Javier Cardona

Javier Peterson Cardona

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 15, 1975 in Santurce, P.R.
High School: Dorado (Dorado, PR)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 23rd round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 31, 2000
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Padres 2000-2002

Final Game: May 14, 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
1994	18	DET-min	A-	19	53	46	6	12	2	0	0	5	0	0	7	9	.261	.358	.304	.663		14	2	0	0	0	0		JAM · NYPL
1995	19	DET-min	A	51	179	165	18	34	8	0	3	19	1	0	13	30	.206	.268	.309	.577		51	5	1	0	0	0		FAY · SALL
1996	20	DET-min	A	97	384	348	42	98	21	0	4	28	1	5	28	53	.282	.336	.376	.712		131	9	2	3	3	1		FAY · SALL
1997	21	DET-min	A+	85	314	284	28	82	15	0	7	38	1	3	25	51	.289	.346	.415	.762		118	8	1	2	2	1		LAK · FLOR
1998	22	DET-min	AA,AAA	93	357	325	43	85	20	1	9	56	0	0	24	61	.262	.314	.412	.727		134	9	2	4	2	2		JCK,TOL · SOUL,IL
1999	23	DET-min	AA	108	477	418	84	129	31	0	26	92	4	2	46	69	.309	.384	.569	.953		238	16	8	0	5	0		JCK · SOUL
2000	24	DET-min	AAA	56	237	218	29	60	10	0	11	43	0	1	15	33	.275	.325	.472	.797		103	7	2	0	2	0		TOL · IL
2000	24	DET	AL	26	42	40	1	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	9	.175	.190	.275	.465	19	11	1	1	0	1	0	2
2001	25	DET-min	AAA	26	106	98	7	23	2	0	1	10	1	0	8	18	.235	.292	.286	.578		28	1	0	0	0	1		TOL · IL
2001	25	DET	AL	46	102	96	10	25	8	0	1	10	0	1	2	12	.260	.280	.375	.655	76	36	2	1	2	1	0	2/D
2002	26	SDP-min	AAA	20	67	63	7	18	1	2	1	6	0	0	2	12	.286	.313	.413	.726		26	1	1	0	1	0		POR · PCL
2002	26	SDP	NL	15	42	39	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	10	.103	.143	.128	.271	-24	5	1	0	0	1	0	2
2003	27	CHC-min	AA	10	36	33	4	5	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	5	.152	.200	.273	.473		9	0	1	1	0	0		WTN · SOUL
2004	28	NYM-min	AA,AAA	47	149	133	8	25	6	0	2	19	0	0	7	21	.188	.243	.278	.521		37	3	4	1	4	0		BNG,NFK · EL,IL
2005	29	CLE-COL-STL-min	AA,AAA	51	186	165	16	44	9	0	6	30	0	0	14	29	.267	.322	.430	.753		71	5	0	6	1	1		AKR,BFL,TUL,MEM · EL,IL,TL,PCL
3 Yrs				87	186	175	13	36	10	0	2	14	0	1	4	31	.206	.228	.297	.525	41	52	4	2	2	3	0
162 Game Avg.				162	346	326	24	67	19	0	4	26	0	2	7	58	.206	.228	.297	.525	41	97	7	4	4	6	0

DET (2 yrs)				72	144	136	11	32	9	0	2	12	0	1	2	21	.235	.254	.346	.599	59	47	3	2	2	2	0
SDP (1 yr)				15	42	39	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	10	.103	.143	.128	.271	-24	5	1	0	0	1	0

AL (2 yrs)				72	144	136	11	32	9	0	2	12	0	1	2	21	.235	.254	.346	.599	59	47	3	2	2	2	0
NL (1 yr)				15	42	39	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	10	.103	.143	.128	.271	-24	5	1	0	0	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
2000	24	DET	AL	26	42	-6	-0	-0	-1	1	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.4	.478	.496	-0.3	-0.0	-4	$	2
2001	25	DET	AL	46	102	-3	-2	0	2	2	-1	-0.1	3	2	0.2	.498	.499	0.1	0.4	0	$217,000	2/D
2002	26	SDP	NL	15	42	-7	0	-0	1	1	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.461	.496	-0.6	0.2	-5	$	2
3 Seasons				87	186	-16	-2	-0	2	3	-12	-1.2	6	-6	-0.7	.486	.497	-0.8	0.6	-8	$217,000

DET (2 yrs)				72	144	-9	-2	-0	1	2	-7	-0.6	5	-2	-0.2	.491	.498	-0.2	0.4	-3	$217,000
SDP (1 yr)				15	42	-7	0	-0	1	1	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.461	.496	-0.6	0.2	-5	$

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
2000	24	DET	AL	42	35	2	1.5	110	.194	.175	.269	.190	.341	.275	.432	.465	.773	19	.086	-4.9	-0.4	.353	.100	.100	.0
2001	25	DET	AL	102	77	9	3.1	101	.286	.260	.259	.280	.325	.375	.416	.655	.740	76	.293	-3.0	-0.3	.514	.125	.115	.0
2002	26	SDP	NL	42	37	1	0.7	98	.133	.103	.254	.143	.326	.128	.404	.271	.730	-24	.030	-6.8	-0.7	.194	.077	.026
3 Yrs				186	149	12	2.2	102	.234	.206	.260	.228	.329	.297	.417	.525	.745	41	.170	-14.6	-1.4	.396	.109	.091	.0
162 Game Avg.				346	277	22	2.2	102	.234	.206	.260	.228	.329	.297	.417	.525	.745	41	.170	-14.6	-1.4	.396	.109	.091

