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Portrait of Dustin Molleken

Dustin Molleken PTigers

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 34)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date8-21-1984
Height6' 4"
Weight230 lbs
Age39 years, 8 months, 4 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
2016 DET MLB 4 0 8.3 0 0 0 12 5 8 0 112 13.0 5.4 0.0 8.6 59% .414 2.04 2.98 4.32 107 5.42 120.0 0.0
CareerMLB408.30001258011213.05.40.08.659%.4142.042.984.321075.42120.00.0

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-
2006 WPT A- NYP 13 0 32.1 1 2 0 30 8 22 1 71 8.4 2.2 0.3 6.2 0% .284 1.18 3.37 2.52 101 4.76 99.8
2007 HIC A SAL 13 0 26.0 3 1 0 32 8 31 3 108 11.1 2.8 1.0 10.7 0% .414 1.54 3.64 4.50 84 5.91 121.3
2007 SCO A- NYP 4 0 8.3 1 0 0 6 1 5 1 105 6.5 1.1 1.1 5.4 0% .200 0.84 4.16 1.08 104 4.02 82.4
2007 LYN A+ CRL 2 0 4.7 0 0 0 7 1 8 0 109 13.4 1.9 0.0 15.3 0% .583 1.70 1.12 5.74 49 5.42 111.1
2008 HIC A SAL 16 16 80.0 5 4 0 98 20 55 21 107 11.0 2.3 2.4 6.2 0% .296 1.48 6.49 6.30 127 5.93 121.3
2008 LYN A+ CRL 16 0 28.3 3 2 2 38 14 26 2 107 12.1 4.5 0.6 8.3 0% .396 1.84 4.12 6.68 100 6.87 140.5
2009 LYN A+ CRL 18 1 41.3 3 1 1 36 8 42 2 95 7.8 1.7 0.4 9.2 0% .304 1.07 2.67 3.49 76 3.15 66.3
2009 ALT AA EAS 18 0 37.0 1 1 1 37 16 26 5 97 9.0 3.9 1.2 6.3 0% .274 1.43 4.78 4.62 116 4.72 99.4
2010 ALT AA EAS 31 0 60.7 4 4 0 55 21 62 3 8.2 3.1 0.4 9.2 0% .302 1.25 2.99 4.15 0 0.00 0.0
2011 TUL AA TEX 35 0 45.3 4 1 6 46 9 41 7 9.1 1.8 1.4 8.1 0% .300 1.21 4.30 4.76 91 4.14 84.6
2011 CSP AAA PCL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 27.0 9.0 0.0 9.0 0% .600 4.00 4.78 18.00 101 5.67 115.7
2012 CSP AAA PCL 40 0 48.7 3 0 1 58 18 36 5 10.7 3.3 0.9 6.7 0% .335 1.56 4.93 5.18 103 4.69 97.6
2013 NAS AAA PCL 10 0 14.3 0 0 1 9 4 13 0 5.7 2.5 0.0 8.2 0% .237 0.91 2.79 3.14 81 2.21 48.0
2013 CAN int WBC 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4.5 4.5 0.0 0.0 0% .167 1.00 5.13 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2014 NAS AAA PCL 54 0 74.3 5 2 4 71 35 89 7 8.6 4.2 0.8 10.8 0% .333 1.43 4.13 4.84 94 4.37 92.4
2015 COH AAA INT 40 3 52.7 5 3 1 45 27 52 4 113 7.7 4.6 0.7 8.9 0% .295 1.37 3.81 3.25 98 4.14 90.9
2016 DET MLB AL 4 0 8.3 0 0 0 12 5 8 0 112 13.0 5.4 0.0 8.6 59% .414 2.04 2.98 4.32 107 5.42 120.0
2016 TOL AAA INT 42 5 60.3 2 4 1 49 30 56 4 99 7.3 4.5 0.6 8.4 41% .281 1.31 3.76 3.58 110 4.25 93.8
2017 TOL AAA INT 13 1 16.3 2 1 0 15 10 21 1 92 8.3 5.5 0.6 11.6 33% .318 1.53 3.40 2.76 96 4.85 103.3
2018 LIC Wnt DWL 6 0 5.0 1 1 0 5 1 2 0 9.0 1.8 0.0 3.6 0% .294 1.20 2.60 3.60 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2016 167 0.4790 0.4910 0.8049 0.6750 0.3218 0.8704 0.6786 0.1951
Career1670.47900.49100.80490.67500.32180.87040.67860.1951

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
2014-06-30 2014-07-09 Minors 9 0 - Not Disclosed -
2011-05-14 2011-07-03 Minors 50 43 - Foot Sprain - -
2010-08-06 2010-09-19 Minors 44 0 Right Shoulder Strain Rotator Cuff -
2004-04-05 2004-10-05 Minors 183 0 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2017 DET $
2016 DET $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 34 d1 year (2017)

Details
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Detroit as a free agent 11/15/16 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2016). Signed by Detroit 12/18/15 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Detroit 6/21/16. Sent outright to Triple-A by Detroit 11/7/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Signed by Cleveland as a free agent 11/18/14 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2014). Re-signed by Milwaukee (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 7/23/13 (minor-league contract).
  • 2012. Released by Colorado 7/17/12. Signed by Nippon of Japan 7/19/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Signed by Colorado as a free agent 12/21/10 (minor-league contract).
  • Drafted by Pittsburgh 2003 (15-435) (Lethbridge JC, Alberta Canada).

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
90o 0 2 1.6 37 2 50.6 40 22 47 5 .252 1.21 3.56 3.83 -4.2 -0.5
80o 0 1.7 1.3 32 2 44.5 38 21 42 5 .267 1.31 3.97 4.29 -5.8 -0.6
70o 0 1.5 1.2 29 2 40.2 36 20 38 5 .278 1.39 4.28 4.63 -6.7 -0.7
60o 0 1.4 1 27 2 36.7 34 19 34 5 .288 1.45 4.54 4.92 -7.2 -0.8
50o 0 1.3 0.9 24 1 33.5 33 18 31 5 .297 1.52 4.79 5.2 -7.5 -0.8
40o 0 1.1 0.8 22 1 30.3 31 17 28 4 .305 1.58 5.05 5.48 -7.7 -0.8
30o 0 1 0.7 20 1 27.0 29 16 25 4 .315 1.65 5.33 5.79 -7.7 -0.8
20o 0 0.9 0.6 17 1 23.3 26 14 22 4 .326 1.74 5.67 6.16 -7.6 -0.8
10o 0 0.7 0.4 13 1 18.4 22 12 17 3 .342 1.87 6.15 6.69 -7.0 -0.8
Weighted Mean01.20.924132.73217314.2941.504.765.15-7.2-0.8

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Dustin Molleken threw 216 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2012 and 2021, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2021, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (91mph) and Slider (84mph).