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José Cruz

Jose Luis Cruz

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 19, 1974 in Arroyo, P.R.
High School: Bellaire (Bellaire, TX)
School: Rice University
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed July 20, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 31, 1997
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Giants/DevilRays/Dodgers/Padres/... 1997-2008
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: June 5, 2008
Relatives: Son of Jose Cruz, Nephew of Hector Cruz and Nephew of Tommy Cruz
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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
1995	21	SEA-min	A+,A-	38	184	155	40	42	7	1	7	31	4	1	27	53	.271	.375	.465	.840		72	1	0	0	2	1	RVS,EVR · CALL,NORW
1996	22	SEA-min	A+,AA,AAA	122	552	460	92	135	28	5	15	89	13	2	84	83	.293	.397	.474	.871		218	14	0	1	7	6	LNR,PTC,TAC · CALL,SOUL,PCL
1997	23	SEA-min	AAA	50	226	190	33	51	16	2	6	30	3	0	34	44	.268	.382	.468	.851		89	4	1	1	0	1	TAC · PCL
1997	23	TOT	AL	104	442	395	59	98	19	1	26	68	7	2	41	117	.248	.315	.499	.814	110	197	5	0	1	5	2	7/8	RoY-2
1997	23	SEA	AL	49	198	183	28	49	12	1	12	34	1	0	13	45	.268	.315	.541	.856	120	99	3	0	1	1	0	7
1997	23	TOR	AL	55	244	212	31	49	7	0	14	34	6	2	28	72	.231	.316	.462	.778	101	98	2	0	0	4	2	7/8
1998	24	TOR-min	AAA	40	174	141	29	42	14	1	7	23	8	4	32	32	.298	.425	.560	.986		79	2	0	0	1	0	SYR · IL
1998	24	TOR	AL	105	413	352	55	89	14	3	11	42	11	4	57	99	.253	.354	.403	.757	97	142	0	0	0	4	3	8/7
1999	25	TOR-min	AAA	31	132	103	17	19	3	1	3	14	5	0	28	20	.184	.356	.320	.676		33	3	0	0	1	3	SYR · IL
1999	25	TOR	AL	106	414	349	63	84	19	3	14	45	14	4	64	91	.241	.358	.433	.791	101	151	6	0	1	0	5	8/7
2000	26	TOR	AL	*162*	681	603	91	146	32	5	31	76	15	5	71	129	.242	.323	.466	.789	95	281	11	2	2	3	3	*8
2001	27	TOR	AL	146	627	577	92	158	38	4	34	88	32	5	45	138	.274	.326	.530	.857	119	306	8	1	2	2	4	*87
2002	28	TOR	AL	124	522	466	64	114	26	5	18	70	7	1	51	106	.245	.317	.438	.754	95	204	8	0	1	4	1	*798/D
2003	29	SFG	NL	158	650	539	90	135	26	1	20	68	5	8	102	121	.250	.366	.414	.779	104	223	14	0	2	7	6	*9/8	GG
2004	30	TBD	AL	153	636	545	76	132	25	8	21	78	11	6	76	117	.242	.333	.433	.766	101	236	6	2	5	8	8	*9/8
2005	31	ARI-min	AAA	1	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000		2	0	0	0	0	0	TUC · PCL
2005	31	TOT	MLB	115	437	370	46	93	24	2	18	50	0	2	66	101	.251	.364	.473	.837	117	175	10	0	0	1	3	98/7
2005	31	TOT	NL	111	424	358	46	90	23	2	18	50	0	2	65	97	.251	.366	.478	.843	119	171	10	0	0	1	3	89/7
2005	31	ARI	NL	64	245	202	23	43	9	0	12	28	0	1	42	54	.213	.347	.436	.783	102	88	6	0	0	1	2	8/97
2005	31	BOS	AL	4	13	12	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.250	.308	.333	.641	69	4	0	0	0	0	0	/9
2005	31	LAD	NL	47	179	156	23	47	14	2	6	22	0	1	23	43	.301	.391	.532	.923	142	83	4	0	0	0	1	9/7
2006	32	LAD	NL	86	273	223	34	52	16	1	5	17	5	1	43	54	.233	.353	.381	.734	88	85	3	0	4	3	2	798
2007	33	NYY-min	AAA	16	71	62	12	17	4	0	1	7	3	0	9	12	.274	.366	.387	.753		24	0	0	0	0	2	SWB · IL
2007	33	SDP	NL	91	293	256	37	60	12	3	6	21	6	1	31	65	.234	.316	.375	.691	86	96	3	0	5	1	1	79/8
2008	34	HOU	NL	38	60	49	6	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	11	9	.122	.283	.143	.426	18	7	0	0	0	0	0	7/89
12 Seasons				1388	5448	4724	713	1167	252	36	204	624	113	39	658	1147	.247	.337	.445	.783	102	2103	74	5	23	38	38
162 Game Avg.				162	636	551	83	136	29	4	24	73	13	5	77	134	.247	.337	.445	.783	102	245	9	1	3	4	4
				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
TOR (6 yrs)				698	2901	2559	396	640	136	20	122	355	85	21	316	635	.250	.331	.462	.793	102	1182	35	3	6	17	18
LAD (2 yrs)				133	452	379	57	99	30	3	11	39	5	2	66	97	.261	.368	.443	.812	110	168	7	0	4	3	3
ARI (1 yr)				64	245	202	23	43	9	0	12	28	0	1	42	54	.213	.347	.436	.783	102	88	6	0	0	1	2
TBD (1 yr)				153	636	545	76	132	25	8	21	78	11	6	76	117	.242	.333	.433	.766	101	236	6	2	5	8	8
SFG (1 yr)				158	650	539	90	135	26	1	20	68	5	8	102	121	.250	.366	.414	.779	104	223	14	0	2	7	6
BOS (1 yr)				4	13	12	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.250	.308	.333	.641	69	4	0	0	0	0	0
SDP (1 yr)				91	293	256	37	60	12	3	6	21	6	1	31	65	.234	.316	.375	.691	86	96	3	0	5	1	1
SEA (1 yr)				49	198	183	28	49	12	1	12	34	1	0	13	45	.268	.315	.541	.856	120	99	3	0	1	1	0
HOU (1 yr)				38	60	49	6	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	11	9	.122	.283	.143	.426	18	7	0	0	0	0	0

