Ian Snell
Ian Dante Snell
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 30, 1981 in Dover, DE
High School: Caesar Rodney (Camden-Wyoming, DE)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 26th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 21, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 20, 2004
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Standard Pitching

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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
2004 22 PIT NL 0 1 .000 7.50 3 1 1 0 0 0 12.0 14 10 10 2 9 0 9 0 0 0 56 58 1.917 10.5 1.5 6.8 6.8 1.00
2005 23 PIT NL 1 2 .333 5.14 15 5 2 0 0 0 42.0 43 25 24 5 24 3 34 1 0 4 189 82 1.595 9.2 1.1 5.1 7.3 1.42
2006 24 PIT NL 14 11 .560 4.74 32 32 0 0 0 0 186.0 198 104 98 29 74 4 169 2 0 8 813 94 1.462 9.6 1.4 3.6 8.2 2.28
2007 25 PIT NL 9 12 .429 3.76 32 32 0 1 0 0 208.0 209 94 87 22 68 4 177 8 0 12 882 116 1.332 9.0 1.0 2.9 7.7 2.60
2008 26 PIT NL 7 12 .368 5.42 31 31 0 0 0 0 164.1 201 107 99 18 89 0 135 2 1 8 766 78 1.765 11.0 1.0 4.9 7.4 1.52
2009 27 TOT MLB 7 10 .412 4.84 27 27 0 1 0 0 145.0 148 82 78 14 83 3 89 2 0 6 649 87 1.593 9.2 0.9 5.2 5.5 1.07
2009 27 PIT NL 2 8 .200 5.36 15 15 0 1 0 0 80.2 87 50 48 7 44 3 52 1 0 3 360 77 1.624 9.7 0.8 4.9 5.8 1.18
2009 27 SEA AL 5 2 .714 4.20 12 12 0 0 0 0 64.1 61 32 30 7 39 0 37 1 0 3 289 103 1.554 8.5 1.0 5.5 5.2 0.95
6 Seasons 38 48 .442 4.71 140 128 3 2 0 0 757.1 813 422 396 90 347 14 613 15 1 38 3355 92 1.532 9.7 1.1 4.1 7.3 1.77
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .442 4.71 36 32 1 1 0 0 192 206 107 100 23 88 4 156 4 0 10 851 92 1.532 9.7 1.1 4.1 7.3 1.77
PIT (6 yrs) 33 46 .418 4.75 128 116 3 2 0 0 693.0 752 390 366 83 308 14 576 14 1 35 3066 91 1.530 9.8 1.1 4.0 7.5 1.87
SEA (1 yr) 5 2 .714 4.20 12 12 0 0 0 0 64.1 61 32 30 7 39 0 37 1 0 3 289 103 1.554 8.5 1.0 5.5 5.2 0.95
NL (6 yrs) 33 46 .418 4.75 128 116 3 2 0 0 693.0 752 390 366 83 308 14 576 14 1 35 3066 91 1.530 9.8 1.1 4.0 7.5 1.87
AL (1 yr) 5 2 .714 4.20 12 12 0 0 0 0 64.1 61 32 30 7 39 0 37 1 0 3 289 103 1.554 8.5 1.0 5.5 5.2 0.95

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
2004 22 PIT NL 3 56 47 10 14 2 1 2 1 0 9 9 .298 .411 .511 .921 .333 24 2 0 0 0 0
2005 23 PIT NL 15 189 161 25 43 12 1 5 1 1 24 34 .267 .364 .447 .811 .309 72 3 1 2 1 3
2006 24 PIT NL 32 813 715 104 198 43 3 29 16 5 74 169 .277 .344 .467 .811 .323 334 14 2 16 6 4
2007 25 PIT NL 32 881 792 94 209 44 4 22 14 6 68 177 .264 .326 .413 .739 .312 327 21 8 6 7 4
2008 26 PIT NL 31 766 662 107 201 41 9 18 20 4 89 135 .304 .385 .474 .859 .355 314 17 2 7 6 0
2009 27 SEA AL 12 289 247 32 61 15 0 7 2 1 39 37 .247 .352 .393 .745 .266 97 5 1 2 0 0
2009 27 PIT NL 15 360 309 50 87 33 5 7 8 4 44 52 .282 .372 .489 .861 .319 151 8 1 5 1 3
2009 27 TOT MLB 27 649 556 82 148 48 5 14 10 5 83 89 .266 .363 .446 .809 .295 248 13 2 7 1 3
6 Seasons 140 3354 2933 422 813 190 23 90 62 21 347 613 .277 .354 .450 .804 .321 1319 70 15 38 21 14
162 Game Avg. 36 851 744 107 206 48 6 23 16 5 88 156 .277 .354 .450 .804 .321 335 18 4 10 5 4
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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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
2004 22 PIT NL 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 13 13 13 2 1 0 1 4.0 6.0 5.0 96 0 1 0 0 96
2005 23 PIT NL 15 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 4 .200 0 2 0 0 1 20% 43 78 19 2 1 1 3 4.1 3.3 4.8 80 3 1 1 0 103
2006 24 PIT NL 32 32 14 11 7 3 2 18 14 .563 2 5 0 0 14 44% 49 73 10 13 5 0 15 4.8 4.9 5.8 95 3 17 12 0 114
2007 25 PIT NL 32 32 9 12 11 2 4 16 16 .500 3 5 1 0 22 69% 53 76 22 8 4 0 13 3.9 3.6 6.5 97 1 16 14 1 120
2008 26 PIT NL 31 31 7 12 12 2 7 14 17 .452 0 10 0 0 13 42% 44 76 10 14 4 0 17 4.7 3.8 5.3 97 1 15 15 0 114
2009 27 TOT MLB 27 27 7 10 10 4 4 9 18 .333 3 6 1 0 13 48% 46 69 15 17 3 0 15 4.2 4.4 5.4 94 5 11 10 1 131
2009 27 PIT NL 15 15 2 8 5 0 4 4 11 .267 0 5 1 0 8 53% 45 69 15 5 1 0 8 4.3 3.0 5.4 94 3 7 4 1 131
2009 27 SEA AL 12 12 5 2 5 4 0 5 7 .417 3 1 0 0 5 42% 48 63 23 12 2 0 7 4.2 6.2 5.4 93 2 4 6 0 109
6 Seasons 140 128 38 48 42 11 17 58 70 .453 8 28 2 0 63 49% 48 78 10 56 18 1 64 4.4 4.1 5.7 95 13 61 52 2 131
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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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
2004 22 PIT NL 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.743 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 10.5 51
2005 23 PIT NL 15 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 25% 7 0.758 1 2 7 1 0 9 2 8 7 0 7 0 5.4 29
2 Seasons 18 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 25% 0.755 1 3 8 1 0 11 2 10 9 0 9 0 6.3 33

