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Career Summary
Years IP W L SV SO ERA WARP
10 322.7 14 18 93 396 4.07 4.4
Birth Date7-7-1973
Height6' 1"
Weight205 lbs
BatsR
ThrowsR

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
1995 FLO 21 12 0 13.3 0.0 13.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 64 12 8 7 1 18 13 13 0 15 4.72 4.71 4.56 1.3 0.1
1996 FLO 22 14 0 18.3 0.0 18.3 1 0 0 1 0 0 89 13 13 13 2 22 21 20 1 25 6.38 5.38 5.93 -1.8 -0.1
1998 FLO 24 42 0 54.7 0.0 54.7 3 4 9 3 0 0 224 38 19 18 1 54 23 20 7 63 2.96 2.65 2.60 13.1 1.3
1999 ARI 25 30 0 29.0 0.0 29.0 0 1 22 3 0 0 127 20 10 9 1 32 19 19 3 49 2.79 2.42 2.45 9.9 0.9
1999 FLO 25 35 0 36.3 0.0 36.3 1 2 10 2 0 0 157 24 11 11 4 39 25 24 2 50 2.72 3.98 4.13 4.9 0.5
2000 ARI 26 47 0 45.3 0.0 45.3 1 1 17 3 0 0 200 31 24 23 4 51 35 34 2 53 4.57 4.31 4.14 7.8 0.7
2001 ARI 27 8 0 7.0 0.0 7.0 0 0 2 0 0 0 31 6 2 2 2 14 4 4 0 12 2.57 5.01 3.96 0.9 0.1
2002 ARI 28 31 0 26.7 0.0 26.7 2 2 0 1 0 0 122 28 15 14 3 44 12 12 1 26 4.72 3.85 4.17 3.8 0.4
2003 ARI 29 50 0 55.0 0.0 55.0 5 4 29 3 0 0 220 37 17 16 6 60 18 17 2 68 2.62 3.01 3.48 10.1 1.0
2004 ARI 30 12 0 10.7 0.0 10.7 0 3 4 3 0 0 55 17 15 14 5 35 6 5 0 13 11.81 8.30 8.31 -3.8 -0.4
2005 BOS 31 34 0 26.3 0.0 26.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 125 23 20 19 1 33 24 23 5 22 6.49 5.18 6.39 -0.8 -0.1
Career3150322.70.0322.71418931900141424915414630402200191233964.073.864.0645.44.4

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
1993 BLN A- 26 0 25.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 WIS A 48 0 48.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 FLO MLB 12 0 13.3 4.56 102 .289 .277 .337 .441 .270 .314 100 1.3 0.1 1.3 0.1
1995 PME AA 8 0 11.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 CHR AAA 8 0 7.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 FLO MLB 14 0 18.3 5.93 79 .272 .278 .347 .455 .265 .275 104 -1.5 -0.1 -1.8 -0.1
1996 CHR AAA 7 0 7.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 BRV A+ 4 0 6.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 PME AA 5 0 4.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .167 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 FLO MLB 42 0 54.7 2.60 141 .228 .278 .345 .447 .272 .285 95 13.1 1.3 13.1 1.3
1998 CHR AAA 16 0 16.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.196 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 ARI MLB 30 0 29.0 2.45 151 .223 .278 .355 .443 .269 .345 100 9.9 0.9 9.9 0.9
1999 FLO MLB 35 0 36.3 4.13 113 .234 .282 .359 .459 .275 .263 95 5.1 0.5 4.9 0.5
2000 ARI MLB 47 0 45.3 4.14 117 .230 .279 .356 .467 .272 .255 99 7.8 0.7 7.8 0.7
2000 TUC AAA 4 2 3.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.200 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 ARI MLB 8 0 7.0 3.96 123 .243 .294 .345 .473 .271 .308 108 0.9 0.1 0.9 0.1
2002 ARI MLB 31 0 26.7 4.17 110 .273 .270 .344 .444 .277 .312 103 3.8 0.4 3.8 0.4
2002 ELP AA 4 3 4.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 TUC AAA 9 1 10.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .267 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 ARI MLB 50 0 55.0 3.48 128 .208 .271 .338 .434 .268 .246 104 10.1 1.0 10.1 1.0
2003 TUC AAA 3 0 4.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .125 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 ARI MLB 12 0 10.7 8.31 37 .368 .277 .343 .469 .271 .387 109 -3.8 -0.4 -3.8 -0.4
2005 BOS MLB 34 0 26.3 6.39 71 .270 .277 .340 .446 .273 .301 105 -0.8 -0.1 -0.8 -0.1
2006 TOL AAA 4 0 5.2 4.52 97 .097 .259 .333 .379 .250 .125 98 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB0322.74.06115.244.277.347.450.271.28610045.94.445.44.4

