Jose Valverde Pitching Statistics and History

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Jose Valverde \val-VAIR-day\

Jose Rafael Valverde (Papa Grande) (twitter: @PapaGrande46)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 255 lb.

Born: March 24, 1978 in San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic
High School:
Signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks as an amateur free agent in 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 1, 2003 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Diamondbacks/Tigers/Astros 2003-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 1 yr/$2M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 9.090, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Bill Rego [*]
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All-Star

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
1999	21	ARI-min	Rk,A	1	2	.333	3.73	22	0	17	0	0	8	31.1	36	21	13	1	12	0	50	5	2	2	149		1.532	10.3	0.3	3.4	14.4	4.17	DBK,SBN · ARIZ,MIDW
2000	22	ARI-min	A,Rk	1	5	.167	3.95	43	0	32	0	0	18	43.1	34	20	19	1	29	0	63	3	0	10	196		1.454	7.1	0.2	6.0	13.1	2.17	SBN,MSO · MIDW,PION
2001	23	ARI-min	AA	2	2	.500	3.92	39	0	28	0	0	13	41.1	36	19	18	1	27	0	72	4	1	6	193		1.524	7.8	0.2	5.9	15.7	2.67	ELP · TL
2002	24	ARI-min	AAA	2	4	.333	5.85	49	0	24	0	0	5	47.2	45	33	31	8	23	1	65	5	2	4	214		1.427	8.5	1.5	4.3	12.3	2.83	TUC · PCL
2003	25	ARI-min	AAA	1	1	.500	3.10	22	0	14	0	0	5	29.0	26	11	10	1	14	1	26	0	0	3	127		1.379	8.1	0.3	4.3	8.1	1.86	TUC · PCL
2003	25	ARI	NL	2	1	.667	2.15	54	0	33	0	0	10	50.1	24	16	12	4	26	2	71	2	0	2	204	219	0.993	4.3	0.7	4.6	12.7	2.73
2004	26	ARI-min	AAA	1	1	.500	4.22	10	1	4	0	0	3	10.2	9	5	5	0	5	0	5	2	0	1	48		1.312	7.6	0.0	4.2	4.2	1.00	TUC · PCL
2004	26	ARI	NL	1	2	.333	4.25	29	0	20	0	0	8	29.2	23	17	14	7	17	4	38	1	0	4	131	109	1.348	7.0	2.1	5.2	11.5	2.24
2005	27	ARI-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	8		1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	13.5	3.00	TUC · PCL
2005	27	ARI	NL	3	4	.429	2.44	61	0	34	0	0	15	66.1	51	19	18	5	20	1	75	2	0	3	268	181	1.070	6.9	0.7	2.7	10.2	3.75
2006	28	ARI-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	3.06	15	0	9	0	0	3	17.2	13	9	6	1	10	0	18	0	0	1	75		1.302	6.6	0.5	5.1	9.2	1.80	TUC · PCL
2006	28	ARI	NL	2	3	.400	5.84	44	0	35	0	0	18	49.1	50	32	32	6	22	3	69	2	0	2	223	81	1.459	9.1	1.1	4.0	12.6	3.14
2007	29	ARI	NL	1	4	.200	2.66	65	0	59	0	0	47	64.1	46	21	19	7	26	1	78	3	0	1	265	179	1.119	6.4	1.0	3.6	10.9	3.00	AS,CYA-6,MVP-14
2008	30	HOU	NL	6	3	.667	3.38	74	0	71	0	0	44	72.0	62	28	27	10	23	6	83	2	2	3	303	125	1.181	7.8	1.3	2.9	10.4	3.61	MVP-24
2009	31	HOU-min	AA	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	8		1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	CPC · TL
2009	31	HOU	NL	4	2	.667	2.33	52	0	45	0	0	25	54.0	40	15	14	5	21	1	56	2	0	1	219	178	1.130	6.7	0.8	3.5	9.3	2.67
2010	32	DET	AL	2	4	.333	3.00	60	0	55	0	0	26	63.0	41	24	21	5	32	1	63	3	0	3	259	140	1.159	5.9	0.7	4.6	9.0	1.97	AS
2011	33	DET	AL	2	4	.333	2.24	75	0	70	0	0	49	72.1	52	21	18	5	34	4	69	3	1	3	301	185	1.189	6.5	0.6	4.2	8.6	2.03	AS,CYA-5
2012	34	DET	AL	3	4	.429	3.78	71	0	67	0	0	35	69.0	59	34	29	3	27	5	48	4	0	1	294	113	1.246	7.7	0.4	3.5	6.3	1.78
2013	35	DET-min	A+	0	0		0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	10		1.000	3.0	0.0	6.0	12.0	2.00	LAK · FLOR
2013	35	DET	AL	0	0		1.13	8	0	7	0	0	4	8.0	1	1	1	0	4	0	7	0	0	0	29	404	0.625	1.1	0.0	4.5	7.9	1.75
11 Yrs				26	31	.456	3.08	593	0	496	0	0	281	598.1	449	228	205	57	252	28	657	24	3	23	2496	143	1.172	6.8	0.9	3.8	9.9	2.61
162 Game Avg.				3	4	.456	3.08	68	0	57	0	0	32	69	51	26	24	7	29	3	75	3	0	3	286	143	1.172	6.8	0.9	3.8	9.9	2.61

