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Vinnie Chulk PBrewers

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2013 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 34)
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Birth Date12-19-1978
Height6' 2"
Weight200 lbs
Age34 years, 5 months, 0 days
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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
2003 TOR 24 3 0 5.3 0.0 5.3 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 6 3 3 0 8 3 3 0 2 5.06 4.03 4.05 1.2 0.1
2004 TOR 25 47 0 56.0 0.0 56.0 1 3 2 4 0 0 248 59 30 29 6 92 27 26 1 44 4.66 4.48 5.17 6.7 0.7
2005 TOR 26 62 0 72.0 0.0 72.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 301 68 33 31 9 103 26 23 1 39 3.88 4.72 5.45 3.7 0.4
2006 SFN 27 28 0 22.3 0.0 22.3 0 3 0 3 0 0 98 17 13 13 2 28 15 13 1 25 5.24 4.18 4.37 2.9 0.3
2006 TOR 27 20 0 24.0 0.0 24.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 107 29 16 14 4 44 5 5 2 18 5.25 4.73 5.16 2.1 0.2
2007 SFN 28 57 0 53.0 0.0 53.0 5 4 0 3 0 0 222 53 22 21 3 80 14 12 2 41 3.57 3.27 3.65 9.9 0.9
2008 SFN 29 27 0 31.7 0.0 31.7 0 3 0 2 0 0 139 33 18 17 6 62 8 6 2 16 4.83 5.51 5.00 1.1 0.1
2009 CLE 30 8 0 12.0 0.0 12.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 55 10 6 5 1 15 10 10 0 4 3.75 6.06 7.38 -2.0 -0.2
2012 MIL 33 7 0 9.0 0.0 9.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 48 17 10 10 0 24 4 3 0 10 10.00 2.25 2.42 3.3 0.4
Career2590285.30.0285.38152180012432921511433145611210191994.514.414.8328.92.8

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
2000 MED Rk 14 13 68.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.921 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 DUN A+ 16 1 34.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.545 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 TEN AA 24 1 43.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.509 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 SYR AAA 5 0 6.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.714 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 TEN AA 25 24 152.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .270 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 SYR AAA 2 1 4.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .316 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 TOR MLB 3 0 5.3 4.05 121 .250 .281 .340 .443 .271 .300 104 1.2 0.1 1.2 0.1
2003 SYR AAA 23 21 119.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .282 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 TOR MLB 47 0 56.0 5.17 98 .257 .281 .347 .446 .274 .312 100 6.7 0.7 6.7 0.7
2004 SYR AAA 18 0 28.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .272 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 TOR MLB 62 0 72.0 5.45 88 .247 .278 .343 .449 .276 .261 103 3.7 0.4 3.7 0.4
2006 SFN MLB 28 0 22.3 4.37 108 .235 .284 .354 .472 .274 .273 98 2.4 0.2 2.9 0.3
2006 TOR MLB 20 0 24.0 5.16 96 .269 .281 .346 .456 .273 .321 101 2.1 0.2 2.1 0.2
2006 SYR AAA 19 0 32.0 3.90 122 .216 .257 .328 .399 .256 .232 111 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 SFN MLB 57 0 53.0 3.65 122 .250 .280 .349 .454 .273 .309 97 9.9 1.0 9.9 0.9
2008 SFN MLB 27 0 31.7 5.00 92 .280 .269 .337 .443 .268 .252 99 1.1 0.1 1.1 0.1
2008 FRE AAA 22 2 24.7 6.02 80 .255 .292 .363 .473 .279 .310 104 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 CLE MLB 8 0 12.0 7.38 41 .267 .277 .347 .449 .276 .225 96 -2.0 -0.2 -2.0 -0.2
2009 COH AAA 18 0 21.7 3.14 135 .237 .269 .331 .414 .257 .324 106 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 IND AAA 28 0 32.7 3.03 136 .256 .265 .332 .421 .256 .383 105 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 HRO npb 16 0 18.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .353 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 SAC AAA 54 0 69.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .266 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 MIL MLB 7 0 9.0 2.42 147 .334 .255 .319 .395 .257 .500 105 3.3 0.4 3.3 0.4
2012 NAS AAA 16 0 25.7 4.87 95 .144 .277 .342 .432 .279 .227 75 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 BRR Rk 2 1 2.0 -2.18 234 .000 .276 .344 .372 .300 .000 107 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 MAZ Wnt 3 0 2.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .429 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB0285.34.82100.258.278.345.449.273.29310028.82.929.22.8

