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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
16 97 104.3 2 3 0 4.05 0.2
Birth Date11-12-1984
Height6' 0"
Weight215 lbs
Age39 years, 4 months, 17 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
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 SEA MLB 4 1 7.3 0 0 0 13 4 3 4 101 16.0 4.9 4.9 3.7 0% .333 2.32 11.09 14.73 126 7.59 154.5 -0.1
2008 SEA MLB 31 2 34.3 0 2 0 32 13 26 2 97 8.4 3.4 0.5 6.8 0% .303 1.31 3.62 3.41 96 4.05 86.4 0.5
2011 SEA MLB 8 0 6.7 1 0 0 6 3 7 0 93 8.1 4.1 0.0 9.5 0% .300 1.35 2.31 5.40 83 2.44 56.7 0.2
2013 PHI MLB 19 0 17.0 1 1 0 14 10 11 1 103 7.4 5.3 0.5 5.8 0% .245 1.41 4.43 3.71 118 5.59 133.9 -0.2
2014 PHI MLB 16 0 16.0 0 0 0 14 7 8 1 96 7.9 3.9 0.6 4.5 0% .265 1.31 4.22 1.69 121 5.58 136.9 -0.2
2015 MIL 0 16 0 19.7 0 0 0 16 8 21 2 95 7.3 3.7 0.9 9.6 0% .280 1.22 3.56 3.66 99 4.79 111.8 0.0
2015 PHI 0 3 0 3.3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 88 2.7 0.0 0.0 10.8 0% .167 0.30 0.76 0.00 59 3.04 71.1 0.1
2015 TOT MLB 19 0 23.0 0 0 0 17 8 25 2 94 6.7 3.1 0.8 9.8 0% .000 1.09 3.16 3.13 95 4.53 105.9 0.0
CareerMLB973104.323096458010978.33.90.96.940%.2861.354.184.051054.79109.10.2

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.
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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-
2002 EVE A- NWN 8 0 20.0 2 1 1 12 5 25 2 5.4 2.3 0.9 11.3 0% .217 0.85 3.29 2.70 0 0.00 0.0
2003 WIS A MDW 28 20 125.7 8 11 0 134 46 76 7 9.6 3.3 0.5 5.4 0% .302 1.43 3.82 2.94 0 0.00 0.0
2004 SBR A+ CLF 43 2 85.3 6 7 6 80 18 80 3 8.4 1.9 0.3 8.4 0% .314 1.15 3.10 2.32 0 0.00 0.0
2005 SAN AA TXS 45 1 68.7 3 5 4 64 24 54 3 78 8.4 3.1 0.4 7.1 0% -.735 1.28 3.40 2.62 87 4.29 84.6
2005 TAC AAA PCL 4 0 7.7 0 0 0 9 1 9 5 85 10.5 1.2 5.8 10.5 0% -.267 1.30 10.00 9.35 127 5.11 100.7
2006 SEA MLB AL 4 1 7.3 0 0 0 13 4 3 4 101 16.0 4.9 4.9 3.7 0% .333 2.32 11.09 14.73 126 7.59 154.5
2006 SAN AA TXS 3 3 16.2 0 2 0 10 5 10 0 61 5.6 2.8 0.0 5.6 0% .217 0.93 3.14 2.78 85 2.03 42.5
2006 TAC AAA PCL 24 19 107.0 5 10 3 107 55 66 8 101 9.0 4.6 0.7 5.6 0% .296 1.51 4.73 4.37 111 4.75 99.6
2007 TAC AAA PCL 16 0 25.7 2 1 2 28 12 23 2 101 9.8 4.2 0.7 8.1 0% .321 1.56 4.15 3.50 98 4.92 100.9
2007 MRN Rk AZL 3 2 6.0 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 86 6.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .267 0.67 2.74 0.00 79 1.57 32.2
2007 LAR Wnt VWL 4 0 5.0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3.6 0.0 0.0 1.8 0% .133 0.40 2.55 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2007 LAR Wnt VWL 8 0 10.7 0 0 1 7 2 6 0 5.9 1.7 0.0 5.0 0% .233 0.84 2.39 0.84 0 0.00 0.0
2007 LAR Wnt VWL 21 0 23.3 4 0 1 14 3 18 1 5.4 1.2 0.4 7.0 0% .210 0.73 2.35 0.77 0 0.00 0.0
