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Career Summary
| Years | IP | W | L | SV | SO | ERA | WARP |
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| 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.75 | -0.1 |
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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 |
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| 2000 | PIT | 25 | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6.75 | 5.81 | 7.10 | -0.6 | -0.1 |
| Career | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6.75 | 5.81 | 7.10 | -0.6 | -0.1 | ||
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 |
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| 1998 | AUG | A | 2 | 2 | 8.7 | 0.00 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -.588 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1998 | ERI | A- | 14 | 10 | 63.0 | 0.00 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -.547 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1999 | HIC | A | 25 | 12 | 88.7 | 0.00 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -.746 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1999 | LYN | A+ | 5 | 5 | 26.0 | 0.00 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -.868 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2000 | PIT | MLB | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 7.10 | 60 | .267 | .268 | .346 | .421 | .262 | .308 | 100 | -0.6 | -0.1 | -0.6 | -0.1 |
| 2000 | ALT | AA | 23 | 17 | 109.3 | 0.00 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -.770 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2001 | ALT | AA | 7 | 6 | 38.3 | 0.00 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -.492 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2001 | NAS | AAA | 31 | 10 | 74.7 | 0.00 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -.482 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2002 | SHV | AA | 6 | 0 | 9.3 | 0.00 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .400 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2002 | FRE | AAA | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .286 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2002 | MEM | AAA | 2 | 0 | 3.3 | 0.00 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .111 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Career | MLB | 0 | 4.0 | 7.10 | 60 | .267 | .268 | .346 | .421 | .262 | .308 | 100 | -0.6 | -0.1 | -0.6 | -0.1 | ||
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 |
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| 1998 | AUG | A | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8.7 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0% | -.588 | 11.4 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 12.4 | 1.72 | 6.21 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1998 | ERI | A- | 2 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 63.0 | 55 | 30 | 61 | 3 | 0% | -.547 | 7.9 | 4.3 | 0.4 | 8.7 | 1.35 | 4.43 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1999 | HIC | A | 4 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 88.7 | 97 | 51 | 72 | 3 | 0% | -.746 | 9.8 | 5.2 | 0.3 | 7.3 | 1.67 | 4.46 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1999 | LYN | A+ | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 26.0 | 36 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 0% | -.868 | 12.5 | 5.2 | 1.0 | 6.9 | 1.96 | 6.23 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 | PIT | MLB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 78% | .308 | 9.0 | 11.2 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 2.25 | 6.75 | -0.6 | -0.1 |
| 2000 | ALT | AA | 6 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 109.3 | 103 | 54 | 66 | 6 | 0% | -.770 | 8.5 | 4.4 | 0.5 | 5.4 | 1.44 | 4.78 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 | NAS | AAA | 3 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 10 | 74.7 | 77 | 64 | 63 | 10 | 0% | -.482 | 9.3 | 7.7 | 1.2 | 7.6 | 1.89 | 5.06 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 | ALT | AA | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 38.3 | 31 | 25 | 32 | 2 | 0% | -.492 | 7.3 | 5.9 | 0.5 | 7.5 | 1.46 | 3.76 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 | FRE | AAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0% | .286 | 11.2 | 6.8 | 2.2 | 6.8 | 2.00 | 11.25 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 | MEM | AAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0% | .111 | 2.7 | 16.4 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 2.12 | 10.91 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 | SHV | AA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9.3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0% | .400 | 14.5 | 9.7 | 1.0 | 4.8 | 2.69 | 12.58 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Injury History beta
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| Title | Author | Date | |
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 | Prospectus Matchups: Life After 30 | Jim Baker | 2006-07-18 |
| Prospectus Notebook: Royals, Twins | Baseball Prospectus | 2006-06-16 | |
| Transaction Analysis: March 29-30 | Christina Kahrl | 2006-03-31 |
| Transaction Analysis: March 3-6 | Christina Kahrl | 2006-03-07 |
| Transaction Analysis: National League, December 15, 2005-February 11, 2006 | Christina Kahrl | 2006-02-15 |
| From The Mailbag: Questec, Park Factors and Transactions Galore | Baseball Prospectus | 2004-08-12 | |
| Prospectus Matchups: Hey Wot | Jim Baker | 2004-08-10 |
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