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Sergio Romo

Sergio Francisco Romo (twitter: @SergioRomo54)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 4, 1983 in Brawley, CA
High School: Brawley Union HS (Brawley, CA)
Schools: Mesa State College (Grand Junction, CO), University of North Alabama (Florence, AL)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 28th round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 26, 2008 (Age 25)
Team: Giants 2008-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed, 2 yrs/$9M (13-14) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 4.097, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Meister Sports Mgmt, previously: Para Sports & Ent Gp (Isaacs) [*]
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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 25 SFG NL 3 1 .750 2.12 29 0 8 0 0 0 34.0 16 13 8 3 8 1 33 3 0 0 130 209 0.706 4.2 0.8 2.1 8.7 4.13
2009 26 SFG NL 5 2 .714 3.97 45 0 9 0 0 2 34.0 30 15 15 1 11 0 41 1 0 2 143 108 1.206 7.9 0.3 2.9 10.9 3.73
2010 27 SFG NL 5 3 .625 2.18 68 0 13 0 0 0 62.0 46 16 15 6 14 2 70 4 0 0 247 180 0.968 6.7 0.9 2.0 10.2 5.00
2011 28 SFG NL 3 1 .750 1.50 65 0 16 0 0 1 48.0 29 8 8 2 5 1 70 0 0 0 175 234 0.708 5.4 0.4 0.9 13.1 14.00
2012 29 SFG NL 4 2 .667 1.79 69 0 27 0 0 14 55.1 37 11 11 5 10 1 63 3 0 2 215 198 0.849 6.0 0.8 1.6 10.2 6.30
2013 30 SFG NL 2 2 .500 3.00 21 0 18 0 0 13 18.0 15 6 6 1 3 0 21 0 0 0 73 116 1.000 7.5 0.5 1.5 10.5 7.00
6 Yrs 22 11 .667 2.26 297 0 91 0 0 30 251.1 173 69 63 18 51 5 298 11 0 4 983 171 0.891 6.2 0.6 1.8 10.7 5.84
162 Game Avg. 5 3 .667 2.26 68 0 21 0 0 7 58 40 16 14 4 12 1 68 3 0 1 225 171 0.891 6.2 0.6 1.8 10.7 5.84

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2008 25 SFG NL 34.0 29 0 13 3.44 4.53 -0.10 -0.33 101.2 4.35 4 0.4 1.2 -0.0 0.6 6 .513 .502
2009 26 SFG NL 34.0 45 0 15 3.97 4.75 0.05 -0.35 103.0 4.48 2 0.2 1.4 -0.0 0.5 5 .504 .501 $401,700
2010 27 SFG NL 62.0 68 0 16 2.32 4.42 0.17 -0.33 101.0 3.97 11 1.2 1.5 0.1 1.9 16 .517 .507 $416,500
2011 28 SFG NL 48.0 65 0 8 1.50 4.31 0.01 -0.32 92.3 3.67 11 1.3 1.5 0.2 1.9 15 .519 .508 $450,000
2012 29 SFG NL 55.1 69 0 11 1.79 4.29 -0.04 -0.32 90.9 3.65 11 1.2 1.6 0.3 2.0 16 .517 .507 $1,575,000
2013 30 SFG NL 18.0 21 0 6 3.00 4.08 -0.06 -0.30 90.6 3.48 1 0.1 1.9 -0.0 0.2 2 .504 .501 $3,500,000
6 Seasons 251.1 297 0 69 2.47 4.41 0.02 -0.33 96.7 3.93 40 4.3 1.5 0.5 7.0 61 .514 .504 $6,343,200

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
2010 27 SFG NL NLDS W ATL 1 0 1.000 40.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.500 40.5 13.5 0.0 0.0
2010 27 SFG NL NLCS W PHI 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 10 1.286 7.7 0.0 3.9 11.6 3.00
2010 27 SFG NL WS W TEX 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
2012 29 SFG NL NLDS W CIN 1 0 1.000 2.08 3 0 3 0 0 1 4.1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16 0.692 4.2 0.0 2.1 2.1 1.00
2012 29 SFG NL NLCS W STL 0 0 0.00 4 0 4 0 0 0 3.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 12 0.600 5.4 0.0 0.0 8.1
2012 29 SFG NL WS W DET 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 3 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 9 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.0
2 Yrs (6 Series) 2 0 1.000 2.51 16 0 11 0 0 4 14.1 10 4 4 1 2 0 13 0 0 1 54 0.837 6.3 0.6 1.3 8.2 6.50
2 NLDS 2 0 1.000 7.20 5 0 3 0 0 1 5.0 5 4 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 21 1.200 9.0 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.00
2 NLCS 0 0 0.00 7 0 5 0 0 0 5.2 4 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 1 22 0.882 6.4 0.0 1.6 9.5 6.00
2 WS 0 0 0.00 4 0 3 0 0 3 3.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 11 0.273 2.5 0.0 0.0 14.7

