Neal Cotts

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: March 25, 1980 in Lebanon, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 2001 MLB June Amateur Draft from Illinois State University (Normal, IL).

High School: Lebanon HS (Lebanon, IL)

School: Illinois State University (Normal, IL)

Last Game: October 3, 2015 (Age 35-192d)
vs. KCR 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2004 season

Agents: Joe Bick

Full Name: Neal James Cotts

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2005 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.2

ERA

3.96

483

443.1

421

WHIP

1.351

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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
2001	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A--A+	OAK	4	2	.667	2.73	3.82	16	14	0	0	0	0	66.0	55	28	20	2	28	0	78	4	1	4	284	1.258	7.5	0.3	3.8	10.6	2.79
2001	21	-1.8	Visalia	CALL	A+	OAK	3	2	.600	2.32	4.06	7	7	0	0	0	0	31.0	27	14	8	0	15	0	34	3	0	0	139	1.355	7.8	0.0	4.4	9.9	2.27
2001	21	-0.1	Vancouver	NORW	A-	OAK	1	0	1.000	3.09	3.60	9	7	0	0	0	0	35.0	28	14	12	2	13	0	44	1	1	4	145	1.171	7.2	0.5	3.3	11.3	3.38
2002	22	-0.8	Modesto	CALL	A+	OAK	12	6	.667	4.12	4.71	28	28	0	0	0	0	137.2	123	72	63	5	87	0	178	5	2	7	611	1.525	8.0	0.3	5.7	11.6	2.05
2003	23	-0.9	Birmingham	SOUL	AA	CHW	9	7	.563	2.16	2.66	21	21	0	0	0	0	108.1	67	32	26	2	56	1	133	3	0	0	440	1.135	5.6	0.2	4.7	11.0	2.38
2003	23	-5.6	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	1	1	.500	8.10	8.10	4	4	0	0	0	0	13.1	15	12	12	1	17	0	10	0	0	0	69	2.400	10.1	0.7	11.5	6.8	0.59
2004	24	-5.0	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	4	4	.500	5.65	6.20	56	1	12	0	0	0	65.1	61	45	41	13	30	2	58	3	0	8	281	1.393	8.4	1.8	4.1	8.0	1.93
2005	25	-4.2	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	4	0	1.000	1.94	2.24	69	0	10	0	0	0	60.1	38	15	13	1	29	5	58	4	0	3	248	1.110	5.7	0.1	4.3	8.7	2.00
2006	26	-2.4	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	1	2	.333	5.17	5.50	70	0	14	0	0	1	54.0	64	33	31	12	24	6	43	3	0	3	251	1.630	10.7	2.0	4.0	7.2	1.79
2007	27	0.2	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	2	2	.500	4.83	5.01	24	6	1	0	0	0	50.1	43	28	27	4	30	0	48	1	2	3	217	1.450	7.7	0.7	5.4	8.6	1.60
2007	27	-2.0	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	0	1	.000	4.86	4.86	16	0	4	0	0	0	16.2	15	9	9	1	9	0	14	3	0	0	76	1.440	8.1	0.5	4.9	7.6	1.56
2008	28	1.1	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	2	0	1.000	2.00	2.33	19	0	5	0	0	3	27.0	23	7	6	0	10	2	33	0	0	0	110	1.222	7.7	0.0	3.3	11.0	3.30
2008	28	-0.9	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	0	2	.000	4.29	4.54	50	0	7	0	0	0	35.2	38	18	17	7	13	2	43	1	0	3	160	1.430	9.6	1.8	3.3	10.9	3.31
2009	29	2.0	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	1	1	.500	2.84	2.84	12	0	4	0	0	1	12.2	7	4	4	1	6	0	11	1	0	1	51	1.026	5.0	0.7	4.3	7.8	1.83
2009	29	0.4	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	0	2	.000	7.36	7.36	19	0	3	0	0	0	11.0	14	9	9	3	9	0	9	1	0	0	55	2.091	11.5	2.5	7.4	7.4	1.00

