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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 46)
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Birth Date5-24-1973
Height5' 11"
Weight285 lbs
Age51 years, 10 months, 13 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2.42015
2.62016
-1.82017
-1.82018
0.02019
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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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YEARTeamGGSIPWLSVHBBSOHRPPFH/9BB/9HR/9K/9GB%BABIPWHIPFIPERAcFIPDRADRA-WARP
1997 CLE 19 17 94.0 4 7 0 107 45 66 12 97 10.2 4.3 1.1 6.3 0% .316 1.62 4.93 5.65 113 6.35 132.0 -0.5
1998 CLE 31 31 204.0 14 9 0 205 79 158 15 103 9.0 3.5 0.7 7.0 0% .303 1.39 3.83 3.71 93 4.49 93.1 3.1
1999 CLE 32 32 205.0 18 5 0 185 76 161 24 104 8.1 3.3 1.1 7.1 0% .273 1.27 4.36 3.95 90 3.95 76.9 5.1
2000 CLE 30 30 188.0 15 8 0 163 98 212 21 93 7.8 4.7 1.0 10.1 0% .301 1.39 4.04 3.88 80 3.40 65.5 5.7
2001 CLE 34 34 222.3 14 12 0 220 90 201 26 102 8.9 3.6 1.1 8.1 0% .309 1.39 4.04 4.09 91 4.04 83.8 4.3
2002 CLE 16 16 116.3 10 4 0 104 31 75 11 103 8.0 2.4 0.9 5.8 0% .267 1.16 3.84 2.55 97 4.31 92.6 1.7
2002 MON 17 17 117.0 10 4 0 115 39 74 9 102 8.8 3.0 0.7 5.7 0% .281 1.32 3.61 3.31 93 4.10 87.9 2.0
2002 TOT 33 33 233.3 20 8 0 219 70 149 20 102 8.4 2.7 0.8 5.7 0% .000 1.24 3.72 2.93 95 4.21 90.2 3.7
2003 CHA 34 34 242.0 15 13 0 223 67 173 30 99 8.3 2.5 1.1 6.4 0% .272 1.20 4.16 3.87 100 4.00 83.9 4.6
2004 ANA 34 34 208.3 18 12 0 215 71 158 38 104 9.3 3.1 1.6 6.8 0% .282 1.37 5.07 5.01 105 5.24 108.1 1.2
2005 ANA 33 33 222.7 21 8 0 215 43 157 26 96 8.7 1.7 1.1 6.3 0% .279 1.16 3.77 3.48 91 3.44 74.1 5.2
2006 ANA 10 10 56.3 1 5 0 71 11 31 11 103 11.3 1.8 1.8 5.0 0% .308 1.46 5.37 5.11 103 4.64 94.5 0.7
2007 ANA 19 18 99.3 6 8 0 132 29 76 15 102 12.0 2.6 1.4 6.9 0% .357 1.62 4.76 6.34 97 4.71 97.4 1.1
2008 BOS 7 7 39.0 4 2 0 44 10 27 5 108 10.2 2.3 1.2 6.2 0% .302 1.38 4.36 3.92 108 5.71 121.8 -0.1
2009 CHA 12 12 62.3 3 6 0 69 21 38 13 107 10.0 3.0 1.9 5.5 0% .277 1.44 5.73 4.19 120 7.01 150.4 -1.0
2011 NYA 29 26 164.3 8 10 0 172 40 135 21 106 9.4 2.2 1.2 7.4 0% .305 1.29 3.86 4.00 99 4.36 101.3 1.3
2012 OAK 24 24 152.3 10 9 0 161 23 91 17 93 9.5 1.4 1.0 5.4 0% .286 1.21 3.77 3.43 101 4.03 92.4 2.0
2013 OAK 30 30 190.3 18 6 0 193 29 117 14 94 9.1 1.4 0.7 5.5 0% .294 1.17 3.25 2.65 95 3.25 77.9 3.9
2014 NYN 31 31 202.3 15 13 0 218 30 151 22 96 9.7 1.3 1.0 6.7 0% .307 1.23 3.54 4.09 98 3.58 87.8 3.1
2015 NYN 33 31 194.7 14 13 0 217 24 136 25 86 10.0 1.1 1.2 6.3 0% .307 1.24 3.86 4.16 99 4.02 93.8 2.4
2016 NYN 34 33 191.7 15 8 0 200 32 128 24 86 9.4 1.5 1.1 6.0 45% .291 1.21 4.02 3.43 100 4.18 92.4 2.6
2017 ATL 13 13 63.0 2 8 0 92 20 42 11 94 13.1 2.9 1.6 6.0 47% .360 1.78 5.11 8.14 103 5.90 125.5 -0.2
2017 MIN 15 15 80.0 5 6 0 100 15 47 17 107 11.3 1.7 1.9 5.3 41% .307 1.44 5.29 5.18 121 7.35 156.5 -1.6
2017 TOT 28 28 143.0 7 14 0 192 35 89 28 102 12.1 2.2 1.8 5.6 44% .331 1.59 5.21 6.48 113 6.71 142.9 -1.8
2018 TEX 28 24 146.3 7 12 0 172 25 81 32 109 10.6 1.5 2.0 5.0 43% .287 1.35 5.50 5.78 119 6.37 142.3 -1.8
Career5655523461.7247188035939482535439999.32.51.16.645%.2951.314.184.12984.3994.845.0

