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Birth Date7-11-1977
Height6' 4"
Weight220 lbs
Age35 years, 11 months, 8 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
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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 COL 25 75 0 58.3 0.0 58.3 4 1 1 1 0 0 242 58 25 24 5 82 12 10 4 40 3.70 3.54 4.51 8.4 0.9
2004 COL 26 64 0 40.7 0.0 40.7 1 2 0 2 0 0 187 45 34 34 1 59 26 22 3 20 7.52 4.43 5.50 4.0 0.6
2005 ARI 27 29 0 14.3 0.0 14.3 1 1 2 3 0 0 74 19 15 15 2 33 11 8 1 11 9.42 5.78 6.19 -1.3 -0.1
2005 COL 27 3 0 2.0 0.0 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 7 5 5 0 10 0 0 0 1 22.50 1.99 3.90 0.8 0.1
2006 BOS 28 27 0 16.7 0.0 16.7 1 0 1 4 0 0 69 13 10 5 1 19 10 9 2 11 2.70 4.81 6.55 -1.9 -0.2
2007 BOS 29 61 0 40.7 0.0 40.7 2 1 0 5 0 0 174 36 16 14 2 54 18 16 4 26 3.10 4.29 5.81 0.1 0.0
2008 BOS 30 70 0 59.3 0.0 59.3 2 0 0 5 0 0 247 53 18 16 4 79 27 27 2 38 2.43 4.22 5.44 1.2 0.2
2009 BOS 31 14 0 11.7 0.0 11.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 64 20 13 12 1 30 9 9 2 5 9.26 6.23 6.54 -1.0 -0.1
2010 PIT 32 50 0 38.7 0.0 38.7 2 2 0 3 0 0 166 39 14 12 2 57 18 15 2 22 2.79 4.19 5.27 -2.6 -0.1
2010 SFN 32 27 0 19.0 0.0 19.0 2 0 0 4 0 0 69 11 3 3 0 12 2 2 0 16 1.42 1.74 2.56 3.4 0.4
2011 SFN 33 70 0 53.0 0.0 53.0 5 2 1 7 0 0 222 42 16 16 0 53 26 20 3 40 2.72 3.13 4.46 -1.0 0.1
2012 SFN 34 70 0 36.0 0.0 36.0 3 0 7 5 0 0 153 37 13 10 1 49 14 11 0 28 2.50 3.11 2.94 3.7 0.4
2013 SFN 35 29 0 17.3 0.0 17.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 73 14 5 3 0 20 6 4 0 21 1.56 1.67 1.04 4.6 0.5
Career5890407.70.0407.72411124000175339418716919557179153232793.733.814.7418.32.6

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 SBN A 16 9 44.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.921 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 SBN A 20 20 99.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.926 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 HDS A+ 30 21 136.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.817 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 LNC A+ 17 0 24.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.120 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 ELP AA 22 1 40.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.349 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 ELP AA 61 0 46.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .258 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 COL MLB 75 0 58.3 4.51 113 .230 .277 .354 .450 .278 .293 112 7.5 0.7 8.4 0.9
2003 Her Wnt 7 0 5.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.667 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 COL MLB 64 0 40.7 5.50 102 .237 .275 .352 .453 .274 .321 120 3.2 0.3 4.0 0.6
2004 CSP AAA 8 0 9.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .348 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 ARI MLB 29 0 14.3 6.19 74 .310 .275 .354 .426 .273 .347 107 -1.3 -0.1 -1.3 -0.1
2005 COL MLB 3 0 2.0 3.90 127 .388 .264 .332 .384 .256 .583 117 0.8 0.1 0.8 0.1
2005 TUC AAA 27 0 24.3 5.31 102 .217 .283 .360 .443 .274 .250 107 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 BOS MLB 27 0 16.7 6.55 66 .239 .282 .358 .466 .280 .267 99 -1.9 -0.2 -1.9 -0.2
2006 CHR AAA 26 0 33.0 4.46 102 .188 .260 .334 .405 .259 .293 102 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 PAW AAA 13 0 16.0 4.40 102 .267 .262 .332 .406 .261 .339 100 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 BOS MLB 61 0 40.7 5.81 86 .241 .279 .350 .444 .273 .274 104 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
2007 PAW AAA 17 0 16.7 4.49 101 .241 .266 .342 .411 .261 .373 101 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 BOS MLB 70 0 59.3 5.44 92 .241 .274 .345 .439 .274 .278 106 1.3 0.1 1.2 0.2
2009 BOS MLB 14 0 11.7 6.54 69 .352 .282 .351 .450 .280 .404 104 -1.0 -0.1 -1.0 -0.1
2009 PAW AAA 38 0 39.7 5.11 80 .230 .269 .333 .411 .261 .275 93 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 PIT MLB 50 0 38.7 5.27 84 .259 .270 .344 .434 .275 .303 103 -2.6 -0.3 -2.6 -0.1
2010 SFN MLB 27 0 19.0 2.56 140 .138 .277 .355 .462 .286 .216 97 3.4 0.4 3.4 0.4
2011 SFN MLB 70 0 53.0 4.46 84 .227 .267 .335 .415 .270 .275 92 -2.1 -0.2 -1.0 0.1
2012 SFN MLB 70 0 36.0 2.94 128 .250 .262 .331 .425 .269 .318 96 3.7 0.4 3.7 0.4
2013 SFN MLB 29 0 17.3 1.04 173 .242 .268 .335 .420 .272 .304 92 4.6 0.5 4.6 0.5
CareerMLB0407.74.74100.244.273.346.438.274.29810415.81.618.42.6

