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Jason Vargas

Jason Matthew Vargas

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: February 2, 1983 in Apple Valley, CA
High School: Apple Valley HS (Apple Valley, CA)
School: California State University Long Beach (Long Beach, CA)
Drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 2nd round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 30, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 14, 2005 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Marlins/Angels/Mets 2005-2013
2013 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$8.5M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 5.114, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Nez Balelo) [*]
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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
2005 22 FLA NL 5 5 .500 4.03 17 13 0 1 0 0 73.2 71 34 33 4 31 4 59 4 0 0 325 99 1.385 8.7 0.5 3.8 7.2 1.90 RoY-8
2006 23 FLA NL 1 2 .333 7.33 12 5 3 0 0 0 43.0 50 39 35 9 30 3 25 4 0 2 213 59 1.860 10.5 1.9 6.3 5.2 0.83
2007 24 NYM NL 0 1 .000 12.19 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 17 14 14 4 2 1 4 0 1 1 51 37 1.839 14.8 3.5 1.7 3.5 2.00
2009 26 SEA AL 3 6 .333 4.91 23 14 4 0 0 0 91.2 98 53 50 16 24 1 54 3 0 1 385 87 1.331 9.6 1.6 2.4 5.3 2.25
2010 27 SEA AL 9 12 .429 3.78 31 31 0 0 0 0 192.2 187 86 81 18 54 3 116 1 4 1 811 104 1.251 8.7 0.8 2.5 5.4 2.15
2011 28 SEA AL 10 13 .435 4.25 32 32 0 4 3 0 201.0 205 105 95 22 59 4 131 4 1 3 857 88 1.313 9.2 1.0 2.6 5.9 2.22
2012 29 SEA AL 14 11 .560 3.85 33 33 0 2 0 0 217.1 201 94 93 35 55 1 141 3 0 5 887 98 1.178 8.3 1.4 2.3 5.8 2.56
2013 30 LAA AL 3 3 .500 3.55 9 9 0 2 1 0 58.1 62 23 23 5 20 1 40 1 0 0 252 110 1.406 9.6 0.8 3.1 6.2 2.00
8 Yrs 45 53 .459 4.30 159 139 7 9 4 0 888.0 891 448 424 113 275 18 570 20 6 13 3781 91 1.313 9.0 1.1 2.8 5.8 2.07
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .459 4.30 36 32 2 2 1 0 203 203 102 97 26 63 4 130 5 1 3 863 91 1.313 9.0 1.1 2.8 5.8 2.07
SEA (4 yrs) 36 42 .462 4.09 119 110 4 6 3 0 702.2 691 338 319 91 192 9 442 11 5 10 2940 95 1.257 8.9 1.2 2.5 5.7 2.30
FLA (2 yrs) 6 7 .462 5.25 29 18 3 1 0 0 116.2 121 73 68 13 61 7 84 8 0 2 538 79 1.560 9.3 1.0 4.7 6.5 1.38
NYM (1 yr) 0 1 .000 12.19 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 17 14 14 4 2 1 4 0 1 1 51 37 1.839 14.8 3.5 1.7 3.5 2.00
LAA (1 yr) 3 3 .500 3.55 9 9 0 2 1 0 58.1 62 23 23 5 20 1 40 1 0 0 252 110 1.406 9.6 0.8 3.1 6.2 2.00
AL (5 yrs) 39 45 .464 4.04 128 119 4 8 4 0 761.0 753 361 342 96 212 10 482 12 5 10 3192 96 1.268 8.9 1.1 2.5 5.7 2.27
NL (3 yrs) 6 8 .429 5.81 31 20 3 1 0 0 127.0 138 87 82 17 63 8 88 8 1 3 589 71 1.583 9.8 1.2 4.5 6.2 1.40

