Dale Thayer

Dale Scott Thayer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 17, 1980 in Fountain Valley, CA
High School: Edison HS (Huntington Beach, CA)
School: California State University Chico (Chico, CA)
Signed by the San Diego Padres as an amateur free agent in 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 22, 2009
Teams (by GP): Rays/Padres/Mets 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 0.082, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*],
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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
2003	22	SDP-min	A	1	3	.250	2.06	45	0	35	0	0	25	48.0	31	15	11	2	15	1	72	2	0	1	194		0.958	5.8	0.4	2.8	13.5	4.80	FWA · MIDW
2004	23	SDP-min	A+,AA	3	2	.600	1.87	58	0	46	0	0	23	62.2	44	15	13	2	12	0	61	0	0	0	245		0.894	6.3	0.3	1.7	8.8	5.08	LEL,MOB · CALL,SOUL
2005	24	SDP-min	AA	3	5	.375	2.34	56	0	50	0	0	27	57.2	60	16	15	5	26	2	59	1	0	1	249		1.491	9.4	0.8	4.1	9.2	2.27	MOB · SOUL
2006	25	SDP-min	AA,AAA	7	4	.636	2.50	59	0	53	0	0	27	68.1	61	19	19	4	23	5	61	3	0	1	285		1.229	8.0	0.5	3.0	8.0	2.65	MOB,POR · SOUL,PCL
2007	26	TBD-min	AA,AAA	9	0	1.000	2.35	55	0	47	0	0	21	69.0	45	19	18	4	24	1	63	1	0	3	274		1.000	5.9	0.5	3.1	8.2	2.63	MTG,DHM · SOUL,IL
2008	27	TBD-min	AAA	3	1	.750	2.77	52	0	24	0	0	9	68.1	73	26	21	2	24	1	76	0	0	4	301		1.420	9.6	0.3	3.2	10.0	3.17	DHM · IL
2009	28	TBD-min	AAA	2	5	.286	2.27	51	0	40	0	0	17	63.1	59	24	16	3	15	1	44	3	0	2	264		1.168	8.4	0.4	2.1	6.3	2.93	DHM · IL
2009	28	TBR	AL	0	0		4.61	11	0	3	0	0	1	13.2	18	9	7	3	1	0	8	0	0	1	59	96	1.390	11.9	2.0	0.7	5.3	8.00
2010	29	TBD-min	AAA	4	1	.800	3.45	46	0	17	0	0	3	60.0	68	28	23	3	25	2	55	4	0	6	273		1.550	10.2	0.4	3.8	8.2	2.20	DHM · IL
2010	29	TBR	AL	0	0		27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	7	6	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	17	3.500	31.5	4.5	0.0	9.0
2011	30	NYM-min	AAA	4	3	.571	2.66	54	0	39	0	0	21	71.0	54	23	21	8	15	2	66	1	0	3	279		0.972	6.8	1.0	1.9	8.4	4.40	BFL · IL
2011	30	NYM	NL	0	3	.000	3.48	11	0	7	0	0	0	10.1	12	4	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	42	108	1.161	10.5	0.0	0.0	4.4
2012	31	SDP-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	7	0	1	0	0	0	8.1	2	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	29		0.480	2.2	0.0	2.2	5.4	2.50	TUC · PCL
2012	31	SDP	NL	0	1	.000	5.40	12	0	9	0	0	5	11.2	14	7	7	2	1	0	12	0	0	0	48	68	1.286	10.8	1.5	0.8	9.3	12.00
4 Yrs				0	4	.000	5.73	35	0	19	0	0	6	37.2	51	26	24	6	2	0	27	0	0	1	162	70	1.407	12.2	1.4	0.5	6.5	13.50
162 Game Avg.				0	8	.000	5.73	68	0	37	0	0	12	73	99	51	47	12	4	0	52	0	0	2	315	70	1.407	12.2	1.4	0.5	6.5	13.50

TBR (2 yrs)				0	0		7.47	12	0	3	0	0	1	15.2	25	15	13	4	1	0	10	0	0	1	72	60	1.660	14.4	2.3	0.6	5.7	10.00
NYM (1 yr)				0	3	.000	3.48	11	0	7	0	0	0	10.1	12	4	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	42	108	1.161	10.5	0.0	0.0	4.4
SDP (1 yr)				0	1	.000	5.40	12	0	9	0	0	5	11.2	14	7	7	2	1	0	12	0	0	0	48	68	1.286	10.8	1.5	0.8	9.3	12.00

