Francisco Cervelli

Francisco Cervelli (twitter: @fran_cervelli)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 6, 1986 in Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 2008
Team: Yankees 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.113, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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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
2005	19	NYY-min	Rk	24	70	58	10	11	2	0	1	9	1	0	8	13	.190	.300	.276	.576		16	0	2	0	2	0		YNK · GULF
2006	20	NYY-min	A-	42	157	136	21	42	10	0	2	16	0	0	13	30	.309	.397	.426	.824		58	4	7	1	0	1		STI · NYPL
2007	21	NYY-min	A+	89	348	290	34	81	24	2	2	32	4	3	36	59	.279	.387	.397	.783		115	8	16	4	2	0		TAM · FLOR
2008	22	NYY-min	AA,A+,Rk	27	107	91	10	28	6	0	0	9	0	0	11	18	.308	.411	.374	.785		34	3	5	0	0	0		TRE,TAM,YNK · EL,FLOR,GULF
2008	22	NYY	AL	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	/2
2009	23	NYY-min	AAA,AA,Rk	39	146	133	16	31	6	0	3	14	0	2	10	26	.233	.290	.346	.636		46	5	1	1	1	0		SWB,TRE,YNK · IL,EL,GULF
2009	23	NYY	AL	42	101	94	13	28	4	0	1	11	0	3	2	11	.298	.309	.372	.682	75	35	1	0	4	1	0	2
2010	24	NYY	AL	93	317	266	27	72	11	3	0	38	1	1	33	42	.271	.359	.335	.694	87	89	7	6	8	4	1	2/5
2011	25	NYY-min	AAA,A+	6	25	23	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.217	.280	.217	.497		5	1	1	0	0	0		SWB,TAM · IL,FLOR
2011	25	NYY	AL	43	137	124	17	33	4	0	4	22	4	1	9	29	.266	.324	.395	.719	91	49	4	2	1	1	0	2/54
2012	26	NYY-min	AAA	37	153	138	16	35	5	0	2	19	1	0	12	30	.254	.322	.333	.656		46	7	2	1	0	1		SWB · IL
4 Yrs				181	560	489	57	133	19	3	5	71	5	5	44	85	.272	.338	.354	.692	84	173	13	8	13	6	1
162 Game Avg.				162	501	438	51	119	17	3	4	64	4	4	39	76	.272	.338	.354	.692	84	155	12	7	12	5	1

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	22	NYY	AL	3	5	-1	0	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.448	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
2009	23	NYY	AL	42	101	-3	-1	1	4	2	2	0.2	3	5	0.5	.505	.501	0.1	0.6	1	$	2
2010	24	NYY	AL	93	317	-5	-1	0	-3	5	-4	-0.3	11	7	0.7	.496	.498	1.0	0.3	10	$410,800	2/5
2011	25	NYY	AL	43	137	-0	1	0	-1	2	2	0.2	5	7	0.7	.505	.501	0.8	0.2	8	$455,700	2/54
4 Seasons				181	560	-9	-2	1	0	9	-1	0.0	19	18	1.8	.499	.500	1.8	1.0	18	$866,500

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
2008	22	NYY	AL	5	6	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.272	.000	.340	.000	.426	.000	.767	-100	.000	-1.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2009	23	NYY	AL	101	75	10	3.6	112	.325	.298	.273	.309	.343	.372	.438	.682	.781	75	.343	-3.7	-0.4	.486	.064	.074	.0
2010	24	NYY	AL	317	214	34	4.2	105	.316	.271	.267	.359	.336	.335	.418	.694	.754	87	.456	-3.7	-0.4	.634	.188	.064	.0
2011	25	NYY	AL	137	98	16	4.4	105	.315	.266	.267	.324	.333	.395	.423	.719	.756	91	.476	-1.9	-0.2	.656	.226	.129	4.0
4 Yrs				560	393	60	4.1	106	.316	.272	.268	.338	.336	.354	.423	.692	.760	84	.432	-10.7	-1.0	.602	.172	.082	5.0
162 Game Avg.				501	352	54	4.1	106	.316	.272	.268	.338	.336	.354	.423	.692	.760	84	.432	-10.7	-1.0	.602	.172	.082	4

