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Dan Wright

Jonathan Daniel Wright

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: December 14, 1977 in Longview, TX
School: University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed July 10, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 27, 2001
Team: WhiteSox 2001-2004

Final Game: May 1, 2004
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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
1999	21	CHW-min	Rk,A	2	0	1.000	2.25	12	0	3	0	0	1	24.0	19	12	6	2	12	1	21	2	0	3	105		1.292	7.1	0.8	4.5	7.9	1.75	BRS,BUR · APPY,MIDW
2000	22	CHW-min	A+,AA	11	12	.478	3.43	28	28	0	1	0	0	175.2	163	79	67	7	74	0	137	11	2	21	752		1.349	8.4	0.4	3.8	7.0	1.85	WSM,BIR · CARL,SOUL
2001	23	CHW-min	AA	7	7	.500	2.82	20	20	0	0	0	0	134.0	112	54	42	6	41	0	128	6	2	6	548		1.142	7.5	0.4	2.8	8.6	3.12	BIR · SOUL
2001	23	CHW	AL	5	3	.625	5.70	13	12	1	0	0	0	66.1	78	45	42	12	39	1	36	2	0	5	307	81	1.764	10.6	1.6	5.3	4.9	0.92
2002	24	CHW	AL	14	12	.538	5.18	33	33	0	1	1	0	196.1	200	124	113	32	71	1	136	6	1	10	855	87	1.380	9.2	1.5	3.3	6.2	1.92
2003	25	CHW-min	AAA	1	3	.250	4.64	8	7	0	1	0	0	33.0	25	18	17	5	10	0	25	3	0	0	132		1.061	6.8	1.4	2.7	6.8	2.50	CHR · IL
2003	25	CHW	AL	1	7	.125	6.15	20	15	1	0	0	1	86.1	91	63	59	16	46	2	47	3	0	6	388	75	1.587	9.5	1.7	4.8	4.9	1.02
2004	26	CHW-min	AAA	0	2	.000	28.69	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.1	17	19	17	4	6	0	3	1	0	1	41		4.312	28.7	6.8	10.1	5.1	0.50	CHR · IL
2004	26	CHW	AL	0	4	.000	8.15	4	4	0	0	0	0	17.2	24	17	16	5	11	1	6	2	1	0	88	59	1.981	12.2	2.5	5.6	3.1	0.55
2006	28	SEA-min	AAA	0	0		6.55	4	0	1	0	0	0	11.0	10	8	8	0	7	0	8	0	0	2	48		1.545	8.2	0.0	5.7	6.5	1.14	TAC · PCL
4 Yrs				20	26	.435	5.65	70	64	2	1	1	1	366.2	393	249	230	65	167	5	225	13	2	21	1638	81	1.527	9.6	1.6	4.1	5.5	1.35
162 Game Avg.				10	13	.435	5.65	36	32	1	1	1	1	186	199	126	117	33	85	3	114	7	1	11	831	81	1.527	9.6	1.6	4.1	5.5	1.35

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
2001	23	CHW	AL	66.1	13	12	45	6.11	5.08	0.04	0.17	102.3	5.32	-6	-0.6	.0	-0.0	0.0	3	.455	.496	$
2002	24	CHW	AL	196.1	33	33	124	5.68	4.75	0.08	0.17	99.5	4.82	-20	-1.9		-0.1	-0.2	5	.444	.489	$220,000
2003	25	CHW	AL	86.1	20	15	63	6.57	4.78	0.14	0.08	102.6	4.84	-16	-1.5	1.1	-0.1	-0.8	-6	.425	.491	$325,000
2004	26	CHW	AL	17.2	4	4	17	8.66	4.91	0.12	0.19	98.1	4.88	-8	-0.6		-0.0	-0.5	-5	.343	.496	$340,000
4 Seasons				366.2	70	64	249	6.11	4.82	0.09	0.15	100.7	4.92	-50	-4.6	.9	-0.3	-1.5	-3	.435	.493	$885,000

