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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
10 51 61 0 3 0 5.61 -0.2
Birth Date8-30-1983
Height6' 0"
Weight190 lbs
Age40 years, 7 months, 19 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
2008 SDN MLB 8 0 9.7 0 2 0 14 7 6 2 89 13.0 6.5 1.9 5.6 0% .375 2.17 6.72 7.45 119 6.17 131.5 -0.1
2009 SDN MLB 12 0 18.3 0 0 0 21 8 19 3 88 10.3 3.9 1.5 9.3 0% .346 1.58 4.58 6.38 92 3.52 75.5 0.3
2010 TBA MLB 15 0 16.3 0 1 0 12 9 10 0 111 6.6 5.0 0.0 5.5 0% .255 1.29 3.84 3.31 126 6.18 139.5 -0.2
2011 TBA MLB 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 83 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .333 1.00 1.06 0.00 106 3.60 83.6 0.0
2012 COL MLB 15 0 15.7 0 0 0 21 2 9 1 123 12.1 1.1 0.6 5.2 0% .333 1.47 3.19 6.32 108 6.10 139.9 -0.2
CareerMLB51061.0030692645610310.23.80.96.646%.3251.564.315.611095.32118.2-0.2

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.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
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 FTW A MDW 3 3 14.3 0 2 0 21 3 10 1 13.2 1.9 0.6 6.3 0% .385 1.68 3.61 8.18 0 0.00 0.0
2004 EUG A- NWN 12 7 39.0 3 1 0 38 10 42 1 8.8 2.3 0.2 9.7 0% .330 1.23 2.83 3.69 0 0.00 0.0
2005 FTW A MDW 28 28 167.7 13 6 0 167 36 112 11 67 9.0 1.9 0.6 6.0 0% -.951 1.21 3.70 3.70 93 4.41 87.0
2006 LEL A+ CLF 14 14 82.2 7 4 0 76 21 68 2 8.3 2.3 0.2 7.4 0% .312 1.18 3.44 2.30 0 0.00 0.0
2006 MOB AA SOU 14 14 84.0 3 7 0 87 19 49 2 75 9.3 2.0 0.2 5.3 0% .295 1.26 2.86 3.86 97 5.01 105.1
2007 SAN AA TXS 27 27 143.7 7 10 0 183 47 98 6 94 11.5 2.9 0.4 6.1 0% .363 1.60 3.44 4.76 91 6.05 124.1
2008 SDN MLB NL 8 0 9.7 0 2 0 14 7 6 2 89 13.0 6.5 1.9 5.6 0% .375 2.17 6.72 7.45 119 6.17 131.5
2008 SAN AA TXS 41 15 108.0 11 8 1 137 34 101 14 85 11.4 2.8 1.2 8.4 0% .363 1.58 4.31 4.58 99 6.02 123.3
2008 PES Wnt AFL 11 0 18.7 0 0 0 20 7 21 2 9.6 3.4 1.0 10.1 0% .353 1.44 4.94 3.37 0 0.00 0.0
2009 SDN MLB NL 12 0 18.3 0 0 0 21 8 19 3 88 10.3 3.9 1.5 9.3 0% .346 1.58 4.58 6.38 92 3.52 75.5
2009 POR AAA PCL 42 1 62.3 4 2 0 44 16 43 2 88 6.4 2.3 0.3 6.2 0% .236 0.96 3.30 1.73 82 2.64 55.6
2009 HER Wnt MPL 16 0 18.0 1 0 3 15 9 21 2 7.5 4.5 1.0 10.5 0% .289 1.33 3.66 2.00 0 0.00 0.0
2010 TBA MLB AL 15 0 16.3 0 1 0 12 9 10 0 111 6.6 5.0 0.0 5.5 0% .255 1.29 3.84 3.31 126 6.18 139.5
2010 DUR AAA INT 39 1 58.0 6 1 1 55 19 48 5 86 8.5 2.9 0.8 7.4 0% .298 1.28 3.84 2.79 0 0.00 0.0
2011 TBA MLB AL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 83 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .333 1.00 1.06 0.00 106 3.60 83.6
2011 DUR AAA INT 46 1 68.3 6 4 5 75 29 65 5 91 9.9 3.8 0.7 8.6 0% .347 1.52 3.60 4.35 97 5.95 121.4
2012 COL MLB NL 15 0 15.7 0 0 0 21 2 9 1 123 12.1 1.1 0.6 5.2 0% .333 1.47 3.19 6.32 108 6.10 139.9
2012 CSP AAA PCL 43 0 57.0 3 1 1 47 18 57 0 7.4 2.8 0.0 9.0 0% .298 1.14 2.76 2.53 68 2.03 42.3
2013 SAC AAA PCL 21 0 30.0 1 1 3 39 13 27 3 11.7 3.9 0.9 8.1 0% .371 1.73 4.56 5.10 98 5.49 119.2
2013 SLC AAA PCL 17 0 26.0 2 2 0 30 7 22 2 10.4 2.4 0.7 7.6 0% .346 1.42 3.68 5.19 98 5.52 119.9

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 155 0.4194 0.4323 0.8358 0.6769 0.2556 0.9091 0.6957 0.1642
2009 316 0.4873 0.4241 0.7463 0.5974 0.2593 0.8587 0.5000 0.2537
2010 274 0.4891 0.4307 0.8051 0.5970 0.2714 0.8750 0.6579 0.1949
2011 12 0.4167 0.5000 0.8333 1.0000 0.1429 1.0000 0.0000 0.1667
2012 253 0.5020 0.4427 0.8214 0.5827 0.3016 0.9189 0.6316 0.1786
Career10100.48020.43270.79580.61060.27120.88760.59990.2042

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
2010 TBA $402,700
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$402,700
1 yrTotal$402,700

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 166 d1 year (2013)

Details
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by Oakland as a free agent 10/29/12 (minor-league contract). Released by Oakland 6/15/13. Signed by LA Angels as a free agent 6/16/13 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Colorado as a free agent 12/13/11 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Colorado 7/13/12. DFA by Colorado 8/15/12. Sent outright to Triple-A 8/17/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Contract purchased by Tampa Bay 7/28/11. DFA by Tampa Bay 9/11/11. Sent outright to Triple-A 9/14/11.
  • 1 year/$0.4027M (2010). Claimed by Tampa Bay off waivers 2/3/10 after being DFA by San Diego 1/27/10. Signed 3/3/10.
  • 1 year/$0.4008M (2009). Re-signed 2/27/09. Optioned to Triple-A 8/13/09 recalled 7/6/09 optioned to Triple-A 6/20/09 contract purchased 6/16/09 sent outright to Triple-A 5/1/09 designated for assignment 4/28/09 optioned to Triple-A 3/17/09
  • 1 year (2008). Contract purchased 9/6/08.
  • Drafted 2004 (12-342) (Oregon State, Pt. Loma Nazarene University, Calif.).

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, Mike Ekstrom threw 1,021 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2008 and 2013, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2013, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (93mph), also mixing in a Change (84mph) and Slider (86mph).