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Wilson Alvarez PWhite Sox

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Career Summary
Years IP W L SV SO ERA WARP
14 1747.7 102 92 4 1330 3.96 20.4
Birth Date3-24-1970
Height6' 1"
Weight255 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
1989 TEX 19 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 3 3 2 9 2 2 0 0 0.00 0.00 133.93 -2.0 -0.2
1991 CHA 21 10 9 56.3 51.0 5.3 3 2 0 0 3 0 237 47 26 22 9 83 29 29 0 32 3.51 5.39 5.98 -1.5 -0.2
1992 CHA 22 34 9 100.3 48.7 51.7 5 3 1 2 3 1 455 103 64 58 12 152 65 63 4 66 5.20 5.09 5.72 -4.2 -0.5
1993 CHA 23 31 31 207.7 207.7 0.0 15 8 0 0 20 3 877 168 78 68 14 240 122 114 7 155 2.95 4.25 4.74 17.3 1.8
1994 CHA 24 24 24 161.7 161.7 0.0 12 8 0 0 17 2 682 147 72 62 16 216 62 61 0 108 3.45 4.30 4.40 28.1 2.7
1995 CHA 25 29 29 175.0 175.0 0.0 8 11 0 0 12 0 769 171 96 84 21 275 93 89 2 118 4.32 4.98 5.43 11.9 1.2
1996 CHA 26 35 35 217.3 217.3 0.0 15 10 0 0 20 1 946 216 106 102 21 342 97 94 4 181 4.22 4.23 4.47 42.4 4.0
1997 CHA 27 22 22 145.7 145.7 0.0 9 8 0 0 14 2 613 126 61 49 9 183 55 54 3 110 3.03 3.63 4.04 30.1 2.9
1997 SFN 27 11 11 66.3 66.3 0.0 4 3 0 0 7 0 283 54 36 33 9 85 36 33 1 69 4.48 4.43 5.42 3.4 0.3
1998 TBA 28 25 25 142.7 142.7 0.0 6 14 0 0 10 1 624 130 78 75 18 213 68 68 9 107 4.73 4.98 5.25 10.3 1.0
1999 TBA 29 28 28 160.0 160.0 0.0 9 9 0 0 15 1 703 159 92 75 22 262 79 78 6 128 4.22 4.98 5.52 14.6 1.4
2002 TBA 32 23 10 75.0 47.0 28.0 2 3 1 0 4 0 339 80 47 44 13 142 36 33 4 56 5.28 5.42 4.96 10.1 0.9
2003 LAN 33 21 12 95.0 70.7 24.3 6 2 1 0 7 0 377 80 27 25 5 107 23 22 5 82 2.37 2.82 2.90 26.4 2.7
2004 LAN 34 40 15 120.7 76.3 44.3 7 6 1 1 6 0 499 109 56 54 12 164 31 29 5 102 4.03 3.45 3.64 27.1 2.7
2005 LAN 35 21 2 24.0 8.0 16.0 1 4 0 2 0 0 109 31 15 15 7 58 7 7 0 16 5.62 6.33 6.32 -2.1 -0.2
Career3552631747.71578.0169.71029245138117518162485776919025318057765013303.964.444.77211.920.4

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
1987 GAS A 8 6 32.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1988 GAS A 23 23 127.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1988 OKL AAA 5 3 16.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1989 TEX MLB 1 1 0.0 133.93 -2754 1.024 .269 .335 .412 .292 1.000 104 -2.0 -0.2 -2.0 -0.2
1989 PCH A+ 13 13 81.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1989 BIR AA 6 6 35.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1989 TUL AA 7 7 48.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1990 BIR AA 7 7 46.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1990 VAN AAA 17 15 75.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1991 CHA MLB 10 9 56.3 5.98 67 .269 .265 .328 .406 .269 .228 100 -1.5 -0.2 -1.5 -0.2
1991 BIR AA 23 23 152.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 CHA MLB 34 9 100.3 5.72 66 .295 .263 .328 .387 .266 .295 98 -4.2 -0.5 -4.2 -0.5
1993 CHA MLB 31 31 207.7 4.74 98 .246 .273 .346 .422 .271 .266 97 17.3 1.8 17.3 1.8
1993 NAS AAA 1 1 6.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 CHA MLB 24 24 161.7 4.40 114 .237 .280 .350 .455 .275 .264 98 28.1 2.7 28.1 2.7
1995 CHA MLB 29 29 175.0 5.43 92 .268 .276 .350 .438 .273 .280 99 11.9 1.2 11.9 1.2
1996 CHA MLB 35 35 217.3 4.47 115 .263 .284 .354 .455 .275 .303 97 42.4 4.0 42.4 4.0
1997 CHA MLB 22 22 145.7 4.04 116 .234 .271 .339 .428 .264 .268 97 29.3 2.9 30.1 2.9
1997 SFN MLB 11 11 66.3 5.42 81 .242 .273 .343 .429 .268 .268 98 1.8 0.2 3.4 0.3
1998 TBA MLB 25 25 142.7 5.25 89 .265 .276 .344 .447 .274 .265 94 10.3 1.0 10.3 1.0
1998 STP A+ 1 1 1.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.800 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 DUR AAA 1 1 4.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 TBA MLB 28 28 160.0 5.52 92 .268 .281 .354 .455 .271 .293 96 14.0 1.3 14.6 1.4
2000 STP A+ 1 1 4.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 ORL AA 5 5 20.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.846 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 DUR AAA 4 4 18.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.750 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 TBA MLB 23 10 75.0 4.96 100 .288 .273 .344 .445 .274 .291 102 10.3 1.0 10.1 0.9
2002 ORL AA 2 2 8.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 LAN MLB 21 12 95.0 2.90 132 .208 .278 .350 .451 .273 .286 91 24.8 2.5 26.4 2.7
2003 LVG AAA 8 8 47.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .255 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 LAN MLB 40 15 120.7 3.64 121 .231 .280 .352 .455 .273 .278 99 28.0 2.7 27.1 2.7
2005 LAN MLB 21 2 24.0 6.32 54 .334 .276 .337 .447 .269 .304 94 -1.9 -0.2 -2.1 -0.2
2005 LVG AAA 4 4 7.7 4.77 98 .170 .291 .373 .484 .289 .176 93 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB2631747.74.77100.257.276.346.439.272.27997208.520.2211.920.4

