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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)
School: Clemson University (Clemson, SC)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 45th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed July 13, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 2009
Team: Indians 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$505k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.138, 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
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 0 2 .000 6.27 23 0 3 0 0 1 18.2 20 14 13 2 9 1 21 0 0 2 84 63 1.554 9.6 1.0 4.3 10.1 2.33
4 Yrs 10 7 .588 3.72 208 0 44 0 0 2 184.0 140 82 76 29 97 9 195 2 1 11 769 108 1.288 6.8 1.4 4.7 9.5 2.01
162 Game Avg. 3 2 .588 3.72 68 0 14 0 0 1 60 46 27 25 9 32 3 64 1 0 4 251 108 1.288 6.8 1.4 4.7 9.5 2.01

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 Awards
2009 25 CLE AL 40.0 46 0 16 3.60 4.97 -0.10 -0.37 94.3 4.44 3 0.3 1.1 -0.1 0.6 9 .507 .502 $
2010 26 CLE AL 63.0 70 0 30 4.29 4.57 -0.09 -0.35 94.7 4.08 -2 -0.2 1.2 -0.2 0.2 6 .497 .499 $407,300
2011 27 CLE AL 62.1 69 0 22 3.18 4.48 -0.09 -0.34 95.7 4.04 6 0.6 1.4 -0.0 1.2 13 .509 .504 $436,800
2012 28 CLE AL 18.2 23 0 14 6.75 4.51 0.16 -0.33 97.6 3.91 -6 -0.6 1.3 -0.1 -0.6 -4 .473 .496 $
4 Seasons 184.0 208 0 82 4.01 4.62 -0.07 -0.35 95.2 4.13 2 0.2 1.3 -0.4 1.4 24 .501 .500 $844,100

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 23 84 74 14 20 7 1 2 1 1 9 21 .270 .349 .473 .822 .353 35 0 0 1 0 1 1
4 Yrs 208 769 657 82 140 39 1 29 25 9 97 195 .213 .314 .408 .722 .253 268 12 2 8 5 9 4
162 Game Avg. 68 251 215 27 46 13 0 9 8 3 32 64 .213 .314 .408 .722 .253 88 4 1 3 2 3 1
MLB Averages .258 .326 .406 .732 .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 0.3 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 7.2 0.7 268 0.7 6.2 -5.4 1.31 0.9 -0.4 4.0 0.4 1.31 7.6 31 15 22
2012 28 CLE AL -5.1 -0.5 89 -0.1 1.5 -1.6 1.08 -0.2 0.1 -2.9 -0.3 1.08 -2.0 10 4 9
4 Yrs 6.8 0.7 813 2.1 15.9 -13.9 1.12 0.4 1.4 10.4 1.1 1.12 4.5 79 49 75

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 .942 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 1.314 31 15 22 35 17 17 23 46 9 26 13 17 2.7 15
2012 28 CLE AL 23 23 3 0 2 1 1 0 100% 9 7 6 1 17% 7 1.078 10 4 9 13 5 5 4 19 5 11 5 10 2.4 16
4 Yrs 208 208 44 10 7 5 2 3 40% 65 55 124 32 26% 1.118 79 49 75 92 41 75 81 127 40 83 53 47 2.7 16

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 84 48% 2.4% 25.0% 10.7% 11.9% 50% 0.41 0.74 61% 30% 6.3% 14% 13 0 0%
4 Yrs 769 45% 3.8% 25.4% 12.6% 9.0% 49% 0.43 0.60 57% 16% 10.8% 16% 119 12 10%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.5% 8.5% 7.6% 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
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 85 360 4.24 221 61% 31% 17% 28% 24% 69% 3% 43% 76% 56% 7% 6 4 20% 17 11 0 24% 3 1 -1 0 0
4 Yrs 775 3235 4.17 1974 61% 27% 21% 28% 24% 73% 2% 44% 72% 57% 6% 45 24 26% 198 111 12 19% 24 13 -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 4 3 7 0
2012 28 CLE AL 84 20 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 8 4 1 50% 1 2 0 25 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
4 Yrs 769 140 8 1 29 2 26 15 14 12 17 56 17 16 30% 4 11 0 274 25 9 74% 18 7 7 1 0 1 10 9 25 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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 10 7 .588 3.72 208 0 44 0 0 2 184.0 140 82 76 29 97 9 195 2 1 11 769 108 1.288 6.8 1.4 4.7 9.5 2.01 108

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 0 2 .000 7.50 18.0 21 17 15 2 9 20 0 1.667 10.5 4.5 10.0 2.22 1.0 23
4 Yrs 8 10 .444 4.34 174.0 146 94 84 30 100 184 2 1.414 7.6 9.5 1.84 1.6 208

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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 (2461), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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