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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
19 511 1777.7 115 87 3 4.49 22.6
Birth Date7-7-1966
Height6' 4"
Weight255 lbs
Age57 years, 9 months, 18 days
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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.
Multiple stints are are currently shown —Click to hide.
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
1990 SEA MLB 6 0 8.0 0 0 0 8 2 4 0 104 9.0 2.3 0.0 4.5 0% .286 1.25 2.92 4.50 91 3.83 89.2 0.1
1991 SEA MLB 22 2 36.7 2 2 1 34 14 16 6 99 8.3 3.4 1.5 3.9 0% .239 1.31 5.30 3.68 126 6.50 150.5 -0.6
1992 SFN MLB 23 11 70.7 2 7 0 80 31 47 4 99 10.2 3.9 0.5 6.0 0% .325 1.57 3.58 4.97 105 3.93 95.3 0.8
1993 SFN MLB 54 5 95.3 10 3 0 95 37 88 14 96 9.0 3.5 1.3 8.3 0% .305 1.38 4.29 4.25 90 3.14 67.8 2.4
1994 SFN MLB 57 0 74.0 3 6 0 59 45 84 5 95 7.2 5.5 0.6 10.2 0% .297 1.41 3.73 4.38 93 3.47 70.0 1.7
1995 CIN 0 15 9 63.3 6 2 0 52 26 50 4 105 7.4 3.7 0.6 7.1 0% .267 1.23 3.54 3.27 91 3.57 73.2 1.4
1995 SFN 0 37 0 43.3 4 2 0 38 25 46 5 99 7.9 5.2 1.0 9.6 0% .287 1.45 4.17 4.98 94 3.79 77.5 0.9
1996 CIN MLB 34 33 195.0 11 13 0 179 97 148 18 102 8.3 4.5 0.8 6.8 0% .276 1.42 4.29 3.83 102 4.69 92.6 2.9
1997 CIN MLB 30 27 160.0 11 10 0 157 73 131 22 103 8.8 4.1 1.2 7.4 0% .287 1.44 4.76 4.73 99 4.23 87.9 2.8
1998 CLE MLB 32 31 203.7 15 10 0 210 69 132 30 103 9.3 3.0 1.3 5.8 0% .285 1.37 4.96 4.11 108 5.62 116.4 0.6
1999 CLE MLB 34 34 220.0 15 9 0 211 96 174 30 105 8.6 3.9 1.2 7.1 0% .286 1.40 4.80 4.25 103 5.12 99.5 2.8
2000 CLE MLB 32 32 191.3 16 6 0 199 91 180 19 92 9.4 4.3 0.9 8.5 0% .324 1.52 4.08 4.47 87 4.13 79.5 4.4
2001 CLE MLB 32 27 150.7 10 10 0 188 54 118 16 102 11.2 3.2 1.0 7.0 0% .349 1.61 4.04 6.21 95 4.33 89.8 2.4
2002 CLE 0 12 3 34.0 1 0 0 30 17 25 3 98 7.9 4.5 0.8 6.6 0% .270 1.38 4.40 4.50 107 4.47 96.0 0.4
2002 TEX 0 23 18 111.3 4 5 0 125 40 70 13 107 10.1 3.2 1.1 5.7 0% .304 1.48 4.58 5.42 114 6.48 139.0 -1.1
2003 MIL MLB 17 2 43.3 1 1 0 42 19 35 5 104 8.7 3.9 1.0 7.3 0% .285 1.41 4.45 3.53 103 4.73 99.2 0.3
2004 MIL 0 45 0 70.7 3 1 2 63 24 47 6 92 8.0 3.1 0.8 6.0 0% .259 1.23 3.82 4.08 107 5.18 106.8 0.3
2004 SFN 0 6 0 6.3 1 0 0 7 2 3 1 100 9.9 2.8 1.4 4.3 0% .286 1.42 5.00 5.68 87 3.63 74.9 0.1
1995 TOT MLB 52 9 106.7 10 4 0 90 51 96 9 102 7.6 4.3 0.8 8.1 0% .000 1.32 3.79 3.97 92 3.66 74.9 2.3
