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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 30)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date11-20-1988
Height6' 1"
Weight210 lbs
Age36 years, 4 months, 23 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2.12015
1.62016
1.92017
1.02018
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
2012 CLE MLB 27 0 29.0 0 1 0 29 15 27 2 99 9.0 4.7 0.6 8.4 0% .329 1.52 3.63 3.72 98 4.22 96.6 0.2
2013 CLE MLB 77 0 70.3 6 1 2 62 26 88 7 100 7.9 3.3 0.9 11.3 0% .307 1.25 3.01 2.43 77 2.38 57.1 1.9
2014 CLE MLB 76 0 69.7 6 4 24 48 26 91 7 103 6.2 3.4 0.9 11.8 0% .266 1.06 3.01 2.07 82 3.18 77.9 1.1
2015 CLE MLB 70 0 69.3 2 5 34 56 25 99 2 108 7.3 3.2 0.3 12.9 0% .342 1.17 1.79 2.99 66 2.18 51.0 2.1
2016 CLE MLB 67 0 68.0 3 5 32 41 27 87 8 112 5.4 3.6 1.1 11.5 48% .232 1.00 3.26 2.51 75 2.90 64.2 1.6
2017 CLE MLB 69 0 67.3 3 7 30 57 21 92 9 7.6 2.8 1.2 12.3 34% .304 1.16 3.17 2.94 74 2.64 56.2 1.9
2018 CLE MLB 70 0 67.0 4 6 27 58 33 80 11 106 7.8 4.4 1.5 10.7 31% .292 1.36 4.59 4.70 91 3.61 80.6 1.0
2019 ANA MLB 25 0 23.0 0 2 4 24 20 29 9 99 9.4 7.8 3.5 11.3 20% .263 1.91 8.42 6.26 133 8.94 183.4 -0.9
CareerMLB4810463.7243115337519359355907.33.71.111.536%.2851.233.423.14823.2072.38.9

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-
2011 LKC A MID 7 0 17.0 2 0 0 10 5 28 0 5.3 2.6 0.0 14.8 0% .303 0.88 0.94 0.00 50 2.08 42.5
2011 MHV A- NYP 14 0 33.7 3 1 0 21 9 42 1 5.6 2.4 0.3 11.2 0% .256 0.89 2.32 2.14 73 2.27 46.3
2011 KIN A+ CAR 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .143 0.33 1.22 0.00 78 2.79 57.0
2011 AKR AA EAS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 27.0 0.0 0.0 18.0 0% .750 3.00 -0.60 18.00 67 5.08 103.7
2012 CLE MLB AL 27 0 29.0 0 1 0 29 15 27 2 99 9.0 4.7 0.6 8.4 0% .329 1.52 3.63 3.72 98 4.22 96.6
2012 CAR A+ CAR 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 2.3 0.0 0.0 18.0 0% .200 0.25 -0.62 0.00 33 1.76 36.7
2012 AKR AA EAS 5 0 7.7 0 0 1 2 0 10 1 2.3 0.0 1.2 11.7 0% .071 0.26 2.28 1.17 57 2.11 44.0
2012 COH AAA INT 24 0 31.7 3 2 2 22 9 35 3 6.3 2.6 0.9 9.9 0% .244 0.98 3.03 2.27 79 2.76 57.4
2013 CLE MLB AL 77 0 70.3 6 1 2 62 26 88 7 100 7.9 3.3 0.9 11.3 0% .307 1.25 3.01 2.43 77 2.38 57.1
2014 CLE MLB AL 76 0 69.7 6 4 24 48 26 91 7 103 6.2 3.4 0.9 11.8 0% .266 1.06 3.01 2.07 82 3.18 77.9
2015 CLE MLB AL 70 0 69.3 2 5 34 56 25 99 2 108 7.3 3.2 0.3 12.9 0% .342 1.17 1.79 2.99 66 2.18 51.0
2016 CLE MLB AL 67 0 68.0 3 5 32 41 27 87 8 112 5.4 3.6 1.1 11.5 48% .232 1.00 3.26 2.51 75 2.90 64.2
2017 CLE MLB AL 69 0 67.3 3 7 30 57 21 92 9 7.6 2.8 1.2 12.3 34% .304 1.16 3.17 2.94 74 2.64 56.2
2018 CLE MLB AL 70 0 67.0 4 6 27 58 33 80 11 106 7.8 4.4 1.5 10.7 31% .292 1.36 4.59 4.70 91 3.61 80.6
2019 ANA MLB AL 25 0 23.0 0 2 4 24 20 29 9 99 9.4 7.8 3.5 11.3 20% .263 1.91 8.42 6.26 133 8.94 183.4
2019 FTM A+ FSL 4 1 4.0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 93 6.8 0.0 0.0 9.0 60% .300 0.75 1.31 0.00 84 3.95 81.2
2019 ROC AAA INT 7 1 8.0 0 2 0 7 5 7 1 99 7.9 5.6 1.1 7.9 27% .286 1.50 5.37 3.38 119 6.50 133.8

