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Chad Zerbe

William Chad Zerbe

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 27, 1972 in Findlay, OH
High School: Gaither HS (Tampa, FL)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 17th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 2000
Team: Giants 2000-2003

Final Game: September 27, 2003
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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
1991	19	LAD-min	Rk	0	2	.000	2.20	16	1	4	0	0	0	32.2	31	19	8	1	15	0	23	0	3	6	145		1.408	8.5	0.3	4.1	6.3	1.53	DGR · GULF
1992	20	LAD-min	Rk	8	3	.727	2.14	15	15	0	1	1	0	92.1	75	27	22	2	26	0	70	5	0	5	378		1.094	7.3	0.2	2.5	6.8	2.69	GRF · PION
1993	21	LAD-min	A+	1	10	.091	6.01	24	12	2	1	0	0	79.1	95	70	53	2	60	1	52	4	3	5	390		1.954	10.8	0.2	6.8	5.9	0.87	BAK,VRO · CALL,FLOR
1994	22	LAD-min	A+	5	5	.500	3.39	18	18	0	1	0	0	98.1	88	50	37	6	32	0	68	2	0	6	412		1.220	8.1	0.5	2.9	6.2	2.13	VRO · FLOR
1995	23	LAD-min	A+	11	7	.611	4.57	28	27	0	1	0	0	163.1	168	103	83	15	64	0	94	3	0	4	718		1.420	9.3	0.8	3.5	5.2	1.47	SBR · CALL
1996	24	LAD-min	AA	4	6	.400	4.50	17	11	1	1	0	1	86.0	98	52	43	9	37	0	38	2	0	4	384		1.570	10.3	0.9	3.9	4.0	1.03	SAN · TL
1997	25	HDS	A+	1	6	.143	7.43	9	8	0	0	0	0	36.1	61	49	30	7	15	0	26	1	0	1	192		2.092	15.1	1.7	3.7	6.4	1.73	HDS · CALL
1998	26	SFG-min	A+	2	0	1.000	3.35	23	0	12	0	0	1	37.2	37	16	14	3	12	0	28	3	0	1	159		1.301	8.8	0.7	2.9	6.7	2.33	SJO · CALL
1999	27	SFG-min	A+,AA	8	10	.444	3.23	28	27	1	0	0	0	167.1	156	79	60	6	43	0	97	5	1	6	697		1.189	8.4	0.3	2.3	5.2	2.26	BAK,SHV · CALL,TL
2000	28	SFG-min	AAA,AA	9	4	.692	3.68	26	20	1	0	0	0	120.0	131	57	49	6	26	0	75	6	1	1	503		1.308	9.8	0.4	2.0	5.6	2.88	FRE,SHV · PCL,TL
2000	28	SFG	NL	0	0		4.50	4	0	2	0	0	0	6.0	6	3	3	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	24	100	1.167	9.0	1.5	1.5	7.5	5.00
2001	29	SFG-min	AAA	3	4	.429	3.55	17	0	12	0	0	5	25.1	28	13	10	2	9	0	17	1	0	0	114		1.461	9.9	0.7	3.2	6.0	1.89	FRE · PCL
2001	29	SFG	NL	3	0	1.000	3.92	27	1	9	0	0	0	39.0	41	21	17	3	10	0	22	1	0	2	162	102	1.308	9.5	0.7	2.3	5.1	2.20
2002	30	SFG-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	10.1	8	0	0	0	3	0	5	1	0	0	42		1.065	7.0	0.0	2.6	4.4	1.67	FRE · PCL
2002	30	SFG	NL	2	0	1.000	3.04	50	0	16	0	0	0	56.1	52	22	19	3	21	2	26	4	0	1	240	128	1.296	8.3	0.5	3.4	4.2	1.24
2003	31	SFG-min	AAA,A+	1	1	.500	2.02	9	2	2	0	0	2	13.1	14	8	3	3	3	0	8	0	0	0	57		1.275	9.4	2.0	2.0	5.4	2.67	FRE,SJO · PCL,CALL
2003	31	SFG	NL	1	1	.500	4.71	33	1	14	0	0	0	49.2	60	26	26	3	14	2	17	1	0	1	218	90	1.490	10.9	0.5	2.5	3.1	1.21
2004	32	SFG-min	AAA	6	6	.500	4.29	33	14	4	0	0	0	107.0	131	63	51	7	35	1	51	3	0	3	476		1.551	11.0	0.6	2.9	4.3	1.46	FRE · PCL
2005	33	CLE-min	AAA,A-	5	2	.714	3.49	17	0	7	0	0	0	28.1	34	12	11	3	6	1	11	2	0	2	125		1.412	10.8	1.0	1.9	3.5	1.83	BFL,MHV · IL,NYPL
4 Yrs				6	1	.857	3.87	114	2	41	0	0	0	151.0	159	72	65	10	46	4	70	6	0	4	644	105	1.358	9.5	0.6	2.7	4.2	1.52
162 Game Avg.				4	1	.857	3.87	67	1	24	0	0	0	89	93	42	38	6	27	2	41	4	0	2	378	105	1.358	9.5	0.6	2.7	4.2	1.52

