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Portrait of Armando Galarraga

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
8 100 542 26 34 0 4.78 -1.3
Birth Date1-15-1982
Height6' 3"
Weight230 lbs
Age42 years, 2 months, 13 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
2007 TEX MLB 3 1 8.7 0 0 0 8 7 6 2 97 8.3 7.3 2.1 6.2 0% .240 1.73 7.34 6.23 111 5.60 115.9 0.0
2008 DET MLB 30 28 178.7 13 7 0 152 61 126 28 104 7.7 3.1 1.4 6.3 0% .236 1.19 4.91 3.73 104 4.70 100.2 1.7
2009 DET MLB 29 25 143.7 6 10 0 158 67 95 24 104 9.9 4.2 1.5 6.0 0% .298 1.57 5.50 5.64 119 6.55 140.4 -1.6
2010 DET MLB 25 24 144.3 4 9 0 143 51 74 21 112 8.9 3.2 1.3 4.6 0% .261 1.34 5.05 4.49 121 5.65 127.5 -0.7
2011 ARI MLB 8 8 42.7 3 4 0 47 22 28 13 97 9.9 4.6 2.7 5.9 0% .254 1.62 7.25 5.91 117 5.47 127.1 -0.2
2012 HOU MLB 5 5 24.0 0 4 0 28 18 17 6 98 10.5 6.8 2.3 6.4 0% .286 1.92 7.46 6.75 124 6.77 155.1 -0.5
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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-
2007 TEX MLB AL 3 1 8.7 0 0 0 8 7 6 2 97 8.3 7.3 2.1 6.2 0% .240 1.73 7.34 6.23 111 5.60 115.9
2008 DET MLB AL 30 28 178.7 13 7 0 152 61 126 28 104 7.7 3.1 1.4 6.3 0% .236 1.19 4.91 3.73 104 4.70 100.2
2009 DET MLB AL 29 25 143.7 6 10 0 158 67 95 24 104 9.9 4.2 1.5 6.0 0% .298 1.57 5.50 5.64 119 6.55 140.4
2010 DET MLB AL 25 24 144.3 4 9 0 143 51 74 21 112 8.9 3.2 1.3 4.6 0% .261 1.34 5.05 4.49 121 5.65 127.5
2011 ARI MLB NL 8 8 42.7 3 4 0 47 22 28 13 97 9.9 4.6 2.7 5.9 0% .254 1.62 7.25 5.91 117 5.47 127.1
2011 RNO AAA PCL 5 5 23.3 1 2 0 30 17 16 9 113 11.6 6.6 3.5 6.2 0% .280 2.01 9.99 9.26 145 6.66 136.0
2011 CAR Wnt LVB 5 5 23.0 1 2 0 23 10 16 3 9.0 3.9 1.2 6.3 0% .282 1.43 4.75 6.65 0 0.00 0.0
2012 HOU MLB NL 5 5 24.0 0 4 0 28 18 17 6 98 10.5 6.8 2.3 6.4 0% .286 1.92 7.46 6.75 124 6.77 155.1
2012 LEX A SAL 1 1 4.0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 89 9.0 4.5 0.0 0.0 0% .250 1.50 5.07 2.25 124 5.10 106.2
2012 OKL AAA PCL 9 9 43.7 3 2 0 37 18 31 7 93 7.6 3.7 1.4 6.4 0% .234 1.26 5.83 4.12 108 3.75 78.1
2012 LEO Wnt VWL 7 4 18.7 2 2 0 31 10 10 0 14.9 4.8 0.0 4.8 0% .425 2.20 3.93 6.27 0 0.00 0.0
2013 CSP AAA PCL 7 7 36.3 0 2 0 36 12 21 4 108 8.9 3.0 1.0 5.2 0% .274 1.32 4.91 5.20 106 3.67 79.7
2013 LOU AAA INT 16 16 84.7 6 6 0 84 34 62 8 99 8.9 3.6 0.9 6.6 0% .298 1.39 4.31 2.98 107 4.55 98.9
2015 PUE AAA MEX 10 10 50.3 3 3 0 58 15 26 3 10.4 2.7 0.5 4.6 0% .322 1.45 4.22 3.75 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 2698 0.4911 0.4496 0.7906 0.6196 0.2855 0.8867 0.5893 0.2094
2009 2441 0.5031 0.4244 0.7963 0.5798 0.2671 0.8876 0.5957 0.2037
2010 2310 0.5242 0.4571 0.8333 0.6152 0.2830 0.9128 0.6431 0.1667
2011 729 0.4458 0.4486 0.7982 0.6369 0.2970 0.9034 0.6167 0.2018
2012 432 0.3773 0.4097 0.7797 0.6503 0.2639 0.9245 0.5634 0.2203
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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
2013-07-22 - Minors - - Right Forearm Strain - -
2011-07-18 2011-09-12 Minors 56 0 - Not Disclosed - -
2011-06-09 2011-07-03 Minors 24 0 - Not Disclosed - -
2010-09-05 2010-09-05 DTD 0 0 Right Elbow Stiffness -
2009-08-12 2009-08-16 DTD 4 4 General Medical Illness Throat -
2006-07-18 2006-09-07 Minors 51 0 Not Disclosed - ----
2006-05-27 2006-08-23 Minors 88 0 Right Elbow Strain -
2003-06-19 2003-09-09 Minors 82 0 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery - -
2002-07-24 2002-09-03 Minors 41 0 Right Elbow Inflammation - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2014 CIN $
2013 CIN $
2012 BAL $
2011 ARI $2,300,000
2009 DET $435,000
2007 TEX $380,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$3,115,000
3 yrTotal$3,115,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 55 dOctagon1 year (2014)