2008 SEA MLB AL 31 2 34.3 0 2 0 32 13 26 2 97 8.4 3.4 0.5 6.8 0% .303 1.31 3.62 3.41 96 4.05 86.4
2008 TAC AAA PCL 29 0 38.0 1 3 3 37 8 47 3 111 8.8 1.9 0.7 11.1 0% .324 1.18 2.82 3.55 62 2.45 50.1
2009 TAC AAA PCL 8 0 7.7 0 1 0 10 5 5 0 104 11.7 5.8 0.0 5.8 0% .357 1.95 4.10 4.68 106 5.73 120.6
2009 MRN Rk AZL 5 4 6.0 0 1 0 8 2 8 0 93 12.0 3.0 0.0 12.0 0% .444 1.67 3.75 3.00 98 13.76 289.5
2010 WTN AA SOU 7 1 9.0 1 0 0 7 3 9 1 101 7.0 3.0 1.0 9.0 0% .261 1.11 4.48 1.00 0 0.00 0.0
2010 MRN Rk AZL 3 3 6.0 0 0 0 4 0 8 0 91 6.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 0% .286 0.67 1.58 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2010 LAR Wnt VWL 13 0 14.3 1 0 0 7 5 15 0 4.4 3.1 0.0 9.4 0% .212 0.84 1.93 0.63 0 0.00 0.0
2011 SEA MLB AL 8 0 6.7 1 0 0 6 3 7 0 93 8.1 4.1 0.0 9.5 0% .300 1.35 2.31 5.40 83 2.44 56.7
2011 TAC AAA PCL 43 0 71.0 5 4 1 71 35 81 3 9.0 4.4 0.4 10.3 0% .356 1.49 3.52 4.06 79 4.61 94.0
2012 TAC AAA PCL 23 0 40.7 2 2 0 53 19 38 3 11.7 4.2 0.7 8.4 0% .379 1.77 4.15 5.75 94 6.54 136.2
2012 MRN Rk AZL 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 2.3 2.3 0.0 13.5 0% .167 0.50 2.09 0.00 77 1.51 31.5
2012 LAR Wnt VWL 24 0 22.0 0 3 4 26 8 26 1 10.6 3.3 0.4 10.6 0% .403 1.55 2.68 3.68 0 0.00 0.0
2013 PHI MLB NL 19 0 17.0 1 1 0 14 10 11 1 103 7.4 5.3 0.5 5.8 0% .245 1.41 4.43 3.71 118 5.59 133.9
2013 LEH AAA INT 36 3 66.3 4 2 3 61 26 64 3 100 8.3 3.5 0.4 8.7 0% .314 1.31 3.03 3.12 91 4.29 93.1
2013 VEN int WBC 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 20.3 0.0 0.0 6.8 0% .600 2.25 2.13 13.50 0 0.00 0.0
2014 PHI MLB NL 16 0 16.0 0 0 0 14 7 8 1 96 7.9 3.9 0.6 4.5 0% .265 1.31 4.22 1.69 121 5.58 136.9
2014 LEH AAA INT 38 2 49.7 3 2 3 34 15 46 0 101 6.2 2.7 0.0 8.3 0% .256 0.99 2.40 1.45 77 2.39 50.6
2015 MIL MLB NL 16 0 19.7 0 0 0 16 8 21 2 95 7.3 3.7 0.9 9.6 0% .280 1.22 3.56 3.66 99 4.79 111.8
2015 PHI MLB NL 3 0 3.3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 88 2.7 0.0 0.0 10.8 0% .167 0.30 0.76 0.00 59 3.04 71.1
2015 LEH AAA INT 41 1 57.3 3 5 4 61 18 40 4 101 9.6 2.8 0.6 6.3 0% .315 1.38 3.60 3.61 101 4.79 105.1
2018 ZUL Wnt VWL 12 12 52.7 2 2 0 54 23 30 1 96 9.2 3.9 0.2 5.1 44% .195 1.46 3.54 3.59 0 0.00 0.0
2019 CDC AAA MEX 4 3 7.0 0 3 0 15 7 5 3 19.3 9.0 3.9 6.4 0% .444 3.14 11.24 18.00 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 517 0.4894 0.4275 0.7511 0.6008 0.2614 0.8224 0.5942 0.2489
2011 121 0.4463 0.4215 0.7255 0.5185 0.3433 0.9286 0.4783 0.2745
2013 302 0.4404 0.4238 0.7578 0.6767 0.2249 0.8444 0.5526 0.2422
2014 259 0.4208 0.4440 0.8000 0.6422 0.3000 0.8857 0.6667 0.2000
2015 368 0.3995 0.4565 0.7500 0.6531 0.3258 0.8021 0.6806 0.2500
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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
2012-06-18 2012-08-24 Minors 67 63 Left Forearm Strain -
