Kirk Rueter Pitching Statistics and History

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Kirk Rueter \REE-ter SF\

Kirk Wesley Rueter (Woody)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 1, 1970 in Hoyleton, IL
High School: Nashville HS (Nashville, IL)
School: Murray State University (Murray, KY)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 18th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 21, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1993 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Giants/Expos 1993-2005
Agents: Tommy Tanzer [*]
Final Game: July 29, 2005 (Age 34)
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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
1991	20	WSN-min	A,Rk	4	2	.667	1.21	13	9	1	0	0	0	59.2	48	13	8	3	14	0	46	0	0	2	236		1.039	7.2	0.5	2.1	6.9	3.29	SUM,EXO · SALL,GULF
1992	21	WSN-min	A	11	9	.550	2.58	26	26	0	6	2	0	174.1	150	68	50	5	36	2	153	1	1	4	697		1.067	7.7	0.3	1.9	7.9	4.25	RFD · MIDW
1993	22	WSN-min	AA,AAA	9	2	.818	1.92	16	15	1	2	1	0	103.0	93	30	22	11	10	0	63	0	0	1	399		1.000	8.1	1.0	0.9	5.5	6.30	HRB,OTT · EL,IL
1993	22	MON	NL	8	0	1.000	2.73	14	14	0	1	0	0	85.2	85	33	26	5	18	1	31	0	0	0	341	153	1.202	8.9	0.5	1.9	3.3	1.72	RoY-7
1994	23	WSN-min	AAA	0	0		4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7		0.500	4.5	4.5	0.0	4.5		OTT · IL
1994	23	MON	NL	7	3	.700	5.17	20	20	0	0	0	0	92.1	106	60	53	11	23	1	50	2	0	2	397	82	1.397	10.3	1.1	2.2	4.9	2.17
1995	24	WSN-min	AAA	9	7	.563	3.06	20	20	0	3	1	0	120.2	120	50	41	7	25	0	67	1	1	2	498		1.202	9.0	0.5	1.9	5.0	2.68	OTT · IL
1995	24	MON	NL	5	3	.625	3.23	9	9	0	1	1	0	47.1	38	17	17	3	9	0	28	1	0	0	184	134	0.993	7.2	0.6	1.7	5.3	3.11
1996	25	SFG-WSN-min	AAA	2	4	.333	3.76	8	8	0	1	0	0	40.2	46	19	17	5	15	0	18	0	0	1	179		1.500	10.2	1.1	3.3	4.0	1.20	PHX,OTT · PCL,IL
1996	25	TOT	NL	6	8	.429	3.97	20	19	0	0	0	0	102.0	109	50	45	12	27	0	46	2	0	2	430	108	1.333	9.6	1.1	2.4	4.1	1.70
1996	25	MON	NL	5	6	.455	4.58	16	16	0	0	0	0	78.2	91	44	40	12	22	0	30	2	0	0	338	95	1.436	10.4	1.4	2.5	3.4	1.36
1996	25	SFG	NL	1	2	.333	1.93	4	3	0	0	0	0	23.1	18	6	5	0	5	0	16	0	0	2	92	214	0.986	6.9	0.0	1.9	6.2	3.20
1997	26	SFG	NL	13	6	.684	3.45	32	32	0	0	0	0	190.2	194	83	73	17	51	8	115	1	0	3	802	120	1.285	9.2	0.8	2.4	5.4	2.25
1998	27	SFG	NL	16	9	.640	4.36	33	33	0	1	0	0	187.2	193	100	91	27	57	3	102	7	0	6	806	92	1.332	9.3	1.3	2.7	4.9	1.79
1999	28	SFG	NL	15	10	.600	5.41	33	33	0	1	0	0	184.2	219	118	111	28	55	2	94	2	0	2	804	80	1.484	10.7	1.4	2.7	4.6	1.71
2000	29	SFG	NL	11	9	.550	3.96	32	31	0	0	0	0	184.0	205	92	81	23	62	5	71	2	0	1	799	108	1.451	10.0	1.1	3.0	3.5	1.15
2001	30	SFG	NL	14	12	.538	4.42	34	34	0	0	0	0	195.1	213	105	96	25	66	4	83	4	0	1	840	90	1.428	9.8	1.2	3.0	3.8	1.26
2002	31	SFG	NL	14	8	.636	3.23	33	33	0	0	0	0	203.2	204	83	73	22	54	7	76	1	0	3	846	120	1.267	9.0	1.0	2.4	3.4	1.41
2003	32	SFG-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	16		0.643	1.9	0.0	3.9	11.6	3.00	FRE · PCL
2003	32	SFG	NL	10	5	.667	4.53	27	27	0	0	0	0	147.0	170	77	74	14	47	2	41	1	0	0	632	93	1.476	10.4	0.9	2.9	2.5	0.87
2004	33	SFG	NL	9	12	.429	4.73	33	33	0	0	0	0	190.1	225	108	100	21	66	5	56	1	0	1	840	92	1.529	10.6	1.0	3.1	2.6	0.85
2005	34	SFG	NL	2	7	.222	5.95	20	18	1	0	0	0	107.1	131	78	71	12	47	3	25	1	0	3	489	72	1.658	11.0	1.0	3.9	2.1	0.53
13 Yrs				130	92	.586	4.27	340	336	1	4	1	0	1918.0	2092	1004	911	220	582	41	818	25	0	24	8210	97	1.394	9.8	1.0	2.7	3.8	1.41
162 Game Avg.				13	9	.586	4.27	34	34	0	0	0	0	193	210	101	92	22	59	4	82	3	0	2	826	97	1.394	9.8	1.0	2.7	3.8	1.41

