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John Thomson

John Carl Thomson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 1, 1973 in Vicksburg, MS
High School: Sulphur HS (Sulphur, LA)
School: McNeese State University (Lake Charles, LA)
Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 7th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 11, 1997
Teams (by GP): Rockies/Braves/Rangers/Mets/Royals 1997-2007
Agents: Chris Arnold [*]
Final Game: July 1, 2007
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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
1997 23 COL NL 7 9 .438 4.71 27 27 0 2 1 0 166.1 193 94 87 15 51 0 106 5 0 2 721 110 1.467 10.4 0.8 2.8 5.7 2.08
1998 24 COL NL 8 11 .421 4.81 26 26 0 2 0 0 161.0 174 86 86 21 49 0 106 2 2 4 680 108 1.385 9.7 1.2 2.7 5.9 2.16
1999 25 COL NL 1 10 .091 8.04 14 13 1 1 0 0 62.2 85 62 56 11 36 1 34 1 0 2 305 72 1.931 12.2 1.6 5.2 4.9 0.94
2001 27 COL NL 4 5 .444 4.04 14 14 0 1 1 0 93.2 84 46 42 15 25 3 68 4 0 1 386 132 1.164 8.1 1.4 2.4 6.5 2.72
2002 28 TOT NL 9 14 .391 4.71 30 30 0 0 0 0 181.2 201 116 95 28 44 9 107 2 0 2 800 97 1.349 10.0 1.4 2.2 5.3 2.43
2002 28 COL NL 7 8 .467 4.88 21 21 0 0 0 0 127.1 136 77 69 21 27 6 76 2 0 2 550 98 1.280 9.6 1.5 1.9 5.4 2.81
2002 28 NYM NL 2 6 .250 4.31 9 9 0 0 0 0 54.1 65 39 26 7 17 3 31 0 0 0 250 93 1.509 10.8 1.2 2.8 5.1 1.82
2003 29 TEX AL 13 14 .481 4.85 35 35 0 3 1 0 217.0 234 125 117 27 49 2 136 4 0 5 910 104 1.304 9.7 1.1 2.0 5.6 2.78
2004 30 ATL NL 14 8 .636 3.72 33 33 0 0 0 0 198.1 210 93 82 20 52 5 133 6 0 3 834 115 1.321 9.5 0.9 2.4 6.0 2.56
2005 31 ATL NL 4 6 .400 4.47 17 17 0 1 0 0 98.2 111 52 49 6 28 2 61 2 0 3 427 95 1.409 10.1 0.5 2.6 5.6 2.18
2006 32 ATL NL 2 7 .222 4.82 18 15 1 0 0 0 80.1 93 55 43 11 32 4 46 2 0 1 361 93 1.556 10.4 1.2 3.6 5.2 1.44
2007 33 KCR AL 1 1 .500 3.38 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.2 13 5 4 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 46 139 1.500 11.0 0.0 2.5 2.5 1.00
10 Yrs 63 85 .426 4.68 216 212 2 10 3 0 1270.1 1398 734 661 154 369 26 800 28 3 23 5470 104 1.391 9.9 1.1 2.6 5.7 2.17
162 Game Avg. 10 14 .426 4.68 34 34 0 2 0 0 202 222 117 105 24 59 4 127 4 0 4 869 104 1.391 9.9 1.1 2.6 5.7 2.17
COL (5 yrs) 27 43 .386 5.01 102 101 1 6 2 0 611.0 672 365 340 83 188 10 390 14 2 11 2642 104 1.408 9.9 1.2 2.8 5.7 2.07
ATL (3 yrs) 20 21 .488 4.15 68 65 1 1 0 0 377.1 414 200 174 37 112 11 240 10 0 7 1622 104 1.394 9.9 0.9 2.7 5.7 2.14
KCR (1 yr) 1 1 .500 3.38 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.2 13 5 4 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 46 139 1.500 11.0 0.0 2.5 2.5 1.00
