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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
19 762 779 40 47 289 3.13 16.8
Birth Date11-3-1972
Height6' 4"
Weight260 lbs
Age51 years, 6 months, 5 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
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.
Multiple stints are are currently shown —Click to hide.
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
1994 BAL MLB 3 0 10.0 0 0 0 8 4 14 0 101 7.2 3.6 0.0 12.6 0% .348 1.20 1.89 0.90 99 4.36 87.9 0.1
1995 BAL MLB 44 0 47.7 1 5 2 37 37 56 8 100 7.0 7.0 1.5 10.6 0% .252 1.55 5.61 5.66 113 5.01 102.6 0.2
1996 BAL MLB 18 0 14.3 1 0 4 7 6 20 2 100 4.4 3.8 1.3 12.6 0% .179 0.91 3.52 3.77 90 4.00 78.9 0.2
1997 BAL MLB 71 0 73.3 4 5 9 49 43 106 7 94 6.0 5.3 0.9 13.0 0% .280 1.25 3.29 2.45 81 2.67 55.6 2.1
1998 BAL MLB 71 0 68.3 5 6 22 48 39 87 10 95 6.3 5.1 1.3 11.5 0% .255 1.27 4.46 3.82 90 3.46 71.7 1.4
1999 NYN MLB 77 0 78.0 4 3 22 40 41 128 4 98 4.6 4.7 0.5 14.8 0% .259 1.04 2.03 1.85 66 2.30 44.7 2.8
2000 NYN MLB 76 0 76.0 4 4 41 39 38 106 10 103 4.6 4.5 1.2 12.6 0% .193 1.01 3.47 2.61 68 2.59 49.9 2.5
2001 NYN MLB 73 0 76.3 6 4 43 59 40 93 12 94 7.0 4.7 1.4 11.0 0% .270 1.30 4.22 3.77 83 2.72 56.3 2.2
2002 NYN MLB 62 0 67.3 1 0 33 46 25 79 8 95 6.1 3.3 1.1 10.6 0% .238 1.05 3.32 2.27 81 2.77 59.4 1.9
2003 NYA 0 9 0 9.3 1 1 0 8 6 10 0 101 7.7 5.8 0.0 9.6 0% .333 1.50 2.87 1.93 96 3.57 74.8 0.2
2003 NYN 0 45 0 49.3 3 3 21 41 24 50 5 97 7.5 4.4 0.9 9.1 0% .277 1.32 3.72 3.10 96 3.95 82.7 0.8
2003 SEA 0 15 0 14.3 0 0 0 10 11 15 1 100 6.3 6.9 0.6 9.4 0% .243 1.47 4.20 3.14 95 3.29 68.9 0.3
2004 FLO MLB 64 0 69.7 2 2 47 36 21 62 6 91 4.7 2.7 0.8 8.0 0% .173 0.82 3.19 1.29 100 4.11 84.8 1.1
2005 SFN MLB 30 0 30.0 2 3 19 25 16 23 5 99 7.5 4.8 1.5 6.9 0% .241 1.37 5.22 4.50 114 5.61 120.6 0.0
2006 SFN MLB 41 0 38.3 4 2 17 39 21 31 6 90 9.2 4.9 1.4 7.3 0% .292 1.57 5.16 3.52 111 5.58 113.6 0.0
2007 FLO 0 36 0 33.0 2 5 0 32 20 39 5 104 8.7 5.5 1.4 10.6 0% .318 1.58 4.68 5.73 97 4.62 95.5 0.3
2007 SFN 0 19 0 17.3 0 3 9 17 9 18 3 95 8.8 4.7 1.6 9.3 0% .292 1.50 4.90 4.67 94 3.76 77.8 0.3
2008 TOR MLB 8 0 6.3 0 1 0 4 2 9 3 97 5.7 2.8 4.3 12.8 0% .083 0.95 7.42 5.68 69 2.26 48.3 0.2
2003 TOT MLB 69 0 73.0 4 4 21 59 41 75 6 98 7.3 5.1 0.7 9.2 0% .000 1.37 3.71 2.96 96 3.77 79.0 1.3
2007 TOT MLB 55 0 50.3 2 8 9 49 29 57 8 101 8.8 5.2 1.4 10.2 0% .000 1.55 4.76 5.36 96 4.32 89.4 0.6
CareerMLB7620779.0404728954540394695976.34.71.110.934%.2511.223.833.13893.4971.816.8

