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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 (St. Amant, LA)
School: University of Louisiana at Monroe
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
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Athletics 2001-2010
Agents: Casey Close [*]
Final Game: July 19, 2010
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 91 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
9 Seasons 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
162 Game Avg. 13 13 .495 3.79 34 34 0 3 1 0 218 215 101 92 25 50 4 182 4 0 7 908 113 1.216 8.9 1.0 2.1 7.5 3.62
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
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 (8 yrs) NL 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
AL (1 yr) 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

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
2001 22 MIL NL 151.1 25 89 95 0 .9 6 0.5 $200,000 AS
2002 23 MIL NL 216.2 34 105 129 -2 1.0 24 2.4 $290,000
2003 24 MIL NL 220.2 34 122 140 -6 1.0 18 1.8 $428,000
2004 25 MIL NL 237.0 34 85 151 -3 .9 66 6.3 $2,425,000 AS,CYA-8
2005 26 MIL NL 156.2 22 66 97 -2 1.0 31 3.2 $6,000,000
2006 27 MIL NL 106.0 17 47 70 -4 1.0 23 2.3 $9,625,000
2007 28 MIL NL 141.1 24 62 93 -5 .9 31 3.0 $11,125,000 AS
2008 29 MIL NL 198.1 31 74 117 2 1.0 43 4.3 $12,125,000 AS
2010 31 OAK AL 119.1 20 65 68 3 .9 3 0.3 $10,000,000
9 Seasons 1547.1 241 715 960 -17 1.0 245 24.1 $52,218,000
MIL (8 yrs) 1428.0 221 650 892 -20 1.0 242 23.8 $42,218,000
OAK (1 yr) 119.1 20 65 68 3 .9 3 0.3 $10,000,000

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
2001 MIL NL 22 0 0 0 0.00 0 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 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 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 1 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 Seasons (4 Appearances) 1 0 0 0.00 1 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 20 510 461 65 123 31 8 18 13 9 43 84 .267 .327 .486 .813 .290 224 6 0 3 3 2 5
9 Seasons 241 6432 5948 715 1525 349 41 178 121 45 356 1290 .256 .300 .419 .719 .298 2490 90 31 60 37 27 55
162 Game Avg. 34 907 839 101 215 49 6 25 17 6 50 182 .256 .300 .419 .719 .298 351 13 4 8 5 4 8
MLB Averages .264 .333 .420 .753 .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
2001 22 MIL NL -8.1 -0.8 668 -0.9 10.1 -11.1 .88 -0.5 -0.6 -10.6 -1.0 0.88 -5.8 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 -6.4 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 2.3 16.7 -14.4 .91 3.0 -0.5 38.0 3.9 0.91 36.9 0 0 0
2005 26 MIL NL 14.8 1.5 653 1.9 12.3 -10.4 1.02 1.6 0.3 15.1 1.5 1.02 18.1 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 2.4 14.7 -12.3 .97 1.9 0.5 24.4 2.5 0.97 21.8 0 0 0
2010 31 OAK AL -5.1 -0.5 536 -1.2 8.5 -9.7 .94 -1.3 0.1 -8.5 -0.8 0.94 -12.3 0 0 0
9 Seasons 82.1 8.6 6653 6.7 112.8 -106.0 .95 7.0 0.1 76.1 8.0 0.95 83.0 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 0 4 1 1 12 48% 47 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% 51 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% 51 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% 63 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% 59 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 2 0 0 0 11 65% 57 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 2 3 2 0 14 58% 53 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 3 4 5 3 18 58% 57 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 74 4 10 0 0 7 4.6 4.2 6.0 98 2 11 7 0 111
9 Seasons 241 241 90 92 59 15 38 116 125 .481 13 30 18 4 148 61% 54 94 4 84 20 1 89 4.3 4.1 6.4 99 18 82 125 16 127
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 100 -12 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% 0.92 1.32 73% 26% 10.5% 10% 119 16 13%
2002 23 MIL NL 934 52% 2.3% 18.2% 7.5% 8.6% 34% 0.79 1.25 70% 27% 6.8% 14% 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% 16.5% 8.4% 11.2% 46% 0.81 1.12 71% 18% 10.1% 14% 68 6 9%
9 Seasons 6433 53% 2.8% 20.1% 5.5% 8.8% 37% 0.74 0.97 70% 21% 7.7% 12% 997 90 9%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.2% 8.6% 8.0% 34% 0.79 1.07 70% 20% 7.8% 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 653 2360 3.61 1504 64% 26% 11% 29% 34% 74% 3% 47% 85% 58% 5% 32 19 20% 131 78 8 23% 18 8 0 0 0
2002 23 MIL NL 934 3501 3.75 2225 64% 26% 14% 29% 31% 74% 3% 47% 81% 61% 4% 39 19 22% 202 120 16 19% 31 10 0 0 0
2003 24 MIL NL 931 3358 3.61 2205 66% 28% 12% 27% 33% 72% 1% 48% 83% 64% 3% 30 16 22% 205 107 6 30% 27 12 0 0 0
2004 25 MIL NL 937 3579 3.82 2441 68% 27% 18% 28% 26% 73% 0% 50% 75% 66% 2% 20 12 31% 289 155 13 20% 54 7 0 0 0
2005 26 MIL NL 633 2292 3.62 1541 67% 27% 15% 28% 30% 73% 1% 49% 80% 62% 3% 18 15 27% 173 108 6 28% 29 2 0 0 0
2006 27 MIL NL 430 1567 3.64 1070 68% 26% 18% 28% 28% 74% 1% 51% 76% 64% 2% 9 8 23% 101 64 6 22% 23 0 0 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 812 3051 3.76 2002 66% 27% 14% 29% 30% 73% 1% 48% 81% 61% 2% 16 8 24% 197 105 9 24% 28 6 0 0 0
2010 31 OAK AL 511 1943 3.80 1219 63% 31% 12% 26% 32% 69% 1% 44% 83% 61% 4% 22 16 19% 95 45 7 20% 5 4 0 0 0
9 Seasons 6433 23891 3.71 15677 66% 27% 14% 28% 30% 73% 1% 48% 80% 62% 3% 206 126 24% 1526 853 81 24% 232 54 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.77 63% 27% 14% 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 2 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 2 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
9 Seasons 6433 1525 148 22 178 0 75 85 93 87 91 273 149 43 55% 55 52 10 2208 121 45 73% 112 37 9 8 0 0 11 1 112 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 91 1.414 9.9 1.4 2.9 5.6 1.96 91
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 96 1.352 9.7 1.1 2.5 6.4 2.61 96
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 109 1.246 9.1 1.1 2.1 7.5 3.55 109
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

