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Career Summary
Years IP W L SV SO ERA WARP
5 372.7 21 27 1 189 4.66 -1.6
Birth Date6-15-1978
Height6' 4"
Weight215 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
2002 MON 24 19 2 37.3 7.7 29.7 4 1 1 1 0 0 153 28 18 15 3 47 15 13 1 25 3.62 3.87 5.23 2.0 0.2
2003 MON 25 23 23 131.3 131.3 0.0 9 8 0 0 13 1 580 132 64 61 8 192 59 56 10 61 4.18 4.41 6.08 -7.4 -0.8
2004 MON 26 19 19 116.7 116.7 0.0 5 10 0 0 14 0 496 117 53 51 13 190 45 38 4 61 3.93 4.62 5.90 -6.2 -0.6
2005 COL 27 5 3 11.3 10.3 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 59 20 11 9 2 30 7 6 0 7 7.15 5.90 5.72 1.8 0.2
2005 WAS 27 12 5 36.0 26.0 10.0 1 2 0 0 1 0 170 41 29 27 4 63 25 22 1 16 6.75 5.71 6.11 -3.3 -0.3
2006 COL 28 3 3 13.3 13.3 0.0 1 2 0 0 1 0 71 22 17 16 3 35 10 9 1 6 10.80 7.61 8.97 -3.9 -0.4
2006 WAS 28 5 5 26.7 26.7 0.0 1 3 0 0 2 0 119 29 15 14 2 38 11 10 2 13 4.72 4.57 4.79 1.5 0.1
Career8660372.7332.040.7212712311164838920719335595172154191894.664.725.95-15.4-1.6

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
1997 ONE A- 14 14 92.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .315 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 GRB A 7 6 36.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.773 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 TAM A+ 18 17 100.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.245 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 GRB A 2 2 8.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.800 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 GRB A 13 13 85.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.478 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 TAM A+ 7 7 34.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.574 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 AKR AA 8 8 46.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.569 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 AKR AA 22 22 136.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.777 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 BUF AAA 1 1 6.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.600 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 OTT AAA 6 5 26.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.440 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 MON MLB 19 2 37.3 5.23 86 .231 .264 .338 .423 .268 .229 102 0.9 0.1 2.0 0.2
2002 OTT AAA 17 16 90.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .273 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 MON MLB 23 23 131.3 6.08 71 .255 .274 .343 .441 .271 .281 102 -4.2 -0.4 -7.4 -0.8
2003 BRV A+ 1 1 5.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 MON MLB 19 19 116.7 5.90 68 .256 .269 .341 .441 .266 .279 95 -6.1 -0.6 -6.2 -0.6
2005 COL MLB 5 3 11.3 5.72 101 .312 .267 .345 .437 .270 .419 127 1.4 0.1 1.8 0.2
2005 WAS MLB 12 5 36.0 6.11 56 .303 .275 .349 .445 .275 .298 93 -3.6 -0.4 -3.3 -0.3
2005 HAR AA 3 3 13.0 4.10 109 .223 .256 .325 .389 .253 .325 98 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 CSP AAA 7 7 36.7 6.38 91 .271 .281 .353 .458 .276 .316 116 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 COL MLB 3 3 13.3 8.97 24 .312 .275 .346 .435 .272 .373 104 -3.4 -0.3 -3.9 -0.4
2006 WAS MLB 5 5 26.7 4.79 99 .252 .270 .340 .433 .262 .297 97 2.5 0.2 1.5 0.1
2007 OMA AAA 11 9 36.7 6.95 38 .293 .278 .349 .443 .274 .250 96 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 FTM A+ 6 0 8.0 4.61 95 .343 .270 .338 .395 .261 .424 94 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB60372.75.9571.262.271.343.439.269.28799-12.5-1.2-15.4-1.6

