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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-Time Rank (among Batters): #120. Tony Perez… #121. John Olerud… #122. Richie Ashburn… #123. LANCE BERKMAN… #124. Ivan Rodriguez… #125. Earl Averill… #126. Joe Torre… 

Standard Batting

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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

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
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 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
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
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
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

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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 44 42 0 2 0 .955 2 1.56 .981 2.24
1999 HOU NL 23 1B 1 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 0 1.00 .990 9.10
1999 HOU NL 23 LF 22 16 9 157.0 34 33 0 1 0 .971 2 15 1.89 1.50 .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
2000 HOU NL 24 OF 96 185 173 6 6 0 .968 -3 1.86 .981 2.22 RoY-6
2000 HOU NL 24 1B 2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0 1.50 .993 9.15 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
2001 HOU NL 25 OF 155 318 306 6 6 1 .981 -3 2.01 .982 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 156 306 293 6 7 1 .977 -11 1.92 .983 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 OF 153 267 254 10 3 0 .989 16 8 1.73 .984 2.15
2003 HOU NL 27 LF 153 153 146 1348.1 266 253 10 3 0 .989 15 8 14 7 1.76 1.72 .979 1.91 1.89
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 160 256 243 11 2 1 .992 -3 2 1.59 .982 2.14 AS,MVP-7
2004 HOU NL 28 1B 4 6 5 1 0 2 1.000 0 0 1.50 .993 9.45 AS,MVP-7
2004 HOU NL 28 RF 90 89 80 780.1 157 148 9 0 2 1.000 -1 5 -2 8 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 -3 -5 -6 1.40 1.36 .980 1.85 1.84 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 96 826 772 49 5 77 .994 -6 -3 8.55 .993 9.52 MVP-14
2005 HOU NL 29 OF 49 71 66 2 3 1 .958 -1 1 1.39 .984 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 -15 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 1041 964 71 6 96 .994 2 4 9.24 .994 9.36 AS,MVP-3
2006 HOU NL 30 OF 44 67 61 3 3 2 .955 -2 0 1.45 .984 2.20 AS,MVP-3
2006 HOU NL 30 RF 42 37 23 305.2 62 56 3 3 2 .952 -3 0 -10 0 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 0 14 0 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 1128 1015 103 10 86 .991 -10 -1 8.87 .993 9.17
2007 HOU NL 31 OF 31 52 49 1 2 1 .962 -9 -7 1.61 .984 2.29
2007 HOU NL 31 RF 31 27 21 229.2 52 49 1 2 1 .962 -9 -7 -47 -37 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 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
2007 HOU NL 31 DH 1 1
2008 HOU NL 32 1B 152 1377 1240 132 5 122 .996 10 13 9.03 .992 9.28 AS,MVP-5
2008 HOU NL 32 DH 5 5 AS,MVP-5
2009 HOU NL 33 1B 131 1229 1107 116 6 122 .995 4 0 9.34 .993 9.21
2010 TOT MLB 34 1B 93 826 750 74 2 68 .998 -2 3 8.86 .993 9.14
2010 HOU NL 34 1B 85 769 696 72 1 60 .999 -0 5 9.04 .993 9.13
2010 NYY AL 34 1B 8 57 54 2 1 8 .982 -2 -2 7.00 .994 9.22
2010 NYY AL 34 DH 23 21
2011 STL NL 35 OF 126 123 60 996.1 202 194 4 4 2 .980 -7 -8 -9 -9 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 -10 -12 -14 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 1 -8 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 1 2 11 18 1.51 1.38 .985 1.87 1.87 AS,MVP-7
2011 STL NL 35 DH 2 2 AS,MVP-7
10 Seasons OF 997 123 60 996.1 1768 1681 49 38 9 .979 -23 -4 -28 -1 1.79 1.74 .983 2.16 2.17
10 Seasons 1B 738 16 8 145.0 6607 6010 561 36 592 .995 -2 15 -19 124 10.43 8.90 .993 9.33 9.28
9 Seasons LF 549 463 395 4189.2 824 787 21 16 2 .981 12 9 3 4 1.74 1.47 .979 1.91 1.89
9 Seasons RF 373 342 229 2898.0 618 578 23 17 8 .972 -27 -13 -11 -6 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
13 Seasons TOT 1735 139 68 1141.1 8375 7691 610 74 601 .991 -25 7 -27 7 2.89 4.78 .991 3.07 5.19
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

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)

Putouts† s c a p y
Active  7,691 (19th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
Active  738 (16th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
Active  6,010 (15th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
2007 NL  103 (3rd)
2008 NL  132 (3rd)
2009 NL  116 (3rd)
Active  561 (13th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
2007 NL  10 (4th)
Active  36 (18th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  549 (14th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  787 (18th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  21 (19th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  16 (15th)

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

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 (17th)

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  10.43 (2nd)
Career  10.43 (9th)

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  8.90 (11th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
2008 NL  .996 (3rd)
2010 NL  .999 (1st)
Active  .995 (10th)
Career  .995 (29th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  12 (22nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2001 NL  1.97 (5th)
Active  1.74 (17th)
Career  1.74 (90th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  1.47 (16th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2001 NL  .982 (4th)
2003 NL  .989 (4th)
Active  .981 (12th)
Career  .981 (74th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2004 NL  1.000 (1st)

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


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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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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)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
199923Houston Astros$200,00011/19/99 USA Today
200125Houston Astros$305,0004/6/01 USA Today
200226Houston Astros$500,0004/3/02 AP
200327Houston Astros$3,500,0004/3/03 AP
200428Houston Astros$6,500,0004/7/04 AP
200529Houston Astros$10,500,000
200630Houston Astros$14,500,000
200731Houston Astros$14,500,000
200832Houston Astros$14,500,000
200933Houston Astros$14,500,000
201034Houston Astros$14,500,000 $5M paid by Houston Astros
201135St. Louis Cardinals$8,000,000
201236St. Louis Cardinals$12,000,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$102,005,000Does not include future salaries
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