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Jorge Cantú

Jorge Luis (Guzman) Cantu

Positions: Third Baseman, First Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: January 30, 1982 in McAllen, TX
High School: Reynosa (Reynosa, MX)
Signed by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as an amateur free agent in 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 17, 2004
Teams (by GP): Marlins/DevilRays/Padres/Rangers/Reds 2004-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$850k (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.119, Free Agent: 2012 [*], Agents: Wasserman Media Group, previously: Steve Canter [*]
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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
1999	17	TBD-min	A-	72	308	281	33	73	17	2	1	33	3	4	20	59	.260	.313	.345	.658		97	8	2	4	1	0	HDV · NYPL
2000	18	TBD-min	A,A+	82	339	316	43	94	18	4	3	38	7	5	13	52	.297	.332	.408	.741		129	6	4	5	1	1	CHS,SPT · SALL,FLOR
2001	19	TBD-min	AA	130	549	512	58	131	26	3	4	45	4	9	17	93	.256	.287	.342	.629		175	13	8	5	7	0	ORL · SOUL
2002	20	TBD-min	AA	131	545	512	50	124	31	1	3	43	2	6	23	74	.242	.278	.324	.602		166	13	4	1	5	2	ORL · SOUL
2003	21	TBD-min	AAA,AA	103	390	358	41	93	26	1	7	47	2	4	17	48	.260	.293	.397	.689		142	8	3	4	8	1	DHM,ORL · IL,SOUL
2004	22	TBD-min	AAA	95	392	368	57	111	33	1	22	80	3	0	16	64	.302	.335	.576	.911		212	11	4	1	3	2	DHM · IL
2004	22	TBD	AL	50	185	173	25	52	20	1	2	17	0	0	9	44	.301	.341	.462	.803	111	80	5	2	0	1	0	45/6
2005	23	TBD	AL	150	630	598	73	171	40	1	28	117	1	0	19	83	.286	.311	.497	.808	112	297	24	6	0	7	1	45	MVP-27
2006	24	TBD-min	AA	8	33	31	4	6	0	0	2	8	0	0	1	9	.194	.212	.387	.599		12	1	0	0	1	0	MTG · SOUL
2006	24	TBD	AL	107	448	413	40	103	18	2	14	62	1	1	26	91	.249	.295	.404	.699	80	167	16	3	0	6	2	4
2007	25	CIN-TBD-min	AAA	48	202	185	24	51	14	1	3	23	0	0	13	36	.276	.332	.411	.742		76	3	3	0	1	1	LOU,DHM · IL
2007	25	TOT	MLB	52	133	115	12	29	9	0	1	13	0	0	12	26	.252	.331	.357	.687	79	41	6	3	0	3	0	3/D45
2007	25	CIN	NL	27	68	57	8	17	8	0	1	9	0	0	7	10	.298	.382	.491	.874	121	28	3	2	0	2	0	3/3445
2007	25	TBD	AL	25	65	58	4	12	1	0	0	4	0	0	5	16	.207	.277	.224	.501	36	13	3	1	0	1	0	3/3445
2008	26	FLA	NL	155	685	628	92	174	41	0	29	95	6	2	40	111	.277	.327	.481	.808	108	302	15	10	0	7	6	*53
2009	27	FLA	NL	149	643	585	67	169	42	0	16	100	3	1	47	81	.289	.345	.443	.788	105	259	15	6	0	5	4	*35
2010	28	TOT	MLB	127	515	472	50	121	29	1	11	56	0	0	29	95	.256	.304	.392	.695	84	185	15	6	1	7	1	53/D4
2010	28	FLA	NL	97	410	374	41	98	25	0	10	54	0	0	23	76	.262	.310	.409	.719	90	153	11	6	0	7	1	533/54
2010	28	TEX	AL	30	105	98	9	23	4	1	1	2	0	0	6	19	.235	.279	.327	.605	59	32	4	0	1	0	0	533/54
2011	29	COL-min	AAA	30	125	118	16	33	6	0	5	18	0	0	6	16	.280	.320	.458	.778		54	7	1	0	0	0	CSP · PCL
2011	29	SDP	NL	57	155	144	8	28	4	0	3	16	0	0	7	28	.194	.232	.285	.517	46	41	6	1	0	3	1	35/4
8 Seasons				847	3394	3128	367	847	203	5	104	476	11	4	189	559	.271	.316	.439	.755	97	1372	102	37	1	39	15
162 Game Avg.				162	649	598	70	162	39	1	20	91	2	1	36	107	.271	.316	.439	.755	97	262	20	7	0	7	3

