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POSITIONAL

PITCHERS (28)54* Bautista, Denny46 Barthmaier, Jimmy52* Bootcheck, Chris17 Burnett, Sean55 Capps, Matt43 Chavez, Jesse50 Davidson, Dave74* Davis, Jason57 Duke, Zach32 Dumatrait, Phil24 Gorzelanny, Tom34 Grabow, John67* Haigwood, Daniel38 Hansen, Craig27 Karstens, Jeff28 Maholm, Paul65* Mateo, Juan62* McCutchen, Daniel47 Meek, Evan49 Ohlendorf, Ross58 Sanchez, Romulo66* Slocum, Brian45 Snell, Ian61 Sues, Jeff63 Uviedo, Ronald76 Vasquez, Virgil56 Veal, Donnie30 Yates, Tyler

CATCHERS (6)23 Diaz, Robinzon41 Doumit, Ryan35 Jaramillo, Jason75* Kratz, Erik64 Lerud, Steve72* Perez, Miguel

INFIELDERS (14)53 Alvarez, Pedro10 Bixler, Brian36 Cruz, Luis73* Ford, Shelby69* Jones, Garrett25 LaRoche, Adam15 LaRoche, Andy70* Lopez, Pedro71* Machado, Anderson37* Phillips, Andy12 Sanchez, Freddy5 Vazquez, Ramon

19 Walker, Neil2 Wilson, Jack

OUTFIELDERS (9)16 Hinske, Eric22* McCutchen, Andrew13 McLouth, Nate18* Monroe, Craig3 Morgan, Nyjer

44 Moss, Brandon51 Pearce, Steve68* Salazar, Jeff31 Tabata, Jose

* Non-Roster Invitee

NUMERICAL

2 Wilson, Jack SS3 Morgan, Nyjer OF5 Vazquez, Ramon INF6 Hill, Perry Coach7 Russell, John MGR10 Bixler, Brian SS12 Sanchez, Freddy 2B13 McLouth, Nate OF14 Varsho, Gary Coach15 LaRoche, Andy 3B16 Hinske, Eric OF17 Burnett, Sean OF18* Monroe, Craig OF19 Walker, Neil 3B22* McCutchen, Andrew OF23 Diaz, Robinzon C24 Gorzelanny, Tom LHP25 LaRoche, Adam 1B26 Kerrigan, Joe Coach27 Karstens, Jeff RHP28 Maholm, Paul LHP29 Beasley, Tony Coach30 Yates, Tyler RHP31 Tabata, Jose OF32 Dumatrait, Phil RHP34 Grabow, John LHP35 Jaramillo, Jason C36 Cruz, Luis INF37* Phillips, Andy INF38 Hansen, Craig RHP41 Doumit, Ryan C43 Chavez, Jesse RHP44 Moss, Brandon OF45 Snell, Ian RHP46 Barthmaier, Jimmy RHP47 Meek, Evan RHP49 Ohlendorf, Ross RHP50 Davidson, Dave LHP51 Pearce, Steve OF52* Bootcheck, Chris RHP53 Alvarez, Pedro 3B54* Bautista, Denny RHP55 Capps, Matt RHP56 Veal, Donnie LHP57 Duke, Zach LHP58 Sanchez, Romulo RHP59 Long, Don Coach60 Dorante, Luis Coach61 Sues, Jeff RHP62* McCutchen, Daniel RHP63 Uviedo, Ronald RHP64 Lerud, Steve C65* Mateo, Juan RHP66* Slocum, Brian RHP67* Haigwood, Daniel LHP68* Salazar, Jeff OF69* Jones, Garrett INF70* Lopez, Pedro INF71* Machado, Anderson INF72* Perez, Miguel C73* Ford, Shelby INF74* Davis, Jason RHP75* Kratz, Erik C76 Vasquez, Virgil RHP86 Andrade, Heberto Coach

ALPHABETICAL

Alvarez, Pedro 3BAndrade, Heberto CoachBarthmaier, Jimmy RHPBautista, Denny * RHPBeasley, Tony CoachBixler, Brian SSBootcheck, Chris * RHPBurnett, Sean LHPCapps, Matt RHPChavez, Jesse RHPCruz, Luis INFDavidson, Dave LHPDavis, Jason * RHPDiaz, Robinzon CDorante, Luis CoachDoumit, Ryan CDuke, Zach LHPDumatrait, Phil RHPFord, Shelby * INFGorzelanny, Tom LHPGrabow, John LHPHaigwood, Daniel * LHPHansen, Craig RHPHill, Perry CoachHinske, Eric OFJaramillo, Jason CJones, Garrett INFKarstens, Jeff RHPKerrigan, Joe CoachKratz, Erik * CLaRoche, Adam 1BLaRoche, Andy 3BLerud, Steve CLong, Don CoachLopez, Pedro * INFMachado, Anderson * INFMaholm, Paul LHPMateo, Juan * RHPMcCutchen, Andrew * OFMcCutchen, Daniel * RHPMcLouth, Nate OFMeek, Evan RHPMonroe, Craig* OFMorgan, Nyjer OFMoss, Brandon OFOhlendorf, Ross RHPPearce, Steve OFPerez, Miguel * CPhillips, Andy * INFRussell, John MGRSalazar, Jeff * OFSanchez, Freddy 2BSanchez, Romulo RHPSlocum, Brian RHPSnell, Ian RHPSues, Jeff RHPTabata, Jose OFUviedo, Ronald RHPVarsho, Gary CoachVasquez, Virgil RHPVazquez, Ramon INFVeal, Donnie LHPWalker, Neil 3BWilson, Jack SSYates, Tyler RHP

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2008 SEASON: Suffered a broken hamate bone in his right hand in season-opening game against Oregon State on2/22 and went on to miss 23 of Vanderbilt’s 63 games...Returned to action on 4/1 and went 1-for-4 with two runs against SoutheastMissouri...Hit first of nine home runs in his fourth game on 4/5 vs. Ole Miss...Went 3-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI vs.Memphis on 5/6...Tied career high with four hits on 5/11 vs. Georgia; went 4-for-5 and fell a homer shy of hitting for thecycle...Homered in final collegiate game on 5/24 vs. Ole Miss; home run was his 49th career home run at Vanderbilt which tieshim with Scotti Madison (1977-80) for most in school history...Officially signed with Pittsburgh on 8/16 and spent three weeks atthe club’s Instructional League program in Bradenton, Florida, from 9/28 to 10/18.

� CAREER HIGHLIGHTS �

2007: Batted .386 with 18 home runs and 68 RBI while being named a first-team All-American by Baseball America, Rivals.comand the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association...Posted 29 multi-hit games and 20 multi-RBI games...Was named NationalCollegiate Baseball Writers Association Hitter-of-the-Week on 2/12 after hitting .500 (7-for-14) with two doubles, a triple, homerand five RBI in the Houston College Classic...Was also named SEC Hitter-of-the-Week for same time period...Went 4-for-5 with twodoubles, a triple and three runs scored against Austin Peay on 2/27...Hit go-ahead, three-run inside-the-park home run (first incareer) in 8th inning of 6-3 win against Arkansas on 3/24...Tied career high with four hits against Kentucky on 4/14...Hit .500(6-for-12) with two homers, four runs scored and two RBI in series against Auburn and .643 (9-for-14) with three doubles, sevenRBI and five runs scored in the Florida series; had three hits in all three games...Had back-to-back four-hit games on 5/25 vs.Tennessee and 5/26 vs. Ole Miss...Produced a 24-game hitting streak from 4/21 thru 6/3...Was named the SEC Tournament MostValuable Player after hitting .542 (13-for-24) with two homers and eight RBI in the tournament...Led USA National Team in battingaverage (.315), hits (40), home runs (7), RBI (30), total bases (70) and slugging percentage (.551), while winning the Silver Medalat the Pan Am Games and finishing third at the World Port Tournament.

2006: Hit .329 with a school record 22 home runs and 64 RBI in his first year at Vanderbilt...Was named the SoutheastConference Freshman-of-the-Year and the National Freshman-of-the-Year by numerous industry outlets, including Baseball America,Collegiate Baseball and Rivals.com...Was also named to SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll...Was a starter in 63 of his 64 gamesplayed, all at third base...Produced 22 multi-hit games and 13 multi-RBI games...Led team in walks and produced a .456 on-basepercentage...Picked up first career hit came in 6-2 victory over then Top 25 ranked USC on 2/18...Tallied first career stolen base andtriple on 2/28 vs. Murray State...Went 1-for-3 and hit first career home run on 3/12 against Brown University...Was named SECFreshman-of-the-Week on 3/20 for his performance in the conference opening series against Ole Miss and two mid-week games againstButler; went 7-for-18 (.389) during the week with two homers, two doubles and five RBI (his two-run homer sparked the Commodoresto a 5-0 win over Ole Miss in the series finale)...Was named Collegiate Baseball, Rosenblatt Report and National Collegiate BaseballWriters Association Player-of-the-Week on 4/17 after going 9-for-18 (.500) with six home runs, a double, seven runs scored and a1.556 slugging percentage in four games...Was also named SEC Hitter-of-the-Week in that time frame...Homered seven times in hislast 11 games, including five in the post-season...Was named to the NCAA Atlanta Regional All-Tourney team after going 5-for-15 withthree homers, three RBI and four runs scored...Also selected to the SEC All-Tourney team after hitting two homers and picking up sixRBI and five runs scored in five games...Was named the second-best prospect on the USA National Team by Baseball America afterleading the team with a .379 batting average to go along with five homers, 12 doubles and 43 RBI in 31 games.

PERSONAL: Pedro Manuel Alvarez...Is a 2005 graduate of Horace Mann High School in New York, where he was the Gatoradeand Louisville Slugger New York High School Player-of-the-Year his senior season...Helped lead Horace Mann to the 2004 Ivy LeagueChampionship and holds the school and career records in batting average, home runs, RBI, slugging percentage, walks and on-basepercentage...Captained the baseball teams for three years and was a four-year starter...Also helped lead club team (Bayside Yankees)to 2005 NABF National Championship...Was originally selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 14th round of the 2005 First-Year PlayerDraft...Was ranked by Baseball America as the top prospect in the 2008 draft and as the “Best Power Hitter” among collegeplayers...Ranked by Baseball America as Pirates top prospect prior to 2009 season...Signed by Pirate scout Trevor Haley.

2006 Vanderbilt .329 64 240 70 79 15 1 22 64 0 1 0 57 64 7 102007 Vanderbilt .386 66 272 76 105 21 3 18 68 0 2 1 40 65 6 82008 Vanderbilt .317 40 167 45 53 15 2 9 30 0 0 3 28 28 3 1Collegiate Totals .349 170 679 192 237 51 6 49 162 0 3 4 125 157 16 19

YEAR COLLEGE AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS

LIFETIME COLLEGIATE BATTING STATISTICS

Selected by Boston in 2005 First-Year Player Draft (14th round), but did not sign.Selected by Pittsburgh in 2008 First-Year Player Draft (1st round - 2nd pick overall).

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AWARDS & HONORS: 2005 South Atlantic League All-Star (mid-season & post-season).

2008 SEASON: Went 5-5 with a 4.02 ERA (125.1ip/56er) in 26 minor league starts with Double-A Altoona (10 starts) andTriple-A Indianapolis (16 starts)...Began season with Altoona and received a no-decision in first start on 4/5 vs. Reading (5.0ip/2er)...Wasvictorious in second start on 4/11 at Reading (5.0ip/3er) and went 2-0 with a 5.04 ERA(25.0ip/14er) in his first five outings...Lost each of his last four starts with Altoona...Pitched 7.0innings and gave up one unearned run in final Double-A start on 5/25 vs. Trenton...Was promotedto Indianapolis on 5/30 and won first start that night vs. Toledo (7.0ip/2er)...Suffered lone loss withIndy on 6/15 at Columbus (7.1ip/4er)...Struck out season-high eight batters and gave up one runin 6.0ip in victory vs. Rochester on 6/21...Was recalled by Pittsburgh on 6/27 and made MajorLeague debut as a starter that night vs. Tampa Bay; lost a 10-5 decision to Scott Kazmir and wasoptioned back to Indy following the game...Tossed 6.0 scoreless frames in a no-decision vs. Columbus on 7/7...Won last game withIndianapolis on 7/13 vs. Toledo...Was struck by a line drive on his right wrist in the first inning of his start on 7/24 vs. Syracuse (x-rayson 7/25 were negative)...Pitched just 1.0 inning in his next assignment on 8/25 at Buffalo before tossing 5.0 frames on 8/9 atRochester...Posted a 3.21 ERA (28.0ip/11r/10er) in six starts during the month of August, but did not receive a decision...Made finalTriple-A start on 8/30 vs. Louisville (6.2ip/1er)...Was recalled by Pittsburgh on 9/19 after Tom Gorzelanny injured a finger on 9/10...Madesecond start with Pirates on 9/20 and received a no-decision in 6-4 Bucco victory vs. Houston (3.0ip/5h/2r/2er/2bb/2so)...Also groundedout in first major league plate appearance...Suffered loss in third and final start on 9/27 at San Diego (5.0ip/3er); gave up all threeruns in the first inning after retiring the first two batters...Went 0-for-3 at the plate with the Pirates...Was rated by Baseball America ashaving the “Best Breaking Ball” in the International League in the publication’s annual “Best Tools” issue.


2007: Spent entire season with Corpus Christi (Astros’ AA)...Went 2-8 with a 6.03 ERA in 16 starts and 0-1 with a 7.04 ERA ineight relief appearances...Went 1-0 with a 2.45 ERA (11.0ip/3er) in first two starts...Surrendered nine runs in 0.2ip while sufferingloss in third start on 4/21 at Frisco...Was on disabled list from 4/23 to 5/14 with a right elbow sprain...Made back-to-back reliefappearances on 5/14 and 5/20 (4.0ip/3er) before returning to starting rotation on 5/23...Went 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA (12.0ip/2er)in three starts from 5/23 to 6/3...Picked up last win on 6/3 at Springfield...Pitched season-high 7.0 innings on 6/13 vs. Frisco...Losthis final seven decisions from 6/8 thru 8/1...Made final start on 8/8 at Arkansas...Made last five appearances in relief (8.0ip/7er)...Went2-1 while making 11 relief appearances with Mesa during the Arizona Fall League.

2006: Spent entire season with Salem (Astros’ A)...Established minor league career highs in starts and innings pitched...Led CarolinaLeague in strikeouts and innings pitched...Ranked second in wins and sixth in ERA...Anchored a pitching staff which posted a league-best 3.36 ERA and captured the Southern Division second half title...Was named the Carolina League Pitcher-of-the-Week for 8/14-20after he went 2-0 with a 0.64 ERA and 13 strikeouts in two starts...Won three games for the Avalanche during the team’s franchise-record, 14-game winning streak from 8/15-29; allowed one run in three starts (21.0ip) while going 3-0 with a 0.43 ERA during thatstreak, which was the longest in the Carolina League since 1958...Posted a 5-0 record and a 1.15 ERA in August...Won six consecutivestarts from 7/30 thru 8/26...Went 6-0 with a 1.61 ERA in his final nine starts...Started Game 1 of the Southern Division playoff seriesand received the loss despite allowing only one earned run (six runs) in 4.1ip.

2005: Went 12-6 with a 2.24 ERA in 26 minor league games...Led Lexington (Astros’ A) in ERA and strikeouts...Ranked secondin South Atlantic League in ERA and sixth among all minor league pitchers...Ranked fifth in the league in strikeouts...Went 4-1 witha 0.66 ERA in five starts during the month of August...Was named to the SAL’s post-season All-Star team...Also tossed one scorelessinning and whiffed two batters in the mid-season All-Star game...Was named Pitcher-of-the-Week twice (6/6-12 and 8/1-7)...Struckout season-high 12 batters on 7/12 vs. Delmarva...Made one appearance with Salem, earning the win on 8/30 vs. Wilmington.

2004: Spent entire season with Greenville (Astros’ A)...Led staff in strikeouts and ranked fourth in the Appalachian League inthat department...Led league in innings pitched in first season used exclusively as a starter.

2003: Spent first professional season with Martinsville after being selected by Houston in 13th round of June draft.

MISC: Has gone 33-30 with a 3.68 ERA in 110 minor league starts and 2-2 with a 4.94 ERA (31.0ip/17er) in 14 relief outings.

PERSONAL: James Richard Barthmaier (last name pronounced “BARTH-mire”)...Is a 2003 graduate of Roswell (GA) High School,where he pitched for four seasons...Was rated by Baseball America as Houston’s 4th-best prospect prior to 2007 season (was rankedas 10th-best prospect prior to 2004 campaign)...Was also rated by same publication as having the “Best Curveball” in the Astros systemheading into the 2006 season...Played on same summer ball team as Matt Capps in Roswell, Georgia.

INSIDE INFORMATIONFavorite Vacation Spot: CancunFavorite Musical Artist: Dierks BentleyFirst Job: Playing baseballFavorite TV Show: Nip TuckFamous Person You’d Like to Meet(dead or alive): Elvis Presley

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2003 Martinsville 1-1 2.49 8 3 0 0 0 21.2 19 9 6 0 2 7 18 2 02004 Greenville 4-3 3.78 13 13 0 0 0 *69.0 70 32 29 2 1 22 65 3 12005 Lexington 11-6 2.27 25 25 0 0 0 134.2 108 41 34 3 4 55 142 7 1

Salem 1-0 1.50 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 4 1 1 3 1 6 0 02006 Salem 11-8 3.62 27 27 0 0 0 *146.2 137 64 59 6 9 67 *134 3 02007 Corpus Christi (1) 2-9 6.20 24 16 0 0 0 90.0 116 73 62 11 5 44 72 4 12008 Altoona 2-4 4.86 10 10 0 0 0 46.1 42 27 25 3 1 21 40 2 0

Indianapolis 3-1 3.53 16 16 0 0 0 79.0 69 34 31 5 4 27 71 2 0Pittsburgh 0-2 10.45 3 3 0 0 0 10.1 16 12 12 3 0 8 6 0 0

Minor League Totals 35-32 3.75 124 110 0 0 0 593.1 565 284 247 31 29 244 548 23 3Major League Totals 0-2 10.45 3 3 0 0 0 10.1 16 12 12 3 0 8 6 0 0

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LIFETIME PITCHING STATISTICS

(*)Led LeagueSelected by Houston in 2003 First-Year Player Draft (13th round).

(1)Claimed by Pittsburgh off waivers from Houston on 11/20/07.

BARTHMAIER HIGHLIGHTS

MOST STRIKEOUTS: 2 K’s (3 times), 9/27/08 @San Diego, 9/20/08 vs. Houston & 6/27/08 vs. Tampa Bay.

MOST INNINGS PITCHED: 5.0 IP, 9/27/08 @San Diego.

MOST WALKS: 4 BB, 9/27/08 @San Diego.

LONGEST WINNING STREAK: No Major League wins

LONGEST LOSING STREAK: 2 games (6/27 to 9/27/08).

June 27, 2008 vs. Tampa Bay

MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT

YEAR AVG AB H HR RBI

2008 .000 3 0 0 0

CAREER .000 3 0 0 0

HITTING TOTALS

CLUB W-L-S ERA G IP ER

HOUSTON 0-0-0 6.00 1 3.0 2SAN DIEGO 0-1-0 5.40 1 5.0 3TAMPA BAY 0-1-0 27.00 1 2.1 7INTERLEAGUE 0-1-0 27.00 1 2.1 7

JUNE 0-1-0 27.00 1 2.1 7SEPTEMBER 0-1-0 5.63 2 8.0 5

HOME 0-1-0 15.19 2 5.1 9ROAD 0-1-0 5.40 1 5.0 3DAY 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0NIGHT 0-2-0 10.45 3 10.1 12GRASS 0-2-0 10.45 3 10.1 12TURF 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0BEFORE ALL-STAR 0-1-0 27.00 1 2.1 7AFTER ALL-STAR 0-1-0 5.63 2 8.0 5STARTER 0-2-0 10.45 3 10.1 12RELIEVER 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0

2008CLUB W-L-S ERA G IP ER

HOUSTON 0-0-0 6.00 1 3.0 2SAN DIEGO 0-1-0 5.40 1 5.0 3TAMPA BAY 0-1-0 27.00 1 2.1 7INTERLEAGUE 0-1-0 27.00 1 2.1 7

JUNE 0-1-0 27.00 1 2.1 7SEPTEMBER 0-1-0 5.63 2 8.0 5


CAREERPARK W-L-S ERA G IP ER

PNC 0-1-0 15.19 2 5.1 9PETCO 0-1-0 5.40 1 5.0 3

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AWARDS & HONORS: 2008 International League All-Star (mid-season).Member of Team USA in 2007 World Cup played in Taiwan (won gold medal).2007 International League All-Star (mid-season & post-season).2006 Carolina League All-Star (mid-season & post-season).

2008 SEASON: Was named to International League mid-season All-Star team while spending majority of season withTriple-A Indianapolis...Also had three separate stints with Pittsburgh...Started each of Indianapolis’ first three games and went 0-for-9 with two walks and two RBI...Was recalled by Pittsburgh on 4/6 after shortstop Jack Wilson was placed on the 15-day disabledlist...Made Major League debut that afternoon at Florida and struck out in pinch hitappearance...Made first career start at shortstop on 4/9 vs. Chicago (NL) and wenthitless in two at bats...Committed errors in back-to-back games on 4/12-13 before goingseven contests without a miscue...Snapped an 0-for-8 streak to start career with a singleoff Cincinnati’s Mike Lincoln on 4/12 at PNC Park...Had first career two-hit game on4/25 vs. Philadelphia and tallied first RBI the following day against thePhillies...Committed two errors on 4/26 vs. Philadelphia...Snapped an 0-for-11 streakon 5/16...Produced RBI-single off Carlos Zambrano at Wrigley Field on 5/17...Wasoptioned to Indianapolis on 5/27 when Jack Wilson was reinstated from D.L...Hit .175in first 34 games with Pirates thru 5/25, making 29 appearances (24 starts) atshortstop...Hit first of seven home runs with Indy on 5/20 vs. Toledo...Hit safely in 18 of his 26 games during the month ofJune, going 30-for-102 (.294) with four homers, four triples and 10 RBI...Homered in back-to-back games on 6/8 and6/10...Reached base safely in 14 straight games from 7/11-27, going 16-for-47 (.340) with six walks...Was recalled by Pittsburghon 7/29...Grounded out as a pinch hitter at Colorado on 7/30 and was optioned back to Indy on 7/31...Went 3-for-5 on 8/2vs. Toledo and hit safely in six straight games from 8/2-7...Hit .429 (12-for-28) with five multi-hit games in a seven-game spanfrom 8/11-18, raising average from .268 to .285...Made first of 10 appearances at second base on 8/7 at Buffalo...Hit lasthome run with Indy on 8/25 at Durham and finished Triple-A campaign with a 25-game errorless streak (15 at shortstop and10 at second base)...Made a total of 74 appearances at shortstop and 10 at second base while playing with Indianapolis; alsowent 3-for-8 in two games as the designated hitter...Hit .311 (32-for-103) against left-handed pitchers and .266 (58-for-218)against righthanders...Was named Indy’s Defensive Player-of-the-Year, making seven errors in 359 total chances between secondbase and shortstop...Was recalled by Pittsburgh a third and final time on 9/2 and went 3-for-27 (.111) in 15 games (eight startsat shortstop)...Tripled and scored a run on 9/5 at San Francisco...Swiped lone base on 9/6 at San Francisco...Was used as apinch runner six times by the Bucs after being recalled in September...Made last start on 9/25 at Milwaukee.


2007: Spent entire season with Indianapolis...Led club in hits, runs and stolen bases...Was named to International Leaguemid-season and post-season All-Star teams...Shared league lead in triples...Also ranked fourth in runs scored and tied for fourthin stolen bases...Led league shortstops in games (113), assists (327), double plays (80) and total chances (485)...Made 113appearances at shortstop and 16 at second base...Batted .317 against left-handed pitchers and .259 against righthanders...Beganseason with a 10-game hitting streak (14-for-36, .389)...Had first of two four-hit games on 4/11 vs. Toledo...Hit safely in 17 ofhis 20 games played in April, going 23-for-70 (.329) with 10 RBI...Hit first Triple-A home run on 4/30 at Ottawa...Produced12-game hitting streak from 4/22 thru 5/5 (15-for-41, .366)...Had second four-hit game on 5/14 vs. Ottawa...Madefirst professional appearance at second base on 5/16 at Syracuse (had made 349 consecutive appearancesat shortstop to begin his career)...Homered in back-to-back games on 6/3-4...Had two triples on6/6 vs. Rochester...Ranked second in all of Triple-A baseball and led International Leaguewith 11 stolen bases in June...Hit safely in 12 straight games from 6/15 thru 7/6 (15-for-43, .349)...Went 1-for-4 with two runs and two stolen bases in mid-season All-StarGame...Hit grand slam and tallied season-high four RBI on 7/15 at Rochester; the grandslam was his last homer of the season...Was a member of Team USA squad which capturedthe Gold medal at the IBAF World Cup in Taiwan in November; went 4-for-25 with a doubleand five walks in nine games.

2006: Hit .302 with 29 doubles, three triples, eight home runs and 52 RBI in 133 gamesbetween Single-A Lynchburg and Double-A Altoona...Ranked fifth among all Pittsburgh farmhands

Brian signed for fans andposed for photos at PirateFest.

INSIDE INFORMATIONFavorite Vacation Spot: Put-In-Bay, OhioFavorite Musical Artist: Stone Temple PilotsAthlete Admired Growing Up: Omar VizquelAthlete You’d Like to Meet: LeBron JamesFirst Job: Maintenance worker at a schoolFavorite TV Show: SeinfeldFamous Person You’d Like to Meet (dead oralive): Will Ferrell

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in batting and second in games played behind Andrew McCutchen (134)...Was named to the Carolina League mid-season andpost-season All-Star team...Established minor league career highs in games, runs, hits, doubles and RBI...Hit first home run whilegoing 4-for-6 on 5/9 at Wilmington...Went 9-for-16 (.563) over four-game stretch from 5/9-13...Was part of Pittsburgh’s rosterin annual Hall of Fame Game vs. Cincinnati in Cooperstown, NY, on 5/15...Batted .436 (17-for-39) during 10-game hitting streakfrom 5/23 thru 6/2...Hit a pair of home runs on 6/5 at Myrtle Beach...Started at shortstop and went 1-for-3 with two runs scoredin the Carolina League/California League All-Star Game on 6/27 in Salem, VA...Was fourth in the Carolina League in batting whenhe was promoted to Altoona on 7/3...Hit first Double-A home run in second game with the Curve on 6/30 vs. Akron...Knockedin the game-winning run in the 10th inning of the Curve’s 1-0 win on 7/2 vs. Akron...Hit .357 (30-for-84) during a 21-gamestretch from 8/1-22 and recorded separate hitting streaks of 10 games and nine games during the stretch...Went 4-for-5 on 8/29vs. Akron...Hit .353 (41-for-116) in 30 games during the month of August to raise his average from .245 to .303...Went 5-for-20 with an RBI in five Eastern League playoff games...Hit .304 (17-for-56) with four doubles and four RBI while playing forHonolulu in the Hawaiian Winter League.

2005: Spent entire season with Hickory (A)...Led club in games played...Led South Atlantic League shortstops in games (126)and assists (407)...Established minor league career highs in home runs and stolen bases...Went homerless in first 61 games beforehitting three long balls in a six-game span from 6/21-26...Hit safely in 21 of his 22 games from 6/9 thru 7/6 and in a season-high 14 straight games from 6/18 to 7/6 (20-for-54, .370)...Posted a .348 average (31-for-89) in June...Hit two home runs andtallied season-high four hits on 8/6 vs. Delmarva...Batted .462 (18-for-39) during a nine-game hitting streak from 8/6-15...Produceda .328 batting average in final 30 games, going 41-for-125 with five home runs and 19 RBI.

2004: Signed with Pittsburgh on 6/30/04 after being selected in second round of the 2004 First-Year Player Draft (52ndplayer chosen overall)...Led Williamsport in hits and runs scored during first professional season...Made pro debut on 7/1 vs.Staten Island and went 2-for-4 with a stolen base...Hit .317 (20-for-63) during 13-game hitting streak between 7/14-29 and .301in 24 games during the month of July...Reached base safely in 48 of his 59 games.

MISC: Was rated by Baseball America as Pittsburgh’s 8th-best prospect prior to 2008 season (7th-best prior to 2007)...Alsorated by same publication as having the club’s “Best Infield Arm”...Made 349 consecutive appearances at shortstop to begin hiscareer before playing second base on 5/16/07...Went homerless in first 120 professional games before hitting first dinger on6/21/05 vs. Greensboro...Was a member of Team USA squad which captured the Gold medal at the 2007 IBAF World Cup inTaiwan (beat Cuba in final game).

PERSONAL: Brian Joseph Bixler...Wife’s name is Jessica...Is a 2001 graduate of Perkins High School in Sandusky,OH...Played three seasons of baseball at Eastern Michigan University, where he was named the 2004 Mid-American ConferencePlayer-of-the-Year...Was also a 2004 Collegiate Baseball Louisville Slugger First-Team All-American and a member of the First-TeamAll-Mid-American Conference...Earned 2004 Academic All-MAC team honors while finishing second in the nation in batting average(.453) in 2004...Finished collegiate career as Eastern Michigan’s all-time leader in runs scored (194) and second in hits(258)...Became the first player in MAC history to collect over 100 hits in a single season (2004) and set a conference record witha 32-game hitting streak that year...Hit .322 during his freshman year en route to being named the 2002 MAC Freshman-of-the-Year...Was named MVP of the MAC Tournament and was a Second-Team All-Conference selection during his sophomorecampaign...Signed by Pirate scout Duane Gustavson.

2004 Williamsport .276 59 228 40 63 7 4 0 21 1 4 2 15 51 14 5 162005 Hickory .281 126 502 74 141 23 2 9 50 3 3 11 38 134 21 10 332006 Lynchburg .303 73 267 46 81 16 2 5 33 6 0 9 35 58 18 7 13

Altoona .301 60 226 36 68 13 1 3 19 2 2 7 16 57 6 2 132007 Indianapolis .274 129 475 77 130 23 t 10 5 51 10 0 17 54 131 28 4 162008 Indianapolis .280 86 321 44 90 8 5 7 36 6 3 7 27 107 23 7 7

Pittsburgh .157 50 108 16 17 2 1 0 2 2 0 4 6 36 1 0 8Minor League Totals .284 533 2019 317 573 90 23 29 200 28 12 53 185 538 110 35 98Major League Totals .157 50 108 16 17 2 1 0 2 2 0 4 6 36 1 0 8

(t)Tied for League LeadSelected by Pittsburgh in 2004 First-Year Player Draft (2nd round).

