Carlos Zambrano Pitching Statistics and History

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Carlos Zambrano \zam-BRAH-no\

Carlos Alberto Zambrano (Big Z or El Toro)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 275 lb.

Born: June 1, 1981 in Puerto Cabello, Carabobo, Venezuela
High School: U. E. Creacion (Carabobo, VE)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 20, 2001 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Marlins 2001-2012
Agents: Barry Praver, previously: Scott Boras,Scott Shapiro [*]
Final Game: September 21, 2012 (Age 31) vs. NYM 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
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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
1998	17	CHC-min	Rk	0	1	.000	3.15	14	2	4	0	0	1	40.0	39	17	14	0	25	3	36	0	1	3	177		1.600	8.8	0.0	5.6	8.1	1.44	CBZ · ARIZ
1999	18	CHC-min	A	13	7	.650	4.17	27	24	2	2	1	0	153.1	150	87	71	9	62	1	98	10	2	10	663		1.383	8.8	0.5	3.6	5.8	1.58	LNS · MIDW
2000	19	CHC-min	AA,AAA	5	6	.455	2.62	43	9	17	0	0	6	117.0	93	44	34	5	61	2	89	5	0	7	500		1.316	7.2	0.4	4.7	6.8	1.46	WTN,IWA · SOUL,PCL
2001	20	CHC-min	AAA	10	5	.667	3.88	26	25	1	1	0	0	150.2	124	73	65	9	68	1	155	14	1	10	639		1.274	7.4	0.5	4.1	9.3	2.28	IWA · PCL
2001	20	CHC	NL	1	2	.333	15.26	6	1	1	0	0	0	7.2	11	13	13	2	8	0	4	1	0	1	42	28	2.478	12.9	2.3	9.4	4.7	0.50
2002	21	CHC-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	9.0	2	0	0	0	6	0	11	0	0	0	35		0.889	2.0	0.0	6.0	11.0	1.83	IWA · PCL
2002	21	CHC	NL	4	8	.333	3.66	32	16	3	0	0	0	108.1	94	53	44	9	63	2	93	4	0	6	477	111	1.449	7.8	0.7	5.2	7.7	1.48
2003	22	CHC	NL	13	11	.542	3.11	32	32	0	3	1	0	214.0	188	88	74	9	94	12	168	10	1	6	907	139	1.318	7.9	0.4	4.0	7.1	1.79
2004	23	CHC	NL	16	8	.667	2.75	31	31	0	1	1	0	209.2	174	73	64	14	81	4	188	20	2	6	887	160	1.216	7.5	0.6	3.5	8.1	2.32	AS,CYA-5,MVP-28
2005	24	CHC	NL	14	6	.700	3.26	33	33	0	2	0	0	223.1	170	88	81	21	86	3	202	8	0	7	909	135	1.146	6.9	0.8	3.5	8.1	2.35
2006	25	CHC	NL	16	7	.696	3.41	33	33	0	0	0	0	214.0	162	91	81	20	*115*	4	210	9	1	9	917	136	1.294	6.8	0.8	4.8	8.8	1.83	AS,CYA-5,SS
2007	26	CHC	NL	18	13	.581	3.95	34	34	0	1	0	0	216.1	187	100	95	23	101	4	177	14	0	3	925	117	1.331	7.8	1.0	4.2	7.4	1.75	CYA-5
2008	27	CHC	NL	14	6	.700	3.91	30	30	0	1	1	0	188.2	172	85	82	18	72	1	130	6	0	4	796	117	1.293	8.2	0.9	3.4	6.2	1.81	AS,SS
2009	28	CHC-min	A,A+	0	1	.000	4.15	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	9	4	4	0	3	0	6	0	0	1	38		1.385	9.3	0.0	3.1	6.2	2.00	PEO,DYT · MIDW,FLOR
2009	28	CHC	NL	9	7	.563	3.77	28	28	0	1	1	0	169.1	155	78	71	10	78	6	152	9	0	7	733	118	1.376	8.2	0.5	4.1	8.1	1.95	SS
2010	29	CHC-min	AAA,Rk	0	0		5.40	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	6	3	3	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	23		1.400	10.8	0.0	1.8	9.0	5.00	IWA,CBZ · PCL,ARIZ
2010	29	CHC	NL	11	6	.647	3.33	36	20	2	0	0	0	129.2	119	55	48	7	69	0	117	6	1	7	571	127	1.450	8.3	0.5	4.8	8.1	1.70
2011	30	CHC-min	A	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	1	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	16		1.500	6.8	0.0	6.8	9.0	1.33	PEO · MIDW
2011	30	CHC	NL	9	7	.563	4.82	24	24	0	0	0	0	145.2	154	80	78	19	56	4	101	5	0	1	634	81	1.442	9.5	1.2	3.5	6.2	1.80
2012	31	MIA	NL	7	10	.412	4.49	35	20	5	1	1	0	132.1	123	75	66	9	75	1	95	10	0	1	591	87	1.496	8.4	0.6	5.1	6.5	1.27
12 Yrs				132	91	.592	3.66	354	302	11	10	5	0	1959.0	1709	879	797	161	898	41	1637	102	5	58	8389	119	1.331	7.9	0.7	4.1	7.5	1.82
162 Game Avg.				14	9	.592	3.66	37	31	1	1	1	0	203	177	91	83	17	93	4	170	11	1	6	870	119	1.331	7.9	0.7	4.1	7.5	1.82

