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Birth Date	8-17-1978
Height	6' 4"
Weight	235 lbs

Age	45 years, 8 months, 6 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: 1.02015
: -0.02016
: -0.02017
: 2018
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MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	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
2004	HOU	MLB	25	33.0	4	0	1	34	8	24	3	94	9.3	2.2	0.8	6.5	0%	.304	1.27	3.76	3.55	90	3.73	76.8	0.7
2005	HOU	MLB	77	79.7	6	4	0	73	23	60	7	98	8.2	2.6	0.8	6.8	0%	.283	1.21	3.71	3.28	85	3.28	70.5	2.0
2006	HOU	MLB	81	88.7	7	3	0	76	28	56	10	96	7.7	2.8	1.0	5.7	0%	.258	1.17	4.46	3.76	92	4.10	83.5	1.5
2007	HOU	MLB	79	82.7	6	5	5	84	25	78	10	103	9.1	2.7	1.1	8.5	0%	.323	1.32	3.87	3.05	77	3.07	63.6	2.2
2008	ARI	MLB	77	73.7	4	8	9	61	18	71	4	99	7.5	2.2	0.5	8.7	0%	.279	1.07	2.73	2.81	77	3.17	67.6	1.8
2009	ARI	MLB	51	52.0	2	2	24	53	7	45	5	101	9.2	1.2	0.9	7.8	0%	.304	1.15	3.09	3.63	87	3.77	80.8	0.8
2010	ARI	0	43	38.0	1	4	12	61	15	34	5	95	14.4	3.6	1.2	8.1	0%	.415	2.00	4.28	8.29	108	5.84	132.0	-0.4
2010	TBA	0	27	21.0	2	0	0	24	6	15	2	109	10.3	2.6	0.9	6.4	0%	.328	1.43	3.85	5.57	106	4.57	103.3	0.1
2011	SDN	MLB	77	74.3	6	8	0	73	20	43	7	90	8.8	2.4	0.8	5.2	0%	.280	1.25	3.86	3.51	100	4.15	96.5	0.5
2012	NYA	0	8	7.3	1	0	0	10	3	2	0	99	12.3	3.7	0.0	2.5	0%	.357	1.77	3.72	6.14	122	5.50	126.1	-0.1
2012	PHI	0	35	31.3	1	1	0	39	9	19	7	100	11.2	2.6	2.0	5.5	0%	.305	1.53	5.68	4.60	110	5.24	120.0	-0.2
2012	PIT	0	17	13.7	0	0	0	14	2	6	0	93	9.2	1.3	0.0	4.0	0%	.280	1.17	2.69	6.59	99	3.99	91.4	0.1
2013	MIA	MLB	66	62.0	5	2	0	57	19	49	4	95	8.3	2.8	0.6	7.1	0%	.298	1.23	3.29	2.61	100	4.39	105.2	0.2
2014	HOU	MLB	58	51.3	1	5	19	54	5	43	5	99	9.5	0.9	0.9	7.5	0%	.310	1.15	3.16	3.33	89	3.23	79.1	0.8
2015	HOU	MLB	60	49.3	3	5	4	46	9	46	6	106	8.4	1.6	1.1	8.4	0%	.288	1.11	3.48	4.38	90	3.07	71.6	1.0
2016	COL	MLB	44	32.7	2	0	0	43	9	22	5	110	11.8	2.5	1.4	6.1	55%	.328	1.59	4.65	5.23	97	4.98	110.2	0.0
2017	COL	MLB	19	16.7	1	1	0	17	5	11	3		9.2	2.7	1.6	5.9	59%	.264	1.32	5.09	5.40	102	5.43	115.5	0.0
2010	TOT	MLB	70	59.0	3	4	12	85	21	49	7	100	13.0	3.2	1.1	7.5	0%	.000	1.80	4.13	7.32	108	5.39	121.8	-0.3
2012	TOT	MLB	60	52.3	2	1	0	63	14	27	7	98	10.8	2.4	1.2	4.6	0%	.000	1.47	4.63	5.33	109	4.95	113.4	-0.1
Career		MLB	844	807.3	52	48	74	819	211	624	83	97	9.1	2.4	0.9	7.0	59%	.302	1.28	3.77	3.89	92	3.91	86.6	10.9

