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Jeremy Sowers

Jeremy Bryan Sowers

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 17, 1983 in St. Clairsville, OH
High School: Ballard HS (Louisville, KY)
School: Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed August 30, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 2006
Team: Indians 2006-2009
Agents: Casey Close,Jeff Berry [*]
Final Game: October 2, 2009
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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
2005	22	CLE-min	AA,A+,AAA	14	4	.778	2.37	27	27	0	0	0	159.1	141	51	42	13	29	1	149	6	0	7	640		1.067	8.0	0.7	1.6	8.4	5.14	AKR,KIN,BFL · EL,CARL,IL
2006	23	CLE-min	AAA	9	1	.900	1.39	15	15	0	2	2	97.1	78	20	15	1	29	1	54	1	0	2	383		1.099	7.2	0.1	2.7	5.0	1.86	BFL · IL
2006	23	CLE	AL	7	4	.636	3.57	14	14	0	2	2	88.1	85	36	35	10	20	1	35	2	0	1	360	126	1.189	8.7	1.0	2.0	3.6	1.75
2007	24	CLE-min	AAA	4	5	.444	4.10	15	15	0	1	0	96.2	112	56	44	6	24	0	61	4	1	1	430		1.407	10.4	0.6	2.2	5.7	2.54	BFL · IL
2007	24	CLE	AL	1	6	.143	6.42	13	13	0	0	0	67.1	84	49	48	10	21	2	24	4	0	3	303	71	1.559	11.2	1.3	2.8	3.2	1.14
2008	25	CLE-min	AAA	4	3	.571	2.08	10	10	0	1	0	60.2	56	16	14	4	17	0	43	0	0	0	245		1.203	8.3	0.6	2.5	6.4	2.53	BFL · IL
2008	25	CLE	AL	4	9	.308	5.58	22	22	0	0	0	121.0	141	84	75	18	39	1	64	3	1	3	533	76	1.488	10.5	1.3	2.9	4.8	1.64
2009	26	CLE-min	AAA	2	2	.500	2.89	6	6	0	0	0	37.1	36	12	12	2	9	1	27	1	0	1	159		1.205	8.7	0.5	2.2	6.5	3.00	CLB · IL
2009	26	CLE	AL	6	11	.353	5.25	23	22	1	0	0	123.1	134	73	72	11	52	3	51	3	0	2	545	81	1.508	9.8	0.8	3.8	3.7	0.98
2010	27	CLE-min	AAA	2	6	.250	5.85	27	4	6	0	0	52.1	55	38	34	2	18	0	29	1	0	3	232		1.395	9.5	0.3	3.1	5.0	1.61	CLB · IL
4 Yrs				18	30	.375	5.18	72	71	1	2	2	400.0	444	242	230	49	132	7	174	12	1	9	1741	84	1.440	10.0	1.1	3.0	3.9	1.32
162 Game Avg.				9	14	.375	5.18	34	34	0	1	1	190	211	115	109	23	63	3	83	6	0	4	828	84	1.440	10.0	1.1	3.0	3.9	1.32

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
2006	23	CLE	AL	88.1	14	14	36	3.67	4.95	-0.19	0.19	97.3	5.19	14	1.5		-0.1	2.2	26	.605	.509	$
2007	24	CLE	AL	67.1	13	13	49	6.55	4.86	0.01	0.19	101.0	5.09	-12	-1.1		-0.0	-0.5	-3	.419	.493	$384,800
2008	25	CLE	AL	121.0	22	22	84	6.25	4.78	0.17	0.18	99.2	4.76	-22	-2.1		-0.1	-1.1	-5	.406	.487	$
2009	26	CLE	AL	123.1	23	22	73	5.33	4.73	-0.15	0.16	96.4	4.86	-7	-0.7	.0	-0.1	0.3	9	.469	.496	$
4 Seasons				400.0	72	71	242	5.45	4.82	-0.04	0.18	98.2	4.94	-27	-2.4	.0	-0.3	0.9	27	.467	.496	$384,800