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.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
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-
1992 BLU Rk APL 25 0 31.3 1 2 5 35 23 37 1 10.1 6.6 0.3 10.6 0% .000 1.85 3.55 4.31 0 0.00 0.0
1993 AGA A SAL 40 0 53.3 5 1 14 31 19 83 2 5.2 3.2 0.3 14.0 0% .000 0.94 1.74 1.52 0 0.00 0.0
1993 FRD A+ CRL 12 0 13.7 3 0 4 7 4 29 0 4.6 2.6 0.0 19.1 0% .000 0.80 -0.22 0.66 0 0.00 0.0
1994 BAL MLB AL 3 0 10.0 0 0 0 8 4 14 0 101 7.2 3.6 0.0 12.6 0% .348 1.20 1.89 0.90 99 4.36 87.9
1994 BOW AA EAS 53 0 71.7 8 4 16 41 39 106 6 5.1 4.9 0.8 13.3 0% .000 1.12 2.94 3.14 0 0.00 0.0
1995 BAL MLB AL 44 0 47.7 1 5 2 37 37 56 8 100 7.0 7.0 1.5 10.6 0% .252 1.55 5.61 5.66 113 5.01 102.6
1995 ROC AAA INT 17 0 21.7 2 2 8 10 7 37 2 4.1 2.9 0.8 15.3 0% .000 0.78 1.94 1.24 0 0.00 0.0
1996 BAL MLB AL 18 0 14.3 1 0 4 7 6 20 2 100 4.4 3.8 1.3 12.6 0% .179 0.91 3.52 3.77 90 4.00 78.9
1996 BOW AA EAS 4 4 6.0 0 0 0 7 0 8 0 10.5 0.0 0.0 12.0 0% .000 1.17 0.49 4.50 0 0.00 0.0
1996 ROC AAA INT 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 3 1 5 1 6.8 2.3 2.3 11.3 0% .000 1.00 4.95 2.25 0 0.00 0.0
1997 BAL MLB AL 71 0 73.3 4 5 9 49 43 106 7 94 6.0 5.3 0.9 13.0 0% .280 1.25 3.29 2.45 81 2.67 55.6
1998 BAL MLB AL 71 0 68.3 5 6 22 48 39 87 10 95 6.3 5.1 1.3 11.5 0% .255 1.27 4.46 3.82 90 3.46 71.7
1999 NYN MLB NL 77 0 78.0 4 3 22 40 41 128 4 98 4.6 4.7 0.5 14.8 0% .259 1.04 2.03 1.85 66 2.30 44.7
2000 NYN MLB NL 76 0 76.0 4 4 41 39 38 106 10 103 4.6 4.5 1.2 12.6 0% .193 1.01 3.47 2.61 68 2.59 49.9
2001 NYN MLB NL 73 0 76.3 6 4 43 59 40 93 12 94 7.0 4.7 1.4 11.0 0% .270 1.30 4.22 3.77 83 2.72 56.3
2001 Est Wnt DWL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 9.0 9.0 0.0 18.0 0% -.333 2.00 3.49 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2002 NYN MLB NL 62 0 67.3 1 0 33 46 25 79 8 95 6.1 3.3 1.1 10.6 0% .238 1.05 3.32 2.27 81 2.77 59.4
2003 NYA MLB AL 9 0 9.3 1 1 0 8 6 10 0 101 7.7 5.8 0.0 9.6 0% .333 1.50 2.87 1.93 96 3.57 74.8
2003 NYN MLB NL 45 0 49.3 3 3 21 41 24 50 5 97 7.5 4.4 0.9 9.1 0% .277 1.32 3.72 3.10 96 3.95 82.7
2003 SEA MLB AL 15 0 14.3 0 0 0 10 11 15 1 100 6.3 6.9 0.6 9.4 0% .243 1.47 4.20 3.14 95 3.29 68.9
2004 FLO MLB NL 64 0 69.7 2 2 47 36 21 62 6 91 4.7 2.7 0.8 8.0 0% .173 0.82 3.19 1.29 100 4.11 84.8
2005 SFN MLB NL 30 0 30.0 2 3 19 25 16 23 5 99 7.5 4.8 1.5 6.9 0% .241 1.37 5.22 4.50 114 5.61 120.6
2005 SJO A+ CLF 2 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.0 0% .000 0.50 5.35 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2006 SFN MLB NL 41 0 38.3 4 2 17 39 21 31 6 90 9.2 4.9 1.4 7.3 0% .292 1.57 5.16 3.52 111 5.58 113.6
2007 FLO MLB NL 36 0 33.0 2 5 0 32 20 39 5 104 8.7 5.5 1.4 10.6 0% .318 1.58 4.68 5.73 97 4.62 95.5
2007 SFN MLB NL 19 0 17.3 0 3 9 17 9 18 3 95 8.8 4.7 1.6 9.3 0% .292 1.50 4.90 4.67 94 3.76 77.8
2007 TDE Wnt DWL 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0.0 9.0 0.0 18.0 0% .000 1.00 2.06 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2008 TOR MLB AL 8 0 6.3 0 1 0 4 2 9 3 97 5.7 2.8 4.3 12.8 0% .083 0.95 7.42 5.68 69 2.26 48.3
2008 DUN A+ FSL 7 0 7.0 1 0 0 9 0 9 0 98 11.6 0.0 0.0 11.6 0% .429 1.29 0.63 3.86 62 3.64 74.4
2008 SYR AAA INT 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0% .000 0.00 3.31 0.00 105 4.46 91.2
2009 ROU AAA PCL 7 0 9.3 2 0 1 7 3 9 4 98 6.8 2.9 3.9 8.7 0% .125 1.08 8.07 3.87 118 3.14 66.1
2009 azu Wnt DWL 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0% .000 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2010 NWO AAA PCL 8 0 6.7 0 1 4 6 5 5 2 8.1 6.7 2.7 6.7 0% .222 1.64 8.20 2.69 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 98 0.5612 0.5408 0.6792 0.6727 0.3721 0.7027 0.6250 0.3208
Career980.56120.54080.67920.67270.37210.70270.62500.3208

