Julio Borbon Batting Statistics and History

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Julio Borbón \WHO-leo bor-BONE\

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 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Cubs 2009-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$496k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.148, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2018 [*],
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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
2007	21	TEX-min	A-,Rk	9	40	37	1	7	1	0	0	2	3	2	3	4	.189	.250	.216	.466		8	1	0	0	0	0		SPO,RGS · NORW,ARIZ
2008	22	TEX-min	A+,AA	126	594	546	87	175	32	2	7	58	53	18	29	62	.321	.362	.425	.787		232	7	8	8	3	0		BAK,FRI · CALL,TL
2009	23	TEX-min	AAA	96	457	407	71	125	12	7	2	34	25	7	33	40	.307	.367	.386	.753		157	7	7	8	2	2		OKC · PCL
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-min	AAA,AA	33	157	135	27	39	10	4	0	14	16	4	14	23	.289	.366	.422	.788		57	2	3	4	1	0		RRK,FRI · PCL,TL
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

2012	26	TEX-min	AAA	126	584	533	78	162	23	8	10	56	20	8	37	69	.304	.349	.433	.783		231	7	3	6	5	1		RRK · PCL
2013	27	TOT	MLB	23	29	24	4	6	1	0	0	0	3	1	4	2	.250	.357	.292	.649	80	7	0	0	1	0	0	/79D
2013	27	TEX	AL	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/D
2013	27	CHC	NL	22	28	23	3	6	1	0	0	0	3	1	4	2	.261	.370	.304	.675	88	7	0	0	1	0	0	/79
4 Yrs				238	774	708	104	200	17	7	7	73	43	14	41	98	.282	.325	.356	.681	80	252	10	5	18	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	527	482	71	136	12	5	5	50	29	10	28	67	.282	.325	.356	.681	80	172	7	3	12	1	0

TEX (4 yrs)				216	746	685	101	194	16	7	7	73	40	13	37	96	.283	.324	.358	.681	79	245	10	5	17	2	0
CHC (1 yr)				22	28	23	3	6	1	0	0	0	3	1	4	2	.261	.370	.304	.675	88	7	0	0	1	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				216	746	685	101	194	16	7	7	73	40	13	37	96	.283	.324	.358	.681	79	245	10	5	17	2	0
NL (1 yr)				22	28	23	3	6	1	0	0	0	3	1	4	2	.261	.370	.304	.675	88	7	0	0	1	0	0

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
2009	23	TEX	AL	46	179	3	2	1	-2	-3	1	0.1	7	8	0.8	.502	.501	1.0	-0.4	10	$325,000	D7/8
2010	24	TEX	AL	137	468	-18	1	3	10	2	-1	0.0	18	17	1.7	.499	.499	0.6	1.4	7	$600,000	*8/D7
2011	25	TEX	AL	32	98	-2	1	0	-3	1	-4	-0.4	4	-0	-0.0	.488	.498	0.3	-0.2	3	$490,000	8

2013	27	TEX	AL	1	1	-0	-0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.459	.500	-0.0	-0.0	-0	$496,000	/D
2013	27	CHC	NL	22	28	-1	1	1	-1	-0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.497	.500	0.1	-0.2	1		/79
4 Seasons				238	774	-18	4	5	4	0	-5	-0.3	29	24	2.4	.498	.499	2.0	0.5	20	$1,911,000

TEX (4 yrs)				216	746	-17	4	4	5	0	-4	-0.3	28	24	2.4	.498	.499	1.8	0.7	19	$1,911,000
CHC (1 yr)				22	28	-1	1	1	-1	-0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.497	.500	0.1	-0.2	1

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

2013	27	TOT	MLB	29	20	3	4.0	100	.273	.250	.259	.357	.327	.292	.411	.649	.737	80	.456	-0.5	-0.1	.684	.292	.042	.0
2013	27	TEX	AL	1	1	0	0.0	109	.000	.000	.268	.000	.336	.000	.434	.000	.770	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
2013	27	CHC	NL	28	19	3	4.2	100	.286	.261	.259	.370	.326	.304	.410	.675	.736	88	.480	-0.2	-0.0	.722	.304	.043	.0
4 Yrs				774	552	86	4.2	108	.319	.282	.270	.325	.339	.356	.426	.681	.765	80	.440	-23.4	-2.3	.615	.172	.073	12.0
162 Game Avg.				527	376	59	4.2	108	.319	.282	.270	.325	.339	.356	.426	.681	.765	80	.440	-23.4	-2.3	.615	.172	.073	8

TEX (4 yrs)				746	533	83	4.2	108	.320	.283	.271	.324	.339	.358	.427	.681	.766	79	.439	-23.2	-2.3	.611	.168	.074	11.9
CHC (1 yr)				28	19	3	4.2	100	.286	.261	.259	.370	.326	.304	.410	.675	.736	88	.480	-0.2	-0.0	.722	.304	.043	.0

