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Todd Van Poppel

Todd Matthew Van Poppel

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 9, 1971 in Hinsdale, IL
High School: James W. Martin HS (Arlington, TX)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed July 16, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1991
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Athletics/Rangers/Reds/Pirates/... 1991-2004
Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: October 2, 2004
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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
1991 19 OAK AL 0 0 9.64 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 7 5 5 1 2 0 6 0 0 0 21 43 1.929 13.5 1.9 3.9 11.6 3.00
1993 21 OAK AL 6 6 .500 5.04 16 16 0 0 0 0 84.0 76 50 47 10 62 0 47 2 0 3 380 81 1.643 8.1 1.1 6.6 5.0 0.76
1994 22 OAK AL 7 10 .412 6.09 23 23 0 0 0 0 116.2 108 80 79 20 89 2 83 3 1 3 532 73 1.689 8.3 1.5 6.9 6.4 0.93
1995 23 OAK AL 4 8 .333 4.88 36 14 10 1 0 0 138.1 125 77 75 16 56 1 122 4 0 4 582 88 1.308 8.1 1.0 3.6 7.9 2.18
1996 24 TOT AL 3 9 .250 9.06 37 15 8 1 1 1 99.1 139 107 100 24 62 3 53 3 0 7 491 57 2.023 12.6 2.2 5.6 4.8 0.85
1996 24 OAK AL 1 5 .167 7.71 28 6 8 0 0 1 63.0 86 56 54 13 33 3 37 2 0 4 301 66 1.889 12.3 1.9 4.7 5.3 1.12
1996 24 DET AL 2 4 .333 11.39 9 9 0 1 1 0 36.1 53 51 46 11 29 0 16 1 0 3 190 45 2.257 13.1 2.7 7.2 4.0 0.55
1998 26 TOT MLB 2 4 .333 6.38 22 11 3 0 0 0 66.1 79 52 47 9 28 3 42 1 3 7 303 71 1.613 10.7 1.2 3.8 5.7 1.50
1998 26 TEX AL 1 2 .333 8.84 4 4 0 0 0 0 19.1 26 20 19 5 10 0 10 1 0 2 95 55 1.862 12.1 2.3 4.7 4.7 1.00
1998 26 PIT NL 1 2 .333 5.36 18 7 3 0 0 0 47.0 53 32 28 4 18 3 32 0 3 5 208 82 1.511 10.1 0.8 3.4 6.1 1.78
2000 28 CHC NL 4 5 .444 3.75 51 2 13 0 0 2 86.1 80 38 36 10 48 2 77 2 0 4 378 122 1.483 8.3 1.0 5.0 8.0 1.60
2001 29 CHC NL 4 1 .800 2.52 59 0 18 0 0 0 75.0 63 22 21 9 38 4 90 0 1 5 324 165 1.347 7.6 1.1 4.6 10.8 2.37
2002 30 TEX AL 3 2 .600 5.45 50 0 19 0 0 1 72.2 80 44 44 14 29 1 85 3 0 8 325 87 1.500 9.9 1.7 3.6 10.5 2.93
2003 31 TOT MLB 3 1 .750 5.59 16 5 1 0 0 0 48.1 51 32 30 8 15 2 34 1 1 0 211 79 1.366 9.5 1.5 2.8 6.3 2.27
2003 31 TEX AL 1 0 1.000 8.53 7 1 0 0 0 0 12.2 20 14 12 1 9 2 9 0 0 0 67 60 2.289 14.2 0.7 6.4 6.4 1.00
2003 31 CIN NL 2 1 .667 4.54 9 4 1 0 0 0 35.2 31 18 18 7 6 0 25 1 1 0 144 92 1.037 7.8 1.8 1.5 6.3 4.17
2004 32 CIN NL 4 6 .400 6.09 48 11 12 0 0 0 115.1 136 80 78 22 32 3 72 3 1 6 502 70 1.457 10.6 1.7 2.5 5.6 2.25
11 Yrs 40 52 .435 5.58 359 98 84 2 1 4 907.0 944 587 562 143 461 21 711 22 7 47 4049 80 1.549 9.4 1.4 4.6 7.1 1.54
162 Game Avg. 6 8 .435 5.58 53 15 12 0 0 1 135 140 87 84 21 69 3 106 3 1 7 602 80 1.549 9.4 1.4 4.6 7.1 1.54
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
OAK (5 yrs) 18 29 .383 5.75 104 60 18 1 0 1 406.2 402 268 260 60 242 6 295 11 1 14 1816 77 1.584 8.9 1.3 5.4 6.5 1.22