NYM (1 yr) 2 6 .250 4.31 9 9 0 0 0 0 54.1 65 39 26 7 17 3 31 0 0 0 250 93 1.509 10.8 1.2 2.8 5.1 1.82
TEX (1 yr) 13 14 .481 4.85 35 35 0 3 1 0 217.0 234 125 117 27 49 2 136 4 0 5 910 104 1.304 9.7 1.1 2.0 5.6 2.78
NL (8 yrs) 49 70 .412 4.66 179 175 2 7 2 0 1042.2 1151 604 540 127 317 24 661 24 2 18 4514 103 1.408 9.9 1.1 2.7 5.7 2.09
AL (2 yrs) 14 15 .483 4.78 37 37 0 3 1 0 227.2 247 130 121 27 52 2 139 4 1 5 956 105 1.313 9.8 1.1 2.1 5.5 2.67

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
1997 23 COL NL 166.1 27 27 94 5.09 4.74 -0.00 0.17 119.2 5.86 14 1.5 -0.1 2.6 31 .555 .509 $150,000
1998 24 COL NL 161.0 26 26 86 4.81 4.69 0.09 0.17 116.4 5.56 14 1.4 -0.1 2.5 29 .555 .509 $210,000
1999 25 COL NL 62.2 14 13 62 8.90 4.99 -0.61 0.17 127.1 7.34 -11 -1.0 .0 -0.0 -0.6 -4 .427 .494 $300,000
2001 27 COL NL 93.2 14 14 46 4.42 4.94 0.37 0.19 120.4 5.74 14 1.5 -0.1 2.1 23 .604 .509 $300,000
2002 28 COL NL 127.1 21 21 77 5.44 4.69 0.23 0.18 114.2 5.30 -2 -0.2 -0.1 0.6 10 .488 .498 $1,100,000
2002 28 NYM NL 54.1 9 9 39 6.46 4.56 -0.17 0.18 93.9 4.61 -11 -1.1 -0.0 -0.7 -6 .382 .493 $
2003 29 TEX AL 217.0 35 35 125 5.18 4.90 0.35 0.19 108.2 5.12 -1 -0.1 -0.1 1.7 26 .497 .499 $1,300,000
2004 30 ATL NL 198.1 33 33 93 4.22 4.59 0.27 0.18 100.0 4.50 5 0.5 -0.1 1.9 26 .516 .503 $2,250,000
2005 31 ATL NL 98.2 17 17 52 4.74 4.57 0.38 0.17 100.5 4.38 -4 -0.4 -0.1 0.3 6 .476 .497 $4,250,000
2006 32 ATL NL 80.1 18 15 55 6.16 4.98 -0.07 0.16 97.0 5.05 -10 -0.9 .9 -0.0 -0.4 -2 .449 .494 $4,750,000
2007 33 KCR AL 10.2 2 2 5 4.22 4.75 0.29 0.18 100.9 4.69 0 0.0 -0.0 0.1 2 .523 .500 $
10 Seasons 1270.1 216 212 734 5.20 4.75 0.15 0.18 109.9 5.26 7 1.2 .7 -0.8 10.1 140 .506 .501 $14,610,000
COL (5 yrs) 611.0 102 101 365 5.38 4.77 0.06 0.17 118.4 5.80 28 3.1 .0 -0.4 7.2 89 .531 .504 $2,060,000
ATL (3 yrs) 377.1 68 65 200 4.77 4.67 0.23 0.17 99.5 4.59 -8 -0.8 .9 -0.3 1.8 30 .489 .498 $11,250,000
KCR (1 yr) 10.2 2 2 5 4.22 4.75 0.29 0.18 100.9 4.69 0 0.0 -0.0 0.1 2 .523 .500 $
NYM (1 yr) 54.1 9 9 39 6.46 4.56 -0.17 0.18 93.9 4.61 -11 -1.1 -0.0 -0.7 -6 .382 .493 $
TEX (1 yr) 217.0 35 35 125 5.18 4.90 0.35 0.19 108.2 5.12 -1 -0.1 -0.1 1.7 26 .497 .499 $1,300,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
2004 30 ATL NL NLDS L HOU 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.000 27.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
2005 31 ATL NL NLDS L HOU 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 7 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 13.5 3.00
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 10 1.286 3.9 0.0 7.7 11.6 1.50
2 NLDS 0 0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 10 1.286 3.9 0.0 7.7 11.6 1.50