TBD (4 yrs)				332	1328	1242	142	338	79	4	44	200	2	1	59	234	.272	.308	.448	.756	97	557	48	12	0	15	3
FLA (3 yrs)				401	1738	1587	200	441	108	0	55	249	9	3	110	268	.278	.330	.450	.780	103	714	41	22	0	19	11
TEX (1 yr)				30	105	98	9	23	4	1	1	2	0	0	6	19	.235	.279	.327	.605	59	32	4	0	1	0	0
SDP (1 yr)				57	155	144	8	28	4	0	3	16	0	0	7	28	.194	.232	.285	.517	46	41	6	1	0	3	1
CIN (1 yr)				27	68	57	8	17	8	0	1	9	0	0	7	10	.298	.382	.491	.874	121	28	3	2	0	2	0

NL (5 yrs)				485	1961	1788	216	486	120	0	59	274	9	3	124	306	.272	.324	.438	.762	99	783	50	25	0	24	12
AL (5 yrs)				362	1433	1340	151	361	83	5	45	202	2	1	65	253	.269	.306	.440	.745	95	589	52	12	1	15	3

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2004	22	TBD	AL	185	2	2	0	0	1	0	6	11	1.1	10	1.0	0.1	$	45/6
2005	23	TBD	AL	631	4	-1	1	-3	-26	1	21	-3	-0.3	23	2.3	-2.6	$316,900	45	MVP-27
2006	24	TBD	AL	448	-14	1	-1	-2	-24	2	15	-23	-2.2	1	0.1	-2.3	$355,800	4
2007	25	TBD	AL	65	-6	0	0	0	-2	-1	2	-6	-0.6	-5	-0.5	-0.1	$	3/3445
2007	25	CIN	NL	68	2	0	0	0	-3	-1	2	-1	-0.1	3	0.3	-0.4	$	3/3445
2008	26	FLA	NL	685	7	0	1	-2	0	-1	18	23	2.3	23	2.4	-0.1	$500,000	*53
2009	27	FLA	NL	643	5	-0	4	-1	-6	-6	17	13	1.3	19	1.8	-0.5	$3,500,000	*35
2010	28	FLA	NL	410	-6	0	0	-2	-3	-1	11	1	0.1	4	0.4	-0.3	$6,000,000	533/54
2010	28	TEX	AL	105	-6	1	-1	-0	3	-1	4	-0	0.0	-4	-0.4	0.4	$	533/54
2011	29	SDP	NL	155	-10	-1	-1	-1	1	-1	4	-9	-1.0	-10	-1.1	0.1	$850,000	35/4
8 Seasons				3395	-22	2	3	-11	-57	-9	100	6	0.6	63	6.3	-5.7	$11,522,700

TBD (4 yrs)				1329	-14	2	0	-5	-50	2	44	-21	-2.0	29	2.9	-4.9	$672,700
FLA (3 yrs)				1738	6	0	5	-4	-8	-8	46	37	3.7	45	4.6	-0.9	$10,000,000
TEX (1 yr)				105	-6	1	-1	-0	3	-1	4	-0	0.0	-4	-0.4	0.4	$
SDP (1 yr)				155	-10	-1	-1	-1	1	-1	4	-9	-1.0	-10	-1.1	0.1	$850,000
CIN (1 yr)				68	2	0	0	0	-3	-1	2	-1	-0.1	3	0.3	-0.4	$

