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Miguel Cabrera

Jose Miguel (Torres) Cabrera

Positions: First Baseman, Third Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: April 18, 1983 in Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela
High School: Maracay (Maracay, VE)
Signed by the Florida Marlins as an amateur free agent in 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 20, 2003
Teams (by GP): Marlins/Tigers 2003-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2015, 8 yrs/$152.3M (08-15) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 8.101, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: SFX, previously: Andy Mota,Arn Tellem,Fernando Cuza,Scott Boras [*]
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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
2003 20 FLA NL 87 346 314 39 84 21 3 12 62 0 2 25 84 .268 .325 .468 .793 106 147 12 2 4 1 3 75 MVP-27,RoY-5
2004 21 FLA NL 160 685 603 101 177 31 1 33 112 5 2 68 148 .294 .366 .512 .879 130 309 20 6 0 8 5 *97/D AS,MVP-22
2005 22 FLA NL 158 685 613 106 198 43 2 33 116 1 0 64 125 .323 .385 .561 .947 151 344 20 2 0 6 12 *75 AS,MVP-5,SS
2006 23 FLA NL 158 676 576 112 195 50 2 26 114 9 6 86 108 .339 .430 .568 .998 159 327 18 10 0 4 27 *5/D AS,MVP-5,SS
2007 24 FLA NL 157 680 588 91 188 38 2 34 119 2 1 79 127 .320 .401 .565 .965 150 332 17 5 1 7 23 *5/D AS,MVP-15
2008 25 DET AL 160 684 616 85 180 36 2 37 127 1 0 56 126 .292 .349 .537 .887 130 331 16 3 0 9 6 *35/D MVP-13
2009 26 DET AL 160 685 611 96 198 34 0 34 103 6 2 68 107 .324 .396 .547 .942 144 334 22 5 0 1 14 *3/D MVP-4
2010 27 DET AL 150 648 548 111 180 45 1 38 126 3 3 89 95 .328 .420 .622 1.042 178 341 17 3 0 8 32 *3/D AS,MVP-2,SS
2011 28 DET AL 161 688 572 111 197 48 0 30 105 2 1 108 89 .344 .448 .586 1.033 181 335 24 3 0 5 22 *3/D AS,MVP-5
2012 29 DET AL 50 222 203 27 64 13 0 9 41 2 1 17 31 .315 .369 .512 .882 139 104 8 1 0 1 4 *5/3D
10 Yrs 1401 5999 5244 879 1661 359 13 286 1025 31 18 660 1040 .317 .394 .554 .948 149 2904 174 40 5 50 148
162 Game Avg. 162 694 606 102 192 42 2 33 119 4 2 76 120 .317 .394 .554 .948 149 336 20 5 1 6 17
DET (5 yrs) 681 2927 2550 430 819 176 3 148 502 14 7 338 448 .321 .400 .567 .967 156 1445 87 15 0 24 78
FLA (5 yrs) 720 3072 2694 449 842 183 10 138 523 17 11 322 592 .313 .388 .542 .929 143 1459 87 25 5 26 70
AL (5 yrs) 681 2927 2550 430 819 176 3 148 502 14 7 338 448 .321 .400 .567 .967 156 1445 87 15 0 24 78
NL (5 yrs) 720 3072 2694 449 842 183 10 138 523 17 11 322 592 .313 .388 .542 .929 143 1459 87 25 5 26 70

