Pat Borders
Patrick Lance Borders
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 14, 1963 in Columbus, OH
High School: Lake Wales (Lake Wales, FL)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 6th round of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1988
Final Game: July 27, 2005
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1988 TOR AL 25 C 43 33 305.1 225 205 14 6 0 .973 2.0 7.9 2 6.46 5.09 .989 6.22 5.28 1 14 19 17 47%
1988 TOR AL 25 DH 7
1988 TOR AL 25 2B 1 1 4.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.2 55.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 6.23 3.00 .967 4.98 4.40
1988 TOR AL 25 3B 1 0 4.2 3 0 2 1 0 .667 -0.1 -25.7 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 3.86 2.00 .967 2.70 2.40
1989 TOR AL 26 C 68 44 432.0 294 261 27 6 1 .980 0.0 0.0 0 6.00 4.24 .989 6.24 5.20 3 25 38 21 36%
1989 TOR AL 26 DH 18
1990 TOR AL 27 C 115 83 799.2 565 515 46 4 6 .993 7.0 10.5 7 6.31 4.88 .991 6.42 5.36 6 27 54 40 43%
1990 TOR AL 27 DH 1
1991 TOR AL 28 C 102 71 700.2 557 505 48 4 4 .993 -3.0 -5.1 -3 7.10 5.42 .990 6.49 5.28 12 34 50 28 36%
1992 TOR AL 29 C 137 132 1160.2 880 784 88 8 7 .991 -6.0 -6.2 -6 6.76 6.36 .989 6.20 5.26 11 54 116 51 31%
1993 TOR AL 30 C 138 134 1182.0 962 869 80 13 12 .986 -8.0 -8.1 -8 7.23 6.88 .991 6.56 5.46 6 69 108 53 33%
1994 TOR AL 31 C 85 81 713.0 651 583 60 8 5 .988 0.0 0.0 0 8.12 7.56 .991 6.79 5.73 9 32 67 33 33%
1995 TOT MLB 32 C 56 45 407.2 276 252 23 1 5 .996 1.0 2.9 1 6.07 4.91 .990 6.87 5.78 7 27 18 16 47%
1995 KCR AL 32 C 45 35 324.1 200 182 18 0 3 1.000 1.0 3.7 1 5.55 4.44 .990 6.74 5.64 5 19 12 10 45%
1995 KCR AL 32 DH 3
1995 HOU NL 32 C 11 10 83.1 76 70 5 1 2 .987 0.0 0.0 0 8.10 6.82 .989 7.40 6.34 2 8 6 6 50%
1996 TOT MLB 33 C 66 53 497.4 417 371 39 7 3 .983 -1.0 -2.4 -1 7.42 6.21 .990 7.07 5.97 3 30 42 20 32%
1996 TOT AL 33 C 49 38 360.4 290 255 30 5 2 .983 -4.0 -13.3 -4 7.12 5.82 .990 6.91 5.84 3 26 36 14 28%
1996 STL NL 33 C 17 15 137.0 127 116 9 2 1 .984 3.0 26.3 3 8.21 7.35 .989 7.50 6.33 0 4 6 6 50%
1996 STL NL 33 1B 1 0 1.1 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -0.5 -450.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 6.75 1.00 1.000 9.45 8.40
1996 CAL AL 33 C 19 14 139.2 127 111 14 2 1 .984 -3.0 -25.8 -3 8.05 6.58 .990 6.91 5.84 1 12 15 5 25%
1996 CHW AL 33 C 30 24 220.2 163 144 16 3 1 .982 -1.0 -5.4 -1 6.53 5.33 .990 6.91 5.84 2 14 21 9 30%
1996 CHW AL 33 DH 1
1997 CLE AL 34 C 53 45 399.2 331 312 19 0 2 1.000 -2.0 -6.0 -2 7.45 6.25 .991 7.15 6.08 5 21 36 14 28%
1998 CLE AL 35 C 53 42 399.1 310 283 19 8 1 .974 -1.0 -3.0 -1 6.81 5.70 .990 7.13 6.17 4 12 33 13 28%
1998 CLE AL 35 3B 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 80.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 .900 2.40 2.20
1999 TOT AL 36 C 8 6 55.0 44 39 3 2 0 .955 -2.0 -43.6 -2 6.87 5.25 .991 6.99 6.11 2 3 8 1 11%
1999 CLE AL 36 C 5 5 41.0 35 32 1 2 0 .943 -3.0 -87.8 -3 7.24 6.60 .991 6.98 6.12 2 3 8 0 0%
1999 CLE AL 36 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
1999 TOR AL 36 C 3 1 14.0 9 7 2 0 0 1.000 1.0 85.7 1 5.79 3.00 .989 7.01 6.10 0 0 0 1 100%
1999 TOR AL 36 DH 3
2001 SEA AL 38 C 5 1 19.0 13 10 2 1 0 .923 0.0 0.0 0 5.68 2.40 .992 7.15 6.12 0 0 1 1 50%
2002 SEA AL 39 C 2 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 6.98 6.15 0 0 0 0
2002 SEA AL 39 DH 2
2003 SEA AL 40 C 7 4 36.0 30 29 1 0 0 1.000 2.0 66.7 2 7.50 4.29 .990 6.80 5.89 0 0 2 3 60%
2003 SEA AL 40 3B 2 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -80.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 2.70 2.35
2003 SEA AL 40 DH 1
2004 TOT AL 41 C 38 31 258.2 225 203 18 4 4 .982 3.0 13.9 3 7.69 5.82 .992 7.12 6.19 1 5 16 12 43%
2004 SEA AL 41 C 19 17 138.0 131 121 9 1 1 .992 3.0 26.1 3 8.48 6.84 .992 7.12 6.19 1 1 6 7 54%
2004 MIN AL 41 C 19 14 120.2 94 82 9 3 3 .968 0.0 0.0 0 6.79 4.79 .993 7.12 6.19 0 4 10 5 33%
2005 SEA AL 42 C 39 37 313.0 192 175 15 2 2 .990 0.0 0.0 0 5.46 4.87 .992 6.80 5.96 3 7 25 10 29%
