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Anibal Sánchez

Anibal Alejandro Sanchez

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 27, 1984 in Maracay, Aragua, 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
Team: Marlins 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$8M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.099, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: SFX [*]
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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
2003 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
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 4 469 153 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 92 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 0 383 111 1.512 8.8 1.0 4.8 7.4 1.54
2010 26 FLA NL 13 12 .520 3.55 32 32 0 1 1 0 195.0 192 89 77 10 70 5 157 7 0 7 841 117 1.344 8.9 0.5 3.2 7.2 2.24
2011 27 FLA NL 8 9 .471 3.67 32 32 0 3 2 0 196.1 187 85 80 20 64 8 202 5 5 4 830 106 1.278 8.6 0.9 2.9 9.3 3.16
2012 28 MIA NL 3 3 .500 2.57 10 10 0 0 0 0 66.2 54 23 19 4 17 1 67 2 1 3 268 160 1.065 7.3 0.5 2.3 9.0 3.94
7 Yrs 42 41 .506 3.61 124 123 0 6 4 0 740.0 704 327 297 63 289 23 633 27 8 22 3183 115 1.342 8.6 0.8 3.5 7.7 2.19
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .506 3.61 34 34 0 2 1 0 204 194 90 82 17 80 6 174 7 2 6 876 115 1.342 8.6 0.8 3.5 7.7 2.19

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
2006 22 FLA NL 114.1 18 17 39 3.07 5.03 -0.16 0.18 94.7 5.08 26 2.8 1.0 -0.1 3.6 37 .655 .517 $ RoY-9
2007 23 FLA NL 30.0 6 6 17 5.10 4.74 -0.43 0.19 97.1 5.21 1 0.1 -0.0 0.3 3 .508 .500 $381,000
2008 24 FLA NL 51.2 10 10 35 6.10 4.67 0.06 0.19 102.6 4.92 -6 -0.6 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .439 .496 $390,000
2009 25 FLA NL 86.0 16 16 39 4.08 4.55 -0.33 0.18 101.1 5.12 10 1.1 -0.1 1.6 18 .567 .507 $400,000
2010 26 FLA NL 195.0 32 32 89 4.11 4.43 -0.14 0.17 101.4 4.80 15 1.6 -0.1 2.9 33 .550 .510 $1,250,000
2011 27 FLA NL 196.1 32 32 85 3.90 4.17 -0.41 0.16 101.9 4.82 19 2.2 -0.1 3.5 37 .569 .514 $3,700,000
2012 28 MIA NL 66.2 10 10 23 3.11 4.12 -0.35 0.15 101.6 4.69 11 1.3 -0.1 1.7 18 .631 .508 $
7 Seasons 740.0 124 123 327 3.98 4.47 -0.25 0.17 100.4 4.90 75 8.4 1.0 -0.5 13.3 146 .568 .507 $6,121,000

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
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 3
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 0
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 3
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 2
2010 26 FLA NL 32 841 748 89 192 32 6 10 11 3 70 157 .257 .325 .356 .680 .312 266 13 7 13 3 5 12
2011 27 FLA NL 32 830 748 85 187 37 7 20 15 2 64 202 .250 .313 .398 .711 .317 298 14 5 12 1 8 8
2012 28 MIA NL 10 268 245 23 54 9 2 4 5 2 17 67 .220 .274 .322 .597 .284 79 6 2 2 2 1 2
7 Yrs 124 3183 2816 327 704 132 21 63 56 9 289 633 .250 .324 .379 .703 .301 1067 55 27 38 13 23 30
162 Game Avg. 34 876 775 90 194 36 6 17 15 2 80 174 .250 .324 .379 .703 .301 294 15 7 10 4 6 8
MLB Averages .262 .330 .414 .745 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2006 22 FLA NL 19.8 2.0 483 2.8 10.1 -7.3 1.11 1.9 0.7 22.2 2.3 1.11 22.0 0 1 0
2007 23 FLA NL -1.2 -0.1 157 -0.0 3.1 -3.1 1.27 -0.8 0.8 -1.9 -0.2 1.27 -8.3 0 0 0
2008 24 FLA NL -7.0 -0.7 250 -1.3 3.6 -4.9 .98 -0.6 -0.8 -9.9 -0.9 0.98 -5.9 0 0 0
2009 25 FLA NL 4.4 0.4 393 0.4 6.4 -6.0 .98 -0.3 0.7 3.7 0.4 0.98 -2.4 0 0 0
2010 26 FLA NL 10.4 1.1 862 0.4 14.1 -13.7 .94 1.1 -0.6 2.4 0.2 0.94 9.9 0 0 0
2011 27 FLA NL 6.1 0.6 857 0.9 15.3 -14.5 1.03 0.1 0.7 3.7 0.4 1.03 0.7 0 0 0
2012 28 MIA NL 9.9 1.1 280 0.6 5.2 -4.6 1.09 0.8 -0.3 7.1 0.7 1.09 9.2 0 0 0
7 Yrs 42.5 4.5 3282 3.8 57.7 -54.0 1.03 2.3 1.4 27.3 3.0 1.03 25.2 0 1 0

