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Lance Berkman

William Lance Berkman (Big Puma or Fat Elvis)

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: February 10, 1976 in Waco, TX
High School: Canyon (New Braunfels, TX)
School: Rice University
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 16, 1999
Teams (by GP): Astros/Cardinals/Yankees 1999-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$8M (11), 1 yr/$12M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 12.052, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Michael Moye, previously: Bobby Barad [*]
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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
1999 23 HOU NL 34 106 93 10 22 2 0 4 15 5 1 12 21 .237 .321 .387 .708 79 36 2 0 0 1 0 /3
2000 24 HOU NL 114 417 353 76 105 28 1 21 67 6 2 56 73 .297 .388 .561 .949 130 198 6 1 0 7 1 /3 RoY-6
2001 25 HOU NL 156 688 577 110 191 55 5 34 126 7 9 92 121 .331 .430 .620 1.051 160 358 8 13 0 6 5 * AS,MVP-5
2002 26 HOU NL 158 692 578 106 169 35 2 42 128 8 4 107 118 .292 .405 .578 .982 150 334 10 4 0 3 20 * AS,MVP-3
2003 27 HOU NL 153 658 538 110 155 35 6 25 93 5 3 107 108 .288 .412 .515 .927 138 277 10 9 1 3 13 *
2004 28 HOU NL 160 687 544 104 172 40 3 30 106 9 7 127 101 .316 .450 .566 1.016 159 308 10 10 0 6 14 */3 AS,MVP-7
2005 29 HOU NL 132 565 468 76 137 34 1 24 82 4 1 91 72 .293 .411 .524 .934 143 245 18 4 0 2 12 3 MVP-14
2006 30 HOU NL 152 646 536 95 169 29 0 45 136 3 2 98 106 .315 .420 .621 1.041 163 333 11 4 0 8 22 *3 AS,MVP-3
2007 31 HOU NL 153 668 561 95 156 24 2 34 102 7 3 94 125 .278 .386 .510 .896 130 286 11 8 0 5 11 *3
2008 32 HOU NL 159 665 554 114 173 46 4 29 106 18 4 99 108 .312 .420 .567 .986 159 314 13 7 0 5 18 *3 AS,MVP-5
2009 33 HOU NL 136 562 460 73 126 31 1 25 80 7 4 97 98 .274 .399 .509 .907 140 234 13 1 0 4 14 *3
2010 34 TOT MLB 122 481 404 48 100 23 1 14 58 3 2 77 85 .248 .368 .413 .781 112 167 18 0 0 0 7 3D
2010 34 HOU NL 85 358 298 39 73 16 1 13 49 3 2 60 70 .245 .372 .436 .808 120 130 12 0 0 0 4 3/3
2010 34 NYY AL 37 123 106 9 27 7 0 1 9 0 0 17 15 .255 .358 .349 .707 90 37 6 0 0 0 3 3/3
2011 35 STL NL 145 587 488 90 147 23 2 31 94 2 6 92 93 .301 .412 .547 .959 166 267 7 3 0 4 17 *937/D AS,MVP-7
13 Seasons 1774 7422 6154 1107 1822 405 28 358 1193 84 48 1149 1229 .296 .409 .545 .954 146 3357 137 64 1 54 154
162 Game Avg. 162 678 562 101 166 37 3 33 109 8 4 105 112 .296 .409 .545 .954 146 307 13 6 0 5 14
HOU (12 yrs) 1592 6712 5560 1008 1648 375 26 326 1090 82 42 1040 1121 .296 .410 .549 .959 145 3053 124 61 1 50 134
STL (1 yr) 145 587 488 90 147 23 2 31 94 2 6 92 93 .301 .412 .547 .959 166 267 7 3 0 4 17
NYY (1 yr) 37 123 106 9 27 7 0 1 9 0 0 17 15 .255 .358 .349 .707 90 37 6 0 0 0 3
NL (13 yrs) 1737 7299 6048 1098 1795 398 28 357 1184 84 48 1132 1214 .297 .410 .549 .959 147 3320 131 64 1 54 151
AL (1 yr) 37 123 106 9 27 7 0 1 9 0 0 17 15 .255 .358 .349 .707 90 37 6 0 0 0 3

