Years	IP	W	L	SV	SO	ERA	WARP
12	628.7	33	42	116	575	3.99	3.3

Standard

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	IP	IP-RP	W	L	SV	BS	PA	H	R	ER	HR	TB	BB	UBB	HBP	SO	ERA	FIP	FRA	VORP	WARP
1994	PHI	24	3	3.0	3.0	0	0	0	0	13	3	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	3	0.00	2.07	1.61	1.4	0.1
1995	PHI	25	62	87.7	87.7	5	3	1	4	350	50	25	24	7	80	42	39	4	87	2.46	3.69	4.69	6.7	0.6
1996	PHI	26	61	67.7	67.7	4	5	34	4	269	47	24	24	6	80	23	21	2	74	3.19	3.17	3.99	8.8	0.8
1997	PHI	27	69	74.0	74.0	2	5	34	7	324	68	31	30	7	104	42	38	2	89	3.65	3.68	4.04	9.2	0.9
1998	PHI	28	39	43.3	43.3	1	5	6	1	206	54	31	31	7	89	25	20	1	27	6.44	5.72	6.66	-4.7	-0.5
1999	SLN	29	68	73.3	73.3	3	7	20	9	347	83	45	40	8	131	49	48	3	66	4.91	4.82	5.17	4.4	0.4
2000	KCA	30	62	72.7	72.7	9	6	16	9	319	65	40	39	12	120	41	38	2	56	4.83	5.60	6.03	1.5	0.1
2001	PHI	31	66	67.0	67.0	3	4	3	5	281	58	31	29	11	110	25	23	4	57	3.90	4.74	5.54	-2.2	-0.2
2002	PHI	32	30	27.3	27.3	0	3	0	1	128	33	16	14	3	53	13	11	2	24	4.61	4.19	4.73	1.3	0.1
2003	ARI	33	2	1.7	1.7	1	0	0	0	10	3	1	1	0	4	2	1	0	2	5.40	4.17	3.41	0.5	0.1
2004	NYN	34	60	69.3	69.3	3	2	0	5	296	54	30	26	3	76	34	27	4	61	3.38	3.40	3.67	11.2	1.1
2005	MIL	35	40	41.7	41.7	2	2	2	4	187	43	24	21	7	68	19	19	3	29	4.54	5.37	6.50	-3.3	-0.3
Career			562	628.7	628.7	33	42	116	49	2730	561	298	279	71	918	316	286	27	575	3.99	4.33	4.97	35.0	3.3

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	IP	FRA	FRA+	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	PPF	PVORP	PWARP	VORP	WARP
1994	PHI	MLB	3	3.0	1.61	165	.206	.278	.339	.425	.260	.333	98	1.4	0.1	1.4	0.1
1995	PHI	MLB	62	87.7	4.69	100	.194	.277	.344	.439	.269	.205	100	6.6	0.6	6.7	0.6
1996	PHI	MLB	61	67.7	3.99	113	.211	.277	.344	.438	.265	.250	98	9.2	0.9	8.8	0.8
1997	PHI	MLB	69	74.0	4.04	113	.248	.276	.348	.442	.271	.332	101	9.3	0.9	9.2	0.9
1998	PHI	MLB	39	43.3	6.66	56	.296	.275	.346	.433	.270	.322	100	-4.7	-0.5	-4.7	-0.5
1999	SLN	MLB	68	73.3	5.17	96	.282	.280	.353	.456	.271	.339	100	3.6	0.3	4.4	0.4
2000	KCA	MLB	62	72.7	6.03	89	.264	.281	.355	.458	.272	.255	102	1.5	0.1	1.5	0.1
2001	PHI	MLB	66	67.0	5.54	74	.264	.272	.340	.445	.271	.255	93	-2.3	-0.2	-2.2	-0.2
2002	PHI	MLB	30	27.3	4.73	92	.293	.269	.343	.433	.269	.349	97	1.3	0.1	1.3	0.1
2003	ARI	MLB	2	1.7	3.41	132	.325	.273	.352	.455	.273	.500	109	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.1
2004	NYN	MLB	60	69.3	3.67	120	.230	.275	.346	.451	.272	.263	98	11.1	1.1	11.2	1.1
2005	MIL	MLB	40	41.7	6.50	58	.276	.274	.343	.444	.273	.279	100	-3.3	-0.3	-3.3	-0.3
Career		MLB		628.7	4.97	94	.251	.276	.347	.445	.270	.281	99	34.2	3.3	35.0	3.3