SFG (10 yrs)				105	80	.568	4.32	281	277	1	2	0	0	1614.0	1772	850	775	189	510	39	679	20	0	22	6950	96	1.414	9.9	1.1	2.8	3.8	1.33
MON (4 yrs)				25	12	.676	4.03	59	59	0	2	1	0	304.0	320	154	136	31	72	2	139	5	0	2	1260	106	1.289	9.5	0.9	2.1	4.1	1.93

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
1993	22	MON	NL	85.2	14	14	33	3.47	4.68	-0.14	0.17	101.0	5.04	13	1.5		-0.0	2.2	22	.606	.509	$109,000	RoY-7
1994	23	MON	NL	92.1	20	20	60	5.85	4.56	0.23	0.16	101.4	4.56	-14	-1.3		-0.1	-0.6	-5	.433	.492	$130,000
1995	24	MON	NL	47.1	9	9	17	3.23	4.84	-0.08	0.18	101.2	5.16	10	1.0		-0.0	1.4	14	.616	.506	$151,000
1996	25	MON	NL	78.2	16	16	44	5.03	4.69	0.01	0.17	105.5	5.13	1	0.1		-0.1	0.7	8	.508	.501	$160,000
1996	25	SFG	NL	23.1	4	3	6	2.31	4.79	0.15	0.12	91.2	4.35	5	0.6	.6	-0.0	0.8	7	.649	.504
1997	26	SFG	NL	190.2	32	32	83	3.92	4.69	0.27	0.17	97.6	4.48	12	1.2		-0.1	2.7	28	.538	.508	$260,000
1998	27	SFG	NL	187.2	33	33	100	4.80	4.61	0.09	0.17	96.6	4.53	-5	-0.5		-0.1	0.9	11	.484	.497	$1,835,000
1999	28	SFG	NL	184.2	33	33	118	5.75	5.11	-0.32	0.19	95.1	5.34	-9	-0.9		-0.1	0.6	9	.473	.495	$2,810,000
2000	29	SFG	NL	184.0	32	31	92	4.50	5.09	0.04	0.18	89.9	4.70	4	0.3	.5	-0.1	1.8	22	.511	.502	$4,000,000
2001	30	SFG	NL	195.1	34	34	105	4.84	4.82	0.04	0.18	95.6	4.74	-3	-0.3		-0.1	1.3	15	.492	.498	$4,866,667
2002	31	SFG	NL	203.2	33	33	83	3.67	4.48	0.27	0.17	96.0	4.21	11	1.2		-0.1	2.8	29	.537	.507	$4,866,667
2003	32	SFG	NL	147.0	27	27	77	4.71	4.43	0.26	0.17	98.4	4.28	-8	-0.8		-0.1	0.4	6	.471	.495	$5,866,667
2004	33	SFG	NL	190.1	33	33	108	5.11	4.73	-0.34	0.19	102.2	5.37	4	0.4		-0.1	1.9	22	.513	.503	$6,133,333
2005	34	SFG	NL	107.1	20	18	78	6.54	4.51	-0.20	0.13	103.3	4.99	-19	-1.8	.4	-0.0	-0.9	-9	.411	.489	$7,133,333
13 Seasons				1918.0	340	336	1004	4.71	4.72	0.02	0.17	97.7	4.76	3	0.9	.5	-1.2	16.0	179	.503	.500	$38,321,667

