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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 30)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date10-11-1988
Height5' 11"
Weight205 lbs
Age35 years, 6 months, 14 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
0.22015
-0.02016
-0.02017
2018
-1.22019
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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
2015 MIL MLB 20 0 24.7 1 0 0 32 8 24 4 95 11.7 2.9 1.5 8.8 0% .373 1.62 4.29 4.01 98 4.14 96.6 0.2
2016 MIL MLB 10 0 10.7 0 0 0 18 4 9 3 96 15.2 3.4 2.5 7.6 55% .385 2.06 6.27 10.97 105 5.25 116.2 0.0
2017 MIL MLB 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 33% .000 1.00 6.17 0.00 125 6.80 144.8 0.0
CareerMLB31036.310050133379312.43.21.78.253%.3571.734.925.941014.54103.70.1

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-
2011 HEL Rk PIO 19 0 40.7 0 4 2 44 10 42 5 9.7 2.2 1.1 9.3 0% .339 1.33 4.60 4.43 93 4.55 92.9
2012 WIS A MID 28 28 150.7 10 8 0 154 63 93 16 100 9.2 3.8 1.0 5.6 0% .294 1.44 4.92 4.66 121 5.81 121.0
2013 BRV A+ FSL 14 14 78.3 7 5 0 67 28 58 4 94 7.7 3.2 0.5 6.7 0% .270 1.21 3.68 3.10 100 3.67 79.8
2013 HUN AA SOU 20 4 46.7 4 3 5 32 18 36 1 106 6.2 3.5 0.2 6.9 0% .233 1.07 2.86 3.28 92 3.28 71.2
2014 HUN AA SOU 54 0 64.7 5 4 27 60 29 46 2 8.4 4.0 0.3 6.4 0% .286 1.38 3.59 3.76 102 4.34 91.9
2015 MIL MLB NL 20 0 24.7 1 0 0 32 8 24 4 95 11.7 2.9 1.5 8.8 0% .373 1.62 4.29 4.01 98 4.14 96.6
2015 CSP AAA PCL 38 0 47.0 0 4 4 36 27 34 2 6.9 5.2 0.4 6.5 0% .252 1.34 4.42 2.68 110 3.52 77.2
2016 MIL MLB NL 10 0 10.7 0 0 0 18 4 9 3 96 15.2 3.4 2.5 7.6 55% .385 2.06 6.27 10.97 105 5.25 116.2
2016 CSP AAA PCL 42 0 51.3 3 4 2 56 35 38 3 9.8 6.1 0.5 6.7 51% .331 1.77 5.16 4.91 119 5.76 127.3
2017 MIL MLB NL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 33% .000 1.00 6.17 0.00 125 6.80 144.8
2017 CSP AAA PCL 48 0 54.3 3 4 5 57 26 38 7 9.4 4.3 1.2 6.3 56% .292 1.53 5.65 3.98 115 3.97 84.4
2018 SYR AAA INT 38 4 67.7 3 4 2 62 23 45 6 96 8.2 3.1 0.8 6.0 33% .275 1.26 4.26 3.46 111 4.91 103.8
2018 CUL Wnt LMP 20 0 20.3 3 3 1 20 10 15 1 8.9 4.4 0.4 6.6 43% .306 1.48 3.97 2.66 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2015 390 0.4103 0.5205 0.7241 0.7375 0.3696 0.8644 0.5294 0.2759
2016 196 0.4439 0.4847 0.7474 0.6897 0.3211 0.8667 0.5429 0.2526
2017 17 0.2941 0.4118 1.0000 0.6000 0.3333 1.0000 1.0000 0.0000
Career6030.41790.50580.73950.71810.35280.86900.54710.2605

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
2018 WAS $
2017 MIL $
2016 MIL $
2015 MIL $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 110 d1 year (2018)

Details
  • 1 year (2018). Signed by Washington as a free agent (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Milwaukee (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Milwaukee 4/9/17. DFA by Milwaukee 4/13/17. Sent outright to Triple-A 4/14/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Re-signed by Milwaukee 3/16. DFA by Milwaukee 11/23/16. Sent outright to Triple-A 12/2/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Contract selected by Milwaukee 11/20/14. Re-signed by Milwaukee 3/15.
  • Drafted by Milwaukee 2011 (7-221) (Mississippi). $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
90o 7.4 0 1.7 57 0 68.4 60 31 55 12 .249 1.34 4.75 5.11 -15.5 -1.7
80o 6.6 0 1.5 52 0 62.2 59 31 50 12 .263 1.44 5.21 5.6 -17.3 -1.9
70o 6 0 1.3 48 0 57.9 57 30 46 11 .273 1.51 5.54 5.96 -18.3 -2.0
60o 5.5 0 1.2 45 0 54.3 56 29 43 11 .281 1.58 5.84 6.28 -19.0 -2.1
50o 5.1 0 1.1 42 0 51.0 55 29 41 11 .289 1.64 6.12 6.58 -19.4 -2.1
40o 4.7 0 1 40 0 47.8 53 28 38 11 .297 1.70 6.40 6.88 -19.7 -2.1
30o 4.3 0 0.8 37 0 44.5 52 27 36 10 .305 1.77 6.71 7.22 -19.9 -2.2
20o 3.8 0 0.7 34 0 40.6 50 26 32 10 .316 1.86 7.09 7.62 -19.9 -2.2
10o 3.2 0 0.6 30 0 35.5 46 24 28 9 .330 1.99 7.62 8.19 -19.5 -2.1
Weighted Mean501.142050.454284011.2871.626.086.54-19.0-2.1

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, David Goforth threw 622 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2015 and 2017, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2017, he relied primarily on his Sinker (95mph), Fourseam Fastball (95mph), Slider (84mph) and Cutter (89mph).