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Álex Cora

Jose Alexander Cora

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 18, 1975 in Caguas, P.R.
High School: Bautista (Caguas, PR)
School: University of Miami
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 7, 1998
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/RedSox/Mets/Nationals/Indians/... 1998-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$900k (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 12.129, Free Agent: 2012 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Relatives: Brother of Joey Cora
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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
1996	20	LAD-min	A+	61	233	214	26	55	5	4	0	26	5	5	12	36	.257	.306	.318	.623		68	1	3	4	0	0	VRO · FLOR
1997	21	LAD-min	AA	127	484	448	52	105	20	4	3	48	12	9	25	60	.234	.279	.317	.596		142	17	3	7	1	4	SAN · TL
1998	22	LAD-min	AAA	81	326	299	42	79	17	5	5	45	10	7	15	38	.264	.303	.405	.708		121	1	3	6	3	1	ABQ · PCL
1998	22	LAD	NL	29	38	33	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	8	.121	.194	.182	.376	2	6	0	1	2	0	0	6/4
1999	23	LAD-min	AAA	80	334	302	51	93	11	7	4	37	9	5	12	37	.308	.348	.430	.778		130	8	8	9	3	0	ABQ · PCL
1999	23	LAD	NL	11	31	30	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	.167	.194	.200	.394	2	6	1	1	0	0	0	/64
2000	24	LAD-min	AAA	30	122	110	18	41	8	3	0	20	5	3	7	10	.373	.417	.500	.917		55	1	2	2	1	0	ABQ · PCL
2000	24	LAD	NL	109	394	353	39	84	18	6	4	32	4	1	26	53	.238	.302	.357	.658	70	126	6	7	6	2	4	6/4
2001	25	LAD	NL	134	449	405	38	88	18	3	4	29	0	2	31	58	.217	.285	.306	.591	59	124	16	8	3	2	6	*6/4
2002	26	LAD	NL	115	293	258	37	75	14	4	5	28	7	2	26	38	.291	.371	.434	.805	119	112	3	7	2	0	4	64
2003	27	LAD	NL	148	514	477	39	119	24	3	4	34	4	2	16	59	.249	.287	.338	.625	67	161	5	10	9	2	3	*46
2004	28	LAD	NL	138	484	405	47	107	9	4	10	47	3	4	47	41	.264	.364	.380	.745	98	154	9	18	12	2	10	*4
2005	29	TOT	AL	96	273	250	25	58	8	4	3	24	7	2	11	30	.232	.275	.332	.607	62	83	6	5	4	3	0	46/57
2005	29	CLE	AL	49	157	146	11	30	5	2	1	8	6	0	5	18	.205	.250	.288	.538	46	42	3	4	1	1	0	64/7
2005	29	BOS	AL	47	116	104	14	28	3	2	2	16	1	2	6	12	.269	.310	.394	.704	83	41	3	1	3	2	0	46/5
2006	30	BOS	AL	96	264	235	31	56	7	2	1	18	6	2	19	29	.238	.312	.298	.609	57	70	4	6	4	0	1	645
2007	31	BOS	AL	83	232	207	30	51	10	5	3	18	1	1	7	23	.246	.298	.386	.684	75	80	5	9	7	2	2	46/3
2008	32	BOS-min	AAA	3	11	11	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.273	.273	.273	.545		3	1	0	0	0	0	PAW · IL
2008	32	BOS	AL	75	179	152	14	41	8	2	0	9	1	1	16	13	.270	.371	.349	.719	87	53	3	9	1	1	1	6/4
2009	33	NYM-min	AAA	3	14	14	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.286	.500		4	1	0	0	0	0	BFL · IL
2009	33	NYM	NL	82	308	271	31	68	11	1	1	18	8	3	25	28	.251	.320	.310	.630	70	84	2	3	8	1	1	64/3
2010	34	TEX-min	AAA	6	25	22	5	4	1	0	1	2	1	0	3	2	.182	.280	.364	.644		8	1	0	0	0	0	OKC · PCL
2010	34	TOT	MLB	66	194	176	14	37	6	3	0	20	4	1	10	16	.210	.266	.278	.544	49	49	4	4	2	2	1	4/635
2010	34	NYM	NL	62	187	169	14	35	6	3	0	20	4	1	10	16	.207	.265	.278	.543	49	47	4	4	2	2	1	4/6345
2010	34	TEX	AL	4	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	52	2	0	0	0	0	0	4/6345
2011	35	WSN	NL	91	172	156	12	35	6	1	0	6	2	0	12	23	.224	.287	.276	.562	56	43	4	2	1	1	0	56/34
14 Seasons				1273	3825	3408	360	828	140	39	35	286	47	21	248	423	.243	.310	.338	.648	72	1151	68	90	61	18	33
162 Game Avg.				162	487	434	46	105	18	5	4	36	6	3	32	54	.243	.310	.338	.648	72	146	9	11	8	2	4
				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
LAD (7 yrs)				684	2203	1961	203	482	84	21	27	173	18	11	148	261	.246	.314	.351	.666	77	689	40	52	34	8	27
BOS (4 yrs)				301	791	698	89	176	28	11	6	61	9	6	48	77	.252	.321	.350	.670	73	244	15	25	15	5	4
NYM (2 yrs)				144	495	440	45	103	17	4	1	38	12	4	35	44	.234	.299	.298	.597	62	131	6	7	10	3	2
TEX (1 yr)				4	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	52	2	0	0	0	0	0
WSN (1 yr)				91	172	156	12	35	6	1	0	6	2	0	12	23	.224	.287	.276	.562	56	43	4	2	1	1	0
CLE (1 yr)				49	157	146	11	30	5	2	1	8	6	0	5	18	.205	.250	.288	.538	46	42	3	4	1	1	0

