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Travis Blackley PAstros

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2013 Projections (seasonal age 30) - Rest of Season Projections
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Birth Date11-4-1982
Height6' 3"
Weight205 lbs
Age30 years, 7 months, 14 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
2009
2010
2011
0.62012
-0.02013
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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
2004 SEA 21 6 6 26.0 26.0 0.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 134 35 31 29 9 67 22 22 1 16 10.04 9.08 9.42 -7.2 -0.7
2007 SFN 24 2 2 8.7 8.7 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 10 7 7 2 20 5 5 0 5 7.27 6.75 7.07 -1.4 -0.2
2012 OAK 29 24 15 102.7 79.3 23.3 6 4 0 0 6 0 419 91 47 44 10 146 30 29 3 69 3.86 3.93 4.44 8.0 0.7
2012 SFN 29 4 0 5.0 0.0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 7 6 5 0 11 2 2 0 2 9.00 3.54 5.46 -0.9 -0.1
2013 HOU 30 26 0 23.3 0.0 23.3 0 0 0 1 0 0 101 19 11 11 5 37 15 13 0 21 4.24 5.98 5.80 -2.0 -0.2
Career6223165.7114.051.77701607191621029626281747141135.225.165.63-3.5-0.5

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
2001 EVE A- 14 14 78.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.421 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 SBR A+ 21 20 121.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .313 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 SAN AA 27 27 162.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .262 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 SEA MLB 6 6 26.0 9.42 7 .356 .278 .346 .444 .272 .302 97 -7.2 -0.7 -7.2 -0.7
2004 TAC AAA 19 18 110.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .275 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 SAN AA 25 25 144.2 4.87 64 .305 .277 .355 .434 .289 .278 82 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 TAC AAA 2 2 11.0 7.13 37 .256 .289 .356 .448 .276 .222 97 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 SFN MLB 2 2 8.7 7.07 47 .310 .290 .346 .429 .265 .286 96 -1.2 -0.1 -1.4 -0.2
2007 FRE AAA 28 28 162.3 6.39 54 .264 .286 .354 .449 .273 .287 98 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 LEH AAA 28 21 123.0 6.20 72 .275 .267 .335 .420 .256 .304 101 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 RNO AAA 38 12 111.3 4.94 110 .257 .280 .350 .439 .271 .357 120 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 HER Wnt 2 2 13.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 STO A+ 2 2 5.0 3.90 113 .177 .283 .348 .433 .282 .188 88 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 BUF AAA 4 0 6.3 11.35 -54 .334 .260 .337 .413 .259 .211 99 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 SAC AAA 15 4 35.7 3.85 115 .262 .277 .355 .443 .276 .308 87 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 CHH mex 2 1 5.7 0.00 0 .364 .000 .000 .000 .000 .435 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 HER Wnt 8 8 52.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .271 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 MEL Wnt 8 0 12.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .273 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 OAK MLB 24 15 102.7 4.44 96 .247 .266 .329 .429 .272 .261 96 8.0 0.9 8.0 0.7
2012 SFN MLB 4 0 5.0 5.46 55 .358 .260 .318 .398 .258 .333 87 -0.9 -0.1 -0.9 -0.1
2012 FRE AAA 4 3 23.3 3.42 129 .152 .293 .354 .446 .261 .200 92 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 MEL Wnt 1 0 1.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 HOU MLB 26 0 23.3 5.80 66 .275 .253 .324 .420 .266 .233 100 -2.0 -0.2 -2.0 -0.2
2013 OKL AAA 1 1 2.0 6.53 62 .079 .288 .360 .437 .288 .000 95 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
CareerMLB23165.75.5773.280.268.332.429.271.26996-3.0-0.3-3.2-0.5

