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Jake Westbrook

Jacob Cauthen Westbrook

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 29, 1977 in Athens, GA
High School: Madison County HS (Danielsville, GA)
Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 17, 2000
Teams (by GP): Indians/Cardinals/Yankees 2000-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (mutual option), 2 yrs/$17.5M (11-12) & 13 mutual option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 10.144, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Michael Maas [*]
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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
1996	18	COL-min	Rk,A-	5	3	.625	2.78	15	15	0	0	0	0	87.1	88	41	27	1	19	0	76	9	0	6	370		1.225	9.1	0.1	2.0	7.8	4.00	RKS,POR · ARIZ,NORW
1997	19	COL-min	A	14	11	.560	4.29	28	27	0	3	2	0	170.0	176	93	81	16	55	0	92	15	0	3	736		1.359	9.3	0.8	2.9	4.9	1.67	AVL · SALL
1998	20	WSN-min	A+	11	6	.647	3.26	27	27	0	2	0	0	171.0	169	70	62	11	60	0	79	11	0	4	720		1.339	8.9	0.6	3.2	4.2	1.32	JUP · FLOR
1999	21	WSN-min	AA	11	5	.688	3.92	27	27	0	2	2	0	174.2	180	88	76	14	63	1	90	13	1	2	748		1.391	9.3	0.7	3.2	4.6	1.43	HRB · EL
2000	22	NYY-min	AAA	5	7	.417	4.65	16	15	0	2	0	0	89.0	94	53	46	3	38	0	61	4	0	2	393		1.483	9.5	0.3	3.8	6.2	1.61	CLB · IL
2000	22	NYY	AL	0	2	.000	13.50	3	2	1	0	0	0	6.2	15	10	10	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	38	37	2.850	20.3	1.4	5.4	1.4	0.25
2001	23	CLE-min	AAA	8	1	.889	3.20	12	12	0	0	0	0	64.2	60	27	23	2	23	0	45	8	2	0	273		1.284	8.4	0.3	3.2	6.3	1.96	BFL · IL
2001	23	CLE	AL	4	4	.500	5.85	23	6	3	0	0	0	64.2	79	43	42	6	22	4	48	4	0	4	290	77	1.562	11.0	0.8	3.1	6.7	2.18
2002	24	CLE-min	AA,AAA	1	1	.500	5.14	4	4	0	0	0	0	21.0	21	12	12	1	1	0	10	3	0	1	88		1.048	9.0	0.4	0.4	4.3	10.00	AKR,BFL · EL,IL
2002	24	CLE	AL	1	3	.250	5.83	11	4	1	0	0	0	41.2	50	30	27	6	12	1	20	1	0	1	185	76	1.488	10.8	1.3	2.6	4.3	1.67
2003	25	CLE-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	7	0	0	1	35		0.400	0.0	0.0	3.6	6.3	1.75	BFL · IL
2003	25	CLE	AL	7	10	.412	4.33	34	22	4	1	0	0	133.0	142	70	64	9	56	1	58	12	0	3	580	102	1.489	9.6	0.6	3.8	3.9	1.04
2004	26	CLE	AL	14	9	.609	3.38	33	30	2	5	1	0	215.2	208	95	81	19	61	3	116	5	1	4	895	129	1.247	8.7	0.8	2.5	4.8	1.90	AS
2005	27	CLE	AL	15	15	.500	4.49	34	34	0	2	0	0	210.2	218	121	105	19	56	3	119	7	0	3	895	93	1.301	9.3	0.8	2.4	5.1	2.13
2006	28	CLE	AL	15	10	.600	4.17	32	32	0	3	2	0	211.1	247	106	98	15	55	4	109	4	0	5	904	107	1.429	10.5	0.6	2.3	4.6	1.98
2007	29	CLE-min	AAA,A,AA	0	3	.000	9.24	4	4	0	0	0	0	12.2	20	16	13	0	8	0	11	0	0	2	64		2.211	14.2	0.0	5.7	7.8	1.38	BFL,LCO,AKR · IL,SALL,EL
2007	29	CLE	AL	6	9	.400	4.32	25	25	0	0	0	0	152.0	159	78	73	13	55	5	93	6	0	3	648	105	1.408	9.4	0.8	3.3	5.5	1.69
2008	30	CLE-min	AA,A	0	0		0.93	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.2	6	1	1	0	5	0	6	0	0	0	36		1.138	5.6	0.0	4.7	5.6	1.20	AKR,LCO · EL,SALL
2008	30	CLE	AL	1	2	.333	3.12	5	5	0	1	0	0	34.2	33	13	12	5	7	0	19	1	0	1	139	137	1.154	8.6	1.3	1.8	4.9	2.71

