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Jeff Branson

Jeffery Glenn Branson

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 26, 1967 in Waynesboro, MS
High School: Southern Choctaw HS (Silas, AL)
School: University of West Alabama (Livingston, AL)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1988 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1992
Teams (by GP): Reds/Indians/Dodgers 1992-2001

Final Game: October 6, 2001
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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
1989	22	CIN-min	A	127	520	469	70	132	28	1	10	68	5	6	41	90	.281	.339	.409	.749		192	10	2	4	4	3		CDR · MIDW
1990	23	CIN-min	A,AA	125	514	472	56	109	22	5	8	53	14	4	37	92	.231	.285	.350	.634		165		0	1	4	5		CDR,CNG · MIDW,SOUL
1991	24	CIN-min	AA,AAA	131	497	449	45	115	17	4	2	39	8	11	39	82	.256	.314	.325	.639		146	5	1	3	5	4		CNG,NVL · SOUL,AA
1992	25	CIN-min	AAA	36	133	123	18	40	6	3	4	12	0	3	9	19	.325	.371	.520	.892		64	1	0	1	0	1		NVL · AA
1992	25	CIN	NL	72	123	115	12	34	7	1	0	15	0	1	5	16	.296	.322	.374	.696	94	43	4	0	2	1	2	4/56
1993	26	CIN	NL	125	412	381	40	92	15	1	3	22	4	1	19	73	.241	.275	.310	.584	57	118	4	0	8	4	2	645/3
1994	27	CIN	NL	58	116	109	18	31	4	1	6	16	0	0	5	16	.284	.316	.505	.820	111	55	4	0	2	0	2	45/63
1995	28	CIN	NL	122	384	331	43	86	18	2	12	45	2	1	44	69	.260	.345	.435	.780	106	144	9	2	1	6	14	*56/43
1996	29	CIN	NL	129	353	311	34	76	16	4	9	37	2	0	31	67	.244	.312	.408	.720	89	127	9	1	7	3	4	564
1997	30	CIN-min	AAA	15	64	57	7	12	3	0	1	4	0	0	6	10	.211	.286	.316	.602		18	1	0	1	0	0		INA · AA
1997	30	TOT	MLB	94	188	170	14	34	7	1	3	12	1	2	14	40	.200	.262	.306	.568	47	52	4	1	1	2	1	456/D
1997	30	CIN	NL	65	106	98	9	15	3	1	1	5	1	0	7	23	.153	.210	.235	.444	16	23	3	0	1	0	1	546
1997	30	CLE	AL	29	82	72	5	19	4	0	2	7	0	2	7	17	.264	.329	.403	.732	88	29	1	1	0	2	0	4/56D
1998	31	CLE-min	AAA	12	51	46	5	12	4	1	0	2	0	0	5	9	.261	.333	.391	.725		18	0	0	0	0	1		BFL · IL
1998	31	CLE	AL	63	105	100	6	20	4	1	1	9	0	0	3	21	.200	.221	.290	.511	30	29	1	0	1	1	0	45/36

1999	32	CIN-min	AAA	124	480	430	57	109	18	2	7	56	2	2	46	86	.253	.326	.353	.679		152	3	1	1	2	3		INA · IL
2000	33	LAD-min	AAA	108	365	332	45	96	23	2	5	41	6	4	27	71	.289	.339	.416	.755		138	3	0	2	4	3		ABQ · PCL
2000	33	LAD	NL	18	18	17	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.235	.278	.294	.572	49	5	1	0	0	0	0	/645
2001	34	LAD-min	AAA	96	323	289	28	79	18	0	4	20	3	2	26	71	.273	.334	.377	.712		109	4	2	3	3	2		LVG · PCL
2001	34	LAD	NL	13	21	21	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.286	.286	.286	.571	54	6	0	0	0	0	0	/465
2002	35	LAD-min	AAA	88	260	233	30	57	15	1	3	26	0	1	20	53	.245	.310	.356	.666		83	5	2	5	0	0		LVG · PCL
9 Yrs				694	1720	1555	173	383	72	11	34	156	9	5	122	312	.246	.300	.372	.672	77	579	36	4	22	17	25
162 Game Avg.				162	401	363	40	89	17	3	8	36	2	1	28	73	.246	.300	.372	.672	77	135	8	1	5	4	6

