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Carlos Baerga
Carlos Obed (Ortiz) Baerga
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 200 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
Final Game: September 30, 2005
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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
1990 21 CLE AL 108 338 312 46 81 17 2 7 47 0 2 16 57 .260 .300 .394 .694 93 123 4 4 1 5 2 56/4
1991 22 CLE AL 158 654 593 80 171 28 2 11 69 3 2 48 74 .288 .346 .398 .744 105 236 12 6 4 3 5 54/6
1992 23 CLE AL 161 716 657 92 205 32 1 20 105 10 2 35 76 .312 .354 .455 .809 127 299 15 13 2 9 10 *4/D AS,MVP-11
1993 24 CLE AL 154 680 624 105 200 28 6 21 114 15 4 34 68 .321 .355 .486 .840 124 303 17 6 3 13 7 *4/D AS,MVP-10,SS
1994 25 CLE AL 103 469 442 81 139 32 2 19 80 8 2 10 45 .314 .333 .525 .858 118 232 10 6 3 8 1 *4/D SS
1995 26 CLE AL 135 600 557 87 175 28 2 15 90 11 2 35 31 .314 .355 .452 .807 108 252 15 3 0 5 6 *4/D AS
1996 27 TOT MLB 126 544 507 59 129 28 0 12 66 1 1 21 27 .254 .293 .381 .674 72 193 23 9 2 5 0 43/5
1996 27 CLE AL 100 453 424 54 113 25 0 10 55 1 1 16 25 .267 .302 .396 .698 76 168 15 7 2 4 0 4
1996 27 NYM NL 26 91 83 5 16 3 0 2 11 0 0 5 2 .193 .253 .301 .554 49 25 8 2 0 1 0 3/54
1997 28 NYM NL 133 498 467 53 131 25 1 9 52 2 6 20 54 .281 .311 .396 .707 87 185 13 3 3 5 1 *4
1998 29 NYM NL 147 551 511 46 136 27 1 7 53 0 1 24 55 .266 .303 .364 .667 76 186 21 6 3 7 6 *4
1999 30 TOT MLB 55 152 137 10 33 1 0 3 10 2 1 10 24 .241 .300 .314 .614 59 43 5 2 2 1 1 54/3D
1999 30 SDP NL 33 89 80 6 20 1 0 2 5 1 0 6 14 .250 .318 .338 .656 73 27 2 2 1 0 0 45/3D
1999 30 CLE AL 22 63 57 4 13 0 0 1 5 1 1 4 10 .228 .274 .281 .555 40 16 3 0 1 1 1 5/4D
2002 33 BOS AL 73 194 182 17 52 11 0 2 19 6 0 7 20 .286 .316 .379 .695 82 69 6 2 1 2 1 D4/5
2003 34 ARI NL 105 231 207 31 71 13 0 4 39 1 1 18 20 .343 .396 .464 .859 117 96 6 2 1 3 1 34/D5
2004 35 ARI NL 79 94 85 6 20 2 0 2 11 0 0 6 12 .235 .309 .329 .638 62 28 7 3 0 0 0 /3D
2005 36 WSN NL 93 174 158 18 40 7 0 2 19 0 0 7 17 .253 .318 .335 .653 76 53 4 8 1 0 0 53/4D
14 Seasons 1630 5895 5439 731 1583 279 17 134 774 59 24 291 580 .291 .332 .423 .754 100 2298 158 73 26 66 41
162 Game Avg. 162 586 541 73 157 28 2 13 77 6 2 29 58 .291 .332 .423 .754 100 228 16 7 3 7 4
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
CLE (8 yrs) 941 3973 3666 549 1097 190 15 104 565 49 16 198 386 .299 .339 .444 .783 109 1629 91 45 16 48 32
NYM (3 yrs) 306 1140 1061 104 283 55 2 18 116 2 7 49 111 .267 .302 .373 .676 78 396 42 11 6 13 7
ARI (2 yrs) 184 325 292 37 91 15 0 6 50 1 1 24 32 .312 .370 .425 .795 101 124 13 5 1 3 1
BOS (1 yr) 73 194 182 17 52 11 0 2 19 6 0 7 20 .286 .316 .379 .695 82 69 6 2 1 2 1
SDP (1 yr) 33 89 80 6 20 1 0 2 5 1 0 6 14 .250 .318 .338 .656 73 27 2 2 1 0 0
WSN (1 yr) 93 174 158 18 40 7 0 2 19 0 0 7 17 .253 .318 .335 .653 76 53 4 8 1 0 0
AL (9 yrs) 1014 4167 3848 566 1149 201 15 106 584 55 16 205 406 .299 .338 .441 .779 107 1698 97 47 17 50 33
NL (7 yrs) 616 1728 1591 165 434 78 2 28 190 4 8 86 174 .273 .318 .377 .695 82 600 61 26 9 16 8