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
1997 23 COL NL 27 721 651 94 193 36 4 15 15 8 51 106 .296 .351 .433 .784 .334 282 25 5 10 3 0 8
1998 24 COL NL 26 680 616 86 174 21 7 21 10 3 49 106 .282 .335 .442 .776 .310 272 17 2 8 5 0 4
1999 25 COL NL 14 305 262 62 85 22 1 11 7 2 36 34 .324 .405 .542 .947 .338 142 4 1 4 2 1 3
2001 27 COL NL 14 386 351 46 84 17 3 15 6 0 25 68 .239 .295 .433 .728 .255 152 9 4 3 3 3 5
2002 28 COL NL 21 550 507 77 136 38 5 21 9 3 27 76 .268 .304 .487 .791 .276 247 2 2 7 7 6 8
2002 28 NYM NL 9 250 224 39 65 11 0 7 10 1 17 31 .290 .336 .433 .769 .307 97 0 0 6 3 3 9
2002 28 TOT NL 30 800 731 116 201 49 5 28 19 4 44 107 .275 .314 .471 .784 .285 344 2 2 13 10 9 17
2003 29 TEX AL 35 910 848 125 234 51 5 27 13 4 49 136 .276 .316 .443 .759 .299 376 24 4 2 7 2 6
2004 30 ATL NL 33 834 761 93 210 33 4 20 14 4 52 133 .276 .326 .409 .734 .310 311 24 6 11 4 5 9
2005 31 ATL NL 17 427 391 52 111 25 3 6 9 6 28 61 .284 .332 .409 .741 .320 160 8 2 2 4 2 6
2006 32 ATL NL 18 361 315 55 93 15 1 11 11 4 32 46 .295 .357 .454 .811 .309 143 7 2 5 7 4 4
2007 33 KCR AL 2 46 41 5 13 4 1 0 1 0 3 3 .317 .348 .463 .811 .325 19 2 0 0 2 0 0
10 Yrs 216 5470 4967 734 1398 273 34 154 105 35 369 800 .281 .332 .443 .775 .306 2201 122 28 58 47 26 62
162 Game Avg. 34 869 789 117 222 43 5 24 17 6 59 127 .281 .332 .443 .775 .306 350 19 4 9 7 4 10
MLB Averages .267 .336 .425 .761 .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
1997 23 COL NL 7.8 0.8 745 -0.3 13.5 -13.8 1.02 0.0 -0.3 1.3 0.1 1.02 0.6 0 0 0
1998 24 COL NL 8.4 0.8 703 0.3 11.6 -11.3 .94 -0.1 0.4 2.3 0.2 0.94 -0.7 0 0 0
1999 25 COL NL -12.4 -1.1 316 -2.6 4.5 -7.1 .96 -1.7 -1.0 -23.6 -1.9 0.96 -21.7 0 0 1
2001 27 COL NL 11.0 1.1 394 0.1 6.1 -6.0 .82 0.2 -0.2 8.8 0.8 0.82 6.2 0 0 0
2002 28 TOT NL -8.5 -0.8 824 -2.0 12.9 -14.9 .95 -1.9 -0.1 -19.9 -1.9 0.95 -20.7 0 0 0
2002 28 COL NL -1.7 -0.2 563 -1.0 9.6 -10.6 .96 -1.0 -0.1 -8.0 -0.7 0.96 -8.5 0 0 0
2002 28 NYM NL -6.8 -0.6 261 -1.0 3.4 -4.3 .92 -1.0 -0.1 -11.9 -1.1 0.92 -12.2 0 0 0
2003 29 TEX AL 4.8 0.5 932 -0.2 14.9 -15.1 .89 0.6 -0.8 3.4 0.3 0.88 11.0 0 0 0
2004 30 ATL NL 11.5 1.1 858 0.8 15.1 -14.3 .99 1.1 -0.3 10.9 1.1 0.99 12.0 0 0 0
2005 31 ATL NL -2.0 -0.2 443 -0.5 7.4 -8.0 1.01 -0.0 -0.5 -1.1 -0.1 1.01 -0.3 0 0 0
2006 32 ATL NL -7.0 -0.7 374 -0.9 5.7 -6.6 .98 -0.9 -0.1 -12.9 -1.2 0.98 -10.2 1 1 0
2007 33 KCR AL 1.2 0.1 48 0.1 1.0 -0.8 1.14 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.1 1.14 0.0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 14.8 1.7 5637 -5.2 92.7 -97.9 .95 -2.7 -2.8 -30.3 -2.5 0.95 -23.8 1 1 1

