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2013 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 28)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date7-1-1984
Height6' 1"
Weight205 lbs
Age28 years, 10 months, 17 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
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0.52011
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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
2007 ANA 22 7 0 6.7 0.0 6.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 10 8 8 4 25 3 3 0 9 10.80 9.76 9.36 -2.6 -0.3
2008 ANA 23 2 0 2.0 0.0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 5 5 0 6 2 2 0 1 22.50 5.16 5.94 -0.1 -0.0
2009 ANA 24 13 0 19.3 0.0 19.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 27 11 11 6 50 7 7 1 21 5.12 6.25 5.60 0.7 0.1
2010 ANA 25 13 0 19.7 0.0 19.7 2 0 0 0 0 0 75 12 4 3 2 21 4 4 0 15 1.37 3.45 3.25 2.7 0.3
2011 ANA 26 44 0 54.0 0.0 54.0 1 3 0 1 0 0 228 46 18 18 5 71 20 20 0 56 3.00 3.30 3.74 5.1 0.5
2012 ANA 27 2 0 2.3 0.0 2.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 5 4 4 1 9 1 1 0 3 15.43 7.33 6.74 -0.6 -0.1
2012 OAK 27 1 0 0.7 0.0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.05 3.95 0.0 0.0
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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 CDR A 31 0 37.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .221 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 RCU A+ 24 0 29.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .308 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 RCU A+ 41 5 77.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .307 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 RCU A+ 42 15 121.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.671 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 ARK AA 42 0 66.0 5.93 80 .236 .280 .356 .440 .292 .227 114 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 SLC AAA 4 0 4.1 7.98 47 .460 .286 .361 .459 .281 .524 116 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 AUS wor 1 0 1.1 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 ANA MLB 7 0 6.7 9.36 11 .403 .278 .343 .424 .271 .375 102 -2.6 -0.3 -2.6 -0.3
2007 RCU A+ 1 0 2.0 -0.70 219 .090 .245 .312 .367 .258 .167 69 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 ARK AA 21 3 49.3 4.14 107 .215 .272 .346 .419 .268 .234 96 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 SLC AAA 16 0 24.7 3.15 140 .200 .292 .358 .462 .278 .263 116 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 ANA MLB 2 0 2.0 5.94 76 .363 .289 .355 .466 .279 .444 101 -0.1 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0
2008 SLC AAA 10 0 13.3 5.07 96 .264 .287 .363 .456 .276 .302 102 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 ANG Rk 7 0 9.0 3.62 127 .184 .249 .319 .354 .250 .333 103 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 ANA MLB 13 0 19.3 5.60 81 .335 .267 .334 .440 .270 .368 98 0.7 0.1 0.7 0.1
2009 SLC AAA 29 0 43.3 3.92 124 .251 .279 .347 .433 .270 .298 113 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 azu Wnt 13 0 12.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .297 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 ANA MLB 13 0 19.7 3.25 124 .195 .271 .333 .431 .271 .185 95 2.7 0.3 2.7 0.3
2010 SLC AAA 19 0 29.7 3.36 137 .161 .284 .356 .459 .273 .246 102 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 ANA MLB 44 0 54.0 3.74 111 .246 .269 .332 .433 .273 .279 95 5.1 0.5 5.1 0.5
2012 ANA MLB 2 0 2.3 6.74 43 .415 .270 .341 .399 .267 .500 97 -0.6 -0.1 -0.6 -0.1
2012 OAK MLB 1 0 0.7 3.95 100 .244 .294 .344 .502 .296 .333 89 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 SAC AAA 46 0 62.0 5.76 91 .149 .287 .350 .440 .262 .230 60 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 CDR A 1 2 9 31 0 37.7 18 13 54 1 0% .221 4.3 3.1 0.2 12.9 0.82 0.24 0.0 0.0
2003 RCU A+ 2 2 8 24 0 29.3 28 18 33 4 0% .308 8.6 5.5 1.2 10.1 1.57 4.91 0.0 0.0
2004 RCU A+ 3 2 4 41 5 77.7 76 33 71 9 0% .307 8.8 3.8 1.0 8.2 1.40 3.94 0.0 0.0
2005 RCU A+ 6 8 3 42 15 121.3 132 53 92 20 0% -.671 9.8 3.9 1.5 6.8 1.53 5.27 0.0 0.0
2006 SLC AAA 0 1 1 4 0 4.1 9 4 3 1 23% .524 19.8 8.8 2.2 6.6 3.17 13.17 0.0 0.0
2006 ARK AA 3 4 10 42 0 66.0 52 27 60 13 35% .227 7.1 3.7 1.8 8.2 1.20 5.18 0.0 0.0
2006 AUS wor 0 0 0 1 0 1.1 2 2 0 1 0% .250 16.4 16.4 8.2 0.0 3.64 16.36 0.0 0.0
2007 SLC AAA 3 0 1 16 0 24.7 17 6 32 2 44% .263 6.2 2.2 0.7 11.7 0.93 2.19 0.0 0.0
2007 ARK AA 2 3 0 21 3 49.3 34 14 50 5 43% .234 6.2 2.6 0.9 9.1 0.97 2.01 0.0 0.0
2007 RCU A+ 0 0 0 1 0 2.0 1 0 3 0 67% .167 4.5 0.0 0.0 13.5 0.50 0.00 0.0 0.0
2007 ANA MLB 0 0 0 7 0 6.7 10 3 9 4 30% .375 13.5 4.0 5.4 12.2 1.95 10.80 -2.6 -0.3
2008 ANA MLB 0 0 0 2 0 2.0 4 2 1 0 67% .444 18.0 9.0 0.0 4.5 3.00 22.50 -0.1 -0.0
2008 ANG Rk 0 0 2 7 0 9.0 6 2 13 0 61% .333 6.0 2.0 0.0 13.0 0.89 3.00 0.0 0.0
2008 SLC AAA 1 0 0 10 0 13.3 12 9 11 1 43% .302 8.1 6.1 0.7 7.4 1.58 4.06 0.0 0.0
2009 ANA MLB 0 0 0 13 0 19.3 27 7 21 6 33% .368 12.6 3.3 2.8 9.8 1.76 5.12 0.7 0.1
2009 SLC AAA 3 1 0 29 0 43.3 41 11 51 7 36% .298 8.5 2.3 1.5 10.6 1.20 3.12 0.0 0.0
2009 azu Wnt 1 1 0 13 0 12.7 11 5 12 0 0% .297 7.8 3.5 0.0 8.5 1.26 4.96 0.0 0.0
2010 SLC AAA 1 1 2 19 0 29.7 17 10 30 0 41% .246 5.2 3.0 0.0 9.1 0.91 0.61 0.0 0.0
2010 ANA MLB 2 0 0 13 0 19.7 12 4 15 2 39% .185 5.5 1.8 0.9 6.9 0.81 1.37 2.7 0.3
2011 ANA MLB 1 3 0 44 0 54.0 46 20 56 5 41% .279 7.7 3.3 0.8 9.3 1.22 3.00 5.1 0.5
2012 OAK MLB 0 0 0 1 0 0.7 1 0 0 0 33% .333 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.50 0.00 0.0 0.0
2012 SAC AAA 4 2 3 46 0 62.0 46 23 58 7 41% .230 6.7 3.3 1.0 8.4 1.11 3.34 0.0 0.0
2012 ANA MLB 0 1 0 2 0 2.3 5 1 3 1 44% .500 19.3 3.9 3.9 11.6 2.57 15.43 -0.6 -0.1