CIN (6 yrs)				571	1494	1345	156	334	63	10	31	140	9	3	111	264	.248	.304	.379	.683	81	510	33	3	21	14	25
LAD (2 yrs)				31	39	38	6	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.263	.282	.289	.572	52	11	1	0	0	0	0
CLE (2 yrs)				92	187	172	11	39	8	1	3	16	0	2	10	38	.227	.269	.337	.606	55	58	2	1	1	3	0

NL (8 yrs)				602	1533	1383	162	344	64	10	31	140	9	3	112	274	.249	.304	.377	.680	80	521	34	3	21	14	25
AL (2 yrs)				92	187	172	11	39	8	1	3	16	0	2	10	38	.227	.269	.337	.606	55	58	2	1	1	3	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
1992	25	CIN	NL	72	123	-2	-0	0	-5	1	-6	-0.7	3	-2	-0.3	.491	.496	0.2	-0.5	2	$	4/56
1993	26	CIN	NL	125	412	-24	2	2	-8	4	-24	-2.5	11	-13	-1.3	.480	.484	-0.6	-0.3	-5	$157,500	645/3
1994	27	CIN	NL	58	116	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0.1	3	4	0.4	.502	.501	0.4	0.2	4	$190,000	45/63
1995	28	CIN	NL	122	384	-3	1	-1	9	3	10	1.0	10	20	2.1	.508	.506	1.1	1.3	11	$300,000	*56/43
1996	29	CIN	NL	129	353	-8	0	-0	-4	3	-8	-1.0	10	2	0.0	.494	.495	0.5	-0.1	5	$425,000	564
1997	30	CIN	NL	65	106	-12	0	1	1	1	-8	-0.9	3	-6	-0.6	.486	.495	-0.7	0.2	-7	$550,000	546
1997	30	CLE	AL	29	82	-2	-1	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	3	0	0.1	.492	.499	0.0	0.1	0	$	4/56D
1998	31	CLE	AL	63	105	-12	-1	0	-0	1	-12	-1.1	4	-8	-0.8	.482	.493	-0.8	0.1	-8	$550,000	45/36

2000	33	LAD	NL	18	18	-1	0	-0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.495	.499	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/645
2001	34	LAD	NL	13	21	-1	-0	0	-0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.487	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/465
9 Seasons				694	1720	-64	2	1	-7	15	-53	-5.4	48	-5	-0.6	.492	.497	0.0	0.9	2	$2,172,500

CIN (6 yrs)				571	1494	-48	4	1	-6	13	-36	-3.8	41	5	0.3	.493	.496	0.9	0.7	11	$1,622,500
LAD (2 yrs)				31	39	-3	0	-0	-1	1	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.491	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$
CLE (2 yrs)				92	187	-14	-2	0	0	1	-14	-1.3	6	-8	-0.7	.485	.496	-0.8	0.2	-8	$550,000

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
1992	25	CIN	NL	123	89	13	4.0	95	.340	.296	.264	.322	.330	.374	.388	.696	.718	94	.478	-1.1	-0.1	.547	.113	.078
1993	26	CIN	NL	412	306	34	3.0	104	.288	.241	.271	.275	.336	.310	.413	.584	.749	57	.308	-24.0	-2.4	.476	.126	.068	3.4
1994	27	CIN	NL	116	84	16	5.1	108	.287	.284	.273	.316	.340	.505	.427	.820	.768	111	.517	0.9	0.1	.732	.266	.220	.0
1995	28	CIN	NL	384	262	50	5.1	106	.289	.260	.270	.345	.339	.435	.419	.780	.758	106	.526	3.6	0.4	.749	.311	.175	3.4
1996	29	CIN	NL	353	254	39	4.1	107	.282	.244	.270	.312	.339	.408	.422	.720	.761	89	.427	-5.7	-0.6	.660	.270	.164	3.3
1997	30	TOT	MLB	188	145	14	2.6	111	.240	.200	.274	.262	.345	.306	.431	.568	.776	47	.231	-13.9	-1.3	.465	.182	.106	1.5
1997	30	CIN	NL	106	87	5	1.5	110	.189	.153	.273	.210	.345	.235	.428	.444	.773	16	.108	-12.8	-1.2	.360	.163	.082	1.0
1997	30	CLE	AL	82	58	9	4.2	112	.309	.264	.275	.329	.345	.403	.434	.732	.779	88	.402	-1.1	-0.1	.625	.208	.139	.0
1998	31	CLE	AL	105	83	6	1.9	112	.241	.200	.275	.221	.344	.290	.438	.511	.783	30	.140	-10.8	-1.0	.395	.120	.090	.0

