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Portrait of Roman Colon

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2013 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 33)
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Birth Date8-13-1979
Height6' 5"
Weight245 lbs
Age33 years, 9 months, 11 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
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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
2004 ATL 24 18 0 19.0 0.0 19.0 2 1 0 1 0 0 82 18 9 7 0 22 8 7 0 15 3.32 2.64 3.09 5.0 0.5
2005 ATL 25 23 4 44.3 23.3 21.0 1 5 0 0 2 0 191 47 28 26 10 84 14 13 0 30 5.28 5.52 6.69 -5.9 -0.7
2005 DET 25 12 3 25.0 9.7 15.3 1 1 0 1 0 0 115 35 17 17 7 65 7 7 0 17 6.12 6.17 6.48 -0.2 -0.0
2006 DET 26 20 1 38.7 2.3 36.3 2 0 1 1 0 0 170 46 21 21 6 77 14 12 1 25 4.89 5.08 4.52 5.4 0.5
2009 KCA 29 43 0 50.3 0.0 50.3 2 3 0 3 0 0 220 50 27 27 7 82 22 21 2 29 4.83 5.23 5.99 -2.6 -0.3
2010 KCA 30 5 0 2.0 0.0 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 5 4 4 0 7 2 2 1 1 18.00 6.55 9.11 -1.0 -0.1
2012 KCA 32 3 0 8.0 0.0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 12 6 6 0 17 3 3 0 3 6.75 3.42 3.93 0.8 0.1
Career1248187.335.3152.0810172082921311210830354706541205.195.075.551.4-0.0

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
1998 DNV Rk 13 13 73.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.966 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 JAM A- 15 15 77.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.811 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 MCN A 23 21 128.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.008 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 MYR A+ 26 26 163.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .299 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 GRN AA 39 12 107.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .276 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 esc Wnt 16 3 24.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.074 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 ATL MLB 18 0 19.0 3.09 132 .235 .280 .357 .454 .275 .305 96 5.0 0.5 5.0 0.5
2004 GRN AA 3 0 3.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .167 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 GWN AAA 51 0 74.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .318 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 ATL MLB 23 4 44.3 6.69 48 .281 .275 .340 .436 .271 .270 96 -5.3 -0.5 -5.9 -0.7
2005 DET MLB 12 3 25.0 6.48 66 .329 .274 .338 .441 .273 .333 102 -0.2 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0
2005 MIS AA 2 2 7.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.667 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 GWN AAA 3 3 14.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.800 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 DET MLB 20 1 38.7 4.52 109 .286 .276 .347 .443 .269 .323 101 5.4 0.5 5.4 0.5
2006 TOL AAA 2 2 6.0 2.99 130 .228 .255 .323 .365 .236 .211 95 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 ERI AA 5 1 10.7 7.62 50 .277 .272 .354 .399 .276 .276 109 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 OMA AAA 1 0 1.7 1.56 164 .280 .311 .372 .476 .282 .500 97 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 TOL AAA 6 0 10.0 5.03 86 .282 .265 .332 .408 .257 .312 99 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 NWA AA 10 0 17.0 5.17 89 .238 .276 .345 .424 .267 .288 99 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 OMA AAA 23 10 95.0 5.59 81 .267 .284 .356 .455 .276 .313 98 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 KCA MLB 43 0 50.3 5.99 74 .264 .274 .342 .437 .272 .269 99 -2.6 -0.3 -2.6 -0.3
2009 OMA AAA 13 0 25.3 4.33 105 .244 .277 .350 .425 .271 .361 100 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 KCA MLB 5 0 2.0 9.11 5 .412 .290 .358 .480 .292 .500 104 -1.0 -0.1 -1.0 -0.1
2010 OMA AAA 2 0 2.0 4.39 109 .147 .282 .336 .383 .248 .167 93 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 ESC Wnt 7 0 5.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .316 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 ABQ AAA 27 0 29.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .295 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 GIG Wnt 13 1 23.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .268 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 KCA MLB 3 0 8.0 3.93 112 .304 .282 .348 .450 .285 .387 101 0.9 0.1 0.8 0.1
2012 OMA AAA 40 1 67.0 5.29 87 .278 .283 .347 .442 .274 .295 75 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 GIG Wnt 10 8 30.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .282 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 OBR Wnt 2 0 1.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 CSP AAA 1 1 3.7 5.25 122 .297 .310 .359 .485 .262 .438 136 1.2 0.1 1.0 0.1
2013 GWN AAA 6 2 13.0 5.55 85 .257 .259 .338 .407 .263 .318 101 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0
2013 IND AAA 1 0 0.3 25.03 -304 .717 .299 .352 .445 .275 .000 107 -0.7 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1
CareerMLB8187.35.5581.283.276.344.441.272.302992.20.21.5-0.0