ARI (5 yrs)				9	14	.391	3.29	253	0	181	0	0	98	260.0	194	105	95	29	111	11	331	10	0	12	1091	141	1.173	6.7	1.0	3.8	11.5	2.98
DET (4 yrs)				7	12	.368	2.92	214	0	199	0	0	114	212.1	153	80	69	13	97	10	187	10	1	7	883	144	1.177	6.5	0.6	4.1	7.9	1.93
HOU (2 yrs)				10	5	.667	2.93	126	0	116	0	0	69	126.0	102	43	41	15	44	7	139	4	2	4	522	143	1.159	7.3	1.1	3.1	9.9	3.16

NL (7 yrs)				19	19	.500	3.17	379	0	297	0	0	167	386.0	296	148	136	44	155	18	470	14	2	16	1613	142	1.168	6.9	1.0	3.6	11.0	3.03
AL (4 yrs)				7	12	.368	2.92	214	0	199	0	0	114	212.1	153	80	69	13	97	10	187	10	1	7	883	144	1.177	6.5	0.6	4.1	7.9	1.93

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2003	25	ARI	NL	50.1	54	0	16	2.86	4.61	-0.12	-0.34	109.0	4.78	10	1.1	1.3	0.0	1.6	15	.520	.507
2004	26	ARI	NL	29.2	29	0	17	5.16	4.79	-0.03	-0.35	109.4	4.88	-1	-0.1	1.9	-0.1	0.0	2	.496	.499	$320,000
2005	27	ARI	NL	66.1	61	0	19	2.58	4.45	-0.06	-0.34	105.1	4.39	13	1.4	1.3	0.1	2.0	19	.523	.509	$335,000
2006	28	ARI	NL	49.1	44	0	32	5.84	4.86	-0.01	-0.36	106.6	4.81	-6	-0.5	1.4	-0.2	-0.3	-1	.488	.497	$359,000
2007	29	ARI	NL	64.1	65	0	21	2.94	4.74	0.17	-0.34	108.2	4.57	12	1.2	2.0	0.5	2.2	17	.519	.507	$2,000,000	AS,CYA-6,MVP-14
2008	30	HOU	NL	72.0	74	0	28	3.50	4.65	0.07	-0.34	98.2	4.16	6	0.6	1.5	0.0	1.2	12	.508	.504	$4,700,000	MVP-24
2009	31	HOU	NL	54.0	52	0	15	2.50	4.60	-0.01	-0.34	98.2	4.19	10	1.1	1.5	0.1	1.7	15	.520	.507	$8,000,000
2010	32	DET	AL	63.0	60	0	24	3.43	4.52	0.11	-0.35	101.5	4.13	4	0.5	1.3	-0.1	1.0	11	.508	.503	$6,886,052	AS
2011	33	DET	AL	72.1	75	0	21	2.61	4.39	0.09	-0.34	99.2	3.94	10	1.1	1.6	0.1	2.0	18	.515	.507	$7,000,000	AS,CYA-5
2012	34	DET	AL	69.0	71	0	34	4.43	4.47	-0.21	-0.33	102.5	4.46	0	0.0	1.4	-0.2	0.6	7	.500	.500	$9,000,000
2013	35	DET	AL	8.0	8	0	1	1.13	4.23	-0.15	-0.31	108.5	4.41	3	0.3	1.7	0.1	0.5	4	.538	.502
11 Seasons				598.1	593	0	228	3.43	4.58	0.00	-0.34	103.3	4.38	63	6.6	1.5	0.4	12.6	119	.511	.504	$38,600,052

