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Portrait of Vinnie Chulk

Vinnie Chulk P

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
13 259 285.3 8 15 2 4.51 0.9
Birth Date12-19-1978
Height6' 2"
Weight200 lbs
Age45 years, 4 months, 5 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 TOR MLB 3 0 5.3 0 0 0 6 3 2 0 104 10.1 5.1 0.0 3.4 0% .300 1.69 4.03 5.06 108 6.61 138.6 -0.1
2004 TOR MLB 47 0 56.0 1 3 2 59 27 44 6 106 9.5 4.3 1.0 7.1 0% .312 1.54 4.47 4.66 104 5.31 109.6 0.2
2005 TOR MLB 62 0 72.0 0 1 0 68 26 39 9 104 8.5 3.3 1.1 4.9 0% .261 1.31 4.71 3.88 118 6.15 132.4 -0.6
2006 SFN 0 28 0 22.3 0 3 0 17 15 25 2 91 6.9 6.0 0.8 10.1 0% .273 1.43 4.18 5.24 90 3.74 76.1 0.5
2006 TOR 0 20 0 24.0 1 0 0 29 5 18 4 108 10.9 1.9 1.5 6.8 0% .321 1.42 4.72 5.25 101 4.65 94.7 0.3
2007 SFN MLB 57 0 53.0 5 4 0 53 14 41 3 97 9.0 2.4 0.5 7.0 0% .309 1.26 3.26 3.57 100 4.36 90.3 0.6
2008 SFN MLB 27 0 31.7 0 3 0 33 8 16 6 97 9.4 2.3 1.7 4.5 0% .252 1.29 5.50 4.83 108 4.76 101.5 0.2
2009 CLE MLB 8 0 12.0 0 1 0 10 10 4 1 103 7.5 7.5 0.8 3.0 0% .225 1.67 6.05 3.75 122 7.41 158.9 -0.3
2012 MIL MLB 7 0 9.0 1 0 0 17 4 10 0 108 17.0 4.0 0.0 10.0 0% .500 2.33 2.24 10.00 88 4.16 95.3 0.1
2006 TOT MLB 48 0 46.3 1 3 0 46 20 43 6 100 8.9 3.9 1.2 8.4 0% .000 1.42 4.46 5.24 96 4.21 85.8 0.7
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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-
2000 MED Rk PIO 14 13 68.7 2 4 0 75 20 51 5 9.8 2.6 0.7 6.7 0% -.921 1.38 4.40 3.80 0 0.00 0.0
2001 DUN A+ FSL 16 1 34.7 1 2 1 38 13 50 2 9.9 3.4 0.5 13.0 0% -.545 1.47 2.27 3.11 0 0.00 0.0
2001 TEN AA SOU 24 1 43.0 2 5 2 34 8 43 5 7.1 1.7 1.0 9.0 0% -.509 0.98 3.33 3.14 0 0.00 0.0
2001 SYR AAA INT 5 0 6.0 1 0 0 5 4 3 0 7.5 6.0 0.0 4.5 0% -.714 1.50 4.16 1.50 0 0.00 0.0
2002 TEN AA SOU 25 24 152.0 13 5 1 133 53 108 12 7.9 3.1 0.7 6.4 0% .270 1.22 3.76 2.96 0 0.00 0.0
2002 SYR AAA INT 2 1 4.7 0 1 0 6 6 2 0 11.5 11.5 0.0 3.8 0% .316 2.55 6.07 5.74 0 0.00 0.0
2003 TOR MLB AL 3 0 5.3 0 0 0 6 3 2 0 104 10.1 5.1 0.0 3.4 0% .300 1.69 4.03 5.06 108 6.61 138.6
2003 SYR AAA INT 23 21 119.3 8 10 0 118 46 90 14 8.9 3.5 1.1 6.8 0% .282 1.37 4.58 4.22 0 0.00 0.0
2004 TOR MLB AL 47 0 56.0 1 3 2 59 27 44 6 106 9.5 4.3 1.0 7.1 0% .312 1.54 4.47 4.66 104 5.31 109.6
2004 SYR AAA INT 18 0 28.7 4 2 3 27 11 26 5 8.5 3.4 1.6 8.2 0% .272 1.32 4.96 2.82 0 0.00 0.0
2005 TOR MLB AL 62 0 72.0 0 1 0 68 26 39 9 104 8.5 3.3 1.1 4.9 0% .261 1.31 4.71 3.88 118 6.15 132.4
2006 SFN MLB NL 28 0 22.3 0 3 0 17 15 25 2 91 6.9 6.0 0.8 10.1 0% .273 1.43 4.18 5.24 90 3.74 76.1
2006 TOR MLB AL 20 0 24.0 1 0 0 29 5 18 4 108 10.9 1.9 1.5 6.8 0% .321 1.42 4.72 5.25 101 4.65 94.7
2006 SYR AAA INT 19 0 32.0 3 2 1 20 14 43 4 102 5.6 3.9 1.1 12.1 0% .232 1.06 3.51 2.25 79 2.77 58.1
2007 SFN MLB NL 57 0 53.0 5 4 0 53 14 41 3 97 9.0 2.4 0.5 7.0 0% .309 1.26 3.26 3.57 100 4.36 90.3
2008 SFN MLB NL 27 0 31.7 0 3 0 33 8 16 6 97 9.4 2.3 1.7 4.5 0% .252 1.29 5.50 4.83 108 4.76 101.5
2008 FRE AAA PCL 22 2 24.7 0 1 2 25 13 21 3 110 9.1 4.7 1.1 7.7 0% .310 1.54 5.06 3.64 102 4.49 91.9
2009 CLE MLB AL 8 0 12.0 0 1 0 10 10 4 1 103 7.5 7.5 0.8 3.0 0% .225 1.67 6.05 3.75 122 7.41 158.9
2009 COH AAA INT 18 0 21.7 1 0 4 22 7 16 0 114 9.1 2.9 0.0 6.6 0% .324 1.34 2.64 2.07 93 4.72 99.4
2010 IND AAA INT 28 0 32.7 1 0 0 39 12 38 3 10.7 3.3 0.8 10.5 0% .383 1.56 3.25 4.95 0 0.00 0.0
2010 HRO npb JCL 16 0 18.7 2 0 1 24 7 12 0 11.6 3.4 0.0 5.8 0% .353 1.66 3.00 5.78 0 0.00 0.0
2011 SAC AAA PCL 54 0 69.7 3 4 4 58 26 55 5 7.5 3.4 0.6 7.1 0% .266 1.21 4.42 3.36 95 3.05 62.2
2012 MIL MLB NL 7 0 9.0 1 0 0 17 4 10 0 108 17.0 4.0 0.0 10.0 0% .500 2.33 2.24 10.00 88 4.16 95.3
2012 NAS AAA PCL 16 0 25.7 3 0 1 17 9 25 2 6.0 3.2 0.7 8.8 0% .227 1.01 3.77 1.75 89 2.78 57.8
2012 BRR Rk AZL 2 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 106 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 0% .000 0.00 3.34 0.00 97 2.42 50.5
2012 MAZ Wnt LMP 3 0 2.3 0 0 0 7 2 0 1 27.0 7.7 3.9 0.0 0% .429 3.86 11.22 15.43 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 500 0.4680 0.4560 0.8333 0.6496 0.2857 0.8684 0.7632 0.1667
2009 230 0.4304 0.3870 0.8427 0.6263 0.2061 0.8871 0.7407 0.1573
2012 181 0.4144 0.3867 0.8429 0.6000 0.2358 0.9111 0.7200 0.1571
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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
2010-04-20 2010-04-28 Minors 8 0 - Low Back Strain -
2010-03-20 2010-03-28 Camp 8 0 Right Upper Arm Stiffness Biceps -
2009-07-08 2009-07-22 Minors 14 0 Right Ankle Sprain -
2008-03-21 2008-04-16 15-DL 26 15 Right Shoulder Inflammation -
2007-08-25 2007-09-30 60-DL 36 32 Right Fingers Inflammation Buerger's Disease of Middle Finger -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2008 SFN $837,500
2007 SFN $396,000
2006 TOR $348,500
2005 TOR $326,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$1,908,000
4 yrTotal$1,908,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 62 d1 year (2012)

