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Kip Wells

Robert Kip Wells

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

Born: April 21, 1977 in Houston, TX
High School: Elkins (Missouri City, TX)
School: Baylor University
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed December 23, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 1999
Teams (by GP): Pirates/WhiteSox/Cardinals/Nationals/Rockies/... 1999-2009
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: October 1, 2009 vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
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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
1999	22	CHW-min	A+,AA	13	8	.619	3.29	25	25	0	0	0	0	156.0	127	63	57	9	65	1	139	10	1	8	636		1.231	7.3	0.5	3.8	8.0	2.14	WSM,BIR · CARL,SOUL
1999	22	CHW	AL	4	1	.800	4.04	7	7	0	0	0	0	35.2	33	17	16	2	15	0	29	3	2	1	153	123	1.346	8.3	0.5	3.8	7.3	1.93
2000	23	CHW-min	AAA	5	3	.625	5.37	12	12	0	2	1	0	62.0	67	38	37	10	27	1	38	0	0	6	275		1.516	9.7	1.5	3.9	5.5	1.41	CHR · IL
2000	23	CHW	AL	6	9	.400	6.02	20	20	0	0	0	0	98.2	126	76	66	15	58	4	71	2	0	7	468	84	1.865	11.5	1.4	5.3	6.5	1.22
2001	24	CHW-min	AAA	2	1	.667	3.55	4	4	0	0	0	0	25.1	26	11	10	2	8	0	24	0	0	2	110		1.342	9.2	0.7	2.8	8.5	3.00	CHR · IL
2001	24	CHW	AL	10	11	.476	4.79	40	20	3	0	0	0	133.1	145	80	71	14	61	5	99	12	0	14	603	97	1.545	9.8	0.9	4.1	6.7	1.62
2002	25	PIT	NL	12	14	.462	3.58	33	33	0	1	1	0	198.1	197	92	79	21	71	11	134	7	0	7	845	118	1.351	8.9	1.0	3.2	6.1	1.89
2003	26	PIT	NL	10	9	.526	3.28	31	31	0	1	0	0	197.1	171	77	72	24	76	7	147	7	0	7	835	133	1.252	7.8	1.1	3.5	6.7	1.93
2004	27	PIT	NL	5	7	.417	4.55	24	24	0	0	0	0	138.1	145	71	70	14	66	4	116	6	0	3	621	95	1.525	9.4	0.9	4.3	7.5	1.76
2005	28	PIT	NL	8	18	.308	5.09	33	33	0	1	1	0	182.0	186	116	103	23	99	8	132	12	0	8	828	83	1.566	9.2	1.1	4.9	6.5	1.33
2006	29	PIT-min	AA,A+	2	0	1.000	2.02	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.1	9	3	3	1	3	0	9	2	0	1	50		0.900	6.1	0.7	2.0	6.1	3.00	ATO,LBG · EL,CARL
2006	29	TOT	MLB	2	5	.286	6.50	9	9	0	0	0	0	44.1	61	33	32	3	21	1	20	4	0	5	208	70	1.850	12.4	0.6	4.3	4.1	0.95
2006	29	PIT	NL	1	5	.167	6.69	7	7	0	0	0	0	36.1	46	27	27	3	18	1	16	4	0	5	168	67	1.761	11.4	0.7	4.5	4.0	0.89
2006	29	TEX	AL	1	0	1.000	5.63	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	15	6	5	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	40	85	2.250	16.9	0.0	3.4	4.5	1.33
2007	30	STL	NL	7	17	.292	5.70	34	26	4	0	0	0	162.2	186	116	103	19	78	9	122	9	1	8	750	77	1.623	10.3	1.1	4.3	6.8	1.56
2008	31	COL-min	AAA,AA	0	3	.000	7.20	5	5	0	0	0	0	25.0	38	27	20	4	7	0	23	0	0	3	119		1.800	13.7	1.4	2.5	8.3	3.29	CSP,TUL · PCL,TL
2008	31	TOT	MLB	1	3	.250	6.21	25	2	8	0	0	0	37.2	39	29	26	4	30	2	31	2	0	3	176	75	1.832	9.3	1.0	7.2	7.4	1.03
2008	31	KCR	AL	0	1	.000	8.71	10	0	2	0	0	0	10.1	10	10	10	1	11	0	9	1	0	1	50	52	2.032	8.7	0.9	9.6	7.8	0.82
2008	31	COL	NL	1	2	.333	5.27	15	2	6	0	0	0	27.1	29	19	16	3	19	2	22	1	0	2	126	90	1.756	9.5	1.0	6.3	7.2	1.16
2009	32	CIN-WSN-min	AAA,A+	2	0	1.000	2.64	11	4	1	0	0	0	30.2	24	9	9	3	8	0	28	0	0	0	118		1.043	7.0	0.9	2.3	8.2	3.50	LOU,SYR,POT · IL,CARL
2009	32	TOT	NL	2	5	.286	5.33	33	7	9	0	0	2	72.2	60	43	43	6	40	1	43	5	0	0	314	80	1.376	7.4	0.7	5.0	5.3	1.08
2009	32	WSN	NL	0	2	.000	6.49	23	0	8	0	0	2	26.1	23	19	19	1	18	1	18	0	0	0	117	66	1.557	7.9	0.3	6.2	6.2	1.00
2009	32	CIN	NL	2	3	.400	4.66	10	7	1	0	0	0	46.1	37	24	24	5	22	0	25	5	0	0	197	91	1.273	7.2	1.0	4.3	4.9	1.14
11 Seasons				67	99	.404	4.71	289	212	24	3	2	2	1301.0	1349	750	681	145	615	52	944	69	3	63	5801	94	1.510	9.3	1.0	4.3	6.5	1.54
162 Game Avg.				9	13	.404	4.71	39	29	3	0	0	0	177	183	102	92	20	83	7	128	9	0	9	787	94	1.510	9.3	1.0	4.3	6.5	1.54
			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
PIT (5 yrs)				36	53	.404	4.20	128	128	0	3	2	0	752.1	745	383	351	85	330	31	545	36	0	30	3297	103	1.429	8.9	1.0	3.9	6.5	1.65
CHW (3 yrs)				20	21	.488	5.14	67	47	3	0	0	0	267.2	304	173	153	31	134	9	199	17	2	22	1224	94	1.636	10.2	1.0	4.5	6.7	1.49
KCR (1 yr)				0	1	.000	8.71	10	0	2	0	0	0	10.1	10	10	10	1	11	0	9	1	0	1	50	52	2.032	8.7	0.9	9.6	7.8	0.82
COL (1 yr)				1	2	.333	5.27	15	2	6	0	0	0	27.1	29	19	16	3	19	2	22	1	0	2	126	90	1.756	9.5	1.0	6.3	7.2	1.16
STL (1 yr)				7	17	.292	5.70	34	26	4	0	0	0	162.2	186	116	103	19	78	9	122	9	1	8	750	77	1.623	10.3	1.1	4.3	6.8	1.56
TEX (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	5.63	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	15	6	5	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	40	85	2.250	16.9	0.0	3.4	4.5	1.33
CIN (1 yr)				2	3	.400	4.66	10	7	1	0	0	0	46.1	37	24	24	5	22	0	25	5	0	0	197	91	1.273	7.2	1.0	4.3	4.9	1.14
WSN (1 yr)				0	2	.000	6.49	23	0	8	0	0	2	26.1	23	19	19	1	18	1	18	0	0	0	117	66	1.557	7.9	0.3	6.2	6.2	1.00

