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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
9 25 115.3 4 13 0 5.70 1.7
Birth Date5-13-1986
Height6' 2"
Weight210 lbs
Age37 years, 11 months, 5 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
2010 LAN MLB 18 18 100.0 4 10 0 105 40 76 12 87 9.5 3.6 1.1 6.8 0% .310 1.45 4.40 5.49 95 3.84 86.6 1.7
2011 LAN MLB 5 1 12.7 0 1 0 12 7 13 2 91 8.5 5.0 1.4 9.2 0% .294 1.50 4.64 4.26 98 4.17 96.9 0.1
2012 LAN MLB 2 0 2.7 0 2 0 6 4 3 0 87 20.3 13.5 0.0 10.1 0% .545 3.75 6.50 20.25 129 8.23 188.7 -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.
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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 GRF Rk PIO 13 12 56.0 6 1 0 55 14 56 6 103 8.8 2.3 1.0 9.0 0% .325 1.23 4.13 3.86 89 3.56 73.1
2008 WNS A+ CRL 27 27 145.3 10 12 0 142 46 134 18 103 8.8 2.8 1.1 8.3 0% .305 1.29 4.27 4.71 98 4.67 95.5
2009 BIR AA SOU 27 27 156.3 14 2 0 140 50 125 9 90 8.1 2.9 0.5 7.2 0% .289 1.22 3.22 2.82 91 4.24 89.2
2010 LAN MLB NL 18 18 100.0 4 10 0 105 40 76 12 87 9.5 3.6 1.1 6.8 0% .310 1.45 4.40 5.49 95 3.84 86.6
2010 ABQ AAA PCL 13 13 68.0 5 4 0 70 29 56 10 116 9.3 3.8 1.3 7.4 0% .299 1.46 5.25 6.22 0 0.00 0.0
2011 LAN MLB NL 5 1 12.7 0 1 0 12 7 13 2 91 8.5 5.0 1.4 9.2 0% .294 1.50 4.64 4.26 98 4.17 96.9
2011 ABQ AAA PCL 25 25 144.3 7 8 0 178 44 99 21 117 11.1 2.7 1.3 6.2 0% .326 1.54 5.36 5.99 103 4.52 92.3
2012 LAN MLB NL 2 0 2.7 0 2 0 6 4 3 0 87 20.3 13.5 0.0 10.1 0% .545 3.75 6.50 20.25 129 8.23 188.7
2012 ABQ AAA PCL 27 27 168.7 14 7 0 150 36 165 18 118 8.0 1.9 1.0 8.8 0% .288 1.10 3.80 3.20 77 2.36 49.1
2013 OKL AAA PCL 1 0 4.0 0 0 1 2 2 3 0 4.5 4.5 0.0 6.8 0% .222 1.00 4.31 0.00 100 3.94 85.7
2014 GRN A SAL 6 0 8.0 1 0 0 11 5 7 0 12.4 5.6 0.0 7.9 0% .393 2.00 4.08 5.63 102 5.91 125.1
2014 PAW AAA INT 25 1 39.3 1 1 1 40 14 35 3 87 9.2 3.2 0.7 8.0 0% .316 1.37 3.70 2.52 96 5.02 106.2
2015 CSP AAA PCL 2 2 7.7 0 0 0 11 5 8 0 128 12.9 5.9 0.0 9.4 0% .423 2.09 3.46 9.39 102 5.03 110.4
2015 BRR Rk AZL 3 3 5.7 0 1 0 9 0 7 0 101 14.3 0.0 0.0 11.1 0% .409 1.59 1.33 4.76 79 3.88 85.1

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2010 1620 0.4802 0.4198 0.7838 0.6028 0.2506 0.8635 0.6066 0.2162
2011 223 0.4350 0.4215 0.7766 0.6495 0.2460 0.8889 0.5484 0.2234
2012 68 0.3676 0.4559 0.8065 0.6400 0.3488 0.8750 0.7333 0.1935
Career19110.47090.42130.78380.60960.25360.86690.60430.2162

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
2014-09-11 - Minors - - - - -
2014-04-01 2014-05-23 Minors 52 0 Right Elbow Recovery From Previous Injury Tommy John Surgery 2013-04-24 -
2013-04-08 2013-09-05 Minors 150 0 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2013-04-24 -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2013 HOU $
2012 LAN $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 167 d1 year (2015)

Details
  • 1 year (2015). Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 11/18/14 (minor-league contract)
  • 1 year (2014). Signed by Boston as a free agent (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by Houston 3/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Contract purchased by LA Dodgers 9/1/12. Acquired by Houston in trade from LA Dodgers 12/19/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Sent outright to Triple-A by LA Dodgers 11/18/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Acquired by LA Dodgers in trade from Chicago White Sox 12/18/09. Contract purchased by LA Dodgers 4/28/10.
  • Drafted 2007 (3-119) (Miami, Ohio). $240,750 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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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2010-10-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)What do the Dodgers do this winter to patch up their rotation on a shoestring budget? Kuroda, Lilly, Padilla are all free agents, and the team needs to find innings to prevent Kershaw and Billingsley from being worked to death.
(The Duke of Flatbush from Brooklyn)		I think they'll sign Lilly and then try to patch the No. 4 starter spot with an inexpensive free agent then give the No. 5 spot to John Ely or someone of his ilk and cross your fingers. I just can't figure whey they never gave James McDonald a shot. (John Perrotto)
2010-05-14 13:00:00 (link to chat)Jay Who do you see the Dodgers settling on for the 4th and 5th spots in the rotation? Elbert hasn't exactly been lighting it up for the Isotopes, is he still a consideration? Would Washburn be that much of an improvement over what they already have?
(JoeR from Upstate)		Well, I'd assume that if Vicente Padilla returns he'll get first crack at reclaiming the fourth spot, and it sounds like John Ely has earned himself a longer look in the rotation based upon his past two starts. Scott Elbert hasn't pitched very well down in Albuturkey, but perhaps later this summer he'll round into shape, him or Josh Lindblom. Other than salty veteran goodness of the kind Joe Torre craves, I don't think Washburn would bring that much of an improvement, particularly given that he's been sitting on his derriere. For that kind of trouble, I wonder about the possibility of a Pedro Martinez return to Chavez Ravine. (Jay Jaffe)
2010-05-14 13:00:00 (link to chat)Hi Jay Could you rank the following pitchers going forward: Bud Norris, Kenshin Kawakami, John Ely and Chris Narveson. Thanks
(Ed from Cranford, NJ)		Except for Ely, they're all sporting pretty high ERAs at the moment. Narveson has shown he can can miss bats, which is pretty handy for a lefty, Kawakami and Norris showed they belonged at the major league level last year. Ely certainly didn't register as the type of stopper he's been in the past two outings, so I worry that his success may be more short-lived. (Jay Jaffe)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, John Ely threw 2,056 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2010 and 2012, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2012, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (90mph) and Change (83mph). He also rarely threw a Cutter (89mph) and Curve (73mph).