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Russ Springer

Russell Paul Springer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 7, 1968 in Alexandria, LA
High School: Grant (Dry Prong, LA)
School: Louisiana State University
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 7th round of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed June 21, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1992
Teams (by GP): Astros/Cardinals/Diamondbacks/Braves/Phillies/... 1992-2010
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: August 4, 2010 vs. PIT 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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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
1989	20	NYY-min	Rk	3	0	1.000	1.50	6	6	0	0	0	0	24.0	14	8	4	0	10	0	34	1	0	1			1.000	5.2	0.0	3.8	12.8	3.40	YNK · GULF
1990	21	NYY-min	A,Rk	2	5	.286	3.15	14	14	0	0	0	0	71.1	61	39	25	3	35	0	68	1	2	4			1.346	7.7	0.4	4.4	8.6	1.94	GBO,YNK · SALL,GULF
1991	22	NYY-min	A+,AA	6	9	.400	3.33	27	27	0	2	0	0	167.1	127	72	62	9	68	2	155	6	3	6	694		1.165	6.8	0.5	3.7	8.3	2.28	FTL,ALC · FLOR,EL
1992	23	NYY-min	AAA	8	5	.615	2.69	20	20	0	1	0	0	123.2	89	46	37	11	54	0	95	5	0	4	499		1.156	6.5	0.8	3.9	6.9	1.76	CLB · IL
1992	23	NYY	AL	0	0		6.19	14	0	5	0	0	0	16.0	18	11	11	0	10	0	12	1	0	0	75	65	1.750	10.1	0.0	5.6	6.8	1.20
1993	24	ANA-min	AAA	5	4	.556	4.27	11	9	1	1	0	0	59.0	58	37	28	5	33	1	40	0	0	3	263		1.542	8.8	0.8	5.0	6.1	1.21	VAN · PCL
1993	24	CAL	AL	1	6	.143	7.20	14	9	3	1	0	0	60.0	73	48	48	11	32	1	31	3	0	6	278	63	1.750	11.0	1.7	4.8	4.7	0.97
1994	25	ANA-min	AAA	7	4	.636	3.04	12	12	0	4	0	0	83.0	77	35	28	7	19	0	58	1	0	2	346		1.157	8.3	0.8	2.1	6.3	3.05	VAN · PCL
1994	25	CAL	AL	2	2	.500	5.52	18	5	6	0	0	2	45.2	53	28	28	9	14	0	28	0	0	2	198	89	1.467	10.4	1.8	2.8	5.5	2.00
1995	26	ANA-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	3.44	6	6	0	0	0	0	34.0	24	16	13	3	23	0	23	3	0	3	146		1.382	6.4	0.8	6.1	6.1	1.00	VAN · PCL
1995	26	TOT	MLB	1	2	.333	5.29	33	6	6	0	0	1	78.1	82	48	46	16	35	4	70	7	0	2	350	86	1.494	9.4	1.8	4.0	8.0	2.00
1995	26	CAL	AL	1	2	.333	6.10	19	6	3	0	0	1	51.2	60	37	35	11	25	1	38	5	0	1	238	77	1.645	10.5	1.9	4.4	6.6	1.52
1995	26	PHI	NL	0	0		3.71	14	0	3	0	0	0	26.2	22	11	11	5	10	3	32	2	0	1	112	115	1.200	7.4	1.7	3.4	10.8	3.20
1996	27	PHI	NL	3	10	.231	4.66	51	7	12	0	0	0	96.2	106	60	50	12	38	6	94	1	0	5	437	92	1.490	9.9	1.1	3.5	8.8	2.47
1997	28	HOU-min	AA	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5		2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	18.0		JAC · TL
1997	28	HOU	NL	3	3	.500	4.23	54	0	13	0	0	3	55.1	48	28	26	4	27	2	74	4	0	4	241	95	1.355	7.8	0.7	4.4	12.0	2.74
1998	29	TOT	NL	5	4	.556	4.10	48	0	14	0	0	0	52.2	51	26	24	4	30	4	56	1	0	5	232	103	1.538	8.7	0.7	5.1	9.6	1.87
1998	29	ARI	NL	4	3	.571	4.13	26	0	13	0	0	0	32.2	29	16	15	4	14	1	37	1	0	3	140	103	1.316	8.0	1.1	3.9	10.2	2.64
1998	29	ATL	NL	1	1	.500	4.05	22	0	1	0	0	0	20.0	22	10	9	0	16	3	19	0	0	2	92	104	1.900	9.9	0.0	7.2	8.6	1.19
1999	30	ATL-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.17	11	0	6	0	0	2	15.1	9	2	2	0	1	0	13	0	0	0	56		0.652	5.3	0.0	0.6	7.6	13.00	RMD · IL
1999	30	ATL	NL	2	1	.667	3.42	49	0	8	0	0	1	47.1	31	20	18	5	22	2	49	2	0	0	194	132	1.120	5.9	1.0	4.2	9.3	2.23
2000	31	ARI	NL	2	4	.333	5.08	52	0	10	0	0	0	62.0	63	36	35	11	34	6	59	2	0	3	282	94	1.565	9.1	1.6	4.9	8.6	1.74
2001	32	ARI-min	AAA	0	0		4.91	7	3	0	0	0	0	7.1	7	4	4	1	3	0	6	1	0	0	32		1.364	8.6	1.2	3.7	7.4	2.00	TUC · PCL
2001	32	ARI	NL	0	0		7.13	18	0	9	0	0	1	17.2	20	16	14	5	4	0	12	0	0	2	79	67	1.358	10.2	2.5	2.0	6.1	3.00

