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Eric Chávez

Eric Cesar Chavez

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: December 7, 1977 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Mount Carmel HS (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed August 27, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1998
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Yankees 1998-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$900k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 13.020, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: ABC Mgmt Leventhal & Lapa [*]
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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
1998 20 OAK AL 16 48 45 6 14 4 1 0 6 1 1 3 5 .311 .354 .444 .799 110 20 1 0 0 0 1 5
1999 21 OAK AL 115 402 356 47 88 21 2 13 50 1 1 46 56 .247 .333 .427 .760 98 152 7 0 0 0 4 5/D6
2000 22 OAK AL 153 569 501 89 139 23 4 26 86 2 2 62 94 .277 .355 .495 .850 117 248 9 1 0 5 8 *5/6D
2001 23 OAK AL 151 604 552 91 159 43 0 32 114 8 2 41 99 .288 .338 .540 .878 129 298 7 4 0 7 9 *5/3D6 GG
2002 24 OAK AL 153 653 585 87 161 31 3 34 109 8 3 65 119 .275 .348 .513 .860 127 300 8 1 0 2 13 *5/D7 MVP-14,GG,SS
2003 25 OAK AL 156 654 588 94 166 39 5 29 101 8 3 62 89 .282 .350 .514 .864 126 302 14 1 0 3 10 *5 MVP-17,GG
2004 26 OAK AL 125 577 475 87 131 20 0 29 77 6 3 95 99 .276 .397 .501 .898 134 238 21 3 0 4 10 *5/7 MVP-30,GG
2005 27 OAK AL 160 694 625 92 168 40 1 27 101 6 0 58 129 .269 .329 .466 .794 109 291 9 2 0 9 4 *5/D MVP-21,GG
2006 28 OAK AL 137 576 485 74 117 24 2 22 72 3 0 84 100 .241 .351 .435 .786 105 211 19 1 0 6 6 *5/D GG
2007 29 OAK AL 90 379 341 43 82 21 2 15 46 4 2 34 76 .240 .306 .446 .752 101 152 9 0 0 4 2 5/D
2008 30 OAK AL 23 95 89 10 22 7 0 2 14 0 0 6 18 .247 .295 .393 .688 86 35 2 0 0 0 0 5/D
2009 31 OAK AL 8 31 30 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .100 .129 .133 .262 -30 4 0 0 0 0 0 /5
2010 32 OAK AL 33 123 111 10 26 8 0 1 10 0 0 8 31 .234 .276 .333 .610 67 37 3 0 0 4 0 D/3
2011 33 NYY AL 58 175 160 16 42 7 1 2 26 0 0 14 34 .263 .320 .356 .676 80 57 4 0 0 1 3 5/D3
2012 34 NYY AL 29 82 75 8 19 4 0 3 6 0 0 5 15 .253 .293 .427 .719 90 32 4 0 0 2 1 5/D3
15 Yrs 1407 5662 5018 754 1337 293 21 235 819 47 17 584 971 .266 .342 .474 .815 114 2377 117 13 0 47 71
162 Game Avg. 162 652 578 87 154 34 2 27 94 5 2 67 112 .266 .342 .474 .815 114 274 13 1 0 5 8
OAK (13 yrs) 1320 5405 4783 730 1276 282 20 230 787 47 17 565 922 .267 .343 .478 .821 115 2288 109 13 0 44 67
NYY (2 yrs) 87 257 235 24 61 11 1 5 32 0 0 19 49 .260 .311 .379 .690 83 89 8 0 0 3 4