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
2000	28	SFG	NL	6.0	4	0	3	4.50	4.92	0.03	-0.37	84.4	3.81	-0	-0.0	.1	0.0	0.0	0	.489	.500	$
2001	29	SFG	NL	39.0	27	1	21	4.85	4.84	0.04	-0.29	90.1	4.07	-3	-0.3	.8	-0.1	-0.1	1	.488	.498	$
2002	30	SFG	NL	56.1	50	0	22	3.51	4.58	0.26	-0.34	97.2	3.87	2	0.2	.6	-0.2	0.5	8	.504	.501	$
2003	31	SFG	NL	49.2	33	1	26	4.71	4.53	0.26	-0.29	101.3	4.04	-4	-0.4	.6	-0.0	0.0	1	.488	.498	$317,000
4 Seasons				151.0	114	2	72	4.29	4.65	0.19	-0.31	96.2	3.97	-6	-0.6	.6	-0.2	0.4	9	.495	.499	$317,000

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
2002	30	SFG	NL	WS	L	ANA	1	0	1.000	3.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1 WS							1	0	1.000	3.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	1.000	9.0	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	28	SFG	NL	4	24	22	3	6	1	0	1	0	0	1	5	.273	.304	.455	.759	.313	10	1	0	1	0	0	0
2001	29	SFG	NL	27	162	146	21	41	7	3	3	1	1	10	22	.281	.327	.432	.759	.309	63	7	1	3	2	0	2
2002	30	SFG	NL	50	240	210	22	52	6	2	3	2	0	21	26	.248	.326	.338	.664	.269	71	10	4	4	1	2	5
2003	31	SFG	NL	33	218	193	26	60	17	3	3	2	1	14	17	.311	.349	.477	.826	.317	92	6	1	3	7	2	1
4 Yrs				114	644	571	72	159	31	8	10	5	2	46	70	.278	.333	.413	.747	.297	236	24	6	11	10	4	8
162 Game Avg.				67	378	335	42	93	18	5	6	3	1	27	41	.278	.333	.413	.747	.297	138	14	4	6	6	2	5
MLB Averages																.265	.335	.426	.761	.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	28	SFG	NL	0.2	0.0	24	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.05	0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.05	-0.6	0	0	3
2001	29	SFG	NL	-0.6	-0.1	167	-0.2	2.0	-2.2	.72	-0.1	-0.2	-4.0	-0.4	0.72	-2.5	5	3	17
2002	30	SFG	NL	5.1	0.5	243	0.3	1.6	-1.3	.37	0.2	0.6	6.5	0.7	0.37	4.3	7	7	33
2003	31	SFG	NL	-1.7	-0.2	222	-0.3	1.5	-1.8	.42	-0.1	-0.6	-0.8	-0.1	0.42	-1.5	4	3	25
4 Yrs				3.0	0.3	656	-0.2	5.1	-5.3	.47	0.2	-0.6	1.8	0.2	0.47	-0.4	16	13	78

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	29	SFG	NL	27	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	58.0	58	58	8	4	1	0	6.8	6.8	5.0	79	1	0	0	0	79

2003	31	SFG	NL	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	47.0	47	47	7	2	1	0	3.4	2.3	4.7	62	1	0	0	0	62
2 Yrs				60	2	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	52	58	47	15	6	2	0	5.1	4.5	4.8	71	2	0	0	0	79
MLB Averages													.500						48%	48	100	-9					4.9	4.8	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	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
2000	28	SFG	NL	4	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	.045	0	0	3	0	0	4	0	4	2	0	2	0	4.5	22
2001	29	SFG	NL	27	26	9	2	0	0	0		0	0	26	11	42%	8	.723	5	3	17	4	4	18	13	13	8	8	9	6	3.9	19
2002	30	SFG	NL	50	50	16	2	0	1	1	0%	6	5	30	9	30%	8	.371	7	7	33	22	4	24	20	30	14	20	15	12	3.4	16
2003	31	SFG	NL	33	32	14	1	1	1	1	0%	3	2	22	6	27%	8	.420	4	3	25	6	2	24	13	19	15	8	15	4	4.2	21
4 Yrs				114	112	41	5	1	2	2	0%	9	7	78	26	33%		.464	16	13	78	32	10	70	46	66	39	36	41	22	3.8	18

