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Portrait of Jon Leicester

Jon Leicester PCubs

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
5 48 82.7 7 6 0 5.88 -0.3
Birth Date2-7-1979
Height6' 3"
Weight220 lbs
Age45 years, 2 months, 12 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
2004 CHN MLB 32 0 41.7 5 1 0 40 15 35 7 97 8.6 3.2 1.5 7.6 0% .280 1.32 4.53 3.89 95 4.04 83.2 0.7
2005 CHN MLB 6 1 9.0 0 2 0 11 9 7 2 107 11.0 9.0 2.0 7.0 0% .346 2.22 7.98 9.00 116 6.43 138.3 -0.1
2007 BAL MLB 10 5 32.0 2 3 0 36 13 16 3 104 10.1 3.7 0.8 4.5 0% .300 1.53 5.02 7.59 124 8.23 170.2 -0.9
CareerMLB48682.7760873758121019.54.01.36.345%.2951.505.095.881095.92122.9-0.3

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-
2004 CHN MLB NL 32 0 41.7 5 1 0 40 15 35 7 97 8.6 3.2 1.5 7.6 0% .280 1.32 4.53 3.89 95 4.04 83.2
2005 CHN MLB NL 6 1 9.0 0 2 0 11 9 7 2 107 11.0 9.0 2.0 7.0 0% .346 2.22 7.98 9.00 116 6.43 138.3
2007 BAL MLB AL 10 5 32.0 2 3 0 36 13 16 3 104 10.1 3.7 0.8 4.5 0% .300 1.53 5.02 7.59 124 8.23 170.2
2011 TUC AAA PCL 27 25 135.7 5 9 0 169 64 66 21 104 11.2 4.2 1.4 4.4 0% .316 1.72 6.32 6.50 123 6.13 125.2
2015 PUE AAA MEX 2 2 9.7 0 1 0 18 5 5 2 16.8 4.7 1.9 4.7 0% .410 2.38 7.04 9.31 0 0.00 0.0
2015 YUC AAA MEX 6 6 29.7 3 2 0 32 6 20 1 9.7 1.8 0.3 6.1 0% .313 1.28 3.32 3.64 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%

Injury History  —  No longer being updated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
2011-05-27 2011-06-05 Minors 9 9 - Not Disclosed - -
2011-04-11 2011-04-19 Minors 8 8 Not Disclosed -
2007-05-13 2007-07-19 60-DL 67 58 Right Shoulder Strain -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2006 BAL $332,100
2005 CHN $316,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$648,100
2 yrTotal$648,100

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 84 d

Details
  • sent outright to Triple-A 3/25/08 contract purchased 8/30/07
  • designated for assignment 7/19/07
  • contract purchased 5/7/07
  • signed as a free agent from TX 11/06 (minor-league contract)
  • sent outright to Triple-A 3/06 re-signed 2/06, 1 year/$332,100 (06)
  • acquired in trade from CHC 11/05 optioned to Triple-A 6/05 recalled 5/05 optioned to Triple-A 5/05 4/05
  • 1 year/$0.316M (05) recalled 7/04 optioned to Triple-A 7/04 recalled 6/04 optioned to Triple-A 3/04 optioned to Triple-A 8/03 recalled 8/03 optioned Double-A 3/03 40-m 11/02

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, Jon Leicester threw 179 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2007, including pitches thrown in . In 2007, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (92mph) and Curve (80mph), also mixing in a Sinker (91mph). He also rarely threw a Change (86mph) and Slider (84mph).