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Career Summary
| Years | IP | W | L | SV | SO | ERA | WARP |
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| 6 | 348.3 | 15 | 23 | 2 | 277 | 5.04 | 1.8 |
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| 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 |
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| 1997 | CHA | 24 | 19 | 0 | 26.3 | 0.0 | 26.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 29 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 54 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 6.49 | 5.39 | 5.95 | -0.6 | -0.1 |
| 1999 | DET | 26 | 29 | 6 | 66.7 | 31.3 | 35.3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 295 | 74 | 44 | 42 | 11 | 121 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 46 | 5.67 | 5.14 | 5.04 | 8.1 | 0.8 |
| 2000 | DET | 27 | 27 | 0 | 41.0 | 0.0 | 41.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 39 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 59 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 34 | 3.07 | 4.00 | 4.66 | 4.3 | 0.4 |
| 2001 | HOU | 28 | 66 | 0 | 82.3 | 0.0 | 82.3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 342 | 72 | 41 | 38 | 11 | 124 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 75 | 4.15 | 4.12 | 5.06 | 6.3 | 0.7 |
| 2002 | HOU | 29 | 43 | 5 | 78.3 | 19.7 | 58.7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 360 | 90 | 44 | 39 | 12 | 157 | 29 | 25 | 6 | 61 | 4.48 | 4.65 | 5.41 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| 2003 | COL | 30 | 20 | 7 | 53.7 | 36.3 | 17.3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 233 | 65 | 43 | 43 | 15 | 123 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 38 | 7.21 | 5.97 | 7.33 | -0.9 | -0.1 |
| Career | 204 | 18 | 348.3 | 87.3 | 261.0 | 15 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1518 | 369 | 205 | 195 | 59 | 638 | 109 | 94 | 24 | 277 | 5.04 | 4.80 | 5.50 | 18.1 | 1.8 | ||
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 |
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| 1995 | HIC | A | 44 | 0 | 66.7 | 0.00 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1995 | POT | A+ | 9 | 0 | 19.3 | 0.00 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1995 | BRI | Rk | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1996 | BIR | AA | 37 | 18 | 149.0 | 0.00 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1997 | CHA | MLB | 19 | 0 | 26.3 | 5.95 | 76 | .278 | .269 | .337 | .441 | .268 | .295 | 96 | -0.6 | -0.1 | -0.6 | -0.1 |
| 1997 | NAS | AAA | 21 | 20 | 123.3 | 0.00 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .313 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1998 | CLG | AAA | 35 | 18 | 126.7 | 0.00 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -.881 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1999 | DET | MLB | 29 | 6 | 66.7 | 5.04 | 104 | .267 | .281 | .352 | .449 | .269 | .297 | 99 | 8.1 | 0.8 | 8.1 | 0.8 |
| 1999 | TOL | AAA | 10 | 10 | 62.7 | 0.00 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -.627 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2000 | DET | MLB | 27 | 0 | 41.0 | 4.66 | 106 | .234 | .279 | .349 | .450 | .266 | .297 | 93 | 5.1 | 0.5 | 4.3 | 0.4 |
| 2000 | TOL | AAA | 11 | 10 | 52.3 | 0.00 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -.692 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2001 | HOU | MLB | 66 | 0 | 82.3 | 5.06 | 99 | .249 | .275 | .343 | .448 | .273 | .274 | 105 | 6.6 | 0.6 | 6.3 | 0.7 |
| 2002 | HOU | MLB | 43 | 5 | 78.3 | 5.41 | 83 | .290 | .271 | .344 | .437 | .272 | .311 | 103 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| 2002 | NWO | AAA | 6 | 0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .118 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2003 | COL | MLB | 20 | 7 | 53.7 | 7.33 | 66 | .281 | .277 | .348 | .448 | .273 | .301 | 118 | -3.0 | -0.3 | -0.9 | -0.1 |
| 2003 | CSP | AAA | 4 | 4 | 15.0 | 0.00 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .382 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2005 | TOL | AAA | 14 | 11 | 64.3 | 4.04 | 117 | .243 | .273 | .344 | .440 | .261 | .326 | 96 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 | REY | mex | 2 | 0 | 1.1 | 0.00 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Career | MLB | 18 | 348.3 | 5.50 | 90 | .268 | .275 | .346 | .445 | .271 | .296 | 103 | 17.2 | 1.6 | 18.1 | 1.8 | ||
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 |
