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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
5 51 40 0 3 0 3.15 0.7
Birth Date1-22-1988
Height6' 2"
Weight195 lbs
Age36 years, 3 months, 3 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 SDN MLB 40 0 29.7 0 2 0 14 19 31 2 85 4.2 5.8 0.6 9.4 0% .174 1.11 3.90 2.73 94 3.39 78.8 0.5
2012 SDN MLB 11 0 10.3 0 1 0 13 5 10 1 97 11.3 4.4 0.9 8.7 0% .375 1.74 3.90 4.35 85 2.78 63.8 0.2
CareerMLB51040.00302724413886.15.40.79.236%.2381.283.903.15913.2374.90.7

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-
2010 FTW A MDW 7 3 17.0 2 2 0 14 6 31 2 108 7.4 3.2 1.1 16.4 0% .414 1.18 2.72 3.71 0 0.00 0.0
2010 EUG A- NWN 2 2 6.0 0 0 0 4 1 8 1 81 6.0 1.5 1.5 12.0 0% .273 0.83 3.47 1.50 0 0.00 0.0
2010 PDR Rk AZL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 9.0 0.0 0.0 27.0 0% .500 1.00 -1.75 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2011 SDN MLB NL 40 0 29.7 0 2 0 14 19 31 2 85 4.2 5.8 0.6 9.4 0% .174 1.11 3.90 2.73 94 3.39 78.8
2011 SAN AA TEX 35 0 47.3 3 1 0 29 11 42 4 5.5 2.1 0.8 8.0 0% .212 0.85 3.45 1.71 86 1.99 40.6
2012 SDN MLB NL 11 0 10.3 0 1 0 13 5 10 1 97 11.3 4.4 0.9 8.7 0% .375 1.74 3.90 4.35 85 2.78 63.8
2012 TUC AAA PCL 31 4 49.3 4 2 0 48 20 36 4 110 8.8 3.6 0.7 6.6 0% .280 1.38 4.53 4.20 99 3.20 66.6
2012 PER Wnt AFL 7 0 7.0 0 1 0 10 5 5 0 12.9 6.4 0.0 6.4 0% .400 2.14 4.64 9.00 0 0.00 0.0
2013 SWB AAA INT 33 0 43.0 1 1 1 50 17 41 0 10.5 3.6 0.0 8.6 0% .376 1.56 2.62 3.98 90 6.02 130.8
2014 NWO AAA PCL 11 0 11.3 0 0 0 13 7 12 2 10.3 5.6 1.6 9.5 0% .379 1.76 5.98 3.97 108 5.97 126.3

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2011 456 0.4715 0.4145 0.6878 0.5442 0.2988 0.7778 0.5417 0.3122
2012 173 0.4913 0.4335 0.6933 0.5647 0.3068 0.8542 0.4074 0.3067
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Injury History  —  No longer being updated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

Compensation

Year Team Salary

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 139 d2013

Details
  • 2013
  • 1 year (2012). Re-signed by San Diego 3/8/12. Claimed by NY Yankees off waivers 11/6/12 after being DFA by San Diego 11/2/12. DFA by NY Yankees 12/14/12. Sent outright to Triple-A 12/18/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Contract purchased by San Diego 6/21/11.
  • Drafted by San Diego 2010 (9-274) (Arizona State). $0.1M 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, Josh Spence threw 637 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2011 and 2012, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2012, he relied primarily on his Sinker (84mph) and Slider (79mph), also mixing in a Change (78mph).