2009	31	CLE-min	AA	0	1	.000	2.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	9.0	8	2	2	1	1	0	6	0	0	2	34		1.000	8.0	1.0	1.0	6.0	6.00	AKR · EL
2010	32	TOT	MLB	10	11	.476	4.22	33	33	0	1	0	0	202.2	203	99	95	20	68	4	128	8	0	8	860	93	1.337	9.0	0.9	3.0	5.7	1.88
2010	32	CLE	AL	6	7	.462	4.65	21	21	0	1	0	0	127.2	133	68	66	15	44	4	73	6	0	6	543	85	1.386	9.4	1.1	3.1	5.1	1.66
2010	32	STL	NL	4	4	.500	3.48	12	12	0	0	0	0	75.0	70	31	29	5	24	0	55	2	0	2	317	112	1.253	8.4	0.6	2.9	6.6	2.29
2011	33	STL	NL	12	9	.571	4.66	33	33	0	0	0	0	183.1	208	103	95	16	73	8	104	2	0	3	809	80	1.533	10.2	0.8	3.6	5.1	1.42
2012	34	STL	NL	4	4	.500	3.84	10	10	0	0	0	0	61.0	65	29	26	5	19	0	44	2	0	3	261	99	1.377	9.6	0.7	2.8	6.5	2.32
12 Yrs				89	88	.503	4.32	276	236	11	13	3	0	1517.1	1627	797	728	134	488	34	859	52	1	38	6504	98	1.394	9.7	0.8	2.9	5.1	1.76
162 Game Avg.				12	12	.503	4.32	37	31	1	2	0	0	202	216	106	97	18	65	5	114	7	0	5	864	98	1.394	9.7	0.8	2.9	5.1	1.76

CLE (9 yrs)				69	69	.500	4.29	218	179	10	13	3	0	1191.1	1269	624	568	107	368	25	655	46	1	30	5079	101	1.374	9.6	0.8	2.8	4.9	1.78
STL (3 yrs)				20	17	.541	4.23	55	55	0	0	0	0	319.1	343	163	150	26	116	8	203	6	0	8	1387	89	1.437	9.7	0.7	3.3	5.7	1.75
NYY (1 yr)				0	2	.000	13.50	3	2	1	0	0	0	6.2	15	10	10	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	38	37	2.850	20.3	1.4	5.4	1.4	0.25

AL (10 yrs)				69	71	.493	4.34	221	181	11	13	3	0	1198.0	1284	634	578	108	372	26	656	46	1	30	5117	100	1.382	9.6	0.8	2.8	4.9	1.76
NL (3 yrs)				20	17	.541	4.23	55	55	0	0	0	0	319.1	343	163	150	26	116	8	203	6	0	8	1387	89	1.437	9.7	0.7	3.3	5.7	1.75

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	Awards
2000	22	NYY	AL	6.2	3	2	10	13.50	5.58	-0.21	-0.00	99.9	5.78	-6	-0.5	.0	0.1	-0.3	-5	.347	.497	$
2001	23	CLE	AL	64.2	23	6	43	5.98	4.90	-0.33	-0.12	101.4	5.18	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.1	-0.1	2	.474	.496	$
2002	24	CLE	AL	41.2	11	4	30	6.48	4.90	-0.35	-0.08	97.9	5.06	-7	-0.6	1.1	-0.1	-0.3	-1	.442	.496	$217,000
2003	25	CLE	AL	133.0	34	22	70	4.74	4.75	0.17	0.12	97.0	4.56	-2	-0.2	1.6	-0.1	0.9	14	.493	.499	$305,500
2004	26	CLE	AL	215.2	33	30	95	3.96	5.02	-0.07	0.16	94.0	4.93	21	2.1	1.1	-0.1	3.9	51	.565	.513	$925,000	AS
2005	27	CLE	AL	210.2	34	34	121	5.17	4.61	0.34	0.17	95.9	4.26	-23	-2.2		-0.1	-0.4	4	.435	.486	$2,900,000
2006	28	CLE	AL	211.1	32	32	106	4.51	4.94	-0.19	0.19	98.5	5.24	15	1.5		-0.1	3.3	44	.547	.509	$4,250,000
2007	29	CLE	AL	152.0	25	25	78	4.62	4.80	0.01	0.18	100.8	5.02	6	0.6		-0.1	1.8	26	.522	.503	$6,100,000
2008	30	CLE	AL	34.2	5	5	13	3.38	4.97	0.16	0.19	95.8	4.80	5	0.5		-0.0	0.8	10	.605	.503	$10,000,000