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
1993 BLN A- 1 1 12 26 0 25.7 26 15 34 2 0% .000 9.1 5.3 0.7 11.9 1.60 5.95 0.0 0.0
1994 WIS A 5 1 26 48 0 48.0 42 21 70 2 0% .000 7.9 3.9 0.4 13.1 1.31 2.06 0.0 0.0
1995 FLO MLB 0 1 0 12 0 13.3 12 13 15 1 37% .314 8.1 8.8 0.7 10.1 1.88 4.72 1.3 0.1
1995 CHR AAA 0 1 0 8 0 7.0 1 5 10 1 0% .000 1.3 6.4 1.3 12.9 0.86 2.57 0.0 0.0
1995 PME AA 1 0 1 8 0 11.3 10 5 15 0 0% .000 8.0 4.0 0.0 11.9 1.33 2.39 0.0 0.0
1996 FLO MLB 1 0 0 14 0 18.3 13 21 25 2 64% .275 6.4 10.3 1.0 12.3 1.85 6.38 -1.8 -0.1
1996 CHR AAA 0 2 2 7 0 7.7 6 7 8 1 0% .000 7.0 8.2 1.2 9.4 1.69 4.68 0.0 0.0
1997 PME AA 1 0 0 5 0 4.0 1 8 7 0 0% .167 2.2 18.0 0.0 15.8 2.25 6.75 0.0 0.0
1997 BRV A+ 0 0 0 4 0 6.0 4 6 11 1 0% .333 6.0 9.0 1.5 16.5 1.67 6.00 0.0 0.0
1998 FLO MLB 3 4 9 42 0 54.7 38 23 63 1 33% .285 6.3 3.8 0.2 10.4 1.12 2.96 13.1 1.3
1998 CHR AAA 1 2 3 16 0 16.3 11 18 25 2 0% -.196 6.1 9.9 1.1 13.8 1.78 5.52 0.0 0.0
1999 FLO MLB 1 2 10 35 0 36.3 24 25 50 4 29% .263 5.9 6.2 1.0 12.4 1.35 2.72 4.9 0.5
1999 ARI MLB 0 1 22 30 0 29.0 20 19 49 1 32% .345 6.2 5.9 0.3 15.2 1.34 2.79 9.9 0.9
2000 ARI MLB 1 1 17 47 0 45.3 31 35 53 4 29% .255 6.2 6.9 0.8 10.5 1.46 4.57 7.8 0.7
2000 TUC AAA 0 0 0 4 2 3.7 1 3 2 0 0% -.200 2.4 7.3 0.0 4.9 1.08 2.43 0.0 0.0
2001 ARI MLB 0 0 2 8 0 7.0 6 4 12 2 22% .308 7.7 5.1 2.6 15.4 1.43 2.57 0.9 0.1
2002 ARI MLB 2 2 0 31 0 26.7 28 12 26 3 31% .312 9.4 4.0 1.0 8.8 1.50 4.72 3.8 0.4
2002 TUC AAA 1 0 0 9 1 10.0 8 4 9 0 0% .267 7.2 3.6 0.0 8.1 1.20 0.00 0.0 0.0
2002 ELP AA 0 1 0 4 3 4.0 3 1 5 0 0% .300 6.8 2.2 0.0 11.2 1.00 2.25 0.0 0.0
2003 ARI MLB 5 4 29 50 0 55.0 37 18 68 6 40% .246 6.1 2.9 1.0 11.1 1.00 2.62 10.1 1.0
2003 TUC AAA 0 0 0 3 0 4.0 2 0 4 1 0% .125 4.5 0.0 2.2 9.0 0.50 2.25 0.0 0.0
2004 ARI MLB 0 3 4 12 0 10.7 17 6 13 5 28% .387 14.3 5.1 4.2 11.0 2.16 11.81 -3.8 -0.4
2005 BOS MLB 1 0 0 34 0 26.3 23 24 22 1 38% .301 7.9 8.2 0.3 7.5 1.78 6.49 -0.8 -0.1
2006 TOL AAA 0 0 0 4 0 5.2 1 5 5 0 38% .125 1.7 8.7 0.0 8.7 1.15 0.00 0.0 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2005-07-01 2005-10-08 60-DL 99 85 Left Ankle Surgery Ligament 2005-07-21
2004-05-09 2004-10-04 60-DL 148 133 Right Shoulder Surgery Bone Spur Causing Labrum Fraying 2004-06-24
2003-05-27 2003-06-30 15-DL 34 29 Right Shoulder Inflammation Tendinitis -
2002-03-30 2002-06-27 60-DL 89 76 Right Elbow Recovery From Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2001-06-19
2001-04-25 2001-11-05 60-DL 194 142 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2001-06-19
2000-05-04 2000-05-25 15-DL 21 18 Right Shoulder Fatigue - -
2000-04-03 2000-04-22 15-DL 19 17 Right Upper Arm Strain Biceps - -
1998-08-19 1998-09-05 15-DL 17 16 Right Ankle Sprain - -
1997-04-01 1997-10-27 60-DL 209 162 Right Shoulder Recovery From Surgery Rotator Cuff Surgical Date Is Estimated 1996-08-23 -
1996-06-19 1996-09-30 60-DL 103 92 Right Shoulder Surgery Rotator Cuff Surgical Date Is Estimated 1996-08-23 -
1996-05-26 1996-06-15 15-DL 20 16 - - - -
1995-07-28 1995-09-01 15-DL 35 33 - Low Back Surgery Herniated Disc Surgical Date Is Estimated 1995-08-15 -
1995-04-25 1995-06-18 15-DL 54 47 - Low Back Strain - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2006 DET $575,000
2005 BOS $750,000
2004 ARI $7,000,000
2003 ARI $6,750,000
2002 ARI $4,333,333
2001 ARI $3,583,333
2000 ARI $2,831,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
7 yrPrevious$25,822,666
7 yrTotal$25,822,666

