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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
8 90 60.7 7 2 1 4.90 0.3
Birth Date5-17-1978
Height6' 0"
Weight200 lbs
Age45 years, 11 months, 6 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
2002 ATL MLB 5 0 5.0 1 0 0 6 6 6 3 103 10.8 10.8 5.4 10.8 0% .250 2.40 12.47 10.80 120 7.40 158.8 -0.1
2003 MIL MLB 23 0 21.0 2 0 0 30 8 16 5 103 12.9 3.4 2.1 6.9 0% .362 1.81 5.83 4.71 97 4.26 89.3 0.3
2005 ATL MLB 62 0 34.7 4 2 1 27 19 32 3 99 7.0 4.9 0.8 8.3 0% .255 1.33 4.08 4.15 105 5.12 110.2 0.1
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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 shownClick 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-
1999 DNV Rk APL 18 0 39.0 4 1 1 28 6 36 0 6.5 1.4 0.0 8.3 0% -.667 0.87 2.86 1.38 0 0.00 0.0
2000 MYR A+ CRL 38 0 48.7 2 1 3 48 14 46 2 8.9 2.6 0.4 8.5 0% -.697 1.27 3.16 1.85 0 0.00 0.0
2001 GRN AA SOU 50 0 68.7 8 7 7 71 33 63 6 9.3 4.3 0.8 8.3 0% -.596 1.51 4.24 3.01 0 0.00 0.0
2001 Pho Wnt AFL 16 0 16.3 2 1 3 16 9 10 1 8.8 5.0 0.6 5.5 0% -.714 1.53 5.74 3.87 0 0.00 0.0
2002 ATL MLB NL 5 0 5.0 1 0 0 6 6 6 3 103 10.8 10.8 5.4 10.8 0% .250 2.40 12.47 10.80 120 7.40 158.8
2002 GWN AAA INT 55 0 62.0 8 4 8 67 28 48 5 9.7 4.1 0.7 7.0 0% .318 1.53 3.99 4.21 0 0.00 0.0
2003 MIL MLB NL 23 0 21.0 2 0 0 30 8 16 5 103 12.9 3.4 2.1 6.9 0% .362 1.81 5.83 4.71 97 4.26 89.3
2003 IND AAA INT 27 0 41.3 2 2 0 44 13 37 4 9.6 2.8 0.9 8.1 0% .320 1.38 3.84 3.70 0 0.00 0.0
2005 ATL MLB NL 62 0 34.7 4 2 1 27 19 32 3 99 7.0 4.9 0.8 8.3 0% .255 1.33 4.08 4.15 105 5.12 110.2
2005 GWN AAA INT 3 0 5.7 0 0 1 2 1 5 0 113 3.2 1.6 0.0 7.9 0% -.333 0.53 1.97 1.58 77 3.15 62.0
2007 WIC AA TXS 8 0 10.3 1 0 1 8 5 11 1 108 7.0 4.4 0.9 9.6 0% .259 1.26 3.76 3.50 92 3.54 72.7
2007 ROY Rk AZL 3 0 3.3 1 0 0 4 0 6 0 91 10.9 0.0 0.0 16.4 0% .500 1.21 0.60 0.00 67 3.63 74.4
2007 TDE Wnt DWL 11 0 9.7 0 0 0 7 5 7 1 6.5 4.6 0.9 6.5 0% .222 1.24 4.50 1.86 0 0.00 0.0
2008 OMA AAA PCL 5 0 7.7 0 1 0 12 6 5 3 102 14.0 7.0 3.5 5.8 0% .360 2.34 9.58 11.69 131 7.66 156.8
2008 IDA Rk PIO 9 0 10.7 0 0 0 11 8 13 2 109 9.3 6.7 1.7 10.9 0% .333 1.78 6.69 5.05 116 4.50 92.2

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%

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
2006-03-24 2006-10-02 60-DL 192 162 Left Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2006-06-02
2002-08-18 2002-10-08 15-DL 51 39 General Medical Dizziness -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2006 ATL $350,000
2003 MIL $300,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$650,000
2 yrTotal$650,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 131 d

Details
  • released 10/06 re-signed 3/06
  • contract purchased 4/05
  • Rule 5-MIL 12/03 removed from 40-m 10/03 optioned to Triple-A 7/03 recalled 6/03 optioned to Triple-A 5/03 1 year/$0.3M (03) acquired in trade from ATL 2/03 recalled 8/02 optioned to Triple-A 4/02 optioned to Triple-A 3/02 40-m 11/01

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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