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Todd Van Poppel
Todd Matthew Van Poppel
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 9, 1971 in Hinsdale, IL
High School: James W. Martin (Arlington, TX)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed July 16, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1991
Final Game: October 2, 2004
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Standard Pitching

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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
1991 19 OAK AL 0 0 9.64 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 7 5 5 1 2 0 6 0 0 0 21 40 1.929 13.5 1.9 3.9 11.6 3.00
1993 21 OAK AL 6 6 .500 5.04 16 16 0 0 0 0 84.0 76 50 47 10 62 0 47 2 0 3 380 81 1.643 8.1 1.1 6.6 5.0 0.76
1994 22 OAK AL 7 10 .412 6.09 23 23 0 0 0 0 116.2 108 80 79 20 89 2 83 3 1 3 532 73 1.689 8.3 1.5 6.9 6.4 0.93
1995 23 OAK AL 4 8 .333 4.88 36 14 10 1 0 0 138.1 125 77 75 16 56 1 122 4 0 4 582 88 1.308 8.1 1.0 3.6 7.9 2.18
1996 24 TOT AL 3 9 .250 9.06 37 15 8 1 1 1 99.1 139 107 100 24 62 3 53 3 0 7 491 56 2.023 12.6 2.2 5.6 4.8 0.85
1996 24 OAK AL 1 5 .167 7.71 28 6 8 0 0 1 63.0 86 56 54 13 33 3 37 2 0 4 301 66 1.889 12.3 1.9 4.7 5.3 1.12
1996 24 DET AL 2 4 .333 11.39 9 9 0 1 1 0 36.1 53 51 46 11 29 0 16 1 0 3 190 45 2.257 13.1 2.7 7.2 4.0 0.55
1998 26 TOT MLB 2 4 .333 6.38 22 11 3 0 0 0 66.1 79 52 47 9 28 3 42 1 3 7 303 70 1.613 10.7 1.2 3.8 5.7 1.50
1998 26 TEX AL 1 2 .333 8.84 4 4 0 0 0 0 19.1 26 20 19 5 10 0 10 1 0 2 95 54 1.862 12.1 2.3 4.7 4.7 1.00
1998 26 PIT NL 1 2 .333 5.36 18 7 3 0 0 0 47.0 53 32 28 4 18 3 32 0 3 5 208 81 1.511 10.1 0.8 3.4 6.1 1.78
2000 28 CHC NL 4 5 .444 3.75 51 2 13 0 0 2 86.1 80 38 36 10 48 2 77 2 0 5 378 121 1.483 8.3 1.0 5.0 8.0 1.60
2001 29 CHC NL 4 1 .800 2.52 59 0 18 0 0 0 75.0 63 22 21 9 38 4 90 0 1 5 324 164 1.347 7.6 1.1 4.6 10.8 2.37
2002 30 TEX AL 3 2 .600 5.45 50 0 19 0 0 1 72.2 80 44 44 14 29 1 85 3 0 8 325 88 1.500 9.9 1.7 3.6 10.5 2.93
2003 31 TOT MLB 3 1 .750 5.59 16 5 1 0 0 0 48.1 51 32 30 8 15 2 34 1 1 0 211 78 1.366 9.5 1.5 2.8 6.3 2.27
2003 31 TEX AL 1 0 1.000 8.53 7 1 0 0 0 0 12.2 20 14 12 1 9 2 9 0 0 0 67 59 2.289 14.2 0.7 6.4 6.4 1.00
2003 31 CIN NL 2 1 .667 4.54 9 4 1 0 0 0 35.2 31 18 18 7 6 0 25 1 1 0 144 91 1.037 7.8 1.8 1.5 6.3 4.17
2004 32 CIN NL 4 6 .400 6.09 48 11 12 0 0 0 115.1 136 80 78 22 32 3 72 3 1 6 502 70 1.457 10.6 1.7 2.5 5.6 2.25
11 Seasons 40 52 .435 5.58 359 98 84 2 1 4 907.0 944 587 562 143 461 21 711 22 7 48 4049 80 1.549 9.4 1.4 4.6 7.1 1.54
162 Game Avg. 6 8 .435 5.58 53 15 12 0 0 1 135 140 87 84 21 69 3 106 3 1 7 602 80 1.549 9.4 1.4 4.6 7.1 1.54
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
OAK (5 yrs) 18 29 .383 5.75 104 60 18 1 0 1 406.2 402 268 260 60 242 6 295 11 1 14 1816 77 1.584 8.9 1.3 5.4 6.5 1.22
TEX (3 yrs) 5 4 .556 6.45 61 5 19 0 0 1 104.2 126 78 75 20 48 3 104 4 0 10 487 75 1.662 10.8 1.7 4.1 8.9 2.17
CIN (2 yrs) 6 7 .462 5.72 57 15 13 0 0 0 151.0 167 98 96 29 38 3 97 4 2 6 646 74 1.358 10.0 1.7 2.3 5.8 2.55
CHC (2 yrs) 8 6 .571 3.18 110 2 31 0 0 2 161.1 143 60 57 19 86 6 167 2 1 10 702 137 1.419 8.0 1.1 4.8 9.3 1.94
PIT (1 yr) 1 2 .333 5.36 18 7 3 0 0 0 47.0 53 32 28 4 18 3 32 0 3 5 208 81 1.511 10.1 0.8 3.4 6.1 1.78
DET (1 yr) 2 4 .333 11.39 9 9 0 1 1 0 36.1 53 51 46 11 29 0 16 1 0 3 190 45 2.257 13.1 2.7 7.2 4.0 0.55
AL (8 yrs) 25 37 .403 6.26 174 74 37 2 1 2 547.2 581 397 381 91 319 9 415 16 1 27 2493 72 1.643 9.5 1.5 5.2 6.8 1.30
NL (5 yrs) 15 15 .500 4.53 185 24 47 0 0 2 359.1 363 190 181 52 142 12 296 6 6 21 1556 95 1.405 9.1 1.3 3.6 7.4 2.08

