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Luis Vizcaino PBrewers

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
16 543 546.7 35 30 8 4.33 6.6
Birth Date8-6-1974
Height5' 11"
Weight210 lbs
Age49 years, 8 months, 20 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
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
1999 OAK MLB 1 0 3.3 0 0 0 3 3 2 1 102 8.1 8.1 2.7 5.4 0% .200 1.80 8.59 5.40 95 5.57 108.4 0.0
2000 OAK MLB 12 0 19.3 0 1 0 25 11 18 2 87 11.6 5.1 0.9 8.4 0% .365 1.86 4.72 7.45 104 5.57 107.3 0.0
2001 OAK MLB 36 0 36.7 2 1 1 38 12 31 8 96 9.3 2.9 2.0 7.6 0% .286 1.36 5.22 4.66 96 3.86 80.0 0.6
2002 MIL MLB 76 0 81.3 5 3 5 55 30 79 6 99 6.1 3.3 0.7 8.7 0% .236 1.05 3.10 2.99 97 3.59 77.0 1.5
2003 MIL MLB 75 0 62.0 4 3 0 64 25 61 16 103 9.3 3.6 2.3 8.9 0% .284 1.44 5.61 6.39 107 4.89 102.4 0.3
2004 MIL MLB 73 0 72.0 4 4 1 61 24 63 12 94 7.6 3.0 1.5 7.9 0% .247 1.18 4.40 3.75 102 4.38 90.3 0.9
2005 CHA MLB 65 0 70.0 6 5 0 74 29 43 8 103 9.5 3.7 1.0 5.5 0% .296 1.47 4.63 3.73 109 4.95 106.5 0.4
2006 ARI MLB 70 0 65.3 4 6 0 51 29 72 8 99 7.0 4.0 1.1 9.9 0% .270 1.22 4.00 3.58 82 3.56 72.6 1.5
2007 NYA MLB 77 0 75.3 8 2 0 66 43 62 6 102 7.9 5.1 0.7 7.4 0% .271 1.45 4.48 4.30 109 5.38 111.3 0.1
2008 COL MLB 43 0 46.0 1 2 0 48 19 49 10 106 9.4 3.7 2.0 9.6 0% .306 1.46 5.10 5.28 87 3.48 74.2 1.0
2009 CHN 0 4 0 3.7 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 102 4.9 0.0 0.0 7.4 0% .200 0.55 1.41 0.00 111 2.48 53.2 0.1
2009 CLE 0 11 0 11.7 1 3 1 8 12 9 2 99 6.2 9.3 1.5 6.9 0% .182 1.71 6.90 5.40 119 5.36 114.9 0.0
2009 TOT MLB 15 0 15.3 1 3 1 10 12 12 2 99 5.9 7.0 1.2 7.0 0% .000 1.43 5.59 4.11 117 4.67 100.1 0.1
CareerMLB5430546.735308495237492791008.13.91.38.140%.2731.344.524.331004.3891.56.6

