Jay Canizaro

Jason Kyle Canizaro

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: July 4, 1973 in Beaumont, TX
High School: West Orange-Stark HS (Orange, TX)
School: Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1996
Teams (by GP): Twins/Giants 1996-2002

Final Game: May 31, 2002
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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
1993	19	SFG-min	Rk	49	205	180	34	47	10	6	3	41	12	3	22	40	.261	.337	.433	.770		78	4	0	0	3	1		GNT · ARIZ
1994	20	SFG-min	A+	126	518	464	77	117	16	2	15	69	12	6	46	98	.252	.324	.392	.717		182	7	5	0	3	1		SJO · CALL
1995	21	SFG-min	AA	126	513	440	83	129	25	7	12	60	16	9	58	98	.293	.379	.464	.843		204	9	6	4	5	4		SHV · TL
1996	22	SFG-min	AAA	102	419	363	50	95	21	2	7	64	14	4	46	77	.262	.347	.388	.735		141	7	4	1	5	2		PHX · PCL
1996	22	SFG	NL	43	132	120	11	24	4	1	2	8	0	2	9	38	.200	.260	.300	.560	51	36	5	1	1	1	0	4/6

1997	23	SFG-min	AA,AAA	73	297	257	48	61	16	0	13	50	4	4	35	68	.237	.331	.451	.782		116	6	2	1	2	0		SHV,PHX · TL,PCL
1998	24	SFG-min	AA,AAA	128	467	387	70	87	13	3	18	46	5	3	70	69	.225	.348	.413	.761		160	11	5	1	4	2		SHV,FRE · TL,PCL
1999	25	SFG-min	AAA	106	425	364	77	102	20	2	26	78	16	5	49	79	.280	.364	.560	.925		204	9	3	2	7	3		FRE · PCL
1999	25	SFG	NL	12	19	18	5	8	2	0	1	9	1	0	1	2	.444	.474	.722	1.196	205	13	0	0	0	0	0	/4
2000	26	MIN-min	AAA	27	123	101	21	36	9	2	6	32	4	1	17	17	.356	.439	.663	1.102		67	2	1	0	4	2		SLK · PCL
2000	26	MIN	AL	102	371	346	43	93	21	1	7	40	4	2	24	57	.269	.318	.396	.714	77	137	8	1	0	0	0	4/D
2001		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2002	28	MIN-min	AAA	66	281	247	43	71	11	2	14	37	6	3	30	46	.287	.370	.518	.888		128	7	3	0	1	0		EDM · PCL
2002	28	MIN	AL	38	126	112	14	24	8	1	0	11	0	1	10	22	.214	.280	.304	.584	56	34	1	1	1	2	0	4/5
2003	29	TBD-min	AAA	26	103	92	13	22	7	0	4	13	2	0	9	19	.239	.301	.446	.747		41	4	0	0	2	1		DHM · IL
4 Yrs				195	648	596	73	149	35	3	10	68	5	5	44	119	.250	.303	.369	.673	72	220	14	3	2	3	0
162 Game Avg.				162	538	495	61	124	29	2	8	56	4	4	37	99	.250	.303	.369	.673	72	183	12	2	2	2	0

MIN (2 yrs)				140	497	458	57	117	29	2	7	51	4	3	34	79	.255	.308	.373	.682	72	171	9	2	1	2	0
SFG (2 yrs)				55	151	138	16	32	6	1	3	17	1	2	10	40	.232	.287	.355	.642	71	49	5	1	1	1	0

AL (2 yrs)				140	497	458	57	117	29	2	7	51	4	3	34	79	.255	.308	.373	.682	72	171	9	2	1	2	0
NL (2 yrs)				55	151	138	16	32	6	1	3	17	1	2	10	40	.232	.287	.355	.642	71	49	5	1	1	1	0

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
1996	22	SFG	NL	43	132	-8	-2	0	-2	1	-11	-1.2	4	-8	-0.8	.474	.493	-0.6	-0.1	-5	$109,000	4/6

1999	25	SFG	NL	12	19	3	1	0	-0	0	3	0.3	0	4	0.3	.524	.502	0.4	-0.0	4	$	/4
2000	26	MIN	AL	102	371	-11	1	-1	-5	2	-15	-1.3	12	-3	-0.2	.486	.491	0.3	-0.3	2	$	4/D

