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Rafael Soriano    \soar-ee-ahn-oh\

Rafael Soriano

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 19, 1979 in San Jose, San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic
High School: Santo Domingo (Santo Domingo, DO)
Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent in 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 10, 2002 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Braves/Mariners/Yankees/Rays/Nationals 2002-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 2 yrs/$22M (13-14) & 15 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 10.057, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Peter Greenberg [*]
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All-Star

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
2002 22 SEA AL 0 3 .000 4.56 10 8 1 0 0 1 47.1 45 25 24 8 16 1 32 0 0 2 202 94 1.289 8.6 1.5 3.0 6.1 2.00
2003 23 SEA AL 3 0 1.000 1.53 40 0 12 0 0 1 53.0 30 9 9 2 12 1 68 3 0 0 201 283 0.792 5.1 0.3 2.0 11.5 5.67
2004 24 SEA AL 0 3 .000 13.50 6 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 9 6 5 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 23 37 3.600 24.3 0.0 8.1 8.1 1.00
2005 25 SEA AL 0 0 2.45 7 0 4 0 0 0 7.1 6 2 2 0 1 0 9 1 0 0 30 179 0.955 7.4 0.0 1.2 11.0 9.00
2006 26 SEA AL 1 2 .333 2.25 53 0 14 0 0 2 60.0 44 15 15 6 21 0 65 2 0 2 241 198 1.083 6.6 0.9 3.2 9.8 3.10
2007 27 ATL NL 3 3 .500 3.00 71 0 28 0 0 9 72.0 47 26 24 12 15 2 70 2 0 0 276 146 0.861 5.9 1.5 1.9 8.8 4.67
2008 28 ATL NL 0 1 .000 2.57 14 0 5 0 0 3 14.0 7 5 4 1 9 2 16 1 0 1 57 166 1.143 4.5 0.6 5.8 10.3 1.78
2009 29 ATL NL 1 6 .143 2.97 77 0 52 0 0 27 75.2 53 25 25 6 27 4 102 1 0 0 307 139 1.057 6.3 0.7 3.2 12.1 3.78
2010 30 TBR AL 3 2 .600 1.73 64 0 56 0 0 45 62.1 36 14 12 4 14 2 57 1 0 0 237 226 0.802 5.2 0.6 2.0 8.2 4.07 AS,CYA-8,MVP-12
2011 31 NYY AL 2 3 .400 4.12 42 0 8 0 0 2 39.1 33 18 18 4 18 2 36 1 0 0 164 105 1.297 7.6 0.9 4.1 8.2 2.00
2012 32 NYY AL 2 1 .667 2.26 69 0 54 0 0 42 67.2 55 17 17 6 24 4 69 1 0 3 279 184 1.167 7.3 0.8 3.2 9.2 2.88 MVP-20
2013 33 WSN NL 1 1 .500 3.00 21 0 18 0 0 13 21.0 20 8 7 2 4 1 15 0 0 1 85 126 1.143 8.6 0.9 1.7 6.4 3.75
12 Yrs 16 25 .390 2.79 474 8 252 0 0 145 523.0 385 170 162 51 164 19 542 13 0 9 2102 152 1.050 6.6 0.9 2.8 9.3 3.30
162 Game Avg. 2 4 .390 2.79 67 1 36 0 0 20 74 54 24 23 7 23 3 76 2 0 1 297 152 1.050 6.6 0.9 2.8 9.3 3.30
SEA (5 yrs) 4 8 .333 2.89 116 8 31 0 0 4 171.0 134 57 55 16 53 2 177 6 0 4 697 151 1.094 7.1 0.8 2.8 9.3 3.34
ATL (3 yrs) 4 10 .286 2.95 162 0 85 0 0 39 161.2 107 56 53 19 51 8 188 4 0 1 640 144 0.977 6.0 1.1 2.8 10.5 3.69
NYY (2 yrs) 4 4 .500 2.94 111 0 62 0 0 44 107.0 88 35 35 10 42 6 105 2 0 3 443 143 1.215 7.4 0.8 3.5 8.8 2.50
TBR (1 yr) 3 2 .600 1.73 64 0 56 0 0 45 62.1 36 14 12 4 14 2 57 1 0 0 237 226 0.802 5.2 0.6 2.0 8.2 4.07
WSN (1 yr) 1 1 .500 3.00 21 0 18 0 0 13 21.0 20 8 7 2 4 1 15 0 0 1 85 126 1.143 8.6 0.9 1.7 6.4 3.75
AL (8 yrs) 11 14 .440 2.70 291 8 149 0 0 93 340.1 258 106 102 30 109 10 339 9 0 7 1377 157 1.078 6.8 0.8 2.9 9.0 3.11
NL (4 yrs) 5 11 .313 2.96 183 0 103 0 0 52 182.2 127 64 60 21 55 9 203 4 0 2 725 142 0.996 6.3 1.0 2.7 10.0 3.69

