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Portrait of Duke Welker

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 33)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date2-10-1986
Height6' 7"
Weight240 lbs
Age38 years, 2 months, 9 days
BatsL
ThrowsR
2015
2016
2017
2018
-0.32019
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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
2013 PIT MLB 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 91 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.8 0% .000 0.00 1.52 0.00 61 2.59 62.0 0.0
CareerMLB201.30000010910.00.00.06.833%.0000.001.520.00612.5962.00.0

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-
2007 SCO A- NYP 7 7 30.7 2 2 0 29 10 27 2 97 8.5 2.9 0.6 7.9 0% .325 1.27 3.69 2.35 94 4.47 91.7
2008 HIC A SAL 24 24 116.0 4 13 0 142 48 72 7 107 11.0 3.7 0.5 5.6 0% .346 1.64 4.44 5.51 112 6.54 133.8
2009 WVA A SAL 31 15 101.0 0 11 2 96 67 69 7 98 8.6 6.0 0.6 6.1 0% .283 1.61 5.36 5.79 131 6.79 142.8
2010 WVA A SAL 20 0 22.3 1 1 5 16 24 25 0 6.5 9.7 0.0 10.1 0% .281 1.79 4.64 3.63 0 0.00 0.0
2010 BRD A+ FSL 20 0 24.3 0 1 0 16 23 20 2 5.9 8.5 0.7 7.4 0% .209 1.60 5.81 3.70 0 0.00 0.0
2011 BRD A+ FSL 36 0 52.0 3 5 6 33 25 41 2 5.7 4.3 0.3 7.1 0% .225 1.12 3.85 2.25 102 3.15 64.2
2011 ALT AA EAS 8 0 10.0 1 0 0 11 1 9 0 9.9 0.9 0.0 8.1 0% .324 1.20 2.20 5.40 82 4.64 94.7
2012 ALT AA EAS 15 0 23.3 2 1 5 19 7 19 0 7.3 2.7 0.0 7.3 0% .268 1.11 2.47 2.31 80 3.07 64.0
2012 IND AAA INT 26 0 31.7 0 1 0 24 18 30 1 6.8 5.1 0.3 8.5 0% .284 1.33 3.47 2.27 98 4.22 87.8
2013 PIT MLB NL 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 91 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.8 0% .000 0.00 1.52 0.00 61 2.59 62.0
2013 IND AAA INT 48 0 63.0 3 4 9 53 31 65 3 7.6 4.4 0.4 9.3 0% .303 1.33 3.32 3.57 91 3.77 81.8
2014 IND AAA INT 9 0 11.0 1 1 2 9 11 15 0 7.4 9.0 0.0 12.3 0% .333 1.82 3.62 4.91 108 5.70 120.7
2016 SAC AAA PCL 31 0 35.0 1 3 2 49 16 30 3 12.6 4.1 0.8 7.7 43% .393 1.86 4.57 3.86 102 7.01 154.8

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2013 20 0.4500 0.3000 0.8333 0.3333 0.2727 1.0000 0.6667 0.1667
Career200.45000.30000.83330.33330.27271.00000.66670.1667

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
2014-05-04 2014-07-09 Minors 66 0 Right Elbow Surgery UCL Reconstruction - -
2012-07-24 2012-08-22 Minors 29 26 - Not Disclosed - -
2011-04-15 2011-04-23 Minors 8 0 Not Disclosed -
2008-04-18 2008-05-12 Minors 24 0 Not Disclosed -
2007-08-21 2007-09-05 Minors 15 0 - Not Disclosed - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2016 SFN $
2014 PIT $
2013 PIT $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 10 d1 year (2016)

Details
  • 1 year (2016). Signed by San Francisco as a free agent 4/14/16 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2014). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/6/14. DFA by Pittsburgh 7/9/14. Released 7/14/14.
  • 1 year (2013). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/1/13. Acquired by Minnesota in trade from Pittsburgh 10/5/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Contract purchased by Pittsburgh 11/18/11. Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/3/12.
  • Drafted by Pittsburgh 2007 (2-68) (Arkansas) $0.477M 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
90o 6.2 0 2.1 47 0 53.2 46 20 39 6 .258 1.25 3.81 4.23 -6.9 -0.8
80o 5.2 0 1.7 41 0 45.9 44 19 34 6 .276 1.37 4.24 4.72 -8.2 -0.9
70o 4.5 0 1.5 36 0 40.8 42 18 30 5 .289 1.46 4.57 5.09 -8.9 -1.0
60o 4 0 1.3 32 0 36.6 39 17 27 5 .300 1.54 4.85 5.41 -9.1 -1.0
50o 3.5 0 1.1 29 0 32.8 37 16 24 5 .310 1.62 5.12 5.71 -9.2 -1.0
40o 3.1 0 0.9 26 0 29.1 35 15 21 4 .321 1.70 5.40 6.02 -9.1 -1.0
30o 2.6 0 0.8 22 0 25.3 32 14 19 4 .332 1.79 5.71 6.37 -8.8 -1.0
20o 2.1 0 0.6 19 0 21.0 28 12 15 4 .345 1.90 6.07 6.78 -8.2 -0.9
10o 1.5 0 0.4 14 0 15.3 22 9 11 3 .364 2.06 6.60 7.37 -6.9 -0.7
Weighted Mean3.401.128031.83515235.3071.595.075.66-8.7-1.0

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Duke Welker threw 20 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2013, including pitches thrown in . In 2013, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (97mph) and Slider (85mph).