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Adam Wainwright

Adam Parrish Wainwright

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: August 30, 1981 in Brunswick, GA
High School: Glynn Academy HS (Brunswick, GA)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (29th pick) of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 2005 (Age 24)
Team: Cardinals 2005-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2018, 6 yrs/$59.4M (08-13), 5 yrs/$97.5M (14-18) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 7.027, Free Agent: 2019 [*], Agents: Steve Hammond [*]
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All-Star

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 23 STL NL 0 0 13.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 37 1.500 9.0 4.5 4.5 0.0 0.00
2006 24 STL NL 2 1 .667 3.12 61 0 10 0 0 3 75.0 64 26 26 6 22 2 72 4 0 3 309 143 1.147 7.7 0.7 2.6 8.6 3.27
2007 25 STL NL 14 12 .538 3.70 32 32 0 1 0 0 202.0 212 93 83 13 70 4 136 9 0 6 882 119 1.396 9.4 0.6 3.1 6.1 1.94
2008 26 STL NL 11 3 .786 3.20 20 20 0 1 0 0 132.0 122 51 47 12 34 1 91 3 0 3 544 132 1.182 8.3 0.8 2.3 6.2 2.68
2009 27 STL NL 19 8 .704 2.63 34 34 0 1 0 0 233.0 216 75 68 17 66 1 212 3 0 7 970 155 1.210 8.3 0.7 2.5 8.2 3.21 CYA-3,MVP-15,GG
2010 28 STL NL 20 11 .645 2.42 33 33 0 5 2 0 230.1 186 68 62 15 56 2 213 4 0 2 910 160 1.051 7.3 0.6 2.2 8.3 3.80 AS,CYA-2,MVP-17
2012 30 STL NL 14 13 .519 3.94 32 32 0 3 2 0 198.2 196 96 87 15 52 3 184 6 2 5 831 97 1.248 8.9 0.7 2.4 8.3 3.54
2013 31 STL NL 6 3 .667 2.38 10 10 0 2 2 0 72.0 64 21 19 2 6 1 69 2 0 3 278 156 0.972 8.0 0.3 0.8 8.6 11.50
8 Yrs 86 51 .628 3.10 224 161 11 13 6 3 1145.0 1062 433 395 81 307 14 977 31 2 29 4733 131 1.196 8.3 0.6 2.4 7.7 3.18
162 Game Avg. 15 9 .628 3.10 40 28 2 2 1 1 202 188 76 70 14 54 2 173 5 0 5 836 131 1.196 8.3 0.6 2.4 7.7 3.18

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 23 STL NL 2.0 2 0 3 13.50 4.59 0.49 -0.35 100.7 3.78 -2 -0.2 .3 0.1 -0.1 -2 .398 .499
2006 24 STL NL 75.0 61 0 26 3.12 4.72 0.27 -0.35 99.9 4.10 8 0.8 1.1 -0.1 1.4 15 .514 .505 $327,000
2007 25 STL NL 202.0 32 32 93 4.14 4.68 0.21 0.19 99.2 4.62 12 1.2 -0.1 2.8 29 .538 .507 $410,000
2008 26 STL NL 132.0 20 20 51 3.48 4.58 0.36 0.18 100.2 4.40 14 1.5 -0.1 2.6 25 .577 .509 $687,500
2009 27 STL NL 233.0 34 34 75 2.90 4.49 0.14 0.18 97.7 4.43 39 4.4 -0.2 6.2 60 .630 .527 $2,787,500 CYA-3,MVP-15,GG
2010 28 STL NL 230.1 33 33 68 2.66 4.37 0.18 0.17 96.8 4.22 39 4.5 -0.2 6.3 59 .637 .528 $4,837,500 AS,CYA-2,MVP-17
2012 30 STL NL 198.2 32 32 96 4.35 4.24 -0.01 0.16 96.1 4.24 -4 -0.4 -0.1 1.1 14 .486 .497 $9,000,000
2013 31 STL NL 72.0 10 10 21 2.63 4.43 -0.31 0.17 95.9 4.70 16 1.9 -0.1 2.5 22 .694 .512 $12,000,000
8 Seasons 1145.0 224 161 433 3.40 4.48 0.14 0.14 97.8 4.38 122 13.8 1.0 -0.8 22.7 222 .562 .511 $30,049,500