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
2002 22 SEA AL 47.1 10 8 25 4.75 4.66 0.03 0.12 92.8 4.40 -2 -0.2 .6 -0.0 0.2 3 .479 .499
2003 23 SEA AL 53.0 40 0 9 1.53 4.88 0.16 -0.36 95.6 4.16 16 1.6 .9 -0.2 1.9 22 .539 .510
2004 24 SEA AL 3.1 6 0 6 16.20 5.38 0.19 -0.40 95.7 4.58 -4 -0.4 1.6 -0.1 -0.5 -4 .434 .498 $335,000
2005 25 SEA AL 7.1 7 0 2 2.45 4.93 -0.02 -0.37 101.3 4.64 2 0.2 .7 -0.0 0.2 3 .525 .501 $340,000
2006 26 SEA AL 60.0 53 0 15 2.25 5.03 0.24 -0.37 96.1 4.25 13 1.2 1.4 0.1 2.0 20 .524 .508 $450,000
2007 27 ATL NL 72.0 71 0 26 3.25 4.83 0.27 -0.35 98.2 4.14 7 0.7 1.3 -0.1 1.3 14 .511 .505 $1,200,000
2008 28 ATL NL 14.0 14 0 5 3.21 4.76 0.13 -0.35 97.6 4.19 2 0.2 1.4 0.0 0.3 3 .512 .501 $2,650,000
2009 29 ATL NL 75.2 77 0 25 2.97 4.58 -0.05 -0.34 98.3 4.22 10 1.1 1.5 0.1 1.9 17 .514 .507 $6,350,000
2010 30 TBR AL 62.1 64 0 14 2.02 4.43 0.29 -0.34 94.8 3.61 11 1.1 1.9 0.4 2.2 17 .517 .507 $7,250,000 AS,CYA-8,MVP-12
2011 31 NYY AL 39.1 42 0 18 4.12 4.54 0.02 -0.35 109.7 4.57 2 0.2 1.5 -0.1 0.6 6 .505 .501 $10,000,000
2012 32 NYY AL 67.2 69 0 17 2.26 4.41 -0.05 -0.33 102.0 4.22 15 1.6 1.6 0.3 2.6 22 .523 .510 $11,000,000 MVP-20
2013 33 WSN NL 21.0 21 0 8 3.43 4.34 0.14 -0.32 93.1 3.60 0 0.0 1.6 -0.1 0.1 2 .500 .500 $7,000,000
12 Seasons 523.0 474 8 170 2.93 4.67 0.12 -0.30 98.0 4.16 70 7.3 1.5 0.4 12.9 124 .515 .504 $46,575,000
SEA (5 yrs) 171.0 116 8 57 3.00 4.88 0.15 -0.24 95.2 4.29 23 2.4 1.2 -0.3 3.9 44 .521 .503 $1,125,000
ATL (3 yrs) 161.2 162 0 56 3.12 4.71 0.11 -0.34 98.2 4.18 19 2.0 1.4 0.1 3.5 33 .512 .504 $10,200,000
NYY (2 yrs) 107.0 111 0 35 2.94 4.46 -0.02 -0.33 104.8 4.35 17 1.8 1.6 0.3 3.2 28 .516 .505 $21,000,000
TBR (1 yr) 62.1 64 0 14 2.02 4.43 0.29 -0.34 94.8 3.61 11 1.1 1.9 0.4 2.2 17 .517 .507 $7,250,000
WSN (1 yr) 21.0 21 0 8 3.43 4.34 0.14 -0.32 93.1 3.60 0 0.0 1.6 -0.1 0.1 2 .500 .500 $7,000,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
2010 30 TBR AL ALDS L TEX 0 0 9.00 3 0 3 0 0 1 3.0 4 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 1.333 12.0 6.0 0.0 3.0
2011 31 NYY AL ALDS L DET 0 1 .000 1.93 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 14 0.214 1.9 1.9 0.0 7.7
2012 32 NYY AL ALDS W BAL 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0.600 5.4 0.0 0.0 5.4
2012 32 NYY AL ALCS L DET 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
3 Yrs (4 Series) 0 1 .000 3.00 9 0 3 0 0 1 12.0 7 4 4 3 0 0 7 0 0 0 40 0.583 5.3 2.3 0.0 5.3
3 ALDS 0 1 .000 3.27 8 0 3 0 0 1 11.0 7 4 4 3 0 0 7 0 0 0 37 0.636 5.7 2.5 0.0 5.7
1 ALCS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
2010 TBR AL 30 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
2002 22 SEA AL 10 202 185 25 45 11 1 8 2 2 16 32 .243 .303 .443 .747 .255 82 2 0 1 0 1 4
2003 23 SEA AL 40 201 185 9 30 8 0 2 4 1 12 68 .162 .224 .238 .462 .241 44 2 3 0 1 1 0
2004 24 SEA AL 6 23 20 6 9 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .450 .522 .650 1.172 .529 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 25 SEA AL 7 30 27 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 9 .222 .267 .296 .563 .316 8 0 1 0 1 0 0
2006 26 SEA AL 53 241 216 15 44 6 2 6 7 2 21 65 .204 .279 .333 .612 .260 72 4 2 1 1 0 1
2007 27 ATL NL 71 276 259 26 47 7 1 12 7 2 15 70 .181 .232 .355 .587 .198 92 4 2 0 0 2 4
2008 28 ATL NL 14 57 47 5 7 3 0 1 1 1 9 16 .149 .298 .277 .575 .200 13 1 1 0 0 2 0
2009 29 ATL NL 77 307 273 25 53 12 2 6 3 0 27 102 .194 .267 .319 .586 .281 87 4 1 4 2 4 3
2010 30 TBR AL 64 237 221 14 36 13 2 4 3 0 14 57 .163 .215 .294 .509 .199 65 3 1 0 1 2 3
2011 31 NYY AL 42 164 144 18 33 2 0 4 6 2 18 36 .229 .319 .326 .645 .279 47 4 1 1 0 2 1
2012 32 NYY AL 69 279 253 17 55 12 2 6 3 1 24 69 .217 .287 .352 .639 .274 89 6 1 0 1 4 5
2013 33 WSN NL 21 85 81 8 20 1 2 2 2 0 4 15 .247 .282 .383 .665 .281 31 1 0 0 0 1 0
12 Yrs 474 2102 1911 170 385 81 12 51 38 11 164 542 .201 .268 .336 .605 .252 643 31 13 7 7 19 21
162 Game Avg. 67 297 270 24 54 11 2 7 5 2 23 76 .201 .268 .336 .605 .252 91 4 2 1 1 3 3
MLB Averages .262 .330 .416 .746 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2002 22 SEA AL -1.1 -0.1 209 -0.4 3.2 -3.7 .93 -0.0 -0.4 -0.3 -0.0 0.93 0.3 0 0 2
2003 23 SEA AL 17.8 1.7 207 1.7 3.2 -1.5 .78 1.7 0.4 22.7 2.3 0.78 24.1 11 6 22
2004 24 SEA AL -3.5 -0.3 23 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 1.46 -0.3 -0.1 -3.3 -0.3 1.46 -3.8 3 1 2
2005 25 SEA AL 1.7 0.2 30 0.0 0.3 -0.2 .51 0.1 -0.1 1.8 0.2 0.51 1.7 1 0 6
2006 26 SEA AL 15.7 1.5 251 2.4 6.1 -3.8 1.27 1.3 0.6 18.5 1.8 1.27 17.7 24 12 17
2007 27 ATL NL 11.2 1.1 286 2.3 6.8 -4.6 1.14 1.4 0.6 11.0 1.1 1.14 14.3 29 14 27
2008 28 ATL NL 2.4 0.2 62 0.1 1.6 -1.6 1.64 0.0 0.0 2.1 0.2 1.64 0.3 7 3 4
2009 29 ATL NL 10.9 1.1 319 1.7 9.3 -7.6 1.64 1.3 -0.3 13.7 1.4 1.64 15.3 35 17 24
2010 30 TBR AL 15.6 1.6 248 4.2 9.4 -5.2 1.82 1.9 0.4 15.0 1.6 1.82 17.5 38 19 7
2011 31 NYY AL 1.6 0.2 172 0.8 4.9 -4.1 1.56 0.4 0.1 6.5 0.6 1.56 6.2 25 8 6
2012 32 NYY AL 14.9 1.5 294 3.0 10.4 -7.4 1.89 0.7 0.9 17.8 1.8 1.89 10.6 38 16 14
2013 33 WSN NL 1.7 0.2 91 -0.3 2.4 -2.6 1.67 0.3 -0.4 1.8 0.2 1.67 1.1 10 7 4
12 Yrs 88.7 8.9 2192 14.9 58.1 -43.2 1.41 8.9 1.7 107.1 10.9 1.41 105.3 221 103 135

