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Career Summary
Years IP W L SV SO ERA WARP
10 472.3 29 18 4 338 4.69 0.8
Birth Date3-4-1968
Height6' 2"
Weight230 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 TOR 27 12 7 48.7 38.0 10.7 2 4 0 0 2 0 229 64 46 39 10 106 25 24 1 27 7.21 6.30 7.13 -4.7 -0.5
1996 CIN 28 8 5 23.0 19.0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 112 31 17 15 6 59 13 12 2 13 5.87 7.31 7.01 -1.9 -0.2
1996 TOR 28 11 0 15.0 0.0 15.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 76 23 19 19 5 42 12 10 0 10 11.40 8.65 8.87 -4.2 -0.4
1997 CIN 29 2 2 10.3 10.3 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 49 14 9 9 4 26 6 5 0 5 7.84 8.88 9.40 -1.9 -0.2
2000 COL 32 8 0 13.3 0.0 13.3 0 1 0 1 0 0 72 21 19 19 5 38 11 9 1 15 12.82 8.38 9.45 -2.9 -0.3
2001 LAN 33 47 3 85.3 16.0 69.3 6 1 0 4 1 0 348 73 30 30 12 123 24 21 1 70 3.16 4.07 4.07 10.3 1.0
2002 LAN 34 63 1 90.7 5.0 85.7 6 3 1 5 0 0 387 83 34 33 14 146 32 28 6 56 3.28 4.91 5.81 -6.1 -0.4
2003 SEA 35 23 0 29.0 0.0 29.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 137 40 22 22 6 65 14 14 2 13 6.83 6.54 7.75 -5.4 -0.5
2004 LAN 36 42 0 53.7 0.0 53.7 5 2 2 1 0 0 227 46 15 13 1 62 20 17 1 48 2.18 2.58 3.16 16.1 1.7
2005 LAN 37 72 0 75.7 0.0 75.7 7 4 0 2 0 0 326 65 35 33 6 105 38 33 6 56 3.93 4.29 5.31 0.3 0.3
2006 LAN 38 25 0 27.7 0.0 27.7 0 1 1 1 0 0 116 27 14 14 5 52 7 7 1 25 4.55 4.52 4.46 4.2 0.4
Career31318472.388.3384.0291841640207948726024674824202180213384.695.045.653.70.8

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
1991 STC A- 15 13 89.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 MYR A 22 16 100.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 DUN A+ 5 4 23.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 DUN A+ 27 24 140.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 KNX AA 26 26 164.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 TOR MLB 12 7 48.7 7.13 58 .319 .280 .352 .442 .276 .327 98 -4.7 -0.5 -4.7 -0.5
1995 SYR AAA 21 21 131.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 CIN MLB 8 5 23.0 7.01 60 .330 .292 .356 .476 .269 .321 107 -1.8 -0.2 -1.9 -0.2
1996 TOR MLB 11 0 15.0 8.87 34 .358 .283 .361 .469 .281 .367 99 -4.2 -0.4 -4.2 -0.4
1996 IND AAA 9 6 47.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 SYR AAA 9 6 37.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 CIN MLB 2 2 10.3 9.40 32 .304 .286 .358 .482 .279 .294 121 -2.0 -0.2 -1.9 -0.2
1997 IND AAA 19 18 120.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .293 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 ROC AAA 8 8 46.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .325 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 SEI npb 33 5 73.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.612 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 IND AAA 39 21 158.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.636 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 COL MLB 8 0 13.3 9.45 48 .326 .265 .346 .427 .265 .400 122 -2.8 -0.3 -2.9 -0.3
2000 CSP AAA 18 15 96.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.633 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 Lar Wnt 14 4 40.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.547 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 LAN MLB 47 3 85.3 4.07 107 .240 .277 .347 .455 .273 .253 92 9.7 1.0 10.3 1.0
2001 LVG AAA 6 6 29.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.449 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 Lar Wnt 26 0 27.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.640 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 LAN MLB 63 1 90.7 5.81 61 .261 .272 .342 .432 .270 .247 93 -6.4 -0.6 -6.1 -0.4
