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Career Summary
Years IP W L SV SO ERA WARP
10 350.7 13 10 6 233 3.72 2.9
Birth Date9-26-1968
Height5' 10"
Weight190 lbs
BatsL
ThrowsL

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
1993 PIT 24 6 0 4.0 0.0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 7 4 4 1 11 2 2 0 3 9.00 6.23 6.86 -0.8 -0.1
1998 BOS 29 7 0 8.0 0.0 8.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 36 9 5 5 2 16 4 4 0 5 5.62 6.72 6.37 -0.3 -0.0
2002 KCA 33 23 0 14.7 0.0 14.7 0 0 0 1 0 0 71 15 10 10 3 28 9 8 2 11 6.14 6.47 9.05 -3.8 -0.4
2003 TEX 34 62 0 61.0 0.0 61.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 253 62 24 21 1 85 14 8 4 40 3.10 2.88 3.87 12.9 1.3
2004 TEX 35 53 0 44.3 0.0 44.3 2 0 0 1 0 0 184 36 12 11 3 58 18 15 1 34 2.23 3.79 4.01 7.9 0.8
2005 TEX 36 64 0 53.3 0.0 53.3 3 2 0 5 0 0 233 55 37 31 7 89 18 14 3 35 5.23 4.63 6.14 -0.1 -0.0
2006 MIL 37 59 0 34.0 0.0 34.0 1 3 2 6 0 0 154 34 16 15 3 51 17 13 6 20 3.97 5.11 5.71 -1.0 -0.1
2006 TEX 37 6 0 4.3 0.0 4.3 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 6 2 2 1 12 1 0 0 3 4.15 5.50 4.73 0.5 0.0
2007 MIL 38 73 0 47.7 0.0 47.7 1 1 1 3 0 0 201 46 19 16 0 54 14 9 2 32 3.02 2.84 2.81 13.1 1.3
2008 MIL 39 69 0 51.3 0.0 51.3 5 1 2 5 0 0 212 46 19 16 5 71 14 10 0 33 2.81 3.90 5.18 1.4 0.1
2009 TBA 40 45 0 28.0 0.0 28.0 1 1 0 3 0 0 122 31 15 14 5 53 7 4 2 17 4.50 5.22 5.62 -0.5 -0.1
Career4670350.70.0350.713106270015083471631453152811887202333.724.124.9229.22.9

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
1990 WEL A- 17 1 39.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1991 AUG A 26 0 31.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1991 SLM A+ 17 0 33.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 CAR AA 59 0 77.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 PIT MLB 6 0 4.0 6.86 49 .382 .294 .369 .474 .294 .375 100 -0.8 -0.1 -0.8 -0.1
1993 BUF AAA 48 0 51.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 BUF AAA 43 0 52.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 CAR AA 21 20 114.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 CLG AAA 8 8 39.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 CLG AAA 12 1 12.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 ROC AAA 32 0 50.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 ROC AAA 54 0 71.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .246 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 BOS MLB 7 0 8.0 6.37 80 .287 .275 .343 .434 .268 .280 105 -0.3 -0.0 -0.3 -0.0
1998 PAW AAA 22 1 31.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.359 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 OSA npb 13 3 26.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.086 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 TUC AAA 30 0 44.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.035 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 NOR AAA 4 0 3.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.800 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 ROC AAA 43 0 57.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.831 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 NWO AAA 56 1 53.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.627 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 Lic Wnt 25 0 26.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.758 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 KCA MLB 23 0 14.7 9.05 28 .307 .276 .342 .462 .280 .261 109 -3.8 -0.4 -3.8 -0.4
2002 NWO AAA 19 0 21.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .259 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 OMA AAA 5 0 2.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .583 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 TEX MLB 62 0 61.0 3.87 128 .221 .273 .344 .441 .272 .314 109 12.9 1.3 12.9 1.3
2003 OKL AAA 6 0 7.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .308 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 TEX MLB 53 0 44.3 4.01 123 .230 .283 .355 .449 .278 .258 104 7.9 0.8 7.9 0.8
2004 OKL AAA 9 0 7.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .393 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 TEX MLB 64 0 53.3 6.14 78 .265 .273 .338 .428 .271 .282 106 -0.1 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0
2006 MIL MLB 59 0 34.0 5.71 85 .266 .278 .352 .458 .271 .287 101 -1.0 -0.1 -1.0 -0.1
2006 TEX MLB 6 0 4.3 4.73 103 .331 .275 .343 .455 .274 .333 99 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.0
2006 FRI AA 2 0 2.0 1.70 161 .227 .272 .351 .445 .285 .286 99 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 OKL AAA 5 0 5.2 8.61 -32 .384 .283 .356 .441 .275 .333 83 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 MIL MLB 73 0 47.7 2.81 144 .217 .274 .343 .434 .264 .301 104 13.1 1.3 13.1 1.3
2008 MIL MLB 69 0 51.3 5.18 92 .232 .273 .343 .438 .271 .256 102 1.4 0.1 1.4 0.1
2009 TBA MLB 45 0 28.0 5.62 82 .271 .279 .349 .451 .278 .286 99 -0.5 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1
2009 PCH A+ 4 0 4.0 4.06 118 .217 .252 .317 .369 .248 .357 110 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 PCH A+ 7 0 11.7 3.99 107 .150 .255 .318 .368 .245 .273 105 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 DUR AAA 10 1 12.7 6.66 57 .323 .276 .343 .424 .259 .413 104 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 RAY Rk 6 6 6.0 4.16 110 .222 .262 .316 .397 .269 .227 108 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB0350.74.92102.248.276.346.443.272.28610529.22.929.22.9