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
2006 22 FLA NL 18 17 10 3 4 2 2 12 5 .706 2 2 2 1 13 76% 58.8 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% 40.8 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% 46.2 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% 50.4 83 21 6 1 0 8 4.0 3.8 5.4 92 2 9 5 0 110
2010 26 FLA NL 32 32 13 12 7 2 4 16 16 .500 2 6 1 1 20 63% 52.4 92 19 25 3 0 13 4.8 4.3 6.1 101 0 13 18 1 126
2011 27 FLA NL 32 32 8 9 15 0 4 14 18 .438 3 8 3 2 19 59% 55.0 93 16 12 1 0 15 3.3 3.2 6.1 101 4 8 18 2 125
2012 28 MIA NL 10 10 3 3 4 0 2 5 5 .500 0 3 0 0 9 90% 61.0 73 39 2 0 0 5 3.3 2.1 6.7 99 0 5 5 0 110
7 Yrs 124 123 42 41 40 7 14 60 63 .488 11 22 6 4 70 57% 53 93 16 64 9 0 58 4.2 3.8 6.0 98 10 51 59 3 126
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 100 -13 4.6 4.6 5.9 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
2006 22 FLA NL 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 1.114 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 13.0 86
1 Yr 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1.114 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 13.0 86

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%
2006 22 FLA NL 469 45% 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 45% 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 46% 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 48% 2.6% 18.5% 12.0% 8.1% 37% 0.76 1.04 66% 20% 7.5% 10% 67 8 12%
2010 26 FLA NL 841 50% 1.2% 18.7% 8.3% 5.7% 25% 0.83 0.98 69% 19% 3.6% 14% 150 13 9%
2011 27 FLA NL 830 50% 2.4% 24.3% 7.7% 7.7% 34% 0.80 1.21 63% 21% 7.8% 14% 137 14 10%
2012 28 MIA NL 268 46% 1.5% 25.0% 6.3% 5.6% 28% 1.07 1.34 66% 13% 5.5% 12% 45 6 13%
7 Yrs 3183 48% 2.0% 19.9% 9.1% 6.8% 31% 0.81 1.03 67% 19% 6.1% 14% 577 55 10%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.8% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 0.80 1.07 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
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 384 1475 3.84 903 61% 28% 15% 27% 29% 72% 2% 44% 79% 56% 6% 23 11 19% 74 41 9 32% 8 8 -1 0 0
2010 26 FLA NL 841 3234 3.85 2069 64% 28% 16% 27% 29% 72% 2% 46% 78% 58% 4% 36 24 22% 186 95 10 26% 21 7 0 0 0
2011 27 FLA NL 830 3225 3.89 2081 65% 25% 19% 29% 27% 75% 2% 48% 75% 63% 4% 33 19 27% 220 115 7 20% 38 6 0 0 0
2012 28 MIA NL 269 988 3.67 661 67% 27% 17% 29% 28% 73% 1% 49% 77% 66% 3% 7 4 26% 70 39 2 24% 14 2 -1 0 0
7 Yrs 3185 12145 3.81 7698 63% 27% 16% 28% 29% 73% 2% 46% 77% 59% 5% 157 93 23% 721 393 40 25% 102 42 -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 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
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 1 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 0 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 2 0 5 0
2009 25 FLA NL 383 84 2 1 10 1 8 7 3 3 7 13 7 3 54% 2 0 0 142 11 1 92% 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2010 26 FLA NL 841 192 31 4 10 0 15 6 4 3 7 48 24 7 50% 12 7 2 306 11 3 79% 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
