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Jay Canizaro \can-I-ZAIR-o\

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 (West Orange, TX)
Schools: Blinn College (Brenham, TX), 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 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Twins/Giants 1996-2002

Final Game: May 31, 2002 (Age 28)
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Standard Batting

More Stats

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 (v2.2): 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
1996	22	SFG	NL	43	132	-8	-2	0	-2	1	-11	-1.2	4	-7	-0.8	.474	.493	-0.5	-0.1	-5	$109,000	4/6

1999	25	SFG	NL	12	19	3	1	0	-0	0	3	0.3	1	4	0.4	.525	.502	0.4	-0.0	4		/4
2000	26	MIN	AL	102	371	-11	1	-1	-5	2	-15	-1.3	14	-1	0.0	.487	.492	0.5	-0.3	5		4/D

2002	28	MIN	AL	38	126	-8	-1	1	-1	1	-9	-0.9	5	-4	-0.4	.477	.495	-0.3	0.0	-3	$235,000	4/5
4 Seasons				195	648	-25	-1	-1	-8	4	-31	-3.0	23	-8	-0.8	.485	.495	0.1	-0.4	1	$344,000

MIN (2 yrs)				140	497	-19	0	-1	-6	3	-23	-2.1	19	-4	-0.4	.484	.493	0.2	-0.2	1	$235,000
SFG (2 yrs)				55	151	-6	-1	0	-2	1	-8	-0.9	5	-3	-0.4	.485	.497	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$109,000

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	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1996	SFG	NL	22	2B	35	26	21	237.0	143	60	79	4	16	.972	-1	-4	5.28	3.97	.981	5.09	5.06
1996	SFG	NL	22	SS	7	4	1	35.1	18	4	12	2	4	.889	-1	-48	4.08	2.29	.967	4.58	4.57
1999	SFG	NL	25	2B	4	2	1	18.0	7	2	5	0	1	1.000	-0	-27	3.50	1.75	.981	5.05	5.00
2000	MIN	AL	26	2B	90	85	74	732.1	325	120	199	6	41	.982	-5	-9	3.92	3.54	.980	5.03	4.97
2000	MIN	AL	26	DH	2	1
2002	MIN	AL	28	2B	30	25	17	211.2	102	39	62	1	13	.990	-0	-3	4.29	3.37	.979	4.89	4.84
2002	MIN	AL	28	3B	8	7	7	67.1	21	3	16	2	3	.905	-0	-5	2.54	2.38	.951	2.67	2.65
	4 Seasons			2B	159	138	113	1199.0	577	221	345	11	71	.981	-7	-7	4.25	3.56	.980	5.02	4.97
	1 Season			3B	8	7	7	67.1	21	3	16	2	3	.905	-0	-5	2.54	2.38	.951	2.67	2.65
	1 Season			SS	7	4	1	35.1	18	4	12	2	4	.889	-1	-48	4.08	2.29	.967	4.58	4.57
	4 Seasons			TOT	174	149	121	1301.2	616	228	373	15	78	.976	-8	-8	4.16	3.45	.979	4.88	4.84

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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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Transactions

June 3, 1993: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1993.
April 3, 2000: Released by the San Francisco Giants.
April 4, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

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Salaries

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

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1996	22	San Francisco Giants	$109,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1

2001	27	Minnesota Twins	$235,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	28	Minnesota Twins	$235,000	4/3/02 AP

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$579,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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