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Sean White

Sean Thomas White

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: April 25, 1981 in Pullman, WA
School: University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 8th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 2007
Team: Mariners 2007-2010
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.156, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Tom O'Connell [*]
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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
2003	22	ATL-min	Rk	3	3	.500	2.98	14	10	2	0	0	1	51.1	53	22	17	1	16	0	32	5	0	4	219		1.344	9.3	0.2	2.8	5.6	2.00	DAN · APPY
2004	23	ATL-min	A+,A	9	8	.529	4.57	31	11	4	0	0	1	106.1	105	64	54	6	36	0	61	0	0	5	451		1.326	8.9	0.5	3.0	5.2	1.69	MYR,ROM · CARL,SALL
2005	24	ATL-min	A+,AA	11	8	.579	3.85	26	26	0	0	0	0	147.1	155	71	63	7	47	2	98	9	0	18	628		1.371	9.5	0.4	2.9	6.0	2.09	MYR,MSS · CARL,SOUL
2006	25	ATL-min	AA,Rk	5	6	.455	4.12	24	16	2	0	0	1	109.1	127	58	50	3	43	3	79	3	0	7	493		1.555	10.5	0.2	3.5	6.5	1.84	MSS,KIS · SOUL,GULF
2007	26	SEA-min	AAA,Rk,A	2	3	.400	4.15	6	6	0	0	0	0	26.0	32	14	12	0	7	0	22	2	0	4	111		1.500	11.1	0.0	2.4	7.6	3.14	TAC,MRE,APP · PCL,ARIZ,MIDW
2007	26	SEA	AL	1	1	.500	5.60	15	0	4	0	0	0	35.1	35	24	22	2	20	0	16	8	1	5	165	79	1.557	8.9	0.5	5.1	4.1	0.80

2008	27	SEA-min	AAA,A-	6	11	.353	5.53	23	23	0	0	0	0	127.0	179	87	78	13	43	0	53	4	0	2	577		1.748	12.7	0.9	3.0	3.8	1.23	TAC,EVR · PCL,NORW
2009	28	SEA-min	AAA	0	0		4.15	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	17		0.923	8.3	0.0	0.0	2.1		TAC · PCL
2009	28	SEA	AL	3	2	.600	2.80	52	0	15	0	0	1	64.1	50	23	20	3	20	1	28	2	0	3	261	152	1.088	7.0	0.4	2.8	3.9	1.40
2010	29	SEA-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	0.00	10	0	4	0	0	0	13.0	7	1	0	0	8	0	10	2	1	1	54		1.154	4.8	0.0	5.5	6.9	1.25	TAC · PCL
2010	29	SEA	AL	0	1	.000	5.24	38	0	13	0	0	0	34.1	45	20	20	4	11	4	15	0	1	0	150	76	1.631	11.8	1.0	2.9	3.9	1.36
2011	30	COL-min	AAA	4	2	.667	5.68	53	1	6	0	0	0	82.1	103	55	52	6	49	0	54	4	3	7	382		1.846	11.3	0.7	5.4	5.9	1.10	CSP · PCL
2012	31	ANA-min	AAA	0	0		23.32	7	0	0	0	0	0	7.1	18	19	19	1	9	0	1	1	0	0	50		3.682	22.1	1.2	11.0	1.2	0.11	SLK · PCL
3 Yrs				4	4	.500	4.16	105	0	32	0	0	1	134.0	130	67	62	9	51	5	59	10	2	8	576	102	1.351	8.7	0.6	3.4	4.0	1.16
162 Game Avg.				3	3	.500	4.16	68	0	21	0	0	1	87	84	43	40	6	33	3	38	6	1	5	373	102	1.351	8.7	0.6	3.4	4.0	1.16

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
2007	26	SEA	AL	35.1	15	0	24	6.11	5.06	-0.34	-0.37	95.8	4.81	-5	-0.5	.7	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.465	.497	$380,000

2009	28	SEA	AL	64.1	52	0	23	3.22	4.91	0.49	-0.36	94.4	3.83	4	0.4	1.3	-0.1	0.9	12	.507	.502	$
2010	29	SEA	AL	34.1	38	0	20	5.24	4.44	0.08	-0.34	94.7	3.81	-6	-0.6	1.1	-0.1	-0.4	-2	.484	.496	$415,000
3 Seasons				134.0	105	0	67	4.50	4.83	0.17	-0.36	94.8	4.08	-7	-0.7	1.2	-0.2	0.3	10	.493	.499	$795,000

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	26	SEA	AL	15	165	134	24	35	12	0	2	2	1	20	16	.261	.382	.396	.777	.277	53	5	8	0	3	0	4

2009	28	SEA	AL	52	261	232	23	50	9	1	3	5	3	20	28	.216	.279	.302	.581	.229	70	5	2	2	4	1	7
2010	29	SEA	AL	38	150	134	20	45	10	1	4	0	0	11	15	.336	.376	.515	.891	.345	69	7	0	1	4	4	1
3 Yrs				105	576	500	67	130	31	2	9	7	4	51	59	.260	.334	.384	.718	.273	192	17	10	3	11	5	12
162 Game Avg.				68	373	324	43	84	20	1	6	5	3	33	38	.260	.334	.384	.718	.273	124	11	6	2	7	3	8
MLB Averages																.263	.332	.415	.747	.300

