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Ryan Braun

Ryan Joseph Braun (Hebrew Hammer)

Positions: Leftfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 17, 1983 in Mission Hills, CA
High School: Granada Hills HS (Granada Hills, CA)
School: University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 18, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 25, 2007
Team: Brewers 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2020, 8 yrs/$45M (08-15), 5 yrs/$105M (16-20) & 21 mutual option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.129, Free Agent: 2021 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Nez Balelo), previously: Paragon/Joe Longo [*]
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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
2007 23 MIL NL 113 492 451 91 146 26 6 34 97 15 5 29 112 .324 .370 .634 1.004 154 286 13 7 0 5 1 *5 MVP-24,RoY-1
2008 24 MIL NL 151 663 611 92 174 39 7 37 106 14 4 42 129 .285 .335 .553 .888 130 338 13 6 0 4 4 *7/D AS,MVP-3,SS
2009 25 MIL NL 158 708 635 113 203 39 6 32 114 20 6 57 121 .320 .386 .551 .937 146 350 6 13 0 3 1 *7 AS,MVP-11,SS
2010 26 MIL NL 157 685 619 101 188 45 1 25 103 14 3 56 105 .304 .365 .501 .866 131 310 17 6 0 3 1 *7/D AS,MVP-15,SS
2011 27 MIL NL 150 629 563 109 187 38 6 33 111 33 6 58 93 .332 .397 .597 .994 166 336 9 5 0 3 2 *7/D AS,MVP-1,SS
2012 28 MIL NL 47 205 178 34 56 8 2 14 36 10 3 20 37 .315 .395 .618 1.013 169 110 3 5 0 2 1 *7
6 Yrs 776 3382 3057 540 954 195 28 175 567 106 27 262 597 .312 .372 .566 .938 146 1730 61 42 0 20 10
162 Game Avg. 162 706 638 113 199 41 6 37 118 22 6 55 125 .312 .372 .566 .938 146 361 13 9 0 4 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
2007 23 MIL NL 113 492 37 1 -1 -32 1 6 0.6 13 19 1.8 .505 .503 5.0 -3.0 51 $ *5 MVP-24,RoY-1
2008 24 MIL NL 151 663 24 1 1 7 -7 27 2.6 18 44 4.3 .518 .517 3.7 0.0 37 $455,000 *7/D AS,MVP-3,SS
2009 25 MIL NL 158 708 44 4 3 -4 -7 40 4.1 19 60 5.9 .526 .525 6.3 -1.1 64 $1,032,500 *7 AS,MVP-11,SS
2010 26 MIL NL 157 685 30 4 -0 9 -7 35 3.7 19 54 5.5 .524 .523 4.5 0.2 45 $1,287,500 *7/D AS,MVP-15,SS
2011 27 MIL NL 150 629 54 4 1 3 -7 55 6.0 17 73 7.7 .539 .537 7.3 -0.3 70 $4,287,500 *7/D AS,MVP-1,SS
2012 28 MIL NL 47 205 16 0 0 4 -2 18 2.0 6 24 2.6 .541 .512 2.1 0.3 20 $ *7
6 Seasons 776 3382 204 15 4 -13 -28 181 18.9 92 273 27.8 .524 .519 28.9 -3.9 286 $7,062,500

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
2007 23 MIL NL 492 328 102 8.4 111 .361 .324 .273 .370 .342 .634 .436 1.004 .778 154 .713 33.6 3.1 1.028 .397 .310 20.8
2008 24 MIL NL 663 458 111 6.5 106 .305 .285 .265 .335 .336 .553 .423 .888 .759 130 .626 23.8 2.3 .872 .354 .268 20.3
2009 25 MIL NL 708 447 140 8.4 105 .353 .320 .263 .386 .336 .551 .418 .937 .755 146 .735 42.0 4.0 .977 .343 .231 24.6
2010 26 MIL NL 685 454 113 6.6 102 .331 .304 .262 .365 .332 .501 .413 .866 .745 131 .664 27.7 2.7 .849 .305 .197 17.9
2011 27 MIL NL 629 394 138 9.4 101 .350 .332 .263 .397 .330 .597 .409 .994 .739 166 .799 51.4 5.1 1.090 .416 .265 33.0
2012 28 MIL NL 205 130 45 9.3 102 .326 .315 .262 .395 .330 .618 .414 1.013 .744 169 .789 17.2 1.7 1.109 .455 .303 11.7
6 Yrs 3382 2211 649 7.9 105 .338 .312 .265 .372 .335 .566 .419 .938 .753 146 .717 195.7 18.8 .964 .365 .254 132.0
162 Game Avg. 706 462 135 7.9 105 .338 .312 .265 .372 .335 .566 .419 .938 .753 146 .717 41 4 .964 .365 .254 28

