Jason Botts Batting Statistics and History

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Jason Botts

Jason Carl Botts

Positions: Leftfielder, Designated Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 250 lb.

Born: July 26, 1980 in Paso Robles, CA
High School: Paso Robles HS (Paso Robles, CA)
School: Glendale Community College (Glendale, CA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 46th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed May 15, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 2005 (Age 25)
Team: Rangers 2005-2008
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.002, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: Bob Garber [*]
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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
2000	19	TEX-min	Rk	48	200	163	36	52	12	0	6	34	4	1	26	29	.319	.440	.503	.943		82	5	10	0	1	4		RGS · GULF
2001	20	TEX-min	A,A+	118	482	404	64	123	25	2	9	50	13	7	57	92	.304	.415	.443	.858		179	10	20	0	1	4		SAV,CHT · SALL,FLOR
2002	21	TEX-min	A+	116	493	401	67	102	22	5	9	54	7	2	75	99	.254	.387	.401	.789		161	4	14	0	3	3		CHT · FLOR
2003	22	TEX-min	A+,AA	131	550	477	84	140	25	3	13	88	18	4	66	104	.294	.382	.440	.822		210	14	4	0	3	2		STK,FRI · CALL,TL
2004	23	TEX-min	AA	133	573	481	85	141	25	3	24	92	7	4	77	126	.293	.399	.507	.906		244	18	10	1	4	4		FRI · TL
2005	24	TEX-min	AAA	133	589	510	93	146	31	7	25	102	2	4	67	152	.286	.375	.522	.897		266	13	8	0	4	2		OKC · PCL
2005	24	TEX	AL	10	30	27	4	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	13	.296	.367	.296	.663	76	8	1	0	0	0	0	/7D
2006	25	TEX-min	AAA,AA,Rk	71	293	248	47	73	21	1	13	42	6	0	36	65	.294	.386	.544	.930		135	4	4	0	5	3		OKC,FRI,RGS · PCL,TL,ARIZ
2006	25	TEX	AL	20	60	50	8	11	4	0	1	6	0	0	8	18	.220	.317	.360	.677	75	18	0	0	0	2	1	D/7
2007	26	TEX-min	AAA	102	459	369	69	118	36	4	13	78	0	1	81	102	.320	.436	.545	.980		201	10	1	0	8	6		OKC · PCL
2007	26	TEX	AL	48	190	167	19	40	8	1	2	14	1	0	19	59	.240	.326	.335	.662	75	56	8	3	0	1	0	7D
2008	27	TEX-min	Fgn,AAA	73	235	208	27	52	15	0	9	27	0	0	23	78	.250	.332	.452	.784		94	4	3	0	1	2		NPN,OKC · JPPL,PCL
2008	27	TEX	AL	15	46	38	2	6	3	0	2	5	0	0	8	18	.158	.304	.395	.699	84	15	0	0	0	0	0	/3D7
2009	28	NPN	Fgn	11	24	21	4	5	3	0	1	6	0	1	1	7	.238	.333	.524	.857		11	0	2	0	0	0		NPN · JPPL
2010	29	WSN-min	AAA	80	310	276	34	77	20	0	8	48	0	1	30	46	.279	.345	.438	.784		121	8	0	0	4	1		SYR · IL
2011	30	NYM-min	AAA	59	201	168	20	45	10	2	3	19	1	0	32	45	.268	.383	.405	.788		68	4	0	0	1	0		BFL · IL
2012	31	CMP	AAA	35	139	122	27	41	7	1	8	22	0	0	15	24	.336	.403	.607	1.009		74	6	0	0	2	1		CMP · MEX
2013	32	CMP	AAA	36	157	125	19	32	7	0	4	22	0	0	30	31	.256	.408	.408	.816		51	5	2	0	0	0		CMP · MEX
4 Yrs				93	326	282	33	65	15	1	5	28	1	0	38	108	.230	.325	.344	.669	76	97	9	3	0	3	1
162 Game Avg.				162	568	491	57	113	26	2	9	49	2	0	66	188	.230	.325	.344	.669	76	169	16	5	0	5	2

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
2005	24	TEX	AL	10	30	-1	-1	-0	0	-1	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.477	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1		/7D
2006	25	TEX	AL	20	60	-2	0	1	0	-1	-2	-0.2	2	-0	-0.0	.488	.499	-0.0	-0.1	-0		D/7
2007	26	TEX	AL	48	190	-7	-0	-1	8	-3	-3	-0.3	7	4	0.4	.493	.498	-0.4	0.5	-4		7D
2008	27	TEX	AL	15	46	-0	0	1	-1	-1	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.488	.499	0.1	-0.2	1	$394,190	/3D7
4 Seasons				93	326	-10	-0	-0	7	-6	-10	-0.9	12	3	0.3	.490	.499	-0.4	0.2	-4	$394,190

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
2005	24	TEX	AL	30	20	3	4.0	110	.571	.296	.275	.367	.339	.296	.436	.663	.775	76	.408	-0.9	-0.1	.550	.111	.000
2006	25	TEX	AL	60	41	7	4.5	112	.303	.220	.276	.317	.341	.360	.440	.677	.781	75	.437	-1.5	-0.1	.667	.300	.140	.0
2007	26	TEX	AL	190	136	18	3.5	108	.355	.240	.272	.326	.340	.335	.425	.662	.765	75	.342	-5.9	-0.6	.585	.216	.096	1.3
2008	27	TEX	AL	46	32	5	4.2	106	.222	.158	.269	.304	.337	.395	.423	.699	.760	84	.422	-0.9	-0.1	.719	.447	.237	.0
4 Yrs				326	229	33	3.8	109	.349	.230	.273	.325	.340	.344	.429	.669	.768	76	.378	-9.2	-0.9	.615	.252	.113	1.7
162 Game Avg.				568	399	57	3.8	109	.349	.230	.273	.325	.340	.344	.429	.669	.768	76	.378	-9.2	-0.9	.615	.252	.113	3

