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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
14 111 416.7 19 25 0 5.18 5.7
Birth Date10-14-1981
Height6' 4"
Weight245 lbs
Age42 years, 5 months, 14 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
2006 MIN MLB 18 18 100.3 7 6 0 104 24 84 18 101 9.3 2.2 1.6 7.5 0% .295 1.28 4.59 4.22 86 3.85 78.4 2.1
2007 MIN MLB 31 30 173.0 8 12 0 199 65 136 27 96 10.4 3.4 1.4 7.1 0% .319 1.53 4.97 5.10 100 4.94 102.3 1.5
2008 MIN MLB 47 12 118.3 3 7 0 139 36 97 16 96 10.6 2.7 1.2 7.4 0% .322 1.48 4.21 5.93 94 4.09 87.2 1.8
2010 BOS 0 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 115 27.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 0% .545 4.00 6.04 18.00 109 5.99 135.2 0.0
2010 OAK 0 13 0 23.0 1 0 0 27 6 17 2 106 10.6 2.3 0.8 6.7 0% .338 1.43 3.48 5.09 89 3.59 81.2 0.3
2010 TOT MLB 15 0 25.0 1 0 0 33 8 17 2 107 11.9 2.9 0.7 6.1 0% .000 1.64 3.68 6.12 91 3.79 85.5 0.3
CareerMLB11160416.719250475133334639810.32.91.47.245%.3171.464.585.18954.3791.25.7

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-
2000 SLO A- NWN 10 9 33.0 1 4 0 21 29 41 2 5.7 7.9 0.5 11.2 0% -.264 1.52 4.56 6.00 0 0.00 0.0
2001 HAG A SAL 27 27 134.0 16 4 0 91 61 178 7 6.1 4.1 0.5 12.0 0% -.339 1.13 2.70 2.49 0 0.00 0.0
2002 SJO A+ CLF 23 23 128.3 8 6 0 89 70 139 9 6.2 4.9 0.6 9.8 0% .256 1.24 4.18 2.88 0 0.00 0.0
2002 SHV AA TXS 5 5 24.3 1 2 0 30 14 23 3 11.1 5.2 1.1 8.5 0% .380 1.81 4.63 5.56 0 0.00 0.0
2003 NRW AA EAS 24 24 135.0 7 10 0 122 67 103 11 8.1 4.5 0.7 6.9 0% .279 1.40 4.29 4.00 0 0.00 0.0
2003 FRE AAA PCL 4 4 23.0 1 2 0 17 8 28 4 6.7 3.1 1.6 11.0 0% .228 1.09 4.17 3.13 0 0.00 0.0
2003 SCO Wnt AFL 7 7 26.7 2 3 0 32 18 24 4 10.8 6.1 1.3 8.1 0% -.609 1.87 6.45 6.07 0 0.00 0.0
2004 NBR AA EAS 27 27 154.3 12 9 0 160 56 146 22 9.3 3.3 1.3 8.5 0% .317 1.40 4.35 4.37 0 0.00 0.0
2004 ROC AAA INT 1 1 7.0 1 0 0 5 1 7 1 6.4 1.3 1.3 9.0 0% .222 0.86 3.54 1.29 0 0.00 0.0
2005 ROC AAA INT 28 28 160.3 11 9 0 153 57 168 22 99 8.6 3.2 1.2 9.4 0% -.526 1.31 3.99 3.99 93 4.34 85.5
2006 MIN MLB AL 18 18 100.3 7 6 0 104 24 84 18 101 9.3 2.2 1.6 7.5 0% .295 1.28 4.59 4.22 86 3.85 78.4
2006 ROC AAA INT 14 14 86.1 6 4 0 68 35 83 4 91 7.1 3.7 0.4 8.7 0% .271 1.20 3.07 2.82 88 3.24 67.9
2007 MIN MLB AL 31 30 173.0 8 12 0 199 65 136 27 96 10.4 3.4 1.4 7.1 0% .319 1.53 4.97 5.10 100 4.94 102.3
2008 MIN MLB AL 47 12 118.3 3 7 0 139 36 97 16 96 10.6 2.7 1.2 7.4 0% .322 1.48 4.21 5.93 94 4.09 87.2
2009 FTM A+ FSL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 93 0.0 9.0 0.0 9.0 0% .000 1.00 4.19 0.00 57 1.92 40.4
2010 BOS MLB AL 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 115 27.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 0% .545 4.00 6.04 18.00 109 5.99 135.2
2010 OAK MLB AL 13 0 23.0 1 0 0 27 6 17 2 106 10.6 2.3 0.8 6.7 0% .338 1.43 3.48 5.09 89 3.59 81.2
2010 PAW AAA INT 9 8 32.7 0 2 0 37 14 25 3 89 10.2 3.9 0.8 6.9 0% .327 1.56 4.42 6.33 0 0.00 0.0
2010 SAC AAA PCL 5 5 23.7 2 1 0 20 11 17 2 98 7.6 4.2 0.8 6.5 0% .269 1.31 4.63 4.56 0 0.00 0.0
2011 BUF AAA INT 1 1 3.7 0 0 0 3 2 4 0 91 7.4 4.9 0.0 9.8 0% .333 1.36 2.69 2.45 83 4.53 92.4
2012 FRE AAA PCL 11 7 34.0 0 3 0 38 13 23 4 102 10.1 3.4 1.1 6.1 0% .312 1.50 4.98 4.50 106 4.27 88.9
2012 GIA Rk AZL 6 2 5.3 1 1 0 2 4 3 0 91 3.4 6.8 0.0 5.1 0% .118 1.13 6.02 3.38 113 2.07 43.0
2012 MAR Wnt VWL 6 6 24.7 0 2 0 27 8 14 1 9.9 2.9 0.4 5.1 0% .302 1.42 3.84 3.65 0 0.00 0.0
2013 COH AAA INT 3 1 15.0 0 2 0 20 4 10 1 117 12.0 2.4 0.6 6.0 0% .396 1.60 3.53 6.00 101 6.20 134.8
2013 FRE AAA PCL 15 15 79.7 2 6 0 95 40 46 9 100 10.7 4.5 1.0 5.2 0% .319 1.69 5.57 5.87 118 5.88 127.8