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
2005 22 FLA NL 73.2 17 13 34 4.15 4.50 -0.44 0.12 95.1 4.82 5 0.6 .8 -0.1 1.1 12 .533 .503 RoY-8
2006 23 FLA NL 43.0 12 5 39 8.16 4.90 -0.19 -0.01 97.7 4.97 -15 -1.3 .5 0.1 -0.9 -11 .388 .492 $327,000
2007 24 NYM NL 10.1 2 2 14 12.19 4.65 0.28 0.19 103.9 4.75 -9 -0.6 -0.0 -0.5 -8 .207 .496
2009 26 SEA AL 91.2 23 14 53 5.20 4.84 0.50 0.10 98.9 4.39 -9 -0.9 1.0 -0.1 -0.0 2 .462 .495 $405,000
2010 27 SEA AL 192.2 31 31 86 4.02 4.58 0.07 0.17 93.8 4.39 6 0.7 -0.1 2.5 28 .522 .504 $412,500
2011 28 SEA AL 201.0 32 32 105 4.70 4.49 0.07 0.16 93.7 4.30 -10 -1.0 -0.1 0.9 12 .469 .494 $2,450,000
2012 29 SEA AL 217.1 33 33 94 3.89 4.52 0.13 0.17 94.3 4.30 10 1.1 -0.2 3.1 32 .532 .506 $4,850,000
2013 30 LAA AL 58.1 9 9 23 3.55 4.28 -0.74 0.17 91.7 4.76 7 0.8 -0.1 1.3 14 .588 .505 $8,500,000
8 Seasons 888.0 159 139 448 4.54 4.56 0.02 0.15 94.7 4.44 -14 -0.7 .8 -0.6 7.6 80 .496 .499 $16,944,500
SEA (4 yrs) 702.2 119 110 338 4.33 4.57 0.14 0.16 94.6 4.34 -3 -0.1 1.0 -0.5 6.6 73 .499 .500 $8,117,500
FLA (2 yrs) 116.2 29 18 73 5.63 4.65 -0.35 0.07 96.1 4.87 -10 -0.8 .6 0.0 0.2 0 .473 .498 $327,000
NYM (1 yr) 10.1 2 2 14 12.19 4.65 0.28 0.19 103.9 4.75 -9 -0.6 -0.0 -0.5 -8 .207 .496
LAA (1 yr) 58.1 9 9 23 3.55 4.28 -0.74 0.17 91.7 4.76 7 0.8 -0.1 1.3 14 .588 .505 $8,500,000

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
2005 22 FLA NL 17 325 285 34 71 17 5 4 11 0 31 59 .249 .330 .386 .716 .300 110 4 4 4 1 4 4
2006 23 FLA NL 12 213 171 39 50 13 2 9 6 0 30 25 .292 .402 .550 .952 .291 94 3 4 4 4 3 3
2007 24 NYM NL 2 51 49 14 17 0 0 4 2 0 2 4 .347 .373 .592 .964 .317 29 0 0 0 0 1 1
2009 26 SEA AL 23 385 349 53 98 18 1 16 2 6 24 54 .281 .327 .476 .803 .288 166 11 3 3 6 1 6
2010 27 SEA AL 31 811 744 86 187 48 4 18 9 1 54 116 .251 .300 .399 .699 .274 297 9 1 4 7 3 11
2011 28 SEA AL 32 857 787 105 205 38 2 22 18 5 59 131 .260 .314 .398 .712 .287 313 15 4 3 4 4 10
2012 29 SEA AL 33 887 820 94 201 35 2 35 10 6 55 141 .245 .293 .421 .714 .255 345 21 3 3 6 1 4
2013 30 LAA AL 9 252 227 23 62 15 1 5 4 0 20 40 .273 .332 .414 .746 .310 94 5 1 2 2 1 2
8 Yrs 159 3781 3432 448 891 184 17 113 62 18 275 570 .260 .316 .422 .738 .280 1448 68 20 23 30 18 41
162 Game Avg. 36 863 783 102 203 42 4 26 14 4 63 130 .260 .316 .422 .738 .280 330 16 5 5 7 4 9
MLB Averages .262 .329 .414 .743 .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
2005 22 FLA NL 0.5 0.0 334 0.3 5.2 -4.9 .93 0.0 0.3 3.3 0.3 0.93 0.8 0 2 2
2006 23 FLA NL -15.3 -1.4 220 -1.0 2.2 -3.2 .73 -1.4 -0.1 -15.6 -1.4 0.73 -13.2 1 0 5
2007 24 NYM NL -8.6 -0.7 55 -0.7 0.6 -1.3 .77 -0.4 -0.5 -6.8 -0.6 0.77 -5.1 0 0 0
2009 26 SEA AL -6.5 -0.6 396 -0.0 6.6 -6.6 .94 -0.1 0.1 -1.6 -0.2 0.94 -1.5 1 4 3
2010 27 SEA AL 4.2 0.4 829 0.6 15.5 -14.8 1.06 0.3 0.3 10.8 1.1 1.06 4.6 0 0 0
2011 28 SEA AL -12.6 -1.2 886 0.3 15.0 -14.7 .98 -0.8 1.1 -4.2 -0.4 0.98 -6.9 0 0 0
2012 29 SEA AL 0.1 0.0 907 1.5 14.9 -13.5 .90 0.2 1.4 12.9 1.4 0.90 2.2 0 0 0
2013 30 LAA AL 3.4 0.3 257 0.0 4.8 -4.8 1.12 -0.0 0.0 4.2 0.4 1.12 0.5 0 0 0
8 Yrs -34.8 -3.1 3884 1.0 64.7 -63.8 .96 -2.1 3.2 3.1 0.7 0.96 -18.5 2 6 10