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 25 SFG NL 29 130 116 13 16 5 0 3 4 1 8 33 .138 .211 .259 .470 .160 30 0 3 2 1 1 2
2009 26 SFG NL 45 143 129 15 30 4 3 1 2 0 11 41 .233 .298 .333 .631 .333 43 1 1 2 0 0 0
2010 27 SFG NL 68 247 225 16 46 10 1 6 0 1 14 70 .204 .261 .338 .599 .265 76 3 4 2 2 2 2
2011 28 SFG NL 65 175 168 8 29 7 1 2 3 1 5 70 .173 .197 .262 .458 .281 44 2 0 2 0 1 2
2012 29 SFG NL 69 215 200 11 37 6 0 5 8 1 10 63 .185 .235 .290 .525 .242 58 2 3 2 0 1 2
2013 30 SFG NL 21 73 69 6 15 7 0 1 0 0 3 21 .217 .247 .362 .609 .292 25 0 0 0 1 0 1
6 Yrs 297 983 907 69 173 39 5 18 17 4 51 298 .191 .242 .304 .546 .261 276 8 11 10 4 5 9
162 Game Avg. 68 225 208 16 40 9 1 4 4 1 12 68 .191 .242 .304 .546 .261 63 2 3 2 1 1 2
MLB Averages .258 .326 .408 .734 .297

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 25 SFG NL 6.6 0.7 133 1.5 2.7 -1.2 1.01 0.9 0.6 8.3 0.8 1.01 12.5 11 4 13
2009 26 SFG NL 1.7 0.2 148 1.5 3.6 -2.1 1.39 0.6 0.4 6.7 0.7 1.39 7.4 19 11 15
2010 27 SFG NL 12.6 1.3 249 1.0 5.6 -4.6 1.20 1.0 -0.2 13.9 1.4 1.20 11.1 27 17 24
2011 28 SFG NL 12.1 1.3 180 1.9 4.9 -3.0 1.48 1.7 -0.4 15.2 1.7 1.48 16.9 34 10 20
2012 29 SFG NL 12.5 1.3 227 2.2 6.4 -4.2 1.47 1.3 0.2 12.8 1.4 1.47 9.3 35 17 16
2013 30 SFG NL 1.4 0.1 75 0.0 2.4 -2.4 1.86 0.2 -0.2 1.7 0.2 1.86 2.2 11 8 2
6 Yrs 46.9 4.8 1012 8.2 25.6 -17.5 1.36 5.7 0.3 58.6 6.2 1.36 59.3 137 67 90

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
2008 25 SFG NL 29 29 8 3 1 0 0 0 5 5 22 3 14% 8 1.014 11 4 13 10 6 13 12 17 9 6 9 5 3.5 17
2009 26 SFG NL 45 45 9 5 2 2 2 0 100% 14 10 26 2 8% 8 1.393 19 11 15 23 13 9 14 31 7 24 8 7 2.3 13
2010 27 SFG NL 68 68 13 5 3 4 0 4 0% 27 22 46 14 30% 8 1.201 27 17 24 39 11 18 25 43 9 22 10 16 2.7 13
2011 28 SFG NL 65 65 16 3 1 2 1 1 50% 29 23 33 6 18% 8 1.475 34 10 20 36 16 13 25 40 4 33 6 18 2.2 10
2012 29 SFG NL 69 69 27 4 2 15 14 1 93% 38 23 43 9 21% 9 1.469 35 17 16 51 15 3 27 42 8 37 13 21 2.4 12
2013 30 SFG NL 21 21 18 2 2 15 13 2 87% 15 0 3 0 0% 9 1.863 11 8 2 16 4 1 2 19 0 6 0 7 2.6 13
6 Yrs 297 297 91 22 11 38 30 8 79% 128 83 173 34 20% 1.361 137 67 90 175 65 57 105 192 37 128 46 74 2.5 13