TEX (3 yrs) 5 4 .556 6.45 61 5 19 0 0 1 104.2 126 78 75 20 48 3 104 4 0 10 487 75 1.662 10.8 1.7 4.1 8.9 2.17
CIN (2 yrs) 6 7 .462 5.72 57 15 13 0 0 0 151.0 167 98 96 29 38 3 97 4 2 6 646 74 1.358 10.0 1.7 2.3 5.8 2.55
CHC (2 yrs) 8 6 .571 3.18 110 2 31 0 0 2 161.1 143 60 57 19 86 6 167 2 1 9 702 138 1.419 8.0 1.1 4.8 9.3 1.94
PIT (1 yr) 1 2 .333 5.36 18 7 3 0 0 0 47.0 53 32 28 4 18 3 32 0 3 5 208 82 1.511 10.1 0.8 3.4 6.1 1.78
DET (1 yr) 2 4 .333 11.39 9 9 0 1 1 0 36.1 53 51 46 11 29 0 16 1 0 3 190 45 2.257 13.1 2.7 7.2 4.0 0.55
AL (8 yrs) 25 37 .403 6.26 174 74 37 2 1 2 547.2 581 397 381 91 319 9 415 16 1 27 2493 73 1.643 9.5 1.5 5.2 6.8 1.30
NL (5 yrs) 15 15 .500 4.53 185 24 47 0 0 2 359.1 363 190 181 52 142 12 296 6 6 20 1556 95 1.405 9.1 1.3 3.6 7.4 2.08

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
1991 19 OAK AL 4.2 1 1 5 9.64 4.73 0.10 0.17 86.0 4.13 -3 -0.2 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .269 .499 $
1993 21 OAK AL 84.0 16 16 50 5.36 4.69 -0.26 0.17 96.3 4.92 -3 -0.3 -0.0 0.4 6 .479 .498 $454,000
1994 22 OAK AL 116.2 23 23 80 6.17 5.19 0.25 0.18 92.5 4.75 -19 -1.6 -0.1 -0.7 -8 .428 .490 $397,000
1995 23 OAK AL 138.1 36 14 77 5.01 5.05 -0.23 -0.01 89.8 4.73 -4 -0.4 .7 -0.1 0.7 11 .489 .498 $397,000
1996 24 OAK AL 63.0 28 6 56 8.00 5.41 -0.35 -0.14 102.0 5.73 -17 -1.5 1.3 -0.2 -1.1 -7 .447 .491 $318,000
1996 24 DET AL 36.1 9 9 51 12.63 5.25 -0.56 0.20 102.8 6.18 -27 -1.9 -0.0 -1.6 -21 .285 .488 $
1998 26 TEX AL 19.1 4 4 20 9.31 4.52 0.14 0.17 100.9 4.59 -10 -0.8 -0.0 -0.6 -8 .302 .495 $
1998 26 PIT NL 47.0 18 7 32 6.13 4.70 -0.09 0.06 107.9 5.24 -5 -0.5 .5 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .474 .497 $300,000
2000 28 CHC NL 86.1 51 2 38 3.96 5.14 0.03 -0.31 100.5 4.81 8 0.8 1.2 -0.1 1.3 17 .515 .505 $
2001 29 CHC NL 75.0 59 0 22 2.64 4.81 -0.07 -0.36 96.6 4.36 14 1.5 1.0 -0.1 1.9 22 .525 .509 $850,000
2002 30 TEX AL 72.2 50 0 44 5.45 4.86 -0.12 -0.37 108.0 4.98 -4 -0.4 .8 -0.1 0.1 5 .492 .497 $2,000,000
2003 31 TEX AL 12.2 7 1 14 9.95 4.98 0.41 -0.19 111.5 4.87 -7 -0.6 .6 0.1 -0.5 -6 .408 .496 $2,500,000
2003 31 CIN NL 35.2 9 4 18 4.54 4.86 0.03 0.01 95.0 4.61 0 0.0 .4 -0.0 0.2 4 .501 .500 $
2004 32 CIN NL 115.1 48 11 80 6.24 4.73 0.04 -0.07 96.3 4.45 -24 -2.3 .9 -0.1 -1.5 -12 .452 .486 $300,000
11 Seasons 907.0 359 98 587 5.82 4.96 -0.08 -0.06 97.6 4.86 -100 -8.4 .9 -1.0 -1.7 3 .477 .496 $7,516,000
OAK (5 yrs) 406.2 104 60 268 5.93 5.07 -0.11 0.06 93.8 4.92 -46 -4.1 1.0 -0.5 -0.9 1 .461 .495 $1,566,000
TEX (3 yrs) 104.2 61 5 78 6.71 4.81 -0.01 -0.25 107.1 4.89 -21 -1.8 .8 -0.1 -1.0 -8 .470 .496 $4,500,000
CIN (2 yrs) 151.0 57 15 98 5.84 4.76 0.04 -0.05 96.0 4.48 -23 -2.3 .8 -0.1 -1.3 -8 .460 .493 $300,000
CHC (2 yrs) 161.1 110 2 60 3.35 4.98 -0.01 -0.33 98.6 4.60 22 2.2 1.1 -0.2 3.2 39 .520 .507 $850,000
