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Ben Sheets

Ben M. Sheets

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 18, 1978 in Baton Rouge, LA
High School: St. Amant HS (St. Amant, LA)
School: University of Louisiana at Monroe (Monroe, LA)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed July 30, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 2001 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Athletics/Braves 2001-2012
Agents: Casey Close [*]
Final Game: October 3, 2012 (Age 34)   vs. PIT 1.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Relatives: Cousin of Andy Sheets
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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
2001 22 MIL NL 11 10 .524 4.76 25 25 0 1 1 0 151.1 166 89 80 23 48 6 94 5 0 3 653 90 1.414 9.9 1.4 2.9 5.6 1.96 AS
2002 23 MIL NL 11 16 .407 4.15 34 34 0 1 0 0 216.2 237 105 100 21 70 10 170 10 0 9 934 98 1.417 9.8 0.9 2.9 7.1 2.43
2003 24 MIL NL 11 13 .458 4.45 34 34 0 1 0 0 220.2 232 122 109 29 43 2 157 6 0 7 931 97 1.246 9.5 1.2 1.8 6.4 3.65
2004 25 MIL NL 12 14 .462 2.70 34 34 0 5 0 0 237.0 201 85 71 25 32 1 264 4 1 8 937 162 0.983 7.6 0.9 1.2 10.0 8.25 AS,CYA-8
2005 26 MIL NL 10 9 .526 3.33 22 22 0 3 0 0 156.2 142 66 58 19 25 1 141 2 0 7 633 128 1.066 8.2 1.1 1.4 8.1 5.64
2006 27 MIL NL 6 7 .462 3.82 17 17 0 0 0 0 106.0 105 47 45 9 11 1 116 2 0 3 430 119 1.094 8.9 0.8 0.9 9.8 10.55
2007 28 MIL NL 12 5 .706 3.82 24 24 0 2 0 0 141.1 138 62 60 17 37 2 106 1 0 4 592 116 1.238 8.8 1.1 2.4 6.8 2.86 AS
2008 29 MIL NL 13 9 .591 3.09 31 31 0 5 3 0 198.1 181 74 68 17 47 2 158 1 0 8 812 137 1.150 8.2 0.8 2.1 7.2 3.36 AS
2010 31 OAK AL 4 9 .308 4.53 20 20 0 0 0 0 119.1 123 65 60 18 43 2 84 0 0 3 511 91 1.391 9.3 1.4 3.2 6.3 1.95
2012 33 ATL NL 4 4 .500 3.47 9 9 0 0 0 0 49.1 52 21 19 6 13 1 35 1 0 1 207 117 1.318 9.5 1.1 2.4 6.4 2.69
10 Yrs 94 96 .495 3.78 250 250 0 18 4 0 1596.2 1577 736 670 184 369 28 1325 32 1 53 6640 113 1.219 8.9 1.0 2.1 7.5 3.59
162 Game Avg. 13 13 .495 3.78 34 34 0 2 1 0 217 214 100 91 25 50 4 180 4 0 7 903 113 1.219 8.9 1.0 2.1 7.5 3.59
MIL (8 yrs) 86 83 .509 3.72 221 221 0 18 4 0 1428.0 1402 650 591 160 313 25 1206 31 1 49 5922 115 1.201 8.8 1.0 2.0 7.6 3.85
ATL (1 yr) 4 4 .500 3.47 9 9 0 0 0 0 49.1 52 21 19 6 13 1 35 1 0 1 207 117 1.318 9.5 1.1 2.4 6.4 2.69
OAK (1 yr) 4 9 .308 4.53 20 20 0 0 0 0 119.1 123 65 60 18 43 2 84 0 0 3 511 91 1.391 9.3 1.4 3.2 6.3 1.95
NL (9 yrs) 90 87 .508 3.72 230 230 0 18 4 0 1477.1 1454 671 610 166 326 26 1241 32 1 50 6129 115 1.205 8.9 1.0 2.0 7.6 3.81
AL (1 yr) 4 9 .308 4.53 20 20 0 0 0 0 119.1 123 65 60 18 43 2 84 0 0 3 511 91 1.391 9.3 1.4 3.2 6.3 1.95

