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Alfredo Simón

Alfredo (Cabrera) Simon
[Carlos E Cabrera]

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 260 lb.

Born: May 8, 1981 in Santiago, Santiago, D.R.
High School: Liceo Gregorio (Santiago, DO)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 2008
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Reds 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$487k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.142, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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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	20	PHI-min	Rk	2	2	.500	2.91	10	8	0	0	0	0	43.1	35	23	14	2	23	0	40	7	3	6	194		1.338	7.3	0.4	4.8	8.3	1.74	CLR · GULF
2002	21	PHI-min	A-	9	2	.818	3.59	15	14	1	0	0	0	90.1	79	44	36	5	46	0	77	5	1	3	388		1.384	7.9	0.5	4.6	7.7	1.67	BAT · NYPL
2003	22	PHI-min	A	5	0	1.000	3.79	14	7	4	0	0	2	71.1	59	32	30	4	25	0	66	3	1	5	298		1.178	7.4	0.5	3.2	8.3	2.64	LWD · SALL
2004	23	PHI-SFG-min	A+	8	11	.421	3.73	28	27	0	4	3	0	166.1	165	82	69	20	50	2	128	5	4	15	694		1.293	8.9	1.1	2.7	6.9	2.56	CLW,SJO · FLOR,CALL
2005	24	SFG-min	AA	3	8	.273	5.03	43	9	28	0	0	19	91.1	104	54	51	6	24	2	60	3	0	5	395		1.401	10.2	0.6	2.4	5.9	2.50	NCH · EL
2006	25	SFG-min	AAA,A+	2	10	.167	6.62	28	17	1	0	0	0	88.1	119	69	65	15	33	0	70	4	1	8	405		1.721	12.1	1.5	3.4	7.1	2.12	FRE,SJO · PCL,CALL
2007	26	TEX-min	AAA	5	10	.333	6.43	22	22	0	1	0	0	119.0	152	92	85	19	46	0	73	6	0	4	539		1.664	11.5	1.4	3.5	5.5	1.59	OKC · PCL
2008	27	BAL-min	AAA	7	3	.700	2.94	16	12	1	1	0	0	85.2	75	34	28	6	22	1	66	3	1	5	352		1.132	7.9	0.6	2.3	6.9	3.00	MTY,NFK · MEX,IL
2008	27	BAL	AL	0	0		6.23	4	1	0	0	0	0	13.0	16	10	9	4	2	0	8	2	0	2	59	73	1.385	11.1	2.8	1.4	5.5	4.00
2009	28	BAL	AL	0	1	.000	9.95	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.1	8	7	7	5	2	0	3	0	0	0	28	48	1.579	11.4	7.1	2.8	4.3	1.50
2010	29	BAL-min	AAA	1	1	.500	1.59	4	3	0	0	0	0	17.0	15	4	3	1	5	0	14	1	0	1	71		1.176	7.9	0.5	2.6	7.4	2.80	NFK · IL
2010	29	BAL	AL	4	2	.667	4.93	49	0	35	0	0	17	49.1	54	30	27	10	22	2	37	2	0	1	222	85	1.541	9.9	1.8	4.0	6.8	1.68
2011	30	BAL-min	AA	1	0	1.000	3.00	4	4	0	0	0	0	18.0	15	7	6	1	6	0	20	1	0	2	76		1.167	7.5	0.5	3.0	10.0	3.33	BOW · EL
2011	30	BAL	AL	4	9	.308	4.90	23	16	1	0	0	0	115.2	128	69	63	15	40	6	83	4	2	2	499	84	1.452	10.0	1.2	3.1	6.5	2.08
2012	31	CIN	NL	0	1	.000	1.74	13	0	5	0	0	0	20.2	21	5	4	1	5	0	22	3	0	3	88	236	1.258	9.1	0.4	2.2	9.6	4.40
5 Yrs				8	13	.381	4.83	91	19	41	0	0	17	205.0	227	121	110	35	71	8	153	11	2	8	896	87	1.454	10.0	1.5	3.1	6.7	2.15
162 Game Avg.				5	8	.381	4.83	56	12	25	0	0	11	127	140	75	68	22	44	5	95	7	1	5	554	87	1.454	10.0	1.5	3.1	6.7	2.15

