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Birth Date	3-9-1973
Height	6' 3"
Weight	210 lbs

Age	40 years, 2 months, 14 days
Bats	L
Throws	L

: 2009
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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	GS	IP	IP-SP	IP-RP	W	L	SV	BS	QS	BQS	PA	H	R	ER	HR	TB	BB	UBB	HBP	SO	ERA	FIP	FRA	VORP	WARP
1995	CIN	22	9	7	32.3	31.3	1.0	1	3	0	1	2	0	154	41	25	22	4	64	15	14	2	18	6.12	5.14	6.15	-0.2	-0.1
1995	DET	22	11	11	39.3	39.3	0.0	1	4	0	0	1	0	184	53	32	31	7	92	20	18	3	13	7.09	6.55	7.88	-2.8	-0.3
1996	DET	23	11	8	45.7	37.7	8.0	2	3	0	0	1	1	234	62	44	41	7	97	38	37	7	36	8.08	6.62	7.13	-3.4	-0.3
1998	HOU	25	43	0	59.7	0.0	59.7	3	3	3	3	0	0	250	49	27	25	4	73	23	21	6	44	3.77	3.92	5.05	-0.8	-0.1
1999	DET	26	68	7	81.7	37.3	44.3	4	5	0	4	2	0	349	63	44	39	11	106	45	42	3	66	4.30	5.10	5.43	6.9	0.9
2000	DET	27	67	11	109.7	53.0	56.7	4	9	0	5	1	3	497	124	79	64	13	192	49	46	4	81	5.25	4.74	5.11	9.1	0.8
2001	DET	28	56	0	45.3	0.0	45.3	0	3	0	9	0	0	220	51	30	28	7	82	31	24	5	38	5.56	5.81	6.11	-2.3	-0.2
2001	NYN	28	5	0	5.7	0.0	5.7	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	3	3	2	0	4	0.00	3.18	4.68	0.1	0.0
2002	TEX	29	12	0	13.7	0.0	13.7	0	1	0	0	0	0	63	11	4	4	0	12	13	13	0	14	2.63	3.86	3.48	3.4	0.3
2003	TEX	30	6	0	9.7	0.0	9.7	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	17	8	8	0	19	8	7	0	5	7.45	4.54	5.24	0.9	0.1
2004	ATL	31	22	0	20.0	0.0	20.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	95	22	11	10	3	36	10	10	2	16	4.50	5.10	5.33	0.3	0.0
2004	NYA	31	19	0	13.0	0.0	13.0	1	1	0	2	0	0	65	18	11	11	1	27	6	6	4	10	7.62	4.92	5.98	0.3	0.0
2005	WAS	32	7	0	3.3	0.0	3.3	0	0	0	2	0	0	17	5	3	3	0	7	2	2	0	2	8.10	3.59	4.27	0.1	0.0
Career			336	44	479.0	198.7	280.3	18	32	3	26	7	4	2201	519	318	286	57	810	263	242	36	347	5.37	5.12	5.73	11.5	1.2

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	FRA	FRA+	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	PPF	PVORP	PWARP	VORP	WARP
1995	CIN	MLB	9	7	32.3	6.15	68	.295	.273	.344	.417	.268	.322	100	-0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.1
1995	DET	MLB	11	11	39.3	7.88	50	.330	.286	.358	.451	.278	.326	103	-2.8	-0.3	-2.8	-0.3
1996	DET	MLB	11	8	45.7	7.13	65	.338	.281	.350	.458	.274	.377	97	-3.4	-0.3	-3.4	-0.3
1998	HOU	MLB	43	0	59.7	5.05	90	.234	.277	.349	.436	.270	.260	99	-0.0	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1
1999	DET	MLB	68	7	81.7	5.43	96	.235	.282	.357	.457	.273	.232	99	7.0	0.7	6.9	0.9
2000	DET	MLB	67	11	109.7	5.11	97	.282	.282	.357	.465	.273	.317	92	9.1	0.8	9.1	0.8
2001	DET	MLB	56	0	45.3	6.11	75	.299	.275	.345	.452	.272	.319	99	-2.3	-0.2	-2.3	-0.2
2001	NYN	MLB	5	0	5.7	4.68	90	.133	.268	.334	.448	.266	.214	89	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
2002	TEX	MLB	12	0	13.7	3.48	130	.255	.271	.338	.431	.273	.306	103	3.4	0.3	3.4	0.3
2003	TEX	MLB	6	0	9.7	5.24	102	.330	.276	.347	.434	.274	.436	109	0.9	0.1	0.9	0.1
2004	ATL	MLB	22	0	20.0	5.33	84	.305	.273	.347	.462	.273	.297	98	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0
2004	NYA	MLB	19	0	13.0	5.98	81	.308	.276	.348	.440	.272	.386	100	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0
2005	WAS	MLB	7	0	3.3	4.27	90	.328	.283	.360	.474	.285	.385	85	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
2012	BIN	AA	6	0	4.7	1.35	172	.202	.274	.345	.442	.271	.167	108	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2012	BUF	AAA	15	0	14.3	4.86	86	.354	.261	.334	.399	.252	.451	91	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2012	GIG	Wnt	4	0	2.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career		MLB		44	479.0	5.73	84	.283	.279	.352	.451	.273	.309	98	12.4	1.2	11.5	1.2

