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Rich
Harden		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 190
 
Born: November 30, 1981 in Can, BC, VICTORIA
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 22 OAK AL $ 300,000 7 7 8 8 4 4 4 7 6 7
2005 23 OAK AL $ 300,000 7 7 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
2006 24 OAK AL $ 300,000 7 7 9 8 4 4 4 7 7 7
2007 25 BOS AL $ 3,971,429 7 8 9 9 3 3 3 7 6 6
2008 26 TEX AL $ 3,971,429 7 8 9 8 3 3 3 7 7 7
2009 27 WSH NL $ 3,971,429 7 9 10 10 3 3 3 7 7 7
2010 28 BAL AL $ 8,000,000 7 9 10 10 3 3 3 7 6 7
2011 29 FLO NL $ 8,000,000 7 9 10 10 3 3 3 7 6 7
2012 30 FLO NL $ 8,000,000 6 9 10 10 3 3 3 7 6 6
2013 31 PIT NL $ 1,500,000 6 9 10 10 3 3 3 6 6 6
2014 32 TEX AL $ 1,500,000 6 9 10 10 3 3 3 6 6 6
2015 33 ANA AL $ 1,500,000 6 9 10 10 3 3 3 6 6 6
2016 34 ANA AL $ 3,850,000 6 9 10 10 2 3 2 5 5 5
2017 35 ANA AL $ 3,850,000 5 9 10 10 2 2 2 5 4 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 7 8 8 2 2 2 5 4 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,000,000 7 9 10 10 4 4 4 7 7 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 22 OAK AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2005 23 OAK AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2006 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2007 25 BOS AL $ 3,971,429   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2008 26 TEX AL $ 3,971,429   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2009 27 WSH NL $ 3,971,429   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2010 28 BAL AL $ 8,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2011 29 FLO NL $ 8,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2012 30 FLO NL $ 8,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2013 31 PIT NL $ 1,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2014 32 TEX AL $ 1,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2015 33 ANA AL $ 1,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2016 34 ANA AL $ 3,850,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2017 35 ANA AL $ 3,850,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 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 22 OAK AL 9 12 .429 34 34 0 0 0 187.3 174 98 22 96 166 4.71 .244 .333 .429 .762 9.4
2005 23 OAK AL 13 4 .765 32 17 0 0 1 120.0 109 56 16 55 108 4.20 .240 .320 .405 .725 7.7
2006 24 OAK AL 14 10 .583 29 29 0 0 0 180.0 169 68 17 70 138 3.40 .246 .312 .389 .701 15.8
2007 25 CIN NL 2 6 .250 14 13 0 0 0 59.0 63 36 8 29 61 5.49 .268 .346 .464 .810 0.0
  WSH NL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 11.3 14 6 2 5 10 4.77 .304 .373 .543 .916 0.6
  BOS AL 2 4 .333 15 14 0 0 0 80.3 90 51 12 40 85 5.71 .279 .356 .486 .842 1.9
  TOT   5 10 .333 31 29 0 0 0 150.7 167 93 22 74 156 5.56 .276 .353 .482 .835 2.5
2008 26 BOS AL 2 4 .333 9 9 0 0 0 54.3 51 25 6 24 53 4.14 .242 .318 .417 .735 3.4
  TEX AL 10 8 .556 25 25 0 0 0 134.7 133 71 15 63 133 4.75 .252 .331 .426 .757 6.8
  TOT   12 12 .500 34 34 0 0 0 189.0 184 96 21 87 186 4.57 .249 .327 .424 .751 10.2
2009 27 TEX AL 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 4.3 6 2 0 2 4 4.15 .316 .381 .368 .749 0.3
  PIT NL 2 3 .400 8 7 0 0 0 41.3 52 35 4 25 40 7.62 .311 .397 .473 .870 0.0
  WSH NL 6 7 .462 19 16 1 1 1 111.3 98 47 8 52 132 3.80 .241 .324 .371 .695 5.4
