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Johan Santana

Johan Alexander Santana

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: March 13, 1979 in Tovar, Merida, Venezuela
High School: Tovar Merida (Tovar Merida, VE)
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 2000
Teams (by GP): Twins/Mets 2000-2010
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 6 yrs/$137.5M (08-13) & 14 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 11.122, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Peter Greenberg [*]
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All-Star

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
2000 21 MIN AL 2 3 .400 6.49 30 5 9 0 0 0 86.0 102 64 62 11 54 0 64 2 2 5 398 80 1.814 10.7 1.2 5.7 6.7 1.19
2001 22 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 4.74 15 4 5 0 0 0 43.2 50 25 23 6 16 0 28 3 0 3 195 97 1.511 10.3 1.2 3.3 5.8 1.75
2002 23 MIN AL 8 6 .571 2.99 27 14 2 0 0 1 108.1 84 41 36 7 49 0 137 1 2 15 452 150 1.228 7.0 0.6 4.1 11.4 2.80
2003 24 MIN AL 12 3 .800 3.07 45 18 7 0 0 0 158.1 127 56 54 17 47 1 169 3 2 6 644 148 1.099 7.2 1.0 2.7 9.6 3.60 CYA-7
2004 25 MIN AL 20 6 .769 2.61 34 34 0 1 1 0 228.0 156 70 66 24 54 0 265 9 0 7 881 182 0.921 6.2 0.9 2.1 10.5 4.91 CYA-1,MVP-6
2005 26 MIN AL 16 7 .696 2.87 33 33 0 3 2 0 231.2 180 77 74 22 45 1 238 1 0 8 910 155 0.971 7.0 0.9 1.7 9.2 5.29 AS,CYA-3
2006 27 MIN AL 19 6 .760 2.77 34 34 0 1 0 0 233.2 186 79 72 24 47 0 245 4 1 4 923 162 0.997 7.2 0.9 1.8 9.4 5.21 AS,CYA-1,MVP-7
2007 28 MIN AL 15 13 .536 3.33 33 33 0 1 1 0 219.0 183 88 81 33 52 0 235 4 1 7 878 129 1.073 7.5 1.4 2.1 9.7 4.52 AS,CYA-5,GG
2008 29 NYM NL 16 7 .696 2.53 34 34 0 3 2 0 234.1 206 74 66 23 63 5 206 4 2 9 964 166 1.148 7.9 0.9 2.4 7.9 3.27 CYA-3,MVP-14
2009 30 NYM NL 13 9 .591 3.13 25 25 0 0 0 0 166.2 156 67 58 20 46 3 146 3 0 1 701 130 1.212 8.4 1.1 2.5 7.9 3.17 AS
2010 31 NYM NL 11 9 .550 2.98 29 29 0 4 2 0 199.0 179 67 66 16 55 2 144 2 2 2 817 131 1.176 8.1 0.7 2.5 6.5 2.62
11 Seasons 133 69 .658 3.10 339 263 23 13 8 1 1908.2 1609 708 658 203 528 12 1877 36 12 67 7763 142 1.120 7.6 1.0 2.5 8.9 3.55
162 Game Avg. 15 8 .658 3.10 38 30 3 1 1 0 216 182 80 74 23 60 1 212 4 1 8 877 142 1.120 7.6 1.0 2.5 8.9 3.55
MIN (8 yrs) 93 44 .679 3.22 251 175 23 6 4 1 1308.2 1068 500 468 144 364 2 1381 27 8 55 5281 141 1.094 7.3 1.0 2.5 9.5 3.79
NYM (3 yrs) 40 25 .615 2.85 88 88 0 7 4 0 600.0 541 208 190 59 164 10 496 9 4 12 2482 143 1.175 8.1 0.9 2.5 7.4 3.02
AL (8 yrs) AL 93 44 .679 3.22 251 175 23 6 4 1 1308.2 1068 500 468 144 364 2 1381 27 8 55 5281 141 1.094 7.3 1.0 2.5 9.5 3.79
NL (3 yrs) NL 40 25 .615 2.85 88 88 0 7 4 0 600.0 541 208 190 59 164 10 496 9 4 12 2482 143 1.175 8.1 0.9 2.5 7.4 3.02

