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Mike Caruso

Michael John Caruso

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 172 lb.

Born: May 27, 1977 in Queens, NY
High School: Stoneman-Douglas HS (Parkland, FL)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: March 31, 1998
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Royals 1998-2002

Final Game: August 9, 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
1996	19	SFG-min	A-	73	339	312	48	91	13	1	2	24	24	10	16	23	.292	.324	.359	.683		112	2	2	3	6	2		BLH · NORW
1997	20	SFG-CHW-min	A+	136	617	560	88	174	27	13	2	64	14	16	42	27	.311	.365	.416	.781		233	3	8	4	3	3		SJO,WSM · CALL,CARL
1998	21	CHW	AL	133	555	523	81	160	17	6	5	55	22	6	14	38	.306	.331	.390	.721	90	204	8	7	8	3	0	*6	RoY-3
1999	22	CHW	AL	136	564	529	60	132	11	4	2	35	12	14	20	36	.250	.280	.297	.577	47	157	6	3	11	1	0	*6/D

2000	23	CHW-min	AAA	88	344	309	38	76	11	5	0	26	5	7	22	23	.246	.301	.314	.615		97	7	3	8	2	0		CHR · IL
2001	24	TBD-min	AAA	110	427	387	62	113	10	9	0	35	11	9	22	22	.292	.340	.364	.704		141	4	7	9	2	0		DHM · IL
2002	25	KCR-CIN-min	AAA,AA	63	256	233	32	72	3	2	4	27	11	3	13	14	.309	.353	.391	.744		91	2	4	4	2	1		OMA,CNG · PCL,SOUL
2002	25	KCR	AL	12	21	20	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.100	.143	.100	.243	-36	2	0	0	0	0	0	/645
3 Yrs				281	1140	1072	144	294	28	10	7	90	34	20	35	76	.274	.302	.339	.641	66	363	14	10	19	4	0
162 Game Avg.				162	657	618	83	169	16	6	4	52	20	12	20	44	.274	.302	.339	.641	66	209	8	6	11	2	0

CHW (2 yrs)				269	1119	1052	141	292	28	10	7	90	34	20	34	74	.278	.305	.343	.649	68	361	14	10	19	4	0
KCR (1 yr)				12	21	20	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.100	.143	.100	.243	-36	2	0	0	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	Awards
1998	21	CHW	AL	133	555	-5	6	2	-3	7	6	0.7	18	24	2.4	.504	.503	2.7	0.4	28	$170,000	*6	RoY-3
1999	22	CHW	AL	136	564	-40	-1	5	-10	6	-40	-3.5	18	-21	-1.9	.473	.477	-0.9	-0.3	-11	$275,000	*6/D

2002	25	KCR	AL	12	21	-4	0	0	-0	0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.470	.498	-0.2	0.0	-3	$	/645
3 Seasons				281	1140	-49	5	8	-14	13	-37	-3.2	37	0	0.2	.488	.493	1.6	0.2	14	$445,000

CHW (2 yrs)				269	1119	-45	4	7	-13	13	-34	-2.8	37	3	0.5	.488	.490	1.8	0.2	17	$445,000
KCR (1 yr)				12	21	-4	0	0	-0	0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.470	.498	-0.2	0.0	-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
1998	21	CHW	AL	555	388	68	4.7	107	.321	.306	.268	.331	.336	.390	.427	.721	.763	90	.452	-9.3	-0.9	.639	.141	.084	8.1
1999	22	CHW	AL	564	429	42	2.6	115	.264	.250	.276	.280	.349	.297	.442	.577	.791	47	.208	-44.5	-4.1	.427	.081	.047	3.4

2002	25	KCR	AL	21	18	0	0.0	114	.111	.100	.276	.143	.344	.100	.443	.243	.788	-36	.000	-4.2	-0.4	.167	.050	.000
3 Yrs				1140	835	110	3.5	111	.289	.274	.272	.302	.343	.339	.435	.641	.777	66	.321	-58.0	-5.4	.520	.110	.064	11.6
162 Game Avg.				657	481	63	3.5	111	.289	.274	.272	.302	.343	.339	.435	.641	.777	66	.321	-58.0	-5.4	.520	.110	.064	7

CHW (2 yrs)				1119	817	110	3.6	111	.292	.278	.272	.305	.343	.343	.434	.649	.777	68	.329	-53.8	-5.0	.528	.111	.066	11.6
KCR (1 yr)				21	18	0	0.0	114	.111	.100	.276	.143	.344	.100	.443	.243	.788	-36	.000	-4.2	-0.4	.167	.050	.000

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
1998	21	CHW	AL	555	0.9%	6.9%	2.5%	5.1%	18%	2.71	13.8	104.6	9.5	1.05	1.38	87%	18%	2.7%	16%
1999	22	CHW	AL	564	0.4%	6.4%	3.6%	3.0%	13%	1.80	14.7	264.5	15.1	1.35	1.54	87%	14%	1.4%	25%

