Kelly Wunsch

Kelly Douglas Wunsch

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 192 lb.

Born: July 12, 1972 in Houston, TX
High School: Bellaire HS (Bellaire, TX)
School: Texas A&M University (College Station, TX)
Drafted
by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (26th pick) of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 26, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 2000
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Dodgers 2000-2005

Final Game: July 7, 2005
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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
1996 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2000 27 CHW AL 6 3 .667 2.93 83 0 12 0 0 1 61.1 50 22 20 4 29 1 51 2 0 0 259 172 1.288 7.3 0.6 4.3 7.5 1.76 RoY-5
2001 28 CHW AL 2 1 .667 7.66 33 0 2 0 0 0 22.1 21 19 19 4 9 1 16 6 0 0 105 61 1.343 8.5 1.6 3.6 6.4 1.78
2002 29 CHW AL 2 1 .667 3.41 50 0 9 0 0 0 31.2 26 12 12 3 19 1 22 5 0 1 138 134 1.421 7.4 0.9 5.4 6.3 1.16
2003 30 CHW AL 0 0 2.75 43 0 6 0 0 0 36.0 17 13 11 1 25 4 33 7 0 1 160 170 1.167 4.3 0.3 6.3 8.3 1.32
2004 31 CHW AL 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
2005 32 LAD NL 1 1 .500 4.56 45 0 6 0 0 0 23.2 20 12 12 2 14 2 22 2 0 2 105 91 1.437 7.6 0.8 5.3 8.4 1.57
6 Yrs 11 6 .647 3.76 257 0 36 0 0 1 177.0 136 78 74 14 97 9 145 22 0 4 775 125 1.316 6.9 0.7 4.9 7.4 1.49
162 Game Avg. 3 2 .647 3.76 68 0 10 0 0 0 47 36 21 20 4 26 2 38 6 0 1 205 125 1.316 6.9 0.7 4.9 7.4 1.49
CHW (5 yrs) 10 5 .667 3.64 212 0 30 0 0 1 153.1 116 66 62 12 83 7 123 20 0 2 670 132 1.298 6.8 0.7 4.9 7.2 1.48
LAD (1 yr) 1 1 .500 4.56 45 0 6 0 0 0 23.2 20 12 12 2 14 2 22 2 0 2 105 91 1.437 7.6 0.8 5.3 8.4 1.57
AL (5 yrs) 10 5 .667 3.64 212 0 30 0 0 1 153.1 116 66 62 12 83 7 123 20 0 2 670 132 1.298 6.8 0.7 4.9 7.2 1.48
NL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 4.56 45 0 6 0 0 0 23.2 20 12 12 2 14 2 22 2 0 2 105 91 1.437 7.6 0.8 5.3 8.4 1.57

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
2000 27 CHW AL 61.1 83 0 22 3.23 5.46 0.03 -0.40 102.3 5.14 13 1.2 1.6 0.2 1.9 21 .514 .507 $200,000 RoY-5
2001 28 CHW AL 22.1 33 0 19 7.66 5.37 0.04 -0.40 102.7 5.06 -7 -0.6 1.3 -0.1 -0.6 -4 .481 .496 $260,000
2002 29 CHW AL 31.2 50 0 12 3.41 4.82 0.07 -0.36 100.6 4.40 3 0.3 1.1 -0.1 0.6 7 .507 .502 $285,000
2003 30 CHW AL 36.0 43 0 13 3.25 4.98 0.11 -0.37 103.2 4.64 6 0.6 .8 -0.1 0.8 10 .513 .503 $575,000
2004 31 CHW AL 2.0 3 0 0 0.00 5.25 0.09 -0.39 97.2 4.63 1 0.1 .4 -0.0 0.1 1 .533 .501 $800,000
2005 32 LAD NL 23.2 45 0 12 4.56 4.75 0.02 -0.36 99.4 4.34 -1 -0.1 1.3 -0.1 0.1 2 .499 .500 $550,000
6 Seasons 177.0 257 0 78 3.97 5.14 0.06 -0.38 101.8 4.79 15 1.5 1.3 -0.3 2.9 38 .506 .502 $2,670,000
CHW (5 yrs) 153.1 212 0 66 3.87 5.20 0.06 -0.39 102.1 4.85 16 1.5 1.3 -0.2 2.8 37 .507 .502 $2,120,000
LAD (1 yr) 23.2 45 0 12 4.56 4.75 0.02 -0.36 99.4 4.34 -1 -0.1 1.3 -0.1 0.1 2 .499 .500 $550,000

Postseason Pitching

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
2000 27 CHW AL ALDS L SEA 0 1 .000 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 ALDS 0 1 .000 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
2000 27 CHW AL 83 259 226 22 50 7 2 4 1 3 29 51 .221 .313 .323 .636 .266 73 4 2 0 2 1 1
2001 28 CHW AL 33 105 85 19 21 2 0 4 1 0 9 16 .247 .353 .412 .765 .254 35 0 6 3 2 1 2
2002 29 CHW AL 50 138 113 12 26 4 0 3 2 0 19 22 .230 .365 .345 .710 .261 39 5 5 1 0 1 0
2003 30 CHW AL 43 160 122 13 17 5 0 1 6 0 25 33 .139 .308 .205 .513 .172 25 0 7 1 5 4 3
2004 31 CHW AL 3 8 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .286 .375 .286 .661 .333 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 32 LAD NL 45 105 88 12 20 4 0 2 2 1 14 22 .227 .346 .341 .687 .281 30 2 2 1 0 2 2
6 Yrs 257 775 641 78 136 22 2 14 12 5 97 145 .212 .332 .318 .650 .248 204 11 22 6 9 9 8
162 Game Avg. 68 205 170 21 36 6 1 4 3 1 26 38 .212 .332 .318 .650 .248 54 3 6 2 2 2 2
MLB Averages .265 .334 .425 .759 .296

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2000 27 CHW AL 14.0 1.3 263 -0.1 5.6 -5.7 1.35 0.8 -0.9 11.5 1.1 1.35 12.3 44 20 16
2001 28 CHW AL -6.4 -0.6 106 -0.9 1.8 -2.7 1.14 -0.2 -0.6 -4.7 -0.4 1.14 -3.7 14 7 12
2002 29 CHW AL 4.5 0.4 142 0.3 1.9 -1.6 .81 0.3 0.1 -0.4 -0.0 0.81 1.6 16 11 20
2003 30 CHW AL 7.0 0.7 168 -0.5 1.3 -1.7 .53 0.5 -1.4 3.0 0.3 0.53 6.2 6 8 27
2004 31 CHW AL 1.2 0.1 9 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .32 -0.1 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.32 0.1 0 1 1
2005 32 LAD NL -0.6 -0.1 113 0.3 2.0 -1.7 .98 0.1 0.3 4.9 0.5 0.98 0.3 14 15 15
6 Yrs 19.7 1.9 801 -0.8 12.7 -13.5 .99 1.3 -2.2 14.2 1.3 0.99 16.9 94 62 91

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
2000 27 CHW AL 83 83 12 6 3 5 1 4 20% 36 25 70 17 24% 8 1.346 44 20 16 51 12 20 40 43 13 46 17 28 2.2 12
2001 28 CHW AL 33 33 2 2 1 2 0 2 0% 7 3 26 9 35% 7 1.145 14 7 12 9 7 17 16 17 3 22 6 10 2.0 11
2002 29 CHW AL 50 50 9 2 1 1 0 1 0% 11 9 40 15 38% 7 .808 16 11 20 16 7 27 24 26 3 33 6 15 1.9 10
2003 30 CHW AL 43 43 6 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 32 11 34% 8 .533 6 8 27 16 2 25 20 23 7 22 9 6 2.5 15
2004 31 CHW AL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 6 .323 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 2.0 10
2005 32 LAD NL 45 45 6 1 1 1 0 1 0% 17 15 37 6 16% 8 .982 14 15 15 18 4 24 25 21 1 38 3 22 1.5 9
6 Yrs 257 257 36 11 6 9 1 8 11% 78 57 208 60 29% .995 94 62 91 111 32 115 127 131 27 163 41 81 2.1 11

