1.5 -0.1 14 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .13 -0.3 -1.1 -3.2 -0.3 0.13 -2.4 0 1 3
2008 27 DET AL 0.7 0.1 100 0.1 1.1 -1.0 .60 0.1 0.0 1.5 0.1 0.59 3.4 8 1 15
2009 28 DET AL -0.1 -0.0 16 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .37 -0.2 -0.4 -3.1 -0.3 0.37 -1.1 0 2 0
2010 29 TEX AL 0.7 0.1 40 0.1 0.6 -0.6 .76 0.1 0.0 2.3 0.2 0.77 -1.1 2 5 6
2011 30 BAL AL -2.9 -0.3 70 0.6 1.1 -0.5 .75 -0.1 0.9 0.5 0.0 0.75 -2.3 8 8 15
2012 31 NYY AL 0.4 0.0 58 0.4 0.7 -0.2 .50 0.2 0.6 3.2 0.3 0.50 3.0 3 6 12
6 Yrs -2.3 -0.2 299 0.9 3.6 -2.7 .61 -0.1 1.5 1.7 0.2 0.61 -0.2 22 23 51

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
2007 26 TOT MLB 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% .270 1 1 3 0 0 5 3 2 0 3 0 0 1.6 12
2007 26 CHC NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 8 1.950 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 7
2007 26 DET AL 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 9 .130 0 1 3 0 0 4 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.8 14
2008 27 DET AL 25 25 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 24 2 8% 8 .595 8 1 15 7 3 15 13 12 8 15 9 3 2.6 14
2009 28 DET AL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 4 .374 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 3.3 19
2010 29 TEX AL 13 13 2 0 0 1 0 1 0% 4 3 12 1 8% 8 .765 2 5 6 5 0 8 8 5 1 9 3 6 2.1 11
2011 30 BAL AL 32 32 4 2 0 0 0 0 7 5 22 3 14% 8 .754 8 8 15 9 4 19 16 16 3 26 6 8 1.5 9
2012 31 NYY AL 21 21 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 18 2 11% 6 .500 3 6 12 2 2 17 13 8 3 15 6 5 2.0 10
6 Yrs 99 99 16 6 0 1 0 1 0% 16 12 85 14 16% .612 22 23 51 23 9 67 55 44 16 68 26 22 2.0 11

