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Portrait of Rick Van Den Hurk

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
6 50 183.7 8 11 0 6.08 -0.7
Birth Date5-22-1985
Height6' 5"
Weight215 lbs
Age38 years, 11 months, 3 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.
Multiple stints are are currently shown —Click to hide.
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
2007 FLO MLB 18 17 81.7 4 6 0 94 48 82 15 104 10.4 5.3 1.7 9.0 0% .342 1.74 5.42 6.83 111 6.12 126.6 -0.3
2008 FLO MLB 4 4 14.0 1 1 0 20 10 20 1 99 12.9 6.4 0.6 12.9 0% .463 2.14 3.74 7.71 102 4.75 101.4 0.1
2009 FLO MLB 11 11 58.7 3 2 0 57 21 49 11 94 8.7 3.2 1.7 7.5 0% .269 1.33 5.09 4.30 118 5.39 115.7 0.1
2010 BAL 0 7 1 16.3 0 1 0 13 7 17 2 116 7.2 3.9 1.1 9.4 0% .282 1.22 4.21 4.96 127 6.30 142.2 -0.3
2010 FLO 0 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 98 20.3 6.8 0.0 6.8 0% .429 3.00 3.85 6.75 124 9.25 209.0 -0.1
2011 BAL MLB 4 2 9.0 0 0 0 12 8 7 4 107 12.0 8.0 4.0 7.0 0% .308 2.22 10.28 8.00 152 8.42 195.7 -0.4
2012 PIT MLB 4 0 2.7 0 1 0 5 1 3 0 96 16.9 3.4 0.0 10.1 0% .455 2.25 3.13 13.50 114 3.10 71.1 0.1
2010 TOT MLB 9 1 17.7 0 1 0 16 8 18 2 115 8.2 4.1 1.0 9.2 0% .000 1.36 4.18 5.09 127 6.52 147.3 -0.3
CareerMLB5035183.78110204961793310210.04.71.68.831%.3251.635.276.081165.89125.8-0.7

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-
2007 FLO MLB NL 18 17 81.7 4 6 0 94 48 82 15 104 10.4 5.3 1.7 9.0 0% .342 1.74 5.42 6.83 111 6.12 126.6
2008 FLO MLB NL 4 4 14.0 1 1 0 20 10 20 1 99 12.9 6.4 0.6 12.9 0% .463 2.14 3.74 7.71 102 4.75 101.4
2009 FLO MLB NL 11 11 58.7 3 2 0 57 21 49 11 94 8.7 3.2 1.7 7.5 0% .269 1.33 5.09 4.30 118 5.39 115.7
2010 BAL MLB AL 7 1 16.3 0 1 0 13 7 17 2 116 7.2 3.9 1.1 9.4 0% .282 1.22 4.21 4.96 127 6.30 142.2
2010 FLO MLB NL 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 98 20.3 6.8 0.0 6.8 0% .429 3.00 3.85 6.75 124 9.25 209.0
2011 BAL MLB AL 4 2 9.0 0 0 0 12 8 7 4 107 12.0 8.0 4.0 7.0 0% .308 2.22 10.28 8.00 152 8.42 195.7
2011 NOR AAA INT 26 26 154.3 9 13 0 141 40 108 23 91 8.2 2.3 1.3 6.3 0% .253 1.17 4.80 4.43 117 4.34 88.6
2012 PIT MLB NL 4 0 2.7 0 1 0 5 1 3 0 96 16.9 3.4 0.0 10.1 0% .455 2.25 3.13 13.50 114 3.10 71.1
2012 BRD A+ FSL 1 1 6.0 1 0 0 8 1 5 1 109 12.0 1.5 1.5 7.5 0% .368 1.50 4.39 6.00 102 5.28 110.0
2012 IND AAA INT 21 19 123.3 13 5 0 112 35 113 8 99 8.2 2.6 0.6 8.2 0% .294 1.19 3.28 2.92 84 3.70 77.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 307 0.4691 0.4202 0.7752 0.5903 0.2699 0.8353 0.6591 0.2248
2009 989 0.5157 0.4621 0.7987 0.6157 0.2985 0.8439 0.6993 0.2013
2010 298 0.4765 0.4530 0.8000 0.6338 0.2885 0.9000 0.6000 0.2000
2011 198 0.4091 0.3737 0.7162 0.6173 0.2051 0.7600 0.6250 0.2838
2012 56 0.4821 0.3929 0.7727 0.5556 0.2414 0.8667 0.5714 0.2273
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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
2009-09-09 2009-09-18 DTD 9 9 Low Back Soreness -
2009-03-29 2009-06-04 60-DL 67 54 Right Elbow Inflammation -
2008-04-13 2008-05-31 Minors 48 0 Right Elbow Nerve Injury Ulnar Neuritis -
2006-04-06 2006-08-15 Minors 131 0 Right Elbow Recovery From Surgery Tommy John Surgery - -
2005-07-02 2005-09-05 Minors 65 6 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery - -
2005-04-05 2005-05-27 Minors 52 7 Right Shoulder Inflammation - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2009 FLO $400,000
2008 FLO $391,500
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$791,500
4 yrTotal$791,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 5 d2015

Details
  • 2015. Signed by Fukuoka SoftBank of Japan 12/26/14.
  • 2013. Released by Pittsburgh 1/4/13. Signed by Samsung of Korea 1/7/13.
  • 1 year (2012). DFA by Baltimore 1/24/12, released 2/3/12. Signed by Toronto as a free agent 2/22/12 (split contract). Claimed by Cleveland off waivers from Toronto 3/21/12. Sent outright to Triple-A by Cleveland 4/4/12 (refused assignment). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 4/9/12 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Pittsburgh 9/10/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Re-signed by Baltimore. Sent outright to Triple-A by Baltimore 3/30/11. Contract purchased by Baltimore 9/1/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Re-signed 2/27/10. Optioned to Triple-A 3/30/10.
  • 1 year/$0.4M (2009). Re-signed 3/6/09. Optioned to Triple-A 6/5/09. Recalled 7/20/09. Optioned to Triple-A 8/18/09. Recalled 9/1/09.
  • 1 year/$0.3915M (2008). Re-signed 3/2/08. Optioned to Triple-A 4/6/08. Recalled 7/22/08. Optioned to Triple-A 7/27/08.
  • 1 year (2007). Optioned to Double-A 4/07. Contract purchased 4/07. Recalled 6/5/07. Optioned to Triple-A 6/17/07. Recalled 7/16/07.
  • Signed 2002 as an amateur free agent from the Netherlands.

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, Rick Van Den Hurk threw 2,243 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2012, including pitches thrown in . In 2012, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (95mph), also mixing in a Slider (84mph), Sinker (94mph) and Curve (76mph).