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Chris Tillman

Christopher Steven Tillman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: April 15, 1988 in Anaheim, CA
High School: Fountain Valley HS (Fountain Valley, CA)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 2nd round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 23, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 29, 2009
Team: Orioles 2009-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.028, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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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
2006	18	SEA-min	A-,Rk	3	3	.500	5.28	10	5	2	0	0	1	30.2	34	21	18	4	20	0	45	4	0	4	145		1.761	10.0	1.2	5.9	13.2	2.25	EVR,MRE · NORW,ARIZ
2007	19	SEA-min	A+,A	7	11	.389	4.84	28	28	0	0	0	0	135.2	138	100	73	13	61	0	139	13	1	16	617		1.467	9.2	0.9	4.0	9.2	2.28	HDS,APP · CALL,MIDW
2008	20	BAL-min	AA	11	4	.733	3.18	28	28	0	0	0	0	135.2	115	53	48	10	65	1	154	4	0	10	580		1.327	7.6	0.7	4.3	10.2	2.37	BOW · EL
2009	21	BAL-min	AAA	8	6	.571	2.70	18	18	0	0	0	0	96.2	85	36	29	5	26	1	99	4	2	6	399		1.148	7.9	0.5	2.4	9.2	3.81	NFK · IL
2009	21	BAL	AL	2	5	.286	5.40	12	12	0	0	0	0	65.0	77	40	39	15	24	1	39	2	0	4	285	85	1.554	10.7	2.1	3.3	5.4	1.63
2010	22	BAL-min	AAA	11	7	.611	3.34	21	21	0	2	2	0	121.1	120	50	45	10	30	0	94	2	1	8	501		1.236	8.9	0.7	2.2	7.0	3.13	NFK · IL
2010	22	BAL	AL	2	5	.286	5.87	11	11	0	0	0	0	53.2	51	37	35	9	31	1	31	1	0	2	236	71	1.528	8.6	1.5	5.2	5.2	1.00
2011	23	BAL-min	AAA	3	6	.333	5.19	15	15	0	0	0	0	76.1	77	50	44	17	38	0	54	2	0	4	339		1.507	9.1	2.0	4.5	6.4	1.42	NFK · IL
2011	23	BAL	AL	3	5	.375	5.52	13	13	0	0	0	0	62.0	77	41	38	5	25	0	46	4	1	1	287	75	1.645	11.2	0.7	3.6	6.7	1.84
2012	24	BAL-min	AAA	4	7	.364	4.15	11	10	0	0	0	0	60.2	64	28	28	3	25	0	58	1	0	1	267		1.467	9.5	0.4	3.7	8.6	2.32	NFK · IL
3 Yrs				7	15	.318	5.58	36	36	0	0	0	0	180.2	205	118	112	29	80	2	116	7	1	7	808	77	1.577	10.2	1.4	4.0	5.8	1.45
162 Game Avg.				7	14	.318	5.58	34	34	0	0	0	0	171	194	111	106	27	76	2	110	7	1	7	763	77	1.577	10.2	1.4	4.0	5.8	1.45

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	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2009	21	BAL	AL	65.0	12	12	40	5.54	5.05	-0.13	0.20	100.6	5.41	-1	-0.1	-0.0	0.4	7	.488	.499	$
2010	22	BAL	AL	53.2	11	11	37	6.20	4.81	-0.17	0.17	102.0	5.26	-6	-0.6	-0.0	-0.1	0	.445	.496	$
2011	23	BAL	AL	62.0	13	13	41	5.95	4.40	-0.13	0.16	101.3	4.75	-8	-0.8	-0.0	-0.3	-1	.436	.495	$417,000
3 Seasons				180.2	36	36	118	5.88	4.76	-0.14	0.18	101.3	5.14	-16	-1.6	-0.1	-0.0	6	.456	.497	$417,000

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	21	BAL	AL	12	285	259	40	77	11	2	15	1	5	24	39	.297	.361	.529	.890	.302	137	6	2	0	0	1	1
2010	22	BAL	AL	11	236	200	37	51	9	4	9	3	1	31	31	.255	.353	.475	.828	.258	95	6	1	1	3	1	0
2011	23	BAL	AL	13	287	256	41	77	21	0	5	5	3	25	46	.301	.371	.441	.812	.350	113	5	4	1	1	0	3
3 Yrs				36	808	715	118	205	41	6	29	9	9	80	116	.287	.362	.483	.845	.307	345	17	7	2	4	2	4
162 Game Avg.				34	763	675	111	194	39	6	27	9	9	76	110	.287	.362	.483	.845	.307	326	16	7	2	4	2	4
MLB Averages																.258	.326	.407	.733	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
2009	21	BAL	AL	-4.9	-0.5	294	-0.6	4.8	-5.3	.94	-0.9	0.3	-5.7	-0.5	0.94	-10.0
2010	22	BAL	AL	-9.4	-0.9	244	-1.0	3.8	-4.8	1.00	-0.9	-0.1	-10.7	-1.0	1.00	-9.9
2011	23	BAL	AL	-9.1	-0.9	295	-0.9	4.8	-5.8	.99	-0.8	-0.1	-12.0	-1.1	0.99	-9.2
3 Yrs				-23.5	-2.2	833	-2.5	13.4	-15.9	.97	-2.7	0.1	-28.4	-2.7	0.97	-29.2

