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Brent Abernathy

Michael Brent Abernathy

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 23, 1977 in Atlanta, GA
High School: Lovett School (Atlanta, GA)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2nd round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed August 24, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 2001
Teams (by GP): DevilRays/Twins/Royals 2001-2005

Final Game: September 29, 2005
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1997	19	TOR-min	A	99	423	379	69	117	27	2	1	26	22	13	30	32	.309	.367	.398	.765		151	6	6	6	2	0		HGR · SALL
1998	20	TOR-min	A+	124	548	485	85	159	36	1	3	65	35	13	44	38	.328	.381	.425	.805		206	11	1	12	6	0		DUN · FLOR
1999	21	TOR-min	AA	136	650	577	108	168	42	1	13	62	34	15	55	47	.291	.355	.435	.790		251	11	6	5	7	1		KNX · SOUL
2000	22	TOR-TBD-min	AAA	119	505	449	61	130	27	2	5	50	23	15	37	43	.290	.345	.392	.737		176	7	5	6	8	1		SYR,DHM · IL
2001	23	TBD-min	AAA	61	275	252	45	76	20	0	4	23	11	4	16	23	.302	.346	.429	.774		108	3	2	3	2	0		DHM · IL
2001	23	TBD	AL	79	335	304	43	82	17	1	5	33	8	3	27	35	.270	.328	.382	.710	90	116	3	0	3	1	1	4
2002	24	TBD	AL	117	504	463	46	112	18	4	2	40	10	4	25	46	.242	.288	.311	.599	62	144	8	6	8	2	0	*4/D
2003	25	KCR-TBD-min	AAA	93	421	373	60	110	22	0	7	41	13	7	34	38	.295	.357	.410	.767		153	9	4	6	4	3		OMA,DHM · PCL,IL
2003	25	TOT	AL	12	37	34	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	.059	.086	.059	.145	-61	2	2	0	2	0	0	4
2003	25	TBD	AL	2	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/4
2003	25	KCR	AL	10	30	27	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.074	.107	.074	.181	-52	2	2	0	2	0	0	/4

2004	26	CLE-min	AAA	103	398	354	68	104	24	3	10	56	27	5	33	29	.294	.357	.463	.820		164	12	3	6	2	1		BFL · IL
2005	27	MIN-min	AAA	57	249	215	35	70	13	0	6	25	7	3	21	20	.326	.388	.470	.858		101	7	3	7	3	0		ROC · IL
2005	27	MIN	AL	24	79	67	5	16	1	0	1	6	2	0	7	9	.239	.316	.299	.614	64	20	2	1	3	1	0	4/7D
2006	28	MIL-min	AAA	123	492	439	63	126	16	0	5	42	18	10	40	58	.287	.345	.358	.703		157	12	1	8	4	0		NVL · PCL
2007	29	PHI-WSN-min	AAA	110	401	357	38	95	17	1	2	36	15	6	35	37	.266	.331	.336	.667		120	11	1	5	3	1		OTT,CLB · IL
4 Yrs				232	955	868	97	212	36	5	8	79	21	7	60	93	.244	.297	.325	.622	67	282	15	7	16	4	1
162 Game Avg.				162	667	606	68	148	25	3	6	55	15	5	42	65	.244	.297	.325	.622	67	197	10	5	11	3	1

TBD (3 yrs)				198	846	774	90	194	35	5	7	73	19	7	52	81	.251	.302	.336	.638	72	260	11	6	11	3	1
MIN (1 yr)				24	79	67	5	16	1	0	1	6	2	0	7	9	.239	.316	.299	.614	64	20	2	1	3	1	0
KCR (1 yr)				10	30	27	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.074	.107	.074	.181	-52	2	2	0	2	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2001	23	TBD	AL	79	335	-3	0	0	-1	2	-1	-0.0	11	10	1.0	.498	.499	1.1	0.1	11	$	4
2002	24	TBD	AL	117	504	-23	1	1	-1	2	-21	-1.9	17	-4	-0.4	.482	.487	-0.3	0.2	-2	$215,000	*4/D
2003	25	TBD	AL	2	7	-2	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.468	.500	-0.2	0.1	-1	$300,000	/4
2003	25	KCR	AL	10	30	-7	-0	-0	-2	0	-9	-0.9	1	-8	-0.8	.409	.494	-0.6	-0.2	-6	$	/4

2005	27	MIN	AL	24	79	-4	0	0	-1	-0	-4	-0.4	3	-2	-0.2	.481	.497	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	4/7D
4 Seasons				232	955	-38	1	1	-4	4	-36	-3.4	32	-4	-0.4	.484	.496	-0.1	0.1	0	$515,000

