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Wilton Lopez P

Career Summary

Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
10	292	305.3	16	17	11	3.54	0.6

Birth Date	7-19-1983
Height	6' 0"
Weight	200 lbs

Age	40 years, 8 months, 30 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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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	HOU	MLB	8	2	19.3	0	2	0	32	8	9	4	97	14.9	3.7	1.9	4.2	0%	.373	2.07	6.20	8.38	121	7.38	158.2	-0.4
2010	HOU	MLB	68	0	67.0	5	2	1	66	5	50	4	93	8.9	0.7	0.5	6.7	0%	.305	1.06	2.60	2.96	85	3.35	75.6	1.2
2011	HOU	MLB	73	0	71.0	2	6	0	72	18	56	6	100	9.1	2.3	0.8	7.1	0%	.307	1.27	3.39	2.79	104	4.96	115.4	-0.2
2012	HOU	MLB	64	0	66.3	6	3	10	61	8	54	4	98	8.3	1.1	0.5	7.3	0%	.297	1.04	2.74	2.17	89	3.75	86.1	0.8
2013	COL	MLB	75	0	75.3	3	4	0	88	18	48	6	111	10.5	2.2	0.7	5.7	0%	.331	1.41	3.53	4.06	104	5.08	121.7	-0.4
2014	COL	MLB	4	0	6.3	0	0	0	18	0	4	3	122	25.6	0.0	4.3	5.7	0%	.517	2.84	7.99	11.37	129	8.62	211.4	-0.3
Career		MLB	292	2	305.3	16	17	11	337	57	221	27	101	9.9	1.7	0.8	6.5	55%	.322	1.29	3.39	3.54	99	4.60	106.5	0.6

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-
2004	GRL	A	MDW	2	0	1.7	0	1	0	4	1	2	0		21.2	5.3	0.0	10.6	0%	.500	2.94	2.88	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2004	STA	A-	NYP	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	5	1	2	2		15.0	3.0	6.0	6.0	0%	.273	2.00	12.79	12.00	0	0.00	0.0
2004	TAM	A+	FSL	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0		9.0	4.5	0.0	9.0	0%	.400	1.50	2.72	4.50	0	0.00	0.0
2007	FTW	A	MDW	22	0	30.0	1	0	0	34	2	17	2	97	10.2	0.6	0.6	5.1	0%	.323	1.20	3.32	3.30	94	5.33	109.3
2007	LEL	A+	CLF	22	0	20.7	2	1	3	35	1	19	3	98	15.2	0.4	1.3	8.3	0%	.444	1.74	3.96	6.09	92	6.11	125.4
2008	LEL	A+	CLF	30	0	30.7	2	1	12	34	4	26	0	98	10.0	1.2	0.0	7.6	0%	.358	1.24	2.56	2.64	88	5.62	115.0
2008	SAN	AA	TXS	27	0	38.3	0	2	0	41	9	24	2	87	9.6	2.1	0.5	5.6	0%	.310	1.31	3.53	4.93	94	4.57	93.5
2008	POR	AAA	PCL	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	95	9.0	18.0	0.0	9.0	0%	.333	3.00	7.48	9.00	105	6.08	124.4
2008	PES	Wnt	AFL	14	0	16.0	1	1	1	20	4	16	3		11.3	2.3	1.7	9.0	0%	.362	1.50	5.70	5.06	0	0.00	0.0
2009	HOU	MLB	NL	8	2	19.3	0	2	0	32	8	9	4	97	14.9	3.7	1.9	4.2	0%	.373	2.07	6.20	8.38	121	7.38	158.2
2009	CCH	AA	TXS	29	15	110.3	4	5	0	133	13	69	8	117	10.9	1.1	0.7	5.6	0%	.331	1.32	3.32	4.73	84	5.45	114.7
2009	PES	Wnt	AFL	6	5	19.3	3	1	0	19	3	13	0		8.9	1.4	0.0	6.1	0%	.317	1.14	3.51	3.73	0	0.00	0.0
2010	HOU	MLB	NL	68	0	67.0	5	2	1	66	5	50	4	93	8.9	0.7	0.5	6.7	0%	.305	1.06	2.60	2.96	85	3.35	75.6
2010	ROU	AAA	PCL	3	0	5.0	2	1	0	8	0	2	0		14.4	0.0	0.0	3.6	0%	.400	1.60	2.78	5.40	0	0.00	0.0
2011	HOU	MLB	NL	73	0	71.0	2	6	0	72	18	56	6	100	9.1	2.3	0.8	7.1	0%	.307	1.27	3.39	2.79	104	4.96	115.4
2012	HOU	MLB	NL	64	0	66.3	6	3	10	61	8	54	4	98	8.3	1.1	0.5	7.3	0%	.297	1.04	2.74	2.17	89	3.75	86.1
2012	OKL	AAA	PCL	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	4	0	1	2		18.0	0.0	9.0	4.5	0%	.250	2.00	15.66	13.50	115	4.64	96.6
2013	COL	MLB	NL	75	0	75.3	3	4	0	88	18	48	6	111	10.5	2.2	0.7	5.7	0%	.331	1.41	3.53	4.06	104	5.08	121.7
2014	COL	MLB	NL	4	0	6.3	0	0	0	18	0	4	3	122	25.6	0.0	4.3	5.7	0%	.517	2.84	7.99	11.37	129	8.62	211.4
2014	CSP	AAA	PCL	23	1	43.3	1	2	0	58	6	35	4	115	12.0	1.2	0.8	7.3	0%	.375	1.48	3.76	4.57	82	5.17	109.4
2015	BLJ	Rk	GCL	1	0	1.3	0	1	0	6	0	1	1		40.5	0.0	6.8	6.8	0%	.625	4.50	11.55	27.00	96	9.60	210.5

