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Birth Date4-28-1981
Height6' 2"
Weight225 lbs
Age32 years, 0 months, 26 days
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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 MON 23 3 3 9.0 9.0 0.0 1 2 0 0 0 0 51 17 16 16 1 26 7 7 1 10 16.00 4.84 6.09 -0.0 -0.0
2006 WAS 25 6 6 36.7 36.7 0.0 1 3 0 0 4 0 163 43 20 19 2 62 12 10 3 16 4.66 4.17 5.36 1.2 0.2
2007 WAS 26 16 16 97.3 97.3 0.0 4 5 0 0 11 0 399 86 42 37 9 135 25 23 5 65 3.42 3.97 5.06 8.0 0.9
2008 WAS 27 12 12 63.3 63.3 0.0 1 5 0 0 3 0 296 88 47 41 5 132 23 21 1 39 5.83 4.04 4.32 8.9 1.1
2009 SDN 28 3 3 12.0 12.0 0.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 56 15 7 7 1 23 3 3 1 7 5.25 3.97 4.00 0.8 0.1
2010 TOR 29 4 4 20.7 20.7 0.0 1 2 0 0 0 0 91 24 8 6 1 31 4 4 1 14 2.61 3.05 3.39 5.1 0.5
2012 TOR 31 1 0 3.0 0.0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0.00 5.05 7.68 -0.5 -0.1
Career4544242.0239.03.01018001801067273140126194097670121514.693.994.7623.52.8

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 GS IP FRA FRA+ TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP PPF PVORP PWARP VORP WARP
2001 VER A- 7 7 35.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.710 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 CLN A 25 25 146.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 BRV A+ 22 21 126.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .274 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 HAR AA 4 4 20.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .324 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 MON MLB 3 3 9.0 6.09 66 .380 .278 .347 .433 .267 .500 97 0.1 0.0 -0.0 -0.0
2004 HAR AA 17 17 87.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .312 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 WAS MLB 6 6 36.7 5.36 84 .273 .284 .362 .471 .281 .315 95 0.6 0.1 1.2 0.2
2006 HAR AA 10 10 50.0 3.75 120 .223 .260 .329 .394 .259 .275 108 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 NWO AAA 1 1 5.1 5.23 105 .249 .287 .347 .425 .259 .316 123 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 WAS MLB 16 16 97.3 5.06 90 .232 .282 .353 .471 .278 .261 96 4.5 0.4 8.0 0.9
2007 POT A+ 2 2 7.0 4.42 124 .118 .266 .328 .386 .253 .150 107 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 COH AAA 1 1 5.0 4.63 101 .134 .265 .321 .395 .260 .222 104 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 WAS MLB 12 12 63.3 4.32 103 .312 .275 .341 .443 .273 .364 96 7.6 0.8 8.9 1.1
2008 POT A+ 1 1 5.0 2.60 143 .161 .264 .350 .448 .282 .286 97 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 COH AAA 1 1 6.0 5.58 87 .299 .267 .333 .420 .254 .333 103 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 SDN MLB 3 3 12.0 4.00 100 .309 .272 .337 .437 .268 .318 89 1.3 0.1 0.8 0.1
2010 TOR MLB 4 4 20.7 3.39 128 .258 .272 .328 .404 .262 .324 106 5.1 0.5 5.1 0.5
2010 DUN A+ 1 1 6.0 3.07 130 .252 .247 .318 .339 .237 .350 108 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 NHP AA 1 1 7.0 3.94 120 .101 .000 .000 .000 .000 .150 108 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 LVG AAA 5 5 21.0 5.46 88 .222 .281 .345 .420 .266 .219 94 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 BLJ Rk 4 4 22.0 3.80 105 .179 .252 .299 .358 .254 .286 94 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 TOR MLB 1 0 3.0 7.68 39 .137 .285 .342 .447 .278 .000 108 -0.5 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1
2012 LVG AAA 15 15 89.7 6.86 83 .251 .290 .357 .450 .273 .340 104 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 CAN int 1 1 5.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .154 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 TOL AAA 10 10 60.3 5.56 76 .290 .261 .339 .394 .261 .324 93 -2.9 -0.3 -2.9 -0.3
2013 CAN int 1 1 2.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB44242.04.7695.273.279.347.454.275.3149618.61.923.52.8

