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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
11 72 87.7 2 5 0 6.16 0.7
Birth Date12-5-1984
Height6' 5"
Weight245 lbs
Age39 years, 4 months, 21 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
2011 SEA MLB 25 0 32.7 1 1 0 34 13 29 2 91 9.4 3.6 0.6 8.0 0% .327 1.44 3.27 6.06 93 3.27 75.9 0.6
2012 TBA MLB 3 0 3.3 0 0 0 9 3 2 0 99 24.3 8.1 0.0 5.4 0% .563 3.60 4.54 18.90 135 8.61 197.4 -0.1
2013 TBA MLB 19 0 21.3 0 2 0 23 12 25 3 94 9.7 5.1 1.3 10.5 0% .345 1.64 4.38 5.06 99 3.75 89.7 0.2
2014 TBA MLB 25 0 30.3 1 2 0 38 5 19 7 93 11.3 1.5 2.1 5.6 0% .301 1.42 5.50 5.64 107 4.31 105.7 0.1
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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-
2007 CLN A MDW 20 0 35.0 0 3 6 29 10 31 4 93 7.5 2.6 1.0 8.0 0% .258 1.11 4.12 3.34 99 3.98 81.7
2007 SPO A- NWN 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 108 6.7 0.0 0.0 20.0 0% .500 0.74 0.33 0.00 43 2.10 43.0
2008 CLN A MDW 8 0 10.3 1 1 2 10 2 12 0 103 8.7 1.7 0.0 10.5 0% .345 1.17 1.80 2.62 84 4.88 99.8
2008 BAK A+ CLF 35 0 59.0 2 6 1 65 16 72 6 99 9.9 2.4 0.9 11.0 0% .351 1.37 3.67 5.03 79 4.54 93.0
2009 BAK A+ CLF 4 0 7.7 0 1 1 5 1 11 0 99 5.8 1.2 0.0 12.9 0% .294 0.78 1.29 1.17 58 2.43 51.1
2010 HIC A SAL 17 0 19.7 2 1 10 12 5 36 0 5.5 2.3 0.0 16.4 0% .324 0.86 0.93 0.46 0 0.00 0.0
2010 FRI AA TXS 15 0 18.7 1 1 2 18 5 26 2 8.7 2.4 1.0 12.5 0% .364 1.23 2.58 3.85 0 0.00 0.0
2010 WTN AA SOU 6 0 7.3 1 0 3 4 0 14 0 4.9 0.0 0.0 17.3 0% .308 0.55 -0.46 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2010 TAC AAA PCL 12 0 17.3 1 0 2 14 5 18 0 7.3 2.6 0.0 9.4 0% .292 1.10 2.36 2.08 0 0.00 0.0
2010 PEJ Wnt AFL 10 0 11.3 0 1 2 7 3 12 0 5.6 2.4 0.0 9.6 0% .250 0.88 3.04 0.80 0 0.00 0.0
2010 PEJ Wnt AFL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.0 9.0 0.0 18.0 0% .000 1.00 3.37 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2011 SEA MLB AL 25 0 32.7 1 1 0 34 13 29 2 91 9.4 3.6 0.6 8.0 0% .327 1.44 3.27 6.06 93 3.27 75.9
2011 TAC AAA PCL 30 0 42.3 2 4 11 34 12 35 1 7.2 2.6 0.2 7.4 0% .268 1.09 3.63 2.76 83 2.95 60.2
2012 TBA MLB AL 3 0 3.3 0 0 0 9 3 2 0 99 24.3 8.1 0.0 5.4 0% .563 3.60 4.54 18.90 135 8.61 197.4
2012 DUR AAA INT 42 0 67.7 2 6 2 85 17 71 6 11.3 2.3 0.8 9.4 0% .389 1.51 2.96 5.59 83 5.67 118.1
2013 TBA MLB AL 19 0 21.3 0 2 0 23 12 25 3 94 9.7 5.1 1.3 10.5 0% .345 1.64 4.38 5.06 99 3.75 89.7
2013 DUR AAA INT 40 0 57.3 3 1 17 41 15 81 1 6.4 2.4 0.2 12.7 0% .310 0.98 1.49 0.63 59 2.56 55.6
2014 TBA MLB AL 25 0 30.3 1 2 0 38 5 19 7 93 11.3 1.5 2.1 5.6 0% .301 1.42 5.50 5.64 107 4.31 105.7
2014 DUR AAA INT 32 0 37.3 0 1 12 32 9 40 3 7.7 2.2 0.7 9.6 0% .287 1.10 3.05 3.38 82 3.21 67.9
2015 CDC AAA MEX 51 0 59.3 7 5 24 41 11 79 4 6.2 1.7 0.6 12.0 0% .272 0.88 2.40 2.43 0 0.00 0.0
2018 ESC Wnt DWL 18 0 19.3 2 1 9 15 2 18 1 7.0 0.9 0.5 8.4 50% .167 0.88 1.92 0.93 0 0.00 0.0
2019 PUE AAA MEX 20 0 21.3 1 1 9 26 9 20 4 11.0 3.8 1.7 8.4 0% .355 1.64 6.07 4.64 0 0.00 0.0
2019 YUC AAA MEX 25 0 26.0 0 1 13 21 5 26 1 7.3 1.7 0.3 9.0 0% .286 1.00 3.18 1.38 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2011 517 0.5300 0.4603 0.7521 0.5985 0.3045 0.8598 0.5135 0.2479
2012 78 0.4744 0.3974 0.9032 0.5946 0.2195 0.9091 0.8889 0.0968
2013 402 0.5149 0.4204 0.7633 0.5797 0.2513 0.8083 0.6531 0.2367
2014 483 0.5321 0.5362 0.7915 0.6887 0.3628 0.8644 0.6341 0.2085
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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

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2014 TBA $504,200
2013 TBA $
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$504,200
3 yrTotal$504,200

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 170 d1 year/$0.5042M (2014)

Details
  • 1 year/$0.5042M (2014). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 3/2/14. DFA by Tampa Bay 6/7/14. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/9/14.
  • 1 year (2013). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 3/2/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 3/3/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Contract purchased by Seattle 11/19/10. Re-signed by Seattle 2/11. Acquired by Tampa Bay in trade from Seattle 11/27/11.
  • Acquired by Seattle in trade from Texas 7/9/10 (Cliff Lee deal).
  • Drafted by Texas 2007 (16-500) (Northern Kentucky).

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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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2014-04-29 13:00:00 (link to chat)Donald Sterling is banned for life. Josh Lueke pitched last night. Why?
(Mo Betta from Ville)		You can make baseball arguments that he shouldn't be on the roster. The stuff is fine but the command isn't there. They tried making him more deceptive by upping his delivery's pace in the spring, but it hasn't worked. He's a generic waiver-wire arm who'll bring bad PR. (R.J. Anderson)
2011-04-13 13:00:00 (link to chat)Thoughts on Josh Lueke making the Mariners opening day roster?
(Josh G from Stockton)		He has the stuff to pitch at that level. From a PR perspective, I think putting him on the opening day roster was easier than putting him on in May, when the media would be able to focus their attention on the move with a brighter light. I'm not a fan of Lueke the man, but the stuff is legit. (Jason Parks)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Josh Lueke threw 1,639 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2011 and 2014, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2014, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (95mph) and Splitter (81mph), also mixing in a Curve (78mph) and Sinker (93mph).