José Silva

Jose Leonel Silva

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: December 19, 1973 in Tijuana, Baja California, 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
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Reds/BlueJays 1996-2002
2012 Contract Status: not updated (details) [*]
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Pete Alexander… #5. Randy Johnson… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Pete Alexander… #5. Randy Johnson… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

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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
1992	18	TOR-min	Rk	6	4	.600	2.28	12	12	0	0	0	0	59.1	42	23	15	1	18	0	78	2	2	1	231		1.011	6.4	0.2	2.7	11.8	4.33	BJY · GULF
1993	19	TOR-min	A	12	5	.706	2.52	24	24	0	0	0	0	142.2	103	50	40	6	62	0	161	4	1	9	581		1.157	6.5	0.4	3.9	10.2	2.60	HGR · SALL
1994	20	TOR-min	AA,A+	4	10	.286	4.02	24	23	0	1	1	0	134.1	130	79	60	13	55	0	112	3	0	9	569		1.377	8.7	0.9	3.7	7.5	2.04	KNX,DUN · SOUL,FLOR
1995	21	TOR-min	AA	0	0		9.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	15		4.500	13.5	0.0	27.0	9.0	0.33	KNX · SOUL
1996	22	TOR-min	AA	2	3	.400	4.91	22	6	4	0	0	0	44.0	45	27	24	3	22	2	26	3	0	4	196		1.523	9.2	0.6	4.5	5.3	1.18	KNX · SOUL
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	43	2.500	22.5	4.5	0.0	0.0
1997	23	PIT-min	AAA	5	1	.833	3.41	17	11	1	0	0	0	66.0	74	27	25	3	22	0	54	3	1	2	288		1.455	10.1	0.4	3.0	7.4	2.45	CGY · PCL
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	74	1.872	12.9	1.0	4.0	7.4	1.88
1998	24	PIT-min	AAA	0	0		4.82	3	3	0	0	0	0	9.1	10	5	5	2	4	0	6	0	2	0	40		1.500	9.6	1.9	3.9	5.8	1.50	NVL · PCL
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	100	1.336	9.3	0.6	2.7	5.7	2.13
1999	25	PIT-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	1.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	14	4	2	0	4	0	10	0	0	0	55		1.500	10.5	0.0	3.0	7.5	2.50	NVL · PCL
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	81	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	84	1.676	11.8	1.1	3.3	6.5	1.96
2001	27	PIT-min	A-,AA	0	0		0.00	4	2	0	0	0	0	3.1	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	15		1.500	10.8	0.0	2.7	10.8	4.00	WPT,ATO · NYPL,EL
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	69	1.375	9.8	1.7	2.5	6.5	2.56
2002	28	CIN-min	AAA	1	2	.333	2.27	20	3	4	0	2	1	35.2	41	15	9	1	4	0	28	0	0	3	151		1.262	10.3	0.3	1.0	7.1	7.00	LOU · IL
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	103	1.500	9.6	1.2	3.9	2.3	0.60
2003	29	SDP-OAK-CHC-min	AAA	1	7	.125	5.50	27	7	5	0	0	0	55.2	72	39	34	4	26	3	34	3	0	4	257		1.760	11.6	0.6	4.2	5.5	1.31	POR,SAC,IWA · PCL
2004	30	ARI-min	AAA	2	3	.400	7.07	9	8	1	0	0	0	42.0	59	33	33	5	18	0	31	3	0	5	195		1.833	12.6	1.1	3.9	6.6	1.72	TUC · PCL
2005	31	-min	AAA	4	6	.400	6.03	43	5	29	0	0	17	68.2	102	46	46	6	28	1	37	4	0	7	324		1.893	13.4	0.8	3.7	4.8	1.32	MCD · MEX
2006	32	TEX-min	AAA	1	1	.500	2.20	27	0	9	0	0	2	28.2	26	9	7	0	9	2	19	2	0	1	124		1.221	8.2	0.0	2.8	6.0	2.11	MTY,OKC · MEX,PCL
2007	33	-min	AAA	4	2	.667	2.67	32	0	13	0	0	2	33.2	28	12	10	0	11	1	33	0	0	2	135		1.158	7.5	0.0	2.9	8.8	3.00	MTY · MEX
2008	34	-min	AAA	5	5	.500	3.40	40	0	25	0	0	10	42.1	49	20	16	2	22	6	37	1	1	2	194		1.677	10.4	0.4	4.7	7.9	1.68	MTY · MEX
2009	35	-min	AAA	4	3	.571	3.26	45	2	39	0	0	18	58.0	58	21	21	3	11	1	46	2	0	1	238		1.190	9.0	0.5	1.7	7.1	4.18	MTY · MEX
2010	36	-min	AAA	6	9	.400	4.60	48	0	46	0	0	26	47.0	61	26	24	2	20	5	28	3	0	5	216		1.723	11.7	0.4	3.8	5.4	1.40	CHH · MEX
2011	37	-min	AAA	2	2	.500	4.05	31	0	25	0	0	13	33.1	33	16	15	3	14	0	28	0	3	2	146		1.410	8.9	0.8	3.8	7.6	2.00	CMP,VIL · MEX
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	84	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	103	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	43	2.500	22.5	4.5	0.0	0.0

NL (6 yrs)			NL	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)			AL	0	0		13.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	43	2.500	22.5	4.5	0.0	0.0

