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Armando Almanza PD-backs

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Career Summary
Years IP W L SV SO ERA WARP
7 214.7 14 13 2 232 4.82 0.4
Birth Date10-26-1972
Height6' 3"
Weight240 lbs
BatsL
ThrowsL

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
1999 FLO 26 14 0 15.7 0.0 15.7 0 1 0 1 0 0 64 8 4 3 1 12 9 8 1 20 1.72 3.27 2.78 4.1 0.4
2000 FLO 27 67 0 46.3 0.0 46.3 4 2 0 7 0 0 216 38 27 25 3 61 43 37 2 46 4.86 4.83 4.67 1.6 0.1
2001 FLO 28 52 0 41.0 0.0 41.0 2 2 0 3 0 0 178 34 24 22 8 67 26 25 0 45 4.83 5.25 5.56 -2.1 -0.2
2002 FLO 29 51 0 45.7 0.0 45.7 3 2 2 3 0 0 190 36 22 22 8 70 23 22 0 57 4.34 4.17 4.76 1.8 0.2
2003 FLO 30 51 0 50.3 0.0 50.3 4 5 0 3 0 0 230 59 37 34 10 99 25 23 2 49 6.08 5.22 5.27 0.5 0.0
2004 ATL 31 13 0 11.7 0.0 11.7 1 1 0 0 0 0 54 9 8 8 3 22 7 5 1 13 6.17 6.13 5.66 -0.2 -0.0
2005 ARI 32 6 0 4.0 0.0 4.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 5 1 1 1 10 3 3 0 2 2.25 7.49 9.94 -1.4 -0.1
Career2540214.70.0214.71413218009511891231153434113612362324.824.875.024.20.4

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
1993 JCY Rk 3 0 4.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 SAV A 20 20 108.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 PEO A 52 1 62.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 POT A+ 58 0 64.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 ARK AA 28 0 32.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.379 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 MEM AAA 31 0 35.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.515 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 FLO MLB 14 0 15.7 2.78 140 .221 .284 .365 .456 .279 .212 93 4.0 0.4 4.1 0.4
1999 PME AA 10 0 11.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.160 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 CLG AAA 15 0 17.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.634 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 FLO MLB 67 0 46.3 4.67 104 .263 .279 .362 .474 .278 .287 96 1.0 0.1 1.6 0.1
2001 FLO MLB 52 0 41.0 5.56 79 .282 .279 .353 .474 .279 .263 96 -2.1 -0.2 -2.1 -0.2
2002 FLO MLB 51 0 45.7 4.76 93 .265 .271 .345 .436 .273 .275 98 1.8 0.2 1.8 0.2
2002 JUP A+ 6 5 6.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .071 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 FLO MLB 51 0 50.3 5.27 85 .301 .272 .347 .453 .275 .340 99 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.0
2004 ATL MLB 13 0 11.7 5.66 75 .293 .271 .346 .443 .272 .200 97 -0.4 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0
2004 GRN AA 5 2 6.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .522 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 GWN AAA 20 0 25.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .301 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 ARI MLB 6 0 4.0 9.94 -16 .325 .281 .363 .465 .287 .308 101 -1.4 -0.1 -1.4 -0.1
2005 TEN AA 6 0 7.3 5.75 87 .264 .284 .355 .422 .272 .333 110 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 FRE AAA 2 0 3.3 8.03 19 .400 .280 .367 .441 .292 .400 88 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 MEM AAA 10 0 10.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.733 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 TUC AAA 15 0 15.0 4.53 112 .231 .287 .358 .456 .282 .286 101 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB0214.75.0291.276.275.353.458.276.285973.30.34.20.4

