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Daric Barton

Daric William Barton

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 16, 1985 in Springfield, VT
High School: Huntington Beach HS (Huntington Beach, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (28th pick) of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 2007
Team: Athletics 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$1.1M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.057, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Don Mitchell [*]
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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
2007 21 OAK AL 18 84 72 16 25 9 0 4 8 1 0 10 11 .347 .429 .639 1.067 185 46 2 1 0 1 0 3
2008 22 OAK AL 140 523 446 59 101 17 5 9 47 2 1 65 99 .226 .327 .348 .674 85 155 6 3 6 3 5 *3/5
2009 23 OAK AL 54 192 160 31 43 12 1 3 24 0 2 26 25 .269 .372 .413 .784 108 66 1 2 1 3 0 3
2010 24 OAK AL 159 686 556 79 152 33 5 10 57 7 3 110 102 .273 .393 .405 .798 120 225 8 3 12 5 2 *3
2011 25 OAK AL 67 280 236 27 50 13 0 0 21 2 1 39 47 .212 .325 .267 .592 67 63 6 2 0 3 3 3
2012 26 OAK AL 37 126 106 7 21 6 0 1 4 1 0 19 30 .198 .325 .283 .608 72 30 1 1 0 0 0 *3
6 Yrs 475 1891 1576 219 392 90 11 27 161 13 7 269 314 .249 .360 .371 .731 101 585 24 12 19 15 10
162 Game Avg. 162 645 537 75 134 31 4 9 55 4 2 92 107 .249 .360 .371 .731 101 200 8 4 6 5 3

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 Awards
2007 21 OAK AL 18 84 8 0 0 3 -1 11 1.0 3 13 1.3 .557 .506 1.0 0.2 10 $ 3
2008 22 OAK AL 140 523 -11 0 1 4 -8 -14 -1.2 18 4 0.4 .490 .491 0.0 -0.2 -0 $390,000 *3/5
2009 23 OAK AL 54 192 2 -1 0 3 -3 1 0.2 6 8 0.8 .502 .501 0.5 0.1 5 $ 3
2010 24 OAK AL 159 686 19 -2 1 18 -9 27 3.0 23 50 5.1 .518 .517 3.2 1.1 32 $410,000 *3
2011 25 OAK AL 67 280 -9 0 0 4 -4 -9 -0.9 10 0 -0.1 .485 .494 -0.4 0.0 -4 $425,000 3
2012 26 OAK AL 37 126 -4 0 1 3 -2 -2 -0.2 4 2 0.2 .495 .499 -0.1 0.1 -1 $ *3
6 Seasons 475 1891 5 -2 3 35 -27 14 1.9 64 78 7.7 .503 .501 4.2 1.2 43 $1,225,000

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
2007 21 OAK AL 84 50 20 10.7 102 .362 .347 .264 .429 .330 .639 .412 1.067 .743 185 .798 9.5 0.9 1.184 .444 .292 1.6
2008 22 OAK AL 523 361 55 4.1 100 .270 .226 .261 .327 .328 .348 .410 .674 .738 85 .412 -8.2 -0.8 .636 .269 .121 3.3
2009 23 OAK AL 192 124 27 5.8 106 .296 .269 .265 .372 .333 .413 .425 .784 .759 108 .563 3.6 0.3 .767 .294 .144 .0
2010 24 OAK AL 686 432 99 6.1 99 .316 .273 .259 .393 .327 .405 .406 .798 .733 120 .621 21.7 2.1 .824 .336 .131 8.2
2011 25 OAK AL 280 196 23 3.2 97 .260 .212 .256 .325 .321 .267 .405 .592 .726 67 .332 -8.6 -0.8 .544 .225 .055 .0
2012 26 OAK AL 126 86 11 3.4 96 .267 .198 .251 .325 .318 .283 .406 .608 .724 72 .369 -3.3 -0.3 .593 .274 .085 1.0
6 Yrs 1891 1249 235 5.0 100 .292 .249 .259 .360 .326 .371 .409 .731 .736 101 .521 14.6 1.3 .718 .297 .122 17.6
162 Game Avg. 645 426 80 5.0 100 .292 .249 .259 .360 .326 .371 .409 .731 .736 101 .521 5 0 .718 .297 .122 6

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
2007 21 OAK AL 84 4.8% 13.1% 11.9% 15.5% 52% 1.10 6.5 18.0 9.0 0.48 0.77 69% 26% 11.4% 17%
2008 22 OAK AL 523 1.7% 18.9% 12.4% 5.9% 31% 1.52 4.5 49.6 9.5 0.57 0.74 65% 19% 4.5% 11%
2009 23 OAK AL 192 1.6% 13.0% 13.5% 8.3% 37% 0.96 6.4 53.3 6.7 0.51 0.57 70% 20% 3.6% 8%
2010 24 OAK AL 686 1.5% 14.9% 16.0% 7.0% 32% 0.93 5.5 55.6 9.8 0.63 0.80 65% 23% 4.1% 12%
2011 25 OAK AL 280 0.0% 16.8% 13.9% 4.6% 26% 1.21 5.0 11.2 0.62 0.85 69% 20% 0.0% 18%
2012 26 OAK AL 126 0.8% 23.8% 15.1% 5.6% 33% 1.58 3.5 106.0 26.5 0.81 0.90 60% 16% 3.4% 31%
6 Yrs 1891 1.4% 16.6% 14.2% 6.8% 33% 1.17 5.0 58.4 9.8 0.60 0.77 66% 21% 3.9% 13%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.0% 8.5% 7.8% 33% 2.11 4.9 34.6 7.9 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2007 21 OAK AL 9.5 0.9 88 0.3 1.6 -1.3 1.04 0.9 -0.6 6.9 0.7 0.93 10.8 0
2008 22 OAK AL -9.0 -0.9 534 -1.2 7.9 -9.0 1.03 -1.3 0.2 -7.5 -0.7 0.93 -13.2 2.36 8
2009 23 OAK AL 3.3 0.3 201 0.3 3.4 -3.1 .95 0.5 -0.2 7.5 0.7 0.98 6.0 0.72 2
2010 24 OAK AL 21.7 2.1 702 1.1 11.4 -10.3 .98 1.8 -0.6 12.4 1.2 0.94 22.3 2.61 3
2011 25 OAK AL -8.9 -0.9 287 0.0 5.1 -5.1 1.13 -0.6 0.7 -4.7 -0.5 1.00 -5.5 2.21 2
2012 26 OAK AL -3.3 -0.3 131 -0.1 1.8 -1.9 .92 -0.2 0.1 -2.6 -0.3 0.90 -2.5 1.96 4
6 Yrs 13.3 1.2 1943 0.4 31.2 -30.8 1.01 1.0 -0.6 12.0 1.1 0.95 17.7 2.13 19

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2007 21 OAK AL 0 0 38% 47 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 71% 4 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 3
2008 22 OAK AL 1 0 31% 193 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 11 50% 22 17 5 10 3 7 18 5 13
2009 23 OAK AL 0 0 41% 77 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 10 32% 12 9 3 3 2 0 7 3 4
2010 24 OAK AL 3 0 27% 342 7 3 70% 6 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 15 46% 39 28 9 13 5 7 29 7 21
2011 25 OAK AL 3 0 30% 138 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 7 34% 18 15 3 6 3 3 11 3 6
2012 26 OAK AL 0 0 15% 62 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 40% 9 7 1 4 1 3 2 0 2
6 Yrs 7 0 30% 859 13 7 65% 12 7 1 0 0 0 5 1 21 50 44% 104 78 23 36 14 20 70 18 49

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
2007 21 OAK AL 84 60% 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 24 2 8% 10 3 30% 53 4 8% 1 1 100% 6 3 50% 0
2008 22 OAK AL 523 71% 101 7 1 8 1 0 1 2.36 9 0 12 6 3 1 8 0 7 6 86% 97 6 6% 51 19 37% 309 39 13% 28 15 54% 19 10 53% 0
2009 23 OAK AL 192 83% 43 1 0 2 0 0 0 0.72 3 0 8 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 100% 50 1 2% 19 6 32% 134 22 16% 14 9 64% 8 4 50% 0
2010 24 OAK AL 686 73% 152 13 1 3 0 0 0 2.61 10 1 19 6 4 1 9 0 15 12 80% 114 8 7% 77 31 40% 398 51 13% 42 17 40% 41 22 54% 0
2011 25 OAK AL 280 68% 50 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.21 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 48 6 13% 33 11 33% 159 23 14% 19 8 42% 8 4 50% 0
2012 26 OAK AL 126 72% 21 2 0 4 2 0 0 1.96 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 1 5% 6 1 17% 65 3 5% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
6 Yrs 1891 72% 392 28 2 19 3 0 1 2.13 27 1 47 18 9 6 21 0 24 19 79% 355 24 7% 196 71 36% 1118 142 13% 107 51 48% 84 44 52% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 14% 51% 56%

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
2007 21 OAK AL 84 322 3.83 194 60% 31% 9% 28% 32% 69% 0% 42% 87% 26% 7% 6 0 20% 17 6 15% 13 7 45% 0 0 0
2008 22 OAK AL 524 2081 3.97 1227 59% 31% 12% 27% 29% 69% 2% 41% 82% 34% 6% 31 0 16% 84 29 14% 75 30 38% -1 0 0
2009 23 OAK AL 192 845 4.40 495 59% 34% 9% 29% 28% 66% 0% 39% 87% 27% 4% 8 0 13% 25 8 16% 30 18 68% 0 0 0
2010 24 OAK AL 688 3015 4.38 1711 57% 39% 8% 25% 28% 61% 1% 34% 87% 19% 7% 49 0 16% 109 34 14% 95 48 43% -2 0 0
2011 25 OAK AL 283 1208 4.27 719 60% 35% 10% 28% 27% 65% 2% 38% 85% 27% 7% 19 0 18% 52 17 12% 33 16 45% -3 0 0
2012 26 OAK AL 126 589 4.67 340 58% 33% 11% 33% 22% 67% 0% 39% 83% 29% 6% 7 0 16% 20 5 10% 12 5 47% 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1897 8060 4.25 4686 58% 35% 10% 27% 28% 65% 1% 38% 85% 26% 6% 120 0 16% 307 99 14% 258 124 44% -6 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 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
2007 21 18 84 72 16 25 9 0 4 8 1 0 10 11 .347 .429 .639 1.067 185 46 2 1 0 1 0
2008 22 158 607 518 75 126 26 5 13 55 3 1 75 110 .243 .341 .388 .729 99 201 8 4 6 4 5
2009 23 212 799 678 106 169 38 6 16 79 3 3 101 135 .249 .348 .394 .742 101 267 9 6 7 7 5
2010 24 371 1485 1234 185 321 71 11 26 136 10 6 211 237 .260 .369 .399 .768 110 492 17 9 19 12 7
2011 25 438 1765 1470 212 371 84 11 26 157 12 7 250 284 .252 .362 .378 .740 103 555 23 11 19 15 10
2012 26 475 1891 1576 219 392 90 11 27 161 13 7 269 314 .249 .360 .371 .731 101 585 24 12 19 15 10

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2007 21 18 84 72 16 25 9 0 4 8 1 10 11 .347 .429 .639 1.067 20 18
2008 22 140 528 449 62 104 18 5 9 49 2 67 99 .232 .333 .354 .687 53 140
2009 23 54 190 159 30 42 12 1 3 24 0 25 25 .264 .365 .409 .774 24 54
2010 24 159 698 563 85 159 35 5 10 61 7 115 102 .282 .404 .416 .819 95 159
2011 25 67 284 238 29 52 14 0 0 23 2 41 47 .218 .335 .277 .612 22 67
2012 26 37 128 107 7 22 6 0 1 4 1 20 30 .206 .336 .290 .626 10 37
6 Yrs 475 1912 1588 229 404 94 11 27 169 13 278 314 .254 .367 .378 .745 224 475
162 Game Avg. 162 652 542 78 138 32 4 9 58 4 95 107 .254 .367 .378 .745 76 475

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

On-Base% s c a p y
2010 AL  .393 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
2010 AL  159 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
2010 AL  5 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2010 AL  110 (1st)

Times On Base s c a p y
2010 AL  265 (2nd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2010 AL  12 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
2007 AL  born 1985-08-16 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 4 (1868), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1934), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Mickey Rocco (970)
  2. Rocky Nelson (961)
  3. Ed Stevens (954)
  4. Tim Jordan (953)
  5. Howie Schultz (951)
  6. Mox McQuery (948)
  7. Nippy Jones (948)
  8. Billy O'Brien (947)
  9. Gail Hopkins (946)
  10. Pete LaCock (945)
Similar Batters through 25 
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  1. Phil Todt (959)
  2. Ed Stevens (954)
  3. Jim Spencer (953)
  4. Travis Lee (951)
  5. Howie Schultz (951)
  6. Chris Chambliss (941)
  7. Mike Jorgensen (937)
  8. Joe Judge (937)
  9. Casey Kotchman (937)
  10. Dan Meyer (936)
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  1. Wally Pipp (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Babe Dahlgren (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ed Stevens (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Phil Todt (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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