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	GRL	A	MDW	26	26	162.0	15	6	0	149	31	125	8		8.3	1.7	0.4	6.9	0%	-.860	1.11	3.22	3.72	0	0.00	0.0
2002	ROU	AA	TXS	29	29	163.0	6	13	0	174	67	142	9		9.6	3.7	0.5	7.8	0%	.333	1.48	3.44	4.36	0	0.00	0.0
2002	Mes	Wnt	AFL	9	7	28.3	2	3	0	27	10	19	2		8.6	3.2	0.6	6.0	0%	-.806	1.31	4.20	4.45	0	0.00	0.0
2003	ROU	AA	TXS	28	28	175.3	8	11	0	174	61	132	12		8.9	3.1	0.6	6.8	0%	.306	1.34	4.01	3.85	0	0.00	0.0
2004	HOU	MLB	NL	25	0	33.0	4	0	1	34	8	24	3	94	9.3	2.2	0.8	6.5	0%	.304	1.27	3.76	3.55	90	3.73	76.8
2004	NWO	AAA	PCL	32	14	106.7	3	6	1	134	30	72	8		11.3	2.5	0.7	6.1	0%	.348	1.54	4.17	5.57	0	0.00	0.0
2005	HOU	MLB	NL	77	0	79.7	6	4	0	73	23	60	7	98	8.2	2.6	0.8	6.8	0%	.283	1.21	3.71	3.28	85	3.28	70.5
2006	HOU	MLB	NL	81	0	88.7	7	3	0	76	28	56	10	96	7.7	2.8	1.0	5.7	0%	.258	1.17	4.46	3.76	92	4.10	83.5
2007	HOU	MLB	NL	79	0	82.7	6	5	5	84	25	78	10	103	9.1	2.7	1.1	8.5	0%	.323	1.32	3.87	3.05	77	3.07	63.6
2008	ARI	MLB	NL	77	0	73.7	4	8	9	61	18	71	4	99	7.5	2.2	0.5	8.7	0%	.279	1.07	2.73	2.81	77	3.17	67.6
2009	ARI	MLB	NL	51	0	52.0	2	2	24	53	7	45	5	101	9.2	1.2	0.9	7.8	0%	.304	1.15	3.09	3.63	87	3.77	80.8
2010	ARI	MLB	NL	43	0	38.0	1	4	12	61	15	34	5	95	14.4	3.6	1.2	8.1	0%	.415	2.00	4.28	8.29	108	5.84	132.0
2010	TBA	MLB	AL	27	0	21.0	2	0	0	24	6	15	2	109	10.3	2.6	0.9	6.4	0%	.328	1.43	3.85	5.57	106	4.57	103.3
2011	SDN	MLB	NL	77	0	74.3	6	8	0	73	20	43	7	90	8.8	2.4	0.8	5.2	0%	.280	1.25	3.86	3.51	100	4.15	96.5
2012	NYA	MLB	AL	8	0	7.3	1	0	0	10	3	2	0	99	12.3	3.7	0.0	2.5	0%	.357	1.77	3.72	6.14	122	5.50	126.1
2012	PHI	MLB	NL	35	0	31.3	1	1	0	39	9	19	7	100	11.2	2.6	2.0	5.5	0%	.305	1.53	5.68	4.60	110	5.24	120.0
2012	PIT	MLB	NL	17	0	13.7	0	0	0	14	2	6	0	93	9.2	1.3	0.0	4.0	0%	.280	1.17	2.69	6.59	99	3.99	91.4
2012	IND	AAA	INT	1	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	107	0.0	0.0	0.0	27.0	0%	.000	0.00	-2.85	0.00	39	2.56	53.3
2013	MIA	MLB	NL	66	0	62.0	5	2	0	57	19	49	4	95	8.3	2.8	0.6	7.1	0%	.298	1.23	3.29	2.61	100	4.39	105.2
2014	HOU	MLB	AL	58	0	51.3	1	5	19	54	5	43	5	99	9.5	0.9	0.9	7.5	0%	.310	1.15	3.16	3.33	89	3.23	79.1
2015	HOU	MLB	AL	60	0	49.3	3	5	4	46	9	46	6	106	8.4	1.6	1.1	8.4	0%	.288	1.11	3.48	4.38	90	3.07	71.6
2015	CCH	AA	TEX	2	2	1.7	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	112	10.8	0.0	5.4	5.4	0%	.200	1.20	9.89	5.40	116	4.76	104.4
2016	COL	MLB	NL	44	0	32.7	2	0	0	43	9	22	5	110	11.8	2.5	1.4	6.1	55%	.328	1.59	4.65	5.23	97	4.98	110.2
2016	ABQ	AAA	PCL	2	0	1.7	0	0	0	4	1	2	1		21.6	5.4	5.4	10.8	43%	.500	3.00	10.92	21.60	96	3.39	75.0
2017	COL	MLB	NL	19	0	16.7	1	1	0	17	5	11	3		9.2	2.7	1.6	5.9	59%	.264	1.32	5.09	5.40	102	5.43	115.5
2017	ABQ	AAA	PCL	6	0	5.0	0	0	0	5	1	5	0		9.0	1.8	0.0	9.0	62%	.385	1.20	2.32	1.80	78	3.68	78.3

