Mark
Flakes
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7''
Weight: 220
 
Born: August 31, 1976 in USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2001    2002    2003   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 24 VIR GL $ 2,270,000   5 5 7 6 4 5 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8
2002 25 VIR GL $ 4,000,000   6 5 7 6 4 5 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 7 6 9 8 8
2003 26 VIR GL $ 4,000,000   6 5 7 6 4 5 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 7 6 9 8 8
2004 27 VIR GL $ 4,000,000   6 5 7 6 4 5 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 7 6 9 8 8
2005 28 VIR GL $ 4,000,000   6 5 7 6 4 5 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8
2006 29 VIR GL $ 4,000,000   5 5 6 6 4 5 4 8 8 8 5 6 5 6 6 6 9 8 8
2007 30 VIR GL $ 4,000,000   6 5 7 6 4 5 4 8 8 8 5 6 5 6 6 6 9 8 9
2008 31 VIR GL $ 4,000,000   6 6 7 6 4 5 4 8 8 8 5 6 5 6 6 6 9 8 9
2009 32 VIR GL $ 4,000,000   6 6 7 7 5 6 5 8 8 8 5 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 9
2010 33 GRN VL $ 6,870,000   7 6 8 7 5 6 5 8 8 8 5 6 6 6 6 6 10 8 9
2011 34 GRN VL $ 6,870,000   4 5 7 6 5 6 5 8 8 8 5 6 6 4 4 4 9 7 8
2012 35 GRN VL $ 6,870,000   5 5 7 6 5 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 7 8
2013 36 SAC GL $ 950,000   3 5 6 6 4 5 5 8 8 8 5 6 6 3 4 4 8 7 7
2014 37 ESS VL $ 490,000   0 3 5 4 3 4 3 8 8 8 4 4 4 2 3 2 7 6 6
2015 38 ESS VL $ 490,000   0 2 3 3 2 3 2 8 8 8 2 3 3 1 2 1 6 5 6
Min Ratings $ 490,000   0 2 3 3 2 3 2 8 8 8 2 3 3 1 2 1 6 5 6
Max Ratings $ 6,870,000   7 6 8 7 5 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 7 6 10 8 9
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 24 VIR GL $ 2,270,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2002 25 VIR GL $ 4,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2003 26 VIR GL $ 4,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2004 27 VIR GL $ 4,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2005 28 VIR GL $ 4,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2006 29 VIR GL $ 4,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2007 30 VIR GL $ 4,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2008 31 VIR GL $ 4,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2009 32 VIR GL $ 4,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2010 33 GRN VL $ 6,870,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2011 34 GRN VL $ 6,870,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2012 35 GRN VL $ 6,870,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2013 36 SAC GL $ 950,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2014 37 ESS VL $ 490,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2015 38 ESS VL $ 490,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
Min Ratings $ 490,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
Max Ratings $ 6,870,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Pitcher 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
2001 24 VIR GL 12 12 .500 33 33 0 0 0 225.3 212 100 21 80 258 3.99 .251 .318 .402 .721 17.4
2002 25 VIR GL 15 13 .536 40 40 3 1 0 281.7 255 121 30 109 283 3.87 .238 .311 .384 .695 25.8
2003 26 VIR GL 20 14 .588 41 41 9 1 0 275.7 229 126 34 89 282 4.11 .223 .289 .380 .669 17.8
2004 27 VIR GL 23 12 .657 39 39 7 2 0 289.7 244 113 21 84 288 3.51 .225 .287 .348 .635 25.0
2005 28 VIR GL 19 7 .731 38 38 2 1 0 251.0 245 107 25 78 231 3.84 .251 .310 .395 .705 16.7
2006 29 VIR GL 13 10 .565 37 37 1 1 0 239.7 225 118 36 92 243 4.43 .245 .316 .424 .740 8.9
2007 30 VIR GL 22 4 .846 36 36 4 2 0 266.0 189 108 31 94 224 3.65 .198 .280 .354 .634 18.2
2008 31 VIR GL 14 10 .583 31 30 12 3 0 247.3 182 79 26 69 190 2.87 .203 .267 .346 .612 17.8
