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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
6 4 2.7 0 0 0 6.75 0.1
Birth Date4-28-1985
Height6' 2"
Weight210 lbs
Age38 years, 11 months, 28 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 CHN MLB 4 0 2.7 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 100 6.8 6.8 0.0 10.1 0% .286 1.50 2.99 6.75 78 2.49 57.8 0.1
CareerMLB402.700022301006.86.80.010.157%.2861.502.996.75782.4957.80.1

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 IND Rk GCL 4 0 4.0 0 0 0 4 4 4 0 9.0 9.0 0.0 9.0 0% .444 2.00 4.44 2.25 0 0.00 0.0
2008 LKC A SAL 34 0 64.0 1 1 2 44 32 100 3 102 6.2 4.5 0.4 14.1 0% .315 1.19 2.59 3.38 73 2.95 60.4
2009 TEN AA SOU 26 0 28.7 3 1 4 19 17 40 3 94 6.0 5.3 0.9 12.5 0% .262 1.25 3.55 2.82 77 3.21 67.5
2009 IOW AAA PCL 26 0 31.3 1 1 1 17 16 40 1 87 4.9 4.6 0.3 11.5 0% .232 1.05 2.84 1.73 68 2.09 43.9
2009 MSS Wnt AFL 10 0 9.7 1 1 0 13 6 15 1 12.1 5.6 0.9 13.9 0% .462 1.96 4.34 9.28 0 0.00 0.0
2010 IOW AAA PCL 30 0 29.0 3 4 3 27 25 38 1 8.4 7.8 0.3 11.8 0% .356 1.79 4.20 6.52 0 0.00 0.0
2010 CUB Rk AZL 1 1 0.3 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 89 30.0 60.0 0.0 30.0 0% .500 10.00 17.58 90.00 0 0.00 0.0
2011 CHN MLB NL 4 0 2.7 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 100 6.8 6.8 0.0 10.1 0% .286 1.50 2.99 6.75 78 2.49 57.8
2011 IOW AAA PCL 50 0 55.3 4 4 7 42 40 75 6 6.8 6.5 1.0 12.2 0% .288 1.48 4.70 3.42 87 2.42 49.5
2011 ESC Wnt LID 13 0 8.0 0 0 0 5 4 11 1 5.6 4.5 1.1 12.4 0% .235 1.13 3.44 5.63 0 0.00 0.0
2012 DUR AAA INT 16 0 16.7 0 1 1 10 12 21 0 5.4 6.5 0.0 11.3 0% .250 1.32 2.79 4.32 90 3.86 80.3
2012 MEM AAA PCL 33 0 32.3 0 3 1 40 13 32 5 11.1 3.6 1.4 8.9 0% .361 1.64 4.89 6.68 99 5.65 117.8
2012 ROU AAA PCL 5 0 4.3 0 0 0 3 2 4 0 6.2 4.2 0.0 8.3 0% .250 1.15 3.20 0.00 100 6.34 132.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2011 53 0.4151 0.5094 0.5926 0.8636 0.2581 0.6842 0.3750 0.4074
Career530.41510.50940.59260.86360.25810.68420.37500.4074

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
2012-02-21 2012-03-15 Camp 23 0 - Low Back Spasms - -
2010-07-07 2010-09-06 Minors 61 0 Left Shoulder Inflammation - -
2009-07-03 2009-07-16 Minors 13 0 Left Elbow Strain -

Compensation

Year Team Salary

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 23 d1 year (2012)

Details
  • 1 year (2012). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 2/12. Claimed by Tampa Bay off waivers from Chicago Cubs 4/5/12. Claimed by Texas off waivers 5/24/12 after being DFA by Tampa Bay 5/21/12. Claimed off waivers by St. Louis 6/9/12 after being DFA by Texas 6/7/12. Sent outright to Triple-A by St. Louis 9/21/12.
  • 1 year (2011).
  • 1 year (2010). Contract purchased by Chicago Cubs 11/20/09. Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 2/10.
  • Acquired by Chicago Cubs in trade from Cleveland 12/31/08 (Mark DeRosa deal).
  • Drafted 2006 (21-641) (University of Minnesota). $0.155M 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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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, John Gaub threw 103 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2010 and 2011, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2011, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (93mph) and Slider (86mph). He also rarely threw a Curve (77mph) and Change (88mph).