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John Patterson PNationals

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Career Summary

Years	IP	W	L	SV	SO	ERA	WARP
6	454.3	18	25	1	415	4.32	6.6

Birth Date	1-30-1978
Height	6' 6"
Weight	210 lbs

Bats	R
Throws	R

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	GS	IP	IP-SP	IP-RP	W	L	SV	QS	PA	H	R	ER	HR	TB	BB	UBB	HBP	SO	ERA	FIP	FRA	VORP	WARP
2002	ARI	24	7	5	30.7	27.7	3.0	2	0	0	3	123	27	11	11	7	52	7	7	1	31	3.23	4.61	4.94	4.6	0.5
2003	ARI	25	16	8	55.0	41.7	13.3	1	4	1	2	252	61	39	37	7	106	30	25	2	43	6.05	4.81	5.38	5.7	0.5
2004	MON	26	19	19	98.3	98.3	0.0	4	7	0	6	445	100	58	55	18	178	46	42	8	99	5.03	4.97	5.55	0.9	0.0
2005	WAS	27	31	31	198.3	198.3	0.0	9	7	0	19	817	172	71	69	19	264	65	54	5	185	3.13	3.43	2.94	47.8	4.8
2006	WAS	28	8	8	40.7	40.7	0.0	1	2	0	4	170	36	21	20	4	61	9	8	3	42	4.43	3.21	3.32	13.4	1.3
2007	WAS	29	7	7	31.3	31.3	0.0	1	5	0	1	152	39	26	26	5	66	22	21	0	15	7.47	6.40	6.54	-5.3	-0.6
Career			88	78	454.3	438.0	16.3	18	25	1	35	1959	435	226	218	60	727	179	157	19	415	4.32	4.19	4.21	67.1	6.6

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'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
2002	ARI	MLB	7	5	30.7	4.94	93	.244	.273	.341	.418	.265	.260	103	4.7	0.5	4.6	0.5
2003	ARI	MLB	16	8	55.0	5.38	89	.285	.272	.349	.442	.271	.318	105	4.2	0.4	5.7	0.5
2004	MON	MLB	19	19	98.3	5.55	78	.284	.277	.347	.442	.271	.299	97	2.5	0.2	0.9	0.0
2005	WAS	MLB	31	31	198.3	2.94	127	.238	.276	.343	.439	.272	.282	88	47.5	4.8	47.8	4.8
2006	WAS	MLB	8	8	40.7	3.32	129	.246	.277	.345	.461	.273	.286	96	11.8	1.2	13.4	1.3
2007	WAS	MLB	7	7	31.3	6.54	52	.317	.280	.348	.471	.277	.309	92	-3.9	-0.4	-5.3	-0.6
Career		MLB		78	454.3	4.21	104	.262	.276	.345	.443	.272	.292	94	66.8	6.7	67.1	6.6

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	GB%	BABIP	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	WHIP	ERA	VORP	WARP
2002	ARI	MLB	2	0	0	7	5	30.7	27	7	31	7	28%	.260	7.9	2.1	2.1	9.1	1.11	3.23	4.6	0.5
2003	ARI	MLB	1	4	1	16	8	55.0	61	30	43	7	35%	.318	10.0	4.9	1.1	7.0	1.65	6.05	5.7	0.5
2004	MON	MLB	4	7	0	19	19	98.3	100	46	99	18	35%	.299	9.2	4.2	1.6	9.1	1.48	5.03	0.9	0.0
2005	WAS	MLB	9	7	0	31	31	198.3	172	65	185	19	32%	.282	7.8	2.9	0.9	8.4	1.19	3.13	47.8	4.8
2006	WAS	MLB	1	2	0	8	8	40.7	36	9	42	4	32%	.286	8.0	2.0	0.9	9.3	1.11	4.43	13.4	1.3
2007	WAS	MLB	1	5	0	7	7	31.3	39	22	15	5	37%	.309	11.2	6.3	1.4	4.3	1.95	7.47	-5.3	-0.6

