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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 34)

IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
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Birth Date	5-20-1985
Height	6' 0"
Weight	175 lbs

Age	38 years, 11 months, 5 days
Bats	L
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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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
2015	CLE	MLB	1	1	3.3	0	1	0	4	1	2	2	120	10.8	2.7	5.4	5.4	0%	.182	1.50	10.60	8.10	118	6.16	143.9	0.0
Career		MLB	1	1	3.3	0	1	0	4	1	2	2	120	10.8	2.7	5.4	5.4	0%	.000	1.50	10.60	8.10	118	6.16	143.9	0.0

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-
2009	SUR	Wnt	AFL	9	0	11.0	1	2	1	10	3	8	3		8.2	2.5	2.5	6.5	0%	.219	1.18	7.15	5.73	0	0.00	0.0
2011	KIN	A+	CAR	22	5	49.7	3	2	2	37	10	58	2	104	6.7	1.8	0.4	10.5	0%	.292	0.95	2.07	2.36	70	3.30	67.3
2012	CAR	A+	CAR	1	0	1.3	0	0	0	1	1	2	0		6.8	6.8	0.0	13.5	0%	.333	1.50	2.63	0.00	91	3.79	78.9
2012	AKR	AA	EAS	24	8	65.7	3	1	0	59	19	59	1	100	8.1	2.6	0.1	8.1	0%	.310	1.19	2.55	2.60	78	4.13	86.0
2012	COH	AAA	INT	2	2	7.7	0	1	0	8	2	5	1	105	9.4	2.3	1.2	5.9	0%	.292	1.30	4.33	5.87	107	4.57	95.2
2012	MAG	Wnt	VWL	5	4	16.3	0	0	0	26	4	9	3		14.3	2.2	1.7	5.0	0%	.365	1.84	5.43	6.06	0	0.00	0.0
2013	AKR	AA	EAS	23	23	131.0	6	6	0	143	21	104	18	98	9.8	1.4	1.2	7.1	0%	.312	1.25	4.18	4.19	103	4.92	107.0
2013	COH	AAA	INT	5	5	27.0	0	3	0	37	8	15	7	102	12.3	2.7	2.3	5.0	0%	.313	1.67	6.57	5.67	127	6.85	148.8
2014	AKR	AA	EAS	13	8	54.7	5	4	0	60	18	35	6	104	9.9	3.0	1.0	5.8	0%	.310	1.43	4.70	4.61	108	5.13	108.6
2014	COH	AAA	INT	14	12	72.0	5	3	0	79	20	44	14	108	9.9	2.5	1.8	5.5	0%	.288	1.38	5.69	5.38	127	6.24	132.0
2015	CLE	MLB	AL	1	1	3.3	0	1	0	4	1	2	2	120	10.8	2.7	5.4	5.4	0%	.182	1.50	10.60	8.10	118	6.16	143.9
2015	COH	AAA	INT	27	26	164.3	15	4	0	148	45	101	16	105	8.1	2.5	0.9	5.5	0%	.265	1.17	4.10	2.90	109	3.92	86.0
2016	COH	AAA	INT	33	10	102.3	9	4	4	102	24	62	7	105	9.0	2.1	0.6	5.5	44%	.291	1.23	3.64	3.78	102	4.23	93.3

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2015	69	0.3768	0.4638	0.8438	0.6538	0.3488	0.9412	0.7333	0.1563
Career	69	0.3768	0.4638	0.8438	0.6538	0.3488	0.9412	0.7333	0.1563

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
2014-04-20	2014-04-29	Minors	9	0	Left	Lower Leg	Strain	Calf	-	-
2011-05-29	2011-07-20	Minors	52	45	-		Not Disclosed		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2015	CLE	$

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
0 y 0 d		1 year (2015)

Details
1 year (2015). Contract selected by Cleveland 6/28/15. Sent outright to Triple-A by Cleveland 7/31/15. Signed by Cleveland as a free agent from Japan 12/15/10.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
90^o	8.2	0.2	12	7	50.4	46	13	29	7	.250	1.18	4.18	4.49	-6.7	-0.7
80^o	7	0.2	10	6	44.7	44	12	25	7	.263	1.26	4.56	4.9	-7.8	-0.9
70^o	6.2	0.1	9	6	40.7	42	12	23	6	.273	1.33	4.84	5.2	-8.4	-0.9
60^o	5.6	0.1	9	5	37.3	40	11	21	6	.281	1.38	5.08	5.46	-8.7	-0.9
50^o	5	0.1	8	5	34.2	38	11	20	6	.289	1.44	5.31	5.7	-8.8	-1.0
40^o	4.4	0.1	7	5	31.2	36	10	18	6	.297	1.49	5.54	5.95	-8.8	-1.0
30^o	3.8	0.1	7	4	28.1	34	10	16	5	.305	1.56	5.80	6.22	-8.7	-0.9
20^o	3.2	0.1	6	4	24.6	31	9	14	5	.315	1.63	6.10	6.55	-8.5	-0.9
10^o	2.5	0.1	5	3	19.8	27	8	11	4	.329	1.74	6.53	7.01	-7.8	-0.8
Weighted Mean	4.9	0.1	8	5	33.6	37	11	19	6	.287	1.43	5.28	5.67	-8.5	-0.9

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Toru Murata threw 69 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2015, including pitches thrown in . In 2015, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (87mph), also mixing in a Splitter (79mph), Slider (76mph), Sinker (88mph) and Curve (67mph).