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Jason Bates

Jason Charles Bates

Positions: Second Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 5, 1971 in Downey, CA
High School: Esperanza HS (Anaheim, CA)
School: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 7th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1995
Team: Rockies 1995-1998

Final Game: September 27, 1998
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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
1995 24 COL NL 116 368 322 42 86 17 4 8 46 3 6 42 70 .267 .355 .419 .774 84 135 4 2 2 0 3 465
1996 25 COL NL 88 187 160 19 33 8 1 1 9 2 1 23 34 .206 .312 .288 .599 47 46 7 2 1 1 1 465
1997 26 COL NL 62 139 121 17 29 10 0 3 11 0 1 15 27 .240 .338 .397 .735 77 48 3 3 0 0 1 46/5
1998 27 COL NL 53 82 74 10 14 3 0 0 3 0 0 8 21 .189 .268 .230 .498 23 17 4 0 0 0 1 4/56
1999 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
4 Yrs 319 776 677 88 162 38 5 12 69 5 8 88 152 .239 .332 .363 .696 68 246 18 7 3 1 6
162 Game Avg. 162 394 344 45 82 19 3 6 35 3 4 45 77 .239 .332 .363 .696 68 125 9 4 2 1 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
1995 24 COL NL 116 368 -10 -2 1 -6 3 -14 -1.4 10 -4 -0.4 .488 .491 0.1 -0.2 2 $109,000 465
1996 25 COL NL 88 187 -13 -0 -1 -2 2 -14 -1.5 5 -9 -1.0 .484 .491 -0.7 -0.1 -7 $181,500 465
1997 26 COL NL 62 139 -5 0 0 -5 1 -8 -0.8 4 -4 -0.4 .487 .495 0.1 -0.4 1 $195,000 46/5
1998 27 COL NL 53 82 -9 -0 -1 -1 0 -11 -1.1 2 -8 -0.9 .479 .493 -0.7 -0.1 -7 $325,000 4/56
4 Seasons 319 776 -36 -2 -1 -14 7 -47 -4.9 21 -26 -2.7 .485 .493 -1.2 -0.8 -12 $810,500

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
1995 24 COL NL 368 248 48 5.2 129 .320 .267 .301 .355 .374 .419 .469 .774 .843 84 .533 -8.1 -0.8 .715 .273 .152 4.4
1996 25 COL NL 187 137 15 2.9 125 .254 .206 .295 .312 .368 .288 .462 .599 .830 47 .286 -13.2 -1.3 .533 .231 .081 1.3
1997 26 COL NL 139 96 16 4.5 126 .286 .240 .295 .338 .370 .397 .463 .735 .833 77 .461 -4.3 -0.4 .677 .273 .157 .0
1998 27 COL NL 82 64 4 1.7 124 .264 .189 .292 .268 .366 .230 .461 .498 .827 23 .125 -9.1 -0.9 .391 .149 .041
4 Yrs 776 545 83 4.1 127 .292 .239 .298 .332 .371 .363 .465 .696 .836 68 .423 -34.7 -3.4 .625 .250 .124 7.1
162 Game Avg. 394 277 42 4.1 127 .292 .239 .298 .332 .371 .363 .465 .696 .836 68 .423 -34.7 -3.4 .625 .250 .124 4

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
1995 24 COL NL NLDS ATL L 4 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 4 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 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
1995 24 COL NL 368 2.2% 19.0% 11.4% 7.9% 34% 1.67 4.6 40.3 7.0 0.81 1.06 66% 24% 6.6% 12%
1996 25 COL NL 187 0.5% 18.2% 12.3% 5.4% 30% 1.48 4.7 160.0 17.8 1.23 1.89 67% 21% 2.1% 16%
1997 26 COL NL 139 2.2% 19.4% 10.8% 9.4% 45% 1.80 4.5 40.3 11.0 0.70 0.79 65% 23% 6.8% 17%
1998 27 COL NL 82 0.0% 25.6% 9.8% 3.7% 21% 2.63 3.5 24.7 0.77 1.10 65% 26% 0.0% 20%
4 Yrs 776 1.6% 19.6% 11.3% 7.1% 34% 1.73 4.5 56.4 9.8 0.87 1.17 66% 24% 5.0% 15%
MLB Averages 2.7% 16.7% 9.0% 7.7% 33% 1.87 5.3 33.0 7.5 0.82 1.11 70% 21% 8.2% 16%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1995 24 COL NL -8.4 -0.8 380 -0.8 5.7 -6.5 .98 -0.5 -0.3 1.7 0.1 0.94 -5.2 1.18 9
1996 25 COL NL -13.2 -1.3 193 -0.9 2.5 -3.3 .95 -0.9 -0.0 -11.0 -1.0 0.92 -10.9 1.06 33
1997 26 COL NL -4.3 -0.4 141 -0.6 1.6 -2.2 .78 -0.4 -0.4 -3.8 -0.3 0.87 -2.2 0.85 21
1998 27 COL NL -9.1 -0.9 83 -1.1 0.9 -2.0 1.15 -0.9 -0.1 -11.0 -1.0 0.99 -9.5 1.10 36
4 Yrs -35.0 -3.4 797 -3.4 10.7 -14.0 .95 -2.7 -0.8 -24.1 -2.1 0.93 -27.8 1.04 99

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
1995 24 COL NL 0 0 28% 135 3 6 33% 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 45% 16 14 2 3 1 2 12 2 10
1996 25 COL NL 2 0 32% 66 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 12% 8 7 1 2 2 0 7 6 1
1997 26 COL NL 0 0 32% 67 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 42% 9 9 0 4 1 3 6 1 5
1998 27 COL NL 1 0 46% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20% 9 8 1 2 2 0 4 1 2
4 Yrs 3 0 31% 301 5 8 38% 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16 33% 42 38 4 11 6 5 29 10 18

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
1995 24 COL NL 368 100% 86 6 0 9 3 0 2 1.18 8 0 9 6 2 4 4 0 3 2 67% 71 4 6% 33 7 21% 219 38 17% 14 8 57% 12 5 42% 0
1996 25 COL NL 187 100% 33 4 0 33 6 0 2 1.06 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 28 7 25% 11 4 36% 109 9 8% 4 1 25% 8 4 50% 0
1997 26 COL NL 139 100% 29 1 0 21 7 0 1 0.85 3 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 23 3 13% 8 3 38% 76 8 11% 4 0 0% 3 2 67% 0
1998 27 COL NL 82 100% 14 1 0 36 8 0 3 1.10 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 4 21% 10 1 10% 57 3 5% 3 0 0% 4 3 75% 0
4 Yrs 776 100% 162 12 0 99 24 0 8 1.04 12 0 13 10 2 6 6 0 4 3 75% 141 18 13% 62 15 24% 461 58 13% 25 9 36% 27 14 52% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 10% 34% 15% 52% 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
1995 24 COL NL 337 1230 3.65 734 60% 29% 16% 24% 31% 71% 2% 42% 77% 31% 7% 23 0 18% 62 26 10% 33 15 35% 31 0 2
1996 25 COL NL 171 614 3.59 360 59% 28% 16% 23% 33% 72% 2% 42% 78% 36% 8% 13 0 18% 31 13 11% 19 8 26% 16 0 1
1997 26 COL NL 130 501 3.85 288 57% 28% 16% 26% 30% 72% 0% 41% 77% 31% 8% 10 0 18% 23 5 13% 17 10 37% 9 0 1
1998 27 COL NL 83 349 4.20 211 60% 27% 14% 34% 25% 73% 1% 44% 81% 29% 2% 2 0 8% 7 4 8% 7 6 48% -1 0 0
4 Yrs 721 2694 3.74 1593 59% 28% 16% 26% 30% 72% 1% 42% 78% 32% 7% 48 0 17% 123 48 11% 76 39 35% 55 0 4
MLB Averages 3.70 61% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 46% 80% 31% 5% 16% 9% 29%

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
1995 24 116 368 322 42 86 17 4 8 46 3 6 42 70 .267 .355 .419 .774 84 135 4 2 2 0 3
1996 25 204 555 482 61 119 25 5 9 55 5 7 65 104 .247 .341 .376 .716 72 181 11 4 3 1 4
1997 26 266 694 603 78 148 35 5 12 66 5 8 80 131 .245 .340 .380 .720 73 229 14 7 3 1 5
1998 27 319 776 677 88 162 38 5 12 69 5 8 88 152 .239 .332 .363 .696 68 246 18 7 3 1 6

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
1995 24 130 390 346 35 81 16 4 8 38 3 40 79 .234 .317 .373 .690 39 116
1996 25 88 180 156 15 29 7 1 1 7 2 20 34 .186 .285 .263 .548 11 88
1997 26 62 133 117 13 25 9 0 3 9 0 13 27 .214 .308 .368 .676 12 62
1998 27 53 80 73 9 13 3 0 0 3 0 7 21 .178 .250 .219 .469 4 53
4 Yrs 333 783 692 72 148 35 5 12 57 5 80 161 .214 .301 .331 .632 66 319
162 Game Avg. 162 381 337 35 72 17 2 6 28 2 39 78 .214 .301 .331 .632 32 319

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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