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NATIONAL LEAGUECHASE .000 0 0 0 0TURNER .000 0 0 0 0WRIGLEY .167 18 3 0 1GREAT AMERICAN .000 4 0 0 0COORS .000 0 0 0 0DOLPHIN .000 1 0 0 0MINUTE MAID .167 6 1 0 0DODGER .250 4 1 0 0MILLER .000 2 0 0 0SHEA 1.000 1 1 0 0VETERANS .000 0 0 0 0CITIZENS BANK .000 0 0 0 0PNC .169 59 10 0 1BUSCH (NEW) .000 3 0 0 0PETCO .000 0 0 0 0AT&T .125 8 1 0 0NATIONALS .000 2 0 0 0

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ARIZONA .000 0 0 0 0ATLANTA .111 9 1 0 0BALTIMORE .000 0 0 0 0BOSTON .000 0 0 0 0CHICAGO (A) .000 0 0 0 0CHICAGO (N) .130 23 3 0 1CINCINNATI .182 11 2 0 0CLEVELAND .000 0 0 0 0COLORADO .000 1 0 0 0DETROIT .000 0 0 0 0

FLORIDA .000 8 0 0 0HOUSTON .167 6 1 0 0KANSAS CITY .000 0 0 0 0LOS ANGELES (A) .000 0 0 0 0LOS ANGELES (N) .250 8 2 0 0MILWAUKEE .167 6 1 0 0MINNESOTA .000 0 0 0 0NEW YORK (A) .000 0 0 0 0NEW YORK (N) 1.000 1 1 0 0OAKLAND .000 0 0 0 0

PHILADELPHIA .333 6 2 0 1PITTSBURGH .000 0 0 0 0ST. LOUIS .154 13 2 0 0SAN DIEGO .000 0 0 0 0SAN FRANCISCO .143 14 2 0 0SEATTLE .000 0 0 0 0TAMPA BAY .000 0 0 0 0TEXAS .000 0 0 0 0TORONTO .000 0 0 0 0WASHINGTON .000 2 0 0 0INTERLEAGUE .000 0 0 0 0

MARCH/APRIL .200 45 9 0 1MAY .143 35 5 0 1JUNE .000 0 0 0 0JULY .000 1 0 0 0AUGUST .000 0 0 0 0SEPTEMBER .111 27 3 0 0OCTOBER .000 0 0 0 0

HOME .169 59 10 0 1ROAD .143 49 7 0 1DAY .139 36 5 0 1NIGHT .167 72 12 0 1GRASS .157 108 17 0 2TURF .000 0 0 0 0BEFORE ALL-STAR .175 80 14 0 2AFTER ALL-STAR .107 28 3 0 0VS. LHP .182 22 4 0 0VS. RHP .151 86 13 0 2

SCORING POS. .063 16 1 0 2BASES FULL .000 2 0 0 0PINCH HITTER .200 5 1 0 0

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April 6, 2008 at Florida

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April 12, 2008 vs. CIN ................Mike Lincoln - 1B

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BIXLER HIGHLIGHTSMOST HR/GAME: No Major League home runs.

MOST HITS/GAME: 2 hits, 4/25/08 vs. Philadelphia.

MOST RBI/GAME: 1 RBI (twice), 5/17/08 @Chicago (NL) & 4/26/08 vs. Philadelphia.

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AWARDS & HONORS: 2003 Eastern League All-Star (mid-season & post-season).2003 Eastern League Pitcher-of-the-Year.2003 Double-A All-Star.2002 Carolina League All-Star (mid-season & post-season) and High Class-A All-Star.Participated in 2002 Major League Baseball Futures Game in Milwaukee.Pittsburgh’s Minor League Pitcher-of-the-Year in 2002.Pittsburgh’s Minor League Pitcher-of-the-Year in 2001.

2008 SEASON: Spent first full season pitching exclusively in relief...Tied for eighth among National League left-handed relief pitchers in innings pitched (Cincinnati’s Jeremy Affeldt was first with 78.1ip)...Began season with Triple-A Indianapolis,where he struck out at least one batter in each of his first eight appearances (13 K’s total)...Picked up a win in first outing with

1.0 scoreless inning of work on 4/5 at Pawtucket...Did not allow a run in his first fiveappearances (8.0ip)...Tossed 3.0 scoreless frames while earning first professional save on4/9 at Syracuse...Recorded a save in three straight appearances from 4/9 thru 4/14...Wasscored upon for first time while suffering loss on 4/16 vs. Pawtucket...Was scored uponin two of his 12 games with Indianapolis...Had contract selected by Pittsburgh on5/4...Made first appearance with Pirates on 5/6 vs. San Francisco and allowed two runsin 0.2 innings of work - his first Major League game since 8/21/04 at St. Louis...Madethree straight scoreless appearances from 5/12-15 (3.1ip) before being scored upon inback-to-back games on 5/20 (1.2ip/2er) and 5/23 (2.0ip/4er)...Pitched season-high 3.0innings on 6/27 vs. Tampa Bay and surrendered one run - a solo homer to CarlCrawford...Was scored upon once in eight games (10.0ip/1er) from 6/19 thru

7/6...Suffered lone loss with Pirates on 7/9 vs. Houston...Doubled off St. Louis’ Joel Pineiro at PNC Park on 7/13 for first MajorLeague hit, snapping an 0-for-25 start to his career...Issued back-to-back home runs to Reed Johnson and Alfonso Soriano at WrigleyField on 8/3 - the first home runs he had allowed in 15 outings since 6/27...Picked up the win on 8/18 vs. New York (NL) - hisfirst in the Majors since 7/25/04...Made eight straight scoreless outings (6.0ip) before surrendering a two-run homer to MikeCameron at Milwaukee on 8/22...Was scored upon in four straight outings from 8/22-31 (4.0ip/8er), raising ERA from 4.04 to5.24...Did not allow a run and gave up just one hit in his first eight games in September (7.0ip) until allowing a run in 0.1ip on9/21 vs. Houston...Held opponents to a .188 batting average in 13 appearances during the final month...Allowed 13 of his team-high 43 inherited runners to score...Held left-handed batters to a .171 average (13-for-76)...Went 1-for-3 with a double at the plate.


2007: Allowed one unearned run in 11.1 innings of work while making three appearances (one start) during springtraining...Was optioned to Indianapolis on 3/24 and spent entire season at Triple-A level...Tossed 5.0 scoreless innings in first startwhile picking up the win on 4/5 vs. Columbus...Went 3-0 in his first three starts before losing three straight decisions from 4/23thru 5/9...Surrendered one home run in his first seven starts (39.2ip)...Scattered three hits over 6.0 scoreless innings to snap three-game losing streak on 5/19 at Buffalo...Was on the disabled list from 5/31 to 6/17 with left elbow irritation...Worked 4.1scoreless frames in second game back from the disabled list on 6/23 at Toledo...Made final start on 7/3 at Louisville, walkingthree and allowing three runs in 1.0ip...Missed remainder of the season due to discomfort in his left elbow...Received a cortisoneshot in his left arm from Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, AL, on 8/29...Pitched in Venezuela during the offseason and went1-1 with a 2.45 ERA (25.2ip/7er) in six games (four starts) with Zulia.

2006: Spent entire season with Indianapolis...Led club in victories, starts and innings pitched after returning to actionfollowing “Tommy John” surgery on left elbow in 2004...Tossed 5.0 scoreless frames and picked up victory in first start on 4/9at Pawtucket (game two) - his first game action since 8/21/04...Also recorded win in second start on 4/14 vs. Syracuse(5.0ip/2er)...Pitched season-low 0.2 innings while suffering loss on 4/30 vs. Columbus (6r/5er)...Lost three straight decisions from4/20 thru 5/17...Won back-to-back starts on 5/23 and 5/28, surrendering just two earned runs in 10.2ip...Surrendered six runsin 2.1 innings of work in loss on 6/8 vs. Pawtucket...Pitched 5.0 scoreless innings in victory at Rochester on 6/13...Made lone“relief” appearance on 6/25 vs. Richmond - tossed 6.1 innings in the completion of a suspended game...Walked season-high fivebatters while posting final victory on 8/14 at Charlotte...Surrendered season-high eight runs on 8/25 at Columbus...Lost five ofhis final six decisions.

INSIDE INFORMATIONFavorite Vacation Spot: HomeFavorite Musical Artist: AkonFavorite Road City: ChicagoAthlete Admired Growing Up: Daryl StrawberryAthlete You’d Like to Meet: Brett FavreFirst Job: BaseballFavorite TV Show: Family GuyFavorite Movie: Dumb & DumberFamous Person You’d Like to Meet (dead oralive): Bob Marley

2009 pittsburgh pirates | SEAN BURNETT

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2005: Missed entire season recovering from “Tommy John” surgery on left elbow (9/22/04)...Threw off a mound for the firsttime since the surgery on 1/11 during club’s mini-camp in Bradenton, FL.

2004: Began season with Nashville (AAA)…Won his first decision of the year; a 4-2victory vs. Albuquerque on 4/23…Did not allow a home run in his first seven starts (31.2ip)before serving up two on 6/4 vs. Iowa…Was recalled by Pittsburgh on 5/30 and made MajorLeague debut that afternoon vs. Chicago (NL), allowing one run in 5.0 innings ofwork…Made his debut at the age of 21 years, eight months and 13 days, the youngestPittsburgh pitcher to make his Major League debut since Jeff Wallace (21 years, fourmonths, nine days) on August 21, 1997…Was optioned back to Nashville on 5/31…Wasrecalled by Pittsburgh a second time on 6/19…Started that night vs. Seattle and retiredthe first 12 batters he faced, but suffered first big-league loss in 5-1 decision(5.1ip/4h/4r/4er/1bb/3so)…Left the game in the 6th inning after being struck in the leftarm on an Ichiro Suzuki line drive…Limited Houston to three runs in 7.0 innings of work,but lost a 3-2 decision to Roger Clemens on 6/24 at Minute Maid Park…Registered firstMajor League victory while tossing 6.0 scoreless innings in a 3-0 combined shutout on6/29 vs. St. Louis…Tossed first career shutout on 7/9 against Montreal in San Juan, PuertoRico (10h/0bb/3so), the first Pittsburgh rookie to twirl a shutout since Steve Parris on8/15/95 (he was also the youngest Bucco to throw a shutout since 20-year-old Don Robinsonon 5/14/78)...Won third straight start after allowing one run in 7.0 innings of work on7/20 vs. Montreal…Became the first rookie during the 2004 campaign to win five straightstarts in his next outing on 7/25 vs. Cincinnati (Florida's Dontrelle Willis - seven, Houston'sJeriome Robertson - six and San Francisco's Jerome Williams - five - had the longest streaks in 2003)…Became first Bucco rookiesince Mike Dunne in 1987 to win five straight starts...Had shortest outing of the season (2.1ip) while also having his five-game winningstreak come to an end on 7/30 at Milwaukee...Gave up a season-high eight runs and lost his third straight decision on 8/21 at St.Louis...Left the contest on 8/21 with left elbow irritation and was placed on the 15-day disabled list on 8/23 for the remainder ofthe season. ...Had “Tommy John” surgery on his left elbow on 9/22; surgery performed by Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, AL....Didnot allow a home run in his first seven starts (45.1ip), but surrendered nine long balls over his final six outings (26.1ip)...Alloweda total of 12 runs in the 1st inning...Went 0-for-23 with two sacrifice bunts at the plate...The Pirates went 7-6 in his 13 starts.

2003: Spent entire season with Altoona (AA)…Was named the Eastern League's Pitcher-of-the-Year and was a member of theleague’s mid-season and post-season All-Star squads…Was tabbed by Baseball America as the league's Best Pitching Prospect, 14th-best EL prospect and was named to the Double-A All-Star team following the season…Led the league in wins and ranked fifth in ERAand innings pitched...Established minor league career highs in wins and starts…Tied Ian Oquendo (Snell) for the most victories by aPittsburgh farmhand and matched Landon Jacobsen for the most starts…Set Curve single-season records for most wins by a left-handedpitcher and fewest home runs allowed…Also equaled the franchise mark for most games started…Dropped his first Double-A start,allowing one run in 5.0 innings on 4/4 at Reading…Held the Phillies hitless for 5.0 innings in his second start, earning the win on4/10...Went 4-0 with a 1.45 ERA (37.1ip/6er) in six starts from 5/9 thru 6/7…Tossed a two-hit shutout on 6/18 vs. Trenton…Didnot allow a homer in his first 88 innings and no more than three earned runs in his first 15 outings…Won five straight decisionsfrom 6/18 thru 7/21…Was elected to the Double-A All-Star Game on 7/16, but did not pitch…Lost consecutive starts for just thesecond time in his career on 7/26 at Bowie and 7/31 at Akron (2.0ip/8er)…Posted a 6.68 ERA (31.0ip/23er) in July…Threw 8.0scoreless innings on 8/18 vs. Bowie…Tossed a rain-shortened 5.0-inning complete game on 8/29 vs. Erie (game 2)…Was placed onthe disabled list on 9/1 with left elbow discomfort and did not pitch again...Surrendered just two homers in 159.2 innings of work.

2002: Spent entire season with Lynchburg (A) and helped the Hillcats win the Carolina League title…Named the Piratesorganizational Pitcher-of-the-Year for the second consecutive season...Participated in the All-Star Futures Game at Miller Park inMilwaukee. ...Was named a Baseball America first-team All-Star and a high Class-A All-Star...Also ranked by Baseball America as theNo. 1 prospect in the CL, the league's best pitching prospect and was recognized as having the best breaking pitch and control...Wasnamed the league’s Most Valuable Pitcher...Ranked second among league leaders in ERA and tied for third in wins...Also finished thirdamong hurlers in batting average against among starters (.210)...Led Pittsburgh organization in ERA and wins and ranked secondamong Pirate farmhands in winning percentage (.765) and complete games…Went 7-0 with a 1.19 ERA (53.0ip/7er) in his first sevenstarts. ...Tossed consecutive complete games on 5/14 at Winston-Salem (7.0ip/1er) and 5/19 vs. Frederick (9.0ip/1r/0er)...Wasnamed the league's Pitcher-of-the-Week for week of 5/16-22...Was victorious in 12 of his first 13 decisions, losing lone game on5/25 at Wilmington…Tossed 32 consecutive scoreless innings from 6/4 thru 7/4, tops in the minor leagues...Allowed just two runsover six starts from 6/9 thru 7/12...Was the league's Pitcher-of-the-Month for the month of June after going 4-0 with a 0.00 ERA(28.2ip) in five starts...Lost three straight decisions from 7/24 (game one) thru 8/20…Was tagged for eight runs on 10 hits on 8/20at Frederick (3.2ip)…Rebounded to toss 8.0 scoreless frames in next start on 8/25 at Potomac and 7.0 shutout innings in his finalstart on 8/30 at Salem…Held opponents to a .161 average after the 4th inning during the season and did not surrender a run pastthe 6th inning. …Yielded more than three runs in just four of his 26 starts…Posted a 7-2 record and a 0.74 ERA (73.1ip/6er) in 12starts at home. …Was a member of the Carolina League’s mid-season and post-season All-Star teams...Was also named to Sportsticker'sAll-Teen team and to the USA Today/Sports Weekly Minor League All-Star team.

2001: Spent entire season with Hickory (A)…Was named Pittsburgh's Minor League Pitcher-of-the-Year...Ranked sixth among SouthAtlantic League pitchers in ERA...Led all Pirate farmhands in strikeouts and ranked second in ERA...Finished in three-way tie for mostwins in Bucco farm system...Tossed 6.1 shutout innings in his first start and victory on 4/5 vs. Hagerstown…Lost consecutive decisions

Sean participated in the annual Pirates Charities Golf Classic


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on 4/26 at Lexington (5.0ip/2er) and 5/1 at Kannapolis (6.0ip/3er)…Went 2-2 with a 1.84 ERA (29.1ip/6er) in his first five startsthru the month of April…Was charged with just one earned run in three starts from 5/12-22 (18.0ip)…Yielded three earned runsor less in each of his first 13 starts…Went 5-1 with a 1.81 ERA (39.2ip/8er) in six starts from 6/24 thru 7/24. …Surrendered career-high three home runs on 7/5 at Asheville…Tossed first professional complete game and whiffed a career-high 11 batters on 7/17vs. Charleston-WV…Registered a decision in 14 consecutive starts from 5/22 thru 8/12 (going 9-5 over that stretch)...Pitched at least6.0 innings in 19 of his 26 starts and allowed three earned runs or less in 24 of his starts.

2000: Made his professional debut with Bradenton (Rookie) after being selected by Pittsburgh in the first round of the Junedraft…Started and retired only one batter in his pro debut on 7/7 vs. the Expos (0.1ip/2h/2er)…Made his first relief appearanceon 7/22 vs. the Phillies (game one)…Tossed 6.0 scoreless frames in a no-decision on 8/3 vs. the Expos…Suffered loss to the Phillieson 8/9...His first professional win came in second relief appearance on 8/16 vs. the Phillies (5.0ip/2er)…Also earned win in finalouting of the season on 8/26 vs. Phillies (7.0ip/1r)...Posted a 2.00 ERA (18.0ip/4er) in his final three games (two starts)…Did notsurrender a home run…Recorded an 8-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio.

MISC: Was rated as the 2nd-best prospect in the Pittsburgh organization by Baseball America prior to the 2003 and 2004 seasonsand as the 3rd-best prospect prior to the 2002 season.

PERSONAL: Sean Richard Burnett...Has one son; Sebastian (3/27/08)...Is a 2000 graduate of Wellington (FL) High School,the same school that produced Bobby Bradley, the Pirates' 1st-round selection in 1999 (marking the first time in draft history thata major league club has used consecutive first-round selections on players from the same high school)...Went 10-1 with two savesand a 1.04 ERA in 65 innings during his senior season, but was the losing pitcher in the Florida Class 6A semifinals...His team wasranked No. 1 in the nation for most of the 2000 season...Was the winning pitcher in the 1999 state championship game as a junior(Bradley earned the win in the semifinal round)...Turned down a scholarship from the University of Miami (FL) to sign with thePirates...Had a total of 2,500 bobbleheads of his likeness given away at Altoona’s Blair County Ballpark on 8/27/04...Signed byPirate scout Rob Sidwell.

(*)Led LeagueSelected by Pittsburgh in 2000 First-Year Player Draft (1st round - 19th pick overall).

2000 GCL Pirates 2-1 4.06 8 6 0 0 0 31.0 31 17 14 0 0 3 24 2 12001 Hickory 11-8 2.62 26 26 1 0 0 161.1 164 63 47 11 4 33 134 7 12002 Lynchburg 13-4 1.80 26 26 2 0 0 155.1 118 46 31 4 1 33 96 3 12003 Altoona *14-6 3.21 27 27 2 1 0 159.2 158 60 57 2 7 29 86 10 02004 Nashville 1-5 5.36 10 10 0 0 0 47.0 58 29 28 5 2 17 25 1 0

Pittsburgh 5-5 5.02 13 13 1 1 0 71.2 86 41 40 9 1 28 30 2 02005 Pittsburgh INJURED - MISSED ENTIRE SEASON2006 Indianapolis 8-11 5.16 25 24 0 0 0 120.1 136 74 69 13 2 46 46 2 02007 Indianapolis 4-5 4.48 15 15 0 0 0 70.1 83 39 35 4 3 39 31 4 02008 Indianapolis 1-1 1.04 12 0 0 0 3 17.1 9 2 2 1 0 8 15 2 0

Pittsburgh 1-1 4.76 58 0 0 0 0 56.2 57 31 30 7 2 34 42 4 0Minor League Totals 54-41 3.34 149 134 5 1 3 762.1 757 330 283 40 19 208 457 27 3Major League Totals 6-6 4.91 71 13 1 1 0 128.1 143 72 70 16 3 62 72 6 0

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AMERICAN LEAGUECAMDEN 0-0-0 9.00 1 2.0 2FENWAY 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0U.S. CELLULAR 0-0-0 3.38 2 2.2 1PROGRESSIVE 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0COMERICA 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0KAUFFMAN 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0ANGEL 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0METRODOME 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0YANKEE 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0MCAFEE 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0SAFECO 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0TROPICANA 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0AMERIQUEST 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0ROGERS 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0

NATIONAL LEAGUECHASE 0-0-0 3.38 2 5.1 2TURNER 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0WRIGLEY 0-0-0 18.00 2 1.0 2GREAT AMERICAN 0-0-0 1.69 6 5.1 1COORS 0-0-0 0.00 1 1.0 0DOLPHIN 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0MINUTE MAID 0-1-0 3.86 4 9.1 4DODGER 0-1-0 13.50 1 4.0 6MILLER 0-1-0 10.13 4 5.1 6HIRAM BITHORN 1-0-0 0.00 1 9.0 0SHEA 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0CITIZENS BANK 0-0-0 0.00 2 1.1 0PNC 5-2-0 4.61 36 70.1 36BUSCH (OLD) 0-1-0 18.00 1 4.0 8BUSCH (NEW) 0-0-0 0.00 5 5.0 0PETCO 0-0-0 6.75 3 2.2 2AT&T 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0NATIONALS 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0

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ARIZONA 0-0-0 3.38 2 5.1 2ATLANTA 0-0-0 0.00 1 1.0 0BALTIMORE 0-0-0 9.00 1 2.0 2BOSTON 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0CHICAGO (A) 0-0-0 3.38 2 2.2 1CHICAGO (N) 0-0-0 9.00 6 11.0 11CINCINNATI 1-0-0 3.95 9 13.2 6CLEVELAND 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0COLORADO 0-0-0 0.00 2 1.1 0DETROIT 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0

FLORIDA 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0HOUSTON 0-2-0 4.38 7 12.1 6KANSAS CITY 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0LOS ANGELES (A) 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0LOS ANGELES (N) 0-1-0 10.13 3 5.1 6MILWAUKEE 1-1-0 8.31 7 13.0 12MINNESOTA 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0NEW YORK (A) 0-0-0 0.00 1 1.0 0NEW YORK (N) 1-0-0 0.00 2 0.2 0OAKLAND 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0

PHILADELPHIA 0-0-0 0.00 2 1.1 0PITTSBURGH 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0ST. LOUIS 1-1-0 4.05 12 20.0 9SAN DIEGO 0-0-0 3.86 5 4.2 2SAN FRANCISCO 0-0-0 8.53 2 6.1 6SEATTLE 0-1-0 6.75 1 5.1 4TAMPA BAY 0-0-0 2.25 2 4.0 1TEXAS 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0TORONTO 0-0-0 0.00 1 1.0 0WASHINGTON 2-0-0 1.10 3 16.1 2INTERLEAGUE 0-1-0 4.50 8 16.0 8

MARCH/APRIL 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0MAY 0-0-0 5.63 10 16.0 10JUNE 1-2-0 3.56 12 30.1 12JULY 4-2-0 3.21 18 42.0 15AUGUST 1-2-0 9.10 18 29.2 30SEPTEMBER 0-0-0 2.61 13 10.1 3OCTOBER 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0


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May 30, 2004 vs. Chicago (NL)

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2004 .000 23 0 0 02008 .333 3 1 0 0

CAREER .038 26 1 0 0

FIRST M.L. HIT: 7/13/08 (Joel Pineiro - 2B)FIRST M.L. RBI: NoneAB SINCE LAST HIT: 0

HITTING TOTALS

BURNETT HIGHLIGHTSLOW-HIT GAME: TEN-HITTER, 7/9/04 @Montreal (in San Juan, Puerto Rico).

MOST STRIKEOUTS: Starter: 4 K’s (3 times), last on 8/5/04 @Los Angeles...Reliever: 4 K’s, 7/6/08 @Milwaukee.

MOST INNINGS PITCHED: Starter: 9.0 IP, 7/9/04 @Montreal (in San Juan, Puerto Rico)...Reliever: 3.0 IP, 6/27/08vs. Tampa Bay.

MOST WALKS: Starter: 5 BB, 8/11/04 vs. San Francisco...Reliever: 4 BB, 5/23/08 vs. Chicago (NL).

LONGEST WINNING STREAK: 5 games (6/29 to 7/25/04).



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AWARDS & HONORS: 2003 Gulf Coast League All-Star (post-season).

2008 SEASON: Led staff in saves and established career high in that department despite missing close to two monthsof Major League action due to bursitis in his right shoulder...Went 21-for-26 in save situations and allowed two of his five inheritedrunners to score...Held left-handed batters to a .222 average (22-for-99) while righties hit .245 (25-for-102)...Walked two of the sixbatters he faced and was charged with three runs on Opening Day in Atlanta; Pirates won the game 12-11 in 12 innings...Made 11

consecutive scoreless appearances from 4/3 thru 5/2 (12.0ip)...Posted 15 straightsaves to start the season before suffering first blown save on 6/10...Pitched career-high 3.0 innings on 5/24 vs. Chicago (no runs)...Also struck out in lone plateappearance on 5/24...Picked up 11th save on 6/2 at St. Louis; his first since5/17...Earned a save in five consecutive appearances between 6/2-9...Suffered firstblown save on 6/10 vs. Washington; surrendered two-run homer to Lastings Milledgewith two outs in the 9th inning, snapping streak of 16 successful save opportunitiesdating back to 2007...Pitched in four straight games from 6/8-11, picking up his 16thsave on 6/11 vs. Washington...Suffered blown saves in back-to-back outings in Baltimore

on 6/14 and 6/15, giving him three blown saves in four appearances from 6/10-15...Received the loss on 6/14 and picked up hisfirst win of ‘08 in 6/15 contest...Served up walkoff home run to Ken Griffey Jr. and suffered fourth blown save on 6/30 at Cincinnati;suffered second straight blown save on 7/1 at Cincinnati...Was diagnosed with bursitis in his right shoulder and internal rotation deficitafter undergoing an MRA in Pittsburgh on 7/2 and was placed on the 15-day disabled list...Threw 25 pitches in a simulated gamein Bradenton on 8/2...Made a rehab start vs. GCL Red Sox on 8/5 and retired the three batters he faced (1 K)...Made second startwith GCL Pirates on 8/8 (1.0ip/2h/1r/0er/0bb/1so)...Was transferred to Double-A Altoona and struck out two of the three battershe faced at Portland on 8/12...Also whiffed two of the three batters he faced in second appearance with the Curve on 8/14 andhad assignment transferred to Triple-A Indianapolis following the game...Walked three batters while tossing 1.2 scoreless innings inouting with Indy on 8/17 vs. Durham...Returned to Altoona for final rehab appearance on 8/20 vs. Portland (1.0ip/0r)...Was recalledfrom rehab and reinstated from D.L. on 8/23...Tossed a scoreless inning for Pirates on 8/24 - his first game with Pittsburgh since7/1...Pitched a perfect 9th inning and earned save on 9/2 at Cincinnati - his first save with the Pirates since 6/21...Also retired thethree batters he faced the following day to earn his 19th save...Pitched 2.0 perfect innings in 7-6, 12-inning Bucco victory vs. St.Louis on 9/13...Earned 20th save on 9/20 vs. Houston - his first at PNC Park since 6/21...Picked up final save on 9/26 at SanDiego...Went 4-for-4 in save situations, posted a 2.70 ERA (13.1ip/4er) and surrendered a hit in just three of his 12 appearancesafter being reinstated from D.L....Did not issue a walk in his final 19 games (21.1ip) and walked just three batters in 48 outings(53.0ip) after walking two on Opening Day...Ended season with 40 career saves to rank tenth on club’s all-time list.

� CAREER HIGHLIGHTS �2007: Led club in appearances and tied for 14th among N.L. relievers in that department...Ranked fifth among N.L. relief pitchersin ERA (minimum: 70.0ip)...Held right-handed hitters to a .181 average (32-for-177) and all opposing batters to a .220 average...Movedinto closer’s role on 6/1 and converted 18 of his 20 saves from that point on; the fifth-best ratio (90%) in the majors in thattime...Issued just six non-intentional walks...Was a member of Pittsburgh’s Opening Day roster for the second straight year...Tossed ascoreless 9th inning on Opening Day in Houston (4/2) and picked up the victory in Pittsburgh’s 4-2, 10-inning win (his ninth straightwin dating back to the 2006 campaign)...Picked up first career hit (an infield single along the first base line) off Cincinnati’s ToddCoffey on 4/8 at Great American Ball Park (was his only plate appearance of the season)...Did not allow a run in first six appearances(6.1ip) and was scored upon just once in his first 16 outings (15.1ip/1er) thru 5/3....Picked up second victory with a scoreless inningof work on 4/30 vs. Chicago...Did not allow a run in nine straight outings (8.1ip) before giving up two runs on 5/5 at Milwaukee...Wasejected from 5/5 contest after hitting Prince Fielder with a pitch (was suspended by Major League Baseball for four games, but waslater reduced to three games)...Had personal 10-game winning streak snapped while also suffering first blown save after allowing apair of runs in 1.0ip on 5/16 vs. Florida...Lost second straight decision on 5/19 vs. Arizona after the Pirates blew a 7-1 lead andlost 9-8...Moved into closer’s role on 6/1 and picked up first save the next night vs. Los Angeles (NL)...Converted each of his firstnine save opportunities after moving into closer’s role...Retired all six batters he faced and picked up second win on 6/7 atWashington...Suffered third loss the next night in Pittsburgh’s 5-4, 10-inning setback at Yankee Stadium. ...Served his three gamesuspension from 6/19-21...Did not allow a run in eight appearances (8.0ip) in July, picking up saves on 7/4 and 7/5...Suffered firstof two blown saves as the closer on 8/4 vs. Cincinnati...Did not surrender a run in next 12 appearances thru 8/28 (13.0ip) whilegoing 6-for-6 in save opportunities...Saved both games of a doubleheader vs. Cincinnati on 8/28, the first Pittsburgh pitcher to doso since Kent Tekulve on 7/22/79 vs. Atlanta...Suffered loss while snapping scoreless streak on 8/30 vs. Cincinnati...Gave up walk-off home run to Scott Hairston with two outs in the 9th inning at San Diego and suffered seventh loss and a blown save on 9/19...Wasscored upon just three times in his last 36 appearances (36.2ip/7er - 1.72 ERA) and twice in final 22 outings (22.0ip/4er - 1.64ERA)...Recorded a 0.68 ERA (26.1ip/4r/2er) in 26 day games.

INSIDE INFORMATIONFavorite Vacation Spot: any beachFavorite Musical Artist: Phil VassarAthlete Admired Growing Up: Dale MurphyAthlete You’d Like to Meet: Dale MurphyFirst Job: Grounds Maintenance at a Baseball ComplexFavorite TV Show: Saved by the BellFamous Person You’d Like to Meet (dead oralive): Frank Sinatra

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2006: Appeared in a club rookie record 85 games; previous mark of 72 was set by Rich Loiselle in 1997...Led all Major Leaguerookies in appearances and tied for second among all National League pitchers...Allowed the second-fewest walks among all pitchersin the majors (minimum 80.0 innings)...Won each of his last eight decisions; only Chicago’sCarlos Zambrano and New York’s Tom Glavine produced a longer winning streak (nine)...Wasa member of Pittsburgh’s Opening Day roster for first time...Was scored upon in each ofhis first three games (3.1ip/4er), but was scored upon just twice in 12 games from 4/12-5/7 (13.2ip/2er), lowering ERA from 10.80 to 3.18...Made eight consecutive scorelessappearances (8.2ip) from 4/21 thru 5/7 before allowing a pair of runs on 5/10 vs.Arizona...Retired 17 of the 19 batters he faced from 4/26 thru 5/7...Suffered a blown savebut also picked up his first Major League win on 5/12 vs. Florida...Suffered first careerloss and second blown save on 5/18 vs. Cincinnati...Had a total of four blown saves in sevenappearances from 5/12-27...Picked up second win on 6/11 at San Francisco...Tossed 2.0shutout innings and picked up third win on 7/1 vs. Detroit...Surrendered just two hits (22at bats) in seven outings from 6/28 thru 7/8...Made 14 consecutive scoreless appearances(15.1ip) before allowing an unearned run on 7/9 at Philadelphia...Tossed a 1-2-3 9thinning to earn first career save on 7/17 vs. Colorado...Had ERA at a season-low 3.10following his outing on 7/19 vs. Colorado...Suffered sixth blown save on 7/23 atFlorida...Was scored upon in seven of his 15 appearances from 7/23 thru 8/22 (13.2ip/9er- 5.93 ERA), raising ERA from 3.10 to 3.68...Picked up fourth win on 8/23 at Atlanta with200 members of his high school in attendance (entered game with bases loaded and struckout Matt Diaz to end inning)...Issued non-intentional walk on 8/24 vs. Houston - his firstsince 6/14 vs. St. Louis (a span of 35.2 innings without a non-intentional base on balls)...Tossed 2.0 innings of a combined 1-0shutout and picked up sixth win on 9/2 at St. Louis...Was scored upon in three consecutive games from 9/6-13(1.1ip/6r/5er)...Suffered ninth blown save but picked up win on 9/9 at Cincinnati...Worked 0.2 scoreless frames vs. New York on9/16 for third win in six appearances...Retired the one batter he faced and picked up the victory in the final game on 10/1 vs.Cincinnati...Went 1-for-10 in save situations and allowed 22 of his 60 inherited runners to score (37%)...Went 0-for-2 with a walkand a run scored as a batter...Made his first Major League plate appearance on 5/29 vs. Milwaukee and received a walk offrighthander Chris Mabeus.

