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Neal James Cotts

First name: Neal

Last name: Cotts

Birthdate: 1980-03-25

Bats: L   Throws: L

MLBAM ID: 425840

Retro ID: cottn001

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
2004CHA0.00.00.00.10.1-0.10
2008CHN0.00.00.00.00.00.00
Career0.00.00.00.10.1-0.10

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
2004CHA11100000000110.70.10.00.00.10
2008CHN10000000000010.00.00.00.00.00
Career211000000001-0.10.00.00.10

Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
2003 CHA AL 4 0.6 13.3 12 8 -1 3.32 11.6 0.02 0.00 -4 1.00 -4 -0.3 0.0 0.6 -0.2 0
2004 CHA AL 56 2.9 65.3 45 38 1 1.17 10.8 -0.33 0.00 -10 0.88 -9 -0.8 0.6 2.2 -0.2 2
2005 CHA AL 69 2.8 60.3 15 33 2 0.87 10.1 -0.39 0.08 13 1.15 14 1.4 2.8 0.0 2.0 8
2006 CHA AL 70 2.7 54.0 33 31 -1 0.77 10.6 -0.40 0.08 -4 1.23 -4 -0.4 1.0 1.8 0.2 3
2007 CHN NL 16 0.8 16.7 9 9 -1 1.04 10.1 -0.29 -0.08 0 1.10 0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.2 1
2008 CHN NL 50 1.6 35.7 18 19 0 0.71 10.0 -0.29 -0.08 0 0.97 0 0.0 0.8 0.8 0.3 2
2009 CHN NL 19 0.5 11.0 9 5 0 0.58 9.2 -0.31 -0.08 -4 1.01 -4 -0.4 -0.2 0.6 -0.3 -1
2013 TEX AL 58 3.0 57.0 8 28 2 0.98 9.3 -0.42 0.08 16 1.32 19 2.1 3.6 -0.6 2.7 11
2014 TEX AL 73 3.8 66.7 33 32 0 0.91 9.4 -0.46 0.08 -3 1.39 -4 -0.4 1.5 2.3 0.4 4
2015 MIL NL 51 1.6 49.7 18 23 1 0.97 9.0 -0.37 -0.08 1 0.36 1 0.1 0.9 0.7 0.4 3
2015 MIN AL 17 0.7 13.7 8 7 0 0.81 9.8 -0.46 0.08 -2 1.21 -2 -0.2 0.1 0.5 -0.1 0
Career 483 21 443.4 208 233 3 3 7 1.1 11.5 9.3 5.4 33

Defense

Pitcher Defense

Year Team Chances OAA OAA adj
2003 CHA 1 0.0 0
2004 CHA 11 0.0 0
2005 CHA 14 2.0 2
2006 CHA 13 1.0 1
2007 CHN 1 0.0 0
2008 CHN 5 0.0 0
2009 CHN 2 0.0 0
2013 TEX 6 0.0 0
2014 TEX 9 0.0 0
2015 MIL 7 0.0 0
2015 MIN 0 0.0 0
69 3.0 3

Postseason Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
2005 CHA MLB 6 0.2 2.3 0 1 0 0.38 9.8 -0.34 0.00 1 2.41 2 0.2 0.3 -0.1 0.3 1
2008 CHN MLB 2 0.0 1.7 0 1 0 0.85 8.9 -0.36 0.00 1 0.13 1 0.1 0.1 -0.1 0.1 0
Career 8 0.2 4 0 2 0 2 3 0.3 0.4 -0.2 0.4 1

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Glossary

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Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

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