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Hector Ambriz PAstros

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IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
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Birth Date	5-24-1984
Height	6' 2"
Weight	235 lbs

Age	28 years, 11 months, 28 days
Bats	L
Throws	R

: 2009
: -0.12010
: 2011
: 0.42012
: -0.52013
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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	IP	IP-RP	W	L	BS	PA	H	R	ER	HR	TB	BB	UBB	HBP	SO	ERA	FIP	FRA	VORP	WARP
2010	CLE	26	34	48.3	48.3	0	2	0	224	68	31	30	10	115	17	16	1	37	5.59	5.32	5.32	-0.7	-0.1
2012	HOU	28	18	19.3	19.3	1	1	1	83	14	9	9	0	19	11	9	2	22	4.19	2.88	3.02	3.9	0.4
2013	HOU	29	22	20.7	20.7	1	2	2	94	25	17	13	3	40	8	7	0	18	5.66	4.41	5.13	-0.9	-0.1
Career			74	88.3	88.3	2	5	3	401	107	57	52	13	174	36	32	3	77	5.30	4.57	4.81	2.4	0.3

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'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
2006	MSO	Rk	15	4	42.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.283		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	VIS	A+	28	26	150.0	4.71	110	.242	.271	.347	.430	.277	.278	97	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2008	MOB	AA	27	26	152.7	5.97	69	.269	.273	.354	.411	.269	.289	97	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2008	PDD	Wnt	12	0	16.3	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.243		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2009	MOB	AA	5	5	29.0	3.34	126	.164	.261	.338	.400	.271	.243	102	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2009	RNO	AAA	23	22	127.7	4.93	105	.281	.282	.351	.436	.273	.361	113	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2010	CLE	MLB	34	0	48.3	5.32	78	.332	.270	.336	.423	.274	.365	98	-0.7	-0.1	-0.7	-0.1
2010	COH	AAA	7	0	8.0	0.53	190	.214	.261	.327	.428	.257	.474	112	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2012	HOU	MLB	18	0	19.3	3.02	132	.220	.277	.333	.444	.276	.292	103	3.9	0.4	3.9	0.4
2012	COH	AAA	20	1	33.0	5.57	72	.194	.263	.333	.394	.247	.274	78	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2012	OKL	AAA	18	0	24.3	4.42	112	.257	.274	.344	.425	.276	.351	72	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2013	HOU	MLB	22	0	20.7	5.13	81	.308	.267	.336	.443	.287	.338	96	-0.9	-0.1	-0.9	-0.1
Career		MLB		0	88.3	4.79	89	.303	.270	.336	.432	.277	.346	98	2.4	0.3	2.4	0.3

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
2006	MSO	Rk	1	3	3	15	4	42.0	29	11	52	1	0%	.283	6.2	2.4	0.2	11.1	0.95	1.93	0.0	0.0
2007	VIS	A+	10	8	0	28	26	150.0	137	50	133	12	43%	.278	8.2	3.0	0.7	8.0	1.25	4.08	0.0	0.0
2008	PDD	Wnt	1	1	0	12	0	16.3	13	5	20	4	0%	.243	7.2	2.8	2.2	11.0	1.10	2.76	0.0	0.0
2008	MOB	AA	5	13	0	27	26	152.7	155	47	118	22	43%	.289	9.1	2.8	1.3	7.0	1.32	4.89	0.0	0.0
2009	MOB	AA	3	2	0	5	5	29.0	18	6	32	1	48%	.243	5.6	1.9	0.3	9.9	0.83	2.17	0.0	0.0
2009	RNO	AAA	9	9	0	23	22	127.7	164	40	103	12	45%	.361	11.6	2.8	0.8	7.3	1.60	5.57	0.0	0.0
2010	CLE	MLB	0	2	0	34	0	48.3	68	17	37	10	43%	.365	12.7	3.2	1.9	6.9	1.76	5.59	-0.7	-0.1
2010	COH	AAA	0	0	0	7	0	8.0	9	1	15	0	42%	.474	10.1	1.1	0.0	16.9	1.25	1.12	0.0	0.0
2012	COH	AAA	0	1	1	20	1	33.0	29	17	25	3	54%	.274	7.9	4.6	0.8	6.8	1.39	3.55	0.0	0.0
2012	OKL	AAA	1	1	2	18	0	24.3	28	11	18	1	53%	.351	10.4	4.1	0.4	6.7	1.60	3.33	0.0	0.0
2012	HOU	MLB	1	1	0	18	0	19.3	14	11	22	0	52%	.292	6.5	5.1	0.0	10.2	1.29	4.19	3.9	0.4
2013	HOU	MLB	1	2	0	22	0	20.7	25	8	18	3	51%	.338	10.9	3.5	1.3	7.8	1.60	5.66	-0.9	-0.1

