Larry Bigbie

Larry Robert Bigbie

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 4, 1977 in Hobart, IN
School: Ball State University (Muncie, IN)
Drafted
by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 23, 2001
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Rockies/Cardinals 2001-2006
Agents: Sam Samardzija, Frontline Athlete Mgmt, previously: Levinsons [*]
Final Game: June 4, 2006
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Standard Batting

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
2001 23 BAL AL 47 149 131 15 30 6 0 2 11 4 1 17 42 .229 .318 .321 .638 73 42 2 0 1 0 1 89/7
2002 24 BAL AL 16 36 34 1 6 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 11 .176 .194 .206 .400 9 7 1 0 0 1 0 /798
2003 25 BAL AL 83 319 287 43 87 15 1 9 31 7 1 29 60 .303 .365 .456 .821 117 131 2 0 1 2 3 7/98
2004 26 BAL AL 139 531 478 76 134 23 1 15 68 8 3 45 113 .280 .341 .427 .768 101 204 7 1 3 4 0 *78/D
2005 27 TOT MLB 90 304 272 27 65 10 2 5 23 5 3 24 67 .239 .301 .346 .647 70 94 2 1 5 2 1 78/9
2005 27 BAL AL 67 234 206 22 51 9 1 5 21 3 3 21 49 .248 .314 .374 .688 84 77 2 0 5 2 1 7/8
2005 27 COL NL 23 70 66 5 14 1 1 0 2 2 0 3 18 .212 .257 .258 .515 30 17 0 1 0 0 0 8/9
2006 28 STL NL 17 28 25 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 9 .240 .321 .280 .601 58 7 1 0 0 0 0 7/9
6 Yrs 392 1367 1227 164 328 56 4 31 137 25 8 119 302 .267 .331 .395 .726 91 485 15 2 10 9 5
162 Game Avg. 162 565 507 68 136 23 2 13 57 10 3 49 125 .267 .331 .395 .726 91 200 6 1 4 4 2
BAL (5 yrs) 352 1269 1136 157 308 54 3 31 134 23 8 113 275 .271 .335 .406 .741 96 461 14 1 10 9 5
COL (1 yr) 23 70 66 5 14 1 1 0 2 2 0 3 18 .212 .257 .258 .515 30 17 0 1 0 0 0
STL (1 yr) 17 28 25 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 9 .240 .321 .280 .601 58 7 1 0 0 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 352 1269 1136 157 308 54 3 31 134 23 8 113 275 .271 .335 .406 .741 96 461 14 1 10 9 5
NL (2 yrs) 40 98 91 7 20 2 1 0 3 2 0 6 27 .220 .276 .264 .539 38 24 1 1 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2001 23 BAL AL 47 149 -6 1 -0 -1 -1 -6 -0.6 5 -1 -0.1 .487 .496 0.0 -0.1 -0 $ 89/7
2002 24 BAL AL 16 36 -5 0 0 1 -0 -4 -0.4 1 -2 -0.3 .477 .498 -0.4 0.1 -4 $ /798
2003 25 BAL AL 83 319 10 2 2 -10 -4 -1 0.0 10 10 1.0 .499 .500 2.0 -1.3 20 $ 7/98
2004 26 BAL AL 139 531 4 1 2 -2 -5 1 0.3 18 18 1.9 .501 .501 2.0 -0.5 20 $340,000 *78/D
2005 27 BAL AL 67 234 -5 -1 0 1 -3 -7 -0.6 8 1 0.1 .490 .496 0.0 -0.1 0 $380,000 7/8
2005 27 COL NL 23 70 -6 0 1 -2 0 -8 -0.8 2 -6 -0.6 .465 .495 -0.4 -0.2 -4 $ 8/9
2006 28 STL NL 17 28 -2 0 -0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .488 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $900,000 7/9
6 Seasons 392 1367 -9 4 5 -13 -13 -26 -2.3 45 19 1.9 .493 .498 3.1 -2.1 31 $1,620,000
BAL (5 yrs) 352 1269 -1 4 4 -11 -12 -16 -1.3 42 26 2.6 .495 .498 3.6 -1.9 36 $720,000
COL (1 yr) 23 70 -6 0 1 -2 0 -8 -0.8 2 -6 -0.6 .465 .495 -0.4 -0.2 -4 $
STL (1 yr) 17 28 -2 0 -0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .488 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $900,000