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
2006	23	CLE	AL	14	360	337	36	85	13	2	10	6	3	20	35	.252	.298	.392	.690	.257	132	10	2	1	0	1	5
2007	24	CLE	AL	13	303	273	49	84	20	1	10	10	2	21	24	.308	.360	.498	.858	.303	136	5	4	0	5	2	2
2008	25	CLE	AL	22	533	484	84	141	38	0	18	9	6	39	64	.291	.345	.481	.827	.303	233	12	3	3	4	1	7
2009	26	CLE	AL	23	545	477	73	134	31	2	11	5	3	52	51	.281	.350	.423	.773	.291	202	12	3	5	8	3	4
4 Yrs				72	1741	1571	242	444	102	5	49	30	14	132	174	.283	.339	.447	.787	.289	703	39	12	9	17	7	18
162 Game Avg.				34	828	747	115	211	49	2	23	14	7	63	83	.283	.339	.447	.787	.289	334	19	6	4	8	3	9
MLB Averages																.266	.335	.422	.757	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
2006	23	CLE	AL	10.1	1.0	368	0.9	6.9	-6.0	.98	1.1	-0.1	13.7	1.4	0.98	14.5	0
2007	24	CLE	AL	-12.7	-1.2	315	-1.2	5.2	-6.4	1.00	-0.7	-0.6	-11.7	-1.1	1.00	-7.5	0
2008	25	CLE	AL	-19.1	-1.8	553	-1.8	8.9	-10.7	.98	-1.4	-0.5	-17.7	-1.7	0.98	-16.7	0
2009	26	CLE	AL	-12.2	-1.1	557	-1.6	8.7	-10.2	1.00	-0.4	-1.2	-9.7	-0.9	1.00	-4.6	1
4 Yrs				-33.8	-3.1	1793	-3.7	29.7	-33.4	.99	-1.4	-2.3	-25.4	-2.3	0.99	-14.4	1

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
2006	23	CLE	AL	14	14	7	4	3	0	0	8	6	.571	1	2	2	2	8	57%	52.3	82	16	4	2	0	10	5.1	5.7	6.3	91	0	12	2	0	109
2007	24	CLE	AL	13	13	1	6	6	0	0	4	9	.308	2	2	0	0	5	38%	40.7	64	16	4	1	0	7	3.8	4.2	5.2	82	4	8	1	0	102
2008	25	CLE	AL	22	22	4	9	9	1	2	9	13	.409	3	4	0	0	7	32%	43.3	76	18	8	4	0	13	4.4	4.6	5.5	92	4	14	4	0	103
2009	26	CLE	AL	23	22	5	11	6	1	2	8	14	.364	2	5	0	0	8	36%	43.9	69	11	21	8	0	12	4.4	4.4	5.4	90	5	11	6	0	106
4 Yrs				72	71	17	30	24	2	4	29	42	.408	8	13	2	2	28	39%	45	82	11	37	15	0	42	4.4	4.7	5.6	89	13	45	13	0	109
MLB Averages													.500						48%	48	98	-12					4.8	4.8	5.8	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
2009	26	CLE	AL	23	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		5	1.005	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	15.0	57
1 Yr				23	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0			1.005	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	15.0	57

