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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
9 1 1.3 0 0 0 20.25 -0.1
Birth Date12-15-1984
Height6' 4"
Weight205 lbs
Age39 years, 4 months, 10 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
2010 FLO MLB 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 116 20.3 6.8 6.8 6.8 0% .400 3.00 15.85 20.25 139 8.99 203.1 -0.1
CareerMLB101.3000311111620.36.86.86.850%.4003.0015.8520.251398.99203.1-0.1

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-
2003 PRI Rk APL 10 10 41.0 0 4 0 43 13 44 1 9.4 2.9 0.2 9.7 0% .344 1.37 2.80 3.73 0 0.00 0.0
2004 CSC A SAL 7 7 32.7 3 1 0 27 13 27 1 7.4 3.6 0.3 7.4 0% .277 1.22 3.69 2.20 0 0.00 0.0
2005 GRL A MDW 22 22 115.0 8 8 0 100 31 109 12 21 7.8 2.4 0.9 8.5 0% -.550 1.14 3.93 3.76 86 3.54 69.8
2006 VIS A+ CLF 28 27 151.0 12 4 0 140 46 137 20 74 8.3 2.7 1.2 8.2 0% .288 1.23 4.77 4.41 98 3.82 80.2
2007 MNT AA SOU 20 20 103.7 5 4 0 88 39 90 10 93 7.6 3.4 0.9 7.8 0% .265 1.22 4.17 3.65 103 4.03 82.7
2008 MNT AA SOU 20 20 94.3 3 3 0 69 40 76 9 110 6.6 3.8 0.9 7.3 0% .233 1.16 4.46 2.86 102 3.51 71.9
2009 DUR AAA INT 18 15 82.0 4 5 0 83 50 44 10 115 9.1 5.5 1.1 4.8 0% .277 1.62 5.74 5.16 137 6.12 128.7
2010 FLO MLB NL 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 116 20.3 6.8 6.8 6.8 0% .400 3.00 15.85 20.25 139 8.99 203.1
2010 JAX AA SOU 4 2 7.7 0 2 0 16 4 7 1 90 18.7 4.7 1.2 8.2 0% .500 2.60 5.58 14.03 0 0.00 0.0
2010 NWO AAA PCL 24 4 49.0 1 2 1 53 20 41 6 90 9.7 3.7 1.1 7.5 0% .315 1.49 4.72 3.67 0 0.00 0.0
2014 CSP AAA PCL 5 2 11.7 1 1 0 11 7 8 2 107 8.5 5.4 1.5 6.2 0% .243 1.54 6.60 6.94 136 5.61 118.9

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2010 29 0.5172 0.3793 0.8182 0.5333 0.2143 0.8750 0.6667 0.1818
Career290.51720.37930.81820.53330.21430.87500.66670.1818

Injury History  —  No longer being updated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
2014-08-18 2014-08-31 Minors 13 0 - Not Disclosed -
2011-04-07 2011-09-06 Minors 152 134 - Not Disclosed - -
2009-04-09 2009-04-24 Minors 15 0 Not Disclosed -
2008-07-06 2008-08-14 Minors 39 0 Left Knee Surgery 2008-07-14

Compensation

Year Team Salary

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
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Details
  • signed as a free agent from TB 11/09 (minor-league contract)
  • released 7/31/09 optioned to Triple-A 3/9/09 re-signed 2/25/09, 1 year/$0.4M (09)
  • contract purchased 11/20/07 $0.9M signing bonus
  • Sarasota (FL) High School `03 2-38

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, James Houser threw 29 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2010, including pitches thrown in . In 2010, he relied primarily on his Sinker (85mph) and Curve (73mph), also mixing in a Change (76mph).