Dan Miceli Stats | Baseball Prospectus

Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
16	631	700.7	43	52	39	4.48	8.3

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
1993	PIT	MLB	9	0	5.3	0	0	0	6	3	4	0	97	10.1	5.1	0.0	6.8	0%	.333	1.69	3.16	5.06	107	5.28	114.0	0.0
1994	PIT	MLB	28	0	27.3	2	1	2	28	11	27	5	101	9.2	3.6	1.6	8.9	0%	.303	1.43	4.89	5.93	100	4.72	95.1	0.3
1995	PIT	MLB	58	0	58.0	4	4	21	61	28	56	7	100	9.5	4.3	1.1	8.7	0%	.320	1.53	4.36	4.66	103	4.85	99.4	0.4
1996	PIT	MLB	44	9	85.7	2	10	1	99	45	66	15	103	10.4	4.7	1.6	6.9	0%	.312	1.68	5.50	5.78	109	6.04	119.2	-0.2
1997	DET	MLB	71	0	82.7	3	2	3	77	38	79	13	98	8.4	4.1	1.4	8.6	0%	.283	1.39	4.69	5.01	100	4.33	90.0	0.9
1998	SDN	MLB	67	0	72.7	10	5	2	64	27	70	6	90	7.9	3.3	0.7	8.7	0%	.293	1.25	3.36	3.22	85	2.87	59.5	2.0
1999	SDN	MLB	66	0	68.7	4	5	2	67	36	59	7	95	8.8	4.7	0.9	7.7	0%	.313	1.50	4.34	4.46	97	4.47	86.8	0.9
2000	FLO	MLB	45	0	48.7	6	4	0	45	18	40	4	110	8.3	3.3	0.7	7.4	0%	.285	1.29	3.65	4.25	94	4.36	83.8	0.7
2001	COL	0	22	0	20.3	2	0	1	18	5	17	2	122	8.0	2.2	0.9	7.5	0%	.262	1.13	3.35	2.21	89	3.55	73.5	0.4
2001	FLO	0	29	0	24.7	0	5	0	29	11	31	5	96	10.6	4.0	1.8	11.3	0%	.358	1.62	4.46	6.93	87	3.32	68.9	0.6
2002	TEX	MLB	9	0	8.3	0	2	0	13	3	5	1	111	14.0	3.2	1.1	5.4	0%	.364	1.92	4.49	8.64	108	6.08	130.4	-0.1
2003	CLE	0	13	0	15.0	1	1	0	9	6	19	1	101	5.4	3.6	0.6	11.4	0%	.229	1.00	2.62	1.20	95	3.34	70.0	0.3
2003	COL	0	14	0	20.7	0	2	0	24	9	18	7	110	10.5	3.9	3.0	7.8	0%	.283	1.60	7.08	5.66	104	4.52	94.8	0.2
2003	HOU	0	23	0	30.0	1	1	0	22	7	20	3	105	6.6	2.1	0.9	6.0	0%	.224	0.97	3.74	2.10	105	4.19	87.8	0.4
2003	NYA	0	7	0	4.7	0	0	1	4	3	1	2	96	7.7	5.8	3.9	1.9	0%	.125	1.50	10.16	5.79	105	3.60	75.5	0.1
2004	HOU	MLB	74	0	77.7	6	6	2	74	27	83	10	95	8.6	3.1	1.2	9.6	0%	.299	1.30	3.60	3.59	84	3.18	65.5	2.0
2005	COL	MLB	19	0	18.3	1	2	0	19	13	19	1	114	9.3	6.4	0.5	9.3	0%	.346	1.75	3.91	5.89	104	5.48	118.0	0.0
2006	TBA	MLB	33	0	32.0	1	2	4	25	20	18	4	108	7.0	5.6	1.1	5.1	0%	.212	1.41	5.65	3.94	124	7.43	151.2	-0.6
2001	TOT	MLB	51	0	45.0	2	5	1	47	16	48	7	108	9.4	3.2	1.4	9.6	0%	.000	1.40	3.96	4.80	88	3.42	71.0	1.0
2003	TOT	MLB	57	0	70.3	2	4	1	59	25	58	13	105	7.5	3.2	1.7	7.4	0%	.000	1.19	4.91	3.20	102	4.07	85.2	1.0
Career		MLB	631	9	700.7	43	52	39	684	310	632	93	101	8.8	4.0	1.2	8.1	42%	.293	1.42	4.39	4.48	98	4.45	90.4	8.3

