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Birth Date	9-14-1984
Height	6' 1"
Weight	205 lbs

Age	39 years, 7 months, 12 days
Bats	L
Throws	L

: 2015
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: 2017
: 2018
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Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2008	OAK	MLB	6	4	25.7	1	2	34	8	19	1	102	11.9	2.8	0.4	6.7	0%	.384	1.64	3.35	4.56	103	4.55	97.1	0.3
2009	OAK	MLB	14	12	67.3	4	1	53	25	53	9	100	7.1	3.3	1.2	7.1	0%	.233	1.16	4.41	3.48	102	3.97	85.2	1.2
2011	OAK	MLB	13	9	58.3	3	5	62	23	35	4	98	9.6	3.5	0.6	5.4	0%	.302	1.46	3.93	3.70	115	4.69	109.1	0.2
2012	COL	MLB	27	7	40.7	1	3	47	20	40	7	119	10.4	4.4	1.5	8.9	0%	.339	1.65	4.87	8.19	111	5.72	131.1	-0.3
2013	COL	MLB	61	0	54.0	3	0	56	23	53	3	113	9.3	3.8	0.5	8.8	0%	.340	1.46	3.22	4.33	93	4.07	97.6	0.3
2014	CLE	0	31	0	24.7	4	0	22	16	24	4	102	8.0	5.8	1.5	8.8	0%	.273	1.54	5.27	3.28	104	4.37	107.3	0.0
2014	NYA	0	9	0	3.7	0	0	2	0	2	0	98	4.9	0.0	0.0	4.9	0%	.200	0.55	2.07	0.00	79	2.24	54.9	0.1
2014	TOT	MLB	40	0	28.3	4	0	24	16	26	4	101	7.6	5.1	1.3	8.3	0%	.000	1.41	4.85	2.86	101	4.10	100.5	0.1
Career		MLB	161	32	274.3	16	11	276	115	226	28	105	9.1	3.8	0.9	7.4	46%	.304	1.43	4.09	4.43	104	4.47	102.2	1.8