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
2004 22 PIT NL 56 34% 3.6% 16.1% 16.1% 8.9% 36% 0.58 1.25 64% 26% 9.5% 13% 18 2 11%
2005 23 PIT NL 189 44% 2.7% 18.0% 12.7% 9.5% 42% 0.58 0.80 65% 18% 7.0% 11% 41 3 7%
2006 24 PIT NL 813 49% 3.6% 20.8% 9.1% 9.2% 38% 0.74 1.03 64% 20% 10.1% 7% 154 14 9%
2007 25 PIT NL 882 49% 2.5% 20.1% 7.7% 8.0% 34% 0.83 1.15 68% 18% 7.3% 10% 161 21 13%
2008 26 PIT NL 766 48% 2.4% 17.6% 11.6% 8.9% 34% 0.61 0.94 67% 23% 6.1% 10% 165 17 10%
2009 27 TOT MLB 649 52% 2.2% 13.7% 12.8% 10.3% 45% 0.65 0.87 70% 22% 5.7% 13% 106 13 12%
2009 27 PIT NL 360 49% 1.9% 14.4% 12.2% 12.5% 52% 0.71 1.00 70% 18% 5.2% 11% 47 8 17%
2009 27 SEA AL 289 56% 2.4% 12.8% 13.5% 7.6% 36% 0.58 0.74 70% 27% 6.2% 15% 59 5 8%
6 Seasons 3355 49% 2.7% 18.3% 10.4% 9.0% 37% 0.70 0.99 67% 20% 7.4% 10% 645 70 11%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
2004 22 PIT NL 56 198 3.54 124 63% 28% 13% 28% 31% 72% 0% 45% 82% 66% 5% 3 2 27% 15 9 0 33% 3 1 0 0 0
2005 23 PIT NL 189 690 3.65 418 61% 27% 15% 28% 31% 73% 3% 44% 80% 61% 5% 10 2 25% 47 29 5 41% 4 5 0 0 0
2006 24 PIT NL 813 3032 3.73 1928 64% 25% 17% 28% 29% 75% 1% 48% 77% 58% 5% 40 20 24% 199 109 14 26% 32 16 0 0 0
2007 25 PIT NL 882 3118 3.54 2025 65% 26% 18% 26% 31% 74% 1% 48% 76% 64% 4% 39 18 25% 221 145 17 24% 43 16 0 0 1
2008 26 PIT NL 766 2998 3.91 1875 63% 24% 17% 31% 29% 76% 0% 48% 78% 56% 5% 37 22 26% 197 128 16 24% 23 15 0 0 0
2009 27 TOT MLB 649 2522 3.89 1481 59% 27% 13% 28% 32% 73% 1% 43% 82% 52% 7% 48 32 19% 124 68 4 24% 15 14 0 0 0
2009 27 PIT NL 360 1405 3.90 825 59% 28% 15% 26% 32% 72% 1% 42% 80% 53% 8% 28 20 20% 71 36 1 23% 7 6 0 0 0
2009 27 SEA AL 289 1117 3.87 656 59% 26% 12% 30% 32% 74% 0% 44% 84% 50% 7% 20 12 18% 53 32 3 24% 8 8 0 0 0
6 Seasons 3355 12558 3.74 7851 63% 25% 16% 28% 30% 75% 1% 47% 78% 58% 5% 177 96 24% 803 488 56 25% 120 67 0 0 1
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
2004 22 PIT NL 56 14 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 4 1 1 25% 0 0 0 23 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 23 PIT NL 189 43 3 2 5 0 8 2 3 0 5 18 6 4 33% 1 4 3 75 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2006 24 PIT NL 813 198 15 3 29 0 11 11 18 16 13 33 19 4 58% 6 8 0 325 16 5 76% 15 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 16 0
2007 25 PIT NL 882 209 23 2 22 0 15 9 13 12 10 49 26 6 53% 5 12 1 325 14 6 70% 14 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 24 0
2008 26 PIT NL 766 201 11 3 18 0 22 8 10 7 11 55 37 4 67% 2 8 1 317 20 4 83% 18 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 19 0
2009 27 TOT MLB 649 148 12 0 14 0 15 8 6 4 10 36 19 6 53% 3 6 0 243 10 5 67% 10 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 0
2009 27 PIT NL 360 87 6 0 7 0 9 4 3 1 6 20 9 3 45% 2 3 0 133 8 4 67% 8 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0
2009 27 SEA AL 289 61 6 0 7 0 6 4 3 3 4 16 10 3 63% 1 3 0 110 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
6 Seasons 3355 813 65 11 90 0 73 39 51 39 51 195 108 25 55% 17 38 5 1308 62 21 75% 58 18 4 3 0 0 4 1 79 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
2004 22 0 1 .000 7.50 3 1 1 0 0 0 12.0 14 10 10 2 9 0 9 0 0 0 56 58 1.917 10.5 1.5 6.8 6.8 1.00 58
2005 23 1 3 .250 5.67 18 6 3 0 0 0 54.0 57 35 34 7 33 3 43 1 0 4 245 75 1.667 9.5 1.2 5.5 7.2 1.30 75
2006 24 15 14 .517 4.95 50 38 3 0 0 0 240.0 255 139 132 36 107 7 212 3 0 12 1058 89 1.508 9.6 1.4 4.0 8.0 1.98 89
2007 25 24 26 .480 4.40 82 70 3 1 0 0 448.0 464 233 219 58 175 11 389 11 0 24 1940 100 1.426 9.3 1.2 3.5 7.8 2.22 100
2008 26 31 38 .449 4.67 113 101 3 1 0 0 612.1 665 340 318 76 264 11 524 13 1 32 2706 93 1.517 9.8 1.1 3.9 7.7 1.98 93
2009 27 38 48 .442 4.71 140 128 3 2 0 0 757.1 813 422 396 90 347 14 613 15 1 38 3355 92 1.532 9.7 1.1 4.1 7.3 1.77 92

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
2004 22 0 1 .000 8.18 11.0 14 11 10 2 9 8 0 2.091 11.5 7.4 6.5 0.89 1.6 3
2005 23 1 3 .250 5.40 40.0 43 27 24 5 24 32 1 1.675 9.7 5.4 7.2 1.33 1.1 15
2006 24 9 11 .450 4.57 181.0 194 102 92 28 73 164 2 1.475 9.6 3.6 8.2 2.25 1.4 32
2007 25 12 10 .545 3.72 201.0 205 92 83 22 67 171 8 1.353 9.2 3.0 7.7 2.55 1.0 32
2008 26 6 11 .353 5.58 158.0 201 109 98 18 89 130 2 1.835 11.4 5.1 7.4 1.46 1.0 31
2009 27 6 9 .400 5.05 139.0 148 87 78 14 83 85 2 1.662 9.6 5.4 5.5 1.02 0.9 27
6 Seasons 34 45 .430 4.75 730.0 805 428 385 89 345 590 15 1.575 9.9 7.3 1.71 1.1 140

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 NL--8.177--10th
2007 NL--7.659--10th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2007 NL--208.0--9th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2007 NL--177--7th

Home Runs s c a p y
2006 NL--29--5th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2008 NL--89--6th

Earned Runs s c a p y
2008 NL--99--5th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2006 NL--8--10th
2007 NL--12--1st

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1632), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (1927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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