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Portrait of Bob Keppel

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
11 49 92.3 1 5 0 5.36 -1.2
Birth Date6-11-1982
Height6' 5"
Weight215 lbs
Age42 years, 4 months, 27 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
2006 KCA MLB 8 6 34.3 0 4 0 45 15 20 6 107 11.8 3.9 1.6 5.2 0% .339 1.75 5.69 5.50 116 6.66 135.6 -0.3
2007 COL MLB 4 0 4.0 0 0 0 6 3 1 1 108 13.5 6.8 2.3 2.3 0% .333 2.25 8.17 11.25 116 6.93 143.3 -0.1
2009 MIN MLB 37 0 54.0 1 1 0 63 21 32 4 104 10.5 3.5 0.7 5.3 0% .328 1.56 4.35 4.83 114 6.50 139.3 -0.8
CareerMLB49692.315011439531110511.13.81.15.248%.3321.665.015.361156.58138.1-1.2

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-
2000 KNG Rk APL 8 6 29.0 1 2 0 31 13 29 1 9.6 4.0 0.3 9.0 0% -.698 1.52 3.60 6.83 0 0.00 0.0
2001 CMB A SAL 26 20 124.3 6 7 0 118 25 87 6 8.5 1.8 0.4 6.3 0% -.941 1.15 3.12 3.11 0 0.00 0.0
2002 SLU A+ FSL 27 26 152.0 9 7 0 162 43 109 13 9.6 2.5 0.8 6.5 0% .314 1.35 4.01 4.32 0 0.00 0.0
2003 BRO A- NYP 3 3 14.3 2 0 0 10 2 13 0 6.3 1.3 0.0 8.2 0% .250 0.84 2.27 2.52 0 0.00 0.0
2003 BIN AA EAS 18 17 94.7 7 4 0 92 27 46 6 8.7 2.6 0.6 4.4 0% .284 1.26 4.17 3.04 0 0.00 0.0
2003 Peo Wnt AFL 1 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .000 0.00 2.28 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2004 SLU A+ FSL 2 2 10.0 1 1 0 7 2 6 0 6.3 1.8 0.0 5.4 0% .233 0.90 2.62 0.90 0 0.00 0.0
2004 NOR AAA INT 17 16 93.7 3 7 0 111 22 42 8 10.7 2.1 0.8 4.0 0% .318 1.42 4.46 4.71 0 0.00 0.0
2005 NOR AAA INT 5 5 27.3 2 1 0 24 6 19 0 80 7.9 2.0 0.0 6.3 0% -.828 1.10 2.91 3.30 84 3.75 73.9
2006 KCA MLB AL 8 6 34.3 0 4 0 45 15 20 6 107 11.8 3.9 1.6 5.2 0% .339 1.75 5.69 5.50 116 6.66 135.6
2006 OMA AAA PCL 25 14 98.0 6 7 1 126 28 43 12 98 11.6 2.6 1.1 3.9 0% .328 1.57 4.94 5.69 112 6.81 142.9
2007 COL MLB NL 4 0 4.0 0 0 0 6 3 1 1 108 13.5 6.8 2.3 2.3 0% .333 2.25 8.17 11.25 116 6.93 143.3
2007 CSP AAA PCL 26 23 138.0 8 10 0 162 60 64 14 118 10.6 3.9 0.9 4.2 0% .314 1.61 5.44 5.48 117 5.36 109.9
2008 ABQ AAA PCL 28 27 159.3 9 11 0 208 57 85 26 122 11.8 3.2 1.5 4.8 0% .336 1.66 5.74 5.99 114 6.04 123.6
2009 MIN MLB AL 37 0 54.0 1 1 0 63 21 32 4 104 10.5 3.5 0.7 5.3 0% .328 1.56 4.35 4.83 114 6.50 139.3
2009 ROC AAA INT 23 3 55.7 3 3 1 51 13 28 1 116 8.2 2.1 0.2 4.5 0% .275 1.15 3.24 2.42 95 3.53 74.3
2010 NIP npb JPL 25 0 158.7 12 8 0 156 53 85 10 8.8 3.0 0.6 4.8 0% .285 1.32 4.07 3.35 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2009 900 0.4778 0.4300 0.8475 0.5837 0.2894 0.9323 0.6912 0.1525
Career9000.47780.43000.84750.58370.28940.93230.69120.1525

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
2007-06-10 2007-06-22 Minors 12 0 Right Groin Strain - -
2005-05-05 2005-05-19 Minors 14 13 Right Shoulder Tendonitis - -
2004-08-05 2004-08-22 Minors 17 0 Right Shoulder Tendonitis - -
2004-04-08 2004-05-12 Minors 34 0 Right Chest Strain - -
2003-05-08 2003-07-03 Minors 56 0 Right Forearm Strain - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 153 dJim Turner

Details
  • rekeased 1/6/10 (to play in Japan)
  • contract purchased 6/23/09 signed as a free agent from FL 08-09 (minor-league contract)
  • sent to minor-league camp 3/14/08 signed as a free agent from COL 08 (minor-league contract)
  • FA 10/07 designated for assignment 4/07 contract purchased 4/07 signed as a free agent from KC 06 (minor-league contract)
  • sent outright to Triple-A 10/06 contract purchased 5/06 sent to minor-league camp 3/06 signed as a free agent from NYM (minor-league contract) 2/06
  • designated for assignment 5/05 optioned sent to minor-league camp 3/05 re-signed 3/05, 1 year/$M (05) optioned Double-A 3/04 $0.895M signing bonus
  • MO (High School-DeSmet) 00 S-36

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, Bob Keppel threw 900 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2009, including pitches thrown in . In 2009, he relied primarily on his Sinker (94mph), also mixing in a Slider (88mph) and Curve (80mph). He also rarely threw a Fourseam Fastball (94mph), Change (86mph) and Cutter (95mph).