  TOT   8 10 .444 29 25 1 1 1 157.0 156 84 12 79 176 4.82 .263 .347 .400 .746 5.7
    AAA   1 1 .500 3 3 0 0 0 18.7 18 14 5 9 22 6.75 .250 .333 .486 .819  
2010 28 BAL AL 12 12 .500 34 32 0 0 0 178.7 164 109 37 107 214 5.49 .240 .342 .477 .819 5.6
2011 29 FLO NL 7 7 .500 55 17 0 0 0 138.0 133 86 19 78 145 5.61 .253 .348 .470 .818 2.1
2012 30 FLO NL 7 4 .636 75 3 0 0 1 105.3 87 54 13 66 141 4.61 .222 .333 .398 .731 5.6
2013 31 PIT NL 12 15 .444 34 34 0 0 0 186.7 153 102 30 121 205 4.92 .221 .335 .412 .748 5.6
2014 32 PIT NL 5 9 .357 19 18 0 0 0 100.7 72 49 12 66 111 4.38 .200 .321 .372 .693 3.7
  TEX AL 9 1 .900 13 13 0 0 0 78.3 58 30 10 37 93 3.45 .206 .295 .383 .678 6.8
  TOT   14 10 .583 32 31 0 0 0 179.0 130 79 22 103 204 3.97 .202 .310 .377 .687 10.5
2015 33 TEX AL 4 4 .500 13 13 0 0 0 63.0 54 44 14 53 82 6.29 .232 .374 .485 .859 1.1
  ANA AL 5 10 .333 20 20 0 0 0 96.3 95 73 25 76 122 6.82 .258 .384 .538 .922 0.0
  TOT   9 14 .391 33 33 0 0 0 159.3 149 117 39 129 204 6.61 .248 .380 .517 .898 1.1
2016 34 ANA AL 9 11 .450 30 30 0 0 0 156.3 131 99 25 113 200 5.70 .224 .348 .423 .771 4.5
2017 35 ANA AL 9 15 .375 30 30 0 0 0 138.0 133 89 20 87 152 5.80 .249 .351 .444 .795 3.9
2018 36 AAA   0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.7 1 0 0 1 7 0.00 .091 .167 .091 .258  
16 Years Sim 140 146 .490 512 378 1 1 3 2225.3 2039 1230 315 1265 2395 4.97 .242 .338 .432 .770 90.2
2 Years AAA 1 1 .500 6 3 0 0 0 22.3 19 14 5 10 29 5.65 .229 .312 .434 .746  
Season Average 10 10 .500 36 27 0 0 0 158.9 145 87 22 90 171 4.97 .242 .338 .432 .770  
Career Highs 14 15 .765 75 34 1 1 1 189.0 184 117 39 129 214 6.61 .276 .380 .517 .898  
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   996 578 148 595 1345   .231 .324 .404 .728
vs LH   1043 652 167 670 1050   .253 .357 .461 .819
Home 71 82 .464 265 202 1 1 3 1171.3 1115 689 184 694 1280 5.29 .250 .350 .447 .798
Away 69 64 .519 247 176 0 0 0 1054.0 924 541 131 571 1115 4.62 .233 .329 .415 .744
Mar/Apr 21 20 .512 74 56 0 0 0 345.3 292 164 49 182 368 4.27 .228 .324 .423 .747
May 22 27 .449 84 75 0 0 1 404.6 383 265 64 244 441 5.89 .246 .349 .447 .795
June 28 23 .549 77 62 0 0 0 352.0 297 174 42 202 375 4.45 .226 .329 .394 .723
July 20 22 .476 79 55 0 0 0 331.0 301 187 47 183 352 5.09 .241 .338 .438 .777
August 28 27 .509 100 60 1 1 1 390.0 351 194 43 208 418 4.48 .239 .333 .416 .749
Sep/Oct 21 27 .438 98 70 0 0 1 402.3 415 246 70 246 441 5.50 .264 .363 .468 .831
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2007 25 CIN NL 14 19 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .053 .053 .105 .158 -0.9 0.0
  WSH NL 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8 0.2
  TOT   16 23 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .130 .130 .174 .304 0.0 0.2
2009 27 PIT NL 8 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .077 .077 .077 .154 -0.9 0.0
  WSH NL 19 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 .000 .000 .000 .000 -3.5 0.0
  TOT   27 48 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 .021 .021 .021 .042 -4.4 0.0
2011 29 FLO NL 55 31 3 3 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 10 .097 .097 .161 .258 -0.6 0.0
2012 30 FLO NL 75 7 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 .571 .667 .714 1.381 2.7 0.8
