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Mike Benjamin

Michael Paul Benjamin

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 22, 1965 in Euclid, OH
High School: Bellflower HS (Bellflower, CA)
School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1989
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Giants/RedSox/Phillies 1989-2002

Final Game: September 28, 2002
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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
1987	21	SFG-min	A	64	240	212	25	51	6	4	6	24	6	2	24	71	.241	.324	.392	.715		83		2	2	0	1		FRE · CALL
1988	22	SFG-min	AA,AAA	126	462	415	61	91	23	6	6	43	16	7	35	95	.219	.281	.347	.628		144	5	2	7	3	1		SHV,PHX · TL,PCL
1989	23	SFG-min	AAA	113	401	363	44	94	17	6	3	36	10	4	18	82	.259	.303	.364	.667		132		6	12	2	1		PHX · PCL
1989	23	SFG	NL	14	6	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	/6
1990	24	SFG-min	AAA	118	456	419	61	105	21	7	5	39	13	7	25	89	.251	.297	.370	.667		155		5	2	5	3		PHX · PCL
1990	24	SFG	NL	22	59	56	7	12	3	1	2	3	1	0	3	10	.214	.254	.411	.665	83	23	2	0	0	0	1	6
1991	25	SFG-min	AAA	94	253	226	34	46	13	2	6	31	3	2	20	67	.204	.270	.358	.628		81	5	2	1	4	3		PHX · PCL
1991	25	SFG	NL	54	120	106	12	13	3	0	2	8	3	0	7	26	.123	.188	.208	.396	14	22	1	2	3	2	2	6/5
1992	26	SFG-min	AAA	31	115	108	15	33	10	2	0	17	4	2	3	18	.306	.342	.435	.777		47	1	3	1	0	1		PHX · PCL
1992	26	SFG	NL	40	82	75	4	13	2	1	1	3	1	0	4	15	.173	.215	.267	.482	39	20	1	0	3	0	1	6/5
1993	27	SFG-min	A+	2	10	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200		0	0	1	0	0	0		SJO · CALL
1993	27	SFG	NL	63	165	146	22	29	7	0	4	16	0	0	9	23	.199	.264	.329	.593	61	48	3	4	6	0	2	465
1994	28	SFG	NL	38	75	62	9	16	5	1	1	9	5	0	5	16	.258	.343	.419	.762	103	26	1	3	5	0	1	64/5
1995	29	SFG	NL	68	202	186	19	41	6	0	3	12	11	1	8	51	.220	.256	.301	.557	50	56	3	1	7	0	3	56/4
1996	30	PHI-min	A+,AAA	12	43	36	5	9	3	0	0	4	1	0	6	4	.250	.349	.333	.682		12	2	0	0	1	2		CLW,SWB · FLOR,IL
1996	30	PHI	NL	35	118	103	13	23	5	1	4	13	3	1	12	21	.223	.316	.408	.724	91	42	2	2	1	0	5	6/4
1997	31	BOS-min	AAA	33	117	105	12	26	4	1	4	12	4	1	8	20	.248	.313	.419	.732		44	2	2	2	0	0		PAW · IL
1997	31	BOS	AL	49	123	116	12	27	9	1	0	7	2	3	4	27	.233	.262	.328	.590	52	38	2	1	1	1	0	56/43D1
1998	32	BOS	AL	124	385	349	46	95	23	0	4	39	3	0	15	73	.272	.312	.372	.684	76	130	11	6	13	2	1	4653/D
1999	33	PIT	NL	110	404	368	42	91	26	7	1	37	10	1	20	90	.247	.288	.364	.652	64	134	3	2	11	3	3	64/5
2000	34	PIT	NL	93	255	233	28	63	18	2	2	19	5	4	12	45	.270	.313	.391	.704	78	91	4	3	6	1	0	564/3
2001		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2002	36	PIT	NL	108	130	120	7	18	2	1	0	3	0	4	7	31	.150	.202	.183	.385	2	22	5	1	1	1	0	564/3D9
13 Yrs				818	2124	1926	227	442	109	15	24	169	44	14	106	429	.229	.277	.339	.616	61	653	38	25	57	10	19
162 Game Avg.				162	421	381	45	88	22	3	5	33	9	3	21	85	.229	.277	.339	.616	61	129	8	5	11	2	4

