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Roger Salkeld

Roger William Salkeld

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 6, 1971 in Burbank, CA
High School: Saugus HS (Saugus, CA)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed July 6, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1993
Teams (by GP): Reds/Mariners 1993-1996
Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: September 28, 1996
Relatives: Grandson of Bill Salkeld
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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
1989	18	SEA-min	A-	2	2	.500	1.29	8	6	1	0	0	0	42.0	27	17	6	0	10	0	55	4	3	3			0.881	5.8	0.0	2.1	11.8	5.50	BLH · NORW
1990	19	SEA-min	A+	11	5	.688	3.40	25	25	0	2	0	0	153.1	140	77	58	3	83	0	167	3	2	9			1.454	8.2	0.2	4.9	9.8	2.01	SBR · CALL
1991	20	SEA-min	AA,AAA	10	9	.526	3.28	27	27	0	5	0	0	173.0	149	72	63	11	68	1	180	14	2	13	724		1.254	7.8	0.6	3.5	9.4	2.65	JCK,CGY · SOUL,PCL
1992		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1993	22	SEA-min	AA	4	3	.571	3.27	14	14	0	0	0	0	77.0	71	39	28	8	29	1	56	5	1	2	334		1.299	8.3	0.9	3.4	6.5	1.93	JCK · SOUL
1993	22	SEA	AL	0	0		2.51	3	2	0	0	0	0	14.1	13	4	4	0	4	0	13	1	0	0	61	179	1.186	8.2	0.0	2.5	8.2	3.25
1994	23	SEA-min	AAA	3	7	.300	6.15	13	13	0	0	0	0	67.1	74	54	46	11	39	2	54	4	0	5	315		1.678	9.9	1.5	5.2	7.2	1.38	CGY · PCL
1994	23	SEA	AL	2	5	.286	7.17	13	13	0	0	0	0	59.0	76	47	47	7	45	1	46	1	0	2	291	68	2.051	11.6	1.1	6.9	7.0	1.02

1995	24	CIN-SEA-min	AAA	13	2	.867	3.95	24	23	1	1	0	1	134.1	104	64	59	13	64	1	97	2	0	3	556		1.251	7.0	0.9	4.3	6.5	1.52	INA,TAC · AA,PCL
1996	25	CIN	NL	8	5	.615	5.20	29	19	2	1	1	0	116.0	114	69	67	18	54	2	82	6	1	7	509	81	1.448	8.8	1.4	4.2	6.4	1.52
1997	26	CIN-min	AAA	4	8	.333	6.75	36	11	7	0	0	1	88.0	91	75	66	16	60	2	88	5	0	6	421		1.716	9.3	1.6	6.1	9.0	1.47	INA · AA
1998	27	HOU-min	AAA	3	6	.333	5.79	37	11	9	0	0	2	82.1	82	57	53	8	64	1	79	3	0	9	391		1.773	9.0	0.9	7.0	8.6	1.23	NOR · PCL
1999	28	FLA-min	AAA	1	1	.500	4.63	27	2	10	0	0	1	35.0	37	21	18	5	20	1	32	2	0	4	159		1.629	9.5	1.3	5.1	8.2	1.60	CGY · PCL
2000	29	CLE-min	AA	0	0		0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	16		1.250	4.5	0.0	6.8	9.0	1.33	AKR · EL
3 Yrs				10	10	.500	5.61	45	34	2	1	1	0	189.1	203	120	118	25	103	3	141	8	1	9	861	79	1.616	9.6	1.2	4.9	6.7	1.37
162 Game Avg.				9	9	.500	5.61	39	29	2	1	1	0	163	175	103	102	22	89	3	121	7	1	8	741	79	1.616	9.6	1.2	4.9	6.7	1.37

SEA (2 yrs)				2	5	.286	6.26	16	15	0	0	0	0	73.1	89	51	51	7	49	1	59	2	0	2	352	77	1.882	10.9	0.9	6.0	7.2	1.20
CIN (1 yr)				8	5	.615	5.20	29	19	2	1	1	0	116.0	114	69	67	18	54	2	82	6	1	7	509	81	1.448	8.8	1.4	4.2	6.4	1.52

