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Charlie Morton PPirates

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2013 Projections (seasonal age 29) - Rest of Season Projections
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date11-12-1983
Height6' 5"
Weight230 lbs
Age29 years, 6 months, 13 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
0.82009
-0.82010
0.82011
-0.42012
0.02013
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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
2008 ATL 24 16 15 74.7 72.7 2.0 4 8 0 0 6 0 345 80 56 51 9 133 41 39 2 48 6.15 5.11 6.34 -4.6 -0.6
2009 PIT 25 18 18 97.0 97.0 0.0 5 9 0 0 8 0 416 102 49 49 7 150 40 40 5 62 4.55 4.11 4.83 8.5 0.8
2010 PIT 26 17 17 79.7 79.7 0.0 2 12 0 0 7 0 382 112 79 67 15 176 26 23 7 59 7.57 5.32 6.06 -7.3 -0.8
2011 PIT 27 29 29 171.7 171.7 0.0 10 10 0 0 15 0 769 186 82 73 6 246 77 72 13 110 3.83 3.74 4.67 8.0 0.8
2012 PIT 28 9 9 50.3 50.3 0.0 2 6 0 0 3 0 223 62 30 26 5 95 11 10 2 25 4.65 4.21 5.27 -2.6 -0.4
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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
2003 DNV Rk 14 13 54.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .363 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 ROM A 27 18 116.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .355 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 ROM A 26 22 124.7 5.36 80 .274 .271 .352 .409 .276 .298 94 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 MYR A+ 30 14 100.1 5.31 93 .280 .261 .338 .390 .260 .320 104 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 MIS AA 41 6 79.7 3.97 110 .252 .264 .339 .396 .263 .316 94 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 PEJ Wnt 6 5 21.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 ATL MLB 16 15 74.7 6.34 63 .292 .273 .343 .456 .275 .290 99 -4.7 -0.5 -4.6 -0.6
2008 GWN AAA 13 12 79.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .242 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 PIT MLB 18 18 97.0 4.83 97 .249 .273 .342 .438 .269 .315 103 8.5 0.9 8.5 0.8
2009 GWN AAA 10 10 64.7 3.20 128 .200 .270 .337 .413 .262 .275 97 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 IND AAA 1 1 7.0 2.37 143 .130 .266 .338 .401 .264 .250 90 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 PIT MLB 17 17 79.7 6.06 62 .327 .270 .340 .435 .275 .353 100 -5.1 -0.5 -7.3 -0.8
2010 IND AAA 14 14 80.0 5.73 82 .248 .270 .339 .425 .258 .294 108 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 azu Wnt 3 3 15.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 PIT MLB 29 29 171.7 4.67 90 .267 .270 .335 .424 .271 .320 102 5.3 0.6 8.0 0.8
2012 PIT MLB 9 9 50.3 5.27 76 .287 .272 .337 .436 .273 .317 98 -1.5 -0.2 -2.6 -0.4
2012 IND AAA 1 1 7.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 IND AAA 1 1 3.0 5.57 79 .198 .265 .335 .412 .271 .000 96 0.1 0.0 0.8 0.1
2013 ALT aax 4 4 18.7 4.73 98 .192 .260 .333 .398 .266 .154 101 2.2 0.2 3.0 0.3
2013 BRD afa 1 1 3.0 7.51 61 .278 .262 .341 .385 .267 .222 115 -0.2 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0
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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
2003 DNV Rk 2 5 0 14 13 54.0 65 25 46 3 0% .363 10.8 4.2 0.5 7.7 1.67 4.67 0.0 0.0
2004 ROM A 7 9 2 27 18 116.7 140 67 102 7 0% .355 10.8 5.2 0.5 7.9 1.77 4.86 0.0 0.0
2005 ROM A 5 9 1 26 22 124.7 124 62 86 7 53% .298 8.9 4.5 0.5 6.2 1.49 5.20 0.0 0.0
2006 MYR A+ 6 7 2 30 14 100.1 116 54 75 14 46% .320 10.4 4.9 1.3 6.7 1.70 5.39 0.0 0.0
2007 MIS AA 4 6 0 41 6 79.7 80 37 67 3 48% .316 9.0 4.2 0.3 7.6 1.47 4.29 0.0 0.0
2007 PEJ Wnt 4 1 0 6 5 21.0 15 8 20 2 0% .250 6.4 3.4 0.9 8.6 1.10 2.57 0.0 0.0
2008 GWN AAA 5 2 0 13 12 79.0 51 27 72 0 0% .242 5.8 3.1 0.0 8.2 0.99 2.05 0.0 0.0
2008 ATL MLB 4 8 0 16 15 74.7 80 41 48 9 52% .290 9.6 4.9 1.1 5.8 1.62 6.15 -4.6 -0.6
2009 PIT MLB 5 9 0 18 18 97.0 102 40 62 7 51% .315 9.5 3.7 0.6 5.8 1.46 4.55 8.5 0.8
2009 IND AAA 0 0 0 1 1 7.0 4 1 7 0 62% .250 5.1 1.3 0.0 9.0 0.71 0.00 0.0 0.0
2009 GWN AAA 7 2 0 10 10 64.7 52 16 55 3 45% .275 7.2 2.2 0.4 7.7 1.05 2.50 0.0 0.0
2010 PIT MLB 2 12 0 17 17 79.7 112 26 59 15 48% .353 12.7 2.9 1.7 6.7 1.73 7.57 -7.3 -0.8
2010 IND AAA 4 4 0 14 14 80.0 83 30 53 6 56% .294 9.3 3.4 0.7 6.0 1.41 3.83 0.0 0.0
2010 azu Wnt 0 1 0 3 3 15.0 11 2 14 1 0% .250 6.6 1.2 0.6 8.4 0.87 1.80 0.0 0.0
2011 PIT MLB 10 10 0 29 29 171.7 186 77 110 6 61% .320 9.8 4.0 0.3 5.8 1.53 3.83 8.0 0.8
2012 PIT MLB 2 6 0 9 9 50.3 62 11 25 5 58% .317 11.1 2.0 0.9 4.5 1.45 4.65 -2.6 -0.4
2012 IND AAA 0 0 0 1 1 7.7 6 1 8 0 0% .300 7.0 1.2 0.0 9.4 0.91 1.17 0.0 0.0
2013 BRD afa 0 0 0 1 1 3.0 3 0 2 1 40% .222 9.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 1.00 6.00 -0.2 -0.0
2013 ALT aax 1 1 0 4 4 18.7 10 6 11 2 59% .154 4.8 2.9 1.0 5.3 0.86 2.41 3.0 0.3
2013 IND AAA 0 0 0 1 1 3.0 0 2 1 0 75% .000 0.0 6.0 0.0 3.0 0.67 0.00 0.8 0.1

