Lou Collier
Louis Keith Collier
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 21, 1973 in Chicago, IL
High School: Vocational (Chicago, IL)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 31st round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed May 31, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 28, 1997
Final Game: September 30, 2004
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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
1997 23 PIT NL 18 38 37 3 5 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 11 .135 .158 .135 .293 -23 5 1 0 0 0 0 6
1998 24 PIT NL 110 379 334 30 82 13 6 2 34 2 2 31 70 .246 .316 .338 .655 72 113 8 6 3 5 6 6
1999 25 MIL NL 74 152 135 18 35 9 0 2 21 3 2 14 32 .259 .325 .370 .695 77 50 2 0 1 2 0 6/7549
2000 26 MIL NL 14 39 32 9 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 6 4 .219 .333 .344 .677 74 11 1 0 0 1 0 /875
2001 27 MIL NL 50 148 127 19 32 8 1 2 14 5 1 17 30 .252 .340 .378 .718 88 48 0 1 1 2 0 578/D
2002 28 MON NL 13 14 11 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .091 .231 .182 .413 10 2 0 1 1 0 1 /87459
2003 29 BOS AL 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /587
2004 30 PHI NL 32 42 36 7 10 1 0 1 4 1 0 5 10 .278 .381 .389 .770 97 14 2 1 0 0 0 /75
8 Seasons 315 813 713 89 172 33 7 8 78 12 6 75 160 .241 .317 .341 .658 71 243 14 9 6 10 7
162 Game Avg. 162 418 367 46 88 17 4 4 40 6 3 39 82 .241 .317 .341 .658 71 125 7 5 3 5 4
MIL (3 yrs) 138 339 294 46 74 18 1 5 37 8 3 37 66 .252 .332 .371 .703 81 109 3 1 2 5 0
PIT (2 yrs) 128 417 371 33 87 13 6 2 37 3 2 32 81 .235 .302 .318 .620 62 118 9 6 3 5 6
PHI (1 yr) 32 42 36 7 10 1 0 1 4 1 0 5 10 .278 .381 .389 .770 97 14 2 1 0 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
MON (1 yr) 13 14 11 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .091 .231 .182 .413 10 2 0 1 1 0 1
NL (7 yrs) 311 812 712 89 172 33 7 8 78 12 5 75 160 .242 .318 .341 .659 71 243 14 9 6 10 7
AL (1 yr) 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1997 23 PIT NL 38 33 1 0.8 111 .192 .135 .274 .158 .346 .135 .430 .293 .777 -23 .036 -6.9 -0.7 .212 .054 .000 .0
1998 24 PIT NL 379 270 36 3.6 109 .300 .246 .271 .316 .342 .338 .428 .655 .770 72 .364 -14.0 -1.4 .573 .186 .093 2.0
1999 25 MIL NL 152 107 17 4.2 115 .320 .259 .274 .325 .350 .370 .442 .695 .792 77 .400 -4.5 -0.4 .625 .222 .111 2.4
2000 26 MIL NL 39 27 4 4.0 114 .214 .219 .270 .333 .346 .344 .440 .677 .787 74 .367 -1.0 -0.1 .654 .313 .125 .0
2001 27 MIL NL 148 99 19 5.1 110 .309 .252 .266 .340 .337 .378 .436 .718 .773 88 .510 -1.7 -0.2 .729 .291 .126 2.9
2002 28 MON NL 14 11 1 2.4 110 .125 .091 .269 .231 .344 .182 .429 .413 .772 10 .223 -1.5 -0.1 .400 .182 .091
2003 29 BOS AL 1 2 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .274 .000 .340 .000 .438 .000 .778 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 -0.500 -1.000 .000
2004 30 PHI NL 42 28 5 4.8 115 .360 .278 .275 .381 .348 .389 .446 .770 .794 97 .478 -0.1 0.0 .750 .278 .111 1.0
8 Seasons 813 577 83 3.9 111 .295 .241 .271 .317 .343 .341 .434 .658 .777 71 .384 -30.1 -2.9 .594 .213 .100 9.6
162 Game Avg. 418 297 43 3.9 111 .295 .241 .271 .317 .343 .341 .434 .658 .777 71 .384 -30.1 -2.9 .594 .213 .100 5
MIL (3 yrs) 339 233 40 4.6 112 .303 .252 .270 .332 .344 .371 .439 .703 .783 81 .445 -7.2 -0.7 .673 .262 .119 6.2
PIT (2 yrs) 417 303 37 3.3 109 .290 .235 .271 .302 .343 .318 .428 .620 .771 62 .327 -21.0 -2.1 .532 .173 .084 2.4
PHI (1 yr) 42 28 5 4.8 115 .360 .278 .275 .381 .348 .389 .446 .770 .794 97 .477 -0.1 0.0 .750 .278 .111 1.0
BOS (1 yr) 1 2 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .274 .000 .340 .000 .438 .000 .778 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 -0.500 -1.000 .000
MON (1 yr) 14 11 1 2.4 110 .125 .091 .269 .231 .344 .182 .429 .413 .772 10 .224 -1.5 -0.1 .400 .182 .091
NL (7 yrs) 812 575 83 3.9 111 .296 .242 .271 .318 .343 .341 .434 .659 .777 71 .384 -29.8 -2.9 .597 .215 .100 9.6
AL (1 yr) 1 2 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .274 .000 .340 .000 .438 .000 .778 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 -0.500 -1.000 .000