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 1889 0.5193 0.4860 0.7963 0.6534 0.3051 0.8861 0.5884 0.2037
2010 397 0.4811 0.5063 0.7960 0.6649 0.3592 0.8583 0.6892 0.2040
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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
2011-04-11 2011-09-06 Minors 148 137 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2011-04-18
2010-03-26 2010-06-07 60-DL 73 58 Right Groin Strain -
2010-03-04 2010-03-04 Camp 0 0 Right Fingers Blister -
2009-03-27 2009-10-12 60-DL 199 163 Right Shoulder Recovery From Surgery Labrum and Rotator Cuff 2009-02-25
2009-02-16 2009-03-27 Camp 39 0 Right Shoulder Surgery Labrum and Rotator Cuff 2009-02-25

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2010 BOS $650,000
2009 BOS $450,000
2008 MIN $432,500
2007 MIN $397,500
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$1,930,000
4 yrTotal$1,930,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 81 dLarry Reynolds1 year (2013)

Details
  • 1 year (2013). Re-signed by San Francisco (minor-league contract). Released by San Francisco 6/27/13. Signed by Cleveland as a free agent 6/29/13 (minor-league contract). Released by Cleveland 8/1/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by San Francisco as a free agent 12/29/11 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2011). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 12/8/10 (minor-league contract). $0.7M salary in majors ($15,000/month in minors). Bonser may opt out of contract if not on 25-man roster by specified date.
  • 1 year/$0.65M (2010). Signed by Boston 12/12/09 (avoided arbitration). DFA by Boston 6/18/10 (refused assignment 6/28/10). Signed by Oakland as a free agent 7/7/10 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Oakland 7/31/10. Refused outright assignment by Oakland 11/2/10.
  • 1 year/$0.45M (2009). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/8/09. Acquired by Boston in trade 12/11/09 after being DFA by Minnesota 12/8/09.
  • 1 year/$0.4325M (2008). Re-signed by Minnesota 2/27/08.
  • 1 year/$0.3975M (2007). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/07.
  • 1 year (2006). Re-signed by Minnesota 2/06.
  • 1 year (2005). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/05. Acquired by Minnesota in trade from San Francisco 11/03.
  • Drafted by San Francisco 2000 (1-21) (Gibbs HS, Fla.). $1.245M signing bonus.

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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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2009-12-17 13:00:00 (link to chat)What about the Twins trading garbage for Joe Nathan, Liriano and AJ Pierzynski? That was a pretty bad trade if memory serves.
(bctowns from Tradesville, USA)
I think you mean trading Pierzynski for Nathan, Liriano and Boof Bonser. Also in the picture, but tempered by Liriano's crash and burn and Bonser's injuries and subsequent suckitude. Nathan is statistically the equal of Mariano over the past six years, minus the postseason success. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-08-15 15:00:00 (link to chat)How crazy are the Mariners for pulling back Washburn because Minnesota was 'only' offering Boof Bonser?!
(Aaron from YYZ)
You can take the Bavasi out of the ballclub, but not the Bavasi-ism, I guess. There's something sort of sad about a team that overvalues its mediocrities, but it also explains a lot about how they got there. (Christina Kahrl)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2023, Boof Bonser threw 3,263 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2013, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2013, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (90mph) and Slider (81mph), also mixing in a Change (83mph) and Curve (76mph).