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Aaron Boone

Aaron John Boone (twitter: @AaronBoone_ESPN)

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 9, 1973 in La Mesa, CA
High School: Villa Park HS (Villa Park, CA)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 3rd round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 20, 1997 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Reds/Indians/Nationals/Marlins/Yankees/... 1997-2009
Agents: Arn Tellem [*]
Final Game: October 4, 2009 (Age 36)
Relatives: Brother of Bret Boone, Son of Bob Boone and Grandson of Ray Boone
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All-Time Rank (among batters): #1072. Jay Johnstone… #1073. Steve Buechele… #1074. Dmitri Young… #1075. AARON BOONE… #1076. Taffy Wright… #1077. Mike Kreevich… #1078. Gene Richards… 

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
1997 24 CIN NL 16 52 49 5 12 1 0 0 5 1 0 2 5 .245 .275 .265 .540 42 13 1 0 1 0 0 5/4
1998 25 CIN NL 58 206 181 24 51 13 2 2 28 6 1 15 36 .282 .350 .409 .759 98 74 3 5 3 2 1 5/46
1999 26 CIN NL 139 521 472 56 132 26 5 14 72 17 6 30 79 .280 .330 .445 .775 92 210 6 8 5 5 2 *5/6
2000 27 CIN NL 84 332 291 44 83 18 0 12 43 6 1 24 52 .285 .356 .471 .826 105 137 5 10 2 4 1 5/6
2001 28 CIN NL 103 427 381 54 112 26 2 14 62 6 3 29 71 .294 .351 .483 .834 109 184 9 8 3 6 1 5
2002 29 CIN NL 162 685 606 83 146 38 2 26 87 32 8 56 111 .241 .314 .439 .753 93 266 9 10 9 4 4 *56
2003 30 TOT MLB 160 656 592 92 158 32 3 24 96 23 3 46 104 .267 .327 .453 .780 105 268 13 8 6 2 2 *54/6 AS
2003 30 CIN NL 106 447 403 61 110 19 3 18 65 15 3 35 74 .273 .339 .469 .808 113 189 6 5 3 0 2 54/6
2003 30 NYY AL 54 209 189 31 48 13 0 6 31 8 0 11 30 .254 .302 .418 .720 90 79 7 3 3 2 0 5
2004 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2005 32 CLE AL 143 565 511 61 124 19 1 16 60 9 3 35 92 .243 .299 .378 .677 82 193 16 9 4 6 3 *5/D
2006 33 CLE AL 104 392 354 50 89 19 1 7 46 5 4 27 62 .251 .314 .370 .684 78 131 4 6 4 1 1 5/4D
2007 34 FLA NL 69 228 189 27 54 11 0 5 28 2 0 21 41 .286 .388 .423 .811 113 80 0 13 1 4 4 35
2008 35 WSN NL 104 255 232 23 56 13 1 6 28 0 1 18 52 .241 .299 .384 .683 80 89 8 2 1 2 1 35/4
2009 36 HOU NL 10 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .071 .000 .071 -79 0 0 1 0 0 0 /35
12 Yrs 1152 4333 3871 519 1017 216 17 126 555 107 30 303 707 .263 .326 .425 .751 94 1645 74 80 39 36 20
162 Game Avg. 162 609 544 73 143 30 2 18 78 15 4 43 99 .263 .326 .425 .751 94 231 10 11 5 5 3
CIN (7 yrs) 668 2670 2383 327 646 141 14 86 362 83 22 191 428 .271 .334 .450 .785 99 1073 39 46 26 21 11
CLE (2 yrs) 247 957 865 111 213 38 2 23 106 14 7 62 154 .246 .306 .375 .680 80 324 20 15 8 7 4
WSN (1 yr) 104 255 232 23 56 13 1 6 28 0 1 18 52 .241 .299 .384 .683 80 89 8 2 1 2 1
NYY (1 yr) 54 209 189 31 48 13 0 6 31 8 0 11 30 .254 .302 .418 .720 90 79 7 3 3 2 0
HOU (1 yr) 10 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .071 .000 .071 -79 0 0 1 0 0 0
FLA (1 yr) 69 228 189 27 54 11 0 5 28 2 0 21 41 .286 .388 .423 .811 113 80 0 13 1 4 4
NL (10 yrs) 851 3167 2817 377 756 165 15 97 418 85 23 230 523 .268 .334 .441 .775 98 1242 47 62 28 27 16
AL (3 yrs) 301 1166 1054 142 261 51 2 29 137 22 7 73 184 .248 .305 .382 .687 82 403 27 18 11 9 4