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
2001 22 MIL NL 151.1 25 25 89 5.29 4.82 -0.05 0.18 99.3 5.01 -5 -0.5 -0.1 0.7 9 .480 .497 $200,000 AS
2002 23 MIL NL 216.2 34 34 105 4.36 4.51 -0.09 0.17 99.4 4.74 8 0.9 -0.1 2.6 27 .525 .505 $290,000
2003 24 MIL NL 220.2 34 34 122 4.98 4.68 -0.46 0.18 99.0 5.28 6 0.7 -0.2 2.4 27 .520 .504 $428,000
2004 25 MIL NL 237.0 34 34 85 3.23 4.72 -0.10 0.18 102.2 5.11 48 5.3 -0.2 7.2 70 .657 .533 $2,425,000 AS,CYA-8
2005 26 MIL NL 156.2 22 22 66 3.79 4.61 -0.05 0.17 103.0 4.98 20 2.3 -0.1 3.5 34 .603 .514 $6,000,000
2006 27 MIL NL 106.0 17 17 47 3.99 4.79 0.05 0.19 100.2 4.95 12 1.2 -0.1 2.0 21 .570 .507 $9,625,000
2007 28 MIL NL 141.1 24 24 62 3.95 4.68 -0.09 0.19 101.2 5.02 18 1.8 -0.1 2.9 30 .577 .511 $11,125,000 AS
2008 29 MIL NL 198.1 31 31 74 3.36 4.61 0.23 0.18 98.1 4.48 26 2.8 -0.1 4.3 42 .590 .517 $12,125,000 AS
2010 31 OAK AL 119.1 20 20 65 4.90 4.46 0.37 0.16 100.3 4.26 -9 -1.0 -0.1 0.2 4 .452 .494 $10,000,000
2012 33 ATL NL 49.1 9 9 21 3.83 4.25 0.51 0.16 97.2 3.79 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.3 4 .492 .500
10 Seasons 1596.2 250 250 736 4.15 4.64 -0.03 0.18 100.2 4.86 123 13.4 -1.0 26.1 267 .554 .508 $52,218,000
MIL (8 yrs) 1428.0 221 221 650 4.10 4.67 -0.09 0.18 100.2 4.95 133 14.4 -0.9 25.6 260 .565 .511 $42,218,000
ATL (1 yr) 49.1 9 9 21 3.83 4.25 0.51 0.16 97.2 3.79 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.3 4 .492 .500
OAK (1 yr) 119.1 20 20 65 4.90 4.46 0.37 0.16 100.3 4.26 -9 -1.0 -0.1 0.2 4 .452 .494 $10,000,000

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
2001 MIL NL 22 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 MIL NL 25 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2007 MIL NL 28 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 MIL NL 29 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 9 1.500 4.5 0.0 9.0 13.5 1.50
4 Yrs (4 GP) 1 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 4.1 3 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 18 1.154 6.2 0.0 4.2 8.3 2.00

