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Les Walrond PBlue Jays

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2013 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 36)
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Birth Date11-7-1976
Height6' 3"
Weight205 lbs
Age36 years, 6 months, 17 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
2009
2010
2011
2012
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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
2003 KCA 26 7 0 8.0 0.0 8.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 41 11 9 9 2 21 7 6 0 6 10.12 7.47 9.19 -2.1 -0.2
2006 CHN 29 10 2 17.3 5.7 11.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 84 19 13 12 2 29 12 11 0 21 6.23 4.26 4.58 3.2 0.3
2008 PHI 31 6 0 10.3 0.0 10.3 1 1 0 1 0 0 49 13 7 7 0 17 9 5 0 12 6.10 3.40 2.51 2.8 0.3
Career23235.75.730.014020017443292846728220397.074.734.963.90.5

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
1998 NWJ A- 13 10 51.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.662 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 PEO A 21 20 109.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.691 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 POT A+ 27 27 151.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.579 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 NHV AA 16 16 81.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.534 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 Car Wnt 10 9 47.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.606 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 NHV AA 4 4 22.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .321 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 MEM AAA 28 18 123.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .312 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 KCA MLB 7 0 8.0 9.19 31 .332 .278 .367 .463 .289 .346 111 -2.1 -0.2 -2.1 -0.2
2003 TEN AA 4 0 6.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .188 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 WIC AA 2 2 11.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .167 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 MEM AAA 10 1 17.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .240 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 OMA AAA 18 0 25.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .231 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 WIC AA 8 6 39.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .255 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 OMA AAA 19 19 123.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .288 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 ABQ AAA 15 15 86.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.750 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 CHN MLB 10 2 17.3 4.58 108 .273 .277 .349 .461 .270 .347 102 2.9 0.3 3.2 0.3
2006 IOW AAA 31 20 133.1 5.05 79 .269 .276 .344 .422 .271 .308 93 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 IOW AAA 27 24 137.7 5.62 82 .275 .278 .349 .438 .272 .348 106 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 PHI MLB 6 0 10.3 2.51 143 .312 .269 .340 .437 .272 .464 95 2.9 0.3 2.8 0.3
2008 IOW AAA 7 0 11.0 3.37 128 .372 .272 .346 .449 .272 .475 97 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 LEH AAA 21 17 111.0 4.64 104 .228 .267 .335 .418 .256 .324 100 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 YKO npb 21 21 110.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .331 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 REA AA 21 0 30.3 3.22 131 .251 .265 .332 .396 .268 .308 101 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 LEH AAA 12 0 14.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .243 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 NHP AA 3 0 4.0 11.09 -36 .142 .273 .343 .422 .258 .250 105 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 LAG Wnt 11 10 49.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .355 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB235.74.96101.298.275.351.455.275.3791023.70.43.90.5

