Steve Avery | Baseball Prospectus

Years	IP	W	L	SV	SO	ERA	WARP
11	1554.7	96	83	0	980	4.19	17.1

Standard

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	GS	IP	IP-SP	IP-RP	W	L	BS	QS	BQS	PA	H	R	ER	HR	TB	BB	UBB	HBP	SO	ERA	FIP	FRA	VORP	WARP
1990	ATL	20	21	20	99.0	97.0	2.0	3	11	0	6	0	466	121	79	62	7	173	45	43	2	75	5.64	3.64	4.31	13.4	1.5
1991	ATL	21	35	35	210.3	210.3	0.0	18	8	0	17	0	868	189	89	79	21	293	65	65	3	137	3.38	3.76	4.36	26.2	2.9
1992	ATL	22	35	35	233.7	233.7	0.0	11	11	0	23	3	969	216	95	83	14	301	71	68	0	129	3.20	3.36	4.01	23.7	2.6
1993	ATL	23	35	35	223.3	223.3	0.0	18	6	0	25	1	891	216	81	73	14	299	43	38	0	125	2.94	3.25	4.08	32.5	3.4
1994	ATL	24	24	24	151.7	151.7	0.0	8	3	0	14	1	628	127	71	68	15	206	55	51	4	122	4.04	3.91	4.48	20.1	2.0
1995	ATL	25	29	29	173.3	173.3	0.0	7	13	0	11	2	724	165	92	90	22	275	52	48	6	141	4.67	4.09	5.15	15.8	1.6
1996	ATL	26	24	23	131.0	130.3	0.7	7	10	1	11	1	567	146	70	65	10	206	40	32	4	86	4.47	3.78	4.16	26.3	2.6
1997	BOS	27	22	18	96.7	92.7	4.0	6	7	1	6	0	453	127	76	69	15	204	49	49	2	51	6.42	5.69	6.31	3.8	0.6
1998	BOS	28	34	23	123.7	117.0	6.7	10	7	2	10	0	546	128	74	69	14	203	64	64	4	57	5.02	5.42	6.31	2.1	0.6
1999	CIN	29	19	19	96.0	96.0	0.0	6	7	0	8	0	426	75	62	55	11	127	78	78	1	51	5.16	5.97	6.88	-5.3	-0.5
2003	DET	33	19	0	16.0	0.0	16.0	2	0	1	0	0	71	19	11	10	5	38	7	6	0	6	5.62	7.72	8.86	-4.6	-0.4
Career			297	261	1554.7	1525.3	29.3	96	83	5	131	8	6609	1529	800	723	148	2325	569	542	26	980	4.19	4.10	4.81	154.1	17.1

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	FRA	FRA+	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	PPF	PVORP	PWARP	VORP	WARP
1988	PUL	Rk	10	10	66.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1989	DUR	A+	13	13	86.7	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1989	GRN	AA	13	13	84.3	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1990	ATL	MLB	21	20	99.0	4.31	106	.296	.271	.333	.412	.273	.338	108	14.8	1.6	13.4	1.5
1990	GWN	AAA	13	13	82.3	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1991	ATL	MLB	35	35	210.3	4.36	101	.241	.265	.331	.398	.270	.262	107	21.2	2.2	26.2	2.9
1992	ATL	MLB	35	35	233.7	4.01	99	.240	.266	.333	.396	.270	.268	102	17.1	1.9	23.7	2.6
1993	ATL	MLB	35	35	223.3	4.08	110	.226	.280	.342	.429	.272	.285	100	32.2	3.3	32.5	3.4
1994	ATL	MLB	24	24	151.7	4.48	105	.228	.271	.338	.426	.262	.259	101	19.2	1.8	20.1	2.0
1995	ATL	MLB	29	29	173.3	5.15	89	.248	.280	.344	.441	.269	.284	99	10.0	1.0	15.8	1.6
1996	ATL	MLB	24	23	131.0	4.16	108	.259	.277	.341	.442	.265	.319	96	20.0	1.9	26.3	2.6
1996	GRN	AA	1	1	0.7	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1997	BOS	MLB	22	18	96.7	6.31	73	.300	.278	.349	.448	.274	.333	100	2.4	0.2	3.8	0.6
1997	SAR	A+	1	1	3.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.286		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1997	PAW	AAA	1	1	5.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.067		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1998	BOS	MLB	34	23	123.7	6.31	78	.265	.274	.341	.440	.271	.280	102	2.1	0.2	2.1	0.6
1998	PAW	AAA	3	3	11.3	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-.412		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1999	CIN	MLB	19	19	96.0	6.88	62	.256	.279	.356	.458	.273	.225	100	-3.6	-0.3	-5.3	-0.5
2000	MCN	A	2	2	6.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-.400		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	MYR	A+	7	7	47.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-.644		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	GRN	AA	6	6	29.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-.804		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	GWN	AAA	4	4	21.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-.714		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	DET	MLB	19	0	16.0	8.86	9	.314	.272	.341	.445	.271	.264	94	-5.2	-0.5	-4.6	-0.4
2003	TOL	AAA	22	2	34.3	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.267		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career		MLB		261	1554.7	4.81	95	.252	.273	.340	.425	.270	.283	102	130.0	13.3	154.1	17.1