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-
1991	EUG	A-	NWN	25	0	33.7	0	1	10	18	18	43	1		4.8	4.8	0.3	11.5	0%	.000	1.07	3.02	2.14	0	0.00	0.0
1992	WIS	A	MDW	23	0	23.3	1	1	9	12	4	44	0		4.6	1.5	0.0	17.0	0%	.000	0.69	-0.11	1.93	0	0.00	0.0
1992	MEM	AA	SOU	32	0	37.7	3	0	4	20	13	46	5		4.8	3.1	1.2	11.0	0%	.000	0.88	3.33	1.91	0	0.00	0.0
1993	PIT	MLB	NL	9	0	5.3	0	0	0	6	3	4	0	97	10.1	5.1	0.0	6.8	0%	.333	1.69	3.16	5.06	107	5.28	114.0
1993	CAR	AA	SOU	13	0	12.0	0	2	10	11	4	19	2		8.3	3.0	1.5	14.3	0%	.000	1.25	3.17	5.25	0	0.00	0.0
1993	MEM	AA	SOU	40	0	59.0	6	4	7	54	39	68	7		8.2	5.9	1.1	10.4	0%	.000	1.58	4.39	4.58	0	0.00	0.0
1994	PIT	MLB	NL	28	0	27.3	2	1	2	28	11	27	5	101	9.2	3.6	1.6	8.9	0%	.303	1.43	4.89	5.93	100	4.72	95.1
1994	BUF	AAA	AA	19	0	24.0	1	1	2	15	6	31	2		5.6	2.3	0.8	11.6	0%	.000	0.88	2.60	1.88	0	0.00	0.0
1995	PIT	MLB	NL	58	0	58.0	4	4	21	61	28	56	7	100	9.5	4.3	1.1	8.7	0%	.320	1.53	4.36	4.66	103	4.85	99.4
1996	PIT	MLB	NL	44	9	85.7	2	10	1	99	45	66	15	103	10.4	4.7	1.6	6.9	0%	.312	1.68	5.50	5.78	109	6.04	119.2
1996	CAR	AA	SOU	3	0	9.0	1	0	1	4	1	17	0		4.0	1.0	0.0	17.0	0%	.000	0.56	-0.13	1.00	0	0.00	0.0
1997	DET	MLB	AL	71	0	82.7	3	2	3	77	38	79	13	98	8.4	4.1	1.4	8.6	0%	.283	1.39	4.69	5.01	100	4.33	90.0
1998	SDN	MLB	NL	67	0	72.7	10	5	2	64	27	70	6	90	7.9	3.3	0.7	8.7	0%	.293	1.25	3.36	3.22	85	2.87	59.5
1999	SDN	MLB	NL	66	0	68.7	4	5	2	67	36	59	7	95	8.8	4.7	0.9	7.7	0%	.313	1.50	4.34	4.46	97	4.47	86.8
2000	FLO	MLB	NL	45	0	48.7	6	4	0	45	18	40	4	110	8.3	3.3	0.7	7.4	0%	.285	1.29	3.65	4.25	94	4.36	83.8
2000	BRV	A+	FSL	5	4	6.0	1	0	0	3	0	7	1		4.5	0.0	1.5	10.5	0%	-.250	0.50	3.22	3.00	0	0.00	0.0
2001	COL	MLB	NL	22	0	20.3	2	0	1	18	5	17	2	122	8.0	2.2	0.9	7.5	0%	.262	1.13	3.35	2.21	89	3.55	73.5
2001	FLO	MLB	NL	29	0	24.7	0	5	0	29	11	31	5	96	10.6	4.0	1.8	11.3	0%	.358	1.62	4.46	6.93	87	3.32	68.9
2001	CSP	AAA	PCL	4	0	3.0	0	2	0	2	1	4	0		6.0	3.0	0.0	12.0	0%	-.333	1.00	2.88	6.00	0	0.00	0.0
2002	TEX	MLB	AL	9	0	8.3	0	2	0	13	3	5	1	111	14.0	3.2	1.1	5.4	0%	.364	1.92	4.49	8.64	108	6.08	130.4
2003	CLE	MLB	AL	13	0	15.0	1	1	0	9	6	19	1	101	5.4	3.6	0.6	11.4	0%	.229	1.00	2.62	1.20	95	3.34	70.0
2003	COL	MLB	NL	14	0	20.7	0	2	0	24	9	18	7	110	10.5	3.9	3.0	7.8	0%	.283	1.60	7.08	5.66	104	4.52	94.8
2003	HOU	MLB	NL	23	0	30.0	1	1	0	22	7	20	3	105	6.6	2.1	0.9	6.0	0%	.224	0.97	3.74	2.10	105	4.19	87.8
2003	NYA	MLB	AL	7	0	4.7	0	0	1	4	3	1	2	96	7.7	5.8	3.9	1.9	0%	.125	1.50	10.16	5.79	105	3.60	75.5
2003	BUF	AAA	INT	5	0	6.0	0	1	0	7	1	6	1		10.5	1.5	1.5	9.0	0%	.333	1.33	3.95	3.00	0	0.00	0.0
2004	HOU	MLB	NL	74	0	77.7	6	6	2	74	27	83	10	95	8.6	3.1	1.2	9.6	0%	.299	1.30	3.60	3.59	84	3.18	65.5
2005	COL	MLB	NL	19	0	18.3	1	2	0	19	13	19	1	114	9.3	6.4	0.5	9.3	0%	.346	1.75	3.91	5.89	104	5.48	118.0
2005	CSP	AAA	PCL	5	0	5.0	0	0	0	4	2	8	1	82	7.2	3.6	1.8	14.4	0%	-.250	1.20	4.71	5.40	73	2.62	51.7
2005	YOM	npb	JCL	4	0	2.7	0	2	0	9	2	3	3		30.0	6.7	10.0	10.0	0%	-.750	4.07	17.64	23.33	0	0.00	0.0
2006	TBA	MLB	AL	33	0	32.0	1	2	4	25	20	18	4	108	7.0	5.6	1.1	5.1	0%	.212	1.41	5.65	3.94	124	7.43	151.2
2006	MNT	AA	SOU	4	0	5.0	0	0	1	3	1	5	0		5.4	1.8	0.0	9.0	0%	.250	0.80	1.57	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2006	ITA	wor	WBC	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0	0%	.000	0.00	-0.24	0.00	0	0.00	0.0

