Tyler Colvin

Tyler Eugene Colvin

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 5, 1985 in Augusta, GA
High School: North Augusta HS (North Augusta, SC)
School: Clemson University (Clemson, SC)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 28, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 2009
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Rockies 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$481k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.139, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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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
2006	20	CHC-min	A-	64	288	265	50	71	12	6	11	53	12	5	17	55	.268	.313	.483	.796		128	3	2	0	4	1		BOI · NORW
2007	21	CHC-min	AA,A+	125	519	492	72	147	35	5	16	81	17	5	15	101	.299	.324	.488	.812		240	8	6	1	5	2		KNX,DYT · SOUL,FLOR
2008	22	CHC-min	AA	137	602	540	68	138	27	11	14	80	7	4	44	101	.256	.312	.424	.736		229	7	4	5	9	0		KNX · SOUL
2009	23	CHC-min	AA,A+	116	459	419	69	120	18	9	15	60	8	2	29	84	.286	.332	.480	.812		201	11	2	4	5	2		KNX,DYT · SOUL,FLOR
2009	23	CHC	NL	6	20	17	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	.176	.250	.176	.426	12	3	0	0	0	1	0	/8
2010	24	CHC	NL	135	395	358	60	91	18	5	20	56	6	1	30	100	.254	.316	.500	.816	113	179	6	3	1	2	2	*978
2011	25	CHC-min	AAA	50	212	203	32	52	12	6	7	32	1	1	5	55	.256	.270	.478	.748		97	6	0	1	3	0		IWA · PCL
2011	25	CHC	NL	80	222	206	17	31	8	3	6	20	0	0	14	58	.150	.204	.306	.509	38	63	2	0	1	1	3	97/83
2012	26	COL	NL	38	99	94	11	27	4	3	3	13	1	2	3	28	.287	.306	.489	.795	100	46	3	0	0	1	0	89/37
4 Yrs				259	736	675	89	152	30	11	29	91	7	3	49	191	.225	.279	.431	.710	86	291	11	3	2	5	5
162 Game Avg.				162	460	422	56	95	19	7	18	57	4	2	31	119	.225	.279	.431	.710	86	182	7	2	1	3	3

CHC (3 yrs)				221	637	581	78	125	26	8	26	78	6	1	46	163	.215	.274	.422	.696	84	245	8	3	2	4	5
COL (1 yr)				38	99	94	11	27	4	3	3	13	1	2	3	28	.287	.306	.489	.795	100	46	3	0	0	1	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
2009	23	CHC	NL	6	20	-2	-0	0	4	0	2	0.2	0	2	0.3	.538	.501	-0.1	0.4	-2	$	/8
2010	24	CHC	NL	135	395	5	2	0	-5	-5	-3	-0.3	11	8	0.8	.498	.498	1.3	-1.0	13	$401,000	*978
2011	25	CHC	NL	80	222	-19	0	1	5	-3	-15	-1.7	6	-9	-1.1	.478	.489	-1.7	0.3	-14	$440,000	97/83
2012	26	COL	NL	38	99	0	-1	-0	0	-1	-2	-0.2	3	0	0.1	.493	.498	0.0	-0.1	0	$	89/37
4 Seasons				259	736	-16	1	1	4	-8	-19	-2.0	20	2	0.1	.492	.497	-0.5	-0.3	-2	$841,000

CHC (3 yrs)				221	637	-16	2	1	4	-7	-16	-1.8	17	1	0.0	.492	.496	-0.5	-0.3	-3	$841,000
COL (1 yr)				38	99	0	-1	-0	0	-1	-2	-0.2	3	0	0.1	.493	.498	0.0	-0.1	0	$

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
2009	23	CHC	NL	20	15	1	1.8	113	.231	.176	.274	.250	.348	.176	.435	.426	.783	12	.140	-2.2	-0.2	.357	.118	.000
2010	24	CHC	NL	395	277	57	5.5	106	.296	.254	.266	.316	.337	.500	.420	.816	.757	113	.583	4.4	0.4	.792	.344	.246	9.2
2011	25	CHC	NL	222	179	13	2.0	98	.175	.150	.259	.204	.327	.306	.403	.509	.730	38	.183	-18.7	-1.9	.435	.223	.155	.0
2012	26	COL	NL	99	73	12	4.4	113	.375	.287	.277	.306	.347	.489	.437	.795	.784	100	.490	-0.6	-0.1	.667	.223	.202	1.5
4 Yrs				736	544	83	4.1	105	.267	.225	.266	.279	.336	.431	.418	.710	.753	86	.453	-17.1	-1.8	.646	.284	.206	11.3
162 Game Avg.				460	340	52	4.1	105	.267	.225	.266	.279	.336	.431	.418	.710	.753	86	.453	-17.1	-1.8	.646	.284	.206	7

CHC (3 yrs)				637	471	71	4.0	103	.250	.215	.264	.274	.334	.422	.415	.696	.748	84	.447	-16.5	-1.7	.643	.294	.207	9.8
COL (1 yr)				99	73	12	4.4	113	.375	.287	.277	.306	.347	.489	.437	.795	.784	100	.489	-0.6	-0.1	.667	.223	.202	1.5

