Daniel
Royster
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 220
 
Born: August 11, 1976 in Usa
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 27 NYE HL $ 4,490,000 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8
2005 28 NYE HL $ 4,490,000 8 5 5 5 8 7 8 8 8 8
2006 29 RR KL $ 4,490,000 8 5 5 5 8 7 8 8 8 8
2007 30 NE KL $ 4,490,000 8 5 5 5 8 7 8 8 8 8
2008 31 NE KL $ 1,310,000 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8
2009 32 NE KL $ 1,310,000 8 5 5 5 8 7 8 8 8 8
2010 33 NE KL   8 4 4 4 8 7 8 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,490,000 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8
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  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
2004 27 NYE HL $ 4,490,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2005 28 NYE HL $ 4,490,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2006 29 RR KL $ 4,490,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2007 30 NE KL $ 4,490,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2008 31 NE KL $ 1,310,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2009 32 NE KL $ 1,310,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2010 33 NE KL     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,490,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Nolan Ryan Award or Super Newbie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2004 27 NYE HL 6 8 .429 21 19 2 1 0 108.7 132 63 13 28 68 5.22 .295 .338 .438 .776 0.4
2005 28 NYE HL 2 1 .667 20 0 0 0 1 27.3 36 20 2 10 23 6.59 .316 .368 .430 .798 0.0
    AAA   5 9 .357 20 20 5 1 0 138.3 144 56 12 42 110 3.64 .269 .322 .396 .719  
2006 29 RR KL 3 8 .273 14 14 0 0 0 88.7 84 43 13 30 50 4.36 .251 .315 .410 .726 3.1
    AAA   4 11 .267 22 22 2 0 0 142.0 160 67 7 35 127 4.25 .282 .324 .377 .701  
2007 30 NE KL 9 10 .474 27 25 2 0 0 152.0 160 93 16 53 96 5.51 .269 .329 .416 .745 1.7
2008 31 NE KL 7 5 .583 21 21 3 1 0 148.3 130 52 16 43 113 3.16 .232 .286 .364 .650 11.3
    AAA   2 1 .667 20 1 0 0 0 25.7 24 6 1 9 27 2.10 .247 .311 .309 .621  
2009 32 NE KL 7 6 .538 21 21 1 0 0 145.7 148 55 16 37 72 3.40 .267 .311 .419 .730 6.5
    AAA   4 3 .571 9 9 1 1 0 69.7 64 23 4 17 53 2.97 .235 .280 .320 .600  
2010 33 AAA   11 12 .478 30 30 3 0 0 212.0 239 91 13 68 164 3.86 .283 .337 .396 .732  
6 Years Sim 34 38 .472 124 100 8 2 1 670.6 690 326 76 201 422 4.37 .265 .317 .409 .727 23.0
5 Years AAA 26 36 .419 101 82 11 2 0 587.7 631 243 37 171 481 3.72 .273 .323 .379 .701  
Season Average 5 6 .455 20 16 1 0 0 111.8 115 54 12 33 70 4.37 .265 .317 .409 .727  
Career Highs 9 10 .667 27 25 3 1 1 152.0 160 93 16 53 113 6.59 .316 .368 .438 .798  
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   355 160 46 109 229   .259 .314 .415 .729
vs LH   335 166 30 92 193   .272 .322 .402 .725
Home 17 16 .515 59 49 4 2 0 338.6 344 157 32 108 210 4.17 .264 .320 .396 .716
Away 17 22 .436 65 51 4 0 1 332.0 346 169 44 93 212 4.58 .267 .316 .422 .738
Mar/Apr 5 4 .556 21 8 2 1 0 69.3 75 31 6 15 49 4.02 .274 .311 .387 .698
May 5 5 .500 21 14 1 0 1 105.7 98 44 5 29 69 3.75 .243 .294 .333 .626
June 6 3 .667 13 13 1 1 0 80.3 96 44 9 29 48 4.93 .293 .350 .445 .795
July 4 3 .571 11 9 2 0 0 71.0 66 26 3 24 41 3.30 .245 .307 .331 .638
August 8 11 .421 26 26 2 0 0 167.0 161 84 27 52 107 4.53 .252 .309 .422 .730
Sep/Oct 6 12 .333 32 30 0 0 0 177.3 194 97 26 52 108 4.92 .281 .331 .465 .796
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hank Aaron Award or Super Newbie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 27 NYE HL 21 33 2 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 13 .242 .306 .242 .548 2.4 0.0
2005 28 NYE HL 20 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3
