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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
9 35 24.7 1 2 0 3.65 0.6
Birth Date1-10-1985
Height6' 0"
Weight175 lbs
Age39 years, 3 months, 16 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
2009 HOU MLB 29 0 21.0 1 1 0 16 8 25 1 96 6.9 3.4 0.4 10.7 0% .313 1.14 2.57 2.14 55 2.36 50.6 0.7
2010 HOU MLB 6 0 3.7 0 1 0 4 5 3 1 90 9.8 12.3 2.5 7.4 0% .250 2.45 9.10 12.27 116 6.53 147.5 -0.1
CareerMLB35024.71202013282957.34.70.710.255%.3001.343.543.65672.9865.00.6

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.
Minor league stats are currently shownClick 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-
2005 LEX A SAL 5 0 9.3 1 0 0 4 1 11 0 85 3.9 1.0 0.0 10.6 0% -.333 0.54 1.27 0.97 67 2.34 46.0
2005 GRV Rk APL 21 0 33.7 3 2 8 24 6 53 1 37 6.4 1.6 0.3 14.2 0% -.383 0.89 1.56 2.67 58 1.89 37.3
2006 LEX A SAL 47 0 83.1 7 5 10 58 28 89 8 78 6.3 3.0 0.9 9.6 0% .242 1.03 3.71 2.60 92 3.13 65.7
2007 SLM A+ CRL 39 0 55.3 1 3 18 42 15 80 1 103 6.8 2.4 0.2 13.0 0% .323 1.03 1.68 2.44 44 2.65 54.5
2007 CCH AA TXS 13 0 22.7 3 2 0 15 11 24 1 103 5.9 4.4 0.4 9.5 0% .264 1.15 3.09 1.98 83 3.73 76.6
2007 LIC Wnt DWL 2 0 0.7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 25.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0% .667 2.86 3.06 12.86 0 0.00 0.0
2008 CCH AA TXS 47 0 65.3 2 5 5 69 26 82 8 91 9.5 3.6 1.1 11.3 0% .365 1.45 3.74 4.13 82 4.47 91.5
2008 ROU AAA PCL 3 0 8.0 1 0 0 6 3 14 0 98 6.8 3.4 0.0 15.8 0% .375 1.13 1.48 2.25 52 2.23 45.7
2009 HOU MLB NL 29 0 21.0 1 1 0 16 8 25 1 96 6.9 3.4 0.4 10.7 0% .313 1.14 2.57 2.14 55 2.36 50.6
2009 ROU AAA PCL 39 0 52.3 2 2 0 43 21 58 5 87 7.4 3.6 0.9 10.0 0% .277 1.22 3.85 4.82 89 3.24 68.2
2009 LIC Wnt DWL 8 0 5.3 1 1 0 3 3 4 1 5.1 5.1 1.7 6.8 0% .133 1.13 5.92 3.40 0 0.00 0.0
2010 HOU MLB NL 6 0 3.7 0 1 0 4 5 3 1 90 9.8 12.3 2.5 7.4 0% .250 2.45 9.10 12.27 116 6.53 147.5
2010 ROU AAA PCL 7 0 10.3 0 0 0 6 5 10 0 5.2 4.4 0.0 8.7 0% .240 1.07 3.97 3.50 0 0.00 0.0
2011 CCH AA TEX 8 0 13.0 1 0 0 11 5 12 0 7.6 3.5 0.0 8.3 0% .289 1.23 3.14 1.38 84 3.20 65.3
2011 OKL AAA PCL 28 0 33.7 4 0 1 24 10 26 5 6.4 2.7 1.3 7.0 0% .204 1.01 5.23 4.01 103 2.39 48.7
2011 LIC Wnt LID 11 0 7.0 0 0 0 10 2 8 1 12.9 2.6 1.3 10.3 0% .450 1.71 3.49 6.43 0 0.00 0.0
2012 HER Wnt LMP 4 0 3.7 0 0 1 5 4 5 0 12.3 9.8 0.0 12.3 0% .500 2.45 5.26 7.36 0 0.00 0.0
2012 LIC Wnt DWL 3 0 2.7 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 10.1 6.8 0.0 6.8 0% .375 1.88 3.88 6.75 0 0.00 0.0
2017 LAG Wnt VWL 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 12.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 0% .364 1.33 2.18 3.00 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2009 320 0.4938 0.4063 0.6077 0.5190 0.2963 0.6585 0.5208 0.3923
2010 74 0.5135 0.3784 0.7143 0.5263 0.2222 0.8500 0.3750 0.2857
Career3940.49750.40110.62770.52040.28240.69450.49340.3723

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
2011-04-10 2011-05-25 Minors 45 0 Right Shoulder Recovery From Surgery Debridement -
2011-01-17 2011-01-17 Minors 0 0 Right Shoulder Surgery Debridement -
2010-05-17 2010-09-07 Minors 113 0 Not Disclosed -
2010-05-02 2010-05-03 DTD 1 1 Right Shoulder Strain -
2010-04-07 2010-04-25 15-DL 18 15 Right Shoulder Strain Rotator Cuff -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2010 HOU $402,500
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$402,500
1 yrTotal$402,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 86 d

Details
  • 1 year/$0.4025M (2010). Re-signed by Houston 2/2/10 (split contract). Non-tendered by Houston 12/2/10.
  • 1 year/$0.4M (2009). Re-signed by Houston 2/10/09.
  • 1 year (2008). Contract purchased 11/20/07. Re-signed by Houston 2/22/08.
  • signed 2002 as amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic

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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DateRoundtable NameComment
2010-04-05 09:30:00Season Opener RoundtableAnd Von Sydow was born in Sweden and Schell in Austria, so we're just way off base here. ...How does Samuel Gervacio just not fly apart on every pitch? (Steven Goldman)
 

PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Sammy Gervacio threw 413 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2009 and 2010, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2010, he relied primarily on his Slider (85mph), Sinker (91mph) and Fourseam Fastball (92mph), also mixing in a Change (85mph).