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 20 OAK AL 16 48 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 2 0.2 .501 .500 0.2 0.0 2 $170,000 5
1999 21 OAK AL 115 402 2 2 1 1 1 7 0.7 13 20 1.9 .505 .504 1.8 0.3 18 $201,000 5/D6
2000 22 OAK AL 153 569 8 -0 1 -9 2 2 0.4 19 21 2.1 .501 .501 2.9 -0.5 30 $240,000 *5/6D
2001 23 OAK AL 151 604 20 1 2 12 2 38 3.9 20 58 5.7 .525 .523 4.5 1.5 46 $625,000 *5/3D6 GG
2002 24 OAK AL 153 653 17 1 1 -2 1 18 1.9 22 40 3.9 .511 .511 4.1 0.0 42 $2,125,000 *5/D7 MVP-14,GG,SS
2003 25 OAK AL 156 654 19 1 0 7 2 29 3.0 22 50 4.9 .518 .517 4.3 1.0 43 $3,675,000 *5 MVP-17,GG
2004 26 OAK AL 125 577 25 1 -2 11 2 36 3.6 19 55 5.3 .527 .521 4.2 1.4 44 $5,325,000 *5/7 MVP-30,GG
2005 27 OAK AL 160 694 5 2 2 12 1 22 2.4 24 46 4.5 .514 .514 3.3 1.5 34 $8,500,000 *5/D MVP-21,GG
2006 28 OAK AL 137 576 1 1 -1 3 2 6 0.8 20 26 2.5 .504 .504 2.2 0.6 23 $9,500,000 *5/D GG
2007 29 OAK AL 90 379 -2 0 -1 8 1 7 0.8 13 19 1.9 .507 .504 1.1 1.0 11 $9,500,000 5/D
2008 30 OAK AL 23 95 -1 0 0 0 -1 -2 -0.2 3 1 0.1 .492 .499 0.1 -0.0 1 $11,500,000 5/D
2009 31 OAK AL 8 31 -6 -0 1 -1 0 -6 -0.6 1 -5 -0.5 .420 .496 -0.4 -0.1 -4 $11,500,000 /5
2010 32 OAK AL 33 123 -4 0 0 0 -3 -7 -0.7 4 -2 -0.3 .478 .496 -0.3 -0.3 -2 $12,500,000 D/3
2011 33 NYY AL 58 175 -6 0 -0 3 -0 -3 -0.3 6 3 0.3 .495 .498 0.0 0.3 0 $1,500,000 5/D3
2012 34 NYY AL 29 82 -2 -0 -0 0 -1 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.1 .487 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ 5/D3
15 Seasons 1407 5662 77 9 4 46 8 143 15.3 189 333 32.4 .510 .506 27.9 6.5 287 $76,861,000
OAK (13 yrs) 1320 5405 85 9 5 43 9 150 15.9 181 330 32.2 .511 .507 28.0 6.3 288 $75,361,000
NYY (2 yrs) 87 257 -8 0 -1 3 -1 -6 -0.7 9 2 0.2 .492 .498 -0.1 0.2 -1 $1,500,000