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
2006-05-05	2006-08-07	60-DL	94	83	Right	Shoulder	Impingement		-
2005-08-05	2005-10-03	15-DL	59	55	Left	Foot	Contusion	Bone Bruise	-
2004-08-22	2004-09-09	15-DL	18	17			Infection	Conjunctivitis	-
2000-05-30	2000-07-19	15-DL	50	41	Right	Forearm	Inflammation		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2007	BOS	$650,000
2006	TBA	$650,000
2004	HOU	$600,000
2003	COL, CLE, HOU, NYA	$350,000
2002	TEX	$1,000,000
2001	FLO, COL	$2,000,000
2000	FLO	$1,500,000

Years	Description	Salary
7 yr	Previous	$6,750,000
7 yr	Total	$6,750,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
11 y 130 d

Details

signed as a free agent from TB 1/22/08, 1 year/$0.65M (08) (minor-league contract)
released 3/07 signed as a free agent from COL 1/06, 2 year/$1.5M (06-07), 06:$0.65M, 07:$0.65M, 08:$1M club option $0.2M buyout (escalator may increase 08 option to $1.45M)
signed as a free agent from Japan 6/05 (released from 1 year/$1.7M contract with Yomiuri) signed to play 05 in Japan
re-signed as a free agent 11/03, 1 year/$0.6M (04)
acquired in trade from NYY 7/03
designated for assignment 7/03
acquired in trade from CLE 6/03
contract purchased 5/03 signed as a free agent from COL 5/03 (minor-league contract) designated for assignment 5/03
1 year/$0.35M (03) contract purchased 3/03 released 5/02 designated for assignment 4/02 contract purchased 3/02 signed 1/02 (minor-league contract)
rejected arbitration 12/01 recalled 7/01 signed 7/01 waived 6/01

