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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
16 724 1007.7 51 55 300 3.64 17
Birth Date9-7-1972
Height6' 3"
Weight235 lbs
Age51 years, 7 months, 18 days
BatsR
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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
1995 NYN MLB 14 14 93.0 9 2 0 88 31 55 6 98 8.5 3.0 0.6 5.3 0% .282 1.28 3.78 2.81 97 4.18 85.7 1.7
1996 NYN MLB 27 27 171.7 6 14 0 190 73 114 13 97 10.0 3.8 0.7 6.0 0% .317 1.53 4.16 4.77 100 4.41 87.0 3.1
1997 NYN MLB 6 6 29.7 2 2 0 40 22 25 3 98 12.1 6.7 0.9 7.6 0% .394 2.09 5.02 7.58 107 5.28 109.8 0.2
1999 NYN 0 13 5 39.3 1 3 1 43 22 31 7 97 9.8 5.0 1.6 7.1 0% .308 1.65 5.64 6.41 97 4.11 79.9 0.7
1999 OAK 0 20 0 25.3 0 1 8 21 12 20 2 96 7.5 4.3 0.7 7.1 0% .264 1.30 4.18 2.13 105 5.10 99.2 0.2
2000 OAK MLB 66 0 69.0 6 4 33 67 32 57 6 90 8.7 4.2 0.8 7.4 0% .296 1.43 4.22 3.78 93 4.56 87.8 0.8
2001 OAK MLB 65 0 71.3 4 3 34 54 23 74 5 93 6.8 2.9 0.6 9.3 0% .257 1.08 2.89 2.65 75 2.76 57.3 2.1
2002 SLN MLB 60 0 65.3 3 2 32 46 18 68 0 99 6.3 2.5 0.0 9.4 0% .271 0.98 1.66 2.48 71 2.60 55.8 2.0
2003 SLN MLB 40 0 42.0 0 1 22 31 18 41 2 100 6.6 3.9 0.4 8.8 0% .257 1.17 2.92 2.36 86 3.14 65.7 1.0
2004 SLN MLB 74 0 75.3 4 2 47 55 23 71 5 94 6.6 2.7 0.6 8.5 0% .242 1.04 2.92 2.87 83 3.35 69.1 1.8
2005 SLN MLB 63 0 59.0 1 2 39 43 27 51 4 101 6.6 4.1 0.6 7.8 0% .241 1.19 3.56 2.14 91 3.72 80.1 1.2
2006 SLN MLB 59 0 58.3 4 8 33 47 38 52 10 93 7.3 5.9 1.5 8.0 0% .240 1.46 5.66 3.55 107 5.18 105.5 0.3
2007 SLN MLB 63 0 65.3 4 0 32 42 28 54 4 101 5.8 3.9 0.6 7.4 0% .212 1.07 3.69 2.48 95 3.99 82.5 1.1
2008 SLN MLB 42 0 42.7 1 5 12 48 22 36 5 97 10.1 4.6 1.1 7.6 0% .326 1.64 4.83 5.70 94 4.10 87.4 0.6
2009 TBA MLB 9 0 8.0 0 1 0 6 5 6 0 102 6.8 5.6 0.0 6.8 0% .250 1.38 4.26 2.25 126 6.94 148.9 -0.2
2011 NYN MLB 53 0 46.7 3 3 7 36 24 44 6 97 6.9 4.6 1.2 8.5 0% .240 1.29 4.38 4.05 104 4.63 107.6 0.1
2012 ANA MLB 50 0 45.7 3 2 0 44 19 31 7 97 8.7 3.7 1.4 6.1 0% .262 1.38 4.92 4.14 107 4.29 98.4 0.3
1999 TOT MLB 33 5 64.7 1 4 9 64 34 51 9 96 8.9 4.7 1.3 7.1 0% .000 1.52 5.07 4.73 100 4.50 87.5 0.9
CareerMLB724521007.7515530090143783085978.03.90.87.449%.2781.333.913.64954.0583.617.0

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-
1995 NYN MLB NL 14 14 93.0 9 2 0 88 31 55 6 98 8.5 3.0 0.6 5.3 0% .282 1.28 3.78 2.81 97 4.18 85.7
1996 NYN MLB NL 27 27 171.7 6 14 0 190 73 114 13 97 10.0 3.8 0.7 6.0 0% .317 1.53 4.16 4.77 100 4.41 87.0
