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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
14 6 24.7 0 2 0 8.76 0
Birth Date1-4-1977
Height6' 1"
Weight190 lbs
Age47 years, 3 months, 20 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
2009 SDN MLB 6 6 24.7 0 2 0 34 15 11 4 87 12.4 5.5 1.5 4.0 0% .330 1.99 6.09 8.76 108 5.51 118.2 0.0
CareerMLB6624.702034151148712.45.51.54.046%.3301.996.098.761085.51118.20.0

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-
2003 MTR mex MEX 3 0 1.3 0 0 0 4 4 1 0 27.7 27.7 0.0 6.9 0% -.800 6.15 10.87 6.92 0 0.00 0.0
2003 REY mex MEX 32 0 45.0 0 4 2 36 30 39 2 7.2 6.0 0.4 7.8 0% -.479 1.47 4.02 4.80 0 0.00 0.0
2005 MTR mex MEX 12 0 21.3 0 2 0 39 14 17 3 16.5 5.9 1.3 7.2 0% -.973 2.49 6.33 13.10 0 0.00 0.0
2006 MTR mex MEX 21 21 126.0 11 7 0 130 50 89 7 9.3 3.6 0.5 6.4 0% .317 1.43 4.08 3.93 0 0.00 0.0
2007 MTR mex MEX 16 14 84.7 6 3 0 83 45 58 5 8.8 4.8 0.5 6.2 0% .302 1.51 4.62 3.40 0 0.00 0.0
2007 MAZ Wnt MPL 1 1 4.7 0 0 0 6 3 4 1 11.5 5.7 1.9 7.7 0% .294 1.91 5.69 1.91 0 0.00 0.0
2007 MAZ Wnt MPL 1 1 5.3 0 1 0 3 6 3 0 5.1 10.2 0.0 5.1 0% .176 1.70 4.98 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2007 MAZ Wnt MPL 2 2 14.3 1 1 0 10 2 14 0 6.3 1.3 0.0 8.8 0% .270 0.84 1.17 1.26 0 0.00 0.0
2007 MAZ Wnt MPL 14 14 83.3 9 5 0 69 28 63 6 7.5 3.0 0.6 6.8 0% .258 1.16 3.14 2.48 0 0.00 0.0
2008 MTR mex MEX 21 21 115.3 7 8 0 118 49 60 7 9.2 3.8 0.5 4.7 0% .296 1.45 4.46 4.22 0 0.00 0.0
2009 SDN MLB NL 6 6 24.7 0 2 0 34 15 11 4 87 12.4 5.5 1.5 4.0 0% .330 1.99 6.09 8.76 108 5.51 118.2
2009 POR AAA PCL 23 13 81.3 7 5 0 98 27 56 10 85 10.8 3.0 1.1 6.2 0% .335 1.54 4.74 6.09 106 6.68 140.6
2009 MAZ Wnt MPL 4 4 16.7 1 2 0 30 4 8 1 16.2 2.2 0.5 4.3 0% .414 2.04 3.59 9.16 0 0.00 0.0
2010 MTR mex MEX 17 17 83.0 7 3 0 101 28 55 5 11.0 3.0 0.5 6.0 0% .343 1.55 4.19 4.45 0 0.00 0.0
2010 MAZ Wnt LMP 8 8 47.0 1 4 0 50 12 33 1 9.6 2.3 0.2 6.3 0% .327 1.32 2.81 3.83 0 0.00 0.0
2011 MAZ Wnt LMP 12 12 65.3 4 6 0 68 16 39 2 9.4 2.2 0.3 5.4 0% .307 1.29 2.89 2.62 0 0.00 0.0
2012 MAZ Wnt LMP 15 15 79.0 4 7 0 86 30 43 13 9.8 3.4 1.5 4.9 0% .280 1.47 5.38 4.90 0 0.00 0.0
2015 TIJ AAA MEX 20 20 101.0 6 6 0 112 31 74 12 10.0 2.8 1.1 6.6 0% .317 1.42 4.70 5.17 0 0.00 0.0
2016 VAQ AAA MEX 18 18 92.0 6 4 0 104 21 47 8 10.2 2.1 0.8 4.6 0% .300 1.36 4.45 3.91 0 0.00 0.0
2017 REY AAA MEX 21 21 117.3 8 9 0 121 36 59 4 9.3 2.8 0.3 4.5 0% .296 1.34 4.08 3.07 0 0.00 0.0
2018 MAZ Wnt LMP 9 2 15.7 1 1 1 20 4 5 1 97 11.5 2.3 0.6 2.9 43% .143 1.53 4.18 3.45 0 0.00 0.0
2019 REY AAA MEX 23 23 118.0 6 6 0 150 47 60 18 11.4 3.6 1.4 4.6 0% .317 1.67 6.39 6.41 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2009 478 0.4665 0.4247 0.8424 0.6009 0.2706 0.8881 0.7536 0.1576
Career4780.46650.42470.84240.60090.27060.88810.75360.1576

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
2009-04-14 2009-05-27 15-DL 43 38 Right Forearm Strain -
2009-03-05 2009-03-14 Camp 9 0 Ankle Sprain -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2009 SDN $400,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$400,000
1 yrTotal$400,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 yr/$0.4M (09)

Details
  • designated for assignment 7/7/09 recalled 6/20/09 optioned to Triple-A 5/26/09 signed as a free agent from Mexico 2/09 (SD pd Monterrey of Mexican League $50K to bring him to ST, then $0.35M to purchase rts)

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, Walter Silva threw 557 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2009, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2009, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (89mph) and Slider (83mph), also mixing in a Curve (75mph), Change (81mph) and Sinker (88mph). He also rarely threw a Splitter (78mph).