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
1997 24 CIN NL 16 52 -3 -1 -0 -4 0 -8 -0.8 2 -6 -0.6 .452 .495 -0.2 -0.4 -2 5/4
1998 25 CIN NL 58 206 -1 0 -1 1 1 -0 -0.1 6 6 0.6 .500 .500 0.5 0.1 6 $170,000 5/46
1999 26 CIN NL 139 521 -4 -2 1 12 2 9 0.7 16 25 2.3 .506 .505 1.2 1.3 13 $210,000 *5/6
2000 27 CIN NL 84 332 4 1 0 5 2 11 1.0 10 21 2.0 .512 .506 1.5 0.6 17 $300,000 5/6
2001 28 CIN NL 103 427 10 -1 -1 -6 2 5 0.4 13 18 1.7 .505 .503 2.3 -0.4 24 $400,000 5
2002 29 CIN NL 162 685 -3 3 0 8 4 11 1.0 21 32 3.1 .507 .507 2.4 1.1 25 $2,100,000 *56
2003 30 CIN NL 106 447 10 3 1 -2 2 14 1.3 14 28 2.7 .513 .509 2.9 -0.0 30 $3,700,000 54/6 AS
2003 30 NYY AL 54 209 1 1 -1 5 1 6 0.7 8 14 1.4 .512 .504 0.9 0.6 9 5 AS
2005 32 CLE AL 143 565 -11 2 -0 2 2 -6 -0.5 21 16 1.5 .496 .497 1.3 0.5 14 $3,000,000 *5/D
2006 33 CLE AL 104 392 -13 -1 0 -11 2 -22 -2.1 15 -8 -0.7 .479 .487 0.3 -0.9 3 $3,750,000 5/4D
2007 34 FLA NL 69 228 5 0 1 -6 -3 -2 -0.2 7 5 0.4 .497 .499 1.0 -0.9 11 $925,000 35
2008 35 WSN NL 104 255 -7 -1 -1 -1 -2 -12 -1.3 8 -5 -0.6 .488 .492 -0.5 -0.4 -4 $1,000,000 35/4
2009 36 HOU NL 10 14 -3 -1 0 1 -0 -3 -0.3 0 -2 -0.2 .470 .498 -0.3 0.1 -3 $750,000 /35
12 Seasons 1152 4333 -16 3 -0 3 12 3 -0.2 142 145 13.5 .500 .500 13.3 1.2 142 $16,305,000
CIN (7 yrs) 668 2670 13 3 1 13 13 42 3.6 83 125 11.7 .506 .504 10.5 2.2 112 $6,880,000
CLE (2 yrs) 247 957 -24 1 0 -9 4 -28 -2.6 36 8 0.8 .489 .492 1.7 -0.4 17 $6,750,000
WSN (1 yr) 104 255 -7 -1 -1 -1 -2 -12 -1.3 8 -5 -0.6 .488 .492 -0.5 -0.4 -4 $1,000,000
NYY (1 yr) 54 209 1 1 -1 5 1 6 0.7 8 14 1.4 .512 .504 0.9 0.6 9
HOU (1 yr) 10 14 -3 -1 0 1 -0 -3 -0.3 0 -2 -0.2 .470 .498 -0.3 0.1 -3 $750,000
FLA (1 yr) 69 228 5 0 1 -6 -3 -2 -0.2 7 5 0.4 .497 .499 1.0 -0.9 11 $925,000

