Raúl Chávez

Raul Alexander Chavez

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 245 lb.

Born: March 17, 1973 in Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
High School: Valencia (Valencia, VE)
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 30, 1996
Teams (by GP): Astros/BlueJays/Pirates/Expos/Orioles/... 1996-2009

Final Game: September 24, 2009
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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
1990	17	HOU-min	Rk	48	167	155	23	50	8	1	0	23	5	2	7	12	.323	.358	.387	.745		60		2	2	1	0		AST · GULF
1991	18	HOU-min	A	114	462	420	54	108	17	0	3	41	1	4	25	65	.257	.312	.319	.631		134	13	10	3	4	1		BUR · MIDW
1992	19	HOU-min	A	95	373	348	37	99	22	1	2	40	1	0	16	39	.284	.320	.371	.691		129	11	4	1	4	1		AVL · SALL
1993	20	HOU-min	A+	58	208	197	13	45	5	1	0	16	1	1	8	19	.228	.261	.264	.525		52	12	1	1	1	0		OSC · FLOR
1994	21	HOU-min	AA	89	273	251	17	55	7	0	1	22	1	0	17	41	.219	.273	.259	.532		65	5	2	2	1	3		JAC · TL
1995	22	HOU-min	AA,AAA	90	320	291	30	81	13	0	4	35	0	5	16	30	.278	.324	.364	.688		106	14	5	5	3	1		JAC,TUC · TL,PCL
1996	23	WSN-min	AAA	60	214	198	15	49	10	0	2	24	0	2	11	31	.247	.290	.328	.619		65	7	1	4	0	0		OTT · IL
1996	23	MON	NL	4	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	44	1	1	0	0	0	0	/2
1997	24	WSN-min	AAA	92	338	310	31	76	17	0	4	46	1	3	18	42	.245	.293	.339	.631		105	9	4	3	3	1		OTT · IL
1997	24	MON	NL	13	27	26	0	7	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	5	.269	.259	.269	.528	40	7	0	0	0	1	0	2
1998	25	SEA-WSN-min	AAA	87	304	264	29	59	6	0	4	35	1	2	27	46	.223	.299	.292	.591		77	8	4	3	6	1		TAC,OTT · PCL,IL
1998	25	SEA	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2

1999	26	SEA-min	AAA	102	390	354	39	95	20	1	3	40	1	3	28	63	.268	.331	.356	.687		126	11	6	0	2	1		TAC · PCL
2000	27	HOU-min	AAA	99	349	303	31	74	13	0	2	36	3	0	34	44	.244	.325	.307	.632		93	12	4	4	4	5		NOR · PCL
2000	27	HOU	NL	14	47	43	3	11	2	0	1	5	0	0	3	6	.256	.298	.372	.670	64	16	5	0	0	1	2	2

2001	28	HOU-min	AAA	85	309	278	38	84	17	0	8	40	1	1	19	34	.302	.361	.450	.810		125	9	7	4	1	2		NOR · PCL
2002	29	HOU-min	AAA	111	411	373	24	85	10	0	3	36	3	4	21	50	.228	.278	.279	.557		104	11	7	5	5	2		NOR · PCL
2002	29	HOU	NL	2	6	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.500	.500	1.000	159	2	0	1	0	0	0	/2
2003	30	HOU-min	AAA	101	390	355	47	97	28	1	6	47	0	2	13	43	.273	.315	.408	.724		145	11	11	6	5	1		NOR · PCL
2003	30	HOU	NL	19	38	37	5	10	1	1	1	4	0	0	1	6	.270	.289	.432	.722	83	16	3	0	0	0	0	2
2004	31	HOU	NL	64	176	162	9	34	8	0	0	23	0	1	10	38	.210	.256	.259	.515	34	42	9	0	4	0	3	2
2005	32	HOU-min	AAA	34	128	119	9	30	8	0	0	14	0	0	5	24	.252	.299	.319	.619		38	4	3	1	0	1		RRK · PCL
2005	32	HOU	NL	37	105	99	6	17	3	0	2	6	1	0	4	18	.172	.210	.263	.472	23	26	5	1	0	1	0	2
2006	33	BAL-min	AA	52	213	196	18	50	10	0	2	21	0	0	11	19	.255	.290	.337	.627		66	7	0	3	3	1		BOW · EL
2006	33	BAL	AL	16	29	28	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.179	.207	.179	.385	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	2

