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Portrait of Dave Borkowski

Dave Borkowski PTigers

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
7 181 346.3 13 20 1 5.87 3.1
Birth Date2-7-1977
Height6' 1"
Weight230 lbs
Age47 years, 2 months, 19 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 DET MLB 17 12 76.7 2 6 0 86 40 50 10 98 10.1 4.7 1.2 5.9 0% .308 1.64 5.30 6.10 108 6.33 123.1 -0.1
2000 DET MLB 2 1 5.3 0 1 0 11 7 1 2 85 18.6 11.8 3.4 1.7 0% .375 3.38 11.65 21.94 127 10.01 192.6 -0.2
2001 DET MLB 15 0 29.7 0 2 0 30 15 30 5 101 9.1 4.6 1.5 9.1 0% .305 1.52 5.08 6.37 100 4.53 93.9 0.3
2004 BAL MLB 17 8 56.0 3 4 0 65 15 45 6 106 10.4 2.4 1.0 7.2 0% .331 1.43 3.90 5.14 94 4.32 89.1 0.9
2006 HOU MLB 40 0 71.0 3 2 0 70 23 52 8 96 8.9 2.9 1.0 6.6 0% .287 1.31 4.07 4.69 90 3.54 72.1 1.7
2007 HOU MLB 64 0 71.7 5 3 1 76 34 63 8 104 9.5 4.3 1.0 7.9 0% .315 1.53 4.45 5.15 99 4.45 92.1 0.8
2008 HOU MLB 26 0 36.0 0 2 0 54 14 24 9 99 13.5 3.5 2.3 6.0 0% .360 1.89 6.26 7.50 113 5.99 127.7 -0.3
CareerMLB18121346.3132013921482654810010.23.81.26.946%.3161.564.835.871014.9199.83.1

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 DET MLB AL 17 12 76.7 2 6 0 86 40 50 10 98 10.1 4.7 1.2 5.9 0% .308 1.64 5.30 6.10 108 6.33 123.1
2000 DET MLB AL 2 1 5.3 0 1 0 11 7 1 2 85 18.6 11.8 3.4 1.7 0% .375 3.38 11.65 21.94 127 10.01 192.6
2001 DET MLB AL 15 0 29.7 0 2 0 30 15 30 5 101 9.1 4.6 1.5 9.1 0% .305 1.52 5.08 6.37 100 4.53 93.9
2004 BAL MLB AL 17 8 56.0 3 4 0 65 15 45 6 106 10.4 2.4 1.0 7.2 0% .331 1.43 3.90 5.14 94 4.32 89.1
2006 HOU MLB NL 40 0 71.0 3 2 0 70 23 52 8 96 8.9 2.9 1.0 6.6 0% .287 1.31 4.07 4.69 90 3.54 72.1
2007 HOU MLB NL 64 0 71.7 5 3 1 76 34 63 8 104 9.5 4.3 1.0 7.9 0% .315 1.53 4.45 5.15 99 4.45 92.1
2008 HOU MLB NL 26 0 36.0 0 2 0 54 14 24 9 99 13.5 3.5 2.3 6.0 0% .360 1.89 6.26 7.50 113 5.99 127.7

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 640 0.5219 0.4859 0.8553 0.6617 0.2941 0.8643 0.8333 0.1447
Career6400.52190.48590.85530.66170.29410.86430.83330.1447

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
2001-07-07 2001-10-08 15-DL 93 80 Right Shoulder Strain Admitted Painful for Months Prior - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2008 HOU $800,000
2007 HOU $575,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$1,375,000
2 yrTotal$1,375,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 138 d

Details
  • signed as a free agent from HOU 08-09 (minor-league contract): sent outright to Triple-A 10/8/08 contract purchased 9/9/08 sent outright to Triple-A 7/25/08 designated for assignment 7/21/08 contract purchased 7/2/08 designated for assignment 5/27/08 avoided arbitration 1/22/08 ($1.1M-$0.75M), 1 year/$0.8M (08)
  • performance bonus
  • avoided arbitration 12/06, 1 year/$0.575M (07)
  • contract purchased 4/06 signed as a free agent from BAL 12/05 (minor-league contract)
  • sent to minor-league camp 3/05 designated for assignment 1/05 contract purchased 7/04

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 2024, Dave Borkowski threw 1,229 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2008, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2008, he relied primarily on his Sinker (90mph) and Fourseam Fastball (90mph), also mixing in a Slider (85mph), Curve (73mph) and Change (83mph).