AL (4 yrs)				746	533	83	4.2	108	.320	.283	.271	.324	.339	.358	.427	.681	.766	79	.439	-23.2	-2.3	.611	.168	.074	11.9
NL (1 yr)				28	19	3	4.2	100	.286	.261	.259	.370	.326	.304	.410	.675	.736	88	.480	-0.2	-0.0	.722	.304	.043	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
2010	24	TEX	AL	ALDS	TBR	W	3	6	6	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2010	24	TEX	AL	ALCS	NYY	W	3	1	1	2	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2010	24	TEX	AL	WS	SFG	L	2	2	2	1	1	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
1 Yr (3 Series)							8	9	9	4	1	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	1
1 ALDS							3	6	6	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 ALCS							3	1	1	2	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 WS							2	2	2	1	1	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	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
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%

2013	27	TOT	MLB	29	0.0%	6.9%	13.8%	3.5%	17%	0.50	12.0			1.86	2.40	76%	13%	0.0%	14%
2013	27	TEX	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%
2013	27	CHC	NL	28	0.0%	7.1%	14.3%	3.6%	17%	0.50	11.5			1.71	2.20	75%	14%	0.0%	14%
4 Yrs				774	0.9%	12.7%	5.3%	4.0%	16%	2.39	7.2	101.1	9.7	1.27	1.55	78%	14%	3.5%	20%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.8%	8.4%	7.6%	33%	2.25	4.8	34.5	8.1	0.81	1.09	69%	19%	7.7%	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	-0.9	1.1	0.1	0.98	4.8	1.92	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	-3.9	-0.4	108	-0.2	1.5	-1.6	.93	-0.3	0.1	1.4	0.1	0.94	-2.3		0

2013	27	TOT	MLB	-0.5	-0.1	33	-0.1	0.4	-0.5	1.07	-0.0	-0.1	-1.0	-0.1	1.02	-0.0	1.47	9
2013	27	TEX	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.03	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.38	-0.3		0
2013	27	CHC	NL	-0.2	-0.0	32	-0.1	0.4	-0.5	1.11	0.0	-0.1	-0.9	-0.1	1.04	0.2	1.47	9
4 Yrs				-23.4	-2.3	838	-2.4	12.1	-14.5	1.02	-1.4	-1.0	-10.9	-1.0	0.98	-15.2	1.48	13

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2009	23	TEX	AL	3	0	43%	77	19	4	83%	19	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	1	0	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	1	1	1	2	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	1	0	0	0	4	60%	2	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	2

2013	27	TOT	MLB	0	0	40%	7	3	1	75%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
2013	27	TEX	AL	0	0		1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
2013	27	CHC	NL	0	0	30%	6	3	1	75%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				10	0	41%	265	43	14	75%	37	12	5	2	1	0	5	0	9	3	2	2	2	26	48%	37	20	17	6	3	3	32	16	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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2009	23	TEX	AL	179	89%	49	10	5	3	2	0	1	1.92	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

2013	27	TOT	MLB	29	83%	6	3	0	9	3	0	0	1.47	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	6	0	0%	5	3	60%	20	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
2013	27	TEX	AL	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
2013	27	CHC	NL	28	82%	6	3	0	9	3	0	0	1.47	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	6	0	0%	5	3	60%	20	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
4 Yrs				774	79%	200	63	24	13	6	0	1	1.48	7	0	17	6	1	4	3	0	33	18	55%	145	10	7%	81	39	48%	496	67	14%	45	27	60%	33	27	82%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			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

2013	27	TOT	MLB	29	109	3.76	66	61%	33%	15%	17%	35%	67%	0%	40%	77%	14%	3%	1	0	7%	2	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2013	27	TEX	AL	1	5	5.00	3	60%	0%	67%	0%	33%	100%	0%	60%	33%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2013	27	CHC	NL	28	104	3.71	63	61%	35%	13%	17%	35%	65%	0%	39%	80%	14%	4%	1	0	7%	2	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				776	2687	3.46	1810	67%	30%	11%	25%	35%	70%	0%	47%	85%	26%	3%	20	0	9%	69	17	6%	45	12	21%	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	26%	5%			14%			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
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
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
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
2012	26	215	745	684	100	194	16	7	7	73	40	13	37	96	.284	.324	.358	.682	79	245	10	5	17	2
2013	27	238	774	708	104	200	17	7	7	73	43	14	41	98	.282	.325	.356	.681	80	252	10	5	18	2

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
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

2013	27	23	31	25	5	7	1	0	0	0	4	5	2	.280	.400	.320	.720	3	23
4 Yrs		238	772	705	102	197	17	7	7	70	44	42	98	.279	.324	.353	.677	79	238
162 Game Avg.		162	525	480	69	134	12	5	5	48	30	29	67	.279	.324	.353	.677	54	238

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 3 (1793), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS	Center Field (376th), 2.4 career WAR/2.4 7yr-peak WAR/2.4 JAWS Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 70.5 career WAR/44.1 7yr-peak WAR/57.3 JAWS

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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