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Josh Barfield

Joshua LaRoy Barfield

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 17, 1982 in Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela
High School: Spring HS (Spring, TX)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 4th round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 2006
Teams (by GP): Indians/Padres 2006-2009
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.158 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Relatives: Son of Jesse Barfield
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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
2001	18	SDP-min	Rk	66	300	277	51	86	15	4	4	53	12	4	16	54	.310	.350	.437	.787		121	7	3	0	4	1		IDF · PION
2002	19	SDP-min	A,A+	135	600	559	75	166	22	3	8	61	26	8	27	109	.297	.331	.390	.721		218	14	4	4	6	0		FWA,LEL · MIDW,CALL
2003	20	SDP-min	A+	135	615	549	99	185	46	6	16	128	16	4	50	122	.337	.389	.530	.919		291	11	4	1	11	3		LEL · CALL
2004	21	SDP-min	AA	138	581	521	79	129	28	3	18	90	4	2	48	119	.248	.313	.417	.730		217	6	5	0	7	4		MOB · SOUL
2005	22	SDP-min	AAA	137	578	516	74	160	25	1	15	72	20	5	52	108	.310	.370	.450	.819		232	10	1	2	7	1		POR · PCL
2006	23	SDP	NL	150	578	539	72	151	32	3	13	58	21	5	30	81	.280	.318	.423	.741	96	228	8	2	2	5	7	*4
2007	24	CLE	AL	130	444	420	53	102	19	3	3	50	14	5	14	90	.243	.270	.324	.594	56	136	3	3	3	4	0	*4/D
2008	25	CLE-min	AAA,AA	75	324	303	30	75	18	1	5	23	9	5	15	60	.248	.288	.363	.651		110	2	3	1	2	0		BFL,AKR · IL,EL
2008	25	CLE	AL	12	33	33	3	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	.182	.182	.212	.394	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	/4
2009	26	CLE-min	AAA	73	319	305	27	77	15	0	3	35	5	3	8	48	.252	.271	.331	.602		101	6	1	2	3	0		CLB · IL
2009	26	CLE	AL	17	20	20	5	8	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	7	.400	.400	.450	.850	129	9	0	0	0	0	0	/4D7
2010	27	SDP-min	AAA	78	284	265	33	78	13	0	5	36	4	1	13	34	.294	.325	.400	.725		106	6	1	1	4	0		POR · PCL
2011	28	PHI-min	AAA	123	484	452	47	116	23	4	6	55	12	8	21	70	.257	.284	.365	.649		165	10	0	2	9	0		LHV · IL
2012	29	BAL-min	AA,AAA	11	33	32	6	7	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	6	.219	.242	.219	.461		7	0	0	0	0	0		BOW,NFK · EL,IL
4 Yrs				309	1075	1012	133	267	53	6	16	112	35	11	44	188	.264	.295	.375	.671	77	380	11	5	5	9	7
162 Game Avg.				162	564	531	70	140	28	3	8	59	18	6	23	99	.264	.295	.375	.671	77	199	6	3	3	5	4

CLE (3 yrs)				159	497	473	61	116	21	3	3	54	14	6	14	107	.245	.269	.321	.591	55	152	3	3	3	4	0
SDP (1 yr)				150	578	539	72	151	32	3	13	58	21	5	30	81	.280	.318	.423	.741	96	228	8	2	2	5	7

AL (3 yrs)				159	497	473	61	116	21	3	3	54	14	6	14	107	.245	.269	.321	.591	55	152	3	3	3	4	0
NL (1 yr)				150	578	539	72	151	32	3	13	58	21	5	30	81	.280	.318	.423	.741	96	228	8	2	2	5	7

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
2006	23	SDP	NL	150	578	0	3	2	5	3	13	1.3	15	29	2.8	.509	.508	2.3	0.8	24	$327,000	*4
2007	24	CLE	AL	130	444	-28	3	3	2	2	-18	-1.7	15	-3	-0.4	.486	.489	-0.5	0.5	-5	$395,800	*4/D
2008	25	CLE	AL	12	33	-4	0	0	-2	0	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.451	.496	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$	/4
2009	26	CLE	AL	17	20	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0.1	1	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$416,100	/4D7
4 Seasons				309	1075	-32	6	6	5	5	-10	-0.9	32	22	2.0	.497	.498	1.6	1.1	17	$1,138,900

CLE (3 yrs)				159	497	-32	3	3	0	2	-24	-2.2	17	-7	-0.8	.485	.495	-0.7	0.3	-7	$811,900
SDP (1 yr)				150	578	0	3	2	5	3	13	1.3	15	29	2.8	.509	.508	2.3	0.8	24	$327,000

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
2006	23	SDP	NL	578	408	73	4.8	105	.307	.280	.261	.318	.330	.423	.424	.741	.755	96	.472	-2.8	-0.3	.688	.228	.143	16.1
2007	24	CLE	AL	444	333	38	3.0	108	.299	.243	.272	.270	.340	.324	.426	.594	.765	56	.284	-28.4	-2.7	.497	.136	.081	4.9
2008	25	CLE	AL	33	27	1	1.0	104	.261	.182	.266	.182	.333	.212	.417	.394	.751	5	.050	-4.5	-0.4	.259	.030	.030
2009	26	CLE	AL	20	13	3	6.2	103	.615	.400	.261	.400	.329	.450	.420	.850	.749	129	.588	0.8	0.1	.615	.000	.050
4 Yrs				1075	781	115	3.9	106	.307	.264	.266	.295	.334	.375	.424	.671	.759	77	.387	-35.0	-3.3	.591	.179	.112	22.0
162 Game Avg.				564	409	60	3.9	106	.307	.264	.266	.295	.334	.375	.424	.671	.759	77	.387	-35.0	-3.3	.591	.179	.112	12

CLE (3 yrs)				497	373	42	3.0	107	.308	.245	.271	.269	.339	.321	.425	.591	.764	55	.279	-32.2	-3.1	.484	.123	.076	4.9
SDP (1 yr)				578	408	73	4.8	105	.307	.280	.261	.318	.330	.423	.424	.741	.755	96	.472	-2.8	-0.3	.688	.228	.143	16.1

AL (3 yrs)				497	373	42	3.0	107	.308	.245	.271	.269	.339	.321	.425	.591	.764	55	.279	-32.2	-3.1	.484	.123	.076	4.9
NL (1 yr)				578	408	73	4.8	105	.307	.280	.261	.318	.330	.423	.424	.741	.755	96	.472	-2.8	-0.3	.688	.228	.143	16.1

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	H	2B	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	IBB
2006	23	SDP	NL	NLDS	STL	L	4	9	8	2	1	0	1	2	.250	.333	.375	.708	3	0
2007	24	CLE	AL	ALCS	BOS	L	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0					0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							5	9	8	2	1	1	1	2	.250	.333	.375	.708	3	0
1 NLDS							4	9	8	2	1	0	1	2	.250	.333	.375	.708	3	0
1 ALCS							1	0	0	0	0	1	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
2006	23	SDP	NL	578	2.3%	14.0%	5.2%	8.3%	32%	2.70	6.7	41.5	9.3	0.66	0.83	78%	19%	4.9%	5%
2007	24	CLE	AL	444	0.7%	20.3%	3.2%	5.6%	25%	6.43	4.7	140.0	8.4	0.73	0.80	75%	17%	1.9%	15%
2008	25	CLE	AL	33	0.0%	30.3%	0.0%	3.0%	17%		3.3		16.5	0.28	0.29	70%	35%	0.0%	11%
2009	26	CLE	AL	20	0.0%	35.0%	0.0%	5.0%	13%		2.9		10.0	0.63	0.50	65%	23%	0.0%	13%
4 Yrs				1075	1.5%	17.5%	4.1%	7.0%	28%	4.27	5.4	63.3	9.0	0.67	0.79	76%	19%	3.6%	9%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.3%	8.6%	8.0%	34%	2.01	5.1	33.0	7.6	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.7%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2006	23	SDP	NL	-2.8	-0.3	610	0.0	10.6	-10.6	1.03	-0.1	0.1	1.3	0.1	0.93	-1.6	0.54	5
2007	24	CLE	AL	-28.4	-2.7	477	-2.5	6.4	-8.9	1.05	-2.2	-0.2	-24.9	-2.3	0.96	-27.8	0.69	1
2008	25	CLE	AL	-4.5	-0.4	34	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	.90	-0.4	0.1	-5.7	-0.6	1.09	-4.9	0.00	1
2009	26	CLE	AL	0.8	0.1	21	0.1	0.5	-0.3	1.13	-0.1	0.2	-0.2	-0.0	0.95	-0.5	0.94	2
4 Yrs				-35.0	-3.3	1142	-2.6	17.8	-20.5	1.04	-2.8	0.3	-29.6	-2.8	0.95	-34.8	0.58	9

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2006	23	SDP	NL	10	35%	227	21	5	81%	18	4	3	1	1	1	4	12	59%	25	16	9	7	1	6	21	5	16
2007	24	CLE	AL	3	43%	161	14	5	74%	12	5	2	0	2	1	5	15	49%	16	12	3	9	3	6	12	3	9
2008	25	CLE	AL	0	50%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
2009	26	CLE	AL	0	63%	24	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
4 Yrs				13	39%	421	35	11	76%	30	10	5	1	3	2	10	28	55%	42	28	13	17	4	13	35	9	26

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	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2006	23	SDP	NL	578	23%	151	11	1	5	2	1	1	0.54	13	1	18	6	7	6	7	0	4	2	50%	100	8	8%	48	12	25%	319	47	15%	28	13	46%	24	13	54%	0
2007	24	CLE	AL	444	27%	102	16	2	1	0	0	0	0.69	3	0	19	1	2	2	1	0	7	3	43%	93	3	3%	53	21	40%	306	48	16%	35	20	57%	18	12	67%	0
2008	25	CLE	AL	33	33%	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	0	0%	5	0	0%	29	2	7%	0	0		4	0	0%	0
2009	26	CLE	AL	20	25%	8	3	0	2	0	0	0	0.94	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	2	0	0%	9	2	22%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
4 Yrs				1075	25%	267	30	3	9	2	1	1	0.58	16	1	38	7	9	8	8	0	11	5	45%	207	11	5%	108	33	31%	663	99	15%	64	34	53%	46	25	54%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			32%			15%			51%			57%

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
2006	23	SDP	NL	579	2028	3.50	1362	67%	19%	15%	31%	34%	81%	4%	54%	81%	44%	4%	23	0	11%	63	32	5%	31	21	12%	-1	0	0
2007	24	CLE	AL	444	1637	3.69	1125	69%	20%	18%	32%	30%	80%	0%	55%	77%	40%	3%	12	0	9%	38	19	4%	16	15	17%	0	0	0
2008	25	CLE	AL	33	111	3.36	79	71%	28%	16%	27%	29%	72%	0%	51%	77%	24%	3%	1	0	15%	5	2	3%	1	0	20%	0	0	0
2009	26	CLE	AL	20	74	3.70	55	74%	35%	15%	27%	24%	65%	0%	49%	78%	25%	5%	1	0	20%	4	2	10%	2	2	29%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1076	3850	3.58	2621	68%	20%	17%	31%	32%	80%	2%	54%	79%	41%	3%	37	0	10%	110	55	5%	50	38	15%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.79		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	80%	27%	5%			15%			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
2006	23	150	578	539	72	151	32	3	13	58	21	5	30	81	.280	.318	.423	.741	96	228	8	2	2	5	7
2007	24	280	1022	959	125	253	51	6	16	108	35	10	44	171	.264	.297	.380	.677	78	364	11	5	5	9	7
2008	25	292	1055	992	128	259	52	6	16	110	35	10	44	181	.261	.293	.374	.667	76	371	11	5	5	9	7
2009	26	309	1075	1012	133	267	53	6	16	112	35	11	44	188	.264	.295	.375	.671	77	380	11	5	5	9	7

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
2006	23	150	580	541	73	153	32	3	13	59	21	30	81	.283	.320	.425	.745	74	150
2007	24	130	442	418	51	100	19	3	3	48	14	14	90	.239	.267	.321	.587	35	130
2008	25	12	32	32	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	10	.156	.156	.188	.344	1	12
2009	26	17	21	21	6	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	7	.429	.429	.476	.905	4	17
4 Yrs		309	1075	1012	132	267	53	6	16	111	35	44	188	.264	.295	.375	.671	114	309
162 Game Avg.		162	564	531	69	140	28	3	8	58	18	23	99	.264	.295	.375	.671	60	309

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (2148), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 3 (2531), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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