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2010-08-05 2010-08-28 15-DL 23 20 Right Shoulder Inflammation -
2010-05-10 2010-06-02 Minors 23 0 Left Chest Strain Pectoral -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2012 ANA $495,000
2011 ANA $418,000
2008 ANA $391,000
2004 ANA $300,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$1,604,000
4 yrTotal$1,604,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 71 dRandy Rowley1 year (2013)

Details
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by Toronto as a free agent 12/11/12 (minor-league contract). Released by Toronto 3/26/13.
  • 1 year/$0.495M (2012). Re-signed by LA Angels 3/3/12. Claimed by Oakland off waivers 4/20/12 after being DFA by LA Angels 4/14/12. DFA by Oakland 4/25/12, sent outright to Triple-A 4/27/12.
  • 1 year/$0.418M (2011). Re-signed by LA Angels 3/1/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Renewed 3/4/10.
  • 1 year/$0.4M (2009). Re-signed 2/25/09. Optioned to Triple-A 3/30/09. Recalled 4/18/09. Optioned 4/25/09. Recalled 5/27/09. Optioned 7/11/09. Recalled 9/1/09.
  • 1 year/$0.391M (2008). Optioned 4/5/08. Recalled 4/25/08. Optioned to Triple-A 4/28/08.
  • 1 year (2007). Contract purchased 9/1/07.
  • Signed 2002 as an amateur free agent from Australia.

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Platoon
SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .250 .321 .375 .264
11 vs R (Multi) .240 .291 .414 .258
18 Split (Multi) .010 .030 -.039 .006
19 LgAvg (Multi) .011 .025 .022 .017
30 vs L (2012) .429 .500 .857 .460
31 vs R (2012) .375 .375 .500 .306
38 Split (2012) .054 .125 .357 .155
39 LgAvg (2012) .009 .024 .021 .017

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  Title Author Date
This article requires BP Premium accessSobsequy: International Feel, Vol. 2Adam Sobsey2013-05-01
This article requires BP Premium accessSobsequy: Notable NL Minor-League Free Agent SigneesAdam Sobsey2013-02-27


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