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Luke Carlin

Lucas Christopher Carlin

Position: Catcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 20, 1980 in Silver Spring, MD
High School: Philemon Wright HS (Hull, QC)
School: Northeastern University (Boston, MA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 10th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 18, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 10, 2008 (Age 27)
Teams (by GP): Padres/Indians/Diamondbacks 2008-2012
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.037, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*],
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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
2002	21	DET-min	A-	45	187	150	23	34	5	2	0	10	0	2	34	28	.227	.371	.287	.658		43	2	1	1	1	0		ONE · NYPL
2003	22	SDP-min	A-,A	45	170	150	16	37	7	0	0	11	1	1	18	36	.247	.335	.293	.629		44	4	2	0	0	0		EUG,FWA · NORW,MIDW
2004	23	SDP-min	A+,A	64	230	206	22	49	13	3	1	24	1	1	21	42	.238	.304	.345	.649		71	4	0	0	3	0		LEL,FWA · CALL,MIDW
2005	24	SDP-min	AA	88	268	230	24	59	8	1	2	25	3	3	35	46	.257	.356	.326	.682		75	4	1	1	1	3		MOB · SOUL
2006	25	SDP-min	AAA,AA	75	302	249	27	65	14	1	4	29	0	0	49	55	.261	.385	.373	.759		93	7	2	1	1	0		POR,MOB · PCL,SOUL
2007	26	SDP-min	AAA	98	353	300	35	66	20	2	0	17	0	3	47	77	.220	.326	.300	.626		90	9	0	6	0	2		POR · PCL
2008	27	SDP-min	AAA	31	111	88	12	23	3	0	4	19	0	0	19	27	.261	.396	.432	.828		38	1	2	0	2	0		POR · PCL
2008	27	SDP	NL	36	105	94	12	14	3	1	1	6	0	0	10	34	.149	.238	.234	.472	33	22	3	1	0	0	0	2
2009	28	ARI-min	AAA	72	285	237	45	76	17	0	7	35	4	4	45	55	.321	.430	.481	.911		114	2	1	1	1	0		REN · PCL
2009	28	ARI	NL	10	21	18	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.167	.286	.167	.452	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2010	29	PIT-CLE-min	AAA	76	284	244	32	58	10	1	4	29	5	2	34	60	.238	.332	.336	.668		82	6	2	1	3	1		INA,CLB · IL
2010	29	CLE	AL	6	16	14	4	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	2	5	.357	.438	.786	1.223	235	11	0	0	0	0	0	/2

2011	30	CLE-min	AAA	63	238	188	33	40	8	0	5	27	0	0	44	45	.213	.364	.335	.700		63	9	2	2	2	1		CLB · IL
2012	31	CLE-min	AAA	62	244	206	23	52	10	0	3	27	0	1	34	26	.252	.358	.345	.703		71	6	1	1	2	2		CLB · IL
2012	31	CLE	AL	4	14	14	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	.214	.214	.286	.500	40	4	1	0	0	0	0	/2
2013	32	ANA-min	AAA	28	106	80	13	13	0	0	1	6	2	1	21	16	.163	.343	.200	.543		16	4	1	4	0	0		SLK · PCL
4 Yrs				56	156	140	21	25	4	1	3	11	1	0	15	45	.179	.263	.286	.549	52	40	4	1	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	451	405	61	72	12	3	9	32	3	0	43	130	.179	.263	.286	.549	52	116	12	3	0	0	0

CLE (2 yrs)				10	30	28	6	8	1	0	2	4	1	0	2	8	.286	.333	.536	.869	140	15	1	0	0	0	0
ARI (1 yr)				10	21	18	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.167	.286	.167	.452	21	3	0	0	0	0	0
SDP (1 yr)				36	105	94	12	14	3	1	1	6	0	0	10	34	.149	.238	.234	.472	33	22	3	1	0	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				10	30	28	6	8	1	0	2	4	1	0	2	8	.286	.333	.536	.869	140	15	1	0	0	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				46	126	112	15	17	3	1	1	7	0	0	13	37	.152	.246	.223	.469	31	25	3	1	0	0	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	Pos
2008	27	SDP	NL	36	105	-9	0	1	4	2	-2	-0.2	3	1	0.1	.495	.499	-0.3	0.6	-3	2
2009	28	ARI	NL	10	21	-2	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	1	-2	-0.2	.477	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	/2
2010	29	CLE	AL	6	16	2	-0	0	0	0	3	0.3	1	3	0.3	.548	.502	0.3	0.0	3	/2