NL (2 yrs)				0	4	.000	4.50	23	0	16	0	0	5	22.0	26	11	11	2	1	0	17	0	0	0	90	83	1.227	10.6	0.8	0.4	7.0	17.00
AL (2 yrs)				0	0		7.47	12	0	3	0	0	1	15.2	25	15	13	4	1	0	10	0	0	1	72	60	1.660	14.4	2.3	0.6	5.7	10.00

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
2009	28	TBR	AL	13.2	11	0	9	5.93	5.02	0.32	-0.37	99.5	4.30	-3	-0.2	.1	0.1	0.0	-1	.477	.498	$
2010	29	TBR	AL	2.0	1	0	6	27.00	4.67	0.59	-0.36	102.0	3.80	-5	-0.3	.4	0.1	-0.2	-5	.163	.498	$
2011	30	NYM	NL	10.1	11	0	4	3.48	4.26	-0.43	-0.32	91.9	4.02	1	0.1	.6	-0.0	0.1	2	.506	.500	$
2012	31	SDP	NL	11.2	12	0	7	5.40	4.15	-0.27	-0.31	87.4	3.59	-2	-0.3	1.7	-0.1	-0.3	-1	.478	.498	$
4 Seasons				37.2	35	0	26	6.21	4.52	-0.05	-0.34	93.8	3.98	-10	-0.8	.8	0.0	-0.4	-5	.477	.499	$

TBR (2 yrs)				15.2	12	0	15	8.62	4.98	0.36	-0.37	99.8	4.24	-8	-0.6	.1	0.2	-0.2	-6	.451	.498	$
NYM (1 yr)				10.1	11	0	4	3.48	4.26	-0.43	-0.32	91.9	4.02	1	0.1	.6	-0.0	0.1	2	.506	.500	$
SDP (1 yr)				11.2	12	0	7	5.40	4.15	-0.27	-0.31	87.4	3.59	-2	-0.3	1.7	-0.1	-0.3	-1	.478	.498	$

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
2009	28	TBR	AL	11	59	58	9	18	2	0	3	1	0	1	8	.310	.322	.500	.822	.319	29	1	0	0	0	0	0
2010	29	TBR	AL	1	13	13	6	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	.538	.538	.846	1.385	.600	11	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	30	NYM	NL	11	42	39	4	12	3	1	0	1	0	0	5	.308	.293	.436	.729	.333	17	0	0	1	2	0	0
2012	31	SDP	NL	12	48	45	7	14	1	0	2	3	1	1	12	.311	.319	.467	.786	.375	21	0	0	1	1	0	0
4 Yrs				35	162	155	26	51	7	1	6	5	1	2	27	.329	.331	.503	.834	.360	78	1	0	2	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				68	315	301	51	99	14	2	12	10	2	4	52	.329	.331	.503	.834	.360	152	2	0	4	6	0	0
MLB Averages																.258	.326	.406	.732	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2009	28	TBR	AL	-1.0	-0.1	61	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.06	0.0	0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.06	-1.1	0	0	10
2010	29	TBR	AL	-5.0	-0.4	13	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.38	-0.3	0.0	-5.0	-0.4	0.38	-3.3	0	0	1
2011	30	NYM	NL	0.6	0.1	42	-0.8	0.2	-1.0	.64	-0.0	-1.1	2.0	0.2	0.64	0.2	3	0	7
2012	31	SDP	NL	-2.1	-0.2	52	0.2	1.5	-1.3	1.91	-0.2	0.3	-2.9	-0.3	1.91	-1.4	6	2	4
4 Yrs				-7.5	-0.6	168	-0.7	1.8	-2.5	.80	-0.5	-0.3	-6.0	-0.5	0.80	-5.6	9	2	22