2002	25	KCR	AL	21	0.0%	9.5%	4.8%	0.0%	0%	2.00	10.0			2.20	3.25	86%	17%	0.0%	20%
3 Yrs				1140	0.6%	6.7%	3.1%	4.0%	15%	2.17	14.1	153.1	11.9	1.20	1.49	87%	16%	2.1%	20%
MLB Averages					2.9%	16.8%	9.0%	8.0%	34%	1.87	5.3	31.1	7.4	0.76	1.07	70%	23%	8.3%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1998	21	CHW	AL	-10.1	-0.9	605	0.1	9.4	-9.3	.96	-0.1	0.2	6.2	0.6	0.95	-3.5	1.63	1
1999	22	CHW	AL	-44.5	-4.1	600	-3.5	7.9	-11.3	1.00	-3.5	0.0	-49.4	-4.5	0.96	-47.1	1.32	3

2002	25	KCR	AL	-4.2	-0.4	21	-0.6	0.0	-0.6	1.21	-0.4	-0.1	-5.6	-0.5	0.93	-5.3		0
3 Yrs				-58.8	-5.4	1226	-4.0	17.3	-21.3	.98	-3.9	-0.2	-48.8	-4.5	0.96	-55.8	1.40	4

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	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
1998	21	CHW	AL	8	0	43%	234	22	6	79%	19	6	3	0	0	0	1	0	6	30	51%	24	12	10	7	3	4	18	7	11
1999	22	CHW	AL	9	0	38%	179	12	14	46%	11	13	1	1	0	0	2	2	5	19	58%	26	10	16	8	4	3	18	7	11

2002	25	KCR	AL	0	0	100%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	67%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
3 Yrs				17	0	41%	422	34	20	63%	30	19	4	1	0	0	3	2	12	49	55%	51	23	26	15	7	7	38	14	24

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
1998	21	CHW	AL	555	81%	160	68	20	1	0	0	0	1.63	5	0	12	4	1	3	2	0	16	8	50%	107	8	7%	66	22	33%	343	57	17%	37	24	65%	24	14	58%	0
1999	22	CHW	AL	564	79%	132	34	18	3	2	0	0	1.32	2	0	11	2	0	0	2	0	20	11	55%	111	6	5%	75	35	47%	356	36	10%	29	14	48%	31	19	61%	0

2002	25	KCR	AL	21	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	4	1	25%	11	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
3 Yrs				1140	80%	294	102	38	4	2	0	0	1.40	7	0	23	6	1	3	4	0	36	19	53%	222	14	6%	145	58	40%	710	93	13%	67	38	57%	56	33	59%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			75%			11%			34%			15%			53%			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
1998	21	CHW	AL	558	1716	3.08	1182	69%	22%	7%	29%	42%	78%	0%	54%	91%	37%	3%	15	0	10%	55	19	4%	25	16	26%	-3	0	0
1999	22	CHW	AL	566	1774	3.13	1199	68%	26%	8%	25%	42%	74%	0%	50%	90%	33%	3%	18	0	11%	65	19	5%	27	15	19%	-2	0	1

2002	25	KCR	AL	21	62	2.95	42	68%	36%	12%	10%	43%	64%	0%	44%	81%	29%	5%	1	0	10%	2	0	5%	1	1	0%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				1145	3552	3.10	2423	68%	24%	7%	27%	42%	76%	0%	52%	90%	35%	3%	34	0	11%	122	38	5%	53	32	22%	-5	0	1
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	5%			16%			9%			28%

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
1998	21	133	555	523	81	160	17	6	5	55	22	6	14	38	.306	.331	.390	.721	90	204	8	7	8	3
1999	22	269	1119	1052	141	292	28	10	7	90	34	20	34	74	.278	.305	.343	.649	68	361	14	10	19	4
2000	23	269	1119	1052	141	292	28	10	7	90	34	20	34	74	.278	.305	.343	.649	68	361	14	10	19	4
2001	24	269	1119	1052	141	292	28	10	7	90	34	20	34	74	.278	.305	.343	.649	68	361	14	10	19	4
2002	25	281	1140	1072	144	294	28	10	7	90	34	20	35	76	.274	.302	.339	.641	66	363	14	10	19	4

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1998	21	133	552	520	78	157	17	6	5	53	22	14	38	.302	.327	.387	.714	64	133
1999	22	136	555	521	54	124	10	4	2	31	11	19	36	.238	.268	.284	.552	39	136

2002	25	12	21	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.048	.000	.048	0	12
3 Yrs		281	1128	1061	132	281	27	10	7	84	33	34	76	.265	.293	.329	.622	103	281
162 Game Avg.		162	650	612	76	162	16	6	4	48	19	20	44	.265	.293	.329	.622	59	281

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y 1998 AL 6 (10th)	Singles s c a p y 1998 AL 132 (4th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1999 AL 11 (6th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1999 AL 14 (1st)
AB per SO s c a p y 1998 AL 13.8 (1st) 1999 AL 14.7 (1st)	Youngest s c a p y 1998 AL born 1977-05-27 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2399), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 2 (2725), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Vern Stephens (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Tinker (968) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chico Carrasquel (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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