Years	IP	W	L	SV	SO	ERA	WARP
8	525.3	31	29	0	360	5.23	2.6

Standard

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	GS	IP	IP-SP	IP-RP	W	L	QS	BQS	PA	H	R	ER	HR	TB	BB	UBB	HBP	SO	ERA	FIP	FRA	VORP	WARP
2002	TBA	24	9	0	13.0	0.0	13.0	0	0	0	0	61	15	10	10	3	26	7	7	2	6	6.92	7.21	9.56	-3.8	-0.4
2003	TBA	25	28	0	44.7	0.0	44.7	1	1	0	0	192	40	28	27	6	65	25	24	2	36	5.44	5.04	5.30	0.6	0.1
2004	HOU	26	33	9	67.0	45.0	22.0	5	3	3	0	293	75	33	32	10	123	27	23	1	54	4.30	4.54	4.65	11.7	1.2
2005	HOU	27	26	25	149.3	147.3	2.0	10	8	11	1	653	151	82	79	19	248	67	66	4	97	4.76	4.77	5.32	9.5	0.9
2006	HOU	28	8	8	43.0	43.0	0.0	3	2	4	0	189	43	18	18	4	67	18	18	3	19	3.77	4.90	4.78	4.2	0.5
2007	HOU	29	5	5	28.7	28.7	0.0	3	1	3	0	123	27	13	12	4	46	11	11	2	11	3.77	5.58	5.77	5.2	0.6
2008	HOU	30	31	31	166.7	166.7	0.0	9	14	11	1	756	202	114	112	36	364	77	75	4	127	6.05	5.85	6.57	1.6	0.1
2009	HOU	31	5	1	13.0	4.0	9.0	0	0	0	0	65	21	15	15	5	41	6	5	0	10	10.38	7.90	7.75	-2.1	-0.2
Career			145	79	525.3	434.7	90.7	31	29	32	2	2332	574	313	305	87	980	238	229	18	360	5.23	5.30	5.78	26.8	2.6

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
2001	CSC	A	16	0	24.7	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-.500		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	BAK	A+	17	0	24.7	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-.286		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	ORL	AA	14	0	22.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-.594		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	PES	Wnt	16	0	22.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-.938		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	TBA	MLB	9	0	13.0	9.56	4	.312	.269	.336	.455	.272	.279	101	-3.8	-0.4	-3.8	-0.4
2002	ORL	AA	20	14	92.3	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.270		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	TBA	MLB	28	0	44.7	5.30	90	.266	.275	.340	.453	.272	.276	98	0.6	0.1	0.6	0.1
2003	DUR	AAA	16	2	33.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.302		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	HOU	MLB	33	9	67.0	4.65	100	.275	.277	.349	.459	.273	.323	99	7.5	0.7	11.7	1.2
2004	NWO	AAA	19	9	64.3	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.309		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	HOU	MLB	26	25	149.3	5.32	82	.270	.275	.343	.447	.273	.283	99	1.4	0.1	9.5	0.9
2005	CCH	AA	2	2	8.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-.231		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2006	HOU	MLB	8	8	43.0	4.78	98	.262	.277	.345	.443	.270	.269	96	3.7	0.4	4.2	0.5
2006	ROU	AAA	4	4	20.0	4.98	66	.309	.277	.345	.414	.272	.344	83	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	HOU	MLB	5	5	28.7	5.77	83	.250	.285	.350	.465	.274	.242	103	0.5	0.0	5.2	0.6
2007	CCH	AA	1	1	5.0	7.59	44	.263	.282	.370	.445	.297	.286	105	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	ROU	AAA	5	5	25.0	5.45	78	.270	.287	.346	.468	.267	.348	100	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2008	HOU	MLB	31	31	166.7	6.57	63	.302	.274	.344	.448	.273	.324	103	-8.4	-0.8	1.6	0.1
2009	HOU	MLB	5	1	13.0	7.75	35	.355	.265	.336	.444	.266	.364	104	-2.4	-0.2	-2.1	-0.2
2009	CCH	AA	4	4	26.0	2.98	130	.202	.271	.352	.401	.273	.243	96	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2009	ROU	AAA	2	2	10.0	3.87	108	.276	.297	.369	.438	.278	.342	92	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career		MLB		79	525.3	5.78	77	.282	.275	.344	.450	.273	.299	100	-0.9	-0.1	26.8	2.6

