Kurt
Ainsworth
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 207
 
Born: September 9, 1978 in New york Ny
 
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 28 PIT NL $ 2,500,000 4 43 60 52 30 42 36 51 73 62
2008 29 PIT NL $ 2,500,000 4 47 63 55 32 44 38 51 73 62
2009 30 PIT NL $ 2,500,000 4 48 64 56 35 47 41 59 81 70
2010 31 PIT NL $ 2,500,000 8 5 7 6 4 5 5 6 9 8
2011 32 PIT NL $ 480,000 7 5 7 6 4 5 4 6 8 7
2012 33 HOU NL $ 500,000 7 4 6 5 4 5 4 6 8 7
2013 34 HOU NL $ 500,000 7 4 6 5 3 5 4 6 8 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 480,000 4 4 6 5 3 5 4 6 8 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,500,000 8 48 64 56 35 47 41 59 81 70
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 28 PIT NL $ 2,500,000   36 36 36 6 6 6 27 27 27 1 1 1 30 30 30
2008 29 PIT NL $ 2,500,000   36 36 36 6 6 6 27 27 27 1 1 1 30 30 30
2009 30 PIT NL $ 2,500,000   36 36 36 6 6 6 27 27 27 1 1 1 30 30 30
2010 31 PIT NL $ 2,500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
2011 32 PIT NL $ 480,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
2012 33 HOU NL $ 500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
2013 34 HOU NL $ 500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 480,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,500,000   36 36 36 6 6 6 27 27 27 1 1 1 30 30 30
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2002 23 SFN   1 2 .333 6   0 0 0 25.7 22 6   12 15 2.10  
2003 24 SFN   8 12 .400 32   0 0 0 183.0 190 102   80 111 5.02  
2004 25 SFN   10 11 .476 32   2 1 0 194.3 177 84   81 133 3.89  
2005 26 SFN   10 9 .526 32   1 0 0 194.0 188 78   76 135 3.62  
2006 27 SFN   3 6 .333 43   0 0 1 100.0 119 55   35 65 4.95  
2007 28 PIT NL 8 2 .800 82 0 0 0 2 85.3 103 53 8 44 51 5.59 .307 .394 .415 .809 2.3
2008 29 PIT NL 2 0 1.000 18 0 0 0 2 23.3 20 7 1 6 14 2.70 .235 .290 .306 .596 3.4
2009 30 PIT NL 5 8 .385 75 2 0 0 3 78.0 85 45 8 44 42 5.19 .284 .378 .455 .833 2.8
2010 31 PIT NL 3 2 .600 50 4 0 0 0 85.7 86 47 13 42 41 4.94 .261 .347 .424 .772 2.9
2011 32 PIT NL 2 0 1.000 29 0 0 0 0 37.7 40 28 7 21 28 6.69 .272 .385 .456 .841 0.0
2012 33 HOU NL 5 2 .714 36 0 0 0 0 55.7 57 21 9 19 37 3.40 .268 .328 .441 .769 5.1
2013 34 HOU NL 4 5 .444 68 0 0 0 3 88.3 93 53 9 32 40 5.40 .273 .341 .413 .755 3.5
7 Years Sim 29 19 .604 358 6 0 0 10 454.0 484 254 55 208 253 5.04 .277 .359 .425 .784 20.0
12 Years Pro 61 59 .508 503   3 1 11 1151.0 1180 579   492 712 4.53  
Season Average 4 2 .667 51 0 0 0 1 64.9 69 36 7 29 36 5.04 .277 .359 .425 .784  
Career Highs 8 8 1.000 82 4 0 0 3 88.3 103 53 13 44 51 6.69 .307 .394 .456 .841  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   238 135 27 90 163   .243 .307 .377 .684
vs LH   246 119 28 118 90   .319 .409 .484 .893
Home 13 8 .619 182 4 0 0 4 230.0 239 114 25 100 120 4.46 .273 .348 .415 .763
Away 16 11 .593 176 2 0 0 6 224.0 245 140 30 108 133 5.63 .280 .359 .434 .793
Mar/Apr 4 3 .571 65 2 0 0 0 92.0 102 57 13 47 52 5.58 .282 .364 .439 .804
May 5 4 .556 49 0 0 0 1 59.0 60 29 6 27 33 4.43 .268 .347 .388 .735
June 6 5 .545 62 0 0 0 2 79.3 80 35 8 35 50 3.97 .271 .348 .410 .759
July 6 1 .857 49 1 0 0 2 53.0 73 41 8 25 22 6.96 .330 .398 .489 .887
August 4 5 .444 64 3 0 0 1 85.3 85 52 9 42 55 5.49 .260 .344 .425 .769
Sep/Oct 4 1 .800 69 0 0 0 4 85.3 84 40 11 32 41 4.22 .262 .329 .402 .730
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2002 23 SFN   6 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .333 .500 0.2  
2003 24 SFN   32 60 5 16 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 19 .267 .279 .317 .595 4.8  
2004 25 SFN   32 57 1 9 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 22 .158 .238 .158 .396 1.9  
2005 26 SFN   32 57 6 13 2 0 1 7 0 0 5 13 .228 .290 .316 .606 5.4  
2006 27 SFN   43 10 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .300 .364 .300 .664 1.2  
2007 28 PIT NL 75 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
2008 29 PIT NL 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
2009 30 PIT NL 70 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2 0.0
2010 31 PIT NL 49 11 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 .273 .273 .364 .636 1.0 0.1
2011 32 PIT NL 29 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7 0.2
2012 33 HOU NL 35 3 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.667 2.333 1.9 0.5
2013 34 HOU NL 65 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
7 Years Sim 340 33 3 9 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 11 .273 .273 .394 .667 3.5 0.8
12 Years Pro 485 223 17 51 7 0 2 26 0 0 13 69 .229 .271 .287 .558 17.0  
162 Game Average 15 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .273 .273 .394 .667 1.7  
Career Highs 75 11 2 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 5 .667 .667 1.667 2.333 1.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   25 3 8 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 9 .320 .320 .480 .800 3.5
vs LH   8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2
Home 182 15 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .267 .267 .267 .533 0.9
Away 158 18 3 5 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 6 .278 .278 .500 .778 2.4
RISP   10 0 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 .300 .300 .400 .700 1.0
Close/Late   3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.9
Mar/Apr 40 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2
May 24 4 1 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 1.0
June 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
July 21 5 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 .600 1.200 1.3
August 40 11 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 .273 .273 .545 .818 1.7
Sep/Oct 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2007 28 PIT NL P 82 0 85.3 3 11 0 1 1.000 1.48    
2008 29 PIT NL P 18 0 23.3 2 7 0 0 1.000 3.47    
2009 30 PIT NL P 75 2 78.0 4 13 0 3 1.000 1.96    
2010 31 PIT NL P 50 4 85.7 5 18 1 0 .958 2.42    
2011 32 PIT NL P 29 0 37.7 6 9 0 1 1.000 3.58    
2012 33 HOU NL P 36 0 55.7 5 11 0 0 1.000 2.59    
2013 34 HOU NL P 68 0 88.3 10 13 0 0 1.000 2.34    
Career Totals   358 6 454.0 35 82 1 5 .992 2.32    
Career Highs   82 4 88.3 10 18 1 3 1.000 3.58    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2012 33 HOU NL 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 1 3 4 6.00 .286 .375 .524 .899
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 1 3 4 6.00 .286 .375 .524 .899
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
2007-5-82
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 2)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 6)
 
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History
Signed as a free agent by Houston on 2/25/2012 to a 2-year deal worth $500,000 per year