SFG (10 yrs)				1614.0	281	277	850	4.74	4.73	0.02	0.17	96.8	4.73	-7	-0.4	.5	-1.0	12.3	140	.499	.500	$37,771,667
MON (4 yrs)				304.0	59	59	154	4.56	4.67	0.02	0.17	102.3	4.94	10	1.3		-0.2	3.7	39	.522	.502	$550,000

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
1997	26	SFG	NL	NLDS	L	FLA	0	0		1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	28	1.000	5.1	1.3	3.9	6.4	1.67

2000	29	SFG	NL	NLDS	L	NYM	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	16	0.923	6.2	0.0	2.1	2.1	1.00

2002	31	SFG	NL	NLDS	W	ATL	0	1	.000	18.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	7	7	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	17	3.000	21.0	6.0	6.0	3.0	0.50
2002	31	SFG	NL	NLCS	W	STL	1	0	1.000	4.09	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	15	5	5	2	2	0	3	1	0	0	50	1.545	12.3	1.6	1.6	2.5	1.50
2002	31	SFG	NL	WS	L	ANA	0	0		2.70	2	1	0	0	0	0	10.0	10	3	3	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	40	1.100	9.0	0.9	0.9	4.5	5.00
2003	32	SFG	NL	NLDS	L	FLA	0	0		3.60	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	2	2	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	20	1.000	5.4	1.8	3.6	3.6	1.00
4 Yrs (6 Series)							1	1	.500	3.79	8	6	0	0	0	0	40.1	42	18	17	7	11	0	17	1	0	0	171	1.314	9.4	1.6	2.5	3.8	1.55
4 NLDS							0	1	.000	4.19	4	3	0	0	0	0	19.1	17	10	9	4	8	0	9	0	0	0	81	1.293	7.9	1.9	3.7	4.2	1.13
1 NLCS							1	0	1.000	4.09	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	15	5	5	2	2	0	3	1	0	0	50	1.545	12.3	1.6	1.6	2.5	1.50
1 WS							0	0		2.70	2	1	0	0	0	0	10.0	10	3	3	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	40	1.100	9.0	0.9	0.9	4.5	5.00

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	22	MON	NL	14	341	322	33	85	20	0	5	4	7	18	31	.264	.303	.373	.676	.280	120	12	0	1	0	1	4
1994	23	MON	NL	20	397	360	60	106	20	0	11	4	5	23	50	.294	.335	.442	.777	.311	159	10	2	6	6	1	6
1995	24	MON	NL	9	184	170	17	38	2	1	3	1	2	9	28	.224	.267	.300	.567	.252	51	4	1	4	0	0	1
1996	25	TOT	NL	20	430	396	50	109	20	0	12	2	5	27	46	.275	.324	.417	.741	.286	165	5	2	4	1	0	4
1996	25	MON	NL	16	338	309	44	91	15	0	12	1	5	22	30	.294	.344	.460	.804	.295	142	5	2	4	1	0	2
1996	25	SFG	NL	4	92	87	6	18	5	0	0	1	0	5	16	.207	.250	.264	.514	.254	23	0	0	0	0	0	2
1997	26	SFG	NL	32	802	734	83	194	39	3	17	4	7	51	115	.264	.311	.395	.706	.291	290	19	1	10	6	8	12
1998	27	SFG	NL	33	806	729	100	193	31	5	27	5	4	57	102	.265	.321	.432	.753	.273	315	18	7	5	8	3	10
1999	28	SFG	NL	33	804	737	118	219	43	4	28	4	8	55	94	.297	.346	.480	.826	.309	354	17	2	6	4	2	7
2000	29	SFG	NL	32	799	707	92	205	36	7	23	1	5	62	71	.290	.345	.458	.803	.293	324	22	2	19	9	5	7
2001	30	SFG	NL	34	840	753	105	213	48	7	25	3	9	66	83	.283	.341	.465	.806	.289	350	28	4	11	6	4	16
2002	31	SFG	NL	33	846	779	83	204	33	1	22	2	5	54	76	.262	.308	.392	.700	.265	305	26	1	6	6	7	11
2003	32	SFG	NL	27	632	573	77	170	33	2	14	2	1	47	41	.297	.350	.435	.784	.300	249	24	1	9	2	2	6
2004	33	SFG	NL	33	840	760	108	225	52	6	21	1	3	66	56	.296	.351	.463	.815	.297	352	25	1	9	4	5	10
2005	34	SFG	NL	20	489	430	78	131	29	4	12	1	4	47	25	.305	.368	.474	.843	.297	204	9	1	3	8	3	5
13 Yrs				340	8210	7450	1004	2092	406	40	220	34	65	582	818	.281	.333	.435	.767	.289	3238	219	25	93	60	41	99
162 Game Avg.				34	826	749	101	210	41	4	22	3	7	59	82	.281	.333	.435	.767	.289	326	22	3	9	6	4	10
MLB Averages																.267	.336	.423	.759	.298