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 23 COL NL 27 27 7 9 11 2 4 13 14 .481 5 3 2 1 15 56% 47.2 78 17 9 5 1 9 4.7 4.8 6.2 92 4 13 9 1 120
1998 24 COL NL 26 26 8 11 7 0 2 10 16 .385 6 1 2 0 14 54% 48.5 81 -1 16 4 0 11 4.7 5.3 6.2 93 7 10 8 1 125
1999 25 COL NL 14 13 1 10 2 0 1 1 12 .077 1 3 1 0 2 15% 34.8 59 18 12 3 1 9 4.5 2.7 4.7 84 3 9 1 0 101
2001 27 COL NL 14 14 4 5 5 0 2 7 7 .500 3 2 1 1 8 57% 53.7 83 29 3 1 0 11 5.8 5.8 6.7 99 1 7 5 1 120
2002 28 TOT NL 30 30 9 14 7 4 6 14 16 .467 1 4 0 0 16 53% 46.8 68 13 15 7 0 17 4.8 4.0 6.1 98 2 17 10 1 130
2002 28 COL NL 21 21 7 8 6 2 3 12 9 .571 0 4 0 0 12 57% 47.8 68 13 9 4 0 10 5.1 3.5 6.1 97 1 12 8 0 114
2002 28 NYM NL 9 9 2 6 1 2 3 2 7 .222 1 0 0 0 4 44% 44.6 68 25 6 3 0 7 4.2 5.0 6.0 101 1 5 2 1 130
2003 29 TEX AL 35 35 13 14 8 2 3 16 19 .457 3 3 3 1 19 54% 48.4 84 11 15 9 2 10 5.3 5.9 6.2 95 6 11 14 4 134
2004 30 ATL NL 33 33 14 8 11 1 1 20 13 .606 3 7 0 0 20 61% 51.2 71 25 8 2 1 17 5.4 5.3 6.0 89 8 17 8 0 116
2005 31 ATL NL 17 17 4 6 7 0 0 8 9 .471 1 2 1 0 6 35% 47.9 74 17 4 1 0 9 4.4 5.3 5.8 92 4 8 5 0 114
2006 32 ATL NL 18 15 2 7 6 2 1 5 10 .333 3 2 0 0 4 27% 43.7 76 9 13 3 0 5 5.2 4.9 5.0 82 5 9 1 0 116
2007 33 KCR AL 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 47.0 55 39 2 0 0 2 3.0 5.4 5.3 84 0 2 0 0 87
10 Yrs 216 212 63 85 64 11 20 95 117 .448 26 27 10 3 105 50% 48 84 -1 97 35 5 100 5.0 5.0 6.0 92 40 103 61 8 134
MLB Averages .500 48% 48 105 -21 4.9 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 25 COL NL 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .960 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 35
2006 32 ATL NL 18 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 50% 4 .976 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 4.7 22
2 Yrs 32 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 50% .969 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 3 2 1 2 0 5.0 25

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%
1997 23 COL NL 721 45% 2.1% 14.7% 7.1% 7.6% 29% 0.97 1.49 74% 21% 6.2% 11% 153 25 16%
1998 24 COL NL 680 49% 3.1% 15.6% 7.2% 7.2% 28% 0.78 1.11 73% 24% 8.2% 11% 128 17 13%
1999 25 COL NL 305 57% 3.6% 11.2% 11.8% 11.2% 40% 0.81 1.45 72% 24% 9.5% 8% 64 4 6%
2001 27 COL NL 386 53% 3.9% 17.6% 6.5% 9.1% 42% 0.70 0.97 70% 21% 11.7% 16% 57 9 16%
2002 28 TOT NL 800 49% 3.5% 13.4% 5.5% 10.3% 41% 0.55 0.70 76% 23% 8.7% 17% 130 2 2%
2002 28 COL NL 550 49% 3.8% 13.8% 4.9% 11.6% 47% 0.59 0.75 76% 23% 9.7% 16% 87 2 2%
2002 28 NYM NL 250 51% 2.8% 12.4% 6.8% 7.2% 28% 0.48 0.60 76% 24% 6.7% 18% 43 0 0%
2003 29 TEX AL 910 46% 3.0% 15.0% 5.4% 9.1% 36% 0.88 1.30 76% 20% 8.1% 11% 158 24 15%
2004 30 ATL NL 834 54% 2.4% 16.0% 6.2% 6.8% 27% 0.88 1.27 73% 19% 6.4% 5% 150 24 16%