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| 1995 | BRI | Rk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | .000 | 18.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.00 | 9.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1995 | HIC | A | 2 | 7 | 9 | 44 | 0 | 66.7 | 65 | 15 | 68 | 6 | 0% | .000 | 8.8 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 9.2 | 1.20 | 2.70 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1995 | POT | A+ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 19.3 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0% | .000 | 5.6 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 8.4 | 0.93 | 0.47 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1996 | BIR | AA | 6 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 18 | 149.0 | 150 | 41 | 142 | 10 | 0% | .000 | 9.1 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 8.6 | 1.28 | 3.20 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1997 | NAS | AAA | 11 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 20 | 123.3 | 139 | 31 | 93 | 20 | 0% | .313 | 10.1 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 6.8 | 1.38 | 5.11 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1997 | CHA | MLB | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 26.3 | 29 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 41% | .295 | 9.9 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 7.9 | 1.44 | 6.49 | -0.6 | -0.1 |
| 1998 | CLG | AAA | 10 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 18 | 126.7 | 159 | 40 | 101 | 18 | 0% | -.881 | 11.3 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 7.2 | 1.57 | 5.33 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1999 | TOL | AAA | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 62.7 | 47 | 21 | 41 | 5 | 0% | -.627 | 6.7 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 5.9 | 1.08 | 2.73 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1999 | DET | MLB | 2 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 66.7 | 74 | 23 | 46 | 11 | 42% | .297 | 10.0 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 6.2 | 1.46 | 5.67 | 8.1 | 0.8 |
| 2000 | TOL | AAA | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 52.3 | 54 | 17 | 39 | 9 | 0% | -.692 | 9.3 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 6.7 | 1.36 | 4.82 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 | DET | MLB | 5 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 41.0 | 39 | 13 | 34 | 4 | 49% | .297 | 8.6 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 7.5 | 1.27 | 3.07 | 4.3 | 0.4 |
| 2001 | HOU | MLB | 3 | 3 | 2 | 66 | 0 | 82.3 | 72 | 24 | 75 | 11 | 48% | .274 | 7.9 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 8.2 | 1.17 | 4.15 | 6.3 | 0.7 |
| 2002 | NWO | AAA | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0% | .118 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 9.0 | 1.00 | 4.50 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 | HOU | MLB | 2 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 5 | 78.3 | 90 | 29 | 61 | 12 | 49% | .311 | 10.3 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 7.0 | 1.52 | 4.48 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| 2003 | CSP | AAA | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15.0 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0% | .382 | 14.4 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 6.0 | 1.80 | 7.20 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 | COL | MLB | 3 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 53.7 | 65 | 11 | 38 | 15 | 44% | .301 | 10.9 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 6.4 | 1.42 | 7.21 | -0.9 | -0.1 |
| 2005 | TOL | AAA | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 64.3 | 69 | 17 | 55 | 8 | 30% | .326 | 9.7 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 7.7 | 1.34 | 4.20 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 | REY | mex | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | .500 | 32.7 | 8.2 | 0.0 | 8.2 | 4.55 | 16.36 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Injury History beta
| Date On | Date Off | Transaction | Days | Games | Side | Body Part | Injury | Severity | Surgery Date | Reaggravation |
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| 2003-07-10 | 2003-09-05 | 15-DL | 57 | 48 | Right | Shoulder | Strain | - | ||
| 2003-05-17 | 2003-06-06 | 15-DL | 20 | 19 | Right | Shoulder | Inflammation | Biceps Tendinitis | - | |
| 2002-04-19 | 2002-05-04 | 15-DL | 15 | 13 | Right | Shoulder | Fatigue | - |
Compensation
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| Title | Author | Date | |
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| Prospectus Triple Play: Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies | Baseball Prospectus | 2005-01-13 | |
 | Dominican Winter League Report: The Early Going | Carlos J. Lugo | 2004-11-11 |
| Transaction Analysis: September 30-October 26, 2004 | Christina Kahrl | 2004-11-03 |
| Transaction Analysis: March 10-15, 2004 | Christina Kahrl | 2004-03-17 |
| Dominican Winter League Report: Keeping Tabs on Some Interesting Names | Carlos J. Lugo | 2003-12-11 |
| Transaction Analysis: August 25-September 21 | Christina Kahrl | 2003-09-25 |
| Transaction Analysis: July 7-20 | Christina Kahrl | 2003-07-25 |
| Transaction Analysis: June 6-9 | Christina Kahrl | 2003-06-13 |
| Transaction Analysis: May 22-27, 2003 | Christina Kahrl | 2003-05-28 |
| Under The Knife: Warrior Mentality | Will Carroll | 2003-05-20 |
| Prospectus Today: NL West Preview | Joe Sheehan | 2003-04-01 |
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