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Rick Ankiel

Richard Alexander Ankiel

Positions: Centerfielder and Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: July 19, 1979 in Fort Pierce, FL
High School: Port St. Lucie HS (Port St. Lucie, FL)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed August 28, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 23, 1999
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Nationals/Braves/Royals 1999-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$1.25M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 8.033, Free Agent: 2013 [*], 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
1998	18	STL-min	A,A+	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		PEO,PRW · MIDW,CARL
1999	19	STL-min	AAA,AA	24	36	31	4	10	2	0	1	5	0	0	1	3	.323	.333	.484	.817		15	2	0	3	1	0		MEM,ARK · PCL,TL
1999	19	STL	NL	9	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200	-49	1	0	0	1	0	0	/1
2000	20	STL	NL	35	73	68	8	17	1	1	2	9	0	0	4	20	.250	.292	.382	.674	68	26	1	0	1	0	0	1	RoY-2
2001	21	STL-min	Rk,AAA	44	118	105	21	30	7	0	10	35	0	0	11	26	.286	.364	.638	1.003		67	1	2	0	0	1		JOH,MEM · APPY,PCL
2001	21	STL	NL	6	10	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.111	.000	.111	-67	0	0	0	1	0	0	/1
2002		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2003	23	STL-min	AA	30	26	25	2	6	1	0	1	5	0	0	1	2	.240	.269	.400	.669		10	0	0	0	0	0		KNX · SOUL
2004	24	STL-min	AA,AAA,A+	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		KNX,MEM,PLM · SOUL,PCL,FLOR
2004	24	STL	NL	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

2005	25	STL-min	A,AA	85	369	321	51	83	17	1	21	75	0	0	37	66	.259	.339	.514	.853		165	8	5	0	6	1		DAV,SPD · MIDW,TL
2007	27	STL-min	AAA	102	423	389	62	104	15	3	32	89	4	3	25	90	.267	.314	.568	.883		221	11	4	0	5	5		MEM · PCL
2007	27	STL	NL	47	190	172	31	49	8	1	11	39	1	0	13	41	.285	.328	.535	.863	119	92	3	0	1	4	0	98/7
2008	28	STL	NL	120	463	413	65	109	21	2	25	71	2	1	42	100	.264	.337	.506	.843	120	209	8	5	0	3	3	87/9
2009	29	STL	NL	122	404	372	50	86	21	2	11	38	4	3	26	99	.231	.285	.387	.672	77	144	5	3	0	3	4	897
2010	30	KCR-min	AAA	18	68	67	8	17	6	0	4	9	0	0	1	19	.254	.265	.522	.787		35	1	0	0	0	0		OMA · PCL
2010	30	TOT	MLB	74	240	211	31	49	13	1	6	24	3	1	26	71	.232	.321	.389	.709	93	82	3	2	0	1	2	8
2010	30	KCR	AL	27	101	92	14	24	7	0	4	15	1	0	7	29	.261	.317	.467	.784	112	43	2	1	0	1	0	8
2010	30	ATL	NL	47	139	119	17	25	6	1	2	9	2	1	19	42	.210	.324	.328	.651	78	39	1	1	0	0	2	8
2011	31	WSN-min	AAA,AA,Rk	4	15	13	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	.154	.267	.231	.497		3	0	0	0	0	0		SYR,HRB,NAT · IL,EL,GULF
2011	31	WSN	NL	122	415	380	46	91	20	0	9	37	10	3	29	96	.239	.296	.363	.659	80	138	7	2	3	1	1	*8/9
2012	32	WSN-min	AA,A,AAA	8	26	20	6	8	1	0	3	7	0	0	5	6	.400	.538	.900	1.438		18	1	1	0	0	0		HRB,HGR,SYR · EL,SALL,IL
2012	32	WSN	NL	41	135	126	13	29	8	2	3	12	1	3	9	43	.230	.281	.397	.678	83	50	2	0	0	0	3	*8
10 Yrs				581	1943	1761	245	431	92	9	67	230	21	11	151	479	.245	.307	.421	.728	93	742	29	12	7	12	13
162 Game Avg.				162	542	491	68	120	26	3	19	64	6	3	42	134	.245	.307	.421	.728	93	207	8	3	2	3	4