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2007-05-06	2007-10-01	15-DL	148	132	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Radial Nerve Decompression	2007-09-14	-
2006-07-10	2006-10-06	15-DL	88	72	Right	Forearm	Surgery	Median Nerve Decompression	2006-07-20	-
2006-04-22	2006-06-23	15-DL	62	57	Right	Forearm	Strain		-	-
2005-05-16	2005-05-31	15-DL	15	14	-	Low Back	Spasms		-	-
2004-04-28	2004-07-16	15-DL	79	67	Right	Groin	Strain		-	-
2000-05-25	2000-09-05	Minors	103	0	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2000-05-25	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2007	WAS	$850,000
2006	WAS	$450,000
2005	WAS	$322,500
2004	MON	$310,000

Years	Description	Salary
4 yr	Previous	$1,932,500
4 yr	Total	$1,932,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
4 y 126 d	Casey Close	1 yr/$0.85M (08)

Details
released 3/20/08 re-signed 12/12/07 (avoided arbitration), 1 year/$0.85M (08) lost arbitration 2/07 ($1.85M-$0.85M), 1 year/$0.85M (07) re-signed 2/06, 1 year/$0.45M (06) re-signed 2/05, 1 year/$0.3225M (05) acquired in trade from AZ 3/04, 1 year/$0.31M (04) optioned to Triple-A 7/03 recalled 5/03 4/03 optioned to Triple-A 3/03 8/02 recalled 7/02 signed 2/02

