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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
17 386 385.3 32 10 6 3.22 7.3
Birth Date7-4-1971
Height6' 3"
Weight240 lbs
Age52 years, 9 months, 21 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.
Multiple stints are are currently shown —Click to hide.
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 ANA MLB 46 0 49.7 1 1 1 32 19 54 2 97 5.8 3.4 0.4 9.8 0% .246 1.03 2.67 2.17 85 2.87 61.6 1.4
2003 ANA MLB 63 0 74.0 2 2 3 55 24 79 2 98 6.7 2.9 0.2 9.6 0% .268 1.07 2.44 1.58 85 2.91 61.0 2.0
2004 ANA MLB 40 0 42.0 5 2 0 34 15 56 5 104 7.3 3.2 1.1 12.0 0% .305 1.17 3.17 3.00 75 2.64 54.5 1.4
2005 ANA MLB 65 0 65.3 9 3 0 60 19 53 9 98 8.3 2.6 1.2 7.3 0% .271 1.21 4.17 3.72 102 4.19 90.3 0.9
2006 ANA MLB 62 0 64.0 6 0 0 58 28 53 8 102 8.2 3.9 1.1 7.5 0% .270 1.34 4.65 3.94 95 3.81 77.6 1.3
2007 BOS MLB 27 0 20.7 2 1 0 19 5 15 0 103 8.3 2.2 0.0 6.5 0% .288 1.16 3.15 3.05 101 4.69 97.1 0.2
2008 CLE MLB 15 0 13.7 1 0 0 20 10 8 2 105 13.2 6.6 1.3 5.3 0% .367 2.20 6.08 8.56 116 6.15 131.1 -0.1
2009 FLO MLB 30 0 25.3 3 0 2 22 9 25 1 95 7.8 3.2 0.4 8.9 0% .309 1.22 2.77 1.78 93 3.64 78.1 0.4
2010 PIT MLB 38 0 30.7 3 1 0 26 25 26 6 93 7.6 7.3 1.8 7.6 0% .238 1.66 6.49 5.58 112 5.59 126.3 -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-
1993 WPT A- NYP 21 3 43.0 4 0 1 39 29 29 4 8.2 6.1 0.8 6.1 0% .000 1.58 5.53 6.28 0 0.00 0.0
1995 CWV A SAL 24 0 30.3 1 1 12 14 7 33 0 4.2 2.1 0.0 9.8 0% .000 0.69 1.81 1.19 0 0.00 0.0
1995 WNS A+ CRL 23 0 35.3 1 2 2 20 14 32 1 5.1 3.6 0.3 8.2 0% .000 0.96 2.68 1.02 0 0.00 0.0
1995 IND AAA AA 3 0 2.7 1 1 0 7 2 1 2 23.3 6.7 6.7 3.3 0% .000 3.33 14.29 23.33 0 0.00 0.0
1996 CHT AA SOU 22 0 29.3 1 2 0 27 17 22 4 8.3 5.2 1.2 6.8 0% .000 1.50 5.33 5.53 0 0.00 0.0
1997 CHT AA SOU 62 0 82.7 6 4 6 71 37 64 6 7.7 4.0 0.7 7.0 0% .262 1.31 4.38 3.26 0 0.00 0.0
1998 CHT AA SOU 38 0 45.3 2 5 13 43 24 47 4 8.5 4.8 0.8 9.3 0% -.488 1.48 4.47 2.98 0 0.00 0.0
1998 IND AAA INT 19 1 37.3 4 1 0 29 16 39 3 7.0 3.9 0.7 9.4 0% -.426 1.21 3.76 2.65 0 0.00 0.0
1999 ALT AA EAS 2 0 2.3 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 15.7 7.8 0.0 0.0 0% -2.000 2.61 5.87 7.83 0 0.00 0.0
1999 DUR AAA INT 37 1 62.0 5 5 2 53 18 61 5 7.7 2.6 0.7 8.9 0% -.565 1.15 3.43 3.05 0 0.00 0.0
1999 SYR AAA INT 5 0 9.3 0 1 0 8 4 9 1 7.7 3.9 1.0 8.7 0% -.467 1.29 4.50 2.90 0 0.00 0.0
2000 IOW AAA PCL 9 0 16.7 0 3 1 25 6 14 3 13.5 3.2 1.6 7.5 0% -.917 1.86 5.49 7.54 0 0.00 0.0
2000 SYR AAA INT 37 0 42.7 4 6 0 47 27 34 5 9.9 5.7 1.1 7.2 0% -.618 1.73 5.10 5.48 0 0.00 0.0
2001 ARK AA TXS 27 0 29.0 4 1 12 21 13 37 2 6.5 4.0 0.6 11.5 0% -.358 1.17 3.31 2.48 0 0.00 0.0
2001 SLC AAA PCL 29 0 41.3 5 1 1 38 8 50 4 8.3 1.7 0.9 10.9 0% -.548 1.11 2.97 2.40 0 0.00 0.0
