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Ryan Speier

Ryan Andrew Speier

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: July 24, 1979 in Frankfort, KY
High School: West Springfield HS (Springfield, VA)
School: Radford University (Radford, VA)
Signed by the Colorado Rockies as an amateur free agent in 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 2005
Team: Rockies 2005-2009

Final Game: April 18, 2009
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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	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2001	21	COL-min	Rk	1	2	.333	3.16	17	0	8	0	0	1	25.2	19	12	9	2	9	4	24	2	0	2	109		1.091	6.7	0.7	3.2	8.4	2.67	CAS · PION
2002	22	COL-min	A,A+	5	3	.625	3.93	52	0	20	0	0	5	68.2	67	42	30	3	24	3	72	3	0	7	295		1.325	8.8	0.4	3.1	9.4	3.00	AVL,SAL · SALL,CARL
2003	23	COL-min	A+	4	2	.667	1.53	56	0	43	0	0	18	58.2	50	14	10	2	17	2	73	6	0	2	248		1.142	7.7	0.3	2.6	11.2	4.29	VIS · CALL
2004	24	COL-min	AA	3	1	.750	2.04	62	0	59	0	0	37	61.2	33	14	14	3	25	1	70	3	1	4	249		0.941	4.8	0.4	3.6	10.2	2.80	TUL · TL
2005	25	COL-min	AAA	2	2	.500	4.99	45	0	22	0	0	6	52.1	70	30	29	2	18	0	45	8	0	6	244		1.682	12.0	0.3	3.1	7.7	2.50	CSP · PCL
2005	25	COL	NL	2	1	.667	3.65	22	0	10	0	0	0	24.2	26	12	10	0	13	0	10	1	0	2	111	133	1.581	9.5	0.0	4.7	3.6	0.77

2007	27	COL-min	AAA	1	4	.200	4.38	50	0	47	0	0	33	49.1	47	26	24	3	23	2	40	4	1	5	217		1.419	8.6	0.5	4.2	7.3	1.74	CSP · PCL
2007	27	COL	NL	3	1	.750	4.00	20	0	5	0	0	0	18.0	20	8	8	1	8	1	13	1	1	2	77	122	1.556	10.0	0.5	4.0	6.5	1.63
2008	28	COL-min	AAA,A	1	0	1.000	3.00	13	0	10	0	0	5	15.0	11	5	5	1	6	0	12	0	1	2	62		1.133	6.6	0.6	3.6	7.2	2.00	CSP,AVL · PCL,SALL
2008	28	COL	NL	2	1	.667	4.06	43	0	8	0	0	0	51.0	52	23	23	3	18	2	33	4	0	2	217	116	1.373	9.2	0.5	3.2	5.8	1.83
2009	29	COL-min	AAA,AA,A+	2	2	.500	4.42	36	0	7	0	0	0	36.2	50	21	18	3	19	3	28	1	0	3	173		1.882	12.3	0.7	4.7	6.9	1.47	CSP,TUL,MOD · PCL,TL,CALL
2009	29	COL	NL	0	0		4.76	5	0	3	0	0	0	5.2	6	3	3	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	25	104	1.588	9.5	0.0	4.8	3.2	0.67
2011	31	TOH	Fgn	1	4	.200	4.60	30	0	4	0	0	8	29.1	29	16	15	3	7	1	27	3	0	0	123		1.227	8.9	0.9	2.1	8.3	3.86	TOH · JPPL
4 Yrs				7	3	.700	3.99	90	0	26	0	0	0	99.1	104	46	44	4	42	3	58	7	1	6	430	120	1.470	9.4	0.4	3.8	5.3	1.38
162 Game Avg.				5	2	.700	3.99	68	0	20	0	0	0	75	79	35	33	3	32	2	44	5	1	5	325	120	1.470	9.4	0.4	3.8	5.3	1.38

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
2005	25	COL	NL	24.2	22	0	12	4.38	4.46	-0.11	-0.34	114.6	4.84	1	0.1	1.0	-0.1	0.3	4	.506	.501	$316,000

