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Wardell
Starling		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 205
 
Born: March 14, 1983 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 21 PIT NL   6 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3
2005 22 PIT NL   6 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 4 4
2006 23 PIT NL   6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5
2007 24 PIT NL   6 7 7 7 6 5 5 4 3 3
2008 25 LAN NL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5
2009 26 LAN NL   6 6 6 6 7 6 7 6 6 6
2010 27 LAN NL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 6 5 6
2011 28 TOR AL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5
2012 29 TOR AL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5
2013 30 TOR AL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 6
2014 31 TOR AL   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
2015 32 OAK AL   6 7 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 6
2016 33 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 7 7 7 7 6 7 5 5 5
2017 34 SEA AL $ 516,000 6 7 7 7 7 6 7 5 5 5
2018 35 SEA AL $ 300,000 6 7 6 7 7 6 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 516,000 6 7 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 6
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 21 PIT NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2005 22 PIT NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2006 23 PIT NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2007 24 PIT NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2008 25 LAN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2009 26 LAN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2010 27 LAN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2011 28 TOR AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2012 29 TOR AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2013 30 TOR AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2014 31 TOR AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2015 32 OAK AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2016 33 OAK AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2017 34 SEA AL $ 516,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2018 35 SEA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 516,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
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 21 AA   3 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 22.3 10 3 1 6 14 1.21 .133 .198 .187 .384  
    A   14 5 .737 24 24 1 0 0 169.7 142 40 6 35 149 2.12 .223 .264 .286 .550  
2005 22 AA   0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 4.7 4 3 1 1 6 5.79 .250 .294 .500 .794  
    A   3 9 .250 19 19 0 0 0 122.0 136 52 15 34 102 3.84 .279 .326 .429 .755  
2006 23 AAA   6 5 .545 23 15 1 1 0 98.3 107 46 14 33 88 4.21 .266 .321 .434 .755  
    AA   2 0 1.000 18 0 0 0 0 12.7 10 5 4 7 12 3.55 .217 .321 .500 .821  
2007 24 AAA   7 4 .636 17 17 0 0 0 105.3 93 33 16 36 113 2.82 .229 .292 .382 .674  
2008 25 LAN NL 0 0 .000 6 2 0 0 0 16.3 23 11 6 1 16 6.06 .333 .343 .638 .981 0.0
    AAA   4 1 .800 15 15 0 0 0 88.7 91 37 13 34 97 3.76 .262 .328 .406 .734  
2009 26 AAA   11 12 .478 30 30 1 0 0 203.0 226 104 36 72 200 4.61 .281 .341 .478 .819  
2010 27 LAN NL 1 3 .250 6 5 0 0 0 21.3 35 21 3 7 17 8.86 .365 .408 .552 .960 0.0
    AAA   16 2 .889 30 30 0 0 0 182.7 194 76 18 63 179 3.74 .269 .328 .411 .738  
2011 28 TOR AL 3 3 .500 29 0 0 0 0 54.7 75 33 13 25 41 5.43 .326 .392 .543 .936 1.6
    AAA   4 1 .800 41 0 0 0 0 59.0 60 33 9 28 50 5.03 .264 .345 .467 .812  
2012 29 TOR AL 2 3 .400 36 0 0 0 4 40.0 37 24 9 13 29 5.40 .245 .303 .470 .773 3.1
2013 30 TOR AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 6.7 12 10 3 5 2 13.51 .387 .472 .774 1.246 0.0
    AAA   3 4 .429 46 0 0 0 4 71.3 61 24 3 31 70 3.03 .230 .311 .306 .616  
2014 31 AAA   1 0 1.000 18 0 0 0 3 33.0 37 14 3 14 27 3.82 .280 .349 .402 .751  
2015 32 AAA   6 6 .500 26 16 1 0 1 102.0 124 59 12 46 93 5.21 .297 .366 .431 .797  
    AA   0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 1.3 2 1 0 0 2 6.77 .333 .333 .333 .667  
    A   2 1 .667 16 0 0 0 1 15.0 10 3 2 3 18 1.80 .196 .241 .353 .594  
2016 33 OAK AL 1 1 .500 2 1 0 0 0 4.7 8 5 1 2 8 9.66 .364 .417 .591 1.008 0.0
    AAA   6 3 .667 17 6 0 0 1 62.3 56 23 8 26 52 3.32 .241 .318 .397 .714  
    AA   6 2 .750 18 10 0 0 0 78.0 54 21 6 22 81 2.42 .191 .250 .312 .562  
    A   1 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 4 0.00 .188 .188 .188 .375  
