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Career Summary
Years IP W L SV SO ERA WARP
7 173.7 3 7 1 148 4.66 1.9
Birth Date5-22-1974
Height6' 4"
Weight210 lbs
BatsL
ThrowsL

Standard

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
1999 TOR 25 1 0 2.0 0.0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 3 3 1 6 2 2 0 4 13.50 8.70 10.87 -0.9 -0.1
2000 TOR 26 2 0 3.7 0.0 3.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 5 7 6 1 11 3 3 2 6 14.73 7.59 9.40 -1.5 -0.1
2001 BAL 27 14 0 26.7 0.0 26.7 1 0 0 0 0 0 113 18 14 9 2 28 17 17 1 21 3.04 4.52 3.57 3.8 0.4
2003 CIN 29 10 9 46.3 44.3 2.0 1 2 0 0 2 0 195 50 24 23 7 90 12 10 2 37 4.47 4.25 4.71 6.0 0.7
2007 KCA 33 26 0 40.0 0.0 40.0 1 1 0 2 0 0 179 45 18 18 1 56 17 15 1 42 4.05 2.89 3.32 11.1 1.1
2008 KCA 34 13 3 26.7 15.3 11.3 0 3 0 0 0 0 110 29 13 13 1 39 6 6 0 14 4.39 3.28 3.96 3.5 0.3
2009 KCA 35 43 0 28.3 0.0 28.3 0 1 1 5 0 0 136 34 19 18 3 54 18 16 1 24 5.72 4.84 6.43 -3.4 -0.3
Career10912173.759.7114.0371720765183989016284756971484.664.044.5718.71.9

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
1996 STC A- 8 8 33.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 HAG A 25 25 140.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .319 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 DUN A+ 24 9 66.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.589 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 KNX AA 3 0 1.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 TOR MLB 1 0 2.0 10.87 16 .334 .300 .382 .487 .287 .333 111 -0.9 -0.1 -0.9 -0.1
1999 KNX AA 33 4 62.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.496 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 SYR AAA 6 4 22.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.714 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 TOR MLB 2 0 3.7 9.40 10 .403 .277 .360 .497 .279 .400 93 -1.5 -0.1 -1.5 -0.1
2000 SYR AAA 21 12 79.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.557 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 Lar Wnt 18 0 22.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.306 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 BAL MLB 14 0 26.7 3.57 120 .240 .272 .342 .442 .273 .222 91 3.8 0.4 3.8 0.4
2001 ROC AAA 9 7 30.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.638 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 Azu Wnt 1 0 3.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -4.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 NOR AAA 12 2 28.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .274 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 CIN MLB 10 9 46.3 4.71 102 .264 .281 .348 .464 .274 .314 103 6.3 0.6 6.0 0.7
2003 LOU AAA 26 2 43.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .287 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 NOR AAA 8 0 13.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .297 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 HRO npb 25 0 160.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.575 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 HRO npb 51 0 53.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.361 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 HRO npb 30 5 43.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .331 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 KCA MLB 26 0 40.0 3.32 133 .258 .274 .349 .442 .275 .373 102 11.1 1.1 11.1 1.1
2007 WIC AA 3 3 4.0 10.03 -8 .299 .274 .359 .420 .277 .267 104 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 OMA AAA 8 4 12.7 2.30 145 .208 .279 .352 .440 .278 .342 93 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 KCA MLB 13 3 26.7 3.96 111 .258 .276 .341 .422 .271 .315 94 3.5 0.3 3.5 0.3
2008 NWA AA 2 1 1.7 2.36 150 .375 .261 .316 .361 .249 .750 101 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 OMA AAA 10 7 11.7 8.47 27 .328 .299 .363 .473 .280 .341 102 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 KCA MLB 43 0 28.3 6.43 65 .306 .277 .347 .444 .277 .344 99 -3.4 -0.3 -3.4 -0.3
2009 NWA AA 6 0 6.7 3.43 125 .182 .269 .339 .407 .269 .267 102 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 HRO npb 30 0 26.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .317 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB12173.74.57104.271.277.347.447.275.3229919.01.918.71.9

