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Esteban
Loaiza		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 190
 
Born: December 31, 1971 in Mexico, , TIJUANA
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 32 CHA AL $ 2,800,000 8 6 6 6 7 9 8 8 6 7
2005 33 DET AL $ 4,700,000 8 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 7 7
2006 34 DET AL $ 4,700,000 8 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 6 7
2007 35 WSH NL $ 4,700,000 7 6 6 6 6 8 7 6 5 6
2008 36 MIN AL $ 600,000 7 6 6 6 6 8 7 5 4 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 600,000 7 6 6 6 6 8 7 5 4 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,700,000 8 6 6 6 7 9 8 8 7 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 32 CHA AL $ 2,800,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2005 33 DET AL $ 4,700,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2006 34 DET AL $ 4,700,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2007 35 WSH NL $ 4,700,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2008 36 MIN AL $ 600,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 600,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,700,000   5 5 4 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 32 CHA AL 12 13 .480 35 35 2 2 0 236.7 259 128 28 63 137 4.87 .276 .324 .437 .761 13.7
2005 33 DET AL 13 8 .619 33 33 3 1 0 214.3 230 88 20 57 159 3.70 .277 .329 .389 .717 14.5
2006 34 DET AL 9 15 .375 32 32 0 0 0 205.0 219 91 17 51 145 4.00 .267 .312 .385 .698 13.0
2007 35 MIN AL 7 7 .500 16 15 0 0 0 97.0 103 45 14 26 59 4.18 .273 .324 .438 .762 5.8
  WSH NL 3 6 .333 12 12 0 0 0 53.0 73 41 10 16 35 6.96 .327 .373 .516 .889 0.0
  TOT   10 13 .435 28 27 0 0 0 150.0 176 86 24 42 94 5.16 .293 .343 .467 .809 5.8
2008 36 MIN AL 4 10 .286 19 19 0 0 0 83.7 99 60 16 31 59 6.45 .287 .342 .513 .855 0.9
5 Years Sim 48 59 .449 147 146 5 3 0 889.7 983 453 105 244 594 4.58 .278 .327 .426 .753 47.9
Season Average 9 11 .450 29 29 1 0 0 177.9 196 90 21 48 118 4.58 .278 .327 .426 .753  
Career Highs 13 15 .619 35 35 3 2 0 236.7 259 128 28 63 159 6.45 .293 .343 .513 .855  
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   477 229 56 75 308   .264 .293 .413 .706
vs LH   506 224 49 169 286   .293 .356 .440 .797
Home 22 31 .415 77 77 3 3 0 483.7 528 233 52 140 321 4.34 .275 .325 .410 .735
Away 26 28 .481 70 69 2 0 0 406.0 455 220 53 104 273 4.88 .282 .325 .445 .770
Mar/Apr 8 9 .471 25 25 1 1 0 143.7 164 74 13 41 97 4.64 .286 .334 .417 .751
May 9 13 .409 29 29 0 0 0 162.7 189 82 18 50 111 4.54 .291 .341 .443 .785
June 8 7 .533 21 21 0 0 0 136.7 147 68 19 46 100 4.48 .276 .333 .439 .772
July 8 9 .471 20 20 0 0 0 115.7 154 77 21 34 66 5.99 .318 .362 .501 .863
August 6 9 .400 24 23 2 1 0 155.3 166 68 14 38 108 3.94 .270 .313 .394 .707
Sep/Oct 9 12 .429 28 28 2 1 0 175.7 163 84 20 35 112 4.30 .240 .277 .383 .660
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
2006 34 DET AL 3 12 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .154 .167 .321 0.5 0.0
2007 35 WSH NL 12 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.6 0.0
2 Years Sim 15 29 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .069 .067 .069 .136 -1.1 0.0
162 Game Average 313 21 21 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 118 .069 .067 .069 .136 -12.0  
Career Highs 12 17 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .167 .154 .167 .321 0.5  
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   21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .048 .048 .048 .095 -1.4
vs LH   8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .125 .111 .125 .236 -0.2
Home 9 18 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .111 .105 .111 .216 -0.5
Away 6 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.1
RISP   9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9
Close/Late   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Mar/Apr 3 12 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .154 .167 .321 0.0
July 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
August 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Sep/Oct 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8
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 32 CHA AL P 35 35 236.7 16 36 1 3 .981 1.98    
2005 33 DET AL P 33 33 214.3 16 35 2 5 .962 2.14    
2006 34 DET AL P 32 32 205.0 13 31 2 5 .957 1.93    
    RF 0 0 26.0 2 0 1 0 .667 0.69   0.0
2007 35 MIN AL P 16 15 97.0 8 17 1 3 .962 2.32    
  WSH NL P 12 12 53.0 4 9 0 1 1.000 2.21    
  TOT   P 28 27 150.0 12 26 1 4 .974 2.28    
2008 36 MIN AL P 19 19 83.7 6 10 2 3 .889 1.72    
  P 147 146 889.7 63 138 8 20 .962 2.03    
  RF 0 0 26.0 2 0 1 0 .667 0.69   0.0
Career Totals   147 146 915.7 65 138 9 20 .958 2.00    
Career Highs   35 35 236.7 16 36 3 5 .981 2.28    
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
2005 33 DET AL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.3 8 5 2 2 4 6.14 .276 .323 .517 .840
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.3 8 5 2 2 4 6.14 .276 .323 .517 .840
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
2006-6-15
 Games Started
2004-6-35
 Complete Games
2005-9-3
 Shutouts
2004-3-2
2005-8-1
 Innings Pitched
2004-9-236.7
 Hits Allowed
2004-5-259
Walks per 9IP
2006-10-2.2
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 124)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 339)
 
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History
Earned first career win on 4/16/2004
Traded from Chicago (A) to Detroit on 2/28/2005 (Going to CHA: 2B Orlando Hudson, P Edgar Gonzalez, 1B Ryan Howard, 2B Jake Gautreau, P Elmer Dessens. Going to DET: P Esteban Loaiza, P Corwin Malone, P Jon Rauch, 2B Ruddy Yan)
Had first career hit on 4/19/2006, off Darrell May (KCA)
Traded from Detroit to Minnesota on 2/20/2007 (Going to MIN: P Esteban Loaiza, P Bobby Schacher. Going to DET: P Rick Ankiel, SS Jimmy Rollins, P Jose Contreras, P Rod Beck, RF Garrett Guzman)
Traded from Minnesota to Washington on 7/1/2007 (Going to WSH: P Esteban Loaiza. Going to MIN: 3B Rodney Choy Foo)
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/3/2008 to a 1-year deal worth $600,000 per year
Injured on 5/28/2008 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6 weeks
 
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