2011 27 FLA NL 830 187 16 2 20 0 12 14 6 9 11 42 16 11 38% 8 4 2 292 15 2 88% 12 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 14 0
2012 28 MIA NL 268 54 6 2 4 0 4 3 1 1 3 14 10 2 71% 2 3 1 88 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
7 Yrs 3183 704 75 9 63 2 54 38 25 29 34 171 84 31 49% 30 22 6 1167 56 9 86% 49 8 7 0 0 1 5 0 63 0
MLB Averages 53% 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+
2006 22 10 3 .769 2.83 18 17 0 2 1 0 114.1 90 39 36 9 46 1 72 4 1 4 469 153 1.190 7.1 0.7 3.6 5.7 1.57 153
2007 23 12 4 .750 3.24 24 23 0 2 1 0 144.1 133 56 52 12 65 2 86 6 1 7 620 134 1.372 8.3 0.7 4.1 5.4 1.32 134
2008 24 14 9 .609 3.86 34 33 0 2 1 0 196.0 187 91 84 19 92 4 136 12 1 8 861 113 1.423 8.6 0.9 4.2 6.2 1.48 113
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 112 1.450 8.6 0.9 4.4 6.6 1.50 112
2010 26 31 29 .517 3.74 82 81 0 3 2 0 477.0 463 219 198 39 208 14 364 20 2 15 2085 114 1.407 8.7 0.7 3.9 6.9 1.75 114
2011 27 39 38 .506 3.72 114 113 0 6 4 0 673.1 650 304 278 59 272 22 566 25 7 19 2915 112 1.369 8.7 0.8 3.6 7.6 2.08 112
2012 28 42 41 .506 3.61 124 123 0 6 4 0 740.0 704 327 297 63 289 23 633 27 8 22 3183 115 1.342 8.6 0.8 3.5 7.7 2.19 115

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
2006 22 8 4 .667 2.86 110.0 89 39 35 9 45 69 4 1.218 7.3 3.7 5.6 1.53 0.7 18
2007 23 1 2 .333 4.66 29.0 42 17 15 3 19 14 2 2.103 13.0 5.9 4.3 0.74 0.9 6
2008 24 2 3 .400 5.37 52.0 53 34 31 7 26 50 6 1.519 9.2 4.5 8.7 1.92 1.2 10
2009 25 5 4 .556 3.81 85.0 83 40 36 10 45 70 1 1.506 8.8 4.8 7.4 1.56 1.1 16
2010 26 12 9 .571 3.58 191.0 191 84 76 10 70 154 7 1.366 9.0 3.3 7.3 2.20 0.5 32
2011 27 10 11 .476 4.00 189.0 192 93 84 21 66 194 5 1.365 9.1 3.1 9.2 2.94 1.0 32
6 Yrs 38 33 .535 3.80 656.0 650 307 277 60 271 551 25 1.404 8.9 7.6 2.03 0.8 114

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2011 NL  3.5 (8th)
2012 NL  1.7 (6th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2012 NL  1.065 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2011 NL  9.260 (3rd)
2012 NL  9.045 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2012 NL  66.7 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2011 NL  202 (6th)
2012 NL  67 (5th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2011 NL  3 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2006 NL  1 (7th)
2010 NL  1 (8th)
2011 NL  2 (2nd)
Active  4 (35th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2012 NL  3.941 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 NL  0.462 (4th)
2012 NL  0.540 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
2010 NL  12 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2012 NL  160 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2012 NL  10 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2012 NL  1.1 (9th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2006 NL  2.3 (10th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 - 16 (1213), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1698), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1245), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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