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	26	SEA	AL	-4.9	-0.5	175	-0.6	1.2	-1.8	.55	-0.4	-0.7	-6.4	-0.6	0.55	-5.8	1	4	8

2009	28	SEA	AL	10.6	1.0	280	1.8	5.6	-3.8	1.10	0.8	0.8	11.3	1.1	1.10	10.1	22	14	14
2010	29	SEA	AL	-4.3	-0.4	152	-0.8	1.9	-2.7	.80	-0.7	-0.3	-3.3	-0.3	0.80	-6.1	12	6	19
3 Yrs				1.4	0.1	607	0.3	8.6	-8.3	.86	-0.3	0.7	1.6	0.2	0.86	-1.9	35	24	41

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	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
2007	26	SEA	AL	15	15	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	18	4	22%	7	.547	1	4	8	2	0	13	8	7	11	2	11	1	7.1	39

2009	28	SEA	AL	52	52	15	3	2	3	1	2	33%	18	15	41	11	27%	8	1.096	22	14	14	19	10	23	23	29	23	5	24	7	3.7	19
2010	29	SEA	AL	38	38	13	0	1	3	0	3	0%	8	5	26	10	38%	7	.795	12	6	19	9	4	25	15	23	5	15	6	5	2.7	14
3 Yrs				105	105	32	4	4	6	1	5	17%	26	20	85	25	29%		.860	35	24	41	30	14	61	46	59	39	22	41	13	3.8	20

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	26	SEA	AL	165	55%	1.2%	9.7%	12.1%	8.5%	40%	1.11	1.38	72%	15%	4.1%	14%	40	5	13%

2009	28	SEA	AL	261	51%	1.2%	10.7%	7.7%	5.0%	26%	0.95	1.29	79%	18%	3.2%	10%	48	5	10%
2010	29	SEA	AL	150	56%	2.7%	10.0%	7.3%	10.0%	33%	0.81	1.20	79%	25%	6.5%	7%	38	7	18%
3 Yrs				576	54%	1.6%	10.2%	8.9%	7.3%	32%	0.95	1.29	77%	19%	4.4%	10%	126	17	13%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	17.8%	8.7%	7.8%	34%	0.79	1.07	69%	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	26	SEA	AL	165	592	3.59	321	54%	26%	11%	25%	38%	74%	0%	40%	85%	44%	10%	16	11	11%	18	8	0	25%	1	5	0	0	0

2009	28	SEA	AL	262	978	3.73	606	62%	23%	11%	31%	35%	77%	1%	48%	86%	53%	3%	8	5	15%	39	16	1	21%	3	2	-1	0	0
2010	29	SEA	AL	150	516	3.44	315	61%	21%	14%	26%	39%	79%	6%	48%	83%	57%	9%	14	7	16%	24	11	2	13%	2	3	0	0	0
3 Yrs				577	2086	3.62	1242	60%	24%	12%	28%	37%	76%	2%	45%	85%	51%	7%	38	23	14%	81	35	3	20%	6	10	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.80		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	58%	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	26	SEA	AL	165	35	2	1	2	0	14	0	2	1	1	20	8	2	40%	4	5	0	70	2	1	67%	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	11	0

2009	28	SEA	AL	261	50	7	1	3	0	8	2	1	1	2	15	14	1	93%	7	3	3	107	5	3	63%	4	2	0	1	1	0	3	1	15	0
2010	29	SEA	AL	150	45	6	1	4	0	5	2	2	2	2	15	9	1	60%	1	0	1	69	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
3 Yrs				576	130	15	3	9	0	27	4	5	4	5	50	31	4	62%	12	8	4	246	7	4	64%	5	3	1	1	1	0	4	1	36	0
MLB Averages																		53%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	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	ERA+
2007	26	1	1	.500	5.60	15	4	0	35.1	35	24	22	2	20	0	16	8	1	5	165	79	1.557	8.9	0.5	5.1	4.1	0.80	79
2008	27	1	1	.500	5.60	15	4	0	35.1	35	24	22	2	20	0	16	8	1	5	165	79	1.557	8.9	0.5	5.1	4.1	0.80	79
2009	28	4	3	.571	3.79	67	19	1	99.2	85	47	42	5	40	1	44	10	1	8	426	114	1.254	7.7	0.5	3.6	4.0	1.10	114
2010	29	4	4	.500	4.16	105	32	1	134.0	130	67	62	9	51	5	59	10	2	8	576	102	1.351	8.7	0.6	3.4	4.0	1.16	102

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2007	26	1	2	.333	5.82	34.0	35	24	22	2	20	15	8	1.618	9.3	5.3	4.0	0.75	0.5	15

2009	28	4	2	.667	2.86	63.0	51	22	20	3	20	27	2	1.127	7.3	2.9	3.9	1.35	0.4	52
2010	29	1	2	.333	6.39	31.0	47	24	22	4	11	13	0	1.871	13.6	3.2	3.8	1.18	1.2	38
3 Yrs		6	6	.500	4.50	128.0	133	70	64	9	51	55	10	1.438	9.4		3.9	1.08	0.6	105

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Similarity Scores

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