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Elvis Andrus

Elvis Augusto (Torres) Andrus

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 26, 1988 in Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 2009
Team: Rangers 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 3 yrs/$14.4M (12-14) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.000, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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All-Star

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
2009 20 TEX AL 145 541 480 72 128 17 8 6 40 33 6 40 77 .267 .329 .373 .702 82 179 4 6 12 3 0 *6 RoY-2
2010 21 TEX AL 148 674 588 88 156 15 3 0 35 32 15 64 96 .265 .342 .301 .643 72 177 6 5 17 0 0 *6 AS
2011 22 TEX AL 150 665 587 96 164 27 3 5 60 37 12 56 74 .279 .347 .361 .708 89 212 17 5 16 1 0 *6/D
2012 23 TEX AL 49 228 195 34 60 13 3 1 24 8 1 24 27 .308 .385 .421 .805 114 82 5 1 7 1 0 *6/D
4 Yrs 492 2108 1850 290 508 72 17 12 159 110 34 184 274 .275 .345 .351 .696 84 650 32 17 52 5 0
162 Game Avg. 162 694 609 95 167 24 6 4 52 36 11 61 90 .275 .345 .351 .696 84 214 11 6 17 2 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
2009 20 TEX AL 145 541 -12 3 3 15 6 15 1.6 18 33 3.3 .510 .509 1.8 2.2 18 $400,000 *6 RoY-2
2010 21 TEX AL 148 674 -19 3 3 -7 7 -13 -1.1 23 10 0.9 .491 .492 1.6 0.1 17 $418,420 *6 AS
2011 22 TEX AL 150 665 -3 7 0 7 6 18 2.0 23 40 4.0 .512 .511 3.4 1.5 33 $452,180 *6/D
2012 23 TEX AL 49 228 4 1 -1 4 2 11 1.1 8 19 1.8 .524 .507 1.5 0.6 15 $ *6/D
4 Seasons 492 2108 -31 15 5 19 22 30 3.6 71 102 10.0 .506 .505 8.3 4.5 83 $1,270,600

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
2009 20 TEX AL 541 377 65 4.6 111 .305 .267 .272 .329 .342 .373 .436 .702 .778 82 .456 -14.1 -1.3 .696 .246 .106 10.2
2010 21 TEX AL 674 470 67 3.8 107 .317 .265 .270 .342 .340 .301 .424 .643 .763 72 .407 -23.6 -2.3 .581 .173 .036 .0
2011 22 TEX AL 665 469 75 4.3 106 .312 .279 .268 .347 .335 .361 .425 .708 .759 89 .466 -9.3 -0.9 .659 .220 .082 8.8
2012 23 TEX AL 228 149 34 6.1 106 .351 .308 .264 .385 .332 .421 .428 .805 .760 114 .628 4.5 0.4 .809 .272 .113 1.8
4 Yrs 2108 1465 241 4.4 108 .316 .275 .269 .345 .338 .351 .428 .696 .765 84 .465 -42.6 -4.1 .658 .217 .077 21.6
162 Game Avg. 694 482 79 4.4 108 .316 .275 .269 .345 .338 .351 .428 .696 .765 84 .465 -42.6 -4.1 .658 .217 .077 7

