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Chris Young

Christopher Ryan Young

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 10", Weight: 260 lb.

Born: May 25, 1979 in Dallas, TX
High School: Highland Park HS (Dallas, TX)
School: Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed September 6, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 24, 2004 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Padres/Rangers/Mets 2004-2012
2013 Contract Status: Free Agent (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 7.162, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Lon Babby, previously: Arn Tellem [*]
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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 25 TEX AL 3 2 .600 4.71 7 7 0 0 0 0 36.1 36 21 19 7 10 0 27 2 0 1 158 107 1.266 8.9 1.7 2.5 6.7 2.70
2005 26 TEX AL 12 7 .632 4.26 31 31 0 0 0 0 164.2 162 84 78 19 45 2 137 7 0 3 700 108 1.257 8.9 1.0 2.5 7.5 3.04
2006 27 SDP NL 11 5 .688 3.46 31 31 0 0 0 0 179.1 134 72 69 28 69 4 164 6 1 6 735 117 1.132 6.7 1.4 3.5 8.2 2.38
2007 28 SDP NL 9 8 .529 3.12 30 30 0 0 0 0 173.0 118 66 60 10 72 0 167 7 4 7 705 128 1.098 6.1 0.5 3.7 8.7 2.32 AS
2008 29 SDP NL 7 6 .538 3.96 18 18 0 1 0 0 102.1 84 46 45 13 48 4 93 1 1 3 434 96 1.290 7.4 1.1 4.2 8.2 1.94
2009 30 SDP NL 4 6 .400 5.21 14 14 0 0 0 0 76.0 70 47 44 12 40 3 50 2 0 1 336 73 1.447 8.3 1.4 4.7 5.9 1.25
2010 31 SDP NL 2 0 1.000 0.90 4 4 0 0 0 0 20.0 10 2 2 1 11 0 15 0 0 1 82 416 1.050 4.5 0.5 5.0 6.8 1.36
2011 32 NYM NL 1 0 1.000 1.88 4 4 0 0 0 0 24.0 12 5 5 3 11 0 22 1 0 0 95 199 0.958 4.5 1.1 4.1 8.3 2.00
2012 33 NYM NL 4 9 .308 4.15 20 20 0 0 0 0 115.0 119 58 53 16 36 5 80 2 0 3 493 91 1.348 9.3 1.3 2.8 6.3 2.22
9 Yrs 53 43 .552 3.79 159 159 0 1 0 0 890.2 745 401 375 109 342 18 755 28 6 25 3738 108 1.220 7.5 1.1 3.5 7.6 2.21
162 Game Avg. 11 9 .552 3.79 34 34 0 0 0 0 190 159 86 80 23 73 4 161 6 1 5 799 108 1.220 7.5 1.1 3.5 7.6 2.21
SDP (5 yrs) 33 25 .569 3.60 97 97 0 1 0 0 550.2 416 233 220 64 240 11 489 16 6 18 2292 110 1.191 6.8 1.0 3.9 8.0 2.04
NYM (2 yrs) 5 9 .357 3.76 24 24 0 0 0 0 139.0 131 63 58 19 47 5 102 3 0 3 588 100 1.281 8.5 1.2 3.0 6.6 2.17
TEX (2 yrs) 15 9 .625 4.34 38 38 0 0 0 0 201.0 198 105 97 26 55 2 164 9 0 4 858 108 1.259 8.9 1.2 2.5 7.3 2.98
NL (7 yrs) 38 34 .528 3.63 121 121 0 1 0 0 689.2 547 296 278 83 287 16 591 19 6 21 2880 108 1.209 7.1 1.1 3.7 7.7 2.06
AL (2 yrs) 15 9 .625 4.34 38 38 0 0 0 0 201.0 198 105 97 26 55 2 164 9 0 4 858 108 1.259 8.9 1.2 2.5 7.3 2.98

