Andy Sonnanstine
Andrew Michael Sonnanstine
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 18, 1983 in Barberton, OH
High School: Wadsworth (Wadsworth, OH)
School: Kent State University
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 13th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 5, 2007
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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
2007 24 TBD AL 6 10 .375 5.85 22 22 0 0 0 0 130.2 151 87 85 18 26 2 97 5 0 2 554 77 1.355 10.4 1.2 1.8 6.7 3.73
2008 25 TBR AL 13 9 .591 4.38 32 32 0 1 1 0 193.1 212 105 94 21 37 2 124 5 0 6 819 101 1.288 9.9 1.0 1.7 5.8 3.35
2009 26 TBR AL 6 9 .400 6.77 22 18 2 0 0 0 99.2 131 85 75 19 34 3 60 2 0 3 459 67 1.656 11.8 1.7 3.1 5.4 1.76
3 Seasons 25 28 .472 5.40 76 72 2 1 1 0 423.2 494 277 254 58 97 7 281 12 0 11 1832 83 1.395 10.5 1.2 2.1 6.0 2.90
162 Game Avg. 11 13 .472 5.40 35 33 1 0 0 0 195 227 127 117 27 45 3 129 6 0 5 842 83 1.395 10.5 1.2 2.1 6.0 2.90

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2008 25 TBR AL ALDS W CHW 1 0 1.000 3.18 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 3 2 2 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 21 0.706 4.8 3.2 1.6 6.4 4.00
2008 25 TBR AL ALCS W BOS 1 0 1.000 3.68 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 6 4 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 29 0.955 7.4 1.2 1.2 2.5 2.00
2008 25 TBR AL WS L PHI 0 1 .000 6.75 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 5 3 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 24 2.250 13.5 2.3 6.8 4.5 0.67
1 Season (3 Series) 2 1 .667 4.24 3 3 0 0 0 0 17.0 15 11 8 4 5 0 8 0 0 0 74 1.176 7.9 2.1 2.6 4.2 1.60
1 ALDS 1 0 1.000 3.18 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 3 2 2 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 21 0.706 4.8 3.2 1.6 6.4 4.00
1 ALCS 1 0 1.000 3.68 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 6 4 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 29 0.955 7.4 1.2 1.2 2.5 2.00
1 WS 0 1 .000 6.75 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 5 3 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 24 2.250 13.5 2.3 6.8 4.5 0.67

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
2007 24 TBD AL 22 554 515 87 151 37 3 18 1 8 26 97 .293 .330 .482 .812 .328 248 16 5 3 5 2
2008 25 TBR AL 32 819 764 105 212 54 6 21 1 3 37 124 .277 .312 .446 .758 .304 341 16 5 4 9 2
2009 26 TBR AL 22 459 421 85 131 27 3 19 1 2 34 60 .311 .364 .525 .889 .326 221 9 2 0 2 3
3 Seasons 76 1832 1700 277 494 118 12 58 3 13 97 281 .291 .330 .476 .807 .317 810 41 12 7 16 7
162 Game Avg. 35 842 781 127 227 54 6 27 1 6 45 129 .291 .330 .476 .807 .317 372 19 6 3 7 3
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
2007 24 TBD AL 22 22 6 10 6 1 2 7 15 .318 3 2 0 0 9 41% 45 81 16 14 6 0 10 6.0 6.9 5.9 95 2 13 7 0 106
2008 25 TBR AL 32 32 13 9 10 5 2 20 12 .625 1 4 1 1 13 41% 49 84 15 14 3 0 15 4.7 4.7 6.0 91 3 22 7 0 106
2009 26 TBR AL 22 18 6 9 3 3 1 7 11 .389 2 1 0 0 5 28% 40 62 10 18 5 1 9 5.2 6.9 5.2 88 6 10 2 0 108
3 Seasons 76 72 25 28 19 9 5 34 38 .472 6 7 1 1 27 38% 46 84 10 46 14 1 34 5.2 5.9 5.8 92 11 45 16 0 108
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
2009 26 TBR AL 22 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 4 0.876 1 0 2 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 4.3 30
1 Season 22 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 0.876 1 0 2 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 4.3 30

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%
2007 24 TBD AL 554 51% 3.3% 17.5% 4.7% 10.5% 38% 0.63 0.86 73% 19% 8.0% 12% 102 16 16%
2008 25 TBR AL 819 47% 2.6% 15.1% 4.5% 9.9% 38% 0.74 0.92 77% 17% 6.9% 17% 141 16 11%
2009 26 TBR AL 459 60% 4.1% 13.1% 7.4% 10.7% 37% 0.74 1.03 75% 22% 10.0% 7% 85 9 11%
3 Seasons 1832 52% 3.2% 15.3% 5.3% 10.3% 38% 0.70 0.93 75% 19% 8.0% 13% 328 41 13%
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
2007 24 TBD AL 554 2085 3.76 1379 66% 29% 15% 25% 31% 71% 1% 47% 79% 60% 2% 11 8 23% 126 65 3 25% 12 1 0 0 0
2008 25 TBR AL 819 2919 3.56 1958 67% 29% 11% 26% 33% 71% 1% 48% 84% 64% 4% 30 18 22% 184 103 19 28% 26 10 0 0 0
2009 26 TBR AL 459 1713 3.73 1110 65% 31% 11% 25% 33% 69% 2% 44% 84% 57% 5% 21 13 23% 105 60 10 35% 8 6 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1832 6717 3.67 4447 66% 30% 12% 26% 32% 70% 1% 47% 82% 61% 3% 62 39 23% 415 228 32 28% 46 17 0 0 0
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
2007 24 TBD AL 554 151 21 5 18 1 12 7 11 5 13 30 23 2 77% 3 2 1 185 1 8 11% 1 7 0 1 0 0 2 0 7 0
2008 25 TBR AL 819 212 23 3 21 0 6 10 11 8 13 40 23 7 58% 7 6 2 304 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 18 0
2009 26 TBR AL 459 131 10 1 19 1 15 12 7 9 10 23 16 3 70% 8 3 1 154 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
3 Seasons 1832 494 54 9 58 2 33 29 29 22 36 93 62 12 67% 18 11 4 643 3 13 19% 3 12 0 1 0 0 3 1 34 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+
2007 24 6 10 .375 5.85 22 22 0 0 0 0 130.2 151 87 85 18 26 2 97 5 0 2 554 77 1.355 10.4 1.2 1.8 6.7 3.73 77
2008 25 19 19 .500 4.97 54 54 0 1 1 0 324.0 363 192 179 39 63 4 221 10 0 8 1373 89 1.315 10.1 1.1 1.8 6.1 3.51 89
2009 26 25 28 .472 5.40 76 72 2 1 1 0 423.2 494 277 254 58 97 7 281 12 0 11 1832 83 1.395 10.5 1.2 2.1 6.0 2.90 83

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
2007 24 4 9 .308 5.83 125.0 148 90 81 18 25 93 5 1.384 10.7 1.8 6.7 3.72 1.3 22
2008 25 10 11 .476 4.33 189.0 210 101 91 21 37 121 5 1.307 10.0 1.8 5.8 3.27 1.0 32
2009 26 3 7 .300 6.77 97.0 131 81 73 19 34 58 2 1.701 12.2 3.2 5.4 1.71 1.8 22
3 Seasons 17 27 .386 5.36 411.0 489 272 245 58 96 272 12 1.423 10.7 6.0 2.83 1.3 76

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL--1.722--6th

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 AL--1--9th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2008 AL--3.351--8th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2059), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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