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
10 y 131 dBob Garber1 yr/$0.39M (08)

Details
  • released 3/4/08
  • FA 1/11/08, 1 year/$0.39M (08) (minor-league contract)
  • released 3/06 signed as a free agent from BOS 1/06, 1 year/$0.575M (06) (minor-league contract) $0.35M bonuses ($50K each 20,30g, $0.75M 40g, $0.1M each 50,60g)
  • signed as a free agent from AZ 12/04, 1 year/$0.75M (05)
  • club declined 04 option 11/04
  • 3 year/$15M (01-03)+$7M 04 club option
  • $1M signing bonus, 01:$3.25M, 02:$4M, 03:$6.75M (1/2 last 3 years deferred)

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2008-11-14 13:00:00The recent Ceda/Gregg trade reminds me of the first chapter of "Mind Game" where you discuss the Red Sox' failure by design. What possible plan do the Cubs have jumping ship on Ceda and getting into bed with Matt Mantei's ghost?
(nmhesketh from Cambridge)		I think they saw correctly that Kerry Wood was not so great as a closer that he was worth investing a lot of money in as a closer--WXRL for 2008: 2.23 (and what the heck is the Cubs' financial sitch these days with the economy dying as they try to sell?). They also had alternatives in Carlos Marmot, but that triggered an attack of nerves about the rest of the bullpen chain. I'm not saying it was a good move, but I can see the way it developed. Thanks for the shout-out for Mind Game, a book that still has currency. (Steven Goldman)


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