Lance Berkman (Big Puma and Fat Elvis)
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 205 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
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1999 HOU NL 23 OF 27 21 203.2 43 41 0 2 0 .953 2.1 12.4 0.1 -0.3 0.4 2 1.81 1.52 .981 2.26 1.86
1999 HOU NL 23 LF 22 16 157.0 35 34 0 1 0 .971 1.9 14.5 0.9 -0.2 1.1 1 1.95 1.55 .977 2.00 1.48
1999 HOU NL 23 RF 8 5 46.2 9 8 0 1 0 .889 0.2 5.1 -0.8 -0.1 -0.7 1 1.54 1.00 .978 2.16 1.72
1999 HOU NL 23 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.00 7.60
2000 HOU NL 24 OF 96 90 774.2 184 171 7 6 0 .967 -3.2 -5.0 -5.2 -4.6 -0.7 2 2.07 1.85 .982 2.25 1.86 RoY-6
2000 HOU NL 24 RF 63 59 505.1 115 104 5 6 0 .948 -8.7 -20.7 -8.7 -5.3 -3.5 0 1.94 1.73 .980 2.18 1.75 RoY-6
2000 HOU NL 24 LF 40 31 269.1 70 69 1 0 0 1.000 5.5 24.5 3.5 0.7 2.8 2 2.34 1.75 .976 1.91 1.41 RoY-6
2000 HOU NL 24 1B 2 0 5.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 5.40 1.50 1.000 9.18 7.75 RoY-6
2001 HOU NL 25 OF 155 153 1368.0 318 306 6 6 1 .981 -2.8 -2.5 2.2 2.8 -0.7 -5 2.05 2.01 .982 2.20 1.86 AS,MVP-5
2001 HOU NL 25 LF 128 111 1013.2 227 218 5 4 1 .982 0.2 0.2 4.2 1.5 2.7 -4 1.98 1.74 .979 1.91 1.48 AS,MVP-5
2001 HOU NL 25 CF 40 40 325.1 84 81 2 1 0 .988 -3.0 -11.1 -3.0 1.0 -4.0 0 2.30 2.08 .986 2.59 2.18 AS,MVP-5
2001 HOU NL 25 RF 7 2 29.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.3 0.6 -1 2.17 1.00 .988 2.11 1.73 AS,MVP-5
2002 HOU NL 26 OF 156 155 1364.1 306 293 6 7 1 .977 -11.4 -10.0 -15.4 -7.0 -8.4 4 1.97 1.92 .983 2.19 1.84 AS,MVP-3
2002 HOU NL 26 CF 122 118 955.0 237 229 4 4 0 .983 -5.1 -6.4 -9.1 -4.1 -5.0 4 2.20 1.91 .988 2.57 2.13 AS,MVP-3
2002 HOU NL 26 LF 76 31 351.1 51 47 1 3 0 .941 -8.6 -29.4 -7.6 -3.4 -4.2 -1 1.23 0.63 .978 1.92 1.51 AS,MVP-3
2002 HOU NL 26 RF 12 6 58.0 19 18 1 0 1 1.000 2.3 47.6 1.3 0.5 0.8 1 2.95 1.58 .984 2.06 1.67 AS,MVP-3
2003 HOU NL 27 LF 153 153 1348.1 266 253 10 3 0 .989 15.3 13.6 13.3 -0.5 13.8 2 1.76 1.72 .979 1.91 1.54
2003 HOU NL 27 OF 153 153 1350.1 267 254 10 3 0 .989 15.5 13.8 13.5 -0.5 14.0 2 1.76 1.73 .984 2.17 1.85
2003 HOU NL 27 CF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.10
2004 HOU NL 28 OF 160 158 1398.0 256 243 11 2 2 .992 -3.4 -2.9 -5.4 -3.3 -2.1 2 1.64 1.59 .982 2.16 1.85 AS,MVP-7
2004 HOU NL 28 RF 90 89 780.1 157 148 9 0 1 1.000 -1.2 -1.8 -3.2 -4.2 1.0 2 1.81 1.74 .980 2.09 1.71 AS,MVP-7
2004 HOU NL 28 LF 70 68 608.2 97 93 2 2 0 .979 -2.3 -4.5 -2.3 0.9 -3.2 0 1.40 1.36 .980 1.85 1.48 AS,MVP-7
2004 HOU NL 28 1B 4 0 4.0 6 5 1 0 2 1.000 0.3 90.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 13.50 1.50 1.000 9.45 8.22 AS,MVP-7
2004 HOU NL 28 CF 2 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 13.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.00 1.00 1.000 2.50 2.25 AS,MVP-7
2005 HOU NL 29 1B 96 84 737.2 826 772 49 5 77 .994 -6.1 -9.9 -6.1 -4.1 -2.0 0 10.02 8.55 .993 9.64 8.29 MVP-14
2005 HOU NL 29 OF 49 45 362.2 71 66 2 3 1 .958 -1.3 -4.3 -1.3 2.1 -3.4 0 1.69 1.39 .985 2.19 1.86 MVP-14
2005 HOU NL 29 LF 39 35 284.2 55 50 2 3 1 .945 -2.0 -8.4 -2.0 1.4 -3.4 0 1.64 1.33 .985 1.94 1.52 MVP-14
2005 HOU NL 29 RF 11 10 78.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 10.8 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 1.85 1.45 .981 2.10 1.75 MVP-14
2005 HOU NL 29 DH 3 MVP-14
2006 HOU NL 30 1B 112 105 923.0 1037 962 69 6 96 .994 2.4 3.1 1.4 -1.4 2.8 1 10.05 9.21 .994 9.41 8.05 AS,MVP-3
2006 HOU NL 30 OF 44 39 331.1 67 61 3 3 2 .955 -2.3 -8.3 -2.3 -1.3 -1.0 0 1.74 1.45 .985 2.22 1.88 AS,MVP-3