ARI (5 yrs)				260.0	253	0	105	3.63	4.67	-0.00	-0.34	107.4	4.65	29	3.0	1.6	0.3	5.6	52	.512	.504	$3,014,000
DET (4 yrs)				212.1	214	0	80	3.39	4.45	-0.01	-0.34	101.3	4.18	18	1.9	1.4	-0.0	4.1	40	.509	.503	$22,886,052
HOU (2 yrs)				126.0	126	0	43	3.07	4.63	0.04	-0.34	98.2	4.18	16	1.6	1.5	0.2	2.9	26	.513	.505	$12,700,000

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
2007	29	ARI	NL	NLDS	W	CHC	0	0		0.00	3	0	3	0	0	1	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	12	0.667	3.0	0.0	3.0	18.0	6.00
2007	29	ARI	NL	NLCS	L	COL	0	1	.000	5.40	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	9	2.400	5.4	0.0	16.2	10.8	0.67

2011	33	DET	AL	ALDS	W	NYY	0	0		6.00	3	0	3	0	0	2	3.0	2	2	2	1	4	0	3	0	0	0	15	2.000	6.0	3.0	12.0	9.0	0.75
2011	33	DET	AL	ALCS	L	TEX	0	1	.000	8.31	3	0	1	0	0	1	4.1	5	4	4	1	2	2	3	1	0	0	20	1.615	10.4	2.1	4.2	6.2	1.50
2012	34	DET	AL	ALDS	W	OAK	0	1	.000	16.20	2	0	2	0	0	1	1.2	4	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	2.400	21.6	0.0	0.0	16.2
2012	34	DET	AL	ALCS	W	NYY	0	0		54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	3	4	4	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	6	6.000	40.5	27.0	13.5	27.0	2.00
2012	34	DET	AL	WS	L	SFG	0	0		54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	12.000	108.0	0.0	0.0	27.0
3 Yrs (7 Series)							0	3	.000	9.82	14	0	9	0	0	5	14.2	20	16	16	4	11	2	20	1	0	0	76	2.114	12.3	2.5	6.8	12.3	1.82
2 ALDS							0	1	.000	9.64	5	0	5	0	0	3	4.2	6	5	5	1	4	0	6	0	0	0	24	2.143	11.6	1.9	7.7	11.6	1.50
1 NLDS							0	0		0.00	3	0	3	0	0	1	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	12	0.667	3.0	0.0	3.0	18.0	6.00
2 ALCS							0	1	.000	14.40	4	0	1	0	0	1	5.0	8	8	8	3	3	2	5	1	0	0	26	2.200	14.4	5.4	5.4	9.0	1.67
1 NLCS							0	1	.000	5.40	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	9	2.400	5.4	0.0	16.2	10.8	0.67
1 WS							0	0		54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	12.000	108.0	0.0	0.0	27.0

All-Star Pitching

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	W	L	ERA	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
2007	ARI	NL	29

