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Melky Cabrera    \ca-BRAIR-ah\

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, Dominican Republic
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 2005 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Royals/Braves/Giants/BlueJays 2005-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 2 yrs/$16M (13-14) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 6.148, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Dominic Torres [*]
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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
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 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 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 .809 121 309 12 1 7 5 3 *87/D9
2012 27 SFG NL 113 501 459 84 159 25 10 11 60 13 5 36 63 .346 .390 .516 .906 157 237 8 0 1 5 4 *79 AS
2013 28 TOR AL 45 195 181 18 51 10 2 1 15 2 2 11 30 .282 .320 .376 .695 87 68 1 0 1 2 0 *7/D
9 Yrs 1029 4059 3679 504 1046 196 32 70 432 86 32 295 497 .284 .337 .412 .749 100 1516 78 16 37 32 30
162 Game Avg. 162 639 579 79 165 31 5 11 68 14 5 46 78 .284 .337 .412 .749 100 239 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 .809 121 309 12 1 7 5 3
SFG (1 yr) 113 501 459 84 159 25 10 11 60 13 5 36 63 .346 .390 .516 .906 157 237 8 0 1 5 4
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
TOR (1 yr) 45 195 181 18 51 10 2 1 15 2 2 11 30 .282 .320 .376 .695 87 68 1 0 1 2 0
AL (7 yrs) 769 3049 2762 370 770 144 19 55 330 66 26 217 370 .279 .332 .404 .736 94 1117 62 15 31 24 15
NL (2 yrs) 260 1010 917 134 276 52 13 15 102 20 6 78 127 .301 .354 .435 .789 119 399 16 1 6 8 15

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
2005 20 NYY AL 6 19 -2 -0 0 -4 0 -6 -0.5 1 -5 -0.5 .412 .497 -0.1 -0.4 -1 /8
2006 21 NYY AL 130 524 1 3 2 10 -5 10 1.1 20 30 3.0 .507 .506 2.0 0.5 20 *7/98
2007 22 NYY AL 150 612 -10 -0 -0 2 2 -7 -0.6 23 16 1.6 .495 .496 1.4 0.4 14 $432,400 *87/9
2008 23 NYY AL 129 453 -19 -1 -0 5 2 -13 -1.2 17 4 0.5 .489 .492 -0.1 0.8 -1 $461,200 *8/79
2009 24 NYY AL 154 540 -5 1 1 -4 -2 -9 -0.8 20 12 1.2 .494 .495 1.6 -0.5 16 $1,400,000 *897/D
2010 25 ATL NL 147 509 -11 1 1 -3 -3 -16 -1.8 16 -1 -0.3 .488 .489 0.0 -0.8 2 $3,100,000 *789
2011 26 KCR AL 155 706 20 2 1 -5 2 20 2.1 25 44 4.5 .513 .513 5.0 -0.3 49 $1,250,000 *87/D9
2012 27 SFG NL 113 501 34 0 2 0 -5 31 3.3 15 46 4.7 .529 .520 4.6 -0.5 46 $6,000,000 *79 AS
2013 28 TOR AL 45 195 -2 0 1 -1 -2 -4 -0.3 7 3 0.4 .492 .498 0.4 -0.3 4 $8,000,000 *7/D
9 Seasons 1029 4059 6 6 6 0 -11 7 1.3 143 149 15.0 .501 .500 14.8 -0.9 149 $20,643,600
NYY (5 yrs) 569 2148 -35 3 2 9 -3 -24 -2.0 81 56 5.7 .496 .497 4.7 0.9 47 $2,293,600
KCR (1 yr) 155 706 20 2 1 -5 2 20 2.1 25 44 4.5 .513 .513 5.0 -0.3 49 $1,250,000
SFG (1 yr) 113 501 34 0 2 0 -5 31 3.3 15 46 4.7 .529 .520 4.6 -0.5 46 $6,000,000
ATL (1 yr) 147 509 -11 1 1 -3 -3 -16 -1.8 16 -1 -0.3 .488 .489 0.0 -0.8 2 $3,100,000
TOR (1 yr) 45 195 -2 0 1 -1 -2 -4 -0.3 7 3 0.4 .492 .498 0.4 -0.3 4 $8,000,000

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 98 .332 .305 .257 .339 .322 .470 .407 .809 .729 121 .585 17.6 1.7 .741 .233 .164 18.9
2012 27 SFG NL 501 319 93 7.8 91 .379 .346 .248 .390 .312 .516 .393 .906 .704 157 .731 35.5 3.5 .898 .266 .170 11.9
2013 28 TOR AL 195 136 22 4.3 103 .329 .282 .259 .320 .327 .376 .420 .695 .747 87 .462 -3.4 -0.3 .594 .155 .094 1.3
9 Yrs 4059 2812 517 4.9 104 .310 .284 .265 .337 .332 .412 .419 .749 .751 100 .507 -1.2 -0.0 .686 .223 .128 77.2
162 Game Avg. 639 443 81 4.9 104 .310 .284 .265 .337 .332 .412 .419 .749 .751 100 .507 -1.2 -0.0 .686 .223 .128 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 98 .332 .305 .257 .339 .322 .470 .407 .809 .729 121 .585 17.6 1.7 .741 .233 .164 18.9
SFG (1 yr) 501 319 93 7.8 91 .379 .346 .248 .390 .312 .516 .393 .906 .704 157 .732 35.5 3.5 .898 .266 .170 11.9
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
TOR (1 yr) 195 136 22 4.3 103 .329 .282 .259 .320 .327 .376 .420 .695 .747 87 .461 -3.4 -0.3 .594 .155 .094 1.3
AL (7 yrs) 3049 2135 371 4.6 107 .303 .279 .269 .332 .336 .404 .425 .736 .761 94 .471 -26.2 -2.4 .668 .219 .126 60.0
NL (2 yrs) 1010 677 146 5.8 96 .333 .301 .254 .354 .320 .435 .401 .789 .721 119 .607 25.0 2.4 .742 .234 .134 17.1

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
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
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 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

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
2012 SFG NL 27 as CF 3 3 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.667 2.333 5 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 501 2.2% 12.6% 7.2% 9.2% 29% 1.75 7.3 41.7 7.7 1.09 1.43 78% 20% 6.7% 13%
2013 28 TOR AL 195 0.5% 15.4% 5.6% 6.7% 26% 2.73 6.0 181.0 12.1 0.99 1.32 78% 24% 1.5% 14%
9 Yrs 4059 1.7% 12.2% 7.3% 7.3% 29% 1.68 7.4 52.6 8.5 0.97 1.24 77% 19% 5.1% 14%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.9% 8.4% 7.8% 34% 2.13 5.0 33.8 7.9 0.80 1.08 69% 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 -22.8 -2.1 0.96 -21.3 1.42 3
2009 24 NYY AL -5.2 -0.5 563 -0.8 8.8 -9.6 .97 -0.2 -0.6 -3.6 -0.3 0.95 -5.7 0.69 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 1.9 0.97 19.5 1.60 1
2012 27 SFG NL 36.2 3.5 528 3.4 10.4 -7.0 .96 3.9 -0.3 35.4 3.7 0.94 41.0 1.72 1
2013 28 TOR AL -3.4 -0.3 202 -0.7 2.9 -3.6 .98 0.0 -0.7 1.6 0.2 0.86 -0.3 0
9 Yrs -0.5 0.1 4239 0.4 70.8 -70.4 1.00 2.8 -2.3 13.8 1.6 0.96 13.1 1.19 31

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2005 20 NYY AL 1 0 25% 6 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 38% 212 12 5 71% 12 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 1 2 0 2 21 51% 26 17 9 10 4 6 17 3 12
2007 22 NYY AL 5 0 31% 215 13 5 72% 10 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 6 3 2 1 0 10 43% 33 22 11 8 5 3 19 7 12
2008 23 NYY AL 5 0 27% 153 9 2 82% 7 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 2 12 33% 21 14 7 5 5 0 10 5 5
2009 24 NYY AL 6 0 32% 209 10 2 83% 10 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 1 1 4 2 8 49% 26 16 10 7 5 2 16 4 12
2010 25 ATL NL 7 0 30% 187 7 1 88% 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 1 1 2 15 23% 27 24 3 5 0 5 11 6 2
2011 26 KCR AL 10 0 38% 282 20 10 67% 18 9 2 0 0 1 4 3 4 1 1 1 1 16 52% 39 24 15 17 6 11 27 9 17
2012 27 SFG NL 6 0 40% 225 13 5 72% 13 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 1 1 2 22 44% 30 21 9 13 7 6 14 4 10
2013 28 TOR AL 3 0 28% 81 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 8 44% 10 6 4 2 2 0 4 0 3
9 Yrs 51 0 34% 1570 86 32 73% 77 30 9 1 0 1 13 8 37 7 10 8 12 112 44% 212 144 68 68 35 33 118 38 73

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 % DPopp DPs 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 24 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 12 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 0.69 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 501 100% 159 26 5 1 0 0 0 1.72 11 0 9 3 8 2 9 0 4 1 25% 103 8 8% 46 20 43% 295 52 18% 36 26 72% 24 15 63% 0
2013 28 TOR AL 195 100% 51 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 28 1 4% 15 9 60% 89 15 17% 6 3 50% 3 3 100% 0
9 Yrs 4059 100% 1046 144 19 31 5 0 1 1.19 70 2 129 44 26 30 40 0 50 37 74% 755 78 10% 384 146 38% 2604 386 15% 247 143 58% 155 86 55% 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 1695 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 503 1771 3.52 1126 64% 25% 10% 29% 36% 75% 2% 48% 86% 32% 4% 22 0 15% 73 35 8% 41 20 21% -2 0 0
2013 28 TOR AL 195 754 3.87 489 65% 26% 11% 31% 31% 74% 0% 48% 85% 23% 4% 8 0 14% 27 13 8% 16 11 20% 0 0 0
9 Yrs 4069 14979 3.68 9498 63% 27% 10% 29% 34% 73% 2% 46% 87% 27% 5% 197 2 15% 594 198 8% 327 172 21% -10 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 14% 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 27 984 3864 3498 486 995 186 30 69 417 84 30 284 467 .284 .338 .414 .752 101 1448 77 16 36 30 30
2013 28 1029 4059 3679 504 1046 196 32 70 432 86 32 295 497 .284 .337 .412 .749 100 1516 78 16 37 32 30

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 26 155 715 666 109 209 46 5 19 93 21 36 94 .314 .347 .483 .831 112 155
2012 27 113 522 476 99 176 28 11 12 71 14 40 63 .370 .415 .550 .965 110 113
2013 28 45 196 182 19 52 10 2 1 16 2 11 30 .286 .323 .379 .702 23 45
9 Yrs 1029 4071 3691 516 1058 199 33 72 439 88 295 497 .287 .339 .417 .756 530 1029
162 Game Avg. 162 641 581 81 167 31 5 11 69 14 46 78 .287 .339 .417 .756 83 1029

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2012 (CF)

Awards (yr lg award)
2012 NL AS MVP

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2012 NL  4.6 (10th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2011 AL  .305 (9th)
Active  .284 (40th)

Games Played s c a p y
2013 AL  45 (5th)

At Bats s c a p y
2011 AL  658 (3rd)
2013 AL  181 (9th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2011 AL  706 (8th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2011 AL  102 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
2011 AL  201 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2011 AL  309 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
2011 AL  44 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
2007 AL  8 (6th)
2012 NL  10 (5th)
2013 AL  2 (6th)
Active  32 (36th)

Singles s c a p y
2011 AL  134 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2012 NL  35 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2012 NL  3.5 (8th)

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  72.88 (241st)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2011 AL  18.9 (10th)

AB per SO s c a p y
Active  7.4 (29th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2011 AL  491 (3rd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2012 NL  3.9 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2012 NL  3.7 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
2005 AL  born 1984-08-11 (3rd)
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 1945-1973, 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

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 18 (1096), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 24 (703), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1401), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Left Field (155th), 14.3 career WAR/15.1 7yr-peak WAR/14.7 JAWS
Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 64.9 career WAR/41.2 7yr-peak WAR/53.1 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Reed Johnson (961)
  2. Floyd Robinson (961)
  3. Steve Henderson (960)
  4. George Watkins (956)
  5. Al Zarilla (955)
  6. Marlon Byrd (951)
  7. Gene Moore (951)
  8. Steve Evans (948)
  9. Phil Bradley (947)
  10. Irv Noren (944)
Similar Batters through 27 
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  1. Johnny Damon (953)
  2. Mark Kotsay (952)
  3. Chet Lemon (945)
  4. Claudell Washington (943)
  5. Carlos May (941)
  6. Terry Puhl (941)
  7. Augie Galan (940)
  8. Paul Blair (939)
  9. Zack Wheat (937) *
  10. Amos Otis (936)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Sixto Lezcano (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Curt Flood (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Curt Flood (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Paul Blair (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jose Cardenal (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Johnny Damon (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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