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Willie Bloomquist

William Paul Bloomquist

Positions: Outfielder, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 27, 1977 in Bremerton, WA
High School: South Kitsap HS (Port Orchard, WA)
School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 3rd round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 2002
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Royals/Diamondbacks/Reds 2002-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 2 yrs/$3.8M (12-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 9.029, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
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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	21	SEA-min	A-	42	202	178	35	51	10	3	2	27	17	5	22	25	.287	.366	.410	.776		73	1	1	0	1	0		EVR · NORW
2000	22	SEA-min	A+,AAA	115	500	447	80	140	24	7	3	74	27	12	44	55	.313	.372	.418	.790		187	6	0	5	4	2		LNR,TAC · CALL,PCL
2001	23	SEA-min	AA	123	531	491	59	125	23	2	0	28	34	9	28	55	.255	.294	.310	.603		152	11	1	7	4	0		SAN · TL
2002	24	SEA-min	AAA	104	381	337	47	91	14	3	6	47	20	10	29	44	.270	.331	.383	.713		129	5	3	9	3	1		TAC · PCL
2002	24	SEA	AL	12	38	33	11	15	4	0	0	7	3	1	5	2	.455	.526	.576	1.102	198	19	0	0	0	0	0	/74D
2003	25	SEA	AL	89	220	196	30	49	7	2	1	14	4	1	19	39	.250	.317	.321	.638	73	63	6	1	2	2	1	56D7/439
2004	26	SEA-min	AAA	3	12	12	2	5	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	2	.417	.417	.667	1.083		8	0	0	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
2004	26	SEA	AL	93	201	188	27	46	10	0	2	18	13	2	10	48	.245	.283	.330	.613	62	62	2	0	3	0	0	563/7D48
2005	27	SEA	AL	82	267	249	27	64	15	2	0	22	14	1	11	38	.257	.289	.333	.622	69	83	5	1	4	2	0	468/53D7
2006	28	SEA	AL	102	283	251	36	62	6	2	1	15	16	3	24	40	.247	.320	.299	.619	64	75	3	4	2	2	0	86459/37D
2007	29	SEA	AL	91	188	173	28	48	3	0	2	13	7	5	10	35	.277	.321	.329	.650	75	57	7	1	4	0	0	4567/839D
2008	30	SEA	AL	71	192	165	32	46	1	0	0	9	14	3	25	29	.279	.377	.285	.662	83	47	1	1	1	0	1	896/74D5
2009	31	KCR	AL	125	468	434	52	115	11	8	4	29	25	6	27	73	.265	.308	.355	.663	77	154	7	1	4	2	1	9684/735D
2010	32	TOT	MLB	83	199	187	31	50	10	1	3	17	8	5	9	28	.267	.299	.380	.679	85	71	4	0	2	1	0	95D/78436
2010	32	KCR	AL	72	181	170	31	45	10	1	3	17	8	5	8	25	.265	.296	.388	.684	86	66	4	0	2	1	0	95D/87436
2010	32	CIN	NL	11	18	17	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.294	.333	.294	.627	70	5	0	0	0	0	0	/974
2011	33	ARI	NL	97	381	350	44	93	10	2	4	26	20	10	23	51	.266	.317	.340	.657	78	119	3	4	2	2	3	67/4
2012	34	ARI	NL	39	164	154	21	42	8	4	0	10	4	6	9	32	.273	.311	.377	.688	83	58	3	0	0	1	0	*6/7
11 Yrs				884	2601	2380	339	630	85	21	17	180	128	43	172	415	.265	.316	.339	.656	77	808	41	13	24	12	6
162 Game Avg.				162	477	436	62	115	16	4	3	33	23	8	32	76	.265	.316	.339	.656	77	148	8	2	4	2	1

SEA (7 yrs)				540	1389	1255	191	330	46	6	6	98	71	16	104	231	.263	.322	.324	.645	74	406	24	8	16	6	2
ARI (2 yrs)				136	545	504	65	135	18	6	4	36	24	16	32	83	.268	.315	.351	.666	80	177	6	4	2	3	3
KCR (2 yrs)				197	649	604	83	160	21	9	7	46	33	11	35	98	.265	.305	.364	.669	79	220	11	1	6	3	1
CIN (1 yr)				11	18	17	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.294	.333	.294	.627	70	5	0	0	0	0	0

