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John Roper

John Christopher Roper

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 21, 1971 in Southern Pines, NC
High School: Hoke County HS (Raeford, NC)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 12th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 16, 1993
Teams (by GP): Reds/Giants 1993-1995

Final Game: September 11, 1995
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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
1993 21 CIN NL 2 5 .286 5.63 16 15 0 0 0 0 80.0 92 51 50 10 36 3 54 4 1 5 360 72 1.600 10.4 1.1 4.1 6.1 1.50
1994 22 CIN NL 6 2 .750 4.50 16 15 0 0 0 0 92.0 90 49 46 16 30 0 51 4 1 4 390 93 1.304 8.8 1.6 2.9 5.0 1.70
1995 23 TOT NL 0 0 12.38 3 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 15 12 11 3 6 0 6 0 1 0 44 36 2.625 16.9 3.4 6.8 6.8 1.00
1995 23 CIN NL 0 0 10.29 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.0 13 9 8 3 4 0 6 0 1 0 37 42 2.429 16.7 3.9 5.1 7.7 1.50
1995 23 SFG NL 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 21 4.000 18.0 0.0 18.0 0.0 0.00
3 Yrs 8 7 .533 5.35 35 32 0 0 0 0 180.0 197 112 107 29 72 3 111 8 3 9 794 77 1.494 9.9 1.5 3.6 5.6 1.54
162 Game Avg. 8 7 .533 5.35 36 32 0 0 0 0 183 200 114 109 29 73 3 113 8 3 9 806 77 1.494 9.9 1.5 3.6 5.6 1.54
CIN (3 yrs) 8 7 .533 5.23 34 32 0 0 0 0 179.0 195 109 104 29 70 3 111 8 3 9 787 79 1.480 9.8 1.5 3.5 5.6 1.59
SFG (1 yr) 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 21 4.000 18.0 0.0 18.0 0.0 0.00

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
1993 21 CIN NL 80.0 16 15 51 5.74 4.66 -0.34 0.16 98.4 5.07 -7 -0.7 2.3 -0.0 -0.2 2 .454 .495 $
1994 22 CIN NL 92.0 16 15 49 4.79 4.58 -0.01 0.16 100.4 4.78 -1 -0.1 1.5 -0.1 0.5 6 .496 .500 $
1995 23 CIN NL 7.0 2 2 9 11.57 4.59 0.23 0.17 95.0 4.31 -6 -0.5 -0.0 -0.4 -5 .273 .497 $
1995 23 SFG NL 1.0 1 0 3 27.00 4.05 0.84 -0.31 98.0 2.85 -3 -0.2 .0 0.1 -0.1 -3 .283 .499 $
3 Seasons 180.0 35 32 112 5.60 4.61 -0.14 0.16 99.3 4.88 -16 -1.5 1.3 -0.0 -0.2 0 .458 .498 $
CIN (3 yrs) 179.0 34 32 109 5.48 4.61 -0.15 0.16 99.3 4.89 -14 -1.3 1.9 -0.1 -0.1 3 .463 .497 $
SFG (1 yr) 1.0 1 0 3 27.00 4.05 0.84 -0.31 98.0 2.85 -3 -0.2 .0 0.1 -0.1 -3 .283 .499 $

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
1993 21 CIN NL 16 360 312 51 92 14 4 10 10 4 36 54 .295 .372 .462 .833 .327 144 8 4 5 3 3 2
1994 22 CIN NL 16 390 353 49 90 25 1 16 8 1 30 51 .255 .318 .467 .785 .256 165 11 4 0 3 0 3
1995 23 TOT NL 3 44 36 12 15 3 0 3 0 1 6 6 .417 .488 .750 1.238 .429 27 0 0 1 1 0 1
1995 23 CIN NL 2 37 32 9 13 2 0 3 0 1 4 6 .406 .472 .750 1.222 .435 24 0 0 1 0 0 1
1995 23 SFG NL 1 7 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .571 .750 1.321 .400 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
3 Yrs 35 794 701 112 197 42 5 29 18 6 72 111 .281 .352 .479 .831 .296 336 19 8 6 7 3 6
162 Game Avg. 36 806 711 114 200 43 5 29 18 6 73 113 .281 .352 .479 .831 .296 341 19 8 6 7 3 6
MLB Averages .267 .336 .414 .750 .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
1993 21 CIN NL -11.7 -1.1 379 -1.5 5.7 -7.2 1.01 -0.6 -0.9 -11.2 -1.1 1.01 -9.8 1 0 0
1994 22 CIN NL -2.4 -0.2 404 -0.0 6.9 -7.0 .94 -0.6 0.6 1.0 0.1 0.94 -9.2 0 1 0
1995 23 TOT NL -7.0 -0.6 45 -0.6 0.4 -1.0 .72 -0.6 -0.2 -7.9 -0.7 0.72 -7.7 0 0 1
1995 23 CIN NL -4.7 -0.4 38 -0.6 0.4 -1.0 .85 -0.5 -0.2 -5.4 -0.5 0.85 -5.8 0 0 0
1995 23 SFG NL -2.3 -0.2 7 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .01 -0.1 -0.1 -2.5 -0.2 0.01 -1.8 0 0 1
3 Yrs -21.1 -2.0 828 -2.2 13.1 -15.2 .96 -1.9 -0.4 -18.1 -1.7 0.96 -26.7 1 1 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
1993 21 CIN NL 16 15 2 5 8 0 2 6 9 .400 4 2 0 0 5 33% 44.1 65 18 11 2 1 6 5.5 6.6 5.3 88 3 6 4 0 114
1994 22 CIN NL 16 15 6 2 7 2 0 9 6 .600 2 3 0 0 8 53% 49.8 73 30 11 6 0 5 6.3 6.4 6.1 88 5 5 5 0 119
1995 23 TOT NL 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 2 0 0 0 0% 32 31 0 0 0 2 7.9 3.0 3.5 74 1 0 0 0 74
1995 23 CIN NL 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 2 0 0 0 0% 31.5 32 31 0 0 0 2 7.9 3.0 3.5 74 1 0 0 0 74
3 Yrs 34 32 8 7 17 2 2 16 16 .500 6 7 0 0 13 41% 46 73 18 22 8 1 13 6.0 6.4 5.6 87 9 11 9 0 119
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 99 -8 4.8 4.8 6.0 95

