Bobby Seay
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 221 lb.

Born: June 20, 1978 in Sarasota, FL
High School: Sarasota (Sarasota, FL)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed November 8, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 14, 2001
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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
2001 23 TBD AL 1 1 .500 6.23 12 0 4 0 0 0 13.0 13 11 9 3 5 1 12 1 0 1 58 72 1.385 9.0 2.1 3.5 8.3 2.40
2003 25 TBD AL 0 0 3.00 12 0 2 0 0 0 9.0 7 3 3 0 6 0 5 0 0 0 39 146 1.444 7.0 0.0 6.0 5.0 0.83
2004 26 TBD AL 0 0 2.38 21 0 6 0 0 0 22.2 21 6 6 2 5 1 17 2 0 1 95 191 1.147 8.3 0.8 2.0 6.8 3.40
2005 27 COL NL 0 0 8.49 17 0 5 0 0 0 11.2 18 11 11 3 8 1 11 0 1 0 58 56 2.229 13.9 2.3 6.2 8.5 1.38
2006 28 DET AL 0 0 6.46 14 0 6 0 0 0 15.1 14 11 11 1 9 1 12 3 0 0 71 71 1.500 8.2 0.6 5.3 7.0 1.33
2007 29 DET AL 3 0 1.000 2.33 58 0 19 0 0 1 46.1 38 12 12 1 15 4 38 2 1 1 189 196 1.144 7.4 0.2 2.9 7.4 2.53
2008 30 DET AL 1 2 .333 4.47 60 0 14 0 0 0 56.1 59 28 28 4 25 7 58 2 0 3 246 100 1.491 9.4 0.6 4.0 9.3 2.32
2009 31 DET AL 6 3 .667 4.25 67 0 7 0 0 0 48.2 46 23 23 3 17 3 37 3 0 3 208 108 1.295 8.5 0.6 3.1 6.8 2.18
8 Seasons 11 6 .647 4.16 261 0 63 0 0 1 223.0 216 105 103 17 90 18 190 13 2 9 964 109 1.372 8.7 0.7 3.6 7.7 2.11
162 Game Avg. 3 2 .647 4.16 68 0 16 0 0 0 58 56 27 27 4 23 5 50 3 1 2 251 109 1.372 8.7 0.7 3.6 7.7 2.11
DET (4 yrs) 10 5 .667 4.00 199 0 46 0 0 1 166.2 157 74 74 9 66 15 145 10 1 7 714 114 1.338 8.5 0.5 3.6 7.8 2.20
TBD (3 yrs) 1 1 .500 3.63 45 0 12 0 0 0 44.2 41 20 18 5 16 2 34 3 0 2 192 124 1.276 8.3 1.0 3.2 6.9 2.13
COL (1 yr) 0 0 8.49 17 0 5 0 0 0 11.2 18 11 11 3 8 1 11 0 1 0 58 56 2.229 13.9 2.3 6.2 8.5 1.38
AL (7 yrs) 11 6 .647 3.92 244 0 58 0 0 1 211.1 198 94 92 14 82 17 179 13 1 9 906 116 1.325 8.4 0.6 3.5 7.6 2.18
NL (1 yr) 0 0 8.49 17 0 5 0 0 0 11.2 18 11 11 3 8 1 11 0 1 0 58 56 2.229 13.9 2.3 6.2 8.5 1.38

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
2001 23 TBD AL 12 58 50 11 13 3 0 3 1 1 5 12 .260 .339 .500 .839 .286 25 1 1 2 0 1
2003 25 TBD AL 12 39 31 3 7 3 1 0 1 0 6 5 .226 .333 .387 .720 .250 12 1 0 0 2 0
2004 26 TBD AL 21 95 88 6 21 5 1 2 0 2 5 17 .239 .295 .386 .681 .275 34 1 2 0 0 1
2005 27 COL NL 17 58 49 11 18 4 0 3 0 0 8 11 .367 .456 .633 1.089 .429 31 2 0 1 0 1
2006 28 DET AL 14 71 57 11 14 3 0 1 0 0 9 12 .246 .371 .351 .722 .289 20 1 3 1 1 1
2007 29 DET AL 58 188 167 12 38 9 2 1 1 1 15 38 .228 .296 .323 .619 .285 54 3 2 2 2 4
2008 30 DET AL 60 246 212 28 59 11 0 4 2 1 25 58 .278 .354 .387 .741 .357 82 3 2 3 4 7
2009 31 DET AL 67 208 182 23 46 9 2 3 0 1 17 37 .253 .322 .374 .696 .297 68 3 3 3 3 3
8 Seasons 261 963 836 105 216 47 6 17 5 6 90 190 .258 .335 .390 .725 .310 326 15 13 12 12 18
162 Game Avg. 68 251 218 27 56 12 2 4 1 2 23 50 .258 .335 .390 .725 .310 85 4 3 3 3 5
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

