Grant Roberts

Grant William Roberts

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 13, 1977 in El Cajon, CA
High School: Grossmont HS (Grossmont, CA)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 11th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 27, 2000
Team: Mets 2000-2004
Agents: Levinsons [*]
Final Game: April 18, 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
1995	17	NYM-min	Rk	2	1	.667	2.15	11	3	4	0	0	0	29.1	19	13	7	1	14	1	24	3	1	4	121		1.125	5.8	0.3	4.3	7.4	1.71	MET · GULF
1996	18	NYM-min	Rk	9	1	.900	2.10	13	13	0	2	2	0	68.2	43	18	16	3	37	1	92	7	0	4	285		1.165	5.6	0.4	4.8	12.1	2.49	KPT · APPY
1997	19	NYM-min	A	11	3	.786	2.36	22	22	0	2	1	0	129.2	98	37	34	1	44	0	122	8	0	5	530		1.095	6.8	0.1	3.1	8.5	2.77	CLM · SALL
1998	20	NYM-min	A+	4	5	.444	4.23	17	17	0	0	0	0	72.1	72	37	34	11	37	0	70	5	0	2	323		1.507	9.0	1.4	4.6	8.7	1.89	SCE · FLOR
1999	21	NYM-min	AA,AAA	9	7	.563	4.80	28	28	0	0	0	0	159.1	167	96	85	10	60	2	124	12	0	11	698		1.425	9.4	0.6	3.4	7.0	2.07	BNG,NFK · EL,IL
2000	22	NYM-min	AAA	7	8	.467	3.38	25	25	0	5	0	0	157.1	154	67	59	6	63	5	115	8	2	12	686		1.379	8.8	0.3	3.6	6.6	1.83	NFK · IL
2000	22	NYM	NL	0	0		11.57	4	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	11	10	9	0	4	1	6	0	0	0	38	40	2.143	14.1	0.0	5.1	7.7	1.50
2001	23	NYM-min	AAA	3	5	.375	4.52	30	6	15	0	0	2	67.2	80	38	34	4	19	1	54	7	0	2	300		1.463	10.6	0.5	2.5	7.2	2.84	NFK · IL
2001	23	NYM	NL	1	0	1.000	3.81	16	0	2	0	0	0	26.0	24	11	11	2	8	1	29	0	1	0	110	110	1.231	8.3	0.7	2.8	10.0	3.63
2002	24	NYM-min	AA	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3		0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0		BNG · EL
2002	24	NYM	NL	3	1	.750	2.20	34	0	6	0	0	0	45.0	43	12	11	3	16	7	31	1	0	0	192	183	1.311	8.6	0.6	3.2	6.2	1.94
2003	25	NYM-min	A+,AAA	1	0	1.000	1.62	13	2	2	0	0	0	16.2	12	7	3	0	8	0	11	1	0	0	72		1.200	6.5	0.0	4.3	5.9	1.38	SCE,NFK · FLOR,IL
2003	25	NYM	NL	0	3	.000	3.79	18	0	5	0	0	1	19.0	19	9	8	0	3	1	10	1	0	0	79	113	1.158	9.0	0.0	1.4	4.7	3.33
2004	26	NYM	NL	0	0		17.36	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.2	9	9	9	2	6	1	1	0	0	0	29	26	3.214	17.4	3.9	11.6	1.9	0.17
2005	27	NYY-min	AA	1	1	.500	5.25	9	3	4	0	0	0	24.0	25	14	14	2	17	1	20	1	0	2	113		1.750	9.4	0.8	6.4	7.5	1.18	TRE · EL
5 Yrs				4	4	.500	4.25	76	1	14	0	0	1	101.2	106	51	48	7	37	11	77	2	1	0	448	99	1.407	9.4	0.6	3.3	6.8	2.08
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.500	4.25	67	1	12	0	0	1	90	94	45	42	6	33	10	68	2	1	0	396	99	1.407	9.4	0.6	3.3	6.8	2.08

