Luke Putkonen - The Baseball Cube

PositionsP-188Position when DraftedPPlayer Listed UnderMajor Leaguers
Proper NameLuke Webber Putkonen
Height6-6Weight200BatsRightThrowsRight
Born DateMay 10,1986 [32.014]PlaceWheaton,Illinois
High SchoolWalton (Marietta,GA)
CollegeUniversity of North Carolina (Chapel Hill,NC)

DraftedSelected by the Detroit Tigers [Team Picks] in the 3rd round (121st overall) of the 2007 Amateur Entry Draft [Signed]
Signing Bonus$236,250Signing ScoutsGrant BrittainService Time2.018 (2014)
MLB DebutApril 29,2012 [25.354]
OrganizationsDET [9] Awards0
TBC Player ID123390Retrosheet IDputkl001MLBAM ID446367
Pitch Repertoire Fastball (53.22%) -- Sinker (23.18%) -- Changeup (15.31%) -- Curveball (8.30%)
Fastball Velocity [2014] - 91.53 - [2013] - 94.10 - [2012] - 94.51
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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	Wpct	FIP
2006	North Carolina	ACC	NCAA-1	Fr	39	ST	20	6	0	3.08	13	12	1	0	0	0	0	61.0	50	29	21	3	22	36	5	2	0	1.17	7.34	0.44	3.23	5.28	1.64	1.000	-
2007	North Carolina	ACC	NCAA-1	So	39	ST	21	8	2	4.57	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	82.2	90	51	42	9	24	60	4	1	0	1.38	9.80	0.98	2.61	6.53	2.50	.800	-
2007	Gulf Coast Tigers	GCL	Rk	det	-	ST	21	0	1	4.15	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	8.2	8	5	4	0	0	9	0	0	0	0.92	8.31	--	--	9.35	0.00	.000	-
2008	Oneonta Tigers	NYPL	A-	det	44	ST	22	2	1	3.65	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	24.2	24	10	10	1	8	17	0	0	0	1.30	8.76	0.36	2.92	6.20	2.13	.667	-
2009	West Michigan Whitecaps	Midw	A	det	29	ST	23	7	8	3.13	28	28	0	1	1	0	0	149.0	148	63	52	3	47	115	9	0	0	1.31	8.92	0.18	2.83	6.93	2.45	.467	-
2010	Lakeland Flying Tigers	FSL	A+	det	58	ST	24	9	7	3.18	27	26	1	1	0	0	0	152.2	144	55	54	8	44	87	6	1	0	1.23	8.49	0.47	2.59	5.13	1.98	.563	-
2011	Lakeland Flying Tigers	FSL	A+	det	58	S/R	25	2	6	5.54	18	8	10	1	0	6	0	65.0	77	46	40	10	18	52	2	1	0	1.46	10.66	1.38	2.49	7.20	2.89	.250	-
2011	Erie SeaWolves	East	AA	det	51	ST	25	1	7	7.57	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	52.0	68	50	44	8	22	23	2	0	0	1.72	11.69	1.38	3.78	3.96	1.05	.125	-
2011	Minor Totals (2 teams)	Minor		-	-	S/R	0	3	13	6.44	29	19	10	1	0	6	0	117.0	145	96	84	18	40	75	4	1	0	1.58	11.12	1.38	3.07	5.75	1.88	.188	-
2012	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	det	41	Rel	26	3	3	4.92	24	2	22	0	0	6	0	56.2	68	37	31	3	20	46	2	0	0	1.55	10.80	0.48	3.18	7.31	2.30	.500	-
2012	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	36	Rel	26	0	2	3.94	12	0	12	0	0	6	1	16.0	19	7	7	0	8	10	2	0	0	1.69	10.69	--	4.50	5.63	1.25	.000	3.35
2013	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	det	41	Rel	27	2	0	1.91	20	1	19	0	0	5	1	37.2	25	10	8	0	13	38	2	0	0	1.01	5.97	--	3.11	9.08	2.92	1.000	-
2013	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	36	Rel	27	1	3	3.03	30	0	30	0	0	12	0	29.2	30	11	10	4	9	28	5	0	0	1.31	9.10	1.21	2.73	8.49	3.11	.250	3.82
2014	West Michigan Whitecaps	Midw	A	det	35	Rel	28	0	1	13.50	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	2.2	4	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	2.25	13.50	3.37	6.75	--	0.00	.000	-
2014	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	det	0	Rel	28	0	0	11.25	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	7	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.00	15.75	2.25	2.25	--	0.00	-	-
2014	Minor Totals (2 teams)	Minor		-	-	Rel	0	0	1	12.15	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	6.2	11	9	9	2	3	0	0	0	0	2.10	14.85	2.70	4.05	--	0.00	.000	-
2014	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	39	Rel	28	0	0	27.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2.2	6	8	8	2	2	1	0	0	1	3.00	20.25	6.75	6.75	3.37	0.50	-	15.51
2015	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	det	41	Rel	29	0	0	32.40	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.2	6	6	6	0	2	1	1	0	0	4.80	32.40	--	10.80	5.40	0.50	-	-
MLB Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								1	5	4.66	44	0	44	0	0	18	1	47.0	55	26	25	6	19	39	7	0	1	1.53	10.24	1.12	3.54	7.26	2.05	.167	1.24
Minor League Totals - 9 Season(s)Filter								26	34	4.18	144	85	59	3	1	17	1	551.0	579	291	258	35	177	388	24	2	0	1.36	9.38	0.57	2.87	6.29	2.19	.433	-
AAA Totals - 4 Season(s)Filter								5	3	4.50	48	3	45	0	0	11	1	98.0	106	58	50	4	36	85	5	0	0	1.42	9.54	0.36	3.24	7.65	2.36	.625	-
AA Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								1	7	7.57	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	52.0	68	50	44	8	22	23	2	0	0	1.72	11.69	1.38	3.78	3.96	1.05	.125	-
A+ Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								11	13	3.89	45	34	11	2	0	6	0	217.2	221	101	94	18	62	139	8	2	0	1.30	9.14	0.74	2.56	5.75	2.24	.458	-
A Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								7	9	3.32	31	28	3	1	1	0	0	151.1	152	67	56	4	49	115	9	0	0	1.32	9.00	0.24	2.90	6.81	2.35	.438	-
A- Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								2	1	3.65	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	24.2	24	10	10	1	8	17	0	0	0	1.30	8.76	0.36	2.92	6.20	2.13	.667	-
Rk Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								0	1	4.15	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	8.2	8	5	4	0	0	9	0	0	0	0.92	8.31	--	--	9.35	0.00	.000	-
NCAA Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								14	2	3.94	30	29	1	0	0	0	0	143.1	140	80	63	12	46	96	9	3	0	1.29	8.75	0.75	2.88	6.00	2.09	.875	-
Detroit Tigers Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								1	5	4.66	44	0	44	0	0	18	1	47.0	55	26	25	6	19	39	7	0	1	1.53	10.24	1.12	3.54	7.26	2.05	.167	-
Average MLB - Per ~220 innings								5	23	4.66	200	0	200	0	0	82	5	220.0	250	118	114	27	86	178	32	0	5	1.53	10.24	1.12	3.54	7.26	2.05	.179	1.24
Average Minor - Per ~220 innings								10	13	4.18	57	34	23	1	0	7	0	220.0	229	115	102	14	70	154	10	1	0	1.36	9.38	0.57	2.87	6.29	2.19	.435	-

