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Josh Tomlin

Joshua Aubry Tomlin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 19, 1984 in Tyler, TX
High School: Whitehouse HS (Whitehouse, TX)
School: Angelina College (Lufkin, TX)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 19th round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 27, 2010
Team: Indians 2010-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$495k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.069, 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	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2006	21	CLE-min	A-	8	2	.800	2.09	15	15	0	0	0	0	77.1	56	24	18	5	15	0	69	4	3	307		0.918	6.5	0.6	1.7	8.0	4.60	MHV · NYPL
2007	22	CLE-min	A,A+	11	4	.733	3.36	32	20	4	0	0	0	131.1	127	57	49	10	31	0	109	7	7	553		1.203	8.7	0.7	2.1	7.5	3.52	LCO,KIN · SALL,CARL
2008	23	CLE-min	A+,AAA	10	5	.667	3.04	41	10	10	1	1	3	109.2	88	43	37	12	17	0	112	7	9	424		0.957	7.2	1.0	1.4	9.2	6.59	KIN,BFL · CARL,IL
2009	24	CLE-min	AA	14	9	.609	4.16	26	25	0	0	0	0	145.0	149	81	67	21	27	1	125	7	3	601		1.214	9.2	1.3	1.7	7.8	4.63	AKR · EL
2010	25	CLE-min	AAA	8	4	.667	2.68	20	17	0	1	0	0	107.1	83	34	32	11	33	0	80	2	4	429		1.081	7.0	0.9	2.8	6.7	2.42	CLB · IL
2010	25	CLE	AL	6	4	.600	4.56	12	12	0	1	0	0	73.0	72	38	37	10	19	3	43	3	1	301	87	1.247	8.9	1.2	2.3	5.3	2.26
2011	26	CLE	AL	12	7	.632	4.25	26	26	0	0	0	0	165.1	157	80	78	24	21	2	89	3	3	662	93	1.077	8.5	1.3	*1.1*	4.8	4.24
2012	27	CLE	AL	2	2	.500	4.99	7	6	0	0	0	0	39.2	40	23	22	5	9	0	31	1	1	166	78	1.235	9.1	1.1	2.0	7.0	3.44
3 Yrs				20	13	.606	4.44	45	44	0	1	0	0	278.0	269	141	137	39	49	5	163	7	5	1129	89	1.144	8.7	1.3	1.6	5.3	3.33
162 Game Avg.				15	10	.606	4.44	34	34	0	1	0	0	212	206	108	105	30	37	4	125	5	4	863	89	1.144	8.7	1.3	1.6	5.3	3.33

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
2010	25	CLE	AL	73.0	12	12	38	4.68	4.38	-0.11	0.16	94.8	4.41	-3	-0.3		-0.0	0.3	6	.477	.498	$
2011	26	CLE	AL	165.1	26	26	80	4.35	4.49	-0.11	0.16	97.0	4.61	4	0.5		-0.1	1.8	24	.518	.503	$417,200
2012	27	CLE	AL	39.2	7	6	23	5.22	4.12	0.18	0.12	93.5	3.80	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.1	-0.3	-2	.411	.496	$
3 Seasons				278.0	45	44	141	4.56	4.41	-0.07	0.15	95.9	4.44	-5	-0.4	1.0	-0.2	1.8	28	.490	.499	$417,200

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
2010	25	CLE	AL	12	301	273	38	72	21	1	10	2	3	19	43	.264	.315	.458	.773	.278	125	6	3	3	3	3	2
2011	26	CLE	AL	26	662	634	80	157	35	7	24	0	0	21	89	.248	.274	.438	.712	.254	278	11	3	1	3	2	5
2012	27	CLE	AL	7	166	154	23	40	11	2	5	0	2	9	31	.260	.303	.455	.758	.294	70	4	1	1	1	0	2
3 Yrs				45	1129	1061	141	269	67	10	39	2	5	49	163	.254	.289	.446	.735	.266	473	21	7	5	7	5	9
162 Game Avg.				34	863	811	108	206	51	8	30	2	4	37	125	.254	.289	.446	.735	.266	361	16	5	4	5	4	7
MLB Averages																.256	.322	.401	.724	.296

