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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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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 2:17AM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #312. Sadie McMahon… #313. Johnny Vander Meer… #314. Lefty Leifield… #315. CARLOS ZAMBRANO… #316. Mike Marshall… #317. Rube Walberg… #318. John Tudor… 

Standard Pitching

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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 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 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 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 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 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

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2001 20 CHC NL 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2002 21 CHC NL 32 32 30 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 .033 .033 .067 .100 -74 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
2003 22 CHC NL 32 80 75 9 18 5 0 2 6 0 0 1 26 .240 .250 .387 .637 62 29 2 0 4 0 0 1
2004 23 CHC NL 31 82 70 8 16 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 29 .229 .257 .286 .542 39 20 2 0 8 1 0 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-28
2005 24 CHC NL 34 84 80 8 24 6 2 1 6 0 0 0 25 .300 .300 .463 .763 93 37 2 0 4 0 0 1
2006 25 CHC NL 37 80 73 9 11 0 0 6 11 1 0 1 27 .151 .160 .397 .557 35 29 2 0 5 1 0 1 AS,CYA-5,SS
2007 26 CHC NL 37 86 81 9 20 2 0 2 5 0 0 0 29 .247 .247 .346 .593 48 28 0 0 5 0 0 1 CYA-5
2008 27 CHC NL 38 85 83 9 28 4 1 4 14 0 0 0 24 .337 .337 .554 .892 123 46 4 0 2 0 0 1 AS,SS
2009 28 CHC NL 35 72 69 7 15 5 0 4 11 0 0 1 28 .217 .225 .464 .689 71 32 0 0 1 1 0 1 SS
2010 29 CHC NL 42 57 52 5 12 0 0 1 6 0 0 2 15 .231 .255 .288 .543 44 15 0 0 2 1 0 1
2011 30 CHC NL 25 48 44 8 14 2 0 2 5 0 0 2 14 .318 .348 .500 .848 130 22 0 0 2 0 0 1
2012 31 MIA NL 35 36 34 3 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 8 .176 .176 .265 .441 19 9 2 0 2 0 0 1
12 Yrs 384 744 693 75 165 26 3 24 71 1 0 10 240 .238 .248 .388 .636 62 269 14 0 37 4 0
162 Game Avg. 162 314 292 32 70 11 1 10 30 0 0 4 101 .238 .248 .388 .636 62 113 6 0 16 2 0
CHC (11 yrs) 349 708 659 72 159 26 3 23 69 1 0 10 232 .241 .251 .395 .646 64 260 12 0 35 4 0
MIA (1 yr) 35 36 34 3 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 8 .176 .176 .265 .441 19 9 2 0 2 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2001 20 CHC NL 6 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .496 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 /1
2002 21 CHC NL 32 32 -7 0 0 0 5 -2 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .492 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 1
2003 22 CHC NL 32 80 -5 -0 0 0 11 6 0.6 2 9 0.6 .520 .504 0.6 0.0 9 $340,000 1
2004 23 CHC NL 31 82 -6 -0 -0 0 12 6 0.6 3 9 0.6 .520 .504 0.6 0.0 9 $450,000 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-28
2005 24 CHC NL 34 84 -2 -0 -0 0 12 10 1.0 3 12 1.0 .528 .506 1.0 0.0 12 $3,760,000 1
2006 25 CHC NL 37 80 -8 0 0 0 13 6 0.5 2 8 0.5 .514 .503 0.5 0.0 8 $6,500,000 1 AS,CYA-5,SS
2007 26 CHC NL 37 86 -6 -1 0 0 13 6 0.6 3 8 0.6 .515 .503 0.6 0.0 8 $12,400,000 1 CYA-5
2008 27 CHC NL 38 85 2 -0 -0 0 12 14 1.4 3 16 1.4 .536 .508 1.4 0.0 16 $16,000,000 1 AS,SS
2009 28 CHC NL 35 72 -4 0 0 0 10 7 0.7 2 10 0.7 .521 .505 0.7 0.0 10 $18,750,000 1 SS
2010 29 CHC NL 42 57 -5 -0 1 0 8 4 0.4 2 5 0.4 .509 .502 0.4 0.0 5 $18,875,000 1
2011 30 CHC NL 25 48 1 0 0 0 6 8 0.8 2 9 0.8 .532 .505 0.8 0.0 9 $18,875,000 1
2012 31 MIA NL 35 36 -4 -0 -0 0 5 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 2 $18,000,000 1
12 Seasons 384 744 -43 -2 1 0 107 63 6.3 23 87 6.3 .517 .503 6.3 0.1 87 $113,950,000
CHC (11 yrs) 349 708 -39 -2 1 0 102 63 6.2 22 85 6.2 .518 .504 6.2 0.0 85 $95,950,000
MIA (1 yr) 35 36 -4 -0 -0 0 5 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 2 $18,000,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 22 CHC NL NLDS ATL W 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 22 CHC NL NLCS FLA L 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 26 CHC NL NLDS ARI L 1 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
2008 27 CHC NL NLDS LAD L 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (4 Series) 5 11 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .100 .182 .200 .382 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 NLDS 3 8 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .143 .250 .286 .536 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2001 CHC NL 20 P 6 1 0 7.2 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.35 0.33 .960 1.76 1.73 1 0 0% 33% 0
2002 CHC NL 21 P 32 16 0 108.1 34 8 26 0 4 1.000 2.82 1.06 .963 1.83 1.81 7 5 42% 32% 0
2003 CHC NL 22 P 32 32 3 214.0 69 19 46 4 2 .942 2 2 2.73 2.03 .957 1.84 1.83 3 5 63% 31% 1
2004 CHC NL 23 P 31 31 1 209.2 49 18 29 2 2 .959 2 2 2.02 1.52 .965 1.84 1.82 7 4 36% 28% 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-28
2005 CHC NL 24 P 33 33 2 223.1 57 21 34 2 4 .965 5 4 2.22 1.67 .960 1.75 1.73 1 9 90% 29% 3
2006 CHC NL 25 P 33 33 0 214.0 49 12 33 4 4 .918 0 0 1.89 1.36 .958 1.72 1.71 2 3 60% 28% 1 AS,CYA-5,SS
2007 CHC NL 26 P 34 34 1 216.1 49 20 28 1 1 .980 0 0 2.00 1.41 .966 1.68 1.67 4 3 43% 25% 1 CYA-5
2008 CHC NL 27 P 30 30 1 188.2 44 21 20 3 1 .932 1 1 1.96 1.37 .959 1.73 1.72 10 9 47% 27% 3 AS,SS
2009 CHC NL 28 P 28 28 1 169.1 45 19 23 3 2 .933 5 6 2.23 1.50 .955 1.72 1.70 5 8 62% 29% 2 SS
2010 CHC NL 29 P 36 20 0 129.2 32 10 19 3 1 .906 0 0 2.01 0.81 .954 1.73 1.72 9 3 25% 29% 1
2011 CHC NL 30 P 24 24 0 145.2 21 8 12 1 5 .952 2 3 1.24 0.83 .955 1.80 1.79 4 0 0% 28% 2
2012 MIA NL 31 P 35 20 1 132.1 32 12 18 2 2 .938 2 3 2.04 0.86 .950 1.77 1.75 0 1 100% 27% 1
12 Seasons P 354 302 10 1959.0 483 168 290 25 29 .948 19 2 2.10 1.29 .959 1.76 1.75 53 50 49% 29% 16
12 Seasons TOT 354 302 10 1959.0 483 168 290 25 29 .948 19 12 2.10 1.29 .959 1.76 1.75 53 50 49% 29% 16
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (60th)