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G 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
2006 24 STL NL NLDS W SDP 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 1 3.2 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 14 0.818 7.4 0.0 0.0 14.7
2006 24 STL NL NLCS W NYM 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 2 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 12 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 12.0 4.00
2006 24 STL NL WS W DET 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 1 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 12 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 15.0 5.00
2009 27 STL NL NLDS L LAD 0 0 1.13 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 3 1 1 1 1 0 7 1 0 0 29 0.500 3.4 1.1 1.1 7.9 7.00
2012 30 STL NL NLDS W WSN 0 0 7.88 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 13 7 7 3 3 0 15 0 0 1 40 2.000 14.6 3.4 3.4 16.9 5.00
2012 30 STL NL NLCS L SFG 1 0 1.000 1.29 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 4 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 25 0.571 5.1 1.3 0.0 6.4
3 Yrs (6 Series) 2 0 1.000 2.48 13 4 9 0 0 4 32.2 27 9 9 5 6 0 42 1 0 2 132 1.010 7.4 1.4 1.7 11.6 7.00
3 NLDS 0 0 3.66 6 3 3 0 0 1 19.2 19 8 8 4 4 0 28 1 0 1 83 1.169 8.7 1.8 1.8 12.8 7.00
2 NLCS 1 0 1.000 0.90 4 1 3 0 0 2 10.0 6 1 1 1 1 0 9 0 0 0 37 0.700 5.4 0.9 0.9 8.1 9.00
1 WS 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 1 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 12 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 15.0 5.00

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
2010 STL NL 28 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 18.0 2.00

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 23 STL NL 2 9 8 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 .250 .333 .625 .958 .143 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 24 STL NL 61 309 278 26 64 15 0 6 3 0 22 72 .230 .295 .349 .644 .289 97 5 4 4 1 2 1
2007 25 STL NL 32 882 789 93 212 47 4 13 6 8 70 136 .269 .333 .388 .721 .309 306 19 9 9 5 4 14
2008 26 STL NL 20 544 497 51 122 29 4 12 2 4 34 91 .245 .296 .392 .688 .276 195 10 3 6 4 1 5
2009 27 STL NL 34 970 886 75 216 38 2 17 12 5 66 212 .244 .297 .349 .646 .301 309 18 3 10 5 1 13
2010 28 STL NL 33 910 831 68 186 33 5 15 8 5 56 213 .224 .274 .330 .604 .281 274 25 4 13 6 2 7
2012 30 STL NL 32 831 758 96 196 40 8 15 2 3 52 184 .259 .309 .392 .701 .320 297 17 6 9 6 3 8
2013 31 STL NL 10 278 266 21 64 19 1 2 0 2 6 69 .241 .262 .342 .604 .316 91 8 2 3 1 1 0
8 Yrs 224 4733 4313 433 1062 221 24 81 35 27 307 977 .246 .299 .365 .664 .299 1574 102 31 54 28 14 48
162 Game Avg. 40 836 762 76 188 39 4 14 6 5 54 173 .246 .299 .365 .664 .299 278 18 5 10 5 2 8
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 23 STL NL -1.8 -0.2 11 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 .35 -0.0 -0.1 -2.0 -0.2 0.36 -0.9 0 0 2
2006 24 STL NL 12.4 1.2 314 1.8 6.8 -5.0 1.19 1.4 0.1 16.4 1.6 1.19 16.2 17 22 19
2007 25 STL NL 14.4 1.4 904 1.2 17.3 -16.2 1.10 1.0 0.0 16.1 1.6 1.10 12.7 0 0 0
2008 26 STL NL 15.2 1.6 556 1.8 9.5 -7.7 .95 0.9 1.0 14.3 1.5 0.95 10.2 0 0 0
2009 27 STL NL 38.0 4.0 989 4.0 19.6 -15.6 1.10 2.8 0.9 42.6 4.7 1.10 31.5 0 0 0
2010 28 STL NL 38.5 4.2 925 3.3 15.1 -11.8 .88 3.4 0.3 41.8 4.7 0.88 40.3 0 0 0
2012 30 STL NL -2.9 -0.3 844 -0.7 12.9 -13.7 .92 1.5 -2.3 -1.5 -0.2 0.92 13.7 0 0 0
2013 31 STL NL 10.8 1.2 282 0.5 4.8 -4.2 .94 1.4 -0.9 11.7 1.3 0.94 15.3 0 0 0
8 Yrs 124.6 13.2 4825 11.8 86.1 -74.3 1.00 12.4 -0.7 139.5 15.0 1.00 139.0 17 22 21