2012	31	CLE	AL	4	14	1	0	-0	0	0	2	0.2	1	2	0.2	.538	.501	0.2	0.0	2	/2
4 Seasons				56	156	-7	0	2	3	3	0	0.0	5	5	0.5	.500	.500	0.2	0.6	2

CLE (2 yrs)				10	30	4	0	0	0	1	4	0.4	1	5	0.5	.544	.501	0.5	0.0	5
ARI (1 yr)				10	21	-2	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	1	-2	-0.2	.477	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1
SDP (1 yr)				36	105	-9	0	1	4	2	-2	-0.2	3	1	0.1	.495	.499	-0.3	0.6	-3

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
2008	27	SDP	NL	105	83	5	1.6	96	.220	.149	.251	.238	.321	.234	.401	.472	.722	33	.117	-8.7	-0.8	.398	.191	.085	.0
2009	28	ARI	NL	21	15	1	1.8	111	.200	.167	.272	.286	.346	.167	.431	.452	.777	21	.140	-2.1	-0.2	.400	.167	.000
2010	29	CLE	AL	16	9	5	14.9	95	.429	.357	.253	.438	.320	.786	.397	1.223	.717	235	.892	2.5	0.2	1.444	.571	.429	.0

2012	31	CLE	AL	14	12	1	2.2	94	.273	.214	.249	.214	.313	.286	.401	.500	.714	40	.212	-1.1	-0.1	.417	.143	.071	.0
4 Yrs				156	119	12	2.7	98	.239	.179	.254	.263	.323	.286	.404	.549	.728	52	.256	-9.4	-0.9	.479	.221	.107	1.5
162 Game Avg.				451	344	35	2.7	98	.239	.179	.254	.263	.323	.286	.404	.549	.728	52	.256	-9.4	-0.9	.479	.221	.107	4

CLE (2 yrs)				30	21	6	7.7	94	.333	.286	.251	.333	.317	.536	.399	.869	.715	140	.714	1.4	0.1	.857	.357	.250	1.3
ARI (1 yr)				21	15	1	1.8	111	.200	.167	.272	.286	.346	.167	.431	.452	.777	21	.140	-2.1	-0.2	.400	.167	.000
SDP (1 yr)				105	83	5	1.6	96	.220	.149	.251	.238	.321	.234	.401	.472	.722	33	.116	-8.7	-0.8	.398	.191	.085	.0

AL (2 yrs)				30	21	6	7.7	94	.333	.286	.251	.333	.317	.536	.399	.869	.715	140	.714	1.4	0.1	.857	.357	.250	1.3
NL (2 yrs)				126	98	6	1.6	98	.216	.152	.255	.246	.325	.223	.406	.469	.731	31	.120	-10.8	-1.0	.398	.188	.071	.0

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
2008	27	SDP	NL	105	1.0%	32.4%	9.5%	4.8%	36%	3.40	2.8	94.0	15.7	0.97	1.50	56%	17%	3.7%	10%
2009	28	ARI	NL	21	0.0%	14.3%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	1.00	6.0		18.0	1.14	1.00	71%	13%	0.0%	14%
2010	29	CLE	AL	16	12.5%	31.3%	12.5%	12.5%	40%	2.50	2.8	7.0	4.7	3.50		44%	0%	100.0%	0%

