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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 41)

IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
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Birth Date	7-11-1977
Height	6' 4"
Weight	220 lbs

Age	46 years, 9 months, 8 days
Bats	L
Throws	L

: 0.32015
: -0.72016
: 2017
: 2018
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	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
2003	COL	MLB	75	58.3	4	1	1	58	12	40	5	112	8.9	1.9	0.8	6.2	0%	.293	1.20	3.53	3.70	96	4.84	101.4	0.3
2004	COL	MLB	64	40.7	1	2	0	45	26	20	1	115	10.0	5.8	0.2	4.4	0%	.321	1.75	4.42	7.52	119	7.69	158.6	-0.9
2005	ARI	0	29	14.3	1	1	2	19	11	11	2	107	11.9	6.9	1.3	6.9	0%	.347	2.09	5.77	9.42	106	5.72	123.0	0.0
2005	COL	0	3	2.0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	114	31.5	0.0	0.0	4.5	0%	.583	3.50	1.98	22.50	106	7.79	167.6	-0.1
2006	BOS	MLB	27	16.7	1	0	1	13	10	11	1	106	7.0	5.4	0.5	5.9	0%	.267	1.38	4.80	2.70	102	5.47	111.4	0.0
2007	BOS	MLB	61	40.7	2	1	0	36	18	26	2	103	8.0	4.0	0.4	5.8	0%	.274	1.33	4.28	3.10	104	5.02	103.8	0.2
2008	BOS	MLB	70	59.3	2	0	0	53	27	38	4	109	8.0	4.1	0.6	5.8	0%	.278	1.35	4.22	2.43	106	5.13	109.4	0.2
2009	BOS	MLB	14	11.7	0	2	0	20	9	5	1	110	15.4	6.9	0.8	3.9	0%	.404	2.49	6.22	9.26	137	8.68	186.1	-0.5
2010	PIT	0	50	38.7	2	2	0	39	18	22	2	95	9.1	4.2	0.5	5.1	0%	.303	1.47	4.18	2.79	115	5.91	133.4	-0.5
2010	SFN	0	27	19.0	2	0	0	11	2	16	0	89	5.2	0.9	0.0	7.6	0%	.216	0.68	1.73	1.42	92	3.77	85.1	0.2
2011	SFN	MLB	70	53.0	5	2	1	42	26	40	0	89	7.1	4.4	0.0	6.8	0%	.275	1.28	3.12	2.72	101	4.58	106.4	0.1
2012	SFN	MLB	70	36.0	3	0	7	37	14	28	1	95	9.3	3.5	0.3	7.0	0%	.327	1.42	3.10	2.50	102	4.61	105.7	0.1
2013	SFN	MLB	69	39.3	4	2	1	30	12	37	1	98	6.9	2.7	0.2	8.5	0%	.261	1.07	2.38	1.83	88	3.20	76.6	0.7
2014	SFN	MLB	65	37.7	1	1	0	31	19	22	2	99	7.4	4.5	0.5	5.3	0%	.238	1.33	4.29	3.11	114	4.96	121.7	-0.2
2015	SFN	MLB	77	39.3	1	0	0	19	16	26	1	89	4.3	3.7	0.2	5.9	0%	.173	0.89	3.38	1.60	102	4.11	96.0	0.3
2016	SFN	MLB	68	26.7	1	3	1	24	15	15	3	94	8.1	5.1	1.0	5.1	64%	.253	1.46	5.43	4.05	119	7.12	157.5	-0.7
2005	TOT	MLB	32	16.3	1	1	2	26	11	12	2	108	14.3	6.1	1.1	6.6	0%	.000	2.27	5.31	11.02	106	5.97	128.5	-0.1
2010	TOT	MLB	77	57.7	4	2	0	50	20	38	2	93	7.8	3.1	0.3	5.9	0%	.000	1.21	3.37	2.34	109	5.20	117.5	-0.2
Career		MLB	839	533.3	30	17	14	484	235	358	26	101	8.2	4.0	0.4	6.0	60%	.288	1.35	3.85	3.48	106	5.19	114.4	-0.7