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
1999 23 HOU NL 106 -3 1 -1 0 2 -1 3 1 0.1 -1 -0.1 0.2 $200,000 /3
2000 24 HOU NL 417 18 0 -1 1 -3 -4 12 23 2.2 26 2.5 -0.3 $ /3 RoY-6
2001 25 HOU NL 688 53 -4 2 1 -3 -5 18 62 6.2 65 6.5 -0.3 $305,000 * AS,MVP-5
2002 26 HOU NL 692 40 1 0 0 -11 -1 18 46 4.8 58 6.2 -1.4 $500,000 * AS,MVP-3
2003 27 HOU NL 658 36 0 1 1 16 -7 18 64 6.4 49 5.0 1.4 $3,500,000 *
2004 28 HOU NL 687 58 -4 -1 0 -3 -8 18 60 6.1 63 6.3 -0.2 $6,500,000 */3 AS,MVP-7
2005 29 HOU NL 565 32 -4 -1 -1 -7 -8 15 26 2.8 33 3.4 -0.6 $10,500,000 3 MVP-14
2006 30 HOU NL 646 48 -2 0 0 0 -9 18 54 5.3 55 5.5 -0.2 $14,500,000 *3 AS,MVP-3
2007 31 HOU NL 668 24 -3 -2 1 -19 -9 18 10 1.0 29 2.9 -1.9 $14,500,000 *3
2008 32 HOU NL 665 49 0 -2 0 10 -10 18 65 6.7 55 5.7 1.0 $14,500,000 *3 AS,MVP-5
2009 33 HOU NL 563 23 -2 -1 -0 4 -8 16 32 3.2 28 2.8 0.4 $14,500,000 *3
2010 34 HOU NL 358 11 -2 0 -0 -0 -6 10 13 1.4 14 1.4 0.0 $14,500,000 3/3
2010 34 NYY AL 123 -1 -0 -0 -1 -2 -3 4 -2 -0.2 -0 0.0 -0.2 $ 3/3
2011 35 STL NL 587 48 -1 -0 0 -7 -7 16 50 5.2 57 5.9 -0.7 $8,000,000 *937/D AS,MVP-7
13 Seasons 7423 437 -20 -6 2 -25 -85 202 503 51.2 530 54.0 -2.8 $102,005,000
HOU (12 yrs) 6713 389 -19 -6 2 -16 -76 182 456 46.2 473 48.1 -1.9 $94,005,000
NYY (1 yr) 123 -1 -0 -0 -1 -2 -3 4 -2 -0.2 -0 0.0 -0.2 $
STL (1 yr) 587 48 -1 -0 0 -7 -7 16 50 5.2 57 5.9 -0.7 $8,000,000

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
1999 23 HOU NL 106 75 12 4.3 116 .261 .237 .276 .321 .351 .387 .444 .708 .795 79 .404 -3.3 -0.3 .703 .323 .151 4.4
2000 24 HOU NL 417 263 81 8.2 122 .316 .297 .281 .388 .360 .561 .460 .949 .820 130 .689 17.8 1.6 1.012 .433 .263 9.3
2001 25 HOU NL 688 409 158 10.3 117 .367 .331 .276 .430 .349 .620 .453 1.051 .802 160 .789 57.8 5.3 1.144 .445 .289 11.6
2002 26 HOU NL 692 426 140 8.8 112 .302 .292 .273 .405 .348 .578 .434 .982 .782 150 .752 44.6 4.2 1.061 .478 .285 13.4
2003 27 HOU NL 658 400 121 8.1 112 .319 .288 .272 .412 .344 .515 .436 .927 .781 138 .713 34.7 3.3 .997 .429 .227 8.3
2004 28 HOU NL 687 395 148 10.0 113 .339 .316 .272 .450 .344 .566 .441 1.016 .785 159 .780 57.3 5.3 1.149 .487 .250 13.8
2005 29 HOU NL 565 352 102 7.7 109 .302 .293 .270 .411 .340 .524 .430 .934 .770 143 .703 33.3 3.2 .980 .432 .231 6.9
2006 30 HOU NL 646 388 144 10.0 113 .316 .315 .272 .420 .343 .621 .442 1.041 .785 163 .773 54.5 5.0 1.147 .491 .306 5.6
2007 31 HOU NL 668 424 115 7.3 111 .300 .278 .273 .386 .342 .510 .436 .896 .778 130 .660 27.0 2.5 .936 .406 .232 11.6
2008 32 HOU NL 665 403 137 9.1 106 .341 .312 .265 .420 .336 .567 .423 .986 .759 159 .757 52.6 4.9 1.090 .458 .255 22.2
2009 33 HOU NL 562 355 96 7.2 105 .296 .274 .263 .399 .336 .509 .418 .907 .755 140 .680 31.0 3.0 .954 .452 .235 10.9
2010 34 TOT MLB 481 324 62 5.1 101 .282 .248 .261 .368 .330 .413 .410 .781 .740 112 .547 9.6 0.9 .756 .359 .166 4.9
2010 34 HOU NL 358 239 49 5.5 100 .279 .245 .258 .372 .328 .436 .407 .808 .735 120 .581 10.5 1.0 .799 .396 .191 4.9
2010 34 NYY AL 123 85 13 4.1 104 .289 .255 .267 .358 .335 .349 .418 .707 .753 90 .439 -0.9 -0.1 .635 .255 .094 .0
2011 35 STL NL 587 358 113 8.5 95 .315 .301 .254 .412 .321 .547 .396 .959 .717 166 .766 48.2 4.8 1.011 .426 .246 3.8
13 Seasons 7422 4572 1429 8.4 110 .317 .296 .270 .409 .341 .545 .432 .954 .773 146 .726 464.9 43.7 1.020 .442 .249 136.1
162 Game Avg. 678 418 130 8.4 110 .317 .296 .270 .409 .341 .545 .432 .954 .773 146 .726 42 4 1.020 .442 .249 12
HOU (12 yrs) 6712 4129 1303 8.4 111 .318 .296 .271 .410 .343 .549 .435 .959 .779 145 .726 417.6 39.1 1.028 .447 .253 131.0
STL (1 yr) 587 358 113 8.5 95 .315 .301 .254 .412 .321 .547 .396 .959 .717 166 .766 48.2 4.8 1.011 .426 .246 3.8
NYY (1 yr) 123 85 13 4.1 104 .289 .255 .267 .358 .335 .349 .418 .707 .753 90 .439 -0.9 -0.1 .635 .255 .094 .0
NL (13 yrs) 7299 4487 1416 8.5 110 .317 .297 .270 .410 .341 .549 .432 .959 .774 147 .729 465.8 43.8 1.027 .445 .252 136.0
AL (1 yr) 123 85 13 4.1 104 .289 .255 .267 .358 .335 .349 .418 .707 .753 90 .439 -0.9 -0.1 .635 .255 .094 .0

