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Career Summary
Years IP W L SV SO ERA WARP
11 527 29 35 12 450 3.77 6.9
Birth Date5-16-1970
Height6' 1"
Weight230 lbs
BatsB
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
1995 SEA 25 2 0 4.7 0.0 4.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 5 1 0 0 7 2 2 0 3 0.00 3.14 3.49 1.3 0.1
1996 NYA 26 26 0 40.3 0.0 40.3 1 1 0 0 0 0 185 42 24 23 6 70 23 19 0 38 5.13 5.01 6.21 0.6 0.1
1997 NYA 27 25 0 33.7 0.0 33.7 0 4 0 2 0 0 142 36 23 22 5 58 10 9 2 25 5.88 4.66 6.02 -1.8 -0.2
1998 TBA 28 68 0 84.0 0.0 84.0 7 2 0 3 0 0 343 68 30 29 6 99 33 28 3 77 3.11 3.60 4.00 13.9 1.5
1999 TBA 29 17 0 20.7 0.0 20.7 0 1 0 2 0 0 91 15 7 6 0 20 14 14 1 15 2.61 3.93 4.57 2.5 0.2
2000 OAK 30 25 0 35.3 0.0 35.3 3 1 4 6 0 0 153 35 14 11 2 48 14 12 1 37 2.80 3.14 2.93 10.5 1.0
2000 TBA 30 38 0 49.7 0.0 49.7 7 2 1 3 0 0 199 35 17 17 2 43 22 22 1 33 3.08 3.81 4.27 6.8 0.6
2001 OAK 31 54 0 63.0 0.0 63.0 2 8 3 5 0 0 264 54 25 24 4 78 26 19 1 61 3.43 3.27 4.02 9.3 0.9
2002 OAK 32 61 0 67.7 0.0 67.7 6 4 1 5 0 0 304 68 36 32 5 100 29 25 4 53 4.26 3.92 3.63 12.1 1.2
2003 OAK 33 41 0 37.0 0.0 37.0 2 3 1 1 0 0 165 40 25 23 4 61 16 15 1 25 5.59 4.53 5.33 0.7 0.1
2004 OAK 34 65 0 47.7 0.0 47.7 0 5 2 5 0 0 212 45 21 19 5 67 19 17 4 49 3.59 3.91 3.78 9.4 0.9
2005 FLO 35 52 0 43.3 0.0 43.3 1 4 0 4 0 0 184 39 17 15 2 50 17 15 5 34 3.12 3.55 4.07 3.4 0.3
Career4740527.00.0527.02935123600226348224022141701225197234503.773.864.2968.86.9

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
1991 SBR A+ 14 12 70.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 SBR A+ 14 11 61.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 RIV A+ 26 26 145.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 JAX AA 46 0 80.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 SEA MLB 2 0 4.7 3.49 135 .266 .280 .352 .417 .267 .312 104 1.3 0.1 1.3 0.1
1995 TAC AAA 40 0 69.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 NYA MLB 26 0 40.3 6.21 85 .276 .283 .357 .458 .278 .305 100 0.6 0.1 0.6 0.1
1996 COH AAA 33 0 47.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 NYA MLB 25 0 33.7 6.02 75 .271 .279 .345 .447 .270 .310 96 -1.8 -0.2 -1.8 -0.2
1997 COH AAA 24 0 27.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 TBA MLB 68 0 84.0 4.00 116 .220 .277 .348 .446 .274 .277 94 13.2 1.3 13.9 1.5
1999 TBA MLB 17 0 20.7 4.57 112 .227 .282 .356 .451 .272 .250 98 2.5 0.2 2.5 0.2
2000 OAK MLB 25 0 35.3 2.93 140 .244 .285 .358 .477 .277 .333 91 10.5 1.0 10.5 1.0
2000 TBA MLB 38 0 49.7 4.27 115 .189 .286 .359 .462 .276 .234 94 6.8 0.6 6.8 0.6
2001 OAK MLB 54 0 63.0 4.02 113 .221 .279 .348 .460 .277 .291 94 9.3 0.9 9.3 0.9
2001 SAC AAA 1 1 1.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 OAK MLB 61 0 67.7 3.63 121 .270 .272 .337 .445 .273 .296 95 12.1 1.2 12.1 1.2
2003 OAK MLB 41 0 37.0 5.33 88 .279 .275 .343 .445 .272 .303 97 0.7 0.1 0.7 0.1
2003 SAC AAA 3 2 3.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .385 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 OAK MLB 65 0 47.7 3.78 122 .250 .272 .337 .446 .267 .296 97 9.4 0.9 9.4 0.9
2005 FLO MLB 52 0 43.3 4.07 104 .246 .274 .341 .440 .270 .294 92 3.4 0.3 3.4 0.3
CareerMLB0527.04.29110.243.278.347.451.273.2909568.06.668.86.9

