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Mike Wood

Michael Burton Wood

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 26, 1980 in West Palm Beach, FL
High School: Forest Hill HS (West Palm Beach, FL)
School: University of North Florida (Jacksonville, FL)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 10th round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 21, 2003
Teams (by GP): Royals/Rangers/Athletics 2003-2007
Agents: Matt Sosnick,Paul Cobbe [*]
Final Game: September 28, 2007
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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 23 OAK AL 2 1 .667 10.54 7 1 2 0 0 0 13.2 24 17 16 1 7 2 15 2 0 2 72 43 2.268 15.8 0.7 4.6 9.9 2.14
2004 24 KCR AL 3 8 .273 5.94 17 17 0 0 0 0 100.0 112 67 66 16 28 3 54 6 1 6 432 81 1.400 10.1 1.4 2.5 4.9 1.93
2005 25 KCR AL 5 8 .385 4.46 47 10 10 0 0 2 115.0 129 66 57 18 52 5 60 8 0 7 520 99 1.574 10.1 1.4 4.1 4.7 1.15
2006 26 KCR AL 3 3 .500 5.71 23 7 2 0 0 0 64.2 86 51 41 10 23 3 29 7 0 3 307 83 1.686 12.0 1.4 3.2 4.0 1.26
2007 27 TEX AL 3 2 .600 5.33 21 4 3 0 0 0 50.2 68 36 30 9 15 1 25 4 0 3 234 86 1.638 12.1 1.6 2.7 4.4 1.67
5 Yrs 16 22 .421 5.49 115 39 17 0 0 2 344.0 419 237 210 54 125 14 183 27 1 21 1565 84 1.581 11.0 1.4 3.3 4.8 1.46
162 Game Avg. 7 10 .421 5.49 51 17 8 0 0 1 152 185 105 93 24 55 6 81 12 0 9 691 84 1.581 11.0 1.4 3.3 4.8 1.46
KCR (3 yrs) 11 19 .367 5.28 87 34 12 0 0 2 279.2 327 184 164 44 103 11 143 21 1 16 1259 88 1.538 10.5 1.4 3.3 4.6 1.39
OAK (1 yr) 2 1 .667 10.54 7 1 2 0 0 0 13.2 24 17 16 1 7 2 15 2 0 2 72 43 2.268 15.8 0.7 4.6 9.9 2.14
TEX (1 yr) 3 2 .600 5.33 21 4 3 0 0 0 50.2 68 36 30 9 15 1 25 4 0 3 234 86 1.638 12.1 1.6 2.7 4.4 1.67

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
2003 23 OAK AL 13.2 7 1 17 11.20 5.23 0.03 -0.30 98.3 4.82 -10 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.7 -8 .379 .495 $
2004 24 KCR AL 100.0 17 17 67 6.03 5.21 -0.10 0.20 99.5 5.47 -7 -0.7 -0.1 0.2 7 .461 .496 $
2005 25 KCR AL 115.0 47 10 66 5.17 4.71 -0.76 -0.10 101.9 5.46 3 0.3 1.1 -0.2 1.2 18 .506 .502 $319,000
2006 26 KCR AL 64.2 23 7 51 7.10 4.94 0.20 -0.07 102.3 4.78 -17 -1.6 .8 -0.0 -1.0 -8 .431 .490 $350,000
2007 27 TEX AL 50.2 21 4 36 6.39 5.15 -0.05 -0.16 98.9 4.99 -8 -0.8 1.2 -0.1 -0.5 -2 .462 .495 $420,000
5 Seasons 344.0 115 39 237 6.20 4.98 -0.25 -0.03 100.7 5.24 -40 -3.6 1.1 -0.4 -0.8 6 .469 .496 $1,089,000
KCR (3 yrs) 279.2 87 34 184 5.92 4.94 -0.30 0.01 101.1 5.31 -22 -2.0 1.0 -0.2 0.4 16 .477 .496 $669,000
OAK (1 yr) 13.2 7 1 17 11.20 5.23 0.03 -0.30 98.3 4.82 -10 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.7 -8 .379 .495 $
TEX (1 yr) 50.2 21 4 36 6.39 5.15 -0.05 -0.16 98.9 4.99 -8 -0.8 1.2 -0.1 -0.5 -2 .462 .495 $420,000