2007	34	NYY-min	AAA	86	316	290	29	64	14	0	4	31	1	0	11	39	.221	.265	.310	.576		90	9	7	7	1	0		SWB · IL
2008	35	PIT-min	AAA	26	91	85	9	26	5	1	3	13	0	0	4	11	.306	.352	.494	.846		42	0	2	0	0	0		INA · IL
2008	35	PIT	NL	42	122	116	12	30	4	0	1	10	0	0	4	14	.259	.287	.319	.606	62	37	2	1	0	1	1	2
2009	36	TOR-min	AAA	2	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286		1	0	0	0	0	0		LVG · PCL
2009	36	TOR	AL	51	168	159	10	41	8	0	2	15	1	1	6	23	.258	.285	.346	.631	65	55	4	0	3	0	0	2
2010	37	TOR-min	AAA	55	217	200	18	42	13	0	3	24	0	0	11	22	.210	.260	.320	.580		64	7	3	2	1	0		LVG · PCL
2011	38	NYM-min	AAA	80	256	241	12	48	10	0	1	22	0	0	6	33	.199	.214	.253	.467		61	7	0	4	5	0		BFL · IL
11 Yrs				263	725	680	48	157	27	1	7	65	4	2	31	115	.231	.266	.304	.570	49	207	29	3	7	4	6
162 Game Avg.				162	447	419	30	97	17	1	4	40	2	1	19	71	.231	.266	.304	.570	49	128	18	2	4	2	4

HOU (5 yrs)				136	372	345	24	73	15	1	4	38	1	1	19	68	.212	.255	.296	.551	42	102	22	2	4	2	5
MON (2 yrs)				17	33	31	1	8	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	6	.258	.273	.258	.531	41	8	1	0	0	1	0
PIT (1 yr)				42	122	116	12	30	4	0	1	10	0	0	4	14	.259	.287	.319	.606	62	37	2	1	0	1	1
SEA (1 yr)				1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				16	29	28	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.179	.207	.179	.385	2	5	0	0	0	0	0
TOR (1 yr)				51	168	159	10	41	8	0	2	15	1	1	6	23	.258	.285	.346	.631	65	55	4	0	3	0	0

NL (8 yrs)				195	527	492	37	111	19	1	5	50	3	1	24	88	.226	.264	.299	.563	46	147	25	3	4	4	6
AL (3 yrs)				68	198	188	11	46	8	0	2	15	1	1	7	27	.245	.272	.319	.591	55	60	4	0	3	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
1996	23	MON	NL	4	6	-0	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.490	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$109,000	/2
1997	24	MON	NL	13	27	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.486	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	2
1998	25	SEA	AL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.471	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2

2000	27	HOU	NL	14	47	-4	-0	-1	0	1	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.471	.497	-0.3	0.1	-3	$	2

2002	29	HOU	NL	2	6	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.525	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/2
2003	30	HOU	NL	19	38	-1	0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$300,000	2
2004	31	HOU	NL	64	176	-16	-0	-1	3	3	-12	-1.2	5	-7	-0.8	.481	.492	-1.1	0.6	-10	$315,000	2
2005	32	HOU	NL	37	105	-11	0	-1	2	2	-8	-0.8	3	-5	-0.6	.477	.495	-0.8	0.4	-7	$360,000	2
2006	33	BAL	AL	16	29	-4	0	0	2	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.493	.499	-0.2	0.2	-2	$400,000	2

2008	35	PIT	NL	42	122	-5	0	0	4	2	2	0.2	3	5	0.5	.504	.501	0.1	0.6	1	$	2
2009	36	TOR	AL	51	168	-8	0	0	9	3	4	0.4	6	10	0.9	.508	.502	0.0	1.2	1	$	2
11 Seasons				263	725	-52	1	-3	20	11	-22	-2.3	21	-1	-0.3	.491	.499	-2.3	3.2	-21	$1,484,000

