Luis Ayala

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: January 12, 1978 in Los Mochis, Mexico mx

High School: Los Mochis (Los Mochis, Mexico)

Last Game: September 29, 2013 (Age 35-260d)
vs. PHI 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2003 season

Agents: Joe Longo

Full Name: Luis Ignacio Ayala

Pronunciation: \eye-YA-lah\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.1

ERA

3.34

534

554.1

367

WHIP

1.299

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1999	21	-7.0	Saltillo	MEX	AAA		7	3	.700	1.71	1.94	61	0		0	0	41	79.0	54	17	15	1	22	5	28	3	0	3	287	0.962	6.2	0.1	2.5	3.2	1.27
2000	22	-5.9	Saltillo	MEX	AAA		5	3	.625	2.76	3.03	55	0	52	0	0	25	65.1	69	22	20	4	13	1	38	3	0	1	269	1.255	9.5	0.6	1.8	5.2	2.92
2001	23	-4.9	Saltillo	MEX	AAA		1	2	.333	2.03	2.48	33	0	33	0	0	21	40.0	34	11	9	2	11	4	34	0	0	0	164	1.125	7.7	0.5	2.5	7.7	3.09
2001	23	0.4	Salem	CARL	A+	COL	0	1	.000	4.05	6.75	13	0	12	0	0	7	13.1	19	10	6	0	5	0	10	2	1	2	61	1.800	12.8	0.0	3.4	6.8	2.00
2002	24	-4.2	Saltillo	MEX	AAA		3	5	.375	1.68	2.68	49	0	43	0	0	23	53.2	43	16	10	2	15	2	43	7	0	0	225	1.081	7.2	0.3	2.5	7.2	2.87
2002	24	-2.4	Ottawa	IL	AAA	MON	0	0		3.52	3.52	6	0	3	0	0	0	7.2	7	3	3	1	4	0	6	0	0	0	32	1.435	8.2	1.2	4.7	7.0	1.50
2003	25	5.1	Expos	GULF	Rk	MON	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	15	1.091	4.9	0.0	4.9	4.9	1.00
2003	25	-3.8	MON	NL	Maj	MON	10	3	.769	2.92	3.42	65	0	24	0	0	5	71.0	65	27	23	8	13	3	46	5	0	1	288	1.099	8.2	1.0	1.6	5.8	3.54
2004	26	-3.2	MON	NL	Maj	MON	6	12	.333	2.69	2.99	81	0	28	0	0	2	90.1	92	30	27	6	15	2	63	5	1	3	367	1.185	9.2	0.6	1.5	6.3	4.20
2005	27	-2.2	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	8	7	.533	2.66	2.92	68	0	18	0	0	1	71.0	75	23	21	7	14	4	40	6	0	0	293	1.254	9.5	0.9	1.8	5.1	2.86

