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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 31)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date7-16-1987
Height6' 5"
Weight220 lbs
Age36 years, 9 months, 25 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
0.12015
-1.32016
2017
2018
-0.22019
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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 SFN MLB 6 6 26.7 2 2 0 32 17 13 1 90 10.8 5.7 0.3 4.4 0% .333 1.84 4.64 5.74 107 5.17 120.3 0.0
2013 SFN MLB 1 1 2.7 0 1 0 9 0 0 2 97 30.4 0.0 6.8 0.0 0% .500 3.38 15.02 23.63 146 8.16 195.5 -0.1
2014 CHA MLB 35 0 24.3 2 0 0 22 13 20 3 101 8.1 4.8 1.1 7.4 0% .271 1.44 4.84 4.81 138 7.27 178.2 -0.8
2015 LAN MLB 1 0 3.3 0 0 0 4 1 4 2 84 10.8 2.7 5.4 10.8 0% .286 1.50 11.26 10.80 56 2.01 47.0 0.1
2016 OAK MLB 9 9 38.7 0 5 0 55 21 22 8 101 12.8 4.9 1.9 5.1 34% .333 1.97 6.67 6.98 135 8.19 181.3 -1.3
CareerMLB521695.74801225259169711.54.91.55.636%.3271.826.036.681266.90159.2-2.1

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-
2008 SLO A- NWN 5 4 14.0 0 2 0 20 5 16 1 104 12.9 3.2 0.6 10.3 0% .442 1.79 3.45 6.43 86 5.53 113.2
2008 GIA Rk AZL 2 0 3.3 0 0 0 3 0 7 0 102 8.2 0.0 0.0 19.1 0% .500 0.91 -0.17 2.73 41 1.72 35.3
2009 AUG A SAL 23 23 131.0 11 5 0 129 39 169 6 102 8.9 2.7 0.4 11.6 0% .369 1.28 2.45 3.30 75 3.77 79.3
2010 SJO A+ CLF 17 17 101.3 4 2 0 79 22 108 5 105 7.0 2.0 0.4 9.6 0% .288 1.00 3.06 3.11 0 0.00 0.0
2011 SFN MLB NL 6 6 26.7 2 2 0 32 17 13 1 90 10.8 5.7 0.3 4.4 0% .333 1.84 4.64 5.74 107 5.17 120.3
2011 SJO A+ CAL 1 1 6.0 1 0 0 4 1 5 0 98 6.0 1.5 0.0 7.5 0% .250 0.83 2.77 0.00 94 3.55 72.5
2011 RIC AA EAS 23 22 142.3 10 4 0 110 44 165 5 84 7.0 2.8 0.3 10.4 0% .297 1.08 2.57 2.02 74 3.07 62.8
2013 SFN MLB NL 1 1 2.7 0 1 0 9 0 0 2 97 30.4 0.0 6.8 0.0 0% .500 3.38 15.02 23.63 146 8.16 195.5
2013 SJO A+ CAL 5 5 15.3 0 0 0 8 3 17 2 86 4.7 1.8 1.2 10.0 0% .182 0.72 3.82 2.93 85 2.05 44.6
2013 FRE AAA PCL 11 11 71.3 7 1 0 56 20 54 4 101 7.1 2.5 0.5 6.8 0% .257 1.07 3.70 2.78 90 2.62 56.9
2014 CHA MLB AL 35 0 24.3 2 0 0 22 13 20 3 101 8.1 4.8 1.1 7.4 0% .271 1.44 4.84 4.81 138 7.27 178.2
2014 CHR AAA INT 18 11 78.7 4 5 0 95 20 86 8 113 10.9 2.3 0.9 9.8 0% .383 1.46 3.51 4.69 84 5.63 119.2
2015 LAN MLB NL 1 0 3.3 0 0 0 4 1 4 2 84 10.8 2.7 5.4 10.8 0% .286 1.50 11.26 10.80 56 2.01 47.0
2015 CHR AAA INT 11 1 25.7 3 0 1 19 9 30 3 104 6.7 3.2 1.1 10.5 0% .267 1.09 3.38 2.81 82 2.83 62.1
2015 OKL AAA PCL 16 15 88.3 9 3 0 97 23 70 8 97 9.9 2.3 0.8 7.1 0% .323 1.36 4.10 3.57 94 4.10 90.0
2016 OAK MLB AL 9 9 38.7 0 5 0 55 21 22 8 101 12.8 4.9 1.9 5.1 34% .333 1.97 6.67 6.98 135 8.19 181.3
2016 NAS AAA PCL 5 5 29.3 3 1 0 22 10 34 3 92 6.8 3.1 0.9 10.4 42% .268 1.09 3.96 3.07 86 2.61 57.5

