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TB3

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MIA2

PHI5

ATL6

CIN0

MIL20

CLE5

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STL7

SEA5

ATH6

TEX1

ARI9

SD7

SF5

Sep 12, 2026Saturday

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BAL3

TOR7

LAA5

WSH6

SD7

SF6

KC1

BOS5

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LAD3

MIA4

HOU2

TB3

CIN9

MIL13

PHI2

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TEX6

ARI2

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Sep 13, 2026Sunday

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KC1

BOS4

LAA5

WSH6

PHI9

ATL4

NYM0

NYY2

BAL1

TOR8

HOU4

TB14

LAD4

MIA6

CLE9

MIN2

CIN4

MIL3

CWS1

STL3

PIT4

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ATH8

TEX7

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Sep 14, 2026Monday

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CIN1

CWS7

CLE3

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TOR5

BAL2

NYM1

ATL3

CHC7

NYY8

MIN3

SF1

STL2

SD8

COL7

SEA4

LAA6

MIA7

ARI8

Sep 15, 2026Tuesday

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CIN0

ATH1

TB2

CWS6

CLE7

MIL5

PIT1

PHI3

WSH6

DET10

TOR1

BAL7

NYM5

ATL6

CHC3

NYY8

MIN1

SF10

STL3

BOS2

TEX4

KC2

HOU4

SD3

COL9

SEA1

LAA2

MIA4

ARI2

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
2003	ARI	NL	54		1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	0.1
2004	ARI	NL	29		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
2005	ARI	NL	61		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
2006	ARI	NL	44		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
2007	ARI	NL	65		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
2008	HOU	NL	74		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
2009	HOU	NL	52		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
2010	DET	AL	60		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
2011	DET	AL	75		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
2012	DET	AL	71		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
2013	DET	AL	20		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
2014	NYN	NL	21		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
Total			626		2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0.1

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
2003	ARI	NL	2	1	54	0	0	0	10	50.1	24	12	4	26	71	2.15	.993	1.6
2004	ARI	NL	1	2	29	0	0	0	8	29.2	23	14	7	17	38	4.25	1.348	0.0
2005	ARI	NL	3	4	61	0	0	0	15	66.1	51	18	5	20	75	2.44	1.070	2.0
2006	ARI	NL	2	3	44	0	0	0	18	49.1	50	32	6	22	69	5.84	1.459	-0.3
2007	ARI	NL	1	4	65	0	0	0	47	64.1	46	19	7	26	78	2.66	1.119	2.2
2008	HOU	NL	6	3	74	0	0	0	44	72.0	62	27	10	23	83	3.38	1.181	1.3
2009	HOU	NL	4	2	52	0	0	0	25	54.0	40	14	5	21	56	2.33	1.130	1.7
2010	DET	AL	2	4	60	0	0	0	26	63.0	41	21	5	32	63	3.00	1.159	1.1
2011	DET	AL	2	4	75	0	0	0	49	72.1	52	18	5	34	69	2.24	1.189	2.0
2012	DET	AL	3	4	71	0	0	0	35	69.0	59	29	3	27	48	3.78	1.246	0.7
2013	DET	AL	0	1	20	0	0	0	9	19.1	18	12	6	6	19	5.59	1.241	-0.2
2014	NYN	NL	1	1	21	0	0	0	2	20.2	24	13	4	10	23	5.66	1.645	-0.8
Total			27	33	626	0	0	0	288	630.1	490	229	67	264	692	3.27	1.196	11.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
2003	ARI	NL	P	54	0	50.1	3	1	0	0
2004	ARI	NL	P	29	0	29.2	4	2	2	0
2005	ARI	NL	P	61	0	66.1	3	7	0	0
2006	ARI	NL	P	44	0	49.1	1	1	0	0
2007	ARI	NL	P	65	0	64.1	5	2	0	0
2008	HOU	NL	P	74	0	72.0	6	3	1	0
2009	HOU	NL	P	52	0	54.0	1	1	1	0
2010	DET	AL	P	60	0	63.0	4	4	0	2
2011	DET	AL	P	75	0	72.1	3	3	1	0
2012	DET	AL	P	71	0	69.0	4	0	1	0
2013	DET	AL	P	20	0	19.1	0	1	0	0
2014	NYN	NL	P	21	0	20.2	0	0	2	0
Total				626	0	630.1	34	25	8	2

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
2003	Player of the Week	NL
2007	TSN All-Star	NL
2007	Rolaids Relief Man Award	NL
2007	TSN Reliever of the Year	NL
2007	Reliever of the Year Award	NL
2007	Player of the Week	NL
2008	Reliever of the Month	ML
2011	Rolaids Relief Man Award	AL
2011	Reliever of the Year Award	AL
2011	This Year in Baseball Closer of the Year	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
2020	BBWAA	0	298	No