Joe Borowski

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 225lb (188cm, 102kg)

Born: May 4, 1971 in Bayonne, NJ us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 32nd round of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft from Bayonne HS (Bayonne, NJ).

High Schools: Bayonne HS (Bayonne, NJ), Marist HS (Bayonne, NJ)

Last Game: July 1, 2008 (Age 37-058d)
vs. CHW 0.2 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1997 season

Agents: Michael Maas, Ron Shapiro

Full Name: Joseph Thomas Borowski

Pronunciation: \BOAR-ouw-ski\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.6

ERA

4.18

423

131

454.1

372

WHIP

1.380

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1990	19	-0.7	White Sox	GULF	Rk	CHW	2	8	.200	5.58	6.90	12	11	0	0	0	0	61.1	74	47	38	3	25	0	67	2	2	2		1.614	10.9	0.4	3.7	9.8	2.68
1991	20	-1.8	Kane County	MIDW	A	BAL	7	2	.778	2.56	2.89	49	0	28	0	0	13	81.0	60	26	23	2	43	2	76	3	0	4	344	1.272	6.7	0.2	4.8	8.4	1.77
1992	21	-1.4	Frederick	CARL	A+	BAL	5	6	.455	3.70	4.48	48	0	36	0	0	10	80.1	71	40	33	3	50	3	85	3	0	2	362	1.506	8.0	0.3	5.6	9.5	1.70
1993	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	BAL	4	1	.800	2.81	3.38	51	2	32	0	0	11	80.0	72	30	25	5	48	3	87	3	1	8	355	1.500	8.1	0.6	5.4	9.8	1.81
1993	22	-1.7	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	3	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	9	0	5	0	0	0	17.2	11	0	0	0	11	3	17	0	1	0	75	1.245	5.6	0.0	5.6	8.7	1.55
1993	22	-0.6	Frederick	CARL	A+	BAL	1	1	.500	3.61	4.33	42	2	27	0	0	11	62.1	61	30	25	5	37	0	70	3	0	8	280	1.572	8.8	0.7	5.3	10.1	1.89
1994	23	-0.9	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	3	4	.429	1.91	1.91	49	0	37	0	0	14	66.0	52	14	14	3	28	3	73	0	0	4	277	1.212	7.1	0.4	3.8	10.0	2.61
1995	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	BAL	3	5	.375	3.99	3.99	44	0	36	0	0	13	56.1	48	25	25	5	25	3	64	0	0	2	232	1.296	7.7	0.8	4.0	10.2	2.56
1995	24	-2.5	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	1	3	.250	4.04	4.04	28	0	22	0	0	6	35.2	32	16	16	3	18	2	32	0	0	1	149	1.402	8.1	0.8	4.5	8.1	1.78
1995	24	0.3	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	2	2	.500	3.92	3.92	16	0	14	0	0	7	20.2	16	9	9	2	7	1	32	0	0	1	83	1.113	7.0	0.9	3.0	13.9	4.57
1995	24	-4.8	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	0	0		1.23	1.23	6	0	3	0	0	0	7.1	5	1	1	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	30	1.227	6.1	0.0	4.9	3.7	0.75
1996	25	-1.4	Richmond	IL	AAA	ATL	1	5	.167	3.71	4.22	34	0	19	0	0	7	53.1	42	25	22	4	30	1	40	0	0	1	224	1.350	7.1	0.7	5.1	6.8	1.33
1996	25	-3.4	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	2	4	.333	4.85	5.19	22	0	8	0	0	0	26.0	33	15	14	4	13	4	15	1	0	1	121	1.769	11.4	1.4	4.5	5.2	1.15
1997	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	ATL	2	3	.400	4.15	4.50	21	0	9	0	0	0	26.0	29	13	12	2	20	5	8	0	0	0	123	1.885	10.0	0.7	6.9	2.8	0.40
1997	26	-0.1	Richmond	IL	AAA	ATL	1	2	.333	3.58	3.82	21	0	4	0	0	2	37.2	32	16	15	3	19	2	34	1	0	4	159	1.354	7.6	0.7	4.5	8.1	1.79
1997	26	-2.1	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	2	2	.500	3.75	4.13	20	0	8	0	0	0	24.0	27	11	10	2	16	4	6	0	0	0	111	1.792	10.1	0.8	6.0	2.3	0.38
1997	26	-2.8	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	0	1	.000	9.00	9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	2	2	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	12	3.000	9.0	0.0	18.0	9.0	0.50
1998	27	0.4	Columbus	IL	AAA	NYY	3	3	.500	2.93	3.05	45	0	10	0	0	4	73.2	66	25	24	6	39	1	67	2	0	3	320	1.425	8.1	0.7	4.8	8.2	1.72
1998	27	-2.3	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	1	0	1.000	6.52	6.52	8	0	6	0	0	0	9.2	11	7	7	0	4	0	7	0	0	0	42	1.552	10.2	0.0	3.7	6.5	1.75
1999	28	1.3	Louisville	IL	AAA	MIL	6	2	.750	5.46	5.97	58	0	28	0	0	4	89.0	94	59	54	7	44	3	70	3	1	3	399	1.551	9.5	0.7	4.4	7.1	1.59
2000	29	1.1	Monterrey	MEX	AAA		4	2	.667	3.19	3.19	12	5	5	0	0	1	42.1	31	15	15	5	18	1	44	1	0	3	173	1.157	6.6	1.1	3.8	9.4	2.44
