Freddie Bynum

Freddie Lee Bynum

Positions: Outfielder, Shortstop and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 15, 1980 in Wilson, NC
High School: Bedingfield (Wilson, NC)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 19, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 30, 2005
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Cubs/Athletics 2005-2008
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.142 [*],
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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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
2000	20	OAK-min	A-	72	320	281	52	72	10	1	1	26	22	12	31	58	.256	.341	.310	.650		87	3	5	3	0	0	VAN · NORW
2001	21	OAK-min	A+	120	487	440	59	115	19	7	2	46	28	11	41	95	.261	.325	.350	.675		154	8	1	4	1	0	MOD · CALL
2002	22	OAK-min	A+	135	628	539	83	165	26	5	3	56	41	21	64	116	.306	.385	.390	.775		210	9	7	15	3	1	VIS · CALL
2003	23	OAK-min	AA	132	588	510	84	134	18	9	5	58	22	8	56	135	.263	.344	.363	.706		185	6	8	12	2	4	MDL · TL
2004	24	OAK-min	AA,AAA	131	588	523	80	144	24	6	3	48	39	11	43	117	.275	.336	.361	.697		189	9	5	16	1	0	MDL,SAC · TL,PCL
2005	25	OAK-min	AAA	102	428	378	56	105	16	9	2	40	23	7	38	83	.278	.347	.384	.730		145	3	3	7	2	1	SAC · PCL
2005	25	OAK	AL	7	7	7	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.429	.714	86	3	0	0	0	0	0	/4
2006	26	CHC-min	AAA	6	23	22	3	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	.227	.261	.227	.488		5	0	0	0	0	0	IWA · PCL
2006	26	CHC	NL	71	148	136	20	35	5	5	4	12	8	4	9	44	.257	.308	.456	.764	91	62	2	1	2	0	0	4
2007	27	BAL-min	A+,AA,A	7	24	21	3	4	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	6	.190	.292	.286	.577		6	0	1	0	0	0	FDK,BOW,DEL · CARL,EL,SALL
2007	27	BAL	AL	70	101	96	21	25	8	2	2	11	8	1	2	30	.260	.290	.448	.738	91	43	2	2	1	0	0	6/4
2008	28	BAL-min	AAA,AA	43	177	150	19	39	5	4	1	18	8	2	21	42	.260	.347	.367	.713		55	1	0	4	2	1	NFK,BOW · IL,EL
2008	28	BAL	AL	40	121	112	13	20	3	1	0	8	2	3	5	31	.179	.220	.223	.444	18	25	2	1	3	0	0	6/4
2009	29	WSN-min	AA,Rk,AAA	73	266	245	32	62	10	1	3	17	11	4	11	52	.253	.292	.339	.631		83	6	3	6	1	0	HRB,NAT,SYR · EL,GULF,IL
2010	30	-min	Fgn	16	29	29	5	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.138	.138	.207	.345		6	0	0	0	0	0	ORX · JPPL
2011	31	STL-min	AAA	75	248	226	30	56	11	2	3	21	4	1	16	49	.248	.299	.354	.653		80	2	1	4	1	0	MEM · PCL
4 Seasons				188	377	351	54	82	17	8	6	32	18	8	16	108	.234	.275	.379	.654	68	133	6	4	6	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	325	302	47	71	15	7	5	28	16	7	14	93	.234	.275	.379	.654	68	115	5	3	5	0	0

BAL (2 yrs)				110	222	208	34	45	11	3	2	19	10	4	7	61	.216	.252	.327	.579	52	68	4	3	4	0	0
OAK (1 yr)				7	7	7	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.429	.714	86	3	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				71	148	136	20	35	5	5	4	12	8	4	9	44	.257	.308	.456	.764	91	62	2	1	2	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				117	229	215	34	47	12	3	2	20	10	4	7	64	.219	.253	.330	.584	53	71	4	3	4	0	0
NL (1 yr)				71	148	136	20	35	5	5	4	12	8	4	9	44	.257	.308	.456	.764	91	62	2	1	2	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2005	25	OAK	AL	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$	/4
2006	26	CHC	NL	148	-2	0	-1	1	-3	0	4	-1	-0.1	2	0.2	-0.3	$327,500	4
2007	27	BAL	AL	101	-2	0	-1	1	1	0	4	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$380,000	6/4
2008	28	BAL	AL	121	-13	-1	-1	0	-6	2	4	-14	-1.4	-9	-0.9	-0.5	$390,000	6/4
4 Seasons				377	-17	-1	-3	2	-7	2	12	-12	-1.2	-5	-0.5	-0.7	$1,097,500

BAL (2 yrs)				222	-15	-1	-2	1	-5	2	8	-12	-1.2	-7	-0.7	-0.5	$770,000
OAK (1 yr)				7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$
CHC (1 yr)				148	-2	0	-1	1	-3	0	4	-1	-0.1	2	0.2	-0.3	$327,500

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
2005	OAK	AL	25	2B	3				0	0	0	0	0		0	-1				0.00			4.90
2005	OAK	AL	25	OF	2				5	5	0	0	0	1.000	1	1				2.50	.986		2.30
2005	OAK	AL	25	CF	1	1	1	9.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0	1	67	133	4.00	4.00	.990	2.70	2.70
2005	OAK	AL	25	LF	1	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	120	0	4.50	1.00	.990	2.25	2.10
2006	CHC	NL	26	OF	22				29	27	0	2	0	.931	2	1				1.23	.984		2.20
2006	CHC	NL	26	2B	15				71	34	32	5	7	.930	-5	-6				4.40	.982		5.01
2006	CHC	NL	26	LF	13	7	5	80.2	21	19	0	2	0	.905	2	0	30	0	2.12	1.46	.982	1.97	1.95
2006	CHC	NL	26	RF	8	1	1	26.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	14	0	2.08	0.75	.980	2.11	2.09
2006	CHC	NL	26	CF	2	0	0	6.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	1	0	200	3.00	1.00	.990	2.55	2.55
2007	BAL	AL	27	OF	27				38	36	2	0	0	1.000	1	2				1.41	.987		2.28
2007	BAL	AL	27	SS	15				30	13	16	1	2	.967	-1	-1				1.93	.970		4.42
2007	BAL	AL	27	2B	4				9	2	7	0	0	1.000	0	0				2.25	.984		4.92
2007	BAL	AL	27	LF	23	9	7	100.0	29	27	2	0	0	1.000	2	3	29	36	2.61	1.26	.985	2.11	2.09
2007	BAL	AL	27	CF	6	5	2	41.0	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-1	-32	-29	1.98	1.50	.989	2.70	2.68
2008	BAL	AL	28	SS	37				142	56	81	5	28	.965	-5	0				3.70	.971		4.35
2008	BAL	AL	28	2B	1				0	0	0	0	0		-0	0				0.00			5.00
	2 Seasons			SS	52				172	69	97	6	30	.965	-6	-1				3.19	.971		4.37
	3 Seasons			OF	51				72	68	2	2	0	.972	4	4		18		1.37	.986		2.25
	3 Seasons			LF	37	16	12	182.2	51	47	2	2	0	.961	5	3	30	19	2.41	1.32	.984	2.05	2.04
	4 Seasons			2B	23				80	36	39	5	7	.938	-5	-7				3.26	.982		4.98
	3 Seasons			CF	9	6	3	56.0	15	15	0	0	0	1.000	-1	1	-13	21	2.41	1.67	.989	2.68	2.66
	1 Season			RF	8	1	1	26.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	14	0	2.08	0.75	.980	2.11	2.09
	4 Seasons			TOT	126				324	173	138	13	37	.960	-7	0				2.47	.977		3.62

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

June 5, 2000: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2000.
March 31, 2006: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Oakland Athletics to the Chicago Cubs. The Oakland Athletics sent John Rheinecker to the Texas Rangers. The Texas Rangers sent Juan Dominguez to the Oakland Athletics. The Chicago Cubs sent John Koronka and cash to the Texas Rangers.
December 6, 2006: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Baltimore Orioles for a player to be named later. The Baltimore Orioles sent Kevin Hart (December 7, 2006) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.
September 29, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
December 14, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.
November 9, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
November 28, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
January 14, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
February 21, 2010: Released by the Chicago White Sox.
January 13, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
November 2, 2011: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2006	26	Chicago Cubs	$327,500
2007	27	Baltimore Orioles	$380,000
2008	28	Baltimore Orioles	$390,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,097,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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