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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
8 31 155 9 12 0 4.99 -2.7
Birth Date9-13-1985
Height6' 4"
Weight220 lbs
Age38 years, 7 months, 11 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
2009 DET 0 7 5 29.3 1 2 0 33 11 19 2 108 10.1 3.4 0.6 5.8 0% .310 1.50 3.95 3.38 133 7.62 163.3 -0.7
2009 SEA 0 8 7 38.0 3 3 0 54 17 23 9 96 12.8 4.0 2.1 5.4 0% .349 1.87 6.42 6.63 131 6.83 146.5 -0.6
2010 SEA MLB 16 13 87.7 5 7 0 88 29 37 13 99 9.0 3.0 1.3 3.8 0% .260 1.33 5.26 4.83 137 6.67 150.7 -1.5
2009 TOT MLB 15 12 67.3 4 5 0 87 28 42 11 101 11.6 3.7 1.5 5.6 0% .000 1.71 5.34 5.21 132 7.17 153.8 -1.2
CareerMLB3125155.0912017557792410010.23.31.44.632%.2921.505.294.991346.89152.1-2.7

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-
2005 WMI A MDW 6 6 34.7 1 2 0 42 14 24 4 47 10.9 3.6 1.0 6.2 0% -.884 1.61 4.86 5.45 110 6.06 119.5
2005 LAK A+ FSL 4 4 22.3 3 1 0 29 9 17 3 11.7 3.6 1.2 6.9 0% -.897 1.70 4.88 4.44 0 0.00 0.0
2006 WMI A MDW 26 26 157.2 11 8 0 156 44 94 10 60 8.9 2.5 0.6 5.4 0% .285 1.27 3.90 3.72 104 4.44 93.3
2007 LAK A+ FSL 27 27 149.0 5 14 0 172 47 93 10 103 10.4 2.8 0.6 5.6 0% .325 1.47 3.97 4.05 103 5.90 121.0
2008 ERI AA EAS 27 26 170.0 9 11 0 195 60 88 16 111 10.3 3.2 0.8 4.7 0% .311 1.50 4.57 4.02 108 5.73 117.2
2009 DET MLB AL 7 5 29.3 1 2 0 33 11 19 2 108 10.1 3.4 0.6 5.8 0% .310 1.50 3.95 3.38 133 7.62 163.3
2009 SEA MLB AL 8 7 38.0 3 3 0 54 17 23 9 96 12.8 4.0 2.1 5.4 0% .349 1.87 6.42 6.63 131 6.83 146.5
2009 TOL AAA INT 13 13 81.7 4 4 0 71 20 72 6 113 7.8 2.2 0.7 7.9 0% .284 1.11 3.11 2.97 85 3.11 65.5
2010 SEA MLB AL 16 13 87.7 5 7 0 88 29 37 13 99 9.0 3.0 1.3 3.8 0% .260 1.33 5.26 4.83 137 6.67 150.7
2010 TAC AAA PCL 17 17 113.3 11 3 0 109 23 63 7 90 8.7 1.8 0.6 5.0 0% .283 1.17 4.01 2.94 0 0.00 0.0
2011 TAC AAA PCL 26 26 146.3 9 9 0 196 61 81 30 101 12.1 3.8 1.8 5.0 0% .325 1.76 6.63 6.27 124 7.32 149.4
2012 NBR AA EAS 9 9 55.7 4 1 0 35 17 27 4 101 5.7 2.7 0.6 4.4 0% .196 0.93 4.13 2.10 114 3.23 67.2
2012 ROC AAA INT 19 14 74.3 1 5 0 90 40 49 11 93 10.9 4.8 1.3 5.9 0% .328 1.75 5.45 6.42 128 7.04 146.6

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2009 1152 0.5330 0.4722 0.8051 0.6287 0.2937 0.8523 0.6899 0.1949
2010 1297 0.5613 0.4541 0.8710 0.6195 0.2425 0.9002 0.7754 0.1290
Career24490.54800.46260.84000.62380.26660.87770.73520.1600

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

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 16 d1 year (2012)

Details
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 1/18/12 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2011). Re-signed by Seattle 2/11. DFA by Seattle 8/13/11. Sent outright to Triple-A 8/18/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Re-signed by Seattle 3/4/10.
  • 1 year (2009). Contract purchased by Detroit 5/14/09. Acquired by Seattle in trade from Detroit 7/31/09.
  • Drafted 2004 (8-223) (Heritage HS, Littleton, Colo.).

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, Luke French threw 2,742 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2009 and 2011, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2011, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (85mph), also mixing in a Change (75mph) and Slider (78mph).