2010	DET	AL	32	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	27.0
2011	DET	AL	33

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	25	ARI	NL	54	204	175	16	24	5	0	4	6	0	26	71	.137	.255	.234	.489	.198	41	1	2	0	1	2	3
2004	26	ARI	NL	29	131	108	17	23	6	0	7	0	0	17	38	.213	.320	.463	.783	.246	50	2	1	3	2	4	2
2005	27	ARI	NL	61	268	242	19	51	6	0	5	1	1	20	75	.211	.275	.298	.573	.282	72	3	2	3	1	1	0
2006	28	ARI	NL	44	223	195	32	50	9	1	6	1	0	22	69	.256	.333	.405	.738	.358	79	0	2	1	3	3	2
2007	29	ARI	NL	65	265	235	21	46	8	1	7	4	2	26	78	.196	.283	.328	.611	.258	77	5	3	0	1	1	5
2008	30	HOU	NL	74	303	276	28	62	12	3	10	8	0	23	83	.225	.287	.399	.686	.281	110	0	2	0	2	6	0
2009	31	HOU	NL	52	219	193	15	40	8	1	5	5	3	21	56	.207	.289	.337	.626	.261	65	3	2	1	2	1	2
2010	32	DET	AL	60	259	223	24	41	7	1	5	3	1	32	63	.184	.293	.291	.585	.231	65	8	3	0	1	1	3
2011	33	DET	AL	75	301	262	21	52	7	0	5	9	3	34	69	.198	.298	.282	.580	.250	74	4	3	2	0	4	4
2012	34	DET	AL	71	294	258	34	59	14	3	3	12	1	27	48	.229	.308	.341	.649	.267	88	3	4	2	3	5	3
2013	35	DET	AL	8	29	25	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	.040	.172	.040	.212	.056	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
11 Yrs				593	2496	2192	228	449	82	10	57	50	11	252	657	.205	.292	.329	.621	.262	722	29	24	12	16	28	24
162 Game Avg.				68	286	251	26	51	9	1	7	6	1	29	75	.205	.292	.329	.621	.262	83	3	3	1	2	3	3
MLB Averages																.262	.330	.416	.746	.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	25	ARI	NL	11.8	1.2	213	3.3	5.1	-1.8	1.09	1.7	1.4	17.2	1.7	1.09	16.8	19	8	26
2004	26	ARI	NL	0.4	0.0	135	0.2	3.4	-3.1	1.58	-0.1	0.2	-3.4	-0.3	1.58	-2.9	16	4	8
2005	27	ARI	NL	14.2	1.4	277	1.7	6.2	-4.5	1.26	1.0	0.4	15.2	1.5	1.26	14.0	26	10	21
2006	28	ARI	NL	-4.5	-0.4	228	-0.3	5.5	-5.8	1.44	-0.0	-0.2	-4.0	-0.4	1.44	-2.0	19	9	15
2007	29	ARI	NL	13.9	1.4	274	2.4	11.0	-8.6	2.11	1.0	0.2	15.4	1.5	2.11	13.3	44	11	9
2008	30	HOU	NL	7.6	0.8	318	1.1	8.4	-7.2	1.53	0.6	0.1	5.8	0.6	1.53	4.9	33	22	18
2009	31	HOU	NL	11.1	1.1	229	1.7	7.0	-5.3	1.63	0.7	0.4	14.0	1.4	1.63	8.3	24	11	14
2010	32	DET	AL	7.7	0.8	275	1.4	6.9	-5.6	1.41	1.0	-0.1	7.6	0.8	1.41	9.4	26	11	23
2011	33	DET	AL	14.5	1.5	334	4.1	10.9	-6.8	1.76	1.2	1.2	16.9	1.7	1.76	13.3	42	15	17
2012	34	DET	AL	2.2	0.2	322	0.5	8.4	-7.8	1.70	0.8	-0.5	2.3	0.2	1.70	5.5	33	11	27
2013	35	DET	AL	2.9	0.3	30	0.4	1.2	-0.8	2.28	0.4	-0.2	4.1	0.4	2.28	4.5	4	2	2
11 Yrs				82.0	8.2	2635	16.6	73.9	-57.3	1.58	8.2	2.3	91.1	9.0	1.58	85.0	286	114	180

