César Crespo

Cesar Antonio (Claudio) Crespo

Positions: Second Baseman, Outfielder and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: May 23, 1979 in Rio Piedras, P.R.
High School: Notre Dame HS (Caguas, PR)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 3rd round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed September 2, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 29, 2001
Teams (by GP): Padres/RedSox 2001-2004

Final Game: July 1, 2004
Relatives: Brother of Felipe Crespo
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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
1998	19	NYM-min	A	116	483	428	61	108	18	4	6	48	47	14	44	114	.252	.326	.355	.681		152	6	3	7	1	1		CLM · SALL
1999	20	FLA-min	A+	115	499	427	63	122	17	2	6	40	22	8	62	86	.286	.376	.377	.753		161	4	1	7	2	2		BRE · FLOR
2000	21	FLA-min	AA	134	574	482	96	124	21	6	9	60	41	15	77	118	.257	.359	.382	.740		184	8	2	8	5	3		PRT · EL
2001	22	SDP-min	AAA	78	319	273	46	71	18	3	8	29	23	3	39	66	.260	.354	.436	.789		119	4	1	5	1	1		POR · PCL
2001	22	SDP	NL	55	179	153	27	32	6	0	4	12	6	2	25	50	.209	.320	.327	.647	75	50	2	0	1	0	0	48/7596
2002	23	SDP-min	AAA	92	378	322	43	83	17	2	9	37	21	7	50	78	.258	.363	.407	.769		131	5	3	3	0	2		POR · PCL
2002	23	SDP	NL	25	33	29	5	5	2	0	0	0	3	2	3	6	.172	.250	.241	.491	37	7	0	0	1	0	0	/745896

2003	24	BOS-min	AAA	132	511	465	69	124	31	3	9	58	13	8	40	93	.267	.323	.404	.727		188	14	0	3	3	4		PAW · IL
2004	25	BOS-min	AAA	55	245	221	30	60	13	3	4	19	10	2	21	53	.271	.333	.412	.745		91	2	0	2	1	0		PAW · IL
2004	25	BOS	AL	52	79	79	6	13	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	20	.165	.165	.215	.380	-4	17	1	0	0	0	0	647/89
2005	26	PIT-min	AAA	111	454	396	73	105	22	4	9	50	31	9	50	67	.265	.349	.409	.758		162	10	2	4	2	1		INA · IL
2006	27	ATL-min	AAA	116	486	423	52	101	15	2	5	29	15	6	55	85	.239	.326	.319	.646		135	10	1	5	2	2		RMD · IL
2007	28	BAL-min	AAA	101	390	340	32	83	14	1	3	35	11	7	38	68	.244	.318	.318	.636		108	8	0	10	2	1		NFK · IL
3 Yrs				132	291	261	38	50	10	1	4	14	11	4	28	76	.192	.270	.284	.553	48	74	3	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	357	320	47	61	12	1	5	17	14	5	34	93	.192	.270	.284	.553	48	91	4	0	2	0	0

SDP (2 yrs)				80	212	182	32	37	8	0	4	12	9	4	28	56	.203	.310	.313	.623	69	57	2	0	2	0	0
BOS (1 yr)				52	79	79	6	13	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	20	.165	.165	.215	.380	-4	17	1	0	0	0	0

NL (2 yrs)				80	212	182	32	37	8	0	4	12	9	4	28	56	.203	.310	.313	.623	69	57	2	0	2	0	0
AL (1 yr)				52	79	79	6	13	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	20	.165	.165	.215	.380	-4	17	1	0	0	0	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
2001	22	SDP	NL	55	179	-3	2	-0	-9	1	-10	-1.0	5	-5	-0.5	.482	.494	0.4	-0.8	4	$	48/7596
2002	23	SDP	NL	25	33	-3	-0	0	-1	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.484	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	/745896

2004	25	BOS	AL	52	79	-13	1	1	3	1	-7	-0.7	3	-5	-0.4	.486	.496	-0.7	0.4	-8	$309,000	647/89
3 Seasons				132	291	-19	2	1	-6	1	-21	-2.0	8	-12	-1.2	.484	.496	-0.5	-0.5	-6	$309,000

SDP (2 yrs)				80	212	-6	1	0	-9	1	-13	-1.4	6	-8	-0.8	.483	.496	0.2	-0.9	2	$
BOS (1 yr)				52	79	-13	1	1	3	1	-7	-0.7	3	-5	-0.4	.486	.496	-0.7	0.4	-8	$309,000

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
2001	22	SDP	NL	179	126	18	3.8	103	.283	.209	.258	.320	.327	.327	.422	.647	.749	75	.378	-4.7	-0.4	.632	.307	.118	4.8
2002	23	SDP	NL	33	27	2	2.0	98	.217	.172	.254	.250	.326	.241	.404	.491	.730	37	.165	-2.5	-0.2	.423	.207	.069	.0

2004	25	BOS	AL	79	67	3	1.2	115	.220	.165	.278	.165	.346	.215	.445	.380	.792	-4	.064	-12.8	-1.2	.284	.076	.051	.0
3 Yrs				291	220	23	2.8	106	.254	.192	.263	.270	.332	.284	.427	.553	.759	48	.254	-20.0	-1.9	.500	.226	.092	5.9
162 Game Avg.				357	270	28	2.8	106	.254	.192	.263	.270	.332	.284	.427	.553	.759	48	.254	-20.0	-1.9	.500	.226	.092	7

