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Birth Date6-5-1983
Height6' 3"
Weight225 lbs
Age29 years, 11 months, 13 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
2009
0.32010
0.42011
-0.52012
0.42013
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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
2006 CIN 23 29 0 27.7 0.0 27.7 2 1 2 1 0 0 123 33 16 13 3 49 9 8 0 23 4.23 3.83 4.49 4.4 0.4
2006 WAS 23 19 0 23.0 0.0 23.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 100 24 11 10 2 36 9 7 1 16 3.91 4.15 3.88 3.5 0.3
2007 CIN 24 19 0 14.3 0.0 14.3 3 3 1 1 0 0 63 16 10 10 1 26 5 4 0 14 6.28 3.18 4.15 2.5 0.3
2008 CIN 25 63 0 47.0 0.0 47.0 2 2 0 7 0 0 215 50 19 15 4 79 24 19 1 54 2.87 3.51 2.82 10.5 1.1
2010 CIN 27 35 0 28.3 0.0 28.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 117 21 13 13 4 38 10 9 0 30 4.13 3.88 4.20 2.8 0.3
2011 CIN 28 79 0 48.3 0.0 48.3 5 3 0 6 0 0 196 35 16 16 3 57 17 14 2 44 2.98 3.16 3.92 3.7 0.4
2012 CIN 29 14 0 8.7 0.0 8.7 0 0 0 3 0 0 43 6 5 5 2 14 14 14 0 7 5.19 9.37 10.88 -4.4 -0.5
Career2580197.30.0197.3131231800857185908219299887541883.743.834.0223.22.3

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
2004 BRV A+ 6 0 7.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .346 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 jav Wnt 9 0 16.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.952 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 POT A+ 8 0 12.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.318 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 HAR AA 3 0 5.7 1.86 161 .280 .270 .334 .408 .258 .474 105 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 NWO AAA 23 0 21.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.513 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 CIN MLB 29 0 27.7 4.49 111 .265 .279 .346 .463 .271 .341 103 4.4 0.4 4.4 0.4
2006 WAS MLB 19 0 23.0 3.88 116 .270 .284 .358 .466 .276 .306 94 3.6 0.4 3.5 0.3
2006 NWO AAA 21 0 31.2 4.42 95 .251 .271 .342 .420 .270 .300 94 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 CIN MLB 19 0 14.3 4.15 115 .262 .278 .343 .461 .276 .349 102 2.5 0.3 2.5 0.3
2007 SAR A+ 2 0 2.0 4.06 130 .051 .256 .315 .392 .253 .000 106 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 LOU AAA 18 0 19.0 1.87 160 .239 .266 .338 .408 .258 .375 103 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 CIN MLB 63 0 47.0 2.82 140 .278 .277 .351 .448 .277 .348 101 10.5 1.1 10.5 1.1
2008 LOU AAA 9 0 9.0 4.50 107 .218 .271 .345 .430 .268 .294 100 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 LOU AAA 3 0 5.0 1.63 167 .109 .264 .333 .415 .256 .182 107 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 CIN MLB 35 0 28.3 4.20 110 .227 .269 .344 .440 .275 .233 106 2.8 0.3 2.8 0.3
2010 LYN A+ 4 0 4.7 2.21 150 .145 .267 .354 .426 .278 .143 100 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 LOU AAA 6 0 5.7 -0.49 212 .112 .267 .354 .442 .272 .167 92 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 CIN MLB 79 0 48.3 3.92 111 .228 .266 .338 .432 .276 .246 106 3.7 0.4 3.7 0.4
2012 CIN MLB 14 0 8.7 10.88 -35 .359 .266 .335 .423 .272 .200 108 -4.4 -0.5 -4.4 -0.5
2012 DYT A 2 0 2.7 -2.27 249 .000 .270 .343 .403 .266 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 LOU AAA 14 0 12.0 6.63 48 .322 .265 .342 .419 .255 .390 93 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 HAR aax 4 0 4.3 1.76 166 .116 .243 .327 .359 .261 .250 110 1.6 0.2 1.6 0.2
CareerMLB0197.34.02113.259.274.346.448.275.29710323.22.323.12.3