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 VER A- 2 2 0 7 7 35.7 22 8 23 0 0% -.710 5.5 2.0 0.0 5.8 0.84 2.27 0.0 0.0
2002 CLN A 12 7 0 25 25 146.7 149 35 99 7 0% .300 9.1 2.1 0.4 6.1 1.25 3.44 0.0 0.0
2003 HAR AA 3 1 0 4 4 20.3 23 11 12 0 0% .324 10.2 4.9 0.0 5.3 1.67 3.55 0.0 0.0
2003 BRV A+ 9 4 0 22 21 126.7 118 26 66 3 0% .274 8.4 1.8 0.2 4.7 1.14 2.56 0.0 0.0
2004 HAR AA 5 7 0 17 17 87.7 90 20 53 4 0% .312 9.2 2.1 0.4 5.4 1.25 3.39 0.0 0.0
2004 MON MLB 1 2 0 3 3 9.0 17 7 10 1 36% .500 17.0 7.0 1.0 10.0 2.67 16.00 -0.0 -0.0
2006 NWO AAA 0 0 0 1 1 5.1 6 2 2 0 84% .316 10.6 3.5 0.0 3.5 1.57 3.53 0.0 0.0
2006 HAR AA 3 3 0 10 10 50.0 46 5 32 2 63% .275 8.3 0.9 0.4 5.8 1.02 2.70 0.0 0.0
2006 WAS MLB 1 3 0 6 6 36.7 43 12 16 2 51% .315 10.6 2.9 0.5 3.9 1.50 4.66 1.2 0.2
2007 COH AAA 0 1 0 1 1 5.0 4 0 0 0 72% .222 7.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.80 1.80 0.0 0.0
2007 POT A+ 0 0 0 2 2 7.0 3 1 4 0 70% .150 3.9 1.3 0.0 5.1 0.57 1.29 0.0 0.0
2007 WAS MLB 4 5 0 16 16 97.3 86 25 65 9 56% .261 8.0 2.3 0.8 6.0 1.14 3.42 8.0 0.9
2008 COH AAA 0 1 0 1 1 6.0 9 0 2 1 52% .333 13.5 0.0 1.5 3.0 1.50 7.50 0.0 0.0
2008 POT A+ 1 0 0 1 1 5.0 4 1 4 0 79% .286 7.2 1.8 0.0 7.2 1.00 0.00 0.0 0.0
2008 WAS MLB 1 5 0 12 12 63.3 88 23 39 5 49% .364 12.5 3.3 0.7 5.5 1.75 5.83 8.9 1.1
2009 SDN MLB 1 1 0 3 3 12.0 15 3 7 1 33% .318 11.2 2.2 0.8 5.2 1.50 5.25 0.8 0.1
2010 BLJ Rk 3 0 0 4 4 22.0 18 1 21 0 60% .286 7.4 0.4 0.0 8.6 0.86 0.41 0.0 0.0
2010 LVG AAA 2 2 0 5 5 21.0 16 5 9 2 47% .219 6.9 2.1 0.9 3.9 1.00 3.00 0.0 0.0
2010 NHP AA 1 0 0 1 1 7.0 3 2 4 0 0% .150 3.9 2.6 0.0 5.1 0.71 0.00 0.0 0.0
2010 DUN A+ 0 0 0 1 1 6.0 7 0 5 0 55% .350 10.5 0.0 0.0 7.5 1.17 3.00 0.0 0.0
2010 TOR MLB 1 2 0 4 4 20.7 24 4 14 1 50% .324 10.5 1.7 0.4 6.1 1.35 2.61 5.1 0.5
2012 TOR MLB 1 0 0 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 89% .000 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.67 0.00 -0.5 -0.1
2012 CAN int 1 0 0 1 1 5.7 3 0 7 1 0% .154 4.8 0.0 1.6 11.1 0.53 1.59 0.0 0.0
2012 LVG AAA 9 2 0 15 15 89.7 115 22 52 10 53% .340 11.5 2.2 1.0 5.2 1.53 4.52 0.0 0.0
2013 CAN int 0 1 0 1 1 2.7 2 1 0 0 0% .200 6.8 3.4 0.0 0.0 1.12 6.75 0.0 0.0
2013 TOL AAA 0 4 0 10 10 60.3 73 13 37 7 58% .324 10.9 1.9 1.0 5.5 1.43 4.92 -2.9 -0.3

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2010-08-26 2010-09-04 Minors 9 0 Not Disclosed -
2009-04-26 2009-10-05 60-DL 162 145 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2009-06-30
2009-03-05 2009-03-16 Camp 11 0 Right Forearm Inflammation -
2008-06-25 2008-09-29 15-DL 96 82 Right Elbow Surgery Bone Spurs 2008-09-05
2008-03-20 2008-04-19 15-DL 30 17 Right Forearm Strain -
2007-10-11 2007-10-11 Off 0 0 Left Shoulder Surgery Partial Tear of Labrum 2007-10-11
2007-09-22 2007-10-01 DTD 9 8 Right Elbow Surgery Debridement 2007-09-26
2007-05-12 2007-08-14 60-DL 94 83 Right Elbow Inflammation Tendinitis -
2007-04-26 2007-04-26 DTD 0 0 Left Shoulder Strain -
2006-06-29 2006-10-01 60-DL 94 82 Right Elbow Soreness -
2005-03-24 2005-09-05 Minors 165 0 Right Elbow Recovery From Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2004-09-16
2004-09-16 2004-10-04 DTD 18 0 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2004-09-16

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2009 SDN $500,000
2008 WAS $402,000
2007 WAS $380,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$1,282,000
3 yrTotal$1,282,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 18 d1 year (2013)

