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Jack Taschner

Jack Gerard Taschner

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 21, 1978 in Milwaukee, WI
High School: Horlick HS (Racine, WI)
School: University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh (Oshkosh, WI)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed July 20, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 11, 2005
Teams (by GP): Giants/Phillies/Pirates/Dodgers 2005-2010

Final Game: July 28, 2010
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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
2002 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2005 27 SFG NL 2 0 1.000 1.59 24 0 7 0 0 0 22.2 15 5 4 0 13 0 19 0 0 0 95 273 1.235 6.0 0.0 5.2 7.5 1.46
2006 28 SFG NL 0 1 .000 8.38 24 0 6 0 0 0 19.1 31 23 18 4 7 0 15 2 0 3 101 55 1.966 14.4 1.9 3.3 7.0 2.14
2007 29 SFG NL 3 1 .750 5.40 63 0 16 0 0 0 50.0 44 31 30 4 29 2 51 1 0 2 222 84 1.460 7.9 0.7 5.2 9.2 1.76
2008 30 SFG NL 3 2 .600 4.88 67 0 7 0 0 0 48.0 57 27 26 5 24 2 39 2 0 5 227 91 1.688 10.7 0.9 4.5 7.3 1.63
2009 31 PHI NL 1 1 .500 4.91 24 0 8 0 0 0 29.1 38 18 16 3 20 2 19 2 0 1 143 87 1.977 11.7 0.9 6.1 5.8 0.95
2010 32 TOT NL 1 0 1.000 6.41 20 0 3 0 0 0 19.2 23 14 14 3 11 0 17 0 0 2 94 65 1.729 10.5 1.4 5.0 7.8 1.55
2010 32 PIT NL 1 0 1.000 6.05 17 0 3 0 0 0 19.1 22 13 13 3 8 0 17 0 0 1 88 68 1.552 10.2 1.4 3.7 7.9 2.13
2010 32 LAD NL 0 0 27.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 31 12.000 27.0 0.0 81.0 0.0 0.00
6 Yrs 10 5 .667 5.14 222 0 47 0 0 0 189.0 208 118 108 19 104 6 160 7 0 13 882 85 1.651 9.9 0.9 5.0 7.6 1.54
162 Game Avg. 3 2 .667 5.14 68 0 14 0 0 0 58 64 36 33 6 32 2 49 2 0 4 270 85 1.651 9.9 0.9 5.0 7.6 1.54
SFG (4 yrs) 8 4 .667 5.01 178 0 36 0 0 0 140.0 147 86 78 13 73 4 124 5 0 10 645 89 1.571 9.5 0.8 4.7 8.0 1.70
PIT (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 6.05 17 0 3 0 0 0 19.1 22 13 13 3 8 0 17 0 0 1 88 68 1.552 10.2 1.4 3.7 7.9 2.13
PHI (1 yr) 1 1 .500 4.91 24 0 8 0 0 0 29.1 38 18 16 3 20 2 19 2 0 1 143 87 1.977 11.7 0.9 6.1 5.8 0.95
LAD (1 yr) 0 0 27.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 31 12.000 27.0 0.0 81.0 0.0 0.00

