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Portrait of Doug Brocail

Doug Brocail PTigers

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
22 626 880 52 48 9 4.00 10.2
Birth Date5-16-1967
Height6' 5"
Weight235 lbs
Age56 years, 11 months, 27 days
BatsL
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
1992 SDN MLB 3 3 14.0 0 0 0 17 5 15 2 99 10.9 3.2 1.3 9.6 0% .357 1.57 3.56 6.43 84 2.57 62.4 0.4
1993 SDN MLB 24 24 128.3 4 13 0 143 42 70 16 95 10.0 2.9 1.1 4.9 0% .289 1.44 4.57 4.56 107 4.76 102.7 1.2
1994 SDN MLB 12 0 17.0 0 0 0 21 5 11 1 103 11.1 2.6 0.5 5.8 0% .339 1.53 3.76 5.82 94 4.29 86.5 0.2
1995 HOU MLB 36 7 77.3 6 4 1 87 22 39 10 96 10.1 2.6 1.2 4.5 0% .292 1.41 4.74 4.19 102 5.10 104.4 0.5
1996 HOU MLB 23 4 53.0 1 5 0 58 23 34 7 98 9.8 3.9 1.2 5.8 0% .309 1.53 4.93 4.58 97 4.81 94.9 0.6
1997 DET MLB 61 4 78.0 3 4 2 74 36 60 10 97 8.5 4.2 1.2 6.9 0% .287 1.41 4.77 3.23 104 4.77 99.2 0.6
1998 DET MLB 60 0 62.7 5 2 0 47 18 55 2 98 6.8 2.6 0.3 7.9 0% .263 1.04 2.79 2.73 96 4.01 83.0 0.9
1999 DET MLB 70 0 82.0 4 4 2 60 25 78 7 99 6.6 2.7 0.8 8.6 0% .250 1.04 3.46 2.52 96 3.98 77.4 1.4
2000 DET MLB 49 0 50.7 5 4 0 57 14 41 5 86 10.1 2.5 0.9 7.3 0% .325 1.40 3.77 4.09 84 4.20 80.8 0.8
2004 TEX MLB 43 0 52.3 4 1 1 54 20 43 2 110 9.3 3.4 0.3 7.4 0% .321 1.41 3.44 4.13 90 4.24 87.5 0.8
2005 TEX MLB 61 0 73.3 5 3 1 90 34 61 2 108 11.0 4.2 0.2 7.5 0% .362 1.69 3.29 5.52 95 4.27 92.0 1.0
2006 SDN MLB 25 0 28.3 2 2 0 27 8 19 1 86 8.6 2.5 0.3 6.0 0% .286 1.24 3.07 4.76 94 3.70 75.4 0.6
2007 SDN MLB 67 0 76.7 5 1 0 66 24 43 8 91 7.7 2.8 0.9 5.0 0% .240 1.17 4.42 3.05 102 4.29 88.8 1.0
2008 HOU MLB 72 0 68.7 7 5 2 63 21 64 8 101 8.3 2.8 1.0 8.4 0% .289 1.22 3.80 3.93 100 4.71 100.6 0.5
2009 HOU MLB 20 0 17.7 1 0 0 21 13 9 4 96 10.7 6.6 2.0 4.6 0% .293 1.92 7.18 4.58 114 6.79 145.7 -0.3
CareerMLB62642880.05248988531064285989.13.20.96.647%.2941.364.074.00994.4892.910.2