Statistics for All Levels

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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-
2005	BAT	A-	NYP	11	4	29.3	2	1	0	23	14	31	1	97	7.1	4.3	0.3	9.5	0%	-.458	1.26	3.38	2.76	94	4.14	81.5
2006	LWD	A	SAL	27	27	155.1	14	6	0	119	75	161	5	78	6.9	4.4	0.3	9.3	0%	.283	1.25	3.25	2.96	95	3.86	81.0
2007	CLR	A+	FSL	20	18	117.3	10	4	0	104	54	117	7	98	8.0	4.1	0.5	9.0	0%	.302	1.35	3.59	2.46	94	4.15	85.1
2007	REA	AA	EAS	7	7	42.0	2	3	0	38	23	34	5	114	8.1	4.9	1.1	7.3	0%	.273	1.45	4.90	4.50	105	4.61	94.6
2007	PES	Wnt	AFL	3	3	7.7	0	1	0	11	2	8	1		12.9	2.3	1.2	9.4	0%	.400	1.69	3.92	5.84	0	0.00	0.0
2007	ust	Wnt	AFL	2	0	6.0	1	0	0	5	1	5	0		7.5	1.5	0.0	7.5	0%	.278	1.00	2.36	1.50	0	0.00	0.0
2008	OAK	MLB	AL	6	4	25.7	1	2	0	34	8	19	1	102	11.9	2.8	0.4	6.7	0%	.384	1.64	3.35	4.56	103	4.55	97.1
2008	MID	AA	TXS	4	4	12.7	1	0	0	13	3	5	1	90	9.2	2.1	0.7	3.5	0%	.267	1.26	4.27	4.25	104	4.33	88.6
2008	REA	AA	EAS	33	5	70.3	5	4	1	68	37	66	3	103	8.7	4.7	0.4	8.4	0%	.322	1.49	3.56	3.20	90	4.43	90.7
2008	SAC	AAA	PCL	5	2	15.3	1	0	0	9	5	15	1	101	5.3	2.9	0.6	8.8	0%	.211	0.92	3.35	1.76	85	2.57	52.5
2009	OAK	MLB	AL	14	12	67.3	4	1	0	53	25	53	9	100	7.1	3.3	1.2	7.1	0%	.233	1.16	4.41	3.48	102	3.97	85.2
2011	OAK	MLB	AL	13	9	58.3	3	5	0	62	23	35	4	98	9.6	3.5	0.6	5.4	0%	.302	1.46	3.93	3.70	115	4.69	109.1
2011	SAC	AAA	PCL	17	17	78.3	8	3	0	77	47	72	7	93	8.8	5.4	0.8	8.3	0%	.310	1.58	4.98	3.91	101	4.73	96.6
2012	COL	MLB	NL	27	7	40.7	1	3	0	47	20	40	7	119	10.4	4.4	1.5	8.9	0%	.339	1.65	4.87	8.19	111	5.72	131.1
2012	MOD	A+	CAL	1	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	82	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	0%	.000	0.00	1.80	0.00	88	3.52	73.3
2012	TUL	AA	TEX	14	11	69.3	2	5	0	64	30	71	4	93	8.3	3.9	0.5	9.2	0%	.328	1.36	3.40	3.63	95	5.07	105.6
2012	CSP	AAA	PCL	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		4.5	0.0	0.0	4.5	0%	.167	0.50	2.66	0.00	92	3.41	70.9
2012	TOR	Wnt	DWL	6	6	25.7	2	1	0	24	11	26	0		8.4	3.9	0.0	9.1	0%	.338	1.36	2.51	4.21	0	0.00	0.0
2013	COL	MLB	NL	61	0	54.0	3	0	0	56	23	53	3	113	9.3	3.8	0.5	8.8	0%	.340	1.46	3.22	4.33	93	4.07	97.6
2013	CSP	AAA	PCL	5	0	10.7	1	0	0	8	4	14	1		6.8	3.4	0.8	11.8	0%	.280	1.13	3.28	0.84	67	1.88	40.8
2014	CLE	MLB	AL	31	0	24.7	4	0	0	22	16	24	4	102	8.0	5.8	1.5	8.8	0%	.273	1.54	5.27	3.28	104	4.37	107.3
2014	NYA	MLB	AL	9	0	3.7	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	98	4.9	0.0	0.0	4.9	0%	.200	0.55	2.07	0.00	79	2.24	54.9
2014	COH	AAA	INT	23	1	22.3	3	1	0	21	8	20	2	104	8.5	3.2	0.8	8.1	0%	.312	1.30	4.06	4.43	97	4.29	90.8
2015	ROM	A	SAL	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	0%	.000	1.00	6.48	0.00	128	4.63	101.6
2015	CAR	A+	CAR	3	0	2.7	0	0	0	2	2	4	0		6.8	6.8	0.0	13.5	0%	.333	1.50	2.50	0.00	88	3.71	81.5
2015	MIS	AA	SOU	2	0	2.0	0	1	0	2	1	3	0		9.0	4.5	0.0	13.5	0%	.333	1.50	1.80	4.50	82	3.31	72.7
2015	BRA	Rk	GCL	2	2	2.0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	138	9.0	0.0	0.0	13.5	0%	.500	1.00	3.30	0.00	72	1.95	42.8
2016	IND	AAA	INT	10	1	20.0	0	1	0	24	3	15	3	116	10.8	1.4	1.4	6.8	44%	.333	1.35	4.37	4.95	107	5.25	115.9
2017	MVA	AAA	MEX	7	0	8.3	2	0	0	7	5	7	1		7.6	5.4	1.1	7.6	0%	.250	1.44	5.27	3.24	0	0.00	0.0
2017	PUE	AAA	MEX	8	8	43.7	5	1	0	54	20	27	5		11.1	4.1	1.0	5.6	0%	.338	1.69	5.29	5.36	0	0.00	0.0
2018	NAV	Wnt	LMP	9	4	28.0	1	1	0	23	13	19	0	99	7.4	4.2	0.0	6.1	0%	.274	1.29	3.18	2.57	0	0.00	0.0
2019	CAM	AAA	MEX	10	9	34.0	2	4	0	42	30	25	8		11.1	7.9	2.1	6.6	0%	.321	2.12	8.42	9.26	0	0.00	0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	417	0.4748	0.4412	0.7663	0.6515	0.2511	0.7984	0.6909	0.2337
2009	1099	0.4759	0.4286	0.7749	0.5927	0.2795	0.8516	0.6273	0.2251
2011	958	0.4854	0.4509	0.7986	0.6366	0.2759	0.8615	0.6618	0.2014
2012	746	0.4544	0.4209	0.6975	0.5900	0.2801	0.7900	0.5351	0.3025
2013	905	0.4674	0.4530	0.6951	0.6170	0.3091	0.7663	0.5705	0.3049
2014	496	0.4173	0.4476	0.7027	0.6908	0.2734	0.7972	0.5316	0.2973
Career	4621	0.4663	0.4399	0.7432	0.6220	0.2814	0.8164	0.6039	0.2568

