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2013 Projections (seasonal age 32) - Rest of Season Projections
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Birth Date5-8-1981
Height6' 6"
Weight230 lbs
Age32 years, 0 months, 13 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
-0.32009
-0.52010
1.02011
1.22012
0.52013
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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
2008 BAL 27 4 1 13.0 7.7 5.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 59 16 10 9 4 33 2 2 2 8 6.23 6.85 7.03 -1.3 -0.1
2009 BAL 28 2 2 6.3 6.3 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 28 8 7 7 5 23 2 2 0 3 9.95 13.41 13.71 -3.1 -0.3
2010 BAL 29 49 0 49.3 0.0 49.3 4 2 17 6 0 0 222 54 30 27 10 92 22 20 2 37 4.93 5.64 6.57 -5.2 -0.5
2011 BAL 30 23 16 115.7 94.3 21.3 4 9 0 0 7 0 499 128 69 63 15 220 40 34 4 83 4.90 4.45 4.45 9.7 1.0
2012 CIN 31 36 0 61.0 0.0 61.0 3 2 1 0 0 0 269 65 22 18 2 94 22 21 6 52 2.66 3.23 3.49 11.6 1.2
2013 CIN 32 15 0 21.0 0.0 21.0 3 1 0 1 0 0 86 18 9 8 2 30 4 4 2 19 3.43 3.23 4.20 2.3 0.3
Career12919266.3108.3158.01415187801163289147132384929283162024.464.634.8813.91.5

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
2002 BAT A- 15 14 90.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .290 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 LWD A 14 7 71.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .275 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 gig Wnt 3 1 5.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 CLR A+ 22 21 134.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .276 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 SJO A+ 6 6 31.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .346 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 NRW AA 43 9 91.3 4.94 86 .277 .263 .328 .409 .265 .325 94 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 SJO A+ 18 7 36.1 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .350 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 FRE AAA 10 10 52.2 5.54 72 .332 .281 .355 .436 .280 .378 97 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 OKL AAA 22 22 119.0 6.14 58 .301 .282 .346 .452 .273 .338 97 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 GIG Wnt 8 6 33.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .266 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 BAL MLB 4 1 13.0 7.03 59 .308 .264 .339 .433 .274 .279 106 -1.3 -0.1 -1.3 -0.1
2008 NOR AAA 1 1 4.7 0.00 0 .000 .270 .327 .401 .240 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 MTR mex 15 11 81.0 0.00 0 .229 .000 .000 .000 .000 .255 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 BAL MLB 2 2 6.3 13.71 -75 .391 .284 .357 .486 .286 .167 103 -3.1 -0.3 -3.1 -0.3
2010 BAL MLB 49 0 49.3 6.57 60 .299 .269 .335 .420 .271 .291 106 -5.2 -0.5 -5.2 -0.5
2010 NOR AAA 4 3 17.0 3.63 119 .218 .273 .349 .434 .262 .280 99 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 BAL MLB 23 16 115.7 4.45 101 .292 .268 .336 .433 .278 .317 101 9.7 1.0 9.7 1.0
2011 BOW AA 4 4 18.0 2.58 138 .250 .257 .316 .390 .259 .292 90 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 CIN MLB 36 0 61.0 3.49 125 .267 .269 .335 .430 .273 .337 108 11.4 1.2 11.6 1.2
2013 CIN MLB 15 0 21.0 4.20 102 .237 .258 .323 .406 .265 .271 103 1.8 0.2 2.3 0.3
2013 DOM int 1 0 3.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB19266.34.8793.287.268.335.429.274.30810313.01.413.51.4

