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José Valverde

Jose Rafael Valverde (Papa Grande)

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, D.R.
High School:
Signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks as an amateur free agent in 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 1, 2003
Teams (by GP): Diamondbacks/Tigers/Astros 2003-2012
2013 Contract Status: Free Agent (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 9.090, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Bill Rego [*]
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Fine Details · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 1:17PM

All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #831. Frank Foreman… #832. Ed Seward… #833. Rafael Betancourt… #834. JOSE VALVERDE… #835. Jim Konstanty… #836. Ray Burris… #837. Pat Jarvis…

All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #831. Frank Foreman… #832. Ed Seward… #833. Rafael Betancourt… #834. JOSE VALVERDE… #835. Jim Konstanty… #836. Ray Burris… #837. Pat Jarvis…

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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	112	1.246	7.7	0.4	3.5	6.3	1.78
10 Yrs				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
162 Game Avg.				3	4	.456	3.11	68	0	57	0	0	32	69	52	26	24	7	29	3	76	3	0	3	287	141	1.179	6.8	0.9	3.8	9.9	2.62

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 (3 yrs)				7	12	.368	3.00	206	0	192	0	0	110	204.1	152	79	68	13	93	10	180	10	1	7	854	140	1.199	6.7	0.6	4.1	7.9	1.94
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 (3 yrs)				7	12	.368	3.00	206	0	192	0	0	110	204.1	152	79	68	13	93	10	180	10	1	7	854	140	1.199	6.7	0.6	4.1	7.9	1.94

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	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	1.5	16	.520	.507	$
2004	26	ARI	NL	29.2	29	0	17	5.16	4.80	-0.03	-0.35	108.5	4.85	-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	4.46	-0.06	-0.34	103.9	4.35	13	1.4	1.3	0.1	2.0	19	.522	.508	$335,000
2006	28	ARI	NL	49.1	44	0	32	5.84	4.86	-0.01	-0.36	106.5	4.80	-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	18	.519	.507	$2,000,000	AS,CYA-6,MVP-14
2008	30	HOU	NL	72.0	74	0	28	3.50	4.67	0.07	-0.34	97.7	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	1.6	15	.521	.507	$8,000,000
2010	32	DET	AL	63.0	60	0	24	3.43	4.54	0.11	-0.35	101.6	4.14	5	0.5	1.3	-0.1	1.0	12	.508	.503	$6,886,052	AS
2011	33	DET	AL	72.1	75	0	21	2.61	4.39	0.09	-0.33	100.3	3.98	11	1.1	1.6	0.1	2.0	19	.515	.507	$7,000,000	AS,CYA-5
2012	34	DET	AL	69.0	71	0	34	4.43	4.48	-0.21	-0.33	103.5	4.51	0	0.0	1.4	-0.2	0.5	8	.500	.500	$9,000,000
10 Seasons				590.1	585	0	227	3.46	4.59	0.01	-0.34	103.3	4.39	60	6.3	1.5	0.3	11.7	122	.511	.504	$38,600,052

ARI (5 yrs)				260.0	253	0	105	3.63	4.67	-0.00	-0.34	107.0	4.63	29	3.0	1.6	0.3	5.4	55	.512	.504	$3,014,000
DET (3 yrs)				204.1	206	0	79	3.48	4.46	-0.01	-0.34	101.8	4.21	16	1.7	1.4	-0.1	3.5	40	.508	.503	$22,886,052
HOU (2 yrs)				126.0	126	0	43	3.07	4.64	0.04	-0.34	97.9	4.18	16	1.7	1.5	0.2	2.8	28	.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

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1999	21	ARI-min	A,Rk	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SBN,DBK · MIDW,ARIZ
2000	22	ARI-min	Rk,A	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		MSO,SBN · PION,MIDW
2001	23	ARI-min	AA	39	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		ELP · TL
2002	24	ARI-min	AAA	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TUC · PCL
2003	25	ARI-min	AAA	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TUC · PCL
2003	25	ARI	NL	54	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	633	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
2004	26	ARI-min	AAA	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TUC · PCL
2004	26	ARI	NL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	27	ARI-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TUC · PCL
2005	27	ARI	NL	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2006	28	ARI-min	AAA	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TUC · PCL
2006	28	ARI	NL	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2007	29	ARI	NL	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS,CYA-6,MVP-14
2008	30	HOU	NL	74	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	MVP-24
2009	31	HOU-min	AA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CPC · TL
2009	31	HOU	NL	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	32	DET	AL	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS
2011	33	DET	AL	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS,CYA-5
2012	34	DET	AL	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
10 Yrs				585	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	276	2	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	276	1	0	0	0	0	0

