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Todd Van Poppel

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 210lb (196cm, 95kg)

Born: December 9, 1971 in Hinsdale, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (14th) of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft from James W. Martin HS (Arlington, TX).

High School: James W. Martin HS (Arlington, TX)

Debut: September 11, 1991 (Age 19-276d, 16,076th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4.2 IP, 7 H, 6 SO, 2 BB, 5 ER

Last Game: October 2, 2004 (Age 32-298d)
vs. PIT 5.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1993 season

Agents: Scott Boras

Full Name: Todd Matthew Van Poppel

Pronunciation: \VAN-pop-pell\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.3

W

L

ERA

5.58

G

359

GS

SV

IP

907.0

SO

711

WHIP

1.549

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
1990	18	OAK-min	A-,A	3	2	.600	2.15	8	8	0	0	0	0	37.2	18	16	9	1	19	0	49	3	0	0				0.982	4.3	0.2	4.5	11.7	2.58	SOR,MAD NORW,MIDW
1991	19	OAK-min	AA	6	13	.316	3.47	24	24	0	1	1	0	132.1	118	69	51	2	90	0	115	6	1	12	607			1.572	8.0	0.1	6.1	7.8	1.28	HVL SOUL
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	43	4.36	1.929	13.5	1.9	3.9	11.6	3.00

1992	20	OAK-min	AAA	4	2	.667	3.97	9	9	0	0	0	0	45.1	44	22	20	1	35	0	29	1	1	1	202			1.743	8.7	0.2	6.9	5.8	0.83	TAC PCL
1993	21	OAK-min	AAA	4	8	.333	5.83	16	16	0	0	0	0	78.2	67	53	51	5	54	0	71	4	0	2	355			1.538	7.7	0.6	6.2	8.1	1.31	TAC PCL
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	5.70	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	6.30	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	4.14	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	57	7.21	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	6.35	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	8.70	2.257	13.1	2.7	7.2	4.0	0.55

1997	25	TEX-KCR-min	AA,AAA,A+	4	12	.250	5.70	24	19	1	2	0	0	115.1	139	82	73	15	49	0	86	5	1	6	537			1.630	10.8	1.2	3.8	6.7	1.76	TUL,OMA,CHT TL,AA,FLOR
1998	26	TEX-min	AAA,AA	5	5	.500	3.76	16	14	0	2	0	0	91.0	90	46	38	12	29	0	71	1	1	3	387			1.308	8.9	1.2	2.9	7.0	2.45	OKC,TUL PCL,TL
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	71	4.95	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	55	7.17	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	82	4.03	1.511	10.1	0.8	3.4	6.1	1.78

1999	27	PIT-min	AAA	10	6	.625	4.95	27	27	0	2	0	0	163.2	173	95	90	23	62	1	157	5	1	5	716			1.436	9.5	1.3	3.4	8.6	2.53	NVL PCL
2000	28	CHC-min	AAA	3	4	.429	3.10	10	6	2	0	0	0	40.2	37	18	14	2	10	0	52	5	0	6	172			1.156	8.2	0.4	2.2	11.5	5.20	IWA PCL
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	4	378	122	4.59	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	165	3.73	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	87	4.45	1.500	9.9	1.7	3.6	10.5	2.93
2003	31	CIN-TEX-min	AAA,AA	4	3	.571	3.00	22	7	6	0	0	1	63.0	57	25	21	4	13	1	52	1	0	4	251			1.111	8.1	0.6	1.9	7.4	4.00	LOU,FRI IL,TL
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	79	4.77	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	60	4.77	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	92	4.77	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	5.19	1.457	10.6	1.7	2.5	5.6	2.25
11 Yrs				40	52	.435	5.58	359	98	84	2	1	4	907.0	944	587	562	143	461	21	711	22	7	47	4049	80	5.16	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	5.16	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	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	5.43	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	4.99	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	5.09	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	9	702	138	4.19	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	82	4.03	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	8.70	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	73	5.56	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	20	1556	95	4.55	1.405	9.1	1.3	3.6	7.4	2.08

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