CHC (11 yrs)				125	81	.607	3.60	319	282	6	9	4	0	1826.2	1586	804	731	152	823	40	1542	92	5	57	7798	122	1.319	7.8	0.7	4.1	7.6	1.87
MIA (1 yr)				7	10	.412	4.49	35	20	5	1	1	0	132.1	123	75	66	9	75	1	95	10	0	1	591	87	1.496	8.4	0.6	5.1	6.5	1.27

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
2001	20	CHC	NL	7.2	6	1	13	15.26	4.71	-0.10	-0.08	98.8	4.68	-9	-0.8	.9	0.0	-0.7	-8	.367	.495
2002	21	CHC	NL	108.1	32	16	53	4.40	4.40	-0.34	0.10	101.4	4.92	6	0.6	.6	-0.1	1.4	15	.519	.504
2003	22	CHC	NL	214.0	32	32	88	3.70	4.79	-0.16	0.18	101.2	5.19	35	3.8		-0.1	5.5	54	.619	.523	$340,000
2004	23	CHC	NL	209.2	31	31	73	3.13	4.67	-0.10	0.18	103.5	5.13	45	5.0		-0.1	6.7	65	.662	.531	$450,000	AS,CYA-5,MVP-28
2005	24	CHC	NL	223.1	33	33	88	3.55	4.64	0.02	0.17	103.1	4.94	34	3.8		-0.1	5.6	54	.616	.524	$3,760,000
2006	25	CHC	NL	214.0	33	33	91	3.83	4.79	-0.07	0.19	103.4	5.22	34	3.5		-0.1	5.2	53	.608	.522	$6,500,000	AS,CYA-5,SS
2007	26	CHC	NL	216.1	34	34	100	4.16	4.64	0.19	0.19	103.8	4.82	17	1.7		-0.1	3.4	35	.551	.511	$12,400,000	CYA-5
2008	27	CHC	NL	188.2	30	30	85	4.05	4.61	-0.16	0.18	105.9	5.25	26	2.8		-0.1	4.3	42	.594	.517	$16,000,000	AS,SS
2009	28	CHC	NL	169.1	28	28	78	4.15	4.43	-0.14	0.17	105.4	5.00	16	1.7		-0.1	3.0	30	.561	.511	$18,750,000	SS
2010	29	CHC	NL	129.2	36	20	55	3.82	4.39	-0.25	0.10	104.5	4.95	16	1.7	1.2	-0.1	2.8	27	.548	.511	$18,875,000
2011	30	CHC	NL	145.2	24	24	80	4.94	4.29	-0.24	0.16	102.3	4.79	-3	-0.4		-0.1	0.8	9	.484	.498	$18,875,000
2012	31	MIA	NL	132.1	35	20	75	5.10	4.35	-0.32	0.10	98.6	4.71	-7	-0.7	1.0	-0.1	0.3	5	.479	.496	$18,000,000
12 Seasons				1959.0	354	302	879	4.04	4.58	-0.12	0.16	103.1	5.01	209	22.9	.9	-1.3	38.2	381	.565	.512	$113,950,000

CHC (11 yrs)				1826.2	319	282	804	3.96	4.60	-0.10	0.17	103.5	5.03	216	23.6	.9	-1.2	37.9	376	.574	.513	$95,950,000
MIA (1 yr)				132.1	35	20	75	5.10	4.35	-0.32	0.10	98.6	4.71	-7	-0.7	1.0	-0.1	0.3	5	.479	.496	$18,000,000

