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Cory Lidle PPhillies

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Career Summary
Years IP W L SV SO ERA WARP
9 1322.7 82 72 2 838 4.57 11.2
Birth Date3-22-1972
Height5' 11"
Weight190 lbs
BatsR
ThrowsR

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
1997 NYN 25 54 2 81.7 7.0 74.7 7 2 2 1 0 0 345 86 38 32 7 125 20 16 3 54 3.53 3.71 4.99 2.0 0.0
1999 TBA 27 5 1 5.0 2.0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 8 4 4 0 10 2 2 0 4 7.20 2.80 2.83 2.2 0.2
2000 TBA 28 31 11 96.7 56.7 40.0 4 6 0 1 4 0 424 114 61 54 13 176 29 26 3 62 5.03 4.68 5.51 7.5 0.8
2001 OAK 29 29 29 188.0 188.0 0.0 13 6 0 0 17 1 762 170 84 75 23 274 47 40 10 118 3.59 4.34 5.28 6.9 0.9
2002 OAK 30 31 30 192.0 191.7 0.3 8 10 0 0 16 1 796 191 90 83 17 287 39 36 6 111 3.89 3.76 4.69 14.4 2.2
2003 TOR 31 31 31 192.7 192.7 0.0 12 15 0 0 11 3 840 216 133 123 24 357 60 57 5 112 5.75 4.56 5.65 12.2 1.3
2004 CIN 32 24 24 149.0 149.0 0.0 7 10 0 0 12 3 656 170 95 88 24 291 44 40 5 93 5.32 4.79 5.64 5.6 0.9
2004 PHI 32 10 10 62.3 62.3 0.0 5 2 0 0 5 0 255 54 28 27 3 76 17 16 5 33 3.90 3.58 4.51 9.4 1.0
2005 PHI 33 31 31 184.7 184.7 0.0 13 11 0 0 13 3 792 210 105 93 18 325 40 35 6 121 4.53 3.70 4.06 33.7 3.4
2006 NYA 34 10 9 45.3 44.3 1.0 4 3 0 0 5 0 203 49 26 26 11 91 19 18 3 32 5.16 6.39 6.92 -4.2 -0.4
2006 PHI 34 21 21 125.3 125.3 0.0 8 7 0 0 13 0 542 132 74 66 19 228 39 36 8 98 4.74 4.64 5.78 8.0 0.9
Career2771991322.71203.7119.08272229611563914007386711592240356322548384.574.295.1797.711.2

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 ELZ Rk 19 2 43.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 POC Rk 17 16 106.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 BLT A 13 9 69.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 STO A+ 25 1 42.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 ELP AA 45 9 109.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 BIN AA 27 27 190.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 NYN MLB 54 2 81.7 4.99 90 .247 .273 .343 .426 .268 .303 98 1.8 0.2 2.0 0.0
1997 NOR AAA 7 7 42.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 HDS A+ 1 1 2.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.250 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 TUC AAA 1 1 4.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 TBA MLB 5 1 5.0 2.83 145 .327 .272 .342 .434 .261 .444 97 2.2 0.2 2.2 0.2
1999 STP A+ 2 2 5.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 DUR AAA 3 2 5.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.286 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 TBA MLB 31 11 96.7 5.51 91 .260 .283 .355 .464 .272 .319 95 7.5 0.7 7.5 0.8
2000 DUR AAA 9 9 50.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.891 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 OAK MLB 29 29 188.0 5.28 86 .235 .274 .342 .442 .270 .261 94 7.3 0.7 6.9 0.9
2001 SAC AAA 1 1 6.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.200 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 OAK MLB 31 30 192.0 4.69 96 .246 .275 .344 .446 .276 .279 93 13.7 1.4 14.4 2.2
2002 SAC AAA 1 1 4.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .222 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 TOR MLB 31 31 192.7 5.65 90 .269 .276 .341 .446 .271 .300 105 10.6 1.1 12.2 1.3
2003 SYR AAA 1 1 4.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .385 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 CIN MLB 24 24 149.0 5.64 81 .280 .277 .347 .458 .272 .298 101 3.2 0.3 5.6 0.9
2004 PHI MLB 10 10 62.3 4.51 104 .217 .275 .346 .447 .271 .259 100 7.0 0.7 9.4 1.0
2005 PHI MLB 31 31 184.7 4.06 113 .263 .273 .341 .437 .271 .316 102 31.5 3.2 33.7 3.4
2006 NYA MLB 10 9 45.3 6.92 59 .291 .287 .350 .449 .274 .275 99 -4.2 -0.4 -4.2 -0.4
2006 PHI MLB 21 21 125.3 5.78 87 .263 .279 .349 .462 .274 .299 105 3.6 0.4 8.0 0.9
CareerMLB1991322.75.1792.258.276.345.447.272.2939984.38.497.711.2

