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Jonathan Broxton

Jonathan Roy Broxton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 300 lb.

Born: June 16, 1984 in Augusta, GA
High School: Burke County HS (Burke County, GA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2nd round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 30, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 29, 2005
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Royals 2005-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$4M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.020, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: BB Abbott [*]
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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
2002	18	LAD-min	Rk	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		GRF · PION
2003	19	LAD-min	A	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SGA · SALL
2004	20	LAD-min	A+	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		VRO · FLOR
2005	21	LAD-min	AA	33	22	16	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.188	.235	.188	.423		3	0	0	5	0	0		JCK · SOUL
2005	21	LAD	NL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2006	22	LAD-min	AAA	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		LVG · PCL
2006	22	LAD	NL	68	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	-3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2007	23	LAD	NL	83	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	24	LAD	NL	70	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
2009	25	LAD	NL	73	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS
2010	26	LAD	NL	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS
2011	27	LAD-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		ABQ · PCL
2011	27	LAD	NL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2012	28	KCR	AL	20	0																							1
8 Yrs				406	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.286	.000	.286	-16	0	1	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0			1		.000	.286	.000	.286	-16	0

LAD (7 yrs)				386	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.286	.000	.286	-16	0	1	0	1	0	0
KCR (1 yr)				20	0

NL (7 yrs)				386	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.286	.000	.286	-16	0	1	0	1	0	0
AL (1 yr)				20	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	Rdp	Rpos	RAA	WAA	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2005	21	LAD	NL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
2006	22	LAD	NL	68	4	1	0	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	.502	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
2007	23	LAD	NL	83	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$390,000	1
2008	24	LAD	NL	70	3	-0	-0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$454,000	1
2009	25	LAD	NL	73	1	-0	0	0	-0	-0.0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$1,825,000	1	AS
2010	26	LAD	NL	64	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$4,000,000	1	AS
2011	27	LAD	NL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$7,000,000	1
7 Seasons				386	8	0	-0	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$13,669,000

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
2006	22	LAD	NL	4	3	0	0.0	114		.000	.274	.333	.344	.000	.444	.333	.788	-3	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.500	.000

2008	24	LAD	NL	3	3	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.265	.333	.336	.000	.422	.333	.759	-1	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.333	.500	.000
2009	25	LAD	NL	1	1	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.260	.000	.332	.000	.413	.000	.745	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
8 Yrs				8	7	0	0.0	109	.000	.000	.267	.286	.339	.000	.429	.286	.768	-16	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.333	.400	.000
162 Game Avg.				3	3	0	0.0	109	.000	.000	.267	.286	.339	.000	.429	.286	.768	-16	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.333	.400	.000

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
2006	22	LAD	NL	NLDS	NYM	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

2008	24	LAD	NL	NLDS	CHC	W	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
2008	24	LAD	NL	NLCS	PHI	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
2009	25	LAD	NL	NLDS	STL	W	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	25	LAD	NL	NLCS	PHI	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs (5 Series)							13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 NLDS							8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 NLCS							5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
2009	LAD	NL	25		DNP
2010	LAD	NL	26

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	22	LAD	NL	4	0.0%	50.0%	25.0%	0.0%		2.00	1.0					0%	0%

2008	24	LAD	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%		0.00						67%	0%
2009	25	LAD	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	0.00	100%	0%	0.0%	0%
7 Yrs				8	0.0%	25.0%	25.0%	0.0%		1.00	2.5			1.00	3.00	38%	0%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages					2.6%	17.6%	8.5%	7.8%	34%	2.08	5.0	33.9	7.8	0.80	1.08	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	AB
2005	21	LAD	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2006	22	LAD	NL	-0.3	-0.0	4	0.0	0.1	-0.0	.73	0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	1.34	0.2	0
2007	23	LAD	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2008	24	LAD	NL	-0.2	-0.0	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.64	-0.0	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.86	-0.5	0
2009	25	LAD	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.37	-0.0	0.0	-0.5	-0.0	1.44	-0.3	0
2010	26	LAD	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2011	27	LAD	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
7 Yrs				-0.8	-0.1	8	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.78	-0.1	-0.0	-1.3	-0.1	1.17	-0.6	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2006	22	LAD	NL	1	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2008	24	LAD	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	25	LAD	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				1	0	0%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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	22	LAD	NL	4	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

2008	24	LAD	NL	3	33%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2009	25	LAD	NL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				8	38%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	9	0	0%	0	0		0	0		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	22	LAD	NL	4	22	5.50	13	59%	23%	31%	38%	8%	77%	0%	45%	60%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0

2008	24	LAD	NL	3	13	4.33	7	54%	71%	0%	0%	29%	29%	0%	15%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2009	25	LAD	NL	1	1	1.00	1	100%	0%	0%	0%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
3 Yrs				8	36	4.50	21	58%	38%	19%	24%	19%	62%	0%	36%	69%	13%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.79		63%	28%	15%	27%	31%	72%	2%	45%	80%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	GDP	SH
2006	22	82	4	2	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	-3	0	1
2007	23	165	4	2	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	-3	0	1
2008	24	235	7	4	2	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	-2	1	1
2009	25	308	8	5	2	2	.000	.286	.000	.286	-16	1	1
2010	26	372	8	5	2	2	.000	.286	.000	.286	-16	1	1
2011	27	386	8	5	2	2	.000	.286	.000	.286	-16	1	1
2012	28	406	8	5	2	2	.000	.286	.000	.286	-16	1	1

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
2006	22	68	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	68

2008	24	70	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	70
2009	25	73	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	73
3 Yrs		211	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.286	.000	.286	0	211
162 Game Avg.		162	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		2		.000	.286	.000	.286	0	211

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games
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