PIT (1 yr) 47.0 18 7 32 6.13 4.70 -0.09 0.06 107.9 5.24 -5 -0.5 .5 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .474 .497 $300,000
DET (1 yr) 36.1 9 9 51 12.63 5.25 -0.56 0.20 102.8 6.18 -27 -1.9 -0.0 -1.6 -21 .285 .488 $

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
1991 19 OAK AL 1 21 19 5 7 0 1 1 1 1 2 6 .368 .429 .632 1.060 .500 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 21 OAK AL 16 380 313 50 76 17 2 10 5 5 62 47 .243 .369 .406 .775 .256 127 5 2 1 2 0 2
1994 22 OAK AL 23 532 432 80 108 23 2 20 9 3 89 83 .250 .379 .451 .830 .264 195 10 3 4 4 2 4
1995 23 OAK AL 36 582 513 77 125 27 4 16 12 5 56 122 .244 .320 .405 .725 .286 208 12 4 3 6 1 4
1996 24 DET AL 9 190 157 51 53 12 3 11 7 0 29 16 .338 .439 .662 1.102 .318 104 4 1 1 2 0 2
1996 24 OAK AL 28 301 258 56 86 20 1 13 8 4 33 37 .333 .406 .570 .976 .343 147 4 2 3 5 3 2
1996 24 TOT AL 37 491 415 107 139 32 4 24 15 4 62 53 .335 .419 .605 1.024 .333 251 8 3 4 7 3 4
1998 26 PIT NL 18 208 185 32 53 17 2 4 10 2 18 32 .286 .346 .465 .811 .325 86 2 0 3 2 3 3
1998 26 TEX AL 4 95 83 20 26 3 1 5 2 0 10 10 .313 .389 .554 .944 .304 46 1 1 0 1 0 1
1998 26 TOT MLB 22 303 268 52 79 20 3 9 12 2 28 42 .295 .360 .493 .853 .318 132 3 1 3 3 3 4
2000 28 CHC NL 51 378 321 38 80 13 3 10 16 6 48 77 .249 .348 .402 .749 .295 129 5 2 4 3 2 1
2001 29 CHC NL 59 324 282 22 63 16 2 9 7 2 38 90 .223 .316 .390 .706 .295 110 3 0 4 0 4 2
2002 30 TEX AL 50 325 291 44 80 21 0 14 11 1 29 85 .275 .346 .491 .837 .342 143 2 3 1 1 1 1
2003 31 CIN NL 9 144 136 18 31 3 1 7 3 0 6 25 .228 .266 .419 .685 .231 57 1 1 1 0 0 0
2003 31 TEX AL 7 67 58 14 20 5 2 1 1 0 9 9 .345 .433 .552 .985 .396 32 1 0 0 0 2 2
2003 31 TOT MLB 16 211 194 32 51 8 3 8 4 0 15 34 .263 .319 .459 .778 .283 89 2 1 1 0 2 2
2004 32 CIN NL 48 502 457 80 136 40 3 22 2 2 32 72 .298 .345 .543 .887 .311 248 9 3 6 4 3 4
11 Yrs 359 4049 3505 587 944 217 27 143 94 31 461 711 .269 .355 .469 .824 .299 1644 59 22 31 30 21 28
162 Game Avg. 53 602 522 87 140 32 4 21 14 5 69 106 .269 .355 .469 .824 .299 245 9 3 5 4 3 4
MLB Averages .265 .335 .418 .753 .296
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1991 19 OAK AL -2.8 -0.2 24 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 .88 -0.1 -0.3 -2.9 -0.3 0.88 -1.3 0 0 0
1993 21 OAK AL -8.6 -0.8 394 -0.7 6.2 -6.9 .95 -0.6 -0.1 -8.3 -0.8 0.95 -8.1 0 0 0
1994 22 OAK AL -20.1 -1.8 548 -1.6 8.5 -10.1 .94 -1.4 -0.3 -18.6 -1.7 0.94 -14.6 0 0 0
1995 23 OAK AL -7.5 -0.7 601 -0.3 8.7 -9.0 .85 0.3 -0.6 -1.9 -0.2 0.85 5.9 3 3 14
1996 24 TOT AL -41.9 -3.5 518 -2.9 7.8 -10.7 .99 -3.3 0.3 -42.5 -3.5 0.99 -42.2 6 5 11
1996 24 OAK AL -16.6 -1.5 317 -0.6 5.0 -5.6 .97 -1.5 0.9 -15.4 -1.4 0.97 -20.4 6 5 11
1996 24 DET AL -25.3 -2.0 201 -2.3 2.8 -5.1 1.01 -1.8 -0.5 -27.1 -2.2 1.01 -21.7 0 0 0
