Carlos Baerga

Carlos Obed (Ortiz) Baerga

All-Star Player

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: November 4, 1968 in Santurce, P.R.
High School: Rooshart (Rio Piedras, DO)
Signed by the San Diego Padres as an amateur free agent in 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1990
Teams (by GP): Indians/Mets/Diamondbacks/Nationals/RedSox/.. 1990-2005
Final Game: September 30, 2005
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1990 CLE AL 21 3B 50 45 396.2 142 33 101 8 9 .944 0.3 0.9 0.3 -0.1 0.4 0 3.04 2.68 .944 2.75 2.32
1990 CLE AL 21 SS 48 13 171.0 69 24 41 4 10 .942 0.1 0.7 -0.9 0.2 -1.1 1 3.42 1.35 .974 4.74 4.00
1990 CLE AL 21 2B 8 8 70.0 49 22 22 5 8 .898 -2.3 -39.4 -3.3 -3.3 0.0 1 5.66 5.50 .986 5.25 4.53
1991 CLE AL 22 3B 89 77 698.2 251 54 183 14 14 .944 -3.0 -5.2 -3.0 1.2 -4.2 0 3.05 2.66 .955 2.79 2.33
1991 CLE AL 22 2B 75 73 633.2 413 163 238 12 59 .971 1.9 3.6 -0.1 3.0 -3.1 2 5.70 5.35 .981 5.19 4.44
1991 CLE AL 22 SS 2 1 9.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0.7 -93.3 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.000 4.70 3.95
1992 CLE AL 23 2B 160 160 1434.0 894 400 475 19 138 .979 5.7 4.8 0.7 -0.6 1.3 5 5.49 5.47 .983 5.25 4.60 AS,MVP-11
1992 CLE AL 23 DH 1 AS,MVP-11
1993 CLE AL 24 2B 150 148 1303.2 809 347 445 17 108 .979 1.2 1.1 0.2 -6.5 6.7 1 5.47 5.28 .981 5.15 4.54 AS,MVP-10,SS
1993 CLE AL 24 DH 4 AS,MVP-10,SS
1994 CLE AL 25 2B 102 102 891.2 555 205 335 15 70 .973 -4.3 -5.8 -2.3 -5.4 3.1 -2 5.45 5.29 .981 5.10 4.48 SS
1994 CLE AL 25 DH 1 SS
1995 CLE AL 26 2B 134 133 1165.0 694 231 444 19 99 .973 -8.4 -8.7 -9.4 -2.4 -7.0 1 5.21 5.04 .981 5.11 4.34 AS
1995 CLE AL 26 DH 1 AS
1996 TOT MLB 27 2B 101 100 887.1 520 194 311 15 64 .971 -17.2 -23.3 -16.2 -7.6 -8.6 -1 5.12 5.00 .980 5.05 4.33
1996 CLE AL 27 2B 100 99 880.1 514 191 308 15 63 .971 -16.5 -22.5 -15.5 -6.9 -8.6 -1 5.10 4.99 .980 5.05 4.33
1996 NYM NL 27 1B 16 16 117.0 104 98 5 1 8 .990 1.8 18.5 1.8 2.0 -0.2 0 7.92 6.44 .992 9.62 8.35
1996 NYM NL 27 3B 6 3 33.0 9 2 4 3 0 .667 -1.7 -61.8 -1.7 0.0 -1.7 0 1.64 1.00 .967 2.70 2.22
1996 NYM NL 27 2B 1 1 7.0 6 3 3 0 1 1.000 -0.7 -120.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 7.71 6.00 .983 5.14 4.40
1997 NYM NL 28 2B 131 122 1048.2 629 244 371 14 88 .978 2.7 3.1 1.7 2.7 -1.0 1 5.28 4.69 .980 5.07 4.31
1998 NYM NL 29 2B 144 135 1164.2 638 289 340 9 97 .986 -0.8 -0.8 -2.8 4.4 -7.2 2 4.86 4.37 .982 5.09 4.38
1999 TOT MLB 30 3B 28 18 178.1 45 13 29 3 3 .933 -3.1 -20.9 -3.1 -0.2 -2.9 0 2.12 1.50 .953 2.62 2.26
1999 TOT MLB 30 2B 19 11 101.2 50 21 29 0 10 1.000 -3.9 -46.0 -3.9 -1.9 -2.0 0 4.43 2.63 .980 5.07 4.27
1999 TOT MLB 30 DH 2
1999 SDP NL 30 2B 13 9 72.2 36 16 20 0 7 1.000 -3.4 -56.1 -3.4 -1.6 -1.8 0 4.46 2.77 .981 5.05 4.19
1999 SDP NL 30 3B 13 7 71.1 17 5 10 2 2 .882 -2.4 -40.4 -2.4 0.1 -2.5 0 1.89 1.15 .959 2.69 2.31
1999 SDP NL 30 1B 2 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 9.26 7.65
1999 SDP NL 30 DH 1
1999 CLE AL 30 3B 15 11 107.0 28 8 19 1 1 .964 -0.7 -7.9 -0.7 -0.3 -0.4 0 2.27 1.80 .950 2.58 2.21
1999 CLE AL 30 2B 6 2 29.0 14 5 9 0 3 1.000 -0.5 -20.7 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 0 4.34 2.33 .979 5.12 4.43
1999 CLE AL 30 DH 1
2002 BOS AL 33 DH 32
2002 BOS AL 33 2B 17 10 88.0 58 25 32 1 4 .983 0.1 1.4 1.1 0.1 1.0 -1 5.83 3.35 .979 4.89 4.36
2002 BOS AL 33 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
2003 ARI NL 34 1B 19 13 118.1 133 123 8 2 12 .985 1.1 11.2 1.1 0.0 1.1 0 9.96 6.89 .993 9.60 7.99
