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Bob Wolcott

Robert William Wolcott

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 8, 1973 in Huntington Beach, CA
High School: North Medford HS (North Medford, OR)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 2nd round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 1995
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Diamondbacks/RedSox 1995-1999

Final Game: July 1, 1999
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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
1992	18	SEA-min	A-	0	1	.000	6.85	9	7	2	0	0	0	22.1	25	18	17	4	19	0	17	2	2	3	105		1.970	10.1	1.6	7.7	6.9	0.89	BLH · NORW
1993	19	SEA-min	A-	8	4	.667	2.64	15	15	0	1	0	0	95.1	70	31	28	7	26	1	79	6	1	6	386		1.007	6.6	0.7	2.5	7.5	3.04	BLH · NORW
1994	20	SEA-min	A+,AAA	14	9	.609	2.84	27	27	0	5	1	0	186.2	179	77	59	12	53	4	147	5	0	5	786		1.243	8.6	0.6	2.6	7.1	2.77	RVS,CGY · CALL,PCL
1995	21	SEA-min	AA,AAA	13	6	.684	3.10	25	25	0	4	2	0	165.1	154	75	57	16	29	0	96	8	1	4	667		1.107	8.4	0.9	1.6	5.2	3.31	PTC,TAC · SOUL,PCL
1995	21	SEA	AL	3	2	.600	4.42	7	6	0	0	0	0	36.2	43	18	18	6	14	0	19	2	0	0	164	109	1.555	10.6	1.5	3.4	4.7	1.36
1996	22	SEA-min	AAA,A+	0	3	.000	8.35	4	4	0	0	0	0	18.1	26	20	17	8	3	0	22	1	0	1	85		1.582	12.8	3.9	1.5	10.8	7.33	TAC,LNR · PCL,CALL
1996	22	SEA	AL	7	10	.412	5.73	30	28	0	1	0	0	149.1	179	101	95	26	54	5	78	7	1	3	672	87	1.560	10.8	1.6	3.3	4.7	1.44
1997	23	SEA-min	AAA	1	3	.250	5.11	7	7	0	0	0	0	37.0	40	23	21	4	7	0	29	3	2	0	157		1.270	9.7	1.0	1.7	7.1	4.14	TAC · PCL
1997	23	SEA	AL	5	6	.455	6.03	19	18	0	0	0	0	100.0	129	71	67	22	29	2	58	5	0	0	451	75	1.580	11.6	2.0	2.6	5.2	2.00
1998	24	ARI-min	AAA	8	6	.571	5.18	23	21	0	2	1	0	128.2	156	79	74	13	26	1	100	4	1	0	551		1.415	10.9	0.9	1.8	7.0	3.85	TUC · PCL
1998	24	ARI	NL	1	3	.250	7.09	6	6	0	0	0	0	33.0	32	27	26	7	13	1	21	0	0	1	141	60	1.364	8.7	1.9	3.5	5.7	1.62
1999	25	BOS-min	AAA	6	13	.316	3.59	26	16	5	2	0	2	125.1	131	67	50	17	28	3	69	8	0	3	538		1.269	9.4	1.2	2.0	5.0	2.46	PAW · IL
1999	25	BOS	AL	0	0		8.10	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	8	6	6	1	3	0	2	1	0	0	29	65	1.650	10.8	1.4	4.1	2.7	0.67
2001	27	OAK-min	A+	0	3	.000	7.20	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.0	22	13	12	2	1	0	10	1	0	0	69		1.533	13.2	1.2	0.6	6.0	10.00	MOD · CALL
5 Yrs				16	21	.432	5.86	66	58	1	1	0	0	325.2	391	223	212	62	113	8	178	15	1	4	1457	81	1.548	10.8	1.7	3.1	4.9	1.58
162 Game Avg.				9	12	.432	5.86	36	32	1	1	0	0	179	214	122	116	34	62	4	98	8	1	2	799	81	1.548	10.8	1.7	3.1	4.9	1.58

