Eric Fornataro - The Baseball Cube

PositionsP-273Position when DraftedPPlayer Listed UnderMajor Leaguers
Proper NameEric Anthony Fornataro
Height6-1Weight217BatsRightThrowsRight
Born DateJanuary 2,1988 [30.111]PlaceHouston,Texas
High SchoolMills Godwin (Richmond,VA)
CollegeMiami-Dade College (Homestead,FL), Pensacola State College (Pensacola,FL)

DraftedSelected by the St. Louis Cardinals [Team Picks] in the 6th round (185th overall) of the 2008 Amateur Entry Draft [Signed]
Signing Bonus$150,000Signing ScoutsCharlie GonzalezService Time0.032 (2014)
MLB DebutApril 21,2014 [26.110]
OrganizationsSLN [7] BAL [1] WAS [1] Awards0
TBC Player ID142515Retrosheet IDforne001MLBAM ID543174
Pitch Repertoire Sinker (60.76%) -- Fastball (29.75%) -- Curveball (6.33%) -- 2-Seam Fastball (3.16%)
Fastball Velocity [2014] - 86.78
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Pitching Statistics

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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
2007	Pensacola State College	College	NCAA	Fr		Rel	19	1	2	5.89	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	18.0	23	17	12	0	2	13	0	0	0	1.36	11.29	--	0.98	6.38	6.50	.333	-
2008	Miami-Dade College	College	NCAA	So		Rel	20	7	2	2.87	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	78.0	60	34	25	0	26	77	0	0	0	1.10	6.89	--	2.99	8.85	2.96	.778	-
2008	Gulf Coast Cardinals	GCL	Rk	sln	-	S/R	20	2	2	1.74	9	3	6	0	0	1	0	31.0	27	10	6	1	6	19	2	0	0	1.06	7.84	0.29	1.74	5.52	3.17	.500	-
2008	Johnson City Cardinals	App	Rk	sln	50	S/R	20	0	1	2.57	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	7.0	5	4	2	0	3	6	2	0	0	1.14	6.43	--	3.86	7.71	2.00	.000	-
2008	Minor Totals (2 teams)	Minor	Rk	-	-	S/R	0	2	3	1.89	11	4	7	0	0	2	1	38.0	32	14	8	1	9	25	4	0	0	1.08	7.58	0.24	2.13	5.92	2.78	.400	-
2009	Batavia Muckdogs	NYPL	A-	sln	23	S/R	21	4	0	2.15	8	5	3	0	0	0	0	37.2	23	9	9	0	6	14	1	0	0	0.77	5.50	--	1.43	3.35	2.33	1.000	-
2009	Quad Cities River Bandits	Midw	A	sln	18	ST	21	0	5	5.24	7	6	1	0	0	1	0	34.0	42	25	20	2	11	11	1	0	0	1.54	11.01	0.52	2.88	2.88	1.00	.000	-
2009	Minor Totals (2 teams)	Minor	Rk	-	-	S/R	0	4	5	3.63	15	11	4	0	0	1	0	71.1	65	34	29	2	17	25	2	0	0	1.14	8.13	0.25	2.13	3.13	1.47	.444	-
2010	Quad Cities River Bandits	Midw	A	sln	23	ST	22	7	15	5.26	28	28	0	0	0	0	0	140.0	161	104	82	13	59	100	7	1	0	1.57	10.33	0.83	3.78	6.41	1.69	.318	-
2011	Palm Beach Cardinals	FSL	A+	sln	23	ST	23	7	13	3.67	24	24	0	1	0	0	0	144.2	150	68	59	7	50	116	16	0	0	1.38	9.33	0.44	3.11	7.22	2.32	.350	-
2012	Springfield Cardinals	Tex	AA	sln	51	Rel	24	3	3	2.39	57	0	57	0	0	17	5	67.2	55	21	18	1	17	41	5	0	0	1.06	7.32	0.13	2.26	5.45	2.41	.500	-
2013	Gulf Coast Cardinals	GCL	Rk	sln	-	Rel	25	0	0	3.00	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	1.33	9.00	--	3.00	9.00	3.00	-	-
2013	Memphis Redbirds	PCL	AAA	sln	51	Rel	25	1	4	6.02	37	4	33	0	0	13	1	55.0	65	42	37	5	23	39	7	1	0	1.59	10.57	0.81	3.74	6.34	1.70	.200	-
2013	Minor Totals (2 teams)	Minor	Rk	-	-	Rel	0	1	4	5.86	40	4	36	0	0	13	1	58.0	68	44	38	5	24	42	7	1	0	1.58	10.49	0.77	3.70	6.48	1.75	.200	-
2014	Memphis Redbirds	PCL	AAA	sln	51	R/CL	26	4	5	2.57	44	0	44	0	0	28	15	56.0	46	23	16	3	20	35	4	0	0	1.18	7.39	0.48	3.21	5.63	1.75	.444	-
2014	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	67	Rel	26	0	0	4.66	8	0	8	0	0	6	0	9.2	11	6	5	0	1	3	0	0	1	1.24	10.24	--	0.93	2.79	3.00	-	3.13
2015	Syracuse Chiefs	IL	AAA	was	23	Rel	27	1	4	5.54	36	1	35	0	0	8	0	50.0	50	32	31	2	27	33	3	0	0	1.53	8.94	0.36	4.83	5.90	1.22	.200	-
2016	New Britain Bees	Atl	Ind	-		Rel	28	1	5	4.50	35	0	35	0	0	13	0	46.0	53	26	23	3	15	24	2	1	0	1.48	10.37	0.59	2.93	4.70	1.60	.167	-
2016	Bowie Baysox	East	AA	bal	51	Rel	28	2	1	8.10	10	0	10	0	0	3	0	10.0	14	9	9	1	6	10	0	0	0	2.00	12.60	0.90	5.40	9.00	1.67	.667	-
