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Chin-hui Tsao

Chin-hui Tsao

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 2, 1981 in Hualien, Taiwan
High School: Kao-yuan (Kao-yuan, TW)
Signed by the Colorado Rockies as an amateur free agent in 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 25, 2003
Teams (by GP): Rockies/Dodgers 2003-2007

Final Game: July 14, 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
2000	19	COL-min	A	11	8	.579	2.73	24	24	0	0	0	0	145.0	119	54	44	8	40	0	187	5	1	6	591		1.097	7.4	0.5	2.5	11.6	4.68	AVL · SALL
2001	20	COL-min	A+	0	4	.000	4.67	4	4	0	0	0	0	17.1	23	11	9	1	5	0	18	1	1	1	78		1.615	11.9	0.5	2.6	9.3	3.60	SAL · CARL
2002	21	COL-min	A+,A-	4	2	.667	1.70	12	12	0	0	0	0	58.1	40	15	11	3	14	0	61	0	2	4	222		0.926	6.2	0.5	2.2	9.4	4.36	SAL,TRI · CARL,NORW
2003	22	COL-min	AA	11	4	.733	2.46	18	18	0	0	0	0	113.1	88	34	31	7	26	0	125	5	3	3	446		1.006	7.0	0.6	2.1	9.9	4.81	TUL · TL
2003	22	COL	NL	3	3	.500	6.02	9	8	1	0	0	0	43.1	48	30	29	11	20	1	29	4	0	0	196	83	1.569	10.0	2.3	4.2	6.0	1.45
2004	23	COL-min	AA,AAA,A	3	2	.600	4.54	8	8	0	0	0	0	35.2	42	18	18	7	8	0	38	0	0	1	152		1.402	10.6	1.8	2.0	9.6	4.75	TUL,CSP,AVL · TL,PCL,SALL
2004	23	COL	NL	0	0		3.86	10	0	5	0	0	1	9.1	7	4	4	2	1	0	11	0	0	0	37	132	0.857	6.8	1.9	1.0	10.6	11.00
2005	24	COL-min	AAA,A+	0	0		0.00	2	1	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7		0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	9.0		CSP,MOD · PCL,CALL
2005	24	COL	NL	1	0	1.000	6.55	10	0	9	0	0	3	11.0	16	8	8	3	5	1	4	1	0	1	56	75	1.909	13.1	2.5	4.1	3.3	0.80

2007	26	LAD-min	AAA	0	1	.000	3.60	5	0	4	0	0	2	5.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	20		1.000	7.2	0.0	1.8	16.2	9.00	LVG · PCL
2007	26	LAD	NL	0	1	.000	4.38	21	0	6	0	0	0	24.2	18	12	12	3	8	0	16	1	0	0	97	103	1.054	6.6	1.1	2.9	5.8	2.00
2008	27	KCR-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	5.56	7	0	3	0	0	1	11.1	10	7	7	4	0	0	10	0	0	0	42		0.882	7.9	3.2	0.0	7.9		OMA · PCL
4 Yrs				4	4	.500	5.40	50	8	21	0	0	4	88.1	89	54	53	19	34	2	60	6	0	1	386	90	1.392	9.1	1.9	3.5	6.1	1.76
162 Game Avg.				5	5	.500	5.40	59	9	25	0	0	5	104	104	63	62	22	40	2	70	7	0	1	453	90	1.392	9.1	1.9	3.5	6.1	1.76

COL (3 yrs)				4	3	.571	5.80	29	8	15	0	0	4	63.2	71	42	41	16	26	2	44	5	0	1	289	86	1.524	10.0	2.3	3.7	6.2	1.69
LAD (1 yr)				0	1	.000	4.38	21	0	6	0	0	0	24.2	18	12	12	3	8	0	16	1	0	0	97	103	1.054	6.6	1.1	2.9	5.8	2.00

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
2003	22	COL	NL	43.1	9	8	30	6.23	4.71	0.06	0.17	118.7	5.72	-3	-0.3	.0	-0.0	0.0	2	.471	.498	$
2004	23	COL	NL	9.1	10	0	4	3.86	4.80	-0.13	-0.35	110.5	5.06	1	0.1	.8	-0.0	0.2	2	.512	.501	$
2005	24	COL	NL	11.0	10	0	8	6.55	4.54	-0.13	-0.35	109.8	4.75	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.478	.499	$317,000

