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Michael Bourn

Michael Ray Bourn

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 27, 1982 in Houston, TX
High School: Nimitz HS (Houston, TX)
School: University of Houston (Houston, TX)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 4th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed July 24, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 30, 2006
Teams (by GP): Astros/Phillies/Braves 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$6.85M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.028, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Scott Boras, previously: SFX [*]
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All-Star

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
2006 23 PHI NL 17 11 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 .125 .222 .125 .347 -9 1 0 0 2 0 0 9/7
2007 24 PHI NL 105 133 119 29 33 3 3 1 6 18 1 13 21 .277 .348 .378 .727 86 45 1 0 1 0 2 78/9
2008 25 HOU NL 138 514 467 57 107 10 4 5 29 41 10 37 111 .229 .288 .300 .588 57 140 3 2 7 1 0 *8
2009 26 HOU NL 157 678 606 97 173 27 12 3 35 61 12 63 140 .285 .354 .384 .738 97 233 1 2 5 2 1 *8 GG
2010 27 HOU NL 141 605 535 84 142 25 6 2 38 52 12 59 109 .265 .341 .346 .686 89 185 6 3 6 2 5 *8 AS,GG
2011 28 TOT NL 158 722 656 94 193 34 10 2 50 61 14 53 140 .294 .349 .386 .734 104 253 6 4 5 4 3 *8
2011 28 HOU NL 105 473 429 64 130 26 7 1 32 39 7 38 90 .303 .363 .403 .766 113 173 5 3 2 1 2 8
2011 28 ATL NL 53 249 227 30 63 8 3 1 18 22 7 15 50 .278 .321 .352 .674 86 80 1 1 3 3 1 8
2012 29 ATL NL 52 240 221 37 66 10 3 5 16 14 5 19 42 .299 .354 .439 .793 115 97 0 0 0 0 1 *8
7 Yrs 768 2903 2612 400 715 109 38 18 174 248 56 245 566 .274 .338 .365 .703 90 954 17 11 26 9 12
162 Game Avg. 162 612 551 84 151 23 8 4 37 52 12 52 119 .274 .338 .365 .703 90 201 4 2 5 2 3
HOU (4 yrs) 541 2270 2037 302 552 88 29 11 134 193 41 197 450 .271 .337 .359 .696 89 731 15 10 20 6 8
ATL (2 yrs) 105 489 448 67 129 18 6 6 34 36 12 34 92 .288 .337 .395 .733 100 177 1 1 3 3 2
PHI (2 yrs) 122 144 127 31 34 3 3 1 6 19 3 14 24 .268 .340 .362 .703 79 46 1 0 3 0 2

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
2006 23 PHI NL 17 11 -2 -0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .486 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -2 $ 9/7
2007 24 PHI NL 105 133 -3 4 0 6 -2 5 0.5 4 9 0.9 .505 .503 0.3 0.4 3 $380,000 78/9
2008 25 HOU NL 138 514 -28 4 1 1 2 -20 -2.1 14 -6 -0.7 .485 .487 -0.8 0.3 -7 $396,000 *8
2009 26 HOU NL 157 678 -0 10 4 11 2 28 2.9 18 46 4.7 .518 .518 3.5 1.4 35 $434,500 *8 GG
2010 27 HOU NL 141 605 -8 9 2 30 2 34 3.7 17 51 5.3 .526 .523 2.1 3.5 21 $2,400,000 *8 AS,GG
2011 28 HOU NL 105 473 7 4 1 -6 2 8 0.9 13 21 2.1 .508 .505 2.7 -0.4 27 $4,400,000 8
2011 28 ATL NL 53 249 -5 2 1 3 1 2 0.2 7 9 0.9 .504 .501 0.5 0.4 6 $ 8
2012 29 ATL NL 52 240 5 3 1 10 1 20 2.2 7 26 2.9 .541 .513 1.7 1.2 16 $ *8
7 Seasons 768 2903 -34 35 10 55 8 74 8.1 79 154 15.9 .510 .506 9.8 6.9 99 $8,010,500
HOU (4 yrs) 541 2270 -29 27 8 36 8 50 5.3 62 112 11.4 .510 .508 7.5 4.8 76 $7,630,500
ATL (2 yrs) 105 489 -0 5 2 13 2 21 2.5 14 35 3.8 .522 .507 2.2 1.7 22 $
PHI (2 yrs) 122 144 -5 3 0 6 -2 3 0.3 4 7 0.7 .502 .501 0.1 0.4 1 $380,000

