Shane Costa
Shane Jeremy Costa
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: December 12, 1981 in Visalia, CA
High School: Golden West (Visalia, CA)
School: California State University, Fullerton
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed July 17, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 2, 2005
Final Game: September 30, 2007
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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
2005 23 KCR AL 27 88 81 13 19 2 0 2 7 0 0 5 11 .235 .287 .333 .621 66 27 3 1 1 0 0 7/D
2006 24 KCR AL 72 252 237 23 65 20 1 3 23 2 0 6 29 .274 .304 .405 .709 81 96 5 5 2 2 2 98/7D
2007 25 KCR AL 55 109 103 13 23 6 1 0 12 0 1 5 23 .223 .257 .301 .558 47 31 2 0 0 1 0 79/D
3 Seasons 154 449 421 49 107 28 2 5 42 2 1 16 63 .254 .289 .366 .655 70 154 10 6 3 3 2
162 Game Avg. 162 472 443 52 113 29 2 5 44 2 1 17 66 .254 .289 .366 .655 70 162 11 6 3 3 2

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
2005 23 KCR AL 88 66 7 2.8 104 .250 .235 .267 .287 .330 .333 .423 .621 .753 66 .268 -4.2 -0.4 .508 .160 .099 .0
2006 24 KCR AL 252 181 29 4.3 112 .300 .274 .276 .304 .341 .405 .440 .709 .781 81 .409 -6.7 -0.6 .616 .165 .131 2.4
2007 25 KCR AL 109 84 8 2.5 107 .284 .223 .271 .257 .338 .301 .424 .558 .762 47 .221 -8.1 -0.8 .422 .117 .078
3 Seasons 449 331 44 3.5 109 .287 .254 .273 .289 .338 .366 .433 .655 .771 70 .338 -19.0 -1.8 .545 .152 .112 2.9
162 Game Avg. 472 348 46 3.5 109 .287 .254 .273 .289 .338 .366 .433 .655 .771 70 .338 -19.0 -1.8 .545 .152 .112 3

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
2005 23 KCR AL 88 2.3% 12.5% 5.7% 4.6% 21% 2.20 7.4 40.5 11.6 1.52 1.95 77% 18% 8.7% 15%
2006 24 KCR AL 252 1.2% 11.5% 2.4% 9.5% 37% 4.83 8.2 79.0 10.3 0.78 1.08 82% 22% 2.9% 12%
2007 25 KCR AL 109 0.0% 21.1% 4.6% 6.4% 30% 4.60 4.5 8.6 0.93 1.46 74% 19% 0.0% 12%
3 Seasons 449 1.1% 14.0% 3.6% 7.8% 33% 3.94 6.7 84.2 10.0 0.92 1.30 79% 20% 3.1% 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
2005 23 KCR AL 0 0 48% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 60% 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
2006 24 KCR AL 0 0 27% 90 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 28% 12 11 1 1 0 1 5 2 3
2007 25 KCR AL 1 0 46% 42 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 6 1 5
3 Seasons 1 0 36% 163 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 10 44% 19 15 4 1 0 1 12 3 9
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
2005 23 KCR AL 88 86% 19 3 1 3 1 0 0 0.20 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 100% 15 3 20% 10 6 60% 47 5 11% 4 3 75% 9 5 56% 0
2006 24 KCR AL 252 82% 65 6 3 6 2 0 1 2.78 3 0 4 2 1 1 2 0 5 2 40% 44 5 11% 24 6 25% 153 20 13% 9 3 33% 12 3 25% 0
2007 25 KCR AL 109 92% 23 1 1 20 3 0 2 1.69 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 2 11% 13 7 54% 66 13 20% 7 5 71% 9 7 78% 0
3 Seasons 449 85% 107 10 5 29 6 0 3 1.76 5 0 9 4 1 2 3 0 6 3 50% 78 10 13% 47 19 40% 266 38 14% 20 11 55% 30 15 50% 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
2005 23 KCR AL 88 310 3.52 204 66% 31% 12% 22% 35% 69% 0% 45% 82% 16% 6% 5 0 15% 13 5 3% 3 3 18% 0 0 0
2006 24 KCR AL 252 829 3.29 590 71% 24% 10% 30% 36% 76% 3% 54% 87% 27% 2% 6 1 8% 21 10 4% 9 7 24% 0 0 0
2007 25 KCR AL 109 407 3.73 276 68% 29% 15% 27% 29% 71% 0% 48% 79% 19% 6% 7 0 11% 12 5 6% 7 6 9% 0 0 0
3 Seasons 449 1546 3.44 1070 69% 27% 12% 28% 34% 73% 2% 51% 84% 23% 4% 18 1 10% 46 20 4% 19 16 17% 0 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
2005 23 27 88 81 13 19 2 0 2 7 0 0 5 11 .235 .287 .333 .621 66 27 3 1 1 0 0
2006 24 99 340 318 36 84 22 1 5 30 2 0 11 40 .264 .300 .387 .686 77 123 8 6 3 2 2
2007 25 154 449 421 49 107 28 2 5 42 2 1 16 63 .254 .289 .366 .655 70 154 10 6 3 3 2

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 27 86 80 13 18 2 0 2 7 0 5 11 .225 .279 .325 .604 7 27
2006 24 72 249 236 22 64 20 1 3 22 2 6 29 .271 .301 .403 .704 27 72
2007 25 55 107 101 12 21 5 1 0 11 0 5 23 .208 .243 .277 .520 7 55
3 Seasons 154 442 417 47 103 27 2 5 40 2 16 63 .247 .283 .357 .640 41 154
162 Game Avg. 162 465 439 49 108 28 2 5 42 2 17 66 .247 .283 .357 .640 43 154

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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

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