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2010 21 TEX AL ALDS TBR W 5 24 24 2 8 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 .333 .333 .375 .708 9 2 0 0 0 0
2010 21 TEX AL ALCS NYY W 6 30 27 4 9 2 0 0 2 4 0 2 3 .333 .379 .407 .787 11 0 0 1 0 0
2010 21 TEX AL WS SFG L 5 21 17 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 .176 .286 .176 .462 3 1 0 0 1 0
2011 22 TEX AL ALDS TBR W 4 18 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 .143 .333 .143 .476 2 0 1 0 0 0
2011 22 TEX AL ALCS DET W 6 29 25 4 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 2 .240 .321 .240 .561 6 1 0 1 0 0
2011 22 TEX AL WS STL L 7 32 29 5 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .276 .300 .310 .610 9 1 0 2 0 0
2 Yrs (6 Series) 33 154 136 18 36 4 0 0 5 9 3 12 20 .265 .327 .294 .621 40 5 1 4 1 0
2 ALDS 9 42 38 3 10 1 0 0 1 3 2 3 5 .263 .333 .289 .623 11 2 1 0 0 0
2 ALCS 12 59 52 8 15 2 0 0 3 5 1 5 5 .288 .351 .327 .678 17 1 0 2 0 0
2 WS 12 53 46 7 11 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 10 .239 .294 .261 .555 12 2 0 2 1 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2010 TEX AL 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 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
2009 20 TEX AL 541 1.1% 14.2% 7.4% 5.7% 24% 1.93 6.2 80.0 12.0 1.27 1.74 74% 21% 3.7% 7%
2010 21 TEX AL 674 0.0% 14.2% 9.5% 2.7% 12% 1.50 6.1 16.8 1.57 2.13 73% 16% 0.0% 8%
2011 22 TEX AL 665 0.8% 11.1% 8.4% 5.3% 21% 1.32 7.9 117.4 9.8 1.32 2.06 77% 20% 2.5% 7%
2012 23 TEX AL 228 0.4% 11.8% 10.5% 7.5% 28% 1.13 7.2 195.0 8.1 1.08 1.46 74% 24% 1.3% 5%
4 Yrs 2108 0.6% 13.0% 8.7% 4.8% 20% 1.49 6.8 154.2 11.6 1.35 1.92 74% 19% 2.0% 7%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.5% 8.5% 7.6% 33% 2.18 4.8 34.9 8.1 0.80 1.08 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
2009 20 TEX AL -14.1 -1.3 589 -0.7 7.5 -8.3 .85 -0.2 -0.7 -4.5 -0.4 0.90 -8.1 3.02 0
2010 21 TEX AL -23.6 -2.3 741 -0.9 11.5 -12.4 1.06 -1.3 0.4 -7.3 -0.7 0.96 -15.2 3.05 3
2011 22 TEX AL -10.6 -1.0 736 0.0 10.8 -10.8 .92 0.1 -0.1 0.4 0.0 1.01 1.5 2.97 6
2012 23 TEX AL 4.5 0.4 245 1.0 4.2 -3.2 .90 0.7 0.5 8.8 0.8 0.92 8.2 0.21 1
4 Yrs -43.9 -4.3 2311 -0.6 34.1 -34.7 .94 -0.7 0.0 -2.6 -0.2 0.96 -13.5 2.72 10

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
2009 20 TEX AL 5 0 39% 188 33 6 85% 22 5 11 1 0 0 3 0 10 15 45% 24 17 7 11 6 5 18 6 12
2010 21 TEX AL 9 0 39% 258 32 15 68% 27 13 5 2 0 0 11 5 2 30 54% 44 24 20 13 6 7 26 8 18
2011 22 TEX AL 12 0 41% 253 37 12 76% 29 10 6 2 2 0 5 3 7 31 63% 44 19 24 9 1 8 25 6 17
2012 23 TEX AL 2 0 39% 97 8 1 89% 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 12 52% 10 5 5 1 1 0 12 5 7
4 Yrs 28 0 40% 796 110 34 76% 86 29 22 5 2 0 21 8 23 88 55% 122 65 56 34 14 20 81 25 54