2003 SEA MLB 23 0 29.0 7.75 38 .316 .268 .334 .441 .268 .333 98 -5.4 -0.5 -5.4 -0.5
2003 TAC AAA 18 0 27.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .329 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 Lar Wnt 27 0 30.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.824 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 LAN MLB 42 0 53.7 3.16 133 .218 .278 .348 .450 .268 .287 100 13.7 1.3 16.1 1.7
2004 IOW AAA 20 0 28.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .325 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 LVG AAA 11 0 14.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .256 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 LAN MLB 72 0 75.7 5.31 80 .260 .273 .338 .434 .265 .268 97 0.8 0.1 0.3 0.3
2006 LAN MLB 25 0 27.7 4.46 110 .256 .279 .347 .461 .272 .282 101 4.2 0.4 4.2 0.4
2006 IND AAA 9 1 15.0 5.91 69 .193 .264 .332 .408 .258 .200 101 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 LVG AAA 21 0 25.2 6.53 68 .240 .283 .360 .439 .277 .267 111 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 VEN wor 1 0 0.1 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 CMP mex 18 0 17.0 0.00 0 .295 .000 .000 .000 .000 .298 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 LAR Wnt 12 12 58.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .253 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 LAR Wnt 12 1 21.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .386 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB18472.35.6579.273.276.346.446.271.286981.00.13.70.8

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
1991 STC A- 5 2 0 15 13 89.7 66 21 83 5 0% .000 6.6 2.1 0.5 8.3 0.97 1.71 0.0 0.0
1992 MYR A 11 7 0 22 16 100.3 86 36 100 12 0% .000 7.7 3.2 1.1 9.0 1.22 3.14 0.0 0.0
1992 DUN A+ 0 1 0 5 4 23.3 22 11 16 1 0% .000 8.5 4.2 0.4 6.2 1.42 4.64 0.0 0.0
1993 DUN A+ 6 11 0 27 24 140.7 136 59 108 14 0% .000 8.7 3.8 0.9 6.9 1.39 3.45 0.0 0.0
1994 KNX AA 13 7 0 26 26 164.3 158 59 96 16 0% .000 8.7 3.2 0.9 5.3 1.32 3.89 0.0 0.0
1995 SYR AAA 7 7 0 21 21 131.7 116 58 81 11 0% .000 7.9 4.0 0.8 5.5 1.32 3.96 0.0 0.0
1995 TOR MLB 2 4 0 12 7 48.7 64 25 27 10 37% .327 11.8 4.6 1.8 5.0 1.83 7.21 -4.7 -0.5
1996 IND AAA 4 0 1 9 6 47.7 25 9 45 2 0% .000 4.7 1.7 0.4 8.5 0.71 0.75 0.0 0.0
1996 SYR AAA 4 4 0 9 6 37.7 37 12 28 2 0% .000 8.8 2.9 0.5 6.7 1.30 3.58 0.0 0.0
1996 TOR MLB 0 1 0 11 0 15.0 23 12 10 5 44% .367 13.8 7.2 3.0 6.0 2.33 11.40 -4.2 -0.4
1996 CIN MLB 1 0 0 8 5 23.0 31 13 13 6 33% .321 12.1 5.1 2.3 5.1 1.91 5.87 -1.9 -0.2
1997 IND AAA 12 5 0 19 18 120.7 111 51 105 12 0% .293 8.3 3.8 0.9 7.8 1.34 3.50 0.0 0.0
1997 ROC AAA 4 2 0 8 8 46.7 45 16 48 4 0% .325 8.7 3.1 0.8 9.3 1.31 4.43 0.0 0.0
1997 CIN MLB 0 1 0 2 2 10.3 14 6 5 4 44% .294 12.2 5.2 3.5 4.4 1.94 7.84 -1.9 -0.2
1998 SEI npb 1 2 1 33 5 73.3 68 40 50 8 0% -.612 8.3 4.9 1.0 6.1 1.47 0.00 0.0 0.0
1999 IND AAA 12 7 0 39 21 158.0 144 58 114 20 0% -.636 8.2 3.3 1.1 6.5 1.28 3.47 0.0 0.0
2000 CSP AAA 7 2 0 18 15 96.7 89 30 89 8 0% -.633 8.3 2.8 0.7 8.3 1.23 3.26 0.0 0.0
2000 Lar Wnt 4 0 4 14 4 40.7 31 6 45 2 0% -.547 6.9 1.3 0.4 10.0 0.91 2.87 0.0 0.0
2000 COL MLB 0 1 0 8 0 13.3 21 11 15 5 58% .400 14.2 7.4 3.4 10.1 2.40 12.82 -2.9 -0.3
2001 LVG AAA 1 2 0 6 6 29.0 27 9 35 5 0% -.449 8.4 2.8 1.6 10.9 1.24 3.10 0.0 0.0
2001 Lar Wnt 0 3 15 26 0 27.3 18 2 21 2 0% -.640 5.9 0.7 0.7 6.9 0.73 1.32 0.0 0.0
2001 LAN MLB 6 1 0 47 3 85.3 73 24 70 12 49% .253 7.7 2.5 1.3 7.4 1.14 3.16 10.3 1.0
2002 LAN MLB 6 3 1 63 1 90.7 83 32 56 14 49% .247 8.2 3.2 1.4 5.6 1.27 3.28 -6.1 -0.4
