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Portrait of Bobby LaFromboise

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 33)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date6-25-1986
Height6' 4"
Weight225 lbs
Age37 years, 10 months, 1 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
0.22015
2016
2017
2018
-0.42019
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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
2013 SEA MLB 10 0 10.7 0 1 0 12 4 11 0 93 10.1 3.4 0.0 9.3 0% .375 1.50 2.13 5.91 117 5.77 138.3 -0.2
2014 PIT MLB 6 0 3.7 0 0 0 3 0 4 1 96 7.4 0.0 2.5 9.8 0% .222 0.82 4.46 2.45 72 1.82 44.6 0.1
2015 PIT MLB 11 0 8.0 0 0 0 5 1 8 1 97 5.6 1.1 1.1 9.0 0% .211 0.75 3.16 1.13 68 2.66 62.1 0.2
CareerMLB27022.3010205232958.12.00.89.333%.3411.122.883.63944.0195.60.2

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-
2011 WTN AA SOU 49 0 61.0 3 4 0 62 24 53 6 9.1 3.5 0.9 7.8 0% .320 1.41 4.16 3.10 101 5.02 102.6
2012 WTN AA SOU 20 0 26.7 1 0 2 15 5 32 0 5.1 1.7 0.0 10.8 0% .231 0.75 1.30 1.01 59 2.25 46.9
2012 TAC AAA PCL 27 0 39.7 5 2 4 30 16 38 1 6.8 3.6 0.2 8.6 0% .282 1.16 3.28 1.59 83 3.12 65.0
2012 PER Wnt AFL 13 0 13.0 0 0 1 13 4 17 1 9.0 2.8 0.7 11.8 0% .353 1.31 3.23 5.54 0 0.00 0.0
2013 SEA MLB AL 10 0 10.7 0 1 0 12 4 11 0 93 10.1 3.4 0.0 9.3 0% .375 1.50 2.13 5.91 117 5.77 138.3
2013 TAC AAA PCL 45 0 61.0 6 0 5 66 18 63 5 9.7 2.7 0.7 9.3 0% .349 1.38 3.50 3.39 85 4.17 90.5
2014 PIT MLB NL 6 0 3.7 0 0 0 3 0 4 1 96 7.4 0.0 2.5 9.8 0% .222 0.82 4.46 2.45 72 1.82 44.6
2014 ELP AAA PCL 58 0 53.0 1 2 3 68 21 45 4 11.5 3.6 0.7 7.6 0% .362 1.68 4.16 4.75 63 4.01 84.9
2014 IND AAA INT 5 0 4.0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .200 0.50 1.34 0.00 82 2.91 61.6
2015 PIT MLB NL 11 0 8.0 0 0 0 5 1 8 1 97 5.6 1.1 1.1 9.0 0% .211 0.75 3.16 1.13 68 2.66 62.1
2015 IND AAA INT 54 0 54.3 1 2 0 41 21 52 5 6.8 3.5 0.8 8.6 0% .250 1.14 3.59 2.98 97 3.13 68.7
2016 LEH AAA INT 13 0 16.7 1 3 0 29 9 8 1 15.7 4.9 0.5 4.3 47% .406 2.28 4.61 5.94 123 7.92 174.8
2017 RNG Rk AZL 2 2 3.0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 101 3.0 6.0 0.0 12.0 33% .167 1.00 3.55 0.00 93 1.98 42.2

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2013 186 0.3925 0.4839 0.8222 0.5616 0.4336 0.9024 0.7551 0.1778
2014 53 0.3962 0.5472 0.6207 0.7143 0.4375 0.8000 0.4286 0.3793
2015 109 0.4404 0.4954 0.6852 0.7292 0.3115 0.7714 0.5263 0.3148
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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

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2017 TEX $
2016 PHI $
2015 PIT $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 111 d1 year (2017)

Details
  • 1 year (2017). Signed by Texas as a free agent 2/13/17 (minor-league contract).
  • 2016. Claimed by Philadelphia off waivers 1/29/16 after being DFA by LA Angels 1/25/16. DFA by Philadelphia 2/10/16. Sent outright to Triple-A 2/12/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/4/15. Claimed by LA Angels off waivers from Pittsburgh 12/23/15.
  • 1 year (2014). Re-signed by Seattle 2/27/14. Claimed by San Diego off waivers 4/4/14 after being DFA by Seattle 3/27/14. Claimed by Pittsburgh off waivers 8/24/14 after being DFA by San Diego 8/20/14.
  • 1 year (2013). Contract purchased by Seattle 11/20/12. Re-signed by Seattle 2/16/13. Re-signed by Seattle 3/13.
  • Drafted by Seattle 2008 (8-252) (New Mexico). $70,000 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
90o 0 1.4 2 49 0 49.4 44 26 35 7 .254 1.41 4.72 4.8 -9.4 -1.0
80o 0 1.1 1.7 42 0 43.0 42 24 30 6 .270 1.53 5.21 5.3 -10.5 -1.1
70o 0 0.9 1.4 38 0 38.6 40 23 27 6 .282 1.62 5.56 5.67 -10.9 -1.2
60o 0 0.8 1.3 34 0 34.9 38 22 25 6 .292 1.70 5.88 6 -11.1 -1.2
50o 0 0.6 1.1 31 0 31.5 36 21 22 5 .301 1.78 6.18 6.31 -11.0 -1.2
40o 0 0.5 0.9 28 0 28.3 33 19 20 5 .310 1.87 6.48 6.62 -10.8 -1.2
30o 0 0.4 0.8 25 0 24.9 31 18 18 5 .321 1.96 6.82 6.97 -10.5 -1.1
20o 0 0.3 0.6 21 0 21.1 28 16 15 4 .333 2.07 7.23 7.39 -9.8 -1.1
10o 0 0.2 0.4 16 0 16.1 23 13 11 3 .349 2.23 7.81 7.99 -8.5 -0.9
Weighted Mean00.61.130030.73420225.2991.766.136.26-10.6-1.2

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Bobby LaFromboise threw 481 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2013 and 2016, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2016, he relied primarily on his Sinker (89mph), Change (81mph) and Slider (76mph).