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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
9 44 48.3 1 5 1 4.66 0.3
Birth Date5-10-1986
Height6' 6"
Weight215 lbs
Age37 years, 11 months, 13 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
2012 DET MLB 12 0 16.0 0 2 1 19 8 10 0 101 10.7 4.5 0.0 5.6 0% .352 1.69 3.29 3.94 107 4.99 114.5 0.0
2013 DET MLB 30 0 29.7 1 3 0 30 9 28 4 101 9.1 2.7 1.2 8.5 0% .302 1.31 3.85 3.03 90 3.33 79.8 0.5
2014 DET MLB 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 6 2 1 2 104 20.3 6.8 6.8 3.4 0% .333 3.00 15.53 27.00 111 7.66 187.8 -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 TGR Rk GCL 3 3 8.7 0 1 0 8 0 9 0 47 8.3 0.0 0.0 9.3 0% .308 0.92 1.37 4.14 74 3.28 67.4
2008 ONE A- NYP 6 6 24.7 2 1 0 24 8 17 1 99 8.7 2.9 0.4 6.2 0% .324 1.30 3.85 3.64 108 5.93 121.3
2009 WMI A MDW 28 28 149.3 7 8 0 148 47 115 3 102 8.9 2.8 0.2 6.9 0% .317 1.31 3.47 3.13 96 4.77 100.3
2010 LAK A+ FSL 27 26 152.7 9 7 0 144 44 87 8 85 8.5 2.6 0.5 5.1 0% .288 1.23 3.95 3.18 0 0.00 0.0
2011 LAK A+ FSL 18 8 65.0 2 6 0 77 18 52 10 103 10.7 2.5 1.4 7.2 0% .332 1.46 4.74 5.54 106 6.02 122.8
2011 ERI AA EAS 11 11 52.3 1 7 0 68 22 23 8 90 11.7 3.8 1.4 4.0 0% .313 1.72 5.89 7.57 125 7.22 147.3
2012 DET MLB AL 12 0 16.0 0 2 1 19 8 10 0 101 10.7 4.5 0.0 5.6 0% .352 1.69 3.29 3.94 107 4.99 114.5
2012 TOL AAA INT 24 2 56.7 3 3 0 68 20 46 3 107 10.8 3.2 0.5 7.3 0% .363 1.55 3.33 4.92 94 6.28 130.8
2012 MSS Wnt AFL 6 6 21.3 1 1 0 19 7 11 1 8.0 3.0 0.4 4.6 0% .265 1.22 4.91 5.06 0 0.00 0.0
2013 DET MLB AL 30 0 29.7 1 3 0 30 9 28 4 101 9.1 2.7 1.2 8.5 0% .302 1.31 3.85 3.03 90 3.33 79.8
2013 TOL AAA INT 20 1 37.7 2 0 1 25 13 38 0 89 6.0 3.1 0.0 9.1 0% .258 1.01 2.21 1.91 78 2.42 52.5
2014 DET MLB AL 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 6 2 1 2 104 20.3 6.8 6.8 3.4 0% .333 3.00 15.53 27.00 111 7.66 187.8
2014 WMI A MID 3 0 2.7 0 1 0 4 2 0 1 13.5 6.8 3.4 0.0 0% .273 2.25 10.60 13.50 140 6.48 137.1
2014 TOL AAA INT 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 7 1 0 1 15.8 2.3 2.3 0.0 0% .353 2.00 7.34 11.25 127 6.85 145.1
2015 TOL AAA INT 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 6 2 1 0 32.4 10.8 0.0 5.4 0% .600 4.80 5.55 32.40 111 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2012 297 0.4848 0.4411 0.8092 0.6458 0.2484 0.8387 0.7368 0.1908
2013 475 0.5095 0.4147 0.7817 0.5909 0.2318 0.8531 0.5926 0.2183
2014 59 0.4068 0.3729 0.8182 0.5000 0.2857 0.9167 0.7000 0.1818
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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
2014-04-19 - 60-DL - - Right Elbow Surgery Bone Spur 2014-06-12 -
2008-08-07 2008-09-08 Minors 32 0 Right Shoulder Strain -
2008-07-10 2008-07-27 Minors 17 0 Right Shoulder Strain - -
2005-01-01 2005-01-01 Coll 0 0 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2015 DET $
2014 DET $510,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$510,000
1 yrTotal$510,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 18 d2015

Details
  • 2015. DFA by Detroit 1/7/15. Sent outright to Triple-A 1/15/15. Released by Detroit 3/28/15. Re-signed by Detroit 4/23/15 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$0.51M (2014). Re-signed by Detroit 2/24/14.
  • 1 year (2013). Re-signed by Detroit 2/18/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Contract purchased by Detroit 4/26/12.
  • Drafted by Detroit 2007 (3-121) (North Carolina). $0.236M 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, Luke Putkonen threw 832 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2012 and 2014, including pitches thrown in . In 2014, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (93mph) and Curve (79mph), also mixing in a Splitter (85mph).