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
Teams (by GP): Padres/Diamondbacks/Indians 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.019 [*],
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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	20	79	66	8	15	1	0	1	10	0	0	12	6	.227	.346	.288	.634		19	2	0	1	0	0		CLB · IL
2012	31	CLE	AL	3	10	10	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.300	.300	.400	.700	97	4	1	0	0	0	0	/2
4 Yrs				55	152	136	20	25	4	1	3	10	0	0	15	44	.184	.270	.294	.564	56	40	4	1	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	448	401	59	74	12	3	9	29	0	0	44	130	.184	.270	.294	.564	56	118	12	3	0	0	0

CLE (2 yrs)				9	26	24	5	8	1	0	2	3	0	0	2	7	.333	.385	.625	1.010	179	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)				9	26	24	5	8	1	0	2	3	0	0	2	7	.333	.385	.625	1.010	179	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 (v2.1): 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
2008	27	SDP	NL	36	105	-9	0	1	4	2	-2	-0.2	3	1	0.0	.494	.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	.476	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/2
2010	29	CLE	AL	6	16	2	-0	0	0	0	3	0.3	0	3	0.3	.545	.502	0.3	0.0	3	$	/2

2012	31	CLE	AL	3	10	2	-0	-0	0	0	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.564	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	/2
4 Seasons				55	152	-6	0	1	3	2	0	-0.0	4	4	0.3	.500	.500	0.1	0.5	1	$

CLE (2 yrs)				9	26	4	-0	0	0	0	5	0.5	1	5	0.5	.552	.501	0.5	0.0	5	$
ARI (1 yr)				10	21	-2	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	1	-2	-0.2	.476	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$
SDP (1 yr)				36	105	-9	0	1	4	2	-2	-0.2	3	1	0.0	.494	.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	10	8	1	3.4	92	.375	.300	.245	.300	.312	.400	.398	.700	.709	97	.362	-0.0	0.0	.500	.100	.100
4 Yrs				152	115	12	2.8	98	.247	.184	.254	.270	.323	.294	.404	.564	.728	56	.269	-8.4	-0.8	.487	.221	.110	.0
162 Game Avg.				448	339	35	2.8	98	.247	.184	.254	.270	.323	.294	.404	.564	.728	56	.269	-8.4	-0.8	.487	.221	.110

CLE (2 yrs)				26	17	6	9.5	94	.400	.333	.250	.385	.317	.625	.397	1.010	.714	179	.786	2.4	0.2	1.000	.375	.292	.0
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)				26	17	6	9.5	94	.400	.333	.250	.385	.317	.625	.397	1.010	.714	179	.786	2.4	0.2	1.000	.375	.292	.0
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	10	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	10.0%	33%		5.0			3.00	2.00	80%	0%	0.0%	0%
4 Yrs				152	2.0%	29.0%	9.9%	5.3%	32%	2.93	3.1	45.3	13.6	1.22	1.56	59%	13%	8.1%	10%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.2%	8.5%	7.7%	33%	2.14	4.9	34.8	8.0	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	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	-8.9	-0.9	105	-1.6	0.8	-2.3	1.02	-0.8	-0.7	-10.9	-1.1	1.00	-9.7	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	-0.0	0.0	10	0.1	0.2	-0.0	.41	0.2	0.1	2.0	0.2	0.87	1.7		0
4 Yrs				-8.5	-0.8	153	-1.3	1.4	-2.7	.87	-0.6	-0.9	-8.9	-0.9	0.98	-7.5	0.74	4

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	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	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	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	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

2012	31	CLE	AL	3	0	33%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				3	0	45%	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	44%	10	8	2	0	0	0	6	0	5

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
2008	27	SDP	NL	105	100%	14	1	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	10	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				152	100%	25	3	0	4	0	0	0	0.74	3	0	3	3	0	1	2	0	0	0		37	4	11%	16	4	25%	102	7	7%	9	3	33%	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	10	42	4.20	27	64%	41%	4%	26%	30%	59%	0%	38%	94%	0%	0%	0	0	10%	1	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				152	610	4.01	376	62%	31%	18%	27%	24%	69%	0%	43%	74%	20%	4%	6	1	14%	22	9	9%	14	6	41%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP
2008	27	36	105	94	12	14	3	1	1	6	10	34	.149	.238	.234	.472	33	22	3	1
2009	28	46	126	112	15	17	3	1	1	7	13	37	.152	.246	.223	.469	31	25	3	1
2010	29	52	142	126	19	22	3	1	3	10	15	42	.175	.268	.286	.553	53	36	3	1
2011	30	52	142	126	19	22	3	1	3	10	15	42	.175	.268	.286	.553	53	36	3	1
2012	31	55	152	136	20	25	4	1	3	10	15	44	.184	.270	.294	.564	56	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	3	10	10	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.300	.300	.400	.700	1	3
4 Yrs		55	154	137	23	26	4	1	3	11	0	16	44	.190	.279	.299	.578	13	55
162 Game Avg.		162	454	404	68	77	12	3	9	32	0	47	130	.190	.279	.299	.578	38	55

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