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Birth Date	7-11-1981
Height	6' 3"
Weight	235 lbs

Age	42 years, 9 months, 14 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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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
2005	ATL	MLB	43	37.7	4	2	0	32	17	33	1	100	7.6	4.1	0.2	7.9	0%	.295	1.30	3.09	3.11	95	3.99	85.9	0.6
2006	ATL	MLB	2	0.7	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	96	54.0	13.5	0.0	0.0	0%	.667	7.50	7.60	40.50	125	0.00	0.0	0.0
2007	ATL	MLB	5	5.3	0	0	0	10	1	3	0	98	16.9	1.7	0.0	5.1	0%	.455	2.06	2.60	3.38	84	2.54	52.6	0.2
2008	ATL	MLB	76	72.0	2	6	1	73	25	67	10	98	9.1	3.1	1.3	8.4	0%	.301	1.36	4.17	5.88	89	3.74	79.8	1.3
2009	ARI	0	30	37.0	0	1	0	39	12	18	0	102	9.5	2.9	0.0	4.4	0%	.307	1.38	3.29	2.68	108	6.45	138.3	-0.5
2009	ATL	0	3	1.3	0	1	0	3	3	2	0	94	20.3	20.3	0.0	13.5	0%	.600	4.50	9.05	40.50	83	2.92	62.7	0.0
2009	SLN	0	15	16.3	0	0	0	14	5	9	1	89	7.7	2.8	0.6	5.0	0%	.241	1.16	3.84	4.41	90	3.97	85.1	0.2
2010	ARI	MLB	54	57.0	3	2	0	59	29	29	3	96	9.3	4.6	0.5	4.6	0%	.296	1.54	4.34	4.26	117	6.06	136.8	-0.8
2011	NYN	MLB	5	6.7	0	2	1	13	1	1	2	91	17.6	1.4	2.7	1.4	0%	.393	2.10	7.49	10.80	126	7.69	178.6	-0.2
2014	SDN	MLB	32	40.3	0	1	0	34	8	29	2	95	7.6	1.8	0.4	6.5	0%	.265	1.04	2.90	3.57	93	3.54	86.9	0.5
2015	MIN	MLB	68	65.0	3	6	1	62	19	33	5	107	8.6	2.6	0.7	4.6	0%	.270	1.25	3.96	2.49	105	4.44	103.7	0.2
2016	MIL	MLB	61	66.0	2	4	1	80	17	26	4	95	10.9	2.3	0.5	3.5	51%	.325	1.47	4.00	3.95	121	6.91	153.0	-1.5
2017	BOS	MLB	32	41.3	1	1	0	50	14	33	3		10.9	3.0	0.7	7.2	37%	.370	1.55	3.58	4.35	103	4.55	96.8	0.3
2018	KCA	MLB	21	21.7	2	1	1	32	13	9	7	104	13.3	5.4	2.9	3.7	51%	.313	2.08	8.36	12.05	114	6.31	141.0	-0.3
2009	TOT	MLB	48	54.7	0	2	0	56	20	29	1	98	9.2	3.3	0.2	4.8	0%	.000	1.39	3.60	4.12	101	5.62	120.5	-0.2
Career		MLB	447	468.3	17	27	5	505	165	292	38	90	9.7	3.2	0.7	5.6	52%	.314	1.43	4.05	4.55	104	5.02	111.5	0.0

