Damon Buford

Damon Jackson Buford

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 12, 1970 in Baltimore, MD
High School: Birmingham HS (Birmingham, CA)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 10th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed July 12, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1993
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Cubs/RedSox/Orioles/Mets 1993-2001

Final Game: May 15, 2001
Relatives: Son of Don Buford
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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
1990	20	BAL-min	A	41	188	160	31	48	7	2	1	14	15	4	21	32	.300	.390	.388	.778		62		4	1	2	1		WAU · MIDW
1991	21	BAL-min	A+	133	575	505	71	138	25	6	8	54	50	14	51	92	.273	.350	.394	.744		199	6	10	7	2	1		FDK · CARL
1992	22	BAL-min	AA,AAA	146	599	528	82	133	27	5	2	42	64	16	56	85	.252	.324	.333	.657		176	8	2	9	4	0		HGR,ROC · EL,IL
1993	23	BAL-min	AAA	27	124	116	24	33	6	1	1	4	10	2	7	16	.284	.325	.379	.705		44	0	0	1	0	0		ROC · IL
1993	23	BAL	AL	53	90	79	18	18	5	0	2	9	2	2	9	19	.228	.315	.367	.682	80	29	1	1	1	0	0	8D/79
1994	24	BAL-min	AAA	111	501	452	89	122	21	4	16	66	31	6	35	81	.270	.329	.440	.770		199	3	7	3	4	2		ROC · IL
1994	24	BAL	AL	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	155	1	0	0	0	0	0	/D7
1995	25	BAL-min	AAA	46	208	188	40	58	12	3	4	18	17	4	17	26	.309	.367	.468	.835		88	2	1	1	1	0		ROC · IL
1995	25	TOT	MLB	68	204	168	30	34	5	0	4	14	10	8	25	35	.202	.318	.304	.622	67	51	3	5	3	3	0	87/9
1995	25	BAL	AL	24	42	32	6	2	0	0	0	2	3	1	6	7	.063	.205	.063	.268	-26	2	0	0	3	1	0	8/9
1995	25	NYM	NL	44	162	136	24	32	5	0	4	12	7	7	19	28	.235	.346	.360	.706	90	49	3	5	0	2	0	78
1996	26	TEX	AL	90	162	145	30	41	9	0	6	20	8	5	15	34	.283	.348	.469	.817	101	68	3	0	1	1	0	987/D
1997	27	TEX	AL	122	404	366	49	82	18	0	8	39	18	7	30	83	.224	.287	.339	.626	60	124	8	3	3	2	0	*8/D
1998	28	BOS	AL	86	241	216	37	61	14	4	10	42	5	5	22	43	.282	.349	.523	.872	122	113	5	1	0	2	1	8D/45
1999	29	BOS	AL	91	324	297	39	72	15	2	6	38	9	2	21	74	.242	.294	.367	.661	65	109	5	2	1	3	0	8/D7
2000	30	CHC	NL	150	556	495	64	124	18	3	15	48	4	6	47	118	.251	.324	.390	.714	82	193	9	8	4	2	3	*8/97
2001	31	BAL-CIN-min	AAA	52	241	203	34	58	15	1	7	26	3	2	32	43	.286	.386	.473	.859		96	4	3	0	3	0		ROC,LOU · IL
2001	31	CHC	NL	35	89	85	11	15	2	0	3	8	0	0	4	23	.176	.213	.306	.519	35	26	3	0	0	0	0	8/9
2002	32	BOS-CHW-min	AAA,A+	58	223	197	27	47	11	0	3	14	8	2	20	31	.239	.314	.340	.654		67	7	2	3	1	0		PAW,CHR,WSM · IL,CARL
2003	33	WSN-min	AAA	15	27	20	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	2	5	6	.150	.308	.200	.508		4	0	0	1	1	0		EDM · PCL
9 Yrs				699	2072	1853	280	448	86	9	54	218	56	35	173	430	.242	.311	.385	.697	78	714	37	20	13	13	4
162 Game Avg.				162	480	429	65	104	20	2	13	51	13	8	40	100	.242	.311	.385	.697	78	165	9	5	3	3	1

BAL (3 yrs)				81	134	113	26	21	5	0	2	11	5	3	15	27	.186	.285	.283	.568	50	32	1	1	4	1	0
BOS (2 yrs)				177	565	513	76	133	29	6	16	80	14	7	43	117	.259	.317	.433	.750	89	222	10	3	1	5	1
TEX (2 yrs)				212	566	511	79	123	27	0	14	59	26	12	45	117	.241	.304	.376	.680	72	192	11	3	4	3	0
CHC (2 yrs)				185	645	580	75	139	20	3	18	56	4	6	51	141	.240	.309	.378	.686	76	219	12	8	4	2	3
NYM (1 yr)				44	162	136	24	32	5	0	4	12	7	7	19	28	.235	.346	.360	.706	90	49	3	5	0	2	0

AL (7 yrs)				470	1265	1137	181	277	61	6	32	150	45	22	103	261	.244	.308	.392	.700	77	446	22	7	9	9	1
NL (3 yrs)				229	807	716	99	171	25	3	22	68	11	13	70	169	.239	.316	.374	.691	79	268	15	13	4	4	3

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
1993	23	BAL	AL	53	90	-3	-2	-0	1	-2	-6	-0.6	3	-3	-0.3	.489	.496	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$109,000	8D/79
1994	24	BAL	AL	4	2	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.507	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$130,000	/D7
1995	25	BAL	AL	24	42	-7	-0	0	2	-0	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.3	.480	.497	-0.6	0.2	-6	$	8/9
1995	25	NYM	NL	44	162	-1	-2	0	0	-1	-4	-0.4	4	0	0.0	.491	.498	0.0	-0.1	0	$140,000	78
1996	26	TEX	AL	90	162	-1	-1	-1	-1	-3	-6	-0.5	5	-1	0.0	.494	.496	0.1	-0.2	0	$165,000	987/D
1997	27	TEX	AL	122	404	-23	2	0	9	1	-10	-0.9	13	3	0.4	.492	.494	-0.5	1.1	-6	$225,000	*8/D
1998	28	BOS	AL	86	241	7	0	0	-4	-0	3	0.4	8	11	1.1	.504	.502	1.5	-0.3	15	$460,000	8D/45
1999	29	BOS	AL	91	324	-14	2	0	8	1	-3	-0.2	11	7	0.8	.497	.498	0.1	0.8	-0	$1,100,000	8/D7
2000	30	CHC	NL	150	556	-9	-1	-1	-1	2	-11	-1.1	15	4	0.4	.493	.494	0.6	0.0	6	$1,100,000	*8/97
2001	31	CHC	NL	35	89	-7	0	-0	0	0	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.482	.496	-0.4	0.1	-4	$1,100,000	8/9
9 Seasons				699	2072	-58	-2	-0	14	-2	-47	-4.3	63	16	1.7	.493	.497	0.5	1.6	2	$4,529,000

BAL (3 yrs)				81	134	-10	-2	0	3	-2	-10	-1.0	4	-6	-0.6	.487	.498	-0.9	0.1	-9	$239,000
BOS (2 yrs)				177	565	-7	2	1	4	0	0	0.2	19	19	1.9	.500	.500	1.6	0.5	15	$1,560,000
TEX (2 yrs)				212	566	-24	1	-0	8	-1	-16	-1.3	18	2	0.4	.493	.495	-0.4	0.9	-6	$390,000
CHC (2 yrs)				185	645	-16	-1	-1	-1	2	-17	-1.8	17	0	0.0	.491	.495	0.2	0.1	1	$2,200,000
NYM (1 yr)				44	162	-1	-2	0	0	-1	-4	-0.4	4	0	0.0	.491	.498	0.0	-0.1	0	$140,000

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
1993	23	BAL	AL	90	65	9	3.7	106	.276	.228	.271	.315	.343	.367	.415	.682	.757	80	.381	-2.3	-0.2	.609	.253	.139	2.0
1994	24	BAL	AL	2	1	1	26.8	116	1.000	.500	.278	.500	.352	.500	.444	1.000	.795	155	.950	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
1995	25	TOT	MLB	204	151	18	3.2	105	.227	.202	.267	.318	.337	.304	.417	.622	.754	67	.312	-7.1	-0.7	.572	.262	.101	5.7
1995	25	BAL	AL	42	35	1	0.8	111	.077	.063	.273	.205	.347	.063	.431	.268	.778	-26	.029	-6.1	-0.6	.323	.250	.000	.0
1995	25	NYM	NL	162	116	17	3.9	103	.264	.235	.266	.346	.335	.360	.414	.706	.748	90	.406	-0.9	-0.1	.640	.265	.125	5.1
1996	26	TEX	AL	162	114	23	5.4	120	.330	.283	.283	.348	.357	.469	.455	.817	.812	101	.484	-0.2	-0.0	.768	.310	.186	6.9
1997	27	TEX	AL	404	304	36	3.2	113	.267	.224	.277	.287	.347	.339	.438	.626	.786	60	.291	-23.0	-2.2	.562	.227	.115	11.1
1998	28	BOS	AL	241	167	38	6.1	111	.309	.282	.274	.349	.343	.523	.436	.872	.779	122	.571	6.3	0.6	.824	.343	.241	6.7
1999	29	BOS	AL	324	236	33	3.7	117	.300	.242	.280	.294	.353	.367	.448	.661	.801	65	.337	-16.8	-1.5	.599	.219	.125	7.2
2000	30	CHC	NL	556	392	62	4.2	114	.299	.251	.269	.324	.346	.390	.441	.714	.787	82	.396	-14.4	-1.3	.637	.230	.139	6.3
2001	31	CHC	NL	89	73	5	1.8	107	.203	.176	.262	.213	.333	.306	.430	.519	.763	35	.136	-8.5	-0.8	.411	.176	.129	.0
9 Yrs				2072	1503	225	4.0	113	.285	.242	.274	.311	.346	.385	.438	.697	.785	78	.379	-65.8	-6.1	.628	.248	.144	55.0
162 Game Avg.				480	348	52	4.0	113	.285	.242	.274	.311	.346	.385	.438	.697	.785	78	.379	-65.8	-6.1	.628	.248	.144	13

BAL (3 yrs)				134	101	11	2.9	108	.224	.186	.272	.285	.344	.283	.420	.568	.764	50	.274	-8.3	-0.8	.521	.248	.097	2.9
BOS (2 yrs)				565	403	71	4.7	115	.304	.259	.277	.317	.349	.433	.443	.750	.792	89	.444	-10.6	-1.0	.693	.271	.173	14.9
TEX (2 yrs)				566	418	59	3.8	115	.285	.241	.279	.304	.350	.376	.443	.680	.793	72	.351	-23.2	-2.2	.618	.250	.135	18.2
CHC (2 yrs)				645	465	67	3.9	113	.286	.240	.268	.309	.345	.378	.439	.686	.784	76	.359	-22.9	-2.1	.601	.222	.138	6.5
NYM (1 yr)				162	116	17	3.9	103	.264	.235	.266	.346	.335	.360	.414	.706	.748	90	.406	-0.9	-0.1	.640	.265	.125	5.1

AL (7 yrs)				1265	922	141	4.1	114	.287	.244	.277	.308	.349	.392	.441	.700	.789	77	.386	-42.0	-3.9	.640	.259	.149	37.4
NL (3 yrs)				807	581	84	3.9	111	.282	.239	.268	.316	.343	.374	.434	.691	.777	79	.368	-23.8	-2.2	.609	.230	.135	14.7

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
1996	26	TEX	AL	ALDS	NYY	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

1998	28	BOS	AL	ALDS	CLE	L	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	1	0	0	0
1999	29	BOS	AL	ALDS	CLE	W	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	29	BOS	AL	ALCS	NYY	L	4	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	1	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs (4 Series)							10	10	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.222	.300	.222	.522	2	1	1	0	0	0
3 ALDS							6	5	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	1	0	0	0
1 ALCS							4	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	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
1993	23	BAL	AL	90	2.2%	21.1%	10.0%	7.8%	39%	2.11	4.2	39.5	8.8	0.68	0.70	64%	25%	8.0%	26%
1994	24	BAL	AL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0					50%	0%
1995	25	TOT	MLB	204	2.0%	17.2%	12.3%	4.4%	27%	1.40	4.8	42.0	12.0	0.70	0.89	65%	17%	7.1%	23%
1995	25	BAL	AL	42	0.0%	16.7%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	1.17	4.6		16.0	0.41	0.63	62%	10%	0.0%	41%
1995	25	NYM	NL	162	2.5%	17.3%	11.7%	5.6%	28%	1.47	4.9	34.0	11.3	0.79	1.00	65%	19%	8.7%	18%
1996	26	TEX	AL	162	3.7%	21.0%	9.3%	9.3%	37%	2.27	4.3	24.2	7.3	0.45	0.60	65%	26%	9.8%	18%
1997	27	TEX	AL	404	2.0%	20.5%	7.4%	6.4%	32%	2.77	4.4	45.8	9.4	0.74	0.97	69%	19%	6.9%	25%
1998	28	BOS	AL	241	4.2%	17.8%	9.1%	11.6%	46%	1.95	5.0	21.6	5.1	0.65	0.97	68%	24%	11.8%	18%
1999	29	BOS	AL	324	1.9%	22.8%	6.5%	7.1%	32%	3.52	4.0	49.5	7.8	0.90	1.03	68%	19%	6.7%	24%
2000	30	CHC	NL	556	2.7%	21.2%	8.5%	6.5%	29%	2.51	4.2	33.0	10.3	0.75	1.05	65%	25%	9.1%	20%
2001	31	CHC	NL	89	3.4%	25.8%	4.5%	5.6%	33%	5.75	3.7	28.3	10.6	0.57	0.66	66%	21%	10.7%	24%
9 Yrs				2072	2.6%	20.8%	8.4%	7.2%	33%	2.49	4.3	34.3	8.5	0.71	0.92	67%	22%	8.6%	22%
MLB Averages					2.7%	16.5%	9.0%	7.8%	33%	1.83	5.4	32.4	7.4	0.80	1.09	70%	22%	8.1%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1993	23	BAL	AL	-2.3	-0.2	98	-0.2	1.7	-1.9	1.03	-0.2	-0.0	-2.5	-0.2	0.94	-3.9	0.04	3
1994	24	BAL	AL	0.2	0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.68	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.0	0.97	0.1		0
1995	25	TOT	MLB	-7.1	-0.7	223	-1.0	2.9	-3.9	.98	-0.5	-0.5	-8.7	-0.8	0.96	-6.9	1.00	4
1995	25	BAL	AL	-6.1	-0.6	46	-0.5	0.4	-0.9	1.03	-0.4	-0.0	-4.4	-0.4	0.91	-5.7		0
1995	25	NYM	NL	-0.9	-0.1	177	-0.5	2.5	-3.0	.97	-0.1	-0.5	-4.4	-0.4	0.97	-1.2	1.00	4
1996	26	TEX	AL	-0.2	-0.0	181	-0.3	2.6	-2.8	.88	-0.3	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.96	-3.0	1.12	12
1997	27	TEX	AL	-23.0	-2.2	433	-1.3	6.3	-7.6	.96	-1.7	0.4	-25.5	-2.3	0.96	-23.0	0.01	4
1998	28	BOS	AL	6.3	0.6	254	0.9	4.8	-3.9	.92	0.5	0.5	11.7	1.1	0.96	5.1	2.17	14
1999	29	BOS	AL	-16.8	-1.5	336	-1.1	5.3	-6.3	1.05	-0.8	-0.2	-9.1	-0.8	0.96	-10.4	1.51	8
2000	30	CHC	NL	-14.4	-1.3	569	-0.9	9.4	-10.3	1.03	-0.5	-0.4	-6.5	-0.6	0.90	-6.9	1.42	6
2001	31	CHC	NL	-8.5	-0.8	90	-1.0	0.7	-1.7	.84	-0.8	-0.4	-6.6	-0.6	0.95	-7.0	0.02	1
9 Yrs				-65.8	-6.1	2187	-4.8	33.6	-38.4	.98	-4.3	-0.6	-47.9	-4.5	0.95	-55.9	1.32	52

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1993	23	BAL	AL	0	62%	61	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	17%	5	5	0	2	1	0	5	3	2
1994	24	BAL	AL	0	200%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	25	TOT	MLB	1	43%	68	10	8	56%	9	6	1	1	1	3	3	3	5	39%	14	12	2	5	1	4	9	3	5
1995	25	BAL	AL	0	75%	7	3	1	75%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	1
1995	25	NYM	NL	1	39%	61	7	7	50%	7	5	0	1	1	3	3	1	4	38%	13	11	2	4	1	3	7	2	4
1996	26	TEX	AL	0	48%	66	8	5	62%	6	5	2	0	0	4	3	3	12	60%	7	4	2	5	1	4	3	0	3
1997	27	TEX	AL	3	38%	148	18	7	72%	18	7	0	0	0	2	2	3	7	70%	19	8	11	5	2	3	16	2	14
1998	28	BOS	AL	3	37%	89	5	5	50%	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	30%	17	12	5	4	3	1	2	1	1
1999	29	BOS	AL	7	37%	117	9	2	82%	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	38%	14	13	1	7	3	4	13	5	8
2000	30	CHC	NL	10	30%	187	4	6	40%	3	5	1	1	0	1	1	1	8	42%	28	17	11	4	3	1	11	5	6
2001	31	CHC	NL	2	50%	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	27%	7	6	1	1	1	0	3	1	2
9 Yrs				26	39%	768	56	35	62%	52	32	4	2	1	10	9	19	56	44%	111	77	33	33	15	17	62	20	41

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
1993	23	BAL	AL	90	27%	18	4	0	3	1	0	0	0.04	2	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	50%	16	1	6%	5	1	20%	50	7	14%	4	3	75%	5	2	40%	0
1994	24	BAL	AL	2	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1995	25	TOT	MLB	204	33%	34	6	4	4	2	0	0	1.00	4	0	6	2	2	2	2	0	10	3	30%	42	3	7%	22	10	45%	120	11	9%	11	5	45%	9	4	44%	0
1995	25	BAL	AL	42	38%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	9	0	0%	7	5	71%	23	2	9%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
1995	25	NYM	NL	162	32%	32	6	4	4	2	0	0	1.00	4	0	5	2	2	2	2	0	6	0	0%	33	3	9%	15	5	33%	97	9	9%	9	4	44%	7	3	43%	0
1996	26	TEX	AL	162	63%	41	5	3	12	0	0	0	1.12	6	1	5	1	5	3	3	0	3	1	33%	34	3	9%	16	2	13%	104	14	13%	11	4	36%	3	2	67%	0
1997	27	TEX	AL	404	37%	82	19	7	4	0	0	0	0.01	8	0	8	4	4	4	4	1	8	3	38%	78	8	10%	36	10	28%	252	32	13%	24	12	50%	12	4	33%	0
1998	28	BOS	AL	241	61%	61	9	1	14	3	0	2	2.17	10	1	9	2	8	4	6	0	3	0	0%	48	5	10%	24	8	33%	172	34	20%	17	6	35%	9	5	56%	0
1999	29	BOS	AL	324	38%	72	10	1	8	4	0	2	1.51	6	1	12	5	1	3	3	0	2	1	50%	70	5	7%	31	12	39%	223	33	15%	15	12	80%	15	8	53%	0
2000	30	CHC	NL	556	27%	124	11	3	6	0	0	0	1.42	15	0	11	11	4	9	6	0	6	4	67%	88	9	10%	40	12	30%	307	33	11%	18	6	33%	22	13	59%	0
2001	31	CHC	NL	89	24%	15	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.02	3	0	7	2	1	0	3	0	1	0	0%	16	3	19%	13	1	8%	50	5	10%	6	1	17%	2	1	50%	0
9 Yrs				2072	38%	448	66	19	52	10	0	4	1.32	54	3	61	29	25	25	29	1	35	13	37%	392	37	9%	187	56	30%	1281	169	13%	106	49	46%	77	39	51%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			73%			10%			34%			15%			53%			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
1993	23	BAL	AL	91	341	3.75	211	62%	26%	15%	30%	29%	74%	0%	46%	79%	30%	3%	3	0	14%	13	7	10%	9	2	32%	-1	0	0
1994	24	BAL	AL	2	10	5.00	7	70%	14%	29%	43%	14%	86%	0%	60%	67%	0%	0%	0	0	50%	1	1	50%	1	1	0%	0	0	0
1995	25	TOT	MLB	196	759	3.87	447	59%	34%	12%	24%	30%	66%	0%	39%	82%	21%	6%	12	0	19%	38	8	11%	22	6	31%	8	0	1
1995	25	BAL	AL	38	129	3.39	77	60%	36%	6%	23%	34%	64%	0%	38%	90%	26%	8%	3	0	16%	6	2	11%	4	1	71%	4	0	0
1995	25	NYM	NL	158	630	3.99	370	59%	34%	13%	25%	29%	66%	0%	39%	80%	20%	6%	9	0	20%	32	6	11%	18	5	21%	4	0	1
1996	26	TEX	AL	156	614	3.94	381	62%	34%	15%	23%	28%	66%	0%	41%	77%	12%	4%	6	0	14%	22	6	7%	11	4	26%	6	0	0
1997	27	TEX	AL	405	1633	4.03	1026	63%	28%	15%	29%	28%	72%	0%	45%	79%	17%	5%	20	0	15%	61	21	8%	31	18	19%	-1	0	0
1998	28	BOS	AL	242	908	3.75	541	60%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	1%	44%	80%	20%	5%	13	1	20%	48	27	7%	17	10	47%	-1	0	0
1999	29	BOS	AL	324	1246	3.85	798	64%	29%	17%	26%	28%	71%	0%	45%	76%	26%	5%	16	2	13%	42	18	8%	27	20	36%	0	0	0
2000	30	CHC	NL	558	2209	3.96	1361	62%	27%	16%	29%	28%	73%	1%	45%	79%	19%	6%	32	1	16%	88	36	9%	48	32	22%	-2	0	0
2001	31	CHC	NL	89	368	4.13	232	63%	28%	15%	31%	27%	72%	0%	45%	80%	19%	6%	5	0	13%	12	2	6%	5	4	35%	0	0	0
9 Yrs				2063	8088	3.92	5004	62%	29%	15%	27%	29%	71%	0%	44%	79%	20%	5%	107	4	16%	325	126	8%	171	97	29%	9	0	1
MLB Averages						3.71		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	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
1993	23	53	90	79	18	18	5	0	2	9	2	2	9	19	.228	.315	.367	.682	80	29	1	1	1	0	0
1994	24	57	92	81	20	19	5	0	2	9	2	2	9	20	.235	.319	.370	.689	82	30	1	1	1	0	0
1995	25	125	296	249	50	53	10	0	6	23	12	10	34	55	.213	.318	.325	.644	72	81	4	6	4	3	0
1996	26	215	458	394	80	94	19	0	12	43	20	15	49	89	.239	.329	.378	.707	83	149	7	6	5	4	0
1997	27	337	862	760	129	176	37	0	20	82	38	22	79	172	.232	.309	.359	.668	72	273	15	9	8	6	0
1998	28	423	1103	976	166	237	51	4	30	124	43	27	101	215	.243	.318	.395	.713	83	386	20	10	8	8	1
1999	29	514	1427	1273	205	309	66	6	36	162	52	29	122	289	.243	.312	.389	.701	79	495	25	12	9	11	1
2000	30	664	1983	1768	269	433	84	9	51	210	56	35	169	407	.245	.316	.389	.705	80	688	34	20	13	13	4
2001	31	699	2072	1853	280	448	86	9	54	218	56	35	173	430	.242	.311	.385	.697	78	714	37	20	13	13	4

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
1993	23	53	90	79	18	18	5	0	2	9	2	9	19	.228	.315	.367	.682	9	53
1994	24	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1995	25	76	231	190	33	39	6	0	5	15	11	29	39	.205	.325	.316	.640	18	68
1996	26	90	157	141	25	37	8	0	5	17	7	14	34	.262	.327	.426	.752	20	90
1997	27	122	399	362	45	78	17	0	8	36	17	29	83	.215	.278	.329	.607	32	122
1998	28	86	237	213	34	58	13	4	10	38	5	21	43	.272	.338	.512	.849	36	86
1999	29	91	318	292	34	67	14	2	6	33	8	20	74	.229	.281	.353	.633	28	91
2000	30	150	546	488	58	117	17	3	14	43	4	44	118	.240	.312	.373	.685	55	150
2001	31	35	88	84	10	14	2	0	3	7	0	4	23	.167	.205	.298	.502	5	35
9 Yrs		709	2069	1852	257	428	82	9	53	198	54	170	434	.231	.301	.371	.672	203	699
162 Game Avg.		162	473	423	59	98	19	2	12	45	12	39	99	.231	.301	.371	.672	46	699

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