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
1993 JCY Rk 1 1 0 3 0 4.3 6 3 4 1 0% .000 12.6 6.3 2.1 8.4 2.09 4.19 0.0 0.0
1995 SAV A 3 9 0 20 20 108.0 108 40 72 13 0% .000 9.0 3.3 1.1 6.0 1.37 3.92 0.0 0.0
1996 PEO A 8 6 0 52 1 62.0 50 32 67 2 0% .000 7.3 4.6 0.3 9.7 1.32 2.76 0.0 0.0
1997 POT A+ 2 3 36 58 0 64.7 38 32 83 3 0% .250 5.3 4.5 0.4 11.5 1.08 1.67 0.0 0.0
1998 MEM AAA 3 1 1 31 0 35.7 35 19 45 1 0% -.515 8.8 4.8 0.3 11.3 1.51 3.03 0.0 0.0
1998 ARK AA 4 1 8 28 0 32.7 27 18 46 2 0% -.379 7.4 5.0 0.6 12.7 1.38 3.30 0.0 0.0
1999 CLG AAA 2 2 0 15 0 17.3 29 18 20 3 0% -.634 15.1 9.4 1.6 10.4 2.72 10.92 0.0 0.0
1999 PME AA 0 1 3 10 0 11.3 5 4 20 1 0% -.160 4.0 3.2 0.8 15.9 0.80 3.98 0.0 0.0
1999 FLO MLB 0 1 0 14 0 15.7 8 9 20 1 32% .212 4.6 5.2 0.6 11.5 1.09 1.72 4.1 0.4
2000 FLO MLB 4 2 0 67 0 46.3 38 43 46 3 32% .287 7.4 8.4 0.6 8.9 1.75 4.86 1.6 0.1
2001 FLO MLB 2 2 0 52 0 41.0 34 26 45 8 36% .263 7.5 5.7 1.8 9.9 1.46 4.83 -2.1 -0.2
2002 JUP A+ 0 0 0 6 5 6.7 1 3 6 0 0% .071 1.3 4.0 0.0 8.1 0.60 0.00 0.0 0.0
2002 FLO MLB 3 2 2 51 0 45.7 36 23 57 8 39% .275 7.1 4.5 1.6 11.2 1.29 4.34 1.8 0.2
2003 FLO MLB 4 5 0 51 0 50.3 59 25 49 10 36% .340 10.5 4.5 1.8 8.8 1.67 6.08 0.5 0.0
2004 GWN AAA 1 1 1 20 0 25.3 26 15 20 1 0% .301 9.2 5.3 0.4 7.1 1.62 3.56 0.0 0.0
2004 GRN AA 0 3 0 5 2 6.7 12 3 5 0 0% .522 16.1 4.0 0.0 6.7 2.24 8.06 0.0 0.0
2004 ATL MLB 1 1 0 13 0 11.7 9 7 13 3 30% .200 6.9 5.4 2.3 10.0 1.37 6.17 -0.2 -0.0
2005 FRE AAA 0 1 0 2 0 3.3 5 2 3 1 55% .400 13.6 5.5 2.7 8.2 2.12 13.64 0.0 0.0
2005 MEM AAA 0 0 0 10 0 10.0 13 2 9 2 0% -.733 11.7 1.8 1.8 8.1 1.50 6.30 0.0 0.0
2005 TUC AAA 1 0 1 15 0 15.0 12 7 19 2 41% .286 7.2 4.2 1.2 11.4 1.27 1.80 0.0 0.0
2005 TEN AA 1 0 1 6 0 7.3 9 4 7 1 56% .333 11.1 4.9 1.2 8.6 1.78 4.93 0.0 0.0
2005 ARI MLB 0 0 0 6 0 4.0 5 3 2 1 29% .308 11.2 6.8 2.2 4.5 2.00 2.25 -1.4 -0.1

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2004-04-05 2004-05-11 15-DL 36 30 Left Elbow Recovery From Surgery Bone Spurs and Scar Tissue Removal 2003-08-28
2003-08-20 2003-08-20 On-Alr 0 0 Left Shoulder Inflammation -
2003-08-14 2003-09-28 60-DL 45 41 Left Elbow Surgery Bone Spurs and Scar Tissue Removal 2003-08-28
2002-04-01 2002-05-21 15-DL 50 44 Right Elbow Inflammation -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2004 ATL $500,000
2003 FLO $775,000
2002 FLO $346,000
2001 FLO $225,000
2000 FLO $203,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
5 yrPrevious$2,049,000
5 yrTotal$2,049,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 168 d

Details
  • sent to minor-league camp 3/06 signed as a free agent from STL 2/06 (minor-league contract)
  • signed as a free agent from AZ 8/05 (minor-league contract) sent outright to Triple-A 7/05 contract purchased 7/05 signed as a free agent from SF 4/05 (minor-league contract) signed as a free agent from ATL 12/04 (minor-league contract) sent outright to Triple-A 8/04 optioned to Triple-A 6/04
  • signed as a free agent from FL 12/03, 1 year/$0.5M (04)+$0.6M bonuses ($0.1M ros, $0.5M perf)
  • non-tendered 12/03 arbitration-eligible after 03
  • avoided arbitration 1/03, 1 year/$0.775M (03)
  • signed 3/02 1 year/$0.346M (02)
  • 1 year/$0.24M (01)

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This article requires BP Premium accessWorld Series Prospectus: The Most Impressive Carpenter Since You Know WhoKevin Goldstein2006-10-25
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: March 17-26Christina Kahrl2006-03-27
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Prospectus Triple Play: Atlanta Braves, Minnesota Twins, Tampa Bay Devil RaysBaseball Prospectus2004-04-07
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: March 31-April 5, 2004Christina Kahrl2004-04-06
This article requires BP Premium accessCan Of Corn: Brave Old World?Dayn Perry2004-03-31
Prospectus Triple Play: Atlanta Braves, Minnesota Twins, Tampa Bay Devil RaysBaseball Prospectus2004-03-24
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: The EastsBaseball Prospectus2004-01-12
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: October 13-November 19Christina Kahrl2003-11-25
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Prospectus Today: Survival of the Fittest, RelieversJoe Sheehan2003-09-06
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: August 19-24Christina Kahrl2003-08-27
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Q&A: Dave Van Horne, Part IIJonah Keri2003-07-30
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Today: Hiding Your WeaknessJoe Sheehan2003-04-17
Transaction Analysis: June 13-17, 2002Christina Kahrl2002-06-20
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