Anibal Sanchez Pitching Statistics and History

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Anibal Sánchez \ah-KNEE-Bahl\

Anibal Alejandro Sanchez (twitter: @AnibalSanchez19)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", 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 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Marlins/Tigers 2006-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2017, 5 yrs/$88M (13-17) & 18 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 6.099, Free Agent: 2018 [*], 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)
2004	20	BOS-min	A-	4	4	.500	1.77	15	15	0	0	0	0	76.1	43	24	15	3	29	0	101	6	1	2	310		0.943	5.1	0.4	3.4	11.9	3.48	LOW · NYPL
2005	21	BOS-min	A+,AA	9	6	.600	2.85	25	25	0	0	0	0	136.0	106	53	43	12	40	2	158	8	1	9	557		1.074	7.0	0.8	2.6	10.5	3.95	WMT,PRT · CARL,EL
2006	22	FLA-min	AA	3	6	.333	3.15	15	15	0	2	1	0	85.2	82	41	30	7	27	1	92	2	0	4	366		1.272	8.6	0.7	2.8	9.7	3.41	CAR · SOUL
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-min	AA,A+,Rk	2	0	1.000	2.89	5	5	0	1	0	0	28.0	23	9	9	0	10	0	25	0	0	1	110		1.179	7.4	0.0	3.2	8.0	2.50	CAR,JUP,JUM · SOUL,FLOR,GULF
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-min	A+,AA,Rk	2	0	1.000	1.71	6	6	0	0	0	0	26.1	15	6	5	1	8	0	20	0	0	2	101		0.873	5.1	0.3	2.7	6.8	2.50	JUP,JCK,JUM · FLOR,SOUL,GULF
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	TOT	MLB	9	13	.409	3.86	31	31	0	1	1	0	195.2	200	95	84	20	48	3	167	5	1	7	820	105	1.267	9.2	0.9	2.2	7.7	3.48
2012	28	MIA	NL	5	7	.417	3.94	19	19	0	0	0	0	121.0	119	59	53	12	33	2	110	2	1	4	504	100	1.256	8.9	0.9	2.5	8.2	3.33
2012	28	DET	AL	4	6	.400	3.74	12	12	0	1	1	0	74.2	81	36	31	8	15	1	57	3	0	3	316	114	1.286	9.8	1.0	1.8	6.9	3.80
2013	29	DET	AL	4	4	.500	2.77	9	9	0	0	0	0	55.1	54	20	17	2	14	0	68	0	0	1	230	158	1.229	8.8	0.3	2.3	11.1	4.86
8 Yrs				52	55	.486	3.69	154	153	0	7	5	0	924.1	904	419	379	81	334	25	801	30	8	27	3965	112	1.339	8.8	0.8	3.3	7.8	2.40
162 Game Avg.				12	12	.486	3.69	34	34	0	2	1	0	205	200	93	84	18	74	6	177	7	2	6	878	112	1.339	8.8	0.8	3.3	7.8	2.40

MIA (7 yrs)				44	45	.494	3.75	133	132	0	6	4	0	794.1	769	363	331	71	305	24	676	27	8	23	3419	110	1.352	8.7	0.8	3.5	7.7	2.22
DET (2 yrs)				8	10	.444	3.32	21	21	0	1	1	0	130.0	135	56	48	10	29	1	125	3	0	4	546	130	1.262	9.3	0.7	2.0	8.7	4.31

NL (7 yrs)				44	45	.494	3.75	133	132	0	6	4	0	794.1	769	363	331	71	305	24	676	27	8	23	3419	110	1.352	8.7	0.8	3.5	7.7	2.22
AL (2 yrs)				8	10	.444	3.32	21	21	0	1	1	0	130.0	135	56	48	10	29	1	125	3	0	4	546	130	1.262	9.3	0.7	2.0	8.7	4.31

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
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	3.7	36	.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	4.64	0.06	0.19	103.4	4.92	-6	-0.6		-0.0	-0.2	-2	.438	.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	1.7	17	.566	.507	$400,000
2010	26	FLA	NL	195.0	32	32	89	4.11	4.43	-0.14	0.17	102.4	4.85	15	1.7		-0.1	3.2	32	.553	.510	$1,250,000
2011	27	FLA	NL	196.1	32	32	85	3.90	4.18	-0.41	0.16	102.3	4.85	19	2.2		-0.1	3.8	36	.570	.514	$3,700,000
2012	28	MIA	NL	121.0	19	19	59	4.39	4.42	-0.31	0.17	94.2	4.61	2	0.2		-0.1	1.2	13	.511	.501	$8,000,000
2012	28	DET	AL	74.2	12	12	36	4.34	4.48	-0.22	0.17	100.4	4.89	5	0.5		-0.1	1.2	12	.541	.503
2013	29	DET	AL	55.1	9	9	20	3.25	4.52	-0.15	0.18	102.0	4.95	10	1.1		-0.1	1.6	16	.622	.507	$8,800,000
8 Seasons				924.1	154	153	419	4.08	4.49	-0.24	0.17	99.9	4.90	81	9.0	1.0	-0.6	16.4	163	.558	.506	$22,921,000

