C.J. Wilson
Christopher John Wilson
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 18, 1980 in Newport Beach, CA
High School: Fountain Valley (Fountain Valley, CA)
School: Loyola Marymount University
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 5th round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 10, 2005
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Standard Pitching

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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
2005 24 TEX AL 1 7 .125 6.94 24 6 5 0 0 1 48.0 63 39 37 5 18 1 30 2 1 4 220 67 1.688 11.8 0.9 3.4 5.6 1.67
2006 25 TEX AL 2 4 .333 4.06 44 0 12 0 0 1 44.1 39 23 20 7 18 1 43 5 0 0 191 114 1.286 7.9 1.4 3.7 8.7 2.39
2007 26 TEX AL 2 1 .667 3.03 66 0 22 0 0 12 68.1 50 25 23 4 33 1 63 6 0 5 285 151 1.215 6.6 0.5 4.3 8.3 1.91
2008 27 TEX AL 2 2 .500 6.02 50 0 41 0 0 24 46.1 49 35 31 8 27 2 41 2 0 3 214 74 1.640 9.5 1.6 5.2 8.0 1.52
2009 28 TEX AL 5 6 .455 2.81 74 0 30 0 0 14 73.2 66 29 23 3 32 3 84 6 0 3 323 165 1.330 8.1 0.4 3.9 10.3 2.63
5 Seasons 12 20 .375 4.30 258 6 110 0 0 52 280.2 267 151 134 27 128 8 261 21 1 15 1233 107 1.407 8.6 0.9 4.1 8.4 2.04
162 Game Avg. 3 5 .375 4.30 66 2 28 0 0 13 72 69 39 35 7 33 2 67 5 0 4 318 107 1.407 8.6 0.9 4.1 8.4 2.04

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
2005 24 TEX AL 24 219 196 39 63 12 0 5 1 0 18 30 .321 .381 .459 .840 .356 90 8 2 1 2 1
2006 25 TEX AL 44 191 167 23 39 6 0 7 5 3 18 43 .234 .326 .395 .722 .274 66 5 5 1 0 1
2007 26 TEX AL 66 285 240 25 50 7 0 4 2 0 33 63 .208 .314 .288 .602 .260 69 12 6 2 4 1
2008 27 TEX AL 50 214 183 35 49 10 2 8 1 1 27 41 .268 .366 .475 .842 .304 87 6 2 1 1 2
2009 28 TEX AL 74 323 282 29 66 15 1 3 4 2 32 84 .234 .325 .326 .651 .323 92 5 6 3 0 3
5 Seasons 258 1232 1068 151 267 50 3 27 13 6 128 261 .250 .340 .378 .718 .305 404 36 21 8 7 8
162 Game Avg. 66 317 275 39 69 13 1 7 3 2 33 67 .250 .340 .378 .718 .305 104 9 5 2 2 2
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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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
2005 24 TEX AL 24 6 0 5 1 0 0 1 5 .167 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27 46 6 13 5 0 3 3.5 3.9 3.6 69 5 1 0 0 98
1 Season 24 6 0 5 1 0 0 1 5 .167 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27 46 6 13 5 0 3 3.5 3.9 3.6 69 5 1 0 0 98
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2005 24 TEX AL 24 18 5 1 2 1 1 0 100% 6 4 11 1 9% 7 0.925 5 6 6 8 2 8 7 11 6 8 8 3 4.4 22
2006 25 TEX AL 44 44 12 2 4 2 1 1 50% 10 7 27 9 33% 7 0.688 12 8 23 16 6 22 17 27 12 19 15 3 3.0 17
2007 26 TEX AL 66 66 22 2 1 14 12 2 86% 29 15 47 15 32% 8 1.292 25 20 19 32 8 26 28 38 19 22 22 13 3.1 18
2008 27 TEX AL 50 50 41 2 2 28 24 4 86% 29 1 6 3 50% 9 2.307 32 4 13 39 6 5 3 47 1 6 1 14 2.8 17
2009 28 TEX AL 74 74 30 5 6 18 14 4 78% 39 19 23 6 26% 8 1.601 34 19 21 49 11 14 16 58 16 20 19 23 3.0 18
5 Seasons 258 252 110 12 15 63 52 11 83% 113 46 114 34 30% 1.390 108 57 82 144 33 75 71 181 54 75 65 56 3.1 18

