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Mike Carp

Christopher Michael Carp (twitter: @CarpusMaximus20)

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 30, 1986 in Long Beach, CA
High School: Lakewood HS (Lakewood, CA)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 9th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 17, 2009 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Mariners/RedSox 2009-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$509k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.010, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: O'Connell Sports Management [*]
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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
2009 23 SEA AL 21 65 54 7 17 3 1 1 5 0 0 8 10 .315 .415 .463 .878 138 25 1 2 0 1 0 3
2010 24 SEA AL 14 41 37 1 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 .189 .268 .243 .512 46 9 0 0 0 0 0 /3D7
2011 25 SEA AL 79 313 290 27 80 17 1 12 46 0 2 19 81 .276 .326 .466 .791 125 135 10 3 0 1 0 37D/9
2012 26 SEA AL 59 189 164 17 35 6 0 5 20 1 0 21 46 .213 .312 .341 .654 88 56 7 3 0 1 1 73/D
2013 27 BOS AL 22 47 43 5 13 5 2 2 8 0 0 4 16 .302 .362 .651 1.013 163 28 0 0 0 0 0 /73D
5 Yrs 195 655 588 57 152 33 4 20 79 1 2 56 161 .259 .330 .430 .760 114 253 18 8 0 3 1
162 Game Avg. 162 544 488 47 126 27 3 17 66 1 2 47 134 .259 .330 .430 .760 114 210 15 7 0 2 1
SEA (4 yrs) 173 608 545 52 139 28 2 18 71 1 2 52 145 .255 .327 .413 .740 110 225 18 8 0 3 1
BOS (1 yr) 22 47 43 5 13 5 2 2 8 0 0 4 16 .302 .362 .651 1.013 163 28 0 0 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 Salary Pos Awards
2009 23 SEA AL 21 65 3 0 0 2 -1 5 0.5 2 7 0.7 .523 .503 0.5 0.1 5 3
2010 24 SEA AL 14 41 -1 -0 0 0 -1 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.1 .485 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -0 /3D7
2011 25 SEA AL 79 313 7 -3 -1 -8 -5 -9 -0.9 12 2 0.2 .488 .494 1.0 -1.4 10 37D/9
2012 26 SEA AL 59 189 -2 0 -1 0 -3 -5 -0.5 7 2 0.2 .491 .497 0.2 -0.3 2 $488,800 73/D
2013 27 BOS AL 22 47 3 -0 0 -3 -1 -1 -0.1 2 0 0.1 .494 .499 0.3 -0.4 3 $508,500 /73D
5 Seasons 195 655 10 -3 -1 -9 -10 -13 -1.3 24 12 1.1 .493 .498 2.1 -2.0 21 $997,300
SEA (4 yrs) 173 608 7 -2 -1 -6 -9 -11 -1.2 23 12 1.1 .493 .498 1.7 -1.6 18 $488,800
BOS (1 yr) 22 47 3 -0 0 -3 -1 -1 -0.1 2 0 0.1 .494 .499 0.3 -0.4 3 $508,500