1998 26 TOT MLB -13.5 -1.2 325 -1.3 4.4 -5.8 .92 -0.9 -0.6 -13.4 -1.2 0.92 -11.1 1 3 6
1998 26 TEX AL -8.0 -0.7 98 -0.5 1.4 -1.8 .92 -0.6 0.1 -7.4 -0.6 0.92 -7.5 0 0 0
1998 26 PIT NL -5.5 -0.5 227 -0.9 3.0 -3.9 .93 -0.3 -0.7 -6.0 -0.6 0.93 -3.6 1 3 6
2000 28 CHC NL 8.6 0.8 402 0.4 8.2 -7.8 1.17 0.2 0.2 5.1 0.5 1.17 2.2 17 12 19
2001 29 CHC NL 14.8 1.5 340 0.5 4.8 -4.4 .76 0.4 0.2 16.5 1.7 0.76 5.4 18 8 27
2002 30 TEX AL -3.3 -0.3 347 -0.8 3.3 -4.1 .62 -0.5 -0.8 -5.1 -0.5 0.62 -4.3 8 15 24
2003 31 TOT MLB -5.6 -0.5 217 -0.3 2.7 -2.9 .73 -0.3 -0.1 -7.2 -0.6 0.73 -8.5 1 1 9
2003 31 TEX AL -4.7 -0.4 68 -0.5 0.7 -1.2 .80 -0.6 -0.0 -8.0 -0.7 0.80 -7.0 1 0 5
2003 31 CIN NL -0.9 -0.1 149 0.2 1.9 -1.7 .70 0.3 0.0 0.8 0.1 0.70 -1.4 0 1 4
2004 32 CIN NL -21.1 -2.0 515 -0.6 7.2 -7.8 .77 -1.7 0.9 -18.6 -1.8 0.77 -20.4 9 5 21
11 Yrs -101.0 -8.9 4231 -8.0 62.1 -70.2 .88 -7.9 -1.3 -96.8 -8.4 0.88 -97.0 63 52 131
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1991 19 OAK AL 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 34.0 34 34 1 0 0 1 5.6 4.5 4.7 91 0 1 0 0 91
1993 21 OAK AL 16 16 6 6 4 3 1 8 8 .500 0 2 0 0 4 25% 45.7 69 17 14 2 2 6 5.6 5.5 5.3 95 2 7 6 1 124
1994 22 OAK AL 23 23 7 10 6 2 1 10 13 .435 0 3 0 0 8 35% 44.7 68 20 23 4 2 9 5.4 5.4 5.1 94 5 8 8 2 127
1995 23 OAK AL 36 14 3 6 5 0 2 4 10 .286 3 1 1 0 6 43% 47.5 76 18 16 4 1 3 4.1 4.4 6.4 112 0 3 8 3 145
1996 24 TOT AL 37 15 2 7 6 0 0 5 10 .333 0 4 1 1 3 20% 29.5 77 8 19 13 0 8 6.4 6.0 4.2 79 6 7 2 0 107
1996 24 OAK AL 28 6 0 3 3 0 0 2 4 .333 0 2 0 0 1 17% 30.2 44 19 11 7 0 3 4.9 2.8 4.5 86 1 4 1 0 105
1996 24 DET AL 9 9 2 4 3 0 0 3 6 .333 0 2 1 1 2 22% 29.1 77 8 8 6 0 5 7.6 8.5 4.0 75 5 3 1 0 107
1998 26 TOT MLB 22 11 2 3 6 1 1 4 6 .400 3 4 0 0 3 27% 0.0 66 17 11 7 0 7 5.1 6.3 5.1 84 4 4 3 0 103
1998 26 TEX AL 4 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 3 .250 1 1 0 0 0 0% 35.0 54 17 6 5 0 3 5.0 7.7 4.8 85 2 1 1 0 101
1998 26 PIT NL 18 7 1 1 5 0 1 3 3 .500 2 3 0 0 3 43% 42.7 66 21 5 2 0 4 5.2 5.4 5.3 84 2 3 2 0 103
2000 28 CHC NL 51 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 50.5 63 38 17 3 0 1 5.8 1.6 5.8 102 0 0 2 0 102
2003 31 TOT MLB 16 5 2 1 2 1 0 3 2 .600 0 3 0 0 2 40% 0.1 68 36 7 3 0 1 4.5 2.7 5.7 92 1 4 0 0 98
2003 31 TEX AL 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 36.0 36 36 3 1 0 1 6.0 9.0 4.0 74 1 0 0 0 74
2003 31 CIN NL 9 4 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 .500 0 2 0 0 2 50% 55.2 68 40 4 2 0 0 4.1 1.6 6.1 97 0 4 0 0 98
2004 32 CIN NL 48 11 2 3 6 0 1 6 5 .545 3 3 0 0 3 27% 46.2 63 28 16 9 1 6 4.9 4.0 5.5 90 2 6 3 0 111
9 Yrs 250 98 25 37 36 8 6 42 55 .433 9 22 2 1 29 30% 43 77 8 124 45 6 42 5.3 5.0 5.3 93 20 40 32 6 145
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 105 -21 4.8 4.8 6.0 95

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