TBD (3 yrs)				198	846	-27	1	1	-1	4	-22	-2.0	28	6	0.6	.489	.495	0.6	0.4	7	$515,000
MIN (1 yr)				24	79	-4	0	0	-1	-0	-4	-0.4	3	-2	-0.2	.481	.497	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$
KCR (1 yr)				10	30	-7	-0	-0	-2	0	-9	-0.9	1	-8	-0.8	.409	.494	-0.6	-0.2	-6	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2001	23	TBD	AL	335	232	40	4.6	104	.291	.270	.264	.328	.330	.382	.423	.710	.753	90	.458	-4.3	-0.4	.649	.217	.112	6.2
2002	24	TBD	AL	504	373	42	3.0	103	.264	.242	.261	.288	.328	.311	.419	.599	.747	62	.288	-25.5	-2.4	.499	.136	.069	3.3
2003	25	TOT	AL	37	36	0	0.0	111	.065	.059	.273	.086	.340	.059	.437	.145	.777	-61	.000	-8.3	-0.8	.118	.059	.000	.0
2003	25	TBD	AL	7	7	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.262	.000	.327	.000	.419	.000	.746	-100	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.143	.143	.000	.0
2003	25	KCR	AL	30	29	0	0.0	113	.083	.074	.276	.107	.343	.074	.441	.181	.784	-52	.000	-6.3	-0.6	.111	.037	.000

2005	27	MIN	AL	79	57	7	3.3	107	.259	.239	.271	.316	.334	.299	.429	.614	.762	64	.324	-3.4	-0.3	.566	.194	.060	1.3
4 Yrs				955	698	89	3.4	104	.265	.244	.263	.297	.329	.325	.422	.622	.752	67	.333	-41.4	-4.0	.535	.166	.081	11.6
162 Game Avg.				667	487	62	3.4	104	.265	.244	.263	.297	.329	.325	.422	.622	.752	67	.333	-41.4	-4.0	.535	.166	.081	8

TBD (3 yrs)				846	612	82	3.6	103	.271	.251	.262	.302	.329	.336	.421	.638	.750	72	.353	-31.8	-3.0	.552	.168	.085	10.2
MIN (1 yr)				79	57	7	3.3	107	.259	.239	.271	.316	.334	.299	.429	.614	.762	64	.324	-3.4	-0.3	.566	.194	.060	1.3
KCR (1 yr)				30	29	0	0.0	113	.083	.074	.276	.107	.343	.074	.441	.181	.784	-52	.000	-6.3	-0.6	.111	.037	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2001	23	TBD	AL	335	1.5%	10.5%	8.1%	6.9%	28%	1.30	8.7	60.8	9.2	0.65	0.90	79%	26%	3.9%	19%
2002	24	TBD	AL	504	0.4%	9.1%	5.0%	4.8%	21%	1.84	10.1	231.5	11.6	0.82	1.10	83%	22%	1.1%	19%
2003	25	TOT	AL	37	0.0%	8.1%	2.7%	0.0%	0%	3.00	11.3			1.00	1.06	84%	3%	0.0%	27%
2003	25	TBD	AL	7	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						1.33	1.00	100%	0%	0.0%	33%
2003	25	KCR	AL	30	0.0%	10.0%	3.3%	0.0%	0%	3.00	9.0			0.92	1.08	80%	4%	0.0%	25%

2005	27	MIN	AL	79	1.3%	11.4%	8.9%	2.5%	13%	1.29	7.4	67.0	11.2	1.07	1.82	73%	19%	4.3%	18%
4 Yrs				955	0.8%	9.7%	6.3%	5.1%	23%	1.55	9.3	108.5	11.0	0.78	1.07	81%	22%	2.3%	19%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.8%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	1.98	5.3	31.8	7.6	0.78	1.08	70%	21%	8.0%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2001	23	TBD	AL	-4.8	-0.4	348	-0.1	5.8	-5.9	.96	-0.2	0.1	1.6	0.1	0.93	-3.5		0
2002	24	TBD	AL	-25.5	-2.4	523	-1.9	8.4	-10.3	1.12	-2.4	0.7	-20.6	-2.0	0.94	-27.9		0
2003	25	TOT	AL	-8.3	-0.8	38	-0.8	0.2	-1.0	1.30	-0.7	0.1	-9.3	-0.9	1.03	-9.0	2.22	2
2003	25	TBD	AL	-2.0	-0.2	8	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	2.71	-0.1	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	1.01	-1.2	4.39	1
2003	25	KCR	AL	-6.3	-0.6	30	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	.93	-0.6	0.1	-8.5	-0.8	1.04	-7.8	0.05	1

2005	27	MIN	AL	-3.4	-0.3	82	-0.8	0.9	-1.8	1.16	-0.5	-0.3	-6.1	-0.6	0.91	-6.0	1.89	2
4 Yrs				-41.9	-4.0	991	-3.7	15.3	-19.1	1.08	-3.7	0.3	-34.4	-3.3	0.94	-46.4	2.05	4

