MARCH 16, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

YANKEES RE-SIGN LHP ANDY PETTITTE
The New York Yankees today announced they have re-signed LHP Andy Pettitte to a one-year minor-league contract with an
invitation to Major League spring training.
Pettitte, 39, owns a career record of 240-138 (.635) with a 3.88 ERA (3,055.1 IP, 1,317 ER) in 479 starts over 16 Major League
seasons with the Yankees (1995-2003 and 07-10) and Houston Astros (2004-06). He is one of just 26 pitchers all-time to be
100-or-more games over .500. Of the 19 Hall of Fame-eligible pitchers who have reached that plateau, only Parisian Bob
Caruthers, who went 218-99 from 1884-92, is not enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Originally selected by the Yankees in the 22nd round of the 1990 First-Year
Player Draft, Pettitte has pitched 13 seasons with the club, going 203-112
with a 3.98 ERA (2,535.2 IP, 1,122 ER) and 1,823 strikeouts in 405 games
(396 starts). In franchise history, he ranks second in strikeouts and starts,
third in wins, fourth in innings pitched and eighth in appearances (405). He
has appeared in eight career World Series (seven as a Yankee), winning
championships with the Yankees in 1996, 98, 99, 2000 and 09.
Among active pitchers currently in a Major League camp, he ranks second
in wins, starts and strikeouts, third in innings pitched and sixth in winning
percentage (min. 140 decisions).

ALL-TIME WINS LIST

50. Jack Powell .............................................................. 244
51. Juan Marichal .......................................................... 243
52. Herb Pennock ......................................................... 241
53. Frank Tanana........................................................... 240
ANDY PETTITTE ........................................ 240
55. Three-Fingered Brown ......................................... 239
Clark Griffith .............................................................. 239
David Wells ................................................................ 239
58. Waite Hoyt ............................................................... 237
59. Whitey Ford ............................................................. 236

Pettitte is the all-time winningest pitcher in postseason history, going 1910 with a 3.83 ERA in 42 career starts. He also ranks first all time in
postseason starts and innings pitched (263.0), and is tied for second with
173 strikeouts.

MOST WINS, YANKEES FRANCHISE HISTORY

1. Whitey Ford ............................................................... 236
2. Red Ruffing................................................................. 231
3. ANDY PETTITTE........................................... 203
4. Lefty Gomez............................................................... 189
5. Ron Guidry ................................................................. 170

The left-hander last appeared in the Majors in 2010 with the Yankees,
going 11-3 with a 3.28 ERA (129.0 IP, 47 ER) in 21 starts and earning an AllStar team selection. His .786 winning percentage was the highest of his
career, the best in the AL and the third-highest in the Majors. In the 2010
postseason, he went 1-1 with a 2.57 ERA (14.0 IP, 4 ER) in two combined
starts at Minnesota in ALDS Game 2 on October 7, 2010 (W, 7.0 IP, 2 ER) and
vs. Texas in ALCS Game 3 on October 18, 2010 (L, 7.0 IP, 2 ER).

MOST POSTSEASON WINS, ALL TIME

1. ANDY PETTITTE.............................................
2. John Smoltz .................................................................
3. Tom Glavine .................................................................
4. Roger Clemens............................................................
5. Greg Maddux ...............................................................
Curt Schilling................................................................

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Pettitte, a three-time All-Star (1996,

2001, 10) and 2001 ALCS MVP, holds the distinction of being the only
pitcher in Major League history to post a record of .500 or better while
making at least 15 starts in each of the first 16 seasons of his career. He also
posted a winning record in each of the first 13 seasons of his career (19952007), marking the third-longest such streak to begin a career all time,
trailing only Hall of Famers Grover Cleveland Alexander (17) and Cy Young
(15).

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MOST WINS-SAVE COMBINATIONS

Since saves became an official statistic in 1969
Courtesy of the Elias Sports Bureau

1. ANDY PETTITTE/MARIANO RIVERA (NYY) ...

2. Bob Welch/Dennis Eckersley (OAK). .....................
3. Mike Mussina/MARIANO RIVERA (NYY) ..............
4. Dave Stewart/Dennis Eckersley (OAK) .................
5. Jimmy Key/Tom Henke (TOR).................................
Kevin Tapani/Rick Aguilera (MIN) ..........................

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Year Team
Major League Totals
NYY (13 seasons)
HOU (3 seasons)

W
L
240 138
203 112
37 26

W
Major League Totals
19
YANKEES (12 postseasons) 18
HOUSTON (1 postseason) 1

L
10
9
1

PETTITTES CAREER REGULAR SEASON PITCHING RECORD

ERA
G GS
3.88 489 479
3.98 405 396
3.38 84 83

CG SHO
25
4
23
3
2
1

SV
IP
H
R
ER HR HP BB
SO
0 3055.1 3185 1461 1317 263 51 962 2251
0 2535.2 2688 1244 1122 211 46 820 1823
0
519.2 497 217 195 52 5 142 428

PETTITTES CAREER POSTSEASON PITCHING RECORD

ERA
3.83
3.79
4.26

G
42
38
4

GS
42
38
4

CG SHO
0
0
0
0
0
0

SV
0
0
0

IP
263.0
237.2
25.1

H
271
244
27

R
116
104
12

ER
112
100
12

HR HP
31 3
28 2
3 1

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BB
72
66
6

WP BK
62 11
54 10
8 1

SO WP BK
173 4 1
157 4 1
16 0 0