Fernando Cortez

Fernando Cortez

Positions: Second Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Shortstop
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 10, 1981 in Stockton, CA
School: Grossmont College (El Cajon, CA)
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 9th round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 5, 2005
Teams (by GP): Royals/DevilRays 2005-2007
Agents: John Boggs [*]
Final Game: July 3, 2007
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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
2001	19	TBD-min	A-	55	257	234	36	65	14	3	1	25	6	3	15	26	.278	.327	.376	.703		88	5	3	3	2	1		HDV · NYPL
2002	20	TBD-min	A	127	528	475	60	127	14	5	2	49	37	16	41	59	.267	.327	.331	.658		157	9	4	2	6	0		CHS · SALL
2003	21	TBD-min	A+,AA	132	556	498	68	144	22	1	2	59	33	11	44	83	.289	.344	.349	.693		174	9	2	3	9	2		BAK,ORL · CALL,SOUL
2004	22	TBD-min	AA	94	400	359	51	103	20	5	3	30	8	7	32	60	.287	.345	.396	.741		142	3	1	6	2	1		MTG · SOUL
2005	23	TBD-min	AAA,AA	113	495	457	65	127	19	6	2	49	25	4	25	80	.278	.320	.359	.679		164	9	5	4	4	0		DHM,MTG · IL,SOUL
2005	23	TBD	AL	8	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.077	.143	.077	.220	-38	1	0	0	0	0	0	/465

2006	24	KCR-TBD-min	AAA	127	491	461	50	108	12	4	0	20	13	9	23	67	.234	.274	.278	.551		128	15	2	5	0	0		OMA,DHM · PCL,IL
2007	25	KCR-min	AAA	82	340	304	40	88	15	1	4	24	12	1	25	42	.289	.343	.385	.728		117	6	1	8	2	1		OMA · PCL
2007	25	KCR	AL	8	16	14	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.286	.333	.357	.690	83	5	0	0	1	0	0	/4
2008	26	CHW-min	AAA	104	381	355	27	93	12	2	4	35	10	5	16	33	.262	.296	.341	.637		121	9	2	6	2	0		CHR · IL
2009	27	TBD-min	AA	115	480	442	41	108	11	6	5	46	13	5	34	55	.244	.301	.330	.631		146	7	2	1	1	3		MTG · SOUL
2010	28	CHW-min	AAA,AA	71	286	262	30	82	15	2	1	26	6	5	19	22	.313	.358	.397	.755		104	8	0	4	1	0		CHR,BIR · IL,SOUL
2 Yrs				16	30	27	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	.185	.241	.222	.464	25	6	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	304	273	30	51	10	0	0	20	0	0	20	30	.185	.241	.222	.464	25	61	0	0	10	0	0

KCR (1 yr)				8	16	14	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.286	.333	.357	.690	83	5	0	0	1	0	0
TBD (1 yr)				8	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.077	.143	.077	.220	-38	1	0	0	0	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
2005	23	TBD	AL	8	14	-2	0	0	-3	0	-4	-0.4	0	-4	-0.4	.447	.497	-0.1	-0.3	-1	$	/465

2007	25	KCR	AL	8	16	1	0	0	-1	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.510	.500	0.2	-0.1	2	$	/4
2 Seasons				16	30	-1	1	0	-4	0	-4	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.478	.499	0.1	-0.3	2	$

KCR (1 yr)				8	16	1	0	0	-1	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.510	.500	0.2	-0.1	2	$
TBD (1 yr)				8	14	-2	0	0	-3	0	-4	-0.4	0	-4	-0.4	.447	.497	-0.1	-0.3	-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
2005	23	TBD	AL	14	12	0	0.0	103	.100	.077	.266	.143	.328	.077	.422	.220	.750	-38	.000	-2.6	-0.2	.167	.077	.000

2007	25	KCR	AL	16	11	2	4.8	107	.286	.286	.271	.333	.339	.357	.424	.690	.762	83	.482	-0.3	-0.0	.600	.143	.071
2 Yrs				30	23	2	2.3	105	.208	.185	.268	.241	.334	.222	.423	.464	.756	25	.198	-2.9	-0.3	.364	.111	.037
162 Game Avg.				304	233	20	2.3	105	.208	.185	.268	.241	.334	.222	.423	.464	.756	25	.198	-2.9	-0.3	.364	.111	.037

KCR (1 yr)				16	11	2	4.9	107	.286	.286	.271	.333	.339	.357	.424	.690	.762	83	.482	-0.3	-0.0	.600	.143	.071
TBD (1 yr)				14	12	0	0.0	103	.100	.077	.266	.143	.328	.077	.422	.220	.750	-38	.000	-2.6	-0.2	.167	.077	.000

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
2005	23	TBD	AL	14	0.0%	21.4%	7.1%	0.0%	0%	3.00	4.3		13.0	1.00	0.75	71%	20%	0.0%	0%

2007	25	KCR	AL	16	0.0%	0.0%	6.3%	6.3%	25%	0.00			14.0	1.80	2.00	88%	20%	0.0%	20%
2 Yrs				30	0.0%	10.0%	6.7%	3.3%	20%	1.50	9.0		13.5	1.40	1.29	80%	20%	0.0%	10%
MLB Averages					2.7%	16.8%	8.4%	8.1%	34%	2.00	5.3	32.6	7.6	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.6%	11%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2005	23	TBD	AL	-2.6	-0.2	15	-0.0	0.2	-0.2	1.08	-0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.86	-1.0	0.43	2

2007	25	KCR	AL	-0.3	-0.0	17	0.1	0.3	-0.2	1.02	0.1	-0.0	1.9	0.2	0.97	1.3	1.08	1
2 Yrs				-3.0	-0.3	32	0.1	0.5	-0.4	1.05	-0.0	0.1	2.0	0.2	0.92	0.3	0.65	3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
2005	23	TBD	AL	1	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2007	25	KCR	AL	2	0	60%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
2 Yrs				3	0	43%	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1

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
2005	23	TBD	AL	14	100%	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		4	1	25%	1	1	100%	0	0		0

2007	25	KCR	AL	16	88%	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.08	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	10	2	20%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
2 Yrs				30	93%	5	1	0	3	0	0	0	0.65	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	1	1	100%	14	3	21%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			67%			11%			33%			15%			52%			56%

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
2005	23	TBD	AL	14	50	3.57	32	64%	34%	16%	19%	31%	66%	0%	42%	76%	14%	0%	0	0	14%	2	1	7%	1	0	33%	0	0	0

2007	25	KCR	AL	16	47	2.94	33	70%	24%	3%	27%	45%	76%	0%	53%	96%	19%	6%	1	0	6%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2 Yrs				30	97	3.23	65	67%	29%	9%	23%	38%	71%	0%	47%	87%	17%	3%	1	0	10%	3	1	3%	1	0	33%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.75		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
2005	23	8	14	13	0	1	0	1	1	3	.077	.143	.077	.220	-38	1	0
2006	24	8	14	13	0	1	0	1	1	3	.077	.143	.077	.220	-38	1	0
2007	25	16	30	27	3	5	1	2	2	3	.185	.241	.222	.464	25	6	1

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
2005	23	8	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	8

2007	25	8	16	14	4	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	.286	.333	.357	.690	2	8
2 Yrs		16	30	27	4	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	3	.148	.207	.185	.392	2	16
162 Game Avg.		162	304	273	41	41	10	0	0	10	0	20	30	.148	.207	.185	.392	20	16

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