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Jimmy Gobble P

Career Summary

Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
11	247	435.7	22	23	4	5.29	-4

Birth Date	7-19-1981
Height	6' 3"
Weight	210 lbs

Age	42 years, 8 months, 27 days
Bats	L
Throws	L

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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	KCA	MLB	9	9	52.7	4	5	0	56	15	31	8	104	9.6	2.6	1.4	5.3	0%	.279	1.35	4.97	4.61	117	6.20	130.0	-0.3
2004	KCA	MLB	25	24	148.0	9	8	0	157	43	49	24	102	9.5	2.6	1.5	3.0	0%	.256	1.35	5.53	5.35	124	7.78	160.5	-3.2
2005	KCA	MLB	28	4	53.7	1	1	0	64	30	38	9	102	10.7	5.0	1.5	6.4	0%	.322	1.75	5.54	5.70	123	7.97	171.5	-1.5
2006	KCA	MLB	60	6	84.0	4	6	2	95	29	80	12	114	10.2	3.1	1.3	8.6	0%	.335	1.48	4.21	5.14	95	4.23	86.2	1.4
2007	KCA	MLB	74	0	53.7	4	1	1	56	23	50	6	102	9.4	3.9	1.0	8.4	0%	.329	1.47	4.29	3.02	102	4.70	97.2	0.5
2008	KCA	MLB	39	0	31.7	0	2	1	39	23	27	5	101	11.1	6.5	1.4	7.7	0%	.333	1.96	5.87	8.81	131	7.23	154.2	-0.7
2009	CHA	MLB	12	0	12.0	0	0	0	14	7	10	3	106	10.5	5.3	2.3	7.5	0%	.297	1.75	6.96	7.50	123	6.70	143.7	-0.2
Career		MLB	247	43	435.7	22	23	4	481	170	285	67	105	9.9	3.5	1.4	5.9	36%	.296	1.49	5.12	5.29	116	6.48	135.1	-4.0

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-
2000	CWV	A	SAL	25	25	145.0	12	10	0	144	34	115	10		8.9	2.1	0.6	7.1	0%	-.843	1.23	3.51	3.66	0	0.00	0.0
2001	WIL	A+	CRL	27	27	162.3	10	6	0	134	33	154	8		7.4	1.8	0.4	8.5	0%	-.636	1.03	2.65	2.55	0	0.00	0.0
2002	WIC	AA	TXS	13	13	69.3	5	7	0	71	19	52	3		9.2	2.5	0.4	6.8	0%	.316	1.30	3.04	3.38	0	0.00	0.0
2003	KCA	MLB	AL	9	9	52.7	4	5	0	56	15	31	8	104	9.6	2.6	1.4	5.3	0%	.279	1.35	4.97	4.61	117	6.20	130.0
2003	WIC	AA	TXS	22	22	132.7	12	8	0	128	40	100	11		8.7	2.7	0.7	6.8	0%	.290	1.27	4.00	3.19	0	0.00	0.0
2004	KCA	MLB	AL	25	24	148.0	9	8	0	157	43	49	24	102	9.5	2.6	1.5	3.0	0%	.256	1.35	5.53	5.35	124	7.78	160.5
2004	OMA	AAA	PCL	4	4	19.7	3	1	0	25	7	15	5		11.4	3.2	2.3	6.9	0%	.313	1.62	6.35	4.57	0	0.00	0.0
2005	KCA	MLB	AL	28	4	53.7	1	1	0	64	30	38	9	102	10.7	5.0	1.5	6.4	0%	.322	1.75	5.54	5.70	123	7.97	171.5
2005	OMA	AAA	PCL	12	12	58.3	2	7	0	76	21	45	8	60	11.7	3.2	1.2	6.9	0%	-.895	1.66	4.93	6.64	99	6.55	129.1
2006	KCA	MLB	AL	60	6	84.0	4	6	2	95	29	80	12	114	10.2	3.1	1.3	8.6	0%	.335	1.48	4.21	5.14	95	4.23	86.2
2007	KCA	MLB	AL	74	0	53.7	4	1	1	56	23	50	6	102	9.4	3.9	1.0	8.4	0%	.329	1.47	4.29	3.02	102	4.70	97.2
2008	KCA	MLB	AL	39	0	31.7	0	2	1	39	23	27	5	101	11.1	6.5	1.4	7.7	0%	.333	1.96	5.87	8.81	131	7.23	154.2
2008	OMA	AAA	PCL	8	4	14.3	1	1	0	16	9	16	1	103	10.1	5.7	0.6	10.1	0%	.375	1.75	4.25	5.66	92	5.85	119.6
2009	CHA	MLB	AL	12	0	12.0	0	0	0	14	7	10	3	106	10.5	5.3	2.3	7.5	0%	.297	1.75	6.96	7.50	123	6.70	143.7
2009	CHR	AAA	INT	11	0	12.0	0	1	1	8	4	19	2	108	6.0	3.0	1.5	14.3	0%	.240	1.00	3.40	5.25	68	2.40	50.4
2010	CSP	AAA	PCL	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		13.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0%	.333	1.50	3.58	4.50	0	0.00	0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	616	0.4627	0.4399	0.7638	0.6211	0.2840	0.8192	0.6596	0.2362
2009	224	0.5000	0.4643	0.7308	0.6786	0.2500	0.7895	0.5714	0.2692
Career	840	0.4726	0.4464	0.7550	0.6364	0.2749	0.8113	0.6361	0.2450

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
2010-04-20	2010-09-07	Minors	140	0	Left	Elbow	Soreness		-
2010-04-08	2010-04-16	Minors	8	0		Abdomen	Recovery From Strain	Oblique	-
2010-03-12	2010-04-05	Camp	24	0		Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-
2008-07-22	2008-09-02	15-DL	42	36		Low Back	Strain		-
2004-09-30	2004-10-03	DTD	3	3		Low Back	Cartilage Injury		-
2004-03-26	2004-04-01	Camp	6	0	Right	Abdomen	Soreness	Oblique	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2011		$
2008	KCA	$1,312,500
2007	KCA	$712,500
2006	KCA	$345,500
2004	KCA	$304,000

Years	Description	Salary
4 yr	Previous	$2,674,500
4 yr	Total	$2,674,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
5 y 31 d	SFX

Details

1 year (2010). Signed by Colorado 1/28/10 (minor-league contract).
1 year/$1.35M (2009). Re-signed by Kansas City 1/19/09 (avoided arbitration). Performance bonuses: $25,000 each for 55, 70 games. Released by Kansas City 3/18/09 (due 30 days' pay, $221,312). Signed by Texas as a free agent 3/21/09 (minor-league contract). Released by Texas 3/29/09. Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 4/5/09 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by White Sox 5/11/09. DFA by White Sox 7/8/09.
1 year/$1.3125M (2008). Re-signed by Kansas City 1/17/08 (avoided arbitration). Award bonus: $50,000 for All-Star selection.
1 year/$0.7125M (2007). Re-signed by Kansas City 1/07 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$0.3455M (2006).
1 year (2005). Renewed by Kansas City 3/05.
1 year/$0.304M (2004).
Drafted by Kansas City 1999 (1s-49). $0.725M 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
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Jimmy Gobble threw 1,216 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 (86mph), also mixing in a Fourseam Fastball (89mph) and Change (81mph).