Years	IP	W	L	SV	SO	ERA	WARP
5	243	17	18	0	162	5.11	2.1

Standard

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	GS	IP	IP-SP	IP-RP	W	L	BS	QS	BQS	PA	H	R	ER	HR	TB	BB	UBB	HBP	SO	ERA	FIP	FRA	VORP	WARP
2002	CIN	25	3	0	6.0	0.0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	28	5	5	3	1	8	6	6	0	7	4.50	5.71	5.73	0.1	0.0
2004	CIN	27	9	9	48.3	48.3	0.0	4	2	0	5	0	204	36	16	13	3	57	25	24	2	38	2.42	3.86	3.95	10.5	1.0
2005	CIN	28	19	16	84.7	75.0	9.7	6	9	0	5	0	380	83	62	60	14	152	50	48	11	53	6.38	6.05	6.34	3.8	0.2
2006	KCA	29	26	15	102.0	88.3	13.7	7	6	1	9	1	440	109	62	58	7	159	38	37	4	64	5.12	4.06	5.29	9.6	0.9
2007	KCA	30	1	1	2.0	2.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	13	2	5	4	1	6	4	4	0	0	18.00	15.81	17.27	-1.6	-0.2
Career			58	41	243.0	213.7	29.3	17	18	1	19	1	1065	235	150	138	26	382	123	119	17	162	5.11	4.85	5.49	22.4	2.1

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	POR	A-	15	15	79.7	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-.426		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1999	ASH	A	21	20	88.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-.608		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	SLM	A+	19	19	110.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-.748		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	CAR	AA	29	28	165.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-.603		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	CIN	MLB	3	0	6.0	5.73	83	.275	.271	.352	.448	.271	.286	108	-0.0	-0.0	0.1	0.0
2002	LOU	AAA	30	17	117.7	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.310		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	SCO	Wnt	12	5	31.7	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-.483		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	CIN	MLB	9	9	48.3	3.95	117	.227	.281	.350	.464	.276	.243	102	9.4	0.9	10.5	1.0
2004	CHT	AA	16	16	86.7	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.284		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	LOU	AAA	3	3	19.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.255		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	CIN	MLB	19	16	84.7	6.34	67	.288	.276	.341	.440	.271	.274	104	-1.4	-0.1	3.8	0.2
2005	CHT	AA	1	1	6.7	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-.364		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	msa	Wnt	6	6	25.1	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-.967		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2006	KCA	MLB	26	15	102.0	5.29	97	.252	.284	.353	.459	.278	.312	104	9.6	0.9	9.6	0.9
2006	OMA	AAA	13	2	35.1	3.41	119	.224	.271	.340	.425	.272	.263	94	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	KCA	MLB	1	1	2.0	17.27	-141	.423	.265	.352	.425	.279	.125	104	-1.6	-0.2	-1.6	-0.2
2007	WIC	AA	2	2	7.3	2.77	144	.267	.273	.356	.432	.277	.389	106	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	OMA	AAA	2	2	9.0	4.93	84	.320	.280	.352	.433	.277	.391	95	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career		MLB		41	243.0	5.49	88	.263	.280	.348	.453	.275	.284	104	15.9	1.5	22.4	2.1