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%
2000 27 CHW AL 259 46% 1.5% 19.7% 11.2% 5.0% 26% 1.71 2.71 67% 20% 7.1% 11% 61 4 7%
2001 28 CHW AL 105 50% 3.8% 15.2% 8.6% 5.7% 29% 1.39 2.19 64% 16% 16.0% 11% 24 0 0%
2002 29 CHW AL 138 61% 2.2% 15.9% 13.8% 5.1% 27% 1.18 1.70 64% 23% 8.1% 8% 32 5 16%
2003 30 CHW AL 160 51% 0.6% 20.6% 15.6% 3.8% 35% 1.14 1.27 58% 12% 2.6% 11% 36 0 0%
2004 31 CHW AL 8 25% 0.0% 12.5% 12.5% 0.0% 0% 2.00 75% 33% 0.0% 0% 0 0
2005 32 LAD NL 105 70% 1.9% 21.0% 13.3% 5.7% 30% 0.54 0.88 61% 22% 5.4% 10% 20 2 10%
6 Yrs 775 53% 1.8% 18.7% 12.5% 4.9% 28% 1.24 1.79 63% 19% 7.1% 10% 173 11 6%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.7% 8.7% 8.0% 34% 0.77 1.07 70% 22% 8.1% 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
2000 27 CHW AL 260 1008 3.88 604 60% 29% 18% 24% 29% 71% 1% 42% 75% 52% 6% 15 4 18% 47 24 2 22% 9 10 -1 0 0
2001 28 CHW AL 105 373 3.55 227 61% 29% 17% 22% 33% 71% 3% 43% 77% 60% 4% 4 1 25% 26 13 3 6% 2 2 0 0 0
2002 29 CHW AL 138 494 3.58 283 57% 29% 16% 23% 33% 71% 2% 41% 78% 51% 6% 8 1 15% 21 12 2 41% 2 6 0 0 0
2003 30 CHW AL 160 628 3.93 369 59% 36% 15% 23% 26% 64% 6% 38% 77% 59% 9% 14 1 18% 28 18 0 27% 10 9 0 0 0
2004 31 CHW AL 8 29 3.63 20 69% 20% 10% 40% 30% 80% 0% 55% 88% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2005 32 LAD NL 107 392 3.66 227 58% 33% 19% 19% 30% 67% 3% 39% 73% 56% 7% 7 1 13% 14 7 0 23% 2 4 -2 0 0
6 Yrs 778 2924 3.76 1730 59% 31% 17% 23% 30% 69% 3% 41% 76% 55% 6% 48 8 17% 136 74 7 24% 25 31 -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.74 62% 27% 14% 27% 32% 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
2000 27 CHW AL 259 50 9 1 4 0 9 3 1 1 3 15 11 2 73% 1 0 1 101 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 0
2001 28 CHW AL 105 21 1 0 4 1 6 3 1 1 3 7 4 1 57% 2 0 0 44 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2002 29 CHW AL 138 26 5 1 3 0 10 2 1 1 2 16 9 1 56% 0 1 1 58 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2003 30 CHW AL 160 17 3 0 1 1 5 0 1 1 0 12 8 0 67% 3 1 1 80 6 0 100% 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2004 31 CHW AL 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 32 LAD NL 105 20 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 7 1 2 14% 2 2 1 49 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0
6 Yrs 775 136 19 2 14 2 32 9 5 4 10 57 33 6 58% 8 4 4 337 12 5 71% 10 3 2 2 0 0 3 2 18 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+
2000 27 6 3 .667 2.93 83 0 12 0 0 1 61.1 50 22 20 4 29 1 51 2 0 0 259 172 1.288 7.3 0.6 4.3 7.5 1.76 172
2001 28 8 4 .667 4.20 116 0 14 0 0 1 83.2 71 41 39 8 38 2 67 8 0 0 364 118 1.303 7.6 0.9 4.1 7.2 1.76 118
2002 29 10 5 .667 3.98 166 0 23 0 0 1 115.1 97 53 51 11 57 3 89 13 0 1 502 122 1.335 7.6 0.9 4.4 6.9 1.56 122
2003 30 10 5 .667 3.69 209 0 29 0 0 1 151.1 114 66 62 12 82 7 122 20 0 2 662 130 1.295 6.8 0.7 4.9 7.3 1.49 130
2004 31 10 5 .667 3.64 212 0 30 0 0 1 153.1 116 66 62 12 83 7 123 20 0 2 670 132 1.298 6.8 0.7 4.9 7.2 1.48 132
2005 32 11 6 .647 3.76 257 0 36 0 0 1 177.0 136 78 74 14 97 9 145 22 0 4 775 125 1.316 6.9 0.7 4.9 7.4 1.49 125

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
2000 27 4 2 .667 2.51 61.0 47 19 17 4 27 51 2 1.213 6.9 4.0 7.5 1.89 0.6 83
2001 28 0 2 .000 7.04 23.0 20 20 18 4 9 17 6 1.261 7.8 3.5 6.7 1.89 1.6 33
2002 29 2 1 .667 3.30 30.0 25 12 11 3 18 21 5 1.433 7.5 5.4 6.3 1.17 0.9 50
2003 30 3 1 .750 2.43 37.0 17 11 10 1 25 34 7 1.135 4.1 6.1 8.3 1.36 0.2 43
2004 31 0 0 0.00 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.500 9.0 4.5 4.5 1.00 0.0 3
2005 32 1 1 .500 5.32 22.0 21 14 13 2 15 21 2 1.636 8.6 6.1 8.6 1.40 0.8 45
6 Yrs 10 7 .588 3.55 175.0 132 76 69 14 95 145 22 1.297 6.8 7.5 1.53 0.7 257

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2000 AL  83 (1st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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