2006 HOU NL 30 RF 42 37 305.2 62 56 3 3 2 .952 -2.6 -10.2 -2.6 -1.6 -1.0 0 1.74 1.40 .981 2.11 1.75 AS,MVP-3
2006 HOU NL 30 LF 5 2 25.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 14.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 1.75 1.00 .980 1.96 1.54 AS,MVP-3
2006 HOU NL 30 DH 3 AS,MVP-3
2007 HOU NL 31 1B 126 122 1066.1 1128 1015 103 10 86 .991 -10.0 -11.3 -9.0 -4.8 -4.2 -1 9.44 8.87 .993 8.44 7.85
2007 HOU NL 31 OF 31 27 230.2 52 49 1 2 1 .962 -9.0 -46.8 -6.0 -4.8 -1.2 -3 1.95 1.61 .985 2.30 1.94
2007 HOU NL 31 RF 31 27 229.2 52 49 1 2 1 .962 -9.0 -47.0 -6.0 -4.8 -1.2 -3 1.96 1.61 .981 2.18 1.81
2007 HOU NL 31 CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
2007 HOU NL 31 DH 1
2008 HOU NL 32 1B 152 151 1307.1 1377 1240 132 5 122 .996 9.6 8.8 9.6 7.6 2.0 0 9.45 9.03 .992 6.88 6.58 AS,MVP-5
2008 HOU NL 32 DH 5 AS,MVP-5
2009 HOU NL 33 1B 131 131 1141.1 1229 1107 116 6 122 .995 3.8 4.0 3.8 1.4 2.4 0 9.64 9.34 .993 7.88 7.63
9 Seasons OF 871 841 7383.2 1564 1484 46 34 8 .978 -15.8 -2.6 -19.8 -16.9 -3.1 4 1.86 1.76 .983 2.20 1.86
8 Seasons 1B 624 593 5185.2 5607 5104 471 32 506 .994 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.0 1.0 0 9.68 8.93 .993 8.27 7.60
8 Seasons LF 533 447 4058.2 806 769 21 16 2 .980 10.3 3.0 10.3 0.7 9.6 0 1.75 1.48 .979 1.91 1.50
8 Seasons RF 264 235 2032.2 438 406 19 13 5 .970 -18.3 -10.8 -18.3 -14.5 -4.0 0 1.88 1.61 .980 2.13 1.74
5 Seasons CF 166 159 1292.1 324 313 6 5 0 .985 -7.8 -7.2 -11.8 -3.1 -8.7 4 2.22 1.92 .988 2.57 2.14
4 Seasons DH 12
11 Seasons TOT 1587 1434 12569.1 7175 6592 517 66 513 .991 -15.8 -1.5 -19.8 -17.9 -2.1 4 0 5.09 4.48 .981 4.64 4.01
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1999 HOU NL 23 34 21 34 27 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 0 7 27 0 10 1
2000 HOU NL 24 114 90 114 97 0 0 2 0 0 0 40 0 63 96 0 20 2
2001 HOU NL 25 156 153 156 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 40 7 155 0 3 0
2002 HOU NL 26 158 155 158 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 122 12 156 0 2 0
2003 HOU NL 27 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 1 0 153 0 0 0
2004 HOU NL 28 160 158 160 160 0 0 4 0 0 0 70 2 90 160 0 1 0
2005 HOU NL 29 132 132 132 129 0 0 96 0 0 0 39 0 11 49 3 0 0
2006 HOU NL 30 152 147 152 144 0 0 112 0 0 0 5 0 42 44 3 5 0
2007 HOU NL 31 153 150 153 150 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 1 31 31 1 3 0
2008 HOU NL 32 159 156 159 152 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0
2009 HOU NL 33 136 131 136 131 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
11 Seasons 1507 1446 1507 1454 0 0 624 0 0 0 533 166 263 871 12 51 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1999 HOU NL 23 4 75% 75% 25% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2000 HOU NL 24 24 63% 79% 29% 1 100% 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 HOU NL 28 19 42% 89% 47% 1 100% 0 5 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2005 HOU NL 29 3119 57% 73% 33% 149 96% 1 772 33 713 25 67 49 35 5 2 3 5 1 2 2 4 77 1 0 1 68 2 9 3 6 11 100%
2006 HOU NL 30 3964 61% 74% 32% 215 93% 5 964 55 885 24 79 71 49 13 3 1 6 0 5 1 5 96 5 1 1 92 8 3 1 2 7 57%
2007 HOU NL 31 4803 59% 75% 32% 250 92% 3 1015 69 927 23 69 103 78 11 2 3 10 4 2 4 2 86 0 2 1 80 4 6 1 5 13 92%
2008 HOU NL 32 5663 58% 74% 31% 342 96% 0 1240 81 1126 29 123 132 102 23 0 4 5 2 3 0 3 122 7 1 0 114 9 8 4 4 12 83%
2009 HOU NL 33 5076 56% 73% 32% 291 93% 1 1107 75 1016 19 89 116 84 18 4 2 6 3 1 2 3 122 3 1 1 113 8 9 1 8 21 86%
