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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
17 298 346.7 17 11 3 3.63 4.8
Birth Date3-29-1976
Height6' 2"
Weight200 lbs
Age48 years, 1 months, 11 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
2004 SEA MLB 25 0 30.7 2 3 0 29 14 36 4 102 8.5 4.1 1.2 10.6 0% .316 1.40 3.87 3.52 74 2.68 55.3 1.0
2005 SEA MLB 6 0 6.7 0 0 0 7 1 9 1 103 9.5 1.4 1.4 12.2 0% .375 1.20 2.74 6.75 85 3.16 68.1 0.2
2007 SFN MLB 22 0 30.7 0 0 0 32 10 25 5 98 9.4 2.9 1.5 7.3 0% .300 1.37 4.73 4.11 97 3.95 81.6 0.5
2010 BOS MLB 43 1 60.0 2 3 0 58 19 41 9 113 8.7 2.9 1.4 6.2 0% .268 1.28 4.63 4.50 105 4.68 105.7 0.2
2011 BOS MLB 17 0 30.3 1 0 1 31 6 17 0 110 9.2 1.8 0.0 5.0 0% .320 1.22 2.73 3.26 104 4.01 93.1 0.3
2012 BOS MLB 42 0 51.3 2 1 0 42 9 36 2 106 7.4 1.6 0.4 6.3 0% .261 0.99 2.67 1.58 83 3.22 73.8 1.0
2013 NYN MLB 50 0 45.3 3 3 0 45 12 28 4 98 8.9 2.4 0.8 5.6 0% .273 1.26 3.72 4.37 99 3.42 82.0 0.6
2014 CLE MLB 70 0 72.0 6 0 2 60 14 49 4 103 7.5 1.8 0.5 6.1 0% .263 1.03 3.10 2.75 83 3.13 76.8 1.2
2015 CLE MLB 23 0 19.7 1 1 0 23 4 12 6 111 10.5 1.8 2.7 5.5 0% .266 1.37 6.61 6.86 109 5.25 122.7 -0.1
CareerMLB2981346.71711332789253351058.52.30.96.652%.2801.203.753.63933.6884.44.8

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.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
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-
1999 WIS A MDW 15 13 81.7 4 5 0 67 25 85 4 7.4 2.8 0.4 9.4 0% -.548 1.13 3.25 3.41 0 0.00 0.0
2000 LNC A+ CLF 18 18 97.7 5 5 0 117 21 77 10 10.8 1.9 0.9 7.1 0% -.991 1.41 4.08 3.68 0 0.00 0.0
2000 TAC AAA PCL 5 5 26.0 1 1 0 22 6 18 3 7.6 2.1 1.0 6.2 0% -.704 1.08 4.38 3.81 0 0.00 0.0
2001 SAN AA TXS 24 24 136.0 9 10 0 171 28 83 11 11.3 1.9 0.7 5.5 0% -1.311 1.46 3.96 4.24 0 0.00 0.0
2001 Peo Wnt AFL 9 6 28.0 0 0 0 39 4 14 3 12.5 1.3 1.0 4.5 0% -1.714 1.54 5.15 3.54 0 0.00 0.0
2002 TAC AAA PCL 27 21 124.3 5 10 2 123 31 112 13 8.9 2.2 0.9 8.1 0% .303 1.24 3.97 4.63 0 0.00 0.0
2003 TAC AAA PCL 39 7 108.7 6 9 1 114 37 83 8 9.4 3.1 0.7 6.9 0% .309 1.39 3.83 4.31 0 0.00 0.0
2003 Lar Wnt VWL 13 5 30.0 3 0 0 22 6 24 3 6.6 1.8 0.9 7.2 0% -.576 0.93 3.86 2.40 0 0.00 0.0
2004 SEA MLB AL 25 0 30.7 2 3 0 29 14 36 4 102 8.5 4.1 1.2 10.6 0% .316 1.40 3.87 3.52 74 2.68 55.3
2004 TAC AAA PCL 40 1 69.3 5 3 7 71 26 76 8 9.2 3.4 1.0 9.9 0% .333 1.40 4.02 4.16 0 0.00 0.0
2005 SEA MLB AL 6 0 6.7 0 0 0 7 1 9 1 103 9.5 1.4 1.4 12.2 0% .375 1.20 2.74 6.75 85 3.16 68.1
2005 SAN AA TXS 5 0 6.0 0 0 0 3 2 8 0 58 4.5 3.0 0.0 12.0 0% -.300 0.83 1.60 0.00 60 2.40 47.4
2005 TAC AAA PCL 10 0 13.0 0 0 0 13 5 17 0 81 9.0 3.5 0.0 11.8 0% -.591 1.38 2.05 4.15 71 3.92 77.3
2006 TAC AAA PCL 30 0 50.1 4 0 1 49 15 39 2 97 8.8 2.7 0.4 7.0 0% .299 1.28 3.25 2.34 87 4.11 86.3
2007 SFN MLB NL 22 0 30.7 0 0 0 32 10 25 5 98 9.4 2.9 1.5 7.3 0% .300 1.37 4.73 4.11 97 3.95 81.6
2007 FRE AAA PCL 38 1 53.7 3 2 4 44 8 51 1 106 7.4 1.3 0.2 8.5 0% .281 0.97 2.37 2.01 67 2.37 48.5