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
1991 SBR A+ 3 5 1 14 12 70.3 72 37 48 3 0% .000 9.2 4.7 0.4 6.1 1.55 4.22 0.0 0.0
1992 SBR A+ 4 5 0 14 11 61.7 72 26 53 8 0% .000 10.5 3.8 1.2 7.7 1.59 4.67 0.0 0.0
1993 RIV A+ 9 11 0 26 26 145.3 160 58 85 3 0% .000 9.9 3.6 0.2 5.3 1.50 4.34 0.0 0.0
1994 JAX AA 6 5 13 46 0 80.3 73 35 53 5 0% .000 8.2 3.9 0.6 5.9 1.34 2.69 0.0 0.0
1995 TAC AAA 1 4 8 40 0 69.7 63 28 46 3 0% .000 8.1 3.6 0.4 5.9 1.31 3.10 0.0 0.0
1995 SEA MLB 0 0 0 2 0 4.7 5 2 3 0 50% .312 9.6 3.9 0.0 5.8 1.50 0.00 1.3 0.1
1996 COH AAA 3 3 7 33 0 47.7 37 15 52 2 0% .000 7.0 2.8 0.4 9.8 1.09 2.26 0.0 0.0
1996 NYA MLB 1 1 0 26 0 40.3 42 23 38 6 45% .305 9.4 5.1 1.3 8.5 1.61 5.13 0.6 0.1
1997 COH AAA 1 1 11 24 0 27.0 14 6 34 0 0% .250 4.7 2.0 0.0 11.3 0.74 1.00 0.0 0.0
1997 NYA MLB 0 4 0 25 0 33.7 36 10 25 5 54% .310 9.6 2.7 1.3 6.7 1.37 5.88 -1.8 -0.2
1998 TBA MLB 7 2 0 68 0 84.0 68 33 77 6 53% .277 7.3 3.5 0.6 8.2 1.20 3.11 13.9 1.5
1999 TBA MLB 0 1 0 17 0 20.7 15 14 15 0 48% .250 6.5 6.1 0.0 6.5 1.40 2.61 2.5 0.2
2000 TBA MLB 7 2 1 38 0 49.7 35 22 33 2 61% .234 6.3 4.0 0.4 6.0 1.15 3.08 6.8 0.6
2000 OAK MLB 3 1 4 25 0 35.3 35 14 37 2 56% .333 8.9 3.6 0.5 9.4 1.39 2.80 10.5 1.0
2001 SAC AAA 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0% .000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.00 0.00 0.0 0.0
2001 OAK MLB 2 8 3 54 0 63.0 54 26 61 4 56% .291 7.7 3.7 0.6 8.7 1.27 3.43 9.3 0.9
2002 OAK MLB 6 4 1 61 0 67.7 68 29 53 5 54% .296 9.0 3.9 0.7 7.0 1.43 4.26 12.1 1.2
2003 SAC AAA 0 0 0 3 2 3.3 5 2 3 0 0% .385 13.6 5.5 0.0 8.2 2.12 5.45 0.0 0.0
2003 OAK MLB 2 3 1 41 0 37.0 40 16 25 4 54% .303 9.7 3.9 1.0 6.1 1.51 5.59 0.7 0.1
2004 OAK MLB 0 5 2 65 0 47.7 45 19 49 5 56% .296 8.5 3.6 0.9 9.3 1.34 3.59 9.4 0.9
2005 FLO MLB 1 4 0 52 0 43.3 39 17 34 2 45% .294 8.1 3.5 0.4 7.1 1.29 3.12 3.4 0.3

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2005-08-08 2005-09-05 15-DL 28 27 Right Shoulder Inflammation -
2003-07-24 2003-08-13 15-DL 20 19 Right Knee Inflammation -
2003-03-24 2003-04-23 15-DL 30 20 Right Knee Strain Torn Patellar Tendon -
2001-08-02 2001-09-05 15-DL 34 32 Right Knee Surgery 2001-08-11 -
2000-04-27 2000-05-23 15-DL 26 22 Right Upper Arm Strain Biceps - -
1999-05-12 1999-10-04 60-DL 145 128 Right Elbow Surgery Non-fused Growth Plate 1999-05-13 -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2005 FLO $1,100,000
2004 OAK $3,300,000
2003 OAK $3,100,000
2002 OAK $2,366,667
2001 OAK $1,116,667
2000 TBA, OAK $350,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
6 yrPrevious$11,333,334
6 yrTotal$11,333,334

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
8 y 44 dBarry Praver1 yr/$1.1M (05)

Details
  • retired 10/05 signed as a free agent from OAK 1/05, 1 year/$1.1M (05)
  • club p/u 04 option 12/01
  • 3 year/$6.95M (01-03)+$3.3M 04 club option
  • $0.35M signing bonus 01:$1M, 02:$2.25M, 03:$3.1M+$3.3M 04 opt

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The Claussen Pickle: An Analysis of Traded Yankee Prospects, 1994-2004Jay Jaffe2004-07-29
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Playoff Prospectus: Oakland Athletics vs. Minnesota TwinsDerek Zumsteg2002-10-01
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