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Bill White

William Cowart White

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: November 20, 1978 in Louisville, KY
High School: Benjamin Russell HS (Alexander City, AL)
School: Jacksonville State University (Jacksonville, AL)
Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 3rd round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 28, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 2007
Team: Rangers 2007-2008

Final Game: September 26, 2008
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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
2000	21	ARI-min	Rk,A	0	1	.000	5.19	5	2	0	0	8.2	6	5	5	0	8	0	14	0	0	4	39		1.615	6.2	0.0	8.3	14.5	1.75	DBK,SBN · ARIZ,MIDW
2001	22	ARI-min	A,AA	9	7	.563	3.99	26	26	0	0	149.0	128	76	66	11	73	0	129	7	2	11	630		1.349	7.7	0.7	4.4	7.8	1.77	SBN,ELP · MIDW,TL
2002	23	ARI-min	A+,A-	0	4	.000	9.96	9	9	0	0	28.0	41	32	31	6	26	0	26	0	1	3	148		2.393	13.2	1.9	8.4	8.4	1.00	LNR,YAK · CALL,NORW
2003	24	ARI-min	AA	1	3	.250	6.23	15	6	2	0	39.0	42	27	27	4	22	0	25	8	1	5	179		1.641	9.7	0.9	5.1	5.8	1.14	ELP · TL
2004	25	ARI-min	AA,A+	3	4	.429	5.53	45	0	18	1	53.2	58	45	33	4	41	3	63	4	0	10	273		1.845	9.7	0.7	6.9	10.6	1.54	ELP,LNR · TL,CALL
2005	26	ARI-min	AA	0	2	.000	4.50	60	0	7	0	42.0	40	28	21	1	26	0	33	4	0	4	191		1.571	8.6	0.2	5.6	7.1	1.27	KNX · SOUL
2006	27	ARI-min	AA	0	1	.000	3.53	54	0	20	12	63.2	59	27	25	6	33	2	76	5	1	2	280		1.445	8.3	0.8	4.7	10.7	2.30	KNX · SOUL
2007	28	TEX-min	AA,AAA	2	0	1.000	4.29	44	0	7	2	50.1	50	26	24	4	28	0	66	7	1	7	237		1.550	8.9	0.7	5.0	11.8	2.36	FRI,OKC · TL,PCL
2007	28	TEX	AL	2	0	1.000	4.82	9	0	1	0	9.1	8	5	5	1	7	1	9	2	0	0	42	98	1.607	7.7	1.0	6.8	8.7	1.29
2008	29	TEX-min	AAA,A+	4	1	.800	3.48	51	0	19	6	54.1	45	24	21	4	30	3	64	4	0	4	237		1.380	7.5	0.7	5.0	10.6	2.13	OKC,BAK · PCL,CALL
2008	29	TEX	AL	0	0		20.25	8	0	2	0	4.0	7	9	9	1	11	1	1	0	0	0	30	24	4.500	15.8	2.3	24.8	2.3	0.09
2 Yrs				2	0	1.000	9.45	17	0	3	0	13.1	15	14	14	2	18	2	10	2	0	0	72	50	2.475	10.1	1.4	12.2	6.8	0.56
162 Game Avg.				8	0	1.000	9.45	68	0	12	0	53	60	56	56	8	72	8	40	8	0	0	288	50	2.475	10.1	1.4	12.2	6.8	0.56

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	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2007	28	TEX	AL	9.1	9	5	4.82	4.89	-0.03	-0.36	97.2	4.44	-0	-0.0	.6	-0.0	0.0	1	.495	.500	$
2008	29	TEX	AL	4.0	8	9	20.25	5.41	-0.37	-0.40	101.3	5.45	-7	-0.6	.4	0.2	-0.4	-6	.422	.496	$
2 Seasons				13.1	17	14	9.45	5.05	-0.13	-0.37	98.4	4.74	-7	-0.7	.6	0.1	-0.4	-5	.460	.498	$

