Sam Tuivailala

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 225lb (190cm, 102kg)

Born: October 19, 1992 in San Mateo, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft from Aragon HS (San Mateo, CA).

High School: Aragon HS (San Mateo, CA)

Debut: September 9, 2014 (Age 21-325d, 18,389th in MLB history)
vs. CIN 0.2 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2016 season

2019 Contract Status: Signed thru 2019, 1 yr/$569k (19)

Service Time (01/2019): 2.082 • Arb Eligible: 2020 • Free Agent: 2023

Full Name: Samuel Johnathan Tuivailala

Pronunciation: \too-ee-vai-LULL-lah\

Twitter: @Stuivailala

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SUMMARY

2019

Career

WAR

0.8

1.8

W

L

ERA

1.59

3.27

G

118

GS

SV

IP

17.0

121.0

SO

110

WHIP

1.000

1.339

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
2012	19	STL-min	Rk	0	0		4.15	11	0	1	0	0	0	13.0	12	6	6	1	13	0	23	0	0	1	64			1.923	8.3	0.7	9.0	15.9	1.77	JOH APPY
2013	20	STL-min	A	0	3	.000	5.35	28	0	7	0	0	1	35.1	31	22	21	0	20	1	50	4	0	4	159			1.443	7.9	0.0	5.1	12.7	2.50	PEO MIDW
2014	21	STL-min	A+,AA,AAA	2	2	.500	3.15	48	0	18	0	0	5	60.0	48	24	21	1	27	1	97	4	0	7	256			1.250	7.2	0.2	4.1	14.6	3.59	PLM,SPD,MEM FLOR,TL,PCL
2014	21	STL	NL	0	0		36.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	5	4	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	10	14	33.13	7.000	45.0	18.0	18.0	9.0	0.50
2015	22	STL-min	AAA	3	1	.750	1.60	43	0	37	0	0	17	45.0	28	9	8	2	26	2	43	3	0	6	188			1.200	5.6	0.4	5.2	8.6	1.65	MEM PCL
2015	22	STL	NL	0	1	.000	3.07	14	0	5	0	0	0	14.2	13	5	5	2	8	1	20	0	0	3	65	131	3.82	1.432	8.0	1.2	4.9	12.3	2.50
2016	23	STL-min	AAA	3	2	.600	5.21	42	0	33	0	0	17	46.2	47	27	27	3	22	3	72	1	0	3	210			1.479	9.1	0.6	4.2	13.9	3.27	MEM PCL
2016	23	STL	NL	0	0		6.00	12	0	4	0	0	0	9.0	12	6	6	0	6	0	7	2	0	1	47	70	4.26	2.000	12.0	0.0	6.0	7.0	1.17
2017	24	STL-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.27	18	0	15	0	0	6	21.1	13	3	3	2	3	0	21	2	0	0	79			0.750	5.5	0.8	1.3	8.9	7.00	MEM PCL
2017	24	STL	NL	3	3	.500	2.55	37	0	19	0	0	0	42.1	35	12	12	4	11	3	34	2	0	2	171	166	3.70	1.087	7.4	0.9	2.3	7.2	3.09
2018	25	STL-min	AAA	0	0		2.25	3	1	1	0	0	1	4.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	15			1.000	6.8	0.0	2.3	6.8	3.00	MEM PCL
2018	25	TOT	MLB	4	3	.571	3.41	36	0	5	0	0	0	37.0	41	15	14	3	12	2	30	2	0	5	165	117	3.73	1.432	10.0	0.7	2.9	7.3	2.50
2018	25	STL	NL	3	3	.500	3.69	31	0	5	0	0	0	31.2	35	14	13	3	11	2	26	2	0	4	144	106	3.98	1.453	9.9	0.9	3.1	7.4	2.36
2018	25	SEA	AL	1	0	1.000	1.69	5	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	6	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	21	257	2.22	1.313	10.1	0.0	1.7	6.8	4.00
2019	26	SEA-min	A+,AAA,AA,A-	1	2	.333	3.93	19	2	0	0	0	0	18.1	12	9	8	3	5	0	20	0	0	1	71			0.927	5.9	1.5	2.5	9.8	4.00	MOD,TAC,ARK,EVR CALL,PCL,TL,NORW
2019	26	SEA	AL	1	0	1.000	1.59	17	2	3	0	0	0	17.0	11	3	3	0	6	0	18	0	0	1	68	281	2.15	1.000	5.8	0.0	3.2	9.5	3.00
6 Yrs				8	7	.533	3.27	118	2	36	0	0	0	121.0	117	45	44	11	45	6	110	6	0	12	526	127	3.79	1.339	8.7	0.8	3.3	8.2	2.44
162 Game Avg.				5	4	.533	3.27	67	1	20	0	0	0	69	66	26	25	6	26	3	62	3	0	7	298	127	3.79	1.339	8.7	0.8	3.3	8.2	2.44

STL (5 yrs)				6	7	.462	3.65	96	0	33	0	0	0	98.2	100	41	40	11	38	6	88	6	0	10	437	113	4.16	1.399	9.1	1.0	3.5	8.0	2.32
SEA (2 yrs)				2	0	1.000	1.61	22	2	3	0	0	0	22.1	17	4	4	0	7	0	22	0	0	2	89	275	2.17	1.075	6.9	0.0	2.8	8.9	3.14

NL (5 yrs)				6	7	.462	3.65	96	0	33	0	0	0	98.2	100	41	40	11	38	6	88	6	0	10	437	113	4.16	1.399	9.1	1.0	3.5	8.0	2.32
AL (2 yrs)				2	0	1.000	1.61	22	2	3	0	0	0	22.1	17	4	4	0	7	0	22	0	0	2	89	275	2.17	1.075	6.9	0.0	2.8	8.9	3.14

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

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SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Standard Pitching

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