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Julio Borbón

Julio Alberto Borbon (twitter: @JulioBorbon20)

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 20, 1986 in Starkville, MS
High School: De La Salle (Santo Domingo, DO)
School: University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (35th pick) of the 2007 amateur draft.
Signed August 15, 2007. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 2009
Team: Rangers 2009-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.148, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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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
2009 23 TEX AL 46 179 157 30 49 4 0 4 20 19 4 15 28 .312 .376 .414 .790 105 65 3 1 6 0 0 D7/8
2010 24 TEX AL 137 468 438 60 121 11 4 3 42 15 7 19 59 .276 .309 .340 .649 71 149 5 2 8 1 0 *8/D7
2011 25 TEX AL 32 98 89 10 24 1 3 0 11 6 2 3 9 .270 .305 .348 .654 73 31 2 2 3 1 0 8
3 Yrs 215 745 684 100 194 16 7 7 73 40 13 37 96 .284 .324 .358 .682 79 245 10 5 17 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 561 515 75 146 12 5 5 55 30 10 28 72 .284 .324 .358 .682 79 185 8 4 13 2 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
2009 23 TEX AL 46 179 3 2 1 -2 -3 0 0.1 6 6 0.6 .501 .500 0.9 -0.5 8 $ D7/8
2010 24 TEX AL 137 468 -20 1 3 10 2 -3 -0.2 16 12 1.3 .497 .498 0.2 1.4 2 $600,000 *8/D7
2011 25 TEX AL 32 98 -2 1 0 -3 0 -4 -0.4 3 -0 -0.1 .488 .498 0.3 -0.2 2 $490,000 8
3 Seasons 215 745 -19 4 4 5 -1 -7 -0.5 25 18 1.8 .497 .499 1.4 0.7 13 $1,090,000

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
2009 23 TEX AL 179 121 27 6.0 111 .360 .312 .272 .376 .342 .414 .436 .790 .778 105 .574 1.0 0.1 .835 .293 .102 6.6
2010 24 TEX AL 468 338 46 3.6 107 .313 .276 .270 .309 .340 .340 .424 .649 .763 71 .387 -20.0 -2.0 .541 .126 .064 5.0
2011 25 TEX AL 98 73 10 3.7 106 .296 .270 .268 .305 .335 .348 .424 .654 .759 73 .397 -3.9 -0.4 .580 .157 .079 .0
3 Yrs 745 532 83 4.2 108 .321 .284 .271 .324 .339 .358 .427 .682 .766 79 .440 -22.9 -2.3 .612 .168 .075 11.9
162 Game Avg. 561 401 63 4.2 108 .321 .284 .271 .324 .339 .358 .427 .682 .766 79 .440 -22.9 -2.3 .612 .168 .075 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
2010 24 TEX AL ALDS TBR W 3 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 24 TEX AL ALCS NYY W 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 24 TEX AL WS SFG L 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (3 Series) 8 9 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 3 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 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
2009 23 TEX AL 179 2.2% 15.6% 8.4% 4.5% 16% 1.87 5.6 39.3 7.9 1.19 1.47 70% 17% 8.9% 17%
2010 24 TEX AL 468 0.6% 12.6% 4.1% 3.9% 15% 3.11 7.4 146.0 10.4 1.31 1.61 81% 12% 2.5% 21%
2011 25 TEX AL 98 0.0% 9.2% 3.1% 4.1% 17% 3.00 9.9 8.1 1.11 1.27 83% 20% 0.0% 20%
3 Yrs 745 0.9% 12.9% 5.0% 4.0% 16% 2.59 7.1 97.7 9.4 1.25 1.53 78% 14% 3.6% 20%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.4% 8.5% 7.6% 33% 2.16 4.9 35.0 8.1 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2009 23 TEX AL 1.0 0.1 204 -0.3 2.9 -3.2 .92 0.5 -0.8 1.1 0.1 0.98 4.8 1.93 3
2010 24 TEX AL -20.0 -2.0 493 -1.8 7.3 -9.1 1.08 -1.6 -0.1 -12.5 -1.2 0.99 -17.8 0.17 1
2011 25 TEX AL -4.1 -0.4 108 -0.2 1.5 -1.7 .93 -0.3 0.1 1.3 0.1 0.99 -2.3 0
3 Yrs -23.1 -2.3 805 -2.3 11.7 -14.0 1.02 -1.4 -0.9 -10.1 -1.0 0.99 -15.2 1.49 4