SFG (7 yrs)				299	709	637	79	125	26	3	13	51	21	1	36	142	.196	.250	.308	.557	53	196	11	10	24	2	10
PIT (3 yrs)				311	789	721	77	172	46	10	3	59	15	9	39	166	.239	.281	.343	.624	58	247	12	6	18	5	3
BOS (2 yrs)				173	508	465	58	122	32	1	4	46	5	3	19	100	.262	.300	.361	.661	70	168	13	7	14	3	1
PHI (1 yr)				35	118	103	13	23	5	1	4	13	3	1	12	21	.223	.316	.408	.724	91	42	2	2	1	0	5

NL (11 yrs)				645	1616	1461	169	320	77	14	20	123	39	11	87	329	.219	.270	.332	.602	59	485	25	18	43	7	18
AL (2 yrs)				173	508	465	58	122	32	1	4	46	5	3	19	100	.262	.300	.361	.661	70	168	13	7	14	3	1

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
1989	23	SFG	NL	14	6	-1	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.494	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/6
1990	24	SFG	NL	22	59	-0	0	-0	1	1	2	0.2	2	3	0.4	.508	.501	0.2	0.2	2	$105,000	6
1991	25	SFG	NL	54	120	-12	1	1	3	2	-5	-0.6	3	-2	-0.2	.490	.497	-0.6	0.6	-5	$110,000	6/5
1992	26	SFG	NL	40	82	-6	0	0	4	1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.497	.499	-0.3	0.6	-3	$150,000	6/5
1993	27	SFG	NL	63	165	-9	1	1	6	2	1	0.1	4	5	0.6	.501	.500	-0.2	0.9	-1	$142,500	465
1994	28	SFG	NL	38	75	1	0	-0	7	1	10	1.0	2	12	1.2	.527	.506	0.5	0.9	5	$225,000	64/5
1995	29	SFG	NL	68	202	-12	2	0	7	2	-2	-0.2	6	4	0.4	.497	.499	-0.4	0.9	-4	$320,000	56/4
1996	30	PHI	NL	35	118	-0	-0	0	3	2	3	0.3	3	7	0.6	.510	.502	0.4	0.4	4	$325,000	6/4
1997	31	BOS	AL	49	123	-8	-1	0	5	1	-2	-0.2	4	2	0.2	.495	.498	-0.3	0.6	-3	$	56/43D1
1998	32	BOS	AL	124	385	-14	2	-0	17	2	6	0.7	13	19	1.9	.505	.504	0.3	1.9	2	$242,500	4653/D
1999	33	PIT	NL	110	404	-22	4	1	15	5	3	0.2	11	14	1.3	.503	.502	-0.1	2.0	-1	$700,000	64/5
2000	34	PIT	NL	93	255	-8	0	0	8	2	3	0.3	7	10	1.0	.503	.502	0.2	1.0	2	$700,000	564/3

2002	36	PIT	NL	108	130	-17	-2	-0	2	1	-15	-1.6	4	-12	-1.3	.485	.490	-1.5	0.4	-14	$925,000	564/3D9
13 Seasons				818	2124	-109	7	2	79	23	2	0.1	61	62	6.1	.500	.500	-1.9	10.5	-16	$3,945,000

SFG (7 yrs)				299	709	-40	4	1	29	9	4	0.4	19	23	2.4	.501	.500	-0.9	4.3	-6	$1,052,500
PIT (3 yrs)				311	789	-47	2	1	25	9	-9	-1.1	21	12	1.0	.497	.498	-1.4	3.4	-13	$2,325,000
BOS (2 yrs)				173	508	-22	1	-0	21	3	3	0.5	17	20	2.1	.502	.501	0.0	2.5	-1	$242,500
PHI (1 yr)				35	118	-0	-0	0	3	2	3	0.3	3	7	0.6	.510	.502	0.4	0.4	4	$325,000

