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Portrait of Jose Contreras

Jose Contreras PWhite Sox

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
13 299 1173 78 67 9 4.57 13.9
Birth Date12-6-1971
Height6' 4"
Weight255 lbs
Age52 years, 4 months, 13 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.
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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
2003 NYA MLB 18 9 71.0 7 2 0 52 30 72 4 100 6.6 3.8 0.5 9.1 0% .264 1.15 3.27 3.30 85 3.26 68.4 1.9
2004 CHA 0 13 13 74.7 5 4 0 73 42 68 9 107 8.8 5.1 1.1 8.2 0% .302 1.54 4.66 5.30 111 5.39 111.2 0.3
2004 NYA 0 18 18 95.7 8 5 0 93 42 82 22 103 8.7 4.0 2.1 7.7 0% .260 1.41 5.93 5.64 107 4.74 97.7 1.1
2005 CHA MLB 32 32 204.7 15 7 0 177 75 154 23 103 7.8 3.3 1.0 6.8 0% .258 1.23 4.23 3.61 102 3.56 76.7 4.5
2006 CHA MLB 30 30 196.0 13 9 0 194 55 134 20 111 8.9 2.5 0.9 6.2 0% .283 1.27 4.14 4.27 99 4.20 85.5 3.4
2007 CHA MLB 32 30 189.0 10 17 0 232 62 113 21 101 11.0 3.0 1.0 5.4 0% .326 1.56 4.77 5.57 105 5.67 117.3 0.1
2008 CHA MLB 20 20 121.0 7 6 0 130 35 70 12 105 9.7 2.6 0.9 5.2 0% .294 1.36 4.23 4.54 100 4.51 96.2 1.4
2009 CHA 0 21 21 114.7 5 13 0 121 45 89 11 106 9.5 3.5 0.9 7.0 0% .304 1.45 4.16 5.42 108 5.30 113.6 0.3
2009 COL 0 7 2 17.0 1 0 0 20 8 17 2 106 10.6 4.2 1.1 9.0 0% .367 1.65 3.99 1.59 81 2.63 56.3 0.6
2010 PHI MLB 67 0 56.7 6 4 4 53 16 57 5 94 8.4 2.5 0.8 9.1 0% .318 1.22 3.29 3.34 95 4.24 95.7 0.4
2011 PHI MLB 17 0 14.0 0 0 5 11 8 13 0 89 7.1 5.1 0.0 8.4 0% .289 1.36 3.06 3.86 101 4.61 107.1 0.0
2012 PHI MLB 17 0 13.7 1 0 0 13 3 15 1 99 8.6 2.0 0.7 9.9 0% .333 1.17 2.76 5.27 95 4.03 92.3 0.1
2013 PIT MLB 7 0 5.0 0 0 0 7 6 5 1 95 12.6 10.8 1.8 9.0 0% .375 2.60 7.22 9.00 136 7.82 187.2 -0.2
2004 TOT MLB 31 31 170.3 13 9 0 166 84 150 31 105 8.8 4.4 1.6 7.9 0% .000 1.47 5.38 5.50 109 5.02 103.6 1.4
2009 TOT MLB 28 23 131.7 6 13 0 141 53 106 13 106 9.6 3.6 0.9 7.2 0% .000 1.47 4.14 4.92 105 4.95 106.2 0.9
CareerMLB2991751173.07867911764278891311049.03.31.06.847%.2921.374.344.571024.5295.413.9

