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Casey Blake

William Casey Blake

Positions: Third Baseman, Rightfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 23, 1973 in Des Moines, IA
High School: Indianola HS (Indianola, IA)
School: Wichita State University (Wichita, KS)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 7th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 14, 1999 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Indians/Dodgers/Twins/BlueJays/Orioles 1999-2011
Agents: Jim McDowell [*]
Final Game: August 31, 2011 (Age 38)
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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
1999 25 TOR AL 14 41 39 6 10 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 7 .256 .293 .385 .677 72 15 1 0 0 0 0 5
2000 26 MIN AL 7 21 16 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 .188 .333 .313 .646 63 5 1 1 0 1 0 /53D
2001 27 TOT AL 19 41 37 3 9 1 0 1 4 3 0 4 12 .243 .317 .351 .668 78 13 0 0 0 0 1 /35D
2001 27 MIN AL 13 25 22 1 7 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 8 .318 .400 .364 .764 104 8 0 0 0 0 1 /5D3
2001 27 BAL AL 6 16 15 2 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 4 .133 .188 .333 .521 37 5 0 0 0 0 0 /3D
2002 28 MIN AL 9 22 20 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 .200 .273 .250 .523 41 5 0 0 0 0 0 /53D
2003 29 CLE AL 152 621 557 80 143 35 0 17 67 7 9 38 109 .257 .312 .411 .723 93 229 11 10 8 8 1 *53
2004 30 CLE AL 152 668 587 93 159 36 3 28 88 5 8 68 139 .271 .354 .486 .839 122 285 19 9 1 3 2 *5/3
2005 31 CLE AL 147 583 523 72 126 32 1 23 58 4 5 43 116 .241 .308 .438 .746 99 229 9 10 2 5 3 *9/53
2006 32 CLE AL 109 456 401 63 113 20 1 19 68 6 0 45 93 .282 .356 .479 .835 115 192 11 4 1 5 5 9/3D
2007 33 CLE AL 156 662 588 81 159 36 4 18 78 4 5 54 123 .270 .339 .437 .776 103 257 14 10 5 5 2 *53/9D
2008 34 TOT MLB 152 601 536 71 147 36 1 21 81 3 0 49 120 .274 .345 .463 .808 113 248 12 11 1 4 11 *53/46
2008 34 CLE AL 94 368 325 46 94 24 0 11 58 2 0 33 68 .289 .365 .465 .830 121 151 3 7 1 2 6 53/6
2008 34 LAD NL 58 233 211 25 53 12 1 10 23 1 0 16 52 .251 .313 .460 .773 102 97 9 4 0 2 5 5/34
2009 35 LAD NL 139 565 485 84 136 25 6 18 79 3 4 63 116 .280 .363 .468 .832 123 227 12 6 1 10 8 *5/37
2010 36 LAD NL 146 571 509 56 126 28 1 17 64 0 4 48 138 .248 .320 .407 .727 98 207 8 8 3 3 3 *5/3
2011 37 LAD NL 63 239 202 32 51 10 1 4 26 1 2 26 50 .252 .342 .371 .713 100 75 9 3 5 3 1 5/37
13 Yrs 1265 5091 4500 644 1186 264 18 167 616 36 37 445 1037 .264 .336 .442 .778 107 1987 107 72 27 47 37
162 Game Avg. 162 652 576 82 152 34 2 21 79 5 5 57 133 .264 .336 .442 .778 107 254 14 9 3 6 5
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
CLE (6 yrs) 810 3358 2981 435 794 183 9 116 417 28 27 281 648 .266 .337 .451 .787 108 1343 67 50 18 28 19
LAD (4 yrs) 406 1608 1407 197 366 75 9 49 192 5 10 153 356 .260 .338 .431 .768 108 606 38 21 9 18 17
MIN (3 yrs) 29 68 58 4 14 4 0 0 4 1 0 8 22 .241 .338 .310 .649 71 18 1 1 0 1 1
BAL (1 yr) 6 16 15 2 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 4 .133 .188 .333 .521 37 5 0 0 0 0 0