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2000 21 MIN AL 86.0 5 64 68 -3 .5 4 0.0 $200,000
2001 22 MIN AL 43.2 4 25 29 1 .6 4 0.2 $212,500
2002 23 MIN AL 108.1 14 41 67 1 1.0 26 2.5 $
2003 24 MIN AL 158.1 18 56 99 0 1.0 43 4.0 $335,000 CYA-7
2004 25 MIN AL 228.0 34 70 152 0 .9 82 7.4 $1,600,000 CYA-1,MVP-6
2005 26 MIN AL 231.2 33 77 140 8 1.0 63 6.3 $4,750,000 AS,CYA-3
2006 27 MIN AL 233.2 34 79 151 3 1.0 72 7.0 $8,750,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-7
2007 28 MIN AL 219.0 33 88 138 2 .9 50 4.7 $13,000,000 AS,CYA-5,GG
2008 29 NYM NL 234.1 34 74 136 2 1.0 62 6.4 $16,984,216 CYA-3,MVP-14
2009 30 NYM NL 166.2 25 67 100 -2 1.1 33 3.6 $18,876,139 AS
2010 31 NYM NL 199.0 29 67 107 5 1.0 40 4.4 $20,144,707
11 Seasons 1908.2 263 708 1187 17 1.0 479 46.5 $84,852,562
MIN (8 yrs) 1308.2 175 500 844 12 .9 344 32.1 $28,847,500
NYM (3 yrs) 600.0 88 208 343 5 1.0 135 14.4 $56,005,062

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
2002 23 MIN AL ALDS W OAK 0 0 6.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 14 1.667 9.0 0.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
2002 23 MIN AL ALCS L ANA 0 1 .000 10.80 4 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 4 4 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 14 1.200 10.8 2.7 0.0 10.8
2003 24 MIN AL ALDS L NYY 0 1 .000 7.04 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.2 9 6 6 0 3 1 6 0 0 0 34 1.565 10.6 0.0 3.5 7.0 2.00
2004 25 MIN AL ALDS L NYY 1 0 1.000 0.75 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 14 1 1 0 4 0 12 1 0 0 51 1.500 10.5 0.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
2006 27 MIN AL ALDS L OAK 0 1 .000 2.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 5 2 2 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 30 0.750 5.6 1.1 1.1 9.0 8.00
4 Seasons (5 Series) 1 3 .250 3.97 11 5 0 0 0 0 34.0 35 15 15 2 10 1 32 1 0 2 143 1.324 9.3 0.5 2.6 8.5 3.20
4 ALDS 1 2 .333 3.23 7 5 0 0 0 0 30.2 31 11 11 1 10 1 28 1 0 0 129 1.337 9.1 0.3 2.9 8.2 2.80
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 10.80 4 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 4 4 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 14 1.200 10.8 2.7 0.0 10.8

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
2005 MIN AL 26 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
2006 MIN AL 27 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
2007 MIN AL 28 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
2009 NYM NL 30
4 Seasons (3 Appearances) 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 10 1.000 3.0 0.0 6.0 9.0 1.50