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
1996	22	TOR	AL	2.0	0	3	2	0	.0	-1	-0.1	$
1997	23	PIT	NL	36.1	4	26	26	-2	.9	0	-0.1	$
1998	24	PIT	NL	100.1	18	55	65	-1	1.0	10	1.0	$180,000
1999	25	PIT	NL	97.1	12	70	64	0	1.0	-6	-0.8	$270,000
2000	26	PIT	NL	136.0	19	96	96	-6	1.1	0	-0.3	$335,000
2001	27	PIT	NL	32.0	0	24	21	0	.9	-3	-0.5	$795,000
2002	28	CIN	NL	23.1	0	11	15	0	.6	4	0.1	$650,000
7 Seasons				427.1	53	285	289	-9	1.0	4	-0.7	$2,230,000

PIT (5 yrs)				402.0	53	271	272	-9	1.0	1	-0.7	$1,580,000
CIN (1 yr)				23.1	0	11	15	0	.6	4	0.1	$650,000
TOR (1 yr)				2.0	0	3	2	0	.0	-1	-0.1	$

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1992	18	TOR-min	Rk	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	BJY · GULF
1993	19	TOR-min	A	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	HGR · SALL
1994	20	TOR-min	AA,A+	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	KNX,DUN · SOUL,FLOR
1995	21	TOR-min	AA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	KNX · SOUL
1996	22	TOR-min	AA	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	KNX · SOUL
1996	22	TOR	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1997	23	PIT-min	AAA	17	15	12	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.250	.308	.333	.641		4	1	0	2	0	0	CGY · PCL
1997	23	PIT	NL	11	10	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	-26	1	0	0	3	0	0	1
1998	24	PIT-min	AAA	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	NVL · PCL
1998	24	PIT	NL	18	35	27	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	.037	.133	.074	.207	-44	2	1	1	5	0	0	1
1999	25	PIT-min	AAA	2	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.800	1.000		4	0	0	0	0	0	NVL · PCL
1999	25	PIT	NL	34	22	20	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	10	.100	.100	.100	.200	-49	2	0	0	2	0	0	1
2000	26	PIT	NL	51	41	34	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	12	.176	.222	.176	.399	3	6	1	1	5	0	0	1
2001	27	PIT-min	A-,AA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	WPT,ATO · NYPL,EL
2001	27	PIT	NL	26	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	28	CIN-min	AAA	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	LOU · IL
2002	28	CIN	NL	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2003	29	SDP-OAK-CHC-min	AAA	27	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333		0	0	0	0	0	0	POR,SAC,IWA · PCL
2004	30	ARI-min	AAA	9	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	TUC · PCL
2005	31	-min	AAA	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	MCD · MEX
2006	32	TEX-min	AAA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	OKC,MTY · PCL,MEX
2007	33	-min	AAA	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	MTY · MEX
2008	34	-min	AAA	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	MTY · MEX
2009	35	-min	AAA	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	MTY · MEX
2010	36	-min	AAA	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CHH · MEX
2011	37	-min	AAA	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CMP,VIL · MEX
7 Seasons				154	111	90	1	10	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	38	.111	.158	.122	.280	-27	11	2	2	16	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	117	95	1	11	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	40	.111	.158	.122	.280	-27	12	2	2	17	0	0

PIT (5 yrs)				140	110	90	1	10	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	38	.111	.158	.122	.280	-27	11	2	2	15	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1	0	0
TOR (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (6 yrs)				152	111	90	1	10	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	38	.111	.158	.122	.280	-27	11	2	2	16	0	0
AL (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	Salary	Pos
1997	23	PIT	NL	10	-1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	$	1
1998	24	PIT	NL	35	-6	3	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	$180,000	1
1999	25	PIT	NL	22	-5	3	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$270,000	1
2000	26	PIT	NL	41	-5	5	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	$335,000	1
2001	27	PIT	NL	2	-1	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$795,000	1
5 Seasons				110	-18	12	3	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	$1,580,000

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1996	TOR	AL	22	P	2	2.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.50	0.50	.960	1.80	1.75
1997	PIT	NL	23	P	11	36.1	4	3	1	0	0	1.000	0.99	0.36	.952	1.86	1.84
1998	PIT	NL	24	P	18	100.1	21	3	18	0	1	1.000	1.88	1.17	.961	1.85	1.84
1999	PIT	NL	25	P	34	97.1	22	6	16	0	2	1.000	2.03	0.65	.951	1.72	1.71
2000	PIT	NL	26	P	51	136.0	22	4	16	2	1	.909	1.32	0.39	.962	1.74	1.72
2001	PIT	NL	27	P	26	32.0	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.41	0.19	.960	1.74	1.73
2002	CIN	NL	28	P	12	23.1	11	3	8	0	1	1.000	4.24	0.92	.963	1.81	1.81
	7 Seasons			P	154	427.1	86	20	64	2	5	.977	1.77	0.55	.958	1.78	1.75
	7 Seasons			TOT	154	427.1	86	20	64	2	5	.977	1.77	0.55	.958	1.78	1.75

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Transactions

June 3, 1991: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 6th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 25, 1991.
November 14, 1996: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with players to be named later, Brandon Cromer (minors) and Jose Pett (minors) to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Carlos Garcia, Orlando Merced and Dan Plesac. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Mike Halperin (minors) (December 11, 1996), Abraham Nunez (December 11, 1996) and Craig Wilson (December 11, 1996) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.
December 20, 2001: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Cincinnati Reds for Ben Shaffar (minors).
October 2, 2002: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.
October 5, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.
May 13, 2003: Released by the Oakland Athletics.
May 21, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.
July 21, 2003: Released by the San Diego Padres.
July 24, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
August 8, 2003: Released by the Chicago Cubs.
August 2, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
January 25, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
May 9, 2006: Released by the Texas Rangers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1998	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	$180,000	4/3/98 USA Today
1999	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	$270,000	4/6/99 USA Today
2000	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	$335,000	4/5/00 AP
2001	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	$795,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	28	Cincinnati Reds	$650,000	4/3/02 AP

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$2,230,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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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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