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C.J. Wilson

Christopher John Wilson (twitter: @str8edgeracer)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: November 18, 1980 in Newport Beach, CA
High School: Fountain Valley HS (Fountain Valley, CA)
School: Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 5th round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 10, 2005
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Angels 2005-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2016, 5 yrs/$77.5M (12-16) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.055, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: Bob Garber [*]
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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
2004 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
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 66 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 3 323 166 1.330 8.1 0.4 3.9 10.3 2.63
2010 29 TEX AL 15 8 .652 3.35 33 33 0 3 0 0 204.0 161 83 76 10 93 0 170 10 1 7 850 134 1.245 7.1 0.4 4.1 7.5 1.83
2011 30 TEX AL 16 7 .696 2.94 34 34 0 3 1 0 223.1 191 89 73 16 74 0 206 10 0 6 915 150 1.187 7.7 0.6 3.0 8.3 2.78 AS,CYA-6
2012 31 LAA AL 6 4 .600 2.77 11 11 0 0 0 0 65.0 43 24 20 4 29 1 59 4 0 1 267 139 1.108 6.0 0.6 4.0 8.2 2.03
8 Yrs 49 39 .557 3.53 336 84 110 6 1 52 773.0 662 347 303 57 324 9 696 45 2 29 3265 126 1.276 7.7 0.7 3.8 8.1 2.15
162 Game Avg. 8 6 .557 3.53 54 14 18 1 0 8 125 107 56 49 9 52 1 113 7 0 5 529 126 1.276 7.7 0.7 3.8 8.1 2.15
TEX (7 yrs) 43 35 .551 3.60 325 73 110 6 1 52 708.0 619 323 283 53 295 8 637 41 2 28 2998 125 1.291 7.9 0.7 3.8 8.1 2.16
LAA (1 yr) 6 4 .600 2.77 11 11 0 0 0 0 65.0 43 24 20 4 29 1 59 4 0 1 267 139 1.108 6.0 0.6 4.0 8.2 2.03

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
2005 24 TEX AL 48.0 24 6 39 7.31 4.77 -0.29 -0.12 104.7 5.18 -12 -1.1 .9 -0.1 -0.7 -6 .452 .493 $
2006 25 TEX AL 44.1 44 0 23 4.67 5.06 0.05 -0.37 100.5 4.66 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.1 0.3 6 .499 .500 $331,000
2007 26 TEX AL 68.1 66 0 25 3.29 5.01 -0.04 -0.37 100.2 4.69 10 1.0 1.2 -0.1 1.6 19 .515 .506 $391,043
2008 27 TEX AL 46.1 50 0 35 6.80 4.76 -0.25 -0.35 101.6 4.74 -11 -1.1 1.9 -0.6 -1.3 -5 .477 .493 $417,460
2009 28 TEX AL 73.2 74 0 29 3.54 4.94 0.03 -0.36 103.0 4.68 9 0.9 1.4 -0.0 1.6 18 .512 .505 $1,850,000
2010 29 TEX AL 204.0 33 33 83 3.66 4.33 -0.05 0.16 108.5 4.92 27 3.0 -0.1 4.7 52 .591 .519 $3,100,000
2011 30 TEX AL 223.1 34 34 89 3.59 4.35 0.10 0.16 103.2 4.55 23 2.6 -0.1 4.4 49 .576 .516 $7,000,000 AS,CYA-6
2012 31 LAA AL 65.0 11 11 24 3.32 4.40 0.03 0.17 94.5 4.30 7 0.8 -0.1 1.3 14 .570 .505 $
8 Seasons 773.0 336 84 347 4.04 4.55 -0.01 -0.02 103.4 4.71 52 5.9 1.3 -1.2 11.9 148 .518 .505 $13,089,503
TEX (7 yrs) 708.0 325 73 323 4.11 4.57 -0.02 -0.03 104.3 4.74 46 5.2 1.3 -1.1 10.6 134 .516 .505 $13,089,503
LAA (1 yr) 65.0 11 11 24 3.32 4.40 0.03 0.17 94.5 4.30 7 0.8 -0.1 1.3 14 .570 .505 $