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team Name	Lg	Level	Org	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPct	RFg	RFi	SB	CS	SB%	PB	GP	Pos-Share	Tm-Share
2007	Gulf Coast Tigers	GCL	Rk	det	21	P	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1.000	0.33	-	-	-	--	-	3	100.0	5.0
2008	Oneonta Tigers	NYPL	A-	det	22	P	6	-	-	2	3	-	-	5	5	1.000	0.83	-	-	-	--	-	6	100.0	8.1
2009	West Michigan Whitecaps	Midw	A	det	23	P	28	-	-	10	18	1	-	29	28	.966	1.00	-	-	-	--	-	28	100.0	20.0
2010	Lakeland Flying Tigers	FSL	A+	det	24	P	27	-	-	11	23	-	3	34	34	1.000	1.26	-	-	-	--	-	27	100.0	19.6
2011	Lakeland Flying Tigers	FSL	A+	det	25	P	18	-	-	2	13	-	1	15	15	1.000	0.83	-	-	-	--	-	18	100.0	13.0
2011	Erie SeaWolves	East	AA	det	25	P	11	-	-	2	8	1	-	11	10	.909	0.91	-	-	-	--	-	11	100.0	7.7
2012	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	det	26	P	24	-	-	2	3	2	-	7	5	.714	0.21	-	-	-	--	-	24	100.0	16.7
2012	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	26	P	12	-	16	2	2	-	-	4	4	1.000	0.33	0.25	1	1	50.0	-	12	100.0	7.4
2013	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	det	27	P	20	-	-	4	6	-	1	10	10	1.000	0.50	-	-	-	--	-	20	100.0	13.9
2013	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	27	P	30	-	29	2	1	-	-	3	3	1.000	0.10	0.10	2	-	100.0	-	30	100.0	18.5
2014	West Michigan Whitecaps	Midw	A	det	28	P	3	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	2	1.000	0.67	-	-	-	--	-	3	100.0	2.1
2014	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	det	28	P	2	-	-	1	1	-	-	2	2	1.000	1.00	-	-	-	--	-	2	100.0	1.4
2014	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	28	P	2	-	2	1	-	-	-	1	1	1.000	0.50	0.50	1	-	100.0	-	2	100.0	1.2
2015	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	det	29	P	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	2	100.0	1.4
MLB Totals for P - 3 season(s)				-	�	P	44	-	47	5	3	-	-	8	8	1.000	0.18	0.17	4	1	80.0	-	44	0.0	0.0
AAA Totals for P - 4 season(s)				-	�	P	48	-	-	7	10	2	1	19	17	.895	0.35	-	-	-	--	-	48	0.0	0.0
AA Totals for P - 1 season(s)				-	�	P	11	-	-	2	8	1	-	11	10	.909	0.91	-	-	-	--	-	11	0.0	0.0
A+ Totals for P - 2 season(s)				-	�	P	45	-	-	13	36	-	4	49	49	1.000	1.09	-	-	-	--	-	45	0.0	0.0
A Totals for P - 2 season(s)				-	�	P	31	-	-	10	20	1	-	31	30	.968	0.97	-	-	-	--	-	31	0.0	0.0
A- Totals for P - 1 season(s)				-	�	P	6	-	-	2	3	-	-	5	5	1.000	0.83	-	-	-	--	-	6	0.0	0.0
Rk Totals for P - 1 season(s)				-	�	P	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1.000	0.33	-	-	-	--	-	3	0.0	0.0