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
2004 BRV A+ 0 2 1 6 0 7.3 9 1 6 0 0% .346 11.1 1.2 0.0 7.4 1.37 4.93 0.0 0.0
2004 jav Wnt 0 0 0 9 0 16.0 21 4 16 1 0% -.952 11.8 2.2 0.6 9.0 1.56 7.31 0.0 0.0
2005 NWO AAA 1 4 2 23 0 21.3 23 9 25 3 0% -.513 9.7 3.8 1.3 10.6 1.50 5.07 0.0 0.0
2005 HAR AA 1 0 1 3 0 5.7 10 1 6 1 50% .474 15.8 1.6 1.6 9.5 1.93 6.32 0.0 0.0
2005 POT A+ 1 0 3 8 0 12.7 8 3 18 1 0% -.318 5.7 2.1 0.7 12.8 0.87 2.13 0.0 0.0
2006 WAS MLB 1 1 0 19 0 23.0 24 9 16 2 50% .306 9.4 3.5 0.8 6.3 1.43 3.91 3.5 0.3
2006 CIN MLB 2 1 2 29 0 27.7 33 9 23 3 41% .341 10.7 2.9 1.0 7.5 1.52 4.23 4.4 0.4
2006 NWO AAA 4 1 5 21 0 31.2 26 9 45 5 41% .300 7.5 2.6 1.4 13.0 1.12 4.04 0.0 0.0
2007 CIN MLB 3 3 1 19 0 14.3 16 5 14 1 43% .349 10.0 3.1 0.6 8.8 1.47 6.28 2.5 0.3
2007 LOU AAA 1 2 0 18 0 19.0 19 6 29 1 49% .375 9.0 2.8 0.5 13.7 1.32 4.26 0.0 0.0
2007 SAR A+ 0 0 0 2 0 2.0 0 1 2 0 33% .000 0.0 4.5 0.0 9.0 0.50 0.00 0.0 0.0
2008 CIN MLB 2 2 0 63 0 47.0 50 24 54 4 39% .348 9.6 4.6 0.8 10.3 1.57 2.87 10.5 1.1
2008 LOU AAA 0 0 1 9 0 9.0 6 5 15 1 33% .294 6.0 5.0 1.0 15.0 1.22 3.00 0.0 0.0
2009 LOU AAA 0 0 0 3 0 5.0 2 1 6 0 55% .182 3.6 1.8 0.0 10.8 0.60 0.00 0.0 0.0
2010 CIN MLB 0 2 0 35 0 28.3 21 10 30 4 39% .233 6.7 3.2 1.3 9.5 1.09 4.13 2.8 0.3
2010 LOU AAA 0 0 1 6 0 5.7 2 1 7 0 25% .167 3.2 1.6 0.0 11.1 0.53 0.00 0.0 0.0
2010 LYN A+ 0 0 0 4 0 4.7 1 2 9 0 43% .143 1.9 3.8 0.0 17.2 0.64 0.00 0.0 0.0
2011 CIN MLB 5 3 0 79 0 48.3 35 17 44 3 34% .246 6.5 3.2 0.6 8.2 1.08 2.98 3.7 0.4
2012 DYT A 1 0 0 2 0 2.7 0 1 4 0 80% .000 0.0 3.4 0.0 13.5 0.38 0.00 0.0 0.0
2012 CIN MLB 0 0 0 14 0 8.7 6 14 7 2 27% .200 6.2 14.5 2.1 7.3 2.31 5.19 -4.4 -0.5
2012 LOU AAA 1 0 0 14 0 12.0 17 12 10 1 43% .390 12.8 9.0 0.8 7.5 2.42 9.00 0.0 0.0
2013 HAR aax 0 0 0 4 0 4.3 2 1 6 0 38% .250 4.2 2.1 0.0 12.5 0.69 0.00 1.6 0.2

