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2009 Standings

Complete 2009 standings (updated: 11-06)

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Rnk National League Central
Win

Loss

Pct
Sorted Ascending
GB

RS/G

RA/G

Diff/G

Pyth
O/U

Hitter
VORP

Pitcher
VORP

Def
Eff

Hit List Rank
(through 10-12)
1 St. Louis Cardinals 91 71 .562 - 4.51 3.95 0.56 0.3 222.2 218.4 .694 6
2 Chicago Cubs 83 78 .516 7.5 4.39 4.17 0.22 -1.3 161.7 210.1 .701 13
3 Milwaukee Brewers 80 82 .494 11.0 4.85 5.06 -0.21 2.3 253.5 35.6 .688 20
4 Cincinnati Reds 78 84 .481 13.0 4.15 4.46 -0.31 2.4 102.2 165.3 .705 22
5 Houston Astros 74 88 .457 17.0 3.97 4.75 -0.78 6.4 143.9 87.9 .676 26
6 Pittsburgh Pirates 62 99 .385 28.5 3.96 4.77 -0.81 -4.7 124.8 69.5 .691 30

Team Health Reports

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Days Lost: 385
Dollars Lost: $3.1 million
Injury Cost: $10.7 million

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Top 11 Prospects

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2009 Rankings

62 Wins is 29th in MLB, 15th in league, 6th in division
99 Losses is 29th in MLB, 15th in league, 6th in division
.385 Win Pct is 29th in MLB, 15th in league, 6th in division
3.96 RS/G is 28th in MLB, 15th in league, 6th in division
4.77 RA/G is 24th in MLB, 13th in league, 5th in division
-0.81 Diff/G is tied for 26th in MLB, tied for 14th in league, 6th in division
-4.7 Pyth O/U is 25th in MLB, 14th in league, 6th in division
124.8 Hitter VORP is 20th in MLB, 14th in league, 5th in division
69.5 Pitcher VORP is 27th in MLB, 13th in league, 5th in division
.691 Def Eff is tied for 14th in MLB, 9th in league, 4th in division

Projected 2009 Performance

Pirates Depth Chart (updated: 08-09)
NL Central W L WPct RS RA AVG OBP SLG
St. Louis Cardinals 92 70 .568 799 724 .262 .336 .426
Chicago Cubs 88 74 .543 782 752 .257 .334 .426
Milwaukee Brewers 80 82 .494 754 794 .257 .329 .416
Houston Astros 78 84 .481 717 774 .260 .321 .401
Cincinnati Reds 70 92 .432 716 815 .248 .316 .398
Pittsburgh Pirates 65 97 .401 644 864 .241 .306 .381

Top offensive performers by VORP

Andrew McCutchen
Andrew McCutchen

34.7 VORP
Garrett Jones
Garrett Jones

30.7 VORP
Freddy Sanchez
Freddy Sanchez

17.3 VORP

Top pitching performers by VORP

Zach Duke
Zach Duke

29.1 VORP
Ross Ohlendorf
Ross Ohlendorf

28.1 VORP
Paul Maholm
Paul Maholm

17.0 VORP

Hitters by VORP descending

(through games of 10-06)