BAL (4 yrs)				8	12	.400	5.18	78	19	36	0	0	17	184.1	206	116	106	34	66	8	131	8	2	5	808	81	1.476	10.1	1.7	3.2	6.4	1.98
CIN (1 yr)				0	1	.000	1.74	13	0	5	0	0	0	20.2	21	5	4	1	5	0	22	3	0	3	88	236	1.258	9.1	0.4	2.2	9.6	4.40

AL (4 yrs)				8	12	.400	5.18	78	19	36	0	0	17	184.1	206	116	106	34	66	8	131	8	2	5	808	81	1.476	10.1	1.7	3.2	6.4	1.98
NL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	1.74	13	0	5	0	0	0	20.2	21	5	4	1	5	0	22	3	0	3	88	236	1.258	9.1	0.4	2.2	9.6	4.40

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
2008	27	BAL	AL	13.0	4	1	10	6.92	4.72	-0.01	-0.04	104.0	4.89	-3	-0.3	.7	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.425	.498	$
2009	28	BAL	AL	6.1	2	2	7	9.95	5.36	-0.14	0.21	105.0	5.99	-3	-0.3		-0.0	-0.2	-2	.375	.498	$400,000
2010	29	BAL	AL	49.1	49	0	30	5.47	4.58	-0.17	-0.35	100.4	4.42	-6	-0.6	1.5	-0.3	-0.4	-0	.487	.496	$
2011	30	BAL	AL	115.2	23	16	69	5.37	4.64	-0.12	0.07	100.2	4.84	-7	-0.7	1.2	-0.1	0.2	6	.469	.496	$
2012	31	CIN	NL	20.2	13	0	5	2.18	4.03	0.06	-0.30	102.5	3.76	3	0.4	.5	-0.1	0.4	5	.529	.502	$
5 Seasons				205.0	91	19	121	5.31	4.59	-0.11	-0.07	100.9	4.67	-16	-1.5	1.2	-0.6	-0.2	8	.483	.498	$400,000

BAL (4 yrs)				184.1	78	19	116	5.66	4.65	-0.13	-0.04	100.7	4.77	-19	-1.9	1.4	-0.4	-0.6	3	.476	.497	$400,000
CIN (1 yr)				20.2	13	0	5	2.18	4.03	0.06	-0.30	102.5	3.76	3	0.4	.5	-0.1	0.4	5	.529	.502	$

