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Eric Karros
Eric Peter Karros

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 216 lb.
School University of California, Los Angeles

Debut September 1, 1991
  vs. CHC 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game July 21, 2004
Born November 4, 1967 in Hackensack, NJ

Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 6th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1988. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1991 23 LAD NL  14   14    0    1   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   6  .071  .133  .143  -21    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1992 24 LAD NL 149  545   63  140  30  1  20   88   2  4  37 103  .257  .304  .426  106  232   0   5   3   2  15 RoY-1
 1993 25 LAD NL 158  619   74  153  27  2  23   80   0  1  34  82  .247  .287  .409   88  253   0   3   1   2  17
 1994 26 LAD NL 111  406   51  108  21  1  14   46   2  0  29  53  .266  .310  .426   95  173   0  11   1   2  13
 1995 27 LAD NL 143  551   83  164  29  3  32  105   4  4  61 115  .298  .369  .535  145  295   0   4   4   4  14 SS,MVP-5
 1996 28 LAD NL 154  608   84  158  29  1  34  111   8  0  53 121  .260  .316  .479  113  291   0   8   2   1  27 MVP-16
 1997 29 LAD NL 162  628   86  167  28  0  31  104  15  7  61 116  .266  .329  .459  110  288   0   9   2   2  10
 1998 30 LAD NL 139  507   59  150  20  1  23   87   7  2  47  93  .296  .355  .475  121  241   0   7   1   3   7
 1999 31 LAD NL 153  578   74  176  40  0  34  112   8  5  53 119  .304  .362  .550  132  318   0   6   0   2  18
 2000 32 LAD NL 155  584   84  146  29  0  31  106   4  3  63 122  .250  .321  .459  100  268   0  12   2   4  18
 2001 33 LAD NL 121  438   42  103  22  0  15   63   3  1  41 101  .235  .303  .388   84  170   0   3   2   3  15
 2002 34 LAD NL 142  524   52  142  26  1  13   73   4  2  37  74  .271  .323  .399   96  209   0   6   1   6  11
 2003 35 CHC NL 114  336   37   96  16  1  12   40   1  1  28  46  .286  .340  .446  103  150   0   1   1   0  14
 2004 36 OAK AL  40  103    8   20   6  0   2   11   1  0   7  16  .194  .243  .311   44   32   0   1   1   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons         6441      1724     11     1027     30    1167  .268  .325  .454  107        0  76  21  31 181
               1755       797      324    284       59    552                            2922
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        595   74  159  30  1  26   95   5  3  51 108  .268  .325  .454  107  270   0   7   2   3  17
 Career High    162  628   86  176  40  3  34  112  15  7  63 122  .304  .369  .550  145  318   0  12   4   6  27
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1991 23 LAD NL   15   13    0   0.0    92| .071  .255| .133  .323| .143  .382| .276  .705| -21  .000  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1992 24 LAD NL  589  429   67   4.2    91| .257  .258| .304  .323| .426  .380| .730  .703| 106  .510   2.8   0.3  33%
 1993 25 LAD NL  658  487   69   3.8    99| .247  .265| .287  .329| .409  .404| .696  .733|  88  .410 -12.2  -1.2   0%
 1994 26 LAD NL  448  322   53   4.4   104| .266  .267| .310  .333| .426  .418| .736  .751|  95  .450  -2.1  -0.2 100%
 1995 27 LAD NL  620  409  107   7.0    99| .298  .260| .369  .328| .535  .404| .904  .732| 145  .664  35.8   3.4  50%
 1996 28 LAD NL  670  485   86   4.8   101| .260  .261| .316  .329| .479  .409| .795  .738| 113  .492  10.4   1.0 100%
 1997 29 LAD NL  700  487   96   5.3   102| .266  .262| .329  .333| .459  .411| .788  .744| 110  .537   9.5   0.9  68%
 1998 30 LAD NL  564  373   88   6.3   103| .296  .263| .355  .333| .475  .415| .830  .747| 121  .619  15.8   1.5  77%
 1999 31 LAD NL  639  431  111   6.9   111| .304  .269| .362  .344| .550  .434| .912  .778| 132  .618  27.6   2.5  61%
 2000 32 LAD NL  663  471   85   4.8   111| .250  .266| .321  .342| .459  .434| .780  .777| 100  .454   0.0   0.0  57%