2000	33	LAD	NL	18	14	1	1.9	111	.364	.235	.266	.278	.342	.294	.434	.572	.777	49	.133	-1.3	-0.1	.429	.118	.059
2001	34	LAD	NL	21	15	2	3.6	104	.353	.286	.259	.286	.329	.286	.424	.571	.753	54	.348	-1.4	-0.1	.400	.000	.000
9 Yrs				1720	1252	175	3.8	106	.285	.246	.270	.300	.339	.372	.419	.672	.758	77	.389	-53.7	-5.2	.585	.207	.126	14.2
162 Game Avg.				401	292	41	3.8	106	.285	.246	.270	.300	.339	.372	.419	.672	.758	77	.389	-53.7	-5.2	.585	.207	.126	3

CIN (6 yrs)				1494	1082	157	3.9	105	.285	.248	.270	.304	.338	.379	.417	.683	.755	81	.412	-39.1	-3.8	.602	.218	.131	14.0
LAD (2 yrs)				39	29	3	2.8	107	.357	.263	.262	.282	.335	.289	.429	.572	.764	52	.242	-2.8	-0.3	.414	.053	.026
CLE (2 yrs)				187	141	15	2.8	112	.269	.227	.275	.269	.345	.337	.437	.606	.781	55	.250	-11.9	-1.1	.489	.157	.110	.0

NL (8 yrs)				1533	1111	160	3.9	105	.287	.249	.270	.304	.338	.377	.417	.680	.755	80	.407	-41.8	-4.1	.597	.213	.128	14.0
AL (2 yrs)				187	141	15	2.8	112	.269	.227	.275	.269	.345	.337	.437	.606	.781	55	.250	-11.9	-1.1	.489	.157	.110	.0

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
1995	28	CIN	NL	NLDS	LAD	W	3	9	7	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	.286	.444	.429	.873	3	1	0	0	0	1
1995	28	CIN	NL	NLCS	ATL	L	4	10	9	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.111	.111	.222	.333	2	0	0	1	0	0

1997	30	CLE	AL	ALCS	BAL	W	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	30	CLE	AL	WS	FLA	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	31	CLE	AL	ALCS	NYY	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs (5 Series)							10	23	20	2	3	2	0	0	2	1	0	2	5	.150	.227	.250	.477	5	1	0	1	0	1
1 NLDS							3	9	7	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	.286	.444	.429	.873	3	1	0	0	0	1
1 NLCS							4	10	9	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.111	.111	.222	.333	2	0	0	1	0	0
2 ALCS							2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	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
1992	25	CIN	NL	123	0.0%	13.0%	4.1%	6.5%	24%	3.20	7.2		7.7	0.87	1.57	81%	24%	0.0%	13%
1993	26	CIN	NL	412	0.7%	17.7%	4.6%	4.6%	21%	3.84	5.2	127.0	17.3	1.10	1.54	75%	21%	2.5%	19%
1994	27	CIN	NL	116	5.2%	13.8%	4.3%	9.5%	36%	3.20	6.8	18.2	6.8	1.04	1.34	75%	14%	15.8%	16%
1995	28	CIN	NL	384	3.1%	18.0%	11.5%	8.3%	37%	1.57	4.8	27.6	7.4	0.75	1.02	67%	22%	9.8%	19%
1996	29	CIN	NL	353	2.6%	19.0%	8.8%	8.2%	38%	2.16	4.6	34.6	8.4	0.59	0.94	67%	24%	6.6%	11%
1997	30	TOT	MLB	188	1.6%	21.3%	7.5%	5.9%	32%	2.86	4.3	56.7	14.2	0.94	1.15	69%	17%	5.9%	23%
1997	30	CIN	NL	106	0.9%	21.7%	6.6%	4.7%	33%	3.29	4.3	98.0	19.6	0.92	1.14	70%	16%	3.6%	26%
1997	30	CLE	AL	82	2.4%	20.7%	8.5%	7.3%	32%	2.43	4.2	36.0	10.3	0.96	1.17	67%	19%	8.7%	18%
1998	31	CLE	AL	105	1.0%	20.0%	2.9%	5.7%	30%	7.00	4.8	100.0	11.1	0.67	0.94	75%	19%	2.4%	13%

2000	33	LAD	NL	18	0.0%	33.3%	5.6%	5.6%	25%	6.00	2.8			0.38	0.60	61%	27%	0.0%	38%
2001	34	LAD	NL	21	0.0%	19.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.3			0.70	0.83	81%	29%	0.0%	10%
9 Yrs				1720	2.0%	18.1%	7.1%	6.8%	31%	2.56	5.0	45.7	10.0	0.83	1.17	71%	21%	6.0%	17%
MLB Averages					2.7%	16.3%	9.0%	7.7%	33%	1.82	5.4	33.3	7.5	0.80	1.08	70%	22%	7.9%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1992	25	CIN	NL	-1.0	-0.1	125	0.8	2.7	-1.9	1.04	-0.1	0.9	-0.6	-0.1	1.07	-2.1	1.51	34
1993	26	CIN	NL	-24.5	-2.4	424	-2.7	4.7	-7.4	.97	-2.4	-0.4	-26.8	-2.7	0.94	-25.7	1.32	17
1994	27	CIN	NL	0.9	0.1	117	-0.0	1.8	-1.8	.92	-0.0	-0.0	4.0	0.4	0.90	2.7	1.07	19
1995	28	CIN	NL	3.2	0.3	392	-0.9	5.6	-6.4	.92	-0.1	-0.8	-4.3	-0.4	0.96	0.5	1.15	11
1996	29	CIN	NL	-6.1	-0.6	358	-0.4	5.9	-6.3	1.01	-0.3	-0.0	-9.5	-0.9	0.92	-3.3	0.91	20
1997	30	TOT	MLB	-13.9	-1.3	194	-1.3	2.3	-3.6	.96	-1.1	-0.3	-14.1	-1.3	0.90	-12.6	1.17	24
1997	30	CIN	NL	-12.8	-1.2	108	-1.2	1.2	-2.4	1.05	-1.0	-0.1	-10.7	-1.0	0.95	-11.3	1.03	20
1997	30	CLE	AL	-1.1	-0.1	86	-0.2	1.1	-1.3	.84	-0.1	-0.1	-3.3	-0.3	0.85	-1.3	1.88	4
1998	31	CLE	AL	-10.8	-1.0	105	-1.0	1.5	-2.6	1.13	-1.0	0.1	-12.9	-1.2	0.93	-11.1	1.52	20

2000	33	LAD	NL	-1.3	-0.1	19	0.2	0.7	-0.5	1.44	-0.0	0.2	-1.7	-0.2	0.89	-1.3	0.88	2
2001	34	LAD	NL	-1.4	-0.1	21	-0.3	0.2	-0.4	1.00	-0.1	-0.2	-2.0	-0.2	0.77	-1.6	1.94	5
9 Yrs				-55.0	-5.4	1755	-5.6	25.4	-31.0	.98	-5.3	-0.4	-68.0	-6.6	0.94	-54.5	1.28	152

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1992	25	CIN	NL	1	0	31%	53	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	31%	9	7	2	1	0	1	6	4	2
1993	26	CIN	NL	4	0	34%	159	4	1	80%	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	46%	19	13	6	7	4	3	9	2	7
1994	27	CIN	NL	0	0	40%	40	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	70%	1	1	0	3	0	3	6	2	4
1995	28	CIN	NL	2	0	26%	122	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	11	36%	14	12	2	1	1	0	13	5	8
1996	29	CIN	NL	2	0	25%	130	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	44%	16	10	6	0	0	0	11	3	6
1997	30	TOT	MLB	2	0	24%	73	1	2	33%	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	24%	10	10	0	6	4	2	5	2	3
1997	30	CIN	NL	2	0	38%	39	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	36%	3	3	0	3	2	1	5	2	3
1997	30	CLE	AL	0	0	12%	34	0	2	0%	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	10%	7	7	0	3	2	1	0	0	0
1998	31	CLE	AL	0	0	23%	31	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	1

2000	33	LAD	NL	0	0	60%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	34	LAD	NL	0	0	50%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
9 Yrs				11	0	29%	629	9	5	64%	8	4	1	0	0	1	3	0	7	34	39%	73	56	17	20	11	9	53	20	31

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
1992	25	CIN	NL	123	93%	34	10	1	34	13	0	9	1.51	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	31	4	13%	16	7	44%	100	16	16%	12	7	58%	3	3	100%	0
1993	26	CIN	NL	412	76%	92	15	2	17	6	0	1	1.32	3	0	7	2	1	2	1	0	9	8	89%	67	4	6%	45	16	36%	232	19	8%	18	7	39%	20	9	45%	0
1994	27	CIN	NL	116	82%	31	4	0	19	5	0	3	1.07	6	0	4	5	1	1	5	0	3	2	67%	15	4	27%	6	4	67%	58	10	17%	3	2	67%	2	2	100%	0
1995	28	CIN	NL	384	89%	86	4	0	11	1	0	0	1.15	12	0	9	12	0	9	3	0	2	1	50%	77	9	12%	42	13	31%	263	36	14%	30	17	57%	17	9	53%	0
1996	29	CIN	NL	353	81%	76	4	0	20	3	0	2	0.91	9	0	11	7	2	5	4	0	11	7	64%	58	9	16%	33	20	61%	196	31	16%	22	13	59%	14	8	57%	0
1997	30	TOT	MLB	188	90%	34	4	0	24	4	0	1	1.17	3	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	1	1	100%	39	4	10%	14	6	43%	104	9	9%	7	3	43%	7	3	43%	0
1997	30	CIN	NL	106	89%	15	3	0	20	3	0	0	1.03	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	25	3	12%	9	2	22%	62	4	6%	3	0	0%	5	2	40%	0
1997	30	CLE	AL	82	91%	19	1	0	4	1	0	1	1.88	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		14	1	7%	5	4	80%	42	5	12%	4	3	75%	2	1	50%	0
1998	31	CLE	AL	105	88%	20	1	0	20	6	0	5	1.52	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	18	1	6%	13	3	23%	71	9	13%	9	3	33%	3	1	33%	0

2000	33	LAD	NL	18	72%	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.88	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	3	0	0%	9	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
2001	34	LAD	NL	21	90%	6	1	0	5	0	0	0	1.94	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	1	100%	8	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
9 Yrs				1720	84%	383	43	3	152	38	0	21	1.28	34	0	36	30	4	21	13	0	29	22	76%	309	36	12%	173	70	40%	1041	130	12%	102	52	51%	68	36	53%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			73%			10%			35%			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
1992	25	CIN	NL	124	434	3.50	297	68%	17%	12%	36%	34%	83%	6%	57%	85%	47%	6%	7	1	13%	16	8	6%	8	5	25%	-1	0	0
1993	26	CIN	NL	382	1354	3.54	888	66%	20%	15%	32%	33%	80%	1%	52%	81%	42%	4%	16	1	12%	45	23	6%	24	18	27%	30	0	2
1994	27	CIN	NL	113	360	3.19	236	66%	19%	15%	26%	39%	80%	5%	53%	81%	43%	6%	7	0	11%	12	3	4%	5	5	33%	3	0	1
1995	28	CIN	NL	342	1354	3.96	794	59%	18%	18%	36%	29%	82%	10%	48%	79%	36%	8%	28	2	19%	65	32	10%	33	25	21%	42	0	0
1996	29	CIN	NL	341	1282	3.76	792	62%	17%	19%	33%	31%	83%	3%	51%	77%	41%	6%	19	2	15%	51	28	8%	27	19	22%	12	1	1
1997	30	TOT	MLB	160	612	3.83	399	65%	22%	17%	34%	28%	78%	0%	51%	79%	38%	3%	5	0	9%	15	10	7%	11	7	22%	28	0	0
1997	30	CIN	NL	89	324	3.64	217	67%	18%	18%	35%	29%	82%	1%	55%	78%	40%	2%	2	0	11%	10	8	6%	5	2	14%	17	0	0
1997	30	CLE	AL	71	288	4.06	182	63%	26%	14%	33%	26%	74%	0%	47%	81%	34%	4%	3	0	7%	5	2	8%	6	5	33%	11	0	0
1998	31	CLE	AL	105	397	3.78	258	65%	21%	17%	31%	31%	79%	0%	51%	79%	32%	6%	6	0	12%	13	4	7%	7	7	19%	0	0	0

2000	33	LAD	NL	18	61	3.39	41	67%	27%	29%	17%	27%	73%	0%	49%	60%	28%	6%	1	0	6%	1	0	0%	0	0	17%	0	0	0
2001	34	LAD	NL	21	77	3.67	50	65%	22%	18%	26%	34%	78%	0%	51%	77%	29%	10%	2	0	19%	4	2	10%	2	2	0%	0	0	0
9 Yrs				1606	5931	3.69	3755	63%	19%	17%	33%	31%	81%	4%	51%	79%	40%	6%	91	6	14%	222	110	7%	117	88	23%	114	1	4
MLB Averages						3.70		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	46%	80%	30%	6%			16%			9%			28%

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
1992	25	72	123	115	12	34	7	1	0	15	0	1	5	16	.296	.322	.374	.696	94	43	4	0	2	1	2
1993	26	197	535	496	52	126	22	2	3	37	4	2	24	89	.254	.286	.325	.610	65	161	8	0	10	5	4
1994	27	255	651	605	70	157	26	3	9	53	4	2	29	105	.260	.291	.357	.648	74	216	12	0	12	5	6
1995	28	377	1035	936	113	243	44	5	21	98	6	3	73	174	.260	.311	.385	.696	85	360	21	2	13	11	20
1996	29	506	1388	1247	147	319	60	9	30	135	8	3	104	241	.256	.311	.391	.702	86	487	30	3	20	14	24
1997	30	600	1576	1417	161	353	67	10	33	147	9	5	118	281	.249	.305	.380	.686	81	539	34	4	21	16	25
1998	31	663	1681	1517	167	373	71	11	34	156	9	5	121	302	.246	.300	.374	.675	78	568	35	4	22	17	25
1999	32	663	1681	1517	167	373	71	11	34	156	9	5	121	302	.246	.300	.374	.675	78	568	35	4	22	17	25
2000	33	681	1699	1534	170	377	72	11	34	156	9	5	122	308	.246	.300	.374	.673	78	573	36	4	22	17	25
2001	34	694	1720	1555	173	383	72	11	34	156	9	5	122	312	.246	.300	.372	.672	77	579	36	4	22	17	25

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1992	25	72	124	116	13	35	7	1	0	16	0	5	16	.302	.328	.379	.707	15	72
1993	26	125	411	380	39	91	15	1	3	21	4	19	73	.239	.273	.308	.581	32	125
1994	27	82	163	153	25	43	6	1	8	22	0	7	23	.281	.313	.490	.803	24	58
1995	28	137	428	370	47	94	20	2	13	49	2	48	78	.254	.337	.424	.762	54	122
1996	29	129	349	308	32	73	15	4	9	34	2	30	67	.237	.304	.399	.703	37	129
1997	30	94	187	169	13	33	7	1	3	11	1	14	40	.195	.258	.302	.560	13	94
1998	31	63	104	99	6	19	4	1	1	8	0	3	21	.192	.214	.283	.496	6	63

2000	33	18	17	16	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.188	.235	.250	.485	1	18
2001	34	13	22	22	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.318	.318	.318	.636	2	13
9 Yrs		733	1805	1633	180	398	75	11	37	161	9	127	328	.244	.297	.371	.668	184	694
162 Game Avg.		162	399	361	40	88	17	2	8	36	2	28	72	.244	.297	.371	.668	41	694

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1995 NL 1.3 (8th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1995 NL 6 (8th)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1995 NL 14 (2nd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1995 NL 1.3 (8th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1995 NL 6 (8th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1995 NL 14 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 1 (2224), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 2 (2725), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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