Duane
Lafortune
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: August 5, 1978 in USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2001   
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
2001 22 COL VL $ 650,000   3 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
2002 23 GRN VL $ 650,000   3 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6
2003 24 GRN VL $ 650,000   3 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
2004 25 GRN VL $ 650,000   3 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 5 4 5 5 5
2005 26 GRN VL $ 1,000,000   3 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 5 4 5 5 5
2006 27 GRN VL $ 1,000,000   2 4 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
2007 28 GRN VL $ 1,000,000   2 4 5 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
2008 29 GRN VL $ 1,000,000   2 4 5 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
2009 30 GRN VL $ 1,000,000   2 4 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6
2010 31 ARZ VL $ 400,000   2 4 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 6 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
2011 32 ARZ VL $ 400,000   2 4 5 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 6 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
2012 33 ARZ VL $ 400,000   0 3 4 4 3 4 3 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6
2013 34 IND VL $ 100,000   0 3 4 3 2 3 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
2014 35 IND VL $ 100,000   0 2 3 2 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4
Min Ratings $ 100,000   0 2 3 2 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4
Max Ratings $ 1,000,000   3 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 5 4 6 6 6
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
2001 22 COL VL $ 650,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2002 23 GRN VL $ 650,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2003 24 GRN VL $ 650,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2004 25 GRN VL $ 650,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2005 26 GRN VL $ 1,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2006 27 GRN VL $ 1,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2007 28 GRN VL $ 1,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2008 29 GRN VL $ 1,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2009 30 GRN VL $ 1,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2010 31 ARZ VL $ 400,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2011 32 ARZ VL $ 400,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2012 33 ARZ VL $ 400,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2013 34 IND VL $ 100,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2014 35 IND VL $ 100,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
Min Ratings $ 100,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
Max Ratings $ 1,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Pitcher or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2001 22 COL VL 17 10 .630 34 34 5 2 0 230.7 182 91 22 118 145 3.55 .216 .310 .352 .662 16.1
2002 23 GRN VL 13 11 .542 31 31 2 1 0 201.0 236 128 34 107 147 5.73 .292 .377 .499 .876 8.4
2003 24 GRN VL 2 13 .133 20 19 3 0 0 116.0 131 90 27 65 73 6.98 .285 .370 .574 .944 0.0
2004 25 GRN VL 17 11 .607 32 32 5 1 0 215.7 223 127 24 112 150 5.30 .265 .350 .433 .783 14.0
2005 26 GRN VL 13 11 .542 32 32 2 0 0 192.3 215 103 26 80 93 4.82 .283 .351 .477 .828 11.4
2006 27 GRN VL 8 19 .296 33 33 2 0 0 198.3 243 121 24 85 106 5.49 .297 .362 .458 .820 6.7
2007 28 GRN VL 9 14 .391 32 32 4 1 0 184.7 215 114 22 89 102 5.55 .286 .364 .463 .827 8.2
2008 29 GRN VL 4 7 .364 18 16 0 0 0 92.3 125 64 10 28 63 6.24 .316 .364 .465 .828 1.4
    AAA   6 6 .500 12 12 4 0 0 88.7 77 41 12 31 72 4.16 .235 .302 .401 .702  
2009 30 GRN VL 0 2 .000 10 2 0 0 0 24.7 34 14 3 8 21 5.11 .324 .368 .505 .873 0.5
    AAA   5 2 .714 9 9 4 3 0 63.7 53 21 5 21 43 2.97 .231 .296 .371 .667  
2010 31 ARZ VL 11 19 .367 34 34 5 2 0 225.0 212 116 31 109 115 4.64 .246 .333 .410 .743 10.6
2011 32 ARZ VL 9 18 .333 34 34 4 2 0 243.7 224 111 24 110 125 4.10 .245 .327 .369 .695 9.3
    AAA   1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 6.7 10 3 0 4 7 4.05 .333 .412 .367 .778  
2012 33 ARZ VL 9 8 .529 23 23 3 0 0 146.7 151 80 17 73 97 4.91 .268 .353 .416 .768 4.8
    AAA   2 0 1.000 4 4 0 0 0 30.0 22 4 3 7 31 1.20 .196 .244 .321 .565  
2013 34 IND VL 3 11 .214 18 18 0 0 0 94.7 125 69 12 60 48 6.56 .322 .412 .515 .927 0.0
    AAA   5 1 .833 7 7 0 0 0 49.3 47 18 7 16 36 3.28 .249 .307 .434 .741  
2014 35 IND VL 0 13 .000 17 17 2 0 0 67.0 95 58 11 38 31 7.79 .336 .415 .527 .941 0.0
    AAA   2 0 1.000 3 3 1 1 0 19.3 20 7 1 10 16 3.26 .260 .345 .377 .721  
14 Years Sim 115 167 .408 368 357 37 9 0 2232.7 2411 1286 287 1082 1316 5.18 .274 .354 .446 .800 91.5
