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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
10 280 255.3 13 22 88 3.42 7.5
Birth Date10-17-1974
Height6' 4"
Weight225 lbs
Age49 years, 5 months, 12 days
BatsR
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
1998 ATL MLB 47 0 38.0 1 3 2 22 22 42 4 95 5.2 5.2 0.9 9.9 0% .212 1.16 4.19 2.13 85 3.09 64.0 0.9
1999 ATL MLB 74 0 72.3 4 5 38 47 37 104 5 94 5.8 4.6 0.6 12.9 0% .273 1.16 2.67 2.49 59 2.24 43.6 2.6
2000 ATL MLB 59 0 53.0 1 2 24 42 48 77 5 107 7.1 8.2 0.8 13.1 0% .311 1.70 4.20 2.89 82 2.82 54.3 1.6
2001 ATL 0 30 0 32.0 2 2 19 25 16 36 2 97 7.0 4.5 0.6 10.1 0% .291 1.28 3.25 3.09 86 2.85 59.1 0.9
2001 CLE 0 38 0 34.7 3 7 4 33 25 43 2 102 8.6 6.5 0.5 11.2 0% .337 1.67 3.78 5.45 88 3.10 64.3 0.9
2002 TEX MLB 30 0 24.3 2 3 1 29 13 30 5 109 10.7 4.8 1.8 11.1 0% .364 1.73 4.86 6.66 86 3.29 70.5 0.6
2003 TBA MLB 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 108 18.0 27.0 0.0 0.0 0% .500 5.00 15.09 9.00 129 0.00 0.0 0.0
2001 TOT MLB 68 0 66.7 5 9 23 58 41 79 4 100 7.8 5.5 0.5 10.7 0% .000 1.49 3.53 4.32 87 2.98 61.8 1.8
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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-
1994 DNV Rk APL 12 12 63.7 1 5 0 50 38 72 4 7.1 5.4 0.6 10.2 0% .000 1.38 3.45 3.53 0 0.00 0.0
1995 MCN A SAL 16 16 86.0 4 4 0 86 52 81 5 9.0 5.4 0.5 8.5 0% .000 1.60 3.98 4.50 0 0.00 0.0
1995 EUG A- NWN 12 12 59.3 1 5 0 45 36 74 4 6.8 5.5 0.6 11.2 0% .000 1.37 3.33 5.16 0 0.00 0.0
1996 MCN A SAL 20 19 106.3 5 3 0 85 63 107 7 7.2 5.3 0.6 9.1 0% .000 1.39 3.92 3.89 0 0.00 0.0
1996 DUR A+ CRL 9 9 58.3 4 3 0 63 25 43 4 9.7 3.9 0.6 6.6 0% .000 1.51 3.94 3.40 0 0.00 0.0
1997 DUR A+ CRL 11 1 35.3 1 1 0 33 22 39 3 8.4 5.6 0.8 9.9 0% .330 1.56 4.20 4.33 0 0.00 0.0
1997 GRN AA SOU 22 18 113.0 5 6 0 119 61 96 12 9.5 4.9 1.0 7.6 0% .317 1.59 4.80 4.86 0 0.00 0.0
1998 ATL MLB NL 47 0 38.0 1 3 2 22 22 42 4 95 5.2 5.2 0.9 9.9 0% .212 1.16 4.19 2.13 85 3.09 64.0
1998 GWN AAA INT 9 0 19.0 1 1 1 13 10 22 1 6.2 4.7 0.5 10.4 0% -.364 1.21 3.22 1.42 0 0.00 0.0
1999 ATL MLB NL 74 0 72.3 4 5 38 47 37 104 5 94 5.8 4.6 0.6 12.9 0% .273 1.16 2.67 2.49 59 2.24 43.6
2000 ATL MLB NL 59 0 53.0 1 2 24 42 48 77 5 107 7.1 8.2 0.8 13.1 0% .311 1.70 4.20 2.89 82 2.82 54.3
2000 GWN AAA INT 3 0 3.0 0 0 1 3 1 6 0 9.0 3.0 0.0 18.0 0% -.429 1.33 0.13 3.00 0 0.00 0.0
2001 ATL MLB NL 30 0 32.0 2 2 19 25 16 36 2 97 7.0 4.5 0.6 10.1 0% .291 1.28 3.25 3.09 86 2.85 59.1
2001 CLE MLB AL 38 0 34.7 3 7 4 33 25 43 2 102 8.6 6.5 0.5 11.2 0% .337 1.67 3.78 5.45 88 3.10 64.3
2001 Bay Wnt PRL 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 4.5 9.0 0.0 18.0 0% -.167 1.50 1.73 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2002 TEX MLB AL 30 0 24.3 2 3 1 29 13 30 5 109 10.7 4.8 1.8 11.1 0% .364 1.73 4.86 6.66 86 3.29 70.5
2002 TUL AA TXS 3 0 2.7 0 1 0 3 2 5 0 10.0 6.7 0.0 16.7 0% .600 1.85 1.58 13.33 0 0.00 0.0
2002 OKL AAA PCL 6 0 8.7 1 0 0 4 2 14 0 4.1 2.1 0.0 14.5 0% .250 0.69 0.92 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2003 TBA MLB AL 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 108 18.0 27.0 0.0 0.0 0% .500 5.00 15.09 9.00 129 0.00 0.0
2003 ORL AA SOU 17 0 19.7 0 1 0 23 26 20 4 10.5 11.9 1.8 9.1 0% .352 2.49 7.79 9.14 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
2002-07-04 2002-09-30 60-DL 88 80 Left Shoulder Inflammation Bursitis -
2000-06-30 2000-07-04 DTD 4 4 Left Thumb Blister Callus - -
2000-06-26 2000-06-29 DTD 3 2 Left Thumb Blister Callus - -
2000-06-19 2000-06-21 DTD 2 2 Left Thumb Blister Callus - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2002 TEX $2,500,000
2001 ATL, CLE $1,900,000
2000 ATL $290,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$4,690,000
3 yrTotal$4,690,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
Joe Sambito

Details
  • released 6/03 Double-A 5/03 after clearing waivers
  • designated for assignment 5/03 contract purchased 5/03 recalled 5/03 signed as a free agent from TEX 4/03 (minor-league contract), Triple-A
  • waived 10/02 recalled 6/02 optioned to Triple-A 5/02 recalled 4/02 arbitration-eligible after 01, lost arbitration ($1.9M-$2.98M)

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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