2002 TOT MLB 35 21 145.3 5 5 0 155 57 95 16 105 9.6 3.5 1.0 5.9 0% .000 1.46 4.54 5.20 112 6.01 129.0 -0.7
2004 TOT MLB 51 0 77.0 4 1 2 70 26 50 7 92 8.2 3.0 0.8 5.8 0% .000 1.25 3.92 4.21 105 5.05 104.2 0.4
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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.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
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-
1987 BLN A- NWN 5 5 23.3 3 1 0 20 3 24 0 7.7 1.2 0.0 9.3 0% .000 0.99 2.04 1.93 0 0.00 0.0
1987 SLN A+ CLF 9 9 54.7 1 6 0 53 29 46 3 8.7 4.8 0.5 7.6 0% .000 1.50 3.79 4.61 0 0.00 0.0
1988 SBR A+ CLF 20 20 114.0 5 7 0 106 54 102 4 8.4 4.3 0.3 8.1 0% .000 1.40 3.18 2.68 0 0.00 0.0
1989 WPT AA EAS 25 25 156.7 11 7 0 138 55 89 7 7.9 3.2 0.4 5.1 0% .000 1.23 3.27 3.16 0 0.00 0.0
1990 SEA MLB AL 6 0 8.0 0 0 0 8 2 4 0 104 9.0 2.3 0.0 4.5 0% .286 1.25 2.92 4.50 91 3.83 89.2
1990 CLG AAA PCL 31 18 113.7 10 6 2 124 45 47 11 9.8 3.6 0.9 3.7 0% .000 1.49 5.18 4.67 0 0.00 0.0
1991 SEA MLB AL 22 2 36.7 2 2 1 34 14 16 6 99 8.3 3.4 1.5 3.9 0% .239 1.31 5.30 3.68 126 6.50 150.5
1991 CLG AAA PCL 23 9 71.3 6 4 4 82 27 42 4 10.4 3.4 0.5 5.3 0% .000 1.53 4.21 3.53 0 0.00 0.0
1992 SFN MLB NL 23 11 70.7 2 7 0 80 31 47 4 99 10.2 3.9 0.5 6.0 0% .325 1.57 3.58 4.97 105 3.93 95.3
1992 PHX AAA PCL 13 13 74.3 5 5 0 86 24 44 5 10.4 2.9 0.6 5.3 0% .000 1.48 4.16 4.72 0 0.00 0.0
1993 SFN MLB NL 54 5 95.3 10 3 0 95 37 88 14 96 9.0 3.5 1.3 8.3 0% .305 1.38 4.29 4.25 90 3.14 67.8
1994 SFN MLB NL 57 0 74.0 3 6 0 59 45 84 5 95 7.2 5.5 0.6 10.2 0% .297 1.41 3.73 4.38 93 3.47 70.0
1995 CIN MLB NL 15 9 63.3 6 2 0 52 26 50 4 105 7.4 3.7 0.6 7.1 0% .267 1.23 3.54 3.27 91 3.57 73.2
1995 SFN MLB NL 37 0 43.3 4 2 0 38 25 46 5 99 7.9 5.2 1.0 9.6 0% .287 1.45 4.17 4.98 94 3.79 77.5
1996 CIN MLB NL 34 33 195.0 11 13 0 179 97 148 18 102 8.3 4.5 0.8 6.8 0% .276 1.42 4.29 3.83 102 4.69 92.6
1997 CIN MLB NL 30 27 160.0 11 10 0 157 73 131 22 103 8.8 4.1 1.2 7.4 0% .287 1.44 4.76 4.73 99 4.23 87.9
1998 CLE MLB AL 32 31 203.7 15 10 0 210 69 132 30 103 9.3 3.0 1.3 5.8 0% .285 1.37 4.96 4.11 108 5.62 116.4
1999 CLE MLB AL 34 34 220.0 15 9 0 211 96 174 30 105 8.6 3.9 1.2 7.1 0% .286 1.40 4.80 4.25 103 5.12 99.5
2000 CLE MLB AL 32 32 191.3 16 6 0 199 91 180 19 92 9.4 4.3 0.9 8.5 0% .324 1.52 4.08 4.47 87 4.13 79.5
2001 CLE MLB AL 32 27 150.7 10 10 0 188 54 118 16 102 11.2 3.2 1.0 7.0 0% .349 1.61 4.04 6.21 95 4.33 89.8
