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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
9 90 74 3 2 0 5.11 0.3
Birth Date10-31-1982
Height6' 2"
Weight175 lbs
Age41 years, 5 months, 24 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
2008 SFN MLB 48 0 39.7 2 1 0 31 29 47 5 96 7.0 6.6 1.1 10.7 0% .274 1.51 4.79 3.40 116 4.97 106.0 0.2
2009 SFN MLB 9 0 6.0 0 0 0 10 7 2 2 83 15.0 10.5 3.0 3.0 0% .364 2.83 10.22 12.00 143 7.76 166.5 -0.2
2012 CHN 0 2 0 0.3 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 100 108.0 27.0 81.0 0.0 0% .500 15.00 129.14 135.00 136 0.00 0.0 0.0
2012 SDN 0 31 0 28.0 1 1 0 23 20 36 5 96 7.4 6.4 1.6 11.6 0% .273 1.54 5.24 4.50 94 3.99 91.5 0.3
2012 TOT MLB 33 0 28.3 1 1 0 27 21 36 8 96 8.6 6.7 2.5 11.4 0% .000 1.69 6.69 6.04 96 3.94 90.4 0.3
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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.
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-
2005 SLO A- NWN 25 0 22.0 0 1 0 17 18 33 1 65 7.0 7.4 0.4 13.5 0% -.291 1.59 3.93 3.68 96 4.70 92.7
2006 SJO A+ CLF 30 10 69.0 6 3 0 58 60 78 6 7.6 7.8 0.8 10.2 0% .295 1.71 5.67 4.30 0 0.00 0.0
2007 NRW AA EAS 17 5 41.3 3 1 0 22 19 50 2 83 4.8 4.1 0.4 10.9 0% .217 0.99 2.99 1.96 74 2.60 53.4
2008 SFN MLB NL 48 0 39.7 2 1 0 31 29 47 5 96 7.0 6.6 1.1 10.7 0% .274 1.51 4.79 3.40 116 4.97 106.0
2008 FRE AAA PCL 13 0 15.7 0 0 7 5 4 21 0 109 2.9 2.3 0.0 12.0 0% .167 0.57 1.57 0.57 43 1.18 24.2
2008 SUR Wnt AFL 14 1 17.3 2 1 0 22 8 33 3 11.4 4.2 1.6 17.2 0% .500 1.73 4.34 6.24 0 0.00 0.0
2009 SFN MLB NL 9 0 6.0 0 0 0 10 7 2 2 83 15.0 10.5 3.0 3.0 0% .364 2.83 10.22 12.00 143 7.76 166.5
2009 FRE AAA PCL 46 0 52.3 1 2 1 42 32 72 3 98 7.2 5.5 0.5 12.4 0% .307 1.41 3.45 3.96 78 3.37 70.9
2010 FRE AAA PCL 50 0 56.0 2 4 0 47 40 65 3 7.6 6.4 0.5 10.4 0% .299 1.55 4.47 4.82 0 0.00 0.0
2010 MXC Wnt LMP 17 0 21.7 1 0 0 15 15 29 2 6.2 6.2 0.8 12.0 0% .283 1.38 3.71 3.32 0 0.00 0.0
2011 RIC AA EAS 32 0 35.0 2 0 1 24 28 47 1 6.2 7.2 0.3 12.1 0% .284 1.49 3.92 3.60 91 3.47 70.8
2011 FRE AAA PCL 13 0 10.0 0 0 0 15 11 11 0 13.5 9.9 0.0 9.9 0% .484 2.60 4.88 9.00 110 8.35 170.4
2012 CHN MLB NL 2 0 0.3 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 100 108.0 27.0 81.0 0.0 0% .500 15.00 129.14 135.00 136 0.00 0.0
2012 SDN MLB NL 31 0 28.0 1 1 0 23 20 36 5 96 7.4 6.4 1.6 11.6 0% .273 1.54 5.24 4.50 94 3.99 91.5
2012 TUC AAA PCL 14 0 19.3 0 0 0 14 10 18 0 6.5 4.7 0.0 8.4 0% .269 1.24 3.66 3.72 90 3.05 63.5
2013 BUF AAA INT 12 0 11.0 1 0 0 9 17 16 0 7.4 13.9 0.0 13.1 0% .333 2.36 5.20 3.27 123 6.52 141.8

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 692 0.5116 0.3960 0.7664 0.5876 0.1953 0.8077 0.6364 0.2336
2009 137 0.4818 0.3577 0.9388 0.5758 0.1549 0.9474 0.9091 0.0612
2012 540 0.4352 0.4185 0.6991 0.5702 0.3016 0.7836 0.5761 0.3009
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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
2007-06-07 2007-07-02 Minors 25 0 - Not Disclosed - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2009 SFN $401,750
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$401,750
1 yrTotal$401,750

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 166 d1 year (2012)

Details
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by San Diego as a free agent 11/23/11 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by San Diego 5/8/12. Claimed by Chicago Cubs off waivers 8/19/12 after being DFA by San Diego 8/14/12. DFA by Oakland 8/28/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Re-signed by San Francisco 2/11. DFA by San Francisco 8/4/11, sent outright to Triple-A 8/9/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Re-signed 3/10.
  • 1 year/$0.40175M (2009). Re-signed 3/9/09.
  • 1 year (2008). Contract purchased 5/15/08.
  • Drafted 2005 (15-462) (San Diego State).

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, Alex Hinshaw threw 1,523 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2008 and 2012, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2012, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (93mph) and Slider (85mph), also mixing in a Curve (77mph). He also rarely threw a Change (87mph).