2002	28	MIN	AL	38	126	-8	-1	1	-1	1	-9	-0.8	4	-4	-0.4	.477	.495	-0.4	0.0	-4	$235,000	4/5
4 Seasons				195	648	-25	-1	-1	-8	3	-32	-3.0	21	-11	-1.1	.484	.495	-0.3	-0.4	-3	$344,000

MIN (2 yrs)				140	497	-19	0	-1	-6	2	-24	-2.1	16	-7	-0.6	.484	.493	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$235,000
SFG (2 yrs)				55	151	-6	-1	0	-2	1	-8	-0.9	4	-4	-0.5	.485	.497	-0.2	-0.2	-1	$109,000

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
1996	22	SFG	NL	132	105	8	2.0	102	.272	.200	.264	.260	.332	.300	.413	.560	.745	51	.171	-8.6	-0.8	.427	.158	.100	.0

1999	25	SFG	NL	19	10	7	18.8	110	.467	.444	.268	.474	.343	.722	.432	1.196	.774	205	.910	2.8	0.3	1.500	.389	.278	1.0
2000	26	MIN	AL	371	263	42	4.3	119	.305	.269	.281	.318	.355	.396	.452	.714	.807	77	.384	-13.3	-1.2	.624	.202	.127	5.1

2002	28	MIN	AL	126	93	10	2.9	105	.261	.214	.264	.280	.332	.304	.425	.584	.757	56	.270	-6.9	-0.7	.489	.170	.089
4 Yrs				648	471	67	3.8	113	.296	.250	.274	.303	.345	.369	.438	.673	.784	72	.356	-26.0	-2.4	.573	.193	.119	6.7
162 Game Avg.				538	391	56	3.8	113	.296	.250	.274	.303	.345	.369	.438	.673	.784	72	.356	-26.0	-2.4	.573	.193	.119	6

MIN (2 yrs)				497	356	52	3.9	116	.294	.255	.277	.308	.349	.373	.445	.682	.794	72	.357	-20.2	-1.9	.589	.194	.118	5.1
SFG (2 yrs)				151	115	15	3.5	103	.302	.232	.264	.287	.334	.355	.415	.642	.749	71	.351	-5.8	-0.6	.522	.188	.123	1.5

AL (2 yrs)				497	356	52	3.9	116	.294	.255	.277	.308	.349	.373	.445	.682	.794	72	.357	-20.2	-1.9	.589	.194	.118	5.1
NL (2 yrs)				151	115	15	3.5	103	.302	.232	.264	.287	.334	.355	.415	.642	.749	71	.351	-5.8	-0.6	.522	.188	.123	1.5

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
1996	22	SFG	NL	132	1.5%	28.8%	6.8%	5.3%	29%	4.22	3.2	60.0	15.0	0.78	1.03	61%	18%	6.3%	30%

1999	25	SFG	NL	19	5.3%	10.5%	5.3%	15.8%	38%	2.00	9.0	18.0	2.0	0.45	0.60	79%	31%	11.1%	18%
2000	26	MIN	AL	371	1.9%	15.4%	6.5%	7.8%	31%	2.38	6.1	49.4	8.7	0.66	0.88	76%	27%	5.0%	18%

2002	28	MIN	AL	126	0.0%	17.5%	7.9%	7.1%	38%	2.20	5.1		10.2	0.78	1.22	73%	22%	0.0%	14%
4 Yrs				648	1.5%	18.4%	6.8%	7.4%	32%	2.70	5.0	59.6	8.8	0.70	0.96	73%	24%	4.5%	19%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.8%	9.0%	7.9%	34%	1.87	5.3	31.5	7.4	0.78	1.08	70%	23%	8.3%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1996	22	SFG	NL	-8.6	-0.8	135	-2.0	1.1	-3.1	1.06	-1.0	-0.9	-14.1	-1.4	0.96	-12.8	0.48	3

1999	25	SFG	NL	2.8	0.2	22	0.4	0.5	-0.1	.75	0.4	0.2	6.7	0.6	1.00	4.7	0.68	8
2000	26	MIN	AL	-13.3	-1.2	385	-0.5	6.2	-6.7	.95	-0.6	0.1	-1.5	-0.1	0.91	-10.9	1.85	10

2002	28	MIN	AL	-6.9	-0.7	130	-0.9	1.5	-2.4	.92	-0.8	-0.2	-9.3	-0.9	0.96	-11.4	0.01	2
4 Yrs				-26.0	-2.4	672	-3.0	9.4	-12.4	.96	-2.1	-1.0	-18.3	-1.8	0.93	-30.4	1.10	23

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1996	22	SFG	NL	1	0	28%	41	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	63%	4	2	2	1	0	0	3	0	3

1999	25	SFG	NL	0	0	50%	12	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
2000	26	MIN	AL	5	0	32%	133	4	2	67%	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	8	48%	15	11	4	3	0	2	13	4	9

2002	28	MIN	AL	0	0	40%	41	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	33%	5	4	1	2	1	0	5	2	3
4 Yrs				6	0	34%	227	5	5	50%	5	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	9	14	47%	25	18	7	6	1	2	22	6	16

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
1996	22	SFG	NL	132	18%	24	8	0	3	1	0	0	0.48	2	1	4	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	100%	35	5	14%	17	2	12%	85	6	7%	8	2	25%	4	2	50%	0

1999	25	SFG	NL	19	53%	8	0	0	8	4	1	1	0.68	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		4	0	0%	3	1	33%	17	8	47%	3	3	100%	2	2	100%	0
2000	26	MIN	AL	371	27%	93	4	0	10	2	0	1	1.85	7	1	5	5	2	2	5	0	1	0	0%	62	8	13%	24	7	29%	207	35	17%	13	5	38%	8	5	63%	0

2002	28	MIN	AL	126	38%	24	2	1	2	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	18	1	6%	20	8	40%	89	11	12%	16	7	44%	11	8	73%	0
4 Yrs				648	28%	149	14	1	23	7	1	2	1.10	10	2	14	8	2	3	7	0	4	2	50%	119	14	12%	64	18	28%	398	60	15%	40	17	43%	25	17	68%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			74%			11%			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
1996	22	SFG	NL	118	449	3.81	284	63%	23%	23%	27%	27%	77%	0%	49%	69%	42%	3%	4	1	14%	16	9	8%	9	6	35%	14	0	2

1999	25	SFG	NL	19	58	3.05	37	64%	24%	11%	22%	43%	76%	0%	48%	86%	32%	0%	0	0	11%	2	2	5%	1	1	50%	0	0	0
2000	26	MIN	AL	373	1357	3.64	835	62%	31%	12%	23%	35%	69%	0%	42%	83%	27%	3%	13	0	13%	50	24	7%	26	16	40%	-2	0	0

2002	28	MIN	AL	127	449	3.54	280	62%	26%	13%	29%	33%	74%	0%	46%	83%	28%	6%	7	0	16%	20	8	9%	11	6	41%	-1	0	0
4 Yrs				637	2313	3.63	1436	62%	28%	14%	25%	33%	72%	0%	45%	80%	30%	4%	24	1	14%	88	43	7%	47	29	39%	11	0	2
MLB Averages						3.72		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	5%			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
1996	22	43	132	120	11	24	4	1	2	8	0	2	9	38	.200	.260	.300	.560	51	36	5	1	1	1
1997	23	43	132	120	11	24	4	1	2	8	0	2	9	38	.200	.260	.300	.560	51	36	5	1	1	1
1998	24	43	132	120	11	24	4	1	2	8	0	2	9	38	.200	.260	.300	.560	51	36	5	1	1	1
1999	25	55	151	138	16	32	6	1	3	17	1	2	10	40	.232	.287	.355	.642	71	49	5	1	1	1
2000	26	157	522	484	59	125	27	2	10	57	5	4	34	97	.258	.309	.384	.693	76	186	13	2	1	1
2001	27	157	522	484	59	125	27	2	10	57	5	4	34	97	.258	.309	.384	.693	76	186	13	2	1	1
2002	28	195	648	596	73	149	35	3	10	68	5	5	44	119	.250	.303	.369	.673	72	220	14	3	2	3

Neutralized Batting

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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
1996	22	43	132	120	11	24	4	1	2	8	0	9	38	.200	.260	.300	.560	9	43

1999	25	12	19	18	5	8	2	0	1	9	1	1	2	.444	.474	.722	1.196	6	12
2000	26	102	361	338	37	85	19	1	6	34	4	22	57	.251	.299	.367	.666	37	102

2002	28	38	125	111	13	23	8	1	0	10	0	10	22	.207	.274	.297	.571	9	38
4 Yrs		195	637	587	66	140	33	3	9	61	5	42	119	.239	.291	.351	.642	61	195
162 Game Avg.		162	529	488	55	116	27	2	7	51	4	35	99	.239	.291	.351	.642	51	195

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