AL (2 yrs)				2	5	.286	6.26	16	15	0	0	0	0	73.1	89	51	51	7	49	1	59	2	0	2	352	77	1.882	10.9	0.9	6.0	7.2	1.20
NL (1 yr)				8	5	.615	5.20	29	19	2	1	1	0	116.0	114	69	67	18	54	2	82	6	1	7	509	81	1.448	8.8	1.4	4.2	6.4	1.52

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
1993	22	SEA	AL	14.1	3	2	4	2.51	4.70	0.28	0.04	101.5	4.52	3	0.4	.2	-0.0	0.4	5	.620	.502	$
1994	23	SEA	AL	59.0	13	13	47	7.17	5.36	0.08	0.19	103.4	5.66	-10	-0.9		-0.0	-0.4	-4	.432	.495	$

1996	25	CIN	NL	116.0	29	19	69	5.35	4.69	-0.25	0.09	98.7	4.97	-4	-0.4	.7	-0.1	0.4	7	.486	.498	$120,000
3 Seasons				189.1	45	34	120	5.70	4.90	-0.11	0.12	100.4	5.15	-11	-0.9	.6	-0.2	0.4	7	.480	.498	$120,000

SEA (2 yrs)				73.1	16	15	51	6.26	5.23	0.12	0.16	103.0	5.43	-7	-0.5	.2	-0.1	0.0	1	.467	.498	$
CIN (1 yr)				116.0	29	19	69	5.35	4.69	-0.25	0.09	98.7	4.97	-4	-0.4	.7	-0.1	0.4	7	.486	.498	$120,000

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
1993	22	SEA	AL	3	61	56	4	13	5	1	0	0	0	4	13	.232	.295	.357	.652	.302	20	2	1	0	0	0	2
1994	23	SEA	AL	13	291	242	47	76	15	4	7	5	2	45	46	.314	.419	.496	.915	.359	120	2	1	0	3	1	0

1996	25	CIN	NL	29	509	436	69	114	27	1	18	12	3	54	82	.261	.349	.452	.801	.283	197	10	6	10	3	2	3
3 Yrs				45	861	734	120	203	47	6	25	17	5	103	141	.277	.369	.459	.828	.310	337	14	8	10	6	3	5
162 Game Avg.				39	741	632	103	175	40	5	22	15	4	89	121	.277	.369	.459	.828	.310	290	12	7	9	5	3	4
MLB Averages																.268	.337	.417	.755	.298

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	22	SEA	AL	3.3	0.3	61	0.3	1.0	-0.7	.82	0.2	0.2	3.1	0.3	0.82	2.4	0	0	1
1994	23	SEA	AL	-12.4	-1.1	301	-1.1	4.8	-6.0	1.03	-1.2	0.1	-14.0	-1.2	1.03	-15.0	0	0	0

1996	25	CIN	NL	-9.2	-0.9	531	-1.1	7.8	-8.9	.89	-0.9	-0.3	-8.4	-0.8	0.89	-7.5	0	6	3
3 Yrs				-18.2	-1.6	893	-1.9	13.7	-15.6	.93	-1.9	-0.1	-19.3	-1.7	0.93	-20.1	0	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	SEA	AL	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	1	50%	56.5	67	46	3	1	0	2	2.3	2.3	5.5	86	0	2	0	0	88
1994	23	SEA	AL	13	13	2	5	6	1	0	5	8	.385	2	2	0	0	2	15%	38.9	68	16	15	1	0	7	5.6	4.7	4.5	89	4	3	6	0	117

1996	25	CIN	NL	29	19	6	5	8	2	1	10	9	.526	1	7	1	1	6	32%	45.1	83	19	14	3	2	11	5.5	5.0	5.1	85	5	8	5	0	115
3 Yrs				45	34	8	10	16	3	1	16	18	.471	3	9	1	1	9	26%	43	83	16	32	5	2	20	5.4	4.7	4.9	87	9	13	11	0	117
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	99	-11					4.9	4.8	6.0	96