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	DNV	Rk	APL	13	12	50.0	4	5	0	48	19	57	4		8.6	3.4	0.7	10.3	0%	-.550	1.34	3.72	4.32	0	0.00	0.0
2002	MCN	A	SAL	43	0	70.3	5	9	1	52	39	73	0		6.7	5.0	0.0	9.3	0%	.277	1.29	2.98	3.07	0	0.00	0.0
2003	ROM	A	SAL	30	26	136.7	12	8	0	146	58	115	5		9.6	3.8	0.3	7.6	0%	.334	1.49	3.30	3.69	0	0.00	0.0
2004	MYR	A+	CRL	28	28	154.0	10	10	0	138	49	95	4		8.1	2.9	0.2	5.6	0%	.275	1.21	3.50	2.98	0	0.00	0.0
2005	ATL	MLB	NL	43	0	37.7	4	2	0	32	17	33	1	100	7.6	4.1	0.2	7.9	0%	.295	1.30	3.09	3.11	95	3.99	85.9
2005	MIS	AA	SOU	14	8	48.3	2	4	0	62	18	40	4	35	11.6	3.4	0.7	7.5	0%	-.906	1.66	4.00	5.03	101	6.58	129.7
2006	ATL	MLB	NL	2	0	0.7	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	96	54.0	13.5	0.0	0.0	0%	.667	7.50	7.60	40.50	125	0.00	0.0
2007	ATL	MLB	NL	5	0	5.3	0	0	0	10	1	3	0	98	16.9	1.7	0.0	5.1	0%	.455	2.06	2.60	3.38	84	2.54	52.6
2007	GWN	AAA	INT	21	12	73.3	4	3	2	76	50	62	1		9.3	6.1	0.1	7.6	0%	.352	1.72	3.98	4.30	0	0.00	0.0
2008	ATL	MLB	NL	76	0	72.0	2	6	1	73	25	67	10	98	9.1	3.1	1.3	8.4	0%	.301	1.36	4.17	5.88	89	3.74	79.8
2009	ARI	MLB	NL	30	0	37.0	0	1	0	39	12	18	0	102	9.5	2.9	0.0	4.4	0%	.307	1.38	3.29	2.68	108	6.45	138.3
2009	ATL	MLB	NL	3	0	1.3	0	1	0	3	3	2	0	94	20.3	20.3	0.0	13.5	0%	.600	4.50	9.05	40.50	83	2.92	62.7
2009	SLN	MLB	NL	15	0	16.3	0	0	0	14	5	9	1	89	7.7	2.8	0.6	5.0	0%	.241	1.16	3.84	4.41	90	3.97	85.1
2010	ARI	MLB	NL	54	0	57.0	3	2	0	59	29	29	3	96	9.3	4.6	0.5	4.6	0%	.296	1.54	4.34	4.26	117	6.06	136.8
2010	RNO	AAA	PCL	5	0	6.0	1	0	2	5	1	9	0		7.5	1.5	0.0	13.5	0%	.357	1.00	1.08	1.50	0	0.00	0.0
2011	NYN	MLB	NL	5	0	6.7	0	2	1	13	1	1	2	91	17.6	1.4	2.7	1.4	0%	.393	2.10	7.49	10.80	126	7.69	178.6
2011	PMB	A+	FSL	3	3	10.7	1	1	0	6	3	11	1	91	5.1	2.5	0.8	9.3	0%	.192	0.84	3.37	5.06	87	2.40	49.0
2011	IND	AAA	INT	11	0	8.0	0	0	0	14	9	8	3		15.8	10.1	3.4	9.0	0%	.393	2.88	9.86	13.50	141	8.73	178.2
2011	MEM	AAA	PCL	4	4	16.0	0	2	0	34	9	5	5	103	19.1	5.1	2.8	2.8	0%	.433	2.69	9.09	13.50	143	10.95	223.6
2013	OMA	AAA	PCL	13	0	15.0	0	1	1	15	3	18	3		9.0	1.8	1.8	10.8	0%	.300	1.20	4.36	3.00	85	2.97	64.6
2014	SDN	MLB	NL	32	0	40.3	0	1	0	34	8	29	2	95	7.6	1.8	0.4	6.5	0%	.265	1.04	2.90	3.57	93	3.54	86.9
2014	ELP	AAA	PCL	25	0	29.0	1	2	7	26	6	28	2		8.1	1.9	0.6	8.7	0%	.296	1.10	3.38	3.10	102	4.03	85.4
2015	MIN	MLB	AL	68	0	65.0	3	6	1	62	19	33	5	107	8.6	2.6	0.7	4.6	0%	.270	1.25	3.96	2.49	105	4.44	103.7
2016	MIL	MLB	NL	61	0	66.0	2	4	1	80	17	26	4	95	10.9	2.3	0.5	3.5	51%	.325	1.47	4.00	3.95	121	6.91	153.0
2017	BOS	MLB	AL	32	0	41.3	1	1	0	50	14	33	3		10.9	3.0	0.7	7.2	37%	.370	1.55	3.58	4.35	103	4.55	96.8
2017	PAW	AAA	INT	11	0	15.3	0	2	2	13	7	12	0		7.6	4.1	0.0	7.0	47%	.289	1.30	3.14	2.93	96	4.01	85.4
2018	KCA	MLB	AL	21	0	21.7	2	1	1	32	13	9	7	104	13.3	5.4	2.9	3.7	51%	.313	2.08	8.36	12.05	114	6.31	141.0
2018	NWA	AA	TEX	3	1	2.7	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	111	6.8	3.4	0.0	10.1	29%	.286	1.13	2.32	0.00	89	3.80	80.3
2018	OMA	AAA	PCL	5	0	5.7	1	0	0	7	2	5	1		11.1	3.2	1.6	7.9	58%	.333	1.59	5.33	1.59	103	5.93	125.4

