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Kevin Chapman PTigers

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 31)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date2-19-1988
Height6' 3"
Weight230 lbs
Age36 years, 2 months, 0 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
0.12015
-0.12016
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2018
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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 HOU MLB 25 0 20.3 1 1 1 13 13 15 1 100 5.8 5.8 0.4 6.6 0% .211 1.28 4.30 1.77 137 6.41 153.5 -0.4
2014 HOU MLB 21 0 21.3 2 0 0 22 11 19 3 99 9.3 4.6 1.3 8.0 0% .297 1.55 4.75 4.64 118 5.48 134.4 -0.3
2015 HOU MLB 3 0 5.3 0 0 0 4 3 8 1 107 6.8 5.1 1.7 13.5 0% .300 1.31 4.22 3.38 97 3.70 86.5 0.1
2016 HOU MLB 9 0 8.0 0 0 0 15 4 6 0 108 16.9 4.5 0.0 6.8 47% .469 2.38 3.10 9.00 118 6.27 138.7 -0.1
CareerMLB58055.031154314851018.85.10.87.948%.3011.554.294.091235.77137.5-0.8

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-
2010 WIL A+ CRL 14 0 18.0 1 1 1 20 8 20 1 10.0 4.0 0.5 10.0 0% .339 1.56 3.39 5.50 0 0.00 0.0
2011 WIL A+ CAR 15 0 22.3 0 2 7 24 7 40 1 9.7 2.8 0.4 16.1 0% .451 1.39 1.16 4.84 50 4.43 90.5
2011 NWA AA TEX 25 0 39.7 1 2 3 37 21 50 5 8.4 4.8 1.1 11.3 0% .337 1.46 4.23 4.99 93 4.61 94.0
2012 CCH AA TEX 49 0 58.0 6 3 2 49 32 59 2 7.6 5.0 0.3 9.2 0% .290 1.40 3.39 2.64 89 3.61 75.1
2013 HOU MLB AL 25 0 20.3 1 1 1 13 13 15 1 100 5.8 5.8 0.4 6.6 0% .211 1.28 4.30 1.77 137 6.41 153.5
2013 OKL AAA PCL 45 0 50.7 1 2 2 42 36 61 2 7.5 6.4 0.4 10.8 0% .310 1.54 3.86 3.20 92 3.39 73.7
2014 HOU MLB AL 21 0 21.3 2 0 0 22 11 19 3 99 9.3 4.6 1.3 8.0 0% .297 1.55 4.75 4.64 118 5.48 134.4
2014 OKL AAA PCL 43 0 44.0 2 1 9 38 25 64 0 7.8 5.1 0.0 13.1 0% .373 1.43 2.55 1.23 67 3.48 73.7
2015 HOU MLB AL 3 0 5.3 0 0 0 4 3 8 1 107 6.8 5.1 1.7 13.5 0% .300 1.31 4.22 3.38 97 3.70 86.5
2015 FRE AAA PCL 49 0 53.0 3 2 8 60 26 61 3 10.2 4.4 0.5 10.4 0% .373 1.62 3.61 4.75 91 5.04 110.6
2016 HOU MLB AL 9 0 8.0 0 0 0 15 4 6 0 108 16.9 4.5 0.0 6.8 47% .469 2.38 3.10 9.00 118 6.27 138.7
2016 FRE AAA PCL 51 0 61.0 3 4 0 68 27 76 5 10.0 4.0 0.7 11.2 46% .364 1.56 3.96 4.87 86 4.70 103.7
2017 GWN AAA INT 9 0 11.7 0 0 0 14 3 10 1 10.8 2.3 0.8 7.7 53% .371 1.46 3.77 7.71 92 5.99 127.4
2017 ROC AAA INT 9 0 11.3 0 1 0 13 5 14 0 10.3 4.0 0.0 11.1 41% .406 1.59 2.46 5.56 89 5.88 125.1
2018 TOL AAA INT 14 0 15.7 0 0 2 12 10 13 2 6.9 5.7 1.1 7.5 48% .250 1.40 5.62 3.45 123 5.17 109.2

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2013 317 0.4700 0.3785 0.8167 0.5705 0.2083 0.8824 0.6571 0.1833
2014 375 0.5307 0.3920 0.8095 0.5226 0.2443 0.9327 0.5116 0.1905
2015 92 0.5217 0.3913 0.6389 0.4792 0.2955 0.7826 0.3846 0.3611
2016 147 0.4898 0.4150 0.8361 0.6111 0.2267 0.9318 0.5882 0.1639
Career9310.50270.39100.79930.54860.23430.90060.56070.2007

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
2008-01-01 2008-01-01 Coll 0 0 Left Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2017 ATL $
2016 HOU $
2015 HOU $
2014 HOU $503,400
2013 HOU $
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$503,400
1 yrTotal$503,400

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 157 dISE Baseball1 year (2017)

Details
  • 1 year (2017). Claimed by Atlanta off waivers from Houston 3/13/17. Re-signed by Atlanta 3/17. Sent outright to Triple-A by Atlanta 3/31/17. Acquired by Minnesota in trade from Atlanta 5/8/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Re-signed by Houston 3/16.
  • 1 year/$0.5103M (2015). Re-signed by Houston 3/15.
  • 1 year/$0.5034M (2014). Re-signed by Houston 3/6/14.
  • 1 year (2013). Contract selected by Houston 8/9/13.
  • Acquired by Houston in trade from Kansas City 3/20/12 (Humberto Quintero, Jason Bourgeois).
  • Drafted by Kansas City 2010 (4-119) (University of Florida). $0.25M 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 1.4 2 43 0 49.1 42 20 43 5 .269 1.26 3.53 3.81 -4.2 -0.5
80o 0 1.1 1.7 37 0 43.2 40 19 38 4 .284 1.37 3.92 4.24 -5.6 -0.6
70o 0 1 1.5 34 0 39.1 38 18 34 4 .295 1.44 4.21 4.56 -6.4 -0.7
60o 0 0.8 1.3 31 0 35.7 36 17 31 4 .304 1.51 4.46 4.84 -6.9 -0.7
50o 0 0.7 1.1 28 0 32.6 35 17 28 4 .313 1.57 4.70 5.11 -7.2 -0.8
40o 0 0.6 1 26 0 29.6 33 16 26 4 .322 1.64 4.95 5.38 -7.4 -0.8
30o 0 0.5 0.9 23 0 26.4 31 15 23 3 .331 1.71 5.22 5.67 -7.4 -0.8
20o 0 0.4 0.7 20 0 22.8 28 13 20 3 .343 1.80 5.53 6.02 -7.2 -0.8
10o 0 0.3 0.5 16 0 18.1 24 11 16 3 .358 1.93 5.99 6.53 -6.7 -0.7
Weighted Mean00.71.128031.93416284.3111.564.675.07-6.9-0.8

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Kevin Chapman threw 941 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2013 and 2016, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2016, he relied primarily on his Sinker (91mph) and Slider (79mph), also mixing in a Change (85mph) and Curve (73mph). He also rarely threw a Fourseam Fastball (93mph).