2008 HNS npb JCL 42 12 104.7 7 6 0 104 26 85 9 8.9 2.2 0.8 7.3 0% .303 1.24 3.23 3.70 0 0.00 0.0
2009 HNS npb JCL 75 0 90.0 5 3 0 60 20 81 3 6.0 2.0 0.3 8.1 0% .245 0.89 2.05 1.70 0 0.00 0.0
2010 BOS MLB AL 43 1 60.0 2 3 0 58 19 41 9 113 8.7 2.9 1.4 6.2 0% .268 1.28 4.63 4.50 105 4.68 105.7
2010 PAW AAA INT 11 0 13.3 1 0 0 13 5 17 0 8.8 3.4 0.0 11.5 0% .351 1.35 1.86 4.06 0 0.00 0.0
2011 BOS MLB AL 17 0 30.3 1 0 1 31 6 17 0 110 9.2 1.8 0.0 5.0 0% .320 1.22 2.73 3.26 104 4.01 93.1
2011 PAW AAA INT 36 1 61.3 6 2 5 50 9 72 5 91 7.3 1.3 0.7 10.6 0% .290 0.96 2.58 2.64 72 2.88 58.8
2012 BOS MLB AL 42 0 51.3 2 1 0 42 9 36 2 106 7.4 1.6 0.4 6.3 0% .261 0.99 2.67 1.58 83 3.22 73.8
2012 PAW AAA INT 2 1 2.0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 96 13.5 0.0 4.5 9.0 0% .333 1.50 7.65 13.50 93 4.70 97.9
2013 NYN MLB NL 50 0 45.3 3 3 0 45 12 28 4 98 8.9 2.4 0.8 5.6 0% .273 1.26 3.72 4.37 99 3.42 82.0
2013 SLU A+ FSL 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .000 0.00 1.24 0.00 89 3.87 84.0
2013 BIN AA EAS 4 0 4.0 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .222 0.50 1.32 0.00 77 3.01 65.4
2013 MTS Rk GCL 2 2 2.0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 91 13.5 0.0 0.0 13.5 0% .500 1.50 0.45 4.50 77 5.53 120.2
2014 CLE MLB AL 70 0 72.0 6 0 2 60 14 49 4 103 7.5 1.8 0.5 6.1 0% .263 1.03 3.10 2.75 83 3.13 76.8
2015 CLE MLB AL 23 0 19.7 1 1 0 23 4 12 6 111 10.5 1.8 2.7 5.5 0% .266 1.37 6.61 6.86 109 5.25 122.7
2015 AKR AA EAS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 9.0 0.0 0.0 27.0 0% 1.000 1.00 -2.73 0.00 20 1.56 34.2
2015 CHT AA SOU 4 0 5.0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 7.2 0.0 0.0 3.6 0% .250 0.80 2.50 1.80 91 3.57 78.2

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2010 973 0.4985 0.4481 0.8303 0.6103 0.2869 0.8919 0.7000 0.1697
2011 473 0.4397 0.4545 0.8279 0.6058 0.3358 0.9286 0.6854 0.1721
2012 687 0.4789 0.4585 0.8317 0.5988 0.3296 0.8629 0.7797 0.1683
2013 740 0.5122 0.4446 0.8237 0.6280 0.2521 0.8992 0.6264 0.1763
2014 1001 0.4895 0.4645 0.7763 0.6327 0.3033 0.8839 0.5613 0.2237
2015 338 0.5178 0.4763 0.8447 0.6571 0.2822 0.9478 0.5870 0.1553
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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
2013-06-18 2013-07-13 15-DL 25 24 - Groin Strain - -
2013-05-14 2013-06-17 15-DL 34 29 Right Elbow Bone Spur - -
2012-07-14 2012-09-11 60-DL 59 54 Right Elbow Sprain Ulnar Collateral Ligament - -
2011-09-26 2011-09-29 DTD 3 3 Right Groin Tightness - -
2006-04-13 2006-05-29 Minors 46 0 Right Elbow Strain - -
2005-04-04 2005-09-03 60-DL 152 134 Right Elbow Strain - ----
2005-04-02 2005-09-03 60-DL 154 134 Right Elbow Strain - -
2000-04-06 2000-05-04 Minors 28 0 Right Elbow Sprain - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2015 CLE $900,000
2014 CLE $800,000
2013 NYN $700,000
2012 BOS $510,000
2011 BOS $454,000
2010 BOS $420,000
2005 SEA $323,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