2002 CLE MLB AL 12 3 34.0 1 0 0 30 17 25 3 98 7.9 4.5 0.8 6.6 0% .270 1.38 4.40 4.50 107 4.47 96.0
2002 TEX MLB AL 23 18 111.3 4 5 0 125 40 70 13 107 10.1 3.2 1.1 5.7 0% .304 1.48 4.58 5.42 114 6.48 139.0
2002 AKR AA EAS 1 1 4.7 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3.8 1.9 0.0 1.9 0% .143 0.64 3.39 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2003 MIL MLB NL 17 2 43.3 1 1 0 42 19 35 5 104 8.7 3.9 1.0 7.3 0% .285 1.41 4.45 3.53 103 4.73 99.2
2003 BUF AAA INT 4 4 22.0 1 3 0 18 5 10 2 7.4 2.0 0.8 4.1 0% .235 1.05 4.37 2.05 0 0.00 0.0
2003 IND AAA INT 10 9 50.7 5 4 0 65 16 34 4 11.5 2.8 0.7 6.0 0% .359 1.60 3.97 5.33 0 0.00 0.0
2004 MIL MLB NL 45 0 70.7 3 1 2 63 24 47 6 92 8.0 3.1 0.8 6.0 0% .259 1.23 3.82 4.08 107 5.18 106.8
2004 SFN MLB NL 6 0 6.3 1 0 0 7 2 3 1 100 9.9 2.8 1.4 4.3 0% .286 1.42 5.00 5.68 87 3.63 74.9
2005 ROU AAA PCL 18 1 35.3 4 3 0 46 10 22 1 55 11.7 2.5 0.3 5.6 0% -1.364 1.59 3.48 4.59 89 4.81 94.8

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%

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
2004-09-20 2004-10-04 DTD 14 12 Left Shoulder Separation - -
2004-05-02 2004-05-07 DTD 5 4 Right Groin Strain - -
2001-05-03 2001-05-03 DTD 0 0 - General Medical Illness - -
2000-08-03 2000-08-09 DTD 6 6 Right Fingers Blister Index Finger - -
2000-03-14 2000-03-22 Camp 8 0 - Thigh Strain Hamstring - -
1998-08-05 1998-08-15 DTD 10 8 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring - -
1997-08-07 1997-08-26 15-DL 19 18 - Low Back Spasms - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2004 MIL $440,000
2002 TEX, CLE $2,000,000
2001 CLE $5,000,000
2000 CLE $5,000,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$12,440,000
4 yrTotal$12,440,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
9 y 59 d

Details
  • sent to minor-league camp 3/05 signed as a free agent from SF 1/05 (minor-league contract) acquired in trade from MIL 9/04
  • 1 year/$0.44M (04)
  • contract purchased 6/03
  • signed as a free agent from CLE (minor-league contract) sent to minor-league camp 3/03
  • 1 year/$0.5M+$0.7M bonuses 12/03 (minor-league contract)
  • contract purchased 8/02 signed 8/02 (minor-league contract)
  • released-TX 8/02 1 year/$2M (02) signed as a free agent from CLE 12/01 CLE declined $5M 02 opt, paid $0.5M buyout

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
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