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
2003	22	CHC	NL	NLDS	W	ATL	0	0		4.76	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.2	11	3	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	28	1.941	17.5	0.0	0.0	6.4
2003	22	CHC	NL	NLCS	L	FLA	0	1	.000	5.73	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	14	8	7	4	5	0	8	1	0	1	52	1.727	11.5	3.3	4.1	6.5	1.60

2007	26	CHC	NL	NLDS	L	ARI	0	0		1.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	22	0.833	6.0	1.5	1.5	12.0	8.00
2008	27	CHC	NL	NLDS	L	LAD	0	1	.000	4.26	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	6	7	3	1	2	0	7	1	0	0	30	1.263	8.5	1.4	2.8	9.9	3.50
3 Yrs (4 Series)							0	2	.000	4.34	5	5	0	0	0	0	29.0	35	19	14	6	8	0	27	2	0	1	132	1.483	10.9	1.9	2.5	8.4	3.38
3 NLDS							0	1	.000	3.50	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.0	21	11	7	2	3	0	19	1	0	0	80	1.333	10.5	1.0	1.5	9.5	6.33
1 NLCS							0	1	.000	5.73	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	14	8	7	4	5	0	8	1	0	1	52	1.727	11.5	3.3	4.1	6.5	1.60

All-Star Pitching

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	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
2004	CHC	NL	23	0	0	0	9.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00

2006	CHC	NL	25

2008	CHC	NL	27	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	4.5
3 Yrs (2 GP)				0	0	0	3.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	11	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00

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
2001	20	CHC	NL	6	42	31	13	11	2	1	2	1	0	8	4	.355	.488	.677	1.165	.346	21	1	1	1	1	0	0
2002	21	CHC	NL	32	477	400	53	94	15	2	9	7	5	63	93	.235	.344	.350	.694	.284	140	10	4	9	1	2	6
2003	22	CHC	NL	32	907	786	88	188	43	1	9	3	5	94	168	.239	.326	.331	.657	.291	260	24	10	11	6	12	8
2004	23	CHC	NL	31	887	773	73	174	33	6	14	7	4	81	188	.225	.314	.338	.651	.279	261	17	20	10	3	4	9
2005	24	CHC	NL	33	909	801	88	170	36	1	21	1	9	86	202	.212	.293	.338	.632	.256	271	18	8	9	5	3	8
2006	25	CHC	NL	33	917	778	91	162	41	5	20	2	3	*115*	210	.208	.316	.351	.667	.257	273	18	9	11	4	4	10
2007	26	CHC	NL	34	925	801	100	187	34	4	23	4	3	101	177	.233	.329	.372	.701	.272	298	19	14	6	3	4	6
2008	27	CHC	NL	30	796	713	85	172	28	5	18	10	9	72	130	.241	.316	.370	.686	.273	264	17	6	5	0	1	11
2009	28	CHC	NL	28	733	631	78	155	24	6	10	5	8	78	152	.246	.335	.350	.685	.306	221	8	9	10	5	6	7
2010	29	CHC	NL	36	571	484	55	119	19	1	7	9	3	69	117	.246	.345	.333	.678	.309	161	14	6	9	3	0	9
2011	30	CHC	NL	24	634	555	80	154	26	4	19	4	0	56	101	.277	.346	.441	.788	.307	245	16	5	12	5	4	4
2012	31	MIA	NL	35	591	491	75	123	18	4	9	0	1	75	95	.251	.356	.358	.715	.289	176	12	10	7	8	1	7
12 Yrs				354	8389	7244	879	1709	319	40	161	53	50	898	1637	.236	.327	.358	.685	.282	2591	174	102	100	44	41	85
162 Game Avg.				37	870	751	91	177	33	4	17	5	5	93	170	.236	.327	.358	.685	.282	269	18	11	10	5	4	9
MLB Averages																.263	.330	.417	.748	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2001	20	CHC	NL	-9.2	-0.8	43	-0.9	0.3	-1.2	.87	-0.5	-0.5	-7.1	-0.7	0.87	-6.2	1	2	2
2002	21	CHC	NL	2.5	0.2	496	-0.5	7.5	-8.0	.92	-0.1	-0.4	-0.4	-0.0	0.92	-0.4	1	5	9
2003	22	CHC	NL	25.2	2.6	926	2.7	17.4	-14.7	1.09	2.9	-0.4	25.1	2.6	1.09	33.0	0	0	0
2004	23	CHC	NL	36.4	3.8	905	2.5	14.6	-12.1	.91	2.1	0.6	35.0	3.6	0.91	26.2	0	0	0
2005	24	CHC	NL	27.0	2.8	932	4.1	18.1	-14.0	1.03	2.5	1.5	26.0	2.6	1.03	27.2	0	0	0
2006	25	CHC	NL	27.1	2.7	933	1.9	15.7	-13.8	.94	2.1	-0.2	24.3	2.4	0.94	25.8	0	0	0
2007	26	CHC	NL	16.7	1.7	940	2.3	16.6	-14.3	.98	1.4	1.0	19.0	1.9	0.98	17.0	0	0	0
2008	27	CHC	NL	14.6	1.5	821	0.5	14.0	-13.5	.95	1.6	-1.1	11.9	1.2	0.95	18.0	0	0	0
2009	28	CHC	NL	11.6	1.2	756	1.3	14.8	-13.5	1.12	1.2	-0.1	12.1	1.2	1.12	13.0	0	0	0
2010	29	CHC	NL	11.3	1.2	589	1.1	10.2	-9.1	1.04	0.4	0.6	8.7	0.9	1.04	2.8	4	4	8
2011	30	CHC	NL	-12.2	-1.2	641	-0.6	10.4	-11.0	.98	-1.0	0.4	-12.6	-1.3	0.98	-12.1	0	0	0
2012	31	MIA	NL	-9.1	-0.9	598	-1.9	9.9	-11.8	1.07	-0.5	-1.3	-14.2	-1.4	1.07	-6.9	4	4	7
12 Yrs				141.8	14.7	8580	12.4	149.4	-137.0	1.00	12.1	0.3	127.6	12.9	1.00	137.3	10	15	26