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 4.68 146.0 163 84 76 23 47 91 5 1.438 10.0 2.9 5.6 1.94 1.4 25
2002 23 10 12 .455 4.37 206.0 237 111 100 21 70 161 10 1.490 10.4 3.1 7.0 2.30 0.9 34
2003 24 11 13 .458 4.35 217.0 230 117 105 29 43 155 6 1.258 9.5 1.8 6.4 3.60 1.2 34
2004 25 18 8 .692 2.58 234.0 198 74 67 25 32 261 4 0.983 7.6 1.2 10.0 8.16 1.0 34
2005 26 10 7 .588 3.39 154.0 144 64 58 19 25 139 2 1.097 8.4 1.5 8.1 5.56 1.1 22
2006 27 6 5 .545 3.60 105.0 102 47 42 9 11 115 2 1.076 8.7 0.9 9.9 10.45 0.8 17
2007 28 8 7 .533 3.60 140.0 135 62 56 17 36 105 1 1.221 8.7 2.3 6.8 2.92 1.1 24
2008 29 13 8 .619 3.11 194.0 181 74 67 17 47 155 1 1.175 8.4 2.2 7.2 3.30 0.8 31
2010 31 5 7 .417 5.10 113.0 128 71 64 19 45 79 0 1.531 10.2 3.6 6.3 1.76 1.5 20
9 Seasons 88 76 .537 3.79 1509.0 1518 704 635 179 356 1261 31 1.242 9.1 7.5 3.54 1.1 241

* 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
2001 *
2004 *
2007 *
2008 (P)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2004 NL (8, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (283rd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2004 NL  6.3 (10th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2004 NL  6.3 (2nd)
2008 NL  4.3 (9th)

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  1.216 (174th)

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  2.071 (111th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 NL  10.025 (4th)
Career  7.503 (58th)

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  3.624 (15th)

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 (8th)

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  37.96 (3rd)
2008 NL  24.37 (10th)
Career  76.05 (245th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2008 NL  2.4 (10th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2004 NL  3.0 (5th)
Career  7.0 (230th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2004 NL  3.9 (3rd)
2008 NL  2.5 (9th)

                           

† 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 - 1 (829), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 45 (566), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 19 (638), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (737), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  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

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Name and misspellings: Ben Ben benji M. Sheets

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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