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Ryan Vogelsong

Ryan Andrew Vogelsong

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: July 22, 1977 in Charlotte, NC
High School: Octorara (Atglen, PA)
School: Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 5th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 2000
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Giants 2000-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 2 yrs/$8.3M (12-13) & 14 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.020, Free Agent: 2014 [*],
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

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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
1998	20	SFG-min	A-,A+	6	1	.857	3.24	14	14	0	0	0	0	75.0	60	31	27	8	20	0	92	2	6	4	304		1.067	7.2	1.0	2.4	11.0	4.60	SKZ,SJO · NORW,CALL
1999	21	SFG-min	A+,AA	4	6	.400	3.86	19	19	0	0	0	0	98.0	77	51	42	10	42	0	109	5	1	4	411		1.214	7.1	0.9	3.9	10.0	2.60	SJO,SHV · CALL,TL
2000	22	SFG-min	AA	6	10	.375	4.23	27	27	0	1	0	0	155.1	153	82	73	15	69	2	147	13	4	5	682		1.429	8.9	0.9	4.0	8.5	2.13	SHV · TL
2000	22	SFG	NL	0	0		0.00	4	0	3	0	0	0	6.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	24		1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	3.00
2001	23	SFG-PIT-min	AAA	5	6	.455	3.21	16	16	0	0	0	0	89.2	61	33	32	8	33	0	86	2	1	2	356		1.048	6.1	0.8	3.3	8.6	2.61	FRE,NVL · PCL
2001	23	TOT	NL	0	5	.000	6.75	15	2	8	0	0	0	34.2	39	31	26	6	20	1	24	2	0	2	164	62	1.702	10.1	1.6	5.2	6.2	1.20
2001	23	SFG	NL	0	3	.000	5.65	13	0	8	0	0	0	28.2	29	21	18	5	14	0	17	2	0	2	130	72	1.500	9.1	1.6	4.4	5.3	1.21
2001	23	PIT	NL	0	2	.000	12.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	10	10	8	1	6	1	7	0	0	0	34	40	2.667	15.0	1.5	9.0	10.5	1.17

2003	25	PIT-min	AAA	12	8	.600	4.29	26	26	0	1	1	0	149.0	142	75	71	12	54	5	146	6	0	6	643		1.315	8.6	0.7	3.3	8.8	2.70	NVL · PCL
2003	25	PIT	NL	2	2	.500	6.55	6	5	0	0	0	0	22.0	30	19	16	1	9	3	15	2	0	1	108	68	1.773	12.3	0.4	3.7	6.1	1.67
2004	26	PIT	NL	6	13	.316	6.50	31	26	4	0	0	0	133.0	148	97	96	22	67	7	92	10	0	3	610	67	1.617	10.0	1.5	4.5	6.2	1.37
2005	27	PIT	NL	2	2	.500	4.43	44	0	19	0	0	0	81.1	82	43	40	5	40	1	52	8	0	7	369	96	1.500	9.1	0.6	4.4	5.8	1.30
2006	28	PIT-min	AAA	4	5	.444	2.66	11	10	0	1	0	0	67.2	54	23	20	5	12	3	43	4	0	1	269		0.975	7.2	0.7	1.6	5.7	3.58	INA · IL
2006	28	PIT	NL	0	0		6.39	20	0	7	0	0	0	38.0	44	27	27	2	16	2	27	7	1	4	178	70	1.579	10.4	0.5	3.8	6.4	1.69

2011	33	SFG-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	1.59	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.1	8	3	2	1	5	0	17	0	0	0	47		1.147	6.4	0.8	4.0	13.5	3.40	FRE · PCL
2011	33	SFG	NL	13	7	.650	2.71	30	28	1	1	1	0	179.2	164	62	54	15	61	6	139	5	1	1	752	132	1.252	8.2	0.8	3.1	7.0	2.28	AS,CYA-11
7 Seasons				23	29	.442	4.71	150	61	42	1	1	0	494.2	511	279	259	51	215	20	355	34	2	18	2205	86	1.468	9.3	0.9	3.9	6.5	1.65
162 Game Avg.				7	9	.442	4.71	48	20	14	0	0	0	159	165	90	83	16	69	6	114	11	1	6	711	86	1.468	9.3	0.9	3.9	6.5	1.65

PIT (5 yrs)				10	19	.345	6.00	103	33	30	0	0	0	280.1	314	196	187	31	138	14	193	27	1	15	1299	72	1.612	10.1	1.0	4.4	6.2	1.40
SFG (3 yrs)				13	10	.565	3.02	47	28	12	1	1	0	214.1	197	83	72	20	77	6	162	7	1	3	906	121	1.278	8.3	0.8	3.2	6.8	2.10

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
2000	22	SFG	NL	6.0	0	0	3	0	.1	3	0.2	$
2001	23	SFG	NL	28.2	0	21	17	0	.8	-4	-0.6	$
2001	23	PIT	NL	6.0	2	10	4	0	.8	-6	-0.6	$

2003	25	PIT	NL	22.0	5	19	13	0	1.1	-6	-0.7	$
2004	26	PIT	NL	133.0	26	97	81	1	1.0	-16	-1.6	$311,500
2005	27	PIT	NL	81.1	0	43	48	1	.3	5	-0.1	$332,000
2006	28	PIT	NL	38.0	0	27	23	0	.5	-4	-0.5	$555,000

2011	33	SFG	NL	179.2	28	62	96	2	1.0	34	3.7	$	AS,CYA-11
7 Seasons				494.2	61	279	285	4	.8	6	-0.2	$1,198,500

