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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
Schools: 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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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 7/93
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 97/3 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 *78/9 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 *879 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 *7/8
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 *97/38 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 12 379/D 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 *39/7D AS,MVP-3
2007 31 HOU NL 153 668 561 95 156 24 2 34 102 7 3 94 125 .278 .386 .510 .896 131 286 11 8 0 5 11 *39/8D
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/D AS,MVP-5
2009 33 HOU NL 82 349 282 48 78 18 1 18 54 6 2 62 58 .277 .404 .539 .943 151 152 8 1 0 4 9 *3
11 Seasons 1453 6141 5084 944 1527 346 25 306 1015 78 38 945 1011 .300 .413 .559 .971 148 2841 107 61 1 50 125
162 Game Avg. 162 685 567 105 170 39 3 34 113 9 4 105 113 .300 .413 .559 .971 148 317 12 7 0 6 14

Postseason Batting

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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 17 14 4 5 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 4 .357 .471 .643 1.113 9
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
2005 29 HOU NL WS CHW L 4 18 13 0 5 2 0 0 6 1 0 5 5 .385 .556 .538 1.094 7
3 Seasons (6 Series) 29 127 106 18 34 8 0 6 26 2 1 20 26 .321 .425 .566 .991 60 2 0 0 1 2
3 NLDS 12 54 48 9 16 2 0 2 8 0 1 6 14 .333 .407 .500 .907 24 2 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 13 55 45 9 13 4 0 4 12 1 0 9 7 .289 .400 .644 1.044 29 0 0 0 1 2
1 WS 4 18 13 0 5 2 0 0 6 1 0 5 5 .385 .556 .538 1.094 7

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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 80 80 708.1 779 707 66 6 82 .992 9.82 9.66 .993 9.34 8.59
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 573 542 4752.2 5157 4704 421 32 466 .994 -3.8 -1.0 -3.8 -2.4 -1.4 0 9.71 8.94 .993 8.52 7.73
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 1536 1383 12136.1 6725 6192 467 66 473 .990 -19.6 -1.9 -23.6 -19.3 -4.5 4 0 4.94 4.34 .980 4.61 3.93
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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2001 *
2002 *
2004 (CF)
2006 *
2008 (1B)

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%
1.74 Career Shares (115th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2001 NL--.331--4th
2004 NL--.316--10th
2006 NL--.315--8th
2008 NL--.312--5th
Active--.300--19th
Career--.300--197th

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--.404--9th
Active--.413--3rd
Career--.413--30th

Slugging % s c a p y
2001 NL--.620--6th
2002 NL--.578--6th
2006 NL--.621--3rd
2008 NL--.567--4th
Active--.559--6th
Career--.559--20th

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
2009 NL--.943--9th
Active--.971--4th
Career--.971--16th

Games Played s c a p y
2002 NL--158--6th
2004 NL--160--5th
2008 NL--159--7th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2002 NL--692--4th
Active--6141--46th

Runs Scored s c a p y
2002 NL--106--6th
2003 NL--110--7th
2008 NL--114--4th
Active--944--32nd

Hits s c a p y
2001 NL--191--6th

Total Bases s c a p y
2001 NL--358--8th
2002 NL--334--3rd
2006 NL--333--7th
2008 NL--314--9th
Active--2841--34th

Doubles s c a p y
2001 NL--55--1st
2008 NL--46--1st
Active--346--38th

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
2009 NL--18--10th
Active--306--18th
Career--306--112th

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--1015--28th
Career--1015--248th

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--62--4th
Active--945--15th
Career--945--136th

Strikeouts s c a p y
Active--1011--39th
Career--1011--219th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2001 NL--160--7th
2003 NL--138--10th
2004 NL--159--6th
2005 NL--143--10th
2006 NL--163--3rd
2008 NL--159--3rd
2009 NL--151--9th
Active--148--3rd
Career--148--38th

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
2009 NL--64--7th
Active--1222--21st
Career--1222--172nd

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
2009 NL--23--7th
Active--401--13th
Career--401--71st

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
2009 NL--2.2--6th
Active--37.3--13th
Career--37.3--79th

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--677--26th
Career--677--180th

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
2009 NL--141--10th
Active--2533--27th

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--.704--10th
2006 NL--.773--3rd
2008 NL--.757--3rd
2009 NL--.712--10th
Active--.736--3rd
Career--.736--37th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2001 NL--13--7th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2006 NL--8--5th
Active--50--43rd

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--9--5th
Active--125--12th
Career--125--71st

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2008 NL--22.2--8th
Active--124.3--42nd

AB per HR s c a p y
2002 NL--13.762--4th
2006 NL--11.911--3rd
2007 NL--16.500--7th
Active--16.614--13th
Career--16.614--39th

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 8 (282), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 102 (215), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 96 (161), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 42 (124), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Hack Wilson (907) *
  2. David Ortiz (907)
  3. Carlos Lee (894)
  4. David Justice (886)
  5. Ryan Klesko (886)
  6. Wally Berger (883)
  7. Danny Tartabull (877)
  8. Tim Salmon (871)
  9. Albert Pujols (871)
  10. Hal Trosky (870)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Larry Walker (919)
  2. Jason Giambi (917)
  3. David Ortiz (907)
  4. Dick Allen (901)
  5. Albert Belle (900)
  6. Mo Vaughn (898)
  7. Carlos Delgado (897)
  8. Carlos Lee (894)
  9. Fred McGriff (891)
  10. Jeff Bagwell (885)
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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 (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Larry Walker (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 3, 1997: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1997.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1999Houston Astros$200,000
2001Houston Astros$305,000
2002Houston Astros$500,000
2003Houston Astros$3,500,000
2004Houston Astros$6,500,000
2005Houston Astros$10,500,000
2006Houston Astros$14,500,000
2007Houston Astros$14,500,000
2008Houston Astros$14,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$65,005,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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