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
2012-03-30	2012-05-12	15-DL	43	31	Right	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique From Food Poisoning	-	-
2010-03-26	2010-10-04	60-DL	192	162	Left	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2009-06-30
2010-02-19	2010-02-19	Camp	0	0	Left	Shoulder	Inflammation	Lasted for a Few Months	-
2010-02-19	2010-03-26	Camp	35	0	Left	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2009-06-30
2009-06-20	2009-10-05	60-DL	107	96	Left	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2009-06-30

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2017	WAS	$
2016	TEX	$
2015	ATL	$925,000
2014	CLE	$1,250,000
2013	COL	$675,000
2012	COL	$482,000
2010	OAK	$410,000
2009	OAK	$400,000

Years	Description	Salary
7 yr	Previous	$4,142,000
7 yr	Total	$4,142,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
5 y 105 d	Turner Gary Sports	1 year (2017)

Details

1 year (2017). Signed by Washington as a free agent 1/7/17 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2016). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 7/9/16 (minor-league contract).
1 year/$0.925M (2015). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 1/7/15. Performance bonuses: $50,000 for 50 games pitched. $75,000 for 55 games. $0.1M each for 60, 65 games. $0.15M for 70 games. Released by Atlanta 8/4/15.
1 year/$1.25M (2014). Signed by Cleveland 1/15/14 (avoided arbitration). DFA by Cleveland 6/18/14. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/25/14. Acquired by NY Yankees in trade from Cleveland 8/28/14. Contract selected by NY Yankees 8/28/14. DFA by NY Yankees 9/22/14. Sent outright to Triple-A 9/28/14. Refused assignment by NY Yankees 10/6/14.
1 year/$0.675M (2013). Re-signed by Colorado 1/16/13 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Cleveland in trade from Colorado 12/18/13.
1 year/$0.482M (2012). Acquired by Colorado in trade from Oakland 1/16/12. Signed by Colorado 3/3/12.
1 year (2011). Re-signed by Oakland 3/11.
1 year/$0.41M (2010). Re-signed by Oakland 3/8/10.
1 year/$0.4M (2009). Re-signed by Oakland 2/21/09.
1 year (2008). Acquired by Oakland in trade from Philadelphia 7/17/08 (Blanton deal). Contract purchased by Oakland 9/2/08.
Drafted by Philadelphia 2005 (10-307) (Central Missouri State). $52,500 signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCT	W	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
90^o	6.9	1.2	32	4	53.6	46	16	41	8	.249	1.14	3.95	4.24	-6.5	-0.7
80^o	5.8	1	27	3	46.5	43	15	35	7	.265	1.25	4.39	4.72	-7.9	-0.9
70^o	5	0.9	25	3	41.6	41	14	31	7	.277	1.33	4.72	5.07	-8.5	-0.9
60^o	4.4	0.8	22	2	37.5	39	13	28	7	.288	1.40	5.01	5.37	-8.8	-1.0
50^o	3.9	0.7	20	2	33.8	37	13	26	6	.297	1.47	5.28	5.67	-9.0	-1.0
40^o	3.4	0.6	18	2	30.2	35	12	23	6	.307	1.54	5.56	5.97	-8.9	-1.0
30^o	2.9	0.5	16	2	26.4	32	11	20	5	.318	1.61	5.86	6.29	-8.7	-0.9
20^o	2.3	0.4	13	1	22.2	28	10	17	5	.330	1.71	6.23	6.68	-8.2	-0.9
10^o	1.6	0.3	10	1	16.5	23	8	13	4	.347	1.84	6.76	7.24	-7.0	-0.8
Weighted Mean	3.8	0.7	19	2	32.8	35	12	25	6	.295	1.45	5.23	5.62	-8.6	-0.9

