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Clint Sodowsky

Clint Rea Sodowsky

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 13, 1972 in Ponca City, OK
High School: Ponca City HS (Ponca City, OK)
School: Connors State College (Warner, OK)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 9th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1995
Teams (by GP): Diamondbacks/Pirates/Tigers/Cardinals 1995-1999

Final Game: May 22, 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	18	DET-min	Rk	0	5	.000	3.76	14	8	3	0	0	0	55.0	49	34	23	3	34	0	44	2	4	8	253		1.509	8.0	0.5	5.6	7.2	1.29	BRS · APPY
1992	19	DET-min	Rk	2	2	.500	3.54	15	6	2	0	0	0	56.0	46	35	22	3	29	0	48	4	1	6	243		1.339	7.4	0.5	4.7	7.7	1.66	BRS · APPY
1993	20	DET-min	A	14	10	.583	5.09	27	27	0	1	0	0	155.2	177	101	88	11	51	0	80	6	5	4	676		1.465	10.2	0.6	2.9	4.6	1.57	FAY · SALL
1994	21	DET-min	A+	6	3	.667	3.83	19	18	1	1	1	0	110.1	111	58	47	5	34	0	73	6	0	12	466		1.314	9.1	0.4	2.8	6.0	2.15	LAK · FLOR
1995	22	DET-min	AA,AAA	10	6	.625	2.65	28	28	0	6	3	0	183.2	149	67	54	9	80	2	109	8	0	4	744		1.247	7.3	0.4	3.9	5.3	1.36	JCK,TOL · SOUL,IL
1995	22	DET	AL	2	2	.500	5.01	6	6	0	0	0	0	23.1	24	15	13	4	18	0	14	0	1	1	112	97	1.800	9.3	1.5	6.9	5.4	0.78
1996	23	DET-min	AAA	6	8	.429	3.94	19	19	0	1	0	0	118.2	128	67	52	8	51	0	59	6	2	3	525		1.508	9.7	0.6	3.9	4.5	1.16	TOL · IL
1996	23	DET	AL	1	3	.250	11.84	7	7	0	0	0	0	24.1	40	34	32	5	20	0	9	3	0	3	132	44	2.466	14.8	1.8	7.4	3.3	0.45
1997	24	PIT-min	AAA	0	1	.000	6.59	8	0	1	0	0	1	13.2	19	10	10	1	6	0	9	0	0	1	64		1.829	12.5	0.7	4.0	5.9	1.50	CGY · PCL
1997	24	PIT	NL	2	2	.500	3.63	45	0	8	0	0	0	52.0	49	22	21	6	34	7	51	2	0	6	236	120	1.596	8.5	1.0	5.9	8.8	1.50
1998	25	ARI-min	AAA	0	1	.000	3.86	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.1	11	4	4	0	3	0	7	0	1	0	42		1.500	10.6	0.0	2.9	6.8	2.33	TUC · PCL
1998	25	ARI	NL	3	6	.333	5.68	45	6	10	0	0	0	77.2	86	56	49	5	39	5	42	7	2	4	357	74	1.609	10.0	0.6	4.5	4.9	1.08
1999	26	STL-min	AAA	4	5	.444	4.82	19	13	3	2	1	3	80.1	85	55	43	14	32	0	52	4	2	6	350		1.456	9.5	1.6	3.6	5.8	1.63	MEM · PCL
1999	26	STL	NL	0	1	.000	15.63	3	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	15	11	11	1	6	0	2	0	0	0	39	31	3.316	21.3	1.4	8.5	2.8	0.33
2000	27	CLE-TEX-min	AA,AAA	4	2	.667	4.60	42	0	19	0	0	5	76.1	88	48	39	5	22	2	60	4	1	5	340		1.441	10.4	0.6	2.6	7.1	2.73	AKR,OKC,TUL · EL,PCL,TL
2001	28	PHI-min	AAA	0	0		3.86	7	0	4	0	0	3	7.0	8	4	3	0	3	1	8	2	0	0	33		1.571	10.3	0.0	3.9	10.3	2.67	SWB · IL
2003	30	FLA-min	AA,AAA	1	3	.250	5.66	8	8	0	0	0	0	41.1	53	26	26	5	5	1	35	1	0	3	179		1.403	11.5	1.1	1.1	7.6	7.00	CAR,ABQ · SOUL,PCL
2004	31	FLA-min	AAA,AA	10	9	.526	6.09	56	0	14	0	0	2	78.1	94	57	53	10	38	1	47	7	0	4	371		1.685	10.8	1.1	4.4	5.4	1.24	ABQ,CAR · PCL,SOUL
2005	32	FLA-min	AA,AAA	0	1	.000	5.84	18	1	4	0	0	0	24.2	30	18	16	1	7	0	25	2	0	4	111		1.500	10.9	0.4	2.6	9.1	3.57	CAR,ABQ · SOUL,PCL
2006	33	ATL-min	AA,Rk	0	0		3.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	6	3	2	0	1	0	6	0	0	2	25		1.167	9.0	0.0	1.5	9.0	6.00	MSS,KIS · SOUL,GULF
5 Yrs				8	14	.364	6.17	106	20	18	0	0	0	183.2	214	138	126	21	117	12	118	12	3	14	876	73	1.802	10.5	1.0	5.7	5.8	1.01
162 Game Avg.				4	8	.364	6.17	57	11	10	0	0	0	99	115	74	68	11	63	6	64	6	2	8	473	73	1.802	10.5	1.0	5.7	5.8	1.01