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
2001 25 HOU NL NLDS ATL L 3 12 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333 2 2 0 0 0 0
2004 28 HOU NL NLDS ATL W 5 25 22 5 9 1 0 1 3 0 1 3 6 .409 .480 .591 1.071 13 0 0 0 0 0
2004 28 HOU NL NLCS STL L 7 30 24 7 7 2 0 3 9 1 0 5 4 .292 .400 .750 1.150 18 0 0 0 1 2
2005 29 HOU NL NLDS ATL W 4 18 14 4 5 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 4 .357 .500 .643 1.143 9 1 1 0 0 1
2005 29 HOU NL NLCS STL W 6 25 21 2 6 2 0 1 3 0 0 4 3 .286 .400 .524 .924 11 1 0 0 0 0
2005 29 HOU NL WS CHW L 4 19 13 0 5 2 0 0 6 1 0 5 5 .385 .526 .538 1.065 7 0 0 0 1 2
2010 34 NYY AL ALDS MIN W 1 4 4 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.500 2.000 6 0 0 0 0 0
2010 34 NYY AL ALCS TEX L 4 15 12 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 .250 .333 .417 .750 5 0 0 0 1 0
2011 35 STL NL NLDS PHI W 5 21 18 4 3 1 0 1 4 1 0 2 3 .167 .286 .389 .675 7 0 1 0 0 0
2011 35 STL NL NLCS MIL W 6 23 20 4 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 .300 .391 .300 .691 6 0 1 0 0 0
2011 35 STL NL WS TEX W 7 31 26 9 11 1 0 1 5 0 0 5 7 .423 .516 .577 1.093 15 0 0 0 0 1
5 Seasons (11 Series) 52 223 186 38 59 11 1 9 41 4 1 31 41 .317 .417 .532 .949 99 4 3 0 3 6
1 ALDS 1 4 4 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.500 2.000 6 0 0 0 0 0
4 NLDS 17 76 66 13 19 3 0 3 12 1 1 8 17 .288 .382 .470 .851 31 3 2 0 0 1
1 ALCS 4 15 12 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 .250 .333 .417 .750 5 0 0 0 1 0
3 NLCS 19 78 65 13 19 4 0 4 14 2 0 11 9 .292 .397 .538 .936 35 1 1 0 1 2
2 WS 11 50 39 9 16 3 0 1 11 1 0 10 12 .410 .520 .564 1.084 22 0 0 0 1 3