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
2003 23 OAK AL 7 72 62 17 24 7 0 1 0 0 7 15 .387 .465 .548 1.013 .500 34 3 2 1 0 2 1
2004 24 KCR AL 17 432 391 67 112 26 3 16 2 3 28 54 .286 .342 .491 .833 .297 192 11 6 5 2 3 2
2005 25 KCR AL 47 520 450 66 129 27 4 18 1 3 52 60 .287 .367 .484 .851 .294 218 19 8 5 5 5 10
2006 26 KCR AL 23 307 274 51 86 16 1 10 0 2 23 29 .314 .379 .489 .868 .321 134 5 7 1 2 3 7
2007 27 TEX AL 21 234 212 36 68 16 1 9 1 1 15 25 .321 .373 .533 .906 .328 113 5 4 1 2 1 4
5 Yrs 115 1565 1389 237 419 92 9 54 4 9 125 183 .302 .368 .497 .865 .314 691 43 27 13 11 14 24
162 Game Avg. 51 691 613 105 185 41 4 24 2 4 55 81 .302 .368 .497 .865 .314 305 19 12 6 5 6 11
MLB Averages .266 .334 .425 .759 .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
2003 23 OAK AL -9.1 -0.8 75 -0.6 0.9 -1.5 .85 -1.0 0.3 -10.7 -1.0 0.85 -9.1 1 3 1
2004 24 KCR AL -10.3 -1.0 449 -0.5 7.5 -8.1 .96 -0.1 -0.4 -11.1 -1.0 0.96 -2.9 0 0 0
2005 25 KCR AL -2.4 -0.2 532 -0.7 8.8 -9.5 1.00 -2.1 1.4 -9.0 -0.9 1.00 -20.3 10 13 13
2006 26 KCR AL -9.8 -0.9 312 -0.7 4.3 -5.0 .83 -1.2 0.3 -17.1 -1.6 0.83 -15.9 2 6 7
2007 27 TEX AL -5.8 -0.6 240 -0.9 3.2 -4.1 .84 -1.2 0.1 -11.3 -1.1 0.84 -13.4 6 4 7
5 Yrs -37.4 -3.5 1608 -3.4 24.8 -28.2 .92 -5.6 1.9 -59.2 -5.4 0.92 -61.7 19 26 28

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
2003 23 OAK AL 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 15.0 15 15 5 2 0 1 3.0 6.0 2.0 63 1 0 0 0 63
2004 24 KCR AL 17 17 3 8 6 0 1 5 12 .294 2 2 0 0 9 53% 43.8 58 16 12 4 0 9 3.9 2.8 5.9 92 1 13 3 0 108
2005 25 KCR AL 47 10 2 4 4 2 2 4 6 .400 1 2 0 0 3 30% 43.6 57 22 21 5 0 6 4.7 5.0 5.5 88 2 6 2 0 108
2006 26 KCR AL 23 7 0 3 4 0 0 2 5 .286 0 4 0 0 1 14% 40.0 54 18 21 4 1 3 4.7 1.0 4.9 83 3 2 2 0 101
2007 27 TEX AL 21 4 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 .500 0 1 0 0 1 25% 39.0 55 14 9 3 0 2 4.1 3.2 4.8 95 0 4 0 0 99
5 Yrs 115 39 6 17 16 3 3 13 26 .333 3 9 0 0 14 36% 42 58 14 68 18 1 21 4.2 3.1 5.4 89 7 25 7 0 108
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 100 -12 4.8 4.8 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
2003 23 OAK AL 7 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 5 .853 1 3 1 0 2 4 1 5 3 0 3 0 5.8 36
2005 25 KCR AL 47 37 10 3 4 2 2 0 100% 9 7 30 15 50% 6 .998 10 13 13 14 7 16 18 19 23 7 24 6 4.9 27
2006 26 KCR AL 23 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 15 5 33% 5 .831 2 6 7 3 0 13 7 9 10 4 11 0 5.7 34
2007 27 TEX AL 21 17 3 2 1 1 0 1 0% 4 3 13 6 46% 6 .842 6 4 7 8 2 7 7 10 12 1 13 1 5.5 30
4 Yrs 98 76 17 10 5 3 2 1 67% 14 11 61 28 46% .911 19 26 28 25 11 40 33 43 48 12 51 7 5.3 30