2010-04-01 2010-08-14 Minors 135 0 Left Shoulder Recovery From Surgery Labrum 2009-09-09 -
2009-04-01 2009-10-04 60-DL 186 161 Left Shoulder Surgery Labrum 2009-09-09 -
2009-03-29 2009-10-04 60-DL 189 161 Left Shoulder Surgery Labrum 2009-09-09 -
2007-04-01 2007-07-09 60-DL 99 85 Left Elbow Stress Fracture -
2006-08-03 2006-08-24 Minors 21 0 Left Elbow Inflammation -
2005-07-15 2005-08-02 Minors 18 17 Not Disclosed -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2016 MIL $
2015 PHI $575,000
2014 PHI $
2013 PHI $
2012 SEA $
2011 SEA $
2010 SEA $
2009 SEA $405,000
2008 SEA $390,000
2007 SEA $380,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$1,750,000
4 yrTotal$1,750,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 83 dGodoy Sports1 year (2016)

Details
  • 1 year (2016). Re-signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 1/22/16 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$0.575M (2015). Re-signed by Philadelphia 10/23/14 (avoided arbitration). DFA by Philadelphia 1/29/15. Sent outright to Triple-A 2/9/15. Contract selected by Philadelphia 4/4/15. DFA by Philadelphia 4/12/15, sent outright to Triple-A. Contract selected by Philadelphia 8/11/15. Claimed by Milwaukee off waivers 8/21/15 after being DFA by Philadelphia. Sent outright to Triple-A by Milwaukee 11/2/15. Elected free agency 11/10/15.
  • 1 year (2014). Re-signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 11/15/13 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Philadelphia 6/1/14. DFA by Philadelphia 6/6/14. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/8/14. Contract selected by Philadelphia 8/1/14.
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 12/5/12 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Philadelphia 8/6/13. Sent outright to Triple-A by Philadelphia 10/16/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Re-signed by Seattle 2/12. DFA by Seattle 3/22/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Contract purchased by Seattle 11/19/10. Sent outright to Triple-A by Seattle 3/29/11. Contract purchased by Seattle 9/1/11.
  • 1 year (2010)
  • 1 year/$0.405M (2009). Re-signed by Seattle 3/1/09. Sent outright to Triple A by Seattle 10/29/09.
  • 1 year/$0.39M (2008). Re-signed by Seattle 2/08.
  • 1 year/$0.38M (2007). Re-signed by Seattle 2/07.
  • 1 year (2006). Contract purchased by Seattle 11/05.
  • Signed by Seattle 2001 as an amateur free agent from Venezuela.

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 2023, Cesar Jimenez threw 1,702 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2008 and 2015, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2015, he relied primarily on his Sinker (89mph), Fourseam Fastball (90mph) and Change (80mph), also mixing in a Slider (81mph).