 2001 33 LAD NL  485  354   50   3.8   104| .235  .259| .303  .329| .388  .424| .691  .753|  84  .372  -9.9  -0.9  75%
 2002 34 LAD NL  573  401   68   4.5   100| .271  .256| .323  .329| .399  .408| .722  .736|  96  .475  -2.2  -0.2  66%
 2003 35 CHC NL  365  256   47   4.9   110| .286  .270| .340  .342| .446  .433| .786  .775| 103  .498   0.4   0.0  50%
 2004 36 OAK AL  111   86    8   2.5   109| .194  .269| .243  .337| .311  .432| .554  .769|  44  .207  -8.6  -0.8 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     7100 5004  935   5.0   103| .268  .263| .325  .333| .454  .414| .779  .746| 107  .512  65.0   6.1  66%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / 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 ------+
1991 23 LAD NL 1B 10 33 2 0 5 1.000 .992 3.50 8.44 10.50 9.78 2 30.0 1992 24 LAD NL 1B 143 1211 126 9 98 .993 .993 9.35 6.99 10.02 7.49 142 1201.3 1993 25 LAD NL 1B 157 1335 147 12 118 .992 .992 9.44 6.37 9.71 6.55 157 1373.7 1994 26 LAD NL 1B 109 896 118 9 83 .991 .992 9.30 8.11 9.81 9.67 108 930.3 1995 27 LAD NL 1B 143 1234 109 7 101 .995 .993 9.39 6.99 9.50 7.08 143 1271.7 1996 28 LAD NL 1B 154 1314 121 15 133 .990 .992 9.32 6.49 9.28 6.47 154 1391.3 1997 29 LAD NL 1B 162 1318 121 11 88 .992 .993 8.88 6.17 8.95 6.22 162 1447.7 1998 30 LAD NL 1B 136 1150 110 12 122 .991 .993 9.26 7.35 9.70 7.70 136 1168.7 DH 2 1999 31 LAD NL 1B 151 1291 126 13 108 .991 .993 9.38 6.62 9.79 6.91 147 1302.3 2000 32 LAD NL 1B 153 1295 138 7 123 .995 .992 9.37 6.54 9.68 6.76 153 1331.7 DH 1 2001 33 LAD NL 1B 119 963 71 4 82 .996 .993 8.69 7.84 9.14 8.84 118 1018.3 2002 34 LAD NL 1B 142 1175 106 4 101 .997 .992 9.02 7.04 9.68 7.56 141 1191.0 2003 35 CHC NL 1B 97 675 47 6 80 .992 .993 7.44 7.98 8.89 9.60 84 730.7 2004 36 OAK AL 1B 22 165 17 2 15 .989 .994 8.27 8.01 11.12 9.31 14 147.3 DH 10
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1991 23 LAD NL 1B 10 33 2 0 5 1.000 .992 3.50 8.44 10.50 9.78 2 30.0 1992 24 LAD NL 1B 143 1211 126 9 98 .993 .993 9.35 6.99 10.02 7.49 142 1201.3 1993 25 LAD NL 1B 157 1335 147 12 118 .992 .992 9.44 6.37 9.71 6.55 157 1373.7 1994 26 LAD NL 1B 109 896 118 9 83 .991 .992 9.30 8.11 9.81 9.67 108 930.3 1995 27 LAD NL 1B 143 1234 109 7 101 .995 .993 9.39 6.99 9.50 7.08 143 1271.7 1996 28 LAD NL 1B 154 1314 121 15 133 .990 .992 9.32 6.49 9.28 6.47 154 1391.3 1997 29 LAD NL 1B 162 1318 121 11 88 .992 .993 8.88 6.17 8.95 6.22 162 1447.7 1998 30 LAD NL 1B 136 1150 110 12 122 .991 .993 9.26 7.35 9.70 7.70 136 1168.7 1999 31 LAD NL 1B 151 1291 126 13 108 .991 .993 9.38 6.62 9.79 6.91 147 1302.3 2000 32 LAD NL 1B 153 1295 138 7 123 .995 .992 9.37 6.54 9.68 6.76 153 1331.7 2001 33 LAD NL 1B 119 963 71 4 82 .996 .993 8.69 7.84 9.14 8.84 118 1018.3 2002 34 LAD NL 1B 142 1175 106 4 101 .997 .992 9.02 7.04 9.68 7.56 141 1191.0 2003 35 CHC NL 1B 97 675 47 6 80 .992 .993 7.44 7.98 8.89 9.60 84 730.7 2004 36 OAK AL 1B 22 165 17 2 15 .989 .994 8.27 8.01 11.12 9.31 14 147.3 1998 30 LAD NL DH 2 2000 32 LAD NL DH 1 2004 36 OAK AL DH 10
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B*1698 14055 1359 111 1257 .993 .993 9.08 6.98 9.54 7.41 1661 14536.0 DH 13 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1698 14055 1359 111 1257 .993 .993 9.08 6.98 9.54 7.41 1661 14536
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1995   NLDS  LAD CIN     L   3  12   3   6  1  0  2   4   1   0  .500  .538 1.083   0  0   0   0   0 
 1996   NLDS  LAD ATL     L   3   9   0   0  0  0  0   0   2   3  .000  .182  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 2003   NLDS  CHC ATL     W   4  16   4   6  0  0  2   2   0   3  .375  .375  .750   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  CHC FLA     L   5  13   2   3  0  0  0   0   2   3  .231  .333  .231   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       1-2  10  37   7  12  1  0  4   6   3   6  .324  .375  .676   0  0   0   0   0 
  4 Postseason Series   1-3  15  50   9  15  1  0  4   6   5   9  .300  .364  .560   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Awards
1992-NL-ROY