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
1998 20 OAK AL 48 33 7 5.7 106 .350 .311 .267 .354 .335 .444 .425 .799 .760 110 .540 0.7 0.1 .697 .200 .133 .0
1999 21 OAK AL 402 276 51 4.9 108 .261 .247 .268 .333 .339 .427 .428 .760 .768 98 .457 -0.9 -0.1 .717 .309 .180 1.9
2000 22 OAK AL 569 378 89 6.3 112 .293 .277 .271 .355 .344 .495 .436 .850 .780 117 .559 12.5 1.1 .834 .341 .218 3.7
2001 23 OAK AL 604 409 102 6.7 105 .297 .288 .265 .338 .332 .540 .425 .878 .757 129 .624 22.7 2.1 .868 .337 .252 12.8
2002 24 OAK AL 653 437 106 6.5 104 .293 .275 .262 .348 .329 .513 .421 .860 .750 127 .622 21.9 2.1 .853 .357 .238 13.0
2003 25 OAK AL 654 442 104 6.3 106 .290 .282 .267 .350 .333 .514 .427 .864 .759 126 .601 21.3 2.0 .843 .345 .231 12.5
2004 26 OAK AL 577 372 95 6.8 109 .291 .276 .269 .397 .337 .501 .432 .898 .770 134 .624 27.1 2.5 .921 .432 .225 9.9
2005 27 OAK AL 694 475 99 5.6 105 .295 .269 .268 .329 .331 .466 .425 .794 .756 109 .558 8.3 0.8 .766 .299 .197 9.8
2006 28 OAK AL 576 393 75 5.1 108 .257 .241 .272 .351 .336 .435 .432 .786 .768 105 .488 5.9 0.5 .773 .373 .194 5.3
2007 29 OAK AL 379 274 46 4.5 102 .264 .240 .264 .306 .330 .446 .412 .752 .742 101 .445 0.2 0.0 .696 .311 .205 6.3
2008 30 OAK AL 95 69 10 3.9 100 .290 .247 .261 .295 .328 .393 .410 .688 .738 86 .390 -1.8 -0.2 .594 .213 .146 .0
2009 31 OAK AL 31 27 1 1.0 106 .130 .100 .265 .129 .333 .133 .425 .262 .759 -30 .048 -5.7 -0.6 .185 .067 .033
2010 32 OAK AL 123 92 10 2.9 99 .301 .234 .259 .276 .327 .333 .406 .610 .733 67 .295 -4.7 -0.5 .511 .171 .099 .0
2011 33 NYY AL 175 123 18 3.9 105 .320 .263 .267 .320 .333 .356 .423 .676 .756 80 .426 -4.6 -0.5 .582 .181 .094 .0
2012 34 NYY AL 82 62 8 3.5 104 .271 .253 .261 .293 .329 .427 .423 .719 .751 90 .373 -1.1 -0.1 .617 .240 .173 .0
15 Yrs 5662 3862 821 5.7 106 .286 .266 .267 .342 .334 .474 .426 .815 .760 114 .550 101.7 9.3 .787 .330 .207 78.3
162 Game Avg. 652 445 95 5.7 106 .286 .266 .267 .342 .334 .474 .426 .815 .760 114 .550 12 1 .787 .330 .207 9
OAK (13 yrs) 5405 3677 795 5.8 106 .285 .267 .267 .343 .334 .478 .426 .821 .760 115 .555 107.4 9.9 .797 .336 .212 78.1
NYY (2 yrs) 257 185 26 3.8 105 .304 .260 .265 .311 .332 .379 .423 .690 .755 83 .409 -5.7 -0.6 .593 .200 .119 .0

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
2000 22 OAK AL ALDS NYY L 5 21 21 4 7 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 .333 .333 .476 .810 10 1 0 0 0 0
2001 23 OAK AL ALDS NYY L 5 21 21 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .143 .143 .190 .333 4 1 0 0 0 0
2002 24 OAK AL ALDS MIN L 5 23 21 3 8 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 1 .381 .435 .524 .959 11 0 0 0 0 1
2003 25 OAK AL ALDS BOS L 5 23 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 .045 .087 .091 .178 2 0 0 0 0 1
2006 28 OAK AL ALDS MIN W 3 12 10 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 .200 .333 .600 .933 6 0 0 0 0 0
2006 28 OAK AL ALCS DET L 4 15 13 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 4 .231 .333 .538 .872 7 0 0 0 0 0
2011 33 NYY AL ALDS DET L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs (7 Series) 28 116 109 11 24 7 0 3 12 1 0 7 23 .220 .267 .367 .634 40 2 0 0 0 2
6 ALDS 24 101 96 10 21 6 0 2 10 1 0 5 19 .219 .257 .344 .601 33 2 0 0 0 2
1 ALCS 4 15 13 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 4 .231 .333 .538 .872 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
1998 20 OAK AL 48 0.0% 10.4% 6.3% 10.4% 36% 1.67 9.0 7.5 1.22 2.38 83% 20% 0.0% 6%
1999 21 OAK AL 402 3.2% 13.9% 11.4% 9.0% 41% 1.22 6.4 27.4 7.1 0.85 1.18 71% 16% 8.9% 10%
2000 22 OAK AL 569 4.6% 16.5% 10.9% 9.3% 38% 1.52 5.3 19.3 5.8 0.64 0.84 68% 24% 12.9% 14%
2001 23 OAK AL 604 5.3% 16.4% 6.8% 12.4% 47% 2.41 5.6 17.3 4.8 0.86 1.17 71% 22% 16.8% 17%
2002 24 OAK AL 653 5.2% 18.2% 10.0% 10.4% 42% 1.83 4.9 17.2 5.4 0.50 0.61 66% 26% 14.3% 18%
2003 25 OAK AL 654 4.4% 13.6% 9.5% 11.2% 44% 1.44 6.6 20.3 5.8 0.71 0.97 72% 22% 11.2% 12%
2004 26 OAK AL 577 5.0% 17.2% 16.5% 8.5% 37% 1.04 4.8 16.4 6.2 0.67 0.94 61% 19% 14.4% 12%
2005 27 OAK AL 694 3.9% 18.6% 8.4% 9.8% 41% 2.22 4.8 23.1 6.2 0.62 0.68 69% 17% 9.9% 12%
2006 28 OAK AL 576 3.8% 17.4% 14.6% 8.3% 41% 1.19 4.9 22.0 6.7 0.65 0.87 64% 17% 11.1% 16%
2007 29 OAK AL 379 4.0% 20.1% 9.0% 10.0% 46% 2.24 4.5 22.7 7.4 0.56 0.73 67% 19% 11.6% 25%
2008 30 OAK AL 95 2.1% 19.0% 6.3% 9.5% 41% 3.00 4.9 44.5 6.4 0.73 1.27 73% 25% 5.3% 7%
2009 31 OAK AL 31 0.0% 22.6% 3.2% 3.2% 33% 7.00 4.3 30.0 0.77 0.82 74% 13% 0.0% 31%
2010 32 OAK AL 123 0.8% 25.2% 6.5% 7.3% 35% 3.88 3.6 111.0 11.1 0.95 1.42 67% 21% 2.5% 7%
2011 33 NYY AL 175 1.1% 19.4% 8.0% 5.7% 24% 2.43 4.7 80.0 6.2 0.84 1.05 71% 17% 3.2% 9%
2012 34 NYY AL 82 3.7% 18.3% 6.1% 8.5% 37% 3.00 5.0 25.0 12.5 0.82 1.35 72% 19% 10.3% 15%
15 Yrs 5662 4.2% 17.2% 10.3% 9.7% 41% 1.66 5.2 21.4 6.1 0.68 0.90 68% 20% 11.6% 14%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.2% 8.7% 7.9% 34% 1.99 5.2 32.5 7.6 0.79 1.08 70% 20% 7.9% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1998 20 OAK AL 0.7 0.1 50 0.3 1.2 -1.0 1.11 -0.0 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.85 -0.2 1.32 5
1999 21 OAK AL -0.9 -0.1 415 0.8 6.9 -6.0 .88 -0.1 1.0 4.4 0.4 0.95 0.3 1.92 13
2000 22 OAK AL 12.5 1.1 577 0.7 9.4 -8.8 .93 1.1 -0.3 15.0 1.4 0.96 12.1 1.62 10
2001 23 OAK AL 21.8 2.0 619 4.1 14.0 -9.9 1.01 2.9 1.2 43.0 4.0 0.96 32.9 0.93 3
2002 24 OAK AL 21.9 2.1 668 2.2 13.3 -11.1 1.01 1.6 0.6 21.3 2.0 1.00 15.5 1.89 2
2003 25 OAK AL 21.3 2.0 667 1.4 12.2 -10.9 .97 2.3 -0.9 25.8 2.4 0.92 28.4 1.81 2
2004 26 OAK AL 27.1 2.5 589 2.8 12.8 -10.0 1.10 2.8 -0.3 17.8 1.6 0.95 26.8 0
2005 27 OAK AL 7.4 0.7 704 0.4 13.2 -12.8 1.06 1.0 -0.7 9.0 0.9 0.97 7.7 0.60 1
2006 28 OAK AL 5.9 0.5 583 1.4 11.3 -9.9 1.09 0.6 0.7 -4.0 -0.4 0.99 5.8 0
2007 29 OAK AL 0.2 0.0 392 -2.9 6.0 -8.9 1.14 -0.4 -2.1 -13.1 -1.3 0.98 -7.7 1.85 1
2008 30 OAK AL -1.9 -0.2 96 0.8 2.3 -1.5 .97 0.0 0.9 1.5 0.1 0.89 -1.0 0
2009 31 OAK AL -5.8 -0.6 31 -0.9 0.1 -1.1 1.55 -0.5 -0.0 -7.2 -0.7 1.08 -6.5 0
2010 32 OAK AL -4.7 -0.5 126 -0.3 1.8 -2.1 .98 -0.3 0.0 -2.5 -0.2 0.98 -3.4 0.14 3
2011 33 NYY AL -5.0 -0.5 178 0.3 3.1 -2.8 .94 -0.2 0.5 4.4 0.4 0.98 -2.1 1.85 11
2012 34 NYY AL -1.1 -0.1 83 -0.7 1.0 -1.8 .98 -0.4 -0.4 -8.1 -0.8 0.93 -5.0 0.96 8
15 Yrs 99.4 9.1 5778 10.3 108.7 -98.4 1.02 10.4 -0.3 107.6 9.9 0.96 103.9 1.51 59

