Shane Costa

Shane Jeremy Costa

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 205 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
Team: Royals 2005-2007
Agents: Nick Lampost [*]
Final Game: September 30, 2007
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ty Cobb… #4. Ted Williams… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Stan Musial… #7. Rogers Hornsby…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ty Cobb… #4. Ted Williams… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Stan Musial… #7. Rogers Hornsby…

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
2003	21	KCR-min	Rk,A+	26	109	95	23	35	7	4	1	24	4	3	8	8	.368	.440	.558	.998		53	2	5	0	1	0	RY2,WMT · ARIZ,CARL
2004	22	KCR-min	A+	123	500	451	70	139	20	4	7	59	9	4	32	43	.308	.364	.417	.781		188	7	11	0	6	1	WMT · CARL
2005	23	KCR-min	AA,AAA	79	332	293	38	81	19	2	8	44	5	1	24	24	.276	.341	.437	.778		128	10	8	1	6	2	WCH,OMA · TL,PCL
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
2006	24	KCR-min	AAA,AA	54	232	207	35	71	12	4	10	30	4	0	13	26	.343	.397	.585	.982		121	6	7	3	2	1	OMA,WCH · PCL,TL
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
2007	25	KCR-min	AAA	59	267	233	46	76	20	3	5	14	8	2	26	20	.326	.402	.502	.904		117	3	5	1	2	1	OMA · PCL
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
2008	26	KCR-min	AAA	75	328	292	42	86	21	0	10	42	11	2	28	39	.295	.354	.469	.823		137	8	1	3	4	2	OMA · PCL
2009	27	KCR-min	AAA	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000		1	0	0	0	0	0	OMA · PCL
2010	28	KCR-min	Rk,A+,AA	14	53	48	9	14	3	0	2	8	1	0	3	7	.292	.321	.479	.800		23	1	0	0	2	0	ROY,WMT,NTA · ARIZ,CARL,TL
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

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
2005	23	KCR	AL	88	-4	0	-1	0	-3	-1	3	-6	-0.6	-3	-0.3	-0.3	$
2006	24	KCR	AL	252	-6	1	-2	0	-0	-2	9	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$327,500
2007	25	KCR	AL	109	-8	0	-1	1	3	-1	4	-1	-0.1	-5	-0.5	0.4	$
3 Seasons				449	-18	1	-4	1	0	-4	16	-6	-0.6	-8	-0.8	0.2	$327,500

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
2005	KCR	AL	23	OF	20				31	30	1	0	0	1.000	-3	-2				1.55	.986		2.28
2005	KCR	AL	23	LF	20	18	17	162.0	31	30	1	0	0	1.000	-3	-2	-20	-15	1.72	1.55	.988	2.10	2.08
2005	KCR	AL	23	DH	4	4
2006	KCR	AL	24	OF	65				148	142	0	6	0	.959	-0	1				2.18	.986		2.27
2006	KCR	AL	24	RF	39	34	30	307.0	88	83	0	5	0	.943	-0	3	-2	12	2.43	2.13	.984	2.20	2.17
2006	KCR	AL	24	CF	21	18	15	159.0	50	49	0	1	0	.980	-0	-3	-2	-23	2.77	2.33	.989	2.65	2.61
2006	KCR	AL	24	LF	5	5	5	42.0	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	1	1	17	29	2.14	2.00	.986	2.06	2.02
2006	KCR	AL	24	DH	1	1
2007	KCR	AL	25	OF	27				55	54	0	1	0	.982	3	4				2.00	.987		2.28
2007	KCR	AL	25	LF	15	11	9	98.0	32	31	0	1	0	.969	3	1	33	12	2.85	2.07	.985	2.11	2.09
2007	KCR	AL	25	RF	13	7	6	73.0	23	23	0	0	0	1.000	0	3	8	49	2.84	1.77	.985	2.08	2.06
2007	KCR	AL	25	DH	3	3
	3 Seasons			OF	112				234	226	1	7	0	.970	0	3		4		2.03	.986		2.28
	2 Seasons			RF	52	41	36	380.0	111	106	0	5	0	.955	0	6	0	18	2.51	2.04	.984	2.18	2.14
	3 Seasons			LF	40	34	31	302.0	73	71	1	1	0	.986	1	0	2	0	2.15	1.80	.986	2.10	2.08
	1 Season			CF	21	18	15	159.0	50	49	0	1	0	.980	-0	-3	-2	-22	2.77	2.33	.989	2.65	2.61
	3 Seasons			TOT	112				234	226	1	7	0	.970	0	6				2.03	.986		2.28

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Transactions

June 3, 2003: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed July 17, 2003.
November 9, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
December 11, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
November 6, 2010: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2006	24	Kansas City Royals	$327,500

2009	27	Kansas City Royals	$411,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$738,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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