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Title	Author	Date
Prospectus Hit List: One Month Down	Jay Jaffe	2007-05-04
Market Movers: The Ten Most Volatile Players - Week of May 4, 2007	Jeff Ma	2007-05-04
Preseason Predictions: 2007 Staff Picks, American League	Baseball Prospectus	2007-04-01
Transaction Analysis: September 29-October 16, 2006	Christina Kahrl	2006-10-17
Transaction Analysis: September 5-11	Christina Kahrl	2006-09-13
Under The Knife: Liriano	Will Carroll	2006-08-09
Transaction of the Day: Snakes Livan Large	Christina Kahrl	2006-08-08
Under The Knife: The Whirlwind	Will Carroll	2006-07-21
Transaction Analysis: July 13-16	Christina Kahrl	2006-07-17
Prospectus Notebook: Tigers, Nationals	Baseball Prospectus	2006-07-13
Prospectus Hit List: Week of July 9	Jay Jaffe	2006-07-12
Fantasy Focus: RotoWire Barometer, 7/12/06	Gus Papadopoulos	2006-07-12
Transaction Analysis: July 6-9	Christina Kahrl	2006-07-11
Under The Knife: Which Limp?	Will Carroll	2006-07-10
Under The Knife: Dead Arm	Will Carroll	2006-06-30
Transaction Analysis: June 22-26	Christina Kahrl	2006-06-28
Under The Knife: Solution	Will Carroll	2006-06-21
Under The Knife: Game Seven/Game Six	Will Carroll	2006-06-20
Under The Knife: The Mesa Grill	Will Carroll	2006-06-14
Under The Knife: Grimsley	Will Carroll	2006-06-08
Under The Knife: The Tipping Points	Will Carroll	2006-06-05
Transaction Analysis: May 25-29	Christina Kahrl	2006-05-30
Prospectus Hit List: Week of 5/28	Marc Normandin	2006-05-30
Under The Knife: Memorial Day Edition	Will Carroll	2006-05-29
Transaction Analysis: May 22-24	Christina Kahrl	2006-05-25
Under The Knife: FAQ	Will Carroll	2006-05-24
Prospectus Notebook: Cardinals, Nationals	Baseball Prospectus	2006-05-24
Under The Knife: Laundry	Will Carroll	2006-05-10
Under The Knife: Charity	Will Carroll	2006-05-08
Transaction Analysis: April 28-May 1	Christina Kahrl	2006-05-02
Transaction Analysis: April 26-27	Christina Kahrl	2006-04-28
Under The Knife: Velocity Boy	Will Carroll	2006-04-26
Under The Knife: No Intro	Will Carroll	2006-04-07
Fantasy Focus: Building a Fantasy Farm System	Jeff Erickson	2006-02-24
Team Health Reports: Washington Nationals	Will Carroll	2006-02-24
Team Health Reports: Washington Nationals	Michael Groopman	2006-02-24
Prospectus Today: Four Games...One Channel?	Joe Sheehan	2005-10-01
Prospectus Notebook: Mariners, Nationals	Baseball Prospectus	2005-09-23
Crooked Numbers: In Reverse	James Click	2005-09-01
Prospectus Today: Blame	Joe Sheehan	2005-08-31
Under The Knife: Pitching is 90% of Baseball, and 75% of UTK	Will Carroll	2005-08-29
Prospectus Notebook: Wednesday Edition	Baseball Prospectus	2005-08-10
Prospectus Matchups: Diversity and Unpredictability	Jim Baker	2005-07-15
Transaction Analysis: May 24-June 12, 2005	Christina Kahrl	2005-06-16
Prospectus Notebook: Wednesday Edition	Baseball Prospectus	2005-06-15
Prospectus Today: D.C. Baseball	Joe Sheehan	2005-06-14
Transaction of the Day: June Deals	Christina Kahrl	2005-06-11
Prospectus Hit List: Week of May 29, 2005	Ben Murphy	2005-06-01
Under The Knife: Was It Worth It?	Will Carroll	2005-05-27
Transaction Analysis: May 10-24, 2005	Christina Kahrl	2005-05-26
Prospectus Hit List: Week of May 22, 2005	Ben Murphy	2005-05-24
Under The Knife: One Quick Game	Will Carroll	2005-05-19
Prospectus Hit List: Week of May 15, 2005	Ben Murphy	2005-05-18
Doctoring The Numbers: The Draft	Rany Jazayerli	2005-05-13
Transaction Analysis: May 4-9, 2005	Christina Kahrl	2005-05-12
Prospectus Matchups: Reality Check	Jim Baker	2005-05-10
Prospectus Hit List: Week of May 1, 2005	Jay Jaffe	2005-05-03
Fantasy Focus: Fantasy Trends--The Easts	Erik Siegrist	2005-05-02
Prospectus Triple Play: Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners, Washington Nationals	Paul Swydan	2005-04-28
Prospectus Triple Play: Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners, Washington Nationals	Paul Swydan	2005-04-04
Fantasy Focus: Spring Sleepers and Busts	Erik Siegrist	2005-04-01
2005--Setting the Stage: The New Kids on the Block	Christina Kahrl	2005-03-29
Dominican Winter League Report: At the Half	Carlos J. Lugo	2004-12-02
Transaction Analysis: July 15-19	Christina Kahrl	2004-07-21
Under The Knife: St. James Infirmary Blues	Will Carroll	2004-06-18
Under The Knife: Avoiding Guesswork	Will Carroll	2004-06-15
Under The Knife: Finding the Middle Ground	Will Carroll	2004-06-11
Transaction Analysis: April 26-29	Christina Kahrl	2004-05-01
Under The Knife: SuperSized	Will Carroll	2004-04-29
Prospectus Today: Standingsology	Joe Sheehan	2004-03-16
Prospectus Today: Spring Job Battles	Joe Sheehan	2004-03-12
Transaction Analysis: August 25-September 21	Christina Kahrl	2003-09-25
Transaction Analysis: July 7-20	Christina Kahrl	2003-07-25
Transaction Analysis: May 27-June 5, 2003	Christina Kahrl	2003-06-07
Under The Knife: Who'll Stop the Pain?	Will Carroll	2003-05-29
Under The Knife: Back Again	Will Carroll	2003-05-27
Prospectus Triple Play: Arizona Diamondbacks, Kansas City Royals, Philadelphia Phillies	Baseball Prospectus	2003-05-15
Transaction Analysis: April 21-23, 2003	Christina Kahrl	2003-04-25
Under The Knife: License to Ill	Will Carroll	2003-04-22
Transaction Analysis: April 11-13, 2003	Christina Kahrl	2003-04-16
Not-in-Book Players: 37 Guys We Missed	Baseball Prospectus	2003-04-11
Transaction Analysis: March 25-April 6, 2003	Christina Kahrl	2003-04-09
Prospectus Today: NL West Preview	Joe Sheehan	2003-04-01
Under The Knife: Down Goes Jeter	Will Carroll	2003-04-01
Impact Rookies: Whose Contribution Has Been the Greatest?	Jeff Bower	2003-03-28
Team Health Reports: Arizona Diamondbacks	Will Carroll	2003-03-10

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