Glen
Rakestraw
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 220
 
Born: October 10, 1983 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2014   
Gold Glove Award 2011   
All-Star Selections 2010   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2006 22 SEA AL   9 5 5 5 4 3 3 8 8 8
2007 23 SEA AL   9 7 7 7 5 4 4 8 8 8
2008 24 SEA AL $ 300,000 9 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 8 8
2009 25 SEA AL $ 300,000 9 7 7 7 10 10 10 8 7 7
2010 26 SEA AL $ 300,000 9 6 7 7 10 10 10 8 8 8
2011 27 SEA AL $ 300,000 9 7 7 7 10 10 10 8 7 7
2012 28 SEA AL $ 2,178,571 9 6 6 6 10 10 10 6 6 6
2013 29 SEA AL $ 2,178,571 9 6 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
2014 30 SEA AL $ 9,000,000 9 6 6 6 10 9 10 6 6 6
2015 31 HOU NL $ 9,000,000 9 5 6 6 10 9 10 6 6 6
2016 32 HOU NL $ 9,000,000 9 5 6 6 10 9 10 7 6 6
2017 33 HOU NL   8 5 5 5 10 8 9 6 6 6
2018 34 SEA AL $ 375,000 7 5 5 5 9 8 8 6 5 5
2019 35 SEA AL   7 4 5 5 9 8 8 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 4 5 5 4 3 3 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,000,000 9 7 7 7 10 10 10 8 8 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2006 22 SEA AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2007 23 SEA AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2008 24 SEA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2009 25 SEA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2010 26 SEA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2011 27 SEA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2012 28 SEA AL $ 2,178,571   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2013 29 SEA AL $ 2,178,571   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2014 30 SEA AL $ 9,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2015 31 HOU NL $ 9,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2016 32 HOU NL $ 9,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2017 33 HOU NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2018 34 SEA AL $ 375,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2019 35 SEA AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
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
2006 22 AAA   0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 14.3 12 7 0 5 15 4.40 .231 .298 .346 .644  
    AA   5 4 .556 12 12 0 0 0 85.7 88 40 10 24 71 4.20 .259 .308 .403 .711  
    A   2 1 .667 5 5 0 0 0 34.0 34 13 2 12 23 3.44 .262 .324 .400 .724  
2007 23 AAA   8 13 .381 27 27 3 1 0 174.3 177 82 12 72 158 4.23 .262 .333 .371 .704  
2008 24 SEA AL 6 12 .333 28 27 1 1 0 168.0 185 94 17 56 138 5.04 .281 .349 .419 .768 7.3
    AAA   0 2 .000 6 6 0 0 0 35.7 33 13 2 15 41 3.28 .237 .312 .353 .664  
2009 25 SEA AL 21 7 .750 32 32 6 1 0 249.3 250 91 20 44 210 3.28 .259 .309 .372 .681 24.4
2010 26 SEA AL 22 6 .786 33 33 8 2 0 239.7 244 90 20 31 192 3.38 .261 .300 .375 .676 22.3
2011 27 SEA AL 8 12 .400 30 30 4 1 0 198.0 206 89 22 28 162 4.05 .263 .307 .412 .718 10.3
2012 28 SEA AL 19 9 .679 33 33 7 1 0 231.0 240 109 27 25 181 4.25 .266 .309 .411 .720 14.3
2013 29 SEA AL 16 8 .667 33 33 5 2 0 223.7 207 92 33 21 200 3.70 .239 .279 .410 .689 15.5
2014 30 SEA AL 13 11 .542 33 33 6 1 0 230.7 262 102 30 32 181 3.98 .286 .328 .454 .782 12.4
2015 31 SEA AL 11 12 .478 28 28 6 2 0 207.7 208 87 20 31 155 3.77 .259 .301 .396 .696 14.1
  HOU NL 1 3 .250 6 6 1 0 0 38.0 37 18 4 7 31 4.26 .253 .299 .390 .690 1.5
  TOT   12 15 .444 34 34 7 2 0 245.7 245 105 24 38 186 3.85 .258 .300 .395 .695 15.6
2016 32 HOU NL 12 11 .522 35 35 1 1 0 238.3 247 113 19 35 167 4.27 .264 .308 .394 .702 10.6
2017 33 HOU NL 3 4 .429 11 11 0 0 0 59.3 74 40 14 20 34 6.07 .308 .362 .542 .904 0.0
