Brandon Crawford Batting Statistics and History

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Brandon Crawford

Brandon Michael Crawford (twitter: @bcraw35)

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: January 21, 1987 in Mountain View, CA
High School: Foothill HS (Pleasanton, CA)
School: University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the 2008 amateur draft.
Signed August 14, 2008. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 27, 2011 (Age 24)
Team: Giants 2011-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$530k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.094, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*],
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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
2008	21	SFG-min	Rk,A-	5	16	16	3	6	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	3	.375	.375	.563	.938		9	1	0	0	0	0		GNT,SLM · ARIZ,NORW
2009	22	SFG-min	AA,A+	133	542	497	59	140	28	4	10	48	13	11	30	132	.282	.328	.414	.742		206	9	5	8	2	0		NCH,SJO · EL,CALL
2010	23	SFG-min	AA,A+	84	362	309	47	73	13	3	7	23	4	1	41	82	.236	.332	.366	.698		113	8	6	1	5	0		RMD,SJO · EL,CALL
2011	24	SFG-min	AAA,A+	43	187	166	27	44	10	2	4	24	5	2	18	33	.265	.335	.422	.757		70	3	0	2	1	1		FRE,SJO · PCL,CALL
2011	24	SFG	NL	66	220	196	22	40	5	2	3	21	1	3	23	31	.204	.288	.296	.584	67	58	4	0	1	0	1	6
2012	25	SFG	NL	143	476	435	44	108	26	3	4	45	1	4	33	95	.248	.304	.349	.653	86	152	4	3	2	3	6	*6
2013	26	SFG	NL	43	171	153	23	44	9	2	5	22	0	1	14	32	.288	.353	.471	.824	137	72	3	2	1	1	3	*6
3 Yrs				252	867	784	89	192	40	7	12	88	2	8	70	158	.245	.309	.360	.669	91	282	11	5	4	4	10
162 Game Avg.				162	557	504	57	123	26	5	8	57	1	5	45	102	.245	.309	.360	.669	91	181	7	3	3	3	6

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
2011	24	SFG	NL	66	220	-9	0	1	3	3	-2	-0.2	7	5	0.4	.496	.499	0.1	0.6	2		6
2012	25	SFG	NL	143	476	-9	-3	2	12	6	9	1.0	15	24	2.5	.507	.506	1.0	2.0	12	$481,000	*6
2013	26	SFG	NL	43	171	6	1	1	-3	2	7	0.7	6	13	1.2	.517	.505	1.6	-0.2	16	$530,000	*6
3 Seasons				252	867	-11	-2	4	12	12	14	1.4	27	41	4.1	.506	.503	2.7	2.5	29	$1,011,000

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
2011	24	SFG	NL	220	164	16	2.6	91	.228	.204	.250	.288	.316	.296	.389	.584	.704	67	.277	-8.5	-0.9	.485	.199	.092	1.5
2012	25	SFG	NL	476	340	47	3.7	91	.307	.248	.248	.304	.312	.349	.393	.653	.704	86	.410	-6.4	-0.6	.552	.170	.101	1.6
2013	26	SFG	NL	171	115	25	5.8	88	.333	.288	.244	.353	.309	.471	.385	.824	.694	137	.625	7.8	0.8	.770	.268	.183	.0
3 Yrs				867	619	88	3.8	91	.291	.245	.247	.309	.312	.360	.390	.669	.702	91	.427	-7.1	-0.7	.574	.196	.115	3.4
162 Game Avg.				557	398	57	3.8	91	.291	.245	.247	.309	.312	.360	.390	.669	.702	91	.427	-7.1	-0.7	.574	.196	.115	2

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	SH	IBB
2012	25	SFG	NL	NLDS	CIN	W	5	14	11	1	2	0	1	1	0	3	4	.182	.357	.364	.721	4	0	0	1
2012	25	SFG	NL	NLCS	STL	W	7	26	23	2	5	1	0	5	0	3	7	.217	.308	.261	.569	6	0	0	1
2012	25	SFG	NL	WS	DET	W	4	14	12	0	3	0	0	1	1	1	1	.250	.308	.250	.558	3	1	1	0
1 Yr (3 Series)							16	54	46	3	10	1	1	7	1	7	12	.217	.321	.283	.603	13	1	1	2
1 NLDS							5	14	11	1	2	0	1	1	0	3	4	.182	.357	.364	.721	4	0	0	1
1 NLCS							7	26	23	2	5	1	0	5	0	3	7	.217	.308	.261	.569	6	0	0	1
1 WS							4	14	12	0	3	0	0	1	1	1	1	.250	.308	.250	.558	3	1	1	0