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 SBN A 2 4 0 16 9 44.0 60 30 31 2 0% -.921 12.3 6.1 0.4 6.3 2.05 6.55 0.0 0.0
1999 SBN A 4 6 0 20 20 99.0 122 43 70 9 0% -.926 11.1 3.9 0.8 6.4 1.67 6.00 0.0 0.0
2000 HDS A+ 4 8 2 30 21 136.3 152 57 98 14 0% -.817 10.0 3.8 0.9 6.5 1.53 5.22 0.0 0.0
2001 ELP AA 1 0 0 22 1 40.0 64 14 21 6 0% -1.349 14.4 3.1 1.4 4.7 1.95 7.42 0.0 0.0
2001 LNC A+ 1 3 1 17 0 24.0 30 5 18 2 0% -1.120 11.2 1.9 0.8 6.8 1.46 2.62 0.0 0.0
2002 ELP AA 2 2 6 61 0 46.3 34 16 47 3 0% .258 6.6 3.1 0.6 9.1 1.08 2.72 0.0 0.0
2003 COL MLB 4 1 1 75 0 58.3 58 12 40 5 55% .293 8.9 1.9 0.8 6.2 1.20 3.70 8.4 0.9
2003 Her Wnt 0 0 0 7 0 5.0 5 1 4 1 0% -.667 9.0 1.8 1.8 7.2 1.20 1.80 0.0 0.0
2004 COL MLB 1 2 0 64 0 40.7 45 26 20 1 54% .321 10.0 5.8 0.2 4.4 1.75 7.52 4.0 0.6
2004 CSP AAA 0 1 0 8 0 9.0 10 2 9 2 0% .348 10.0 2.0 2.0 9.0 1.33 4.00 0.0 0.0
2005 COL MLB 0 0 0 3 0 2.0 7 0 1 0 42% .583 31.5 0.0 0.0 4.5 3.50 22.50 0.8 0.1
2005 ARI MLB 1 1 2 29 0 14.3 19 11 11 2 53% .347 11.9 6.9 1.3 6.9 2.09 9.42 -1.3 -0.1
2005 TUC AAA 0 1 2 27 0 24.3 17 12 16 0 71% .250 6.3 4.4 0.0 5.9 1.19 2.22 0.0 0.0
2006 BOS MLB 1 0 1 27 0 16.7 13 10 11 1 67% .267 7.0 5.4 0.5 5.9 1.38 2.70 -1.9 -0.2
2006 CHR AAA 2 1 12 26 0 33.0 28 6 26 1 73% .293 7.6 1.6 0.3 7.1 1.03 0.55 0.0 0.0
2006 PAW AAA 0 0 4 13 0 16.0 20 8 12 1 61% .339 11.2 4.5 0.6 6.8 1.75 5.06 0.0 0.0
2007 BOS MLB 2 1 0 61 0 40.7 36 18 26 2 53% .274 8.0 4.0 0.4 5.8 1.33 3.10 0.1 0.0
2007 PAW AAA 2 1 0 17 0 16.7 19 8 15 0 71% .373 10.2 4.3 0.0 8.1 1.62 3.77 0.0 0.0
2008 BOS MLB 2 0 0 70 0 59.3 53 27 38 4 61% .278 8.0 4.1 0.6 5.8 1.35 2.43 1.2 0.2
2009 BOS MLB 0 2 0 14 0 11.7 20 9 5 1 50% .404 15.4 6.9 0.8 3.9 2.49 9.26 -1.0 -0.1
2009 PAW AAA 1 1 0 38 0 39.7 35 13 23 2 62% .275 7.9 2.9 0.5 5.2 1.21 3.17 0.0 0.0
2010 PIT MLB 2 2 0 50 0 38.7 39 18 22 2 60% .303 9.1 4.2 0.5 5.1 1.47 2.79 -2.6 -0.1
2010 SFN MLB 2 0 0 27 0 19.0 11 2 16 0 67% .216 5.2 0.9 0.0 7.6 0.68 1.42 3.4 0.4
2011 SFN MLB 5 2 1 70 0 53.0 42 26 40 0 64% .275 7.1 4.4 0.0 6.8 1.28 2.72 -1.0 0.1
2012 SFN MLB 3 0 7 70 0 36.0 37 14 28 1 60% .318 9.2 3.5 0.2 7.0 1.42 2.50 3.7 0.4
2013 SFN MLB 1 0 0 29 0 17.3 14 6 21 0 72% .304 7.3 3.1 0.0 10.9 1.15 1.56 4.6 0.5

