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Justin Morneau
Justin Ernest Morneau

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 205 lb.

Debut June 10, 2003

Born May 15, 1981 in New Westminster, British Columbia, CAN

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1999. (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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2003 22 MIN AL  40  106   14   24   4  0   4   16   0  0   9  30  .226  .287  .377   73   40   0   0   1   0   4
 2004 23 MIN AL  74  280   39   76  17  0  19   58   0  0  28  54  .271  .340  .536  121  150   0   2   8   2   4
 2005 24 MIN AL 141  490   62  117  23  4  22   79   0  2  44  94  .239  .304  .437   93  214   0   5   8   4  12
 2006 25 MIN AL 157  592   97  190  37  1  34  130   3  3  53  93  .321  .375  .559  140  331   0  11   9   5  10 SS,MVP-1
 2007 26 MIN AL 157  590   84  160  31  3  31  111   1  1  64  91  .271  .343  .492  121  290   0   9  11   5  17 MVP-20,AS
 2008 27 MIN AL  35  130   15   35   5  0   6   27   0  0  12  21  .269  .333  .446  119   58   0   1   3   1   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      604 2188  311  602 117  8 116  421   4  6 210 383  .275  .339  .495  118 1083   0  28  40  17  54
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        587   83  161  31  2  31  113   1  2  56 103  .275  .339  .495  118  290   0   8  11   5  14
 Career High    157  592   97  190  37  4  34  130   3  3  64  94  .321  .375  .559  140  331   0  11  11   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2003 22 MIN AL  115   86   11   3.4   108| .226  .269| .287  .335| .377  .430| .664  .766|  73  .330  -4.5  -0.4   0%
 2004 23 MIN AL  312  210   51   6.5   112| .271  .274| .340  .342| .536  .440| .876  .782| 121  .602   8.0   0.7   0%
 2005 24 MIN AL  543  392   63   4.3   107| .239  .270| .304  .334| .437  .429| .741  .763|  93  .439  -6.3  -0.6   0%
 2006 25 MIN AL  661  426  125   7.8   109| .321  .273| .375  .337| .559  .434| .934  .771| 140  .677  36.0   3.3  50%
 2007 26 MIN AL  668  457   98   5.7   103| .271  .266| .343  .333| .492  .416| .835  .749| 121  .557  18.1   1.7  50%
 2008 27 MIN AL  144  103   17   4.4    93| .269  .252| .333  .323| .446  .386| .779  .709| 119  .490   3.1   0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      2443 1674  365   5.8   106| .275  .269| .339  .335| .495  .426| .834  .761| 118  .565  54.3   5.0  40%

* 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 ------+
2003 22 MIN AL DH 22 1B 7 29 4 1 1 .971 .994 4.71 8.29 8.56 9.54 2 34.7 2004 23 MIN AL 1B 61 523 41 3 54 .995 .994 9.25 8.01 9.43 9.31 61 538.3 DH 11 2005 24 MIN AL 1B 138 1191 91 8 123 .994 .994 9.29 7.25 9.89 7.72 128 1166.3 DH 1 2006 25 MIN AL 1B 153 1295 111 8 112 .994 .994 9.19 6.54 9.40 6.68 152 1346.3 DH 4 2007 26 MIN AL 1B 143 1189 102 5 122 .996 .995 9.03 6.99 9.23 7.15 143 1259.3 AS DH 14 AS 2008 27 MIN AL 1B 34 304 22 0 27 1.000 .995 9.59 8.65 10.02 9.70 34 292.7 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2003 22 MIN AL 1B 7 29 4 1 1 .971 .994 4.71 8.29 8.56 9.54 2 34.7 2004 23 MIN AL 1B 61 523 41 3 54 .995 .994 9.25 8.01 9.43 9.31 61 538.3 2005 24 MIN AL 1B 138 1191 91 8 123 .994 .994 9.29 7.25 9.89 7.72 128 1166.3 2006 25 MIN AL 1B 153 1295 111 8 112 .994 .994 9.19 6.54 9.40 6.68 152 1346.3 2007 26 MIN AL 1B 143 1189 102 5 122 .996 .995 9.03 6.99 9.23 7.15 143 1259.3 2008 27 MIN AL 1B 34 304 22 0 27 1.000 .995 9.59 8.65 10.02 9.70 34 292.7 2003 22 MIN AL DH 22 2004 23 MIN AL DH 11 2005 24 MIN AL DH 1 2006 25 MIN AL DH 4 2007 26 MIN AL DH 14 2008 27 MIN AL DH 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 536 4531 371 25 439 .995 .994 9.15 7.16 9.51 7.59 520 4637.7 DH 53 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 536 4531 371 25 439 .995 .994 9.15 7.16 9.51 7.58 520 4638
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  MIN NYY     L   4  17   1   4  2  0  0   2   0   3  .235  .235  .353   0  0   0   0   0 
 2006   ALDS  MIN OAK     L   3  12   3   5  1  0  2   2   0   0  .417  .417 1.000   0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       0-2   7  29   4   9  3  0  2   4   0   3  .310  .310  .621   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2007   MIN AL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
2007 *

Awards
2006-AL-MVP

Silver Sluggers
2006-AL--1B

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2006-AL-1-0.82
2007-AL-20-0.01
Car-281-0.83 shares

Batting Average
2006 AL-.321-7

Slugging %
2006 AL-.559-6

OPS
2006 AL-.934-8

Games
2006 AL-157-10

Hits
2006 AL-190-7

Total Bases
2006 AL-331-5

Home Runs
2007 AL-31-5

RBI
2006 AL-130-2
2007 AL-111-9
2008 AL-27-6

Adjusted OPS+
2006 AL-140-8

Runs Created
2006 AL-125-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
2006 AL-36-8

Batting Wins
2006 AL-3.3-8

Extra-Base Hits
2006 AL-72-8

Offensive Win%
2006 AL-.677-9

Sac. Flies
2006 AL-11-1
2007 AL-9-4

Intentional Walks
2005 AL-8-10
2007 AL-11-8
2008 AL-3-5

Grounded into Double Plays
2008 AL-7-3

At Bats per Home Run
2007 AL-19.0-8

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 27 (841) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 14.0 (1071) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 24.5 (666) (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 2, 1999: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1999.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2005Minnesota Twins$345,000
2006Minnesota Twins$385,000
2007Minnesota Twins$4,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$5,230,000

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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