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Yoenis Céspedes    \yo-EN-iss SESS-peh-dess\

Yoenis (Milanes) Cespedes

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 18, 1985 in Granma, Cuba
Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in 2012. (All Transactions)
Debut: March 28, 2012 (Age 26)   vs. SEA 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Team: Athletics 2012-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed, 4 yrs/$36M (12-15) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.000, Arb Eligible: 2016, 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
2012 26 OAK AL 129 540 487 70 142 25 5 23 82 16 4 43 102 .292 .356 .505 .861 137 246 9 7 0 3 5 78D MVP-10,RoY-2
2013 27 OAK AL 29 126 112 18 22 2 1 7 19 0 3 9 30 .196 .262 .420 .682 85 47 2 2 0 3 1 *87/D
2 Yrs 158 666 599 88 164 27 6 30 101 16 7 52 132 .274 .338 .489 .827 127 293 11 9 0 6 6
162 Game Avg. 162 683 614 90 168 28 6 31 104 16 7 53 135 .274 .338 .489 .827 127 300 11 9 0 6 6

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
2012 26 OAK AL 129 540 25 2 1 -7 -4 17 1.7 20 37 3.7 .513 .511 4.5 -1.2 44 $6,500,000 78D MVP-10,RoY-2
2013 27 OAK AL 29 126 -1 -1 0 1 -0 -2 -0.1 4 3 0.3 .494 .499 0.2 0.1 2 $8,500,000 *87/D
2 Seasons 158 666 23 1 1 -6 -4 15 1.6 25 40 4.0 .510 .505 4.7 -1.0 46 $15,000,000

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
2012 26 OAK AL 540 361 89 6.6 96 .326 .292 .253 .356 .317 .505 .407 .861 .723 137 .662 24.1 2.4 .860 .326 .214 18.9
2013 27 OAK AL 126 98 11 3.0 97 .192 .196 .252 .262 .318 .420 .409 .682 .726 85 .308 -2.7 -0.3 .579 .277 .223 .0
2 Yrs 666 459 100 5.8 96 .302 .274 .252 .338 .317 .489 .407 .827 .724 127 .607 21.5 2.1 .801 .317 .215 20.9
162 Game Avg. 683 471 103 5.8 96 .302 .274 .252 .338 .317 .489 .407 .827 .724 127 .607 22 2 .801 .317 .215 21

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2012 26 OAK AL ALDS DET L 5 21 19 1 6 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 .316 .381 .368 .749 7 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 5 21 19 1 6 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 .316 .381 .368 .749 7 0 0 0 0 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
2012 26 OAK AL 540 4.3% 18.9% 8.0% 9.8% 37% 2.37 4.8 21.2 5.9 0.68 0.84 68% 19% 12.6% 21%
2013 27 OAK AL 126 5.6% 23.8% 7.1% 7.9% 46% 3.33 3.7 16.0 5.9 0.55 0.63 62% 21% 16.7% 24%
2 Yrs 666 4.5% 19.8% 7.8% 9.5% 38% 2.54 4.5 20.0 5.9 0.65 0.79 67% 19% 13.3% 21%
MLB Averages 2.7% 19.8% 8.0% 7.7% 34% 2.47 4.5 33.3 8.3 0.83 1.12 68% 19% 8.2% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2012 26 OAK AL 24.1 2.4 567 3.8 11.9 -8.1 .94 3.0 1.1 31.7 3.1 0.94 32.6 0
2013 27 OAK AL -2.7 -0.3 131 0.4 3.0 -2.5 1.13 -0.0 0.4 1.7 0.2 0.94 -0.8 0
2 Yrs 21.5 2.1 698 4.2 14.8 -10.6 .97 2.9 1.4 33.4 3.3 0.94 31.7 0

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
2012 26 OAK AL 7 0 28% 183 16 4 80% 10 3 6 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 16 46% 24 15 8 9 4 5 8 2 6
2013 27 OAK AL 3 0 42% 27 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 56% 5 3 2 1 0 1 3 1 2
2 Yrs 10 0 30% 210 16 7 70% 10 6 6 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 18 48% 29 18 10 10 4 6 11 3 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
2012 26 OAK AL 540 30% 142 21 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 10 16 7 11 12 0 0 0 101 9 9% 38 9 24% 330 64 19% 28 15 54% 16 9 56% 0
2013 27 OAK AL 126 29% 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 4 4 3 4 3 0 0 0 30 2 7% 10 6 60% 79 14 18% 6 5 83% 5 4 80% 0
2 Yrs 666 30% 164 23 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 14 20 10 15 15 0 0 0 131 11 8% 48 15 31% 409 78 19% 34 20 59% 21 13 62% 0
MLB Averages 55% 70% 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
2012 26 OAK AL 540 1979 3.66 1233 62% 24% 21% 23% 31% 76% 3% 47% 72% 26% 5% 26 3 14% 78 40 7% 40 27 12% 0 0 0
2013 27 OAK AL 126 496 3.94 307 62% 23% 21% 28% 28% 77% 2% 48% 73% 17% 3% 4 0 23% 29 13 6% 8 5 10% 0 0 0
2 Yrs 666 2475 3.72 1540 62% 24% 21% 24% 31% 76% 3% 47% 72% 24% 5% 30 3 16% 107 53 7% 48 32 11% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 63% 28% 16% 27% 29% 72% 1% 46% 78% 27% 5% 14% 8% 24%

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
2012 26 129 540 487 70 142 25 5 23 82 16 4 43 102 .292 .356 .505 .861 137 246 9 7 0 3 5
2013 27 158 666 599 88 164 27 6 30 101 16 7 52 132 .274 .338 .489 .827 127 293 11 9 0 6 6

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
2012 26 129 550 495 77 150 26 5 24 90 17 45 102 .303 .367 .521 .888 94 129
2013 27 29 127 113 19 23 2 1 7 21 0 9 30 .204 .268 .425 .692 13 29
2 Yrs 158 677 608 96 173 28 6 31 111 17 54 132 .285 .349 .503 .852 107 158
162 Game Avg. 162 694 623 98 177 29 6 32 114 17 55 135 .285 .349 .503 .852 110 158

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2012 AL (10, 10%)
0.10 Career Shares (924th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2013 AL  3 (4th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2013 AL  3 (3rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2012 AL  18.9 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2012 AL  31.68 (8th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2012 AL  3.8 (7th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2012 AL  3.0 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2012 AL  3.1 (8th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

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