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
2009 23 SEA AL 65 39 11 7.5 102 .364 .315 .260 .415 .328 .463 .418 .878 .746 138 .674 3.6 0.3 .921 .296 .148 .0
2010 24 SEA AL 41 30 3 2.7 94 .241 .189 .252 .268 .319 .243 .395 .512 .713 46 .264 -2.6 -0.3 .433 .162 .054
2011 25 SEA AL 313 223 41 4.9 90 .343 .276 .246 .326 .310 .466 .390 .791 .700 125 .530 9.4 0.9 .698 .248 .190 .0
2012 26 SEA AL 189 137 17 3.3 91 .263 .213 .245 .312 .308 .341 .395 .654 .704 88 .357 -1.9 -0.2 .596 .262 .128 1.7
2013 27 BOS AL 47 30 11 9.8 104 .440 .302 .262 .362 .329 .651 .424 1.013 .753 163 .793 3.7 0.4 1.067 .442 .349 .0
5 Yrs 655 459 83 4.8 93 .322 .259 .249 .330 .313 .430 .397 .760 .710 114 .517 12.2 1.2 .693 .265 .172 1.9
162 Game Avg. 544 381 69 4.8 93 .322 .259 .249 .330 .313 .430 .397 .760 .710 114 .517 10 1 .693 .265 .172 2
SEA (4 yrs) 608 429 72 4.5 92 .314 .255 .248 .327 .312 .413 .395 .740 .707 110 .484 8.5 0.8 .667 .251 .158 1.9
BOS (1 yr) 47 30 11 9.8 104 .440 .302 .262 .362 .329 .651 .424 1.013 .753 163 .793 3.7 0.4 1.067 .442 .349 .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
2009 23 SEA AL 65 1.5% 15.4% 12.3% 7.7% 29% 1.25 5.4 54.0 10.8 0.80 1.23 68% 22% 4.5% 12%
2010 24 SEA AL 41 0.0% 19.5% 9.8% 4.9% 29% 2.00 4.6 0.53 0.43 71% 14% 0.0% 21%
2011 25 SEA AL 313 3.8% 25.9% 6.1% 9.6% 38% 4.26 3.6 24.2 6.3 0.79 1.22 63% 21% 11.5% 11%
2012 26 SEA AL 189 2.7% 24.3% 11.1% 5.8% 31% 2.19 3.6 32.8 8.2 0.98 1.57 60% 21% 10.0% 17%
2013 27 BOS AL 47 4.3% 34.0% 8.5% 19.2% 69% 4.00 2.7 21.5 5.4 0.59 1.33 53% 30% 12.5% 6%
5 Yrs 655 3.1% 24.6% 8.6% 8.7% 38% 2.88 3.7 29.4 7.4 0.81 1.23 63% 21% 9.7% 13%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.8% 8.4% 7.6% 33% 2.25 4.8 34.5 8.1 0.81 1.09 69% 19% 7.7% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2009 23 SEA AL 3.6 0.3 66 -0.2 1.0 -1.2 1.01 0.4 -0.6 -0.4 -0.0 0.86 3.6 1.79 4
2010 24 SEA AL -2.6 -0.3 41 -0.4 0.3 -0.8 .98 -0.2 -0.3 -4.1 -0.4 0.88 -2.3 1.56 2
2011 25 SEA AL 9.4 0.9 319 0.4 6.4 -6.1 1.04 0.1 0.2 3.6 0.4 0.97 2.4 1.68 2
2012 26 SEA AL -1.6 -0.2 193 -0.8 2.8 -3.5 1.03 -0.1 -0.7 -5.5 -0.6 0.97 -1.6 1.89 10
2013 27 BOS AL 3.7 0.4 47 -0.1 0.8 -0.9 1.03 0.4 -0.6 3.1 0.3 0.94 5.1 1.76 9
5 Yrs 12.4 1.2 666 -1.2 11.3 -12.5 1.03 0.7 -1.9 -3.3 -0.4 0.96 7.2 1.79 27

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2009 23 SEA AL 0 0 23% 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 60% 1 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 1
2010 24 SEA AL 2 0 9% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 25 SEA AL 0 0 17% 118 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 1 3 4 36% 15 9 5 1 0 0 9 3 4
2012 26 SEA AL 1 0 22% 71 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 36% 14 8 6 3 3 0 5 3 2
2013 27 BOS AL 0 0 20% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29% 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 2 1
5 Yrs 3 0 19% 258 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 1 3 10 37% 36 22 13 6 3 2 21 9 8

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
2009 23 SEA AL 65 86% 17 3 0 4 0 0 1 1.79 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 8 2 25% 32 4 13% 5 2 40% 2 1 50% 0
2010 24 SEA AL 41 78% 7 0 0 2 1 0 0 1.56 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 19 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
2011 25 SEA AL 313 76% 80 5 0 2 0 0 0 1.68 12 1 9 8 4 5 7 0 0 0 60 10 17% 28 9 32% 200 34 17% 15 9 60% 12 8 67% 0
2012 26 SEA AL 189 77% 35 3 0 10 0 0 0 1.89 5 0 7 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 38 7 18% 22 7 32% 118 15 13% 12 7 58% 8 4 50% 0
2013 27 BOS AL 47 87% 13 1 0 9 2 1 2 1.76 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0% 3 0 0% 31 6 19% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
5 Yrs 655 78% 152 12 0 27 3 1 3 1.79 20 1 18 16 4 8 12 0 0 0 115 18 16% 62 18 29% 400 59 15% 32 18 56% 25 13 52% 0
MLB Averages 55% 69% 11% 32% 14% 51% 55%