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2013-02-18 2013-03-01 Camp 11 0 Left Hand Contusion Ground Ball - -
2009-06-05 2009-06-20 Minors 15 0 Left Shoulder Inflammation Biceps Tendinitis -
2001-05-30 2001-06-24 Minors 25 0 Right Elbow Contusion - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2013 SFN $4,250,000
2012 SFN $4,250,000
2011 SFN $2,375,000
2010 PIT $775,000
2009 BOS $1,350,000
2008 BOS $840,000
2007 BOS $402,500
2005 COL $321,000
2004 COL $317,500
2003 COL $300,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
9 yrPrevious$10,931,000
2011Current$4,250,000
10 yrPvs + Cur$15,181,000
10 yrTotal$15,181,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
7 y 167 dMeister Sports2 years/$8.5M (2012-13)

Details
  • 2 years/$8.5M (2012-13). Signed extension with San Francisco 10/30/11. 12:$4.25M, 13:$4.25M.
  • 1 year/$2.375M (2011). Re-signed by San Francisco 1/20/11 (avoided arbitration, $2.875M-$2M). Performance bonuses: $50,000 each for 55, 60 IP
  • 1 year/$0.775M (2010). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 12/18/09. May earn $0.55M in performance bonuses for games 35-70. Acquired by San Francisco in trade from Pittsburgh 7/31/10
  • 1 year/$1.35M (2009). Re-signed by Boston 1/20/09 (avoided arbitration). DFA by Boston 5/10/09, sent outright to AAA 5/15/09
  • 1 year/$0.84M (2008). Re-signed 1/18/08 (avoided arbitration). Performance bonuses: $10,000 each for 65, 70 games.
  • 1 year/$0.4025M (2007). Renewed 3/07.
  • 1 year (2006). Signed as a free agent 1/06 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$0.321M (2005). Claimed off waivers from Colorado 4/05. DFA 7/05.
  • 1 year/$0.3175M (2004).
  • 1 year/$0.3M (2003).
  • Drafted 1998 (4-133).

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SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .179 .248 .263 .185
11 vs R (Multi) .334 .424 .424 .306
18 Split (Multi) -.155 -.175 -.161 -.121
19 LgAvg (Multi) -.029 -.032 -.065 -.030
30 vs L (2012) .180 .229 .292 .183
31 vs R (2012) .417 .500 .479 .366
38 Split (2012) -.237 -.271 -.187 -.183
39 LgAvg (2012) -.031 -.033 -.073 -.033

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