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
2001	23	CHW	AL	13	307	260	45	78	17	2	12	9	2	39	36	.300	.389	.519	.908	.304	135	8	2	1	5	1	3
2002	24	CHW	AL	33	855	761	124	200	43	2	32	19	4	71	136	.263	.327	.451	.777	.279	343	16	6	7	10	1	11
2003	25	CHW	AL	20	388	329	63	91	19	3	16	7	2	46	47	.277	.366	.498	.865	.278	164	9	3	6	4	2	3
2004	26	CHW	AL	4	88	75	17	24	3	0	5	5	1	11	6	.320	.420	.560	.980	.297	42	0	2	0	0	1	2
4 Yrs				70	1638	1425	249	393	82	7	65	40	9	167	225	.276	.353	.480	.833	.284	684	33	13	14	19	5	19
162 Game Avg.				36	831	723	126	199	42	4	33	20	5	85	114	.276	.353	.480	.833	.284	347	17	7	7	10	3	10
MLB Averages																.264	.333	.423	.756	.295

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevLo
2001	23	CHW	AL	-7.2	-0.7	324	-1.0	5.3	-6.2	1.01	-1.2	0.3	-10.8	-1.0	1.01	-13.3	0	1
2002	24	CHW	AL	-14.9	-1.4	886	-0.9	13.5	-14.4	.91	-0.7	-0.2	-11.8	-1.1	0.91	-6.9	0	0
2003	25	CHW	AL	-13.7	-1.3	405	-1.4	5.9	-7.2	.95	-1.6	0.2	-12.8	-1.2	0.95	-16.7	2	3
2004	26	CHW	AL	-6.3	-0.6	94	-0.8	1.3	-2.2	.97	-0.5	-0.4	-7.2	-0.6	0.97	-5.6	0	0
4 Yrs				-42.0	-3.9	1709	-4.0	26.0	-30.0	.94	-4.0	-0.3	-42.6	-3.9	0.94	-42.5	2	4

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
2001	23	CHW	AL	13	12	5	3	4	3	0	8	4	.667	3	2	0	0	3	25%	41.1	68	5	11	1	1	4	6.8	7.2	5.3	93	2	5	5	0	115
2002	24	CHW	AL	33	33	14	12	7	2	2	19	14	.576	3	2	1	1	18	55%	47.3	80	10	28	15	0	15	5.4	5.6	5.9	95	4	13	15	1	125
2003	25	CHW	AL	20	15	0	7	8	0	0	7	8	.467	1	3	0	0	5	33%	40.8	61	17	18	10	0	9	4.2	3.3	4.6	82	7	6	2	0	106
2004	26	CHW	AL	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	34.0	44	16	7	2	0	3	2.8	3.5	4.4	88	1	2	1	0	102
4 Yrs				70	64	19	26	19	5	2	34	30	.531	7	7	1	1	26	41%	44	80	5	64	28	1	31	5.2	5.3	5.4	91	14	26	23	1	125
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	100	-9					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%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2001	23	CHW	AL	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	1.010	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	9.0	37

2003	25	CHW	AL	20	5	1	1	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	6	1	17%	7	.955	2	0	3	2	0	3	2	3	4	0	4	0	10.0	50
2 Yrs				33	6	2	1	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	6	1	17%		.979	2	0	4	2	0	4	2	4	5	0	5	0	9.8	48