TOR (1 yr) 14 41 39 6 10 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 7 .256 .293 .385 .677 72 15 1 0 0 0 0
AL (10 yrs) 859 3483 3093 447 820 189 9 118 424 31 27 292 681 .265 .336 .446 .782 106 1381 69 51 18 29 20
NL (4 yrs) 406 1608 1407 197 366 75 9 49 192 5 10 153 356 .260 .338 .431 .768 108 606 38 21 9 18 17

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1999 25 TOR AL 14 41 -2 1 -0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 2 -1 -0.1 .485 .499 0.0 -0.1 -0 5
2000 26 MIN AL 7 21 -0 -0 -0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .491 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 /53D
2001 27 MIN AL 13 25 -0 1 0 -1 -0 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.1 .499 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 /5D3
2001 27 BAL AL 6 16 -1 0 0 -0 -0 -1 -0.1 1 -1 -0.1 .480 .499 -0.0 -0.1 -0 /3D
2002 28 MIN AL 9 22 -1 -0 0 -1 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.2 .473 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -0 /53D
2003 29 CLE AL 152 621 -2 0 -0 14 1 12 1.3 23 35 3.5 .508 .507 2.1 1.5 21 $330,000 *53
2004 30 CLE AL 152 668 17 -2 -1 -5 2 11 1.2 25 36 3.5 .507 .506 3.9 -0.1 41 $352,400 *5/3
2005 31 CLE AL 147 583 0 -1 0 5 -6 -1 -0.1 22 21 2.0 .499 .499 1.5 -0.1 16 $2,250,000 *9/53
2006 32 CLE AL 109 456 11 2 0 -1 -5 6 0.7 17 24 2.3 .506 .504 2.4 -0.6 25 $3,050,000 9/3D
2007 33 CLE AL 156 662 1 -1 1 0 1 3 0.4 25 28 2.8 .502 .502 2.8 0.2 28 $3,750,000 *53/9D
2008 34 CLE AL 94 368 9 0 0 -6 -0 4 0.5 14 17 1.8 .504 .502 2.4 -0.6 23 $6,100,000 53/6
2008 34 LAD NL 58 233 -1 0 -1 4 1 3 0.3 7 10 0.9 .505 .502 0.6 0.5 6 5/34
2009 35 LAD NL 139 565 16 -0 1 9 2 28 2.8 18 46 4.6 .521 .518 3.6 1.1 37 $5,000,000 *5/37
2010 36 LAD NL 146 571 2 -1 -0 7 2 10 1.0 18 28 2.7 .507 .507 2.0 0.9 21 $6,250,000 *5/3
2011 37 LAD NL 63 239 -1 0 -1 3 0 2 0.2 7 9 0.9 .503 .501 0.5 0.4 6 $5,500,000 5/37
13 Seasons 1265 5091 49 -0 -2 27 -2 71 7.7 180 252 24.9 .506 .503 21.8 2.9 224 $32,582,400
CLE (6 yrs) 810 3358 37 -2 -0 7 -7 35 4.1 126 161 16.0 .504 .504 15.1 0.4 154 $15,832,400
LAD (4 yrs) 406 1608 16 -0 -2 23 6 43 4.3 50 93 9.1 .511 .507 6.6 2.9 70 $16,750,000
MIN (3 yrs) 29 68 -1 1 0 -2 -1 -3 -0.3 3 -1 -0.1 .489 .499 0.1 -0.2 1
BAL (1 yr) 6 16 -1 0 0 -0 -0 -1 -0.1 1 -1 -0.1 .480 .499 -0.0 -0.1 -0
TOR (1 yr) 14 41 -2 1 -0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 2 -1 -0.1 .485 .499 0.0 -0.1 -0

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
1999 25 TOR AL 41 30 4 3.6 114 .290 .256 .275 .293 .348 .385 .440 .677 .788 72 .318 -1.8 -0.2 .567 .179 .128 .0
2000 26 MIN AL 21 15 2 3.6 119 .300 .188 .281 .333 .355 .313 .452 .646 .807 63 .310 -0.6 -0.1 .643 .313 .125
2001 27 TOT AL 41 28 5 4.8 106 .333 .243 .266 .317 .332 .351 .426 .668 .759 78 .474 -1.2 -0.1 .714 .297 .108 1.5
2001 27 MIN AL 25 15 4 7.1 108 .500 .318 .268 .400 .336 .364 .431 .764 .766 104 .652 0.2 0.0 .800 .227 .045 .0
2001 27 BAL AL 16 13 1 2.1 103 .100 .133 .261 .188 .327 .333 .419 .521 .747 37 .162 -1.5 -0.1 .615 .400 .200 1.3
