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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
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 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 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 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 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 1 294 112 1.246 7.7 0.4 3.5 6.3 1.78
2013 35 DET AL 0 1 .000 3.93 19 0 17 0 0 9 18.1 13 8 8 5 6 0 18 2 0 0 76 108 1.036 6.4 2.5 2.9 8.8 3.00
11 Yrs 26 32 .448 3.13 604 0 506 0 0 286 608.2 461 235 212 62 254 28 668 26 3 23 2543 140 1.175 6.8 0.9 3.8 9.9 2.63
162 Game Avg. 3 4 .448 3.13 68 0 57 0 0 32 69 52 26 24 7 29 3 75 3 0 3 286 140 1.175 6.8 0.9 3.8 9.9 2.63
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 13 .350 3.07 225 0 209 0 0 119 222.2 165 87 76 18 99 10 198 12 1 7 930 137 1.186 6.7 0.7 4.0 8.0 2.00
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 13 .350 3.07 225 0 209 0 0 119 222.2 165 87 76 18 99 10 198 12 1 7 930 137 1.186 6.7 0.7 4.0 8.0 2.00

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 18.1 19 0 8 3.93 4.45 -0.06 -0.33 104.2 4.35 1 0.1 1.7 -0.0 0.2 3 .503 .500
11 Seasons 608.2 604 0 235 3.47 4.58 0.00 -0.34 103.3 4.38 60 6.3 1.5 0.3 12.4 118 .510 .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 .505 $3,014,000
DET (4 yrs) 222.2 225 0 87 3.52 4.46 -0.01 -0.34 101.3 4.19 15 1.6 1.4 -0.2 3.8 39 .507 .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 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 SO/BB
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 PAu 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 19 76 68 8 13 0 0 5 4 0 6 18 .191 .276 .412 .688 .178 28 1 2 0 0 0 1
11 Yrs 604 2543 2235 235 461 82 10 62 53 11 254 668 .206 .293 .335 .628 .262 749 30 26 12 16 28 25
162 Game Avg. 68 286 252 26 52 9 1 7 6 1 29 75 .206 .293 .335 .628 .262 84 3 3 1 2 3 3
MLB Averages .262 .330 .416 .745 .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 0.9 0.1 81 -0.2 3.0 -3.2 2.13 0.1 -0.2 1.5 0.2 2.13 0.6 10 3 6
11 Yrs 80.0 8.0 2686 16.0 75.8 -59.8 1.59 7.9 2.2 88.6 8.8 1.58 81.1 292 115 184

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
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 19 19 17 0 1 12 9 3 75% 12 0 3 1 33% 9 2.134 10 3 6 18 0 1 2 17 0 2 0 6 2.9 17
11 Yrs 604 604 506 26 32 324 286 38 88% 346 22 130 35 27% 1.583 292 115 184 453 55 96 78 526 55 63 57 179 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 76 42% 6.6% 23.7% 7.9% 6.6% 39% 0.72 0.85 59% 12% 22.7% 24% 14 1 7%
11 Yrs 2543 50% 2.4% 26.3% 10.0% 6.1% 33% 0.64 0.79 60% 17% 7.8% 17% 458 30 7%
MLB Averages 45% 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 76 316 4.16 205 65% 24% 14% 38% 24% 76% 0% 49% 82% 54% 7% 5 4 24% 18 12 2 28% 2 1 0 0 0
11 Yrs 2548 10301 4.04 6647 65% 26% 20% 29% 24% 74% 3% 48% 72% 59% 6% 156 82 32% 803 503 44 16% 140 47 -5 0 0
MLB Averages 3.78 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 46% 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 76 13 1 0 5 0 0 2 3 2 3 2 0 0 0% 1 0 0 34 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 2543 461 41 6 62 1 77 28 34 32 30 135 58 22 43% 25 23 11 958 53 11 83% 48 8 5 2 0 1 1 1 66 0
MLB Averages 53% 72%

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+
2003 25 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 2.73 219
2004 26 3 3 .500 2.93 83 0 53 0 0 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 0 87 0 0 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 0 122 0 0 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 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 2.98 141
2008 30 15 17 .469 3.31 327 0 252 0 0 142 332.0 256 133 122 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 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 3.03 142
2010 32 21 23 .477 3.15 439 0 352 0 0 193 449.0 337 172 157 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 0 422 0 0 242 521.1 389 193 175 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 0 489 0 0 277 590.1 448 227 204 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 32 .448 3.13 604 0 506 0 0 286 608.2 461 235 212 62 254 28 668 26 3 23 2543 140 1.175 6.8 0.9 3.8 9.9 2.63 140

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
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 1 1 .500 4.50 18.0 14 10 9 5 6 18 2 1.111 7.0 3.0 9.0 3.00 2.5 19
11 Yrs 41 21 .661 3.07 603.0 456 228 206 62 251 664 26 1.172 6.8 9.9 2.65 0.9 604



* - Disclaimer & Completeness Note

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1945 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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  604 (16th)
Career  604 (191st)

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  286 (4th)
Career  286 (27th)

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  506 (2nd)
Career  506 (35th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
Active  80 (35th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
Active  8.0 (36th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
Active  88.56 (35th)
Career  88.56 (170th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2003 NL  3.3 (8th)
2011 AL  4.1 (6th)
Active  16.0 (18th)
Career  16.0 (93rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
Active  7.9 (39th)
Career  7.9 (199th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
Active  8.8 (36th)
Career  8.8 (181st)

                                         

† 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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 10 (245), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 16 (1225), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 57 (228), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (559), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Relief Pitcher (152nd), 12.8 career WAR/12.1 7yr-peak WAR/12.4 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/28.2 7yr-peak WAR/34.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Brad Lidge (948)
  2. Rod Beck (941)
  3. Todd Worrell (939)
  4. J.J. Putz (931)
  5. Troy Percival (927)
  6. Robb Nen (923)
  7. Bobby Thigpen (923)
  8. Armando Benitez (923)
  9. Francisco Rodriguez (922)
  10. Ugueth Urbina (922)
Similar Pitchers through 34 
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  1. Troy Percival (967)
  2. Francisco Cordero (962)
  3. Brad Lidge (956)
  4. Rod Beck (946)
  5. Roberto Hernandez (945)
  6. Jeff Montgomery (929)
  7. Tom Henke (928)
  8. Armando Benitez (925)
  9. Heath Bell (918)
  10. Keith Foulke (917)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Greg McMichael (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Francisco Cordero (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mike Schooler (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Francisco Cordero (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Brad Lidge (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Francisco Cordero (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Troy Percival (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Troy Percival (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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