2003 TAC AAA 1 1 5 18 0 27.7 28 9 27 2 0% .329 9.1 2.9 0.6 8.8 1.34 4.22 0.0 0.0
2003 Lar Wnt 2 3 7 27 0 30.0 33 4 25 5 0% -.824 9.9 1.2 1.5 7.5 1.23 4.20 0.0 0.0
2003 SEA MLB 2 0 0 23 0 29.0 40 14 13 6 42% .333 12.4 4.3 1.9 4.0 1.86 6.83 -5.4 -0.5
2004 IOW AAA 1 2 1 20 0 28.3 29 8 23 3 0% .325 9.2 2.5 1.0 7.3 1.31 3.82 0.0 0.0
2004 LVG AAA 0 1 2 11 0 14.3 11 8 15 1 0% .256 6.9 5.0 0.6 9.4 1.33 2.52 0.0 0.0
2004 LAN MLB 5 2 2 42 0 53.7 46 20 48 1 38% .287 7.7 3.4 0.2 8.0 1.23 2.18 16.1 1.7
2005 LAN MLB 7 4 0 72 0 75.7 65 38 56 6 44% .268 7.7 4.5 0.7 6.7 1.36 3.93 0.3 0.3
2006 IND AAA 1 1 0 9 1 15.0 8 5 14 1 25% .200 4.8 3.0 0.6 8.4 0.87 3.00 0.0 0.0
2006 LVG AAA 2 1 4 21 0 25.2 23 12 19 3 49% .267 8.2 4.3 1.1 6.8 1.39 4.64 0.0 0.0
2006 VEN wor 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 3 1 0 2 0% .250 270.0 90.0 180.0 0.0 40.00 450.00 0.0 0.0
2006 LAN MLB 0 1 1 25 0 27.7 27 7 25 5 35% .282 8.8 2.3 1.6 8.1 1.23 4.55 4.2 0.4
2007 LAR Wnt 5 1 0 12 12 58.7 54 11 37 8 0% .253 8.3 1.7 1.2 5.7 1.11 2.30 0.0 0.0
2007 CMP mex 0 0 1 18 0 17.0 18 13 15 4 0% .298 9.5 6.9 2.1 7.9 1.82 9.00 0.0 0.0
2009 LAR Wnt 0 1 0 12 1 21.3 27 6 15 0 0% .386 11.4 2.5 0.0 6.3 1.55 4.23 0.0 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2002-08-11 2002-09-01 15-DL 21 18 Right Forearm Strain -
2000-08-03 2000-09-10 15-DL 38 35 Right Elbow Soreness - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2005 LAN $500,000
2003 SEA $790,000
2002 LAN $360,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$1,650,000
3 yrTotal$1,650,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
5 y 128 d

Details
  • sent outright to Triple-A 10/06
  • contract purchased 9/06 designated for assignment 8/06 contract purchased 7/06 signed as a free agent from PIT 5/06 (minor-league contract)
  • assigned sent to minor-league camp 3/06 signed as a free agent from LAD 12/05 (minor-league contract)
  • re-signed 12/04 (avoided arbitration)
  • contract purchased 7/04 waived 3/03 avoided arbitration 1/03 ($0.88M-$0.725M) signed 3/02 recalled 5/01

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This article requires BP Premium accessCaribbean Series 2008: Day ThreeDerek Jacques2008-02-05
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Transaction Analysis: July 25-26, 2006Christina Kahrl2006-07-27
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This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: National League, December 15, 2005-February 11, 2006Christina Kahrl2006-02-15
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This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: March 25-28, 2004Christina Kahrl2004-03-30
Prospectus Triple Play: Baltimore Orioles, Colorado Rockies, New York MetsBaseball Prospectus2004-03-03
Prospectus Today: Survival of the Fittest, RelieversJoe Sheehan2003-09-06
Prospectus Triple Play: Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle MarinersBaseball Prospectus2003-07-25
This article requires BP Premium accessBreaking Balls: Digging Into the Fake MailbagDerek Zumsteg2003-06-26
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: June 16-22, 2003Christina Kahrl2003-06-25
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This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: March 25-April 6, 2003Christina Kahrl2003-04-09
Transaction Analysis: January 24-February 9, 2003Christina Kahrl2003-02-13
Transaction Analysis: August 22-25, 2002Christina Kahrl2002-08-29
Transaction Analysis: August 15-18, 2002Christina Kahrl2002-08-21
Transaction Analysis: August 1-3, 2002Christina Kahrl2002-08-06
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