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Date	Question	Answer
2012-05-31 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Are you still a Billy Beane fan? I'm not anymore; the guy can't make good trades that don't involve Dan Haren. If not, do you see any way he doesn't outlive all of us as GM-for-life? (oira79 from San Francisco)	I wish he'd quit shilling for ownership's desires to move to San Jose (the crying about how the A's can't compete in Oakland isn't really becoming of a man of his stature), but I'm not going to be calling for his head any time soon. Taking shots at contention hasn't worked out when he's gone for it, but I'd dispute this "good trades" point -- three years of Seth Smith for Josh Outman and Guillermo Moscoso is a steal, for instance. (Jason Wojciechowski)
2012-01-10 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Thanks for the chat as I'm ready to get amped up for the 2012 season. Rotation Q's for a deeper league: Do Tyson Ross and Kris Medlen have chances of carving out rolls with those rotations currently influx? (Bringon2012 from Kansas)	Absolutely not to Medlen. He's good, but he'll need to prove he's recovered from TJ, and the Braves just have soooooo many options merely vying for the fifth spot (Minor, Teheran, Delgado, Vizcaino, etc.), most of which are now younger and more talented than Medlen. Medlen's probably 10th on their SP depth chart. Not a bad problem to have for a team, but for a Medlen owner it is. Ross has a slightly higher a chance, but the A's also brought in quite the haul of starter candidates this winter between Jarrod Parker, Brad Peacock, and Tom Milone, plus mainstays (while healthy) of Brett Anderson, Dallas Braden, Brandon McCarthy, and (to a lesser extent) Guillermo Moscoso. Then you have the usual Ross-esque fill-ins like Graham Godfrey and Josh Outman, so it'll be tough. (Derek Carty)
2011-03-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Who do you like to round out the A's rotation out of Brandon McCarthy, Josh Outman, Tyson Ross, Bobby Cramer, and the forever-injured Rich Harden? (Tom from Madison)	What, you mean in terms of finding a fifth ma to fight for the honor of being fifth starter? Ian Krol's a way's off yet. Pedro Figueroa's coming back from TJS and will start the season on the DL--that has to make him an honorary competitor, no? (Christina Kahrl)
2010-12-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What do you see the A's doing with Josh Outman, who is coming back from Tommy John surgery? There doesn't seem to be a place in the bullpen or rotation. (Dave from Chicago)	Gotta' wait and see what he can do when healthy and then make the decision. Perhaps he comes back and Gio gets hurt so you have another young starter to plug in. Or maybe he can be packaged elsewhere. You can never have enough good, young pitching, so it really wouldn't hurt to just keep him and figure out the role later. (Eric Seidman)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Josh Outman threw 4,741 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2008 and 2014, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2014, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (91mph) and Slider (83mph), also mixing in a Change (80mph). He also rarely threw a Sinker (88mph) and Curve (78mph).