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Lance Berkman    \BURK-man\

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 HS (New Braunfels, TX)
School: Rice University (Houston, TX)
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 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Astros/Cardinals/Rangers/Yankees 1999-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 1 yr/$11M (13) & 14 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 13.052, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Michael Moye, previously: Bobby Barad [*]
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1999 HOU NL 23 OF 27 21 13 203.2 44 42 0 2 0 .955 2 12 1.86 1.56 .981 2.26 2.24
1999 HOU NL 23 LF 22 16 9 157.0 35 34 0 1 0 .971 2 15 1.95 1.55 .977 2.00 1.98
1999 HOU NL 23 RF 7 5 4 46.2 9 8 0 1 0 .889 0 5 1.54 1.14 .981 2.16 2.14
1999 HOU NL 23 1B 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 9.00 1.00 .990 9.00 9.10
2000 HOU NL 24 OF 96 90 57 774.2 185 173 6 6 0 .968 -3 -5 2.08 1.86 .981 2.24 2.22 RoY-6
2000 HOU NL 24 RF 63 59 42 505.1 115 103 6 6 0 .948 -9 -21 1.94 1.73 .979 2.19 2.16 RoY-6
2000 HOU NL 24 LF 40 31 15 269.1 69 68 1 0 0 1.000 6 25 2.31 1.73 .976 1.92 1.90 RoY-6
2000 HOU NL 24 1B 2 0 0 5.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 5.40 1.50 .993 9.18 9.15 RoY-6
2001 HOU NL 25 OF 155 153 126 1368.0 318 306 6 6 1 .981 -3 -2 2.05 2.01 .982 2.20 2.18 AS,MVP-5
2001 HOU NL 25 LF 128 111 104 1013.2 226 218 4 4 1 .982 0 0 1.97 1.73 .979 1.91 1.89 AS,MVP-5
2001 HOU NL 25 CF 40 40 20 325.1 84 81 2 1 0 .988 -3 -11 2.30 2.08 .986 2.59 2.56 AS,MVP-5
2001 HOU NL 25 RF 7 2 2 29.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 0 0 2.17 1.00 .981 2.11 2.09 AS,MVP-5
2002 HOU NL 26 OF 156 155 96 1364.1 306 293 6 7 1 .977 -11 -10 1.97 1.92 .983 2.19 2.17 AS,MVP-3
2002 HOU NL 26 CF 122 118 64 955.0 237 229 4 4 0 .983 -5 -6 2.20 1.91 .988 2.57 2.55 AS,MVP-3
2002 HOU NL 26 LF 76 31 28 351.1 50 46 1 3 0 .940 -9 -29 1.20 0.62 .977 1.92 1.90 AS,MVP-3
2002 HOU NL 26 RF 12 6 4 58.0 19 18 1 0 1 1.000 2 48 2.95 1.58 .983 2.06 2.05 AS,MVP-3
2003 HOU NL 27 LF 153 153 146 1348.1 266 253 10 3 0 .989 15 6 14 5 1.76 1.72 .979 1.91 1.89
2003 HOU NL 27 OF 153 153 146 1350.1 267 254 10 3 0 .989 16 6 14 5 1.76 1.73 .984 2.17 2.15
2003 HOU NL 27 CF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 120 0 4.50 1.00 .990 2.70 2.50
2004 HOU NL 28 OF 160 158 146 1398.0 256 243 11 2 1 .992 -3 -1 -3 0 1.64 1.59 .982 2.16 2.14 AS,MVP-7
2004 HOU NL 28 RF 90 89 80 780.1 157 148 9 0 2 1.000 -1 3 -2 5 1.81 1.74 .980 2.09 2.07 AS,MVP-7