SEA (3 yrs)				15	18	.455	5.66	56	52	0	1	0	0	286.0	351	190	180	54	97	7	155	14	1	3	1287	84	1.566	11.0	1.7	3.1	4.9	1.60
ARI (1 yr)				1	3	.250	7.09	6	6	0	0	0	0	33.0	32	27	26	7	13	1	21	0	0	1	141	60	1.364	8.7	1.9	3.5	5.7	1.62
BOS (1 yr)				0	0		8.10	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	8	6	6	1	3	0	2	1	0	0	29	65	1.650	10.8	1.4	4.1	2.7	0.67

AL (4 yrs)				15	18	.455	5.72	60	52	1	1	0	0	292.2	359	196	186	55	100	7	157	15	1	3	1316	84	1.568	11.0	1.7	3.1	4.8	1.57
NL (1 yr)				1	3	.250	7.09	6	6	0	0	0	0	33.0	32	27	26	7	13	1	21	0	0	1	141	60	1.364	8.7	1.9	3.5	5.7	1.62

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
1995	21	SEA	AL	36.2	7	6	18	4.42	5.12	0.08	0.12	100.3	5.17	3	0.3	.2	-0.0	0.6	7	.544	.502	$
1996	22	SEA	AL	149.1	30	28	101	6.09	5.28	0.34	0.18	99.1	5.08	-19	-1.7	1.3	-0.1	-0.4	4	.445	.490	$115,000
1997	23	SEA	AL	100.0	19	18	71	6.39	4.94	0.05	0.18	97.5	4.94	-17	-1.5	.0	-0.1	-0.7	-3	.421	.491	$195,000
1998	24	ARI	NL	33.0	6	6	27	7.36	4.67	0.11	0.17	98.4	4.65	-10	-0.9		-0.0	-0.7	-7	.353	.495	$
1999	25	BOS	AL	6.2	4	0	6	8.10	4.49	0.34	-0.33	106.0	4.05	-3	-0.3	.5	0.0	-0.1	-2	.435	.498	$
5 Seasons				325.2	66	58	223	6.16	5.08	0.20	0.16	98.8	4.98	-45	-4.0	.6	-0.2	-1.3	-1	.439	.495	$310,000

SEA (3 yrs)				286.0	56	52	190	5.98	5.14	0.21	0.17	98.7	5.04	-32	-2.9	.7	-0.2	-0.5	8	.449	.494	$310,000
ARI (1 yr)				33.0	6	6	27	7.36	4.67	0.11	0.17	98.4	4.65	-10	-0.9		-0.0	-0.7	-7	.353	.495	$
BOS (1 yr)				6.2	4	0	6	8.10	4.49	0.34	-0.33	106.0	4.05	-3	-0.3	.5	0.0	-0.1	-2	.435	.498	$

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
1995	21	SEA	AL	ALCS	L	CLE	1	0	1.000	2.57	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	8	2	2	1	5	0	2	0	0	0	33	1.857	10.3	1.3	6.4	2.6	0.40
1 ALCS							1	0	1.000	2.57	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	8	2	2	1	5	0	2	0	0	0	33	1.857	10.3	1.3	6.4	2.6	0.40