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
2000 21 MIN AL 30 398 338 64 102 21 4 11 0 1 54 64 .302 .398 .485 .883 .342 164 11 2 1 3 0 0
2001 22 MIN AL 15 195 171 25 50 7 0 6 1 1 16 28 .292 .358 .439 .796 .314 75 5 3 2 3 0 3
2002 23 MIN AL 27 452 396 41 84 16 1 7 3 3 49 137 .212 .298 .311 .609 .302 123 3 1 3 3 0 3
2003 24 MIN AL 45 644 588 56 127 32 3 17 4 2 47 169 .216 .276 .367 .643 .271 216 9 3 2 4 1 5
2004 25 MIN AL 34 881 812 70 156 22 3 24 6 7 54 265 .192 .249 .315 .565 .251 256 15 9 3 3 0 4
2005 26 MIN AL 33 910 856 77 180 42 4 22 4 5 45 238 .210 .250 .346 .596 .264 296 10 1 6 2 1 8
2006 27 MIN AL 34 923 862 79 186 42 5 24 4 5 47 245 .216 .258 .360 .618 .271 310 10 4 6 4 0 7
2007 28 MIN AL 33 878 814 88 183 40 4 33 6 5 52 235 .225 .273 .405 .679 .273 330 14 4 4 4 0 7
2008 29 NYM NL 34 964 887 74 206 36 5 23 6 5 63 206 .232 .286 .362 .648 .278 321 12 4 9 1 5 8
2009 30 NYM NL 25 700 640 67 156 35 1 20 1 2 46 146 .244 .296 .395 .692 .285 253 8 3 8 3 3 9
2010 31 NYM NL 29 817 745 67 179 32 3 16 5 0 55 144 .240 .292 .356 .648 .276 265 17 2 10 5 2 3
11 Seasons 339 7762 7109 708 1609 325 33 203 40 36 528 1877 .226 .282 .367 .649 .278 2609 114 36 54 35 12 57
162 Game Avg. 38 877 803 80 182 37 4 23 5 4 60 212 .226 .282 .367 .649 .278 295 13 4 6 4 1 6
MLB Averages .265 .334 .422 .756 .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
2000 21 MIN AL -10.4 -0.9 410 -0.4 3.5 -3.8 .51 -1.1 0.4 -7.5 -0.7 0.51 -8.8 0 3 20
2001 22 MIN AL -0.6 -0.1 201 -0.2 2.1 -2.3 .60 -0.1 -0.1 -2.1 -0.2 0.60 -1.3 1 1 9
2002 23 MIN AL 17.0 1.7 475 1.9 8.0 -6.0 .96 1.8 0.2 16.2 1.6 0.96 19.0 4 5 5
2003 24 MIN AL 27.1 2.7 661 3.7 11.9 -8.3 .95 2.6 1.2 33.2 3.3 0.95 28.7 7 6 14
2004 25 MIN AL 53.6 5.5 900 5.8 16.0 -10.3 .88 6.3 0.2 63.3 6.6 0.88 73.7 0 0 0
2005 26 MIN AL 41.4 4.3 928 4.4 17.5 -13.1 1.00 4.8 -0.4 45.1 4.7 1.00 55.2 0 0 0
2006 27 MIN AL 44.7 4.6 936 4.1 17.9 -13.8 .97 5.0 -0.9 49.9 5.2 0.97 58.9 0 0 0
2007 28 MIN AL 24.5 2.4 897 1.4 14.8 -13.3 .88 2.6 -1.0 29.9 3.1 0.88 32.4 0 0 0
2008 29 NYM NL 43.5 4.6 987 4.1 17.7 -13.7 .99 3.6 0.6 45.2 4.9 0.99 39.2 0 0 0
2009 30 NYM NL 16.0 1.7 707 1.6 13.8 -12.2 1.07 0.3 1.2 16.2 1.7 1.07 2.9 0 0 0
2010 31 NYM NL 23.6 2.5 825 3.4 15.7 -12.3 1.04 2.6 0.7 27.0 2.9 1.04 26.8 0 0 0
11 Seasons 280.5 29.0 7927 29.8 138.8 -109.1 .94 28.4 3.4 316.5 33.1 0.94 326.5 12 15 48

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
2000 21 MIN AL 30 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 5 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0% 32 53 14 18 10 1 2 4.4 7.8 4.4 84 2 2 1 0 103
2001 22 MIN AL 15 4 1 0 3 1 0 4 0 1.000 0 2 0 0 0 0% 41 52 32 6 1 0 1 8.0 10.4 4.9 78 3 1 0 0 86
2002 23 MIN AL 27 14 7 4 3 1 0 9 4 .692 0 1 0 0 6 43% 57 88 17 18 4 1 5 5.3 4.1 5.7 99 0 9 4 0 117
2003 24 MIN AL 45 18 11 2 5 3 1 13 5 .722 2 1 0 0 11 61% 60 81 22 19 9 2 7 5.1 6.1 6.1 95 2 7 9 0 118
2004 25 MIN AL 34 34 20 6 8 0 2 24 10 .706 2 4 1 1 25 74% 65 92 11 18 11 0 12 5.2 5.5 6.7 101 3 8 23 0 116
2005 26 MIN AL 33 33 16 7 10 2 2 24 9 .727 3 3 3 2 24 73% 63 89 26 7 2 0 15 4.5 4.6 7.0 101 1 12 20 0 119
2006 27 MIN AL 34 34 19 6 9 1 2 27 7 .794 2 5 1 0 24 71% 62 89 35 9 4 0 11 5.2 4.7 6.9 101 0 14 19 1 120
2007 28 MIN AL 33 33 15 13 5 4 6 17 16 .515 0 2 1 1 21 64% 59 95 31 2 2 0 15 4.4 5.0 6.6 101 1 12 20 0 118
2008 29 NYM NL 34 34 16 7 11 2 5 22 12 .647 7 3 3 2 28 82% 60 88 29 15 5 1 14 4.8 4.7 6.9 106 1 7 24 2 125
2009 30 NYM NL 25 25 13 9 3 3 6 13 12 .520 2 1 0 0 17 68% 57 80 6 7 3 0 14 3.6 3.7 6.7 103 1 6 17 1 120
2010 31 NYM NL 29 29 11 9 9 2 1 14 15 .483 3 1 4 2 17 59% 58 87 4 10 1 0 8 2.9 2.9 6.9 104 2 4 22 1 123
11 Seasons 339 263 129 66 68 19 25 167 95 .637 23 23 13 8 173 66% 60 95 4 129 52 5 104 4.6 4.7 6.6 101 16 82 159 5 125
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 100 -12 4.8 4.8 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
2000 21 MIN AL 30 25 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 .510 0 3 20 0 1 24 1 24 18 0 18 4 7.7 44
2001 22 MIN AL 15 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 22% 6 .601 1 1 9 0 1 10 5 6 6 0 6 1 6.5 36
2002 23 MIN AL 27 13 2 1 2 1 1 0 100% 4 3 6 2 33% 6 .958 4 5 5 5 3 6 4 10 10 2 10 1 7.2 39
2003 24 MIN AL 45 27 7 1 1 0 0 0 5 5 22 6 27% 7 .948 7 6 14 8 5 14 12 15 20 2 20 3 5.3 30
4 Seasons 117 76 23 4 3 1 1 0 100% 9 8 39 10 26% .807 12 15 48 13 10 54 22 55 54 4 54 9 6.6 37

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%
2000 21 MIN AL 398 27% 2.8% 16.1% 13.6% 9.1% 35% 0.53 0.80 67% 30% 7.1% 11% 88 11 13%
2001 22 MIN AL 195 18% 3.1% 14.4% 8.2% 6.7% 26% 0.69 1.04 72% 32% 8.1% 11% 49 5 10%
2002 23 MIN AL 452 19% 1.6% 30.3% 10.8% 5.3% 29% 0.44 0.55 56% 26% 4.7% 16% 89 3 3%
2003 24 MIN AL 644 30% 2.6% 26.2% 7.3% 8.1% 41% 0.43 0.52 63% 15% 6.8% 15% 102 9 9%
2004 25 MIN AL 881 23% 2.7% 30.1% 6.1% 5.6% 31% 0.69 0.86 60% 12% 8.7% 14% 137 15 11%
2005 26 MIN AL 910 18% 2.4% 26.2% 5.0% 7.5% 38% 0.66 0.85 66% 14% 7.0% 14% 122 10 8%
2006 27 MIN AL 923 20% 2.6% 26.5% 5.1% 7.7% 38% 0.69 0.94 65% 19% 7.5% 12% 139 10 7%
2007 28 MIN AL 878 25% 3.8% 26.8% 5.9% 8.8% 42% 0.62 0.87 63% 16% 10.6% 13% 133 14 11%
2008 29 NYM NL 964 26% 2.4% 21.4% 6.5% 6.6% 31% 0.73 0.90 68% 20% 6.9% 14% 155 12 8%
2009 30 NYM NL 701 28% 2.9% 20.9% 6.6% 8.0% 36% 0.56 0.72 68% 19% 8.0% 20% 112 8 7%
2010 31 NYM NL 817 26% 2.0% 17.6% 6.7% 6.2% 29% 0.53 0.73 72% 20% 4.8% 13% 136 17 13%
11 Seasons 7763 24% 2.6% 24.2% 6.8% 7.2% 35% 0.61 0.80 65% 19% 7.3% 14% 1262 114 9%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 17.1% 8.6% 8.0% 34% 0.78 1.07 70% 20% 7.9% 12% 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
2000 21 MIN AL 398 1525 3.83 894 59% 24% 17% 28% 31% 76% 0% 45% 78% 55% 7% 27 17 17% 69 36 3 22% 14 10 0 0 0
2001 22 MIN AL 195 704 3.61 448 64% 22% 14% 31% 33% 78% 0% 49% 82% 57% 6% 11 7 29% 57 37 5 11% 4 4 0 0 0
2002 23 MIN AL 452 1826 4.04 1161 64% 25% 25% 27% 23% 75% 0% 48% 67% 58% 4% 20 12 26% 119 74 7 19% 28 8 0 0 0
2003 24 MIN AL 644 2534 3.93 1629 64% 26% 19% 29% 26% 74% 1% 48% 74% 64% 3% 18 12 28% 183 97 10 18% 30 5 0 0 0
2004 25 MIN AL 881 3420 3.88 2268 66% 26% 23% 27% 24% 74% 0% 49% 69% 64% 4% 33 21 30% 262 160 11 15% 57 12 0 0 0
2005 26 MIN AL 910 3327 3.66 2328 70% 23% 20% 30% 27% 77% 0% 54% 74% 69% 2% 20 15 33% 301 195 20 15% 49 4 0 0 0
2006 27 MIN AL 923 3450 3.74 2364 69% 23% 20% 31% 27% 77% 0% 53% 74% 65% 2% 19 13 31% 288 180 17 14% 56 6 0 0 0
2007 28 MIN AL 878 3335 3.80 2264 68% 23% 21% 30% 26% 77% 0% 53% 72% 65% 2% 21 14 32% 277 160 10 18% 56 7 0 0 0
2008 29 NYM NL 964 3598 3.73 2387 66% 25% 18% 29% 29% 75% 1% 50% 76% 64% 3% 32 18 25% 244 124 8 26% 38 9 0 0 0
2009 30 NYM NL 701 2571 3.67 1770 69% 24% 17% 31% 29% 76% 1% 53% 78% 65% 3% 24 16 31% 216 139 17 15% 22 5 0 0 1
2010 31 NYM NL 817 3004 3.68 2031 68% 25% 15% 30% 30% 75% 1% 51% 80% 66% 3% 28 19 30% 249 149 15 24% 32 7 0 0 0
11 Seasons 7763 29294 3.77 19544 67% 24% 19% 29% 27% 76% 0% 51% 74% 64% 3% 253 164 29% 2265 1351 123 18% 386 77 0 0 1
MLB Averages 3.76 62% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 26%

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
2000 21 MIN AL 398 102 12 0 11 0 7 8 3 2 9 19 9 3 47% 0 5 1 162 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 14 0
2001 22 MIN AL 195 50 3 0 6 0 6 6 0 4 2 15 11 2 73% 3 3 0 77 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2002 23 MIN AL 452 84 4 0 7 0 2 7 0 2 5 18 8 6 44% 3 15 1 171 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 27 0
2003 24 MIN AL 644 127 8 1 17 1 14 13 4 12 5 21 8 7 38% 5 6 0 220 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 15 0
2004 25 MIN AL 881 156 15 2 24 0 7 19 5 14 10 22 12 7 55% 4 7 1 265 6 7 46% 6 3 0 3 0 1 5 4 12 0
2005 26 MIN AL 910 180 13 2 22 0 7 16 6 14 8 30 15 3 50% 8 8 2 281 4 5 44% 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 0
2006 27 MIN AL 923 186 4 1 24 0 10 18 6 9 15 31 13 9 42% 7 4 1 295 4 5 44% 4 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 13 0
2007 28 MIN AL 878 183 14 2 33 0 11 24 9 14 19 36 19 7 53% 7 7 0 271 6 5 55% 5 5 1 0 0 0 4 3 16 0
2008 29 NYM NL 964 206 25 2 23 1 9 15 8 12 11 28 14 4 50% 8 9 0 350 6 5 55% 6 3 0 2 0 0 2 2 14 0
2009 30 NYM NL 701 156 21 4 20 0 11 10 10 12 8 21 10 4 48% 9 1 1 247 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 0
2010 31 NYM NL 817 179 14 4 16 3 14 12 4 3 13 22 9 4 41% 3 2 0 303 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
11 Seasons 7763 1609 133 18 203 5 98 148 55 98 105 263 128 56 49% 57 67 7 2642 40 36 53% 39 24 1 9 0 3 21 16 146 0
MLB Averages 53% 71%

