Garrett Stephenson

Garrett Charles Stephenson

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

Born: January 2, 1972 in Takoma Park, MD
High School: Boonsboro HS (Boonsboro, MD)
Drafted
by the Baltimore Orioles in the 18th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 25, 1996
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Phillies/Orioles 1996-2003

Final Game: September 17, 2003
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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
1996 24 BAL AL 0 1 .000 12.79 3 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 13 9 9 1 3 1 3 1 0 0 35 41 2.526 18.5 1.4 4.3 4.3 1.00
1997 25 PHI NL 8 6 .571 3.15 20 18 0 2 0 0 117.0 104 45 41 11 38 0 81 3 0 1 474 135 1.214 8.0 0.8 2.9 6.2 2.13
1998 26 PHI NL 0 2 .000 9.00 6 6 0 0 0 0 23.0 31 24 23 3 19 0 17 0 1 0 118 49 2.174 12.1 1.2 7.4 6.7 0.89
1999 27 STL NL 6 3 .667 4.22 18 12 1 0 0 0 85.1 90 43 40 11 29 1 59 5 0 0 371 110 1.395 9.5 1.2 3.1 6.2 2.03
2000 28 STL NL 16 9 .640 4.49 32 31 0 3 2 0 200.1 209 105 100 31 63 0 123 7 2 2 858 104 1.358 9.4 1.4 2.8 5.5 1.95
2002 30 STL NL 2 5 .286 5.40 12 10 0 0 0 0 45.0 48 27 27 4 25 0 34 5 0 2 205 75 1.622 9.6 0.8 5.0 6.8 1.36
2003 31 STL NL 7 13 .350 4.59 32 27 3 1 0 0 174.1 167 94 89 30 60 3 91 13 0 5 747 90 1.302 8.6 1.5 3.1 4.7 1.52
7 Yrs 39 39 .500 4.55 123 104 6 6 2 0 651.1 662 347 329 91 237 5 408 34 3 10 2808 97 1.380 9.1 1.3 3.3 5.6 1.72
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .500 4.55 37 31 2 2 1 0 195 198 104 99 27 71 1 122 10 1 3 841 97 1.380 9.1 1.3 3.3 5.6 1.72
STL (4 yrs) 31 30 .508 4.56 94 80 4 4 2 0 505.0 514 269 256 76 177 4 307 30 2 9 2181 97 1.368 9.2 1.4 3.2 5.5 1.73
PHI (2 yrs) 8 8 .500 4.11 26 24 0 2 0 0 140.0 135 69 64 14 57 0 98 3 1 1 592 104 1.371 8.7 0.9 3.7 6.3 1.72
BAL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 12.79 3 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 13 9 9 1 3 1 3 1 0 0 35 41 2.526 18.5 1.4 4.3 4.3 1.00
NL (6 yrs) 39 38 .506 4.47 120 104 4 6 2 0 645.0 649 338 320 90 234 4 405 33 3 10 2773 98 1.369 9.1 1.3 3.3 5.7 1.73
AL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 12.79 3 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 13 9 9 1 3 1 3 1 0 0 35 41 2.526 18.5 1.4 4.3 4.3 1.00

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
1996 24 BAL AL 6.1 3 0 9 12.79 6.02 -0.25 -0.45 97.5 5.68 -5 -0.4 .9 0.0 -0.3 -4 .363 .497 $
1997 25 PHI NL 117.0 20 18 45 3.46 4.64 0.07 0.16 98.9 4.67 16 1.7 .4 -0.1 2.5 27 .584 .510 $150,000
1998 26 PHI NL 23.0 6 6 24 9.39 4.71 0.27 0.17 105.1 4.85 -12 -1.0 -0.0 -0.8 -9 .333 .494 $185,000
1999 27 STL NL 85.1 18 12 43 4.54 5.03 -0.02 0.12 101.1 5.22 6 0.6 .5 -0.1 1.2 15 .533 .504 $215,000
2000 28 STL NL 200.1 32 31 105 4.72 5.12 0.29 0.18 102.0 5.12 8 0.8 1.5 -0.1 2.2 30 .525 .505 $550,000
2002 30 STL NL 45.0 12 10 27 5.40 4.27 0.30 0.14 98.2 4.04 -7 -0.7 .1 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .442 .496 $900,000
2003 31 STL NL 174.1 32 27 94 4.85 4.65 -0.06 0.15 98.1 4.76 -3 -0.3 .2 -0.1 0.9 15 .492 .498 $800,000
7 Seasons 651.1 123 104 347 4.79 4.83 0.11 0.15 100.1 4.88 4 0.7 .5 -0.4 5.3 72 .506 .501 $2,800,000
STL (4 yrs) 505.0 94 80 269 4.79 4.87 0.12 0.16 100.2 4.91 5 0.5 .4 -0.3 3.9 59 .505 .501 $2,465,000
PHI (2 yrs) 140.0 26 24 69 4.44 4.65 0.10 0.16 99.9 4.70 4 0.7 .4 -0.1 1.7 18 .526 .502 $335,000
BAL (1 yr) 6.1 3 0 9 12.79 6.02 -0.25 -0.45 97.5 5.68 -5 -0.4 .9 0.0 -0.3 -4 .363 .497 $

