Willie Bloomquist
William Paul Bloomquist
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 27, 1977 in Bremerton, WA
High School: South Kitsap (Port Orchard, WA)
School: Arizona State University
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 3rd round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 2002
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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
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 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 4567/839
2008 30 SEA AL 71 192 165 32 46 1 0 0 9 14 3 25 29 .279 .377 .285 .662 82 47 1 1 1 0 1 896/745
2009 31 KCR AL 125 468 434 52 115 11 8 4 29 25 6 27 73 .265 .308 .355 .663 76 154 7 1 4 2 1 9684/735
8 Seasons 665 1857 1689 243 445 57 14 10 127 96 22 131 304 .263 .318 .332 .650 75 560 31 9 20 8 3
162 Game Avg. 162 452 411 59 108 14 3 2 31 23 5 32 74 .263 .318 .332 .650 75 136 8 2 5 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
KCR (1 yr) 125 468 434 52 115 11 8 4 29 25 6 27 73 .265 .308 .355 .663 76 154 7 1 4 2 1

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
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 4.8 103 .338 .279 .265 .377 .332 .285 .415 .662 .747 82 .480 -3.2 -0.3 .683 .224 .006 .0
2009 31 KCR AL 468 338 49 3.9 106 .309 .265 .265 .308 .334 .355 .425 .663 .759 76 .380 -16.7 -1.6 .605 .196 .090 6.9
8 Seasons 1857 1325 190 3.8 105 .315 .263 .265 .318 .332 .332 .423 .650 .754 75 .375 -62.1 -5.9 .597 .189 .068 18.1
162 Game Avg. 452 323 46 3.8 105 .315 .263 .265 .318 .332 .332 .423 .650 .754 75 .375 -62.1 -5.9 .597 .189 .068 4
SEA (7 yrs) 1389 987 141 3.8 104 .316 .263 .266 .322 .331 .324 .422 .645 .752 74 .374 -45.4 -4.3 .594 .187 .061 11.1
KCR (1 yr) 468 338 49 3.9 106 .309 .265 .265 .308 .334 .355 .425 .663 .759 76 .379 -16.7 -1.6 .605 .196 .090 6.9