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
2002 22 SEA AL 10 8 0 3 5 0 1 2 6 .250 1 1 0 0 2 25% 46.9 68 29 5 1 0 3 3.0 2.9 5.3 85 3 3 2 0 116
1 Yr 10 8 0 3 5 0 1 2 6 .250 1 1 0 0 2 25% 47 68 29 5 1 0 3 3.0 2.9 5.3 85 3 3 2 0 116
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 101 -13 4.6 4.6 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

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
2002 22 SEA AL 10 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 6 .927 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 7.5 33
2003 23 SEA AL 40 40 12 3 0 2 1 1 50% 7 5 15 4 27% 8 .781 11 6 22 16 7 17 9 31 17 4 18 4 4.0 22
2004 24 SEA AL 6 6 0 0 3 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 1 50% 8 1.460 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 4 0 5 2 0 1.7 16
2005 25 SEA AL 7 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0% 8 .512 1 0 6 1 0 6 2 5 2 3 2 1 3.1 21
2006 26 SEA AL 53 53 14 1 2 6 2 4 33% 24 18 39 12 31% 8 1.266 24 12 17 26 9 18 24 29 20 11 24 10 3.4 19
2007 27 ATL NL 71 71 28 3 3 12 9 3 75% 31 19 12 2 17% 8 1.139 29 14 27 50 10 11 6 65 7 6 7 19 3.0 16
2008 28 ATL NL 14 14 5 0 1 4 3 1 75% 4 0 0 0 9 1.639 7 3 4 7 4 3 0 14 0 0 0 2 3.0 17
2009 29 ATL NL 77 77 52 1 6 31 27 4 87% 37 6 5 0 0% 9 1.638 35 17 24 56 11 10 2 75 2 5 2 29 2.9 16
2010 30 TBR AL 64 64 56 3 2 48 45 3 94% 48 0 11 6 55% 9 1.822 38 19 7 52 10 2 7 57 1 4 1 24 2.9 14
2011 31 NYY AL 42 42 8 2 3 5 2 3 40% 28 23 8 2 25% 8 1.560 25 8 6 32 7 3 4 38 0 7 0 12 2.8 16
2012 32 NYY AL 69 69 54 2 1 46 42 4 91% 50 4 19 3 16% 9 1.887 38 16 14 59 3 7 11 58 7 9 7 19 2.9 16
2013 33 WSN NL 21 21 18 1 1 16 13 3 81% 16 0 0 0 9 1.667 10 7 4 20 1 0 0 21 0 0 0 7 3.0 18
12 Yrs 474 466 252 16 22 172 145 27 84% 248 76 113 30 27% 1.410 221 103 135 322 65 79 67 399 58 54 65 127 3.1 17

