Julian
Salazar
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6''
Weight: 225
 
Born: June 10, 1985 in Mexico
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 2012   
All-Star Selections 2013    2014    2016    2018   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2006 21 STL NL     0 3 1 1 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 4
2007 22 STL NL     0 4 2 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 6 6 6
2008 23 PHI NL     2 5 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 5 5 5 8 9 9
2009 24 PHI NL     3 5 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
2010 25 PHI NL $ 100,000   4 6 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 8 6 6 6 9 9 9
2011 26 PHI NL $ 100,000   7 7 5 6 7 6 7 6 6 6 9 8 8 8 7 8 9 9 9
2012 27 CIN NL $ 100,000   8 7 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9
2013 28 CIN NL $ 3,478,571   8 7 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 10 10
2014 29 CIN NL $ 4,814,286   8 7 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9 9 8 8 10 10 10
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 3 1 1 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 4,814,286   8 7 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9 9 8 8 10 10 10
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2015 30 CIN NL $ 4,814,286 7 10 9 10 10 9 10 10 9 9
2016 31 CIN NL $ 4,814,286 7 10 9 10 10 9 10 10 9 9
2017 32 HOU NL $ 24,300,000 7 10 9 9 10 9 9 9 9 9
2018 33 HOU NL $ 24,300,000 7 9 9 9 10 9 9 8 8 8
2019 34 HOU NL $ 24,300,000 7 9 9 9 10 9 9 8 8 8
2020 35 PIT NL $ 20,000,000 7 9 9 9 10 9 9 7 7 7
2021 36 PIT NL $ 20,000,000 6 7 7 7 8 7 8 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 4,814,286 6 7 7 7 8 7 8 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 24,300,000 7 10 9 10 10 9 10 10 9 9
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2006 21 STL NL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2007 22 STL NL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2008 23 PHI NL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2009 24 PHI NL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2010 25 PHI NL $ 100,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2011 26 PHI NL $ 100,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2012 27 CIN NL $ 100,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2013 28 CIN NL $ 3,478,571 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2014 29 CIN NL $ 4,814,286 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 4,814,286 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2015 30 CIN NL $ 4,814,286   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2016 31 CIN NL $ 4,814,286   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2017 32 HOU NL $ 24,300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2018 33 HOU NL $ 24,300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2019 34 HOU NL $ 24,300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2020 35 PIT NL $ 20,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2021 36 PIT NL $ 20,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 4,814,286   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 24,300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
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
2006 21 A   9 10 .474 29 29 8 0 0 215.0 206 63 16 60 151 2.64 .248 .298 .343 .641  
2007 22 AA   15 9 .625 29 29 1 1 0 187.7 175 77 21 76 159 3.69 .246 .319 .386 .705  
