The Attrition War, Padres
Part of a continuing series, follow-ups to the initial post detailing the Mariners history over the same period.
Do the Mariners, in comparison to other teams, suffer a higher rate of injury to their pitching prospects than other teams? Here, I look at the Padres.
Please note that I am trying to refrain from drawing any conclusions or making any comparisons, guessing at causes or relationships, or doing anything but presenting straight data. When the series is finished, I’ll have a summary post where I talk about those things.
In every organization so far there have been are several cases where those stats seem to ignore something important. I’m going at attempt to address those in the summary post, as well as methodology and thoughts on future research directions.
The Padres had 28 pitchers who appeared at least once on a Baseball America Top Ten prospect list from 1995-2004.
Of those 28, pitchers who injured their elbow and required surgery: 3 (Baxter, Eaton, Tucker)
Of those 28, pitchers who injured their shoulders and required surgery: 0
(generally, I’m looking for major surgeries that require ~1y off)
Unknowns: Domingo Guzman
Contributions welcome!
Readers are, as always, encouraged to to add/correct information here in the comments or by email. Resolving unknowns and citations are particularly welcome.
Detailed data
Gerik Baxter, 9/2000, 5/2001
Ligament replacement surgery (1999/2000?). Died in a car accident in July 2001.
Mike Bynum, 4/2000, 4/2001
Signed a minor league deal with the Tigers in January 2005 (and will have TJ surgery shortly)
Matt Clement, 9/1997, 1/1998, 1/1999
Traded to the Marlins in March 2001 as part of the Mark Kotsay deal.
Eric Cyr, 7/2002
Claimed off waivers by the Angels in March 2003.
Glenn Dishman, 9/1995
Claimed off waivers by the Phillies in September 1996.
Adam Eaton, 3/2000
Ligament replacement surgery, mid-2001.
Todd Erdos, 6/1997
Selected by the Diamondbacks in the 1997 expansion draft.
Bryce Florie, 8/1995
Traded to the Brewers in July 1996 as part of the Greg Vaughn trade.
Domingo Guzman, 8/1998, 10/1999
Unknown — pitched in seven games in 2000 and then turned up in Japan in 2002.
Dustin Hermanson, 1/1995, 3/1996
Traded to the Marlins in November 1996 for Quilvio Veras.
Junior Herndon, 3/1999, 5/2000, 10/2001
Didn’t make it.
Ben Howard, 6/2002, 6/2003, 5/2004
Traded to the Marlins in April 2004 for Blaine Neal.
Brandon Kolb, 10/2000
Traded to the Padres in December 2000 as part of the Santiago Perez deal.
Marc Kroon, 3/1995, 8/1996. 10/1997, 9/1998
Traded to the Reds in April 1998 for Buddy Carlyle.
Jason Middlebrook, 7/1998, 8/1998
Claimed off waivers by the Mets in October 2000.
Heath Murray, 7/1996, 5/1997
Claimed off waivers by the Reds in october 1999.
Mark/Mike Nicolas, 8/2003
Claimed off waivers by the Brewers in April 2003.
Chris Oxspring, 10/2004
Pitching in the minors.
David Pauley, 7/2004
Pitching in the minors.
Jake Peavy, 2/2001, 3/2002
Pitching in the majors.
Oliver Perez, 10/2002
Traded to the Pirates in August 2003 as part of the Brian Giles trade.
Mark Phillips, 6/2001, 5/2002, 3/2003
Traded to the Yankees in March 2003 as part of the Rondell White deal.
Wascar Serrano, 7/1999, 2/2000, 3/2001
Traded to the Mariners in December 2001 as part of the Brett Tomko-Ramon Vazquez deal.
Tim Stauffer, 4/2004
Pitching in the minors.
Cory Stewart, 10/2003
Traded to the Pirates in August 2003 as part of the Brian Giles trade.
Dennis Tankersley, 9/2001, 2/2002
Traded to the Royals in November 2004 as part of the deal for Darrell May and Ryan Bukvich.
Rusty Tucker, 9/2003
Ligament replacement surgery in August 2003.
Ron Villone, 4/1996
Traded to the Brewers in July 1996 as part of the Greg Vaughn trade.
Comments
2 Responses to “The Attrition War, Padres”
Is that the same Ron Villone who the M’s gave a contract too? I thought that he came up through the M’s system?
Typo, the text says “Orioles” instead of “Padres”.