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
1987 GAS A 1 5 0 8 6 32.0 39 23 19 5 0% .000 11.0 6.5 1.4 5.3 1.94 6.47 0.0 0.0
1988 GAS A 4 11 0 23 23 127.0 113 49 134 5 0% .000 8.0 3.5 0.4 9.5 1.28 2.98 0.0 0.0
1988 OKL AAA 1 1 0 5 3 16.7 17 6 9 2 0% .000 9.2 3.2 1.1 4.9 1.38 3.77 0.0 0.0
1989 TEX MLB 0 1 0 1 1 0.0 3 2 0 2 0% 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 -2.0 -0.2
1989 BIR AA 2 1 0 6 6 35.7 32 16 18 2 0% .000 8.1 4.0 0.5 4.5 1.34 3.03 0.0 0.0
1989 TUL AA 2 2 0 7 7 48.0 40 16 29 1 0% .000 7.5 3.0 0.2 5.4 1.17 2.06 0.0 0.0
1989 PCH A+ 7 4 0 13 13 81.0 68 21 51 2 0% .000 7.6 2.3 0.2 5.7 1.10 2.11 0.0 0.0
1990 VAN AAA 7 7 0 17 15 75.0 91 51 35 7 0% .000 10.9 6.1 0.8 4.2 1.89 6.00 0.0 0.0
1990 BIR AA 5 1 0 7 7 46.3 44 25 36 4 0% .000 8.6 4.9 0.8 7.0 1.49 4.28 0.0 0.0
1991 CHA MLB 3 2 0 10 9 56.3 47 29 32 9 45% .228 7.5 4.6 1.4 5.1 1.35 3.51 -1.5 -0.2
1991 BIR AA 10 6 0 23 23 152.3 109 74 165 6 0% .000 6.4 4.4 0.4 9.8 1.20 1.83 0.0 0.0
1992 CHA MLB 5 3 1 34 9 100.3 103 65 66 12 42% .295 9.2 5.8 1.1 5.9 1.67 5.20 -4.2 -0.5
1993 CHA MLB 15 8 0 31 31 207.7 168 122 155 14 46% .266 7.3 5.3 0.6 6.7 1.40 2.95 17.3 1.8
1993 NAS AAA 0 1 0 1 1 6.3 7 2 8 0 0% .000 10.0 2.9 0.0 11.4 1.43 2.86 0.0 0.0
1994 CHA MLB 12 8 0 24 24 161.7 147 62 108 16 37% .264 8.2 3.5 0.9 6.0 1.29 3.45 28.1 2.7
1995 CHA MLB 8 11 0 29 29 175.0 171 93 118 21 42% .280 8.8 4.8 1.1 6.1 1.51 4.32 11.9 1.2
1996 CHA MLB 15 10 0 35 35 217.3 216 97 181 21 44% .303 8.9 4.0 0.9 7.5 1.44 4.22 42.4 4.0
1997 CHA MLB 9 8 0 22 22 145.7 126 55 110 9 42% .268 7.8 3.4 0.6 6.8 1.24 3.03 30.1 2.9
1997 SFN MLB 4 3 0 11 11 66.3 54 36 69 9 46% .268 7.3 4.9 1.2 9.4 1.36 4.48 3.4 0.3
1998 TBA MLB 6 14 0 25 25 142.7 130 68 107 18 40% .265 8.2 4.3 1.1 6.8 1.39 4.73 10.3 1.0
1998 DUR AAA 0 0 0 1 1 4.7 4 2 6 0 0% -.500 7.7 3.8 0.0 11.5 1.28 3.83 0.0 0.0
1998 STP A+ 0 1 0 1 1 1.7 5 2 2 1 0% -.800 26.5 10.6 5.3 10.6 4.12 26.47 0.0 0.0
1999 TBA MLB 9 9 0 28 28 160.0 159 79 128 22 49% .293 8.9 4.4 1.2 7.2 1.49 4.22 14.6 1.4
2000 STP A+ 0 0 0 1 1 4.0 0 0 2 0 0% .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.00 0.00 0.0 0.0
2001 DUR AAA 1 1 0 4 4 18.0 20 6 16 2 0% -.750 10.0 3.0 1.0 8.0 1.44 3.00 0.0 0.0
2001 ORL AA 1 3 0 5 5 20.3 24 6 18 2 0% -.846 10.6 2.7 0.9 8.0 1.48 4.43 0.0 0.0
2002 TBA MLB 2 3 1 23 10 75.0 80 36 56 13 30% .291 9.6 4.3 1.6 6.7 1.55 5.28 10.1 0.9
2002 ORL AA 1 0 0 2 2 8.0 6 2 7 0 0% .300 6.8 2.2 0.0 7.9 1.00 1.12 0.0 0.0
2003 LAN MLB 6 2 1 21 12 95.0 80 23 82 5 43% .286 7.6 2.2 0.5 7.8 1.08 2.37 26.4 2.7
2003 LVG AAA 5 1 0 8 8 47.0 36 6 33 1 0% .255 6.9 1.1 0.2 6.3 0.89 1.34 0.0 0.0
