Ben Broussard
Benjamin Isaac Broussard
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: September 24, 1976 in Beaumont, TX
High School: Hardin-Jefferson (Sour Lake, TX)
School: McNeese State University
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 2, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 22, 2002
Final Game: May 2, 2008
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Standard Batting

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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
2002 25 CLE AL 39 120 112 10 27 4 0 4 9 0 0 7 25 .241 .292 .384 .676 81 43 3 1 0 0 1 7/3D
2003 26 CLE AL 116 429 386 53 96 21 3 16 55 5 2 32 75 .249 .312 .443 .755 100 171 6 5 3 3 2 *3
2004 27 CLE AL 139 485 418 57 115 28 5 17 82 4 2 52 95 .275 .370 .488 .858 127 204 7 12 1 2 3 *3
2005 28 CLE AL 142 505 466 59 119 30 5 19 68 2 2 32 98 .255 .307 .464 .770 105 216 4 4 0 3 5 *3/D
2006 29 TOT AL 144 465 432 61 125 21 0 21 63 2 1 26 103 .289 .331 .484 .815 109 209 8 3 0 4 3 3D
2006 29 CLE AL 88 288 268 44 86 14 0 13 46 0 1 17 58 .321 .361 .519 .880 126 139 5 1 0 2 1 3
2006 29 SEA AL 56 177 164 17 39 7 0 8 17 2 0 9 45 .238 .282 .427 .709 83 70 3 2 0 2 2 D3
2007 30 SEA AL 99 264 240 27 66 10 0 7 29 2 0 17 50 .275 .330 .404 .734 96 97 7 4 0 3 2 397/D
2008 31 TEX AL 26 89 82 8 13 0 0 3 8 0 0 5 20 .159 .225 .268 .493 30 22 2 2 0 0 1 3
7 Seasons 705 2357 2136 275 561 114 13 87 314 15 7 171 466 .263 .324 .450 .775 105 962 37 31 4 15 17
162 Game Avg. 162 542 491 63 129 26 3 20 72 3 2 39 107 .263 .324 .450 .775 105 221 9 7 1 3 4
CLE (5 yrs) 524 1827 1650 223 443 97 13 69 260 11 7 140 351 .268 .332 .468 .801 112 773 25 23 4 10 12
SEA (2 yrs) 155 441 404 44 105 17 0 15 46 4 0 26 95 .260 .311 .413 .724 91 167 10 6 0 5 4
TEX (1 yr) 26 89 82 8 13 0 0 3 8 0 0 5 20 .159 .225 .268 .493 30 22 2 2 0 0 1

Advanced Batting

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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
2002 25 CLE AL 120 88 12 3.6 103 .277 .241 .261 .292 .328 .384 .420 .676 .747 81 .364 -3.5 -0.3 .580 .205 .143 .0
2003 26 CLE AL 429 304 54 4.8 103 .268 .249 .263 .312 .328 .443 .421 .755 .749 100 .474 -0.3 -0.0 .708 .285 .194 7.6
2004 27 CLE AL 485 315 78 6.6 104 .318 .275 .263 .370 .330 .488 .423 .858 .753 127 .611 18.5 1.7 .865 .342 .213 6.5
2005 28 CLE AL 505 356 67 5.0 102 .284 .255 .263 .307 .326 .464 .418 .770 .743 105 .511 2.6 0.2 .714 .277 .208 3.6
2006 29 TOT AL 465 320 69 5.7 109 .333 .289 .273 .331 .338 .484 .434 .815 .772 109 .544 5.0 0.4 .756 .257 .194 3.7
2006 29 CLE AL 288 190 49 6.9 110 .367 .321 .274 .361 .339 .519 .436 .880 .775 126 .623 9.6 0.9 .830 .257 .198 .0
2006 29 SEA AL 177 130 20 4.1 108 .274 .238 .272 .282 .336 .427 .432 .709 .768 83 .391 -4.7 -0.4 .648 .256 .189 3.2
2007 30 SEA AL 264 184 32 4.6 103 .317 .275 .266 .330 .333 .404 .416 .734 .749 96 .461 -1.2 -0.1 .663 .208 .129 3.1
2008 31 TEX AL 89 71 5 1.9 107 .169 .159 .270 .225 .339 .268 .425 .493 .763 30 .145 -9.0 -0.9 .408 .171 .110 .0
7 Seasons 2357 1638 317 5.2 104 .297 .263 .266 .324 .331 .450 .423 .775 .754 105 .509 12.1 1.1 .724 .272 .188 25.6
162 Game Avg. 542 376 73 5.2 104 .297 .263 .266 .324 .331 .450 .423 .775 .754 105 .509 3 0 .724 .272 .188 6
CLE (5 yrs) 1827 1253 260 5.5 104 .302 .268 .265 .332 .330 .468 .423 .801 .752 112 .542 27.0 2.5 .759 .287 .200 19.0
SEA (2 yrs) 441 314 52 4.4 105 .301 .260 .268 .311 .334 .413 .423 .724 .757 91 .433 -5.9 -0.5 .657 .228 .153 6.3
TEX (1 yr) 89 71 5 1.9 107 .169 .159 .270 .225 .339 .268 .425 .493 .763 30 .145 -9.0 -0.9 .408 .171 .110 .0