2010	32	CLE	AL	127.2	21	21	68	4.79	4.57	-0.12	0.17	94.9	4.61	-4	-0.4		-0.1	0.7	12	.483	.498	$11,000,000
2010	32	STL	NL	75.0	12	12	31	3.72	4.25	0.20	0.16	97.0	4.09	3	0.3		-0.1	0.8	10	.526	.502	$
2011	33	STL	NL	183.1	33	33	103	5.06	4.19	-0.21	0.16	97.1	4.42	-14	-1.5		-0.1	-0.2	3	.456	.491	$8,000,000
2012	34	STL	NL	61.0	10	10	29	4.28	4.09	-0.02	0.15	97.3	4.15	-2	-0.2		-0.1	0.2	5	.484	.499	$
12 Seasons				1517.1	276	236	797	4.73	4.69	-0.02	0.15	97.1	4.71	-14	-1.1	1.2	-1.0	11.1	174	.496	.499	$43,697,500

CLE (9 yrs)				1191.1	218	179	624	4.71	4.81	-0.00	0.14	97.0	4.82	5	0.7	1.2	-0.9	10.6	161	.503	.500	$35,697,500
STL (3 yrs)				319.1	55	55	163	4.59	4.18	-0.08	0.16	97.1	4.29	-12	-1.3		-0.2	0.8	18	.476	.497	$8,000,000
NYY (1 yr)				6.2	3	2	10	13.50	5.58	-0.21	-0.00	99.9	5.78	-6	-0.5	.0	0.1	-0.3	-5	.347	.497	$

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
2007	29	CLE	AL	ALDS	W	NYY	0	1	.000	10.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	9	6	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	22	1.800	16.2	1.8	0.0	1.8
2007	29	CLE	AL	ALCS	L	BOS	1	1	.500	3.55	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.2	16	5	5	1	4	1	7	0	0	0	52	1.579	11.4	0.7	2.8	5.0	1.75

2011	33	STL	NL	WS	W	TEX	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
2 Yrs (3 Series)							2	2	.500	5.03	5	3	2	0	0	0	19.2	27	11	11	2	5	1	8	0	0	0	82	1.627	12.4	0.9	2.3	3.7	1.60
1 ALDS							0	1	.000	10.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	9	6	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	22	1.800	16.2	1.8	0.0	1.8
1 ALCS							1	1	.500	3.55	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.2	16	5	5	1	4	1	7	0	0	0	52	1.579	11.4	0.7	2.8	5.0	1.75
1 WS							1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00

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
2004	CLE	AL	26

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	22	NYY	AL	3	38	32	10	15	6	0	1	0	0	4	1	.469	.500	.750	1.250	.438	24	0	0	0	2	1	0
2001	23	CLE	AL	23	290	258	43	79	16	1	6	7	2	22	48	.306	.363	.446	.809	.349	115	8	4	1	5	4	1
2002	24	CLE	AL	11	185	169	30	50	10	2	6	2	0	12	20	.296	.344	.485	.829	.306	82	4	1	2	1	1	2
2003	25	CLE	AL	34	580	505	70	142	28	1	9	11	4	56	58	.281	.365	.394	.759	.302	199	26	12	4	3	1	6
2004	26	CLE	AL	33	895	817	95	208	48	1	19	8	6	61	116	.255	.308	.386	.694	.275	315	29	5	6	6	3	14
2005	27	CLE	AL	34	895	822	121	218	46	2	19	13	4	56	119	.265	.316	.395	.711	.289	325	25	7	5	4	3	15
2006	28	CLE	AL	32	904	835	106	247	40	2	15	16	3	55	109	.296	.341	.402	.743	.324	336	35	4	5	4	4	9
2007	29	CLE	AL	25	648	577	78	159	21	2	13	14	7	55	93	.276	.343	.386	.729	.307	223	20	6	6	4	5	6
2008	30	CLE	AL	5	139	129	13	33	4	0	5	0	2	7	19	.256	.295	.403	.698	.262	52	5	1	0	2	0	2