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	IBB
2009	23	NYY	AL	ALDS	MIN	W	1	0	0	0
2009	23	NYY	AL	ALCS	LAA	W	1	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2010	24	NYY	AL	ALCS	TEX	L	1	2	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2 Yrs (3 Series)							3	3	3	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 ALDS							1	0	0	0
2 ALCS							2	3	3	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	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	22	NYY	AL	5	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.7					40%	0%
2009	23	NYY	AL	101	1.0%	10.9%	2.0%	5.0%	18%	5.50	8.5	94.0	8.5	0.89	1.14	82%	19%	2.6%	14%
2010	24	NYY	AL	317	0.0%	13.3%	10.4%	4.4%	19%	1.27	6.3		7.0	0.90	1.19	72%	18%	0.0%	8%
2011	25	NYY	AL	137	2.9%	21.2%	6.6%	5.8%	24%	3.22	4.3	31.0	5.6	0.88	1.23	67%	21%	8.5%	6%
4 Yrs				560	0.9%	15.2%	7.9%	4.8%	20%	1.93	5.8	97.8	6.9	0.90	1.21	72%	19%	2.6%	9%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.1%	8.6%	7.7%	33%	2.12	4.9	34.8	8.0	0.80	1.07	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	22	NYY	AL	-1.5	-0.1	5	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	1.72	-0.2	-0.0	-2.0	-0.2	1.03	-1.8		0
2009	23	NYY	AL	-3.7	-0.4	104	0.1	1.8	-1.6	.88	-0.3	0.5	-4.9	-0.5	0.94	-5.3	0.00	1
2010	24	NYY	AL	-3.7	-0.4	322	-0.6	4.9	-5.5	1.00	-0.5	-0.1	0.3	0.0	1.04	-5.4	2.57	4
2011	25	NYY	AL	-2.2	-0.2	145	0.1	2.1	-2.0	.75	0.2	0.0	1.7	0.2	1.08	1.7	0.31	2
4 Yrs				-11.0	-1.1	576	-0.6	8.7	-9.3	.92	-0.8	0.2	-4.9	-0.5	1.03	-10.7	1.56	7

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2008	22	NYY	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	23	NYY	AL	2	41%	47	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	1	2	39%	10	8	2	1	0	1	2	0	2
2010	24	NYY	AL	2	24%	101	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	5	6	35%	18	11	6	5	3	2	3	2	1
2011	25	NYY	AL	3	33%	48	4	1	80%	4	1	1	1	0	4	56%	7	4	3	4	2	2	5	1	4
4 Yrs				7	29%	196	5	5	50%	5	5	1	1	6	12	42%	35	23	11	10	5	5	10	3	7

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	22	NYY	AL	5	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	1	100%	4	1	25%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
2009	23	NYY	AL	101	30%	28	5	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	4	4	100%	16	1	6%	10	5	50%	57	10	18%	6	3	50%	5	3	60%	0
2010	24	NYY	AL	317	34%	72	11	3	4	0	0	0	2.57	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	10	8	80%	78	7	9%	39	19	49%	255	38	15%	20	8	40%	17	11	65%	0
2011	25	NYY	AL	137	24%	33	3	1	2	1	0	0	0.31	4	1	7	3	1	2	2	0	2	1	50%	30	4	13%	18	5	28%	103	19	18%	13	6	46%	11	6	55%	0
4 Yrs				560	31%	133	19	4	7	1	0	0	1.56	5	1	25	4	1	2	3	0	16	13	81%	125	13	10%	68	30	44%	419	68	16%	40	18	45%	33	20	61%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			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	22	NYY	AL	5	20	4.00	14	70%	21%	29%	36%	14%	79%	0%	55%	64%	40%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2009	23	NYY	AL	101	332	3.29	218	66%	21%	11%	28%	40%	79%	0%	52%	87%	34%	4%	4	0	11%	11	7	4%	4	3	45%	0	0	0
2010	24	NYY	AL	317	1160	3.66	698	60%	32%	11%	24%	34%	68%	0%	41%	84%	26%	5%	15	1	18%	56	19	9%	30	16	29%	0	0	0
2011	25	NYY	AL	137	521	3.80	320	61%	31%	13%	26%	30%	69%	0%	43%	82%	31%	5%	7	0	14%	19	8	12%	16	10	34%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				560	2033	3.63	1250	61%	29%	11%	25%	34%	71%	0%	43%	84%	29%	5%	26	1	15%	86	34	9%	50	29	32%	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	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2008	22	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
2009	23	45	106	99	13	28	4	0	1	11	0	3	2	14	.283	.294	.354	.648	67	35	2	0	4	1	0
2010	24	138	423	365	40	100	15	3	1	49	1	4	35	56	.274	.343	.340	.683	82	124	9	6	12	5	1
2011	25	181	560	489	57	133	19	3	5	71	5	5	44	85	.272	.338	.354	.692	84	173	13	8	13	6	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	22	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
2009	23	42	100	93	12	27	4	0	1	10	0	2	11	.290	.302	.366	.668	10	42
2010	24	93	317	266	27	72	11	3	0	38	1	33	42	.271	.359	.335	.694	31	93
2011	25	43	136	123	16	32	4	0	4	21	4	9	29	.260	.319	.390	.709	15	43
4 Yrs		181	558	487	55	131	19	3	5	69	5	44	85	.269	.336	.351	.687	56	181
162 Game Avg.		162	499	436	49	117	17	3	4	62	4	39	76	.269	.336	.351	.687	50	181

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