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%
2007 26 TOT MLB 13 69% 15.4% 30.8% 15.4% 23.1% 100% 0.40 1.00 38% 14% 40.0% 0% 1 0 0%
2007 26 CHC NL 1 100% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 0.00 100% 100% 0.0% 0% 1 0 0%
2007 26 DET AL 12 67% 16.7% 33.3% 16.7% 25.0% 100% 0.50 2.00 33% 0% 50.0% 0% 0 0
2008 27 DET AL 94 50% 0.0% 16.0% 14.9% 4.3% 21% 1.06 1.30 67% 16% 0.0% 19% 17 2 12%
2009 28 DET AL 16 38% 6.3% 12.5% 12.5% 12.5% 50% 1.00 1.67 69% 8% 16.7% 0% 3 0 0%
2010 29 TEX AL 39 54% 5.1% 12.8% 18.0% 5.1% 33% 0.47 0.47 64% 11% 14.3% 18% 8 0 0%
2011 30 BAL AL 69 77% 4.4% 26.1% 10.1% 8.7% 43% 0.57 0.58 59% 23% 13.6% 21% 10 0 0%
2012 31 NYY AL 54 74% 1.9% 16.7% 16.7% 5.6% 33% 1.00 1.14 63% 14% 6.7% 17% 13 2 15%
6 Yrs 285 62% 3.2% 18.6% 14.4% 7.0% 36% 0.79 0.92 63% 16% 10.3% 17% 52 4 8%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 18.0% 8.5% 7.8% 33% 0.80 1.07 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
2007 26 TOT MLB 13 61 4.69 38 62% 32% 18% 32% 18% 68% 0% 43% 73% 62% 8% 1 1 23% 3 2 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0
2007 26 CHC NL 1 7 7.00 5 71% 20% 0% 60% 20% 80% 0% 57% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 26 DET AL 12 54 4.50 33 61% 33% 21% 27% 18% 67% 0% 41% 68% 58% 8% 1 1 25% 3 2 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0
2008 27 DET AL 95 353 3.72 201 57% 34% 10% 24% 32% 66% 3% 38% 84% 57% 6% 6 4 21% 20 6 0 60% 2 1 -1 0 0
2009 28 DET AL 16 56 3.50 35 63% 26% 14% 26% 34% 74% 10% 46% 81% 63% 6% 1 0 31% 5 4 1 50% 0 0 0 0 0
2010 29 TEX AL 39 146 3.74 82 56% 38% 11% 18% 33% 62% 6% 35% 82% 54% 13% 5 1 21% 8 5 0 40% 1 3 0 0 0
2011 30 BAL AL 69 284 4.12 179 63% 35% 18% 22% 25% 65% 0% 41% 72% 61% 4% 3 2 23% 16 8 2 39% 5 1 0 0 0
2012 31 NYY AL 55 214 3.89 127 59% 35% 12% 25% 28% 65% 5% 39% 82% 62% 4% 2 1 18% 10 7 1 44% 2 0 -1 0 0
6 Yrs 287 1114 3.88 662 59% 34% 14% 24% 29% 66% 3% 39% 79% 59% 6% 18 9 22% 62 32 6 47% 10 5 -2 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
2007 26 TOT MLB 13 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0% 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2007 26 CHC NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 26 DET AL 12 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0% 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2008 27 DET AL 94 19 2 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 14% 1 1 0 29 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0
2009 28 DET AL 16 4 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 29 TEX AL 39 6 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 0% 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 30 BAL AL 69 14 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 28 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
2012 31 NYY AL 54 9 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 50% 0 0 1 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
6 Yrs 285 55 6 1 9 0 12 6 3 3 6 15 4 4 27% 1 3 1 113 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 6 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

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+
2007 26 0 0 10.13 5 0 2 0 0 0 2.2 3 3 3 2 2 0 4 0 0 2 13 56 1.875 10.1 6.8 6.8 13.5 2.00 56
2008 27 3 0 1.000 4.88 30 0 5 0 0 0 24.0 22 14 13 2 16 1 19 1 0 3 107 95 1.583 8.3 0.8 6.0 7.1 1.19 95
2009 28 3 0 1.000 4.94 33 0 6 0 0 0 27.1 26 16 15 3 18 2 21 1 0 3 123 95 1.610 8.6 1.0 5.9 6.9 1.17 95
2010 29 3 0 1.000 4.71 46 0 8 0 0 0 36.1 32 20 19 5 25 3 26 1 0 3 162 99 1.569 7.9 1.2 6.2 6.4 1.04 99
2011 30 5 0 1.000 5.13 78 0 12 0 0 0 52.2 46 31 30 8 32 3 44 1 0 3 231 89 1.481 7.9 1.4 5.5 7.5 1.38 89
2012 31 6 0 1.000 4.88 99 0 16 0 0 0 66.1 55 38 36 9 41 4 53 1 0 3 285 92 1.447 7.5 1.2 5.6 7.2 1.29 92

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
2007 26 0 0 9.00 3.0 3 3 3 2 2 4 0 1.667 9.0 6.0 12.0 2.00 6.0 5
2008 27 1 1 .500 3.86 21.0 18 10 9 0 13 15 1 1.476 7.7 5.6 6.4 1.15 0.0 25
2009 28 0 0 6.00 3.0 4 2 2 1 2 2 0 2.000 12.0 6.0 6.0 1.00 3.0 3
2010 29 0 0 4.00 9.0 6 4 4 2 7 5 0 1.444 6.0 7.0 5.0 0.71 2.0 13
2011 30 0 1 .000 6.19 16.0 14 12 11 3 7 18 0 1.313 7.9 3.9 10.1 2.57 1.7 32
2012 31 0 1 .000 4.50 12.0 9 7 6 1 9 8 0 1.500 6.8 6.8 6.0 0.89 0.8 21
6 Yrs 1 3 .250 4.92 64.0 54 38 35 9 40 52 1 1.469 7.6 7.3 1.30 1.3 99

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