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
2001	CSC	A	2	1	7	16	0	24.7	17	7	20	2	0%	-.500	6.2	2.6	0.7	7.3	0.97	2.91	0.0	0.0
2001	ORL	AA	1	0	0	14	0	22.0	20	11	20	1	0%	-.594	8.2	4.5	0.4	8.2	1.41	5.73	0.0	0.0
2001	BAK	A+	1	0	3	17	0	24.7	13	8	33	1	0%	-.286	4.7	2.9	0.4	12.0	0.85	1.09	0.0	0.0
2001	PES	Wnt	4	2	1	16	0	22.0	31	9	21	1	0%	-.938	12.7	3.7	0.4	8.6	1.82	5.73	0.0	0.0
2002	TBA	MLB	0	0	0	9	0	13.0	15	7	6	3	32%	.279	10.4	4.8	2.1	4.2	1.69	6.92	-3.8	-0.4
2002	ORL	AA	4	6	2	20	14	92.3	91	37	45	9	0%	.270	8.9	3.6	0.9	4.4	1.39	4.68	0.0	0.0
2003	TBA	MLB	1	1	0	28	0	44.7	40	25	36	6	35%	.276	8.1	5.0	1.2	7.3	1.46	5.44	0.6	0.1
2003	DUR	AAA	2	1	0	16	2	33.0	33	13	27	1	0%	.302	9.0	3.5	0.3	7.4	1.39	4.64	0.0	0.0
2004	HOU	MLB	5	3	0	33	9	67.0	75	27	54	10	42%	.323	10.1	3.6	1.3	7.3	1.52	4.30	11.7	1.2
2004	NWO	AAA	6	5	0	19	9	64.3	57	26	74	7	0%	.309	8.0	3.6	1.0	10.4	1.29	2.80	0.0	0.0
2005	HOU	MLB	10	8	0	26	25	149.3	151	67	97	19	43%	.283	9.1	4.0	1.1	5.8	1.46	4.76	9.5	0.9
2005	CCH	AA	0	1	0	2	2	8.0	4	1	11	1	0%	-.231	4.5	1.1	1.1	12.4	0.62	2.25	0.0	0.0
2006	HOU	MLB	3	2	0	8	8	43.0	43	18	19	4	38%	.269	9.0	3.8	0.8	4.0	1.42	3.77	4.2	0.5
2006	ROU	AAA	1	2	0	4	4	20.0	23	13	13	1	55%	.344	10.3	5.8	0.5	5.8	1.80	5.40	0.0	0.0
2007	HOU	MLB	3	1	0	5	5	28.7	27	11	11	4	43%	.242	8.5	3.5	1.3	3.5	1.33	3.77	5.2	0.6
2007	ROU	AAA	3	2	0	5	5	25.0	27	11	25	4	31%	.348	9.7	4.0	1.4	9.0	1.52	4.32	0.0	0.0
2007	CCH	AA	1	0	0	1	1	5.0	5	2	4	1	40%	.286	9.0	3.6	1.8	7.2	1.40	5.40	0.0	0.0
2008	HOU	MLB	9	14	0	31	31	166.7	202	77	127	36	39%	.324	10.9	4.2	1.9	6.9	1.67	6.05	1.6	0.1
2009	HOU	MLB	0	0	0	5	1	13.0	21	6	10	5	37%	.364	14.5	4.2	3.5	6.9	2.08	10.38	-2.1	-0.2
2009	ROU	AAA	0	1	0	2	2	10.0	13	3	4	0	58%	.342	11.7	2.7	0.0	3.6	1.60	4.50	0.0	0.0
2009	CCH	AA	3	0	0	4	4	26.0	18	7	17	0	38%	.243	6.2	2.4	0.0	5.9	0.96	1.38	0.0	0.0