2008 23 AA   11 3 .786 18 18 0 0 0 113.3 91 24 7 35 154 1.91 .219 .279 .303 .582  
2009 24 AAA   9 8 .529 24 24 0 0 0 140.3 151 49 8 50 171 3.14 .278 .338 .357 .695  
2010 25 PHI NL 4 7 .364 20 20 0 0 0 100.0 101 45 10 37 92 4.05 .260 .329 .393 .723 4.4
    AAA   3 4 .429 11 11 0 0 0 64.3 61 29 3 17 83 4.06 .247 .295 .324 .619  
2011 26 PHI NL 12 8 .600 31 31 0 0 0 172.7 166 58 9 38 178 3.02 .249 .294 .345 .639 15.0
2012 27 PHI NL 8 7 .533 20 19 0 0 0 114.3 130 50 7 15 95 3.94 .286 .311 .390 .701 7.8
  CIN NL 6 1 .857 13 13 0 0 0 75.3 83 20 5 19 76 2.39 .279 .325 .386 .711 6.5
  TOT   14 8 .636 33 32 0 0 0 189.7 213 70 12 34 171 3.32 .283 .317 .388 .705 14.3
2013 28 CIN NL 15 4 .789 32 32 0 0 0 208.3 183 48 10 23 206 2.07 .235 .261 .323 .584 19.3
2014 29 CIN NL 14 9 .609 33 33 0 0 0 201.3 202 73 11 43 192 3.26 .262 .307 .379 .686 15.6
2015 30 CIN NL 15 14 .517 35 35 1 0 0 217.0 196 80 9 35 198 3.32 .240 .277 .340 .617 16.1
2016 31 CIN NL 15 7 .682 36 36 2 2 0 237.7 212 77 11 35 217 2.92 .239 .272 .330 .602 19.3
2017 32 CIN NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 17 5 1 0 12 3.46 .315 .327 .481 .809 0.6
  HOU NL 10 9 .526 34 34 0 0 0 207.3 203 82 14 50 187 3.56 .257 .309 .385 .694 13.2
  TOT   10 10 .500 36 36 0 0 0 220.3 220 87 15 50 199 3.55 .261 .310 .391 .701 13.7
2018 33 HOU NL 16 7 .696 34 34 1 1 0 229.7 182 70 19 27 222 2.74 .214 .245 .326 .571 22.6
2019 34 HOU NL 16 10 .615 36 36 3 2 0 242.7 207 79 20 41 195 2.93 .226 .263 .352 .615 20.6
2020 35 PIT NL 10 3 .769 26 26 1 1 0 160.3 156 64 11 52 126 3.59 .255 .315 .378 .693 11.1
2021 36 PIT NL 11 7 .611 33 33 1 0 0 194.3 208 87 30 48 171 4.03 .273 .322 .465 .786 13.0
12 Years Sim 152 94 .618 385 384 9 6 0 2373.9 2246 838 167 463 2167 3.18 .248 .290 .365 .655 185.2
2 Years AAA 12 12 .500 35 35 0 0 0 204.7 212 78 11 67 254 3.43 .268 .325 .346 .672  
2 Years AA 26 12 .684 47 47 1 1 0 301.0 266 101 28 111 313 3.02 .236 .304 .355 .660  
1 Years A 9 10 .474 29 29 8 0 0 215.0 206 63 16 60 151 2.64 .248 .298 .343 .641  
5 Years Minors 47 34 .580 111 111 9 1 0 720.7 684 242 55 238 718 3.02 .249 .308 .349 .657  
Season Average 12 7 .632 32 32 0 0 0 197.8 187 69 13 38 180 3.18 .248 .290 .365 .655  
Career Highs 16 14 .789 36 36 3 2 0 242.7 220 87 30 52 222 4.05 .283 .329 .465 .786  
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   1785 667 134 392 1659   .256 .296 .379 .675
vs LH   461 171 33 71 508   .223 .248 .319 .567
Home 69 44 .611 182 182 4 2 0 1122.6 1049 395 73 228 1026 3.17 .246 .284 .359 .643
Away 83 50 .624 204 203 5 4 0 1251.3 1197 443 94 235 1141 3.19 .251 .286 .370 .656
Mar/Apr 25 12 .676 53 53 2 1 0 334.3 308 106 18 53 310 2.85 .244 .274 .354 .628
May 29 12 .707 59 59 2 2 0 373.6 342 119 21 73 343 2.87 .239 .276 .340 .615
June 22 17 .564 67 67 1 0 0 403.6 364 139 27 88 372 3.10 .241 .283 .349 .632
July 22 23 .489 67 67 2 1 0 411.3 395 171 36 73 369 3.74 .250 .284 .385 .669
August 24 15 .615 64 64 1 1 0 398.6 408 160 36 80 342 3.61 .266 .303 .399 .702
Sep/Oct 30 15 .667 76 75 1 1 0 452.3 429 143 29 96 431 2.85 .248 .288 .361 .648
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player 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
2010 25 PHI NL 19 28 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .107 .133 .179 .312 0.5 0.0
2011 26 PHI NL 29 54 4 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 21 .093 .125 .130 .255 -1.3 0.0
2012 27 PHI NL 18 35 0 5 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 20 .143 .143 .257 .400 0.8 0.0
