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Calvin Pickering
Calvin Elroy Pickering

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 5", Weight 275 lb.

Debut September 12, 1998
  vs. ANA 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Born September 29, 1976 in St. Thomas, V.I.

Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 35th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed July 27, 1995. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1998 21 BAL AL   9   21    4    5   0  0   2    3   1  0   3   4  .238  .333  .524  121   11   0   0   0   0   2
 1999 22 BAL AL  23   40    4    5   1  0   1    5   0  0  11  16  .125  .314  .225   44    9   0   0   0   0   1
 2001 24 TOT     21   54    4   15   1  0   3    8   0  0   8  15  .278  .371  .463  117   25   0   0   0   0   4
         CIN NL   4    4    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   2  .250  .250  .250   28    1   0   0   0   0   0
         BOS AL  17   50    4   14   1  0   3    7   0  0   8  13  .280  .379  .480  124   24   0   0   0   0   4
 2004 27 KCR AL  35  122   21   30   8  1   7   26   0  0  18  42  .246  .338  .500  113   61   0   2   1   0   6
 2005 28 KCR AL   7   27    4    4   0  0   1    3   0  0   3  14  .148  .226  .259   30    7   0   1   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons       95  264   37   59  10  1  14   45   1  0  43  91  .223  .329  .428   96  113   0   3   1   0  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        450   63  101  17  2  24   77   2  0  73 155  .223  .329  .428   96  193   0   5   2   0  22
 Career High     35  122   21   30   8  1   7   26   1  0  18  42                          61   0   2   1   0   6
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1998 21 BAL AL   24   18    3   4.4   108| .238  .269| .333  .338| .524  .429| .857  .766| 121  .429   0.5   0.0 100%
 1999 22 BAL AL   51   36    3   2.2   110| .125  .270| .314  .342| .225  .432| .539  .774|  44  .165  -3.1  -0.3   0%
 2001 24 TOT      62   43    8   5.0   109| .278  .270| .371  .337| .463  .434| .834  .771| 117  .493   1.3   0.2   0%
         CIN NL    4    3    0   0.0   116| .250  .274| .250  .346| .250  .450| .500  .796|  28  .000  -0.5   0.0   0%
         BOS AL   58   40    8   5.4   109| .280  .270| .379  .337| .480  .433| .859  .770| 124  .525   1.7   0.2   0%
 2004 27 KCR AL  142  100   20   5.4   111| .246  .273| .338  .341| .500  .438| .838  .779| 113  .515   2.5   0.2   0%
 2005 28 KCR AL   31   24    2   2.2   104| .148  .267| .226  .330| .259  .423| .485  .753|  30  .190  -2.8  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       310  221   36   4.4   110| .223  .271| .329  .339| .428  .434| .757  .773|  96  .423  -1.6  -0.2 100%

* 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 ------+
1998 21 BAL AL 1B 5 31 0 1 3 .969 .990 6.20 8.30 9.96 9.42 3 28.0 DH 3 1999 22 BAL AL 1B 8 46 2 2 8 .960 .992 6.00 8.32 9.00 9.51 5 48.0 DH 7 2001 24 BOS AL 1B 12 90 6 0 8 1.000 .993 8.00 8.27 8.39 9.39 12 103.0 DH 2 2004 27 KCR AL DH 27 1B 8 60 3 0 6 1.000 .994 7.88 8.01 9.30 9.31 7 61.0 2005 28 KCR AL DH 7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1998 21 BAL AL 1B 5 31 0 1 3 .969 .990 6.20 8.30 9.96 9.42 3 28.0 1999 22 BAL AL 1B 8 46 2 2 8 .960 .992 6.00 8.32 9.00 9.51 5 48.0 2001 24 BOS AL 1B 12 90 6 0 8 1.000 .993 8.00 8.27 8.39 9.39 12 103.0 2004 27 KCR AL 1B 8 60 3 0 6 1.000 .994 7.88 8.01 9.30 9.31 7 61.0 1998 21 BAL AL DH 3 1999 22 BAL AL DH 7 2001 24 BOS AL DH 2 2004 27 KCR AL DH 27 2005 28 KCR AL DH 7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total DH 46 Games not counted in Overall Total below 1B* 33 227 11 3 25 .988 .992 7.21 8.22 8.93 9.40 27 240.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 33 227 11 3 25 .988 .992 7.21 8.22 8.93 9.40 27 240
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.

Youngest Player
1998 AL-21-8

HOF Standards: Batting - 10.0 (1620) (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.


Transactions 

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 35th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed July 27, 1995.

August 30, 2001: Sent to the Cincinnati Reds by the Baltimore Orioles as part of a conditional deal.

September 6, 2001: Selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Cincinnati Reds.

October 14, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

January 16, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

March 18, 2003: Released by the Seattle Mariners.

August 4, 2003: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Vaqueros (Mexican).

October 15, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

November 11, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

September 6, 2005: Released by the Kansas City Royals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2002Boston Red Sox$200,000
2005Kansas City Royals$323,500
Career (may be incomplete)$523,500

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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