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Rafael Soriano

Rafael Soriano

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: December 19, 1979 in San Jose, San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
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
Teams (by GP): Braves/Mariners/Rays/Yankees 2002-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 3 yrs/$35M (11-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 9.057, Free Agent: 2014 [*], 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
1999	19	SEA-min	A-	5	4	.556	3.11	14	14	0	0	0	0	75.1	56	34	26	8	49	0	83	4	0	2	323		1.394	6.7	1.0	5.9	9.9	1.69	EVR · NORW
2000	20	SEA-min	A	8	4	.667	2.87	21	21	0	1	0	0	122.1	97	41	39	3	50	0	90	12	2	5	500		1.202	7.1	0.2	3.7	6.6	1.80	APP · MIDW
2001	21	SEA-min	A+,AA	8	5	.615	2.82	23	23	0	2	1	0	137.1	83	46	43	9	53	0	151	6	1	4	539		0.990	5.4	0.6	3.5	9.9	2.85	SBR,SAN · CALL,TL
2002	22	SEA-min	AA	2	3	.400	2.31	10	8	0	0	0	0	46.2	32	13	12	6	15	0	52	1	0	0	185		1.007	6.2	1.2	2.9	10.0	3.47	SAN · TL
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-min	AAA	4	3	.571	3.19	11	10	0	0	0	0	62.0	43	24	22	2	12	0	63	4	1	0	241		0.887	6.2	0.3	1.7	9.1	5.25	TAC · PCL
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-min	AA,A+,AAA	1	0	1.000	1.83	7	6	0	0	0	0	19.2	13	5	4	3	3	0	24	0	0	0	74		0.814	5.9	1.4	1.4	11.0	8.00	SAN,SBR,TAC · TL,CALL,PCL
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-min	A-,AAA,A+,AA	1	0	1.000	1.10	13	8	0	0	0	0	16.1	11	3	2	0	3	0	24	2	1	0	63		0.857	6.1	0.0	1.7	13.2	8.00	EVR,TAC,SBR,SAN · NORW,PCL,CALL,TL
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-min	FRk,AA	0	1	.000	0.00	4	3	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	16		1.250	9.0	0.0	2.2	9.0	4.00	BV1,MSS · DOSL,SOUL
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-min	A+,AAA	1	1	.500	8.31	4	2	0	0	0	0	4.1	5	4	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	17		1.154	10.4	4.2	0.0	6.2		TAM,SWB · FLOR,IL
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	106	1.297	7.6	0.9	4.1	8.2	2.00
2012	32	NYY	AL	2	0	1.000	1.96	19	0	10	0	0	6	18.1	19	4	4	0	9	2	18	0	0	1	83	223	1.527	9.3	0.0	4.4	8.8	2.00
11 Yrs				15	23	.395	2.82	403	8	190	0	0	96	452.2	329	149	142	43	145	16	476	12	0	6	1821	151	1.047	6.5	0.9	2.9	9.5	3.28
162 Game Avg.				2	4	.395	2.82	67	1	31	0	0	16	75	54	25	23	7	24	3	79	2	0	1	301	151	1.047	6.5	0.9	2.9	9.5	3.28

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	3	.571	3.43	61	0	18	0	0	8	57.2	52	22	22	4	27	4	54	1	0	1	247	127	1.370	8.1	0.6	4.2	8.4	2.00
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

AL (8 yrs)				11	13	.458	2.75	241	8	105	0	0	57	291.0	222	93	89	24	94	8	288	8	0	5	1181	155	1.086	6.9	0.7	2.9	8.9	3.06
NL (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

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	Awards
2002	22	SEA	AL	47.1	10	8	25	4.75	4.66	0.03	0.12	92.7	4.39	-2	-0.2	.6	-0.0	0.2	4	.480	.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	94.3	4.51	-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	4.95	-0.02	-0.37	100.1	4.59	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	95.9	4.24	13	1.3	1.4	0.1	1.9	21	.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	1.2	14	.511	.505	$1,200,000
2008	28	ATL	NL	14.0	14	0	5	3.21	4.78	0.13	-0.35	95.9	4.13	2	0.2	1.4	0.0	0.3	3	.511	.501	$2,650,000
2009	29	ATL	NL	75.2	77	0	25	2.97	4.58	-0.05	-0.34	98.3	4.23	10	1.1	1.5	0.1	1.8	18	.514	.507	$6,350,000
2010	30	TBR	AL	62.1	64	0	14	2.02	4.44	0.29	-0.34	93.3	3.56	10	1.1	1.9	0.4	2.0	18	.517	.507	$7,250,000	AS,CYA-8,MVP-12
2011	31	NYY	AL	39.1	42	0	18	4.12	4.52	0.02	-0.35	108.7	4.52	2	0.2	1.5	-0.1	0.5	6	.504	.501	$10,000,000
2012	32	NYY	AL	18.1	19	0	4	1.96	4.63	-0.33	-0.34	105.9	4.88	6	0.6	1.2	0.0	0.8	8	.534	.504	$
11 Seasons				452.2	403	8	149	2.96	4.72	0.12	-0.30	97.5	4.19	61	6.3	1.4	0.1	10.3	113	.516	.504	$28,575,000