AL (9 yrs)				737	2038	1859	274	490	67	15	13	144	104	27	139	329	.264	.316	.337	.653	76	626	35	9	22	9	3
NL (3 yrs)				147	563	521	65	140	18	6	4	36	24	16	33	86	.269	.316	.349	.665	80	182	6	4	2	3	3

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
2002	24	SEA	AL	12	38	6	0	0	0	-0	6	0.6	1	7	0.7	.546	.503	0.7	-0.0	7	$	/74D
2003	25	SEA	AL	89	220	-6	-0	0	4	-0	-2	-0.2	7	5	0.5	.497	.498	0.1	0.4	1	$300,000	56D7/439
2004	26	SEA	AL	93	201	-8	1	0	-11	-1	-18	-1.7	7	-12	-1.1	.481	.489	0.0	-1.0	-1	$325,000	563/7D48
2005	27	SEA	AL	82	267	-9	3	0	4	2	0	0.1	9	9	0.9	.500	.500	0.5	0.6	5	$385,000	468/53D7
2006	28	SEA	AL	102	283	-11	2	1	5	1	-2	-0.1	10	8	0.8	.498	.499	0.3	0.7	3	$650,000	86459/37D
2007	29	SEA	AL	91	188	-5	0	1	-5	0	-9	-0.8	6	-3	-0.2	.490	.495	0.3	-0.4	2	$875,000	4567/839D
2008	30	SEA	AL	71	192	0	1	1	3	-0	5	0.6	6	11	1.2	.507	.503	0.8	0.3	8	$1,000,000	896/74D5
2009	31	KCR	AL	125	468	-13	2	1	-12	-1	-23	-2.2	16	-8	-0.8	.481	.486	0.4	-1.2	4	$1,400,000	9684/735D
2010	32	KCR	AL	72	181	-4	0	-0	-9	-2	-15	-1.5	6	-9	-0.9	.478	.490	0.0	-1.1	0	$1,700,000	95D/87436
2010	32	CIN	NL	11	18	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.491	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	/974
2011	33	ARI	NL	97	381	-13	-1	1	1	2	-11	-1.2	10	-0	-0.1	.488	.493	-0.3	0.3	-1	$900,000	67/4
2012	34	ARI	NL	39	164	-3	-3	-0	-5	2	-9	-0.9	5	-5	-0.5	.474	.494	0.0	-0.3	0	$	*6/7
11 Seasons				884	2601	-68	6	6	-25	1	-80	-7.5	84	4	0.4	.491	.496	2.7	-1.6	29	$7,535,000