2004 HOU NL 28 LF 70 68 66 608.2 97 93 2 2 0 .979 -2 -4 -5 -8 1.40 1.36 .980 1.85 1.84 AS,MVP-7
2004 HOU NL 28 1B 4 0 0 4.0 6 5 1 0 2 1.000 0 0 90 0 13.50 1.50 .993 9.45 9.45 AS,MVP-7
2004 HOU NL 28 CF 2 1 0 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 13 0 2.00 1.00 .985 2.50 2.50 AS,MVP-7
2005 HOU NL 29 1B 96 84 65 737.2 826 772 49 5 77 .994 -6 -2 -10 -3 10.02 8.55 .993 9.65 9.52 MVP-14
2005 HOU NL 29 OF 49 45 19 362.2 71 66 2 3 1 .958 -1 1 -4 3 1.69 1.39 .984 2.19 2.16 MVP-14
2005 HOU NL 29 LF 39 35 15 284.2 55 50 2 3 1 .945 -2 2 -8 8 1.64 1.33 .984 1.94 1.92 MVP-14
2005 HOU NL 29 RF 11 10 4 78.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 1 -1 11 -17 1.85 1.45 .980 2.10 2.08 MVP-14
2005 HOU NL 29 DH 3 3 MVP-14
2006 HOU NL 30 1B 112 105 89 923.0 1041 964 71 6 96 .994 2 6 3 8 10.09 9.24 .994 9.43 9.36 AS,MVP-3
2006 HOU NL 30 OF 44 39 24 331.1 67 61 3 3 2 .955 -2 -3 -8 -10 1.74 1.45 .984 2.22 2.20 AS,MVP-3
2006 HOU NL 30 RF 42 37 23 305.2 62 56 3 3 2 .952 -3 -2 -10 -8 1.74 1.40 .980 2.10 2.09 AS,MVP-3
2006 HOU NL 30 LF 5 2 1 25.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 -1 14 -51 1.75 1.00 .982 1.96 1.96 AS,MVP-3
2006 HOU NL 30 DH 3 3 AS,MVP-3
2007 HOU NL 31 1B 126 122 100 1066.1 1128 1015 103 10 86 .991 -10 -2 -11 -2 9.44 8.87 .993 9.21 9.17
2007 HOU NL 31 OF 31 27 21 230.2 52 49 1 2 1 .962 -9 -9 -47 -46 1.95 1.61 .984 2.30 2.29
2007 HOU NL 31 RF 31 27 21 229.2 52 49 1 2 1 .962 -9 -9 -47 -48 1.96 1.61 .981 2.18 2.17
2007 HOU NL 31 CF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
2007 HOU NL 31 DH 1 1
2008 HOU NL 32 1B 152 151 140 1307.1 1377 1240 132 5 122 .996 10 15 9 14 9.45 9.03 .992 9.34 9.28 AS,MVP-5
2008 HOU NL 32 DH 5 5 AS,MVP-5
2009 HOU NL 33 1B 131 131 124 1141.1 1229 1107 116 6 122 .995 4 1 4 1 9.64 9.34 .993 9.29 9.21
2010 TOT MLB 34 1B 93 91 83 799.1 826 750 74 2 68 .998 -2 1 -4 1 9.28 8.86 .993 9.24 9.14
2010 HOU NL 34 1B 85 84 80 739.0 769 696 72 1 60 .999 -0 3 -0 5 9.35 9.04 .993 9.23 9.13
2010 NYY AL 34 DH 25 21
2010 NYY AL 34 1B 8 7 3 60.1 57 54 2 1 8 .982 -2 -2 -44 -38 8.35 7.00 .994 9.31 9.22
2011 STL NL 35 OF 126 123 60 996.1 202 194 4 4 2 .980 -7 -16 -8 -19 1.79 1.57 .986 2.16 2.15 AS,MVP-7
2011 STL NL 35 RF 110 107 49 865.1 180 173 3 4 2 .978 -8 -18 -12 -25 1.83 1.60 .983 2.05 2.04 AS,MVP-7
2011 STL NL 35 1B 21 16 8 145.0 170 154 14 2 18 .988 -0 -1 -2 -7 10.43 8.00 .994 9.33 9.31 AS,MVP-7
2011 STL NL 35 LF 16 16 11 131.0 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 2 2 16 17 1.51 1.38 .985 1.87 1.87 AS,MVP-7
2011 STL NL 35 DH 2 2 AS,MVP-7
2012 STL NL 36 1B 23 22 17 173.1 187 170 13 4 22 .979 -2 0 -13 0 9.50 7.96 .992 9.29 9.18
2013 TEX AL 37 DH 54 54
2013 TEX AL 37 1B 4 4 3 41.2 45 38 6 1 3 .978 1 1 28 29 9.50 11.00 .994 8.99 8.95
10 Seasons OF 997 964 708 8380.0 1768 1681 49 38 9 .979 -22 -23 -3 -5 1.86 1.74 .983 2.19 2.17
12 Seasons 1B 765 726 629 6345.0 6839 6218 580 41 617 .994 -4 20 -1 3 9.64 8.89 .993 9.34 9.27
9 Seasons LF 549 463 395 4189.2 825 788 21 16 2 .981 12 5 3 2 1.74 1.47 .979 1.91 1.89
9 Seasons RF 373 342 229 2898.0 618 578 23 17 8 .972 -27 -27 -11 -14 1.87 1.61 .981 2.10 2.09
5 Seasons CF 166 159 84 1292.1 324 313 6 5 0 .985 -8 0 -7 0 2.22 1.92 .987 2.57 2.55
15 Seasons TOT 1762 1690 1337 14725.0 8607 7899 629 79 626 .991 -26 -3 -2 0 5.21 4.84 .991 5.27 5.25
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1999 HOU NL 23 LF 2 15 1 1 -0 1
1999 HOU NL 23 RF 0 5 -1 -1 -0 1
1999 HOU NL 23 1B 0 0 0 0 0
2000 HOU NL 24 RF -9 -21 -9 -4 -5 0
2000 HOU NL 24 LF 6 25 4 3 1 2
2000 HOU NL 24 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 HOU NL 25 LF 0 0 4 3 2 -4
2001 HOU NL 25 CF -3 -11 -3 -4 1 0
2001 HOU NL 25 RF 0 0 1 1 0 -1
2002 HOU NL 26 CF -5 -6 -9 -5 -4 4
2002 HOU NL 26 LF -9 -29 -8 -4 -3 -1
2002 HOU NL 26 RF 2 48 1 1 0 1
2003 HOU NL 27 LF 15 14 13 14 -0 2 6 5 1 5
2003 HOU NL 27 CF 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 HOU NL 28 RF -1 -2 -3 1 -4 2 3 5 -3 4
2004 HOU NL 28 LF -2 -5 -2 -3 1 0 -4 -8 -4 1
2004 HOU NL 28 1B 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 HOU NL 28 CF 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 HOU NL 29 1B -6 -10 -6 -2 -4 0 -2 -3 -5 1
2005 HOU NL 29 LF -2 -8 -2 -3 1 0 2 8 1 1
2005 HOU NL 29 RF 1 11 1 0 1 0 -1 -17 -1 0
2006 HOU NL 30 1B 2 3 1 3 -1 1 6 8 5 0
2006 HOU NL 30 RF -3 -10 -3 -1 -2 0 -2 -8 -2 1
2006 HOU NL 30 LF 0 14 0 0 0 0 -1 -51 0 0
2007 HOU NL 31 1B -10 -11 -9 -4 -5 -1 -2 -2 -2 1
2007 HOU NL 31 RF -9 -47 -6 -1 -5 -3 -9 -48 -5 -3
2007 HOU NL 31 CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 HOU NL 32 1B 10 9 10 2 8 0 15 14 13 0
2009 HOU NL 33 1B 4 4 4 2 1 0 1 1 -1 0 1
2010 HOU NL 34 1B -0 -0 -0 -0 0 0 3 5 2 -1 2
2010 NYY AL 34 1B -2 -44 -2 0 -2 0 -2 -38 -1 0 0
2011 STL NL 35 RF -8 -12 -6 2 -8 -2 -18 -25 -14 -2
2011 STL NL 35 1B -0 -2 -0 -2 2 0 -1 -7 -1 0 0
2011 STL NL 35 LF 2 16 1 0 1 1 2 17 2 0
2012 STL NL 36 1B -2 -13 -2 -1 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 1
2013 TEX AL 37 1B 1 28 1 -0 1 0 1 29 1 0
12 Seasons 1B -4 -1 -4 -3 -1 0 20 3 10 -1 6
9 Seasons LF 12 3 11 10 1 1 5 2 0 7
9 Seasons RF -27 -11 -25 -2 -23 -2 -27 -14 -25 0
5 Seasons CF -8 -7 -12 -9 -3 4 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons TOT -29 -2 -32 -4 -27 0 3 -3 0 -15 -1 6 7
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