2002 28 MIN AL 22 16 2 3.3 105 .308 .200 .264 .273 .332 .250 .425 .523 .757 41 .328 -1.7 -0.2 .438 .150 .050
2003 29 CLE AL 621 450 70 4.2 103 .287 .257 .263 .312 .329 .411 .421 .723 .749 93 .414 -5.0 -0.5 .634 .219 .154 9.9
2004 30 CLE AL 668 459 97 5.7 104 .310 .271 .263 .354 .330 .486 .423 .839 .753 122 .540 20.0 1.8 .789 .325 .215 8.5
2005 31 CLE AL 583 418 70 4.5 102 .265 .241 .263 .308 .326 .438 .418 .746 .743 99 .458 -0.2 -0.0 .684 .277 .197 6.8
2006 32 CLE AL 456 305 69 6.0 110 .320 .282 .274 .356 .339 .479 .436 .835 .775 115 .566 9.4 0.9 .826 .324 .197 9.1
2007 33 CLE AL 662 458 86 5.0 108 .312 .270 .272 .339 .340 .437 .426 .776 .765 103 .496 2.1 0.2 .714 .257 .167 6.5
2008 34 TOT MLB 601 406 86 5.7 105 .316 .274 .265 .345 .335 .463 .419 .808 .754 113 .563 10.8 1.0 .776 .285 .188 5.3
2008 34 CLE AL 368 237 58 6.6 104 .335 .289 .266 .365 .333 .465 .417 .830 .751 121 .624 10.7 1.0 .825 .283 .175 3.4
2008 34 LAD NL 233 169 28 4.4 106 .285 .251 .265 .313 .336 .460 .423 .773 .759 102 .455 0.0 0.0 .707 .289 .209 1.8
2009 35 LAD NL 565 376 84 6.0 102 .327 .280 .260 .363 .332 .468 .413 .832 .745 123 .599 18.0 1.7 .808 .315 .188 5.1
2010 36 LAD NL 571 401 67 4.5 99 .305 .248 .257 .320 .327 .407 .405 .727 .732 98 .488 -0.9 -0.1 .656 .246 .159 .0
2011 37 LAD NL 239 170 25 4.0 95 .311 .252 .254 .342 .321 .371 .396 .713 .717 100 .448 1.2 0.1 .636 .243 .119 1.6
13 Yrs 5091 3532 667 5.0 104 .305 .264 .264 .336 .332 .442 .419 .778 .751 107 .510 50.1 4.7 .724 .277 .178 59.2
162 Game Avg. 652 452 85 5.0 104 .305 .264 .264 .336 .332 .442 .419 .778 .751 107 .510 6 1 .724 .277 .178 8
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CLE (6 yrs) 3358 2327 450 5.2 105 .302 .266 .267 .337 .332 .451 .423 .787 .756 108 .510 37.1 3.4 .734 .279 .184 45.1
LAD (4 yrs) 1608 1116 204 4.9 101 .311 .260 .259 .338 .329 .431 .409 .768 .738 108 .520 18.4 1.8 .712 .276 .171 9.1
MIN (3 yrs) 68 46 8 4.6 110 .378 .241 .270 .338 .340 .310 .435 .649 .775 71 .452 -2.1 -0.2 .622 .224 .069 .0
BAL (1 yr) 16 13 1 2.1 103 .100 .133 .261 .188 .327 .333 .419 .521 .747 37 .162 -1.5 -0.1 .615 .400 .200 1.3
TOR (1 yr) 41 30 4 3.5 114 .290 .256 .275 .293 .348 .385 .440 .677 .788 72 .317 -1.8 -0.2 .567 .179 .128 .0
AL (10 yrs) 3483 2416 463 5.1 105 .302 .265 .267 .336 .333 .446 .424 .782 .756 106 .505 31.7 2.9 .729 .277 .181 49.1
NL (4 yrs) 1608 1116 204 4.9 101 .311 .260 .259 .338 .329 .431 .409 .768 .738 108 .520 18.4 1.8 .712 .276 .171 9.1

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
2007 33 CLE AL ALDS NYY W 4 18 17 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .118 .118 .176 .294 3 0 0 1 0 0
2007 33 CLE AL ALCS BOS L 7 27 26 4 9 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 7 .346 .370 .538 .909 14 1 0 0 0 0
2008 34 LAD NL NLDS CHC W 3 12 11 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .273 .333 .273 .606 3 0 1 0 0 0
2008 34 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 5 21 19 2 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 4 .263 .333 .421 .754 8 0 0 0 0 1
2009 35 LAD NL NLDS STL W 3 13 11 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .273 .385 .273 .657 3 0 0 0 0 0