7 yrPrevious$4,107,000
7 yrTotal$4,107,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
5 y 168 dRich Thompson1 year/$1M (2015), 2016 option

Details
  • 1 year/$1M (2015), plus 2016 club option. Signed extension with Cleveland 8/19/14. 15:$0.9M, 16:$1M club option, $0.1M buyout. DFA by Cleveland 6/23/15, released 6/28/15. Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 7/5/15 (minor-league contract). Released by Minnesota 7/15/15.
  • 1 year (2014). Signed by Cleveland as a free agent 1/6/14 (minor-league contract). Salary of $0.8M in majors. Contract selected by Cleveland 3/30/14.
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 1/29/13 (minor-league contract). Salary of $0.7M in majors. May earn additional $0.15M in performance bonuses. Contract purchased by NY Mets 3/29/13. Non-tendered by NY Mets 12/2/13.
  • 1 year/$0.51M (2012). DFA by Boston 1/26/12. Non-tendered by Boston 11/30/12.
  • 1 year/$0.454M (2011), plus 2012 option. Re-signed by Boston 3/8/11. DFA by Boston 5/6/11, 8/27/11 (optional assignments). Boston declined 2012 option 10/31/11.
  • 1 year/$0.43M (2010), plus 2011-12 club options. Signed as a free agent from Korea 12/7/09. 10:$0.42M, 11: club option at Major League minimum plus $40,000, $10,000 buyout. 12: club option at Major League minimum plus $0.2M. Optioned to Triple-A 4/27/10. Recalled 5/24/10. Optioned to Triple-A 5/27/10. Recalled 5/28/10.
  • 1 year (2008). Signed as a free agent 12/13/07 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2007). Signed as a free agent 11/06 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased 7/4/07. Sent outright to Triple-A 11/28/07 (refused assignment).
  • 1 year/$0.323M (2005).
  • Drafted 1998 (49-1,423).

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
2011-01-18 13:00:00 (link to chat)What does Matt Albers have to show in order to make the Red Sox roster as a reliever out of spring training?
(dawson950 from cape cod)		Hey, if the Sox are going to pick up Scott Atchison's option and give him a shot, the bar isn't set that high. He just has to not suck, and hope none of the other guys who are fighting for one of the last bullpen spots puts up big spring numbers or an impressive new pitch. (Marc Normandin)
2009-12-15 14:00:00 (link to chat)I've heard that Colby Lewis has returned from Japan. Think anyone picks him up?
(Ira from North Texas)		Maybe; it's not quite like my flying to Europe and telling the Bundesliga I'm available, after all. But he's 30, and he's gotten mauled in the majors. I'd take the suggestion made by Scott Atchison's similar return, and the barely-above-minimum deal that he got from Boston. (Christina Kahrl)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Scott Atchison threw 4,565 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2015, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2015, he relied primarily on his Slider (86mph) and Fourseam Fastball (91mph), also mixing in a Curve (79mph).