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Jordan Zimmermann

Jordan M. Zimmermann

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: May 23, 1986 in Auburndale, WI
High School: Auburndale HS (Auburndale, WI)
School: University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point (Stevens Point, WI)
Drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 2nd round of the 2007 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 2007. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 2009
Team: Nationals 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$2.3M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.154, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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
2007	21	WSN-min	A-	5	2	.714	2.38	13	11	0	0	0	53.0	45	14	14	2	18	0	71	0	2	2	216		1.189	7.6	0.3	3.1	12.1	3.94	VMT · NYPL
2008	22	WSN-min	AA,A+	10	3	.769	2.89	25	24	1	0	1	134.0	104	48	43	10	47	2	134	3	1	2	538		1.127	7.0	0.7	3.2	9.0	2.85	HRB,POT · EL,CARL
2009	23	WSN-min	AAA,A+	0	0		4.15	2	2	0	0	0	8.2	6	5	4	3	2	0	10	0	0	0	35		0.923	6.2	3.1	2.1	10.4	5.00	SYR,POT · IL,CARL
2009	23	WSN	NL	3	5	.375	4.63	16	16	0	0	0	91.1	95	51	47	10	29	0	92	4	0	0	391	92	1.358	9.4	1.0	2.9	9.1	3.17
2010	24	WSN-min	AAA,A+,A,AA	1	2	.333	1.59	10	10	0	0	0	39.2	27	9	7	2	6	0	31	2	0	1	149		0.832	6.1	0.5	1.4	7.0	5.17	SYR,POT,HGR,HRB · IL,CARL,SALL,EL
2010	24	WSN	NL	1	2	.333	4.94	7	7	0	0	0	31.0	31	20	17	8	10	1	27	2	0	0	135	83	1.323	9.0	2.3	2.9	7.8	2.70
2011	25	WSN	NL	8	11	.421	3.18	26	26	0	1	0	161.1	154	62	57	12	31	2	124	7	1	3	662	122	1.147	8.6	0.7	1.7	6.9	4.00
2012	26	WSN	NL	3	5	.375	2.80	10	10	0	0	0	64.1	59	22	20	7	11	2	44	2	0	1	263	141	1.088	8.3	1.0	1.5	6.2	4.00
4 Yrs				15	23	.395	3.65	59	59	0	1	0	348.0	339	155	141	37	81	5	287	15	1	4	1451	110	1.207	8.8	1.0	2.1	7.4	3.54
162 Game Avg.				9	13	.395	3.65	34	34	0	1	0	201	195	89	81	21	47	3	165	9	1	2	836	110	1.207	8.8	1.0	2.1	7.4	3.54

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	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2009	23	WSN	NL	91.1	16	16	51	5.03	4.56	-0.29	0.18	100.8	5.07	0	0.0	-0.1	0.6	9	.502	.500	$
2010	24	WSN	NL	31.0	7	7	20	5.81	4.40	-0.02	0.17	100.1	4.59	-4	-0.4	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.439	.497	$
2011	25	WSN	NL	161.1	26	26	62	3.46	4.16	0.02	0.16	100.6	4.32	15	1.7	-0.1	2.8	30	.565	.510	$415,000
2012	26	WSN	NL	64.1	10	10	22	3.08	4.01	-0.43	0.15	101.3	4.65	11	1.2	-0.1	1.7	17	.624	.508	$
4 Seasons				348.0	59	59	155	4.01	4.26	-0.15	0.16	100.7	4.60	21	2.5	-0.2	4.9	55	.543	.504	$415,000

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
2009	23	WSN	NL	16	391	350	51	95	17	4	10	8	5	29	92	.271	.332	.429	.760	.339	150	6	4	5	3	0	6
2010	24	WSN	NL	7	135	121	20	31	5	0	8	3	1	10	27	.256	.321	.496	.817	.264	60	1	2	1	1	1	2
2011	25	WSN	NL	26	662	613	62	154	29	6	12	3	6	31	124	.251	.294	.377	.671	.296	231	6	7	8	2	2	4
2012	26	WSN	NL	10	263	244	22	59	11	0	7	4	0	11	44	.242	.277	.373	.650	.265	91	3	2	3	3	2	3
4 Yrs				59	1451	1328	155	339	62	10	37	18	12	81	287	.255	.304	.401	.704	.298	532	16	15	17	9	5	15
162 Game Avg.				34	836	765	89	195	36	6	21	10	7	47	165	.255	.304	.401	.704	.298	307	9	9	10	5	3	9
MLB Averages																.258	.326	.406	.732	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
2009	23	WSN	NL	-3.9	-0.4	406	-1.0	6.4	-7.4	.91	-0.1	-1.0	-6.8	-0.7	0.91	-1.9
2010	24	WSN	NL	-3.6	-0.4	141	-0.6	2.2	-2.8	.97	-0.5	-0.1	-4.9	-0.5	0.97	-4.5
2011	25	WSN	NL	12.3	1.3	677	1.2	12.7	-11.5	1.04	1.0	0.2	14.9	1.6	1.04	8.6
2012	26	WSN	NL	8.1	0.9	269	0.4	4.7	-4.3	1.00	0.2	0.2	6.4	0.7	1.00	2.8
4 Yrs				12.8	1.5	1493	-0.0	26.0	-26.1	.99	0.5	-0.6	9.6	1.1	0.99	4.9

