Denny Stark

Dennis Stark

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 27, 1974 in Hicksville, OH
High School: Edgerton HS (Edgerton, OH)
School: University of Toledo (Toledo, OH)
Drafted
by the Seattle Mariners in the 4th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 19, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1999
Teams (by GP): Rockies/Mariners 1999-2009

Final Game: June 2, 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
1999 24 SEA AL 0 0 9.95 5 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 10 8 7 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 31 52 2.211 14.2 0.0 5.7 5.7 1.00
2001 26 SEA AL 1 1 .500 9.20 4 3 0 0 0 0 14.2 21 15 15 5 4 0 12 0 0 0 68 46 1.705 12.9 3.1 2.5 7.4 3.00
2002 27 COL NL 11 4 .733 4.00 32 20 1 0 0 0 128.1 108 69 57 25 64 4 64 5 0 2 554 120 1.340 7.6 1.8 4.5 4.5 1.00 RoY-9
2003 28 COL NL 3 3 .500 5.83 17 13 0 0 0 0 78.2 98 57 51 12 33 2 30 3 1 2 366 86 1.665 11.2 1.4 3.8 3.4 0.91
2004 29 COL NL 0 5 .000 11.42 6 6 0 0 0 0 26.0 53 43 33 9 18 3 10 0 0 1 150 44 2.731 18.3 3.1 6.2 3.5 0.56
2009 34 SEA AL 0 1 .000 6.55 9 0 6 0 0 0 11.0 13 9 8 2 10 0 7 0 0 1 54 67 2.091 10.6 1.6 8.2 5.7 0.70
6 Yrs 15 14 .517 5.81 73 42 9 0 0 0 265.0 303 201 171 53 133 9 127 8 1 6 1223 83 1.645 10.3 1.8 4.5 4.3 0.95
162 Game Avg. 9 8 .517 5.81 43 25 5 0 0 0 157 179 119 101 31 79 5 75 5 1 4 723 83 1.645 10.3 1.8 4.5 4.3 0.95
COL (3 yrs) 14 12 .538 5.45 55 39 1 0 0 0 233.0 259 169 141 46 115 9 104 8 1 5 1070 90 1.605 10.0 1.8 4.4 4.0 0.90
SEA (3 yrs) 1 2 .333 8.44 18 3 8 0 0 0 32.0 44 32 30 7 18 0 23 0 0 1 153 53 1.938 12.4 2.0 5.1 6.5 1.28
NL (3 yrs) 14 12 .538 5.45 55 39 1 0 0 0 233.0 259 169 141 46 115 9 104 8 1 5 1070 90 1.605 10.0 1.8 4.4 4.0 0.90
AL (3 yrs) 1 2 .333 8.44 18 3 8 0 0 0 32.0 44 32 30 7 18 0 23 0 0 1 153 53 1.938 12.4 2.0 5.1 6.5 1.28

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
1999 24 SEA AL 6.1 5 0 8 11.37 5.76 -0.38 -0.42 101.7 5.81 -4 -0.3 .2 0.1 -0.2 -3 .432 .498 $
2001 26 SEA AL 14.2 4 3 15 9.20 5.01 0.73 0.07 98.5 4.29 -8 -0.7 .1 0.0 -0.5 -6 .332 .496 $
2002 27 COL NL 128.1 32 20 69 4.84 4.60 0.21 0.12 118.0 5.31 6 0.7 .8 -0.1 1.5 19 .521 .504 $ RoY-9
2003 28 COL NL 78.2 17 13 57 6.52 4.44 0.07 0.12 115.8 5.20 -12 -1.1 .6 -0.0 -0.6 -4 .433 .493 $310,000
2004 29 COL NL 26.0 6 6 43 14.88 5.06 -0.22 0.20 103.0 5.64 -27 -1.8 -0.0 -1.7 -24 .195 .489 $321,000
2009 34 SEA AL 11.0 9 0 9 7.36 5.00 0.51 -0.37 91.2 3.76 -4 -0.4 .6 0.1 -0.3 -3 .452 .497 $
6 Seasons 265.0 73 42 201 6.83 4.66 0.15 0.09 113.3 5.20 -49 -3.7 .6 0.1 -1.8 -21 .449 .496 $631,000
COL (3 yrs) 233.0 55 39 169 6.53 4.60 0.12 0.13 115.6 5.31 -32 -2.3 .8 -0.2 -0.8 -9 .458 .495 $631,000
SEA (3 yrs) 32.0 18 3 32 9.00 5.16 0.44 -0.18 96.6 4.41 -16 -1.4 .4 0.2 -1.0 -12 .420 .497 $

