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Taylor Buchholz PRockies

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Career Summary

Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
10	158	311	20	22	1	4.28	5.1

Birth Date	10-13-1981
Height	6' 3"
Weight	220 lbs

Age	42 years, 6 months, 13 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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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	HOU	MLB	22	19	113.0	6	10	0	107	34	77	21	97	8.5	2.7	1.7	6.1	0%	.250	1.25	5.14	5.89	103	4.22	86.0	2.0
2007	COL	MLB	41	8	93.7	6	5	0	105	20	61	8	108	10.1	1.9	0.8	5.9	0%	.318	1.33	3.68	4.23	94	3.96	82.0	1.7
2008	COL	MLB	63	0	66.3	6	6	1	45	18	56	5	104	6.1	2.4	0.7	7.6	0%	.220	0.95	3.29	2.17	90	3.52	75.1	1.4
2010	COL	0	7	0	10.0	1	0	0	10	6	9	2	105	9.0	5.4	1.8	8.1	0%	.308	1.60	5.70	4.50	86	4.16	94.0	0.1
2010	TOR	0	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	113	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0%	.000	0.00	3.04	0.00	97	7.42	167.6	-0.1
2011	NYN	MLB	23	0	26.0	1	1	0	22	7	26	5	96	7.6	2.4	1.7	9.0	0%	.250	1.12	4.41	3.12	103	4.38	101.7	0.1
2010	TOT	MLB	9	0	12.0	1	0	0	10	6	9	2	106	7.5	4.5	1.5	6.8	0%	.000	1.33	5.25	3.75	87	4.71	106.3	0.0
Career		MLB	158	27	311.0	20	22	1	289	85	229	41	102	8.4	2.5	1.2	6.6	44%	.266	1.20	4.25	4.28	97	4.03	84.6	5.1

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-
2001	LWD	A	SAL	28	26	176.7	9	14	0	165	57	136	8		8.4	2.9	0.4	6.9	0%	-.781	1.26	3.28	3.36	0	0.00	0.0
2002	CLR	A+	FSL	23	23	158.7	10	6	0	140	51	129	11		7.9	2.9	0.6	7.3	0%	.276	1.20	3.54	3.29	0	0.00	0.0
2002	REA	AA	EAS	4	4	23.0	0	2	0	29	6	17	5		11.3	2.3	2.0	6.7	0%	.329	1.52	5.44	7.43	0	0.00	0.0
2003	REA	AA	EAS	25	24	144.7	9	11	0	136	33	114	14		8.5	2.1	0.9	7.1	0%	.284	1.17	3.82	3.55	0	0.00	0.0
2004	NWO	AAA	PCL	20	17	98.0	6	7	0	107	29	74	16		9.8	2.7	1.5	6.8	0%	.294	1.39	5.07	5.23	0	0.00	0.0
2005	ROU	AAA	PCL	20	14	76.7	6	0	0	79	27	45	14	6	9.3	3.2	1.6	5.3	0%	-.722	1.38	5.92	4.81	117	4.75	93.7
2005	SUR	Wnt	AFL	7	6	23.0	1	0	0	20	4	17	2		7.8	1.6	0.8	6.7	0%	-.783	1.04	4.41	1.57	0	0.00	0.0
2006	HOU	MLB	NL	22	19	113.0	6	10	0	107	34	77	21	97	8.5	2.7	1.7	6.1	0%	.250	1.25	5.14	5.89	103	4.22	86.0
2006	ROU	AAA	PCL	7	7	44.0	1	3	0	47	17	37	2	97	9.6	3.5	0.4	7.6	0%	.333	1.45	3.47	4.91	86	4.53	95.2
2007	COL	MLB	NL	41	8	93.7	6	5	0	105	20	61	8	108	10.1	1.9	0.8	5.9	0%	.318	1.33	3.68	4.23	94	3.96	82.0
2008	COL	MLB	NL	63	0	66.3	6	6	1	45	18	56	5	104	6.1	2.4	0.7	7.6	0%	.220	0.95	3.29	2.17	90	3.52	75.1
2010	COL	MLB	NL	7	0	10.0	1	0	0	10	6	9	2	105	9.0	5.4	1.8	8.1	0%	.308	1.60	5.70	4.50	86	4.16	94.0
2010	TOR	MLB	AL	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	113	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0%	.000	0.00	3.04	0.00	97	7.42	167.6
2010	MOD	A+	CLF	3	1	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	97	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	0%	.000	0.00	1.05	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2010	CSP	AAA	PCL	18	0	18.3	0	1	0	22	9	12	3		10.8	4.4	1.5	5.9	0%	.322	1.69	6.04	5.90	0	0.00	0.0
2011	NYN	MLB	NL	23	0	26.0	1	1	0	22	7	26	5	96	7.6	2.4	1.7	9.0	0%	.250	1.12	4.41	3.12	103	4.38	101.7

