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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
9 12 16.7 0 1 0 8.64 -0.3
Birth Date2-10-1988
Height6' 3"
Weight210 lbs
Age36 years, 2 months, 9 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
2015 ATL MLB 12 0 16.7 0 1 0 28 8 12 1 102 15.1 4.3 0.5 6.5 0% .436 2.16 4.12 8.64 108 6.15 143.7 -0.3
CareerMLB12016.701028812110215.14.30.56.50%.0002.164.128.641086.15143.7-0.3

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 RNG Rk AZL 14 11 58.1 2 6 0 54 19 58 5 108 8.4 2.9 0.8 9.0 0% .290 1.26 4.62 3.72 95 3.36 70.4
2007 SPO A- NWN 15 15 77.0 5 4 0 69 34 65 9 105 8.1 4.0 1.1 7.6 0% .283 1.34 5.25 3.16 108 4.69 96.3
2009 HIC A SAL 25 17 89.7 2 11 1 104 38 81 10 102 10.4 3.8 1.0 8.1 0% .346 1.58 4.73 5.52 109 6.53 137.4
2010 HIC A SAL 14 13 83.0 6 5 0 66 24 67 5 102 7.2 2.6 0.5 7.3 0% .257 1.08 3.77 3.36 0 0.00 0.0
2010 BAK A+ CLF 11 10 49.3 1 5 0 67 26 39 5 102 12.2 4.7 0.9 7.1 0% .380 1.89 5.28 6.94 0 0.00 0.0
2011 FRI AA TEX 35 14 114.3 6 6 0 107 55 114 13 107 8.4 4.3 1.0 9.0 0% .297 1.42 4.40 4.49 96 4.44 90.6
2012 FRI AA TEX 21 21 124.0 5 5 0 122 46 116 19 95 8.9 3.3 1.4 8.4 0% .300 1.35 4.65 4.28 104 5.33 110.9
2012 TEN AA SOU 2 2 3.7 0 2 0 11 4 3 1 105 27.0 9.8 2.5 7.4 0% .556 4.09 8.32 19.64 130 0.00 0.0
2013 FRI AA TEX 7 0 13.7 0 0 2 5 7 17 0 3.3 4.6 0.0 11.2 0% .185 0.88 2.32 0.00 83 2.46 53.4
2013 ROU AAA PCL 26 18 113.7 5 5 2 125 46 78 7 95 9.9 3.6 0.6 6.2 0% .328 1.50 4.42 4.51 102 5.04 109.4
2014 JAM A- NYP 2 2 7.0 0 0 0 4 3 9 0 95 5.1 3.9 0.0 11.6 0% .235 1.00 2.58 0.00 79 2.43 51.4
2014 IND AAA INT 18 14 92.3 3 5 1 92 28 70 12 105 9.0 2.7 1.2 6.8 0% .290 1.30 4.72 4.29 108 4.71 99.8
2015 ATL MLB NL 12 0 16.7 0 1 0 28 8 12 1 102 15.1 4.3 0.5 6.5 0% .436 2.16 4.12 8.64 108 6.15 143.7
2015 MIS AA SOU 12 12 65.0 6 3 0 55 14 49 1 91 7.6 1.9 0.1 6.8 0% .273 1.06 2.82 3.05 84 3.37 73.9
2015 GWN AAA INT 8 3 26.0 4 1 0 31 7 20 1 101 10.7 2.4 0.3 6.9 0% .366 1.46 3.03 4.50 97 5.88 128.9

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2015 301 0.4684 0.4751 0.8322 0.6879 0.2875 0.9175 0.6522 0.1678
Career3010.46840.47510.83220.68790.28750.91750.65220.1678

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
2014-07-01 2014-08-07 Minors 37 0 Right Shoulder Inflammation -
2014-06-04 2014-06-20 Minors 16 0 - Not Disclosed -
2009-07-07 2009-08-01 Minors 25 0 Not Disclosed -
2008-06-05 2008-09-05 Minors 92 0 Right Elbow Recovery From Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2007-11-14
2007-11-14 2007-11-14 Minors 0 0 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2007-11-14

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2016 DET $
2015 ATL $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 42 d2022

Details
  • 2022. Signed by Wei Chuan Dragons of Taiwan 12/21.
  • 2021. Re-signed by Kiwoom Heroes of KBO. Signed by Wei Chuan Dragons of Taiwan.
  • 2020. Re-signed by Hiwoom Heroes of KBO 12/19.
  • 2019. Re-signed by Hiwoom Heroes of KBO.
  • 2018. Re-signed by Nexen Heroes of Korea (1 year/$0.65M) 11/17.
  • 2017. Contract sold to Nexen Heroes of Korea 5/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Signed by Detroit as a free agent 11/25/15 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2015). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 11/20/14 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Atlanta 6/27/15. Sent outright to Triple-A by Atlanta 9/14/15.
  • 1 year (2014). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 11/20/13 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2013). Re-signed by Texas as a free agent 12/6/12 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$0.48M (2012). Contract purchased by Texas 11/18/11. Re-signed by Texas 2/27/12. Acquired by Chicago Cubs in trade from Texas 7/31/12. Acquired by Texas in trade from Chicago Cubs 11/20/12. Non-tendered by Texas 11/30/12.
  • Drafted by Texas 2006 (6-178) (Central Florida Christian HS, Orlando). $0.2M signing bonus.

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, Jake Brigham threw 402 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2011 and 2015, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2015, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (92mph), Slider (85mph) and Sinker (92mph). He also rarely threw a Curve (78mph) and Change (85mph).