2007	26	LAD	NL	24.2	21	0	12	4.38	4.74	-0.03	-0.34	98.7	4.38	0	0.0	1.1	-0.1	0.1	2	.501	.500	$
4 Seasons				88.1	50	8	54	5.50	4.71	-0.01	-0.09	111.1	5.16	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.1	0.1	5	.493	.499	$317,000

COL (3 yrs)				63.2	29	8	42	5.94	4.70	0.00	0.00	116.0	5.46	-4	-0.4	.9	-0.1	0.0	3	.488	.499	$317,000
LAD (1 yr)				24.2	21	0	12	4.38	4.74	-0.03	-0.34	98.7	4.38	0	0.0	1.1	-0.1	0.1	2	.501	.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
2003	22	COL	NL	9	196	169	30	48	6	0	11	2	0	20	29	.284	.373	.515	.888	.287	87	3	4	3	0	1	1
2004	23	COL	NL	10	37	35	4	7	2	0	2	0	0	1	11	.200	.222	.429	.651	.227	15	0	0	1	0	0	1
2005	24	COL	NL	10	56	48	8	16	4	0	3	3	0	5	4	.333	.400	.604	1.004	.310	29	0	1	1	1	1	1

2007	26	LAD	NL	21	97	88	12	18	5	0	3	2	0	8	16	.205	.278	.364	.642	.217	32	2	1	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				50	386	340	54	89	17	0	19	7	0	34	60	.262	.339	.479	.818	.267	163	5	6	5	1	2	3
162 Game Avg.				59	453	399	63	104	20	0	22	8	0	40	70	.262	.339	.479	.818	.267	191	6	7	6	1	2	4
MLB Averages																.266	.334	.425	.759	.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
2003	22	COL	NL	-3.7	-0.4	198	-0.7	3.3	-4.0	.97	-0.2	-0.5	-5.8	-0.5	0.97	-2.4	0	0	1
2004	23	COL	NL	1.2	0.1	37	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	.88	0.1	-0.6	-1.2	-0.1	0.88	1.8	1	3	6
2005	24	COL	NL	-1.5	-0.2	59	-0.6	1.4	-2.0	1.52	-0.3	-0.0	-2.2	-0.2	1.52	-4.7	4	1	5

2007	26	LAD	NL	0.8	0.1	99	0.4	1.8	-1.4	.95	0.4	0.0	5.8	0.6	0.95	6.5	7	5	9
4 Yrs				-3.1	-0.3	393	-1.4	6.9	-8.3	1.04	-0.0	-1.3	-3.4	-0.3	1.04	1.2	12	9	21

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
2003	22	COL	NL	9	8	3	3	2	0	0	4	4	.500	0	0	0	0	3	38%	42.2	66	18	11	3	0	6	4.4	4.8	5.3	89	2	5	1	0	103
1 Yr				9	8	3	3	2	0	0	4	4	.500	0	0	0	0	3	38%	42	66	18	11	3	0	6	4.4	4.8	5.3	89	2	5	1	0	103
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	100	-12					4.8	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%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2003	22	COL	NL	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		9	.972	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	20
2004	23	COL	NL	10	10	5	0	0	2	1	1	50%	3	1	4	3	75%	8	.877	1	3	6	6	0	4	2	8	1	3	2	3	2.8	14
2005	24	COL	NL	10	10	9	1	0	4	3	1	75%	4	0	0	0		9	1.523	4	1	5	6	1	3	0	10	1	0	1	1	3.3	20

2007	26	LAD	NL	21	21	6	0	1	1	0	1	0%	4	3	14	1	7%	7	.946	7	5	9	8	3	10	9	12	9	4	9	5	3.5	17
4 Yrs				50	42	21	1	1	7	4	3	57%	11	4	18	4	22%		1.036	12	9	21	21	4	17	11	31	11	7	12	9	3.3	17

