Jose Silva
Jose Leonel Silva
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 19, 1973 in Tijuana, 02, Mexico
High School: Hilltop (Chula Vista, CA)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 6th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 25, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1996
Final Game: September 28, 2002
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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
1996 22 TOR AL 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 37 2.500 22.5 4.5 0.0 0.0
1997 23 PIT NL 2 1 .667 5.94 11 4 0 0 0 0 36.1 52 26 24 4 16 3 30 1 1 0 174 73 1.872 12.9 1.0 4.0 7.4 1.88
1998 24 PIT NL 6 7 .462 4.40 18 18 0 1 0 0 100.1 104 55 49 7 30 2 64 1 2 2 425 99 1.336 9.3 0.6 2.7 5.7 2.13
1999 25 PIT NL 2 8 .200 5.73 34 12 9 0 0 4 97.1 108 70 62 10 39 0 77 3 3 4 433 80 1.510 10.0 0.9 3.6 7.1 1.97
2000 26 PIT NL 11 9 .550 5.56 51 19 12 1 0 0 136.0 178 96 84 16 50 7 98 5 1 6 631 83 1.676 11.8 1.1 3.3 6.5 1.96
2001 27 PIT NL 3 3 .500 6.75 26 0 10 0 0 0 32.0 35 24 24 6 9 1 23 0 0 0 140 68 1.375 9.8 1.7 2.5 6.5 2.56
2002 28 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 4.24 12 0 1 0 0 0 23.1 25 11 11 3 10 3 6 3 0 2 101 102 1.500 9.6 1.2 3.9 2.3 0.60
7 Seasons 25 28 .472 5.41 154 53 32 2 0 4 427.1 507 285 257 47 154 16 298 13 7 14 1915 84 1.547 10.7 1.0 3.2 6.3 1.94
162 Game Avg. 8 9 .472 5.41 51 17 11 1 0 1 140 167 94 84 15 51 5 98 4 2 5 629 84 1.547 10.7 1.0 3.2 6.3 1.94
PIT (5 yrs) 24 28 .462 5.44 140 53 31 2 0 4 402.0 477 271 243 43 144 13 292 10 7 12 1803 83 1.545 10.7 1.0 3.2 6.5 2.03
CIN (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 4.24 12 0 1 0 0 0 23.1 25 11 11 3 10 3 6 3 0 2 101 102 1.500 9.6 1.2 3.9 2.3 0.60
TOR (1 yr) 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 37 2.500 22.5 4.5 0.0 0.0
NL (6 yrs) 25 28 .472 5.37 152 53 32 2 0 4 425.1 502 282 254 46 154 16 298 13 7 14 1904 84 1.542 10.6 1.0 3.3 6.3 1.94
AL (1 yr) 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 37 2.500 22.5 4.5 0.0 0.0

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
1996 22 TOR AL 2 11 11 3 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .455 .455 .818 1.273 .400 9 0 0 0 0 0
1997 23 PIT NL 11 174 150 26 52 12 1 4 3 1 16 30 .347 .406 .520 .926 .403 78 0 1 4 3 3
1998 24 PIT NL 18 425 384 55 104 23 2 7 7 3 30 64 .271 .321 .396 .717 .305 152 10 1 5 5 2
1999 25 PIT NL 34 433 385 70 108 26 2 10 4 3 39 77 .281 .349 .436 .785 .326 168 11 3 3 3 0
2000 26 PIT NL 51 631 562 96 178 26 2 16 6 4 50 98 .317 .375 .456 .830 .358 256 10 5 9 5 7
2001 27 PIT NL 26 140 129 24 35 3 0 6 1 0 9 23 .271 .319 .434 .753 .290 56 2 0 2 0 1
2002 28 CIN NL 12 101 85 11 25 5 0 3 1 2 10 6 .294 .384 .459 .843 .286 39 2 3 2 1 3
7 Seasons 154 1915 1706 285 507 96 7 47 22 13 154 298 .297 .357 .444 .801 .334 758 35 13 25 17 16
162 Game Avg. 51 629 560 94 167 32 2 15 7 4 51 98 .297 .357 .444 .801 .334 249 11 4 8 6 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1997 23 PIT NL 11 4 1 0 3 0 0 2 2 .500 0 3 0 0 1 25% 38 44 26 8 3 0 3 4.4 3.7 5.7 103 0 2 1 1 123
1998 24 PIT NL 18 18 6 7 5 0 0 8 10 .444 3 1 1 0 9 50% 49 80 19 10 4 0 10 4.0 3.8 5.6 81 6 8 3 0 110
1999 25 PIT NL 34 12 1 8 3 1 0 4 8 .333 0 1 0 0 1 8% 37 52 18 13 7 0 9 6.2 5.9 5.4 92 2 8 2 0 113
2000 26 PIT NL 51 19 6 7 6 1 1 8 11 .421 1 5 1 0 9 47% 41 72 2 19 6 0 9 4.9 5.0 5.1 86 9 4 5 1 120
4 Seasons 114 53 14 22 17 2 1 22 31 .415 4 10 2 0 20 38% 43 80 2 50 20 0 31 4.8 4.7 5.4 87 17 22 11 2 123
MLB Averages