Advanced Batting

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
2001 23 BAL AL 149 105 14 3.6 103 .322 .229 .261 .318 .327 .321 .419 .638 .747 73 .346 -4.6 -0.4 .596 .244 .092 2.7
2002 24 BAL AL 36 30 1 0.9 101 .250 .176 .258 .194 .325 .206 .416 .400 .740 9 .042 -4.3 -0.4 .310 .088 .029 .0
2003 25 BAL AL 319 206 51 6.6 106 .355 .303 .267 .365 .333 .456 .427 .821 .759 117 .623 7.3 0.7 .818 .275 .153 7.9
2004 26 BAL AL 531 361 72 5.4 108 .336 .280 .268 .341 .336 .427 .430 .768 .766 101 .514 0.7 0.1 .720 .251 .146 10.4
2005 27 TOT MLB 304 219 30 3.7 108 .297 .239 .271 .301 .335 .346 .430 .647 .765 70 .371 -12.2 -1.2 .571 .202 .107 5.0
2005 27 BAL AL 234 167 25 4.0 104 .299 .248 .267 .314 .330 .374 .423 .688 .753 84 .408 -4.7 -0.4 .613 .228 .126 3.8
2005 27 COL NL 70 52 5 2.6 118 .292 .212 .282 .257 .354 .258 .450 .515 .804 30 .238 -7.4 -0.7 .442 .121 .045 .0
2006 28 STL NL 28 20 2 2.7 112 .375 .240 .271 .321 .342 .280 .440 .601 .782 58 .236 -1.5 -0.1 .500 .160 .040
6 Yrs 1367 941 170 4.8 107 .329 .267 .267 .331 .334 .395 .428 .726 .762 91 .479 -14.7 -1.4 .676 .239 .128 27.7
162 Game Avg. 565 389 70 4.8 107 .329 .267 .267 .331 .334 .395 .428 .726 .762 91 .479 -14.7 -1.4 .676 .239 .128 11
BAL (5 yrs) 1269 869 163 5.0 106 .330 .271 .266 .335 .333 .406 .427 .741 .759 96 .495 -5.7 -0.6 .694 .247 .135 26.4
COL (1 yr) 70 52 5 2.6 118 .292 .212 .282 .257 .354 .258 .450 .515 .804 30 .239 -7.4 -0.7 .442 .121 .045 .0
STL (1 yr) 28 20 2 2.7 112 .375 .240 .271 .321 .342 .280 .440 .601 .782 58 .236 -1.5 -0.1 .500 .160 .040
AL (5 yrs) 1269 869 163 5.0 106 .330 .271 .266 .335 .333 .406 .427 .741 .759 96 .495 -5.7 -0.6 .694 .247 .135 26.4
NL (2 yrs) 98 72 7 2.6 116 .313 .220 .279 .276 .351 .264 .447 .539 .798 38 .238 -9.0 -0.9 .458 .132 .044 .0