Silver Sluggers
1995-NL--1B

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1995-NL-5-0.34
1996-NL-16-0.03
Car-510-0.37 shares

Slugging %
1995 NL-.535-8

OPS
1995 NL-.905-9

Games
1993 NL-158-7
1995 NL-143-4
1997 NL-162-1

At Bats
1993 NL-619-4
1995 NL-551-8
1997 NL-628-4

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1995 NL-620-7
1997 NL-700-4

Hits
1995 NL-164-7

Total Bases
1995 NL-295-4

Doubles
1999 NL-40-10

Home Runs
1995 NL-32-5
1997 NL-31-9

RBI
1995 NL-105-4

Strikeouts
1992 NL-103-9
1995 NL-115-4

Adjusted OPS+
1995 NL-145-4

Runs Created
1995 NL-107-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
1995 NL-36-5

Batting Wins
1995 NL-3.4-5

Extra-Base Hits
1995 NL-64-7

Times on Base
1995 NL-229-5

Sac. Flies
1994 NL-11-2
1996 NL-8-8
1997 NL-9-5
2000 NL-12-2
Car-76-98

Grounded into Double Plays
1992 NL-15-5
1993 NL-17-8
1994 NL-13-7
1996 NL-27-1
1999 NL-18-5
2000 NL-18-7

At Bats per Home Run
1995 NL-17.2-10

Outs
1993 NL-487-3
1996 NL-485-5
1997 NL-487-5
2000 NL-471-8

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 26 (854) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 17.0 (805) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 29.5 (583) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 1, 1988: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 6th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1988.

December 4, 2002: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Mark Grudzielanek to the Chicago Cubs for Todd Hundley and Chad Hermansen.

October 31, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

February 6, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

August 3, 2004: Released by the Oakland Athletics.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1992Los Angeles Dodgers$124,000
1993Los Angeles Dodgers$435,000
1994Los Angeles Dodgers$650,000
1995Los Angeles Dodgers$2,350,000
1996Los Angeles Dodgers$3,150,000
1997Los Angeles Dodgers$4,500,000
1998Los Angeles Dodgers$4,500,000
1999Los Angeles Dodgers$5,500,000
2000Los Angeles Dodgers$5,375,000
2001Los Angeles Dodgers$7,500,000
2002Los Angeles Dodgers$6,875,000
2003Chicago Cubs$8,375,000
2004Oakland Athletics$550,000
Career (may be incomplete)$49,884,000

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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