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+
2000 21 2 3 .400 6.49 30 5 9 0 0 0 86.0 102 64 62 11 54 0 64 2 2 5 398 80 1.814 10.7 1.2 5.7 6.7 1.19 80
2001 22 3 3 .500 5.90 45 9 14 0 0 0 129.2 152 89 85 17 70 0 92 5 2 8 593 85 1.712 10.6 1.2 4.9 6.4 1.31 85
2002 23 11 9 .550 4.58 72 23 16 0 0 1 238.0 236 130 121 24 119 0 229 6 4 23 1045 104 1.492 8.9 0.9 4.5 8.7 1.92 104
2003 24 23 12 .657 3.97 117 41 23 0 0 1 396.1 363 186 175 41 166 1 398 9 6 29 1689 118 1.335 8.2 0.9 3.8 9.0 2.40 118
2004 25 43 18 .705 3.47 151 75 23 1 1 1 624.1 519 256 241 65 220 1 663 18 6 36 2570 135 1.184 7.5 0.9 3.2 9.6 3.01 135
2005 26 59 25 .702 3.31 184 108 23 4 3 1 856.0 699 333 315 87 265 2 901 19 6 44 3480 140 1.126 7.3 0.9 2.8 9.5 3.40 140
2006 27 78 31 .716 3.20 218 142 23 5 3 1 1089.2 885 412 387 111 312 2 1146 23 7 48 4403 144 1.099 7.3 0.9 2.6 9.5 3.67 144
2007 28 93 44 .679 3.22 251 175 23 6 4 1 1308.2 1068 500 468 144 364 2 1381 27 8 55 5281 141 1.094 7.3 1.0 2.5 9.5 3.79 141
2008 29 109 51 .681 3.11 285 209 23 9 6 1 1543.0 1274 574 534 167 427 7 1587 31 10 64 6245 144 1.102 7.4 1.0 2.5 9.3 3.72 144
2009 30 122 60 .670 3.12 310 234 23 9 6 1 1709.2 1430 641 592 187 473 10 1733 34 10 65 6946 143 1.113 7.5 1.0 2.5 9.1 3.66 143
2010 31 133 69 .658 3.10 339 263 23 13 8 1 1908.2 1609 708 658 203 528 12 1877 36 12 67 7763 142 1.120 7.6 1.0 2.5 8.9 3.55 142

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
2000 21 3 6 .333 5.68 84.0 94 59 53 10 50 63 2 1.714 10.1 5.4 6.8 1.26 1.1 30
2001 22 2 2 .500 4.71 42.0 49 24 22 6 16 27 3 1.548 10.5 3.4 5.8 1.69 1.3 15
2002 23 7 4 .636 3.06 106.0 84 40 36 7 49 134 1 1.255 7.1 4.2 11.4 2.73 0.6 27
2003 24 11 6 .647 3.00 156.0 126 58 52 17 47 167 3 1.109 7.3 2.7 9.6 3.55 1.0 45
2004 25 17 7 .708 2.42 223.0 151 67 60 23 52 259 9 0.910 6.1 2.1 10.5 4.98 0.9 34
2005 26 17 8 .680 2.84 228.0 180 80 72 22 45 234 1 0.987 7.1 1.8 9.2 5.20 0.9 33
2006 27 17 8 .680 2.75 229.0 185 78 70 24 47 240 4 1.013 7.3 1.8 9.4 5.11 0.9 34
2007 28 13 10 .565 3.50 211.0 187 91 82 34 53 227 4 1.137 8.0 2.3 9.7 4.28 1.5 33
2008 29 18 7 .720 2.54 230.0 207 72 65 23 63 202 4 1.174 8.1 2.5 7.9 3.21 0.9 34
2009 30 11 7 .611 3.24 164.0 160 66 59 21 47 143 3 1.262 8.8 2.6 7.8 3.04 1.2 25
2010 31 13 8 .619 3.25 191.0 184 77 69 16 57 138 2 1.262 8.7 2.7 6.5 2.42 0.8 29
11 Seasons 129 73 .639 3.09 1864.0 1607 712 640 203 526 1834 36 1.144 7.8 8.9 3.49 1.0 339