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
1989	23	SFG	NL	6	5	0	0.0	88	.200	.167	.250	.167	.317	.167	.373	.333	.690	-3	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.200	.000	.000
1990	24	SFG	NL	59	46	5	2.9	95	.227	.214	.260	.254	.325	.411	.390	.665	.715	83	.321	-1.6	-0.2	.587	.268	.196	1.3
1991	25	SFG	NL	120	99	5	1.4	90	.138	.123	.253	.188	.320	.208	.379	.396	.699	14	.113	-12.2	-1.3	.362	.179	.085	2.4
1992	26	SFG	NL	82	66	4	1.6	88	.203	.173	.253	.215	.318	.267	.373	.482	.691	39	.156	-6.2	-0.7	.397	.160	.093	1.0
1993	27	SFG	NL	165	126	13	2.8	100	.210	.199	.266	.264	.331	.329	.406	.593	.736	61	.280	-8.3	-0.8	.508	.192	.130	.0
1994	28	SFG	NL	75	52	10	5.2	104	.333	.258	.267	.343	.333	.419	.418	.762	.751	103	.522	0.5	0.0	.830	.323	.161	1.7
1995	29	SFG	NL	202	156	15	2.6	102	.288	.220	.265	.256	.333	.301	.412	.557	.745	50	.241	-13.7	-1.3	.503	.177	.081	4.7
1996	30	PHI	NL	118	84	13	4.2	106	.244	.223	.269	.316	.338	.408	.420	.724	.758	91	.430	-1.6	-0.2	.699	.320	.184	3.4
1997	31	BOS	AL	123	96	9	2.5	111	.300	.233	.273	.262	.343	.328	.433	.590	.776	52	.211	-8.4	-0.8	.447	.121	.095	.0
1998	32	BOS	AL	385	280	39	3.7	111	.332	.272	.274	.312	.343	.372	.436	.684	.779	76	.351	-12.6	-1.2	.581	.152	.100	3.4
1999	33	PIT	NL	404	295	41	3.7	116	.321	.247	.276	.288	.351	.364	.444	.652	.795	64	.343	-21.4	-2.0	.587	.196	.117	1.8
2000	34	PIT	NL	255	185	28	4.0	115	.326	.270	.272	.313	.349	.391	.444	.704	.794	78	.377	-8.3	-0.8	.601	.176	.120	2.9

2002	36	PIT	NL	130	113	3	0.7	109	.200	.150	.268	.202	.343	.183	.427	.385	.769	2	.029	-17.8	-1.7	.234	.058	.033
13 Yrs				2124	1603	185	3.1	108	.282	.229	.269	.277	.340	.339	.425	.616	.765	61	.295	-112.4	-10.9	.530	.180	.110	31.1
162 Game Avg.				421	317	37	3.1	108	.282	.229	.269	.277	.340	.339	.425	.616	.765	61	.295	-112.4	-10.9	.530	.180	.110	6

SFG (7 yrs)				709	550	52	2.5	98	.231	.196	.261	.250	.328	.308	.399	.557	.726	53	.255	-42.3	-4.3	.500	.199	.111	16.1
PIT (3 yrs)				789	593	72	3.3	115	.303	.239	.273	.281	.349	.343	.441	.624	.790	58	.295	-47.5	-4.5	.523	.166	.104	5.0
BOS (2 yrs)				508	376	48	3.4	111	.324	.262	.274	.300	.343	.361	.435	.661	.778	70	.317	-21.0	-2.0	.546	.144	.099	4.4
PHI (1 yr)				118	84	13	4.2	106	.244	.223	.269	.316	.338	.408	.420	.724	.758	91	.431	-1.6	-0.2	.699	.320	.184	3.4

NL (11 yrs)				1616	1227	137	3.0	106	.268	.219	.268	.270	.339	.332	.421	.602	.760	59	.288	-91.4	-8.9	.525	.192	.113	26.4
AL (2 yrs)				508	376	48	3.4	111	.324	.262	.274	.300	.343	.361	.435	.661	.778	70	.317	-21.0	-2.0	.546	.144	.099	4.4