2010	32	CLE	AL	21	543	487	68	133	29	2	15	11	7	44	73	.273	.339	.433	.772	.294	211	13	6	3	3	4	7
2010	32	STL	NL	12	317	289	31	70	9	3	5	4	1	24	55	.242	.305	.346	.651	.284	100	9	2	2	0	0	5
2010	32	TOT	MLB	33	860	776	99	203	38	5	20	15	8	68	128	.262	.326	.401	.727	.290	311	22	8	5	3	4	12
2011	33	STL	NL	33	809	718	103	208	40	8	16	13	4	73	104	.290	.355	.435	.789	.318	312	22	2	11	5	8	9
2012	34	STL	NL	10	261	240	29	65	13	0	5	1	3	19	44	.271	.330	.388	.717	.314	93	8	2	0	0	0	5
12 Yrs				276	6504	5878	797	1627	310	24	134	100	43	488	859	.277	.336	.406	.742	.303	2387	204	52	45	39	34	81
162 Game Avg.				37	864	781	106	216	41	3	18	13	6	65	114	.277	.336	.406	.742	.303	317	27	7	6	5	5	11
MLB Averages																.264	.332	.420	.752	.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
2000	22	NYY	AL	-6.0	-0.5	38	-0.6	0.3	-0.9	.90	-0.5	-0.1	-5.7	-0.5	0.90	-5.4	0	0	0
2001	23	CLE	AL	-8.3	-0.8	304	-0.3	4.1	-4.4	.86	-0.2	-0.2	-6.7	-0.6	0.86	-3.9	6	5	6
2002	24	CLE	AL	-7.0	-0.7	188	-0.9	2.6	-3.5	.92	-0.3	-0.6	-12.0	-1.1	0.92	-5.3	2	1	4
2003	25	CLE	AL	0.9	0.1	600	0.4	11.1	-10.7	1.08	0.4	-0.0	3.9	0.4	1.08	4.2	7	3	2
2004	26	CLE	AL	21.6	2.1	917	1.8	15.6	-13.8	.94	1.7	0.2	23.4	2.4	0.94	24.4	1	1	1
2005	27	CLE	AL	-10.5	-1.0	918	-0.7	16.8	-17.5	1.08	0.3	-1.0	-9.4	-0.9	1.08	3.5	0	0	0
2006	28	CLE	AL	7.4	0.7	924	0.8	16.2	-15.4	.97	1.2	-0.4	16.6	1.6	0.97	15.9	0	0	0
2007	29	CLE	AL	3.8	0.4	672	0.8	11.9	-11.1	1.01	0.8	-0.0	7.0	0.7	1.01	7.7	0	0	0
2008	30	CLE	AL	4.7	0.5	144	0.0	2.7	-2.7	1.02	0.2	-0.2	4.1	0.4	1.02	2.4	0	0	0

2010	32	TOT	MLB	-5.2	-0.5	890	-0.8	14.6	-15.4	.98	-0.0	-0.9	-5.3	-0.5	0.98	-0.4	0	0	0
2010	32	CLE	AL	-9.0	-0.9	567	-1.4	9.3	-10.6	.99	-0.4	-1.0	-10.5	-1.0	0.99	-5.6	0	0	0
2010	32	STL	NL	3.8	0.4	323	0.5	5.3	-4.8	.95	0.4	0.1	5.2	0.6	0.95	5.2	0	0	0
2011	33	STL	NL	-21.6	-2.2	833	-1.9	14.0	-15.9	1.07	-1.5	-0.3	-22.5	-2.3	1.07	-15.6	0	0	0
2012	34	STL	NL	-0.6	-0.1	270	-0.5	3.5	-4.0	.81	-0.1	-0.6	-0.9	-0.1	0.81	-1.1	0	0	0
12 Yrs				-20.8	-1.9	6698	-2.2	113.4	-115.5	1.00	1.9	-4.1	-7.4	-0.5	1.00	26.5	16	10	13