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
1993	22	MON	NL	11.7	1.2	352	1.1	7.5	-6.4	1.10	1.1	-0.1	7.1	0.7	1.10	12.9	0
1994	23	MON	NL	-10.2	-1.0	409	-1.5	6.0	-7.5	.96	-1.2	-0.3	-11.8	-1.1	0.96	-12.6	0
1995	24	MON	NL	6.5	0.7	187	0.8	3.2	-2.4	.87	1.2	-0.2	9.0	0.9	0.87	13.1	0
1996	25	TOT	NL	3.9	0.4	438	0.6	6.9	-6.2	.86	0.8	-0.0	6.3	0.7	0.86	6.6	1
1996	25	MON	NL	-1.9	-0.2	343	0.2	5.1	-4.9	.83	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.83	-0.5	0
1996	25	SFG	NL	5.7	0.6	95	0.5	1.8	-1.3	.98	0.7	-0.2	5.8	0.6	0.98	7.1	1
1997	26	SFG	NL	13.6	1.4	816	2.3	14.9	-12.5	1.02	1.3	1.0	15.1	1.5	1.02	15.1	0
1998	27	SFG	NL	-7.6	-0.7	823	0.0	12.7	-12.7	.90	-0.6	0.6	-6.1	-0.6	0.90	-6.1	0
1999	28	SFG	NL	-22.6	-2.1	816	-0.9	13.0	-13.9	.89	-1.3	0.3	-18.0	-1.7	0.89	-17.9	0
2000	29	SFG	NL	5.3	0.5	808	-0.5	13.4	-13.9	.96	-0.5	-0.0	5.4	0.5	0.96	-3.5	1
2001	30	SFG	NL	-10.8	-1.0	850	-0.4	14.9	-15.3	.96	-1.4	1.0	-2.3	-0.2	0.96	-14.3	0
2002	31	SFG	NL	14.1	1.4	857	2.0	15.8	-13.9	1.03	1.0	0.9	13.7	1.4	1.03	8.6	0
2003	32	SFG	NL	-3.9	-0.4	636	0.1	11.1	-11.0	.99	0.1	-0.0	1.4	0.1	0.99	0.4	0
2004	33	SFG	NL	-7.3	-0.7	843	-1.5	14.4	-15.9	.99	-0.6	-0.9	-9.6	-0.9	0.99	-8.3	0
2005	34	SFG	NL	-20.3	-1.9	498	-2.0	7.7	-9.7	.94	-1.8	-0.3	-22.5	-2.1	0.94	-20.5	2
13 Yrs				-27.6	-2.2	8333	0.1	141.4	-141.3	.96	-2.0	2.1	-12.3	-0.7	0.96	-26.6	4

