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Portrait of Les Walrond

Les Walrond P

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
14 23 35.7 1 4 0 7.07 0.5
Birth Date11-7-1976
Height6' 3"
Weight205 lbs
Age47 years, 5 months, 19 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
2003 KCA MLB 7 0 8.0 0 2 0 11 7 6 2 111 12.4 7.9 2.3 6.8 0% .346 2.25 7.46 10.13 128 8.87 185.9 -0.3
2006 CHN MLB 10 2 17.3 0 1 0 19 12 21 2 97 9.9 6.2 1.0 10.9 0% .347 1.79 4.26 6.23 91 3.26 66.4 0.5
2008 PHI MLB 6 0 10.3 1 1 0 13 9 12 0 92 11.3 7.8 0.0 10.5 0% .464 2.13 3.39 6.10 74 2.32 49.5 0.3
CareerMLB23235.714043283949810.97.11.09.850%.3791.994.727.07954.2588.30.5

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-
1998 NWJ A- NYP 13 10 51.7 2 4 0 52 24 52 1 9.1 4.2 0.2 9.1 0% -.662 1.47 3.47 4.00 0 0.00 0.0
1999 PEO A MDW 21 20 109.0 7 10 0 115 59 78 12 9.5 4.9 1.0 6.4 0% -.691 1.60 5.36 5.70 0 0.00 0.0
2000 POT A+ CRL 27 27 151.0 10 5 0 134 54 153 9 8.0 3.2 0.5 9.1 0% -.579 1.25 3.23 3.34 0 0.00 0.0
2001 NHV AA EAS 16 16 81.3 2 8 0 68 46 67 5 7.5 5.1 0.6 7.4 0% -.534 1.40 4.05 3.87 0 0.00 0.0
2001 Car Wnt PRL 10 9 47.7 1 4 0 46 26 41 3 8.7 4.9 0.6 7.7 0% -.606 1.51 3.52 5.28 0 0.00 0.0
2002 NHV AA EAS 4 4 22.3 2 1 0 19 10 31 2 7.7 4.0 0.8 12.5 0% .321 1.30 2.91 2.42 0 0.00 0.0
2002 MEM AAA PCL 28 18 123.0 8 7 0 127 63 111 20 9.3 4.6 1.5 8.1 0% .312 1.54 5.32 4.98 0 0.00 0.0
2003 KCA MLB AL 7 0 8.0 0 2 0 11 7 6 2 111 12.4 7.9 2.3 6.8 0% .346 2.25 7.46 10.13 128 8.87 185.9
2003 TEN AA SOU 4 0 6.7 0 0 0 4 4 7 1 5.4 5.4 1.3 9.4 0% .188 1.19 4.71 2.69 0 0.00 0.0
2003 WIC AA TXS 2 2 11.0 2 0 0 7 2 9 2 5.7 1.6 1.6 7.4 0% .167 0.82 4.68 3.27 0 0.00 0.0
2003 MEM AAA PCL 10 1 17.3 0 0 0 12 7 14 0 6.2 3.6 0.0 7.3 0% .240 1.10 2.89 1.04 0 0.00 0.0
2003 OMA AAA PCL 18 0 25.7 3 1 2 19 9 20 1 6.7 3.2 0.4 7.0 0% .231 1.09 3.41 2.45 0 0.00 0.0
2004 WIC AA TXS 8 6 39.0 3 3 0 30 17 34 2 6.9 3.9 0.5 7.8 0% .255 1.21 3.87 4.38 0 0.00 0.0
2004 OMA AAA PCL 19 19 123.7 11 5 0 114 41 107 12 8.3 3.0 0.9 7.8 0% .288 1.25 4.10 3.06 0 0.00 0.0
2005 ABQ AAA PCL 15 15 86.7 4 5 0 97 37 61 13 25 10.1 3.8 1.3 6.3 0% -.750 1.55 5.36 4.57 105 4.97 97.9
2006 CHN MLB NL 10 2 17.3 0 1 0 19 12 21 2 97 9.9 6.2 1.0 10.9 0% .347 1.79 4.26 6.23 91 3.26 66.4
2006 IOW AAA PCL 31 20 133.1 10 5 0 134 59 104 11 94 9.1 4.0 0.7 7.0 0% .308 1.45 4.33 3.99 101 4.64 97.4
2007 IOW AAA PCL 27 24 137.7 11 5 0 167 48 93 13 111 10.9 3.1 0.8 6.1 0% .348 1.56 4.62 4.77 101 6.41 131.6
2008 PHI MLB NL 6 0 10.3 1 1 0 13 9 12 0 92 11.3 7.8 0.0 10.5 0% .464 2.13 3.39 6.10 74 2.32 49.5
2008 IOW AAA PCL 7 0 11.0 1 1 0 20 5 14 1 105 16.4 4.1 0.8 11.5 0% .475 2.27 3.48 6.55 82 8.18 167.4
2008 LEH AAA INT 21 17 111.0 5 8 0 106 42 105 4 90 8.6 3.4 0.3 8.5 0% .324 1.33 3.16 3.32 87 4.29 87.7
2009 YKO npb JCL 21 21 110.7 5 10 0 128 50 85 10 10.4 4.1 0.8 6.9 0% .331 1.61 3.82 4.80 0 0.00 0.0
2011 REA AA EAS 21 0 30.3 4 1 3 25 13 32 1 7.4 3.9 0.3 9.5 0% .296 1.25 3.11 2.08 88 4.16 84.9
2011 LEH AAA INT 12 0 14.7 0 1 0 9 9 15 0 5.5 5.5 0.0 9.2 0% .243 1.23 3.03 1.23 93 3.67 75.0
2012 NHP AA EAS 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 3 4 3 0 6.8 9.0 0.0 6.8 0% .250 1.75 4.69 2.25 115 4.80 99.9
2012 LAG Wnt VWL 11 10 49.7 1 4 0 62 23 31 2 11.2 4.2 0.4 5.6 0% .355 1.71 4.07 3.62 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 160 0.4750 0.4375 0.6714 0.5658 0.3214 0.8605 0.3704 0.3286
Career1600.47500.43750.67140.56580.32140.86050.37040.3286