Details
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by Detroit as a free agent 10/24/12 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Toronto as a free agent 6/18/12 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Toronto 9/24/12. Sent outright to Triple-A by Toronto 10/4/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Signed by Florida as a free agent 1/31/11 (minor-league contract). $0.6M salary in majors. Released by Florida 4/2/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Signed by Toronto as a free agent 1/22/10 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Toronto 9/8/10. Released by Toronto 11/15/10.
  • 1 year/$0.775M (2009). Won in arbitration with Washington 2/7/09 ($0.775M-$0.5M). Released by Washington 3/18/09 (due 30 days’ pay, $127,049). Signed by San Diego as a free agent 3/23/09 (minor-league contract, $0.5M in majors). Released by San Diego 10/9/09.
  • 1 year/$0.402M (2008). Re-signed by Washington 1/25/08.
  • 1 year/$0.38M (2007). Re-signed by Washington 1/07.
  • 1 year (2006). Re-signed by Washington 2/06 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Washington 5/06.
  • 2005: Injured, did not play
  • 1 year (2004). Re-signed by Montreal 2/04. Sent outright to Triple-A 11/04.
  • Drafted by Montreal 2000 (6-165) (Bishop Paul Francis Reding SS, Milton, Ontario). $0.115M signing bonus.

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Platoon
SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .261 .330 .394 .286
11 vs R (Multi) .241 .298 .329 .223
18 Split (Multi) .020 .033 .065 .063
19 LgAvg (Multi) .011 .025 .022 .017
30 vs L (2012) .000 .200 .000 .181
31 vs R (2012) .000 .167 .000 .101
38 Split (2012) .000 .033 .000 .080
39 LgAvg (2012) .009 .024 .021 .017

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Transaction Analysis: The Mess in the WestChristina Kahrl2009-04-30
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UTK Wrap: Eastern PromisesWill Carroll2008-08-29
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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2009-04-06 13:00:0019 team league 5by5 waiver pickup: Shawn Hill or Daniel Cabrera?
(Ryan from NY)		Hill. I have him myself. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-10-17 13:00:00Has there ever been a healthy Canadian pitcher? I'm looking at Harden, Gagne, Dempster, Bedard, Jeff Zimmerman, Loewen, Shawn Hill, Scott Mathieson. About the only counterpoint would be Paul Quantrill. Maybe the Mariners should be dealing Aumont before it's too late.
(paulbellows from Calgary)		There's something here and I'd question a lot of northern pitchers as well. If a pitcher does not throw enough when the growth plates are open, he won't get the proper humeral retroversion. Without it, he can't pitch at a major league level. My guess is that it's harder to get enough throwing done when it's cold, but there's a lot of research being done on this now. (Will Carroll)
2008-04-29 14:00:00other pitchers availible are, Dontrelle Willis,Ted Lilly,Francisco Liriano, Tom Gorzelanny, Ubaldo Jiménez, Jarrod Washburn, Jeff Suppan, Jamie Moyer, Shawn Chacón, Shawn Hill, Kevin Millwood, Andy Sonnanstine, See anything in there you like better the Hughes?
(dogtothedog from Toronto)		Sonnanstine's intriguing. Lilly's using the wrong pitches, from what I can tell. I like Gorzelanny, but I'd like him more if he'd stop hurting my own team's numbers. I'd take Sonnanstine for now, honestly. Phil Hughes is all kinds of messed up at the moment.

Sonnanstine's using a cutter more this year, probably to offset the number of fastballs in the zone hitters knew were coming in '07. It hasn't helped his strikeout rate, but he's lowered the number of base hits he's allowing. That's a tough crowd of FA, I'll give you that... (Marc Normandin)
2008-03-17 12:00:00Is it ever a good idea to just pack it in from day 1 and start building for next year? In my (very competitive) NL-only standard 5x5 keeper, I had a terrible, terrible auction. I had a full $30 leftover, my best starting pitcher is probably Shawn Hill, my only hitters of note are D. Lee, Zimmerman, and Franceour, and 4 of my 6 outfield+util spots are guys who probably won't start (Rajai Davis, Nyjer Morgan, Felix Pie, and Elijah Dukes). Oh, and the closest thing I have to a closer is either Bob Howry or Tony Pena. If you were me, would you take up the challenge of trying to compete this year through trades and fa, or just shoot for '09?
(Ameer from Bloomington, IN)		Ameer,

I could never pack it in on the first day or first half in a season. One time I got done in by dial up in a crappy hotel room in Florida for a draft. Honestly part of the fun was digging my way out of the mess the auto pick dealt me. Give it the first half and embrace the challenge. After the first half is over then evaluate and decide if it's time to look to 09'. (Mike Siano)
2008-02-19 13:00:00Hi Will, Thanks for the chat. How likely is it that Cole Hamels stays healthy this year? How about Shawn Hill?
(Dave from California)		Worried about both. (Will Carroll)
2008-01-17 14:00:00Other than Tyler Clippard, the Nationals have not added any starting pitchers this off-season. With an additional year on the youngsters, do you think the Nats starting pitchers will be better or worse than last year?
(Kevin from Fairfax VA)		I expect Tim Redding to take a beating with the reality stick, but if they get more than 40 starts combined out of John Patterson and Shawn Hill, this will definitely be a better unit than last year's. (Christina Kahrl)


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