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
2011	24	SFG	NL	220	1.4%	14.1%	10.5%	4.6%	25%	1.35	6.3	65.3	9.3	1.08	1.25	74%	15%	4.4%	14%
2012	25	SFG	NL	476	0.8%	20.0%	6.9%	6.9%	31%	2.88	4.6	108.8	9.7	0.92	1.26	71%	20%	2.6%	15%
2013	26	SFG	NL	171	2.9%	18.7%	8.2%	9.4%	36%	2.29	4.8	30.6	7.0	1.33	2.24	68%	21%	10.0%	4%
3 Yrs				867	1.4%	18.2%	8.1%	6.8%	31%	2.26	5.0	65.3	8.9	1.03	1.39	71%	19%	4.5%	13%
MLB Averages					2.6%	19.3%	8.1%	7.6%	33%	2.39	4.6	34.7	8.3	0.83	1.10	68%	19%	7.8%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2011	24	SFG	NL	-8.5	-0.9	229	-0.7	3.6	-4.2	1.10	-0.6	-0.0	-1.6	-0.2	1.01	-4.9		0
2012	25	SFG	NL	-5.7	-0.6	483	-1.3	6.7	-8.0	.98	-1.8	0.4	-11.6	-1.2	1.02	-13.0	0.84	3
2013	26	SFG	NL	7.8	0.8	174	1.1	3.6	-2.5	1.03	0.5	0.6	9.7	1.0	0.96	6.4		0
3 Yrs				-6.3	-0.6	886	-0.9	13.8	-14.8	1.02	-1.9	1.0	-3.5	-0.4	1.01	-11.4	0.84	3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	OOB1	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2011	24	SFG	NL	1	32%	79	1	3	25%	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	6	38%	13	9	4	1	0	1	2	1	1
2012	25	SFG	NL	3	29%	187	1	4	20%	1	4	0	4	1	2	1	3	44%	19	15	3	4	2	2	16	3	12
2013	26	SFG	NL	1	33%	73	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	50%	7	7	0	2	2	0	9	0	9
3 Yrs				5	30%	339	2	8	20%	2	8	1	4	1	2	1	15	44%	39	31	7	7	4	3	27	4	22

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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2011	24	SFG	NL	220	85%	40	9	1	0	0	0	0		3	1	3	3	0	0	3	0	2	1	50%	42	4	10%	16	5	31%	159	20	13%	6	5	83%	13	9	69%	0
2012	25	SFG	NL	476	74%	108	14	2	3	1	1	1	0.84	4	1	20	3	1	1	3	0	2	2	100%	95	4	4%	50	14	28%	337	44	13%	32	15	47%	22	7	32%	0
2013	26	SFG	NL	171	69%	44	7	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	3	4	1	2	3	0	1	1	100%	27	3	11%	16	8	50%	105	18	17%	8	5	63%	11	7	64%	0
3 Yrs				867	76%	192	30	3	3	1	1	1	0.84	12	2	26	10	2	3	9	0	5	4	80%	164	11	7%	82	27	33%	601	82	14%	46	25	54%	46	23	50%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

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
2011	24	SFG	NL	220	841	3.82	510	61%	26%	14%	28%	33%	74%	1%	45%	81%	25%	7%	15	1	15%	33	8	10%	21	13	26%	0	0	0
2012	25	SFG	NL	478	1825	3.82	1197	66%	25%	18%	28%	29%	75%	4%	49%	75%	31%	6%	27	0	15%	70	26	7%	35	19	23%	-2	0	0
2013	26	SFG	NL	171	634	3.71	401	63%	28%	16%	25%	31%	72%	4%	45%	78%	32%	7%	12	0	16%	27	5	11%	18	11	22%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				869	3300	3.80	2108	64%	26%	17%	27%	30%	74%	3%	48%	77%	29%	6%	54	1	15%	130	39	9%	74	43	23%	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	16%	27%	30%	72%	1%	46%	78%	27%	5%			14%			8%			24%

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
2011	24	66	220	196	22	40	5	2	3	21	1	3	23	31	.204	.288	.296	.584	67	58	4	0	1	0	1
2012	25	209	696	631	66	148	31	5	7	66	2	7	56	126	.235	.299	.333	.632	80	210	8	3	3	3	7
2013	26	252	867	784	89	192	40	7	12	88	2	8	70	158	.245	.309	.360	.669	91	282	11	5	4	4	10

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2011	24	66	225	199	25	43	5	2	3	24	1	25	31	.216	.304	.307	.610	19	66
2012	25	143	490	446	52	119	29	3	4	53	1	36	95	.267	.324	.372	.696	54	143
2013	26	43	176	157	27	48	10	2	5	26	0	15	32	.306	.371	.490	.862	29	43
3 Yrs		252	891	802	104	210	44	7	12	103	2	76	158	.262	.328	.379	.707	102	252
162 Game Avg.		162	573	516	67	135	28	5	8	66	1	49	102	.262	.328	.379	.707	66	252

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 2012 NL 2.0 (8th)	Games Played s c a p y 2013 NL 43 (5th)	Triples s c a p y 2013 NL 2 (7th)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 2013 NL 3 (7th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2012 NL 2.0 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
2013 NL 43 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
2013 NL 2 (7th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2013 NL 3 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2179), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 6 (1425), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS	Shortstop (299th), 2.9 career WAR/2.9 7yr-peak WAR/2.9 JAWS Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 66.6 career WAR/42.7 7yr-peak WAR/54.7 JAWS

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