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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

All-Star Games
2005 *
2006 *
2007 *
2009

Awards (yr lg award)
2004 AL Cy Young
2004 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
2006 AL Cy Young
2006 AL Triple Crown
2006 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2004 AL (6, 30%)
2006 AL (7, 28%)
2008 NL (14, 7%)
0.66 Career Shares (361st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2003 AL (7, 1%)
2004 AL (1, 100%)
2005 AL (3, 36%)
2006 AL (1, 100%)
2007 AL (5, 1%)
2008 NL (3, 34%)
2 Cy Youngs
2.72 Career Shares (11th)

Gold Gloves
2007 AL (P)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2004 AL  7.5 (2nd)
2005 AL  6.3 (2nd)
2006 AL  6.9 (3rd)
2008 NL  6.4 (8th)
Active  47.1 (23rd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2004 AL  7.4 (1st)
2005 AL  6.3 (1st)
2006 AL  7.0 (1st)
2008 NL  6.4 (2nd)
2010 NL  4.4 (10th)
Active  46.5 (6th)
Career  46.5 (93rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2004 AL  2.61 (1st)
2005 AL  2.87 (2nd)
2006 AL  2.77 (1st)
2007 AL  3.33 (7th)
2008 NL  2.53 (1st)
Active  3.10 (3rd)
Career  3.10 (201st)

Wins s c a p y
2004 AL  20 (2nd)
2005 AL  16 (5th)
2006 AL  19 (1st)
2008 NL  16 (7th)
Active  133 (16th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2004 AL  .769 (2nd)
2005 AL  .696 (6th)
2006 AL  .760 (2nd)
2008 NL  .696 (7th)
Active  .658 (3rd)
Career  .658 (19th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2004 AL  0.921 (1st)
2005 AL  0.971 (1st)
2006 AL  0.997 (1st)
2007 AL  1.073 (1st)
2008 NL  1.148 (6th)
Active  1.120 (2nd)
Career  1.120 (31st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 AL  6.158 (1st)
2005 AL  6.993 (1st)
2006 AL  7.164 (1st)
2007 AL  7.521 (3rd)
2008 NL  7.912 (7th)
Active  7.587 (5th)
Career  7.587 (41st)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 AL  2.132 (7th)
2005 AL  1.748 (8th)
2006 AL  1.810 (7th)
Active  2.490 (17th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 AL  10.461 (1st)
2005 AL  9.246 (1st)
2006 AL  9.437 (1st)
2007 AL  9.658 (3rd)
Active  8.851 (4th)
Career  8.851 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2004 AL  228.0 (2nd)
2005 AL  231.7 (2nd)
2006 AL  233.7 (1st)
2007 AL  219.0 (6th)
2008 NL  234.3 (1st)
Active  1,908.7 (21st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2003 AL  169 (8th)
2004 AL  265 (1st)
2005 AL  238 (1st)
2006 AL  245 (1st)
2007 AL  235 (2nd)
2008 NL  206 (2nd)
Active  1,877 (7th)
Career  1,877 (84th)

Games Started s c a p y
2004 AL  34 (3rd)
2005 AL  33 (8th)
2006 AL  34 (1st)
2007 AL  33 (9th)
2008 NL  34 (1st)
Active  263 (31st)