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	GB%	BABIP	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	WHIP	ERA	VORP	WARP
1988	PUL	Rk	7	1	10	10	66.0	38	19	80	2	0%	.000	5.2	2.6	0.3	10.9	0.86	1.50	0.0	0.0
1989	GRN	AA	6	3	13	13	84.3	68	34	75	3	0%	.000	7.3	3.6	0.3	8.0	1.21	2.78	0.0	0.0
1989	DUR	A+	6	4	13	13	86.7	59	20	90	5	0%	.000	6.1	2.1	0.5	9.3	0.91	1.45	0.0	0.0
1990	GWN	AAA	5	5	13	13	82.3	85	21	69	7	0%	.000	9.3	2.3	0.8	7.5	1.29	3.39	0.0	0.0
1990	ATL	MLB	3	11	21	20	99.0	121	45	75	7	50%	.338	11.0	4.1	0.6	6.8	1.68	5.64	13.4	1.5
1991	ATL	MLB	18	8	35	35	210.3	189	65	137	21	48%	.262	8.1	2.8	0.9	5.9	1.21	3.38	26.2	2.9
1992	ATL	MLB	11	11	35	35	233.7	216	71	129	14	46%	.268	8.3	2.7	0.5	5.0	1.23	3.20	23.7	2.6
1993	ATL	MLB	18	6	35	35	223.3	216	43	125	14	47%	.285	8.7	1.7	0.6	5.0	1.16	2.94	32.5	3.4
1994	ATL	MLB	8	3	24	24	151.7	127	55	122	15	50%	.259	7.5	3.3	0.9	7.2	1.20	4.04	20.1	2.0
1995	ATL	MLB	7	13	29	29	173.3	165	52	141	22	49%	.284	8.6	2.7	1.1	7.3	1.25	4.67	15.8	1.6
1996	GRN	AA	0	0	1	1	0.7	0	0	0	0	0%	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
1996	ATL	MLB	7	10	24	23	131.0	146	40	86	10	46%	.319	10.0	2.7	0.7	5.9	1.42	4.47	26.3	2.6
1997	PAW	AAA	1	0	1	1	5.0	1	3	1	0	0%	.067	1.8	5.4	0.0	1.8	0.80	0.00	0.0	0.0
1997	SAR	A+	0	0	1	1	3.0	2	1	3	0	0%	.286	6.0	3.0	0.0	9.0	1.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
1997	BOS	MLB	6	7	22	18	96.7	127	49	51	15	41%	.333	11.8	4.6	1.4	4.7	1.82	6.42	3.8	0.6
1998	BOS	MLB	10	7	34	23	123.7	128	64	57	14	51%	.280	9.3	4.7	1.0	4.1	1.55	5.02	2.1	0.6
1998	PAW	AAA	0	2	3	3	11.3	9	9	6	2	0%	-.412	7.2	7.2	1.6	4.8	1.59	5.58	0.0	0.0
1999	CIN	MLB	6	7	19	19	96.0	75	78	51	11	45%	.225	7.0	7.3	1.0	4.8	1.59	5.16	-5.3	-0.5
2000	MCN	A	0	1	2	2	6.0	6	1	7	2	0%	-.400	9.0	1.5	3.0	10.5	1.17	1.50	0.0	0.0
2000	GWN	AAA	1	3	4	4	21.0	23	17	8	3	0%	-.714	9.9	7.3	1.3	3.4	1.90	9.43	0.0	0.0
2000	GRN	AA	0	5	6	6	29.0	43	22	17	6	0%	-.804	13.3	6.8	1.9	5.3	2.24	8.69	0.0	0.0
2000	MYR	A+	3	3	7	7	47.0	40	25	32	2	0%	-.644	7.7	4.8	0.4	6.1	1.38	1.53	0.0	0.0
2003	DET	MLB	2	0	19	0	16.0	19	7	6	5	53%	.264	10.7	3.9	2.8	3.4	1.62	5.62	-4.6	-0.4
2003	TOL	AAA	1	4	22	2	34.3	37	10	14	6	0%	.267	9.7	2.6	1.6	3.7	1.37	3.15	0.0	0.0

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
1999-07-24	1999-10-03	15-DL	71	67	Left	Shoulder	Surgery	Labrum	1999-08-05	-
1997-05-04	1997-07-05	15-DL	62	57	Left	Groin	Strain		-	-
1996-07-12	1996-09-03	15-DL	53	49	Left	Trunk	Strain	Side	-	-