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-
2003 NYA MLB AL 18 9 71.0 7 2 0 52 30 72 4 100 6.6 3.8 0.5 9.1 0% .264 1.15 3.27 3.30 85 3.26 68.4
2004 CHA MLB AL 13 13 74.7 5 4 0 73 42 68 9 107 8.8 5.1 1.1 8.2 0% .302 1.54 4.66 5.30 111 5.39 111.2
2004 NYA MLB AL 18 18 95.7 8 5 0 93 42 82 22 103 8.7 4.0 2.1 7.7 0% .260 1.41 5.93 5.64 107 4.74 97.7
2005 CHA MLB AL 32 32 204.7 15 7 0 177 75 154 23 103 7.8 3.3 1.0 6.8 0% .258 1.23 4.23 3.61 102 3.56 76.7
2006 CHA MLB AL 30 30 196.0 13 9 0 194 55 134 20 111 8.9 2.5 0.9 6.2 0% .283 1.27 4.14 4.27 99 4.20 85.5
2007 CHA MLB AL 32 30 189.0 10 17 0 232 62 113 21 101 11.0 3.0 1.0 5.4 0% .326 1.56 4.77 5.57 105 5.67 117.3
2008 CHA MLB AL 20 20 121.0 7 6 0 130 35 70 12 105 9.7 2.6 0.9 5.2 0% .294 1.36 4.23 4.54 100 4.51 96.2
2009 CHA MLB AL 21 21 114.7 5 13 0 121 45 89 11 106 9.5 3.5 0.9 7.0 0% .304 1.45 4.16 5.42 108 5.30 113.6
2009 COL MLB NL 7 2 17.0 1 0 0 20 8 17 2 106 10.6 4.2 1.1 9.0 0% .367 1.65 3.99 1.59 81 2.63 56.3
2010 PHI MLB NL 67 0 56.7 6 4 4 53 16 57 5 94 8.4 2.5 0.8 9.1 0% .318 1.22 3.29 3.34 95 4.24 95.7
2011 PHI MLB NL 17 0 14.0 0 0 5 11 8 13 0 89 7.1 5.1 0.0 8.4 0% .289 1.36 3.06 3.86 101 4.61 107.1
2011 CLR A+ FSL 1 1 0.7 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 103 54.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0% .667 6.00 3.37 40.50 102 9.15 186.8
2011 REA AA EAS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 18.0 9.0 0.0 9.0 0% .500 3.00 4.40 0.00 101 6.30 128.7
2011 LEH AAA INT 1 1 2.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 87 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0% .286 1.00 3.23 0.00 107 5.04 103.0
2012 PHI MLB NL 17 0 13.7 1 0 0 13 3 15 1 99 8.6 2.0 0.7 9.9 0% .333 1.17 2.76 5.27 95 4.03 92.3
2012 CLR A+ FSL 5 1 4.3 0 1 0 5 1 7 1 108 10.4 2.1 2.1 14.5 0% .364 1.38 3.85 8.31 66 3.04 63.2
2013 PIT MLB NL 7 0 5.0 0 0 0 7 6 5 1 95 12.6 10.8 1.8 9.0 0% .375 2.60 7.22 9.00 136 7.82 187.2
2013 BRD A+ FSL 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 9.0 4.5 0.0 9.0 0% .333 1.50 4.24 9.00 97 4.07 88.4
2013 ALT AA EAS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 0% .000 0.00 2.32 0.00 99 3.29 71.6
2013 IND AAA INT 16 0 19.3 2 0 1 13 5 24 1 6.1 2.3 0.5 11.2 0% .279 0.93 2.47 0.93 73 4.02 87.4
2013 PAW AAA INT 8 0 9.7 0 2 0 9 6 15 2 8.4 5.6 1.9 14.0 0% .318 1.55 4.65 6.52 73 4.56 99.1
2015 TIJ AAA MEX 9 9 53.7 2 3 0 45 18 52 5 7.5 3.0 0.8 8.7 0% .267 1.17 3.92 3.35 0 0.00 0.0
2016 QUI AAA MEX 10 10 57.0 3 4 0 57 17 55 3 9.0 2.7 0.5 8.7 0% .335 1.30 3.08 3.79 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 1892 0.5106 0.4561 0.8320 0.6449 0.2592 0.8876 0.6875 0.1680
2009 2224 0.4879 0.4321 0.7981 0.5991 0.2730 0.8877 0.6109 0.2019
2010 892 0.4641 0.4383 0.7340 0.5676 0.3264 0.8426 0.5705 0.2660
2011 246 0.4065 0.4146 0.7353 0.5900 0.2945 0.8644 0.5581 0.2647
2012 209 0.3923 0.4976 0.6923 0.7073 0.3622 0.8448 0.5000 0.3077
2013 114 0.3421 0.3684 0.7381 0.6154 0.2400 0.8333 0.6111 0.2619
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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
2013-05-28 2013-06-13 15-DL 16 14 - Low Back Inflammation - -
2012-06-02 2012-10-04 60-DL 124 109 Right Elbow Surgery Flexor Pronator and Tommy John Surgery 2012-06-03 -
2012-03-26 2012-04-16 15-DL 21 9 Right Elbow Recovery From Surgery Flexor Pronator and Bone Chips 2011-09-02 -
2012-02-28 2012-03-26 Camp 27 0 Right Elbow Recovery From Surgery Flexor Pronator and Bone Chips 2011-09-02 -
2011-06-20 2011-10-08 60-DL 110 89 Right Elbow Surgery Flexor Pronator and Bone Chips 2011-09-02
2011-04-22 2011-05-26 15-DL 34 31 Right Elbow Strain Flexor Pronator Mass -
2011-03-21 2011-03-21 Camp 0 0 Abrasion Corneal -
2009-09-11 2009-09-25 DTD 14 12 Right Thigh Strain Quadriceps -
2008-08-10 2008-10-07 60-DL 58 47 Left Lower Leg Surgery Ruptured Achilles 2008-08-11
2008-07-18 2008-08-09 15-DL 22 20 Right Elbow Inflammation Tendonitis -
2008-03-18 2008-03-24 Camp 6 0 General Medical Respiratory Flu -
2006-09-23 2006-10-01 DTD 8 7 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2006-05-05 2006-05-21 15-DL 16 14 Right Hip Nerve Injury Pinched Nerve -
2006-04-02 2006-04-07 DTD 5 3 General Medical Illness Allergic Reaction -
2006-03-15 2006-03-25 Camp 10 0 Right Upper Arm Inflammation Triceps Tendinitis -
2005-04-23 2005-04-23 DTD 0 0 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2004-03-01 2004-03-07 Camp 6 0 Low Back Stiffness -
2003-06-07 2003-08-24 60-DL 78 67 Right Shoulder Strain Subscapularis -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2013 PIT $
2012 PHI $2,500,000
2011 PHI $2,500,000
2010 PHI $1,500,000
2009 CHA $10,000,000
2008 CHA $10,000,000
2007 CHA $9,000,000
2006 CHA $9,500,000
2005 CHA $8,500,000
2004 NYA $8,500,000
2003 NYA $5,500,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
10 yrPrevious$67,500,000
10 yrTotal$67,500,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
10 y 4 dJaime Torres1 year (2013)