Details
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Milwaukee 1/25/12 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Milwaukee 4/29/12. DFA by Milwaukee 5/19/12. Sent outright to Triple-A 5/21/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Signed by Oakland 12/11/10 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2010). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 12/7/09 (minor-league contract). Released by Pittsburgh 7/22/10. Signed by Hiroshima of Japan 7/22/10.
  • 1 year (2009). Signed by Cleveland as a free agent 2/3/09 (minor-league contract). Salary of $0.8M in majors. Contract purchased by Cleveland 4/11/09. DFA by Cleveland 5/7/09, sent outright to Triple-A 5/14/09.
  • 1 year/$0.8375M (2008). Re-signed by San Francisco 2/6/08 (avoided arbitration, $0.975M-$0.725M). DFA by San Francisco 6/24/08.
  • 1 year/$0.396M (2007). Signed by San Francisco 3/07.
  • 1 year/$0.3485M (2006). Re-signed by Toronto 2/06. Acquired by San Francisco in trade from Toronto 7/06.
  • 1 year/$0.326M (2005). Re-signed by Toronto 2/05.
  • 1 year (2004). Re-signed by Toronto 2/04.
  • 1 year (2003). Contract purchased by Toronto 11/02. Re-signed by Toronto 3/03.
  • Drafted by Toronto 2000 (12-358).

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, Vinnie Chulk threw 1,279 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2012, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2012, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (92mph) and Curve (79mph), also mixing in a Sinker (91mph) and Change (83mph). He also rarely threw a Cutter (85mph).