2017	Southern Maryland Blue Cr	Atl	Ind	-		ST	29	0	7	6.39	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	38.0	53	33	27	2	26	24	2	4	0	2.08	12.55	0.47	6.16	5.68	0.92	.000	-
2017	New Britain Bees	Atl	Ind	-		S/R	29	0	2	5.85	15	9	6	0	0	5	0	40.0	47	26	26	2	25	19	2	3	0	1.80	10.58	0.45	5.63	4.28	0.76	.000	-
MLB Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								0	0	4.66	8	0	8	0	0	6	0	9.2	11	6	5	0	1	3	0	0	1	1.24	10.24	--	0.93	2.79	3.00	-	0.00
Minor League Totals - 9 Season(s)Filter								31	53	4.10	265	72	193	1	0	72	22	635.0	641	349	290	35	229	427	48	2	0	1.37	9.05	0.49	3.23	6.03	1.86	.369	-
AAA Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								6	13	4.68	117	5	112	0	0	49	16	161.2	161	97	84	10	70	107	14	1	0	1.43	8.96	0.56	3.90	5.96	1.53	.316	-
AA Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								5	4	3.13	67	0	67	0	0	20	5	77.2	69	30	27	2	23	51	5	0	0	1.18	8.00	0.23	2.67	5.91	2.22	.556	-
A+ Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								7	13	3.67	24	24	0	1	0	0	0	144.2	150	68	59	7	50	116	16	0	0	1.38	9.33	0.44	3.11	7.22	2.32	.350	-
A Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								7	20	5.26	35	34	1	0	0	1	0	174.2	203	129	102	15	70	111	8	1	0	1.56	10.46	0.77	3.61	5.72	1.59	.259	-
A- Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								4	0	2.15	8	5	3	0	0	0	0	37.2	23	9	9	0	6	14	1	0	0	0.77	5.50	--	1.43	3.35	2.33	1.000	-
Rk Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								2	3	1.98	14	4	10	0	0	2	1	41.0	35	16	9	1	10	28	4	0	0	1.10	7.68	0.22	2.20	6.15	2.80	.400	-
Ind Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								1	14	5.52	59	18	41	0	0	18	0	124.0	153	85	76	7	66	67	6	8	0	1.77	11.10	0.51	4.79	4.86	1.02	.067	-
NCAA Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								8	4	3.44	24	0	24	0	0	0	0	96.2	83	51	37	0	28	90	0	0	0	1.15	7.73	--	2.61	8.38	3.21	.667	-
St. Louis Cardinals Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								0	0	4.66	8	0	8	0	0	6	0	9.2	11	6	5	0	1	3	0	0	1	1.24	10.24	--	0.93	2.79	3.00	-	-
Average MLB - Per ~220 innings								0	0	4.66	182	0	182	0	0	137	0	220.0	250	137	114	0	23	68	0	0	23	1.24	10.24	--	0.93	2.79	3.00	-	0.00
Average Minor - Per ~220 innings								11	18	4.10	91	25	66	0	0	25	8	220.0	221	120	100	12	79	147	17	1	0	1.37	9.05	0.49	3.23	6.03	1.86	.379	-

Batting Statistics

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	wOBA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
2012	Springfield Cardinals	Tex	AA	sln	51	p	24	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2013	Memphis Redbirds	PCL	AAA	sln	51	p	25	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2014	Memphis Redbirds	PCL	AAA	sln	51	p	26	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2015	Syracuse Chiefs	IL	AAA	was	23	p	27	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2017	Southern Maryland Blue Cr	Atl	Ind	-	-		29	9	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	2	1.000	.000	.000	.438	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Minor League Totals - 4 Season(s)Filter								78	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	57.14	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
AAA Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								55	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
AA Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Ind Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								9	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	2	1.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Average Minor - Per 162 games								162	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	15	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	57.14	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

