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Yuniesky Betancourt

Yuniesky Betancourt

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 31, 1982 in Santa Clara, Cuba
Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent in 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 28, 2005
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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
2005	23	SEA	AL	60	228	211	24	54	11	5	1	15	1	3	11	24	.256	.296	.370	.666	80	78	2	2	2	2	0	6/4
2006	24	SEA	AL	157	584	558	68	161	28	6	8	47	11	8	17	54	.289	.310	.403	.713	86	225	10	1	7	1	0	*6
2007	25	SEA	AL	155	559	536	72	155	38	2	9	67	5	4	15	48	.289	.308	.418	.725	93	224	10	1	3	4	3	*6
2008	26	SEA	AL	153	590	559	66	156	36	3	7	51	4	4	17	42	.279	.300	.392	.691	85	219	23	2	6	6	0	*6
2009	27	TOT	AL	134	508	470	40	115	20	6	6	49	3	3	21	44	.245	.274	.351	.625	65	165	17	0	11	6	0	*6
2009	27	SEA	AL	63	245	224	15	56	10	1	2	22	3	1	10	18	.250	.278	.330	.609	63	74	9	0	8	3	0	6
2009	27	KCR	AL	71	263	246	25	59	10	5	4	27	0	2	11	26	.240	.269	.370	.639	68	91	8	0	3	3	0	6
5 Seasons				659	2469	2334	270	641	133	22	31	229	24	22	81	212	.275	.298	.390	.689	82	911	62	6	29	19	3
162 Game Avg.				162	607	574	66	158	33	5	8	56	6	5	20	52	.275	.298	.390	.689	82	224	15	1	7	5	1

SEA (5 yrs)				588	2206	2088	245	582	123	17	27	202	24	20	70	186	.279	.302	.393	.695	84	820	54	6	26	16	3
KCR (1 yr)				71	263	246	25	59	10	5	4	27	0	2	11	26	.240	.269	.370	.639	68	91	8	0	3	3	0

Advanced Batting

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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
2005	23	SEA	AL	228	166	23	3.7	101	.282	.256	.262	.296	.324	.370	.416	.666	.740	80	.374	-6.1	-0.6	.549	.156	.114	1.0
2006	24	SEA	AL	584	423	66	4.2	108	.308	.289	.272	.310	.336	.403	.432	.713	.768	86	.397	-13.5	-1.2	.593	.151	.115	9.3
2007	25	SEA	AL	559	402	66	4.4	103	.302	.289	.266	.308	.333	.418	.416	.725	.749	93	.435	-6.4	-0.6	.610	.159	.129	6.4
2008	26	SEA	AL	590	442	58	3.5	103	.289	.279	.265	.300	.332	.392	.415	.691	.747	85	.347	-13.1	-1.2	.553	.143	.113	5.1
2009	27	TOT	AL	508	392	41	2.8	105	.256	.245	.264	.274	.332	.351	.423	.625	.756	65	.252	-24.6	-2.3	.496	.151	.106	4.0
2009	27	SEA	AL	245	189	19	2.7	104	.261	.250	.262	.278	.331	.330	.421	.609	.752	63	.238	-12.1	-1.2	.483	.134	.080	2.4
2009	27	KCR	AL	263	203	22	2.9	106	.251	.240	.265	.269	.334	.370	.425	.639	.759	68	.264	-12.5	-1.2	.508	.167	.130	.0
5 Seasons				2469	1825	254	3.7	105	.289	.275	.266	.298	.332	.390	.421	.689	.754	82	.363	-63.6	-6.0	.563	.151	.116	27.1
162 Game Avg.				607	449	62	3.7	105	.289	.275	.266	.298	.332	.390	.421	.689	.754	82	.363	-63.6	-6.0	.563	.151	.116	7

SEA (5 yrs)				2206	1622	232	3.8	104	.293	.279	.266	.302	.332	.393	.421	.695	.753	84	.374	-51.1	-4.8	.570	.149	.114	25.4
KCR (1 yr)				263	203	22	2.9	106	.251	.240	.265	.269	.334	.370	.425	.639	.759	68	.264	-12.5	-1.2	.508	.167	.130	.0