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
2010 29 TEX AL ALDS W TBR 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 2 0 0 0 2 0 7 1 0 0 25 0.632 2.8 0.0 2.8 9.9 3.50
2010 29 TEX AL ALCS W NYY 0 1 .000 6.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 12 9 8 3 6 1 6 0 0 0 53 1.500 9.0 2.3 4.5 4.5 1.00
2010 29 TEX AL WS L SFG 0 1 .000 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 3 2 2 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 23 0.833 4.5 1.5 3.0 6.0 2.00
2011 30 TEX AL ALDS W TBR 0 1 .000 10.80 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 8 6 3 1 0 6 1 0 0 25 1.600 12.6 5.4 1.8 10.8 6.00
2011 30 TEX AL ALCS W DET 0 1 .000 6.75 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.2 14 8 8 3 7 1 11 0 0 1 50 1.969 11.8 2.5 5.9 9.3 1.57
2011 30 TEX AL WS L STL 0 1 .000 2.92 3 2 0 0 0 0 12.1 8 5 4 0 11 4 9 2 0 2 55 1.541 5.8 0.0 8.0 6.6 0.82
2 Yrs (6 Series) 1 5 .167 4.82 10 9 0 0 0 0 52.1 46 32 28 10 29 6 43 4 0 3 231 1.433 7.9 1.7 5.0 7.4 1.48
2 ALDS 1 1 .500 4.76 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.1 9 8 6 3 3 0 13 2 0 0 50 1.059 7.1 2.4 2.4 10.3 4.33
2 ALCS 0 2 .000 6.35 4 4 0 0 0 0 22.2 26 17 16 6 13 2 17 0 0 1 103 1.721 10.3 2.4 5.2 6.8 1.31
2 WS 0 2 .000 2.95 4 3 0 0 0 0 18.1 11 7 6 1 13 4 13 2 0 2 78 1.309 5.4 0.5 6.4 6.4 1.00

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
2011 TEX AL 30 0 0 1 .000 27.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 3.000 27.0 9.0 0.0 9.0

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
2005 24 TEX AL 24 220 196 39 63 12 0 5 1 0 18 30 .321 .381 .459 .840 .356 90 8 2 1 2 1 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 3
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 5
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 4
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 6
2010 29 TEX AL 33 850 743 83 161 36 2 10 21 8 93 170 .217 .311 .311 .622 .267 231 21 10 1 3 0 6
2011 30 TEX AL 34 915 823 89 191 43 3 16 24 7 74 206 .232 .302 .350 .651 .289 288 31 10 3 5 0 12
2012 31 LAA AL 11 267 233 24 43 5 0 4 9 3 29 59 .185 .286 .258 .543 .229 60 8 4 1 0 1 7
8 Yrs 336 3265 2867 347 662 134 8 57 67 24 324 696 .231 .317 .343 .660 .284 983 96 45 13 15 9 44
162 Game Avg. 54 529 464 56 107 22 1 9 11 4 52 113 .231 .317 .343 .660 .284 159 16 7 2 2 1 7
MLB Averages .262 .330 .415 .745 .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
2005 24 TEX AL -11.0 -1.0 226 -1.2 3.2 -4.4 .93 -0.6 -0.6 -10.3 -1.0 0.93 -5.5 5 6 5
2006 25 TEX AL 2.2 0.2 199 -0.4 2.1 -2.5 .69 -0.2 -0.3 -1.9 -0.2 0.69 -3.6 12 8 23
2007 26 TEX AL 11.6 1.1 294 1.6 6.8 -5.1 1.29 1.4 -0.1 10.7 1.0 1.29 15.5 25 20 19
2008 27 TEX AL -8.4 -0.8 220 0.3 8.4 -8.1 2.28 -0.7 0.8 -12.5 -1.2 2.28 -9.8 32 4 13
2009 28 TEX AL 12.7 1.2 333 0.3 9.2 -8.9 1.60 0.9 -0.7 10.6 1.0 1.60 9.8 34 19 21
2010 29 TEX AL 23.2 2.4 889 2.2 16.4 -14.1 1.04 3.2 -1.0 23.4 2.4 1.04 34.1 0 0 0
2011 30 TEX AL 30.6 3.2 944 2.5 16.4 -13.9 .95 1.4 1.2 27.8 2.8 0.95 16.8 0 0 0
2012 31 LAA AL 7.0 0.7 278 1.1 4.9 -3.7 .98 0.9 0.2 10.6 1.2 0.98 9.8 0 0 0
8 Yrs 67.9 7.1 3383 6.6 67.4 -60.8 1.14 6.2 -0.4 58.5 6.1 1.14 67.0 108 57 81