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
2006 23 PHI NL 11 11 0 0.0 117 .200 .125 .278 .222 .350 .125 .452 .347 .801 -9 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .111 .000 .000 .0
2007 24 PHI NL 133 89 19 5.7 115 .330 .277 .277 .348 .348 .378 .444 .727 .791 86 .556 -3.0 -0.3 .852 .353 .101 1.9
2008 25 HOU NL 514 381 45 3.2 105 .290 .229 .264 .288 .335 .300 .421 .588 .756 57 .311 -30.1 -2.9 .563 .216 .071 8.9
2009 26 HOU NL 678 453 95 5.6 105 .366 .285 .263 .354 .336 .384 .418 .738 .755 97 .571 -2.4 -0.2 .778 .284 .099 5.7
2010 27 HOU NL 605 419 71 4.5 100 .329 .265 .258 .341 .328 .346 .407 .686 .735 89 .495 -7.2 -0.7 .698 .265 .080 3.9
2011 28 TOT NL 722 492 97 5.3 97 .369 .294 .258 .349 .325 .386 .401 .734 .726 104 .581 3.6 0.4 .739 .244 .091 3.9
2011 28 HOU NL 473 314 69 5.9 97 .381 .303 .257 .363 .324 .403 .400 .766 .724 113 .629 8.2 0.8 .791 .263 .100 2.0
2011 28 ATL NL 249 178 28 4.2 98 .346 .278 .259 .321 .326 .352 .403 .674 .730 86 .479 -4.6 -0.5 .645 .207 .075 1.9
2012 29 ATL NL 240 160 36 6.0 100 .351 .299 .259 .354 .327 .439 .410 .793 .737 115 .627 4.2 0.4 .781 .267 .140 7.4
7 Yrs 2903 2005 363 4.8 102 .342 .274 .261 .338 .331 .365 .413 .703 .744 90 .517 -36.3 -3.5 .712 .259 .092 33.6
162 Game Avg. 612 423 77 4.8 102 .342 .274 .261 .338 .331 .365 .413 .703 .744 90 .517 -36.3 -3.5 .712 .259 .092 7
HOU (4 yrs) 2270 1567 280 4.8 102 .342 .271 .261 .337 .331 .359 .412 .696 .743 89 .510 -31.5 -3.0 .707 .259 .088 20.8
ATL (2 yrs) 489 338 64 5.1 99 .348 .288 .259 .337 .327 .395 .406 .733 .733 100 .557 -0.4 -0.0 .711 .237 .107 10.3
PHI (2 yrs) 144 100 19 5.1 115 .324 .268 .278 .340 .348 .362 .444 .703 .792 79 .502 -4.4 -0.4 .784 .331 .094 1.9

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
2007 24 PHI NL NLDS COL L 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2010 HOU NL 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 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
2006 23 PHI NL 11 0.0% 27.3% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 3.00 2.7 1.00 1.33 45% 14% 0.0% 0%
2007 24 PHI NL 133 0.8% 15.8% 9.8% 5.3% 21% 1.62 5.7 119.0 19.8 1.43 1.79 73% 17% 2.9% 5%
2008 25 HOU NL 514 1.0% 21.6% 7.2% 3.7% 18% 3.00 4.2 93.4 16.1 1.20 1.41 68% 13% 3.7% 11%
2009 26 HOU NL 678 0.4% 20.7% 9.3% 6.2% 24% 2.22 4.3 202.0 17.3 1.39 1.84 69% 17% 1.8% 6%
2010 27 HOU NL 605 0.3% 18.0% 9.8% 5.5% 23% 1.85 4.9 267.5 14.1 1.49 2.11 70% 15% 1.3% 5%
2011 28 TOT NL 722 0.3% 19.4% 7.3% 6.4% 24% 2.64 4.7 328.0 13.1 1.01 1.49 72% 25% 0.9% 5%
2011 28 HOU NL 473 0.2% 19.0% 8.0% 7.2% 26% 2.37 4.8 429.0 13.4 0.92 1.38 72% 27% 0.6% 4%
2011 28 ATL NL 249 0.4% 20.1% 6.0% 4.8% 19% 3.33 4.5 227.0 12.6 1.19 1.73 72% 21% 1.4% 8%
2012 29 ATL NL 240 2.1% 17.5% 7.9% 7.5% 27% 2.21 5.3 44.2 13.8 1.10 1.85 73% 20% 6.3% 4%
7 Yrs 2903 0.6% 19.5% 8.4% 5.7% 23% 2.31 4.6 145.1 15.0 1.24 1.70 70% 18% 2.2% 6%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.8% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 2.09 5.0 34.0 7.8 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.6% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2006 23 PHI NL -1.4 -0.1 14 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 1.78 -0.2 -0.0 -2.8 -0.3 1.17 -2.3 1.20 2
2007 24 PHI NL -3.0 -0.3 155 -0.4 1.7 -2.1 .96 -0.1 -0.4 0.4 0.0 0.97 -1.2 0.68 11
2008 25 HOU NL -30.8 -3.0 571 -2.4 6.8 -9.2 .98 -2.0 -0.5 -19.1 -1.9 0.92 -22.5 0.91 10
2009 26 HOU NL -2.4 -0.2 762 1.2 12.0 -10.8 .96 0.6 0.7 13.2 1.3 0.92 8.3 1.85 2
2010 27 HOU NL -7.2 -0.7 683 2.2 11.6 -9.3 1.01 0.0 2.2 10.3 1.0 0.94 2.4 1.94 4
2011 28 TOT NL 3.8 0.4 808 1.3 13.8 -12.4 1.04 1.2 0.1 16.2 1.6 1.02 10.3 0.51 2
2011 28 HOU NL 8.2 0.8 527 1.7 9.5 -7.8 1.03 1.2 0.4 16.0 1.6 1.01 11.5 0.51 2
2011 28 ATL NL -4.3 -0.4 281 -0.3 4.3 -4.6 1.07 -0.0 -0.3 0.1 0.0 1.04 -1.2 0
2012 29 ATL NL 4.2 0.4 265 0.5 4.1 -3.6 .90 0.7 -0.1 7.9 0.8 0.95 8.9 0.17 1
7 Yrs -36.7 -3.5 3258 2.1 50.1 -48.0 .99 0.3 1.8 26.0 2.6 0.95 3.8 0.99 32

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
2006 23 PHI NL 0 0 100% 6 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 24 PHI NL 1 0 62% 82 18 1 95% 17 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 50% 12 7 5 5 1 3 5 2 3
2008 25 HOU NL 5 0 37% 181 41 10 80% 39 9 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 9 46% 17 12 5 7 2 5 26 11 13
2009 26 HOU NL 8 0 40% 309 61 12 84% 56 8 4 4 1 0 4 2 8 23 53% 37 23 14 7 1 6 29 10 19
2010 27 HOU NL 6 0 41% 244 52 12 81% 46 11 6 1 0 0 5 2 8 14 61% 35 18 16 7 1 6 20 4 16
2011 28 TOT NL 6 0 37% 319 61 14 81% 47 12 14 1 0 1 6 3 6 23 44% 41 37 4 13 3 10 34 8 25
2011 28 HOU NL 4 0 37% 210 39 7 85% 28 7 11 0 0 0 4 3 3 17 44% 31 28 3 7 1 6 25 6 19
2011 28 ATL NL 2 0 37% 109 22 7 76% 19 5 3 1 0 1 2 0 3 6 44% 10 9 1 6 2 4 9 2 6
2012 29 ATL NL 2 0 40% 98 14 5 74% 11 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 14 47% 12 8 4 5 1 4 2 1 1
7 Yrs 28 0 40% 1239 248 56 82% 217 47 30 8 1 1 18 8 32 89 51% 155 105 49 44 9 34 116 36 77

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
2006 23 PHI NL 11 91% 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.20 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 3 0 0% 2 2 100% 12 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
2007 24 PHI NL 133 77% 33 8 3 11 1 0 0 0.68 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 33% 18 1 6% 5 1 20% 77 5 6% 3 2 67% 1 0 0% 0
2008 25 HOU NL 514 75% 107 33 13 10 1 0 0 0.91 5 0 9 4 1 3 2 0 12 7 58% 72 3 4% 39 13 33% 243 25 10% 15 9 60% 15 8 53% 0
2009 26 HOU NL 678 77% 173 46 17 2 0 0 0 1.85 3 0 4 1 2 2 1 0 12 5 42% 80 1 1% 32 13 41% 277 33 12% 17 7 41% 19 13 68% 0
2010 27 HOU NL 605 78% 142 40 10 4 2 0 0 1.94 2 0 8 1 1 0 2 0 10 6 60% 66 6 9% 39 15 38% 257 37 14% 21 11 52% 15 14 93% 0
2011 28 TOT NL 722 71% 193 42 12 2 1 0 1 0.51 2 0 14 1 1 2 0 0 6 5 83% 79 6 8% 41 13 32% 332 49 15% 25 10 40% 17 8 47% 0
2011 28 HOU NL 473 73% 130 31 10 2 1 0 1 0.51 1 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 67% 53 5 9% 27 5 19% 217 31 14% 17 6 35% 13 6 46% 0
2011 28 ATL NL 249 65% 63 11 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 100% 26 1 4% 14 8 57% 115 18 16% 8 4 50% 4 2 50% 0
2012 29 ATL NL 240 66% 66 8 3 1 0 0 0 0.17 5 0 7 4 1 1 4 0 0 0 30 0 0% 12 3 25% 107 12 11% 8 3 38% 4 4 100% 0
7 Yrs 2903 74% 715 178 59 32 5 0 1 0.99 18 0 47 12 6 9 9 0 46 26 57% 348 17 5% 170 60 35% 1305 161 12% 89 42 47% 72 48 67% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 51% 56%

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
2006 23 PHI NL 11 32 2.91 19 59% 32% 26% 5% 37% 68% 0% 41% 62% 27% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 9% 1 0 33% 0 0 0
2007 24 PHI NL 134 533 3.98 320 60% 30% 14% 24% 31% 70% 4% 42% 79% 22% 5% 7 0 16% 22 5 10% 14 9 14% -1 0 0
2008 25 HOU NL 515 2020 3.92 1268 63% 32% 14% 26% 29% 68% 0% 43% 79% 26% 5% 26 0 14% 71 20 11% 56 30 34% -1 0 0
2009 26 HOU NL 680 2742 4.03 1677 61% 32% 14% 25% 28% 68% 0% 42% 79% 25% 5% 33 0 12% 83 20 9% 58 24 26% -2 0 0
2010 27 HOU NL 605 2435 4.02 1496 61% 32% 13% 26% 29% 68% 2% 42% 81% 23% 5% 30 1 13% 81 25 12% 75 29 30% 0 0 0
2011 28 TOT NL 723 2820 3.90 1765 63% 31% 14% 25% 30% 69% 1% 43% 79% 27% 4% 29 0 14% 101 31 9% 68 28 26% -1 0 0
2011 28 HOU NL 474 1850 3.90 1132 61% 32% 14% 24% 30% 68% 0% 42% 80% 27% 5% 22 0 15% 71 20 10% 48 16 29% -1 0 0
2011 28 ATL NL 249 970 3.90 633 65% 29% 15% 27% 29% 71% 1% 47% 79% 26% 3% 7 0 12% 30 11 8% 20 12 20% 0 0 0
2012 29 ATL NL 240 966 4.03 596 62% 30% 14% 26% 30% 70% 1% 43% 81% 20% 5% 11 0 15% 37 13 8% 18 6 17% 0 0 0
7 Yrs 2908 11548 3.97 7141 62% 31% 14% 26% 29% 69% 1% 42% 80% 25% 5% 136 1 14% 395 114 10% 290 126 27% -5 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 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
2006 23 17 11 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 .125 .222 .125 .347 -9 1 0 0 2 0 0
2007 24 122 144 127 31 34 3 3 1 6 19 3 14 24 .268 .340 .362 .703 79 46 1 0 3 0 2
2008 25 260 658 594 88 141 13 7 6 35 60 13 51 135 .237 .299 .313 .613 62 186 4 2 10 1 2
2009 26 417 1336 1200 185 314 40 19 9 70 121 25 114 275 .262 .327 .349 .676 80 419 5 4 15 3 3
2010 27 558 1941 1735 269 456 65 25 11 108 173 37 173 384 .263 .331 .348 .679 83 604 11 7 21 5 8
2011 28 716 2663 2391 363 649 99 35 13 158 234 51 226 524 .271 .336 .358 .694 88 857 17 11 26 9 11
2012 29 768 2903 2612 400 715 109 38 18 174 248 56 245 566 .274 .338 .365 .703 90 954 17 11 26 9 12

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
2006 23 17 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 17
2007 24 105 130 117 26 31 3 3 1 5 17 12 21 .265 .333 .368 .701 14 105
2008 25 138 514 467 57 107 10 4 5 29 41 37 111 .229 .288 .300 .588 40 138
2009 26 157 681 608 99 175 27 12 3 36 62 64 140 .288 .357 .387 .743 84 157
2010 27 141 612 540 89 147 26 6 2 40 54 61 109 .272 .348 .354 .702 66 141
2011 28 158 736 667 103 204 36 11 2 55 64 56 140 .306 .361 .402 .763 96 158
2012 29 52 244 224 40 69 10 3 5 17 15 20 42 .308 .365 .446 .811 37 52
7 Yrs 768 2928 2631 414 733 112 39 18 182 254 251 566 .279 .343 .371 .714 337 768
162 Game Avg. 162 618 555 87 155 24 8 4 38 54 53 119 .279 .343 .371 .714 71 768

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2010 *

Gold Gloves
2009 NL (OF)
2010 NL (OF)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2012 NL  2.9 (1st)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2009 NL  4.7 (10th)
2012 NL  2.9 (1st)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2010 NL  3.5 (1st)
2012 NL  1.2 (3rd)
Active  6.9 (40th)

Games Played s c a p y
2011 NL  158 (9th)
2012 NL  52 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
2009 NL  606 (9th)
2011 NL  656 (2nd)
2012 NL  221 (1st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2011 NL  722 (1st)
2012 NL  240 (1st)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2011 NL  94 (9th)
2012 NL  37 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
2011 NL  193 (3rd)
2012 NL  66 (2nd)

Total Bases s c a p y
2012 NL  97 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
2009 NL  12 (2nd)
2011 NL  10 (4th)
Active  38 (30th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2009 NL  140 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2008 NL  41 (4th)
2009 NL  61 (1st)
2010 NL  52 (1st)
2011 NL  61 (1st)
2012 NL  14 (5th)
Active  248 (17th)
Career  248 (226th)

Singles s c a p y
2009 NL  131 (4th)
2011 NL  147 (2nd)
2012 NL  48 (4th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2011 NL  250 (4th)
2012 NL  85 (6th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2008 NL  10 (7th)
2009 NL  12 (2nd)
2010 NL  12 (3rd)
2011 NL  14 (1st)
2012 NL  5 (2nd)
Active  56 (28th)

SB % s c a p y
2007 NL  94.74 (2nd)
2009 NL  83.56 (5th)
2010 NL  81.25 (9th)
Active  81.58 (17th)
Career  81.58 (31st)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2012 NL  7.4 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2011 NL  492 (2nd)
2012 NL  160 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 8 (286), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 29 (809), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 11 (1111), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1803), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Dave Fultz (955)
  6. Willy Taveras (953)
  7. Ward Miller (953)
  8. Mel Almada (952)
  9. Josh Devore (947)
  10. Harry Bay (946)
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  2. Max Flack (967)
  3. Bill North (964)
  4. Dave Collins (962)
  5. Brett Butler (959)
  6. Brian Hunter (957)
  7. Johnny Rucker (957)
  8. Bob Bescher (957)
  9. Mookie Wilson (955)
  10. Albie Pearson (955)
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  3. Brett Butler (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Rudy Law (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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