Robert
Espada
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 205
 
Born: July 21, 1981 in Usa
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2000 18 CO GE     0 3 0 1 4 3 3 8 8 8 4 3 3 3 2 2 4 4 4
2001 19 CO GE     0 3 1 2 4 3 4 8 8 8 4 3 3 3 2 3 4 4 4
2002 20 CO GE     0 4 2 3 5 4 4 8 8 8 6 5 5 4 2 3 4 4 4
2003 21 CO GE     1 6 4 4 5 4 4 8 8 8 6 5 6 4 3 3 4 4 4
2004 22 CO GE     2 6 3 4 6 4 5 8 8 8 7 6 7 4 3 4 4 5 4
2005 23 CO GE     2 6 4 4 6 5 5 8 8 8 8 7 7 5 4 4 4 5 5
2006 24 CO GE     2 6 3 4 6 5 5 8 8 8 9 8 8 5 4 4 4 5 4
2007 25 CO GE     3 6 4 4 6 5 5 8 8 8 9 8 8 6 5 5 4 4 4
2008 26 CO GE     3 6 4 4 6 5 5 8 8 8 9 8 8 6 5 5 4 5 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 3 0 1 4 3 3 8 8 8 4 3 3 3 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings     3 6 4 4 6 5 5 8 8 8 9 8 8 6 5 5 4 5 5
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 27 CO GE   7 3 3 3 6 4 5 10 9 9
2010 28 CO GE   7 5 4 4 6 5 5 10 9 9
2011 29 CO GE $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 10 9 9
2012 30 CO GE $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 10 9 9
2013 31 CO GE $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 10 9 9
2014 32 CO GE $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 10 9 9
2015 33 CO GE $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 10 9 9
2016 34 CO GE   6 5 4 4 5 4 4 7 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 3 3 3 5 4 4 7 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 6 5 5 10 9 9
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2000 18 CO GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2001 19 CO GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2002 20 CO GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2003 21 CO GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2004 22 CO GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2005 23 CO GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2006 24 CO GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2007 25 CO GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2008 26 CO GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 27 CO GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2010 28 CO GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2011 29 CO GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2012 30 CO GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2013 31 CO GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2014 32 CO GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2015 33 CO GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2016 34 CO GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2000 18 A   8 8 .500 20 20 1 1 0 126.7 116 46 13 53 74 3.27 .245 .321 .385 .706  
2001 19 A   6 6 .500 14 14 1 0 0 90.3 75 26 4 31 63 2.59 .220 .285 .323 .608  
2002 20 A   6 11 .353 25 25 0 0 0 161.7 122 53 11 84 127 2.95 .208 .307 .313 .620  
2003 21 AA   9 9 .500 22 22 0 0 0 130.0 132 75 10 68 108 5.19 .265 .353 .393 .746  
2004 22 AA   9 5 .643 22 22 1 1 0 151.3 121 55 10 58 113 3.27 .220 .294 .336 .630  
2005 23 AAA   1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 9 3 0 1 4 4.50 .310 .333 .379 .713  
    AA   6 9 .400 21 21 0 0 0 130.0 127 64 13 50 111 4.43 .251 .318 .383 .702  
2006 24 AAA   7 4 .636 18 18 0 0 0 112.7 130 34 2 51 84 2.72 .290 .362 .345 .707  
2007 25 AAA   12 7 .632 25 25 2 0 0 155.0 156 68 4 66 118 3.95 .258 .331 .329 .661  
2008 26 AAA   10 4 .714 24 24 2 0 0 165.0 149 51 3 51 105 2.78 .241 .299 .309 .608  
2009 27 AAA   13 12 .520 28 28 11 2 0 210.7 201 81 10 78 89 3.46 .253 .319 .358 .677  
2010 28 AAA   12 10 .545 29 29 4 2 0 207.7 191 74 10 90 90 3.21 .242 .320 .340 .660  
2011 29 CO GE 6 2 .750 39 1 0 0 0 61.3 62 20 1 21 25 2.93 .262 .328 .325 .653 4.8
    AAA   3 2 .600 7 7 1 1 0 52.7 38 14 2 25 22 2.39 .201 .294 .275 .570  
2012 30 CO GE 4 3 .571 61 0 0 0 1 104.0 92 35 3 48 38 3.03 .235 .318 .330 .647 7.2
2013 31 CO GE 2 2 .500 53 0 0 0 3 62.7 66 36 6 30 20 5.17 .270 .351 .389 .741 0.9
2014 32 CO GE 2 2 .500 62 0 0 0 3 69.0 64 28 8 32 20 3.65 .247 .334 .386 .721 2.4
2015 33 CO GE 4 3 .571 28 3 0 0 1 51.3 39 13 1 32 18 2.28 .213 .326 .273 .599 4.8
    AAA   4 5 .444 11 11 1 1 0 60.7 67 25 3 29 34 3.71 .278 .356 .349 .704  
2016 34 AAA   10 5 .667 30 30 0 0 0 194.0 147 49 6 78 118 2.27 .208 .286 .273 .559  
5 Years Sim 18 12 .600 243 4 0 0 8 348.3 323 132 19 163 121 3.41 .246 .330 .343 .673 20.1
9 Years AAA 72 49 .595 173 173 21 6 0 1164.3 1088 399 40 469 664 3.08 .246 .318 .325 .644  
3 Years AA 24 23 .511 65 65 1 1 0 411.3 380 194 33 176 332 4.24 .244 .321 .370 .691  
3 Years A 20 25 .444 59 59 2 1 0 378.7 313 125 28 168 264 2.97 .223 .307 .340 .646  
15 Years Minors 116 97 .545 297 297 24 8 0 1954.3 1781 718 101 813 1260 3.31 .241 .317 .337 .654  
Season Average 3 2 .600 48 0 0 0 1 69.7 64 26 3 32 24 3.41 .246 .330 .343 .673  
Career Highs 6 3 .750 62 3 0 0 3 104.0 92 36 8 48 38 5.17 .270 .351 .389 .741  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   257 100 15 140 87   .253 .344 .352 .696
vs LH   66 32 4 23 34   .220 .276 .313 .589
Home 12 4 .750 118 1 0 0 3 177.6 164 57 8 81 65 2.89 .246 .327 .337 .664
Away 6 8 .429 125 3 0 0 5 170.7 159 75 11 82 56 3.96 .246 .331 .350 .681
Mar/Apr 3 1 .750 38 0 0 0 3 55.0 44 12 1 24 18 1.96 .221 .305 .296 .601
May 3 4 .429 39 1 0 0 1 56.3 55 30 2 36 30 4.79 .256 .363 .353 .716
June 0 4 .000 48 1 0 0 0 74.7 74 33 6 37 23 3.98 .258 .343 .376 .719
July 7 0 1.000 36 2 0 0 1 57.3 55 12 2 23 23 1.88 .251 .322 .324 .647
August 4 2 .667 46 0 0 0 2 57.0 56 31 4 23 10 4.90 .260 .332 .377 .709
Sep/Oct 1 1 .500 36 0 0 0 1 48.0 39 14 4 20 17 2.63 .218 .296 .313 .609
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2011 29 CO GE 39 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.2 0.0
2012 30 CO GE 61 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.3 0.0
2013 31 CO GE 53 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
2014 32 CO GE 62 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2015 33 CO GE 28 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .143 .333 .286 .619 0.9 0.2
5 Years Sim 243 24 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 .042 .207 .083 .290 0.3 0.2
162 Game Average 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .042 .207 .083 .290 0.2  
Career Highs 62 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .143 .333 .286 .619 0.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   20 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 .050 .240 .100 .340 0.6
vs LH   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Home 91 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .000 .200 .000 .200 -0.1
Away 125 12 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .083 .214 .167 .381 0.3
RISP   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.3
Close/Late   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Mar/Apr 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
May 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0
June 39 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9
July 19 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .250 .500 .500 1.000 1.1
August 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.2
Sep/Oct 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2011 29 CO GE P 39 1 61.3 1 8 1 1 .900 1.32    
2012 30 CO GE P 61 0 104.0 5 18 1 1 .958 1.99    
2013 31 CO GE P 53 0 62.7 5 7 1 1 .923 1.72    
2014 32 CO GE P 62 0 69.0 6 7 0 1 1.000 1.70    
2015 33 CO GE P 28 3 51.3 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.40    
Career Totals   243 4 348.3 19 46 3 4 .956 1.68    
Career Highs   62 3 104.0 6 18 1 1 1.000 1.99    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2011 29 CO GE 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 5.7 11 2 0 2 4 3.18 .407 .448 .444 .893
2012 30 CO GE 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.3 1 0 0 2 1 0.00 .125 .300 .125 .425
2013 31 CO GE 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 9.00 .600 .600 1.200 1.800
2014 32 CO GE 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 0 7.3 7 4 1 4 3 4.91 .269 .367 .423 .790
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 14 0 0 0 0 16.3 22 7 2 8 8 3.86 .333 .405 .455 .860
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History
Drafted in 35th round, 835th overall pick, by Florida Bluefish in 2000
Traded from Florida to Colorado on 6/6/2000 (Going to COL: P R. Espada, P R. Grange. Going to FLA: P K. Eshleman, P C. Laird)
Injured on 8/14/2000 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Injured on 5/10/2003 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 8/22/2005 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 6/26/2007 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Earned first career win on 7/1/2011
Injured on 6/21/2015 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 7/2/2015, off Ty Mercury (NM)
Injured on 7/16/2015 with a Blister On Finger, out for 6 days