Statistics for All Levels

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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-
1998	SBN	A	MDW	16	9	44.0	2	4	0	60	30	31	2		12.3	6.1	0.4	6.3	0%	-.921	2.05	4.77	6.55	0	0.00	0.0
1999	SBN	A	MDW	20	20	99.0	4	6	0	122	43	70	9		11.1	3.9	0.8	6.4	0%	-.926	1.67	4.81	6.00	0	0.00	0.0
2000	HDS	A+	CLF	30	21	136.3	4	8	2	152	57	98	14		10.0	3.8	0.9	6.5	0%	-.817	1.53	4.83	5.22	0	0.00	0.0
2001	LNC	A+	CLF	17	0	24.0	1	3	1	30	5	18	2		11.3	1.9	0.8	6.8	0%	-1.120	1.46	3.96	2.63	0	0.00	0.0
2001	ELP	AA	TXS	22	1	40.0	1	0	0	64	14	21	6		14.4	3.2	1.4	4.7	0%	-1.349	1.95	5.62	7.43	0	0.00	0.0
2002	ELP	AA	TXS	61	0	46.3	2	2	6	34	16	47	3		6.6	3.1	0.6	9.1	0%	.258	1.08	2.91	2.72	0	0.00	0.0
2003	COL	MLB	NL	75	0	58.3	4	1	1	58	12	40	5	112	8.9	1.9	0.8	6.2	0%	.293	1.20	3.53	3.70	96	4.84	101.4
2003	Her	Wnt	MPL	7	0	5.0	0	0	0	5	1	4	1		9.0	1.8	1.8	7.2	0%	-.667	1.20	4.16	1.80	0	0.00	0.0
2004	COL	MLB	NL	64	0	40.7	1	2	0	45	26	20	1	115	10.0	5.8	0.2	4.4	0%	.321	1.75	4.42	7.52	119	7.69	158.6
2004	CSP	AAA	PCL	8	0	9.0	0	1	0	10	2	9	2		10.0	2.0	2.0	9.0	0%	.348	1.33	5.06	4.00	0	0.00	0.0
2005	ARI	MLB	NL	29	0	14.3	1	1	2	19	11	11	2	107	11.9	6.9	1.3	6.9	0%	.347	2.09	5.77	9.42	106	5.72	123.0
2005	COL	MLB	NL	3	0	2.0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	114	31.5	0.0	0.0	4.5	0%	.583	3.50	1.98	22.50	106	7.79	167.6
2005	TUC	AAA	PCL	27	0	24.3	0	1	2	17	12	16	0	86	6.3	4.4	0.0	5.9	0%	-.586	1.19	3.80	2.22	89	3.04	60.0
2006	BOS	MLB	AL	27	0	16.7	1	0	1	13	10	11	1	106	7.0	5.4	0.5	5.9	0%	.267	1.38	4.80	2.70	102	5.47	111.4
2006	CHR	AAA	INT	26	0	33.0	2	1	12	28	6	26	1	93	7.6	1.6	0.3	7.1	0%	.293	1.03	2.53	0.55	86	4.83	101.4
2006	PAW	AAA	INT	13	0	16.0	0	0	4	20	8	12	1	98	11.3	4.5	0.6	6.8	0%	.339	1.75	4.07	5.06	87	5.34	112.1
2007	BOS	MLB	AL	61	0	40.7	2	1	0	36	18	26	2	103	8.0	4.0	0.4	5.8	0%	.274	1.33	4.28	3.10	104	5.02	103.8
2007	PAW	AAA	INT	17	0	16.7	2	1	0	19	8	15	0	95	10.2	4.3	0.0	8.1	0%	.373	1.62	3.17	3.77	85	4.86	99.8
2008	BOS	MLB	AL	70	0	59.3	2	0	0	53	27	38	4	109	8.0	4.1	0.6	5.8	0%	.278	1.35	4.22	2.43	106	5.13	109.4
2009	BOS	MLB	AL	14	0	11.7	0	2	0	20	9	5	1	110	15.4	6.9	0.8	3.9	0%	.404	2.49	6.22	9.26	137	8.68	186.1
2009	PAW	AAA	INT	38	0	39.7	1	1	0	35	13	23	2	100	7.9	2.9	0.5	5.2	0%	.275	1.21	3.70	3.17	102	4.49	94.5
2010	PIT	MLB	NL	50	0	38.7	2	2	0	39	18	22	2	95	9.1	4.2	0.5	5.1	0%	.303	1.47	4.18	2.79	115	5.91	133.4
2010	SFN	MLB	NL	27	0	19.0	2	0	0	11	2	16	0	89	5.2	0.9	0.0	7.6	0%	.216	0.68	1.73	1.42	92	3.77	85.1
2011	SFN	MLB	NL	70	0	53.0	5	2	1	42	26	40	0	89	7.1	4.4	0.0	6.8	0%	.275	1.28	3.12	2.72	101	4.58	106.4
2012	SFN	MLB	NL	70	0	36.0	3	0	7	37	14	28	1	95	9.3	3.5	0.3	7.0	0%	.327	1.42	3.10	2.50	102	4.61	105.7
2013	SFN	MLB	NL	69	0	39.3	4	2	1	30	12	37	1	98	6.9	2.7	0.2	8.5	0%	.261	1.07	2.38	1.83	88	3.20	76.6
2014	SFN	MLB	NL	65	0	37.7	1	1	0	31	19	22	2	99	7.4	4.5	0.5	5.3	0%	.238	1.33	4.29	3.11	114	4.96	121.7
2015	SFN	MLB	NL	77	0	39.3	1	0	0	19	16	26	1	89	4.3	3.7	0.2	5.9	0%	.173	0.89	3.38	1.60	102	4.11	96.0
2016	SFN	MLB	NL	68	0	26.7	1	3	1	24	15	15	3	94	8.1	5.1	1.0	5.1	64%	.253	1.46	5.43	4.05	119	7.12	157.5