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
2005 24 TEX AL 220 65% 2.3% 13.7% 8.2% 7.8% 27% 1.53 2.19 74% 17% 8.3% 9% 50 8 16%
2006 25 TEX AL 191 59% 3.7% 22.5% 9.4% 6.8% 33% 1.10 1.64 61% 15% 14.0% 14% 50 5 10%
2007 26 TEX AL 285 60% 1.4% 22.1% 11.6% 3.9% 22% 0.95 1.37 62% 24% 5.2% 17% 60 12 20%
2008 27 TEX AL 214 72% 3.7% 19.2% 12.6% 9.4% 41% 0.89 1.33 63% 20% 11.9% 11% 45 6 13%
2009 28 TEX AL 323 64% 0.9% 26.0% 9.9% 5.9% 29% 1.29 1.79 60% 19% 4.1% 13% 68 5 7%
5 Seasons 1233 64% 2.2% 21.2% 10.4% 6.5% 30% 1.14 1.63 64% 19% 8.2% 13% 273 36 13%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
2005 24 TEX AL 220 819 3.72 495 60% 31% 11% 24% 34% 69% 1% 42% 83% 56% 5% 11 6 22% 48 26 5 27% 5 3 0 0 1
2006 25 TEX AL 191 742 3.88 451 61% 29% 18% 25% 28% 71% 1% 43% 75% 53% 4% 7 1 22% 42 22 2 28% 5 5 0 0 0
2007 26 TEX AL 285 1172 4.11 688 59% 29% 16% 29% 27% 71% 0% 42% 77% 55% 5% 13 7 22% 64 27 0 32% 9 5 0 0 0
2008 27 TEX AL 214 874 4.08 537 61% 30% 15% 29% 27% 70% 1% 43% 79% 54% 7% 14 8 23% 50 35 5 29% 8 4 0 0 0
2009 28 TEX AL 323 1301 4.03 776 60% 31% 18% 25% 26% 69% 2% 41% 74% 55% 5% 16 9 18% 59 26 4 33% 10 4 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1233 4908 3.98 2947 60% 30% 16% 26% 28% 70% 1% 42% 77% 55% 5% 61 31 21% 263 136 16 31% 37 21 0 0 1
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
2005 24 TEX AL 220 63 3 0 5 0 5 4 1 2 3 13 8 1 62% 1 4 1 95 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2006 25 TEX AL 191 39 6 0 7 0 5 3 4 4 3 8 6 1 75% 3 0 0 83 5 3 63% 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
2007 26 TEX AL 285 50 6 0 4 0 17 3 1 2 2 18 9 3 50% 5 5 2 115 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
2008 27 TEX AL 214 49 9 0 8 1 8 7 1 5 3 15 10 1 67% 4 3 0 81 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
2009 28 TEX AL 323 66 11 2 3 0 6 3 0 0 3 20 5 6 25% 6 3 0 149 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
5 Seasons 1233 267 35 2 27 1 41 20 7 13 14 74 38 12 51% 19 15 3 523 13 6 68% 10 5 3 0 0 1 1 1 33 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
2005 24 1 7 .125 6.94 24 6 5 0 0 1 48.0 63 39 37 5 18 1 30 2 1 4 220 67 1.688 11.8 0.9 3.4 5.6 1.67 67
2006 25 3 11 .214 5.56 68 6 17 0 0 2 92.1 102 62 57 12 36 2 73 7 1 4 411 83 1.495 9.9 1.2 3.5 7.1 2.03 83
2007 26 5 12 .294 4.48 134 6 39 0 0 14 160.2 152 87 80 16 69 3 136 13 1 9 696 102 1.376 8.5 0.9 3.9 7.6 1.97 102
2008 27 7 14 .333 4.83 184 6 80 0 0 38 207.0 201 122 111 24 96 5 177 15 1 12 910 94 1.435 8.7 1.0 4.2 7.7 1.84 94
2009 28 12 20 .375 4.30 258 6 110 0 0 52 280.2 267 151 134 27 128 8 261 21 1 15 1233 107 1.407 8.6 0.9 4.1 8.4 2.04 107

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
2005 24 1 4 .200 6.70 47.0 61 39 35 5 17 29 2 1.660 11.7 3.3 5.6 1.71 1.0 24
2006 25 2 2 .500 3.98 43.0 38 21 19 7 18 42 5 1.302 8.0 3.8 8.8 2.33 1.5 44
2007 26 5 2 .714 2.86 66.0 48 23 21 4 32 61 6 1.212 6.5 4.4 8.3 1.91 0.5 66
2008 27 2 3 .400 6.00 45.0 49 33 30 8 27 40 2 1.689 9.8 5.4 8.0 1.48 1.6 50
2009 28 6 2 .750 2.71 73.0 65 24 22 3 32 83 6 1.329 8.0 3.9 10.2 2.59 0.4 74
5 Seasons 16 13 .552 4.17 274.0 261 140 127 27 126 255 21 1.412 8.6 8.4 2.02 0.9 258

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2009 AL--74--4th

Saves s c a p y
2008 AL--24--10th

Games Finished s c a p y
2008 AL--41--9th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  1. Ed Vosberg (971)
  2. Ed Glynn (968)
  3. Steve Wilson (966)
  4. Arnold Earley (962)
  5. Jerry Don Gleaton (962)
  6. Brian Tallet (960)
  7. Bob Allen (960)
  8. Will Ohman (959)
  9. Yorkis Perez (958)
  10. Doug Capilla (957)
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  1. Steve Wilson (966)
  2. Jim Brewer (958)
  3. Mike Stanton (958)
  4. Russ Swan (958)
  5. Neal Cotts (957)
  6. Rob Gardner (953)
  7. John Grabow (953)
  8. Mike Holtz (952)
  9. Mike Venafro (951)
  10. Pat Clements (950)
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  2. John Grabow (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Steve Wilson (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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