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Fernando Salas PCardinals

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2013 Projections (seasonal age 28) - Rest of Season Projections
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date5-30-1985
Height6' 2"
Weight200 lbs
Age27 years, 11 months, 21 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2009
0.12010
0.82011
0.62012
0.72013
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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
2010 SLN 25 27 0 30.7 0.0 30.7 0 0 0 1 0 0 133 28 13 12 4 49 15 13 0 29 3.52 4.38 4.37 1.4 0.1
2011 SLN 26 68 0 75.0 0.0 75.0 5 6 24 6 0 0 295 50 20 19 7 85 21 18 2 75 2.28 3.13 3.73 7.3 0.8
2012 SLN 27 65 0 58.7 0.0 58.7 1 4 0 3 0 0 256 56 28 28 5 86 27 22 1 60 4.30 3.63 3.50 5.2 0.6
2013 SLN 28 15 0 16.3 0.0 16.3 0 2 0 2 0 0 68 15 7 7 2 26 3 3 1 12 3.86 3.80 4.61 -0.1 -0.0
Career1750180.70.0180.7612241200752149686618246665641763.293.563.8413.91.6

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
2005 SLT mex 14 1 17.3 0.00 0 .288 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.870 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 SLT mex 29 1 47.2 0.00 0 .222 .000 .000 .000 .000 .261 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 PMB A+ 16 4 39.3 8.23 38 .287 .266 .340 .394 .261 .233 94 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 SLT mex 3 0 2.7 0.00 0 .287 .000 .000 .000 .000 .444 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 MAZ Wnt 21 0 18.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .273 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 SFD AA 60 0 74.0 4.04 116 .228 .272 .349 .415 .266 .312 102 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 SFD AA 10 0 11.3 3.78 118 .201 .271 .339 .419 .271 .278 104 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 MEM AAA 24 0 27.0 4.93 88 .235 .280 .349 .434 .269 .253 96 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 CRD Rk 1 0 1.0 3.83 131 .020 .223 .288 .298 .218 .000 121 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 HER Wnt 7 0 3.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .444 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 SLN MLB 27 0 30.7 4.37 98 .271 .264 .333 .421 .267 .282 98 1.4 0.1 1.4 0.1
2010 MEM AAA 34 0 35.7 2.96 140 .190 .282 .353 .450 .272 .296 94 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 SLN MLB 68 0 75.0 3.73 110 .205 .268 .331 .419 .269 .226 99 7.8 0.8 7.3 0.8
2011 MEM AAA 3 0 3.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 SLN MLB 65 0 58.7 3.50 118 .260 .267 .330 .429 .270 .313 99 5.7 0.6 5.2 0.6
2012 MEM AAA 4 0 4.0 10.01 -8 .594 .285 .355 .446 .298 .400 44 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 SLN MLB 15 0 16.3 4.61 89 .253 .254 .319 .405 .258 .260 101 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.0
2013 MEX int 2 0 2.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB0180.73.84109.239.266.330.421.268.26810015.81.714.61.6

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
2005 SLT mex 0 0 0 14 1 17.3 21 10 12 1 0% -.870 10.9 5.2 0.5 6.2 1.79 2.08 0.0 0.0
2006 SLT mex 8 2 0 29 1 47.2 40 20 38 5 0% .261 7.6 3.8 1.0 7.2 1.27 3.05 0.0 0.0
2007 PMB A+ 2 3 0 16 4 39.3 39 10 25 12 31% .233 8.9 2.3 2.7 5.7 1.25 5.27 0.0 0.0
2007 MAZ Wnt 1 1 3 21 0 18.3 19 3 14 4 0% .273 9.3 1.5 2.0 6.9 1.20 2.95 0.0 0.0
2007 SLT mex 0 0 0 3 0 2.7 5 2 2 1 0% .444 16.7 6.7 3.3 6.7 2.59 6.67 0.0 0.0
2008 SFD AA 7 3 25 60 0 74.0 65 16 100 12 41% .312 7.9 1.9 1.5 12.2 1.09 3.65 0.0 0.0
2009 CRD Rk 0 0 0 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 50% .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 0.0
2009 MEM AAA 3 2 0 24 0 27.0 22 10 24 4 29% .253 7.3 3.3 1.3 8.0 1.19 3.67 0.0 0.0
2009 SFD AA 1 0 0 10 0 11.3 10 2 7 0 42% .278 8.0 1.6 0.0 5.6 1.06 3.19 0.0 0.0
2009 HER Wnt 0 0 0 7 0 3.3 5 2 4 1 0% .444 13.6 5.5 2.7 10.9 2.12 5.45 0.0 0.0
2010 MEM AAA 1 0 19 34 0 35.7 26 9 44 2 37% .296 6.6 2.3 0.5 11.1 0.98 3.78 0.0 0.0
2010 SLN MLB 0 0 0 27 0 30.7 28 15 29 4 36% .282 8.2 4.4 1.2 8.5 1.40 3.52 1.4 0.1
2011 MEM AAA 0 0 2 3 0 3.0 2 0 4 0 0% .333 6.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 0.67 0.00 0.0 0.0
2011 SLN MLB 5 6 24 68 0 75.0 50 21 75 7 36% .226 6.0 2.5 0.8 9.0 0.95 2.28 7.3 0.8
2012 SLN MLB 1 4 0 65 0 58.7 56 27 60 5 40% .313 8.6 4.1 0.8 9.2 1.41 4.30 5.2 0.6
2012 MEM AAA 1 0 1 4 0 4.0 6 0 5 2 17% .400 13.5 0.0 4.5 11.2 1.50 9.00 0.0 0.0
2013 SLN MLB 0 2 0 15 0 16.3 15 3 12 2 38% .260 8.3 1.7 1.1 6.6 1.10 3.86 -0.1 -0.0
2013 MEX int 0 0 0 2 0 2.0 2 0 2 0 0% .333 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 1.00 4.50 0.0 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2012-06-03 2012-06-03 DTD 0 0 - General Medical Illness Kidney Stone Bothered Since Spring Training - -
2009-06-18 2009-07-10 Minors 22 0 Right Shoulder Soreness -
2009-04-10 2009-04-30 Minors 20 0 Right Thumb Sprain Thumb -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2014 SLN $
2013 SLN $512,000
2012 SLN $498,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$498,000
2011Current$512,000
3 yrPvs + Cur$1,010,000
3 yrTotal$1,010,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 87 dParagon Sports1 year/$0.512M (2013)

Details
  • 1 year/$0.512M (2013). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/13.
  • 1 year/$0.498M (2012). Re-signed by St. Louis 2/29/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Re-signed by St. Louis 2/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Contract purchased by St. Louis 5/27/10.
  • Signed by St. Louis 2007 as an amateur free agent from Mexico.

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Platoon
SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .248 .321 .362 .250
11 vs R (Multi) .214 .294 .366 .237
18 Split (Multi) .034 .027 -.004 .013
19 LgAvg (Multi) .011 .025 .022 .017
30 vs L (2012) .270 .343 .337 .259
31 vs R (2012) .239 .329 .418 .261
38 Split (2012) .031 .014 -.081 -.002
39 LgAvg (2012) .009 .024 .021 .017

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