1995 23 OAK AL 36 22 10 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 11 1 9% 8 .845 3 3 14 4 2 16 7 15 15 3 15 2 6.6 34
1996 24 TOT AL 37 22 8 1 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 25 9 36% .987 6 5 11 9 3 10 13 9 13 4 16 2 4.9 27
1996 24 OAK AL 28 22 8 1 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 25 9 36% 6 .973 6 5 11 9 3 10 13 9 13 4 16 2 4.9 27
1998 26 TOT MLB 22 11 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 20% .924 1 3 6 0 1 10 5 6 2 4 2 1 2.7 15
1998 26 PIT NL 18 11 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 20% 7 .928 1 3 6 0 1 10 5 6 2 4 2 1 2.7 15
2000 28 CHC NL 51 49 13 3 4 5 2 3 40% 13 7 17 9 53% 8 1.171 17 12 19 16 10 23 9 40 25 7 26 8 4.6 27
2001 29 CHC NL 59 59 18 4 1 0 0 0 6 5 36 8 22% 7 .763 18 8 27 14 12 33 18 41 22 17 24 9 3.8 23
2002 30 TEX AL 50 50 19 3 2 2 1 1 50% 5 3 49 18 37% 7 .623 8 15 24 13 3 34 28 22 31 12 33 8 4.4 26
2003 31 TOT MLB 16 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 3 75% .732 1 1 9 1 1 9 3 8 7 2 7 2 5.5 30
2003 31 TEX AL 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 4 .799 1 0 5 0 1 5 3 3 4 1 4 1 4.3 30
2003 31 CIN NL 9 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 .701 0 1 4 1 0 4 0 5 3 1 3 1 6.8 32
2004 32 CIN NL 48 37 12 2 3 1 0 1 0% 3 2 29 12 41% 8 .771 9 5 21 5 6 26 14 23 18 7 20 4 4.4 25
8 Yrs 306 261 84 15 15 10 4 6 40% 32 20 181 62 34% .852 63 52 131 62 38 161 97 164 133 56 143 36 4.5 26

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%
1991 19 OAK AL 21 33% 4.8% 28.6% 9.5% 9.5% 29% 0.18 0.40 57% 38% 10.0% 9% 5 0 0%
1993 21 OAK AL 380 46% 2.6% 12.4% 16.3% 7.6% 38% 0.44 0.55 68% 25% 6.2% 13% 76 5 7%
1994 22 OAK AL 532 47% 3.8% 15.6% 16.7% 8.5% 42% 0.55 0.64 63% 19% 10.6% 17% 110 10 9%
1995 23 OAK AL 582 42% 2.8% 21.0% 9.6% 8.1% 38% 0.54 0.68 65% 23% 7.4% 16% 106 12 11%
1996 24 TOT AL 491 46% 4.9% 10.8% 12.6% 12.2% 43% 0.60 0.77 70% 24% 13.0% 19% 105 8 8%
1996 24 OAK AL 301 51% 4.3% 12.3% 11.0% 11.3% 40% 0.62 0.80 71% 22% 11.8% 20% 62 4 6%
1996 24 DET AL 190 39% 5.8% 8.4% 15.3% 13.7% 49% 0.57 0.72 69% 28% 14.7% 17% 43 4 9%
1998 26 TOT MLB 303 61% 3.0% 13.9% 9.2% 10.6% 41% 0.48 0.63 73% 19% 6.7% 14% 41 3 7%
1998 26 TEX AL 95 51% 5.3% 10.5% 10.5% 9.5% 35% 0.45 0.63 73% 24% 11.1% 12% 20 1 5%
1998 26 PIT NL 208 66% 1.9% 15.4% 8.7% 11.1% 43% 0.49 0.62 73% 16% 4.5% 14% 21 2 10%
2000 28 CHC NL 378 54% 2.7% 20.4% 12.7% 6.9% 33% 0.59 0.80 63% 25% 8.1% 17% 55 5 9%
2001 29 CHC NL 324 64% 2.8% 27.8% 11.7% 8.3% 43% 0.57 0.88 56% 29% 8.7% 11% 51 3 6%
2002 30 TEX AL 325 56% 4.3% 26.2% 8.9% 10.8% 44% 0.50 0.71 59% 30% 12.4% 12% 68 2 3%
2003 31 TOT MLB 211 56% 3.8% 16.1% 7.1% 9.0% 37% 0.65 0.71 72% 19% 9.1% 7% 34 2 6%
2003 31 TEX AL 67 54% 1.5% 13.4% 13.4% 11.9% 40% 0.78 0.71 72% 16% 4.2% 11% 17 1 6%
2003 31 CIN NL 144 58% 4.9% 17.4% 4.2% 7.6% 36% 0.60 0.71 72% 20% 10.9% 6% 17 1 6%