2004 LAN MLB 7 6 1 40 15 120.7 109 31 102 12 39% .278 8.1 2.3 0.9 7.6 1.16 4.03 27.1 2.7
2005 LAN MLB 1 4 0 21 2 24.0 31 7 16 7 42% .304 11.6 2.6 2.6 6.0 1.58 5.62 -2.1 -0.2
2005 LVG AAA 0 1 0 4 4 7.7 4 2 9 1 44% .176 4.7 2.3 1.2 10.5 0.78 2.34 0.0 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2005-08-07 2005-09-20 15-DL 44 39 Left Shoulder Impingement -
2005-05-31 2005-07-19 15-DL 49 42 Left Shoulder Impingement -
2005-04-05 2005-05-05 15-DL 30 27 Left Shoulder Inflammation -
2002-07-15 2002-08-05 15-DL 21 21 Left Elbow Inflammation Tendinitis -
2002-04-15 2002-05-31 15-DL 46 40 Trunk Strain Rib Cage -
2001-04-03 2001-10-07 60-DL 187 161 Left Shoulder Recovery From Surgery Partial Rotator Cuff Tear 2000-05-25 -
2000-03-31 2000-10-01 60-DL 184 160 Left Shoulder Surgery Partial Rotator Cuff Tear 2000-05-25 -
1999-07-18 1999-08-08 15-DL 21 19 Left Upper Arm Inflammation Triceps - -
1999-04-12 1999-04-29 15-DL 17 16 Left Shoulder Inflammation AC Joint - -
1998-05-21 1998-07-06 15-DL 46 42 Left Shoulder Inflammation - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2005 LAN $2,000,000
2004 LAN $1,500,000
2002 TBA $8,000,000
2001 TBA $9,000,000
2000 TBA $9,000,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
5 yrPrevious$29,500,000
5 yrTotal$29,500,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
13 y 3 d2 yr/$4M (05-06)

Details
  • retired 10/05 signed as a free agent from re-sgined 12/03, 1 year/$1.5M (04)+$1M bonuses (games started, innings pitched)
  • contract purchased 6/03 assigned Triple-A 3/03 signed as a free agent from TB (minor-league contract) 1/03, 1 year/$0.75M (03) (minor-league contract) released 10/02
  • 5 year/$35M (98-02) 98:$4.5M, 99:$4.5M, 00:$9M, 01:$9M, 02:$8M

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DateQuestionAnswer
2010-01-06 13:00:00Jay, who are the pitchers coming onto the ballot next year? I've heard that there's going to be a wave which will cut into Blyleven's vote count. Is that true? Also, do you see the Vets Committee enshrining Lou and Tram after Tram drops off the ballot (this seems, rather unfortunately, inevitible).
(David from Huntersville NC)		Pitchers eligible for next year's ballot include Kevin Brown, John Franco, Al Leiter, Wilson Alvarez, Ugueth Urbina, Ismael Valdez, Paul Quantrill, Cal Eldred, Kirk Rueter and Steve Reed. I don't see any of them cutting into anybody's support, and other than the first three, I don't see any of them even getting through the nomination stage. Though if Mike Jackson can... (Jay Jaffe)


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