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 Awards
2003 20 FLA NL 87 346 2 -0 -2 -2 -2 -4 -0.4 10 5 0.5 .495 .497 0.7 -0.4 7 $165,574 75 MVP-27,RoY-5
2004 21 FLA NL 160 685 27 -0 -2 -3 -8 14 1.4 19 33 3.2 .509 .509 3.5 -1.1 36 $320,000 *97/D AS,MVP-22
2005 22 FLA NL 158 685 43 -1 -1 -4 -6 31 3.1 19 50 4.9 .520 .519 5.4 -1.0 54 $370,000 *75 AS,MVP-5,SS
2006 23 FLA NL 158 676 52 -3 -1 -10 2 40 3.8 18 58 5.5 .524 .523 6.5 -0.8 68 $472,000 *5/D AS,MVP-5,SS
2007 24 FLA NL 157 680 37 -4 -3 -19 2 13 1.2 18 31 3.0 .508 .508 4.9 -1.7 50 $7,400,000 *5/D AS,MVP-15
2008 25 DET AL 160 684 23 -3 -1 -10 -10 -0 0.3 23 23 2.3 .500 .500 3.3 -1.8 33 $11,300,000 *35/D MVP-13
2009 26 DET AL 160 685 40 -2 -2 -1 -10 25 2.7 23 48 4.7 .515 .515 4.9 -1.0 49 $14,383,049 *3/D MVP-4
2010 27 DET AL 150 648 55 -1 -1 -5 -9 38 4.1 22 60 6.1 .526 .524 6.6 -1.4 65 $20,000,000 *3/D AS,MVP-2,SS
2011 28 DET AL 161 688 65 0 -3 -3 -10 49 5.2 23 72 7.3 .531 .531 7.7 -1.3 75 $20,000,000 *3/D AS,MVP-5
2012 29 DET AL 50 222 9 -1 -1 -3 0 4 0.4 8 12 1.1 .509 .503 1.5 -0.3 15 $ *5/3D
10 Seasons 1401 5999 353 -15 -18 -60 -51 210 21.7 182 392 38.6 .515 .513 45.0 -10.7 452 $74,410,623
DET (5 yrs) 681 2927 192 -6 -8 -22 -39 116 12.7 99 216 21.5 .517 .515 24.0 -5.7 238 $65,683,049
FLA (5 yrs) 720 3072 161 -9 -9 -38 -12 93 9.1 83 176 17.1 .513 .511 21.0 -5.0 214 $8,727,574

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
2003 20 FLA NL 346 249 44 4.7 108 .329 .268 .266 .325 .338 .468 .427 .793 .765 106 .481 1.8 0.2 .705 .274 .201 .0
2004 21 FLA NL 685 456 112 6.6 107 .335 .294 .263 .366 .334 .512 .427 .879 .762 130 .620 27.5 2.6 .862 .337 .219 8.7
2005 22 FLA NL 685 441 129 7.8 103 .358 .323 .261 .385 .331 .561 .416 .947 .747 151 .706 46.3 4.4 .945 .344 .238 1.9
2006 23 FLA NL 676 409 139 9.1 108 .379 .339 .266 .430 .336 .568 .432 .998 .768 159 .743 56.6 5.2 1.052 .384 .229 13.4
2007 24 FLA NL 680 426 132 8.3 108 .355 .320 .269 .401 .338 .565 .430 .965 .768 150 .712 45.7 4.2 .998 .381 .245 3.8
2008 25 DET AL 684 461 114 6.6 107 .310 .292 .270 .349 .339 .537 .425 .887 .763 130 .628 25.1 2.4 .865 .338 .245 1.9
2009 26 DET AL 685 438 127 7.7 109 .348 .324 .268 .396 .338 .547 .431 .942 .769 144 .685 39.7 3.7 .941 .340 .223 10.2
2010 27 DET AL 648 396 141 9.5 102 .336 .328 .263 .420 .331 .622 .411 1.042 .742 178 .786 64.0 6.1 1.116 .456 .294 5.6
2011 28 DET AL 688 405 149 9.9 99 .365 .344 .260 .448 .324 .586 .410 1.033 .735 181 .800 71.3 6.8 1.118 .432 .241 3.8
2012 29 DET AL 222 149 36 6.5 99 .335 .315 .254 .369 .321 .512 .412 .882 .733 139 .652 11.0 1.1 .831 .286 .197 3.3
10 Yrs 5999 3830 1123 7.8 105 .347 .317 .265 .394 .334 .554 .423 .948 .756 149 .702 389.0 36.6 .958 .365 .237 55.9
162 Game Avg. 694 443 130 7.8 105 .347 .317 .265 .394 .334 .554 .423 .948 .756 149 .702 45 4 .958 .365 .237 6
DET (5 yrs) 2927 1849 567 8.2 104 .339 .321 .265 .400 .332 .567 .419 .967 .751 156 .726 211.1 20.1 .989 .381 .245 25.6
FLA (5 yrs) 3072 1981 556 7.5 107 .354 .313 .265 .388 .335 .542 .426 .929 .762 143 .678 177.9 16.6 .929 .351 .229 30.3
AL (5 yrs) 2927 1849 567 8.2 104 .339 .321 .265 .400 .332 .567 .419 .967 .751 156 .726 211.1 20.1 .989 .381 .245 25.6
NL (5 yrs) 3072 1981 556 7.5 107 .354 .313 .265 .388 .335 .542 .426 .929 .762 143 .678 177.9 16.6 .929 .351 .229 30.3