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
2000 MED Rk 2 4 0 14 13 68.7 75 20 51 5 0% -.921 9.8 2.6 0.7 6.7 1.38 3.80 0.0 0.0
2001 SYR AAA 1 0 0 5 0 6.0 5 4 3 0 0% -.714 7.5 6.0 0.0 4.5 1.50 1.50 0.0 0.0
2001 TEN AA 2 5 2 24 1 43.0 34 8 43 5 0% -.509 7.1 1.7 1.0 9.0 0.98 3.14 0.0 0.0
2001 DUN A+ 1 2 1 16 1 34.7 38 13 50 2 0% -.545 9.9 3.4 0.5 13.0 1.47 3.11 0.0 0.0
2002 SYR AAA 0 1 0 2 1 4.7 6 6 2 0 0% .316 11.5 11.5 0.0 3.8 2.55 5.74 0.0 0.0
2002 TEN AA 13 5 1 25 24 152.0 133 53 108 12 0% .270 7.9 3.1 0.7 6.4 1.22 2.96 0.0 0.0
2003 SYR AAA 8 10 0 23 21 119.3 118 46 90 14 0% .282 8.9 3.5 1.1 6.8 1.37 4.22 0.0 0.0
2003 TOR MLB 0 0 0 3 0 5.3 6 3 2 0 60% .300 10.1 5.1 0.0 3.4 1.69 5.06 1.2 0.1
2004 SYR AAA 4 2 3 18 0 28.7 27 11 26 5 0% .272 8.5 3.4 1.6 8.2 1.32 2.82 0.0 0.0
2004 TOR MLB 1 3 2 47 0 56.0 59 27 44 6 42% .312 9.5 4.3 1.0 7.1 1.54 4.66 6.7 0.7
2005 TOR MLB 0 1 0 62 0 72.0 68 26 39 9 44% .261 8.5 3.2 1.1 4.9 1.31 3.88 3.7 0.4
2006 SYR AAA 3 2 1 19 0 32.0 20 14 43 4 51% .232 5.6 3.9 1.1 12.1 1.06 2.25 0.0 0.0
2006 TOR MLB 1 0 0 20 0 24.0 29 5 18 4 42% .321 10.9 1.9 1.5 6.8 1.42 5.25 2.1 0.2
2006 SFN MLB 0 3 0 28 0 22.3 17 15 25 2 44% .273 6.9 6.0 0.8 10.1 1.43 5.24 2.9 0.3
2007 SFN MLB 5 4 0 57 0 53.0 53 14 41 3 33% .309 9.0 2.4 0.5 7.0 1.26 3.57 9.9 0.9
2008 FRE AAA 0 1 2 22 2 24.7 25 13 21 3 38% .310 9.1 4.7 1.1 7.7 1.54 3.64 0.0 0.0
2008 SFN MLB 0 3 0 27 0 31.7 33 8 16 6 38% .252 9.4 2.3 1.7 4.5 1.29 4.83 1.1 0.1
2009 COH AAA 1 0 4 18 0 21.7 22 7 16 0 37% .324 9.1 2.9 0.0 6.6 1.34 2.07 0.0 0.0
2009 CLE MLB 0 1 0 8 0 12.0 10 10 4 1 49% .225 7.5 7.5 0.8 3.0 1.67 3.75 -2.0 -0.2
2010 IND AAA 1 0 0 28 0 32.7 39 12 38 3 34% .383 10.7 3.3 0.8 10.5 1.56 4.95 0.0 0.0
2010 HRO npb 2 0 1 16 0 18.7 24 7 12 0 0% .353 11.6 3.4 0.0 5.8 1.66 5.78 0.0 0.0
2011 SAC AAA 3 4 4 54 0 69.7 58 26 55 5 0% .266 7.5 3.4 0.6 7.1 1.21 3.36 0.0 0.0
2012 MAZ Wnt 0 0 0 3 0 2.3 7 2 0 1 0% .429 27.0 7.7 3.9 0.0 3.86 15.43 0.0 0.0
2012 NAS AAA 3 0 1 16 0 25.7 17 9 25 2 43% .227 6.0 3.2 0.7 8.8 1.01 1.75 0.0 0.0
2012 BRR Rk 0 0 0 2 1 2.0 0 0 1 0 67% .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.00 0.00 0.0 0.0
2012 MIL MLB 1 0 0 7 0 9.0 17 4 10 0 26% .500 17.0 4.0 0.0 10.0 2.33 10.00 3.3 0.4