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
2008	27	BAL	AL	4	59	54	10	16	1	2	4	1	0	2	8	.296	.339	.611	.950	.279	33	1	2	0	1	0	0
2009	28	BAL	AL	2	28	26	7	8	0	0	5	1	1	2	3	.308	.357	.885	1.242	.167	23	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	29	BAL	AL	49	222	195	30	54	8	0	10	5	2	22	37	.277	.353	.472	.825	.293	92	4	2	1	2	2	4
2011	30	BAL	AL	23	499	450	69	128	39	4	15	10	8	40	83	.284	.345	.489	.834	.317	220	12	4	1	4	6	6
2012	31	CIN	NL	13	88	79	5	21	4	1	1	2	0	5	22	.266	.330	.380	.709	.351	30	2	3	0	1	0	1
5 Yrs				91	896	804	121	227	52	7	35	19	11	71	153	.282	.346	.495	.841	.308	398	19	11	2	8	8	11
162 Game Avg.				56	554	497	75	140	32	4	22	12	7	44	95	.282	.346	.495	.841	.308	246	12	7	1	5	5	7
MLB Averages																.259	.327	.408	.736	.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
2008	27	BAL	AL	-2.5	-0.2	63	-0.0	0.7	-0.7	.63	-0.5	0.5	-4.1	-0.4	0.63	-6.3	0	1	2
2009	28	BAL	AL	-3.3	-0.3	30	-0.3	0.4	-0.8	.91	-0.3	-0.0	-2.8	-0.3	0.91	-3.5	0	0	0
2010	29	BAL	AL	-4.3	-0.4	231	-0.1	6.5	-6.6	1.59	-0.8	0.7	-7.2	-0.7	1.59	-6.2	24	10	14
2011	30	BAL	AL	-9.9	-1.0	519	-1.3	8.1	-9.4	.91	-1.0	-0.5	-8.8	-0.9	0.91	-11.1	2	1	4
2012	31	CIN	NL	5.0	0.5	94	-0.1	0.7	-0.8	.53	-0.0	-0.2	3.0	0.3	0.53	0.8	2	0	11
5 Yrs				-15.0	-1.4	937	-1.9	16.5	-18.4	1.02	-2.6	0.8	-20.0	-1.9	1.02	-26.3	28	12	31

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
2008	27	BAL	AL	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	1	100%	59.0	59	59	1	0	0	1	5.0	6.4	7.7	96	0	1	0	0	96
2009	28	BAL	AL	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.500	0	1	0	0	0	0%	39.0	44	34	1	1	0	1	4.3	3.9	3.2	57	1	1	0	0	89

2011	30	BAL	AL	23	16	3	8	5	0	2	6	10	.375	0	4	0	0	7	44%	46.9	79	24	10	4	0	5	3.6	3.3	5.9	97	1	10	5	0	114
3 Yrs				29	19	3	9	7	0	2	7	12	.368	1	5	0	0	8	42%	47	79	24	12	5	0	7	3.7	3.6	5.7	93	2	12	5	0	114
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	100	-13					4.5	4.5	5.9	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2008	27	BAL	AL	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	2	67%	4	.626	0	1	2	0	0	3	2	1	3	0	3	0	5.3	36

2010	29	BAL	AL	49	49	35	4	2	21	17	4	81%	23	0	11	4	36%	9	1.592	24	10	14	26	9	14	9	40	8	9	8	12	3.0	17
2011	30	BAL	AL	23	7	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	9	1	11%	3	.908	2	1	4	0	1	6	3	4	6	0	6	0	9.1	50
2012	31	CIN	NL	13	13	5	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	3	2	67%	7	.526	2	0	11	1	2	10	2	11	8	1	8	1	4.8	26
4 Yrs				89	72	41	5	4	21	17	4	81%	23	0	26	9	35%		1.025	28	12	31	27	12	33	16	56	25	10	25	13	4.0	23

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%
2008	27	BAL	AL	59	32%	6.8%	13.6%	3.4%	11.9%	44%	1.61	2.44	73%	11%	25.0%	11%	11	1	9%
2009	28	BAL	AL	28	43%	17.9%	10.7%	7.1%	17.9%	63%	0.28	0.50	64%	17%	31.3%	11%	2	0	0%
2010	29	BAL	AL	222	52%	4.5%	16.7%	9.9%	8.1%	33%	0.90	1.18	68%	18%	13.2%	10%	46	4	9%
2011	30	BAL	AL	499	47%	3.0%	16.6%	8.0%	11.6%	45%	0.75	1.01	71%	18%	8.3%	15%	82	12	15%
2012	31	CIN	NL	88	53%	1.1%	25.0%	5.7%	6.8%	29%	1.11	1.67	65%	16%	5.0%	26%	23	2	9%
5 Yrs				896	48%	3.9%	17.1%	7.9%	10.5%	41%	0.83	1.13	70%	17%	11.3%	14%	164	19	12%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.2%	8.5%	7.7%	33%	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%			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
2008	27	BAL	AL	59	205	3.47	129	63%	23%	14%	26%	36%	77%	0%	48%	82%	64%	7%	4	3	15%	9	4	0	13%	3	1	0	0	0
2009	28	BAL	AL	28	114	4.07	67	59%	25%	13%	27%	34%	75%	0%	44%	82%	61%	0%	0	0	7%	2	1	0	33%	0	0	0	0	0
2010	29	BAL	AL	222	857	3.86	526	61%	24%	19%	27%	31%	76%	2%	47%	75%	53%	5%	11	6	18%	41	21	4	5%	2	3	0	0	0
2011	30	BAL	AL	502	1901	3.79	1176	62%	28%	15%	26%	32%	72%	3%	45%	80%	57%	5%	27	15	22%	108	46	6	13%	8	6	-3	0	0
2012	31	CIN	NL	89	343	3.85	219	64%	27%	20%	26%	26%	73%	0%	46%	72%	58%	3%	3	3	30%	27	19	2	27%	4	0	-1	0	0
5 Yrs				900	3420	3.80	2117	62%	26%	16%	26%	31%	74%	2%	46%	78%	57%	5%	45	27	21%	187	91	12	14%	17	10	-4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				25%

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
2008	27	BAL	AL	59	16	2	0	4	0	2	2	2	4	0	4	3	1	75%	0	2	1	23	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2009	28	BAL	AL	28	8	0	0	5	0	0	2	3	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	3	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	29	BAL	AL	222	54	4	0	10	0	2	9	1	5	5	9	4	3	44%	4	1	0	94	5	2	71%	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0
2011	30	BAL	AL	499	128	14	0	15	0	19	9	6	10	5	26	9	5	35%	6	2	0	168	10	8	56%	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
2012	31	CIN	NL	88	21	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	7	3	2	43%	1	3	1	38	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
5 Yrs				896	227	22	1	35	0	25	23	12	22	13	46	19	11	41%	11	8	2	326	19	11	63%	18	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	25	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
2008	27	0	0		6.23	4	1	0	0	13.0	16	10	9	4	2	0	8	2	0	2	59	73	1.385	11.1	2.8	1.4	5.5	4.00	73
2009	28	0	1	.000	7.45	6	3	0	0	19.1	24	17	16	9	4	0	11	2	0	2	87	62	1.448	11.2	4.2	1.9	5.1	2.75	62
2010	29	4	3	.571	5.64	55	3	35	17	68.2	78	47	43	19	26	2	48	4	0	3	309	76	1.515	10.2	2.5	3.4	6.3	1.85	76
2011	30	8	12	.400	5.18	78	19	36	17	184.1	206	116	106	34	66	8	131	8	2	5	808	81	1.476	10.1	1.7	3.2	6.4	1.98	81
2012	31	8	13	.381	4.83	91	19	41	17	205.0	227	121	110	35	71	8	153	11	2	8	896	87	1.454	10.0	1.5	3.1	6.7	2.15	87

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
2008	27	0	1	.000	6.23	13.0	16	10	9	4	2	8	2	1.385	11.1	1.4	5.5	4.00	2.8	4
2009	28	0	0		10.50	6.0	8	8	7	5	2	3	0	1.667	12.0	3.0	4.5	1.50	7.5	2
2010	29	2	3	.400	5.25	48.0	55	31	28	10	22	36	2	1.604	10.3	4.1	6.8	1.64	1.9	49
2011	30	4	7	.364	5.50	108.0	131	73	66	15	41	77	4	1.593	10.9	3.4	6.4	1.88	1.3	23
2012	31	2	0	1.000	1.80	20.0	21	4	4	1	5	21	3	1.300	9.5	2.3	9.5	4.20	0.5	13
5 Yrs		8	11	.421	5.26	195.0	231	126	114	35	72	145	11	1.554	10.7		6.7	2.01	1.6	91

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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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Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

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