ARI (5 yrs)				253	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	633	2	0	0	0	0	0
DET (3 yrs)				206	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
HOU (2 yrs)				126	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (7 yrs)				379	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	276	2	0	0	0	0	0
AL (3 yrs)				206	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2003	25	ARI	NL	54	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
2004	26	ARI	NL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$320,000	1
2005	27	ARI	NL	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$335,000	1
2006	28	ARI	NL	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$359,000	1
2007	29	ARI	NL	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$2,000,000	1	AS,CYA-6,MVP-14
2008	30	HOU	NL	74	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$4,700,000	1	MVP-24
2009	31	HOU	NL	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$8,000,000	1
2010	32	DET	AL	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$6,886,052	1	AS
2011	33	DET	AL	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$7,000,000	1	AS,CYA-5
2012	34	DET	AL	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$9,000,000	1
10 Seasons				585	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$38,600,052

ARI (5 yrs)				253	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$3,014,000
DET (3 yrs)				206	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$22,886,052
HOU (2 yrs)				126	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$12,700,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2007	29	ARI	NL	NLDS	CHC	W	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	29	ARI	NL	NLCS	COL	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2011	33	DET	AL	ALDS	NYY	W	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	33	DET	AL	ALCS	TEX	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	34	DET	AL	ALDS	OAK	W	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	34	DET	AL	ALCS	NYY	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	34	DET	AL	WS	SFG	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs (7 Series)							14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 ALDS							5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 ALCS							4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
2003	ARI	NL	25	P	54	50.1	4	3	1	0	0	1.000	-1	-4	0.72	0.07	.958	1.84	1.83	6	0	0%	31%	0
2004	ARI	NL	26	P	29	29.2	8	4	2	2	0	.750	-1	-7	1.82	0.21	.965	1.85	1.82	0	0			0
2005	ARI	NL	27	P	61	66.1	10	3	7	0	0	1.000	1	3	1.36	0.16	.960	1.75	1.73	1	1	50%	29%	1
2006	ARI	NL	28	P	44	49.1	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	-1	-4	0.36	0.05	.960	1.71	1.71	1	0	0%	28%	0
2007	ARI	NL	29	P	65	64.1	7	5	2	0	0	1.000	0	0	0.98	0.11	.966	1.68	1.67	4	2	33%	25%	0	AS,CYA-6,MVP-14
2008	HOU	NL	30	P	74	72.0	10	6	3	1	0	.900	-2	-6	1.12	0.12	.959	1.72	1.72	8	0	0%	27%	0	MVP-24
2009	HOU	NL	31	P	52	54.0	3	1	1	1	0	.667	-2	-7	0.33	0.04	.953	1.72	1.70	5	3	38%	29%	0
2010	DET	AL	32	P	60	63.0	8	4	4	0	2	1.000	-1	-3	1.14	0.13	.952	1.63	1.61	3	1	25%	26%	0	AS
2011	DET	AL	33	P	75	72.1	7	3	3	1	0	.857	-3	-8	0.75	0.08	.949	1.61	1.59	9	3	25%	28%	0	AS,CYA-5
2012	DET	AL	34	P	71	69.0	5	4	0	1	0	.800	-5	-14	0.52	0.06	.954	1.57	1.56	12	1	8%	25%	0
	10 Seasons			P	585	590.1	64	34	24	6	2	.906	-15	-5	0.88	0.10	.958	1.69	1.68	49	11	18%	27%	1
	10 Seasons			TOT	585	590.1	64	34	24	6	2	.906	-15	-30	0.88	0.10	.958	1.69	1.68	49	11	18%	27%	1

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 585 (23rd) Career 585 (211th)	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 277 (6th) Career 277 (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 489 (4th) Career 489 (38th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y Active 79 (39th)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y Active 7.9 (40th)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y Active 87.31 (37th) Career 87.31 (172nd)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2003 NL 3.3 (8th) 2011 AL 4.1 (6th) Active 16.2 (16th) Career 16.2 (91st)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y Active 7.8 (41st) Career 7.8 (208th)
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y Active 8.7 (38th) Career 8.7 (186th)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 2011 AL 75 (1st) Active 585 (23rd)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 Ink	Pitching - 10 (243), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 16 (1216), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 57 (226), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 14 (556), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (142nd), 11.8 career WAR/11.6 7yr-peak WAR/11.7 JAWS Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 37.9 career WAR/26.7 7yr-peak WAR/32.3 JAWS

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Transactions

February 6, 1997: Signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks as an amateur free agent.
December 14, 2007: Traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Houston Astros for Chris Burke, Juan Gutierrez and Chad Qualls.
November 9, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
January 19, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
October 29, 2012: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2004	26	Arizona Diamondbacks	$320,000	4/7/04 AP
2005	27	Arizona Diamondbacks	$335,000
2006	28	Arizona Diamondbacks	$359,000
2007	29	Arizona Diamondbacks	$2,000,000
2008	30	Houston Astros	$4,700,000
2009	31	Houston Astros	$8,000,000
2010	32	Detroit Tigers	$6,886,052
2011	33	Detroit Tigers	$7,000,000
2012	34	Detroit Tigers	$9,000,000	contracts
2013 Status		Signed thru 2012, Earliest Free Agent: 2013
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$38,600,052

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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