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%
2002 22 SEA AL 202 46% 4.0% 15.8% 7.9% 9.9% 44% 0.36 0.46 72% 24% 9.4% 23% 29 2 7%
2003 23 SEA AL 201 51% 1.0% 33.8% 6.0% 5.0% 33% 0.60 0.61 58% 16% 3.4% 21% 25 2 8%
2004 24 SEA AL 23 70% 0.0% 13.0% 13.0% 17.4% 44% 0.60 1.33 74% 18% 0.0% 10% 8 0 0%
2005 25 SEA AL 30 73% 0.0% 30.0% 3.3% 6.7% 33% 0.46 0.30 63% 11% 0.0% 23% 6 0 0%
2006 26 SEA AL 241 61% 2.5% 27.0% 8.7% 5.8% 32% 0.39 0.43 61% 19% 7.0% 21% 52 4 8%
2007 27 ATL NL 276 52% 4.4% 25.4% 5.4% 7.3% 43% 0.50 0.54 64% 14% 11.5% 17% 34 4 12%
2008 28 ATL NL 57 58% 1.8% 28.1% 15.8% 7.0% 57% 0.29 0.39 53% 19% 5.3% 21% 14 1 7%
2009 29 ATL NL 307 53% 2.0% 33.2% 8.8% 6.5% 38% 0.45 0.58 54% 18% 5.8% 12% 54 4 7%
2010 30 TBR AL 237 50% 1.7% 24.1% 5.9% 8.0% 53% 0.46 0.57 68% 15% 4.6% 22% 26 3 12%
2011 31 NYY AL 164 54% 2.4% 22.0% 11.0% 3.7% 18% 0.54 0.74 63% 19% 7.1% 20% 34 4 12%
2012 32 NYY AL 279 44% 2.2% 24.7% 8.6% 7.2% 36% 0.60 0.71 64% 22% 6.5% 19% 48 6 13%
2013 33 WSN NL 85 59% 2.4% 17.7% 4.7% 5.9% 25% 0.61 0.55 75% 18% 6.1% 20% 10 1 10%
12 Yrs 2102 52% 2.4% 25.8% 7.8% 6.9% 37% 0.48 0.56 63% 18% 6.9% 19% 340 31 9%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.6% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.79 1.08 70% 19% 7.7% 12% 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
2002 22 SEA AL 202 746 3.69 452 61% 25% 13% 28% 34% 75% 1% 46% 83% 52% 5% 11 6 15% 31 18 2 25% 3 5 0 0 0
2003 23 SEA AL 201 861 4.28 577 67% 23% 25% 32% 20% 77% 1% 52% 68% 57% 4% 8 7 34% 68 42 1 21% 9 0 0 0 0
2004 24 SEA AL 23 95 4.13 58 61% 29% 16% 26% 29% 71% 0% 43% 78% 52% 9% 2 2 22% 5 3 1 33% 2 0 0 0 0
2005 25 SEA AL 30 148 4.93 104 70% 17% 18% 46% 18% 83% 0% 58% 78% 60% 3% 1 1 57% 17 10 1 11% 0 0 0 0 0
2006 26 SEA AL 242 984 4.07 655 67% 24% 19% 33% 23% 76% 0% 50% 75% 64% 6% 14 9 37% 89 52 1 23% 9 5 -1 0 0
2007 27 ATL NL 277 1136 4.10 761 67% 24% 19% 32% 25% 76% 2% 51% 75% 58% 4% 12 8 34% 93 66 4 21% 12 2 -1 0 0
2008 28 ATL NL 57 234 4.11 143 61% 31% 20% 27% 22% 69% 8% 42% 71% 60% 5% 3 1 19% 11 9 1 25% 2 0 0 0 0
2009 29 ATL NL 307 1233 4.02 818 66% 29% 22% 28% 22% 71% 3% 47% 69% 63% 6% 17 7 34% 104 70 4 22% 25 7 0 0 0
2010 30 TBR AL 237 916 3.86 620 68% 25% 19% 30% 27% 75% 3% 51% 75% 59% 5% 11 5 30% 72 41 6 7% 12 4 0 0 0
2011 31 NYY AL 165 659 3.99 430 65% 27% 19% 30% 25% 73% 3% 48% 75% 58% 4% 6 3 30% 50 36 3 25% 10 1 -1 0 0
2012 32 NYY AL 280 1107 3.95 710 64% 31% 19% 25% 26% 69% 3% 45% 73% 56% 7% 19 13 27% 76 47 6 13% 8 2 -1 0 0
2013 33 WSN NL 85 368 4.33 236 64% 28% 14% 30% 28% 72% 3% 46% 80% 46% 9% 8 6 25% 21 8 1 33% 1 1 0 0 0
12 Yrs 2106 8487 4.03 5564 66% 26% 19% 30% 25% 74% 2% 48% 74% 58% 5% 112 68 30% 637 402 31 20% 93 27 -4 0 0
MLB Averages 3.78 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 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