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 (144th)

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)

Putouts as P s c a p y
2003 NL  19 (3rd)
2004 NL  18 (5th)
2005 NL  21 (3rd)
2007 NL  20 (5th)
2008 NL  21 (3rd)

Assists as P s c a p y
2003 NL  46 (4th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
2003 NL  4 (3rd)
2006 NL  4 (4th)
2008 NL  3 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
2003 NL  2.73 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
2003 NL  2.03 (2nd)

Salary s c a p y
2008 NL  $16,000,000 (4th)
2009 NL  $18,750,000 (5th)
2010 NL  $18,875,000 (6th)
2011 NL  $18,875,000 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
2001 NL  born 1981-06-01 (2nd)
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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (476), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 83 (291), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 30 (452), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 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

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  7. Ramon Martinez (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ramon Martinez (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ramon Martinez (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ramon Martinez (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Mike Torrez (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
200322Chicago Cubs$340,0004/3/03 AP
200423Chicago Cubs$450,0004/7/04 AP
200524Chicago Cubs$3,760,000
200625Chicago Cubs$6,500,000
200726Chicago Cubs$12,400,000
200827Chicago Cubs$16,000,000
200928Chicago Cubs$18,750,000
201029Chicago Cubs$18,875,000
201130Chicago Cubs$18,875,000
201231Miami Marlins$18,000,000contracts $15.5M paid by Chicago Cubs
201332Miami Marlins*$19,250,000$19.25M Vesting OptionOption guaranteed if Cy Young (1st or 2nd in 2011 or 2012 top 4) and healthy] at completion of 2012 season
2013 StatusFree Agent (vesting option), Earliest Free Agent: 2013
Career to date (may be incomplete)$113,950,000Does not include future salaries
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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