NL (10 yrs)				919	2870	2557	260	620	107	26	28	217	32	15	195	328	.242	.310	.338	.648	73	863	50	61	45	12	29
AL (5 yrs)				354	955	851	100	208	33	13	7	69	15	6	53	95	.244	.309	.338	.647	68	288	18	29	16	6	4

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1998	22	LAD	NL	38	-5	0	1	0	1	1	1	-1	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$	6/4
1999	23	LAD	NL	31	-5	0	0	0	-2	0	1	-6	-0.6	-4	-0.4	-0.2	$210,000	/64
2000	24	LAD	NL	394	-17	2	2	1	-4	5	11	-1	0.0	4	0.4	-0.4	$	6/4
2001	25	LAD	NL	449	-26	0	-1	-1	1	6	13	-7	-0.7	-9	-0.9	0.2	$240,000	*6/4
2002	26	LAD	NL	293	8	1	1	1	4	3	8	26	2.7	22	2.3	0.4	$625,000	64
2003	27	LAD	NL	514	-25	1	-2	1	-2	3	14	-10	-1.0	-8	-0.8	-0.2	$1,150,000	*46
2004	28	LAD	NL	484	-2	-1	-1	1	5	2	14	18	1.8	13	1.3	0.5	$1,300,000	*4
2005	29	CLE	AL	157	-13	1	1	0	9	1	5	5	0.6	-5	-0.5	1.1	$1,300,000	64/7
2005	29	BOS	AL	116	-2	0	1	0	-2	1	4	2	0.2	4	0.4	-0.2	$	46/5
2006	30	BOS	AL	264	-15	0	1	1	-5	3	9	-7	-0.6	-1	-0.1	-0.5	$1,400,000	645
2007	31	BOS	AL	232	-9	-1	-2	1	4	2	8	3	0.3	-1	-0.1	0.4	$2,000,000	46/3
2008	32	BOS	AL	179	-2	-1	0	0	-4	2	6	1	0.1	5	0.5	-0.4	$2,000,000	6/4
2009	33	NYM	NL	308	-12	0	-1	1	-5	3	9	-5	-0.5	1	0.1	-0.6	$2,000,000	64/3
2010	34	NYM	NL	187	-12	0	1	0	-5	1	5	-10	-1.1	-5	-0.5	-0.6	$1,850,000	4/6345
2010	34	TEX	AL	7	-0	-1	-0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	4/6345
2011	35	WSN	NL	172	-9	1	-2	0	3	1	5	-1	-0.1	-4	-0.4	0.3	$900,000	56/34
14 Seasons				3825	-147	3	-1	7	-3	34	113	5	0.8	9	1.0	-0.2	$14,975,000

LAD (7 yrs)				2203	-72	3	0	3	3	20	62	19	2.1	16	1.7	0.4	$3,525,000
BOS (4 yrs)				791	-28	-2	0	2	-7	8	27	-1	-0.0	7	0.7	-0.7	$5,400,000
NYM (2 yrs)				495	-24	1	-0	1	-10	4	14	-15	-1.6	-4	-0.4	-1.2	$3,850,000
TEX (1 yr)				7	-0	-1	-0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$
WSN (1 yr)				172	-9	1	-2	0	3	1	5	-1	-0.1	-4	-0.4	0.3	$900,000
CLE (1 yr)				157	-13	1	1	0	9	1	5	5	0.6	-5	-0.5	1.1	$1,300,000

