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Portrait of Chris Bootcheck

Chris Bootcheck PAngels

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
10 91 148.3 3 7 1 6.55 0.8
Birth Date10-24-1978
Height6' 5"
Weight210 lbs
Age45 years, 5 months, 24 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
2003 ANA MLB 4 1 10.3 0 1 0 16 6 7 5 100 13.9 5.2 4.4 6.1 0% .314 2.13 9.77 9.58 117 6.18 129.6 -0.1
2005 ANA MLB 5 2 18.7 0 1 1 19 4 8 1 97 9.2 1.9 0.5 3.9 0% .273 1.23 3.52 3.38 115 5.91 127.2 -0.1
2006 ANA MLB 7 0 10.3 0 1 0 16 9 7 3 105 13.9 7.8 2.6 6.1 0% .371 2.42 8.21 10.45 111 5.26 107.1 0.1
2007 ANA MLB 51 0 77.3 3 3 0 81 24 56 7 101 9.4 2.8 0.8 6.5 0% .310 1.36 4.15 4.77 97 4.60 95.1 0.8
2008 ANA MLB 10 0 16.0 0 1 0 30 12 14 2 102 16.9 6.8 1.1 7.9 0% .452 2.63 5.28 10.13 103 4.41 94.0 0.2
2009 PIT MLB 13 0 14.7 0 0 0 16 9 13 1 99 9.8 5.5 0.6 8.0 0% .326 1.70 4.21 11.05 96 4.94 105.9 0.0
2013 NYA MLB 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 91 18.0 18.0 0.0 9.0 0% .500 4.00 7.07 9.00 129 8.89 212.9 -0.1
CareerMLB913148.3371180661061910110.94.01.26.442%.3311.664.896.551034.96104.10.8

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-
2003 ANA MLB AL 4 1 10.3 0 1 0 16 6 7 5 100 13.9 5.2 4.4 6.1 0% .314 2.13 9.77 9.58 117 6.18 129.6
2005 ANA MLB AL 5 2 18.7 0 1 1 19 4 8 1 97 9.2 1.9 0.5 3.9 0% .273 1.23 3.52 3.38 115 5.91 127.2
2006 ANA MLB AL 7 0 10.3 0 1 0 16 9 7 3 105 13.9 7.8 2.6 6.1 0% .371 2.42 8.21 10.45 111 5.26 107.1
2007 ANA MLB AL 51 0 77.3 3 3 0 81 24 56 7 101 9.4 2.8 0.8 6.5 0% .310 1.36 4.15 4.77 97 4.60 95.1
2008 ANA MLB AL 10 0 16.0 0 1 0 30 12 14 2 102 16.9 6.8 1.1 7.9 0% .452 2.63 5.28 10.13 103 4.41 94.0
2009 PIT MLB NL 13 0 14.7 0 0 0 16 9 13 1 99 9.8 5.5 0.6 8.0 0% .326 1.70 4.21 11.05 96 4.94 105.9
2011 DUR AAA INT 16 7 58.0 3 2 1 46 19 48 9 97 7.1 2.9 1.4 7.4 0% .233 1.12 4.63 3.57 109 3.55 72.4
2012 TOL AAA INT 41 0 44.3 2 5 17 39 26 53 1 7.9 5.3 0.2 10.8 0% .309 1.47 2.95 4.06 90 4.89 101.9
2013 NYA MLB AL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 91 18.0 18.0 0.0 9.0 0% .500 4.00 7.07 9.00 129 8.89 212.9
2013 SWB AAA INT 24 23 136.7 10 7 0 135 41 97 15 99 8.9 2.7 1.0 6.4 0% .286 1.29 4.19 3.69 109 4.57 99.3
2014 REA AA EAS 8 8 35.7 2 3 0 46 13 24 6 106 11.6 3.3 1.5 6.1 0% .348 1.65 5.53 5.55 116 6.67 141.3
2014 LEH AAA INT 8 8 42.7 2 5 0 41 20 29 5 100 8.6 4.2 1.1 6.1 0% .277 1.43 5.06 4.85 118 4.63 98.1

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 336 0.5446 0.4464 0.8000 0.6721 0.1765 0.8537 0.5556 0.2000
2009 277 0.5162 0.4585 0.7559 0.6434 0.2612 0.8043 0.6286 0.2441
2013 30 0.3000 0.5000 0.8667 0.7778 0.3810 1.0000 0.7500 0.1333
Career6430.52100.45410.78410.66470.22250.83920.59610.2159

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
2014-08-08 - Minors - - - Trunk Fracture Ribcage -
2014-04-05 2014-05-24 Minors 49 0 - Not Disclosed -
2012-08-06 2012-09-05 Minors 30 28 Left Upper Arm Fracture Humerus -
2011-04-13 2011-05-02 Minors 19 0 Head Concussion -
2008-06-09 2008-07-03 15-DL 24 21 Right Forearm Strain -
2008-03-21 2008-04-20 15-DL 30 19 Left Abdomen Strain Oblique -
2006-05-03 2006-05-22 15-DL 19 17 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2001-05-01 2001-05-31 Minors 30 0 Right Shoulder Strain -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2008 ANA $415,000
2007 ANA $380,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$795,000
2 yrTotal$795,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 98 dScott Boras1 year (2013)

Details
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent (minor-league contract). Contract selected by NY Yankees 6/14/13. DFA by NY Yankees 6/18/13 (elected free agency 6/21/13). Re-signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 6/22/13 (minor-league contract). May opt out of contract 8/15/13 if not on Major League roster.
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Detroit as a free agent 12/7/11 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2011). Signed by Tampa as a free agent 2/13/11 (minor-league contract). Released by Tampa 7/2/11. Signed by Lotte of Korea 7/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Signed by Yokohama of Japan 12/17/09.
  • 1 year (2009). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 12/20/08 (minor-league contract). Salary of $0.6M in majors. Contract purchased by Pittsburgh 8/7/09. Sent outright to Triple-A by Pittsburgh 10/20/09.
  • 1 year/$0.415M (2008). Re-signed by LA Angels 2/22/08. Sent outright to Triple-A by LA Angels 7/3/08.
  • 1 year/$0.38M (2007). DFA by LA Angels 1/07. Contract purchased by LA Angels 4/07.
  • 1 year (2006). Re-signed by LA Angels 2/06.
  • Drafted by LA Angels 2000 (1-20). $1.8M 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
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Chris Bootcheck threw 1,440 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2013, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2013, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (90mph), also mixing in a Slider (85mph) and Curve (83mph). He also rarely threw a Change (78mph).