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 STL NL 32 32 14 12 6 2 4 19 13 .594 0 1 1 0 21 66% 51.3 81 8 13 7 0 15 4.9 4.3 6.3 99 1 16 14 1 121
2008 26 STL NL 20 20 11 3 6 3 0 15 5 .750 4 1 1 0 12 60% 55.6 79 21 9 1 0 8 5.8 6.4 6.6 97 2 8 9 1 127
2009 27 STL NL 34 34 19 8 7 5 6 23 11 .676 3 2 1 0 25 74% 59.3 81 28 9 5 0 13 5.5 5.2 6.9 106 0 10 20 4 130
2010 28 STL NL 33 33 20 11 2 0 3 20 13 .606 0 1 5 2 25 76% 62.5 90 34 3 1 0 8 5.0 5.7 7.0 102 2 8 23 0 117
2012 30 STL NL 32 32 14 13 5 3 3 16 16 .500 1 3 3 2 18 56% 53.4 88 14 17 6 0 16 4.5 5.0 6.2 97 1 18 13 0 119
2013 31 STL NL 10 10 6 3 1 0 3 7 3 .700 0 1 2 2 9 90% 63.3 91 31 3 0 0 5 5.4 5.1 7.2 103 0 3 6 1 120
6 Yrs 161 161 84 50 27 13 19 100 61 .621 8 9 13 6 110 68% 57 91 8 54 20 0 65 5.1 5.3 6.6 101 6 63 85 7 130
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 23 STL NL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .355 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 16
2006 24 STL NL 61 61 10 2 1 5 3 2 60% 22 17 15 4 27% 7 1.189 17 22 19 35 9 17 8 53 20 12 21 7 3.7 20
2 Yrs 63 63 11 2 1 5 3 2 60% 22 17 15 4 27% 1.165 17 22 21 35 9 19 8 55 20 12 21 7 3.7 19

