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Mark Watson

Mark Bradford Watson

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

Born: January 23, 1974 in Atlanta, GA
High School: Marist School (Atlanta, GA)
School: University of Georgia (Athens, GA)
Signed by the Milwaukee Brewers as an amateur free agent in 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 19, 2000
Teams (by GP): Indians/Mariners/Reds 2000-2003

Final Game: August 21, 2003
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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
1996	22	MIL-min	Rk	5	2	.714	4.77	13	13	0	0	0	0	60.1	59	43	32	2	28	0	68	1	0	7	262		1.442	8.8	0.3	4.2	10.1	2.43	HEL · PION
1997	23	MIL-min	Rk,A	4	6	.400	5.18	18	17	0	1	0	0	80.0	84	59	46	7	39	0	82	1	0	5	355		1.538	9.4	0.8	4.4	9.2	2.10	OGD,BEL · PION,MIDW
1998	24	CLE-min	A,A+	3	5	.375	3.81	32	13	8	1	0	0	104.0	98	57	44	10	34	0	85	3	2	6	434		1.269	8.5	0.9	2.9	7.4	2.50	CBS,KIN · SALL,CARL
1999	25	CLE-min	AA,A+	15	8	.652	3.40	30	21	2	0	0	0	153.1	171	71	58	10	48	0	97	6	3	7	663		1.428	10.0	0.6	2.8	5.7	2.02	AKR,KIN · EL,CARL
2000	26	SEA-CLE-min	AAA	3	3	.500	4.17	32	0	7	0	0	1	45.1	48	27	21	4	18	6	33	0	1	1	202		1.456	9.5	0.8	3.6	6.6	1.83	TAC,BFL · PCL,IL
2000	26	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	8.53	6	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	12	7	6	0	2	0	4	1	0	0	33	61	2.211	17.1	0.0	2.8	5.7	2.00

2001	27	CLE-SEA-min	AA,AAA	3	3	.500	4.75	36	0	23	0	0	5	47.1	47	28	25	4	18	1	38	1	0	2	211		1.373	8.9	0.8	3.4	7.2	2.11	AKR,TAC,BFL · EL,PCL,IL
2002	28	SEA-COL-CHC-min	AAA	6	0	1.000	5.64	44	0	12	0	0	3	60.2	67	43	38	6	33	4	43	3	0	1	277		1.648	9.9	0.9	4.9	6.4	1.30	TAC,CSP,IWA · PCL
2002	28	SEA	AL	1	0	1.000	18.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	8	8	8	1	4	0	1	0	0	1	24	26	3.000	18.0	2.3	9.0	2.3	0.25
2003	29	CIN-min	AAA	4	4	.500	4.36	44	0	23	0	0	4	53.2	53	30	26	1	14	1	46	1	0	3	226		1.248	8.9	0.2	2.3	7.7	3.29	LOU · IL
2003	29	CIN	NL	0	0		4.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	9	108	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00
2004	30	CIN-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	4.71	23	0	10	0	0	1	21.0	23	12	11	2	10	0	17	0	0	0	97		1.571	9.9	0.9	4.3	7.3	1.70	LOU · IL
2005	31	ANA-min	AAA	0	0		5.06	6	0	0	0	0	0	10.2	14	10	6	1	6	0	9	1	0	2	54		1.875	11.8	0.8	5.1	7.6	1.50	SLK · PCL
2006	32	CHC-OAK-min	AAA	4	3	.571	3.14	49	0	12	0	0	2	43.0	42	18	15	1	22	3	33	1	0	4	188		1.488	8.8	0.2	4.6	6.9	1.50	IWA,SAC · PCL
3 Yrs				1	1	.500	10.95	11	0	4	0	0	0	12.1	22	16	15	1	7	0	7	1	0	1	66	45	2.351	16.1	0.7	5.1	5.1	1.00
162 Game Avg.				6	6	.500	10.95	68	0	25	0	0	0	76	136	99	93	6	43	0	43	6	0	6	408	45	2.351	16.1	0.7	5.1	5.1	1.00

CIN (1 yr)				0	0		4.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	9	108	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00
CLE (1 yr)				0	1	.000	8.53	6	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	12	7	6	0	2	0	4	1	0	0	33	61	2.211	17.1	0.0	2.8	5.7	2.00
SEA (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	18.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	8	8	8	1	4	0	1	0	0	1	24	26	3.000	18.0	2.3	9.0	2.3	0.25

AL (2 yrs)				1	1	.500	12.19	9	0	2	0	0	0	10.1	20	15	14	1	6	0	5	1	0	1	57	41	2.516	17.4	0.9	5.2	4.4	0.83
NL (1 yr)				0	0		4.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	9	108	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00

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
2000	26	CLE	AL	6.1	6	0	7	9.95	5.88	-0.12	-0.43	100.1	5.57	-3	-0.3	.7	0.0	-0.2	-2	.454	.498	$

2002	28	SEA	AL	4.0	3	0	8	18.00	4.66	0.05	-0.35	95.5	4.07	-6	-0.5	1.1	-0.0	-0.5	-6	.328	.497	$
2003	29	CIN	NL	2.0	2	0	1	4.50	4.03	0.03	-0.30	118.0	4.37	-0	-0.0	.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.498	.500	$
3 Seasons				12.1	11	0	16	11.68	5.19	-0.04	-0.38	101.5	4.89	-9	-0.8	.7	-0.0	-0.7	-8	.427	.498	$

