Anibal Sanchez
Anibal Alejandro Sanchez
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 27, 1984 in Maracay, Venezuela
High School: U.E. San Pedro Alesandrino (Maracay, VE)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 2006
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Standard Pitching

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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
2006 22 FLA NL 10 3 .769 2.83 18 17 0 2 1 0 114.1 90 39 36 9 46 1 72 4 1 4 469 152 1.190 7.1 0.7 3.6 5.7 1.57 RoY-9
2007 23 FLA NL 2 1 .667 4.80 6 6 0 0 0 0 30.0 43 17 16 3 19 1 14 2 0 3 151 91 2.067 12.9 0.9 5.7 4.2 0.74
2008 24 FLA NL 2 5 .286 5.57 10 10 0 0 0 0 51.2 54 35 32 7 27 2 50 6 0 1 241 78 1.568 9.4 1.2 4.7 8.7 1.85
2009 25 FLA NL 4 8 .333 3.87 16 16 0 0 0 0 86.0 84 39 37 10 46 5 71 1 1 0 383 109 1.512 8.8 1.0 4.8 7.4 1.54
4 Seasons 18 17 .514 3.86 50 49 0 2 1 0 282.0 271 130 121 29 138 9 207 13 2 8 1244 111 1.450 8.6 0.9 4.4 6.6 1.50
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .514 3.86 34 34 0 1 1 0 194 186 89 83 20 95 6 142 9 1 5 854 111 1.450 8.6 0.9 4.4 6.6 1.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
2006 22 FLA NL 18 469 415 39 90 16 3 9 6 1 46 72 .217 .300 .335 .635 .242 139 11 4 3 1 1
2007 23 FLA NL 6 151 126 17 43 9 1 3 1 0 19 14 .341 .430 .500 .930 .360 63 2 2 2 2 1
2008 24 FLA NL 10 241 202 35 54 10 0 7 7 0 27 50 .267 .367 .421 .788 .320 85 1 6 4 2 2
2009 25 FLA NL 16 383 332 39 84 19 2 10 11 1 46 71 .253 .344 .413 .756 .292 137 8 1 2 2 5
4 Seasons 50 1244 1075 130 271 54 6 29 25 2 138 207 .252 .342 .394 .737 .286 424 22 13 11 7 9
162 Game Avg. 34 854 738 89 186 37 4 20 17 1 95 142 .252 .342 .394 .737 .286 291 15 9 8 5 6
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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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
2006 22 FLA NL 18 17 10 3 4 2 2 12 5 .706 2 2 2 1 13 76% 59 89 19 6 3 0 7 4.5 4.2 6.5 99 1 8 8 0 114
2007 23 FLA NL 6 6 2 1 3 1 0 2 4 .333 2 0 0 0 1 17% 41 52 31 2 0 0 3 5.4 6.2 5.0 95 1 3 2 0 109
2008 24 FLA NL 10 10 2 5 3 2 1 4 6 .400 0 3 0 0 2 20% 46 63 22 11 1 0 7 5.5 4.7 5.2 89 2 5 3 0 106
2009 25 FLA NL 16 16 4 8 4 0 1 7 9 .438 2 0 0 0 6 38% 50 83 21 6 1 0 8 4.0 3.8 5.4 92 2 9 5 0 110
4 Seasons 50 49 18 17 14 5 4 25 24 .510 6 5 2 1 22 45% 51 89 19 25 5 0 25 4.6 4.4 5.7 94 6 25 18 0 114
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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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
2006 22 FLA NL 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 1.113 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 13.0 86
1 Season 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1.113 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 13.0 86