PIT (5 yrs)				280.1	33	196	169	2	.7	-27	-3.5	$1,198,500
SFG (3 yrs)				214.1	28	83	116	2	.9	33	3.3	$

Standard Batting

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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
1998	20	SFG-min	A-,A+	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	SKZ,SJO · NORW,CALL
1999	21	SFG-min	AA,A+	19	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	SHV,SJO · TL,CALL
2000	22	SFG-min	AA	27	31	27	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.074	.167	.074	.241		2	0	0	1	0	0	SHV · TL
2000	22	SFG	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2001	23	SFG-PIT-min	AAA	17	19	18	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.333	.556		6	1	0	1	0	0	FRE,NVL · PCL
2001	23	TOT	NL	15	10	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.200	.300	-23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	23	SFG	NL	13	8	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.250	.375	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	23	PIT	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

2003	25	PIT-min	AAA	26	36	29	1	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	7	.276	.323	.345	.667		10	0	1	5	0	0	NVL · PCL
2003	25	PIT	NL	6	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-13	1	0	0	2	0	0	/1
2004	26	PIT	NL	33	44	31	2	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	13	.226	.265	.290	.555	45	9	1	0	10	1	0	1
2005	27	PIT	NL	44	10	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.111	.200	.222	.422	11	2	0	1	0	0	0	1
2006	28	PIT-min	AAA	12	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.000	.083	.000	.083		0	0	0	0	1	0	INA · IL
2006	28	PIT	NL	20	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.333	.600	.333	.933	152	1	0	0	0	0	0	1

2011	33	SFG-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	FRE · PCL
2011	33	SFG	NL	30	61	53	7	12	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	15	.226	.268	.245	.513	47	13	1	1	5	0	0	1	AS,CYA-11
7 Seasons				152	138	112	10	23	5	0	0	5	0	0	6	39	.205	.256	.250	.506	38	28	2	2	17	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	147	119	11	25	5	0	0	5	0	0	6	42	.205	.256	.250	.506	38	30	2	2	18	1	0

PIT (5 yrs)				105	69	51	3	10	3	0	0	3	0	0	4	22	.196	.263	.255	.518	36	13	1	1	12	1	0
SFG (3 yrs)				47	69	61	7	13	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	17	.213	.250	.246	.496	40	15	1	1	5	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2001	23	SFG	NL	8	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
2001	23	PIT	NL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1

2003	25	PIT	NL	8	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
2004	26	PIT	NL	44	-2	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$311,500	1
2005	27	PIT	NL	10	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$332,000	1
2006	28	PIT	NL	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$555,000	1

2011	33	SFG	NL	61	-4	-0	-1	1	0	6	2	4	0.4	4	0.4	0.0	$	1	AS,CYA-11
6 Seasons				138	-9	-0	-1	1	0	14	3	8	0.8	8	0.8	0.0	$1,198,500

PIT (5 yrs)				69	-4	0	0	0	0	7	1	4	0.4	4	0.4	0.0	$1,198,500
SFG (2 yrs)				69	-5	-0	-1	1	0	7	2	4	0.4	4	0.4	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
2000	SFG	NL	22	P	4			6.0	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		1.80	1.72
2001	TOT	NL	23	P	15	2	0	34.2	11	4	6	1	2	.909			2.60	0.67	.959	1.77	1.73	4	1	20%	0
2001	SFG	NL	23	P	13	0	0	28.2	11	4	6	1	2	.909			3.14	0.77	.959	1.76	1.73	4	1	20%	0
2001	PIT	NL	23	P	2	2	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		1.80	1.75	0	0		0
2003	PIT	NL	25	P	6			22.0	8	2	5	1	1	.875	-1	-9	2.86	1.17	.958	1.84	1.83
2004	PIT	NL	26	P	31			133.0	22	8	14	0	1	1.000	-2	-3	1.49	0.71	.965	1.84	1.82
2005	PIT	NL	27	P	44			81.1	13	7	6	0	0	1.000	-1	-2	1.44	0.30	.960	1.75	1.73
2006	PIT	NL	28	P	20			38.0	14	2	12	0	0	1.000	1	5	3.32	0.70	.958	1.73	1.71
2011	SFG	NL	33	P	30	28	1	179.2	32	9	23	0	4	1.000	0	0	1.60	1.07	.955	1.80	1.79	12	3	20%	1	AS,CYA-11
	7 Seasons			P	150	30	1	494.2	100	32	66	2	8	.980	-3	-1	1.78	0.65	.959	1.80	1.76	16	4	20%	1
	7 Seasons			TOT	150	30	1	494.2	100	32	66	2	8	.980	-3	-7	1.78	0.65	.959	1.80	1.76	16	4	20%	1

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games 2011	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2011 NL (11, 0%) 0.00 Career Shares (329th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 2011 NL 2.71 (4th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 2011 NL .650 (9th)
Shutouts s c a p y 2011 NL 1 (6th)	Losses s c a p y 2004 NL 13 (9th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 2011 NL 132 (6th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 2005 NL 1.000 (1st) 2011 NL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 8 (1600), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

June 2, 1998: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 5th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1998.
July 30, 2001: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Armando Rios to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jason Schmidt and John Vander Wal.
October 2, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
January 7, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
July 15, 2010: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.
July 27, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
November 6, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
January 11, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

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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
2002	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	$212,500	4/3/02 AP

2004	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	$311,500	4/7/04 AP
2005	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	$332,000
2006	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	$555,000

2012	34	San Francisco Giants	$3,000,000
2013	35	San Francisco Giants	$5,000,000
2014	36	San Francisco Giants	*$6,500,000	$6.5M Team Option, $300k Buyout

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,411,000	Does not include future salaries

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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