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
2008	Gulf Coast Cardinals	GCL	Rk	sln	20	P	9	-	-	1	6	-	-	7	7	1.000	0.78	-	-	-	--	-	9	100.0	16.4
2008	Johnson City Cardinals	App	Rk	sln	20	P	2	-	-	1	2	-	-	3	3	1.000	1.50	-	-	-	--	-	2	100.0	3.0
2009	Batavia Muckdogs	NYPL	A-	sln	21	P	8	-	-	8	9	-	-	17	17	1.000	2.13	-	-	-	--	-	8	100.0	10.5
2009	Quad Cities River Bandits	Midw	A	sln	21	P	7	-	-	2	3	-	-	5	5	1.000	0.71	-	-	-	--	-	7	100.0	5.0
2010	Quad Cities River Bandits	Midw	A	sln	22	P	28	-	-	4	19	1	-	24	23	.958	0.82	-	-	-	--	-	28	100.0	20.3
2011	Palm Beach Cardinals	FSL	A+	sln	23	P	24	-	-	11	19	3	2	33	30	.909	1.25	-	-	-	--	-	24	100.0	17.4
2012	Springfield Cardinals	Tex	AA	sln	24	P	57	-	-	2	12	1	-	15	14	.933	0.25	-	-	-	--	-	57	100.0	41.3
2013	Gulf Coast Cardinals	GCL	Rk	sln	25	P	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	3	100.0	5.1
2013	Memphis Redbirds	PCL	AAA	sln	25	P	37	-	-	3	12	1	-	16	15	.938	0.41	-	-	-	--	-	37	100.0	25.7
2014	Memphis Redbirds	PCL	AAA	sln	26	P	44	-	-	-	5	1	2	6	5	.833	0.11	-	-	-	--	-	44	100.0	30.8
2014	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	26	P	8	-	9	1	1	1	-	3	2	.667	0.25	0.22	-	-	--	-	8	100.0	4.9
2015	Syracuse Chiefs	IL	AAA	was	27	P	36	-	-	2	5	-	-	7	7	1.000	0.19	-	-	-	--	-	36	100.0	25.0
2016	Bowie Baysox	East	AA	bal	28	P	10	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	1.000	0.10	-	-	-	--	-	10	100.0	7.0
MLB Totals for P - 1 season(s)				-	�	P	8	-	9	1	1	1	-	3	2	.667	0.25	0.22	-	-	--	-	8	0.0	0.0
AAA Totals for P - 3 season(s)				-	�	P	117	-	-	5	22	2	2	29	27	.931	0.23	-	-	-	--	-	117	0.0	0.0
AA Totals for P - 2 season(s)				-	�	P	67	-	-	2	13	1	-	16	15	.938	0.22	-	-	-	--	-	67	0.0	0.0
A+ Totals for P - 1 season(s)				-	�	P	24	-	-	11	19	3	2	33	30	.909	1.25	-	-	-	--	-	24	0.0	0.0
A Totals for P - 2 season(s)				-	�	P	35	-	-	6	22	1	-	29	28	.966	0.80	-	-	-	--	-	35	0.0	0.0
A- Totals for P - 1 season(s)				-	�	P	8	-	-	8	9	-	-	17	17	1.000	2.13	-	-	-	--	-	8	0.0	0.0
Rk Totals for P - 2 season(s)				-	�	P	14	-	-	2	8	-	-	10	10	1.000	0.71	-	-	-	--	-	14	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
2008	Gulf Coast Cardinals	GCL	Rk	sln	20	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Johnson City Cardinals	App	Rk	sln	20	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Batavia Muckdogs	NYPL	A-	sln	21	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Quad Cities River Bandits	Midw	A	sln	21	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Quad Cities River Bandits	Midw	A	sln	22	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Palm Beach Cardinals	FSL	A+	sln	23	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	Springfield Cardinals	Tex	AA	sln	24	57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	Gulf Coast Cardinals	GCL	Rk	sln	25	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	Memphis Redbirds	PCL	AAA	sln	25	37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	Memphis Redbirds	PCL	AAA	sln	26	44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	26	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Syracuse Chiefs	IL	AAA	was	27	36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	Bowie Baysox	East	AA	bal	28	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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
2013	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB Spring Training	MLB	25	0	0	1.50	6	0	6	0	0	2	0	6.0	3	1	1	0	2	2	0	0		0.83	4.50	0.00	3.00	3.00	1.00	1.50	.000
2014	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB Spring Training	MLB	26	0	0	7.20	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	4	4	0	2	1	1	0		1.80	12.60	0.00	3.60	1.80	0.50	7.20	.000
2015	Washington Nationals	MLB Spring Training	MLB	27	0	0	20.25	4	0	4	0	0	1	0	2.2	6	6	6	1	3	2	1	0		4.09	20.25	3.37	10.12	6.75	0.67	20.25	.000
MLB Spring Training Totals - 3 yrs					0	0	7.24	14	0	14	0	0	3	0	13.7	16	11	11	1	7	5	2	0		1.68	10.54	0.66	4.61	3.29	0.71	7.24	.000