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevMd
2010	25	CLE	AL	-4.3	-0.4	307	-0.3	4.8	-5.1	.90	0.4	-0.7	-2.4	-0.2	0.90	1.7	0
2011	26	CLE	AL	-2.8	-0.3	666	0.3	11.2	-10.8	.91	0.6	-0.3	4.3	0.4	0.91	5.9	0
2012	27	CLE	AL	-4.8	-0.5	169	-0.3	2.8	-3.1	.99	-0.2	-0.0	-2.6	-0.3	0.99	-2.8	1
3 Yrs				-11.8	-1.2	1142	-0.2	18.8	-19.0	.92	0.8	-1.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.92	4.8	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
2010	25	CLE	AL	12	12	6	4	2	2	0	7	5	.583	0	2	1	0	5	42%	49.8	71	33	5	3	1	7	4.4	4.6	6.1	93	0	9	3	0	112
2011	26	CLE	AL	26	26	12	7	7	2	2	14	12	.538	3	3	0	0	17	65%	51.8	69	20	11	6	0	16	4.9	5.6	6.4	91	1	22	3	0	109
2012	27	CLE	AL	7	6	2	2	2	1	0	4	2	.667	1	1	0	0	3	50%	52.0	75	31	6	3	0	4	4.0	3.0	6.0	91	0	5	1	0	104
3 Yrs				45	44	20	13	11	5	2	25	19	.568	4	6	1	0	25	57%	51	75	20	22	12	1	27	4.7	5.0	6.2	92	1	36	7	0	112
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	100	-13					4.4	4.3	6.0	97

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2012	27	CLE	AL	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	100%	3	.992	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	11.0	62
1 Yr				7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	100%		.992	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	11.0	62

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%
2010	25	CLE	AL	301	47%	3.3%	14.3%	6.3%	10.6%	44%	0.44	0.59	74%	25%	7.1%	13%	48	6	13%
2011	26	CLE	AL	662	46%	3.6%	13.4%	3.2%	10.0%	42%	0.65	0.78	79%	21%	8.3%	12%	108	11	10%
2012	27	CLE	AL	166	49%	3.0%	18.7%	5.4%	10.8%	45%	0.76	1.15	72%	19%	8.3%	14%	23	4	17%
3 Yrs				1129	47%	3.5%	14.4%	4.3%	10.3%	43%	0.60	0.77	77%	22%	8.0%	13%	179	21	12%
MLB Averages					46%	2.5%	18.7%	8.3%	7.5%	33%	0.81	1.09	69%	18%	7.4%	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
2010	25	CLE	AL	303	1112	3.67	726	65%	27%	12%	28%	33%	73%	2%	47%	83%	60%	4%	13	5	25%	75	47	6	21%	12	6	-2	0	0
2011	26	CLE	AL	663	2371	3.58	1604	68%	27%	13%	26%	34%	73%	1%	49%	83%	65%	3%	18	13	24%	158	81	10	29%	13	3	-1	0	0
2012	27	CLE	AL	167	607	3.63	402	66%	25%	16%	28%	31%	75%	0%	50%	79%	64%	5%	8	6	22%	36	16	3	19%	6	2	-1	0	0
3 Yrs				1133	4090	3.61	2732	67%	27%	13%	27%	33%	73%	1%	49%	82%	64%	3%	39	24	24%	269	144	19	25%	31	11	-4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				24%

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
2010	25	CLE	AL	301	72	4	0	10	1	5	5	5	4	6	16	8	5	50%	2	1	1	98	2	3	40%	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
2011	26	CLE	AL	662	157	17	3	24	0	4	12	12	9	15	21	11	3	52%	5	3	0	209	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
2012	27	CLE	AL	166	40	2	0	5	0	2	0	5	4	1	8	5	0	63%	2	1	0	51	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3 Yrs				1129	269	23	3	39	1	11	17	22	17	22	45	24	8	53%	9	5	1	358	2	5	29%	1	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	16	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2010	25	6	4	.600	4.56	12	12	1	73.0	72	38	37	10	19	3	43	3	1	301	87	1.247	8.9	1.2	2.3	5.3	2.26	87
2011	26	18	11	.621	4.34	38	38	1	238.1	229	118	115	34	40	5	132	6	4	963	91	1.129	8.6	1.3	1.5	5.0	3.30	91
2012	27	20	13	.606	4.44	45	44	1	278.0	269	141	137	39	49	5	163	7	5	1129	89	1.144	8.7	1.3	1.6	5.3	3.33	89

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
2010	25	2	5	.286	5.51	67.0	76	46	41	11	20	40	3	1.433	10.2	2.7	5.4	2.00	1.5	12
2011	26	7	10	.412	4.93	157.0	165	96	86	25	22	85	3	1.191	9.5	1.3	4.9	3.86	1.4	26
2012	27	1	3	.250	5.68	38.0	42	27	24	5	9	30	1	1.342	9.9	2.1	7.1	3.33	1.2	7
3 Yrs		10	18	.357	5.19	262.0	283	169	151	41	51	155	7	1.275	9.7		5.3	3.04	1.4	45

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 2011 AL .632 (8th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 2011 AL 1.077 (7th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 2011 AL 1.143 (1st)	Home Runs s c a p y 2011 AL 24 (9th)
Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 2011 AL 4.238 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Pitching - 2 (745), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 5 (1887), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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