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
2007	28	TEX	AL	9	42	33	5	8	1	0	1	1	0	7	9	.242	.405	.364	.768	.304	12	2	2	0	0	1	0
2008	29	TEX	AL	8	30	19	9	7	4	0	1	0	0	11	1	.368	.600	.737	1.337	.353	14	0	0	0	0	1	0
2 Yrs				17	72	52	14	15	5	0	2	1	0	18	10	.288	.486	.500	.986	.325	26	2	2	0	0	2	0
162 Game Avg.				68	288	208	56	60	20	0	8	4	0	72	40	.288	.486	.500	.986	.325	104	8	8	0	0	8	0
MLB Averages																.266	.334	.419	.754	.302

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2007	28	TEX	AL	0.1	0.0	43	0.1	0.6	-0.5	.72	-0.1	0.2	1.6	0.2	0.72	-0.3	1	2	5
2008	29	TEX	AL	-6.4	-0.6	30	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.28	-0.3	-0.4	-8.2	-0.8	0.28	-6.8	1	0	5
2 Yrs				-6.3	-0.6	73	-0.1	0.6	-0.7	.54	-0.4	0.2	-6.7	-0.6	0.54	-7.1	2	2	10

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2007	28	TEX	AL	9	9	1	2	3	3	4	1	25%	7	.724	1	2	5	5	4	3	6	4	4	6	1	3.1	19
2008	29	TEX	AL	8	8	2	0	1	0	4	2	50%	8	.283	1	0	5	4	4	2	6	0	5	0	0	1.5	15
2 Yrs				17	17	3	2	4	3	8	3	38%		.540	2	2	10	9	8	5	12	4	9	6	1	2.4	17

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%
2007	28	TEX	AL	42	36%	2.4%	21.4%	16.7%	4.8%	25%	0.85	0.90	55%	17%	9.1%	15%	12	2	17%
2008	29	TEX	AL	30	27%	3.3%	3.3%	36.7%	16.7%	71%	0.29	0.57	57%	28%	10.0%	29%	10	0	0%
2 Yrs				72	32%	2.8%	13.9%	25.0%	9.7%	47%	0.56	0.76	56%	21%	9.5%	22%	22	2	9%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	17.3%	8.6%	7.9%	34%	0.79	1.06	70%	19%	7.5%	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
2007	28	TEX	AL	42	172	4.10	99	58%	28%	17%	30%	24%	72%	5%	41%	76%	45%	10%	4	1	19%	8	4	0	56%	1	2	0	0	0
2008	29	TEX	AL	30	119	3.97	59	50%	39%	10%	20%	31%	61%	7%	30%	83%	57%	17%	5	2	27%	8	3	0	100%	0	2	0	0	0
2 Yrs				72	291	4.04	158	54%	32%	15%	27%	27%	68%	6%	37%	79%	50%	13%	9	3	22%	16	7	0	60%	1	4	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.78		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	59%	5%			22%				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
2007	28	TEX	AL	42	8	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	21	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	29	TEX	AL	30	7	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	33%	0	0	0	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				72	15	1	0	2	0	5	2	0	2	0	3	1	0	33%	0	0	0	34	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages																		53%							74%

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+
2007	28	2	0	1.000	4.82	9	0	1	0	0	0	9.1	8	5	5	1	7	1	9	2	0	0	42	98	1.607	7.7	1.0	6.8	8.7	1.29	98
2008	29	2	0	1.000	9.45	17	0	3	0	0	0	13.1	15	14	14	2	18	2	10	2	0	0	72	50	2.475	10.1	1.4	12.2	6.8	0.56	50

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	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2007	28	5.63	8.0	8	6	5	1	7	8	2	1.875	9.0	7.9	9.0	1.14	1.1	9
2008	29	20.25	4.0	7	10	9	1	11	1	0	4.500	15.8	24.8	2.3	0.09	2.3	8
2 Yrs		10.50	12.0	15	16	14	2	18	9	2	2.750	11.3		6.8	0.50	1.5	17

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