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	22	MON	NL	14	14	8	0	6	2	0	10	4	.714	1	2	1	0	7	50%	52.9	81	25	13	1	0	7	5.3	5.6	6.1	91	3	7	3	1	121
1994	23	MON	NL	20	20	7	3	10	4	2	13	7	.650	2	5	0	0	5	25%	45.2	74	26	13	5	0	11	6.3	7.5	4.6	73	14	6	0	0	99
1995	24	MON	NL	9	9	5	3	1	2	0	6	3	.667	0	0	1	1	3	33%	54.3	91	26	4	2	0	7	4.7	5.9	5.3	74	6	3	0	0	92
1996	25	TOT	NL	20	19	6	8	5	2	3	8	11	.421	2	1	0	0	8	42%	48.4	72	25	15	6	0	11	5.8	6.1	5.2	82	7	10	1	0	107
1996	25	MON	NL	16	16	5	6	5	2	1	7	9	.438	2	1	0	0	5	31%	45.6	72	25	15	6	0	9	6.4	6.7	4.9	78	7	8	0	0	97
1996	25	SFG	NL	4	3	1	2	0	0	2	1	2	.333	0	0	0	0	3	100%	63.3	72	51	0	0	0	2	2.4	3.5	7.0	99	0	2	1	0	107
1997	26	SFG	NL	32	32	13	6	13	1	1	20	12	.625	6	3	0	0	21	66%	51.9	82	21	23	10	0	12	5.3	4.7	6.0	95	4	16	8	2	131
1998	27	SFG	NL	33	33	16	9	8	5	2	19	14	.576	4	3	1	0	15	45%	48.5	81	20	22	6	0	13	6.0	7.4	5.7	93	6	13	14	0	110
1999	28	SFG	NL	33	33	15	10	8	4	1	21	12	.636	3	5	1	0	17	52%	44.4	81	14	21	8	0	15	5.8	6.1	5.6	96	5	12	15	1	123
2000	29	SFG	NL	32	31	10	9	12	1	4	20	11	.645	3	4	0	0	19	61%	47.3	69	21	18	4	1	15	5.6	5.7	5.9	95	2	18	11	0	118
2001	30	SFG	NL	34	34	14	12	8	4	2	18	16	.529	3	3	0	0	16	47%	46.8	75	7	20	9	2	15	5.2	5.6	5.7	94	3	20	11	0	112
2002	31	SFG	NL	33	33	14	8	11	5	4	25	8	.758	2	3	0	0	19	58%	51.6	78	17	17	5	0	13	5.0	5.0	6.2	99	1	17	14	1	126
2003	32	SFG	NL	27	27	10	5	12	1	1	19	8	.704	4	4	0	0	14	52%	45.2	68	8	20	10	0	13	5.7	5.9	5.4	90	5	15	6	1	121
2004	33	SFG	NL	33	33	9	12	12	3	1	16	17	.485	4	4	0	0	13	39%	43.8	80	19	30	8	0	13	4.5	4.9	5.8	99	1	16	15	1	121
2005	34	SFG	NL	20	18	2	7	9	1	1	6	12	.333	3	6	0	0	5	28%	40.1	60	14	20	9	0	10	4.6	3.9	5.5	97	3	6	9	0	119
13 Yrs				340	336	129	92	115	35	22	201	135	.598	37	43	4	1	162	48%	47	91	7	236	83	3	155	5.4	5.7	5.7	92	60	159	107	7	131
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	105	-21					4.9	4.8	6.0	95

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
1996	25	TOT	NL	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%		.859	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	7.0
1996	25	SFG	NL	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	2	.976	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	7.0

2000	29	SFG	NL	32	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	3	.959	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	7.0	36

2005	34	SFG	NL	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	5	.937	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	12.5	56
3 Yrs				56	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	40%		.952	0	0	4	0	0	4	3	1	4	0	4	0	9.8	49