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2004 25 TEX AL 36.1 7 7 21 5.20 5.21 -0.20 0.20 113.4 6.37 4 0.4 -0.0 0.8 9 .560 .503
2005 26 TEX AL 164.2 31 31 84 4.59 4.73 -0.26 0.17 104.8 5.41 14 1.4 -0.1 3.0 33 .545 .509 $400,000
2006 27 SDP NL 179.1 31 31 72 3.61 4.84 0.24 0.19 91.1 4.37 15 1.6 -0.1 3.0 31 .551 .510 $500,000
2007 28 SDP NL 173.0 30 30 66 3.43 4.68 -0.03 0.19 92.4 4.52 22 2.3 -0.1 3.6 37 .576 .514 $600,000 AS
2008 29 SDP NL 102.1 18 18 46 4.05 4.42 -0.01 0.18 89.9 4.14 2 0.2 -0.1 1.0 10 .509 .501 $2,625,000
2009 30 SDP NL 76.0 14 14 47 5.57 4.54 -0.09 0.18 93.6 4.50 -9 -0.9 -0.1 -0.3 -3 .436 .494 $4,625,000
2010 31 SDP NL 20.0 4 4 2 0.90 4.54 0.38 0.17 92.5 4.01 7 0.8 -0.0 1.0 9 .703 .505 $6,375,000
2011 32 NYM NL 24.0 4 4 5 1.88 4.10 -0.31 0.15 99.6 4.54 7 0.9 -0.0 1.0 9 .716 .505 $1,100,000
2012 33 NYM NL 115.0 20 20 58 4.54 4.32 -0.29 0.16 95.7 4.56 -1 -0.1 -0.1 0.9 10 .496 .500
9 Seasons 890.2 159 159 401 4.05 4.64 -0.06 0.18 95.7 4.68 61 6.6 -0.5 14.0 144 .541 .506 $16,225,000
SDP (5 yrs) 550.2 97 97 233 3.81 4.66 0.07 0.19 91.7 4.38 37 3.9 -0.4 8.3 84 .541 .507 $14,725,000
NYM (2 yrs) 139.0 24 24 63 4.08 4.28 -0.29 0.16 96.3 4.56 6 0.8 -0.1 1.9 19 .533 .501 $1,100,000
TEX (2 yrs) 201.0 38 38 105 4.70 4.82 -0.25 0.18 106.3 5.58 18 1.8 -0.1 3.8 42 .548 .508 $400,000

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
2006 27 SDP NL NLDS L STL 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 4 0 0 0 2 1 9 0 0 0 25 0.900 5.4 0.0 2.7 12.2 4.50
1 NLDS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 4 0 0 0 2 1 9 0 0 0 25 0.900 5.4 0.0 2.7 12.2 4.50

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
2007 SDP NL 28 0 0 1 .000 18.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.000 9.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PAu G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
2004 25 TEX AL 7 158 144 21 36 2 0 7 4 1 10 27 .250 .308 .410 .717 .264 59 2 2 1 0 0 3
2005 26 TEX AL 31 700 642 84 162 36 3 19 13 6 45 137 .252 .307 .407 .713 .292 261 6 7 2 4 2 5
2006 27 SDP NL 31 735 649 72 134 20 5 28 41 4 69 164 .206 .287 .382 .670 .230 248 8 6 8 3 4 5
2007 28 SDP NL 30 705 616 66 118 19 8 10 44 0 72 167 .192 .281 .297 .578 .243 183 9 7 3 6 0 4
2008 29 SDP NL 18 434 380 46 84 21 1 13 15 2 48 93 .221 .309 .384 .694 .258 146 4 1 4 1 4 2
2009 30 SDP NL 14 336 285 47 70 16 1 12 20 0 40 50 .246 .337 .435 .772 .254 124 2 2 4 5 3 1
2010 31 SDP NL 4 82 70 2 10 1 0 1 2 0 11 15 .143 .259 .200 .459 .167 14 0 0 1 0 0 1
2011 32 NYM NL 4 95 82 5 12 3 0 3 4 1 11 22 .146 .255 .293 .548 .158 24 0 1 1 0 0 0
2012 33 NYM NL 20 493 442 58 119 30 3 16 19 3 36 80 .269 .324 .459 .784 .294 203 3 2 9 4 5 1
9 Yrs 159 3738 3310 401 745 148 21 109 162 17 342 755 .225 .301 .381 .682 .258 1262 34 28 33 23 18 22
162 Game Avg. 34 799 708 86 159 32 4 23 35 4 73 161 .225 .301 .381 .682 .258 270 7 6 7 5 4 5
MLB Averages .262 .330 .416 .746 .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
2004 25 TEX AL 1.1 0.1 164 -0.1 2.6 -2.7 .95 0.2 -0.3 -1.1 -0.1 0.95 1.8 0 0 0
2005 26 TEX AL 6.0 0.6 719 0.5 11.7 -11.3 .94 1.0 -0.5 5.2 0.5 0.94 11.2 0 0 0
2006 27 SDP NL 14.6 1.4 781 2.6 13.8 -11.2 .98 1.8 0.8 23.8 2.5 0.98 22.9 0 0 0
2007 28 SDP NL 18.2 1.8 759 2.4 13.6 -11.2 1.03 3.0 -0.6 19.7 2.1 1.03 30.4 0 0 0
2008 29 SDP NL -0.6 -0.1 455 1.1 7.4 -6.2 .94 0.3 0.9 5.4 0.6 0.94 1.8 0 0 0
2009 30 SDP NL -13.0 -1.2 356 -0.8 5.6 -6.4 1.02 -1.2 0.4 -10.2 -1.0 1.02 -12.7 0 0 0
2010 31 SDP NL 7.0 0.8 84 0.7 1.6 -0.8 .99 0.5 0.2 7.4 0.9 0.99 6.1 0 0 0
2011 32 NYM NL 5.4 0.6 99 0.7 1.9 -1.2 1.07 0.4 0.2 4.9 0.6 1.07 4.5 0 0 0
2012 33 NYM NL -4.1 -0.4 517 -1.3 8.2 -9.4 .98 -0.6 -0.7 -5.2 -0.5 0.98 -5.9 0 0 0
9 Yrs 34.6 3.7 3934 5.9 66.4 -60.5 .98 5.6 0.4 50.0 5.5 0.98 60.0 0 0 0

