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Keith Ginter

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 190 lb.
School Texas Tech University

Debut September 20, 2000
  vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Born May 5, 1976 in Norwalk, CA

Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 10th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1998. (All Transactions)

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        Keith Ginter - I'm still bitter at you for ruining a gorgeous Sunday afternoon at Miller Park by stranding 14 base runners in one game. Also, you're short.

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2000 24 HOU NL   5    8    3    2   0  0   1    3   0  0   1   3  .250  .300  .625  119    5   0   1   0   0   0
 2001 25 HOU NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2002 26 TOT NL  28   81    7   19   9  0   1    8   0  0  17  15  .235  .374  .383  102   31   0   0   0   1   0
         HOU NL   7    5    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   2   1  .200  .500  .400  136    2   0   0   0   1   0
         MIL NL  21   76    6   18   8  0   1    8   0  0  15  14  .237  .363  .382   99   29   0   0   0   0   0
 2003 27 MIL NL 127  358   51   92  15  2  14   44   1  1  37  87  .257  .352  .427  104  153   0   3   1  17   8
 2004 28 MIL NL 113  386   47  101  23  2  19   60   8  1  37 100  .262  .333  .479  107  185   4   4   2   6   9
 2005 29 OAK AL  51  137   12   22   5  0   3   25   0  0  13  25  .161  .234  .263   32   36   2   3   0   1   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      325  971  120  236  52  4  38  140   9  2 105 230  .243  .329  .422   95  410   6  11   3  25  22
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        484   60  118  26  2  19   70   4  1  52 115  .243  .329  .422   95  204   3   5   1  12  11
 Career High    127  386   51  101  23  2  19   60   8  1  37 100  .262  .352  .479  107  185   4   4   2  17   9
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2000 24 HOU NL   10    7    2   7.6   122| .250  .281| .300  .360| .625  .460| .925  .820| 119  .659   0.2   0.0   0%
 2001 25 HOU NL    1    1    0   0.0   117| .000  .277| .000  .349| .000  .453| .000  .802|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2002 26 TOT NL   99   62   13   5.6   106| .235  .264| .374  .338| .383  .420| .757  .758| 102  .572   1.2   0.2   0%
         HOU NL    8    4    1   6.7   112| .200  .273| .500  .348| .400  .434| .900  .782| 136  .648   0.6   0.1   0%
         MIL NL   91   58   12   5.5   105| .237  .264| .363  .337| .382  .419| .745  .756|  99  .565   0.6   0.1   0%
 2003 27 MIL NL  415  278   56   5.4   108| .257  .266| .352  .338| .427  .427| .779  .765| 104  .541   3.0   0.3  50%
 2004 28 MIL NL  437  303   63   5.6   111| .262  .270| .333  .341| .479  .437| .812  .778| 107  .547   3.6   0.3  88%
 2005 29 OAK AL  156  125    8   1.7   106| .161  .269| .234  .332| .263  .427| .497  .759|  32  .127 -13.6  -1.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1118  776  142   4.9   109| .243  .268| .329  .339| .422  .431| .751  .769|  95  .494  -5.9  -0.5  81%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2000 24 HOU NL 2B 2 4 5 0 2 1.000 .978 4.50 4.35 4.50 4.95 2 18.0 2002 26 TOT NL 3B 25 21 35 3 4 .949 .957 2.24 2.29 2.53 2.71 22 199.0 HOU NL 3B 4 3 4 1 1 .875 .959 1.75 2.30 4.85 2.70 1 13.0 SS 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 4.00 11.74 4.70 0 2.3 MIL NL 3B 21 18 31 2 3 .961 .957 2.33 2.29 2.37 2.71 21 186.0 2003 27 MIL NL 2B 53 102 128 2 35 .991 .983 4.34 4.39 4.64 5.12 49 446.3 3B 40 20 50 6 6 .921 .955 1.75 2.36 2.08 2.74 32 303.3 SS 2 4 3 0 1 1.000 .972 3.50 4.00 6.77 4.55 1 9.3 LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.55 0.50 1.90 2 18.0 2004 28 MIL NL 2B 54 91 127 6 19 .973 .982 4.04 4.31 4.27 5.01 52 459.3 3B 47 28 80 3 10 .973 .956 2.30 2.35 2.45 2.76 41 396.3 RF 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 1.70 3.00 2.10 2 15.0 DH 2 2005 29 OAK AL 2B 25 49 69 3 17 .975 .983 4.72 4.48 5.21 4.96 24 203.7 3B 12 12 11 3 0 .885 .958 1.92 2.49 3.29 2.76 5 63.0 DH 9 LF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.10 0 6.