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
2001 22 MIL NL 25 653 587 89 166 33 3 23 7 4 48 94 .283 .340 .467 .806 .301 274 16 5 8 5 6 7
2002 23 MIL NL 34 934 844 105 237 55 4 21 14 12 70 170 .281 .343 .430 .773 .331 363 19 10 10 0 10 8
2003 24 MIL NL 34 931 865 122 232 43 5 29 14 4 43 157 .268 .305 .430 .735 .296 372 15 6 11 6 2 10
2004 25 MIL NL 34 937 891 85 201 57 4 25 15 5 32 264 .226 .255 .383 .637 .290 341 10 4 6 4 1 9
2005 26 MIL NL 22 633 598 66 142 25 3 19 14 2 25 141 .237 .270 .385 .654 .280 230 6 2 6 2 1 5
2006 27 MIL NL 17 430 406 47 105 33 3 9 10 2 11 116 .259 .278 .421 .699 .336 171 3 2 6 5 1 0
2007 28 MIL NL 24 592 545 62 138 23 5 17 21 0 37 106 .253 .299 .407 .707 .283 222 7 1 4 5 2 3
2008 29 MIL NL 31 812 751 74 181 49 6 17 13 7 47 158 .241 .284 .390 .674 .281 293 8 1 6 7 2 8
2010 31 OAK AL 20 511 461 65 123 31 8 18 13 9 43 84 .267 .327 .486 .813 .290 224 6 0 3 3 2 5
2012 33 ATL NL 9 207 189 21 52 13 1 6 4 0 13 35 .275 .325 .450 .775 .311 85 5 1 4 0 1 0
10 Yrs 250 6640 6137 736 1577 362 42 184 125 45 369 1325 .257 .301 .420 .720 .299 2575 95 32 64 37 28 55
162 Game Avg. 34 903 835 100 214 49 6 25 17 6 50 180 .257 .301 .420 .720 .299 350 13 4 9 5 4 7
MLB Averages .263 .330 .417 .748 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2001 22 MIL NL -9.0 -0.9 668 -1.0 10.1 -11.1 .88 -0.5 -0.6 -11.1 -1.1 0.88 -6.3 0 0 0
2002 23 MIL NL 0.2 0.0 970 0.0 15.8 -15.8 .97 -0.4 0.4 1.3 0.1 0.97 -6.5 0 0 0
2003 24 MIL NL -5.6 -0.5 958 -1.0 15.9 -17.0 .96 -0.0 -1.0 -9.5 -0.9 0.96 -1.1 0 0 0
2004 25 MIL NL 39.9 4.2 964 2.2 16.7 -14.4 .91 3.0 -0.5 37.7 3.9 0.91 36.6 0 0 0
2005 26 MIL NL 14.8 1.5 653 1.9 12.3 -10.4 1.02 1.6 0.3 14.7 1.5 1.02 17.6 0 0 0
2006 27 MIL NL 9.4 0.9 444 1.6 8.4 -6.7 1.00 1.4 0.3 12.5 1.2 1.00 15.0 0 0 0
2007 28 MIL NL 11.2 1.1 619 1.7 10.3 -8.6 .92 1.3 0.5 13.3 1.3 0.92 16.7 0 0 0
2008 29 MIL NL 25.3 2.6 841 2.3 14.7 -12.3 .97 1.9 0.5 24.0 2.5 0.97 21.4 0 0 0
2010 31 OAK AL -5.7 -0.6 536 -1.2 8.5 -9.7 .94 -1.4 0.1 -8.8 -0.9 0.94 -12.7 0 0 0
2012 33 ATL NL 2.9 0.3 213 0.1 3.5 -3.4 .92 -0.1 0.2 0.9 0.1 0.92 -0.3 0 0 0
10 Yrs 83.5 8.7 6866 6.7 116.1 -109.5 .95 6.7 0.3 75.0 7.8 0.95 80.4 0 0 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
2001 22 MIL NL 25 25 11 10 4 3 2 12 13 .480 1 4 1 1 12 48% 47.0 79 8 19 4 0 9 5.0 5.1 6.1 95 2 14 9 0 114
2002 23 MIL NL 34 34 11 16 7 1 7 12 22 .353 1 4 1 0 22 65% 50.8 79 18 14 5 0 11 3.6 4.1 6.4 103 1 7 25 1 126
2003 24 MIL NL 34 34 11 13 10 1 5 18 16 .529 3 5 1 0 18 53% 50.6 79 8 7 1 0 9 4.7 4.3 6.5 99 1 14 16 3 127
2004 25 MIL NL 34 34 12 14 8 2 9 16 18 .471 1 4 5 0 24 71% 62.6 94 32 5 0 0 9 3.5 3.3 7.0 105 1 6 23 4 127
2005 26 MIL NL 22 22 10 9 3 0 4 12 10 .545 0 3 3 0 16 73% 58.5 80 13 8 4 0 8 3.7 3.5 7.1 104 1 6 12 3 126
2006 27 MIL NL 17 17 6 7 4 1 2 6 11 .353 3 0 0 0 11 65% 56.6 84 14 5 4 0 9 3.7 4.1 6.2 92 2 9 6 0 114
2007 28 MIL NL 24 24 12 5 7 3 1 15 9 .625 3 3 2 0 14 58% 53.0 82 20 6 2 1 10 6.0 5.1 5.9 93 4 7 12 1 124
2008 29 MIL NL 31 31 13 9 9 3 3 18 13 .581 4 4 5 3 18 58% 56.7 85 25 10 0 0 17 4.5 4.0 6.4 99 4 8 15 4 123
2010 31 OAK AL 20 20 4 9 7 1 5 7 13 .350 1 3 0 0 13 65% 49.0 74 4 10 0 0 7 4.6 4.2 6.0 98 2 11 7 0 111
2012 33 ATL NL 9 9 4 4 1 0 1 5 4 .556 0 0 0 0 5 56% 51.8 72 28 4 0 0 7 4.3 4.6 5.5 85 1 6 2 0 107
10 Yrs 250 250 94 96 60 15 39 121 129 .484 17 30 18 4 153 61% 54 94 4 88 20 1 96 4.3 4.1 6.4 99 19 88 127 16 127
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 101 -13 4.7 4.7 5.9 95