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
1996 STC A- 3 2 0 8 8 33.3 39 11 35 2 0% .000 10.5 3.0 0.5 9.5 1.50 4.86 0.0 0.0
1997 HAG A 7 7 0 25 25 140.3 130 63 155 11 0% .319 8.3 4.0 0.7 9.9 1.38 4.30 0.0 0.0
1998 KNX AA 0 0 0 3 0 1.3 1 0 0 1 0% .000 6.9 0.0 6.9 0.0 0.77 6.92 0.0 0.0
1998 DUN A+ 4 5 4 24 9 66.0 68 23 78 5 0% -.589 9.3 3.1 0.7 10.6 1.38 4.64 0.0 0.0
1999 SYR AAA 0 3 0 6 4 22.7 16 10 10 1 0% -.714 6.3 4.0 0.4 4.0 1.15 3.96 0.0 0.0
1999 KNX AA 2 2 1 33 4 62.3 64 16 91 7 0% -.496 9.2 2.3 1.0 13.1 1.28 3.76 0.0 0.0
1999 TOR MLB 0 0 0 1 0 2.0 2 2 4 1 75% .333 9.0 9.0 4.5 18.0 2.00 13.50 -0.9 -0.1
2000 SYR AAA 3 4 0 21 12 79.0 68 41 70 4 0% -.557 7.7 4.7 0.5 8.0 1.38 3.19 0.0 0.0
2000 Lar Wnt 2 1 1 18 0 22.3 11 6 30 0 0% -.306 4.4 2.4 0.0 12.1 0.76 1.21 0.0 0.0
2000 TOR MLB 0 0 0 2 0 3.7 5 3 6 1 33% .400 12.3 7.4 2.5 14.7 2.18 14.73 -1.5 -0.1
2001 ROC AAA 1 1 0 9 7 30.7 31 5 41 1 0% -.638 9.1 1.5 0.3 12.0 1.17 2.05 0.0 0.0
2001 Azu Wnt 0 1 0 1 0 3.0 4 0 1 0 0% -4.000 12.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 1.33 3.00 0.0 0.0
2001 BAL MLB 1 0 0 14 0 26.7 18 17 21 2 48% .222 6.1 5.7 0.7 7.1 1.31 3.04 3.8 0.4
2002 NOR AAA 2 2 0 12 2 28.0 22 7 27 2 0% .274 7.1 2.2 0.6 8.7 1.04 3.54 0.0 0.0
2003 LOU AAA 4 1 4 26 2 43.7 36 13 43 1 0% .287 7.4 2.7 0.2 8.9 1.12 3.30 0.0 0.0
2003 NOR AAA 0 1 0 8 0 13.7 11 3 15 0 0% .297 7.2 2.0 0.0 9.9 1.02 3.28 0.0 0.0
2003 CIN MLB 1 2 0 10 9 46.3 50 12 37 7 45% .314 9.7 2.3 1.4 7.2 1.34 4.47 6.0 0.7
2004 HRO npb 11 10 0 25 0 160.3 165 62 173 16 0% -.575 9.3 3.5 0.9 9.7 1.42 4.21 0.0 0.0
2005 HRO npb 2 1 24 51 0 53.7 44 16 72 9 0% -.361 7.4 2.7 1.5 12.1 1.12 3.18 0.0 0.0
2006 HRO npb 1 2 6 30 5 43.0 45 11 46 5 0% .331 9.4 2.3 1.0 9.6 1.30 2.93 0.0 0.0
2007 OMA AAA 0 1 0 8 4 12.7 13 1 12 0 66% .342 9.2 0.7 0.0 8.5 1.10 2.83 0.0 0.0
2007 WIC AA 0 0 0 3 3 4.0 5 2 0 1 31% .267 11.2 4.5 2.2 0.0 1.75 4.50 0.0 0.0
2007 KCA MLB 1 1 0 26 0 40.0 45 17 42 1 50% .373 10.1 3.8 0.2 9.4 1.55 4.05 11.1 1.1
2008 KCA MLB 0 3 0 13 3 26.7 29 6 14 1 52% .315 9.8 2.0 0.3 4.7 1.31 4.39 3.5 0.3
2008 OMA AAA 0 3 0 10 7 11.7 17 5 8 3 36% .341 13.1 3.8 2.3 6.2 1.88 10.77 0.0 0.0
2008 NWA AA 0 0 0 2 1 1.7 3 0 3 0 25% .750 15.9 0.0 0.0 15.9 1.76 5.29 0.0 0.0
2009 NWA AA 0 0 0 6 0 6.7 4 1 5 0 40% .267 5.4 1.3 0.0 6.7 0.75 1.34 0.0 0.0
2009 KCA MLB 0 1 1 43 0 28.3 34 18 24 3 49% .344 10.8 5.7 1.0 7.6 1.84 5.72 -3.4 -0.3
2010 HRO npb 0 3 1 30 0 26.7 29 15 21 3 0% .317 9.8 5.1 1.0 7.1 1.65 7.08 0.0 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2009-09-05 2009-10-02 DTD 27 25 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2009-03-27 2009-05-24 15-DL 58 43 General Medical Recovery From Surgery Graves' Disease 2009-03-03
2009-03-03 2009-03-27 Camp 24 0 General Medical Surgery Graves' Disease 2009-03-03
2009-02-17 2009-02-23 Camp 6 0 Left Shoulder Soreness -
2008-05-04 2008-05-04 On-Alr 0 0 Left Hand Fracture Punching -
2008-04-16 2008-09-02 60-DL 139 122 Left Shoulder Fatigue -
2007-06-16 2007-06-16 On-Alr 0 0 Right Hip Strain Gluteal Muscles -
2007-04-01 2007-07-14 60-DL 104 89 Left Shoulder Strain Biceps and Latissimus Dorsi -
2003-09-19 2003-09-28 DTD 9 8 Thigh Strain Hamstring -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2012 $
2011 KCA $
2009 KCA $1,200,000
2008 KCA $2,200,000
2007 KCA $1,800,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$5,200,000
3 yrTotal$5,200,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 16 d1 yr/$1.2M (09)