2006 29 RR KL 15 24 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .042 .042 .083 .125 -1.3 0.0
2007 30 NE KL 30 54 9 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 19 .185 .214 .222 .437 2.0 0.0
2008 31 NE KL 21 44 6 13 3 0 0 6 0 0 4 20 .295 .354 .364 .718 5.8 1.1
2009 32 NE KL 23 43 4 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 24 .140 .136 .163 .299 0.3 0.0
2010 33 AAA   1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
6 Years Sim 130 199 21 39 7 0 0 20 0 0 9 90 .196 .230 .231 .461 9.7 1.4
1 Years AAA 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 247 26 48 8 0 0 24 0 0 11 112 .196 .230 .231 .461 12.1  
Career Highs 30 54 9 13 3 0 0 6 0 0 4 24 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 5.8  
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   139 14 25 6 0 0 15 0 0 6 64 .180 .212 .223 .435 4.9
vs LH   60 7 14 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 26 .233 .270 .250 .520 3.8
Home 55 97 9 19 4 0 0 9 0 0 4 44 .196 .228 .237 .465 4.3
Away 68 102 12 20 3 0 0 11 0 0 5 46 .196 .231 .225 .457 4.5
RISP   57 0 14 2 0 0 19 0 0 4 17 .246 .290 .281 .571 4.7
Close/Late   4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2
Mar/Apr 10 20 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .150 .190 .150 .340 0.2
May 22 33 3 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 11 .242 .242 .303 .545 2.0
June 14 24 5 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 11 .208 .286 .250 .536 1.9
July 11 25 3 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 13 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.6
August 28 51 7 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 17 .216 .245 .255 .500 2.8
Sep/Oct 32 46 1 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 29 .152 .204 .196 .400 1.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hoover Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2004 27 NYE HL P 21 19 108.7 9 21 4 3 .882 2.48    
2005 28 NYE HL P 20 0 27.3 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.63    
2006 29 RR KL P 14 14 88.7 7 13 0 0 1.000 2.03    
2007 30 NE KL P 27 25 152.0 5 30 0 1 1.000 2.07    
2008 31 NE KL P 21 21 148.3 10 19 3 2 .906 1.76    
2009 32 NE KL P 21 21 145.7 5 34 5 5 .886 2.41    
Career Totals   124 100 670.6 37 124 12 11 .931 2.16    
Career Highs   27 25 152.0 10 34 5 5 1.000 2.63    
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
2008 31 NE KL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 10 5 0 3 3 9.00 .455 .520 .636 1.156
2009 32 NE KL 1 2 .333 4 4 0 0 0 22.7 32 14 2 4 10 5.56 .327 .353 .429 .782
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 3 .250 5 5 0 0 0 27.7 42 19 2 7 13 6.18 .350 .386 .467 .852
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2008 31 NE KL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
2009 32 NE KL 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .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.
Complete Games
2004-8-2
Shutouts
2004-7-1
2008-10-1
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 4
 
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 100th overall pick, by New York in 2004
Had first career hit on 4/7/2004, off Robert Pickett (TSK)
Earned first career win on 4/7/2004
Injured on 5/29/2004 with a Fractured Elbow, out for 8-9 weeks
Injured on 9/1/2005 with a Pulled Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 7/27/2006 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 5 days
Traded from New York to Raleigh on 7/31/2006 (Going to RR: P Daniel Royster, P Frank Gray, C Mike Carpino. Going to NYE: P Erwin Orosco)
8/15/2007: Signed a contract extension with New England, $1,310,000 per year, for 2 years
Signed as a free agent by New England on 3/6/2010 to a minor league contract