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
2001 EVE A- 6 1 0 14 14 78.7 60 29 90 7 0% -.421 6.9 3.3 0.8 10.3 1.13 3.32 0.0 0.0
2002 SBR A+ 5 9 0 21 20 121.3 102 44 152 11 0% .313 7.6 3.3 0.8 11.3 1.20 3.49 0.0 0.0
2003 SAN AA 17 3 0 27 27 162.3 125 62 144 11 0% .262 6.9 3.4 0.6 8.0 1.15 2.61 0.0 0.0
2004 TAC AAA 8 6 0 19 18 110.3 100 47 80 14 0% .275 8.2 3.8 1.1 6.5 1.33 3.83 0.0 0.0
2004 SEA MLB 1 3 0 6 6 26.0 35 22 16 9 33% .302 12.1 7.6 3.1 5.5 2.19 10.04 -7.2 -0.7
2006 TAC AAA 1 1 0 2 2 11.0 10 5 5 2 34% .222 8.2 4.1 1.6 4.1 1.36 4.09 0.0 0.0
2006 SAN AA 8 11 0 25 25 144.2 139 45 100 18 39% .278 8.7 2.8 1.1 6.2 1.28 4.06 0.0 0.0
2007 FRE AAA 10 8 0 28 28 162.3 156 68 121 21 41% .287 8.7 3.8 1.2 6.7 1.38 4.66 0.0 0.0
2007 SFN MLB 0 0 0 2 2 8.7 10 5 5 2 47% .286 10.4 5.2 2.1 5.2 1.73 7.27 -1.4 -0.2
2008 LEH AAA 5 10 0 28 21 123.0 132 59 87 15 42% .304 9.7 4.3 1.1 6.4 1.55 5.41 0.0 0.0
2009 RNO AAA 4 7 3 38 12 111.3 133 38 101 11 50% .357 10.8 3.1 0.9 8.2 1.54 4.85 0.0 0.0
2009 HER Wnt 1 0 0 2 2 13.0 13 0 5 2 0% .250 9.0 0.0 1.4 3.5 1.00 2.77 0.0 0.0
2010 BUF AAA 0 0 0 4 0 6.3 6 7 4 2 48% .211 8.6 10.0 2.9 5.7 2.06 8.57 0.0 0.0
2010 SAC AAA 2 1 0 15 4 35.7 31 22 35 2 39% .308 7.8 5.5 0.5 8.8 1.48 2.52 0.0 0.0
2010 STO A+ 0 0 0 2 2 5.0 3 0 2 0 38% .188 5.4 0.0 0.0 3.6 0.60 1.80 0.0 0.0
2010 HER Wnt 4 1 0 8 8 52.3 43 15 44 4 0% .271 7.4 2.6 0.7 7.6 1.11 2.07 0.0 0.0
2010 CHH mex 0 1 0 2 1 5.7 10 5 4 0 0% .435 15.8 7.9 0.0 6.3 2.63 15.79 0.0 0.0
2011 MEL Wnt 1 0 1 8 0 12.7 9 7 18 3 0% .273 6.4 5.0 2.1 12.8 1.26 3.55 0.0 0.0
2012 OAK MLB 6 4 0 24 15 102.7 91 30 69 10 48% .261 8.0 2.6 0.9 6.0 1.18 3.86 8.0 0.7
2012 SFN MLB 0 0 0 4 0 5.0 7 2 2 0 52% .333 12.6 3.6 0.0 3.6 1.80 9.00 -0.9 -0.1
2012 MEL Wnt 0 0 0 1 0 1.3 0 0 1 0 0% .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.8 0.00 0.00 0.0 0.0
2012 FRE AAA 3 0 1 4 3 23.3 13 3 19 1 56% .200 5.0 1.2 0.4 7.3 0.69 0.39 0.0 0.0
2013 OKL AAA 0 0 0 1 1 2.0 0 0 1 0 60% .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.00 4.50 0.1 0.0
2013 HOU MLB 0 0 0 26 0 23.3 19 15 21 5 48% .233 7.3 5.8 1.9 8.1 1.46 4.24 -2.0 -0.2

