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Kevin Slowey

Kevin Michael Slowey

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: May 4, 1984 in Conroe, TX
High School: Upper St. Clair HS (Pittsburgh, PA)
School: Winthrop University (Rock Hill, SC)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 1, 2007
Team: Twins 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.75M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.053, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: SFX [*]
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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
2005	21	MIN-min	A,Rk	3	2	.600	2.12	17	9	4	1	1	1	72.0	44	19	17	5	8	2	84	2	0	0	268		0.722	5.5	0.6	1.0	10.5	10.50	BEL,ELZ · MIDW,APPY
2006	22	MIN-min	A+,AA	8	5	.615	1.88	23	23	0	1	0	0	148.2	102	42	31	8	22	1	151	6	0	0	575		0.834	6.2	0.5	1.3	9.1	6.86	FTM,NBR · FLOR,EL
2007	23	MIN-min	AAA	10	5	.667	1.89	20	20	0	5	1	0	133.2	110	31	28	4	18	0	107	3	1	1	523		0.958	7.4	0.3	1.2	7.2	5.94	ROC · IL
2007	23	MIN	AL	4	1	.800	4.73	13	11	0	0	0	0	66.2	82	39	35	16	11	0	47	0	0	3	297	91	1.395	11.1	2.2	1.5	6.3	4.27
2008	24	MIN-min	A+,AAA	0	1	.000	2.08	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.0	4	3	3	3	4	0	19	0	0	0	47		0.615	2.8	2.1	2.8	13.2	4.75	FTM,ROC · FLOR,IL
2008	24	MIN	AL	12	11	.522	3.99	27	27	0	3	2	0	160.1	161	74	71	22	24	1	123	4	0	1	653	105	1.154	9.0	1.2	1.3	6.9	5.13
2009	25	MIN	AL	10	3	.769	4.86	16	16	0	0	0	0	90.2	113	50	49	15	15	1	75	5	0	3	394	90	1.412	11.2	1.5	1.5	7.4	5.00
2010	26	MIN	AL	13	6	.684	4.45	30	28	0	0	0	0	155.2	172	80	77	21	29	0	116	4	0	3	662	91	1.291	9.9	1.2	1.7	6.7	4.00
2011	27	MIN-min	AAA,A+	1	3	.250	3.60	11	11	0	0	0	0	50.0	53	21	20	4	6	0	38	5	0	1	212		1.180	9.5	0.7	1.1	6.8	6.33	ROC,FTM · IL,FLOR
2011	27	MIN	AL	0	8	.000	6.67	14	8	1	0	0	0	59.1	78	44	44	10	5	0	34	3	0	0	258	61	1.399	11.8	1.5	0.8	5.2	6.80
2012	28	CLE-min	AAA	3	3	.500	5.14	8	8	0	0	0	0	49.0	52	31	28	7	13	0	34	1	0	2	211		1.327	9.6	1.3	2.4	6.2	2.62	CLB · IL
5 Yrs				39	29	.574	4.66	100	90	1	3	2	0	532.2	606	287	276	84	84	2	395	16	0	10	2264	90	1.295	10.2	1.4	1.4	6.7	4.70
162 Game Avg.				14	10	.574	4.66	36	32	0	1	1	0	191	217	103	99	30	30	1	141	6	0	4	810	90	1.295	10.2	1.4	1.4	6.7	4.70

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
2007	23	MIN	AL	66.2	13	11	39	5.27	4.99	0.10	0.14	95.6	4.81	-4	-0.4	.9	-0.1	0.2	5	.471	.498	$
2008	24	MIN	AL	160.1	27	27	74	4.15	4.71	-0.18	0.18	96.3	4.88	10	1.0		-0.1	2.4	32	.539	.506	$395,000
2009	25	MIN	AL	90.2	16	16	50	4.96	4.86	-0.28	0.19	97.0	5.18	2	0.2		-0.1	0.9	13	.510	.501	$440,000
2010	26	MIN	AL	155.2	30	28	80	4.63	4.37	-0.10	0.15	95.9	4.43	-4	-0.5	.6	-0.1	0.9	14	.485	.497	$470,000
2011	27	MIN	AL	59.1	14	8	44	6.67	4.48	-0.46	0.04	100.8	5.02	-11	-1.1	.6	-0.0	-0.6	-4	.423	.493	$2,700,000
5 Seasons				532.2	100	90	287	4.85	4.65	-0.17	0.15	96.7	4.81	-8	-0.7	.7	-0.3	3.8	61	.493	.499	$4,005,000

