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Humberto Cota CPirates

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG TAv WARP
7 562 .233 .280 .358 .220 0.1
Birth Date2-7-1979
Height5' 11"
Weight225 lbs
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Standard

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB BB SO HBP SF SH RBI SB CS AVG OBP SLG TAv VORP FRAA WARP
2001 PIT 22 7 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .157 -0.7 -0.0 -0.1
2002 PIT 23 7 18 17 2 5 1 0 0 6 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294 .333 .353 .234 0.3 -0.1 0.0
2003 PIT 24 10 17 16 1 4 1 0 0 5 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .294 .312 .298 0.4 -0.0 0.0
2004 PIT 25 36 70 66 10 15 1 1 5 33 3 20 1 0 0 8 0 0 .227 .271 .500 .241 1.0 -0.2 0.1
2005 PIT 26 93 320 297 29 72 20 1 7 115 17 80 2 3 1 43 0 0 .242 .285 .387 .223 4.2 0.6 0.5
2006 PIT 27 38 110 100 5 19 1 0 0 20 8 26 0 1 1 5 0 0 .190 .248 .200 .176 -5.9 0.8 -0.5
2007 PIT 28 5 18 14 1 4 1 0 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 .286 .389 .357 .289 0.8 -0.1 0.1
Career1965625194812125212186321424526100.233.280.358.2200.21.00.1

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 PA TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ FRAA BRR BVORP BWARP VORP WARP
1997 HUD A- 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 PRI Rk 0 283 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .357 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 CSC A 0 358 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .308 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 HIC A 0 154 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .306 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 ALT AA 0 453 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .305 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 PIT MLB 7 9 .157 .265 .336 .402 .000 .500 96 -1 0.2 0.1 -0.0 0.0 -0.7 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1
2001 NAS AAA 111 414 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .338 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 PIT MLB 7 18 .234 .241 .314 .379 .000 .385 99 -0.5 0.5 0.3 -0.1 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0
2002 NAS AAA 118 448 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .343 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 PIT MLB 10 17 .298 .265 .343 .417 .000 .364 109 0.7 0.4 0.2 -0.0 -0.8 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.0
2003 NAS AAA 62 222 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .248 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 PIT MLB 36 70 .241 .257 .316 .420 .000 .244 100 -1.5 1.8 1 -0.2 0.0 1.0 0.1 1.0 0.1
2004 NAS AAA 8 30 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .316 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 PIT MLB 93 320 .223 .263 .321 .419 .000 .305 104 -12.5 8.2 5.5 0.6 1.5 4.2 0.5 4.2 0.5
2005 IND AAA 3 11 .128 .262 .330 .401 .000 .375 87 -1.7 0.3 0.2 -0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 PIT MLB 38 110 .176 .273 .331 .437 .000 .253 103 -10.4 3.0 1.9 0.8 -0.3 -5.9 -0.5 -5.9 -0.5
2007 PIT MLB 5 18 .289 .265 .323 .415 .000 .308 102 0.6 0.5 0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0.8 0.1 0.8 0.1
2007 IND AAA 30 104 .256 .270 .332 .408 .000 .307 100 -0.4 3.0 1.7 0.0 -0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 CSP AAA 37 147 .266 .287 .347 .457 .000 .357 117 1.1 4.1 1.9 0.8 -0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 HER Wnt 51 222 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .319 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 HER Wnt 54 208 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .287 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 MOB AA 7 19 .077 .236 .312 .347 .252 .000 99 -3.6 0.5 0.3 -0.1 -0.3 -4.0 -0.4 -4.0 -0.4
2013 MEX int 3 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB562.220.263.323.421.256.295103-24.614.69.31.00.40.20.10.20.1