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%
2001 22 MIL NL 653 56% 3.5% 14.4% 7.4% 9.0% 36% 0.84 1.32 73% 26% 9.5% 9% 119 16 13%
2002 23 MIL NL 934 52% 2.3% 18.2% 7.5% 8.6% 34% 0.75 1.25 70% 27% 6.3% 13% 169 19 11%
2003 24 MIL NL 931 55% 3.1% 16.9% 4.6% 8.3% 33% 0.82 0.98 74% 20% 8.5% 12% 168 15 9%
2004 25 MIL NL 937 52% 2.7% 28.2% 3.4% 9.2% 43% 0.76 0.96 65% 20% 7.9% 10% 123 10 8%
2005 26 MIL NL 633 49% 3.0% 22.3% 4.0% 7.4% 33% 0.60 0.71 70% 20% 7.4% 9% 82 6 7%
2006 27 MIL NL 430 59% 2.1% 27.0% 2.6% 10.5% 43% 0.69 0.83 67% 18% 5.8% 10% 51 3 6%
2007 28 MIL NL 592 54% 2.9% 17.9% 6.3% 7.6% 33% 0.59 0.70 72% 20% 7.5% 18% 102 7 7%
2008 29 MIL NL 812 49% 2.1% 19.5% 5.8% 8.9% 40% 0.70 0.92 72% 17% 5.5% 11% 115 8 7%
2010 31 OAK AL 511 48% 3.5% 16.4% 8.4% 11.2% 46% 0.81 1.12 71% 18% 10.1% 14% 68 6 9%
2012 33 ATL NL 207 40% 2.9% 16.9% 6.3% 9.7% 39% 0.70 1.11 72% 24% 7.7% 12% 31 5 16%
10 Yrs 6640 52% 2.8% 20.0% 5.6% 8.9% 37% 0.73 0.98 70% 21% 7.6% 12% 1028 95 9%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.5% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.08 70% 20% 7.7% 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
2001 22 MIL NL 656 2369 3.61 1508 64% 26% 11% 29% 34% 74% 3% 47% 85% 58% 5% 32 19 20% 131 78 8 23% 18 8 -3 0 0
2002 23 MIL NL 938 3510 3.74 2229 64% 26% 14% 29% 31% 74% 3% 47% 81% 61% 4% 39 19 22% 202 120 16 19% 31 10 -4 0 0
2003 24 MIL NL 932 3362 3.61 2207 66% 28% 12% 27% 33% 72% 1% 48% 83% 64% 3% 30 16 22% 205 107 6 30% 27 12 -1 0 0
2004 25 MIL NL 938 3581 3.82 2442 68% 27% 18% 28% 26% 73% 0% 50% 75% 66% 2% 20 12 31% 289 155 13 20% 54 7 -1 0 0
2005 26 MIL NL 635 2294 3.61 1542 67% 27% 15% 28% 30% 73% 1% 49% 80% 62% 3% 18 15 27% 173 108 6 28% 29 2 -2 0 0
2006 27 MIL NL 431 1569 3.64 1072 68% 26% 18% 28% 28% 74% 1% 51% 76% 64% 2% 9 8 23% 101 64 6 22% 23 0 -1 0 0
2007 28 MIL NL 592 2240 3.78 1470 66% 26% 13% 31% 30% 74% 1% 49% 82% 63% 3% 20 13 22% 133 71 10 27% 17 5 0 0 0
2008 29 MIL NL 815 3054 3.75 2002 66% 27% 14% 29% 30% 73% 1% 48% 81% 61% 2% 16 8 24% 197 105 9 24% 28 6 -3 0 0
2010 31 OAK AL 514 1950 3.79 1223 63% 31% 12% 26% 31% 69% 1% 43% 83% 61% 4% 22 16 19% 97 46 7 20% 5 4 -3 0 0
2012 33 ATL NL 207 768 3.71 495 64% 29% 13% 26% 32% 71% 1% 46% 82% 58% 2% 5 1 25% 51 30 2 20% 7 3 0 0 0
10 Yrs 6658 24697 3.71 16190 66% 27% 14% 28% 30% 73% 1% 48% 80% 62% 3% 211 127 24% 1579 884 83 23% 239 57 -18 0 0
MLB Averages 3.77 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 59% 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
2001 22 MIL NL 653 166 21 4 23 0 16 7 16 15 8 35 21 4 60% 7 3 0 220 7 4 64% 7 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
2002 23 MIL NL 934 237 20 3 21 0 24 8 13 8 13 49 21 12 43% 8 9 5 329 14 12 54% 12 11 2 1 0 0 1 0 15 0
2003 24 MIL NL 931 232 25 4 29 0 8 20 9 17 12 35 18 5 51% 10 7 2 350 14 4 78% 13 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 18 0
2004 25 MIL NL 937 201 20 3 25 0 7 10 15 13 12 35 20 6 57% 9 8 0 287 15 5 75% 12 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 18 0
2005 26 MIL NL 633 142 12 2 19 0 4 9 10 5 14 20 11 3 55% 5 7 1 205 14 2 88% 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2006 27 MIL NL 430 105 11 2 9 0 3 3 6 7 2 21 12 4 57% 0 3 0 141 10 2 83% 9 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
2007 28 MIL NL 592 138 14 0 17 0 2 8 9 9 8 27 11 6 41% 3 4 0 227 21 0 100% 20 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
2008 29 MIL NL 812 181 17 3 17 0 8 10 7 7 10 30 21 2 70% 8 8 0 272 13 7 65% 13 4 0 3 0 0 2 0 17 0
2010 31 OAK AL 511 123 8 1 18 0 3 10 8 6 12 21 14 1 67% 5 3 2 177 13 9 59% 12 7 1 2 0 0 1 1 7 0
2012 33 ATL NL 207 52 7 2 6 0 2 4 2 4 2 11 5 2 45% 0 1 0 68 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
10 Yrs 6640 1577 155 24 184 0 77 89 95 91 93 284 154 45 54% 55 53 10 2276 125 45 74% 116 37 9 8 0 0 10 1 114 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+
2001 22 11 10 .524 4.76 25 25 0 1 1 0 151.1 166 89 80 23 48 6 94 5 0 3 653 90 1.414 9.9 1.4 2.9 5.6 1.96 90
2002 23 22 26 .458 4.40 59 59 0 2 1 0 368.0 403 194 180 44 118 16 264 15 0 12 1587 95 1.416 9.9 1.1 2.9 6.5 2.24 95
2003 24 33 39 .458 4.42 93 93 0 3 1 0 588.2 635 316 289 73 161 18 421 21 0 19 2518 95 1.352 9.7 1.1 2.5 6.4 2.61 95
2004 25 45 53 .459 3.92 127 127 0 8 1 0 825.2 836 401 360 98 193 19 685 25 1 27 3455 108 1.246 9.1 1.1 2.1 7.5 3.55 108
2005 26 55 62 .470 3.83 149 149 0 11 1 0 982.1 978 467 418 117 218 20 826 27 1 34 4088 111 1.218 9.0 1.1 2.0 7.6 3.79 111
2006 27 61 69 .469 3.83 166 166 0 11 1 0 1088.1 1083 514 463 126 229 21 942 29 1 37 4518 112 1.206 9.0 1.0 1.9 7.8 4.11 112
2007 28 73 74 .497 3.83 190 190 0 13 1 0 1229.2 1221 576 523 143 266 23 1048 30 1 41 5110 113 1.209 8.9 1.0 1.9 7.7 3.94 113
2008 29 86 83 .509 3.72 221 221 0 18 4 0 1428.0 1402 650 591 160 313 25 1206 31 1 49 5922 115 1.201 8.8 1.0 2.0 7.6 3.85 115
2009 30 86 83 .509 3.72 221 221 0 18 4 0 1428.0 1402 650 591 160 313 25 1206 31 1 49 5922 115 1.201 8.8 1.0 2.0 7.6 3.85 115
2010 31 90 92 .495 3.79 241 241 0 18 4 0 1547.1 1525 715 651 178 356 27 1290 31 1 52 6433 113 1.216 8.9 1.0 2.1 7.5 3.62 113
2011 32 90 92 .495 3.79 241 241 0 18 4 0 1547.1 1525 715 651 178 356 27 1290 31 1 52 6433 113 1.216 8.9 1.0 2.1 7.5 3.62 113
2012 33 94 96 .495 3.78 250 250 0 18 4 0 1596.2 1577 736 670 184 369 28 1325 32 1 53 6640 113 1.219 8.9 1.0 2.1 7.5 3.59 113

