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John
Kirkley		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: February 12, 1976 in USA
 
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 25 SPR VL $ 1,556,000   5 5 6 5 3 4 3 9 9 9 6 6 6 5 6 5 6 5 5
2002 26 SPR VL $ 1,556,000   5 5 6 6 3 4 4 9 9 9 5 6 6 5 6 5 5 4 5
2003 27 SPR VL $ 1,556,000   5 5 6 6 3 4 4 9 9 9 5 6 6 5 6 5 5 4 5
2004 28 SPR VL $ 1,556,000   5 5 6 6 3 4 4 9 9 9 4 5 4 5 6 6 6 5 5
2005 29 SPR VL $ 3,300,000   4 5 6 5 3 4 4 9 9 9 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 5 5
2006 30 BOS VL $ 3,300,000   4 5 6 6 3 4 4 9 9 9 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 5 5
2007 31 PAS VL $ 3,300,000   4 5 6 6 3 4 4 9 9 9 4 4 4 5 6 6 5 5 5
2008 32 MIN GL $ 1,710,000   3 5 6 6 3 4 3 9 9 9 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5
2009 33 MIN GL $ 1,710,000   2 5 6 6 3 4 3 9 9 9 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5
2010 34 ARZ VL $ 1,710,000   2 5 6 5 3 4 4 9 9 9 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5
2011 35 ARZ VL $ 1,710,000   2 5 6 5 3 4 4 9 9 9 1 2 2 4 4 4 5 4 5
2012 36 DAV GL $ 100,000   0 4 6 5 2 3 2 9 9 9 1 2 1 2 3 3 5 4 4
Min Ratings $ 100,000   0 4 6 5 2 3 2 9 9 9 1 2 1 2 3 3 5 4 4
Max Ratings $ 3,300,000   5 5 6 6 3 4 4 9 9 9 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 5 5
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 25 SPR VL $ 1,556,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2002 26 SPR VL $ 1,556,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2003 27 SPR VL $ 1,556,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2004 28 SPR VL $ 1,556,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2005 29 SPR VL $ 3,300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2006 30 BOS VL $ 3,300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2007 31 PAS VL $ 3,300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2008 32 MIN GL $ 1,710,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2009 33 MIN GL $ 1,710,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2010 34 ARZ VL $ 1,710,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2011 35 ARZ VL $ 1,710,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2012 36 DAV GL $ 100,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
Min Ratings $ 100,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
Max Ratings $ 3,300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
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 25 SPR VL 10 14 .417 33 33 1 1 0 188.0 197 110 21 84 139 5.27 .270 .351 .460 .812 6.3
2002 26 SPR VL 12 11 .522 33 33 0 0 0 204.0 215 105 20 74 126 4.63 .273 .339 .439 .778 13.8
2003 27 SPR VL 11 8 .579 28 28 0 0 0 179.3 150 74 21 68 93 3.71 .225 .298 .383 .681 14.5
2004 28 SPR VL 8 13 .381 29 29 0 0 0 165.0 177 111 24 61 101 6.05 .277 .342 .493 .835 6.8
2005 29 SPR VL 10 15 .400 35 35 1 1 0 195.7 188 117 39 72 93 5.38 .244 .311 .466 .777 6.8
2006 30 BOS VL 1 5 .167 17 15 0 0 0 83.7 101 58 18 33 34 6.24 .293 .358 .536 .894 0.0
    AAA   3 3 .500 7 7 0 0 0 48.3 42 16 2 12 42 2.98 .227 .274 .319 .593  
2007 31 PAS VL 11 11 .500 35 35 1 1 0 219.3 196 100 37 59 112 4.10 .234 .293 .420 .713 13.3
2008 32 MIN GL 9 14 .391 37 37 1 0 0 225.3 215 106 33 81 111 4.23 .253 .329 .442 .771 13.2
2009 33 MIN GL 1 6 .143 10 10 0 0 0 41.7 46 36 11 24 20 7.78 .279 .370 .558 .927 0.0
    AAA   7 3 .700 19 19 0 0 0 118.3 93 48 20 46 90 3.65 .211 .285 .413 .698  
2010 34 DUR GL 1 2 .333 8 8 0 0 0 41.3 47 33 11 21 20 7.19 .287 .376 .567 .943 0.1
    AAA   5 2 .714 8 8 0 0 0 55.0 39 21 13 12 37 3.44 .195 .241 .425 .666  
2011 35 ARZ VL 2 12 .143 17 17 0 0 0 85.3 92 55 26 45 37 5.80 .278 .378 .574 .952 0.0
    AAA   4 1 .800 8 8 0 0 0 49.7 41 23 8 16 40 4.17 .220 .282 .425 .707  
2012 36 DAV GL 0 4 .000 5 5 0 0 0 27.3 27 17 4 11 15 5.60 .262 .336 .466 .802 0.0
    AAA   3 8 .273 16 15 0 0 0 90.0 84 39 15 48 59 3.90 .245 .338 .458 .795  
12 Years Sim 76 115 .398 287 285 4 3 0 1656.0 1651 922 265 633 901 5.01 .258 .331 .461 .792 74.8
5 Years AAA 22 17 .564 58 57 0 0 0 361.3 299 147 58 134 268 3.66 .221 .291 .415 .706  