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	GB%	BABIP	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	WHIP	ERA	VORP	WARP
1995	CIN	MLB	1	3	0	9	7	32.3	41	15	18	4	48%	.322	11.4	4.2	1.1	5.0	1.73	6.12	-0.2	-0.1
1995	DET	MLB	1	4	0	11	11	39.3	53	20	13	7	50%	.326	12.1	4.6	1.6	3.0	1.86	7.09	-2.8	-0.3
1996	DET	MLB	2	3	0	11	8	45.7	62	38	36	7	42%	.377	12.2	7.5	1.4	7.1	2.19	8.08	-3.4	-0.3
1998	HOU	MLB	3	3	3	43	0	59.7	49	23	44	4	52%	.260	7.4	3.5	0.6	6.6	1.21	3.77	-0.8	-0.1
1999	DET	MLB	4	5	0	68	7	81.7	63	45	66	11	50%	.232	6.9	5.0	1.2	7.3	1.32	4.30	6.9	0.9
2000	DET	MLB	4	9	0	67	11	109.7	124	49	81	13	61%	.317	10.2	4.0	1.1	6.6	1.58	5.25	9.1	0.8
2001	DET	MLB	0	3	0	56	0	45.3	51	31	38	7	55%	.319	10.1	6.2	1.4	7.5	1.81	5.56	-2.3	-0.2
2001	NYN	MLB	1	0	0	5	0	5.7	3	3	4	0	73%	.214	4.8	4.8	0.0	6.4	1.06	0.00	0.1	0.0
2002	TEX	MLB	0	1	0	12	0	13.7	11	13	14	0	56%	.306	7.2	8.6	0.0	9.2	1.76	2.63	3.4	0.3
2003	TEX	MLB	0	0	0	6	0	9.7	17	8	5	0	51%	.436	15.8	7.4	0.0	4.7	2.59	7.45	0.9	0.1
2004	ATL	MLB	1	0	0	22	0	20.0	22	10	16	3	52%	.297	9.9	4.5	1.4	7.2	1.60	4.50	0.3	0.0
2004	NYA	MLB	1	1	0	19	0	13.0	18	6	10	1	47%	.386	12.5	4.2	0.7	6.9	1.85	7.62	0.3	0.0
2005	WAS	MLB	0	0	0	7	0	3.3	5	2	2	0	62%	.385	13.5	5.4	0.0	5.4	2.10	8.10	0.1	0.0
2012	BIN	AA	0	0	0	6	0	4.7	1	4	8	0	67%	.167	1.9	7.7	0.0	15.4	1.07	0.00	0.0	0.0
2012	GIG	Wnt	0	0	0	4	0	2.0	0	0	1	0	0%	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
2012	BUF	AAA	0	2	1	15	0	14.3	24	8	13	1	52%	.451	15.1	5.0	0.6	8.2	2.23	7.53	0.0	0.0

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2011-07-15	2011-07-15	FA	0	0	Left	Shoulder	Surgery	Stem Cell Therapy	-	-
1996-08-11	1996-08-29	15-DL	18	17	-	Low Back	Strain		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2003	TEX	$550,000
2001	DET, NYN	$1,200,000
2000	DET	$950,000

Years	Description	Salary
4 yr	Previous	$2,700,000
4 yr	Total	$2,700,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
6 y 72 d