SEA (7 yrs)				540	1389	-33	8	4	0	1	-21	-1.6	47	26	2.8	.496	.498	2.7	0.7	26	$3,535,000
ARI (2 yrs)				136	545	-16	-4	1	-4	3	-20	-2.1	15	-5	-0.6	.484	.493	-0.3	0.0	-1	$900,000
KCR (2 yrs)				197	649	-17	2	1	-21	-3	-38	-3.7	22	-17	-1.7	.480	.488	0.4	-2.3	4	$3,100,000
CIN (1 yr)				11	18	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.491	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-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
2002	24	SEA	AL	38	19	11	15.5	103	.484	.455	.261	.526	.328	.576	.419	1.102	.747	198	.890	5.2	0.5	1.368	.333	.121	.0
2003	25	SEA	AL	220	158	20	3.4	102	.304	.250	.262	.317	.327	.321	.419	.638	.746	73	.326	-7.0	-0.7	.558	.184	.071	1.6
2004	26	SEA	AL	201	149	19	3.4	107	.319	.245	.267	.283	.334	.330	.428	.613	.763	62	.318	-10.8	-1.0	.568	.197	.085	3.5
2005	27	SEA	AL	267	197	25	3.4	101	.300	.257	.262	.289	.324	.333	.416	.622	.740	69	.338	-10.5	-1.0	.565	.173	.076	.0
2006	28	SEA	AL	283	199	28	3.8	108	.288	.247	.272	.320	.336	.299	.432	.619	.768	64	.353	-12.8	-1.2	.595	.199	.052	1.9
2007	29	SEA	AL	188	141	16	3.0	103	.338	.277	.266	.321	.333	.329	.416	.650	.749	75	.282	-6.4	-0.6	.511	.121	.052	3.1
2008	30	SEA	AL	192	124	22	4.8	102	.338	.279	.263	.377	.331	.285	.413	.662	.744	83	.480	-2.9	-0.3	.683	.224	.006	.0
2009	31	KCR	AL	468	338	49	3.9	105	.309	.265	.264	.308	.332	.355	.423	.663	.756	77	.380	-16.1	-1.5	.605	.196	.090	6.9
2010	32	TOT	MLB	199	149	20	3.6	99	.299	.267	.260	.299	.328	.380	.407	.679	.734	85	.382	-4.4	-0.4	.568	.176	.112	4.4
2010	32	KCR	AL	181	137	18	3.5	99	.294	.265	.259	.296	.327	.388	.406	.684	.733	86	.371	-3.6	-0.4	.575	.188	.124	4.4
2010	32	CIN	NL	18	12	2	4.4	104	.357	.294	.264	.333	.335	.294	.416	.627	.751	70	.487	-0.8	-0.1	.500	.059	.000
2011	33	ARI	NL	381	274	39	3.8	102	.300	.266	.264	.317	.332	.340	.410	.657	.742	78	.433	-11.2	-1.1	.578	.169	.074	6.7
2012	34	ARI	NL	164	122	16	3.5	104	.341	.273	.265	.311	.334	.377	.418	.688	.752	83	.385	-4.2	-0.4	.537	.149	.104	.0
11 Yrs				2601	1870	265	3.8	104	.313	.265	.264	.316	.331	.339	.419	.656	.750	77	.385	-81.0	-7.8	.588	.183	.075	30.0
162 Game Avg.				477	343	49	3.8	104	.313	.265	.264	.316	.331	.339	.419	.656	.750	77	.385	-81.0	-7.8	.588	.183	.075	5

SEA (7 yrs)				1389	987	141	3.8	104	.316	.263	.265	.322	.331	.324	.421	.645	.752	74	.374	-45.1	-4.2	.594	.187	.061	11.1
ARI (2 yrs)				545	396	55	3.7	102	.312	.268	.264	.315	.332	.351	.413	.666	.745	80	.418	-15.4	-1.6	.565	.163	.083	6.9
KCR (2 yrs)				649	475	67	3.8	103	.305	.265	.262	.305	.331	.364	.418	.669	.749	79	.377	-19.7	-1.9	.597	.194	.099	11.6
CIN (1 yr)				18	12	2	4.5	104	.357	.294	.264	.333	.335	.294	.416	.627	.751	70	.487	-0.8	-0.1	.500	.059	.000

AL (9 yrs)				2038	1462	208	3.8	104	.313	.264	.264	.316	.331	.337	.420	.653	.751	76	.375	-64.8	-6.1	.595	.189	.073	23.1
NL (3 yrs)				563	408	57	3.8	102	.313	.269	.264	.316	.332	.349	.413	.665	.745	80	.421	-16.2	-1.6	.563	.159	.081	6.9