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	25	ARI	NL	54	54	33	2	1	11	10	1	91%	19	8	27	5	19%	8	1.089	19	8	26	26	5	23	16	38	6	14	7	17	2.8	16
2004	26	ARI	NL	29	29	20	1	2	10	8	2	80%	15	5	18	9	50%	9	1.579	16	4	8	19	6	4	9	20	6	5	7	8	3.1	18
2005	27	ARI	NL	61	61	34	3	4	17	15	2	88%	24	7	22	7	32%	8	1.262	26	10	21	32	10	19	14	47	13	7	13	17	3.3	18
2006	28	ARI	NL	44	44	35	2	3	22	18	4	82%	23	1	7	1	14%	9	1.442	19	9	15	28	4	12	4	40	8	3	8	5	3.4	21
2007	29	ARI	NL	65	65	59	1	4	54	47	7	87%	54	0	7	2	29%	9	2.114	44	11	9	59	1	5	4	61	3	5	3	20	3.0	16
2008	30	HOU	NL	74	74	71	6	3	51	44	7	86%	51	0	16	6	38%	9	1.535	33	22	18	60	5	9	10	64	6	10	6	22	2.9	17
2009	31	HOU	NL	52	52	45	4	2	29	25	4	86%	30	1	11	0	0%	9	1.628	24	11	14	36	5	11	7	45	6	2	6	16	3.1	17
2010	32	DET	AL	60	60	55	2	4	29	26	3	90%	29	0	9	2	22%	9	1.410	26	11	23	49	7	4	7	53	7	4	7	14	3.2	17
2011	33	DET	AL	75	75	70	2	4	49	49	0	100%	49	0	6	0	0%	9	1.757	42	15	17	63	8	4	3	72	0	6	0	23	2.9	16
2012	34	DET	AL	71	71	67	3	4	40	35	5	88%	40	0	4	2	50%	9	1.700	33	11	27	63	4	4	2	69	0	5	0	31	2.9	16
2013	35	DET	AL	8	8	7	0	0	5	4	1	80%	5	0	2	0	0%	9	2.282	4	2	2	7	0	1	1	7	0	0	0	1	3.0	15
11 Yrs				593	593	496	26	31	317	281	36	89%	339	22	129	34	26%		1.575	286	114	180	442	55	96	77	516	55	61	57	174	3.0	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	25	ARI	NL	204	58%	2.0%	34.8%	12.8%	4.4%	38%	0.54	0.56	50%	13%	7.3%	19%	28	1	4%
2004	26	ARI	NL	131	56%	5.3%	29.0%	13.0%	9.9%	57%	0.47	0.86	50%	23%	16.7%	14%	23	2	9%
2005	27	ARI	NL	268	57%	1.9%	28.0%	7.5%	4.1%	22%	0.56	0.75	61%	20%	5.3%	12%	60	3	5%
2006	28	ARI	NL	223	49%	2.7%	30.9%	9.9%	7.2%	32%	0.52	0.65	55%	22%	8.5%	15%	58	0	0%
2007	29	ARI	NL	265	47%	2.6%	29.4%	9.8%	6.0%	35%	0.59	0.74	57%	18%	8.8%	18%	41	5	12%
2008	30	HOU	NL	303	54%	3.3%	27.4%	7.6%	8.3%	40%	0.64	0.70	61%	15%	10.1%	16%	44	0	0%
2009	31	HOU	NL	219	53%	2.3%	25.6%	9.6%	6.4%	35%	0.66	0.75	61%	13%	7.5%	19%	43	3	7%
2010	32	DET	AL	259	47%	1.9%	24.3%	12.4%	5.0%	32%	1.19	1.72	60%	17%	8.1%	15%	53	8	15%
2011	33	DET	AL	301	41%	1.7%	22.9%	11.3%	4.0%	23%	0.75	0.87	62%	13%	5.8%	22%	49	4	8%
2012	34	DET	AL	294	43%	1.0%	16.3%	9.2%	6.8%	34%	0.52	0.60	71%	18%	2.7%	18%	45	3	7%
2013	35	DET	AL	29	45%	0.0%	24.1%	13.8%	0.0%	0%	0.80	0.89	62%	22%	0.0%	20%	4	0	0%
11 Yrs				2496	50%	2.3%	26.3%	10.1%	6.0%	33%	0.64	0.79	60%	17%	7.3%	17%	448	29	6%
MLB Averages					46%	2.7%	17.7%	8.4%	7.9%	34%	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.7%	12%			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	25	ARI	NL	204	857	4.20	545	64%	27%	27%	27%	19%	73%	3%	47%	63%	59%	4%	9	5	31%	63	38	3	21%	12	2	0	0	0
2004	26	ARI	NL	131	527	4.02	325	62%	24%	24%	30%	23%	76%	7%	47%	69%	58%	6%	8	3	27%	36	21	2	5%	5	1	0	0	0
2005	27	ARI	NL	268	1094	4.08	725	66%	25%	21%	30%	24%	75%	1%	50%	72%	58%	5%	13	8	32%	86	57	4	15%	18	4	0	0	0
2006	28	ARI	NL	223	924	4.14	619	67%	24%	23%	32%	21%	76%	4%	51%	69%	64%	6%	13	7	36%	81	44	4	13%	18	3	0	0	0
2007	29	ARI	NL	266	1067	4.01	702	66%	27%	20%	30%	23%	73%	1%	48%	72%	65%	6%	15	9	36%	96	59	8	21%	18	5	-1	0	0
2008	30	HOU	NL	303	1242	4.10	831	67%	21%	24%	31%	23%	79%	5%	53%	69%	61%	8%	24	12	40%	120	77	5	8%	19	6	0	0	0
2009	31	HOU	NL	220	890	4.05	588	66%	27%	21%	28%	24%	73%	1%	48%	71%	58%	5%	11	6	37%	81	60	2	21%	11	4	-1	0	0
2010	32	DET	AL	260	1035	3.98	636	61%	33%	17%	25%	25%	67%	1%	41%	74%	53%	8%	21	11	24%	63	43	3	14%	13	9	-1	0	0
2011	33	DET	AL	302	1209	4.00	748	62%	26%	19%	29%	26%	74%	3%	46%	75%	61%	6%	18	10	30%	92	55	6	22%	15	4	-1	0	0
2012	34	DET	AL	295	1140	3.86	723	63%	28%	12%	29%	30%	72%	4%	45%	83%	57%	6%	19	7	23%	67	37	5	17%	9	8	-1	0	0
2013	35	DET	AL	29	118	4.07	76	64%	30%	9%	37%	24%	70%	0%	45%	87%	52%	7%	2	1	24%	7	5	0	43%	2	1	0	0	0
11 Yrs				2501	10103	4.04	6518	65%	26%	21%	29%	24%	74%	3%	48%	72%	59%	6%	153	79	32%	792	496	42	16%	140	47	-5	0	0
MLB Averages						3.78		63%	28%	15%	27%	31%	72%	2%	45%	80%	59%	5%			22%				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
2003	25	ARI	NL	204	24	2	0	4	0	15	2	2	1	3	15	4	4	27%	3	2	2	66	6	0	100%	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
2004	26	ARI	NL	131	23	1	0	7	0	9	6	1	4	3	15	8	1	53%	2	4	0	38	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
2005	27	ARI	NL	268	51	2	0	5	0	7	3	2	4	1	11	4	2	36%	0	3	3	120	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	0
2006	28	ARI	NL	223	50	2	1	6	0	9	1	5	4	2	13	7	2	54%	2	2	1	100	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
2007	29	ARI	NL	265	46	4	0	7	0	4	3	4	4	3	5	2	1	40%	5	1	0	94	4	2	67%	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
2008	30	HOU	NL	303	62	7	1	10	0	2	6	4	5	5	8	4	3	50%	0	3	1	111	8	0	100%	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
2009	31	HOU	NL	219	40	4	0	5	0	5	3	2	3	2	7	5	1	71%	2	1	0	91	5	3	63%	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0
2010	32	DET	AL	259	41	6	0	5	1	6	0	5	2	3	20	9	3	45%	3	3	1	87	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
2011	33	DET	AL	301	52	7	1	5	0	9	2	3	2	3	19	4	5	21%	4	3	3	111	9	3	75%	9	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	10	0
2012	34	DET	AL	294	59	5	3	3	0	11	0	3	1	2	20	11	0	55%	3	1	0	106	12	1	92%	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2013	35	DET	AL	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	12	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11 Yrs				2496	449	40	6	57	1	77	26	31	30	27	133	58	22	44%	24	23	11	936	50	11	82%	45	8	5	2	0	1	1	1	66	0
MLB Averages																		53%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	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+
2003	25	2	1	.667	2.15	54	33	10	50.1	24	16	12	4	26	2	71	2	0	2	204	219	0.993	4.3	0.7	4.6	12.7	2.73	219
2004	26	3	3	.500	2.93	83	53	18	80.0	47	33	26	11	43	6	109	3	0	6	335	160	1.125	5.3	1.2	4.8	12.3	2.53	160
2005	27	6	7	.462	2.71	144	87	33	146.1	98	52	44	16	63	7	184	5	0	9	603	168	1.100	6.0	1.0	3.9	11.3	2.92	168
2006	28	8	10	.444	3.50	188	122	51	195.2	148	84	76	22	85	10	253	7	0	11	826	132	1.191	6.8	1.0	3.9	11.6	2.98	132
2007	29	9	14	.391	3.29	253	181	98	260.0	194	105	95	29	111	11	331	10	0	12	1091	141	1.173	6.7	1.0	3.8	11.5	2.98	141
2008	30	15	17	.469	3.31	327	252	142	332.0	256	133	122	39	134	17	414	12	2	15	1394	138	1.175	6.9	1.1	3.6	11.2	3.09	138
2009	31	19	19	.500	3.17	379	297	167	386.0	296	148	136	44	155	18	470	14	2	16	1613	142	1.168	6.9	1.0	3.6	11.0	3.03	142
2010	32	21	23	.477	3.15	439	352	193	449.0	337	172	157	49	187	19	533	17	2	19	1872	142	1.167	6.8	1.0	3.7	10.7	2.85	142
2011	33	23	27	.460	3.02	514	422	242	521.1	389	193	175	54	221	23	602	20	3	22	2173	146	1.170	6.7	0.9	3.8	10.4	2.72	146
2012	34	26	31	.456	3.11	585	489	277	590.1	448	227	204	57	248	28	650	24	3	23	2467	141	1.179	6.8	0.9	3.8	9.9	2.62	141
2013	35	26	31	.456	3.08	593	496	281	598.1	449	228	205	57	252	28	657	24	3	23	2496	143	1.172	6.8	0.9	3.8	9.9	2.61	143

