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Justin Speier PBlue Jays

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Career Summary
Years IP W L SV SO ERA WARP
12 675 35 33 17 588 4.11 5.1
Birth Date11-6-1973
Height6' 3"
Weight205 lbs
BatsR
ThrowsR

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
1998 CHN 24 1 0 1.3 0.0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 13.50 2.32 2.68 0.5 0.0
1998 FLO 24 18 0 19.3 0.0 19.3 0 3 0 1 0 0 92 25 18 18 7 52 12 11 0 15 8.38 8.08 8.30 -6.5 -0.6
1999 ATL 25 19 0 28.7 0.0 28.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 28 18 18 8 57 13 12 0 22 5.65 6.53 7.30 -5.6 -0.5
2000 CLE 26 47 0 68.3 0.0 68.3 5 2 0 4 0 0 290 57 27 25 9 97 28 25 4 69 3.29 4.32 4.44 12.2 1.1
2001 CLE 27 12 0 20.7 0.0 20.7 2 0 0 1 0 0 96 24 16 16 5 45 8 8 3 15 6.97 6.39 7.02 -1.6 -0.2
2001 COL 27 42 0 56.0 0.0 56.0 4 3 0 2 0 0 228 47 24 23 8 85 12 9 5 47 3.70 4.10 4.86 9.1 0.8
2002 COL 28 63 0 62.3 0.0 62.3 5 1 1 4 0 0 259 51 31 30 9 89 19 15 3 47 4.33 4.30 5.17 5.3 0.4
2003 COL 29 72 0 73.3 0.0 73.3 3 1 9 3 0 0 319 73 37 33 11 125 23 17 7 66 4.05 4.35 4.51 9.5 0.9
2004 TOR 30 62 0 69.0 0.0 69.0 3 8 7 4 0 0 294 61 32 30 8 96 25 19 5 52 3.91 4.46 4.99 6.1 0.5
2005 TOR 31 65 0 66.7 0.0 66.7 3 2 0 4 0 0 264 48 20 19 10 87 15 13 3 56 2.57 4.13 4.58 7.4 0.8
2006 TOR 32 58 0 51.3 0.0 51.3 2 0 0 4 0 0 222 47 18 17 5 78 21 18 1 55 2.98 3.60 4.02 9.6 0.9
2007 ANA 33 51 0 50.0 0.0 50.0 2 3 0 1 0 0 198 36 17 16 6 62 12 11 4 47 2.88 3.95 3.42 10.2 1.0
2008 ANA 34 62 0 68.0 0.0 68.0 2 8 0 2 0 0 305 69 41 38 15 132 27 22 6 56 5.03 5.84 5.95 -2.7 -0.3
2009 ANA 35 41 0 40.0 0.0 40.0 4 2 0 2 0 0 182 44 23 23 7 70 15 13 4 39 5.18 4.89 4.89 1.8 0.2
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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
1995 WPT A- 30 0 36.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 DAY A+ 33 0 38.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 ORL AA 24 0 26.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 ORL AA 50 0 78.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .299 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 IOW AAA 8 0 12.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .161 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 CHN MLB 1 0 1.3 2.68 143 .275 .271 .330 .394 .258 .500 102 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.0
1998 FLO MLB 18 0 19.3 8.30 16 .354 .278 .349 .458 .274 .310 98 -6.5 -0.6 -6.5 -0.6
1998 IOW AAA 45 0 51.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.532 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 ATL MLB 19 0 28.7 7.30 39 .285 .282 .355 .449 .272 .238 91 -6.0 -0.6 -5.6 -0.5
1999 GWN AAA 27 0 41.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.681 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 CLE MLB 47 0 68.3 4.44 116 .233 .282 .354 .462 .272 .267 99 10.8 1.0 12.2 1.1
2000 BUF AAA 13 0 13.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.867 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 CLE MLB 12 0 20.7 7.02 63 .302 .269 .336 .447 .265 .292 105 -1.6 -0.2 -1.6 -0.2
2001 COL MLB 42 0 56.0 4.86 118 .225 .275 .348 .462 .279 .250 124 9.5 0.9 9.1 0.8
2001 CSP AAA 11 0 12.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.435 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 COL MLB 63 0 62.3 5.17 101 .218 .272 .345 .436 .274 .232 116 5.0 0.5 5.3 0.4