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
2000	22	NYY	AL	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	22.0	29	15	3	0	1	1	5.5	4.5	2.2	48	2	0	0	0	50
2001	23	CLE	AL	23	6	2	3	1	1	0	2	4	.333	0	1	0	0	1	17%	39.8	60	15	18	7	1	2	4.7	5.8	4.8	80	2	4	0	0	95
2002	24	CLE	AL	11	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	4	.000	1	1	0	0	2	50%	44.0	69	13	5	0	0	1	3.0	1.4	5.4	79	1	3	0	0	96
2003	25	CLE	AL	34	22	6	8	8	4	3	9	13	.409	4	3	1	0	6	27%	45.5	70	16	21	6	0	15	4.6	5.1	5.4	86	5	14	3	0	104
2004	26	CLE	AL	33	30	14	8	8	5	5	17	13	.567	2	4	5	1	17	57%	52.6	81	31	15	8	0	10	6.2	6.6	6.8	99	2	9	19	0	114
2005	27	CLE	AL	34	34	15	15	4	3	6	16	18	.471	1	2	2	0	20	59%	48.9	74	3	13	7	0	14	4.7	4.9	6.2	94	3	16	15	0	109
2006	28	CLE	AL	32	32	15	10	7	3	4	15	17	.469	5	2	3	2	18	56%	48.3	78	6	14	10	0	18	5.7	6.5	6.6	102	1	10	20	1	120
2007	29	CLE	AL	25	25	6	9	10	0	2	13	12	.520	1	5	0	0	15	60%	49.4	79	6	10	4	0	8	3.9	3.2	6.1	99	2	4	19	0	118
2008	30	CLE	AL	5	5	1	2	2	0	2	1	4	.200	1	1	1	0	4	80%	55.6	65	46	4	0	0	3	2.8	3.0	6.9	101	0	2	3	0	111

2010	32	TOT	MLB	33	33	10	11	12	2	3	13	20	.394	4	3	1	0	18	55%	0.1	79	25	22	3	0	14	4.1	4.4	6.1	101	1	11	21	0	116
2010	32	CLE	AL	21	21	6	7	8	1	1	8	13	.381	3	2	1	0	9	43%	48.1	72	25	16	1	0	10	4.2	4.7	6.1	101	1	7	13	0	116
2010	32	STL	NL	12	12	4	4	4	1	2	5	7	.417	1	1	0	0	9	75%	54.0	79	31	6	2	0	4	3.9	3.8	6.3	101	0	4	8	0	113
2011	33	STL	NL	33	33	12	9	12	5	2	18	15	.545	1	9	0	0	13	39%	46.2	77	16	27	7	1	15	5.0	4.3	5.6	93	8	8	16	1	121
2012	34	STL	NL	10	10	4	4	2	0	2	4	6	.400	0	2	0	0	6	60%	50.8	75	22	6	2	0	6	5.7	5.9	6.1	100	0	5	5	0	115
12 Yrs				276	236	85	83	68	23	29	108	128	.458	20	33	13	3	120	51%	49	81	3	158	54	3	107	4.9	5.0	6.1	96	27	86	121	2	121
MLB Averages													.500						49%	49	100	-13					4.7	4.7	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	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	22	NYY	AL	3	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0%	7	.901	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	7.0	27
2001	23	CLE	AL	23	17	3	2	1	0	0		5	5	11	3	27%	7	.860	6	5	6	6	1	10	6	11	11	2	12	2	6.4	35
2002	24	CLE	AL	11	7	1	1	1	2	2	0%	3	1	9	7	78%	6	.920	2	1	4	3	0	4	5	2	6	1	6	0	8.6	51
2003	25	CLE	AL	34	12	4	1	2	0	0		1	1	9	1	11%	5	1.080	7	3	2	2	4	6	5	7	3	2	4	1	3.7	17
2004	26	CLE	AL	33	3	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	4	2	50%	1	.941	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	1	3	0	3	0	12.3	60
5 Yrs				104	40	11	4	5	2	2	0%	9	7	36	13	36%		.967	16	10	13	11	6	23	19	21	24	5	26	4	6.4	34

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	22	NYY	AL	38	47%	2.6%	2.6%	10.5%	18.4%	47%	0.55	0.58	84%	33%	5.3%	5%	11	0	0%
2001	23	CLE	AL	290	56%	2.1%	16.6%	7.6%	7.9%	29%	1.15	1.86	72%	24%	7.0%	11%	49	8	16%
2002	24	CLE	AL	185	46%	3.2%	10.8%	6.5%	9.7%	36%	0.91	1.50	78%	27%	9.0%	9%	40	4	10%
2003	25	CLE	AL	580	43%	1.6%	10.0%	9.7%	6.6%	27%	1.52	2.68	76%	21%	5.3%	3%	126	26	21%
2004	26	CLE	AL	895	46%	2.1%	13.0%	6.8%	7.6%	33%	1.73	2.59	77%	14%	7.9%	7%	163	29	18%
2005	27	CLE	AL	895	50%	2.1%	13.3%	6.3%	7.5%	31%	1.59	2.39	77%	17%	7.6%	8%	175	25	14%
2006	28	CLE	AL	904	54%	1.7%	12.1%	6.1%	6.3%	23%	1.63	2.44	79%	16%	5.8%	7%	178	35	20%
2007	29	CLE	AL	648	47%	2.0%	14.4%	8.5%	5.6%	23%	1.19	1.77	73%	19%	6.5%	9%	137	20	15%
2008	30	CLE	AL	139	50%	3.6%	13.7%	5.0%	6.5%	27%	1.28	1.86	77%	15%	11.1%	4%	21	5	24%

