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Jason LaRue

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 200 lb.
School Dallas Baptist University

Debut June 15, 1999

Born March 19, 1974 in Houston, TX

Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 5th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 1, 1995. (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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1999 25 CIN NL  36   90   12   19   7  0   3   10   4  1  11  32  .211  .311  .389   74   35   0   0   1   2   4
 2000 26 CIN NL  31   98   12   23   3  0   5   12   0  0   5  19  .235  .299  .418   78   41   0   0   2   4   1
 2001 27 CIN NL 121  364   39   86  21  2  12   43   3  3  27 106  .236  .303  .404   77  147   1   2   4   9  11
 2002 28 CIN NL 113  353   42   88  17  1  12   52   1  2  27 117  .249  .324  .405   88  143   2   2   6  13  13
 2003 29 CIN NL 118  379   52   87  23  1  16   50   3  3  33 111  .230  .321  .422   96  160   1   4   4  20   9
 2004 30 CIN NL 114  390   46   98  24  2  14   55   0  2  26 108  .251  .334  .431   98  168   2   3   5  24   7
 2005 31 CIN NL 110  361   38   94  27  0  14   60   0  0  41 101  .260  .355  .452  110  163   5   2   7  13   8
 2006 32 CIN NL  72  191   22   37   5  0   8   21   1  0  27  51  .194  .317  .346   68   66   3   1   9   8   3
 2007 33 KCR AL  66  169   14   25   9  0   4   13   1  0  17  66  .148  .240  .272   33   46   3   2   0   4   6
 2008 34 STL NL  61  164   17   35   8  1   4   21   0  0  15  20  .213  .296  .348   69   57   3   2   1   5   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     842 2559  294  592 144  7  92  337  13 11 229 731  .231  .317  .401   85 1026  20  18  39 102  68
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        492   57  114  28  1  18   65   3  2  44 141  .231  .317  .401   85  197   4   3   8  20  13
 Career High    121  390   52   98  27  2  16   60   4  3  41 117  .260  .355  .452  110  168   5   4   9  24  13
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1999 25 CIN NL  103   76   11   3.9   118| .211  .279| .311  .355| .389  .450| .700  .805|  74  .360  -3.8  -0.4  80%
 2000 26 CIN NL  107   76   12   4.2   118| .235  .275| .299  .353| .418  .450| .717  .804|  78  .395  -4.1  -0.4   0%
 2001 27 CIN NL  403  295   42   3.8   116| .236  .274| .303  .346| .404  .449| .707  .796|  77  .375 -13.5  -1.3  50%
 2002 28 CIN NL  397  284   44   4.2   111| .249  .270| .324  .345| .405  .430| .729  .775|  88  .434  -6.9  -0.7  33%
 2003 29 CIN NL  437  309   52   4.5   105| .230  .263| .321  .334| .422  .421| .743  .755|  96  .458  -1.2  -0.1  50%
 2004 30 CIN NL  445  306   57   5.0   109| .251  .267| .334  .339| .431  .433| .765  .772|  98  .496  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 2005 31 CIN NL  422  282   59   5.6   108| .260  .268| .355  .339| .452  .428| .807  .767| 110  .567   6.6   0.6   0%
 2006 32 CIN NL  230  161   23   3.8   116| .194  .277| .317  .348| .346  .450| .663  .798|  68  .372  -9.7  -0.9 100%
 2007 33 KCR AL  195  155   11   1.9   110| .148  .274| .240  .342| .272  .429| .512  .772|  33  .142 -17.1  -1.6 100%
 2008 34 STL NL  189  140   17   3.3   107| .213  .266| .296  .338| .348  .424| .644  .762|  69  .322  -7.4  -0.7   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     2928 2084  328   4.2   111| .231  .270| .317  .342| .401  .434| .718  .776|  85  .425 -57.7  -5.6  54%