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
2005	24	TEX	AL	30	0.0%	43.3%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	4.33	2.1		9.0	0.75	1.33	47%	43%	0.0%	0%
2006	25	TEX	AL	60	1.7%	30.0%	13.3%	8.3%	46%	2.25	2.8	50.0	8.3	0.62	0.83	55%	24%	5.0%	5%
2007	26	TEX	AL	190	1.1%	31.1%	10.0%	5.8%	28%	3.11	2.8	83.5	11.9	0.63	0.98	56%	29%	3.3%	9%
2008	27	TEX	AL	46	4.4%	39.1%	17.4%	10.9%	83%	2.25	2.1	19.0	7.6	1.00	1.50	39%	15%	20.0%	0%
4 Yrs				326	1.5%	33.1%	11.7%	6.4%	32%	2.84	2.6	56.4	10.1	0.67	1.02	53%	28%	5.1%	7%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.0%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	2.01	5.2	33.0	7.6	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.6%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2005	24	TEX	AL	-0.9	-0.1	30	-0.0	0.5	-0.5	1.03	-0.1	0.1	0.6	0.1	0.91	-0.5		0
2006	25	TEX	AL	-1.5	-0.1	60	0.2	1.0	-0.9	.93	-0.1	0.2	-1.9	-0.2	0.98	-1.7	1.46	6
2007	26	TEX	AL	-5.9	-0.6	197	-1.5	2.3	-3.9	.98	-0.9	-0.6	-14.6	-1.4	0.93	-10.1	3.07	2
2008	27	TEX	AL	-0.9	-0.1	47	-0.2	0.7	-0.9	1.04	-0.1	-0.1	-2.1	-0.2	1.02	-2.1	1.70	5
4 Yrs				-9.2	-0.9	334	-1.6	4.6	-6.1	.98	-1.2	-0.4	-18.0	-1.7	0.95	-14.3	1.80	13

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	PO	OOB	OOB3	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2005	24	TEX	AL	0	36%	11	0		0	0	1	1	1	0%	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
2006	25	TEX	AL	1	39%	26	0		0	0	0	0	0	50%	3	2	1	2	0	2	3	2	1
2007	26	TEX	AL	0	28%	79	1	100%	1	1	0	0	7	29%	12	9	3	2	2	0	3	1	2
2008	27	TEX	AL	1	0%	17	0		0	0	1	1	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				2	28%	133	1	100%	1	1	2	2	8	33%	19	13	5	5	3	2	6	3	3

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
2005	24	TEX	AL	30	100%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	1	10%	3	1	33%	21	3	14%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
2006	25	TEX	AL	60	100%	11	1	0	6	2	0	1	1.46	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		10	0	0%	5	2	40%	46	5	11%	3	2	67%	2	1	50%	0
2007	26	TEX	AL	190	100%	40	7	0	2	0	0	0	3.07	2	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		36	8	22%	20	2	10%	118	12	10%	10	3	30%	13	8	62%	0
2008	27	TEX	AL	46	100%	6	0	0	5	0	0	0	1.70	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		12	0	0%	3	1	33%	33	3	9%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
4 Yrs				326	100%	65	8	0	13	2	0	1	1.80	5	0	7	5	0	3	2	0	0	0		68	9	13%	31	6	19%	218	23	11%	17	7	41%	17	10	59%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			67%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%

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
2005	24	TEX	AL	30	144	4.80	95	66%	25%	29%	31%	15%	75%	0%	49%	61%	20%	3%	1	0	10%	3	2	10%	3	2	31%	0	0	0
2006	25	TEX	AL	60	253	4.22	142	56%	30%	16%	30%	24%	70%	3%	39%	77%	20%	5%	3	0	20%	12	8	15%	9	5	61%	0	0	0
2007	26	TEX	AL	190	833	4.38	508	61%	29%	21%	29%	21%	71%	0%	44%	71%	29%	3%	5	0	14%	27	14	11%	20	9	29%	0	0	0
2008	27	TEX	AL	46	203	4.41	124	61%	30%	21%	33%	16%	70%	0%	43%	70%	20%	7%	3	0	20%	9	5	15%	7	4	33%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				326	1433	4.40	869	61%	29%	21%	30%	20%	71%	1%	43%	70%	25%	4%	12	0	16%	51	29	12%	39	20	35%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.76		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF	IBB
2005	24	10	30	27	4	8	0	0	0	3	0	3	13	.296	.367	.296	.663	76	8	1	0	0	0
2006	25	30	90	77	12	19	4	0	1	9	0	11	31	.247	.333	.338	.671	75	26	1	0	2	1
2007	26	78	280	244	31	59	12	1	3	23	1	30	90	.242	.329	.336	.665	75	82	9	3	3	1
2008	27	93	326	282	33	65	15	1	5	28	1	38	108	.230	.325	.344	.669	76	97	9	3	3	1

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
2005	24	10	30	27	4	8	0	0	0	3	0	3	13	.296	.367	.296	.663	3	10
2006	25	20	60	50	8	11	4	0	1	6	0	8	18	.220	.317	.360	.677	6	20
2007	26	48	189	166	18	39	8	1	2	13	1	19	59	.235	.323	.331	.654	17	48
2008	27	15	46	38	2	6	3	0	2	4	0	8	18	.158	.304	.395	.699	4	15
4 Yrs		93	325	281	32	64	15	1	5	26	1	38	108	.228	.323	.342	.665	30	93
162 Game Avg.		162	566	489	56	111	26	2	9	45	2	66	188	.228	.323	.342	.665	52	93

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