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Manny Acosta

Manuel Alcides (Molina) Acosta

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: May 1, 1981 in Colon, Colon, Panama
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 2007
Teams (by GP): Mets/Braves 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$875k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.066, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Benny Quintero,Tom O'Connell [*]
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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
2007 26 ATL NL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 27 ATL NL 46 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 28 ATL NL 36 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 29 NYM NL 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2011 30 NYM NL 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2012 31 NYM NL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Yrs 207 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYM (3 yrs) 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ATL (3 yrs) 103 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 0 0 0 0 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 Awards
2007 26 ATL NL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
2008 27 ATL NL 46 5 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $392,500 1
2009 28 ATL NL 36 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
2010 29 NYM NL 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
2011 30 NYM NL 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
2012 31 NYM NL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
6 Seasons 207 7 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 -0.1 .500 .500 -0.1 0.0 0 $392,500
NYM (3 yrs) 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
ATL (3 yrs) 103 7 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 -0.1 .500 .500 -0.1 0.0 0 $392,500

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
2008 27 ATL NL 5 5 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .265 .000 .336 .000 .423 .000 .759 -100 .000 -1.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2009 28 ATL NL 2 1 0 0.0 106 .000 .265 .500 .338 .000 .420 .500 .758 48 .000 0.0 0.0 1.000 1.000 .000
6 Yrs 7 6 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .265 .143 .337 .000 .422 .143 .759 -58 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .167 .167 .000
162 Game Avg. 5 5 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .265 .143 .337 .000 .422 .143 .759 -58 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .167 .167 .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
2008 27 ATL NL 5 0.0% 60.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7 2.00 40% 0%
2009 28 ATL NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 50.0% 0.0% 1.00 1.0 0.00 0%
6 Yrs 7 0.0% 57.1% 14.3% 0.0% 4.00 1.5 1.00 29% 0%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.0% 8.5% 7.8% 33% 2.11 4.9 34.6 7.9 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2007 26 ATL NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 27 ATL NL -1.5 -0.1 5 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1.53 -0.1 0.0 -2.1 -0.2 1.44 -1.4 0
2009 28 ATL NL 0.0 0.0 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.12 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0 0.81 -0.1 0
2010 29 NYM NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 30 NYM NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 31 NYM NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Yrs -1.4 -0.1 7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1.41 -0.1 -0.0 -2.1 -0.2 1.26 -1.6 0

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2008 27 ATL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 28 ATL NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
2008 27 ATL NL 5 80% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 8 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 28 ATL NL 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 7 86% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 9 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 14% 51% 56%

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
2008 27 ATL NL 5 20 4.00 15 75% 27% 33% 27% 13% 73% 0% 55% 55% 20% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2009 28 ATL NL 2 10 5.00 5 50% 40% 20% 40% 0% 60% 0% 30% 67% 0% 50% 1 0 50% 1 0 50% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2 Yrs 7 30 4.29 20 67% 30% 30% 30% 10% 70% 0% 47% 57% 14% 14% 1 0 14% 1 0 14% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
2008 27 67 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 28 103 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 29 144 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 30 188 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 31 207 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 0 0 0 0 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2008 27 46 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 46
2009 28 36 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 36
2 Yrs 82 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 82
162 Game Avg. 162 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 82

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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