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Rank

Player

PA

R

2B

3B

HR

RBI

BB

SO

SB

CS

AVG

OBP

SLG

MLVr

EqA
Sorted Descending
VORP
1Andrew McCutchen 493 74 26 9 12 54 54 83 22 5 .286 .365 .471 .165 .297 34.7
2Garrett Jones 358 45 21 1 21 44 40 76 10 2 .293 .372 .567 .309 .317 30.7
3Freddy Sanchez 382 45 28 3 6 34 20 60 5 1 .296 .334 .442 .089 .272 17.3
4Andy LaRoche 590 64 29 5 12 64 50 84 3 1 .258 .330 .401 -.006 .260 12.3
5Nate McLouth 195 27 7 1 9 34 21 29 7 0 .256 .349 .470 .116 .293 12.1
6Ryan Doumit 304 31 16 0 10 38 20 49 4 0 .250 .299 .414 -.046 .250 6.6
7Jack Wilson 286 26 18 1 4 31 15 31 2 1 .267 .304 .387 -.064 .243 4.7
8Zach Duke 79 1 2 0 0 5 4 18 0 0 .200 .246 .233 -.411 .194 4.4
9Delwyn Young 388 40 16 2 7 43 29 90 2 0 .266 .326 .381 -.038 .252 4.0
10Ronny Cedeno 170 17 4 1 5 21 9 29 2 0 .258 .307 .394 -.053 .247 3.8
11Lastings Milledge 239 20 11 0 4 20 12 37 6 4 .291 .333 .395 .017 .259 3.6
12Nyjer Morgan 321 39 6 5 2 27 29 49 18 10 .277 .351 .356 -.013 .259 3.1
13Adam LaRoche 368 46 25 1 12 40 41 81 2 2 .247 .329 .441 .041 .267 3.0
14Eric Hinske 126 19 9 0 1 11 17 27 0 0 .255 .373 .368 .031 .272 2.4
15Jason Jaramillo 224 20 14 0 3 26 17 33 1 0 .252 .309 .364 -.093 .238 1.8
16Kevin Hart 20 1 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 .125 .263 .125 -.539 .137 0.5
17Robinzon Diaz 138 9 7 0 1 19 3 9 0 1 .279 .307 .357 -.091 .234 0.3
18Ian Snell 27 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 .174 .174 .174 -.638 .109 -0.1
19Donald Veal 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.235 .278 -0.1
20Joel Hanrahan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.235 -.234 -0.1
21Steven Jackson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.235 -.234 -0.1
22Jesse Chavez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.235 -.234 -0.1
23Sean Burnett 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.235 -.234 -0.1
24Chris Bootcheck 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.235 -.233 -0.3
25John Grabow 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.235 .138 -0.3
26Tom Gorzelanny 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.235 -.233 -0.3
27Daniel McCutchen 12 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 .091 .167 .091 -.780 -.146 -0.4
28Brian Bixler 46 5 5 0 0 3 2 26 1 0 .227 .261 .341 -.217 .212 -0.8
29Charlie Morton 33 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 0 0 .129 .129 .129 -.804 -.136 -1.2
30Jeff Karstens 26 2 0 0 0 0 2 12 0 0 .045 .160 .045 -.855 -.148 -1.3
31Virgil Vasquez 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.235 -.209 -1.5
32Craig Monroe 87 8 2 0 3 16 7 21 0 0 .215 .287 .354 -.166 .223 -2.2
33Neil Walker 40 5 1 0 0 0 4 11 1 0 .194 .275 .222 -.374 .181 -2.4
34Paul Maholm 67 1 1 0 1 2 3 36 0 0 .069 .115 .138 -.829 -.111 -2.9
35Ramon Vazquez 239 17 7 0 1 16 31 47 1 0 .230 .335 .279 -.172 .228 -3.5
36Luis Cruz 78 5 1 0 0 2 6 7 0 0 .214 .282 .229 -.347 .177 -4.2
37Jeff Salazar 26 1 0 0 0 1 3 7 1 0 .043 .154 .043 -.873 -.143 -4.5
38Ross Ohlendorf 64 1 0 0 0 0 1 23 0 0 .068 .083 .068 -.980 -.175 -5.0
39Steve Pearce 186 19 13 1 4 16 21 43 1 0 .206 .296 .370 -.145 .236 -5.8
40Brandon Moss 424 47 20 4 7 41 34 84 1 5 .236 .304 .364 -.115 .232 -9.6