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
2004 25 TEX AL 7 7 3 2 2 1 0 5 2 .714 0 2 0 0 2 29% 48.0 66 28 7 0 0 4 5.0 4.1 5.2 95 0 6 1 0 116
2005 26 TEX AL 31 31 12 7 12 7 1 16 15 .516 3 4 0 0 10 32% 50.9 84 16 18 7 0 14 6.2 6.5 5.3 92 3 17 11 0 112
2006 27 SDP NL 31 31 11 5 15 1 1 18 13 .581 7 7 0 0 18 58% 56.3 86 18 18 7 0 15 4.2 4.2 5.8 98 4 9 16 2 127
2007 28 SDP NL 30 30 9 8 13 0 0 16 14 .533 2 3 0 0 18 60% 57.9 84 21 19 4 0 16 3.8 3.6 5.8 96 4 9 17 0 117
2008 29 SDP NL 18 18 7 6 5 2 2 8 10 .444 3 0 1 0 9 50% 53.7 84 15 10 6 0 12 4.1 5.1 5.7 97 1 10 6 1 121
2009 30 SDP NL 14 14 4 6 4 0 2 6 8 .429 0 3 0 0 9 64% 47.3 74 11 4 2 0 4 3.5 3.1 5.4 93 2 7 5 0 106
2010 31 SDP NL 4 4 2 0 2 1 0 4 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 1 25% 61.0 72 52 0 0 0 3 5.6 4.0 5.0 77 2 2 0 0 86
2011 32 NYM NL 4 4 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 .750 2 0 0 0 2 50% 63.2 77 45 4 0 0 2 3.8 5.3 6.0 99 0 2 2 0 108
2012 33 NYM NL 20 20 4 9 7 2 6 6 14 .300 0 4 0 0 12 60% 49.8 69 22 6 0 0 13 3.3 3.0 5.8 92 3 11 6 0 106
9 Yrs 159 159 53 43 63 15 12 82 77 .516 18 24 1 0 81 51% 54 86 11 86 26 0 83 4.4 4.4 5.6 95 19 73 64 3 127
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 101 -13 4.6 4.6 5.9 95

