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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 (Dallas, TX)
School: Princeton University
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed September 6, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 24, 2004
Teams (by GP): Padres/Rangers/Mets 2004-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$1.1M (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 7.041, Free Agent: 2012 [*], 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
2001	22	PIT-min	A	5	3	.625	4.12	12	12	0	2	0	0	74.1	79	39	34	6	20	0	72	3	0	0	320		1.332	9.6	0.7	2.4	8.7	3.60	HCK · SALL
2002	23	PIT-min	A	11	9	.550	3.11	26	26	0	1	0	0	144.2	127	57	50	11	34	1	136	4	1	3	587		1.113	7.9	0.7	2.1	8.5	4.00	HCK · SALL
2003	24	WSN-min	AA,A+	9	6	.600	3.11	23	23	0	0	0	0	133.0	109	48	46	12	27	0	103	6	2	5	534		1.023	7.4	0.8	1.8	7.0	3.81	HRB,BRE · EL,FLOR
2004	25	TEX-min	AA,AAA	9	5	.643	3.72	23	23	0	1	0	0	118.2	114	55	49	11	40	1	109	5	0	5	499		1.298	8.6	0.8	3.0	8.3	2.73	FRI,OKC · TL,PCL
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	108	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	109	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-min	A+	0	1	.000	3.12	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	5	3	3	3	1	0	7	0	0	0	32		0.692	5.2	3.1	1.0	7.3	7.00	LEL · CALL
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-min	AAA,AA	0	1	.000	7.71	3	3	0	0	0	0	7.0	4	6	6	1	6	0	5	0	0	0	30		1.429	5.1	1.3	7.7	6.4	0.83	POR,SAN · PCL,TL
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	201	0.958	4.5	1.1	4.1	8.3	2.00
8 Seasons				49	34	.590	3.74	139	139	0	1	0	0	775.2	626	343	322	93	306	13	675	26	6	22	3245	111	1.202	7.3	1.1	3.6	7.8	2.21
162 Game Avg.				12	8	.590	3.74	34	34	0	0	0	0	190	153	84	79	23	75	3	165	6	1	5	794	111	1.202	7.3	1.1	3.6	7.8	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
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	109	1.259	8.9	1.2	2.5	7.3	2.98
NYM (1 yr)				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	201	0.958	4.5	1.1	4.1	8.3	2.00

NL (6 yrs)			NL	34	25	.576	3.52	101	101	0	1	0	0	574.2	428	238	225	67	251	11	511	17	6	18	2387	112	1.182	6.7	1.0	3.9	8.0	2.04
AL (2 yrs)			AL	15	9	.625	4.34	38	38	0	0	0	0	201.0	198	105	97	26	55	2	164	9	0	4	858	109	1.259	8.9	1.2	2.5	7.3	2.98

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
2004	25	TEX	AL	36.1	7	21	28	-1	.9	7	0.6	$
2005	26	TEX	AL	164.2	31	84	112	-3	.9	28	2.6	$400,000
2006	27	SDP	NL	179.1	31	72	98	4	1.0	26	2.7	$500,000
2007	28	SDP	NL	173.0	30	66	99	-2	1.0	33	3.5	$600,000	AS
2008	29	SDP	NL	102.1	18	46	54	-1	.9	8	0.9	$2,625,000
2009	30	SDP	NL	76.0	14	47	43	-2	1.0	-4	-0.5	$4,625,000
2010	31	SDP	NL	20.0	4	2	11	0	1.0	9	0.9	$6,375,000
2011	32	NYM	NL	24.0	4	5	14	-1	1.1	9	1.0	$1,100,000
8 Seasons				775.2	139	343	459	-6	1.0	116	11.7	$16,225,000

SDP (5 yrs)				550.2	97	233	305	-1	1.0	72	7.5	$14,725,000
TEX (2 yrs)				201.0	38	105	140	-4	.9	35	3.2	$400,000
NYM (1 yr)				24.0	4	5	14	-1	1.1	9	1.0	$1,100,000

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	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
2007	SDP	NL	28	0	0	1	.000	18.00	0	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	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	157	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	704	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
8 Seasons				139	3243	2868	343	626	118	18	93	143	14	306	675	.218	.298	.369	.667	.252	1059	31	26	24	19	13	21
162 Game Avg.				34	793	702	84	153	29	4	23	35	3	75	165	.218	.298	.369	.667	.252	259	8	6	6	5	3	5
MLB Averages																.263	.331	.417	.748	.299