DET (2 yrs)				3	5	.375	8.50	13	13	0	0	0	0	47.2	64	49	45	9	38	0	23	3	1	4	244	59	2.140	12.1	1.7	7.2	4.3	0.61
ARI (1 yr)				3	6	.333	5.68	45	6	10	0	0	0	77.2	86	56	49	5	39	5	42	7	2	4	357	74	1.609	10.0	0.6	4.5	4.9	1.08
PIT (1 yr)				2	2	.500	3.63	45	0	8	0	0	0	52.0	49	22	21	6	34	7	51	2	0	6	236	120	1.596	8.5	1.0	5.9	8.8	1.50
STL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	15.63	3	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	15	11	11	1	6	0	2	0	0	0	39	31	3.316	21.3	1.4	8.5	2.8	0.33

NL (3 yrs)				5	9	.357	5.36	93	7	18	0	0	0	136.0	150	89	81	12	79	12	95	9	2	10	632	80	1.684	9.9	0.8	5.2	6.3	1.20
AL (2 yrs)				3	5	.375	8.50	13	13	0	0	0	0	47.2	64	49	45	9	38	0	23	3	1	4	244	59	2.140	12.1	1.7	7.2	4.3	0.61

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
1995	22	DET	AL	23.1	6	6	15	5.79	5.06	-0.34	0.19	103.4	5.79	0	0.0		-0.0	0.2	3	.501	.500	$
1996	23	DET	AL	24.1	7	7	34	12.58	5.33	-0.58	0.20	103.2	6.31	-17	-1.3		-0.0	-1.1	-14	.313	.492	$109,000
1997	24	PIT	NL	52.0	45	0	22	3.81	4.70	-0.50	-0.36	102.6	4.97	7	0.7	.9	-0.1	1.0	12	.515	.504	$
1998	25	ARI	NL	77.2	45	6	56	6.49	4.66	0.12	-0.16	98.8	4.33	-19	-1.8	.9	-0.1	-1.3	-11	.459	.489	$214,000
1999	26	STL	NL	6.1	3	1	11	15.63	5.09	-0.02	-0.08	94.1	4.73	-8	-0.6	.9	0.0	-0.5	-7	.298	.496	$
5 Seasons				183.2	106	20	138	6.76	4.83	-0.21	-0.12	100.9	4.97	-37	-3.1	.9	-0.2	-1.7	-17	.471	.496	$323,000

DET (2 yrs)				47.2	13	13	49	9.25	5.20	-0.46	0.20	103.3	6.06	-17	-1.3		-0.0	-0.9	-11	.400	.496	$109,000
ARI (1 yr)				77.2	45	6	56	6.49	4.66	0.12	-0.16	98.8	4.33	-19	-1.8	.9	-0.1	-1.3	-11	.459	.489	$214,000
PIT (1 yr)				52.0	45	0	22	3.81	4.70	-0.50	-0.36	102.6	4.97	7	0.7	.9	-0.1	1.0	12	.515	.504	$
STL (1 yr)				6.1	3	1	11	15.63	5.09	-0.02	-0.08	94.1	4.73	-8	-0.6	.9	0.0	-0.5	-7	.298	.496	$