DET (2 yrs)				144	112	11	2.6	103	.261	.235	.262	.254	.329	.346	.421	.599	.750	59	.223	-7.9	-0.7	.463	.118	.110	.0
SDP (1 yr)				42	37	1	0.7	98	.133	.103	.254	.143	.326	.128	.404	.271	.730	-24	.030	-6.8	-0.7	.194	.077	.026

AL (2 yrs)				144	112	11	2.6	103	.261	.235	.262	.254	.329	.346	.421	.599	.750	59	.223	-7.9	-0.7	.463	.118	.110	.0
NL (1 yr)				42	37	1	0.7	98	.133	.103	.254	.143	.326	.128	.404	.271	.730	-24	.030	-6.8	-0.7	.194	.077	.026

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
2000	24	DET	AL	42	2.4%	21.4%	0.0%	4.8%	29%		4.4	40.0	20.0	0.55	0.53	74%	13%	6.7%	25%
2001	25	DET	AL	102	1.0%	11.8%	2.0%	8.8%	36%	6.00	8.0	96.0	9.6	0.47	0.73	82%	25%	2.2%	19%
2002	26	SDP	NL	42	0.0%	23.8%	4.8%	2.4%	25%	5.00	3.9		19.5	0.88	1.08	71%	13%	0.0%	19%
3 Yrs				186	1.1%	16.7%	2.2%	6.5%	33%	7.75	5.6	87.5	12.5	0.56	0.75	78%	20%	2.7%	20%
MLB Averages					2.9%	16.9%	8.9%	8.1%	34%	1.89	5.2	30.8	7.4	0.74	1.06	70%	25%	8.5%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2000	24	DET	AL	-5.0	-0.4	42	-0.6	0.3	-0.9	.79	-0.4	-0.4	-7.3	-0.7	0.93	-5.0	0.00	1
2001	25	DET	AL	-3.0	-0.3	104	-0.6	1.1	-1.8	.84	-0.4	-0.3	-4.2	-0.4	0.95	-3.1	0.00	2
2002	26	SDP	NL	-6.8	-0.7	42	-0.7	0.1	-0.8	.82	-0.7	-0.1	-6.4	-0.7	0.85	-7.0	0.18	2
3 Yrs				-14.7	-1.4	188	-1.9	1.5	-3.4	.82	-1.5	-0.8	-18.0	-1.8	0.92	-15.1	0.07	5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
2000	24	DET	AL	0	0%	8	0		0	0	0%	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
2001	25	DET	AL	1	33%	44	1	0%	1	2	43%	2	2	0	0	0	5	3
2002	26	SDP	NL	0	33%	7	0		0	0	100%	0	0	1	0	1	1	1
3 Yrs				1	28%	59	1	0%	1	2	50%	2	2	2	1	1	6	4

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
2000	24	DET	AL	42	14%	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		6	1	17%	5	1	20%	25	1	4%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
2001	25	DET	AL	102	50%	25	1	0	2	1	0	1	0.00	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	100%	14	2	14%	10	3	30%	60	10	17%	4	2	50%	5	2	40%	0
2002	26	SDP	NL	42	76%	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	1	20%	5	1	20%	18	2	11%	3	1	33%	0	0		0
3 Yrs				186	48%	36	2	0	5	1	0	1	0.07	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	2	2	100%	25	4	16%	20	5	25%	103	13	13%	9	4	44%	6	2	33%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			77%			11%			34%			15%			52%			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
2000	24	DET	AL	42	164	3.90	107	65%	24%	21%	25%	30%	76%	0%	49%	73%	29%	2%	1	0	17%	7	4	5%	2	2	22%	0	0	0
2001	25	DET	AL	102	340	3.33	233	69%	20%	14%	29%	37%	80%	0%	55%	83%	33%	5%	5	0	10%	10	5	4%	4	3	17%	0	0	0
2002	26	SDP	NL	42	147	3.50	98	67%	18%	16%	35%	31%	82%	0%	54%	80%	43%	0%	0	0	5%	2	2	5%	2	0	0%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				186	651	3.50	438	67%	21%	16%	29%	34%	79%	0%	53%	80%	34%	3%	6	0	10%	19	11	4%	8	5	13%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	30%	5%			15%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
2000	24	26	42	40	1	7	1	1	2	0	0	9	.175	.190	.275	.465	19	11	1	1	0	1
2001	25	72	144	136	11	32	9	2	12	1	2	21	.235	.254	.346	.599	59	47	3	2	2	2
2002	26	87	186	175	13	36	10	2	14	1	4	31	.206	.228	.297	.525	41	52	4	2	2	3

Neutralized Batting

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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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2000	24	26	42	40	1	7	1	1	2	0	9	.175	.190	.275	.465	2	26
2001	25	46	102	96	10	25	8	1	10	2	12	.260	.280	.375	.655	10	46
2002	26	15	43	40	3	5	1	0	3	2	10	.125	.163	.150	.313	1	15
3 Yrs		87	187	176	14	37	10	2	15	4	31	.210	.232	.301	.534	13	87
162 Game Avg.		162	348	328	26	69	19	4	28	7	58	.210	.232	.301	.534	24	87

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