Ratio Batting*

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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
1997 23 PIT NL 38 0.0% 29.0% 2.6% 0.0% 0% 11.00 3.4 12.3 0.85 0.83 68% 15% 0.0% 31%
1998 24 PIT NL 379 0.5% 18.5% 8.2% 5.5% 26% 2.26 4.8 167.0 9.8 1.02 1.32 70% 22% 1.7% 13%
1999 25 MIL NL 152 1.3% 21.1% 9.2% 7.2% 31% 2.29 4.2 67.5 6.4 0.72 1.12 68% 25% 3.8% 13%
2000 26 MIL NL 39 2.6% 10.3% 15.4% 5.1% 29% 0.67 8.0 32.0 16.0 1.15 1.44 72% 14% 7.7% 0%
2001 27 MIL NL 148 1.4% 20.3% 11.5% 7.4% 34% 1.76 4.2 63.5 9.1 0.88 1.31 66% 25% 4.3% 8%
2002 28 MON NL 14 0.0% 21.4% 7.1% 7.1% 100% 3.00 3.7 0.33 0.60 57% 11% 0.0% 17%
2003 29 BOS AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
2004 30 PHI NL 42 2.4% 23.8% 11.9% 4.8% 20% 2.00 3.6 36.0 9.0 1.36 1.43 60% 12% 12.5% 27%
8 Seasons 813 1.0% 19.7% 9.2% 5.9% 28% 2.13 4.5 89.1 9.1 0.93 1.24 68% 22% 3.2% 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1997 23 PIT NL 1 0 50% 12 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1998 24 PIT NL 5 0 24% 134 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 40% 14 8 5 4 2 1 20 10 9
1999 25 MIL NL 1 0 34% 75 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 47% 8 5 3 1 0 1 8 3 4
2000 26 MIL NL 1 0 67% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 38% 2 2 0 3 1 2 3 2 1
2001 27 MIL NL 1 0 35% 68 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 40% 7 5 2 4 2 2 4 2 2
2002 28 MON NL 0 0 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
2003 29 BOS AL 0 0 1 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 30 PHI NL 1 0 40% 25 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 40% 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
8 Seasons 10 0 33% 348 12 6 67% 12 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 10 13 41% 39 26 12 12 5 6 39 18 19
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1997 23 PIT NL 38 11% 5 1 0 2 1 0 0 0.10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 8 1 13% 7 1 14% 31 3 10% 4 0 0% 3 0 0% 0
1998 24 PIT NL 379 25% 82 29 1 0 0 0 0 1.11 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 5 3 60% 77 8 10% 32 13 41% 232 32 14% 27 14 52% 29 15 52% 0
1999 25 MIL NL 152 47% 35 0 0 24 6 2 5 0.90 2 0 7 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 100% 28 2 7% 9 6 67% 116 20 17% 6 4 67% 12 7 58% 0
2000 26 MIL NL 39 36% 7 2 0 1 1 0 0 1.44 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 1 17% 4 1 25% 19 1 5% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
2001 27 MIL NL 148 36% 32 1 0 7 3 1 1 1.59 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 100% 24 0 0% 14 7 50% 86 12 14% 6 4 67% 4 3 75% 0
2002 28 MON NL 14 79% 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1.37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 0 0% 2 1 50% 9 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2003 29 BOS AL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2004 30 PHI NL 42 31% 10 2 0 17 2 0 1 0.85 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 3 1 33% 20 3 15% 2 1 50% 4 4 100% 0