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	22	LAD	NL	38	31	1	0.9	103	.160	.121	.263	.194	.333	.182	.415	.376	.748	2	.041	-4.8	-0.5	.310	.121	.061
1999	23	LAD	NL	31	26	1	1.0	111	.192	.167	.270	.194	.344	.200	.434	.394	.778	2	.047	-4.5	-0.4	.269	.033	.033
2000	24	LAD	NL	394	284	39	3.7	111	.268	.238	.266	.302	.342	.357	.434	.658	.777	70	.336	-16.1	-1.5	.587	.201	.119	4.0
2001	25	LAD	NL	449	340	33	2.6	104	.243	.217	.259	.285	.329	.306	.424	.591	.753	59	.230	-23.7	-2.2	.481	.160	.089	.0
2002	26	LAD	NL	293	190	44	6.2	100	.326	.291	.256	.371	.329	.434	.408	.805	.736	119	.615	7.9	0.8	.798	.264	.143	5.8
2003	27	LAD	NL	514	376	47	3.4	104	.276	.249	.261	.287	.332	.338	.419	.625	.751	67	.330	-23.1	-2.2	.518	.126	.088	4.0
2004	28	LAD	NL	484	325	58	4.8	107	.272	.264	.264	.364	.334	.380	.427	.745	.762	98	.477	0.6	0.0	.701	.230	.116	4.6
2005	29	TOT	AL	273	207	23	3.0	104	.250	.232	.267	.275	.330	.332	.424	.607	.754	62	.286	-14.3	-1.4	.520	.164	.100	4.2
2005	29	CLE	AL	157	121	11	2.4	102	.227	.205	.264	.250	.326	.288	.418	.538	.743	46	.217	-11.5	-1.1	.479	.158	.082	1.7
2005	29	BOS	AL	116	86	12	3.7	108	.283	.269	.273	.310	.336	.394	.432	.704	.769	83	.377	-2.8	-0.3	.580	.173	.125	1.3
2006	30	BOS	AL	264	189	23	3.2	115	.268	.238	.281	.312	.346	.298	.447	.609	.793	57	.295	-16.0	-1.5	.535	.157	.060	1.7
2007	31	BOS	AL	232	171	23	3.6	112	.262	.246	.278	.298	.346	.386	.434	.684	.780	75	.349	-8.7	-0.8	.593	.174	.140	1.5
2008	32	BOS	AL	179	117	21	4.8	112	.293	.270	.278	.371	.346	.349	.434	.719	.781	87	.485	-2.1	-0.2	.678	.184	.079	.0
2009	33	NYM	NL	308	217	30	3.7	104	.276	.251	.262	.320	.335	.310	.417	.630	.751	70	.383	-11.3	-1.1	.563	.170	.059	1.8
2010	34	TOT	MLB	194	148	14	2.5	100	.228	.210	.259	.266	.328	.278	.408	.544	.736	49	.252	-12.8	-1.3	.458	.142	.068	.0
2010	34	NYM	NL	187	143	13	2.4	100	.226	.207	.258	.265	.328	.278	.407	.543	.735	49	.239	-12.2	-1.2	.460	.148	.071	.0
2010	34	TEX	AL	7	5	1	5.4	107	.286	.286	.270	.286	.339	.286	.423	.571	.762	52	.561	-0.5	-0.1	.400	.000	.000
2011	35	WSN	NL	172	127	13	2.8	98	.261	.224	.259	.287	.327	.276	.403	.562	.730	56	.295	-9.4	-1.0	.472	.141	.051	.0
14 Seasons				3825	2748	370	3.6	106	.267	.243	.265	.310	.335	.338	.424	.648	.759	72	.357	-138.4	-13.2	.568	.175	.095	40.1
162 Game Avg.				487	350	47	3.6	106	.267	.243	.265	.310	.335	.338	.424	.648	.759	72	.357	-138.4	-13.2	.568	.175	.095	5
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
LAD (7 yrs)				2203	1572	223	3.8	105	.271	.246	.262	.314	.333	.351	.423	.666	.757	77	.374	-63.7	-6.0	.586	.185	.106	21.6
BOS (4 yrs)				791	563	79	3.7	112	.274	.252	.278	.321	.345	.350	.438	.670	.783	73	.365	-29.7	-2.8	.589	.170	.097	7.2
NYM (2 yrs)				495	360	43	3.2	102	.256	.234	.261	.299	.332	.298	.413	.597	.745	62	.329	-23.5	-2.3	.522	.161	.064	1.8
TEX (1 yr)				7	5	1	5.3	107	.286	.286	.270	.286	.339	.286	.423	.571	.762	52	.561	-0.5	-0.1	.400	.000	.000
WSN (1 yr)				172	127	13	2.8	98	.261	.224	.259	.287	.327	.276	.403	.562	.730	56	.295	-9.4	-1.0	.472	.141	.051	.0
CLE (1 yr)				157	121	11	2.4	102	.227	.205	.264	.250	.326	.288	.418	.538	.743	46	.216	-11.5	-1.1	.479	.158	.082	1.7

