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Andy Sonnanstine

Andrew Michael Sonnanstine

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 18, 1983 in Barberton, OH
High School: Wadsworth HS (Wadsworth, OH)
School: Kent State University (Kent, OH)
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
Teams (by GP): Rays/DevilRays 2007-2011

Final Game: September 20, 2011
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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	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2004	21	TBD-min	A,A-	5	1	.833	0.78	17	7	2	0	0	1	57.2	36	9	5	0	10	0	66	0	0	221		0.798	5.6	0.0	1.6	10.3	6.60	CHS,HDV · SALL,NYPL
2005	22	TBD-min	A,A+	14	5	.737	2.99	28	28	0	1	0	0	180.2	174	71	60	15	18	0	178	3	7	727		1.063	8.7	0.7	0.9	8.9	9.89	BTC,VIS · MIDW,CALL
2006	23	TBD-min	AA	15	8	.652	2.67	28	28	0	4	4	0	185.2	151	63	55	15	34	1	153	5	3	721		0.996	7.3	0.7	1.6	7.4	4.50	MTG · SOUL
2007	24	TBD-min	AAA	6	4	.600	2.66	11	11	0	0	0	0	71.0	60	24	21	8	13	0	66	2	2	283		1.028	7.6	1.0	1.6	8.4	5.08	DHM · IL
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	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	6	819	101	1.288	9.9	1.0	1.7	5.8	3.35
2009	26	TBD-min	AAA	5	3	.625	4.40	9	9	0	0	0	0	57.1	68	29	28	4	9	0	36	1	0	244		1.343	10.7	0.6	1.4	5.7	4.00	DHM · IL
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	3	459	64	1.656	11.8	1.7	3.1	5.4	1.76
2010	27	TBD-min	A+	0	0		6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	7		2.250	13.5	0.0	6.8	27.0	4.00	POE · FLOR
2010	27	TBR	AL	3	1	.750	4.44	41	4	23	0	0	1	81.0	83	40	40	11	27	3	50	7	3	355	88	1.358	9.2	1.2	3.0	5.6	1.85
2011	28	TBD-min	AAA	3	6	.333	4.82	10	9	0	0	0	0	56.0	64	37	30	4	15	0	35	1	0	246		1.411	10.3	0.6	2.4	5.6	2.33	DHM · IL
2011	28	TBR	AL	0	2	.000	5.55	15	4	8	0	0	0	35.2	40	22	22	10	12	1	12	1	0	152	68	1.458	10.1	2.5	3.0	3.0	1.00
5 Yrs				28	31	.475	5.26	132	80	33	1	1	1	540.1	617	339	316	79	136	11	343	20	14	2339	82	1.394	10.3	1.3	2.3	5.7	2.52
162 Game Avg.				9	10	.475	5.26	42	26	11	0	0	0	173	198	109	101	25	44	4	110	6	4	750	82	1.394	10.3	1.3	2.3	5.7	2.52

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	24	TBD	AL	130.2	22	22	87	5.99	5.01	-0.44	0.19	101.2	5.70	-5	-0.5		-0.1	0.6	12	.477	.497	$
2008	25	TBR	AL	193.1	32	32	105	4.89	4.79	0.16	0.18	100.3	4.83	-5	-0.5		-0.1	1.1	22	.485	.497	$395,800
2009	26	TBR	AL	99.2	22	18	85	7.68	4.96	0.32	0.16	97.7	4.68	-34	-3.0	.6	-0.1	-2.1	-21	.365	.482	$430,100
2010	27	TBR	AL	81.0	41	4	40	4.44	4.50	0.36	-0.23	96.9	3.79	-6	-0.7	.5	-0.0	0.1	3	.484	.496	$416,900
2011	28	TBR	AL	35.2	15	4	22	5.55	4.22	0.61	-0.08	91.8	3.25	-9	-0.9	.3	0.1	-0.5	-5	.439	.494	$912,500
5 Seasons				540.1	132	80	339	5.65	4.79	0.11	0.10	99.0	4.75	-60	-5.5	.5	-0.2	-0.8	11	.458	.493	$2,155,300