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
2003 30 NYY AL ALDS MIN W 4 16 15 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .200 .200 .267 .467 4 0 0 1 0 0
2003 30 NYY AL ALCS BOS W 7 19 17 2 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 6 .176 .263 .353 .616 6 0 1 0 0 0
2003 30 NYY AL WS FLA L 6 23 21 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 6 .143 .136 .286 .422 6 0 0 1 1 0
1 Yr (3 Series) 17 58 53 4 9 1 0 2 4 2 1 1 15 .170 .196 .302 .498 16 0 1 2 1 0
1 ALDS 4 16 15 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .200 .200 .267 .467 4 0 0 1 0 0
1 ALCS 7 19 17 2 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 6 .176 .263 .353 .616 6 0 1 0 0 0
1 WS 6 23 21 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 6 .143 .136 .286 .422 6 0 0 1 1 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1997 CIN NL 24 3B 13 11 7 97.1 36 11 22 3 0 .917 -4 -49 3.05 2.54 .946 2.66 2.64
1997 CIN NL 24 2B 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 5.00
1998 CIN NL 25 3B 52 49 42 426.0 141 37 97 7 7 .950 1 3 2.83 2.58 .957 2.73 2.72
1998 CIN NL 25 2B 1 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -1 -240 0.00 0.00 .980 5.10 5.10
1998 CIN NL 25 SS 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.50
1999 CIN NL 26 3B 136 129 107 1110.0 354 86 253 15 17 .958 12 13 2.75 2.49 .953 2.69 2.66
1999 CIN NL 26 SS 6 0 0 14.0 6 1 5 0 2 1.000 0 17 3.86 1.00 .967 4.44 4.38
2000 CIN NL 27 3B 84 80 73 702.1 224 62 154 8 21 .964 4 7 2.77 2.57 .950 2.63 2.61
2000 CIN NL 27 SS 2 0 0 9.1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0 51 3.86 2.00 .968 4.53 4.45
2001 CIN NL 28 3B 103 101 95 884.2 298 72 207 19 17 .936 -6 -7 2.84 2.71 .950 2.57 2.54
2002 CIN NL 29 3B 154 141 137 1277.2 433 89 324 20 42 .954 6 6 2.91 2.68 .957 2.71 2.69
2002 CIN NL 29 SS 16 13 5 106.2 61 24 35 2 6 .967 1 14 4.98 3.69 .970 4.52 4.49
2003 TOT MLB 30 3B 137 133 124 1178.0 409 98 291 20 27 .951 -1 7 -1 7 2.97 2.84 .955 2.71 2.69 AS
2003 CIN NL 30 3B 83 81 74 715.2 256 62 180 14 20 .945 -4 2 -7 3 3.04 2.92 .955 2.74 2.72
2003 CIN NL 30 2B 19 19 17 161.1 106 43 63 0 14 1.000 1 -3 7 -23 5.91 5.58 .983 5.12 5.07 AS
2003 CIN NL 30 SS 5 3 3 31.0 21 3 15 3 1 .857 0 -1 8 -35 5.23 3.60 .973 4.53 4.48 AS
2003 NYY AL 30 3B 54 52 50 462.1 153 36 111 6 7 .961 4 5 9 13 2.86 2.72 .955 2.67 2.64
2005 CLE AL 32 3B 142 139 137 1249.2 398 81 299 18 20 .955 -3 2 -2 2 2.74 2.68 .957 2.76 2.73
2005 CLE AL 32 DH 1 1
2006 CLE AL 33 3B 101 97 90 842.0 258 56 186 16 16 .938 -10 -11 -14 -16 2.59 2.40 .960 2.85 2.80
2006 CLE AL 33 2B 1 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 6.00 2.00 .985 4.80 4.80
2006 CLE AL 33 DH 1 1
2007 FLA NL 34 1B 48 46 38 388.0 383 352 26 5 34 .987 -7 -4 -20 -12 8.77 7.88 .993 9.21 9.17
2007 FLA NL 34 3B 12 5 5 68.1 15 6 9 0 0 1.000 -3 -2 -46 -37 1.98 1.25 .954 2.67 2.67
2008 WSN NL 35 1B 54 35 31 342.0 331 313 17 1 32 .997 -1 1 -5 4 8.68 6.11 .992 9.34 9.28
2008 WSN NL 35 3B 16 14 8 113.0 27 3 23 1 2 .963 -3 -2 -36 -20 2.07 1.63 .956 2.60 2.58
2008 WSN NL 35 2B 1 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.72 4.80
2009 HOU NL 36 1B 2 1 1 10.0 10 9 1 0 1 1.000 1 0 84 0 9.00 5.00 .993 9.27 9.20
2009 HOU NL 36 3B 1 1 1 8.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 1 75 165 2.25 2.00 .955 2.59 2.60
12 Seasons 3B 951 900 826 7957.0 2595 601 1867 127 169 .951 -5 -5 -1 -1 2.79 2.60 .955 2.71 2.68
3 Seasons 1B 104 82 70 740.0 724 674 44 6 67 .992 -7 -3 -12 -4 8.73 6.90 .993 9.27 9.23
5 Seasons SS 30 16 8 164.0 92 29 58 5 9 .946 2 -1 15 -38 4.77 2.90 .970 4.52 4.46
5 Seasons 2B 23 19 17 170.2 109 44 64 1 14 .991 0 -3 3 -21 5.70 4.70 .983 5.11 5.04
12 Seasons TOT 1108 1017 921 9031.2 3520 1348 2033 139 259 .961 -9 -11 -1 -2 3.37 3.05 .964 3.32 3.39
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2003 *