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
2005 22 FLA NL 17 13 4 5 4 2 1 6 7 .462 0 2 1 0 4 31% 50.0 77 21 7 3 1 2 4.9 3.9 5.2 89 2 7 4 0 117
2006 23 FLA NL 12 5 1 1 3 0 0 2 3 .400 1 2 0 0 2 40% 38.3 69 17 5 2 1 3 7.0 8.7 4.5 92 1 3 2 0 110
2007 24 NYM NL 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 24.5 47 2 3 3 0 2 4.7 3.6 5.2 89 0 2 0 0 90
2009 26 SEA AL 23 14 2 6 6 0 0 6 8 .429 2 1 0 0 3 21% 44.3 75 14 16 5 1 8 3.2 3.3 5.4 90 3 9 2 0 109
2010 27 SEA AL 31 31 9 12 10 0 4 12 19 .387 4 4 0 0 21 68% 51.9 75 24 20 12 0 16 3.2 3.2 6.2 97 0 16 15 0 111
2011 28 SEA AL 32 32 10 13 9 1 1 15 17 .469 3 1 4 3 18 56% 50.2 85 13 13 9 0 20 3.3 3.4 6.3 102 1 9 21 1 121
2012 29 SEA AL 33 33 14 11 8 3 5 17 16 .515 5 2 2 0 22 67% 53.6 78 5 16 6 0 18 4.3 4.6 6.6 102 1 8 24 0 117
2013 30 LAA AL 9 9 3 3 3 0 1 5 4 .556 2 1 2 1 5 56% 52.3 82 20 8 2 0 4 4.2 4.5 6.5 102 0 3 6 0 114
8 Yrs 159 139 43 52 44 6 12 64 75 .460 17 14 9 4 75 54% 50 85 2 88 42 3 73 3.9 3.9 6.1 98 8 57 74 1 121
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 101 -13 4.6 4.6 5.9 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
2005 22 FLA NL 17 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 .930 0 2 2 0 1 3 1 3 2 0 2 1 4.8 26
2006 23 FLA NL 12 7 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 2 .733 1 0 5 1 1 4 4 2 5 1 5 0 8.0 46
2009 26 SEA AL 23 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0% 6 .938 1 4 3 0 1 8 9 0 6 3 7 0 5.2 24
3 Yrs 52 20 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 2 9% .888 2 6 10 1 3 15 14 5 13 4 14 1 6.0 31