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
2005 27 SFG NL 22.2 24 0 5 1.99 4.63 -0.14 -0.35 99.2 4.39 6 0.6 .9 -0.1 0.7 8 .526 .504 $
2006 28 SFG NL 19.1 24 0 23 10.71 4.86 0.26 -0.36 102.4 4.35 -14 -1.3 .9 0.0 -1.1 -12 .447 .492 $330,000
2007 29 SFG NL 50.0 63 0 31 5.58 5.01 0.07 -0.36 101.1 4.64 -5 -0.5 1.3 -0.2 -0.3 -0 .492 .497 $382,000
2008 30 SFG NL 48.0 67 0 27 5.06 4.90 -0.14 -0.36 101.1 4.74 -1 -0.1 1.5 -0.1 0.1 3 .498 .499 $400,500
2009 31 PHI NL 29.1 24 0 18 5.52 4.64 0.12 -0.34 99.5 4.16 -4 -0.5 .5 0.1 -0.2 -2 .481 .497 $835,000
2010 32 PIT NL 19.1 17 0 13 6.05 4.58 -0.50 -0.34 99.8 4.73 -3 -0.3 .5 0.0 -0.1 -1 .482 .498 $835,000
2010 32 LAD NL 0.1 3 0 1 27.00 12.61 -1.16 -0.95 87.0 11.15 -1 -0.1 1.4 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .480 .500 $
6 Seasons 189.0 222 0 118 5.62 4.83 -0.04 -0.35 100.6 4.55 -22 -2.1 1.2 -0.3 -1.0 -4 .491 .498 $2,782,500
SFG (4 yrs) 140.0 178 0 86 5.53 4.89 -0.01 -0.36 101.0 4.59 -14 -1.3 1.3 -0.4 -0.6 -1 .493 .498 $1,112,500
PIT (1 yr) 19.1 17 0 13 6.05 4.58 -0.50 -0.34 99.8 4.73 -3 -0.3 .5 0.0 -0.1 -1 .482 .498 $835,000
PHI (1 yr) 29.1 24 0 18 5.52 4.64 0.12 -0.34 99.5 4.16 -4 -0.5 .5 0.1 -0.2 -2 .481 .497 $835,000
LAD (1 yr) 0.1 3 0 1 27.00 12.61 -1.16 -0.95 87.0 11.15 -1 -0.1 1.4 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .480 .500 $

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 27 SFG NL 24 95 81 5 15 5 1 0 2 1 13 19 .185 .295 .272 .566 .238 22 2 0 0 1 0 3
2006 28 SFG NL 24 101 90 23 31 6 0 4 2 1 7 15 .344 .396 .544 .940 .370 49 1 2 0 2 0 5
2007 29 SFG NL 63 222 187 31 44 14 0 4 3 0 29 51 .235 .336 .374 .711 .296 70 2 1 2 3 2 0
2008 30 SFG NL 67 227 195 27 57 10 2 5 6 2 24 39 .292 .371 .441 .812 .338 86 3 2 3 3 2 3
2009 31 PHI NL 24 143 120 18 38 6 1 3 4 2 20 19 .317 .423 .458 .881 .357 55 2 2 1 0 2 1
2010 32 TOT NL 20 94 83 14 23 8 0 3 1 0 11 17 .277 .362 .482 .844 .317 40 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 32 LAD NL 3 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .333 .667 .333 1.000 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 32 PIT NL 17 88 80 13 22 8 0 3 1 0 8 17 .275 .341 .488 .828 .317 39 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 222 882 756 118 208 49 4 19 18 6 104 160 .275 .364 .426 .790 .323 322 10 7 6 9 6 12
162 Game Avg. 68 270 232 36 64 15 1 6 6 2 32 49 .275 .364 .426 .790 .323 99 3 2 2 3 2 4
MLB Averages .264 .332 .418 .751 .299

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 27 SFG NL 6.6 0.7 100 0.4 1.3 -0.9 .80 0.4 0.0 5.3 0.5 0.80 4.4 6 5 12
2006 28 SFG NL -9.8 -0.9 107 -0.3 1.1 -1.4 .65 -1.1 0.6 -15.2 -1.4 0.65 -12.7 5 4 13
2007 29 SFG NL -4.2 -0.4 231 -0.2 4.1 -4.3 1.02 0.0 -0.2 -3.9 -0.4 1.02 -0.7 23 11 26
2008 30 SFG NL -1.6 -0.2 239 -1.2 3.8 -5.0 1.14 -1.0 -0.1 -11.3 -1.1 1.14 -8.2 31 14 21
2009 31 PHI NL -2.5 -0.2 150 -0.3 1.4 -1.7 .59 -0.5 -0.1 -2.1 -0.2 0.59 -5.9 3 2 17
2010 32 TOT NL -4.3 -0.4 97 -0.2 0.5 -0.7 .40 -0.6 0.2 -9.6 -0.9 0.41 -3.0 3 2 14
2010 32 PIT NL -3.6 -0.4 90 0.1 0.5 -0.5 .32 -0.5 0.6 -8.1 -0.8 0.32 -2.0 2 1 13
2010 32 LAD NL -0.7 -0.1 7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1.49 -0.1 -0.1 -1.5 -0.2 1.49 -1.1 1 1 1
6 Yrs -15.9 -1.5 924 -1.8 12.3 -14.1 .85 -2.6 0.5 -36.8 -3.5 0.85 -26.1 71 38 103