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
1999 24 SEA AL 5 31 27 8 10 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 .370 .452 .444 .896 .435 12 2 0 0 0 0 0
2001 26 SEA AL 4 68 63 15 21 3 2 5 1 0 4 12 .333 .368 .683 1.050 .340 43 1 0 0 1 0 0
2002 27 COL NL 32 554 479 69 108 18 2 25 11 1 64 64 .225 .321 .428 .749 .211 205 11 5 2 4 4 10
2003 28 COL NL 17 366 321 57 98 15 4 12 4 1 33 30 .305 .368 .489 .857 .301 157 3 3 2 7 2 3
2004 29 COL NL 6 150 124 43 53 10 1 9 5 0 18 10 .427 .486 .742 1.228 .404 92 1 0 4 4 3 2
2009 34 SEA AL 9 54 43 9 13 1 0 2 2 3 10 7 .302 .426 .465 .891 .314 20 1 0 0 1 0 2
6 Yrs 73 1223 1057 201 303 49 9 53 23 5 133 127 .287 .365 .500 .866 .280 529 19 8 8 17 9 17
162 Game Avg. 43 723 625 119 179 29 5 31 14 3 79 75 .287 .365 .500 .866 .280 313 11 5 5 10 5 10
MLB Averages .266 .335 .425 .760 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1999 24 SEA AL -3.4 -0.3 31 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .17 -0.2 0.1 -1.9 -0.2 0.17 -1.3 0 0 4
2001 26 SEA AL -8.0 -0.7 70 -0.4 0.9 -1.3 .84 -0.5 0.1 -7.0 -0.6 0.84 -5.6 0 0 1
2002 27 COL NL 7.0 0.7 567 0.4 8.7 -8.3 .88 -0.4 0.9 -0.2 -0.0 0.88 -4.0 2 2 8
2003 28 COL NL -7.1 -0.7 375 -1.6 5.1 -6.7 .92 -1.0 -0.7 -17.7 -1.5 0.92 -13.1 1 0 3
2004 29 COL NL -19.2 -1.6 156 -2.2 1.3 -3.5 .78 -2.6 -0.3 -29.7 -2.2 0.78 -27.7 0 0 0
2009 34 SEA AL -2.9 -0.3 59 -0.4 0.3 -0.8 .50 -0.2 -0.6 -2.7 -0.3 0.50 -2.5 1 0 8
6 Yrs -33.4 -2.8 1258 -4.1 16.5 -20.7 .84 -4.8 -0.1 -59.2 -4.9 0.84 -54.2 4 2 24