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2001	23	TBD	AL	5	0	37%	128	8	3	73%	6	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	5	39%	19	17	2	8	5	3	17	5	12
2002	24	TBD	AL	6	0	31%	175	10	4	71%	9	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	8	35%	29	22	7	7	5	1	15	5	10
2003	25	TOT	AL	0	0	100%	6	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
2003	25	TBD	AL	0	0		2	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	25	KCR	AL	0	0	67%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0

2005	27	MIN	AL	0	0	17%	25	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14%	5	4	1	0	0	0	2	2	0
4 Yrs				11	0	33%	334	21	7	75%	18	6	3	1	0	0	3	1	6	14	35%	54	44	10	16	11	4	34	12	22

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2001	23	TBD	AL	335	24%	82	9	1	0	0	0	0		5	0	3	3	2	3	2	0	4	3	75%	58	3	5%	32	7	22%	180	29	16%	17	8	47%	8	5	63%	0
2002	24	TBD	AL	504	17%	112	18	3	0	0	0	0		2	0	14	1	1	2	0	0	11	8	73%	76	8	11%	45	15	33%	285	38	13%	21	10	48%	28	16	57%	0
2003	25	TOT	AL	37	35%	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	7	2	29%	3	3	100%	27	2	7%	1	1	100%	3	3	100%	0
2003	25	TBD	AL	7	14%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		6	1	17%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
2003	25	KCR	AL	30	40%	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	5	2	40%	3	3	100%	21	1	5%	0	0		3	3	100%	0

2005	27	MIN	AL	79	37%	16	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.89	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	100%	16	2	13%	14	9	64%	45	5	11%	4	2	50%	2	2	100%	0
4 Yrs				955	22%	212	29	5	4	0	0	0	2.05	8	0	19	5	3	6	2	0	21	16	76%	157	15	10%	94	34	36%	537	74	14%	43	21	49%	41	26	63%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			70%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2001	23	TBD	AL	336	1187	3.53	773	65%	27%	10%	28%	35%	73%	1%	48%	87%	28%	5%	17	1	13%	44	9	7%	25	15	29%	-1	0	0
2002	24	TBD	AL	504	1716	3.40	1155	67%	30%	9%	24%	37%	70%	0%	47%	87%	23%	4%	21	2	12%	58	9	7%	36	14	17%	0	0	0
2003	25	TOT	AL	38	135	3.55	102	76%	30%	0%	37%	32%	70%	0%	53%	100%	16%	0%	0	0	3%	1	1	5%	2	0	100%	-1	0	0
2003	25	TBD	AL	7	17	2.43	14	82%	29%	0%	21%	50%	71%	0%	59%	100%	29%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2003	25	KCR	AL	31	118	3.81	88	75%	31%	0%	40%	30%	69%	0%	52%	100%	13%	0%	0	0	3%	1	1	6%	2	0	100%	-1	0	0

2005	27	MIN	AL	79	308	3.90	204	66%	31%	8%	30%	30%	69%	0%	45%	89%	16%	6%	5	0	11%	9	2	10%	8	1	22%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				957	3346	3.50	2234	67%	29%	9%	27%	36%	71%	0%	47%	88%	24%	4%	43	3	12%	112	21	7%	71	30	25%	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2001	23	79	335	304	43	82	17	1	5	33	8	3	27	35	.270	.328	.382	.710	90	116	3	0	3	1	1
2002	24	196	839	767	89	194	35	5	7	73	18	7	52	81	.253	.304	.339	.643	73	260	11	6	11	3	1
2003	25	208	876	801	92	196	35	5	7	73	19	7	53	84	.245	.295	.327	.623	67	262	13	6	13	3	1
2004	26	208	876	801	92	196	35	5	7	73	19	7	53	84	.245	.295	.327	.623	67	262	13	6	13	3	1
2005	27	232	955	868	97	212	36	5	8	79	21	7	60	93	.244	.297	.325	.622	67	282	15	7	16	4	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2001	23	79	335	304	43	82	17	1	5	33	8	27	35	.270	.328	.382	.710	38	79
2002	24	117	505	464	47	113	18	4	2	41	10	25	46	.244	.290	.313	.602	41	117
2003	25	12	37	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	.000	.029	.000	.029	0	12

2005	27	24	79	67	5	16	1	0	1	6	2	7	9	.239	.316	.299	.614	6	24
4 Yrs		232	956	869	95	211	36	5	8	80	21	60	93	.243	.296	.323	.619	85	232
162 Game Avg.		162	668	607	66	147	25	3	6	56	15	42	65	.243	.296	.323	.619	59	232

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 2002 AL 8 (6th)	AB per SO s c a p y 2002 AL 10.1 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2002 AL 8 (6th)

AB per SO s c a p y
2002 AL 10.1 (7th)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

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