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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
15 210 239 13 13 0 4.82 2.8
Birth Date11-6-1973
Height6' 2"
Weight200 lbs
Age50 years, 5 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.
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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
1997 TOR MLB 4 0 3.3 0 1 0 1 1 4 1 95 2.7 2.7 2.7 10.8 0% .000 0.60 5.54 2.70 101 5.07 105.4 0.0
1998 TOR MLB 25 0 28.7 2 2 0 34 8 20 4 94 10.7 2.5 1.3 6.3 0% .313 1.47 4.58 5.34 94 4.17 86.5 0.4
1999 SDN MLB 28 0 37.3 0 0 0 48 15 30 6 99 11.6 3.6 1.4 7.2 0% .353 1.69 5.00 7.47 92 4.01 78.0 0.6
2000 SDN MLB 62 0 69.7 4 5 0 73 25 56 12 104 9.4 3.2 1.6 7.2 0% .289 1.41 4.93 4.39 94 3.95 76.0 1.3
2001 NYA MLB 10 0 10.7 0 1 0 14 2 6 2 95 11.8 1.7 1.7 5.1 0% .333 1.50 4.97 3.38 104 4.90 101.6 0.1
2002 CIN MLB 8 1 11.7 0 1 0 6 5 7 0 105 4.6 3.9 0.0 5.4 0% .182 0.94 2.96 2.31 116 5.37 115.2 0.0
2004 TEX MLB 67 0 72.7 7 3 0 66 19 44 8 109 8.2 2.4 1.0 5.4 0% .260 1.17 4.32 3.72 99 4.98 102.6 0.5
2005 TEX MLB 6 0 5.0 0 0 0 10 7 3 2 114 18.0 12.6 3.6 5.4 0% .400 3.40 11.84 14.40 116 7.46 160.6 -0.1
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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 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-
1994 MED Rk PIO 14 14 84.7 7 4 0 82 19 77 2 8.7 2.0 0.2 8.2 0% .000 1.19 3.12 2.87 0 0.00 0.0
1995 KNX AA SOU 35 19 126.3 3 12 2 144 32 93 10 10.3 2.3 0.7 6.6 0% .000 1.39 3.57 3.99 0 0.00 0.0
1996 KNX AA SOU 54 0 94.7 7 8 9 106 33 105 13 10.1 3.1 1.2 10.0 0% .000 1.47 3.93 4.85 0 0.00 0.0
1997 TOR MLB AL 4 0 3.3 0 1 0 1 1 4 1 95 2.7 2.7 2.7 10.8 0% .000 0.60 5.54 2.70 101 5.07 105.4
1997 KNX AA SOU 21 0 25.7 1 1 8 30 5 25 2 10.5 1.8 0.7 8.8 0% .364 1.36 3.15 4.90 0 0.00 0.0
1997 SYR AAA INT 32 0 51.0 5 1 3 30 8 47 2 5.3 1.4 0.4 8.3 0% .215 0.75 2.48 1.41 0 0.00 0.0
1998 TOR MLB AL 25 0 28.7 2 2 0 34 8 20 4 94 10.7 2.5 1.3 6.3 0% .313 1.47 4.58 5.34 94 4.17 86.5
1998 SYR AAA INT 30 0 50.7 3 6 10 44 13 53 7 7.8 2.3 1.2 9.4 0% -.493 1.12 3.87 2.31 0 0.00 0.0
1999 SDN MLB NL 28 0 37.3 0 0 0 48 15 30 6 99 11.6 3.6 1.4 7.2 0% .353 1.69 5.00 7.47 92 4.01 78.0
1999 LVG AAA PCL 11 3 22.7 1 3 0 32 8 18 11 12.7 3.2 4.4 7.1 0% -.553 1.76 9.52 9.52 0 0.00 0.0
2000 SDN MLB NL 62 0 69.7 4 5 0 73 25 56 12 104 9.4 3.2 1.6 7.2 0% .289 1.41 4.93 4.39 94 3.95 76.0
2000 LVG AAA PCL 4 0 6.0 0 0 0 9 0 7 1 13.5 0.0 1.5 10.5 0% -1.000 1.50 3.41 4.50 0 0.00 0.0
2000 Esc Wnt DWL 10 0 13.3 2 1 1 8 0 12 0 5.4 0.0 0.0 8.1 0% -.667 0.60 1.93 2.03 0 0.00 0.0
2001 NYA MLB AL 10 0 10.7 0 1 0 14 2 6 2 95 11.8 1.7 1.7 5.1 0% .333 1.50 4.97 3.38 104 4.90 101.6
2001 COH AAA INT 35 0 33.3 2 1 18 36 6 26 2 9.7 1.6 0.5 7.0 0% -.944 1.26 3.10 2.43 0 0.00 0.0
2001 Esc Wnt DWL 11 0 13.0 1 0 3 10 2 11 0 6.9 1.4 0.0 7.6 0% -.769 0.92 3.26 2.08 0 0.00 0.0
2002 CIN MLB NL 8 1 11.7 0 1 0 6 5 7 0 105 4.6 3.9 0.0 5.4 0% .182 0.94 2.96 2.31 116 5.37 115.2
2002 LOU AAA INT 21 0 23.0 1 0 11 21 5 19 0 8.2 2.0 0.0 7.4 0% .318 1.13 2.22 2.74 0 0.00 0.0
2003 LOU AAA INT 42 0 46.3 2 2 23 47 3 54 2 9.1 0.6 0.4 10.5 0% .338 1.08 1.77 3.50 0 0.00 0.0
2003 azu Wnt DWL 9 8 32.3 2 2 0 35 9 24 5 9.8 2.5 1.4 6.7 0% -.714 1.36 4.85 4.18 0 0.00 0.0
2004 TEX MLB AL 67 0 72.7 7 3 0 66 19 44 8 109 8.2 2.4 1.0 5.4 0% .260 1.17 4.32 3.72 99 4.98 102.6
2005 TEX MLB AL 6 0 5.0 0 0 0 10 7 3 2 114 18.0 12.6 3.6 5.4 0% .400 3.40 11.84 14.40 116 7.46 160.6
2006 MIS AA SOU 3 0 4.2 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 4.3 2.1 2.1 6.4 0% .111 0.71 5.35 2.14 0 0.00 0.0
2006 RIC AAA INT 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 97 135.0 45.0 0.0 0.0 0% .750 20.00 18.07 90.00 0 0.00 0.0
2007 PME AA EAS 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 108 6.8 2.3 0.0 9.0 0% .300 1.00 2.00 2.25 80 3.62 74.2
2007 RSX Rk GCL 4 2 6.7 0 0 0 5 0 10 0 100 6.7 0.0 0.0 13.4 0% .357 0.75 0.90 0.00 56 2.10 43.1
2007 ESC Wnt DWL 4 1 4.3 0 0 0 7 1 2 0 14.7 2.1 0.0 4.2 0% .389 1.86 2.82 4.19 0 0.00 0.0
2007 TDE Wnt DWL 1 1 3.0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 12.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0% .308 1.67 5.06 12.00 0 0.00 0.0
2009 ESC Wnt DWL 8 0 4.3 0 1 0 11 4 3 1 23.0 8.4 2.1 6.3 0% .526 3.49 7.70 14.65 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
2007-08-13 2007-08-15 Minors 2 0 Right Lower Leg Strain -
2006-06-27 2006-09-04 Minors 69 0 Right Elbow Surgery Revision Tommy John Surgery -
2005-05-01 2005-10-03 60-DL 155 137 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2005-05-11
2004-09-22 2004-10-04 DTD 12 12 Right Forearm Strain - -
2004-09-01 2004-09-07 DTD 6 6 Right Elbow Soreness - -
2004-06-18 2004-06-18 DTD 0 0 Right Hand Contusion Batted Ball - -
2004-05-02 2004-05-05 DTD 3 3 Right Hand Contusion Ground Ball - -
2002-09-03 2002-09-03 On-Alr 0 0 Right Elbow Surgery Bone Chips 2002-09-03
2002-06-11 2002-09-30 60-DL 111 100 Right Fingers Fracture Ring Finger -
1999-04-24 1999-05-28 15-DL 34 29 - Low Back Strain - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2005 TEX $1,100,000
2004 TEX $420,000
2001 NYA $270,000
2000 SDN $215,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$2,005,000
4 yrTotal$2,005,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
5 y 66 d

