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Alex Arias \AIR-ee-us\

Alejandro Arias

Positions: Shortstop, Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 20, 1967 in New York, NY
High School: George Washington HS (New York, NY)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 12, 1992 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Marlins/Phillies/Padres/Cubs/Yankees 1992-2002

Final Game: September 22, 2002 (Age 34)
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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
1987	19	CHC-min	Rk	61	262	233	41	69	7	0	0	24	16	6	27	29	.296	.370	.326	.696		76		1	0	1	0		WYV · APPY
1988	20	CHC-min	A	127	542	472	57	122	12	1	0	33	41	12	54	44	.258	.336	.288	.625		136		3	10	3	3		CHL · SALL
1989	21	CHC-min	A	136	573	506	74	140	10	11	2	64	31	6	49	67	.277	.348	.352	.699		178	11	7	9	2	3		PEO · MIDW
1990	22	CHC-min	AA	119	475	419	55	103	16	3	4	38	12	5	42	53	.246	.315	.327	.642		137		2	9	3	0		CHR · SOUL
1991	23	CHC-min	AA	134	544	488	69	134	26	0	4	47	23	9	47	42	.275	.340	.352	.693		172	9	3	3	3	2		CHR · SOUL
1992	24	CHC-min	AAA	106	466	409	52	114	23	3	5	40	14	3	44	27	.279	.357	.386	.744		158	4	6	7	0	1		IWA · AA
1992	24	CHC	NL	32	113	99	14	29	6	0	0	7	0	0	11	13	.293	.375	.354	.729	106	35	4	2	1	0	0	6
1993	25	FLA	NL	96	283	249	27	67	5	1	2	20	1	1	27	18	.269	.344	.321	.665	77	80	5	3	1	3	0	456
1994	26	FLA	NL	59	125	113	4	27	5	0	0	15	0	1	9	19	.239	.298	.283	.582	52	32	5	1	1	1	0	65
1995	27	FLA	NL	94	246	216	22	58	9	2	3	26	1	0	22	20	.269	.337	.370	.708	87	80	8	2	3	3	1	65/4
1996	28	FLA	NL	100	246	224	27	62	11	2	3	26	2	0	17	28	.277	.335	.384	.719	92	86	2	3	1	1	1	56/34
1997	29	FLA	NL	74	112	93	13	23	2	0	1	11	0	1	12	12	.247	.352	.301	.653	77	28	6	3	4	0	0	56
1998	30	PHI	NL	56	149	133	17	39	8	0	1	16	2	0	13	18	.293	.358	.376	.734	92	50	1	1	1	1	3	6/54
1999	31	PHI	NL	118	390	347	43	105	20	1	4	48	2	2	36	31	.303	.373	.401	.773	93	139	12	4	1	2	6	6/54
2000	32	PHI	NL	70	180	155	17	29	9	0	2	15	1	0	16	28	.187	.271	.284	.555	41	44	1	3	3	3	2	65/4
2001	33	SDP	NL	70	158	137	19	31	9	0	2	12	1	0	17	22	.226	.312	.336	.648	75	46	3	1	1	2	1	5346
2002	34	BAL-NYY-min	AAA	77	289	263	34	63	18	0	1	25	3	2	21	26	.240	.300	.319	.619		84	7	2	2	1	0		ROC,CLB · IL
2002	34	NYY	AL	6	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.125	.000	.125	-62	0	0	0	0	0	0	/56
11 Yrs				775	2010	1773	203	470	84	6	18	196	10	5	181	211	.265	.338	.350	.688	81	620	47	23	17	16	14
162 Game Avg.				162	420	371	42	98	18	1	4	41	2	1	38	44	.265	.338	.350	.688	81	130	10	5	4	3	3