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
1990 WEL A- 4 3 2 17 1 39.7 50 7 39 2 0% .000 11.3 1.6 0.5 8.8 1.44 5.21 0.0 0.0
1991 AUG A 2 3 8 26 0 31.0 22 9 32 1 0% .000 6.4 2.6 0.3 9.3 1.00 3.19 0.0 0.0
1991 SLM A+ 2 1 3 17 0 33.7 35 15 25 2 0% .000 9.3 4.0 0.5 6.7 1.48 2.94 0.0 0.0
1992 CAR AA 5 6 4 59 0 77.3 71 28 79 3 0% .000 8.3 3.3 0.3 9.2 1.28 2.45 0.0 0.0
1993 BUF AAA 1 0 2 48 0 51.7 54 17 25 7 0% .000 9.4 3.0 1.2 4.4 1.37 3.83 0.0 0.0
1993 PIT MLB 0 0 0 6 0 4.0 7 2 3 1 47% .375 15.8 4.5 2.2 6.8 2.25 9.00 -0.8 -0.1
1994 BUF AAA 3 4 0 43 0 52.0 44 15 31 6 0% .000 7.6 2.6 1.0 5.4 1.13 3.63 0.0 0.0
1995 CLG AAA 4 4 0 8 8 39.3 62 7 17 2 0% .000 14.2 1.6 0.5 3.9 1.76 6.18 0.0 0.0
1995 CAR AA 7 6 0 21 20 114.7 126 19 76 14 0% .000 9.9 1.5 1.1 6.0 1.26 4.47 0.0 0.0
1996 CLG AAA 1 0 0 12 1 12.7 22 4 12 4 0% .000 15.6 2.8 2.8 8.5 2.05 10.63 0.0 0.0
1996 ROC AAA 1 2 2 32 0 50.0 53 16 45 6 0% .000 9.5 2.9 1.1 8.1 1.38 4.50 0.0 0.0
1997 ROC AAA 6 2 9 54 0 71.3 48 21 81 6 0% .246 6.1 2.7 0.8 10.2 0.97 2.27 0.0 0.0
1998 PAW AAA 2 0 6 22 1 31.0 21 7 25 7 0% -.359 6.1 2.0 2.0 7.3 0.90 2.90 0.0 0.0
1998 OSA npb 0 2 0 13 3 26.3 40 13 20 2 0% -1.086 13.7 4.4 0.7 6.8 2.02 0.00 0.0 0.0
1998 BOS MLB 0 1 0 7 0 8.0 9 4 5 2 26% .280 10.1 4.5 2.2 5.6 1.62 5.62 -0.3 -0.0
1999 TUC AAA 3 4 0 30 0 44.7 63 18 32 4 0% -1.035 12.7 3.6 0.8 6.4 1.81 6.24 0.0 0.0
2000 NOR AAA 0 1 0 4 0 3.3 6 2 1 2 0% -.800 16.4 5.5 5.5 2.7 2.42 13.64 0.0 0.0
2000 ROC AAA 4 4 2 43 0 57.7 63 14 52 4 0% -.831 9.8 2.2 0.6 8.1 1.33 2.81 0.0 0.0
2001 NWO AAA 2 2 1 56 1 53.0 51 15 56 4 0% -.627 8.7 2.5 0.7 9.5 1.25 2.89 0.0 0.0
2001 Lic Wnt 1 0 0 25 0 26.7 25 8 25 0 0% -.758 8.4 2.7 0.0 8.4 1.24 2.70 0.0 0.0
2002 NWO AAA 1 0 0 19 0 21.0 17 3 20 2 0% .259 7.3 1.3 0.9 8.6 0.95 3.43 0.0 0.0
2002 OMA AAA 0 0 0 5 0 2.3 7 1 2 0 0% .583 27.4 3.9 0.0 7.8 3.48 11.74 0.0 0.0
2002 KCA MLB 0 0 0 23 0 14.7 15 9 11 3 74% .261 9.2 5.5 1.8 6.8 1.64 6.14 -3.8 -0.4
2003 OKL AAA 0 1 1 6 0 7.3 8 3 2 0 0% .308 9.9 3.7 0.0 2.5 1.51 3.70 0.0 0.0
2003 TEX MLB 0 1 1 62 0 61.0 62 14 40 1 62% .314 9.1 2.1 0.1 5.9 1.25 3.10 12.9 1.3
2004 OKL AAA 0 0 0 9 0 7.3 12 4 3 1 0% .393 14.8 4.9 1.2 3.7 2.19 6.16 0.0 0.0
2004 TEX MLB 2 0 0 53 0 44.3 36 18 34 3 58% .258 7.3 3.7 0.6 6.9 1.22 2.23 7.9 0.8
2005 TEX MLB 3 2 0 64 0 53.3 55 18 35 7 54% .282 9.3 3.0 1.2 5.9 1.37 5.23 -0.1 -0.0
2006 OKL AAA 0 1 0 5 0 5.2 7 4 3 1 53% .333 12.1 6.9 1.7 5.2 2.12 5.19 0.0 0.0
2006 FRI AA 0 0 0 2 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 86% .286 9.0 4.5 0.0 4.5 1.50 0.00 0.0 0.0
2006 TEX MLB 0 0 0 6 0 4.3 6 1 3 1 38% .333 12.5 2.1 2.1 6.2 1.62 4.15 0.5 0.0
2006 MIL MLB 1 3 2 59 0 34.0 34 17 20 3 54% .287 9.0 4.5 0.8 5.3 1.50 3.97 -1.0 -0.1
2007 MIL MLB 1 1 1 73 0 47.7 46 14 32 0 58% .301 8.7 2.6 0.0 6.0 1.26 3.02 13.1 1.3
2008 MIL MLB 5 1 2 69 0 51.3 46 14 33 5 63% .256 8.1 2.5 0.9 5.8 1.17 2.81 1.4 0.1
2009 PCH A+ 0 0 1 4 0 4.0 5 0 2 0 79% .357 11.2 0.0 0.0 4.5 1.25 2.25 0.0 0.0
2009 TBA MLB 1 1 0 45 0 28.0 31 7 17 5 60% .286 10.0 2.2 1.6 5.5 1.36 4.50 -0.5 -0.1
2010 RAY Rk 0 1 0 6 6 6.0 5 0 3 0 82% .227 7.5 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.83 3.00 0.0 0.0
2010 DUR AAA 0 2 0 10 1 12.7 19 8 9 1 51% .413 13.5 5.7 0.7 6.4 2.13 7.09 0.0 0.0
2010 PCH A+ 0 0 3 7 0 11.7 9 1 7 0 70% .273 6.9 0.8 0.0 5.4 0.85 1.54 0.0 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2010-07-06 2010-10-13 15-DL 99 80 Knee Sprain -
2009-05-25 2009-07-27 15-DL 63 53 Left Elbow Strain Flexor Pronator Mass -
2006-04-22 2006-05-14 15-DL 22 19 Left Lower Leg Strain Calf -
2005-03-22 2005-03-28 Camp 6 0 Knee Soreness -
2004-03-30 2004-05-13 15-DL 44 33 Left Shoulder Inflammation Rotator Cuff -
2002-04-28 2002-05-13 15-DL 15 13 Left Elbow Inflammation -
1999-09-18 1999-10-09 60-DL 21 15 Left Arm Soreness - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2010 TBA $200,000
2009 TBA $1,350,000
2008 MIL $2,000,000
2007 MIL $975,000
2006 TEX $725,000
2005 TEX $395,000
2004 TEX $360,000
2002 KCA $215,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
8 yrPrevious$6,220,000
8 yrTotal$6,220,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
7 y 133 d1 year (2010)