HOU (5 yrs)				136	372	-31	-0	-3	5	6	-24	-2.5	10	-14	-1.6	.482	.497	-2.1	1.1	-19	$975,000
MON (2 yrs)				17	33	-3	0	-0	0	1	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.487	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$109,000
PIT (1 yr)				42	122	-5	0	0	4	2	2	0.2	3	5	0.5	.504	.501	0.1	0.6	1	$
SEA (1 yr)				1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.471	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
BAL (1 yr)				16	29	-4	0	0	2	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.493	.499	-0.2	0.2	-2	$400,000
TOR (1 yr)				51	168	-8	0	0	9	3	4	0.4	6	10	0.9	.508	.502	0.0	1.2	1	$

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
1996	23	MON	NL	6	5	0	0.0	108	.250	.200	.272	.333	.342	.200	.426	.533	.768	44	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.600	.400	.000	.0
1997	24	MON	NL	27	20	2	2.7	107	.318	.269	.269	.259	.341	.269	.423	.528	.764	40	.251	-2.3	-0.2	.421	.038	.000	.0
1998	25	SEA	AL	1	1	0	0.0	109	.000	.000	.271	.000	.339	.000	.431	.000	.770	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

2000	27	HOU	NL	47	38	3	2.1	122	.270	.256	.281	.298	.360	.372	.460	.670	.820	64	.155	-2.6	-0.2	.514	.186	.116	.0

2002	29	HOU	NL	6	3	1	8.9	112	.250	.250	.273	.500	.348	.500	.434	1.000	.782	159	.757	0.6	0.1	1.333	.500	.250
2003	30	HOU	NL	38	30	3	2.7	112	.300	.270	.272	.289	.344	.432	.437	.722	.781	83	.247	-1.3	-0.1	.567	.189	.162	.0
2004	31	HOU	NL	176	142	9	1.7	112	.274	.210	.271	.256	.343	.259	.439	.515	.782	34	.121	-16.4	-1.6	.370	.105	.049
2005	32	HOU	NL	105	88	5	1.5	109	.188	.172	.270	.210	.340	.263	.430	.472	.770	23	.106	-11.7	-1.1	.368	.141	.091	1.3
2006	33	BAL	AL	29	23	1	1.2	110	.208	.179	.274	.207	.339	.179	.436	.385	.775	2	.060	-4.2	-0.4	.261	.036	.000

2008	35	PIT	NL	122	89	10	3.0	104	.284	.259	.262	.287	.334	.319	.419	.606	.752	62	.291	-6.5	-0.6	.477	.095	.060	.0
2009	36	TOR	AL	168	126	15	3.2	108	.291	.258	.267	.285	.336	.346	.429	.631	.765	65	.298	-8.4	-0.8	.496	.126	.088	1.3
11 Yrs				725	565	49	2.3	110	.267	.231	.269	.266	.340	.304	.432	.570	.772	49	.197	-53.3	-5.1	.439	.122	.074	5.1
162 Game Avg.				447	348	30	2.3	110	.267	.231	.269	.266	.340	.304	.432	.570	.772	49	.197	-53.3	-5.1	.439	.122	.074	3

HOU (5 yrs)				372	301	21	1.9	112	.251	.212	.272	.255	.344	.296	.439	.551	.783	42	.142	-31.2	-3.0	.417	.139	.084	1.6
MON (2 yrs)				33	25	2	2.1	108	.308	.258	.270	.273	.341	.258	.423	.531	.764	41	.183	-2.7	-0.3	.458	.097	.000	.0
PIT (1 yr)				122	89	10	3.0	104	.284	.259	.262	.287	.334	.319	.419	.606	.752	62	.291	-6.5	-0.6	.477	.095	.060	.0
SEA (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	109	.000	.000	.271	.000	.339	.000	.431	.000	.770	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
BAL (1 yr)				29	23	1	1.2	110	.208	.179	.274	.207	.339	.179	.436	.385	.775	2	.060	-4.2	-0.4	.261	.036	.000
TOR (1 yr)				168	126	15	3.2	108	.291	.258	.267	.285	.336	.346	.429	.631	.765	65	.299	-8.4	-0.8	.496	.126	.088	1.3