Details
  • signed as a free agent from TX 2/06 (minor-league contract)
  • refused sent outright to Triple-A 10/05
  • avoided arbitration 1/05 ($1.3M-$0.9M), 1 year/$1.1M (05)
  • 40-m 1/04
  • signed as a free agent from CIN 10/03 (minor-league contract), 1 year/$0.42M (04)
  • sent to minor-league camp 3/03 signed 11/02 (minor-league contract) sent outright to Triple-A 10/02 contract purchased 5/02
  • optioned to Triple-A (NYY) 6/01 recalled 5/01

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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Comparable Players (Similarity Index )

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BP Annual Player Comments

YearComment
2005 Bill James spent years arguing that minor league statistics—adjusting for park, league and other variables—could predict major league performance with nearly the same degree of certainty as can major league statistics. It's a tradition we've carried on and advanced here at Baseball Prospectus, and it's for this reason that we always get a kick out of seeing someone like Almanzar fare well. A career minor leaguer with only sporadic cups o' joe throughout his pro career, Almanzar parlayed his tailing fastball into a fantastic 54:3 strikeout-to-walk ratio at Triple-A in 2003. The Rangers, looking for bullpen help, took a flyer on him, despite Almanzar being 30 years old. The result? The righty showed he's more than a minor league lifer destined to put up good Triple-A stats, flashing the same effective control in 67 appearances with the big club.

Almanzar's game is far from perfect: He struggled late in the year—a forearm injury making matters worse—and he doesn't strike out enough hitters to ever have a shot at dominance. Still, there's a valuable lesson learned here: The Rangers struck gold for a year on a cheap, effective reliever. The minute Almanzar stops being effective, they'll search for another overlooked arm putting up good numbers and give him a shot. Tendered a contract, which means a bigger payday, muting the good tidings somewhat.
2004 Almanzar was at the head of a controversy in July. He and Josias Manzanillo walked away from the Louisville Bats in protest after a number of teammates were promoted while they were overlooked. While you can understand Almanzar's frustration-he was in the middle of a good year at Triple-A, featuring an obscene 54:3 K:BB ratio, and the Reds had promoted pitchers who weren't doing nearly as well-that's exactly the kind of move that gets a player branded a malcontent, which is death in baseball. He was signed by the Rangers as a minor league free agent, and will he in the mix to set up Francisco Cordero. If his improved command is for real, he'll help them a lot.

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