Details
  • 1 year (2014). Signed by Texas as a free agent 2/3/14 (minor-league contract). Released by Texas 3/23/14.
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by Cincinnati as a free agent 1/22/13 (minor-league contract). Acquired by Colorado in trade from Cincinnati 7/15/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Baltimore as a free agent 1/30/12 (minor-league contract). Released by Baltimore 4/6/12. Signed by Houston as a free agent 5/21/12 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Houston 7/28/12. DFA by Houston 8/22/12. Sent outright to Triple-A 8/24/12.
  • 1 year/$2.3M (2011). Re-signed by Detroit 1/18/11 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Arizona in trade 1/24/11 after being DFA by Detroit 1/18/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Re-signed by Detroit 3/2/10.
  • 1 year/$0.435M (2009). Re-signed by Detroit 2/28/09.
  • 1 year (2008). Acquired by Detroit in trade from Texas after being DFA 1/25/08. Signed 2/26/08.
  • 1 year/$0.38M (2007). Re-signed by Texas 2/07.
  • Acquired by Texas in trade from Washington 12/05.
  • Signed by Montreal 1998 as an amateur free agent from Venezuela. $3,000 signing bonus.

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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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2010-09-15 14:00:00 (link to chat)The Tigers need a catcher to replace Laird (and share time w/Avila) and could use a little bit of power for next year. Marc/Kevin state today that the Pirates need some arms for next year. Does Ryan Doumit for Armando Galarraga work as a fair deal? Would either side hang up right away? Does either side need to add another piece to make it work? Thanks.
(JE from Ankeny, IA)
If I were Dave Dombrowski, I would be more interested in Chris Snyder than Doumit, as the former has more actual catching skills than the latter. The Pirates don't necessarily need Galarraga and I'm not sure what he would do for the rotation aside from provide a warm body who can eat up innings. The Pirates shouldn't pursue deals like this, as Galarraga is not that great of a pitcher and the last thing the Buccos need is a poor-peripheraled starter entering his arbitration years. (Eric Seidman)
2009-07-13 14:00:00 (link to chat)Most believe the Tigers need a bat. Does one bat solve enough of their issues? Or does getting a rotation piece help fortify the formula of pitching/defense that has worked so far? Thanks.
(lemppi from Ankeny, IA)
That may depend on what they can get from Rick Porcello the rest of the way. Do they have three starters now or two? And is last year's Armando Galarraga anywhere to be found? On the flip side, how much would a healthy Carlos Guillen change the mix? Finally, what do they have to trade? Throw it all in a hat, and I think they'll be pretty quiet. (Joe Sheehan)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2023, Armando Galarraga threw 8,821 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2012, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2012, he relied primarily on his Sinker (89mph) and Slider (84mph), also mixing in a Change (82mph).