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Ricky Romero

Ricardo Romero (RR Cool Jay) (twitter: @RickyRo24)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: November 6, 1984 in East Los Angeles, CA
High School: Roosevelt HS (Los Angeles, CA)
School: California State University Fullerton (Fullerton, CA)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 2009
Team: BlueJays 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2015, 5 yrs/$30.05M (11-15) & 16 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.000, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Paragon/Joe Longo [*]
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	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	Awards
2005	20	TOR-min	A+,A-	1	0	1.000	3.58	9	9	0	0	32.2	38	13	13	2	8	0	24	0	1	6	143		1.408	10.5	0.6	2.2	6.6	3.00	DUN,AUB · FLOR,NYPL
2006	21	TOR-min	AA,A+	4	8	.333	3.87	22	22	1	1	125.2	113	60	54	12	40	0	102	2	0	6	522		1.218	8.1	0.9	2.9	7.3	2.55	MAN,DUN · EL,FLOR
2007	22	TOR-min	AA,A+	3	6	.333	4.84	19	19	1	0	93.0	102	59	50	9	52	0	82	4	0	9	426		1.656	9.9	0.9	5.0	7.9	1.58	MAN,DUN · EL,FLOR
2008	23	TOR-min	AA,AAA	8	8	.500	4.55	28	28	1	0	164.1	181	87	83	12	75	0	116	8	1	13	724		1.558	9.9	0.7	4.1	6.4	1.55	MAN,SYR · EL,IL
2009	24	TOR-min	AA,AAA,A+	0	1	.000	6.91	3	3	0	0	14.1	17	12	11	2	8	0	12	1	0	1	65		1.744	10.7	1.3	5.0	7.5	1.50	MAN,LVG,DUN · EL,PCL,FLOR
2009	24	TOR	AL	13	9	.591	4.30	29	29	0	0	178.0	192	88	85	18	79	0	141	10	1	6	771	103	1.522	9.7	0.9	4.0	7.1	1.78
2010	25	TOR	AL	14	9	.609	3.73	32	32	3	1	210.0	189	98	87	15	82	3	174	8	1	18	882	112	1.290	8.1	0.6	3.5	7.5	2.12
2011	26	TOR	AL	15	11	.577	2.92	32	32	4	2	225.0	176	85	73	26	80	2	178	14	1	9	917	147	1.138	7.0	1.0	3.2	7.1	2.23	AS,CYA-10
2012	27	TOR	AL	6	1	.857	4.04	11	11	0	0	71.1	54	33	32	8	38	0	56	3	0	0	298	106	1.290	6.8	1.0	4.8	7.1	1.47
4 Yrs				48	30	.615	3.64	104	104	7	3	684.1	611	304	277	67	279	5	549	35	3	33	2868	118	1.301	8.0	0.9	3.7	7.2	1.97
162 Game Avg.				16	10	.615	3.64	34	34	2	1	224	200	99	91	22	91	2	179	11	1	11	938	118	1.301	8.0	0.9	3.7	7.2	1.97

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	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
2009	24	TOR	AL	178.0	29	29	88	4.45	4.96	0.36	0.19	100.0	4.80	6	0.6	-0.1	2.0	29	.519	.503	$400,000
2010	25	TOR	AL	210.0	32	32	98	4.20	4.54	-0.01	0.16	100.5	4.73	11	1.2	-0.1	2.9	36	.537	.507	$408,300
2011	26	TOR	AL	225.0	32	32	85	3.40	4.53	0.00	0.16	105.6	4.96	39	4.4	-0.1	6.2	65	.638	.527	$1,000,000	AS,CYA-10
2012	27	TOR	AL	71.1	11	11	33	4.16	4.69	0.85	0.18	103.0	4.14	-0	-0.0	-0.1	0.5	8	.499	.500	$
4 Seasons				684.1	104	104	304	4.00	4.66	0.18	0.17	102.3	4.76	55	6.1	-0.5	11.6	138	.559	.509	$1,808,300

All-Star Pitching

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	W	L	W-L%	ERA	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	TOR	AL	26