2001 Cag Wnt PRL 18 0 24.3 3 1 8 15 11 35 0 5.6 4.1 0.0 13.0 0% -.319 1.07 1.33 0.37 0 0.00 0.0
2002 ANA MLB AL 46 0 49.7 1 1 1 32 19 54 2 97 5.8 3.4 0.4 9.8 0% .246 1.03 2.67 2.17 85 2.87 61.6
2002 SLC AAA PCL 25 0 33.7 4 0 6 27 11 42 5 7.2 2.9 1.3 11.2 0% .268 1.13 4.04 3.47 0 0.00 0.0
2003 ANA MLB AL 63 0 74.0 2 2 3 55 24 79 2 98 6.7 2.9 0.2 9.6 0% .268 1.07 2.44 1.58 85 2.91 61.0
2004 ANA MLB AL 40 0 42.0 5 2 0 34 15 56 5 104 7.3 3.2 1.1 12.0 0% .305 1.17 3.17 3.00 75 2.64 54.5
2004 RCU A+ CLF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 3 1 5 0 9.0 3.0 0.0 15.0 0% .429 1.33 1.38 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2004 SLC AAA PCL 3 0 2.3 0 0 0 2 2 6 0 7.8 7.8 0.0 23.5 0% 1.000 1.74 0.90 7.83 0 0.00 0.0
2005 ANA MLB AL 65 0 65.3 9 3 0 60 19 53 9 98 8.3 2.6 1.2 7.3 0% .271 1.21 4.17 3.72 102 4.19 90.3
2006 ANA MLB AL 62 0 64.0 6 0 0 58 28 53 8 102 8.2 3.9 1.1 7.5 0% .270 1.34 4.65 3.94 95 3.81 77.6
2007 BOS MLB AL 27 0 20.7 2 1 0 19 5 15 0 103 8.3 2.2 0.0 6.5 0% .288 1.16 3.15 3.05 101 4.69 97.1
2008 CLE MLB AL 15 0 13.7 1 0 0 20 10 8 2 105 13.2 6.6 1.3 5.3 0% .367 2.20 6.08 8.56 116 6.15 131.1
2008 KIN A+ CRL 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 95 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .200 0.50 1.45 0.00 75 3.36 68.7
2008 BUF AAA INT 6 0 6.0 1 0 0 5 1 5 1 95 7.5 1.5 1.5 7.5 0% .235 1.00 4.31 1.50 96 4.21 86.1
2008 IND Rk GCL 3 2 2.7 0 1 0 7 0 1 0 23.3 0.0 0.0 3.3 0% .500 2.59 2.80 13.33 0 0.00 0.0
2009 FLO MLB NL 30 0 25.3 3 0 2 22 9 25 1 95 7.8 3.2 0.4 8.9 0% .309 1.22 2.77 1.78 93 3.64 78.1
2009 JUP A+ FSL 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 89 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0% .250 1.00 3.19 0.00 108 4.60 96.8
2009 ROU AAA PCL 24 0 25.7 2 0 6 21 7 23 0 88 7.4 2.5 0.0 8.1 0% .296 1.09 2.59 1.75 77 3.34 70.3
2010 PIT MLB NL 38 0 30.7 3 1 0 26 25 26 6 93 7.6 7.3 1.8 7.6 0% .238 1.66 6.49 5.58 112 5.59 126.3

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 239 0.4979 0.4226 0.8317 0.5798 0.2667 0.8696 0.7500 0.1683
2009 380 0.5184 0.4842 0.7174 0.7005 0.2514 0.7681 0.5652 0.2826
2010 577 0.4853 0.4246 0.7633 0.6250 0.2357 0.8057 0.6571 0.2367
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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
2010-04-28 2010-05-20 15-DL 22 20 Left Abdomen Strain Oblique -
2009-08-23 2009-09-08 15-DL 16 14 Right Lower Leg Strain Calf -
2009-03-15 2009-03-18 Camp 3 0 Right Upper Back Strain Rhomboid -
2008-04-03 2008-07-03 Minors 91 0 Right Elbow Recovery From Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2007-08-14
2007-06-11 2007-10-29 60-DL 140 100 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2007-08-14