CIN (1 yr)				2.0	2	0	1	4.50	4.03	0.03	-0.30	118.0	4.37	-0	-0.0	.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.498	.500	$
CLE (1 yr)				6.1	6	0	7	9.95	5.88	-0.12	-0.43	100.1	5.57	-3	-0.3	.7	0.0	-0.2	-2	.454	.498	$
SEA (1 yr)				4.0	3	0	8	18.00	4.66	0.05	-0.35	95.5	4.07	-6	-0.5	1.1	-0.0	-0.5	-6	.328	.497	$

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
2000	26	CLE	AL	6	33	30	7	12	2	1	0	0	0	2	4	.400	.455	.533	.988	.462	16	1	1	0	0	0	0

2002	28	SEA	AL	3	24	19	8	8	1	0	1	1	0	4	1	.421	.500	.632	1.132	.389	12	0	0	0	1	0	0
2003	29	CIN	NL	2	9	8	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.333	.375	.708	.333	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				11	66	57	16	22	4	1	1	1	0	7	7	.386	.455	.544	.998	.420	31	1	1	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				68	408	352	99	136	25	6	6	6	0	43	43	.386	.455	.544	.998	.420	192	6	6	0	6	0	0
MLB Averages																.265	.335	.426	.761	.296

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2000	26	CLE	AL	-2.6	-0.2	33	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	.52	-0.2	-0.5	-4.1	-0.4	0.52	-2.5	2	0	4

2002	28	SEA	AL	-5.9	-0.5	26	0.1	0.2	-0.0	.29	-0.2	0.7	-5.3	-0.5	0.29	-3.6	1	0	2
2003	29	CIN	NL	0.1	0.0	9	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.06	-0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.06	0.2	0	0	2
3 Yrs				-8.4	-0.7	68	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	.37	-0.4	-0.3	-9.3	-0.8	0.37	-6.0	3	0	8

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
2000	26	CLE	AL	6	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	50%	3	.517	2	0	4	3	0	3	2	4	2	3	2	0	3.2	19

2002	28	SEA	AL	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0%	7	.286	1	0	2	0	1	2	2	1	2	1	3	0	4.0	34
2003	29	CIN	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	.057	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	18
3 Yrs				11	11	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	2	29%		.370	3	0	8	3	1	7	4	7	4	4	5	0	3.4	23

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%
2000	26	CLE	AL	33	39%	0.0%	12.1%	6.1%	9.1%	25%	0.63	2.00	79%	42%	0.0%	6%	11	1	9%

2002	28	SEA	AL	24	46%	4.2%	4.2%	16.7%	8.3%	25%	0.38	0.57	75%	32%	8.3%	8%	10	0	0%
2003	29	CIN	NL	9	22%	0.0%	22.2%	11.1%	11.1%	50%	1.00	1.00	67%	0%	0.0%	0%	0	0
3 Yrs				66	39%	1.5%	10.6%	10.6%	9.1%	27%	0.56	1.14	76%	33%	3.3%	6%	21	1	5%
MLB Averages					47%	2.9%	16.8%	8.8%	8.0%	34%	0.76	1.07	70%	23%	8.3%	14%			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
2000	26	CLE	AL	33	116	3.52	70	60%	36%	7%	20%	37%	64%	0%	39%	89%	52%	6%	2	2	18%	6	2	0	50%	1	0	0	0	0

2002	28	SEA	AL	24	101	4.21	58	57%	16%	10%	41%	33%	84%	0%	49%	88%	58%	8%	2	1	4%	1	1	0	0%	0	1	0	0	0
2003	29	CIN	NL	9	36	4.00	21	58%	10%	14%	48%	29%	90%	0%	53%	84%	56%	11%	1	0	44%	4	1	0	0%	0	1	0	0	0
3 Yrs				66	253	3.83	149	59%	24%	9%	32%	34%	76%	0%	45%	88%	55%	8%	5	3	17%	11	4	0	29%	1	2	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	58%	5%			21%				27%

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
2000	26	CLE	AL	33	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	75%	0	0	0	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2002	28	SEA	AL	24	8	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	100%	0	1	0	15	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2003	29	CIN	NL	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				66	22	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	6	5	0	83%	0	1	0	36	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2000	26	0	1	.000	8.53	6	1	6.1	12	7	6	0	2	4	1	0	33	61	2.211	17.1	0.0	2.8	5.7	2.00	61
2001	27	0	1	.000	8.53	6	1	6.1	12	7	6	0	2	4	1	0	33	61	2.211	17.1	0.0	2.8	5.7	2.00	61
2002	28	1	1	.500	12.19	9	2	10.1	20	15	14	1	6	5	1	1	57	41	2.516	17.4	0.9	5.2	4.4	0.83	41
2003	29	1	1	.500	10.95	11	4	12.1	22	16	15	1	7	7	1	1	66	45	2.351	16.1	0.7	5.1	5.1	1.00	45

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2000	26	0	0	7.50	6.0	11	6	5	0	2	4	1	2.167	16.5	3.0	6.0	2.00	0.0	6

2002	28	0	0	20.25	4.0	8	10	9	1	4	1	0	3.000	18.0	9.0	2.3	0.25	2.3	3
2003	29	0	0	4.50	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	2	0	1.500	9.0	4.5	9.0	2.00	0.0	2
3 Yrs		0	0	11.25	12.0	21	17	15	1	7	7	1	2.333	15.8		5.3	1.00	0.8	11

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