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2012-07-31 2012-10-12 15-DL 73 0 - Low Back Strain - -
2012-04-19 2012-06-22 15-DL 64 0 Left Groin Strain - -
2012-03-06 2012-03-26 Camp 20 0 - Groin Strain - -
2010-04-08 2010-06-13 Minors 66 0 Left Elbow Recovery From Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2009-05-19
2009-04-16 2009-09-13 Minors 150 0 Left Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2009-05-19
2009-03-08 2009-03-15 Camp 7 0 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2009-02-17 2009-03-07 Camp 18 0 Left Shoulder Soreness -
2008-02-18 2008-03-12 Camp 23 0 Left Shoulder Soreness -
2008-01-18 2008-01-18 Off 0 0 Abdomen Surgery Appendix 2008-01-18
2007-04-01 2007-07-20 60-DL 110 96 Left Fingers Fracture Index Finger -
2007-03-09 2007-04-01 Camp 23 0 Left Shoulder Soreness -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2013 WAS $
2012 CIN $1,417,500
2011 CIN $645,000
2007 CIN $382,500
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$2,445,000
3 yrTotal$2,445,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
5 y 18 dBobby Witt1 year (2013)

Details
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by Washington as a free agent 12/3/12 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$1.4175M (2012). Re-signed by Cincinnati 1/17/12 (avoided arbitration). Sent outright to Triple-A by Cincinnati 11/12 (refused assignment 11/7/12).
  • 1 year/$0.645M (2011). Re-signed by Cincinnati 1/18/11 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year (2010). Re-signed 3/10.
  • 1 year/$0.42M (2009). Re-signed 2/25/09.
  • 1 year (2008). Re-signed 3/6/08.
  • 1 year/$0.3825M (2007).
  • 1 year (2006). Contract purchased by Washington 6/06. Acquired in trade from Washington 7/06.
  • Drafted 2004 (1-13) (William & Mary). $1.75M signing bonus.

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Platoon

SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .149 .297 .257 .228
11 vs R (Multi) .269 .354 .485 .295
18 Split (Multi) -.121 -.056 -.228 -.067
19 LgAvg (Multi) -.029 -.032 -.065 -.030
30 vs L (2012) .000 .409 .000 .253
31 vs R (2012) .375 .524 .875 .469
38 Split (2012) -.375 -.115 -.875 -.216
39 LgAvg (2012) -.031 -.033 -.073 -.033

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Future Shock Blog: Draft Day Dream CrushingKevin Goldstein2012-06-04
Transaction Analysis: Rollins in the DeepR.J. Anderson2011-12-19
Transaction Analysis: In with the NewBen Lindbergh2011-12-15
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Transaction Analysis: Heroes Take a FallBen Lindbergh2011-05-18
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Transaction Analysis Blog: A's Acquire PurceyR.J. Anderson2011-04-18
Prospectus Hit and Run: NL Bullpen BlowoutJay Jaffe2011-04-05
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Transaction Analysis: Votto's Extension and Being Young in New YorkChristina Kahrl2011-01-18
Prospectus Perspective: The Manager of the Year AwardChristina Kahrl2010-11-18
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One-Hoppers: Front Six LDS RostersChristina Kahrl2010-10-06
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DateRoundtable NameComment
2010-10-06 10:00:002010 Playoffs Day OneI remember when Bill Bray was the cost-effective first-round pick in one of the last Expos draft. I remember him closing out wins for William & Mary's best starter, Chris Ray. (Kevin Goldstein)
2010-10-06 10:00:002010 Playoffs Day OneRemember when Bill Bray and Gary Majewski was a paltry return for Austin Kearns? Those were the days.... (Brandon Warne)
 

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