Postseason Batting

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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
1995 26 CLE AL ALDS BOS W 3 15 14 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .286 .333 .357 .690 5 0 1 0 0 0
1995 26 CLE AL ALCS SEA W 6 27 25 3 10 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 3 .400 .444 .520 .964 13 0 0 0 0 0
1995 26 CLE AL WS ATL L 6 27 26 1 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 .192 .222 .269 .491 7 1 0 0 0 0
1 Season (3 Series) 15 69 65 6 19 3 0 1 9 0 0 3 5 .292 .333 .385 .718 25 1 1 0 0 0
1 ALDS 3 15 14 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .286 .333 .357 .690 5 0 1 0 0 0
1 ALCS 6 27 25 3 10 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 3 .400 .444 .520 .964 13 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 6 27 26 1 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 .192 .222 .269 .491 7 1 0 0 0 0

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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 5.23 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 2.25
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 2.67 2.30
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 4.90 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 7.98
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 9.65 8.29
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 4.30
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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1992 *
1993 *
1995 (2B)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1992 AL (11, 8%)
1993 AL (10, 13%)
0.21 Career Shares (713th)

Silver Sluggers
1993 AL (2B)
1994 AL (2B)
All multiple winners

Batting Average s c a p y
1992 AL  .312 (6th)
1993 AL  .321 (5th)
1995 AL  .314 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1991 AL  158 (10th)
1992 AL  161 (2nd)

At Bats s c a p y
1992 AL  657 (2nd)
1993 AL  624 (5th)
1994 AL  442 (8th)
1995 AL  557 (8th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1992 AL  716 (4th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1994 AL  81 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1992 AL  205 (2nd)
1993 AL  200 (2nd)
1994 AL  139 (7th)
1995 AL  175 (5th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1992 AL  299 (7th)
1993 AL  303 (8th)
1994 AL  232 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1994 AL  32 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
1993 AL  6 (9th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1992 AL  105 (10th)
1993 AL  114 (6th)

Singles s c a p y
1991 AL  130 (8th)
1992 AL  152 (1st)
1993 AL  145 (3rd)
1995 AL  130 (3rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1992 AL  105 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1994 AL  53 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1992 AL  253 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1992 AL  13 (4th)
Career  73 (176th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1992 AL  9 (9th)
1993 AL  13 (2nd)
1994 AL  8 (4th)
Career  66 (157th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1998 NL  21 (6th)
Career  158 (220th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1993 AL  17.5 (10th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1994 AL  9.8 (10th)
1995 AL  18.0 (2nd)
1998 NL  9.3 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1992 AL  480 (8th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 44 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 44 (417), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (820), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Joe Randa (913)
  3. Rich Aurilia (912)
  4. Jose Vidro (911)
  5. Red Kress (907)
  6. Placido Polanco (905)
  7. Jeff Cirillo (904)
  8. Mark Loretta (898)
  9. Shawon Dunston (895)
  10. Frank Malzone (893)
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  1. Rennie Stennett (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Marty McManus (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Marty McManus (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Marty McManus (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Edgardo Alfonzo (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Edgardo Alfonzo (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Edgardo Alfonzo (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Edgardo Alfonzo (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Edgardo Alfonzo (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Red Kress (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Red Kress (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Red Kress (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Joe Randa (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

November 4, 1985: Signed by the San Diego Padres as an amateur free agent.

December 6, 1989: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Sandy Alomar and Chris James to the Cleveland Indians for Joe Carter.

July 29, 1996: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Alvaro Espinoza to the New York Mets for Jeff Kent and Jose Vizcaino.

October 26, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

January 27, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

March 17, 1999: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

March 23, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

June 4, 1999: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

June 6, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

August 16, 1999: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the San Diego Padres.

October 29, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

February 24, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

March 31, 2000: Free agent signing by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays voided.

January 23, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

March 30, 2001: Released by the Seattle Mariners.

December 18, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

October 29, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

March 26, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

October 29, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

October 28, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

February 23, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.

October 28, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1990Cleveland Indians$100,000
1991Cleveland Indians$205,000
1992Cleveland Indians$525,000
1993Cleveland Indians$1,383,333
1994Cleveland Indians$2,358,333
1995Cleveland Indians$3,633,333
1996Cleveland Indians$4,750,000
1997New York Mets$4,750,000
1998New York Mets$4,749,999
1999Cleveland Indians$500,000
2002Boston Red Sox$700,000
2003Arizona Diamondbacks$500,000
2004Arizona Diamondbacks$1,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$25,154,998
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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