2003 ARI NL 34 2B 15 15 113.0 62 21 40 1 11 .984 -0.6 -6.4 -0.6 -0.8 0.2 0 4.86 4.07 .982 5.12 4.39
2003 ARI NL 34 DH 6
2003 ARI NL 34 3B 5 4 40.0 13 6 7 0 0 1.000 1.2 36.0 1.2 0.6 0.6 0 2.92 2.60 .954 2.74 2.36
2004 ARI NL 35 1B 6 4 35.2 36 32 4 0 2 1.000 0.6 20.2 0.6 0.3 0.3 0 9.08 6.00 .992 9.51 8.23
2004 ARI NL 35 DH 2
2005 WSN NL 36 3B 20 10 100.2 25 7 16 2 1 .920 -2.7 -32.2 -2.7 -1.3 -1.4 0 2.06 1.15 .960 2.77 2.39
2005 WSN NL 36 1B 11 9 86.2 68 65 2 1 2 .985 -2.4 -33.2 -2.4 -1.2 -1.2 0 6.96 6.09 .993 9.66 8.30
2005 WSN NL 36 2B 7 5 46.0 37 15 19 3 3 .919 -0.4 -10.4 0.6 0.7 -0.1 -1 6.65 4.86 .981 4.99 4.31
2005 WSN NL 36 DH 1
13 Seasons 2B 1063 1022 8947.1 5408 2177 3101 130 759 .976 -26.3 -3.5 -34.3 -17.6 -16.7 8 5.31 4.97 .981 5.13 4.43
7 Seasons 3B 199 157 1449.1 485 115 340 30 27 .938 -9.0 -7.5 -9.0 0.2 -9.2 0 2.83 2.29 .952 2.75 2.32
5 Seasons 1B 54 42 360.0 341 318 19 4 24 .988 1.1 3.7 1.1 1.1 -0.0 0 8.43 6.24 .993 9.61 8.17
9 Seasons DH 50
2 Seasons SS 50 14 180.0 70 24 41 5 10 .929 -0.6 -4.0 -1.6 -0.5 -1.1 1 3.25 1.30 .974 4.74 4.00
14 Seasons TOT 1366 1235 10936.2 6304 2634 3501 169 820 .973 -34.8 -3.8 -43.8 -16.8 -27.0 9 5.05 4.49 .953 4.95 4.25
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1990 CLE AL 21 108 66 108 99 0 0 0 8 50 48 0 0 0 0 0 38 1
1991 CLE AL 22 158 151 158 157 0 0 0 75 89 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1992 CLE AL 23 161 161 161 160 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1993 CLE AL 24 154 152 154 150 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
1994 CLE AL 25 103 103 103 102 0 0 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1995 CLE AL 26 135 134 135 134 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1996 CLE AL 27 100 99 100 100 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 NYM NL 27 26 20 26 22 0 0 16 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1997 NYM NL 28 133 122 133 131 0 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1998 NYM NL 29 147 135 147 144 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1999 SDP NL 30 33 16 33 24 0 0 2 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1999 CLE AL 30 22 13 22 21 0 0 0 6 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2002 BOS AL 33 73 37 73 18 0 0 0 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 32 1
2003 ARI NL 34 105 38 105 39 0 0 19 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 63 0
2004 ARI NL 35 79 6 79 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 71 0
2005 WSN NL 36 93 25 93 37 0 0 11 7 20 0 0 0 0 0 1 61 0
14 Seasons 1630 1278 1630 1344 0 0 54 1063 199 50 0 0 0 0 43 309 4
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1920 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1990 CLE AL 21 310 64% 79% 26% 30 77% 0 22 6 11 6 23 19 3 0 1 5 2 2 1 2 8 2 3 2 0 8 2 5 0 0 0
1991 CLE AL 22 2762 59% 84% 35% 297 82% 1 162 50 86 27 238 204 24 1 4 12 3 7 2 9 59 19 17 14 3 55 17 38 4 3 1
1992 CLE AL 23 6194 62% 80% 32% 625 84% 0 400 138 193 69 475 408 51 1 11 19 2 14 3 12 138 50 24 28 18 127 46 77 7 3 4
1993 CLE AL 24 5746 60% 80% 32% 548 93% 1 345 132 152 62 448 387 47 1 14 17 1 11 5 10 108 39 18 24 11 95 37 58 10 6 4
1994 CLE AL 25 3920 53% 79% 36% 384 91% 1 203 59 119 26 336 285 41 0 5 15 1 9 5 10 72 24 13 22 4 66 26 40 5 3 2
1995 CLE AL 26 4950 49% 78% 35% 498 92% 15 230 72 110 48 442 374 47 1 3 19 0 15 4 13 100 30 15 34 4 90 39 50 8 6 2