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Title	Author	Date
Western Front: They Took Their Turn	Geoff Young	2013-02-04
Baseball ProGUESTus: Remembering the 2003 Tigers	Matt Sussman	2012-12-18
Future Shock Blog: Draft Day Dream Crushing	Kevin Goldstein	2012-06-04
Painting the Black: Braves Still Building the Wight Way	R.J. Anderson	2012-03-06
The BP Broadside: The Rudy Pemberton Project Goes to Baltimore	Steven Goldman	2011-12-27
The BP Wayback Machine: PECOTA Takes on Pitching Prospects and Left-Handed Pitchers	Nate Silver	2011-12-15
The BP Broadside: The Birds Need a Leather Fetish	Steven Goldman	2011-08-31
Prospectus Q&A: Bob Kipper	David Laurila	2011-01-04
Checking the Numbers: Ranking R2C2	Eric Seidman	2010-12-15
World Series Prospectus: Game Four Analysis	Christina Kahrl	2010-11-01
World Series Prospectus: Fall Classic Memories	Baseball Prospectus	2010-10-27
Spinning Yarn: The Glavine Line	Mike Fast	2010-10-14
Overthinking It: Present-ing The Future	Ben Lindbergh	2010-06-24
Under The Knife: Wednesday Update	Will Carroll	2010-06-09
Team Health Reports: Seattle Mariners	Will Carroll	2010-02-17
Player Profile: Tom Glavine	Marc Normandin	2010-02-16
You Could Look It Up: He Should Have Picked Lee	Steven Goldman	2009-11-01
Future Shock: Rocking with Hanson	Kevin Goldstein	2009-09-01
Prospectus Today: The Left Wing	Joe Sheehan	2009-08-19
Prospectus Q&A: John Smoltz	David Laurila	2009-06-25
Prospectus Idol Entry: The 1991 World Series: An Adventure in Championship Expectancy	Matt Swartz	2009-06-21
You Could Look It Up: Inglorious Bastards	Steven Goldman	2009-06-19
The Ledger Domain: Salary Arbitration Beats Free Agency	Maury Brown	2009-02-25
Prospectus Today: Trading Up and Trading Down	Joe Sheehan	2008-11-16
Prospectus Hit and Run: Prelude to the Great Unplugging	Jay Jaffe	2008-08-28
UTK Wrap: Not Just the Usual Suspects	Will Carroll	2008-05-16
Lies, Damned Lies: The Lost Generation?	Nate Silver	2008-05-15
Prospectus Today: The Big Deal	Joe Sheehan	2007-12-05
Prospectus Matchups: The (Elimination) Gamers	Jim Baker	2007-10-19
Prospectus Today: The Buehrle Dilemma	Joe Sheehan	2007-06-28
Lies, Damned Lies: PECOTA Takes on Pitching Prospects and Left-Handed Pitchers	Nate Silver	2007-04-12
Prospectus Today: D-Train...Out of Town?	Joe Sheehan	2006-07-30
Doctoring The Numbers: The Draft, Part Ten	Rany Jazayerli	2006-05-11
Prospectus Today: The King?	Joe Sheehan	2005-08-15
Crooked Numbers: Seeing Red	James Click	2005-06-23
Doctoring The Numbers: The Draft, Part Four	Rany Jazayerli	2005-06-02
Doctoring The Numbers: The Draft, Part Three	Rany Jazayerli	2005-05-25
Prospectus Q&A: John Schuerholz	Jonah Keri	2005-05-16
Prospectus Triple Play: Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Toronto Blue Jays	Baseball Prospectus	2005-01-17
You Could Look It Up: What is a Deadline Trade Worth?, Part 2	Steven Goldman	2004-07-28
2004 Internet Hall of Fame: The Results Are In	Neal Traven	2004-01-05
Prospectus Today: No Such Thing	Joe Sheehan	2003-08-12
Transaction Analysis: August 1-4	Christina Kahrl	2003-08-06
Prospectus Triple Play: Anaheim Angels, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers	Baseball Prospectus	2003-07-31
Transaction Analysis: July 25-28	Christina Kahrl	2003-07-29
Transaction Analysis: June 10-15	Christina Kahrl	2003-06-19
Under The Knife: Scary Moment at Wrigley	Will Carroll	2003-06-09
Transaction Analysis: May 8-11, 2003	Christina Kahrl	2003-05-14
Testing the Nexus: Pitcher Age and Workload Effects	Lee Sinins	2003-04-16
Testing the Nexus: Pitcher Age and Workload Effects	Will Carroll	2003-04-16
Prospectus Today: Forwarding a Stereotype	Joe Sheehan	2003-04-14
Spring Training Q&A: Ryan Klesko	Craig Elsten	2003-03-13
Transaction Analysis: The Centrals	Christina Kahrl	2003-01-30
Prospectus Feature: How Sure Is A	Paul Covert	2002-05-09

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