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	20	CHC	NL	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	25.0	25	25	3	2	0	1	2.0	0.0	4.0	70	1	0	0	0	70
2002	21	CHC	NL	32	16	4	8	4	1	5	5	11	.313	1	3	0	0	9	56%	52.7	78	12	18	3	1	6	3.5	2.8	5.8	99	2	6	8	0	116
2003	22	CHC	NL	32	32	13	11	8	2	4	16	16	.500	3	1	3	1	21	66%	55.8	85	18	18	8	0	16	4.4	5.0	6.7	107	1	8	17	6	129
2004	23	CHC	NL	31	31	16	8	7	0	1	21	10	.677	2	5	1	1	22	71%	58.8	88	14	18	2	0	17	5.8	5.5	6.8	112	0	4	17	10	128
2005	24	CHC	NL	33	33	14	6	13	1	2	20	13	.606	4	3	2	0	23	70%	58.8	89	10	15	3	0	15	4.8	4.8	6.8	108	2	6	18	7	136
2006	25	CHC	NL	33	33	16	7	10	4	2	20	13	.606	4	6	0	0	22	67%	57.1	86	18	12	2	0	11	5.8	5.8	6.5	110	1	0	24	8	128
2007	26	CHC	NL	34	34	18	13	3	2	2	18	16	.529	2	2	1	0	18	53%	53.2	83	13	27	11	1	13	4.7	4.6	6.4	109	0	7	22	5	128
2008	27	CHC	NL	30	30	14	6	10	1	0	20	10	.667	2	3	1	1	17	57%	52.7	96	9	14	3	0	12	5.8	5.8	6.3	100	2	10	16	2	130
2009	28	CHC	NL	28	28	9	7	12	3	2	18	10	.643	2	6	1	1	17	61%	53.1	90	18	17	8	1	8	4.7	4.1	6.0	101	3	9	16	0	118
2010	29	CHC	NL	36	20	11	5	4	3	2	11	9	.550	2	2	0	0	12	60%	54.2	84	9	10	1	0	7	4.8	5.8	5.7	99	2	5	12	1	121
2011	30	CHC	NL	24	24	9	7	8	2	1	13	11	.542	2	5	0	0	13	54%	48.2	85	18	8	2	0	8	4.8	4.3	6.1	102	2	5	15	2	128
2012	31	MIA	NL	35	20	5	9	6	0	2	7	13	.350	4	2	1	1	11	55%	49.6	89	17	18	6	0	12	3.4	3.7	5.8	98	3	5	11	1	125
12 Yrs				354	302	129	88	85	19	23	169	133	.560	28	38	10	5	185	61%	54	96	9	178	51	3	126	4.9	4.9	6.3	105	19	65	176	42	136
MLB Averages													.500						49%	49	101	-13					4.7	4.7	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	20	CHC	NL	6	5	1	1	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	6	0	0%	8	.874	1	2	2	2	0	3	3	2	1	3	1	1	2.2	19
2002	21	CHC	NL	32	16	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	13	4	31%	6	.922	1	5	9	1	3	12	9	7	7	8	7	3	2.9	19

