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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
6 88 454.3 18 25 1 4.32 9.4
Birth Date1-30-1978
Height6' 6"
Weight210 lbs
Age46 years, 2 months, 19 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
2002 ARI MLB 7 5 30.7 2 0 0 27 7 31 7 104 7.9 2.1 2.1 9.1 0% .260 1.11 4.60 3.23 89 2.92 62.6 0.9
2003 ARI MLB 16 8 55.0 1 4 1 61 30 43 7 105 10.0 4.9 1.1 7.0 0% .318 1.65 4.81 6.05 112 6.06 127.0 -0.2
2004 MON MLB 19 19 98.3 4 7 0 100 46 99 18 92 9.2 4.2 1.6 9.1 0% .299 1.48 4.96 5.03 98 3.66 75.5 2.3
2005 WAS MLB 31 31 198.3 9 7 0 172 65 185 19 87 7.8 2.9 0.9 8.4 0% .282 1.19 3.42 3.13 87 2.92 62.9 5.8
2006 WAS MLB 8 8 40.7 1 2 0 36 9 42 4 94 8.0 2.0 0.9 9.3 0% .286 1.11 3.20 4.43 91 3.38 68.7 1.1
2007 WAS MLB 7 7 31.3 1 5 0 39 22 15 5 93 11.2 6.3 1.4 4.3 0% .309 1.95 6.39 7.47 126 6.88 142.3 -0.4
CareerMLB8878454.31825143517941560938.63.51.28.233%.2921.354.194.32963.7879.49.4

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-
2002 ARI MLB NL 7 5 30.7 2 0 0 27 7 31 7 104 7.9 2.1 2.1 9.1 0% .260 1.11 4.60 3.23 89 2.92 62.6
2003 ARI MLB NL 16 8 55.0 1 4 1 61 30 43 7 105 10.0 4.9 1.1 7.0 0% .318 1.65 4.81 6.05 112 6.06 127.0
2004 MON MLB NL 19 19 98.3 4 7 0 100 46 99 18 92 9.2 4.2 1.6 9.1 0% .299 1.48 4.96 5.03 98 3.66 75.5
2005 WAS MLB NL 31 31 198.3 9 7 0 172 65 185 19 87 7.8 2.9 0.9 8.4 0% .282 1.19 3.42 3.13 87 2.92 62.9
2006 WAS MLB NL 8 8 40.7 1 2 0 36 9 42 4 94 8.0 2.0 0.9 9.3 0% .286 1.11 3.20 4.43 91 3.38 68.7
2007 WAS MLB NL 7 7 31.3 1 5 0 39 22 15 5 93 11.2 6.3 1.4 4.3 0% .309 1.95 6.39 7.47 126 6.88 142.3

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%

Injury History  —  No longer being updated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
2007-05-06 2007-10-01 15-DL 148 132 Right Elbow Surgery Radial Nerve Decompression 2007-09-14 -
2006-07-10 2006-10-06 15-DL 88 72 Right Forearm Surgery Median Nerve Decompression 2006-07-20 -
2006-04-22 2006-06-23 15-DL 62 57 Right Forearm Strain - -
2005-05-16 2005-05-31 15-DL 15 14 - Low Back Spasms - -
2004-04-28 2004-07-16 15-DL 79 67 Right Groin Strain - -
2000-05-25 2000-09-05 Minors 103 0 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2000-05-25 -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2007 WAS $850,000
2006 WAS $450,000
2005 WAS $322,500
2004 MON $310,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$1,932,500
4 yrTotal$1,932,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 126 dCasey Close1 yr/$0.85M (08)

Details
  • released 3/20/08
  • re-signed 12/12/07 (avoided arbitration), 1 year/$0.85M (08)
  • lost arbitration 2/07 ($1.85M-$0.85M), 1 year/$0.85M (07)
  • re-signed 2/06, 1 year/$0.45M (06)
  • re-signed 2/05, 1 year/$0.3225M (05) acquired in trade from AZ 3/04, 1 year/$0.31M (04) optioned to Triple-A 7/03 recalled 5/03 4/03 optioned to Triple-A 3/03 8/02
  • recalled 7/02 signed 2/02

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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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, John Patterson threw 77 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2007, including pitches thrown in . In 2007, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (88mph), also mixing in a Slider (82mph) and Curve (74mph). He also rarely threw a Sinker (81mph), Change (74mph), Cutter (90mph) and Knuckleball (89mph).