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
2003	25	4	1	.800	1.73	52.0	22	11	10	4	24	73	2	0.885	3.8	4.2	12.6	3.04	0.7	54
2004	26	2	1	.667	3.77	31.0	22	14	13	7	16	39	1	1.226	6.4	4.6	11.3	2.44	2.0	29
2005	27	5	2	.714	2.35	65.0	50	19	17	5	20	74	2	1.077	6.9	2.8	10.2	3.70	0.7	61
2006	28	2	3	.400	4.94	51.0	47	31	28	6	21	71	2	1.333	8.3	3.7	12.5	3.38	1.1	44
2007	29	5	2	.714	2.35	65.0	43	19	17	7	24	79	3	1.031	6.0	3.3	10.9	3.29	1.0	65
2008	30	5	3	.625	3.38	72.0	62	30	27	10	23	83	2	1.181	7.8	2.9	10.4	3.61	1.3	74
2009	31	4	1	.800	2.47	51.0	41	16	14	5	22	53	2	1.235	7.2	3.9	9.4	2.41	0.9	52
2010	32	4	2	.667	3.30	60.0	42	24	22	5	33	60	3	1.250	6.3	5.0	9.0	1.82	0.8	60
2011	33	5	2	.714	2.44	70.0	53	21	19	5	35	67	3	1.257	6.8	4.5	8.6	1.91	0.6	75
2012	34	4	3	.571	3.97	68.0	60	33	30	3	27	47	4	1.279	7.9	3.6	6.2	1.74	0.4	71
2013	35	0	0		0.00	8.0	0	0	0	0	4	7	0	0.500	0.0	4.5	7.9	1.75	0.0	8
11 Yrs		40	20	.667	2.99	593.0	442	218	197	57	249	653	24	1.165	6.7		9.9	2.62	0.9	593

