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Tony Sipp

Tony Marcel Sipp (twitter: @SippTony)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 12, 1983 in Pascagoula, MS
High School: Moss Point HS (Moss Point, MS)
Schools: Clemson University (Clemson, SC), Okaloosa-Walton College (Niceville, FL)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 45th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed July 13, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 2009 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Indians/Diamondbacks 2009-2013
2013 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$1.28M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 3.138, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Bledsoe Brothers [*]
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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
2009 25 CLE AL 2 0 1.000 2.93 46 0 8 0 0 0 40.0 27 16 13 5 25 2 48 0 0 3 168 146 1.300 6.1 1.1 5.6 10.8 1.92
2010 26 CLE AL 2 2 .500 4.14 70 0 16 0 0 1 63.0 48 30 29 12 39 3 69 2 0 4 266 96 1.381 6.9 1.7 5.6 9.9 1.77
2011 27 CLE AL 6 3 .667 3.03 69 0 17 0 0 0 62.1 45 22 21 10 24 3 57 0 1 2 251 130 1.107 6.5 1.4 3.5 8.2 2.38
2012 28 CLE AL 1 2 .333 4.42 63 0 7 0 0 1 55.0 47 29 27 9 23 1 51 1 0 3 233 89 1.273 7.7 1.5 3.8 8.3 2.22
2013 29 ARI NL 2 1 .667 3.21 20 0 5 0 0 0 14.0 11 5 5 1 8 1 14 1 1 0 62 125 1.357 7.1 0.6 5.1 9.0 1.75
5 Yrs 13 8 .619 3.65 268 0 53 0 0 2 234.1 178 102 95 37 119 10 239 4 2 12 980 110 1.267 6.8 1.4 4.6 9.2 2.01
162 Game Avg. 3 2 .619 3.65 68 0 13 0 0 1 59 45 26 24 9 30 3 61 1 1 3 249 110 1.267 6.8 1.4 4.6 9.2 2.01
CLE (4 yrs) 11 7 .611 3.68 248 0 48 0 0 2 220.1 167 97 90 36 111 9 225 3 1 12 918 109 1.262 6.8 1.5 4.5 9.2 2.03
ARI (1 yr) 2 1 .667 3.21 20 0 5 0 0 0 14.0 11 5 5 1 8 1 14 1 1 0 62 125 1.357 7.1 0.6 5.1 9.0 1.75
AL (4 yrs) 11 7 .611 3.68 248 0 48 0 0 2 220.1 167 97 90 36 111 9 225 3 1 12 918 109 1.262 6.8 1.5 4.5 9.2 2.03
NL (1 yr) 2 1 .667 3.21 20 0 5 0 0 0 14.0 11 5 5 1 8 1 14 1 1 0 62 125 1.357 7.1 0.6 5.1 9.0 1.75

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
2009 25 CLE AL 40.0 46 0 16 3.60 4.95 -0.10 -0.36 94.5 4.43 3 0.3 1.1 -0.1 0.7 8 .507 .502 $400,000
2010 26 CLE AL 63.0 70 0 30 4.29 4.57 -0.09 -0.35 93.1 4.01 -2 -0.3 1.2 -0.2 0.2 5 .496 .498 $407,300
2011 27 CLE AL 62.1 69 0 22 3.18 4.49 -0.09 -0.34 96.5 4.09 6 0.6 1.4 -0.0 1.3 13 .509 .504 $436,800
2012 28 CLE AL 55.0 63 0 29 4.75 4.49 -0.21 -0.33 95.2 4.16 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.1 2 .494 .498 $504,900
2013 29 ARI NL 14.0 20 0 5 3.21 4.48 0.74 -0.33 107.1 3.65 0 0.1 1.3 -0.0 0.1 2 .502 .500 $1,275,000
5 Seasons 234.1 268 0 102 3.92 4.59 -0.07 -0.35 95.6 4.12 4 0.4 1.2 -0.5 2.4 29 .501 .500 $3,024,000
CLE (4 yrs) 220.1 248 0 97 3.96 4.60 -0.12 -0.35 94.8 4.15 3 0.3 1.2 -0.4 2.3 27 .501 .501 $1,749,000
ARI (1 yr) 14.0 20 0 5 3.21 4.48 0.74 -0.33 107.1 3.65 0 0.1 1.3 -0.0 0.1 2 .502 .500 $1,275,000