Postseason Pitching

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
2000 28 STL NL NLDS W ATL 0 0 2.45 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 15 1.364 7.4 0.0 4.9 4.9 1.00
1 NLDS 0 0 2.45 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 15 1.364 7.4 0.0 4.9 4.9 1.00

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
1996 24 BAL AL 3 35 30 9 13 3 0 1 1 0 3 3 .433 .500 .633 1.133 .462 19 0 1 1 0 1 0
1997 25 PHI NL 20 474 426 45 104 30 3 11 2 8 38 81 .244 .307 .406 .713 .274 173 6 3 2 5 0 2
1998 26 PHI NL 6 118 98 24 31 10 0 3 1 1 19 17 .316 .427 .510 .938 .359 50 1 0 1 0 0 1
1999 27 STL NL 18 371 327 43 90 12 3 11 6 3 29 59 .275 .339 .431 .770 .302 141 5 5 5 5 1 1
2000 28 STL NL 32 858 775 105 209 53 3 31 4 8 63 123 .270 .327 .466 .793 .283 361 13 7 6 7 0 3
2002 30 STL NL 12 205 170 27 48 15 0 4 1 2 25 34 .282 .388 .441 .829 .331 75 4 5 4 1 0 0
2003 31 STL NL 32 747 654 94 167 40 3 30 9 4 60 91 .255 .326 .463 .789 .253 303 13 13 11 9 3 7
7 Yrs 123 2808 2480 347 662 163 12 91 24 26 237 408 .267 .336 .452 .788 .284 1122 42 34 30 27 5 14
162 Game Avg. 37 841 743 104 198 49 4 27 7 8 71 122 .267 .336 .452 .788 .284 336 13 10 9 8 1 4
MLB Averages .267 .337 .425 .763 .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
1996 24 BAL AL -5.0 -0.4 35 -0.4 0.5 -0.9 1.13 -0.1 -0.2 -4.6 -0.4 1.13 -2.8 1 0 2
1997 25 PHI NL 14.3 1.5 491 1.8 8.1 -6.3 .87 1.5 0.6 16.5 1.7 0.87 16.5 0 0 2
1998 26 PHI NL -10.8 -1.0 121 -1.2 1.8 -3.0 1.16 -0.8 -0.3 -12.5 -1.1 1.16 -9.1 0 0 0
1999 27 STL NL 4.2 0.4 379 0.8 6.6 -5.8 .98 0.2 0.6 4.2 0.4 0.98 2.3 0 3 3
2000 28 STL NL 6.4 0.6 874 0.0 14.3 -14.2 .92 0.5 -0.5 7.3 0.7 0.92 9.2 1 0 0
2002 30 STL NL -5.9 -0.6 209 -0.3 3.3 -3.5 .96 -0.7 0.4 -3.5 -0.4 0.96 -6.8 0 0 2
2003 31 STL NL -8.4 -0.8 765 -0.2 12.8 -12.9 .99 -1.5 1.3 -2.8 -0.3 0.99 -10.8 0 1 4
7 Yrs -5.3 -0.3 2874 0.5 47.3 -46.8 .95 -0.9 1.5 4.6 0.7 0.95 -1.5 2 4 13

