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Pedro Álvarez

Pedro Manuel Alvarez

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: February 6, 1987 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
High School: Horace Mann School (Riverdale, NY)
School: Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2008 amateur draft.
Signed September 24, 2008. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 16, 2010
Team: Pirates 2010-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (team option), 4 yrs/$8.15M (09-12) & 13-14 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.085, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
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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 PIT NL 95 386 347 42 89 21 1 16 64 0 0 37 119 .256 .326 .461 .788 112 160 8 0 0 2 1 5
2011 24 PIT NL 74 262 235 18 45 9 1 4 19 1 0 24 80 .191 .272 .289 .561 58 68 11 2 1 0 1 5
2012 25 PIT NL 44 163 147 18 31 9 0 8 24 0 0 13 55 .211 .270 .435 .705 93 64 4 0 0 3 0 *5/D
3 Yrs 213 811 729 78 165 39 2 28 107 1 0 74 254 .226 .298 .401 .698 91 292 23 2 1 5 2
162 Game Avg. 162 617 554 59 125 30 2 21 81 1 0 56 193 .226 .298 .401 .698 91 222 17 2 1 4 2

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
2010 23 PIT NL 95 386 4 -0 -1 -10 1 -6 -0.6 11 5 0.4 .493 .496 1.5 -0.9 15 $ 5
2011 24 PIT NL 74 262 -13 -2 -1 -11 1 -26 -2.9 7 -19 -2.2 .460 .482 -1.0 -1.1 -8 $2,050,000 5
2012 25 PIT NL 44 163 -3 0 0 2 0 0 0.1 5 5 0.5 .500 .500 0.2 0.3 3 $ *5/D
3 Seasons 213 811 -12 -2 -2 -19 2 -32 -3.5 22 -10 -1.3 .483 .493 0.7 -1.7 9 $2,050,000

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 PIT NL 386 268 52 5.2 101 .341 .256 .260 .326 .329 .461 .409 .788 .738 112 .556 5.3 0.5 .741 .311 .205 .0
2011 24 PIT NL 262 202 17 2.3 95 .272 .191 .254 .272 .321 .289 .396 .561 .717 58 .227 -13.6 -1.4 .473 .204 .098 1.6
2012 25 PIT NL 163 123 17 3.7 96 .264 .211 .254 .270 .321 .435 .401 .705 .722 93 .411 -1.6 -0.2 .642 .313 .224 .0
3 Yrs 811 593 86 3.9 98 .303 .226 .257 .298 .325 .401 .403 .698 .728 91 .432 -9.8 -1.0 .629 .277 .174 1.9
162 Game Avg. 617 451 65 3.9 98 .303 .226 .257 .298 .325 .401 .403 .698 .728 91 .432 -9.8 -1.0 .629 .277 .174 1

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 PIT NL 386 4.2% 30.8% 9.6% 9.8% 43% 3.22 2.9 21.7 5.4 0.83 1.28 55% 14% 14.8% 14%
2011 24 PIT NL 262 1.5% 30.5% 9.2% 5.3% 31% 3.33 2.9 58.8 12.4 1.33 2.13 58% 16% 6.8% 11%
2012 25 PIT NL 163 4.9% 33.7% 8.0% 10.4% 55% 4.23 2.7 18.4 6.1 0.76 1.23 53% 14% 15.7% 6%
3 Yrs 811 3.5% 31.3% 9.1% 8.5% 42% 3.43 2.9 26.0 6.8 0.95 1.51 56% 15% 12.8% 11%
MLB Averages 2.5% 18.7% 8.3% 7.5% 33% 2.25 4.8 35.9 8.3 0.81 1.09 69% 18% 7.4% 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 PIT NL 5.3 0.5 389 1.0 7.5 -6.5 .95 0.5 0.5 9.7 1.0 0.96 5.1 1.40 0
2011 24 PIT NL -14.2 -1.4 264 -1.8 3.5 -5.3 1.00 -1.3 -0.5 -16.0 -1.7 1.00 -15.0 1.25 10
2012 25 PIT NL -1.6 -0.2 164 0.0 3.0 -3.0 1.02 -0.2 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.91 -1.2 0.56 2
3 Yrs -10.5 -1.1 817 -0.7 14.0 -14.7 .98 -1.0 0.2 -5.5 -0.6 0.96 -11.2 1.14 12