2002 CSP AAA 12 0 14.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .409 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 COL MLB 72 0 73.3 4.51 115 .255 .271 .337 .431 .266 .292 114 9.8 1.0 9.5 0.9
2004 TOR MLB 62 0 69.0 4.99 102 .246 .279 .349 .452 .275 .260 101 6.4 0.6 6.1 0.5
2004 DUN A+ 2 2 2.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 TOR MLB 65 0 66.7 4.58 105 .221 .276 .338 .439 .273 .211 102 7.4 0.8 7.4 0.8
2006 TOR MLB 58 0 51.3 4.02 118 .244 .282 .352 .461 .277 .300 99 9.6 0.9 9.6 0.9
2007 ANA MLB 51 0 50.0 3.42 129 .219 .277 .346 .434 .273 .233 99 10.2 1.0 10.2 1.0
2007 RCU A+ 8 3 9.0 5.04 109 .267 .286 .366 .457 .282 .333 101 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 ANG Rk 2 2 3.0 2.83 146 .118 .312 .403 .441 .307 .167 111 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 ANA MLB 62 0 68.0 5.95 75 .289 .274 .343 .437 .273 .269 101 -2.7 -0.3 -2.7 -0.3
2009 ANA MLB 41 0 40.0 4.89 95 .282 .272 .333 .437 .268 .316 97 1.8 0.2 1.8 0.2
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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
1995 WPT A- 2 1 12 30 0 36.3 27 4 39 1 0% .000 6.7 1.0 0.2 9.7 0.85 1.49 0.0 0.0
1996 ORL AA 4 1 6 24 0 26.3 23 5 14 2 0% .000 7.9 1.7 0.7 4.8 1.06 2.05 0.0 0.0
1996 DAY A+ 2 4 13 33 0 38.3 32 19 34 3 0% .000 7.5 4.5 0.7 8.0 1.33 3.76 0.0 0.0
1997 IOW AAA 2 0 1 8 0 12.3 5 1 9 0 0% .161 3.7 0.7 0.0 6.6 0.49 0.00 0.0 0.0
1997 ORL AA 6 5 6 50 0 78.3 77 23 63 8 0% .299 8.9 2.6 0.9 7.2 1.28 4.48 0.0 0.0
1998 IOW AAA 3 3 12 45 0 51.7 52 19 49 10 0% -.532 9.1 3.3 1.7 8.5 1.37 5.05 0.0 0.0
1998 FLO MLB 0 3 0 18 0 19.3 25 12 15 7 31% .310 11.6 5.6 3.3 7.0 1.91 8.38 -6.5 -0.6
1998 CHN MLB 0 0 0 1 0 1.3 2 1 2 0 25% .500 13.5 6.8 0.0 13.5 2.25 13.50 0.5 0.0
1999 GWN AAA 2 4 3 27 0 41.7 51 22 39 4 0% -.681 11.0 4.7 0.9 8.4 1.75 5.61 0.0 0.0
1999 ATL MLB 0 0 0 19 0 28.7 28 13 22 8 42% .238 8.8 4.1 2.5 6.9 1.43 5.65 -5.6 -0.5
2000 CLE MLB 5 2 0 47 0 68.3 57 28 69 9 33% .267 7.5 3.7 1.2 9.1 1.24 3.29 12.2 1.1
2000 BUF AAA 0 0 9 13 0 13.0 13 3 12 0 0% -.867 9.0 2.1 0.0 8.3 1.23 4.15 0.0 0.0
2001 COL MLB 4 3 0 42 0 56.0 47 12 47 8 38% .250 7.6 1.9 1.3 7.6 1.05 3.70 9.1 0.8
2001 CSP AAA 1 0 2 11 0 12.3 10 7 16 0 0% -.435 7.3 5.1 0.0 11.7 1.38 1.46 0.0 0.0
2001 CLE MLB 2 0 0 12 0 20.7 24 8 15 5 28% .292 10.5 3.5 2.2 6.5 1.55 6.97 -1.6 -0.2
2002 CSP AAA 2 0 2 12 0 14.0 20 3 14 2 0% .409 12.9 1.9 1.3 9.0 1.64 3.86 0.0 0.0
2002 COL MLB 5 1 1 63 0 62.3 51 19 47 9 31% .232 7.4 2.7 1.3 6.8 1.12 4.33 5.3 0.4
2003 COL MLB 3 1 9 72 0 73.3 73 23 66 11 32% .292 9.0 2.8 1.4 8.1 1.31 4.05 9.5 0.9
2004 TOR MLB 3 8 7 62 0 69.0 61 25 52 8 36% .260 8.0 3.3 1.0 6.8 1.25 3.91 6.1 0.5
2004 DUN A+ 0 0 0 2 2 2.0 3 0 2 1 0% .333 13.5 0.0 4.5 9.0 1.50 4.50 0.0 0.0
2005 TOR MLB 3 2 0 65 0 66.7 48 15 56 10 35% .211 6.5 2.0 1.4 7.6 0.94 2.56 7.4 0.8
2006 TOR MLB 2 0 0 58 0 51.3 47 21 55 5 32% .300 8.2 3.7 0.9 9.6 1.32 2.98 9.6 0.9
2007 ANA MLB 2 3 0 51 0 50.0 36 12 47 6 39% .233 6.5 2.2 1.1 8.5 0.96 2.88 10.2 1.0
2007 ANG Rk 0 0 0 2 2 3.0 1 0 3 0 33% .167 3.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.33 0.00 0.0 0.0
2007 RCU A+ 1 0 0 8 3 9.0 10 5 7 1 32% .333 10.0 5.0 1.0 7.0 1.67 3.00 0.0 0.0
2008 ANA MLB 2 8 0 62 0 68.0 69 27 56 15 37% .269 9.1 3.6 2.0 7.4 1.41 5.03 -2.7 -0.3
2009 ANA MLB 4 2 0 41 0 40.0 44 15 39 7 38% .316 9.9 3.4 1.6 8.8 1.48 5.17 1.8 0.2