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2010-04-20 2010-04-28 Minors 8 0 - Low Back Strain -
2010-03-20 2010-03-28 Camp 8 0 Right Upper Arm Stiffness Biceps -
2009-07-08 2009-07-22 Minors 14 0 Right Ankle Sprain -
2008-03-21 2008-04-16 15-DL 26 15 Right Shoulder Inflammation -
2007-08-25 2007-09-30 60-DL 36 32 Right Fingers Inflammation Buerger's Disease of Middle Finger -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2008 SFN $837,500
2007 SFN $396,000
2006 TOR $348,500
2005 TOR $326,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$1,908,000
4 yrTotal$1,908,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 62 d1 year (2012)

Details
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Milwaukee 1/25/12 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Milwaukee 4/29/12. DFA by Milwaukee 5/19/12. Sent outright to Triple-A 5/21/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Signed by Oakland 12/11/10 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2010). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 12/7/09 (minor-league contract). Released by Pittsburgh 7/22/10. Signed by Hiroshima of Japan 7/22/10.
  • 1 year (2009). Signed by Cleveland as a free agent 2/3/09 (minor-league contract). Salary of $0.8M in majors. Contract purchased by Cleveland 4/11/09. DFA by Cleveland 5/7/09, sent outright to Triple-A 5/14/09.
  • 1 year/$0.8375M (2008). Re-signed by San Francisco 2/6/08 (avoided arbitration, $0.975M-$0.725M). DFA by San Francisco 6/24/08.
  • 1 year/$0.396M (2007). Signed by San Francisco 3/07.
  • 1 year/$0.3485M (2006). Re-signed by Toronto 2/06. Acquired by San Francisco in trade from Toronto 7/06.
  • 1 year/$0.326M (2005). Re-signed by Toronto 2/05.
  • 1 year (2004). Re-signed by Toronto 2/04.
  • 1 year (2003). Contract purchased by Toronto 11/02. Re-signed by Toronto 3/03.
  • Drafted by Toronto 2000 (12-358).

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Platoon
SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .315 .388 .465 .293
11 vs R (Multi) .354 .405 .521 .317
18 Split (Multi) -.039 -.017 -.055 -.024
19 LgAvg (Multi) .011 .025 .022 .017
30 vs L (2012) .368 .429 .526 .319
31 vs R (2012) .400 .444 .560 .346
38 Split (2012) -.032 -.016 -.034 -.027
39 LgAvg (2012) .009 .024 .021 .017

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This article requires BP Premium accessArbitration Showdown: Mock Hearing: Sergio RomoBradford Doolittle2013-02-15
This article requires BP Premium accessArbitration Showdown: Mock Hearing: Sergio RomoBen Lindbergh2013-02-15
This article requires BP Premium accessArbitration Showdown: Mock Hearing: Sergio RomoNick J. Faleris2013-02-15
Pebble Hunting: The Non-Pitching Value of PitchersSam Miller2013-01-02
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: The 10,000 Arms of Dr. T.Christina Kahrl2010-02-03
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Winter Meetings Activity, NL plus Something PettitteChristina Kahrl2009-12-09
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: AL Central, PlusChristina Kahrl2009-06-02
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Hit and Run: Bleeding BullpensJay Jaffe2009-05-12
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: NL Roster RoundupChristina Kahrl2009-04-16
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Today: American League NRIs of NoteJoe Sheehan2009-02-15
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: Camp-Opening RoundupChristina Kahrl2008-02-17
Under The Knife: One Sheets to the WinWill Carroll2007-08-30
Transaction Analysis: NL-Brand KetchupChristina Kahrl2007-05-24
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Game of the Week: San Francisco Giants @ Los Angeles Dodgers, 8/13/06Derek Jacques2006-08-15
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: July 27-28, 2006Christina Kahrl2006-07-29
Prospectus Hit List: July 25Marc Normandin2006-07-25
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: July 17-21, 2006Christina Kahrl2006-07-22
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: June 16-19, 2006Christina Kahrl2006-06-20
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: June 8-12, 2006Christina Kahrl2006-06-13
This article requires BP Premium accessFuture Shock: Division Roundup, AL East, 6/13/06Kevin Goldstein2006-06-13
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: May 5-9Christina Kahrl2006-05-10
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: April 21-25Christina Kahrl2006-04-26
Prospectus Triple Play: Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Toronto Blue JaysDavid Kirsch2005-04-08
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Roundtable: Top 50 Prospects - PitchersBaseball Prospectus2005-02-21
This article requires BP Premium accessCan Of Corn: Whither Southpaws?Dayn Perry2004-03-10


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