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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
9 72 326 24 19 0 4.53 -0.5
Birth Date11-9-1981
Height6' 0"
Weight190 lbs
Age42 years, 5 months, 16 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
2005 ATL MLB 2 0 5.7 0 0 0 4 3 5 0 92 6.4 4.8 0.0 7.9 0% .267 1.24 2.81 1.59 102 4.38 94.2 0.1
2006 ATL MLB 25 18 119.0 11 4 0 101 47 91 20 93 7.6 3.6 1.5 6.9 0% .238 1.24 5.09 3.78 121 5.84 119.0 0.0
2007 ATL MLB 30 30 161.3 11 10 0 164 58 116 32 101 9.1 3.2 1.8 6.5 0% .273 1.38 5.40 4.24 119 5.57 115.2 0.3
2008 ATL MLB 7 7 29.7 2 5 0 36 20 22 10 100 10.9 6.1 3.0 6.7 0% .286 1.89 8.32 9.10 128 7.56 161.2 -0.7
2011 MIN MLB 8 0 10.3 0 0 0 12 4 8 1 107 10.5 3.5 0.9 7.0 0% .333 1.55 3.93 6.10 119 6.13 142.4 -0.2
CareerMLB7255326.02419031713224263988.83.61.76.731%.2641.385.464.531215.84121.2-0.5

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-
2003 DNV Rk APL 11 11 50.3 2 1 0 26 19 68 1 4.7 3.4 0.2 12.2 0% .238 0.89 2.22 1.25 0 0.00 0.0
2004 ROM A SAL 26 22 132.7 10 5 0 92 48 156 6 6.2 3.3 0.4 10.6 0% .272 1.06 2.96 2.24 0 0.00 0.0
2005 ATL MLB NL 2 0 5.7 0 0 0 4 3 5 0 92 6.4 4.8 0.0 7.9 0% .267 1.24 2.81 1.59 102 4.38 94.2
2005 MYR A+ CRL 7 7 41.7 3 3 0 20 8 59 1 96 4.3 1.7 0.2 12.7 0% -.279 0.67 1.39 1.08 98 6.04 119.1
2005 MIS AA SOU 16 16 86.0 9 1 0 62 18 104 4 21 6.5 1.9 0.4 10.9 0% -.453 0.93 2.22 2.09 62 2.49 49.1
2005 GWN AAA INT 6 6 33.7 1 3 0 21 10 30 4 30 5.6 2.7 1.1 8.0 0% -.378 0.92 3.94 3.47 95 3.00 59.1
2006 ATL MLB NL 25 18 119.0 11 4 0 101 47 91 20 93 7.6 3.6 1.5 6.9 0% .238 1.24 5.09 3.78 121 5.84 119.0
2006 ROM A SAL 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .000 0.00 1.30 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2006 RIC AAA INT 7 6 33.0 1 0 0 30 6 25 3 32 8.2 1.6 0.8 6.8 0% .267 1.09 3.29 2.73 0 0.00 0.0
2007 ATL MLB NL 30 30 161.3 11 10 0 164 58 116 32 101 9.1 3.2 1.8 6.5 0% .273 1.38 5.40 4.24 119 5.57 115.2
2008 ATL MLB NL 7 7 29.7 2 5 0 36 20 22 10 100 10.9 6.1 3.0 6.7 0% .286 1.89 8.32 9.10 128 7.56 161.2
2008 GWN AAA INT 16 15 86.3 5 5 0 76 39 74 5 7.9 4.1 0.5 7.7 0% .282 1.33 3.81 2.92 0 0.00 0.0
2010 HAR AA EAS 21 2 45.3 8 0 2 28 7 50 2 92 5.6 1.4 0.4 9.9 0% .241 0.77 2.58 1.59 0 0.00 0.0
2010 SYR AAA INT 5 5 20.7 2 1 0 23 4 19 3 102 10.0 1.7 1.3 8.3 0% .323 1.30 4.06 3.91 0 0.00 0.0
2011 MIN MLB AL 8 0 10.3 0 0 0 12 4 8 1 107 10.5 3.5 0.9 7.0 0% .333 1.55 3.93 6.10 119 6.13 142.4
2011 ROC AAA INT 38 0 62.7 3 2 1 49 27 67 4 7.0 3.9 0.6 9.6 0% .278 1.21 3.26 2.30 85 3.54 72.2
2012 BUF AAA INT 18 0 21.7 0 1 0 19 9 22 2 7.9 3.7 0.8 9.1 0% .288 1.29 3.57 4.57 90 3.84 80.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 493 0.4422 0.4320 0.7981 0.6835 0.2327 0.8389 0.7031 0.2019
2011 208 0.4760 0.5048 0.7524 0.7475 0.2844 0.7838 0.6774 0.2476
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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
2012-05-02 - Minors - - - Not Disclosed - -
2010-08-30 2010-09-12 Minors 13 0 Not Disclosed -
2010-06-17 2010-07-06 Minors 19 0 Not Disclosed -
2008-09-13 2008-09-29 DTD 16 15 Left Shoulder Surgery Rotator Cuff and SLAP Tear Labrum 2008-09-12
2008-05-22 2008-06-04 Minors 13 0 Not Disclosed -
2008-03-21 2008-04-09 15-DL 19 8 Left Shoulder Strain Rotator Cuff -
2007-08-17 2007-09-01 15-DL 15 14 Left Shoulder Inflammation Posterior -
2006-09-14 2006-09-14 DTD 0 0 Low Back Soreness -
2006-05-06 2006-06-07 15-DL 32 30 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2008 ATL $427,500
2007 ATL $397,500
2006 ATL $327,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$1,152,000
3 yrTotal$1,152,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 132 d1 year (2012)

Details
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 12/15/11 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2011). Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 12/20/10 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Minnesota 5/29/11. DFA by Minnesota 9/6/11. Sent outright to Triple-A 9/9/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Signed by Washington as a free agent 1/28/10 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$0.4275M (2008). Re-signed by Atlanta 2/29/08. Non-tendered by Atlanta 12/12/08.
  • 1 year/$0.3975M (2007). Re-signed by Atlanta 3/07.
  • 1 year/$0.327M (2006). Re-signed by Atlanta 2/06.
  • 1 year (2005). Contract purchased by Atlanta 9/15/05.
  • Drafted by Atlanta 2002 (20-605) (Chattahoochie Valley CC, Ala.).

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, Chuck James threw 2,197 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2011, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2011, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (88mph) and Change (78mph), also mixing in a Slider (78mph).