2005: Went 3-6 with 21 saves and a 2.44 ERA (73.2ip/20er) in 52 minor league relief appearances during the regularseason...His 21 saves ranked third among Pittsburgh farmhands behind Mark Corey (28) and Justin Kaye (22)...Began season withHickory (A)...Was charged with just two earned runs in his first 14 games thru 5/16 (27.0ip - 0.67 ERA)...Posted a 0.48 ERA(18.2ip/2r/1er) and two saves in nine outings during the month of April...Pitched a season-high 3.1 innings on 5/16 vs. Lake County....Earned seven saves in his 10 appearances in July...Struck out each of the four batters he faced and picked up save in finalappearance with Crawdads on 7/28 at West Virginia...Did not surrender a home run while pitching with Hickory...Was promoted toAltoona on 8/1 and tossed 1.2 scoreless frames in his Double-A debut on 8/2 at Erie...Made three straight scoreless outings (5.1ip)before giving up two runs in a loss vs. Bowie on 8/10...Also suffered loss on 8/14 at Reading...Earned his seven saves with Altoonain his final 11 appearances from 8/16 (game two) thru 9/5...Was scored upon in three straight games from 8/23-30 (3.0ip/5r/4er),but made four consecutive scoreless outings to end the regular season (3.2ip)...Recorded the save in Game Four of the semifinalplayoff series vs. Akron on 9/10...Also surrendered one unearned run in Game Five on 9/11 (1.0ip)...Was promoted to Indianapolisfor the Indians’ Championship Series against Toledo...Tossed 2.0 scoreless innings in Game One on 9/13 and was charged with anunearned run in Game Three on 9/15 (0.1ip)...Had contract purchased by Pittsburgh on 9/16...Made Major League debut on 9/16vs. Cincinnati (game one) and was charged with one earned run in 1.0 inning of work...Did not allow a run in his next twoappearances (1.2ip) before surrendering one run in final appearance on 9/25 at Los Angeles.

2004: Split season between Hickory (A) and Williamsport (A)...Went 5-8 with a 6.31 ERA in 23 games (19 starts) with the twoclubs...Began season as a starter with Hickory and received a no-decision in each of his first four starts...Surrendered 12 hits andeight runs (seven earned) in his first start on 4/8 vs. Lake County (4.0ip)....Posted a 12.46 ERA (17.1ip/38h/26r/24er) in his fourstarts during the month of April...Suffered first loss on 5/2 at Lake County...Won his two games in back-to-back starts on 5/7 vs.Lakewood and 5/12 at Asheville...Lasted just 1.0 inning in his final start with Crawdads on 5/17 at Greensboro (ND, 8h/8r/6er)....Tossed 3.0 innings of relief on 5/28 (1r/0er) and made last four appearances with Hickory in relief (9.2ip/19h/13r/9er/5bb/9so)....Suffered losses on 6/3 vs. Charleston (WV) and 6/13 vs. Kannapolis...Was assigned to Williamsport on 6/18...Picked up victory infirst start on 6/19 vs. Brooklyn and went 2-0 with a 2.45 ERA (11.0ip/3er) in first two starts...Pitched 8.1 innings for win atAberdeen on 7/21...Lost last three decisions after winning for final time on 7/21...Tossed season-high 8.2 frames on 8/11 vs.Aberdeen, but received a no-decision (2r/0er)...Lasted just 0.2 innings in loss vs. Mahoning Valley on 8/31 (7h/7r/7er)...Issued thefewest BB/9.0ip among New York-Penn League starters (0.69).

2003: Spent majority of season with GCL Pirates...Tied for fifth among Gulf Coast League pitchers in ERA...Was named to theleague’s post-season All-Star team...Surrendered just one hit and no runs in first start on 6/19 vs. GCL Yankees, but received a no-decision...Picked up first victory in third start on 7/1 vs. GCL Phillies...Went 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA (24.0ip/4er) in first four starts andheld opponents to a .159 average in his first six trips to the mound...Suffered lone loss on 7/12 vs. GCL Tigers (5.0ip/2h/2r/2er)....Tossed 7.0-inning complete game vs. GCL Tigers on 7/18 (game one)....Won each of his last four decisions while pitching with GCLBucs...Went 4-1 with a 1.70 ERA (37.0ip/7er) in six starts during the month of July...Pitched 8.0 shutout frames on 7/30 vs. GCLYankees...Was promoted to Lynchburg (A) and made lone start on 8/13 @Kinston...Returned to Gulf Coast League and whiffed 10batters in final start on 8/19 vs. Yankees (8.1ip/2h/1r/1er)...Was charged with two earned runs or less in all but one of his 10

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starts with GCL Pirates; lone exception came on 8/5 vs. Yankees (5.0ip/5r/3er)...Was named by Baseball America as the 15th bestprospect in the GCL following the season.

2002: Spent first professional season with GCL Pirates after being selected by Pittsburgh in 7th round of June draft...Madedebut on 7/23 and picked up victory vs. GCL Orioles...Earned lone save and tossed season-high 3.0 innings on 8/12 vs. GCL RedSox...Was scored upon in just two of his seven appearances and did not surrender a home run.

PERSONAL: Matthew Dicus Capps...Wife’s name is Jennifer...Is a 2002 graduate of Alexander (GA) High School, where helettered four years in baseball, three years in football and three years in basketball...Also earned a letter in cross country duringhis freshman year...Signed a letter of intent with LSU, but did not attend...Was a teammate of Atlanta’s Brian McCann and JeffFrancoeur while playing for Team Georgia in 2001 Sun Belt Classic in Oklahoma (team won the title)...Has participated in the team’sannual Winter Caravan and PirateFest the past three years...Served as “best man” at teammate Zach Duke’s wedding on11/3/07...Signed by Pirate scout Jack Powell.

PIRATES WITH 25 OR MORE SAVES IN A SEASON (since 1969)

46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mike Williams (RHP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200243 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jose Mesa (RHP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200434 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jim Gott (RHP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198831 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kent Tekulve (RHP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1978 & 197930 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dave Giusti (RHP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197129 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rich Loiselle (RHP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997 (club rookie record)27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jose Mesa (RHP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200526 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bill Landrum (RHP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1989

Rich Gossage (RHP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1977Dave Giusti (RHP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1970

25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Williams (RHP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003

Mike Gonzalez holds the club record for most saves in a season by a left-handed pitcher (24 in 2006).

2002 GCL Pirates 1-0 0.69 7 0 0 0 1 13.0 13 2 1 0 1 6 8 1 02003 GCL Pirates 5-1 1.87 10 10 1 0 0 62.2 40 16 13 1 5 9 54 1 0

Lynchburg 0-0 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 3 3 3 0 0 4 5 0 02004 Hickory 2-3 10.07 12 8 0 0 0 42.0 82 55 47 8 5 16 27 0 0

Williamsport 3-5 4.85 11 11 0 0 0 65.0 84 43 35 7 2 4 33 1 02005 Hickory 3-4 2.35 35 0 0 0 14 53.2 46 15 14 0 2 5 39 2 0

Altoona 0-2 2.70 17 0 0 0 7 20.0 21 8 6 2 0 1 26 0 0Pittsburgh 0-0 4.50 4 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0

2006 Pittsburgh 9-1 3.79 85 0 0 0 1 80.2 81 37 34 12 3 12 56 4 02007 Pittsburgh 4-7 2.28 76 0 0 0 18 79.0 64 22 20 5 3 16 64 1 02008 Pittsburgh 2-3 3.02 49 0 0 0 21 53.2 47 20 18 5 2 5 39 0 0

GCL Pirates (#) 0-0 0.00 2 2 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0Altoona (#) 0-0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0Indianapolis (#) 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0

Minor League Totals 14-15 4.00 99 32 1 0 22 268.0 291 143 119 18 15 49 200 5 0Major League Totals 15-11 3.06 214 0 0 0 40 217.1 197 81 74 22 9 33 162 5 0

(#)Injury Rehab AssignmentSelected by Pittsburgh in 2002 First-Year Player Draft (7th round).




2005 1.000 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 02006 .875 85 0 4 10 2 16 0 02007 1.000 76 0 1 8 0 9 0 02008 1.000 49 0 2 3 0 5 0 0CAREER .938 214 0 7 23 2 32 0 0


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NATIONAL LEAGUECHASE 0-0-0 0.00 2 1.1 0TURNER 1-0-1 9.82 4 3.2 4WRIGLEY 0-0-1 6.43 7 7.0 5GREAT AMERICAN 2-1-2 7.15 12 11.1 9COORS 0-0-1 2.08 4 4.1 1DOLPHIN 0-0-2 6.00 3 3.0 2MINUTE MAID 1-0-2 0.79 10 11.1 1DODGER 0-0-1 3.52 8 7.2 3MILLER 0-0-0 6.14 8 7.1 5SHEA 0-0-0 0.00 6 5.0 0CITIZENS BANK 0-0-0 0.00 2 1.2 0PNC 7-6-26 2.50 117 118.2 33BUSCH (NEW) 1-0-1 1.59 10 11.1 2PETCO 0-1-1 8.10 4 3.1 3AT&T 1-0-1 3.86 3 2.1 1RFK 1-0-1 0.00 4 4.1 0NATIONALS 0-0-0 0.00 1 1.0 0













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September 16, 2005 vs. Cincinnati (game 1)

MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT


2006 .000 2 0 0 02007 1.000 1 1 0 02008 .000 1 0 0 0

CAREER .250 4 1 0 0

FIRST M.L. HIT: 4/8/07 (Todd Coffey - 1B)FIRST M.L. RBI: NoneAB SINCE LAST HIT: 1

HITTING TOTALS

CAPPS HIGHLIGHTSMOST STRIKEOUTS: 3 K’s (5 times), last on 6/15/08 @Baltimore.

MOST INNINGS PITCHED: 3.0 IP, 5/24/08 vs. Chicago (NL).

MOST WALKS: 2 BB (4 times), last on 3/31/08 @Atlanta.




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2008 SEASON: Spent majority of season with Triple-A Indianapolis and was named the club’s Pitcher-of-the-Year....Established career high in appearances and converted his team-high 14 saves in 19 opportunities...Ranked ninth in the InternationalLeague in saves....Held right-handed hitters to a .177 (25-for-141) batting average and two home runs while left-handed batters

hit .282 (33-for-117) with six home runs...Struck out six of the 10 batters he faced inthird game on 4/10 at Syracuse (2.1ip)...Pitched season-high 3.0 innings on 4/18 vs.Pawtucket...Picked up first of two victories on 5/1 at Norfolk...Was scored upon justtwice in his first 11 games with Indy and had a 1.40 ERA (19.1ip/3er) after pitching2.0 scoreless frames on 5/3...Suffered first loss on 5/7 at Richmond...Earned first saveon 5/16 vs. Richmond...Picked up a save in three straight outings from 6/6-12...Sufferedblown save and loss on 6/19 vs. Rochester...Struck out at least one batter in 15consecutive games from 6/25 thru 8/6 (26 K’s in 19.2ip)...Won second game on 8/18vs. Durham...Pitched at least 1.0 inning in all but seven of his 51 games with Indianapolisand tossed 2.0+ innings 15 times...Posted a 2.65 ERA (17.0ip/5er) in final 16 Triple-Agames, beginning on 7/17...Was selected by Pittsburgh on 8/27 and made Major League

debut that afternoon vs. Chicago (NL) at PNC Park and retired each of the three batters he faced...Suffered a blown save on 9/4at Cincinnati; gave up tying run in the 6th inning...Surrendered solo home run to Nate Schierholtz at San Francisco on 9/6...Wasscored upon in four straight games (4.1ip/5er) with Bucs after his first outing...Struck out four batters while pitching 2.0 scorelessinnings at Houston on 9/11...Pitched a perfect frame on 9/13 vs. St. Louis...Gave up a run in 2.0ip on 9/16 vs. Los Angeles...Madethree straight scoreless outings (2.2ip) before suffering second blown save on 9/23 at Milwaukee...Surrendered walkoff grand slamto Ryan Braun and suffreed first big league loss on 9/25 at Milwaukee...Ended season with back-to-back scoreless outings...Wasscored upon just three times, and struck out 11 batters, in his last 10 games (9.2ip)...Went 0-for-2 in save situations with the Piratesand allowed three of his five inherited runners to score...Held left-handed batters to a .217 average (5-for-23) while right-handedbatters hit .395 (15-for-38)...Participated in the Dominican Winter League and went 2-1 with a 5.54 ERA (13.0ip/8er) in 13appearances with Gigantes del Cibao.


2007: Spent first full season with Indianapolis...Ranked second on team in appearances...Made 45 of his 46 appearances inrelief (made lone start on 8/27)...Was scored upon in five of first six appearances...Suffered blown save, but picked up the win on4/17 at Norfolk...Recorded blown saves in first two opportunities before collecting first save on 5/5 vs. Louisville...Was scored upononce in eight appearances (16.2ip/2er) from 4/28 thru 5/19...Suffered third blown save in four opportunities while also takingthe loss on 5/27 at Scranton/Wilkes Barre...Went 1-0 with one save and a 1.47 ERA (18.1ip/3er) in 10 appearances during themonth of June...Surrendered just one home run in final 29 appearances (52.0ip)...Made lone start (3.0ip/3h/1r/1er) and sufferedloss on 8/27 vs. Columbus (game two); his first start since 9/3/04...Went 1-2 with four saves and a 6.00 ERA (12.0ip/8er) in 11appearances for the Phoenix Desert Dogs during the Arizona Fall League.

2006: Went 4-6 with four saves and a 4.38 ERA in 51 appearances with three different minor league teams...Began seasonwith Frisco (Rangers’ AA)...Tossed 2.0 hitless frames and earned first save on 4/19 vs. San Antonio...Lost each of his first four decisionsfrom 4/13 thru 5/21...Picked up first win on 5/24 vs. Arkansas...Was scored upon just once in a six-game stretch from 5/24 thru6/7 (10.0ip/1er)...Surrendered season-high six runs in just 0.2ip on 6/11 vs. Midland...Picked up fourth and final save on 6/28at Tulsa...Was promoted to Triple-A on 7/28 and made lone appearance with Oklahoma on 7/29...Was acquired by Pittsburghorganization on 7/31 and assigned to Indianapolis...Picked up victory in first outing with Indy on 6/25 vs. Richmond and tossed2.0 scoreless frames in second game on 8/2 vs. Toledo...Pitched 2.2 innings and notched second win on 8/7 at Louisville...Sufferedlone loss on 8/11 at Durham...Participated in the Arizona Fall League and went 3-0 with four saves and a 0.64 ERA (14.0ip/1er)in 12 relief appearances with Grand Canyon...Was named to Arizona Fall League’s All-Prospect Team for his efforts.

2005: Split season between Bakersfield (Rangers’ A) and Frisco and went 4-3 with a 4.65 ERA in 42 relief appearances...Heldopponents to a .182 (16-for-88) average while pitching with Bakersfield...Made four straight scoreless outings to begin the season(10.2ip)...Earned his two saves on 4/23 vs. Inland Empire and 5/13 vs. Visalia...Gave up three runs in final appearance withBakersfield on 5/20 at Stockton, raising ERA from 1.29 to 2.22...Was promoted to Frisco on 5/23 and made Double-A debut on5/25 at Arkansas, where he allowed one run in 2.2ip...Picked up first win on 6/27 vs. Tulsa...Earned victories in back-to-back outingson 6/27 and 6/30 and again on 8/5 and 8/7...Recorded a 0.71 ERA (12.2ip/1er) in final five appearances and was not chargedwith an earned run in his last 8.1 innings...Allowed three grand slams, the most by any pitcher in the Texas League.

INSIDE INFORMATIONFavorite Vacation Spot: the beachFavorite Musical Artist: Method ManFavorite Road City: San DiegoAthlete You’d Like to Meet: Pedro MartinezFirst Job: Delivery Guy for Domino’sFavorite TV Show: That 70’s ShowFavorite Movie: Shawshank RedemptionFamous Person You’d Like to Meet (deador alive): Abner Doubleday

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2004: Spent entire season with Clinton (Rangers’ A), his last year used primarily as a starter...Ranked second on staff instarts and third in innings pitched and strikeouts...Tossed 4.0 innings of scoreless relief and picked up win in first appearance on4/8 at Wisconsin...Went 2-0 with a 3.94 ERA (16.0ip/7er) in his first relief outings...Won three straight decisions from 4/17 thru5/6. ...Suffered five straight losses from 7/11 thru 8/6.

2003: Spent first professional season with Spokane, Texas’ entry in the Northwest League...Recorded victories on 7/6 vs. Yakimaand 7/27 vs. Eugene...Earned lone save on 8/26 at Boise.

MISC: Has gone 16-16 with a 4.34 ERA (346.1ip/167er) in 199 relief appearances during his minor league career and 5-12with a 4.61 ERA (134.2ip/69er) in 31 starts.

PERSONAL: Jesse David Chavez...Wife’s name is Crystal...One daughter; Criste (1/12/04)...Is a 2001 graduate of Fontana(CA) AB Miller High School, where he played baseball...Also played baseball at Riverside (CA) Community College and posted acombined record of 18-5 in two seasons...Went 11-5 with a 1.93 ERA in 16 appearances (15 starts) as a sophomore in 2003...Was7-0 with a 2.28 ERA in nine appearances in 2002...Originally selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 39th round of the 2001 First-Year Player Draft, but did not sign.

2003 Spokane 2-2 4.55 17 8 0 0 1 55.1 63 30 28 5 7 31 48 4 02004 Clinton 6-10 4.68 27 22 0 0 0 123.0 149 75 64 8 3 35 96 4 02005 Bakersfield 0-0 2.22 11 0 0 0 2 24.1 16 6 6 2 0 9 31 1 0

Frisco 4-3 5.68 31 0 0 0 0 57.0 71 43 36 10 2 25 27 7 02006 Frisco 2-5 4.42 38 0 0 0 4 59.0 54 33 29 5 1 28 70 7 0

Oklahoma (1) 0-0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0Indianapolis 2-1 6.35 8 0 0 0 0 11.1 17 8 8 0 0 7 9 0 0

2007 Indianapolis 3-3 3.92 46 1 0 0 2 80.1 94 41 35 4 1 17 65 3 02008 Indianapolis 2-6 3.80 51 0 0 0 14 68.2 58 30 29 8 0 22 70 6 0

Pittsburgh 0-1 6.60 15 0 0 0 0 15.0 20 11 11 2 0 9 16 2 0Minor League Totals 21-30 4.42 230 31 0 0 23 481.0 525 267 236 41 14 174 419 32 0Major League Totals 0-1 6.60 15 0 0 0 0 15.0 20 11 11 2 0 9 16 2 0

Selected by Chicago (NL) in 2001 First-Year Player Draft (39th round), but did not sign.Selected by Texas in 2002 First-Year Player Draft (42nd round).

(1)Acquired by Pittsburgh from Texas, 7/31/06, in deal for pitcher Kip Wells.

2008 1.000 15 0 1 3 0 4 0 0CAREER 1.000 15 0 1 3 0 4 0 0




MOST RECENT WINNING STREAKS

6 games 2008 (May 6 thru May 12)10 games 2004 (June 26 thru July 5)11 games 1996 (Sept. 12 thru Sept. 22)12 games 1965 (May 21 thru June 1)13 games 1938 (June 29 thru July 12)16 games * 1909 (Sept. 9 thru Sept. 27 - game 1)

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NATIONAL LEAGUECHASE 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0TURNER 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0WRIGLEY 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0GREAT AMERICAN 0-0-0 13.50 1 0.2 1COORS 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0DOLPHIN 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0MINUTE MAID 0-0-0 3.00 2 3.0 1DODGER 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0MILLER 0-1-0 33.75 2 1.1 5SHEA 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0CITIZENS BANK 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0PNC 0-0-0 3.24 7 8.1 3BUSCH (NEW) 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0PETCO 0-0-0 0.00 2 0.2 0AT&T 0-0-0 9.00 1 1.0 1NATIONALS 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0













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August 27, 2008 vs. Chicago (NL)

MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT


Has never batted in the major leagues

HITTING TOTALS

CHAVEZ HIGHLIGHTSMOST STRIKEOUTS: 4 K’s, 9/11/08 @Houston.

MOST INNINGS PITCHED: 2.0 IP (twice), 9/16/08 vs. Los Angeles (NL) & 9/11/08 @Houston.

MOST WALKS: 2 BB (twice), 9/25/08 @Milwaukee & 9/11/08 @Houston.

LONGEST WINNING STREAK: No Major League wins.

LONGEST LOSING STREAK: 1 game (9/25/08).


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AWARDS & HONORS: Participated in 2006 World Baseball Classic (Mexico).2006 Southern League All-Star (mid-season).Participated in 2006 MLB Futures Game in Pittsburgh.2004 California League All-Star (mid-season).2001 Gulf Coast League All-Star

2008 SEASON: Batted .279 (138-for-495) with 34 doubles, nine homers and 61 RBI in 147 combined games betweenDouble-A Altoona and Triple-A Indianapolis; hit .346 (46-for-133) against LHP and .254 (92-for-362) against RHP...Began season withAltoona and hit .211 in his first 16 games...Hit safely in seven straight games from 4/22-4/29, going 10-for-28 (.357) and raising season average from .211 to .259...Hit first ofsix home runs with Altoona on 5/1 vs. Harrisburg...Went 4-for-5 the following day vs.Erie...Hit safely in nine consecutive games from 5/28 thru 6/5 (12-for-32, .375) and in15 of his 16 games from 5/28 thru 6/13 (22-for-59, .373)...Went 3-for-3 with a homerun and two RBI in the Curve’s 3-1 win vs. Binghamton on 7/2...Homered and knockedin three runs, including the eventual game-winning RBI-single in Altoona’s 4-3 win vs.Harrisburg on 7/17…Hit .320 against lefthanders and .244 against righthanders while playing with Altoona...Made 102 appearancesat shortstop, four at second base and two at third base with the Curve; also went 1-for-4 with an RBI in one game as the designatedhitter...Was promoted to Triple-A Indianapolis on 7/29 and went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI in first game on 7/30 at Toledo...Hitsafely in each of his first four Triple-A games (5-for-16, .313) and in six of his first seven (8-for-27, .296)...Made start in right fieldon 8/11 at Rochester and went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBI...Started next game on 8/12 vs. Columbus in left field and went 2-for-3with two doubles and an RBI...Produced nine-game hitting streak from 8/21-30, going 15-for-38 (.395) with four doubles, three homeruns, nine RBI and 10 runs scored...Hit first home run with Indianapolis on 8/23 at Durham...Went deep in back-to-back games on8/28 and 8/29 vs. Louisville...Hit .424 against lefthanders and .287 against righthanders while playing with Indianapolis...Made 16appearances at shortstop and 14 at second base while playing with Indy; also one start in RF and one in LF and went 1-for-5 in onegame as the designated hitter...Was selected by Pittsburgh on 9/2 and made Major League debut as a starter at shortstop at Cincinnatithat night...Singled off Aaron Harang in first big league at bat and went 1-for-4 in the game...Went hitless in next 11 at bats beforesnapping streak with a single off Brian Moehler at Houston on 9/10; went 2-for-3 while making start at second base on 9/10...Startedat shortstop the following night and went 1-for-3...Had career-high three hits in start at second base on 9/12 vs. St. Louis...Producedfive-game hitting streak from 9/10-14 (9-for-20, .450) to raise average from .083 to .313...Made seven straight starts from 9/10-16 and hit .360 (9-for-25)...Picked up first Major League RBI on 9/18 vs. Los Angeles (NL)...Went 5-for-35 (.143) in his final 13 gamesafter average peaked at .313 on 9/14...Snapped a 1-for-18 streak with two hits in his last two at bats at San Diego on 9/27...Madea total of 18 starts at shortstop and two at second base for the Pirates in September and had one throwing error (at shortstop on9/13)...Hit .277 (52-for-188) with three homers and 18 RBI in 49 games with Obregon during the Mexican Winter League.


2007: Hit .219 (86-for-393) with 20 doubles, nine home runs and 36 RBI in 114 combinedgames between Portland (Padres’ AAA) and San Antonio (Padres’ AA)...Began season withPortland, where he made 39 appearances at shortstop, four at second base and two at thirdbase...Hit first home run on 4/6 at Fresno...Doubled three times while knocking in two runs on4/20 vs. Sacramento...Collected three RBI after going 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles and ahome run on 5/21 vs. Tucson...Was optioned to San Antonio on 5/25 for the remainder of theseason...Hit safely in four of his first five Double-A games...Was placed on the disabled list on6/22 with a left hand contusion...Batted .250 (43-for-172) after being reinstated from the D.L.on 7/2...Hit .404 (21-for-52) against lefties and .210 (39-for-186) against righthanders whileplaying with San Antonio...Batted .248 (58-for-234) with 15 doubles, six homers and 33 RBIin 64 games with Mayos de Navojoa during Mexican Winter League.

2006: Participated in the inaugural World Baseball Classic prior to the season and appeared in five games for Mexico...Made justone plate appearance during the WBC, going 0-for-1...Established minor league career high in home runs while spending entire seasonwith Mobile (Padres’ AA)... Was named the BayBears’ Player-of-the-Year after leading the club in hits, runs, doubles and RBI. ...Rankedthird among Southern League batters in extra-base hits (50) and doubles...Made 86 appearances at third base, 36 at shortstop and 11at second base...Was a Southern League mid-season All-Star and also participated in the MLB Futures Game at PNC Park in Pittsburghon 7/9...Played winter ball in the Mexican Pacific League with Navojoa and batted .268 with three homers and 25 RBI in 53 games.

INSIDE INFORMATIONFavorite Vacation Spot: My homeFavorite Musical Artist: ManaAthlete You’d Like to Meet: Michael JordanFirst Job: Playing baseballFavorite Movie: Ace Ventura - Pet Detective

Posing with a fan on Fan Appreciation Day

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2005: Rated by Baseball America as the "Best Defensive Infielder" in the San Diego farm system prior to the season...Beganseason with Mobile, but was loaned to the Mexico City Red Devils of the Mexican League from 5/11 to 7/27...Played winter ballin the Mexican Pacific League with the Navojoa club which reached the Caribbean World Series...Hit .375 (6-for-16) in four gamesduring the CWS, which included a two-homer, five-RBI performance in the opener vs. Puerto Rico.

2004: Spent entire season with Lake Elsinore (Padres’ A)...Set minor league career high in RBI...Was named to the CaliforniaLeague’s mid-season All-Star team...Struck out only 56 times in 551 plate appearances, the second-best ratio among all CaliforniaLeague batters (once every 9.8 PA’s)...Hit .413 (19-for-46) during a 10-game hitting streak from 5/18-26...Had first career two-homergame on 6/9 vs. Rancho Cucamonga...Matched season high with second 10-game hitting streak from 7/15-25 (16-for-43, .372).

2003: Spent first season in San Diego organization following off-season trade with Boston...Spent entire season with Class-AFort Wayne in the Midwest League...Did not strike out more than twice in a game the entire season and fanned just once or lessin 119 of his 129 games...Smacked a grand slam on 6/24 at Beloit.

2002: Combined to hit .215 with three home runs and 24 RBI in 79 games between Augusta (Red Sox’ A) and the Gulf CoastLeague Red Sox...Was traded to San Diego in exchange for infielder Cesar Crespo on 12/16.

2001: Made professional debut with the Gulf Coast League Red Sox...Produced third-best strikeout/per plate appearance ratioin the league; averaged one strikeout per 12.18 plate appearances...Began season with an eight-game hitting streak, batting .344(11-for-32) from 6/20-30.

PERSONAL: Luis Alfonso Cruz...Played with Mexico during the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006...Was rated byBaseball America as the best defensive infielder in San Diego’s minor league system prior to the 2007 campagin...His father, Luis,who played in the Mexican League from 1983-2000 and finished his career with more than 200 home runs and a lifetime battingaverage near .300, was up for election into the Mexican League Hall of Fame.

Signed by Boston as a non-drafted free agent on 8/29/00.(1)Acquired by San Diego from Boston, 12/16/02, in deal for infielder Cesar Crespo.(2)Granted free agency on 10/29/07...Signed by Pittsburgh as a minor league free agent on 12/11/07.

2001 GCL Red Sox .259 53 197 18 51 9 0 3 18 0 2 1 7 17 1 4 72002 Augusta .188 58 202 16 38 7 1 3 15 1 2 0 9 30 0 2 18

GCL Red Sox (1) .292 21 72 10 21 4 0 0 9 1 0 1 3 6 2 2 82003 Fort Wayne .231 129 481 55 111 24 1 8 53 5 8 5 30 55 2 2 422004 Lake Elsinore .277 124 512 75 142 35 3 8 72 6 6 3 24 56 3 7 422005 Mobile .159 44 151 14 24 2 1 3 6 1 1 2 9 31 0 1 7

Mexico City .283 61 226 29 64 15 3 4 23 1 1 1 10 26 4 1 32006 Mobile .261 130 499 65 130 35 3 12 65 5 4 2 29 62 8 4 292007 Portland .168 45 155 15 26 10 1 5 17 0 2 1 9 24 0 0 9

San Antonio (2) .252 69 238 24 60 10 0 4 19 0 3 2 13 20 3 0 152008 Altoona .264 105 375 41 99 24 1 6 46 4 4 4 19 34 3 3 21

Indianapolis .325 32 120 19 39 10 0 3 15 3 0 1 3 14 2 4 5Pittsburgh .224 22 67 6 15 3 0 0 3 2 0 2 3 2 1 1 1

Minor League Totals .247 810 3002 352 741 170 11 55 335 26 32 22 155 349 24 30 203Major League Totals .224 22 67 6 15 3 0 0 3 2 0 2 3 2 1 1 1

2006 Mexico .000 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2008 1.000 2 2 6 5 0 11 2 0CAREER 1.000 2 2 6 5 0 11 2 0

2008 .989 20 18 32 61 1 94 14 0CAREER .989 20 18 32 61 1 94 14 0



LIFETIME FIELDING STATISTICSSHORTSTOP PCT G GS PO A E TC DP TP

LIFETIME FIELDING STATISTICSSECOND BASE PCT G GS PO A E TC DP TP

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NATIONAL LEAGUECHASE .000 0 0 0 0TURNER .000 0 0 0 0WRIGLEY .000 0 0 0 0GREAT AMERICAN .143 7 1 0 0COORS .000 0 0 0 0DOLPHIN .000 0 0 0 0MINUTE MAID .333 9 3 0 0DODGER .000 0 0 0 0MILLER .000 7 0 0 0SHEA .000 0 0 0 0CITIZENS BANK .000 0 0 0 0PNC .250 32 8 0 2BUSCH (NEW) .000 0 0 0 0PETCO .300 10 3 0 1AT&T .000 2 0 0 0NATIONALS .000 0 0 0 0

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FLORIDA .000 0 0 0 0HOUSTON .235 17 4 0 1KANSAS CITY .000 0 0 0 0LOS ANGELES (A) .000 0 0 0 0LOS ANGELES (N) .100 10 1 0 1MILWAUKEE .000 7 0 0 0MINNESOTA .000 0 0 0 0NEW YORK (A) .000 0 0 0 0NEW YORK (N) .000 0 0 0 0OAKLAND .000 0 0 0 0












2008

September 2, 2008 at Cincinnati

MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT

DATE PITCHER

Sept. 2, 2008 at CIN ................Aaron Harang - 1B


CRUZ HIGHLIGHTSMOST HR/GAME: No Major League home runs.

MOST HITS/GAME: 3 hits, 9/12/08 vs. St. Louis.

MOST RBI/GAME: 1 RBI (3 times), 9/28/08 @San Diego, 9/21/08 vs. Houston & 9/18/08 vs. Los Angeles (NL).



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AWARDS & HONORS: Represented Canada in 2008 Olympic baseball tournament in Beijing, China.2007 Eastern League All-Star (mid-season).

2008 SEASON: Spent entire season with Double-A Altoona...Retired all eight batters he faced, striking out five, in hisappearance on 6/23 at Binghamton...Tossed 3.0 scoreless innings to earn victory in the Curve’s 5-3 win at Harrisburg on 7/27...Wasplaced on Temporary Inactive List on 7/28 and joined Team Canada for the 2008 Olympic baseball tournament in Beijing...Pitched5.1 scoreless and hitless innings while making three appearances for Canada during the Olympic Baseball Tournament (team failedto qualify for the Medal Round after posting a 2-5 record in round robin play)...Returned to the Curve’s active roster on 8/30 andpitched in one final game on 8/30 vs. Reading; allowed one run in 1.2 innings...Surrendered only one run and six hits in his finalsix appearances (9.1ip) with Altoona (0.96 ERA)...Participated in the Mexican Winter League and went 1-1 with a 3.38 ERA (8.0ip/3er)in nine relief appearances with Culiacan.


