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Melky Cabrera

Melky Cabrera (Melk Man or Leche)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 11, 1984 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 2005
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Royals/Braves/Giants 2005-2012
2012 Contract Status: 4th-Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$6M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.148, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Dominic Torres [*]
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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
2003	18	NYY-min	A-	67	311	279	34	79	10	2	2	31	13	5	23	36	.283	.345	.355	.700		99	6	4	4	1	1		STI · NYPL
2004	19	NYY-min	A+,A	127	552	504	83	153	36	6	8	67	10	3	38	82	.304	.355	.446	.802		225	10	5	0	5	1		TAM,BTC · FLOR,MIDW
2005	20	NYY-min	AA,AAA	132	576	527	72	142	25	3	13	77	13	2	37	87	.269	.319	.402	.722		212	14	4	3	5	2		TRE,CLB · EL,IL
2005	20	NYY	AL	6	19	19	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.211	.211	.211	.421	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	/8
2006	21	NYY-min	AAA	31	135	122	19	47	6	2	4	24	3	1	10	9	.385	.430	.566	.995		69	6	1	0	2	0		CLB · IL
2006	21	NYY	AL	130	524	460	75	129	26	2	7	50	12	5	56	59	.280	.360	.391	.752	95	180	9	2	5	1	3	*7/98
2007	22	NYY	AL	150	612	545	66	149	24	8	8	73	13	5	43	68	.273	.327	.391	.718	88	213	14	5	10	9	0	*87/9
2008	23	NYY-min	AAA	15	66	57	8	19	2	0	0	5	1	3	8	9	.333	.409	.368	.778		21	2	0	0	1	0		SWB · IL
2008	23	NYY	AL	129	453	414	42	103	12	1	8	37	9	2	29	58	.249	.301	.341	.641	68	141	11	3	4	3	5	*8/79
2009	24	NYY	AL	154	540	485	66	133	28	1	13	68	10	2	43	59	.274	.336	.416	.752	93	202	15	4	4	4	4	*897/D
2010	25	ATL	NL	147	509	458	50	117	27	3	4	42	7	1	42	64	.255	.317	.354	.671	83	162	8	1	5	3	11	*789
2011	26	KCR	AL	155	706	658	102	201	44	5	18	87	20	10	35	94	.305	.339	.470	.809	120	309	12	1	7	5	3	*87/D9
2012	27	SFG	NL	51	228	209	38	78	13	6	4	25	9	3	17	28	.373	.417	.550	.967	172	115	2	0	0	2	1	*79
8 Yrs				922	3591	3248	440	914	174	26	62	382	80	28	265	432	.281	.336	.408	.744	97	1326	71	16	35	27	27
162 Game Avg.				162	631	571	77	161	31	5	11	67	14	5	47	76	.281	.336	.408	.744	97	233	12	3	6	5	5

NYY (5 yrs)				569	2148	1923	250	518	90	12	36	228	44	14	171	246	.269	.331	.385	.716	86	740	49	14	23	17	12
KCR (1 yr)				155	706	658	102	201	44	5	18	87	20	10	35	94	.305	.339	.470	.809	120	309	12	1	7	5	3
SFG (1 yr)				51	228	209	38	78	13	6	4	25	9	3	17	28	.373	.417	.550	.967	172	115	2	0	0	2	1
ATL (1 yr)				147	509	458	50	117	27	3	4	42	7	1	42	64	.255	.317	.354	.671	83	162	8	1	5	3	11

AL (6 yrs)				724	2854	2581	352	719	134	17	54	315	64	24	206	340	.279	.333	.406	.739	94	1049	61	15	30	22	15
NL (2 yrs)				198	737	667	88	195	40	9	8	67	16	4	59	92	.292	.348	.415	.764	110	277	10	1	5	5	12

