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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
12 127 96.7 4 3 2 3.54 1.6
Birth Date8-13-1985
Height6' 2"
Weight225 lbs
Age38 years, 8 months, 28 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
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
2008 LAN MLB 10 0 6.0 0 1 0 9 4 8 2 92 13.5 6.0 3.0 12.0 0% .438 2.17 7.26 12.00 82 3.32 70.8 0.1
2009 LAN MLB 19 0 19.7 2 0 0 19 7 21 4 89 8.7 3.2 1.8 9.6 0% .294 1.32 4.62 5.03 64 2.40 51.5 0.6
2010 LAN MLB 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 114 13.5 40.5 0.0 0.0 0% .333 6.00 16.60 13.50 71 1.84 41.6 0.0
2011 LAN MLB 47 0 33.3 0 1 2 27 14 34 1 94 7.3 3.8 0.3 9.2 0% .292 1.23 2.69 2.43 113 4.50 104.5 0.1
2012 LAN MLB 43 0 32.7 1 1 0 27 13 29 3 93 7.4 3.6 0.8 8.0 0% .276 1.22 3.83 2.20 80 2.82 64.5 0.8
2014 LAN MLB 7 0 4.3 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 111 8.3 2.1 0.0 4.2 0% .267 1.15 2.87 2.08 98 4.37 107.1 0.0
CareerMLB127096.743287429410938.13.90.98.842%.2951.333.863.54893.4177.81.6

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-
2004 OGD Rk PIO 12 12 49.7 2 3 0 47 30 45 5 8.5 5.4 0.9 8.1 0% .298 1.55 5.93 5.25 0 0.00 0.0
2005 CGA A SAL 25 24 115.0 8 5 0 83 57 128 8 34 6.5 4.5 0.6 10.0 0% -.381 1.22 3.59 2.66 92 3.44 67.7
2006 VRO A+ FSL 17 15 83.1 5 5 0 57 41 97 4 6.2 4.4 0.4 10.5 0% .266 1.18 3.20 2.38 0 0.00 0.0
2006 JAX AA SOU 11 11 62.0 6 4 0 40 44 76 11 75 5.8 6.4 1.6 11.0 0% .215 1.35 5.00 3.63 117 4.49 94.1
2007 JAX AA SOU 3 3 14.0 0 1 0 6 10 24 0 88 3.9 6.4 0.0 15.4 0% .261 1.14 2.09 3.86 66 2.21 45.4
2008 LAN MLB NL 10 0 6.0 0 1 0 9 4 8 2 92 13.5 6.0 3.0 12.0 0% .438 2.17 7.26 12.00 82 3.32 70.8
2008 JAX AA SOU 25 1 41.3 4 1 0 22 20 46 2 97 4.8 4.4 0.4 10.0 0% .213 1.02 3.16 2.40 80 2.20 45.1
2009 LAN MLB NL 19 0 19.7 2 0 0 19 7 21 4 89 8.7 3.2 1.8 9.6 0% .294 1.32 4.62 5.03 64 2.40 51.5
2009 CHT AA SOU 12 11 62.3 2 3 0 59 30 87 5 102 8.5 4.3 0.7 12.6 0% .362 1.43 3.03 3.90 72 4.01 84.4
2009 ABQ AAA PCL 8 7 33.7 2 1 0 34 14 38 2 104 9.1 3.7 0.5 10.1 0% .352 1.42 3.39 3.74 73 3.36 70.7
2010 LAN MLB NL 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 114 13.5 40.5 0.0 0.0 0% .333 6.00 16.60 13.50 71 1.84 41.6
2010 ABQ AAA PCL 9 9 43.3 1 1 0 46 34 45 4 122 9.6 7.1 0.8 9.4 0% .339 1.85 5.19 4.99 0 0.00 0.0
2010 afe Wnt AFL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0% .333 1.00 4.37 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2010 PDD Wnt AFL 10 0 11.7 1 0 0 8 4 15 1 6.2 3.1 0.8 11.5 0% .269 1.03 3.94 3.08 0 0.00 0.0
2011 LAN MLB NL 47 0 33.3 0 1 2 27 14 34 1 94 7.3 3.8 0.3 9.2 0% .292 1.23 2.69 2.43 113 4.50 104.5
2011 ABQ AAA PCL 13 0 14.3 2 0 3 13 9 16 1 8.2 5.7 0.6 10.0 0% .316 1.53 4.54 5.02 84 2.68 54.7
2012 LAN MLB NL 43 0 32.7 1 1 0 27 13 29 3 93 7.4 3.6 0.8 8.0 0% .276 1.22 3.83 2.20 80 2.82 64.5
2012 CHT AA SOU 3 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.0 0% .000 0.00 -2.86 0.00 19 2.19 45.7
2013 RCU A+ CAL 3 0 3.0 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 3.0 3.0 0.0 12.0 0% .167 0.67 2.09 0.00 89 2.86 62.2
2013 CHT AA SOU 5 1 4.3 1 0 1 3 0 3 1 103 6.2 0.0 2.1 6.2 0% .167 0.69 4.52 4.15 101 3.58 77.7
2014 LAN MLB NL 7 0 4.3 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 111 8.3 2.1 0.0 4.2 0% .267 1.15 2.87 2.08 98 4.37 107.1
2014 RCU A+ CAL 5 1 4.7 0 0 0 4 2 3 1 91 7.7 3.9 1.9 5.8 0% .214 1.29 6.51 3.86 112 4.08 86.3
2014 ABQ AAA PCL 18 0 14.7 0 2 0 17 7 15 2 10.4 4.3 1.2 9.2 0% .366 1.64 5.05 4.91 104 5.47 115.8
2014 OGD Rk PIO 1 1 0.7 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 27.0 13.5 13.5 13.5 0% .500 4.50 25.01 40.50 125 7.07 149.7
2015 ELP AAA PCL 20 0 19.3 0 0 0 20 11 23 0 9.3 5.1 0.0 10.7 0% .377 1.60 3.39 6.52 89 3.92 85.9