2003	34	STL-min	AAA	0	0		1.42	7	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	2	1	1	1	4	0	5	0	0	0	23		0.947	2.8	1.4	5.7	7.1	1.25	MEM · PCL
2003	34	STL	NL	1	1	.500	8.31	17	0	4	0	0	0	17.1	19	16	16	8	6	0	11	1	0	1	77	51	1.442	9.9	4.2	3.1	5.7	1.83
2004	35	HOU-min	AAA	1	2	.333	3.48	26	0	19	0	0	6	31.0	31	13	12	3	14	2	33	2	0	2	140		1.452	9.0	0.9	4.1	9.6	2.36	NOR · PCL
2004	35	HOU	NL	0	1	.000	2.63	16	0	3	0	0	0	13.2	15	4	4	1	6	0	9	1	0	2	62	170	1.537	9.9	0.7	4.0	5.9	1.50
2005	36	HOU	NL	4	4	.500	4.73	62	0	11	0	0	0	59.0	49	34	31	9	21	3	54	3	0	2	246	90	1.186	7.5	1.4	3.2	8.2	2.57
2006	37	HOU	NL	1	1	.500	3.47	72	0	17	0	0	0	59.2	46	23	23	10	16	1	46	4	0	2	240	129	1.039	6.9	1.5	2.4	6.9	2.88
2007	38	STL	NL	8	1	.889	2.18	76	0	18	0	0	0	66.0	41	18	16	3	19	1	66	3	0	1	257	202	0.909	5.6	0.4	2.6	9.0	3.47
2008	39	STL	NL	2	1	.667	2.32	70	0	9	0	0	0	50.1	39	14	13	4	18	0	45	1	0	2	205	184	1.132	7.0	0.7	3.2	8.0	2.50
2009	40	TOT	AL	1	4	.200	4.11	74	0	20	0	0	1	57.0	68	27	26	9	17	3	58	1	0	0	256	108	1.491	10.7	1.4	2.7	9.2	3.41
2009	40	OAK	AL	0	1	.000	4.10	48	0	11	0	0	0	41.2	52	20	19	5	14	2	47	0	0	0	191	109	1.584	11.2	1.1	3.0	10.2	3.36
2009	40	TBR	AL	1	3	.250	4.11	26	0	9	0	0	1	15.1	16	7	7	4	3	1	11	1	0	0	65	108	1.239	9.4	2.3	1.8	6.5	3.67
2010	41	CIN-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	7	0	2	0	0	0	6.1	2	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	22		0.632	2.8	0.0	2.8	7.1	2.50	LOU · IL
2010	41	CIN	NL	0	0		5.40	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	92	1.200	10.8	0.0	0.0	5.4
18 Seasons				36	45	.444	4.52	740	27	168	1	0	9	856.1	824	458	430	121	349	33	775	35	0	39	3716	98	1.370	8.7	1.3	3.7	8.1	2.22
162 Game Avg.				3	4	.444	4.52	66	2	15	0	0	1	76	73	41	38	11	31	3	69	3	0	3	329	98	1.370	8.7	1.3	3.7	8.1	2.22
			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
HOU (4 yrs)				8	9	.471	4.03	204	0	44	0	0	3	187.2	158	89	84	24	70	6	183	12	0	10	789	106	1.215	7.6	1.2	3.4	8.8	2.61
ARI (3 yrs)				6	7	.462	5.13	96	0	32	0	0	1	112.1	112	68	64	20	52	7	108	3	0	8	501	90	1.460	9.0	1.6	4.2	8.7	2.08
STL (3 yrs)				11	3	.786	3.03	163	0	31	0	0	0	133.2	99	48	45	15	43	1	122	5	0	4	539	143	1.062	6.7	1.0	2.9	8.2	2.84
CAL (3 yrs)				4	10	.286	6.35	51	20	12	1	0	3	157.1	186	113	111	31	71	2	97	8	0	9	714	74	1.633	10.6	1.8	4.1	5.5	1.37
ATL (2 yrs)				3	2	.600	3.61	71	0	9	0	0	1	67.1	53	30	27	5	38	5	68	2	0	2	286	123	1.351	7.1	0.7	5.1	9.1	1.79
PHI (2 yrs)				3	10	.231	4.45	65	7	15	0	0	0	123.1	128	71	61	17	48	9	126	3	0	6	549	96	1.427	9.3	1.2	3.5	9.2	2.63
TBR (1 yr)				1	3	.250	4.11	26	0	9	0	0	1	15.1	16	7	7	4	3	1	11	1	0	0	65	108	1.239	9.4	2.3	1.8	6.5	3.67
OAK (1 yr)				0	1	.000	4.10	48	0	11	0	0	0	41.2	52	20	19	5	14	2	47	0	0	0	191	109	1.584	11.2	1.1	3.0	10.2	3.36
CIN (1 yr)				0	0		5.40	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	92	1.200	10.8	0.0	0.0	5.4
NYY (1 yr)				0	0		6.19	14	0	5	0	0	0	16.0	18	11	11	0	10	0	12	1	0	0	75	65	1.750	10.1	0.0	5.6	6.8	1.20