2012	32	5.3	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	TEX	2	1	.667	4.55	4.55	25	0	10	0	0	3	31.2	32	16	16	2	15	1	41	1	0	2	142	1.484	9.1	0.6	4.3	11.7	2.73
2013	33	6.4	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	TEX	3	1	.750	0.78	1.17	15	0	2	0	0	2	23.0	13	3	2	1	5	0	42	0	0	0	82	0.783	5.1	0.4	2.0	16.4	8.40
2013	33	4.3	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	8	3	.727	1.11	1.26	58	0	6	0	0	1	57.0	36	8	7	2	18	1	65	0	0	3	223	0.947	5.7	0.3	2.8	10.3	3.61
2014	34	5.5	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	2	9	.182	4.32	4.46	73	0	18	0	0	2	66.2	66	33	32	6	23	3	63	3	2	4	286	1.335	8.9	0.8	3.1	8.5	2.74
2015	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	MIL	1	0	1.000	3.41	3.69	68	0	10	0	0	0	63.1	58	26	24	12	22	2	58	4	0	2	269	1.263	8.2	1.7	3.1	8.2	2.64
2015	35	6.6	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	1	0	1.000	3.26	3.26	51	0	9	0	0	0	49.2	44	18	18	9	17	2	49	3	0	2	209	1.228	8.0	1.6	3.1	8.9	2.88
2015	35	6.7	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	0	0		3.95	5.27	17	0	1	0	0	0	13.2	14	8	6	3	5	0	9	1	0	0	60	1.390	9.2	2.0	3.3	5.9	1.80
2016	36		3 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	LAA-TEX	2	2	.500	3.83	4.03	41	0	11	0	0	1	44.2	43	20	19	5	14	2	38	1	0	1	186	1.276	8.7	1.0	2.8	7.7	2.71
2016	36	9.3	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	NYY	0	0		4.91	6.14	7	0	2	0	0	0	7.1	8	5	4	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	31	1.227	9.8	2.5	1.2	2.5	2.00
2016	36	9.3	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	0	0		3.29	3.29	14	0	2	0	0	1	13.2	12	5	5	1	3	0	13	0	0	1	55	1.098	7.9	0.7	2.0	8.6	4.33
2016	36	9.3	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	TEX	2	2	.500	3.80	3.80	20	0	7	0	0	0	23.2	23	10	10	2	10	2	23	0	0	0	100	1.394	8.7	0.8	3.8	8.7	2.30
2017	37	10.6	Syracuse	IL	AAA	WSN	1	3	.250	3.94	4.13	52	0	10	0	0	2	48.0	37	22	21	4	17	2	57	2	0	3	197	1.125	6.9	0.8	3.2	10.7	3.35
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 (10 seasons)					Majors		21	24	.467	3.96	4.22	483	5	84	0	0	4	443.1	405	208	195	58	194	21	421	22	2	26	1918	1.351	8.2	1.2	3.9	8.5	2.17
Minors (10 seasons)					Minors		38	25	.603	3.34	3.80	253	69	43	0	0	12	549.1	443	232	204	26	268	8	659	18	5	21	2320	1.294	7.3	0.4	4.4	10.8	2.46
All Levels (15 Seasons)							59	49	.546	3.62	3.99	736	74	127	0	0	16	992.2	848	440	399	84	462	29	1080	40	7	47	4238	1.320	7.7	0.8	4.2	9.8	2.34

AAA (7 seasons)					Minors		13	10	.565	3.60	3.79	188	6	43	0	0	12	237.1	198	100	95	17	97	7	270	6	2	10	985	1.243	7.5	0.6	3.7	10.2	2.78
AA (1 season)					Minors		9	7	.563	2.16	2.66	21	21	0	0	0	0	108.1	67	32	26	2	56	1	133	3	0	0	440	1.135	5.6	0.2	4.7	11.0	2.38
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		15	8	.652	3.79	4.59	35	35	0	0	0	0	168.2	150	86	71	5	102	0	212	8	2	7	750	1.494	8.0	0.3	5.4	11.3	2.08
A- (1 season)					Minors		1	0	1.000	3.09	3.60	9	7	0	0	0	0	35.0	28	14	12	2	13	0	44	1	1	4	145	1.171	7.2	0.5	3.3	11.3	3.38