FLA (5 yrs)				423	1012	895	93	237	32	5	9	98	4	3	87	97	.265	.335	.342	.677	80	306	26	12	10	8	2
PHI (3 yrs)				244	719	635	77	173	37	1	7	79	5	2	65	77	.272	.345	.367	.711	80	233	14	8	5	6	11
SDP (1 yr)				70	158	137	19	31	9	0	2	12	1	0	17	22	.226	.312	.336	.648	75	46	3	1	1	2	1
CHC (1 yr)				32	113	99	14	29	6	0	0	7	0	0	11	13	.293	.375	.354	.729	106	35	4	2	1	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				6	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.125	.000	.125	-62	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (10 yrs)				769	2002	1766	203	470	84	6	18	196	10	5	180	209	.266	.339	.351	.690	81	620	47	23	17	16	14
AL (1 yr)				6	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.125	.000	.125	-62	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1992	24	CHC	NL	32	113	3	-1	-0	-4	2	-0	-0.1	3	3	0.3	.499	.500	0.7	-0.2	7		6
1993	25	FLA	NL	96	283	-5	-1	0	-6	2	-10	-1.0	9	-1	-0.2	.489	.494	0.4	-0.4	5	$123,000	456
1994	26	FLA	NL	59	125	-7	-0	-1	0	2	-6	-0.6	4	-2	-0.3	.489	.496	-0.3	0.2	-3	$155,000	65
1995	27	FLA	NL	94	246	-4	-0	-1	2	3	0	0.0	8	8	0.8	.500	.500	0.5	0.5	6	$200,000	65/4
1996	28	FLA	NL	100	246	1	2	1	3	2	8	0.7	8	15	1.4	.508	.505	1.2	0.4	13	$412,500	56/34
1997	29	FLA	NL	74	112	-2	-0	-1	-3	1	-5	-0.6	3	-2	-0.2	.493	.497	0.1	-0.2	2	$450,000	56
1998	30	PHI	NL	56	149	0	1	1	-2	2	2	0.1	5	6	0.6	.503	.501	0.8	-0.1	9	$425,000	6/54
1999	31	PHI	NL	118	390	-4	-1	-0	-9	5	-10	-1.0	12	3	0.2	.492	.494	1.1	-0.5	12	$625,000	6/54
2000	32	PHI	NL	70	180	-13	-0	1	-1	3	-11	-1.1	6	-6	-0.6	.484	.493	-0.5	0.1	-5	$550,000	65/4
2001	33	SDP	NL	70	158	-3	1	-0	-2	0	-3	-0.4	5	2	0.1	.495	.498	0.3	-0.2	3	$550,000	5346
2002	34	NYY	AL	6	8	-2	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.485	.499	-0.1	0.1	-1		/56
11 Seasons				775	2010	-36	-1	0	-22	22	-37	-4.0	62	25	2.0	.495	.498	4.3	-0.4	47	$3,490,500

FLA (5 yrs)				423	1012	-17	0	-2	-5	10	-14	-1.5	31	18	1.5	.497	.498	2.0	0.4	22	$1,340,500
PHI (3 yrs)				244	719	-17	-1	2	-13	10	-19	-2.0	22	3	0.1	.493	.496	1.4	-0.4	16	$1,600,000
SDP (1 yr)				70	158	-3	1	-0	-2	0	-3	-0.4	5	2	0.1	.495	.498	0.3	-0.2	3	$550,000
CHC (1 yr)				32	113	3	-1	-0	-4	2	-0	-0.1	3	3	0.3	.499	.500	0.7	-0.2	7
NYY (1 yr)				6	8	-2	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.485	.499	-0.1	0.1	-1