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-
1986 SPO A- NWN 16 15 85.0 5 4 0 85 53 77 4 9.0 5.6 0.4 8.2 0% .000 1.62 3.94 3.81 0 0.00 0.0
1987 CSC A SAL 19 18 92.3 2 6 0 94 28 68 6 9.2 2.7 0.6 6.6 0% .000 1.32 3.43 4.10 0 0.00 0.0
1988 CSC A SAL 22 13 107.0 8 6 2 107 25 107 3 9.0 2.1 0.3 9.0 0% .000 1.23 1.99 2.69 0 0.00 0.0
1989 WIC AA TXS 23 22 134.7 5 9 0 158 50 95 11 10.6 3.3 0.7 6.3 0% .000 1.54 4.12 5.21 0 0.00 0.0
1990 WIC AA TXS 12 9 52.0 2 2 0 53 24 27 7 9.2 4.2 1.2 4.7 0% .000 1.48 5.29 4.33 0 0.00 0.0
1991 WIC AA TXS 34 16 146.3 10 7 6 147 43 108 15 9.0 2.6 0.9 6.6 0% .000 1.30 4.21 3.88 0 0.00 0.0
1992 SDN MLB NL 3 3 14.0 0 0 0 17 5 15 2 99 10.9 3.2 1.3 9.6 0% .357 1.57 3.56 6.43 84 2.57 62.4
1992 LVG AAA PCL 29 25 172.3 10 10 0 187 63 103 7 9.8 3.3 0.4 5.4 0% .000 1.45 3.93 3.97 0 0.00 0.0
1993 SDN MLB NL 24 24 128.3 4 13 0 143 42 70 16 95 10.0 2.9 1.1 4.9 0% .289 1.44 4.57 4.56 107 4.76 102.7
1993 LVG AAA PCL 10 8 51.3 4 2 1 51 14 32 4 8.9 2.5 0.7 5.6 0% .000 1.27 4.60 3.68 0 0.00 0.0
1994 SDN MLB NL 12 0 17.0 0 0 0 21 5 11 1 103 11.1 2.6 0.5 5.8 0% .339 1.53 3.76 5.82 94 4.29 86.5
1994 WIC AA TXS 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 6.8 2.3 0.0 4.5 0% .000 1.00 3.13 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
1994 LVG AAA PCL 7 3 12.7 0 0 0 21 2 8 1 14.9 1.4 0.7 5.7 0% .000 1.81 4.17 7.09 0 0.00 0.0
1995 HOU MLB NL 36 7 77.3 6 4 1 87 22 39 10 96 10.1 2.6 1.2 4.5 0% .292 1.41 4.74 4.19 102 5.10 104.4
1995 TUC AAA PCL 3 3 16.3 1 0 0 18 4 16 1 9.9 2.2 0.6 8.8 0% .000 1.35 3.39 3.87 0 0.00 0.0
1996 HOU MLB NL 23 4 53.0 1 5 0 58 23 34 7 98 9.8 3.9 1.2 5.8 0% .309 1.53 4.93 4.58 97 4.81 94.9
1996 CCH AA TXS 2 2 4.0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 2.3 2.3 0.0 11.3 0% .000 0.50 1.51 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
1996 TUC AAA PCL 5 1 7.3 0 1 0 12 1 4 1 14.8 1.2 1.2 4.9 0% .000 1.78 4.75 7.40 0 0.00 0.0
1997 DET MLB AL 61 4 78.0 3 4 2 74 36 60 10 97 8.5 4.2 1.2 6.9 0% .287 1.41 4.77 3.23 104 4.77 99.2
1998 DET MLB AL 60 0 62.7 5 2 0 47 18 55 2 98 6.8 2.6 0.3 7.9 0% .263 1.04 2.79 2.73 96 4.01 83.0
1999 DET MLB AL 70 0 82.0 4 4 2 60 25 78 7 99 6.6 2.7 0.8 8.6 0% .250 1.04 3.46 2.52 96 3.98 77.4
2000 DET MLB AL 49 0 50.7 5 4 0 57 14 41 5 86 10.1 2.5 0.9 7.3 0% .325 1.40 3.77 4.09 84 4.20 80.8
2001 ROU AA TXS 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .000 0.00 1.52 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2001 NWO AAA PCL 2 0 2.3 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 7.8 3.9 0.0 7.8 0% -.667 1.30 3.11 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2004 TEX MLB AL 43 0 52.3 4 1 1 54 20 43 2 110 9.3 3.4 0.3 7.4 0% .321 1.41 3.44 4.13 90 4.24 87.5
2004 FRI AA TXS 1 1 4.3 0 0 0 2 0 6 1 4.2 0.0 2.1 12.6 0% .143 0.47 3.65 2.09 0 0.00 0.0
2004 OKL AAA PCL 12 0 19.3 2 0 0 20 2 19 1 9.3 0.9 0.5 8.9 0% .339 1.14 2.83 4.20 0 0.00 0.0
2005 TEX MLB AL 61 0 73.3 5 3 1 90 34 61 2 108 11.0 4.2 0.2 7.5 0% .362 1.69 3.29 5.52 95 4.27 92.0
2006 SDN MLB NL 25 0 28.3 2 2 0 27 8 19 1 86 8.6 2.5 0.3 6.0 0% .286 1.24 3.07 4.76 94 3.70 75.4
2006 LEL A+ CLF 6 2 6.1 0 0 0 3 2 12 0 4.4 3.0 0.0 17.7 0% .273 0.82 0.80 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2007 SDN MLB NL 67 0 76.7 5 1 0 66 24 43 8 91 7.7 2.8 0.9 5.0 0% .240 1.17 4.42 3.05 102 4.29 88.8
2007 LEL A+ CLF 1 1 2.0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 100 9.0 0.0 0.0 13.5 0% .400 1.00 0.77 0.00 64 3.06 62.8
2008 HOU MLB NL 72 0 68.7 7 5 2 63 21 64 8 101 8.3 2.8 1.0 8.4 0% .289 1.22 3.80 3.93 100 4.71 100.6
2009 HOU MLB NL 20 0 17.7 1 0 0 21 13 9 4 96 10.7 6.6 2.0 4.6 0% .293 1.92 7.18 4.58 114 6.79 145.7
2009 CCH AA TXS 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 111 9.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 0% .286 1.00 2.25 0.00 89 4.29 90.3
2009 ROU AAA PCL 7 0 7.0 0 1 0 8 2 3 0 87 10.3 2.6 0.0 3.9 0% .333 1.43 3.88 5.14 100 4.95 104.1