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2007-09-12 2007-09-16 DTD 4 4 Right Knee Strain -
2007-04-30 2007-07-13 60-DL 74 63 - General Medical Gastrointestinal Stomach -
2006-08-09 2006-09-10 15-DL 32 29 Right Forearm Tightness -
2006-02-26 2006-03-15 Camp 17 0 Right Fingers Strain Middle Finger -
2004-05-11 2004-06-08 15-DL 28 25 Right Elbow Soreness -
2002-03-31 2002-05-06 15-DL 36 31 Right Knee Inflammation -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2010 ANA $5,250,000
2009 ANA $4,750,000
2009 ANA $4,750,000
2008 ANA $4,250,000
2007 ANA $3,750,000
2006 TOR $2,250,000
2005 TOR $1,900,000
2004 TOR $1,600,000
2003 COL $850,000
2002 COL $310,000
2001 COL $243,000
2001 CLE $243,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
10 yrPrevious$30,146,000
10 yrTotal$30,146,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
10 y 39 dChris Arnold

Details
  • 1 year (2010). Signed by Colorado as a free agent 1/28/10 (minor-league contract). Released by Colorado 4/10.
  • 4 years/$18M (2007-10). Signed by Angels as a free agent 11/06. 07:$3.75M, 08:$4.25M, 09:$4.75M, 10:$5.25M. Award bonuses: $50,000 for All Star. $75,000 for LCS MVP. $0.1M for WS MVP. $0.15M for Rolaids award ($0.1M for 2nd, $75,000 for 3rd, $50,000 for 4th or 5th). $0.15M for Cy Young ($0.1M for 2nd, $75,000 for 3rd, $50,000 for 4th or 5th). Released by LA Angels 8/11/09.
  • 2 years/$4.15M (2005-06). Re-signed 12/04 (avoided arbitration). 05:$1.9M, 06:$2.25M.
  • 1 year/$1.6M (2004). Re-signed 1/04 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$0.85M (2003). Re-signed 1/03 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$0.31M (2002).
  • drafted 1995 (55-1,451)

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