8 Seasons 22672 58% 74% 32% 1249 94% 10 5106 313 4675 120 427 473 350 70 11 13 32 10 13 9 17 506 16 5 4 470 31 35 10 25 64 86%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 94% 81%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1999 HOU NL 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 6 6 0 19 16 84.2% 3 0 0.0% 0 668 57% 70% 34% 63 52%
2000 HOU NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 12 11 0 13 8 0 7 6 0 3 0 0 8 8 0 43 33 76.7% 10 0 0.0% 1 1222 53% 75% 40% 146 47%
2001 HOU NL 25 4 0 3 1 0 4 0 1 0 2 49 38 0 28 11 1 24 12 1 9 2 0 12 9 1 122 72 59.0% 47 3 2.5% 1 4507 53% 72% 36% 455 49%
2002 HOU NL 26 3 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 10 8 0 9 6 0 11 5 0 4 0 0 4 4 0 38 23 60.5% 15 0 0.0% 1 1536 58% 70% 39% 134 34%
2003 HOU NL 27 3 0 1 2 0 10 0 2 0 8 45 42 0 31 12 4 33 13 4 9 1 0 16 16 0 134 84 62.7% 42 8 6.0% 2 5883 59% 72% 35% 544 48%
2004 HOU NL 28 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 20 15 0 23 11 0 12 7 0 6 2 0 5 5 0 66 40 60.6% 25 0 0.0% 2 2667 54% 71% 36% 234 41%
2005 HOU NL 29 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 11 7 0 5 3 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 7 7 0 31 23 74.2% 8 0 0.0% 2 1200 59% 74% 36% 112 46%
2006 HOU NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 104 61% 74% 39% 9 56%
8 Seasons 16 0 11 5 5 20 1 4 2 12 155 129 0 110 51 5 96 50 5 35 6 0 58 55 1 454 291 64.1% 151 11 2.4% 9 17787 56% 72% 36% 1697 46%
MLB Averages 62.4% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 46%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1999 HOU NL 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 85.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 214 69% 71% 31% 20 40%
2000 HOU NL 24 6 0 5 1 2 6 1 3 1 1 37 17 0 26 10 0 18 12 0 7 2 0 6 4 0 94 45 47.9% 49 0 0.0% 6 2386 52% 75% 38% 268 40%
2001 HOU NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 119 59% 71% 34% 11 64%
2002 HOU NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 10 5 50.0% 4 1 10.0% 0 261 55% 74% 36% 31 58%
2004 HOU NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 1 1 5 34 19 0 18 5 5 12 6 0 6 2 1 15 7 0 85 39 45.9% 40 6 7.1% 3 3477 53% 71% 36% 326 48%
2005 HOU NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 336 58% 72% 35% 33 48%
2006 HOU NL 30 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 15 7 0 13 5 0 2 2 0 7 2 1 7 4 1 44 20 45.5% 22 2 4.5% 1 1343 62% 72% 37% 132 43%
2007 HOU NL 31 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 4 0 7 2 0 4 1 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 31 9 29.0% 22 0 0.0% 1 1043 54% 73% 40% 110 45%
8 Seasons 13 0 12 1 2 20 2 5 3 8 113 55 0 67 23 5 39 23 0 28 7 3 35 20 1 282 128 45.4% 145 9 3.2% 11 9179 55% 72% 37% 931 45%
MLB Averages 48.1% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2001 HOU NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 13 8 1 11 3 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 7 4 0 38 15 39.5% 22 1 2.6% 1 1429 58% 73% 38% 150 55%
2002 HOU NL 26 4 0 2 2 0 4 0 2 1 1 28 22 1 33 6 1 1 1 0 17 3 0 23 19 0 102 51 50.0% 48 2 2.0% 2 4220 59% 72% 36% 418 56%
2003 HOU NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 100% 57% 43% 1 100%
2004 HOU NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 36% 62% 44% 4 50%
2007 HOU NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67% 67% 33% 0
5 Seasons 5 0 3 2 0 6 0 3 2 1 41 30 2 44 9 1 2 1 0 23 3 0 30 23 0 140 66 47.1% 70 3 2.1% 3 5698 58% 72% 37% 573 56%
MLB Averages 43.5% 1.9% 56% 74% 39% 53%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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