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
1998 DNV Rk 1 7 0 13 13 73.3 92 28 53 7 0% -.966 11.3 3.4 0.9 6.5 1.64 5.77 0.0 0.0
1999 JAM A- 7 5 0 15 15 77.3 77 25 61 4 0% -.811 9.0 2.9 0.5 7.1 1.32 4.54 0.0 0.0
2001 MCN A 7 7 0 23 21 128.0 136 26 91 9 0% -1.008 9.6 1.8 0.6 6.4 1.27 3.59 0.0 0.0
2002 MYR A+ 9 8 0 26 26 163.0 170 38 94 8 0% .299 9.4 2.1 0.4 5.2 1.28 3.53 0.0 0.0
2003 GRN AA 11 3 2 39 12 107.0 104 33 58 9 0% .276 8.7 2.8 0.8 4.9 1.28 3.36 0.0 0.0
2003 esc Wnt 0 2 0 16 3 24.7 29 13 14 0 0% -1.074 10.6 4.7 0.0 5.1 1.70 3.28 0.0 0.0
2004 GWN AAA 4 1 0 51 0 74.0 72 22 64 4 0% .318 8.8 2.7 0.5 7.8 1.27 3.65 0.0 0.0
2004 GRN AA 1 0 0 3 0 3.0 1 0 5 0 0% .167 3.0 0.0 0.0 15.0 0.33 0.00 0.0 0.0
2004 ATL MLB 2 1 0 18 0 19.0 18 8 15 0 44% .305 8.5 3.8 0.0 7.1 1.37 3.32 5.0 0.5
2005 GWN AAA 1 1 0 3 3 14.0 12 5 9 0 0% -.800 7.7 3.2 0.0 5.8 1.21 1.93 0.0 0.0
2005 MIS AA 0 0 0 2 2 7.7 6 2 7 0 0% -.667 7.0 2.3 0.0 8.2 1.04 1.17 0.0 0.0
2005 ATL MLB 1 5 0 23 4 44.3 47 14 30 10 48% .270 9.5 2.8 2.0 6.1 1.38 5.28 -5.9 -0.7
2005 DET MLB 1 1 0 12 3 25.0 35 7 17 7 54% .333 12.6 2.5 2.5 6.1 1.68 6.12 -0.2 -0.0
2006 TOL AAA 0 0 0 2 2 6.0 4 2 6 0 58% .211 6.0 3.0 0.0 9.0 1.00 0.00 0.0 0.0
2006 DET MLB 2 0 1 20 1 38.7 46 14 25 6 42% .323 10.7 3.3 1.4 5.8 1.55 4.89 5.4 0.5
2007 OMA AAA 0 0 0 1 0 1.7 3 0 1 0 33% .500 15.9 0.0 0.0 5.3 1.76 0.00 0.0 0.0
2007 TOL AAA 0 1 0 6 0 10.0 10 8 6 0 41% .312 9.0 7.2 0.0 5.4 1.80 3.60 0.0 0.0
2007 ERI AA 2 0 1 5 1 10.7 11 5 10 3 38% .276 9.3 4.2 2.5 8.4 1.50 5.89 0.0 0.0
2008 OMA AAA 5 5 1 23 10 95.0 109 27 62 15 46% .313 10.3 2.6 1.4 5.9 1.43 4.64 0.0 0.0
2008 NWA AA 2 0 1 10 0 17.0 18 4 8 1 43% .288 9.5 2.1 0.5 4.2 1.29 5.29 0.0 0.0
2009 OMA AAA 2 3 2 13 0 25.3 27 8 26 1 36% .361 9.6 2.8 0.4 9.2 1.38 2.85 0.0 0.0
2009 KCA MLB 2 3 0 43 0 50.3 50 22 29 7 43% .269 8.9 3.9 1.3 5.2 1.43 4.83 -2.6 -0.3
2010 OMA AAA 0 0 0 2 0 2.0 1 1 1 0 50% .167 4.5 4.5 0.0 4.5 1.00 0.00 0.0 0.0
2010 ESC Wnt 0 0 0 7 0 5.3 8 3 3 2 0% .316 13.6 5.1 3.4 5.1 2.08 10.19 0.0 0.0
2010 KCA MLB 0 0 0 5 0 2.0 5 2 1 0 60% .500 22.5 9.0 0.0 4.5 3.50 18.00 -1.0 -0.1
2011 ABQ AAA 2 1 3 27 0 29.7 33 7 17 5 0% .295 10.0 2.1 1.5 5.2 1.35 4.85 0.0 0.0
2011 GIG Wnt 1 1 0 13 1 23.7 20 8 21 1 0% .268 7.6 3.0 0.4 8.0 1.18 4.18 0.0 0.0
2012 KCA MLB 0 0 0 3 0 8.0 12 3 3 0 39% .387 13.5 3.4 0.0 3.4 1.88 6.75 0.8 0.1
2012 OBR Wnt 0 0 0 2 0 1.0 3 1 1 0 0% .600 27.0 9.0 0.0 9.0 4.00 9.00 0.0 0.0
2012 GIG Wnt 0 2 0 10 8 30.3 29 13 28 5 0% .282 8.6 3.9 1.5 8.3 1.38 5.04 0.0 0.0
2012 OMA AAA 4 2 7 40 1 67.0 66 28 59 7 54% .295 8.9 3.8 0.9 7.9 1.40 3.09 0.0 0.0
2013 GWN AAA 0 1 0 6 2 13.0 15 3 8 1 38% .318 10.4 2.1 0.7 5.5 1.38 6.23 -0.0 -0.0
2013 IND AAA 0 1 0 1 0 0.3 1 0 1 1 0% .000 27.0 0.0 27.0 27.0 3.00 27.00 -0.7 -0.1
2013 CSP AAA 0 1 0 1 1 3.7 7 1 3 0 56% .438 17.2 2.5 0.0 7.4 2.18 0.00 1.0 0.1

