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Career Summary
Years IP W L SV SO ERA WARP
3 75.3 6 4 0 64 5.85 0.8
Birth Date8-11-1980
Height6' 2"
Weight190 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
2006 BAL 25 35 0 31.0 0.0 31.0 5 2 0 3 0 0 136 25 19 17 4 41 16 16 3 27 4.94 4.96 5.78 1.7 0.2
2007 BAL 26 19 2 34.3 4.0 30.3 1 2 0 1 0 0 170 52 31 31 3 76 14 14 3 30 8.13 4.18 4.88 5.4 0.5
2008 TBA 27 6 0 10.0 0.0 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 5 1 1 0 5 5 5 0 7 0.90 3.26 4.23 1.3 0.1
Career60275.34.071.3640400343825149712235356645.854.385.168.40.8

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
2001 BLU Rk 6 6 37.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.531 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 DEL A 27 25 143.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .296 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 FRD A+ 25 25 126.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .327 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 FRD A+ 27 6 68.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .305 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 BOW AA 26 24 129.0 4.01 108 .280 .265 .336 .412 .263 .325 94 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 BAL MLB 35 0 31.0 5.78 84 .256 .281 .352 .464 .277 .244 101 1.7 0.2 1.7 0.2
2006 ABE A- 2 0 2.1 2.57 139 .312 .266 .334 .366 .300 .429 102 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 FRD A+ 1 0 1.1 3.84 127 .140 .245 .301 .369 .242 .000 110 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 BOW AA 2 0 4.2 10.14 -49 .375 .244 .324 .388 .250 .333 93 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 OTT AAA 5 5 25.2 5.26 86 .216 .264 .328 .382 .252 .265 103 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 BAL MLB 19 2 34.3 4.88 105 .312 .280 .352 .450 .277 .408 105 5.4 0.5 5.4 0.5
2007 NOR AAA 20 19 105.7 4.33 97 .245 .265 .337 .404 .257 .318 94 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 TBA MLB 6 0 10.0 4.23 114 .155 .276 .344 .441 .273 .200 104 1.3 0.1 1.3 0.1
2008 DUR AAA 36 1 40.7 6.74 74 .299 .268 .333 .409 .254 .368 111 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 TUL AA 2 2 9.0 4.46 89 .297 .271 .338 .379 .276 .323 90 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 CSP AAA 25 12 67.0 5.46 96 .253 .277 .350 .439 .278 .310 115 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 CSP AAA 23 15 80.3 6.63 86 .273 .283 .352 .441 .272 .338 112 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB275.35.1697.273.280.351.455.277.3251038.40.88.40.8

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
2001 BLU Rk 4 1 0 6 6 37.0 28 5 42 2 0% -.531 6.8 1.2 0.5 10.2 0.89 2.92 0.0 0.0
2002 DEL A 9 7 0 27 25 143.7 140 46 102 10 0% .296 8.8 2.9 0.6 6.4 1.29 3.51 0.0 0.0
2003 FRD A+ 8 11 0 25 25 126.3 152 40 79 10 0% .327 10.8 2.9 0.7 5.6 1.52 4.70 0.0 0.0
2004 FRD A+ 5 2 2 27 6 68.0 70 22 55 9 0% .305 9.3 2.9 1.2 7.3 1.35 4.50 0.0 0.0
2005 BOW AA 7 11 0 26 24 129.0 134 42 114 8 56% .325 9.3 2.9 0.6 8.0 1.36 3.91 0.0 0.0
2006 OTT AAA 1 3 0 5 5 25.2 20 11 19 2 64% .265 7.1 3.9 0.7 6.8 1.23 3.21 0.0 0.0
2006 BOW AA 0 1 0 2 0 4.2 5 1 5 2 18% .333 10.7 2.1 4.3 10.7 1.43 8.57 0.0 0.0
2006 FRD A+ 0 0 0 1 0 1.1 0 1 1 0 100% .000 0.0 8.2 0.0 8.2 0.91 0.00 0.0 0.0
2006 ABE A- 1 1 0 2 0 2.1 3 0 2 0 29% .429 12.9 0.0 0.0 8.6 1.43 4.29 0.0 0.0
2006 BAL MLB 5 2 0 35 0 31.0 25 16 27 4 42% .244 7.3 4.6 1.2 7.8 1.32 4.94 1.7 0.2
2007 NOR AAA 8 4 0 20 19 105.7 102 38 98 6 55% .318 8.7 3.2 0.5 8.3 1.32 3.07 0.0 0.0
2007 BAL MLB 1 2 0 19 2 34.3 52 14 30 3 50% .408 13.6 3.7 0.8 7.9 1.92 8.13 5.4 0.5
2008 DUR AAA 2 3 0 36 1 40.7 57 28 29 4 57% .368 12.6 6.2 0.9 6.4 2.09 7.52 0.0 0.0
2008 TBA MLB 0 0 0 6 0 10.0 5 5 7 0 56% .200 4.5 4.5 0.0 6.3 1.00 0.90 1.3 0.1
2009 CSP AAA 3 2 0 25 12 67.0 68 27 58 8 49% .310 9.1 3.6 1.1 7.8 1.42 3.49 0.0 0.0
2009 TUL AA 0 1 0 2 2 9.0 11 2 4 1 59% .323 11.0 2.0 1.0 4.0 1.44 6.00 0.0 0.0
2010 CSP AAA 5 8 0 23 15 80.3 101 22 58 9 53% .338 11.3 2.5 1.0 6.5 1.53 5.72 0.0 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2009-08-27 2009-09-08 Minors 12 0 Right Groin Strain -
2009-07-08 2009-08-07 Minors 30 0 Right Groin Strain -
2009-04-09 2009-04-20 Minors 11 0 Not Disclosed -
2008-03-21 2008-04-16 15-DL 26 14 Right Elbow Neurological Injury Ulnar Neuritis -
2006-07-30 2006-10-01 60-DL 63 56 Left Elbow Neurological Injury Ulnar Neuritis -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2008 TBA $397,500
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$397,500
1 yrTotal$397,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 53 d

Details
  • released 8/29/08 optioned to Triple-A 5/11/08 re-signed 2/15/08, 1 year/$0.3975M (08)
  • claimed off waivers from BAL 10/29/07 recalled 8/28/07 optioned to Triple-A 8/10/07
  • recalled 8/3/07
  • optioned to Triple-A 7/12/07
  • recalled 6/30/07
  • optioned to Triple-A 5/7/07 recalled 4/07 optioned to Triple-A 4/07 recalled 4/07 optioned to Triple-A 3/07 re-signed 1/07, 1 year (07)
  • contract purchased 5/06 00 (33-984)

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This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: AL East NRI ReviewChristina Kahrl2008-02-19
This article requires BP Premium accessBuilding a Better Bullpen: The Rays' 2008 Relief CorpsCaleb Peiffer2008-02-06
Transaction of the Day: AL East RoundupChristina Kahrl2007-09-15
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: AL RoundupChristina Kahrl2007-08-08
Transaction Analysis: American League RoundupChristina Kahrl2007-07-26
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: April 29-May 6, 2007Christina Kahrl2007-05-07
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: April 15-18Christina Kahrl2007-04-19
Transaction of the Day: Roster Reviews of the EastsChristina Kahrl2007-04-12
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: March 19-26, 2007Christina Kahrl2007-03-27
Transaction Analysis: September 5-11Christina Kahrl2006-09-13
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: July 31-August 3Christina Kahrl2006-08-04


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