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	1021	0.5426	0.4995	0.7490	0.6209	0.3555	0.8459	0.5482	0.2510
2009	741	0.5857	0.5061	0.7867	0.6106	0.3583	0.8792	0.5636	0.2133
2010	1027	0.4937	0.4703	0.8075	0.5996	0.3442	0.8882	0.6704	0.1925
2011	1068	0.4934	0.4934	0.8065	0.6357	0.3549	0.8776	0.6823	0.1935
2012	833	0.4790	0.4874	0.8300	0.6617	0.3272	0.8902	0.7183	0.1700
2013	805	0.5453	0.4981	0.7556	0.6378	0.3306	0.8857	0.4545	0.2444
2014	672	0.5342	0.4881	0.7622	0.5905	0.3706	0.8491	0.6034	0.2378
2015	729	0.4966	0.5007	0.7562	0.6657	0.3379	0.8880	0.5000	0.2438
2016	524	0.4332	0.4656	0.7664	0.6300	0.3401	0.9021	0.5743	0.2336
2017	252	0.5476	0.4722	0.7815	0.6884	0.2105	0.8211	0.6250	0.2185
Career	7672	0.5143	0.4898	0.7821	0.6298	0.3423	0.8755	0.5979	0.2179

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
2014-09-07	2014-09-15	DTD	8	7	Right	Hip	Strain	Glute	-
2014-08-20	2014-08-22	DTD	2	2	-	Low Back	Soreness		-
2014-05-09	2014-05-11	DTD	2	2	-	General Medical	Illness		-	-
2012-08-25	2012-09-09	15-DL	15	13	Left		Inflammation	Big Toe	-	-
2012-04-08	2012-04-11	DTD	3	2	Right	Foot	Soreness	Heel	-	-
2009-08-31	2009-10-05	60-DL	35	31	Left	Knee	Surgery	Dislocated Patella and Torn Meniscus Two Places and Partial Quad Tendon Tear	2009-09-05
2009-05-29	2009-06-05	DTD	7	6	Right	Forearm	Soreness		-
2007-02-18	2007-03-11	Camp	21	0	Right	Shoulder	Inflammation		-
2006-08-25	2006-08-29	DTD	4	3	Right	Foot	Soreness	Heel	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2017	COL	$3,750,000
2016	COL	$2,250,000
2015	HOU	$3,000,000
2014	HOU	$2,750,000
2013	MIA	$1,150,000
2012	PHI	$1,150,000
2011	SDN	$1,500,000
2010	ARI	$4,185,000
2009	ARI	$2,535,000
2008	ARI	$1,312,500
2007	HOU	$441,000
2006	HOU	$376,000
2005	HOU	$316,000

Years	Description	Salary
13 yr	Previous	$24,715,500
13 yr	Total	$24,715,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
12 y 58 d	Excel Sports	2 years/$6M (2016-17)