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 25 SFG NL 130 58% 2.3% 25.4% 6.2% 6.2% 50% 0.46 0.48 62% 12% 6.4% 18% 17 0 0%
2009 26 SFG NL 143 63% 0.7% 28.7% 7.7% 5.6% 27% 0.44 0.53 61% 19% 1.9% 15% 20 1 5%
2010 27 SFG NL 247 64% 2.4% 28.3% 5.7% 6.9% 37% 0.58 0.72 61% 12% 7.7% 21% 51 3 6%
2011 28 SFG NL 175 72% 1.1% 40.0% 2.9% 5.7% 35% 0.53 0.80 55% 24% 3.6% 13% 25 2 8%
2012 29 SFG NL 215 71% 2.3% 29.3% 4.7% 5.1% 30% 0.94 1.32 61% 20% 8.1% 11% 33 2 6%
2013 30 SFG NL 73 53% 1.4% 28.8% 4.1% 11.0% 53% 0.48 0.65 66% 31% 3.4% 12% 7 0 0%
6 Yrs 983 65% 1.8% 30.3% 5.2% 6.3% 36% 0.59 0.75 61% 18% 5.6% 16% 153 8 5%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.5% 8.4% 7.7% 33% 0.81 1.08 69% 19% 7.6% 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 25 SFG NL 130 492 3.78 304 62% 31% 18% 23% 28% 69% 2% 43% 74% 65% 2% 3 0 19% 25 11 0 33% 5 2 0 0 0
2009 26 SFG NL 143 582 4.07 364 63% 33% 16% 26% 25% 67% 0% 42% 76% 55% 2% 3 2 21% 30 11 3 17% 4 1 0 0 0
2010 27 SFG NL 247 915 3.70 615 67% 32% 21% 21% 26% 68% 3% 46% 69% 68% 5% 12 8 31% 76 39 2 10% 19 2 0 0 0
2011 28 SFG NL 175 662 3.78 472 71% 31% 25% 23% 21% 69% 2% 49% 64% 72% 2% 3 1 43% 76 43 4 23% 20 1 0 0 0
2012 29 SFG NL 215 806 3.75 553 69% 33% 24% 18% 25% 67% 2% 46% 65% 67% 4% 8 6 30% 64 30 3 19% 18 1 0 0 0
2013 30 SFG NL 73 276 3.78 189 68% 35% 19% 21% 26% 65% 0% 45% 72% 75% 0% 0 0 37% 27 12 1 48% 1 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 983 3733 3.80 2497 67% 32% 21% 22% 25% 68% 2% 45% 69% 67% 3% 29 17 30% 298 146 13 21% 67 7 0 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
2008 25 SFG NL 130 16 2 0 3 0 2 3 0 2 1 7 4 1 57% 2 0 0 46 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2009 26 SFG NL 143 30 5 0 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 5 1 2 20% 0 2 0 41 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2010 27 SFG NL 247 46 2 0 6 0 17 5 1 2 4 17 7 4 41% 2 0 0 90 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2011 28 SFG NL 175 29 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 2 0 50% 2 0 0 69 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 29 SFG NL 215 37 2 0 5 0 5 4 1 3 2 10 3 5 30% 2 2 0 79 8 1 89% 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2013 30 SFG NL 73 15 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 75% 1 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 Yrs 983 173 12 0 18 0 31 14 4 9 9 47 20 12 43% 9 4 0 352 17 4 81% 13 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
MLB Averages 52% 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+
2008 25 3 1 .750 2.12 29 0 8 0 0 0 34.0 16 13 8 3 8 1 33 3 0 0 130 209 0.706 4.2 0.8 2.1 8.7 4.13 209
2009 26 8 3 .727 3.04 74 0 17 0 0 2 68.0 46 28 23 4 19 1 74 4 0 2 273 143 0.956 6.1 0.5 2.5 9.8 3.89 143
2010 27 13 6 .684 2.63 142 0 30 0 0 2 130.0 92 44 38 10 33 3 144 8 0 2 520 158 0.962 6.4 0.7 2.3 10.0 4.36 158
2011 28 16 7 .696 2.33 207 0 46 0 0 3 178.0 121 52 46 12 38 4 214 8 0 2 695 171 0.893 6.1 0.6 1.9 10.8 5.63 171
2012 29 20 9 .690 2.20 276 0 73 0 0 17 233.1 158 63 57 17 48 5 277 11 0 4 910 176 0.883 6.1 0.7 1.9 10.7 5.77 176
2013 30 22 11 .667 2.26 297 0 91 0 0 30 251.1 173 69 63 18 51 5 298 11 0 4 983 171 0.891 6.2 0.6 1.8 10.7 5.84 171

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
2008 25 2 1 .667 2.12 34.0 16 9 8 3 8 33 3 0.706 4.2 2.1 8.7 4.13 0.8 29
2009 26 1 2 .333 3.97 34.0 30 17 15 1 11 41 1 1.206 7.9 2.9 10.9 3.73 0.3 45
2010 27 4 2 .667 2.36 61.0 47 18 16 6 14 68 4 1.000 6.9 2.1 10.0 4.86 0.9 68
2011 28 4 1 .800 1.96 46.0 32 11 10 2 6 67 0 0.826 6.3 1.2 13.1 11.17 0.4 65
2012 29 4 1 .800 2.17 54.0 40 14 13 5 11 61 3 0.944 6.7 1.8 10.2 5.55 0.8 69
2013 30 1 1 .500 3.50 18.0 16 8 7 1 3 21 0 1.056 8.0 1.5 10.5 7.00 0.5 21
6 Yrs 16 8 .667 2.51 247.0 181 77 69 18 53 291 11 0.947 6.6 10.6 5.49 0.7 297

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2013 NL  21 (4th)

Saves s c a p y
2013 NL  13 (2nd)

Games Finished s c a p y
2013 NL  18 (2nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
Active  8.2 (46th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
Active  5.7 (49th)

                                         

† 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 InkPitching - 4 (2009), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 15 (766), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Relief Pitcher (387th), 7.2 career WAR/7.2 7yr-peak WAR/7.2 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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