2009 35 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 5 19 19 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 .105 .105 .105 .211 2 1 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (6 Series) 27 110 103 10 24 3 0 2 10 1 0 5 23 .233 .275 .320 .596 33 2 1 1 0 1
2 NLDS 6 25 22 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 .273 .360 .273 .633 6 0 1 0 0 0
1 ALDS 4 18 17 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .118 .118 .176 .294 3 0 0 1 0 0
1 ALCS 7 27 26 4 9 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 7 .346 .370 .538 .909 14 1 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 10 40 38 2 7 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 9 .184 .225 .263 .488 10 1 0 0 0 1

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
1999 25 TOR AL 41 2.4% 17.1% 4.9% 7.3% 30% 3.50 5.6 39.0 39.0 1.46 1.88 76% 13% 10.0% 23%
2000 26 MIN AL 21 0.0% 33.3% 14.3% 9.5% 67% 2.33 2.3 16.0 0.25 0.40 48% 30% 0.0% 13%
2001 27 TOT AL 41 2.4% 29.3% 9.8% 4.9% 22% 3.00 3.1 37.0 9.3 1.08 1.29 59% 16% 11.1% 25%
2001 27 MIN AL 25 0.0% 32.0% 12.0% 4.0% 14% 2.67 2.8 11.0 1.33 3.00 56% 29% 0.0% 17%
2001 27 BAL AL 16 6.3% 25.0% 6.3% 6.3% 50% 4.00 3.8 15.0 7.5 0.83 0.60 63% 0% 25.0% 33%
2002 28 MIN AL 22 0.0% 31.8% 9.1% 4.6% 25% 3.50 2.9 20.0 0.86 1.00 59% 31% 0.0% 29%
2003 29 CLE AL 621 2.7% 17.6% 6.1% 8.4% 36% 2.87 5.1 32.8 8.3 0.78 0.96 71% 18% 7.4% 9%
2004 30 CLE AL 668 4.2% 20.8% 10.2% 10.0% 42% 2.04 4.2 21.0 6.7 0.78 1.02 63% 17% 12.1% 8%
2005 31 CLE AL 583 4.0% 19.9% 7.4% 9.6% 44% 2.70 4.5 22.7 9.0 0.58 0.74 67% 17% 10.3% 14%
2006 32 CLE AL 456 4.2% 20.4% 9.9% 8.8% 35% 2.07 4.3 21.1 5.9 0.74 0.92 64% 20% 11.7% 9%
2007 33 CLE AL 662 2.7% 18.6% 8.2% 8.8% 37% 2.28 4.8 32.7 7.5 0.67 0.90 68% 20% 7.6% 16%
2008 34 TOT MLB 601 3.5% 20.0% 8.2% 9.7% 40% 2.45 4.5 25.5 6.6 0.65 0.82 66% 19% 9.1% 9%
2008 34 CLE AL 368 3.0% 18.5% 9.0% 9.5% 37% 2.06 4.8 29.5 5.6 0.69 0.81 67% 19% 7.8% 8%
2008 34 LAD NL 233 4.3% 22.3% 6.9% 9.9% 43% 3.25 4.1 21.1 9.2 0.58 0.84 65% 19% 11.0% 11%
2009 35 LAD NL 565 3.2% 20.5% 11.2% 8.7% 36% 1.84 4.2 26.9 6.1 0.71 1.05 64% 23% 8.7% 7%
2010 36 LAD NL 571 3.0% 24.2% 8.4% 8.1% 37% 2.88 3.7 29.9 8.0 0.75 1.05 63% 20% 9.1% 13%
2011 37 LAD NL 239 1.7% 20.9% 10.9% 6.3% 29% 1.92 4.0 50.5 7.8 0.88 1.07 63% 18% 5.6% 11%
13 Yrs 5091 3.3% 20.4% 8.7% 8.8% 38% 2.33 4.3 26.9 7.3 0.72 0.94 66% 19% 9.2% 11%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.2% 8.7% 7.9% 34% 1.98 5.2 32.4 7.6 0.77 1.07 70% 20% 7.7% 12%
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

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1999 25 TOR AL -1.8 -0.2 43 -0.1 0.5 -0.5 .75 -0.2 0.1 -4.1 -0.4 0.91 -3.6 0
2000 26 MIN AL -0.6 -0.1 21 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 1.10 -0.2 -0.1 -1.7 -0.2 1.05 -0.8 0.07 0
2001 27 TOT AL -1.2 -0.1 44 0.2 0.8 -0.7 1.03 0.0 0.1 2.3 0.2 0.90 0.2 0.80 2
2001 27 MIN AL 0.2 0.0 26 0.4 0.7 -0.3 1.03 0.1 0.3 2.5 0.2 0.98 1.1 0.80 2
2001 27 BAL AL -1.5 -0.1 18 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 1.05 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0.0 0.79 -0.9 0