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	28	SFG	NL	24	38%	4.2%	20.8%	4.2%	8.3%	33%	1.67	5.50	67%	28%	16.7%	0%	4	1	25%
2001	29	SFG	NL	162	36%	1.9%	13.6%	6.2%	8.0%	32%	0.98	1.94	76%	26%	5.4%	10%	38	7	18%
2002	30	SFG	NL	240	41%	1.3%	10.8%	8.8%	4.6%	21%	1.12	1.68	76%	21%	4.1%	14%	55	10	18%
2003	31	SFG	NL	218	40%	1.4%	7.8%	6.4%	10.6%	38%	1.01	1.57	83%	19%	3.7%	8%	44	6	14%
4 Yrs				644	39%	1.6%	10.9%	7.1%	7.6%	31%	1.06	1.75	78%	21%	4.6%	10%	141	24	17%
MLB Averages					47%	2.9%	16.8%	8.8%	8.0%	34%	0.76	1.07	70%	23%	8.3%	14%			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	28	SFG	NL	24	86	3.58	56	65%	32%	5%	30%	32%	68%	0%	44%	92%	54%	8%	2	2	4%	1	1	1	60%	0	0	0	0	0
2001	29	SFG	NL	163	580	3.56	384	66%	29%	10%	28%	34%	71%	0%	47%	86%	58%	6%	10	8	20%	32	24	1	45%	2	2	-1	0	0
2002	30	SFG	NL	240	787	3.28	501	64%	29%	7%	27%	38%	71%	3%	45%	90%	62%	7%	17	8	19%	46	27	2	50%	9	7	0	0	0
2003	31	SFG	NL	218	720	3.30	460	64%	25%	8%	27%	40%	75%	3%	48%	89%	58%	7%	15	6	21%	45	32	5	53%	5	7	0	0	0
4 Yrs				645	2173	3.37	1401	64%	27%	8%	27%	37%	73%	2%	47%	89%	59%	7%	44	24	19%	124	84	9	50%	16	16	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		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	28	SFG	NL	24	6	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	29	SFG	NL	162	41	1	0	3	0	8	2	1	2	1	15	9	0	60%	2	2	1	56	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
2002	30	SFG	NL	240	52	6	0	3	0	10	3	0	1	2	15	8	3	53%	5	1	0	101	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2003	31	SFG	NL	218	60	5	2	3	0	4	2	1	2	1	18	14	0	78%	1	1	0	95	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	0
4 Yrs				644	159	13	2	10	0	22	8	2	5	5	48	31	3	65%	8	4	1	260	5	2	71%	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	20	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2000	28	0	0		4.50	4	0	2	6.0	6	3	3	1	1	0	5	0	0	24	100	1.167	9.0	1.5	1.5	7.5	5.00	100
2001	29	3	0	1.000	4.00	31	1	11	45.0	47	24	20	4	11	0	27	1	2	186	102	1.289	9.4	0.8	2.2	5.4	2.45	102
2002	30	5	0	1.000	3.46	81	1	27	101.1	99	46	39	7	32	2	53	5	3	426	115	1.293	8.8	0.6	2.8	4.7	1.66	115
2003	31	6	1	.857	3.87	114	2	41	151.0	159	72	65	10	46	4	70	6	4	644	105	1.358	9.5	0.6	2.7	4.2	1.52	105

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
2000	28	0	0		4.50	6.0	6	3	3	1	1	5	0	1.167	9.0	1.5	7.5	5.00	1.5	4
2001	29	2	2	.500	4.50	36.0	42	20	18	3	10	20	1	1.444	10.5	2.5	5.0	2.00	0.8	27
2002	30	3	2	.600	3.40	53.0	54	22	20	3	22	25	4	1.434	9.2	3.7	4.2	1.14	0.5	50
2003	31	2	3	.400	4.69	48.0	59	28	25	3	14	16	1	1.521	11.1	2.6	3.0	1.14	0.6	33
4 Yrs		7	7	.500	4.15	143.0	161	73	66	10	47	66	6	1.455	10.1		4.2	1.40	0.6	114

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