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2009-07-09	2009-10-04	FA	87	77	Right	Shoulder	Strain	Partial Rotator Cuff Tear	-
2009-06-19	2009-06-26	DTD	7	6	Right	Fingers	Blisters	Finger	-
2009-03-27	2009-05-28	15-DL	62	46	Left	Trunk	Strain	Rib Cage	-
2009-03-08	2009-03-27	Camp	19	0	Left	Trunk	Strain	Rib Cage	-
2009-02-21	2009-02-23	Camp	2	0		General Medical	Illness	Gastrointestinal Virus	-
2008-09-03	2008-09-18	DTD	15	12	Right	Elbow	Soreness		-
2008-02-24	2008-02-27	Camp	3	0		Foot	Contusion	Ground Ball	-
2007-03-28	2007-08-31	60-DL	156	134	Right	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2006-09-07
2006-08-19	2006-10-02	15-DL	44	40	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2006-09-07	-
2006-04-14	2006-07-22	60-DL	99	88	Right	Elbow	Sprain	UCL Ligament	-
2006-04-05	2006-04-07	DTD	2	1		Low Back	Soreness		-
2006-02-25	2006-02-28	Camp	3	0		Neck	Spasms		-
2005-07-25	2005-09-03	15-DL	40	36	Left	Trunk	Strain	Rib Cage	-
2005-07-05	2005-07-05	DTD	0	0	Right	Elbow	Sprain		-
2005-05-02	2005-05-02	DTD	0	0		General Medical	Respiratory	Flu	-
2004-02-23	2004-03-20	Camp	26	0	Left	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2009	HOU	$1,550,000
2008	HOU	$800,000
2007	HOU	$545,000
2006	HOU	$442,500
2005	HOU	$350,000

Years	Description	Salary
5 yr	Previous	$3,687,500
5 yr	Total	$3,687,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
5 y 88 d		1 yr/$1.55M (09)

Details

FA after refused Triple-A assignment 6/29/09 designated for assignment 6/27/09 avoided arbitration 1/20/09, 1 year/$1.55M (09)
avoided arbitration 1/11/08, 1 year/$0.8M (08)
re-signed 12/06, 1 year/$0.545M (07)
re-signed 3/06, 1 year/$0.4425M (06)
re-signed 2/05, 1 year/$0.35M (05) optioned to Triple-A 6/04 recalled 4/04 assigned Triple-A 4/04 re-signed 2/04 acquired in trade from TB 12/03
recalled 6/03 optioned to Triple-A 5/03 recalled 5/03 optioned to Triple-A 3/03 re-signed 2/03 recalled 7/02 optioned Double-A 3/02 signed 2/02 40-m 11/01