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
2009	23	WSN	NL	16	16	3	5	8	1	2	5	11	.313	2	3	0	0	6	38%	50.1	68	35	6	0	0	10	4.3	4.2	5.7	98	1	5	10	0	109
2010	24	WSN	NL	7	7	1	2	4	1	0	3	4	.429	0	3	0	0	2	29%	47.7	79	23	0	0	0	6	5.4	3.3	4.4	79	3	4	0	0	86
2011	25	WSN	NL	26	26	8	11	7	3	6	13	13	.500	3	2	1	0	16	62%	55.2	78	31	21	9	0	14	3.2	2.6	6.2	95	1	17	8	0	109
2012	26	WSN	NL	10	10	3	5	2	0	3	5	5	.500	0	2	0	0	8	80%	57.2	71	43	6	2	0	5	3.1	2.1	6.4	95	0	6	4	0	107
4 Yrs				59	59	15	23	21	5	11	26	33	.441	5	10	1	0	32	54%	53	79	23	33	11	0	35	3.8	3.0	5.9	94	5	32	22	0	109
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	100	-13					4.4	4.4	5.9	96

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%
2009	23	WSN	NL	391	47%	2.6%	23.5%	7.4%	7.9%	33%	0.77	1.19	64%	23%	8.0%	13%	65	6	9%
2010	24	WSN	NL	135	51%	5.9%	20.0%	7.4%	9.6%	42%	0.96	1.20	64%	16%	18.2%	8%	19	1	5%
2011	25	WSN	NL	662	54%	1.8%	18.7%	4.7%	7.1%	31%	0.65	0.85	72%	20%	4.7%	14%	105	6	6%
2012	26	WSN	NL	263	50%	2.7%	16.7%	4.2%	6.8%	31%	1.00	1.22	75%	21%	8.0%	12%	35	3	9%
4 Yrs				1451	51%	2.6%	19.8%	5.6%	7.5%	32%	0.76	1.02	70%	21%	7.3%	13%	224	16	7%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.5%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%			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
2009	23	WSN	NL	392	1575	4.02	1059	67%	27%	15%	32%	25%	73%	0%	49%	79%	65%	5%	18	12	36%	143	79	8	28%	18	6	-1	0	0
2010	24	WSN	NL	135	556	4.12	354	64%	33%	10%	30%	27%	67%	1%	43%	86%	62%	3%	4	0	27%	37	19	0	30%	3	3	0	0	0
2011	25	WSN	NL	664	2464	3.71	1666	68%	27%	13%	30%	30%	73%	1%	49%	82%	63%	3%	17	14	33%	217	129	13	27%	27	1	-2	0	1
2012	26	WSN	NL	263	951	3.62	645	68%	29%	13%	25%	32%	71%	2%	48%	81%	70%	3%	8	7	28%	74	41	4	36%	9	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1454	5546	3.81	3724	67%	28%	13%	30%	29%	72%	1%	48%	81%	65%	3%	47	33	32%	471	268	25	29%	57	10	-3	0	1
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				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
2009	23	WSN	NL	391	95	11	3	10	1	3	6	4	6	4	19	9	3	47%	6	0	0	141	8	5	62%	8	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	3	0
2010	24	WSN	NL	135	31	3	1	8	0	7	5	3	4	4	7	3	4	43%	2	0	0	36	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
2011	25	WSN	NL	662	154	15	2	12	0	7	5	7	5	7	36	18	4	50%	4	3	0	209	3	6	33%	3	5	0	0	0	1	4	0	7	0
2012	26	WSN	NL	263	59	8	2	7	0	0	5	2	4	3	10	5	3	50%	3	1	2	91	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
4 Yrs				1451	339	37	8	37	1	17	21	16	19	18	72	35	14	49%	15	4	2	477	18	12	60%	18	10	0	1	0	1	7	1	17	0
MLB Averages																		52%							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+
2009	23	3	5	.375	4.63	16	16	0	91.1	95	51	47	10	29	0	92	4	0	0	391	92	1.358	9.4	1.0	2.9	9.1	3.17	92
2010	24	4	7	.364	4.71	23	23	0	122.1	126	71	64	18	39	1	119	6	0	0	526	89	1.349	9.3	1.3	2.9	8.8	3.05	89
2011	25	12	18	.400	3.84	49	49	1	283.2	280	133	121	30	70	3	243	13	1	3	1188	105	1.234	8.9	1.0	2.2	7.7	3.47	105
2012	26	15	23	.395	3.65	59	59	1	348.0	339	155	141	37	81	5	287	15	1	4	1451	110	1.207	8.8	1.0	2.1	7.4	3.54	110

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
2009	23	4	5	.444	4.70	88.0	94	51	46	10	29	89	4	1.398	9.6	3.0	9.1	3.07	1.0	16
2010	24	1	2	.333	5.40	30.0	32	20	18	8	10	26	2	1.400	9.6	3.0	7.8	2.60	2.4	7
2011	25	10	7	.588	3.48	155.0	158	67	60	12	32	119	7	1.226	9.2	1.9	6.9	3.72	0.7	26
2012	26	5	2	.714	3.00	63.0	61	23	21	7	11	43	2	1.143	8.7	1.6	6.1	3.91	1.0	10
4 Yrs		20	16	.556	3.88	336.0	345	161	145	37	82	277	15	1.271	9.2		7.4	3.38	1.0	59

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 2012 NL 1.7 (6th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 2012 NL 1.539 (5th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 2012 NL 4.000 (8th)	Losses s c a p y 2012 NL 5 (5th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2012 NL 1.7 (6th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2012 NL 1.539 (5th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2012 NL 4.000 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
2012 NL 5 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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