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2009	28	TBR	AL	11	11	3	0	1	1	100%	1	6	1	17%	8	.060	0	0	10	3	0	8	4	7	5	3	5	1	3.7	21
2010	29	TBR	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		5	.381	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0	53
2011	30	NYM	NL	11	11	7	3	0	0		0	8	2	25%	8	.642	3	0	7	0	3	8	4	7	2	5	2	3	2.8	14
2012	31	SDP	NL	12	12	9	1	5	5	100%	5	2	2	100%	9	1.909	6	2	4	6	3	3	1	11	0	1	0	3	2.9	18
4 Yrs				35	35	19	4	6	6	100%	6	16	5	31%		.785	9	2	22	9	6	20	9	26	8	9	8	7	3.2	19

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%
2009	28	TBR	AL	59	58%	5.1%	13.6%	1.7%	8.5%	28%	0.43	0.57	80%	18%	9.7%	11%	16	1	6%
2010	29	TBR	AL	13	69%	7.7%	15.4%	0.0%	15.4%	29%	0.83	1.00	77%	27%	20.0%	17%	3	0	0%
2011	30	NYM	NL	42	69%	0.0%	11.9%	0.0%	9.5%	33%	0.80	1.36	86%	22%	0.0%	10%	9	0	0%
2012	31	SDP	NL	48	46%	4.2%	25.0%	2.1%	6.3%	21%	0.65	1.20	67%	23%	11.1%	10%	12	0	0%
4 Yrs				162	58%	3.7%	16.7%	1.2%	8.6%	28%	0.60	0.93	77%	21%	8.3%	11%	40	1	3%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.5%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	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
2009	28	TBR	AL	59	230	3.90	150	65%	26%	9%	31%	33%	74%	0%	48%	87%	58%	3%	2	2	27%	16	7	1	50%	2	0	0	0	0
2010	29	TBR	AL	13	53	4.08	35	66%	26%	9%	34%	31%	74%	0%	49%	88%	62%	0%	0	0	31%	4	1	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0
2011	30	NYM	NL	42	151	3.60	105	70%	25%	10%	30%	35%	75%	0%	52%	86%	60%	5%	2	2	43%	18	14	2	20%	0	0	0	0	0
2012	31	SDP	NL	49	216	4.41	147	68%	29%	16%	31%	24%	71%	0%	48%	77%	71%	2%	1	1	45%	22	10	0	33%	1	0	-1	0	0
4 Yrs				163	650	3.99	437	67%	27%	12%	31%	30%	73%	0%	49%	84%	63%	3%	5	5	37%	60	32	3	33%	3	0	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				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
2009	28	TBR	AL	59	18	3	0	3	0	1	2	1	1	2	4	1	2	25%	0	1	0	26	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2010	29	TBR	AL	13	7	2	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0%	0	0	0	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	30	NYM	NL	42	12	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	75%	0	0	0	17	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2012	31	SDP	NL	48	14	3	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	2	3	2	0	67%	0	0	0	21	3	1	75%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4 Yrs				162	51	9	1	6	1	7	5	1	1	5	12	6	3	50%	0	1	0	68	5	1	83%	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2009	28	0		4.61	11	3	1	13.2	18	9	7	3	1	8	1	59	96	1.390	11.9	2.0	0.7	5.3	8.00	96
2010	29	0		7.47	12	3	1	15.2	25	15	13	4	1	10	1	72	60	1.660	14.4	2.3	0.6	5.7	10.00	60
2011	30	3	.000	5.88	23	10	1	26.0	37	19	17	4	1	15	1	114	71	1.462	12.8	1.4	0.3	5.2	15.00	71
2012	31	4	.000	5.73	35	19	6	37.2	51	26	24	6	2	27	1	162	70	1.407	12.2	1.4	0.5	6.5	13.50	70

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2009	28	0	1	.000	4.85	13.0	18	8	7	3	1	8	1.462	12.5	0.7	5.5	8.00	2.1	11
2010	29	0	0		15.75	4.0	0	8	7	0	0	4	0.000	0.0	0.0	9.0		0.0	1
2011	30	1	0	1.000	3.21	14.0	0	6	5	0	0	7	0.000	0.0	0.0	4.5		0.0	11
2012	31	0	1	.000	6.55	11.0	15	9	8	2	1	11	1.455	12.3	0.8	9.0	11.00	1.6	12
4 Yrs		1	2	.333	5.79	42.0	33	31	27	5	2	30	0.833	7.1		6.4	15.00	1.1	35

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