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
2011	33	ARI	NL	NLDS	MIL	L	5	23	22	3	7	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	3	.318	.348	.318	.666	7	2	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							5	23	22	3	7	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	3	.318	.348	.318	.666	7	2	0	0	0	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
2002	24	SEA	AL	38	0.0%	5.3%	13.2%	10.5%	27%	0.40	16.5		4.7	0.55	1.14	82%	42%	0.0%	5%
2003	25	SEA	AL	220	0.5%	17.7%	8.6%	4.6%	20%	2.05	5.0	196.0	14.0	0.98	1.13	72%	17%	1.4%	13%
2004	26	SEA	AL	201	1.0%	23.9%	5.0%	6.0%	26%	4.80	3.9	94.0	10.4	0.74	0.90	69%	17%	2.8%	11%
2005	27	SEA	AL	267	0.0%	14.2%	4.1%	6.4%	27%	3.45	6.6		11.3	0.79	1.04	80%	21%	0.0%	11%
2006	28	SEA	AL	283	0.4%	14.1%	8.5%	3.2%	15%	1.67	6.3	251.0	16.7	0.88	0.97	75%	16%	1.0%	12%
2007	29	SEA	AL	188	1.1%	18.6%	5.3%	2.7%	10%	3.50	4.9	86.5	13.3	1.76	2.67	72%	16%	4.8%	14%
2008	30	SEA	AL	192	0.0%	15.1%	13.0%	0.5%	2%	1.16	5.7		18.3	1.33	1.46	71%	18%	0.0%	17%
2009	31	KCR	AL	468	0.9%	15.6%	5.8%	4.9%	20%	2.70	5.9	108.5	15.0	0.91	0.98	77%	20%	2.4%	11%
2010	32	TOT	MLB	199	1.5%	14.1%	4.5%	7.0%	28%	3.11	6.7	62.3	11.0	0.82	1.15	79%	20%	4.3%	20%
2010	32	KCR	AL	181	1.7%	13.8%	4.4%	7.7%	31%	3.13	6.8	56.7	10.0	0.80	1.14	79%	20%	4.6%	20%
2010	32	CIN	NL	18	0.0%	16.7%	5.6%	0.0%	0%	3.00	5.7			1.00	1.25	78%	21%	0.0%	29%
2011	33	ARI	NL	381	1.1%	13.4%	6.0%	4.2%	17%	2.22	6.9	87.5	13.5	0.99	1.12	78%	21%	3.1%	13%
2012	34	ARI	NL	164	0.0%	19.5%	5.5%	7.3%	29%	3.56	4.8		15.4	0.82	0.95	75%	20%	0.0%	9%
11 Yrs				2601	0.7%	16.0%	6.6%	4.7%	20%	2.41	5.7	140.0	13.2	0.94	1.12	75%	19%	1.9%	13%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.4%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.04	5.1	33.2	7.8	0.79	1.08	70%	19%	7.7%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2002	24	SEA	AL	5.2	0.5	43	0.5	1.1	-0.7	1.24	0.7	-0.3	9.0	0.8	1.00	8.0	3.17	1
2003	25	SEA	AL	-7.0	-0.7	227	-1.0	2.1	-3.1	.81	-0.8	-0.5	-16.0	-1.6	0.98	-14.1	1.11	6
2004	26	SEA	AL	-10.8	-1.0	222	-0.3	3.9	-4.2	1.15	-0.7	0.5	-7.5	-0.7	0.94	-10.5	1.66	3
2005	27	SEA	AL	-10.5	-1.0	288	-0.1	4.9	-5.0	1.02	-0.8	0.7	-3.1	-0.3	0.93	-9.2	1.50	4
2006	28	SEA	AL	-12.8	-1.2	309	-0.1	5.0	-5.1	1.08	-1.0	0.9	-11.1	-1.0	0.94	-12.1	0.79	5
2007	29	SEA	AL	-6.4	-0.6	203	-0.3	3.2	-3.5	1.02	-0.5	0.3	-7.5	-0.7	0.96	-8.3	0.69	2
2008	30	SEA	AL	-3.2	-0.3	215	0.1	3.1	-2.9	.95	0.2	-0.1	3.8	0.4	0.92	2.3	0.45	16
2009	31	KCR	AL	-16.1	-1.5	503	0.1	8.3	-8.2	1.00	-0.9	1.0	-12.5	-1.2	0.93	-12.2	1.83	9
2010	32	TOT	MLB	-4.4	-0.4	218	0.0	4.1	-4.1	1.14	-0.5	0.5	-7.0	-0.7	0.99	-5.8	0.92	12
2010	32	KCR	AL	-3.6	-0.4	199	0.1	4.0	-3.9	1.19	-0.4	0.5	-5.8	-0.6	0.99	-5.1	1.13	8
2010	32	CIN	NL	-0.8	-0.1	19	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.60	-0.1	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.89	-0.6	0.50	4
2011	33	ARI	NL	-10.8	-1.1	415	-0.6	6.4	-7.0	1.01	-1.2	0.6	-15.0	-1.5	1.02	-13.8	1.68	14
2012	34	ARI	NL	-4.2	-0.4	176	-0.4	2.7	-3.1	.99	-0.3	-0.1	-2.2	-0.2	0.93	-4.3	0.13	1
11 Yrs				-80.9	-7.7	2819	-2.0	44.9	-47.0	1.02	-5.9	3.9	-68.9	-6.7	0.96	-79.9	1.16	73