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%
2006	23	CLE	AL	360	21%	2.8%	9.7%	5.6%	6.9%	29%	0.94	1.29	81%	16%	7.5%	13%	71	10	14%
2007	24	CLE	AL	303	24%	3.3%	7.9%	6.9%	10.2%	37%	0.67	0.74	81%	17%	7.5%	11%	68	5	7%
2008	25	CLE	AL	533	27%	3.4%	12.0%	7.3%	10.5%	40%	0.74	1.12	76%	24%	8.5%	12%	111	12	11%
2009	26	CLE	AL	545	27%	2.0%	9.4%	9.5%	8.1%	33%	0.61	0.82	78%	17%	4.7%	11%	115	12	10%
4 Yrs				1741	25%	2.8%	10.0%	7.6%	9.0%	35%	0.73	0.98	78%	19%	6.9%	12%	365	39	11%
MLB Averages					46%	2.7%	17.3%	8.6%	8.0%	34%	0.79	1.07	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
2006	23	CLE	AL	361	1276	3.53	835	65%	26%	9%	29%	36%	74%	1%	49%	88%	61%	4%	13	11	22%	78	38	4	20%	7	1	-1	0	0
2007	24	CLE	AL	303	1068	3.52	672	63%	25%	9%	28%	38%	75%	1%	47%	88%	52%	4%	12	6	14%	41	21	4	17%	2	4	0	0	0
2008	25	CLE	AL	535	2023	3.78	1286	64%	26%	10%	30%	33%	74%	1%	47%	86%	62%	4%	19	10	20%	108	63	6	23%	14	8	-2	0	0
2009	26	CLE	AL	545	2030	3.72	1263	62%	28%	10%	27%	35%	72%	2%	45%	86%	58%	6%	30	17	17%	95	47	4	22%	11	10	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1744	6397	3.67	4056	63%	26%	10%	29%	35%	74%	1%	47%	87%	59%	4%	74	44	18%	322	169	18	21%	34	23	-3	0	0
MLB Averages						3.79		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	80%	58%	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
2006	23	CLE	AL	360	85	8	1	10	0	2	6	4	6	4	12	3	2	25%	5	1	0	139	6	3	67%	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2007	24	CLE	AL	303	84	7	2	10	0	3	9	1	3	7	18	14	2	78%	2	3	0	131	10	2	83%	6	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	10	0
2008	25	CLE	AL	533	141	11	4	18	1	9	11	7	6	12	30	18	3	60%	7	3	2	204	9	6	60%	5	5	4	1	0	0	1	1	13	0
2009	26	CLE	AL	545	134	11	2	11	0	16	8	3	7	4	36	22	3	61%	4	2	2	196	5	3	63%	3	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	16	0
4 Yrs				1741	444	37	9	49	1	30	34	15	22	27	96	57	10	59%	18	9	4	670	30	14	68%	19	10	10	4	1	0	3	3	40	0
MLB Averages																		53%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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+
2006	23	7	4	.636	3.57	14	14	0	2	2	88.1	85	36	35	10	20	1	35	2	0	1	360	126	1.189	8.7	1.0	2.0	3.6	1.75	126
2007	24	8	10	.444	4.80	27	27	0	2	2	155.2	169	85	83	20	41	3	59	6	0	4	663	94	1.349	9.8	1.2	2.4	3.4	1.44	94
2008	25	12	19	.387	5.14	49	49	0	2	2	276.2	310	169	158	38	80	4	123	9	1	7	1196	85	1.410	10.1	1.2	2.6	4.0	1.54	85
2009	26	18	30	.375	5.18	72	71	1	2	2	400.0	444	242	230	49	132	7	174	12	1	9	1741	84	1.440	10.0	1.1	3.0	3.9	1.32	84

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
2006	23	5	4	.556	3.60	85.0	84	38	34	10	20	34	2	1.224	8.9	2.1	3.6	1.70	1.1	14
2007	24	2	5	.286	6.27	66.0	82	51	46	10	20	23	4	1.545	11.2	2.7	3.1	1.15	1.4	13
2008	25	4	8	.333	5.90	116.0	142	84	76	18	39	62	3	1.560	11.0	3.0	4.8	1.59	1.4	22
2009	26	4	9	.308	5.64	118.0	136	82	74	11	53	49	3	1.602	10.4	4.0	3.7	0.92	0.8	23
4 Yrs		15	26	.366	5.38	385.0	444	255	230	49	132	168	12	1.496	10.4		3.9	1.27	1.1	72

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185
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