2002 28 MIN AL -1.7 -0.2 22 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 1.04 -0.1 0.0 -0.4 -0.0 0.89 -1.1 0
2003 29 CLE AL -5.0 -0.5 645 -1.8 10.2 -12.0 1.05 -0.7 -1.0 -15.1 -1.5 0.94 -10.1 0.65 0
2004 30 CLE AL 20.0 1.8 696 1.7 15.2 -13.5 1.11 1.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.99 13.5 0
2005 31 CLE AL -0.2 -0.0 602 -2.4 9.3 -11.7 1.02 0.1 -2.4 -15.6 -1.5 0.93 -0.6 2.43 3
2006 32 CLE AL 9.4 0.9 469 -0.6 7.3 -7.9 .96 1.1 -1.6 10.6 1.0 0.96 11.5 1.63 1
2007 33 CLE AL 2.1 0.2 683 -0.3 11.7 -12.0 1.01 0.5 -0.8 -9.7 -0.9 0.95 -1.0 2.23 5
2008 34 TOT MLB 10.8 1.0 609 0.0 10.2 -10.1 .96 1.0 -0.9 6.4 0.6 0.95 8.1 1.37 3
2008 34 CLE AL 10.7 1.0 373 1.1 6.7 -5.6 .93 0.6 0.5 18.7 1.8 0.92 8.3 1.37 3
2008 34 LAD NL 0.0 0.0 236 -1.0 3.5 -4.5 1.00 0.3 -1.3 -12.2 -1.2 0.99 -0.3 0
2009 35 LAD NL 18.0 1.7 582 2.6 12.9 -10.3 1.14 2.2 0.1 17.1 1.7 1.02 24.5 1.95 5
2010 36 LAD NL -0.9 -0.1 579 -0.4 10.4 -10.8 1.04 0.1 -0.4 0.0 0.0 0.98 2.8 1.19 6
2011 37 LAD NL 1.2 0.1 247 -0.5 4.0 -4.5 1.07 -0.3 -0.1 -4.2 -0.4 0.99 -0.5 2.23 10
13 Yrs 50.1 4.7 5242 -1.8 93.0 -94.8 1.04 4.9 -6.6 -14.1 -1.4 0.97 43.0 1.86 35
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1999 25 TOR AL 0 0 46% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 26 MIN AL 1 0 14% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 27 TOT AL 1 0 17% 15 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
2001 27 MIN AL 0 0 10% 8 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2001 27 BAL AL 1 0 50% 7 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2002 28 MIN AL 1 0 33% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 29 CLE AL 10 0 36% 242 7 9 44% 7 7 0 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 11 52% 40 28 12 11 3 8 22 4 18
2004 30 CLE AL 3 0 31% 217 5 8 38% 5 8 0 0 0 0 5 2 7 2 1 2 2 13 46% 26 20 5 12 4 8 18 5 13
2005 31 CLE AL 7 0 31% 213 4 5 44% 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 2 2 0 13 53% 28 18 10 5 2 3 14 2 12
2006 32 CLE AL 7 0 31% 178 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 3 4 0 7 47% 26 20 4 6 1 5 17 3 14
2007 33 CLE AL 4 0 31% 273 4 5 44% 4 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 19 55% 34 23 11 6 2 4 22 3 19
2008 34 TOT MLB 4 0 27% 196 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 2 10 48% 30 18 12 6 4 2 14 3 10
2008 34 CLE AL 3 0 29% 133 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 2 6 47% 19 12 7 6 4 2 13 3 9
2008 34 LAD NL 1 0 24% 63 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 50% 11 6 5 0 0 0 1 0 1
2009 35 LAD NL 7 0 35% 240 3 4 43% 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 16 42% 44 31 13 12 7 4 22 5 16
2010 36 LAD NL 7 0 24% 161 0 4 0% 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 6 2 1 2 1 10 72% 17 6 11 6 3 3 16 2 14
2011 37 LAD NL 0 0 37% 102 1 2 33% 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 9 37% 24 17 7 4 3 1 10 4 6
13 Yrs 52 0 31% 1868 36 37 49% 35 31 1 5 0 1 17 7 41 9 11 13 8 112 50% 273 182 88 69 30 38 156 32 122
ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1999 25 TOR AL 41 10% 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 25% 2 0 0% 25 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2000 26 MIN AL 21 38% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.07 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 2 2 100% 20 1 5% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
2001 27 TOT AL 41 49% 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.80 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 0% 2 1 50% 23 3 13% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
2001 27 MIN AL 25 64% 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0% 2 1 50% 16 2 13% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
2001 27 BAL AL 16 25% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 7 1 14% 0 0 0 0 0
2002 28 MIN AL 22 41% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 11 1 9% 0 0 0 0 0
2003 29 CLE AL 621 29% 143 12 2 0 0 0 1 0.65 17 1 14 10 7 2 15 0 10 8 80% 118 11 9% 60 23 38% 364 51 14% 39 21 54% 19 7 37% 0
2004 30 CLE AL 668 32% 159 17 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 22 17 11 13 15 0 2 1 50% 143 19 13% 69 19 28% 483 64 13% 40 14 35% 24 14 58% 0
2005 31 CLE AL 583 26% 126 9 0 3 0 0 1 2.43 23 0 14 12 11 7 16 0 3 2 67% 100 9 9% 59 13 22% 347 35 10% 30 12 40% 20 12 60% 0
2006 32 CLE AL 456 29% 113 10 1 1 1 0 0 1.63 19 2 15 9 10 9 10 1 2 1 50% 89 11 12% 51 14 27% 305 50 16% 23 15 65% 17 10 59% 0
2007 33 CLE AL 662 29% 159 11 0 5 2 0 0 2.23 18 0 24 12 6 11 7 0 5 5 100% 131 14 11% 71 29 41% 438 63 14% 42 25 60% 31 17 55% 0
2008 34 TOT MLB 601 24% 147 10 0 3 1 0 0 1.37 21 1 20 17 4 6 15 0 1 1 100% 101 12 12% 61 19 31% 398 61 15% 30 16 53% 28 14 50% 0
2008 34 CLE AL 368 21% 94 9 0 3 1 0 0 1.37 11 1 10 9 2 1 10 0 1 1 100% 50 3 6% 29 10 34% 228 47 21% 18 13 72% 15 8 53% 0
2008 34 LAD NL 233 29% 53 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 8 2 5 5 0 0 0 51 9 18% 32 9 28% 170 14 8% 12 3 25% 13 6 46% 0
2009 35 LAD NL 565 23% 136 9 0 5 0 0 0 1.95 18 0 19 14 4 7 11 0 1 1 100% 118 12 10% 54 21 39% 401 63 16% 36 24 67% 19 12 63% 0
2010 36 LAD NL 571 28% 126 8 0 6 1 0 0 1.19 17 1 17 11 6 6 11 0 3 3 100% 100 8 8% 50 12 24% 377 49 13% 27 7 26% 25 13 52% 0
2011 37 LAD NL 239 27% 51 9 1 10 1 0 1 2.23 4 0 7 3 1 2 2 0 6 5 83% 49 9 18% 34 14 41% 154 23 15% 17 8 47% 17 10 59% 0
13 Yrs 5091 28% 1186 96 4 35 6 0 4 1.86 167 5 154 106 61 63 104 1 33 27 82% 970 107 11% 515 167 32% 3346 464 14% 285 143 50% 202 110 54% 0
MLB Averages 54% 70% 11% 33% 15% 52% 56%
PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu

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
1999 25 TOR AL 41 166 4.05 112 67% 35% 10% 27% 29% 65% 0% 44% 85% 29% 0% 0 0 15% 6 3 0% 0 0 57% 0 0 0
2000 26 MIN AL 21 85 4.05 48 56% 33% 15% 31% 21% 67% 0% 38% 78% 14% 0% 0 0 19% 4 1 14% 3 2 29% 0 0 0
2001 27 TOT AL 41 175 4.27 114 65% 27% 18% 33% 22% 73% 5% 47% 76% 27% 5% 2 0 10% 4 0 5% 2 1 17% 0 0 0
2001 27 MIN AL 25 113 4.52 73 65% 29% 18% 34% 19% 71% 8% 46% 75% 20% 4% 1 0 8% 2 0 4% 1 0 25% 0 0 0
2001 27 BAL AL 16 62 3.88 41 66% 24% 17% 32% 27% 76% 0% 50% 77% 38% 6% 1 0 13% 2 0 6% 1 1 0% 0 0 0
2002 28 MIN AL 22 98 4.45 67 68% 21% 13% 46% 19% 79% 0% 54% 83% 36% 0% 0 0 9% 2 1 5% 1 1 14% 0 0 0
2003 29 CLE AL 626 2431 3.88 1531 63% 35% 10% 25% 30% 65% 0% 41% 84% 18% 6% 37 5 15% 97 36 8% 51 25 31% -5 0 0
2004 30 CLE AL 668 2847 4.26 1723 61% 36% 11% 27% 26% 64% 1% 39% 82% 15% 6% 40 6 17% 112 49 11% 74 43 39% 0 0 0
2005 31 CLE AL 584 2493 4.27 1551 62% 35% 12% 27% 27% 65% 1% 41% 82% 17% 4% 23 2 15% 85 34 11% 63 38 35% -1 0 0
2006 32 CLE AL 457 1858 4.07 1144 62% 34% 11% 27% 27% 66% 2% 41% 83% 21% 5% 22 1 13% 58 17 8% 36 25 32% -1 0 0
2007 33 CLE AL 664 2764 4.16 1708 62% 34% 11% 27% 28% 66% 0% 41% 83% 18% 5% 31 4 16% 107 42 9% 59 37 28% -2 0 0
2008 34 TOT MLB 602 2506 4.16 1565 62% 33% 14% 26% 27% 67% 4% 42% 79% 20% 4% 27 3 14% 83 29 7% 44 29 30% -1 0 0
2008 34 CLE AL 369 1534 4.16 947 62% 34% 13% 26% 27% 66% 3% 41% 81% 19% 4% 16 3 14% 52 17 8% 31 18 29% -1 0 0
2008 34 LAD NL 233 972 4.17 618 64% 31% 16% 27% 26% 69% 6% 44% 77% 22% 5% 11 0 13% 31 12 6% 13 11 31% 0 0 0
2009 35 LAD NL 565 2435 4.31 1481 61% 36% 12% 26% 26% 64% 3% 39% 81% 15% 5% 31 2 18% 99 36 10% 58 31 28% 0 0 0
2010 36 LAD NL 573 2431 4.24 1546 64% 36% 14% 26% 24% 64% 1% 41% 78% 14% 4% 22 0 13% 77 25 11% 61 36 26% -2 0 0
2011 37 LAD NL 239 1005 4.21 620 62% 38% 13% 24% 26% 62% 1% 38% 80% 15% 7% 16 0 14% 33 7 11% 26 14 32% 0 0 0
13 Yrs 5103 21294 4.17 13210 62% 35% 12% 26% 27% 65% 1% 40% 81% 17% 5% 251 23 15% 767 280 9% 478 282 31% -12 0 0
MLB Averages 3.76 62% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 28% 5% 15% 9% 26%
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

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
1999 25 14 41 39 6 10 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 7 .256 .293 .385 .677 72 15 1 0 0 0 0
2000 26 21 62 55 7 13 4 0 1 2 0 0 5 14 .236 .306 .364 .670 70 20 2 1 0 1 0
2001 27 40 103 92 10 22 5 0 2 6 3 0 9 26 .239 .311 .359 .669 73 33 2 1 0 1 1
2002 28 49 125 112 12 26 6 0 2 7 3 0 11 33 .232 .304 .339 .643 67 38 2 1 0 1 1
2003 29 201 746 669 92 169 41 0 19 74 10 9 49 142 .253 .310 .399 .709 88 267 13 11 8 9 2
2004 30 353 1414 1256 185 328 77 3 47 162 15 17 117 281 .261 .331 .439 .770 104 552 32 20 9 12 4
2005 31 500 1997 1779 257 454 109 4 70 220 19 22 160 397 .255 .324 .439 .763 103 781 41 30 11 17 7
2006 32 609 2453 2180 320 567 129 5 89 288 25 22 205 490 .260 .330 .446 .777 105 973 52 34 12 22 12
2007 33 765 3115 2768 401 726 165 9 107 366 29 27 259 613 .262 .332 .444 .777 105 1230 66 44 17 27 14
2008 34 917 3716 3304 472 873 201 10 128 447 32 27 308 733 .264 .334 .447 .782 106 1478 78 55 18 31 25
2009 35 1056 4281 3789 556 1009 226 16 146 526 35 31 371 849 .266 .338 .450 .788 108 1705 90 61 19 41 33
2010 36 1202 4852 4298 612 1135 254 17 163 590 35 35 419 987 .264 .336 .445 .781 107 1912 98 69 22 44 36
2011 37 1265 5091 4500 644 1186 264 18 167 616 36 37 445 1037 .264 .336 .442 .778 107 1987 107 72 27 47 37

Neutralized Batting

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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
