Edinson Volquez
Edinson Volquez
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 3, 1983 in Santo Domingo, D.R.
Signed by the Texas Rangers as an amateur free agent in 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 30, 2005
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Standard Pitching

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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
2005 21 TEX AL 0 4 .000 14.21 6 3 0 0 0 0 12.2 25 22 20 3 10 0 11 2 0 0 75 33 2.763 17.8 2.1 7.1 7.8 1.10
2006 22 TEX AL 1 6 .143 7.29 8 8 0 0 0 0 33.1 52 28 27 7 17 0 15 1 0 0 164 63 2.070 14.0 1.9 4.6 4.1 0.88
2007 23 TEX AL 2 1 .667 4.50 6 6 0 0 0 0 34.0 34 18 17 4 15 0 29 2 0 0 149 101 1.441 9.0 1.1 4.0 7.7 1.93
2008 24 CIN NL 17 6 .739 3.21 33 32 1 0 0 0 196.0 167 82 70 14 93 5 206 14 1 10 838 138 1.327 7.7 0.6 4.3 9.5 2.22 AS,RoY-4
2009 25 CIN NL 4 2 .667 4.35 9 9 0 0 0 0 49.2 34 25 24 6 32 0 47 5 1 2 218 98 1.329 6.2 1.1 5.8 8.5 1.47
5 Seasons 24 19 .558 4.37 62 58 1 0 0 0 325.2 312 175 158 34 167 5 308 24 2 12 1444 102 1.471 8.6 0.9 4.6 8.5 1.84
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .558 4.37 35 33 1 0 0 0 185 177 99 90 19 95 3 175 14 1 7 818 102 1.471 8.6 0.9 4.6 8.5 1.84
TEX (3 yrs) 3 11 .214 7.20 20 17 0 0 0 0 80.0 111 68 64 14 42 0 55 5 0 0 388 64 1.913 12.5 1.6 4.7 6.2 1.31
CIN (2 yrs) 21 8 .724 3.44 42 41 1 0 0 0 245.2 201 107 94 20 125 5 253 19 2 12 1056 128 1.327 7.4 0.7 4.6 9.3 2.02
AL (3 yrs) 3 11 .214 7.20 20 17 0 0 0 0 80.0 111 68 64 14 42 0 55 5 0 0 388 64 1.913 12.5 1.6 4.7 6.2 1.31
NL (2 yrs) 21 8 .724 3.44 42 41 1 0 0 0 245.2 201 107 94 20 125 5 253 19 2 12 1056 128 1.327 7.4 0.7 4.6 9.3 2.02

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
2008 CIN NL 24 0 0 0 18.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 9.0 0.0 18.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
2005 21 TEX AL 6 75 62 22 25 7 0 3 1 0 10 11 .403 .493 .661 1.155 .449 41 1 2 0 1 0
2006 22 TEX AL 8 164 145 28 52 5 0 7 4 1 17 15 .359 .427 .538 .965 .363 78 3 1 0 1 0
2007 23 TEX AL 6 149 130 18 34 5 1 4 2 0 15 29 .262 .342 .408 .750 .303 53 4 2 0 2 0
2008 24 CIN NL 33 838 720 82 167 36 4 14 21 12 93 206 .232 .329 .351 .681 .303 253 14 14 6 5 5
2009 25 CIN NL 9 218 178 25 34 11 0 6 2 0 32 47 .191 .329 .354 .683 .222 63 2 5 2 1 0
5 Seasons 62 1444 1235 175 312 64 5 34 30 13 167 308 .253 .350 .395 .745 .308 488 24 24 8 10 5
162 Game Avg. 35 818 700 99 177 36 3 19 17 7 95 175 .253 .350 .395 .745 .308 277 14 14 5 6 3
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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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 21 TEX AL 6 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31 48 11 10 1 0 2 3.3 1.8 3.6 74 1 2 0 0 93
2006 22 TEX AL 8 8 1 6 1 0 0 1 7 .125 0 0 0 0 1 13% 37 69 19 7 1 0 5 3.8 4.9 4.2 81 3 4 1 0 104
2007 23 TEX AL 6 6 2 1 3 1 0 2 4 .333 1 2 0 0 2 33% 49 70 38 2 0 0 3 5.1 6.3 5.7 99 0 3 3 0 110
2008 24 CIN NL 33 32 17 5 10 3 1 21 11 .656 2 4 0 0 20 63% 56 79 24 12 3 0 11 5.2 5.3 6.1 104 1 9 21 1 121
2009 25 CIN NL 9 9 4 2 3 1 0 5 4 .556 1 3 0 0 3 33% 53 85 29 4 2 0 5 4.9 5.9 5.5 94 1 3 5 0 110
5 Seasons 62 58 24 17 17 5 1 29 29 .500 4 9 0 0 26 45% 51 85 11 35 7 0 26 4.8 5.4 5.6 97 6 21 30 1 121
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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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 21 TEX AL 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.904 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 2.0 22
2008 24 CIN NL 33 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1.063 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 5.0 39
2 Seasons 39 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.050 1 2 1 0 2 2 0 4 1 3 1 0 2.8 26