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2000 24 HOU NL 2B 2 4 5 0 2 1.000 .978 4.50 4.35 4.50 4.95 2 18.0 2003 27 MIL NL 2B 53 102 128 2 35 .991 .983 4.34 4.39 4.64 5.12 49 446.3 2004 28 MIL NL 2B 54 91 127 6 19 .973 .982 4.04 4.31 4.27 5.01 52 459.3 2005 29 OAK AL 2B 25 49 69 3 17 .975 .983 4.72 4.48 5.21 4.96 24 203.7 2002 26 TOT NL 3B 25 21 35 3 4 .949 .957 2.24 2.29 2.53 2.71 22 199.0 HOU NL 3B 4 3 4 1 1 .875 .959 1.75 2.30 4.85 2.70 1 13.0 MIL NL 3B 21 18 31 2 3 .961 .957 2.33 2.29 2.37 2.71 21 186.0 2003 27 MIL NL 3B 40 20 50 6 6 .921 .955 1.75 2.36 2.08 2.74 32 303.3 2004 28 MIL NL 3B 47 28 80 3 10 .973 .956 2.30 2.35 2.45 2.76 41 396.3 2005 29 OAK AL 3B 12 12 11 3 0 .885 .958 1.92 2.49 3.29 2.76 5 63.0 2004 28 MIL NL DH 2 2005 29 OAK AL DH 9 2003 27 MIL NL LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.55 0.50 1.90 2 18.0 2005 29 OAK AL LF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.10 0 6.0 2003 27 MIL NL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.85 0.50 2.15 2 18.0 2004 28 MIL NL OF 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 1.85 3.00 2.16 2 15.0 2005 29 OAK AL OF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.05 0.00 2.25 0 6.0 2004 28 MIL NL RF 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 1.70 3.00 2.10 2 15.0 2002 26 HOU NL SS 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 4.00 11.74 4.70 0 2.3 2003 27 MIL NL SS 2 4 3 0 1 1.000 .972 3.50 4.00 6.77 4.55 1 9.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 134 246 329 11 73 .981 .983 4.29 4.37 4.59 5.04 127 1127.3 3B* 124 81 176 15 20 .945 .956 2.07 2.35 2.41 2.74 100 961.7 DH 11 Games not counted in Overall Total below OF* 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.00 1.92 1.38 2.17 4 39.0 4 0 2# LF* 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.68 0.38 1.95 2 24.0 SS* 3 6 4 0 1 1.000 .971 3.33 4.00 7.69 4.54 1 11.7 RF* 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 1.70 3.00 2.10 2 15.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 267 339 509 26 94 .970 .974 3.18 3.38 3.57 3.95 232 2140
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Hit By Pitch
2003 NL-17-4

HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2261) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 2, 1998: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 10th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1998.

September 5, 2002: Sent by the Houston Astros to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete an earlier deal made on August 31, 2002. The Houston Astros sent players to be named later to the Milwaukee Brewers for Mark Loretta and cash. The Houston Astros sent Wayne Franklin (September 3, 2002) and Keith Ginter (September 5, 2002) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

December 16, 2004: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Oakland Athletics for Justin Lehr and Nelson Cruz.

October 2, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

January 2, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2003Milwaukee Brewers$301,000
2004Milwaukee Brewers$383,333
2005Oakland Athletics$583,333
Career (may be incomplete)$1,267,666

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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