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
2005 24 TEX AL 24 6 0 5 1 0 0 1 5 .167 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27.0 46 6 13 5 0 3 3.5 3.9 3.6 69 5 1 0 0 98
2010 29 TEX AL 33 33 15 8 10 3 2 24 9 .727 1 7 3 0 20 61% 55.5 89 25 27 9 0 14 4.6 3.9 6.2 104 1 8 22 2 121
2011 30 TEX AL 34 34 16 7 11 2 4 21 13 .618 3 4 3 1 23 68% 57.8 83 22 22 9 0 11 5.0 5.0 6.6 106 1 5 26 2 129
2012 31 LAA AL 11 11 6 4 1 0 2 7 4 .636 0 0 0 0 8 73% 59.0 85 29 8 5 1 3 4.0 4.7 5.9 97 1 3 6 1 125
4 Yrs 102 84 37 24 23 5 8 53 31 .631 4 11 6 1 51 61% 55 89 6 70 28 1 31 4.6 4.5 6.1 101 8 17 54 5 129
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 100 -13 4.6 4.6 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

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 .927 5 6 5 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 .687 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 1.288 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 2.277 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 1.597 34 19 21 49 11 14 16 58 16 20 19 23 3.0 18
5 Yrs 258 252 110 12 15 63 52 11 83% 113 46 114 34 30% 1.383 108 57 81 144 33 75 71 181 54 75 65 56 3.1 18

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%
2005 24 TEX AL 220 35% 2.3% 13.6% 8.2% 7.7% 27% 1.53 2.19 74% 17% 8.3% 9% 50 8 16%
2006 25 TEX AL 191 41% 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 40% 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 28% 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 36% 0.9% 26.0% 9.9% 5.9% 29% 1.29 1.76 60% 19% 4.1% 13% 68 5 7%
2010 29 TEX AL 850 20% 1.2% 20.0% 10.9% 5.7% 30% 0.98 1.25 67% 16% 3.9% 10% 155 21 14%
2011 30 TEX AL 915 22% 1.8% 22.5% 8.1% 6.8% 33% 1.00 1.49 66% 17% 5.9% 12% 159 31 20%
2012 31 LAA AL 267 28% 1.5% 22.1% 10.9% 3.4% 21% 1.20 1.53 64% 16% 5.6% 9% 50 8 16%
8 Yrs 3265 27% 1.8% 21.3% 9.9% 6.1% 30% 1.06 1.47 65% 17% 6.1% 11% 637 96 15%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.6% 12% 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
2005 24 TEX AL 220 819 3.72 495 60% 31% 11% 24% 34% 69% 1% 42% 84% 56% 5% 11 6 22% 48 26 5 27% 5 3 0 0 0
2006 25 TEX AL 192 745 3.88 452 61% 29% 18% 25% 28% 71% 1% 43% 75% 53% 4% 7 1 22% 42 22 2 28% 5 5 -1 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 324 1302 4.02 776 60% 31% 18% 25% 26% 69% 2% 41% 74% 55% 5% 16 9 18% 59 26 4 33% 10 4 -1 0 0
2010 29 TEX AL 852 3441 4.04 2052 60% 35% 13% 24% 28% 65% 0% 39% 81% 54% 5% 46 31 21% 182 81 10 34% 17 15 -2 0 0
2011 30 TEX AL 916 3592 3.92 2247 63% 33% 14% 25% 28% 67% 0% 42% 79% 59% 4% 35 26 22% 200 97 4 31% 28 9 -1 0 0
2012 31 LAA AL 268 1063 3.97 639 60% 34% 15% 24% 27% 66% 0% 40% 77% 60% 6% 15 11 23% 62 30 2 22% 10 3 -1 0 0
8 Yrs 3271 13008 3.98 7886 61% 32% 15% 25% 28% 68% 1% 41% 79% 56% 5% 157 99 22% 707 344 32 31% 92 48 -6 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 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
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
2010 29 TEX AL 850 161 26 5 10 0 22 10 0 6 4 43 20 9 47% 6 7 3 288 21 8 72% 14 6 7 1 0 1 2 1 16 0
2011 30 TEX AL 915 191 32 3 16 0 6 14 2 10 6 34 19 5 56% 12 6 1 335 24 7 77% 19 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 12 0
2012 31 LAA AL 267 43 7 0 4 0 3 2 2 1 3 5 2 2 40% 7 1 2 97 9 3 75% 8 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
8 Yrs 3265 662 100 10 57 1 72 46 11 30 27 156 79 28 51% 44 29 9 1243 67 24 74% 51 20 16 2 0 2 4 3 64 0
MLB Averages 53% 72%

