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Alex Avila \A-VEE-la\

Alexander Thomas Avila

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 29, 1987 in Hialeah, FL
High Schools: Archbishop McCarthy HS (Fort Lauderdale, FL), Archbishop McCarthy HS (Southwest Ranches, FL)
School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 5th round of the 2008 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 2008. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 6, 2009 (Age 22)
Team: Tigers 2009-2013
2013 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.95M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 3.061, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Hendricks Sports [*]
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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
2008	21	DET-min	A	58	244	213	21	65	14	0	1	22	0	1	27	41	.305	.383	.385	.768		82	8	1	1	2	0		WMI · MIDW
2009	22	DET-min	AA	93	387	329	52	87	23	1	12	55	2	1	52	77	.264	.365	.450	.814		148	4	1	3	2	2		ERI · EL
2009	22	DET	AL	29	72	61	9	17	4	0	5	14	0	0	10	18	.279	.375	.590	.965	148	36	0	0	0	1	0	2
2010	23	DET	AL	104	333	294	28	67	12	0	7	31	2	2	36	71	.228	.316	.340	.656	78	100	12	2	1	0	0	2/D
2011	24	DET	AL	141	551	464	63	137	33	4	19	82	3	1	73	131	.295	.389	.506	.895	142	235	8	3	3	8	9	*2/D5	AS,MVP-12,SS
2012	25	DET-min	AAA	3	8	7	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.429	.500	.429	.929		3	0	0	0	0	0		TOL · IL
2012	25	DET	AL	116	434	367	42	89	21	2	9	48	2	0	61	104	.243	.352	.384	.736	99	141	12	2	2	2	2	*2
2013	26	DET	AL	30	121	108	11	20	2	0	4	10	0	0	12	35	.185	.264	.315	.579	55	34	4	0	0	1	0	*2
5 Yrs				420	1511	1294	153	330	72	6	44	185	7	3	192	359	.255	.351	.422	.773	109	546	36	7	6	12	11
162 Game Avg.				162	583	499	59	127	28	2	17	71	3	1	74	138	.255	.351	.422	.773	109	211	14	3	2	5	4

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	Awards
2009	22	DET	AL	29	72	4	0	0	-2	1	3	0.3	3	6	0.6	.511	.502	0.8	-0.1	8		2
2010	23	DET	AL	104	333	-7	-2	-1	-7	5	-11	-1.1	12	1	0.1	.489	.493	0.8	-0.1	8	$404,900	2/D
2011	24	DET	AL	141	551	26	-2	0	-3	8	30	3.2	21	51	5.2	.522	.519	5.5	0.6	54	$425,000	*2/D5	AS,MVP-12,SS
2012	25	DET	AL	116	434	-1	-2	-2	6	7	9	0.9	16	25	2.5	.508	.506	2.0	1.3	19	$510,000	*2
2013	26	DET	AL	30	121	-7	0	-0	-3	2	-8	-0.8	4	-4	-0.4	.471	.495	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$2,950,000	*2
5 Seasons				420	1511	16	-5	-2	-9	24	23	2.5	56	79	8.0	.505	.503	9.0	1.6	88	$4,289,900

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	22	DET	AL	72	45	15	8.9	109	.308	.279	.268	.375	.338	.590	.431	.965	.769	148	.737	4.5	0.4	1.045	.475	.311	.0
2010	23	DET	AL	333	242	30	3.3	102	.278	.228	.263	.316	.331	.340	.411	.656	.742	78	.348	-8.9	-0.9	.573	.235	.112	3.1
2011	24	DET	AL	551	347	96	7.4	100	.366	.295	.261	.389	.326	.506	.412	.895	.738	142	.704	30.5	3.0	.932	.373	.211	5.2
2012	25	DET	AL	434	294	52	4.8	103	.313	.243	.261	.352	.327	.384	.421	.736	.748	99	.516	1.2	0.1	.710	.313	.142	3.3
2013	26	DET	AL	121	93	9	2.6	104	.229	.185	.261	.264	.328	.315	.423	.579	.751	55	.254	-7.2	-0.7	.500	.241	.130	.0
5 Yrs				1511	1021	202	5.3	102	.317	.255	.262	.351	.328	.422	.416	.773	.744	109	.560	20.1	1.9	.747	.318	.167	12.1
162 Game Avg.				583	394	78	5.3	102	.317	.255	.262	.351	.328	.422	.416	.773	.744	109	.560	8	1	.747	.318	.167	5

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	SH
2011	24	DET	AL	ALDS	NYY	W	5	19	16	0	1	0	0	1	2	7	.063	.167	.063	.229	1	0	1
2011	24	DET	AL	ALCS	TEX	L	6	25	25	1	2	0	1	1	0	9	.080	.080	.200	.280	5	1	0
2012	25	DET	AL	ALDS	OAK	W	4	12	12	2	3	1	1	1	0	6	.250	.250	.583	.833	7	0	0
2012	25	DET	AL	ALCS	NYY	W	3	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	0	0
2012	25	DET	AL	WS	SFG	L	2	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	0	0
2 Yrs (5 Series)							20	74	70	3	9	1	2	3	3	28	.129	.164	.229	.393	16	1	1
2 ALDS							9	31	28	2	4	1	1	2	2	13	.143	.200	.286	.486	8	0	1
2 ALCS							9	35	35	1	4	0	1	1	0	13	.114	.114	.200	.314	7	1	0
1 WS							2	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	0	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
2011	DET	AL	24	as C	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	22	DET	AL	72	6.9%	25.0%	13.9%	12.5%	53%	1.80	3.4	12.2	4.4	0.83	1.00	54%	14%	22.7%	8%
2010	23	DET	AL	333	2.1%	21.3%	10.8%	5.7%	28%	1.97	4.1	42.0	9.5	0.83	1.18	65%	21%	6.3%	8%
2011	24	DET	AL	551	3.5%	23.8%	13.3%	10.2%	41%	1.79	3.5	24.4	5.7	0.61	0.87	58%	21%	9.6%	6%
2012	25	DET	AL	434	2.1%	24.0%	14.1%	7.4%	36%	1.70	3.5	40.8	7.6	0.88	1.47	59%	21%	6.6%	3%
2013	26	DET	AL	121	3.3%	28.9%	9.9%	5.0%	30%	2.92	3.1	27.0	10.8	1.03	1.42	58%	20%	11.4%	3%
5 Yrs				1511	2.9%	23.8%	12.7%	8.1%	37%	1.87	3.6	29.4	7.0	0.77	1.15	60%	20%	8.7%	6%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.8%	8.4%	7.6%	33%	2.25	4.8	34.5	8.1	0.81	1.09	69%	19%	7.7%	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	22	DET	AL	4.5	0.4	75	0.4	1.6	-1.2	.90	0.6	-0.1	6.9	0.6	0.93	7.0	1.46	4
2010	23	DET	AL	-8.9	-0.9	340	-1.2	5.8	-7.0	1.09	-0.6	-0.5	-12.6	-1.2	0.97	-7.5	2.22	9
2011	24	DET	AL	30.5	3.0	561	2.8	11.0	-8.2	.97	3.0	-0.2	28.4	2.7	0.98	31.8	1.64	3
2012	25	DET	AL	1.7	0.2	439	0.9	9.0	-8.1	1.03	-0.1	0.9	-1.6	-0.2	0.93	-0.4	2.98	5
2013	26	DET	AL	-7.2	-0.7	123	-0.4	1.7	-2.1	.87	-0.6	0.2	-10.7	-1.0	1.01	-7.2		0
5 Yrs				20.6	2.0	1538	2.5	29.1	-26.6	1.00	2.4	0.1	10.3	0.9	0.96	23.6	2.17	21

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	OOB1	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2009	22	DET	AL	0	18%	27	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0%	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
2010	23	DET	AL	3	21%	135	2	2	50%	2	0	2	1	1	3	1	0	0	2	7	29%	18	13	5	5	5	0	8	2	4
2011	24	DET	AL	3	23%	219	3	1	75%	3	1	0	2	0	10	5	2	2	1	9	39%	27	21	6	11	4	6	13	5	8
2012	25	DET	AL	0	23%	171	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	1	1	4	29%	25	22	3	6	4	2	14	5	8
2013	26	DET	AL	0	25%	39	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	22%	7	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
5 Yrs				6	23%	591	7	3	70%	7	1	2	4	1	19	8	4	3	4	25	32%	79	65	14	23	14	8	37	12	22