2010	29	CHC	NL	36	16	2	0	1	0	0	0		4	4	12	3	25%	8	1.039	4	4	8	7	2	7	7	9	4	4	4	3	3.1	20

2012	31	MIA	NL	35	15	5	2	1	0	0	0		3	2	4	3	75%	6	1.072	4	4	7	5	3	7	3	12	7	3	8	1	3.5	22
4 Yrs				109	52	11	3	3	1	0	1	0%	8	6	35	10	29%		1.013	10	15	26	15	8	29	22	30	19	18	20	8	3.1	20

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	20	CHC	NL	42	57%	4.8%	9.5%	19.1%	11.9%	46%	0.56	1.38	62%	28%	11.8%	6%	11	1	9%
2002	21	CHC	NL	477	57%	1.9%	19.5%	13.2%	5.5%	28%	1.13	1.83	63%	20%	7.5%	17%	97	10	10%
2003	22	CHC	NL	907	61%	1.0%	18.5%	10.4%	5.8%	28%	1.40	2.00	68%	15%	3.9%	10%	155	24	15%
2004	23	CHC	NL	887	52%	1.6%	21.2%	9.1%	6.0%	31%	1.04	1.35	65%	17%	5.5%	10%	159	17	11%
2005	24	CHC	NL	909	54%	2.3%	22.2%	9.5%	6.4%	34%	1.06	1.36	64%	17%	8.2%	11%	157	18	11%
2006	25	CHC	NL	917	50%	2.2%	22.9%	12.5%	7.2%	41%	0.90	1.19	60%	16%	7.6%	11%	167	18	11%
2007	26	CHC	NL	925	50%	2.5%	19.1%	10.9%	6.6%	33%	0.90	1.23	65%	19%	8.3%	15%	163	19	12%
2008	27	CHC	NL	796	48%	2.3%	16.3%	9.1%	6.4%	30%	0.90	1.24	71%	16%	7.1%	16%	134	17	13%
2009	28	CHC	NL	733	53%	1.4%	20.7%	10.6%	5.5%	26%	0.81	1.13	65%	18%	4.5%	15%	159	8	5%
2010	29	CHC	NL	571	56%	1.2%	20.5%	12.1%	4.7%	23%	0.76	1.03	64%	21%	3.8%	12%	149	14	9%
2011	30	CHC	NL	634	54%	3.0%	15.9%	8.8%	7.7%	32%	0.77	0.96	69%	19%	8.6%	14%	146	16	11%
2012	31	MIA	NL	591	47%	1.5%	16.1%	12.7%	5.3%	25%	0.98	1.21	67%	20%	5.0%	11%	144	12	8%
12 Yrs				8389	53%	1.9%	19.5%	10.7%	6.2%	30%	0.96	1.30	65%	18%	6.5%	13%	1641	174	11%
MLB Averages					46%	2.7%	17.5%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	0.78	1.08	70%	20%	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
2001	20	CHC	NL	42	163	3.88	94	58%	22%	14%	33%	31%	78%	0%	45%	82%	55%	5%	2	0	12%	5	5	1	25%	1	2	0	0	0
2002	21	CHC	NL	478	1888	3.95	1111	59%	24%	17%	31%	29%	76%	1%	45%	78%	50%	7%	35	15	19%	90	64	6	25%	20	18	-1	0	0
2003	22	CHC	NL	909	3414	3.76	2084	61%	25%	15%	30%	30%	75%	4%	46%	80%	56%	6%	57	29	19%	177	94	11	27%	29	16	-2	0	0
2004	23	CHC	NL	887	3471	3.91	2153	62%	28%	15%	30%	28%	72%	1%	45%	80%	56%	4%	38	21	25%	220	123	9	28%	29	13	0	0	0
2005	24	CHC	NL	912	3557	3.90	2217	62%	28%	16%	28%	28%	72%	1%	45%	78%	57%	3%	31	17	25%	227	129	8	29%	33	11	-3	0	0
2006	25	CHC	NL	917	3625	3.95	2171	60%	28%	16%	29%	27%	72%	1%	43%	78%	57%	7%	61	40	21%	188	103	5	30%	27	17	0	0	0
2007	26	CHC	NL	926	3689	3.98	2262	61%	26%	16%	29%	28%	74%	1%	45%	78%	58%	5%	47	26	23%	216	115	9	26%	26	17	-1	0	0
2008	27	CHC	NL	799	3012	3.77	1840	61%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	0%	44%	81%	55%	6%	45	33	17%	139	77	7	35%	22	11	-3	0	0
2009	28	CHC	NL	735	2841	3.87	1740	61%	26%	15%	31%	28%	74%	2%	45%	80%	60%	6%	46	30	21%	152	90	6	28%	26	10	-2	0	0
2010	29	CHC	NL	573	2287	3.99	1353	59%	27%	15%	29%	28%	73%	0%	43%	79%	53%	7%	39	28	19%	111	59	7	26%	16	11	-2	0	0
2011	30	CHC	NL	635	2456	3.87	1506	61%	28%	12%	29%	31%	72%	2%	44%	83%	55%	5%	32	17	20%	129	73	8	26%	12	11	-1	0	1
2012	31	MIA	NL	592	2294	3.88	1352	59%	30%	14%	26%	30%	70%	0%	41%	80%	55%	7%	39	24	17%	102	59	2	23%	12	14	-1	0	0
12 Yrs				8405	32697	3.89	19883	61%	27%	15%	29%	29%	73%	1%	44%	79%	56%	6%	472	280	21%	1756	991	79	28%	253	151	-16	0	1
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	15%	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