1997 NYN MLB NL 6 6 29.7 2 2 0 40 22 25 3 98 12.1 6.7 0.9 7.6 0% .394 2.09 5.02 7.58 107 5.28 109.8
1999 NYN MLB NL 13 5 39.3 1 3 1 43 22 31 7 97 9.8 5.0 1.6 7.1 0% .308 1.65 5.64 6.41 97 4.11 79.9
1999 OAK MLB AL 20 0 25.3 0 1 8 21 12 20 2 96 7.5 4.3 0.7 7.1 0% .264 1.30 4.18 2.13 105 5.10 99.2
2000 OAK MLB AL 66 0 69.0 6 4 33 67 32 57 6 90 8.7 4.2 0.8 7.4 0% .296 1.43 4.22 3.78 93 4.56 87.8
2001 OAK MLB AL 65 0 71.3 4 3 34 54 23 74 5 93 6.8 2.9 0.6 9.3 0% .257 1.08 2.89 2.65 75 2.76 57.3
2002 SLN MLB NL 60 0 65.3 3 2 32 46 18 68 0 99 6.3 2.5 0.0 9.4 0% .271 0.98 1.66 2.48 71 2.60 55.8
2003 SLN MLB NL 40 0 42.0 0 1 22 31 18 41 2 100 6.6 3.9 0.4 8.8 0% .257 1.17 2.92 2.36 86 3.14 65.7
2004 SLN MLB NL 74 0 75.3 4 2 47 55 23 71 5 94 6.6 2.7 0.6 8.5 0% .242 1.04 2.92 2.87 83 3.35 69.1
2005 SLN MLB NL 63 0 59.0 1 2 39 43 27 51 4 101 6.6 4.1 0.6 7.8 0% .241 1.19 3.56 2.14 91 3.72 80.1
2006 SLN MLB NL 59 0 58.3 4 8 33 47 38 52 10 93 7.3 5.9 1.5 8.0 0% .240 1.46 5.66 3.55 107 5.18 105.5
2007 SLN MLB NL 63 0 65.3 4 0 32 42 28 54 4 101 5.8 3.9 0.6 7.4 0% .212 1.07 3.69 2.48 95 3.99 82.5
2008 SLN MLB NL 42 0 42.7 1 5 12 48 22 36 5 97 10.1 4.6 1.1 7.6 0% .326 1.64 4.83 5.70 94 4.10 87.4
2009 TBA MLB AL 9 0 8.0 0 1 0 6 5 6 0 102 6.8 5.6 0.0 6.8 0% .250 1.38 4.26 2.25 126 6.94 148.9
2011 NYN MLB NL 53 0 46.7 3 3 7 36 24 44 6 97 6.9 4.6 1.2 8.5 0% .240 1.29 4.38 4.05 104 4.63 107.6
2012 ANA MLB AL 50 0 45.7 3 2 0 44 19 31 7 97 8.7 3.7 1.4 6.1 0% .262 1.38 4.92 4.14 107 4.29 98.4

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 741 0.4791 0.4426 0.7744 0.6056 0.2927 0.8419 0.6460 0.2256
2009 161 0.5342 0.4658 0.8133 0.6163 0.2933 0.8679 0.6818 0.1867
2011 809 0.4660 0.4339 0.8006 0.5756 0.3102 0.8525 0.7164 0.1994
2012 760 0.4934 0.4408 0.8418 0.6347 0.2519 0.8824 0.7423 0.1582
Career24710.48280.44070.80620.60540.28590.85950.70100.1938

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
2011-09-07 2011-09-29 DTD 22 22 - Low Back Cartilage Injury Herniated Disc - -
2011-05-15 2011-05-15 DTD 0 0 Right Groin Soreness -
2011-04-03 2011-04-11 Minors 8 4 Low Back Stiffness -
2011-03-19 2011-03-27 Camp 8 0 Right Elbow Soreness -
2010-08-16 2010-09-13 Minors 28 0 Right Elbow Strain -
2009-06-14 2009-10-05 60-DL 113 98 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2009-06-16
2009-05-01 2009-05-17 On-Alr 16 15 Abdomen Strain Mild -
2009-03-31 2009-05-18 15-DL 48 39 Right Elbow Recovery From Surgery Possible Tommy John Surgery and Flexor Tendon 2008-09-12