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
2004	25	TEX	AL	1.3	0.1	164	-0.1	2.6	-2.7	.95	0.2	-0.3	-1.1	-0.1	0.95	1.8
2005	26	TEX	AL	6.7	0.7	719	0.5	11.7	-11.3	.94	1.0	-0.5	5.3	0.5	0.94	11.3
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
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
2008	29	SDP	NL	-0.6	-0.1	455	1.2	7.4	-6.2	.94	0.4	0.9	5.8	0.6	0.94	2.3
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
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
2011	32	NYM	NL	5.4	0.6	99	0.7	1.9	-1.2	1.07	0.4	0.2	5.0	0.6	1.07	4.4
8 Seasons				39.6	4.2	3417	7.2	58.2	-51.0	.98	6.2	1.1	55.8	6.1	0.98	66.5

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
2004	25	TEX	AL	7	7	3	2	2	1	0	5	2	.714	0	2	0	0	2	29%	48	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%	51	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	4	7	0	0	18	58%	56	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	1	3	0	0	18	60%	58	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	2	0	1	0	9	50%	54	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	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	0	1	0	0	1	25%	61	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	77	45	4	0	0	2	3.8	5.3	6.0	99	0	2	2	0	108
8 Seasons				139	139	49	34	56	13	6	76	63	.547	12	20	1	0	69	50%	54	86	11	80	26	0	70	4.5	4.6	5.6	95	16	62	58	3	127
MLB Averages													.500						49%	49	100	-12					4.7	4.7	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%	4.5%	17.2%	6.4%	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%
8 Seasons				3245	50%	2.9%	20.8%	9.4%	7.1%	37%	0.39	0.47	65%	19%	7.3%	18%	476	31	7%
MLB Averages					46%	2.7%	17.5%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	0.80	1.07	70%	19%	7.6%	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%	48%	84%	63%	5%	8	8	27%	42	21	2	37%	3	0	0	0	1
2005	26	TEX	AL	700	2854	4.08	1853	65%	25%	15%	33%	28%	75%	1%	49%	81%	62%	4%	30	16	27%	188	98	12	18%	16	12	0	0	0
2006	27	SDP	NL	735	3024	4.11	1923	64%	25%	17%	32%	26%	75%	1%	48%	77%	59%	4%	28	17	27%	196	112	5	23%	29	7	0	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	434	1740	4.01	1090	63%	25%	17%	32%	27%	75%	2%	47%	78%	60%	6%	24	11	28%	120	80	7	20%	14	9	0	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
8 Seasons				3246	13174	4.06	8365	63%	24%	16%	33%	27%	76%	1%	48%	79%	60%	5%	153	84	28%	907	514	40	22%	108	56	-1	0	1
MLB Averages						3.79		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	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
8 Seasons				3245	626	49	15	93	1	51	55	38	43	50	144	62	33	43%	21	22	2	1060	143	14	91%	122	11	21	3	0	0	6	1	61	0
MLB Averages																		53%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	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+
2004	25	3	2	.600	4.71	7	7	0	36.1	36	21	19	7	10	0	27	2	0	1	158	108	1.266	8.9	1.7	2.5	6.7	2.70	108
2005	26	15	9	.625	4.34	38	38	0	201.0	198	105	97	26	55	2	164	9	0	4	858	109	1.259	8.9	1.2	2.5	7.3	2.98	109
2006	27	26	14	.650	3.93	69	69	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	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	1	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	1	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	1	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	1	775.2	626	343	322	93	306	13	675	26	6	22	3245	111	1.202	7.3	1.1	3.6	7.8	2.21	111

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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
2004	25	2	2	.500	3.89	37.0	35	18	16	7	10	27	2	1.216	8.5	2.4	6.6	2.70	1.7	7
2005	26	9	9	.500	4.03	163.0	159	81	73	19	44	136	7	1.245	8.8	2.4	7.5	3.09	1.0	31
2006	27	10	9	.526	3.69	173.0	138	79	71	29	71	159	6	1.208	7.2	3.7	8.3	2.24	1.5	31
2007	28	11	7	.611	3.32	168.0	121	69	62	10	74	162	7	1.161	6.5	4.0	8.7	2.19	0.5	30
2008	29	4	6	.400	4.64	97.0	90	56	50	14	51	88	1	1.454	8.4	4.7	8.2	1.73	1.3	18
2009	30	2	6	.250	6.13	72.0	75	54	49	13	43	47	2	1.639	9.4	5.4	5.9	1.09	1.6	14
2010	31	2	0	1.000	0.90	20.0	11	2	2	1	12	15	0	1.150	5.0	5.4	6.8	1.25	0.5	4
2011	32	2	0	1.000	1.96	23.0	13	6	5	3	12	21	1	1.087	5.1	4.7	8.2	1.75	1.2	4
8 Seasons		42	39	.519	3.92	753.0	642	365	328	96	317	655	26	1.274	7.7		7.8	2.07	1.1	139

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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 (9th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 2007 NL 3.0 (3rd) Active 6.2 (47th)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 2006 NL 2.5 (8th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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

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Black Ink	Pitching - 4 (462), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 15 (1235), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 17 (403), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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