Ratio Batting*

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
2001 23 BAL AL 149 1.3% 28.2% 11.4% 5.4% 27% 2.47 3.1 65.5 11.9 1.08 2.00 58% 27% 5.0% 0%
2002 24 BAL AL 36 0.0% 30.6% 2.8% 2.8% 17% 11.00 3.1 11.3 2.43 5.33 67% 13% 0.0% 0%
2003 25 BAL AL 319 2.8% 18.8% 9.1% 7.8% 29% 2.07 4.8 31.9 9.3 1.41 2.04 69% 17% 9.6% 0%
2004 26 BAL AL 531 2.8% 21.3% 8.5% 7.3% 29% 2.51 4.2 31.9 7.0 1.17 1.83 67% 21% 8.9% 1%
2005 27 TOT MLB 304 1.6% 22.0% 7.9% 5.6% 26% 2.79 4.1 54.4 11.8 1.26 1.65 66% 18% 5.6% 1%
2005 27 BAL AL 234 2.1% 20.9% 9.0% 6.4% 29% 2.33 4.2 41.2 9.8 1.05 1.35 66% 19% 6.6% 1%
2005 27 COL NL 70 0.0% 25.7% 4.3% 2.9% 14% 6.00 3.7 33.0 2.43 3.71 69% 17% 0.0% 0%
2006 28 STL NL 28 0.0% 32.1% 10.7% 3.6% 17% 3.00 2.8 25.0 3.00 10.00 57% 19% 0.0% 0%
6 Yrs 1367 2.3% 22.1% 8.7% 6.7% 28% 2.54 4.1 39.6 9.0 1.28 1.94 66% 20% 7.7% 1%
MLB Averages 2.8% 16.8% 8.5% 8.0% 34% 1.98 5.3 31.7 7.6 0.79 1.08 70% 20% 8.0% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2001 23 BAL AL -4.6 -0.4 155 -0.0 2.5 -2.5 .97 -0.4 0.4 -5.0 -0.5 0.92 -5.8 2.49 7
2002 24 BAL AL -4.3 -0.4 37 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 .99 -0.5 -0.1 -4.9 -0.5 0.89 -5.3 1.46 8
2003 25 BAL AL 7.3 0.7 332 0.8 5.3 -4.6 .93 0.8 0.1 8.7 0.8 0.87 11.8 2.44 3
2004 26 BAL AL 0.7 0.1 551 0.6 9.5 -9.0 .97 0.7 -0.1 3.7 0.3 0.99 1.1 1.59 2
2005 27 TOT MLB -12.2 -1.2 316 -0.6 4.1 -4.7 .91 -0.9 0.2 -5.1 -0.5 0.93 -10.0 1.01 10
2005 27 BAL AL -4.7 -0.4 242 -0.2 3.4 -3.6 .92 -0.4 0.1 -0.4 -0.0 0.94 -4.6 1.26 3
2005 27 COL NL -7.4 -0.7 74 -0.4 0.7 -1.1 .89 -0.5 0.1 -4.7 -0.4 0.90 -5.4 0.90 7
2006 28 STL NL -1.5 -0.1 28 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 1.05 -0.2 0.1 -2.5 -0.2 0.99 -2.0 1.02 8
6 Yrs -14.7 -1.4 1419 -0.0 22.1 -22.1 .95 -0.4 0.4 -5.2 -0.5 0.94 -10.2 1.52 38

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2001 23 BAL AL 0 0 29% 54 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 63% 10 4 6 5 2 3 1 0 1
2002 24 BAL AL 0 0 14% 7 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2003 25 BAL AL 6 0 32% 148 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 45% 29 17 12 4 2 2 9 4 5
2004 26 BAL AL 9 0 37% 245 8 3 73% 8 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 17 44% 26 19 7 14 8 6 23 8 15
2005 27 TOT MLB 3 0 26% 109 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 32% 15 14 1 1 1 0 9 2 7
2005 27 BAL AL 2 0 25% 87 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 32% 11 10 1 1 1 0 7 2 5
2005 27 COL NL 1 0 28% 22 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 33% 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
2006 28 STL NL 0 0 22% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 18 0 32% 571 25 8 76% 25 7 0 1 0 0 3 0 7 31 45% 83 56 27 25 13 12 42 14 28

Situational Hitting*

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
2001 23 BAL AL 149 81% 30 3 2 7 3 0 1 2.49 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 50% 24 2 8% 11 1 9% 86 9 10% 3 0 0% 5 3 60% 0
2002 24 BAL AL 36 94% 6 2 0 8 0 0 0 1.46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 6 2 33% 21 3 14% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
2003 25 BAL AL 319 75% 87 10 0 3 1 0 1 2.44 9 0 6 8 1 4 5 0 3 1 33% 55 2 4% 26 7 27% 165 24 15% 18 10 56% 7 1 14% 0
2004 26 BAL AL 531 68% 134 17 0 2 0 0 0 1.59 15 0 17 9 6 8 7 0 3 3 100% 115 7 6% 59 22 37% 374 57 15% 43 24 56% 30 18 60% 0
2005 27 TOT MLB 304 74% 65 5 0 10 0 0 0 1.01 5 0 5 5 0 3 2 0 6 5 83% 53 2 4% 31 13 42% 172 19 11% 12 7 58% 13 6 46% 0
2005 27 BAL AL 234 72% 51 4 0 3 0 0 0 1.26 5 0 4 5 0 3 2 0 6 5 83% 43 2 5% 29 12 41% 139 17 12% 11 7 64% 13 6 46% 0
2005 27 COL NL 70 80% 14 1 0 7 0 0 0 0.90 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0% 2 1 50% 33 2 6% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2006 28 STL NL 28 89% 6 3 0 8 4 0 1 1.02 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 4 0 0% 19 1 5% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1367 74% 328 40 2 38 8 0 3 1.52 31 0 33 24 7 15 16 0 14 10 71% 257 15 6% 137 45 33% 837 113 14% 81 43 53% 57 29 51% 0
MLB Averages 54% 69% 11% 33% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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
2001 23 BAL AL 149 567 3.81 361 64% 29% 19% 27% 25% 71% 2% 45% 73% 31% 3% 4 0 15% 22 7 8% 12 6 43% 0 0 0
2002 24 BAL AL 36 135 3.75 88 65% 33% 18% 22% 27% 67% 0% 44% 73% 33% 3% 1 0 8% 3 2 11% 4 2 45% 0 0 0
2003 25 BAL AL 319 1155 3.62 711 62% 27% 15% 25% 32% 73% 2% 45% 79% 32% 4% 12 0 15% 49 26 6% 18 10 43% 0 0 0
2004 26 BAL AL 531 2041 3.84 1281 63% 28% 17% 26% 29% 72% 0% 45% 77% 26% 3% 17 0 15% 80 42 8% 40 16 34% 0 0 0
2005 27 TOT MLB 305 1149 3.77 706 61% 26% 18% 25% 30% 74% 1% 45% 75% 24% 4% 12 0 14% 44 21 8% 23 15 27% -1 0 0
2005 27 BAL AL 235 888 3.78 539 61% 26% 18% 26% 30% 74% 1% 45% 76% 24% 5% 11 0 15% 36 17 8% 19 13 31% -1 0 0
2005 27 COL NL 70 261 3.73 167 64% 28% 20% 23% 29% 72% 0% 46% 73% 23% 1% 1 0 11% 8 4 6% 4 2 17% 0 0 0
2006 28 STL NL 28 100 3.57 58 58% 36% 14% 22% 28% 64% 0% 37% 78% 25% 4% 1 0 18% 5 2 4% 1 0 44% 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1368 5147 3.76 3205 62% 28% 17% 26% 29% 72% 1% 45% 76% 28% 3% 47 0 15% 203 100 7% 98 49 36% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.74 63% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 29% 5% 15% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

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
2001 23 47 149 131 15 30 6 0 2 11 4 1 17 42 .229 .318 .321 .638 73 42 2 0 1 0 1
2002 24 63 185 165 16 36 7 0 2 14 5 1 18 53 .218 .293 .297 .590 61 49 3 0 1 1 1
2003 25 146 504 452 59 123 22 1 11 45 12 2 47 113 .272 .339 .398 .737 96 180 5 0 2 3 4
2004 26 285 1035 930 135 257 45 2 26 113 20 5 92 226 .276 .340 .413 .753 99 384 12 1 5 7 4
2005 27 375 1339 1202 162 322 55 4 31 136 25 8 116 293 .268 .331 .398 .729 92 478 14 2 10 9 5
2006 28 392 1367 1227 164 328 56 4 31 137 25 8 119 302 .267 .331 .395 .726 91 485 15 2 10 9 5

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2001 23 47 151 132 16 31 6 0 2 12 4 18 42 .235 .327 .326 .652 14 47
2002 24 16 35 33 1 5 1 0 0 2 1 1 11 .152 .171 .182 .353 1 16
2003 25 83 318 286 42 86 15 1 9 30 7 29 60 .301 .363 .455 .817 47 83
2004 26 139 527 475 73 131 22 1 15 65 8 44 113 .276 .336 .421 .757 67 139
2005 27 90 304 272 26 65 10 2 5 23 5 24 67 .239 .301 .346 .647 28 90
2006 28 17 28 25 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 9 .240 .321 .280 .601 2 17
6 Yrs 392 1363 1223 160 324 55 4 31 133 25 119 302 .265 .329 .392 .721 159 392
162 Game Avg. 162 563 505 66 134 23 2 13 55 10 49 125 .265 .329 .392 .721 66 392

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