2002 22 SEA AL 202 45 2 1 8 0 5 3 5 5 3 9 4 0 44% 4 2 0 63 2 2 50% 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
2003 23 SEA AL 201 30 5 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 7 2 2 29% 0 0 1 55 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2004 24 SEA AL 23 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 25 SEA AL 30 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 26 SEA AL 241 44 4 0 6 2 9 3 3 4 2 12 5 4 42% 1 2 1 95 7 2 78% 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
2007 27 ATL NL 276 47 3 0 12 1 4 6 6 6 6 10 5 2 50% 4 0 0 71 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 28 ATL NL 57 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 100% 0 1 0 29 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2009 29 ATL NL 307 53 3 0 6 0 7 2 4 2 4 11 5 2 45% 3 0 0 114 3 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2010 30 TBR AL 237 36 2 1 4 0 4 2 2 2 2 12 5 3 42% 3 0 1 72 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2011 31 NYY AL 164 33 5 0 4 0 6 2 2 3 1 10 3 3 30% 1 0 0 65 6 2 75% 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 32 NYY AL 279 55 4 1 6 0 9 1 5 3 3 16 3 5 19% 5 3 0 103 3 1 75% 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
2013 33 WSN NL 85 20 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 100% 0 1 0 25 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
12 Yrs 2102 385 32 3 51 3 48 21 30 28 23 93 37 21 40% 21 9 3 717 38 11 78% 30 7 8 3 0 1 0 0 22 0
MLB Averages 53% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
2002 22 0 3 .000 4.56 10 8 1 0 0 1 47.1 45 25 24 8 16 1 32 0 0 2 202 94 1.289 8.6 1.5 3.0 6.1 2.00 94
2003 23 3 3 .500 2.96 50 8 13 0 0 2 100.1 75 34 33 10 28 2 100 3 0 2 403 145 1.027 6.7 0.9 2.5 9.0 3.57 145
2004 24 3 6 .333 3.30 56 8 13 0 0 2 103.2 84 40 38 10 31 2 103 3 0 2 426 131 1.109 7.3 0.9 2.7 8.9 3.32 131
2005 25 3 6 .333 3.24 63 8 17 0 0 2 111.0 90 42 40 10 32 2 112 4 0 2 456 134 1.099 7.3 0.8 2.6 9.1 3.50 134
2006 26 4 8 .333 2.89 116 8 31 0 0 4 171.0 134 57 55 16 53 2 177 6 0 4 697 151 1.094 7.1 0.8 2.8 9.3 3.34 151
2007 27 7 11 .389 2.93 187 8 59 0 0 13 243.0 181 83 79 28 68 4 247 8 0 4 973 149 1.025 6.7 1.0 2.5 9.1 3.63 149
2008 28 7 12 .368 2.91 201 8 64 0 0 16 257.0 188 88 83 29 77 6 263 9 0 5 1030 150 1.031 6.6 1.0 2.7 9.2 3.42 150
2009 29 8 18 .308 2.92 278 8 116 0 0 43 332.2 241 113 108 35 104 10 365 10 0 5 1337 148 1.037 6.5 0.9 2.8 9.9 3.51 148
2010 30 11 20 .355 2.73 342 8 172 0 0 88 395.0 277 127 120 39 118 12 422 11 0 5 1574 155 1.000 6.3 0.9 2.7 9.6 3.58 155
2011 31 13 23 .361 2.86 384 8 180 0 0 90 434.1 310 145 138 43 136 14 458 12 0 5 1738 149 1.027 6.4 0.9 2.8 9.5 3.37 149
2012 32 15 24 .385 2.78 453 8 234 0 0 132 502.0 365 162 155 49 160 18 527 13 0 8 2017 153 1.046 6.5 0.9 2.9 9.4 3.29 153
2013 33 16 25 .390 2.79 474 8 252 0 0 145 523.0 385 170 162 51 164 19 542 13 0 9 2102 152 1.050 6.6 0.9 2.8 9.3 3.30 152