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	22	MON	NL	341	15%	1.5%	9.1%	5.3%	7.3%	29%	0.72	0.83	84%	22%	3.4%	13%	57	12	21%
1994	23	MON	NL	397	21%	2.8%	12.6%	5.8%	7.8%	29%	0.83	1.03	77%	20%	7.2%	10%	81	10	12%
1995	24	MON	NL	184	12%	1.6%	15.2%	4.9%	3.3%	16%	0.65	0.87	76%	24%	4.5%	21%	32	4	13%
1996	25	TOT	NL	430	18%	2.8%	10.7%	6.3%	7.4%	29%	0.77	0.95	79%	20%	7.9%	22%	73	5	7%
1996	25	MON	NL	338	18%	3.6%	8.9%	6.5%	8.0%	30%	0.78	0.95	79%	21%	9.9%	22%	56	5	9%
1996	25	SFG	NL	92	21%	0.0%	17.4%	5.4%	5.4%	28%	0.74	0.96	77%	17%	0.0%	21%	17	0	0%
1997	26	SFG	NL	802	19%	2.1%	14.3%	6.4%	7.4%	30%	1.03	1.44	76%	19%	6.9%	16%	171	19	11%
1998	27	SFG	NL	806	19%	3.4%	12.7%	7.1%	7.8%	33%	0.94	1.17	75%	18%	9.6%	13%	143	18	13%
1999	28	SFG	NL	804	19%	3.5%	11.7%	6.8%	9.3%	34%	0.61	0.86	77%	20%	8.3%	15%	146	17	12%
2000	29	SFG	NL	799	19%	2.9%	8.9%	7.8%	8.3%	32%	0.61	0.97	78%	25%	6.5%	11%	149	22	15%
2001	30	SFG	NL	840	23%	3.0%	9.9%	7.9%	9.5%	38%	0.60	0.98	78%	25%	6.8%	12%	160	28	18%
2002	31	SFG	NL	846	23%	2.6%	9.0%	6.4%	6.6%	28%	0.74	1.11	81%	22%	5.9%	8%	154	26	17%
2003	32	SFG	NL	632	25%	2.2%	6.5%	7.4%	7.8%	29%	0.97	1.36	82%	20%	5.8%	9%	132	24	18%
2004	33	SFG	NL	840	24%	2.5%	6.7%	7.9%	9.4%	35%	1.03	1.63	82%	21%	6.7%	8%	150	25	17%
2005	34	SFG	NL	489	26%	2.5%	5.1%	9.6%	9.2%	34%	0.76	1.06	82%	21%	5.9%	11%	98	9	9%
13 Yrs				8210	21%	2.7%	10.0%	7.1%	8.1%	32%	0.78	1.11	79%	21%	6.8%	12%	1546	219	14%
MLB Averages					45%	2.8%	16.5%	8.8%	7.9%	33%	0.78	1.08	70%	21%	7.9%	14%			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
1993	22	MON	NL	342	1271	3.72	806	63%	31%	8%	25%	36%	69%	1%	44%	88%	60%	5%	17	13	16%	55	17	2	61%	4	3	-1	0	0
1994	23	MON	NL	400	1452	3.63	923	64%	28%	9%	28%	35%	72%	1%	46%	87%	57%	5%	18	11	21%	84	44	5	38%	12	6	-3	1	0
1995	24	MON	NL	186	666	3.58	432	65%	28%	8%	29%	34%	72%	0%	46%	88%	60%	5%	10	8	18%	33	18	0	64%	4	2	-2	0	0
1996	25	TOT	NL	401	1471	3.67	908	62%	30%	8%	25%	36%	70%	0%	43%	88%	58%	4%	18	10	17%	70	27	1	47%	4	8	29	0	2
1996	25	MON	NL	318	1173	3.69	715	61%	29%	7%	27%	37%	70%	0%	43%	90%	56%	5%	16	9	17%	53	24	1	50%	3	7	20	0	2
1996	25	SFG	NL	83	298	3.59	193	65%	33%	14%	20%	33%	67%	0%	43%	79%	67%	2%	2	1	20%	17	3	0	40%	1	1	9	0	0
1997	26	SFG	NL	756	2836	3.75	1739	61%	30%	11%	24%	34%	70%	2%	43%	84%	55%	5%	41	23	15%	113	46	7	31%	22	11	46	0	2
1998	27	SFG	NL	808	3055	3.78	1785	58%	32%	9%	23%	36%	68%	1%	40%	86%	51%	6%	48	29	14%	117	36	2	39%	8	16	-2	0	0
1999	28	SFG	NL	807	3177	3.94	1849	58%	27%	10%	28%	35%	73%	1%	42%	86%	45%	6%	51	35	11%	86	29	1	33%	9	14	-3	0	0
2000	29	SFG	NL	800	2975	3.72	1741	59%	29%	8%	25%	38%	71%	1%	42%	89%	51%	6%	49	25	13%	104	49	4	39%	9	19	-1	0	0
2001	30	SFG	NL	841	3198	3.80	1834	57%	30%	8%	24%	37%	70%	1%	40%	88%	51%	7%	58	40	12%	97	36	5	46%	8	14	-1	0	0
2002	31	SFG	NL	847	3264	3.85	1917	59%	31%	7%	25%	37%	69%	1%	40%	90%	52%	6%	49	33	14%	116	48	2	38%	12	10	-1	0	0
2003	32	SFG	NL	633	2424	3.83	1418	58%	32%	5%	25%	38%	68%	1%	40%	93%	52%	5%	31	21	15%	95	46	4	41%	9	8	-1	0	0
2004	33	SFG	NL	842	3283	3.90	1907	58%	30%	8%	24%	38%	70%	1%	40%	89%	52%	6%	53	41	11%	90	26	4	20%	2	7	-2	0	0
2005	34	SFG	NL	492	1852	3.76	1047	57%	32%	6%	22%	40%	68%	1%	38%	91%	54%	7%	32	25	8%	40	9	3	36%	0	5	-3	0	0
13 Yrs				8155	30924	3.79	18306	59%	30%	8%	25%	37%	70%	1%	41%	88%	53%	6%	475	314	13%	1100	431	40	39%	103	123	55	1	4
MLB Averages						3.72		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	46%	80%	57%	5%			20%				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