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2011-05-19 2011-07-31 Minors 73 0 Right Foot Fracture - -
2009-10-16 2009-10-16 Off 0 0 Right Knee Surgery 2009-10-16
2007-07-13 2007-09-30 TradedDL 79 73 - Neck Recovery From Surgery Herniated Disk 2006-11-10 -
2007-03-31 2007-07-13 60-DL 104 87 Neck Recovery From Surgery Herniated Disc 2006-11-10
2006-11-10 2006-11-10 Off 0 0 Neck Surgery Herniated Disc 2006-11-10
2006-08-14 2006-10-28 60-DL 75 45 Neck Spasms -
2006-04-07 2006-05-01 Minors 24 0 Right Upper Arm Strain Biceps -
2005-09-18 2005-10-02 DTD 14 14 Right Shoulder Stiffness -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2011 PIT $
2010 KCA $665,000
2007 KCA $385,000
2005 ATL $318,500
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$1,368,500
3 yrTotal$1,368,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 163 d1 year (2013)

Details
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 2/6/13 (minor-league contract). Acquired by Atlanta in trade from Pittsburgh 4/24/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Kansas City as a free agent 1/28/12 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Kansas City 6/14/12. DFA by Kansas City 6/23/12. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/25/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 1/5/11 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$0.665M (2010). Re-signed by Kansas City 12/12/09 (avoided arbitration). Split contract paying $0.24M in minors. Sent outright to Triple-A by Kansas City 4/22/10 after being DFA 4/16/10. Released by Kansas City 5/3/10. Signed by KIA of Korea 5/4/10.
  • 1 year (2009). Re-signed by Kansas City 1/2/09 (minor-league contract). $0.435M in majors. Contract purchased by Kansas City 5/24/09.
  • 1 year (2008). Re-signed by Kansas City 11/20/07 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$0.385M (2007). Re-signed by Detroit 2/07. Acquired by Kansas City in trade from Detroit 7/13/07. Sent outright to Triple-A by Kansas City 11/20/07.
  • 1 year (2006). Re-signed by Detroit 3/06.
  • 1 year/$0.3185M (2005). Re-signed by Atlanta 2/05. Acquired by Detroit in trade from Atlanta 7/05.
  • Signed by Atlanta 1995 as an amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic.