2007	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	WSN	0	0		0.93	0.93	8	1	1	0	0	0	9.2	5	1	1	1	3	0	6	1	1	0	36	0.828	4.7	0.9	2.8	5.6	2.00
2007	29	2.2	Columbus	IL	AAA	WSN	0	0		1.29	1.29	5	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	5	1	1	0	26	0.857	5.1	1.3	2.6	6.4	2.50
2007	29	6.0	Potomac	CARL	A+	WSN	0	0		0.00	0.00	3	1	0	0	0	0	2.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	10	0.750	3.4	0.0	3.4	3.4	1.00
2007	29	0.0	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	2	2	.500	3.19	3.40	44	0	11	0	0	1	42.1	43	16	15	5	12	0	28	1	0	1	181	1.299	9.1	1.1	2.6	6.0	2.33
2008	30		2 Teams	NL	Maj	NYM-WSN	2	10	.167	5.71	6.30	81	0	25	0	0	9	75.2	86	53	48	9	24	4	50	4	0	1	335	1.454	10.2	1.1	2.9	5.9	2.08
2008	30	1.1	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	1	8	.111	5.77	6.40	62	0	12	0	0	0	57.2	63	41	37	6	22	4	36	4	0	1	257	1.474	9.8	0.9	3.4	5.6	1.64
2008	30	1.1	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	1	2	.333	5.50	6.00	19	0	13	0	0	9	18.0	23	12	11	3	2	0	14	0	0	0	78	1.389	11.5	1.5	1.0	7.0	7.00
2009	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	MIN	1	5	.167	5.63	6.30	38	0	13	0	0	0	40.0	50	28	25	5	14	3	28	4	0	0	180	1.600	11.3	1.1	3.2	6.3	2.00
2009	31	4.0	New Orleans	PCL	AAA	FLA	0	0		0.00	0.00	9	0	6	0	0	4	10.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	10	0	0	0	38	0.700	3.6	0.0	2.7	9.0	3.33
2009	31	2.9	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	1	2	.333	4.18	5.01	28	0	11	0	0	0	32.1	38	18	15	4	8	0	21	3	0	0	138	1.423	10.6	1.1	2.2	5.8	2.63
2009	31	2.4	FLA	NL	Maj	FLA	0	3	.000	11.74	11.74	10	0	2	0	0	0	7.2	12	10	10	1	6	3	7	1	0	0	42	2.348	14.1	1.2	7.0	8.2	1.17
2009-10	31	3.8	Culiacan	MXPW	FgW		0	1	.000	4.00	4.00	25	0	11	0	0	6	27.0	25	12	12	6	10	2	13	2	0	0	115	1.296	8.3	2.0	3.3	4.3	1.30
2010	32		3 Teams	PCL	AAA	ARI-COL-LAD	2	10	.167	6.42	6.61	36	0	20	0	0	4	47.2	60	35	34	4	18	4	31	4	0	2	221	1.636	11.3	0.8	3.4	5.9	1.72
2010	32		3 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		2	0	1.000	1.99	1.99	37	0	31	0	0	14	40.2	37	9	9	3	7	2	25	2	0	0	168	1.082	8.2	0.7	1.5	5.5	3.57
2010	32	5.3	Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	LAD	1	3	.250	4.50	5.14	14	0	11	0	0	4	14.0	14	8	7	1	7	3	10	1	0	1	66	1.500	9.0	0.6	4.5	6.4	1.43
2010	32	5.3	Reno	PCL	AAA	ARI	0	6	.000	7.86	7.86	18	0	7	0	0	0	26.1	38	23	23	1	11	1	17	3	0	0	125	1.861	13.0	0.3	3.8	5.8	1.55
2010	32	5.3	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	COL	1	1	.500	4.91	4.91	4	0	2	0	0	0	7.1	8	4	4	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	30	1.091	9.8	2.5	0.0	4.9
2010-11	32	3.5	Mexico	CARS	FgW		0	0		0.00	0.00	4	0	3	0	0	2	5.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	20	0.800	3.6	0.0	3.6	1.8	0.50
2010-11	32	4.6	Mexicali	MXPW	FgW		1	0	1.000	2.45	2.45	26	0	21	0	0	10	29.1	29	8	8	3	4	1	17	2	0	0	122	1.125	8.9	0.9	1.2	5.2	4.25
2010-11	32	4.6	Obregon	MXPW	FgW		1	0	1.000	1.42	1.42	7	0	7	0	0	2	6.1	6	1	1	0	1	1	7	0	0	0	26	1.105	8.5	0.0	1.4	9.9	7.00
2011	33		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		0	1	.000	1.14	1.90	23	0	19	0	0	14	23.2	15	5	3	1	8	5	14	0	0	0	93	0.972	5.7	0.4	3.0	5.3	1.75
2011	33	6.3	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	NYY	0	0		1.80	1.80	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	6	1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	19	1.200	10.8	0.0	0.0	12.6
2011	33	4.8	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	2	2	.500	2.09	2.73	52	0	20	0	0	0	56.0	51	17	13	5	20	3	39	6	1	2	233	1.268	8.2	0.8	3.2	6.3	1.95
2011-12	33	5.5	Obregon	MXPW	FgW		0	0		0.92	1.83	20	0	16	0	0	12	19.2	12	4	2	1	4	2	13	0	0	0	76	0.814	5.5	0.5	1.8	5.9	3.25
2011-12	33	4.2	Mexico	CARS	FgW		0	1	.000	2.25	2.25	3	0	3	0	0	2	4.0	3	1	1	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	17	1.750	6.8	0.0	9.0	2.3	0.25
2012	34		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		1	3	.250	5.79	5.79	14	0	11	0	0	5	18.2	28	12	12	5	3	1	15	0	0	0	85	1.661	13.5	2.4	1.4	7.2	5.00
2012	34	5.8	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	5	5	.500	2.64	3.24	66	0	15	0	0	1	75.0	81	27	22	7	14	3	51	4	0	2	320	1.267	9.7	0.8	1.7	6.1	3.64