Details
  • 1 year (2010). Signed by Boston as a free agent 1/15/10 (minor-league contract). $0.8M salary in majors. Released by Boston 3/26/10.
  • 1 year/$1.55M (2009), plus 2010 club option. Signed by Tampa Bay as a free agent 2/12/09. 09:$1.35M, 10: club option for $1.9M, plus 2009 bonuses ($0.2M buyout). Performance bonuses: $25,000 each for 25, 35 games
  • $50,000 for 45, 55, 65 games. Tampa Bay declined 2010 option 11/9/09.
  • 1 year/$2M (2008). Re-signed 1/9/08 (avoided arbitration). $0.2M in performance bonuses.
  • 1 year/$0.975M (2007). re-signed 11/06 (avoided arbitration). $50,000 signing bonus. 07:$0.925M ($0.475M guaranteed). Performance bonuses: $25,000 for 65 g, $75,000 for 70 g, $0.1M for 75 g.
  • 1 year/$0.725M (2006). Avoided arbitration 12/05. $25,000 each for 60 &
  • 70 games. Acquired in trade after being DFA by Texas 5/06.
  • 1 year/$0.395M (2005). Re-signed 2/05. Missed qualifying for arbitration as a Super 2 after 2004 by 1 day.
  • 1 year/$0.36M (2004). Re-signed 2/04.
  • 1 year (2003) (minor-league contract)
  • 1 year/$0.215M (2002)

