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Allen Craig

Allen Thomas Craig

Positions: First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: July 18, 1984 in Mission Viejo, CA
High School: Chaparral HS (Temecula, CA)
School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 8th round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 2010 (Age 25)
Team: Cardinals 2010-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed (team option), 5 yrs/$31M (13-17) & 18 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.077, Free Agent: 2018 [*],
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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
2010 25 STL NL 44 124 114 12 28 7 0 4 18 0 1 9 26 .246 .298 .412 .711 92 47 1 0 0 1 1 9/3754
2011 26 STL NL 75 219 200 33 63 15 0 11 40 5 0 15 40 .315 .362 .555 .917 151 111 7 1 1 2 0 79/4835
2012 27 STL NL 119 514 469 76 144 35 0 22 92 2 1 37 89 .307 .354 .522 .876 137 245 15 1 0 7 1 39/7D MVP-19
2013 28 STL NL 68 291 269 38 83 16 2 6 52 1 0 14 47 .309 .351 .450 .800 121 121 7 5 0 3 0 *39/7
4 Yrs 306 1148 1052 159 318 73 2 43 202 8 2 75 202 .302 .349 .498 .847 131 524 30 7 1 13 2
162 Game Avg. 162 608 557 84 168 39 1 23 107 4 1 40 107 .302 .349 .498 .847 131 277 16 4 1 7 1

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
2010 25 STL NL 44 124 -1 -1 1 1 -1 -2 -0.3 4 2 0.1 .494 .498 -0.0 -0.1 0 $400,000 9/3754
2011 26 STL NL 75 219 13 2 -0 2 -2 16 1.7 7 22 2.4 .522 .510 2.1 0.0 20 $414,000 79/4835
2012 27 STL NL 119 514 22 -0 -1 -7 -7 7 0.8 16 23 2.3 .507 .505 2.9 -1.5 30 $495,000 39/7D MVP-19
2013 28 STL NL 68 291 7 -2 -0 -6 -4 -6 -0.7 9 4 0.2 .491 .496 0.9 -1.2 10 $1,750,000 *39/7
4 Seasons 306 1148 41 -2 -0 -10 -14 15 1.5 35 50 5.0 .505 .503 5.9 -2.7 60 $3,059,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2011 26 STL NL NLDS PHI W 3 14 10 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 .100 .357 .300 .657 3 1 0 0 0 0
2011 26 STL NL NLCS MIL W 5 8 8 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 .375 .375 .750 1.125 6 0 0 0 0 0
2011 26 STL NL WS TEX W 7 25 19 5 5 0 0 3 5 0 2 4 8 .263 .417 .737 1.154 14 0 1 1 0 0
2012 27 STL NL NLWC ATL W 1 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 3 0 0 0 0 0
2012 27 STL NL NLDS WSN W 5 23 19 2 6 2 0 1 3 0 0 4 6 .316 .435 .579 1.014 11 0 0 0 0 1
2012 27 STL NL NLCS SFG L 7 27 24 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .125 .185 .167 .352 4 0 1 0 1 0
2 Yrs (6 Series) 28 101 84 13 20 4 1 5 14 0 2 13 25 .238 .350 .488 .838 41 1 2 1 1 1
1 NLWC 1 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 3 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 8 37 29 5 7 2 1 1 3 0 0 8 10 .241 .405 .483 .888 14 1 0 0 0 1
2 NLCS 12 35 32 2 6 1 0 1 5 0 0 1 7 .188 .229 .313 .541 10 0 1 0 1 0
1 WS 7 25 19 5 5 0 0 3 5 0 2 4 8 .263 .417 .737 1.154 14 0 1 1 0 0

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 Awards
2010 STL NL 25 OF 34 25 6 203.2 40 39 1 0 0 1.000 -1 1 -5 5 1.77 1.18 .987 2.17 2.15
2010 STL NL 25 RF 30 23 5 175.2 33 32 1 0 0 1.000 -2 0 -16 0 1.69 1.10 .986 2.10 2.07
2010 STL NL 25 1B 5 1 1 17.0 17 16 1 0 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 9.00 3.40 .993 9.21 9.14
2010 STL NL 25 LF 5 2 1 28.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 17 39 2.25 1.40 .986 1.83 1.80
2010 STL NL 25 3B 2 1 1 10.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -1 0 -96 0 0.00 0.00 .950 2.52 2.50
2010 STL NL 25 2B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.70
2011 STL NL 26 OF 48 37 18 325.2 77 74 3 0 0 1.000 7 3 25 11 2.13 1.60 .986 2.16 2.15
2011 STL NL 26 LF 26 19 11 190.2 40 39 1 0 0 1.000 1 0 9 0 1.89 1.54 .985 1.87 1.87
2011 STL NL 26 RF 18 13 6 106.0 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 6 2 68 23 2.21 1.44 .983 2.05 2.04
2011 STL NL 26 2B 8 8 0 41.0 17 7 10 0 1 1.000 1 0 18 0 3.73 2.13 .985 4.76 4.75
2011 STL NL 26 CF 5 5 1 29.0 11 9 2 0 0 1.000 -0 1 -17 41 3.41 2.20 .988 2.54 2.54
2011 STL NL 26 1B 2 0 0 4.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 13.50 3.00 .993 9.22 9.30
2011 STL NL 26 3B 2 2 0 11.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 -11 -109 1.64 1.00 .955 2.54 2.55
2012 STL NL 27 1B 91 86 71 773.2 805 761 40 4 64 .995 -0 -3 -0 -5 9.32 8.80 .992 9.29 9.18 MVP-19
2012 STL NL 27 OF 30 26 13 212.2 42 41 1 0 0 1.000 -5 -4 -26 -22 1.78 1.40 .987 2.11 2.09 MVP-19
2012 STL NL 27 RF 23 21 9 165.2 31 31 0 0 0 1.000 -5 -3 -35 -22 1.68 1.35 .984 2.01 1.99 MVP-19
2012 STL NL 27 LF 8 5 4 47.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 0 -1 5 -26 2.11 1.38 .987 1.84 1.81 MVP-19
2012 STL NL 27 DH 1 1 MVP-19
2013 STL NL 28 1B 55 52 47 464.2 497 471 25 1 46 .998 1 -7 1 -18 9.61 9.02 .993 9.45 9.43
2013 STL NL 28 OF 17 16 10 135.2 31 30 1 0 1 1.000 -1 1 -10 8 2.06 1.82 .985 2.16 2.15
2013 STL NL 28 RF 10 10 4 82.2 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 -1 2 -16 28 1.85 1.70 .985 2.11 2.10
2013 STL NL 28 LF 7 6 6 53.0 14 13 1 0 1 1.000 -0 -1 -1 -23 2.38 2.00 .981 1.88 1.89
4 Seasons 1B 153 139 119 1259.1 1325 1254 66 5 112 .996 1 -10 1 -9 9.43 8.63 .992 9.35 9.27
4 Seasons OF 129 104 47 877.2 190 184 6 0 1 1.000 0 1 0 1 1.95 1.47 .986 2.15 2.14
4 Seasons RF 81 67 24 530.0 107 106 1 0 0 1.000 -2 1 -5 2 1.82 1.32 .984 2.06 2.04
4 Seasons LF 46 32 22 318.2 72 69 3 0 1 1.000 2 -1 7 -3 2.03 1.57 .985 1.86 1.85
2 Seasons 2B 9 8 0 42.0 17 7 10 0 1 1.000 1 0 17 0 3.64 1.89 .985 4.76 4.74
1 Season CF 5 5 1 29.0 11 9 2 0 0 1.000 -0 1 -17 41 3.41 2.20 .988 2.54 2.54
2 Seasons 3B 4 3 1 21.0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 -1 -1 -51 -57 0.86 0.50 .953 2.53 2.52
4 Seasons TOT 295 254 167 2200.0 1535 1445 84 6 114 .996 1 -10 0 -5 6.26 5.18 .991 6.32 5.92
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2012 NL (19, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1402nd)

Batting Average s c a p y
2012 NL  .307 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2012 NL  .522 (7th)

At Bats s c a p y
2013 NL  269 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
2013 NL  83 (7th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2013 NL  52 (4th)

Singles s c a p y
2013 NL  59 (6th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2012 NL  137 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2013 NL  5 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2012 NL  7 (8th)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2013 NL  1 (1st)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
2013 NL  .998 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 15 (1200), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1103), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (692), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS First Base (263rd), 5.0 career WAR/5.0 7yr-peak WAR/5.0 JAWS
Average HOF 1B (out of 19) = 68.2 career WAR/43.2 7yr-peak WAR/55.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  8. Bubba Trammell (940)
  9. Wes Covington (936)
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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
201025St. Louis Cardinals$400,000
201126St. Louis Cardinals$414,000
201227St. Louis Cardinals$495,000contracts
201328St. Louis Cardinals$1,750,000
201429St. Louis Cardinals$2,750,000
201530St. Louis Cardinals$5,500,000
201631St. Louis Cardinals$9,000,000
201732St. Louis Cardinals$11,000,000
201833St. Louis Cardinals*$13,000,000$13M Team Option, $1M Buyout
Earliest Free Agent: 2018
Career to date (may be incomplete)$3,059,000Does not include future salaries
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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