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
2005	20	NYY	AL	6	19	-2	-0	0	-4	0	-6	-0.5	1	-5	-0.5	.411	.497	-0.1	-0.4	-1	$	/8
2006	21	NYY	AL	130	524	1	3	2	10	-6	9	1.1	18	27	2.7	.507	.506	1.7	0.5	17	$	*7/98
2007	22	NYY	AL	150	612	-10	-0	-0	2	1	-8	-0.6	21	13	1.2	.495	.495	1.0	0.4	11	$432,400	*87/9
2008	23	NYY	AL	129	453	-19	-0	-0	5	1	-14	-1.2	15	1	0.2	.489	.491	-0.4	0.8	-4	$461,200	*8/79
2009	24	NYY	AL	154	540	-5	1	1	-4	-2	-9	-0.8	18	9	0.9	.494	.494	1.3	-0.5	13	$1,400,000	*897/D
2010	25	ATL	NL	147	509	-11	1	1	-3	-4	-17	-1.9	14	-3	-0.5	.488	.489	-0.1	-0.8	-0	$3,100,000	*789
2011	26	KCR	AL	155	706	18	2	1	-5	2	17	2.0	24	41	4.1	.512	.511	4.7	-0.3	46	$1,250,000	*87/D9
2012	27	SFG	NL	51	228	20	-0	0	1	-3	19	2.1	6	25	2.7	.539	.512	2.5	-0.1	24	$	*79
8 Seasons				922	3591	-9	5	4	2	-11	-9	0.1	117	109	10.8	.499	.499	10.6	-0.3	107	$6,643,600

NYY (5 yrs)				569	2148	-36	3	2	9	-6	-27	-2.0	73	45	4.5	.495	.497	3.5	0.8	36	$2,293,600
KCR (1 yr)				155	706	18	2	1	-5	2	17	2.0	24	41	4.1	.512	.511	4.7	-0.3	46	$1,250,000
SFG (1 yr)				51	228	20	-0	0	1	-3	19	2.1	6	25	2.7	.539	.512	2.5	-0.1	24	$
ATL (1 yr)				147	509	-11	1	1	-3	-4	-17	-1.9	14	-3	-0.5	.488	.489	-0.1	-0.8	-0	$3,100,000

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
2005	20	NYY	AL	19	15	1	1.8	103	.235	.211	.266	.211	.328	.211	.421	.421	.750	14	.136	-2.4	-0.2	.267	.000	.000
2006	21	NYY	AL	524	351	67	5.1	112	.309	.280	.276	.360	.341	.391	.440	.752	.781	95	.488	-2.6	-0.2	.710	.248	.111	8.8
2007	22	NYY	AL	612	434	70	4.3	108	.295	.273	.272	.327	.340	.391	.426	.718	.765	88	.427	-9.8	-0.9	.648	.211	.117	9.9
2008	23	NYY	AL	453	331	42	3.4	108	.271	.249	.272	.301	.340	.341	.426	.641	.767	68	.333	-20.3	-1.9	.556	.179	.092	8.5
2009	24	NYY	AL	540	377	67	4.7	112	.288	.274	.273	.336	.343	.416	.438	.752	.781	93	.470	-5.2	-0.5	.696	.247	.142	11.3
2010	25	ATL	NL	509	358	53	4.0	101	.288	.255	.260	.317	.329	.354	.409	.671	.738	83	.434	-10.5	-1.0	.603	.203	.098	5.1
2011	26	KCR	AL	706	491	102	5.6	99	.332	.305	.258	.339	.323	.470	.409	.809	.732	120	.585	16.7	1.6	.741	.233	.164	18.9
2012	27	SFG	NL	228	138	49	9.5	92	.413	.373	.249	.417	.315	.550	.393	.967	.708	172	.795	20.5	2.0	1.015	.287	.177	5.5
8 Yrs				3591	2495	451	4.8	105	.306	.281	.267	.336	.334	.408	.422	.744	.756	97	.495	-13.7	-1.2	.682	.224	.127	69.9
162 Game Avg.				631	438	79	4.8	105	.306	.281	.267	.336	.334	.408	.422	.744	.756	97	.495	-13.7	-1.2	.682	.224	.127	12

