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Alberto Arias P

Career Summary

Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
8	63	74.7	4	2	0	3.74	-0.4

Birth Date	10-14-1983
Height	5' 11"
Weight	180 lbs

Age	40 years, 6 months, 2 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	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2007	COL	MLB	6	0	7.3	1	0	8	5	3	1	101	9.8	6.1	1.2	3.7	0%	.304	1.77	6.17	4.91	103	4.58	94.8	0.1
2008	COL	0	12	0	13.7	0	0	12	4	5	1	106	7.9	2.6	0.7	3.3	0%	.244	1.17	4.41	2.63	123	8.09	172.6	-0.4
2008	HOU	0	3	2	8.0	1	1	11	6	8	0	98	12.4	6.8	0.0	9.0	0%	.458	2.13	3.72	6.75	92	4.57	97.5	0.1
2009	HOU	MLB	42	0	45.7	2	1	49	19	39	1	95	9.7	3.7	0.2	7.7	0%	.333	1.49	3.27	3.35	98	5.55	119.1	-0.2
2008	TOT	MLB	15	2	21.7	1	1	23	10	13	1	103	9.6	4.2	0.4	5.4	0%	.000	1.52	4.16	4.15	110	6.79	144.9	-0.3
Career		MLB	63	2	74.7	4	2	80	34	55	3	98	9.6	4.1	0.4	6.6	64%	.326	1.53	3.81	3.74	102	5.82	124.2	-0.4

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	CAS	Rk	PIO	13	13	73.0	4	4	0	69	23	64	4		8.5	2.8	0.5	7.9	0%	.297	1.26	4.03	3.58	0	0.00	0.0
2004	ASH	A	SAL	26	24	135.0	8	9	1	153	36	83	23		10.2	2.4	1.5	5.5	0%	.302	1.40	5.33	5.00	0	0.00	0.0
2005	MOD	A+	CLF	37	7	90.7	4	4	2	99	25	53	4		9.8	2.5	0.4	5.3	0%	-1.080	1.37	4.28	4.37	0	0.00	0.0
2006	TUL	AA	TXS	49	9	111.2	8	6	0	102	45	83	15	98	8.3	3.6	1.2	6.7	0%	.267	1.32	5.01	4.37	109	4.39	92.1
2007	COL	MLB	NL	6	0	7.3	1	0	0	8	5	3	1	101	9.8	6.1	1.2	3.7	0%	.304	1.77	6.17	4.91	103	4.58	94.8
2007	CSP	AAA	PCL	10	3	26.3	2	2	0	32	8	15	1	113	11.0	2.7	0.3	5.1	0%	.356	1.52	3.79	3.76	92	4.79	98.3
2007	LIC	Wnt	DWL	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	0%	.000	0.00	1.06	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2007	LIC	Wnt	DWL	11	1	15.3	1	1	0	21	8	7	1		12.4	4.7	0.6	4.1	0%	.351	1.90	4.56	4.12	0	0.00	0.0
2008	COL	MLB	NL	12	0	13.7	0	0	0	12	4	5	1	106	7.9	2.6	0.7	3.3	0%	.244	1.17	4.41	2.63	123	8.09	172.6
2008	HOU	MLB	NL	3	2	8.0	1	1	0	11	6	8	0	98	12.4	6.8	0.0	9.0	0%	.458	2.13	3.72	6.75	92	4.57	97.5
2008	CSP	AAA	PCL	30	0	45.7	3	4	0	50	16	41	3	120	9.8	3.2	0.6	8.1	0%	.346	1.44	3.85	4.73	80	4.50	92.1
2008	ROU	AAA	PCL	8	3	23.7	1	0	1	21	5	15	0	97	8.0	1.9	0.0	5.7	0%	.284	1.10	2.97	1.52	81	5.39	110.3
2009	HOU	MLB	NL	42	0	45.7	2	1	0	49	19	39	1	95	9.7	3.7	0.2	7.7	0%	.333	1.49	3.27	3.35	98	5.55	119.1
2009	ROU	AAA	PCL	4	3	16.3	2	2	0	14	10	15	1	98	7.7	5.5	0.6	8.3	0%	.289	1.47	4.25	3.87	97	3.74	78.7
2012	LIC	Wnt	DWL	1	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0%	.000	0.00	3.13	0.00	0	0.00	0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	339	0.4720	0.4100	0.8273	0.5813	0.2570	0.9355	0.6087	0.1727
2009	742	0.4906	0.4178	0.8065	0.5769	0.2646	0.9048	0.6000	0.1935
Career	1081	0.4848	0.4154	0.8130	0.5783	0.2622	0.9144	0.6027	0.1870

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
2011-03-22	2011-09-29	60-DL	191	162	Right	Shoulder	Surgery		2011-06-03
2011-02-20	2011-03-22	Camp	30	0	Right	Shoulder	Recovery From Surgery	Rotator Cuff and Labrum and Calcium Deposit	2010-04-22
2010-03-26	2010-10-04	60-DL	192	162	Right	Shoulder	Surgery	Rotator Cuff and Labrum and Calcium Deposit	2010-04-22
2010-03-10	2010-03-26	Camp	16	0	Right	Shoulder	Impingement	and Weakness	-
2009-08-24	2009-10-05	15-DL	42	38	Right	Knee	Surgery	Fabella Syndrome	2009-09-23
2009-06-06	2009-06-09	DTD	3	2		Head	Concussion	Thrown Ball Before Game	-
2009-03-15	2009-03-21	Camp	6	0	Right	Hand	Contusion	Batted Ball	-
2007-06-04	2007-08-27	Minors	84	0	Right	Shoulder	Inflammation		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2013	HOU	$
2012	HOU	$
2011	HOU	$439,500
2010	HOU	$415,500

Years	Description	Salary
2 yr	Previous	$855,000
2 yr	Total	$855,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
2 y 53 d		1 year/$0.4395M (2011)

Details

1 year/$0.4395M (2011). Re-signed by Houston 2/11. Sent outright to Triple-A by Houston 10/13/11.
1 year/$0.4155M (2010). Re-signed by Houston 2/2/10 (split contract).
1 year/$0.4015M (2009). Re-signed by Houston 2/24/09.
1 year (2008). Contract purchased 5/6/08. Claimed by Houston off waivers from Colorado 7/31/08 after being DFA 7/29/08.
1 year (2007). Contract purchased 4/07. DFA 8/18/07.
Signed 6/00 as an 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
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Alberto Arias threw 1,081 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2008 and 2009, including pitches thrown in . In 2009, he relied primarily on his Sinker (93mph) and Slider (82mph). He also rarely threw a Fourseam Fastball (93mph).