Dennis Stark
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 210 lb.

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

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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
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 50 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 45 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 2 554 119 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 85 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 43 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 66 2.091 10.6 1.6 8.2 5.7 0.70
6 Seasons 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 89 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 52 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 89 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 52 1.938 12.4 2.0 5.1 6.5 1.28

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
6 Seasons 73 1223 1057 201 303 49 9 53 23 5 133 127 .287 .365 .500 .866 .280 529 19 8 8 17 9
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
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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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 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 2 3 0 0 11 55% 50 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 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 42 -1 2 0 0 4 5.7 3.6 4.3 88 2 2 2 0 110
4 Seasons 59 42 14 13 15 4 0 21 21 .500 4 7 0 0 16 38% 41 73 -1 31 6 1 23 6.2 5.9 5.3 88 7 29 6 0 112
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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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 0.159 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 0.835 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 0.875 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 0.914 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 0.540 1 1 7 1 1 7 3 6 4 1 4 2 3.7 27
5 Seasons 67 31 9 1 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 20 7 35% 0.848 4 3 23 4 2 25 10 21 15 6 15 4 4.2 28

Ratio Pitching*

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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 45% 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 63% 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 41% 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 49% 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 49% 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 52% 3.7% 13.0% 18.5% 5.6% 23% 0.95 1.09 65% 30% 11.1% 5% 7 1 14%
6 Seasons 1223 46% 4.3% 10.4% 10.9% 9.1% 37% 0.66 0.86 73% 23% 11.2% 14% 234 19 8%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 554 2093 3.78 1258 60% 28% 10% 28% 33% 72% 1% 43% 86% 58% 6% 32 20 16% 91 39 7 36% 12 9 0 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 54 242 4.48 138 57% 28% 12% 33% 27% 72% 0% 41% 83% 46% 9% 5 4 19% 10 1 0 0% 0 1 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1223 4584 3.75 2744 60% 29% 10% 27% 35% 71% 2% 43% 86% 58% 7% 82 50 17% 207 96 12 31% 21 24 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 Seasons 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 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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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 50 2.211 14.2 0.0 5.7 5.7 1.00 50
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 50 2.211 14.2 0.0 5.7 5.7 1.00 50
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 47 1.857 13.3 2.1 3.4 6.9 2.00 47
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 99 1.413 8.4 1.8 4.3 4.8 1.11 99
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 83 1.626 10.3 1.8 4.4 4.3 0.98 83
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 83 1.626 10.3 1.8 4.4 4.3 0.98 83
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 83 1.626 10.3 1.8 4.4 4.3 0.98 83
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 83 1.626 10.3 1.8 4.4 4.3 0.98 83
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 83 1.626 10.3 1.8 4.4 4.3 0.98 83
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

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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
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 9.64 14.0 22 17 15 5 4 11 0 1.857 14.1 2.6 7.1 2.75 3.2 4
2002 27 8 6 .571 3.42 129.0 102 54 49 24 60 64 5 1.256 7.1 4.2 4.5 1.07 1.7 32
2003 28 4 5 .444 4.67 81.0 90 47 42 11 30 31 3 1.481 10.0 3.3 3.4 1.03 1.2 17
2004 29 0 3 .000 9.00 28.0 50 31 28 8 17 11 0 2.393 16.1 5.5 3.5 0.65 2.6 6
2009 34 0 1 .000 7.20 10.0 13 9 8 2 10 6 0 2.300 11.7 9.0 5.4 0.60 1.8 9
6 Seasons 12 16 .429 4.97 268.0 286 165 148 50 125 127 8 1.534 9.6 4.3 1.02 1.7 73

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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