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
2004	22	TBD	AL	185	127	26	5.5	106	.391	.301	.266	.341	.333	.462	.427	.803	.760	111	.526	3.2	0.3	.722	.214	.162	.0
2005	23	TBD	AL	630	458	84	4.9	104	.289	.286	.267	.311	.330	.497	.423	.808	.753	112	.500	8.5	0.8	.716	.244	.211	1.9
2006	24	TBD	AL	448	333	46	3.7	110	.283	.249	.274	.295	.338	.404	.435	.699	.774	80	.346	-13.2	-1.2	.599	.218	.155	1.9
2007	25	TOT	MLB	133	95	14	4.0	110	.308	.252	.273	.331	.342	.357	.431	.687	.773	79	.388	-2.7	-0.3	.609	.209	.104	.0
2007	25	CIN	NL	68	45	11	6.6	115	.333	.298	.278	.382	.348	.491	.444	.874	.791	121	.616	2.6	0.2	.860	.316	.193	.0
2007	25	TBD	AL	65	50	3	1.6	105	.279	.207	.268	.277	.336	.224	.420	.501	.755	36	.109	-5.3	-0.5	.388	.103	.017
2008	26	FLA	NL	685	478	97	5.4	109	.293	.277	.268	.327	.340	.481	.428	.808	.769	108	.548	6.4	0.6	.756	.274	.204	9.9
2009	27	FLA	NL	643	437	88	5.4	108	.310	.289	.268	.345	.342	.443	.426	.788	.768	105	.553	4.5	0.4	.727	.238	.154	5.1
2010	28	TOT	MLB	515	374	54	3.9	105	.295	.256	.266	.304	.337	.392	.419	.695	.756	84	.420	-11.3	-1.1	.601	.197	.136	.0
2010	28	FLA	NL	410	294	46	4.2	105	.298	.262	.265	.310	.336	.409	.418	.719	.754	90	.458	-5.2	-0.5	.634	.209	.147	.0
2010	28	TEX	AL	105	80	8	2.7	107	.282	.235	.270	.279	.339	.327	.423	.605	.762	59	.264	-6.1	-0.6	.481	.153	.092	.0
2011	29	SDP	NL	155	125	9	1.9	92	.216	.194	.251	.232	.317	.285	.390	.517	.708	46	.180	-10.4	-1.1	.402	.139	.090	.0
8 Seasons				3394	2427	418	4.6	107	.297	.271	.268	.316	.336	.439	.425	.755	.761	97	.474	-15.1	-1.5	.672	.230	.168	19.9
162 Game Avg.				649	464	80	4.6	107	.297	.271	.268	.316	.336	.439	.425	.755	.761	97	.474	-15.1	-1.5	.672	.230	.168	4

TBD (4 yrs)				1328	968	159	4.4	106	.300	.272	.269	.308	.333	.448	.428	.756	.761	97	.435	-6.8	-0.6	.660	.225	.176	3.8
FLA (3 yrs)				1738	1209	231	5.1	108	.301	.278	.268	.330	.340	.450	.425	.780	.765	103	.530	5.6	0.5	.716	.245	.172	15.5
TEX (1 yr)				105	80	8	2.7	107	.282	.235	.270	.279	.339	.327	.423	.605	.762	59	.264	-6.1	-0.6	.481	.153	.092	.0
SDP (1 yr)				155	125	9	1.9	92	.216	.194	.251	.232	.317	.285	.390	.517	.708	46	.180	-10.4	-1.1	.402	.139	.090	.0
CIN (1 yr)				68	45	11	6.6	115	.333	.298	.278	.382	.348	.491	.444	.874	.791	121	.616	2.6	0.2	.860	.316	.193	.0