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
2009 20 TEX AL 541 28% 128 22 6 0 0 0 0 3.02 6 0 8 5 1 3 3 0 15 12 80% 76 4 5% 53 21 40% 286 34 12% 27 13 48% 24 15 63% 0
2010 21 TEX AL 674 26% 156 40 12 3 1 0 0 3.05 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 26 17 65% 95 6 6% 43 23 53% 337 38 11% 25 10 40% 25 21 84% 0
2011 22 TEX AL 665 24% 164 28 6 6 2 0 2 2.97 5 0 17 3 2 2 3 0 24 16 67% 121 17 14% 83 41 49% 395 62 16% 41 22 54% 38 26 68% 0
2012 23 TEX AL 228 29% 60 12 1 1 0 0 0 0.21 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 8 7 88% 35 5 14% 25 11 44% 119 23 19% 12 8 67% 16 9 56% 0
4 Yrs 2108 26% 508 102 25 10 3 0 2 2.72 12 0 41 9 3 6 6 0 73 52 71% 327 32 10% 204 96 47% 1137 157 14% 105 53 50% 103 71 69% 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
2009 20 TEX AL 542 2050 3.78 1253 61% 34% 9% 24% 33% 66% 0% 41% 86% 25% 4% 24 0 11% 61 19 10% 56 20 40% -1 0 0
2010 21 TEX AL 677 2713 4.01 1671 62% 40% 8% 21% 30% 60% 0% 37% 87% 17% 5% 34 0 15% 104 21 13% 89 15 33% -3 0 0
2011 22 TEX AL 668 2489 3.73 1544 62% 34% 8% 24% 34% 66% 0% 41% 88% 24% 4% 29 0 13% 88 26 10% 65 28 24% -3 0 0
2012 23 TEX AL 228 863 3.79 530 61% 36% 7% 23% 33% 64% 0% 39% 88% 21% 6% 13 0 17% 38 12 9% 21 6 48% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 2115 8115 3.84 4998 62% 36% 8% 23% 33% 64% 0% 39% 87% 22% 5% 100 0 14% 291 78 11% 231 69 34% -7 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 26% 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
2009 20 145 541 480 72 128 17 8 6 40 33 6 40 77 .267 .329 .373 .702 82 179 4 6 12 3 0
2010 21 293 1215 1068 160 284 32 11 6 75 65 21 104 173 .266 .336 .333 .670 76 356 10 11 29 3 0
2011 22 443 1880 1655 256 448 59 14 11 135 102 33 160 247 .271 .340 .343 .683 81 568 27 16 45 4 0
2012 23 492 2108 1850 290 508 72 17 12 159 110 34 184 274 .275 .345 .351 .696 84 650 32 17 52 5 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
2009 20 145 534 475 67 123 16 8 6 37 32 38 77 .259 .320 .364 .684 54 145
2010 21 148 670 585 85 153 15 3 0 34 31 63 96 .262 .338 .297 .636 58 148
2011 22 150 661 584 93 161 27 3 5 58 36 55 74 .276 .343 .358 .701 70 150
2012 23 49 225 193 32 58 13 3 1 23 8 23 27 .301 .376 .415 .791 30 49
4 Yrs 492 2090 1837 277 495 71 17 12 152 107 179 274 .269 .339 .346 .685 212 492
162 Game Avg. 162 688 605 91 163 23 6 4 50 35 59 90 .269 .339 .346 .685 70 492

* 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

All-Star Games
2010 *

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2009 AL  2.2 (5th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2012 AL  .385 (10th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2012 AL  228 (3rd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2012 AL  34 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
2012 AL  60 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
2009 AL  8 (5th)
2012 AL  3 (1st)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2009 AL  33 (6th)
2010 AL  32 (9th)
2011 AL  37 (5th)
2012 AL  8 (8th)
Active  110 (44th)

Singles s c a p y
2010 AL  138 (3rd)
2011 AL  129 (8th)
2012 AL  43 (3rd)

Times On Base s c a p y
2012 AL  85 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2009 AL  12 (4th)
2010 AL  17 (1st)
2011 AL  16 (3rd)
2012 AL  7 (1st)
Active  52 (30th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2010 AL  15 (2nd)
2011 AL  12 (4th)

SB % s c a p y
2009 AL  84.62 (7th)
2012 AL  88.89 (10th)
Active  76.39 (43rd)
Career  76.39 (116th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2011 AL  469 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
2009 AL  born 1988-08-26 (2nd)
2010 AL  born 1988-08-26 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 16 (1157), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 14 (996), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1803), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  3. Jimmy Esmond (958)
  4. Bob Fisher (954)
  5. Brendan Ryan (953)
  6. Ike Caveney (953)
  7. Joe Boley (952)
  8. Jimmy Cooney (951)
  9. Cliff Pennington (939)
  10. Gordon Slade (933)
Similar Batters through 22 
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  1. Alan Trammell (962)
  2. Mark Koenig (949)
  3. Alfredo Griffin (944)
  4. Donie Bush (939)
  5. Buddy Kerr (935)
  6. Mike Caruso (931)
  7. Granny Hamner (927)
  8. Reddy Mack (923)
  9. Edgar Renteria (923)
  10. Ozzie Guillen (921)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Alan Trammell (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Alan Trammell (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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