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 1048 0.5305 0.4676 0.8082 0.5971 0.3211 0.8614 0.6962 0.1918
2009 327 0.4771 0.4343 0.8380 0.6218 0.2632 0.9072 0.6889 0.1620
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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
2009-08-05 2009-09-01 15-DL 27 24 Right Shoulder Strain -
2009-05-04 2009-07-29 15-DL 86 75 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2009-04-11 2009-04-26 15-DL 15 14 Right Shoulder Strain Rotator Cuff -
2009-02-20 2009-03-10 Camp 18 0 Right Shoulder Stiffness -
2007-06-21 2007-07-07 15-DL 16 15 Left Hip Strain Gluteal Muscles -
2007-04-01 2007-04-01 DTD 0 0 Left Hand Fracture - -
2007-03-14 2007-03-14 Camp 0 0 Right Fingers Tear Fingernail - -
2006-09-16 2006-10-09 60-DL 23 16 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2006-06-27 2006-06-27 On-Alr 0 0 Groin Strain -
2006-03-24 2006-07-14 60-DL 112 88 General Medical Surgery Coronary Angioplasty 2006-04-10
2005-03-18 2005-04-03 Camp 16 0 Right Hand Contusion Batted Ball -
2004-07-25 2004-08-09 15-DL 15 14 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2004-05-09 2004-06-07 15-DL 29 24 Right Abdomen Surgery Appendix 2006-05-12
2004-04-24 2004-04-26 DTD 2 2 - Hand Contusion - -
2002-09-15 2002-09-15 On-Alr 0 0 Right Elbow Surgery Stress Fracture 2004-09-15 -
2002-03-30 2002-09-28 60-DL 182 160 Right Elbow Recovery From Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2001-04-27
2001-03-31 2001-03-31 On-Alr 0 0 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2001-03-31 2001-10-09 60-DL 192 162 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2001-04-27
2000-09-12 2000-10-02 DTD 20 19 Right Elbow Surgery Bone Spur - -
2000-08-14 2000-09-07 15-DL 24 22 Right Elbow Inflammation - -
1998-08-06 1998-08-24 15-DL 18 18 Right Elbow Strain - -
1996-05-11 1996-08-17 60-DL 98 86 Right Shoulder Surgery Fraying Biceps Tendon 1996-06-10 -
1994-04-04 1994-06-28 15-DL 85 75 Right Elbow Surgery Bone Spurs 1994-04-04 -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2010 HOU $250,000
2009 HOU $2,500,000
2008 HOU $2,500,000
2007 SDN $500,000
2006 SDN $1,000,000
2005 TEX $1,000,000
2002 HOU $750,000
2001 HOU $2,300,000
2000 DET $1,300,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
9 yrPrevious$12,100,000
9 yrTotal$12,100,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
15 y 134 dBarry Meister1 yr/$2.75M (09)+10 cl opt

Details
  • HOU declined 10 club option 10/30/09
  • re-signed as a free agent 12/3/08, 1 year/$2.75M (09)+10 club option
  • performance bonus
  • 09:$2.5M, 10:$2.85M club option ($0.25M buyout)
  • HOU declined 09 option 10/1/08
  • signed as a free agent from SD 11/27/07, 1 year/$2.5M (08)+09 club option
  • re-signed as a free agent 12/06, 1 year/$0.5M (07)
  • signed as a free agent from TX 12/05, 1 year/$1M (06)
  • re-signed 11/04, 1 year/$1M (04)
  • contract purchased 4/04 assigned Triple-A 4/04 signed as a free agent from HOU 2/04 (minor-league contract)
  • HOU declined 02 option 11/01
  • acquired in trade from DT 12/00

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
2008-07-30 12:30:00 (link to chat)Doug Brocail to the Red Sox, still happening and what exactly does this cost?
(Joe from Tewksbury, MA)		I would say a mid-level prospect if it happens. (John Perrotto)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Doug Brocail threw 2,256 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2009, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2009, he relied primarily on his Sinker (89mph), Fourseam Fastball (90mph) and Cutter (86mph), also mixing in a Curve (76mph). He also rarely threw a Change (80mph).