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
2009	21	BAL	AL	12	12	2	5	5	1	1	4	8	.333	2	1	0	0	4	33%	44.2	59	21	11	2	0	5	4.4	4.2	5.4	97	1	3	8	0	110
2010	22	BAL	AL	11	11	2	5	4	0	1	4	7	.364	2	1	0	0	4	36%	44.8	74	10	9	1	0	8	3.8	4.8	4.9	87	3	4	4	0	109
2011	23	BAL	AL	13	13	3	5	5	1	1	6	7	.462	1	2	0	0	4	31%	43.8	74	11	14	3	0	7	4.2	3.3	4.8	90	3	7	3	0	112
3 Yrs				36	36	7	15	14	2	3	14	22	.389	5	4	0	0	12	33%	44	74	10	34	6	0	20	4.1	4.0	5.0	91	7	14	15	0	112
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	100	-8					4.5	4.5	5.9	96

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	21	BAL	AL	285	48%	5.3%	13.7%	8.4%	9.8%	36%	0.63	0.76	72%	18%	12.4%	10%	41	6	15%
2010	22	BAL	AL	236	50%	3.8%	13.1%	13.1%	9.3%	43%	0.71	1.15	69%	23%	10.0%	10%	52	6	12%
2011	23	BAL	AL	287	42%	1.7%	16.0%	8.7%	9.1%	34%	0.66	0.83	72%	17%	5.0%	20%	69	5	7%
3 Yrs				808	47%	3.6%	14.4%	9.9%	9.4%	37%	0.66	0.89	71%	19%	9.3%	13%	162	17	10%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	18.4%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	0.80	1.07	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	21	BAL	AL	288	1163	4.04	712	61%	29%	12%	28%	31%	71%	1%	43%	83%	58%	5%	14	8	19%	56	20	1	33%	4	5	-3	0	0
2010	22	BAL	AL	236	954	4.04	567	59%	28%	12%	30%	31%	72%	0%	43%	84%	50%	7%	16	7	22%	52	25	2	32%	6	8	0	0	0
2011	23	BAL	AL	288	1167	4.05	708	61%	26%	12%	32%	30%	74%	0%	45%	84%	53%	3%	9	7	20%	58	24	5	26%	3	2	-1	0	0
3 Yrs				812	3284	4.04	1987	61%	28%	12%	30%	30%	72%	0%	44%	84%	54%	5%	39	22	20%	166	69	8	30%	13	15	-4	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	21	BAL	AL	285	77	6	0	15	0	4	9	6	7	8	7	5	1	71%	1	4	0	94	1	5	17%	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2010	22	BAL	AL	236	51	5	1	9	0	6	6	3	3	6	17	13	3	76%	0	2	0	85	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2011	23	BAL	AL	287	77	6	0	5	0	8	2	3	3	2	12	4	3	33%	3	1	0	120	5	3	63%	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
3 Yrs				808	205	17	1	29	0	18	17	12	13	16	36	22	7	61%	4	7	0	299	9	9	50%	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	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+
2009	21	2	5	.286	5.40	12	12	65.0	77	40	39	15	24	1	39	2	0	4	285	85	1.554	10.7	2.1	3.3	5.4	1.63	85
2010	22	4	10	.286	5.61	23	23	118.2	128	77	74	24	55	2	70	3	0	6	521	78	1.542	9.7	1.8	4.2	5.3	1.27	78
2011	23	7	15	.318	5.58	36	36	180.2	205	118	112	29	80	2	116	7	1	7	808	77	1.577	10.2	1.4	4.0	5.8	1.45	77

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
2009	21	2	4	.333	5.61	61.0	76	42	38	15	24	37	2	1.639	11.2	3.5	5.5	1.54	2.2	12
2010	22	1	4	.200	6.66	50.0	52	41	37	9	32	29	1	1.680	9.4	5.8	5.2	0.91	1.6	11
2011	23	2	4	.333	6.10	59.0	79	44	40	5	26	44	4	1.780	12.1	4.0	6.7	1.69	0.8	13
3 Yrs		5	12	.294	6.09	170.0	207	127	115	29	82	110	7	1.700	11.0		5.8	1.34	1.5	36

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