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 2007 2010 * 2011	Awards (yr lg award) 2007 NL Rolaids Relief 2011 AL Rolaids Relief	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2007 NL (14, 4%) 2008 NL (24, 1%) 0.05 Career Shares (1130th)	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2007 NL (6, 1%) 2011 AL (5, 14%) 0.15 Career Shares (174th)
Games Played s c a p y 2011 AL 75 (1st) Active 593 (16th) Career 593 (202nd)	Saves s c a p y 2007 NL 47 (1st) 2008 NL 44 (1st) 2010 AL 26 (9th) 2011 AL 49 (1st) 2012 AL 35 (6th) Active 281 (4th) Career 281 (28th)	Games Finished s c a p y 2007 NL 59 (2nd) 2008 NL 71 (1st) 2010 AL 55 (5th) 2011 AL 70 (1st) 2012 AL 67 (1st) Active 496 (2nd) Career 496 (38th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y Active 82 (33rd)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y Active 8.3 (34th)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y Active 91.15 (33rd) Career 91.15 (165th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2003 NL 3.3 (8th) 2011 AL 4.1 (6th) Active 16.6 (15th) Career 16.6 (87th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y Active 8.2 (36th) Career 8.2 (187th)
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y Active 9.0 (34th) Career 9.0 (177th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Pitching - 10 (246), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 16 (1228), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 57 (228), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 14 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (155th), 12.5 career WAR/12.1 7yr-peak WAR/12.3 JAWS Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

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