2010	32	TOT	MLB	860	54%	2.3%	14.9%	7.9%	7.3%	31%	1.38	1.87	73%	16%	8.0%	9%	146	22	15%
2010	32	CLE	AL	543	51%	2.8%	13.4%	8.1%	8.5%	35%	1.16	1.63	74%	19%	8.5%	8%	95	13	14%
2010	32	STL	NL	317	59%	1.6%	17.4%	7.6%	5.4%	24%	1.89	2.40	72%	12%	6.8%	10%	51	9	18%
2011	33	STL	NL	809	53%	2.0%	12.9%	9.0%	7.9%	31%	1.47	2.34	75%	18%	7.1%	10%	165	22	13%
2012	34	STL	NL	261	58%	1.9%	16.9%	7.3%	6.9%	28%	1.59	2.14	73%	13%	7.1%	5%	50	8	16%
12 Yrs				6504	50%	2.1%	13.2%	7.5%	7.2%	29%	1.46	2.20	76%	17%	7.1%	8%	1261	204	16%
MLB Averages					46%	2.7%	17.3%	8.6%	7.9%	34%	0.79	1.07	70%	20%	7.9%	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
2000	22	NYY	AL	38	122	3.21	73	60%	21%	5%	29%	45%	79%	8%	48%	93%	50%	8%	3	1	24%	9	5	2	100%	0	1	0	0	0
2001	23	CLE	AL	292	1075	3.68	676	63%	29%	16%	23%	32%	71%	3%	44%	78%	59%	3%	9	5	24%	69	48	7	38%	12	1	-2	0	0
2002	24	CLE	AL	185	672	3.63	427	64%	25%	11%	28%	36%	75%	2%	47%	86%	60%	3%	6	2	19%	36	19	3	25%	5	3	0	0	0
2003	25	CLE	AL	583	2092	3.59	1273	61%	26%	12%	27%	36%	74%	0%	45%	84%	55%	6%	36	22	18%	103	53	8	19%	12	13	-3	0	0
2004	26	CLE	AL	898	3143	3.50	1965	63%	27%	12%	25%	36%	73%	1%	46%	84%	57%	5%	45	27	18%	164	94	7	24%	27	15	-3	0	0
2005	27	CLE	AL	897	3209	3.58	2053	64%	27%	11%	28%	35%	73%	1%	47%	85%	62%	5%	41	24	26%	233	132	14	23%	19	14	-2	0	0
2006	28	CLE	AL	905	3271	3.61	2039	62%	29%	12%	23%	36%	71%	1%	44%	84%	62%	4%	33	23	18%	165	83	14	17%	15	6	-1	0	0
2007	29	CLE	AL	650	2466	3.79	1513	61%	27%	11%	29%	33%	73%	2%	45%	85%	57%	4%	28	18	19%	126	51	4	32%	14	5	-2	0	0
2008	30	CLE	AL	139	504	3.63	319	63%	26%	12%	27%	35%	74%	0%	47%	84%	63%	5%	7	6	18%	25	14	0	47%	1	1	0	0	0

2010	32	TOT	MLB	864	3333	3.86	2044	61%	28%	13%	27%	32%	72%	1%	44%	82%	56%	5%	39	21	18%	154	81	10	21%	29	14	-4	0	0
2010	32	CLE	AL	546	2122	3.89	1293	61%	26%	13%	28%	32%	74%	2%	45%	82%	55%	6%	31	18	18%	96	51	6	15%	13	9	-3	0	0
2010	32	STL	NL	318	1211	3.81	751	62%	30%	13%	25%	31%	70%	0%	43%	82%	58%	3%	8	3	18%	58	30	4	29%	16	5	-1	0	0
2011	33	STL	NL	810	3057	3.77	1879	61%	30%	11%	25%	34%	70%	3%	43%	84%	61%	6%	47	20	19%	157	81	7	24%	19	19	-1	0	0
2012	34	STL	NL	261	995	3.81	625	63%	26%	13%	29%	31%	74%	0%	47%	82%	60%	3%	8	1	26%	69	43	7	18%	8	7	0	0	0
12 Yrs				6522	23939	3.67	14886	62%	28%	12%	26%	34%	72%	1%	45%	84%	59%	5%	302	170	20%	1310	704	83	24%	161	99	-18	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	80%	58%	5%			22%				26%