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2002	24	SEA	AL	1	55%	27	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	67%	3	2	1	1	0	1	2	0	2
2003	25	SEA	AL	3	43%	101	4	1	80%	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	4	33%	19	13	6	4	1	3	7	5	1
2004	26	SEA	AL	5	46%	87	13	2	87%	8	1	5	1	0	3	1	2	5	47%	22	12	10	1	1	0	9	4	5
2005	27	SEA	AL	4	36%	100	14	1	93%	12	1	2	0	0	3	1	4	9	43%	15	9	6	3	2	1	10	4	5
2006	28	SEA	AL	4	39%	106	16	3	84%	12	3	4	0	0	4	1	4	6	50%	18	12	6	2	1	1	12	3	9
2007	29	SEA	AL	2	46%	91	7	5	58%	6	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	5	54%	19	10	9	4	3	1	12	3	9
2008	30	SEA	AL	5	44%	114	14	3	82%	11	3	3	0	0	2	2	3	9	52%	18	11	6	5	3	2	10	0	9
2009	31	KCR	AL	6	35%	170	25	6	81%	24	5	1	1	0	3	0	3	8	41%	15	13	2	8	4	4	14	5	9
2010	32	TOT	MLB	1	50%	86	8	5	62%	6	5	2	0	0	2	2	2	6	43%	12	8	4	3	1	2	6	3	3
2010	32	KCR	AL	1	56%	70	8	5	62%	6	5	2	0	0	2	2	2	5	45%	11	7	4	3	1	2	6	3	3
2010	32	CIN	NL	0	0%	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	33	ARI	NL	0	35%	138	20	10	67%	17	10	3	0	0	6	4	3	7	52%	12	8	4	10	3	7	3	1	2
2012	34	ARI	NL	2	41%	58	4	6	40%	4	5	0	1	0	3	2	0	2	33%	7	5	2	2	1	1	3	2	1
11 Yrs				33	40%	1078	128	43	75%	106	38	22	4	1	27	14	25	65	46%	160	103	56	43	20	23	88	30	55