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
2006 22 FLA NL 469 55% 1.9% 15.4% 9.8% 6.0% 31% 0.76 0.92 71% 16% 5.4% 14% 92 11 12%
2007 23 FLA NL 151 55% 2.0% 9.3% 12.6% 8.6% 30% 0.82 0.85 74% 16% 6.1% 21% 38 2 5%
2008 24 FLA NL 241 54% 2.9% 20.8% 11.2% 7.1% 32% 0.67 0.78 61% 22% 9.1% 16% 48 1 2%
2009 25 FLA NL 383 52% 2.6% 18.5% 12.0% 8.1% 37% 0.76 1.04 66% 20% 7.5% 10% 67 8 12%
4 Seasons 1244 54% 2.3% 16.6% 11.1% 7.2% 33% 0.75 0.92 68% 18% 6.8% 14% 245 22 9%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
2006 22 FLA NL 469 1766 3.77 1099 62% 28% 14% 26% 31% 72% 0% 45% 80% 53% 6% 28 15 19% 88 60 8 25% 10 12 0 0 0
2007 23 FLA NL 151 572 3.79 343 60% 26% 12% 28% 34% 74% 0% 44% 84% 52% 7% 11 8 21% 31 17 3 43% 1 2 0 0 0
2008 24 FLA NL 241 885 3.67 542 61% 28% 19% 24% 29% 72% 2% 44% 74% 56% 8% 19 12 22% 52 26 1 28% 10 5 0 0 0
2009 25 FLA NL 383 1473 3.85 903 61% 28% 15% 27% 29% 72% 2% 44% 79% 56% 6% 23 11 19% 74 41 9 32% 8 8 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1244 4696 3.77 2887 61% 28% 15% 26% 31% 72% 1% 44% 79% 55% 7% 81 46 20% 245 144 21 29% 29 27 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
2006 22 FLA NL 469 90 7 0 9 1 7 4 5 7 2 25 9 3 36% 3 4 1 172 6 1 86% 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 8 0
2007 23 FLA NL 151 43 9 0 3 0 4 1 2 1 2 10 7 1 70% 0 3 0 72 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
2008 24 FLA NL 241 54 4 0 7 0 4 3 4 5 2 19 11 4 58% 3 1 0 95 7 0 100% 6 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 5 0
2009 25 FLA NL 383 84 2 1 10 1 8 7 3 3 7 13 7 3 54% 3 0 0 142 11 1 92% 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
4 Seasons 1244 271 22 1 29 2 23 15 14 16 13 67 34 11 51% 9 8 1 481 25 2 93% 21 1 4 0 0 1 7 0 23 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
2006 22 10 3 .769 2.83 18 17 0 2 1 0 114.1 90 39 36 9 46 1 72 4 1 4 469 152 1.190 7.1 0.7 3.6 5.7 1.57 152
2007 23 12 4 .750 3.24 24 23 0 2 1 0 144.1 133 56 52 12 65 2 86 6 1 7 620 133 1.372 8.3 0.7 4.1 5.4 1.32 133
2008 24 14 9 .609 3.86 34 33 0 2 1 0 196.0 187 91 84 19 92 4 136 12 1 8 861 112 1.423 8.6 0.9 4.2 6.2 1.48 112
2009 25 18 17 .514 3.86 50 49 0 2 1 0 282.0 271 130 121 29 138 9 207 13 2 8 1244 111 1.450 8.6 0.9 4.4 6.6 1.50 111

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2006 22 8 4 .667 2.76 111.0 88 38 34 9 45 70 4 1.198 7.1 3.6 5.7 1.56 0.7 18
2007 23 1 2 .333 4.97 29.0 43 18 16 3 19 14 2 2.138 13.3 5.9 4.3 0.74 0.9 6
2008 24 2 3 .400 5.47 51.0 54 34 31 7 27 49 6 1.588 9.5 4.8 8.6 1.81 1.2 10
2009 25 5 4 .556 3.86 84.0 84 40 36 10 46 69 1 1.548 9.0 4.9 7.4 1.50 1.1 16
4 Seasons 16 13 .552 3.83 275.0 269 130 117 29 137 202 13 1.476 8.8 6.6 1.47 0.9 50

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Shutouts s c a p y
2006 NL  1 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Jesse Litsch (985)
  2. Bill McCahan (983)
  3. Hiroki Kuroda (982)
  4. Jose DeJesus (982)
  5. Randy Martz (978)
  6. Kurt Kepshire (976)
  7. John Miller (975)
  8. Curly Ogden (975)
  9. Sam Kimber (974)
  10. Daisy Davis (973)
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  1. Paul Moskau (981)
  2. Bob Milacki (980)
  3. Ernie McAnally (980)
  4. Charles Hudson (980)
  5. John Dopson (979)
  6. Jack Armstrong (978)
  7. Mike Sullivan (977)
  8. Tommy Greene (977)
  9. Jim Owens (977)
  10. Ray Washburn (976)
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  1. Tommy Hanson (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Tim Hudson (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ray Washburn (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Paul Moskau (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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