Details

signed 1-year contract with Softbank Hawks of Japan 11/06
signed as a free agent from WAS 12/05 (minor-league contract), 1 year/$0.5M (06) (split contract-$72K in min)
optioned to Triple-A 6/05 signed as a free agent from MIN 5/05 released 3/05 signed as a free agent from NYY 1/05 (minor-league contract) contract purchased 8/04 signed as a free agent from ATL 7/04 (minor-league contract) designated for assignment 6/04 signed as a free agent from TX 1/04 (minor-league contract), 1 year/$0.375M (04)
designated for assignment 4/03 contract purchased 3/03
1 year/$0.55M (03)
contract purchased 8/02
signed 8/02 signed 6/02 (minor-league contract) signed 3/02 (minor-league contract) released 3/02 signed as a free agent from NYM 12/01 acquired in trade from DT 9/01 sent outright to Triple-A 8/01

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Title	Author	Date
Arbitration Showdown: Mock Hearing: Sergio Romo	Nick J. Faleris	2013-02-15
Arbitration Showdown: Mock Hearing: Sergio Romo	Bradford Doolittle	2013-02-15
Arbitration Showdown: Mock Hearing: Sergio Romo	Ben Lindbergh	2013-02-15
Baseball ProGUESTus: The Value of Good Coaching	C.J. Nitkowski	2012-11-20
The Week In Quotes: August 6-12	Hudson Belinsky	2012-08-13
The Week In Quotes: August 6-12	Andrew Koo	2012-08-13
The Week In Quotes: August 6-12	Jonah Birenbaum	2012-08-13
The Week In Quotes: August 6-12	Matthew Rocco	2012-08-13
The Process: When Will We Know Who Won the 10-Player Trade?	Bradley Ankrom	2012-07-26
The Week In Quotes: July 16-22	Hudson Belinsky	2012-07-23
The Week In Quotes: July 16-22	Andrew Koo	2012-07-23
The Week In Quotes: July 16-22	Jonah Birenbaum	2012-07-23
The Week In Quotes: July 16-22	Matthew Rocco	2012-07-23
Prospectus Hit and Run: Bartolo Colon and the Comeback Kids	Jay Jaffe	2012-04-23
Baseball ProGUESTus: Korea Catches Baseball Fever	Daniel Kim	2012-03-20
The BP Broadside: The Most Disappointing Prospects of All Time, Part 4	Steven Goldman	2011-06-07
What We Learned: The Clemens-McNamee Hearing	Will Carroll	2008-02-14
Wait 'Til Next Year: Fight Money	Bryan Smith	2007-05-01
Will's Mill: Another Day, Another Rumor	Will Carroll	2006-07-30
Transaction Analysis: National League, March 30-April 4	Christina Kahrl	2006-04-07
Transaction Analysis: December 2-6	Christina Kahrl	2005-12-07
Transaction Analysis: May 24-June 12, 2005	Christina Kahrl	2005-06-16
Transaction Analysis: April 5-14, 2005	Christina Kahrl	2005-04-16
Transaction Analysis: March 29-April 4, 2005	Christina Kahrl	2005-04-12
Transaction Analysis: Offseason - The Centrals	Christina Kahrl	2005-03-11
Prospectus Triple Play: Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates	Baseball Prospectus	2004-12-17
Playoff Prospectus: New York Yankees vs. Minnesota Twins	Dayn Perry	2004-10-04
Prospectus Today: Welcome, and Welcome Back	Joe Sheehan	2004-09-02
Prospectus Triple Play: Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates	Baseball Prospectus	2004-09-01
Transaction Analysis: August 3-8	Christina Kahrl	2004-08-10
Transaction Analysis: June 28-30	Christina Kahrl	2004-07-02
Transaction Analysis: June 17-20	Christina Kahrl	2004-06-23
You Could Look It Up: Draft Edition	Steven Goldman	2004-06-09
Prospectus Triple Play: Atlanta Braves, Minnesota Twins, Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Baseball Prospectus	2004-04-07
Transaction Analysis: March 31-April 5, 2004	Christina Kahrl	2004-04-06
Prospectus Triple Play: Atlanta Braves, Minnesota Twins, Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Baseball Prospectus	2004-03-24
Transaction Analysis: January 12-February 6, 2004	Christina Kahrl	2004-02-11
Transaction Analysis: April 17-20, 2003	Christina Kahrl	2003-04-23
Not-in-Book Players: 37 Guys We Missed	Baseball Prospectus	2003-04-11
Transaction Analysis: March 25-April 6, 2003	Christina Kahrl	2003-04-09
Prospectus Today: Desert Doodles, Part II	Joe Sheehan	2003-03-13
Transaction Analysis: August 22-25, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-08-29
Transaction Analysis: August 19-21, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-08-23
Transaction Analysis: March 26-30, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-04-02
Transaction Analysis: March 19-25, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-03-27

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