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2009	335	0.4657	0.4925	0.8485	0.6987	0.3128	0.8532	0.8393	0.1515
2010	931	0.5424	0.4995	0.7742	0.6475	0.3239	0.8257	0.6522	0.2258
2011	1086	0.4834	0.5074	0.7822	0.6552	0.3690	0.8517	0.6667	0.2178
2012	915	0.5290	0.5235	0.7912	0.6612	0.3689	0.8500	0.6730	0.2088
2013	1122	0.4822	0.5517	0.8061	0.7116	0.4028	0.8883	0.6709	0.1939
2014	109	0.5596	0.4954	0.9074	0.6557	0.2917	0.9000	0.9286	0.0926
Career	4498	0.5051	0.5187	0.7963	0.6721	0.3620	0.8564	0.6852	0.2037

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	-	Minors	-	-	Right	Elbow	Loose Bodies		-
2014-02-23	2014-03-01	Camp	6	0	-	Neck	Stiffness		-	-
2012-07-30	2012-08-04	DTD	5	4	Right	Elbow	Tightness		-	-
2012-06-11	2012-07-09	15-DL	28	26	Right	Elbow	Sprain	Ulnar Collateral Ligament	-	-
2012-03-10	2012-03-25	Camp	15	0	Right	Forearm	Soreness		-	-
2011-05-20	2011-05-20	DTD	0	0	-	General Medical	Illness		-	-
2011-04-14	2011-05-03	15-DL	19	16	Right	Elbow	Nerve Injury	Ulnar Neuritis	-
2010-09-11	2010-09-24	DTD	13	12	-		Not Disclosed		-	-
2009-10-02	2009-10-05	DTD	3	3		Face	Surgery	Root Canal	2009-10-02
2004-07-26	2004-08-16	Minors	21	0	Right	Shoulder	Inflammation	Tendonitis	-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2015	TOR	$
2014	COL	$2,200,000
2013	COL	$1,762,500
2012	HOU	$515,500
2011	HOU	$442,000

Years	Description	Salary
4 yr	Previous	$4,920,000
4 yr	Total	$4,920,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
4 y 49 d	Legacy Sports	1 year (2015)

Details

1 year (2015). Signed by Toronto as a free agent 12/17/14 (minor-league contract).
1 year/$2.2M (2014). Signed by Colorado 1/16/14 (avoided arbitration). DFA by Colorado 6/9/14. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/13/14. Contract selected by Colorado 6/21/14. Refused assignment by Colorado 10/4/14.
1 year/$1.7625M (2013). Signed by Colorado 1/16/13 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$0.5155M (2012). Re-signed by Houston 2/24/12. Acquired by Colorado in trade from Houston 12/4/12.
1 year/$0.442M (2011). Re-signed by Houston 2/2/11.
1 year (2010). Re-signed by Houston 2/24/10.
1 year/$0.4M (2009). Re-signed by San Diego 2/27/09. Claimed by Houston off waivers from San Diego 4/10/09.
1 year (2008). Contract purchased by San Diego 11/19/07. Re-signed by San Diego 3/3/08.
1 year (2007). Signed by San Diego as a free agent 3/3/07 (minor-league contract).
Voluntarily retired 3/05 – 2/07, released by NY Yankees 3/1/07.
Signed by NY Yankees 2002 as an amateur free agent from Nicaragua.

