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Jorge Cantu
Jorge Luis (Guzman) Cantu
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 30, 1982 in McAllen, TX
Signed by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as an amateur free agent in 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 17, 2004
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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
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/D6
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 45D MVP-27
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/D
2007 25 TOT 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 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 /3D4
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 3/45
2008 26 FLA NL 155 685 628 92 174 41 0 29 95 6 2 40 111 .277 .327 .481 .808 110 302 15 10 0 7 6 *53
2009 27 FLA NL 74 308 286 32 81 21 0 9 47 1 0 16 42 .283 .331 .451 .782 107 129 5 5 0 1 1 *3/D
6 Seasons 588 2389 2213 274 610 149 4 83 351 9 3 122 397 .276 .319 .459 .778 103 1016 71 29 0 25 10
162 Game Avg. 162 658 610 75 168 41 1 23 97 2 1 34 109 .276 .319 .459 .778 103 280 20 8 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 (2 yrs) 229 993 914 124 255 62 0 38 142 7 2 56 153 .279 .328 .472 .800 109 431 20 15 0 8 7
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
AL (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
NL (3 yrs) 256 1061 971 132 272 70 0 39 151 7 2 63 163 .280 .332 .473 .804 110 459 23 17 0 10 7

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2004 TBD AL 22 2B 33 31 274.0 138 48 85 5 19 .964 -1.0 -4.4 -1.0 -1.0 0.0 0 4.37 4.03 .983 4.95 4.35
2004 TBD AL 22 3B 11 11 94.1 38 9 26 3 1 .921 1.6 20.4 1.6 1.9 -0.3 0 3.34 3.18 .953 2.64 2.34
2004 TBD AL 22 DH 4
2004 TBD AL 22 SS 1 1 7.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.4 68.6 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 5.14 4.00 .975 4.50 4.10
2005 TBD AL 23 2B 80 76 667.2 309 119 181 9 39 .971 -10.2 -18.3 -9.2 -6.0 -3.2 -1 4.04 3.75 .983 4.96 4.48 MVP-27
2005 TBD AL 23 3B 62 58 496.0 136 31 93 12 7 .912 -15.5 -37.5 -15.5 -6.1 -9.4 0 2.25 2.00 .959 2.76 2.49 MVP-27
2005 TBD AL 23 DH 13 MVP-27
2006 TBD AL 24 2B 103 103 898.2 475 210 252 13 65 .973 -24.0 -32.0 -21.0 -13.9 -7.1 -3 4.63 4.49 .986 4.92 4.47
2006 TBD AL 24 DH 2
2007 TOT 25 1B 21 20 155.1 142 135 7 0 12 1.000 -3.7 -28.6 -3.7 -0.4 -3.3 0 8.23 6.76 .994 9.26 7.88
2007 TOT 25 2B 2 1 11.0 8 3 5 0 2 1.000 -1.0 -109.1 -1.0 -1.0 0.0 0 6.55 4.00 .975 4.91 4.35
2007 TBD AL 25 1B 7 7 51.0 52 49 3 0 5 1.000 -1.2 -28.2 -1.2 0.5 -1.7 0 9.18 7.43 .994 9.37 7.93
2007 TBD AL 25 DH 7
2007 TBD AL 25 2B 1 0 3.0 4 2 2 0 2 1.000 -0.4 -160.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 12.00 4.00 .975 5.10 4.50
2007 CIN NL 25 1B 14 13 104.1 90 86 4 0 7 1.000 -2.5 -28.8 -2.5 -0.9 -1.6 0 7.76 6.43 .993 9.20 7.85
2007 CIN NL 25 2B 1 1 8.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -90.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 4.50 4.00 .975 4.84 4.20
2007 CIN NL 25 3B 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
2008 FLA NL 26 3B 129 129 1066.2 317 83 214 20 21 .937 -3.0 -3.4 -2.0 1.0 -3.0 -1 2.51 2.30 .957 2.60 2.23
2008 FLA NL 26 1B 66 23 286.2 276 260 14 2 23 .993 3.1 13.0 3.1 1.8 1.3 0 8.60 4.15 .992 9.34 8.23
2009 FLA NL 27 1B 64 63 559.1 573 550 18 5 41 .991 9.14 8.88 .994 9.31 8.57
2009 FLA NL 27 DH 7
4 Seasons 2B 218 211 1851.1 930 380 523 27 125 .971 -36.2 -23.5 -32.2 -21.9 -10.3 -4 4.39 4.14 .985 4.94 4.45
4 Seasons 3B 203 198 1661.0 491 123 333 35 29 .929 -16.9 -12.2 -15.9 -3.2 -12.7 -1 2.47 2.25 .957 2.65 2.32
3 Seasons 1B 151 106 1001.1 991 945 39 7 76 .993 -0.6 -0.7 -0.6 1.4 -2.0 0 8.84 6.52 .993 9.31 8.33
5 Seasons DH 33
1 Season SS 1 1 7.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.4 68.6 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 5.14 4.00 .975 4.50 4.10
6 Seasons TOT 573 516 4520.2 2416 1450 897 69 230 .971 -53.3 -14.1 -48.3 -23.3 -25.0 -5 4.67 4.10 .954 5.07 4.72
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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 (1667th)

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

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2005 AL--117--7th

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

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 9 (1442), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1497), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1786), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Tim Naehring (928)
  6. Herb Perry (925)
  7. Jeff Francoeur (922)
  8. Juan Rivera (922)
  9. John Wockenfuss (921)
  10. Jim Greengrass (920)
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  2. Torii Hunter (938)
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  6. Mike Sweeney (935)
  7. Bobby Bonilla (934)
  8. Tim Wallach (931)
  9. Gene Freese (931)
  10. Dave Nilsson (931)
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  1. Yogi Berra (960) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Rich Gedman (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Stephen Drew (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Fernando Tatis (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

July 2, 1998: Signed by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as an amateur free agent.

July 28, 2007: Traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays with Shaun Cumberland (minors) and cash to the Cincinnati Reds for Calvin Medlock (minors) and Brian Shackelford.

December 5, 2007: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

December 18, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2005Tampa Bay Devil Rays$316,900
2006Tampa Bay Devil Rays$355,800
2008Florida Marlins$500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,172,700
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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