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	POR	A-	3	6	0	15	15	79.7	68	51	82	8	0%	-.426	7.7	5.8	0.9	9.3	1.49	4.74	0.0	0.0
1999	ASH	A	6	5	0	21	20	88.0	89	24	96	10	0%	-.608	9.1	2.5	1.0	9.8	1.28	4.30	0.0	0.0
2000	SLM	A+	5	8	0	19	19	110.0	101	34	80	9	0%	-.748	8.3	2.8	0.7	6.5	1.23	3.27	0.0	0.0
2001	CAR	AA	7	12	0	29	28	165.0	159	68	145	19	0%	-.603	8.7	3.7	1.0	7.9	1.38	4.20	0.0	0.0
2002	CIN	MLB	0	0	0	3	0	6.0	5	6	7	1	30%	.286	7.5	9.0	1.5	10.5	1.83	4.50	0.1	0.0
2002	LOU	AAA	5	9	3	30	17	117.7	102	57	129	6	0%	.310	7.8	4.4	0.5	9.9	1.35	4.51	0.0	0.0
2002	SCO	Wnt	3	1	0	12	5	31.7	30	14	45	1	0%	-.483	8.5	4.0	0.3	12.8	1.39	3.97	0.0	0.0
2004	CIN	MLB	4	2	0	9	9	48.3	36	25	38	3	35%	.243	6.7	4.7	0.6	7.1	1.26	2.42	10.5	1.0
2004	LOU	AAA	2	1	0	3	3	19.0	15	5	17	2	0%	.255	7.1	2.4	0.9	8.1	1.05	2.84	0.0	0.0
2004	CHT	AA	7	7	0	16	16	86.7	71	25	91	9	0%	.284	7.4	2.6	0.9	9.4	1.11	3.32	0.0	0.0
2005	CHT	AA	0	1	0	1	1	6.7	6	1	7	2	0%	-.364	8.1	1.3	2.7	9.4	1.04	5.37	0.0	0.0
2005	msa	Wnt	0	1	0	6	6	25.1	33	6	20	4	0%	-.967	11.8	2.2	1.4	7.2	1.55	5.74	0.0	0.0
2005	CIN	MLB	6	9	0	19	16	84.7	83	50	53	14	39%	.274	8.8	5.3	1.5	5.6	1.57	6.38	3.8	0.2
2006	OMA	AAA	2	0	1	13	2	35.1	30	7	21	0	51%	.263	7.7	1.8	0.0	5.4	1.05	2.82	0.0	0.0
2006	KCA	MLB	7	6	0	26	15	102.0	109	38	64	7	50%	.312	9.6	3.4	0.6	5.6	1.44	5.12	9.6	0.9
2007	OMA	AAA	0	1	0	2	2	9.0	11	4	14	2	48%	.391	11.0	4.0	2.0	14.0	1.67	5.00	0.0	0.0
2007	WIC	AA	0	1	0	2	2	7.3	8	2	12	1	68%	.389	9.9	2.5	1.2	14.8	1.37	3.70	0.0	0.0
2007	KCA	MLB	0	1	0	1	1	2.0	2	4	0	1	67%	.125	9.0	18.0	4.5	0.0	3.00	18.00	-1.6	-0.2

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date
2008-03-30	2008-09-28	60-DL	182	161	Right	Shoulder	Recovery From Surgery	Labrum	2007-06-29
2007-05-13	2007-09-30	60-DL	140	124	Right	Shoulder	Surgery	Biceps	2007-06-28
2007-04-01	2007-05-10	15-DL	39	34	Right	Shoulder	Inflammation		-
2005-04-03	2005-06-09	60-DL	67	58	Left	Shoulder	Inflammation		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2008	KCA	$475,000
2007	KCA	$422,000
2006	KCA	$337,000
2005	CIN	$318,000

Years	Description	Salary
4 yr	Previous	$1,552,000
4 yr	Total	$1,552,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
3 y 23 d		1 yr/$0.475M (08)

Details

retired 4/1/09 sent outright to Triple-A 11/19/08 designated for assignment 11/14/08 avoided arbitration 1/8/08, 1 year/$0.475MM (08)+performance bonus ($50K 25 gs)
re-signed 2/07, 1 year/$0.422M (07)
contract purchased 6/06 designated for assignment 4/06 contract purchased 4/06 signed as a free agent from CIN 3/06, 1 year/$0.337M (06) (minor-league contract)
released 3/06 sent outright to Triple-A 2/06
1 year/$0.318M (05) recalled 8/04 optioned to Triple-A 3/04 optioned to Triple-A 3/03 re-signed 2/03 optioned to Triple-A 8/02 recalled 8/02 optioned to Triple-A 7/02 recalled 6/02 optioned to Triple-A 3/02 signed 2/02

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