1999 25 14 40 38 5 9 2 0 1 1 0 2 7 .237 .275 .368 .643 4 14
2000 26 7 19 15 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 7 .133 .263 .200 .463 1 7
2001 27 19 41 37 3 9 1 0 1 4 3 4 12 .243 .317 .351 .668 4 19
2002 28 9 21 19 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 7 .158 .238 .211 .449 1 9
2003 29 152 621 557 80 143 35 0 17 67 7 38 109 .257 .312 .411 .723 70 152
2004 30 152 668 587 93 159 36 3 28 88 5 68 139 .271 .354 .486 .839 99 152
2005 31 147 587 526 75 129 33 1 24 60 4 44 116 .245 .313 .449 .761 71 147
2006 32 109 452 398 60 110 19 1 18 65 6 44 93 .276 .350 .465 .815 65 109
2007 33 156 655 583 77 154 35 4 17 74 4 52 123 .264 .332 .425 .758 81 156
2008 34 152 601 536 71 147 36 1 21 81 3 49 120 .274 .345 .463 .808 83 152
2009 35 139 572 490 89 141 26 6 19 83 3 65 116 .288 .371 .482 .853 87 139
2010 36 146 578 514 60 131 29 1 18 68 0 50 138 .255 .329 .420 .749 69 146
2011 37 63 244 205 35 54 11 1 4 29 1 28 50 .263 .356 .385 .741 28 63
13 Yrs 1265 5099 4505 650 1191 265 18 168 622 36 448 1037 .264 .337 .443 .780 663 1265
162 Game Avg. 162 653 577 83 153 34 2 22 80 5 57 133 .264 .337 .443 .780 85 1265

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) 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

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2003 AL  1.5 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2004 AL  139 (5th)
Career  1,037 (229th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
Career  72 (202nd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2003 AL  8 (9th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2003 AL  8 (9th)
2009 NL  10 (2nd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2004 AL  19 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2003 AL  9 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1425), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1159), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (87th), 24.9 career WAR/21.5 7yr-peak WAR/23.2 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.4 career WAR/42.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  1. Ty Wigginton (969)
  2. Michael Cuddyer (949)
  3. Jacque Jones (940)
  4. Wil Cordero (935)
  5. Juan Encarnacion (932)
  6. Jeff King (931)
  7. Aaron Rowand (930)
  8. Jim Northrup (928)
  9. Larry Hisle (924)
  10. Bill Robinson (922)
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  1. Bill Renna (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Matt LeCroy (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ryan Raburn (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Scott Hairston (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Fernando Tatis (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Fernando Tatis (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Aaron Boone (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Melvin Mora (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Melvin Mora (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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