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	913	0.5126	0.4502	0.7835	0.5962	0.2966	0.8244	0.6970	0.2165
2009	239	0.4937	0.3724	0.7978	0.5593	0.1901	0.8333	0.6957	0.2022
2010	836	0.4773	0.4522	0.7989	0.5990	0.3181	0.8787	0.6619	0.2011
2011	780	0.3872	0.4679	0.7507	0.6556	0.3494	0.8939	0.5808	0.2493
2012	556	0.4406	0.4514	0.7410	0.6163	0.3215	0.8411	0.5900	0.2590
2013	598	0.4047	0.4599	0.7200	0.5826	0.3764	0.8369	0.5970	0.2800
2014	574	0.4233	0.4582	0.8061	0.6132	0.3444	0.9060	0.6754	0.1939
2015	530	0.3623	0.4509	0.7866	0.6406	0.3432	0.8862	0.6810	0.2134
2016	441	0.3764	0.4172	0.8370	0.6506	0.2764	0.9167	0.7237	0.1630
Career	5467	0.4344	0.4491	0.7775	0.6145	0.3219	0.8681	0.6515	0.2225

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2013-02-18	2013-03-01	Camp	11	Left	Hand	Contusion	Ground Ball	-	-
2009-06-05	2009-06-20	Minors	15	Left	Shoulder	Inflammation	Biceps Tendinitis	-
2001-05-30	2001-06-24	Minors	25	Right	Elbow	Contusion		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2016	SFN	$5,000,000
2015	SFN	$4,000,000
2014	SFN	$4,000,000
2013	SFN	$4,250,000
2012	SFN	$4,250,000
2011	SFN	$2,375,000
2010	PIT	$775,000
2009	BOS	$1,350,000
2008	BOS	$840,000
2007	BOS	$402,500
2005	COL	$321,000
2004	COL	$317,500
2003	COL	$300,000

Years	Description	Salary
13 yr	Previous	$28,181,000
13 yr	Total	$28,181,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
11 y 167 d	Meister Sports	3 years/$13M (2014-16)

Details

3 years/$13M (2014-16). Re-signed by San Francisco as a free agent 11/13. 14:$4M, 15:$4M, 16:$5M. May earn $0.5M in performance bonuses based on appearances. Retired 2/17.
2 years/$8.5M (2012-13). Signed extension with San Francisco 10/30/11. 12:$4.25M, 13:$4.25M.
1 year/$2.375M (2011). Re-signed by San Francisco 1/20/11 (avoided arbitration, $2.875M-$2M). Performance bonuses: $50,000 each for 55, 60 innings pitched.
1 year/$0.775M (2010). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 12/18/09. May earn $0.55M in performance bonuses for games 35-70. Acquired by San Francisco in trade from Pittsburgh 7/31/10.
1 year/$1.35M (2009). Re-signed by Boston 1/20/09 (avoided arbitration). DFA by Boston 5/10/09, sent outright to Triple-A 5/15/09.
1 year/$0.84M (2008). Re-signed by Boston 1/18/08 (avoided arbitration). Performance bonuses: $10,000 each for 65, 70 games.
1 year/$0.4025M (2007). Renewed by Boston 3/07.
1 year (2006). Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 1/06 (minor-league contract). Acquired by Boston in trade from Chicago White Sox 6/15/06.
1 year/$0.321M (2005). Claimed by Arizona off waivers from Colorado 4/05. DFA by Arizona 7/05.
1 year/$0.3175M (2004). Re-signed by Colorado 2/04.
1 year/$0.3M (2003). Selected by Boston from Arizona in Rule 5 draft 12/02. Acquired by Colorado in trade from Boston 3/03.
Drafted by Arizona 1998 (4-133) (Virginia).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	SV	G	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
90^o	15.3	5.2	115	52.4	39	22	33	4	.228	1.17	3.65	4.07	-7.9	-0.9
80^o	13	4.3	100	45.7	37	21	29	4	.244	1.27	4.05	4.52	-9.7	-1.1
70^o	11.5	3.7	90	41.0	35	20	26	3	.256	1.36	4.34	4.85	-10.5	-1.1
60^o	10.2	3.3	82	37.1	34	19	24	3	.266	1.43	4.59	5.13	-10.9	-1.2
50^o	9.1	2.9	74	33.6	32	18	21	3	.275	1.50	4.84	5.41	-11.2	-1.2
40^o	8	2.5	66	30.2	30	17	19	3	.284	1.57	5.08	5.69	-11.2	-1.2
30^o	7	2.1	58	26.6	28	16	17	3	.295	1.65	5.35	5.99	-10.9	-1.2
20^o	5.8	1.7	50	22.6	25	14	14	2	.307	1.75	5.68	6.36	-10.4	-1.1
10^o	4.3	1.2	38	17.3	21	12	11	2	.323	1.89	6.14	6.89	-9.2	-1.0
Weighted Mean	8.9	2.8	72	32.8	31	18	21	3	.272	1.48	4.80	5.36	-10.7	-1.2

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Javier López threw 6,178 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2016, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2016, he relied primarily on his Sinker (85mph) and Slider (78mph). He also rarely threw a Curve (72mph), Change (78mph) and Fourseam Fastball (85mph).