NL (14 yrs)			NL	31	31	.500	4.05	601	7	131	0	0	5	626.0	552	307	282	81	251	28	608	25	0	30	2671	108	1.283	7.9	1.2	3.6	8.7	2.42
AL (5 yrs)			AL	5	14	.263	5.78	139	20	37	1	0	4	230.1	272	151	148	40	98	5	167	10	0	9	1045	79	1.606	10.6	1.6	3.8	6.5	1.70

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1992	23	NYY	AL	16.0	0	11	10	0	.6	-1	-0.2	$
1993	24	CAL	AL	60.0	9	48	41	-2	.8	-7	-0.7	$112,500
1994	25	CAL	AL	45.2	5	28	32	0	.9	4	0.3	$125,000
1995	26	CAL	AL	51.2	6	37	33	1	.7	-4	-0.4	$140,000
1995	26	PHI	NL	26.2	0	11	16	0	.6	5	0.3	$
1996	27	PHI	NL	96.2	7	60	60	0	1.1	0	-0.4	$185,000
1997	28	HOU	NL	55.1	0	28	30	2	1.2	2	-0.2	$400,000
1998	29	ARI	NL	32.2	0	16	19	0	1.0	3	0.1	$700,000
1998	29	ATL	NL	20.0	0	10	10	1	1.0	0	-0.1	$
1999	30	ATL	NL	47.1	0	20	30	1	.7	10	0.5	$
2000	31	ARI	NL	62.0	0	36	42	1	.6	6	0.0	$1,725,000
2001	32	ARI	NL	17.2	0	16	11	1	.5	-5	-0.5	$1,700,000