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%
2003	22	COL	NL	196	59%	5.6%	14.8%	10.2%	8.7%	35%	0.76	1.00	66%	18%	16.7%	15%	39	3	8%
2004	23	COL	NL	37	57%	5.4%	29.7%	2.7%	10.8%	57%	1.00	1.43	59%	24%	16.7%	0%	3	0	0%
2005	24	COL	NL	56	43%	5.4%	7.1%	8.9%	12.5%	44%	0.34	0.53	75%	17%	10.0%	6%	14	0	0%

2007	26	LAD	NL	97	53%	3.1%	16.5%	8.3%	8.3%	44%	0.63	0.90	71%	13%	8.6%	19%	18	2	11%
4 Yrs				386	55%	4.9%	15.5%	8.8%	9.3%	40%	0.66	0.92	68%	17%	13.3%	13%	74	5	7%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.7%	8.4%	8.1%	34%	0.80	1.08	70%	19%	7.8%	11%			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
2003	22	COL	NL	196	733	3.74	460	63%	25%	14%	29%	31%	75%	1%	47%	81%	57%	6%	11	6	25%	49	29	3	21%	4	4	0	0	0
2004	23	COL	NL	37	135	3.65	93	69%	19%	23%	31%	27%	81%	0%	56%	72%	57%	3%	1	1	22%	8	6	1	18%	3	0	0	0	0
2005	24	COL	NL	56	197	3.52	126	64%	24%	13%	26%	37%	76%	6%	49%	82%	59%	7%	4	3	23%	13	7	2	25%	1	0	0	0	0

2007	26	LAD	NL	97	367	3.78	247	67%	23%	16%	32%	29%	77%	0%	52%	79%	72%	1%	1	1	29%	28	19	1	31%	5	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				386	1432	3.71	926	65%	24%	16%	30%	31%	76%	2%	49%	80%	61%	4%	17	11	25%	98	61	7	23%	13	4	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.75		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	59%	5%			22%				26%

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
2003	22	COL	NL	196	48	2	0	11	0	3	8	3	7	4	6	2	2	33%	1	0	0	69	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	23	COL	NL	37	7	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	100%	1	0	0	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	24	COL	NL	56	16	1	1	3	0	1	0	3	2	1	2	1	0	50%	1	1	0	30	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

2007	26	LAD	NL	97	18	1	0	3	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	0	50%	0	0	1	40	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4 Yrs				386	89	5	1	19	1	6	9	10	12	7	11	5	2	45%	3	1	1	148	7	0	100%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
MLB Averages																		53%							71%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2003	22	3	3	.500	6.02	9	8	1	0	43.1	48	30	29	11	20	1	29	4	0	196	83	1.569	10.0	2.3	4.2	6.0	1.45	83
2004	23	3	3	.500	5.64	19	8	6	1	52.2	55	34	33	13	21	1	40	4	0	233	89	1.443	9.4	2.2	3.6	6.8	1.90	89
2005	24	4	3	.571	5.80	29	8	15	4	63.2	71	42	41	16	26	2	44	5	1	289	86	1.524	10.0	2.3	3.7	6.2	1.69	86
2006	25	4	3	.571	5.80	29	8	15	4	63.2	71	42	41	16	26	2	44	5	1	289	86	1.524	10.0	2.3	3.7	6.2	1.69	86
2007	26	4	4	.500	5.40	50	8	21	4	88.1	89	54	53	19	34	2	60	6	1	386	90	1.392	9.1	1.9	3.5	6.1	1.76	90

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2003	22	2	2	.500	4.91	44.0	43	27	24	10	18	29	4	1.386	8.8	3.7	5.9	1.61	2.0	9
2004	23	1	0	1.000	3.60	10.0	7	4	4	2	1	11	0	0.800	6.3	0.9	9.9	11.00	1.8	10
2005	24	0	1	.000	5.25	12.0	15	8	7	3	5	4	1	1.667	11.3	3.8	3.0	0.80	2.3	10

2007	26	1	1	.500	4.13	24.0	17	12	11	3	8	15	1	1.042	6.4	3.0	5.6	1.88	1.1	21
4 Yrs		4	4	.500	4.60	90.0	82	51	46	18	32	59	6	1.267	8.2		5.9	1.84	1.8	50

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