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
1995	21	SEA	AL	7	164	145	18	43	14	2	6	0	2	14	19	.297	.360	.545	.905	.301	79	1	2	0	3	0	0
1996	22	SEA	AL	30	672	602	101	179	40	5	26	0	1	54	78	.297	.360	.510	.870	.305	307	12	7	5	3	5	6
1997	23	SEA	AL	19	451	411	71	129	33	3	22	3	3	29	58	.314	.365	.569	.934	.321	234	7	5	4	2	2	6
1998	24	ARI	NL	6	141	127	27	32	5	1	7	1	3	13	21	.252	.321	.472	.794	.253	60	3	0	1	0	1	3
1999	25	BOS	AL	4	29	24	6	8	2	0	1	0	1	3	2	.333	.414	.542	.955	.318	13	2	1	0	1	0	0
5 Yrs				66	1457	1309	223	391	94	11	62	4	10	113	178	.299	.359	.529	.888	.305	693	25	15	10	9	8	15
162 Game Avg.				36	799	718	122	214	52	6	34	2	5	62	98	.299	.359	.529	.888	.305	380	14	8	5	5	4	8
MLB Averages																.268	.339	.424	.763	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevLo
1995	21	SEA	AL	2.3	0.2	166	0.3	2.4	-2.2	.83	-0.4	0.7	3.7	0.4	0.83	-3.2	0	1
1996	22	SEA	AL	-11.9	-1.1	678	-0.5	12.2	-12.7	1.04	-1.2	0.7	-8.4	-0.8	1.04	-12.8	1	1
1997	23	SEA	AL	-16.5	-1.5	456	-1.7	6.6	-8.3	.86	-2.4	0.4	-17.1	-1.6	0.86	-24.2	0	1
1998	24	ARI	NL	-9.9	-0.9	146	-0.8	2.2	-3.0	.89	-0.2	-0.7	-10.2	-0.9	0.89	-3.5	0	0
1999	25	BOS	AL	-1.8	-0.2	30	-0.0	0.3	-0.3	.46	0.1	-0.1	-1.8	-0.2	0.46	-0.2	1	2
5 Yrs				-37.8	-3.4	1476	-2.7	23.8	-26.5	.93	-4.1	1.2	-33.6	-3.1	0.93	-43.8	2	5

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
1995	21	SEA	AL	7	6	3	2	1	2	1	4	2	.667	0	0	0	0	2	33%	44.7	57	31	2	1	0	3	5.7	7.3	5.3	90	1	3	2	0	105
1996	22	SEA	AL	30	28	7	10	11	3	1	11	17	.393	4	4	1	0	8	29%	43.4	79	13	32	13	1	10	5.9	5.5	5.2	84	7	15	4	0	109
1997	23	SEA	AL	19	18	5	6	7	2	1	8	10	.444	3	4	0	0	6	33%	41.4	68	17	14	2	0	12	6.3	6.0	5.5	87	4	9	4	0	118
1998	24	ARI	NL	6	6	1	3	2	1	0	1	5	.167	1	1	0	0	1	17%	42.5	78	17	4	1	0	5	3.3	2.5	5.5	83	3	1	2	0	101
4 Yrs				62	58	16	21	21	8	3	24	34	.414	8	9	1	0	17	29%	43	79	13	52	17	1	30	5.7	5.5	5.3	85	15	28	12	0	118
MLB Averages													.500						47%	48	105	-21					4.9	4.9	6.0	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1995	21	SEA	AL	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	.829	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	15.0	56
1996	22	SEA	AL	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	3	1.037	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	6.5	36
1997	23	SEA	AL	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	.861	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	4.0	17

1999	25	BOS	AL	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	7	.462	1	0	2	1	1	2	1	3	3	0	3	1	5.0	27
4 Yrs				60	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	67%		.938	2	0	5	1	2	5	3	5	7	0	7	1	6.5	32

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%
1995	21	SEA	AL	164	38%	3.7%	11.6%	8.5%	13.4%	51%	0.68	0.93	75%	23%	8.6%	8%	28	1	4%
1996	22	SEA	AL	672	48%	3.9%	11.6%	8.0%	10.6%	40%	0.63	0.78	75%	23%	9.8%	17%	150	12	8%
1997	23	SEA	AL	451	50%	4.9%	12.9%	6.4%	12.9%	45%	0.56	0.74	74%	26%	11.7%	16%	92	7	8%
1998	24	ARI	NL	141	49%	5.0%	14.9%	9.2%	9.2%	41%	0.54	0.79	70%	21%	12.5%	18%	28	3	11%
1999	25	BOS	AL	29	52%	3.5%	6.9%	10.3%	10.3%	38%	0.44	1.13	76%	39%	7.1%	13%	10	2	20%
5 Yrs				1457	48%	4.3%	12.2%	7.8%	11.5%	43%	0.60	0.79	74%	24%	10.5%	16%	308	25	8%
MLB Averages					45%	2.7%	16.6%	9.1%	7.8%	33%	0.81	1.10	70%	21%	8.2%	15%			10%