2007: Went 4-1 with two saves and a 3.88 ERA (67.1ip/32r/29er) in 45 minor league games with Altoona and Indianapolis(AAA)...Established minor league career high in appearances...Limited Double-A hitters to a .205 batting average, the fifth-lowest averageagainst Eastern League relief pitchers...Began season with Altoona and spent majority of season with the Curve...Posted a 5.23 ERA(41.1ip/24er) in 28 outings prior to the Eastern League All-Star Game and a 1.96 ERA (18.1ip/4er) in 11 appearances followingthe contest...Pitched 2.0 innings and recorded first pro save on 4/18 at Bowie...Was selected to participate in the E.L. All-Star Gameon 7/11 at Norwich, CT, but did not pitch in the contest...Recorded a team-high 14.0 consecutive scoreless inning streak from 7/17

to 8/10...Worked 3.0 scoreless frames for save on 7/24 vs. Binghamton...Was promoted toIndianapolis on 8/17...Tossed 2.0 scoreless frames to earn his first Triple-A win in his secondappearance for the Tribe on 8/20 at Toledo...Held all opposing minor leaguers to a .206batting average...Was recalled by Pittsburgh on 9/3 and made Major League debut on 9/6at St. Louis; was charged with four runs (three earned) in 1.0 inning of work...Alsosurrendered two runs in 1.0ip at Houston on 9/16 - retired first two batters he faced beforegiving up two-run homer to Chris Burke...Participated in the Arizona Fall League and went0-1 with a 0.96 ERA (9.1ip/1er) in 10 games with the League Champion Phoenix Desert Dogs.

2006: Went 3-2 with a 2.01 ERA (76.0ip/17er) in 42 combined games between Hickory (A), Lynchburg (A) andAltoona…Established minor league career highs in innings pitched and strikeouts...Combined to hold opposing hitters to a .193batting average…Ranked fifth among all Bucco farmhands with 96 strikeouts...Began season with Hickory and posted a 5.56 ERA insix appearances during the month of April (11.1ip/8r/7er)...Struck out five batters while tossing 2.0 scoreless frames on 4/12 atLexington..Surrendered season-high four runs on 4/22 at Greensboro...Was charged with just one earned run in 12-game stretch from4/28 thru 6/12 (25.2ip - 0.35 ERA), dropping season ERA from 6.75 to 2.06...Whiffed seven of the 10 batters he faced in 3.0 inningsof work on 5/2 vs. Greensboro...Posted a 0.63 ERA (14.1ip/5r/1er) in seven appearances during the month of May...Did not surrendera home run in his last 22 outings with Hickory (46.2ip) after serving up two in his first five appearances (9.1ip)...Suffered loss on6/30 at Asheville...Picked up first win on 7/2 at Asheville...Struck out five of the six batters he faced on 7/15 vs. Delmarva...Earnedvictory in final game with Hickory on 7/21 vs. Lake County...Whiffed at least one batter in 24 of his 27 appearances with Hickoryand struck out 72 batters in 56.0 innings pitched with the Crawdads (11.6 K’s per 9.0ip)...Pitched at least 2.0 innings in 19 of his27 games with Hickory...Was promoted to Lynchburg on 7/22...Was scored upon just once in his five appearances with the Hillcats;made three straight scoreless outings before allowing two runs in 1.2ip on 7/31 vs. Potomac...Was promoted to Double-A on 8/6and picked up victory in first game with the Curve on 8/6 vs. New Britain...Made lone start and suffered only loss on 8/8 vs. Connecticut(2.0ip/1r/0er)...Was not charged with an earned run in his first five games (6.2ip)...Failed to retire any of the three batters he facedon 8/22 vs. Bowie while giving up a run...Posted a 2.24 ERA in two post-season appearances vs. Akron(3.2ip/1h/1r/1er/3bb/4so)...Went 2-2 with a 5.17 ERA (15.2ip/9er) in nine outings (three starts) with Grand Canyon during theArizona Fall League...Had contract purchased by Pittsburgh and was added to 40-man roster on 11/20.

2005: Began season in bullpen at Hickory...Suffered loss in second appearance on 4/14 at Greensboro...Made his two startswith Hickory and received no-decisions in back-to-back appearances on 4/16 vs. Greensboro (1.1ip/4r/3er) and 4/28 vs. WestVirginia (2.1ip/4er)...Picked up victory on 5/12 vs. Hagerstown...Tossed 4.1 innings of relief and surrendered four runs in finalouting with Crawdads on 6/8...Was sent to Williamsport on 6/11...Made first appearance with Crosscutters as a starter on 6/23 atNew Jersey and suffered the loss (3.0ip/4r/3er)...Made lone relief outing on 7/6 vs. New Jersey and struck out three of the sixbatters he faced. ...Made final three appearances as a starter, going 1-0 with a 2.25 ERA (12.0ip/3er)...Picked up victory on 7/17vs. Vermont...Made final appearance on 7/22 at Oneonta (3.0ip/2er)...Missed remainder of season due to tendinitis in left elbow...Went2-3 with a 6.69 ERA in 15 combined games (six starts) with the two clubs.

INSIDE INFORMATIONFavorite Vacation Spot: CanadaFavorite Musical Artist: AlexisonfireAthlete Admired Growing Up: Eric LindrosAthlete You’d Like to Meet: Eric LindrosFirst Job: Stockboy at Dollar StoreFavorite TV Show: HouseFamous Person You’d Like to Meet(dead or alive): Chris Farley

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2004: Spent entire season with GCL Pirates...Tossed 3.0 scoreless innings in first outing on 6/23 at GCL Reds...Picked up victoryin second outing on 7/2 vs. GCL Twins (3.1ip/1r/0er)...Was charged with just one earned run in his first three outings (8.1ip/1r)....Surrendered three earned runs in 2.0ip on 7/23 at GCL Twins (game two)...Was scored upon in each of his last four appearances(10.0ip/10r/7er)...Gave up seven hits and four runs (two earned) in 3.0 innings of work while making lone start in final outing on8/25 at GCL Twins (game one)...Pitched at least 2.0 innings in all seven of his appearances.

2003: Spent first professional season with GCL Pirates and was used exclusively in relief...Surrendered four hits, two walks andthree runs in his first outing on 6/27 vs. GCL Yankees...Tossed a scoreless frame in second outing on 7/3 at GCL Yankees...Sufferedloss on 7/7 vs. GCL Phillies (1.1ip/1r/0er)...Surrendered four earned runs in 1.0ip on 7/10 vs. GCL Yankees...Gave up four runs whilelosing second decision on 7/29 vs. GCL Yankees (1.1ip)...Tossed a scoreless frame in final outing on 8/16 vs. GCL Phillies.

2002: Was selected by Pittsburgh in 10th round of First-Year Player Draft...Signed first pro contract on 8/13.

MISC: Has gone 13-7 with a 3.19 ERA (296.0ip/105er) in 145 relief appearances during his professional career and 1-2 witha 5.70 ERA (23.2ip/15er) in his eight starts...Made last start on 8/8/06 while pitching with Altoona.

PERSONAL: David Lawrence Davidson...Is a 2002 graduate of Denis Morris High School in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.,where he played baseball and hockey...Was rated by Baseball America as having the “Best Curveball” in the organization prior tothe 2008 season...Signed by Pirate scout Charlie Sullivan.

2003 GCL Pirates 0-2 12.91 7 0 0 0 0 7.2 10 12 11 0 4 7 8 1 02004 GCL Pirates 1-0 3.44 7 1 0 0 0 18.1 16 11 7 0 5 14 24 2 02005 Hickory 1-2 9.78 10 2 0 0 0 19.1 16 22 21 4 3 21 23 5 0

Williamsport 1-1 3.18 5 4 0 0 0 17.0 14 7 6 0 2 8 23 2 02006 Hickory 2-1 1.93 27 0 0 0 0 56.0 39 18 12 2 4 21 72 5 0

Lynchburg 0-0 2.16 5 0 0 0 0 8.1 6 2 2 0 1 2 11 1 0Altoona 1-1 2.31 10 1 0 0 0 11.2 8 4 3 0 0 10 13 0 1

2007 Altoona 3-1 4.22 39 0 0 0 2 59.2 44 30 28 3 4 30 55 5 1Indianapolis 1-0 1.17 6 0 0 0 0 7.2 6 2 1 0 1 3 9 1 0Pittsburgh 0-0 22.50 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 6 6 5 1 2 2 0 0 0

2008 Altoona 4-2 3.34 35 0 0 0 0 64.2 58 27 24 3 4 36 51 6 2Minor League Totals 14-10 3.83 151 8 0 0 2 270.1 217 135 115 12 28 152 289 28 4Major League Totals 0-0 22.50 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 6 6 5 1 2 2 0 0 0



Selected by Pittsburgh in 2002 First-Year Player Draft (10th round).

DAVIDSON HIGHLIGHTSMOST STRIKEOUTS: No Major League strikeouts.

MOST INNINGS PITCHED: 1.0 IP (twice), 9/16/07 @Houston & 9/6/07 @St. Louis.

MOST WALKS: 2 BB, 9/16/07 @Houston.

September 6, 2007 at St. Louis

MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT

CLUB W-L-S ERA G IP ER

HOUSTON 0-0-0 18.00 1 1.0 2ST. LOUIS 0-0-0 27.00 1 1.0 3

SEPTEMBER 0-0-0 22.50 2 2.0 5HOME 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0ROAD 0-0-0 22.50 2 2.0 5DAY 0-0-0 22.50 2 2.0 5NIGHT 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0GRASS 0-0-0 22.50 2 2.0 5TURF 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0BEFORE ALL-STAR 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0AFTER ALL-STAR 0-0-0 22.50 2 2.0 5STARTER 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0RELIEVER 0-0-0 22.50 2 2.0 5

CAREERPARK W-L-S ERA G IP ERMINUTE MAID 0-0-0 18.00 1 1.0 2BUSCH (NEW) 0-0-0 27.00 1 1.0 3

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AWARDS & HONORS: 2007 Eastern League All-Star (mid-season).Participated in 2007 Major League Baseball Futures Game in San Francisco.2006 Florida State League All-Star (mid-season & post-season).2005 Florida State League All-Star (mid-season & post-season).2004 South Atlantic League All-Star (mid-season & post-season).Participated in 2004 Major League Baseball Futures Game in Houston.2003 Appalachian League All-Star (post-season).

2008 SEASON: Hit .290 (62-for-214) with four home runs and 29 RBI in a total of 62 minor leagues, including histime spent with the GCL Blue Jays on a rehab assignment...Began season with Syracuse (Blue Jays’ AAA) and hit safely in eachof his first four games (6-for-14, .429)...Hit lone home run with Syracuse on 4/11 at Rochester and lone triple on 4/16 atBuffalo...Was hitting .368 (14-for-38) in 11 games when he was recalled by Toronto on 4/21...Appeared in one game with BlueJays; went hitless in four at bats as the designated hitter on 4/23 at Tampa Bay...Was optioned back to Triple-A on 4/25...Batted.319 (15-for-47) in 14 games with Syracuse during the month of April...Was placed on disabled list on 5/3 with a right anklesprain...Hit .386 while on a rehab assignment with GCL Jays from 6/27 thru 7/16, hitting safely in 11 of his 15 games...Hadfour hits on 7/2 against the GCL Phillies...Was reinstated from D.L. and assigned to Class-A Dunedin on 7/17...Hit safely in fiveof his six games with Dunedin and returned to Syracuse on 7/24...Made first appearance of the season at third base on 7/25at Indianapolis...Made 21 appearances behind the plate, 13 as the designated hitter and two at third base (7/25 and 8/1) whileplaying with Syracuse...Was acquired by Pittsburgh on 8/25 and was assigned to Triple-A Indianapolis...Hit safely in all three ofhis starts with the Indians and in four of his five overall...Went 2-for-4 with a triple and two RBI in final game on 9/1 atLouisville...Was recalled by Pittsburgh on 9/2...Made first appearance/start (catcher) with Pirates on 9/7 at San Francisco andsingled off Jonathan Sanchez for first Major League hit; went 2-for-5 in the game, picked up first big league RBI and stolen baseand also threw a runner out attempting to steal second base...Also singled as a pinch hitter on 9/9 at Houston...Participated inthe Dominican Winter League and hit .202 (20-for-99) with four RBI in 29 combined games with Oriente (18 games) and Licey(11 games).


2007: Batted .320 with 20 doubles, four home runs and 40 RBI in 93 combined games with New Hampshire (Blue Jays’AA) and Syracuse...Ranked second in Toronto organization in batting...Began season with New Hampshire, but was promoted toTriple-A on 7/22…Was named to the Eastern League mid-season All-Star squad; was the starting catcher and went 0-for-1 withan RBI in the contest…Represented the Toronto Blue Jays at the MLB Futures Game in San Francisco; started as the catcher forthe World Team and went 2-for-2 with a stolen base in that contest…Had two separate stints on the disabled list; was sidelinedfrom 4/5-15 with a left wrist injury and had his season cut short due to an injury on his left hand and was placed on the D.L.on 8/19...Threw out a combined 32% of attempted base stealers between New Hampshire and Syracuse.

2006: Spent his second full season with Dunedin…Was selected as a mid-season and post-season All-Star for the secondconsecutive season…Ranked fourth in the Florida State League in batting and led in that department…Made 88 appearances behindthe plate...Had 36 multi-hit games, including seven three-hit games, one four-hit contest and a career-high five hits at St. Lucieon 5/15. ...Posted a .340 batting average in May, going 36-for-106 and hitting safely in 21 of his 25 games…Hit .349 (30-for-86) against left-handed pitchers and hit all three of his homers off southpaws…Hit .333 (8-for-24) in Dunedin’s six playoffcontests...Batted .208 (5-for-24) with one triple in nine games during the Winter Ball season.

2005: Spent entire season with Dunedin and was selected as a mid-season and post-season Florida State League All-Star...Ranked tenth in the league in batting...Made 87 appearances at catcher and 13 as the designated hitter...Ranked fourthon team in RBI and led squad in triples…Struck out just 28 times in 414 plate appearances...Batted .337 with seven doublesand 17 RBI in 22 games during the month of August…Hit .335 (55-for-164) with 11 doubles and 30 RBI in 42 games from 7/1thru the end of the season, hitting safely in 37 of the 42 games…Produced separate hitting streaks of 10, 11 and 12 gamesall after 7/1…Hit lone home run on 5/25 vs. Daytona.

2004: Was selected as a mid-season and post-season All-Star in the South Atlantic League while spending entire seasonwith Charleston-WV (Blue Jays’ A)...Was also chosen to participate for the World Team at the All-Star Futures Game…Hit safely inseason-high 11 straight games from 4/18 thru 5/2, batting .378 (17-for-45) with 10 RBI and 10 runs scored…Scored at leastone run in eight straight games between 8/9-20 and in 13 of his last 14 games…Led team with 10 stolen bases.

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2003: Captured the Appalachian League batting crown while spending entire season with Pulaski…Also led league in doublesand ranked among top five in RBI and slugging percentage (.522)…Was named as the catcher on league’s post-season All-Starteam.

2002: Began season with Dunedin, but was transferred to Medicine Hat of the Pioneer League on 6/13…Combined to hit.276 with 21 RBI in 68 games with the two clubs...Also whiffed just 23 times in 234 plate appearances…Made 31 appearancesbehind the plate, two at third base and one at first base while playing with Medicine Hat...Made a total of 10 errors in 356 chancesin his first season as a catcher.

2001: Played first base for the Pringamosa Blue Jays of the Dominican Summer League and led the team in batting average,doubles and RBI.

PERSONAL: Robinzon Henriquez Diaz…Wife’s name is Fiorda-Lisa Soto Contrara...Was originally signed by Toronto scoutHilario Soriano...Has been named to the All-Star team in four of the last five seasons.

2001 DSL Blue Jays .312 65 253 49 79 17 2 2 45 0 2 6 20 19 4 4 12002 Dunedin .120 10 25 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 0 0 1

Medicine Hat .297 58 192 29 57 9 0 0 20 0 0 1 13 19 7 4 92003 Pulaski *.374 48 182 33 68 *20 2 1 44 0 4 3 10 14 1 4 82004 Charleston-WV .287 105 407 62 117 20 2 2 42 3 4 8 27 31 10 4 32005 Dunedin .294 100 388 47 114 17 6 1 65 2 4 5 15 28 5 2 152006 Dunedin .306 104 418 59 128 21 1 3 44 4 2 3 20 37 8 1 162007 New Hampshire .316 74 301 33 95 17 1 3 30 2 2 3 11 16 5 0 6

Syracuse .338 19 65 4 22 3 0 1 10 2 0 1 1 6 0 0 12008 Syracuse .244 36 131 7 32 7 1 1 13 2 3 0 5 10 0 1 2

Toronto .000 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0GCL Blue Jays (#) .386 15 44 9 17 3 0 2 10 0 2 2 2 4 0 0 2Dunedin (1) .320 6 25 3 8 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Indianapolis .357 5 14 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0Pittsburgh .500 2 6 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0

Minor League Totals .305 645 2445 338 745 135 16 17 329 16 24 32 125 189 41 22 60N.L. Totals .500 2 6 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0A.L. Totals .000 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0Major League Totals .300 3 10 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0



(#)Injury Rehab Assignment(*)Led League

Signed by Toronto as a non-drafted free agent on 11/19/00.(1)Acquired by Pittsburgh from Toronto, 8/25/08, as the player to be named in the 8/21/08 deal in which the Blue Jays acquired infielder Jose Bautista.

2008 1.000 1 1 5 1 0 6 1 0 0CAREER 1.000 1 1 5 1 0 6 1 0 0

LIFETIME FIELDING STATISTICSCATCHER PCT G GS PO A E TC DP TP PB

June 17, 2006 at Washington

MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUTDATE PITCHER

Sept. 7, 2008 at SF ............Jonathan Sanchez - 1B


DIAZ HIGHLIGHTSMOST HR/GAME: No Major League home runs.

MOST HITS/GAME: 2 hits, 9/7/08 @San Francisco.

MOST RBI/GAME: 1 RBI, 9/7/08 @San Francisco


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AWARDS & HONORS: National League co-Player-of-the-Week (June 9-15, 2008).2003 Carolina League All-Star (mid-season & post-season).2000 New York-Penn League All-Star.

2008 SEASON: Led all National League catchers with a .323 batting average; Minnesota’s Joe Mauer led all backstopswith a .335 average (minimum of 400 plate appearances)...His .318 overall average would have ranked fourth in the N.L., but he

fell 37 plate appearances shy of qualifying for the batting title...Made career-high 106appearances (103 starts) behind the plate and threw out 15 of the 72 runners attemptingto steal against him (21%)...Led National League with a .407 average with runners inscoring position and ranked third in the Majors behind David DeJesus (.419) and IanKinsler (.413)...Hit .314 with 10 home runs batting left-handed and .330 with five homersbatting right-handed...His 15 home runs were the most by a Bucco catcher since MarkParent hit 15 in 1995...Ranked fourth among N.L. catchers with 68 RBI (also had one RBIas a pinch hitter)...Made first career Opening Day start and went 3-for-7 with a run scoredin 12-11, 12-inning victory in Atlanta...Connected off Scott Olsen for second career homerun batting right-handed on 4/4 at Florida; his first since 8/27/05...Hit safely in each of

his first five games and was leading the National League in batting (.450) after the action on 4/6...Had second career two-homergame on 4/20 at Chicago (NL)...Ranked second in the Majors among catchers in batting average (.371) and slugging percentage(.614) during the month of April...Was hiting .350 with five home runs and 15 RBI in 29 games when he suffered a left thumbfracture on 5/13 in St. Louis...Was placed on the 15-day disabled list on 5/14...Made three rehab appearances with Double-A Altoonafrom 6/3-5 and went 3-for-7 while catching a total of 11 innings...Was recalled from his rehab assignment and reinstated from D.L.on 6/6...Went 4-for-4 with two doubles and two home runs on 6/10 vs. Washington and then went 3-for-4 with a homer the followinggame...Homered again the next game and finished the series against the Nationals with nine hits, including four home runs, andseven RBI; becoming the first catcher to reach those levels in a three-game series since Mike Piazza of the Dodgers had nine hits,five home runs and 11 RBI in three games from June 29-July 1, 1996...Shared N.L. Player-of-the-Week honors with Florida’s RickyNolasco during week of 6/9-15 after hitting .400 (10-for-25) with seven RBI and a league-leading four home runs, 24 total basesand a .960 slugging percentage...Was hit in the mask three times while catching on 6/17 and missed next five games due toconcussion-like symptoms...Returned to action on 6/24 vs. New York (AL) and went 3-for-5 with a home run - his fourth straightgame at PNC Park with a home run...Made lone appearance at first base (1 inning) on 7/12 vs. St. Louis...Recorded first stolen baseon 7/26 vs. San Diego (fourth career stolen base)...Had three hits and swiped second base on 7/28 vs. Colorado...Started 23 of thefirst 26 games after the break...Had three hits on 8/20 at St. Louis and fell a triple shy of hitting for the cycle the following night;his home run on 8/21 was his first since 7/22...Left game on 8/22 at Milwaukee due to dehydration...Batted .250 (16-for-64) in17-game span from 8/11 thru 9/2, dropping average from .333 to .318...Went 4-for-5 on 9/5 at San Francisco and collected a hitin six straight at bats from 9/3-5...Went 3-for-4 with a homer and career-high four RBI on 9/17 vs. Los Angeles; his first home runat PNC Park since 7/7...Had back-to-back three-hit games on 9/20-21...Hit final home run on 9/26 at San Diego...Hit 11 home runsprior to the All-Star break and four after...Made eight errors (six throwing/two fielding) behind the plate and shared league leadwith nine passed balls (also Paul Bako)...Agreed to terms on a new contract on 12/22.


2007: Spent majority of season with Pittsburgh...Was a member of the Opening Day roster for the second straight year...Went0-for-3 in first four games as a pinch hitter and was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis on 4/7...Hit safely in 11 of his first 12 gameswith the Indians, going 20-for-43 (.465) with four doubles, three home runs and 15 RBI...Homered twice in three games from 4/14-17...Hit a grand slam and knocked in five runs in 4/17 contest at Norfolk...Had at least one RBI in four straight games (11 RBItotal) from 4/17-20...Took home International League Player-of-the-Week honors for week of 4/16-22 after hitting .423 (11-for-23)with a double, two homers, 11 RBI, six runs and a .692 slugging percentage...Led International League in batting average (.415)and RBI (20) during the month of April...Was recalled by Pittsburgh on 4/26; started that day behind the plate and went 2-for-4with a double and two RBI...Made first of 33 starts during the season and fourth career start in right field on 4/28 vs. Cincinnati...Hada career-high tying four hits while hitting first home run on 4/29 vs. Cincinnati...Hit safely in a career-high 11 straight games from4/29 thru 5/11, going 19-for-37 (.514)...Made first of two starts at first base on 5/3 at Milwaukee and went 2-for-4...Recorded firstcareer outfield assist in 5/5 game at Milwaukee after throwing out J.J Hardy at third base from right field...Took Arizona’s Tony Penadeep for first career pinch hit home run, a three-run shot on 5/18 at PNC Park...Had a pair of outfield assists in 5/22 game at St.Louis...Went 4-for-28 (.143) from 5/23 to 6/7 before hitting safely in next five games (10-for-21, .476)...Homered in back-to-backgames on 7/4-5 and in three of his five contests from 7/4-14...Hit a game-tying pinch hit, three-run homer in the 7th inning atAtlanta on 7/14...Snapped an 0-for-20 streak with a home run on 7/31...Hit safely in eight of his nine starts from 7/31 thru 8/11,

INSIDE INFORMATIONFavorite Vacation Spot: JamaicaFavorite Musical Artist: Pearl JamFavorite Road City: HoustonAthlete Admired Growing Up: Will ClarkAthlete You’d Like to Meet: Muhammad AliFirst Job: Stockboy at a Grocery StoreFavorite TV Show: That 70’s ShowFavorite Movie: Top GunFamous Person You’d Like to Meet (deador alive): JFK

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going 13-for-38 (.342) with two homers and five RBI...Tripled in back-to-back games on 8/10 and 8/11...Was placed on the 15-daydisabled list on 8/14 with a left wrist contusion; injured the wrist while making attempt on catch in right field on 8/13...Wasreinstated from D.L. on 9/8...Injured his right ankle on 9/8 and ended the season on the disabled list...Made 33 starts in right field,28 behind the plate, two at first base and one as the DH while playing with the Pirates...Threw out four of the 22 baserunnersattempting to steal against him (18%) and had five passed balls...Ranked second on team with five outfield assists.

2006: Was a member of Pittsburgh’s Opening Day roster for the first time in his career...Took Cincinnati’s Rick White deep forfirst hit of season on 4/6 at Great American Ball Park...Homered for the second time in four games on 4/11 vs. Los Angeles...Wasplaced on the 15-day disabled list on 4/16 (retro to 4/12) with a left hamstring strain...Began a rehab assignment with Indianapolison 4/27...Went 0-for-5 in first two games of rehab before going 4-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored on 4/29 vs. Columbus...Wasrecalled from his rehab assignment and reinstated from the disabled list on 5/3...Made first career appearance at first base as astarter on 5/6 at Washington and recorded 14 putouts (no errors) while going 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles and an RBI...Had RBI-double as a pinch hitter on 5/9 vs. Arizona...Missed nine straight starts due to a nagging left hamstring from 5/7-18. ...Returned tothe starting lineup on 5/19 at Cleveland as the club’s designated hitter...Ended game on 6/1 vs. Milwaukee with a walkoffsingle...Suffered a left hamstring tear while running to first base on 6/4 vs. Milwaukee and was placed on the D.L. the followingday...Hit a combined .172 (5-for-29) in nine games on rehab with the Gulf Coast League Pirates and Altoona...Was recalled from hisrehab assignment and reinstated from the disabled list on 8/23...Returned to action that night in pinch hit appearance and reachedfirst base on an error...Reached base safely in 13 of his 14 games from 8/27 thru 9/10 and in 20 of his 22 games from 8/27 thru9/20...Made final start behind the plate on 8/30...Made final 23 starts at first base...Went deep in back-to-back games on 9/8-9 atCincinnati...Was ejected for arguing balls and strikes by home plate umpire Greg Gibson in 9/21 contestat Los Angeles. ...Made 28 appearances (26 starts) at first base and committed just three errors in228 total chances...Also threw out two of the 13 baserunners attempting to steal against him (15%)and had two passed balls in his 11 appearances (10 starts) behind the plate...Went 2-for-10 in histhree starts as the designated hitter...Had 15 of his 31 hits go for extra bases...Participated in MexicanPacific Winter League and batted .292 (40-for-137) with six doubles, six home runs and 16 RBI in35 games with Mazatlan...Made 23 defensive appearances at first base and 11 in the outfield.

2005: Began season with Indianapolis...Homered off Curt Schilling (on rehab) in Triple-A debuton 4/7 in 7-5 win over Pawtucket. ...Went deep from both sides of the plate and had four RBI on4/17 at Norfolk...Was leading the International League with six home runs following the action on4/17...Went 11 straight games without a homer until going deep again on 5/4 at Toledo...Had a 10-game hitting streak from 5/9-19, going 15-for-36 (.417) with eight RBI...Homered in back-to-backgames on 5/13-14 and three times in five contests from 5/13-18...Made first of three starts in rightfield on 5/20 at Pawtucket...Had a season-high four hits on 5/31 vs. Louisville...Made a total of 38starts behind the plate, five as the designated hitter and three in right field while playing withIndianapolis...Was tied for third in the International League in home runs and ranked second inslugging percentage (.630) at the time of his recall to Pittsburgh on 6/5...Made Major League debuton 6/5 vs. Atlanta and grounded out as a pinch hitter...Made first big league start behind the plateand doubled off Baltimore’s Hayden Penn for first hit on 6/7...Made first of three starts in right fieldon 6/11 vs. Tampa Bay and went 3-for-5 with a double, triple, three RBI and three runs scored...Batted.364 (8-for-22) during five-game hitting streak from 6/7-15...Served as the club’s designated hitter in each of the six interleagueroad games and went 4-for-23 (.174) with four RBI...Hit right-handed against RHP Tim Wakefield on 6/17 at Boston and wenthitless in three at bats...Stole home as part of a double steal on 6/17 at Boston, the first Bucco to do so since Jack Wilson on5/12/02...Snapped an 0-for-12 streak on 6/30...Connected off Houston’s Ezequiel Astacio for first Major League home run on 7/19(game one) at PNC Park...Hit second home run in same game, a 457’ blast off Russ Springer which bounced into the Allegheny River(the last big league player to hit his first home run as part of a multi-homer game was Colorado’s Aaron Miles on 4/14/04)...Went3-for-32 (.094) in last 13 games during the month of July...Had season-high eight-game hitting streak from 8/3-14, going 12-for-23(.522) with one homer and nine RBI...Delivered a two-run single as a pinch hitter on 8/4 vs. San Diego...Led all Major League rookieswith a .364 batting average and a .425 on-base percentage during the month of August - ranked fourth among all N.L. players inaverage and sixth in on-base percentage...Connected off Cincinnati’s Eric Milton on 8/27 for first career home run batting right-handed...Fell a triple shy of hitting for the cycle on 9/13 at St. Louis...Had a career-high four hits on 9/24 at Los Angeles...Hit fiveof his six home runs off righthanders...Threw out 10 of the 29 runners attempting to steal against him (34%)...Made 50 appearances(48 starts) behind the plate for the Pirates...Was charged with four passed balls and made eight errors (five throwing and threefielding)...Played nine games during the Dominican Winter League and went 7-for-26 (.269) with three RBI for Escogido.

2004: Spent an injury-plagued season with Altoona, appearing in just 67 games...Made 25 appearances behind the plate andwent 32-for-128 (.250) in 33 games as the designated hitter...Hit .289 (50-for-173) with nine home runs against right-handed pitchersand .167 (8-for-48) with one homer off lefties...Began season on the disabled list due to a bout with mononucleosis...Was activatedfrom the D.L. on 4/26...Smacked first Double-A home run in his first left-handed at bat of the season on 4/28 at Norwich (gameone)...Also homered the following day vs. Erie...Produced a season-high 13-game hitting streak from 5/6-19 (15-for-49, .306). ...Hita 1st-inning, two-run homer off Phillies prospect Gavin Floyd to key a 5-2 Curve win vs. Reading on 5/25...Reached base safely in18 straight games from 5/6 thru 5/25 and in 26 of his 28 games from 5/6 thru 6/6...Made final appearance behind the plate on6/2 at Bowie; was limited to pinch-hitting and DH duty from that point forward due to right elbow soreness...Ripped a game-tyingsolo homer in the top of the 9th inning in the Curve’s 2-1, 10-inning win at Portland on 7/9...Blasted three home runs in a four-game series at Portland from 7/9-12...Was placed on D.L. with right elbow soreness on 7/27 and missed remainder of season.

Ryan donated $25,000 forPirates Charities’ new Fields ForKids program and was on handfor the announcement during

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2003: Spent entire season with Lynchburg (A)...Led Carolina League in doubles, ranked second in extra-base hits (50) andthird in RBI...Ranked second on the club in RBI behind Walter Young (87)...Played in more than 68 games for the first time in asingle season...Hit safely in each of his first 10 games, going 16-for-41 (.390) with three home runs, 14 RBI and 11 runs scored…Hadseason-high four hits on 4/24 vs. Kinston...Batted .398 (33-for-83) and produced 23 RBI in 20 games during the month of April...Alsohit safely in 10 straight games from 4/23 to 5/4 (18-for-49, .367)…Picked up at least one hit in 12 of his 13 games from 7/5-19, going 20-for-48 (.417) with six multi-hit efforts…Made 86 appearances behind the plate and went 38-for-141 (.270) in 39 gamesas the designated hitter...Hit 10 of his 11 home runs off right-handed pitchers...Threw out 21 of the 85 baserunners attempting tosteal against him (25%), committed nine errors and had a league-high 23 passed balls...Participated in the Arizona Fall Leagueand hit .346 (9-for-26) with three doubles, a triple, two home runs and seven RBI in 10 games with the Mesa Desert Dogs (managedby current Third Base Coach Tony Beasley).