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 117 0.5043 0.4103 0.7292 0.5932 0.2241 0.8286 0.4615 0.2708
2009 328 0.5305 0.4695 0.7143 0.6034 0.3182 0.7619 0.6122 0.2857
2010 24 0.2917 0.3750 0.6667 0.5714 0.2941 0.5000 0.8000 0.3333
2011 533 0.5141 0.4841 0.7016 0.6387 0.3205 0.8171 0.4578 0.2984
2012 547 0.4954 0.4278 0.6966 0.5978 0.2609 0.7716 0.5278 0.3034
2014 68 0.5000 0.5441 0.7027 0.7353 0.3529 0.8400 0.4167 0.2973
Career16170.50650.45770.70400.61750.29390.78760.51640.2960

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
2014-02-08 2014-07-29 60-DL 171 106 Left Elbow Recovery From Previous Injury Tommy John Surgery 2013-06-07 -
2014-01-28 2014-01-28 Off 0 0 - General Medical Surgery Appendectomy 2014-01-28 -
2013-03-22 2013-10-19 60-DL 211 162 Left Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2013-06-07 -
2013-01-23 2013-01-23 Off 0 0 Left Elbow Surgery Cartilage 2013-01-23 -
2012-08-27 2012-10-04 15-DL 38 34 Left Elbow Surgery Scar Tissue Debridement 2012-09-19 -
2012-07-26 2012-08-19 15-DL 24 22 Left Elbow Inflammation - -
2010-02-20 2010-03-13 Camp 21 0 Left Shoulder Inflammation -
2007-04-17 2007-09-05 Minors 141 0 Left Shoulder Surgery Scar Tissue 2007-06-07

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2015 SDN $
2014 LAN $575,000
2013 LAN $505,000
2012 LAN $488,500
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$1,568,500
3 yrTotal$1,568,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 46 dJim Turner1 year (2015)