2005 31 ATL NL 427 48% 1.4% 14.3% 6.6% 8.0% 31% 0.85 1.15 77% 21% 3.6% 6% 78 8 10%
2006 32 ATL NL 361 52% 3.1% 12.7% 8.9% 7.5% 29% 0.78 1.03 73% 19% 7.9% 8% 72 7 10%
2007 33 KCR AL 46 50% 0.0% 6.5% 6.5% 10.9% 39% 1.35 1.64 87% 8% 0.0% 0% 6 2 33%
10 Yrs 5470 50% 2.8% 14.6% 6.8% 8.4% 33% 0.80 1.14 74% 21% 7.6% 11% 996 122 12%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.8% 8.7% 8.0% 34% 0.79 1.08 70% 21% 8.1% 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
1997 23 COL NL 723 2491 3.45 1639 66% 22% 15% 29% 34% 78% 0% 51% 80% 60% 4% 31 21 21% 152 93 12 32% 23 10 -2 0 2
1998 24 COL NL 682 2424 3.55 1541 64% 21% 15% 30% 34% 79% 0% 50% 81% 57% 4% 30 19 23% 158 83 9 19% 20 11 -2 0 0
1999 25 COL NL 306 1125 3.68 674 60% 24% 13% 28% 35% 76% 1% 46% 83% 55% 9% 27 15 15% 47 27 6 18% 4 11 -1 0 0
2001 27 COL NL 386 1392 3.61 928 67% 23% 15% 31% 31% 77% 2% 52% 81% 66% 5% 18 13 27% 106 68 9 34% 19 3 0 0 0
2002 28 TOT NL 802 2954 3.68 1932 65% 22% 12% 33% 33% 78% 3% 51% 84% 63% 3% 27 16 25% 202 118 10 22% 18 4 -2 0 0
2002 28 COL NL 551 2047 3.72 1332 65% 22% 12% 33% 33% 78% 3% 51% 85% 62% 3% 17 10 23% 125 68 6 21% 11 3 -1 0 0
2002 28 NYM NL 251 907 3.61 600 66% 21% 13% 33% 34% 79% 4% 52% 84% 65% 4% 10 6 31% 77 50 4 26% 7 1 -1 0 0
2003 29 TEX AL 911 3337 3.66 2160 65% 24% 12% 30% 33% 76% 1% 49% 84% 59% 5% 43 29 24% 223 120 8 18% 21 12 -1 0 0
2004 30 ATL NL 836 2931 3.51 1909 65% 26% 12% 28% 34% 74% 2% 48% 83% 64% 4% 33 16 23% 193 106 10 25% 24 12 -2 0 0
2005 31 ATL NL 429 1562 3.64 1025 66% 26% 11% 29% 33% 74% 1% 48% 85% 61% 3% 14 9 25% 109 70 9 25% 10 3 -2 0 0
2006 32 ATL NL 362 1290 3.56 779 60% 27% 11% 26% 36% 73% 3% 44% 85% 57% 4% 15 5 21% 77 43 3 26% 7 6 -1 0 0
2007 33 KCR AL 46 168 3.65 105 63% 28% 4% 30% 38% 72% 0% 45% 95% 59% 2% 1 1 22% 10 4 1 33% 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 5483 19674 3.59 12692 65% 24% 13% 30% 34% 76% 1% 49% 83% 60% 4% 239 144 23% 1277 732 77 24% 146 72 -13 0 2
MLB Averages 3.74 62% 27% 15% 27% 32% 73% 2% 46% 80% 58% 5% 21% 27%

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
1997 23 COL NL 721 193 18 2 15 0 14 6 9 10 5 31 18 2 58% 8 2 1 290 15 8 65% 14 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
1998 24 COL NL 680 174 23 1 21 1 5 11 10 12 9 36 25 4 69% 4 4 1 235 10 3 77% 9 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 14 0
1999 25 COL NL 305 85 2 0 11 0 7 5 6 8 3 17 12 2 71% 3 2 1 124 7 2 78% 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
2001 27 COL NL 386 84 7 0 15 0 2 8 7 8 7 15 10 1 67% 5 1 1 124 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2002 28 TOT NL 800 201 13 1 28 0 4 15 13 11 17 46 28 5 61% 17 2 0 296 19 4 83% 17 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 12 0