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	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	5.2	3	2	2	2	1	4	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	7.1	6	4	3	1	1	2	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	4.0	6	5	3	1	3	2	24	2.250	13.5	2.3	6.8	4.5	0.67
1 Yr (3 Series)							2	1	.667	4.24	3	3	17.0	15	11	8	4	5	8	74	1.176	7.9	2.1	2.6	4.2	1.60
1 ALDS							1	0	1.000	3.18	1	1	5.2	3	2	2	2	1	4	21	0.706	4.8	3.2	1.6	6.4	4.00
1 ALCS							1	0	1.000	3.68	1	1	7.1	6	4	3	1	1	2	29	0.955	7.4	1.2	1.2	2.5	2.00
1 WS							0	1	.000	6.75	1	1	4.0	6	5	3	1	3	2	24	2.250	13.5	2.3	6.8	4.5	0.67

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	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	3
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	7
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	8
2010	27	TBR	AL	41	355	320	40	83	20	1	11	6	0	27	50	.259	.330	.431	.761	.277	138	6	7	0	1	3	2
2011	28	TBR	AL	15	152	137	22	40	6	0	10	1	2	12	12	.292	.351	.555	.906	.259	76	4	1	1	1	1	1
5 Yrs				132	2339	2157	339	617	144	13	79	10	15	136	343	.286	.332	.475	.806	.307	1024	51	20	8	18	11	21
162 Game Avg.				42	750	692	109	198	46	4	25	3	5	44	110	.286	.332	.475	.806	.307	328	16	6	3	6	4	7
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	24	TBD	AL	-17.0	-1.6	564	-1.7	8.4	-10.1	.88	-0.6	-1.3	-14.5	-1.4	0.88	-8.0	0	0	0
2008	25	TBR	AL	-0.8	-0.1	829	-0.6	14.4	-15.0	.99	0.2	-0.7	-2.3	-0.2	0.99	2.8	0	0	0
2009	26	TBR	AL	-29.7	-2.7	466	-2.8	6.4	-9.2	.87	-1.8	-1.5	-33.3	-3.0	0.87	-22.9	1	0	2
2010	27	TBR	AL	-3.6	-0.4	367	0.7	3.4	-2.7	.51	-0.2	1.6	-5.7	-0.6	0.51	-3.4	3	3	28
2011	28	TBR	AL	-6.8	-0.7	155	-0.8	1.4	-2.2	.60	-1.0	-0.4	-6.3	-0.6	0.60	-10.9	1	0	10
5 Yrs				-57.8	-5.4	2381	-5.2	34.0	-39.2	.84	-3.4	-2.8	-62.1	-5.8	0.84	-42.3	5	3	40

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	24	TBD	AL	22	22	6	10	6	1	2	7	15	.318	3	2	0	0	9	41%	45.4	81	16	14	6	0	10	6.0	6.9	5.9	95	2	12	8	0	109
2008	25	TBR	AL	32	32	13	9	10	5	2	20	12	.625	1	4	1	1	13	41%	49.0	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%	39.7	62	10	18	5	1	9	5.2	6.9	5.2	88	6	10	2	0	107
2010	27	TBR	AL	41	4	1	1	2	1	0	2	2	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0%	49.2	56	46	11	2	0	3	3.6	5.2	4.5	77	2	2	0	0	99
2011	28	TBR	AL	15	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	4	.000	0	2	0	0	0	0%	36.8	42	27	2	0	1	1	2.5	2.5	4.6	81	2	2	0	0	97
5 Yrs				132	80	26	31	23	10	5	36	44	.450	7	9	1	1	27	34%	45	84	10	59	16	2	38	5.0	5.7	5.7	90	15	48	17	0	109
MLB Averages													.500						50%	50	100	-12					4.6	4.6	5.9	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	SVOpp	SV	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	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	2	2	100%	4	.872	1	0	2	0	0	4	1	3	1	0	1	0	4.3	30
2010	27	TBR	AL	41	37	23	2	1	1	100%	2	17	10	59%	9	.507	3	3	28	15	3	19	12	25	16	3	16	7	5.1	27
2011	28	TBR	AL	15	11	8	0	0	0		0	5	2	40%	9	.596	1	0	10	2	0	9	3	8	3	1	3	0	4.7	19
3 Yrs				78	52	33	2	1	1	100%	2	24	14	58%		.694	5	3	40	17	3	32	16	36	20	4	20	7	5.0	26