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
1996 22 TOR AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.018 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 21
1997 23 PIT NL 11 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 4 0.917 1 2 4 0 3 4 2 5 7 0 7 0 5.9 34
1999 25 PIT NL 34 22 9 1 0 5 4 1 80% 7 2 9 3 33% 8 1.029 9 3 10 12 3 7 6 16 9 4 9 4 4.4 21
2000 26 PIT NL 51 32 12 5 2 2 0 2 0% 4 1 19 6 32% 8 1.073 13 6 9 8 9 15 11 21 14 5 14 11 3.7 20
2001 27 PIT NL 26 26 10 3 3 2 0 2 0% 5 2 12 6 50% 8 0.907 6 8 11 8 3 15 6 20 10 5 11 6 3.7 18
2002 28 CIN NL 12 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 5 0.592 0 3 9 1 0 11 4 8 9 3 9 1 5.8 29
6 Seasons 136 101 32 11 6 9 4 5 44% 16 5 50 22 44% 0.986 29 22 44 29 18 54 29 72 49 17 50 22 4.2 22

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%
1996 22 TOR AL 11 55% 9.1% 0.0% 0.0% 18.2% 40% 1.75 5.00 91% 9% 25.0% 0% 3 0 0%
1997 23 PIT NL 174 40% 2.3% 17.2% 9.2% 9.8% 33% 0.79 1.11 68% 20% 6.6% 10% 43 0 0%
1998 24 PIT NL 425 49% 1.7% 15.1% 7.1% 7.5% 31% 0.76 1.11 75% 22% 4.2% 8% 91 10 11%
1999 25 PIT NL 433 43% 2.3% 17.8% 9.0% 8.8% 35% 0.97 1.29 70% 18% 7.4% 12% 101 11 11%
2000 26 PIT NL 631 42% 2.5% 15.5% 7.9% 7.0% 25% 0.75 1.16 72% 29% 7.0% 11% 141 10 7%
2001 27 PIT NL 140 34% 4.3% 16.4% 6.4% 6.4% 26% 0.83 0.87 71% 16% 13.0% 15% 32 2 6%
2002 28 CIN NL 101 40% 3.0% 5.9% 9.9% 7.9% 32% 0.71 0.91 76% 20% 7.5% 11% 19 2 11%
7 Seasons 1915 43% 2.5% 15.6% 8.0% 7.8% 30% 0.81 1.14 72% 23% 6.9% 11% 430 35 8%
MLB Averages

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
1996 22 TOR AL 11 41 3.73 25 61% 40% 4% 12% 44% 60% 0% 37% 93% 45% 9% 1 1 9% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 23 PIT NL 174 651 3.74 406 62% 32% 11% 25% 31% 68% 4% 42% 83% 58% 6% 10 5 31% 54 31 3 40% 5 2 0 0 0
1998 24 PIT NL 425 1490 3.51 927 62% 26% 12% 26% 35% 74% 1% 46% 83% 57% 4% 16 12 17% 73 34 3 39% 11 2 0 0 0
1999 25 PIT NL 433 1576 3.64 985 63% 28% 14% 27% 32% 72% 0% 45% 81% 55% 6% 25 18 19% 82 49 7 34% 18 7 0 0 0
2000 26 PIT NL 631 2279 3.61 1439 63% 28% 12% 27% 33% 72% 3% 46% 83% 61% 5% 34 21 18% 111 62 16 31% 20 7 0 0 0
2001 27 PIT NL 140 475 3.39 315 66% 28% 12% 26% 34% 72% 3% 48% 83% 69% 4% 5 2 26% 36 23 6 43% 7 2 0 0 0
2002 28 CIN NL 101 345 3.42 208 60% 24% 9% 28% 39% 76% 8% 46% 89% 50% 5% 5 1 19% 19 10 1 33% 1 1 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1915 6857 3.58 4305 63% 28% 12% 27% 34% 72% 2% 45% 83% 58% 5% 96 60 20% 376 209 36 35% 62 21 0 0 0
MLB Averages