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Tranx Date	Pos	Organization	Assignment	40m	Status	Type	Transaction Description	Age	Roster for Current Team
2016-05-27	P	Free Agent	�	-	Free Agent	Free Agent	Released by Orioles	28.146	�
2016-05-03	P	Baltimore Orioles	Bowie (AA)	-	Minors	Reassigned Minors	Assigned to Bowie (AA)	28.122	Team Roster on 2016-05-03
2016-04-19	P	Free Agent	�	-	Free Agent	Free Agent	Released by Orioles	28.108	�
2016-04-08	P	Baltimore Orioles	Baltimore Orioles (MLB)	-	Minors	Contract	Signed to Minor League Contract	28.097	Team Roster on 2016-04-08
2015-07-27	P	Free Agent	�	-	Free Agent	Free Agent	Released by Nationals	27.207	�
2015-04-09	P	Washington Nationals	Syracuse (AAA)	-	Minors	Reassigned Minors	Assigned to Syracuse (AAA)	27.098	Team Roster on 2015-04-09
2015-02-09	P	Washington Nationals	Washington Nationals (MLB)	-	Minors	Reassigned Minors	Outrighted to minors	27.038	Team Roster on 2015-02-09
2015-02-03	P	Washington Nationals	Washington Nationals (MLB)	-	DFA	Des For Assignment	Designated for Assignment	27.032	Team Roster on 2015-02-03
2014-11-04	P	Washington Nationals	Washington Nationals (MLB)	Y	Minors	--	Claimed off waivers from Cardinals by Nationals	26.307	Team Roster on 2014-11-04
2014-06-29	P	St. Louis Cardinals	Memphis (AAA)	Y	Minors	Reassigned Minors	Assigned to Memphis (AAA)	26.179	Team Roster on 2014-06-29
2014-06-23	P	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)	Y	Active	MLB Active	Recalled from Memphis (AAA)	26.173	Team Roster on 2014-06-23
2014-05-15	P	St. Louis Cardinals	Memphis (AAA)	Y	Minors	Reassigned Minors	Assigned to Memphis (AAA)	26.134	Team Roster on 2014-05-15
2014-04-17	P	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)	Y	Active	MLB Active	Recalled from Memphis (AAA)	26.106	Team Roster on 2014-04-17
2013-07-29	P	St. Louis Cardinals	Memphis (AAA)	Y	Minors	Activated Minors	Activated from DL	25.209	Team Roster on 2013-07-29
2013-07-15	P	St. Louis Cardinals	Gulf Coast Cardinals (Rk)	Y	DL-7	Injured	Assigned to GCL Cardinals (Rk) for rehab	25.195	Team Roster on 2013-07-15
2013-06-25	P	St. Louis Cardinals	Memphis (AAA)	Y	DL-7	Injured	DL7 Injured	25.175	Team Roster on 2013-06-25
2013-06-11	P	St. Louis Cardinals	Memphis (AAA)	Y	Minors	Activated Minors	Activated from DL	25.161	Team Roster on 2013-06-11
2013-06-01	P	St. Louis Cardinals	Memphis (AAA)	Y	DL-7	Injured	DL7 Hamstring	25.151	Team Roster on 2013-06-01
2013-03-17	P	St. Louis Cardinals	Memphis (AAA)	Y	Minors	Reassigned Minors	Optioned to Memphis (AAA)	25.075	Team Roster on 2013-03-17
2012-11-20	P	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)	Y	Active	MLB Active	Contract purchased from Minors	24.323	Team Roster on 2012-11-20
2012-06-09	P	St. Louis Cardinals	Springfield (AA)	-	Minors	--		24.159	Team Roster on 2012-06-09

Year	Team Name	Payroll	Age	Salary	Serv	MLB Rk	Tm Rk	Centile	Above	League Avg	League Min	Career*	Contracts
2008	St. Louis Cardinals	-	20	150,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	150,000	Signing Bonus out of 2008 Draft (6th round - 185th overall)
2014	St. Louis Cardinals	Team Payroll	26	500,000	0.032	794	37	-		3,256,497	500,000	650,000

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