2002 28 COL NL 550 136 10 1 21 0 1 9 12 9 12 29 15 5 52% 8 2 0 195 9 3 75% 9 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
2002 28 NYM NL 250 65 3 0 7 0 3 6 1 2 5 17 13 0 76% 9 0 0 101 10 1 91% 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2003 29 TEX AL 910 234 13 2 27 0 10 14 13 8 19 38 25 7 66% 6 5 2 316 13 4 76% 9 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 16 0
2004 30 ATL NL 834 210 21 7 20 1 20 11 9 12 8 40 19 10 48% 9 3 2 295 14 4 78% 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2005 31 ATL NL 427 111 9 3 6 0 14 2 4 4 2 25 17 3 68% 6 3 0 154 9 6 60% 9 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 8 0
2006 32 ATL NL 361 93 9 1 11 0 10 6 5 5 6 30 22 2 73% 4 1 0 132 11 4 73% 10 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2007 33 KCR AL 46 13 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 3 1 43% 0 0 0 13 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
10 Yrs 5470 1398 118 17 154 2 88 78 76 78 76 285 179 37 63% 62 23 8 1979 105 35 75% 96 30 9 3 0 2 3 1 95 0
MLB Averages 54% 70%

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+
1997 23 7 9 .438 4.71 27 27 0 2 1 0 166.1 193 94 87 15 51 0 106 5 0 2 721 110 1.467 10.4 0.8 2.8 5.7 2.08 110
1998 24 15 20 .429 4.76 53 53 0 4 1 0 327.1 367 180 173 36 100 0 212 7 2 6 1401 109 1.427 10.1 1.0 2.7 5.8 2.12 109
1999 25 16 30 .348 5.28 67 66 1 5 1 0 390.0 452 242 229 47 136 1 246 8 2 8 1706 100 1.508 10.4 1.1 3.1 5.7 1.81 100
2000 26 16 30 .348 5.28 67 66 1 5 1 0 390.0 452 242 229 47 136 1 246 8 2 8 1706 100 1.508 10.4 1.1 3.1 5.7 1.81 100
2001 27 20 35 .364 5.04 81 80 1 6 2 0 483.2 536 288 271 62 161 4 314 12 2 9 2092 105 1.441 10.0 1.2 3.0 5.8 1.95 105
2002 28 29 49 .372 4.95 111 110 1 6 2 0 665.1 737 404 366 90 205 13 421 14 2 11 2892 103 1.416 10.0 1.2 2.8 5.7 2.05 103
2003 29 42 63 .400 4.93 146 145 1 9 3 0 882.1 971 529 483 117 254 15 557 18 2 16 3802 103 1.388 9.9 1.2 2.6 5.7 2.19 103
2004 30 56 71 .441 4.71 179 178 1 9 3 0 1080.2 1181 622 565 137 306 20 690 24 2 19 4636 105 1.376 9.8 1.1 2.5 5.7 2.25 105
2005 31 60 77 .438 4.69 196 195 1 10 3 0 1179.1 1292 674 614 143 334 22 751 26 2 22 5063 104 1.379 9.9 1.1 2.5 5.7 2.25 104
2006 32 62 84 .425 4.69 214 210 2 10 3 0 1259.2 1385 729 657 154 366 26 797 28 2 23 5424 103 1.390 9.9 1.1 2.6 5.7 2.18 103
2007 33 63 85 .426 4.68 216 212 2 10 3 0 1270.1 1398 734 661 154 369 26 800 28 3 23 5470 104 1.391 9.9 1.1 2.6 5.7 2.17 104

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
1997 23 10 8 .556 3.66 167.0 170 76 68 13 45 107 4 1.287 9.2 2.4 5.8 2.38 0.7 27