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
2002	24	SEA	AL	38	42%	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	0	0%	1	0	0%	25	7	28%	1	1	100%	3	1	33%	0
2003	25	SEA	AL	220	46%	49	11	1	6	1	0	1	1.11	1	1	9	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	100%	39	6	15%	17	8	47%	157	13	8%	10	7	70%	9	4	44%	0
2004	26	SEA	AL	201	47%	46	7	0	3	1	0	0	1.66	2	0	6	0	2	0	2	0	5	3	60%	28	2	7%	16	6	38%	121	17	14%	7	4	57%	7	4	57%	0
2005	27	SEA	AL	267	31%	64	5	1	4	1	0	0	1.50	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	8	4	50%	55	5	9%	27	7	26%	148	26	18%	14	9	64%	15	8	53%	0
2006	28	SEA	AL	283	38%	62	9	2	5	1	0	0	0.79	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	4	2	50%	51	3	6%	22	9	41%	177	16	9%	13	8	62%	7	3	43%	0
2007	29	SEA	AL	188	26%	48	11	1	2	1	0	0	0.69	2	0	4	0	2	1	1	1	5	4	80%	47	7	15%	24	12	50%	116	12	10%	10	6	60%	9	7	78%	0
2008	30	SEA	AL	192	45%	46	9	0	16	4	0	1	0.45	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	34	1	3%	11	3	27%	105	11	10%	9	3	33%	6	3	50%	0
2009	31	KCR	AL	468	40%	115	21	2	9	4	0	1	1.83	4	0	6	2	2	0	4	0	5	4	80%	94	7	7%	59	19	32%	257	25	10%	18	6	33%	23	16	70%	0
2010	32	TOT	MLB	199	45%	50	8	0	12	3	1	1	0.92	3	0	5	1	2	2	1	0	2	2	100%	40	4	10%	21	6	29%	125	14	11%	7	2	29%	8	5	63%	0
2010	32	KCR	AL	181	44%	45	6	0	8	2	1	1	1.13	3	0	5	1	2	2	1	0	2	2	100%	36	4	11%	19	5	26%	114	14	12%	7	2	29%	7	4	57%	0
2010	32	CIN	NL	18	56%	5	2	0	4	1	0	0	0.50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	2	1	50%	11	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
2011	33	ARI	NL	381	31%	93	19	2	14	1	0	0	1.68	4	0	6	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	100%	55	3	5%	25	4	16%	196	22	11%	18	5	28%	5	4	80%	0
2012	34	ARI	NL	164	31%	42	4	0	1	0	0	0	0.13	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	18	3	17%	5	1	20%	79	10	13%	6	3	50%	2	1	50%	0
11 Yrs				2601	38%	630	105	9	73	17	1	4	1.16	17	1	54	6	11	6	11	1	36	24	67%	471	41	9%	228	75	33%	1506	173	11%	113	54	48%	94	56	60%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			33%			15%			51%			56%

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
2002	24	SEA	AL	38	127	3.34	76	60%	26%	7%	26%	41%	74%	0%	44%	91%	34%	8%	3	0	11%	4	1	5%	2	1	50%	0	0	0
2003	25	SEA	AL	221	827	3.74	533	64%	29%	14%	27%	30%	71%	1%	46%	80%	24%	6%	14	0	13%	28	12	7%	16	8	26%	-1	0	0
2004	26	SEA	AL	202	770	3.81	512	66%	22%	16%	35%	28%	78%	0%	52%	80%	38%	3%	7	0	10%	21	8	6%	13	11	35%	-1	0	0
2005	27	SEA	AL	269	912	3.39	621	68%	25%	12%	29%	35%	75%	0%	51%	85%	35%	3%	9	1	10%	26	11	6%	16	9	29%	-2	0	0
2006	28	SEA	AL	285	1042	3.66	650	62%	28%	12%	27%	33%	72%	0%	45%	84%	26%	4%	12	1	14%	41	12	8%	24	13	30%	-2	0	0
2007	29	SEA	AL	188	694	3.69	466	67%	24%	14%	31%	30%	76%	0%	51%	81%	34%	4%	7	0	11%	21	8	5%	9	5	37%	0	0	0
2008	30	SEA	AL	192	751	3.91	468	62%	26%	10%	35%	29%	74%	1%	46%	87%	30%	4%	8	0	11%	22	7	9%	18	9	41%	0	0	0
2009	31	KCR	AL	468	1790	3.82	1188	66%	26%	11%	32%	31%	74%	0%	49%	86%	27%	3%	14	0	13%	62	22	8%	36	20	29%	0	0	0
2010	32	TOT	MLB	200	656	3.28	431	66%	26%	10%	27%	38%	74%	0%	49%	87%	32%	4%	7	0	10%	20	9	7%	13	10	36%	-1	0	0
2010	32	KCR	AL	182	594	3.26	391	66%	27%	9%	26%	38%	73%	0%	48%	87%	31%	3%	6	0	9%	17	7	7%	12	10	36%	-1	0	0
2010	32	CIN	NL	18	62	3.44	40	65%	20%	13%	33%	35%	80%	0%	52%	84%	39%	6%	1	0	17%	3	2	6%	1	0	33%	0	0	0
2011	33	ARI	NL	381	1435	3.77	961	67%	28%	11%	30%	32%	72%	2%	48%	85%	22%	4%	16	0	11%	42	9	5%	19	13	27%	0	0	0
2012	34	ARI	NL	164	589	3.59	385	65%	26%	14%	28%	32%	74%	0%	48%	81%	30%	4%	6	0	8%	13	5	5%	9	8	9%	0	0	0
11 Yrs				2608	9593	3.68	6291	66%	26%	12%	30%	32%	74%	1%	48%	84%	29%	4%	103	2	12%	300	104	7%	175	107	30%	-7	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			25%

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
2002	24	12	38	33	11	15	4	0	0	7	3	1	5	2	.455	.526	.576	1.102	198	19	0	0	0	0	0
2003	25	101	258	229	41	64	11	2	1	21	7	2	24	41	.279	.348	.358	.706	92	82	6	1	2	2	1
2004	26	194	459	417	68	110	21	2	3	39	20	4	34	89	.264	.319	.345	.665	78	144	8	1	5	2	1
2005	27	276	726	666	95	174	36	4	3	61	34	5	45	127	.261	.308	.341	.649	75	227	13	2	9	4	1
2006	28	378	1009	917	131	236	42	6	4	76	50	8	69	167	.257	.312	.329	.641	72	302	16	6	11	6	1
2007	29	469	1197	1090	159	284	45	6	6	89	57	13	79	202	.261	.313	.329	.642	73	359	23	7	15	6	1
2008	30	540	1389	1255	191	330	46	6	6	98	71	16	104	231	.263	.322	.324	.645	74	406	24	8	16	6	2
2009	31	665	1857	1689	243	445	57	14	10	127	96	22	131	304	.263	.318	.332	.650	75	560	31	9	20	8	3
2010	32	748	2056	1876	274	495	67	15	13	144	104	27	140	332	.264	.317	.336	.653	76	631	35	9	22	9	3
2011	33	845	2437	2226	318	588	77	17	17	170	124	37	163	383	.264	.317	.337	.654	76	750	38	13	24	11	6
2012	34	884	2601	2380	339	630	85	21	17	180	128	43	172	415	.265	.316	.339	.656	77	808	41	13	24	12	6

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2002	24	12	38	33	11	15	4	0	0	7	3	5	2	.455	.526	.576	1.102	10	12
2003	25	89	220	196	30	49	7	2	1	14	4	19	39	.250	.317	.321	.638	20	89
2004	26	93	200	187	26	45	10	0	2	17	13	10	48	.241	.279	.326	.605	17	93
2005	27	82	269	251	28	66	15	2	0	23	14	11	38	.263	.294	.339	.633	25	82
2006	28	102	282	250	35	61	6	2	1	15	16	24	40	.244	.318	.296	.614	23	102
2007	29	91	188	173	28	48	3	0	2	13	7	10	35	.277	.321	.329	.650	18	91
2008	30	71	194	166	33	47	1	0	0	9	14	26	29	.283	.383	.289	.673	18	71
2009	31	125	469	435	53	116	11	8	4	29	25	27	73	.267	.310	.356	.666	48	125
2010	32	83	201	189	33	52	10	1	3	18	8	9	28	.275	.307	.386	.693	23	83
2011	33	97	382	351	45	94	10	2	4	27	20	23	51	.268	.318	.342	.660	38	97
2012	34	39	165	155	22	43	8	4	0	10	4	9	32	.277	.315	.381	.696	19	39
11 Yrs		884	2608	2386	344	636	85	21	17	182	128	173	415	.267	.318	.341	.659	259	884
162 Game Avg.		162	478	437	63	117	16	4	3	33	23	32	76	.267	.318	.341	.659	47	884

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y 2009 AL 8 (5th) 2012 NL 4 (3rd)	Stolen Bases s c a p y Active 128 (39th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 2011 NL 10 (4th) 2012 NL 6 (1st) Active 43 (40th)	SB % s c a p y 2006 AL 84.21 (6th) 2008 AL 82.35 (8th) Career 74.85 (162nd)

Triples s c a p y
2009 AL 8 (5th)
2012 NL 4 (3rd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
Active 128 (39th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2011 NL  10 (4th)
2012 NL  6 (1st)
Active  43 (40th)

SB % s c a p y
2006 AL  84.21 (6th)
2008 AL  82.35 (8th)
Career  74.85 (162nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2155), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 3 (2531), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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