NL (10 yrs)				2870	2059	279	3.6	104	.268	.242	.261	.310	.333	.338	.420	.648	.753	73	.362	-96.6	-9.3	.567	.178	.095	29.9
AL (5 yrs)				955	689	91	3.5	111	.266	.244	.276	.309	.342	.338	.434	.647	.776	68	.343	-41.7	-3.9	.568	.167	.094	9.5

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
2004	28	LAD	NL	NLDS	STL	L	4	16	15	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	.133	.188	.267	.454	4	2	1	0	0	0
2005	29	BOS	AL	ALDS	CHW	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

2007	31	BOS	AL	ALCS	CLE	W	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
2007	31	BOS	AL	WS	COL	W	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0
2008	32	BOS	AL	ALDS	LAA	W	2	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.500	.900	2	0	0	0	0	0
2008	32	BOS	AL	ALCS	TBR	L	2	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0	0	0
4 Seasons (6 Series)							13	29	26	2	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	5	.154	.214	.269	.484	7	2	1	1	0	0
2 ALDS							3	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.500	.900	2	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							4	16	15	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	.133	.188	.267	.454	4	2	1	0	0	0
2 ALCS							4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	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	22	LAD	NL	38	0.0%	21.1%	5.3%	2.6%	25%	4.00	4.1			1.75	1.75	66%	4%	0.0%	0%
1999	23	LAD	NL	31	0.0%	12.9%	0.0%	3.2%	20%		7.5		10.0	0.63	0.83	84%	27%	0.0%	19%
2000	24	LAD	NL	394	1.0%	13.5%	6.6%	7.1%	33%	2.04	6.7	88.3	11.0	0.79	1.10	76%	25%	2.8%	11%
2001	25	LAD	NL	449	0.9%	12.9%	6.9%	5.6%	28%	1.87	7.0	101.3	14.0	0.87	1.24	77%	22%	2.5%	10%
2002	26	LAD	NL	293	1.7%	13.0%	8.9%	7.9%	31%	1.46	6.8	51.6	9.2	0.86	1.21	73%	26%	4.7%	7%
2003	27	LAD	NL	514	0.8%	11.5%	3.1%	6.0%	26%	3.69	8.1	119.3	14.0	0.92	1.10	81%	17%	2.2%	14%
2004	28	LAD	NL	484	2.1%	8.5%	9.7%	4.8%	22%	0.87	9.9	40.5	8.6	0.86	1.16	74%	16%	5.9%	13%
2005	29	TOT	AL	273	1.1%	11.0%	4.0%	5.5%	26%	2.73	8.3	83.3	10.4	1.10	1.21	81%	13%	3.0%	5%
2005	29	CLE	AL	157	0.6%	11.5%	3.2%	5.1%	27%	3.60	8.1	146.0	18.3	1.13	1.06	82%	11%	1.8%	5%
2005	29	BOS	AL	116	1.7%	10.3%	5.2%	6.0%	25%	2.00	8.7	52.0	6.5	1.07	1.45	79%	16%	4.7%	4%
2006	30	BOS	AL	264	0.4%	11.0%	7.2%	3.8%	18%	1.53	8.1	235.0	13.1	1.04	1.20	78%	17%	1.3%	19%
2007	31	BOS	AL	232	1.3%	9.9%	3.0%	7.8%	35%	3.29	9.0	69.0	11.5	0.78	1.17	79%	20%	3.5%	16%
2008	32	BOS	AL	179	0.0%	7.3%	8.9%	5.6%	24%	0.81	11.7		16.9	0.73	1.00	78%	23%	0.0%	14%
2009	33	NYM	NL	308	0.3%	9.1%	8.1%	4.2%	19%	1.12	9.7	271.0	15.1	0.91	1.17	79%	21%	0.9%	15%
2010	34	TOT	MLB	194	0.0%	8.3%	5.2%	4.6%	24%	1.60	11.0		8.8	0.93	1.15	84%	21%	0.0%	14%
2010	34	NYM	NL	187	0.0%	8.6%	5.4%	4.8%	26%	1.60	10.6		8.5	0.96	1.17	83%	21%	0.0%	12%
2010	34	TEX	AL	7	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					0.40	0.67	100%	29%	0.0%	40%
2011	35	WSN	NL	172	0.0%	13.4%	7.0%	4.1%	20%	1.92	6.8		26.0	0.91	1.21	78%	17%	0.0%	26%
14 Seasons				3825	0.9%	11.1%	6.5%	5.6%	26%	1.71	8.1	97.4	11.9	0.89	1.16	78%	20%	2.6%	13%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.2%	8.7%	7.9%	34%	1.98	5.2	32.4	7.6	0.79	1.07	70%	20%	7.9%	13%
				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

