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  Tale of the Tape
  Kinsler Tovar
Pos 2B OF/3B/2B
Height 6-0 5-9
Weight 200 155
Yrs 2006-13 1965-76
Years 8 12
HoF No No
All-Star 3 0
MVP Shares 0.1 0.4
Gold Gloves 0 0
HOFm 35.5 19.0
HOFs 15.0 12.0
Black Ink 0 8
Gray Ink 32 67
  per-162 Games
  Kinsler Tovar
Yrs 6.0 9.2
AB 638 606
R 115 91
H 174 168
2B 38 28
3B 4 6
HR 25 5
RBI 81 47
SB 27 25
BB 71 45
SO 88 45
OPS .813 .703
OPS+ 111 100

For pitchers, seasons is (G+GS)/68.0.
For batters, seasons is G/162.0.

  Career Stats
  Kinsler Tovar
G 970 1488
PA 4357 6177
AB 3818 5569
R 687 834
H 1043 1546
2B 229 253
3B 21 55
HR 150 46
RBI 487 435
SB 160 226
CS 33 108
BB 423 413
SO 525 410
BA .273 .278
OBP .351 .335
SLG .462 .368
OPS .813 .703
OPS+ 111 100
TB 1764 2047
GDP 92 58
HBP 54 88
SH 27 73
SF 35 34
IBB 8 23
Seasonal WAR
(Best → Worst)
Rk Kinsler Tovar
1 7.0 4.8
2 6.0 4.6
3 4.6 3.8
4 4.2 3.6
5 4.1 3.4
6 2.1 3.3
7 1.9 2.4
8 1.9 2.4
9 0.9
10 0.0
11 -0.4
12 -0.6
Total 31.8 28.2
Wt Sum** 27.8 24.2
Wa MVP 1.0 0.0
WaE 10.9 5.5

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