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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

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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 27 118 104 18 21 2 1 7 19 0 3 9 30 .202 .271 .442 .713 94 46 2 2 0 3 1 *87/D
2 Yrs 156 658 591 88 163 27 6 30 101 16 7 52 132 .276 .340 .494 .835 129 292 11 9 0 6 6
162 Game Avg. 162 683 614 91 169 28 6 31 105 17 7 54 137 .276 .340 .494 .835 129 303 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 27 118 0 -1 0 1 -0 -0 0.0 4 4 0.4 .500 .500 0.3 0.1 3 $8,500,000 *87/D
2 Seasons 156 658 25 1 1 -6 -4 17 1.8 24 41 4.2 .511 .505 4.9 -1.0 47 $15,000,000

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

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2012 OAK AL 26 OF 102 102 94 900.2 233 221 9 3 0 .987 -1 -7 -1 -9 2.30 2.25 .986 2.17 2.16 MVP-10,RoY-2
2012 OAK AL 26 LF 56 56 49 468.2 102 93 6 3 0 .971 -3 1 -8 3 1.90 1.77 .984 1.94 1.93 MVP-10,RoY-2
2012 OAK AL 26 CF 48 46 45 432.0 131 128 3 0 0 1.000 3 -8 8 -22 2.73 2.73 .989 2.58 2.56 MVP-10,RoY-2
2012 OAK AL 26 DH 26 26 MVP-10,RoY-2
2013 OAK AL 27 OF 26 25 21 229.1 67 64 3 0 1 1.000 1 1 6 5 2.63 2.58 .989 2.23 2.21
2013 OAK AL 27 CF 16 14 12 119.0 37 36 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -2 -24 -20 2.80 2.31 .992 2.67 2.65
2013 OAK AL 27 LF 12 11 9 110.1 30 28 2 0 1 1.000 3 3 37 33 2.45 2.50 .990 1.90 1.89
2013 OAK AL 27 DH 1 1
2 Seasons OF 128 127 115 1130.0 300 285 12 3 1 .990 1 -6 1 -6 2.37 2.32 .987 2.18 2.17
2 Seasons LF 68 67 58 579.0 132 121 8 3 1 .977 0 4 0 8 2.01 1.90 .985 1.93 1.92
2 Seasons CF 64 60 57 551.0 168 164 4 0 0 1.000 0 -10 1 -21 2.74 2.63 .990 2.60 2.58
2 Seasons TOT 128 127 115 1130.0 300 285 12 3 1 .990 1 -6 1 -6 2.37 2.32 .987 2.18 2.17
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (1st)

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

AB per HR s c a p y
2013 AL  14.9 (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)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2012 AL  6 (4th)
2013 AL  2 (3rd)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2012 AL  3 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2013 AL  1 (2nd)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2013 AL  1 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
2013 AL  1 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2013 AL  3 (2nd)

             
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.
† 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.

Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
201226Oakland Athletics$6,500,000contracts
201327Oakland Athletics$8,500,000
201428Oakland Athletics$10,500,000
201529Oakland Athletics$10,500,000
Earliest Arb Eligible: 2016, Earliest Free Agent: 2018
Career to date (may be incomplete)$15,000,000Does not include future salaries
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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