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
2009 25 CLE AL 46 168 139 16 27 9 0 5 3 0 25 48 .194 .315 .367 .682 .253 51 4 0 3 1 2 2
2010 26 CLE AL 70 266 220 30 48 11 0 12 8 6 39 69 .218 .338 .432 .770 .255 95 7 2 3 2 3 1
2011 27 CLE AL 69 251 224 22 45 12 0 10 13 2 24 57 .201 .276 .388 .664 .220 87 1 0 1 2 3 0
2012 28 CLE AL 63 233 206 29 47 11 2 9 3 2 23 51 .228 .307 .432 .739 .259 89 0 1 2 1 1 2
2013 29 ARI NL 20 62 51 5 11 5 0 1 1 0 8 14 .216 .333 .373 .706 .278 19 0 1 2 0 1 0
5 Yrs 268 980 840 102 178 48 2 37 28 10 119 239 .212 .311 .406 .717 .247 341 12 4 11 6 10 5
162 Game Avg. 68 249 213 26 45 12 1 9 7 3 30 61 .212 .311 .406 .717 .247 87 3 1 3 2 3 1
MLB Averages .257 .324 .406 .730 .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
2009 25 CLE AL 5.4 0.5 173 0.2 2.8 -2.6 .94 0.1 0.1 6.4 0.6 0.94 2.2 12 14 18
2010 26 CLE AL -0.8 -0.1 283 1.1 5.5 -4.3 1.06 -0.4 1.5 2.8 0.3 1.06 -3.4 26 16 26
2011 27 CLE AL 7.0 0.7 268 0.7 6.1 -5.4 1.31 0.9 -0.4 3.6 0.4 1.31 7.6 31 15 22
2012 28 CLE AL -3.2 -0.3 243 -0.4 2.8 -3.2 .72 -0.0 -0.5 -4.1 -0.4 0.72 -0.8 18 13 29
2013 29 ARI NL 1.4 0.2 64 -0.2 0.9 -1.1 .88 0.1 -0.3 0.6 0.1 0.88 1.7 7 3 10
5 Yrs 9.9 1.0 1031 1.5 18.1 -16.6 1.01 0.6 0.9 9.4 0.9 1.01 7.2 94 61 105

Reliever Pitching*

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
2009 25 CLE AL 46 46 8 2 0 0 0 0 13 9 37 7 19% 7 .941 12 14 18 20 6 20 24 22 12 20 17 10 2.6 16
2010 26 CLE AL 70 70 16 2 2 3 1 2 33% 18 15 45 9 20% 8 1.057 26 16 26 24 13 33 30 40 14 26 18 10 2.7 16
2011 27 CLE AL 69 69 17 6 3 1 0 1 0% 25 24 36 15 42% 8 1.310 31 15 22 35 17 17 23 46 9 26 13 17 2.7 15
2012 28 CLE AL 63 63 7 1 2 2 1 1 50% 16 12 28 8 29% 7 .717 18 13 29 25 11 27 20 43 14 25 14 21 2.6 15
2013 29 ARI NL 20 20 5 2 1 2 0 2 0% 2 0 13 4 31% 8 .878 7 3 10 5 6 9 8 12 2 11 2 6 2.1 12
5 Yrs 268 268 53 13 8 8 2 6 25% 74 60 159 43 27% 1.010 94 61 105 109 53 106 105 163 51 108 64 64 2.6 15

