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Chin-Hui
Tsao		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 177
 
Born: June 2, 1981 in Hualien, TAIWAN
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 23 COL NL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
2005 24 COL NL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
2006 25 COL NL   7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
2007 26 SFN NL $ 1,650,000 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
2008 27 SFN NL $ 1,650,000 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
2009 28 HOU NL $ 300,000 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
2010 29 HOU NL $ 300,000 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
2011 30 HOU NL $ 330,000 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
2012 31 HOU NL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
2013 32 HOU NL   7 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,650,000 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 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 23 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4
2005 24 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4
2006 25 COL NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4
2007 26 SFN NL $ 1,650,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4
2008 27 SFN NL $ 1,650,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4
2009 28 HOU NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4
2010 29 HOU NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4
2011 30 HOU NL $ 330,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4
2012 31 HOU NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4
2013 32 HOU NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,650,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4
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 23 COL NL 8 9 .471 23 23 0 0 0 128.7 143 74 20 44 91 5.18 .280 .339 .485 .824 4.9
    AAA   1 2 .333 5 5 0 0 0 33.0 44 17 1 8 38 4.64 .314 .351 .429 .780  
2005 24 COL NL 8 9 .471 26 26 0 0 0 129.7 160 83 21 41 87 5.76 .301 .355 .505 .859 3.2
2006 25 COL NL 8 21 .276 38 38 0 0 0 193.7 257 134 35 66 126 6.23 .317 .369 .553 .922 0.3
2007 26 SEA AL 1 2 .333 5 2 0 0 0 24.3 29 16 4 10 16 5.92 .296 .358 .520 .878 0.0
  SFN NL 0 4 .000 14 7 0 0 0 30.3 37 22 6 19 24 6.53 .298 .386 .540 .927 0.0
  TOT   1 6 .143 19 9 0 0 0 54.7 66 38 10 29 40 6.26 .297 .374 .532 .906 0.0
2008 27 SFN NL 9 7 .563 26 24 0 0 0 135.0 128 68 12 55 107 4.53 .249 .322 .419 .742 8.1
2009 28 SFN NL 0 3 .000 5 2 0 0 0 27.3 32 22 5 13 17 7.24 .286 .362 .518 .880 0.0
  MIN AL 1 1 .500 7 3 0 0 0 21.0 41 29 6 15 18 12.43 .402 .479 .725 1.204 0.0
  NYA AL 0 0 .000 3 1 0 0 0 7.3 10 5 1 3 5 6.14 .323 .382 .548 .931 0.2
  HOU NL 0 0 .000 2 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 0 1 1 4.50 .250 .333 .250 .583 0.1
  TOT   1 4 .200 17 7 0 0 0 57.7 85 57 12 32 41 8.90 .336 .412 .597 1.009 0.2
    AAA   1 2 .333 13 1 0 0 1 31.7 24 5 4 11 39 1.42 .211 .280 .333 .613  
2010 29 HOU NL 0 1 .000 4 0 0 0 0 4.3 8 7 0 4 2 14.55 .421 .522 .684 1.206 0.0
    AA   4 2 .667 7 7 0 0 0 45.7 36 12 4 10 50 2.37 .217 .261 .349 .611  
2011 30 AAA   8 2 .800 17 17 0 0 0 106.3 107 41 10 47 116 3.47 .264 .340 .394 .734  
2012 31 HOU NL 0 1 .000 22 0 0 0 1 28.3 46 32 5 16 17 10.17 .371 .444 .653 1.097 0.0
    AAA   1 0 1.000 5 1 0 0 0 9.7 13 6 1 4 10 5.59 .302 .362 .512 .873  
2013 32 AAA   10 3 .769 28 24 0 0 0 145.7 160 74 16 62 154 4.57 .275 .345 .392 .736  
10 Years Sim 35 58 .376 175 127 0 0 1 732.0 893 493 115 287 511 6.06 .299 .362 .517 .879 16.8
5 Years AAA 21 9 .700 68 48 0 0 1 326.3 348 143 32 132 357 3.94 .271 .339 .395 .734  
1 Years AA 4 2 .667 7 7 0 0 0 45.7 36 12 4 10 50 2.37 .217 .261 .349 .611  
6 Years Minors 25 11 .694 75 55 0 0 1 372.0 384 155 36 142 407 3.75 .265 .330 .390 .720  
Season Average 4 7 .364 21 15 0 0 0 91.5 111 61 14 35 63 6.06 .299 .362 .517 .879  
Career Highs 9 21 .563 38 38 0 0 1 193.7 257 134 35 66 126 14.55 .421 .522 .684 1.206  
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   487 268 68 131 308   .292 .344 .513 .857
vs LH   406 225 47 156 203   .308 .382 .522 .903
Home 17 29 .370 94 65 0 0 0 383.0 474 255 57 143 262 5.99 .304 .363 .522 .885
Away 18 29 .383 81 62 0 0 1 349.0 419 238 58 144 249 6.14 .294 .359 .512 .870
Mar/Apr 1 10 .091 29 20 0 0 0 114.3 139 82 19 50 83 6.46 .302 .371 .537 .908
May 7 8 .467 32 20 0 0 0 120.0 159 97 23 47 78 7.28 .317 .376 .561 .937
June 7 11 .389 34 25 0 0 1 149.3 178 88 16 62 109 5.30 .292 .358 .460 .817
July 6 9 .400 24 19 0 0 0 106.6 122 71 17 35 80 5.99 .282 .335 .501 .837
August 3 9 .250 23 18 0 0 0 98.0 131 67 16 41 53 6.15 .328 .391 .554 .945
Sep/Oct 11 11 .500 33 25 0 0 0 143.7 164 88 24 52 108 5.51 .282 .341 .510 .851
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
2004 23 COL NL 23 42 3 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .214 .250 .214 .464 1.8 0.0
2005 24 COL NL 26 38 2 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 8 .237 .268 .342 .610 4.1 0.3
2006 25 COL NL 38 59 6 16 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 16 .271 .295 .322 .617 5.1 0.5
2007 26 SFN NL 14 7 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .429 .714 0.8 0.2
2008 27 SFN NL 26 46 5 12 2 0 1 8 0 0 1 18 .261 .277 .370 .646 3.8 0.2
2009 28 SFN NL 5 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.7 0.1
  HOU NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  TOT   7 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.7 0.1
2012 31 HOU NL 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
7 Years Sim 156 200 17 50 7 0 2 22 0 0 7 55 .250 .274 .315 .589 16.1 1.3
162 Game Average 207 17 51 7 0 2 22 0 0 7 57 .250 .274 .315 .589 16.7  
Career Highs 38 59 6 16 3 0 1 8 0 0 2 18 .333 .333 .429 .714 5.1  
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   145 13 38 3 0 1 14 0 0 3 46 .262 .275 .303 .579 11.3
vs LH   55 4 12 4 0 1 8 0 0 4 9 .218 .271 .345 .617 5.1
Home 84 97 9 25 2 0 2 14 0 0 3 26 .258 .277 .340 .617 8.9
Away 64 103 8 25 5 0 0 8 0 0 4 29 .243 .271 .291 .562 7.5
RISP   46 0 14 4 0 0 18 0 0 0 15 .304 .298 .391 .689 4.8
Close/Late   8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.4
Mar/Apr 19 29 2 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 12 .172 .172 .276 .448 1.1
May 28 33 5 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 .303 .303 .333 .636 3.0
June 21 38 2 13 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 9 .342 .342 .368 .711 4.3
July 21 31 1 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 7 .226 .250 .290 .540 2.0
August 23 24 2 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 4 3 .208 .310 .375 .685 3.2
Sep/Oct 28 45 5 10 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 16 .222 .255 .267 .522 2.8
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 23 COL NL P 23 23 128.7 11 21 1 0 .970 2.24    
2005 24 COL NL P 26 26 129.7 5 24 1 2 .967 2.01    
2006 25 COL NL P 38 38 193.7 13 36 2 2 .961 2.28    
2007 26 SEA AL P 5 2 24.3 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.22    
  SFN NL P 14 7 30.3 2 7 0 1 1.000 2.67    
  TOT   P 19 9 54.7 3 12 0 1 1.000 2.47    
2008 27 SFN NL P 26 24 135.0 9 20 1 4 .967 1.93    
2009 28 SFN NL P 5 2 27.3 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.31    
  MIN AL P 7 3 21.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.14    
  NYA AL P 3 1 7.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.46    
  HOU NL P 2 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  TOT   P 17 7 57.7 2 12 0 0 1.000 2.19    
2010 29 HOU NL P 4 0 4.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2012 31 HOU NL P 22 0 28.3 1 9 0 1 1.000 3.18    
Career Totals   175 127 732.0 44 134 5 10 .973 2.19    
Career Highs   38 38 193.7 13 36 2 4 1.000 3.18    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
2006-1-21
 Games Started
2006-3-38
 Hits Allowed
2006-3-257
 Homeruns Allowed
2006-2-35
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 124)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 339)
 