NYY (5 yrs)				2148	1508	247	4.4	110	.291	.269	.273	.331	.341	.385	.432	.716	.773	86	.432	-40.4	-3.8	.651	.220	.115	39.6
KCR (1 yr)				706	491	102	5.6	99	.332	.305	.258	.339	.323	.470	.409	.809	.732	120	.585	16.7	1.6	.741	.233	.164	18.9
SFG (1 yr)				228	138	49	9.5	92	.413	.373	.249	.417	.315	.550	.393	.967	.708	172	.795	20.5	2.0	1.015	.287	.177	5.5
ATL (1 yr)				509	358	53	4.0	101	.288	.255	.260	.317	.329	.354	.409	.671	.738	83	.433	-10.5	-1.0	.603	.203	.098	5.1

AL (6 yrs)				2854	1999	349	4.7	107	.301	.279	.269	.333	.337	.406	.426	.739	.763	94	.472	-23.7	-2.2	.673	.223	.128	58.6
NL (2 yrs)				737	496	102	5.5	98	.327	.292	.256	.348	.325	.415	.404	.764	.729	110	.584	10.0	1.0	.718	.229	.123	10.7

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
2006	21	NYY	AL	ALDS	DET	L	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	22	NYY	AL	ALDS	CLE	L	4	16	16	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.188	.188	.375	.563	6	0	0	0	0	0

2009	24	NYY	AL	ALDS	MIN	W	3	12	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.167	.333	2	0	0	0	0	0
2009	24	NYY	AL	ALCS	LAA	W	6	28	23	3	9	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	6	.391	.462	.478	.940	11	0	0	2	0	0
2009	24	NYY	AL	WS	PHI	W	4	13	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.154	.154	.154	.308	2	0	0	0	0	0
2010	25	ATL	NL	NLDS	SFG	L	3	8	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs (6 Series)							22	80	75	8	16	2	0	1	7	0	0	3	16	.213	.244	.280	.524	21	0	0	2	0	0
3 ALDS							9	31	31	3	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	6	.161	.161	.258	.419	8	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							3	8	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							6	28	23	3	9	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	6	.391	.462	.478	.940	11	0	0	2	0	0
1 WS							4	13	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.154	.154	.154	.308	2	0	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
2005	20	NYY	AL	19	0.0%	10.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		9.5			0.60	0.71	89%	18%	0.0%	20%
2006	21	NYY	AL	524	1.3%	11.3%	10.7%	6.7%	27%	1.05	7.8	65.7	9.2	1.02	1.30	75%	16%	4.1%	13%
2007	22	NYY	AL	612	1.3%	11.1%	7.0%	6.5%	27%	1.58	8.0	68.1	7.5	1.03	1.50	78%	19%	4.0%	14%
2008	23	NYY	AL	453	1.8%	12.8%	6.4%	4.6%	20%	2.00	7.1	51.8	11.2	0.85	0.96	77%	19%	5.2%	20%
2009	24	NYY	AL	540	2.4%	10.9%	8.0%	7.8%	32%	1.37	8.2	37.3	7.1	1.01	1.39	77%	21%	7.0%	12%
2010	25	ATL	NL	509	0.8%	12.6%	8.3%	6.7%	29%	1.52	7.2	114.5	10.9	0.95	1.18	77%	17%	2.3%	15%
2011	26	KCR	AL	706	2.6%	13.3%	5.0%	9.5%	33%	2.69	7.0	36.6	7.6	0.88	1.04	78%	17%	7.0%	14%
2012	27	SFG	NL	228	1.8%	12.3%	7.5%	10.1%	30%	1.65	7.5	52.3	8.4	1.18	1.43	79%	21%	5.5%	12%
8 Yrs				3591	1.7%	12.0%	7.4%	7.3%	29%	1.63	7.5	52.4	8.5	0.96	1.22	77%	18%	5.1%	14%
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	PHlev	AB
2005	20	NYY	AL	-2.4	-0.2	19	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.62	-0.3	0.0	-2.1	-0.2	0.81	-2.4		0
2006	21	NYY	AL	-2.6	-0.2	555	0.9	9.6	-8.7	.99	0.3	0.6	7.2	0.7	0.96	1.8	0.87	5
2007	22	NYY	AL	-9.8	-0.9	634	-0.5	9.9	-10.5	.98	-0.5	-0.0	-10.9	-1.0	0.97	-9.9	0.67	3
2008	23	NYY	AL	-20.3	-1.9	468	-2.0	6.6	-8.6	1.00	-1.5	-0.5	-22.9	-2.2	0.96	-21.5	1.42	3
2009	24	NYY	AL	-5.2	-0.5	563	-0.8	8.8	-9.6	.97	-0.2	-0.6	-3.7	-0.3	0.95	-5.8	0.68	6
2010	25	ATL	NL	-10.5	-1.0	527	-1.4	8.0	-9.3	1.07	-0.6	-0.7	-9.8	-1.0	1.01	-9.7	1.57	12
2011	26	KCR	AL	17.6	1.7	743	1.6	14.4	-12.8	1.08	1.7	-0.2	18.9	1.8	1.03	18.2	1.60	1
2012	27	SFG	NL	20.5	2.0	245	1.7	5.2	-3.5	1.03	2.4	-0.7	19.9	2.0	0.93	25.0	1.75	1
8 Yrs				-12.8	-1.2	3754	-0.7	62.6	-63.3	1.01	1.2	-1.9	-3.5	-0.2	0.98	-4.1	1.19	31

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
2005	20	NYY	AL	1	25%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
2006	21	NYY	AL	8	38%	212	12	5	71%	12	5	0	0	0	2	1	5	21	51%	26	17	9	10	4	6	17	3	12
2007	22	NYY	AL	5	31%	215	13	5	72%	10	4	3	1	0	1	1	6	10	43%	33	22	11	8	5	3	19	7	12
2008	23	NYY	AL	5	27%	153	9	2	82%	7	2	2	0	0	2	1	3	12	33%	21	14	7	5	5	0	10	5	5
2009	24	NYY	AL	6	32%	209	10	2	83%	10	2	0	0	0	1	0	8	8	49%	26	16	10	7	5	2	16	4	12
2010	25	ATL	NL	7	30%	187	7	1	88%	5	1	2	0	0	1	0	5	15	23%	27	24	3	5	0	5	11	6	2
2011	26	KCR	AL	10	38%	282	20	10	67%	18	9	2	0	1	4	3	4	16	52%	39	24	15	17	6	11	27	9	17
2012	27	SFG	NL	3	37%	116	9	3	75%	9	3	0	0	0	1	1	3	10	44%	9	7	2	8	4	4	8	3	5
8 Yrs				45	33%	1380	80	28	74%	71	26	9	1	1	12	7	34	92	44%	181	124	57	61	30	31	108	37	65

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
2005	20	NYY	AL	19	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	11	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
2006	21	NYY	AL	524	100%	129	15	2	5	0	0	0	0.87	7	1	21	6	1	3	4	0	7	5	71%	100	9	9%	42	11	26%	336	45	13%	22	12	55%	22	10	45%	0
2007	22	NYY	AL	612	100%	149	26	2	3	0	0	1	0.67	8	0	20	7	1	4	4	0	12	10	83%	110	14	13%	64	32	50%	410	70	17%	46	29	63%	29	18	62%	0
2008	23	NYY	AL	453	100%	103	13	2	3	1	0	0	1.42	8	0	14	6	2	4	4	0	6	4	67%	90	11	12%	43	12	28%	306	30	10%	27	14	52%	15	7	47%	0
2009	24	NYY	AL	540	100%	133	20	1	6	0	0	0	0.68	13	0	23	8	5	9	4	0	5	4	80%	107	15	14%	47	19	40%	370	57	15%	40	21	53%	22	11	50%	0
2010	25	ATL	NL	509	100%	117	17	1	12	4	0	0	1.57	4	0	21	3	1	1	3	0	5	5	100%	81	8	10%	44	18	41%	359	44	12%	29	17	59%	11	6	55%	0
2011	26	KCR	AL	706	100%	201	28	6	1	0	0	0	1.60	18	1	21	11	7	6	12	0	10	7	70%	135	12	9%	82	25	30%	428	73	17%	41	21	51%	28	16	57%	0
2012	27	SFG	NL	228	100%	78	12	1	1	0	0	0	1.75	4	0	3	3	1	0	4	0	1	0	0%	39	2	5%	20	9	45%	124	23	19%	17	10	59%	10	5	50%	0
8 Yrs				3591	100%	914	131	15	31	5	0	1	1.19	62	2	123	44	18	27	35	0	46	35	76%	663	71	11%	343	126	37%	2344	342	15%	222	124	56%	138	73	53%	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
2005	20	NYY	AL	19	49	2.58	39	80%	23%	8%	26%	44%	77%	0%	61%	90%	53%	0%	0	0	11%	2	1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2006	21	NYY	AL	524	1913	3.65	1167	61%	29%	10%	27%	35%	71%	2%	43%	87%	23%	6%	33	1	15%	78	19	9%	48	23	17%	0	0	0
2007	22	NYY	AL	615	2246	3.65	1439	64%	25%	9%	31%	34%	75%	0%	48%	87%	28%	4%	26	0	13%	81	21	8%	50	23	26%	-3	0	0
2008	23	NYY	AL	453	1659	3.66	1061	64%	28%	10%	28%	34%	72%	3%	46%	86%	29%	5%	22	0	16%	73	22	8%	35	20	21%	0	0	0
2009	24	NYY	AL	543	2095	3.86	1290	62%	30%	8%	28%	34%	70%	2%	43%	88%	24%	6%	30	1	16%	88	20	11%	60	33	32%	-3	0	0
2010	25	ATL	NL	509	1919	3.77	1192	62%	27%	10%	29%	34%	73%	6%	45%	86%	26%	7%	36	0	17%	87	28	7%	38	24	19%	0	0	0
2011	26	KCR	AL	708	2573	3.63	1696	66%	24%	10%	32%	34%	76%	1%	50%	87%	29%	3%	20	0	12%	85	39	6%	39	18	16%	-2	0	0
2012	27	SFG	NL	229	767	3.35	484	63%	26%	9%	27%	38%	74%	1%	47%	88%	30%	3%	6	0	12%	28	14	7%	15	4	36%	-1	0	0
8 Yrs				3600	13221	3.67	8368	63%	27%	10%	29%	34%	73%	2%	46%	87%	27%	5%	173	2	15%	522	164	8%	285	145	22%	-9	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	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2005	20	6	19	19	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.211	.211	.211	.421	14	4	0	0	0	0	0
2006	21	136	543	479	76	133	26	2	7	50	12	5	56	61	.278	.355	.384	.739	92	184	9	2	5	1	3
2007	22	286	1155	1024	142	282	50	10	15	123	25	10	99	129	.275	.340	.388	.728	90	397	23	7	15	10	3
2008	23	415	1608	1438	184	385	62	11	23	160	34	12	128	187	.268	.329	.374	.703	84	538	34	10	19	13	8
2009	24	569	2148	1923	250	518	90	12	36	228	44	14	171	246	.269	.331	.385	.716	86	740	49	14	23	17	12
2010	25	716	2657	2381	300	635	117	15	40	270	51	15	213	310	.267	.328	.379	.707	85	902	57	15	28	20	23
2011	26	871	3363	3039	402	836	161	20	58	357	71	25	248	404	.275	.331	.398	.729	93	1211	69	16	35	25	26
2012	27	922	3591	3248	440	914	174	26	62	382	80	28	265	432	.281	.336	.408	.744	97	1326	71	16	35	27	27

Neutralized Batting

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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
2005	20	6	19	19	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.211	.211	.211	.421	1	6
2006	21	130	518	456	71	125	25	2	7	47	12	54	59	.274	.353	.384	.737	61	130
2007	22	150	606	540	63	144	23	8	8	69	13	42	68	.267	.320	.383	.704	66	150
2008	23	129	449	411	40	100	12	1	8	35	9	28	58	.243	.294	.336	.630	40	129
2009	24	154	533	480	62	128	27	1	13	64	10	41	59	.267	.327	.408	.735	63	154
2010	25	147	513	461	52	120	28	3	4	44	7	43	64	.260	.323	.360	.683	54	147
2011	26	155	714	665	108	208	46	5	19	92	21	36	94	.313	.347	.483	.829	111	155
2012	27	51	238	217	44	86	14	7	4	29	10	19	28	.396	.441	.581	1.022	56	51
8 Yrs		922	3590	3249	441	915	175	27	63	380	82	263	432	.282	.336	.410	.746	452	922
162 Game Avg.		162	631	571	77	161	31	5	11	67	14	46	76	.282	.336	.410	.746	79	922

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 2012 NL 2.7 (3rd)	WAR Position Players† s c a p y 2012 NL 2.7 (3rd)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 2012 NL 2.5 (2nd)	Batting Average s c a p y 2011 AL .305 (9th) 2012 NL .373 (1st)
On-Base% s c a p y 2012 NL .417 (5th)	Games Played s c a p y 2012 NL 51 (5th)	At Bats s c a p y 2011 AL 658 (3rd) 2012 NL 209 (3rd)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 2011 AL 706 (8th) 2012 NL 228 (4th)
Runs Scored s c a p y 2011 AL 102 (8th) 2012 NL 38 (2nd)	Hits s c a p y 2011 AL 201 (4th) 2012 NL 78 (1st)	Total Bases s c a p y 2011 AL 309 (7th) 2012 NL 115 (2nd)	Doubles s c a p y 2011 AL 44 (8th)
Triples s c a p y 2007 AL 8 (6th) 2012 NL 6 (1st)	Singles s c a p y 2011 AL 134 (6th) 2012 NL 55 (1st)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 2012 NL 172 (4th)	Runs Created s c a p y 2012 NL 49 (2nd)
Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 2012 NL 21 (3rd)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 2012 NL 2.0 (3rd)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 2012 NL 23 (8th)	Times On Base s c a p y 2012 NL 95 (2nd)
Offensive Win % s c a p y 2012 NL .795 (5th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 2007 AL 10 (5th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 2007 AL 9 (4th)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 2010 NL 11 (7th)
Caught Stealing s c a p y 2011 AL 10 (8th)	SB % s c a p y Career 74.07 (197th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 2011 AL 18.9 (10th)	AB per SO s c a p y Active 7.5 (32nd)
Outs Made s c a p y 2011 AL 491 (3rd)	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y 2012 NL 19.93 (6th)	Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 2012 NL 2.4 (2nd)	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y 2012 NL 2.0 (5th)
Youngest s c a p y 2005 AL born 1984-08-11 (3rd)

† 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

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Black Ink	Batting - 8 (286), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 27 (863), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 26 (674), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 8 (1803), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Barry Bonnell (972)
Terrence Long (971)
Marvin Benard (957)
Reed Johnson (956)
Mark Teahen (952)
Beals Becker (952)
Mike Lamb (951)
Irv Noren (949)
Dick Williams (948) *
Denny Walling (947)

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Sixto Lezcano (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Curt Flood (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Curt Flood (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Paul Blair (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jose Cardenal (947) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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