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Zach Miner

Zachary Charles Miner

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: March 12, 1982 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Palm Beach Gardens HS (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 4th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed September 1, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 4, 2006 (Age 24)
Team: Tigers 2006-2009
2013 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 4.078, Arb Eligible: 2012, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
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Standard Pitching

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2001	19	ATL-min	A-	3	4	.429	1.89	15	15	0	0	0	0	90.2	76	26	19	6	16	0	68	4	1	4	358		1.015	7.5	0.6	1.6	6.8	4.25	JAM · NYPL
2002	20	ATL-min	A	8	9	.471	3.28	29	28	0	1	1	0	159.0	143	73	58	10	51	1	131	12	1	9	663		1.220	8.1	0.6	2.9	7.4	2.57	MAC · SALL
2003	21	ATL-min	A+	6	10	.375	3.69	27	27	0	2	0	0	153.2	150	74	63	10	61	1	88	7	1	4	652		1.373	8.8	0.6	3.6	5.2	1.44	MYR · CARL
2004	22	ATL-min	AA	6	10	.375	5.22	27	22	1	1	0	0	129.1	132	87	75	14	55	0	111	5	1	1	552		1.446	9.2	1.0	3.8	7.7	2.02	GRV · SOUL
2005	23	DET-ATL-min	AAA,AA	5	9	.357	3.78	27	25	1	0	0	1	140.1	146	67	59	10	70	1	101	4	0	5	622		1.539	9.4	0.6	4.5	6.5	1.44	TOL,RMD,MSS · IL,SOUL
2006	24	DET-min	AAA	6	0	1.000	2.82	9	9	0	1	0	0	51.0	43	18	16	2	21	0	40	0	0	1	206		1.255	7.6	0.4	3.7	7.1	1.90	TOL · IL
2006	24	DET	AL	7	6	.538	4.84	27	16	4	1	0	0	93.0	100	53	50	11	32	1	59	0	0	1	398	94	1.419	9.7	1.1	3.1	5.7	1.84
2007	25	DET-min	AAA,AA	1	4	.200	4.86	13	8	1	0	0	0	53.2	47	31	29	4	23	0	35	2	0	2	226		1.304	7.9	0.7	3.9	5.9	1.52	TOL,ERI · IL,EL
2007	25	DET	AL	3	4	.429	3.02	34	1	8	0	0	0	53.2	56	22	18	3	22	4	34	0	0	1	232	152	1.453	9.4	0.5	3.7	5.7	1.55
2008	26	DET-min	AAA	0	1	.000	3.38	4	2	1	0	0	0	10.2	11	4	4	0	3	0	15	0	0	0	45		1.312	9.3	0.0	2.5	12.7	5.00	TOL · IL
2008	26	DET	AL	8	5	.615	4.27	45	13	3	0	0	0	118.0	118	60	56	10	46	3	62	6	0	4	509	104	1.390	9.0	0.8	3.5	4.7	1.35
2009	27	DET	AL	7	5	.583	4.29	51	5	9	0	0	1	92.1	101	49	44	11	45	1	62	2	0	2	409	106	1.581	9.8	1.1	4.4	6.0	1.38
2011	29	KCR-min	AA,AAA	3	7	.300	5.26	23	11	4	0	0	1	66.2	71	41	39	9	28	2	44	1	2	7	296		1.485	9.6	1.2	3.8	5.9	1.57	NTA,OMA · TL,PCL
2012	30	DET-min	AAA,Rk,AA	2	0	1.000	2.79	27	3	7	0	0	2	42.0	29	13	13	3	22	2	23	1	0	1	175		1.214	6.2	0.6	4.7	4.9	1.05	TOL,LAT,ERI · IL,GULF,EL
2013	31	PHI-min	AAA	2	3	.400	5.87	11	4	2	0	0	1	30.2	32	21	20	2	16	0	11	2	0	1	139		1.565	9.4	0.6	4.7	3.2	0.69	LHV · IL
4 Yrs				25	20	.556	4.24	157	35	24	1	0	1	357.0	375	184	168	35	145	9	217	8	0	8	1548	107	1.457	9.5	0.9	3.7	5.5	1.50
162 Game Avg.				9	7	.556	4.24	56	12	9	0	0	0	126	133	65	60	12	51	3	77	3	0	3	548	107	1.457	9.5	0.9	3.7	5.5	1.50