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
1997 ONE A- 7 2 0 14 14 92.0 82 23 92 2 0% .315 8.0 2.2 0.2 9.0 1.14 2.15 0.0 0.0
1998 GRB A 1 2 0 7 6 36.0 35 6 37 1 0% -.773 8.8 1.5 0.2 9.2 1.14 2.75 0.0 0.0
1998 TAM A+ 5 8 0 18 17 100.0 142 32 69 5 0% -1.245 12.8 2.9 0.5 6.2 1.74 5.49 0.0 0.0
1999 GRB A 0 1 0 2 2 8.0 14 1 4 0 0% -2.800 15.8 1.1 0.0 4.5 1.88 2.25 0.0 0.0
2000 GRB A 9 3 0 13 13 85.3 72 31 101 6 0% -.478 7.6 3.3 0.6 10.7 1.21 1.90 0.0 0.0
2000 AKR AA 4 2 0 8 8 46.0 38 21 43 1 0% -.569 7.4 4.1 0.2 8.4 1.28 3.52 0.0 0.0
2000 TAM A+ 2 4 0 7 7 34.3 33 15 36 2 0% -.574 8.7 3.9 0.5 9.4 1.40 4.20 0.0 0.0
2001 BUF AAA 1 0 0 1 1 6.0 3 1 4 0 0% -.600 4.5 1.5 0.0 6.0 0.67 1.50 0.0 0.0
2001 OTT AAA 2 2 0 6 5 26.7 38 8 15 2 0% -1.440 12.8 2.7 0.7 5.1 1.72 7.42 0.0 0.0
2001 AKR AA 9 10 0 22 22 136.7 123 45 94 8 0% -.777 8.1 3.0 0.5 6.2 1.23 3.09 0.0 0.0
2002 OTT AAA 5 6 0 17 16 90.0 77 32 68 5 0% .273 7.7 3.2 0.5 6.8 1.21 3.50 0.0 0.0
2002 MON MLB 4 1 1 19 2 37.3 28 15 25 3 71% .229 6.8 3.6 0.7 6.0 1.15 3.62 2.0 0.2
2003 BRV A+ 0 0 0 1 1 5.3 3 1 3 0 0% .200 5.1 1.7 0.0 5.1 0.75 1.70 0.0 0.0
2003 MON MLB 9 8 0 23 23 131.3 132 59 61 8 63% .281 9.0 4.0 0.5 4.2 1.45 4.18 -7.4 -0.8
2004 MON MLB 5 10 0 19 19 116.7 117 45 61 13 57% .279 9.0 3.5 1.0 4.7 1.39 3.93 -6.2 -0.6
2005 CSP AAA 2 3 0 7 7 36.7 46 15 17 4 47% .316 11.3 3.7 1.0 4.2 1.66 5.89 0.0 0.0
2005 HAR AA 1 0 0 3 3 13.0 14 1 10 1 68% .325 9.7 0.7 0.7 6.9 1.15 2.77 0.0 0.0
2005 WAS MLB 1 2 0 12 5 36.0 41 25 16 4 51% .298 10.2 6.2 1.0 4.0 1.83 6.75 -3.3 -0.3
2005 COL MLB 0 1 0 5 3 11.3 20 7 7 2 42% .419 15.9 5.6 1.6 5.6 2.38 7.15 1.8 0.2
2006 COL MLB 1 2 0 3 3 13.3 22 10 6 3 45% .373 14.8 6.8 2.0 4.0 2.40 10.80 -3.9 -0.4
2006 WAS MLB 1 3 0 5 5 26.7 29 11 13 2 54% .297 9.8 3.7 0.7 4.4 1.50 4.72 1.5 0.1
2007 OMA AAA 1 1 0 11 9 36.7 34 26 11 2 48% .250 8.3 6.4 0.5 2.7 1.63 3.92 0.0 0.0
2008 FTM A+ 1 0 0 6 0 8.0 14 1 3 0 64% .424 15.8 1.1 0.0 3.4 1.88 5.62 0.0 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2006-05-23 2006-10-02 15-DL 132 117 Right Shoulder Surgery Rotator Cuff 2006-06-06
2005-09-17 2005-10-03 60-DL 16 14 Right Thigh Fracture Batted Ball - -
2005-05-26 2005-07-13 15-DL 48 41 Right Forearm Fracture Hairline Radius -
2004-08-02 2004-10-04 60-DL 63 58 Right Fingers Fracture Middle Finger -
2004-07-06 2004-07-22 15-DL 16 13 Right Shoulder Inflammation -
2003-05-29 2003-07-26 15-DL 58 50 Right Shoulder Inflammation -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2006 COL $600,000
2005 WAS, COL $357,500
2004 MON $315,000
2003 MON $301,500
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$1,574,000
4 yrTotal$1,574,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 52 d

Details
  • signed as a free agent from KC 1/12/08 (minor-league contract)
  • signed as a free agent from WAS 12/06, 1 year/$0.5M (07) (minor-league contract $12K/mo) ltr agreement $73,200 major league contract, $0.5M in majors
  • P:$25K each 130,140,150160 innings pitched, $25K 5 games started, $50K each 10,15 games started, $0.1M 20 games started
  • released 10/06 claimed off waivers from COL 4/06 designated for assignment 4/06 avoided arbitration 1/06, 1 year/$0.6M (06)+$50K bonuses ($25K each 140,150 innings pitched)
  • recalled 9/05 optioned to Triple-A 7/05 acquired in trade from WAS 7/05 optioned to Triple-A 5/05 re-signed 2/05, 1 year/$0.3575M (05) re-signed 2/04, 1 year/$0.315M (04)
  • 1 year/$0.3015M (03) 2/03
  • recalled 6/02 sent to minor-league camp 3/02 acquired in trade from CLE 7/01

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