Pitchers by VORP descending

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Rank

Player

W

L

SV

G

GS

IP

H9

BB9

SO9

HR9

ERA

SNLVAR

WXRL
Sorted Descending
VORP
1Zach Duke 11 16 0 32 32 213.0 9.76 2.07 4.48 0.97 4.06 4.1 0.000 29.1
2Ross Ohlendorf 11 10 0 29 29 176.7 8.41 2.70 5.55 1.27 3.92 3.9 0.000 28.1
3Paul Maholm 8 9 0 31 31 194.7 10.22 2.77 5.50 0.65 4.44 3.5 0.000 17.0
4Charlie Morton 5 9 0 18 18 97.0 9.46 3.71 5.75 0.65 4.55 2.3 0.000 10.9
5Evan Meek 1 1 0 41 0 47.0 6.51 5.55 8.04 0.38 3.45 0.0 0.362 10.2
6John Grabow 3 0 0 45 0 47.3 8.18 5.32 7.80 0.76 3.42 0.0 1.933 9.3
7Jesse Chavez 1 4 0 73 0 67.3 9.22 2.94 6.28 1.47 4.01 0.0 0.122 7.3
8Sean Burnett 1 2 1 38 0 32.3 6.12 4.18 6.40 0.84 3.06 0.0 0.496 7.3
9Joel Hanrahan 0 1 0 33 0 31.3 6.61 5.74 10.63 0.00 1.72 0.0 1.417 6.8
10Steven Jackson 2 3 0 40 0 43.0 7.95 4.60 4.40 0.42 3.14 0.0 0.094 5.8
11Daniel McCutchen 1 2 0 6 6 36.3 9.41 2.72 4.71 1.49 4.21 0.7 0.000 5.1
12Tom Gorzelanny 3 1 0 9 0 8.7 6.23 4.15 7.27 0.00 5.19 0.0 0.267 0.3
13Denny Bautista 1 1 0 14 0 13.7 9.88 4.61 9.88 0.66 5.27 0.0 -0.270 0.1
14Jeff Karstens 4 6 0 39 13 108.0 9.58 3.75 4.33 1.00 5.42 0.7 -0.472 -0.2
15Eric Hacker 0 0 0 3 0 3.0 12.00 6.00 3.00 0.00 6.00 0.0 -0.009 -0.2
16Craig Hansen 0 0 0 5 0 6.3 8.53 5.68 7.11 1.42 5.68 0.0 0.085 -0.3
17Jose Ascanio 0 1 0 2 0 2.7 13.50 0.00 6.75 0.00 6.75 0.0 -0.225 -0.4
18Anthony Claggett 0 0 0 1 0 1.0 18.00 0.00 0.00 9.00 9.00 0.0 -0.009 -0.4
19Ian Snell 2 8 0 15 15 80.7 9.71 4.91 5.80 0.78 5.36 0.7 0.000 -1.2
20Virgil Vasquez 2 5 0 14 7 44.7 11.69 3.63 5.84 1.21 5.84 0.3 0.038 -2.8
21Donald Veal 1 0 0 19 0 16.3 9.92 11.02 8.82 1.10 7.16 0.0 -0.084 -3.3
22Phil Dumatrait 0 2 0 15 0 13.0 9.00 7.62 4.85 2.77 6.92 0.0 -1.074 -3.3
23Matt Capps 4 8 27 57 0 54.3 12.09 2.82 7.62 1.66 5.80 0.0 -1.326 -3.6
24Tyler Yates 0 2 0 15 0 12.0 10.50 5.25 6.75 1.50 7.50 0.0 -0.295 -5.1
25Chris Bootcheck 0 0 0 13 0 14.7 9.82 5.52 7.98 0.61 11.05 0.0 -0.398 -9.1
26Kevin Hart 1 8 0 10 10 53.3 12.49 4.39 6.58 1.35 6.92 -0.5 0.000 -14.5

Recent Transactions

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11-20: Activated RHPs Jose Ascanio and Evan Meek from the 60-day DL. [11/17]
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11-06: Outrighted RHPs Eric Hacker and Virgil Vasquez to Indianapolis (Triple-A); outrighted C-L Steven Lerud to Altoona (Double-A). [11/6]
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11-04: Acquired INF-L Akinori Iwamura from the Rays for RHP Jesse Chavez. [11/3]

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