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
1995	22	DET	AL	6	112	93	15	24	2	0	4	1	1	18	14	.258	.378	.409	.787	.267	38	2	0	1	0	0	4
1996	23	DET	AL	7	132	108	34	40	5	0	5	0	0	20	9	.370	.481	.556	1.036	.372	60	4	3	1	0	0	1
1997	24	PIT	NL	45	236	197	22	49	9	0	6	4	2	34	51	.249	.362	.386	.747	.303	76	5	2	1	2	7	2
1998	25	ARI	NL	45	357	304	56	86	16	1	5	7	1	39	42	.283	.375	.391	.766	.313	119	7	7	5	2	5	4
1999	26	STL	NL	3	39	33	11	15	1	1	1	1	0	6	2	.455	.538	.636	1.175	.467	21	1	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				106	876	735	138	214	33	2	21	13	4	117	118	.291	.395	.427	.822	.322	314	19	12	8	4	12	11
162 Game Avg.				57	473	397	74	115	18	1	11	7	2	63	64	.291	.395	.427	.822	.322	169	10	6	4	2	6	6
MLB Averages																.268	.339	.424	.763	.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
1995	22	DET	AL	-0.9	-0.1	116	-0.1	1.9	-2.1	1.02	-0.3	0.2	-3.1	-0.3	1.02	-3.8	0	0	0
1996	23	DET	AL	-17.4	-1.4	135	-1.2	1.9	-3.1	1.03	-1.1	-0.1	-16.4	-1.3	1.03	-13.8	0	0	0
1997	24	PIT	NL	4.6	0.4	247	-0.7	2.5	-3.2	.69	-0.4	-0.6	3.6	0.3	0.69	-0.1	12	4	27
1998	25	ARI	NL	-13.9	-1.4	374	-1.2	5.5	-6.8	1.00	-0.7	-0.5	-12.4	-1.2	1.00	-8.3	12	5	22
1999	26	STL	NL	-7.0	-0.6	40	-0.7	0.3	-1.0	.82	-0.5	-0.4	-8.9	-0.7	0.82	-6.3	0	2	0
5 Yrs				-34.6	-3.0	912	-4.0	12.1	-16.1	.91	-3.1	-1.3	-37.3	-3.2	0.91	-32.2	24	11	49

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
1995	22	DET	AL	6	6	2	2	2	2	0	4	2	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0%	44.7	60	27	6	0	0	3	3.5	6.5	3.9	75	3	3	0	0	95
1996	23	DET	AL	7	7	1	3	3	1	0	2	5	.286	1	1	0	0	0	0%	30.0	46	13	7	4	0	5	6.5	8.6	3.5	71	2	2	1	0	103

1998	25	ARI	NL	45	6	1	2	3	0	0	3	3	.500	1	2	0	0	1	17%	41.7	58	26	13	7	0	3	5.6	6.4	4.8	82	3	2	1	0	110
1999	26	STL	NL	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	8.0	8	8	2	1	0	1	7.0	11.3	3.3	82	0	1	0	0	82
4 Yrs				61	20	4	8	8	3	0	9	11	.450	3	3	0	0	1	5%	37	60	8	28	12	0	12	5.4	7.4	4.0	76	8	8	2	0	110
MLB Averages													.500						47%	48	105	-21					4.9	4.9	6.0	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	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
1997	24	PIT	NL	45	45	8	2	2	2	2	0%	7	5	23	8	35%	8	.691	12	4	27	10	4	31	13	32	13	14	14	11	3.5	21
1998	25	ARI	NL	45	39	10	2	4	3	3	0%	5	2	23	5	22%	8	.998	12	5	22	7	6	26	13	26	16	7	17	2	3.8	21
1999	26	STL	NL	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	2	67%	5	.817	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	2	0	4.5	30
3 Yrs				93	86	18	4	6	5	5	0%	12	7	49	15	31%		.872	24	11	49	17	10	59	28	58	30	22	33	13	3.6	21