Fielding Statistics - Position Grid

Year	Team Name	League	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	SS	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
2007	Gulf Coast Tigers	GCL	Rk	det	21	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Oneonta Tigers	NYPL	A-	det	22	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	West Michigan Whitecaps	Midw	A	det	23	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Lakeland Flying Tigers	FSL	A+	det	24	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Lakeland Flying Tigers	FSL	A+	det	25	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Erie SeaWolves	East	AA	det	25	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	det	26	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	26	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	det	27	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	27	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	West Michigan Whitecaps	Midw	A	det	28	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	det	28	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	28	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	det	29	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Year	Team	League	Category	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SHO	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	RA9	WPct
2006	Wareham Gatemen	Cape Cod League	College	20	1	5	3.29	7	5	2	1	0	0	0	38.1	36	23	14	1	14	28	4	1		1.31	8.45	0.23	3.29	6.57	2.00	5.40	.167
2012	Mesa Solar Sox	Arizona Fall Lg	Minor	26	1	1	5.06	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	21.1	19	12	12	1	7	11	0	0		1.23	8.02	0.42	2.95	4.64	1.57	5.06	.500
2012	Detroit Tigers	MLB Spring Training	MLB	26	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.00	0	0.00	.000
2013	Detroit Tigers	MLB Spring Training	MLB	27	0	0	3.95	10	0	10	0	0	5	2	13.2	14	7	6	0	5	14	1	0		1.44	9.22	0.00	3.29	9.22	2.80	4.61	.000
2014	Detroit Tigers	MLB Spring Training	MLB	28	0	0	1.59	9	0	9	0	0	2	0	11.1	7	2	2	0	0	10	0	0		0.63	5.56	0.00	0.00	7.94	0	1.59	.000
2015	Detroit Tigers	MLB Spring Training	MLB	29	0	0	7.36	4	0	4	0	0	1	0	3.2	4	3	3	0	3	0	0	0		2.19	9.82	0.00	7.36	0.00	0.00	7.36	.000
Cape Cod League Totals - 1 yrs					1	5	3.29	7	5	2	1	0	0	0	38.3	36	23	14	1	14	28	4	1		1.30	8.45	0.23	3.29	6.57	2.00	5.40	.167
Arizona Fall League Totals - 1 yrs					1	1	5.06	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	21.3	19	12	12	1	7	11	0	0		1.22	8.02	0.42	2.95	4.64	1.57	5.06	.500
MLB Spring Training Totals - 4 yrs					0	0	3.13	25	0	25	0	0	10	2	31.7	25	12	11	0	8	28	1	0		1.04	7.11	0.00	2.27	7.96	3.50	3.41	.000

