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Jason Bay

Jason Raymond Bay

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 20, 1978 in Trail, British Columbia, CAN
High School: J. Lloyd Crowe (Trail, BC)
School: Gonzaga University
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 22nd round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 23, 2003
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Mets/RedSox/Padres 2003-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 4 yrs/$66M (10-13) & 14 vesting option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 8.080, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Joe Urbon) [*]
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All-Star

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
2003 24 TOT NL 30 107 87 15 25 7 1 4 14 3 1 19 29 .287 .421 .529 .949 145 46 0 1 0 0 0 7/89
2003 24 SDP NL 3 10 8 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .750 1.150 203 6 0 1 0 0 0 /8
2003 24 PIT NL 27 97 79 13 23 6 1 3 12 3 1 18 28 .291 .423 .506 .929 140 40 0 0 0 0 0 7/89
2004 25 PIT NL 120 472 411 61 116 24 4 26 82 4 6 41 129 .282 .358 .550 .907 132 226 9 10 5 5 2 * RoY-1
2005 26 PIT NL 162 707 599 110 183 44 6 32 101 21 1 95 142 .306 .402 .559 .961 150 335 12 6 0 7 9 * AS,MVP-12
2006 27 PIT NL 159 689 570 101 163 29 3 35 109 11 2 102 156 .286 .396 .532 .928 138 303 15 8 0 9 9 * AS,MVP-23
2007 28 PIT NL 145 614 538 78 133 25 2 21 84 4 1 59 141 .247 .327 .418 .746 94 225 8 9 0 8 3 *
2008 29 TOT MLB 155 670 577 111 165 35 4 31 101 10 0 81 137 .286 .373 .522 .895 134 301 7 4 0 8 4 *7
2008 29 BOS AL 49 211 184 39 54 12 2 9 37 3 0 22 51 .293 .370 .527 .897 128 97 4 2 0 3 2
2008 29 PIT NL 106 459 393 72 111 23 2 22 64 7 0 59 86 .282 .375 .519 .894 136 204 3 2 0 5 2
2009 30 BOS AL 151 638 531 103 142 29 3 36 119 13 3 94 162 .267 .384 .537 .921 134 285 9 9 0 4 4 * AS,MVP-7,SS
2010 31 NYM NL 95 401 348 48 90 20 6 6 47 10 0 44 91 .259 .347 .402 .749 105 140 7 5 0 4 3
2011 32 NYM NL 123 509 444 59 109 19 1 12 57 11 1 56 109 .245 .329 .374 .703 96 166 8 2 1 6 3 *7
9 Seasons 1140 4807 4105 686 1126 232 30 203 714 87 15 591 1096 .274 .369 .494 .863 125 2027 75 54 6 51 37
162 Game Avg. 162 683 583 97 160 33 4 29 101 12 2 84 156 .274 .369 .494 .863 125 288 11 8 1 7 5
PIT (6 yrs) 719 3038 2590 435 729 151 18 139 452 50 11 374 682 .281 .375 .515 .890 131 1333 47 35 5 34 25
NYM (2 yrs) 218 910 792 107 199 39 7 18 104 21 1 100 200 .251 .337 .386 .723 100 306 15 7 1 10 6
BOS (2 yrs) 200 849 715 142 196 41 5 45 156 16 3 116 213 .274 .380 .534 .915 132 382 13 11 0 7 6
SDP (1 yr) 3 10 8 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .750 1.150 203 6 0 1 0 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 940 3958 3390 544 930 191 25 158 558 71 12 475 883 .274 .366 .485 .852 124 1645 62 43 6 44 31
AL (2 yrs) 200 849 715 142 196 41 5 45 156 16 3 116 213 .274 .380 .534 .915 132 382 13 11 0 7 6

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
2003 24 SDP NL 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /8
2003 24 PIT NL 97 5 1 0 0 0 -1 3 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $ 7/89
2004 25 PIT NL 472 20 -2 -1 -1 -3 -5 13 21 2.2 24 2.5 -0.3 $305,000 * RoY-1
2005 26 PIT NL 707 42 6 0 -1 -17 -6 19 43 4.5 60 6.1 -1.6 $355,000 * AS,MVP-12
2006 27 PIT NL 689 32 1 -1 -1 0 -8 18 41 4.1 41 4.1 0.0 $1,000,000 * AS,MVP-23
2007 28 PIT NL 614 -3 -2 2 1 -18 -7 17 -10 -1.0 8 0.8 -1.8 $3,500,000 *
2008 29 PIT NL 459 25 1 4 1 -24 -5 12 14 1.5 38 3.9 -2.4 $6,000,000
2008 29 BOS AL 211 6 1 3 0 -11 -2 7 4 0.4 15 1.5 -1.1 $
2009 30 BOS AL 638 28 2 3 0 8 -7 21 56 5.1 48 4.4 0.7 $7,800,000 * AS,MVP-7,SS
2010 31 NYM NL 401 3 1 2 0 -0 -5 11 13 1.4 14 1.4 0.0 $8,625,000
2011 32 NYM NL 509 -1 1 2 0 -5 -6 14 6 0.6 11 1.2 -0.6 $18,125,000 *7
9 Seasons 4807 158 11 15 0 -69 -52 135 197 19.7 267 26.8 -7.1 $45,710,000
PIT (6 yrs) 3038 121 5 4 -1 -61 -32 82 117 12.1 179 18.2 -6.1 $11,160,000
NYM (2 yrs) 910 2 2 4 1 -6 -10 25 19 2.0 25 2.6 -0.6 $26,750,000
BOS (2 yrs) 849 34 3 6 0 -3 -9 28 60 5.5 63 5.9 -0.4 $7,800,000
SDP (1 yr) 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $

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
2003 24 TOT NL 107 63 22 9.4 110 .389 .287 .270 .421 .342 .529 .433 .949 .774 145 .763 6.7 0.6 1.079 .483 .241 3.4
2003 24 SDP NL 10 6 3 13.4 101 .167 .250 .258 .400 .328 .750 .413 1.150 .741 203 .861 1.3 0.1 1.333 .625 .500 .0
2003 24 PIT NL 97 57 19 8.9 111 .417 .291 .271 .423 .343 .506 .435 .929 .778 140 .748 5.5 0.5 1.053 .468 .215 3.0
2004 25 PIT NL 472 320 79 6.6 110 .345 .282 .268 .358 .340 .550 .435 .907 .775 132 .623 18.9 1.8 .887 .363 .268 6.9
2005 26 PIT NL 707 436 143 8.7 107 .350 .306 .267 .402 .337 .559 .426 .961 .763 150 .748 47.4 4.5 1.063 .446 .254 25.4
2006 27 PIT NL 689 433 126 7.8 111 .330 .286 .270 .396 .340 .532 .438 .928 .779 138 .685 36.4 3.4 .995 .440 .246 16.7
2007 28 PIT NL 614 422 78 5.0 108 .292 .247 .269 .327 .338 .418 .430 .746 .768 94 .490 -4.2 -0.4 .715 .286 .171 6.7
2008 29 TOT MLB 670 427 120 7.5 107 .321 .286 .267 .373 .338 .522 .424 .895 .761 134 .686 29.8 2.8 .945 .393 .236 15.1
2008 29 BOS AL 211 137 37 7.2 112 .354 .293 .278 .370 .346 .527 .434 .897 .781 128 .665 7.7 0.7 .925 .370 .234 4.5
2008 29 PIT NL 459 290 83 7.7 104 .307 .282 .263 .375 .334 .519 .419 .894 .752 136 .695 22.1 2.1 .954 .405 .237 10.6
2009 30 BOS AL 638 405 117 7.7 112 .315 .267 .274 .384 .344 .537 .439 .921 .783 134 .683 28.5 2.6 .993 .465 .269 19.1
2010 31 NYM NL 401 269 52 5.2 100 .329 .259 .258 .347 .328 .402 .407 .749 .735 105 .555 3.4 0.3 .751 .299 .144 7.5
2011 32 NYM NL 509 351 59 4.5 96 .295 .245 .256 .329 .322 .374 .398 .703 .720 96 .509 -1.0 -0.1 .680 .277 .128 11.5
9 Seasons 4807 3126 796 6.8 107 .323 .274 .267 .369 .337 .494 .426 .863 .763 125 .647 165.9 15.6 .894 .381 .219 121.8
162 Game Avg. 683 444 113 6.8 107 .323 .274 .267 .369 .337 .494 .426 .863 .763 125 .647 24 2 .894 .381 .219 17
PIT (6 yrs) 3038 1958 528 7.2 109 .327 .281 .268 .375 .338 .515 .430 .890 .768 131 .663 126.0 11.8 .928 .393 .233 73.5
NYM (2 yrs) 910 620 111 4.8 97 .310 .251 .257 .337 .325 .386 .402 .723 .727 100 .530 2.4 0.2 .711 .287 .135 19.4
BOS (2 yrs) 849 542 154 7.6 112 .325 .274 .275 .380 .344 .534 .438 .915 .782 132 .679 36.2 3.4 .976 .441 .260 23.6
SDP (1 yr) 10 6 3 13.4 101 .167 .250 .258 .400 .328 .750 .413 1.150 .741 203 .861 1.3 0.1 1.333 .625 .500 .0
NL (8 yrs) 3958 2584 642 6.7 106 .323 .274 .265 .366 .335 .485 .424 .852 .759 124 .639 129.7 12.2 .877 .368 .211 98.0
AL (2 yrs) 849 542 154 7.6 112 .325 .274 .275 .380 .344 .534 .438 .915 .782 132 .679 36.2 3.4 .976 .441 .260 23.6