Details
  • 1 year (2015). Signed by San Diego as a free agent 1/10/15 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$0.575M (2014). Re-signed by LA Dodgers 11/19/13 (avoided arbitration). Performance bonuses: $25,000 each for 15, 20, 25, 30 games. DFA by LA Dodgers 7/29/14. Sent outright to Triple-A 7/31/14. Contract selected by LA Dodgers 9/12/14. Sent outright to Triple-A by LA Dodgers 11/14 (refused assignment).
  • 1 year/$0.505M (2013). Re-signed by LA Dodgers 3/13.
  • 1 year/$0.4885M (2012). Re-signed by LA Dodgers 3/12.
  • 1 year/$0.421M (2011). Re-signed by LA Dodgers 2/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Re-signed by LA Dodgers 2/10.
  • 1 year (2009). Re-signed by LA Dodgers 2/28/09.
  • 1 year (2008). Contract purchased by LA Dodgers 8/29/08.
  • Drafted by LA Dodgers 2004 (1-17) (Seneca HS, Mo.). $1.575M 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
2010-05-14 13:00:00 (link to chat)Jay Who do you see the Dodgers settling on for the 4th and 5th spots in the rotation? Elbert hasn't exactly been lighting it up for the Isotopes, is he still a consideration? Would Washburn be that much of an improvement over what they already have?
(JoeR from Upstate)		Well, I'd assume that if Vicente Padilla returns he'll get first crack at reclaiming the fourth spot, and it sounds like John Ely has earned himself a longer look in the rotation based upon his past two starts. Scott Elbert hasn't pitched very well down in Albuturkey, but perhaps later this summer he'll round into shape, him or Josh Lindblom. Other than salty veteran goodness of the kind Joe Torre craves, I don't think Washburn would bring that much of an improvement, particularly given that he's been sitting on his derriere. For that kind of trouble, I wonder about the possibility of a Pedro Martinez return to Chavez Ravine. (Jay Jaffe)
2010-03-30 13:00:00 (link to chat)Any thoughts on these hot Dodger pitching prospects? Josh Lindblom, Scott Elbert, Aaron Miller? Will they or somebody else help this year or will they just stick with a Charlie Haeger in the rotation?
(dangor from New York)		It's gonna be really interesting to see what they do with the bottom of their rotation. Hell, it's already pretty strange what they're doing with the top of their rotation. (Do you think they'd start Padilla Game 1 if this was the playoffs? I really hope not.)

Elbert was a lot better than he gets credit for in the bigs last year. I wouldn't be surprised if he gets back up and pitches very well this year, presumably out of the pen, but who knows. (Shawn Hoffman)
2010-01-04 14:00:00 (link to chat)Kevin, what do the Dodgers think of Scott Elbert? Has he become a bullpen arm, or might he get a shot at a rotation opening? He seems to have that "fragile" tag, no matter what the facts indicate.
(Drew from New York)		He does, and I think he future lies in the bullpen because of it. (Kevin Goldstein)
2008-02-28 14:00:00 (link to chat)In a keeper strato league would perfer Adam Loewen or Scott Elbert?
(goiter6 from MN)		Double ouch, and I thought I had it rough trying to consider the merits of a stack of mediocre lefties for my bullpen. I'd take Elbert, if only because the track record for getting hurt is slightly shorter, and in part out of recognition that the Dodgers should do a good job getting him back in action. (Christina Kahrl)


BP Roundtables

DateRoundtable NameComment
2009-10-15 17:00:002009 NLCS Game One (Phillies/Dodgers)Hence my earlier point--you *know*, barring a double-switch, that whoever pitches the eighth is leaving the game before the ninth. You're in a one-run game. One of your relievers is Scott Elbert, and another, Billingsley, is someone on this night you won't use for more than a right-handed batter. Kuo was firing bullets. Certainly seems like over-managing to me. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-10-02 11:00:00Thursday Playoff GamesFair point. What do you think about James McDonald and Scott Elbert in terms of their 2008 progress. Did any pitchers in the Dodger org take a big step forward? (Jay Jaffe)
 

PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Scott Elbert threw 1,768 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2008 and 2014, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2014, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (89mph) and Slider (84mph).