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 23 STL NL 9 67% 11.1% 0.0% 11.1% 11.1% 50% 0.14 0.00 78% 25% 16.7% 14% 2 0 0%
2006 24 STL NL 309 58% 1.9% 23.3% 7.1% 6.8% 33% 0.94 1.30 65% 16% 6.5% 12% 52 5 10%
2007 25 STL NL 882 57% 1.5% 15.4% 7.9% 7.3% 30% 0.94 1.24 73% 18% 4.6% 16% 177 19 11%
2008 26 STL NL 544 61% 2.2% 16.7% 6.3% 8.3% 37% 0.83 1.14 73% 20% 6.3% 14% 76 10 13%
2009 27 STL NL 970 54% 1.8% 21.9% 6.8% 5.9% 26% 1.04 1.42 68% 20% 5.8% 12% 189 18 10%
2010 28 STL NL 910 56% 1.7% 23.4% 6.2% 5.8% 29% 1.09 1.68 67% 17% 5.8% 12% 156 25 16%
2012 30 STL NL 831 53% 1.8% 22.1% 6.3% 7.6% 32% 1.04 1.53 68% 20% 6.1% 13% 163 17 10%
2013 31 STL NL 278 49% 0.7% 24.8% 2.2% 7.9% 34% 1.02 1.64 71% 25% 2.4% 12% 38 8 21%
8 Yrs 4733 55% 1.7% 20.6% 6.5% 6.9% 31% 0.99 1.40 69% 19% 5.6% 13% 853 102 12%
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 23 STL NL 9 31 3.44 21 68% 24% 5% 33% 38% 76% 0% 52% 94% 100% 0% 0 0 22% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 24 STL NL 309 1194 3.86 745 62% 33% 16% 23% 28% 67% 2% 42% 76% 56% 4% 12 7 25% 76 37 3 35% 16 3 0 0 0
2007 25 STL NL 884 3175 3.59 1973 62% 30% 13% 23% 34% 70% 1% 43% 82% 59% 5% 44 25 20% 179 104 8 30% 32 15 -2 0 0
2008 26 STL NL 546 1947 3.57 1220 63% 32% 15% 19% 34% 68% 1% 43% 79% 57% 5% 25 18 20% 107 46 5 34% 12 6 -2 0 0
2009 27 STL NL 970 3614 3.73 2319 64% 32% 15% 24% 30% 68% 0% 44% 78% 63% 4% 38 26 26% 252 132 11 27% 41 11 0 0 0
2010 28 STL NL 911 3356 3.68 2166 65% 31% 16% 23% 29% 69% 1% 44% 77% 61% 4% 35 21 26% 236 121 7 27% 36 12 -1 0 0
2012 30 STL NL 831 3091 3.72 2019 65% 30% 14% 27% 29% 70% 1% 46% 80% 64% 3% 27 15 25% 206 100 7 26% 39 9 0 0 0
2013 31 STL NL 278 1028 3.70 701 68% 30% 16% 25% 29% 70% 1% 48% 77% 66% 3% 7 6 32% 89 51 5 29% 17 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 4738 17436 3.68 11164 64% 31% 15% 24% 31% 69% 1% 44% 79% 61% 4% 188 118 24% 1147 592 46 29% 193 56 -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 23 STL NL 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0% 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 24 STL NL 309 64 6 1 6 0 11 1 5 2 4 19 8 3 42% 1 3 1 107 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2007 25 STL NL 882 212 17 1 13 0 28 7 6 9 4 43 18 7 42% 14 6 1 352 6 8 43% 6 7 0 1 0 0 1 1 12 0
2008 26 STL NL 544 122 11 3 12 1 8 6 6 8 4 25 15 4 60% 5 3 1 182 2 4 33% 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 11 0
2009 27 STL NL 970 216 26 1 17 0 17 8 9 7 10 36 13 9 36% 13 7 2 373 12 5 71% 12 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 15 0
2010 28 STL NL 910 186 23 2 15 0 11 13 2 3 12 40 20 5 50% 7 2 0 312 8 5 62% 6 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
2012 30 STL NL 831 196 22 3 15 1 23 7 8 10 5 56 30 12 54% 8 5 0 278 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
2013 31 STL NL 278 64 11 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 13 8 3 62% 0 3 0 79 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
8 Yrs 4733 1062 116 12 81 2 100 45 36 40 41 235 112 43 48% 48 29 5 1685 35 27 56% 33 25 2 2 0 0 4 3 75 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 23 0 0 13.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 37 1.500 9.0 4.5 4.5 0.0 0.00 37
2006 24 2 1 .667 3.39 63 0 11 0 0 3 77.0 66 29 29 7 23 2 72 4 0 3 318 132 1.156 7.7 0.8 2.7 8.4 3.13 132
2007 25 16 13 .552 3.61 95 32 11 1 0 3 279.0 278 122 112 20 93 6 208 13 0 9 1200 122 1.330 9.0 0.6 3.0 6.7 2.24 122
2008 26 27 16 .628 3.48 115 52 11 2 0 3 411.0 400 173 159 32 127 7 299 16 0 12 1744 125 1.282 8.8 0.7 2.8 6.5 2.35 125
2009 27 46 24 .657 3.17 149 86 11 3 0 3 644.0 616 248 227 49 193 8 511 19 0 19 2714 134 1.256 8.6 0.7 2.7 7.1 2.65 134
2010 28 66 35 .653 2.97 182 119 11 8 2 3 874.1 802 316 289 64 249 10 724 23 0 21 3624 140 1.202 8.3 0.7 2.6 7.5 2.91 140
2011 29 66 35 .653 2.97 182 119 11 8 2 3 874.1 802 316 289 64 249 10 724 23 0 21 3624 140 1.202 8.3 0.7 2.6 7.5 2.91 140
2012 30 80 48 .625 3.15 214 151 11 11 4 3 1073.0 998 412 376 79 301 13 908 29 2 26 4455 130 1.211 8.4 0.7 2.5 7.6 3.02 130
2013 31 86 51 .628 3.10 224 161 11 13 6 3 1145.0 1062 433 395 81 307 14 977 31 2 29 4733 131 1.196 8.3 0.6 2.4 7.7 3.18 131

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 23 0 0 13.50 2.0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 1.500 9.0 4.5 0.0 0.00 4.5 2
2006 24 5 3 .625 2.92 74.0 62 27 24 6 21 71 4 1.122 7.5 2.6 8.6 3.38 0.7 61
2007 25 12 10 .545 3.56 200.0 206 88 79 13 68 134 9 1.370 9.3 3.1 6.0 1.97 0.6 32
2008 26 8 6 .571 3.30 128.0 122 52 47 12 34 88 3 1.219 8.6 2.4 6.2 2.59 0.8 20
2009 27 17 8 .680 2.78 227.0 219 78 70 17 67 207 3 1.260 8.7 2.7 8.2 3.09 0.7 34
2010 28 16 8 .667 2.71 219.0 192 73 66 15 58 202 4 1.142 7.9 2.4 8.3 3.48 0.6 33
2012 30 9 12 .429 4.48 189.0 204 104 94 16 54 175 6 1.365 9.7 2.6 8.3 3.24 0.8 32
2013 31 5 2 .714 2.78 68.0 67 23 21 2 6 65 2 1.074 8.9 0.8 8.6 10.83 0.3 10
8 Yrs 72 49 .595 3.28 1107.0 1074 448 404 82 309 942 31 1.249 8.7 7.7 3.05 0.7 224

