Chris Clapinski

Christopher Alan Clapinski

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 20, 1971 in Buffalo, NY
High School: Palm Desert HS (Palm Desert, CA)
School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
Signed by the Florida Marlins as an amateur free agent in 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 17, 1999
Team: Marlins 1999-2000

Final Game: September 24, 2000
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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
1992	20	MLN	Rk	59	270	212	36	51	8	1	1	15	5	6	49	42	.241	.390	.302	.691		64	4	4	3	2	2		MLN · GULF
1993	21	FLA-min	A	82	258	214	22	45	12	1	0	27	3	8	31	55	.210	.308	.276	.584		59	3	1	8	4	0		KNC · MIDW
1994	22	FLA-min	A+	65	191	157	33	45	12	3	1	13	3	2	23	28	.287	.386	.420	.806		66	2	3	7	1	2		BRE · FLOR
1995	23	FLA-min	AA	87	248	208	32	49	9	3	4	30	5	2	28	44	.236	.325	.365	.690		76	4	2	5	5	2		PRT · EL
1996	24	FLA-min	AAA,AA	128	515	435	89	122	27	1	13	50	16	7	60	67	.280	.370	.437	.806		190	9	5	9	6	1		CHR,PRT · IL,EL
1997	25	FLA-min	AAA	110	405	340	62	89	24	2	12	52	14	2	48	64	.262	.366	.450	.816		153	9	9	6	2	4		CHR · IL
1998	26	FLA-min	AAA,A+	105	386	326	54	85	18	2	9	39	11	3	46	55	.261	.359	.411	.770		134	8	5	7	2	2		CHR,BRE · IL,FLOR
1999	27	FLA-min	AAA	81	303	267	51	86	21	6	8	35	5	1	30	53	.322	.393	.536	.929		143	6	2	3	1	0		CGY · PCL
1999	27	FLA	NL	36	66	56	6	13	1	2	0	2	1	0	9	12	.232	.348	.321	.670	77	18	1	1	0	0	0	/5674D
2000	28	FLA-min	AAA,A+	66	269	231	45	66	10	3	7	25	3	3	33	38	.286	.377	.446	.823		103	4	2	1	2	0		CGY,BRE · PCL,FLOR
2000	28	FLA	NL	34	55	49	12	15	4	1	1	7	0	0	5	7	.306	.370	.490	.860	121	24	1	0	1	0	0	4/576
2001	29	FLA-min	AAA,A+,AA	73	286	246	47	64	10	1	9	28	2	2	35	50	.260	.359	.419	.778		103	3	3	2	0	2		CGY,BRE,PRT · PCL,FLOR,EL
2002	30	LAD-min	AAA	102	397	342	58	101	25	3	12	57	2	0	39	52	.295	.373	.491	.864		168	6	5	8	3	0		LVG · PCL
2003	31	LAD-CIN-min	AAA	103	343	307	51	98	18	5	11	62	6	2	27	53	.319	.378	.518	.896		159	5	4	2	3	0		LVG,LOU · PCL,IL
2004	32	CLE-min	AAA	107	429	369	65	115	24	4	11	63	18	6	46	62	.312	.390	.488	.877		180	3	5	3	6	3		BFL · IL
2006	34	KCR-min	AAA	19	80	67	6	12	4	0	1	8	1	0	8	14	.179	.269	.284	.553		19	3	1	2	2	0		OMA · PCL
2 Yrs				70	121	105	18	28	5	3	1	9	1	0	14	19	.267	.358	.400	.758	97	42	2	1	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	280	243	42	65	12	7	2	21	2	0	32	44	.267	.358	.400	.758	97	97	5	2	2	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	Rfield	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1999	27	FLA	NL	36	66	-0	-0	-1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.498	.500	0.2	-0.0	2	$200,000	/5674D
2000	28	FLA	NL	34	55	1	0	0	2	0.2	2	3	0.3	.505	.501	0.3	0.0	3	$201,000	4/576
2 Seasons				70	121	1	-0	-1	1	0.1	3	4	0.4	.501	.500	0.5	-0.0	5	$401,000

