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Humberto Cota    \KOH-tah\

Humberto Figueroa Cota

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: February 7, 1979 in San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico
High School: San Luis Rio de Colorado (San Luis Rio de Colorado, MX)
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 2001 (Age 22)
Team: Pirates 2001-2007
2013 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 3.169, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Eric Goldschmidt [*]
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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
2001 22 PIT NL 7 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .222 .222 .222 .444 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 /2
2002 23 PIT NL 7 18 17 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .294 .333 .353 .686 80 6 0 0 0 0 1 /2
2003 24 PIT NL 10 17 16 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .250 .294 .313 .607 58 5 0 0 0 0 0 /2
2004 25 PIT NL 36 70 66 10 15 1 1 5 8 0 0 3 20 .227 .271 .500 .771 95 33 1 1 0 0 1 2
2005 26 PIT NL 93 320 297 29 72 20 1 7 43 0 0 17 80 .242 .285 .387 .672 75 115 8 2 1 3 2 2
2006 27 PIT NL 38 110 100 5 19 1 0 0 5 0 0 8 26 .190 .248 .200 .448 18 20 3 0 1 1 0 2
2007 28 PIT NL 5 18 14 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 .286 .389 .357 .746 98 5 0 1 0 1 0 /2
7 Yrs 196 562 519 48 121 25 2 12 61 0 0 32 142 .233 .280 .358 .639 66 186 12 4 2 5 4
162 Game Avg. 162 465 429 40 100 21 2 10 50 0 0 26 117 .233 .280 .358 .639 66 154 10 3 2 4 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
2001 22 PIT NL 7 9 -1 -0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .484 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 /2
2002 23 PIT NL 7 18 -1 0 0 1 0 0 0.1 1 1 0.1 .507 .500 0.0 0.1 0 /2
2003 24 PIT NL 10 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 1 0.1 .507 .500 0.1 0.0 1 /2
2004 25 PIT NL 36 70 -1 0 1 -1 1 -0 -0.0 2 2 0.2 .499 .500 0.3 -0.0 3 $303,000 2
2005 26 PIT NL 93 320 -11 -1 -0 1 5 -6 -0.7 10 4 0.2 .493 .496 0.2 0.6 2 $324,000 2
2006 27 PIT NL 38 110 -11 -0 -0 -1 2 -10 -1.0 3 -7 -0.7 .473 .494 -0.6 0.1 -6 $342,000 2
2007 28 PIT NL 5 18 0 0 0 -1 0 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .488 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $537,500 /2
7 Seasons 196 562 -25 -1 0 -1 9 -18 -1.8 18 -0 -0.2 .491 .498 -0.1 0.7 1 $1,506,500

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 PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2001 PIT NL 22 C 3 1 1 10.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 9.90 3.67 .992 7.74 7.67 0 0 0 0 0
2002 PIT NL 23 C 7 4 3 40.1 34 33 1 0 1 1.000 1 30 7.59 4.86 .991 7.52 7.47 0 0 1 1 50% 32% 0
2003 PIT NL 24 C 4 2 2 23.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 7.04 4.50 .992 7.32 7.25 0 1 1 1 50% 31% 0
2004 PIT NL 25 C 24 13 12 133.0 106 101 4 1 1 .991 -1 -1 -9 -6 7.11 4.38 .993 7.45 7.40 0 5 4 1 20% 28% 0
2005 PIT NL 26 C 87 77 71 681.2 517 475 38 4 4 .992 -3 1 -5 2 6.77 5.90 .992 7.26 7.16 8 22 34 13 28% 29% 1
2006 PIT NL 27 C 33 29 23 242.1 195 179 16 0 1 1.000 0 -1 0 -3 7.24 5.91 .992 7.37 7.32 5 11 18 9 33% 28% 0
2007 PIT NL 28 C 5 5 4 41.0 32 30 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -1 -29 -20 7.02 6.40 .991 7.40 7.36 0 2 7 1 13% 25% 0
7 Seasons C 163 131 116 1171.1 913 847 61 5 7 .995 -4 -1 -4 -1 6.98 5.57 .992 7.32 7.26 13 41 65 26 29% 28% 1
7 Seasons TOT 163 131 116 1171.1 913 847 61 5 7 .995 -4 -1 -4 -1 6.98 5.57 .992 7.32 7.26 13 41 65 26 29% 28% 1
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Passed Balls s c a p y
2005 NL  8 (1st)

                                         

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
200425Pittsburgh Pirates$303,0004/7/04 AP
200526Pittsburgh Pirates$324,000
200627Pittsburgh Pirates$342,000
200728Pittsburgh Pirates$537,500
Earliest Arb Eligible: 2013, Earliest Free Agent: 2016
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,506,500
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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