  CIN NL 13 22 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .091 .130 .136 .267 -0.2 0.0
  TOT   31 57 0 7 5 0 0 3 0 0 1 26 .123 .138 .211 .348 0.6 0.0
2013 28 CIN NL 30 63 3 4 1 0 2 4 1 0 4 18 .063 .119 .175 .294 0.1 0.0
2014 29 CIN NL 32 62 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 26 .081 .095 .113 .208 -1.7 0.0
2015 30 CIN NL 33 63 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 30 .032 .047 .063 .110 -3.7 0.0
2016 31 CIN NL 35 74 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 36 .081 .093 .095 .188 -2.6 0.0
2017 32 CIN NL 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
  HOU NL 33 64 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 30 .031 .061 .031 .092 -4.3 0.0
  TOT   35 68 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 31 .029 .057 .029 .087 -4.7 0.0
2018 33 HOU NL 32 71 4 3 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 33 .042 .068 .070 .138 -3.4 0.0
2019 34 HOU NL 34 75 1 4 3 0 0 5 0 0 3 40 .053 .089 .093 .182 -2.8 0.0
2020 35 PIT NL 25 46 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 21 .065 .083 .109 .192 -1.6 0.0
2021 36 PIT NL 32 62 4 6 1 1 1 5 1 0 1 19 .097 .109 .194 .303 -0.1 0.0
12 Years Sim 367 723 28 50 23 1 3 31 2 0 20 309 .069 .094 .116 .210 -20.8 0.0
162 Game Average 319 12 22 10 0 1 13 0 0 8 136 .069 .094 .116 .210 -9.2  
Career Highs 35 75 4 7 5 1 2 5 1 0 4 40 .123 .138 .211 .348 0.6  
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   498 19 39 21 0 3 27 1 0 16 204 .078 .106 .139 .245 -11.5
vs LH   225 9 11 2 1 0 4 1 0 4 105 .049 .066 .067 .132 -12.5
Home 182 332 19 25 13 0 2 16 0 0 10 132 .075 .102 .133 .235 -8.8
Away 185 391 9 25 10 1 1 15 2 0 10 177 .064 .086 .102 .189 -15.2
RISP   191 0 10 3 0 1 24 0 0 6 81 .052 .079 .084 .163 -8.7
Close/Late   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Mar/Apr 53 116 4 4 1 1 1 6 0 0 1 49 .034 .042 .086 .129 -6.7
May 59 128 6 11 4 0 0 5 0 0 3 52 .086 .107 .117 .224 -3.8
June 65 121 6 11 6 0 0 5 1 0 7 54 .091 .138 .140 .279 -1.2
July 64 124 3 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 5 55 .048 .085 .073 .158 -6.0
August 51 94 5 8 2 0 1 8 1 0 2 40 .085 .102 .138 .240 -2.0
Sep/Oct 75 140 4 10 7 0 1 4 0 0 2 59 .071 .085 .143 .227 -4.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2010 25 PHI NL P 20 20 100.0 3 23 2 4 .929 2.34    
2011 26 PHI NL P 31 31 172.7 10 24 2 1 .944 1.77    
2012 27 PHI NL P 20 19 114.3 5 17 1 1 .957 1.73    
  CIN NL P 13 13 75.3 4 11 0 1 1.000 1.79    
  TOT   P 33 32 189.7 9 28 1 2 .974 1.76    
2013 28 CIN NL P 32 32 208.3 14 42 1 6 .982 2.42    
2014 29 CIN NL P 33 33 201.3 16 27 2 2 .956 1.92    
2015 30 CIN NL P 35 35 217.0 10 35 1 1 .978 1.87    
2016 31 CIN NL P 36 36 237.7 10 34 2 0 .957 1.67    
2017 32 CIN NL P 2 2 13.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.38    
  HOU NL P 34 34 207.3 7 36 1 3 .977 1.87    
  TOT   P 36 36 220.3 7 38 1 3 .978 1.84    
2018 33 HOU NL P 34 34 229.7 12 38 4 2 .926 1.96    
2019 34 HOU NL P 36 36 242.7 18 38 1 2 .982 2.08    
2020 35 PIT NL P 26 26 160.3 11 27 1 3 .974 2.13    
2021 36 PIT NL P 33 33 194.3 8 30 1 3 .974 1.76    
Career Totals   385 384 2373.9 128 384 19 29 .964 1.94    
Career Highs   36 36 242.7 18 42 4 6 .982 2.42    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series Most Valuable Player.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2011 26 PHI NL 1 0 1.000 4 4 0 0 0 20.0 16 5 3 5 21 2.25 .219 .269 .370 .639