2001	20	CHC	NL	42	11	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	2	0	4	2	0	50%	0	1	0	21	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2002	21	CHC	NL	477	94	5	0	9	0	8	7	2	7	2	19	11	2	58%	6	6	3	192	7	5	58%	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
2003	22	CHC	NL	907	188	31	3	9	2	25	4	5	5	4	35	17	6	49%	8	6	3	327	3	5	38%	2	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	25	0
2004	23	CHC	NL	887	174	27	1	14	0	21	7	7	7	7	30	11	9	37%	9	6	3	335	7	4	64%	7	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	14	0
2005	24	CHC	NL	909	170	13	2	21	0	10	7	14	11	10	40	24	5	60%	8	7	4	307	1	9	10%	1	8	0	0	0	1	2	0	18	0
2006	25	CHC	NL	917	162	21	4	20	0	24	10	10	10	10	50	25	10	50%	10	9	1	324	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
2007	26	CHC	NL	925	187	19	2	23	0	15	14	9	7	16	29	17	3	59%	6	3	4	328	4	3	57%	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
2008	27	CHC	NL	796	172	18	2	18	2	10	11	7	13	5	33	14	8	42%	11	4	3	295	10	9	53%	9	9	1	0	0	0	2	0	7	0
2009	28	CHC	NL	733	155	13	0	10	0	18	8	2	6	4	52	23	9	44%	7	7	1	284	5	8	38%	4	6	0	1	1	1	2	0	15	0
2010	29	CHC	NL	571	119	12	1	7	0	26	3	4	3	4	37	16	7	43%	9	7	1	245	9	3	75%	7	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	13	0
2011	30	CHC	NL	634	154	23	2	19	1	11	9	10	5	14	40	20	2	50%	4	1	0	253	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	0
2012	31	MIA	NL	591	123	17	4	9	0	26	6	3	6	3	43	22	5	51%	7	1	2	227	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	14	0
12 Yrs				8389	1709	200	21	161	5	195	88	73	82	79	412	202	66	49%	85	58	25	3138	53	50	51%	47	47	4	1	2	2	11	2	155	0
MLB Averages																		53%							71%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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	20	1	2	.333	15.26	6	1	1	0	0	7.2	11	13	13	2	8	0	4	1	0	1	42	28	2.478	12.9	2.3	9.4	4.7	0.50	28
2002	21	5	10	.333	4.42	38	17	4	0	0	116.0	105	66	57	11	71	2	97	5	0	7	519	92	1.517	8.1	0.9	5.5	7.5	1.37	92
2003	22	18	21	.462	3.57	70	49	4	3	1	330.0	293	154	131	20	165	14	265	15	1	13	1426	119	1.388	8.0	0.5	4.5	7.2	1.61	119
2004	23	34	29	.540	3.25	101	80	4	4	2	539.2	467	227	195	34	246	18	453	35	3	19	2313	132	1.321	7.8	0.6	4.1	7.6	1.84	132
2005	24	48	35	.578	3.26	134	113	4	6	2	763.0	637	315	276	55	332	21	655	43	3	26	3222	133	1.270	7.5	0.6	3.9	7.7	1.97	133
2006	25	64	42	.604	3.29	167	146	4	6	2	977.0	799	406	357	75	447	25	865	52	4	35	4139	134	1.275	7.4	0.7	4.1	8.0	1.94	134
2007	26	82	55	.599	3.41	201	180	4	7	2	1193.1	986	506	452	98	548	29	1042	66	4	38	5064	130	1.285	7.4	0.7	4.1	7.9	1.90	130
2008	27	96	61	.611	3.48	231	210	4	8	3	1382.0	1158	591	534	116	620	30	1172	72	4	42	5860	128	1.287	7.5	0.8	4.0	7.6	1.89	128
2009	28	105	68	.607	3.51	259	238	4	9	4	1551.1	1313	669	605	126	698	36	1324	81	4	49	6593	127	1.296	7.6	0.7	4.0	7.7	1.90	127
2010	29	116	74	.611	3.50	295	258	6	9	4	1681.0	1432	724	653	133	767	36	1441	87	5	56	7164	127	1.308	7.7	0.7	4.1	7.7	1.88	127
2011	30	125	81	.607	3.60	319	282	6	9	4	1826.2	1586	804	731	152	823	40	1542	92	5	57	7798	122	1.319	7.8	0.7	4.1	7.6	1.87	122
2012	31	132	91	.592	3.66	354	302	11	10	5	1959.0	1709	879	797	161	898	41	1637	102	5	58	8389	119	1.331	7.9	0.7	4.1	7.5	1.82	119