2000	29	1.2	Newark	ATLL	Ind		6	3	.667	5.50	5.50	28	0	10	0	0	0	37.2	44	23	23	5	17	1	39	1	0	2	171	1.619	10.5	1.2	4.1	9.3	2.29
2001	30	3.1	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	8	7	.533	2.62	2.86	39	12	7	1	1	1	110.0	87	35	32	10	26	3	131	2	0	1	433	1.027	7.1	0.8	2.1	10.7	5.04
2001	30	1.1	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	0	1	.000	32.40	32.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.2	6	6	6	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	13	5.400	32.4	5.4	16.2	5.4	0.33
2002	31	2.2	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	4	4	.500	2.73	2.92	73	0	25	0	0	2	95.2	84	31	29	10	29	6	97	1	0	1	391	1.181	7.9	0.9	2.7	9.1	3.34
2003	32	3.2	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	2	2	.500	2.63	3.03	68	0	59	0	0	33	68.1	53	23	20	5	19	1	66	1	0	0	280	1.054	7.0	0.7	2.5	8.7	3.47
2004	33	5.8	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	0	3	.000	8.22	9.39	7	3	0	0	0	0	7.2	9	8	7	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	36	1.696	10.6	1.2	4.7	2.3	0.50
2004	33	3.8	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	2	4	.333	8.02	8.02	22	0	19	0	0	9	21.1	27	19	19	3	15	2	17	0	0	0	106	1.969	11.4	1.3	6.3	7.2	1.13
2005	34		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	TBD	1	5	.167	4.47	4.47	43	0	7	0	0	0	46.1	38	23	23	8	12	1	27	0	0	1	184	1.079	7.4	1.6	2.3	5.2	2.25
2005	34	6.8	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	0	0		2.25	4.50	7	0	3	0	0	0	8.0	3	4	2	2	3	0	4	0	0	0	31	0.750	3.4	2.3	3.4	4.5	1.33
2005	34	4.8	TBD	AL	Maj	TBD	1	5	.167	3.82	3.82	32	0	4	0	0	0	35.1	26	15	15	3	11	1	16	0	0	1	137	1.047	6.6	0.8	2.8	4.1	1.45
2005	34	4.8	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	0	0		6.55	6.55	11	0	3	0	0	0	11.0	12	8	8	5	1	0	11	0	0	0	47	1.182	9.8	4.1	0.8	9.0	11.00
2006	35	5.9	FLA	NL	Maj	FLA	3	3	.500	3.75	4.00	72	0	60	0	0	36	69.2	63	31	29	7	33	7	64	2	0	1	304	1.378	8.1	0.9	4.3	8.3	1.94
2007	36	7.6	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	4	5	.444	5.07	5.35	69	0	58	0	0	45	65.2	77	39	37	9	17	4	58	2	0	2	292	1.431	10.6	1.2	2.3	7.9	3.41
2008	37		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	CLE	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	4.5
2008	37	12.4	Akron	EL	AA	CLE	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2008	37	15.1	Lake County	SALL	A	CLE	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2008	37	8.7	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	1	3	.250	7.56	7.56	18	0	14	0	0	6	16.2	24	14	14	4	8	2	9	0	0	0	82	1.920	13.0	2.2	4.3	4.9	1.13
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (12 seasons)					Majors		22	34	.393	4.18	4.40	423	1	268	0	0	131	454.1	450	222	211	53	177	32	372	7	0	6	1968	1.380	8.9	1.0	3.5	7.4	2.10
Minors (14 seasons)					Minors		43	48	.473	3.50	3.95	466	29	240	1	1	79	806.1	711	354	314	54	384	24	801	19	4	34	3179	1.358	7.9	0.6	4.3	8.9	2.09
Foreign (1 season)					Foreign		4	2	.667	3.19	3.19	12	5	5	0	0	1	42.1	31	15	15	5	18	1	44	1	0	3	173	1.157	6.6	1.1	3.8	9.4	2.44
Other (1 season)					Other		6	3	.667	5.50	5.50	28	0	10	0	0	0	37.2	44	23	23	5	17	1	39	1	0	2	171	1.619	10.5	1.2	4.1	9.3	2.29
All Levels (19 Seasons)							75	87	.463	3.78	4.12	929	35	523	1	1	211	1340.2	1236	614	563	117	596	58	1256	28	4	45	5491	1.366	8.3	0.8	4.0	8.4	2.11

AAA (8 seasons)					Minors		20	25	.444	3.73	4.08	239	15	93	1	1	24	415.0	365	188	172	36	183	12	380	8	1	13	1751	1.320	7.9	0.8	4.0	8.2	2.08
AA (4 seasons)					Minors		8	6	.571	1.97	1.97	75	0	56	0	0	21	105.1	80	23	23	5	46	7	123	0	1	5	439	1.196	6.8	0.4	3.9	10.5	2.67
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		6	7	.462	3.66	4.42	90	2	63	0	0	21	142.2	132	70	58	8	87	3	155	6	0	10	642	1.535	8.3	0.5	5.5	9.8	1.78
A (2 seasons)					Minors		7	2	.778	2.52	2.85	50	1	28	0	0	13	82.0	60	26	23	2	43	2	76	3	0	4	347	1.256	6.6	0.2	4.7	8.3	1.77
Rk (1 season)					Minors		2	8	.200	5.58	6.90	12	11	0	0	0	0	61.1	74	47	38	3	25	0	67	2	2	2		1.614	10.9	0.4	3.7	9.8	2.68