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
1999	27	FLA	NL	66	44	7	4.3	109	.295	.232	.267	.348	.341	.321	.430	.670	.771	77	.400	-1.8	-0.2	.659	.268	.089	.0
2000	28	FLA	NL	55	36	9	6.7	111	.341	.306	.266	.370	.342	.490	.434	.860	.777	121	.602	1.6	0.2	.829	.286	.184	.0
2 Yrs				121	80	16	5.4	110	.318	.267	.266	.358	.342	.400	.432	.758	.774	97	.503	-0.2	-0.0	.734	.276	.133	1.0
162 Game Avg.				280	185	37	5.4	110	.318	.267	.266	.358	.342	.400	.432	.758	.774	97	.503	-0.2	-0.0	.734	.276	.133	2

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
1999	27	FLA	NL	66	0.0%	18.2%	13.6%	4.6%	23%	1.33	4.7		28.0	0.87	1.07	67%	11%	0.0%	22%
2000	28	FLA	NL	55	1.8%	12.7%	9.1%	10.9%	40%	1.40	7.0	49.0	7.0	0.58	0.67	75%	23%	5.0%	23%
2 Yrs				121	0.8%	15.7%	11.6%	7.4%	32%	1.36	5.5	105.0	11.7	0.71	0.85	70%	17%	2.6%	22%
MLB Averages					3.0%	16.4%	9.5%	8.1%	34%	1.73	5.4	29.8	7.1	0.76	1.06	69%	23%	8.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1999	27	FLA	NL	-1.8	-0.2	67	0.1	1.4	-1.3	1.21	-0.0	0.1	-0.2	-0.0	0.97	-0.6	1.66	13
2000	28	FLA	NL	1.6	0.2	55	0.2	1.2	-1.0	1.15	0.0	0.1	3.0	0.3	0.97	1.1	0.99	9
2 Yrs				-0.2	-0.0	122	0.3	2.6	-2.4	1.18	-0.0	0.2	2.8	0.3	0.97	0.4	1.39	22

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1999	27	FLA	NL	2	26%	40	1	100%	1	33%	5	5	0	1	1	3	1	2
2000	28	FLA	NL	0	58%	34	0		0	50%	6	4	2	1	1	3	1	2
2 Yrs				2	41%	74	1	100%	1	42%	11	9	2	2	2	6	2	4

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
1999	27	FLA	NL	66	98%	13	1	1	13	3	0	0	1.66	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	16	1	6%	3	0	0%	39	4	10%	5	2	40%	0	0		0
2000	28	FLA	NL	55	100%	15	1	0	9	4	1	3	0.99	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	50%	12	1	8%	7	2	29%	35	7	20%	4	1	25%	2	2	100%	0
2 Yrs				121	99%	28	2	1	22	7	1	3	1.39	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	33%	28	2	7%	10	2	20%	74	11	15%	9	3	33%	2	2	100%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			75%			10%			34%			15%			54%			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
1999	27	FLA	NL	66	245	3.71	135	55%	27%	20%	21%	33%	73%	0%	40%	73%	30%	8%	5	0	18%	12	4	14%	9	3	17%	0	0	0
2000	28	FLA	NL	55	216	3.93	136	63%	22%	9%	38%	32%	78%	0%	49%	89%	33%	5%	3	0	20%	11	3	18%	10	6	29%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				121	461	3.81	271	59%	24%	14%	29%	32%	76%	0%	44%	81%	31%	7%	8	0	19%	23	7	16%	19	9	21%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	1%	45%	80%	29%	6%			16%			10%			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
1999	27	36	66	56	6	13	1	2	0	2	1	0	9	12	.232	.348	.321	.670	77	18	1	1	0	0	0
2000	28	70	121	105	18	28	5	3	1	9	1	0	14	19	.267	.358	.400	.758	97	42	2	1	1	0	0

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
1999	27	36	66	56	6	13	1	2	0	2	1	9	12	.232	.348	.321	.670	6	36
2000	28	34	54	48	11	14	4	1	1	6	0	5	7	.292	.358	.479	.838	8	34
2 Yrs		70	120	104	17	27	5	3	1	8	1	14	19	.260	.353	.394	.747	14	70
162 Game Avg.		162	278	241	39	62	12	7	2	19	2	32	44	.260	.353	.394	.747	32	70

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