Ratio Batting*

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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
2005	23	SEA	AL	228	0.4%	10.5%	4.8%	7.5%	32%	2.18	8.8	211.0	14.1	0.59	0.68	82%	17%	1.0%	17%
2006	24	SEA	AL	584	1.4%	9.3%	2.9%	7.2%	26%	3.18	10.3	69.8	11.9	0.89	0.97	85%	17%	3.6%	16%
2007	25	SEA	AL	559	1.6%	8.6%	2.7%	8.8%	32%	3.20	11.2	59.6	8.0	0.77	0.85	86%	20%	4.0%	20%
2008	26	SEA	AL	590	1.2%	7.1%	2.9%	7.8%	30%	2.47	13.3	79.9	11.0	0.69	0.84	87%	21%	2.7%	15%
2009	27	TOT	AL	508	1.2%	8.7%	4.1%	6.3%	28%	2.10	10.7	78.3	9.6	0.73	0.92	84%	17%	3.1%	22%
2009	27	SEA	AL	245	0.8%	7.4%	4.1%	5.3%	23%	1.80	12.4	112.0	10.2	0.69	0.98	84%	19%	2.2%	25%
2009	27	KCR	AL	263	1.5%	9.9%	4.2%	7.2%	32%	2.36	9.5	61.5	9.1	0.76	0.86	83%	15%	3.9%	18%
5 Seasons				2469	1.3%	8.6%	3.3%	7.5%	29%	2.62	11.0	75.3	10.2	0.75	0.87	85%	19%	3.1%	18%
MLB Averages					2.7%	18.0%	8.9%	7.9%	34%	2.02	4.9	32.9	7.8	0.78	1.06	69%	19%	7.8%	13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2005	23	SEA	AL	0	0	35%	66	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	4	50%	6	4	2	3	2	1	7	2	5
2006	24	SEA	AL	7	0	35%	200	11	8	58%	10	8	1	0	0	0	5	2	15	15	48%	39	25	13	5	0	4	18	5	13
2007	25	SEA	AL	8	0	39%	203	5	4	56%	3	2	2	1	0	1	2	1	4	16	49%	36	21	15	3	2	1	26	10	16
2008	26	SEA	AL	5	0	35%	218	4	4	50%	4	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	7	14	34%	37	27	8	4	2	2	24	12	12
2009	27	TOT	AL	6	0	26%	134	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	9	38%	27	17	9	3	1	2	20	9	8
2009	27	SEA	AL	4	0	20%	60	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	41%	11	6	4	1	0	1	10	5	4
2009	27	KCR	AL	2	0	32%	74	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	5	36%	16	11	5	2	1	1	10	4	4
5 Seasons				26	0	34%	821	24	22	52%	21	19	3	2	0	1	12	6	38	58	43%	145	94	47	18	7	10	95	38	54
MLB Averages						31%				72%											39%