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
2008 29 BOS AL ALDS LAA W 4 19 17 3 7 2 0 2 5 0 0 2 4 .412 .474 .882 1.356 15 0 0 0 0 0
2008 29 BOS AL ALCS TBR L 7 32 24 3 7 1 0 1 4 0 0 7 8 .292 .469 .458 .927 11 0 1 0 0 1
2009 30 BOS AL ALDS LAA L 3 11 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .125 .364 .125 .489 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 14 62 49 6 15 3 0 3 9 0 0 12 15 .306 .452 .551 1.003 27 0 1 0 0 1
2 ALDS 7 30 25 3 8 2 0 2 5 0 0 5 7 .320 .433 .640 1.073 16 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 7 32 24 3 7 1 0 1 4 0 0 7 8 .292 .469 .458 .927 11 0 1 0 0 1

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 PIT NL 26 DNP
2006 PIT NL 27 as RF 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
2009 BOS AL 30 as LF 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (2 Appearances) 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .400 .800 2 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
2003 24 TOT NL 107 3.7% 27.1% 17.8% 11.2% 48% 1.53 3.0 21.8 6.2 0.60 0.88 50% 24% 11.8% 3%
2003 24 SDP NL 10 10.0% 10.0% 10.0% 20.0% 100% 1.00 8.0 8.0 4.0 1.00 1.50 60% 14% 33.3% 0%
2003 24 PIT NL 97 3.1% 28.9% 18.6% 10.3% 44% 1.56 2.8 26.3 6.6 0.56 0.80 49% 25% 9.7% 3%
2004 25 PIT NL 472 5.5% 27.3% 8.7% 11.4% 47% 3.15 3.2 15.8 5.0 0.65 0.92 55% 16% 16.3% 8%
2005 26 PIT NL 707 4.5% 20.1% 13.4% 11.6% 45% 1.49 4.2 18.7 5.9 0.58 0.88 61% 21% 11.7% 6%
2006 27 PIT NL 689 5.1% 22.6% 14.8% 9.7% 41% 1.53 3.7 16.3 5.2 0.71 1.05 56% 16% 15.1% 6%
2007 28 PIT NL 614 3.4% 23.0% 9.6% 7.8% 36% 2.39 3.8 25.6 6.4 0.61 0.79 63% 18% 9.6% 13%
2008 29 TOT MLB 670 4.6% 20.5% 12.1% 10.5% 42% 1.69 4.2 18.6 5.7 0.61 0.75 62% 17% 12.4% 10%
2008 29 PIT NL 459 4.8% 18.7% 12.9% 10.2% 42% 1.46 4.6 17.9 6.1 0.62 0.70 63% 18% 12.8% 11%
2008 29 BOS AL 211 4.3% 24.2% 10.4% 10.9% 43% 2.32 3.6 20.4 5.0 0.60 0.86 60% 17% 11.7% 9%
2009 30 BOS AL 638 5.6% 25.4% 14.7% 10.7% 48% 1.72 3.3 14.8 4.5 0.53 0.77 53% 18% 17.3% 15%
2010 31 NYM NL 401 1.5% 22.7% 11.0% 8.0% 36% 2.07 3.8 58.0 7.4 0.55 0.66 64% 22% 3.9% 10%
2011 32 NYM NL 509 2.4% 21.4% 11.0% 6.3% 29% 1.95 4.1 37.0 7.8 0.76 0.93 65% 17% 6.8% 9%
9 Seasons 4807 4.2% 22.8% 12.3% 9.7% 41% 1.85 3.7 20.2 5.7 0.62 0.84 59% 18% 11.9% 10%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.4% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 2.04 5.1 33.2 7.8 0.80 1.08 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
2003 24 TOT NL 6.7 0.6 113 0.1 2.0 -1.9 .97 0.7 -0.6 4.5 0.4 0.98 7.6 0.28 2
2003 24 SDP NL 1.3 0.1 10 -0.0 0.1 -0.2 .99 0.0 -0.0 0.6 0.1 1.05 0.5 0
2003 24 PIT NL 5.5 0.5 103 0.1 1.8 -1.8 .97 0.7 -0.6 3.9 0.4 0.97 7.0 0.28 2
2004 25 PIT NL 18.9 1.8 485 1.5 9.8 -8.3 1.03 1.2 0.3 21.8 2.0 0.98 15.2 2.08 5
2005 26 PIT NL 47.4 4.5 733 4.9 16.0 -11.1 1.00 5.2 -0.2 49.0 4.7 0.93 56.7 0
2006 27 PIT NL 36.4 3.4 712 1.8 14.8 -13.0 1.14 3.7 -2.0 32.9 3.1 0.98 44.0 2.69 2
2007 28 PIT NL -4.2 -0.4 626 -0.9 10.3 -11.2 1.03 0.3 -1.1 0.9 0.1 0.97 1.7 1.29 2
2008 29 TOT MLB 29.7 2.8 691 5.6 15.5 -9.9 1.00 4.9 0.7 37.7 3.5 0.93 46.6 2.23 1
2008 29 PIT NL 22.1 2.1 473 4.1 10.9 -6.7 1.00 3.4 0.7 24.1 2.3 0.90 30.6 2.23 1
2008 29 BOS AL 7.6 0.7 218 1.5 4.7 -3.2 1.00 1.5 -0.0 13.6 1.2 1.00 16.0 0
2009 30 BOS AL 28.2 2.6 665 4.5 14.2 -9.7 .97 3.6 1.0 47.0 4.2 0.97 41.4 0
2010 31 NYM NL 3.2 0.3 418 -0.4 7.0 -7.3 1.06 0.6 -1.0 5.1 0.5 0.98 5.3 1.33 2
2011 32 NYM NL -1.0 -0.1 528 0.0 9.2 -9.1 1.06 -0.0 0.0 -3.7 -0.4 1.07 3.4 0
9 Seasons 165.4 15.5 4971 17.3 98.8 -81.5 1.03 20.1 -3.4 195.2 18.2 0.97 221.9 1.70 14

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
2003 24 TOT NL 1 0 27% 49 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 27% 4 4 0 1 1 0 6 3 3
2003 24 SDP NL 0 0 33% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2003 24 PIT NL 1 0 26% 45 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 30% 4 4 0 1 1 0 5 2 3
2004 25 PIT NL 1 0 25% 153 4 6 40% 3 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 6 36% 20 11 8 3 3 0 16 9 6
2005 26 PIT NL 6 0 31% 237 21 1 95% 16 1 5 0 0 0 1 1 3 16 44% 41 27 14 20 10 10 25 11 14
2006 27 PIT NL 3 0 28% 239 11 2 85% 11 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 18 38% 37 25 12 14 8 6 20 10 9
2007 28 PIT NL 8 0 32% 219 4 1 80% 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 11 30% 32 28 4 15 8 7 29 16 12
2008 29 TOT MLB 13 0 37% 276 10 0 100% 6 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 25 36% 44 34 10 17 10 7 33 13 17
2008 29 PIT NL 8 0 33% 192 7 0 100% 3 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 36% 35 28 7 11 6 5 23 9 13
2008 29 BOS AL 5 0 44% 84 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 36% 9 6 3 6 4 2 10 4 4
2009 30 BOS AL 8 0 32% 231 13 3 81% 12 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 15 43% 37 25 12 19 12 6 12 1 11
2010 31 NYM NL 6 0 32% 172 10 0 100% 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 13 39% 16 12 4 5 3 2 12 4 7
2011 32 NYM NL 7 0 30% 196 11 1 92% 9 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 15 36% 39 25 14 8 6 2 14 7 6
9 Seasons 53 0 31% 1772 87 15 85% 74 12 13 2 0 1 8 2 30 123 38% 270 191 78 102 61 40 167 74 85

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
2003 24 TOT NL 107 35% 25 2 1 2 1 0 0 0.28 4 1 5 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 0% 16 0 0% 9 0 0% 75 10 13% 11 3 27% 8 4 50% 0
2003 24 SDP NL 10 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
2003 24 PIT NL 97 38% 23 2 1 2 1 0 0 0.28 3 1 5 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0% 16 0 0% 9 0 0% 67 9 13% 10 3 30% 7 3 43% 0
2004 25 PIT NL 472 21% 116 18 0 5 0 0 0 2.08 26 0 14 19 7 15 11 0 7 5 71% 98 9 9% 48 12 25% 315 56 18% 23 12 52% 25 12 48% 0
2005 26 PIT NL 707 25% 183 13 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 10 25 7 9 23 0 0 0 149 12 8% 58 15 26% 462 70 15% 44 20 45% 40 18 45% 0
2006 27 PIT NL 689 25% 163 14 0 2 0 0 0 2.69 35 1 22 26 9 13 22 0 0 0 147 15 10% 64 16 25% 495 77 16% 46 24 52% 30 13 43% 0
2007 28 PIT NL 614 25% 133 19 0 2 0 0 0 1.29 21 0 22 16 5 7 14 0 0 0 123 8 7% 57 19 33% 429 66 15% 47 27 57% 31 15 48% 0
2008 29 TOT MLB 670 24% 165 21 0 1 1 1 1 2.23 31 0 12 26 5 18 13 0 0 0 130 7 5% 54 16 30% 431 73 17% 43 21 49% 27 9 33% 0
2008 29 PIT NL 459 23% 111 16 0 1 1 1 1 2.23 22 0 5 20 2 15 7 0 0 0 84 3 4% 38 11 29% 266 45 17% 27 14 52% 19 4 21% 0
2008 29 BOS AL 211 27% 54 5 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 7 6 3 3 6 0 0 0 46 4 9% 16 5 31% 165 28 17% 16 7 44% 8 5 63% 0
2009 30 BOS AL 638 29% 142 12 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 22 25 11 15 21 0 0 0 129 9 7% 54 9 17% 445 85 19% 42 25 60% 25 11 44% 0
2010 31 NYM NL 401 24% 90 11 0 2 1 0 0 1.33 6 0 10 4 2 3 3 0 0 0 82 7 9% 34 11 32% 266 43 16% 25 15 60% 13 5 38% 0
2011 32 NYM NL 509 26% 109 14 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 17 7 5 6 6 0 1 1 100% 96 8 8% 58 16 28% 364 47 13% 40 16 40% 27 13 48% 0
9 Seasons 4807 25% 1126 124 1 14 3 1 1 1.70 203 4 134 151 52 88 115 0 9 6 67% 970 75 8% 436 114 26% 3282 527 16% 321 163 51% 226 100 44% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 33% 15% 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
2003 24 TOT NL 107 446 4.17 254 57% 39% 19% 19% 23% 61% 0% 35% 68% 23% 10% 11 1 24% 26 8 18% 19 10 38% 0 0 0
2003 24 SDP NL 10 23 2.30 16 70% 38% 13% 6% 44% 63% 0% 43% 80% 50% 10% 1 0 10% 1 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2003 24 PIT NL 97 423 4.36 238 56% 39% 20% 20% 21% 61% 0% 34% 68% 21% 10% 10 1 26% 25 8 20% 19 10 39% 0 0 0
2004 25 PIT NL 472 1820 3.86 1151 63% 29% 22% 23% 25% 71% 1% 45% 68% 26% 4% 20 2 15% 70 26 9% 42 25 19% 0 0 0
2005 26 PIT NL 707 2732 3.86 1635 60% 29% 17% 26% 28% 71% 2% 43% 76% 26% 7% 50 4 19% 132 43 11% 78 40 26% 0 0 0
2006 27 PIT NL 689 2765 4.01 1632 59% 30% 18% 26% 26% 70% 3% 41% 74% 27% 7% 50 3 18% 123 33 14% 97 44 22% 0 0 0
2007 28 PIT NL 614 2385 3.88 1492 63% 30% 17% 26% 27% 70% 1% 44% 76% 24% 5% 32 1 15% 90 28 8% 47 22 26% 0 0 0
2008 29 TOT MLB 670 2721 4.06 1615 59% 35% 15% 22% 28% 65% 1% 38% 77% 18% 7% 49 0 18% 119 25 11% 76 36 21% 0 0 0
2008 29 PIT NL 459 1900 4.14 1121 59% 36% 13% 23% 28% 64% 1% 38% 79% 16% 7% 33 0 19% 87 19 12% 56 25 20% 0 0 0
2008 29 BOS AL 211 821 3.89 494 60% 34% 19% 19% 28% 66% 2% 39% 70% 22% 8% 16 0 15% 32 6 9% 20 11 24% 0 0 0
2009 30 BOS AL 638 2543 3.99 1490 59% 32% 20% 23% 25% 68% 1% 40% 71% 25% 7% 42 1 19% 119 44 11% 68 30 30% 0 0 0
2010 31 NYM NL 401 1529 3.81 949 62% 28% 21% 24% 28% 72% 1% 45% 71% 29% 5% 20 0 15% 60 23 12% 48 23 22% 0 0 0
2011 32 NYM NL 511 1976 3.87 1197 61% 30% 18% 24% 29% 70% 1% 42% 75% 25% 7% 36 1 16% 82 30 11% 56 35 20% -2 0 0
9 Seasons 4809 18917 3.93 11415 60% 31% 18% 24% 27% 69% 2% 42% 74% 25% 6% 310 13 17% 821 260 11% 531 265 24% -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.78 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
2003 24 30 107 87 15 25 7 1 4 14 3 1 19 29 .287 .421 .529 .949 145 46 0 1 0 0 0
2004 25 150 579 498 76 141 31 5 30 96 7 7 60 158 .283 .369 .546 .916 134 272 9 11 5 5 2
2005 26 312 1286 1097 186 324 75 11 62 197 28 8 155 300 .295 .387 .553 .941 143 607 21 17 5 12 11
2006 27 471 1975 1667 287 487 104 14 97 306 39 10 257 456 .292 .390 .546 .936 141 910 36 25 5 21 20
2007 28 616 2589 2205 365 620 129 16 118 390 43 11 316 597 .281 .375 .515 .890 130 1135 44 34 5 29 23
2008 29 771 3259 2782 476 785 164 20 149 491 53 11 397 734 .282 .375 .516 .891 131 1436 51 38 5 37 27
2009 30 922 3897 3313 579 927 193 23 185 610 66 14 491 896 .280 .376 .519 .896 131 1721 60 47 5 41 31
2010 31 1017 4298 3661 627 1017 213 29 191 657 76 14 535 987 .278 .374 .508 .882 129 1861 67 52 5 45 34
2011 32 1140 4807 4105 686 1126 232 30 203 714 87 15 591 1096 .274 .369 .494 .863 125 2027 75 54 6 51 37

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
2003 24 30 105 86 14 24 7 1 4 13 3 18 29 .279 .410 .523 .933 18 30
2004 25 120 464 409 59 114 24 4 26 79 4 40 129 .279 .353 .548 .901 76 120
2005 26 162 709 600 111 184 44 6 32 102 21 96 142 .307 .403 .560 .963 135 162
2006 27 159 679 564 96 157 28 3 34 103 11 98 156 .278 .387 .520 .907 113 159
2007 28 145 610 535 75 130 24 2 21 81 4 58 141 .243 .323 .413 .736 70 145
2008 29 155 667 575 109 163 35 4 31 99 10 80 137 .283 .370 .520 .890 110 155
2009 30 151 626 524 95 135 28 3 34 109 12 89 162 .258 .372 .517 .889 99 151
2010 31 95 404 350 50 92 20 6 6 49 10 45 91 .263 .351 .406 .757 50 95
2011 32 123 517 450 65 115 20 1 13 62 12 59 109 .256 .340 .391 .732 60 123
9 Seasons 1140 4781 4093 674 1114 230 30 201 697 87 583 1096 .272 .366 .490 .857 731 1140
162 Game Avg. 162 679 582 96 158 33 4 29 99 12 83 156 .272 .366 .490 .857 104 1140

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2005
2006 (RF)
2009 (LF)

Awards (yr lg award)
2004 NL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2005 NL (12, 9%)
2006 NL (23, 0%)
2009 AL (7, 20%)
0.29 Career Shares (619th)

Silver Sluggers
2009 AL (OF)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2005 NL  6.1 (2nd)
Active  26.8 (49th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2005 NL  .306 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2005 NL  .402 (8th)
2006 NL  .396 (9th)
Active  .369 (32nd)

Slugging % s c a p y
2005 NL  .559 (8th)
2009 AL  .537 (10th)
Active  .494 (33rd)
Career  .494 (124th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2005 NL  .961 (5th)
2009 AL  .921 (9th)
Active  .863 (28th)
Career  .863 (126th)

Games Played s c a p y
2005 NL  162 (1st)
2006 NL  159 (6th)

At Bats s c a p y
2005 NL  599 (9th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2005 NL  707 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2005 NL  110 (4th)
2009 AL  103 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
2005 NL  183 (7th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2005 NL  335 (5th)

Doubles s c a p y
2005 NL  44 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2006 NL  35 (10th)
2009 AL  36 (3rd)
Active  203 (42nd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2009 AL  119 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2005 NL  95 (7th)
2006 NL  102 (6th)
2009 AL  94 (3rd)
Active  591 (36th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2005 NL  142 (6th)
2006 NL  156 (5th)
2007 NL  141 (5th)
2009 AL  162 (4th)
Active  1,096 (34th)
Career  1,096 (195th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2005 NL  150 (5th)
2006 NL  138 (7th)
Active  125 (26th)
Career  125 (229th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2005 NL  143 (3rd)
2006 NL  126 (10th)
2009 AL  117 (8th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2005 NL  47 (4th)
2006 NL  36 (9th)
2009 AL  28 (10th)
Active  166 (33rd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2005 NL  4.5 (4th)
2006 NL  3.4 (9th)
2009 AL  2.6 (10th)
Active  15.6 (33rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2005 NL  82 (2nd)
2009 AL  68 (10th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2005 NL  284 (5th)
2006 NL  273 (5th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2005 NL  .748 (4th)
2006 NL  .685 (9th)
2009 AL  .683 (7th)
Active  .647 (27th)
Career  .647 (222nd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2005 NL  7 (9th)
2006 NL  9 (2nd)
Active  51 (36th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2005 NL  25.4 (2nd)
Active  121.8 (44th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2009 AL  14.8 (4th)
Active  20.2 (29th)
Career  20.2 (127th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2005 NL  49.04 (5th)
2009 AL  47.01 (2nd)
Active  195.24 (32nd)
Career  195.24 (202nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2005 NL  4.9 (3rd)
2008 NL  4.1 (8th)
2009 AL  4.5 (1st)
Active  17.3 (32nd)
Career  17.3 (209th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2005 NL  5.2 (3rd)
2006 NL  3.7 (8th)
2008 NL  3.4 (10th)
2009 AL  3.6 (3rd)
Active  20.1 (30th)
Career  20.1 (185th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2005 NL  4.7 (5th)
2009 AL  4.2 (2nd)
Active  18.2 (33rd)
Career  18.2 (208th)

Salary s c a p y
2011 NL  $18,125,000 (10th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 42 (593), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 46 (417), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (624), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Wally Post (935)
  2. Geoff Jenkins (929)
  3. Kevin Mitchell (925)
  4. Larry Hisle (925)
  5. Phil Nevin (922)
  6. Preston Wilson (919)
  7. Carl Everett (918)
  8. Bobby Higginson (913)
  9. Gus Zernial (913)
  10. Hideki Matsui (913)
Similar Batters through 32 
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  1. David Justice (953)
  2. Geoff Jenkins (947)
  3. Roy Sievers (943)
  4. Cliff Floyd (941)
  5. Bill Nicholson (941)
  6. J.D. Drew (940)
  7. Wally Post (938)
  8. Bobby Higginson (937)
  9. Kirk Gibson (935)
  10. Danny Tartabull (931)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Shin-Soo Choo (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jim Edmonds (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Geoff Jenkins (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Geoff Jenkins (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ryan Klesko (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Geoff Jenkins (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. David Justice (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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