2004 32 CIN NL 502 57% 4.4% 14.3% 6.4% 13.0% 48% 0.53 0.79 73% 23% 10.1% 12% 88 9 10%
11 Yrs 4049 52% 3.5% 17.6% 11.4% 9.6% 41% 0.54 0.71 66% 24% 9.3% 14% 739 59 8%
MLB Averages 45% 2.7% 16.3% 8.9% 7.7% 33% 0.80 1.08 70% 21% 7.8% 15% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1991 19 OAK AL 22 91 4.14 51 56% 35% 18% 22% 25% 65% 0% 36% 73% 64% 9% 2 1 5% 1 0 0 33% 0 1 -1 0 0
1993 21 OAK AL 380 1514 3.98 834 55% 26% 12% 29% 32% 74% 0% 40% 83% 46% 8% 29 18 10% 39 19 4 23% 5 11 0 0 2
1994 22 OAK AL 534 2171 4.07 1230 57% 28% 11% 32% 29% 72% 1% 41% 84% 50% 7% 40 21 18% 94 51 6 28% 12 18 -2 2 2
1995 23 OAK AL 559 2241 4.01 1399 62% 29% 12% 32% 27% 71% 0% 44% 83% 55% 6% 31 18 25% 142 84 8 40% 21 12 23 0 0
1996 24 TOT AL 467 1708 3.66 990 58% 27% 10% 27% 36% 73% 1% 42% 86% 55% 7% 32 18 16% 77 37 8 35% 10 12 24 0 0
1996 24 OAK AL 277 1035 3.74 607 59% 25% 11% 30% 35% 75% 2% 44% 86% 56% 7% 19 11 18% 49 22 4 38% 5 6 24 0 0
1996 24 DET AL 190 673 3.54 383 57% 31% 9% 23% 38% 69% 0% 40% 88% 52% 7% 13 7 15% 28 15 4 31% 5 6 0 0 0
1998 26 TOT MLB 303 1089 3.59 656 60% 26% 15% 24% 35% 74% 3% 45% 80% 57% 6% 19 7 17% 52 30 6 29% 5 9 0 0 0
1998 26 TEX AL 95 340 3.58 201 59% 23% 12% 28% 37% 77% 0% 46% 85% 59% 9% 9 3 15% 14 7 2 10% 2 6 0 0 0
1998 26 PIT NL 208 749 3.60 455 61% 27% 16% 22% 35% 73% 4% 44% 78% 57% 5% 10 4 18% 38 23 4 34% 3 3 0 0 0
2000 28 CHC NL 378 1531 4.05 932 61% 28% 15% 30% 27% 72% 1% 44% 79% 58% 7% 27 8 25% 94 50 3 27% 14 17 0 0 0
2001 29 CHC NL 325 1370 4.22 859 63% 25% 21% 31% 23% 75% 3% 47% 72% 60% 7% 22 11 24% 79 38 2 26% 14 7 -1 0 0
2002 30 TEX AL 326 1283 3.94 844 66% 26% 20% 30% 25% 74% 1% 49% 73% 57% 6% 19 12 30% 99 59 7 18% 22 6 -1 0 0
2003 31 TOT MLB 211 797 3.78 514 64% 27% 13% 29% 31% 73% 3% 47% 82% 56% 8% 17 7 25% 52 33 3 24% 6 7 0 0 0
2003 31 TEX AL 67 251 3.75 146 58% 30% 10% 27% 34% 70% 8% 41% 86% 54% 12% 8 2 19% 13 6 1 22% 0 4 0 0 0
2003 31 CIN NL 144 546 3.79 368 67% 25% 15% 29% 30% 75% 0% 50% 80% 57% 6% 9 5 27% 39 27 2 24% 6 3 0 0 0
2004 32 CIN NL 503 1899 3.78 1219 64% 25% 15% 28% 32% 75% 2% 48% 80% 59% 6% 30 18 25% 127 71 11 21% 14 9 -1 0 0
11 Yrs 4008 15694 3.92 9528 61% 27% 14% 29% 30% 73% 1% 44% 80% 55% 7% 268 139 21% 856 472 58 28% 123 109 41 2 4
MLB Averages 3.71 62% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 46% 80% 57% 5% 20% 27%
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

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
1991 19 OAK AL 21 7 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 6 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 21 OAK AL 380 76 5 0 10 1 11 5 5 6 4 10 6 1 60% 2 3 1 145 5 5 50% 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1994 22 OAK AL 532 108 6 0 20 1 14 6 14 11 9 32 17 3 53% 4 3 0 203 9 3 75% 8 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
