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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 30)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date4-30-1989
Height6' 7"
Weight255 lbs
Age34 years, 11 months, 27 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
2014 TEX MLB 17 0 19.0 1 2 0 11 10 23 3 100 5.2 4.7 1.4 10.9 0% .195 1.11 4.68 2.84 102 3.94 96.6 0.1
2015 TEX MLB 11 2 17.3 1 0 0 23 10 12 4 116 11.9 5.2 2.1 6.2 0% .317 1.90 6.44 6.75 120 6.77 158.0 -0.4
2016 PHI 0 4 2 10.7 0 0 0 15 7 7 0 85 12.7 5.9 0.0 5.9 39% .417 2.06 4.12 8.44 120 6.64 147.0 -0.2
2016 TEX 0 8 0 8.7 0 1 0 8 2 12 2 107 8.3 2.1 2.1 12.5 24% .316 1.15 4.02 5.19 128 7.26 160.8 -0.2
2016 TOT MLB 12 2 19.3 0 1 0 23 9 19 2 95 10.7 4.2 0.9 8.8 33% .382 1.66 4.07 6.98 123 6.92 153.2 -0.4
CareerMLB40455.723057295491039.24.71.58.738%.3021.545.025.501155.86135.4-0.7

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-
2011 SPO A- NOR 9 0 17.7 1 2 0 18 15 24 1 9.2 7.6 0.5 12.2 0% .378 1.87 4.33 4.58 105 6.15 125.6
2011 RNG Rk AZL 3 0 2.7 0 0 0 2 1 7 0 6.8 3.4 0.0 23.6 0% .500 1.13 0.24 0.00 66 1.35 27.6
2012 HIC A SAL 33 0 52.0 6 0 8 37 21 53 2 6.4 3.6 0.3 9.2 0% .271 1.12 3.48 1.90 85 2.70 56.3
2012 MYR A+ CAR 7 0 10.3 0 0 0 2 2 14 1 1.7 1.7 0.9 12.2 0% .059 0.39 2.51 0.87 74 1.99 41.4
2013 MYR A+ CAR 7 0 13.7 1 0 0 6 3 12 0 4.0 2.0 0.0 7.9 0% .171 0.66 2.69 1.98 82 1.76 38.2
2013 FRI AA TEX 29 2 53.7 5 1 0 45 44 74 3 107 7.5 7.4 0.5 12.4 0% .347 1.66 3.59 2.52 92 4.68 101.6
2014 TEX MLB AL 17 0 19.0 1 2 0 11 10 23 3 100 5.2 4.7 1.4 10.9 0% .195 1.11 4.68 2.84 102 3.94 96.6
2014 FRI AA TEX 24 0 33.3 3 0 10 15 14 42 0 4.1 3.8 0.0 11.3 0% .208 0.87 1.95 0.81 71 2.29 48.4
2014 ROU AAA PCL 9 0 18.3 0 0 0 7 6 28 0 3.4 2.9 0.0 13.7 0% .226 0.71 1.95 0.00 53 1.56 33.1
2015 TEX MLB AL 11 2 17.3 1 0 0 23 10 12 4 116 11.9 5.2 2.1 6.2 0% .317 1.90 6.44 6.75 120 6.77 158.0
2015 ROU AAA PCL 18 10 63.7 2 1 0 49 27 58 2 88 6.9 3.8 0.3 8.2 0% .272 1.19 3.59 2.97 93 2.58 56.6
2016 PHI MLB NL 4 2 10.7 0 0 0 15 7 7 0 85 12.7 5.9 0.0 5.9 39% .417 2.06 4.12 8.44 120 6.64 147.0
2016 TEX MLB AL 8 0 8.7 0 1 0 8 2 12 2 107 8.3 2.1 2.1 12.5 24% .316 1.15 4.02 5.19 128 7.26 160.8
2016 LEH AAA INT 14 10 65.3 5 1 0 44 13 76 4 100 6.1 1.8 0.6 10.5 42% .261 0.87 2.46 1.52 70 2.49 55.0
2016 ROU AAA PCL 8 1 12.7 0 0 0 14 5 12 2 77 9.9 3.6 1.4 8.5 43% .316 1.50 5.06 4.26 102 4.63 102.3

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2014 299 0.5284 0.4515 0.6593 0.6456 0.2340 0.7157 0.4848 0.3407
2015 348 0.5259 0.4569 0.8365 0.6448 0.2485 0.8983 0.6585 0.1635
2016 357 0.5042 0.4398 0.7771 0.5833 0.2938 0.8381 0.6538 0.2229
Career10040.51890.44920.76260.62320.26030.82250.60510.2374

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
2016 TEX $509,500
2015 TEX $509,500
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$1,019,000
2 yrTotal$1,019,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 137 d1 year/$0.5095M (2016)

Details
  • 1 year/$0.5095M (2016). Re-signed by Texas 2/27/16. Claimed by Philadelphia off waivers 6/19/16 after being DFA by Texas 6/9/16. Released by Philadelphia 12/14/16.
  • 1 year/$0.5095M (2015). Re-signed by Texas 3/4/15.
  • 1 year (2014). Contract selected by Texas 8/1/14.
  • Drafted by Texas 2011 (30-924) (Youngstown State).

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 7.9 0 0.5 19 7 52.7 38 15 55 6 .246 1.00 2.88 3.18 -0.3 0.0
80o 6.8 0 0.5 16 7 46.6 36 14 49 5 .260 1.08 3.25 3.58 -2.2 -0.2
70o 6.1 0 0.4 15 6 42.3 35 13 45 5 .271 1.14 3.53 3.88 -3.3 -0.4
60o 5.5 0 0.4 14 5 38.8 33 13 41 5 .280 1.19 3.77 4.14 -4.1 -0.4
50o 4.9 0 0.3 13 5 35.5 32 12 37 5 .289 1.25 4.00 4.39 -4.6 -0.5
40o 4.4 0 0.3 11 5 32.3 30 12 34 5 .298 1.30 4.23 4.64 -5.1 -0.5
30o 3.8 0 0.3 10 4 29.0 28 11 31 4 .307 1.36 4.48 4.91 -5.3 -0.6
20o 3.2 0 0.2 9 4 25.2 26 10 27 4 .318 1.43 4.78 5.23 -5.5 -0.6
10o 2.5 0 0.2 7 3 20.2 22 9 21 3 .333 1.53 5.21 5.69 -5.4 -0.6
Weighted Mean4.800.312534.83112375.2871.233.974.35-4.4-0.5

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Phil Klein threw 1,036 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2014 and 2016, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2016, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (93mph), also mixing in a Cutter (87mph), Sinker (92mph), Slider (84mph) and Change (86mph). He also rarely threw a Curve (79mph).