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
2001 26 SEA AL 4 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 .667 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36.0 58 6 5 2 0 2 2.8 4.5 3.9 68 2 1 0 0 96
2002 27 COL NL 32 20 10 4 6 3 0 11 9 .550 3 3 0 0 11 55% 50.4 73 20 13 2 1 8 6.5 6.0 5.7 89 2 17 1 0 100
2003 28 COL NL 17 13 3 3 7 0 0 7 6 .538 2 3 0 0 4 31% 39.4 68 7 11 2 0 9 6.8 7.0 5.5 93 1 9 3 0 112
2004 29 COL NL 6 6 0 5 1 0 0 1 5 .167 0 1 0 0 1 17% 20.3 42 -1 2 0 0 4 5.7 3.6 4.3 88 2 2 2 0 110
4 Yrs 59 42 14 13 15 4 0 21 21 .500 5 7 0 0 16 38% 42 73 -1 31 6 1 23 6.2 5.9 5.3 88 7 29 6 0 112
MLB Averages .500 48% 48 100 -12 4.8 4.8 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
1999 24 SEA AL 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 8 .170 0 0 4 0 0 5 1 4 3 1 3 0 3.8 26
2001 26 SEA AL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .838 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 58
2002 27 COL NL 32 12 1 1 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 7 1 14% 6 .882 2 2 8 3 1 8 4 8 4 4 4 2 3.8 26
2003 28 COL NL 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 7 .917 1 0 3 0 0 4 2 2 3 0 3 0 5.8 31
2009 34 SEA AL 9 9 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 8 .501 1 0 8 1 1 7 3 6 4 1 4 2 3.7 27
5 Yrs 67 31 9 1 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 20 7 35% .851 4 2 24 4 2 25 10 21 15 6 15 4 4.2 28

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%
1999 24 SEA AL 31 55% 0.0% 12.9% 12.9% 6.5% 20% 0.92 2.00 74% 26% 0.0% 8% 7 2 29%
2001 26 SEA AL 68 37% 7.4% 17.7% 5.9% 14.7% 48% 0.55 0.78 69% 23% 18.5% 13% 11 1 9%
2002 27 COL NL 554 59% 4.5% 11.6% 11.6% 8.1% 42% 0.71 0.82 71% 18% 13.4% 18% 93 11 12%
2003 28 COL NL 366 51% 3.3% 8.2% 9.0% 8.5% 32% 0.64 0.81 78% 26% 7.6% 13% 76 3 4%
2004 29 COL NL 150 51% 6.0% 6.7% 12.0% 13.3% 38% 0.50 1.03 73% 30% 12.2% 5% 40 1 3%
2009 34 SEA AL 54 48% 3.7% 13.0% 18.5% 5.6% 23% 0.95 1.09 65% 30% 11.1% 5% 7 1 14%
6 Yrs 1223 54% 4.3% 10.4% 10.9% 9.1% 37% 0.66 0.86 73% 23% 11.2% 14% 234 19 8%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.9% 8.7% 8.0% 34% 0.78 1.07 70% 20% 8.0% 13% 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
1999 24 SEA AL 31 129 4.16 70 54% 37% 14% 16% 33% 63% 0% 34% 77% 52% 10% 3 2 26% 8 4 0 75% 1 1 0 0 0
2001 26 SEA AL 68 263 3.87 170 65% 29% 15% 25% 31% 71% 0% 46% 79% 72% 1% 1 1 18% 12 7 1 17% 2 0 0 0 0
2002 27 COL NL 555 2094 3.77 1258 60% 28% 10% 28% 33% 72% 1% 43% 86% 58% 6% 32 20 16% 91 39 7 36% 12 9 -1 0 0
2003 28 COL NL 366 1327 3.63 810 61% 29% 9% 25% 37% 71% 2% 43% 87% 59% 7% 25 15 20% 72 41 4 27% 4 8 0 0 0
2004 29 COL NL 150 530 3.53 298 56% 28% 7% 24% 41% 72% 5% 41% 90% 55% 11% 16 8 9% 14 4 0 30% 2 5 0 0 0
2009 34 SEA AL 55 243 4.42 138 57% 28% 12% 33% 27% 72% 0% 41% 83% 45% 9% 5 4 18% 10 1 0 0% 0 1 -1 0 0
6 Yrs 1225 4586 3.74 2744 60% 29% 10% 27% 35% 71% 2% 43% 86% 58% 7% 82 50 17% 207 96 12 31% 21 24 -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.75 62% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 21% 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
1999 24 SEA AL 31 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 26 SEA AL 68 21 3 0 5 0 0 2 3 0 5 3 1 1 33% 0 0 0 21 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2002 27 COL NL 554 108 13 2 25 1 22 12 13 18 7 24 14 3 58% 10 2 1 184 11 1 92% 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2003 28 COL NL 366 98 8 0 12 0 17 4 8 8 4 34 19 2 56% 3 2 1 142 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
2004 29 COL NL 150 53 2 1 9 0 1 3 6 1 8 20 11 1 55% 2 1 0 75 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2009 34 SEA AL 54 13 2 0 2 1 3 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 0 22 2 3 40% 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 Yrs 1223 303 28 3 53 2 44 21 32 29 24 84 47 7 56% 17 6 2 455 23 5 82% 21 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 33 0
MLB Averages 53% 71%