1995 23 OAK AL 582 125 13 0 16 1 7 6 10 8 8 20 12 3 60% 4 4 0 209 12 5 71% 11 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 10 0
1996 24 TOT AL 491 139 11 2 24 1 14 8 16 13 11 40 25 3 63% 4 7 1 210 15 4 79% 13 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 20 0
1996 24 OAK AL 301 86 7 1 13 0 9 5 8 7 6 25 16 2 64% 2 4 0 124 8 4 67% 7 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 14 0
1996 24 DET AL 190 53 4 1 11 1 5 3 8 6 5 15 9 1 60% 2 3 1 86 7 0 100% 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1998 26 TOT MLB 303 79 20 0 9 0 7 6 3 1 8 24 18 4 75% 4 7 0 107 12 2 86% 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 16 0
1998 26 TEX AL 95 26 4 0 5 0 1 3 2 1 4 6 4 0 67% 1 2 0 37 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1998 26 PIT NL 208 53 16 0 4 0 6 3 1 0 4 18 14 4 78% 3 5 0 70 10 2 83% 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 13 0
2000 28 CHC NL 378 80 9 1 10 1 8 7 3 6 4 15 7 2 47% 1 4 1 152 16 6 73% 14 5 2 0 0 1 2 2 8 0
2001 29 CHC NL 324 63 5 1 9 0 11 5 4 5 4 20 5 6 25% 2 5 1 118 7 2 78% 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 7 0
2002 30 TEX AL 325 80 2 0 14 0 10 8 6 9 5 10 5 3 50% 1 8 1 146 11 1 92% 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
2003 31 TOT MLB 211 51 5 1 8 0 4 3 5 3 5 8 5 0 63% 2 0 0 74 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2003 31 TEX AL 67 20 3 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 7 5 0 71% 2 0 0 33 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 31 CIN NL 144 31 2 0 7 0 0 3 4 3 4 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 41 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2004 32 CIN NL 502 136 11 3 22 0 13 11 11 19 3 28 18 1 64% 4 6 2 191 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
11 Yrs 4049 944 91 9 143 5 99 66 77 82 61 209 120 26 57% 28 47 7 1561 94 31 75% 83 26 11 3 0 2 7 3 109 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%
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

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+
1991 19 0 0 9.64 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 7 5 5 1 2 0 6 0 0 0 21 43 1.929 13.5 1.9 3.9 11.6 3.00 43
1992 20 0 0 9.64 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 7 5 5 1 2 0 6 0 0 0 21 43 1.929 13.5 1.9 3.9 11.6 3.00 43
1993 21 6 6 .500 5.28 17 17 0 0 0 0 88.2 83 55 52 11 64 0 53 2 0 3 401 78 1.658 8.4 1.1 6.5 5.4 0.83 78
1994 22 13 16 .448 5.74 40 40 0 0 0 0 205.1 191 135 131 31 153 2 136 5 1 6 933 75 1.675 8.4 1.4 6.7 6.0 0.89 75
1995 23 17 24 .415 5.39 76 54 10 1 0 0 343.2 316 212 206 47 209 3 258 9 1 10 1515 80 1.528 8.3 1.2 5.5 6.8 1.23 80
1996 24 20 33 .377 6.22 113 69 18 2 1 1 443.0 455 319 306 71 271 6 311 12 1 17 2006 72 1.639 9.2 1.4 5.5 6.3 1.15 72
1997 25 20 33 .377 6.22 113 69 18 2 1 1 443.0 455 319 306 71 271 6 311 12 1 17 2006 72 1.639 9.2 1.4 5.5 6.3 1.15 72