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1998	22	LAD	NL	-4.8	-0.5	38	-0.6	0.2	-0.8	.96	-0.3	-0.3	-4.3	-0.4	0.88	-4.5	1.28	3
1999	23	LAD	NL	-4.5	-0.4	31	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	.99	-0.3	-0.1	-5.7	-0.5	1.06	-4.8	0.85	2
2000	24	LAD	NL	-16.1	-1.5	405	-0.8	5.6	-6.5	.92	-1.1	0.2	-15.1	-1.4	0.94	-14.0	3.34	1
2001	25	LAD	NL	-23.7	-2.2	459	-2.1	6.3	-8.4	1.01	-2.7	0.6	-23.8	-2.4	0.93	-29.1	0.40	2
2002	26	LAD	NL	7.9	0.8	307	1.0	6.0	-5.1	1.10	1.1	-0.3	8.5	0.8	0.95	10.8	1.19	32
2003	27	LAD	NL	-23.1	-2.2	525	-1.9	7.9	-9.8	1.03	-2.1	0.2	-15.9	-1.6	0.90	-21.3	1.27	6
2004	28	LAD	NL	0.6	0.0	498	0.6	8.3	-7.7	1.02	0.4	0.2	5.6	0.5	0.95	5.2	2.40	4
2005	29	TOT	AL	-14.3	-1.4	283	-1.6	3.5	-5.1	.96	-1.3	-0.4	-11.7	-1.1	0.96	-13.2	1.45	11
2005	29	CLE	AL	-11.5	-1.1	164	-1.5	1.7	-3.2	.99	-1.2	-0.3	-11.5	-1.1	0.93	-12.3	1.76	9
2005	29	BOS	AL	-2.8	-0.3	119	-0.1	1.7	-1.9	.93	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.0	1.02	-0.9	0.05	2
2006	30	BOS	AL	-16.1	-1.5	274	-1.2	3.6	-4.8	.99	-0.8	-0.4	-8.9	-0.8	0.92	-11.6	1.65	8
2007	31	BOS	AL	-8.8	-0.8	235	-1.4	3.5	-4.9	1.10	-1.0	-0.2	-19.1	-1.8	0.97	-16.3	2.15	10
2008	32	BOS	AL	-2.2	-0.2	184	-0.9	2.2	-3.1	.90	-0.4	-0.6	-8.1	-0.7	0.99	-4.8	0.09	1
2009	33	NYM	NL	-11.2	-1.1	326	-0.7	4.0	-4.7	.91	-0.8	0.0	-10.4	-1.0	0.90	-11.2	1.56	8
2010	34	TOT	MLB	-12.8	-1.3	201	-0.7	3.0	-3.7	1.02	-0.9	0.1	-4.9	-0.5	0.95	-8.9	1.40	11
2010	34	NYM	NL	-12.3	-1.2	194	-0.7	3.0	-3.7	1.04	-0.8	0.2	-4.7	-0.5	0.96	-8.3	1.40	11
2010	34	TEX	AL	-0.5	-0.1	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.48	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.0	0.72	-0.7		0
2011	35	WSN	NL	-9.4	-1.0	178	-0.3	2.7	-3.1	1.10	-1.0	0.7	-6.3	-0.6	1.00	-9.1	1.09	32
14 Seasons				-138.6	-13.2	3944	-11.2	56.9	-68.1	1.00	-11.2	0.1	-120.2	-11.6	0.94	-132.9	1.36	131
				BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB

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
1998	22	LAD	NL	2	0	14%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1999	23	LAD	NL	0	0	33%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	24	LAD	NL	7	0	31%	163	4	1	80%	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	9	56%	15	8	7	2	1	1	8	1	6
2001	25	LAD	NL	4	0	28%	128	0	2	0%	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	11	52%	12	9	3	4	3	1	9	0	9
2002	26	LAD	NL	5	0	31%	132	7	2	78%	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	59%	14	8	6	2	1	1	16	3	12
2003	27	LAD	NL	3	0	25%	182	4	2	67%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	38%	16	12	3	5	2	3	11	5	6
2004	28	LAD	NL	4	0	23%	187	3	4	43%	2	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	5	9	38%	19	11	8	9	6	3	17	9	6
2005	29	TOT	AL	5	0	31%	88	7	2	78%	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	39%	8	6	2	3	1	2	7	4	3
2005	29	CLE	AL	3	0	26%	51	6	0	100%	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	42%	5	4	1	1	0	1	6	3	3
2005	29	BOS	AL	2	0	36%	37	1	2	33%	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	33%	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	0
2006	30	BOS	AL	4	0	38%	112	6	2	75%	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	56%	7	5	2	7	3	3	11	2	9
2007	31	BOS	AL	0	0	42%	72	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	35%	11	7	4	3	2	1	6	3	2
2008	32	BOS	AL	1	0	21%	79	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	30%	14	11	3	4	3	1	5	2	3
2009	33	NYM	NL	2	0	32%	123	8	3	73%	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	48%	16	9	7	2	0	2	13	7	6
2010	34	TOT	MLB	4	0	28%	70	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	27%	12	10	1	0	0	0	3	0	3
2010	34	NYM	NL	4	0	29%	68	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	29%	11	10	1	0	0	0	3	0	3
2010	34	TEX	AL	0	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	35	WSN	NL	0	0	25%	51	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	36%	4	4	0	5	2	3	2	1	1
14 Seasons				41	0	29%	1411	47	21	69%	42	19	5	2	0	0	4	0	42	80	44%	149	101	46	47	24	22	108	37	66
				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

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	22	LAD	NL	38	92%	4	1	1	3	0	0	0	1.28	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	4	0	0%	5	2	40%	15	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1999	23	LAD	NL	31	90%	5	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.85	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	1	17%	4	2	50%	24	3	13%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
2000	24	LAD	NL	394	83%	84	10	1	1	1	0	0	3.34	4	0	9	4	0	2	2	0	7	6	86%	75	6	8%	32	15	47%	246	29	12%	13	8	62%	12	8	67%	0
2001	25	LAD	NL	449	89%	88	9	0	2	1	0	0	0.40	4	0	8	3	1	2	2	0	3	3	100%	92	16	17%	36	12	33%	269	26	10%	20	11	55%	13	7	54%	0
2002	26	LAD	NL	293	92%	75	8	0	32	11	1	3	1.19	5	0	6	5	0	4	1	0	2	2	100%	53	3	6%	19	3	16%	172	24	14%	15	7	47%	8	4	50%	0
2003	27	LAD	NL	514	86%	119	9	1	6	0	0	0	1.27	4	0	10	4	0	3	1	0	10	9	90%	72	5	7%	31	15	48%	261	31	12%	17	7	41%	17	9	53%	0
2004	28	LAD	NL	484	89%	107	16	2	4	0	0	0	2.40	10	0	12	8	2	4	6	0	14	12	86%	97	9	9%	45	22	49%	290	42	14%	29	15	52%	16	10	63%	0
2005	29	TOT	AL	273	86%	58	6	2	11	2	0	0	1.45	3	0	9	3	0	1	2	0	7	4	57%	50	6	12%	27	14	52%	177	23	13%	14	8	57%	13	10	77%	0
2005	29	CLE	AL	157	93%	30	2	1	9	1	0	0	1.76	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	50%	27	3	11%	13	4	31%	82	7	9%	6	2	33%	5	3	60%	0
2005	29	BOS	AL	116	77%	28	4	1	2	1	0	0	0.05	2	0	7	2	0	0	2	0	5	3	60%	23	3	13%	14	10	71%	95	16	17%	8	6	75%	8	7	88%	0
2006	30	BOS	AL	264	84%	56	7	4	8	2	0	2	1.65	1	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	6	4	67%	46	4	9%	20	7	35%	153	18	12%	8	5	63%	12	5	42%	0
2007	31	BOS	AL	232	88%	51	7	1	10	2	0	1	2.15	3	0	9	3	0	0	3	0	10	7	70%	45	5	11%	33	15	45%	167	15	9%	17	6	35%	13	8	62%	0
2008	32	BOS	AL	179	83%	41	3	1	1	1	0	0	0.09	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	37	3	8%	16	5	31%	128	10	8%	8	3	38%	8	6	75%	0
2009	33	NYM	NL	308	76%	68	3	0	8	4	0	1	1.56	1	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	8	8	100%	36	2	6%	23	15	65%	144	18	13%	14	10	71%	8	7	88%	0
2010	34	TOT	MLB	194	82%	37	6	3	11	1	0	1	1.40	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	33%	38	4	11%	20	9	45%	116	20	17%	9	6	67%	2	1	50%	0
2010	34	NYM	NL	187	84%	35	6	3	11	1	0	1	1.40	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	33%	37	4	11%	20	9	45%	114	20	18%	9	6	67%	2	1	50%	0
2010	34	TEX	AL	7	14%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2011	35	WSN	NL	172	94%	35	3	0	32	6	0	1	1.09	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	35	4	11%	12	5	42%	94	6	6%	3	2	67%	7	3	43%	0
14 Seasons				3825	86%	828	88	16	131	32	1	9	1.36	35	0	92	32	3	17	18	0	79	61	77%	686	68	10%	323	141	44%	2256	265	12%	169	89	53%	131	79	60%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			70%			11%			33%			15%			52%			56%
				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