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	840	0.4988	0.4690	0.7538	0.6038	0.3349	0.9091	0.4752	0.2462
2010	175	0.4629	0.3886	0.7059	0.5679	0.2340	0.8043	0.5000	0.2941
2011	409	0.5379	0.4621	0.7672	0.6364	0.2593	0.8357	0.5714	0.2328
Career	1424	0.5056	0.4571	0.7518	0.6088	0.3008	0.8751	0.5059	0.2482

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
2011-05-30	2011-09-29	60-DL	122	110	Right	Shoulder	Fatigue		-
2011-05-25	2011-05-25	On-Alr	0	0	-	General Medical	Mood Disorder	Anxiety and Depression	-	-
2011-05-16	2011-05-21	DTD	5	4	Right	Shoulder	Soreness		-
2011-03-01	2011-03-03	Camp	2	0	-	Thigh	Soreness	Hamstring	-
2010-08-14	2010-09-01	15-DL	18	16		Low Back	Strain		-
2010-03-26	2010-07-24	60-DL	120	96	Right	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2009-06-17
2009-03-27	2009-10-13	60-DL	200	162	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2009-06-17
2009-02-27	2009-03-27	Camp	28	0	Right	Elbow	Sprain	Ulnar Collateral Ligament	-
2008-09-10	2008-09-29	DTD	19	17	Right	Shoulder	Soreness		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2011	NYN	$600,000
2010	COL	$1,055,000
2009	COL	$1,055,000
2008	COL	$399,000
2007	COL	$383,000
2006	HOU	$327,000
2005	COL	$316,000

Years	Description	Salary
7 yr	Previous	$4,135,000
7 yr	Total	$4,135,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
5 y 140 d		1 year/$0.6M (2011)

Details

1 year/$0.6M (2011). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 1/3/11. Roster bonus: $0.4M if Buchholz makes Opening Day roster and is not on disabled list. Performance bonuses: $40,000 each for 40, 45, 50, 55, 60 games. Refused assignment by NY Mets 11/15/11.
1 year/$1.055M (2010). Re-signed 1/14/10 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$1.055M (2009). Re-signed 1/20/09 (avoided arbitration). Performance bonus: $25,000 each for 40, 50 games finished.
1 year/$0.399M (2008). Split contract, $0.2296M in minors.
1 year/$0.383M (2007). Re-signed 3/07.
1 year/$0.327M (2006). Re-signed 2/06. Optioned to Triple-A 7/06. Recalled 9/06. Acquired in trade from Houston 12/06.
1 year/$0.316M (2005). Re-signed 3/05 (split contract).
1 year (2004). Contract purchased 11/03. Acquired in trade from Philadelphia 11/03. Optioned to Triple-A 3/04.
Drafted 2000 (6-175) (Springfield HS, Pa.), $0.375M signing bonus.

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
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Taylor Buchholz threw 1,790 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2011, including pitches thrown in . In 2011, he relied primarily on his Curve (79mph), Fourseam Fastball (90mph) and Sinker (91mph), also mixing in a Change (84mph).