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Virgil Vasquez

Virgil Matthew Vasquez

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: June 7, 1982 in Santa Barbara, CA
High School: Santa Barbara HS (Santa Barbara, CA)
School: University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 7th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 13, 2007
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Tigers 2007-2009

Final Game: October 4, 2009
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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
2003	21	DET-min	A-	3	4	.429	6.92	11	11	0	0	0	0	53.1	76	43	41	5	10	0	35	2	0	1	245		1.612	12.8	0.8	1.7	5.9	3.50	ONE · NYPL
2004	22	DET-min	A	14	6	.700	3.64	27	27	0	0	0	0	168.1	156	73	68	14	34	1	120	15	1	6	681		1.129	8.3	0.7	1.8	6.4	3.53	WMI · MIDW
2005	23	DET-min	AA,A+	6	9	.400	4.89	23	23	0	1	1	0	130.2	145	82	71	16	21	0	84	9	0	3	552		1.270	10.0	1.1	1.4	5.8	4.00	ERI,LAK · EL,FLOR
2006	24	DET-min	AA	7	12	.368	3.73	27	27	0	3	0	0	173.2	174	79	72	21	50	2	129	20	0	2	734		1.290	9.0	1.1	2.6	6.7	2.58	ERI · EL
2007	25	DET-min	AAA	12	5	.706	3.48	25	25	0	2	2	0	155.0	139	64	60	18	33	1	127	8	1	1	626		1.110	8.1	1.0	1.9	7.4	3.85	TOL · IL
2007	25	DET	AL	0	1	.000	8.64	5	3	0	0	0	0	16.2	27	16	16	7	5	0	7	1	0	0	81	54	1.920	14.6	3.8	2.7	3.8	1.40

2008	26	DET-min	AAA	12	12	.500	4.81	27	27	0	2	2	0	159.0	179	91	85	27	37	2	115	11	0	4	690		1.358	10.1	1.5	2.1	6.5	3.11	TOL · IL
2009	27	PIT-min	AAA	7	4	.636	3.93	19	19	0	1	0	0	107.2	116	50	47	14	16	1	72	3	0	3	447		1.226	9.7	1.2	1.3	6.0	4.50	INA · IL
2009	27	PIT	NL	2	5	.286	5.84	14	7	4	0	0	0	44.2	58	30	29	6	18	1	29	3	0	0	206	72	1.701	11.7	1.2	3.6	5.8	1.61
2010	28	TBD-min	AAA,Rk	7	2	.778	4.54	13	13	0	1	0	0	71.1	78	39	36	9	16	0	46	6	0	1	310		1.318	9.8	1.1	2.0	5.8	2.88	DHM,DVS · IL,GULF
2 Yrs				2	6	.250	6.60	19	10	4	0	0	0	61.1	85	46	45	13	23	1	36	4	0	0	287	65	1.761	12.5	1.9	3.4	5.3	1.57
162 Game Avg.				5	14	.250	6.60	45	23	9	0	0	0	144	199	108	106	30	54	2	84	9	0	0	673	65	1.761	12.5	1.9	3.4	5.3	1.57

PIT (1 yr)				2	5	.286	5.84	14	7	4	0	0	0	44.2	58	30	29	6	18	1	29	3	0	0	206	72	1.701	11.7	1.2	3.6	5.8	1.61
DET (1 yr)				0	1	.000	8.64	5	3	0	0	0	0	16.2	27	16	16	7	5	0	7	1	0	0	81	54	1.920	14.6	3.8	2.7	3.8	1.40

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
2007	25	DET	AL	16.2	5	3	16	8.64	4.71	0.28	0.02	97.9	4.35	-8	-0.7	.2	0.1	-0.5	-6	.360	.496	$

2009	27	PIT	NL	44.2	14	7	30	6.04	4.40	0.18	0.05	99.6	4.26	-9	-0.9	.2	0.0	-0.5	-5	.437	.495	$
2 Seasons				61.1	19	10	46	6.75	4.49	0.21	0.05	99.1	4.29	-17	-1.6	.2	0.1	-1.0	-10	.417	.495	$

PIT (1 yr)				44.2	14	7	30	6.04	4.40	0.18	0.05	99.6	4.26	-9	-0.9	.2	0.0	-0.5	-5	.437	.495	$
DET (1 yr)				16.2	5	3	16	8.64	4.71	0.28	0.02	97.9	4.35	-8	-0.7	.2	0.1	-0.5	-6	.360	.496	$

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
2007	25	DET	AL	5	81	75	16	27	4	2	7	1	0	5	7	.360	.407	.747	1.154	.328	56	1	1	0	0	0	1

