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Scott Richmond

Scott D. Richmond

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: August 30, 1979 in Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
High School: Aldergrove Community SS (Aldergrove, BC)
School: Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK)
Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent in 2007. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 30, 2008
Team: BlueJays 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.013, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: SFX [*]
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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
2008	28	TOR-min	AA,AAA	6	11	.353	4.45	24	24	0	1	0	0	137.2	133	75	68	20	43	0	124	4	3	6	587		1.278	8.7	1.3	2.8	8.1	2.88	MAN,SYR · EL,IL
2008	28	TOR	AL	1	3	.250	4.00	5	5	0	1	1	0	27.0	32	12	12	2	2	0	20	2	0	0	113	107	1.259	10.7	0.7	0.7	6.7	10.00
2009	29	TOR-min	AAA,Rk	0	1	.000	4.15	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	12	5	4	2	2	0	10	0	0	1	39		1.615	12.5	2.1	2.1	10.4	5.00	LVG,BJY · PCL,GULF
2009	29	TOR	AL	8	11	.421	5.52	27	24	1	1	0	0	138.2	147	90	85	27	59	1	117	0	1	5	610	80	1.486	9.5	1.8	3.8	7.6	1.98

2010	30	TOR-min	A+,AAA,AA	4	1	.800	1.98	9	8	0	0	0	0	41.0	29	13	9	3	12	0	36	0	0	3	167		1.000	6.4	0.7	2.6	7.9	3.00	DUN,LVG,MAN · FLOR,PCL,EL
2011	31	TOR-min	AAA	6	9	.400	7.33	26	20	3	0	0	0	113.0	149	98	92	24	56	0	87	3	1	8	533		1.814	11.9	1.9	4.5	6.9	1.55	LVG · PCL
2011	31	TOR	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	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
2012	32	TOR-min	AAA	5	3	.625	5.51	12	11	0	0	0	0	65.1	71	41	40	10	19	0	54	2	0	4	278		1.378	9.8	1.4	2.6	7.4	2.84	LVG · PCL
3 Yrs				9	14	.391	5.26	33	29	2	2	1	0	166.0	179	102	97	29	61	1	137	2	1	5	724	84	1.446	9.7	1.6	3.3	7.4	2.25
162 Game Avg.				10	15	.391	5.26	36	32	2	2	1	0	182	196	112	106	32	67	1	150	2	1	5	794	84	1.446	9.7	1.6	3.3	7.4	2.25

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
2008	28	TOR	AL	27.0	5	5	12	4.00	4.80	0.27	0.19	95.9	4.52	1	0.1		-0.0	0.3	5	.522	.501	$
2009	29	TOR	AL	138.2	27	24	90	5.84	4.91	0.37	0.16	99.4	4.68	-19	-1.8	1.4	-0.1	-0.7	-1	.434	.489	$402,300

2011	31	TOR	AL	0.1	1	0	0	0.00	4.43	0.00	-0.35	86.0	3.51	0	0.0	.4	-0.0	0.0	0	.514	.500	$
3 Seasons				166.0	33	29	102	5.53	4.89	0.35	0.17	98.8	4.65	-18	-1.7	1.1	-0.2	-0.4	4	.450	.497	$402,300

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
2008	28	TOR	AL	5	113	108	12	32	9	3	2	1	1	2	20	.296	.319	.491	.809	.345	53	3	2	0	1	0	0
2009	29	TOR	AL	27	610	548	90	147	33	5	27	6	3	59	117	.268	.338	.495	.833	.296	271	7	0	1	2	1	2

2011	31	TOR	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				33	724	657	102	179	42	8	29	7	4	61	137	.272	.335	.493	.828	.304	324	10	2	1	3	1	2
162 Game Avg.				36	794	721	112	196	46	9	32	8	4	67	150	.272	.335	.493	.828	.304	355	11	2	1	3	1	2
MLB Averages																.260	.328	.409	.737	.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
2008	28	TOR	AL	1.4	0.1	113	0.1	2.0	-1.9	.90	0.1	-0.0	2.2	0.2	0.90	1.3	0	0	0
2009	29	TOR	AL	-16.1	-1.5	625	-1.9	9.9	-11.8	.94	-1.3	-0.7	-14.0	-1.3	0.94	-15.3	1	2	0