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Playoff Prospectus: Phillies versus BrewersJay Jaffe2008-10-01
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Prospectus Today: Justice in MilwaukeeJoe Sheehan2008-09-15
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Spring Training Preview: NL CentralJoe Sheehan2008-02-11
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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2010-05-24 14:00:00Are you as excited as I am with the Brewers recent infusion of bullpen talent?
(Jeff from Topanga)		I think it's a matter of relative improvement. The Brewers have been getting by for so long by retreading journeymen--Brian Shouse, Todd Coffey, Claudio Vargas, Mark DiFelice--that seeing actual upside-oriented prospects like Axford or Braddock enter the picture certainly brings new meaning to the term 'sweet relief.' How effective they are is something we'll have to see, but it all beats Jeff Suppan. Not that everything doesn't beat Jeff Suppan, but you know what I mean. (Christina Kahrl)
2010-05-14 13:00:00It's killing us Mets fans watching Jerry make horrible strategic decisions every day (re: bullpen usage, lineups, bunting, etc.) and directly losing games as a result. Can you think of a manager ever having been fired for incompetence in in-game managing, as opposed to general incompetence (i.e. team is losing too much)?
(Dan from Brooklyn)		Ned Yost's summary execution in September 2008 -- over the mess he made out of the improper usage of LOOGY Brian Shouse -- comes to mind, as does the mess Trey Hillman made out of Gil Meche's start over the weekend. I linked both of those in today's Hit List bit on the Royals. Sleep tight, Dayton Moore. (Jay Jaffe)


BP Roundtables

DateRoundtable NameComment
2008-10-02 11:00:00Thursday Playoff GamesJoe Simpson: "Victorino a switch-hitter, he can split up the lefties a little bit..."

Rollins SS
Victorino RF
Utley 2B
Howard 1B

Huh?

I love it when Manuel does this, by the way. Go Utley/Victorino/Howard, you lose NOTHING and make life hard on Brian Shouse. Why is this so difficult?
(Joe Sheehan)
 

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