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
1995	21	SEA	AL	166	593	3.57	357	60%	23%	13%	29%	36%	77%	0%	47%	84%	54%	3%	5	3	19%	32	15	1	16%	4	2	-2	0	0
1996	22	SEA	AL	630	2249	3.57	1390	62%	27%	12%	26%	36%	73%	2%	45%	84%	58%	5%	29	17	16%	100	52	6	32%	12	8	42	0	0
1997	23	SEA	AL	431	1499	3.48	961	64%	25%	13%	26%	36%	75%	1%	48%	83%	61%	4%	16	6	20%	87	44	2	35%	11	8	20	0	0
1998	24	ARI	NL	141	498	3.53	315	63%	29%	13%	24%	34%	71%	2%	45%	82%	57%	6%	9	2	22%	31	14	1	29%	3	6	0	0	0
1999	25	BOS	AL	29	109	3.76	68	62%	22%	16%	28%	34%	78%	0%	49%	79%	66%	3%	1	1	14%	4	2	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				1397	4948	3.54	3091	62%	26%	12%	26%	35%	74%	2%	46%	83%	58%	4%	60	29	18%	254	127	10	30%	30	24	60	0	0
MLB Averages						3.71		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	57%	6%			19%				28%

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
1995	21	SEA	AL	164	43	3	1	6	0	2	3	3	1	5	6	5	0	83%	0	0	0	67	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
1996	22	SEA	AL	672	179	10	1	26	0	13	11	15	17	9	31	20	1	65%	6	3	0	253	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
1997	23	SEA	AL	451	129	11	2	22	0	10	8	14	12	10	23	13	2	57%	6	0	1	174	3	3	50%	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
1998	24	ARI	NL	141	32	2	0	7	1	2	2	5	6	1	4	3	0	75%	3	1	0	44	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1999	25	BOS	AL	29	8	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	5	3	0	60%	0	0	0	11	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5 Yrs				1457	391	26	4	62	1	28	25	37	37	25	69	44	3	64%	15	4	1	549	4	10	29%	3	10	1	0	0	0	3	2	16	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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+
1995	21	3	2	.600	4.42	7	6	0	0	36.2	43	18	18	6	14	0	19	2	0	0	164	109	1.555	10.6	1.5	3.4	4.7	1.36	109
1996	22	10	12	.455	5.47	37	34	0	1	186.0	222	119	113	32	68	5	97	9	1	3	836	90	1.559	10.7	1.5	3.3	4.7	1.43	90
1997	23	15	18	.455	5.66	56	52	0	1	286.0	351	190	180	54	97	7	155	14	1	3	1287	84	1.566	11.0	1.7	3.1	4.9	1.60	84
1998	24	16	21	.432	5.81	62	58	0	1	319.0	383	217	206	61	110	8	176	14	1	4	1428	81	1.545	10.8	1.7	3.1	5.0	1.60	81
1999	25	16	21	.432	5.86	66	58	1	1	325.2	391	223	212	62	113	8	178	15	1	4	1457	81	1.548	10.8	1.7	3.1	4.9	1.58	81

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
1995	21	2	2	.500	3.95	41.0	46	20	18	6	15	21	2	1.488	10.1	3.3	4.6	1.40	1.3	7
1996	22	6	10	.375	5.07	149.0	168	93	84	24	51	78	7	1.470	10.1	3.1	4.7	1.53	1.4	30
1997	23	3	7	.300	6.03	97.0	127	72	65	22	29	56	5	1.608	11.8	2.7	5.2	1.93	2.0	19
1998	24	1	2	.333	7.03	32.0	31	28	25	7	13	21	0	1.375	8.7	3.7	5.9	1.62	2.0	6
1999	25	0	0		9.00	6.0	8	7	6	1	3	2	1	1.833	12.0	4.5	3.0	0.67	1.5	4
5 Yrs		12	21	.364	5.48	325.0	380	220	198	60	111	178	15	1.511	10.5		4.9	1.60	1.7	66

* 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

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Youngest s c a p y 1995 AL born 1973-09-08 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1995 AL born 1973-09-08 (9th)

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Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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