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
2010 23 PIT NL 1 0 24% 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 26% 22 17 4 6 5 1 7 3 4
2011 24 PIT NL 1 0 21% 65 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 20% 13 11 2 3 2 0 4 2 2
2012 25 PIT NL 0 0 28% 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 67% 6 4 2 2 0 2 4 0 4
3 Yrs 2 0 24% 276 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 11 31% 41 32 8 11 7 3 15 5 10

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
2010 23 PIT NL 386 67% 89 6 0 0 0 0 0 1.40 16 1 7 14 2 12 4 0 0 0 59 8 14% 28 5 18% 239 48 20% 25 16 64% 11 3 27% 0
2011 24 PIT NL 262 84% 45 5 0 10 2 0 0 1.25 4 0 4 3 1 0 4 0 2 1 50% 53 11 21% 26 5 19% 165 15 9% 12 4 33% 10 3 30% 0
2012 25 PIT NL 163 76% 31 3 0 2 0 0 0 0.56 8 0 2 7 1 4 4 0 0 0 28 4 14% 7 4 57% 96 16 17% 7 4 57% 3 2 67% 0
3 Yrs 811 74% 165 14 0 12 2 0 0 1.14 28 1 13 24 4 16 12 0 2 1 50% 140 23 16% 61 14 23% 500 79 16% 44 24 55% 24 8 33% 0
MLB Averages 54% 69% 11% 32% 14% 51% 54%

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 PIT NL 388 1501 3.87 938 62% 31% 22% 22% 25% 69% 0% 43% 68% 28% 6% 24 2 17% 67 28 11% 41 23 27% -2 0 0
2011 24 PIT NL 262 1056 4.03 675 64% 28% 22% 27% 23% 72% 0% 46% 70% 29% 5% 12 0 13% 34 14 8% 20 12 21% 0 0 0
2012 25 PIT NL 164 629 3.84 401 64% 23% 24% 29% 24% 77% 0% 49% 69% 44% 4% 6 1 12% 19 8 8% 13 5 22% -1 0 0
3 Yrs 814 3186 3.91 2014 63% 29% 22% 25% 24% 71% 0% 45% 69% 32% 5% 42 3 15% 120 50 9% 74 40 24% -3 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 95 386 347 42 89 21 1 16 64 0 0 37 119 .256 .326 .461 .788 112 160 8 0 0 2 1
2011 24 169 648 582 60 134 30 2 20 83 1 0 61 199 .230 .304 .392 .696 90 228 19 2 1 2 2
2012 25 213 811 729 78 165 39 2 28 107 1 0 74 254 .226 .298 .401 .698 91 292 23 2 1 5 2

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 95 390 350 44 92 22 1 17 67 0 38 119 .263 .333 .477 .810 55 95
2011 24 74 267 238 20 48 10 1 4 21 1 26 80 .202 .286 .303 .588 20 74
2012 25 44 166 149 20 33 10 0 9 27 0 14 55 .221 .283 .470 .753 20 44
3 Yrs 213 823 737 84 173 42 2 30 115 1 78 254 .235 .308 .419 .727 95 213
162 Game Avg. 162 626 561 64 132 32 2 23 87 1 59 193 .235 .308 .419 .727 72 213

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y
2012 NL  55 (4th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2012 NL  3 (4th)

                           

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Carmen Fanzone (959)
  7. Mickey Klutts (955)
  8. Bob Smith (947)
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  10. Eugenio Velez (946)
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  5. Jack Lohrke (961)
  6. Jeff Hamilton (957)
  7. Darnell Coles (953)
  8. Charley Smith (952)
  9. Gil Hodges (951)
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