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
2002 22 2 3 .400 4.60 47.0 45 27 24 8 16 32 0 1.298 8.6 3.1 6.1 2.00 1.5 10
2003 23 4 1 .800 1.56 52.0 31 10 9 2 12 66 3 0.827 5.4 2.1 11.4 5.50 0.3 40
2004 24 0 0 11.25 4.0 9 6 5 0 3 3 0 3.000 20.3 6.8 6.8 1.00 0.0 6
2005 25 0 0 2.57 7.0 6 2 2 0 1 9 1 1.000 7.7 1.3 11.6 9.00 0.0 7
2006 26 5 1 .833 2.17 58.0 43 16 14 6 21 63 2 1.103 6.7 3.3 9.8 3.00 0.9 53
2007 27 4 3 .571 2.92 71.0 46 26 23 12 15 69 2 0.859 5.8 1.9 8.7 4.60 1.5 71
2008 28 1 0 1.000 2.08 13.0 7 3 3 1 9 15 1 1.231 4.8 6.2 10.4 1.67 0.7 14
2009 29 5 3 .625 3.00 75.0 53 28 25 6 27 102 1 1.067 6.4 3.2 12.2 3.78 0.7 77
2010 30 5 1 .833 2.07 61.0 39 16 14 4 15 55 1 0.885 5.8 2.2 8.1 3.67 0.6 64
2011 31 2 2 .500 4.38 37.0 33 20 18 4 18 34 1 1.378 8.0 4.4 8.3 1.89 1.0 42
2012 32 5 2 .714 2.49 65.0 57 20 18 6 25 67 1 1.262 7.9 3.5 9.3 2.68 0.8 69
2013 33 1 1 .500 3.15 20.0 20 8 7 2 4 15 0 1.200 9.0 1.8 6.8 3.75 0.9 21
12 Yrs 34 17 .667 2.86 510.0 389 182 162 51 166 530 13 1.088 6.9 9.4 3.19 0.9 474