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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2009	22	DET	AL	72	85%	17	1	0	4	2	0	2	1.46	5	0	1	4	1	4	1	0	0	0		15	0	0%	8	2	25%	43	10	23%	5	1	20%	1	0	0%	0
2010	23	DET	AL	333	89%	67	1	0	9	1	0	0	2.22	7	0	10	7	0	4	3	0	1	1	100%	70	12	17%	35	5	14%	220	24	11%	15	5	33%	12	4	33%	0
2011	24	DET	AL	551	73%	137	4	0	3	1	1	1	1.64	19	0	16	16	3	10	9	0	3	3	100%	112	8	7%	48	19	40%	384	63	16%	41	26	63%	24	11	46%	0
2012	25	DET	AL	434	76%	89	3	0	5	1	0	1	2.98	9	0	8	8	1	7	2	0	2	2	100%	78	12	15%	41	11	27%	264	39	15%	21	8	38%	16	9	56%	0
2013	26	DET	AL	121	84%	20	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	4	4	0	3	1	0	1	0	0%	29	4	14%	17	7	41%	89	6	7%	7	2	29%	7	3	43%	0
5 Yrs				1511	79%	330	9	0	21	5	1	4	2.17	44	0	39	39	5	28	16	0	7	6	86%	304	36	12%	149	44	30%	1000	142	14%	89	42	47%	60	27	45%	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	22	DET	AL	72	312	4.33	184	59%	28%	16%	32%	24%	72%	0%	42%	77%	24%	4%	3	0	15%	11	5	13%	9	6	33%	0	0	0
2010	23	DET	AL	334	1329	3.98	787	59%	25%	18%	29%	28%	75%	0%	44%	77%	30%	4%	13	0	16%	52	31	9%	31	18	28%	-1	0	0
2011	24	DET	AL	551	2220	4.03	1311	59%	28%	19%	26%	26%	72%	4%	42%	74%	26%	8%	44	1	18%	101	40	11%	59	30	24%	0	0	0
2012	25	DET	AL	435	1805	4.15	1038	58%	32%	19%	23%	26%	68%	1%	39%	72%	29%	6%	27	2	16%	69	26	13%	58	31	27%	-1	0	0
2013	26	DET	AL	121	531	4.39	311	59%	28%	22%	26%	24%	72%	0%	42%	70%	34%	6%	7	2	18%	22	7	12%	14	10	29%	0	0	0
5 Yrs				1513	6197	4.10	3631	59%	29%	19%	26%	26%	71%	2%	42%	74%	28%	6%	94	5	17%	255	109	11%	171	95	26%	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	26%	5%			14%			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	22	29	72	61	9	17	4	0	5	14	0	0	10	18	.279	.375	.590	.965	148	36	0	0	0	1	0
2010	23	133	405	355	37	84	16	0	12	45	2	2	46	89	.237	.327	.383	.710	91	136	12	2	1	1	0
2011	24	274	956	819	100	221	49	4	31	127	5	3	119	220	.270	.362	.453	.815	120	371	20	5	4	9	9
2012	25	390	1390	1186	142	310	70	6	40	175	7	3	180	324	.261	.359	.432	.791	113	512	32	7	6	11	11
2013	26	420	1511	1294	153	330	72	6	44	185	7	3	192	359	.255	.351	.422	.773	109	546	36	7	6	12	11

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
2009	22	29	70	60	9	16	4	0	5	13	0	9	18	.267	.357	.583	.940	13	29
2010	23	104	335	295	29	68	12	0	7	32	2	37	71	.231	.320	.342	.663	32	104
2011	24	141	556	467	65	140	34	4	19	85	3	75	131	.300	.394	.512	.906	95	141
2012	25	116	436	368	42	90	21	2	9	49	2	62	104	.245	.355	.386	.741	50	116
2013	26	30	121	108	11	20	2	0	4	10	0	12	35	.185	.264	.315	.579	9	30
5 Yrs		420	1518	1298	156	334	73	6	44	189	7	195	359	.257	.354	.424	.779	199	420
162 Game Avg.		162	586	501	60	129	28	2	17	73	3	75	138	.257	.354	.424	.779	77	420

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 2011 (C)	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2011 AL (12, 3%) 0.03 Career Shares (1270th)	Silver Sluggers 2011 AL (C)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 2011 AL 5.5 (8th)
On-Base% s c a p y 2011 AL .389 (5th)	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 2011 AL .895 (8th)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 2011 AL 142 (6th)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 2011 AL 31 (10th)
Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 2011 AL 3.0 (10th)	Offensive Win % s c a p y 2011 AL .704 (6th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 2011 AL 8 (8th)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 2011 AL 9 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 10 (1183), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 10 (1606), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Catcher (192nd), 8.3 career WAR/8.3 7yr-peak WAR/8.3 JAWS Average HOF C (out of 13) = 52.4 career WAR/33.7 7yr-peak WAR/43.0 JAWS

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