    AAA   5 2 .714 15 15 1 1 0 96.0 115 42 8 15 70 3.94 .295 .321 .421 .742  
2018 34 SEA AL 7 17 .292 33 33 0 0 0 195.7 239 131 34 46 102 6.03 .301 .356 .499 .855 3.7
2019 35 SEA AL 2 4 .333 7 7 0 0 0 37.7 51 25 7 11 22 5.97 .317 .379 .516 .894 0.4
12 Years Sim 141 116 .549 342 341 45 12 0 2316.9 2450 1081 267 387 1775 4.20 .269 .316 .418 .734 136.8
4 Years AAA 13 18 .419 50 50 4 2 0 320.3 337 144 22 107 284 4.05 .268 .326 .383 .709  
1 Years AA 5 4 .556 12 12 0 0 0 85.7 88 40 10 24 71 4.20 .259 .308 .403 .711  
1 Years A 2 1 .667 5 5 0 0 0 34.0 34 13 2 12 23 3.44 .262 .324 .400 .724  
6 Years Minors 20 23 .465 67 67 4 2 0 440.0 459 197 34 143 378 4.03 .266 .322 .389 .710  
Season Average 11 9 .550 28 28 3 1 0 193.1 204 90 22 32 147 4.20 .269 .316 .418 .734  
Career Highs 22 17 .786 35 35 8 2 0 249.3 262 131 34 56 210 6.07 .317 .379 .542 .904  
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   1724 775 198 304 1179   .271 .304 .427 .732
vs LH   726 306 69 83 596   .264 .286 .395 .681
Home 71 64 .526 177 177 21 7 0 1201.0 1289 571 130 216 924 4.28 .272 .304 .415 .719
Away 70 52 .574 165 164 24 5 0 1116.0 1161 510 137 171 851 4.11 .265 .293 .421 .714
Mar/Apr 25 21 .543 56 56 10 2 0 376.6 388 172 42 72 287 4.11 .263 .297 .413 .710
May 22 28 .440 63 63 8 1 0 413.3 464 211 47 90 291 4.59 .280 .317 .434 .751
June 26 14 .650 55 55 7 4 0 397.3 388 161 36 55 307 3.65 .256 .282 .387 .669
July 22 13 .629 51 51 8 2 0 352.0 345 150 41 53 271 3.84 .254 .282 .395 .677
August 28 16 .636 57 57 6 2 0 394.6 431 179 52 61 303 4.08 .277 .304 .431 .735
Sep/Oct 18 24 .429 60 59 10 2 0 383.0 434 208 49 56 316 4.89 .282 .307 .442 .750
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
2015 31 HOU NL 6 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .083 .000 .083 -0.7 0.0
2016 32 HOU NL 35 82 2 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 32 .061 .071 .073 .145 -3.5 0.0
2017 33 HOU NL 11 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.0 0.0
3 Years Sim 52 114 3 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 45 .044 .060 .053 .112 -6.1 0.0
162 Game Average 355 9 15 3 0 0 12 0 0 6 140 .044 .060 .053 .112 -19.1  
Career Highs 35 82 2 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 32 .061 .083 .073 .145 -0.7  
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   96 3 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 40 .042 .051 .052 .103 -6.3
vs LH   18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .056 .105 .056 .161 -0.8
Home 28 58 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 23 .052 .068 .069 .137 -3.2
Away 24 56 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 22 .036 .052 .036 .087 -3.8
RISP   28 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 14 .036 .067 .036 .102 -1.8
Close/Late   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Mar/Apr 9 19 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .105 .105 .105 .211 -0.6
May 12 23 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .043 .083 .087 .170 -1.1
June 7 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .050 .050 .050 .100 -1.3
July 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0
August 6 12 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2
Sep/Oct 13 30 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .033 .065 .033 .098 -1.9
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    
2008 24 SEA AL P 28 27 168.0 9 33 1 5 .977 2.25    
2009 25 SEA AL P 32 32 249.3 16 31 2 5 .959 1.70    
2010 26 SEA AL P 33 33 239.7 10 30 4 2 .909 1.50    
2011 27 SEA AL P 30 30 198.0 16 32 0 4 1.000 2.18    
2012 28 SEA AL P 33 33 231.0 15 31 2 4 .958 1.79    
