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Rod Barajas

Rodrigo Richard Barajas

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 250 lb.

Born: September 5, 1975 in Ontario, CA
High School: Santa Fe Springs (Santa Fe Springs, CA)
Signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks as an amateur free agent in 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 25, 1999
Teams (by GP): Rangers/BlueJays/Diamondbacks/Dodgers/Mets/... 1999-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (team option), 1 yr/$3.25M (11), 1 yr/$4M (12) & 13 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 11.000, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Dan Lozano, previously: Gaylord Sports [*]
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1536. Wil Cordero… #1537. Damaso Garcia… #1538. Mike McGeary… #1539. ROD BARAJAS… #1540. Pop Snyder… #1541. Frank Baumholtz… #1542. Ollie Brown… 

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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
1999 23 ARI NL 5 18 16 3 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 .250 .294 .500 .794 96 8 0 0 1 0 0 /2
2000 24 ARI NL 5 13 13 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 .231 .231 .462 .692 66 6 0 0 0 0 0 /2
2001 25 ARI NL 51 110 106 9 17 3 0 3 9 0 0 4 26 .160 .191 .274 .464 15 29 0 0 0 0 0 2
2002 26 ARI NL 70 172 154 12 36 10 0 3 23 1 0 10 25 .234 .288 .357 .645 62 55 4 3 2 3 4 2/3
2003 27 ARI NL 80 239 220 19 48 15 0 3 28 0 0 14 43 .218 .265 .327 .592 49 72 6 1 1 3 7 2
2004 28 TEX AL 108 389 358 50 89 26 1 15 58 0 1 13 63 .249 .276 .453 .728 80 162 3 3 8 7 0 2/3
2005 29 TEX AL 120 449 410 53 104 24 0 21 60 0 0 26 70 .254 .306 .466 .771 97 191 6 6 4 3 0 *2/3
2006 30 TEX AL 97 371 344 49 88 20 0 11 41 0 0 17 51 .256 .298 .410 .708 81 141 9 4 5 1 0 2/3
2007 31 PHI NL 48 146 122 16 28 8 0 4 10 0 1 21 24 .230 .352 .393 .745 90 48 5 2 1 0 3 2/3
2008 32 TOR AL 104 377 349 44 87 23 0 11 49 0 0 17 61 .249 .294 .410 .704 87 143 9 7 0 4 0 2/3
2009 33 TOR AL 125 460 429 43 97 19 0 19 71 1 0 20 76 .226 .258 .403 .661 71 173 4 1 3 7 2 *2
2010 34 TOT NL 99 339 313 39 75 14 0 17 47 0 0 13 54 .240 .284 .447 .731 97 140 6 8 1 4 6 2
2010 34 NYM NL 74 267 249 30 56 11 0 12 34 0 0 8 39 .225 .263 .414 .677 82 103 4 6 1 3 3 2
2010 34 LAD NL 25 72 64 9 19 3 0 5 13 0 0 5 15 .297 .361 .578 .939 153 37 2 2 0 1 3 2
2011 35 LAD NL 98 336 305 29 70 13 0 16 47 0 0 22 71 .230 .287 .430 .717 97 131 5 4 2 3 4 2
13 Seasons 1010 3419 3139 367 746 176 1 125 449 2 2 178 569 .238 .284 .414 .698 80 1299 57 39 28 35 26
162 Game Avg. 162 548 503 59 120 28 0 20 72 0 0 29 91 .238 .284 .414 .698 80 208 9 6 4 6 4
ARI (5 yrs) 211 552 509 44 108 29 0 11 66 1 0 29 99 .212 .257 .334 .591 48 170 10 4 4 6 11
TEX (3 yrs) 325 1209 1112 152 281 70 1 47 159 0 1 56 184 .253 .294 .444 .738 86 494 18 13 17 11 0
LAD (2 yrs) 123 408 369 38 89 16 0 21 60 0 0 27 86 .241 .300 .455 .756 107 168 7 6 2 4 7
TOR (2 yrs) 229 837 778 87 184 42 0 30 120 1 0 37 137 .237 .275 .406 .681 78 316 13 8 3 11 2
NYM (1 yr) 74 267 249 30 56 11 0 12 34 0 0 8 39 .225 .263 .414 .677 82 103 4 6 1 3 3
PHI (1 yr) 48 146 122 16 28 8 0 4 10 0 1 21 24 .230 .352 .393 .745 90 48 5 2 1 0 3
NL (8 yrs) 456 1373 1249 128 281 64 0 48 170 1 1 85 248 .225 .281 .392 .673 75 489 26 18 8 13 24
AL (5 yrs) 554 2046 1890 239 465 112 1 77 279 1 1 93 321 .246 .286 .429 .714 83 810 31 21 20 22 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1999 23 ARI NL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ /2
2000 24 ARI NL 13 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /2
2001 25 ARI NL 111 -13 1 0 0 -2 2 3 -9 -0.9 -7 -0.7 -0.2 $208,000 2
2002 26 ARI NL 172 -8 -2 1 -1 1 3 5 -1 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $215,000 2/3
2003 27 ARI NL 239 -19 -2 1 -1 5 4 7 -5 -0.6 -10 -1.0 0.4 $300,000 2
2004 28 TEX AL 389 -11 0 -1 0 5 7 13 13 1.4 8 0.8 0.6 $500,000 2/3
2005 29 TEX AL 450 -5 0 0 0 1 8 16 20 2.0 19 1.9 0.1 $1,850,000 *2/3
2006 30 TEX AL 371 -10 0 1 -1 5 6 13 14 1.4 9 0.9 0.5 $3,200,000 2/3
2007 31 PHI NL 147 -2 0 -1 0 -0 2 4 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $2,500,000 2/3
2008 32 TOR AL 377 -7 -3 -1 -1 8 6 13 15 1.5 7 0.7 0.8 $700,000 2/3
2009 33 TOR AL 460 -20 -1 1 -0 6 7 16 9 0.8 3 0.3 0.5 $2,500,000 *2
2010 34 NYM NL 267 -8 -1 0 -0 0 4 7 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $500,000 2
2010 34 LAD NL 72 5 -1 2 -0 0 1 2 9 0.9 9 0.9 0.0 $ 2
2011 35 LAD NL 337 -2 -2 0 -0 2 5 9 13 1.4 11 1.1 0.3 $3,250,000 2
13 Seasons 3423 -101 -11 4 -6 31 56 109 83 8.3 51 5.2 3.1 $15,723,000
ARI (5 yrs) 553 -41 -3 2 -2 4 9 15 -16 -1.7 -20 -2.0 0.3 $723,000
TEX (3 yrs) 1210 -26 0 0 -1 11 21 42 47 4.8 36 3.6 1.2 $5,550,000
LAD (2 yrs) 409 3 -2 2 -1 2 7 11 22 2.3 20 2.0 0.3 $3,250,000
TOR (2 yrs) 837 -27 -4 0 -2 14 13 29 24 2.3 10 1.0 1.3 $3,200,000
NYM (1 yr) 267 -8 -1 0 -0 0 4 7 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $500,000
PHI (1 yr) 147 -2 0 -1 0 -0 2 4 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $2,500,000

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
2001 25 ARI NL NLDS STL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 25 ARI NL WS NYY W 2 5 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.000 1.400 5 0 0 0 0 0
2002 26 ARI NL NLDS STL L 2 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 4 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 5 9 9 2 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 1.000 1.333 9 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 3 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 4 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 5 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.000 1.400 5 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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 Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1999 ARI NL 23 C 5 31 30 1 0 0 1.000 0 6.20 .990 7.36 1 2 0 0%
2000 ARI NL 24 C 5 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 0 4.60 .990 7.38 0 0 0
2001 ARI NL 25 C 50 191 179 11 1 3 .995 -2 3.80 .992 7.65 0 27 8 23%
2002 ARI NL 26 C 69 312 293 18 1 1 .997 1 4.51 .991 7.47 4 18 10 36%
2002 ARI NL 26 1B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 2.00 .990 9.30
2003 ARI NL 27 C 79 583 543 40 0 6 1.000 5 2 7.38 .992 7.26 8 26 17 40%
2004 TEX AL 28 C 105 686 656 23 7 2 .990 5 -1 6.47 .992 7.07 7 42 22 34%
2004 TEX AL 28 1B 2 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0 1 2.00 .995 9.25
2005 TEX AL 29 C 119 739 689 41 9 5 .988 1 -1 6.13 .992 6.72 7 44 23 34%
2005 TEX AL 29 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .990 9.50
2006 TEX AL 30 C 94 636 591 35 10 2 .984 4 1 6.66 .992 6.99 5 38 19 33%
2006 TEX AL 30 1B 5 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 1 1 3.00 .994 9.40
2007 PHI NL 31 C 38 266 252 14 0 3 1.000 0 1 7.00 .991 7.36 1 12 7 37%
2007 PHI NL 31 1B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 2.00 .995 9.20
2008 TOR AL 32 C 98 725 674 47 4 5 .994 8 6 7.36 .991 7.19 2 42 22 34%
2008 TOR AL 32 1B 4 32 27 5 0 4 1.000 0 0 8.00 .994 9.18
2008 TOR AL 32 DH 1 1
2009 TOR AL 33 C 120 869 806 55 8 7 .991 6 3 7.18 .992 7.39 6 53 27 34%
2010 TOT NL 34 C 96 87 81 776.0 711 681 27 3 5 .996 0 -2 0 -3 8.21 7.38 .992 99.99 7.97 3 21 34 6 15% 0
2010 NYM NL 34 C 73 67 65 602.0 540 516 21 3 5 .994 0 -2 0 -4 8.03 7.36 .992 99.99 7.97 3 17 23 4 15% 0
2010 LAD NL 34 C 23 20 16 174.0 171 165 6 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 8.84 7.43 .992 99.99 7.97 0 4 11 2 15% 0
2011 LAD NL 35 C 88 85 74 733.1 701 651 48 2 4 .997 2 -2 4 -3 8.58 7.94 .992 7.98 7.96 3 20 60 20 25% 0
13 Seasons C 966 172 155 1509.1 6473 6068 360 45 43 .993 30 7 24 5 8.39 6.65 .992 55.29 7.33 47 41 398 181 31% 0
6 Seasons 1B 14 56 48 8 0 4 1.000 1 1 4.00 .994 9.30
13 Seasons TOT 980 172 155 1509.1 6529 6116 368 45 47 .993 31 8 25 6 8.39 6.62 .992 55.29 7.36 47 41 398 181 31% 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO 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.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2009 AL  7 (9th)

Putouts† s c a p y
Active  6,116 (22nd)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
2009 AL  120 (4th)
Active  966 (6th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
2009 AL  806 (5th)
Active  6,068 (6th)
Career  6,068 (64th)

Assists as C s c a p y
2009 AL  55 (4th)
Active  360 (12th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
2004 AL  7 (4th)
2005 AL  9 (1st)
2006 AL  10 (2nd)
2009 AL  8 (1st)
Active  45 (11th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
2003 NL  8 (4th)
2005 AL  7 (4th)
Active  47 (8th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
Active  398 (9th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
2009 AL  27 (4th)
Active  181 (11th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
2005 AL  34.3 (5th)
2009 AL  33.8 (5th)
Active  31.3 (13th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
2003 NL  5 (5th)
2004 AL  5 (4th)
2008 AL  8 (4th)
2009 AL  6 (3rd)
Active  30 (8th)
Career  30 (41st)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
2008 AL  8.26 (2nd)
2009 AL  7.95 (4th)
2011 NL  8.58 (4th)
Active  8.39 (7th)
Career  8.39 (7th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
2006 AL  6.66 (5th)
2008 AL  7.36 (3rd)
2009 AL  7.18 (4th)
2011 NL  7.94 (4th)
Active  6.65 (17th)
Career  6.65 (38th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
2008 AL  .994 (4th)
2010 NL  .996 (2nd)
2011 NL  .997 (4th)
Active  .993 (11th)
Career  .993 (24th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (517), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Damian Miller (928)
  7. Bo Diaz (928)
  8. Jason LaRue (923)
  9. John Romano (922)
  10. John Flaherty (917)
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  6. John Flaherty (908)
  7. Steve Yeager (906)
  8. Damian Miller (904)
  9. Dave Valle (901)
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  7. Jason LaRue (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jason LaRue (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Joe Oliver (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

  • January 23, 1996: Signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks as an amateur free agent.
  • December 21, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
  • January 12, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
  • October 31, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 21, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
  • October 30, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
  • January 26, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.
  • November 9, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
  • February 24, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
  • August 22, 2010: Purchased by the Los Angeles Dodgers from the New York Mets.
  • November 1, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 3, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  • October 30, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
  • November 10, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200125Arizona Diamondbacks$208,0004/6/01 USA Today
200226Arizona Diamondbacks$215,0004/3/02 AP
200327Arizona Diamondbacks$300,0004/3/03 AP
200428Texas Rangers$500,0004/7/04 AP
200529Texas Rangers$1,850,000
200630Texas Rangers$3,200,000
200731Philadelphia Phillies$2,500,000
200832Toronto Blue Jays$700,000
200933Toronto Blue Jays$2,500,000
201034New York Mets$500,000
201135Los Angeles Dodgers$3,250,000
201236Pittsburgh Pirates$4,000,000
201337Pittsburgh Pirates*$3,500,000$3.5M Team Option
Career to date (may be incomplete)$15,723,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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