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%
2005 22 FLA NL 325 25% 1.2% 18.2% 9.5% 8.0% 37% 0.45 0.57 69% 19% 3.2% 20% 58 4 7%
2006 23 FLA NL 213 24% 4.2% 11.7% 14.1% 11.3% 48% 0.46 0.54 66% 16% 10.8% 19% 50 3 6%
2007 24 NYM NL 51 8% 7.8% 7.8% 3.9% 7.8% 24% 0.38 0.27 80% 16% 16.0% 22% 10 0 0%
2009 26 SEA AL 385 30% 4.2% 14.0% 6.2% 9.1% 36% 0.59 0.88 74% 22% 10.0% 14% 81 11 14%
2010 27 SEA AL 811 24% 2.2% 14.3% 6.7% 8.6% 37% 0.55 0.66 76% 21% 5.2% 15% 134 9 7%
2011 28 SEA AL 857 25% 2.6% 15.3% 6.9% 7.2% 30% 0.60 0.71 74% 21% 6.5% 17% 145 15 10%
2012 29 SEA AL 887 25% 4.0% 15.9% 6.2% 8.1% 36% 0.69 1.00 73% 18% 10.3% 15% 164 21 13%
2013 30 LAA AL 252 28% 2.0% 15.9% 7.9% 8.3% 34% 0.82 0.94 73% 19% 5.7% 15% 39 5 13%
8 Yrs 3781 25% 3.0% 15.1% 7.3% 8.3% 35% 0.60 0.76 74% 20% 7.5% 16% 681 68 10%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.9% 8.4% 7.8% 34% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.6% 13% 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
2005 22 FLA NL 325 1260 3.88 794 63% 26% 15% 30% 29% 74% 2% 46% 80% 58% 6% 18 11 22% 71 37 5 29% 7 3 0 0 0
2006 23 FLA NL 213 825 3.87 475 58% 29% 13% 26% 32% 71% 3% 41% 82% 56% 12% 25 15 21% 44 22 1 16% 6 8 0 0 0
2007 24 NYM NL 51 177 3.47 113 64% 23% 5% 32% 40% 77% 5% 49% 93% 57% 2% 1 0 20% 10 6 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0
2009 26 SEA AL 386 1477 3.83 898 61% 27% 15% 25% 34% 73% 1% 45% 80% 52% 5% 18 12 17% 67 36 4 20% 10 5 -1 0 0
2010 27 SEA AL 812 3020 3.72 1968 65% 28% 13% 26% 33% 72% 1% 47% 82% 62% 4% 33 20 25% 205 122 13 25% 18 10 -1 0 0
2011 28 SEA AL 859 3250 3.78 2120 65% 30% 13% 26% 31% 70% 1% 46% 81% 63% 4% 31 21 25% 217 116 12 27% 22 6 -2 0 0
2012 29 SEA AL 888 3354 3.78 2145 64% 29% 14% 25% 32% 71% 0% 45% 80% 60% 4% 37 27 24% 212 118 13 16% 20 9 -1 0 0
2013 30 LAA AL 252 915 3.63 574 63% 30% 16% 21% 33% 70% 1% 44% 77% 62% 4% 10 5 19% 48 23 2 30% 6 4 0 0 0
8 Yrs 3786 14278 3.77 9087 64% 29% 14% 26% 32% 71% 1% 45% 81% 60% 5% 173 111 23% 874 480 50 23% 91 45 -5 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 23% 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
2005 22 FLA NL 325 71 1 0 4 0 8 4 0 2 2 22 11 2 50% 4 0 0 123 11 0 100% 8 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2006 23 FLA NL 213 50 1 0 9 0 8 7 2 1 8 14 8 0 57% 3 2 0 89 6 0 100% 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2007 24 NYM NL 51 17 4 0 4 0 3 4 0 2 2 4 2 0 50% 1 1 0 15 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2009 26 SEA AL 385 98 9 1 16 0 7 10 6 5 11 25 16 1 64% 6 1 0 137 2 6 25% 1 6 1 0 0 0 2 1 8 0
2010 27 SEA AL 811 187 26 5 18 0 7 15 3 8 10 43 21 6 49% 11 1 2 295 9 1 90% 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 23 0
2011 28 SEA AL 857 205 21 4 22 1 14 18 4 12 10 30 17 3 57% 10 3 2 310 18 5 78% 17 5 1 0 0 0 2 2 11 0
2012 29 SEA AL 887 201 20 3 35 0 8 27 8 9 26 23 10 4 43% 4 5 0 311 10 6 63% 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2013 30 LAA AL 252 62 10 0 5 0 4 5 0 3 2 10 5 0 50% 2 0 0 102 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
8 Yrs 3781 891 92 13 113 1 59 90 23 42 71 171 90 16 53% 41 13 4 1382 62 18 78% 52 18 10 0 0 0 7 3 69 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