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Platoon
SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .325 .390 .492 .299
11 vs R (Multi) .312 .380 .466 .290
18 Split (Multi) .013 .010 .026 .008
19 LgAvg (Multi) .011 .025 .022 .017
30 vs L (2012) .385 .429 .615 .345
31 vs R (2012) .333 .391 .429 .280
38 Split (2012) .051 .037 .187 .065
39 LgAvg (2012) .009 .024 .021 .017

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This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: Texas and Toronto Dig Deep for Rotation HelpR.J. Anderson2012-06-18
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: Nick Johnson, Chad Durbin, and DregsChristina Kahrl2011-03-03
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Central PreoccupationsChristina Kahrl2010-05-03
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: SenioritisChristina Kahrl2010-04-27
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Rounding Out the ALChristina Kahrl2010-04-26
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Weekend RoundupChristina Kahrl2010-04-18
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: AL Roster CleanupChristina Kahrl2010-04-06
BP Unfiltered: UPDATED AL Projected Opening Day RostersJohn Perrotto2010-04-01
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: American LeagueChristina Kahrl2010-03-19
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Impaled RangersChristina Kahrl2010-01-11
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: AL ActionChristina Kahrl2009-12-13
This article requires BP Premium accessWinter League Preview: The Dominican LeagueCarlos J. Lugo2009-10-18
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: AL Central, PlusChristina Kahrl2009-06-02
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessTeam Health Reports: Detroit TigersWill Carroll2008-03-17
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Hit and Run: Trade Deadline EditionJay Jaffe2007-07-31
Transaction Analysis: American League RoundupChristina Kahrl2007-07-26
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction of the Day: Roster Review of the CentralsChristina Kahrl2007-04-05
This article requires BP Premium accessFuture Shock: Where Did the Tigers and the Athletics Come From?Kevin Goldstein2006-10-14
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: September 15-18, 2006Christina Kahrl2006-09-19
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: August 18-22Christina Kahrl2006-08-23
This article requires BP Premium accessUnder The Knife: Intro? We Don't Need No Stinkin' IntroWill Carroll2006-08-22
Transaction Analysis: August 15-17Christina Kahrl2006-08-18
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: May 30-31Christina Kahrl2006-06-01
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: May 25-29Christina Kahrl2006-05-30
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: May 10-11Christina Kahrl2006-05-12
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: March 29-30Christina Kahrl2006-03-31
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessFantasy Focus: AL Spring Job BattlesPeter Schoenke2006-03-24
Prospectus Notebook: Tigers, YankeesBaseball Prospectus2005-12-28
Prospectus Notebook: Braves, TigersBaseball Prospectus2005-10-21
This article requires BP Premium accessUnder The Knife: PenaltiesWill Carroll2005-09-27
This article requires BP Premium accessThe Claussen Pickle, Revisited: An Analysis of Traded Braves Prospects, 1990-2004Jay Jaffe2005-08-08
Prospectus Hit List: Week of July 31Jay Jaffe2005-08-02
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: July 31Christina Kahrl2005-08-01
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessFantasy Focus: Fantasy Implications of the Trade Deadline MovesJeff Erickson2005-08-01
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: July 30Christina Kahrl2005-07-31
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: July 14-19, 2005Christina Kahrl2005-07-21
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Today: The Braves, AgainJoe Sheehan2005-07-06
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: June 23-30Christina Kahrl2005-06-30
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: May 24-June 12, 2005Christina Kahrl2005-06-16
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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2010-04-16 13:00:00KC's 13-man bullpen: unimaginably ridiculous, or onto something?
(BL from Bozeman, MT)		13-man staffs are an abomination. BTW, the Royals designated Roman Colon for assignment today and called up Josh Rupe, another Texas castoff. Bullpen problem solved! (Bradford Doolittle)


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