2002: Spent entire season with Hickory (A), his second straight campaign interrupted by injury...Made 31 appearances behindthe plate and went 45-for-140 (.321) in 36 games as the designated hitter...Threw out eight of the 38 baserunners attempting tosteal against him (21%), had six passed balls and seven errors...Batted .355 (66-for-186) and hit each of his six home runs offrighthanders...Hit just .236 (17-for-72) against lefties…Went 31-for-82 (.378) with runners in scoring position…Hit safely in each ofhis first seven games, going 10-for-28 (.393) with nine runs and eight RBI…Knocked in five runs on 5/2 vs. Greensboro...Batted.394 (13-for-33) during an eight-game hitting streak from 5/11-19…Went 30-for-75 (.400) with 17 RBI over a 19-game stretch from5/23 thru 6/13...Reached base safely in 15 straight contests from 5/27 thru 6/13…Hit grand slam and drove in six runs on 6/13at Hagerstown…Suffered a broken index finger on his right hand on 6/27 vs. Kannapolis…Placed on the disabled list on 6/28 andunderwent surgery on 7/2 (surgery performed by Dr. Mark Baratz in Pittsburgh).

2001: Spent majority of injury-riddled season with Hickory…Made 23 appearances at catcher and 16 as the designated hitterwith the Crawdads…Threw out nine of the 32 baserunners attempting to steal against him (28%), had five passed balls and threeerrors while catching with Hickory…Began season with a nine-game hitting streak, going 12-for-36 (.333)…Went homerless in hisfirst 21 games before hitting first roundtripper on 5/10 at Hagerstown…Placed on the disabled list on 5/14 with back spasms…Beganrehab assignment with GCL Pirates on 7/5…Went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI on 7/28 vs. GCL Red Sox…Was reinstated fromthe disabled list on 8/3 and appeared in two games with Altoona…Went 0-for-1 with an RBI as a pinch hitter on 8/3 vs. Harrisburgand 1-for-3 with an RBI as a catcher on 8/5 vs. the Senators…Returned to Hickory on 8/6 and homered in his return to the Crawdadson 8/7 vs. Kannapolis…Actually reached base safely in 13 consecutive games with Hickory from 4/20 thru 8/10 (streak interruptedby three-month stint on DL)…Went hitless in his last five games (16 at bats).

2000: Spent entire season with Williamsport (A)…Was named to the New York-Penn League All-Star team and was selected tothe Short-Season All-Star team by Baseball America...Finished 10th in the NY-Penn League in average…Made 46 appearances behindthe plate and went 30-for-73 (.411) in 19 games as the designated hitter...Batted .433 (13-for-30) in his first eight games thru6/28…Slugged first home run on 6/26 at Hudson Valley, but went next 59 games without a roundtripper...Hit .238 in July and.386 in August…Recorded consecutive four-hit games vs. Vermont on 7/27-28…Compiled a season-best 10-game hitting streak from8/2-14 (18-for-40, .450)...Had five hits on 8/13 vs. Lowell...Batted .361 (17-for-47) with nine RBI in his final 12 games.

1999: Spent first professional season with GCL Pirates after being selected by Pittsburgh in 2nd round of 1999 June draft…Hit.423 (22-for-52) in 16 games as the designated hitter and .063 (2-for-32) in 13 games as a catcher…Went 6-for-31 (.194) in hisfirst 13 professional games…Hit lone home run and drove in season-high three runs on 8/17 vs. the Orioles…Posted three consecutivemulti-hit games from 8/19-21 (6-for-11)…Batted .333 (18-for-54) over his final 16 games...Hit .341 on the road and .220 at home.

MISC: Switch hitter has hit 71 of his last 81 home runs off right-handed pitchers, including his time with the Pirates...Did notplay first base in his pro career until doing so on 5/6/06...Recorded his two Major League sacrifice bunts on 5/21/06 and 6/12/05....Picked up last triple in the big leagues on 8/11/07.

PERSONAL: Ryan Matthew Doumit (pronounced “DOE-mitt)...Is a 1999 graduate of Moses Lake (WA) High School wherehe played baseball and football...Was named First-Team All-Conference, Second-Team All-America and All-State in baseball...Rated asthe Pirates' #10 prospect and "Best Defensive Catcher" by Baseball America entering the 2004 season...Signed by Pirate scoutJames House.

P I T T S B U RGH C AT C H E R S W I T H 1 5 + HOM ERUN S I N ON E S E A SON

17 Jim Pagliaroni 196515 Ryan Doumit 200815 Mark Parent 199515 Tony Pena 198415 Tony Pena 198315 Bill Salkeld 1945

C A R E E R HOM E R U N S B YP I T T S B U RGH C AT C H E R S

Jason Kendall 66Tony Pena 63Jim Pagliaroni 49Smoky Burgess 48Manny Sanguillen 48Ed Ott 29Hank Foiles 27Ryan Doumit 26


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1999 GCL Pirates .282 29 85 17 24 5 0 1 7 0 1 4 15 14 4 2 22000 Williamsport .313 66 246 25 77 15 5 2 40 0 7 4 23 33 2 2 62001 Hickory .270 39 148 14 40 6 0 2 14 0 0 4 10 32 2 1 3

GCL Pirates (#) .235 7 17 2 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1Altoona .250 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0

2002 Hickory .322 68 258 46 83 14 1 6 47 2 5 8 18 40 3 5 72003 Lynchburg .275 127 458 75 126 *38 1 11 77 0 8 13 45 79 4 0 92004 Altoona .262 67 221 31 58 20 0 10 34 1 4 8 21 49 0 1 32005 Indianapolis .345 51 165 41 57 11 0 12 35 0 2 5 16 36 1 3 4

Pittsburgh .255 75 231 25 59 13 1 6 35 1 1 13 11 48 2 1 82006 Pittsburgh .208 61 149 15 31 9 0 6 17 1 2 11 15 42 0 0 4

Indianapolis (#) .318 6 22 3 7 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0GCL Pirates (#) .000 5 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 1Altoona (#) .333 4 15 4 5 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0

2007 Indianapolis .415 16 53 15 22 4 0 4 20 0 3 3 8 12 3 2 0Pittsburgh .274 83 252 33 69 19 2 9 32 0 1 4 22 59 1 2 3

2008 Pittsburgh .318 116 431 71 137 34 0 15 69 0 5 6 23 55 2 2 8Altoona (#) .429 3 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

Minor League Totals .296 490 1713 274 507 119 8 48 290 3 30 52 162 307 19 16 36Major League Totals .278 335 1063 144 296 75 3 36 153 2 9 34 71 204 5 5 23


Selected by Pittsburgh in 1999 First-Year Player Draft (2nd round).



LIFETIME FIELDING STATISTICSCATCHER PCT G GS PO A E TC DP TP PB2005 .975 50 48 286 30 8 324 1 0 42006 .987 11 10 66 12 1 79 0 0 22007 .987 28 28 149 7 2 158 2 0 52008 .988 106 103 596 59 8 663 8 0 9CAREER .984 195 189 1097 108 19 1224 11 0 20

LIFETIME FIELDING STATISTICSFIRST BASE PCT G GS PO A E TC DP TP2006 .987 28 27 213 12 3 228 22 02007 1.000 3 2 12 0 0 12 1 02008 1.000 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0CAREER .988 32 29 226 12 3 241 23 0

LIFETIME FIELDING STATISTICSRIGHT FIELD PCT G GS PO A E TC DP TP2005 ---- 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 02007 .985 38 33 62 5 1 68 2 0CAREER .985 41 36 62 5 1 68 2 0


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NATIONAL LEAGUECHASE .192 26 5 0 2TURNER .286 21 6 1 3WRIGLEY .341 41 14 2 3GREAT AMERICAN .214 56 12 3 6COORS .438 16 7 0 2DOLPHIN .294 17 5 2 3MINUTE MAID .194 36 7 2 7DODGER .333 21 7 0 3MILLER .236 55 13 0 5SHEA .250 28 7 0 4CITIZENS BANK .179 28 5 0 0PNC .302 533 161 22 93BUSCH (OLD) .300 10 3 1 1BUSCH (NEW) .346 26 9 1 4PETCO .211 19 4 1 4AT&T .391 23 9 0 2RFK .227 22 5 0 3NATIONALS .286 14 4 1 3

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June 5, 2005 vs. Atlanta

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June 7, 2005 vs. BAL ................Hayden Penn - 2B


D0UMIT HIGHLIGHTSMOST HR/GAME: 2 HR (3 times), 6/10/08 vs. Washington, 4/20/08 @Chicago (NL) & 7/19/05 vs. Houston (game one).

MOST HITS/GAME: 4 hits (4 times), last on 9/5/08 @San Francisco.

MOST RBI/GAME: 4 RBI, 9/17/08 vs. Los Angeles (NL).


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AWARDS & HONORS: Two-time National League Rookie-of-the-Month (July & August of 2005).2005 International League All-Star (mid-season and post-season).2005 International League Most Valuable Pitcher.Named to 2005 MLB Futures Team.Pittsburgh’s Minor League Pitcher-of-the-Year in 2004.2004 Carolina League Pitcher-of-the-Year.2004 Carolina League All-Star (mid-season and post-season).2003 South Atlantic League All-Star (mid-season).

2008 SEASON: Shared team lead in starts and ranked second behind Paul Maholm (206.1) in innings pitched...Tied forfourth in National League in losses and ranked second in hits allowed behind Colorado’s Aaron Cook (236)...Also ranked fourth in N.L.in runs allowed...Posted a 2.89 ERA (18.2ip/6er) in his first three starts, but receivedno-decisions in each outing..Suffered first loss in fourth start on 4/20 at Chicago (NL)after being charged with five runs in 4.0ip of a 13-6 setback...Lost again in his nextouting on 4/25 vs. Philadelphia (6.0ip/6er)...Scattered two runs in 7.0 innings, butreceived a no-decision in Pittsburgh’s 3-2, last at bat loss on 5/1 at Washington...Pickedup first victory after beating San Francisco’s Jonathan Sanchez at PNC Park on 5/6 -his first win since 6/12/07...Tossed 6.0 scoreless innings of a combined 5-0 shutoutvs. Atlanta in game one of a doubleheader on 5/12 and won second straight start...Lostback-to-back starts on 5/23 and 5/30 before winning two in a row on 6/4 and6/9...Pitched 7.0 scoreless innings, but received a no-decision in Pittsburgh’s 1-0, 12-inning victory vs. Toronto on 6/20...Suffered loss to New York (AL) on 6/25 (5.0ip/4r/3er)...Posted a 3.13 ERA in June, lowering seasonERA from 4.41 on 5/30 to 3.99...Pitched season-low 2.1 innings and gave up six runs (five earned) in a no-decision at Milwaukee on7/6...Retired first 10 batters he faced, but ended up losing an 11-3 decision in first start after the All-Star break on 7/20 at Colorado(5.0ip/9er)...Gave up two runs in 7.0ip, but lost his sixth straight decision on 8/5 at Arizona...Pitched 8.0 innings and gave up justtwo runs, but lost a 2-0 decision vs. Chicago (NL) on 8/27...Lost nine straight decisions from 6/25 thru 8/27, the longest losing streakby a Pittsburgh pitcher since Jose DeLeon lost 11 in a row in 1985...Tossed a six-hit shutout (second career) on 9/5 at San Francisco,snapping his nine-game losing streak and winning his first road game since 5/27/07 at Cincinnati (had lost seven straight roaddecisions)...Gave up six runs (two earned) in 4.2ip and lost a 6-0 decision to Roy Oswalt at Houston on 9/11...Scattered 11 hits whileallowing five runs in a no-decision on 9/17 vs. Los Angeles; left game with a 7-4 lead...Gave up one run in last start (7.0ip), but didnot receive a decision in 5-1 Bucco loss in 10 innings at Milwaukee on 9/25...Posted a 2.67 ERA (33.2ip/10er) in last five starts...Ledpitching staff with four caught stealings...The Pirates posted a 12-19 record in his 31 starts...Went 9-for-57 (.158) at the plate with anRBI and six sacrifice bunts...Tallied lone RBI on 8/22 at Milwaukee...Struck out as a pinch hitter on 4/7 vs. Chicago (NL).

� CAREER HIGHLIGHTS �2007: Was Pittsburgh’s Opening Day starter; gave up two runs in 7.0 innings but received a no-decision in Pittsburgh’s 4-2, 10-inning win at Houston...Picked up first victory in second start while snapping a personal 10-game road losing streak on 4/8 atCincinnati (also struck out a season-high five batters)...Did not record a strikeout in three of his first four starts...Had shortest outingon 4/13 vs. San Francisco after allowing seven runs in 2.0 innings of work while suffering first loss...Lost five straight decisions from4/13 thru 5/22...Was in line for the win after holding Houston to one run in 7.0 innings, but received a no-decision in Pittsburgh’s4-3, 16-inning win at PNC Park on 4/25...Struck out in pinch hitting appearance in Pittsburgh’s 4-3, 15-inning win at Chicago (NL) on5/8...Tossed 7.0 innings and allowed two runs on 5/16 vs. Florida, but received a no-decision; the bullpen allowed two runs in the8th inning...Had a pair of hits in his 5/22 start at St. Louis...Snappd his five-game losing streak with 14-10 win at Cincinnati on5/27...Scattered two runs over 6.0 innings while winning final game on 6/12 at PNC Park; a 7-5 decision over Texas’ KevinMillwood...Was in line for victory (5.1ip/1r) on 6/22 at Angel Stadium, but came away with a no-decision in Pittsburgh’s 5-4, 11-inningloss...Was placed on 15-day disabled list on 7/1 (retro to 6/29) with left elbow tendinitis...Was diagnosed with irritation of ulnar collateralligament on 7/2 (second opinion by Dr. James Andrews in Pensacola, FL, on 7/6 confirmed Pirates diagnosis)...Did not throw abaseball until playing catch on flat ground at Pirate City on 7/23...Was transferred to 60-day D.L. on 8/14...Threw 43 pitches in firstrehab start with GCL Pirates on 8/22 (2.2ip/2h/0r/2bb/1so)...Threw 40 pitches in second rehab start with GCL Pirates on 8/21(4.0ip/1er)...Returned to Pittsburgh to throw a bullpen session with pitching coach Jim Colborn on 8/29...Suffered loss while makingrehab start with Triple-A Indianapolis on 9/1...Made fourth and final rehab start with State College in the New York-Penn League on9/6...Was recalled from rehab assignment and reinstated from D.L. on 9/11...Made first professional relief appearance on 9/15 atHouston (3.0ip/1er)...Went 0-1 with a 4.09 ERA (11.0ip/5er) in final two starts; losing a 9-5 decision at Chicago (NL) on 9/22(4.0ip/5r/4er) and tying a season high with 7.0 innings pitched (1r) in a no-decision vs. St. Louis on 9/28...Went 8-for-32 (.250) withthree RBI at the plate, hitting safely in three of his last four starts.

INSIDE INFORMATIONFavorite Vacation Spot: HawaiiFavorite Musical Artist: Pat GreenFavorite Road City: ChicagoAthlete Admired Growing Up: Nolan RyanAthlete You’d Like to Meet: Nolan RyanFirst Job: Hauling HayFavorite TV Show: LostFavorite Movie: GladiatorFamous Person You’d Like to Meet (dead or alive): Jesus

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2006: Spent first full season in the Majors with Pittsburgh...Led staff in starts and innings pitched...His 215.1ip were the mostby a Pittsburgh pitcher since Kris Benson tossed 217.2 innings in 2000 and the most by a Bucco lefty since Zane Smith logged 228.0innings in 1991...Pitched at least 6.0 innings in 26 of his 34 starts, including each of his last 12...Recorded club’s only two completegames (5/2 at Chicago and 8/11 vs. St. Louis)...Had 14 of his 34 starts decided by one run...Went 9-4 in 17 starts at home and 1-11 in 17 starts on the road...Lost each of his last 10 decisions on the road after winning in Chicago on 5/2...Posted a 5.17 ERA beforethe All-Star break and a 3.65 ERA after the break...Allowed the most hits in the league and tied for third in losses...Allowed two runs(one earned) in 6.0ip but received a no-decision in first start; a 3-2 Bucco loss on 4/5 at Milwaukee...Started the Home Opener vs.Los Angeles on 4/10 and suffered 8-3 loss (5.0ip/7er)...Tossed 6.0 scoreless innings before allowing one run in the 7th inning whilewinning for the first time on 4/15 vs. Chicago...Scattered five hits while tossing first career complete game and shutout in Pittsburgh’s8-0 win at Chicago on 5/2...Lost four consecutive starts following complete game from 5/7-24 (25.0ip/16er - 5.76 ERA)...Walked career-high six batters in 4-1 loss at Cleveland on 5/19...Won three straight decisions from 5/29 to 6/14...Went six straight starts withoutallowing a home run (32.0ip) from 6/14 thru 7/9...Surrendered career-high eight runs (six earned) in 12-8 loss at Milwaukee on7/24...Pitched 6.1 scoreless frames vs. San Francisco on 7/30, but received a no-decision in 2-1 Bucco victory in 10 innings...Tossedsecond complete game while beating St. Louis 7-1 at PNC Park on 8/11...Lost three straight decisions from 8/21 to 9/1...Won back-to-back starts on 9/11 vs. Milwaukee (8.0ip/2er) and 9/17 vs. New York (8.0ip/0r)...Suffered losses in his last two starts as the clubscored a total of two runs with him on the mound...Posted a 2.30 ERA (43.0ip/11er) in his last six starts, the sixth-best ERA in theNational League during the final month...Went 13-for-68 (.191) at the plate with three doubles, seven RBI and nine sacrifice bunts...Hadfour-game hitting streak from 5/29 thru 6/14 and hit safely in six of his eight starts from 5/29 thru 7/4...Went 2-for-3 with career-high three RBI on 6/14 vs. St. Louis...Also had two-hit game on 8/5 at Chicago.

2005: Began season with Indianapolis...Was club’s Opening Day starter and wondebut (5.0ip/6h/3r/3er/0bb/4so) vs. Pawtucket in matchup against the rehabbing CurtSchilling...Suffered first loss despite allowing two runs over 6.2 innings of work on 4/12vs. Ottawa...Won four straight starts from 4/17 thru 5/3...Tossed 6.2 innings of shutoutball and whiffed season-high 11 batters while picking up fourth straight win on 5/3 atToledo...Went 4-2 with a 2.23 ERA (40.1ip/10er) in six starts during the month of Mayand was named Topps’ International League Player-of-the-Month...Pitched 7.0-inningcomplete game in first game of a doubleheader at Rochester on 6/14...Received onlyno-decision with Indianapolis on 6/20 vs. Rochester (8.1ip/3r)...Went 4-0 with a 2.65ERA in five starts during the month of June and won seven of his last eight Triple-Adecisions...Pitched at least 6.0 innings and was charged with three earned runs or lessin each of his final nine starts with Indianapolis...Was charged with three earned runsor less in 14 of his 16 Triple-A starts overall...Had contract purchased by Pittsburgh on7/1...Was selected to International League mid-season All-Star team and was scheduledto participate in the MLB Futures Game in Detroit on 7/10, but missed both due to his call-up to the big leagues. ...Made Major Leaguedebut on 7/2 at Milwaukee and received a no-decision in Pittsburgh’s 5-3 loss (7.0ip/5h/3r/3er/1bb/9so) - his nine strikeouts werethe most by a Pirates pitcher in his Major League debut since Tim Wakefield had 10 on 7/31/92 vs. St. Louis...Tossed 7.0 innings ofshutout ball and picked up first big-league win in a 2-1 decision over Philadelphia’s Brett Myers on 7/7. ...Pitched 8.0 innings of acombined 3-0 shutout (6h/2bb/4so) while defeating Chicago’s Greg Maddux on 7/16 at Wrigley Field...Also collected first career RBIwith a sacrifice fly in his start on 7/16...Produced 22.0 inning scoreless streak from 7/2-21; the longest such streak by an N.L. rookiesince Houston’s Roy Oswalt in 2001 (24.0ip)...Allowed one unearned run while improving to 3-0 on 7/21 vs. Colorado...Worked 2.0scoreless frames, but did not return following a 42-minute rain delay at Florida on 7/27...Ended the month of July with a 0.87 ERA(31.0ip/3er), the best mark among all starting pitchers in the Major Leagues...Was honored as the National League Rookie-of-the-Month for July...Became the first Pirates pitcher to win his first four decisions, all as a starter, since Jim Nelson also did so in 1980,after winning a 4-1 decision (8.1ip/7h/1r) against Atlanta’s Tim Hudson at Turner Field on 8/1. ...Allowed one run in the 5th inningof his 8/1 outing and snapped streak of 30.0 consecutive innings without allowing an earned run...Had an ERA of 0.92 after his firstsix starts to become one of only four pitchers during the “live ball era” to record an ERA below 1.00 after their first six starts - LosAngeles’ Fernando Valenzuela (0.33 ERA in 1981), Boston’s Boo Ferriss (0.50 ERA in 1945) and Montreal’s Steve Rogers (0.88 ERA in1973) were the others...Became second Pittsburgh rookie starter to win his first five decisions (also Whitey Glazner in 1921) afterbeating Los Angeles’ Odalis Perez on 8/6 at PNC Park...Gave up eight hits and four runs while pitching just 4.0 innings in a no-decisionat Houston on 8/12...Tossed 7.0 scoreless frames and allowed just two hits in 5-0 win at New York (NL) on 8/18...Also snapped an 0-for-19 start to his career as a batter; picking up his first Major League hit off Juan Padilla on 8/18...Left his start on 8/23 vs. St. Louisafter 2.0 innings due to a sprained left ankle; suffered while retreating to second base on a line drive to shortstop...Was placed on 15-day disabled list on 8/27 (retro to 8/24)...Went 3-0 with a 2.83 ERA in five August starts and was named the National LeagueRookie-of-the-Month for the second consecutive month...Was reinstated from D.L. on 9/16 and suffered first loss that night vs. Cincinnati(game one); pitched just 4.0 innings and allowed one run in 9/16 contest, but threw 74 pitches before being taken out...Allowed justtwo runs, but lost second straight start on 9/22 vs. Houston. ...Surrendered just one earned run over 8.0 innings while beating GregMaddux for a second time on 9/27 at Chicago...Also had first career two-hit game in the 9/27 contest...Was victorious in final start on10/2 vs. Milwaukee (7.0ip/1r)...Went 20-5 with a 2.43 ERA in 30 combined starts between Triple-A and the Majors...Led all NationalLeague rookies in ERA and tied for third in wins...The Pirates went 9-5 in his 14 starts...Went 4-for-28 (.143) with an RBI as a batterwith Pittsburgh...Was named Most Valuable Pitcher of the International League and was selected to league’s post-season All-Star team...Wasalso named to Topps’ Triple-A All-Star Team following the season...Finished fifth in the BBWAA voting for N.L. Rookie-of-the-Year.

2004: Led all of minor league baseball with a 1.46 ERA (148.1ip/24er)...Went 15-6 in 26 combined starts between Lynchburg(A) and Altoona (AA)...His 15 wins tied for third-most among all minor league hurlers (Toronto’s Gustavo Chacin paced the minors with17 victories)...Took home Pittsburgh’s Minor League Pitcher-of-the-Year honors and earned Carolina League Pitcher-of-the-Year

Zach visited McKnight Elementary for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Hop-a-thon and

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honors...Began season with Lynchburg...Did not allow more than two earned runs in any of his 17 starts with the Hillcats, including one earned run or less in 14 outings...Gave up a total of seven earned runs in his five losses with Lynchburg, while receivingjust four runs of support during those games...Whiffed seven or more batters eight times with the Hillcats, including nine batters onthree occasions (4/23 vs. Salem, 4/29 at Kinston and 6/26 vs. Myrtle Beach)...Held Carolina League batters to a .207 average andlefties to a .186 batting average...Went 3-0 with a 0.00 ERA in three straight starts from 4/23 thru 5/4 (struck out 25 batters in19.1 innings during the stretch)...Struck out the side in his only inning of work in Carolina-California League All-Star Game on 6/28at San Bernardino, CA...Surrendered a total of four earned runs during a three-game losing streak from 6/26 thru 7/7...Tossedcomplete game and struck out nine, but suffered a loss on 6/26 vs. Myrtle Beach...Was leading the Carolina League in wins (10),ERA (1.39) and strikeouts (106) at the time of his promotion to Altoona on 7/16...Tossed 6.0 scoreless frames and won his Double-A debut on 7/17 vs. Reading...Did not allow an earned run over 6.0 innings, but took the loss in Altoona’s 4-0 setback at New Hampshireon 8/11...Yielded first home run since 5/9 and allowed three earned runs in a game for first time while receiving a no-decision on8/16 at Harrisburg...Won final three Double-A starts...Surrendered one unearned run in 6.0 innings of work and earned the win inAltoona’s 14-2 win over Erie in Game One of the Eastern League Divisional playoffs on 9/9...Received a no-decision in Game One ofthe Eastern League Championship Series vs. New Hampshire on 9/14 (6.0ip/10h/3r/3er/0bb/7so)...Limited opponents to a .214average and five home runs between Lynchburg and Altoona.

2003: Spent entire season with Hickory (A)...Was named to the South Atlantic League mid-season All-Star team...Began seasonwith a 3-0 record and a 1.38 ERA (39.0ip/6er) in his first seven starts - also held opponents to a .185 batting average against inthat time...Tossed 7.0 inning one-hit complete game on 6/12 at Rome (game one)...Held opponents scoreless for 13 consecutive frameson two occasions...Went 1-2 with a 2.17 ERA (29.0ip/7er) in his final five starts...Tied for seventh among Pittsburgh farmhands inERA, tied for third in starts, tied for eighth in innings pitched and tied for sixth in strikeouts.

2002: Made professional debut with GCL Pirates (Rookie)...Led all Gulf Coast League pitchers in wins, tied for second in shutouts,was fifth in ERA, third in batting average against among starters (.185), tied for fourth in games started and finished third in runnersper 9.0 innings pitched among starters (9.00)...Tossed a two-hitter against the GCL Orioles on 7/23...Won first eight professional gamesbefore losing to the GCL Reds on 8/22.

MISC: Was recognized by Baseball America as the 34th-best prospect in the publication’s list of 100 top prospects prior to the2005 season...Was also tabbed by Baseball America as the sixth-best prospect in the Eastern League following the 2004 season andthe best pitching prospect (fourth-best prospect overall) in the Carolina League...Has gone 0-for-2 with two K’s in his career as a pinchhitter; 5/8/07 and 4/7/08.

PERSONAL: Zachary Thomas Duke...Wife’s name is Kristin...Is a 2001 graduate of Midway (TX) High School, where heplayed four years of varsity baseball...Was a member of Team Texas-Sun Belt Tournament Champions...Was an All-Area MVP, All-Stateand a Scouts Association All-Star...Was named All-District three years...Signed by Pirate scout Grant Brittain...Participated in team’s annualwinter caravan for three years (2006-08).


Selected by Pittsburgh in 2001 First-Year Player Draft (20th round).

2002 GCL Pirates *8-1 1.95 11 11 1 1 0 60.0 38 15 13 2 4 18 48 1 02003 Hickory 8-7 3.11 26 26 1 1 0 141.2 124 66 49 7 5 46 113 2 22004 Lynchburg 10-5 1.39 17 17 1 0 0 97.0 73 24 15 3 5 20 106 1 0

Altoona 5-1 1.58 9 9 0 0 0 51.1 41 11 9 2 1 10 36 1 12005 Indianapolis 12-3 2.92 16 16 1 0 0 108.0 108 39 35 8 2 23 66 1 0

Pittsburgh 8-2 1.81 14 14 0 0 0 84.2 79 20 17 3 2 23 58 1 02006 Pittsburgh 10-15 4.47 34 34 2 1 0 215.1 *255 116 107 17 7 68 117 8 12007 Pittsburgh 3-8 5.53 20 19 0 0 0 107.1 161 74 66 14 3 25 41 0 1

GCL Pirates (#) 0-0 1.35 2 2 0 0 0 6.2 5 1 1 0 0 2 3 0 0Indianapolis (#) 0-1 4.91 1 1 0 0 0 3.2 7 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 0State College (#) 1-0 1.59 1 1 0 0 0 5.2 3 1 1 0 1 2 3 0 0

2008 Pittsburgh 5-14 4.82 31 31 1 1 0 185.0 230 111 99 19 7 47 87 2 2Minor League Totals 44-18 2.37 83 83 4 2 0 474.0 399 159 125 22 18 123 376 6 3Major League Totals 26-39 4.39 99 98 3 2 0 592.1 725 321 289 53 19 163 303 11 4

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July 2, 2005 at Milwaukee

MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT


2005 .143 28 4 0 12006 .191 68 13 0 72007 .250 32 8 0 32008 .158 57 9 0 1

CAREER .184 185 34 0 12

FIRST M.L. HIT: 8/18/05 (Juan Padilla - 1B)FIRST M.L. RBI: 7/16/05AB SINCE LAST HIT: 1

HITTING TOTALS

DUKE HIGHLIGHTSLOW-HIT GAME: FIVE-HITTER, 5/2/06 @Chicago (NL).

MOST STRIKEOUTS: Starter: 9 K’s, 7/2/05 @Milwaukee...Reliever: No strikeouts.

SHUTOUTS: (2), 9/5/08 @San Francisco & 5/2/06 @Chicago (NL).

MOST INNINGS PITCHED: Starter: 9.0 IP (3 times), 9/5/08 @San Francisco, 8/11/06 vs. St. Louis & 5/2/06@Chicago (NL)...Reliever: 3.0 IP, 9/15/07 @Houston.

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AWARDS & HONORS: 2007 International League All-Star (mid-season).2002 South Atlantic League All-Star (mid-season).

2008 SEASON: Began season in Pittsburgh’s bullpen and made three straight scoreless appearances (5.0ip) to start theyear...Suffered loss in 15-inning affair vs. Chicago (NL) on 4/9...Went 0-1 with a 3.92 ERA (20.2ip/10r/0er) in 10 relief appearancesbefore making first start on 5/2 at Washington; replaced Matt Morris in rotation after Morris was released on 4/27...Worked 4.0+innings, but received a no-decision in Pittsburgh’s 11-4 victory in Washington on 5/2;went to the mound with a 6-1 lead before play was halted due to a light failure; whenplay resumed he allowed three runs in the 4th inning and pitched to one batter in the5th before giving way to the bullpen...Picked up first Major League victory after tossing5.2 scoreless innings in 3-1 win vs. San Francisco on 5/7...Issued a career-high seven walksand suffered the loss on 5/18 at Chicago (NL)...Pitched 5.2 innings (1 run) and was inline for victory on 5/24 vs. Chicago before Cubs scored three times in 8th inning (Bucswon game 5-4 in 14 innings)...Picked up second win on 5/29 at Cincinnati, holding hisformer club to just two singles and one unearned run in 7.0ip; also struck out career-highnine batters...Walked five batters and gave up five runs in 5.0ip in no-decision at Baltimoreon 6/13...Allowed a season-high nine runs in a 13-8 loss at Chicago (AL) on 6/19...Was placed on 15-day D.L. on 6/22 (retro to6/20)...Was diagnosed with bursitis in left shoulder following MRI on 6/23...Was reinstated from D.L. on 7/7 and started that nightvs. Houston; received a no-decision in 10-7 Bucco victory (3.1ip/7er) and also snapped 0-for-24 start to his batting career with anRBI-single off Runelvys Hernandez...Returned to 15-day D.L. on 7/12 (retroactive to 7/8) due to lingering problems in left shoulder...Hadarthroscopic surgery on his shoulder on 8/8...Was transferred to 60-day D.L. on 8/27.


2007: Spent majority of season with Louisville (Reds’ AAA)...Ranked seventh in International League in ERA...Was Louisville’sPitcher-of-the-Month in April after going 4-0 with a 0.63 ERA in five starts...Went 2-0 with a 2.96 ERA in four starts during the monthof July...Posted a 9-5 record and a 3.68 ERA in 18 starts prior to the Triple-A All-Star Game...Was recalled by Cincinnati on 8/2 andsuffered loss while making Major League debut that night at Washington (3.1ip/6er)...Was in line for first victory in second start on8/9 vs. Los Angeles (left with a 3-2 lead), but the Dodgers tied the game in the 7th inning...Went 0-2 with a 14.18 ERA in four startsbefore being optioned back to Triple-A on 8/21...Made one start for the Bats on 8/25and was recalled by Cincinnati on 9/1....Went 0-2 in his last two starts with the Reds(4.2ip/9er)...Made final appearance on 9/9 vs. Milwaukee; did not retire a batter andtied a Major League record by giving up home runs to the first three batters of the game(Rickie Weeks, J.J. Hardy, Ryan Braun)...Went 0-for-6 as a batter with the Reds.

