Colby Lewis

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 240lb (193cm, 108kg)

Born: August 2, 1979 in Bakersfield, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (38th) of the 1999 MLB June Amateur Draft from Bakersfield College (Bakersfield, CA).

High School: North Bakersfield HS (Bakersfield, CA)

School: Bakersfield College (Bakersfield, CA)

Debut: April 1, 2002 (Age 22-242d, 15,622nd in MLB history)
vs. OAK 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 1, 2016 (Age 37-060d)
vs. TBR 6.1 IP, 5 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2003 season

Agents: Octagon

Full Name: Colby Preston Lewis

Nicknames: Cobra

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.6

W

L

ERA

4.70

G

233

GS

195

SV

IP

1215.0

SO

961

WHIP

1.343

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1999	19	TEX-min	Rk	7	3	.700	1.95	14	11	0	1	1	0	64.2	46	24	14	3	27	0	84	7	4	3	280			1.129	6.4	0.4	3.8	11.7	3.11	PUL APPY
2000	20	TEX-min	A+	11	10	.524	4.07	28	27	0	3	1	0	163.2	169	83	74	11	45	0	153	10	2	11	692			1.308	9.3	0.6	2.5	8.4	3.40	CHT FLOR
2001	21	TEX-min	AA,A+	11	10	.524	4.38	26	25	0	1	0	0	160.1	150	85	78	15	62	2	170	16	0	16	699			1.322	8.4	0.8	3.5	9.5	2.74	TUL,CHT TL,FLOR
2002	22	TEX-min	AAA	5	6	.455	3.63	20	20	0	0	0	0	106.2	100	49	43	4	28	0	99	7	0	5	448			1.200	8.4	0.3	2.4	8.4	3.54	OKC PCL
2002	22	TEX	AL	1	3	.250	6.29	15	4	4	0	0	0	34.1	42	26	24	4	26	2	28	2	1	3	168	76	5.29	1.981	11.0	1.0	6.8	7.3	1.08
2003	23	TEX-min	AAA	5	1	.833	3.02	7	7	0	0	0	0	47.2	36	16	16	6	19	0	43	0	2	3	195			1.154	6.8	1.1	3.6	8.1	2.26	OKC PCL
2003	23	TEX	AL	10	9	.526	7.30	26	26	0	0	0	0	127.0	163	104	103	23	70	1	88	5	0	5	594	69	5.77	1.835	11.6	1.6	5.0	6.2	1.26
2004	24	TEX	AL	1	1	.500	4.11	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.1	13	7	7	1	13	0	11	1	0	0	71	124	5.20	1.696	7.6	0.6	7.6	6.5	0.85
2005			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Injured)
2006	26	DET-min	AAA	6	7	.462	3.96	24	24	0	0	0	0	147.2	154	70	65	13	36	0	104	7	0	1	620			1.287	9.4	0.8	2.2	6.3	2.89	TOL IL
2006	26	DET	AL	0	0		3.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	8	1	1	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	18	168	5.15	3.000	24.0	3.0	3.0	15.0	5.00
2007	27	OAK-min	AAA	8	3	.727	1.88	15	15	0	0	0	0	95.2	70	24	20	8	23	0	97	1	0	1	375			0.972	6.6	0.8	2.2	9.1	4.22	SAC PCL
2007	27	OAK	AL	0	2	.000	6.45	26	1	8	0	0	0	37.2	44	28	27	7	14	3	23	3	1	1	170	66	5.79	1.540	10.5	1.7	3.3	5.5	1.64

2008	28	HIR	Fgn	15	8	.652	2.68	26	26		3	2	0	178.0	151	56	53	12	27	4	183	6	3	1	702			1.000	7.6	0.6	1.4	9.3	6.78	HIR JPCL
2009	29	HIR	Fgn	11	9	.550	2.96	29	28		3	1	0	176.1	156	68	58	13	19	0	186	14	0	3	715			0.992	8.0	0.7	1.0	9.5	9.79	HIR JPCL
2010	30	TEX	AL	12	13	.480	3.72	32	32	0	1	0	0	201.0	174	90	83	21	65	0	196	6	0	9	844	121	3.55	1.189	7.8	0.9	2.9	8.8	3.02
2011	31	TEX	AL	14	10	.583	4.40	32	32	0	2	1	0	200.1	187	103	98	35	56	1	169	6	0	4	839	100	4.54	1.213	8.4	1.6	2.5	7.6	3.02
2012	32	TEX	AL	6	6	.500	3.43	16	16	0	2	0	0	105.0	99	48	40	16	14	0	93	6	0	2	427	128	3.88	1.076	8.5	1.4	1.2	8.0	6.64

2013	33	TEX-min	AA,AAA	0	2	.000	7.50	7	7	0	0	0	0	24.0	33	20	20	5	8	0	19	0	0	1	111			1.708	12.4	1.9	3.0	7.1	2.38	FRI,RRK TL,PCL
2014	34	TEX-min	AAA	0	1	.000	3.60	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	4	2	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	23			1.400	7.2	0.0	5.4	3.6	0.67	RRK PCL
2014	34	TEX	AL	10	14	.417	5.18	29	29	0	2	1	0	170.1	211	107	98	25	48	5	133	8	1	3	762	77	4.46	1.521	11.1	1.3	2.5	7.0	2.77
2015	35	TEX	AL	17	9	.654	4.66	33	33	0	2	1	0	204.2	211	114	106	26	42	2	142	11	0	5	861	91	4.17	1.236	9.3	1.1	1.8	6.2	3.38
2016	36	TEX-min	AA,A-	0	0		8.18	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.0	20	10	10	0	2	0	5	0	0	3	54			2.000	16.4	0.0	1.6	4.1	2.50	FRI,SPO TL,NORW
2016	36	TEX	AL	6	5	.545	3.71	19	19	0	1	0	0	116.1	103	53	48	19	28	0	73	3	0	1	472	120	4.81	1.126	8.0	1.5	2.2	5.6	2.61
11 Yrs				77	72	.517	4.70	233	195	13	10	3	0	1215.0	1255	681	635	178	377	14	961	51	3	33	5226	94	4.47	1.343	9.3	1.3	2.8	7.1	2.55
162 Game Avg.				12	11	.517	4.70	37	31	2	2	0	0	193	199	108	101	28	60	2	153	8	0	5	830	94	4.47	1.343	9.3	1.3	2.8	7.1	2.55

TEX (9 yrs)				77	70	.524	4.65	205	194	4	10	3	0	1174.1	1203	652	607	170	362	11	933	48	2	32	5038	95	4.43	1.333	9.2	1.3	2.8	7.2	2.58
OAK (1 yr)				0	2	.000	6.45	26	1	8	0	0	0	37.2	44	28	27	7	14	3	23	3	1	1	170	66	5.79	1.540	10.5	1.7	3.3	5.5	1.64
DET (1 yr)				0	0		3.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	8	1	1	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	18	168	5.15	3.000	24.0	3.0	3.0	15.0	5.00

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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Colby Lewis

SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

Postseason Pitching

Batting Against -- Pitching *

Win Probability *

Starting Pitching *

Reliever Pitching *

Ratio Pitching *

Pitch Summary -- Pitching *

Baserunning & Situational Stats *

Cumulative Pitching

Neutralized Pitching

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