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
2009	24	TOR	AL	29	771	676	88	192	39	1	18	9	7	79	141	.284	.366	.425	.790	.335	287	30	10	3	3	0	2
2010	25	TOR	AL	32	882	780	98	189	42	0	15	4	5	82	174	.242	.320	.354	.673	.293	276	25	8	9	3	3	10
2011	26	TOR	AL	32	917	816	85	176	38	3	26	18	7	80	178	.216	.296	.365	.662	.245	298	28	14	6	1	2	12
2012	27	TOR	AL	11	298	255	33	54	15	0	8	3	2	38	56	.212	.320	.365	.685	.240	93	9	3	1	1	0	4
4 Yrs				104	2868	2527	304	611	134	4	67	34	21	279	549	.242	.325	.378	.702	.283	954	92	35	19	8	5	28
162 Game Avg.				34	938	826	99	200	44	1	22	11	7	91	179	.242	.325	.378	.702	.283	312	30	11	6	3	2	9
MLB Averages																.258	.326	.406	.732	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
2009	24	TOR	AL	4.3	0.4	800	0.5	14.2	-13.8	.99	-0.1	0.6	8.3	0.8	0.99	-1.3
2010	25	TOR	AL	8.7	0.9	912	1.6	17.4	-15.8	1.07	1.7	-0.2	8.9	0.9	1.07	18.1
2011	26	TOR	AL	29.7	3.2	953	3.5	17.5	-14.0	.98	2.5	1.1	34.2	3.6	0.98	27.4
2012	27	TOR	AL	2.5	0.2	308	0.4	5.3	-4.9	.99	0.2	0.2	1.0	0.1	0.99	1.4
4 Yrs				45.2	4.7	2973	5.9	54.4	-48.5	1.01	4.3	1.5	52.4	5.4	1.01	45.6

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
2009	24	TOR	AL	29	29	13	9	7	3	1	14	15	.483	0	2	0	0	16	55%	49.4	79	22	17	5	0	8	5.0	5.4	6.1	103	0	9	20	0	118
2010	25	TOR	AL	32	32	14	9	9	2	3	18	14	.563	3	3	3	1	20	63%	54.3	88	13	14	6	0	16	4.5	5.2	6.6	101	3	5	24	0	118
2011	26	TOR	AL	32	32	15	11	6	0	5	18	14	.563	5	0	4	2	25	78%	59.0	85	20	22	11	0	16	4.5	5.1	7.0	105	1	5	25	1	126
2012	27	TOR	AL	11	11	6	1	4	2	0	7	4	.636	0	2	0	0	6	55%	54.2	76	29	7	0	0	5	6.1	6.5	6.5	104	0	4	7	0	117
4 Yrs				104	104	48	30	26	7	9	57	47	.548	8	7	7	3	67	64%	54	88	13	60	22	0	45	4.8	5.4	6.6	103	4	23	76	1	126
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	100	-13					4.4	4.4	5.9	96