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
2009 23 SEA AL 66 243 3.68 146 60% 31% 21% 18% 31% 69% 0% 42% 70% 15% 5% 3 0 12% 8 2 9% 6 3 40% -1 0 0
2010 24 SEA AL 41 177 4.32 112 63% 27% 15% 32% 26% 73% 0% 46% 79% 5% 7% 3 0 15% 6 1 10% 4 3 38% 0 0 0
2011 25 SEA AL 313 1123 3.59 751 67% 28% 21% 24% 28% 72% 0% 48% 72% 23% 1% 3 0 10% 30 25 3% 10 8 26% 0 0 0
2012 26 SEA AL 189 770 4.07 472 61% 27% 18% 30% 25% 73% 0% 45% 75% 21% 7% 13 1 19% 35 17 9% 17 10 33% 0 0 0
2013 27 BOS AL 47 179 3.81 116 65% 35% 21% 21% 23% 65% 0% 42% 68% 15% 4% 2 0 15% 7 2 11% 5 4 31% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 656 2492 3.80 1597 64% 28% 19% 25% 27% 72% 0% 46% 73% 20% 4% 24 1 13% 86 47 6% 42 28 30% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 26% 5% 14% 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
2009 23 21 65 54 7 17 3 1 1 5 0 0 8 10 .315 .415 .463 .878 138 25 1 2 0 1 0
2010 24 35 106 91 8 24 5 1 1 5 0 0 12 18 .264 .358 .374 .732 102 34 1 2 0 1 0
2011 25 114 419 381 35 104 22 2 13 51 0 2 31 99 .273 .334 .444 .778 119 169 11 5 0 2 0
2012 26 173 608 545 52 139 28 2 18 71 1 2 52 145 .255 .327 .413 .740 110 225 18 8 0 3 1
2013 27 195 655 588 57 152 33 4 20 79 1 2 56 161 .259 .330 .430 .760 114 253 18 8 0 3 1

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
2009 23 21 65 54 7 17 3 1 1 5 0 8 10 .315 .415 .463 .878 10 21
2010 24 14 43 38 1 8 2 0 0 0 0 5 8 .211 .302 .263 .565 3 14
2011 25 79 323 298 32 88 19 1 13 54 0 21 81 .295 .347 .497 .843 51 79
2012 26 59 195 168 20 39 7 0 6 24 1 23 46 .232 .333 .381 .714 20 59
2013 27 22 47 43 5 13 5 2 2 8 0 4 16 .302 .362 .651 1.013 10 22
5 Yrs 195 673 601 65 165 36 4 22 91 1 61 161 .275 .348 .458 .805 94 195
162 Game Avg. 162 559 499 54 137 30 3 18 76 1 51 134 .275 .348 .458 .805 78 195

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y
2013 AL  2 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2417), Average HOFer ≈ 144
JAWS First Base (395th), 0.9 career WAR/0.9 7yr-peak WAR/0.9 JAWS
Average HOF 1B (out of 19) = 68.2 career WAR/43.2 7yr-peak WAR/55.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Bob Chance (965)
  6. J.D. Martinez (964)
  7. Hal Breeden (963)
  8. Adam Piatt (962)
  9. Joe Vitiello (961)
  10. Ryan Shealy (961)
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  1. Joe Hague (969)
  2. Bob Chance (966)
  3. Harry Agganis (966)
  4. Dave Clark (965)
  5. Dan Johnson (963)
  6. Glenallen Hill (963)
  7. Travis Buck (961)
  8. Joe Lis (960)
  9. Paul Sorrento (959)
  10. Wes Chamberlain (958)
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