2003	34	STL	NL	17.1	0	16	10	0	.8	-6	-0.7	$450,000
2004	35	HOU	NL	13.2	0	4	8	0	.7	4	0.3	$
2005	36	HOU	NL	59.0	0	34	34	2	.9	0	-0.4	$550,000
2006	37	HOU	NL	59.2	0	23	33	3	.7	10	0.5	$750,000
2007	38	STL	NL	66.0	0	18	40	0	.8	22	1.5	$1,750,000
2008	39	STL	NL	50.1	0	14	29	2	1.0	15	1.2	$3,500,000
2009	40	OAK	AL	41.2	0	20	28	-2	.9	8	0.4	$3,300,000
2009	40	TBR	AL	15.1	0	7	9	1	1.1	2	0.1	$
2010	41	CIN	NL	1.2	0	1	1	0	.2	-0	0.0	$
18 Seasons				856.1	27	458	526	11	.9	68	1.6	$15,387,500
			Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
HOU (4 yrs)				187.2	0	89	105	7	.9	16	0.2	$1,700,000
ARI (3 yrs)				112.1	0	68	72	2	.7	4	-0.4	$4,125,000
STL (3 yrs)				133.2	0	48	79	2	.9	31	2.0	$5,700,000
CAL (3 yrs)				157.1	20	113	106	-1	.8	-7	-0.8	$377,500
ATL (2 yrs)				67.1	0	30	40	2	.8	10	0.4	$
PHI (2 yrs)				123.1	7	71	76	0	1.0	5	-0.1	$185,000
TBR (1 yr)				15.1	0	7	9	1	1.1	2	0.1	$
OAK (1 yr)				41.2	0	20	28	-2	.9	8	0.4	$3,300,000
CIN (1 yr)				1.2	0	1	1	0	.2	-0	0.0	$
NYY (1 yr)				16.0	0	11	10	0	.6	-1	-0.2	$

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
1997	28	HOU	NL	NLDS	L	ATL	0	0		5.40	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	8	1.800	10.8	0.0	5.4	16.2	3.00

1999	30	ATL	NL	NLDS	W	HOU	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
1999	30	ATL	NL	NLCS	W	NYM	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	0.500	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
1999	30	ATL	NL	WS	L	NYY	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0.429	3.9	0.0	0.0	3.9

2004	35	HOU	NL	NLDS	W	ATL	0	1	.000	18.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	4	4	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	11	2.000	13.5	4.5	4.5	22.5	5.00
2005	36	HOU	NL	NLDS	W	ATL	0	0		3.86	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	11	2.571	19.3	0.0	3.9	3.9	1.00
2005	36	HOU	NL	NLCS	W	STL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
2005	36	HOU	NL	WS	L	CHW	0	0		4.50	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	4.5
4 Seasons (8 Series)							1	1	.500	4.40	14	0	4	0	0	0	14.1	15	7	7	1	6	0	14	1	0	0	63	1.465	9.4	0.6	3.8	8.8	2.33
4 NLDS							0	1	.000	7.71	7	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	12	6	6	1	4	0	10	1	0	0	36	2.286	15.4	1.3	5.1	12.9	2.50
2 NLCS							1	0	1.000	0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	11	0.667	0.0	0.0	6.0	6.0	1.00
2 WS							0	0		2.08	4	0	2	0	0	0	4.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	16	0.692	6.2	0.0	0.0	4.2

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1989	20	NYY-min	Rk	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	YNK · GULF
1990	21	NYY-min	A,Rk	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	GBO,YNK · SALL,GULF
1991	22	NYY-min	A+,AA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	FTL,ALC · FLOR,EL
1992	23	NYY-min	AAA	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CLB · IL
1992	23	NYY	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1993	24	ANA-min	AAA	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	VAN · PCL
1993	24	CAL	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1994	25	ANA-min	AAA	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	VAN · PCL
1994	25	CAL	AL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1995	26	ANA-min	AAA	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	VAN · PCL
1995	26	TOT	MLB	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1995	26	CAL	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1995	26	PHI	NL	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1996	27	PHI	NL	51	19	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.059	.059	.059	.118	-69	1	1	0	2	0	0	1
1997	28	HOU-min	AA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	JAC · TL
1997	28	HOU	NL	54	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	29	TOT	NL	48	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	29	ARI	NL	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	29	ATL	NL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999	30	ATL-min	AAA	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	RMD · IL
1999	30	ATL	NL	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	31	ARI	NL	52	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	32	ARI-min	AAA	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000		1	0	0	0	0	0	TUC · PCL
2001	32	ARI	NL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