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1998 20 OAK AL 0 0 35% 24 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 4 4 0 1 0 1 3 0 3
1999 21 OAK AL 8 0 28% 136 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 17 54% 12 8 4 4 1 3 10 2 7
2000 22 OAK AL 3 0 36% 201 2 2 50% 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 4 9 36% 34 27 7 5 3 2 19 7 12
2001 23 OAK AL 8 0 34% 232 8 2 80% 7 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 14 56% 21 14 7 5 1 4 19 5 14
2002 24 OAK AL 3 0 28% 213 8 3 73% 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 18 39% 29 22 7 7 4 3 13 1 9
2003 25 OAK AL 5 0 33% 248 8 3 73% 8 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 7 46% 35 22 13 14 9 5 18 2 13
2004 26 OAK AL 4 0 29% 202 6 3 67% 6 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 6 11 46% 33 23 10 16 8 8 17 5 12
2005 27 OAK AL 4 0 32% 262 6 0 100% 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 49% 37 26 11 11 3 8 24 8 16
2006 28 OAK AL 1 0 29% 203 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 44% 31 21 10 8 4 4 16 4 10
2007 29 OAK AL 2 0 28% 116 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 36% 13 9 4 3 2 1 6 3 3
2008 30 OAK AL 1 0 31% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 40% 4 2 2 3 2 1 3 2 1
2009 31 OAK AL 0 0 0% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 32 OAK AL 3 0 27% 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 46% 5 4 1 1 0 1 5 2 3
2011 33 NYY AL 1 0 26% 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 50% 7 4 3 0 0 0 5 2 3
2012 34 NYY AL 0 0 24% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 4 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
15 Yrs 43 0 31% 2012 47 17 73% 42 13 4 3 1 1 9 3 37 109 45% 270 191 79 79 38 41 159 44 106

