Toward a Pitch-Based Metric, Part I: Balls and Strikes
How much can balls and strikes reveal about overall performance? As it turns out, quite a bit.
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 4.00 | 1.39 | |
| 1997 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.2 | 66 | 46 | 33 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 5.15 | 1.39 | |
| 1998 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 48 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 5.05 | 1.27 | |
| 1999 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 164.1 | 176 | 79 | 57 | 6 | 41 | 99 | 3.12 | 1.32 | |
| 2000 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 176.1 | 229 | 99 | 70 | 7 | 26 | 82 | 3.57 | 1.45 | |
| 2001 | 28 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 180 | 197 | 85 | 78 | 20 | 27 | 100 | 3.90 | 1.24 | |
| 2002 | Phillies | 68 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 88 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 22 | 41 | 3.21 | 1.31 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | .000 | |
| 2003 | Phillies | 62 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 87.1 | 92 | 43 | 43 | 7 | 37 | 48 | 4.43 | 1.48 |
| 2004 | Twins | 33 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 203 | 255 | 100 | 95 | 23 | 35 | 76 | 4.21 | 1.43 |
| 2005 | Twins | 27 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 188.1 | 212 | 83 | 72 | 25 | 9 | 71 | 3.44 | 1.17 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.80 | 1.00 | |
| 2006 | Twins | 36 | 31 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 180.1 | 246 | 130 | 119 | 38 | 32 | 70 | 5.94 | 1.54 |
| 2007 | Twins | 33 | 33 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 202 | 229 | 99 | 94 | 20 | 36 | 89 | 4.19 | 1.31 |
| 2008 | Mariners | 28 | 28 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 153.1 | 213 | 114 | 110 | 20 | 32 | 69 | 6.46 | 1.60 |
| 2009 | Mariners | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.1 | 41 | 29 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 8.60 | 1.71 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9.00 | 3.00 | |
| 2010 | Cubs | 21 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 120 | 55 | 53 | 11 | 24 | 80 | 4.22 | 1.27 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6.14 | 1.36 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2.57 | 1.43 | |
| Career Total | 316 | 180 | 70 | 70 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1241.2 | 1496 | 687 | 645 | 153 | 238 | 554 | 4.68 | 1.40 | |
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