2003	34	STL-min	AAA	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	MEM · PCL
2003	34	STL	NL	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2004	35	HOU-min	AAA	26	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	NOR · PCL
2004	35	HOU	NL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	36	HOU	NL	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2006	37	HOU	NL	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2007	38	STL	NL	76	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	39	STL	NL	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	40	TOT	AL	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	40	OAK	AL	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	40	TBR	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	41	CIN-min	AAA	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	LOU · IL
2010	41	CIN	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
18 Seasons				740	31	27	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	.074	.074	.074	.148	-61	2	1	0	4	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.074	.074	.074	.148	-61	0	0	0	1	0	0
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
HOU (4 yrs)				204	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
ARI (3 yrs)				96	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-16	1	0	0	0	0	0
STL (3 yrs)				163	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
CAL (3 yrs)				51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
ATL (2 yrs)				71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
PHI (2 yrs)				65	21	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.056	.056	.056	.111	-70	1	1	0	3	0	0
TBR (1 yr)				26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
OAK (1 yr)				48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (14 yrs)				601	31	27	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	.074	.074	.074	.148	-61	2	1	0	4	0	0
AL (5 yrs)				139	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1995	26	PHI	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
1996	27	PHI	NL	19	-4	0	0	0	0	2	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$185,000	1
1997	28	HOU	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$400,000	1
1998	29	ARI	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$700,000	1

2000	31	ARI	NL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$1,725,000	1

2003	34	STL	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$450,000	1

2007	38	STL	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$1,750,000	1

2010	41	CIN	NL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			$	/1
8 Seasons				31	-5	0	0	0	0	3	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$5,210,000

ARI (2 yrs)				6	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$2,425,000
PHI (2 yrs)				21	-4	0	0	0	0	2	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$185,000
STL (2 yrs)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$2,200,000
CIN (1 yr)				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			$
HOU (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$400,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1997	28	HOU	NL	NLDS	ATL	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1999	30	ATL	NL	NLDS	HOU	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	30	ATL	NL	NLCS	NYM	W	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	30	ATL	NL	WS	NYY	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2004	35	HOU	NL	NLDS	ATL	W	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	36	HOU	NL	NLDS	ATL	W	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	36	HOU	NL	NLCS	STL	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	36	HOU	NL	WS	CHW	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Seasons (8 Series)							12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 NLDS							7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 NLCS							3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 WS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
1992	NYY	AL	23	P	14	0	0	16.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000			0.56	0.07	.950	1.74	1.71	3	0	0%	0
1993	CAL	AL	24	P	14	9	1	60.0	5	3	2	0	0	1.000			0.75	0.36	.952	1.78	1.78	11	1	8%	0
1994	CAL	AL	25	P	18	5	0	45.2	5	2	3	0	1	1.000			0.99	0.28	.956	1.71	1.71	3	2	40%	0
1995	TOT	MLB	26	P	33	6	0	78.4	13	3	10	0	2	1.000			1.49	0.39	.958	1.82	1.79	8	1	11%	0
1995	CAL	AL	26	P	19	6	0	51.2	6	0	6	0	1	1.000			1.05	0.32	.960	1.79	1.77	6	1	14%	0
1995	PHI	NL	26	P	14	0	0	26.2	7	3	4	0	1	1.000			2.36	0.50	.956	1.86	1.83	2	0	0%	0
1996	PHI	NL	27	P	51	7	0	96.2	15	3	10	2	0	.867			1.21	0.25	.954	1.84	1.83	8	2	20%	1
1997	HOU	NL	28	P	54	0	0	55.1	11	5	5	1	1	.909			1.63	0.19	.953	1.85	1.84	8	0	0%	0
1998	TOT	NL	29	P	48	0	0	52.2	5	2	2	1	0	.800			0.68	0.08	.960	1.85	1.84	7	2	22%	0
1998	ARI	NL	29	P	26	0	0	32.2	3	2	0	1	0	.667			0.55	0.08	.960	1.85	1.84	4	0	0%	0
1998	ATL	NL	29	P	22	0	0	20.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000			0.90	0.09	.960	1.84	1.84	3	2	40%	0
1999	ATL	NL	30	P	49	0	0	47.1	5	1	4	0	0	1.000			0.95	0.10	.952	1.71	1.71	9	1	10%	0
2000	ARI	NL	31	P	52	0	0	62.0	6	1	4	1	1	.833			0.73	0.10	.962	1.74	1.72	9	1	10%	0
2001	ARI	NL	32	P	18	0	0	17.2	5	1	3	1	0	.800			2.04	0.22	.960	1.73	1.73	2	0	0%	0
2003	STL	NL	34	P	17	0	0	17.1	6	3	3	0	1	1.000	0	0	3.12	0.35	.957	1.82	1.83	0	0		0
2004	HOU	NL	35	P	16	0	0	13.2	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.98	0.19	.967	1.84	1.82	1	0	0%	0
2005	HOU	NL	36	P	62	0	0	59.0	8	1	7	0	0	1.000	1	3	1.22	0.13	.960	1.75	1.73	3	0	0%	0
2006	HOU	NL	37	P	72	0	0	59.2	10	3	6	1	0	.900	-1	-3	1.36	0.13	.958	1.72	1.71	7	1	13%	0
2007	STL	NL	38	P	76	0	0	66.0	6	1	5	0	1	1.000	1	3	0.82	0.08	.965	1.68	1.67	3	3	50%	0
2008	STL	NL	39	P	70	0	0	50.1	11	2	7	2	0	.818	0	0	1.61	0.13	.959	1.73	1.72	1	2	67%	0
2009	TOT	AL	40	P	74	0	0	57.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-7	0.16	0.01	.950	1.53	1.51	6	0	0%	0
2009	OAK	AL	40	P	48	0	0	41.2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-5	0.22	0.02	.950	1.53	1.51	4	0	0%	0
2009	TBR	AL	40	P	26	0	0	15.1	0	0	0	0	0		-1	-13	0.00	0.00		1.53	1.51	2	0	0%	0
2010	CIN	NL	41	P	2	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		1.62	1.70	0	0		0
	18 Seasons			P	740	27	1	856.1	116	33	74	9	7	.922	-1	0	1.12	0.14	.957	1.76	1.73	89	16	15%	1
	18 Seasons			TOT	740	27	1	856.1	116	33	74	9	7	.922	-1	-3	1.12	0.14	.957	1.76	1.73	89	16	15%	1
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 2009 AL 74 (4th) Career 740 (67th)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 2009 AL 74 (4th) Career 740 (67th)	Oldest s c a p y 2009 AL born 1968-11-07 (5th) 2010 NL born 1968-11-07 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
2009 AL 74 (4th)
Career 740 (67th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
2009 AL 74 (4th)
Career 740 (67th)