NL (8 yrs)			NL	46	77	.374	4.55	210	163	19	3	2	2	1015.0	1020	561	513	113	467	43	732	51	1	40	4487	95	1.465	9.0	1.0	4.1	6.5	1.57
AL (5 yrs)			AL	21	22	.488	5.29	79	49	5	0	0	0	286.0	329	189	168	32	148	9	212	18	2	23	1314	91	1.668	10.4	1.0	4.7	6.7	1.43

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
1999	22	CHW	AL	35.2	7	17	25	0	1.1	8	0.8	$
2000	23	CHW	AL	98.2	20	76	72	0	1.0	-4	-0.3	$
2001	24	CHW	AL	133.1	20	80	88	1	1.0	8	0.6	$
2002	25	PIT	NL	198.1	33	92	117	2	1.0	25	2.5	$272,500
2003	26	PIT	NL	197.1	31	77	121	0	1.1	44	4.5	$370,000
2004	27	PIT	NL	138.1	24	71	85	1	1.1	14	1.5	$2,575,000
2005	28	PIT	NL	182.0	33	116	108	2	1.1	-8	-0.8	$3,175,000
2006	29	PIT	NL	36.1	7	27	23	0	1.0	-4	-0.4	$4,150,000
2006	29	TEX	AL	8.0	2	6	6	0	.6	0	0.0	$
2007	30	STL	NL	162.2	26	116	98	1	1.0	-18	-1.8	$4,000,000
2008	31	COL	NL	27.1	2	19	18	-1	.9	-1	-0.3	$3,100,000
2008	31	KCR	AL	10.1	0	10	7	0	.5	-3	-0.3	$
2009	32	WSN	NL	26.1	0	19	16	-1	1.5	-3	-0.7	$
2009	32	CIN	NL	46.1	7	24	26	2	.9	2	0.2	$
11 Seasons				1301.0	212	750	810	7	1.0	60	5.5	$17,642,500