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History
Had first career hit on 5/8/2004, off Tony Armas (MON)
Earned first career win on 5/18/2004
Hit first career homerun on 4/16/2005, off Jake Peavy (SDN)
Injured on 5/11/2005 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Released by Colorado on 10/14/2006
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 1/31/2007 to a 4-year deal worth $1,650,000 per year
Injured on 4/9/2007 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Was claimed off waivers by San Francisco on 7/8/2007
Injured on 7/20/2008 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Was claimed off waivers by Minnesota on 5/21/2009
Traded from Minnesota to New York (A) on 7/17/2009 (Going to MIN: P David Riske, P Fabio Solis. Going to NYA: CF Mike Cameron, P Brad Radke, P Chin-Hui Tsao, RF John Boyd)
Released by New York (A) on 9/9/2009
Signed as a free agent by Houston on 9/25/2009 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
10/5/2009: Signed a contract extension with Houston, $300,000 per year, for 1 years
5/14/2010: Signed a contract extension with Houston, $330,000 per year, for 1 years
Injured on 7/5/2010 with a Broken Finger, out for 6-7 weeks
6/7/2011: Signed a minor league contract extension with Houston
Injured on 6/30/2011 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 6 days
Signed as a free agent by Houston on 2/27/2013 to a minor league contract
Injured on 6/24/2013 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
 
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