1993	22	MON	NL	341	85	8	2	5	0	5	5	0	1	4	12	4	2	33%	4	0	1	114	4	7	36%	3	7	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
1994	23	MON	NL	397	106	11	2	11	0	4	10	1	6	5	19	20	0	105%	6	2	0	147	4	5	44%	3	5	1	0	0	0	4	3	16	0
1995	24	MON	NL	184	38	2	0	3	0	6	3	0	1	2	5	2	1	40%	1	0	0	52	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
1996	25	TOT	NL	430	109	14	3	12	1	7	10	2	9	3	13	4	4	31%	4	2	0	147	2	5	29%	2	5	0	0	0	0	3	3	5	0
1996	25	MON	NL	338	91	10	0	12	1	4	10	2	9	3	8	3	3	38%	2	0	0	117	1	5	17%	1	5	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0
1996	25	SFG	NL	92	18	4	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	20%	2	2	0	30	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1997	26	SFG	NL	802	194	18	2	17	0	14	13	4	7	10	49	33	2	67%	12	3	1	295	4	7	36%	3	7	0	0	1	0	7	6	12	0
1998	27	SFG	NL	806	193	32	1	27	0	10	22	5	13	14	35	22	5	63%	10	6	3	282	5	4	56%	5	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	22	0
1999	28	SFG	NL	804	219	16	3	28	0	11	27	1	12	16	28	17	3	61%	7	2	0	292	4	8	33%	4	6	0	2	0	0	2	2	7	0
2000	29	SFG	NL	799	205	15	1	23	0	13	19	4	13	10	39	17	6	44%	7	1	3	311	1	5	17%	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	14	0
2001	30	SFG	NL	840	213	12	3	25	0	15	19	6	6	19	46	25	2	54%	16	1	0	310	3	9	25%	3	8	0	0	0	1	1	1	7	0
2002	31	SFG	NL	846	204	14	0	22	0	17	19	3	12	10	34	19	3	56%	11	3	0	302	2	5	29%	2	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
2003	32	SFG	NL	632	170	16	5	14	0	9	13	1	8	6	28	15	2	54%	6	0	0	253	2	1	67%	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
2004	33	SFG	NL	840	225	22	4	21	0	11	17	4	9	12	35	16	3	46%	10	1	0	324	1	3	25%	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	6	0
2005	34	SFG	NL	489	131	8	2	12	0	13	11	1	8	4	33	20	2	61%	5	3	0	191	1	4	20%	1	4	0	0	0	0	3	3	13	0
13 Yrs				8210	2092	188	28	220	1	135	188	32	105	115	376	214	35	57%	99	24	8	3020	34	65	34%	30	60	3	4	1	1	30	25	113	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1993	22	8	0	1.000	2.73	14	14	0	1	0	85.2	85	33	26	5	18	1	31	0	0	341	153	1.202	8.9	0.5	1.9	3.3	1.72	153
1994	23	15	3	.833	3.99	34	34	0	1	0	178.0	191	93	79	16	41	2	81	2	2	738	105	1.303	9.7	0.8	2.1	4.1	1.98	105
1995	24	20	6	.769	3.83	43	43	0	2	1	225.1	229	110	96	19	50	2	109	3	2	922	111	1.238	9.1	0.8	2.0	4.4	2.18	111
1996	25	26	14	.650	3.88	63	62	0	2	1	327.1	338	160	141	31	77	2	155	5	4	1352	110	1.268	9.3	0.9	2.1	4.3	2.01	110
1997	26	39	20	.661	3.72	95	94	0	2	1	518.0	532	243	214	48	128	10	270	6	7	2154	113	1.274	9.2	0.8	2.2	4.7	2.11	113
1998	27	55	29	.655	3.89	128	127	0	3	1	705.2	725	343	305	75	185	13	372	13	13	2960	107	1.290	9.2	1.0	2.4	4.7	2.01	107
1999	28	70	39	.642	4.21	161	160	0	4	1	890.1	944	461	416	103	240	15	466	15	15	3764	100	1.330	9.5	1.0	2.4	4.7	1.94	100
2000	29	81	48	.628	4.16	193	191	0	4	1	1074.1	1149	553	497	126	302	20	537	17	16	4563	101	1.351	9.6	1.1	2.5	4.5	1.78	101
2001	30	95	60	.613	4.20	227	225	0	4	1	1269.2	1362	658	593	151	368	24	620	21	17	5403	99	1.363	9.7	1.1	2.6	4.4	1.68	99
2002	31	109	68	.616	4.07	260	258	0	4	1	1473.1	1566	741	666	173	422	31	696	22	20	6249	101	1.349	9.6	1.1	2.6	4.3	1.65	101
2003	32	119	73	.620	4.11	287	285	0	4	1	1620.1	1736	818	740	187	469	33	737	23	20	6881	101	1.361	9.6	1.0	2.6	4.1	1.57	101
2004	33	128	85	.601	4.18	320	318	0	4	1	1810.2	1961	926	840	208	535	38	793	24	21	7721	100	1.378	9.7	1.0	2.7	3.9	1.48	100
2005	34	130	92	.586	4.27	340	336	1	4	1	1918.0	2092	1004	911	220	582	41	818	25	24	8210	97	1.394	9.8	1.0	2.7	3.8	1.41	97