2012	31	CLE	AL	14	0.0%	21.4%	0.0%	7.1%	33%		4.7		14.0	4.50	5.00	79%	0%	0.0%	0%
4 Yrs				156	1.9%	28.9%	9.6%	5.1%	32%	3.00	3.1	46.7	12.7	1.29	1.67	59%	13%	8.1%	10%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.5%	8.4%	7.7%	33%	2.19	4.8	34.5	8.0	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.6%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2008	27	SDP	NL	-8.7	-0.8	105	-1.6	0.8	-2.3	1.02	-0.9	-0.7	-10.8	-1.1	1.00	-9.6	0.70	1
2009	28	ARI	NL	-2.1	-0.2	22	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.52	-0.1	-0.0	-1.3	-0.1	0.95	-1.8	0.75	3
2010	29	CLE	AL	2.5	0.2	16	0.2	0.4	-0.2	.69	0.2	0.1	1.3	0.1	0.95	2.3		0

2012	31	CLE	AL	-1.1	-0.1	15	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.68	0.1	-0.0	1.5	0.1	0.94	1.2		0
4 Yrs				-9.4	-0.9	158	-1.4	1.5	-2.8	.88	-0.7	-0.9	-9.3	-1.0	0.98	-7.9	0.74	4

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	OOB1	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2008	27	SDP	NL	0	0	46%	32	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	36%	7	6	1	0	0	0	4	0	3
2009	28	ARI	NL	0	0	50%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
2010	29	CLE	AL	0	0	40%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

2012	31	CLE	AL	3	0	67%	10	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
4 Yrs				3	0	47%	57	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	47%	10	8	2	0	0	0	7	0	6

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
2008	27	SDP	NL	105	100%	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.70	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		27	3	11%	13	4	31%	76	5	7%	7	2	29%	3	2	67%	0
2009	28	ARI	NL	21	100%	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	0.75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	2	0	0%	13	1	8%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	0
2010	29	CLE	AL	16	100%	5	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	11	1	9%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0

2012	31	CLE	AL	14	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	1	1	100%	5	1	20%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
4 Yrs				156	100%	25	2	0	4	0	0	0	0.74	3	0	3	3	0	1	2	0	0	0		39	4	10%	17	5	29%	105	8	8%	10	4	40%	6	4	67%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			68%			11%			32%			14%			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
2008	27	SDP	NL	105	436	4.15	271	62%	27%	21%	30%	22%	73%	0%	45%	72%	24%	4%	4	1	13%	14	5	10%	10	6	38%	0	0	0
2009	28	ARI	NL	21	77	3.67	44	57%	41%	5%	20%	34%	59%	0%	34%	92%	14%	0%	0	0	10%	2	2	14%	3	0	100%	0	0	0
2010	29	CLE	AL	16	55	3.44	34	62%	35%	24%	15%	26%	65%	0%	40%	64%	19%	13%	2	0	31%	5	2	6%	1	0	20%	0	0	0

2012	31	CLE	AL	14	61	4.36	40	66%	35%	10%	28%	28%	65%	0%	43%	85%	0%	0%	0	0	14%	2	1	0%	0	0	33%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				156	629	4.03	389	62%	30%	18%	27%	24%	70%	0%	43%	74%	20%	4%	6	1	15%	23	10	9%	14	6	40%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	27%	5%			14%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP
2008	27	36	105	94	12	14	3	1	1	6	0	10	34	.149	.238	.234	.472	33	22	3	1
2009	28	46	126	112	15	17	3	1	1	7	0	13	37	.152	.246	.223	.469	31	25	3	1
2010	29	52	142	126	19	22	3	1	3	10	0	15	42	.175	.268	.286	.553	53	36	3	1
2011	30	52	142	126	19	22	3	1	3	10	0	15	42	.175	.268	.286	.553	53	36	3	1
2012	31	56	156	140	21	25	4	1	3	11	1	15	45	.179	.263	.286	.549	52	40	4	1

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	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2008	27	36	107	95	14	15	3	1	1	7	0	11	34	.158	.252	.242	.494	6	36
2009	28	10	21	18	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	10
2010	29	6	16	14	4	5	0	0	2	3	0	2	5	.357	.438	.786	1.223	5	6

2012	31	4	14	14	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	.214	.214	.286	.500	1	4
4 Yrs		56	158	141	24	26	4	1	3	12	1	16	45	.184	.272	.291	.563	13	56
162 Game Avg.		162	457	408	69	75	12	3	9	35	3	46	130	.184	.272	.291	.563	38	56

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