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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 24)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date10-21-1994
Height6' 4"
Weight249 lbs
Age29 years, 6 months, 2 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
2015
2016
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-0.12019
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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.
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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

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-
2016 ASH A SAL 26 0 23.7 0 1 0 23 15 29 1 8.7 5.7 0.4 11.0 43% .373 1.61 3.39 3.04 94 5.00 110.3
2018 ASH A SAL 15 0 15.3 3 0 0 17 5 25 2 10.0 2.9 1.2 14.7 43% .429 1.43 3.07 3.52 72 3.64 76.9
2018 LNC A+ CAL 34 0 36.7 4 2 0 35 15 53 6 8.6 3.7 1.5 13.0 35% .337 1.36 4.21 4.17 88 3.48 73.5
2019 HFD AA EAS 26 0 25.7 0 0 20 8 7 42 1 2.8 2.5 0.4 14.7 38% .171 0.58 1.22 1.05 53 1.94 40.0
2019 ABQ AAA PCL 22 0 26.0 1 3 1 29 17 37 4 10.0 5.9 1.4 12.8 34% .379 1.77 4.91 5.88 94 4.49 92.4

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Injury History  —  No longer being updated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

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2024 ATL $
2023 PHI $
2022 COL $
2021 COL $570,500
2020 COL $
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$570,500
1 yrTotal$570,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 0 d1 year (2024)

Details
  • 1 year (2024). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 11/26/23 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2023). Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 1/24/23 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2022). Re-signed by Colorado 3/22. Claimed by Tampa Bay off waivers from Colorado 4/29/22. DFA by Tampa Bay 5/31/22. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/4/22. Acquired by San Francisco in trade from Tampa Bay 7/24/22.
  • 1 year/$570,500 (2021). Re-signed by Colorado 3/21.
  • 2020. Contract selected by Colorado 11/20/19.
  • Drafted by Colorado 2016 (2-45) (Vanderbilt). $1.4229M signing bonus (slot amount).

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
90o 8.1 0 2.6 55 0 55.7 43 26 62 7 .267 1.24 3.45 3.54 -3.5 -0.4
80o 6.8 0 2.2 48 0 48.3 41 25 54 6 .287 1.37 3.95 4.05 -5.6 -0.6
70o 6 0 1.9 43 0 43.1 40 24 48 6 .301 1.47 4.31 4.43 -6.7 -0.7
60o 5.3 0 1.6 39 0 38.9 38 23 43 6 .313 1.55 4.64 4.77 -7.5 -0.8
50o 4.7 0 1.4 35 0 35.1 36 22 39 5 .325 1.64 4.95 5.09 -7.9 -0.9
40o 4.1 0 1.2 31 0 31.3 34 20 35 5 .336 1.72 5.27 5.42 -8.2 -0.9
30o 3.5 0 1 27 0 27.5 31 19 30 5 .348 1.82 5.62 5.78 -8.2 -0.9
20o 2.9 0 0.8 23 0 23.1 28 17 26 4 .363 1.94 6.04 6.21 -8.0 -0.9
10o 2.1 0 0.6 17 0 17.4 23 14 19 4 .383 2.12 6.65 6.84 -7.2 -0.8
Weighted Mean4.601.434034.13421385.3211.614.885.02-7.5-0.8

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Ben Bowden has thrown 2,924 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2019 and 2024, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2024, he has relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (91mph) and Slider (82mph), also mixing in a Change (84mph).