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
1993	22	5	3	.625	2.81	80.0	83	28	25	5	18	29	0	1.263	9.3	2.0	3.3	1.61	0.6	14
1994	23	5	9	.357	5.03	127.0	145	79	71	15	31	69	3	1.386	10.3	2.2	4.9	2.23	1.1	20
1995	24	3	2	.600	2.94	52.0	40	19	17	3	9	31	1	0.942	6.9	1.6	5.4	3.44	0.5	9
1996	25	5	5	.500	3.82	99.0	106	47	42	12	26	44	2	1.333	9.6	2.4	4.0	1.69	1.1	20
1997	26	11	9	.550	3.44	186.0	192	79	71	17	50	112	1	1.301	9.3	2.4	5.4	2.24	0.8	32
1998	27	9	11	.450	4.52	183.0	194	102	92	27	57	99	7	1.372	9.5	2.8	4.9	1.74	1.3	33
1999	28	7	12	.368	5.23	179.0	212	116	104	27	53	91	2	1.480	10.7	2.7	4.6	1.72	1.4	33
2000	29	10	9	.526	3.87	179.0	200	86	77	22	60	69	2	1.453	10.1	3.0	3.5	1.15	1.1	32
2001	30	8	12	.400	4.84	184.0	217	110	99	25	67	78	4	1.543	10.6	3.3	3.8	1.16	1.2	34
2002	31	12	9	.571	3.59	193.0	210	86	77	23	56	72	1	1.378	9.8	2.6	3.4	1.29	1.1	33
2003	32	6	9	.400	4.73	139.0	168	81	73	14	46	39	1	1.540	10.9	3.0	2.5	0.85	0.9	27
2004	33	9	11	.450	4.55	186.0	218	104	94	20	64	55	1	1.516	10.5	3.1	2.7	0.86	1.0	33
2005	34	3	8	.273	6.06	104.0	130	78	70	12	47	24	1	1.702	11.3	4.1	2.1	0.51	1.0	20
13 Yrs		93	109	.460	4.34	1891.0	2115	1015	912	222	584	812	26	1.427	10.1		3.9	1.39	1.1	340

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

Hall of Fame 2011 BBWAA ()	Earned Run Average s c a p y 2002 NL 3.23 (9th)	Wins s c a p y 1998 NL 16 (10th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1997 NL .684 (6th) Career .586 (166th)
Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1997 NL 2.407 (10th) 2002 NL 2.386 (9th)	Games Started s c a p y 1999 NL 33 (10th) 2001 NL 34 (4th) Career 336 (216th)	Home Runs s c a p y Career 220 (169th)	Hits s c a p y 2004 NL 225 (5th)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1999 NL 111 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 17 (1192), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 11 (930), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 14 (557), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Starting Pitcher (627th), 16.7 career WAR/14.6 7yr-peak WAR/15.6 JAWS Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

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Mark Mulder (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tom Browning (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Tom Browning (946) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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