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
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2012-12-05 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Wilton Lopez to the Rockies; your general thoughts on the trade? Specifically, did it surprise you that Colorado, considering how hard their park (or elevation, really) makes it for them to attract pitchers, gave up on Alex White and his mid-90's sinker so early in his career? Should Astros' fans be worried that he's damaged goods or something? And how good of a player should we expect to lose as the PTBNL? (Ashitaka1110 from Houston, TX)	Feel like the Astros are selling high on W Lopez and buying low on White, so I like the deal for Houston. Not really sure why COL makes that deal, though -- are they a late-inning reliever away from winning that division or the Wild Card? I guess they had to do SOMETHING to shore up that 'pen though, so it makes sense. And they seem like they're done with White as a project, so maybe it works out for both sides. As far as the PTBNL, well, since I'm sure Kevin Goldstein had I say in compiling that list, I bet HOU gets a solid ballplayer. (Ian Miller)
2012-11-28 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Who closes in Houston? (floydwicker from San Francisco)	Boy. Wilton Lopez, maybe? So says Jason Martinez of MLB Depth Charts, who spends his days monitoring these things so the rest of us don't have to. (Ben Lindbergh)
2012-11-28 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Ben, I think that the question-er was hinting at the pending deal between the Phillies and Astros that has Wilton Lopez being sent to Phillies for prospects. Most people, ok fine, some people are wondering who Astros have left in the bullpen to close if Lopez is indeed dealt. (jlarsen from chicago)	Oh! Excuse my ignorance of recent rumors--today has been busy. In that case...man. Wesley Wright had one save last year. That makes him the incumbent! (Ben Lindbergh)
2012-05-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)	The closer carousel has already begun. What current closers should be looking over their shoulders and who will they see? (LoyalRoyal from Kansas)	I'll give you three names: Most likely: Brett Myers – I think he'll be traded and that Fernando Rodriguez or Wilton Lopez take over. Very likely: Grant Balfour – Again, traded. Ryan Cook is the next in line. The wild card: Fernando Rodney. Kyle Farnsworth could be back in early-to-mid June. Maybe the Rays just slide Farnsworth into the eighth inning spot but I wouldn't be too surprised if they gave Farnsworth the job back and let Rodney go into a set-up role. (R.J. Anderson)
2012-05-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)	I heard on an Astros podcast a few weeks ago that the team had Wilton Lopez throw pitches from the mound while blindfolded to try to get him to focus on his mechanics. Is this awesome or crazy? Best weird training/coaching story you've heard? (Bill from Amsterdam)	A little of both. No training story is popping to mind, but I do recall a Manny Ramirez preparation story. The legend goes like this: Ramirez's team was playing Roy Halladay. He told everyone that Halladay was going to throw him a curve, and when that happened, Manny was going to blast it. Two at-bats come and go, no curves, no hits. Third at-bat, Ramirez gets his curve and crushes it. Tangibly related: Ken Ravizza had a ton of weird, funny little tricks he used with the Cal Fullerton baseball team. Read about those here. (R.J. Anderson)
2012-01-24 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Derek, who closes in Houston? (Wow, that's a question that is truly only relevant to fantasy players.) Will Lyon be given the chance to stay healthy and hold down the job based on his salary? (GBSimons from Boise, ID)	I think Lyon is the favorite at this point, but maybe not the heavy favorite. Wilton Lopez, David Carpenter, and Juan Abreu will also be in the mix, possibly among others. Whoever starts with the job is the best bet to saves 25+ games. (Derek Carty)
2011-05-04 19:00:00 (link to chat)	Who do you want in HOU for saves for the rest of the year? (Dave M from Chicago)	I want Wilton Lopez. High strikeouts, high groundball rate, and low walk rate. His BABIP & LOB% stink right now, but that's in a small sample size. If not Lopez, then Melancon. (Jason Collette (note time))

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Wilton Lopez threw 4,580 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2009 and 2014, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2014, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (92mph), Sinker (91mph) and Splitter (85mph), also mixing in a Slider (83mph).