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
2005 27 SFG NL 24 24 7 2 0 1 0 1 0% 5 3 14 4 29% 7 .804 6 5 12 8 1 15 8 16 6 10 6 3 2.8 16
2006 28 SFG NL 24 24 6 0 1 1 0 1 0% 4 3 20 10 50% 6 .647 5 4 13 7 1 16 12 12 3 11 5 6 2.4 16
2007 29 SFG NL 63 63 16 3 1 2 0 2 0% 17 13 45 15 33% 8 1.017 23 11 26 27 9 27 29 34 8 34 11 18 2.4 15
2008 30 SFG NL 67 67 7 3 2 4 0 4 0% 23 14 57 19 33% 7 1.138 31 14 21 30 14 23 31 36 6 37 11 19 2.1 14
2009 31 PHI NL 24 24 8 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 8 1 13% 7 .594 3 2 17 3 1 20 5 19 7 3 8 1 3.7 24
2010 32 TOT NL 20 20 3 1 0 1 0 1 0% 3 2 14 6 43% .399 3 2 14 5 0 15 8 12 6 9 6 5 3.0 18
2010 32 PIT NL 17 17 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 9 5 56% 7 .325 2 1 13 4 0 13 5 12 6 6 6 4 3.4 19
2010 32 LAD NL 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 1 20% 6 1.491 1 1 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 3 0 1 0.3 11
6 Yrs 222 222 47 10 5 10 0 10 0% 53 35 158 55 35% .848 71 38 103 80 26 116 93 129 36 104 47 52 2.6 16

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 27 SFG NL 95 40% 0.0% 20.0% 13.7% 6.3% 40% 0.44 0.60 66% 19% 0.0% 19% 16 2 13%
2006 28 SFG NL 101 44% 4.0% 14.9% 6.9% 9.9% 32% 0.35 0.50 72% 26% 8.5% 15% 26 1 4%
2007 29 SFG NL 222 42% 1.8% 23.0% 13.1% 8.1% 41% 0.49 0.71 61% 18% 4.8% 10% 49 2 4%
2008 30 SFG NL 227 53% 2.2% 17.2% 10.6% 7.5% 30% 0.67 0.73 68% 15% 6.3% 14% 43 3 7%
2009 31 PHI NL 143 33% 2.1% 13.3% 14.0% 7.0% 26% 0.71 0.79 69% 19% 5.9% 14% 35 2 6%
2010 32 TOT NL 94 33% 3.2% 18.1% 11.7% 11.7% 48% 0.89 1.10 67% 18% 10.0% 14% 9 0 0%
2010 32 PIT NL 88 33% 3.4% 19.3% 9.1% 12.5% 50% 0.85 1.16 68% 17% 10.3% 15% 7 0 0%
2010 32 LAD NL 6 33% 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0% 2.00 0.00 50% 33% 0.0% 0% 2 0 0%
6 Yrs 882 42% 2.2% 18.1% 11.8% 8.2% 35% 0.58 0.72 66% 19% 5.8% 14% 178 10 6%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.4% 8.5% 7.9% 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 27 SFG NL 95 395 4.16 237 60% 28% 15% 30% 27% 72% 0% 43% 79% 56% 3% 3 2 20% 19 10 0 26% 2 1 0 0 0
2006 28 SFG NL 101 383 3.79 236 62% 21% 19% 27% 33% 79% 0% 49% 75% 54% 3% 3 1 22% 22 13 2 27% 2 2 0 0 0
2007 29 SFG NL 222 922 4.15 565 61% 23% 21% 31% 25% 77% 2% 47% 73% 58% 5% 10 5 28% 63 27 4 12% 3 3 0 0 0
2008 30 SFG NL 227 912 4.02 543 60% 24% 17% 28% 30% 76% 2% 45% 77% 63% 4% 9 3 20% 45 16 4 23% 5 4 0 0 0
2009 31 PHI NL 143 574 4.01 332 58% 26% 15% 28% 31% 74% 2% 43% 79% 57% 7% 10 5 20% 29 14 2 21% 5 3 0 0 0
2010 32 TOT NL 94 360 3.83 209 58% 27% 18% 23% 32% 73% 0% 43% 75% 54% 7% 7 5 13% 12 4 1 12% 1 2 0 0 0
2010 32 PIT NL 88 327 3.72 194 59% 27% 20% 21% 32% 73% 0% 43% 73% 52% 8% 7 5 14% 12 4 1 12% 1 2 0 0 0
2010 32 LAD NL 6 33 5.50 15 45% 27% 0% 53% 20% 73% 0% 33% 100% 83% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 882 3546 4.02 2122 60% 25% 18% 28% 29% 75% 1% 45% 76% 58% 5% 42 21 22% 190 84 13 19% 18 15 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.78 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