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1997	29	FLA	NL	NLDS	SFG	W	1	1	1	0	1	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
1997	29	FLA	NL	NLCS	ATL	W	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
1997	29	FLA	NL	WS	CLE	W	2	1	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 Yr (3 Series)							6	3	3	1	2	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2
1 NLDS							1	1	1	0	1	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
1 NLCS							3	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
1 WS							2	1	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	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	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1992	CHC	NL	24	SS	30	28	22	244.0	121	43	74	4	8	.967	-4	-19	4.32	3.90	.969	4.59	4.60
1993	FLA	NL	25	2B	30	29	27	253.2	149	59	88	2	15	.987	-3	-16	5.22	4.90	.980	5.16	5.13
1993	FLA	NL	25	3B	22	18	16	161.1	40	13	26	1	2	.975	-0	-1	2.18	1.77	.945	2.70	2.68
1993	FLA	NL	25	SS	18	13	9	118.0	55	22	30	3	8	.945	-3	-31	3.97	2.89	.965	4.69	4.66
1994	FLA	NL	26	SS	20	18	14	154.0	68	30	37	1	9	.985	0	3	3.92	3.35	.966	4.53	4.50
1994	FLA	NL	26	3B	15	4	2	54.2	22	7	14	1	1	.955	-0	-2	3.46	1.40	.951	2.65	2.63
1995	FLA	NL	27	SS	36	28	23	258.0	132	40	85	7	15	.947	1	5	4.36	3.47	.968	4.51	4.49
1995	FLA	NL	27	3B	21	12	10	116.0	33	8	23	2	3	.939	0	3	2.41	1.48	.946	2.77	2.76
1995	FLA	NL	27	2B	6	4	1	37.1	28	9	19	0	3	1.000	1	22	6.75	4.67	.984	5.26	5.23
1996	FLA	NL	28	3B	59	29	21	295.0	91	21	66	4	8	.956	2	10	2.65	1.47	.948	2.71	2.69
1996	FLA	NL	28	SS	20	18	14	158.1	88	26	59	3	15	.966	-0	-2	4.83	4.25	.967	4.60	4.57
1996	FLA	NL	28	1B	1	0	0	1.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	6.75	1.00	.990	9.45	9.60
1996	FLA	NL	28	2B	1	0	0	2.2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0	225	6.75	2.00	.980	5.06	5.10
1997	FLA	NL	29	3B	37	9	9	130.1	34	13	20	1	3	.971	-1	-9	2.28	0.89	.946	2.66	2.64
1997	FLA	NL	29	SS	11	7	5	60.2	32	13	18	1	7	.969	-2	-44	4.60	2.82	.973	4.58	4.54
1998	PHI	NL	30	SS	38	27	25	273.0	131	43	86	2	10	.985	-3	-11	4.25	3.39	.968	4.52	4.50
1998	PHI	NL	30	3B	5	0	0	7.2	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	63	1.17	0.20	.960	2.70	2.72
1998	PHI	NL	30	2B	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	120	9.00	1.00	.980	5.40	5.10
1999	PHI	NL	31	SS	95	87	76	762.0	330	119	207	4	43	.988	-9	-14	3.85	3.43	.967	4.42	4.39
1999	PHI	NL	31	3B	2	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	0	90	4.50	1.00	.955	2.70	2.65
1999	PHI	NL	31	2B	1	1	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1	-216	0.00	0.00		5.04	5.00
2000	PHI	NL	32	SS	39	32	26	300.0	134	41	88	5	19	.963	-0	-2	3.87	3.31	.967	4.51	4.47
2000	PHI	NL	32	3B	10	2	2	37.1	8	2	6	0	1	1.000	-2	-48	1.93	0.80	.950	2.63	2.61
2000	PHI	NL	32	2B	1	1	1	9.0	6	2	4	0	0	1.000	1	93	6.00	6.00	.982	5.00	4.90
2001	SDP	NL	33	3B	18	3	3	62.0	23	5	17	1	1	.957	1	23	3.19	1.22	.950	2.57	2.54
2001	SDP	NL	33	1B	17	11	7	102.2	102	91	9	2	6	.980	0	2	8.77	5.88	.993	9.27	9.16
2001	SDP	NL	33	2B	13	9	3	78.0	39	19	19	1	3	.974	-2	-26	4.38	2.92	.983	4.85	4.80
2001	SDP	NL	33	SS	13	8	4	74.0	34	17	16	1	3	.971	-1	-21	4.01	2.54	.968	4.48	4.42
2002	NYY	AL	34	3B	4	1	0	11.0	4	0	3	1	1	.750	0	0	2.45	0.75	.950	2.70	2.65
2002	NYY	AL	34	SS	1	1	1	9.0	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	0	67	3.00	3.00	.973	4.60	4.50
	11 Seasons			SS	321	267	219	2411.0	1128	394	703	31	137	.973	-20	-10	4.09	3.42	.968	4.51	4.48
	10 Seasons			3B	193	78	63	879.1	258	70	177	11	20	.957	2	3	2.53	1.28	.948	2.69	2.66
	7 Seasons			2B	53	44	32	386.2	225	89	133	3	21	.987	-4	-12	5.17	4.19	.981	5.10	5.05
	2 Seasons			1B	18	11	7	104.0	103	92	9	2	6	.981	0	2	8.74	5.61	.993	9.27	9.18
	11 Seasons			TOT	585	400	321	3781.0	1714	645	1022	47	184	.973	-22	-7	3.97	2.85	.968	4.28	4.08
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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.
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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1936), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 4 (2384), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Shortstop (305th), 2.0 career WAR/3.3 7yr-peak WAR/2.7 JAWS Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 66.6 career WAR/42.7 7yr-peak WAR/54.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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John Wathan (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jake Flowers (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

June 2, 1987: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1987.
November 17, 1992: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Gary Scott to the Florida Marlins for Greg Hibbard.
December 12, 1997: Released by the Florida Marlins.
December 26, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
October 30, 2000: Granted Free Agency.
December 13, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.
December 11, 2001: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Ben Davis and Wascar Serrano to the Seattle Mariners for Tom Lampkin, Brett Tomko, Ramon Vazquez and cash.
April 4, 2002: Released by the Seattle Mariners.
April 27, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
May 28, 2002: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.
June 6, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
October 28, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

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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/Other Sources
1993	25	Florida Marlins	$123,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1994	26	Florida Marlins	$155,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1995	27	Florida Marlins	$200,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1996	28	Florida Marlins	$412,500	1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1997	29	Florida Marlins	$450,000	1997 AP survey
1998	30	Philadelphia Phillies	$425,000	4/3/98 USA Today
1999	31	Philadelphia Phillies	$625,000	11/19/99 USA Today	Includes $75,000 earned bonus
2000	32	Philadelphia Phillies	$550,000	4/5/00 AP
2001	33	San Diego Padres	$550,000	4/6/01 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$3,490,500

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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