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
2008-04-13 2008-05-05 Minors 22 0 - Thigh Strain Hamstring - -
2007-09-02 2007-09-30 DTD 28 25 Low Back Strain -
2007-07-21 2007-07-25 DTD 4 4 General Medical Illness Virus -
2007-07-02 2007-07-04 DTD 2 2 Low Back Soreness -
2007-05-30 2007-06-01 DTD 2 2 Bilateral Knee Inflammation -
2007-05-01 2007-05-04 DTD 3 3 Right Knee Soreness -
2006-09-03 2006-10-01 60-DL 28 24 Right Knee Inflammation Arthritis -
2006-08-24 2006-08-30 DTD 6 5 Right Elbow Inflammation - -
2006-06-24 2006-07-01 DTD 7 6 Right Elbow Inflammation - -
2006-04-01 2006-04-21 15-DL 20 15 Left Knee Inflammation Bursitis -
2006-03-12 2006-03-26 Camp 14 0 Left Knee Bursitis - -
2005-04-27 2005-08-18 60-DL 113 99 Right Thigh Surgery Hamstring Reattachment 2005-05-03
2004-09-17 2004-09-19 DTD 2 2 Right Elbow Inflammation - -
2004-07-23 2004-08-13 15-DL 21 18 Right Elbow Inflammation -
2002-05-09 2002-05-17 DTD 8 8 Right Fingers Laceration Index Finger - -
2000-09-14 2000-09-15 DTD 1 1 - Gout Great Toe - -
1999-12-15 1999-12-15 Off 0 0 Right Knee Surgery Torn Cartilage 1999-12-15 -
1998-06-15 1998-06-18 DTD 3 3 Right Hand Laceration - -
1996-04-20 1996-08-26 60-DL 128 115 Right Elbow Sprain Ulnar Collateral Ligament - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2007 SFN $9,866,219
2006 SFN $6,271,206
2005 SFN $4,966,667
2004 FLO $3,500,000
2003 NYN $6,937,500
2002 NYN $5,812,500
2001 NYN $5,812,500
2000 NYN $3,687,500
YearsDescriptionSalary
8 yrPrevious$46,854,092
8 yrTotal$46,854,092

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
13 y 47 dTom Powers

Details
  • signed as a free agent from TOR 8/22/09 (minor-league contract)
  • designated for assignment 6/7/08, released
  • contract purchased 5/10/08 signed as a free agent from FL 3/11/08 (minor-league contract)
  • acquired in trade from SF 5/31/07 (SF pays $4,733,333, FL pays $333,333 of remg $5,066,666 for 07)
  • signed as a free agent from FL 11/04, 3 year/$21M (05-07)
  • $1.2M bonuses (Rolaids award) $7.4M signing bonus, 05:$2.5M+$1.6M of signing bonus, 06:$4M+$2.6M of signing bonus, 07:$7.6M, 08:$1.6M of signing bonus, 09:$1.6M of signing bonus
  • $25K All Star bonuses
  • signed as a free agent from SEA 12/03, 1 year/$3.5M (04)
  • $25K All Star bonuses
  • acquired in trade from NYY 8/03
  • acquired in trade from NYM 7/03 (NYY paying bal of 03 sal, $2.73M)
  • 4 year/$22M (00-03) $0.75M signing bonus, 00:$3.25M, 01:$5.625M, 02:$5.625M, 03:$6.75M

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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DateQuestionAnswer
2017-06-27 20:00:00 (link to chat)Is Dustin Fowler a fair return for Addison Reed or is that unrealistic? Shouldn't he net a similar return as Melancon? Could you see the Mets packaging Reed/Duda in a deal with NYY?
(AI from BK)		We've got multiple Dustin Fowler to the Mets questions even. The Melancon trade is kind of a weird one because they traded him for another MLB reliever, but Dustin Fowler is the type of fringe top 100 prospect I expect Reed to go for. And Duda makes sense too, of course.

At the same time, when was the last time the Mets and Yankees made a substantial trade? Armando Benitez? (Jarrett Seidler)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Armando Benitez threw 386 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2008, including pitches thrown in . In 2008, he relied primarily on his Splitter (85mph) and Fourseam Fastball (94mph).