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
1998	32	BOS	AL	ALDS	CLE	L	4	13	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.091	.167	.091	.258	1	0	0	1	0	0
1 ALDS							4	13	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.091	.167	.091	.258	1	0	0	1	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
1989	23	SFG	NL	6	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		6.0			4.00	3.00	83%	0%	0.0%	0%
1990	24	SFG	NL	59	3.4%	17.0%	5.1%	10.2%	50%	3.33	5.6	28.0	18.7	0.48	0.55	75%	17%	10.5%	39%
1991	25	SFG	NL	120	1.7%	21.7%	5.8%	4.2%	39%	3.71	4.1	53.0	13.3	0.82	1.12	67%	12%	6.1%	25%
1992	26	SFG	NL	82	1.2%	18.3%	4.9%	4.9%	31%	3.75	5.0	75.0	25.0	1.00	1.32	72%	13%	4.5%	27%
1993	27	SFG	NL	165	2.4%	13.9%	5.5%	6.7%	38%	2.56	6.3	36.5	9.1	0.62	0.79	72%	16%	7.4%	26%
1994	28	SFG	NL	75	1.3%	21.3%	6.7%	9.3%	44%	3.20	3.9	62.0	6.9	0.44	0.62	60%	20%	3.8%	19%
1995	29	SFG	NL	202	1.5%	25.3%	4.0%	4.5%	22%	6.38	3.6	62.0	15.5	0.72	1.00	65%	25%	4.7%	18%
1996	30	PHI	NL	118	3.4%	17.8%	10.2%	8.5%	44%	1.75	4.9	25.8	7.9	1.00	1.23	66%	20%	12.1%	20%
1997	31	BOS	AL	123	0.0%	22.0%	3.3%	8.1%	37%	6.75	4.3		16.6	0.59	0.68	73%	22%	0.0%	26%
1998	32	BOS	AL	385	1.0%	19.0%	3.9%	7.0%	28%	4.87	4.8	87.3	8.9	0.84	1.19	71%	22%	3.0%	11%
1999	33	PIT	NL	404	0.3%	22.3%	5.0%	8.4%	37%	4.50	4.1	368.0	9.9	0.68	0.91	69%	22%	0.7%	13%
2000	34	PIT	NL	255	0.8%	17.7%	4.7%	8.6%	35%	3.75	5.2	116.5	12.3	0.68	1.09	73%	27%	2.0%	11%

2002	36	PIT	NL	130	0.0%	23.9%	5.4%	2.3%	17%	4.43	3.9		40.0	0.91	1.14	69%	14%	0.0%	17%
13 Yrs				2124	1.1%	20.2%	5.0%	7.0%	34%	4.05	4.5	80.3	11.4	0.73	0.99	70%	21%	3.4%	18%
MLB Averages					2.5%	16.1%	8.9%	7.5%	32%	1.81	5.5	35.0	7.7	0.80	1.07	71%	22%	7.5%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1989	23	SFG	NL	-0.8	-0.1	7	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.12	-0.1	-0.1	-0.9	-0.1	0.79	-1.1	0.20	1
1990	24	SFG	NL	-1.6	-0.2	60	-0.4	0.8	-1.1	.99	-0.1	-0.2	-3.9	-0.4	0.94	-1.6	0.57	2
1991	25	SFG	NL	-12.2	-1.3	124	-0.9	0.9	-1.8	.85	-1.1	0.1	-10.6	-1.1	0.94	-11.7	1.36	2
1992	26	SFG	NL	-6.1	-0.6	84	-0.6	0.8	-1.4	.96	-0.7	0.1	-7.3	-0.8	0.91	-6.3	2.89	2
1993	27	SFG	NL	-8.5	-0.8	168	-0.9	2.2	-3.0	.92	-0.7	-0.2	-8.3	-0.8	0.97	-7.6	0.21	0
1994	28	SFG	NL	0.5	0.0	81	-0.1	1.1	-1.1	.91	-0.1	0.0	6.1	0.6	0.91	3.5		0
1995	29	SFG	NL	-14.0	-1.4	216	-1.1	2.9	-4.1	1.10	-1.0	-0.0	-11.1	-1.1	0.92	-13.1	0.09	4
1996	30	PHI	NL	-1.8	-0.2	122	0.1	1.9	-1.9	1.02	0.0	0.1	2.3	0.2	1.01	0.3	0.85	2
1997	31	BOS	AL	-8.4	-0.8	129	-1.3	1.4	-2.6	1.02	-1.0	-0.3	-11.8	-1.1	1.01	-11.9	0.40	2
1998	32	BOS	AL	-12.6	-1.2	396	-1.9	5.7	-7.7	1.01	-1.5	-0.3	-17.7	-1.6	1.00	-19.8	1.79	3
1999	33	PIT	NL	-21.9	-2.0	422	-0.8	6.5	-7.3	1.00	-1.7	0.9	-12.6	-1.2	0.93	-20.5	1.87	7
2000	34	PIT	NL	-8.3	-0.8	268	-0.7	4.1	-4.8	1.04	-0.7	0.0	-11.7	-1.1	0.93	-11.1	1.33	8