Details
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 2/23/13 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Pittsburgh 5/3/13. Released by Pittsburgh 6/13/13. Re-signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 6/17/13 (minor-league contract). Released by Pittsburgh 7/17/13. Signed by Boston as a free agent 7/19/13 (minor-league contract). Released by Philadelphia 8/20/13.
  • 2 years/$5.5M (2011-12), plus 2013 club option. 11:$2.5M, 12:$2.5M, 13:$2.5M club option, $0.5M buyout. Philadelphia declined 2013 option 10/29/12.
  • 1 year/$1.5M (2010). Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 1/23/10.
  • 3 years/$29M (2007-09). Signed extension with Chicago White Sox 4/06. 07:$9M, 08:$10M, 09:$10M. Optioned to Triple-A 5/11/09 (after clearing optional ML waivers). Recalled 6/8/09. Acquired by Colorado in trade from White Sox 8/31/09.
  • 4 years/$32M (2003-06). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent from Cuba 12/02. $6M signing bonus ($2M each in '03 & '04, $1M each in '05 & '06). 03:$4M, 04:$7M, 05:$7M, 06:$8M. Optioned to Triple-A 4/03. Recalled 5/03. Optioned to A, Triple-A 5/04. Recalled 6/04. Acquired by Chicago White Sox in trade from NY Yankees 7/04 (waived no-trade clause).

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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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Jose Contreras threw 7,772 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2014, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2014, he relied primarily on his Sinker (92mph) and Slider (87mph), also mixing in a Splitter (79mph) and Fourseam Fastball (92mph).