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

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2003 KCA $300,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$300,000
1 yrTotal$300,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 101 d1 year (2012)

Details
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Lancaster (independent Atlantic League) 3/12. Signed by Toronto as a free agent 7/15/12 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2011). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 3/1/11 (minor-league contract). Released by NY Mets 4/1/11. Signed by Lancaster (independent Atlantic League) 5/12. Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 5/28/11 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2010). Signed by Doosan of Korea.
  • 1 year (2009). Signed by Yokohama of Japan 12/17/08.
  • 1 year/$0.4M (2008). Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 11/13/07 (minor-league contract). Released by Cubs 4/27/08. Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 5/2/08 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Philadelphia 8/2/08. DFA by Philadelphia 8/20/08. Contract purchased by Philadelphia 9/1/08. Claimed by Toronto off waivers from Philadelphia 11/4/08. Released to play in Japan 11/20/08.
  • 1 year (2007). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs.
  • 1 year (2006). Signed by Chicago Cubs 1/19/06 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Chicago Cubs 8/06.
  • 1 year (2005). Signed by Florida as a free agent 12/04 (minor-league contract). Released by Florida 6/05.
  • 1 year (2004). Re-signed by Kansas City (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$0.3 (2003). Signed split contract with St. Louis 1/03 ($50,000 in minors). Claimed by Kansas City off waivers from St. Louis 5/03. DFA by Kansas City 8/03. Sent outright to Triple-A 8/03.
  • Drafted by St. Louis 1998 (13-378) (Kansas).

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, Les Walrond threw 160 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2008, including pitches thrown in . In 2008, he relied primarily on his Slider (80mph) and Fourseam Fastball (92mph), also mixing in a Sinker (91mph) and Curve (76mph). He also rarely threw a Change (84mph).