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%
2004 25 TEX AL 158 49% 4.4% 17.1% 6.3% 5.7% 25% 0.46 0.53 70% 20% 11.3% 21% 22 2 9%
2005 26 TEX AL 700 48% 2.7% 19.6% 6.4% 8.3% 36% 0.49 0.56 70% 18% 6.5% 13% 130 6 5%
2006 27 SDP NL 735 53% 3.8% 22.3% 9.4% 7.2% 40% 0.34 0.45 63% 18% 9.4% 16% 92 8 9%
2007 28 SDP NL 705 53% 1.4% 23.7% 10.2% 5.3% 31% 0.41 0.52 63% 18% 3.9% 19% 94 9 10%
2008 29 SDP NL 434 53% 3.0% 21.4% 11.1% 8.1% 42% 0.27 0.37 63% 23% 7.4% 20% 66 4 6%
2009 30 SDP NL 336 41% 3.6% 14.9% 11.9% 8.6% 41% 0.44 0.45 68% 17% 9.2% 19% 45 2 4%
2010 31 SDP NL 82 67% 1.2% 18.3% 13.4% 2.4% 20% 0.45 0.45 66% 14% 3.4% 24% 12 0 0%
2011 32 NYM NL 95 41% 3.2% 23.2% 11.6% 6.3% 50% 0.23 0.26 60% 16% 8.3% 25% 15 0 0%
2012 33 NYM NL 493 51% 3.3% 16.2% 7.3% 9.9% 41% 0.29 0.35 71% 18% 7.4% 22% 76 3 4%
9 Yrs 3738 50% 2.9% 20.2% 9.2% 7.4% 37% 0.38 0.45 66% 18% 7.3% 18% 552 34 6%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.7% 8.4% 7.9% 34% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.7% 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
2004 25 TEX AL 158 668 4.23 438 66% 26% 12% 35% 27% 74% 0% 49% 84% 63% 5% 8 8 27% 42 21 2 37% 3 0 0 0 0
2005 26 TEX AL 703 2859 4.07 1855 65% 25% 15% 33% 28% 75% 1% 49% 81% 61% 4% 30 16 27% 188 98 12 18% 16 12 -3 0 0
2006 27 SDP NL 738 3028 4.10 1925 64% 25% 17% 32% 26% 75% 1% 48% 77% 59% 4% 28 17 27% 196 112 5 23% 29 7 -3 0 0
2007 28 SDP NL 705 2884 4.09 1844 64% 23% 19% 34% 25% 77% 0% 49% 76% 61% 5% 38 21 32% 223 133 10 22% 28 17 0 0 0
2008 29 SDP NL 435 1742 4.00 1091 63% 25% 16% 32% 27% 75% 2% 47% 78% 60% 6% 24 11 28% 120 80 7 20% 14 9 -1 0 0
2009 30 SDP NL 336 1299 3.87 793 61% 25% 14% 30% 31% 75% 2% 46% 81% 57% 6% 19 9 26% 87 47 3 26% 9 7 0 0 0
2010 31 SDP NL 82 309 3.77 183 59% 28% 14% 28% 31% 72% 0% 43% 81% 62% 5% 4 1 26% 21 10 1 20% 6 3 0 0 0
2011 32 NYM NL 96 396 4.13 241 61% 26% 15% 34% 25% 74% 0% 45% 80% 58% 2% 2 1 31% 30 13 0 27% 3 1 -1 0 0
2012 33 NYM NL 495 1847 3.73 1220 66% 26% 14% 29% 31% 74% 3% 49% 81% 63% 6% 28 21 28% 139 82 15 20% 12 2 -2 0 0
9 Yrs 3748 15032 4.01 9590 64% 25% 16% 32% 27% 75% 1% 48% 79% 60% 5% 181 105 28% 1046 596 55 22% 120 58 -10 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
2004 25 TEX AL 158 36 3 1 7 0 4 6 1 7 0 8 7 1 88% 3 1 0 46 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2005 26 TEX AL 700 162 11 4 19 1 16 11 8 11 8 35 14 7 40% 5 3 1 250 13 6 68% 12 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
2006 27 SDP NL 735 134 9 3 28 0 5 17 11 18 10 27 9 10 33% 5 6 0 222 41 4 91% 34 2 7 2 0 0 1 0 10 0
2007 28 SDP NL 705 118 9 2 10 0 10 4 6 1 9 45 20 7 44% 4 7 1 221 44 0 100% 39 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 22 0
2008 29 SDP NL 434 84 3 1 13 0 8 6 7 3 10 7 3 2 43% 2 3 0 149 15 2 88% 14 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
2009 30 SDP NL 336 70 11 3 12 0 6 7 5 2 10 18 8 4 44% 1 1 0 117 20 0 100% 16 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
2010 31 SDP NL 82 10 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0% 1 1 0 29 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2011 32 NYM NL 95 12 2 1 3 0 2 3 0 0 3 2 1 1 50% 0 0 0 26 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
2012 33 NYM NL 493 119 14 2 16 1 7 7 9 8 8 28 14 3 50% 1 3 1 175 19 3 86% 15 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
9 Yrs 3738 745 63 17 109 2 58 62 47 51 58 172 76 36 44% 22 25 3 1235 162 17 91% 137 14 25 3 0 0 7 1 72 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+
2004 25 3 2 .600 4.71 7 7 0 0 0 0 36.1 36 21 19 7 10 0 27 2 0 1 158 107 1.266 8.9 1.7 2.5 6.7 2.70 107
2005 26 15 9 .625 4.34 38 38 0 0 0 0 201.0 198 105 97 26 55 2 164 9 0 4 858 108 1.259 8.9 1.2 2.5 7.3 2.98 108
2006 27 26 14 .650 3.93 69 69 0 0 0 0 380.1 332 177 166 54 124 6 328 15 1 10 1593 112 1.199 7.9 1.3 2.9 7.8 2.65 112
2007 28 35 22 .614 3.68 99 99 0 0 0 0 553.1 450 243 226 64 196 6 495 22 5 17 2298 116 1.167 7.3 1.0 3.2 8.1 2.53 116
2008 29 42 28 .600 3.72 117 117 0 1 0 0 655.2 534 289 271 77 244 10 588 23 6 20 2732 113 1.187 7.3 1.1 3.3 8.1 2.41 113
2009 30 46 34 .575 3.87 131 131 0 1 0 0 731.2 604 336 315 89 284 13 638 25 6 21 3068 107 1.214 7.4 1.1 3.5 7.8 2.25 107
2010 31 48 34 .585 3.80 135 135 0 1 0 0 751.2 614 338 317 90 295 13 653 25 6 22 3150 109 1.209 7.4 1.1 3.5 7.8 2.21 109
2011 32 49 34 .590 3.74 139 139 0 1 0 0 775.2 626 343 322 93 306 13 675 26 6 22 3245 110 1.202 7.3 1.1 3.6 7.8 2.21 110
2012 33 53 43 .552 3.79 159 159 0 1 0 0 890.2 745 401 375 109 342 18 755 28 6 25 3738 108 1.220 7.5 1.1 3.5 7.6 2.21 108

