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John
Birtwell		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 230
 
Born: September 4, 1979 in N/a
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 24 DET AL   2 4 4 4 5 6 6 3 5 4
2005 25 DET AL   2 4 4 4 5 6 6 4 6 5
2006 26 DET AL   1 4 5 4 6 7 6 3 5 4
2007 27 DET AL   1 4 5 5 6 7 7 4 6 5
2008 28 DET AL   1 6 6 6 7 8 8 4 6 5
2009 29 DET AL $ 300,000 1 7 7 7 9 10 10 4 6 5
2010 30 DET AL $ 300,000 1 7 7 7 9 10 10 4 6 5
2011 31 DET AL $ 300,000 1 7 7 7 9 10 10 4 6 5
2012 32 DET AL   1 7 7 7 9 10 10 4 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   1 4 4 4 5 6 6 3 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 2 7 7 7 9 10 10 4 6 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2004 24 AA   2 0 1.000 43 0 0 0 0 38.0 23 5 2 10 31 1.18 .176 .234 .252 .486  
2005 25 AA   0 2 .000 30 0 0 0 6 29.0 27 12 2 13 27 3.72 .252 .333 .393 .726  
2006 26 AAA   0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 9.00 .250 .250 1.000 1.250  
    AA   3 3 .500 45 3 0 0 2 38.3 51 25 7 12 29 5.87 .329 .377 .535 .913  
2007 27 AAA   0 0 .000 18 0 0 0 0 20.0 26 15 3 12 16 6.75 .306 .392 .471 .862  
2008 28 AAA   3 6 .333 43 0 0 0 25 44.7 45 26 10 16 39 5.24 .268 .332 .464 .796  
2009 29 DET AL 2 2 .500 20 0 0 0 1 24.3 26 15 4 4 18 5.55 .257 .287 .475 .762 0.7
    AAA   4 2 .667 30 0 0 0 14 39.3 33 17 7 5 37 3.89 .223 .248 .378 .627  
2010 30 DET AL 4 1 .800 50 0 0 0 3 68.7 89 41 7 6 59 5.37 .307 .320 .472 .792 3.7
2011 31 DET AL 6 1 .857 53 0 0 0 2 76.3 60 23 6 15 64 2.71 .215 .272 .344 .616 8.9
2012 32 DET AL 1 0 1.000 11 0 0 0 1 14.3 15 6 1 2 16 3.77 .263 .311 .368 .680 1.5
4 Years Sim 13 4 .765 134 0 0 0 7 183.7 190 85 18 27 157 4.17 .261 .296 .415 .711 14.8
4 Years AAA 7 8 .467 92 0 0 0 39 105.0 105 59 21 33 93 5.06 .259 .315 .440 .755  
3 Years AA 5 5 .500 118 3 0 0 8 105.3 101 42 11 35 87 3.59 .257 .318 .402 .720  
7 Years Minors 12 13 .480 210 3 0 0 47 210.3 206 101 32 68 180 4.32 .258 .316 .421 .737  
Season Average 3 1 .750 33 0 0 0 1 45.9 47 21 4 6 39 4.17 .261 .296 .415 .711  
Career Highs 6 2 1.000 53 0 0 0 3 76.3 89 41 7 15 64 5.55 .307 .320 .475 .792  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   96 55 9 10 80   .246 .265 .395 .660
vs LH   94 30 9 17 77   .279 .314 .439 .753
Home 7 3 .700 73 0 0 0 3 94.7 113 54 12 14 77 5.13 .290 .315 .460 .775
Away 6 1 .857 61 0 0 0 4 89.0 77 31 6 13 80 3.14 .228 .256 .364 .620
Mar/Apr 2 0 1.000 25 0 0 0 1 32.3 45 21 3 11 25 5.85 .333 .384 .467 .850
May 2 0 1.000 22 0 0 0 1 32.0 28 10 4 3 28 2.81 .230 .248 .385 .633
June 3 0 1.000 19 0 0 0 1 23.0 31 12 3 3 17 4.70 .326 .347 .558 .905
July 0 2 .000 17 0 0 0 0 28.7 27 12 1 3 26 3.77 .243 .263 .351 .615
August 2 1 .667 21 0 0 0 1 30.3 28 13 3 2 26 3.86 .231 .244 .421 .665
Sep/Oct 4 1 .800 30 0 0 0 3 37.3 31 17 4 5 35 4.10 .217 .243 .343 .586
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2009 29 DET AL P 20 0 24.3 3 1 1 0 .800 1.48    
2010 30 DET AL P 50 0 68.7 4 5 0 0 1.000 1.18    
2011 31 DET AL P 53 0 76.3 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.30    
2012 32 DET AL P 11 0 14.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.51    
Career Totals   134 0 183.7 12 16 1 0 .966 1.37    
Career Highs   53 0 76.3 4 7 1 0 1.000 2.51    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2009 29 DET AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
2011 31 DET AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.3 4 3 1 0 4 11.59 .364 .364 .727 1.091
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 4.7 4 3 1 0 6 5.79 .235 .235 .471 .706
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  1. Neal Works (994)
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  3. Chris Spurling (980)
  4. Thomas Ristau (978)
  5. Jim Mecir (976)
  6. James Harris (976)
  7. Orville Etienne (976)
  8. Salomon Torres (975)
  9. Thomas Mark (973)
  10. Richard Crane (973)
History
Earned first career win on 9/13/2009
Injured on 5/5/2012 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for entire career
Released by Detroit on 5/6/2012
 
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