Ratio Batting*

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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
2002 25 CLE AL 120 3.3% 20.8% 5.8% 6.7% 30% 3.57 4.5 28.0 12.4 0.69 1.00 69% 22% 9.3% 12%
2003 26 CLE AL 429 3.7% 17.5% 7.5% 9.3% 42% 2.34 5.1 24.1 7.0 0.64 0.79 69% 18% 9.1% 8%
2004 27 CLE AL 485 3.5% 19.6% 10.7% 10.3% 44% 1.83 4.4 24.6 5.1 0.66 0.95 64% 19% 9.9% 12%
2005 28 CLE AL 505 3.8% 19.4% 6.3% 10.7% 45% 3.06 4.8 24.5 6.9 0.70 0.91 70% 21% 9.7% 10%
2006 29 TOT AL 465 4.5% 22.2% 5.6% 9.0% 34% 3.96 4.2 20.6 6.9 0.69 0.80 67% 17% 11.9% 10%
2006 29 CLE AL 288 4.5% 20.1% 5.9% 9.4% 31% 3.41 4.6 20.6 5.8 0.81 1.00 69% 20% 12.3% 9%
2006 29 SEA AL 177 4.5% 25.4% 5.1% 8.5% 39% 5.00 3.6 20.5 9.6 0.51 0.56 64% 13% 11.3% 11%
2007 30 SEA AL 264 2.7% 18.9% 6.4% 6.4% 26% 2.94 4.8 34.3 8.3 0.72 0.90 70% 21% 7.2% 13%
2008 31 TEX AL 89 3.4% 22.5% 5.6% 3.4% 23% 4.00 4.1 27.3 10.3 1.07 1.38 66% 13% 14.3% 30%
7 Seasons 2357 3.7% 19.8% 7.3% 9.1% 38% 2.73 4.6 24.6 6.8 0.69 0.89 68% 19% 9.9% 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
2002 25 CLE AL 1 0 19% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 38% 4 3 1 1 1 0 3 1 2
2003 26 CLE AL 5 0 32% 148 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 45% 26 16 8 3 2 1 13 3 10
2004 27 CLE AL 4 0 25% 168 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 11 45% 27 16 11 9 3 6 11 6 4
2005 28 CLE AL 2 0 29% 156 2 2 50% 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 14 32% 19 14 4 8 7 1 11 3 7
2006 29 TOT AL 4 0 30% 141 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 11 12 42% 32 22 10 5 4 1 15 2 11
2006 29 CLE AL 2 0 34% 95 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 10 50% 19 12 7 4 3 1 9 0 8
2006 29 SEA AL 2 0 21% 46 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 30% 13 10 3 1 1 0 6 2 3
2007 30 SEA AL 3 0 25% 99 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 22% 21 18 2 2 1 1 9 4 4
2008 31 TEX AL 1 0 29% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 57% 6 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1
7 Seasons 20 0 28% 767 15 7 68% 14 5 1 1 0 1 5 1 31 49 39% 135 92 39 28 18 10 63 19 39
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
2002 25 CLE AL 120 85% 27 2 0 3 1 0 0 0.55 4 0 3 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 23 3 13% 5 1 20% 81 5 6% 6 2 33% 5 2 40% 0
2003 26 CLE AL 429 72% 96 4 0 4 1 0 1 2.86 16 0 11 14 2 7 9 0 4 3 75% 79 6 8% 42 12 29% 268 40 15% 31 12 39% 26 12 46% 0
2004 27 CLE AL 485 84% 115 6 0 14 4 2 3 1.79 17 3 13 14 3 9 8 0 1 1 100% 90 7 8% 46 10 22% 332 66 20% 32 18 56% 36 10 28% 0
2005 28 CLE AL 505 83% 119 4 0 14 4 0 1 1.85 19 0 13 16 3 11 8 0 0 0 105 4 4% 43 10 23% 328 52 16% 30 11 37% 36 12 33% 0
2006 29 TOT AL 465 85% 125 10 0 17 4 1 4 1.34 21 1 13 18 3 12 9 0 0 0 100 8 8% 42 9 21% 317 45 14% 30 14 47% 29 13 45% 0
2006 29 CLE AL 288 82% 86 8 0 16 4 1 4 1.40 13 1 9 12 1 11 2 0 0 0 67 5 7% 22 6 27% 201 34 17% 21 11 52% 15 9 60% 0
2006 29 SEA AL 177 90% 39 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.46 8 0 4 6 2 1 7 0 0 0 33 3 9% 20 3 15% 116 11 9% 9 3 33% 14 4 29% 0
2007 30 SEA AL 264 93% 66 5 0 25 7 1 2 1.60 7 1 8 7 0 4 3 0 0 0 58 7 12% 29 9 31% 174 23 13% 15 9 60% 14 7 50% 0
2008 31 TEX AL 89 90% 13 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.01 3 1 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 15 2 13% 8 2 25% 58 6 10% 6 3 50% 5 2 40% 0
7 Seasons 2357 83% 561 31 0 78 21 4 11 1.63 87 6 64 75 12 45 42 0 5 4 80% 470 37 8% 215 53 25% 1558 237 15% 150 69 46% 151 58 38% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
2002 25 CLE AL 120 446 3.72 293 66% 24% 19% 28% 30% 76% 3% 50% 75% 32% 3% 3 1 12% 14 9 4% 5 4 36% 0 0 0
2003 26 CLE AL 429 1563 3.64 991 63% 26% 16% 27% 32% 74% 1% 47% 79% 30% 6% 24 3 15% 64 34 9% 37 21 28% 0 0 0
2004 27 CLE AL 485 1850 3.81 1082 58% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 42% 79% 30% 7% 36 11 16% 78 27 12% 57 22 31% 0 0 0
2005 28 CLE AL 505 1853 3.67 1184 64% 23% 16% 29% 31% 77% 2% 49% 79% 28% 6% 28 6 15% 75 37 7% 36 23 21% 0 0 0
2006 29 TOT AL 465 1697 3.65 1120 66% 23% 18% 29% 30% 77% 2% 51% 77% 30% 3% 13 1 10% 46 28 6% 28 15 21% 0 0 0
2006 29 CLE AL 288 1029 3.57 685 67% 23% 17% 29% 31% 77% 1% 52% 78% 32% 3% 8 1 10% 28 18 6% 18 11 22% 0 0 0
2006 29 SEA AL 177 668 3.77 435 65% 24% 20% 28% 28% 76% 3% 49% 74% 28% 3% 5 0 10% 18 10 6% 10 4 20% 0 0 0
2007 30 SEA AL 264 953 3.61 613 64% 24% 18% 27% 31% 76% 1% 49% 76% 34% 5% 12 2 12% 31 14 6% 16 8 20% 0 0 0
2008 31 TEX AL 89 316 3.55 207 66% 22% 21% 28% 30% 78% 4% 51% 73% 33% 6% 5 1 11% 10 5 7% 6 4 5% 0 0 0
7 Seasons 2357 8678 3.68 5490 63% 25% 17% 28% 31% 75% 2% 48% 78% 30% 5% 121 25 13% 318 154 8% 185 97 24% 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
2002 25 39 120 112 10 27 4 0 4 9 0 0 7 25 .241 .292 .384 .676 81 43 3 1 0 0 1
2003 26 155 549 498 63 123 25 3 20 64 5 2 39 100 .247 .308 .430 .737 96 214 9 6 3 3 3
2004 27 294 1034 916 120 238 53 8 37 146 9 4 91 195 .260 .337 .456 .793 111 418 16 18 4 5 6
2005 28 436 1539 1382 179 357 83 13 56 214 11 6 123 293 .258 .327 .459 .786 109 634 20 22 4 8 11
2006 29 580 2004 1814 240 482 104 13 77 277 13 7 149 396 .266 .328 .465 .793 109 843 28 25 4 12 14
2007 30 679 2268 2054 267 548 114 13 84 306 15 7 166 446 .267 .328 .458 .786 108 940 35 29 4 15 16
2008 31 705 2357 2136 275 561 114 13 87 314 15 7 171 466 .263 .324 .450 .775 105 962 37 31 4 15 17

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2002 25 39 120 112 10 27 4 0 4 9 0 7 25 .241 .292 .384 .676 12 39
2003 26 116 430 389 54 99 22 3 16 56 5 33 75 .254 .319 .450 .768 55 116
2004 27 139 492 423 57 120 29 5 18 82 4 54 95 .284 .380 .504 .884 78 139
2005 28 142 510 470 61 123 31 5 20 70 2 33 98 .262 .314 .477 .790 69 142
2006 29 144 463 430 59 123 21 0 21 61 2 26 103 .286 .328 .481 .810 67 144
2007 30 99 265 241 27 67 10 0 7 29 2 17 50 .278 .332 .407 .739 32 99
2008 31 26 90 83 8 14 0 0 3 8 0 5 20 .169 .233 .277 .510 5 26
7 Seasons 705 2370 2148 276 573 117 13 89 315 15 175 466 .267 .329 .458 .787 318 705
162 Game Avg. 162 545 494 63 132 27 3 20 72 3 40 107 .267 .329 .458 .787 73 705

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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2004 AL  12 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1950), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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