2009 32 VIR GL 13 14 .481 34 34 9 2 0 249.3 218 108 37 69 217 3.90 .231 .294 .418 .712 13.3
2010 33 GRN VL 16 15 .516 36 36 5 4 0 252.3 230 116 38 60 226 4.14 .234 .283 .406 .689 14.6
2011 34 GRN VL 14 7 .667 29 29 4 2 0 198.0 166 78 21 53 175 3.55 .224 .279 .375 .654 14.1
2012 35 GRN VL 6 9 .400 24 23 1 0 0 136.0 151 84 14 61 93 5.56 .280 .357 .439 .796 2.4
2013 36 SAC GL 9 9 .500 28 28 3 2 0 156.3 177 111 27 76 111 6.39 .277 .361 .470 .831 0.0
2014 37 ESS VL 8 17 .320 30 30 0 0 0 175.7 200 104 21 78 139 5.33 .284 .363 .445 .808 1.9
2015 38 ESS VL 4 12 .250 25 25 0 0 0 133.3 149 88 26 67 79 5.94 .283 .368 .516 .884 0.0
15 Years Sim 208 165 .558 501 499 60 21 0 3377.4 3072 1561 408 1159 3039 4.16 .239 .307 .400 .707 194.0
Season Average 13 11 .542 33 33 4 1 0 225.2 204 104 27 77 202 4.16 .239 .307 .400 .707  
Career Highs 23 17 .846 41 41 12 4 0 289.7 255 126 38 109 288 6.39 .284 .368 .516 .884  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Pitching split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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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   1541 792 205 588 1491   .214 .273 .355 .628
vs LH   1531 769 203 571 1548   .270 .337 .456 .794
Home 89 92 .492 247 246 24 9 0 1666.9 1523 765 210 573 1483 4.13 .240 .302 .405 .707
Away 119 73 .620 254 253 36 12 0 1710.3 1549 796 198 586 1556 4.19 .238 .301 .395 .696
Mar/Apr 33 19 .635 78 78 8 3 0 537.6 474 241 56 177 471 4.03 .234 .296 .377 .673
May 34 28 .548 83 83 14 6 0 570.6 521 262 64 196 519 4.13 .240 .303 .393 .696
June 31 37 .456 82 82 7 1 0 546.6 520 264 66 191 461 4.35 .249 .312 .422 .735
July 31 18 .633 67 67 7 5 0 452.3 415 191 50 163 406 3.80 .239 .305 .391 .696
August 31 28 .525 79 79 11 3 0 545.6 510 270 76 183 487 4.45 .244 .305 .412 .717
Sep/Oct 48 35 .578 112 110 14 3 0 724.3 632 333 96 249 695 4.14 .230 .294 .400 .693
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player 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
2001 24 VIR GL 33 61 0 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 20 .082 .138 .082 .220 -0.6 0.0
1 Years Sim 33 61 0 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 20 .082 .138 .082 .220 -0.6 0.0
162 Game Average 299 0 24 0 0 0 9 4 0 19 98 .082 .138 .082 .220 -2.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   30 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .067 .067 .067 .133 -1.7
vs LH   31 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 11 .097 .200 .097 .297 0.2
Home 17 31 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .129 .156 .129 .285 -0.3
Away 16 30 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 .033 .121 .033 .155 -1.3
RISP   21 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .048 .091 .048 .139 -1.1
Close/Late   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Mar/Apr 5 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.3
May 6 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.6
June 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0
July 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.3
August 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .000 .273 .000 .273 0.3
Sep/Oct 8 15 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2001 24 VIR GL P 33 33 225.3 10 32 2 1 .955 1.68    
2002 25 VIR GL P 40 40 281.7 17 49 6 6 .917 2.11    
2003 26 VIR GL P 41 41 275.7 16 46 2 3 .969 2.02    
2004 27 VIR GL P 39 39 289.7 25 41 3 1 .957 2.05    
2005 28 VIR GL P 38 38 251.0 16 40 2 1 .966 2.01    
2006 29 VIR GL P 37 37 239.7 19 37 2 2 .966 2.10    
2007 30 VIR GL P 36 36 266.0 16 41 6 5 .905 1.93    
2008 31 VIR GL P 31 30 247.3 28 42 5 5 .933 2.55    
2009 32 VIR GL P 34 34 249.3 15 41 5 2 .918 2.02    