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
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

Comparable Players (Similarity Index )

Rank	Score	Name	Year	Run Average	Trend

BP Annual Player Comments

Year		Comment
2007		Miceli missed nearly three months with shoulder trouble last year. He still throws hard enough to be worth a flyer, but his upside remains what it`s always been: League-average relief. His strikeout-to-walk ratio was a disturbing negative in 2006, but that seems to have been an artifact of his injury. He reversed it after he came off the DL.
2006		Just when you thought it was all over for Miceli, the Rockies reeled him back in just long enough to throw 18 innings of forgettable relief before multiple stress fractures in his foot ended his season in August. It looked like he was finally done this time last year, but obviously anything can happen when there are teams with bullpens like the Rockies`.
2005		We really need a pithy name for guys like Miceli, the class of right-handed reliever that bounces around, often gets dealt at the trade deadline, usually posts ERAs between 3.50 and 4.50, rarely picks up saves, and rarely plays on more than a one-year deal. Todd Jones now lives in this zone; Mike Timlin is the upper bound of it, Mike Fetters the low end. Miceli signed a one-year, $1.7 million deal with the Yomiuri Giants, where he'll bask in Tuffy Rhodes' warm glow.
2004		Traded by the Yankees for a PTBNL in late July, The Alien That Took Over Dan Miceli's Body played a big role in keeping the Astros in it until the end, chipping in 30 innings of outstanding pitching that spanned slumps by both Dotal and Lidge. The Astros re-upped Miceli for one year at $600,000, hoping for another round of extraterrestrial intervention.
2002		One of the season's more bizarre story lines was Miceli's rant against John Boles, in which he claimed the Marlins' manager couldn't garner respect because he hadn't played in the major leagues. The evidence that managers don't need MLB experience to succeed is overwhelming, so Miceli looked pretty silly. The fallout wasn't as amusing: Boles was fired, Miceli was exiled to Colorado, and both teams fell apart. Miceli is a free agent as we go to press; he can help a team, but so can a lot of guys who come without his baggage.
2001		Dan Miceli’s numbers were skewed by a few poor outings before he gave in to forearm inflammation and missed two months of the campaign. "The Godfather" is armed with a full complement of airborne weaponry and is a handy guy to have around, capable of filling any bullpen role, including closing. He's also ultra-intense and an expert in Muay Thai fighting; it would be scary to see somebody charge the mound with Miceli atop it.
2000		Miceli lost somewhere between 25 and 50 pounds after the 1998 season. From a health standpoint, that’s great, and there are several Padres on the roster who could stand to do likewise, but Miceli’s fastball wasn’t snapping in 1999 like it was in 1998. He started overthrowing as a result, and the balls he left up in the zone were souvenirs. He’s been traded to Florida for Brian Meadows. The Marlins have no dominant closer, so while Miceli is slated as the setup man for Antonio Alfonseca, there’s a good chance he’ll pick up five to 10 saves, and could get more.
1999		Miceli did not disappoint in 1998, ending the season as Trevor Hoffman's setup man. He kept the strikeouts up and the hits down, and the key to his success was setting up opposing batters with his fastball, and then finishing them off with his off-speed stuff. If he’s as effective this year, the Padres will be in good shape to kill rallies after the sixth inning.
1998		His curiosity about whether or not Frank Thomas can hit a belt-high fastball has got to go. Miceli has very tough stuff, but he just leaves that fat, juicy meatball over the heart of the plate too often. You can get away with that if you don’t walk anybody, but in general, avoid it. Danny, trust us. We want to help. Don’t throw the belt-high slider to Rusty Greer.
1997		A closer in the minors, he failed disastrously in nine starts in ’96. His trends, falling strikeouts with rising walks, are worrisome. Traded to the Tigers for Clint Sodowsky, he’s in the bullpen mix there along with greater metropolitan Detroit.