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Portrait of Donovan Hand

Donovan Hand PMets

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 33)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date4-20-1986
Height6' 3"
Weight238 lbs
Age37 years, 11 months, 29 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
-0.12015
2016
2017
2018
-0.52019
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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 MIL MLB 31 7 68.3 1 5 0 71 21 37 10 108 9.4 2.8 1.3 4.9 0% .286 1.35 4.98 3.69 120 4.98 119.2 -0.2
2015 CIN MLB 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 89 6.0 3.0 0.0 9.0 0% .250 1.00 3.16 0.00 119 6.55 153.0 -0.1
CareerMLB32771.3150732240101079.22.81.35.050%.2861.334.903.531195.05120.7-0.2

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 WVA A SAL 10 3 25.0 1 2 4 32 0 17 1 102 11.5 0.0 0.4 6.1 0% .365 1.28 2.89 2.16 88 5.22 107.1
2007 HEL Rk PIO 7 6 33.0 2 2 0 31 4 26 3 100 8.5 1.1 0.8 7.1 0% .283 1.06 3.98 3.55 91 2.66 54.6
2008 BRV A+ FSL 10 9 58.3 4 2 0 49 10 36 3 99 7.6 1.5 0.5 5.6 0% .267 1.01 3.36 2.32 93 3.81 78.0
2008 HUN AA SOU 16 12 81.3 3 4 0 101 26 41 11 107 11.2 2.9 1.2 4.5 0% .320 1.56 4.98 5.09 114 6.21 127.2
2009 HUN AA SOU 27 12 98.7 8 5 1 102 21 51 12 94 9.3 1.9 1.1 4.7 0% .279 1.25 4.34 3.56 108 4.75 99.9
2010 HUN AA SOU 27 1 50.3 2 1 2 57 8 38 3 101 10.2 1.4 0.5 6.8 0% .335 1.29 3.29 2.86 0 0.00 0.0
2010 NAS AAA PCL 21 0 25.3 2 0 0 29 5 11 1 10.3 1.8 0.4 3.9 0% .311 1.34 3.81 4.62 0 0.00 0.0
2011 HUN AA SOU 9 0 11.3 0 0 1 16 1 12 0 12.7 0.8 0.0 9.5 0% .457 1.50 1.44 2.38 69 6.28 128.3
2011 NAS AAA PCL 39 0 55.0 2 6 1 66 21 32 6 10.8 3.4 1.0 5.2 0% .328 1.58 5.18 3.60 105 5.69 116.2
2012 NAS AAA PCL 44 3 79.7 3 3 0 90 18 54 7 96 10.2 2.0 0.8 6.1 0% .329 1.36 4.16 3.84 92 4.42 92.0
2012 ORI Wnt VWL 7 7 34.3 2 1 0 38 8 28 5 10.0 2.1 1.3 7.3 0% .330 1.34 4.28 3.15 0 0.00 0.0
2013 MIL MLB NL 31 7 68.3 1 5 0 71 21 37 10 108 9.4 2.8 1.3 4.9 0% .286 1.35 4.98 3.69 120 4.98 119.2
2013 NAS AAA PCL 20 0 35.7 3 1 0 34 11 38 4 8.6 2.8 1.0 9.6 0% .303 1.26 3.81 3.28 87 3.11 67.5
2014 NAS AAA PCL 47 8 79.7 4 8 13 100 22 71 9 93 11.3 2.5 1.0 8.0 0% .357 1.53 4.36 5.20 87 5.31 112.4
2015 CIN MLB NL 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 89 6.0 3.0 0.0 9.0 0% .250 1.00 3.16 0.00 119 6.55 153.0
2015 LOU AAA INT 33 11 97.0 1 6 0 113 18 52 11 97 10.5 1.7 1.0 4.8 0% .310 1.35 4.23 4.92 111 5.37 117.8
2017 BIN AA EAS 8 8 49.7 3 2 0 40 12 33 3 98 7.2 2.2 0.5 6.0 44% .242 1.05 3.47 3.08 96 2.87 61.1
2017 LVG AAA PCL 17 17 90.0 4 6 0 138 28 59 18 106 13.8 2.8 1.8 5.9 42% .373 1.84 6.01 7.60 116 7.90 168.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2013 1028 0.4660 0.4660 0.8434 0.6493 0.3060 0.8810 0.7738 0.1566
2015 57 0.4561 0.4737 0.7037 0.7308 0.2581 0.7368 0.6250 0.2963
Career10850.46550.46640.83610.65360.30350.87340.76600.1639

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
2013-07-24 2013-07-28 DTD 4 4 Right Hand Contusion - -
2010-05-01 2010-05-08 Minors 7 0 Not Disclosed -
2009-08-04 2009-09-14 Minors 41 0 Not Disclosed -
2008-07-25 2008-08-07 Minors 13 0 Not Disclosed -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2015 CIN $
2014 MIL $
2013 MIL $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 127 d1 year (2017)

Details
  • 1 year (2017). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 3/11/17 (minor-league contract).
  • 2016. Did not play.
  • 1 year (2015). Signed by Cincinnati as a free agent 1/15/15 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Cincinnati 6/15/15. DFA by Cincinnati 7/13/15. Sent outright to Triple-A 7/16/15.
  • 2014. DFA by Milwaukee 2/7/14. Sent outright to Triple-A 2/12/14.
  • 1 year (2013). Contract selected by Milwaukee 5/26/13.
  • Drafted by Milwaukee 2007 (14-431) (Jacksonville State).

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 6.5 0 0.2 12 8 49.6 48 14 33 8 .261 1.24 4.34 4.89 -8.8 -1.0
80o 5.5 0 0.2 11 7 43.8 45 13 29 8 .274 1.33 4.74 5.33 -9.8 -1.1
70o 4.8 0 0.1 10 6 39.8 43 12 26 7 .284 1.40 5.03 5.66 -10.2 -1.1
60o 4.3 0 0.1 9 6 36.4 41 12 24 7 .292 1.46 5.28 5.94 -10.4 -1.1
50o 3.8 0 0.1 8 5 33.3 39 11 22 7 .300 1.51 5.53 6.21 -10.5 -1.1
40o 3.3 0 0.1 8 5 30.3 37 11 20 6 .308 1.57 5.77 6.49 -10.4 -1.1
30o 2.9 0 0.1 7 4 27.2 35 10 18 6 .316 1.63 6.04 6.78 -10.1 -1.1
20o 2.4 0 0.1 6 4 23.6 31 9 16 5 .326 1.71 6.35 7.14 -9.7 -1.1
10o 1.7 0 0 5 3 18.8 27 8 12 5 .340 1.82 6.81 7.65 -8.7 -0.9
Weighted Mean3.700.18532.63811226.2981.505.496.18-10.1-1.1

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Donovan Hand threw 1,138 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2011 and 2015, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2015, he relied primarily on his Sinker (88mph) and Curve (70mph), also mixing in a Change (80mph). He also rarely threw a Slider (81mph).