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%
2001	23	CHW	AL	307	46%	3.9%	11.7%	12.7%	10.1%	40%	1.02	1.35	71%	23%	12.6%	11%	53	8	15%
2002	24	CHW	AL	855	45%	3.7%	15.9%	8.3%	9.0%	39%	0.76	1.04	71%	22%	11.4%	17%	149	16	11%
2003	25	CHW	AL	388	42%	4.1%	12.1%	11.9%	9.8%	42%	0.65	1.00	70%	20%	10.3%	10%	85	9	11%
2004	26	CHW	AL	88	42%	5.7%	6.8%	12.5%	9.1%	33%	0.60	0.59	73%	26%	13.5%	12%	18	0	0%
4 Yrs				1638	44%	4.0%	13.7%	10.2%	9.4%	39%	0.76	1.05	70%	22%	11.5%	14%	305	33	11%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.9%	8.6%	8.0%	34%	0.78	1.07	70%	21%	8.2%	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
2001	23	CHW	AL	308	1151	3.74	659	57%	27%	11%	27%	35%	73%	1%	42%	85%	49%	7%	21	11	14%	42	22	1	28%	5	9	-1	0	0
2002	24	CHW	AL	858	3138	3.66	1910	61%	26%	13%	27%	34%	74%	0%	45%	82%	54%	6%	51	32	19%	162	86	7	20%	26	18	-3	0	0
2003	25	CHW	AL	389	1479	3.80	861	58%	27%	11%	28%	34%	73%	1%	42%	85%	49%	6%	22	15	12%	48	21	4	23%	7	5	-1	0	0
2004	26	CHW	AL	88	352	4.00	200	57%	32%	5%	29%	35%	68%	3%	39%	93%	47%	8%	7	6	15%	13	5	1	33%	2	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1643	6120	3.72	3630	59%	27%	12%	27%	34%	73%	1%	43%	84%	51%	6%	101	64	16%	265	134	13	22%	40	32	-5	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	58%	5%			21%				27%

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
2001	23	CHW	AL	307	78	8	1	12	0	7	4	8	8	4	16	12	2	75%	3	5	1	111	9	2	82%	9	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	0
2002	24	CHW	AL	855	200	21	8	32	1	14	14	18	13	19	45	24	5	53%	11	10	2	289	19	4	83%	17	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	30	0
2003	25	CHW	AL	388	91	2	0	16	0	16	6	10	9	7	39	21	4	54%	3	6	2	128	7	2	78%	6	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	14	0
2004	26	CHW	AL	88	24	2	0	5	0	0	1	4	2	3	2	0	1	0%	2	0	0	39	5	1	83%	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
4 Yrs				1638	393	33	9	65	1	37	25	40	32	33	102	57	12	56%	19	21	5	567	40	9	82%	36	9	4	0	0	0	5	2	60	0
MLB Averages																		53%							69%

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+
2001	23	5	3	.625	5.70	13	12	1	0	0	0	66.1	78	45	42	12	39	1	36	2	0	5	307	81	1.764	10.6	1.6	5.3	4.9	0.92	81
2002	24	19	15	.559	5.31	46	45	1	1	1	0	262.2	278	169	155	44	110	2	172	8	1	15	1162	86	1.477	9.5	1.5	3.8	5.9	1.56	86
2003	25	20	22	.476	5.52	66	60	2	1	1	1	349.0	369	232	214	60	156	4	219	11	1	21	1550	83	1.504	9.5	1.5	4.0	5.6	1.40	83
2004	26	20	26	.435	5.65	70	64	2	1	1	1	366.2	393	249	230	65	167	5	225	13	2	21	1638	81	1.527	9.6	1.6	4.1	5.5	1.35	81

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
2001	23	2	5	.286	5.63	64.0	76	44	40	12	38	35	2	1.781	10.7	5.3	4.9	0.92	1.7	13
2002	24	8	13	.381	5.06	194.0	197	121	109	32	70	134	6	1.376	9.1	3.2	6.2	1.91	1.5	33
2003	25	3	6	.333	6.00	84.0	89	62	56	16	45	46	3	1.595	9.5	4.8	4.9	1.02	1.7	20
2004	26	0	1	.000	7.94	17.0	23	17	15	5	11	6	2	2.000	12.2	5.8	3.2	0.55	2.6	4
4 Yrs		13	25	.342	5.52	359.0	385	244	220	65	164	221	13	1.529	9.7		5.5	1.35	1.6	70

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Started s c a p y 2002 AL 33 (7th)	Shutouts s c a p y 2002 AL 1 (9th)	Home Runs s c a p y 2002 AL 32 (4th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 2002 AL 71 (7th)
Losses s c a p y 2002 AL 12 (8th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 2002 AL 113 (4th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 2002 AL 10 (5th)

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Similarity Scores

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