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
2001 HOU NL 25 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2002 HOU NL 26 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
2004 HOU NL 28 as CF 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 HOU NL 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 HOU NL 32 as 1B 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0
2011 STL NL 35 as RF 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons (6 Appearances) 12 10 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 .300 .333 .300 .633 3 0 0 0 1 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
1999 23 HOU NL 106 3.8% 19.8% 11.3% 5.7% 27% 1.75 4.4 23.3 6.2 0.97 1.08 65% 8% 12.9% 16%
2000 24 HOU NL 417 5.0% 17.5% 13.4% 12.0% 48% 1.30 4.8 16.8 5.3 0.69 1.08 64% 26% 15.9% 16%
2001 25 HOU NL 688 4.9% 17.6% 13.4% 13.7% 49% 1.32 4.8 17.0 4.6 0.63 0.97 62% 30% 15.6% 17%
2002 26 HOU NL 692 6.1% 17.1% 15.5% 11.4% 47% 1.10 4.9 13.8 4.5 0.64 0.86 61% 25% 19.1% 14%
2003 27 HOU NL 658 3.8% 16.4% 16.3% 10.0% 43% 1.01 5.0 21.5 5.8 0.82 1.04 62% 16% 12.9% 18%
2004 28 HOU NL 687 4.4% 14.7% 18.5% 10.6% 42% 0.80 5.4 18.1 5.1 0.69 0.88 61% 20% 12.1% 7%
2005 29 HOU NL 565 4.3% 12.7% 16.1% 10.4% 43% 0.79 6.5 19.5 5.7 0.85 1.30 66% 19% 12.3% 9%
2006 30 HOU NL 646 7.0% 16.4% 15.2% 11.5% 44% 1.08 5.1 11.9 3.9 0.62 0.87 61% 18% 19.0% 12%
2007 31 HOU NL 668 5.1% 18.7% 14.1% 9.0% 39% 1.33 4.5 16.5 5.5 0.83 1.16 61% 18% 17.1% 17%
2008 32 HOU NL 665 4.4% 16.2% 14.9% 11.9% 46% 1.09 5.1 19.1 5.2 0.76 1.07 63% 15% 12.7% 11%
2009 33 HOU NL 562 4.5% 17.4% 17.3% 10.1% 45% 1.01 4.7 18.4 5.8 0.78 1.13 61% 18% 13.4% 10%
2010 34 TOT MLB 481 2.9% 17.7% 16.0% 7.9% 38% 1.10 4.8 28.9 7.0 0.96 1.36 63% 17% 10.4% 17%
2010 34 HOU NL 358 3.6% 19.6% 16.8% 8.4% 41% 1.17 4.3 22.9 6.1 0.98 1.48 60% 17% 13.3% 15%
2010 34 NYY AL 123 0.8% 12.2% 13.8% 6.5% 30% 0.88 7.1 106.0 11.8 0.90 1.12 73% 19% 2.7% 23%
2011 35 STL NL 587 5.3% 15.8% 15.7% 9.5% 38% 1.01 5.2 15.7 5.2 0.65 0.77 63% 22% 14.8% 13%
13 Seasons 7422 4.8% 16.6% 15.5% 10.7% 43% 1.07 5.0 17.2 5.2 0.74 1.02 62% 20% 14.7% 13%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.2% 8.7% 7.9% 34% 1.98 5.2 32.4 7.6 0.78 1.07 70% 20% 7.9% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1999 23 HOU NL -3.3 -0.3 115 -1.3 1.6 -2.9 1.20 -0.0 -1.0 -3.5 -0.3 0.99 0.3 1.24 9
2000 24 HOU NL 17.8 1.6 432 1.9 8.7 -6.8 .99 2.3 -0.4 22.8 2.0 0.97 28.2 1.70 18
2001 25 HOU NL 57.8 5.3 712 7.1 18.3 -11.2 1.06 6.0 0.7 72.5 6.5 0.98 72.5 0.80 3
2002 26 HOU NL 44.6 4.2 711 5.5 14.9 -9.5 .98 5.2 0.4 72.9 6.7 0.94 70.1 3.23 2
2003 27 HOU NL 34.7 3.3 675 5.0 15.0 -10.0 1.00 4.7 0.4 51.5 4.8 0.96 54.3 0
2004 28 HOU NL 57.3 5.3 712 6.3 15.9 -9.6 .97 5.7 0.8 59.9 5.5 0.97 64.9 1.08 1
2005 29 HOU NL 33.3 3.2 574 3.2 12.0 -8.8 .98 3.7 -0.4 31.0 2.9 0.96 39.3 0
2006 30 HOU NL 54.5 5.0 658 5.6 15.2 -9.7 1.03 5.9 -0.5 70.5 6.5 0.93 68.7 2.85 3
2007 31 HOU NL 27.0 2.5 680 3.5 13.9 -10.4 1.03 3.5 -0.0 38.9 3.6 0.90 38.5 3.16 3
2008 32 HOU NL 52.6 4.9 695 6.9 16.4 -9.5 1.01 5.0 1.9 59.0 5.6 0.94 54.2 3.69 2
2009 33 HOU NL 31.0 3.0 580 2.1 11.2 -9.1 1.02 2.8 -0.8 31.2 3.0 0.94 34.6 2.70 4
2010 34 TOT MLB 10.4 1.0 492 1.7 9.7 -8.1 1.04 0.9 0.7 6.5 0.7 0.97 8.2 0.96 7
2010 34 HOU NL 11.2 1.1 367 2.0 7.5 -5.5 .99 1.1 0.9 8.1 0.8 0.95 10.1 0
2010 34 NYY AL -0.7 -0.1 125 -0.3 2.3 -2.6 1.16 -0.2 -0.1 -1.6 -0.1 1.02 -1.9 0.96 7
2011 35 STL NL 48.2 4.8 602 5.7 14.4 -8.7 1.04 4.9 0.6 53.9 5.4 1.02 50.4 1.41 3
13 Seasons 465.8 43.8 7638 53.2 167.3 -114.1 1.01 50.3 2.1 567.2 52.7 0.96 584.3 1.80 55

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
1999 23 HOU NL 0 0 20% 33 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 57% 3 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 2
2000 24 HOU NL 3 0 39% 159 6 2 75% 3 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 5 14 40% 31 21 8 4 2 2 15 5 10
2001 25 HOU NL 8 0 29% 313 7 9 44% 6 6 1 3 0 0 2 1 11 19 42% 40 29 11 14 7 5 32 9 20
2002 26 HOU NL 6 0 27% 245 8 4 67% 8 3 0 1 0 0 3 1 6 19 40% 50 34 16 10 6 4 27 11 15
2003 27 HOU NL 8 0 35% 295 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 21 36% 46 37 7 17 7 10 25 9 15
2004 28 HOU NL 3 0 27% 296 9 7 56% 7 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 15 31% 44 32 11 14 8 5 22 12 9
2005 29 HOU NL 3 0 25% 240 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 7 9% 32 30 0 10 8 2 16 12 3
2006 30 HOU NL 6 0 22% 239 3 2 60% 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 12 37% 30 21 9 14 11 3 13 4 9
2007 31 HOU NL 4 0 27% 260 7 3 70% 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 7 15 26% 45 36 9 13 9 4 16 7 6
2008 32 HOU NL 1 0 34% 292 18 4 82% 14 3 4 1 0 0 5 3 5 23 43% 41 29 11 14 7 7 24 7 16
2009 33 HOU NL 3 1 24% 216 7 4 64% 5 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 6 15 35% 40 29 11 6 3 2 22 7 11
2010 34 TOT MLB 5 0 21% 179 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 7 34% 29 25 4 4 0 4 14 5 8
2010 34 HOU NL 4 0 22% 140 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 4 27% 21 20 1 3 0 3 9 3 5
2010 34 NYY AL 1 0 19% 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 50% 8 5 3 1 0 1 5 2 3
2011 35 STL NL 4 0 28% 250 2 6 25% 2 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 15 38% 49 40 9 6 2 4 26 7 18
13 Seasons 54 1 28% 3017 84 48 64% 69 38 15 10 0 0 17 9 83 187 35% 480 364 108 128 72 52 254 95 142