Situational Hitting*

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						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
2005	23	SEA	AL	228	23%	54	6	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	67%	37	2	5%	16	4	25%	135	15	11%	8	5	63%	16	4	25%	0
2006	24	SEA	AL	584	23%	161	18	0	0	0	0	0		8	0	8	6	2	2	6	0	8	7	88%	92	10	11%	48	16	33%	311	43	14%	29	15	52%	26	12	46%	0
2007	25	SEA	AL	559	22%	155	23	1	3	0	0	0	0.81	9	1	19	5	4	6	3	0	4	3	75%	104	10	10%	47	12	26%	366	58	16%	32	17	53%	37	17	46%	0
2008	26	SEA	AL	590	29%	156	20	1	2	1	0	1	1.83	7	0	12	5	2	3	4	0	8	6	75%	124	23	19%	65	21	32%	380	46	12%	28	14	50%	23	14	61%	0
2009	27	TOT	AL	508	26%	115	17	1	0	0	0	0		6	0	12	2	4	2	4	0	12	11	92%	100	17	17%	61	27	44%	332	45	14%	33	21	64%	38	15	39%	0
2009	27	SEA	AL	245	23%	56	6	1	0	0	0	0	2.91	2	0	5	1	1	1	1	0	9	8	89%	53	9	17%	31	15	48%	165	22	13%	18	10	56%	17	8	47%	0
2009	27	KCR	AL	263	29%	59	11	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	7	1	3	1	3	0	3	3	100%	47	8	17%	30	12	40%	167	23	14%	15	11	73%	21	7	33%	0
5 Seasons				2469	25%	641	84	3	5	1	0	1	1.22	31	1	55	19	12	14	17	0	35	29	83%	457	62	14%	237	80	34%	1524	207	14%	130	72	55%	140	62	44%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			72%			11%			32%			14%			51%			43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
2005	23	SEA	AL	228	725	3.18	491	68%	24%	12%	25%	39%	76%	0%	51%	84%	24%	3%	6	0	9%	20	11	4%	8	3	29%	0	0	0
2006	24	SEA	AL	584	1908	3.27	1280	67%	26%	10%	24%	40%	74%	0%	49%	87%	20%	3%	15	0	12%	69	36	5%	30	19	26%	0	0	0
2007	25	SEA	AL	559	1782	3.19	1183	66%	27%	10%	22%	42%	73%	2%	49%	87%	20%	3%	18	0	13%	73	43	4%	24	15	10%	0	0	0
2008	26	SEA	AL	590	1860	3.15	1252	67%	23%	9%	26%	42%	77%	0%	52%	89%	27%	3%	17	0	11%	63	39	5%	31	26	19%	0	0	0
2009	27	TOT	AL	508	1684	3.31	1133	67%	27%	8%	26%	39%	73%	0%	49%	89%	24%	3%	16	0	13%	67	30	4%	21	13	20%	0	0	0
2009	27	SEA	AL	245	802	3.27	547	68%	26%	8%	27%	40%	74%	0%	51%	89%	26%	4%	10	0	12%	30	8	5%	13	7	22%	0	0	0
2009	27	KCR	AL	263	882	3.35	586	66%	28%	9%	25%	39%	72%	0%	48%	88%	21%	2%	6	0	14%	37	22	3%	8	6	19%	0	0	0
5 Seasons				2469	7959	3.22	5339	67%	25%	9%	25%	41%	75%	0%	50%	87%	23%	3%	72	0	12%	292	159	5%	114	76	20%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.83		62%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	26%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

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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
2005	23	60	228	211	24	54	11	5	1	15	1	3	11	24	.256	.296	.370	.666	80	78	2	2	2	2	0
2006	24	217	812	769	92	215	39	11	9	62	12	11	28	78	.280	.306	.394	.700	84	303	12	3	9	3	0
2007	25	372	1371	1305	164	370	77	13	18	129	17	15	43	126	.284	.307	.404	.711	88	527	22	4	12	7	3
2008	26	525	1961	1864	230	526	113	16	25	180	21	19	60	168	.282	.305	.400	.705	87	746	45	6	18	13	3
2009	27	659	2469	2334	270	641	133	22	31	229	24	22	81	212	.275	.298	.390	.689	82	911	62	6	29	19	3

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2005	23	60	228	213	25	56	11	5	1	16	1	11	24	.263	.303	.376	.678	24	60
2006	24	157	570	552	67	155	27	6	8	46	11	16	54	.281	.302	.395	.697	65	157
2007	25	155	552	532	72	151	37	2	9	67	5	15	48	.284	.303	.412	.714	66	155
2008	26	153	573	549	67	146	34	3	7	52	4	16	42	.266	.286	.377	.663	59	153
2009	27	134	491	465	41	110	19	6	6	50	3	20	44	.237	.265	.342	.607	42	134
5 Seasons		659	2414	2311	272	618	128	22	31	231	24	78	212	.267	.291	.382	.673	256	659
162 Game Avg.		162	593	568	67	152	31	5	8	57	6	19	52	.267	.291	.382	.673	63	659

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 2006 AL 157 (10th)	Triples s c a p y 2006 AL 6 (10th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 2009 AL 11 (7th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 2008 AL 23 (6th)
Caught Stealing s c a p y 2006 AL 8 (10th)	AB per SO s c a p y 2006 AL 10.3 (6th) 2007 AL 11.2 (4th) 2008 AL 13.3 (2nd) 2009 AL 10.7 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink Batting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 2 (2096), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Similar Batters through 27

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Julio Franco (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jocko Milligan (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lonny Frey (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Deivi Cruz (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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