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
1997 25 PHI NL 20 18 8 6 4 0 2 10 8 .556 1 2 2 0 12 67% 55.5 76 20 3 2 1 7 3.8 3.7 6.4 98 2 5 9 1 120
1998 26 PHI NL 6 6 0 2 4 0 1 3 3 .500 1 2 0 0 1 17% 36.2 54 22 7 2 0 3 5.8 3.7 3.8 77 3 2 1 0 102
1999 27 STL NL 18 12 5 3 4 1 0 6 6 .500 2 1 0 0 5 42% 51.5 75 31 7 2 0 3 5.4 5.8 6.3 105 1 2 7 2 122
2000 28 STL NL 32 31 16 9 6 6 3 20 11 .645 3 3 3 2 13 42% 49.1 83 17 21 4 1 14 6.0 6.4 6.4 104 1 11 14 5 137
2002 30 STL NL 12 10 2 5 3 2 0 5 5 .500 1 0 0 0 1 10% 44.6 62 20 6 4 1 4 6.2 4.6 4.3 78 5 5 0 0 96
2003 31 STL NL 32 27 7 13 7 0 4 10 17 .370 6 2 1 0 13 48% 48.6 79 20 9 4 1 10 4.0 3.7 6.1 98 3 12 8 4 126
6 Yrs 120 104 38 38 28 9 10 54 50 .519 14 10 6 2 45 43% 49 83 17 53 18 4 41 5.0 4.9 6.0 98 15 37 39 12 137
MLB Averages .500 48% 48 105 -21 4.9 4.9 5.9 96

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
1996 24 BAL AL 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 5 1.129 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 6.3 25
1997 25 PHI NL 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 .867 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 3.5 18
1999 27 STL NL 18 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 6 .979 0 3 3 0 0 6 2 4 5 0 5 0 5.2 30
2000 28 STL NL 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 .915 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 6
2002 30 STL NL 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .956 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 18
2003 31 STL NL 32 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .991 0 1 4 1 0 4 0 5 3 0 3 0 5.4 26
6 Yrs 117 19 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 2 29% .942 2 4 13 3 1 15 5 14 11 1 11 0 4.9 24

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%
1996 24 BAL AL 35 69% 2.9% 8.6% 8.6% 11.4% 31% 0.86 1.00 74% 18% 14.3% 50% 8 0 0%
1997 25 PHI NL 474 58% 2.3% 17.1% 8.0% 9.3% 42% 0.70 0.79 72% 24% 6.6% 17% 56 6 11%
1998 26 PHI NL 118 53% 2.5% 14.4% 16.1% 11.0% 42% 0.76 1.04 66% 23% 8.1% 20% 26 1 4%
1999 27 STL NL 371 54% 3.0% 15.9% 7.8% 7.0% 29% 0.59 0.75 71% 18% 7.6% 16% 64 5 8%
2000 28 STL NL 858 52% 3.6% 14.3% 7.3% 10.1% 42% 0.61 0.81 73% 26% 9.5% 16% 139 13 9%
2002 30 STL NL 205 56% 2.0% 16.6% 12.2% 9.3% 40% 0.39 0.62 65% 30% 4.9% 16% 45 4 9%
2003 31 STL NL 747 59% 4.0% 12.2% 8.0% 9.8% 44% 0.50 0.67 73% 21% 9.1% 14% 130 13 10%
7 Yrs 2808 56% 3.2% 14.5% 8.4% 9.5% 40% 0.58 0.75 72% 23% 8.3% 16% 468 42 9%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.8% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.08 70% 22% 8.3% 14% 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
1996 24 BAL AL 14 50 3.57 30 60% 30% 7% 30% 33% 70% 0% 42% 90% 50% 7% 1 1 21% 3 3 1 100% 0 0 21 0 0
1997 25 PHI NL 449 1708 3.80 1054 62% 25% 16% 28% 31% 75% 0% 46% 79% 57% 6% 29 22 18% 82 39 1 29% 9 7 25 0 1
1998 26 PHI NL 118 461 3.91 256 56% 26% 17% 25% 32% 74% 0% 41% 77% 47% 14% 17 7 12% 14 5 0 29% 1 10 0 0 0
1999 27 STL NL 372 1435 3.86 889 62% 31% 13% 25% 31% 69% 0% 43% 81% 57% 5% 17 12 21% 77 30 3 36% 9 4 -1 0 0
2000 28 STL NL 861 3243 3.77 2028 63% 31% 10% 26% 33% 69% 0% 43% 85% 59% 5% 44 28 22% 188 91 7 46% 14 16 -3 0 0
2002 30 STL NL 205 814 3.97 478 59% 31% 12% 28% 29% 69% 0% 41% 83% 58% 6% 12 7 16% 32 17 4 35% 7 5 0 0 0
2003 31 STL NL 750 2770 3.69 1703 61% 29% 10% 27% 34% 71% 1% 44% 87% 56% 5% 41 26 18% 137 65 4 40% 15 13 -3 0 0
7 Yrs 2769 10481 3.79 6438 61% 29% 12% 27% 32% 71% 0% 43% 84% 57% 6% 161 103 19% 533 250 20 39% 55 55 39 0 1
MLB Averages 3.72 62% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 45% 80% 57% 5% 20% 28%