6 Years AAA 21 9 .700 36 36 9 4 0 257.6 229 94 28 89 205 3.28 .238 .302 .388 .690  
Season Average 8 11 .421 26 25 2 0 0 159.5 172 91 20 77 94 5.18 .274 .354 .446 .800  
Career Highs 17 19 .630 34 34 5 2 0 243.7 243 128 34 118 150 7.79 .336 .415 .574 .944  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Pitching split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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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   1296 689 147 552 681   .269 .344 .432 .776
vs LH   1115 597 140 530 635   .281 .365 .464 .829
Home 61 80 .433 193 183 19 7 0 1177.6 1260 647 141 553 693 4.94 .273 .351 .445 .795
Away 54 87 .383 175 174 18 2 0 1055.0 1151 639 146 529 623 5.45 .276 .357 .448 .805
Mar/Apr 21 20 .512 53 50 11 3 0 341.0 348 159 36 159 186 4.20 .264 .343 .422 .765
May 22 23 .489 57 57 6 0 0 366.3 376 199 46 163 219 4.89 .264 .340 .436 .776
June 18 24 .429 56 54 5 1 0 354.0 365 189 43 193 206 4.81 .268 .359 .436 .795
July 9 24 .273 47 47 2 0 0 273.0 293 185 50 151 181 6.10 .274 .364 .479 .843
August 17 33 .340 64 63 7 3 0 381.6 433 237 40 181 214 5.59 .283 .359 .436 .795
Sep/Oct 28 43 .394 91 86 6 2 0 516.6 596 317 72 235 310 5.52 .286 .358 .465 .823
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2001 22 COL VL 34 76 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 31 .105 .128 .118 .247 -1.1 0.0
1 Years Sim 34 76 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 31 .105 .128 .118 .247 -1.1 0.0
162 Game Average 362 9 38 4 0 0 4 0 0 9 147 .105 .128 .118 .247 -5.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   50 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 .120 .137 .140 .277 -0.7
vs LH   26 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .077 .111 .077 .188 -1.0
Home 16 34 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 .059 .111 .059 .170 -1.4
Away 18 42 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 .143 .143 .167 .310 -0.2
RISP   22 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .045 .045 .045 .091 -1.5
Close/Late   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Mar/Apr 5 9 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .222 .300 .333 .633 0.9
May 6 14 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .286 .571 1.0
June 5 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .077 .077 .077 .154 -0.7
July 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .125 .222 .125 .347 0.2
August 6 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.8
Sep/Oct 8 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2001 22 COL VL P 34 34 230.7 20 28 3 2 .941 1.87    
2002 23 GRN VL P 31 31 201.0 14 25 2 1 .951 1.75    
2003 24 GRN VL P 20 19 116.0 6 23 3 3 .906 2.25    
2004 25 GRN VL P 32 32 215.7 18 32 4 5 .926 2.09    
2005 26 GRN VL P 32 32 192.3 13 38 1 4 .981 2.39    
2006 27 GRN VL P 33 33 198.3 19 42 4 4 .938 2.77    
2007 28 GRN VL P 32 32 184.7 15 35 1 3 .980 2.44    
2008 29 GRN VL P 18 16 92.3 8 16 3 3 .889 2.34    
2009 30 GRN VL P 10 2 24.7 1 7 3 0 .727 2.92    
2010 31 ARZ VL P 34 34 225.0 19 34 8 5 .869 2.12    
2011 32 ARZ VL P 34 34 243.7 11 42 2 2 .964 1.96    
2012 33 ARZ VL P 23 23 146.7 9 23 2 3 .941 1.96    
2013 34 IND VL P 18 18 94.7 7 21 3 2 .903 2.66    
2014 35 IND VL P 17 17 67.0 8 22 2 2 .938 4.03    
Career Totals   368 357 2232.7 168 388 41 39 .931 2.24    
Career Highs   34 34 243.7 20 42 8 5 .981 4.03    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2001 22 COL VL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 3.0 5 3 0 3 5 9.00 .333 .444 .600 1.044
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 3.0 5 3 0 3 5 9.00 .333 .444 .600 1.044
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2001 22 COL VL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2001-10-3.55
Wins
2001-3-17
2004-7-17
Losses
2006-1-19
2010-6-19
2011-3-18
CAR-29-167
Complete Games
2001-3-5
2004-8-5
2007-5-4
Shutouts
2001-3-2
2007-7-1
2011-4-2
Innings Pitched
2001-2-230.7
2011-5-243.7
Hits Allowed
2006-10-243
Homeruns Allowed
2002-4-34
Walks Allowed
2001-1-118
2002-5-107
2004-4-112
2006-10-85
2007-8-89
2010-1-109
2011-1-110
CAR-26-1082
Hits per 9IP
2001-4-7.1
2004-10-9.3
OAVG
2001-5-.216
2004-10-.265
OSLG
2001-6-.352
OOPS
2001-5-.662
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 23)
   Gray Ink Test: 31    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 102)
 
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History
Drafted in 12th round, 420th overall pick, by Las Vegas in 2001
Was selected to the 2001 Allstar game
Won Solecismic Series with Columbus in 2001
Was selected to the 2001 All-Futures 2nd Team
Injured on 8/3/2003 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Injured on 6/1/2008 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 5/12/2009 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 5/23/2011 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks