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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
6 64 75.7 3 5 0 5.59 1
Birth Date1-18-1978
Height6' 7"
Weight235 lbs
Age46 years, 2 months, 10 days
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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
1999 BAL MLB 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 96 6.0 6.0 0.0 3.0 0% .222 1.33 4.52 0.00 103 5.15 100.1 0.0
2004 LAN MLB 6 0 14.3 1 0 0 19 9 11 2 92 11.9 5.7 1.3 6.9 0% .354 1.95 5.73 7.53 101 4.27 88.1 0.2
2005 SDN MLB 10 0 11.0 0 0 0 17 5 10 2 97 13.9 4.1 1.6 8.2 0% .405 2.00 4.89 8.18 94 3.89 83.8 0.2
2006 SLN MLB 5 0 6.3 0 1 0 5 0 5 0 92 7.1 0.0 0.0 7.1 0% .263 0.79 2.00 2.84 101 4.58 93.3 0.1
2007 SLN MLB 16 0 18.7 0 1 0 22 8 16 2 99 10.6 3.9 1.0 7.7 0% .351 1.61 4.29 4.82 91 3.69 76.3 0.4
2008 LAN 0 16 0 11.7 2 2 0 11 4 9 2 96 8.5 3.1 1.5 6.9 0% .265 1.29 4.81 6.17 87 3.81 81.2 0.2
2008 SDN 0 9 0 10.7 0 1 0 15 8 10 2 89 12.7 6.8 1.7 8.4 0% .394 2.16 5.91 4.22 110 5.70 121.7 0.0
2008 TOT MLB 25 0 22.3 2 3 0 26 12 19 4 92 10.5 4.8 1.6 7.7 0% .000 1.70 5.34 5.24 99 4.71 100.6 0.2
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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.
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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-
1999 BAL MLB AL 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 96 6.0 6.0 0.0 3.0 0% .222 1.33 4.52 0.00 103 5.15 100.1
2004 LAN MLB NL 6 0 14.3 1 0 0 19 9 11 2 92 11.9 5.7 1.3 6.9 0% .354 1.95 5.73 7.53 101 4.27 88.1
2005 SDN MLB NL 10 0 11.0 0 0 0 17 5 10 2 97 13.9 4.1 1.6 8.2 0% .405 2.00 4.89 8.18 94 3.89 83.8
2006 SLN MLB NL 5 0 6.3 0 1 0 5 0 5 0 92 7.1 0.0 0.0 7.1 0% .263 0.79 2.00 2.84 101 4.58 93.3
2007 SLN MLB NL 16 0 18.7 0 1 0 22 8 16 2 99 10.6 3.9 1.0 7.7 0% .351 1.61 4.29 4.82 91 3.69 76.3
2008 LAN MLB NL 16 0 11.7 2 2 0 11 4 9 2 96 8.5 3.1 1.5 6.9 0% .265 1.29 4.81 6.17 87 3.81 81.2
2008 SDN MLB NL 9 0 10.7 0 1 0 15 8 10 2 89 12.7 6.8 1.7 8.4 0% .394 2.16 5.91 4.22 110 5.70 121.7

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 376 0.5000 0.4335 0.7975 0.6277 0.2394 0.8559 0.6444 0.2025
Career3760.50000.43350.79750.62770.23940.85590.64440.2025

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
2004-04-05 2004-04-24 15-DL 19 16 Right Knee Sprain -
2002-06-30 2002-09-05 Minors 67 0 Right Knee Dislocation Patella - -
2002-05-06 2002-06-10 Minors 35 0 Right Shoulder Inflammation - -
2001-04-05 2001-04-24 Minors 19 0 - Not Disclosed - -
2000-03-15 2000-09-05 60-DL 174 137 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery - Date Is Approximate 2000-03-15 -
1999-06-08 1999-08-16 Minors 69 0 Right Elbow Inflammation - -
1998-06-19 1998-08-17 Minors 59 0 Right Elbow Inflammation - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2004 LAN $302,500
2000 SDN $200,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$502,500
2 yrTotal$502,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 171 d

Details
  • sent outright to Triple-A 9/12/08 claimed off waivers from LAD 8/13/08 designated for assignment 8/8/08 contract purchased 6/25/08 signed as a free agent from STL 08 (minor-league contract)
  • released 11/20/07 contract purchased 9/3/07 designated for assignment 7/29/07
  • recalled 7/28/07
  • sent outright to Triple-A 5/19/07
  • contract purchased 5/6/07
  • re-signed 2/07, 1 year (07)
  • contract purchased 5/06 signed as a free agent from SD 8/05 (minor-league contract)
  • designated for assignment 7/05 recalled 7/05 optioned to Triple-A 6/05 recalled 5/05 optioned to Triple-A 5/05 contract purchased 5/05 signed as a free agent from LAD 1/05 (minor-league contract) 1 year/$0.3025M (04) optioned to Triple-A 6/04 sent to minor-league camp 3/02

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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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2023, Brian Falkenborg threw 604 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2008, including pitches thrown in . In 2008, he relied primarily on his Sinker (94mph), Fourseam Fastball (95mph) and Curve (80mph). He also rarely threw a Splitter (88mph) and Slider (83mph).