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	22	LAD	NL	38	147	3.87	97	66%	25%	10%	37%	28%	75%	0%	50%	86%	24%	8%	3	0	24%	9	5	11%	4	2	38%	0	0	0
1999	23	LAD	NL	31	124	4.00	86	69%	29%	9%	31%	30%	71%	0%	49%	87%	13%	0%	0	0	6%	2	2	6%	2	2	25%	0	0	0
2000	24	LAD	NL	394	1484	3.77	985	66%	30%	10%	29%	31%	70%	3%	46%	86%	24%	5%	21	0	14%	54	13	8%	32	20	19%	0	0	0
2001	25	LAD	NL	449	1594	3.55	1077	68%	26%	9%	32%	33%	74%	4%	50%	87%	29%	5%	21	1	12%	53	16	5%	24	15	17%	0	0	0
2002	26	LAD	NL	293	1119	3.82	718	64%	34%	7%	28%	31%	66%	3%	42%	89%	22%	8%	23	2	15%	43	5	7%	21	10	24%	0	0	0
2003	27	LAD	NL	514	1843	3.59	1240	67%	32%	7%	27%	35%	68%	2%	46%	90%	23%	4%	19	1	14%	71	26	6%	32	22	34%	0	0	0
2004	28	LAD	NL	484	1880	3.88	1186	63%	35%	6%	27%	32%	65%	5%	41%	91%	15%	7%	36	0	17%	82	18	8%	39	20	29%	0	0	0
2005	29	TOT	AL	273	1053	3.86	698	66%	34%	6%	27%	33%	66%	0%	43%	91%	22%	3%	8	0	12%	34	11	8%	21	16	33%	0	0	0
2005	29	CLE	AL	157	597	3.80	402	67%	38%	6%	24%	32%	62%	0%	42%	90%	15%	3%	5	0	12%	19	5	6%	10	7	33%	0	0	0
2005	29	BOS	AL	116	456	3.93	296	65%	30%	5%	32%	33%	70%	0%	45%	92%	31%	3%	3	0	13%	15	6	9%	11	9	33%	0	0	0
2006	30	BOS	AL	264	1002	3.80	661	66%	33%	7%	29%	32%	67%	1%	44%	90%	25%	3%	8	0	12%	32	8	6%	16	9	31%	0	0	0
2007	31	BOS	AL	232	813	3.50	554	68%	29%	8%	28%	35%	71%	3%	49%	89%	27%	3%	7	0	13%	30	16	6%	13	9	30%	0	0	0
2008	32	BOS	AL	179	662	3.70	417	63%	29%	7%	30%	34%	71%	2%	45%	90%	21%	2%	3	0	10%	18	12	5%	9	3	0%	0	0	0
2009	33	NYM	NL	308	1218	3.95	782	64%	37%	4%	27%	32%	63%	0%	41%	93%	15%	4%	12	0	14%	42	8	10%	30	11	39%	0	0	0
2010	34	TOT	MLB	194	733	3.78	495	68%	35%	6%	25%	33%	65%	2%	44%	90%	15%	3%	6	0	13%	26	10	8%	15	7	19%	0	0	0
2010	34	NYM	NL	187	705	3.77	476	68%	35%	7%	25%	33%	65%	2%	44%	90%	16%	3%	6	0	12%	23	9	7%	14	6	19%	0	0	0
2010	34	TEX	AL	7	28	4.00	19	68%	37%	0%	26%	37%	63%	0%	43%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	43%	3	1	14%	1	1		0	0	0
2011	35	WSN	NL	173	664	3.84	433	65%	38%	6%	25%	31%	62%	0%	41%	90%	19%	5%	9	0	17%	29	5	8%	14	8	39%	-1	0	0
14 Seasons				3826	14336	3.75	9429	66%	32%	7%	28%	32%	68%	2%	45%	90%	21%	5%	176	4	14%	525	155	7%	272	154	27%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.76		62%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%
				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