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
1993 21 CIN NL 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.007 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3.0 22
1994 22 CIN NL 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 .939 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.0 11
1995 23 TOT NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .717 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 24
1995 23 SFG NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .011 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 24
3 Yrs 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .963 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 2.3 19

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%
1993 21 CIN NL 360 53% 2.8% 15.0% 10.0% 7.8% 30% 0.80 1.12 70% 24% 8.9% 22% 78 8 10%
1994 22 CIN NL 390 55% 4.1% 13.1% 7.7% 10.8% 47% 0.92 1.38 74% 19% 11.6% 13% 58 11 19%
1995 23 TOT NL 44 39% 6.8% 13.6% 13.6% 13.6% 40% 0.29 0.55 64% 41% 15.8% 21% 15 0 0%
1995 23 CIN NL 37 35% 8.1% 16.2% 10.8% 13.5% 39% 0.30 0.56 62% 41% 20.0% 25% 12 0 0%
1995 23 SFG NL 7 57% 0.0% 0.0% 28.6% 14.3% 50% 0.25 0.50 71% 40% 0.0% 0% 3 0 0%
3 Yrs 794 53% 3.7% 14.0% 9.1% 9.6% 39% 0.82 1.21 72% 23% 10.8% 17% 151 19 13%
MLB Averages 43% 2.5% 15.7% 8.9% 7.5% 32% 0.83 1.10 71% 21% 7.5% 16% 10%

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
1993 21 CIN NL 310 1173 3.78 712 61% 24% 14% 29% 32% 75% 2% 45% 81% 51% 8% 24 13 20% 62 35 4 23% 10 8 50 1 7
1994 22 CIN NL 390 1324 3.39 829 63% 24% 13% 26% 37% 76% 0% 48% 82% 58% 4% 17 10 19% 76 39 8 22% 6 7 0 0 1
1995 23 TOT NL 26 98 3.77 53 54% 25% 15% 26% 34% 75% 0% 41% 80% 58% 8% 2 1 12% 3 1 1 0% 0 1 18 0 0
1995 23 CIN NL 19 74 3.89 43 58% 26% 16% 28% 30% 74% 0% 43% 78% 63% 5% 1 1 16% 3 1 1 0% 0 0 18 0 0
1995 23 SFG NL 7 24 3.43 10 42% 20% 10% 20% 50% 80% 0% 33% 88% 43% 14% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
3 Yrs 726 2595 3.57 1594 61% 24% 14% 27% 35% 76% 1% 46% 81% 55% 6% 43 24 19% 141 75 13 21% 16 16 68 1 8
MLB Averages 3.68 61% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 56% 6% 19% 28%

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
1993 21 CIN NL 360 92 13 0 10 1 7 5 5 7 3 21 13 1 62% 2 5 0 141 10 4 71% 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1994 22 CIN NL 390 90 6 0 16 0 2 6 10 11 5 16 8 2 50% 3 4 1 133 8 1 89% 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1995 23 TOT NL 44 15 2 0 3 0 2 1 2 3 0 6 4 2 67% 1 0 0 19 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1995 23 CIN NL 37 13 2 0 3 0 2 1 2 3 0 5 3 2 60% 1 0 0 15 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1995 23 SFG NL 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 Yrs 794 197 21 0 29 1 11 12 17 21 8 43 25 5 58% 6 9 1 293 18 6 75% 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

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+
1993 21 2 5 .286 5.63 16 15 0 0 0 0 80.0 92 51 50 10 36 3 54 4 1 5 360 72 1.600 10.4 1.1 4.1 6.1 1.50 72
1994 22 8 7 .533 5.02 32 30 0 0 0 0 172.0 182 100 96 26 66 3 105 8 2 9 750 82 1.442 9.5 1.4 3.5 5.5 1.59 82
1995 23 8 7 .533 5.35 35 32 0 0 0 0 180.0 197 112 107 29 72 3 111 8 3 9 794 77 1.494 9.9 1.5 3.6 5.6 1.54 77

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
1993 21 2 6 .250 5.92 76.0 92 56 50 10 36 51 4 1.684 10.9 4.3 6.0 1.42 1.2 16
1994 22 6 8 .429 4.43 126.0 124 69 62 22 41 70 6 1.310 8.9 2.9 5.0 1.71 1.6 16
1995 23 0 0 12.00 9.0 17 13 12 3 7 6 0 2.667 17.0 7.0 6.0 0.86 3.0 3
3 Yrs 8 14 .364 5.29 211.0 233 138 124 35 84 127 10 1.502 9.9 5.4 1.51 1.5 35

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1993 NL  born 1971-11-21 (8th)

                                         

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