2013 31 PIT NL 34 62 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 18 .081 .149 .081 .230 -1.0 0.0
2014 32 PIT NL 19 33 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .061 .059 .091 .150 -1.2 0.0
6 Years Sim 226 204 10 18 5 0 0 12 0 0 7 59 .088 .118 .113 .231 -4.5 1.0
162 Game Average 146 7 12 3 0 0 8 0 0 5 42 .088 .118 .113 .231 -3.3  
Career Highs 75 62 3 5 2 0 0 5 0 0 5 19 .571 .667 .714 1.381 2.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   150 4 12 3 0 0 6 0 0 4 43 .080 .103 .100 .203 -5.2
vs LH   54 6 6 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 16 .111 .158 .148 .306 -0.1
Home 109 89 4 6 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 24 .067 .077 .090 .167 -4.2
Away 117 115 6 12 3 0 0 7 0 0 6 35 .104 .149 .130 .279 -1.2
RISP   67 0 6 3 0 0 12 0 0 0 21 .090 .088 .134 .223 -2.2
Close/Late   2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0.6
Mar/Apr 22 42 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .048 .068 .095 .163 -2.1
May 40 49 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 .082 .118 .102 .220 -1.4
June 34 42 3 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 13 .071 .093 .095 .188 -1.7
July 29 31 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 9 .194 .219 .194 .412 0.9
August 10 17 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .118 .167 .118 .284 -0.1
Sep/Oct 28 23 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .043 .083 .087 .170 -1.1
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    
2004 22 OAK AL P 34 34 187.3 14 24 0 1 1.000 1.83    
2005 23 OAK AL P 32 17 120.0 7 15 0 1 1.000 1.65    
2006 24 OAK AL P 29 29 180.0 8 28 2 1 .947 1.80    
2007 25 CIN NL P 14 13 59.0 5 6 1 0 .917 1.68    
  WSH NL P 2 2 11.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.59    
  BOS AL P 15 14 80.3 7 8 2 1 .882 1.68    
  TOT   P 31 29 150.7 13 15 3 1 .903 1.67    
2008 26 BOS AL P 9 9 54.3 4 5 1 1 .900 1.49    
  TEX AL P 25 25 134.7 10 12 2 3 .917 1.47    
  TOT   P 34 34 189.0 14 17 3 4 .912 1.48    
2009 27 TEX AL P 2 2 4.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.07    
  PIT NL P 8 7 41.3 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.52    
  WSH NL P 19 16 111.3 5 13 0 1 1.000 1.46    
  TOT   P 29 25 157.0 7 19 0 1 1.000 1.49    
2010 28 BAL AL P 34 32 178.7 8 20 0 0 1.000 1.41    
2011 29 FLO NL P 55 17 138.0 9 18 0 1 1.000 1.76    
2012 30 FLO NL P 75 3 105.3 6 7 0 1 1.000 1.11    
2013 31 PIT NL P 34 34 186.7 9 24 0 2 1.000 1.59    
2014 32 PIT NL P 19 18 100.7 4 7 1 1 .917 0.98    
  TEX AL P 13 13 78.3 4 5 0 1 1.000 1.03    
  TOT   P 32 31 179.0 8 12 1 2 .952 1.01    
2015 33 TEX AL P 13 13 63.0 3 6 1 1 .900 1.29    
  ANA AL P 20 20 96.3 5 9 1 1 .933 1.31    
  TOT   P 33 33 159.3 8 15 2 2 .920 1.30    
2016 34 ANA AL P 30 30 156.3 6 11 2 0 .895 0.98    
2017 35 ANA AL P 30 30 138.0 4 14 1 1 .947 1.17    
Career Totals   512 378 2225.3 121 239 14 18 .963 1.46    
Career Highs   75 34 189.0 14 28 3 4 1.000 1.83    
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
2006 24 OAK AL 2 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 19.3 16 8 0 7 14 3.72 .235 .307 .309 .615
2008 26 TEX AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.3 8 5 0 2 8 7.11 .320 .370 .480 .850
2009 27 WSH NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 2 0.00 .167 .167 .167 .333
