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Portrait of Chris Rowley

Chris Rowley PTwins

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 28)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date8-14-1990
Height6' 2"
Weight195 lbs
Age33 years, 8 months, 12 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2015
2016
-0.32017
-0.12018
-1.32019
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2017 TOR MLB 6 3 18.7 1 2 0 24 10 11 4 101 11.6 4.8 1.9 5.3 41% .313 1.82 6.35 6.75 125 7.04 149.8 -0.3
2018 TOR MLB 2 0 0.7 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 111 27.0 13.5 13.5 0.0 80% .250 4.50 27.19 40.50 164 12.99 290.1 -0.1
CareerMLB8319.3130261111510212.15.12.35.144%.3091.917.077.911287.24154.7-0.4

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2013 BLJ Rk GCL 9 5 32.7 4 0 0 19 3 39 1 97 5.2 0.8 0.3 10.7 0% .234 0.67 1.74 1.10 69 0.93 20.1
2016 DUN A+ FSL 31 14 123.7 10 3 1 128 30 86 14 110 9.3 2.2 1.0 6.3 51% .299 1.28 4.10 3.49 104 4.62 102.1
2017 TOR MLB AL 6 3 18.7 1 2 0 24 10 11 4 101 11.6 4.8 1.9 5.3 41% .313 1.82 6.35 6.75 125 7.04 149.8
2017 NHP AA EAS 17 5 52.0 3 2 1 33 9 49 4 106 5.7 1.6 0.7 8.5 46% .218 0.81 3.03 1.73 82 2.36 50.3
2017 BUF AAA INT 12 8 64.3 3 5 0 60 17 46 2 99 8.4 2.4 0.3 6.4 47% .291 1.20 3.34 2.66 95 3.71 79.0
2018 TOR MLB AL 2 0 0.7 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 111 27.0 13.5 13.5 0.0 80% .250 4.50 27.19 40.50 164 12.99 290.1
2018 BUF AAA INT 17 17 101.0 5 6 0 98 42 63 11 96 8.7 3.7 1.0 5.6 35% .276 1.39 4.89 3.30 117 5.14 108.6
2018 ROU AAA PCL 7 7 41.7 2 3 0 40 16 33 2 92 8.6 3.5 0.4 7.1 44% .304 1.34 4.00 3.46 102 4.27 90.4
2019 ELP AAA PCL 5 2 16.3 0 0 0 27 9 11 5 119 14.9 5.0 2.8 6.1 32% .386 2.20 8.63 11.02 132 9.41 193.7

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2017 307 0.4560 0.4853 0.7181 0.6929 0.3114 0.7835 0.5962 0.2819
2018 15 0.4000 0.4667 1.0000 0.6667 0.3333 1.0000 1.0000 0.0000
Career3220.45340.48440.73120.69170.31240.79360.61500.2688

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2020 MIN $
2019 SDN $
2018 TEX $
2017 TOR $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 54 d1 year (2020)

Details
  • 1 year (2020). Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 1/29/20 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2019). Signed by San Diego as a free agent 2/28/19 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2018). Contract selected by Toronto 7/14/18. Claimed by Texas off waivers from Toronto 7/23/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Contract selected by Toronto 8/12/17. Sent outright to Triple-A by Toronto 11/20/17.
  • Signed by Toronto 6/25/13 as an amateur free agent (Army).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
90o 0 11.1 0.2 32 18 136.6 126 47 96 22 .258 1.27 4.44 4.69 -21.9 -2.4
80o 0 11.1 0.2 30 18 129.9 128 48 92 22 .270 1.35 4.83 5.1 -26.3 -2.9
70o 0 11.1 0.2 29 17 125.2 129 48 88 22 .279 1.41 5.11 5.4 -29.3 -3.2
60o 0 11.1 0.2 28 16 121.3 129 48 86 22 .286 1.46 5.36 5.66 -31.6 -3.4
50o 0 11.1 0.1 27 16 117.6 130 48 83 22 .293 1.52 5.59 5.91 -33.7 -3.7
40o 0 11.1 0.1 27 15 114.1 130 49 81 23 .300 1.57 5.83 6.16 -35.6 -3.9
30o 0 11.1 0.1 26 15 110.3 130 49 78 23 .307 1.62 6.09 6.43 -37.5 -4.1
20o 0 11.1 0.1 25 14 105.9 131 49 75 23 .316 1.69 6.39 6.76 -39.7 -4.3
10o 0 11 0.1 23 14 100.1 131 49 71 23 .328 1.79 6.82 7.21 -42.1 -4.6
Weighted Mean011.10.12716117.5129488322.2921.515.575.88-33.3-3.6

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Chris Rowley threw 322 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2017 and 2018, including pitches thrown in . In 2018, he relied primarily on his Sinker (86mph), also mixing in a Cutter (83mph), Fourseam Fastball (87mph) and Slider (82mph).