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 ELZ Rk 2 1 6 19 2 43.7 40 21 32 2 0% .000 8.2 4.3 0.4 6.6 1.40 3.71 0.0 0.0
1993 POC Rk 8 4 1 17 16 106.7 104 54 91 6 0% .000 8.8 4.6 0.5 7.7 1.48 4.13 0.0 0.0
1994 BLT A 3 4 0 13 9 69.0 65 11 62 4 0% .000 8.5 1.4 0.5 8.1 1.10 2.61 0.0 0.0
1994 STO A+ 1 2 4 25 1 42.7 60 13 38 2 0% .000 12.6 2.7 0.4 8.0 1.71 4.43 0.0 0.0
1995 ELP AA 5 4 2 45 9 109.7 126 36 78 6 0% .000 10.3 3.0 0.5 6.4 1.48 3.36 0.0 0.0
1996 BIN AA 14 10 0 27 27 190.3 186 49 141 13 0% .000 8.8 2.3 0.6 6.7 1.23 3.31 0.0 0.0
1997 NYN MLB 7 2 2 54 2 81.7 86 20 54 7 61% .303 9.5 2.2 0.8 6.0 1.30 3.53 2.0 0.0
1997 NOR AAA 4 2 0 7 7 42.0 46 10 34 1 0% .333 9.9 2.1 0.2 7.3 1.33 3.64 0.0 0.0
1998 TUC AAA 0 0 0 1 1 4.7 2 2 2 0 0% -.500 3.8 3.8 0.0 3.8 0.85 0.00 0.0 0.0
1998 HDS A+ 0 0 0 1 1 2.7 2 2 6 0 0% -.250 6.7 6.7 0.0 20.0 1.48 0.00 0.0 0.0
1999 TBA MLB 1 0 0 5 1 5.0 8 2 4 0 39% .444 14.4 3.6 0.0 7.2 2.00 7.20 2.2 0.2
1999 DUR AAA 0 0 0 3 2 5.7 9 1 6 0 0% -1.286 14.2 1.6 0.0 9.5 1.75 4.74 0.0 0.0
1999 STP A+ 0 0 0 2 2 5.0 2 2 0 0 0% -1.000 3.6 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.80 0.00 0.0 0.0
2000 TBA MLB 4 6 0 31 11 96.7 114 29 62 13 74% .319 10.6 2.7 1.2 5.8 1.48 5.03 7.5 0.8
2000 DUR AAA 6 2 0 9 9 50.0 52 8 44 3 0% -.891 9.4 1.4 0.5 7.9 1.20 2.52 0.0 0.0
2001 OAK MLB 13 6 0 29 29 188.0 170 47 118 23 61% .261 8.1 2.2 1.1 5.6 1.15 3.59 6.9 0.9
2001 SAC AAA 1 0 0 1 1 6.0 6 3 2 0 0% -1.200 9.0 4.5 0.0 3.0 1.50 3.00 0.0 0.0
2002 OAK MLB 8 10 0 31 30 192.0 191 39 111 17 58% .279 9.0 1.8 0.8 5.2 1.20 3.89 14.4 2.2
2002 SAC AAA 0 0 0 1 1 4.0 2 3 3 0 0% .222 4.5 6.8 0.0 6.8 1.25 2.25 0.0 0.0
2003 TOR MLB 12 15 0 31 31 192.7 216 60 112 24 51% .300 10.1 2.8 1.1 5.2 1.43 5.75 12.2 1.3
2003 SYR AAA 0 0 0 1 1 4.0 5 0 3 0 0% .385 11.2 0.0 0.0 6.8 1.25 0.00 0.0 0.0
2004 CIN MLB 7 10 0 24 24 149.0 170 44 93 24 51% .298 10.3 2.7 1.4 5.6 1.44 5.32 5.6 0.9
2004 PHI MLB 5 2 0 10 10 62.3 54 17 33 3 48% .259 7.8 2.5 0.4 4.8 1.14 3.90 9.4 1.0
2005 PHI MLB 13 11 0 31 31 184.7 210 40 121 18 51% .316 10.2 1.9 0.9 5.9 1.35 4.53 33.7 3.4
2006 PHI MLB 8 7 0 21 21 125.3 132 39 98 19 51% .299 9.5 2.8 1.4 7.0 1.36 4.74 8.0 0.9
2006 NYA MLB 4 3 0 10 9 45.3 49 19 32 11 52% .275 9.7 3.8 2.2 6.4 1.50 5.16 -4.2 -0.4

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2005-08-25 2005-09-09 15-DL 15 12 Left Abdomen Strain Oblique -
2003-08-05 2003-08-25 15-DL 20 18 Left Groin Strain -
2002-05-13 2002-05-30 15-DL 17 14 Right Shoulder Inflammation -
1999-04-05 1999-09-18 60-DL 166 148 Right Elbow Recovery From Surgery Tommy John Surgery 1998-08-20 -
1998-03-31 1998-09-28 60-DL 181 162 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 1998-08-20 -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2006 PHI $3,300,000
2005 PHI $3,000,000
2004 CIN, PHI $2,750,000
2003 TOR $4,800,000
2002 OAK $2,550,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
5 yrPrevious$16,400,000
5 yrTotal$16,400,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
8 y 100 d2 yr/$6.3M (05-06)+incts

Details
  • acquired in trade from PHI 7/06 (NYY pay all remaining on contract)
  • performance bonuses
  • 05:$3M, 06:$3.3M
  • re-signed as a free agent 11/04
  • acquired in trade from CIN 8/04 signed as a free agent from TOR 12/03, 1 year/$2.75M (04)
  • acquired in trade from OAK 11/02 avoided arbitration 1/02, 2 year/$7.6M (02-03) $0.5M signing bonus, 02:$2.3M, 03:$4.8M

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