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
2001 23 TBD AL 12 12 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 8 0.367 0 4 8 1 1 10 2 10 3 4 4 4 3.3 19
2003 25 TBD AL 12 12 2 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 10 2 20% 7 0.944 3 3 6 3 2 7 6 6 1 6 3 2 2.3 14
2004 26 TBD AL 21 21 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 11 61% 7 0.426 4 4 13 0 4 17 9 12 7 7 8 4 3.2 18
2005 27 COL NL 17 17 5 0 0 1 0 1 0% 3 1 11 6 55% 7 0.658 4 2 11 4 2 11 6 11 0 10 0 2 2.1 14
2006 28 DET AL 14 14 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 8 0.358 0 0 14 3 0 11 5 9 5 2 6 0 3.3 20
2007 29 DET AL 58 58 19 3 0 2 1 1 50% 14 10 42 6 14% 8 0.887 14 14 28 27 6 25 24 34 6 26 9 11 2.4 13
2008 30 DET AL 60 60 14 1 2 1 0 1 0% 15 13 52 16 31% 7 1.060 24 10 24 24 12 24 30 30 17 29 20 12 2.8 16
2009 31 DET AL 67 67 7 6 3 4 0 4 0% 32 28 38 11 29% 7 1.229 29 18 20 47 7 13 29 38 7 39 12 20 2.2 12
8 Seasons 261 261 63 11 6 9 1 8 11% 65 52 180 55 31% 0.878 78 55 124 109 34 118 111 150 46 123 62 55 2.6 15