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1995 23 OAK AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 26 TOT MLB 19 18 14 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .214 .267 .286 .552 44 4 0 0 3 0 0 1
1998 26 TEX AL 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 /1
1998 26 PIT NL 18 14 12 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .250 .308 .333 .641 68 4 0 0 1 0 0 1
2000 28 CHC NL 47 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
2001 29 CHC NL 57 7 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .286 .571 52 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 30 TEX AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 31 TOT MLB 9 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222 -40 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
2003 31 CIN NL 9 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .111 .111 .111 .222 -40 1 0 0 1 0 0 /1
2004 32 CIN NL 47 23 17 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .176 .222 .176 .399 6 3 0 0 5 0 0 1
11 Seasons 182 70 57 5 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 18 .158 .186 .175 .362 -4 10 0 0 11 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 62 51 4 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 16 .158 .186 .175 .362 -4 9 0 0 10 0 0
TEX (3 yrs) 3 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0
CIN (2 yrs) 56 33 26 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .154 .185 .154 .339 -9 4 0 0 6 0 0
CHC (2 yrs) 104 18 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .125 .125 .125 .250 -35 2 0 0 2 0 0
PIT (1 yr) 18 14 12 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .250 .308 .333 .641 68 4 0 0 1 0 0
OAK (5 yrs) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 178 65 54 4 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 21 .167 .196 .185 .382 1 10 0 0 9 0 0
AL (8 yrs) 4 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1991 OAK AL 19 P 1 1 4.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.93 1.00 1.000 1.74 0.60
1993 OAK AL 21 P 16 16 84.0 10 6 4 0 1 1.000 1.07 0.63 .950 1.79 0.56
1994 OAK AL 22 P 23 23 116.2 12 1 11 0 1 1.000 0.93 0.52 .950 1.72 0.52
1995 OAK AL 23 P 36 14 138.1 16 4 11 1 0 .938 0.98 0.42 .962 1.79 0.53
1996 TOT AL 24 P 37 15 99.1 14 3 10 1 1 .929 1.18 0.35 .964 1.77 0.52
1996 OAK AL 24 P 28 6 63.0 6 1 4 1 0 .833 0.71 0.18 .967 1.77 0.52
1996 DET AL 24 P 9 9 36.1 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 1.98 0.89 .962 1.76 0.52
1998 TOT MLB 26 P 22 11 66.1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.54 0.18 .975 1.83 0.53
1998 TEX AL 26 P 4 4 19.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.47 0.25 1.000 1.77 0.50
1998 PIT NL 26 P 18 7 47.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.57 0.17 .967 1.86 0.54
2000 CHC NL 28 P 51 2 86.1 20 9 11 0 1 1.000 2.08 0.39 .960 1.74 0.48
2001 CHC NL 29 P 59 0 75.0 14 2 8 4 2 .714 1.20 0.17 .971 1.75 0.46
2002 TEX AL 30 P 50 0 72.2 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 0.99 0.16 .950 1.70 0.48
2003 TOT MLB 31 P 16 5 48.4 7 3 3 1 0 .857 1.12 0.38 .971 1.81 0.48
2003 TEX AL 31 P 7 1 12.2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.13 0.43 .967 1.71 0.49
2003 CIN NL 31 P 9 4 35.2 4 1 2 1 0 .750 0.76 0.33 .975 1.84 0.48
2004 CIN NL 32 P 48 11 115.1 16 5 10 1 0 .938 1.17 0.31 .969 1.84 0.47
11 Seasons P 359 98 907.0 122 38 76 8 6 .934 1.13 0.32 .962 1.77 0.49
11 Seasons TOT 359 98 907.0 122 38 76 8 6 .934 1.13 0.32 .897 1.77 0.49
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
1996 AL--1--6th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1994 AL--89--1st

Losses s c a p y
1994 AL--10--8th

Youngest s c a p y
1991 AL--born 1971-12-09--1st

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 4, 1990: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed July 16, 1990.

August 6, 1996: Selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the Oakland Athletics.

November 12, 1996: Selected off waivers by the Anaheim Angels from the Detroit Tigers.

March 26, 1997: Released by the Anaheim Angels.

April 17, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

June 6, 1997: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

June 20, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

July 17, 1998: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Warren Morris to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Esteban Loaiza.

October 15, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

January 18, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 15, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

November 22, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

November 5, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

November 26, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

June 4, 2003: Released by the Texas Rangers.

June 12, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

November 2, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

December 8, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

October 28, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

February 14, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1993Oakland Athletics$454,000
1994Oakland Athletics$397,000
1995Oakland Athletics$397,000
1996Oakland Athletics$318,000
1998Pittsburgh Pirates$300,000
2001Chicago Cubs$850,000
2002Texas Rangers$2,000,000
2003Texas Rangers$2,500,000
2004Cincinnati Reds$300,000
Career (may be incomplete)$7,516,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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