NL (8 yrs)				527	415	33	2.1	110	.263	.226	.270	.264	.342	.299	.433	.563	.775	46	.175	-40.4	-3.9	.432	.126	.073	3.8
AL (3 yrs)				198	150	16	2.8	108	.277	.245	.268	.272	.337	.319	.430	.591	.767	55	.257	-12.9	-1.2	.456	.112	.074	1.3

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
2004	31	HOU	NL	NLDS	ATL	W	2	6	5	1	3	1	1	0	0	.600	.600	1.200	1.800	6	1
2004	31	HOU	NL	NLCS	STL	L	2	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0
2005	32	HOU	NL	NLDS	ATL	W	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0
2 Yrs (3 Series)							5	12	10	1	4	1	2	1	1	.400	.455	.700	1.155	7	1
2 NLDS							3	8	6	1	3	1	1	1	0	.500	.571	1.000	1.571	6	1
1 NLCS							2	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	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
1996	23	MON	NL	6	0.0%	16.7%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	1.00	5.0			3.00	3.00	67%	0%		100%
1997	24	MON	NL	27	0.0%	18.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.2		13.0	0.57	0.67	81%	27%	0.0%	14%
1998	25	SEA	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%

2000	27	HOU	NL	47	2.1%	12.8%	6.4%	6.4%	27%	2.00	7.2	43.0	8.6	1.64	4.33	79%	21%	8.3%	14%

2002	29	HOU	NL	6	0.0%	0.0%	16.7%	16.7%	100%	0.00				0.33	0.50	67%	50%	0.0%	0%
2003	30	HOU	NL	38	2.6%	15.8%	2.6%	7.9%	30%	6.00	6.2	37.0	9.3	1.31	1.67	79%	16%	8.3%	8%
2004	31	HOU	NL	176	0.0%	21.6%	5.7%	4.6%	24%	3.80	4.3		7.0	1.12	1.53	70%	16%	0.0%	10%
2005	32	HOU	NL	105	1.9%	17.1%	3.8%	4.8%	29%	4.50	5.5	49.5	16.5	0.80	1.09	76%	13%	5.0%	11%
2006	33	BAL	AL	29	0.0%	13.8%	3.5%	0.0%	0%	4.00	7.0			0.85	0.90	83%	13%	0.0%	15%

2008	35	PIT	NL	122	0.8%	11.5%	3.3%	4.1%	17%	3.50	8.3	116.0	11.6	0.69	0.80	84%	23%	2.0%	16%
2009	36	TOR	AL	168	1.2%	13.7%	3.6%	6.0%	24%	3.83	6.9	79.5	10.6	0.84	1.20	80%	19%	3.2%	14%
11 Yrs				725	1.0%	15.9%	4.3%	4.8%	22%	3.71	5.9	97.1	10.5	0.91	1.25	78%	19%	2.7%	13%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.9%	8.8%	8.0%	34%	1.93	5.2	32.0	7.5	0.79	1.08	70%	21%	8.0%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1996	23	MON	NL	-0.4	-0.0	7	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	1.95	-0.1	0.1	-1.3	-0.1	1.07	-1.1	3.86	1
1997	24	MON	NL	-2.3	-0.2	28	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.91	-0.2	0.2	-1.3	-0.1	0.86	-2.4	0.43	2
1998	25	SEA	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.02	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.39	-0.3		0

2000	27	HOU	NL	-2.6	-0.2	47	-0.1	0.4	-0.6	.64	-0.2	-0.0	-4.4	-0.4	0.96	-3.6		0

2002	29	HOU	NL	0.6	0.1	6	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.93	0.0	-0.0	0.1	0.0	0.92	0.4		0
2003	30	HOU	NL	-1.3	-0.1	39	-0.1	0.5	-0.5	.69	-0.2	0.1	-2.9	-0.3	0.96	-2.8	1.34	2
2004	31	HOU	NL	-16.6	-1.6	178	-0.2	2.9	-3.1	.93	-1.3	1.1	-11.3	-1.1	0.99	-14.9	0.91	2
2005	32	HOU	NL	-11.7	-1.1	106	-1.3	0.8	-2.1	.89	-1.2	-0.3	-12.5	-1.2	0.91	-13.8	2.70	2
2006	33	BAL	AL	-4.2	-0.4	29	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	.95	-0.3	-0.1	-4.2	-0.4	0.87	-4.3	0.10	1