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
1996 22 TOR AL 11 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 23 PIT NL 174 52 5 1 4 0 5 0 4 1 3 12 7 1 58% 0 0 2 78 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1998 24 PIT NL 425 104 22 1 7 1 7 4 3 1 6 25 19 1 76% 4 2 2 167 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1999 25 PIT NL 433 108 8 2 10 2 9 5 5 4 6 27 22 2 81% 8 4 2 178 4 3 57% 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
2000 26 PIT NL 631 178 12 3 16 0 13 6 10 9 7 44 23 7 52% 9 6 0 274 6 4 60% 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 0
2001 27 PIT NL 140 35 5 1 6 1 3 2 4 2 4 10 5 1 50% 2 0 1 51 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2002 28 CIN NL 101 25 5 0 3 0 4 1 2 1 2 6 3 0 50% 0 2 0 38 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
7 Seasons 1915 507 59 8 47 4 41 18 29 19 28 125 80 12 64% 23 14 7 791 22 13 63% 21 12 1 0 0 1 2 0 56 0
MLB Averages

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+
1996 22 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 37 2.500 22.5 4.5 0.0 0.0 37
1997 23 2 1 .667 6.34 13 4 0 0 0 0 38.1 57 29 27 5 16 3 30 1 1 0 185 69 1.904 13.4 1.2 3.8 7.0 1.88 69
1998 24 8 8 .500 4.93 31 22 0 1 0 0 138.2 161 84 76 12 46 5 94 2 3 2 610 88 1.493 10.4 0.8 3.0 6.1 2.04 88
1999 25 10 16 .385 5.26 65 34 9 1 0 4 236.0 269 154 138 22 85 5 171 5 6 6 1043 85 1.500 10.3 0.8 3.2 6.5 2.01 85
2000 26 21 25 .457 5.37 116 53 21 2 0 4 372.0 447 250 222 38 135 12 269 10 7 12 1674 84 1.565 10.8 0.9 3.3 6.5 1.99 84
2001 27 24 28 .462 5.48 142 53 31 2 0 4 404.0 482 274 246 44 144 13 292 10 7 12 1814 83 1.550 10.7 1.0 3.2 6.5 2.03 83
2002 28 25 28 .472 5.41 154 53 32 2 0 4 427.1 507 285 257 47 154 16 298 13 7 14 1915 84 1.547 10.7 1.0 3.2 6.3 1.94 84

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1996 22 0 0 4.50 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2
1997 23 1 3 .250 5.50 36.0 50 24 22 4 15 30 1 1.806 12.5 3.8 7.5 2.00 1.0 11
1998 24 5 5 .500 4.13 98.0 100 50 45 7 29 63 1 1.316 9.2 2.7 5.8 2.17 0.6 18
1999 25 4 6 .400 4.96 98.0 101 60 54 9 36 78 3 1.398 9.3 3.3 7.2 2.17 0.8 34
2000 26 6 9 .400 4.93 137.0 169 83 75 15 47 99 5 1.577 11.1 3.1 6.5 2.11 1.0 51
2001 27 1 2 .333 6.19 32.0 34 24 22 6 9 23 0 1.344 9.6 2.5 6.5 2.56 1.7 26
2002 28 1 1 .500 4.29 21.0 24 11 10 3 10 5 3 1.619 10.3 4.3 2.1 0.50 1.3 12
7 Seasons 18 26 .409 4.86 426.0 478 254 230 44 146 298 13 1.465 10.1 6.3 2.04 0.9 154

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