8 Seasons 813 32% 172 35 1 54 14 3 7 0.98 8 0 16 4 4 5 3 0 9 6 67% 155 14 9% 71 30 42% 515 71 14% 47 24 51% 53 30 57% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
1997 23 PIT NL 34 119 3.50 93 78% 23% 14% 39% 25% 77% 0% 61% 82% 44% 0% 0 0 6% 2 1 0% 0 0 40% 4 0 0
1998 24 PIT NL 379 1409 3.72 931 66% 23% 13% 34% 29% 77% 3% 51% 82% 35% 4% 16 1 12% 46 12 8% 30 14 26% 0 0 0
1999 25 MIL NL 152 672 4.42 431 64% 23% 16% 37% 25% 77% 0% 50% 80% 29% 9% 14 0 16% 25 7 9% 13 9 22% 0 0 0
2000 26 MIL NL 39 152 3.90 93 61% 26% 11% 32% 31% 74% 0% 45% 86% 33% 13% 5 0 13% 5 0 10% 4 2 50% 0 0 0
2001 27 MIL NL 148 542 3.66 341 63% 23% 18% 30% 29% 77% 0% 49% 77% 41% 5% 7 0 12% 18 9 7% 11 5 43% 0 0 0
2002 28 MON NL 14 54 3.86 33 61% 27% 18% 27% 27% 73% 19% 44% 75% 14% 7% 1 0 7% 1 0 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
2003 29 BOS AL 1 3 3.00 3 100% 0% 0% 67% 33% 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2004 30 PHI NL 42 174 4.14 112 64% 24% 21% 32% 23% 76% 0% 49% 73% 29% 12% 5 0 17% 7 2 17% 7 5 20% 0 0 0
8 Seasons 809 3125 3.86 2037 65% 23% 15% 34% 28% 77% 2% 50% 80% 35% 6% 48 1 13% 104 31 8% 65 35 30% 4 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1997 23 18 38 37 3 5 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 11 .135 .158 .135 .293 -23 5 1 0 0 0 0
1998 24 128 417 371 33 87 13 6 2 37 3 2 32 81 .235 .302 .318 .620 62 118 9 6 3 5 6
1999 25 202 569 506 51 122 22 6 4 58 6 4 46 113 .241 .308 .332 .640 66 168 11 6 4 7 6
2000 26 216 608 538 60 129 23 6 5 60 6 4 52 117 .240 .310 .333 .642 67 179 12 6 4 8 6
2001 27 266 756 665 79 161 31 7 7 74 11 5 69 147 .242 .316 .341 .657 71 227 12 7 5 10 6
2002 28 279 770 676 82 162 32 7 7 74 11 5 70 150 .240 .314 .339 .653 70 229 12 8 6 10 7
2003 29 283 771 677 82 162 32 7 7 74 11 6 70 150 .239 .314 .338 .652 70 229 12 8 6 10 7
2004 30 315 813 713 89 172 33 7 8 78 12 6 75 160 .241 .317 .341 .658 71 243 14 9 6 10 7

Neutralized Batting

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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
1997 23 18 39 38 4 6 0 0 0 4 1 1 11 .158 .179 .158 .337 1 18
1998 24 110 375 333 28 81 13 6 2 32 2 31 70 .243 .315 .336 .651 34 110
1999 25 74 148 133 16 33 8 0 2 19 3 13 32 .248 .311 .353 .664 15 74
2000 26 14 39 32 9 7 1 0 1 2 0 6 4 .219 .333 .344 .677 4 14
2001 27 50 150 129 18 34 8 1 2 13 5 18 30 .264 .353 .388 .741 18 50
2002 28 13 16 12 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 .167 .375 .333 .708 1 13
2003 29 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
2004 30 32 42 36 7 10 1 0 1 4 1 5 10 .278 .381 .389 .770 5 32
8 Seasons 315 810 714 87 173 33 7 8 74 12 76 160 .242 .320 .342 .661 78 315
162 Game Avg. 162 417 367 45 89 17 4 4 38 6 39 82 .242 .320 .342 .661 40 315

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3544), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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