2008	35	PIT	NL	-6.5	-0.6	123	-0.2	1.7	-1.9	.88	-0.5	0.3	-2.4	-0.2	0.92	-5.3	0.30	7
2009	36	TOR	AL	-8.4	-0.8	173	-0.8	2.7	-3.5	1.14	-0.7	0.1	-9.0	-0.9	0.95	-9.0		0
11 Yrs				-53.5	-5.1	737	-3.2	9.8	-12.9	.94	-4.7	1.4	-49.2	-4.7	0.94	-57.1	0.99	17

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
1996	23	MON	NL	0	0	50%	1	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	24	MON	NL	0	0	0%	9	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	25	SEA	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2000	27	HOU	NL	0	0	15%	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2002	29	HOU	NL	0	0	33%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
2003	30	HOU	NL	0	0	40%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100%	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	31	HOU	NL	2	0	21%	59	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	50%	4	3	1	1	0	1	5	1	3
2005	32	HOU	NL	1	0	20%	26	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	11%	5	4	1	1	1	0	3	3	0
2006	33	BAL	AL	0	0	17%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

2008	35	PIT	NL	3	0	32%	49	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	39%	6	5	1	2	1	1	5	2	3
2009	36	TOR	AL	1	0	18%	63	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	27%	10	7	3	2	2	0	3	2	1
11 Yrs				7	0	22%	252	4	2	67%	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	12	36%	32	23	9	6	4	2	18	8	9

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
1996	23	MON	NL	6	67%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	3.86	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	2	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1997	24	MON	NL	27	37%	7	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	1	100%	16	2	13%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1998	25	SEA	AL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

2000	27	HOU	NL	47	28%	11	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		12	5	42%	6	1	17%	34	4	12%	2	1	50%	4	0	0%	0

2002	29	HOU	NL	6	33%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2003	30	HOU	NL	38	39%	10	1	1	2	1	1	1	1.34	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		9	3	33%	3	1	33%	24	3	13%	1	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
2004	31	HOU	NL	176	22%	34	1	1	2	0	0	0	0.91	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	51	9	18%	25	10	40%	133	26	20%	16	10	63%	13	7	54%	0
2005	32	HOU	NL	105	33%	17	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.70	2	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0%	16	5	31%	13	3	23%	55	4	7%	6	1	17%	4	2	50%	0
2006	33	BAL	AL	29	10%	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	11	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

2008	35	PIT	NL	122	22%	30	4	0	7	2	0	1	0.30	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		21	2	10%	11	3	27%	69	10	14%	7	2	29%	3	3	100%	0
2009	36	TOR	AL	168	27%	41	5	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	8	2	0	1	1	0	3	3	100%	31	4	13%	12	5	42%	104	13	13%	9	7	78%	5	4	80%	0
11 Yrs				725	27%	157	17	3	17	4	1	2	0.99	7	0	25	7	0	3	4	0	8	7	88%	146	29	20%	74	24	32%	456	62	14%	43	22	51%	32	18	56%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			70%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%

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
1996	23	MON	NL	3	15	5.00	9	60%	22%	33%	22%	22%	78%	0%	47%	57%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	33%	1	1	0%	3	0	0
1997	24	MON	NL	26	86	3.31	59	69%	22%	20%	22%	36%	78%	0%	53%	74%	35%	0%	0	0	8%	2	1	0%	0	0	0%	1	0	0
1998	25	SEA	AL	1	1	1.00	1	100%	0%	0%	0%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0

2000	27	HOU	NL	47	152	3.23	98	64%	22%	11%	28%	39%	78%	15%	50%	86%	51%	4%	2	0	11%	5	2	4%	2	2	50%	0	0	0

2002	29	HOU	NL	6	22	3.67	13	59%	15%	46%	8%	31%	85%	0%	50%	45%	67%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2003	30	HOU	NL	38	153	4.03	103	67%	29%	13%	28%	30%	71%	0%	48%	82%	21%	5%	2	0	11%	4	1	5%	2	0	50%	0	0	0
2004	31	HOU	NL	177	640	3.62	440	69%	25%	15%	31%	29%	75%	6%	52%	80%	34%	3%	6	0	11%	20	8	3%	5	2	24%	-1	0	0
2005	32	HOU	NL	105	391	3.72	258	66%	28%	11%	29%	32%	72%	0%	47%	84%	30%	1%	1	0	5%	5	3	7%	7	6	33%	0	0	0
2006	33	BAL	AL	29	92	3.17	62	67%	24%	13%	24%	39%	76%	0%	51%	83%	45%	3%	1	0	7%	2	1	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0