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 27 SFG NL 95 15 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 75% 3 0 1 42 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
2006 28 SFG NL 101 31 1 1 4 1 6 4 0 1 3 6 6 0 100% 5 3 0 46 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2007 29 SFG NL 222 44 2 0 4 0 9 2 2 1 3 14 8 3 57% 0 2 2 98 3 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2008 30 SFG NL 227 57 8 3 5 1 13 3 2 2 3 19 11 2 58% 3 5 2 93 6 2 75% 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 14 0
2009 31 PHI NL 143 38 6 0 3 0 5 3 0 1 2 11 4 2 36% 1 1 0 74 4 2 67% 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
2010 32 TOT NL 94 23 4 0 3 1 5 2 1 0 3 8 3 1 38% 0 2 0 29 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2010 32 PIT NL 88 22 4 0 3 1 3 2 1 0 3 6 2 1 33% 0 1 0 26 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2010 32 LAD NL 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 Yrs 882 208 21 4 19 3 40 14 5 5 14 62 35 8 56% 12 13 5 382 18 6 75% 14 4 4 1 0 1 2 2 38 0
MLB Averages 53% 72%

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+
2005 27 2 0 1.000 1.59 24 0 7 0 0 0 22.2 15 5 4 0 13 0 19 0 0 0 95 273 1.235 6.0 0.0 5.2 7.5 1.46 273
2006 28 2 1 .667 4.71 48 0 13 0 0 0 42.0 46 28 22 4 20 0 34 2 0 3 196 94 1.571 9.9 0.9 4.3 7.3 1.70 94
2007 29 5 2 .714 5.09 111 0 29 0 0 0 92.0 90 59 52 8 49 2 85 3 0 5 418 88 1.511 8.8 0.8 4.8 8.3 1.73 88
2008 30 8 4 .667 5.01 178 0 36 0 0 0 140.0 147 86 78 13 73 4 124 5 0 10 645 89 1.571 9.5 0.8 4.7 8.0 1.70 89
2009 31 9 5 .643 5.00 202 0 44 0 0 0 169.1 185 104 94 16 93 6 143 7 0 11 788 89 1.642 9.8 0.9 4.9 7.6 1.54 89
2010 32 10 5 .667 5.14 222 0 47 0 0 0 189.0 208 118 108 19 104 6 160 7 0 13 882 85 1.651 9.9 0.9 5.0 7.6 1.54 85

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
2005 27 2 0 1.000 1.57 23.0 14 4 4 0 12 19 0 1.130 5.5 4.7 7.4 1.58 0.0 24
2006 28 0 2 .000 6.86 21.0 30 18 16 4 7 16 2 1.762 12.9 3.0 6.9 2.29 1.7 24
2007 29 2 3 .400 4.86 50.0 42 30 27 4 28 51 1 1.400 7.6 5.0 9.2 1.82 0.7 63
2008 30 2 3 .400 4.69 48.0 56 28 25 5 24 39 2 1.667 10.5 4.5 7.3 1.63 0.9 67
2009 31 1 2 .333 5.14 28.0 38 18 16 3 20 18 2 2.071 12.2 6.4 5.8 0.90 1.0 24
2010 32 0 2 .000 6.75 20.0 24 17 15 3 11 17 0 1.750 10.8 5.0 7.7 1.55 1.4 20
6 Yrs 7 12 .368 4.88 190.0 204 115 103 19 102 160 7 1.611 9.7 7.6 1.57 0.9 222

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