Season Average 6 9 .400 23 23 0 0 0 138.0 137 76 22 52 75 5.01 .258 .331 .461 .792  
Career Highs 12 15 .579 37 37 1 1 0 225.3 215 117 39 84 139 7.78 .293 .378 .574 .952  
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   885 484 141 299 448   .251 .309 .450 .759
vs LH   766 438 124 334 453   .268 .344 .476 .820
Home 36 67 .350 144 143 1 1 0 839.6 881 494 138 312 453 5.30 .270 .334 .486 .820
Away 40 48 .455 143 142 3 2 0 816.3 770 428 127 321 448 4.72 .246 .316 .436 .752
Mar/Apr 10 21 .323 43 42 1 0 0 226.6 258 162 46 98 123 6.43 .285 .355 .509 .864
May 11 18 .379 50 50 1 1 0 290.6 288 170 45 117 152 5.26 .257 .327 .461 .788
June 15 18 .455 47 47 1 1 0 298.3 265 131 34 104 161 3.95 .237 .302 .411 .713
July 12 14 .462 36 35 0 0 0 203.0 218 103 34 75 115 4.57 .274 .337 .469 .806
August 12 17 .414 42 42 0 0 0 241.6 241 134 39 87 128 4.99 .258 .321 .481 .802
Sep/Oct 16 27 .372 69 69 1 1 0 395.6 381 222 67 152 222 5.05 .251 .319 .454 .773
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 25 SPR VL 33 62 3 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 18 .097 .125 .129 .254 -1.3 0.0
1 Years Sim 33 62 3 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 18 .097 .125 .129 .254 -1.3 0.0
162 Game Average 304 14 29 9 0 0 14 0 0 9 88 .097 .125 .129 .254 -6.5  
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   46 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 14 .109 .128 .130 .258 -0.9
vs LH   16 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .063 .118 .125 .243 -0.4
Home 19 34 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .118 .143 .176 .319 -0.1
Away 14 28 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .071 .103 .071 .175 -1.2
RISP   14 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.7
Mar/Apr 5 8 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .125 .125 .250 .375 0.0
May 5 9 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .333 .556 0.5
June 6 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .111 .200 .111 .311 0.1
July 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8
August 5 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.5
Sep/Oct 8 17 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .059 .111 .059 .170 -0.7
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 25 SPR VL P 33 33 188.0 16 38 1 4 .982 2.59    
2002 26 SPR VL P 33 33 204.0 15 44 7 5 .894 2.60    
2003 27 SPR VL P 28 28 179.3 9 35 0 2 1.000 2.21    
2004 28 SPR VL P 29 29 165.0 9 37 1 5 .979 2.51    
2005 29 SPR VL P 35 35 195.7 16 38 2 2 .964 2.48    
2006 30 BOS VL P 17 15 83.7 6 16 1 2 .957 2.37    
2007 31 PAS VL P 35 35 219.3 11 51 6 5 .912 2.54    
2008 32 MIN GL P 37 37 225.3 8 42 1 3 .980 2.00    
2009 33 MIN GL P 10 10 41.7 6 5 1 0 .917 2.38    
2010 34 DUR GL P 8 8 41.3 1 6 1 1 .875 1.52    
2011 35 ARZ VL P 17 17 85.3 3 9 2 1 .857 1.27    
2012 36 DAV GL P 5 5 27.3 1 8 0 2 1.000 2.96    
Career Totals   287 285 1656.0 101 329 23 32 .949 2.34    
Career Highs   37 37 225.3 16 51 7 5 1.000 2.96    
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
2002 26 SPR VL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 2.7 9 6 1 0 3 20.00 .500 .500 .722 1.222
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 2.7 9 6 1 0 3 20.00 .500 .500 .722 1.222
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2003-9-3.71
 Losses
2001-8-14
2005-4-15
 Games Started
2008-1-37
 Shutouts
2001-9-1
2005-7-1
2007-7-1
 Homeruns Allowed
2005-6-39
2007-7-37
 Walks per 9IP
2007-8-2.4
Hits per 9IP
2003-8-7.5
 WHiP
2003-8-1.22
2007-6-1.16
 OAVG
2003-8-.225
 OOBP
2003-6-.298
2007-8-.293
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 23)
   Gray Ink Test: 12    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 102)
 
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History
Drafted in 7th round, 246th overall pick, by Ann Arbor in 2001
Injured on 9/14/2003 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for the season
Traded from Boston to Kentucky on 3/2/2007
Traded from Kentucky to Pasadena on 4/9/2007
Traded from Pasadena to Minnesota on 3/2/2008
Traded from Minnesota to Durham on 3/2/2010
Traded from Durham to Arizona on 6/18/2010
 
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