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Birthdate: 9/13/1972 Bats/Throws: R/R
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Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	BABIP	LOB%	GB%	HR/FB	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WAR
1997	White Sox	0	2	0	19	0	26.1	7.86	3.08	2.05	.295	64.2 %			6.49	5.35		-0.2
1999	Tigers	2	5	0	29	6	66.2	6.21	3.11	1.49	.297	66.2 %			5.67	5.07		0.3
2000	Tigers	5	2	0	27	0	41.0	7.46	2.85	0.88	.297	83.0 %			3.07	3.91		0.6
2001	Astros	3	3	2	66	0	82.1	8.20	2.62	1.20	.274	71.4 %			4.15	4.17		0.5
2001	Astros	0	0	0	2	0	2.2	3.38	3.38	0.00	.143	100.0 %			0.00	3.42
2002	Astros	2	6	0	43	5	78.1	7.01	3.33	1.38	.310	74.9 %	42.4 %	12.8 %	4.48	4.74	4.41	0.0
2003	Rockies	3	5	0	20	7	53.2	6.37	1.84	2.52	.301	62.1 %	43.3 %	21.7 %	7.21	6.03	4.27	0.0
Total	- - -	15	23	2	204	18	348.1	7.16	2.82	1.52	.296	70.8 %	42.8 %	16.6 %	5.04	4.81	4.35	1.1
Postseason	- - -	0	0	0	2	0	2.2	3.38	3.38	0.00	.143	100.0 %			0.00	3.42

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Standard

Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	HLD	BS	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
1997	White Sox	0	2	6.49	19	0	0			26.1	116	29	19	19	6	9	1	0	3	0	23
1999	Tigers	2	5	5.67	29	6	0			66.2	295	74	44	42	11	23	1	3	2	0	46
2000	Tigers	5	2	3.07	27	0	0			41.0	172	39	14	14	4	13	3	3	2	0	34
2001	Astros	3	3	4.15	66	0	2			82.1	342	72	41	38	11	24	4	9	0	1	75
2001	Astros	0	0	0.00	2	0	0			2.2	9	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
2002	Astros	2	6	4.48	43	5	0	1	2	78.1	360	90	44	39	12	29	4	6	4	0	61
2003	Rockies	3	5	7.21	20	7	0	2	1	53.2	233	65	43	43	15	11	2	3	3	0	38
Total	- - -	15	23	5.04	204	18	2	3	3	348.1	1518	369	205	195	59	109	15	24	14	1	277
Postseason	- - -	0	0	0.00	2	0	0			2.2	9	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1

Advanced

Postseason | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	ERA-	FIP-	FIP
1997	White Sox	7.86	3.08	2.56	2.05	19.8 %	7.8 %	.271	1.44	.295	64.2 %	147	122	5.35
1997	Average	6.66	3.49	1.91	1.03	17.1 %	8.9 %	.262	1.41	.297	71.0 %			4.48
1999	Tigers	6.21	3.11	2.00	1.49	15.6 %	7.8 %	.275	1.46	.297	66.2 %	115	104	5.07
1999	Average	6.48	3.73	1.74	1.15	16.4 %	9.4 %	.266	1.46	.298	70.3 %			4.77
2000	Tigers	7.46	2.85	2.62	0.88	19.8 %	7.6 %	.250	1.27	.297	83.0 %	65	84	3.91
2000	Average	6.53	3.80	1.72	1.18	16.5 %	9.6 %	.265	1.47	.296	70.2 %			4.84
2001	Astros	8.20	2.62	3.13	1.20	21.9 %	7.0 %	.233	1.17	.274	71.4 %	92	91	4.17
2001	Astros	3.38	3.38	1.00	0.00	11.1 %	11.1 %	.125	0.75	.143	100.0 %	0	75	3.42
2001	Average	6.74	3.29	2.05	1.13	17.3 %	8.5 %	.259	1.38	.292	71.2 %			4.57
2002	Astros	7.01	3.33	2.10	1.38	16.9 %	8.1 %	.277	1.52	.310	74.9 %	105	109	4.74
2002	Average	6.53	3.38	1.93	1.05	16.8 %	8.7 %	.257	1.38	.289	71.7 %			4.52
2003	Rockies	6.37	1.84	3.45	2.52	16.3 %	4.7 %	.297	1.42	.301	62.1 %	146	121	6.03
2003	Average	6.40	3.30	1.94	1.08	16.4 %	8.5 %	.260	1.38	.291	71.2 %			4.57
Total	- - -	7.16	2.82	2.54	1.52	18.3 %	7.2 %	.266	1.37	.296	70.8 %	109	104	4.81
Postseason	- - -	3.38	3.38	1.00	0.00	11.1 %	11.1 %	.125	0.75	.143	100.0 %	0	75	3.42

Batted Ball

Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	IFH%	BUH%	tERA	SIERA	xFIP-	xFIP
2002	Astros	1.15	20.8 %	42.4 %	36.9 %	9.6 %	12.8 %	5.6 %	12.5 %	5.40	3.99	105	4.41
2003	Rockies	1.13	18.3 %	43.3 %	38.3 %	7.2 %	21.7 %	3.8 %	0.0 %	7.08	3.96	98	4.27
Total	- - -	1.14	19.8 %	42.8 %	37.5 %	8.6 %	16.6 %	4.8 %	11.1 %	6.06	3.98	102	4.35