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
1999 23 HOU NL 106 100% 22 1 0 9 0 0 0 1.24 4 0 3 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 16 2 13% 10 4 40% 78 11 14% 7 3 43% 5 3 60% 0
2000 24 HOU NL 417 100% 105 5 0 18 1 0 0 1.70 21 0 12 19 2 10 11 0 0 0 92 6 7% 39 16 41% 294 46 16% 29 17 59% 22 12 55% 0
2001 25 HOU NL 688 100% 191 10 0 3 1 1 1 0.80 34 1 21 32 2 13 21 0 0 0 140 8 6% 57 23 40% 490 93 19% 40 23 58% 42 26 62% 0
2002 26 HOU NL 692 100% 169 13 1 2 1 0 0 3.23 42 1 14 40 2 20 22 1 0 0 152 10 7% 44 17 39% 449 91 20% 37 20 54% 31 19 61% 0
2003 27 HOU NL 658 100% 155 11 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 23 21 4 11 14 0 1 1 100% 123 10 8% 37 13 35% 442 73 17% 31 16 52% 20 13 65% 0
2004 28 HOU NL 687 100% 172 11 0 1 0 0 0 1.08 30 1 23 26 4 8 22 0 0 0 122 10 8% 54 21 39% 480 78 16% 54 24 44% 32 20 63% 0
2005 29 HOU NL 565 100% 137 14 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 13 21 3 13 11 0 0 0 117 18 15% 42 15 36% 388 59 15% 35 8 23% 29 19 66% 0
2006 30 HOU NL 646 100% 169 3 0 3 0 0 0 2.85 45 0 7 40 5 24 21 0 0 0 153 11 7% 46 24 52% 426 94 22% 39 23 59% 27 18 67% 0
2007 31 HOU NL 668 100% 156 10 0 3 0 0 1 3.16 34 0 12 29 5 13 21 0 0 0 132 11 8% 53 26 49% 413 72 17% 46 25 54% 29 19 66% 0
2008 32 HOU NL 665 100% 173 14 1 2 0 0 0 3.69 29 1 8 22 7 16 13 0 0 0 120 13 11% 42 14 33% 429 80 19% 36 18 50% 28 17 61% 0
2009 33 HOU NL 563 100% 126 7 0 4 2 0 0 2.70 25 0 9 18 7 14 11 0 0 0 117 13 11% 54 20 37% 348 57 16% 35 15 43% 22 14 64% 0
2010 34 TOT MLB 481 100% 100 9 0 7 2 0 0 0.96 14 1 11 13 1 10 4 0 0 0 108 18 17% 36 11 31% 310 45 15% 27 14 52% 18 9 50% 0
2010 34 HOU NL 358 100% 73 6 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 6 12 1 9 4 0 0 0 80 12 15% 28 10 36% 224 37 17% 22 13 59% 15 7 47% 0
2010 34 NYY AL 123 100% 27 3 0 7 2 0 0 0.96 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 28 6 21% 8 1 13% 86 8 9% 5 1 20% 3 2 67% 0
2011 35 STL NL 587 100% 147 13 1 3 1 0 1 1.41 31 1 11 27 4 9 22 0 0 0 103 7 7% 49 17 35% 370 66 18% 32 16 50% 30 15 50% 0
13 Seasons 7423 100% 1822 121 3 55 8 1 3 1.80 358 6 167 312 46 163 195 1 1 1 100% 1495 137 9% 563 221 39% 4917 865 18% 448 222 50% 335 204 61% 0
MLB Averages 54% 70% 11% 33% 15% 52% 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
1999 23 HOU NL 106 371 3.50 231 62% 19% 20% 29% 32% 81% 0% 50% 75% 43% 5% 5 0 13% 14 7 7% 7 2 24% 0 0 0
2000 24 HOU NL 417 1551 3.72 916 59% 22% 18% 29% 31% 78% 1% 46% 77% 42% 6% 26 2 15% 62 21 12% 49 26 25% 0 0 0
2001 25 HOU NL 688 2667 3.88 1530 57% 24% 17% 29% 30% 76% 1% 43% 78% 41% 7% 49 7 18% 127 40 14% 97 53 35% 0 0 0
2002 26 HOU NL 692 2729 3.94 1523 56% 26% 17% 26% 30% 74% 6% 41% 76% 30% 10% 66 8 21% 145 46 14% 99 48 25% 0 0 0
2003 27 HOU NL 658 2592 3.94 1434 55% 29% 15% 25% 30% 71% 4% 39% 79% 30% 10% 66 9 23% 150 44 14% 92 43 28% 0 0 0
2004 28 HOU NL 687 2723 3.96 1459 54% 27% 14% 28% 31% 73% 3% 39% 81% 32% 8% 57 7 20% 137 41 14% 95 43 36% 0 0 0
2005 29 HOU NL 565 2182 3.86 1208 55% 27% 13% 27% 33% 73% 4% 40% 82% 25% 9% 50 3 22% 122 43 13% 74 38 32% 0 0 0
2006 30 HOU NL 646 2511 3.89 1441 57% 22% 17% 31% 30% 78% 8% 45% 79% 39% 9% 55 8 20% 131 46 10% 62 30 25% 0 0 0
2007 31 HOU NL 668 2584 3.87 1490 58% 21% 19% 31% 30% 79% 3% 45% 76% 37% 7% 47 12 19% 129 53 13% 88 39 30% 0 0 0
2008 32 HOU NL 665 2599 3.91 1469 57% 20% 20% 29% 31% 80% 6% 45% 75% 37% 9% 61 10 20% 136 47 14% 96 43 19% 0 0 0
2009 33 HOU NL 563 2185 3.88 1198 55% 26% 16% 27% 31% 74% 5% 40% 78% 32% 9% 53 6 22% 125 46 15% 86 40 29% 0 0 1
2010 34 TOT MLB 481 1923 4.00 1083 56% 30% 15% 25% 29% 70% 3% 40% 78% 28% 10% 47 2 19% 92 23 14% 65 25 24% 0 0 0
2010 34 HOU NL 358 1480 4.13 835 56% 30% 16% 26% 27% 70% 2% 39% 77% 28% 10% 36 2 19% 67 15 14% 50 16 21% 0 0 0
2010 34 NYY AL 123 443 3.60 248 56% 29% 13% 22% 37% 71% 6% 40% 82% 29% 9% 11 0 20% 25 8 12% 15 9 33% 0 0 0
2011 35 STL NL 588 2224 3.78 1251 56% 20% 18% 30% 32% 80% 6% 45% 77% 37% 10% 58 12 22% 127 41 12% 69 31 20% -1 0 0
13 Seasons 7424 28841 3.88 16233 56% 24% 17% 28% 31% 76% 4% 43% 78% 34% 9% 640 86 20% 1497 498 13% 979 461 27% -1 0 1
MLB Averages 3.77 62% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 28% 5% 15% 9% 26%