2011	31	TOR	AL	0.3	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.42	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.42	0.3	0	0	1
3 Yrs				-14.5	-1.3	739	-1.8	11.9	-13.7	.93	-1.2	-0.8	-11.4	-1.1	0.93	-13.8	1	2	1

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
2008	28	TOR	AL	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	2	3	.400	0	1	1	1	1	20%	49.8	67	42	1	0	0	3	1.9	1.9	5.4	87	1	4	0	0	93
2009	29	TOR	AL	27	24	8	10	6	2	1	11	13	.458	2	2	1	0	9	38%	46.2	78	21	12	6	1	10	5.5	6.5	5.5	95	6	6	12	0	113
2 Yrs				32	29	9	13	7	2	1	13	16	.448	2	3	2	1	10	34%	47	78	21	13	6	1	13	4.9	5.8	5.5	93	7	10	12	0	113
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	100	-10					4.5	4.5	5.9	96

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
2009	29	TOR	AL	27	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	4	.939	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	0	3	0	6.7	37

2011	31	TOR	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	8	.420	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	6
2 Yrs				28	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	25%		.938	1	2	1	0	1	3	2	2	2	1	3	0	5.3	29

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%
2008	28	TOR	AL	113	43%	1.8%	17.7%	1.8%	12.4%	44%	0.59	0.82	77%	17%	4.1%	13%	16	3	19%
2009	29	TOR	AL	610	38%	4.4%	19.2%	9.7%	10.7%	44%	0.51	0.78	67%	23%	11.0%	12%	106	7	7%

2011	31	TOR	AL	1	100%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%		0.00	0.00	100%	0%	0.0%	0%	0	0
3 Yrs				724	39%	4.0%	18.9%	8.4%	10.9%	44%	0.52	0.78	68%	22%	9.8%	12%	122	10	8%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	18.1%	8.6%	7.7%	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
2008	28	TOR	AL	113	435	3.85	268	62%	25%	17%	24%	33%	75%	0%	46%	77%	53%	1%	1	1	9%	10	4	0	15%	2	0	0	0	0
2009	29	TOR	AL	612	2378	3.89	1445	61%	26%	17%	27%	30%	74%	0%	45%	77%	60%	6%	34	22	20%	121	64	5	18%	19	11	-2	0	0

2011	31	TOR	AL	1	6	6.00	3	50%	0%	67%	0%	33%	100%	0%	50%	33%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				726	2819	3.88	1716	61%	26%	17%	26%	31%	74%	0%	45%	77%	59%	5%	35	23	18%	131	68	5	18%	21	11	-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
2008	28	TOR	AL	113	32	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	4	2	1	50%	0	0	0	39	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2009	29	TOR	AL	610	147	7	0	27	0	7	10	17	12	15	28	16	6	57%	2	5	1	210	6	3	67%	5	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	10	0

2011	31	TOR	AL	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
3 Yrs				724	179	9	0	29	0	7	10	19	14	15	32	18	7	56%	2	5	1	250	7	4	64%	6	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	11	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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+
2008	28	1	3	.250	4.00	5	5	0	1	1	27.0	32	12	12	2	2	0	20	2	0	0	113	107	1.259	10.7	0.7	0.7	6.7	10.00	107
2009	29	9	14	.391	5.27	32	29	1	2	1	165.2	179	102	97	29	61	1	137	2	1	5	723	84	1.449	9.7	1.6	3.3	7.4	2.25	84
2010	30	9	14	.391	5.27	32	29	1	2	1	165.2	179	102	97	29	61	1	137	2	1	5	723	84	1.449	9.7	1.6	3.3	7.4	2.25	84
2011	31	9	14	.391	5.26	33	29	2	2	1	166.0	179	102	97	29	61	1	137	2	1	5	724	84	1.446	9.7	1.6	3.3	7.4	2.25	84

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
2008	28	1	1	.500	4.32	25.0	33	13	12	2	2	19	2	1.400	11.9	0.7	6.8	9.50	0.7	5
2009	29	5	10	.333	5.60	135.0	146	93	84	27	59	114	0	1.519	9.7	3.9	7.6	1.93	1.8	27

2011	31	0	0			0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0							1
3 Yrs		6	11	.353	5.40	160.0	179	106	96	29	61	133	2	1.500	10.1		7.5	2.18	1.6	33

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y 2008 AL 1 (9th)	Home Runs s c a p y 2009 AL 27 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 AL 1 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2009 AL 27 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 1 (2623), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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