PIT (5 yrs)				752.1	128	383	454	5	1.1	71	7.3	$10,542,500
CHW (3 yrs)				267.2	47	173	185	1	1.0	12	1.1	$
KCR (1 yr)				10.1	0	10	7	0	.5	-3	-0.3	$
COL (1 yr)				27.1	2	19	18	-1	.9	-1	-0.3	$3,100,000
STL (1 yr)				162.2	26	116	98	1	1.0	-18	-1.8	$4,000,000
TEX (1 yr)				8.0	2	6	6	0	.6	0	0.0	$
CIN (1 yr)				46.1	7	24	26	2	.9	2	0.2	$
WSN (1 yr)				26.1	0	19	16	-1	1.5	-3	-0.7	$

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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
1999	22	CHW-min	AA,A+	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	BIR,WSM · SOUL,CARL
1999	22	CHW	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2000	23	CHW-min	AAA	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CHR · IL
2000	23	CHW	AL	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	24	CHW-min	AAA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CHR · IL
2001	24	CHW	AL	40	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	.167	.167	.167	.333	-13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	25	PIT	NL	34	76	63	4	12	2	0	1	5	0	0	0	28	.190	.190	.270	.460	19	17	0	0	13	0	0	1
2003	26	PIT	NL	34	73	68	8	13	3	0	1	5	0	0	1	23	.191	.203	.279	.482	23	19	0	0	4	0	0	1
2004	27	PIT	NL	25	50	43	4	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	20	.186	.239	.302	.541	40	13	0	0	4	0	0	1
2005	28	PIT	NL	34	61	57	4	9	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	26	.158	.172	.228	.400	5	13	0	1	3	0	0	1
2006	29	PIT-min	AA,A+	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	ATO,LBG · EL,CARL
2006	29	TOT	MLB	9	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.091	.091	.091	.182	-53	1	0	0	1	0	0	/1
2006	29	PIT	NL	7	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.091	.091	.091	.182	-53	1	0	0	1	0	0	/11
2006	29	TEX	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/11
2007	30	STL	NL	35	54	53	7	17	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	19	.321	.321	.396	.717	85	21	0	0	1	0	0	1
2008	31	COL-min	AAA,AA	5	10	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.125	.222	.250	.472		2	0	0	1	0	0	CSP,TUL · PCL,TL
2008	31	TOT	MLB	25	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2008	31	KCR	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	11
2008	31	COL	NL	15	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	11
2009	32	CIN-WSN-min	AAA,A+	11	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	SYR,LOU,POT · IL,CARL
2009	32	TOT	NL	33	17	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	-52	1	0	0	6	0	0	1
2009	32	WSN	NL	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2009	32	CIN	NL	10	16	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	-52	1	0	0	5	0	0	1
11 Seasons				296	357	319	29	62	10	1	4	17	1	0	4	138	.194	.207	.270	.476	23	86	0	1	33	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	195	175	16	34	5	1	2	9	1	0	2	76	.194	.207	.270	.476	23	47	0	1	18	0	0
				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
PIT (5 yrs)				134	272	242	20	43	9	1	3	12	0	0	4	105	.178	.194	.260	.455	17	63	0	1	25	0	0
CHW (3 yrs)				67	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	.125	.125	.125	.250	-35	1	0	0	0	0	0
KCR (1 yr)				10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
COL (1 yr)				15	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
STL (1 yr)				35	54	53	7	17	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	19	.321	.321	.396	.717	85	21	0	0	1	0	0
TEX (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				10	16	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	-52	1	0	0	5	0	0
WSN (1 yr)				23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1	0	0

NL (8 yrs)				217	349	311	28	61	10	1	4	17	0	0	4	131	.196	.209	.273	.482	25	85	0	1	33	0	0
AL (5 yrs)				79	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	.125	.125	.125	.250	-35	1	0	0	0	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
2000	23	CHW	AL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$210,000	1
2001	24	CHW	AL	6	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
2002	25	PIT	NL	76	-7	0	-1	1	0	7	2	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$272,500	1
2003	26	PIT	NL	73	-8	-1	-1	1	0	8	2	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$370,000	1
2004	27	PIT	NL	50	-4	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$2,575,000	1
2005	28	PIT	NL	61	-8	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$3,175,000	1
2006	29	PIT	NL	12	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$4,150,000	/11
2007	30	STL	NL	54	-1	0	0	0	0	6	2	7	0.7	7	0.7	0.0	$4,000,000	1
2008	31	COL	NL	6	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$3,100,000	11
2009	32	CIN	NL	16	-2	0	-0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
10 Seasons				356	-36	-1	-2	2	0	36	9	8	0.7	8	0.8	-0.1	$17,852,500