2013 31 PIT NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 2 2 9.00 .250 .500 .250 .750
2014 32 TEX AL 0 0 .000 2 1 0 0 0 5.7 4 3 0 10 7 4.77 .190 .452 .190 .642
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 1 .667 9 5 0 0 0 34.0 30 17 0 21 33 4.50 .242 .352 .315 .666
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2006-5-3.40
 Wins
CAR-46-140
 Losses
2013-6-15
2015-6-14
2017-6-15
CAR-7-146
 Winning Pct
2005-3-.765
 Games Started
2004-10-34
2008-9-34
CAR-35-378
 Innings Pitched
CAR-49-2225.3
Homeruns Allowed
2010-4-37
2013-7-30
2015-3-39
CAR-13-315
 Strikeouts
2004-10-166
2008-7-186
CAR-25-2395
 Walks Allowed
2004-1-96
2008-5-87
2010-4-107
2013-1-121
2015-3-129
2016-4-113
CAR-4-1265
 Hits per 9IP
2004-6-8.4
2006-6-8.5
2013-8-7.4
 Strikeouts per 9IP
2004-8-8.0
2008-6-8.9
2010-2-10.8
2013-9-9.9
CAR-23-9.7
 OAVG
2004-6-.244
2006-6-.246
2013-8-.221
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 124)
   Gray Ink Test: 31    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 339)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 87)
 
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History
Earned first career win on 4/6/2004
Traded from Oakland to Cincinnati on 2/13/2007 (Going to CIN: P Rich Harden, LF Edward Cummings, P Brad Sullivan, 1B Brad Fullmer. Going to OAK: 1B Doug Mientkiewicz, P Ben Sheets, P John Riedling)
Had first career hit (double) on 4/18/2007, off Adam Wainwright (STL)
Traded from Cincinnati to Washington on 7/1/2007 (Going to WSH: P Rich Harden. Going to CIN: C Jason Wilbert, P Carlos Perez)
Traded from Washington to Boston on 7/17/2007 (Going to WSH: 2B Jose Vidro, P Derek Lowe. Going to BOS: P Rich Harden, P Ryan Wing, LF Carlos Lee)
1/29/2008: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,971,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from Boston to Texas on 5/22/2008 (Going to BOS: P Mark Buehrle, P Francisco Cordero. Going to TEX: P Rich Harden, P Carl Pavano)
1/29/2009: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,971,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from Texas to Pittsburgh on 4/20/2009 (Going to PIT: P Rich Harden. Going to TEX: P Micheal Swartz)
Traded from Pittsburgh to Washington on 5/30/2009 (Going to PIT: RF Andre Ethier. Going to WSH: P Rich Harden)
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 2/3/2010 to a 3-year deal worth $8,000,000 per year
Traded from Baltimore to Florida on 1/29/2011 (Going to BAL: P Jeff Francis, 2B Gerald Syed. Going to FLO: P Anthony Lezama, 2B Raymond Updegraff, P Joseph Campas, P Jason Salas, P Rich Harden)
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 1/31/2013 to a 3-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
Traded from Pittsburgh to Texas on 7/25/2014 (Going to PIT: P Roy Halladay, LF Ikushirou Takeru, RF Vincent Blue. Going to TEX: P Rich Harden, C James Young, RF Jimmy Hauck, CF Efren Garduno, P Justin Lao)
5/22/2015: Signed a contract extension with Texas, $3,850,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Texas to Anaheim on 6/15/2015 (Going to ANA: 2B Hector Made, 1B Mark Teixeira, P Rich Harden. Going to TEX: P Dontrelle Willis)
Signed as a free agent by San Francisco on 2/27/2018 to a minor league contract
Released by San Francisco on 9/2/2018
 
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