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%
2009	24	TOR	AL	771	30%	2.3%	18.3%	10.3%	7.5%	30%	1.20	1.87	67%	21%	8.3%	10%	191	30	16%
2010	25	TOR	AL	882	25%	1.7%	19.7%	9.3%	6.5%	30%	1.22	1.94	67%	20%	5.9%	6%	161	25	16%
2011	26	TOR	AL	917	30%	2.8%	19.4%	8.7%	7.3%	38%	1.22	1.87	67%	14%	10.0%	9%	158	28	18%
2012	27	TOR	AL	298	34%	2.7%	18.8%	12.8%	7.7%	43%	1.19	1.96	64%	16%	9.9%	9%	64	9	14%
4 Yrs				2868	29%	2.3%	19.1%	9.7%	7.2%	34%	1.21	1.90	67%	18%	8.2%	8%	574	92	16%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.5%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	0.80	1.08	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
2009	24	TOR	AL	775	2989	3.86	1814	61%	26%	17%	27%	30%	74%	0%	45%	77%	57%	4%	33	17	18%	143	80	6	17%	26	16	-4	0	0
2010	25	TOR	AL	883	3241	3.67	1982	61%	28%	16%	25%	31%	72%	1%	44%	78%	58%	5%	41	19	19%	168	78	9	14%	22	19	-1	0	0
2011	26	TOR	AL	921	3374	3.66	2065	61%	25%	17%	27%	31%	75%	0%	46%	77%	58%	6%	52	30	18%	169	97	8	21%	26	20	-4	0	0
2012	27	TOR	AL	299	1141	3.82	666	58%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	0%	42%	79%	53%	8%	23	6	23%	68	35	5	11%	10	17	-1	0	0
4 Yrs				2878	10745	3.73	6527	61%	27%	16%	26%	31%	73%	0%	45%	78%	57%	5%	149	72	19%	548	290	28	17%	84	72	-10	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		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
2009	24	TOR	AL	771	192	21	4	18	0	17	8	10	9	9	44	22	7	50%	2	6	2	320	9	7	56%	9	5	0	2	0	0	7	2	14	0
2010	25	TOR	AL	882	189	26	1	15	2	22	10	5	7	8	50	24	8	48%	10	18	1	318	4	5	44%	4	5	0	0	0	0	3	2	27	0
2011	26	TOR	AL	917	176	22	1	26	1	12	17	9	11	15	36	12	10	33%	12	9	1	312	18	7	72%	14	7	4	0	0	0	7	6	15	0
2012	27	TOR	AL	298	54	3	1	8	0	4	4	4	5	3	17	12	1	71%	4	0	1	105	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0
4 Yrs				2868	611	72	7	67	3	55	39	28	32	35	147	70	26	48%	28	33	5	1055	34	21	62%	30	19	4	2	0	0	19	12	58	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	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+
2009	24	13	9	.591	4.30	29	29	0	0	178.0	192	88	85	18	79	0	141	10	1	6	771	103	1.522	9.7	0.9	4.0	7.1	1.78	103
2010	25	27	18	.600	3.99	61	61	3	1	388.0	381	186	172	33	161	3	315	18	2	24	1653	108	1.397	8.8	0.8	3.7	7.3	1.96	108
2011	26	42	29	.592	3.60	93	93	7	3	613.0	557	271	245	59	241	5	493	32	3	33	2570	119	1.302	8.2	0.9	3.5	7.2	2.05	119
2012	27	48	30	.615	3.64	104	104	7	3	684.1	611	304	277	67	279	5	549	35	3	33	2868	118	1.301	8.0	0.9	3.7	7.2	1.97	118

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
2009	24	8	10	.444	4.61	164.0	191	93	84	18	79	130	10	1.646	10.5	4.3	7.1	1.65	1.0	29
2010	25	11	11	.500	4.12	199.0	193	101	91	15	84	165	8	1.392	8.7	3.8	7.5	1.96	0.7	32
2011	26	15	8	.652	3.04	216.0	176	81	73	26	80	171	14	1.185	7.3	3.3	7.1	2.14	1.1	32
2012	27	3	4	.429	4.24	68.0	54	36	32	8	38	53	3	1.353	7.1	5.0	7.0	1.39	1.1	11
4 Yrs		37	33	.529	3.89	647.0	614	311	280	67	281	519	35	1.383	8.5		7.2	1.85	0.9	104

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 2011	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2011 AL (10, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (283rd)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 2011 AL 6.2 (4th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 2011 AL 2.92 (6th)
Wins s c a p y 2011 AL 15 (10th) 2012 AL 6 (2nd)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 2012 AL .857 (2nd)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 2011 AL 7.040 (7th) 2012 AL 6.813 (7th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 2011 AL 225.0 (8th) 2012 AL 71.3 (6th)
Games Started s c a p y 2012 AL 11 (2nd)	Complete Games s c a p y 2010 AL 3 (8th) 2011 AL 4 (4th)	Shutouts s c a p y 2010 AL 1 (3rd) 2011 AL 2 (5th) Active 3 (46th)	Home Runs s c a p y 2011 AL 26 (4th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 2009 AL 79 (2nd) 2010 AL 82 (4th) 2011 AL 80 (4th) 2012 AL 38 (2nd)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 2009 AL 0.910 (10th) 2010 AL 0.643 (7th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 2010 AL 18 (1st)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2009 AL 10 (4th) 2011 AL 14 (3rd)
Batters Faced s c a p y 2011 AL 917 (10th) 2012 AL 298 (8th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 2011 AL 146 (6th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 2011 AL 30 (5th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 2011 AL 3.2 (5th)
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 2011 AL 34.17 (5th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2011 AL 3.5 (8th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 2011 AL 2.5 (8th)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 2011 AL 3.6 (5th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 - 32 (753), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 16 (445), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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