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	20	0	0		16.71	7.0	11	14	13	2	8	4	1	2.714	14.1	10.3	5.1	0.50	2.6	6
2002	21	6	5	.545	3.86	105.0	95	50	45	9	64	90	4	1.514	8.1	5.5	7.7	1.41	0.8	32
2003	22	14	9	.609	3.04	207.0	183	78	70	9	92	163	10	1.329	8.0	4.0	7.1	1.77	0.4	32
2004	23	16	7	.696	2.61	207.0	168	67	60	14	78	186	19	1.188	7.3	3.4	8.1	2.38	0.6	31
2005	24	15	9	.625	3.19	217.0	166	86	77	21	84	196	8	1.152	6.9	3.5	8.1	2.33	0.9	33
2006	25	15	8	.652	3.04	216.0	153	81	73	19	109	212	8	1.213	6.4	4.5	8.8	1.95	0.8	33
2007	26	12	11	.522	3.63	213.0	178	96	86	22	96	174	13	1.286	7.5	4.1	7.4	1.81	0.9	34
2008	27	11	9	.550	3.63	186.0	164	83	75	17	69	128	6	1.253	7.9	3.3	6.2	1.86	0.8	30
2009	28	10	8	.556	3.63	166.0	151	74	67	10	76	149	9	1.367	8.2	4.1	8.1	1.96	0.5	28
2010	29	8	6	.571	3.36	126.0	118	52	47	7	68	114	6	1.476	8.4	4.9	8.1	1.68	0.5	36
2011	30	5	10	.333	5.35	138.0	158	91	82	19	57	96	5	1.558	10.3	3.7	6.3	1.68	1.2	24
2012	31	5	8	.385	5.00	126.0	127	78	70	9	77	90	10	1.619	9.1	5.5	6.4	1.17	0.6	35
12 Yrs		117	90	.565	3.60	1914.0	1672	850	765	158	878	1602	99	1.332	7.9		7.5	1.82	0.7	354