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	1239	0.5165	0.4383	0.8066	0.6063	0.2588	0.8454	0.7097	0.1934
2009	794	0.5151	0.4572	0.8154	0.6284	0.2753	0.8911	0.6321	0.1846
2010	906	0.4868	0.4227	0.8642	0.6054	0.2495	0.9064	0.7672	0.1358
2011	118	0.4661	0.5254	0.8387	0.6727	0.3968	0.8649	0.8000	0.1613
2014	622	0.5305	0.5161	0.7944	0.6909	0.3185	0.8553	0.6452	0.2056
2015	916	0.5328	0.4924	0.8204	0.6414	0.3224	0.8722	0.7029	0.1796
2016	1039	0.5265	0.5207	0.8669	0.6910	0.3313	0.8968	0.7975	0.1331
2017	689	0.5167	0.4906	0.7781	0.6882	0.2793	0.8449	0.6022	0.2219
2018	434	0.4770	0.4654	0.8614	0.7101	0.2423	0.8844	0.8000	0.1386
Career	6757	0.5140	0.4742	0.8266	0.6505	0.2882	0.8742	0.7113	0.1734

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
2014-09-05	2014-09-23	DTD	18	17	Right	Shoulder	Fatigue		-
2011-02-28	2011-03-05	Camp	5	0		Low Back	Stiffness		-
2008-09-17	2008-09-28	DTD	11	10	Right	Shoulder	Fatigue		-
2008-06-02	2008-06-04	DTD	2	2	Right	Knee	Inflammation		-
2007-04-08	2007-05-08	Minors	30	0		Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-
2007-02-26	2007-02-26	Camp	0	0	Right	Fingers	Blister	Middle Finger	-
2006-06-24	2006-10-02	60-DL	100	88	Right	Shoulder	Recovery From Surgery	Debridement	2006-04-18
2006-04-10	2006-06-24	Minors	75	0	Right	Shoulder	Surgery	Debridement	2006-04-18
2005-09-27	2005-10-02	DTD	5	4	Right	Shoulder	Inflammation		-
2005-07-31	2005-08-02	DTD	2	2		Low Back	Strain		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2018	KCA	$1,000,000
2017	BOS	$
2016	MIL	$950,000
2015	MIN	$750,000
2014	SDN	$
2013	KCA	$
2011	NYN	$725,000
2010	ARI	$725,000
2009	ATL	$432,500
2008	ATL	$390,000
2006	ATL	$336,000