PIT (5 yrs)				272	-30	-1	-2	2	0	27	7	3	0.2	3	0.3	-0.1	$10,542,500
CHW (2 yrs)				8	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$210,000
COL (1 yr)				6	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$3,100,000
STL (1 yr)				54	-1	0	0	0	0	6	2	7	0.7	7	0.7	0.0	$4,000,000
CIN (1 yr)				16	-2	0	-0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	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
1999	CHW	AL	22	P	7			35.2	9	4	3	2	0	.778			1.77	1.00	.952	1.69	1.66
2000	CHW	AL	23	P	20			98.2	16	6	5	5	0	.688			1.00	0.55	.956	1.62	1.60
2001	CHW	AL	24	P	40			133.1	31	9	19	3	1	.903			1.89	0.70	.955	1.75	1.74
2002	PIT	NL	25	P	33			198.1	45	12	30	3	1	.933			1.91	1.27	.963	1.83	1.81
2003	PIT	NL	26	P	31			197.1	43	7	31	5	0	.884	-2	-2	1.73	1.23	.957	1.84	1.83
2004	PIT	NL	27	P	24			138.1	28	7	18	3	1	.893	1	1	1.63	1.04	.965	1.84	1.82
2005	PIT	NL	28	P	33			182.0	41	6	33	2	4	.951	1	1	1.93	1.18	.960	1.75	1.73
2006	TOT	MLB	29	P	9			44.1	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	-1	-4	0.81	0.44	.958	1.68	1.68
2006	PIT	NL	29	P	7			36.1	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	0	0	0.74	0.43	.957	1.71	1.71
2006	TEX	AL	29	P	2			8.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-25	1.12	0.50	.960	1.58	1.55
2007	STL	NL	30	P	34			162.2	35	10	21	4	0	.886	1	1	1.72	0.91	.965	1.68	1.67
2008	TOT	MLB	31	P	25			37.2	9	1	7	1	0	.889	2	10	1.91	0.32	.958	1.67	1.67
2008	COL	NL	31	P	15			27.1	8	1	6	1	0	.875	1	7	2.30	0.47	.959	1.71	1.72
2008	KCR	AL	31	P	10			10.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1	19	0.87	0.10	.950	1.57	1.59
2009	TOT	NL	32	P	33	7	0	72.2	10	2	8	0	0	1.000	-2	-5	1.24	0.30	.956	1.71	1.70	11	3	21%	0
2009	WSN	NL	32	P	23	0	0	26.1	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	-1	-8	1.71	0.22	.956	1.71	1.70	4	1	20%	0
2009	CIN	NL	32	P	10	7	0	46.1	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	-1	-4	0.97	0.50	.956	1.71	1.70	7	2	22%	0
	11 Seasons			P	289	7	0	1301.0	271	65	178	28	7	.897	0	0	1.68	0.84	.960	1.76	1.73	11	3	21%	0
	11 Seasons			TOT	289	7	0	1301.0	271	65	178	28	7	.897	0	0	1.68	0.84	.960	1.76	1.73	11	3	21%	0
Lg				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

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 2003 NL 4.5 (10th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 2003 NL 7.799 (10th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y Career 6.530 (153rd)	Shutouts s c a p y 2002 NL 1 (10th) 2005 NL 1 (8th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 2005 NL 99 (1st) 2007 NL 78 (10th)	Losses s c a p y 2002 NL 14 (5th) 2005 NL 18 (1st) 2007 NL 17 (1st)	Earned Runs s c a p y 2005 NL 103 (10th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 2001 AL 14 (1st) 2005 NL 8 (8th) 2007 NL 8 (8th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2001 AL 12 (9th) 2005 NL 12 (6th) Career 69 (206th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 2003 NL 133 (10th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 2002 NL 13 (3rd)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 2000 AL 5 (1st) 2003 NL 5 (1st) 2004 NL 3 (3rd) 2007 NL 4 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 4 (1971), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 2 (1856), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 58th round of the 1995 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 2, 1998: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed December 23, 1998.
December 13, 2001: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Josh Fogg and Sean Lowe to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Lee Evans (minors) and Todd Ritchie.
July 31, 2006: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Texas Rangers for Jesse Chavez.
November 1, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
November 28, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
October 30, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
December 13, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.
August 14, 2008: Released by the Colorado Rockies.
August 19, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
October 24, 2008: Released by the Kansas City Royals.
March 11, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.
July 7, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
July 9, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
November 16, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
February 11, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
April 2, 2010: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.
March 23, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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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
2000	23	Chicago White Sox	$210,000	4/5/00 AP

2002	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	$272,500	4/3/02 AP
2003	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	$370,000	4/3/03 AP
2004	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	$2,575,000	4/7/04 AP
2005	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	$3,175,000
2006	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	$4,150,000
2007	30	St. Louis Cardinals	$4,000,000
2008	31	Colorado Rockies	$3,100,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$17,852,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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