Chip Ambres

Raymond Payne Ambres

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 19, 1979 in Beaumont, TX
High School: Beaumont HS (Beaumont, TX)
Drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 1st round (27th pick) of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed August 3, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 2005
Teams (by GP): Royals/Padres/Mets 2005-2008

Final Game: September 28, 2008
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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
1999	19	FLA-min	Rk,A-	65	297	244	53	77	16	9	6	30	33	7	46	44	.316	.424	.529	.953		129	1	3	0	4	0		MLN,UTI · GULF,NYPL
2000	20	FLA-min	A	84	380	320	46	74	16	3	7	28	26	8	52	72	.231	.342	.366	.708		117	3	3	3	2	0		KNC · MIDW
2001	21	FLA-min	A	96	449	377	79	100	26	8	5	41	19	15	53	81	.265	.369	.416	.786		157	7	11	5	3	0		KNC · MIDW
2002	22	FLA-min	A+	123	578	509	88	120	25	7	9	37	23	8	57	98	.236	.323	.365	.688		186	6	9	2	1	0		JUP · FLOR
2003	23	FLA-min	AA	127	457	380	75	98	23	8	10	55	9	6	72	81	.258	.376	.439	.816		167	3	2	0	3	1		CAR · SOUL
2004	24	FLA-min	AA	137	546	452	81	109	28	3	20	62	26	9	76	117	.241	.352	.449	.802		203	7	6	4	8	2		CAR · SOUL
2005	25	BOS-min	AAA	84	332	279	47	82	20	3	10	50	19	5	47	64	.294	.401	.495	.895		138	8	4	0	2	2		PAW · IL
2005	25	KCR	AL	53	167	145	25	35	8	0	4	9	3	2	16	32	.241	.323	.379	.702	88	55	5	2	3	1	1	87/D

2006	26	KCR-min	AAA	56	213	187	19	38	8	1	3	15	2	4	22	41	.203	.284	.305	.589		57	5	0	2	2	0		OMA · PCL
2007	27	NYM-min	AAA	120	504	427	80	117	23	0	21	71	7	0	71	107	.274	.379	.475	.854		203	10	3	0	3	2		NOR · PCL
2007	27	NYM	NL	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	75	1	0	0	0	0	0	/9
2008	28	SDP-min	AAA	112	476	412	82	115	27	7	22	77	8	3	56	89	.279	.368	.539	.906		222	10	4	0	4	0		POR · PCL
2008	28	SDP	NL	24	48	41	3	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	15	.195	.313	.220	.532	52	9	0	0	0	0	0	/98
2009	29	BOS-NYM-min	AAA	132	516	464	54	121	27	1	12	58	3	6	45	83	.261	.326	.401	.726		186	11	2	0	5	2		PAW,BFL · IL
3 Yrs				80	218	189	28	44	9	0	4	10	4	2	23	48	.233	.321	.344	.665	80	65	5	2	3	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	441	383	57	89	18	0	8	20	8	4	47	97	.233	.321	.344	.665	80	132	10	4	6	2	2

KCR (1 yr)				53	167	145	25	35	8	0	4	9	3	2	16	32	.241	.323	.379	.702	88	55	5	2	3	1	1
NYM (1 yr)				3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	75	1	0	0	0	0	0
SDP (1 yr)				24	48	41	3	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	15	.195	.313	.220	.532	52	9	0	0	0	0	0

NL (2 yrs)				27	51	44	3	9	1	0	0	1	1	0	7	16	.205	.314	.227	.541	54	10	0	0	0	0	0
AL (1 yr)				53	167	145	25	35	8	0	4	9	3	2	16	32	.241	.323	.379	.702	88	55	5	2	3	1	1

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
2005	25	KCR	AL	53	167	-1	0	-1	-6	-1	-8	-0.8	6	-2	-0.3	.485	.495	0.3	-0.6	4	$	87/D

2007	27	NYM	NL	3	3	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/9
2008	28	SDP	NL	24	48	-1	0	0	1	-0	0	0.0	1	2	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$	/98
3 Seasons				80	218	-2	0	-0	-5	-1	-8	-0.8	7	-1	-0.2	.490	.498	0.4	-0.6	4	$

KCR (1 yr)				53	167	-1	0	-1	-6	-1	-8	-0.8	6	-2	-0.3	.485	.495	0.3	-0.6	4	$
NYM (1 yr)				3	3	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
SDP (1 yr)				24	48	-1	0	0	1	-0	0	0.0	1	2	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$

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
2005	25	KCR	AL	167	121	17	3.8	104	.282	.241	.267	.323	.330	.379	.423	.702	.753	88	.380	-2.2	-0.2	.632	.255	.138	3.4

2007	27	NYM	NL	3	2	0	0.0	109	.500	.333	.270	.333	.339	.333	.432	.667	.772	75	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
2008	28	SDP	NL	48	33	4	3.2	96	.308	.195	.251	.313	.321	.220	.401	.532	.722	52	.320	-2.3	-0.2	.515	.220	.024	.0
3 Yrs				218	156	21	3.6	102	.290	.233	.264	.321	.328	.344	.419	.665	.746	80	.363	-4.7	-0.4	.605	.243	.111	4.0
162 Game Avg.				441	316	43	3.6	102	.290	.233	.264	.321	.328	.344	.419	.665	.746	80	.363	-4.7	-0.4	.605	.243	.111	8

