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Casey Kotchman
Casey John Kotchman

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 3", Weight 210 lb.

Debut May 9, 2004

Born February 22, 1983 in St. Petersburg, FL

Drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed July 28, 2001. (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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2004 21 ANA AL  38  116    7   26   6  0   0   15   3  0   7  11  .224  .289  .276   51   32   0   1   3   4   3
 2005 22 LAA AL  47  126   16   35   5  0   7   22   1  1  15  18  .278  .352  .484  122   61   1   1   0   0   3
 2006 23 LAA AL  29   79    6   12   2  0   1    6   0  1   7  13  .152  .221  .215   14   17   2   0   0   0   2
 2007 24 LAA AL 137  443   64  131  37  3  11   68   2  4  53  43  .296  .372  .467  119  207   3   5   1   4  17
 2008 25 LAA AL  96  356   44  103  24  0   9   48   2  0  18  23  .289  .331  .433  103  154   0   2   3   5  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      347 1120  137  307  74  3  28  159   8  6 100 108  .274  .338  .421  100  471   6   9   7  13  38
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        523   64  143  35  1  13   74   4  3  47  50  .274  .338  .421  100  220   3   4   3   6  18
 Career High    137  443   64  131  37  3  11   68   3  4  53  43  .296  .372  .467  119  207   3   5   3   5  17
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2004 21 ANA AL  128   94   10   2.8   107| .224  .267| .289  .334| .276  .429| .565  .763|  51  .250  -8.1  -0.8 100%
 2005 22 LAA AL  143   97   21   5.8   103| .278  .266| .352  .328| .484  .422| .836  .750| 122  .575   4.0   0.4  50%
 2006 23 LAA AL   88   72    4   1.5   111| .152  .275| .221  .340| .215  .438| .436  .778|  14  .091 -10.4  -1.0   0%
 2007 24 LAA AL  508  341   75   5.9   108| .296  .272| .372  .340| .467  .425| .839  .765| 119  .568  14.4   1.3  33%
 2008 25 LAA AL  381  268   48   4.8   104| .289  .266| .331  .335| .433  .415| .764  .750| 103  .496   0.9   0.1 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1248  872  158   4.8   106| .274  .269| .338  .337| .421  .423| .759  .759| 100  .486   0.8   0.0  57%

* 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 ------+
2004 21 ANA AL 1B 34 231 15 3 17 .988 .994 7.24 8.01 8.19 9.31 27 270.3 DH 1 2005 22 LAA AL 1B 20 111 7 0 10 1.000 .994 5.90 8.11 8.11 9.60 13 131.0 DH 20 2006 23 LAA AL 1B 26 180 15 0 12 1.000 .994 7.50 7.99 8.91 9.51 22 197.0 2007 24 LAA AL 1B 130 978 68 3 103 .997 .995 8.05 7.69 9.11 8.71 116 1033.0 DH 1 2008 25 LAA AL 1B 96 809 71 2 83 .998 .994 9.17 8.23 9.57 9.36 92 828.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2004 21 ANA AL 1B 34 231 15 3 17 .988 .994 7.24 8.01 8.19 9.31 27 270.3 2005 22 LAA AL 1B 20 111 7 0 10 1.000 .994 5.90 8.11 8.11 9.60 13 131.0 2006 23 LAA AL 1B 26 180 15 0 12 1.000 .994 7.50 7.99 8.91 9.51 22 197.0 2007 24 LAA AL 1B 130 978 68 3 103 .997 .995 8.05 7.69 9.11 8.71 116 1033.0 2008 25 LAA AL 1B 96 809 71 2 83 .998 .994 9.17 8.23 9.57 9.36 92 828.0 2004 21 ANA AL DH 1 2005 22 LAA AL DH 20 2007 24 LAA AL DH 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 306 2309 176 8 225 .997 .994 8.12 7.95 9.09 9.11 270 2459.3 DH 22 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 306 2309 176 8 225 .997 .994 8.12 7.95 9.10 9.11 270 2459
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2004   ALDS  ANA BOS     L   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 2005   ALDS  LAA NYY     W   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0             
        ALCS  LAA CHW     L   2   7   0   2  1  0  0   1   1   1  .286  .375  .429   0  0             
 2007   ALDS  LAA BOS     L   2   5   1   0  0  0  0   0   2   1  .000  .286  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       1-2   6   8   1   0  0  0  0   0   2   1  .000  .200  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
  4 Postseason Series   1-3   8  15   1   2  1  0  0   1   3   2  .133  .278  .200   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.

Grounded into Double Plays
2008 AL-13-8

At Bats per Strikeout
2007 AL-10.3-5
2008 AL-15.5-2

HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2075) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 1.0 (2118) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 5, 2001: Drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed July 28, 2001.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2006Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$340,000
2007Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$382,500
Career (may be incomplete)$722,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View Casey Kotchman's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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