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
1998 NWJ A- 2 4 0 13 10 51.7 52 24 52 1 0% -.662 9.1 4.2 0.2 9.1 1.47 4.00 0.0 0.0
1999 PEO A 7 10 0 21 20 109.0 115 59 78 12 0% -.691 9.5 4.9 1.0 6.4 1.60 5.70 0.0 0.0
2000 POT A+ 10 5 0 27 27 151.0 134 54 153 9 0% -.579 8.0 3.2 0.5 9.1 1.25 3.34 0.0 0.0
2001 NHV AA 2 8 0 16 16 81.3 68 46 67 5 0% -.534 7.5 5.1 0.6 7.4 1.40 3.87 0.0 0.0
2001 Car Wnt 1 4 0 10 9 47.7 46 26 41 3 0% -.606 8.7 4.9 0.6 7.7 1.51 5.28 0.0 0.0
2002 MEM AAA 8 7 0 28 18 123.0 127 63 111 20 0% .312 9.3 4.6 1.5 8.1 1.54 4.98 0.0 0.0
2002 NHV AA 2 1 0 4 4 22.3 19 10 31 2 0% .321 7.7 4.0 0.8 12.5 1.30 2.42 0.0 0.0
2003 MEM AAA 0 0 0 10 1 17.3 12 7 14 0 0% .240 6.2 3.6 0.0 7.3 1.10 1.04 0.0 0.0
2003 OMA AAA 3 1 2 18 0 25.7 19 9 20 1 0% .231 6.7 3.2 0.4 7.0 1.09 2.45 0.0 0.0
2003 KCA MLB 0 2 0 7 0 8.0 11 7 6 2 39% .346 12.4 7.9 2.2 6.8 2.25 10.12 -2.1 -0.2
2003 TEN AA 0 0 0 4 0 6.7 4 4 7 1 0% .188 5.4 5.4 1.3 9.4 1.19 2.69 0.0 0.0
2003 WIC AA 2 0 0 2 2 11.0 7 2 9 2 0% .167 5.7 1.6 1.6 7.4 0.82 3.27 0.0 0.0
2004 OMA AAA 11 5 0 19 19 123.7 114 41 107 12 0% .288 8.3 3.0 0.9 7.8 1.25 3.06 0.0 0.0
2004 WIC AA 3 3 0 8 6 39.0 30 17 34 2 0% .255 6.9 3.9 0.5 7.8 1.21 4.38 0.0 0.0
2005 ABQ AAA 4 5 0 15 15 86.7 97 37 61 13 0% -.750 10.1 3.8 1.3 6.3 1.55 4.57 0.0 0.0
2006 IOW AAA 10 5 0 31 20 133.1 134 59 104 11 54% .308 9.1 4.0 0.7 7.0 1.45 3.99 0.0 0.0
2006 CHN MLB 0 1 0 10 2 17.3 19 12 21 2 55% .347 9.9 6.2 1.0 10.9 1.79 6.23 3.2 0.3
2007 IOW AAA 11 5 0 27 24 137.7 167 48 93 13 49% .348 10.9 3.1 0.8 6.1 1.56 4.77 0.0 0.0
2008 IOW AAA 1 1 0 7 0 11.0 20 5 14 1 49% .475 16.4 4.1 0.8 11.5 2.27 6.55 0.0 0.0
2008 PHI MLB 1 1 0 6 0 10.3 13 9 12 0 54% .464 11.3 7.8 0.0 10.5 2.13 6.10 2.8 0.3
2008 LEH AAA 5 8 0 21 17 111.0 106 42 105 4 52% .324 8.6 3.4 0.3 8.5 1.33 3.32 0.0 0.0
2009 YKO npb 5 10 0 21 21 110.7 128 50 85 10 0% .331 10.4 4.1 0.8 6.9 1.61 4.80 0.0 0.0
2011 LEH AAA 0 1 0 12 0 14.7 9 9 15 0 0% .243 5.5 5.5 0.0 9.2 1.23 1.23 0.0 0.0
2011 REA AA 4 1 3 21 0 30.3 25 13 32 1 45% .308 7.4 3.9 0.3 9.5 1.25 2.08 0.0 0.0
2012 NHP AA 0 0 0 3 0 4.0 3 4 3 0 75% .250 6.8 9.0 0.0 6.8 1.75 2.25 0.0 0.0
2012 LAG Wnt 1 4 0 11 10 49.7 62 23 31 2 0% .355 11.2 4.2 0.4 5.6 1.71 3.62 0.0 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2003 KCA $300,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$300,000
1 yrTotal$300,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 101 d1 year (2012)

Details
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Lancaster (independent Atlantic League) 3/12. Signed by Toronto as a free agent 7/15/12 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2011). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 3/1/11 (minor-league contract). Released by NY Mets 4/1/11. Signed by Lancaster (independent Atlantic League) 5/12. Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 5/28/11 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2010). Signed by Doosan of Korea.
  • 1 year (2009). Signed by Yokohama of Japan 12/17/08.
  • 1 year/$0.4M (2008). Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 11/13/07 (minor-league contract). Released by Cubs 4/27/08. Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 5/2/08 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Philadelphia 8/2/08. DFA by Philadelphia 8/20/08. Contract purchased by Philadelphia 9/1/08. Claimed by Toronto off waivers from Philadelphia 11/4/08. Released to play in Japan 11/20/08.
  • 1 year (2007). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs.
  • 1 year (2006). Signed by Chicago Cubs 1/19/06 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Chicago Cubs 8/06.
  • 1 year (2005). Signed by Florida as a free agent 12/04 (minor-league contract). Released by Florida 6/05.
  • 1 year (2004). Re-signed by Kansas City (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$0.3 (2003). Signed split contract with St. Louis 1/03 ($50,000 in minors). Claimed by Kansas City off waivers from St. Louis 5/03. DFA by Kansas City 8/03. Sent outright to Triple-A 8/03.
  • Drafted by St. Louis 1998 (13-378) (Kansas).

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Baseball ProGUESTus: Baseball and Base 3Zachary Levine2012-08-21
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This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: September 29-October 16, 2006Christina Kahrl2006-10-17
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Matchups: The Year of Magical Rookie PitchingJim Baker2006-08-30
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: August 25-27Christina Kahrl2006-08-28
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This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: March 10-15, 2004Christina Kahrl2004-03-17
Transaction Analysis: August 22-25, 2002Christina Kahrl2002-08-29


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