STL (7 yrs)				344	1153	1044	155	262	51	6	49	157	7	4	87	269	.251	.311	.452	.763	98	472	17	8	4	10	7
WSN (2 yrs)				163	550	506	59	120	28	2	12	49	11	6	38	139	.237	.293	.372	.664	81	188	9	2	3	1	4
KCR (1 yr)				27	101	92	14	24	7	0	4	15	1	0	7	29	.261	.317	.467	.784	112	43	2	1	0	1	0
ATL (1 yr)				47	139	119	17	25	6	1	2	9	2	1	19	42	.210	.324	.328	.651	78	39	1	1	0	0	2

NL (10 yrs)				554	1842	1669	231	407	85	9	63	215	20	11	144	450	.244	.306	.419	.725	92	699	27	11	7	11	13
AL (1 yr)				27	101	92	14	24	7	0	4	15	1	0	7	29	.261	.317	.467	.784	112	43	2	1	0	1	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
1999	19	STL	NL	9	11	-3	-0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.488	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$200,000	/1
2000	20	STL	NL	35	73	-2	-0	0	0	11	9	0.8	2	11	0.8	.524	.505	0.9	-0.0	11	$202,500	1	RoY-2
2001	21	STL	NL	6	10	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.485	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$400,000	/1

2004	24	STL	NL	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.506	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$320,000	/1

2007	27	STL	NL	47	190	3	0	-0	4	-1	6	0.6	5	11	1.1	.513	.504	0.7	0.3	7	$	98/7
2008	28	STL	NL	120	463	11	-0	-0	-5	1	6	0.6	12	19	1.8	.505	.504	2.3	-0.4	24	$900,000	87/9
2009	29	STL	NL	122	404	-13	0	1	5	-1	-8	-0.8	11	3	0.3	.493	.495	-0.3	0.4	-2	$2,825,000	897
2010	30	KCR	AL	27	101	2	-0	0	-3	0	-1	-0.1	3	2	0.3	.496	.499	0.5	-0.2	5	$2,750,000	8
2010	30	ATL	NL	47	139	-4	-1	0	2	1	-2	-0.2	4	2	0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	0.3	-0	$	8
2011	31	WSN	NL	122	415	-9	1	0	9	1	3	0.3	11	14	1.5	.502	.502	0.4	1.2	5	$1,500,000	*8/9
2012	32	WSN	NL	41	135	-4	-1	0	-4	1	-8	-0.8	4	-4	-0.5	.478	.495	-0.1	-0.3	-0	$	*8
10 Seasons				581	1943	-21	-1	1	8	15	3	0.3	54	57	5.2	.500	.500	4.1	1.1	49	$9,097,500

STL (7 yrs)				344	1153	-5	-0	1	4	13	12	1.0	31	43	3.8	.503	.501	3.4	0.3	39	$4,847,500
WSN (2 yrs)				163	550	-13	0	0	5	2	-5	-0.5	15	10	1.0	.496	.498	0.3	0.9	5	$1,500,000
KCR (1 yr)				27	101	2	-0	0	-3	0	-1	-0.1	3	2	0.3	.496	.499	0.5	-0.2	5	$2,750,000
ATL (1 yr)				47	139	-4	-1	0	2	1	-2	-0.2	4	2	0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	0.3	-0	$

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
1999	19	STL	NL	11	10	0	0.0	117	.143	.100	.277	.100	.352	.100	.446	.200	.798	-49	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.111	.000	.000
2000	20	STL	NL	73	53	8	4.0	117	.326	.250	.274	.292	.352	.382	.448	.674	.800	68	.375	-3.9	-0.4	.577	.191	.132	.0
2001	21	STL	NL	10	9	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.268	.111	.340	.000	.440	.111	.780	-67	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.125	.125	.000

2004	24	STL	NL	2	1	0	0.0	110		.000	.268	.500	.340	.000	.435	.500	.775	47	.000	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000

2007	27	STL	NL	190	131	31	6.4	110	.306	.285	.272	.328	.341	.535	.434	.863	.775	119	.601	4.4	0.4	.841	.331	.250	1.8
2008	28	STL	NL	463	316	71	6.0	106	.289	.264	.265	.337	.336	.506	.423	.843	.759	120	.594	10.8	1.0	.821	.346	.242	3.7
2009	29	STL	NL	404	297	41	3.7	105	.283	.231	.263	.285	.336	.387	.418	.672	.755	77	.382	-13.2	-1.3	.592	.228	.156	5.9
2010	30	TOT	MLB	240	167	28	4.5	100	.319	.232	.259	.321	.328	.389	.408	.709	.736	93	.486	-1.7	-0.2	.675	.289	.156	4.0
2010	30	KCR	AL	101	71	14	5.3	99	.333	.261	.259	.317	.327	.467	.406	.784	.733	112	.554	1.5	0.1	.743	.293	.207	1.6
2010	30	ATL	NL	139	96	14	3.9	101	.307	.210	.260	.324	.329	.328	.409	.651	.738	78	.427	-3.2	-0.3	.625	.286	.118	2.0
2011	31	WSN	NL	415	303	41	3.6	99	.297	.239	.260	.296	.328	.363	.405	.659	.733	80	.410	-11.0	-1.1	.589	.218	.124	9.5
2012	32	WSN	NL	135	102	13	3.4	100	.325	.230	.259	.281	.327	.397	.410	.678	.737	83	.373	-3.5	-0.4	.559	.222	.167	1.5
10 Yrs				1943	1389	233	4.5	104	.297	.245	.264	.307	.334	.421	.418	.728	.752	93	.474	-22.6	-2.3	.668	.268	.177	32.0
162 Game Avg.				542	387	65	4.5	104	.297	.245	.264	.307	.334	.421	.418	.728	.752	93	.474	-22.6	-2.3	.668	.268	.177	9

STL (7 yrs)				1153	817	151	5.0	107	.289	.251	.266	.311	.338	.452	.425	.763	.763	98	.502	-6.3	-0.6	.710	.287	.201	12.3
WSN (2 yrs)				550	405	54	3.6	99	.303	.237	.260	.293	.328	.372	.406	.664	.734	81	.401	-14.5	-1.5	.581	.219	.134	11.5
KCR (1 yr)				101	71	14	5.3	99	.333	.261	.259	.317	.327	.467	.406	.784	.733	112	.554	1.5	0.1	.743	.293	.207	1.6
ATL (1 yr)				139	96	14	3.9	101	.307	.210	.260	.324	.329	.328	.409	.651	.738	78	.427	-3.2	-0.3	.625	.286	.118	2.0

NL (10 yrs)				1842	1318	219	4.5	104	.295	.244	.264	.306	.334	.419	.418	.725	.753	92	.470	-24.1	-2.4	.664	.267	.175	30.4
AL (1 yr)				101	71	14	5.3	99	.333	.261	.259	.317	.327	.467	.406	.784	.733	112	.554	1.5	0.1	.743	.293	.207	1.6

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
2000	20	STL	NL	NLDS	ATL	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	20	STL	NL	NLCS	NYM	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

2009	29	STL	NL	NLDS	LAD	L	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	30	ATL	NL	NLDS	SFG	L	4	14	12	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	4	.167	.286	.417	.702	5	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs (4 Series)							9	17	15	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	6	.133	.235	.333	.569	5	0	0	0	0	0
3 NLDS							7	17	15	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	6	.133	.235	.333	.569	5	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
1999	19	STL	NL	11	0.0%	27.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.3			2.50	2.50	64%	0%	0.0%	0%
2000	20	STL	NL	73	2.7%	27.4%	5.5%	5.5%	24%	5.00	3.4	34.0	7.6	0.77	1.07	63%	24%	11.8%	35%
2001	21	STL	NL	10	0.0%	50.0%	10.0%	0.0%		5.00	1.6			0.50	1.00	30%	0%	0.0%	50%

2004	24	STL	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%		1.00	1.0					0%

2007	27	STL	NL	190	5.8%	21.6%	6.8%	10.5%	41%	3.15	4.2	15.6	4.4	0.84	0.94	65%	15%	18.6%	19%
2008	28	STL	NL	463	5.4%	21.6%	9.1%	10.4%	44%	2.38	4.1	16.5	5.8	0.57	0.78	63%	20%	15.5%	20%
2009	29	STL	NL	404	2.7%	24.5%	6.4%	8.4%	40%	3.81	3.8	33.8	9.8	0.67	0.81	66%	18%	8.0%	16%
2010	30	TOT	MLB	240	2.5%	29.6%	10.8%	8.3%	41%	2.73	3.0	35.2	8.8	1.14	1.64	56%	14%	11.5%	21%
2010	30	KCR	AL	101	4.0%	28.7%	6.9%	10.9%	46%	4.14	3.2	23.0	6.1	0.94	1.56	59%	17%	15.4%	21%
2010	30	ATL	NL	139	1.4%	30.2%	13.7%	6.5%	36%	2.21	2.8	59.5	13.2	1.33	1.70	54%	12%	7.7%	21%
2011	31	WSN	NL	415	2.2%	23.1%	7.0%	7.0%	32%	3.31	4.0	42.2	10.3	0.82	1.03	67%	16%	7.1%	18%
2012	32	WSN	NL	135	2.2%	31.9%	6.7%	9.6%	45%	4.78	2.9	42.0	10.5	0.82	1.07	59%	16%	8.8%	24%
10 Yrs				1943	3.5%	24.7%	7.8%	8.7%	39%	3.17	3.7	26.3	7.7	0.75	0.96	63%	17%	11.3%	20%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.2%	8.7%	7.9%	34%	1.99	5.2	32.4	7.6	0.79	1.07	70%	20%	7.9%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1999	19	STL	NL	-2.4	-0.2	11	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	1.21	-0.2	-0.0	-3.0	-0.3	1.14	-2.4		0
2000	20	STL	NL	-4.0	-0.4	76	-0.4	0.9	-1.4	.96	-0.2	-0.3	-1.3	-0.1	0.94	-1.0	0.74	3
2001	21	STL	NL	-2.1	-0.2	10	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.97	-0.2	-0.0	-2.3	-0.2	1.06	-2.2		0

2004	24	STL	NL	0.0	0.0	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.63	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.62	0.0		0

2007	27	STL	NL	4.4	0.4	193	0.2	3.7	-3.4	1.03	0.1	0.1	6.6	0.6	1.00	3.4	1.24	4
2008	28	STL	NL	10.2	1.0	472	0.9	10.1	-9.1	1.06	2.0	-1.1	5.6	0.5	1.01	16.6	1.68	15
2009	29	STL	NL	-13.2	-1.3	414	-1.9	5.9	-7.8	1.02	-0.8	-1.1	-16.9	-1.7	1.01	-9.3	1.37	22
2010	30	TOT	MLB	-1.7	-0.2	247	0.2	4.8	-4.6	1.08	-0.5	0.7	-1.6	-0.2	0.97	-3.3	0.72	5
2010	30	KCR	AL	1.5	0.1	103	0.2	2.3	-2.2	1.19	0.2	0.0	2.6	0.3	1.00	3.0	1.56	2
2010	30	ATL	NL	-3.2	-0.3	144	0.0	2.5	-2.5	1.01	-0.7	0.7	-4.2	-0.4	0.95	-6.3	0.16	3
2011	31	WSN	NL	-10.6	-1.1	439	0.4	8.1	-7.6	1.09	-0.3	0.7	-0.2	-0.0	0.99	-3.2	1.24	11
2012	32	WSN	NL	-3.5	-0.4	141	-0.6	2.3	-2.9	1.13	-0.4	-0.1	-5.9	-0.6	0.97	-4.9	2.11	6
10 Yrs				-22.8	-2.3	2005	-1.6	35.9	-37.5	1.06	-0.5	-1.0	-19.1	-1.9	0.99	-6.3	1.40	66

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
1999	19	STL	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	20	STL	NL	3	0	32%	32	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	29%	3	2	1	2	2	0	2	1	1
2001	21	STL	NL	0	0	100%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2004	24	STL	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2007	27	STL	NL	0	0	39%	61	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	50%	10	8	2	2	0	2	6	1	5
2008	28	STL	NL	4	0	31%	156	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	8	50%	26	16	10	5	0	5	11	4	6
2009	29	STL	NL	3	0	38%	112	4	3	57%	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	8	52%	12	9	3	4	2	2	13	3	10
2010	30	TOT	MLB	1	0	35%	90	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	6	2	61%	9	4	4	1	0	1	8	1	6
2010	30	KCR	AL	1	0	36%	29	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	57%	4	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	3
2010	30	ATL	NL	0	0	35%	61	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	2	64%	5	1	3	1	0	1	5	1	3
2011	31	WSN	NL	5	0	33%	141	10	3	77%	8	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	12	38%	14	10	4	5	4	1	10	4	6
2012	32	WSN	NL	1	0	29%	37	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	50%	8	4	4	1	1	0	3	0	2
10 Yrs				17	0	34%	633	21	11	66%	18	9	3	2	0	0	8	3	21	38	48%	83	54	28	20	9	11	53	14	36

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
1999	19	STL	NL	11	64%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	2	100%	10	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
2000	20	STL	NL	73	79%	17	1	0	3	0	0	0	0.74	2	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	100%	12	1	8%	9	2	22%	46	7	15%	5	3	60%	0	0		0
2001	21	STL	NL	10	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	2	0	0%	8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

2004	24	STL	NL	2	50%	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		0	0		0

2007	27	STL	NL	190	73%	49	6	0	4	1	0	0	1.24	11	1	3	7	4	9	2	0	1	1	100%	50	3	6%	27	6	22%	140	28	20%	16	13	81%	11	8	73%	0
2008	28	STL	NL	463	73%	109	10	0	15	3	1	2	1.68	25	0	13	18	7	11	14	0	0	0		93	8	9%	55	5	9%	339	48	14%	29	9	31%	25	10	40%	0
2009	29	STL	NL	404	76%	86	5	0	22	6	2	3	1.37	11	0	16	11	0	4	7	0	0	0		88	5	6%	53	12	23%	279	29	10%	25	10	40%	11	5	45%	0
2010	30	TOT	MLB	240	74%	49	5	0	5	1	0	0	0.72	6	0	6	6	0	1	5	0	0	0		36	3	8%	27	7	26%	153	19	12%	13	3	23%	12	9	75%	0
2010	30	KCR	AL	101	69%	24	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.56	4	0	2	4	0	1	3	0	0	0		17	2	12%	12	4	33%	73	12	16%	6	3	50%	6	4	67%	0
2010	30	ATL	NL	139	77%	25	3	0	3	1	0	0	0.16	2	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		19	1	5%	15	3	20%	80	7	9%	7	0	0%	6	5	83%	0
2011	31	WSN	NL	415	79%	91	11	0	11	3	1	2	1.24	9	1	12	8	1	8	1	0	4	3	75%	67	7	10%	32	9	28%	231	30	13%	23	11	48%	11	5	45%	0
2012	32	WSN	NL	135	88%	29	1	0	6	2	0	2	2.11	3	0	7	3	0	1	2	0	1	0	0%	25	2	8%	13	4	31%	80	9	11%	8	2	25%	5	2	40%	0
10 Yrs				1943	76%	431	39	0	66	16	4	9	1.40	67	2	58	55	12	36	31	0	9	7	78%	376	29	8%	220	47	21%	1286	170	13%	119	51	43%	76	40	53%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			70%			11%			33%			15%			52%			56%

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
1999	19	STL	NL	11	28	2.55	25	89%	8%	12%	48%	32%	92%	0%	82%	87%	82%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	67%	0	0	0
2000	20	STL	NL	73	265	3.63	186	70%	16%	24%	34%	26%	84%	0%	59%	72%	44%	1%	1	0	5%	4	1	4%	3	2	10%	0	0	0
2001	21	STL	NL	10	30	3.00	25	83%	20%	28%	36%	16%	80%	0%	67%	65%	70%	10%	1	0	10%	1	0	0%	0	0	40%	0	0	0

2004	24	STL	NL	2	9	4.50	4	44%	50%	25%	25%	0%	50%	0%	22%	50%	0%	50%	1	0	50%	1	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0

2007	27	STL	NL	190	653	3.44	421	64%	15%	23%	30%	32%	85%	0%	55%	73%	46%	5%	10	1	14%	27	14	8%	15	10	24%	0	0	0
2008	28	STL	NL	464	1771	3.82	1084	61%	15%	23%	32%	29%	85%	1%	52%	73%	39%	7%	34	8	17%	81	41	8%	39	23	12%	-1	0	0
2009	29	STL	NL	404	1423	3.52	909	64%	17%	24%	28%	30%	83%	3%	53%	71%	42%	5%	19	5	11%	44	23	6%	23	17	14%	0	0	0
2010	30	TOT	MLB	241	933	3.87	583	62%	18%	31%	26%	24%	82%	2%	51%	62%	39%	3%	8	1	13%	32	14	7%	18	9	14%	-1	0	0
2010	30	KCR	AL	102	368	3.61	245	67%	18%	27%	29%	26%	82%	0%	54%	67%	36%	3%	3	0	10%	10	7	6%	6	5	14%	-1	0	0
2010	30	ATL	NL	139	565	4.06	338	60%	18%	34%	25%	23%	82%	4%	49%	58%	42%	4%	5	1	16%	22	7	9%	12	4	14%	0	0	0
2011	31	WSN	NL	415	1562	3.76	1006	64%	22%	23%	27%	29%	78%	1%	50%	71%	35%	5%	20	7	17%	71	35	8%	32	21	20%	0	0	0
2012	32	WSN	NL	135	490	3.63	323	66%	22%	28%	24%	26%	78%	5%	52%	64%	29%	5%	7	1	17%	23	11	5%	7	6	14%	0	0	0
10 Yrs				1945	7164	3.68	4566	64%	18%	25%	29%	28%	82%	2%	52%	70%	39%	5%	101	23	15%	284	139	7%	137	88	16%	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.76		62%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

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
1999	19	9	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200	-49	1	0	0	1	0	0
2000	20	44	84	78	8	18	1	1	2	9	0	0	4	23	.231	.268	.346	.614	53	27	1	0	2	0	0
2001	21	50	94	86	9	18	1	1	2	9	0	0	5	28	.209	.253	.314	.567	42	27	1	0	3	0	0
2002	22	50	94	86	9	18	1	1	2	9	0	0	5	28	.209	.253	.314	.567	42	27	1	0	3	0	0
2003	23	50	94	86	9	18	1	1	2	9	0	0	5	28	.209	.253	.314	.567	42	27	1	0	3	0	0
2004	24	55	96	87	9	18	1	1	2	9	0	0	6	29	.207	.258	.310	.568	43	27	1	0	3	0	0
2005	25	55	96	87	9	18	1	1	2	9	0	0	6	29	.207	.258	.310	.568	43	27	1	0	3	0	0
2006	26	55	96	87	9	18	1	1	2	9	0	0	6	29	.207	.258	.310	.568	43	27	1	0	3	0	0
2007	27	102	286	259	40	67	9	2	13	48	1	0	19	70	.259	.305	.459	.764	93	119	4	0	4	4	0
2008	28	222	749	672	105	176	30	4	38	119	3	1	61	170	.262	.325	.488	.813	110	328	12	5	4	7	3
2009	29	344	1153	1044	155	262	51	6	49	157	7	4	87	269	.251	.311	.452	.763	98	472	17	8	4	10	7
2010	30	418	1393	1255	186	311	64	7	55	181	10	5	113	340	.248	.312	.441	.754	97	554	20	10	4	11	9
2011	31	540	1808	1635	232	402	84	7	64	218	20	8	142	436	.246	.309	.423	.732	94	692	27	12	7	12	10
2012	32	581	1943	1761	245	431	92	9	67	230	21	11	151	479	.245	.307	.421	.728	93	742	29	12	7	12	13

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1999	19	9	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9
2000	20	35	72	67	7	16	1	1	2	8	0	4	20	.239	.282	.373	.655	7	35
2001	21	6	10	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	6

2004	24	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	5

2007	27	47	187	170	29	47	8	1	11	37	1	12	41	.276	.317	.529	.847	29	47
2008	28	120	463	413	65	109	21	2	25	71	2	42	100	.264	.337	.506	.843	69	120
2009	29	122	405	373	51	87	21	2	11	38	4	26	99	.233	.286	.389	.675	41	122
2010	30	74	242	212	32	50	13	1	6	25	3	27	71	.236	.326	.392	.718	27	74
2011	31	122	419	383	49	94	21	0	9	39	10	30	96	.245	.303	.371	.674	43	122
2012	32	41	136	127	14	30	8	2	3	13	1	9	43	.236	.287	.402	.688	15	41
10 Yrs		581	1947	1764	248	433	93	9	67	231	21	152	479	.245	.308	.422	.730	231	581
162 Game Avg.		162	543	492	69	121	26	3	19	64	6	42	134	.245	.308	.422	.730	64	581

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Hall of Fame Standards

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Similarity Scores

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