SEA (5 yrs)				171.0	116	8	57	3.00	4.88	0.15	-0.24	95.1	4.28	24	2.4	1.2	-0.3	3.7	46	.521	.503	$1,125,000
ATL (3 yrs)				161.2	162	0	56	3.12	4.71	0.11	-0.34	98.0	4.18	19	2.0	1.4	0.1	3.3	35	.512	.504	$10,200,000
NYY (2 yrs)				57.2	61	0	22	3.43	4.56	-0.09	-0.34	107.8	4.63	8	0.8	1.4	-0.0	1.3	14	.513	.503	$10,000,000
TBR (1 yr)				62.1	64	0	14	2.02	4.44	0.29	-0.34	93.3	3.56	10	1.1	1.9	0.4	2.0	18	.517	.507	$7,250,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	SO/9
2010	30	TBR	AL	ALDS	L	TEX	0		9.00	3	3	1	3.0	4	3	3	2	1	13	1.333	12.0	6.0	3.0
2011	31	NYY	AL	ALDS	L	DET	1	.000	1.93	3	0	0	4.2	1	1	1	1	4	14	0.214	1.9	1.9	7.7
2 Yrs (2 Series)							1	.000	4.70	6	3	1	7.2	5	4	4	3	5	27	0.652	5.9	3.5	5.9
2 ALDS							1	.000	4.70	6	3	1	7.2	5	4	4	3	5	27	0.652	5.9	3.5	5.9

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	19	83	74	4	19	9	1	0	2	1	9	18	.257	.337	.405	.743	.339	30	1	0	0	0	2	2
11 Yrs				403	1821	1651	149	329	77	9	43	35	11	145	476	.199	.268	.335	.603	.251	553	25	12	7	6	16	18
162 Game Avg.				67	301	273	25	54	13	1	7	6	2	24	79	.199	.268	.335	.603	.251	91	4	2	1	1	3	3
MLB Averages																.263	.331	.417	.748	.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	0.2	-0.1	1.9	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	2.5	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	1.4	-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	2.0	0.2	172	0.9	5.0	-4.2	1.57	0.5	0.1	6.9	0.7	1.57	6.4	26	8	5
2012	32	NYY	AL	4.8	0.5	89	0.9	2.6	-1.6	1.62	0.1	0.5	3.2	0.3	1.62	0.2	7	6	6
11 Yrs				77.5	7.7	1896	13.1	47.9	-34.7	1.34	8.0	1.8	91.2	9.2	1.34	94.0	181	86	122

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						49%	49	100	-13					4.7	4.7	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	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
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	.513	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	1.569	26	8	5	32	7	3	4	38	0	7	0	12	2.8	16
2012	32	NYY	AL	19	19	10	2	0	6	6	0	100%	10	4	2	2	100%	9	1.619	7	6	6	12	1	6	1	18	1	2	1	3	2.9	17
11 Yrs				403	395	190	15	20	116	96	20	83%	192	76	96	29	30%		1.336	181	86	122	255	62	78	57	338	52	47	59	104	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%	0.39	0.46	72%	24%	10.4%	25%	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	83	46%	0.0%	21.7%	10.8%	12.1%	53%	0.67	0.89	67%	23%	0.0%	12%	12	1	8%
11 Yrs				1821	53%	2.4%	26.1%	8.0%	7.1%	39%	0.47	0.55	62%	18%	6.7%	19%	294	25	9%
MLB Averages					46%	2.7%	17.4%	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	619	68%	25%	19%	30%	26%	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	83	327	3.94	210	64%	31%	16%	27%	27%	69%	7%	44%	77%	55%	10%	8	4	27%	22	12	2	22%	4	2	0	0	0
11 Yrs				1824	7339	4.02	4827	66%	26%	19%	30%	25%	74%	2%	49%	74%	59%	5%	93	53	31%	562	359	26	20%	88	26	-3	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	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
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	83	19	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	25%	2	1	0	37	2	1	67%	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
11 Yrs				1821	329	28	3	43	3	40	19	24	24	19	80	34	18	43%	18	6	3	626	35	11	76%	28	7	7	3	0	1	0	0	16	0
MLB Averages																		53%							71%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
2002	22	0	3	.000	4.56	10	8	1	1	47.1	45	25	24	8	16	1	32	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	2	100.1	75	34	33	10	28	2	100	3	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	2	103.2	84	40	38	10	31	2	103	3	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	2	111.0	90	42	40	10	32	2	112	4	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	4	171.0	134	57	55	16	53	2	177	6	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	13	243.0	181	83	79	28	68	4	247	8	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	16	257.0	188	88	83	29	77	6	263	9	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	43	332.2	241	113	108	35	104	10	365	10	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	88	395.0	277	127	120	39	118	12	422	11	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	90	434.1	310	145	138	43	136	14	458	12	5	1738	149	1.027	6.4	0.9	2.8	9.5	3.37	149
2012	32	15	23	.395	2.82	403	8	190	96	452.2	329	149	142	43	145	16	476	12	6	1821	151	1.047	6.5	0.9	2.9	9.5	3.28	151

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
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	2	0	1.000	2.00	18.0	19	4	4	0	9	18	0	1.556	9.5	4.5	9.0	2.00	0.0	19
11 Yrs		30	14	.682	2.86	443.0	331	158	141	43	146	466	12	1.077	6.7		9.5	3.19	0.9	403

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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%) 0.05 Career Shares (1113th)	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2010 AL (8, 3%) 0.03 Career Shares (239th)
Games Played s c a p y 2009 NL 77 (9th)	Saves s c a p y 2009 NL 27 (10th) 2010 AL 45 (1st) Active 96 (21st) Career 96 (136th)	Games Finished s c a p y 2009 NL 52 (8th) 2010 AL 56 (2nd) Active 190 (30th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y Active 77 (38th)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y Active 7.7 (39th)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y Active 91.23 (33rd) Career 91.23 (163rd)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2010 AL 4.2 (3rd) Active 13.1 (25th) Career 13.1 (130th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y Active 8.0 (36th) Career 8.0 (195th)
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y Active 9.2 (33rd) Career 9.2 (173rd)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 7 (1686), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 19 (639), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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