2002	36	PIT	NL	-17.8	-1.7	136	-1.8	1.0	-2.8	.95	-1.7	-0.2	-19.7	-1.9	0.94	-18.9	0.53	18
13 Yrs				-113.5	-11.0	2213	-10.5	29.2	-39.7	1.00	-10.5	-0.1	-107.3	-10.4	0.95	-119.6	1.01	51

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1989	23	SFG	NL	0	0	600%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	25%	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
1990	24	SFG	NL	2	0	39%	17	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1991	25	SFG	NL	2	0	50%	44	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	70%	2	1	1	0	0	0	8	2	6
1992	26	SFG	NL	0	0	19%	22	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	40%	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	2	1
1993	27	SFG	NL	1	0	47%	45	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	8	67%	7	4	3	1	0	1	7	1	6
1994	28	SFG	NL	2	0	35%	40	5	0	100%	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	56%	8	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	1
1995	29	SFG	NL	4	0	34%	79	11	1	92%	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	50%	5	4	1	0	0	0	5	0	4
1996	30	PHI	NL	4	0	27%	39	3	1	75%	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	44%	5	5	0	1	0	1	3	0	3
1997	31	BOS	AL	2	0	38%	38	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	43%	8	5	3	1	0	1	5	3	2
1998	32	BOS	AL	2	0	38%	150	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	10	51%	20	11	8	5	2	3	10	3	7
1999	33	PIT	NL	5	0	37%	127	10	1	91%	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	65%	12	5	7	2	1	1	9	1	7
2000	34	PIT	NL	2	0	34%	99	5	4	56%	3	4	2	0	0	0	2	1	2	5	65%	8	5	3	2	0	2	7	1	6

2002	36	PIT	NL	1	0	27%	57	0	4	0%	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	39%	8	6	2	2	0	2	3	2	1
13 Yrs				27	0	37%	769	44	14	76%	36	13	8	1	0	0	8	3	16	49	54%	88	53	33	15	4	11	65	16	46

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
1989	23	SFG	NL	6	50%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1990	24	SFG	NL	59	46%	12	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.57	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		13	2	15%	6	1	17%	30	1	3%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1991	25	SFG	NL	120	28%	13	4	0	2	1	0	0	1.36	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	4	3	75%	21	1	5%	16	9	56%	69	6	9%	8	5	63%	5	3	60%	0
1992	26	SFG	NL	82	50%	13	6	0	2	0	0	0	2.89	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	3	100%	15	1	7%	9	3	33%	43	2	5%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1993	27	SFG	NL	165	24%	29	6	1	0	0	0	0	0.21	4	0	1	1	3	3	1	0	10	6	60%	40	3	8%	24	11	46%	103	12	12%	9	3	33%	12	5	42%	0
1994	28	SFG	NL	75	31%	16	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	5	5	100%	11	1	9%	4	4	100%	41	8	20%	0	0		2	2	100%	0
1995	29	SFG	NL	202	20%	41	7	1	4	0	0	0	0.09	3	0	4	2	1	1	2	0	8	7	88%	32	3	9%	18	8	44%	112	10	9%	6	2	33%	8	4	50%	0
1996	30	PHI	NL	118	13%	23	3	0	2	1	0	0	0.85	4	0	2	4	0	0	4	0	1	1	100%	20	2	10%	8	3	38%	87	10	11%	6	3	50%	5	3	60%	0
1997	31	BOS	AL	123	28%	27	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.40	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	29	2	7%	18	4	22%	99	8	8%	7	2	29%	6	2	33%	0
1998	32	BOS	AL	385	27%	95	19	2	3	0	0	0	1.79	4	0	13	3	1	2	2	0	16	13	81%	83	11	13%	48	17	35%	285	37	13%	34	14	41%	20	12	60%	0
1999	33	PIT	NL	404	39%	91	7	1	7	3	0	1	1.87	1	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	12	11	92%	71	3	4%	41	18	44%	244	37	15%	24	13	54%	14	7	50%	0
2000	34	PIT	NL	255	35%	63	9	2	8	4	0	0	1.33	2	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	8	6	75%	50	4	8%	22	8	36%	149	17	11%	14	7	50%	9	6	67%	0

2002	36	PIT	NL	130	33%	18	2	0	18	4	0	1	0.53	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	23	5	22%	9	3	33%	72	3	4%	4	2	50%	4	2	50%	0
13 Yrs				2124	31%	442	70	7	51	14	0	2	1.01	24	0	47	17	7	10	14	1	71	57	80%	408	38	9%	223	89	40%	1336	151	11%	118	51	43%	87	46	53%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			73%			10%			35%			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
1989	23	SFG	NL	5	19	3.80	12	63%	8%	33%	17%	33%	83%	0%	53%	55%	20%	0%	0	0	20%	1	0	0%	0	0	0%	1	0	1
1990	24	SFG	NL	47	154	3.28	104	68%	20%	20%	25%	35%	80%	8%	54%	75%	47%	4%	2	0	9%	4	2	4%	2	0	13%	12	0	0
1991	25	SFG	NL	120	390	3.25	265	68%	18%	25%	25%	32%	82%	6%	56%	70%	48%	4%	5	0	11%	13	6	4%	5	2	19%	0	0	0
1992	26	SFG	NL	82	263	3.21	174	66%	25%	16%	23%	36%	75%	4%	49%	79%	41%	4%	3	0	10%	8	2	4%	3	2	33%	0	0	0
1993	27	SFG	NL	165	562	3.41	369	66%	21%	17%	27%	35%	79%	4%	52%	78%	39%	4%	7	0	10%	17	6	5%	8	5	22%	0	0	0
1994	28	SFG	NL	75	283	3.77	182	64%	19%	17%	36%	28%	81%	4%	52%	79%	48%	1%	1	0	12%	9	6	3%	2	2	25%	0	0	0
1995	29	SFG	NL	185	685	3.70	449	66%	20%	22%	30%	28%	80%	2%	52%	73%	39%	4%	7	0	14%	26	12	5%	9	7	16%	17	0	0
1996	30	PHI	NL	83	278	3.35	171	62%	23%	16%	29%	32%	77%	11%	47%	79%	40%	7%	6	0	13%	11	5	6%	5	1	25%	35	0	0
1997	31	BOS	AL	108	384	3.56	257	67%	18%	21%	31%	30%	82%	0%	55%	75%	54%	6%	7	1	11%	12	5	6%	6	4	20%	15	0	0
1998	32	BOS	AL	386	1279	3.31	856	67%	20%	18%	27%	34%	80%	0%	53%	77%	45%	2%	8	0	11%	44	27	5%	18	15	21%	-1	0	1
1999	33	PIT	NL	404	1487	3.68	989	67%	17%	21%	33%	30%	83%	2%	55%	75%	44%	3%	13	1	10%	40	21	6%	26	21	17%	0	0	1
2000	34	PIT	NL	256	869	3.39	569	65%	19%	19%	28%	34%	81%	0%	53%	77%	44%	5%	14	0	16%	40	16	6%	16	10	18%	-1	0	0

2002	36	PIT	NL	131	465	3.55	308	66%	25%	22%	24%	30%	75%	0%	50%	71%	40%	4%	5	0	10%	13	2	5%	7	5	23%	-1	0	0
13 Yrs				2047	7118	3.48	4705	66%	20%	20%	29%	32%	80%	2%	53%	75%	44%	4%	78	2	12%	238	110	5%	107	74	20%	77	0	3
MLB Averages						3.69		62%	26%	15%	27%	33%	74%	2%	46%	80%	30%	6%			16%			9%			27%