Oldest s c a p y
2009 AL born 1968-11-07 (5th)
2010 NL born 1968-11-07 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 17 (689), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 5, 1989: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 7th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 1989.
December 6, 1992: Traded by the New York Yankees with Jerry Nielsen and J.T. Snow to the California Angels for Jim Abbott.
August 15, 1995: the California Angels sent Russ Springer to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete an earlier deal made on August 8, 1995. August 8, 1995: The California Angels sent a player to be named later and Kevin Flora to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dave Gallagher.
December 20, 1996: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.
December 30, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
November 18, 1997: Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks from the Houston Astros as the 61st pick in the 1997 expansion draft.
June 23, 1998: Traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Atlanta Braves for Alan Embree.
November 2, 1999: Granted Free Agency.
December 3, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
November 7, 2001: Granted Free Agency.
December 19, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
October 28, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
June 29, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
November 4, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
December 20, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
November 10, 2005: Granted Free Agency.
December 2, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
October 30, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
December 8, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
October 30, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
January 29, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.
August 8, 2009: Selected off waivers by the Tampa Bay Rays from the Oakland Athletics.
November 6, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
July 15, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
November 1, 2010: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1993	24	California Angels	$112,500	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1994	25	California Angels	$125,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $5,000 earned bonus
1995	26	California Angels	$140,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $20,000 earned bonus
1996	27	Philadelphia Phillies	$185,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1997	28	Houston Astros	$400,000	1997 postseason AP survey	Includes $75,000 earned bonus
1998	29	Arizona Diamondbacks	$700,000	4/3/98 USA Today

2000	31	Arizona Diamondbacks	$1,725,000	4/5/00 AP
2001	32	Arizona Diamondbacks	$1,700,000	4/6/01 USA Today

2003	34	St. Louis Cardinals	$450,000	4/3/03 AP

2005	36	Houston Astros	$550,000
2006	37	Houston Astros	$750,000
2007	38	St. Louis Cardinals	$1,750,000
2008	39	St. Louis Cardinals	$3,500,000
2009	40	Oakland Athletics	$3,300,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$15,387,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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