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

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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    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1999 25 CIN NL C 35 179 15 2 0 .990 .990 5.54 6.14 7.25 7.41 27 240.7 2 11 13 10 2000 26 CIN NL C 31 191 21 2 3 .991 .990 6.84 6.38 7.42 7.45 31 257.0 1 12 12 5 2001 27 CIN NL C 107 569 75 6 8 .991 .992 6.02 6.64 6.89 7.74 95 841.0 15 38 27 42 3B 3 4 6 1 0 .909 .952 3.33 2.17 3.46 2.56 3 26.0 LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.50 4.50 1.80 0 2.0 1B 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 5.00 7.80 9.00 9.18 0 5.0 2002 28 CIN NL C 110 626 56 4 5 .994 .991 6.20 6.41 6.77 7.53 100 906.3 20 39 34 28 2003 29 CIN NL C 114 649 46 11 8 .984 .992 6.10 6.46 6.55 7.33 109 954.3 6 27 47 17 1B 1 7 1 0 0 1.000 .988 8.00 8.00 8.00 9.60 1 9.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 1.29 0 0.7 2004 30 CIN NL C 111 648 59 8 8 .989 .993 6.37 6.46 6.84 7.45 106 930.0 15 41 38 16 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 DH 1 2005 31 CIN NL C 109 646 52 5 2 .993 .992 6.40 6.26 6.87 7.26 104 914.7 6 33 51 25 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 2006 32 CIN NL C 63 376 36 2 9 .995 .992 6.54 6.36 7.24 7.37 57 512.3 3 12 23 13 2007 33 KCR AL C 65 311 24 5 3 .985 .991 5.15 6.41 6.36 7.28 55 474.3 2 22 26 14 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.30 1.50 2.70 0 6.0 2008 34 STL NL C 57 289 16 2 1 .993 .993 5.35 6.72 6.66 7.65 44 412.0 2 12 13 8 1B 3 7 1 0 1 1.000 .988 2.67 8.23 9.86 9.37 0 7.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2001 27 CIN NL 1B 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 5.00 7.80 9.00 9.18 0 5.0 2003 29 CIN NL 1B 1 7 1 0 0 1.000 .988 8.00 8.00 8.00 9.60 1 9.0 2008 34 STL NL 1B 3 7 1 0 1 1.000 .988 2.67 8.23 9.86 9.37 0 7.3 2001 27 CIN NL 3B 3 4 6 1 0 .909 .952 3.33 2.17 3.46 2.56 3 26.0 2007 33 KCR AL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.30 1.50 2.70 0 6.0 1999 25 CIN NL C 35 179 15 2 0 .990 .990 5.54 6.14 7.25 7.41 27 240.7 2 11 13 10 2000 26 CIN NL C 31 191 21 2 3 .991 .990 6.84 6.38 7.42 7.45 31 257.0 1 12 12 5 2001 27 CIN NL C 107 569 75 6 8 .991 .992 6.02 6.64 6.89 7.74 95 841.0 15 38 27 42 2002 28 CIN NL C 110 626 56 4 5 .994 .991 6.20 6.41 6.77 7.53 100 906.3 20 39 34 28 2003 29 CIN NL C 114 649 46 11 8 .984 .992 6.10 6.46 6.55 7.33 109 954.3 6 27 47 17 2004 30 CIN NL C 111 648 59 8 8 .989 .993 6.37 6.46 6.84 7.45 106 930.0 15 41 38 16 2005 31 CIN NL C 109 646 52 5 2 .993 .992 6.40 6.26 6.87 7.26 104 914.7 6 33 51 25 2006 32 CIN NL C 63 376 36 2 9 .995 .992 6.54 6.36 7.24 7.37 57 512.3 3 12 23 13 2007 33 KCR AL C 65 311 24 5 3 .985 .991 5.15 6.41 6.36 7.28 55 474.3 2 22 26 14 2008 34 STL NL C 57 289 16 2 1 .993 .993 5.35 6.72 6.66 7.65 44 412.0 2 12 13 8 2004 30 CIN NL DH 1 2001 27 CIN NL LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.50 4.50 1.80 0 2.0 2003 29 CIN NL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 1.29 0 0.7 2001 27 CIN NL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.85 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 2003 29 CIN NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.57 0 0.7 2004 30 CIN NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 2005 31 CIN NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 2004 30 CIN NL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 2005 31 CIN NL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 9.00 1.80 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 802 4484 400 47 47 .990 .992 6.09 6.44 6.82 7.45 728 6442.7 72 247 284 178 1B* 5 19 2 0 1 1.000 .991 4.20 8.10 8.87 9.42 1 21.3 OF* 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.60 1.84 4.74 2.21 0 5.7 3 0 2# 3B* 4 4 7 1 0 .917 .957 2.75 2.20 3.09 2.59 3 32.0 LF* 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.50 3.33 1.67 0 2.7 RF* 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.75 6.00 2.10 0 3.0 DH 1 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 816 4510 409 48 48 .990 .992 6.03 6.40 6.81 7.42 732 6502
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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.

Hit By Pitch
2002 NL-13-6
2003 NL-20-3
2004 NL-24-2
2005 NL-13-7
Act-102-15
Car-102-61

HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2504) (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 1, 1995: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 5th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 1, 1995.

November 20, 2006: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Kansas City Royals for PTBNL.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1999Cincinnati Reds$200,000
2001Cincinnati Reds$235,000
2002Cincinnati Reds$305,000
2003Cincinnati Reds$1,250,000
2004Cincinnati Reds$2,600,000
2005Cincinnati Reds$3,000,000
2006Cincinnati Reds$3,900,000
2007Kansas City Royals$5,200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$16,690,000

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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