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	22	NYY	AL	38	15	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	5	4	0	80%	0	0	0	19	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2001	23	CLE	AL	290	79	13	0	6	0	11	3	3	4	2	19	16	0	84%	1	4	0	104	7	2	78%	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	13	0
2002	24	CLE	AL	185	50	6	0	6	2	6	2	4	5	1	11	9	2	82%	2	1	0	72	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2003	25	CLE	AL	580	142	15	2	9	0	16	4	5	4	5	31	15	1	48%	6	3	0	228	11	4	73%	11	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	9	0
2004	26	CLE	AL	895	208	28	2	19	0	13	7	12	5	14	45	26	6	58%	14	4	1	320	8	6	57%	8	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	14	0
2005	27	CLE	AL	895	218	20	0	19	1	20	11	8	7	12	59	36	6	61%	15	3	1	318	13	4	76%	12	4	1	0	0	0	3	1	11	0
2006	28	CLE	AL	904	247	28	5	15	0	11	8	7	5	10	48	24	7	50%	9	5	1	342	16	3	84%	12	3	4	0	0	0	2	1	14	0
2007	29	CLE	AL	648	159	16	2	13	0	25	4	9	5	8	47	24	12	51%	6	3	0	235	14	7	67%	14	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	9	0
2008	30	CLE	AL	139	33	4	3	5	0	2	4	1	3	2	5	4	0	80%	2	1	1	40	0	2	0%	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	5	0

2010	32	TOT	MLB	860	203	23	2	20	0	23	11	9	7	13	52	22	6	42%	12	8	0	294	15	8	65%	15	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	13	0
2010	32	CLE	AL	543	133	13	2	15	0	9	7	8	6	9	36	15	3	42%	7	6	0	201	11	7	61%	11	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	11	0
2010	32	STL	NL	317	70	10	0	5	0	14	4	1	1	4	16	7	3	44%	5	2	0	93	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2011	33	STL	NL	809	208	28	2	16	0	25	9	7	6	10	42	26	2	62%	9	3	0	304	13	4	76%	12	3	0	1	1	0	3	0	12	0
2012	34	STL	NL	261	65	11	1	5	0	4	2	3	2	3	8	5	1	63%	5	3	0	98	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	0
12 Yrs				6504	1627	193	20	134	3	158	66	68	54	80	372	211	43	57%	81	38	4	2374	100	43	70%	94	38	5	4	1	1	17	4	112	0
MLB Averages																		53%							71%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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+
2000	22	0	2	.000	13.50	3	2	1	0	0	6.2	15	10	10	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	38	37	2.850	20.3	1.4	5.4	1.4	0.25	37
2001	23	4	6	.400	6.56	26	8	4	0	0	71.1	94	53	52	7	26	5	49	4	0	4	328	69	1.682	11.9	0.9	3.3	6.2	1.88	69
2002	24	5	9	.357	6.29	37	12	5	0	0	113.0	144	83	79	13	38	6	69	5	0	5	513	72	1.611	11.5	1.0	3.0	5.5	1.82	72
2003	25	12	19	.387	5.23	71	34	9	1	0	246.0	286	153	143	22	94	7	127	17	0	8	1093	85	1.545	10.5	0.8	3.4	4.6	1.35	85
2004	26	26	28	.481	4.37	104	64	11	6	1	461.2	494	248	224	41	155	10	243	22	1	12	1988	101	1.406	9.6	0.8	3.0	4.7	1.57	101
2005	27	41	43	.488	4.40	138	98	11	8	1	672.1	712	369	329	60	211	13	362	29	1	15	2883	99	1.373	9.5	0.8	2.8	4.8	1.72	99
2006	28	56	53	.514	4.35	170	130	11	11	3	883.2	959	475	427	75	266	17	471	33	1	20	3787	101	1.386	9.8	0.8	2.7	4.8	1.77	101
2007	29	62	62	.500	4.35	195	155	11	11	3	1035.2	1118	553	500	88	321	22	564	39	1	23	4435	101	1.389	9.7	0.8	2.8	4.9	1.76	101
2008	30	63	64	.496	4.31	200	160	11	12	3	1070.1	1151	566	512	93	328	22	583	40	1	24	4574	102	1.382	9.7	0.8	2.8	4.9	1.78	102
2009	31	63	64	.496	4.31	200	160	11	12	3	1070.1	1151	566	512	93	328	22	583	40	1	24	4574	102	1.382	9.7	0.8	2.8	4.9	1.78	102
2010	32	73	75	.493	4.29	233	193	11	13	3	1273.0	1354	665	607	113	396	26	711	48	1	32	5434	101	1.375	9.6	0.8	2.8	5.0	1.80	101
2011	33	85	84	.503	4.34	266	226	11	13	3	1456.1	1562	768	702	129	469	34	815	50	1	35	6243	98	1.395	9.7	0.8	2.9	5.0	1.74	98
2012	34	89	88	.503	4.32	276	236	11	13	3	1517.1	1627	797	728	134	488	34	859	52	1	38	6504	98	1.394	9.7	0.8	2.9	5.1	1.76	98

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
2000	22	0	0		11.57	7.0	14	10	9	1	4	1	0	2.571	18.0	5.1	1.3	0.25	1.3	3
2001	23	2	4	.333	5.95	62.0	78	46	41	6	22	46	4	1.613	11.3	3.2	6.7	2.09	0.9	23
2002	24	1	3	.250	5.93	41.0	50	30	27	6	12	20	1	1.512	11.0	2.6	4.4	1.67	1.3	11
2003	25	5	8	.385	4.68	123.0	142	71	64	9	56	54	12	1.610	10.4	4.1	4.0	0.96	0.7	34
2004	26	13	10	.565	3.52	207.0	208	90	81	19	61	111	5	1.300	9.0	2.7	4.8	1.82	0.8	33
2005	27	9	13	.409	4.79	203.0	221	120	108	19	57	115	7	1.369	9.8	2.5	5.1	2.02	0.8	34
2006	28	10	12	.455	4.25	201.0	243	106	95	15	54	104	4	1.478	10.9	2.4	4.7	1.93	0.7	32
2007	29	7	9	.438	4.44	144.0	156	79	71	13	54	88	6	1.458	9.8	3.4	5.5	1.63	0.8	25
2008	30	2	1	.667	3.66	32.0	34	14	13	5	7	18	1	1.281	9.6	2.0	5.1	2.57	1.4	5

2010	32	8	13	.381	4.95	189.0	213	116	104	21	71	120	8	1.503	10.1	3.4	5.7	1.69	1.0	33
2011	33	6	12	.333	5.56	170.0	219	117	105	17	77	97	2	1.741	11.6	4.1	5.1	1.26	0.9	33
2012	34	3	3	.500	4.58	57.0	69	32	29	5	20	41	2	1.561	10.9	3.2	6.5	2.05	0.8	10
12 Yrs		66	88	.429	4.68	1436.0	1647	831	747	136	495	815	52	1.492	10.3		5.1	1.65	0.9	276

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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 2004	Earned Run Average s c a p y 2004 AL 3.38 (3rd) Active 4.32 (45th)	Wins s c a p y 2004 AL 14 (8th) 2005 AL 15 (8th) Active 89 (39th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 2004 AL 1.247 (7th)
Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y Active 2.895 (38th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 2004 AL 215.7 (9th) 2005 AL 210.7 (10th) 2006 AL 211.3 (10th) Active 1,517.3 (39th)	Games Started s c a p y 2005 AL 34 (3rd) 2011 NL 33 (4th) Active 236 (38th)	Complete Games s c a p y 2004 AL 5 (1st) 2005 AL 2 (10th) 2006 AL 3 (3rd) Active 13 (24th)
Shutouts s c a p y 2004 AL 1 (4th) 2006 AL 2 (1st) Active 3 (46th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 2011 NL 73 (9th) Active 488 (40th)	Hits s c a p y 2006 AL 247 (1st) Active 1,627 (37th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 2004 AL 0.793 (5th) 2005 AL 0.812 (5th) 2006 AL 0.639 (3rd) Active 0.795 (14th)
Losses s c a p y 2005 AL 15 (4th) Active 88 (35th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 2005 AL 105 (9th) 2011 NL 95 (7th) Active 728 (36th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2003 AL 12 (2nd) Active 52 (42nd)	Batters Faced s c a p y 2006 AL 904 (7th) Active 6,504 (39th)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 2004 AL 129 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 31 (772), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 14 (826), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1540), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

Compare Stats to Similars

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