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+
2005 22 5 5 .500 4.03 17 13 0 1 0 0 73.2 71 34 33 4 31 4 59 4 0 0 325 99 1.385 8.7 0.5 3.8 7.2 1.90 99
2006 23 6 7 .462 5.25 29 18 3 1 0 0 116.2 121 73 68 13 61 7 84 8 0 2 538 79 1.560 9.3 1.0 4.7 6.5 1.38 79
2007 24 6 8 .429 5.81 31 20 3 1 0 0 127.0 138 87 82 17 63 8 88 8 1 3 589 71 1.583 9.8 1.2 4.5 6.2 1.40 71
2008 25 6 8 .429 5.81 31 20 3 1 0 0 127.0 138 87 82 17 63 8 88 8 1 3 589 71 1.583 9.8 1.2 4.5 6.2 1.40 71
2009 26 9 14 .391 5.43 54 34 7 1 0 0 218.2 236 140 132 33 87 9 142 11 1 4 974 77 1.477 9.7 1.4 3.6 5.8 1.63 77
2010 27 18 26 .409 4.66 85 65 7 1 0 0 411.1 423 226 213 51 141 12 258 12 5 5 1785 87 1.371 9.3 1.1 3.1 5.6 1.83 87
2011 28 28 39 .418 4.53 117 97 7 5 3 0 612.1 628 331 308 73 200 16 389 16 6 8 2642 88 1.352 9.2 1.1 2.9 5.7 1.95 88
2012 29 42 50 .457 4.35 150 130 7 7 3 0 829.2 829 425 401 108 255 17 530 19 6 13 3529 90 1.307 9.0 1.2 2.8 5.7 2.08 90
2013 30 45 53 .459 4.30 159 139 7 9 4 0 888.0 891 448 424 113 275 18 570 20 6 13 3781 91 1.313 9.0 1.1 2.8 5.8 2.07 91

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
2005 22 4 4 .500 4.25 72.0 73 38 34 4 32 58 4 1.458 9.1 4.0 7.3 1.81 0.5 17
2006 23 1 3 .250 6.95 44.0 49 38 34 9 29 25 4 1.773 10.0 5.9 5.1 0.86 1.8 12
2007 24 0 1 .000 11.45 11.0 17 16 14 4 2 4 0 1.727 13.9 1.6 3.3 2.00 3.3 2
2009 26 3 6 .333 5.44 86.0 100 58 52 16 24 51 3 1.442 10.5 2.5 5.3 2.13 1.7 23
2010 27 9 11 .450 4.38 185.0 197 100 90 19 57 112 1 1.373 9.6 2.8 5.4 1.96 0.9 31
2011 28 8 13 .381 5.16 190.0 220 121 109 24 63 124 4 1.489 10.4 3.0 5.9 1.97 1.1 32
2012 29 9 13 .409 4.74 203.0 216 119 107 38 59 132 3 1.355 9.6 2.6 5.9 2.24 1.7 33
2013 30 3 3 .500 4.25 55.0 66 29 26 5 21 37 1 1.582 10.8 3.4 6.1 1.76 0.8 9
8 Yrs 37 54 .407 4.96 846.0 938 519 466 119 287 543 20 1.448 10.0 5.8 1.89 1.3 159

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2012 AL  1.178 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2012 AL  217.3 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
2012 AL  33 (4th)
2013 AL  9 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2011 AL  4 (4th)
2012 AL  2 (10th)
2013 AL  2 (1st)
Active  9 (42nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
2011 AL  3 (3rd)
2013 AL  1 (2nd)
Active  4 (37th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2012 AL  35 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
2013 AL  62 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
2011 AL  13 (7th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2012 AL  887 (6th)
2013 AL  252 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (751), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 13 (1340), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 0 (2386), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1136), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (1009th), 7.3 career WAR/8.0 7yr-peak WAR/7.6 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

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