Details

2 years/$6M (2016-17). Signed by Colorado as a free agent 12/8/15. $1M signing bonus. 16:$1.75M, 17:$3.25M. DFA by Colorado 6/30/17. Released 7/5/17.
2 years/$6M (2014-15), plus 2016 club option. Signed by Houston as a free agent 12/7/13. 14:$2.75M, 15:$3M, 16:$3.5M club option, $0.25M buyout. Houston declined 2016 option 11/3/15.
1 year (2013). Signed by Miami as a free agent 1/25/13 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.15M in majors. May request release 3/26/13 if he will not make Major League roster. $0.1M retention bonus if he agrees to start season in minors. May opt out of contract 6/1/13 if not on Major League roster. Contract purchased by Miami 3/31/13.
1 year/$1.15M (2012). Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 1/31/12. Acquired by NY Yankees in trade 7/1/12 after being DFA by Philadelphia 6/28/12. Acquired by Pittsburgh in trade from NY Yankees 7/31/12.
1 year/$2.55M (2011), plus 2012 club option. Signed by San Diego as a free agent 1/19/11. 11:$1.5M, 12:$6M club option, $1.05M buyout. San Diego declined 2012 option 10/31/11.
1 year/$4.185M (2010). Re-signed by Arizona 1/18/10 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Tampa Bay in trade from Arizona 7/31/10.
1 year/$2.535M (2009). Re-signed by Arizona 1/20/09 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$1.3125M (2008). Re-signed by Arizona 1/18/08 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$0.441M (2007). Renewed by Houston 3/07. Acquired by Arizona in trade from Houston 12/14/07.
1 year/$0.376M (2006). Re-signed by Houston 3/06.
1 year/$0.316M (2005). Re-signed by Houston 2/05.
1 year (2004). Contract purchased by Houston 11/03.
Drafted by Houston 2000 (2-67) (Nevada-Reno). $0.415M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCT	W	SV	G	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
90^o	8.9	0.4	62	50.4	46	17	38	6	.267	1.25	3.78	3.86	-5.0	-0.5
80^o	7.6	0.3	54	44.2	44	16	33	6	.283	1.36	4.19	4.28	-6.4	-0.7
70^o	6.7	0.3	49	39.9	42	15	30	6	.294	1.44	4.49	4.59	-7.2	-0.8
60^o	6	0.2	44	36.3	40	15	27	5	.304	1.51	4.75	4.86	-7.6	-0.8
50^o	5.4	0.2	40	33.0	38	14	25	5	.314	1.58	5.01	5.12	-7.9	-0.9
40^o	4.8	0.2	36	29.8	36	13	23	5	.323	1.65	5.26	5.39	-8.0	-0.9
30^o	4.2	0.1	32	26.5	34	12	20	4	.333	1.72	5.54	5.67	-7.9	-0.9
20^o	3.6	0.1	28	22.8	30	11	17	4	.345	1.82	5.87	6.01	-7.6	-0.8
10^o	2.7	0.1	22	17.8	26	9	13	3	.362	1.96	6.35	6.5	-6.9	-0.8
Weighted Mean	5.3	0.2	40	32.3	37	13	24	5	.311	1.56	4.97	5.08	-7.5	-0.8

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Date	Question	Answer
2015-10-06 19:30:00 (link to chat)	How bad is the Astros bullpen? Would anyone be shocked if the Yankees came back here? (MadJoe from Bronx)	Their ERA was north of 6 in September, wouldn't shock me. Chad Qualls entering would be the best thing for the Yankees. Sipp's been effective this year. But yeah, they're a bit worn down. - KD (AL Wild Card Game Chat)
2014-03-14 09:00:00 (link to chat)	Who do you think gets the most saves for Houston this year, and is that player worth drafting? (uvasuperman from Atlanta)	I still like Jesse Crain assuming health, although that's an open question right now. I have no faith in Chad Qualls even if he does start the year with the job. But to your point, Crain is a trade candidate even if he does get on track so all of these guys are late round fliers and maybe even reserve picks in 12-team mixers. (Mike Gianella)
2011-12-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)	The only acceptable Yu Darvish pun will come if Toronto signs Chad Qualls and it can be said of their offseason, "Q And Not Yu." (bradleyankrom from Space)	One of my two was "queue and not yu" but it never really came together. (Sam Miller)
2011-07-21 13:00:00 (link to chat)	How much do you think getting bullpen help would help the Angels make the post-season this year? They've already said they don't want to pay for the top-tier guys like Adams or Bell. What other relievers are out there that might make a difference? Koji Uehara? (Dennis from LA)	Uehara or maybe Jim Johnson. I mean, there are about 424 available right handed relievers, and most of those are second tier guys. Thing about relievers is, let's say you get a Chad Qualls. Qualls could go out for 20IP and give up 2ER or Give up 14ER. It's too tough to predict with the less than elite players, of which there are very few. So, you bring in someone(s) with good stuff who's pitching well & you cross your fingers and pray. (Mike Ferrin)
2009-07-24 16:30:00 (link to chat)	Any feeling about what the Yanks should do this trade deadline? (Nick from NYC)	Move Phil Hughes into the starting rotation, try and trade for someone like Jason Frasor or Chad Qualls. (Eric Seidman)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Chad Qualls threw 8,471 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2017, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2017, he relied primarily on his Sinker (91mph) and Slider (85mph). He also rarely threw a Change (81mph).