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Bob Wickman Indians

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG TAv WARP
15 2 .000 .000 .000 -.001 11.8
Birth Date2-6-1969
Height6' 1"
Weight240 lbs
BatsR
ThrowsR

Standard

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB BB SO HBP SF SH RBI SB CS AVG OBP SLG TAv VORP FRAA WARP
1992 NYA 23 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.7 0.4
1993 NYA 24 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -1.0 -0.3
1994 NYA 25 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.1 1.4
1995 NYA 26 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.8 0.4
1996 MIL 27 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.2 -0.2
1996 NYA 27 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 4.0 1.1
1997 MIL 28 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.4 1.0
1998 MIL 29 72 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -.002 5.7 0.1 0.6
1999 MIL 30 71 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -.001 4.9 2.0 0.6
2000 CLE 31 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.1 0.3
2000 MIL 31 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1.2 1.0
2001 CLE 32 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.2 1.7
2002 CLE 33 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.3 0.9
2004 CLE 35 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.1 0.4
2005 CLE 36 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -1.0 0.6
2006 ATL 37 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.2 0.9
2006 CLE 37 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.4 0.4
2007 ARI 38 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.3 0.1
2007 ATL 38 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.7 0.6
Career8352200000000000000.000.000.000-.00110.65.111.8

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 PA TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ FRAA BRR BVORP BWARP VORP WARP
1992 NYA MLB 8 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
1993 NYA MLB 41 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.3
1994 NYA MLB 53 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4
1995 NYA MLB 63 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
1996 MIL MLB 12 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2
1996 NYA MLB 58 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1
1997 MIL MLB 74 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
1998 MIL MLB 72 1 -.002 .375 .450 .562 .000 .000 96 -0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.6 -0.0 5.7 0.6
1999 MIL MLB 71 1 -.001 .279 .364 .433 .000 .000 97 -0.3 0.0 0.2 2.0 0.0 0.7 0.2 4.9 0.6
2000 CLE MLB 26 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
2000 MIL MLB 43 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
2001 CLE MLB 70 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7
2002 CLE MLB 36 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9
2004 CLE MLB 30 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
2005 CLE MLB 64 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6
2006 ATL MLB 28 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9
2006 CLE MLB 29 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
2007 ARI MLB 8 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
2007 ATL MLB 49 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6
CareerMLB2-.001.327.407.498.297.00096-0.60.00.35.20.00.10.210.61.2

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO TAv VORP FRAA WARP
1992 NYA MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.7 0.4
1993 NYA MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -1.0 -0.3
1994 NYA MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.1 1.4
1995 NYA MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.8 0.4
1996 MIL MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.2 -0.2
1996 NYA MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 4.0 1.1
1997 MIL MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.4 1.0
1998 MIL MLB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.002 5.7 0.1 0.6
1999 MIL MLB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.001 4.9 2.0 0.6
2000 CLE MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.1 0.3
2000 MIL MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1.2 1.0
2001 CLE MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.2 1.7
2002 CLE MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.3 0.9
2004 CLE MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.1 0.4
2005 CLE MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -1.0 0.6
2006 ATL MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.2 0.9
2006 CLE MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.4 0.4
2007 ARI MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.3 0.1
2007 ATL MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.7 0.6

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2007-04-30 2007-05-15 15-DL 15 14 Low Back Strain -
2004-04-04 2004-07-06 15-DL 93 81 Right Elbow Sprain UCL Ligament Graft -
2003-03-30 2003-09-28 60-DL 182 161 Right Elbow Recovery From Surgery Tommy John and Common Flexor Tendon 2002-12-09
2002-12-06 2002-12-06 Off 0 0 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John and Common Flexor Tendon 2002-12-09
2002-08-11 2002-09-30 15-DL 50 47 Right Elbow Strain -
2002-07-22 2002-08-10 15-DL 19 16 Right Forearm Strain -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2007 ATL $6,500,000
2006 CLE $5,000,000
2005 CLE $2,750,000
2004 CLE $6,000,000
2003 CLE $6,000,000
2002 CLE $3,400,000
2001 CLE $2,600,000
2000 MIL $2,400,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
8 yrPrevious$34,650,000
8 yrTotal$34,650,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
15 y 43 d

Details
  • signed as a free agent from ATL 9/7/07 released 07
  • designated for assignment 8/24/07
  • signed extension 9/06, 1 year/$6.5M (07)
  • acquired in trade from CLE 7/06 re-signed as a free agent 12/05, 1 year/$5M (06)+$1M bonuses ($0.15M 50 g, $0.25M 55 g, $0.3M each 60, 65 g
  • re-signed as a free agent 11/04, 1 year/$2.75M (05)+$0.75M bonuses
  • club declined 05 option 10/04
  • 3 year/$15.9M (02-04)+$5M 05 club option
  • 02:$3.4M, 03:$6M, 04:$6M, 05:$5M option $0.5M buyout

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2008-03-05 13:00:00Re: Viciously Taunting Fantasy Opponents If someone traded Eric Byrnes at $13 for Bob Wickman at $31 prior to the 2007 season in a 7-keeper NL Only League, that's grounds to make fun of him for the rest of his life, right?
(Ryan from Santa Barbara)		He better have really needed saves, though to be fair, did anyone see Byrnes doing that last year? I think by taunting him, we justify Byrnes season, and I'm not ready to do that. (Marc Normandin)


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