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
1993	22	SEA	AL	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	4	.821	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	10.0	60

1996	25	CIN	NL	29	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	17%	4	.889	0	6	3	1	2	7	3	7	8	0	8	1	5.6	27
2 Yrs				32	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	25%		.882	0	6	4	1	2	8	4	7	9	0	9	1	6.0	30

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	SEA	AL	61	49%	0.0%	21.3%	6.6%	9.8%	46%	0.54	0.76	70%	26%	0.0%	18%	10	2	20%
1994	23	SEA	AL	291	42%	2.4%	15.8%	15.5%	8.9%	34%	0.43	0.35	66%	22%	6.4%	21%	57	2	4%

1996	25	CIN	NL	509	59%	3.5%	16.1%	10.6%	9.0%	40%	0.71	0.87	67%	19%	11.0%	21%	78	10	13%
3 Yrs				861	53%	2.9%	16.4%	12.0%	9.1%	38%	0.59	0.66	67%	20%	8.4%	21%	145	14	10%
MLB Averages					43%	2.6%	15.9%	8.9%	7.6%	32%	0.83	1.10	71%	21%	7.8%	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	22	SEA	AL	61	232	3.80	139	60%	35%	12%	22%	31%	65%	0%	39%	82%	44%	7%	4	4	16%	10	6	0	38%	2	0	0	0	0
1994	23	SEA	AL	292	1159	3.97	643	55%	30%	12%	26%	31%	70%	0%	39%	83%	50%	8%	24	15	14%	41	16	1	33%	4	8	-1	0	0

1996	25	CIN	NL	485	1799	3.71	1059	59%	25%	14%	27%	33%	75%	1%	44%	81%	51%	7%	33	19	14%	70	32	4	36%	8	12	24	0	2
3 Yrs				838	3190	3.81	1841	58%	28%	13%	27%	32%	72%	1%	42%	82%	50%	7%	61	38	14%	121	54	5	35%	14	20	23	0	2
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	22	SEA	AL	61	13	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	17%	2	0	0	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	23	SEA	AL	291	76	3	0	7	0	6	1	6	2	5	11	8	2	73%	0	2	0	127	5	2	71%	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0

1996	25	CIN	NL	509	114	22	1	18	0	10	11	7	8	10	22	13	3	59%	3	7	0	183	12	3	80%	12	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	12	0
3 Yrs				861	203	26	1	25	0	18	12	13	10	15	39	22	6	56%	5	9	0	330	17	5	77%	17	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	19	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	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1993	22	0	0		2.51	3	2	0	0	0	14.1	13	4	4	0	4	0	13	1	0	0	61	179	1.186	8.2	0.0	2.5	8.2	3.25	179
1994	23	2	5	.286	6.26	16	15	0	0	0	73.1	89	51	51	7	49	1	59	2	0	2	352	77	1.882	10.9	0.9	6.0	7.2	1.20	77
1995	24	2	5	.286	6.26	16	15	0	0	0	73.1	89	51	51	7	49	1	59	2	0	2	352	77	1.882	10.9	0.9	6.0	7.2	1.20	77
1996	25	10	10	.500	5.61	45	34	2	1	1	189.1	203	120	118	25	103	3	141	8	1	9	861	79	1.616	9.6	1.2	4.9	6.7	1.37	79

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	1	0	1.000	2.57	14.0	13	4	4	0	4	13	1	1.214	8.4	2.6	8.4	3.25	0.0	3
1994	23	2	7	.222	6.43	84.0	102	67	60	9	60	65	1	1.929	10.9	6.4	7.0	1.08	1.0	13

1996	25	5	7	.417	5.02	113.0	111	70	63	18	53	80	6	1.451	8.8	4.2	6.4	1.51	1.4	29
3 Yrs		8	14	.364	5.42	211.0	226	141	127	27	117	158	8	1.626	9.6		6.7	1.35	1.2	45

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