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Pedro Alvarez

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, Dominican Republic
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 (Age 23)
Team: Pirates 2010-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (team option), 5 yrs/$8.85M (09-13) & 14 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.085, 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 149 586 525 64 128 25 1 30 85 1 0 57 180 .244 .317 .467 .784 117 245 10 1 0 3 6 *5/D
2013 26 PIT NL 41 153 140 17 27 1 0 8 22 1 0 11 49 .193 .248 .371 .620 74 52 4 0 0 2 2 *5
4 Yrs 359 1387 1247 141 289 56 3 58 190 3 0 129 428 .232 .304 .421 .725 100 525 33 3 1 7 10
162 Game Avg. 162 626 563 64 130 25 1 26 86 1 0 58 193 .232 .304 .421 .725 100 237 15 1 0 3 5

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 PIT NL 95 386 4 -0 -1 -10 2 -6 -0.7 12 6 0.5 .493 .496 1.5 -0.9 16 $500,000 5
2011 24 PIT NL 74 262 -14 -2 -1 -11 1 -27 -3.0 8 -18 -2.2 .460 .482 -1.0 -1.1 -8 $2,050,000 5
2012 25 PIT NL 149 586 11 -0 1 -5 3 9 1.0 18 27 2.8 .507 .506 3.2 -0.2 32 $700,000 *5/D
2013 26 PIT NL 41 153 -5 -0 -1 0 1 -5 -0.7 5 -0 -0.2 .485 .496 -0.1 0.0 -0 $700,000 *5
4 Seasons 359 1387 -4 -3 -2 -26 6 -29 -3.3 43 15 0.9 .491 .495 3.6 -2.2 41 $3,950,000

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 94 .272 .191 .253 .272 .320 .289 .394 .561 .714 58 .227 -13.2 -1.3 .473 .204 .098 1.6
2012 25 PIT NL 586 410 78 5.1 95 .308 .244 .253 .317 .317 .467 .401 .784 .718 117 .555 11.6 1.2 .747 .333 .223 1.9
2013 26 PIT NL 153 119 12 2.7 91 .224 .193 .248 .248 .314 .371 .391 .620 .705 74 .294 -5.3 -0.5 .547 .264 .179 1.8
4 Yrs 1387 999 159 4.3 96 .301 .232 .254 .304 .321 .421 .401 .725 .721 100 .475 -1.6 -0.2 .666 .295 .189 5.7
162 Game Avg. 626 451 72 4.3 96 .301 .232 .254 .304 .321 .421 .401 .725 .721 100 .475 -1.6 -0.2 .666 .295 .189 3

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 586 5.1% 30.7% 9.7% 9.6% 44% 3.16 2.9 17.5 6.2 0.92 1.45 54% 17% 17.8% 7%
2013 26 PIT NL 153 5.2% 32.0% 7.2% 5.9% 33% 4.45 2.9 17.5 6.4 0.90 1.41 56% 18% 20.0% 18%
4 Yrs 1387 4.2% 30.9% 9.3% 8.4% 41% 3.32 2.9 21.5 6.6 0.96 1.51 55% 16% 15.4% 11%
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 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 -13.2 -1.3 264 -1.7 3.5 -5.2 1.00 -1.3 -0.5 -15.7 -1.6 0.94 -15.5 1.24 10
2012 25 PIT NL 11.6 1.2 593 0.0 10.4 -10.3 .98 1.0 -1.0 13.4 1.4 0.94 12.0 0.98 4
2013 26 PIT NL -5.3 -0.5 155 -0.8 2.7 -3.5 1.15 -0.5 -0.2 -12.6 -1.3 1.03 -6.0 0.34 1
4 Yrs -1.6 -0.2 1401 -1.5 24.1 -25.6 1.00 -0.2 -1.3 -5.1 -0.6 0.96 -4.4 1.11 15

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 PIT NL 1 0 24% 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 2 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 0 0 0 2 4 20% 13 11 2 3 2 0 4 2 2
2012 25 PIT NL 5 0 22% 205 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 41% 27 20 7 7 4 3 15 5 10
2013 26 PIT NL 1 0 30% 37 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20% 2 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 0
4 Yrs 8 0 23% 466 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 1 1 1 4 17 31% 64 50 13 18 12 5 27 11 16

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 PIT NL 386 67% 89 5 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 1.24 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 586 74% 128 9 0 4 2 0 1 0.98 30 1 18 24 6 12 18 0 0 0 102 10 10% 50 12 24% 368 58 16% 34 11 32% 25 9 36% 0
2013 26 PIT NL 153 78% 27 4 0 1 0 0 0 0.34 8 0 5 7 1 4 4 0 0 0 24 4 17% 17 5 29% 110 14 13% 14 8 57% 2 1 50% 0
4 Yrs 1387 74% 289 23 0 15 4 0 1 1.11 58 2 34 48 10 28 30 0 2 1 50% 238 33 14% 121 27 22% 882 135 15% 85 39 46% 48 16 33% 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 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 588 2281 3.88 1433 63% 25% 24% 27% 24% 75% 2% 47% 68% 41% 5% 31 3 13% 75 26 9% 53 29 29% -2 0 0
2013 26 PIT NL 154 607 3.94 389 64% 21% 29% 26% 24% 79% 4% 51% 64% 38% 5% 7 1 14% 21 10 8% 13 8 18% -1 0 0
4 Yrs 1392 5445 3.91 3435 63% 27% 23% 26% 24% 73% 2% 46% 68% 35% 5% 74 6 14% 197 78 9% 127 72 26% -5 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 91 228 19 2 1 2 2
2012 25 318 1234 1107 124 262 55 3 50 168 2 0 118 379 .237 .311 .427 .738 103 473 29 3 1 5 8
2013 26 359 1387 1247 141 289 56 3 58 190 3 0 129 428 .232 .304 .421 .725 100 525 33 3 1 7 10

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 25 149 600 535 72 138 27 1 32 96 1 61 180 .258 .333 .492 .825 88 149
2013 26 41 156 142 19 29 1 0 9 25 1 12 49 .204 .263 .401 .664 15 41
4 Yrs 359 1413 1265 155 307 60 3 62 209 3 137 428 .243 .317 .442 .758 178 359
162 Game Avg. 162 638 571 70 139 27 1 28 94 1 62 193 .243 .317 .442 .758 80 359

* 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

Home Runs s c a p y
2012 NL  30 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2012 NL  180 (2nd)
2013 NL  49 (7th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2012 NL  17.5 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1882), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2166), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1950), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (425th), 0.9 career WAR/0.9 7yr-peak WAR/0.9 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.4 career WAR/42.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  6. Johnny Blanchard (937)
  7. Ryan Thompson (936)
  8. Mike Moustakas (935)
  9. Bill Sudakis (934)
  10. Danny Valencia (934)
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  5. Darnell Coles (951)
  6. Alex Gordon (950)
  7. Howard Johnson (947)
  8. Butch Hobson (938)
  9. Darrell Evans (938)
  10. Eric Soderholm (936)
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  2. Ian Stewart (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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