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%
2001 23 TBD AL 58 59% 5.2% 20.7% 8.6% 10.3% 46% 0.67 0.86 60% 20% 15.8% 10% 10 1 10%
2003 25 TBD AL 39 44% 0.0% 12.8% 15.4% 10.3% 57% 1.00 1.20 72% 11% 0.0% 7% 11 1 9%
2004 26 TBD AL 95 59% 2.1% 17.9% 5.3% 8.4% 38% 0.37 0.52 73% 21% 4.7% 16% 16 1 6%
2005 27 COL NL 58 60% 5.2% 19.0% 13.8% 12.1% 39% 0.73 1.67 60% 26% 15.0% 9% 17 2 12%
2006 28 DET AL 71 58% 1.4% 16.9% 12.7% 5.6% 29% 0.53 0.89 63% 28% 3.6% 7% 15 1 7%
2007 29 DET AL 189 47% 0.5% 20.2% 8.0% 6.4% 32% 0.63 0.77 69% 20% 1.4% 11% 44 3 7%
2008 30 DET AL 246 49% 1.6% 23.6% 10.2% 6.1% 25% 0.64 0.83 63% 22% 4.7% 9% 56 3 5%
2009 31 DET AL 209 40% 1.4% 17.8% 8.2% 6.7% 30% 0.62 0.93 70% 16% 3.8% 12% 54 3 6%
8 Seasons 965 49% 1.8% 19.7% 9.4% 7.3% 32% 0.61 0.85 67% 20% 4.7% 11% 223 15 7%
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
2001 23 TBD AL 58 223 3.84 134 60% 27% 13% 30% 30% 73% 4% 44% 82% 64% 5% 3 1 28% 16 8 0 33% 3 1 0 0 0
2003 25 TBD AL 39 167 4.28 93 56% 33% 6% 30% 30% 67% 0% 37% 90% 46% 8% 3 0 8% 3 1 0 80% 1 3 0 0 0
2004 26 TBD AL 95 377 3.97 242 64% 29% 13% 28% 29% 71% 3% 45% 81% 59% 3% 3 1 23% 22 11 1 18% 3 1 0 0 0
2005 27 COL NL 58 233 4.02 145 62% 27% 14% 32% 27% 73% 5% 45% 81% 67% 5% 3 1 29% 17 11 2 18% 5 1 0 0 0
2006 28 DET AL 71 278 3.92 174 63% 37% 12% 24% 27% 63% 4% 40% 81% 59% 6% 4 2 15% 11 6 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0
2007 29 DET AL 189 743 3.93 487 66% 36% 13% 24% 27% 64% 6% 42% 80% 63% 4% 8 4 31% 59 33 3 24% 4 0 0 0 1
2008 30 DET AL 246 976 3.97 606 62% 31% 14% 28% 27% 69% 7% 43% 79% 56% 7% 17 5 26% 64 33 6 29% 8 5 0 0 0
2009 31 DET AL 209 787 3.77 491 62% 31% 12% 26% 31% 69% 4% 43% 82% 53% 8% 16 7 22% 46 25 2 19% 8 6 0 0 0
8 Seasons 965 3784 3.92 2372 63% 32% 13% 27% 28% 68% 5% 43% 81% 58% 6% 57 21 25% 238 128 16 26% 33 18 0 0 1
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
2001 23 TBD AL 58 13 1 0 3 0 2 2 1 1 2 4 1 1 25% 2 1 0 17 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
2003 25 TBD AL 39 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 3 1 38% 0 0 0 14 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2004 26 TBD AL 95 21 1 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 6 2 1 33% 1 1 0 30 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0
2005 27 COL NL 58 18 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 2 1 5 2 1 40% 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2006 28 DET AL 71 14 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2007 29 DET AL 189 38 1 1 1 0 8 1 0 1 0 11 8 1 73% 0 1 1 74 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
2008 30 DET AL 246 59 6 1 4 0 11 3 1 2 2 17 10 3 59% 2 3 3 113 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
2009 31 DET AL 209 46 0 0 3 0 4 2 1 3 0 15 8 4 53% 1 3 0 87 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
8 Seasons 965 216 9 2 17 1 34 13 4 10 7 69 36 12 52% 6 9 4 394 5 6 45% 4 6 1 0 0 0 5 3 34 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+
2001 23 1 1 .500 6.23 12 0 4 0 0 0 13.0 13 11 9 3 5 1 12 1 0 1 58 72 1.385 9.0 2.1 3.5 8.3 2.40 72
2002 24 1 1 .500 6.23 12 0 4 0 0 0 13.0 13 11 9 3 5 1 12 1 0 1 58 72 1.385 9.0 2.1 3.5 8.3 2.40 72
2003 25 1 1 .500 4.91 24 0 6 0 0 0 22.0 20 14 12 3 11 1 17 1 0 1 97 91 1.409 8.2 1.2 4.5 7.0 1.55 91
2004 26 1 1 .500 3.63 45 0 12 0 0 0 44.2 41 20 18 5 16 2 34 3 0 2 192 124 1.276 8.3 1.0 3.2 6.9 2.13 124
2005 27 1 1 .500 4.63 62 0 17 0 0 0 56.1 59 31 29 8 24 3 45 3 1 2 250 98 1.473 9.4 1.3 3.8 7.2 1.88 98
2006 28 1 1 .500 5.02 76 0 23 0 0 0 71.2 73 42 40 9 33 4 57 6 1 2 321 91 1.479 9.2 1.1 4.1 7.2 1.73 91
2007 29 4 1 .800 3.97 134 0 42 0 0 1 118.0 111 54 52 10 48 8 95 8 2 3 510 115 1.347 8.5 0.8 3.7 7.2 1.98 115
2008 30 5 3 .625 4.13 194 0 56 0 0 1 174.1 170 82 80 14 73 15 153 10 2 6 756 110 1.394 8.8 0.7 3.8 7.9 2.10 110
2009 31 11 6 .647 4.16 261 0 63 0 0 1 223.0 216 105 103 17 90 18 190 13 2 9 964 109 1.372 8.7 0.7 3.6 7.7 2.11 109

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2001 23 0 1 .000 5.54 13.0 13 9 8 3 5 12 1 1.385 9.0 3.5 8.3 2.40 2.1 12
2003 25 0 0 4.50 8.0 8 4 4 0 7 4 0 1.875 9.0 7.9 4.5 0.57 0.0 12
2004 26 1 1 .500 2.45 22.0 21 7 6 2 5 16 2 1.182 8.6 2.0 6.5 3.20 0.8 21
2005 27 0 1 .000 8.18 11.0 17 11 10 3 8 10 0 2.273 13.9 6.5 8.2 1.25 2.5 17
2006 28 0 1 .000 5.62 16.0 13 11 10 1 8 13 3 1.313 7.3 4.5 7.3 1.63 0.6 14
2007 29 4 1 .800 2.15 46.0 36 12 11 1 14 38 2 1.087 7.0 2.7 7.4 2.71 0.2 58
2008 30 3 3 .500 4.50 54.0 57 30 27 4 24 56 2 1.500 9.5 4.0 9.3 2.33 0.7 60
2009 31 2 3 .400 4.12 48.0 45 24 22 3 17 36 3 1.292 8.4 3.2 6.8 2.12 0.6 67
8 Seasons 10 11 .476 4.05 218.0 210 108 98 17 88 185 13 1.367 8.7 7.6 2.10 0.7 261

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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