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
2008 24 MIL NL NLDS PHI L 4 17 16 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .313 .294 .438 .732 7 0 0 0 1 0
2011 27 MIL NL NLDS ARI W 5 21 18 5 9 4 0 1 4 1 0 3 3 .500 .571 .889 1.460 16 0 0 0 0 0
2011 27 MIL NL NLCS STL L 6 26 24 2 8 3 0 1 6 0 0 1 6 .333 .385 .583 .968 14 0 1 0 0 0
2 Yrs (3 Series) 15 64 58 7 22 9 0 2 12 1 0 4 13 .379 .422 .638 1.060 37 0 1 0 1 0
2 NLDS 9 38 34 5 14 6 0 1 6 1 0 3 7 .412 .447 .676 1.124 23 0 0 0 1 0
1 NLCS 6 26 24 2 8 3 0 1 6 0 0 1 6 .333 .385 .583 .968 14 0 1 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
2008 MIL NL 24 as LF 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 MIL NL 25 as RF 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 MIL NL 26 as LF 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
2011 MIL NL 27 DNP
4 Yrs (3 GP) 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 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
2007 23 MIL NL 492 6.9% 22.8% 5.9% 13.4% 45% 3.86 4.0 13.3 4.6 0.68 0.91 63% 17% 19.2% 13%
2008 24 MIL NL 663 5.6% 19.5% 6.3% 12.5% 48% 3.07 4.7 16.5 5.8 0.63 0.76 68% 15% 14.6% 14%
2009 25 MIL NL 708 4.5% 17.1% 8.1% 10.9% 38% 2.12 5.2 19.8 5.6 0.90 1.13 69% 21% 14.1% 16%
2010 26 MIL NL 685 3.7% 15.3% 8.2% 10.4% 38% 1.88 5.9 24.8 6.0 0.94 1.18 72% 19% 11.2% 15%
2011 27 MIL NL 629 5.3% 14.8% 9.2% 12.2% 41% 1.60 6.1 17.1 5.1 0.75 1.03 70% 22% 13.6% 10%
2012 28 MIL NL 205 6.8% 18.1% 9.8% 11.7% 43% 1.85 4.8 12.7 4.9 0.70 0.96 63% 14% 18.4% 10%
6 Yrs 3382 5.2% 17.7% 7.8% 11.8% 42% 2.28 5.1 17.5 5.4 0.78 1.00 68% 19% 14.6% 14%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.0% 8.5% 7.8% 33% 2.11 4.9 34.6 7.9 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2007 23 MIL NL 33.6 3.1 517 2.2 11.0 -8.7 .97 4.0 -1.7 35.1 3.2 0.93 45.2 3.64 1
2008 24 MIL NL 23.8 2.3 690 3.8 14.8 -11.0 .97 3.2 0.8 24.7 2.4 0.93 33.9 1.77 2
2009 25 MIL NL 42.0 4.0 751 4.4 15.6 -11.2 .98 4.5 0.0 51.6 4.9 0.96 50.7 3.62 1
2010 26 MIL NL 27.7 2.7 719 3.0 13.9 -10.9 .93 3.5 -0.3 39.1 3.8 0.95 41.2 2.08 2
2011 27 MIL NL 51.4 5.1 676 6.4 15.5 -9.0 .94 6.7 0.1 65.0 6.3 1.00 66.3 2.56 3
2012 28 MIL NL 17.2 1.7 219 2.1 5.0 -2.9 1.00 2.1 -0.1 20.2 1.9 0.93 23.3 0
6 Yrs 195.7 18.8 3572 22.0 75.7 -53.7 .96 24.1 -1.2 235.7 22.6 0.95 260.7 2.52 9

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
2007 23 MIL NL 7 0 39% 179 15 5 75% 10 4 5 1 0 0 2 1 2 19 46% 16 13 3 4 0 4 15 5 9
2008 24 MIL NL 7 0 30% 245 14 4 78% 8 1 6 2 0 1 4 0 3 8 47% 35 26 9 8 2 6 12 1 11
2009 25 MIL NL 8 0 34% 268 20 6 77% 11 5 9 1 0 0 4 1 5 22 50% 41 26 15 10 3 7 17 5 12
2010 26 MIL NL 9 1 34% 294 14 3 82% 11 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 21 49% 38 26 11 11 6 5 28 6 22
2011 27 MIL NL 10 0 35% 274 33 6 85% 27 4 6 2 0 0 5 2 10 15 55% 23 15 8 11 3 7 17 3 13
2012 28 MIL NL 0 0 30% 74 10 3 77% 8 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 5 53% 9 7 2 4 1 3 6 1 5
6 Yrs 41 1 34% 1334 106 27 80% 75 20 31 6 0 1 20 5 23 90 50% 162 113 48 48 15 32 95 21 72

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
2007 23 MIL NL 492 26% 146 11 1 1 0 0 0 3.64 34 0 6 19 15 17 17 0 0 0 96 13 14% 43 13 30% 302 64 21% 31 17 55% 20 12 60% 0
2008 24 MIL NL 663 28% 174 29 3 2 1 0 0 1.77 37 1 13 28 9 23 14 0 0 0 129 13 10% 64 16 25% 404 71 18% 40 14 35% 44 23 52% 0
2009 25 MIL NL 708 20% 203 30 0 1 1 0 1 3.62 32 1 20 24 8 15 17 0 0 0 172 6 3% 63 22 35% 486 86 18% 41 23 56% 38 26 68% 0
2010 26 MIL NL 685 25% 188 27 4 2 0 0 0 2.08 25 1 17 20 5 13 12 0 0 0 152 17 11% 60 14 23% 440 81 18% 40 20 50% 33 21 64% 0
2011 27 MIL NL 629 22% 187 18 0 3 2 1 2 2.56 33 0 12 25 8 16 17 0 0 0 132 9 7% 55 15 27% 378 81 21% 35 21 60% 35 18 51% 0
2012 28 MIL NL 205 22% 56 7 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 4 10 4 8 6 0 0 0 38 3 8% 17 7 41% 122 22 18% 10 5 50% 11 8 73% 0
6 Yrs 3382 24% 954 122 8 9 4 1 3 2.52 175 3 72 126 49 92 83 0 0 0 719 61 8% 302 87 29% 2132 405 19% 197 100 51% 181 108 60% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 14% 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
2007 23 MIL NL 492 1821 3.70 1210 66% 22% 19% 30% 28% 78% 1% 52% 75% 36% 4% 20 0 11% 56 15 7% 33 21 16% 0 0 0
2008 24 MIL NL 663 2422 3.65 1611 67% 24% 17% 29% 30% 76% 2% 51% 78% 32% 5% 30 0 14% 94 33 7% 47 23 19% 0 0 0
2009 25 MIL NL 712 2583 3.63 1679 65% 29% 14% 26% 31% 71% 0% 46% 80% 29% 6% 42 0 16% 113 16 9% 63 25 17% -4 0 0
2010 26 MIL NL 686 2533 3.69 1592 63% 27% 15% 26% 33% 73% 0% 46% 80% 33% 6% 41 0 15% 105 19 9% 64 20 20% -1 0 0
2011 27 MIL NL 633 2488 3.93 1543 62% 29% 13% 27% 31% 71% 1% 44% 81% 26% 7% 47 1 18% 113 18 11% 71 36 15% -4 0 0
2012 28 MIL NL 205 817 3.99 521 64% 23% 17% 32% 27% 77% 1% 49% 77% 34% 5% 10 0 16% 33 11 11% 23 12 19% 0 0 0
6 Yrs 3391 12664 3.73 8156 64% 26% 16% 28% 30% 74% 1% 47% 79% 31% 6% 190 1 15% 514 112 9% 301 137 18% -9 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 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
2007 23 113 492 451 91 146 26 6 34 97 15 5 29 112 .324 .370 .634 1.004 154 286 13 7 0 5 1
2008 24 264 1155 1062 183 320 65 13 71 203 29 9 71 241 .301 .350 .588 .937 140 624 26 13 0 9 5
2009 25 422 1863 1697 296 523 104 19 103 317 49 15 128 362 .308 .363 .574 .937 143 974 32 26 0 12 6
2010 26 579 2548 2316 397 711 149 20 128 420 63 18 184 467 .307 .364 .554 .918 140 1284 49 32 0 15 7
2011 27 729 3177 2879 506 898 187 26 161 531 96 24 242 560 .312 .371 .563 .933 145 1620 58 37 0 18 9
2012 28 776 3382 3057 540 954 195 28 175 567 106 27 262 597 .312 .372 .566 .938 146 1730 61 42 0 20 10

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
2007 23 113 486 446 86 141 25 6 33 91 14 28 112 .316 .362 .621 .983 98 113
2008 24 151 662 610 91 173 39 7 37 105 14 42 129 .284 .334 .552 .886 111 151
2009 25 158 711 637 115 205 39 6 32 116 20 58 121 .322 .388 .553 .941 134 158
2010 26 157 688 622 104 191 46 1 25 106 14 57 105 .307 .369 .505 .874 115 157
2011 27 150 636 568 113 192 39 6 34 116 34 60 93 .338 .404 .607 1.011 138 150
2012 28 47 206 179 35 57 8 2 14 38 10 20 37 .318 .398 .620 1.018 44 47
6 Yrs 776 3389 3062 544 959 196 28 175 572 106 265 597 .313 .374 .567 .941 640 776
162 Game Avg. 162 707 639 114 200 41 6 37 119 22 55 125 .313 .374 .567 .941 134 776

* 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
2008 (LF)
2009 (RF)
2010 (LF)
2011

Awards (yr lg award)
2007 NL Rookie of the Year
2011 NL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2007 NL (24, 0%)
2008 NL (3, 31%)
2009 NL (11, 10%)
2010 NL (15, 4%)
2011 NL (1, 87%)
1 MVP
1.32 Career Shares (169th)

Silver Sluggers
2008 NL (OF)
2009 NL (OF)
2010 NL (OF)
2011 NL (OF)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2011 NL  7.7 (4th)
2012 NL  2.6 (4th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2009 NL  5.9 (8th)
2010 NL  5.5 (9th)
2011 NL  7.7 (2nd)
2012 NL  2.6 (4th)
Active  27.8 (37th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2007 NL  5.0 (8th)
2009 NL  6.3 (4th)
2011 NL  7.3 (2nd)
2012 NL  2.1 (5th)
Active  28.9 (36th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2009 NL  .320 (7th)
2010 NL  .304 (9th)
2011 NL  .332 (2nd)
Active  .312 (10th)
Career  .312 (89th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2011 NL  .397 (5th)
2012 NL  .395 (10th)
Active  .372 (25th)
Career  .372 (236th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2007 NL  .634 (1st)**
2008 NL  .553 (5th)
2009 NL  .551 (9th)
2011 NL  .597 (1st)
2012 NL  .618 (2nd)
Active  .566 (3rd)
Career  .566 (12th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2007 NL  1.004 (5th)**
2009 NL  .937 (8th)
2011 NL  .994 (1st)
2012 NL  1.013 (4th)
Active  .938 (8th)
Career  .938 (31st)

At Bats s c a p y
2008 NL  611 (10th)
2009 NL  635 (2nd)
2010 NL  619 (3rd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2009 NL  708 (3rd)
2010 NL  685 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2009 NL  113 (2nd)
2010 NL  101 (6th)
2011 NL  109 (2nd)
2012 NL  34 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
2009 NL  203 (1st)
2010 NL  188 (2nd)
2011 NL  187 (5th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2008 NL  338 (2nd)
2009 NL  350 (4th)
2010 NL  310 (5th)
2011 NL  336 (2nd)
2012 NL  110 (2nd)

Doubles s c a p y
2009 NL  39 (9th)
2010 NL  45 (2nd)
2011 NL  38 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
2008 NL  7 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2007 NL  34 (5th)
2008 NL  37 (4th)
2011 NL  33 (6th)
2012 NL  14 (2nd)
Active  175 (45th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2008 NL  106 (9th)
2009 NL  114 (4th)
2010 NL  103 (7th)
2011 NL  111 (4th)
2012 NL  36 (5th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2011 NL  33 (7th)
2012 NL  10 (10th)
Active  106 (49th)

Singles s c a p y
2009 NL  126 (7th)
2010 NL  117 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2009 NL  146 (6th)
2011 NL  166 (3rd)
2012 NL  169 (6th)
Active  146 (5th)
Career  146 (46th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2009 NL  140 (3rd)
2011 NL  138 (2nd)
2012 NL  45 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2009 NL  42 (5th)
2011 NL  51 (4th)
2012 NL  17 (5th)
Active  196 (27th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2009 NL  4.0 (5th)
2011 NL  5.1 (4th)
2012 NL  1.7 (5th)
Active  18.8 (26th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2008 NL  83 (1st)
2009 NL  77 (4th)
2010 NL  71 (7th)
2011 NL  77 (1st)
2012 NL  24 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2009 NL  273 (4th)
2010 NL  250 (9th)
2011 NL  250 (4th)
2012 NL  81 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2009 NL  .735 (6th)
2011 NL  .799 (1st)
2012 NL  .789 (5th)
Active  .717 (5th)
Career  .717 (53rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2009 NL  13 (4th)
2012 NL  5 (2nd)

SB % s c a p y
2010 NL  82.35 (8th)
Active  79.70 (23rd)
Career  79.70 (48th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2007 NL  20.8 (10th)
2009 NL  24.6 (7th)
2011 NL  33.0 (2nd)
2012 NL  11.7 (1st)
Active  132.0 (33rd)
Career  132.0 (243rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
2007 NL  13.3 (5th)**
2008 NL  16.5 (10th)
2011 NL  17.1 (9th)
2012 NL  12.7 (3rd)
Active  17.5 (15th)
Career  17.5 (61st)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2009 NL  51.63 (4th)
2010 NL  39.07 (7th)
2011 NL  65.04 (2nd)
2012 NL  20.25 (6th)
Active  235.73 (24th)
Career  235.73 (168th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2008 NL  3.8 (10th)
2009 NL  4.4 (7th)
2011 NL  6.4 (3rd)
2012 NL  2.1 (7th)
Active  22.0 (23rd)
Career  22.0 (154th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2007 NL  4.0 (9th)
2009 NL  4.5 (8th)
2011 NL  6.7 (1st)
2012 NL  2.1 (4th)
Active  24.1 (22nd)
Career  24.1 (145th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2009 NL  4.9 (4th)
2010 NL  3.8 (8th)
2011 NL  6.3 (2nd)
2012 NL  1.9 (7th)
Active  22.6 (24th)
Career  22.6 (176th)

                                         
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.
† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 9 (255), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 98 (230), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 80 (234), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 30 (306), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Josh Hamilton (893)
  2. Matt Kemp (892)
  3. Hunter Pence (877)
  4. Corey Hart (874)
  5. Andre Ethier (872)
  6. Kevin Youkilis (869)
  7. Johnny Frederick (869)
  8. Richard Hidalgo (868)
  9. Tony Conigliaro (867)
  10. George Selkirk (865)
Similar Batters through 27 
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  1. Chick Hafey (926) *
  2. Fred Lynn (916)
  3. Manny Ramirez (916)
  4. Dick Allen (911)
  5. Billy Williams (910) *
  6. Jim Thome (907)
  7. Raul Mondesi (904)
  8. Chipper Jones (904)
  9. Shawn Green (901)
  10. Mark Teixeira (900)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Carlos Gonzalez (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Carlos Gonzalez (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Manny Ramirez (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Chick Hafey (926) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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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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