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
2009 23 TEX AL 3 0 43% 77 19 4 83% 19 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 36% 12 7 5 3 2 1 10 7 3
2010 24 TEX AL 4 0 41% 142 15 7 68% 12 6 2 1 1 0 2 0 5 15 54% 22 11 11 2 1 1 19 8 11
2011 25 TEX AL 3 0 35% 39 6 2 75% 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 60% 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 2
3 Yrs 10 0 41% 258 40 13 75% 35 11 4 2 1 0 4 0 9 25 48% 36 20 16 6 3 3 31 15 16

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
2009 23 TEX AL 179 89% 49 11 5 3 2 0 1 1.93 4 0 4 4 0 2 2 0 8 6 75% 31 3 10% 21 9 43% 104 16 15% 15 8 53% 9 8 89% 0
2010 24 TEX AL 468 78% 121 43 17 1 1 0 0 0.17 3 0 11 2 1 2 1 0 19 8 42% 90 5 6% 43 21 49% 317 40 13% 25 17 68% 18 13 72% 0
2011 25 TEX AL 98 65% 24 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 18 2 11% 12 6 50% 55 11 20% 4 2 50% 4 4 100% 0
3 Yrs 745 79% 194 61 24 4 3 0 1 1.49 7 0 16 6 1 4 3 0 31 17 55% 139 10 7% 76 36 47% 476 67 14% 44 27 61% 31 25 81% 0
MLB Averages 54% 69% 11% 32% 14% 51% 55%

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
2009 23 TEX AL 179 682 3.81 438 64% 34% 10% 26% 31% 66% 0% 43% 86% 21% 3% 6 0 8% 14 4 8% 14 1 14% 0 0 0
2010 24 TEX AL 470 1581 3.36 1082 68% 29% 12% 23% 36% 71% 0% 49% 84% 28% 2% 11 0 10% 46 12 6% 28 11 25% -2 0 0
2011 25 TEX AL 98 315 3.21 224 71% 25% 8% 29% 38% 75% 0% 53% 89% 32% 2% 2 0 7% 7 1 3% 3 0 22% 0 0 0
3 Yrs 747 2578 3.45 1744 68% 30% 11% 25% 35% 70% 0% 48% 85% 27% 3% 19 0 9% 67 17 6% 45 12 22% -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 26% 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
2009 23 46 179 157 30 49 4 0 4 20 19 4 15 28 .312 .376 .414 .790 105 65 3 1 6 0 0
2010 24 183 647 595 90 170 15 4 7 62 34 11 34 87 .286 .327 .360 .687 80 214 8 3 14 1 0
2011 25 215 745 684 100 194 16 7 7 73 40 13 37 96 .284 .324 .358 .682 79 245 10 5 17 2 0

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
2009 23 46 178 156 29 48 4 0 4 19 19 15 28 .308 .372 .410 .782 23 46
2010 24 137 465 435 58 118 11 4 3 40 15 19 59 .271 .304 .336 .640 44 137
2011 25 32 98 89 10 24 1 3 0 11 6 3 9 .270 .305 .348 .654 9 32
3 Yrs 215 741 680 97 190 16 7 7 70 40 37 96 .279 .320 .354 .675 76 215
162 Game Avg. 162 558 512 73 143 12 5 5 53 30 28 72 .279 .320 .354 .675 57 215

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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