2017 34 OAK AL 0 3 .000 3 3 0 0 0 12.7 26 13 4 6 12 9.24 .413 .464 .698 1.162 0.0
  SEA AL 1 3 .250 10 9 0 0 0 48.0 60 26 9 13 34 4.88 .299 .340 .493 .832 1.8
  TOT   1 6 .143 13 12 0 0 0 60.7 86 39 13 19 46 5.79 .326 .370 .542 .911 1.8
2018 35 SEA AL 2 1 .667 32 0 0 0 2 51.0 52 21 7 23 46 3.71 .267 .342 .415 .758 4.0
2019 36 AAA   0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.7 4 2 0 1 1 10.84 .571 .625 .714 1.339  
8 Years Sim 10 17 .370 126 20 0 0 6 255.3 328 164 55 95 205 5.78 .310 .366 .524 .890 10.5
11 Years AAA 64 38 .627 265 129 3 1 9 1007.3 1053 451 132 384 970 4.03 .266 .331 .421 .752  
5 Years AA 11 2 .846 47 13 0 0 0 119.0 80 33 12 36 115 2.50 .188 .252 .318 .569  
4 Years A 20 15 .571 62 43 1 0 1 310.7 291 95 23 72 273 2.75 .245 .288 .346 .634  
20 Years Minors 95 55 .633 374 185 4 1 10 1436.9 1424 579 167 492 1358 3.63 .255 .316 .397 .713  
Season Average 1 2 .333 15 2 0 0 0 31.9 41 20 6 11 25 5.78 .310 .366 .524 .890  
Career Highs 3 6 .667 36 12 0 0 4 60.7 86 39 13 25 46 13.51 .387 .472 .774 1.246  
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   170 84 31 52 115   .309 .368 .528 .896
vs LH   158 80 24 43 90   .312 .365 .519 .884
Home 6 9 .400 66 10 0 0 1 139.3 184 83 30 52 109 5.36 .316 .372 .529 .901
Away 4 8 .333 60 10 0 0 5 116.0 144 81 25 43 96 6.29 .303 .360 .517 .877
Mar/Apr 0 3 .000 13 3 0 0 0 26.3 50 29 7 13 18 9.92 .397 .453 .643 1.096
May 0 0 .000 11 1 0 0 0 24.3 30 12 6 3 17 4.44 .303 .324 .515 .839
June 1 1 .500 18 1 0 0 3 26.7 26 13 4 13 28 4.39 .255 .339 .441 .780
July 2 1 .667 21 0 0 0 1 37.3 37 21 10 15 25 5.06 .262 .333 .511 .844
August 2 3 .400 30 3 0 0 2 55.7 64 29 9 19 43 4.69 .290 .346 .475 .821
Sep/Oct 5 9 .357 33 12 0 0 0 85.0 121 60 19 32 74 6.35 .328 .382 .542 .924
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
2008 25 LAN NL 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0
2010 27 LAN NL 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
2 Years Sim 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .100 .000 .100 -0.5 0.0
162 Game Average 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 40 .000 .100 .000 .100 -6.7  
Career Highs 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1  
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   8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8
vs LH   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.2
Home 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1
Away 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
RISP   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
May 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.1
June 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Sep/Oct 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
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 25 LAN NL P 6 2 16.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.55    
2010 27 LAN NL P 6 5 21.3 1 1 1 0 .667 0.84    
2011 28 TOR AL P 29 0 54.7 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.32    
2012 29 TOR AL P 36 0 40.0 0 6 0 1 1.000 1.35    
2013 30 TOR AL P 2 0 6.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.70    
2016 33 OAK AL P 2 1 4.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
2017 34 OAK AL P 3 3 12.7 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.13    
  SEA AL P 10 9 48.0 2 7 1 1 .900 1.69    
  TOT   P 13 12 60.7 3 9 1 1 .923 1.78    
2018 35 SEA AL P 32 0 51.0 4 3 0 0 1.000 1.24    
Career Totals   126 20 255.3 11 28 2 2 .951 1.37    
Career Highs   36 12 60.7 4 9 1 1 1.000 2.70    
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History
Injured on 6/21/2007 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 6-7 weeks
Traded from Pittsburgh to Los Angeles on 4/12/2008 (Going to LAN: P Wardell Starling. Going to PIT: 1B Koyie Hill)
Injured on 6/14/2008 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 8/21/2010 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 4 days
Earned first career win on 9/17/2010
Was claimed off waivers by Toronto on 3/6/2011
Injured on 4/14/2012 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/27/2015 to a minor league contract
Released by Oakland on 5/6/2017
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 8/3/2017 to a 1-year deal worth $516,000 per year
Injured on 8/13/2017 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
1/29/2019: Gets a new one-year contract worth $655,714 through salary arbitration
Released by Seattle on 6/1/2019
 
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