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 20 OAK AL 48 94% 14 3 0 5 0 0 0 1.32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 3 0 0% 22 7 32% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1999 21 OAK AL 402 86% 88 5 0 13 6 0 4 1.92 13 1 15 13 0 8 5 0 0 0 78 7 9% 24 8 33% 263 40 15% 18 10 56% 10 7 70% 0
2000 22 OAK AL 569 77% 139 9 0 10 2 0 1 1.62 26 1 23 23 3 15 11 1 0 0 121 9 7% 50 14 28% 394 61 15% 35 18 51% 22 12 55% 0
2001 23 OAK AL 604 67% 159 7 0 3 1 0 0 0.93 32 1 23 25 7 14 18 0 0 0 98 7 7% 41 16 39% 406 87 21% 39 21 54% 20 14 70% 0
2002 24 OAK AL 653 73% 161 9 0 2 0 0 0 1.89 34 1 24 28 6 17 17 0 0 0 147 8 5% 58 10 17% 491 78 16% 34 18 53% 33 17 52% 0
2003 25 OAK AL 654 68% 166 9 0 2 1 0 0 1.81 29 0 19 20 9 12 17 0 0 0 133 14 11% 42 15 36% 414 74 18% 32 17 53% 21 15 71% 0
2004 26 OAK AL 577 63% 131 7 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 14 20 9 15 14 0 0 0 143 21 15% 53 21 40% 392 53 14% 29 17 59% 31 20 65% 0
2005 27 OAK AL 694 65% 168 9 0 1 0 0 0 0.60 27 1 18 21 6 15 12 0 0 0 151 9 6% 68 22 32% 472 74 16% 45 22 49% 33 21 64% 0
2006 28 OAK AL 576 74% 117 5 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 17 17 5 8 14 0 0 0 140 19 14% 50 18 36% 401 50 12% 30 17 57% 18 12 67% 0
2007 29 OAK AL 379 64% 82 7 0 1 0 0 0 1.85 15 0 12 12 3 10 5 0 0 0 75 9 12% 41 11 27% 265 32 12% 25 10 40% 17 4 24% 0
2008 30 OAK AL 95 74% 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 16 2 13% 7 2 29% 59 13 22% 6 3 50% 1 1 100% 0
2009 31 OAK AL 31 42% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0% 7 2 29% 28 1 4% 5 1 20% 1 0 0% 0
2010 32 OAK AL 123 92% 26 2 0 3 0 0 0 0.14 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 30 3 10% 14 7 50% 75 9 12% 9 6 67% 4 2 50% 0
2011 33 NYY AL 175 87% 42 3 0 11 3 0 2 1.85 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 36 4 11% 17 5 29% 106 25 24% 11 7 64% 11 5 45% 0
2012 34 NYY AL 82 91% 19 1 0 8 2 0 0 0.96 3 0 4 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 20 4 20% 10 3 30% 53 3 6% 7 2 29% 2 1 50% 0
15 Yrs 5662 72% 1337 78 0 59 15 0 7 1.51 235 5 179 187 48 116 119 1 0 0 1203 117 10% 485 154 32% 3841 607 16% 326 169 52% 226 131 58% 0
MLB Averages 54% 70% 11% 33% 15% 52% 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 20 OAK AL 48 184 3.83 121 66% 28% 11% 28% 33% 72% 6% 47% 85% 31% 6% 3 0 13% 6 1 15% 7 5 0% 0 0 0
1999 21 OAK AL 404 1532 3.79 917 60% 28% 14% 26% 33% 72% 2% 43% 81% 24% 7% 28 1 19% 77 34 9% 35 23 25% -2 0 0
2000 22 OAK AL 570 2173 3.81 1336 61% 26% 15% 28% 31% 74% 3% 45% 79% 32% 7% 38 0 20% 112 41 10% 56 26 22% -1 0 0
2001 23 OAK AL 604 2309 3.82 1495 65% 24% 16% 29% 31% 76% 4% 49% 79% 34% 6% 37 3 17% 100 38 8% 46 22 25% 0 0 0
2002 24 OAK AL 653 2528 3.87 1570 62% 25% 16% 29% 30% 75% 4% 47% 78% 31% 7% 45 3 17% 111 49 8% 49 29 24% 0 0 0
2003 25 OAK AL 654 2539 3.88 1578 62% 27% 13% 28% 32% 73% 3% 45% 82% 24% 7% 49 1 18% 115 45 11% 73 33 24% 0 0 0
2004 26 OAK AL 578 2339 4.05 1330 57% 33% 13% 25% 29% 67% 4% 38% 80% 21% 9% 54 2 19% 110 28 14% 79 34 28% -1 0 0
2005 27 OAK AL 699 2732 3.91 1725 63% 26% 16% 29% 29% 74% 2% 47% 78% 33% 5% 36 3 14% 98 32 9% 63 35 28% -5 0 0
2006 28 OAK AL 576 2263 3.93 1332 59% 29% 16% 25% 29% 71% 3% 42% 77% 26% 8% 45 2 16% 94 28 12% 70 30 30% 0 0 0
2007 29 OAK AL 379 1520 4.01 980 64% 26% 17% 30% 27% 74% 1% 48% 77% 29% 6% 21 0 13% 51 19 11% 42 25 21% 0 0 0
2008 30 OAK AL 96 381 3.97 246 65% 28% 15% 28% 29% 72% 0% 47% 79% 30% 4% 4 0 9% 9 4 11% 11 7 17% -1 0 0
2009 31 OAK AL 31 124 4.00 79 64% 29% 16% 25% 29% 71% 0% 45% 77% 19% 6% 2 0 16% 5 2 3% 1 1 14% 0 0 0
2010 32 OAK AL 123 471 3.83 321 68% 25% 19% 30% 26% 75% 0% 51% 75% 30% 6% 7 0 14% 17 7 7% 9 7 29% 0 0 0
2011 33 NYY AL 175 649 3.71 407 63% 26% 16% 27% 31% 74% 4% 46% 79% 29% 6% 11 1 18% 31 13 5% 8 5 24% 0 0 0
2012 34 NYY AL 82 311 3.79 217 70% 25% 13% 33% 29% 75% 1% 52% 82% 32% 4% 3 0 10% 8 3 5% 4 2 27% 0 0 0
15 Yrs 5672 22055 3.89 13654 62% 27% 15% 28% 30% 73% 3% 45% 79% 29% 7% 383 16 17% 944 344 10% 553 284 25% -10 0 0
MLB Averages 3.76 62% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 28% 5% 15% 9% 26%