2012-13	34	6.5	Obregon	MXPW	FgW		1	2	.333	4.61	4.61	10	0	9	0	0	4	13.2	19	7	7	3	1	0	11	0	0	0	59	1.463	12.5	2.0	0.7	7.2	11.00
2012-13	34	5.0	Mexico	CARS	FgW		0	1	.000	9.00	9.00	4	0	2	0	0	1	5.0	9	5	5	2	2	1	4	0	0	0	26	2.200	16.2	3.6	3.6	7.2	2.00
2013	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	ATL	0	1	.000	4.76	4.76	11	0	0	0	0	0	11.1	11	6	6	1	5	0	10	1	0	0	50	1.412	8.7	0.8	4.0	7.9	2.00
2013	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	ATL	2	1	.667	3.27	3.27	39	0	7	0	0	0	33.0	38	12	12	2	13	2	22	0	0	1	143	1.545	10.4	0.5	3.5	6.0	1.69
2013	35	7.8	Gwinnett	IL	AAA	ATL	0	1	.000	6.48	6.48	8	0	0	0	0	0	8.1	9	6	6	1	5	0	8	0	0	0	38	1.680	9.7	1.1	5.4	8.6	1.60
2013	35	10.7	Mississippi	SOUL	AA	ATL	0	0		0.00	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	12	0.667	6.0	0.0	0.0	6.0
2013	35	6.9	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	1	1	.500	2.90	2.90	37	0	7	0	0	0	31.0	34	10	10	1	13	2	20	0	0	1	133	1.516	9.9	0.3	3.8	5.8	1.54
2013	35	6.3	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	1	0	1.000	9.00	9.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	2.000	18.0	4.5	0.0	9.0
2014	36		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	BAL	2	2	.500	5.29	5.82	16	0	6	0	0	0	17.0	30	11	10	1	6	0	14	0	0	0	85	2.118	15.9	0.5	3.2	7.4	2.33
2014	36	9.1	Buffalo	IL	AAA	TOR	1	2	.333	5.40	6.17	11	0	5	0	0	0	11.2	19	8	7	1	4	0	9	0	0	0	57	1.971	14.7	0.8	3.1	6.9	2.25
2014	36	7.5	Tabasco	MEX	AAA		0	0		1.80	1.80	8	0	5	0	0	4	10.0	10	2	2	0	0	0	9	2	0	1	40	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	8.1
2014	36	11.4	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	1	0	1.000	5.06	5.06	5	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	11	3	3	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	28	2.438	18.6	0.0	3.4	8.4	2.50
2015	37	8.2	Tabasco	MEX	AAA		7	4	.636	2.04	2.63	51	0	47	0	0	17	61.2	52	18	14	4	17	5	56	2	0	1	250	1.119	7.6	0.6	2.5	8.2	3.29
2016	38		2 Teams	MEX	AAA		3	6	.333	3.35	3.56	39	0	18	0	0	6	43.0	50	17	16	1	15	7	23	1	0	0	185	1.512	10.5	0.2	3.1	4.8	1.53
2016	38	9.3	Tabasco	MEX	AAA		3	3	.500	3.41	3.72	25	0	17	0	0	6	29.0	33	12	11	1	8	4	15	1	0	0	123	1.414	10.2	0.3	2.5	4.7	1.88
2016	38	9.3	Mexico	MEX	AAA		0	3	.000	3.21	3.21	14	0	1	0	0	0	14.0	17	5	5	0	7	3	8	0	0	0	62	1.714	10.9	0.0	4.5	5.1	1.14
2017	39		2 Teams	MEX	AAA		0	2	.000	5.79	7.07	17	0	3	0	0	0	14.0	18	11	9	1	11	3	13	0	0	0	72	2.071	11.6	0.6	7.1	8.4	1.18
2017	39	10.0	Mexico	MEX	AAA		0	0		4.50	4.50	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	1.500	13.5	4.5	0.0	9.0
2017	39	10.0	Saltillo	MEX	AAA		0	2	.000	6.00	7.50	14	0	2	0	0	0	12.0	15	10	8	0	11	3	11	0	0	0	62	2.167	11.3	0.0	8.3	8.3	1.00
2018	40	10.9	Leon	MEX1	AAA		0	1	.000	11.81	11.81	7	0	2	0	0	1	5.1	10	7	7	1	4	1	8	1	0	0	31	2.625	16.9	1.7	6.8	13.5	2.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (9 seasons)					Majors		38	47	.447	3.34	3.78	534	0	161	0	0	19	554.1	581	233	206	54	139	24	367	35	2	11	2340	1.299	9.4	0.9	2.3	6.0	2.64
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		4	14	.222	4.38	4.81	104	3	49	0	0	15	125.1	144	67	61	8	46	4	96	8	2	4	557	1.516	10.3	0.6	3.3	6.9	2.09
Foreign (13 seasons)					Foreign		29	31	.483	2.58	2.97	419	0	275	0	0	177	482.0	445	159	138	31	136	38	319	23	0	6	1984	1.205	8.3	0.6	2.5	6.0	2.35
All Levels (19 Seasons)							71	92	.436	3.14	3.56	1057	3	485	0	0	211	1161.2	1170	459	405	93	321	66	782	66	4	21	4881	1.284	9.1	0.7	2.5	6.1	2.44

AAA (7 seasons)					Minors		3	13	.188	4.81	4.99	78	0	36	0	0	8	97.1	109	54	52	8	36	4	76	5	1	2	431	1.490	10.1	0.7	3.3	7.0	2.11
AAA (9 seasons)					Foreign		26	26	.500	2.47	2.93	320	0	203	0	0	138	372.0	340	121	102	16	108	28	252	19	0	6	1523	1.204	8.2	0.4	2.6	6.1	2.33
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		1	0	1.000	3.24	3.24	8	0	1	0	0	0	8.1	13	3	3	0	2	0	7	1	0	0	40	1.800	14.0	0.0	2.2	7.6	3.50
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		0	1	.000	3.38	5.63	16	1	12	0	0	7	16.0	20	10	6	0	6	0	11	2	1	2	71	1.625	11.3	0.0	3.4	6.2	1.83
Rk (1 season)					Minors		0	0		0.00	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	15	1.091	4.9	0.0	4.9	4.9	1.00
FgW (4 seasons)					Foreign		3	5	.375	2.95	3.11	99	0	72	0	0	39	110.0	105	38	36	15	28	10	67	4	0	0	461	1.209	8.6	1.2	2.3	5.5	2.39