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+
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 66 1.688 11.8 0.9 3.4 5.6 1.67 66
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 9 696 103 1.376 8.5 0.9 3.9 7.6 1.97 103
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 95 1.435 8.7 1.0 4.2 7.7 1.84 95
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
2010 29 27 28 .491 3.90 291 39 110 3 0 52 484.2 428 234 210 37 221 8 431 31 2 22 2083 117 1.339 7.9 0.7 4.1 8.0 1.95 117
2011 30 43 35 .551 3.60 325 73 110 6 1 52 708.0 619 323 283 53 295 8 637 41 2 28 2998 125 1.291 7.9 0.7 3.8 8.1 2.16 125
2012 31 49 39 .557 3.53 336 84 110 6 1 52 773.0 662 347 303 57 324 9 696 45 2 29 3265 126 1.276 7.7 0.7 3.8 8.1 2.15 126

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 3.00 66.0 49 24 22 4 32 61 6 1.227 6.7 4.4 8.3 1.91 0.5 66
2008 27 2 3 .400 5.87 46.0 48 33 30 8 26 41 2 1.609 9.4 5.1 8.0 1.58 1.6 50
2009 28 6 2 .750 2.71 73.0 65 24 22 3 32 84 6 1.329 8.0 3.9 10.4 2.63 0.4 74
2010 29 12 9 .571 3.44 196.0 160 83 75 10 92 163 10 1.286 7.3 4.2 7.5 1.77 0.5 33
2011 30 15 8 .652 2.99 214.0 189 79 71 16 73 198 10 1.224 7.9 3.1 8.3 2.71 0.7 34
2012 31 3 3 .500 3.34 62.0 46 26 23 4 31 56 4 1.242 6.7 4.5 8.1 1.81 0.6 11
8 Yrs 46 33 .582 3.58 747.0 656 329 297 57 321 674 45 1.308 7.9 8.1 2.10 0.7 336

* 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
2011 *

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2011 AL (6, 5%)
0.05 Career Shares (219th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2010 AL  4.7 (7th)
2011 AL  4.4 (8th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2010 AL  3.35 (10th)
2011 AL  2.94 (7th)
2012 AL  2.77 (5th)

Wins s c a p y
2010 AL  15 (10th)
2011 AL  16 (4th)
2012 AL  6 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2011 AL  .696 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2012 AL  1.108 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 AL  7.103 (3rd)
2011 AL  7.697 (8th)
2012 AL  5.954 (1st)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2011 AL  8.302 (9th)

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

Saves s c a p y
2008 AL  24 (10th)
Active  52 (43rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2011 AL  223.3 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2011 AL  206 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
2010 AL  33 (4th)
2011 AL  34 (1st)
2012 AL  11 (2nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
2010 AL  3 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2011 AL  1 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2010 AL  93 (1st)
2011 AL  74 (7th)
2012 AL  29 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 AL  0.441 (2nd)
2011 AL  0.645 (6th)
2012 AL  0.554 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2010 AL  10 (6th)
2011 AL  10 (10th)
2012 AL  4 (7th)

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

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2010 AL  134 (7th)
2011 AL  152 (3rd)
2012 AL  139 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2010 AL  23 (9th)
2011 AL  31 (4th)
Active  67 (45th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2010 AL  2.4 (9th)
2011 AL  3.2 (4th)
Active  7.0 (43rd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2010 AL  23.43 (8th)
2011 AL  27.81 (9th)
2012 AL  10.62 (9th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2010 AL  3.2 (3rd)
2012 AL  0.9 (6th)
Active  6.2 (45th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2012 AL  1.2 (9th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 50 (516), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 20 (623), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (615), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Explanation of Similarity Scores
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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
  4. Ed Vande Berg (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Joe Page (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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