17 Seasons C 1015 842 7683.0 5974 5398 502 74 52 .988 -8.0 -1.2 -8 6.91 5.81 .990 6.62 5.58 73 360 633 333 34%
8 Seasons DH 36
4 Seasons 3B 5 0 12.2 5 0 4 1 0 .800 -0.1 -9.5 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0 2.84 0.80 .960 2.63 2.30
1 Season 1B 1 0 1.1 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -0.5 -450.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 6.75 1.00 1.000 9.45 8.40
1 Season 2B 1 1 4.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.2 55.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 6.23 3.00 .967 4.98 4.40
17 Seasons TOT 1022 843 7701.1 5984 5399 509 76 52 .987 -8.4 -1.3 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 0 -8 6.90 5.78 .978 6.61 5.57 73 360 633 333 34%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1988 TOR AL 25 56 36 56 44 0 43 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 18 0
1989 TOR AL 26 94 58 94 67 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 27 0
1990 TOR AL 27 125 83 125 115 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0
1991 TOR AL 28 105 71 105 102 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
1992 TOR AL 29 138 132 138 137 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1993 TOR AL 30 138 134 138 138 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 TOR AL 31 85 81 85 85 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 KCR AL 32 52 38 52 45 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 0
1995 HOU NL 32 11 10 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 CHW AL 33 31 25 31 30 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1996 STL NL 33 26 15 26 18 0 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1996 CAL AL 33 19 14 19 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1997 CLE AL 34 55 45 55 53 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1998 CLE AL 35 54 42 54 54 0 53 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1999 CLE AL 36 6 5 6 6 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 TOR AL 36 6 4 6 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
2001 SEA AL 38 5 1 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2002 SEA AL 39 4 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2003 SEA AL 40 12 4 12 9 0 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
2004 MIN AL 41 19 14 19 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 SEA AL 41 19 17 19 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 SEA AL 42 39 37 39 39 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons 1099 866 1099 1020 0 1014 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 23 128 5
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1988 TOR AL 25 1378 4.39 5.07 12 83% 0 0 204 8 4 5 187 15 1 0 0 1 6 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1989 TOR AL 26 1892 3.19 3.63 22 86% 0 0 260 15 1 6 238 27 3 0 0 1 6 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 75%
1990 TOR AL 27 3490 3.95 4.15 28 96% 0 0 518 23 5 8 482 45 4 0 0 3 4 0 1 3 1 6 0 1 3 6 83%
1991 TOR AL 28 3093 3.42 3.67 29 86% 0 0 505 18 3 7 477 48 5 0 1 13 4 0 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 7 57%
1992 TOR AL 29 5152 3.80 4.16 45 96% 2 0 784 34 1 5 744 88 7 0 1 26 8 0 2 6 0 7 0 0 0 7 86%
1993 TOR AL 30 5336 4.09 4.51 39 85% 0 0 870 29 3 11 825 80 5 0 0 20 13 0 2 11 1 12 0 1 1 9 44%
1994 TOR AL 31 3306 4.82 5.29 24 96% 1 0 583 18 2 5 557 60 7 0 0 20 8 0 2 6 0 5 0 1 2 0
1995 KCR AL 32 1469 5.11 5.41 14 93% 0 0 182 9 2 4 167 18 5 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 5 80%
1995 HOU NL 32 404 5.51 6.59 3 100% 0 0 70 3 0 4 62 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
1996 CHW AL 33 1001 4.81 5.06 10 90% 0 1 144 6 0 2 136 16 2 0 0 5 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 67%
1996 CAL AL 33 662 5.41 5.67 12 92% 0 0 112 5 0 2 105 14 4 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 100%
1996 STL NL 33 609 4.20 4.66 8 88% 0 0 116 4 0 0 112 9 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1997 CLE AL 34 1867 4.84 5.22 8 100% 0 0 314 7 4 2 301 18 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 100%
1998 CLE AL 35 1804 4.67 4.94 13 77% 1 0 283 8 1 6 268 15 2 0 0 2 8 0 3 5 1 1 0 1 1 2 50%
1999 CLE AL 36 213 9.22 10.10 2 100% 0 0 32 2 0 0 30 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1999 TOR AL 36 59 5.79 7.07 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 SEA AL 38 84 4.26 4.74 1 0% 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0%
2002 SEA AL 39 14 4.50 4.50 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 SEA AL 40 135 1.25 1.50 1 100% 0 0 29 1 0 0 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 MIN AL 41 542 4.48 5.15 1 100% 1 0 82 1 0 2 79 9 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 100%
2004 SEA AL 41 612 5.02 5.15 4 100% 0 0 121 4 0 1 116 9 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2005 SEA AL 42 1395 4.08 4.34 9 89% 0 0 174 6 1 1 165 16 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 100%
17 Seasons 34517 4.21 4.58 285 90% 5 1 5402 201 27 71 5098 498 50 1 2 110 74 3 20 51 5 52 0 5 8 54 70%
MLB Averages 4.27 4.69 93% 85%
PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1988 TOR AL 25 1 14 470 19 17 9 47% 16 13 3 3 0 1 1 0 45 20 1.78 1.02
1989 TOR AL 26 2 25 637 38 21 16 36% 31 18 7 2 0 1 3 0 82 26 1.12 1.59
1990 TOR AL 27 6 27 1200 54 40 34 43% 46 34 6 6 2 0 2 0 107 44 1.35 1.08
1991 TOR AL 28 13 34 1074 50 28 21 36% 46 22 3 3 1 3 0 0 124 34 1.22 1.35
1992 TOR AL 29 11 54 1757 116 51 48 31% 98 42 15 9 3 0 2 0 226 56 1.36 1.22
1993 TOR AL 30 6 69 1945 108 53 52 33% 99 47 9 4 0 2 1 0 225 56 1.25 1.19
1994 TOR AL 31 9 32 1185 67 33 31 33% 58 25 9 7 0 1 1 0 135 36 1.25 0.96
1995 KCR AL 32 5 19 545 12 10 7 45% 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 45 11 1.18 0.88
1995 HOU NL 32 2 8 148 6 6 5 50% 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 21 6 1.22 1.03
1996 CHW AL 33 2 14 357 21 9 6 30% 17 9 3 0 1 0 0 0 52 10 1.18 0.81
1996 CAL AL 33 1 12 254 15 5 4 25% 13 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 34 6 1.30 0.64
1996 STL NL 33 0 4 225 6 6 5 50% 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 5 0.78 1.76
1997 CLE AL 34 5 21 697 36 14 13 28% 31 11 5 3 0 0 0 0 84 16 1.11 1.15
1998 CLE AL 35 4 12 605 33 13 10 28% 31 11 2 1 0 1 0 0 61 13 1.28 1.15
1999 CLE AL 36 2 3 83 8 0 0 0% 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 1.09
1999 TOR AL 36 0 0 22 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.73
2001 SEA AL 38 0 0 28 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.69 0.85
2002 SEA AL 39 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 SEA AL 40 0 0 42 2 3 1 60% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1.15 1.16
2004 MIN AL 41 0 4 198 10 5 5 33% 9 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 5 1.46 1.13
2004 SEA AL 41 1 1 212 6 7 7 54% 5 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 8 0.90 1.19
2005 SEA AL 42 3 7 536 25 10 9 29% 20 8 5 1 0 1 0 0 41 10 1.35 1.02
17 Seasons 73 360 12221 633 333 285 34% 551 280 75 43 7 10 10 0 1350 367 1.27 1.16
MLB Averages 31% 1.29 1.25
PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1988 TOR AL 25 21 57% 76% 33% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 CLE AL 35 10 70% 70% 30% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 CLE AL 36 6 50% 83% 83% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 SEA AL 40 18 56% 78% 33% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 55 58% 76% 38% 5 60% 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 87% 63%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1996 STL NL 33 7 57% 43% 29% 2 50% 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 7 57% 43% 29% 2 50% 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 93% 84%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1988 TOR AL 25 16 88% 63% 25% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 16 88% 63% 25% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 92%

* 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.

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