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
1998 20 16 48 45 6 14 4 1 0 6 1 1 3 5 .311 .354 .444 .799 110 20 1 0 0 0 1
1999 21 131 450 401 53 102 25 3 13 56 2 2 49 61 .254 .336 .429 .764 99 172 8 0 0 0 5
2000 22 284 1019 902 142 241 48 7 39 142 4 4 111 155 .267 .346 .466 .812 109 420 17 1 0 5 13
2001 23 435 1623 1454 233 400 91 7 71 256 12 6 152 254 .275 .343 .494 .837 116 718 24 5 0 12 22
2002 24 588 2276 2039 320 561 122 10 105 365 20 9 217 373 .275 .344 .499 .844 120 1018 32 6 0 14 35
2003 25 744 2930 2627 414 727 161 15 134 466 28 12 279 462 .277 .346 .502 .848 121 1320 46 7 0 17 45
2004 26 869 3507 3102 501 858 181 15 163 543 34 15 374 561 .277 .354 .502 .856 123 1558 67 10 0 21 55
2005 27 1029 4201 3727 593 1026 221 16 190 644 40 15 432 690 .275 .350 .496 .846 121 1849 76 12 0 30 59
2006 28 1166 4777 4212 667 1143 245 18 212 716 43 15 516 790 .271 .350 .489 .839 119 2060 95 13 0 36 65
2007 29 1256 5156 4553 710 1225 266 20 227 762 47 17 550 866 .269 .347 .486 .833 118 2212 104 13 0 40 67
2008 30 1279 5251 4642 720 1247 273 20 229 776 47 17 556 884 .269 .346 .484 .830 117 2247 106 13 0 40 67
2009 31 1287 5282 4672 720 1250 274 20 229 777 47 17 557 891 .268 .345 .482 .826 116 2251 106 13 0 40 67
2010 32 1320 5405 4783 730 1276 282 20 230 787 47 17 565 922 .267 .343 .478 .821 115 2288 109 13 0 44 67
2011 33 1378 5580 4943 746 1318 289 21 232 813 47 17 579 956 .267 .342 .474 .817 114 2345 113 13 0 45 70
2012 34 1407 5662 5018 754 1337 293 21 235 819 47 17 584 971 .266 .342 .474 .815 114 2377 117 13 0 47 71

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
1998 20 16 48 45 6 14 4 1 0 6 1 3 5 .311 .354 .444 .799 7 16
1999 21 115 399 354 45 86 21 2 13 48 1 45 56 .243 .328 .424 .752 49 115
2000 22 153 560 495 82 133 22 4 25 80 2 59 94 .269 .345 .481 .825 82 153
2001 23 151 603 551 90 158 43 0 32 112 8 41 99 .287 .337 .539 .876 99 151
2002 24 153 653 585 87 161 31 3 34 109 8 65 119 .275 .348 .513 .860 104 153
2003 25 156 651 586 92 164 39 5 29 99 8 61 89 .280 .347 .512 .859 104 156
2004 26 125 570 471 83 127 19 0 28 73 6 92 99 .270 .389 .488 .878 90 125
2005 27 160 693 624 91 167 40 1 27 100 6 58 129 .268 .328 .465 .792 95 160
2006 28 137 574 484 72 116 24 2 22 71 3 83 100 .240 .348 .434 .782 73 137
2007 29 90 380 342 44 83 21 2 15 47 4 34 76 .243 .308 .447 .755 48 90
2008 30 23 96 90 11 23 7 0 2 15 0 6 18 .256 .302 .400 .702 11 23
2009 31 8 32 31 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 7 .129 .156 .161 .318 1 8
2010 32 33 124 112 10 27 8 0 1 10 0 8 31 .241 .282 .339 .622 11 33
2011 33 58 175 160 16 42 7 1 2 26 0 14 34 .263 .320 .356 .676 18 58
2012 34 29 81 74 8 18 4 0 3 6 0 5 15 .243 .284 .419 .703 9 29
15 Yrs 1407 5639 5004 737 1323 291 21 233 804 47 575 971 .264 .339 .471 .810 801 1407
162 Game Avg. 162 649 576 85 152 34 2 27 93 5 66 112 .264 .339 .471 .810 92 1407