2006: Combined to go 8-11 with a 4.33 in 26 games (25 starts) betweenChattanooga (Reds’ AA) and Louisville...Began season with Chattanooga...Was namedSouthern League Pitcher-of-the-Week for week of 4/24-30...Was promoted to Triple-A on6/5 and spent remainder of season with the Bats...Tossed a 7.0-inning complete game(three-hitter) on 6/15 at Richmond (game two) for first victory with Louisville...Made onlyrelief appearance and picked up win on 7/27 at Buffalo (6.1ip/4h/0r/1bb/4so)....Participated in the Arizona Fall League and went 2-0 with a 5.59 ERA (19.1ip/12er)in seven games (five starts) with the Phoenix Desert Dogs.

2005: Spent majority of season with Chattanooga...Made first three outings for Sarasota in the Florida State League...JoinedDouble-A club on 4/24...Ranked fourth among Southern League leaders in ERA (3.17, 4th) and third in losses...Lost eight of his firstnine decisions thru 6/17...Pitched season-high 8.0 innings in victory vs. Birmingham on 6/23...Held lefties to a .167 average.

2004: Missed entire season...Had “Tommy John” surgery on 4/12; surgery was done to repair the torn ulnar collateral ligamentin his left elbow and was performed by Dr. Timothy Kremchek.

2003: Combined to go 11-6 with a 3.11 ERA in 28 games (27 starts) between Sarasota (Red Sox’ A) and Potomac (Reds’A)...Began season with Sarasota...Went 3-1 with one save and a 0.53 ERA (34.0ip/2er) in last six appearances with Sarasota before

INSIDE INFORMATIONFavorite Vacation Spot: HawaiiFavorite Musical Artist: Jason AldeanFavorite Raod City: ChicagoAthlete Admired Growing Up: Ken Griffey Jr.Athlete You’d Like to Meet: Tiger WoodsFirst Job: Playing BaseballFavorite TV Show: The First 48Favorite Movie: The Dark KnightFamous Person You’d Like to Meet (deador alive): The President

Phil poses with a fan during Photo Day

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being traded to the Reds on 7/29)...Recorded lone professional save on 6/29 vs. Palm Beach...Went 4-0 with a 3.81 ERA in firstfour starts with Potomac and 0-1 with a 2.31 ERA in last three...Tossed 7.0-inning complete game on 8/16 at Myrtle Beach (gameone).

2002: Was named Boston’s Minor League Pitcher-of-the-Year...Led all Red Sox minor league pitchers with a 2.88 ERA and rankedthird with 124 strikeouts...Spent majority of season with Augusta and tied for seventh among South Atlantic League leaders inERA...Struck out season-high 11 batters on 5/10 vs South Georgia...Pitched 1.0 scoreless inning in the mid-season All-Star Game on6/18 and struck out the side...Tossed lone shutout on 7/4 at Columbus...Was promoted to Sarasota on 8/2...Went 8-7 with a 2.88ERA in 26 combined starts with the two clubs.

2001: Began season with GCL Red Sox...Struck out 10 batters on 8/18 vs. the GCL Orioles...Was named Gulf Coast LeaguePitcher-of-the-Week for week of 8/13-19 after going 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA and 16 strikeouts (0 walks) in two starts...Won each ofhis final three GCL starts...Finished season with Lowell in the New York-Penn League...Whiffed 10 batters, but lost first start on 8/30vs. New Jersey...Was victorious in second start on 9/4 at Utica...Went 4-1 with a 2.93 ERA in 10 combined starts with the two clubs.

2000: Signed first professional contract on 7/10 after being selected by Boston in first round of the June draft...Was the 22ndplayer chosen overall...Held opposing batters to a .172 average in his six Gulf Coast League starts, which all came against the GCLTwins...Lost lone game on 8/6.

PERSONAL: Phillip Anthony Dumatrait (last name pronounced “doo-MAH-tray)...Wife’s name is Krista...Two children; sonMaddox (4/8/06), daughter Jaclynn (1/30/09)...Is a 1999 graduate of Ridgeview High School in Bakersfield, CA, where he playedbaseball...Also played one year of baseball at Bakersfield Junior College (2000).

Selected by Boston in 2000 First-Year Player Draft (1st round - 22nd pick overall).(1)Acquired by Cincinnati from Boston, 7/29/03, along with cash and a player to be named (pitcher Tyler Pelland on 8/18/03) in deal for pitcher Scott Williamson.(2)Claimed off waivers by Pittsburgh from Cincinnati on 10/26/07.

2000 GCL Red Sox 0-1 1.65 6 6 0 0 0 16.1 10 6 3 0 2 12 12 0 02001 GCL Red Sox 3-0 2.76 8 8 0 0 0 32.2 27 10 10 0 0 9 33 1 0

Lowell 1-1 3.48 2 2 0 0 0 10.1 9 4 4 0 0 4 15 1 02002 Augusta 8-5 2.77 22 22 1 1 0 120.1 109 44 37 5 5 47 108 7 0

Sarasota 0-2 3.86 4 4 0 0 0 14.0 10 9 6 0 0 15 16 2 02003 Sarasota (1) 7-5 3.02 21 20 0 0 1 104.1 74 41 35 4 4 59 74 4 0

Potomac 4-1 3.35 7 7 1 0 0 37.2 36 17 14 2 1 14 32 3 02004 Chattanooga INJURED - DID NOT PITCH2005 Sarasota 0-0 2.70 3 2 0 0 0 10.0 8 4 3 0 0 3 13 0 0

Chattanooga 4-12 3.17 24 24 0 0 0 127.2 115 58 45 4 2 70 101 13 02006 Chattanooga 3-4 3.62 10 10 0 0 0 49.2 39 24 20 4 1 22 45 3 1

Louisville 5-7 4.72 16 15 1 0 0 87.2 104 49 46 10 1 36 58 1 02007 Louisville 10-6 3.53 22 22 0 0 0 125.0 114 57 49 10 6 49 76 1 0

Cincinnati (2) 0-4 15.00 6 6 0 0 0 18.0 39 30 30 6 1 12 9 0 02008 Pittsburgh 3-4 5.26 21 11 0 0 0 78.2 82 48 46 7 2 42 52 1 0Minor League Totals 45-44 3.33 145 142 3 1 1 735.2 655 323 272 39 22 340 583 36 0Major League Totals 3-8 7.08 27 17 0 0 0 96.2 121 78 76 13 3 54 61 1 0

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2008

August 2, 2007 at Washington

MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT


2007 .000 6 0 0 02008 .048 21 1 0 1

CAREER .037 27 1 0 1

FIRST M.L. HIT: 7/7/08 (Runelvys Hernandez - 1B)FIRST M.L. RBI: 7/7/08AB SINCE LAST HIT: 2

HITTING TOTALS

DUMATRAIT HIGHLIGHTSMOST STRIKEOUTS: Starter: 9 K’s, 5/29/08 @Cincinnati...Reliever: 5 K’s, 4/26/08 vs. Philadelphia.

MOST INNINGS PITCHED: Starter: 7.0 IP, 5/29/08 @Cincinnati...Reliever: 4.0 IP, 4/26/08 vs. Philadelphia.

MOST WALKS: Starter: 7 BB, 5/18/08 @Chicago (NL)...Reliever: 4 BB, 4/9/08 vs. Chicago (NL).

LONGEST WINNING STREAK: 1 game, 3 times (6/8/08 vs. Arizona, 5/29/08 @Cincinnati & 5/7/08 vs. San Francisco).



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AWARDS & HONORS: National League co-Player-of-the-Week (August 6-12, 2007).Pittsburgh’s Minor League Pitcher-of-the-Year in 2006.2006 International League All-Star (mid-season).Selected to participate in 2006 MLB Futures Game in Pittsburgh. 2005 Eastern League All-Star (mid-season).2004 South Atlantic League All-Star (mid-season).

2008 SEASON: Started second game of the season and lost a 10-2 decision (6.0ip/3er) at Atlanta...Pitched 2.1 inningsand gave up seven runs in Home Opener vs. Chicago (NL) on 4/7, but received a no-decision...Suffered back injury while fielding abunt on 4/13 vs. Cincinnati...Suffered loss in following start at Wrigley Field on 4/19 (2.2ip/7er)...Walked career-high seven batterson 4/24 vs. St. Louis...Pitched 5.0 scoreless innings and picked up win in 13-1 victory at New York (NL) on 4/30, but left game after

5.0 innings due to back pain...Missed scheduled start on 5/7 due to back problems...Servedup a two-run home run to Mark Teixeira in the 1st inning, but then tossed 6.0+ scorelessframes in a 5-2 win over Atlanta on 5/10...Snapped an 0-for-22 streak at the plate with hisfirst hit since 8/28/07 on 5/22 vs. Milwaukee...Retired just two batters and was removedin 1st inning after giving up six runs in 9-1 loss at Cincinnati on 5/28...Walked five battersand gave up three runs in 6.0ip while winning sixth and final game on 6/24 vs. New York(AL)...Went 0-1 with a 7.59 ERA (10.2ip/10r/9er/4hr) in two starts on 6/29 vs. Tampa Bay(6.0ip/2er) and 7/4 at Milwaukee (4.2ip/7er)...Was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis on7/5...Made first start with Indians on 7/12 (3.0ip/1er) and suffered loss in 1-0, rain-shortenedgame (6 innings)...Allowed two runs on four hits in 3.0+ innings at Columbus on 7/20,

throwing 33 of his 61 pitches for strikes in a no-decision...Won third start on 7/25 vs. Syracuse (5.0ip/1er). ...Gave up three unearnedruns in 6.0ip and received a no-decision on 8/4 at Buffalo, lowering ERA to 2.01...Struck out 10 batters while winning second gameon 8/10 at Rochester...Pitched a no-hitter for 6.0 innings while winning a 1-0 decision vs. Durham on 8/16 (7.0ip/1h)...Was recalledby Pittsburgh on 8/23 and suffered loss that night at Milwaukee (4.2ip/7h/6r/6er/3bb/3so)...Gave up three runs in the 1st inningand then tossed 6.0 scoreless frames, but still lost a 3-1 decision vs. Milwaukee on 8/29...Took the mound with a 5-0 lead in the2nd inning at Cincinnati on 9/4, but received a no-decision in 8-6 Bucco loss (3.2ip/7h/3r/3er/2bb/5so); also surrendered homerun to Jay Bruce in game on 9/4 - the only homer he allowed to a left-handed batter in ‘08 (had given up 18 home runs to right-handed batters)...Left game on 9/10 at Houston (2.1ip/2er) due to a ligament sprain in his left middle finger and missed remainderof the season...Went 5-2 with a 4.53 ERA in 10 starts at home and 1-7 with a 9.25 ERA in 11 starts on the road, winning lone gameaway from home on Shea Stadium on 4/30...Went 3-for-28 (.107) at the plate with three RBI...The Pirates went 7-14 in his 21starts...Surrendered a team-high 24 runs in the 1st inning...Issued three or more walks in 14 of his 21 starts and had more walksthan strikeouts overall...Was placed on 60-day disabled list on 9/24.


2007: Spent first full season in the Majors and led Pirates in victories; the most wins by a Pittsburgh lefty since Denny Neaglewon 14 games in 1996...Shared team lead in starts with Ian Snell...Tied for eighth among major league lefthanders in wins and tiedfor fifth in the National League (Colorado’s Jeff Francis led N.L. lefties with 17)...Held left-handed batters to a .217 (28-for-129)average...Went 9-4 with a 3.10 ERA in 18 starts before the All-Star break and left four games with the lead...Was victorious in firstouting after allowing two earned runs in 5.0 innings at Houston on 4/4...Was in line for the win after working 7.0 scoreless inningson 4/10, but received a no-decision in Pittsburgh’s 3-2, 12-inning loss vs. St. Louis...Tossed 8.1 innings and was the winning pitcherin manager Jim Tracy’s 500th career victory on 4/17 at St. Louis...Won his first three decisions before giving up five runs in an 8-1loss vs. Cincinnati on 4/28...Surrendered a leadoff home run to Alfonso Soriano on the second pitch of the game in a 1-0 loss toJason Marquis at Wrigley Field on 5/9...Tossed 7.0 innings of shutout ball in 7-0 win vs. Florida on 5/14...Left his start on 5/19 vs.Arizona with a 7-2 lead after 6.0 innings, but received a no-decision in Pittsburgh’s 9-8 loss...Lost a 3-1 decision to Braden Looperat Busch Stadium on 5/24; left the game with one out in the 6th inning after suffering a left thumb contusion after being struckby a line drive off the bat of Aaron Miles...Limited San Diego to one run over 7.0 innings while winning a 4-1 decision against DavidWells on 5/29...Came away with no-decisions in back-to-back starts after being in line for the win on 6/3 vs. Los Angeles (NL) and6/8 at Yankee Stadium (the bullpen suffered blown saves in each game)...Improved to 8-4 and lowered ERA to 3.05 after allowingtwo runs in 7.1 innings on 6/30 vs. Washington...Won third straight decision by beating Milwaukee’s Ben Sheets in final start of firsthalf on 7/5 at PNC Park...Was one of five pitchers selected to the All-Star final vote (San Diego’s Chris Young emerged as the winnerin the field of five)...Limited Houston to two runs in 7.0 innings but lost a 2-1 decision to Roy Oswalt on 7/20 at PNC Park...Wascharged with six runs in a season-low 2.1 innings before leaving his 7/25 outing in New York with left shoulder stiffness...Returned

INSIDE INFORMATIONFavorite Vacation Spot: HawaiiFavorite Musical Artist: Dave Matthews BandFavorite Road City: ChicagoAthlete Admired Growing Up: Ken Griffey Jr.Athlete You’d Like to Meet: Sandy KoufaxFirst Job: CaddyFavorite TV Show: Family GuyFavorite Movie:Famous Person You’d Like to Meet (deador alive): Tom Hanks

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to the mound on 8/7 in Arizona after skipping a start and whiffed a career-high nine batters in an 8-3 win...Tossed first Major Leagueshutout and complete game on 8/12 at San Francisco...Was named co-National League Player-of-the-Week for the week of 8/6-12after going 2-0 with a 1.13 ERA (shared honor with Colorado’s Troy Tulowitzki)...Won four of his five decisions during the month ofAugust...Won his 14th game on 9/7 vs. Chicago (NL)...Was in line for 15th victory on 9/12, but the bullpen blew a 4-2 lead in the8th inning...Went 0-3 with a 6.94 ERA (23.1ip/18er) in his last four starts...The Pirates posted a 15-17 record in his 32 starts...Went4-for-63 (.063) with three RBI at the plate...Singled off Dontrelle Willis for first Major League hit on 5/14; was 0-for-36 to start hiscareer...Also collected a hit in his next start - a two-run single off Arizona’s MicahOwings...Had two hits in first 19 at bats and two hits in his final 44 at bats.

2006: Was named organization’s Minor League Pitcher-of-the-Year...Was named toInternational League’s mid-season All-Star team and the US squad for the MLB FuturesGame (did not participate in either event due to his promotion to the Pirates)...Beganseason with Indianapolis...Made Opening Day start on 4/6 at Pawtucket and allowed justone hit and no runs in 4.0 innings (8 K’s), but received a no-decision...Tossed 5.0 shutoutinnings in second start and earned first victory on 4/11 at Ottawa...Lost his next twodecisions (4/17 and 4/27) before winning back-to-back starts on 5/13 (8.0ip/0r) and5/18 (8.0ip/0r)...Pitched 17.0 consecutive scoreless innings from 5/13-24...Posted a 3-1 record and a 1.77 ERA (40.2ip/8er) in six starts during the month of May...Struck outa season-high 10 batters while tossing 7.0 scoreless frames in no-decision on 6/14 atRochester...Went 2-0 with a 0.45 ERA (20.0ip/2r/1er) in final three Triple-Astarts...Surrendered three earned runs or less in 13 of his 16 starts with Indy...Led International League starters with a .194 battingaverage against (67-for-346) and an 8.49 strikeouts/per 9.0ip ratio...Was recalled by Pittsburgh on 6/30...Received a no-decision inseason debut with Pirates on 7/1 vs. Detroit (5.0ip/2er)...Surrendered five runs in 4.0ip and suffered loss in second start on 7/6 atNew York (NL)...Gave up seven runs (five earned) in 2.2ip and lost next start on 7/18 vs. Colorado...Recorded first Major League winon 7/29 vs. San Francisco (7.0ip/2er)...Pitched in front of family and friends in his hometown of Chicago and beat Carlos Zambrano,6-0, at Wrigley Field on 8/4 (held the Cubs hitless for three innings and surrendered just two hits in his 8.0 scoreless innings)...OpposedRoger Clemens (6.0ip+/1er) and suffered third loss on 8/10 at Houston (6.0ip/2er)...Was charged with seven earned runs in 34.0ipover five-start stretch from 7/23 thru 8/15 (1.85 ERA), lowering ERA from 9.26 to 3.74...Was placed on 15-day disabled list due toleft elbow tendinitis on 8/28 (retroactive to 8/16)...Was reinstated from D.L. on 9/16 and surrendered one run in 4.0 innings ofwork vs. New York that night...Suffered losses in each of his last two starts (offense did not score him any runs in the twogames)...Allowed just one homer to a left-handed batter; San Diego’s Adrian Gonzalez on 9/22 at PETCO Park...Went 0-for-19 with11 K’s as a batter with Pittsburgh...Picked up first Major League RBI on a groundout (7/29 vs. San Francisco) and received a walkfrom Roger Clemens on 8/10 in Houston.

2005: Spent entire regular season with Altoona (AA), but spent month of April in Extended Spring Training due to left elbowdiscomfort...Led staff in strikeouts...Ranked ninth among Eastern League pitchers in ERA...Surrendered just six home runs in 129.2ip- all homers hit by right-handed batters...Allowed just two hits and tossed 6.0 scoreless innings for the win in his Double-A debut on5/2 at Reading...Went 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA (24.0ip/4er) in his first four starts before losing for the first time on 5/26 vs. Norwich(4.0ip/3er)...Allowed just one home run in his first nine starts (49.1ip) thru 6/16...Tossed three-hit shutout on 6/26 vs. New Britain....Was the starting pitcher for the Southern Division in the Eastern League All-Star Game in Portland on 7/13 (ND -2.0ip/4h/3r/1er/1bb/1so - 11 batters faced)...Went 0-3 with a 4.50 ERA in five starts during the month of July...Snapped three-game losing streak by striking out season-high 10 batters in 5-2 victory at Erie on 8/2...Won each of his last four regular seasondecisions...Posted a 3-0 record and a 2.97 ERA in six starts during the month of August...Pitched just 3.0 innings on 8/28 vs. Akron;left game with pain in his right knee...Also left his start on 9/3 vs. Bowie (5.0ip/2h/0r) due to an ankle injury...Went 1-for-18 (.056)with two walks at the plate, picking up his lone hit (single) on 6/16 at Norwich...Tossed a four-hit shutout and whiffed 13 batters(0 walks) in Game Three of Double-A playoff series against Akron on 9/9...Was promoted to Indianapolis on 9/12 and started GameTwo of International League Championship Series at Toledo on 9/14 (L, 5.0ip/9h/6r/6er/2bb/6so)...Had contract purchased byPittsburgh on 9/16...Made Major League debut as a starter and lost a 7-4 decision to Houston’s Andy Pettitte at PNC Park on 9/20(4.1ip/7h/5r/5er/2bb/2so)...Also surrendered three runs in 1.0+ inning of relief at Los Angeles on 9/26 and retired two of thethree batters he faced on 9/30 vs. Milwaukee...Went 0-for-1 as a batter, striking out and producing a sac bunt vs. Pettitte on 9/20.

2004: Split first full season between Hickory (A) and Lynchburg (A)…Went 10-7 with a 3.21 ERA in 26 regular seasonappearances (25 starts) with the two clubs...Finished season by joining Altoona for the Eastern League playoffs...Led all Pittsburghminor leaguers with 167 strikeouts and ranked fifth in ERA...Began season with Hickory...Held South Atlantic League opponents to a.193 average, including a .151 mark with runners in scoring position...Won his first seven decisions before taking losses in back-to-back starts (6/20 & 6/26 at Kannapolis), despite allowing only one earned run between both outings...Was named the starting pitcherfor the Northern Division squad at the South Atlantic League All-Star Game in Charleston, SC, on 6/29...Struck out seven or morebatters in each of his final seven starts with the Crawdads, including 11 in 7.0 innings of work vs. Lexington on 6/15...Was promotedto Lynchburg on 7/5...Lost his first four decisions with the Hillcats before winning three consecutive starts from 8/11-22...In finalregular season start, equaled a season high by striking out 11 batters in just 5.0ip while receiving a no-decision at Frederick on9/2...Was promoted to Altoona for the post-season and went 1-1 with a 1.00 ERA (9.0ip/1er) in two relief appearances...Tossed 5.0scoreless innings in relief of injured starter Ian Snell to earn win in the Curve’s 8-3 victory vs. Erie in Game Two of the E.L. DivisionPlayoff Series...Suffered the loss in Game Two of the Championship Series vs. New Hampshire, despite allowing just one earned runand two hits in 4.0 innings of work...Was rated by Baseball America as the #11 prospect in the South Atlantic League and the CarolinaLeague’s #13 prospect following the season.

Tom, who is the honorary co-chair of thePirates/Epilepsy Family Fun Run/Walk, took time to

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2003: Signed with Pittsburgh on 7/1 after being selected in the second round of the June draft...Made professional debut withNew York-Penn League champion Williamsport and went 1-2 with a 1.78 ERA in eight starts...Yielded just one home run in 30.1 inningsof work...Earned first professional victory on 8/25 vs. Hudson Valley after tossing 6.0 scoreless innings...Was rated as the #10prospect in the New York-Penn League by Baseball America following the season.MISC: Has held left-handed hitters to a .228 average (57-for-250) and has surrendered just five home runs to left-handedbatters during his Major League career; Adrian Gonzalez at San Diego on 9/22/06, Hideki Matsui at New York on 6/8/07, Milwaukee’sGeoff Jenkins on 7/5/07 at PNC Park, St. Louis’ Rick Ankiel on 9/29/07 at PNC Park and Jay Bruce at Cincinnati on 9/4/08...Madelone relief appearance in the minors with Hickory in 2004...Rated by Baseball America as Pittsburgh’s 5th-best prospect prior to 2005season and the 3rd-best prospect prior to the 2006 campaign.

PERSONAL: Thomas Stephen Gorzelanny (pronounced “gore-zah-LAWN-ee”)...Wife’s name is Lindsey...Is a 2000 graduate ofMarist (IL) High School...Was drafted out of high school by the Chicago White Sox in the 38th round of the 2000 June draft, butopted to play collegiately at both the University of Kansas (2001-2002) and Triton Junior College (2003) in River Grove, IL...Afterredshirting during the 2001 baseball season, went 3-7 with three saves and a 5.90 ERA in 21 appearances for the Jayhawks in2002...Transferred to Triton J.C. for the 2003 season and was named a North Central Community College All-Conference selection...Wasalso a Region Four selection as a senior...Attended same college (Triton JC) as Minnesota Twins Hall-of-Fame outfielder KirbyPuckett...Signed by Pirate scout Mark Germann...Partcipated in team’s annual Winter Caravan in 2007-08 and PirateFest each of thepast three off-seasons.

2003 Williamsport 1-2 1.78 8 8 0 0 0 30.1 23 6 6 1 1 10 22 1 02004 Hickory 7-2 2.23 16 15 1 0 0 93.0 63 30 23 9 2 34 106 4 0

Lynchburg 3-5 4.85 10 10 0 0 0 55.2 54 31 30 6 4 19 61 1 02005 Altoona 8-5 3.26 23 23 1 1 0 129.1 114 50 47 6 5 46 124 5 0

Pittsburgh 0-1 12.00 3 1 0 0 0 6.0 10 8 8 1 0 3 3 0 02006 Indianapolis 6-5 2.35 16 16 0 0 0 99.2 67 28 26 4 2 27 94 3 0

Pittsburgh 2-5 3.79 11 11 0 0 0 61.2 50 29 26 3 4 31 40 3 02007 Pittsburgh 14-10 3.88 32 32 1 1 0 201.2 214 90 87 18 11 68 135 5 12008 Pittsburgh 6-9 6.66 21 21 0 0 0 105.1 120 79 78 20 1 70 67 5 1

Indianapolis 3-1 2.06 7 7 0 0 0 35.0 28 11 8 1 1 4 33 1 0Minor League Totals 28-20 2.84 80 79 1 1 0 443.0 349 156 140 27 15 140 440 15 0Major League Totals 22-25 4.78 67 65 1 1 0 374.2 394 206 199 42 16 172 245 13 2



Selected by Chicago (AL) in 2000 First-Year Player Draft (38th round), but did not sign.Selected by Pittsburgh in 2003 First-Year Player Draft (2nd round).

2005 1.000 3 1 2 1 0 3 0 02006 .875 11 11 3 18 3 24 0 02007 .971 32 32 12 22 1 35 1 02008 .960 21 21 6 18 1 25 4 0CAREER .943 67 65 23 59 5 87 5 0


DID YOU KNOW...THAT WILLIE STARGELL IS THE ONLY LEFT-HANDED BATTER TO HIT THREE HOME RUNS

IN A GAME FOR THE PIRATES. A TOTAL OF NINE DIFFERENT PLAYERS HAVE SMACKED THREE HOMERS IN THE SAME GAME A

TOTAL OF 16 TIMES WHILE IN A PITTSBURGH UNIFORM, BUT “POPS” IS THE ONLY LEFT-HANDED BATTER TO DO SO. HE HOME-RED THREE TIMES ON JUNE 24, 1965 AT DODGER STADIUM, MAY 22, 1968 AT WRIGLEY FIELD, APRIL 10, 1971 ATATLANTA STADIUM AND APRIL 21, 1971 AT THREE RIVERS STADIUM AGAINST THE BRAVES.


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AMERICAN LEAGUECAMDEN 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0FENWAY 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0U.S. CELLULAR 0-1-0 6.00 1 6.0 4PROGRESSIVE 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0COMERICA 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0KAUFFMAN 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0ANGEL 0-0-0 4.50 1 6.0 3METRODOME 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0YANKEE 0-0-0 5.68 1 6.1 4MCAFEE 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0SAFECO 1-0-0 2.57 1 7.0 2TROPICANA 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0AMERIQUEST 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0SKYDOME 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0





PHILADELPHIA 0-1-0 9.00 1 5.0 5PITTSBURGH 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0ST. LOUIS 1-3-0 3.82 6 37.2 16SAN DIEGO 1-2-0 4.24 3 17.0 8SAN FRANCISCO 2-0-0 1.13 2 16.0 2SEATTLE 1-0-0 2.57 1 7.0 2TAMPA BAY 0-0-0 3.00 1 6.0 2TEXAS 0-1-0 6.43 1 7.0 5TORONTO 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0WASHINGTON/MON. 2-0-0 3.46 2 13.0 5INTERLEAGUE 2-2-0 4.56 8 49.1 25









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September 20, 2005 vs. Houston

MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT


2005 .000 1 0 0 02006 .000 19 0 0 12007 .063 63 4 0 32008 .107 28 3 0 3

CAREER .063 111 7 0 7

FIRST M.L. HIT: 5/14/08 (Dontrelle Willis - 1B)FIRST M.L. RBI: 7/29/06AB SINCE LAST HIT: 10

HITTING TOTALS

GORZELANNY HIGHLIGHTSLOW-HIT GAME: FIVE-HITTER, 8/12/07 @San Francisco.

MOST STRIKEOUTS: Starter: 9 K’s, 8/7/07 @Arizona...Reliever: 1 K, 9/30/05 vs. Milwaukee.

SHUTOUTS: (1), 8/12/07 @San Francisco.

MOST INNINGS PITCHED: Starter: 9.0 IP, 8/12/07 @San Francisco...Reliever: 1.0 IP, 9/26/05 @Los Angeles (NL).

MOST WALKS: Starter: 7 BB, 4/24/08 vs. St. Louis...Reliever: 1 BB, 9/26/05 @Los Angeles (NL).

LONGEST WINNING STREAK: 3 games, 3 times (8/22 to 9/7, 6/19 to 7/5 & 4/4 to 4/22/07).

LONGEST LOSING STREAK: 3 games, 3 times (7/4 to 8/29/08, 9/18 to 9/29/07 & 8/15 to 9/28/06).


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2008 SEASON: Established career highs in appearances, falling four shy of the club record for a left-handed pitcher (78by Scott Sauerbeck in 2002)..Also set career highs in innings pitched, ERA and victories...Posted third-best ERA among N.L. leftyrelievers behind Los Angeles’ Hong-Chih Kuo (1.69) and Colorado’s Brian Fuentes (2.73)...Was scored upon just eight times in hisfinal 36 appearances, beginning on 7/1 (36.2ip/8er - 1.96 ERA)...Held opposing batters to a .215 average, with right-handed batters

hitting .207 (43-for-208) and lefties hitting .239 (17-for-71)...Surrendered eight of his ninehome runs to right-handed hitters; Nick Markakis was the lone lefty to take him deep(6/14 at Baltimore)...Allowed 13 of his 25 runs to score on the nine homers heallowed...Was a member of Pittsburgh’s Opening Day roster for the fifth time...Did not allowa run in his first 14 appearances (13.0ip) thru 4/29...Picked up first win in club’s 1-0victory vs. Cincinnati on 4/11...Gave up first run and suffered loss at Washington on5/1...Also gave up a run in his next outing on 5/4 at Washington...Stranded each of histwo inherited runners and picked up second win on 5/9 vs. Atlanta...Surrendered a solohome run to Albert Pujols in the 8th inning on 5/13 and suffered first blown save...Entered

5/15 contest with two runners on and one out; retired the two batters he faced and picked up his third win...Tied career high with3.0ip on 5/24 vs. Chicago (NL) and picked up fourth win; also grounded out in lone plate appearance on 5/24...Surrendered homerun to left-handed hitting Nick Markakis at Baltimore on 6/14 and suffered blown save...Gave up grand slam to Jermaine Dye in1.0ip+ on 6/19 at Chicago (AL)...Was scored upon in seven of his 11 games in June, but in just 12 of his other 63 appearances...Tiedcareer high with four walks on 7/8 vs. Houston, but did not allow a run while winning fifth game - his final appearance prior tothe All-Star break, which began on 7/14...Retired the three batters he faced on 7/18 at Colorado, his first outing since 7/8...Enteredgame on 7/21 at Houston with bases loaded and one out and escaped the jam; tossed 1.2 scoreless frames in the contest...Surrenderedsolo homers to Scott Hairston and Josh Bard and suffered 3-1 loss to San Diego at PNC Park on 7/27...Earned first save (third career)in 3-0 victory on 8/1 at Chicago (NL)...Picked up second save on 8/11 at New York (NL)...Pitched a 1-2-3 9th inning vs. Cincinnation 8/13 to pick up third save...Earned fourth and final save on 8/18 vs. New York (NL)...Gave up two-run homer to Scott McClainat San Francisco on 9/6...Surrendered an unearned run while winning sixth and final game on 9/17 vs. Los Angeles (NL)...Was scoredupon just twice in final 11 outings (9.1ip/2r/1er) and held opposing batters to a .189 average in his 32 games after the All-Starbreak...Went 4-for-8 in save situations and allowed eight of his 33 inherited runners to score...Finished 2008 season tied with JohnCandelaria for 12th in team history with 345 career appearances.