2008-08-17 2008-09-29 60-DL 43 36 Right Elbow Surgery Flexor Tendon and Possible Tommy John Surgery 2008-09-12
2008-06-27 2008-06-29 DTD 2 2 Right Knee Sprain Also Capsule and Tendon -
2008-05-16 2008-06-17 15-DL 32 28 Right Hand Laceration -
2006-09-07 2006-10-28 DTD 51 23 Left Hip Surgery Arthritis 2005-09-21
2005-04-27 2005-05-13 15-DL 16 16 Right Abdomen Strain Oblique -
2004-11-15 2004-11-15 Off 0 0 Left Hip Surgery Labrum 2004-11-15
2003-03-27 2003-06-10 60-DL 75 61 Right Shoulder Recovery From Surgery Labrum 2002-10-24
2002-10-24 2002-10-24 Off 0 0 Right Shoulder Surgery Labrum 2002-10-24
1998-03-31 1998-09-28 60-DL 181 162 Right Elbow Recovery From Surgery Tommy John Surgery 1998-01-13 -
1998-01-13 1998-01-13 Off 0 0 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 1998-01-13 -
1997-03-24 1997-08-27 60-DL 156 131 Right Shoulder Recovery From Surgery Labrum 1996-09-27 -
1996-09-27 1996-09-27 On-Alr 0 0 Right Elbow Surgery Bone Chips 1996-09-27 -
1996-09-18 1996-09-30 DTD 12 11 Right Shoulder Surgery Labrum 1996-09-27 -
1996-08-13 1996-09-01 15-DL 19 16 - Trunk Strain Rib Cage - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2013 ANA $
2012 ANA $650,000
2009 TBA $750,000
2008 SLN $8,000,000
2007 SLN $8,750,000
2006 SLN $8,750,000
2005 SLN $7,000,000
2004 SLN $7,750,000
2003 SLN $6,750,000
2002 SLN $2,750,000
2001 OAK $3,300,000
2000 OAK $825,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
13 yrPrevious$55,275,000
13 yrTotal$55,275,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
16 y 30 dDanny Horwitz1 year (2012)

Details
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by LA Angels 2/22/12 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by LA Angels 3/30/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 2/15/11 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by NY Mets 4/11/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Signed by Cincinnati as a free agent 7/22/10 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$0.75M (2009). Signed by Tampa Bay as a free agent 2/20/09 (minor-league contract). Performance bonuses based on games, games finished: $0.15M for 40 games. $0.2M for 45 g. $0.3M each for 50, 55 g. $0.5M for 60 g. $0.15M for 45 GF. $0.15M each for 50, 55 GF. $0.25M 60 GF. $0.3M 65 GF. Award bonuses: $25,000 each for All Star, LCS MVP. $50,000 for WS MVP, Comeback Player of Year. $0.1M for Rolaids or Cy Young ($80,000 for 2nd in vote, $60,000 for 3rd, $40,000 for 4th, $20,000 for 5th). Contract selected by Tampa Bay 4/1/09.
