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Justin Duchscherer PAthletics

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Career Summary

Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
8	224	454.7	33	25	14	3.13	9.8

Birth Date	11-19-1977
Height	6' 3"
Weight	195 lbs

Age	46 years, 5 months, 5 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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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
2001	TEX	MLB	5	2	14.7	1	1	0	24	4	11	5	107	14.7	2.5	3.1	6.8	0%	.365	1.91	7.66	12.27	100	5.36	111.2	0.1
2003	OAK	MLB	4	3	16.3	1	1	0	17	3	15	1	97	9.4	1.7	0.6	8.3	0%	.320	1.22	2.97	3.31	90	3.69	77.4	0.4
2004	OAK	MLB	53	0	96.3	7	6	0	85	32	59	13	105	7.9	3.0	1.2	5.5	0%	.249	1.21	4.83	3.27	107	5.60	115.6	0.0
2005	OAK	MLB	65	0	85.7	7	4	5	67	19	85	7	98	7.0	2.0	0.7	8.9	0%	.267	1.00	2.85	2.21	69	2.35	50.7	3.0
2006	OAK	MLB	53	0	55.7	2	1	9	52	9	51	4	98	8.4	1.5	0.6	8.2	0%	.302	1.10	2.82	2.91	70	2.75	56.0	1.8
2007	OAK	MLB	17	0	16.3	3	3	0	18	8	13	3	94	9.9	4.4	1.7	7.2	0%	.294	1.59	5.57	4.96	89	3.52	72.8	0.4
2008	OAK	MLB	22	22	141.7	10	8	0	107	34	95	11	98	6.8	2.2	0.7	6.0	0%	.235	1.00	3.71	2.54	90	3.26	69.6	3.6
2010	OAK	MLB	5	5	28.0	2	1	0	26	12	18	3	95	8.4	3.9	1.0	5.8	0%	.280	1.36	4.54	2.89	93	3.34	75.4	0.6
Career		MLB	224	32	454.7	33	25	14	396	121	347	47	99	7.8	2.4	0.9	6.9	44%	.265	1.14	3.90	3.13	88	3.62	76.2	9.8

Statistics for All Levels

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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-
2001	TEX	MLB	AL	5	2	14.7	1	1	0	24	4	11	5	107	14.7	2.5	3.1	6.8	0%	.365	1.91	7.66	12.27	100	5.36	111.2
2003	OAK	MLB	AL	4	3	16.3	1	1	0	17	3	15	1	97	9.4	1.7	0.6	8.3	0%	.320	1.22	2.97	3.31	90	3.69	77.4
2004	OAK	MLB	AL	53	0	96.3	7	6	0	85	32	59	13	105	7.9	3.0	1.2	5.5	0%	.249	1.21	4.83	3.27	107	5.60	115.6
2005	OAK	MLB	AL	65	0	85.7	7	4	5	67	19	85	7	98	7.0	2.0	0.7	8.9	0%	.267	1.00	2.85	2.21	69	2.35	50.7
2006	OAK	MLB	AL	53	0	55.7	2	1	9	52	9	51	4	98	8.4	1.5	0.6	8.2	0%	.302	1.10	2.82	2.91	70	2.75	56.0
2007	OAK	MLB	AL	17	0	16.3	3	3	0	18	8	13	3	94	9.9	4.4	1.7	7.2	0%	.294	1.59	5.57	4.96	89	3.52	72.8
2008	OAK	MLB	AL	22	22	141.7	10	8	0	107	34	95	11	98	6.8	2.2	0.7	6.0	0%	.235	1.00	3.71	2.54	90	3.26	69.6
2010	OAK	MLB	AL	5	5	28.0	2	1	0	26	12	18	3	95	8.4	3.9	1.0	5.8	0%	.280	1.36	4.54	2.89	93	3.34	75.4

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	2022	0.5401	0.4214	0.8239	0.5641	0.2538	0.8766	0.6864	0.1761
2010	427	0.4754	0.3770	0.8571	0.5369	0.2321	0.8807	0.8077	0.1429
Career	2449	0.5288	0.4137	0.8297	0.5594	0.2500	0.8773	0.7075	0.1703