Ratio Pitching*

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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 21 TEX AL 75 48% 4.0% 14.7% 13.3% 13.3% 40% 0.73 0.80 65% 23% 10.7% 7% 19 1 5%
2006 22 TEX AL 164 40% 4.3% 9.2% 10.4% 7.3% 23% 0.77 0.87 76% 18% 10.4% 9% 32 3 9%
2007 23 TEX AL 149 48% 2.7% 19.5% 10.1% 6.7% 29% 0.59 0.74 66% 22% 7.0% 11% 30 4 13%
2008 24 CIN NL 838 52% 1.7% 24.6% 11.1% 6.4% 32% 0.88 1.11 60% 18% 6.0% 14% 181 14 8%
2009 25 CIN NL 218 45% 2.8% 21.6% 14.7% 7.8% 50% 0.86 1.17 58% 25% 9.4% 7% 44 2 5%
5 Seasons 1444 49% 2.4% 21.3% 11.6% 7.1% 33% 0.81 1.02 63% 20% 7.6% 12% 306 24 8%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 21 TEX AL 75 288 3.84 159 55% 26% 14% 27% 33% 74% 0% 41% 81% 40% 12% 9 4 19% 14 8 0 27% 3 5 0 0 0
2006 22 TEX AL 164 651 3.97 388 60% 29% 11% 26% 34% 71% 0% 42% 84% 48% 8% 13 7 16% 26 17 5 27% 1 6 0 0 0
2007 23 TEX AL 149 593 3.98 361 61% 30% 16% 26% 29% 70% 0% 43% 78% 54% 7% 10 6 18% 27 17 3 28% 7 4 0 0 0
2008 24 CIN NL 838 3379 4.03 2070 61% 29% 19% 26% 25% 71% 1% 43% 73% 53% 6% 52 32 23% 193 122 10 16% 35 16 0 0 0
2009 25 CIN NL 218 841 3.86 488 58% 32% 17% 24% 27% 68% 0% 40% 75% 52% 8% 17 8 21% 46 31 2 21% 11 9 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1444 5752 3.98 3466 60% 30% 17% 26% 27% 70% 1% 42% 76% 51% 7% 101 57 21% 306 195 20 19% 57 40 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 21 TEX AL 75 25 2 0 3 0 6 3 0 2 1 13 6 1 46% 1 0 0 30 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 22 TEX AL 164 52 4 0 7 1 7 5 2 4 3 7 7 0 100% 0 0 0 63 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2007 23 TEX AL 149 34 5 1 4 0 1 2 2 1 3 9 4 0 44% 0 0 0 51 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2008 24 CIN NL 838 167 20 3 14 0 24 8 6 5 9 43 23 5 53% 8 10 2 320 21 12 64% 18 11 3 1 0 0 0 0 21 0
2009 25 CIN NL 218 34 0 0 6 0 11 4 2 3 3 10 4 2 40% 3 2 0 76 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
5 Seasons 1444 312 31 4 34 1 49 22 12 15 19 82 44 8 54% 12 12 2 540 30 13 70% 25 12 5 1 0 0 1 0 31 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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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 21 0 4 .000 14.21 6 3 0 0 0 0 12.2 25 22 20 3 10 0 11 2 0 0 75 33 2.763 17.8 2.1 7.1 7.8 1.10 33
2006 22 1 10 .091 9.20 14 11 0 0 0 0 46.0 77 50 47 10 27 0 26 3 0 0 239 50 2.261 15.1 2.0 5.3 5.1 0.96 50
2007 23 3 11 .214 7.20 20 17 0 0 0 0 80.0 111 68 64 14 42 0 55 5 0 0 388 64 1.913 12.5 1.6 4.7 6.2 1.31 64
2008 24 20 17 .541 4.37 53 49 1 0 0 0 276.0 278 150 134 28 135 5 261 19 1 10 1226 102 1.496 9.1 0.9 4.4 8.5 1.93 102
2009 25 24 19 .558 4.37 62 58 1 0 0 0 325.2 312 175 158 34 167 5 308 24 2 12 1444 102 1.471 8.6 0.9 4.6 8.5 1.84 102

Neutralized Pitching

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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 21 0 1 .000 13.15 13.0 25 21 19 3 10 11 2 2.692 17.3 6.9 7.6 1.10 2.1 6
2006 22 1 2 .333 7.03 32.0 50 28 25 7 16 14 1 2.063 14.1 4.5 3.9 0.88 2.0 8
2007 23 1 2 .333 4.36 33.0 34 18 16 4 15 28 2 1.485 9.3 4.1 7.6 1.87 1.1 6
2008 24 13 8 .619 3.11 191.0 162 73 66 14 90 201 14 1.319 7.6 4.2 9.5 2.23 0.7 33
2009 25 2 3 .400 4.22 49.0 34 26 23 6 32 46 5 1.347 6.2 5.9 8.4 1.44 1.1 9
5 Seasons 17 16 .515 4.22 318.0 305 166 149 34 163 300 24 1.472 8.6 8.5 1.84 1.0 62

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2008 *

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 NL--3.214--8th

Wins s c a p y
2008 NL--17--3rd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2008 NL--.739--3rd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL--7.668--5th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL--9.459--2nd

Strikeouts s c a p y
2008 NL--206--2nd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2008 NL--93--4th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2008 NL--10--6th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2008 NL--14--1st

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2008 NL--138--7th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 17 (1151), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (981), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  6. Kevin Slowey (973)
  7. Bob Chesnes (969)
  8. Joe Johnson (969)
  9. Damian Moss (969)
  10. Bert Husting (968)
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  6. Adam Eaton (976)
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  8. Russ Ortiz (973)
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