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.
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-
1997 VAN A- NWN 22 5 47.7 1 6 0 62 27 42 5 11.7 5.1 0.9 7.9 0% .356 1.87 5.48 7.92 0 0.00 0.0
1997 MOD A+ CLF 7 0 14.3 0 3 0 24 13 15 4 15.1 8.2 2.5 9.4 0% .455 2.59 7.77 13.22 0 0.00 0.0
1998 MOD A+ CLF 23 16 102.0 6 3 0 72 43 108 5 6.4 3.8 0.4 9.5 0% -.427 1.13 3.58 2.74 0 0.00 0.0
1998 HUN AA SOU 7 7 38.7 3 2 0 43 22 26 8 10.0 5.1 1.9 6.0 0% -.625 1.68 6.53 4.65 0 0.00 0.0
1999 OAK MLB AL 1 0 3.3 0 0 0 3 3 2 1 102 8.1 8.1 2.7 5.4 0% .200 1.80 8.59 5.40 95 5.57 108.4
1999 MID AA TXS 25 19 104.7 8 7 0 120 48 88 18 10.3 4.1 1.5 7.6 0% -.654 1.60 5.38 5.85 0 0.00 0.0
1999 VAN AAA PCL 7 0 13.0 0 1 0 13 6 7 0 9.0 4.2 0.0 4.8 0% -1.000 1.46 3.93 1.38 0 0.00 0.0
2000 OAK MLB AL 12 0 19.3 0 1 0 25 11 18 2 87 11.6 5.1 0.9 8.4 0% .365 1.86 4.72 7.45 104 5.57 107.3
2000 SAC AAA PCL 33 2 48.3 6 2 5 48 21 41 4 8.9 3.9 0.7 7.6 0% -.667 1.43 4.26 5.03 0 0.00 0.0
2000 Agu Wnt DWL 23 0 22.3 0 1 14 13 6 30 0 5.2 2.4 0.0 12.1 0% -.361 0.85 1.85 0.81 0 0.00 0.0
2001 OAK MLB AL 36 0 36.7 2 1 1 38 12 31 8 96 9.3 2.9 2.0 7.6 0% .286 1.36 5.22 4.66 96 3.86 80.0
2001 SAC AAA PCL 27 0 42.0 2 2 7 35 10 56 5 7.5 2.1 1.1 12.0 0% -.400 1.07 3.43 2.14 0 0.00 0.0
2001 Agu Wnt DWL 11 0 9.3 0 1 1 6 3 11 0 5.8 2.9 0.0 10.6 0% -.429 0.97 3.09 3.87 0 0.00 0.0
2002 MIL MLB NL 76 0 81.3 5 3 5 55 30 79 6 99 6.1 3.3 0.7 8.7 0% .236 1.05 3.10 2.99 97 3.59 77.0
2003 MIL MLB NL 75 0 62.0 4 3 0 64 25 61 16 103 9.3 3.6 2.3 8.9 0% .284 1.44 5.61 6.39 107 4.89 102.4
2003 agu Wnt DWL 6 0 4.7 0 1 0 4 2 5 1 7.7 3.8 1.9 9.6 0% -.375 1.28 5.03 3.83 0 0.00 0.0
2004 MIL MLB NL 73 0 72.0 4 4 1 61 24 63 12 94 7.6 3.0 1.5 7.9 0% .247 1.18 4.40 3.75 102 4.38 90.3
2005 CHA MLB AL 65 0 70.0 6 5 0 74 29 43 8 103 9.5 3.7 1.0 5.5 0% .296 1.47 4.63 3.73 109 4.95 106.5
2006 ARI MLB NL 70 0 65.3 4 6 0 51 29 72 8 99 7.0 4.0 1.1 9.9 0% .270 1.22 4.00 3.58 82 3.56 72.6
2007 NYA MLB AL 77 0 75.3 8 2 0 66 43 62 6 102 7.9 5.1 0.7 7.4 0% .271 1.45 4.48 4.30 109 5.38 111.3
2008 COL MLB NL 43 0 46.0 1 2 0 48 19 49 10 106 9.4 3.7 2.0 9.6 0% .306 1.46 5.10 5.28 87 3.48 74.2
2008 CSP AAA PCL 4 0 4.0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 133 2.3 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .111 0.25 1.48 0.00 72 2.11 43.3
2009 CHN MLB NL 4 0 3.7 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 102 4.9 0.0 0.0 7.4 0% .200 0.55 1.41 0.00 111 2.48 53.2
2009 CLE MLB AL 11 0 11.7 1 3 1 8 12 9 2 99 6.2 9.3 1.5 6.9 0% .182 1.71 6.90 5.40 119 5.36 114.9
2010 AGU Wnt DWL 6 0 5.3 1 0 0 5 3 4 0 8.5 5.1 0.0 6.8 0% .333 1.51 3.28 1.70 0 0.00 0.0
2012 AGU Wnt DWL 16 0 14.3 2 0 4 12 9 9 1 7.5 5.7 0.6 5.7 0% .256 1.47 4.67 1.88 0 0.00 0.0
2015 MCD AAA MEX 12 0 11.7 0 2 2 10 4 11 0 7.7 3.1 0.0 8.5 0% .303 1.20 2.92 6.17 0 0.00 0.0
2015 MTR AAA MEX 9 0 8.3 1 0 0 11 6 10 1 11.9 6.5 1.1 10.8 0% .455 2.04 4.84 8.64 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 798 0.5175 0.4837 0.6995 0.6683 0.2857 0.7681 0.5273 0.3005
2009 274 0.5219 0.4380 0.8500 0.6224 0.2366 0.8764 0.7742 0.1500
Career10720.51860.47200.73800.65660.27320.79580.59040.2620

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
2008-04-04 2008-06-07 60-DL 64 58 Right Shoulder Strain -
2008-03-07 2008-03-22 Camp 15 0 Right Elbow Soreness -
2007-09-05 2007-09-13 DTD 8 6 Right Shoulder Fatigue -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2010 CHN $500,000
2009 CHN $3,500,000
2008 COL $3,500,000
2007 NYA $3,000,000
2006 ARI $1,775,000
2005 CHA $1,300,000
2004 MIL $550,000
2003 MIL $370,000
2002 MIL $212,500
2000 OAK $200,500
YearsDescriptionSalary
10 yrPrevious$14,908,000
10 yrTotal$14,908,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
7 y 140 dBean Stringfellow1 year (2014)

Details
  • 1 year (2014). Signed by Baltimore as a free agent 1/14 (minor-league contract).
  • 2013. Pitched in Mexico.
  • 2 years/$7.5M (2008-09), plus 2010 club option. Signed as a free agent 12/21/07. 08:$3.5M, 09:$3.5M, 10:$4M club option, $0.5M buyout. Acquired in trade from Colorado 1/6/09. (Chicago Cubs pay $0.875M to Colorado). DFA 4/23/09. DFA 6/12/09. Signed as a free agent 5/14/09. (Indians pay $312,568, Chicago Cubs pay $3,187,432.)
  • 10 option vests with 135g 08-09 or 68g 09
  • avoided arbitration 1/07, 1 year/$3M (2007). Re-signed 1/07 (avoided arbitration). Acquired in trade from Arizona 1/07.
  • 1 year/$1.775M (2006). Re-signed 1/06 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$1.3M (2005). Re-signed 1/05 (avoided arbitration). Acquired in trade from Chicago White Sox 12/05.
  • 1 year/$0.55M (2004). Re-signed 12/03. Acquired in trade from Milwaukee 12/04.
  • 1 year/$0.37M (2003).
  • 1 year/$0.2125M (2002).
  • 2001. Recalled 7/01.

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
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DateQuestionAnswer
2009-10-13 14:00:00 (link to chat)Tidbit from an article on the Cubs' bankruptcy filing: "Luis Vizcaino, a pitcher who played briefly with the team in April, is listed as the fifth-biggest unsecured creditor, owed $500,000, according to the bankruptcy filing. The Cubs said other players are not listed as it is assumed their claims will remain with the team after ownership changes." Any idea why Vizcaino in particular would be an unsecured creditor?
(rowenbell from Oak Park IL)		He's a released former employee, as opposed to a ballclub? I'm probably the last person to ask, since I'm somebody who has to pay somebody else to do my taxes. (Christina Kahrl)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Luis Vizcaino threw 1,376 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2009, including pitches thrown in . In 2009, he relied primarily on his Slider (83mph) and Fourseam Fastball (92mph), also mixing in a Splitter (88mph).