1998 24 9 8 .529 3.83 160.0 155 76 68 19 44 105 2 1.244 8.7 2.5 5.9 2.39 1.1 26
1999 25 3 4 .429 5.16 68.0 71 43 39 9 30 37 1 1.485 9.4 4.0 4.9 1.23 1.2 14
2001 27 6 4 .600 3.03 95.0 74 36 32 13 22 69 4 1.011 7.0 2.1 6.5 3.14 1.2 14
2002 28 10 10 .500 4.12 188.0 191 96 86 27 42 111 2 1.239 9.1 2.0 5.3 2.64 1.3 30
2003 29 11 12 .478 4.29 214.0 219 113 102 25 46 134 4 1.238 9.2 1.9 5.6 2.91 1.1 35
2004 30 11 10 .524 3.74 190.0 206 88 79 20 51 128 6 1.353 9.8 2.4 6.1 2.51 0.9 33
2005 31 4 6 .400 4.64 95.0 111 54 49 6 28 59 2 1.463 10.5 2.7 5.6 2.11 0.6 17
2006 32 4 4 .500 4.56 79.0 90 44 40 11 31 45 2 1.532 10.3 3.5 5.1 1.45 1.3 18
2007 33 1 0 1.000 3.60 10.0 12 4 4 0 3 3 0 1.500 10.8 2.7 2.7 1.00 0.0 2
10 Yrs 69 66 .511 4.03 1266.0 1299 630 567 143 342 798 27 1.296 9.2 5.7 2.33 1.0 216

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2002 NL  2.180 (6th)
2003 AL  2.032 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2003 AL  217.0 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
2003 AL  35 (2nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
2003 AL  3 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2001 NL  1 (7th)
2003 AL  1 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2002 NL  28 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
2003 AL  234 (6th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
Career  2.168 (201st)

Losses s c a p y
2002 NL  14 (5th)
2003 AL  14 (7th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2003 AL  117 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2003 AL  910 (7th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 12 (1363), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Dave Mlicki (966)
  2. Glenn Abbott (964)
  3. Mark Redman (961)
  4. Jeremy Bonderman (956)
  5. Dave Bush (955)
  6. Mark Clark (949)
  7. Nate Robertson (949)
  8. Jason Jennings (948)
  9. Mike Smithson (948)
  10. Pete Schourek (947)
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  1. Dick Fowler (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Amaury Telemaco (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bob Harris (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Charlie Morton (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Johnny Babich (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Shawn Boskie (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dave Bush (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dave Bush (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mark Redman (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Glenn Abbott (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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