Yonder Alonso

Yonder Alonso (twitter: @YonderalonsoU)

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 250 lb.

Born: April 8, 1987 in La Habana, La Habana, Cuba
High School: Coral Gables HS (Coral Gables, FL)
School: University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL)
Drafted
by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 2008 amateur draft.
Signed August 15, 2008. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 2010 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Padres/Reds 2010-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$1.12M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.116, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*],
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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
2010 23 CIN NL 22 29 29 2 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 .207 .207 .276 .483 28 8 1 0 0 0 0 /3
2011 24 CIN NL 47 98 88 9 29 4 0 5 15 0 0 10 21 .330 .398 .545 .943 153 48 2 0 0 0 0 7/35
2012 25 SDP NL 155 619 549 47 150 39 0 9 62 3 0 62 101 .273 .348 .393 .741 109 216 14 3 1 4 9 *3 RoY-6
2013 26 SDP NL 45 178 160 19 45 7 0 6 26 2 0 13 29 .281 .326 .438 .763 117 70 6 0 0 5 2 *3/45
4 Yrs 269 924 826 77 230 52 0 20 106 5 0 85 161 .278 .345 .414 .759 112 342 23 3 1 9 11
162 Game Avg. 162 556 497 46 139 31 0 12 64 3 0 51 97 .278 .345 .414 .759 112 206 14 2 1 5 7
SDP (2 yrs) 200 797 709 66 195 46 0 15 88 5 0 75 130 .275 .343 .403 .746 111 286 20 3 1 9 11
CIN (2 yrs) 69 127 117 11 35 6 0 5 18 0 0 10 31 .299 .354 .479 .833 123 56 3 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2010 23 CIN NL 22 29 -3 -0 -0 2 -0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.0 .495 .499 -0.2 0.2 -2 $500,000 /3
2011 24 CIN NL 47 98 6 0 -0 -6 -1 -0 -0.0 3 3 0.3 .499 .500 0.9 -0.7 9 $600,000 7/35
2012 25 SDP NL 155 619 7 -3 -2 2 -8 -5 -0.5 19 14 1.4 .496 .497 1.0 -0.6 12 $1,000,000 *3 RoY-6
2013 26 SDP NL 45 178 2 -0 -1 1 -2 -1 -0.2 6 4 0.4 .496 .499 0.3 -0.2 3 $1,120,000 *3/45
4 Seasons 269 924 12 -4 -4 -1 -11 -8 -0.9 29 21 2.0 .497 .499 1.9 -1.4 22 $3,220,000
SDP (2 yrs) 200 797 8 -4 -3 3 -11 -7 -0.8 25 19 1.7 .496 .498 1.3 -0.8 15 $2,120,000
CIN (2 yrs) 69 127 3 0 -0 -4 -1 -1 -0.1 4 3 0.2 .498 .500 0.6 -0.5 7 $1,100,000

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
2010 23 CIN NL 29 24 1 1.1 104 .316 .207 .264 .207 .335 .276 .416 .483 .751 28 .070 -3.0 -0.3 .333 .069 .069
2011 24 CIN NL 98 61 19 8.4 102 .387 .330 .264 .398 .332 .545 .410 .943 .742 153 .762 6.4 0.6 .951 .330 .216 .0
2012 25 SDP NL 619 418 76 4.8 94 .318 .273 .252 .348 .316 .393 .399 .741 .715 109 .534 10.1 1.0 .688 .239 .120 4.5
2013 26 SDP NL 178 126 22 4.7 91 .300 .281 .247 .326 .312 .438 .390 .763 .702 117 .530 4.1 0.4 .702 .250 .156 3.0
4 Yrs 924 629 118 5.0 94 .321 .278 .252 .345 .317 .414 .399 .759 .716 112 .553 17.6 1.8 .703 .245 .136 8.0
162 Game Avg. 556 379 71 5.0 94 .321 .278 .252 .345 .317 .414 .399 .759 .716 112 .553 11 1 .703 .245 .136 5
SDP (2 yrs) 797 544 98 4.8 93 .314 .275 .251 .343 .315 .403 .397 .746 .712 111 .534 14.2 1.4 .691 .241 .128 7.5
CIN (2 yrs) 127 85 20 6.3 102 .370 .299 .264 .354 .332 .479 .412 .833 .744 123 .653 3.4 0.3 .776 .265 .179 .0