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
1996 24 BAL AL 35 13 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0% 0 0 0 19 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 25 PHI NL 474 104 18 1 11 0 5 5 6 6 5 22 14 4 64% 2 1 2 136 2 8 20% 2 7 0 1 0 0 4 0 10 0
1998 26 PHI NL 118 31 4 0 3 1 11 1 2 3 0 12 8 1 67% 1 0 0 42 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1999 27 STL NL 371 90 9 0 11 0 7 5 6 6 5 18 11 1 61% 1 0 0 135 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2000 28 STL NL 858 209 14 1 31 0 12 21 10 19 12 45 29 7 64% 3 2 1 294 4 8 33% 4 7 0 1 0 0 2 0 15 0
2002 30 STL NL 205 48 1 0 4 0 5 2 2 3 1 9 5 1 56% 0 2 0 88 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2003 31 STL NL 747 167 9 0 30 0 7 18 12 17 13 33 23 2 70% 7 5 0 275 9 4 69% 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
7 Yrs 2808 662 61 3 91 1 48 52 39 55 36 140 90 17 64% 14 10 3 989 24 26 48% 24 24 0 2 0 0 6 0 57 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

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+
1996 24 0 1 .000 12.79 3 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 13 9 9 1 3 1 3 1 0 0 35 41 2.526 18.5 1.4 4.3 4.3 1.00 41
1997 25 8 7 .533 3.65 23 18 2 2 0 0 123.1 117 54 50 12 41 1 84 4 0 1 509 118 1.281 8.5 0.9 3.0 6.1 2.05 118
1998 26 8 9 .471 4.49 29 24 2 2 0 0 146.1 148 78 73 15 60 1 101 4 1 1 627 96 1.421 9.1 0.9 3.7 6.2 1.68 96
1999 27 14 12 .538 4.39 47 36 3 2 0 0 231.2 238 121 113 26 89 2 160 9 1 1 998 101 1.412 9.2 1.0 3.5 6.2 1.80 101
2000 28 30 21 .588 4.44 79 67 3 5 2 0 432.0 447 226 213 57 152 2 283 16 3 3 1856 103 1.387 9.3 1.2 3.2 5.9 1.86 103
2001 29 30 21 .588 4.44 79 67 3 5 2 0 432.0 447 226 213 57 152 2 283 16 3 3 1856 103 1.387 9.3 1.2 3.2 5.9 1.86 103
2002 30 32 26 .552 4.53 91 77 3 5 2 0 477.0 495 253 240 61 177 2 317 21 3 5 2061 100 1.409 9.3 1.2 3.3 6.0 1.79 100
2003 31 39 39 .500 4.55 123 104 6 6 2 0 651.1 662 347 329 91 237 5 408 34 3 10 2808 97 1.380 9.1 1.3 3.3 5.6 1.72 97

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
1996 24 0 0 12.00 6.0 12 9 8 1 3 3 1 2.500 18.0 4.5 4.5 1.00 1.5 3
1997 25 7 5 .583 3.16 111.0 102 43 39 11 37 77 3 1.252 8.3 3.0 6.2 2.08 0.9 20
1998 26 0 2 .000 8.61 23.0 30 24 22 3 18 17 0 2.087 11.7 7.0 6.7 0.94 1.2 6
1999 27 5 4 .556 3.71 85.0 84 39 35 10 27 59 5 1.306 8.9 2.9 6.2 2.19 1.1 18
2000 28 11 11 .500 3.98 199.0 196 98 88 29 59 122 7 1.281 8.9 2.7 5.5 2.07 1.3 32
2002 30 1 3 .250 6.00 42.0 49 31 28 4 26 31 5 1.786 10.5 5.6 6.6 1.19 0.9 12
2003 31 7 11 .389 4.74 169.0 167 99 89 30 60 88 13 1.343 8.9 3.2 4.7 1.47 1.6 32
7 Yrs 31 36 .463 4.38 635.0 640 343 309 88 230 397 34 1.370 9.1 5.6 1.73 1.2 123

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y
2000 NL  16 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2000 NL  2 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
2000 NL  31 (10th)
2003 NL  30 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
2003 NL  13 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2003 NL  13 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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