2007	27	COL	NL	18.0	20	0	8	4.00	4.87	0.08	-0.35	110.2	4.89	2	0.2	1.2	-0.0	0.3	4	.509	.501	$
2008	28	COL	NL	51.0	43	0	23	4.06	4.59	-0.20	-0.33	106.6	4.74	4	0.4	.8	-0.1	0.7	9	.510	.503	$
2009	29	COL	NL	5.2	5	0	3	4.76	4.56	0.05	-0.34	105.0	4.39	-0	-0.0	.7	-0.0	0.0	0	.495	.500	$407,000
4 Seasons				99.1	90	0	46	4.17	4.60	-0.11	-0.34	109.2	4.77	7	0.7	.9	-0.2	1.3	16	.508	.501	$723,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	BB	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2007	27	COL	NL	NLDS	W	PHI	0.00	1	0	0	1.1	1	1	0	0	5	0.750	6.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	27	COL	NL	NLCS	W	ARI	0.00	1	1	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2007	27	COL	NL	WS	L	BOS		1	0	0	0.0	0	0	3	0	3						0.00
1 Yr (3 Series)							0.00	3	1	1	2.1	1	1	3	1	11	1.714	3.9	0.0	11.6	3.9	0.33
1 NLDS							0.00	1	0	0	1.1	1	1	0	0	5	0.750	6.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
1 NLCS							0.00	1	1	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
1 WS								1	0	0	0.0	0	0	3	0	3						0.00

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
2005	25	COL	NL	22	111	94	12	26	5	0	0	1	3	13	10	.277	.367	.330	.697	.306	31	1	1	2	1	0	1

2007	27	COL	NL	20	77	67	8	20	6	0	1	1	1	8	13	.299	.382	.433	.814	.358	29	4	1	1	0	1	0
2008	28	COL	NL	43	217	191	23	52	8	1	3	6	2	18	33	.272	.343	.372	.714	.310	71	9	4	1	3	2	1
2009	29	COL	NL	5	25	19	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	.316	.417	.421	.838	.333	8	0	1	1	1	0	0
4 Yrs				90	430	371	46	104	19	2	4	8	6	42	58	.280	.360	.375	.735	.318	139	14	7	5	5	3	2
162 Game Avg.				68	325	280	35	79	14	2	3	6	5	32	44	.280	.360	.375	.735	.318	105	11	5	4	4	2	2
MLB Averages																.266	.334	.422	.755	.300

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2005	25	COL	NL	2.4	0.2	116	-0.4	1.4	-1.9	.89	0.2	-0.7	0.7	0.1	0.89	1.6	7	2	12

2007	27	COL	NL	1.9	0.2	82	0.1	1.6	-1.5	1.16	0.1	0.0	2.6	0.2	1.16	1.1	6	6	6
2008	28	COL	NL	4.2	0.4	226	0.5	2.7	-2.2	.67	0.1	0.6	4.8	0.4	0.67	3.9	8	7	27
2009	29	COL	NL	0.2	0.0	26	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.39	-0.1	-0.4	-2.9	-0.3	0.39	-1.6	1	0	4
4 Yrs				8.7	0.9	450	0.0	6.0	-5.9	.80	0.4	-0.3	5.2	0.5	0.80	5.0	22	15	49

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
2005	25	COL	NL	22	22	10	2	1	1	0	1	0%	3	2	18	5	28%	8	.895	7	2	12	5	3	14	9	13	7	6	7	4	3.4	18

2007	27	COL	NL	20	20	5	3	1	1	0	1	0%	4	3	12	1	8%	6	1.165	6	6	6	9	3	8	7	13	2	5	4	6	2.7	15
2008	28	COL	NL	43	43	8	2	1	1	0	1	0%	6	3	29	10	34%	7	.672	8	7	27	11	3	29	15	28	13	7	15	7	3.6	18
2009	29	COL	NL	5	5	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	4	100%	5	.391	1	0	4	1	1	3	2	3	2	1	2	0	3.4	19
4 Yrs				90	90	26	7	3	3	0	3	0%	13	8	63	20	32%		.802	22	15	49	26	10	54	33	57	24	19	28	17	3.3	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%
2005	25	COL	NL	111	58%	0.0%	9.0%	11.7%	4.5%	19%	0.84	1.26	77%	15%	0.0%	7%	24	1	4%