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%
2009 25 CLE AL 168 50% 3.0% 28.6% 14.9% 8.3% 52% 0.54 0.89 52% 17% 9.8% 14% 30 4 13%
2010 26 CLE AL 266 45% 4.5% 25.9% 14.7% 8.7% 48% 0.46 0.63 53% 16% 14.0% 17% 47 7 15%
2011 27 CLE AL 251 42% 4.0% 22.7% 9.6% 8.8% 49% 0.36 0.42 63% 11% 10.0% 18% 29 1 3%
2012 28 CLE AL 233 51% 3.9% 21.9% 9.9% 9.4% 47% 0.52 0.69 63% 21% 10.6% 15% 37 0 0%
2013 29 ARI NL 62 50% 1.6% 22.6% 12.9% 9.7% 55% 0.29 0.47 58% 23% 4.5% 21% 8 0 0%
5 Yrs 980 47% 3.8% 24.4% 12.1% 8.9% 49% 0.45 0.60 58% 17% 10.8% 17% 151 12 8%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.8% 8.4% 7.6% 33% 0.81 1.09 69% 19% 7.7% 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
2009 25 CLE AL 168 722 4.30 423 59% 30% 21% 26% 22% 70% 3% 41% 69% 57% 8% 13 6 25% 42 22 2 27% 7 5 0 0 0
2010 26 CLE AL 268 1128 4.21 677 60% 27% 21% 29% 23% 73% 1% 44% 71% 57% 6% 17 9 25% 68 30 5 17% 8 6 -2 0 0
2011 27 CLE AL 254 1025 4.04 653 64% 24% 21% 29% 26% 76% 3% 48% 72% 56% 4% 9 5 28% 71 48 5 12% 6 1 -3 0 0
2012 28 CLE AL 234 955 4.08 590 62% 28% 17% 28% 27% 72% 1% 45% 76% 52% 6% 14 10 21% 50 30 2 18% 6 3 -1 0 0
2013 29 ARI NL 62 242 3.90 146 60% 27% 20% 27% 27% 73% 4% 44% 73% 71% 2% 1 0 23% 14 7 0 21% 3 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 986 4072 4.13 2489 61% 27% 20% 28% 25% 73% 2% 45% 72% 56% 5% 54 30 25% 245 137 14 18% 30 15 -6 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 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
2009 25 CLE AL 168 27 3 0 5 0 11 2 3 0 5 9 1 6 11% 2 3 0 66 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2010 26 CLE AL 266 48 3 0 12 1 7 5 7 6 6 23 5 7 22% 1 4 0 98 8 6 57% 6 5 2 0 0 1 5 5 10 0
2011 27 CLE AL 251 45 2 1 10 1 6 6 4 6 4 16 7 2 44% 0 2 0 85 13 2 87% 9 1 4 1 0 0 2 2 7 0
2012 28 CLE AL 233 47 3 1 9 0 5 4 5 4 5 14 7 2 50% 2 3 1 77 3 2 60% 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 7 0
2013 29 ARI NL 62 11 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 1 20% 0 0 0 21 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 Yrs 980 178 12 2 37 2 30 17 20 17 20 67 21 18 31% 5 12 1 347 28 10 74% 20 8 8 1 0 1 8 8 29 0
MLB Averages 52% 73%

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+
2009 25 2 0 1.000 2.93 46 0 8 0 0 0 40.0 27 16 13 5 25 2 48 0 0 3 168 146 1.300 6.1 1.1 5.6 10.8 1.92 146
2010 26 4 2 .667 3.67 116 0 24 0 0 1 103.0 75 46 42 17 64 5 117 2 0 7 434 111 1.350 6.6 1.5 5.6 10.2 1.83 111
2011 27 10 5 .667 3.43 185 0 41 0 0 1 165.1 120 68 63 27 88 8 174 2 1 9 685 118 1.258 6.5 1.5 4.8 9.5 1.98 118
2012 28 11 7 .611 3.68 248 0 48 0 0 2 220.1 167 97 90 36 111 9 225 3 1 12 918 109 1.262 6.8 1.5 4.5 9.2 2.03 109
2013 29 13 8 .619 3.65 268 0 53 0 0 2 234.1 178 102 95 37 119 10 239 4 2 12 980 110 1.267 6.8 1.4 4.6 9.2 2.01 110

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
2009 25 3 1 .750 3.00 39.0 27 14 13 5 25 46 0 1.333 6.2 5.8 10.6 1.84 1.2 46
2010 26 2 4 .333 5.21 57.0 51 37 33 13 41 63 2 1.614 8.1 6.5 9.9 1.54 2.1 70
2011 27 3 3 .500 3.45 60.0 47 26 23 10 25 55 0 1.200 7.1 3.8 8.3 2.20 1.5 69
2012 28 2 3 .400 5.09 53.0 49 33 30 9 24 49 1 1.377 8.3 4.1 8.3 2.04 1.5 63
2013 29 1 0 1.000 3.21 14.0 11 6 5 1 8 14 1 1.357 7.1 5.1 9.0 1.75 0.6 20
5 Yrs 11 11 .500 4.20 223.0 185 116 104 38 123 227 4 1.381 7.5 9.2 1.85 1.5 268

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2010 AL  70 (10th)
2011 AL  69 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2487), Average HOFer ≈ 185
JAWS Relief Pitcher (902nd), 2.5 career WAR/2.5 7yr-peak WAR/2.5 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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