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2013-04-05 2013-04-20 15-DL 15 13 Left Shoulder Strain - -
2012-07-02 2012-07-07 DTD 5 4 - Low Back Stiffness - -
2010-06-16 2010-08-18 Minors 63 0 Left Elbow Bone Spurs -
2008-04-28 2008-05-19 Minors 21 0 - - - -
2005-04-04 2005-10-03 60-DL 182 162 Left Shoulder Recovery From Surgery Labrum - Two Tears 2005-02-08
2005-02-08 2005-02-08 Minors 0 0 Left Shoulder Surgery Labrum - Two Tears 2005-02-08 -
2004-08-25 2004-09-01 Minors 7 0 Left Shoulder Inflammation Tendonitis - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2014 HOU $
2013 HOU $
2005 NYN $316,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$316,000
2 yrTotal$316,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 26 d1 year/$0.55M (2013)

Details
  • 1 year/$0.55M (2013). Re-signed by Oakland 3/13. Acquired by Houston in trade 4/4/13 after being DFA by Oakland 3/29/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by San Francisco as a free agent 2/16/12 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by San Francisco 5/1/12. DFA by San Francisco 5/13/12. Claimed by Oakland off waivers from San Francisco 5/15/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Re-signed by Oakland as a free agent 11/5/10 (minor-league contract). Released by Oakland 12/20/10. Signed for 2011 with Kia Tigers of Korea.
  • 1 year (2010). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 2/10 (minor-league contract). Released by NY Mets 5/2/10. Signed by Oakland as a free agent 5/13/10 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$0.405M (2009). Signed by Arizona as a free agent 12/20/08 (split contract, $0.105M in minors). Sent outright to Triple-A by Arizona 4/1/09.
  • 1 year (2008). Selected by Philadelphia from San Francisco in Rule 5 draft 12/6/07. DFA by Philadelphia 3/26/08, sent outright to Triple-A 3/27/08.
  • 1 year (2007). Re-signed by Seattle 3/07. Acquired by San Francisco in trade from Seattle 4/07. Sent outright to Triple-A by San Francisco 10/10/07.
  • 1 year (2006). Re-signed by Seattle 2/06.
  • 1 year/$0.316M (2005). Re-signed by Seattle.
  • 1 year (2004). Contract purchased by Seattle 7/04.
  • Signed by Seattle 2000 as an amateur free agent from Australia.

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Platoon

SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .241 .276 .353 .230
11 vs R (Multi) .241 .309 .405 .263
18 Split (Multi) .000 -.032 -.052 -.033
19 LgAvg (Multi) -.029 -.032 -.065 -.030
30 vs L (2012) .241 .276 .353 .231
31 vs R (2012) .240 .308 .404 .263
38 Split (2012) .001 -.032 -.051 -.032
39 LgAvg (2012) -.031 -.033 -.073 -.033

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This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: Ike ConqueredR.J. Anderson2013-06-10
This article requires BP Premium accessDaily Roundup: Around the League: April 21, 2013Clint Chisam2013-04-21
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Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 7, 2013Joe Hamrahi2013-04-07
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 7, 2013Clint Chisam2013-04-07
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 5, 2013Clint Chisam2013-04-05
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 5, 2013Joe Hamrahi2013-04-05
Western Front: Even Writers Need Spring TrainingGeoff Young2013-02-26
This article requires BP Premium accessRumor Roundup: Tuesday, January 29Daniel Rathman2013-01-29
This article requires BP Premium accessWestern Front: Surprise, You Won 90 GamesGeoff Young2012-11-20
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What You Need to Know: Wednesday, October 3Daniel Rathman2012-10-03
What You Need to Know: Tuesday, October 2Daniel Rathman2012-10-02
Pebble Hunting: The Increasingly Optimistic Outlook for Pitching ProspectsSam Miller2012-09-28
The Lineup Card: Nine Awards that Should Be Given OutBaseball Prospectus2012-09-26
What You Need to Know: Friday, September 21Daniel Rathman2012-09-21
This article requires BP Premium accessPainting the Black: Attention Hollywood: The A's Bullpen Is Pretty InterestingR.J. Anderson2012-09-20
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