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Tranx Date	Pos	Organization	Assignment	40m	Status	Type	Transaction Description	Age	Roster for Current Team
2015-06-05	RP	Free Agent	�	-	Free Agent	Free Agent	Released by Tigers	29.026	�
2015-05-08	RP	Detroit Tigers	Toledo (AAA)	-	DL-7	Injured	DL7 Injured	28.363	Team Roster on 2015-05-08
2015-04-27	RP	Detroit Tigers	Toledo (AAA)	-	Minors	Reassigned Minors	Assigned to Toledo (AAA)	28.352	Team Roster on 2015-04-27
2015-04-23	RP	Detroit Tigers	Detroit Tigers (MLB)	-	Minors	Contract	Signed to Minor League Contract	28.348	Team Roster on 2015-04-23
2015-03-29	RP	Free Agent	�	-	Free Agent	Free Agent	Released by Tigers	28.323	�
2015-01-16	RP	Detroit Tigers	Detroit Tigers (MLB)	-	Minors	Reassigned Minors	Outrighted to minors	28.251	Team Roster on 2015-01-16
2015-01-07	RP	Detroit Tigers	Detroit Tigers (MLB)	-	DFA	Des For Assignment	Designated for Assignment	28.242	Team Roster on 2015-01-07
2014-11-01	RP	Detroit Tigers	Detroit Tigers (MLB)	Y	Active	MLB Active	Activated from DL	28.175	Team Roster on 2014-11-01
2014-06-22	RP	Detroit Tigers	Detroit Tigers (MLB)	-	DL-60	Injured	DL60 Transferred to 60-day DL	28.043	Team Roster on 2014-06-22
2014-05-14	RP	Detroit Tigers	Detroit Tigers (MLB)	Y	DL-15	Injured	Recalled from minor league rehab assignment	28.004	Team Roster on 2014-05-14
2014-05-09	RP	Detroit Tigers	Toledo (AAA)	Y	DL-15	Injured	Assigned to Toledo (AAA) for rehab	27.364	Team Roster on 2014-05-09
2014-04-21	RP	Detroit Tigers	Detroit Tigers (MLB)	Y	DL-15	Injured	DL15 Right elbow inflammation	27.346	Team Roster on 2014-04-21
2013-08-29	RP	Detroit Tigers	Detroit Tigers (MLB)	Y	Active	MLB Active	Recalled from Toledo (AAA)	27.111	Team Roster on 2013-08-29
2013-07-30	RP	Detroit Tigers	Toledo (AAA)	Y	Minors	Reassigned Minors	Optioned to Toledo (AAA)	27.081	Team Roster on 2013-07-30
2013-05-20	RP	Detroit Tigers	Detroit Tigers (MLB)	Y	Active	MLB Active	Recalled from Toledo (AAA)	27.010	Team Roster on 2013-05-20
2013-05-11	RP	Detroit Tigers	Toledo (AAA)	Y	Minors	Reassigned Minors	Optioned to Toledo (AAA)	27.001	Team Roster on 2013-05-11
2013-05-02	RP	Detroit Tigers	Detroit Tigers (MLB)	Y	Active	MLB Active	Recalled from Toledo (AAA)	26.357	Team Roster on 2013-05-02
2013-03-26	RP	Detroit Tigers	Toledo (AAA)	Y	Minors	Reassigned Minors	Optioned to Toledo (AAA)	26.320	Team Roster on 2013-03-26
2012-09-05	RP	Detroit Tigers	Detroit Tigers (MLB)	Y	Active	MLB Active	Recalled from Toledo (AAA)	26.118	Team Roster on 2012-09-05
2012-08-25	P	Detroit Tigers	Toledo (AAA)	Y	Minors	Reassigned Minors	Optioned to Toledo (AAA)	26.107	Team Roster on 2012-08-25
2012-08-14	P	Detroit Tigers	Detroit Tigers (MLB)	Y	Active	MLB Active	Recalled from Toledo (AAA)	26.096	Team Roster on 2012-08-14
2012-06-21	P	Detroit Tigers	Toledo (AAA)	Y	Minors	Reassigned Minors	Optioned to Toledo (AAA)	26.042	Team Roster on 2012-06-21
2012-06-12	P	Detroit Tigers	Detroit Tigers (MLB)	Y	Active	MLB Active	Recalled from Toledo (AAA)	26.033	Team Roster on 2012-06-12
2012-05-24	RP	Detroit Tigers	Toledo (AAA)	Y	Minors	Reassigned Minors	Optioned to Toledo (AAA)	26.014	Team Roster on 2012-05-24
2012-05-06	P	Detroit Tigers	Detroit Tigers (MLB)	Y	Active	--		25.361	Team Roster on 2012-05-06
2012-04-26	P	Detroit Tigers	Detroit Tigers (MLB)	Y	Active	MLB Active	Contract purchased from Toledo (AAA)	25.351	Team Roster on 2012-04-26

Year	Team Name	Payroll	Age	Salary	Serv	MLB Rk	Tm Rk	Centile	Above	League Avg	League Min	Career*	Contracts
2007	Detroit Tigers	-	21	236,250	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	236,250	Signing Bonus out of 2007 Draft (3rd round - 121st overall)
2012	Detroit Tigers	Team Payroll	26	480,000	-	760	37	-		2,954,887	480,000	716,250
2013	Detroit Tigers	Team Payroll	27	490,000	-	775	32	-		3,023,990	490,000	1,206,250
2014	Detroit Tigers	Team Payroll	28	510,000	2.018	628	21	30		3,256,497	500,000	1,716,250

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