2012 27 CIN NL 2 0 1.000 4 4 0 0 0 26.0 25 6 1 4 26 2.08 .260 .290 .354 .644
2013 28 CIN NL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 7 2 0 0 6 2.57 .269 .269 .308 .577
2015 30 CIN NL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 4 3 0 1 9 3.86 .160 .192 .200 .392
2020 35 PIT NL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 5 3 2 1 7 3.86 .200 .231 .480 .711
Career Post-Season Pitching 3 2 .600 11 11 0 0 0 67.0 57 19 6 11 69 2.55 .233 .266 .351 .617
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series Most Valuable Player.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2011 26 PHI NL 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
2012 27 CIN NL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
2013 28 CIN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2015 30 CIN NL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
2020 35 PIT NL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 10 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2011-6-3.02
2013-1-2.07
2014-7-3.26
2015-8-3.32
2016-8-2.92
2019-7-2.93
CAR-13-3.18
Wins
2012-10-14
2013-5-15
2014-6-14
2015-4-15
2016-8-15
2018-7-16
CAR-28-152
Losses
2015-7-14
Winning Pct
2012-10-.636
2013-1-.789
2014-10-.609
2016-9-.682
2018-7-.696
CAR-26-.618
Games Started
2015-5-35
2016-1-36
2017-2-36
2019-1-36
CAR-34-384
Complete Games
2015-10-1
2016-7-2
2019-8-3
Shutouts
2016-2-2
2018-7-1
2019-3-2
2020-6-1
Innings Pitched
2015-7-217.0
2016-3-237.7
2019-4-242.7
CAR-41-2374.0
Hits Allowed
2012-10-213
2016-6-212
2017-10-220
CAR-42-2246
Strikeouts
2013-8-206
2015-6-198
2016-7-217
CAR-22-2167
Walks per 9IP
2013-2-1.0
2015-5-1.5
2016-8-1.3
2018-2-1.1
2019-7-1.5
CAR-29-1.8
Hits per 9IP
2018-10-7.1
Strikeouts per 9IP
2011-5-9.3
2013-7-8.9
2014-10-8.6
CAR-42-8.2
WHiP
2013-1-0.99
2015-5-1.06
2016-6-1.04
2018-1-0.91
2019-7-1.02
CAR-19-1.14
OAVG
2018-10-.214
OOBP
2013-4-.261
2015-6-.277
2016-8-.272
2018-1-.245
2019-5-.263
CAR-20-.290
OSLG
2011-10-.345
2013-1-.323
2015-5-.340
2016-9-.330
2018-7-.326
2019-9-.352
CAR-28-.365
OOPS
2011-10-.639
2013-1-.584
2015-4-.617
2016-8-.602
2018-5-.571
2019-7-.615
CAR-23-.655
 
   Black Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 34)
   Gray Ink Test: 116    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 134)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 50    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 44)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 48th overall pick, by St. Louis in 2006
Traded from St. Louis to Philadelphia on 4/18/2008 (Going to PHI: P S. Karsay, P R. Dempster, P C. Nakagawa, P J. Salazar. Going to STL: P V. De Los Santos, P J. Ruffin)
Injured on 6/3/2008 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 7/16/2009 with a Strained Back, out for 2-3 weeks
Had first career hit on 6/23/2010, off Karim Veit (MON)
Earned first career win on 7/4/2010
Traded from Philadelphia to Cincinnati on 7/30/2012 (Going to PHI: P J. Piggott, 1B B. Bushman, P M. Rivas, P G. Mooney, P B. Jorgensen. Going to CIN: P J. Salazar)
Injured on 9/6/2012 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 2012
Hit first career homerun on 4/24/2013, off Edward Charles (CHN)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/2013, going 2-0, 0.79
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/2013, going 4-0, 1.76
2/4/2015: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,814,286 through salary arbitration
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/2015, going 5-1, 1.58