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 29 0 10 1
2000 HOU NL 24 114 90 114 97 0 0 2 0 0 0 40 0 63 103 0 20 2
2001 HOU NL 25 156 153 156 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 40 7 175 0 3 0
2002 HOU NL 26 158 155 158 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 122 12 210 0 2 0
2003 HOU NL 27 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 1 0 154 0 0 0
2004 HOU NL 28 160 158 160 160 0 0 4 0 0 0 70 2 90 162 0 1 0
2005 HOU NL 29 132 132 132 129 0 0 96 0 0 0 39 0 11 50 3 0 0
2006 HOU NL 30 152 147 152 144 0 0 112 0 0 0 5 0 42 47 3 5 0
2007 HOU NL 31 153 150 153 150 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 1 31 32 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
2010 HOU NL 34 85 84 85 85 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 NYY AL 34 37 28 37 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 9 0
2011 STL NL 35 145 141 145 141 0 0 21 0 0 0 16 0 110 126 2 3 0
2012 STL NL 36 32 22 32 23 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2013 TEX AL 37 61 58 61 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 3 0
15 Seasons 1867 1779 1867 1715 0 0 765 0 0 0 549 166 373 1088 93 76 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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 3038 59% 75% 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 3871 62% 76% 33% 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 4679 61% 77% 33% 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 5569 59% 75% 32% 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 4964 58% 74% 32% 291 93% 3 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%
2010 HOU NL 34 3215 63% 76% 32% 162 96% 0 696 49 632 14 41 72 55 11 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 60 2 1 0 55 5 5 2 3 11 91%
2010 NYY AL 34 257 54% 76% 32% 11 64% 0 54 2 50 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 1 1 0%
2011 STL NL 35 609 59% 78% 37% 33 85% 1 154 1 150 3 16 14 8 4 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 18 1 0 1 15 2 3 0 3 4 75%
2012 STL NL 36 725 59% 75% 32% 32 84% 0 170 6 163 2 10 13 10 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 2 22 0 0 0 21 1 1 0 1 5 80%
2013 TEX AL 37 177 45% 72% 28% 13 92% 1 38 4 29 5 2 6 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 27151 60% 75% 32% 1500 94% 14 6218 375 5699 146 499 580 427 88 13 16 41 11 19 11 23 617 19 7 5 571 40 45 12 33 85 85%
MLB Averages 58% 76% 31% 94% 82%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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 7 7 0 20 17 85.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 651 58% 72% 34% 64 53%
2000 HOU NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 16 13 1 13 8 0 7 6 0 3 0 0 8 8 0 47 35 74.5% 11 1 2.1% 0 1188 54% 77% 44% 146 47%
2001 HOU NL 25 4 0 3 1 0 4 0 1 0 2 61 47 0 28 11 1 24 12 1 9 2 0 16 13 1 138 85 61.6% 50 3 2.2% 1 4384 55% 74% 41% 455 49%
2002 HOU NL 26 3 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 11 9 0 9 6 0 11 5 0 4 0 0 6 6 0 41 26 63.4% 15 0 0.0% 1 1498 59% 72% 42% 134 34%
2003 HOU NL 27 3 0 1 2 0 10 0 2 0 8 56 50 0 31 12 4 33 13 4 9 1 0 19 18 0 148 94 63.5% 46 8 5.4% 2 5720 61% 74% 36% 544 48%
2004 HOU NL 28 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 25 17 1 23 11 0 12 7 0 6 2 0 6 6 0 72 43 59.7% 27 1 1.4% 1 2592 55% 73% 37% 234 41%
2005 HOU NL 29 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 13 9 1 5 3 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 7 7 0 33 25 75.8% 8 1 3.0% 1 1175 60% 76% 37% 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%
2011 STL NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 6 1 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 9 69.2% 3 1 7.7% 0 557 62% 76% 35% 54 41%
9 Seasons 16 0 11 5 5 21 1 4 2 12 197 159 4 113 53 5 98 51 5 36 6 0 69 65 1 513 334 65.1% 164 15 2.9% 6 17869 58% 74% 39% 1752 46%
MLB Averages 63.8% 2.4% 58% 76% 40% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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% 0 207 71% 73% 32% 20 40%
2000 HOU NL 24 6 0 5 1 2 6 1 3 1 1 46 18 0 26 10 0 18 12 0 7 2 0 8 5 0 105 47 44.8% 58 0 0.0% 6 2312 54% 77% 43% 268 40%
2001 HOU NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 115 61% 73% 38% 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 2 1 0 11 5 45.5% 5 1 9.1% 0 246 58% 78% 41% 31 58%
2004 HOU NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 1 1 5 38 21 0 18 5 5 12 6 0 6 2 1 17 8 0 91 42 46.2% 43 6 6.6% 3 3366 55% 73% 37% 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% 0 330 59% 74% 36% 33 48%
2006 HOU NL 30 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 19 8 0 13 5 0 2 2 0 7 2 1 8 5 1 49 22 44.9% 25 2 4.1% 1 1308 64% 74% 38% 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 1016 56% 75% 41% 110 45%
2011 STL NL 35 4 0 2 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 52 21 0 19 9 0 16 8 1 11 2 1 19 12 0 117 52 44.4% 63 2 1.7% 1 3708 59% 77% 37% 376 47%
9 Seasons 17 0 14 3 2 23 3 6 3 9 183 80 0 86 32 5 55 31 1 39 9 4 60 35 1 423 187 44.2% 225 11 2.6% 12 12608 57% 75% 39% 1307 45%
MLB Averages 46.3% 2.4% 58% 76% 40% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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 18 11 1 11 3 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 9 6 0 45 20 44.4% 24 1 2.2% 1 1392 59% 75% 43% 150 55%
2002 HOU NL 26 4 0 2 2 0 4 0 2 1 1 41 33 1 33 6 1 1 1 0 17 3 0 31 25 0 123 68 55.3% 52 2 1.6% 2 4106 60% 74% 40% 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 37 38% 65% 46% 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 59 44 2 44 9 1 2 1 0 23 3 0 40 31 0 168 88 52.4% 76 3 1.8% 3 5545 60% 74% 40% 573 56%
MLB Averages 44.9% 2.0% 58% 76% 40% 53%