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
2004 25 2 2 .500 4.03 38.0 34 19 17 7 9 28 2 1.132 8.1 2.1 6.6 3.11 1.7 7
2005 26 9 9 .500 4.06 164.0 158 82 74 19 44 136 7 1.232 8.7 2.4 7.5 3.09 1.0 31
2006 27 10 9 .526 3.67 174.0 136 79 71 28 70 159 6 1.184 7.0 3.6 8.2 2.27 1.4 31
2007 28 11 7 .611 3.32 168.0 120 69 62 10 73 162 7 1.149 6.4 3.9 8.7 2.22 0.5 30
2008 29 4 6 .400 4.59 98.0 89 56 50 14 51 89 1 1.429 8.2 4.7 8.2 1.75 1.3 18
2009 30 2 6 .250 6.04 73.0 74 54 49 13 42 48 2 1.589 9.1 5.2 5.9 1.14 1.6 14
2010 31 2 0 1.000 0.90 20.0 10 2 2 1 11 15 0 1.050 4.5 5.0 6.8 1.36 0.5 4
2011 32 1 1 .500 2.35 23.0 13 7 6 3 12 21 1 1.087 5.1 4.7 8.2 1.75 1.2 4
2012 33 5 7 .417 4.87 109.0 125 66 59 17 38 76 2 1.495 10.3 3.1 6.3 2.00 1.4 20
9 Yrs 46 47 .495 4.05 867.0 759 434 390 112 350 734 28 1.279 7.9 7.6 2.10 1.2 159



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* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1945 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) 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
2007 *

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2006 NL  3.46 (6th)
2007 NL  3.12 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2006 NL  .688 (3rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2006 NL  1.132 (3rd)
2007 NL  1.098 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 NL  6.725 (1st)
2007 NL  6.139 (1st)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2005 AL  7.488 (5th)
2006 NL  8.231 (8th)
2007 NL  8.688 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2006 NL  28 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 NL  0.520 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2007 NL  128 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2006 NL  23.77 (8th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2007 NL  3.0 (3rd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2006 NL  2.5 (7th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 - 4 (472), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 15 (1257), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1429), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (559), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (693rd), 14.5 career WAR/13.8 7yr-peak WAR/14.1 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.2 7yr-peak WAR/61.4 JAWS

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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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