2007: Began season on the 15-day disabled list with left elbow irritation...Made four appearances while on rehab assignmentwith Triple-A Indianapolis from 4/13-24...Was reinstated from D.L. on 4/24 and made first appearance with Pirates on 4/25 vs.Houston...Did not allow a run in first three appearances (2.0ip)...Picked up second career save on 4/26 vs. Houston...Suffered firstloss on 5/6 at Milwaukee...Flied out to left field in lone at bat on 5/26 at Cincinnati...Was scored upon in three straight appearancesfrom 6/9-16 and had a 6.38 ERA following the action on 6/16; posted a 3.51 ERA (33.1ip/13er) from that point on...Was scoredupon just once in 21 appearances from 7/17 thru 9/4 (23.0ip/1er - 0.39 ERA)...Whiffed at least one batter in eight consecutivegames from 7/18 thru 8/4 (12 K’s total)...Held opposing hitters to a .109 average in his 14 appearances from 7/31 thru 8/30 (5-for-46)...Was the winning pitcher in Pittsburgh’s 8-7 victory at San Francisco on 8/10...Was charged with a run five times in his last31 appearances (28.2ip/10er - 3.14 ERA), beginning on 7/17...Picked up third victory on 9/12 vs. Milwaukee...Was scored upon intwo of his last four outings (1.1ip/6er), raising ERA from 3.58 to 4.53...Suffered lone blown save on 9/25 vs. Arizona...Walked threebatters and gave up four runs in 0.1ip and lost second decision on 9/28 vs. St. Louis...Allowed 17 of his team-high 47 inheritedrunners to score.

2006: Stranded a National League-best 82.5% of his inherited runners (33-of-40)...Made Pittsburgh’s Opening Day roster forthe third straight year...Surrendered a total of six home runs in his first 18 games (17.2ip), but just one (Edwin Encarnacion at Cincinnation 8/18) in his final 54 appearances (52.0ip)...Suffered first loss on 5/1 at Chicago...Whiffed a career-high tying five batters whileworking 2.0 scoreless frames on 5/14 vs. Florida...Struck out the only batter he faced and picked up first victory on 6/1 vs.Milwaukee...Surrendered three runs in 2.1 innings at Los Angeles on 6/23 and four runs in 1.2 innings of 7/2 vs. Detroit; was scoredupon just nine times in his final 39 appearances after 7/2 outing (37.2ip/12er - 2.87 ERA)...Made 12 straight scoreless outings (14.1ip)from 7/5 thru 8/3, holding the opposition to a .106 batting average in that time (5-for-47)...Was scored upon just once in 18-gamespan from 7/5 to 8/14 (18.2ip/1er), dropping ERA from 5.57 to a season-low 3.71...Suffered first of two blown saves in 5-4 Buccovictory on 8/23 at Atlanta...Recorded second blown save in 10-9, 11-inning win on 8/30 vs. Chicago...Picked up fourth victory on9/5 at Chicago...Suffered second loss on 9/6 at Chicago, snapping his career-high four-game winning streak (6/1 to 9/5)...Struckout in only plate appearance; 6/23 at Los Angeles.

2005: Stranded a Major-League best 89.7% of his inherited runners, allowing just four of his 39 inherited runners toscore...Surrendered four hits and two runs in 1.0 inning of work in season debut on 4/6 vs. Milwaukee...Followed that

INSIDE INFORMATIONFavorite Vacation Spot: HawaiiFavorite Musical Artist: MetallicaAthlete Admired Growing Up: Bo JacksonAthlete You’d Like to Meet: Nolan RyanFirst Job: Worked in Sporting Goods StoreFavorite TV Show: Anything on The Discovery ChannelFamous Person You’d Like to Meet (dead oralive): Vin Scully

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Louting by making seven straight scoreless appearances (5.1ip) from 4/7-23...Did not allow a hit (batters went 0-for-11) over fiveappearances from 4/7-19...Earned victory in club’s come-from-behind win at Chicago (NL) on 4/23...Was scored upon just once in 16outings from 4/7 thru 5/28 (13.1ip/1r/1er)...Held opponents to a .214 batting average (6-for-28) during the month of May whileposting a 1.13 ERA (8.0ip/1er) in nine appearances...Picked up second and final victory on 6/26 at St. Louis; entered tied game withrunner on third base and one out in the 9th, but retired Jim Edmonds and Larry Walker on popouts to the catcher (Bucs won thegame in the 10th)...Did not allow a run in seven straight contests from 6/16 thru 7/6, lowering season ERA to 1.96...Was scoredupon in his final two outings before the All-Star break on 7/17 (0.1ip/1r) and 7/20 (0.1ip/2r), raising ERA from 1.96 to 3.04...Servedup first home run on 7/17 at Wrigley Field (Aramis Ramirez)...Surrendered second home run to Atlanta’s Rafael Furcal (the first batterhe faced) and lost first decision on 7/31 at Turner Field...Suffered only blown save on 9/11 at Cincinnati...Failed to retire any of thethree batters he faced and allowed two inherited runners to score on 9/25 at Los Angeles (NL)...Allowed all six of his home runsafter the All-Star break...Was scored upon in eight of his final 19 appearances (15.1ip/17r/14er - 8.22 ERA)...Held left-handed hittersto a .219 batting average (16-for-73), but surrendered four home runs to lefties and just two to righthanders (120 at bats).

2004: Established Pittsburgh rookie record for appearances by a lefthander (Scott Sauerbeckheld previous mark of 65 in 1999) while spending first full season in the Majors...Finished fourthamong National League rookies in games and fifth in strikeouts…Posted a 2.92 ERA (24.2ip/11r/8er)in first 28 games thru 6/10 and a 6.56 ERA (37.0ip/28r/27er) in final 40 appearances...Was amember of the Opening Day roster for the first time in his career…Did not allow an earned run in11 straight appearances (7.2ip) from 4/18 thru 5/8…Suffered first career blown save on 5/1 atMilwaukee after allowing an inherited runner to score…Lost first big-league decision after allowingtwo runs in the top of the 14th inning in Pittsburgh's 9-7 loss vs. Los Angeles on 5/9…Had secondblown save on 5/11 at Colorado in Pittsburgh's 15-10, 12-inning win…Served up three home runsin eight outings (7.1ip) from 5/9-29 after not allowing one in his first 15 appearances(10.2ip)…Dropped second straight decision in Pittsburgh's 12-1 loss vs. Chicago (NL) on 5/30…Tossed a career-high 3.0 innings on6/1 vs. St. Louis…Entered game on 6/30 vs. St. Louis with runners on second and third and no outs, but did not allow a run toscore…Served up go-ahead home run to Brian Schneider and fell to 0-3 with loss to Expos in San Juan, Puerto Rico on 7/8…Wastagged with a loss in next appearance after allowing four runs vs. Montreal on 7/19…Earned first Major League win in Pittsburgh's14-4 victory vs. Cincinnati on 7/24…Made seven straight scoreless outings (6.0ip) from 7/22-31…Suffered fourth blown save on 8/1at Milwaukee…Picked up second win with 1.0 scoreless inning of work on 8/11 vs. San Francisco...Did not retire any of the four battershe faced while allowing two home runs in fifth blown save on 8/10 vs. San Francisco...Recorded first Major League save on 8/19 atSt. Louis in Pittsburgh’s 3-2, 10-inning win...Established club rookie record for appearances by a lefthander with his 66th on 9/29 atPhiladelphia (game one)...Was 1-for-7 in save situations and allowed 13 of his 43 inherited runners to score...Went hitless in loneplate appearance (6/21 at Houston).

2003: Split season between Altoona (AA) and Nashville (AAA)…Posted a 6-3 record and a 3.68 ERA (107.2ip/44er) in 41appearances (nine starts) with the two clubs…Went 3-1 with a 4.21 ERA (47.0ip/22er) in nine starts and 3-0 with one save and a 2.25ERA (36.0ip/9er) in 15 relief appearances with the Curve…Began season in Altoona’s starting rotation and won his first outing on 4/5at Reading (5.0ip/1er)…His shortest start of the year was a 3.0-inning stint in a no-decision on 4/12 vs. Reading…Won his second straightdecision on 4/23 at Erie (game one)…Suffered his only loss with Altoona on 5/4 at Reading…Allowed just one run in 6.0 innings ofwork while earning a win in his ninth and final start on 5/21 at New Haven…Did not allow a run in first two relief outings (5.1ip)…Retiredall six batters he faced in 2.0 innings of work and earned the win on 6/6 vs. Harrisburg…Won his last four decisions from 5/21 thru6/26…Twirled 4.0 innings of shutout relief and picked up first professional save on 7/3 at Norwich…Joined Nashville on 7/21 andworked exclusively out of the bullpen...Tossed 1.1 innings of scoreless relief in Triple-A debut on 7/21 at Oklahoma…Suffered first losson 7/23 at Oklahoma...Was tagged for five runs (4er) in 0.1 inning and suffered second loss on 8/21 vs. Oklahoma…Posted a 15.43(4.2ip/8er) in his final five outings during the regular season...Made three appearances in the Pacific Coast League playoffs and went0-0 with a 4.91 ERA (3.2ip/2er)...Had his contract purchased by Pittsburgh on 9/13...Made Major League debut on 9/14 vs. Philadelphiaand allowed three runs (two earned) in 1.1 innings of work...Whiffed five of the six batters he faced on 9/21 vs. Chicago (NL)...Madefour scoreless appearances to close out the season (3.2ip/0hits/8K’s)...Posted a 1.42 ERA (6.1ip/1er) in six appearances during the OlympicQualifying Team Trials in Phoenix, Arizona at conclusion of regular season and was selected to squad.

2002: Spent entire season with Altoona...Established minor league career highs in starts and losses...Ranked second on the staffin innings pitched behind Justin Reid (153.2ip)...Tossed 6.0 scoreless frames in his first start on 4/7 vs. Harrisburg...Was charged withsix earned runs in 1.2 innings of work in his next start; a loss at Harrisburg on 4/13...Lost his first three decisions before winningfirst game on 5/6 at Reading...Suffered season-high four-game losing streak from 5/12 thru 6/8...Tossed five-hit shutout on 6/13vs. Erie...Won three straight starts from 6/13-24 and went 3-2 with a 4.00 ERA in six starts during the month of June (his only winningmonth)...Lost three in a row from 7/4-20, but then produced season-high four-game winning streak from 7/25 (game one) thru8/11...Made lone relief appearance on 8/18 at Akron...Lost his last three decisions.

2001: Went 3-9 with a 4.53 ERA (99.1ip/50er) in 23 minor league starts...Began season with Altoona and lost first twodecisions...Picked up first win on 4/22 vs. Akron, but then lost three straight decisions from 4/27 thru 5/13...Suffered left elbowstrain on 5/18 and was placed on the disabled list...Was assigned to GCL Pirates on 6/25, where he made six rehab appearances...Lostlone game on 7/16 against the Rangers...Was transferred to Lynchburg on 7/26 and surrendered just one run in his first start (4.1ip)on 7/27 vs. Potomac (game one)...Lost three straight decisions from 8/1-11...Hurled season-high 7.0 innings on 8/16 at MyrtleBeach...Won lone game with Lynchburg in final appearance on 8/26 vs. Winston-Salem (game one)...Returned to Altoona on8/29...Tossed 6.0 scoreless frames and struck out season-high eight batters for win in last outing on 9/1 vs. Portland (game two).

2000: Spent entire season with Altoona...Led team in starts, innings pitched and strikeouts...Went 0-1 with a 4.50 ERA in hisfirst four starts before winning first decision on 5/1 at Reading...Went 4-2 in his six starts during the month of May...Tossed first

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1999: Established minor league career highs in nearly every category while spending entire season with Hickory (A)...Ledclub in victories, starts and innings pitched...Ranked third in the South Atlantic League in strikeouts...Surrendered just one hit andstruck out seven batters in first start; a victory over Augusta on 4/8...Posted a 1.26 ERA (28.2ip/4er) in his first five starts...Tossed6.0 scoreless frames on 5/2 @Delmarva and followed that up with 6.2 scoreless innings at Hagerstown on 5/7 (both no-decisions)...Recorded a 2.75 ERA in six starts during the month of June...Won three straight starts from 6/13-24, but then lost threein a row from 7/5-16...Struck out 12 batters on 6/18 vs. Columbus...Surrendered 22 earned runs in 26.2 innings of work duringthe month of August and went 1-2 with a 7.43 ERA in five starts...Whiffed a season-high 13 batters on 8/20 at Greensboro...Posteda 2-0 record and a 0.00 ERA in his last two starts (14.2ip/1r/0er).

1998: Spent entire season with Augusta (A)…Was on disabled list with an ear contusion from 5/29 to 6/21 (hit in head byfoul ball while in dugout)...Made six starts prior to making lone relief appearance on 7/6 at Charleston-SC...Won three straightdecisions between 7/10-31...Surrendered six hits and seven runs without retiring a batter on 8/11 vs. Columbus...Worked a season-high 7.0 innings in his next start on 8/19 at Hickory...Won his last two decisions.

1997: Began professional career with GCL Pirates after being selected by Pittsburgh in the third round of the June draft…Wason D.L. from 6/20-27 due to a blister on his left middle finger...Made first appearance on 6/29 and suffered loss in relief to Rangers(1.0ip/4r/3er)...Lost first four decisions before winning first professional game on 7/30...Won again on 7/31, but lost his last threestarts...Went 1-6 with a 4.84 ERA in his eight starts and 1-1 with a 3.60 ERA (10.0ip/4er) in three relief outings.

MISC: Has made the most appearances among National League lefthanders since the start of the 2004 season (340) and thefourth-most in the Majors behind J.C. Romero (362), Damaso Marte (352) and Alan Embree (349)....Made last professional startwhile pitching with Altoona on 5/21/03.

PERSONAL: John William Grabow (pronounced “GRAY-bo”)…Wife’s name is Karey...Is a 1997 graduate of San Gabriel (CA)High School...Was a three-year letterman in baseball...Was named all C.I.F. (California Interscholastic Federation) in baseball andthe league’s MVP his senior year...Rated as Pirates 9th-best prospect by Baseball America prior to 2001 season...Participated inPirateFest and the annual caravan this past January...Signed by Pirate scout Doug Takaragawa.

1997 GCL Pirates 2-7 4.57 11 8 0 0 0 45.1 57 32 23 0 0 14 28 3 01998 Augusta 6-3 5.78 17 16 0 0 0 71.2 84 59 46 16 5 34 67 3 01999 Hickory 9-10 3.80 26 26 0 0 0 156.1 152 82 66 7 3 32 164 9 02000 Altoona 8-7 4.33 24 24 1 0 0 145.1 145 81 70 10 5 65 109 8 12001 Altoona 2-5 3.38 10 10 0 0 0 50.2 30 23 19 1 2 39 42 5 3

GCL Pirates (#) 0-1 3.75 6 0 0 0 0 12.0 11 6 5 1 1 4 9 2 0Lynchburg (#) 1-3 6.38 7 7 0 0 0 36.2 42 30 26 3 2 26 35 2 0

2002 Altoona 8-13 5.47 28 27 1 1 0 146.1 181 94 89 10 6 47 97 9 52003 Altoona 6-1 3.36 24 9 0 0 1 83.0 87 34 31 9 1 19 73 3 1

Nashville 0-2 4.74 17 0 0 0 0 24.2 31 17 13 0 0 7 26 0 0Pittsburgh 0-0 3.60 5 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 3 2 0 0 0 9 0 0

2004 Pittsburgh 2-5 5.11 68 0 0 0 1 61.2 81 39 35 8 0 28 64 5 02005 Pittsburgh 2-3 4.85 63 0 0 0 0 52.0 46 31 28 6 2 25 42 1 02006 Pittsburgh 4-2 4.13 72 0 0 0 0 69.2 68 34 32 7 3 30 66 0 02007 Indianapolis (#) 0-0 2.25 4 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 1 1 1 0 2 4 0 0

Pittsburgh 3-2 4.53 63 0 0 0 1 51.2 56 27 26 6 1 19 42 3 02008 Pittsburgh 6-3 2.84 74 0 0 0 4 76.0 60 25 24 9 1 37 62 4 2Minor League Totals 42-52 4.51 174 127 2 1 1 776.0 824 459 389 58 25 289 654 44 10Major League Totals 17-15 4.19 345 0 0 0 6 316.0 317 159 147 36 7 139 285 13 2

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NATIONAL LEAGUECHASE 0-0-0 3.60 5 5.0 2TURNER 0-1-0 7.36 10 7.1 6WRIGLEY 2-2-1 5.79 20 14.0 9GREAT AMERICAN 1-1-0 2.91 22 21.2 7COORS 0-0-0 0.00 6 6.1 0DOLPHIN 0-0-0 0.00 6 3.2 0MINUTE MAID 0-0-0 3.55 15 12.2 5DODGER 0-0-0 11.05 8 7.1 9MILLER 0-1-0 3.45 18 15.2 6HIRAM BITHORN 0-1-0 9.00 1 1.0 1SHEA 0-0-1 4.32 10 8.1 4CITIZENS BANK 0-0-0 0.00 6 6.2 0PNC 11-8-3 3.66 169 169.2 69BUSCH (OLD) 1-0-1 7.20 7 5.0 4BUSCH (NEW) 1-0-0 6.75 8 6.2 5PETCO 0-0-0 0.00 7 5.0 0AT&T 1-0-0 4.50 4 2.0 1RFK 0-0-0 6.75 3 2.2 2NATIONALS 0-1-0 6.00 3 3.0 2




PHILADELPHIA 0-0-0 2.38 11 11.1 3PITTSBURGH 0-0-0 0.00 0 0.0 0ST. LOUIS 2-1-1 5.33 29 25.1 15SAN DIEGO 0-1-0 3.38 12 10.2 4SAN FRANCISCO 3-0-0 5.63 12 8.0 5SEATTLE 0-0-0 0.00 2 2.1 0TAMPA BAY 0-0-0 10.13 3 2.2 3TEXAS 0-0-0 3.86 3 2.1 1TORONTO 0-0-0 0.00 1 1.0 0WASHINGTON/MON 0-3-0 8.18 12 11.0 10INTERLEAGUE 0-0-0 9.00 30 26.0 26









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GRABOW HIGHLIGHTSMOST STRIKEOUTS: 5 K’s (3 times), 5/14/06 vs. Florida, 10/1/04 @Cincinnati & 9/21/03 vs. Chicago (NL).

MOST INNINGS PITCHED: 3.0 IP (3 times), 5/24/08 vs. Chicago (NL), 8/27/06 vs. Houston & 6/1/04 vs. St. Louis.

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2008 SEASON: Went 2-7 with three saves and a 6.22 ERA in 48 games between Boston (32 games) and Pittsburgh(16 games)...Held opposing hitters to a .200 batting average (11-for-55) while pitching with the Pirates, but issued 20 walks inhis 15.2 innings of work (nine of those 20 players who walked eventually scored)...Began season with Pawtucket (Red Sox’ AAA)....Was charged with an earned run in just one of his 11 appearances with Pawtucket while also holding opposing batters to a.107 batting average (6-for-56)...Picked up lone win with 2.0 scoreless innings on 4/9 vs. Lehigh Valley...Was scored upon in oneof his final nine Triple-A appearances (12.2ip)...Was recalled by Boston on 4/23; suffered the loss that night vs. Los Angeles Angelsof Anaheim after allowing one run in 1.2 innings of relief and was optioned back to Pawtucket...Made three more appearancesat Triple-A level before being recalled by Boston a second and final time on 5/5...Was scored upon in five of his nine games inMay...Was charged with three unearned runs and a blown save, but picked up first win in second game of a doubleheader on5/17 vs. Milwaukee...Posted a 2.92 ERA (12.1ip/4er) in 13 appearances during the month of June...Did not retire any of thethree batters he faced and lost his third game on 7/2 at Tampa Bay...Was scored upon once in final seven games with Boston...Wasacquired by Pittsburgh on 7/31 as part of a three-team trade between Pittsburgh, Boston and the Los Angeles Dodgers...Sufferedloss in first appearance with Pirates on 8/3 at Chicago (NL) - tossed a scoreless inning, but issued two-out walk the followinginning with the score tied 5-5 and that runner scored on a two-run homer hit by Reed Johnson...Earned first save with Pittsburghon 8/8 at Philadelphia...Made four straight scoreless outings from 8/8-17 (4.0ip), dropping ERA with Pirates to 2.70...Walkedthree batters, allowed one hit and four runs without retiring a batter on 8/26 vs. Chicago (NL)...Was optioned to Indianapolison 8/27...Made two appearances with Indians before being recalled by Pittsburgh on 9/2...Gave up three runs while retiringone batter on 9/4 at Cincinnati and suffered second blown save...Made five straight scoreless appearances (5.0ip) and allowedtwo hits from 9/7-14...Picked up lone victory in 7-6, 12-inning Bucco win vs. St. Louis on 9/13...Walked three batters andrecorded one out while losing a 4-3 decision in 12 innings vs. Los Angeles Dodgers on 9/18 - his final appearance...Was scoredupon once in his last six outings (5.1ip/1er/6bb/4so)...Went 1-for-3 in save situations with the Pirates and allowed one of histwo inherited runners to score.


2007: Spent entire season with Pawtucket...Went 1-1 with two saves and a 5.46 ERA (31.1ip/19er) in 27 appearances beforethe break and 2-0 with a 1.35 ERA (20.0ip/3er) in 13 appearances after the break...Limited righthanded batters to a .223 average(23-for-103) while lefties hit at a .324 clip (35-for-108)...Worked at least 1.0 inning in 35 of his 40 appearances and 2.0 inningsor more nine times...Suffered only loss in third outing on 4/12 at Durham...Was charged with seven runs (three earned) whilenot retiring a batter on 4/23 at Buffalo...Did not allow a run in six appearanes (8.0ip) from 5/8-24...Surrendered his only twohome runs on 6/21 at Indianapolis...Earned victories in back-to-back outings on 7/24 and 7/27...Was on the disabled list from8/6-22 with a right forearm contusion...Went 0-1 with one save and a 5.40 ERA with the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona FallLeague following the season...Had surgery to correct sleep apnea in November.

2006: Began season with Portland (Red Sox’ AA)...Tossed 10.0 scoreless innings to open the season before allowing firstrun on 4/24 at Altoona (it was the first run he surrendered in his minor league career, which spanned 22.2 innings over twoseasons)...Also set a Portland record with 20.1 consecutive scoreless innings with the club, dating back to the 2005 season...Waspromoted to Pawtucket on 4/28...Went 1-0 with a 3.10 ERA (20.1ip/10er) in 10 relief appearances and 0-2 with a 2.30 ERA(15.2ip/4er) in four starts over three stints with Pawtucket...Held opposing batters to a .238 batting average against (31-for-130) with Pawtucket, including a .200 average (13-for-65) against righties...Did not allow a home run in any of his 14 Triple-Aappearances...Was recalled by Boston on 6/6...Earned first Major League win on 6/26 vs. Philadelphia...Was optioned back toPawtucket on 8/21...Made four relief appearances with Pawtucket before being recalled by Boston on 9/5...Picked up secondand final win on 9/12 at Baltimore.

2005: Began professional career with the GCL Red Sox after being selected by Boston in the first round (26th pick overall)of the First-Year Player Draft...Tossed a combined 12.2 shutout innings and held opposing batters to a .229 average (11-for-48)in 10 games (one start) between the GCL Red Sox and Portland...Made professional debut on 8/4 for the GCL Red Sox and earnedthe win against the Reds with 1.0 inning of scoreless relief...Whiffed two batters in 2.0 innings while making start in lastappearance with GCL Red Sox...Was promoted to Portland on 8/11...Earned the save in Portland debut on 8/11 vs. Norwich...Wasshut down after his 8/26 outing due to mild arm fatigue...Did not pitch again until 9/11 when he made his first of three scorelesspostseason outings. ...Worked 2.0 innings over two games in the North Division playoffs and 1.0 inning in Game Three of theEastern League Championship Series at Akron prior to his promotion to the big leagues...Was recalled by Boston on 9/19 andbecame the first player in Red Sox history to reach the Majors in the same year he was drafted...Made Major League debut on9/19 at Tampa Bay and tossed a scoreless fifth inning; struck out two of the three batters he faced, including Toby Hall for firstcareer punchout...Allowed only runs on a two-run homer by Melvin Mora on 9/24 at Baltimore.

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MISC: Has gone 7-1 with a 2.81 ERA (112.0ip/35er) in 82 relief appearances and 0-2 with a 2.04 ERA (17.2ip/4er) in fivestarts during minor league career...Became the first player in Red Sox history to reach the Majors in the same year he was drafted(2005)...Was also the third member of the 2005 draft class to make it to the Major Leagues, following right-handed pitcher JoeyDevine of the Atlanta Braves and third baseman Ryan Zimmerman of the Washington Nationals.

PERSONAL: Craig Robert Hansen...Is a 2002 graduate of Glen Cove (NY) High School, where he did not allow an earnedrun in 69.0 innings as a senior while also going 8-0 with three saves to earn conference MVP honors...Was an All-County selectionas a junior and senior...Also played four years of basketball in high school, where he earned All-Conference distinction as a juniorand senior...Pitched three seasons (2003-05) at St. Johns University, where he was named the 2005 Big East Pitcher-of-the-Yearafter going 3-2 with a school record 14 saves and a 1.68 ERA in 31 appearances (all but one in relief) for the Red Storm...Washonored as a First-Team All Big East selection and Third-Team Louisville Slugger All-American...Led the Big East with a team-best31 appearances and ranked second in the conference with 10 saves as a sophomore in 2004.

Selected by Boston in 2005 First-Year Player Draft (1st round - 26th pick overall).(1)Acquired by Pittsburgh from Boston, 7/31/08, along with outfielder Brandon Moss; infielder Andy LaRoche and pitcher Bryan Morris were also acquired from Los Angeles

(NL) as part of a three-team trade in which Boston acquired outfielder Jason Bay from Pittsburgh and Los Angeles acquired outfielder Manny Ramirez from Boston.

2005 GCL Red Sox 1-0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0Portland 0-0 0.00 8 0 0 0 1 9.2 9 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 0Boston 0-0 6.00 4 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 0

2006 Portland 1-0 0.82 5 0 0 0 0 11.0 4 1 1 0 3 4 12 0 0Pawtucket 1-2 2.75 14 4 0 0 0 36.0 31 14 11 0 0 19 26 2 0Boston 2-2 6.63 38 0 0 0 0 38.0 46 32 28 5 4 15 30 1 0

2007 Pawtucket 3-1 3.86 40 0 0 0 3 51.1 58 29 22 2 3 32 48 5 02008 Pawtucket 1-0 1.62 11 0 0 0 0 16.2 6 4 3 0 3 5 17 1 0

Boston (1) 1-3 5.58 32 0 0 0 2 30.2 29 23 19 2 1 23 25 3 0Indianapolis 0-0 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 0Pittsburgh 1-4 7.47 16 0 0 0 1 15.2 11 14 13 1 1 20 7 3 0

Minor League Totals 7-3 2.71 82 5 0 0 4 129.2 114 50 39 2 9 62 119 9 0N.L. Totals 1-4 7.47 16 0 0 0 1 15.2 11 14 13 1 1 20 7 0 0A.L. Totals 3-5 6.15 74 0 0 0 2 71.2 81 57 49 8 5 39 58 4 0Major League Totals 4-9 6.39 90 0 0 0 3 87.1 92 71 62 9 6 59 65 4 0

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September 19, 2005 at Tampa Bay

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HANSEN HIGHLIGHTSMOST STRIKEOUTS: 3 K’s (3 times), 6/22/08 vs. St. Louis, 4/23/08 vs. Los Angeles (AL) & 7/5/06 @Tampa Bay.

MOST INNINGS PITCHED: 2.0 IP (twice), 8/20/08 @St. Louis & 6/20/06 vs. Washington.

MOST WALKS: 3 BB (4 times), last on 9/18/08 vs. Los Angeles (NL).

LONGEST WINNING STREAK: 1 game, 4 times (last on 9/13/08).



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AWARDS & HONORS: 2002 American League Rookie-of-the-Year.American League Rookie-of-the-Month (June 2002).Participated in MLB All-Star tour of Japan in November 2002.1999 Florida State League All-Star (mid-season & post-season).1998 New York-Penn League All-Star (post-season).

2008 SEASON: Attended spring training as a non-roster invitee with Tampa Bay...Was the club’s Opening Day starter inright field and remained with Rays for entire season...Made 47 starts in right field, 37 in left field, nine at first base and four atthird base...Also went 12-for-63 (.190) with two homers and seven RBI in 18 games as the designated hitter...Went 10-for-13 in stolenbase attempts - his most steals since 2004 (12) and swiped third base fourtimes...Homered on Opening Day at Baltimore on 3/31...Made first of four starts atthird base on 4/4 at New York (AL), his first start at the hot corner since7/22/06...Homered in back-to-back games on 4/16-17...Fell a single shy of hitting forthe cycle on 4/22 vs. Toronto (game played at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complexin Orlando)...Hit sixth home run on 4/30 at Baltimore, matching his total from 2007,and his seventh long ball on 5/6 at Toronto...Hit career homer #100 on 7/29; a soloshot off Roy Halladay at Toronto...Became club’s primary left fielder when Carl Crawfordwas placed on the disabled list on 8/10...Started 32 of the 46 games in left field whileCrawford was sidelined, playing mostly against right-handed starters...Homered and stolea base in his final regular season game on 9/28 at Detroit, giving him 20 home runs and 10 steals - just the fifth Tampa Bayplayer to reach those levels in the same season (also B.J. Upton in 2007, Jose Cruz Jr. in 2004, Greg Vaughn in 2001 and GeraldWilliams in 2000)...Did not make an appearance in the A.L.D.S. vs. Chicago nor the A.L.C.S. vs. Boston...Was activated prior to GameFour of the World Series (10/26) and homered off righty Joe Blanton as a pinch hitter in the 5th inning...Also struck out as a pinchhitter in Game Five on 10/27.


2007: Spent full season with World Champion Boston Red Sox...Made 43 appearances at first base, 24 in left field and 12 inright field...Tied career high in triples...Also made 14 appearances as a pinch hitter and went 2-for-11 with a double and three walks....Went 4-for-5 in his first three games, extending his personal hitting streak to 13 games (hit safely in last 10 games in 2006)...Hit.094 (5-for-53) in his next 21 games thru 6/4, dropping average to season-low .155...Batted .333 in June and raised average 49points after 6/4 to finish season at .204...Made post-season debut in Game Three of Division Series against Angels, pinch hittingfor David Ortiz in 9th inning...Pinch-ran and scored a run in Game Six of Boston’s 12-2 win over Cleveland in the A.L.C.S...Receivedone at bat in the World Series and struck out in the 8th inning of Game One vs. Colorado.

2006: Hit .271 with 13 home runs and 34 RBI in 109 combined games between Toronto and Boston...Made a total of 40appearances in right field, 16 at first base, 10 at third base and six in left field...Played outfield for the first time in his MajorLeague career and did not make an error (59 total chances)...Batted .284 with seven home runs and 15 RBI in 22 games duringthe month of July...Homered twice on 7/24 at Seattle (both off Joel Pineiro)...Was traded to Boston on 8/17...Made debut with RedSox in game one of a doubleheader vs. New York (AL) on 8/18 and doubled in each of his first three at bats...Finished season witha 10-game hitting streak (13-for-29, .448)...Hit lone home run with Boston in final game on 10/1 vs. Baltimore.

2005: Spent full season with Toronto...Made 100 defensive appearances at first base and went 36-for-114 (.316) with eighthome runs and 14 RBI in 47 games as the designated hitter...Ranked second on club in doubles and runs scored...Batted .348 inAugust and .294 after the All-Star break...Recorded fifth career two-homer game on 7/19 vs. Seattle...Connected off Chris Spurlingfor second career pinch-hit home run on 8/19 at Detroit...Recorded 500th career hit on 8/21 at Detroit - a single off Sean Douglass.

2004: Established career highs in games played and at bats while spending entire season with Toronto...Was used exclusivelyas a third baseman for the last time...Led A.L. third basemen with a .987 fielding percentage and finished third in the voting forGold Glove at that position...Made one error in his first 76 games and committed a total of eight errors at the hot corner, downfrom 22 in 2003...Knocked in career-high five runs on 6/12 vs. Arizona...Compiled career-best 16-game hitting streak from 6/28thru 7/18, batting .409 with a homer and seven RBI...Connected off Carlos Almanzar for first career pinch-hit home run on 9/11at Texas.