MIA (7 yrs)				794.1	133	132	363	4.11	4.49	-0.25	0.17	99.7	4.89	66	7.4	1.0	-0.5	13.7	135	.556	.507	$14,121,000
DET (2 yrs)				130.0	21	21	56	3.88	4.50	-0.19	0.17	101.1	4.91	14	1.6		-0.1	2.8	28	.576	.505	$8,800,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2012	28	DET	AL	ALDS	W	OAK	0	1	.000	2.84	1	1	6.1	5	2	2	1	2	0	3	0	24	1.105	7.1	1.4	2.8	4.3	1.50
2012	28	DET	AL	ALCS	W	NYY	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	7.0	3	0	0	0	3	1	7	0	27	0.857	3.9	0.0	3.9	9.0	2.33
2012	28	DET	AL	WS	L	SFG	0	1	.000	2.57	1	1	7.0	6	2	2	0	1	0	8	1	28	1.000	7.7	0.0	1.3	10.3	8.00
1 Yr (3 Series)							1	2	.333	1.77	3	3	20.1	14	4	4	1	6	1	18	1	79	0.984	6.2	0.4	2.7	8.0	3.00
1 ALDS							0	1	.000	2.84	1	1	6.1	5	2	2	1	2	0	3	0	24	1.105	7.1	1.4	2.8	4.3	1.50
1 ALCS							1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	7.0	3	0	0	0	3	1	7	0	27	0.857	3.9	0.0	3.9	9.0	2.33
1 WS							0	1	.000	2.57	1	1	7.0	6	2	2	0	1	0	8	1	28	1.000	7.7	0.0	1.3	10.3	8.00

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
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	DET	AL	12	316	295	36	81	11	1	8	14	1	15	57	.275	.314	.400	.714	.315	118	3	3	1	2	1	0
2012	28	MIA	NL	19	504	460	59	119	23	5	12	9	3	33	110	.259	.308	.409	.717	.312	188	11	2	4	5	2	4
2012	28	TOT	MLB	31	820	755	95	200	34	6	20	23	4	48	167	.265	.310	.405	.716	.313	306	14	5	5	7	3	4
2013	29	DET	AL	9	230	211	20	54	8	3	2	7	0	14	68	.256	.298	.351	.649	.361	74	3	0	2	3	0	1
8 Yrs				154	3965	3537	419	904	165	28	81	81	11	334	801	.256	.323	.387	.710	.308	1368	66	30	43	21	25	33
162 Game Avg.				34	878	783	93	200	37	6	18	18	2	74	177	.256	.323	.387	.710	.308	303	15	7	10	5	6	7
MLB Averages																.261	.329	.413	.742	.299