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+
1999 24 0 0 9.95 5 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 10 8 7 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 31 52 2.211 14.2 0.0 5.7 5.7 1.00 52
2000 25 0 0 9.95 5 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 10 8 7 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 31 52 2.211 14.2 0.0 5.7 5.7 1.00 52
2001 26 1 1 .500 9.43 9 3 2 0 0 0 21.0 31 23 22 5 8 0 16 0 0 0 99 48 1.857 13.3 2.1 3.4 6.9 2.00 48
2002 27 12 5 .706 4.76 41 23 3 0 0 0 149.1 139 92 79 30 72 4 80 5 0 2 653 100 1.413 8.4 1.8 4.3 4.8 1.11 100
2003 28 15 8 .652 5.13 58 36 3 0 0 0 228.0 237 149 130 42 105 6 110 8 1 4 1019 94 1.500 9.4 1.7 4.1 4.3 1.05 94
2004 29 15 13 .536 5.78 64 42 3 0 0 0 254.0 290 192 163 51 123 9 120 8 1 5 1169 84 1.626 10.3 1.8 4.4 4.3 0.98 84
2005 30 15 13 .536 5.78 64 42 3 0 0 0 254.0 290 192 163 51 123 9 120 8 1 5 1169 84 1.626 10.3 1.8 4.4 4.3 0.98 84
2006 31 15 13 .536 5.78 64 42 3 0 0 0 254.0 290 192 163 51 123 9 120 8 1 5 1169 84 1.626 10.3 1.8 4.4 4.3 0.98 84
2007 32 15 13 .536 5.78 64 42 3 0 0 0 254.0 290 192 163 51 123 9 120 8 1 5 1169 84 1.626 10.3 1.8 4.4 4.3 0.98 84
2008 33 15 13 .536 5.78 64 42 3 0 0 0 254.0 290 192 163 51 123 9 120 8 1 5 1169 84 1.626 10.3 1.8 4.4 4.3 0.98 84
2009 34 15 14 .517 5.81 73 42 9 0 0 0 265.0 303 201 171 53 133 9 127 8 1 6 1223 83 1.645 10.3 1.8 4.5 4.3 0.95 83

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
1999 24 0 0 9.00 6.0 9 7 6 0 4 4 0 2.167 13.5 6.0 6.0 1.00 0.0 5
2001 26 0 1 .000 10.29 14.0 22 18 16 5 4 11 0 1.857 14.1 2.6 7.1 2.75 3.2 4
2002 27 8 6 .571 3.39 130.0 100 54 49 23 59 65 5 1.223 6.9 4.1 4.5 1.10 1.6 32
2003 28 4 5 .444 4.67 81.0 89 47 42 11 30 31 3 1.469 9.9 3.3 3.4 1.03 1.2 17
2004 29 1 2 .333 8.69 29.0 48 31 28 8 16 11 0 2.207 14.9 5.0 3.4 0.69 2.5 6
2009 34 0 1 .000 8.10 10.0 13 10 9 2 10 7 0 2.300 11.7 9.0 6.3 0.70 1.8 9
6 Yrs 13 15 .464 5.00 270.0 281 167 150 49 123 129 8 1.496 9.4 4.3 1.05 1.6 73

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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.

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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