1996 CLE AL 27 3815 49% 79% 35% 347 91% 0 188 55 102 31 308 264 36 0 11 15 1 10 4 11 63 22 12 21 3 60 25 35 3 1 1
1996 NYM NL 27 29 45% 86% 48% 4 100% 0 3 1 0 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1997 NYM NL 28 4487 56% 78% 34% 420 91% 0 245 71 115 60 372 326 39 0 8 14 2 10 2 9 88 27 21 23 0 78 23 51 7 3 4
1998 NYM NL 29 4906 60% 76% 31% 478 84% 0 294 108 122 66 345 294 45 0 6 9 3 6 0 5 97 27 14 27 8 79 36 41 12 3 9
1999 SDP NL 30 336 64% 81% 31% 24 92% 0 17 7 6 4 20 16 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 2 0 6 2 4 0 0 0
1999 CLE AL 30 122 58% 81% 39% 8 100% 0 5 2 2 1 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0
2002 BOS AL 33 371 56% 77% 30% 38 97% 0 25 9 11 5 31 29 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 0
2003 ARI NL 34 507 59% 69% 29% 45 93% 0 21 9 8 5 40 36 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11 4 1 3 1 9 4 5 1 0 1
2005 WSN NL 36 197 40% 81% 36% 24 96% 0 15 7 7 1 19 17 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0
13 Seasons 38652 56% 79% 33% 3770 89% 18 2175 726 1044 413 3109 2669 343 4 65 130 17 86 27 82 762 253 140 202 52 682 259 411 59 30 28
MLB Averages 58% 78% 32% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1990 CLE AL 21 1740 61% 81% 34% 156 81% 1 33 26 3 4 101 73 21 3 5 8 1 5 2 7 9 7 0 7 2 2 0 9 56%
1991 CLE AL 22 2997 58% 80% 32% 258 87% 2 54 47 2 5 181 151 24 3 6 15 0 10 5 15 14 11 0 11 3 2 1 12 92%
1996 NYM NL 27 143 50% 79% 34% 9 67% 0 2 2 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1999 CLE AL 30 465 58% 75% 34% 33 82% 0 8 6 2 0 19 17 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1999 SDP NL 30 312 62% 74% 30% 19 74% 0 5 4 0 1 10 7 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
2002 BOS AL 33 7 43% 86% 57% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 ARI NL 34 180 52% 80% 31% 12 100% 1 6 4 1 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2005 WSN NL 36 430 59% 80% 28% 27 81% 1 7 6 1 0 16 13 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0%
7 Seasons 6274 59% 80% 32% 514 84% 5 115 95 9 11 338 271 54 6 11 31 2 19 10 27 27 22 0 22 5 4 1 24 75%
MLB Averages 58% 78% 32% 87% 63%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1996 NYM NL 27 520 51% 78% 28% 23 91% 0 98 5 90 2 12 5 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1999 SDP NL 30 10 40% 70% 20% 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
2003 ARI NL 34 503 61% 74% 34% 31 94% 0 123 8 114 1 13 9 8 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 12 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 0 4 75%
2004 ARI NL 35 169 75% 76% 31% 7 86% 0 32 2 30 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 100%
2005 WSN NL 36 386 50% 76% 25% 19 89% 0 65 10 54 1 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 100%
5 Seasons 1588 56% 76% 29% 80 91% 0 318 25 288 4 31 20 17 0 0 1 4 0 3 1 3 24 0 0 0 23 0 1 0 0 10 90%
MLB Averages 58% 78% 32% 93% 84%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1990 CLE AL 21 719 56% 77% 29% 57 88% 1 27 13 9 5 41 29 10 2 1 4 0 3 1 4 13 5 0 3 0 1 11 5 4 0 0 0
1991 CLE AL 22 41 37% 83% 24% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 760 55% 77% 29% 58 86% 1 27 13 9 5 41 29 10 2 1 5 0 4 1 5 13 5 0 3 0 1 11 5 4 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 78% 32% 89%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1920 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.

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