Tim Costo

Timothy Roger Costo

Positions: Outfielder, First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: February 16, 1969 in Melrose Park, IL
High School: Glenbard HS (Glen Ellyn, IL)
School: University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 20, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1992
Team: Reds 1992-1993

Final Game: October 3, 1993
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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
1990	21	CLE-min	A+	56	243	206	34	65	13	1	4	42	4	0	23	47	.316	.387	.447	.833		92		6	0	8	0		KIN · CARL
1991	22	CIN-CLE-min	AA	137	532	485	59	134	29	6	6	53	13	6	35	109	.276	.325	.398	.723		193	15	4	0	8	0		CNG,CAK · SOUL,EL
1992	23	CIN-min	AA	121	486	424	63	102	18	2	28	71	4	5	48	128	.241	.332	.491	.823		208	10	11	1	2	1		CNG · SOUL
1992	23	CIN	NL	12	42	36	3	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	5	6	.222	.310	.278	.587	65	10	4	0	0	1	0	3
1993	24	CIN-min	AAA	106	391	362	49	118	30	2	11	57	3	2	22	60	.326	.372	.511	.883		185	11	5	1	1	1		INA · AA
1993	24	CIN	NL	31	104	98	13	22	5	0	3	12	0	0	4	17	.224	.250	.367	.617	63	36	1	0	0	2	0	97/35
1994	25	CIN-min	AAA	19	44	36	6	7	3	0	0	5	0	0	6	4	.194	.326	.278	.603		10	0	1	1	0	0		INA · AA
1995	26	CLE-min	AAA	105	369	324	41	80	11	2	11	60	2	0	27	65	.247	.314	.395	.709		128	7	8	3	7	0		BFL · AA
1996	27	CLE-min	AAA	83	276	252	25	54	12	0	8	28	1	2	19	59	.214	.268	.357	.626		90	7	0	4	1	4		BFL · AA
1997	28	STL-min	AAA	121	448	400	52	121	26	2	14	54	4	4	41	72	.303	.370	.483	.852		193	4	3	2	2	1		LOU · AA
1998	29	TOR-min	AAA	101	396	365	45	108	18	2	14	55	1	2	26	72	.296	.344	.471	.816		172	7	2	1	2	0		SYR · IL
2 Yrs				43	146	134	16	30	7	0	3	14	0	0	9	23	.224	.267	.343	.610	64	46	5	0	0	3	0
162 Game Avg.				162	550	505	60	113	26	0	11	53	0	0	34	87	.224	.267	.343	.610	64	173	19	0	0	11	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
1992	23	CIN	NL	12	42	-2	-0	-1	-1	-1	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.453	.497	-0.3	-0.2	-2	$	3
1993	24	CIN	NL	31	104	-5	1	0	-1	-1	-6	-0.6	3	-3	-0.3	.481	.496	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$109,000	97/35
2 Seasons				43	146	-6	1	-0	-2	-2	-10	-1.1	4	-6	-0.8	.473	.496	-0.5	-0.4	-4	$109,000

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
1992	23	CIN	NL	42	33	3	2.5	95	.258	.222	.264	.310	.330	.278	.388	.587	.718	65	.279	-1.4	-0.2	.469	.194	.056
1993	24	CIN	NL	104	79	9	3.0	104	.238	.224	.271	.250	.336	.367	.413	.617	.749	63	.317	-5.4	-0.5	.519	.184	.143	.0
2 Yrs				146	112	12	2.9	101	.243	.224	.269	.267	.334	.343	.406	.610	.741	64	.307	-6.8	-0.7	.505	.187	.119	.0
162 Game Avg.				550	422	45	2.9	101	.243	.224	.269	.267	.334	.343	.406	.610	.741	64	.307	-6.8	-0.7	.505	.187	.119

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
1992	23	CIN	NL	42	0.0%	14.3%	11.9%	4.8%	25%	1.20	6.0		18.0	0.94	1.70	74%	19%	0.0%	19%
1993	24	CIN	NL	104	2.9%	16.4%	3.9%	7.7%	36%	4.25	5.8	32.7	8.2	0.74	0.76	77%	22%	7.5%	15%
2 Yrs				146	2.1%	15.8%	6.2%	6.9%	33%	2.56	5.8	44.7	9.6	0.79	0.98	76%	21%	5.7%	16%
MLB Averages					2.1%	14.9%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	1.73	6.0	42.1	8.3	0.80	1.05	73%	21%	6.1%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1992	23	CIN	NL	-1.4	-0.1	42	-0.2	0.4	-0.7	.80	-0.2	-0.1	-2.8	-0.3	0.99	-2.6		0
1993	24	CIN	NL	-5.5	-0.5	105	-0.2	1.7	-1.9	1.02	0.1	-0.2	-2.6	-0.3	0.94	-1.7	0.39	3
2 Yrs				-6.9	-0.7	147	-0.4	2.1	-2.6	.96	-0.2	-0.3	-5.4	-0.5	0.95	-4.4	0.39	3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1992	23	CIN	NL	0	23%	11	1	0%	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	2	0
1993	24	CIN	NL	2	44%	27	3	33%	4	3	1	3	2	1	2	1	1
2 Yrs				2	36%	38	4	21%	6	5	1	4	3	1	4	3	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
1992	23	CIN	NL	42	40%	8	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12	4	33%	3	1	33%	26	2	8%	2	2	100%	0	0		0
1993	24	CIN	NL	104	38%	22	5	0	3	1	0	0	0.39	3	0	2	1	2	0	3	0	0	0		17	1	6%	7	2	29%	62	10	16%	7	4	57%	2	1	50%	0
2 Yrs				146	38%	30	9	0	3	1	0	0	0.39	3	0	3	1	2	0	3	0	0	0		29	5	17%	10	3	30%	88	12	14%	9	6	67%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			72%			10%			36%			15%			52%			57%

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
1992	23	CIN	NL	42	139	3.31	87	63%	17%	15%	32%	36%	83%	0%	52%	82%	52%	2%	1	0	14%	6	3	10%	4	2	33%	0	0	0
1993	24	CIN	NL	93	317	3.41	223	70%	15%	23%	29%	33%	85%	0%	60%	73%	40%	3%	3	0	9%	8	4	3%	3	1	13%	11	0	1
2 Yrs				135	456	3.38	310	68%	15%	21%	30%	34%	84%	0%	57%	75%	44%	3%	4	0	10%	14	7	5%	7	3	19%	11	0	1
MLB Averages						3.65		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

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
1992	23	12	42	36	3	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	5	6	.222	.310	.278	.587	65	10	4	0	0	1	0
1993	24	43	146	134	16	30	7	0	3	14	0	0	9	23	.224	.267	.343	.610	64	46	5	0	0	3	0

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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1992	23	12	42	36	3	8	2	0	2	5	6	.222	.310	.278	.587	3	12
1993	24	31	104	98	13	22	5	3	12	4	17	.224	.250	.367	.617	9	31
2 Yrs		43	146	134	16	30	7	3	14	9	23	.224	.267	.343	.610	12	43
162 Game Avg.		162	550	505	60	113	26	11	53	34	87	.224	.267	.343	.610	45	43

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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.

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