Statistics for All Levels

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Plate Discipline

YEARPitsZone%Swing%Contact%Z-Swing%O-Swing%Z-Contact%O-Contact%SwStr%
2008 546 0.4945 0.4615 0.8413 0.6519 0.2754 0.8750 0.7632 0.1587
2009 870 0.5402 0.4195 0.8548 0.5979 0.2100 0.9004 0.7024 0.1452
2011 2516 0.5358 0.4340 0.8636 0.5823 0.2628 0.9019 0.7655 0.1364
2012 2048 0.6030 0.4766 0.8863 0.5992 0.2903 0.9230 0.7712 0.1137
2013 2777 0.5787 0.4836 0.8533 0.6248 0.2897 0.8725 0.7965 0.1467
2014 2993 0.5737 0.4551 0.8532 0.6010 0.2586 0.8895 0.7394 0.1468
2015 2681 0.5793 0.4778 0.8525 0.6072 0.2996 0.8865 0.7574 0.1475
2016 2840 0.5810 0.4634 0.8617 0.6048 0.2672 0.8998 0.7421 0.1383
2017 2270 0.5388 0.4586 0.8713 0.6100 0.2818 0.9142 0.7627 0.1287
2018 2228 0.5301 0.4592 0.8739 0.6105 0.2884 0.9140 0.7781 0.1261
Career217690.56290.46170.86230.60600.27620.89800.76080.1377

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Compensation

YearsDescriptionSalary
16 yrPrevious$114,575,000
16 yrTotal$114,575,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
20 y 59 dAdam Katz1 year (2018)

Details
  • 1 year (2018). Signed by Texas as a free agent 2/4/18 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.75M in majors. Performance bonuses: $0.1M each for 90, 100, 110, 120 innings. $0.15M each for 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180 innings. May opt out of contract 3/24/18 if not on Major League roster. Released by Texas 3/24/18. Re-signed by Texas as a free agent 3/26/18 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Texas 4/2/18.
  • 1 year/$12.5M (2017). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 11/11/16. DFA by Atlanta 6/29/17. Released by Atlanta 7/4/17. Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 7/7/17 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Minnesota 7/18/17.
  • 1 year/$7.25M (2016). Re-signed by NY Mets as a free agent 12/16/15. Award bonuses: $50,000 each for All Star, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger. $50,000 for Cy Young award ($25,000 for second in vote, $10,000 for third). $50,000 for LCS MVP. $0.1M for WS MVP.
  • 2 years/$20M (2014-15). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 1/6/14. 14:$9M, 15:$11M.
  • 1 year/$3M (2013). Re-signed by Oakland as a free agent 11/3/12. May earn more than $2M in performance bonuses. Award bonuses, including $50,000 for All-Star selection.
  • 1 year/$2M (2012). Signed by Oakland as a free agent 1/17/12. Placed on restricted list by Oakland 8/22/12 (positive test for enhanced levels of testosterone).
  • 1 year (2011). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 1/26/11 (minor-league contract). $0.9M salary in majors. Contract purchased by NY Yankees 3/30/11.
  • 1 year/$1M (2009). Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 1/09. $2M performance bonus. Released by White Sox 9/16/09.
  • 1 year/$1.25M (2008) (minor-league contract). Signed by Boston as a free agent 2/25/08. Additional $5.75M in performance & roster bonuses. contract purchased 5/21/08. Suspended 9/19/08. Restricted list 9/25/08.
  • 4 years/$51M (2004-07). Signed by LA Angels as a free agent 12/03. $8M signing bonus, 04:$9M, 05:$8M, 06:$12M, 07:$14M ($15M with top 3 in 2006 Cy Young voting).
  • 4 years/$9.25M (1999-2002), plus $6M club option. Signed extension with Cleveland. $0.5M signing bonus. 99:$0.5M, 00:$1M, 01:$2.5M, 02:$4.5M, 03:$6M club option $0.25M buyout. Montreal exercised 2003 option 10/02. 2003 salary increase from $6M to $8.25M with bonuses met. Acquired by Montreal in trade from Cleveland 6/02. Acquired by Chicago White Sox in trade from Montreal 1/03.
  • Signed by Cleveland 1993 as an amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCTWLSVGGSIPHBBSOHRBABIPWHIPERADRAVORPWARP
90o 0 13.2 0 24 24 137.8 147 34 83 22 .282 1.31 4.41 4.46 -17.8 -1.9
80o 0 13.3 0 23 23 132.0 148 34 80 22 .293 1.38 4.75 4.82 -22.1 -2.4
70o 0 13.4 0 23 23 127.9 149 34 77 22 .301 1.43 5.00 5.08 -24.9 -2.7
60o 0 13.4 0 22 22 124.4 150 34 75 22 .307 1.48 5.21 5.3 -27.1 -3.0
50o 0 13.4 0 22 22 121.3 150 34 73 22 .313 1.52 5.41 5.51 -29.2 -3.2
40o 0 13.5 0 21 21 118.1 151 35 71 22 .319 1.57 5.62 5.73 -31.2 -3.4
30o 0 13.5 0 20 20 114.8 151 35 69 22 .326 1.62 5.84 5.96 -33.1 -3.6
20o 0 13.5 0 20 20 111.0 151 35 67 22 .334 1.67 6.10 6.23 -35.2 -3.8
10o 0 13.5 0 19 19 105.8 151 35 64 22 .345 1.76 6.47 6.61 -37.8 -4.1
Weighted Mean013.402222121.2149347322.3121.525.405.5-29.0-3.2

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2025, Bartolo Colon threw 22,959 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2018, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2018, he relied primarily on his Sinker (87mph), also mixing in a Fourseam Fastball (90mph), Change (81mph) and Slider (81mph). He also rarely threw a Cutter (86mph).