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
2000	22	NYM	NL	7.0	4	1	10	12.86	4.60	0.09	-0.25	93.1	3.97	-7	-0.6	.3	0.1	-0.4	-6	.355	.496	$
2001	23	NYM	NL	26.0	16	0	11	3.81	4.99	-0.01	-0.37	94.5	4.36	2	0.2	1.1	-0.1	0.3	4	.510	.501	$
2002	24	NYM	NL	45.0	34	0	12	2.40	4.53	-0.14	-0.33	97.3	4.22	9	1.0	.7	-0.2	1.1	13	.528	.506	$212,500
2003	25	NYM	NL	19.0	18	0	9	4.26	4.85	-0.28	-0.36	96.4	4.60	1	0.1	1.3	-0.0	0.2	3	.504	.500	$310,000
2004	26	NYM	NL	4.2	4	0	9	17.36	4.70	-0.34	-0.35	98.0	4.60	-7	-0.6	.6	0.1	-0.4	-6	.354	.496	$319,500
5 Seasons				101.2	76	1	51	4.51	4.72	-0.13	-0.34	96.1	4.33	-2	0.0	.9	-0.0	0.8	8	.500	.500	$842,000

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
2000	22	NYM	NL	4	38	32	10	11	4	0	0	1	0	4	6	.344	.395	.469	.863	.393	15	0	0	0	2	1	2
2001	23	NYM	NL	16	110	100	11	24	5	0	2	2	1	8	29	.240	.294	.350	.644	.314	35	1	0	1	1	1	1
2002	24	NYM	NL	34	192	170	12	43	6	3	3	5	0	16	31	.253	.317	.376	.694	.290	64	4	1	3	2	7	5
2003	25	NYM	NL	18	79	74	9	19	3	2	0	3	0	3	10	.257	.295	.351	.646	.297	26	1	1	1	0	1	0
2004	26	NYM	NL	4	29	21	9	9	2	0	2	0	0	6	1	.429	.536	.810	1.345	.368	17	0	0	1	1	1	0
5 Yrs				76	448	397	51	106	20	5	7	11	1	37	77	.267	.328	.395	.724	.310	157	6	2	6	6	11	8
162 Game Avg.				67	396	351	45	94	18	4	6	10	1	33	68	.267	.328	.395	.724	.310	139	5	2	5	5	10	7
MLB Averages																.265	.335	.426	.761	.296

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2000	22	NYM	NL	-5.7	-0.5	39	-0.2	0.4	-0.7	.80	-0.3	0.1	-6.9	-0.6	0.80	-3.9	0	1	2
2001	23	NYM	NL	1.8	0.2	113	0.3	1.5	-1.2	.73	0.4	-0.0	3.4	0.3	0.73	4.0	4	3	9
2002	24	NYM	NL	9.4	1.0	197	0.2	2.0	-1.9	.73	0.4	-0.2	7.9	0.8	0.73	5.3	6	5	22
2003	25	NYM	NL	0.9	0.1	81	0.1	1.6	-1.5	1.23	0.3	-0.3	1.7	0.2	1.23	3.0	7	6	5
2004	26	NYM	NL	-6.3	-0.6	29	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	.38	-0.4	-0.3	-6.7	-0.6	0.38	-7.2	1	0	3
5 Yrs				0.1	0.2	459	0.0	5.6	-5.5	.80	0.4	-0.4	-0.5	0.1	0.80	1.2	18	15	41

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
2000	22	NYM	NL	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	13.0	13	13	3	1	0	1	10.1	18.0	1.3	64	1	0	0	0	64
1 Yr				4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	13	13	13	3	1	0	1	10.1	18.0	1.3	64	1	0	0	0	64
MLB Averages													.500						48%	48	100	-9					4.9	4.8	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2000	22	NYM	NL	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	100%	7	.799	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	5.7	33
2001	23	NYM	NL	16	16	2	1	0	1	0	1	0%	2	1	13	3	23%	5	.728	4	3	9	3	3	10	6	10	7	4	7	2	4.9	25
2002	24	NYM	NL	34	34	6	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	11	5	45%	6	.729	6	5	22	2	7	25	6	28	14	6	14	4	4.0	21
2003	25	NYM	NL	18	18	5	0	3	1	1	0	100%	5	4	5	0	0%	7	1.226	7	6	5	7	4	7	2	16	7	5	8	0	3.2	16
2004	26	NYM	NL	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%	4	.378	1	0	3	1	1	2	1	3	1	1	1	0	3.5	24
5 Yrs				76	75	14	4	4	2	1	1	50%	7	5	32	11	34%		.800	18	15	41	14	16	45	16	59	30	17	31	6	4.0	21