* 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

All-Star Games
2010 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2009 NL (15, 4%)
2010 NL (17, 3%)
0.07 Career Shares (1028th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2009 NL (3, 56%)
2010 NL (2, 54%)
1.10 Career Shares (49th)

Gold Gloves
2009 NL (P)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2009 NL  6.8 (9th)
2010 NL  6.6 (7th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2009 NL  6.2 (7th)
2010 NL  6.3 (4th)
2013 NL  2.5 (4th)
Active  22.8 (36th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2009 NL  2.63 (4th)
2010 NL  2.42 (2nd)
2013 NL  2.38 (8th)
Active  3.10 (3rd)
Career  3.10 (201st)

Wins s c a p y
2009 NL  19 (1st)
2010 NL  20 (2nd)
2013 NL  6 (3rd)
Active  86 (44th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2009 NL  .704 (4th)
2010 NL  .645 (7th)
Active  .628 (10th)
Career  .628 (57th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2009 NL  1.210 (10th)
2010 NL  1.051 (3rd)
2013 NL  0.972 (7th)
Active  1.196 (11th)
Career  1.196 (131st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 NL  7.268 (5th)
Active  8.348 (17th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 NL  2.188 (4th)
2013 NL  0.750 (1st)
Active  2.413 (12th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 NL  8.323 (10th)
Active  7.680 (22nd)
Career  7.680 (51st)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2009 NL  233.0 (1st)
2010 NL  230.3 (3rd)
2013 NL  72.0 (2nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2009 NL  212 (4th)
2010 NL  213 (4th)
2013 NL  69 (3rd)

Games Started s c a p y
2009 NL  34 (1st)
2010 NL  33 (6th)
2013 NL  10 (1st)

Complete Games s c a p y
2010 NL  5 (2nd)
2012 NL  3 (2nd)
2013 NL  2 (2nd)
Active  13 (20th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2010 NL  2 (2nd)
2012 NL  2 (2nd)
2013 NL  2 (1st)
Active  6 (14th)

Hits s c a p y
2009 NL  216 (9th)
2013 NL  64 (3rd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2010 NL  3.804 (3rd)
2013 NL  11.500 (1st)
Active  3.182 (11th)
Career  3.182 (35th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 NL  0.579 (6th)
2010 NL  0.586 (9th)
2012 NL  0.680 (9th)
2013 NL  0.250 (2nd)
Active  0.637 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
2012 NL  13 (5th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2012 NL  87 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2009 NL  970 (1st)
2010 NL  910 (7th)
2013 NL  278 (1st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2009 NL  155 (4th)
2010 NL  160 (4th)
2013 NL  156 (9th)
Active  131 (5th)
Career  131 (37th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2009 NL  38 (3rd)
2010 NL  38 (3rd)
2013 NL  11 (7th)
Active  125 (19th)
Career  125 (176th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2009 NL  4.0 (3rd)
2010 NL  4.2 (3rd)
2013 NL  1.2 (7th)
Active  13.2 (18th)
Career  13.2 (175th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2009 NL  42.64 (3rd)
2010 NL  41.76 (3rd)
2013 NL  11.73 (9th)
Active  139.46 (19th)
Career  139.46 (91st)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2009 NL  4.0 (3rd)
Active  11.8 (28th)
Career  11.8 (145th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2009 NL  2.8 (7th)
2010 NL  3.4 (3rd)
2013 NL  1.4 (5th)
Active  12.4 (20th)
Career  12.4 (107th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2009 NL  4.7 (3rd)
2010 NL  4.7 (2nd)
2013 NL  1.3 (9th)
Active  15.0 (18th)
Career  15.0 (86th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 12 (191), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 69 (362), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 33 (410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 24 (221), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (390th), 23.0 career WAR/23.1 7yr-peak WAR/23.0 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Lefty Williams (953)
  2. Tim Lincecum (942)
  3. Josh Johnson (940)
  4. Yovani Gallardo (937)
  5. Doug Rau (936)
  6. Jim Hughes (935)
  7. Chad Billingsley (931)
  8. Brandon Webb (929)
  9. Ben Sanders (928)
  10. Jered Weaver (927)
Similar Pitchers through 30 
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  1. Joe McGinnity (947) *
  2. Urban Shocker (946)
  3. Doug Rau (944)
  4. Bob Buhl (943)
  5. Mort Cooper (942)
  6. Ed Figueroa (941)
  7. Hank Borowy (940)
  8. Bill Hands (939)
  9. Larry Jansen (938)
  10. Tim Belcher (937)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Steve Ridzik (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ed Head (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mike Garcia (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Orel Hershiser (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Joe McGinnity (947) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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