Complete Games s c a p y
2005 AL  3 (4th)
2008 NL  3 (3rd)
2010 NL  4 (3rd)
Active  13 (24th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2004 AL  1 (4th)
2005 AL  2 (2nd)
2007 AL  1 (5th)
2008 NL  2 (3rd)
2010 NL  2 (2nd)
Active  8 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2007 AL  33 (1st)
Active  203 (25th)
Career  203 (197th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Active  528 (33rd)

Hits s c a p y
2008 NL  206 (8th)
Active  1,609 (37th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2004 AL  4.907 (4th)
2005 AL  5.289 (2nd)
2006 AL  5.213 (2nd)
2007 AL  4.519 (4th)
2008 NL  3.270 (7th)
Active  3.555 (6th)
Career  3.555 (17th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2005 AL  0.855 (7th)
Active  0.957 (31st)

Losses s c a p y
2007 AL  13 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
Active  658 (44th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2002 AL  15 (1st)
2005 AL  8 (10th)
2008 NL  9 (10th)
Active  67 (16th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2005 AL  910 (7th)
2006 AL  923 (3rd)
2008 NL  964 (1st)
Active  7,763 (29th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2004 AL  182 (1st)
2005 AL  155 (1st)
2006 AL  162 (1st)
2007 AL  129 (10th)
2008 NL  166 (2nd)
Active  142 (3rd)
Career  142 (13th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2003 AL  27 (8th)
2004 AL  54 (1st)
2005 AL  41 (1st)
2006 AL  45 (1st)
2007 AL  25 (10th)
2008 NL  44 (2nd)
2010 NL  24 (8th)
Active  281 (3rd)
Career  281 (34th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2003 AL  2.7 (8th)
2004 AL  5.5 (1st)
2005 AL  4.3 (1st)
2006 AL  4.6 (1st)
2007 AL  2.5 (10th)
2008 NL  4.6 (2nd)
2010 NL  2.5 (9th)
Active  29.0 (3rd)
Career  29.0 (37th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2003 AL  33.22 (6th)
2004 AL  63.35 (1st)
2005 AL  45.12 (1st)
2006 AL  49.87 (1st)
2007 AL  29.94 (8th)
2008 NL  45.22 (2nd)
2010 NL  26.98 (9th)
Active  316.47 (3rd)
Career  316.47 (20th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2003 AL  3.7 (9th)
2004 AL  5.8 (2nd)
2005 AL  4.4 (2nd)
2006 AL  4.1 (6th)
2008 NL  4.1 (3rd)
Active  29.8 (3rd)
Career  29.8 (29th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2003 AL  2.6 (8th)
2004 AL  6.3 (1st)
2005 AL  4.8 (1st)
2006 AL  5.0 (1st)
2007 AL  2.6 (8th)
2008 NL  3.6 (2nd)
2010 NL  2.6 (10th)
Active  28.4 (3rd)
Career  28.4 (26th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2003 AL  3.3 (6th)
2004 AL  6.6 (1st)
2005 AL  4.7 (1st)
2006 AL  5.2 (1st)
2007 AL  3.1 (7th)
2008 NL  4.9 (2nd)
2010 NL  2.9 (8th)
Active  33.1 (3rd)
Career  33.1 (24th)

Salary s c a p y
2008 NL  $16,984,216 (2nd)
2009 NL  $18,876,139 (4th)
2010 NL  $20,144,707 (1st)
2011 NL  $21,644,707 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
2000 AL  born 1979-03-13 (4th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 42 (35), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 119 (159), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 82 (139), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 39 (76), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Jim Maloney (915)
  2. John Tudor (914)
  3. Harry Brecheen (913)
  4. Sal Maglie (911)
  5. Denny McLain (910)
  6. Roy Oswalt (908)
  7. Mort Cooper (905)
  8. Preacher Roe (904)
  9. Josh Beckett (900)
  10. Cliff Lee (897)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Chet Falk (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mike McQueen (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Herb Pennock (969) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jon Lester (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jon Lester (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tim Hudson (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tim Hudson (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Roy Oswalt (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Roy Oswalt (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Roy Oswalt (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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