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%
2000	22	NYM	NL	38	39%	0.0%	15.8%	10.5%	10.5%	36%	0.87	0.88	74%	32%	0.0%	7%	11	0	0%
2001	23	NYM	NL	110	66%	1.8%	26.4%	7.3%	6.4%	29%	0.94	1.09	64%	22%	5.9%	6%	21	1	5%
2002	24	NYM	NL	192	60%	1.6%	16.2%	8.3%	6.3%	28%	0.81	1.19	72%	25%	4.5%	11%	39	4	10%
2003	25	NYM	NL	79	65%	0.0%	12.7%	3.8%	6.3%	26%	1.17	1.61	81%	20%	0.0%	3%	12	1	8%
2004	26	NYM	NL	29	55%	6.9%	3.5%	20.7%	13.8%	44%	0.91	1.60	66%	9%	20.0%	9%	8	0	0%
5 Yrs				448	60%	1.6%	17.2%	8.3%	7.1%	30%	0.92	1.24	71%	23%	4.6%	8%	91	6	7%
MLB Averages					46%	2.9%	16.8%	8.8%	8.1%	34%	0.77	1.07	70%	22%	8.3%	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
2000	22	NYM	NL	38	163	4.29	103	63%	24%	13%	36%	27%	76%	7%	48%	83%	50%	5%	2	1	32%	12	9	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0
2001	23	NYM	NL	110	405	3.68	263	65%	27%	18%	27%	28%	73%	3%	48%	75%	58%	7%	8	2	32%	35	20	1	34%	7	5	0	0	0
2002	24	NYM	NL	192	725	3.78	445	61%	22%	13%	33%	32%	78%	10%	48%	84%	58%	7%	14	5	22%	42	23	2	35%	4	2	0	0	0
2003	25	NYM	NL	79	280	3.54	183	65%	23%	12%	30%	36%	77%	4%	50%	84%	52%	3%	2	1	30%	24	16	0	20%	1	0	0	0	0
2004	26	NYM	NL	29	94	3.24	55	59%	25%	7%	27%	40%	75%	10%	44%	90%	62%	14%	4	1	31%	9	7	1	100%	0	2	0	0	0
5 Yrs				448	1667	3.72	1049	63%	24%	14%	31%	32%	76%	7%	48%	82%	56%	7%	30	10	27%	122	75	4	31%	13	9	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		62%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	58%	5%			21%				27%

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
2000	22	NYM	NL	38	11	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	10	5	2	50%	2	0	0	14	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2001	23	NYM	NL	110	24	2	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	2	7	4	2	57%	1	0	0	44	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2002	24	NYM	NL	192	43	4	1	3	0	3	2	1	1	2	8	5	2	63%	5	0	1	78	5	0	100%	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2003	25	NYM	NL	79	19	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	60%	0	0	0	24	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	26	NYM	NL	29	9	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	3	2	0	67%	0	0	0	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
5 Yrs				448	106	10	2	7	0	13	3	4	3	4	33	19	6	58%	8	0	1	173	11	1	92%	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2000	22	0	0		11.57	4	1	0	0	7.0	11	10	9	0	4	1	6	0	0	38	40	2.143	14.1	0.0	5.1	7.7	1.50	40
2001	23	1	0	1.000	5.45	20	1	2	0	33.0	35	21	20	2	12	2	35	0	1	148	79	1.424	9.5	0.5	3.3	9.5	2.92	79
2002	24	4	1	.800	3.58	54	1	8	0	78.0	78	33	31	5	28	9	66	1	1	340	116	1.359	9.0	0.6	3.2	7.6	2.36	116
2003	25	4	4	.500	3.62	72	1	13	1	97.0	97	42	39	5	31	10	76	2	1	419	115	1.320	9.0	0.5	2.9	7.1	2.45	115
2004	26	4	4	.500	4.25	76	1	14	1	101.2	106	51	48	7	37	11	77	2	1	448	99	1.407	9.4	0.6	3.3	6.8	2.08	99

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
2000	22	0	0		9.00	8.0	11	9	8	0	4	7	0	1.875	12.4	4.5	7.9	1.75	0.0	4
2001	23	1	1	.500	3.81	26.0	24	12	11	2	8	29	0	1.231	8.3	2.8	10.0	3.63	0.7	16
2002	24	3	1	.750	2.25	44.0	44	12	11	3	16	30	1	1.364	9.0	3.3	6.1	1.88	0.6	34
2003	25	1	1	.500	3.79	19.0	19	9	8	0	3	10	1	1.158	9.0	1.4	4.7	3.33	0.0	18
2004	26	0	0		14.40	5.0	9	9	8	2	6	1	0	3.000	16.2	10.8	1.8	0.17	3.6	4
5 Yrs		5	3	.625	4.06	102.0	107	51	46	7	37	77	2	1.412	9.4		6.8	2.08	0.6	76

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