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
2010 23 CIN NL 29 0.0% 34.5% 0.0% 6.9% 33% 2.9 9.7 0.90 1.33 66% 16% 0.0% 0%
2011 24 CIN NL 98 5.1% 21.4% 10.2% 9.2% 31% 2.10 4.2 17.6 5.9 0.76 1.16 63% 27% 14.3% 8%
2012 25 SDP NL 619 1.5% 16.3% 10.0% 7.8% 32% 1.63 5.4 61.0 8.9 0.84 1.13 72% 21% 4.0% 9%
2013 26 SDP NL 178 3.4% 16.3% 7.3% 7.3% 29% 2.23 5.5 26.7 6.2 0.89 1.45 73% 19% 9.4% 10%
4 Yrs 924 2.2% 17.4% 9.2% 7.8% 31% 1.89 5.1 41.3 7.8 0.84 1.20 71% 21% 6.0% 9%
MLB Averages 2.6% 19.1% 8.2% 7.6% 33% 2.32 4.7 35.0 8.3 0.82 1.10 69% 19% 7.6% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2010 23 CIN NL -3.0 -0.3 29 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 .83 -0.2 -0.0 -2.4 -0.2 0.96 -2.7 0.99 16
2011 24 CIN NL 6.4 0.6 98 1.0 3.1 -2.1 1.29 0.6 0.2 5.1 0.5 0.98 6.6 1.61 24
2012 25 SDP NL 10.1 1.0 629 0.6 11.3 -10.7 1.03 0.3 0.4 7.9 0.8 0.97 3.2 2.24 6
2013 26 SDP NL 4.1 0.4 182 0.3 3.3 -3.0 1.02 -0.0 0.3 0.9 0.1 1.02 0.6 2.17 3
4 Yrs 17.7 1.7 938 1.7 18.1 -16.3 1.05 0.6 1.1 11.5 1.2 0.98 7.7 1.52 49

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2010 23 CIN NL 0 0 33% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 24 CIN NL 0 0 12% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 43% 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1
2012 25 SDP NL 5 0 18% 241 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 3 4 4 6 9 29% 38 29 7 13 9 3 14 5 9
2013 26 SDP NL 0 0 25% 53 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 6 29% 8 6 2 3 2 0 6 3 3
4 Yrs 5 0 19% 324 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 3 7 4 8 15 30% 51 38 11 17 12 3 22 9 13

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2010 23 CIN NL 29 69% 6 0 0 16 3 0 0 0.99 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 1 0 0% 22 3 14% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2011 24 CIN NL 98 85% 29 2 0 24 6 1 2 1.61 5 0 5 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 16 2 13% 8 1 13% 65 10 15% 6 1 17% 2 1 50% 0
2012 25 SDP NL 619 73% 150 8 1 6 1 0 0 2.24 9 1 15 8 1 3 6 0 1 1 100% 120 14 12% 50 12 24% 398 57 14% 35 18 51% 20 10 50% 0
2013 26 SDP NL 178 75% 45 6 1 3 2 0 1 2.17 6 0 8 4 2 4 2 0 0 0 36 6 17% 20 9 45% 133 21 16% 15 9 60% 10 6 60% 0
4 Yrs 924 74% 230 16 2 49 12 1 3 1.52 20 1 29 16 4 9 11 0 1 1 100% 177 23 13% 79 22 28% 618 91 15% 57 28 49% 32 17 53% 0
MLB Averages 55% 69% 11% 32% 14% 51% 55%

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
2010 23 CIN NL 29 100 3.45 73 73% 14% 30% 30% 26% 86% 0% 63% 65% 55% 0% 0 0 7% 2 2 3% 1 1 20% 0 0 0
2011 24 CIN NL 98 374 3.82 222 59% 26% 16% 28% 30% 74% 0% 44% 78% 36% 6% 6 1 16% 16 5 12% 12 8 29% 0 0 0
2012 25 SDP NL 620 2243 3.62 1332 59% 20% 17% 29% 34% 80% 4% 47% 79% 39% 7% 42 7 19% 120 63 8% 50 34 20% -1 0 0
2013 26 SDP NL 178 651 3.66 398 61% 23% 17% 26% 34% 77% 1% 47% 78% 34% 6% 10 2 12% 22 8 7% 12 5 10% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 925 3368 3.64 2025 60% 21% 17% 28% 33% 79% 3% 47% 78% 38% 6% 58 10 17% 160 78 8% 75 48 19% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 26% 5% 14% 9% 24%

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
2010 23 22 29 29 2 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 .207 .207 .276 .483 28 8 1 0 0 0 0
2011 24 69 127 117 11 35 6 0 5 18 0 0 10 31 .299 .354 .479 .833 123 56 3 0 0 0 0
2012 25 224 746 666 58 185 45 0 14 80 3 0 72 132 .278 .349 .408 .757 111 272 17 3 1 4 9
2013 26 269 924 826 77 230 52 0 20 106 5 0 85 161 .278 .345 .414 .759 112 342 23 3 1 9 11

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
2010 23 22 30 30 2 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 10 .233 .233 .300 .533 2 22
2011 24 47 99 89 9 30 4 0 5 16 0 10 21 .337 .404 .551 .955 20 47
2012 25 155 636 561 53 162 42 0 10 70 3 67 101 .289 .365 .417 .782 85 155
2013 26 45 183 164 22 49 8 0 7 30 2 14 29 .299 .344 .476 .820 27 45
4 Yrs 269 948 844 86 248 56 0 22 120 5 91 161 .294 .361 .438 .800 134 269
162 Game Avg. 162 571 508 52 149 34 0 13 72 3 55 97 .294 .361 .438 .800 81 269

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2013 NL  45 (5th)

Doubles s c a p y
2012 NL  39 (8th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2013 NL  5 (1st)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2012 NL  9 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2089), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2248), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS First Base (359th), 1.5 career WAR/1.5 7yr-peak WAR/1.5 JAWS
Average HOF 1B (out of 19) = 68.2 career WAR/43.2 7yr-peak WAR/55.7 JAWS

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