* - Disclaimer & Completeness Note

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1945 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) 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)

Putouts† s c a p y
Active  7,899 (15th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
Active  765 (16th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
Active  6,218 (15th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
2007 NL  103 (3rd)
2008 NL  132 (3rd)
2009 NL  116 (3rd)
Active  580 (13th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
2007 NL  10 (4th)
Active  41 (16th)

Double Plays Turned as 1B s c a p y
2008 NL  122 (5th)
2009 NL  122 (4th)
Active  617 (15th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2003 NL  153 (2nd)
Active  549 (11th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2001 NL  218 (5th)
2003 NL  253 (2nd)
Active  788 (14th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2003 NL  10 (2nd)
Active  21 (18th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  16 (9th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2004 NL  9 (5th)
Active  23 (24th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2000 NL  6 (5th)
Active  17 (18th)

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2006 NL  2 (3rd)
Active  8 (15th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
2002 NL  156 (3rd)
2004 NL  160 (2nd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
Active  38 (9th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
2008 NL  10 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
2005 NL  10.02 (4th)
2006 NL  10.09 (3rd)
2007 NL  9.44 (5th)
2009 NL  9.64 (4th)
Active  9.64 (4th)
Career  9.64 (56th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
2006 NL  9.24 (4th)
2009 NL  9.34 (4th)
2010 NL  9.04 (5th)
Active  8.89 (10th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
2008 NL  .996 (1st)
2009 NL  .995 (5th)
Active  .994 (11th)
Career  .994 (45th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2003 NL  15 (1st)
Active  12 (19th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2001 NL  1.97 (5th)
Active  1.74 (13th)
Career  1.74 (92nd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  1.47 (12th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2001 NL  .982 (3rd)
2003 NL  .989 (4th)
Active  .981 (10th)
Career  .981 (76th)

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

Oldest s c a p y
2013 AL  born 1976-02-10 (10th)

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