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
2007	23	MIN	AL	13	297	285	39	82	19	2	16	0	0	11	47	.288	.313	.537	.850	.296	153	2	0	0	1	0	4
2008	24	MIN	AL	27	653	619	74	161	38	3	22	4	4	24	123	.260	.290	.438	.728	.290	271	10	4	1	5	1	1
2009	25	MIN	AL	16	394	366	50	113	24	1	15	10	3	15	75	.309	.340	.503	.843	.349	184	6	5	3	5	1	2
2010	26	MIN	AL	30	662	615	80	172	39	4	21	6	4	29	116	.280	.311	.459	.770	.309	282	7	4	2	11	0	3
2011	27	MIN	AL	14	258	243	44	78	17	2	10	4	1	5	34	.321	.337	.531	.868	.335	129	5	3	3	4	0	1
5 Yrs				100	2264	2128	287	606	137	12	84	24	12	84	395	.285	.313	.479	.792	.312	1019	30	16	9	26	2	11
162 Game Avg.				36	810	762	103	217	49	4	30	9	4	30	141	.285	.313	.479	.792	.312	365	11	6	3	9	1	4
MLB Averages																.261	.330	.412	.741	.299

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2007	23	MIN	AL	-3.8	-0.4	301	0.2	5.0	-4.8	.91	-0.9	1.1	-3.0	-0.3	0.90	-10.7	0	1	1
2008	24	MIN	AL	5.2	0.5	662	0.3	10.6	-10.4	.85	1.0	-0.7	7.6	0.8	0.85	12.0	0	0	0
2009	25	MIN	AL	-3.5	-0.3	409	-0.4	6.9	-7.2	.96	-0.5	0.1	-3.6	-0.3	0.96	-4.3	0	0	0
2010	26	MIN	AL	-5.4	-0.5	677	-0.8	10.9	-11.7	.94	-1.3	0.5	-3.0	-0.3	0.94	-11.3	0	1	1
2011	27	MIN	AL	-15.9	-1.5	263	-1.8	3.4	-5.2	.83	-1.3	-0.8	-15.1	-1.4	0.83	-12.7	1	2	3
5 Yrs				-23.4	-2.2	2312	-2.5	36.8	-39.3	.90	-3.1	0.3	-17.1	-1.6	0.90	-27.0	1	4	5

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
2007	23	MIN	AL	13	11	4	1	6	2	0	7	4	.636	3	1	0	0	4	36%	47.1	74	25	6	1	0	5	6.0	7.4	5.5	94	1	8	2	0	105
2008	24	MIN	AL	27	27	12	11	4	2	1	15	12	.556	2	3	3	2	13	48%	52.6	89	10	17	3	0	11	5.2	5.0	5.9	93	4	14	9	0	110
2009	25	MIN	AL	16	16	10	3	3	2	0	10	6	.625	1	1	0	0	9	56%	47.6	69	23	10	1	0	8	5.7	7.3	5.7	89	4	8	4	0	114
2010	26	MIN	AL	30	28	13	6	9	5	0	17	11	.607	3	3	0	0	9	32%	48.9	81	14	20	6	0	17	5.5	6.2	5.5	91	6	14	8	0	114
2011	27	MIN	AL	14	8	0	8	0	0	2	0	8	.000	0	0	0	0	2	25%	39.4	59	26	8	2	0	3	2.5	2.6	5.6	89	1	6	1	0	104
5 Yrs				100	90	39	29	22	11	3	49	41	.544	9	8	3	2	37	41%	49	89	10	61	13	0	44	5.3	5.8	5.7	91	16	50	24	0	114
MLB Averages													.500						50%	50	100	-12					4.6	4.6	5.9	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2007	23	MIN	AL	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	.906	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	9.0	55

2010	26	MIN	AL	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	.939	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	4.5	21
2011	27	MIN	AL	14	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	7	.834	1	2	3	0	0	6	1	5	3	1	3	1	7.3	33
3 Yrs				57	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%		.909	1	4	5	1	0	9	1	9	6	1	6	1	7.1	35

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%
2007	23	MIN	AL	297	48%	5.4%	15.8%	3.7%	12.5%	45%	0.43	0.56	75%	18%	11.7%	18%	43	2	5%
2008	24	MIN	AL	653	53%	3.4%	18.8%	3.7%	9.7%	39%	0.59	0.74	73%	17%	8.2%	14%	98	10	10%
2009	25	MIN	AL	394	51%	3.8%	19.0%	3.8%	10.2%	35%	0.49	0.62	71%	18%	9.6%	20%	62	6	10%
2010	26	MIN	AL	662	48%	3.2%	17.5%	4.4%	9.7%	37%	0.40	0.51	74%	20%	6.9%	16%	99	7	7%
2011	27	MIN	AL	258	53%	3.9%	13.2%	1.9%	11.2%	37%	0.47	0.58	79%	19%	8.1%	15%	49	5	10%
5 Yrs				2264	51%	3.7%	17.5%	3.7%	10.3%	38%	0.48	0.60	74%	18%	8.5%	17%	351	30	9%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	17.9%	8.6%	7.8%	33%	0.79	1.07	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
2007	23	MIN	AL	297	1138	3.83	769	68%	29%	9%	30%	31%	71%	0%	48%	87%	61%	3%	8	5	29%	85	50	7	38%	9	3	0	0	0
2008	24	MIN	AL	654	2516	3.85	1722	68%	26%	14%	31%	29%	74%	1%	50%	81%	67%	3%	19	15	33%	214	124	13	33%	31	3	-1	0	0
2009	25	MIN	AL	395	1425	3.61	979	69%	29%	13%	28%	31%	71%	0%	49%	82%	68%	2%	6	3	27%	107	56	9	27%	16	2	-1	0	0
2010	26	MIN	AL	665	2576	3.87	1699	66%	28%	11%	31%	30%	72%	0%	47%	85%	65%	2%	16	11	26%	173	85	16	34%	23	5	-3	0	0
2011	27	MIN	AL	260	914	3.52	641	70%	28%	8%	31%	34%	72%	0%	51%	89%	72%	1%	2	2	27%	69	40	6	29%	9	0	-2	0	0
5 Yrs				2271	8569	3.77	5810	68%	28%	11%	30%	30%	72%	0%	49%	84%	66%	2%	51	36	29%	648	355	51	32%	88	13	-7	0	0
MLB Averages						3.80		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	59%	5%			22%				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
2007	23	MIN	AL	297	82	4	0	16	0	4	8	8	8	8	6	3	0	50%	4	3	0	106	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2008	24	MIN	AL	653	161	19	1	22	0	3	9	13	10	12	18	10	2	56%	1	1	0	217	4	4	50%	4	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	6	0
2009	25	MIN	AL	394	113	10	1	15	0	5	9	6	8	7	17	8	6	47%	2	3	0	150	10	3	77%	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
2010	26	MIN	AL	662	172	14	1	21	0	3	15	6	12	9	34	16	9	47%	3	3	0	238	6	4	60%	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
2011	27	MIN	AL	258	78	10	1	10	0	2	5	5	7	3	14	11	1	79%	1	0	0	95	4	1	80%	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
5 Yrs				2264	606	57	4	84	0	17	46	38	45	39	89	48	18	54%	11	10	0	806	24	12	67%	20	11	4	1	0	0	2	0	42	0
MLB Averages																		53%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2007	23	4	1	.800	4.73	13	11	0	0	0	66.2	82	39	35	16	11	0	47	0	3	297	91	1.395	11.1	2.2	1.5	6.3	4.27	91
2008	24	16	12	.571	4.20	40	38	0	3	2	227.0	243	113	106	38	35	1	170	4	4	950	101	1.225	9.6	1.5	1.4	6.7	4.86	101
2009	25	26	15	.634	4.39	56	54	0	3	2	317.2	356	163	155	53	50	2	245	9	7	1344	97	1.278	10.1	1.5	1.4	6.9	4.90	97
2010	26	39	21	.650	4.41	86	82	0	3	2	473.1	528	243	232	74	79	2	361	13	10	2006	95	1.282	10.0	1.4	1.5	6.9	4.57	95
2011	27	39	29	.574	4.66	100	90	1	3	2	532.2	606	287	276	84	84	2	395	16	10	2264	90	1.295	10.2	1.4	1.4	6.7	4.70	90

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
2007	23	3	4	.429	4.63	68.0	82	39	35	16	11	48	0	1.368	10.9	1.5	6.4	4.36	2.1	13
2008	24	8	9	.471	4.27	154.0	163	81	73	22	24	118	4	1.214	9.5	1.4	6.9	4.92	1.3	27
2009	25	3	6	.333	5.07	87.0	113	54	49	15	15	72	5	1.471	11.7	1.6	7.4	4.80	1.6	16
2010	26	6	10	.375	4.98	150.0	178	92	83	22	30	112	4	1.387	10.7	1.8	6.7	3.73	1.3	30
2011	27	1	5	.167	7.55	56.0	81	52	47	10	5	32	3	1.536	13.0	0.8	5.1	6.40	1.6	14
5 Yrs		21	34	.382	5.02	515.0	617	318	287	85	85	382	16	1.363	10.8		6.7	4.49	1.5	100

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 2010 AL .684 (7th)	Complete Games s c a p y 2008 AL 3 (3rd)	Shutouts s c a p y 2008 AL 2 (1st)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2010 AL .684 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2008 AL 3 (3rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 AL 2 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 1 (846), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 6 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1952), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 13 (615), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Ricky Nolasco (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chad Ogea (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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