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IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date6-26-1990
Height6' 3"
Weight230 lbs
Age33 years, 9 months, 21 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
2018 SFN MLB 26 0 23.3 2 2 0 17 10 33 4 96 6.6 3.9 1.5 12.7 41% .277 1.16 3.93 6.17 75 2.66 59.5 0.6
2019 MIL 0 15 0 14.0 0 1 0 10 8 13 4 98 6.4 5.1 2.6 8.4 30% .182 1.29 6.95 5.14 124 7.42 152.2 -0.3
2019 SFN 0 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 4 1 5 1 116 18.0 4.5 4.5 22.5 0% .750 2.50 6.16 4.50 92 3.61 73.9 0.0
2019 TOT MLB 17 0 16.0 0 1 0 14 9 18 5 101 7.9 5.1 2.8 10.1 26% .243 1.44 6.85 5.06 119 6.94 141.8 -0.3
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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-
2014 AUG A SAL 33 0 31.3 1 3 1 16 14 64 1 4.6 4.0 0.3 18.4 0% .333 0.96 1.44 3.73 42 1.72 36.3
2014 SJO A+ CAL 4 0 4.0 1 0 0 1 2 7 0 2.3 4.5 0.0 15.8 0% .200 0.75 1.73 2.25 65 2.10 44.4
2015 SJO A+ CAL 20 5 25.0 2 1 0 13 25 51 2 95 4.7 9.0 0.7 18.4 0% .324 1.52 3.74 2.88 77 2.38 52.2
2015 SCO Wnt AFL 9 0 9.0 0 2 1 5 6 16 0 5.0 6.0 0.0 16.0 0% .333 1.22 2.03 2.00 0 0.00 0.0
2016 RIC AA EAS 35 0 31.3 1 4 6 17 32 53 1 4.9 9.2 0.3 15.2 39% .286 1.56 3.54 4.88 92 3.49 77.1
2017 GIA Rk AZL 3 0 2.3 0 0 0 2 3 7 0 7.7 11.6 0.0 27.0 50% 1.000 2.14 2.08 3.86 61 0.00 10.0
2018 SFN MLB NL 26 0 23.3 2 2 0 17 10 33 4 96 6.6 3.9 1.5 12.7 41% .277 1.16 3.93 6.17 75 2.66 59.5
2018 RIC AA EAS 10 0 10.0 0 0 4 4 4 20 0 3.6 3.6 0.0 18.0 7% .286 0.80 0.51 0.90 41 1.54 32.6
2018 SAC AAA PCL 26 0 25.7 3 0 1 15 8 46 2 5.3 2.8 0.7 16.1 25% .310 0.90 2.10 3.16 57 1.79 37.9
2019 MIL MLB NL 15 0 14.0 0 1 0 10 8 13 4 98 6.4 5.1 2.6 8.4 30% .182 1.29 6.95 5.14 124 7.42 152.2
2019 SFN MLB NL 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 4 1 5 1 116 18.0 4.5 4.5 22.5 0% .750 2.50 6.16 4.50 92 3.61 73.9
2019 SAC AAA PCL 23 1 22.7 1 0 1 19 13 36 4 121 7.5 5.2 1.6 14.3 38% .349 1.41 4.63 5.16 90 3.72 76.5
2019 SAN AAA PCL 6 0 6.0 0 0 1 1 2 9 0 1.5 3.0 0.0 13.5 60% .100 0.50 1.79 1.50 90 5.93 122.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2018 403 0.4864 0.4566 0.6250 0.6429 0.2802 0.6905 0.4828 0.3750
2019 249 0.5221 0.4900 0.7049 0.6692 0.2941 0.7586 0.5714 0.2951
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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
2014-04-04 2014-05-03 Minors 29 0 - Not Disclosed - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2020 MIL $566,200
2019 MIL $
2018 SFN $
2017 SFN $
2016 SFN $
2015 SFN $
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$566,200
1 yrTotal$566,200

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 168 dBallengee Group1 year (2021)

Details
  • 1 year (2021). Re-signed by Milwaukee 3/21. Sent outright to Triple-A by Milwaukee 3/30/21.
  • 1 year/$566,200 (2020). Re-signed by Milwaukee 3/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Re-signed by San Francisco 3/19. Acquired by Milwaukee in trade from San Francisco 7/31/19.
  • 1 year (2018). Contract selected by San Francisco 7/8/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by San Francisco 3/17. DFA by San Francisco 4/2/17. Released 4/4/17. Re-signed by San Francisco as a free agent 4/10/17 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2016). Re-signed by San Francisco 3/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Contract selected by San Francisco 11/20/14. Re-signed by San Francisco 3/15.
  • Drafted by San Francisco 2011 (7-237) (Pittsburgh). $225,000 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 0 0 0 0 16.0 9 10 24 2 .249 1.20 3.15 3.39 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 10.3 7 7 16 1 .265 1.31 3.67 3.94 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 6.4 4 5 10 1 .277 1.40 4.06 4.34 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 2 2 5 0 .288 1.47 4.39 4.69 0.0 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .298 1.54 4.71 5.03 0.0 0.0
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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2016-04-19 12:00:00 (link to chat)I've asked others this, but I'll send the same to you: If you could give a 50 tool to any player or pitcher, which one improvement would cause the greatest leap in OFP for you? (Joey Gallo getting 50 hit is the consensus favorite according to BP staff so far)
(Steve from Philly)		That's a fun question. My mind immediately jumped to Gallo as well. I don't want to be boring, though, and just restate the same thing. Right off the top of my head: why not Ray Black with 50 control?

Well...I guess there still would be effort and health questions. If I were to cheat, I'll say Ray Black with a less violent delivery and 50 control. (Adam McInturff)
2015-11-18 13:00:00 (link to chat)You were at the Fall Stars game right? What did you think about 100 mph Ray Black? Thanks!
(Jesse from Ohio)		I was. I got to see a lot of Ray Black. While mooching off scouts guns I got a couple of 101's, second hardest thrower I saw there after Mauricio Cabrera. I didn't see a competent breaking ball and the command is worlds away, but man when you throw that hard and it's not straight you can't help but come away intrigued. (Christopher Crawford)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Ray Black threw 758 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2021, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2021, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (94mph) and Slider (83mph).