Details
  • signed 2/10 with Hiroshima JCL, 1 year/$0.109M (10)
  • non-tendered, released 12/10/09 re-signed as a free agent 12/16/08, 1 year/$1.2M (09)
  • non-tendered 12/12/08 signed as a free agent from Japan 12/06 (Hiroshima) 07:$1.8M, 08:$2.2M
  • A:$0.1M WSMVP,MVP ($50K 2-5 MVP), $50K LCS MVP,Gold Glove,AS, $0.1M Rolaids ($50K 2-5 Rolaids)
  • 96 5-129

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This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: AL ActionChristina Kahrl2009-12-13
This article requires BP Premium accessOn the Beat: Day Three of the Winter MeetingsJohn Perrotto2009-12-10
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Transaction Analysis: AL RoundupChristina Kahrl2008-12-14
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This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: West by CentralChristina Kahrl2008-09-14
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: AL Central Moves and IssuesChristina Kahrl2008-07-15
This article requires BP Premium accessUnder The Knife: Welcome BackWill Carroll2008-05-05
The Week In Quotes: April 28-May 4Alex Carnevale2008-05-05
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Hit List: Millstones and MilestonesJay Jaffe2008-04-25
Prospectus Preview: Sunday's Games to WatchCaleb Peiffer2008-04-20
Schrodinger's Bat: Spring FlingDan Fox2008-03-13
Every Given Sunday: Gearing Up For Pitchers and CatchersJohn Perrotto2008-02-03
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: December RoundupChristina Kahrl2007-12-31
Transaction Analysis: American League RoundupChristina Kahrl2007-07-26
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: May 10-14, 2007Christina Kahrl2007-05-15
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction of the Day: Roster Review of the CentralsChristina Kahrl2007-04-05
Hope and Faith: How the Kansas City Royals Can Win the World SeriesRany Jazayerli2007-03-28
This article requires BP Premium accessPlayer Profile: Gary Matthews Jr.Marc Normandin2006-11-08
Prospectus Triple Play: Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, San Diego PadresBaseball Prospectus2003-08-12
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: July 30-31Christina Kahrl2003-08-01
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: March 9-10, 2003Christina Kahrl2003-03-12
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DateRoundtable NameComment
2009-10-21 17:00:00NLCS Game 5Kind of hard to believe the Orioles traded him for John Bale, but I don't know if you can totally blame them for that, as his game was slow to coalesce in the minors. (Steven Goldman)
 

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