SDP (2 yrs)				212	153	20	3.5	102	.270	.203	.257	.310	.327	.313	.419	.623	.746	69	.343	-7.2	-0.7	.596	.291	.110	5.5
BOS (1 yr)				79	67	3	1.2	115	.220	.165	.278	.165	.346	.215	.445	.380	.792	-4	.064	-12.8	-1.2	.284	.076	.051	.0

NL (2 yrs)				212	153	20	3.5	102	.270	.203	.257	.310	.327	.313	.419	.623	.746	69	.343	-7.2	-0.7	.596	.291	.110	5.5
AL (1 yr)				79	67	3	1.2	115	.220	.165	.278	.165	.346	.215	.445	.380	.792	-4	.064	-12.8	-1.2	.284	.076	.051	.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
2001	22	SDP	NL	179	2.2%	27.9%	14.0%	5.6%	31%	2.00	3.1	38.3	12.8	0.77	1.03	55%	24%	8.3%	9%
2002	23	SDP	NL	33	0.0%	18.2%	9.1%	6.1%	40%	2.00	4.8			0.92	1.38	70%	21%	0.0%	17%

2004	25	BOS	AL	79	0.0%	25.3%	0.0%	3.8%	23%		4.0		39.5	1.42	1.61	75%	15%	0.0%	4%
3 Yrs				291	1.4%	26.1%	9.6%	5.2%	30%	2.71	3.4	65.3	18.6	0.97	1.24	62%	21%	4.9%	9%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.9%	8.6%	8.0%	34%	1.97	5.3	31.4	7.6	0.78	1.07	70%	21%	8.2%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2001	22	SDP	NL	-4.7	-0.4	187	-1.0	2.2	-3.2	.95	-0.5	-0.5	-7.0	-0.7	0.95	-4.7	1.23	2
2002	23	SDP	NL	-2.5	-0.2	38	-0.6	0.2	-0.8	1.08	-0.2	-0.4	-3.5	-0.4	0.96	-3.4	1.66	5

2004	25	BOS	AL	-12.8	-1.2	83	-1.2	0.7	-1.9	1.07	-1.0	-0.2	-16.4	-1.5	1.01	-13.2	1.28	3
3 Yrs				-20.0	-1.9	308	-2.8	3.0	-5.9	1.00	-1.6	-1.2	-26.9	-2.6	0.97	-21.3	1.46	10

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2001	22	SDP	NL	3	0	43%	57	6	2	75%	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	63%	7	3	4	3	1	2	6	2	4
2002	23	SDP	NL	0	0	63%	15	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	75%	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	3

2004	25	BOS	AL	0	0	46%	23	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	57%	3	2	1	0	0	0	4	1	3
3 Yrs				3	0	46%	95	11	4	73%	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	63%	11	6	5	3	1	2	13	3	10

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
2001	22	SDP	NL	179	100%	32	6	2	2	1	1	1	1.23	4	0	2	4	0	0	4	0	2	1	50%	39	2	5%	15	0	0%	105	8	8%	7	2	29%	6	0	0%	0
2002	23	SDP	NL	33	100%	5	1	0	5	1	0	0	1.66	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	0	0%	3	1	33%	21	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0

2004	25	BOS	AL	79	100%	13	3	0	3	0	0	0	1.28	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	22	1	5%	11	1	9%	55	2	4%	5	2	40%	3	1	33%	0
3 Yrs				291	100%	50	10	2	10	2	1	1	1.46	4	0	8	4	0	0	4	0	4	2	50%	65	3	5%	29	2	7%	181	10	6%	14	4	29%	9	1	11%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			71%			11%			33%			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
2001	22	SDP	NL	179	670	3.74	403	60%	27%	22%	25%	26%	73%	0%	44%	69%	34%	6%	11	0	17%	30	14	9%	16	6	28%	0	0	0
2002	23	SDP	NL	33	110	3.33	66	60%	23%	24%	17%	36%	77%	0%	46%	69%	48%	9%	3	0	12%	4	1	6%	2	1	33%	0	0	0

2004	25	BOS	AL	79	260	3.29	184	71%	27%	20%	21%	32%	73%	0%	52%	73%	32%	0%	0	0	10%	8	3	1%	1	1	15%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				291	1040	3.57	653	63%	27%	22%	23%	29%	73%	0%	46%	70%	35%	5%	14	0	14%	42	18	7%	19	8	25%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	29%	5%			15%			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	SH
2001	22	55	179	153	27	32	6	0	4	12	6	2	25	50	.209	.320	.327	.647	75	50	2	1
2002	23	80	212	182	32	37	8	0	4	12	9	4	28	56	.203	.310	.313	.623	69	57	2	2
2003	24	80	212	182	32	37	8	0	4	12	9	4	28	56	.203	.310	.313	.623	69	57	2	2
2004	25	132	291	261	38	50	10	1	4	14	11	4	28	76	.192	.270	.284	.553	48	74	3	2

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
2001	22	55	181	154	29	33	6	0	4	13	6	26	50	.214	.328	.331	.659	17	55
2002	23	25	33	29	6	5	2	0	0	0	3	3	6	.172	.250	.241	.491	2	25

2004	25	52	77	77	4	11	2	1	0	1	2	0	20	.143	.143	.195	.338	2	52
3 Yrs		132	291	260	39	49	10	1	4	14	11	29	76	.188	.270	.281	.551	21	132
162 Game Avg.		162	357	319	48	60	12	1	5	17	14	36	93	.188	.270	.281	.551	26	132

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