INSIDE INFORMATIONFavorite Vacation Spot:: Cabo San LucasFavorite Musical Artist: MetallicaFavorite Road City: SeattleAthlete Admired Growing Up: Brett FavreAthlete You’d Like to Meet: Brett FavreFirst Job: Worked at a Mini Golf CourseFavorite TV Show: LostFavorite Movie: Back to the Future trilogyFamous Person You’d Like to Meet (dead oralive): Babe Ruth

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2003: Established career high in doubles and ranked fifth in the American League in that department...Had 41% of his hitsland for doubles (45 of 109), marking the highest percentage by a player (minimum of 100 hits) in the modern era...Led Torontoin stolen bases and was caught just twice (12-of-14)...Spent time on the disabled list (5/24 to 6/26) with a broken bone in hisleft hand...Spent two games (6/24 & 6/25) with Triple-A Syracuse on a rehab assignment...Batted .248 with 10 home runs and42 RBI in final 80 games with Toronto after being reinstated from D.L...Connected off Travis Driskill for first career grand slamon 7/4 at Baltimore...Had a pair of two-homer games; 7/6 at Baltimore and 8/15 at Oakland.

2002: Was named American League Rookie-of-the-Year in his first year in the Toronto organization...Became second BlueJays player to win the award (Alfredo Griffin was a co-winner in 1979)...Was also named Rookie-of-the-Year by The Sporting Newsand the Players Association...Was selected to the Topps Rookie All-Star team...Set club rookie records in runs, doubles, home runs,RBI, walks, total bases (272) and extra-base hits (64)...His 24 home runs were the most by an A.L. rookie since Nomar Garciaparrahit 30 in 1997...Led all Major League rookies in homers, runs, hits, doubles and multi-hit games (48)...Tied for 10th amongAmerican League leaders in doubles...Made Major League debut on Opening Day (4/1 at Boston) and tallied RBI-single off PedroMartinez in second at bat (Jays won the game 12-11)...Connected off Ramiro Mendoza for first big league home run on 4/20at Yankee Stadium...Swiped first career base on 4/25 at Texas...Recorded first multi-homer game on 6/4 at Tampa Bay...Hit awalkoff home run off Matt Herges in the 10th inning vs. Montreal on 6/29...Was named A.L. Rookie-of-the-Month for June afterhitting .338 with six home runs and 15 RBI...Homered twice again on 7/14 vs. Boston, which included a two-run, walkoff blastoff Ugueth Urbina...Participated in MLB All-Star tour of Japan in November. 2001: Spent entire season with Sacramento (Athletics’ AAA) - his only season in the Oakland organization...Led team inhome runs, doubles, RBI and stolen bases...Was acquired from Chicago (NL) on 3/28...Went 4-for-5 with two homers and fiveRBI on 4/18 at Calgary...Hit .344 in 18 games during the month of May...Homered twice on 5/21...Also smacked two home runson 7/16 at Omaha and 7/26 vs. Memphis...Began month of August with an 11-game hitting streak, going 20-for-49 (.408) withfive homers, 17 RBI and 13 runs scored...Tallied 31 RBI in 29 games during the month of August...Hit .318 with a homer andthree RBI in five games during the Pacific Coast League playoffs...Participated in the Arizona Fall League and batted .300 witheight home runs and 28 RBI in 36 games with Phoenix...Also played with Hermosillo in the Mexican Winter League and hit .385with three homers and seven RBI in eight games.

2000: Spent full season with West Tenn (Cubs’ AA)...Led Southern League in triples...Ranked second in walks, fourth in homeruns and fifth in slugging percentage (.486)...Made 115 appearances at third base, six at first base, four in left field and twoin right field...Hit six home runs in an eight-game stretch from 7/3-13...Homered twice in back-to-back games on 7/26-27...Alsosmacked a pair of home runs on 8/22 at Chattanooga...Played with Mesa during the Arizona Fall League.

1999: Spent majority of season with Daytona (Cubs’ A) and was named to Florida State League mid-season and post-seasonAll-Star squads...Went 4-for-5 in first game on 4/8 vs. Kissimmee...Hit two home runs on 4/23 (game two)...Went 5-for-5 withthree doubles on 5/3 at Kissimmee...Hit .365 with eight doubles, five triples, five homers and 21 RBI in 30 games during themonth of May...Hit .329 with five homers and 20 RBI in 23 games the following month...Went 4-for-5 with two home runs andfive RBI on 6/13...Hit for the cycle on 7/24 vs. Fort Myers...Made 60 appearances at third base, 57 at first base, four in leftfield and two in right field while playing with Daytona...Was promoted to Triple-A Iowa to complete the season...Hit safely in hisfirst three games, smacking a home run in third game on 9/5 at Edmonton...Finished season with 20 home runs and 81 RBI in134 games.

1998: Was named to New York-Penn League All-Star team during first professional season...Spent majority of campaign withWilliamsport...Ranked second in the league in RBI and fifth in home runs and extra-base hits (29)...Collected six hits, includingfour doubles, on 6/23 vs. Auburn.

MISC: Singled off John Grabow at PNC Park on 6/27/08 for 700th career hit...Had 41% of his hits land for doubles in 2003(45 of 109), marking the highest percentage by a player (minimum of 100 hits) in the modern era...Does not have a sac buntin the Majors and only three in his professional career - last one coming in 2001 while playing with Sacramento.

PERSONAL: Eric Scott Hinske...Wife’s name is Kathryn...One daughter; Ava (8/8/07)...Is a 1995 graduate of Menasha(WI) High School, where he lettered in baseball, basketball and football...Was also all-state in baseball...Attended the Universityof Arkansas and played baseball for three seasons while majoring in special education...Is a huge Green Bay Packers fan.

PIRATES ALL-TIME PINCH HIT HOME RUN LEADERS

Craig Wilson ......................................................11 Dave Clark ............................................................5

Willie Stargell ......................................................8 Mike Easler ..........................................................5

John Milner ..........................................................6 Jerry Lynch............................................................5

Dick Stuart ............................................................6 Lloyd McClendon ..................................................5

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Selected by Chicago (NL) in 1998 First-Year Player Draft (17th round). (1)Acquired by Oakland from Chicago (AL), 3/28/01, in deal for infielder

Miguel Cairo and the right to retain pitcher Scott Chiasson.(2)Acquired by Toronto from Oakland, 12/7/01, along with pitcher Justin

Miller in deal for pitcher Billy Koch.

1998 Williamsport .298 68 248 46 74 20 0 9 57 0 4 2 35 61 19 3 2Rockford .450 6 20 8 9 4 0 1 4 0 1 0 5 6 1 0 2

1999 Daytona .297 130 445 76 132 28 6 19 79 1 5 5 62 90 16 10 22Iowa .267 4 15 3 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 1

2000 West Tenn (1) .259 131 436 76 113 21 *9 20 73 0 3 3 78 133 14 5 282001 Sacramento (2) .282 121 436 71 123 27 1 25 79 2 2 10 54 113 20 7 172002 Toronto .279 151 566 99 158 38 2 24 84 0 5 2 77 138 13 1 202003 Toronto .243 124 449 74 109 45 3 12 63 0 5 1 59 104 12 2 22

Syracuse (#) .500 2 8 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02004 Toronto .246 155 570 66 140 23 3 15 69 0 6 4 54 109 12 8 82005 Toronto .262 147 477 79 125 31 2 15 68 0 6 8 46 121 8 4 72006 Toronto (3) .264 78 197 35 52 9 2 12 29 0 0 0 27 49 1 1 0

Boston .288 31 80 8 23 8 0 1 5 0 0 0 8 30 1 1 12007 Boston (4) .204 84 186 25 38 12 3 6 21 0 1 3 28 54 3 0 32008 Tampa Bay (5) .247 133 381 59 94 21 1 20 60 0 1 3 47 88 10 3 3Minor League Totals .285 462 1608 282 459 101 17 76 296 3 15 20 235 407 70 25 72Major League Totals .254 903 2906 445 739 187 16 105 399 0 24 21 346 693 60 20 62



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DIVISION SERIES STATISTICS

2007 Bos. vs. LAA .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02008 TB vs. CWS DID NOT APPEARDivision Series Totals .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES STATISTICS

2007 Bos. vs. Cle. --- 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02008 TB vs. Bos. DID NOT APPEARL.C.S. Totals ---- 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


WORLD SERIES STATISTICS

2007 Bos. vs. Col. .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02008 TB vs. Phi. .500 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0World Series Totals .333 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

LIFETIME FIELDING STATISTICSFIRST BASE PCT G GS PO A E TC DP TP

2005 .993 100 97 868 69 7 944 77 02006 .991 16 12 106 5 1 112 10 02007 .989 43 29 256 22 3 281 25 02008 .989 11 9 78 8 1 87 11 0CAREER .992 170 147 1308 104 12 1424 123 0

(3)Acquired by Boston from Toronto, 8/17/06, in deal for cash considerations.

(4)Elected free agency on 10/30/07...Signed by Tampa Bay as a minor league free agent on 2/7/08.

(5)Elected free agency on 11/1/08...Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent on 1/30/09.

LIFETIME FIELDING STATISTICSTHIRD BASE PCT G GS PO A E TC DP TP

2002 .946 148 141 103 245 20 368 14 02003 .930 124 120 80 214 22 316 13 02004 .978 153 148 107 242 8 357 23 02006 1.000 10 5 3 14 0 17 1 02008 1.000 8 4 1 6 0 7 0 0CAREER .953 443 418 294 721 50 1065 51 0

LIFETIME FIELDING STATISTICSRIGHT FIELD PCT G GS PO A E TC DP TP2006 1.000 40 35 51 3 0 54 1 02007 1.000 12 9 16 0 0 16 0 02008 .989 49 47 88 2 1 91 0 0CAREER .994 101 91 155 5 1 161 1 0

LIFETIME FIELDING STATISTICSLEFT FIELD PCT G GS PO A E TC DP TP2006 1.000 6 3 5 0 0 5 0 02007 1.000 24 10 26 1 0 27 0 02008 .979 40 37 45 2 1 48 0 0CAREER .988 70 50 76 3 1 80 0 0


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AMERICAN LEAGUECAMDEN .317 164 52 9 32FENWAY .274 325 89 9 45U.S. CELLULAR .327 55 18 2 6PROGRESSIVE .212 52 11 1 4COMERICA .286 70 20 5 13KAUFFMAN .155 58 9 3 9ANGEL .145 55 8 0 3METRODOME .179 56 10 2 5YANKEE .253 162 41 4 20MCAFEE .239 113 27 7 22SAFECO .247 89 22 4 7CHAMPION .455 11 5 1 5TROPICANA .241 320 77 11 49AMERIQUEST .250 112 28 4 15ROGERS .250 1141 285 40 150

NATIONAL LEAGUECHASE .500 18 9 1 2TURNER .250 4 1 1 2WRIGLEY .000 4 0 0 0GREAT AMERICAN .000 0 0 0 0COORS .667 3 2 0 1DOLPHIN .222 9 2 0 2MINUTE MAID .143 7 1 0 1DODGER .125 8 1 0 0MILLER .000 0 0 0 0HIRAM BITHORN .636 11 7 0 0CITIZENS BANK .000 0 0 0 0PNC .429 7 3 1 3BUSCH (NEW) .111 9 1 0 1PETCO .308 13 4 0 0AT&T .364 11 4 0 1OLYMPIC .000 8 0 0 0RFK .182 11 2 0 1

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HINSKE HIGHLIGHTSMOST HR/GAME: 2 HR (6 times), last on 7/24/06 @Seattle.

MOST HITS/GAME: 4 hits (6 times), last on 7/3/04 @Montreal.

MOST RBI/GAME: 5 RBI, 6/12/04 vs. Arizona.


April 1, 2002 at Boston

MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT

GAME PITCHER

July 4, 2003 at BAL ..........................Travis Driskill

GRAND SLAMS (1)

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April 1, 2002 at Boston..........Pedro Martinez (1B)


GAME PITCHER

April 20, 2002 at NYY ................Ramiro Mendoza

FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE HR

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June 29, 2002 vs. MON ......................Matt HergesJuly 14, 2002 vs. BOS ....................Ugueth Urbina

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AWARDS & HONORS: 2008 International League All-Star (mid-season).2007 International League All-Star (mid-season).Member of Team USA in 2007 World Cup played in Taiwan (won gold medal).2005 South Atlantic League All-Star (mid-season).

2008 SEASON: Entered season ranked by Baseball America as Philadelphia’s 10th-best prospect...Spent entire seasonwith Lehigh Valley (Phillies’ AAA) and was named to the International League’s mid-season All-Star team...Led league catchers ingames (113), total chances (1008), putouts (916) and assists (76)...Also threw out 48of the 134 runners attempting to steal against him to rank second in that category(36%)...Tied minor league career high in home runs...Hit seven of his eight home runsoff right-handed pitchers...Produced a 10-game hitting streak from 4/14-25 (12-for-40,.300), but hit just .193 during the month of April...Went hitless in five games (17 atbats) from 4/26 thru 5/1 and went 2-for-26 (.077) from 4/26 thru 5/4, droppingaverage to .189...Batted .295 in May, which included a .318 clip (21-for-66) over thefinal 19 games of the month...Had season-high, 13-game hitting streak from 5/20thru 6/6 (20-for-45, .444)...Swiped lone base on 8/20 at Buffalo (third career).


2007: Was named to the International League mid-season All-Star team while spending entire season with Ottawa (Phillies’AAA); team was managed by current Bucco skipper John Russell...Set minor league career highs in runs and walks...Hit all six homeruns off right-handed pitchers...Hit .345 (19-for-55) in 15 games during the month of April and had a .302 average thru the actionon 5/2...Batted .168 in May...Homered twice on 5/31 at Durham...Produced a .322 average and 14 RBI in 25 games during themonth of June...Had a 10-game hitting streak from 6/30 thru 7/12 (14-for-38, .368)...Went 13-for-30 (.433) with six multi-hit effortsin an eight-game span from 8/8-19...Went 9-for-31 (.290) with a home run and five RBI as a member of Team USA while capturingthe Gold medal in the World Cup...Had two RBI in team’s 6-3 win in final victory.

2006: Was a non-roster invitee with Philadelphia during spring training...Hit a combined .247 with six homers and 40 RBI in95 minor league games...Spent majority of season with Reading (Phillies’ AA)...Played final two games with Scranton-Wilkes Barreon 9/3 and 9/4...Hit five of his six home runs off right-handed pitchers...Homered in back-to-back games on 6/9 and 6/10...Hitsafely in 14 of his 15 games from 8/4-21 (19-for-51, .373), producing a pair of seven-game hitting streaks...Hit safely in 19 of hisfinal 23 Double-A games, going 26-for-82 (.317) with 10 doubles, a homer and 10 RBI...Participated in the Arizona Fall League andhit .379 (25-for-66) with two home runs and 17 RBI in 17 games with Peoria...Reached base safely in 16 of his 17 games, hittingsafely in 14-of-17...Led AFL catchers with a .377 batting average and was named to the league’s All-Prospect team.

2005: Spent entire season with Lakewood (Phillies’ A) and was named to South Atlantic League mid-season All-Star team....Established minor league career highs in games, batting average, hits and RBI...Ranked second on club in games, at bats and RBI....Hit six of his eight home runs off right-handed pitchers...Hit .360 against lefties and .287 against righties...Had first of four four-hit games on 4/25 at Lexington...Went 11-for-18 with eight RBI in four-game span from 5/12-15, raising average 58 points from.289 to .347...Swiped first base on 5/13 at Delmarva...Produced 11-game hitting streak from 7/14-24, going 20-for-48 (.417) withnine RBI...Tallied second stolen base on 7/19 vs. Lexington...Hit a combined .342 in July and August (57 games)...Had four hits(three doubles) and three RBI on 7/29 vs. Greensboro...Hit safely in 14 of his final 17 games, raising average from .293 to season-ending .304...Recorded .329 (80-for-243) average after the All-Star break.

2004: Made professional debut with the GCL Phillies after being selected by Philadelphia in second round of the First-YearPlayer Draft...Played one game in the Gulf Coast League on 7/29 before being promoted to Batavia on 7/30...Hit lone home runand had season-high five RBI on 8/5 vs. Aberdeen...Made 18 appearances behind the plate and went 10-for-46 (.217) in 13 gamesas the designated hitter...Played in the Florida Instructional League following the regular season.

MISC: Switch-hitter has hit 25 of his 29 career home runs off right-handed pitchers.

INSIDE INFORMATIONFavorite Vacation Spot: MexicoFavorite Musical Artist: Pearl JamAthlete Admired Growing Up: Matt WilliamsAthlete You’d Like to Meet: Michael JordanFirst Job: Pulling weeds and watering neighbors plantsFavorite TV Show: Family GuyFavorite Movie: Bull DurhamFamous Person You’d Like to Meet (dead oralive): Lance Armstrong

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PERSONAL: Jason Cory Jaramillo (last name pronounced “HAIR-a-mee-yoh”)...Is a 2001 graduate of J.I. Case High Schoolin Racine, WI, where he was rated by Baseball America as the best high school senior prospect in the state...Was a four-yearletterwinner during his high school career...Also lettered one season as a volleyball player...Also played three years of baseball atOklahoma State University...Was named to Big 12’s All-Freshman team in 2002 after batting .327 with three homers and 17 RBIin 46 games...Led squad with .385 average in 2003...Hit .350 with eight home runs and a team-high 57 RBI while leading Cowboysto the Big 12 conference title and an appearance in the College World Series as a junior in 2004...Also played for the OrleansCardinals in the Cape Cod League in the summer of 2003.

Selected by Philadelphia in 2001 First-Year Player Draft (39th round), but did not sign.Selected by Philadelphia in 2004 First-Year Player Draft (2nd round).

(1)Acquired by Pittsburgh from Philadelphia, 12/10/08, in deal for catcher Ronny Paulino.

2004 GCL Phillies .667 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Batavia .223 31 112 11 25 5 0 1 14 0 2 1 12 27 0 1 1

2005 Lakewood .304 119 448 46 136 28 4 8 63 1 1 2 44 72 2 3 202006 Reading .248 93 322 35 80 25 1 6 39 1 5 4 32 55 0 1 10

Scranton-WB .167 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 02007 Ottawa .271 118 435 52 118 13 4 6 56 2 4 5 50 79 0 1 182008 Lehigh Valley (1) .266 115 421 48 112 20 0 8 39 2 2 6 42 82 1 1 16Minor League Totals .271 479 1747 293 474 92 9 29 213 6 15 18 180 316 3 7 65



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TEAM BUCS SWEPT SPLIT BUCS WERE SWEPTArizona None None NoneAtlanta August 14, 1990 May 12, 2008 June 3, 2001Boston None None June 4, 2003Chicago May 28, 2004 September 19, 2003 July 4, 1980Cincinnati August 28, 2007 September 16, 2005 July 12, 1974Colorado None None NoneFlorida August 18, 1995 None NoneHouston August 25, 1985 September 9, 2004 July 19, 2005Los Angeles July 18, 1971 August 1, 2000 April 29, 1973Milwaukee July 2, 2004 September 13, 2006 NoneMontreal June 18, 2003 July 4, 1982 NoneNew York September 19, 2004 June 19, 1996 July 4, 1969Philadelphia September 30, 1984 September 3, 1979 August 6, 1978St. Louis June 26, 1978 August 6, 1999 September 16, 1985San Diego August 21, 1981 April 28, 2002 May 19, 2004San Francisco July 13, 1984 August 13, 2007 July 6, 1987

TEAM BUCS SWEPT SPLIT BUCS WERE SWEPTArizona None None NoneAtlanta August 23, 1971 September 5, 2003 July 29, 1991Chicago June 20, 1983 May 21, 2002 September 27, 2003Cincinnati August 17, 1990 July 2, 1993 July 9, 1976Colorado None May 13, 2004 NoneFlorida None None NoneHouston August 15, 1976 August 10, 1968 NoneLos Angeles April 29, 1962 April 21, 1957 (Brooklyn) September 11, 1959Milwaukee None September 23, 2000 NoneMontreal July 27, 1979 September 17, 1986 NoneNew York September 19, 1969 August 7, 1993 July 30, 1996Philadelphia August 6, 1990 July 28, 1989 September 29, 2004St. Louis September 4, 1967 September 15, 1998 August 20, 2004San Diego August 25, 1974 June 12, 1970 July 25, 1971San Francisco September 15, 1996 July 27, 1997 June 19, 1977Texas None None June 10, 2004

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AWARDS & HONORS: Member of Team USA in 2007 World Cup in Taiwan (won gold medal).

2008 SEASON: Was a member of the Yankees in spring training...Suffered a strained right groin on 3/27 and was placedon the 15-day disabled list to start the season...Remained in New York’s extended spring training program before making a rehab startwith Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes Barre on 5/20 (5.0ip/3er)...Was recalled from rehab assignment, reinstated from D.L. and optioned toScranton-Wilkes Barre on 5/22...Picked up first win in fourth start on 6/11 at Richmond...Struck out season-high 11 batters and allowedone unearned run in 6.2ip and won second game on 6/22 vs. Toledo...Went 2-0 with a 1.31ERA (20.2ip/3er) in a three-start stretch from 6/22 to 7/2...Gave up six runs in 5.1ip whilelosing for the last time on 7/7 at Toledo...Won his last three Triple-A starts and posted a 2.29ERA (19.2ip/5er) in that time...Went 1-3 with a 5.87 ERA (23.0ip/15er) in his first five startswith Scranton and 5-1 with a 2.76 ERA (45.2ip/14er) in his final seven assignments...Wasacquired by Pittsburgh on 7/26 and joined Pirates on 7/28...Made first start with Bucs on8/1 and tossed 6.0 scoreless innings in 3-0, combined victory at Chicago (NL)...Took a perfectgame into the 8th inning in his 2-0 victory at Arizona on 8/6; Chris Young broke up perfectgame with a two-out double to left field on a 1-1 pitch (last Bucco pitcher to be perfect thatlong was Ken Brett, who tossed 8.0 perfect frames against San Diego on May 27, 1974)...Alsowent 2-for-3 and singled off Randy Johnson on 8/6 for first Major League hit (fourth career plate appearance)...Did not allow a run inhis first 15.0 innings of work with Pittsburgh; since 1900 the only pitcher to begin his career with the Pirates with a scoreless streaklonger than 15 innings was Dan Plesac in 1995 (16.0 innings from April 27 to May 30)...Joined Ernie Bonham (1947) as the only twopitchers in club history to win each of their first two starts while not allowing a run...Surrendered a pair of home runs and suffered firstloss on 8/12 vs. Cincinnati (7.0ip/4r/3er)...Also gave up two homers while losing a 4-0 decision to Johan Santana at PNC Park on8/17...Received a total of six runs of offensive support in his first four starts while giving up eight...Suffered third straight loss whilepitching a season-low 3.0 innings and giving up five runs vs. Chicago (NL) on 8/25...Took a 5-0 lead and a no-hitter into the 4th inningat San Francisco on 9/7, but gave up eight runs (five earned) without retiring a batter in the Giants’ 10-run frame and suffered fifthstraight loss...Gave up season-high 11 hits and lost sixth straight decision on 9/16 vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (5.0ip/5r/2er)...Pitched intothe 7th inning, gave up three runs (one earned) and struck out a career-high six batters, but received a no-decision in final start on9/23 at Milwaukee...The Pirates went 2-7 in his nine starts...Went 2-for-14 (.143) with two sac bunts at the plate.


2007: Began season on New York’s 15-day disabled list with right elbow tendinitis...Made one rehab appearance with Single-A Tampabefore being recalled from his rehab assignment and reinstated from the disabled list on 4/21...Made his season debut that day atBoston and suffered the loss (4.1ip/9h/7r/7er)...Made second start on 4/28 vs. Boston; was hit in the right leg by a Julio Lugo linedrive on the first pitch of the game and was removed after allowing a single to the next batter he faced (Kevin Youkilis)...Was placedon the 15-day disabled list on 4/29 with a fractured right fibula...Was transferred to the 60-day disabled list on 7/1...Went a combined3-0 with a 1.07 ERA (25.1ip/3er) in five rehab starts with Gulf Coast League Yankees, Single-A Staten Island, Double-A Trenton and Scranton-Wilkes Barre from 7/7-27...Was recalled from his rehab assignment and reinstated from the D.L. on 8/1...Went 0-2 in three starts beforebeing optioned to Scranton on 8/15...Was recalled for a third time by the Yankees on 9/11...Earned lone win on 9/22 vs. Toronto witha scoreless inning of relief in New York’s 10-inning walkoff victory...Surrendered a walkoff home run to Tampa Bay’s Dioner Navarro in10th inning in final appearance on 9/25...Went 2-0 with a team-best 0.69 ERA in two starts following the season for Team USA; teamwon the IBAF World Cup in Taiwan...Was charged with one run in 7.0 innings and earned the win in Team USA’s quarterfinal victory overKorea on 11/16...Went 2-0 with a 1.37 ERA and 17 strikeouts in four starts overall (including exhibitions) with Team USA.

2006: Began season with Triple-A Columbus...Went 0-5 in his first seven starts before being transferred to Trenton on 5/14. ...Posteda 6-0 record and a 2.31 ERA in 11 starts with Trenton from 5/14 to 7/6 before being promoted back to Triple-A on 7/13. ...Went 5-0with a 1.85 ERA (39.0ip/8er) in seven starts from 7/15 to 8/15 while limiting opposing hitters to a .235 batting average (35-for-149)...Won11 consecutive decisions (six with Trenton and five with Columbus) from 5/14 thru 8/15...Was recalled by Yankees on 8/19...Made MajorLeague debut in start on 8/22 at Seattle and received a no-decision (5.2ip/3er) in a 6-5, come-from-behind win by the Mariners(according to the Elias Sports Bureau he became only the fourth pitcher in the last 100 seasons to make his big league debut by startingagainst a team with a losing streak of 11 games; the first since Tampa Bay’s Delvin James in 2002 vs. Detroit)...Picked up first careerwin on 8/27 at Los Angeles (AL) in an 11-8 decision...Suffered first career loss on 9/2 vs. Minnesota despite allowing just two runs in7.0 innings...Was charged with one run in 5.0 innings of work in first career relief appearance on 9/8 at Baltimore.

INSIDE INFORMATIONFavorite Vacation Spot: MexicoFavorite Musical Artist: Justin TimberlakeFavorite Road City: ChicagoAthlete You’d Like to Meet: Tiger WoodsFirst Job: Valet at a CasinoFavorite TV Show: Prison BreakFavorite Movie: Wedding CrashersFamous Person You’d Like to Meet (dead oralive): Babe Ruth or Mickey Mantle

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2005: Spent entire season with Trenton...Led all Yankees farmhands in wins and tied forsecond in the Eastern League in that category...Finished tied for second among Eastern Leaguehurlers in starts and fourth in strikeouts and innings pitched...Finished with the fifth-most strikeoutsin Trenton history for a single season...Allowed two walks or less in 22 of his 28 appearances,including seven appearances without issuing a walk...Worked at least 5.0 innings in 25 of his 28appearances, including 17 of his first 18 outings...Pitched 8.0 innings of shutout relief and earnedthe win on 5/21 vs. Harrisburg.

2004: Tied for the team lead in strikeouts while spending entire season with Single-ATampa...Issued two walks or less in 22 of his 24 starts and four earned runs or less in 21 of his24 games...Won first start after tossing 5.0 innings of no-hit ball on 4/21 at Fort Myers...Tossed first career shutout (2h/1bb/9so) on7/16 at Palm Beach...Whiffed a season-high 10 batters twice (5/23 at Daytona and 8/10 vs. Lakeland).

2003: Began professional career with Single-A Staten Island after being selected by New York in the 19th round of the JuneDraft...Ranked fifth among New York-Penn League hurlers in ERA...Finished fifth in the league after allowing 7.16 runners per 9.0innings pitched among starters...Went 4-1 with a 2.82 ERA in 10 starts and 0-1 with a 1.65 ERA in four relief appearances...Recordeda 4-0 record and 0.58 ERA in a six-game span from 7/22 thru 8/21...Tossed 6.0 shutout innings and struck out 11 batters whilepicking up the win on 8/21 vs. Hudson Valley.

MISC: Went 2-0 with a team-best 0.69 ERA in two starts for Team USA following the 2007 season...Was a teammate of currentPirates Steve Pearce and Brian Bixler on team which won the IBAF World Cup in Taiwan...Was charged with one run in 7.0 inningsand earned the win in Team USA’s quarterfinal victory over Korea on 11/16...Went 2-0 with a 1.37 ERA and 17 strikeouts in four startsoverall (including exhibitions) with Team USA.

PERSONAL: Jeffrey Wayne Karstens...Is a 2000 graduate of Mount Miguel High School in Spring Valley, California, wherehe a was catcher on the baseball team...Was named the team’s Most Valuable Player in 2000...Also earned first-team All-Conferenceand second-team All-San Diego accolades...Played one season at Texas Tech University in 2003 after attending Grossmont Junior Collegein El Cajon, CA...Was a first-team All-Conference selection at Grossmont...Was drafted as a catcher in the 45th round of the 2000 First-Year Player Draft by Montreal, but did not sign.

2003 Staten Island 4-2 2.54 14 10 0 0 0 67.1 63 22 19 2 2 16 53 3 02004 Tampa 6-9 4.02 24 24 1 1 0 138.2 151 70 62 11 4 31 116 2 12005 Trenton 12-11 4.15 28 27 0 0 0 169.0 192 91 78 16 3 42 147 8 12006 Columbus 5-5 4.28 14 14 1 0 0 73.2 80 42 35 9 1 30 48 1 1

Trenton 6-0 2.31 11 11 0 0 0 74.0 54 20 19 4 3 14 67 5 0New York (AL) 2-1 3.80 8 6 0 0 0 42.2 40 20 18 6 1 11 16 3 1

2007 Tampa (#) 0-0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0New York (AL) 1-4 11.05 7 3 0 0 0 14.2 27 21 18 4 0 9 5 2 0GCL Yankees (#) 0-0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 3.1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0Staten Island (#) 1-0 1.80 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 1 1 0 0 2 5 0 0Scranton/WB (#) 3-0 1.74 6 5 0 0 0 31.0 25 6 6 2 0 9 27 4 0

2008 Scranton/WB (1) 6-4 3.80 12 12 0 0 0 68.2 66 31 29 8 0 15 55 2 0Pittsburgh 2-6 4.03 9 9 1 1 0 51.1 56 32 23 7 0 13 23 1 0

Minor League Totals 43-31 3.52 112 106 2 1 0 639.2 645 284 250 53 13 161 533 25 3N.L. Totals 2-6 4.03 9 9 1 1 0 51.1 56 32 23 7 0 13 23 1 0A.L. Totals 3-5 5.65 15 9 0 0 0 57.1 67 41 36 10 1 20 21 5 1Major League Totals 5-11 4.89 24 18 1 1 0 108.2 123 73 59 17 1 33 44 6 1

(#)Injury Rehab Assignment Selected by Montreal in 2000 First-Year Player Draft (45th round), but did not sign.Selected by New York (AL) in 2003 First-Year Player Draft (19th round).

(1)Acquired by Pittsburgh from New York (AL), 7/26/08, along with pitchers Daniel McCutchen and Ross Ohlendorf and outfielder Jose Tabata in deal for outfielder Xavier Nady and pitcher Damaso Marte.




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August 22, 2006 at Seattle

MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT


2008 .143 14 2 0 0

CAREER .143 14 2 0 0

FIRST M.L. HIT: 8/6/08 (Randy Johnson - 1B)FIRST M.L. RBI: NoneAB SINCE LAST HIT: 10

HITTING TOTALS

KARSTENS HIGHLIGHTSLOW-HIT GAME: TWO-HITTER, 8/6/08 @Arizona.

MOST STRIKEOUTS: Starter: 6 K’s, 9/23/08 at Milwaukee...Reliever: 3 K’s, 9/8/06 @Baltimore.

SHUTOUTS: (1), 8/6/08 @Arizona.

MOST INNINGS PITCHED: Starter: 9.0 IP, 8/6/08 @Arizona...Reliever: 5.0 IP, 9/8/06 @Baltimore.

MOST WALKS: Starter: 4 BB (twice), 8/1/08 @Chicago (NL) & 8/14/07 vs. Baltimore...Reliever: 3 BB, 8/8/07 @Toronto.




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