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
1999 23 34 106 93 10 22 2 0 4 15 5 1 12 21 .237 .321 .387 .708 79 36 2 0 0 1 0
2000 24 148 523 446 86 127 30 1 25 82 11 3 68 94 .285 .375 .525 .899 120 234 8 1 0 8 1
2001 25 304 1211 1023 196 318 85 6 59 208 18 12 160 215 .311 .406 .579 .985 142 592 16 14 0 14 6
2002 26 462 1903 1601 302 487 120 8 101 336 26 16 267 333 .304 .406 .578 .984 145 926 26 18 0 17 26
2003 27 615 2561 2139 412 642 155 14 126 429 31 19 374 441 .300 .407 .562 .970 143 1203 36 27 1 20 39
2004 28 775 3248 2683 516 814 195 17 156 535 40 26 501 542 .303 .416 .563 .980 146 1511 46 37 1 26 53
2005 29 907 3813 3151 592 951 229 18 180 617 44 27 592 614 .302 .416 .557 .973 146 1756 64 41 1 28 65
2006 30 1059 4459 3687 687 1120 258 18 225 753 47 29 690 720 .304 .416 .567 .983 148 2089 75 45 1 36 87
2007 31 1212 5127 4248 782 1276 282 20 259 855 54 32 784 845 .300 .412 .559 .971 146 2375 86 53 1 41 98
2008 32 1371 5792 4802 896 1449 328 24 288 961 72 36 883 953 .302 .413 .560 .973 147 2689 99 60 1 46 116
2009 33 1507 6354 5262 969 1575 359 25 313 1041 79 40 980 1051 .299 .412 .555 .967 147 2923 112 61 1 50 130
2010 34 1629 6835 5666 1017 1675 382 26 327 1099 82 42 1057 1136 .296 .409 .545 .954 144 3090 130 61 1 50 137
2011 35 1774 7422 6154 1107 1822 405 28 358 1193 84 48 1149 1229 .296 .409 .545 .954 146 3357 137 64 1 54 154