2010 33 GRN VL P 36 36 252.3 15 35 3 2 .943 1.78    
2011 34 GRN VL P 29 29 198.0 11 35 2 3 .958 2.09    
2012 35 GRN VL P 24 23 136.0 11 27 4 3 .905 2.51    
2013 36 SAC GL P 28 28 156.3 6 34 2 0 .952 2.30    
2014 37 ESS VL P 30 30 175.7 15 30 5 4 .900 2.31    
2015 38 ESS VL P 25 25 133.3 17 25 3 1 .933 2.84    
Career Totals   501 499 3377.4 237 555 52 39 .938 2.11    
Career Highs   41 41 289.7 28 49 6 6 .969 2.84    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2001 24 VIR GL 1 2 .333 4 4 1 0 0 31.3 18 12 4 7 41 3.45 .167 .217 .352 .569
2004 27 VIR GL 2 1 .667 4 4 0 0 0 23.3 25 16 2 14 32 6.18 .269 .364 .409 .773
2005 28 VIR GL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 10.7 6 1 0 1 7 0.84 .167 .189 .194 .384
2007 30 VIR GL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 12.0 15 13 4 4 5 9.75 .300 .352 .640 .992
2008 31 VIR GL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 16.0 10 5 2 5 14 2.81 .175 .242 .351 .593
Career Post-Season Pitching 5 6 .455 14 14 1 0 0 93.3 74 47 12 31 99 4.53 .215 .280 .392 .672
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2001 24 VIR GL 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .000 .182 .000 .182
Career Post-Season Batting 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .000 .182 .000 .182
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2001-8-3.99
2002-4-3.87
2004-6-3.51
2008-6-2.87
Wins
2003-7-20
2004-3-23
2005-6-19
2007-1-22
CAR-22-208
Losses
CAR-32-165
Winning Pct
2005-8-.731
2007-1-.846
2011-9-.667
Games Started
2002-1-40
2003-1-41
2004-3-39
2005-1-38
2006-1-37
2007-3-36
2010-5-36
CAR-23-499
Complete Games
2003-3-9
2004-6-7
2008-1-12
2009-4-9
CAR-39-60
Shutouts
2002-4-1
2004-4-2
2007-3-2
2008-5-3
2009-5-2
2010-1-4
2011-4-2
CAR-17-21
Innings Pitched
2001-5-225.3
2002-1-281.7
2003-5-275.7
2004-2-289.7
2005-7-251.0
2007-1-266.0
2008-7-247.3
2009-5-249.3
2010-7-252.3
CAR-13-3377.4
Hits Allowed
CAR-23-3072
Homeruns Allowed
2010-8-38
CAR-15-408
Strikeouts
2001-3-258
2002-1-283
2003-3-282
2004-2-288
2005-2-231
2006-2-243
2007-2-224
2008-4-190
2009-3-217
2010-3-226
CAR-5-3039
Walks Allowed
2002-3-109
2006-4-92
2007-9-94
CAR-16-1159
Walks per 9IP
2003-9-2.9
2004-6-2.6
Hits per 9IP
2001-4-8.5
2002-3-8.1
2004-3-7.6
2007-2-6.4
2008-5-6.6
Strikeouts per 9IP
2001-6-10.3
2002-7-9.0
2003-4-9.2
2004-5-8.9
2005-4-8.3
2006-1-9.1
2009-8-7.8
2010-7-8.1
CAR-44-8.1
WHiP
2001-6-1.30
2002-5-1.29
2003-6-1.15
2004-3-1.13
2007-9-1.06
2008-5-1.01
OAVG
2001-4-.251
2002-2-.238
2004-4-.225
2007-3-.198
2008-5-.203
OOBP
2001-5-.318
2002-3-.311
2003-5-.289
2004-3-.287
2007-10-.280
2008-4-.267
OSLG
2002-5-.384
2004-3-.348
2007-9-.354
2008-10-.346
OOPS
2001-10-.721
2002-4-.695
2003-9-.669
2004-3-.635
2007-6-.634
2008-4-.612
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 26    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 23)
   Gray Ink Test: 160    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 102)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 44    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 27th overall pick, by Virginia in 2001
Was selected to the 2001 Allstar game
Was selected to the 2002 Allstar game
Was selected to the 2003 Allstar game
Won Solecismic Series with Virginia in 2004
Pitched NO-HITTER against Minnesota on 7/4/2007, striking out 7
Injured on 7/30/2007 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 4/8/2009 with a Strained Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Pitched NO-HITTER against Atlantic City on 5/14/2009, striking out 8
Traded from Virginia to Greenbelt on 3/2/2010
Pitched NO-HITTER against Pasadena on 7/3/2010, striking out 7
Injured on 9/21/2011 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks