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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
16 256 1406.3 76 79 0 4.60 -5.1
Birth Date2-8-1979
Height6' 3"
Weight215 lbs
Age47 years, 1 months, 29 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
2002 COL MLB 9 5 35.7 2 1 0 41 13 14 4 122 10.3 3.3 1.0 3.5 0% .306 1.51 4.80 4.54 123 7.73 165.9 -0.9
2003 COL MLB 43 16 124.0 4 6 0 160 57 43 8 110 11.6 4.1 0.6 3.1 0% .328 1.75 4.69 6.02 118 7.60 159.4 -2.7
2004 COL MLB 16 16 96.7 6 4 0 112 39 40 7 116 10.4 3.6 0.7 3.7 0% .309 1.56 4.48 4.28 109 6.68 137.8 -0.9
2005 COL MLB 13 13 83.3 7 2 0 101 16 24 8 112 10.9 1.7 0.9 2.6 0% .303 1.40 4.30 3.67 110 5.83 125.5 -0.3
2006 COL MLB 32 32 212.7 9 15 0 242 55 92 17 106 10.2 2.3 0.7 3.9 0% .302 1.40 4.15 4.23 98 4.68 95.3 2.6
2007 COL MLB 25 25 166.0 8 7 0 178 44 61 15 109 9.7 2.4 0.8 3.3 0% .285 1.34 4.51 4.12 105 5.17 107.1 1.0
2008 COL MLB 32 32 211.3 16 9 0 236 48 96 13 105 10.1 2.0 0.6 4.1 0% .308 1.34 3.73 3.96 98 4.84 103.2 1.7
2009 COL MLB 27 27 158.0 11 6 0 175 47 78 19 101 10.0 2.7 1.1 4.4 0% .295 1.41 4.55 4.16 106 5.79 124.1 -0.4
2010 COL MLB 23 23 127.7 6 8 0 147 52 62 11 104 10.4 3.7 0.8 4.4 0% .307 1.56 4.56 5.08 113 6.15 138.8 -1.3
2011 COL MLB 18 17 97.0 3 10 0 127 37 48 9 110 11.8 3.4 0.8 4.5 0% .345 1.69 4.50 6.03 117 6.60 153.4 -1.8
2012 BOS MLB 18 18 94.0 4 11 0 117 21 20 15 101 11.2 2.0 1.4 1.9 0% .288 1.47 5.39 5.65 121 7.18 164.6 -2.2
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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-
1998 POR A- NWN 15 15 79.3 5 8 0 87 39 38 8 9.9 4.4 0.9 4.3 0% -.929 1.59 5.60 4.88 0 0.00 0.0
1999 ASH A SAL 25 25 121.7 4 12 0 157 42 73 17 11.6 3.1 1.3 5.4 0% -1.061 1.64 5.20 6.43 0 0.00 0.0
2000 ASH A SAL 21 21 142.7 10 7 0 130 23 118 10 8.2 1.5 0.6 7.4 0% -.795 1.07 3.24 2.96 0 0.00 0.0
2000 SLM A+ CRL 7 7 43.0 1 6 0 52 12 37 4 10.9 2.5 0.8 7.7 0% -.906 1.49 3.74 5.44 0 0.00 0.0
2001 SLM A+ CRL 27 27 155.0 11 11 0 157 38 122 4 9.1 2.2 0.2 7.1 0% -.933 1.26 2.73 3.08 0 0.00 0.0
2002 COL MLB NL 9 5 35.7 2 1 0 41 13 14 4 122 10.3 3.3 1.0 3.5 0% .306 1.51 4.80 4.54 123 7.73 165.9
2002 CAR AA SOU 14 14 95.0 7 2 0 73 19 58 4 6.9 1.8 0.4 5.5 0% .243 0.97 3.10 1.42 0 0.00 0.0
2002 CSP AAA PCL 10 10 64.3 4 4 0 67 18 32 6 9.4 2.5 0.8 4.5 0% .282 1.32 4.65 3.78 0 0.00 0.0
2003 COL MLB NL 43 16 124.0 4 6 0 160 57 43 8 110 11.6 4.1 0.6 3.1 0% .328 1.75 4.69 6.02 118 7.60 159.4
2003 CSP AAA PCL 2 2 16.0 1 1 0 10 4 12 2 5.6 2.3 1.1 6.8 0% .186 0.88 4.17 2.25 0 0.00 0.0
2004 COL MLB NL 16 16 96.7 6 4 0 112 39 40 7 116 10.4 3.6 0.7 3.7 0% .309 1.56 4.48 4.28 109 6.68 137.8
2004 CSP AAA PCL 7 7 46.0 3 1 0 34 8 25 1 6.7 1.6 0.2 4.9 0% .236 0.91 3.42 2.74 0 0.00 0.0
2005 COL MLB NL 13 13 83.3 7 2 0 101 16 24 8 112 10.9 1.7 0.9 2.6 0% .303 1.40 4.30 3.67 110 5.83 125.5
2005 TRI A- NWN 2 2 7.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 77 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0% .000 0.14 3.47 0.00 114 2.37 46.8
2005 MOD A+ CLF 1 1 5.0 1 0 0 5 0 5 0 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% -1.000 1.00 1.85 1.80 0 0.00 0.0
2005 TUL AA TXS 1 1 3.7 0 1 0 10 1 1 2 24.3 2.4 4.9 2.4 0% -2.000 2.97 10.57 17.03 0 0.00 0.0
2005 CSP AAA PCL 3 3 16.3 1 0 0 18 7 11 0 87 9.9 3.9 0.0 6.1 0% -.947 1.53 3.63 5.52 86 4.03 79.5
2006 COL MLB NL 32 32 212.7 9 15 0 242 55 92 17 106 10.2 2.3 0.7 3.9 0% .302 1.40 4.15 4.23 98 4.68 95.3
2007 COL MLB NL 25 25 166.0 8 7 0 178 44 61 15 109 9.7 2.4 0.8 3.3 0% .285 1.34 4.51 4.12 105 5.17 107.1
2007 CSP AAA PCL 1 1 1.0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 90 36.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 0% .571 5.00 6.53 27.00 117 10.74 220.3
2008 COL MLB NL 32 32 211.3 16 9 0 236 48 96 13 105 10.1 2.0 0.6 4.1 0% .308 1.34 3.73 3.96 98 4.84 103.2
2009 COL MLB NL 27 27 158.0 11 6 0 175 47 78 19 101 10.0 2.7 1.1 4.4 0% .295 1.41 4.55 4.16 106 5.79 124.1
2010 COL MLB NL 23 23 127.7 6 8 0 147 52 62 11 104 10.4 3.7 0.8 4.4 0% .307 1.56 4.56 5.08 113 6.15 138.8
2010 TUL AA TXS 2 2 10.7 1 1 0 8 3 10 1 95 6.7 2.5 0.8 8.4 0% .259 1.03 3.35 2.52 0 0.00 0.0
2011 COL MLB NL 18 17 97.0 3 10 0 127 37 48 9 110 11.8 3.4 0.8 4.5 0% .345 1.69 4.50 6.03 117 6.60 153.4
2011 TUL AA TEX 3 3 14.0 0 1 0 16 3 13 1 100 10.3 1.9 0.6 8.4 0% .366 1.36 3.08 5.79 79 5.09 103.9
2011 CSP AAA PCL 2 2 14.7 1 0 0 13 2 5 2 122 8.0 1.2 1.2 3.1 0% .229 1.02 5.28 5.52 107 3.10 63.2
2012 BOS MLB AL 18 18 94.0 4 11 0 117 21 20 15 101 11.2 2.0 1.4 1.9 0% .288 1.47 5.39 5.65 121 7.18 164.6
2012 PAW AAA INT 6 6 37.3 3 0 0 33 12 16 1 100 8.0 2.9 0.2 3.9 0% .258 1.21 3.61 2.41 102 4.05 84.4
2013 CSP AAA PCL 8 8 35.3 0 5 0 56 11 22 4 114 14.3 2.8 1.0 5.6 0% .391 1.90 4.89 8.15 102 6.21 134.9

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 2954 0.5369 0.4749 0.8803 0.6507 0.2712 0.9254 0.7547 0.1197
2009 2364 0.4670 0.4535 0.8573 0.6359 0.2937 0.9060 0.7649 0.1427
2010 1950 0.5092 0.4410 0.8512 0.6073 0.2685 0.9104 0.7121 0.1488
2011 1458 0.5281 0.4417 0.8602 0.6286 0.2326 0.9277 0.6563 0.1398
2012 1349 0.5315 0.4737 0.9108 0.6346 0.2911 0.9341 0.8533 0.0892
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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
2013-07-14 - Minors - - Right Elbow Inflammation - -
2013-05-03 2013-07-03 Minors 61 0 Right Elbow Inflammation - -
2012-05-06 2012-06-24 15-DL 49 45 Left Knee Laceration - -
2011-03-22 2011-06-08 60-DL 78 60 Right Fingers Recovery From Fracture Ring Finger -
2011-03-11 2011-03-22 Camp 11 0 Right Fingers Fracture Ring Finger -
2011-02-21 2011-02-21 On-Alr 0 0 General Medical Gastrointestinal -
2011-02-20 2011-03-11 Camp 19 0 Right Shoulder Inflammation -
2010-09-09 2010-10-04 15-DL 25 23 Right Lower Leg Fracture Fibula -
2010-08-04 2010-09-03 15-DL 30 27 Right Sprain Big Toe -
2010-06-09 2010-06-09 DTD 0 0 Right Shoulder Contusion Batted Ball -
2009-08-22 2009-09-25 15-DL 34 31 Right Shoulder Strain -
2009-08-07 2009-08-16 DTD 9 8 Right Sprain Big Toe -
2009-07-04 2009-07-04 DTD 0 0 Neck Strain -
2009-05-16 2009-05-16 DTD 0 0 Low Back Soreness -
2008-08-15 2008-08-17 DTD 2 2 General Medical Fatigue -
2007-08-11 2007-10-23 60-DL 73 48 Left Abdomen Strain Oblique -
2005-09-22 2005-09-22 DTD 0 0 Left Fingers Contusion Little Finger -
2005-03-25 2005-07-30 60-DL 127 102 Right Shoulder Recovery From Surgery Thoracic Outlet Syndrome 2004-09-10
2004-09-10 2004-09-10 On-Alr 0 0 Bilateral General Medical Blood Clot Blood Clot In Lung -
2004-08-08 2004-10-02 60-DL 55 50 Right Shoulder Surgery Thoracic Outlet Syndrome 2004-09-10
1999-04-23 1999-06-08 Minors 46 0 Right Shoulder Inflammation Tendonitis - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2013 COL $
2012 BOS $
2011 COL $10,083,333
2010 COL $9,833,000
2009 COL $9,583,333
2008 COL $4,500,000
2007 COL $3,050,000
2006 COL $1,200,000
2005 COL $326,000
2003 COL $300,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
8 yrPrevious$38,875,666
8 yrTotal$38,875,666

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
10 y 2 dJoe Bick1 year (2013)

Details
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 1/16/13 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.625M in majors. May request release 3/26/13 if he will not make Major League roster. $0.1M retention bonus if he agrees to start season in minors. May opt out of contract 6/1/13 if not on Major League roster. Released by Philadelphia 3/26/13. Signed by Colorado as a free agent 3/28/13 (minor-league contract). Released by Colorado 11/13/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Boston as a free agent 1/17/12 (minor-league contract). $1.5M salary in majors. $2M in performance bonuses. Contract purchased by Boston 5/4/12.
  • 3 years/$30M (2009-11), plus 2012 mutual option. Signed extension with Colorado 12/11/07. $2.5M signing bonus. 09:$8.75M, 10:$9M, 11:$9.25M, 12:$11M mutual option, $0.5M buyout. Colorado declined 2012 option 10/30/11.
  • 2 years/$4.55M (2006-07), plus 2008 club option. Signed extension with Colorado 1/06 (avoided arbitration). $0.1M signing bonus, 06:$1.2M, 07:$3.05M, 08:$4.5M club option, $0.2M buyout. 2008 option guaranteed with 400 IP in 2006-07. Colorado exercised 2008 option 10/31/07.
  • 1 year/$0.326M (2005).
  • 1 year (2004).
  • 1 year/$0.3M (2003).

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 2026, Aaron Cook threw 10,482 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2012, including pitches thrown in . In 2012, he relied primarily on his Sinker (90mph), also mixing in a Cutter (89mph) and Curve (76mph). He also rarely threw a Fourseam Fastball (91mph) and Change (84mph).