2004-11-30 2004-11-30 Off 0 0 Surgery Deviated Septum 2004-11-30
2004-05-11 2004-05-11 On-Alr 0 0 Right Elbow Inflammation Tendonitis -
2004-03-26 2004-06-17 60-DL 83 64 Face Surgery 20 Fractures From Batted Ball 2004-03-10
2003-09-30 2003-09-30 DTD 0 0 Right Elbow Surgery Bone Chips 2003-09-30
2003-09-30 2003-09-30 On-Alr 0 0 Left Knee Surgery 2003-09-30 -
2003-08-24 2003-08-27 DTD 3 2 Right Elbow Inflammation Bone Chips -
2003-08-19 2003-08-20 DTD 1 1 Right Hand Contusion Shagging Fly Balls -
2003-02-15 2003-02-15 Camp 0 0 Right Shoulder Stiffness -
1996-07-21 1996-08-22 Minors 32 0 Right Hand Fracture - -
1996-05-31 1996-07-12 Minors 42 0 Right Hand Fracture - -
1994-04-04 1994-04-16 Minors 12 0 Right Elbow Soreness - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2010 PIT $1,350,000
2007 BOS $1,400,000
2006 ANA $950,000
2005 ANA $420,000
2004 ANA $375,000
2003 ANA $325,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
6 yrPrevious$4,820,000
6 yrTotal$4,820,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
6 y 69 dDominic Torres, BHSC

Details
  • 1 year/$1.35M (2010). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 1/18/10. DFA by Pittsburgh 7/25/10.
  • 1 year/$0.95M (2009). Signed by Texas as a free agent 2/7/09 (minor-league contract). $0.95M salary in majors. May request release if not added to Major League roster between 3/27 and 4/27. Released by Texas 3/26/09. Signed by Houston as a free agent 5/2/09 (minor-league contract). Signed by Florida as a free agent 7/5/09.
  • 1 year/$0.75M (2008). Signed by Cleveland as a free agent 2/6/08 (minor-league contract, $15,000 monthly in minors). Contract purchased 8/8/08. Award bonuses. Roster bonus based on days on 25-man roster: $25,000 each for 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 days. $50,000 each for 60, 70, 80, 90 days. May request release 8/6/08 if not on 25-man roster within 24 hours.
  • 1 year/$1.4M (2007). Acquired in trade 12/06. Signed 1/07 (avoided arbitration, $1.65M-$1.15M). Performance bonuses: $25,000 each for 25 & 30 GF. Non-tendered by Boston 12/12/07.
  • 1 year/$0.95M (2006). Re-signed 1/06 (avoided arbitration, $1.05M-$0.85M).
  • 1 year/$0.42M (2005). Re-signed 2/05.
  • 1 year/$0.375M (2004). Award bonus: $25,000 for All Star selection.
  • 1 year/$0.325M (2003), re-signed 2/03

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, Brendan Donnelly threw 1,298 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2010, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2010, he relied primarily on his Cutter (88mph) and Fourseam Fastball (91mph), also mixing in a Change (84mph). He also rarely threw a Sinker (89mph).