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
2001 22 7 9 .438 4.75 146.0 162 86 77 22 47 91 5 1.432 10.0 2.9 5.6 1.94 1.4 25
2002 23 10 12 .455 4.43 205.0 238 112 101 21 70 161 10 1.502 10.4 3.1 7.1 2.30 0.9 34
2003 24 11 13 .458 4.27 219.0 227 116 104 28 42 156 6 1.228 9.3 1.7 6.4 3.71 1.2 34
2004 25 18 8 .692 2.56 236.0 195 74 67 24 31 263 4 0.958 7.4 1.2 10.0 8.48 0.9 34
2005 26 10 7 .588 3.31 155.0 140 63 57 19 25 140 2 1.065 8.1 1.5 8.1 5.60 1.1 22
2006 27 6 5 .545 3.48 106.0 100 46 41 9 10 116 2 1.038 8.5 0.8 9.8 11.60 0.8 17
2007 28 8 7 .533 3.57 141.0 133 62 56 16 36 106 1 1.199 8.5 2.3 6.8 2.94 1.0 24
2008 29 13 8 .619 3.15 194.0 181 76 68 17 47 155 1 1.175 8.4 2.2 7.2 3.30 0.8 31
2010 31 5 7 .417 5.10 113.0 127 71 64 19 44 80 0 1.513 10.1 3.5 6.4 1.82 1.5 20
2012 33 3 2 .600 3.83 47.0 53 22 20 6 13 33 1 1.404 10.1 2.5 6.3 2.54 1.1 9
10 Yrs 91 78 .538 3.77 1562.0 1556 728 655 181 365 1301 32 1.230 9.0 7.5 3.56 1.0 250