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%
1995	22	DET	AL	112	31%	3.6%	12.5%	16.1%	5.4%	25%	0.97	1.50	67%	20%	13.3%	21%	22	2	9%
1996	23	DET	AL	132	54%	3.8%	6.8%	15.2%	7.6%	25%	1.20	1.91	71%	19%	12.5%	11%	40	4	10%
1997	24	PIT	NL	236	60%	2.5%	21.6%	14.4%	6.4%	31%	2.22	3.48	60%	10%	14.3%	7%	50	5	10%
1998	25	ARI	NL	357	57%	1.4%	11.8%	10.9%	6.2%	26%	1.68	2.36	73%	17%	5.6%	9%	69	7	10%
1999	26	STL	NL	39	62%	2.6%	5.1%	15.4%	7.7%	20%	1.58	1.83	77%	19%	9.1%	8%	11	1	9%
5 Yrs				876	54%	2.4%	13.5%	13.4%	6.4%	26%	1.58	2.31	68%	16%	9.9%	11%	192	19	10%
MLB Averages					45%	2.7%	16.6%	9.1%	7.8%	33%	0.81	1.10	70%	21%	8.2%	15%			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
1995	22	DET	AL	113	451	3.99	249	55%	23%	18%	27%	32%	77%	0%	42%	76%	51%	7%	8	5	12%	13	4	0	7%	2	3	-1	0	0
1996	23	DET	AL	97	354	3.65	193	55%	23%	16%	23%	38%	77%	0%	42%	80%	47%	11%	11	5	14%	14	8	0	14%	2	6	35	0	0
1997	24	PIT	NL	233	934	4.01	520	56%	21%	26%	25%	28%	79%	5%	44%	67%	51%	10%	24	10	15%	36	13	2	18%	5	7	3	0	2
1998	25	ARI	NL	358	1302	3.64	755	58%	21%	15%	28%	36%	79%	3%	46%	81%	54%	7%	26	12	15%	52	20	3	19%	4	10	-1	0	0
1999	26	STL	NL	39	142	3.64	76	54%	17%	11%	32%	41%	83%	0%	44%	87%	49%	10%	4	3	8%	3	1	0	0%	0	1	0	0	0
5 Yrs				840	3183	3.79	1793	56%	21%	19%	27%	33%	79%	3%	44%	76%	52%	9%	73	35	14%	118	46	5	16%	13	27	36	0	2
MLB Averages						3.71		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	57%	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
1995	22	DET	AL	112	24	4	2	4	0	1	0	4	3	1	3	3	0	100%	4	1	0	47	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1996	23	DET	AL	132	40	6	0	5	1	5	2	3	0	5	10	10	0	100%	1	3	0	59	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1997	24	PIT	NL	236	49	12	0	6	0	12	4	2	5	1	7	4	2	57%	2	6	1	101	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
1998	25	ARI	NL	357	86	22	0	5	0	10	3	2	4	1	24	14	3	58%	4	4	1	157	7	1	88%	7	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	0
1999	26	STL	NL	39	15	2	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	4	1	1	25%	0	0	0	20	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				876	214	46	2	21	1	31	9	12	12	9	48	32	6	67%	11	14	2	384	13	4	76%	13	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	31	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1995	22	2	2	.500	5.01	6	6	0	23.1	24	15	13	4	18	0	14	0	1	1	112	97	1.800	9.3	1.5	6.9	5.4	0.78	97
1996	23	3	5	.375	8.50	13	13	0	47.2	64	49	45	9	38	0	23	3	1	4	244	59	2.140	12.1	1.7	7.2	4.3	0.61	59
1997	24	5	7	.417	5.96	58	13	8	99.2	113	71	66	15	72	7	74	5	1	10	480	79	1.856	10.2	1.4	6.5	6.7	1.03	79
1998	25	8	13	.381	5.84	103	19	18	177.1	199	127	115	20	111	12	116	12	3	14	837	77	1.748	10.1	1.0	5.6	5.9	1.05	77
1999	26	8	14	.364	6.17	106	20	18	183.2	214	138	126	21	117	12	118	12	3	14	876	73	1.802	10.5	1.0	5.7	5.8	1.01	73

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1995	22	1	1	.500	4.33	27.0	26	14	13	4	20	16	0	1.704	8.7	6.7	5.3	0.80	1.3	6
1996	23	0	2	.000	9.72	25.0	37	30	27	5	18	9	3	2.200	13.3	6.5	3.2	0.50	1.8	7
1997	24	3	2	.600	3.35	51.0	47	21	19	6	33	50	2	1.569	8.3	5.8	8.8	1.52	1.1	45
1998	25	3	5	.375	5.76	75.0	85	53	48	5	39	41	7	1.653	10.2	4.7	4.9	1.05	0.6	45
1999	26	0	0		13.50	6.0	14	10	9	1	6	2	0	3.333	21.0	9.0	3.0	0.33	1.5	3
5 Yrs		7	10	.412	5.67	184.0	209	128	116	21	116	118	12	1.766	10.2		5.8	1.02	1.0	106

* 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.

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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