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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))
2002 AL (14, 4%)
2003 AL (17, 5%)
2004 AL (30, 0%)
2005 AL (21, 1%)
0.10 Career Shares (916th)

Gold Gloves
2001 AL (3B)
2002 AL (3B)
2003 AL (3B)
2004 AL (3B)
2005 AL (3B)
2006 AL (3B)
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
2002 AL (3B)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2001 AL  5.7 (10th)
2004 AL  5.3 (9th)
Active  32.4 (44th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2001 AL  5.7 (8th)
2004 AL  5.3 (6th)
Active  32.4 (32nd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
Active  27.9 (39th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2004 AL  1.4 (9th)
Active  6.5 (45th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2004 AL  .397 (5th)

Slugging % s c a p y
Career  .474 (222nd)

Games Played s c a p y
2005 AL  160 (8th)
Active  1,407 (43rd)

At Bats s c a p y
Active  5,018 (42nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
Active  5,662 (42nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
Active  754 (42nd)

Hits s c a p y
Active  1,337 (45th)

Total Bases s c a p y
Active  2,377 (40th)

Doubles s c a p y
2001 AL  43 (4th)
2003 AL  39 (10th)
2005 AL  40 (8th)
Active  293 (42nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
2002 AL  34 (7th)
Active  235 (32nd)
Career  235 (234th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2001 AL  114 (10th)
2002 AL  109 (9th)
Active  819 (33rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2004 AL  95 (1st)
Active  584 (29th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2005 AL  129 (6th)
Active  971 (37th)

Runs Created s c a p y
Active  821 (42nd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2001 AL  75 (9th)
Active  549 (34th)

Times On Base s c a p y
Active  1,934 (41st)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2005 AL  9 (4th)
Active  47 (35th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2002 AL  13 (6th)
2003 AL  10 (8th)
2004 AL  10 (8th)
Active  71 (27th)
Career  71 (221st)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2004 AL  21 (5th)
2006 AL  19 (10th)
Active  117 (47th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2002 AL  17.2 (9th)
2004 AL  16.4 (9th)
Active  21.4 (35th)
Career  21.4 (164th)

Outs Made s c a p y
Active  3,862 (42nd)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2001 AL  42.99 (8th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2001 AL  4.1 (7th)
Active  10.3 (49th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2001 AL  4.0 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1998 AL  born 1977-12-07 (2nd)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 21 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 29 (626), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (622), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Dean Palmer (923)
  2. Howard Johnson (915)
  3. Doug DeCinces (915)
  4. Carl Everett (912)
  5. Geoff Jenkins (909)
  6. Kevin McReynolds (906)
  7. Jesse Barfield (903)
  8. Danny Tartabull (901)
  9. Bobby Higginson (899)
  10. Sam Chapman (893)
Similar Batters through 33 
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  1. Dean Palmer (922)
  2. Bill Nicholson (917)
  3. Mike Lowell (915)
  4. Graig Nettles (914)
  5. Ron Cey (914)
  6. Howard Johnson (914)
  7. Todd Zeile (913)
  8. Roy Sievers (913)
  9. Ron Gant (911)
  10. Cliff Floyd (910)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Scott Rolen (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Hank Blalock (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Hank Blalock (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ryan Zimmerman (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Scott Rolen (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Scott Rolen (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Scott Rolen (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Aramis Ramirez (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Scott Rolen (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dean Palmer (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dean Palmer (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Dean Palmer (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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