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Steve Sinclair

Steven Scott Sinclair

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 2, 1971 in Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
High School: Oak Bay HS (Victoria, BC)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 28th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1998
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Mariners 1998-1999

Final Game: October 3, 1999
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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
1991	19	TOR-min	Rk	0	1	.000	6.75	12	0	8	0	0	0	14.2	17	15	11	1	11	0	14	3	0	0	76		1.909	10.4	0.6	6.8	8.6	1.27	MDH · PION
1992	20	TOR-min	Rk	3	5	.375	3.95	14	11	1	0	0	0	66.0	77	35	29	4	17	0	46	1	0	4	281		1.424	10.5	0.5	2.3	6.3	2.71	MDH,BJY · PION,GULF
1993	21	TOR-min	Rk	5	2	.714	3.33	15	12	0	0	0	0	78.1	87	41	29	5	16	0	45	1	1	5	335		1.315	10.0	0.6	1.8	5.2	2.81	MDH · PION
1994	22	TOR-min	A	9	2	.818	3.77	38	1	16	0	0	3	105.0	127	53	44	9	25	0	75	2	0	3	458		1.448	10.9	0.8	2.1	6.4	3.00	HGR · SALL
1995	23	TOR-min	A+	5	3	.625	2.59	46	0	18	0	0	2	73.0	69	26	21	4	17	1	52	3	3	2	297		1.178	8.5	0.5	2.1	6.4	3.06	DUN · FLOR
1996	24	TOR-min	A+	0	1	.000	3.38	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	12		1.500	13.5	3.4	0.0	3.4		DUN · FLOR
1997	25	TOR-min	A+,AAA	2	5	.286	3.26	49	0	21	0	0	3	77.1	74	42	28	4	29	3	75	2	1	4	336		1.332	8.6	0.5	3.4	8.7	2.59	DUN,SYR · FLOR,IL
1998	26	TOR-min	AAA	3	1	.750	2.17	43	1	16	0	0	3	49.2	37	15	12	2	23	2	45	1	0	0	204		1.208	6.7	0.4	4.2	8.2	1.96	SYR · IL
1998	26	TOR	AL	0	2	.000	3.60	24	0	3	0	0	0	15.0	13	7	6	0	5	0	8	0	0	0	61	131	1.200	7.8	0.0	3.0	4.8	1.60
1999	27	TOR-SEA-min	AAA	3	2	.600	2.18	36	0	30	0	0	18	41.1	26	12	10	3	13	1	32	4	0	2	165		0.944	5.7	0.7	2.8	7.0	2.46	SYR,TAC · IL,PCL
1999	27	TOT	AL	0	1	.000	6.52	21	0	6	0	0	0	19.1	22	16	14	5	14	2	18	2	0	0	95	78	1.862	10.2	2.3	6.5	8.4	1.29
1999	27	TOR	AL	0	0		12.71	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	7	8	8	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	28	40	1.941	11.1	6.4	6.4	4.8	0.75
1999	27	SEA	AL	0	1	.000	3.95	18	0	5	0	0	0	13.2	15	8	6	1	10	2	15	1	0	0	67	129	1.829	9.9	0.7	6.6	9.9	1.50
2000	28	SEA-min	AAA	4	3	.571	4.50	45	0	8	0	0	3	58.0	68	36	29	6	27	5	45	1	1	3	265		1.638	10.6	0.9	4.2	7.0	1.67	TAC · PCL
2001	29	CHW-min	AAA	4	6	.400	4.69	53	0	19	0	0	1	63.1	66	35	33	5	23	5	57	4	0	3	274		1.405	9.4	0.7	3.3	8.1	2.48	CHR · IL
2002	30	CHC-min	AAA	6	2	.750	3.91	52	1	13	0	0	1	73.2	71	33	32	5	33	2	59	4	1	3	321		1.412	8.7	0.6	4.0	7.2	1.79	IWA · PCL
2003	31	CHC-min	AAA	0	0		4.00	6	0	1	0	0	0	9.0	6	5	4	0	3	0	9	2	0	0	38		1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	3.00	IWA · PCL
2 Yrs				0	3	.000	5.24	45	0	9	0	0	0	34.1	35	23	20	5	19	2	26	2	0	0	156	94	1.573	9.2	1.3	5.0	6.8	1.37
162 Game Avg.				0	5	.000	5.24	68	0	14	0	0	0	52	53	35	30	8	29	3	39	3	0	0	236	94	1.573	9.2	1.3	5.0	6.8	1.37