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2006	24	DET	AL	93.0	27	16	53	5.13	4.84	0.25	0.11	100.0	4.69	-6	-0.5	.7	-0.1	0.4	6	.480	.497
2007	25	DET	AL	53.2	34	1	22	3.69	4.91	0.23	-0.31	102.0	4.46	4	0.4	1.2	-0.1	0.9	11	.512	.503
2008	26	DET	AL	118.0	45	13	60	4.58	4.69	-0.36	-0.02	104.2	5.24	7	0.7	1.2	-0.2	1.8	22	.515	.504	$410,000
2009	27	DET	AL	92.1	51	5	49	4.78	4.87	0.21	-0.22	102.0	4.53	-3	-0.3	1.2	-0.2	0.4	8	.493	.498	$437,500
4 Seasons				357.0	157	35	184	4.64	4.81	0.04	-0.08	102.2	4.80	2	0.2	1.1	-0.5	3.4	46	.501	.500	$847,500

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2006	24	DET	AL	WS	L	STL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1 WS							0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	SF	Pos	Awards
2001	19	ATL-min	A-	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0		JAM · NYPL
2002	20	ATL-min	A	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0		MAC · SALL
2003	21	ATL-min	A+	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0		MYR · CARL
2004	22	ATL-min	AA	28	40	33	2	3	0	1	2	3	12	.091	.162	.182	.344		6	3	1		GRV · SOUL
2005	23	DET-ATL-min	AAA,AA	27	13	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	8	.182	.182	.182	.364		2	2	0		TOL,RMD,MSS · IL,SOUL
2006	24	DET-min	AAA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0		TOL · IL
2006	24	DET	AL	27	6	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.333	.500	25	2	0	0	1
2007	25	DET-min	AAA,AA	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0		TOL,ERI · IL,EL
2007	25	DET	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1
2008	26	DET-min	AAA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0		TOL · IL
2008	26	DET	AL	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1
2009	27	DET	AL	51	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1
2011	29	KCR-min	AA,AAA	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0		NTA,OMA · TL,PCL
2012	30	DET-min	AAA,Rk,AA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0		TOL,LAT,ERI · IL,GULF,EL
2013	31	PHI-min	AAA	7	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750		2	0	0		LHV · IL
4 Yrs				157	7	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.286	.429	7	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	7	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.286	.429	7	2	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rpos	RAA	WAA	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2006	24	DET	AL	27	6	-1	1	0	0.0	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1		1
2007	25	DET	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
2008	26	DET	AL	45	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$410,000	1
2009	27	DET	AL	51	1	-0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$437,500	1
4 Seasons				157	7	-1	2	1	0.1	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$847,500

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2006	24	DET	AL	WS	STL	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
2006	DET	AL	24	P	27	16	1	93.0	9	4	5	0	0	1.000	-1	-2	0.87	0.33	.958	1.56	1.54	8	5	38%	30%	1
2007	DET	AL	25	P	34	1	0	53.2	11	1	8	2	0	.818	-1	-3	1.51	0.26	.955	1.59	1.59	4	6	60%	27%	0
2008	DET	AL	26	P	45	13	0	118.0	22	5	17	0	2	1.000	2	3	1.68	0.49	.952	1.60	1.59	8	4	33%	27%	0
2009	DET	AL	27	P	51	5	0	92.1	15	3	12	0	0	1.000	2	4	1.46	0.29	.953	1.53	1.51	4	2	33%	26%	0
	4 Seasons			P	157	35	1	357.0	57	13	42	2	2	.965	2	1	1.39	0.35	.954	1.57	1.56	24	17	41%	28%	1
	4 Seasons			TOT	157	35	1	357.0	57	13	42	2	2	.965	2	6	1.39	0.35	.954	1.57	1.56	24	17	41%	28%	1

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1981), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (742nd), 3.5 career WAR/3.5 7yr-peak WAR/3.5 JAWS Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Paul Wagner (990) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Brad Thompson (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 5, 2000: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 4th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed September 1, 2000.
July 31, 2005: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with Roman Colon to the Detroit Tigers for Kyle Farnsworth.
December 2, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
December 31, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
November 2, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
December 1, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
April 20, 2012: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Kansas City Royals.
November 3, 2012: Granted Free Agency.
December 1, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2008	26	Detroit Tigers	$410,000
2009	27	Detroit Tigers	$437,500
2010	28	Detroit Tigers	$950,000
		Earliest Arb Eligible: 2012, Earliest Free Agent: 2015
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,797,500

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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