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2013-02-13	2013-03-05	Camp	20	0	Right	Ankle	Sprain		-	-
2011-04-01	2011-09-21	Minors	173	0	Right	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2010-10-01	-
2010-09-09	2010-10-04	60-DL	25	22	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2010-10-01
2010-03-27	2010-04-30	15-DL	34	21	Right	Elbow	Recovery From Tendinitis		-
2010-03-10	2010-03-27	Camp	17	0	Right	Elbow	Inflammation	Tendinitis	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2014	HOU	$
2013	HOU	$493,400
2010	CLE	$400,000

Years	Description	Salary
3 yr	Previous	$400,000
2011	Current	$493,400
4 yr	Pvs + Cur	$893,400
4 yr	Total	$893,400

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
1 y 43 d		1 year/$0.4934M (2013)

Details

1 year/$0.4934M (2013). Re-signed by Houston 3/13.
1 year (2012). Re-signed by Cleveland (minor-league contract). Released by Cleveland 6/17/12. Signed by Houston as a free agent 6/19/12 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Houston 8/22/12.
1 year (2011). Injured, did not play.
1 year/$0.4M (2010). Selected by Cleveland from Arizona in Rule 5 draft 12/10/09. Signed by Cleveland 3/10/10.
Drafted by Arizona 2006 (5-147) (UCLA). $0.16M signing bonus.

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Platoon

SORT_FIELD	PLATOON	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv
10	vs L (Multi)	.254	.321	.355	.237
11	vs R (Multi)	.268	.378	.438	.288
18	Split (Multi)	-.014	-.057	-.083	-.051
19	LgAvg (Multi)	.011	.025	.022	.017
30	vs L (2012)	.174	.269	.217	.171
31	vs R (2012)	.222	.364	.311	.244
38	Split (2012)	-.048	-.094	-.094	-.073
39	LgAvg (2012)	.009	.024	.021	.017

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BP Articles

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Title	Author	Date
Overthinking It: Where the Value of Robot Umpires Ends	Ben Lindbergh	2013-05-10
What You Need to Know: Opening Day Madness	Daniel Rathman	2013-04-01
Skewed Left: How to Analyze the Astros' Spending	Zachary Levine	2012-12-20
Minor League Update: Three Rule 5 Draft Picks Most Likely to Succeed	Jason Martinez	2012-12-06
Prospectus Game of the Week: Samardzija's Big Day Out	R.J. Anderson	2012-04-11
Overthinking It: Rule 5 Roulette	Ben Lindbergh	2011-04-07
Transaction Analysis: AL Central Transaction Backfill	Christina Kahrl	2010-11-25
Transaction Analysis: White Sox, Indians	Christina Kahrl	2010-09-29
Transaction Action: A Knack for Getting Knackered	Christina Kahrl	2010-06-01
Transaction Action: Central Preoccupations	Christina Kahrl	2010-05-03
Contractual Matters: Rule 5 Update	Jeff Euston	2010-04-08
BP Unfiltered: Latest Projected Roster Updates 3/31, 12:30 a.m. ET	John Perrotto	2010-04-01
BP Unfiltered: UPDATED AL Projected Opening Day Rosters	John Perrotto	2010-04-01
Transaction Action: Turn of the Screw, AL	Christina Kahrl	2010-03-31
Future Shock: Rule 5 Wrap	Kevin Goldstein	2009-12-11
Future Shock: Diamondbacks Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2008-01-11

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