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
2002 BAT A- 9 2 0 15 14 90.3 79 46 77 5 0% .290 7.9 4.6 0.5 7.7 1.38 3.59 0.0 0.0
2003 LWD A 5 0 2 14 7 71.3 59 25 66 4 0% .275 7.4 3.2 0.5 8.3 1.18 3.79 0.0 0.0
2003 gig Wnt 0 1 0 3 1 5.0 7 2 3 1 0% -1.000 12.6 3.6 1.8 5.4 1.80 1.80 0.0 0.0
2004 CLR A+ 7 9 0 22 21 134.7 121 38 107 13 0% .276 8.1 2.5 0.9 7.1 1.18 3.27 0.0 0.0
2004 SJO A+ 1 2 0 6 6 31.7 44 12 21 7 0% .346 12.5 3.4 2.0 6.0 1.77 5.68 0.0 0.0
2005 NRW AA 3 8 19 43 9 91.3 104 24 60 6 57% .325 10.3 2.4 0.6 5.9 1.40 5.03 0.0 0.0
2006 FRE AAA 0 6 0 10 10 52.2 76 19 35 8 53% .378 13.1 3.3 1.4 6.0 1.82 6.72 0.0 0.0
2006 SJO A+ 2 4 0 18 7 36.1 43 14 35 7 0% .350 10.7 3.5 1.7 8.7 1.58 6.48 0.0 0.0
2007 OKL AAA 5 10 0 22 22 119.0 152 46 73 19 44% .338 11.5 3.5 1.4 5.5 1.66 6.43 0.0 0.0
2007 GIG Wnt 4 0 0 8 6 33.0 27 10 25 2 0% .266 7.4 2.7 0.5 6.8 1.12 2.73 0.0 0.0
2008 NOR AAA 0 1 0 1 1 4.7 9 2 5 1 53% .500 17.2 3.8 1.9 9.6 2.34 7.66 0.0 0.0
2008 MTR mex 7 2 0 15 11 81.0 66 20 61 5 0% .255 7.3 2.2 0.6 6.8 1.06 2.67 0.0 0.0
2008 BAL MLB 0 0 0 4 1 13.0 16 2 8 4 62% .279 11.1 1.4 2.8 5.5 1.38 6.23 -1.3 -0.1
2009 BAL MLB 0 1 0 2 2 6.3 8 2 3 5 22% .167 11.4 2.8 7.1 4.3 1.58 9.95 -3.1 -0.3
2010 NOR AAA 1 1 0 4 3 17.0 15 5 14 1 55% .280 7.9 2.6 0.5 7.4 1.18 1.59 0.0 0.0
2010 BAL MLB 4 2 17 49 0 49.3 54 22 37 10 48% .291 9.9 4.0 1.8 6.8 1.54 4.93 -5.2 -0.5
2011 BOW AA 1 0 0 4 4 18.0 15 6 20 1 41% .292 7.5 3.0 0.5 10.0 1.17 3.00 0.0 0.0
2011 BAL MLB 4 9 0 23 16 115.7 128 40 83 15 43% .317 10.0 3.1 1.2 6.5 1.45 4.90 9.7 1.0
2012 CIN MLB 3 2 1 36 0 61.0 65 22 52 2 56% .337 9.6 3.2 0.3 7.7 1.43 2.66 11.6 1.2
2013 CIN MLB 3 1 0 15 0 21.0 18 4 19 2 46% .271 7.7 1.7 0.9 8.1 1.05 3.43 2.3 0.3
2013 DOM int 0 0 0 1 0 3.0 3 2 3 0 0% .333 9.0 6.0 0.0 9.0 1.67 3.00 0.0 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2012-03-11 2012-03-18 Camp 7 0 - Groin Tightness - -
2011-06-13 2011-06-29 15-DL 16 13 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2010-05-24 2010-06-14 15-DL 21 18 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2009-04-14 2009-10-05 60-DL 174 155 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2009-05-05

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2014 CIN $
2013 CIN $890,000
2012 CIN $487,000
2009 BAL $400,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$887,000
2011Current$890,000
3 yrPvs + Cur$1,777,000
3 yrTotal$1,777,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 142 dPhil Isaac1 year/$0.89M (2013)

Details
  • 1 year/$0.89M (2013). Re-signed by Cincinnati 1/31/13 (avoided arbitration, $1.05M-$0.75M).
  • 1 year/$0.487M (2012). Re-signed by Baltimore 3/10/12. Claimed by Cincinnati off waivers from Baltimore 4/3/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Re-signed by Baltimore 2/11. Placed on restricted list 2/18/11. Reinstated from restricted list 5/21/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Contract purchased 4/27/10.
  • 1 year/$0.4M (2009). Re-signed 3/8/09. Sent outright to Triple-A 10/30/09.
  • 1 year (2008). Contract purchased 9/5/08.
  • 1 year (2007). Signed as a free agent from SF 11/06 (minor-league contract). Acquired in trade from Baltimore 12/06 after being drafted # 5 from Texas in Rule 5 12/06. Re-signed 2/07.
  • 1 year (2006). Re-signed 3/06. Optioned to Triple-A 3/06.
  • Signed 1999 as an amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic.

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Platoon
SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .274 .348 .424 .273
11 vs R (Multi) .285 .347 .475 .292
18 Split (Multi) -.011 .002 -.051 -.019
19 LgAvg (Multi) .011 .025 .022 .017
30 vs L (2012) .267 .348 .397 .266
31 vs R (2012) .283 .348 .400 .267
38 Split (2012) -.016 -.000 -.003 -.001
39 LgAvg (2012) .009 .024 .021 .017

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2010-07-09 13:00:00Which closer loses his job first, regardless of cause (injury/ineffectiveness/etc): Axford, Simon, Street, Wagner
(Andy from Chicago)		Alfredo Simon. John Axford's mustache precludes him from long-term ineffectiveness, and also acts as a self-healing miracle worker. (Marc Normandin)


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