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Ian Kinsler
Ian Michael Kinsler

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 200 lb.
Schools Arizona State University, University of Missouri

Debut April 3, 2006

Born June 22, 1982 in Tucson, AZ

Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 17th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 2003. (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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2006 24 TEX AL 120  423   65  121  27  1  14   55  11  4  40  64  .286  .347  .454  105  192   1   7   1   3  12 RoY-7
 2007 25 TEX AL 130  483   96  127  22  2  20   61  23  2  62  83  .263  .355  .441  109  213   8   4   2   9  14
 2008 26 TEX AL  35  142   26   42   9  0   3   17   8  0  10  21  .296  .350  .423  114   60   4   2   1   3   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      285 1048  187  290  58  3  37  133  42  6 112 168  .277  .351  .444  108  465  13  13   4  15  30
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        596  106  165  33  2  21   76  24  3  64  95  .277  .351  .444  108  264   7   7   2   9  17
 Career High    130  483   96  127  27  2  20   61  23  4  62  83  .296  .355  .454  114  213   8   7   2   9  14
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2006 24 TEX AL  474  326   66   5.4   112| .286  .277| .347  .341| .454  .440| .801  .781| 105  .516   3.8   0.3  73%
 2007 25 TEX AL  566  384   80   5.6   107| .263  .271| .355  .338| .441  .424| .796  .762| 109  .544   7.0   0.7  92%
 2008 26 TEX AL  161  110   22   5.3    96| .296  .257| .350  .328| .423  .394| .773  .722| 114  .576   3.0   0.3 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons      1201  820  168   5.5   107| .277  .271| .351  .338| .444  .426| .795  .764| 108  .537  13.8   1.3  87%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2006 24 TEX AL 2B 119 247 393 18 94 .973 .986 5.38 4.47 5.58 4.92 117 1032.0 2007 25 TEX AL 2B 130 283 436 17 98 .977 .985 5.53 4.54 5.69 4.98 129 1136.7 2008 26 TEX AL 2B 35 101 124 7 40 .970 .987 6.43 4.67 6.77 5.15 34 299.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2006 24 TEX AL 2B 119 247 393 18 94 .973 .986 5.38 4.47 5.58 4.92 117 1032.0 2007 25 TEX AL 2B 130 283 436 17 98 .977 .985 5.53 4.54 5.69 4.98 129 1136.7 2008 26 TEX AL 2B 35 101 124 7 40 .970 .987 6.43 4.67 6.77 5.15 34 299.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 284 631 953 42 232 .974 .986 5.58 4.53 5.78 4.98 280 2467.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 284 631 953 42 232 .974 .986 5.58 4.53 5.78 4.98 280 2468
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Runs
2008 AL-26-4

Stolen Bases
2008 AL-8-8

Hit By Pitch
2008 AL-3-9

Sac. Hits
2007 AL-8-9
2008 AL-4-1

Power/Speed Number
2007 AL-21.4-7
2008 AL-4.4-8

Gray Ink: Batting - 5 (1718) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.0 (1325) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 5, 2000: Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 29th round of the 2000 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 5, 2001: Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 26th round of the 2001 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 2003: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 17th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 2003.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2006Texas Rangers$327,000
2007Texas Rangers$390,708
Career (may be incomplete)$717,708

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