Luke Putkonen

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-6, 215lb (198cm, 97kg)

Born: May 10, 1986 in Wheaton, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 3rd round of the 2007 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC).

High School: Walton HS (Marietta, GA)

School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)

Debut: April 29, 2012 (Age 25-355d, 17,768th in MLB history)
vs. NYY 1.2 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: April 18, 2014 (Age 27-343d)
vs. LAA 2.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 7 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2012 season

Agents: CSE

Full Name: Luke Webber Putkonen

Pronunciation: \Puh-KOH-nen\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.5

W

L

ERA

4.66

G

GS

SV

IP

48.1

SO

WHIP

1.531

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2007	21	DET-min	Rk	0	1	.000	4.15	3	3	0	0	0	0	8.2	8	5	4	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	35			0.923	8.3	0.0	0.0	9.3		LAT GULF
2008	22	DET-min	A-	2	1	.667	3.65	6	6	0	0	0	0	24.2	24	10	10	1	8	0	17	1	0	0	98			1.297	8.8	0.4	2.9	6.2	2.13	ONE NYPL
2009	23	DET-min	A	7	8	.467	3.13	28	28	0	1	1	0	149.1	148	63	52	3	47	0	115	9	0	9	631			1.306	8.9	0.2	2.8	6.9	2.45	WMI MIDW
2010	24	DET-min	A+	9	7	.563	3.18	27	26	0	1	0	0	152.2	144	55	54	8	44	1	87	6	1	6	617			1.231	8.5	0.5	2.6	5.1	1.98	LAK FLOR
2011	25	DET-min	A+,AA	3	13	.188	6.44	29	19	6	1	0	0	117.1	145	96	84	18	40	1	75	5	1	4	532			1.577	11.1	1.4	3.1	5.8	1.88	LAK,ERI FLOR,EL
2012	26	DET-min	AAA,MLB	3	5	.375	4.71	36	2	12	0	0	1	72.2	87	44	38	3	28	1	56	1	0	4	321			1.583	10.8	0.4	3.5	6.9	2.00	TOL,DET IL,AL
2012	26	DET	AL	0	2	.000	3.94	12	0	6	0	0	1	16.0	19	7	7	0	8	1	10	0	0	2	72	110	3.35	1.688	10.7	0.0	4.5	5.6	1.25
2013	27	DET-min	AAA,MLB	3	3	.500	2.41	50	1	17	0	0	1	67.1	55	21	18	4	22	0	66	0	0	7	275			1.144	7.4	0.5	2.9	8.8	3.00	TOL,DET IL,AL
2013	27	DET	AL	1	3	.250	3.03	30	0	12	0	0	0	29.2	30	11	10	4	9	0	28	0	0	5	127	139	3.82	1.315	9.1	1.2	2.7	8.5	3.11
2014	28	DET-min	AAA,MLB,A	0	1	.000	16.39	7	0	0	0	0	0	9.1	17	17	17	4	5	0	1	1	0	0	51			2.357	16.4	3.9	4.8	1.0	0.20	TOL,DET,WMI IL,AL,MIDW
2014	28	DET	AL	0	0		27.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	6	8	8	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	18	16	15.51	3.000	20.3	6.8	6.8	3.4	0.50
2015	29	DET-min	AAA	0	0		32.40	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	6	6	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	13			4.800	32.4	0.0	10.8	5.4	0.50	TOL IL
3 Yrs				1	5	.167	4.66	44	0	18	0	0	1	48.1	55	26	25	6	19	1	39	1	0	7	217	92	4.31	1.531	10.2	1.1	3.5	7.3	2.05
162 Game Avg.				2	8	.167	4.66	68	0	28	0	0	2	75	85	40	39	9	29	2	60	2	0	11	335	92	4.31	1.531	10.2	1.1	3.5	7.3	2.05

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

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

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Luke Putkonen

SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

Player News

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Standard Fielding

Appearances

Transactions

Salaries

Name + "Statistics" Translations

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