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%
2003 23 OAK AL 72 49% 1.4% 20.8% 9.7% 11.1% 33% 0.81 1.89 64% 35% 3.8% 0% 15 3 20%
2004 24 KCR AL 432 43% 3.7% 12.5% 6.5% 10.4% 40% 1.14 1.53 75% 15% 11.0% 8% 65 11 17%
2005 25 KCR AL 520 53% 3.5% 11.5% 10.0% 9.4% 38% 1.12 1.59 73% 16% 10.8% 10% 115 19 17%
2006 26 KCR AL 307 55% 3.3% 9.5% 7.5% 8.8% 31% 1.12 1.40 77% 17% 9.1% 4% 69 5 7%
2007 27 TEX AL 234 44% 3.9% 10.7% 6.4% 11.1% 38% 0.94 1.42 77% 23% 10.2% 9% 31 5 16%
5 Yrs 1565 49% 3.5% 11.7% 8.0% 9.9% 37% 1.08 1.52 74% 18% 10.1% 8% 295 43 15%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.7% 8.4% 8.1% 34% 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.8% 11% 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
2003 23 OAK AL 72 277 3.85 167 60% 31% 19% 22% 29% 69% 7% 42% 73% 60% 6% 4 3 19% 14 7 0 7% 3 0 0 0 0
2004 24 KCR AL 435 1568 3.60 953 61% 25% 14% 25% 36% 75% 1% 46% 82% 54% 4% 16 9 14% 62 31 4 7% 6 5 -3 0 0
2005 25 KCR AL 520 1895 3.64 1124 59% 26% 13% 26% 36% 74% 3% 44% 82% 57% 5% 26 12 12% 62 26 2 22% 7 9 0 0 0
2006 26 KCR AL 308 1127 3.66 651 58% 25% 10% 27% 38% 75% 2% 43% 87% 51% 8% 25 16 14% 42 16 1 21% 3 6 -1 0 0
2007 27 TEX AL 234 886 3.79 520 59% 28% 15% 20% 37% 72% 0% 42% 80% 51% 3% 7 7 10% 24 9 0 12% 4 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 1569 5753 3.67 3415 59% 26% 13% 25% 36% 74% 2% 44% 82% 54% 5% 78 47 13% 204 89 7 15% 23 20 -4 0 0
MLB Averages 3.75 63% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 59% 5% 22% 26%

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
2003 23 OAK AL 72 24 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 5 4 0 80% 1 2 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2004 24 KCR AL 432 112 12 1 16 1 5 9 7 12 4 18 9 3 50% 2 6 1 138 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 2 15 0
2005 25 KCR AL 520 129 8 0 18 0 15 10 8 9 9 32 19 1 59% 10 7 1 213 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 16 0
2006 26 KCR AL 307 86 8 1 10 0 15 7 3 4 6 25 14 2 56% 7 3 0 114 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
2007 27 TEX AL 234 68 9 1 9 0 4 4 5 6 3 11 10 0 91% 4 3 0 83 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
5 Yrs 1565 419 38 3 54 1 41 31 23 31 23 91 56 6 62% 24 21 2 584 4 9 31% 4 9 0 0 0 0 8 2 48 0
MLB Averages 53% 71%

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+
2003 23 2 1 .667 10.54 7 1 2 0 0 0 13.2 24 17 16 1 7 2 15 2 0 2 72 43 2.268 15.8 0.7 4.6 9.9 2.14 43
2004 24 5 9 .357 6.49 24 18 2 0 0 0 113.2 136 84 82 17 35 5 69 8 1 8 504 73 1.504 10.8 1.3 2.8 5.5 1.97 73
2005 25 10 17 .370 5.47 71 28 12 0 0 2 228.2 265 150 139 35 87 10 129 16 1 15 1024 84 1.539 10.4 1.4 3.4 5.1 1.48 84
2006 26 13 20 .394 5.52 94 35 14 0 0 2 293.1 351 201 180 45 110 13 158 23 1 18 1331 84 1.572 10.8 1.4 3.4 4.8 1.44 84
2007 27 16 22 .421 5.49 115 39 17 0 0 2 344.0 419 237 210 54 125 14 183 27 1 21 1565 84 1.581 11.0 1.4 3.3 4.8 1.46 84

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
2003 23 0 1 .000 11.08 13.0 24 18 16 1 7 14 2 2.385 16.6 4.8 9.7 2.00 0.7 7
2004 24 3 7 .300 5.57 97.0 107 67 60 15 27 53 6 1.381 9.9 2.5 4.9 1.96 1.4 17
2005 25 5 7 .417 4.54 111.0 128 62 56 18 52 58 8 1.622 10.4 4.2 4.7 1.12 1.5 47
2006 26 3 4 .429 5.26 65.0 83 42 38 10 22 29 7 1.615 11.5 3.0 4.0 1.32 1.4 23
2007 27 2 3 .400 5.22 50.0 66 32 29 9 15 25 4 1.620 11.9 2.7 4.5 1.67 1.6 21
5 Yrs 13 22 .371 5.33 336.0 408 221 199 53 123 179 27 1.580 10.9 4.8 1.46 1.4 115

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