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Title	Author	Date
Transaction Action: Oddments	Christina Kahrl	2010-01-10
Prospectus Hit List: Season Finale	Jay Jaffe	2009-10-12
Prospectus Hit List: Nearly All Wrapped Up	Jay Jaffe	2009-09-25
Kiss'Em Goodbye: Houston Astros	Baseball Prospectus	2009-09-23
Transaction Action: NL Central Moves	Christina Kahrl	2009-07-10
Under The Knife: Met-astrophe?	Will Carroll	2009-07-10
Prospectus Hit List: Beating the Holiday Traffic	Jay Jaffe	2009-07-03
Transaction Analysis: NL Central Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2009-06-18
Under The Knife: Monday Meds	Will Carroll	2009-04-20
Replacement-Level Killers: A Flash Back to Yesteryear	Ben Lindbergh	2009-04-15
Under The Knife: Staying in Control	Will Carroll	2009-04-08
Checking the Numbers: Pedro's Tank	Eric Seidman	2009-03-11
Transaction Analysis: Central Housekeeping	Christina Kahrl	2009-01-21
Transaction Analysis: Cubby Quartet	Christina Kahrl	2009-01-19
Every Given Sunday: Winding Down	John Perrotto	2008-09-21
Prospectus Preview: Tuesday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-09-02
Prospectus Preview: Friday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-08-01
Transaction Analysis: Weekend Moves Omnibus	Christina Kahrl	2008-07-21
Prospectus Hit List: Further Adventures in Interleague Mayhem	Jay Jaffe	2008-06-27
Fantasy Focus: Deep in the Heart	Jeff Erickson	2008-06-27
Lies, Damned Lies: Evaluating Pitcher Hitting	Nate Silver	2008-05-29
Prospectus Preview: Tuesday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-05-27
Prospectus Preview: Friday's Games to Watch	Marc Normandin	2008-05-23
Prospectus Preview: Sunday's Games to Watch	Marc Normandin	2008-05-18
Prospectus Preview: Tuesday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-05-13
Prospectus Preview: Saturday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-04-12
Prospectus Preview: Tuesday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-04-01
Every Given Sunday: On the Spot	John Perrotto	2008-03-23
Team Health Reports: Houston Astros	Will Carroll	2008-02-24
Transaction Analysis: Odds and Ends	Christina Kahrl	2008-02-22
Transaction Analysis: Moves from the Week that Was	Christina Kahrl	2008-01-13
Prospectus Today: Tejada to Houston, Junk to Baltimore	Joe Sheehan	2007-12-13
Prospectus Matchups: The (Elimination) Gamers	Jim Baker	2007-10-19
Prospectus Hit List: September Song	Jay Jaffe	2007-09-07
Under The Knife: Having Fun	Will Carroll	2007-09-05
Under The Knife: September	Will Carroll	2007-08-31
Under The Knife: Novocaine	Will Carroll	2007-07-18
Fantasy Focus: National League Trade Targets	Jeff Erickson	2007-07-02
Under The Knife: Ortiz Unfiltered	Will Carroll	2007-05-09
Under The Knife: Sikh and Ye Shall Find	Will Carroll	2007-04-16
Under The Knife: The Sixth Season	Will Carroll	2007-03-12
Positional Health Reports: Starting Pitchers, Part Two	Will Carroll	2007-02-23
Transaction Analysis: NL Central Catchup	Christina Kahrl	2007-02-06
Playoff Prospectus: The Best and Worst of Mets and Cardinals Postseason Pitching	Jim Baker	2006-10-14
Lies, Damned Lies: Playoff Hurlers	Nate Silver	2006-09-27
Under The Knife: The Long Tail	Will Carroll	2006-09-01
Transaction Analysis: August 18-22	Christina Kahrl	2006-08-23
Under The Knife: Gossip and Expectations	Will Carroll	2006-08-23
Prospectus Hit List: Week of August 20	Jay Jaffe	2006-08-22
Under The Knife: Cascade Blues	Will Carroll	2006-08-21
Transaction Analysis: July 22-24, 2006	Christina Kahrl	2006-07-25
Transaction Analysis: July 17-21, 2006	Christina Kahrl	2006-07-22
Prospectus Notebook: Astros, Phillies	Baseball Prospectus	2006-07-21
Under The Knife: Multipliers	Will Carroll	2006-07-19
Transaction Analysis: June 22-26	Christina Kahrl	2006-06-28
Prospectus Notebook: Astros, Mets, Blue Jays	Baseball Prospectus	2006-06-28
Under The Knife: In the Cards	Will Carroll	2006-06-26
Under The Knife: Two Questions	Will Carroll	2006-06-16
Under The Knife: The Mesa Grill	Will Carroll	2006-06-14
Transaction Analysis: June 6-7	Christina Kahrl	2006-06-09
Prospectus Notebook: Astros, Blue Jays	Baseball Prospectus	2006-06-01
Under The Knife: Sparkle	Will Carroll	2006-05-15
Under The Knife: In My Backyard	Will Carroll	2006-05-05
Prospectus Hit List: Week of April 23	Jay Jaffe	2006-04-25
Under The Knife: Lee, Lee, Lee	Will Carroll	2006-04-21
Prospectus Hit List: Week of April 16	Jay Jaffe	2006-04-19
Transaction Analysis: April 14-17	Christina Kahrl	2006-04-18
Under The Knife: Memes	Will Carroll	2006-04-14
Under The Knife: West Coast Love	Will Carroll	2006-04-05
Transaction Analysis: March 17-26	Christina Kahrl	2006-03-27
Team Health Reports: Houston Astros	Will Carroll	2006-03-10
Under The Knife: Winter Meetings FAQ	Will Carroll	2005-12-13
Prospectus Notebook: Astros, Cardinals, Devil Rays	Baseball Prospectus	2005-11-17
Prospectus Today: Champs	Joe Sheehan	2005-10-27
Prospectus Today: Almost Over	Joe Sheehan	2005-10-26
Prospectus Today: The Series Opener	Joe Sheehan	2005-10-23
World Series Prospectus: Houston Astros vs. Chicago White Sox	James Click	2005-10-21
Prospectus Today: The Ride Continues	Joe Sheehan	2005-10-20
Prospectus Today: Ballot	Joe Sheehan	2005-10-14
Playoff Prospectus: Houston Astros vs. St. Louis Cardinals	Christina Kahrl	2005-10-11
Playoff Prospectus: Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros	Joe Sheehan	2005-10-05
Prospectus Today: Playoff Previews	Joe Sheehan	2005-10-04
Prospectus Matchups: From the Headlines	Jim Baker	2005-09-23
Prospectus Notebook: HOU, TB	Baseball Prospectus	2005-09-21
Transaction Analysis: September 1-7	Christina Kahrl	2005-09-08
Transaction Analysis: August 26-31	Christina Kahrl	2005-09-01
Under The Knife: It's All Over Now, Boys in Blue	Will Carroll	2005-08-30
Under The Knife: Breaking the Tension	Will Carroll	2005-08-15
Under The Knife: Too Much Smoke	Will Carroll	2005-08-11
Transaction Analysis: July 28	Christina Kahrl	2005-07-29
Under The Knife: The Picture is Fuzzy	Will Carroll	2005-07-28
Under The Knife: Precautionary Limp	Will Carroll	2005-07-27
Under The Knife: Take A Chance, Lou	Will Carroll	2005-07-07
Fantasy Focus: Fantasy Trends--NL Central	Erik Siegrist	2005-04-27
Prospectus Game of the Week: Betting in Vegas, Saturday, April 9	Jonah Keri	2005-04-13
Fantasy Focus: Spring Sleepers and Busts	Erik Siegrist	2005-04-01
Prospectus Today: Up and Down	Joe Sheehan	2005-02-28
Team Health Reports: Houston Astros	Will Carroll	2005-02-18
Prospectus Today: Series Preview	Joe Sheehan	2004-10-23
Prospectus Today: Just As Expected	Joe Sheehan	2004-10-20
Prospectus Today: Wow!	Joe Sheehan	2004-10-19
Under The Knife: The World's Most Famous Ankle	Will Carroll	2004-10-14
Prospectus Today: Where Have You Gone, Sparky Lyle?	Joe Sheehan	2004-10-14
Playoff Prospectus: St. Louis Cardinals vs. Houston Astros	Christina Kahrl	2004-10-13
Prospectus Today: Playoff Musings	Joe Sheehan	2004-10-13
Unlikely Heroes, Past and Present: From No-Name to Nightly News	Baseball Prospectus	2004-10-13
Prospectus Today: Looking Both Ways	Joe Sheehan	2004-10-12
Prospectus Today: Then There Were Five...	Joe Sheehan	2004-10-11
Prospectus Today: One Down, Six to Go	Joe Sheehan	2004-10-09
Playoff Probabilities: What Are Your Team's Chances to Win It All?	Clay Davenport	2004-10-08
Playoff Prospectus: Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros	Nate Silver	2004-10-06
Prospectus Today: Playoff Previews	Joe Sheehan	2004-10-05
Under The Knife: Playoff Health Report: NL	Will Carroll	2004-10-04
Can Of Corn: The Hottest Team in Baseball	Dayn Perry	2004-09-08
Teams: A Critical Guide: In Which A Myth is Shattered	Steven Goldman	2004-08-31
Transaction Analysis: August 17-23, 2004	Christina Kahrl	2004-08-24
Transaction Analysis: June 2-8, 2004	Christina Kahrl	2004-06-10
Transaction Analysis: April 9-12	Christina Kahrl	2004-04-14
Transaction Analysis: March 31-April 5, 2004	Christina Kahrl	2004-04-06
Transaction Analysis: The Easts	Baseball Prospectus	2004-01-12
Prospecting: Conversions	David Cameron	2003-10-23
Prospectus Triple Play: Atlanta Braves, Minnesota Twins, Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Baseball Prospectus	2003-08-20
Transaction Analysis: June 16-22, 2003	Christina Kahrl	2003-06-25
Transaction Analysis: May 27-June 5, 2003	Christina Kahrl	2003-06-07
Transaction Analysis: July 15-21, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-07-24
Transaction Analysis: March 6-13, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-03-18

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2008-03-06 13:00:00	What the insert expletive are the astros going to do about their pitching staff besides trying to run Roy Oswalt out for 300 innings? Does there even seem to be some semblance of a plan? (matt from austin)	They're going to put on rose-tinted glasses, hope that Wandy Rodriguez continues to develop (he lopped nearly 2 runs off his PERA last year, suggesting that his gains were real enough), hope that Felipe Paulino pitches like a guy who's one of the top two prospects in a system that's much stronger than Houston, hope that Brandon Backe's elbow continues to hold together, and that Woody Williams can pitch like it's 2003 and preserve the team's ball budget... are you detecting a trend here? (Jay Jaffe)

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