KCR (1 yr)				167	121	17	3.7	104	.282	.241	.267	.323	.330	.379	.423	.702	.753	88	.380	-2.2	-0.2	.632	.255	.138	3.4
NYM (1 yr)				3	2	0	0.0	109	.500	.333	.270	.333	.339	.333	.432	.667	.772	75	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
SDP (1 yr)				48	33	4	3.3	96	.308	.195	.251	.313	.321	.220	.401	.532	.722	52	.321	-2.3	-0.2	.515	.220	.024	.0

NL (2 yrs)				51	35	4	3.1	97	.321	.205	.253	.314	.322	.227	.403	.541	.725	54	.297	-2.5	-0.2	.514	.205	.023	.0
AL (1 yr)				167	121	17	3.7	104	.282	.241	.267	.323	.330	.379	.423	.702	.753	88	.380	-2.2	-0.2	.632	.255	.138	3.4

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
2005	25	KCR	AL	167	2.4%	19.2%	9.6%	7.2%	34%	2.00	4.5	36.3	16.1	0.67	0.60	66%	14%	6.9%	13%

2007	27	NYM	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0		3.0	1.00	0.00	67%	0%	0.0%	0%
2008	28	SDP	NL	48	0.0%	31.3%	14.6%	2.1%	13%	2.14	2.7			0.53	0.60	54%	23%	0.0%	6%
3 Yrs				218	1.8%	22.0%	10.6%	6.0%	30%	2.09	3.9	47.3	18.9	0.65	0.59	63%	15%	5.3%	12%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.0%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	2.01	5.2	33.0	7.6	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.6%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2005	25	KCR	AL	-2.2	-0.2	175	-0.5	2.4	-2.9	.97	-0.1	-0.4	-7.6	-0.7	0.90	-3.2	1.00	5

2007	27	NYM	NL	-0.1	-0.0	3	0.3	0.3	-0.0	2.07	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.1	0.93	0.0	0.61	2
2008	28	SDP	NL	-2.4	-0.2	50	-0.5	0.4	-0.9	.95	-0.1	-0.4	-1.4	-0.1	0.92	-1.3	0.90	13
3 Yrs				-4.8	-0.4	228	-0.7	3.1	-3.8	.98	-0.2	-0.5	-8.4	-0.8	0.91	-4.4	0.90	20

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
2005	25	KCR	AL	4	0	43%	72	3	2	60%	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	42%	18	12	6	3	0	3	3	2	1

2007	27	NYM	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
2008	28	SDP	NL	2	0	20%	27	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	20%	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
3 Yrs				6	0	37%	99	4	2	67%	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	5	38%	21	15	6	3	0	3	5	3	2

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
2005	25	KCR	AL	167	57%	35	5	0	5	1	0	0	1.00	4	0	3	1	3	2	2	0	4	3	75%	24	5	21%	18	5	28%	83	5	6%	6	1	17%	10	4	40%	0

2007	27	NYM	NL	3	0%	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		0	0		0
2008	28	SDP	NL	48	65%	8	1	0	13	4	0	0	0.90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	0	0%	3	0	0%	22	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
3 Yrs				218	58%	44	6	0	20	5	0	0	0.90	4	0	3	1	3	2	2	0	4	3	75%	33	5	15%	21	5	24%	107	6	6%	8	1	13%	10	4	40%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			67%			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
2005	25	KCR	AL	167	686	4.11	419	61%	39%	8%	25%	28%	61%	1%	37%	87%	12%	5%	8	0	17%	29	12	9%	15	13	41%	0	0	0

2007	27	NYM	NL	3	8	2.67	5	63%	40%	20%	0%	40%	60%	0%	38%	67%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2008	28	SDP	NL	48	204	4.25	125	61%	28%	26%	26%	21%	72%	0%	44%	64%	23%	2%	1	0	15%	7	3	13%	6	2	40%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				218	898	4.12	549	61%	37%	12%	25%	26%	63%	1%	39%	81%	14%	4%	9	0	17%	36	15	10%	21	15	40%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.76		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2005	25	53	167	145	25	35	8	4	9	3	2	16	32	.241	.323	.379	.702	88	55	5	2	3	1	1
2006	26	53	167	145	25	35	8	4	9	3	2	16	32	.241	.323	.379	.702	88	55	5	2	3	1	1
2007	27	56	170	148	25	36	8	4	10	3	2	16	33	.243	.323	.378	.702	87	56	5	2	3	1	1
2008	28	80	218	189	28	44	9	4	10	4	2	23	48	.233	.321	.344	.665	80	65	5	2	3	1	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
2005	25	53	166	144	24	34	8	0	4	9	3	16	32	.236	.319	.375	.694	17	53

2007	27	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
2008	28	24	48	41	3	8	1	0	0	0	1	7	15	.195	.313	.220	.532	3	24
3 Yrs		80	217	188	27	42	9	0	4	9	4	23	48	.223	.313	.335	.648	20	80
162 Game Avg.		162	439	381	55	85	18	0	8	18	8	47	97	.223	.313	.335	.648	41	80

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