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Portrait of Michael Crotta

Michael Crotta PTigers

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 34)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date9-25-1984
Height6' 6"
Weight235 lbs
Age39 years, 7 months, 0 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
2011 PIT MLB 15 0 10.7 0 1 0 20 5 7 2 96 16.9 4.2 1.7 5.9 0% .429 2.34 5.52 9.28 108 5.52 128.3 -0.1
CareerMLB15010.7010205729616.94.21.75.961%.4292.345.529.281085.52128.3-0.1

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-
2006 HIC A SAL 4 4 17.1 1 2 0 36 2 7 1 105 18.9 1.1 0.5 3.7 0% .455 2.22 3.77 10.53 102 9.89 207.5
2006 WPT A- NYP 11 7 43.2 1 3 0 43 4 28 1 51 9.0 0.8 0.2 5.8 0% .307 1.09 2.59 2.71 89 4.68 98.2
2007 HIC A SAL 26 25 137.3 10 5 0 169 28 74 10 111 11.1 1.8 0.7 4.9 0% .331 1.43 4.03 4.39 101 5.90 121.0
2007 ALT AA EAS 1 1 2.7 0 1 0 6 2 0 0 81 20.0 6.7 0.0 0.0 0% .400 2.96 5.47 10.00 120 9.70 199.0
2008 LYN A+ CRL 28 28 146.3 9 10 0 171 25 97 8 104 10.5 1.5 0.5 6.0 0% .321 1.34 3.43 4.68 89 5.03 102.9
2008 SUR Wnt AFL 12 0 17.0 1 1 0 25 8 14 3 13.2 4.2 1.6 7.4 0% .393 1.94 6.75 4.76 0 0.00 0.0
2009 ALT AA EAS 27 27 143.7 7 8 0 181 33 97 7 98 11.3 2.1 0.4 6.1 0% .345 1.49 3.23 4.76 90 5.69 119.7
2010 ALT AA EAS 4 4 25.3 2 0 0 14 3 16 0 93 5.0 1.1 0.0 5.7 0% .189 0.67 2.44 1.78 0 0.00 0.0
2010 IND AAA INT 24 24 131.3 5 10 0 160 37 89 10 105 11.0 2.5 0.7 6.1 0% .348 1.50 3.83 4.94 0 0.00 0.0
2011 PIT MLB NL 15 0 10.7 0 1 0 20 5 7 2 96 16.9 4.2 1.7 5.9 0% .429 2.34 5.52 9.28 108 5.52 128.3
2011 ALT AA EAS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .333 1.00 1.40 0.00 90 4.11 83.8
2011 IND AAA INT 11 0 10.7 0 0 0 11 2 5 2 9.3 1.7 1.7 4.2 0% .250 1.22 5.29 5.91 111 4.39 89.7
2013 SYR AAA INT 51 0 58.0 6 7 4 59 25 44 0 9.2 3.9 0.0 6.8 0% .319 1.45 3.08 3.57 95 4.77 103.5
2016 ERI AA EAS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 18.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 63% .500 2.00 1.35 4.50 77 4.71 104.0
2016 TOL AAA INT 7 0 7.3 0 1 0 7 5 7 1 8.6 6.1 1.2 8.6 64% .286 1.64 5.08 7.36 111 4.81 106.1

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2011 209 0.4880 0.4258 0.7528 0.5980 0.2617 0.8689 0.5000 0.2472
Career2090.48800.42580.75280.59800.26170.86890.50000.2472

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
2011-07-17 2011-09-06 Minors 51 48 - Not Disclosed - -
2011-05-04 2011-06-27 15-DL 54 47 Right Elbow Inflammation -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2011 PIT $414,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$414,000
1 yrTotal$414,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 89 d1 year/$0.414M (2011)

Details
  • 1 year/$0.414M (2011). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/11. DFA by Pittsburgh 7/31/11. Released 8/8/11 (could not be outrighted to clear space on 40-man roster because he was on the minor-league disabled list). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 8/11/11 (minor-league contract).
  • Drafted by Pittsburgh 2006 (17-500) (Florida Atlantic).

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
90o 0 1.7 2.5 53 0 54.9 42 22 45 5 .242 1.16 3.47 3.74 -4.2 -0.5
80o 0 1.4 2 46 0 47.2 40 21 39 5 .261 1.28 3.91 4.23 -6.0 -0.7
70o 0 1.1 1.7 40 0 41.8 38 20 34 5 .274 1.38 4.24 4.59 -6.9 -0.7
60o 0 1 1.5 36 0 37.4 36 19 31 4 .286 1.46 4.53 4.91 -7.4 -0.8
50o 0 0.8 1.3 32 0 33.4 34 18 27 4 .296 1.54 4.81 5.22 -7.7 -0.8
40o 0 0.7 1.1 28 0 29.5 31 16 24 4 .307 1.62 5.09 5.53 -7.7 -0.8
30o 0 0.5 0.9 25 0 25.5 29 15 21 3 .319 1.71 5.40 5.87 -7.6 -0.8
20o 0 0.4 0.7 20 0 21.0 25 13 17 3 .333 1.82 5.77 6.28 -7.1 -0.8
10o 0 0.2 0.5 14 0 15.0 20 10 12 2 .352 1.99 6.31 6.88 -6.0 -0.7
Weighted Mean00.81.331032.33217274.2931.514.755.15-7.2-0.8

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Michael Crotta threw 209 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2011, including pitches thrown in . In 2011, he relied primarily on his Sinker (94mph), also mixing in a Slider (86mph). He also rarely threw a Fourseam Fastball (93mph) and Change (82mph).