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	24	TBD	AL	554	49%	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	53%	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	40%	4.1%	13.1%	7.4%	10.7%	37%	0.74	1.03	75%	21%	10.0%	7%	85	9	11%
2010	27	TBR	AL	355	54%	3.1%	14.1%	7.6%	9.0%	39%	0.79	1.08	73%	19%	8.5%	15%	66	6	9%
2011	28	TBR	AL	152	49%	6.6%	7.9%	7.9%	10.5%	40%	0.81	1.21	76%	20%	15.6%	6%	21	4	19%
5 Yrs				2339	49%	3.4%	14.7%	5.8%	10.1%	38%	0.72	0.97	75%	19%	8.6%	13%	415	51	12%
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	24	TBD	AL	556	2098	3.77	1386	66%	29%	15%	26%	31%	71%	1%	47%	79%	61%	2%	11	8	23%	127	65	3	25%	12	1	-2	0	0
2008	25	TBR	AL	819	2920	3.57	1959	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	1712	3.73	1108	65%	31%	11%	25%	33%	69%	2%	44%	84%	57%	5%	21	13	23%	105	60	10	35%	8	6	0	0	0
2010	27	TBR	AL	355	1305	3.68	842	65%	28%	14%	26%	32%	72%	3%	47%	81%	64%	5%	19	13	23%	81	48	4	20%	3	3	0	0	0
2011	28	TBR	AL	153	537	3.51	342	64%	28%	8%	27%	37%	72%	2%	46%	89%	56%	9%	14	7	24%	37	27	3	8%	2	6	-1	0	0
5 Yrs				2342	8572	3.66	5637	66%	29%	12%	26%	33%	71%	1%	47%	83%	61%	4%	95	59	23%	534	303	39	27%	51	26	-3	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	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	0	0	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
2010	27	TBR	AL	355	83	13	1	11	1	17	8	3	7	4	24	7	8	29%	2	3	0	125	6	0	100%	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2011	28	TBR	AL	152	40	4	1	10	0	5	4	6	2	8	11	6	0	55%	1	0	0	40	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5 Yrs				2339	617	71	11	79	3	55	41	38	31	48	128	75	20	59%	21	14	4	808	10	15	40%	9	14	1	1	0	0	2	0	41	0
MLB Averages																		53%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	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	24	6	10	.375	5.85	22	22	0	0	0	0	130.2	151	87	85	18	26	2	97	5	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	8	1373	90	1.315	10.1	1.1	1.8	6.1	3.51	90
2009	26	25	28	.472	5.40	76	72	2	1	1	0	423.2	494	277	254	58	97	7	281	12	11	1832	82	1.395	10.5	1.2	2.1	6.0	2.90	82
2010	27	28	29	.491	5.24	117	76	25	1	1	1	504.2	577	317	294	69	124	10	331	19	14	2187	83	1.389	10.3	1.2	2.2	5.9	2.67	83
2011	28	28	31	.475	5.26	132	80	33	1	1	1	540.1	617	339	316	79	136	11	343	20	14	2339	82	1.394	10.3	1.3	2.3	5.7	2.52	82

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	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	4.38	189.0	210	102	92	21	37	121	5	1.307	10.0	1.8	5.8	3.27	1.0	32
2009	26	2	8	.200	6.96	97.0	131	83	75	19	34	59	2	1.701	12.2	3.2	5.5	1.74	1.8	22
2010	27	3	5	.375	5.26	77.0	88	50	45	12	29	48	7	1.519	10.3	3.4	5.6	1.66	1.4	41
2011	28	1	2	.333	7.03	32.0	43	28	25	11	13	11	1	1.750	12.1	3.7	3.1	0.85	3.1	15
5 Yrs		20	35	.364	5.50	520.0	620	353	318	81	138	332	20	1.458	10.7		5.7	2.41	1.4	132

* 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

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)

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 Ink	Pitching - 3 (2127), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1411), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 5 (1386), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Taylor Buchholz (994) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Jason Hammel (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Scott Schoeneweis (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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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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Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

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