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Wei-Chung Wang PPirates

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 27)

IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
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Birth Date	4-25-1992
Height	6' 1"
Weight	160 lbs

Age	32 years, 0 months, 0 days
Bats	L
Throws	L

: 2015
: 2016
: -0.02017
: 2018
: 0.22019
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MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	IP	W	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2014	MIL	MLB	14	17.3	0	30	8	13	6	103	15.6	4.2	3.1	6.8	0%	.375	2.19	7.66	10.90	116	5.10	125.1	-0.1
2017	MIL	MLB	8	1.3	0	5	0	2	1		33.8	0.0	6.8	13.5	43%	.667	3.75	9.92	13.50	99	5.57	118.5	0.0
2019	OAK	0	20	27.0	1	22	11	16	4	98	7.3	3.7	1.3	5.3	30%	.231	1.22	5.32	3.33	126	7.42	151.5	-0.6
2019	PIT	0	5	4.0	2	5	3	2	0	100	11.3	6.8	0.0	4.5	71%	.357	2.00	4.41	6.75	93	1.94	44.4	0.1
2019	TOT	MLB	25	31.0	3	27	14	18	4	98	7.8	4.1	1.2	5.2	36%	.250	1.32	5.20	3.77	121	6.71	138.4	-0.5
Career		MLB	47	49.7	3	62	22	33	11	97	11.2	4.0	2.0	6.0	38%	.315	1.69	6.18	6.52	118	6.12	133.2	-0.6

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-
2013	PIR	Rk	GCL	12	11	47.3	1	3	0	37	4	42	2	103	7.0	0.8	0.4	8.0	0%	.257	0.87	2.54	3.23	82	1.69	36.8
2014	MIL	MLB	NL	14	0	17.3	0	0	0	30	8	13	6	103	15.6	4.2	3.1	6.8	0%	.375	2.19	7.66	10.90	116	5.10	125.1
2014	WIS	A	MID	3	3	13.7	0	2	0	13	4	10	0	90	8.6	2.6	0.0	6.6	0%	.310	1.24	2.89	3.29	98	4.31	91.3
2014	BRV	A+	FSL	2	1	9.7	1	0	0	7	0	9	0	94	6.5	0.0	0.0	8.4	0%	.280	0.72	1.52	1.86	76	3.43	72.7
2014	BRR	Rk	AZL	2	2	3.7	0	0	0	1	0	3	0		2.5	0.0	0.0	7.4	0%	.100	0.27	2.38	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2015	BRV	A+	FSL	25	25	139.7	10	6	0	146	39	91	9	94	9.4	2.5	0.6	5.9	0%	.302	1.32	3.58	3.54	107	5.17	113.5
2015	CSP	AAA	PCL	1	1	6.0	1	0	0	4	0	5	0	128	6.0	0.0	0.0	7.5	0%	.235	0.67	1.93	0.00	76	1.61	35.4
2016	BLX	AA	SOU	19	19	107.3	6	5	0	102	33	91	7	93	8.6	2.8	0.6	7.6	47%	.310	1.26	3.41	3.52	95	4.23	93.3
2016	CSP	AAA	PCL	5	5	26.0	1	3	0	32	2	23	2	101	11.1	0.7	0.7	8.0	35%	.366	1.31	3.18	4.85	88	4.36	96.3
2017	MIL	MLB	NL	8	0	1.3	0	0	0	5	0	2	1		33.8	0.0	6.8	13.5	43%	.667	3.75	9.92	13.50	99	5.57	118.5
2017	CSP	AAA	PCL	47	0	57.0	6	2	1	57	12	48	6		9.0	1.9	0.9	7.6	49%	.300	1.21	4.04	2.05	86	2.78	59.1
2019	OAK	MLB	AL	20	0	27.0	1	0	0	22	11	16	4	98	7.3	3.7	1.3	5.3	30%	.231	1.22	5.32	3.33	126	7.42	151.5
2019	PIT	MLB	NL	5	0	4.0	2	0	0	5	3	2	0	100	11.3	6.8	0.0	4.5	71%	.357	2.00	4.41	6.75	93	1.94	44.4
2019	LVG	AAA	PCL	19	0	26.3	1	1	1	29	8	24	5		9.9	2.7	1.7	8.2	46%	.308	1.41	5.46	4.78	98	3.74	76.9

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2014	331	0.4653	0.4804	0.7862	0.7273	0.2655	0.8125	0.7234	0.2138
2017	32	0.4063	0.5000	0.6875	0.7692	0.3158	0.9000	0.3333	0.3125
2019	519	0.4682	0.4470	0.7974	0.6379	0.2790	0.8581	0.6753	0.2026
Career	882	0.4649	0.4615	0.7892	0.6762	0.2753	0.8425	0.6809	0.2108

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
2014-07-09	2014-09-01	15-DL	54	45	Left	Shoulder	Inflammation		-
2012-06-05	2012-09-05	Minors	92	60	Left	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2019	OAK	$
2018	MIL	$
2017	MIL	$
2016	MIL	$
2015	MIL	$
2014	MIL	$500,000

Years	Description	Salary
1 yr	Previous	$500,000
1 yr	Total	$500,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
1 y 148 d		1 year (2019)

Details

1 year (2019). Signed by Oakland as a free agent 2/2/19 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Oakland 5/25/19. Claimed by Pittsburgh off waivers from Oakland 8/31/19. Sent outright to Triple-A by Pittsburgh 11/4/19.
2018. Released by Milwaukee 1/26/18 (to play in South Korea).
1 year (2017). Contract selected by Milwaukee 7/30/17.
1 year (2016). Re-signed by MIlwaukee (minor-league contract).
1 year (2015). Re-signed by Milwaukee 3/15. DFA by Milwaukee 6/16/15. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/18/15.
1 year/$0.5M (2014). Selected by Milwaukee from Pittsburgh in Rule 5 draft 12/12/13. Signed by Milwaukee 3/14.
Re-signed by Pittsburgh 10/5/11 after initial contract was voided when it was discovered Wang needed elbow surgery (making him eligible for Rule 5 draft if not on 40-man roster).
Signed by Pittsburgh as an amateur free agent from Taiwan 6/24/11.

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
90^o	0	0	0	0	0	14.7	12	4	13	1	.253	1.06	3.07	3.38
80^o	0	0	0	0	0	9.5	8	3	8	1	.267	1.14	3.41	3.76
70^o	0	0	0	0	0	5.9	5	2	5	1	.277	1.20	3.66	4.05
60^o	0	0	0	0	0	2.9	3	1	3	0	.285	1.25	3.88	4.29
50^o	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	.293	1.30	4.09	4.52
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Wei-Chung Wang threw 992 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2014 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Slider (82mph), Sinker (87mph) and Change (80mph). He also rarely threw a Fourseam Fastball (91mph).