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2011 468 0.5021 0.3782 0.8305 0.5319 0.2232 0.9040 0.6538 0.1695
2013 56 0.5357 0.5000 0.8571 0.7000 0.2692 0.9048 0.7143 0.1429
2014 398 0.4121 0.4070 0.7778 0.5427 0.3120 0.8876 0.6438 0.2222
2015 51 0.4510 0.4118 0.5714 0.5652 0.2857 0.8462 0.1250 0.4286
2016 733 0.5484 0.4379 0.8349 0.6343 0.1994 0.8549 0.7576 0.1651
Career17060.50060.41560.81320.58490.23710.87740.68220.1868

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
2013-03-22 2013-06-28 60-DL 98 78 Left Elbow Recovery From Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2012-07-24 -
2012-03-26 2012-10-29 60-DL 217 162 Left Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2012-07-24 -
2012-03-22 2012-03-26 Camp 4 0 Left Elbow Strain Flexor Tendon - -
2011-06-13 2011-06-24 Minors 11 9 - Not Disclosed - -
2010-07-19 2010-09-20 Minors 63 0 Hip Not Disclosed -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2016 OAK $
2015 CHA $516,000
2014 CHA $
2013 SFN $490,500
2012 SFN $480,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$1,486,500
3 yrTotal$1,486,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 57 d1 year (2016)

Details
  • 1 year (2016). Signed by Oakland as a free agent 12/4/15 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Oakland 4/8/16. Claimed by Texas off waivers 6/29/16 after being DFA by Oakland 6/27/16. Released by Texas 7/7/16.
  • 1 year/$0.516M (2015). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 3/3/15. DFA by Chicago White Sox 4/27/15. Acquired by LA Dodgers in trade from Chicago White Sox 5/23/15. Contract selected by LA Dodgers 7/6/15. DFA by LA Dodgers 7/8/15. Sent outright to Triple-A 7/11/15.
  • 1 year (2014). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 3/1/14.
  • 1 year/$0.4905M (2013). Re-signed by San Francisco 3/13. Claimed by Chicago White Sox off waivers 12/23/13 after being DFA by San Francisco 12/19/13.
  • 1 year/$0.48M (2012). Re-signed by San Francisco 3/9/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Contract purchased by San Francisco 8/27/11.
  • Drafted by San Francisco 2008 (6-177) (North Carolina State). $0.135M 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
90o 0 4.2 0.1 11 8 48.8 45 18 39 7 .269 1.30 4.34 4.4 -5.9 -0.6
80o 0 3.9 0.1 10 7 43.0 43 18 34 7 .283 1.40 4.77 4.85 -7.2 -0.8
70o 0 3.7 0.1 9 6 38.9 41 17 31 6 .294 1.48 5.09 5.18 -7.8 -0.8
60o 0 3.5 0.1 8 6 35.6 39 16 28 6 .303 1.54 5.37 5.47 -8.2 -0.9
50o 0 3.3 0.1 7 5 32.5 37 15 26 6 .311 1.61 5.63 5.74 -8.4 -0.9
40o 0 3.1 0.1 7 5 29.6 35 14 24 5 .320 1.67 5.90 6.02 -8.5 -0.9
30o 0 2.9 0.1 6 4 26.5 33 13 21 5 .329 1.75 6.20 6.33 -8.4 -0.9
20o 0 2.6 0 5 4 22.9 30 12 18 5 .340 1.83 6.55 6.69 -8.1 -0.9
10o 0 2.2 0 4 3 18.2 25 10 15 4 .355 1.96 7.05 7.21 -7.4 -0.8
Weighted Mean03.20.17531.93615256.3091.595.595.7-8.1-0.9

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DateQuestionAnswer
2012-06-26 13:00:00 (link to chat)How about top 2 or 3 pitchers in Giants system with the best shot of cracking a starting rotation?
(Traylude from Nebraska)		Kyle Crick for sure. I suspect Eric Surkamp will be back at some point, although I'm not very high on him. Osich maybe? Not a lot of depth in the system at the moment. (Ian Miller)
2011-07-29 13:00:00 (link to chat)What's the upside of Eric Surkamp? He's got great numbers in AA but is more a #3 or #5 or even a LOOGY?
(Smitty from SF)		He doesn't blow anyone away on a stuff level, but he so damn good at being what he is that I do think he can end up in the back of a rotation. (Kevin Goldstein)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Eric Surkamp threw 1,779 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2011 and 2016, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2016, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (90mph), also mixing in a Curve (78mph), Cutter (87mph), Sinker (89mph) and Change (81mph).