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2013-03-22 - 15-DL - - Right Elbow Recovery From Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2012-06-21 -
2012-05-30 2012-10-04 60-DL 127 0 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2012-06-21 -
2012-03-26 2012-04-14 15-DL 19 0 Left Hip Recovery From Surgery Labrum 2011-10-10 -
2011-10-10 2011-10-10 Off 0 0 Left Hip Surgery Labrum 2011-10-10 -
2011-06-21 2011-07-01 DTD 10 8 General Medical Fatigue -
2010-05-28 2010-07-02 15-DL 35 31 Right Shoulder Fatigue -
2009-06-21 2009-06-28 DTD 7 6 Left Thigh Soreness Hamstring -
2009-06-11 2009-06-20 DTD 9 8 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2009-03-27 2009-04-12 15-DL 16 5 Left Abdomen Strain Oblique -
2009-02-24 2009-03-27 Camp 31 0 Left Abdomen Strain Oblique -
2008-09-03 2008-09-21 DTD 18 16 Right Shoulder Soreness Under Shoulder Blade -
2008-06-25 2008-07-01 DTD 6 4 General Medical Respiratory Flu -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2013 PIT $2,000,000
2012 PIT $2,445,000
2011 PIT $441,000
2010 PIT $422,500
2009 PIT $405,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$3,713,500
2011Current$2,000,000
5 yrPvs + Cur$5,713,500
5 yrTotal$5,713,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 10 dProformance1 year/$2M (2013)

Details
  • 1 year/$2M (2013). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 11/30/12 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$2.445M (2012). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 1/16/12 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$0.441M (2011). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/11.
  • 1 year/$0.4225M (2010). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/2/10.
  • 1 year/$0.405M (2009). Re-signed by Atlanta 3/2/09. Acquired by Pittsburgh in trade from Atlanta 6/3/09.
  • 1 year (2008). Contract purchased by Atlanta 11/20/07. Re-signed 2/29/08.
  • Drafted 2002 (3-95). $0.415M signing bonus.

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Platoon
SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .334 .407 .477 .310
11 vs R (Multi) .261 .321 .380 .251
18 Split (Multi) .073 .086 .097 .059
19 LgAvg (Multi) .011 .025 .022 .017
30 vs L (2012) .301 .342 .398 .262
31 vs R (2012) .310 .346 .540 .313
38 Split (2012) -.009 -.003 -.142 -.051
39 LgAvg (2012) .009 .024 .021 .017

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  Title Author Date
This article requires BP Premium accessBaseball Therapy: Would the Astros' Piggyback Starters Model Work in the Majors?Russell A. Carleton2013-05-20
This article requires BP Premium accessDaily Roundup: Around the League: May 17th, 2013Clint Chisam2013-05-17
This article requires BP Premium accessDaily Roundup: Around the League: May 13, 2013Clint Chisam2013-05-13
This article requires BP Premium accessDaily Roundup: Around the League: May 10th, 2013Clint Chisam2013-05-10
This article requires BP Premium accessDaily Roundup: Around the League: May 6th, 2013Clint Chisam2013-05-06
This article requires BP Premium accessWhat You Need to Know: The Hot StartersDaniel Rathman2013-05-06
This article requires BP Premium accessDaily Roundup: Around the League: May 2, 2013Clint Chisam2013-05-02
This article requires BP Premium accessDaily Roundup: Around the League: April 25, 2013Clint Chisam2013-04-25
Pebble Hunting: The Most Pablo Sandoval Plate AppearancesSam Miller2013-04-24
This article requires BP Premium accessMonday Morning Ten Pack: April 22BP Prospect Staff2013-04-22
This article requires BP Premium accessDaily Roundup: Around the League: April 19, 2013Clint Chisam2013-04-19
This article requires BP Premium accessDaily Roundup: Around the League: April 18, 2013Clint Chisam2013-04-18
This article requires BP Premium accessDaily Roundup: Around the League: April 8, 2013Clint Chisam2013-04-08
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 4, 2013Joe Hamrahi2013-04-04
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 4, 2013Clint Chisam2013-04-04
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 1, 2013Joe Hamrahi2013-04-01
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 1, 2013Clint Chisam2013-04-01
This article requires BP Premium accessBaseball Therapy: Could the All-Bullpen Approach Actually Work?Russell A. Carleton2013-03-25
The BP Wayback Machine: Do Spring Speeds Matter?Mike Fast2013-03-15
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessResident Fantasy Genius: Outfield and Rotation RumblesDerek Carty2013-01-24
In A Pickle: The Disunited States of AmericaJason Wojciechowski2013-01-17


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