Neutralized Batting

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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
1999 23 34 103 91 9 20 2 0 4 13 5 11 21 .220 .301 .374 .675 10 34
2000 24 114 399 341 62 93 25 1 19 55 5 50 73 .273 .361 .519 .880 64 114
2001 25 156 665 562 97 176 51 5 31 111 6 85 121 .313 .411 .587 .998 133 156
2002 26 158 681 571 99 162 34 2 40 120 8 103 118 .284 .395 .560 .955 126 158
2003 27 153 645 531 103 148 33 6 24 87 5 102 108 .279 .402 .499 .901 105 153
2004 28 160 673 536 97 164 38 3 29 99 9 121 101 .306 .438 .550 .989 128 160
2005 29 132 562 466 75 135 34 1 24 80 4 90 72 .290 .407 .521 .929 98 132
2006 30 152 633 528 88 161 28 0 43 126 3 93 106 .305 .408 .602 1.010 130 152
2007 31 153 660 556 90 151 23 2 33 96 7 91 125 .272 .379 .498 .877 103 153
2008 32 159 663 553 113 172 46 4 29 105 18 98 108 .311 .418 .566 .984 130 159
2009 33 136 564 461 74 127 31 1 25 81 7 98 98 .275 .401 .510 .910 95 136
2010 34 122 486 407 50 103 24 1 14 60 3 79 85 .253 .374 .420 .795 64 122
2011 35 145 605 499 101 158 25 2 33 105 2 99 93 .317 .430 .573 1.003 123 145
13 Seasons 1774 7339 6102 1058 1770 394 28 348 1138 82 1120 1229 .290 .402 .535 .937 1309 1774
162 Game Avg. 162 670 557 97 162 36 3 32 104 7 102 112 .290 .402 .535 .937 120 1774

* 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
2001 *
2002 *
2004 (CF)
2006 *
2008 (1B)
2011 (RF)

Awards (yr lg award)
2011 NL Comeback Player of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2001 NL (5, 28%)
2002 NL (3, 40%)
2004 NL (7, 22%)
2005 NL (14, 5%)
2006 NL (3, 51%)
2008 NL (5, 28%)
2011 NL (7, 26%)
2.00 Career Shares (90th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2008 NL  6.7 (5th)
Active  51.2 (19th)
Career  51.2 (234th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2003 NL  6.4 (10th)
2004 NL  6.1 (9th)
2008 NL  6.7 (4th)
2011 NL  5.2 (10th)
Active  51.2 (17th)
Career  51.2 (161st)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2001 NL  6.5 (7th)
2002 NL  6.2 (5th)
2004 NL  6.3 (10th)
2006 NL  5.5 (5th)
2008 NL  5.7 (6th)
2011 NL  5.9 (4th)
Active  54.0 (10th)
Career  54.0 (121st)

Batting Average s c a p y
2001 NL  .331 (4th)
2004 NL  .316 (10th)
2006 NL  .315 (8th)
2008 NL  .312 (5th)
Active  .296 (23rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
2001 NL  .430 (5th)
2002 NL  .405 (9th)
2003 NL  .412 (7th)
2004 NL  .450 (3rd)
2005 NL  .411 (5th)
2006 NL  .420 (6th)
2008 NL  .420 (3rd)
2009 NL  .399 (8th)
2011 NL  .412 (3rd)
Active  .409 (4th)
Career  .409 (36th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2001 NL  .620 (6th)
2002 NL  .578 (6th)
2006 NL  .621 (3rd)
2008 NL  .567 (4th)
2011 NL  .547 (5th)
Active  .545 (10th)
Career  .545 (30th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2001 NL  1.051 (6th)
2002 NL  .982 (7th)
2004 NL  1.016 (6th)
2005 NL  .934 (9th)
2006 NL  1.041 (3rd)
2008 NL  .986 (3rd)
2011 NL  .959 (4th)
Active  .954 (5th)
Career  .954 (19th)

Games Played s c a p y
2002 NL  158 (6th)
2004 NL  160 (5th)
2008 NL  159 (7th)
Active  1,774 (28th)

At Bats s c a p y
Active  6,154 (37th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2002 NL  692 (4th)
Active  7,422 (29th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2002 NL  106 (6th)
2003 NL  110 (7th)
2008 NL  114 (4th)
Active  1,107 (20th)
Career  1,107 (236th)

Hits s c a p y
2001 NL  191 (6th)
Active  1,822 (30th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2001 NL  358 (8th)
2002 NL  334 (3rd)
2006 NL  333 (7th)
2008 NL  314 (9th)
Active  3,357 (24th)
Career  3,357 (189th)

Doubles s c a p y
2001 NL  55 (1st)
2008 NL  46 (1st)
Active  405 (22nd)
Career  405 (160th)

Triples s c a p y
2003 NL  6 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2002 NL  42 (3rd)
2006 NL  45 (4th)
2007 NL  34 (5th)
2011 NL  31 (9th)
Active  358 (12th)
Career  358 (76th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2001 NL  126 (7th)
2002 NL  128 (1st)
2004 NL  106 (10th)
2006 NL  136 (3rd)
2008 NL  106 (9th)
Active  1,193 (19th)
Career  1,193 (149th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2001 NL  92 (10th)
2002 NL  107 (4th)
2003 NL  107 (5th)
2004 NL  127 (2nd)
2005 NL  91 (8th)
2006 NL  98 (8th)
2007 NL  94 (7th)
2008 NL  99 (4th)
2009 NL  97 (7th)
2011 NL  92 (4th)
Active  1,149 (8th)
Career  1,149 (68th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Active  1,229 (21st)
Career  1,229 (136th)

Singles s c a p y
Active  1,031 (39th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2001 NL  160 (7th)
2004 NL  159 (6th)
2005 NL  143 (10th)
2006 NL  163 (3rd)
2008 NL  159 (3rd)
2011 NL  166 (2nd)
Active  146 (5th)
Career  146 (45th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2001 NL  158 (5th)
2002 NL  140 (5th)
2003 NL  121 (8th)
2004 NL  148 (5th)
2006 NL  144 (3rd)
2008 NL  137 (2nd)
2011 NL  113 (6th)
Active  1,429 (12th)
Career  1,429 (97th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2001 NL  58 (5th)
2002 NL  45 (10th)
2004 NL  57 (4th)
2006 NL  54 (4th)
2008 NL  53 (3rd)
2011 NL  48 (5th)
Active  465 (9th)
Career  465 (56th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2001 NL  5.3 (5th)
2002 NL  4.2 (9th)
2004 NL  5.3 (4th)
2006 NL  5.0 (4th)
2008 NL  4.9 (3rd)
2011 NL  4.8 (5th)
Active  43.7 (8th)
Career  43.7 (59th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2001 NL  94 (5th)
2002 NL  79 (3rd)
2004 NL  73 (10th)
2008 NL  79 (4th)
Active  791 (18th)
Career  791 (111th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2001 NL  296 (5th)
2002 NL  280 (7th)
2003 NL  271 (8th)
2004 NL  309 (3rd)
2006 NL  271 (7th)
2008 NL  279 (3rd)
2011 NL  242 (10th)
Active  3,035 (15th)
Career  3,035 (178th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2001 NL  .789 (6th)
2002 NL  .752 (7th)
2003 NL  .713 (8th)
2004 NL  .780 (5th)
2005 NL  .703 (10th)
2006 NL  .773 (3rd)
2008 NL  .757 (3rd)
2011 NL  .767 (4th)
Active  .726 (4th)
Career  .726 (47th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2001 NL  13 (7th)
Active  64 (46th)
Career  64 (243rd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2006 NL  8 (5th)
Active  54 (31st)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2002 NL  20 (7th)
2003 NL  13 (7th)
2004 NL  14 (4th)
2005 NL  12 (10th)
2006 NL  22 (5th)
2007 NL  11 (10th)
2008 NL  18 (4th)
2009 NL  14 (7th)
2011 NL  17 (3rd)
Active  154 (8th)
Career  154 (41st)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
Active  137 (38th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
Active  48 (41st)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2008 NL  22.2 (8th)
Active  136.1 (32nd)
Career  136.1 (226th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2002 NL  13.8 (4th)
2006 NL  11.9 (3rd)
2007 NL  16.5 (7th)
2011 NL  15.7 (5th)
Active  17.2 (13th)
Career  17.2 (50th)

Outs Made s c a p y
Active  4,572 (40th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2001 NL  72.51 (3rd)
2002 NL  72.89 (2nd)
2003 NL  51.53 (6th)
2004 NL  59.90 (5th)
2006 NL  70.52 (2nd)
2008 NL  59.00 (2nd)
2011 NL  53.87 (5th)
Active  567.17 (7th)
Career  567.17 (25th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2001 NL  7.1 (2nd)
2002 NL  5.5 (5th)
2003 NL  5.0 (5th)
2004 NL  6.3 (2nd)
2006 NL  5.6 (3rd)
2008 NL  6.9 (1st)
2011 NL  5.7 (5th)
Active  53.2 (5th)
Career  53.2 (26th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2001 NL  6.0 (7th)
2002 NL  5.2 (5th)
2003 NL  4.7 (7th)
2004 NL  5.7 (6th)
2006 NL  5.9 (3rd)
2008 NL  5.0 (3rd)
2011 NL  4.9 (5th)
Active  50.3 (7th)
Career  50.3 (31st)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2001 NL  6.5 (3rd)
2002 NL  6.7 (2nd)
2003 NL  4.8 (6th)
2004 NL  5.5 (5th)
2006 NL  6.5 (2nd)
2008 NL  5.6 (2nd)
2011 NL  5.4 (5th)
Active  52.7 (7th)
Career  52.7 (27th)

Salary s c a p y
2006 NL  $14,500,000 (8th)
2007 NL  $14,500,000 (4th)

             

† 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 - 8 (283), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 107 (200), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 98 (165), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 44 (121), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Dick Allen (919)
  2. Albert Belle (908)
  3. David Ortiz (898)
  4. Brian Giles (887)
  5. Jim Edmonds (882)
  6. Moises Alou (880)
  7. Jack Clark (880)
  8. Ellis Burks (874)
  9. Johnny Mize (873) *
  10. Juan Gonzalez (869)
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Similar Batters through 35 
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  1. Dick Allen (919)
  2. Willie Stargell (911) *
  3. Jason Giambi (902)
  4. David Ortiz (898)
  5. Fred McGriff (892)
  6. Larry Walker (888)
  7. Jim Edmonds (883)
  8. Jack Clark (882)
  9. Duke Snider (879) *
  10. Gil Hodges (879)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Wally Berger (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Tim Salmon (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Tim Salmon (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Magglio Ordonez (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tim Salmon (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Larry Walker (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Larry Walker (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Larry Walker (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dick Allen (904)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dick Allen (911)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dick Allen (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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