Neal Cotts stats
Bio
- Age
- 46 yearsMar 25, 1980
- Height
- 6' 2"
Neal Cotts played 10 MLB seasons, 2003 to 2015.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 483
- W
- 21
- L
- 24
- ERA
- 3.96
- IP
- 443.1
- K
- 421
- BB
- 194
- WHIP
- 1.35
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | CHW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8.10 | 13.1 | 10 | 17 | 2.40 |
| 2004 | CHW | 56 | 4 | 4 | 5.65 | 65.1 | 58 | 30 | 1.39 |
| 2005 | CHW | 69 | 4 | 0 | 1.94 | 60.1 | 58 | 29 | 1.11 |
| 2006 | CHW | 70 | 1 | 2 | 5.17 | 54.0 | 43 | 24 | 1.63 |
| 2007 | CHC | 16 | 0 | 1 | 4.86 | 16.2 | 14 | 9 | 1.44 |
| 2008 | CHC | 50 | 0 | 2 | 4.29 | 35.2 | 43 | 13 | 1.43 |
| 2009 | CHC | 19 | 0 | 2 | 7.36 | 11.0 | 9 | 9 | 2.09 |
| 2013 | TEX | 58 | 8 | 3 | 1.11 | 57.0 | 65 | 18 | 0.95 |
| 2014 | TEX | 73 | 2 | 9 | 4.32 | 66.2 | 63 | 23 | 1.34 |
| 2015 |  MIL/MIN | 68 | 1 | 0 | 3.41 | 63.1 | 58 | 22 | 1.26 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 8
- W
- 1
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 0.00
- IP
- 4.0
- K
- 5
- BB
- 2
- WHIP
- 1.00
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 8.5
- GB
- 536
- FB
- 701
- G/F
- 0.80
- WP
- 26
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 87 | 103 | 0.8 | 8 |
| 2005 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 73 | 84 | 0.9 | 3 |
| 2006 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 79 | 102 | 0.8 | 3 |
| 2007 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.6 | 23 | 27 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2008 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.9 | 40 | 63 | 0.6 | 3 |
| 2009 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.4 | 22 | 14 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 2013 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 65 | 75 | 0.9 | 3 |
| 2014 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 72 | 124 | 0.6 | 4 |
| 2015 | MIL/MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 75 | 109 | 0.7 | 2 |
Bio
- Age
- 46 yearsMar 25, 1980
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2003
- Birthplace
- Lebanon, IL
- Draft
- 2001Rd 2, Pk 69
- College
- Illinois State
Latest performance
Neal Cotts
Oct 03 · vs KC · L 5-1
- IP
- 0.0
- H
- 1
- R
- 2
- ER
- 0
- BB
- 1
- K
- 0
- HR
- 0
- ERA
- 3.95
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 03 | vs KCL 5-1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wed, Sep 30 | at CLEW 7-1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fri, Sep 25 | at DETL 6-4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thu, Sep 24 | vsCLEL 6-3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wed, Sep 23 | vsCLEW 4-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat, Sep 19 | vs LAAL 5-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
What were Neal Cotts's career stats?
Neal Cotts played 10 seasons for the White Sox, the Cubs and the Rangers. He had 21 wins and 421 strikeouts with a 3.96 ERA over 443.1 innings. His best season was 2013: 8 wins, a 1.11 ERA and 65 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
10 seasons, 1 postseason, 2003 to 2015
Championships
- 2005 World Series with the Chicago White Sox
More on Neal Cotts
Playoff series
Neal Cotts played 8 games across 2 MLB postseasons in 4 series — 2 won, 2 lost.
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 |  LAD | Lost 0-2 | 2 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 |  BOS | Won 1-0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | LAA | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 |  HOU | Won 4-0 | 4 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Neal Cotts’s playoff series, round by round
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Neal Cotts against each club
- vs Cleveland Guardians (34)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (34)
- vs Minnesota Twins (29)
- vs Kansas City Royals (28)
- vs Athletics (26)
- vs Houston Astros (26)
- vs Detroit Tigers (24)
- vs Seattle Mariners (23)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (21)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (21)
- vs New York Yankees (20)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (19)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (17)
- vs Boston Red Sox (15)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (15)
- vs Texas Rangers (14)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (13)
- vs Chicago Cubs (12)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (11)
- vs Chicago White Sox (10)
- vs Atlanta Braves (9)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (9)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (8)
- vs Colorado Rockies (8)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (8)
- vs San Diego Padres (8)
- vs Washington Nationals (8)
- vs Miami Marlins (7)
- vs New York Mets (7)
- vs San Francisco Giants (7)
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