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
2003 20 FLA NL NLDS SFG W 4 16 14 1 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 6 .286 .333 .429 .762 6 0 0 1 0 0
2003 20 FLA NL NLCS CHC W 7 33 30 9 10 0 0 3 6 0 0 2 6 .333 .394 .633 1.027 19 1 1 0 0 0
2003 20 FLA NL WS NYY W 6 25 24 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 7 .167 .200 .292 .492 7 1 0 0 0 0
2011 28 DET AL ALDS NYY W 5 20 15 2 3 0 0 1 3 1 0 5 5 .200 .400 .400 .800 6 1 0 0 0 3
2011 28 DET AL ALCS TEX L 6 27 20 5 8 4 0 3 7 1 0 7 6 .400 .556 1.050 1.606 21 0 0 0 0 2
2 Yrs (5 Series) 28 121 103 18 29 6 0 8 22 2 0 16 30 .282 .383 .573 .956 59 3 1 1 0 5
1 ALDS 5 20 15 2 3 0 0 1 3 1 0 5 5 .200 .400 .400 .800 6 1 0 0 0 3
1 NLDS 4 16 14 1 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 6 .286 .333 .429 .762 6 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLCS 7 33 30 9 10 0 0 3 6 0 0 2 6 .333 .394 .633 1.027 19 1 1 0 0 0
1 ALCS 6 27 20 5 8 4 0 3 7 1 0 7 6 .400 .556 1.050 1.606 21 0 0 0 0 2
1 WS 6 25 24 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 7 .167 .200 .292 .492 7 1 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
2004 FLA NL 21 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 FLA NL 22 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 FLA NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 FLA NL 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 DET AL 27 as 1B 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2011 DET AL 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs (6 GP) 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 1 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
2003 20 FLA NL 346 3.5% 24.3% 7.2% 10.4% 43% 3.36 3.7 26.2 5.1 0.96 1.51 63% 17% 10.8% 6%
2004 21 FLA NL 685 4.8% 21.6% 9.9% 9.5% 37% 2.18 4.1 18.3 5.4 0.84 1.24 63% 19% 14.0% 6%
2005 22 FLA NL 685 4.8% 18.3% 9.3% 11.4% 39% 1.95 4.9 18.6 5.3 0.65 0.94 67% 23% 12.2% 10%
2006 23 FLA NL 676 3.9% 16.0% 12.7% 11.5% 40% 1.26 5.3 22.2 5.1 0.66 1.06 66% 26% 9.8% 6%
2007 24 FLA NL 680 5.0% 18.7% 11.6% 10.9% 39% 1.61 4.6 17.3 4.9 0.67 0.99 64% 23% 14.4% 16%
2008 25 DET AL 684 5.4% 18.4% 8.2% 11.0% 42% 2.25 4.9 16.6 4.9 0.73 0.98 68% 21% 14.9% 14%
2009 26 DET AL 685 5.0% 15.6% 9.9% 9.9% 34% 1.57 5.7 18.0 5.9 0.78 1.16 69% 23% 13.9% 13%
2010 27 DET AL 648 5.9% 14.7% 13.7% 13.0% 47% 1.07 5.8 14.4 4.3 0.68 0.98 65% 22% 15.2% 9%
2011 28 DET AL 688 4.4% 12.9% 15.7% 11.3% 40% 0.82 6.4 19.1 5.4 0.83 1.28 67% 22% 12.2% 8%
2012 29 DET AL 222 4.1% 14.0% 7.7% 9.9% 34% 1.82 6.5 22.6 5.0 0.68 0.92 74% 21% 9.4% 7%
10 Yrs 5999 4.8% 17.3% 11.0% 11.0% 40% 1.58 5.0 18.3 5.1 0.74 1.09 66% 22% 13.0% 10%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.4% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 2.05 5.1 33.3 7.8 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.7% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2003 20 FLA NL 1.8 0.2 355 0.7 6.8 -6.0 .94 -0.1 0.8 9.6 0.9 0.97 3.9 0.18 1
2004 21 FLA NL 27.5 2.6 699 3.7 15.7 -12.0 1.04 3.8 -0.2 27.6 2.6 1.00 40.7 3.85 1
2005 22 FLA NL 46.3 4.4 695 2.3 13.4 -11.1 .98 4.7 -2.4 39.8 3.9 0.98 49.3 1.60 1
2006 23 FLA NL 56.6 5.2 692 4.7 14.0 -9.4 .94 5.4 -0.4 63.2 5.9 0.91 63.8 0
2007 24 FLA NL 45.7 4.2 689 4.8 15.7 -10.9 1.00 4.2 0.5 49.1 4.6 0.94 46.7 2.39 1
2008 25 DET AL 24.3 2.3 690 3.3 15.3 -12.0 1.02 2.6 0.6 26.5 2.5 0.98 30.7 1.50 1
2009 26 DET AL 39.7 3.7 696 1.5 13.1 -11.6 .97 3.5 -1.9 28.7 2.7 0.94 41.9 1.18 1
2010 27 DET AL 64.0 6.1 662 7.5 18.0 -10.6 1.11 5.9 0.8 60.9 5.8 1.01 68.1 0
2011 28 DET AL 71.3 6.8 708 7.6 17.5 -9.9 1.00 6.1 1.4 70.4 6.7 1.03 67.2 3.16 2
2012 29 DET AL 11.0 1.1 229 1.7 5.6 -3.9 1.05 0.9 0.7 12.2 1.2 0.94 11.8 0
10 Yrs 388.1 36.6 6115 37.9 135.1 -97.3 1.01 37.2 0.4 388.1 36.8 0.97 423.9 2.13 8

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2003 20 FLA NL 3 0 27% 127 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 11 30% 11 9 2 3 3 0 6 2 4
2004 21 FLA NL 6 0 31% 277 5 2 71% 5 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 6 21 46% 32 21 11 13 7 5 25 9 16
2005 22 FLA NL 6 0 32% 281 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 20 29% 49 40 9 12 8 3 25 12 13
2006 23 FLA NL 8 0 33% 343 9 6 60% 8 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 18 39% 38 32 6 16 10 6 33 10 22
2007 24 FLA NL 2 0 24% 246 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 29% 34 27 7 12 8 4 23 13 9
2008 25 DET AL 5 0 24% 270 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 24% 36 29 6 9 6 3 22 15 7
2009 26 DET AL 8 0 26% 315 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15 26% 47 40 7 4 4 0 27 14 13
2010 27 DET AL 5 0 31% 257 3 3 50% 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 15 34% 50 37 13 16 13 3 20 7 13
2011 28 DET AL 6 0 29% 308 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 11 23 42% 69 43 26 19 13 5 31 10 19
2012 29 DET AL 0 0 25% 79 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 32% 16 14 1 4 0 3 5 1 4
10 Yrs 49 0 29% 2503 31 18 63% 28 13 3 5 0 0 6 2 52 146 34% 382 292 88 108 72 32 217 93 120

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
2003 20 FLA NL 346 17% 84 5 0 1 0 0 0 0.18 12 0 14 9 3 7 5 0 4 4 100% 59 12 20% 24 8 33% 229 54 24% 22 11 50% 13 9 69% 0
2004 21 FLA NL 685 22% 177 11 0 1 0 0 0 3.85 33 0 14 26 7 14 19 0 0 0 147 20 14% 64 24 38% 488 82 17% 45 24 53% 32 19 59% 0
2005 22 FLA NL 685 21% 198 11 0 1 1 0 1 1.60 33 0 17 27 6 11 22 0 0 0 166 20 12% 75 34 45% 494 85 17% 52 33 63% 27 25 93% 0
2006 23 FLA NL 676 24% 195 11 1 0 0 0 0 26 0 6 20 6 15 11 0 1 0 0% 122 18 15% 56 22 39% 411 94 23% 49 31 63% 29 17 59% 0
2007 24 FLA NL 680 22% 188 10 0 1 1 0 1 2.39 34 1 18 25 9 19 15 0 1 1 100% 117 17 15% 58 18 31% 433 88 20% 55 25 45% 33 19 58% 0
2008 25 DET AL 684 25% 180 13 0 1 0 0 0 1.50 37 0 22 28 9 19 18 0 0 0 131 16 12% 58 20 34% 477 92 19% 42 31 74% 23 11 48% 0
2009 26 DET AL 685 26% 198 12 0 1 0 0 0 1.18 34 1 12 27 7 19 15 0 0 0 146 22 15% 57 13 23% 447 70 16% 40 16 40% 23 14 61% 0
2010 27 DET AL 648 26% 180 7 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 18 32 6 17 21 0 0 0 144 17 12% 58 21 36% 479 89 19% 44 26 59% 34 19 56% 0
2011 28 DET AL 688 26% 197 8 0 2 1 0 1 3.16 30 0 10 24 6 15 15 0 0 0 138 24 17% 44 14 32% 460 77 17% 30 16 53% 24 14 58% 0
2012 29 DET AL 222 30% 64 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 2 8 1 6 3 0 0 0 50 8 16% 16 7 44% 140 34 24% 13 8 62% 8 8 100% 0
10 Yrs 5999 24% 1661 89 1 8 3 0 3 2.13 286 2 133 226 60 142 144 0 6 5 83% 1220 174 14% 510 181 35% 4058 765 19% 392 221 56% 246 155 63% 0
MLB Averages 54% 67% 11% 33% 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
2003 20 FLA NL 347 1285 3.70 839 65% 24% 21% 27% 28% 76% 2% 49% 72% 31% 6% 21 1 14% 47 19 8% 28 12 19% -1 0 0
2004 21 FLA NL 685 2721 3.97 1685 62% 26% 16% 30% 27% 74% 1% 46% 79% 29% 7% 45 5 16% 112 33 11% 72 42 24% 0 0 0
2005 22 FLA NL 686 2634 3.84 1668 63% 27% 16% 28% 30% 73% 4% 47% 79% 26% 6% 44 0 18% 122 37 10% 67 46 15% -1 0 0
2006 23 FLA NL 678 2647 3.90 1556 59% 27% 15% 28% 30% 73% 9% 43% 80% 27% 11% 73 3 21% 141 39 12% 82 49 23% -2 0 0
2007 24 FLA NL 680 2500 3.68 1532 61% 20% 20% 30% 31% 80% 8% 49% 75% 39% 8% 55 3 17% 117 41 10% 68 44 14% 0 0 0
2008 25 DET AL 686 2533 3.69 1653 65% 23% 18% 28% 30% 77% 3% 50% 76% 38% 6% 38 0 14% 98 35 7% 47 24 22% -2 0 0
2009 26 DET AL 686 2492 3.63 1571 63% 22% 16% 30% 32% 78% 6% 49% 80% 35% 5% 37 5 15% 106 42 8% 52 32 17% -1 0 0
2010 27 DET AL 648 2367 3.65 1373 58% 20% 18% 28% 34% 80% 12% 46% 77% 35% 8% 53 6 19% 121 45 8% 52 29 20% 0 0 0
2011 28 DET AL 688 2552 3.71 1487 58% 20% 15% 32% 33% 80% 8% 47% 81% 39% 8% 52 3 17% 115 42 9% 59 28 22% 0 0 0
2012 29 DET AL 222 804 3.62 512 64% 21% 15% 30% 34% 79% 4% 50% 80% 36% 5% 11 0 13% 29 9 8% 17 10 19% 0 0 0
10 Yrs 6006 22535 3.75 13876 62% 23% 17% 29% 31% 77% 6% 47% 78% 34% 7% 429 26 17% 1008 342 9% 544 316 20% -7 0 0
MLB Averages 3.78 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 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
2003 20 87 346 314 39 84 21 3 12 62 0 2 25 84 .268 .325 .468 .793 106 147 12 2 4 1 3
2004 21 247 1031 917 140 261 52 4 45 174 5 4 93 232 .285 .352 .497 .850 121 456 32 8 4 9 8
2005 22 405 1716 1530 246 459 95 6 78 290 6 4 157 357 .300 .366 .523 .889 133 800 52 10 4 15 20
2006 23 563 2392 2106 358 654 145 8 104 404 15 10 243 465 .311 .384 .535 .919 141 1127 70 20 4 19 47
2007 24 720 3072 2694 449 842 183 10 138 523 17 11 322 592 .313 .388 .542 .929 143 1459 87 25 5 26 70
2008 25 880 3756 3310 534 1022 219 12 175 650 18 11 378 718 .309 .381 .541 .921 140 1790 103 28 5 35 76
2009 26 1040 4441 3921 630 1220 253 12 209 753 24 13 446 825 .311 .383 .542 .925 141 2124 125 33 5 36 90
2010 27 1190 5089 4469 741 1400 298 13 247 879 27 16 535 920 .313 .388 .552 .939 145 2465 142 36 5 44 122
2011 28 1351 5777 5041 852 1597 346 13 277 984 29 17 643 1009 .317 .395 .555 .950 149 2800 166 39 5 49 144
2012 29 1401 5999 5244 879 1661 359 13 286 1025 31 18 660 1040 .317 .394 .554 .948 149 2904 174 40 5 50 148

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
2003 20 87 345 313 38 83 21 3 12 60 0 25 84 .265 .323 .466 .789 46 87
2004 21 160 685 603 101 177 31 1 33 112 5 68 148 .294 .366 .512 .879 113 160
2005 22 158 694 620 112 205 45 2 34 123 1 66 125 .331 .393 .574 .968 141 158
2006 23 158 672 573 110 192 49 2 26 112 9 85 108 .335 .427 .564 .991 136 158
2007 24 157 676 585 88 185 37 2 33 116 2 78 127 .316 .397 .556 .953 129 157
2008 25 160 679 612 82 176 35 2 36 122 1 55 126 .288 .345 .528 .872 112 160
2009 26 160 680 607 93 194 33 0 33 100 6 67 107 .320 .391 .537 .928 127 160
2010 27 150 655 553 116 185 46 1 39 131 3 91 95 .335 .426 .633 1.059 150 150
2011 28 161 697 578 116 203 49 0 31 110 2 111 89 .351 .455 .597 1.052 157 161
2012 29 50 225 205 28 66 13 0 9 43 2 18 31 .322 .378 .517 .895 40 50
10 Yrs 1401 6008 5249 884 1666 359 13 286 1029 31 664 1040 .317 .395 .554 .949 1151 1401
162 Game Avg. 162 695 607 102 193 42 2 33 119 4 77 120 .317 .395 .554 .949 133 1401

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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
2004 *
2005 *
2006 *
2007 *
2010 (1B)
2011 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2003 NL (27, 1%)
2004 NL (22, 1%)
2005 NL (5, 33%)
2006 NL (5, 38%)
2007 NL (15, 4%)
2008 AL (13, 4%)
2009 AL (4, 44%)
2010 AL (2, 67%)
2011 AL (5, 49%)
2.41 Career Shares (65th)

Silver Sluggers
2005 NL (OF)
2006 NL (3B)
2010 AL (1B)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2010 AL  6.1 (9th)
2011 AL  7.3 (6th)
Active  38.6 (33rd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2005 NL  4.9 (9th)
2006 NL  5.5 (9th)
2010 AL  6.1 (8th)
2011 AL  7.3 (5th)
Active  38.6 (24th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2005 NL  5.4 (5th)
2006 NL  6.5 (3rd)
2007 NL  4.9 (9th)
2009 AL  4.9 (7th)
2010 AL  6.6 (3rd)
2011 AL  7.7 (2nd)
Active  45.0 (16th)
Career  45.0 (180th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2005 NL  .323 (3rd)
2006 NL  .339 (2nd)
2007 NL  .320 (8th)
2009 AL  .324 (4th)
2010 AL  .328 (2nd)
2011 AL  .344 (1st)
2012 AL  .315 (9th)
Active  .317 (6th)
Career  .317 (66th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2006 NL  .430 (3rd)
2007 NL  .401 (8th)
2009 AL  .396 (6th)
2010 AL  .420 (1st)
2011 AL  .448 (1st)
Active  .394 (11th)
Career  .394 (84th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2005 NL  .561 (7th)
2006 NL  .568 (6th)
2007 NL  .565 (8th)
2008 AL  .537 (7th)
2009 AL  .547 (6th)
2010 AL  .622 (2nd)
2011 AL  .586 (2nd)
Active  .554 (7th)
Career  .554 (25th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2005 NL  .947 (6th)
2006 NL  .998 (4th)
2007 NL  .965 (9th)
2008 AL  .887 (9th)
2009 AL  .942 (5th)
2010 AL  1.042 (2nd)
2011 AL  1.033 (2nd)
Active  .948 (7th)
Career  .948 (22nd)

Games Played s c a p y
2004 NL  160 (5th)
2006 NL  158 (10th)
2008 AL  160 (5th)
2009 AL  160 (4th)
2011 AL  161 (1st)
2012 AL  50 (9th)
Active  1,401 (44th)

At Bats s c a p y
2005 NL  613 (7th)
2012 AL  203 (10th)
Active  5,244 (41st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
Active  5,999 (38th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2005 NL  106 (6th)
2010 AL  111 (2nd)
2011 AL  111 (4th)
Active  879 (34th)

Hits s c a p y
2005 NL  198 (2nd)
2006 NL  195 (7th)
2007 NL  188 (9th)
2009 AL  198 (4th)
2010 AL  180 (10th)
2011 AL  197 (5th)
2012 AL  64 (4th)
Active  1,661 (35th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2004 NL  309 (10th)
2005 NL  344 (3rd)
2006 NL  327 (10th)
2007 NL  332 (5th)
2008 AL  331 (1st)
2009 AL  334 (3rd)
2010 AL  341 (2nd)
2011 AL  335 (3rd)
2012 AL  104 (8th)
Active  2,904 (29th)

Doubles s c a p y
2005 NL  43 (5th)
2006 NL  50 (3rd)
2010 AL  45 (4th)
2011 AL  48 (1st)
Active  359 (29th)
Career  359 (247th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2005 NL  33 (9th)
2007 NL  34 (5th)
2008 AL  37 (1st)
2009 AL  34 (6th)
2010 AL  38 (3rd)
2011 AL  30 (10th)
Active  286 (22nd)
Career  286 (150th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2004 NL  112 (5th)
2005 NL  116 (4th)
2006 NL  114 (9th)
2007 NL  119 (3rd)
2008 AL  127 (3rd)
2009 AL  103 (8th)
2010 AL  126 (1st)
2011 AL  105 (6th)
2012 AL  41 (3rd)
Active  1,025 (25th)
Career  1,025 (249th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2010 AL  89 (5th)
2011 AL  108 (2nd)
Active  660 (22nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2004 NL  148 (7th)
2005 NL  125 (10th)
Active  1,040 (31st)
Career  1,040 (220th)

Singles s c a p y
2005 NL  120 (9th)
2009 AL  130 (10th)
2012 AL  42 (5th)
Active  1,003 (37th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2005 NL  151 (4th)
2006 NL  159 (4th)
2007 NL  150 (5th)
2009 AL  144 (4th)
2010 AL  178 (1st)
2011 AL  181 (2nd)
Active  149 (3rd)
Career  149 (37th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2005 NL  129 (4th)
2006 NL  139 (4th)
2007 NL  132 (6th)
2008 AL  114 (8th)
2009 AL  127 (3rd)
2010 AL  141 (1st)
2011 AL  149 (1st)
2012 AL  36 (10th)
Active  1,123 (24th)
Career  1,123 (246th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2005 NL  46 (5th)
2006 NL  57 (3rd)
2007 NL  46 (6th)
2009 AL  40 (2nd)
2010 AL  64 (1st)
2011 AL  71 (1st)
Active  389 (11th)
Career  389 (76th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2005 NL  4.4 (5th)
2006 NL  5.2 (3rd)
2007 NL  4.2 (6th)
2009 AL  3.7 (2nd)
2010 AL  6.1 (1st)
2011 AL  6.9 (1st)
Active  36.6 (11th)
Career  36.6 (86th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2005 NL  78 (4th)
2006 NL  78 (8th)
2008 AL  75 (5th)
2009 AL  68 (10th)
2010 AL  84 (2nd)
2011 AL  78 (3rd)
Active  658 (28th)
Career  658 (215th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2005 NL  264 (7th)
2006 NL  291 (2nd)
2007 NL  272 (5th)
2009 AL  271 (3rd)
2010 AL  272 (1st)
2011 AL  308 (1st)
2012 AL  82 (9th)
Active  2,361 (32nd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2005 NL  .706 (8th)
2006 NL  .743 (4th)
2007 NL  .712 (8th)
2009 AL  .685 (6th)
2010 AL  .786 (2nd)
2011 AL  .801 (2nd)
Active  .702 (8th)
Career  .702 (68th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2004 NL  8 (7th)
2008 AL  9 (3rd)
2010 AL  8 (9th)
Active  50 (31st)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2005 NL  12 (10th)
2006 NL  27 (4th)
2007 NL  23 (3rd)
2009 AL  14 (2nd)
2010 AL  32 (1st)
2011 AL  22 (2nd)
2012 AL  4 (5th)
Active  148 (9th)
Career  148 (47th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2004 NL  20 (9th)
2005 NL  20 (4th)
2006 NL  18 (9th)
2009 AL  22 (4th)
2011 AL  24 (2nd)
2012 AL  8 (4th)
Active  174 (19th)
Career  174 (168th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2007 NL  17.3 (9th)
2008 AL  16.6 (8th)
2010 AL  14.4 (3rd)
Active  18.3 (20th)
Career  18.3 (79th)

Outs Made s c a p y
Active  3,830 (44th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2006 NL  63.22 (4th)
2007 NL  49.15 (5th)
2010 AL  60.93 (1st)
2011 AL  70.38 (1st)
2012 AL  12.20 (10th)
Active  388.12 (12th)
Career  388.12 (68th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2006 NL  4.7 (6th)
2007 NL  4.8 (3rd)
2008 AL  3.3 (9th)
2010 AL  7.5 (1st)
2011 AL  7.6 (2nd)
2012 AL  1.7 (5th)
Active  37.9 (11th)
Career  37.9 (65th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2005 NL  4.7 (4th)
2006 NL  5.4 (4th)
2007 NL  4.2 (8th)
2009 AL  3.5 (6th)
2010 AL  5.9 (1st)
2011 AL  6.1 (2nd)
Active  37.2 (11th)
Career  37.2 (61st)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2005 NL  3.9 (10th)
2006 NL  5.9 (4th)
2007 NL  4.6 (4th)
2010 AL  5.8 (1st)
2011 AL  6.7 (1st)
Active  36.8 (11th)
Career  36.8 (70th)

Salary s c a p y
2010 AL  $20,000,000 (5th)
2011 AL  $20,000,000 (6th)

Youngest s c a p y
2003 NL  born 1983-04-18 (3rd)
2004 NL  born 1983-04-18 (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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 15 (152), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 159 (74), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 126 (108), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 42 (145), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Hack Wilson (899) *
  2. Wally Berger (890)
  3. Hal Trosky (884)
  4. Ken Williams (884)
  5. Mark Teixeira (883)
  6. Ryan Klesko (879)
  7. Mike Sweeney (870)
  8. Danny Tartabull (861)
  9. Matt Holliday (860)
  10. David Justice (858)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters through 28 
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  1. Frank Robinson (924) *
  2. Hank Aaron (910) *
  3. Ken Griffey (890)
  4. Albert Pujols (881)
  5. Mel Ott (862) *
  6. Joe Medwick (858) *
  7. Al Kaline (858) *
  8. Mickey Mantle (856) *
  9. Juan Gonzalez (849)
  10. Hal Trosky (847)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Justin Upton (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Hank Aaron (959) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Hank Aaron (961) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Hank Aaron (953) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ken Griffey (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ken Griffey (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Frank Robinson (930) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Frank Robinson (924) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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