1998 26 22 37 .373 6.24 135 80 21 2 1 1 509.1 534 371 353 80 299 9 353 13 4 24 2309 72 1.635 9.4 1.4 5.3 6.2 1.18 72
1999 27 22 37 .373 6.24 135 80 21 2 1 1 509.1 534 371 353 80 299 9 353 13 4 24 2309 72 1.635 9.4 1.4 5.3 6.2 1.18 72
2000 28 26 42 .382 5.88 186 82 34 2 1 3 595.2 614 409 389 90 347 11 430 15 4 28 2687 77 1.613 9.3 1.4 5.2 6.5 1.24 77
2001 29 30 43 .411 5.50 245 82 52 2 1 3 670.2 677 431 410 99 385 15 520 15 5 33 3011 81 1.583 9.1 1.3 5.2 7.0 1.35 81
2002 30 33 45 .423 5.50 295 82 71 2 1 4 743.1 757 475 454 113 414 16 605 18 5 41 3336 82 1.575 9.2 1.4 5.0 7.3 1.46 82
2003 31 36 46 .439 5.50 311 87 72 2 1 4 791.2 808 507 484 121 429 18 639 19 6 41 3547 82 1.563 9.2 1.4 4.9 7.3 1.49 82
2004 32 40 52 .435 5.58 359 98 84 2 1 4 907.0 944 587 562 143 461 21 711 22 7 47 4049 80 1.549 9.4 1.4 4.6 7.1 1.54 80

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
1991 19 0 0 13.50 4.0 8 7 6 1 2 5 0 2.500 18.0 4.5 11.3 2.50 2.3 1
1993 21 3 5 .375 5.70 79.0 78 56 50 10 64 44 2 1.797 8.9 7.3 5.0 0.69 1.1 16
1994 22 5 12 .294 6.27 158.0 152 122 110 28 125 113 4 1.753 8.7 7.1 6.4 0.90 1.6 23
1995 23 6 10 .375 5.23 148.0 142 96 86 18 64 131 5 1.392 8.6 3.9 8.0 2.05 1.1 36
1996 24 2 9 .182 7.74 100.0 129 96 86 22 58 54 3 1.870 11.6 5.2 4.9 0.93 2.0 37
1998 26 2 5 .286 6.00 66.0 76 49 44 9 27 42 1 1.561 10.4 3.7 5.7 1.56 1.2 22
2000 28 5 4 .556 3.49 85.0 76 37 33 10 46 76 2 1.435 8.0 4.9 8.0 1.65 1.1 51
2001 29 6 2 .750 2.55 74.0 63 23 21 9 38 89 0 1.365 7.7 4.6 10.8 2.34 1.1 59
2002 30 3 5 .375 5.13 72.0 77 46 41 13 28 85 3 1.458 9.6 3.5 10.6 3.04 1.6 50
2003 31 2 3 .400 5.44 48.0 50 32 29 8 15 34 1 1.354 9.4 2.8 6.4 2.27 1.5 16
2004 32 4 8 .333 6.08 111.0 134 83 75 22 32 69 3 1.495 10.9 2.6 5.6 2.16 1.8 48
11 Yrs 38 63 .376 5.53 945.0 985 647 581 150 499 742 24 1.570 9.4 7.1 1.49 1.4 359

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) 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

Shutouts s c a p y
1996 AL  1 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1994 AL  89 (1st)

Losses s c a p y
1994 AL  10 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1991 AL  born 1971-12-09 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Pat Mahomes (950)
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  6. Shawn Chacon (931)
  7. Albie Lopez (929)
  8. Jason Grimsley (923)
  9. Brian Meadows (921)
  10. Frankie Rodriguez (920)
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  5. Frankie Rodriguez (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  7. Pat Mahomes (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Pat Mahomes (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Pat Mahomes (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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