  • 3 years/$25.75M (2005-07), plus 2008 club option. Signed re-worked extension with St. Louis 2/05. 05:$7M, 06:$8.75M, 07:$8.75M, 08:$8M club option ($1.25M buyout). St. Louis exercised 2008 option 10/5/07. Award bonuses: $0.15M for WS MVP. $0.1M each for LCS MVP, Rolaids ($50,000 for 2nd, $25,000 3rd), Cy Young ($50,000 for 2nd, $25,000 3rd). $50,000 for All Star. No-trade protection. Perks: suite on road.
  • 4 years/$27M (2002-05), plus 2006 club option. Signed as a free agent 1/02. $2M signing bonus. 02:$2.25M, 03:$6.75M, 04:$7.25M, 05:$7.75M, 06:$8M club option ($1M buyout). No-trade protection. Award bonuses: $0.15M for WS MVP. $0.1M each for LCS MVP, Rolaids ($50,000 for 2nd, $25,000 3rd), Cy Young ($50,000 for 2nd, $25,000 3rd). $50,000 for All Star. Deal reworked 1/03, reducing 2003 salary to $4.75M, increasing 2005 salary to $9.75M, increasing buyout of 2006 option to $1.1M, and giving Isringhausen a suite on the road. Deal reworked 2/04, reducing 2004 salary to $5M, and increasing 2005 salary to $12,112,500.
  • 1 year/$3.3M (2001) (Oakland).
  • Drafted 1991 (44-1,157).

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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DateQuestionAnswer
2011-02-28 13:00:00 (link to chat)Jason Isringhausen is currently pitching for the Mets. How weird is that?
(mef from Brooklyn, NY)		For the record, I was at Jason Isringhausen's major league debut at Wrigley Field on 7/17/95. Sat near his family and it was a lot of fun. (Kevin Goldstein)
2010-02-17 16:00:00 (link to chat)I don't get it, Tommy. I just don't get it. I can't wrap my head around how bloggers, writers and everybody deems that the Rays are the best 3rd place team in baseball and have to have luck, rather than just the talent on roster, to break the grasps of Boston/New York for the #1 or #2 spot in the division. Rays biggest downfall in 2009 was the lack of a "true closer" when Troy Percival went down and Jason Isringhausen forgot his arm wasn't what it used to be. JP Howell was serviceable but a sudden over-use seen him getting knocked around and getting shut-down by season's end. Even with a 11-game losing streak, which is a season-killer for any team, the team won 84 games. If the Rays won 6 or 7 of those games, they would've been a 90-win team. So what do the Rays do this offseason? They use the money that trading Kazmir and Iwamura netted them and dealt the prospect received in Iwamura's trade for a "true closer" in Rafael Soriano. That trade/signing moves every Rays reliever into the spot that they should be filling and would be most u
(jlarsen from Chicago)		Soriano probably adds a net of two wins or so. Assuming for sake of argument that the Rays were a 90 win (true talent) team last year, I think you can justify a 92 win estimate for them this year. But 92 wins doesn't win the AL East 99 times out of 100.

Beyond that, they just don't have the starting pitching of the Red Sox or Yankees. At every slot in the rotation they lose to both those teams. Maybe Hellickson can start consistently this year, maybe Davis is great right away. But for my money, I think those things aren't all likely to happen. In any other division in baseball, the Rays are the prohibitive favorites. (Tommy Bennett)
2009-05-21 14:00:00 (link to chat)Were you alluding Jason Isringhausen??? You're predicting he's 1 week away from taking over for Percival? Just a hunch, a hope, or being funny?
(jaymoff from Salem, OR)		No, I think he could have the job that quickly. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-03-28 14:00:00 (link to chat)Who is the player that you think will have the biggest fall from grace (you've already used Ichiro)?
(grainyduck from Buffalo)		I could see Jason Isringhausen losing a lot of his value in a hurry. (Joe Sheehan)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Jason Isringhausen threw 2,911 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2012, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2012, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (91mph), Cutter (88mph) and Curve (77mph), also mixing in a Sinker (91mph). He also rarely threw a Change (84mph).