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

All-Star Games
2010 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2010 AL Rolaids Relief

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2010 AL (12, 5%)
2012 AL (20, 1%)
0.06 Career Shares (1072nd)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2010 AL (8, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (246th)

Games Played s c a p y
2009 NL  77 (9th)
Active  474 (40th)

Saves s c a p y
2009 NL  27 (10th)
2010 AL  45 (1st)
2012 AL  42 (3rd)
2013 NL  13 (3rd)
Active  145 (11th)
Career  145 (78th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2009 NL  52 (8th)
2010 AL  56 (2nd)
2012 AL  54 (6th)
2013 NL  18 (3rd)
Active  252 (15th)
Career  252 (168th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
Active  89 (30th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
Active  8.8 (32nd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
Active  107.13 (28th)
Career  107.13 (135th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2010 AL  4.2 (3rd)
Active  14.9 (22nd)
Career  14.9 (107th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
Active  8.9 (32nd)
Career  8.9 (173rd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
Active  10.9 (29th)
Career  10.9 (144th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (569), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 13 (1343), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 27 (488), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 19 (334), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Relief Pitcher (137th), 12.9 career WAR/12.7 7yr-peak WAR/12.8 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Chad Cordero (946)
  2. Jonathan Broxton (946)
  3. Bryan Harvey (944)
  4. Rob Dibble (933)
  5. Huston Street (927)
  6. Brian Wilson (926)
  7. Carlos Marmol (926)
  8. Joakim Soria (925)
  9. Mike Gonzalez (925)
  10. Bob Lee (925)
Similar Pitchers through 32 
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  1. Tom Henke (952)
  2. Bryan Harvey (944)
  3. Jose Valverde (943)
  4. Roberto Hernandez (937)
  5. Heath Bell (932)
  6. Todd Worrell (930)
  7. Francisco Cordero (926)
  8. Brian Fuentes (926)
  9. Mike Fetters (924)
  10. Jeff Montgomery (924)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Jim York (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Scott Holman (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dave Schmidt (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Stan Thomas (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Luke Gregerson (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Luke Gregerson (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Greg McMichael (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tom Henke (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Doug Corbett (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tom Henke (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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