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  Tale of the Tape
  Span Stubbs
Pos OF CF
Height 6-0 6-4
Weight 210 205
Yrs 2008-12 2009-12
Years 5 4
HoF No No
All-Star 0 0
MVP Shares 0.0 0.0
Gold Gloves 0 0
HOFm 5.5 1.0
HOFs 11.0 7.0
Black Ink 1 0
Gray Ink 8 6
  per-162 Games
  Span Stubbs
Yrs 3.1 2.5
AB 648 605
R 100 98
H 185 151
2B 26 21
3B 11 4
HR 6 21
RBI 64 62
SB 25 36
BB 72 60
SO 90 194
OPS .749 .721
OPS+ 105 93

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

  Career Stats
  Span Stubbs
G 506 398
PA 2307 1665
AB 2023 1486
R 311 240
H 579 370
2B 80 52
3B 33 10
HR 20 51
RBI 201 152
SB 79 89
CS 25 23
BB 226 147
SO 282 477
BA .286 .249
OBP .361 .321
SLG .388 .400
OPS .749 .721
OPS+ 105 93
TB 785 595
GDP 28 9
HBP 18 13
SH 30 12
SF 10 7
IBB 6 3
Seasonal WAR
(Best → Worst)
Rk Span Stubbs
1 4.2 2.8
2 3.7 1.6
3 2.3 1.2
4 1.5 0.3
5 1.4
Total 13.1 5.9
Wt Sum** 12.2 5.7
Wa MVP 0.0 0.0
WaE 1.9 0.0

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