TOR (2 yrs)				0	2	.000	6.10	27	0	4	0	0	0	20.2	20	15	14	4	9	0	11	1	0	0	89	79	1.403	8.7	1.7	3.9	4.8	1.22
SEA (1 yr)				0	1	.000	3.95	18	0	5	0	0	0	13.2	15	8	6	1	10	2	15	1	0	0	67	129	1.829	9.9	0.7	6.6	9.9	1.50

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
1998	26	TOR	AL	15.0	24	0	7	4.20	5.43	0.00	-0.41	96.9	4.86	1	0.1	1.3	-0.0	0.2	3	.504	.501	$170,000
1999	27	TOR	AL	5.2	3	0	8	12.71	4.72	0.06	-0.35	98.2	4.24	-5	-0.4	.4	0.1	-0.3	-5	.357	.497	$
1999	27	SEA	AL	13.2	18	0	8	5.27	5.76	-0.31	-0.42	101.7	5.75	1	0.1	.9	-0.0	0.2	3	.504	.500	$
2 Seasons				34.1	45	0	23	6.03	5.45	-0.11	-0.41	99.0	5.11	-3	-0.3	1.1	0.1	0.1	1	.494	.499	$170,000

TOR (2 yrs)				20.2	27	0	15	6.53	5.24	0.02	-0.39	97.3	4.69	-4	-0.3	1.2	0.1	-0.1	-2	.488	.499	$170,000
SEA (1 yr)				13.2	18	0	8	5.27	5.76	-0.31	-0.42	101.7	5.75	1	0.1	.9	-0.0	0.2	3	.504	.500	$

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
1998	26	TOR	AL	24	61	56	7	13	3	0	0	1	1	5	8	.232	.295	.286	.581	.271	16	1	0	0	0	0	1
1999	27	TOT	AL	21	95	79	16	22	8	0	5	0	0	14	18	.278	.400	.570	.970	.304	45	1	2	0	0	2	0
1999	27	SEA	AL	18	67	56	8	15	6	0	1	0	0	10	15	.268	.388	.429	.817	.350	24	0	1	0	0	2	0
1999	27	TOR	AL	3	28	23	8	7	2	0	4	0	0	4	3	.304	.429	.913	1.342	.188	21	1	1	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				45	156	135	23	35	11	0	5	1	1	19	26	.259	.359	.452	.811	.288	61	2	2	0	0	2	1
162 Game Avg.				68	236	204	35	53	17	0	8	2	2	29	39	.259	.359	.452	.811	.288	92	3	3	0	0	3	2
MLB Averages																.269	.340	.427	.767	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1998	26	TOR	AL	1.6	0.2	63	-0.1	1.2	-1.3	1.13	0.3	-0.3	3.0	0.3	1.13	3.4	8	4	12
1999	27	TOT	AL	-3.3	-0.3	95	-0.1	0.7	-0.8	.46	-0.4	0.3	-2.1	-0.2	0.46	-8.6	5	3	10
1999	27	TOR	AL	-4.4	-0.4	28	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.10	-0.1	-1.6	-3.8	-0.3	0.10	-5.3	0	1	1
1999	27	SEA	AL	1.1	0.1	67	0.1	0.7	-0.6	.60	-0.3	0.5	1.7	0.2	0.60	-3.3	5	2	9
2 Yrs				-1.6	-0.1	158	-0.1	1.9	-2.0	.72	-0.1	-0.1	0.9	0.1	0.72	-5.1	13	7	22

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	SVOpp	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
1998	26	TOR	AL	24	24	3	2	2	2	0%	6	3	18	4	22%	7	1.130	8	4	12	8	4	12	14	10	3	17	8	7	1.9	10
1999	27	TOT	AL	21	21	6	1	0	0		2	2	18	3	17%		.455	5	3	10	4	3	14	12	9	6	10	8	3	2.8	18
1999	27	TOR	AL	3	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		3	.104	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	3	2	1	2	0	5.7	35
1999	27	SEA	AL	18	18	5	1	0	0		2	2	18	3	17%	7	.602	5	2	9	3	3	12	12	6	4	9	6	3	2.3	16
2 Yrs				45	45	9	3	2	2	0%	8	5	36	7	19%		.719	13	7	22	12	7	26	26	19	9	27	16	10	2.3	14

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%
1998	26	TOR	AL	61	66%	0.0%	13.1%	8.2%	4.9%	23%	0.64	1.00	79%	25%	0.0%	7%	15	1	7%
1999	27	TOT	AL	95	43%	5.3%	19.0%	14.7%	13.7%	59%	0.56	1.00	59%	20%	13.2%	3%	19	1	5%
1999	27	TOR	AL	28	46%	14.3%	10.7%	14.3%	21.4%	86%	0.67	1.33	57%	20%	33.3%	0%	5	1	20%
1999	27	SEA	AL	67	42%	1.5%	22.4%	14.9%	10.5%	47%	0.52	0.86	60%	20%	3.8%	4%	14	0	0%
2 Yrs				156	52%	3.2%	16.7%	12.2%	10.3%	46%	0.60	1.00	67%	22%	7.8%	4%	34	2	6%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.7%	9.1%	7.9%	33%	0.79	1.08	70%	21%	8.1%	14%			10%

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
1998	26	TOR	AL	61	230	3.77	138	60%	25%	18%	22%	35%	75%	0%	45%	76%	56%	7%	4	0	11%	7	5	2	13%	0	4	0	0	0
1999	27	TOT	AL	95	385	4.05	217	56%	28%	17%	28%	28%	72%	4%	41%	77%	52%	13%	12	6	19%	18	8	1	17%	2	4	0	0	0
1999	27	TOR	AL	28	106	3.79	61	58%	23%	13%	31%	33%	77%	0%	44%	83%	57%	7%	2	1	11%	3	1	0	0%	0	1	0	0	0
1999	27	SEA	AL	67	279	4.16	156	56%	29%	18%	26%	26%	71%	5%	39%	75%	49%	15%	10	5	22%	15	7	1	20%	2	3	0	0	0
2 Yrs				156	615	3.94	355	58%	27%	17%	25%	31%	73%	2%	42%	77%	53%	10%	16	6	16%	25	13	3	15%	2	8	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.72		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	1%	45%	80%	56%	6%			19%				28%

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
1998	26	TOR	AL	61	13	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	67%	1	0	0	28	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	27	TOT	AL	95	22	1	0	5	0	5	4	1	1	4	8	3	2	38%	0	0	0	39	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	27	TOR	AL	28	7	0	0	4	0	0	3	1	1	3	1	0	0	0%	0	0	0	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	27	SEA	AL	67	15	1	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	1	7	3	2	43%	0	0	0	31	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				156	35	3	2	5	0	7	4	1	1	4	11	5	2	45%	1	0	0	67	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

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+
1998	26	0	2	.000	3.60	24	0	3	0	0	0	15.0	13	7	6	0	5	0	8	0	0	0	61	131	1.200	7.8	0.0	3.0	4.8	1.60	131
1999	27	0	3	.000	5.24	45	0	9	0	0	0	34.1	35	23	20	5	19	2	26	2	0	0	156	94	1.573	9.2	1.3	5.0	6.8	1.37	94

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
1998	26	1	0	1.000	3.86	14.0	13	7	6	0	5	8	0	1.286	8.4	3.2	5.1	1.60	0.0	24
1999	27	1	1	.500	5.85	20.0	21	14	13	5	13	18	2	1.700	9.5	5.9	8.1	1.38	2.3	21
2 Yrs		2	1	.667	5.03	34.0	34	21	19	5	18	26	2	1.529	9.0		6.9	1.44	1.3	45

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