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO TAv VORP FRAA WARP
1997 HUD A- 9 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 PRI Rk 283 48 76 13 4 15 61 32 59 4 4 .310 .403 .580 .269 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 CSC A 358 42 94 21 1 9 61 20 51 1 1 .280 .324 .429 .149 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 HIC A 154 28 36 11 2 2 20 21 20 3 1 .271 .370 .429 .158 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 ALT AA 453 49 112 20 1 8 44 21 80 6 4 .261 .300 .368 .107 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 PIT MLB 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .000 .157 -0.7 -0.0 -0.1
2001 NAS AAA 414 61 112 22 2 14 72 25 74 7 2 .297 .353 .477 .180 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 PIT MLB 18 2 5 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 .294 .333 .353 .059 .234 0.3 -0.1 0.0
2002 NAS AAA 448 51 108 27 1 9 54 31 106 5 8 .267 .327 .406 .139 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 PIT MLB 17 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 .250 .294 .312 .062 .298 0.4 -0.0 0.0
2003 NAS AAA 222 23 41 9 0 8 27 20 59 2 0 .205 .284 .370 .165 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 PIT MLB 70 10 15 1 1 5 8 3 20 0 0 .227 .271 .500 .273 .241 1.0 -0.2 0.1
2004 NAS AAA 30 4 7 0 0 1 2 3 7 0 0 .259 .333 .370 .111 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 PIT MLB 320 29 72 20 1 7 43 17 80 0 0 .242 .285 .387 .145 .223 4.2 0.6 0.5
2005 IND AAA 11 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 .273 .273 .273 .000 .128 0.0 -0.0 0.0
2006 PIT MLB 110 5 19 1 0 0 5 8 26 0 0 .190 .248 .200 .010 .176 -5.9 0.8 -0.5
2007 PIT MLB 18 1 4 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 .286 .389 .357 .071 .289 0.8 -0.1 0.1
2007 IND AAA 104 9 27 6 0 0 9 7 8 2 0 .284 .330 .347 .063 .256 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 CSP AAA 147 23 44 12 0 4 26 6 23 0 1 .319 .345 .493 .174 .266 0.0 0.8 0.0
2011 HER Wnt 222 23 57 14 0 11 45 28 38 1 0 .305 .385 .556 .251 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 HER Wnt 208 19 42 7 0 5 18 30 39 2 0 .243 .367 .370 .127 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 MOB AA 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 0 .000 .158 .000 .000 .077 -4.0 -0.1 -0.4
2013 MEX int 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2007-07-26 2007-09-03 Minors 39 0 Not Disclosed -
2007-04-23 2007-05-20 15-DL 27 25 Left Shoulder Strain -
2005-03-27 2005-04-19 15-DL 23 13 Abdomen Strain Oblique -
2004-05-28 2004-08-02 60-DL 66 61 Left Abdomen Strain Oblique -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2007 PIT $537,500
2006 PIT $342,000
2005 PIT $327,000
2004 PIT $303,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$1,509,500
4 yrTotal$1,509,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 169 d1 year (2013)

Details
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by Arizona as a free agent 4/2/13 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2009). Signed by Cincinnati as a free agent 2/2/09 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2008)
  • 1 year/$0.5375M (2007). Re-signed 1/07 (avoided arbitration). DFA 6/4/07.
  • 1 year/$0.342M (2006). Re-signed 3/06.
  • 1 year/$0.327M (2005). Re-signed 2/05.
  • 1 year/$0.303M (2004).
  • 1 year (2003). Re-signed 3/03.
  • 1 year (2002). Signed 2/02.

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This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: NL East NRI ReviewChristina Kahrl2008-02-29
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Transaction Analysis: NL-Brand KetchupChristina Kahrl2007-05-24
Transaction Analysis: April 21-28, 2007Christina Kahrl2007-04-30
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Today: A Game Story and a Great StoryJoe Sheehan2007-04-23
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This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Game of the Week: Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs, 4/24/05Jonah Keri2005-04-25
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Prospectus Triple Play: Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh PiratesDerek Jacques2005-04-13
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