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevMd
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	1
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
2008	24	FLA	NL	-7.0	-0.7	250	-1.3	3.6	-4.9	.98	-0.6	-0.8	-10.0	-0.9	0.98	-6.0	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
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
2011	27	FLA	NL	6.1	0.6	857	0.9	15.3	-14.5	1.03	0.1	0.7	3.4	0.4	1.03	0.3	0
2012	28	TOT	MLB	2.6	0.3	858	0.6	14.3	-13.7	.98	0.4	0.1	4.5	0.5	0.98	6.0	0
2012	28	MIA	NL	-0.3	-0.0	523	0.1	8.7	-8.7	.98	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.2	0.98	1.3	0
2012	28	DET	AL	2.9	0.3	335	0.5	5.6	-5.1	.98	0.4	0.1	3.0	0.3	0.98	4.6	0
2013	29	DET	AL	8.7	0.9	241	0.3	3.3	-3.0	.81	0.4	-0.1	7.5	0.8	0.81	4.9	0
8 Yrs				43.9	4.6	4101	4.0	70.1	-66.1	1.00	2.3	1.8	31.8	3.4	1.00	26.5	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
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	TOT	MLB	31	31	9	13	9	0	5	13	18	.419	2	7	1	1	22	71%	0.1	90	17	21	13	0	16	3.7	2.9	6.3	99	2	12	17	0	119
2012	28	MIA	NL	19	19	5	7	7	0	3	8	11	.421	2	6	0	0	14	74%	53.5	73	21	10	7	0	10	3.7	2.5	6.4	98	1	9	9	0	112
2012	28	DET	AL	12	12	4	6	2	0	2	5	7	.417	0	1	1	1	8	67%	51.7	90	17	11	6	0	6	3.6	3.5	6.2	100	1	3	8	0	119
2013	29	DET	AL	9	9	4	4	1	0	3	4	5	.444	1	0	0	0	7	78%	58.7	88	18	2	0	0	4	4.8	6.2	6.1	104	1	3	4	1	121
8 Yrs				154	153	52	55	46	7	20	72	81	.471	14	26	7	5	90	59%	53	93	16	85	22	0	73	4.2	3.9	6.0	98	13	61	75	4	126
MLB Averages													.500						50%	50	101	-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%	1^stIP	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	TOT	MLB	820	46%	2.4%	20.4%	5.9%	7.3%	30%	0.89	1.15	70%	20%	7.5%	13%	122	14	11%
2012	28	MIA	NL	504	49%	2.4%	21.8%	6.6%	7.9%	34%	0.92	1.15	68%	18%	7.6%	13%	84	11	13%
2012	28	DET	AL	316	40%	2.5%	18.0%	4.8%	6.3%	25%	0.85	1.14	73%	23%	7.3%	13%	38	3	8%
2013	29	DET	AL	230	52%	0.9%	29.6%	6.1%	5.7%	24%	0.86	1.11	63%	26%	2.8%	8%	36	3	8%
8 Yrs				3965	48%	2.0%	20.2%	8.4%	6.9%	30%	0.81	1.04	67%	20%	6.2%	14%	690	66	10%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	18.1%	8.4%	7.8%	34%	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.7%	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	1767	3.77	1100	62%	28%	14%	26%	32%	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	TOT	MLB	821	3057	3.72	2020	66%	27%	16%	27%	30%	73%	1%	48%	78%	66%	3%	23	13	23%	191	106	10	23%	28	7	-1	0	0
2012	28	MIA	NL	505	1859	3.68	1232	66%	26%	16%	28%	29%	74%	1%	49%	78%	67%	3%	15	9	24%	120	65	7	24%	19	4	-1	0	0
2012	28	DET	AL	316	1198	3.79	788	66%	29%	16%	24%	31%	71%	1%	47%	77%	64%	3%	8	4	22%	71	41	3	21%	9	3	0	0	0
2013	29	DET	AL	230	935	4.07	613	66%	26%	21%	29%	24%	74%	0%	49%	72%	64%	2%	5	4	33%	76	42	4	25%	14	1	0	0	0
8 Yrs				3967	15150	3.82	9671	64%	27%	17%	27%	29%	73%	1%	47%	77%	60%	4%	178	106	23%	918	502	52	25%	130	48	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.80		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				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	1	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	TOT	MLB	820	200	19	5	20	0	6	12	8	7	13	38	26	4	68%	4	7	2	268	23	4	85%	20	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	23	0
2012	28	MIA	NL	504	119	9	2	12	0	6	8	4	5	7	27	19	2	70%	4	4	1	166	9	3	75%	8	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	15	0
2012	28	DET	AL	316	81	10	3	8	0	0	4	4	2	6	11	7	2	64%	0	3	1	102	14	1	93%	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
2013	29	DET	AL	230	54	6	2	2	0	3	0	2	0	2	12	8	2	67%	1	1	3	79	7	0	100%	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
8 Yrs				3965	904	94	14	81	2	59	47	34	35	46	207	108	35	52%	33	27	10	1426	81	11	88%	71	10	10	0	0	1	6	0	83	0
MLB Averages																		53%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	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+
2006	22	10	3	.769	2.83	18	17	2	1	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	2	1	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	2	1	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	2	1	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	3	2	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	6	4	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	48	51	.485	3.75	145	144	7	5	869.0	850	399	362	79	320	25	733	30	8	26	3735	110	1.346	8.8	0.8	3.3	7.6	2.29	110
2013	29	52	55	.486	3.69	154	153	7	5	924.1	904	419	379	81	334	25	801	30	8	27	3965	112	1.339	8.8	0.8	3.3	7.8	2.40	112

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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
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
2012	28	9	11	.450	4.19	187.0	204	97	87	20	49	160	5	1.353	9.8	2.4	7.7	3.27	1.0	31
2013	29	4	2	.667	2.83	54.0	54	19	17	2	14	66	0	1.259	9.0	2.3	11.0	4.71	0.3	9
8 Yrs		51	46	.526	3.82	897.0	908	423	381	82	334	777	30	1.385	9.1		7.8	2.33	0.8	154

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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 3.8 (7th) Active 16.4 (50th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 2013 AL 2.77 (9th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 2011 NL 9.260 (3rd) 2013 AL 11.060 (3rd)	Strikeouts s c a p y 2011 NL 202 (6th) 2013 AL 68 (5th)
Games Started s c a p y 2013 AL 9 (8th)	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) 2012 AL 1 (7th) Active 5 (27th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 2013 AL 4.857 (6th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 2010 NL 0.462 (4th) 2013 AL 0.325 (3rd)	Losses s c a p y 2010 NL 12 (9th) 2013 AL 4 (8th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 2013 AL 158 (8th)	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 1945-1973, 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

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 19 (1126), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 5 (1321), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1266), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Starting Pitcher (684th), 14.2 career WAR/14.3 7yr-peak WAR/14.3 JAWS Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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