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2012 539 0.4935 0.4583 0.7773 0.6729 0.2491 0.8101 0.6912 0.2227
2013 1174 0.4847 0.4421 0.7013 0.6011 0.2926 0.8012 0.5085 0.2987
2014 1105 0.4805 0.4706 0.6712 0.5970 0.3537 0.8013 0.4680 0.3288
2015 1127 0.4774 0.4437 0.6780 0.5632 0.3345 0.8119 0.4721 0.3220
2016 1106 0.4684 0.4656 0.6913 0.6429 0.3095 0.8048 0.4835 0.3087
2017 1153 0.4467 0.4545 0.6584 0.6136 0.3260 0.8006 0.4423 0.3416
2018 1133 0.4510 0.4519 0.6934 0.6517 0.2878 0.7958 0.5028 0.3066
2019 490 0.4184 0.3918 0.7292 0.6000 0.2421 0.8537 0.5072 0.2708
Career78270.46670.45090.69180.61500.30770.80630.49590.3082

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
2008-08-01 2008-08-01 Coll 0 0 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery - Date Is Estimated - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2020 TEX $
2019 ANA $8,500,000
2018 CLE $10,575,000
2017 CLE $7,350,000
2016 CLE $4,150,000
2015 CLE $547,100
2014 CLE $515,400
2013 CLE $492,600
2012 CLE $
YearsDescriptionSalary
7 yrPrevious$32,130,100
7 yrTotal$32,130,100

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
6 y 159 dMeister Sports1 year (2020)

Details
  • 1 year (2020. Signed by Texas as a free agent 2/7/20 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.3M in majors. Retired 2/17/21.
  • 1 year/$8.5M (2019). Signed by LA Angels as a free agent. Performance bonuses: $0.25M each for 35, 40 games finished. $0.5M each for 45, 50, 55 GF. Assignment bonus: $0.5M if traded (one-time). DFA by LA Angels 6/15/19. Released by 6/18/19. Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 6/24/19 (minor-league contract). Released by Minnesota 7/31/19.
  • 1 year/$10.575M (2018). Re-signed by Cleveland 1/12/18 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$7.35M (2017). Re-signed by Cleveland 1/13/17 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$4.15M (2016). Re-signed by Cleveland 1/15/16 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$0.5471M (2015). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/9/15.
  • 1 year/$0.5154M (2014). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/10/14.
  • 1 year/$0.4926M (2013). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/7/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Contract purchased by Cleveland 7/20/12.
  • Drafted by Cleveland 2011 (23-698) (Boone HS, Orlando).

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 11.8 0 26.4 78 0 76.4 51 27 86 9 .237 1.03 3.15 3.23 -1.9 -0.2
80o 10.6 0 23.8 72 0 70.2 51 27 79 9 .251 1.11 3.54 3.65 -4.9 -0.5
70o 9.8 0 22 67 0 65.9 50 27 74 9 .260 1.16 3.83 3.95 -6.7 -0.7
60o 9.1 0 20.6 64 0 62.3 49 26 70 9 .269 1.22 4.08 4.22 -8.1 -0.9
50o 8.5 0 19.3 60 0 59.0 49 26 67 8 .277 1.27 4.32 4.47 -9.2 -1.0
40o 7.9 0 18 57 0 55.7 48 25 63 8 .284 1.32 4.56 4.73 -10.3 -1.1
30o 7.3 0 16.6 53 0 52.3 47 25 59 8 .293 1.37 4.82 5.01 -11.2 -1.2
20o 6.7 0 15.2 49 0 48.4 45 24 55 8 .303 1.44 5.13 5.34 -12.1 -1.3
10o 5.8 0 13.2 44 0 43.1 43 23 49 8 .316 1.53 5.57 5.8 -12.8 -1.4
Weighted Mean8.5019.160058.44825668.2751.254.284.44-9.0-1.0

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2025, Cody Allen threw 8,366 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2012 and 2019, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2019, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (92mph) and Curve (83mph).