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) 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 2004 * 2006 2008 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2004 NL (28, 0%) 0.00 Career Shares (1736th)	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2004 NL (5, 5%) 2006 NL (5, 4%) 2007 NL (5, 2%) 0.11 Career Shares (185th)	Silver Sluggers 2006 NL (P) 2008 NL (P) 2009 NL (P) All multiple winners
Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 2003 NL 6.1 (10th) 2004 NL 7.3 (9th) 2005 NL 6.5 (7th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 2003 NL 5.5 (8th) 2004 NL 6.7 (4th) 2005 NL 5.6 (7th) 2006 NL 5.2 (6th) Career 38.2 (179th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 2003 NL 3.11 (7th) 2004 NL 2.75 (4th) 2005 NL 3.26 (10th) 2006 NL 3.41 (5th)	Wins s c a p y 2004 NL 16 (5th) 2006 NL 16 (1st) 2007 NL 18 (2nd)
Win-Loss % s c a p y 2004 NL .667 (10th) 2005 NL .700 (3rd) 2006 NL .696 (2nd) 2008 NL .700 (6th) 2010 NL .647 (5th) Career .592 (141st)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 2005 NL 1.146 (8th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 2004 NL 7.469 (6th) 2005 NL 6.851 (3rd) 2006 NL 6.813 (2nd) 2007 NL 7.780 (3rd) Career 7.852 (78th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 2004 NL 8.070 (8th) 2005 NL 8.140 (10th) 2006 NL 8.832 (3rd) Career 7.521 (61st)
Innings Pitched s c a p y 2003 NL 214.0 (8th) 2005 NL 223.3 (9th) 2007 NL 216.3 (5th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 2004 NL 188 (8th) 2005 NL 202 (6th) 2006 NL 210 (4th) 2007 NL 177 (7th) Career 1,637 (140th)	Games Started s c a p y 2007 NL 34 (2nd)	Complete Games s c a p y 2003 NL 3 (7th)
Shutouts s c a p y 2004 NL 1 (9th) 2008 NL 1 (7th) 2009 NL 1 (6th) 2012 NL 1 (8th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 2003 NL 94 (5th) 2004 NL 81 (9th) 2005 NL 86 (4th) 2006 NL 115 (1st) 2007 NL 101 (1st) 2009 NL 78 (10th) 2012 NL 75 (7th) Career 898 (161st)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 2003 NL 0.379 (1st) 2004 NL 0.601 (2nd) 2009 NL 0.532 (5th)	Losses s c a p y 2007 NL 13 (10th)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 2006 NL 9 (6th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2003 NL 10 (9th) 2004 NL 20 (1st) 2007 NL 14 (2nd) 2009 NL 9 (8th) 2012 NL 10 (5th) Career 102 (78th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 2003 NL 907 (7th) 2007 NL 925 (4th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 2003 NL 139 (7th) 2004 NL 160 (4th) 2005 NL 135 (8th) 2006 NL 136 (5th) Career 119 (131st)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 2004 NL 36 (3rd) 2005 NL 27 (8th) 2006 NL 27 (6th) Career 141 (140th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 2004 NL 3.8 (3rd) 2005 NL 2.8 (8th) 2006 NL 2.7 (7th) Career 14.6 (145th)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 2004 NL 34.96 (6th) 2005 NL 26.04 (9th) 2006 NL 24.28 (7th) Career 127.57 (108th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2005 NL 4.1 (6th) Career 12.4 (140th)
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 2003 NL 2.9 (7th) 2005 NL 2.5 (8th) 2006 NL 2.1 (10th) Career 12.1 (112th)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 2004 NL 3.6 (7th) 2005 NL 2.6 (10th) 2006 NL 2.4 (9th) Career 12.9 (115th)	Salary s c a p y 2008 NL $16,000,000 (4th) 2008 NL $16,000,000 (4th) 2009 NL $18,750,000 (5th) 2009 NL $18,750,000 (5th) 2010 NL $18,875,000 (6th) 2010 NL $18,875,000 (6th) 2011 NL $18,875,000 (8th) 2011 NL $18,875,000 (8th)	Youngest s c a p y 2001 NL born 1981-06-01 (2nd) 2001 NL born 1981-06-01 (2nd) 2002 NL born 1981-06-01 (3rd) 2002 NL born 1981-06-01 (3rd)

† 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

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Black Ink	Pitching - 4 (475), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 83 (291), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 30 (452), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 23 (240), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Starting Pitcher (124th), 44.5 career WAR/39.0 7yr-peak WAR/41.8 JAWS Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Jack Salveson (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dennis Blair (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ray Culp (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ramon Martinez (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ramon Martinez (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jake Peavy (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ramon Martinez (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ramon Martinez (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ramon Martinez (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ramon Martinez (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Torrez (945) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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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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