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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
2013 Contract Status: Signed, 3 yrs/$14.4M (12-14) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 4.000, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 1:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #1127. Jimmie Wilson… #1128. Jim Russell… #1129. Rey Sanchez… #1130. ELVIS ANDRUS… #1131. Jose Guillen… #1132. Lou Bierbauer… #1133. J.T. Snow… 

Standard Batting

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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 158 711 629 85 180 31 9 3 62 21 10 57 96 .286 .349 .378 .727 91 238 15 5 17 3 0 *6/D AS
4 Yrs 601 2591 2284 341 628 90 23 14 197 123 43 217 343 .275 .342 .353 .695 84 806 42 21 62 7 0
162 Game Avg. 162 698 616 92 169 24 6 4 53 33 12 58 92 .275 .342 .353 .695 84 217 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 158 711 -5 2 0 8 7 12 1.3 24 35 3.5 .508 .508 2.8 1.6 27 $2,375,000 *6/D AS
4 Seasons 601 2591 -40 15 6 23 26 31 3.8 88 118 11.7 .505 .505 9.6 5.5 95 $3,645,600

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
2012 23 TEX AL ALWC BAL L 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2 1 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (7 Series) 34 158 140 18 38 4 0 0 5 9 3 12 20 .271 .331 .300 .631 42 6 1 4 1 0
1 ALWC 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2 1 0 0 0 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

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2009 TEX AL 20 SS 145 140 135 1238.0 690 261 407 22 98 .968 4 15 4 15 4.86 4.61 .972 4.36 4.31 RoY-2
2010 TEX AL 21 SS 148 144 140 1291.1 659 242 401 16 89 .976 2 -7 2 -7 4.48 4.34 .973 4.40 4.36 AS
2011 TEX AL 22 SS 147 142 136 1261.1 677 245 407 25 102 .963 9 7 8 7 4.65 4.44 .972 4.36 4.33
2011 TEX AL 22 DH 1 1
2012 TEX AL 23 SS 153 150 145 1333.0 663 233 414 16 91 .976 3 8 3 7 4.37 4.23 .977 4.43 4.40 AS
2012 TEX AL 23 DH 4 4 AS
4 Seasons SS 593 576 556 5123.2 2689 981 1629 79 380 .971 18 23 4 5 4.58 4.40 .973 4.39 4.35
4 Seasons TOT 593 576 556 5123.2 2689 981 1629 79 380 .971 18 23 4 5 4.58 4.40 .973 4.39 4.35
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2010 *
2012 *

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

At Bats s c a p y
2012 AL  629 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2012 AL  711 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
2009 AL  8 (5th)
2012 AL  9 (2nd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2009 AL  33 (6th)
2010 AL  32 (9th)
2011 AL  37 (5th)
Active  123 (45th)

Singles s c a p y
2010 AL  138 (3rd)
2011 AL  129 (8th)
2012 AL  137 (2nd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2009 AL  12 (4th)
2010 AL  17 (1st)
2011 AL  16 (3rd)
2012 AL  17 (1st)
Active  62 (23rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2010 AL  15 (2nd)
2011 AL  12 (4th)
2012 AL  10 (3rd)
Active  43 (43rd)

SB % s c a p y
2009 AL  84.62 (7th)
Career  74.10 (199th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2011 AL  469 (9th)
2012 AL  494 (4th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
2009 AL  22 (2nd)
2011 AL  25 (2nd)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
2009 AL  145 (4th)
2011 AL  147 (4th)
2012 AL  153 (4th)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
2009 AL  261 (1st)
2010 AL  242 (3rd)
2011 AL  245 (2nd)
2012 AL  233 (4th)
Active  981 (22nd)

Assists as SS s c a p y
2009 AL  407 (4th)
2010 AL  401 (4th)
2011 AL  407 (3rd)
2012 AL  414 (4th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
2009 AL  22 (2nd)
2011 AL  25 (1st)
2012 AL  16 (3rd)
Active  79 (19th)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
2011 AL  9 (4th)
Active  18 (16th)
Career  18 (78th)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
2009 AL  4.86 (2nd)
2011 AL  4.65 (4th)
Active  4.58 (12th)
Career  4.58 (79th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
2009 AL  4.61 (1st)
2011 AL  4.44 (5th)
Active  4.40 (7th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
2010 AL  .976 (5th)
Career  .971 (77th)

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 (·)

Gray InkBatting - 9 (1474), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 16 (940), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1947), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Shortstop (152nd), 11.7 career WAR/11.7 7yr-peak WAR/11.7 JAWS
Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 63.1 career WAR/41.0 7yr-peak WAR/52.1 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Ernie Johnson (946)
  2. Joe Boley (940)
  3. John Wathan (939)
  4. Jackie Tavener (936)
  5. Alcides Escobar (935)
  6. John Peters (934)
  7. Bob Fisher (933)
  8. Johnny Lipon (929)
  9. Patsy Gharrity (928)
  10. Topper Rigney (928)
Similar Batters through 23 
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  1. Alan Trammell (959)
  2. Mark Koenig (928)
  3. Granny Hamner (928)
  4. Cass Michaels (924)
  5. Edgar Renteria (918)
  6. Lou Bierbauer (915)
  7. Fred Carroll (911)
  8. Buddy Kerr (911)
  9. Ozzie Guillen (910)
  10. Roberto Alomar (907) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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
  3. Alan Trammell (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200920Texas Rangers$400,000
201021Texas Rangers$418,420
201122Texas Rangers$452,180
201223Texas Rangers$2,375,000contracts
201324Texas Rangers$4,800,000
201425Texas Rangers$6,475,000
Earliest Free Agent: 2015
Career to date (may be incomplete)$3,645,600Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: Elvis Augusto (Torres) Elvis Andrus

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