2007	27	COL	NL	77	62%	1.3%	16.9%	10.4%	9.1%	35%	0.71	0.95	69%	25%	4.0%	19%	19	4	21%
2008	28	COL	NL	217	56%	1.4%	15.2%	8.3%	5.5%	23%	1.08	1.68	73%	19%	4.3%	10%	50	9	18%
2009	29	COL	NL	25	60%	0.0%	8.0%	12.0%	4.0%	17%	2.00	1.50	72%	16%	0.0%	17%	7	0	0%
4 Yrs				430	58%	0.9%	13.5%	9.8%	5.8%	24%	0.97	1.40	73%	19%	2.8%	11%	100	14	14%
MLB Averages					46%	2.7%	17.2%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.6%	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
2005	25	COL	NL	112	395	3.53	230	58%	30%	10%	22%	38%	70%	0%	41%	86%	53%	9%	10	6	13%	14	9	0	10%	3	4	-1	0	0

2007	27	COL	NL	77	290	3.77	176	61%	35%	9%	25%	31%	65%	1%	40%	86%	57%	3%	2	1	21%	16	7	2	38%	1	1	0	0	0
2008	28	COL	NL	219	762	3.48	493	65%	31%	11%	26%	33%	69%	2%	45%	85%	66%	3%	7	2	20%	44	24	5	33%	9	3	-2	0	0
2009	29	COL	NL	25	94	3.76	55	59%	31%	9%	25%	35%	69%	0%	40%	87%	60%	0%	0	0	20%	5	0	0	50%	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				433	1541	3.56	954	62%	31%	10%	25%	34%	69%	1%	43%	85%	61%	4%	19	9	18%	79	40	7	31%	13	8	-3	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	59%	5%			22%				26%

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
2005	25	COL	NL	111	26	6	2	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	14	11	0	79%	1	2	0	43	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0

2007	27	COL	NL	77	20	6	1	1	0	5	1	0	1	0	7	2	3	29%	0	2	0	29	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2008	28	COL	NL	217	52	9	1	3	0	16	1	2	0	3	14	8	3	57%	1	2	0	90	6	2	75%	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
2009	29	COL	NL	25	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	100%	0	0	0	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4 Yrs				430	104	22	4	4	0	30	2	2	1	3	37	23	6	62%	2	6	0	174	8	6	57%	6	6	2	0	0	0	1	1	15	0
MLB Averages																		53%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	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+
2005	25	2	1	.667	3.65	22	10	24.2	26	12	10	0	13	0	10	1	0	2	111	133	1.581	9.5	0.0	4.7	3.6	0.77	133
2006	26	2	1	.667	3.65	22	10	24.2	26	12	10	0	13	0	10	1	0	2	111	133	1.581	9.5	0.0	4.7	3.6	0.77	133
2007	27	5	2	.714	3.80	42	15	42.2	46	20	18	1	21	1	23	2	1	4	188	128	1.570	9.7	0.2	4.4	4.9	1.10	128
2008	28	7	3	.700	3.94	85	23	93.2	98	43	41	4	39	3	56	6	1	6	405	121	1.463	9.4	0.4	3.7	5.4	1.44	121
2009	29	7	3	.700	3.99	90	26	99.1	104	46	44	4	42	3	58	7	1	6	430	120	1.470	9.4	0.4	3.8	5.3	1.38	120

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2005	25	1	1	.500	3.24	25.0	24	10	9	0	12	10	1	1.440	8.6	4.3	3.6	0.83	0.0	22

2007	27	1	0	1.000	3.94	16.0	19	8	7	1	8	12	1	1.688	10.7	4.5	6.8	1.50	0.6	20
2008	28	3	2	.600	3.67	49.0	49	22	20	3	17	32	4	1.347	9.0	3.1	5.9	1.88	0.6	43
2009	29	0	0		5.40	5.0	6	3	3	0	3	2	1	1.800	10.8	5.4	3.6	0.67	0.0	5
4 Yrs		5	3	.625	3.69	95.0	98	43	39	4	40	56	7	1.453	9.3		5.3	1.40	0.4	90

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 1 (1952), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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