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
2011-08-04	2011-08-04	FA	0	0	Left	Hip	Surgery		-	-
2011-04-03	2011-04-03	On-Alr	0	0	-	Low Back	Surgery	Nerve Ablation	2011-04-03
2011-03-22	2011-08-02	60-DL	133	105	Left	Hip	Strain		-
2011-03-09	2011-03-22	Camp	13	0	Left	Hip	Soreness		-
2011-02-25	2011-03-08	Camp	11	0	Left	Hip	Soreness		-
2010-05-16	2010-10-04	60-DL	141	125	Left	Hip	Surgery	Femoral Acetabular Impingement	2010-06-07
2010-04-30	2010-05-15	15-DL	15	13	Left	Hip	Soreness		-
2010-02-19	2010-03-23	Camp	32	0	-	Low Back	Inflammation	SI Joint	-
2009-08-21	2009-08-21	On-Alr	0	0	-	General Medical	Mood Disorder	Clinical Depression	-
2009-03-27	2009-10-05	60-DL	192	162	Right	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Bone Spur and Debridement	2009-03-31
2009-02-21	2009-03-27	Camp	34	0	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Bone Spur and Debridement	2009-03-31
2008-09-29	2008-09-29	Off	0	0	Right	Hip	Surgery	Labrum Debridement and Cartilage	2008-09-29
2008-08-19	2008-09-29	15-DL	41	37	Right	Hip	Strain		-
2008-07-15	2008-07-15	DTD	0	0	-	General Medical	Illness	Throat Infection	-
2008-06-05	2008-06-05	DTD	0	0	Right	Wrist	Contusion	Batted Ball	-
2008-04-05	2008-04-26	15-DL	21	19	Right	Upper Arm	Strain	Biceps	-
2007-05-15	2007-09-30	60-DL	138	124	Right	Hip	Surgery	Labrum and Microfracture Arthritis	2007-07-11
2007-02-28	2007-03-24	Camp	24	0	Right	Elbow	Inflammation	Triceps Tendinitis	-
2006-10-07	2006-10-10	DTD	3	0		Neck	Strain		-
2006-05-07	2006-06-23	15-DL	47	42	Right	Elbow	Inflammation	Tendonitis	-
2005-05-10	2005-05-25	DTD	15	12		Low Back	Spasms		-
2004-03-11	2004-03-11	Camp	0	0		General Medical	Headache	Migraine	-
2004-02-22	2004-02-28	Camp	6	0	Right	Fingers	Surgery	Removal of Cyst on Finger	2004-02-22
2003-05-21	2003-05-29	Minors	8	0	-	Ankle	Sprain		-	-
2002-08-05	2002-09-09	Minors	35	0	-	Low Back	Strain		-
2002-04-27	2002-06-30	Minors	64	0	-	Low Back	Strain		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2011	BAL	$700,000
2010	OAK	$1,750,000
2009	OAK	$3,900,000
2008	OAK	$1,200,000
2007	OAK	$1,187,500
2006	OAK	$344,500
2005	OAK	$329,500
2004	OAK	$302,500

Years	Description	Salary
8 yr	Previous	$9,714,000
8 yr	Total	$9,714,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
7 y 51 d	Damon Lapa	1 year/$0.7M (2011)

Details

1 year/$0.7M (2011). Signed by Baltimore as a free agent 2/2/11. $1.1M on active Opening Day roster. Performance bonuses to $4.5M. Released by Baltimore 8/1/11.
1 year/$1.75M (2010). Re-signed as a free agent 12/09. $0.75M roster bonus ($0.25M each for 60, 90, 120 days on active roster). performance bonus: $0.15M 10 games started, $0.2M 15 games started, $0.25M 17 games started, $0.3M 20 games started, $0.45M 25 games started, $0.15M each 27,28,29,30 games started). $0.175M each 150,160,170 innings pitched. $0.2M each 180,190,200 innings pitched.
avoided arbitration 1/24/09 ($4.6M-$3M), 1 year/$3.9M (09). performance bonus: $0.15M 32 games started
avoided arbitration 1/9/08, 1 year/$1.2M (08)
avoided arbitration 1/07, 1 year/$1.1875M (07)
re-signed 3/06, 1 year/$0.3445M (06)
1 year/$0.3295M (2005). Re-signed 3/05.
1 year/$0.3025M (2004).
Drafted 1996 (8-241) (Coronado HS, Lubbock, Texas).

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
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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Date	Question	Answer
2010-12-14 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Am I crazy to think that the Twins can put together a darn good bullpen even with losing Crain, Guerrier, Rauch, and Fuentes (assuming they all leave)? I think it's very funny that Twins fans complain that Jose Mijares is inconsistent but also worry that Crain will leave; call for Anthony Slama and Rob Delaney for nearly two years, but now fear the bullpen will be awful when they might get a chance; and don't trust any low-cost options when a guy like Guerrier was originally claimed off waivers. If the Twins can sort through the many options, they could piece together a very effective group. That being said, any established relievers you would recommed for relatively cheap? (russadams from St. Paul)	You're not crazy, and you can find the next Matt Guerrier. I think Grant Balfour's worth getting, and Arthur Rhodes and Chan Ho Park or even Kevin Gregg are names worth spending seven figures for. Kerry Wood, Dan Wheeler, an NRI for Justin Duchscherer... it's still a buyer's market as far as finding relief help, given the multiplicity of alternatives. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-03-06 13:00:00 (link to chat)	I've seen some projections that suggest it's the A's who are in the best position to take advantage of a stumble from Anahiem than the Mariners are. First, how credible is that? And second, if that is credible, how much worse does that make Bavasi's win-now plan? (Evan from Vancouver, BC)	I don't see this at all. The A's are in full-on rebuilding mode, and behind Joe Blanton they need a lot to hope that Rich Harden, Justin Duchscherer, and Chad Gaudin are healthy. Add to that the need for sick-noters like Eric Chavez and Bobby Crosby to bounce back and I think we're at the point where it's far more likely Blanton gets shipped out at the deadline than the A's contend. I'm not about to defend Bavasi, but I don't see the M's overtaken by Oakland this year. (Jay Jaffe)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Justin Duchscherer threw 2,782 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2010, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2010, he relied primarily on his Slider (81mph) and Curve (70mph), also mixing in a Sinker (85mph) and Fourseam Fastball (85mph). He also rarely threw a Change (85mph).