More Batted Ball

Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	IFH	BU	BUH	RS	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
2002	Astros	108	94	53	9	6	8	1	38	500	841	1341
2003	Rockies	78	69	33	5	3	1	0	54	339	567	906
Total	- - -	186	163	86	14	9	9	1	92	839	1408	2247

Win Probability

Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	inLI	gmLI	exLI	Pulls	WPA/LI	Clutch	SD	MD
1997	White Sox	-0.33	-1.92	1.59	-1.37	-0.18	0.79	0.87	1.00	1.29	14	0.14	-0.56	5	4
1999	Tigers	-0.33	-4.50	4.17	-4.47	-0.39	0.81	0.81	0.88	0.81	19	-0.31	-0.10	5	3
2000	Tigers	-0.17	-3.27	3.10	2.29	0.23	1.06	1.16	1.46	1.25	15	0.55	-0.71	7	7
2001	Astros	0.81	-4.33	5.14	4.24	0.27	0.77	0.85	0.94	1.04	50	0.67	0.39	21	10
2002	Astros	-2.66	-5.92	3.26	-16.45	-1.67	0.69	0.68	0.84	0.59	32	-0.94	-2.90	2	12
2003	Rockies	-1.14	-3.79	2.65	-10.75	-0.98	0.66	0.70	0.88	0.71	19	-0.45	-1.28	1	4
Total	- - -	-3.83	-23.73	19.91	-26.50	-2.71	0.78	0.82	0.98	0.92	149	-0.35	-4.58	41	40

Pitch Type

Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	FB%	SL%	CB%	CH%	XX%
2002	Astros	58.1% (89.5)	16.8% (79.5)		25.2% (78.0)	2.2%
2003	Rockies	56.4% (87.1)	14.5% (76.8)	1.5% (72.8)	27.6% (76.2)	16.9%
Total	- - -	57.5% (88.8)	15.9% (78.6)	0.5% (72.8)	26.1% (77.3)	8.1%

Pitch Values

Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFB	wSL	wCB	wCH	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCB/C	wCH/C
2002	Astros	-21.6	-1.7		10.3	-2.84	-0.77		3.13
2003	Rockies	-13.8	1.7	-0.4	3.7	-3.24	1.58	-3.57	1.76
Total	- - -	-35.4	0.0	-0.4	14.0	-2.98	0.01	-3.57	2.60

Plate Discipline

Postseason | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%
2002	Astros	21.0 %	70.4 %	48.5 %	33.1 %	80.4 %	71.3 %	55.6 %	64.2 %	13.7 %
2002	Average	18.1 %	70.1 %	46.5 %	47.5 %	85.5 %	78.8 %	54.6 %	58.3 %	9.8 %
2003	Rockies	24.5 %	68.2 %	46.2 %	51.4 %	82.2 %	73.9 %	49.5 %	57.1 %	11.9 %
2003	Average	22.2 %	68.8 %	46.2 %	51.9 %	87.8 %	79.4 %	51.4 %	58.6 %	9.5 %
Total	- - -	22.5 %	69.6 %	47.5 %	41.7 %	81.1 %	72.3 %	53.1 %	61.4 %	13.0 %

Fielding

Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	FE	TE	DP	DPS	DPT	DPF	SB	FP
1997	White Sox	P	19	0	26.1	3	1	0			0					1.000
1999	Tigers	P	29	6	66.2	8	17	2			0					.926
2000	Tigers	P	27	0	41.0	1	6	0			1					1.000
2001	Astros	P	66	0	82.1	8	14	1			0					.957
2002	Astros	P	43	5	78.1	5	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1.000
2003	Rockies	P	20	7	54.0	6	6	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	1.000
Total	- - -	P	204	18	348.2	31	56	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	9	.967

Advanced Fielding

Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	rSB	rGDP	rARM	rGFP	rPM	DRS	BIZ	Plays	RZR	OOZ	CPP	RPP	TZL	FSR	ARM	DPR	RngR	ErrR	UZR	UZR/150
2003	Rockies	P	54.0	0			0	-1	-1
Total	- - -	P	348.2	0			0	-1	-1

Value

Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	RA9-Wins	BIP-Wins	LOB-Wins	FDP-Wins	RAR	WAR	Dollars	Salary
1997	White Sox	-0.4	0.0	-0.3	-0.2	-2.2	-0.2
1999	Tigers	0.1	0.1	-0.3	-0.3	3.8	0.3
2000	Tigers	1.2	0.0	0.6	0.7	6.3	0.6
2001	Astros	0.5	0.2	-0.2	0.0	4.9	0.5
2002	Astros	0.0	-0.5	0.5	0.0	-0.2	0.0	$0.0	$0.4
2003	Rockies	-0.4	-0.1	-0.3	-0.4	-0.5	0.0	($0.1)	$0.7
Total	- - -	1.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	12.1	1.1	($0.2)	$1.1

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