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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
9 60 64 0 1 0 4.08 -1.9
Birth Date6-7-1984
Height6' 3"
Weight225 lbs
Age39 years, 9 months, 21 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 CHN MLB 11 0 12.0 0 0 0 10 1 7 0 100 7.5 0.8 0.0 5.3 0% .263 0.92 2.13 0.75 111 5.51 118.1 0.0
2010 CHN MLB 41 0 40.0 0 1 0 45 20 14 3 97 10.1 4.5 0.7 3.2 0% .286 1.63 5.10 5.18 133 7.95 179.5 -1.4
2011 CHN MLB 8 0 12.0 0 0 0 11 6 6 1 101 8.3 4.5 0.8 4.5 0% .270 1.42 5.07 3.75 139 7.86 182.7 -0.4
CareerMLB60064.00106627274989.33.80.63.854%.2791.454.544.081307.47168.5-1.9

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-
2005 PEO A MDW 2 1 6.7 0 0 0 9 6 3 0 26 12.1 8.1 0.0 4.0 0% -1.000 2.24 5.24 9.40 127 8.40 165.6
2005 STA A- NYP 15 9 58.7 6 2 0 48 20 52 3 49 7.4 3.1 0.5 8.0 0% -.570 1.16 3.53 3.53 97 4.72 93.0
2006 DAY A+ FSL 24 24 115.0 7 7 0 126 53 82 4 9.9 4.1 0.3 6.4 0% .324 1.56 3.91 4.38 0 0.00 0.0
2007 TEN AA SOU 27 26 140.0 7 7 0 157 69 69 4 101 10.1 4.4 0.3 4.4 0% .323 1.61 4.54 4.95 113 6.20 127.3
2007 MSS Wnt AFL 10 0 14.0 1 1 0 19 6 8 0 12.2 3.9 0.0 5.1 0% .352 1.79 3.89 7.07 0 0.00 0.0
2008 TEN AA SOU 5 5 28.3 0 3 0 29 11 10 1 111 9.2 3.5 0.3 3.2 0% .277 1.41 4.58 3.50 109 4.98 101.8
2008 IOW AAA PCL 27 16 90.3 4 6 0 91 48 49 11 113 9.1 4.8 1.1 4.9 0% .281 1.54 5.80 5.68 122 5.21 106.5
2009 CHN MLB NL 11 0 12.0 0 0 0 10 1 7 0 100 7.5 0.8 0.0 5.3 0% .263 0.92 2.13 0.75 111 5.51 118.1
2009 IOW AAA PCL 37 0 55.7 6 2 0 41 29 35 2 83 6.6 4.7 0.3 5.7 0% .235 1.26 4.54 2.42 109 3.77 79.4
2010 CHN MLB NL 41 0 40.0 0 1 0 45 20 14 3 97 10.1 4.5 0.7 3.2 0% .286 1.63 5.10 5.18 133 7.95 179.5
2010 IOW AAA PCL 21 0 29.7 4 1 0 24 12 16 2 7.3 3.6 0.6 4.8 0% .239 1.21 4.79 3.64 0 0.00 0.0
2011 CHN MLB NL 8 0 12.0 0 0 0 11 6 6 1 101 8.3 4.5 0.8 4.5 0% .270 1.42 5.07 3.75 139 7.86 182.7
2011 IOW AAA PCL 27 0 29.7 4 1 3 29 17 17 4 8.8 5.2 1.2 5.2 0% .281 1.55 6.61 5.16 121 5.12 104.6
2012 PEO A MID 13 0 26.7 0 3 0 36 14 17 0 12.2 4.7 0.0 5.7 0% .346 1.88 4.09 5.40 109 7.19 149.7
2012 CUB Rk AZL 3 2 4.3 0 0 0 9 4 2 0 91 18.7 8.3 0.0 4.2 0% .429 3.00 6.18 14.54 120 10.74 223.6
2013 CSP AAA PCL 3 3 17.3 1 1 0 18 5 4 2 108 9.3 2.6 1.0 2.1 0% .258 1.33 5.47 5.19 116 4.37 94.9

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2009 130 0.5154 0.6000 0.8205 0.7761 0.4127 0.9038 0.6538 0.1795
2010 652 0.4831 0.4356 0.8803 0.6286 0.2552 0.9343 0.7558 0.1197
2011 179 0.4022 0.4134 0.9054 0.6667 0.2430 0.9583 0.8077 0.0946
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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
2011-08-22 2011-09-06 Minors 15 13 Right Elbow Inflammation - -
2011-05-29 2011-06-23 Minors 25 25 - Not Disclosed - -
2009-10-01 2009-10-02 DTD 1 0 Right Lower Leg Contusion -
2009-04-17 2009-05-22 Minors 35 0 Right Shoulder Impingement -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2010 CHN $403,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$403,000
1 yrTotal$403,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 22 d1 year (2013)

Details
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by Colorado as a free agent 12/19/12 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2012). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 11/15/11 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2011). Sent outright to Triple-A by Chicago Cubs 10/4/11.
  • 1 year/$0.403M (2010). Re-signed 2/10.
  • 1 year/$0.4M (2009). Contract purchased 11/19/08. Re-signed 2/25/09.
  • Acquired by Chicago Cubs in trade from NY Yankees 8/27/05.
  • Signed as an amateur free agent 5/04.
  • Drafted 2003 (43-1,290).

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 2023, Justin Berg threw 982 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2009 and 2011, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2011, he relied primarily on his Sinker (90mph), also mixing in a Slider (82mph). He also rarely threw a Curve (78mph).