Games Played s c a p y
2002 NL  162 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
2002 NL  606 (7th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2002 NL  685 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2002 NL  32 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2002 NL  10 (10th)
2007 NL  13 (7th)
Career  80 (152nd)

SB % s c a p y
2002 NL  80.00 (9th)
2003 NL  83.33 (4th)
Career  78.10 (78th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2002 NL  28.7 (2nd)
2003 ML  23.5 (6th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2002 NL  490 (3rd)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
2002 NL  22 (4th)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
2002 NL  154 (4th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
2002 NL  324 (2nd)
2005 AL  299 (5th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
2001 NL  19 (3rd)
2002 NL  20 (2nd)
2005 AL  18 (3rd)
2006 AL  16 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as 3B s c a p y
2002 NL  42 (1st)
Career  169 (95th)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1999 NL  12 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1999 NL  2.75 (5th)
2000 NL  2.77 (5th)
2001 NL  2.84 (5th)
2002 NL  2.91 (5th)
2003 NL  3.04 (1st)
Career  2.79 (44th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
2001 NL  2.71 (4th)
2003 NL  2.92 (1st)
2005 AL  2.68 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (757), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 4 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1689), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1224), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (149th), 13.5 career WAR/14.7 7yr-peak WAR/14.1 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.4 career WAR/42.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.0 JAWS

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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
199825Cincinnati Reds$170,0004/3/98 USA Today
199926Cincinnati Reds$210,0004/6/99 USA Today
200027Cincinnati Reds$300,0004/5/00 AP
200128Cincinnati Reds$400,0004/6/01 USA Today
200229Cincinnati Reds$2,100,0004/3/02 AP
200330Cincinnati Reds$3,700,0004/3/03 AP
200532Cleveland Indians$3,000,000
200633Cleveland Indians$3,750,000
200734Florida Marlins$925,000
200835Washington Nationals$1,000,000
200936Houston Astros$750,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$16,305,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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