Years	IP	W	L	SV	SO	ERA	WARP
13	1285.7	74	76	3	997	4.80	11.6

Standard

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	GS	IP	IP-SP	IP-RP	W	L	SV	BS	QS	BQS	PA	H	R	ER	HR	TB	BB	UBB	HBP	SO	ERA	FIP	FRA	VORP	WARP
1992	NYA	21	3	3	13.0	13.0	0.0	0	2	0	0	1	0	68	23	12	12	2	34	6	6	1	6	8.31	5.48	6.11	0.2	0.0
1993	NYA	22	6	6	31.0	31.0	0.0	1	2	0	0	1	0	135	32	18	16	4	51	14	13	1	26	4.65	4.45	5.14	2.4	0.2
1994	NYA	23	23	5	49.3	30.7	18.7	4	1	2	2	3	0	218	48	24	23	3	65	29	28	0	37	4.20	4.25	4.52	8.5	0.8
1995	NYA	24	27	27	168.3	168.3	0.0	11	10	0	0	15	0	719	155	91	88	22	254	68	67	5	121	4.70	4.70	5.51	15.8	1.5
1996	SEA	25	35	35	196.7	196.7	0.0	13	9	0	0	14	3	885	245	131	117	27	378	73	69	7	132	5.35	4.91	5.25	31.5	3.0
1997	SDN	26	32	28	161.0	159.0	2.0	10	11	0	0	12	2	693	172	102	93	24	296	55	53	4	106	5.20	4.79	5.40	7.7	0.6
1998	SDN	27	39	27	176.3	166.3	10.0	9	7	1	2	16	0	743	169	83	77	29	290	48	46	9	158	3.93	4.38	4.69	12.2	0.9
1999	SDN	28	33	33	205.7	205.7	0.0	12	14	0	0	18	1	892	202	99	94	29	338	76	70	5	194	4.11	4.20	4.66	22.3	1.9
2000	SDN	29	11	11	65.7	65.7	0.0	1	6	0	0	4	1	292	69	38	36	12	121	26	25	5	61	4.93	4.99	5.13	3.8	0.3
2001	NYA	30	10	9	51.3	49.7	1.7	4	4	0	0	4	0	238	67	37	37	5	100	18	18	2	28	6.49	4.44	4.86	5.0	0.5
2001	SDN	30	3	3	19.0	19.0	0.0	2	1	0	0	2	0	85	22	9	7	1	32	3	3	1	15	3.32	2.74	2.75	6.4	0.6
2002	NYA	31	20	2	39.3	8.3	31.0	1	2	0	0	0	0	193	57	29	24	4	80	15	12	1	31	5.49	4.03	3.96	7.9	0.8
2003	NYA	32	27	1	49.7	6.0	43.7	1	3	0	0	1	0	221	57	33	30	6	87	18	15	0	36	5.44	4.30	4.76	5.0	0.5
2003	SLN	32	8	6	38.0	32.0	6.0	5	1	0	0	2	0	162	34	17	16	8	62	14	13	1	32	3.79	5.21	5.18	2.1	0.1
2004	SDN	33	4	4	21.3	21.3	0.0	0	3	0	0	1	1	91	22	15	15	5	44	8	8	0	14	6.33	5.81	5.75	-2.6	-0.3
Career			281	200	1285.7	1172.7	113.0	74	76	3	4	94	8	5635	1374	738	685	181	2232	471	446	42	997	4.80	4.58	4.99	128.3	11.6

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
1992	NYA	MLB	3	3	13.0	6.11	62	.377	.261	.333	.404	.273	.396	102	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0
1993	NYA	MLB	6	6	31.0	5.14	92	.273	.279	.350	.433	.274	.311	100	2.4	0.2	2.4	0.2
1994	NYA	MLB	23	5	49.3	4.52	115	.264	.284	.352	.460	.276	.302	101	8.5	0.8	8.5	0.8
1995	NYA	MLB	27	27	168.3	5.51	95	.251	.276	.352	.447	.275	.264	103	15.8	1.5	15.8	1.5
1996	SEA	MLB	35	35	196.7	5.25	105	.286	.283	.356	.457	.276	.337	102	31.5	3.0	31.5	3.0
1997	SDN	MLB	32	28	161.0	5.40	83	.273	.274	.342	.435	.267	.294	99	6.6	0.6	7.7	0.6
1998	SDN	MLB	39	27	176.3	4.69	89	.251	.277	.345	.439	.268	.281	92	11.7	1.2	12.2	0.9
1999	SDN	MLB	33	33	205.7	4.66	101	.258	.282	.356	.468	.274	.294	95	24.0	2.3	22.3	1.9
2000	SDN	MLB	11	11	65.7	5.13	94	.280	.280	.354	.464	.275	.303	95	6.9	0.6	3.8	0.3
2001	NYA	MLB	10	9	51.3	4.86	97	.293	.273	.343	.447	.271	.335	96	5.0	0.5	5.0	0.5
2001	SDN	MLB	3	3	19.0	2.75	140	.261	.281	.349	.479	.270	.323	97	6.6	0.6	6.4	0.6
2002	NYA	MLB	20	2	39.3	3.96	117	.310	.270	.338	.434	.268	.373	98	7.9	0.8	7.9	0.8
2003	NYA	MLB	27	1	49.7	4.76	102	.274	.276	.339	.442	.270	.317	98	5.0	0.5	5.0	0.5
2003	SLN	MLB	8	6	38.0	5.18	90	.262	.270	.343	.445	.268	.243	101	2.3	0.2	2.1	0.1
2004	SDN	MLB	4	4	21.3	5.75	66	.285	.281	.353	.466	.280	.266	92	-1.5	-0.1	-2.6	-0.3
Career		MLB		200	1285.7	4.99	96	.270	.278	.349	.450	.272	.302	98	133.0	12.8	128.3	11.6

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
1992	NYA	MLB	0	2	0	3	3	13.0	23	6	6	2	35%	.396	15.9	4.2	1.4	4.2	2.23	8.31	0.2	0.0
1993	NYA	MLB	1	2	0	6	6	31.0	32	14	26	4	36%	.311	9.3	4.1	1.2	7.5	1.48	4.65	2.4	0.2
1994	NYA	MLB	4	1	2	23	5	49.3	48	29	37	3	44%	.302	8.8	5.3	0.5	6.8	1.56	4.20	8.5	0.8
1995	NYA	MLB	11	10	0	27	27	168.3	155	68	121	22	40%	.264	8.3	3.6	1.2	6.5	1.32	4.70	15.8	1.5
1996	SEA	MLB	13	9	0	35	35	196.7	245	73	132	27	42%	.337	11.2	3.3	1.2	6.0	1.62	5.35	31.5	3.0
1997	SDN	MLB	10	11	0	32	28	161.0	172	55	106	24	45%	.294	9.6	3.1	1.3	5.9	1.41	5.20	7.7	0.6
1998	SDN	MLB	9	7	1	39	27	176.3	169	48	158	29	46%	.281	8.6	2.4	1.5	8.1	1.23	3.93	12.2	0.9
1999	SDN	MLB	12	14	0	33	33	205.7	202	76	194	29	38%	.294	8.8	3.3	1.3	8.5	1.35	4.11	22.3	1.9
2000	SDN	MLB	1	6	0	11	11	65.7	69	26	61	12	53%	.303	9.5	3.6	1.6	8.4	1.45	4.93	3.8	0.3
2001	SDN	MLB	2	1	0	3	3	19.0	22	3	15	1	50%	.323	10.4	1.4	0.5	7.1	1.32	3.32	6.4	0.6
2001	NYA	MLB	4	4	0	10	9	51.3	67	18	28	5	44%	.335	11.7	3.2	0.9	4.9	1.66	6.49	5.0	0.5
2002	NYA	MLB	1	2	0	20	2	39.3	57	15	31	4	37%	.373	13.0	3.4	0.9	7.1	1.83	5.49	7.9	0.8
2003	NYA	MLB	1	3	0	27	1	49.7	57	18	36	6	40%	.317	10.3	3.3	1.1	6.5	1.51	5.44	5.0	0.5
2003	SLN	MLB	5	1	0	8	6	38.0	34	14	32	8	40%	.243	8.1	3.3	1.9	7.6	1.26	3.79	2.1	0.1
2004	SDN	MLB	0	3	0	4	4	21.3	22	8	14	5	46%	.266	9.3	3.4	2.1	5.9	1.41	6.33	-2.6	-0.3

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2004-08-23	2004-09-04	15-DL	12	11	Left	Elbow	Strain	Retird In September	-
2004-04-15	2004-08-04	60-DL	111	98		Trunk	Stress Fracture	Rib Cage	-
2002-06-28	2002-07-28	15-DL	30	24		Low Back	Strain		-
2002-03-31	2002-05-08	15-DL	38	33		Low Back	Strain		-
2001-04-02	2001-07-04	60-DL	93	83	Left	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Tommy John Surgery and Bone Chip	2000-06-06	-
2000-05-27	2000-10-02	60-DL	128	115	Left	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery and Bone Chip	2000-06-06	-
1997-06-06	1997-07-03	15-DL	27	26	Left	Elbow	Strain		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2004	SDN	$800,000
2003	NYA, SLN	$6,000,000
2002	NYA	$4,936,719
2001	SDN, NYA	$6,000,000
2000	SDN	$6,100,000

Years	Description	Salary
5 yr	Previous	$23,836,719
5 yr	Total	$23,836,719

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
10 y 43 d	Tommy Tanzer	1 yr/$0.8M (04)+$0.7M incts

Details
retired 9/04 signed as a free agent from STL 12/03 club declined $7M 04 option 10/03 (pd $1M buyout) acquired in trade from NYY 8/03 2 year/$12M (02-03)+04 club option 02:$5M, 03:$6M, 04:up to $9M option $1M buyout, acquired in trade from SD 7/01 3 year/$15.5M (99-01)

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Western Front: An Almost Defense of Kevin Towers	Geoff Young	2012-12-18
BP Unfiltered: Sandy Koufax, May 1960	Geoff Young	2012-07-19
Western Front: A Brief History of the Vedder Cup	Geoff Young	2012-06-12
Pebble Hunting: The Meaning of Russell Branyan	Sam Miller	2012-03-23
The Lineup Card: 9 Baseball Movies That Should Be Made	Baseball Prospectus	2011-09-21
Seidnotes: Livan La Vida Loca	Eric Seidman	2010-05-07
Prospectus Hit and Run: Bronx Cheers for Vazquez	Jay Jaffe	2010-05-03
The Week In Quotes: September 22-28	Alex Carnevale	2008-09-29
Prospectus Preview: Saturday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-05-17
Playoff Prospectus: Padres versus Rockies	Christina Kahrl	2007-10-01
Hope and Faith: How the San Diego Padres Can Win the World Series	Marc Normandin	2007-03-25
Prospectus Matchups: The Best of the Newest	Jim Baker	2006-01-13
Pell Mel: Evaluating the Departed Yankee Pitching Coach	Jay Jaffe	2005-10-21
Transaction Analysis: August 30-September 15	Christina Kahrl	2004-09-17
Transaction Analysis: August 24-26	Christina Kahrl	2004-08-28
Under The Knife: Guinea Pig	Will Carroll	2004-08-25
Under The Knife: A Golden Era?	Will Carroll	2004-08-23
Can Of Corn: With A Bullet	Dayn Perry	2004-08-18
Doctoring The Numbers: Chasing Ron Herbel	Rany Jazayerli	2004-08-16
Transaction Analysis: August 3-8	Christina Kahrl	2004-08-10
The Claussen Pickle: An Analysis of Traded Yankee Prospects, 1994-2004	Jay Jaffe	2004-07-29
Under The Knife: Good...and Good for You	Will Carroll	2004-04-16
Under The Knife: PriorWatch	Will Carroll	2004-04-15
Transaction Analysis: March 31-April 5, 2004	Christina Kahrl	2004-04-06
Team Health Reports: San Diego Padres	Will Carroll	2004-04-02
Prospectus Triple Play: Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres	Baseball Prospectus	2004-02-17
Transaction Analysis: The Wests	Baseball Prospectus	2004-01-16
Prospectus Today: LDS Previews	Joe Sheehan	2003-09-30
Why Great Offenses Often Don't Win: An Anecdotal Journey through the Valley of Despair	Steven Goldman	2003-09-16
Prospectus Triple Play: Chicago White Sox, Houston Astros, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers	Baseball Prospectus	2003-09-02
Transaction Analysis: August 19-24	Christina Kahrl	2003-08-27
Prospectus Triple Play: Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates	Baseball Prospectus	2003-08-25
Under The Knife: Hi, Leroy	Will Carroll	2003-08-21
Prospectus Triple Play: Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates	Baseball Prospectus	2003-08-11
Breaking Balls: Roger Clemens and the Historic No-Decision	Derek Zumsteg	2003-06-02
Prospectus Today: Relief or Something Like It	Joe Sheehan	2003-04-15
Team Health Reports: New York Yankees	Dr. William Carroll, University of Mobile	2003-02-19
Prospectus Feature: The Yankees' Seven-Man Rotation	Nate Silver	2003-02-11
Transaction Analysis: The Easts	Christina Kahrl	2003-01-25
The Daily Prospectus: The Yankees are Out of Control	Derek Zumsteg	2003-01-02
Transaction Analysis: September 16-24, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-09-26
Transaction Analysis: August 19-21, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-08-23
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Transaction Analysis: July 29, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-07-31
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Transaction Analysis: May 20-22, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-05-24
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Transaction Analysis: April 21-22, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-04-22

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