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Luke Hudson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: May 2, 1977 in Fountain Valley, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 5th round of the 1995 MLB June Amateur Draft from Fountain Valley HS (Fountain Valley, CA) and the Colorado Rockies in the 4th round of the 1998 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN).

High School: Fountain Valley HS (Fountain Valley, CA)

School: University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)

Debut: July 1, 2002 (Age 25-060d, 18,106th in major league history)
vs. HOU 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 10, 2007 (Age 30-008d)
vs. OAK 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 4 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2004 season

Full Name: Luke Stephen Hudson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.3

ERA

5.11

243.0

162

WHIP

1.473

Summary of 26 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 2 tying, 9 go ahead

2 Tms
CIN	18
KCR	8

Platoon
vs RHB	16
vs LHB	10

Home/Road
Home	14
Away	12

Outs
0	9
2	9
1	8

14 Opps
CLE	4
HOU	3
TBD	2
ATL	2
BOS	2
CHC	2
WSN	2
CHW	2
MIL	2
MIN	1
PIT	1
STL	1
OAK	1
DET	1

25 Batters
Rickie Weeks	2
Travis Hafner	1
Wily Mo Peña	1
Sean Casey	1
Aramis Ramírez	1
Jermaine Dye	1
Albert Pujols	1
Jack Cust	1
Juan Uribe	1
Ben Broussard	1
Wilson Betemit	1
Vinny Castilla	1
Michael Cuddyer	1
Glendon Rusch	1
Lance Berkman	1
Jeff Francoeur	1
Jeff Bagwell	1
Carl Crawford	1
Jorge Cantú	1
Víctor Martínez	1
Jason Bay	1
Morgan Ensberg	1
Grady Sizemore	1
José Guillén	1
Dustin Pedroia	1

10 Parks
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	8
KauffmanStad (KAN)	5
Progressive (CLE)	4
RFK Stad (WAS)	2
Am Fam Field (MIL)	2
Turner Fld (ATL)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
8	9
7	6
89	5
9	5
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
4	7
1	5
3	5
7+	4
2	3
6	1
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	15
2·HR gms	4
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	12
1--	7
12-	2
-2-	2
123	1
--3	1
1-3	1

45 Runs
RISP	7
0 on	12
1 on	10
2 on	3
3 on	1
Any on	14

Inning
1	3
2	4
3	9
4	4
5	3
6	2
8	1

1-3	16
4-6	9
7-end	1

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	1
+2	2
+1	2
Tied	4
-1	6
-2	4
-3	3
-4..	2

Ahead	7
Tied	4
Behind	15

Before event,
for batter

Count
3-2	5
0-0	5
2-1	4
1-2	3
2-0	3
1-1	2
0-1	2
1-0	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	7
1B	4
2B	4
3B	4
LF	2
P	1
CF	1
C	1
DH	1
SS	1

OrderPos
4th	7
3rd	4
1st	4
5th	3
7th	2
9th	2
6th	2
2nd	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	4
Medium Lev	14
Low Lev	8

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2002-07-03	Jeff Bagwell	HOU	@	CIN	ahead 9-2	t 5	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2004-08-25	Albert Pujols	STL	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	4,(1-2) BFFX	2	3	3	17%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); L. Walker Scores
3	3	2	1	2004-08-30	Lance Berkman	HOU	@	CIN	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	---	10,(3-2) CBFFFFBBFX	1	4	9	9%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
4	4	3	1	2004-09-29	Glendon Rusch	CHC		CIN	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	5,(2-2) BCFBX	1	9	1	12%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	2005-06-09	Carl Crawford	TBD	@	CIN	behind 1-5	t 5	2	-2-	7,(3-2) BFFBFBX	2	1	7	11%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Gonzalez Scores
6	6	2	2	2005-06-09	Jorge Cantú	TBD	@	CIN	behind 3-11	t 6	1	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	5	4	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); T. Lee Scores
7	7	3	1	2005-06-19	Wilson Betemit	ATL	@	CIN	behind 0-2	t 3	0	---	6,(3-2) FBBBFX	1	8	5	10%	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
8	8	4	1	2005-06-25	Grady Sizemore	CLE		CIN	behind 1-3	b 3	0	---	4,(1-2) CBFX	1	1	8	11%	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
9	9	5	2	2005-06-25	Víctor Martínez	CLE		CIN	behind 2-3	b 3	1	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	4	2	21%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Hafner Scores
10	10	6	3	2005-06-25	Ben Broussard	CLE		CIN	ahead 4-3	b 3	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	5	3	10%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
11	11	7	1	2005-07-01	Morgan Ensberg	HOU	@	CIN	ahead 3-0	t 2	2	12-	4,(2-1) FBBX	3	4	5	14%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Biggio Scores; L. Berkman Scores
12	12	8	1	2005-07-19	Aramis Ramírez	CHC	@	CIN	behind 0-2	t 3	2	12-	4,(2-1) BFBX	3	5	5	30%	58%		Home Run (Line Drive to CF-RF); D. Lee Scores; J. Burnitz Scores
13	13	9	1	2005-08-12	Rickie Weeks	MIL		CIN	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	4	10%	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
14	14	10	2	2005-08-12	Rickie Weeks	MIL		CIN	behind 2-5	b 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	4	10%	29%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
15	15	11	1	2005-08-23	Vinny Castilla	WSN		CIN	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	4,(1-2) BFFX	1	7	5	12%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
16	16	12	2	2005-08-23	José Guillén	WSN		CIN	behind 1-4	b 4	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	9	9%	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
17	17	13	1	2005-09-03	Jeff Francoeur	ATL		CIN	ahead 2-1	b 3	2	1-3	3,(2-0) BBX	3	6	9	21%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Jones Scores; A. LaRoche Scores
18	18	14	1	2005-09-09	Jason Bay	PIT	@	CIN	ahead 3-1	t 2	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	3	7	14%	83%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Wilson Scores
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	2006-08-02	Jermaine Dye	CHW	@	KCR	behind 0-1	t 4	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	9	21%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Pierzynski Scores
20	20	2	2	2006-08-02	Juan Uribe	CHW	@	KCR	behind 2-5	t 8	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	9	6	7%	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21	21	3	1	2006-08-08	Wily Mo Peña	BOS	@	KCR	behind 1-2	t 4	2	1--	4,(2-1) *BBFX	2	7	9	23%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Lowell Scores
22	22	4	1	2006-08-13	Travis Hafner	CLE		KCR	ahead 7-0	b 1	1	123	3,(1-1) BSX	4	3	DH	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Inglett Scores; A. Marte Scores; G. Sizemore Scores
23	23	5	1	2006-08-30	Michael Cuddyer	MIN		KCR	tied 0-0	b 3	2	--3	4,(2-1) SBB.X	2	4	9	19%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); L. Castillo Scores
24	24	6	1	2006-09-09	Dustin Pedroia	BOS		KCR	behind 0-2	b 4	0	---	9,(3-2) BCCFBFBFX	1	2	4	11%	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
25	25	7	1	2006-09-22	Sean Casey	DET	@	KCR	behind 2-3	t 6	0	1--	7,(3-2) B>FB1B>F1>F>X	2	3	3	24%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); I. Rodríguez Scores
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	2007-05-10	Jack Cust	OAK	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	9	17%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Johnson Scores