2013 29 SEA AL P 33 33 223.7 18 27 5 3 .900 1.81    
2014 30 SEA AL P 33 33 230.7 18 40 5 4 .921 2.26    
2015 31 SEA AL P 28 28 207.7 10 30 3 3 .930 1.73    
  HOU NL P 6 6 38.0 2 5 0 1 1.000 1.66    
  TOT   P 34 34 245.7 12 35 3 4 .940 1.72    
2016 32 HOU NL P 35 35 238.3 13 47 3 5 .952 2.27    
2017 33 HOU NL P 11 11 59.3 5 15 1 0 .952 3.03    
2018 34 SEA AL P 33 33 195.7 11 33 4 4 .917 2.02    
2019 35 SEA AL P 7 7 37.7 3 3 1 1 .857 1.43    
Career Totals   342 341 2316.9 146 357 31 41 .942 1.95    
Career Highs   35 35 249.3 18 47 5 5 1.000 3.03    
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
2008 24 SEA AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 5.7 5 2 0 4 2 3.18 .238 .360 .238 .598
2009 25 SEA AL 2 2 .500 5 5 2 0 0 41.7 35 13 2 4 29 2.81 .235 .255 .349 .604
2010 26 SEA AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.3 6 2 1 0 9 2.46 .214 .214 .393 .607
2012 28 SEA AL 1 1 .500 2 2 1 1 0 16.3 11 3 1 3 11 1.65 .190 .230 .259 .488
2013 29 SEA AL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 11.0 18 8 2 1 6 6.55 .360 .373 .540 .913
2014 30 SEA AL 0 3 .000 5 5 1 0 0 28.7 50 21 5 6 13 6.59 .345 .371 .490 .861
Career Post-Season Pitching 3 8 .273 18 15 4 1 0 110.7 125 49 11 18 70 3.98 .277 .305 .401 .706
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2014 30 SEA AL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2009-4-3.28
2010-7-3.38
Wins
2009-2-21
2010-1-22
2012-3-19
2013-10-16
CAR-44-141
Losses
2018-6-17
Winning Pct
2009-4-.750
2010-2-.786
Complete Games
2009-9-6
2010-1-8
2011-3-4
2012-3-7
2013-6-5
2014-2-6
2015-2-6
CAR-9-45
Shutouts
2008-3-1
2009-10-1
2010-1-2
2011-9-1
2012-7-1
2013-5-2
2014-8-1
2015-3-2
2016-9-1
CAR-19-12
Innings Pitched
2009-7-249.3
2010-7-239.7
2012-5-231.0
2013-8-223.7
2014-5-230.7
2016-5-238.3
CAR-39-2317.0
Hits Allowed
2010-7-244
2012-7-240
2014-2-262
2016-3-247
2018-10-239
CAR-28-2450
Homeruns Allowed
2013-4-33
2014-7-30
2018-2-34
CAR-32-267
Walks per 9IP
2009-4-1.6
2010-3-1.2
2011-2-1.3
2012-1-1.0
2013-2-0.8
2014-3-1.2
2015-2-1.3
2016-6-1.3
CAR-11-1.5
WHiP
2009-6-1.18
2010-4-1.15
2011-6-1.18
2012-8-1.15
2013-3-1.02
2015-4-1.15
CAR-42-1.22
OOBP
2009-9-.309
2010-8-.300
2011-10-.307
2013-5-.279
2015-8-.301
OSLG
2009-9-.372
OOPS
2009-10-.681
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 124)
   Gray Ink Test: 87    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 339)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 87)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Seattle in 2006
Injured on 5/14/2007 with a Spasms Back, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 4/24/2008 with a Tender Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Earned first career win on 5/29/2008
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/2009, going 4-0, 2.08
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/2010, going 5-0, 2.63
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar game
Injured on 5/13/2011 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Won Gold Glove Award at Pitcher in 2011
1/29/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,178,571 through salary arbitration
1/29/2013: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,178,571 through salary arbitration
10/15/2013: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $9,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with Seattle in 2014
Had first career hit on 4/6/2016, off Paul Ferrera (PIT)
Injured on 8/6/2017 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Released by Houston on 10/16/2017
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/2/2018 to a 4-year deal worth $375,000 per year
Released by Seattle on 6/1/2019