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	22	29	38	33	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	8	.121	.194	.182	.376	2	6	0	1	2	0	0
1999	23	40	69	63	3	9	1	1	0	3	0	0	2	12	.143	.194	.190	.385	2	12	1	2	2	0	0
2000	24	149	463	416	42	93	19	7	4	35	4	1	28	65	.224	.286	.332	.617	60	138	7	9	8	2	4
2001	25	283	912	821	80	181	37	10	8	64	4	3	59	123	.220	.285	.319	.604	60	262	23	17	11	4	10
2002	26	398	1205	1079	117	256	51	14	13	92	11	5	85	161	.237	.306	.347	.653	74	374	26	24	13	4	14
2003	27	546	1719	1556	156	375	75	17	17	126	15	7	101	220	.241	.301	.344	.644	72	535	31	34	22	6	17
2004	28	684	2203	1961	203	482	84	21	27	173	18	11	148	261	.246	.314	.351	.666	77	689	40	52	34	8	27
2005	29	780	2476	2211	228	540	92	25	30	197	25	13	159	291	.244	.310	.349	.659	76	772	46	57	38	11	27
2006	30	876	2740	2446	259	596	99	27	31	215	31	15	178	320	.244	.310	.344	.654	74	842	50	63	42	11	28
2007	31	959	2972	2653	289	647	109	32	34	233	32	16	185	343	.244	.309	.348	.657	74	922	55	72	49	13	30
2008	32	1034	3151	2805	303	688	117	34	34	242	33	17	201	356	.245	.313	.348	.660	75	975	58	81	50	14	31
2009	33	1116	3459	3076	334	756	128	35	35	260	41	20	226	384	.246	.313	.344	.658	74	1059	60	84	58	15	32
2010	34	1182	3653	3252	348	793	134	38	35	280	45	21	236	400	.244	.311	.341	.652	73	1108	64	88	60	17	33
2011	35	1273	3825	3408	360	828	140	39	35	286	47	21	248	423	.243	.310	.338	.648	72	1151	68	90	61	18	33

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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
1998	22	29	36	33	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	8	.121	.194	.182	.376	1	29
1999	23	11	31	30	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	.167	.194	.200	.394	1	11
2000	24	109	384	350	36	81	17	6	4	30	4	25	53	.231	.294	.349	.643	34	109
2001	25	134	449	407	39	90	18	3	4	30	0	32	58	.221	.290	.310	.599	35	134
2002	26	115	296	262	40	79	15	4	5	30	7	27	38	.302	.382	.447	.828	43	115
2003	27	148	506	478	40	120	24	3	4	35	4	16	59	.251	.289	.339	.627	45	148
2004	28	138	473	406	47	108	9	4	10	47	3	47	41	.266	.366	.382	.748	53	138
2005	29	96	269	250	25	58	8	4	3	24	7	11	30	.232	.275	.332	.607	22	96
2006	30	96	256	232	28	53	7	2	1	17	6	18	29	.228	.301	.289	.590	19	96
2007	31	83	223	205	28	49	10	5	3	17	1	7	23	.239	.291	.380	.672	20	83
2008	32	75	173	149	12	38	7	2	0	8	1	15	13	.255	.353	.329	.681	16	75
2009	33	82	301	272	32	69	11	1	1	18	8	25	28	.254	.322	.313	.635	27	82
2010	34	66	193	177	15	38	6	3	0	21	4	10	16	.215	.269	.282	.552	13	66
2011	35	91	174	158	13	37	6	1	0	6	2	13	23	.234	.299	.285	.584	13	91
14 Seasons		1273	3764	3409	358	829	139	39	35	286	47	248	423	.243	.310	.338	.647	342	1273
162 Game Avg.		162	479	434	46	105	18	5	4	36	6	32	54	.243	.310	.338	.647	44	1273

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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

Triples s c a p y Active 39 (34th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2004 NL 18 (4th) Active 90 (17th) Career 90 (102nd)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 2004 NL 12 (9th) Active 61 (25th)	AB per SO s c a p y Active 8.1 (23rd)

Triples s c a p y
Active 39 (34th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2004 NL  18 (4th)
Active  90 (17th)
Career  90 (102nd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2004 NL 12 (9th)
Active 61 (25th)

AB per SO s c a p y
Active 8.1 (23rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 1 (2218), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 13 (1245), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Mike Tyson (940)
Mike Gallego (938)
Bobby Knoop (938)
Mark Lemke (937)
Pete Coscarart (937)
Larry Brown (935)
Tom Foley (934)

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Benji Gil (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Milt Bolling (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Desi Relaford (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ronny Cedeno (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Glenn Hoffman (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Glenn Hoffman (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Tyson (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rob Wilfong (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tom Foley (947) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jose Pagan (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jose Pagan (945) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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