Years	Description	Salary
8 yr	Previous	$5,308,500
8 yr	Total	$5,308,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
8 y 25 d	Aegis Sports	1 year/$1M (2018)

Details

1 year (2018). Signed by Kansas City as a free agent 2/7/18 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1M in majors. May earn additional $0.25M in performance bonuses. Released by Kansas City 8/15/18.
1 year (2017). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 1/23/17 (minor-league contract). Salary of $0.975M in majors. Released by Atlanta 3/25/17. Signed by Boston as a free agent 4/18/17 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Boston 5/28/17.
1 year (2016). Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 2/12/16 (minor-league contract). Salary of $0.95M in majors. May earn additional $0.95M in performance bonuses. May opt out of contract 3/27/16 if not on Major League roster. Contract selected by Milwaukee 4/2/16.
1 year/$0.75M (2015). Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 1/7/15 (minor-league contract). Salary of $0.75M in majors. Performance bonuses: $25,000 each for 35, 40, 45, 50 games. May opt out of contract 3/30/15 if not on Major League roster. Contract selected by Minnesota 3/30/15.
1 year (2014). Signed by San Diego as a free agent 1/9/14 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by San Diego 5/22/14. DFA by San Diego 5/25/14. Contract selected by San Diego 6/15/14. DFA by San Diego 11/20/14 (refused assignment 11/26/14).
1 year (2013). Signed by Kansas City as a free agent 1/3/13 (minor-league contract). Released by Kansas City 5/13. Signed for remainder of 2013 with Hanshin Tigers.
1 year/$0.725M (2011). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 1/11 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by NY Mets 3/30/11.
1 year/$0.725M (2010). Re-signed by Arizona 12/11/09 (avoided arbitration). Sent outright to Triple-A by Arizona 5/21/10 after being DFA 5/18/10. Contract purchased by Arizona 6/8/10. Non-tendered by Arizona 12/2/10.
1 year/$0.4325M (2009). Re-signed by Atlanta 3/2/09. Acquired by St. Louis in trade from Atlanta 4/20/09 after being DFA 4/18/09. Claimed by Arizona off waivers 6/9/09 after being DFA by St. Louis 6/4/09.
1 year/$0.39M (2008). Re-signed by Atlanta 2/29/08.
1 year (2007). Re-signed 3/07.
1 year/$0.336M (2006). Re-signed 2/06.
Drafted by Atlanta 2000 (3-100) (Walton HS, Marietta, Ga.). $0.375M 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	7.3	0.7	45	48.9	46	18	28	5	.266	1.32	3.96	4.29	-6.7	-0.7
80^o	6.3	0.6	40	43.2	44	17	25	5	.280	1.42	4.33	4.7	-7.8	-0.8
70^o	5.6	0.5	36	39.2	42	17	23	4	.291	1.49	4.61	5	-8.3	-0.9
60^o	5.1	0.4	33	35.9	40	16	21	4	.300	1.56	4.85	5.26	-8.6	-0.9
50^o	4.6	0.4	30	32.9	38	15	19	4	.308	1.63	5.07	5.51	-8.7	-0.9
40^o	4.1	0.3	27	29.9	36	14	17	4	.317	1.69	5.30	5.77	-8.7	-0.9
30^o	3.6	0.3	25	26.8	34	14	16	4	.326	1.76	5.56	6.04	-8.6	-0.9
20^o	3.1	0.2	21	23.3	31	12	13	3	.336	1.85	5.86	6.37	-8.3	-0.9
10^o	2.4	0.2	17	18.7	26	11	11	3	.351	1.98	6.28	6.84	-7.6	-0.8
Weighted Mean	4.5	0.4	30	32.2	37	15	19	4	.306	1.61	5.04	5.48	-8.4	-0.9

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Blaine Boyer threw 7,064 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2018, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2018, he relied primarily on his Slider (88mph) and Fourseam Fastball (93mph), also mixing in a Sinker (93mph) and Curve (77mph). He also rarely threw a Change (86mph).