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
1989	23	14	6	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-3	1	0	0	0	0	0
1990	24	36	65	62	13	13	3	1	2	3	1	0	3	11	.210	.246	.387	.633	76	24	2	0	0	0	1
1991	25	90	185	168	25	26	6	1	4	11	4	0	10	37	.155	.209	.274	.483	37	46	3	2	3	2	3
1992	26	130	267	243	29	39	8	2	5	14	5	0	14	52	.160	.211	.272	.482	37	66	4	2	6	2	4
1993	27	193	432	389	51	68	15	2	9	30	5	0	23	75	.175	.231	.293	.524	46	114	7	6	12	2	6
1994	28	231	507	451	60	84	20	3	10	39	10	0	28	91	.186	.247	.310	.557	55	140	8	9	17	2	7
1995	29	299	709	637	79	125	26	3	13	51	21	1	36	142	.196	.250	.308	.557	53	196	11	10	24	2	10
1996	30	334	827	740	92	148	31	4	17	64	24	2	48	163	.200	.259	.322	.581	59	238	13	12	25	2	15
1997	31	383	950	856	104	175	40	5	17	71	26	5	52	190	.204	.260	.322	.582	58	276	15	13	26	3	15
1998	32	507	1335	1205	150	270	63	5	21	110	29	5	67	263	.224	.275	.337	.612	63	406	26	19	39	5	16
1999	33	617	1739	1573	192	361	89	12	22	147	39	6	87	353	.229	.278	.343	.621	64	540	29	21	50	8	19
2000	34	710	1994	1806	220	424	107	14	24	166	44	10	99	398	.235	.282	.349	.632	65	631	33	24	56	9	19
2001	35	710	1994	1806	220	424	107	14	24	166	44	10	99	398	.235	.282	.349	.632	65	631	33	24	56	9	19
2002	36	818	2124	1926	227	442	109	15	24	169	44	14	106	429	.229	.277	.339	.616	61	653	38	25	57	10	19

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1989	23	14	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	14
1990	24	22	59	56	7	12	3	1	2	3	1	3	10	.214	.254	.411	.665	6	22
1991	25	54	120	106	12	13	3	0	2	8	3	7	26	.123	.188	.208	.396	4	54
1992	26	40	83	76	5	14	2	1	1	3	1	4	15	.184	.225	.276	.501	5	40
1993	27	63	165	146	22	29	7	0	4	16	0	9	23	.199	.264	.329	.593	12	63
1994	28	54	105	87	12	22	7	1	1	12	7	7	23	.253	.337	.391	.728	11	38
1995	29	76	227	209	21	46	7	0	3	13	12	9	57	.220	.256	.297	.552	16	68
1996	30	35	116	102	12	22	5	1	4	12	3	11	21	.216	.304	.402	.706	12	35
1997	31	49	122	115	11	26	9	1	0	6	2	4	27	.226	.256	.322	.578	9	49
1998	32	124	379	344	42	90	22	0	4	36	3	14	73	.262	.301	.360	.661	36	124
1999	33	110	397	362	37	85	24	7	1	33	9	19	90	.235	.275	.348	.623	34	110
2000	34	93	250	229	25	59	17	2	2	17	5	11	45	.258	.299	.376	.675	25	93

2002	36	108	129	119	6	17	2	1	0	3	0	7	31	.143	.195	.176	.372	4	108
13 Yrs		842	2158	1957	212	435	108	15	24	162	46	105	442	.222	.270	.330	.599	174	818
162 Game Avg.		162	415	377	41	84	21	3	5	31	9	20	85	.222	.270	.330	.599	33	818

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1999 NL 2.0 (6th) Career 10.5 (184th)	Triples s c a p y 1999 NL 7 (9th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1998 AL 13 (2nd) 1999 NL 11 (8th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1999 NL 2.0 (6th)
Career 10.5 (184th)

Triples s c a p y
1999 NL 7 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1998 AL 13 (2nd)
1999 NL 11 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2399), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 1 (2899), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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