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
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%
8 Seasons 1857 0.5% 16.4% 7.1% 4.4% 18% 2.32 5.6 168.9 13.3 0.96 1.14 74% 19% 1.6% 12%
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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2002 24 SEA AL 1 0 55% 27 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 67% 3 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 2
2003 25 SEA AL 3 0 43% 101 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 33% 19 13 6 4 1 3 7 5 1
2004 26 SEA AL 5 0 46% 87 13 2 87% 8 1 5 1 0 0 3 1 2 5 47% 22 12 10 1 1 0 9 4 5
2005 27 SEA AL 4 0 36% 100 14 1 93% 12 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 4 9 43% 15 9 6 3 2 1 10 4 5
2006 28 SEA AL 4 0 39% 106 16 3 84% 12 3 4 0 0 0 4 1 4 6 50% 18 12 6 2 1 1 12 3 9
2007 29 SEA AL 2 0 46% 91 7 5 58% 6 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 54% 19 10 9 4 3 1 12 3 9
2008 30 SEA AL 5 0 44% 114 14 3 82% 11 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 3 9 52% 18 11 6 5 3 2 10 0 9
2009 31 KCR AL 6 0 35% 170 25 6 81% 24 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 8 41% 15 13 2 8 4 4 14 5 9
8 Seasons 30 0 41% 796 96 22 81% 79 18 17 3 0 1 16 6 20 50 46% 129 82 46 28 15 13 76 24 49
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
2002 24 SEA AL 38 42% 15 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0% 1 0 0% 25 7 28% 1 1 100% 5 3 60% 0
2003 25 SEA AL 220 46% 49 11 1 6 1 0 1 1.09 1 1 9 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 100% 39 6 15% 17 8 47% 157 13 8% 10 7 70% 11 4 36% 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% 11 4 36% 0
2005 27 SEA AL 267 31% 64 5 1 4 1 0 0 1.59 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50% 55 5 9% 27 7 26% 148 26 18% 14 9 64% 13 7 54% 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% 16 8 50% 0
2007 29 SEA AL 188 26% 48 11 1 2 1 0 0 0.72 2 0 4 0 2 1 1 1 5 4 80% 47 7 15% 24 12 50% 116 12 10% 10 6 60% 9 5 56% 0
2008 30 SEA AL 192 45% 46 9 0 12 4 0 1 0.48 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 34 1 3% 11 3 27% 105 11 10% 9 3 33% 7 4 57% 0
2009 31 KCR AL 468 40% 115 21 2 9 4 0 1 1.86 4 0 6 2 2 0 4 0 5 4 80% 94 7 7% 59 19 32% 257 25 10% 18 6 33% 31 16 52% 0
8 Seasons 1857 39% 445 74 7 42 13 0 3 1.16 10 1 38 3 7 2 8 1 31 20 65% 358 31 9% 177 64 36% 1106 127 11% 82 44 54% 103 51 50% 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
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 220 825 3.75 533 65% 29% 14% 27% 30% 71% 1% 46% 80% 24% 6% 14 0 13% 28 12 7% 16 8 26% 0 0 0
2004 26 SEA AL 201 765 3.81 509 67% 22% 16% 34% 28% 78% 0% 52% 80% 37% 3% 7 0 10% 21 8 6% 13 11 35% 0 0 0
2005 27 SEA AL 267 907 3.40 619 68% 25% 11% 29% 35% 75% 0% 51% 85% 35% 3% 9 1 10% 26 11 6% 16 9 29% 0 0 0
2006 28 SEA AL 283 1038 3.67 647 62% 28% 11% 28% 33% 72% 0% 45% 84% 26% 4% 12 1 14% 41 12 8% 24 13 30% 0 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
8 Seasons 1857 6897 3.71 4506 65% 26% 12% 31% 31% 74% 0% 48% 84% 30% 4% 74 2 12% 225 81 7% 134 76 32% 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
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

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
2002 24 12 39 34 11 16 4 0 0 7 3 5 2 .471 .538 .588 1.127 11 12
2003 25 89 221 198 31 51 7 2 1 14 4 20 39 .258 .326 .328 .654 21 89
2004 26 93 199 189 26 47 10 0 2 17 13 10 48 .249 .286 .333 .620 18 93
2005 27 82 267 252 28 67 16 2 0 23 15 12 38 .266 .300 .345 .645 26 82
2006 28 102 288 256 35 67 6 2 1 15 17 26 40 .262 .337 .313 .649 27 102
2007 29 91 180 170 27 45 3 0 2 13 7 9 35 .265 .306 .318 .623 16 91
2008 30 71 202 172 32 53 1 0 0 9 16 29 29 .308 .411 .314 .725 22 71
2009 31 125 469 438 53 119 11 8 4 29 26 28 73 .272 .316 .361 .676 50 125
8 Seasons 665 1865 1709 243 465 58 14 10 127 101 139 304 .272 .329 .340 .669 191 665
162 Game Avg. 162 454 416 59 113 14 3 2 31 25 34 74 .272 .329 .340 .669 47 665

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Triples s c a p y
2009 AL--8--5th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Don Ross (954)
  3. Billy Lauder (950)
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  5. Alfredo Amezaga (945)
  6. Al Gallagher (944)
  7. John Moses (944)
  8. Joe McEwing (944)
  9. Chuck Carr (943)
  10. Jimmy Outlaw (942)
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  2. Bob Jones (950)
  3. Casey Candaele (949)
  4. Joe Yeager (947)
  5. John Moses (946)
  6. Joe McEwing (945)
  7. Alfredo Amezaga (945)
  8. Pinky May (942)
  9. Jose Tartabull (941)
  10. Mark Christman (941)
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  3. Tom O'Malley (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Don Ross (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Don Ross (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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