2008	35	PIT	NL	122	376	3.08	263	70%	24%	11%	26%	39%	76%	4%	53%	86%	30%	3%	4	0	10%	12	6	3%	4	4	7%	0	0	0
2009	36	TOR	AL	168	589	3.51	397	67%	23%	12%	30%	35%	77%	0%	52%	84%	22%	1%	1	0	12%	20	16	3%	5	4	13%	0	0	0
11 Yrs				722	2517	3.49	1703	68%	25%	13%	29%	34%	75%	3%	51%	83%	31%	2%	17	0	10%	70	38	4%	26	19	23%	3	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		62%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			27%

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
1996	23	4	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	44	1	1	0	0	0	0
1997	24	17	33	31	1	8	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	6	.258	.273	.258	.531	41	8	1	0	0	1	0
1998	25	18	34	32	1	8	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	6	.250	.265	.250	.515	37	8	1	0	0	1	0
1999	26	18	34	32	1	8	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	6	.250	.265	.250	.515	37	8	1	0	0	1	0
2000	27	32	81	75	4	19	2	0	1	7	2	0	4	12	.253	.284	.320	.604	53	24	6	0	0	2	2
2001	28	32	81	75	4	19	2	0	1	7	2	0	4	12	.253	.284	.320	.604	53	24	6	0	0	2	2
2002	29	34	87	79	5	20	3	0	1	7	2	0	5	12	.253	.299	.329	.628	59	26	6	1	0	2	2
2003	30	53	125	116	10	30	4	1	2	11	2	0	6	18	.259	.296	.362	.658	67	42	9	1	0	2	2
2004	31	117	301	278	19	64	12	1	2	34	2	1	16	56	.230	.273	.302	.575	48	84	18	1	4	2	5
2005	32	154	406	377	25	81	15	1	4	40	3	1	20	74	.215	.256	.292	.548	41	110	23	2	4	3	5
2006	33	170	435	405	26	86	15	1	4	40	3	1	21	78	.212	.253	.284	.537	39	115	23	2	4	3	5
2007	34	170	435	405	26	86	15	1	4	40	3	1	21	78	.212	.253	.284	.537	39	115	23	2	4	3	5
2008	35	212	557	521	38	116	19	1	5	50	3	1	25	92	.223	.260	.292	.552	44	152	25	3	4	4	6
2009	36	263	725	680	48	157	27	1	7	65	4	2	31	115	.231	.266	.304	.570	49	207	29	3	7	4	6

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
1996	23	4	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	4
1997	24	13	27	26	0	7	0	0	0	2	1	0	5	.269	.259	.269	.528	2	13
1998	25	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1

2000	27	14	46	42	2	10	2	0	1	4	0	3	6	.238	.283	.357	.640	4	14

2002	29	2	6	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.500	.500	1.000	1	2
2003	30	19	37	36	4	9	1	1	1	3	0	1	6	.250	.270	.417	.687	4	19
2004	31	64	175	161	8	33	8	0	0	21	0	10	38	.205	.251	.255	.506	10	64
2005	32	37	104	98	6	16	3	0	2	6	1	4	18	.163	.202	.255	.457	5	37
2006	33	16	29	28	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.179	.207	.179	.385	1	16

2008	35	42	123	117	13	31	4	0	1	10	0	4	14	.265	.293	.325	.617	11	42
2009	36	51	167	158	10	40	8	0	2	14	1	6	23	.253	.280	.342	.622	15	51
11 Yrs		263	721	676	45	152	27	1	7	60	4	31	115	.225	.261	.299	.559	53	263
162 Game Avg.		162	444	416	28	94	17	1	4	37	2	19	71	.225	.261	.299	.559	33	263

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