2009	27	PIT	NL	14	206	181	30	58	18	2	6	0	0	18	29	.320	.387	.541	.929	.351	98	4	3	2	2	1	1
2 Yrs				19	287	256	46	85	22	4	13	1	0	23	36	.332	.393	.602	.995	.344	154	5	4	2	2	1	2
162 Game Avg.				45	673	600	108	199	52	9	30	2	0	54	84	.332	.393	.602	.995	.344	361	12	9	5	5	2	5
MLB Averages																.265	.334	.419	.753	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2007	25	DET	AL	-6.7	-0.6	82	-0.7	0.8	-1.5	.65	-0.9	-0.1	-7.4	-0.7	0.64	-9.7	0	0	2

2009	27	PIT	NL	-7.7	-0.7	207	-0.5	2.6	-3.1	.75	-0.7	0.1	-7.3	-0.7	0.75	-8.5	0	0	6
2 Yrs				-14.4	-1.4	289	-1.1	3.5	-4.6	.72	-1.6	0.0	-14.7	-1.4	0.72	-18.2	0	0	8

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
2007	25	DET	AL	5	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0%	34.3	53	15	3	0	0	3	4.8	8.3	3.9	79	2	1	0	0	94

2009	27	PIT	NL	14	7	2	5	0	1	2	2	5	.286	0	0	0	0	3	43%	41.7	61	24	4	1	0	4	3.0	3.5	4.9	83	3	3	1	0	101
2 Yrs				19	10	2	6	2	1	2	2	8	.200	1	1	0	0	3	30%	39	61	15	7	1	0	7	3.5	4.9	4.6	81	5	4	1	0	101
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	98	-12					4.7	4.7	5.8	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2007	25	DET	AL	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	.650	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	7.5	40

2009	27	PIT	NL	14	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	7	.745	0	0	6	1	0	6	1	6	3	0	3	1	4.6	29
2 Yrs				19	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%		.718	0	0	8	1	0	8	1	8	4	1	4	1	5.2	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%
2007	25	DET	AL	81	56%	8.6%	8.6%	6.2%	16.1%	48%	0.63	1.15	75%	24%	20.0%	15%	11	1	9%

2009	27	PIT	NL	206	56%	2.9%	14.1%	8.7%	12.6%	45%	0.62	0.88	72%	21%	7.4%	14%	37	4	11%
2 Yrs				287	56%	4.5%	12.5%	8.0%	13.6%	46%	0.62	0.95	73%	21%	11.2%	14%	48	5	10%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	17.5%	8.7%	7.9%	34%	0.79	1.06	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
2007	25	DET	AL	81	316	3.90	195	62%	24%	9%	33%	35%	76%	0%	47%	89%	56%	5%	4	2	19%	15	9	1	14%	0	2	0	0	0

2009	27	PIT	NL	206	779	3.78	484	62%	23%	13%	32%	32%	77%	1%	48%	83%	56%	5%	11	7	24%	49	23	3	17%	6	3	0	0	0
2 Yrs				287	1095	3.82	679	62%	23%	12%	32%	33%	77%	1%	48%	85%	56%	5%	15	9	22%	64	32	4	17%	6	5	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.80		63%	28%	15%	27%	31%	72%	2%	45%	80%	58%	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
2007	25	DET	AL	81	27	4	0	7	0	0	2	5	0	7	2	1	0	50%	1	0	0	27	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2009	27	PIT	NL	206	58	6	1	6	1	4	5	1	3	3	17	7	1	41%	1	0	0	78	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2 Yrs				287	85	10	1	13	1	4	7	6	3	10	19	8	1	42%	2	0	0	105	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
MLB Averages																		53%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2007	25	0	1	.000	8.64	5	3	0	16.2	27	16	16	7	5	0	7	1	81	54	1.920	14.6	3.8	2.7	3.8	1.40	54
2008	26	0	1	.000	8.64	5	3	0	16.2	27	16	16	7	5	0	7	1	81	54	1.920	14.6	3.8	2.7	3.8	1.40	54
2009	27	2	6	.250	6.60	19	10	4	61.1	85	46	45	13	23	1	36	4	287	65	1.761	12.5	1.9	3.4	5.3	1.57	65

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
2007	25	0	1	.000	9.00	16.0	27	18	16	7	5	7	1	2.000	15.2	2.8	3.9	1.40	3.9	5

2009	27	1	3	.250	6.21	42.0	58	32	29	6	18	27	3	1.810	12.4	3.9	5.8	1.50	1.3	14
2 Yrs		1	4	.200	6.98	58.0	85	50	45	13	23	34	4	1.862	13.2		5.3	1.48	2.0	19

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