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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
2001 *
2004 *
2007 *
2008 (P)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2004 NL (8, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (292nd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2004 NL  7.3 (8th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2004 NL  7.2 (2nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2004 NL  2.70 (3rd)
2008 NL  3.09 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2007 NL  .706 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2004 NL  0.983 (2nd)
2008 NL  1.150 (7th)
Career  1.219 (183rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 NL  7.633 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2003 NL  1.754 (3rd)
2004 NL  1.215 (2nd)
2008 NL  2.133 (10th)
Career  2.080 (114th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 NL  10.025 (4th)
Career  7.469 (66th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2002 NL  216.7 (9th)
2003 NL  220.7 (4th)
2004 NL  237.0 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2004 NL  264 (2nd)

Games Started s c a p y
2002 NL  34 (4th)
2003 NL  34 (3rd)
2004 NL  34 (5th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2004 NL  5 (2nd)
2005 NL  3 (6th)
2007 NL  2 (4th)
2008 NL  5 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
2001 NL  1 (7th)
2008 NL  3 (1st)

Home Runs s c a p y
2003 NL  29 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
2002 NL  237 (2nd)
2003 NL  232 (3rd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2003 NL  3.651 (6th)
2004 NL  8.250 (1st)
2008 NL  3.362 (6th)
Career  3.591 (16th)

Losses s c a p y
2002 NL  16 (1st)
2003 NL  13 (6th)
2004 NL  14 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2002 NL  100 (7th)
2003 NL  109 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2002 NL  9 (8th)
2004 NL  8 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2002 NL  10 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2002 NL  934 (6th)
2003 NL  931 (4th)
2004 NL  937 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2004 NL  162 (3rd)
2008 NL  137 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2004 NL  40 (2nd)
2008 NL  25 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2004 NL  4.2 (2nd)
2008 NL  2.6 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2004 NL  37.66 (3rd)
2008 NL  24.03 (10th)
Career  75.04 (205th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2008 NL  2.3 (10th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2004 NL  3.0 (5th)
Career  6.7 (240th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2004 NL  3.9 (2nd)
2008 NL  2.5 (8th)
Career  7.8 (208th)

                           

† 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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (873), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 45 (570), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 19 (652), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (752), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (396th), 23.4 career WAR/22.3 7yr-peak WAR/22.8 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
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Zack Greinke (965)
  2. Chris Bosio (950)
  3. Gene Conley (949)
  4. Dick Bosman (942)
  5. Rick Reed (939)
  6. Erik Hanson (939)
  7. James Shields (937)
  8. Wandy Rodriguez (934)
  9. Hal Brown (934)
  10. Jim Colborn (933)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Norm Bass (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Melido Perez (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jeff Weaver (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joe Niekro (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Zack Greinke (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Kevin Gross (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dan Haren (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dan Haren (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Chris Bosio (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tim Belcher (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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