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
2009	23	CHC	NL	20	0.0%	25.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	2.50	3.4		8.5	1.60	2.33	65%	23%	0.0%	0%
2010	24	CHC	NL	395	5.1%	25.3%	7.6%	10.9%	47%	3.33	3.6	17.9	6.4	0.76	1.08	61%	17%	15.6%	13%
2011	25	CHC	NL	222	2.7%	26.1%	6.3%	7.7%	55%	4.14	3.6	34.3	10.3	0.62	0.78	64%	15%	8.3%	22%
2012	26	COL	NL	99	3.0%	28.3%	3.0%	10.1%	37%	9.33	3.4	31.3	7.2	0.76	1.80	65%	28%	9.1%	13%
4 Yrs				736	3.9%	26.0%	6.7%	9.5%	46%	3.90	3.5	23.3	7.4	0.73	1.05	63%	18%	12.2%	16%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.5%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	2.18	4.8	35.0	8.1	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2009	23	CHC	NL	-2.2	-0.2	20	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	.78	-0.1	-0.2	-1.7	-0.2	1.09	-1.6		0
2010	24	CHC	NL	4.4	0.4	408	0.7	7.7	-7.0	1.02	1.0	-0.4	9.0	0.9	0.97	10.9	1.24	21
2011	25	CHC	NL	-19.0	-1.9	226	-0.3	3.5	-3.8	.98	-1.4	1.1	-11.0	-1.1	1.01	-14.4	1.33	19
2012	26	COL	NL	-0.6	-0.1	102	-0.2	1.7	-1.9	1.02	0.2	-0.4	-1.8	-0.2	0.95	1.3	1.04	11
4 Yrs				-17.4	-1.8	756	-0.1	12.9	-13.0	1.00	-0.4	0.3	-5.5	-0.6	0.98	-3.8	1.23	51

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2009	23	CHC	NL	0	0	20%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	24	CHC	NL	2	1	39%	123	6	1	86%	6	1	0	1	0	1	8	50%	22	11	11	4	3	1	10	4	6
2011	25	CHC	NL	1	0	28%	42	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	4	25%	4	3	1	3	3	0	5	1	2
2012	26	COL	NL	1	1	30%	35	1	2	33%	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	50%	5	4	1	1	0	1	2	0	2
4 Yrs				4	2	34%	210	7	3	70%	7	2	1	2	1	2	12	44%	32	19	13	8	6	2	17	5	10

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
2009	23	CHC	NL	20	80%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	3	2	67%	16	2	13%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
2010	24	CHC	NL	395	70%	91	7	1	21	5	1	3	1.24	20	0	10	14	6	9	11	0	2	1	50%	72	6	8%	36	11	31%	258	37	14%	30	13	43%	12	8	67%	0
2011	25	CHC	NL	222	84%	31	2	0	19	3	0	3	1.33	6	0	8	6	0	2	4	0	1	1	100%	43	2	5%	18	5	28%	136	15	11%	14	6	43%	7	3	43%	0
2012	26	COL	NL	99	73%	27	2	0	11	4	1	3	1.04	3	0	5	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		15	3	20%	9	5	56%	66	10	15%	7	5	71%	2	2	100%	0
4 Yrs				736	75%	152	11	1	51	12	2	9	1.23	29	0	23	23	6	13	16	0	3	2	67%	136	11	8%	66	23	35%	476	64	13%	52	25	48%	21	13	62%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

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
2009	23	CHC	NL	20	79	3.95	54	68%	17%	20%	39%	24%	83%	0%	57%	76%	40%	0%	0	0	10%	2	2	5%	1	0	20%	0	0	0
2010	24	CHC	NL	395	1447	3.66	936	65%	21%	24%	27%	28%	79%	1%	51%	70%	29%	4%	14	1	14%	54	35	6%	22	14	19%	0	0	0
2011	25	CHC	NL	222	826	3.72	559	68%	21%	21%	31%	27%	79%	4%	53%	74%	36%	5%	11	1	12%	26	13	5%	12	9	16%	0	0	0
2012	26	COL	NL	99	387	3.91	250	65%	20%	24%	29%	27%	80%	0%	52%	69%	32%	2%	2	0	12%	12	7	7%	7	6	0%	0	0	1
4 Yrs				736	2739	3.72	1799	66%	21%	23%	29%	27%	79%	2%	52%	71%	32%	4%	27	2	13%	94	57	6%	42	29	15%	0	0	1
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	26%	5%			15%			9%			25%

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
2009	23	6	20	17	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	.176	.250	.176	.426	12	3	0	0	0	1	0
2010	24	141	415	375	61	94	18	5	20	58	6	1	32	105	.251	.312	.485	.798	108	182	6	3	1	3	2
2011	25	221	637	581	78	125	26	8	26	78	6	1	46	163	.215	.274	.422	.696	84	245	8	3	2	4	5
2012	26	259	736	675	89	152	30	11	29	91	7	3	49	191	.225	.279	.431	.710	86	291	11	3	2	5	5

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
2009	23	6	20	17	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	2	5	.176	.250	.176	.426	1	6
2010	24	135	393	357	59	90	18	5	20	55	6	30	100	.252	.314	.499	.812	55	135
2011	25	80	223	207	18	32	8	3	6	22	0	14	58	.155	.207	.309	.516	14	80
2012	26	38	97	93	10	26	4	3	3	12	1	3	28	.280	.299	.484	.783	13	38
4 Yrs		259	733	674	88	151	30	11	29	92	7	49	191	.224	.278	.430	.708	83	259
162 Game Avg.		162	458	422	55	94	19	7	18	58	4	31	119	.224	.278	.430	.708	52	259

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