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	SV	G	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	GB%	BABIP	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	WHIP	ERA	VORP	WARP
1994	PHI	MLB	0	0	0	3	3.0	3	1	3	0	11%	.333	9.0	3.0	0.0	9.0	1.33	0.00	1.4	0.1
1995	PHI	MLB	5	3	1	62	87.7	50	42	87	7	47%	.205	5.1	4.3	0.7	8.9	1.05	2.46	6.7	0.6
1996	PHI	MLB	4	5	34	61	67.7	47	23	74	6	41%	.250	6.3	3.1	0.8	9.8	1.03	3.19	8.8	0.8
1997	PHI	MLB	2	5	34	69	74.0	68	42	89	7	48%	.332	8.3	5.1	0.9	10.8	1.49	3.65	9.2	0.9
1998	PHI	MLB	1	5	6	39	43.3	54	25	27	7	35%	.322	11.2	5.2	1.5	5.6	1.82	6.44	-4.7	-0.5
1999	SLN	MLB	3	7	20	68	73.3	83	49	66	8	42%	.339	10.2	6.0	1.0	8.1	1.80	4.91	4.4	0.4
2000	KCA	MLB	9	6	16	62	72.7	65	41	56	12	50%	.255	8.1	5.1	1.5	6.9	1.46	4.83	1.5	0.1
2001	PHI	MLB	3	4	3	66	67.0	58	25	57	11	46%	.255	7.8	3.4	1.5	7.7	1.24	3.90	-2.2	-0.2
2002	PHI	MLB	0	3	0	30	27.3	33	13	24	3	53%	.349	10.9	4.3	1.0	7.9	1.68	4.61	1.3	0.1
2003	ARI	MLB	1	0	0	2	1.7	3	2	2	0	33%	.500	16.2	10.8	0.0	10.8	3.00	5.40	0.5	0.1
2004	NYN	MLB	3	2	0	60	69.3	54	34	61	3	41%	.263	7.0	4.4	0.4	7.9	1.27	3.38	11.2	1.1
2005	MIL	MLB	2	2	2	40	41.7	43	19	29	7	49%	.279	9.3	4.1	1.5	6.3	1.49	4.54	-3.3	-0.3

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2002-06-23	2002-09-30	60-DL	99	90	Right	Shoulder	Surgery	Labrum	2002-06-28
2001-06-29	2001-07-21	15-DL	22	18	Right	Shoulder	Inflammation		-	-
1998-04-23	1998-07-01	15-DL	69	62	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Bone Spur	1998-04-27	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2005	MIL	$800,000
2002	PHI	$1,500,000
2001	PHI	$1,500,000
2000	KCA	$1,500,000

Years	Description	Salary
4 yr	Previous	$5,300,000
4 yr	Total	$5,300,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
10 y	Greg Clifton

Details

signed as a free agent from BOS 1/06 (minor-league contract)
signed as a free agent from MIL 8/05 (minor-league contract) designated for assignment 7/05 signed as a free agent from NYM 1/05, 1 year/$0.8M (05)
contract purchased 5/04 assigned Triple-A 4/04 signed as a free agent from AZ 2/04 (minor-league contract), 1 year/$0.5M (04)+$0.3M bonuses
designated for assignment 6/03 contract purchased 6/03 signed as a free agent from PHI 1/03 (minor-league contract)
PHI declined 03 option 10/02
1 year/$1.5M (02)+bonuses+$1.75M 03 club option
01:1 year/$1.5M rejected arb 12/01

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