NL (5 yrs)				1961	1379	251	4.9	107	.295	.272	.267	.324	.338	.438	.423	.762	.761	99	.510	-2.2	-0.3	.692	.239	.166	15.6
AL (5 yrs)				1433	1048	167	4.3	106	.299	.269	.269	.306	.334	.440	.427	.745	.761	95	.424	-12.9	-1.2	.646	.219	.170	3.8

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
2010	28	TEX	AL	ALDS	TBR	W	1	4	4	3	.000	.000	.000	.000
2010	28	TEX	AL	ALCS	NYY	W	1	3	3	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2010	28	TEX	AL	WS	SFG	L	1	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 Season (3 Series)							3	8	8	3	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 ALDS							1	4	4	3	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 ALCS							1	3	3	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 WS							1	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

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
2004	22	TBD	AL	185	1.1%	23.8%	4.9%	12.4%	44%	4.89	3.9	86.5	10.2	0.76	1.22	69%	25%	2.9%	8%
2005	23	TBD	AL	630	4.4%	13.2%	3.0%	11.0%	40%	4.37	7.2	21.4	5.1	0.67	1.16	78%	21%	9.6%	6%
2006	24	TBD	AL	448	3.1%	20.3%	5.8%	7.6%	33%	3.50	4.5	29.5	6.7	0.73	0.96	70%	20%	8.0%	8%
2007	25	TOT	MLB	133	0.8%	19.6%	9.0%	7.5%	35%	2.17	4.4	115.0	8.8	0.84	1.33	68%	21%	2.2%	10%
2007	25	TBD	AL	65	0.0%	24.6%	7.7%	1.5%	8%	3.20	3.6		14.5	0.95	1.69	66%	16%	0.0%	9%
2007	25	CIN	NL	68	1.5%	14.7%	10.3%	13.2%	53%	1.43	5.7	57.0	6.3	0.75	1.06	71%	24%	4.0%	11%
2008	26	FLA	NL	685	4.2%	16.2%	5.8%	10.2%	40%	2.78	5.7	21.7	6.6	0.52	0.62	72%	22%	10.2%	17%
2009	27	FLA	NL	643	2.5%	12.6%	7.3%	9.0%	34%	1.72	7.2	36.6	5.9	0.58	0.72	77%	22%	5.9%	16%
2010	28	TOT	MLB	515	2.1%	18.5%	5.6%	8.0%	34%	3.28	5.0	42.9	8.4	0.67	0.95	72%	22%	5.5%	13%
2010	28	FLA	NL	410	2.4%	18.5%	5.6%	8.5%	36%	3.30	4.9	37.4	6.9	0.63	0.91	72%	23%	6.1%	12%
2010	28	TEX	AL	105	1.0%	18.1%	5.7%	5.7%	26%	3.17	5.2	98.0	49.0	0.84	1.14	74%	21%	2.8%	16%
2011	29	SDP	NL	155	1.9%	18.1%	4.5%	4.5%	25%	4.00	5.1	48.0	9.0	0.68	0.80	75%	14%	4.9%	14%
8 Seasons				3394	3.1%	16.5%	5.6%	9.2%	37%	2.96	5.6	30.1	6.6	0.64	0.88	74%	21%	7.4%	12%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.5%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.06	5.1	33.4	7.8	0.80	1.07	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
2004	22	TBD	AL	3.2	0.3	187	0.5	3.7	-3.2	1.00	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.94	0.4		1
2005	23	TBD	AL	8.5	0.8	639	0.5	12.4	-12.0	1.00	1.6	-1.1	11.4	1.1	0.95	13.2	2.36	2
2006	24	TBD	AL	-13.3	-1.2	457	-1.7	7.3	-9.1	1.06	-1.2	-0.4	-15.2	-1.4	0.94	-11.6	0.64	2
2007	25	TOT	MLB	-2.7	-0.3	137	-0.5	2.1	-2.7	1.00	-0.4	-0.1	-6.5	-0.6	0.96	-4.2	1.00	19
2007	25	TBD	AL	-5.3	-0.5	66	-0.6	0.5	-1.1	.76	-0.6	-0.2	-7.8	-0.7	0.89	-6.4	0.54	8
2007	25	CIN	NL	2.6	0.2	71	0.1	1.6	-1.5	1.23	0.2	-0.1	1.3	0.1	1.03	2.2	1.34	11
2008	26	FLA	NL	6.4	0.6	703	1.6	13.7	-12.1	1.03	1.2	0.3	13.7	1.3	0.95	12.6	1.56	2
2009	27	FLA	NL	4.5	0.4	657	3.1	14.9	-11.8	1.12	2.2	0.6	17.3	1.6	1.02	19.8	2.54	5
2010	28	TOT	MLB	-11.5	-1.1	524	-0.8	8.7	-9.6	.98	-1.1	0.3	-23.9	-2.3	0.96	-14.2	1.13	2
2010	28	FLA	NL	-5.9	-0.6	417	-0.1	7.7	-7.8	1.02	-0.4	0.3	-11.9	-1.2	0.99	-5.8		0
2010	28	TEX	AL	-5.6	-0.6	107	-0.7	1.1	-1.8	.83	-0.7	-0.2	-12.0	-1.1	0.88	-8.4	1.13	2
2011	29	SDP	NL	-10.4	-1.1	155	-2.4	1.9	-4.3	1.32	-1.4	-0.4	-14.6	-1.5	1.07	-13.3	1.75	24
8 Seasons				-15.4	-1.6	3459	0.2	64.8	-64.6	1.05	1.0	-0.8	-17.5	-1.9	0.97	2.7	1.49	57

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2004	22	TBD	AL	3	0	38%	81	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	67%	12	6	6	1	0	1	8	1	7
2005	23	TBD	AL	8	1	27%	216	1	0	100%	1	0	0	2	5	12	44%	28	18	8	8	2	5	14	4	9
2006	24	TBD	AL	3	0	22%	157	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	9	40%	16	14	2	8	4	4	11	3	8
2007	25	TOT	MLB	0	0	26%	53	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	6	30%	3	2	1	2	2	0	5	2	2
2007	25	TBD	AL	0	0	22%	29	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	25%	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	1
2007	25	CIN	NL	0	0	28%	24	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	4	33%	2	1	1	2	2	0	2	0	1
2008	26	FLA	NL	7	0	32%	214	6	2	75%	6	2	0	1	4	22	31%	22	21	1	9	5	4	21	10	11
2009	27	FLA	NL	10	0	25%	271	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	5	17	22%	38	33	5	8	3	4	19	13	5
2010	28	TOT	MLB	4	0	27%	175	0	0		0	0	0	0	3	11	40%	25	21	4	4	2	2	16	4	12
2010	28	FLA	NL	4	0	27%	142	0	0		0	0	0	0	2	9	35%	21	18	3	3	2	1	13	4	9
2010	28	TEX	AL	0	0	29%	33	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	2	63%	4	3	1	1	0	1	3	0	3
2011	29	SDP	NL	0	0	15%	30	0	0		0	0	0	0	2	0	67%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
8 Seasons				35	1	27%	1197	11	4	73%	10	4	1	3	20	78	37%	146	116	28	40	18	20	95	37	55

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
2004	22	TBD	AL	185	29%	52	5	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		36	5	14%	18	5	28%	116	15	13%	10	3	30%	9	3	33%	0
2005	23	TBD	AL	631	26%	171	5	0	2	0	0	0	2.36	28	0	17	22	6	16	12	0	3	0	0%	135	24	18%	67	21	31%	422	92	22%	50	28	56%	26	19	73%	0
2006	24	TBD	AL	448	27%	103	10	0	2	0	0	0	0.64	14	1	11	8	6	7	7	0	0	0		87	16	18%	46	21	46%	281	53	19%	27	18	67%	20	14	70%	0
2007	25	TOT	MLB	133	59%	29	1	0	19	6	0	2	1.00	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		27	6	22%	17	7	41%	85	12	14%	9	5	56%	4	3	75%	0
2007	25	TBD	AL	65	68%	12	0	0	8	1	0	0	0.54	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11	3	27%	8	4	50%	34	4	12%	4	2	50%	3	3	100%	0
2007	25	CIN	NL	68	51%	17	1	0	11	5	0	2	1.34	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		16	3	19%	9	3	33%	51	8	16%	5	3	60%	1	0	0%	0
2008	26	FLA	NL	685	24%	174	10	0	2	1	0	0	1.56	29	1	18	21	8	18	11	0	0	0		134	15	11%	64	17	27%	440	67	15%	39	19	49%	37	17	46%	0
2009	27	FLA	NL	643	25%	169	10	0	5	3	0	1	2.54	16	0	17	11	5	8	8	0	0	0		133	15	11%	62	20	32%	513	91	18%	41	25	61%	24	15	63%	0
2010	28	TOT	MLB	515	30%	121	5	0	2	0	0	0	1.13	11	0	12	9	2	4	7	0	1	1	100%	105	15	14%	55	16	29%	336	47	14%	29	19	66%	25	12	48%	0
2010	28	FLA	NL	410	24%	98	5	0	0	0	0	0		10	0	11	8	2	4	6	0	0	0		86	11	13%	48	14	29%	279	46	16%	28	18	64%	23	11	48%	0
2010	28	TEX	AL	105	53%	23	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.13	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	19	4	21%	7	2	29%	57	1	2%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	0
2011	29	SDP	NL	155	38%	28	0	0	24	6	0	2	1.75	3	0	5	2	1	2	1	0	0	0		35	6	17%	16	6	38%	114	14	12%	14	8	57%	5	3	60%	0
8 Seasons				3395	28%	847	46	0	57	16	0	5	1.49	104	2	87	75	29	55	49	0	4	1	25%	692	102	15%	345	113	33%	2307	391	17%	219	125	57%	150	86	57%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			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
2004	22	TBD	AL	185	694	3.75	468	67%	23%	19%	30%	28%	77%	0%	52%	75%	33%	2%	4	0	7%	13	5	8%	15	11	20%	0	0	0
2005	23	TBD	AL	631	2073	3.29	1447	70%	19%	17%	28%	36%	81%	1%	56%	79%	32%	2%	12	1	9%	54	38	4%	27	18	5%	0	0	1
2006	24	TBD	AL	448	1652	3.69	1096	66%	22%	18%	30%	30%	78%	1%	52%	77%	29%	4%	16	1	12%	54	30	6%	28	17	10%	0	0	0
2007	25	TOT	MLB	133	502	3.77	306	61%	26%	17%	27%	30%	74%	0%	45%	77%	23%	8%	10	0	21%	28	15	8%	11	8	12%	0	0	0
2007	25	TBD	AL	65	256	3.94	152	59%	27%	19%	26%	28%	73%	0%	43%	74%	18%	11%	7	0	28%	18	9	9%	6	5	6%	0	0	0
2007	25	CIN	NL	68	246	3.62	154	63%	25%	14%	29%	32%	75%	0%	47%	81%	28%	4%	3	0	15%	10	6	7%	5	3	20%	0	0	0
2008	26	FLA	NL	685	2585	3.77	1681	65%	23%	15%	31%	31%	77%	2%	50%	80%	26%	6%	38	3	18%	120	67	8%	55	40	14%	0	0	0
2009	27	FLA	NL	643	2540	3.95	1568	62%	27%	12%	29%	32%	73%	1%	45%	84%	19%	5%	34	5	19%	120	62	10%	62	45	19%	0	0	0
2010	28	TOT	MLB	515	2005	3.89	1317	66%	25%	16%	30%	29%	75%	1%	50%	78%	24%	5%	24	1	15%	75	35	10%	50	39	6%	0	0	0
2010	28	FLA	NL	410	1591	3.88	1049	66%	24%	17%	30%	29%	76%	1%	50%	78%	24%	5%	19	1	14%	58	29	10%	43	32	8%	0	0	0
2010	28	TEX	AL	105	414	3.94	268	65%	26%	14%	30%	30%	74%	0%	48%	81%	22%	5%	5	0	16%	17	6	7%	7	7	0%	0	0	0
2011	29	SDP	NL	155	605	3.90	404	67%	23%	15%	33%	29%	77%	1%	51%	81%	21%	4%	6	1	13%	20	11	8%	12	7	0%	0	0	0
8 Seasons				3395	12656	3.73	8287	65%	23%	16%	30%	31%	77%	1%	50%	80%	26%	4%	144	12	14%	484	263	8%	260	185	11%	0	0	1
MLB Averages						3.79		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
2004	22	50	185	173	25	52	20	1	2	17	0	0	9	44	.301	.341	.462	.803	111	80	5	2	0	1	0
2005	23	200	815	771	98	223	60	2	30	134	1	0	28	127	.289	.318	.489	.807	112	377	29	8	0	8	1
2006	24	307	1263	1184	138	326	78	4	44	196	2	1	54	218	.275	.310	.459	.769	100	544	45	11	0	14	3
2007	25	359	1396	1299	150	355	87	4	45	209	2	1	66	244	.273	.312	.450	.762	98	585	51	14	0	17	3
2008	26	514	2081	1927	242	529	128	4	74	304	8	3	106	355	.275	.317	.460	.777	102	887	66	24	0	24	9
2009	27	663	2724	2512	309	698	170	4	90	404	11	4	153	436	.278	.323	.456	.780	103	1146	81	30	0	29	13
2010	28	790	3239	2984	359	819	199	5	101	460	11	4	182	531	.274	.320	.446	.766	100	1331	96	36	1	36	14
2011	29	847	3394	3128	367	847	203	5	104	476	11	4	189	559	.271	.316	.439	.755	97	1372	102	37	1	39	15

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2004	22	50	184	172	24	51	20	1	2	16	0	9	44	.297	.337	.459	.796	26	50
2005	23	150	631	599	73	172	40	1	28	118	1	19	83	.287	.312	.497	.810	92	150
2006	24	107	444	410	38	100	17	2	14	59	1	25	91	.244	.288	.398	.686	47	107
2007	25	52	133	115	11	29	9	0	1	12	0	12	26	.252	.331	.357	.687	13	52
2008	26	155	680	624	88	170	40	0	28	91	6	39	111	.272	.322	.471	.793	93	155
2009	27	149	640	583	66	167	42	0	16	98	3	46	81	.286	.342	.441	.783	87	149
2010	28	127	513	471	50	120	29	1	11	55	0	29	95	.255	.302	.391	.693	55	127
2011	29	57	158	146	9	30	4	0	3	19	0	8	28	.205	.247	.295	.541	11	57
8 Seasons		847	3383	3120	359	839	201	5	103	468	11	187	559	.269	.314	.436	.750	424	847
162 Game Avg.		162	647	597	69	160	38	1	20	90	2	36	107	.269	.314	.436	.750	81	847

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2005 AL (27, 0%) 0.00 Career Shares (1713th)	At Bats s c a p y 2008 NL 628 (3rd)	Doubles s c a p y 2005 AL 40 (8th) 2008 NL 41 (10th) 2009 NL 42 (5th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 2005 AL 117 (7th)
Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 2010 NL 7 (10th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 2005 AL 24 (3rd)	Outs Made s c a p y 2008 NL 478 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Batting - 11 (1335), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 9 (1217), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 8 (1799), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Similar Batters through 29

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Most Similar by Ages

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Yogi Berra (943) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Edwin Encarnacion (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Sweeney (943) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Fernando Tatis (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tony Perez (951) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jose Guillen (942) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mel Hall (938) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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