AL (8 yrs)				904	3748	3299	500	824	174	29	155	467	97	27	406	801	.250	.331	.461	.792	103	1521	44	5	12	26	26
NL (5 yrs)				484	1700	1425	213	343	78	7	49	157	16	12	252	346	.241	.352	.408	.761	99	582	30	0	11	12	12

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1997	23	SEA	AL	198	4	0	0	0	6	-2	7	15	1.5	9	0.9	0.6	$	7	RoY-2
1997	23	TOR	AL	244	-1	0	0	0	-2	-2	8	3	0.3	5	0.5	-0.2	$150,000	7/8	RoY-2
1998	24	TOR	AL	413	-2	-1	0	1	-1	2	14	14	1.5	14	1.4	0.1	$325,000	8/7
1999	25	TOR	AL	414	0	1	1	2	9	1	15	29	2.8	20	1.9	0.9	$400,000	8/7
2000	26	TOR	AL	681	-9	-1	-2	1	4	3	23	18	1.9	15	1.4	0.5	$395,000	*8
2001	27	TOR	AL	627	13	5	0	0	-22	2	21	19	1.8	41	4.0	-2.2	$2,350,000	*87
2002	28	TOR	AL	522	-2	2	3	1	0	-5	17	16	1.6	16	1.6	0.0	$3,950,000	*798/D
2003	29	SFG	NL	650	8	-2	-1	-1	38	-7	18	53	5.3	15	1.5	3.8	$2,500,000	*9/8	GG
2004	30	TBD	AL	636	0	1	-1	2	18	-7	22	35	3.5	17	1.7	1.8	$2,500,000	*9/8
2005	31	ARI	NL	245	-2	0	-1	-1	-20	0	7	-17	-1.7	3	0.3	-2.0	$4,000,000	8/97
2005	31	BOS	AL	13	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	/9
2005	31	LAD	NL	179	10	0	0	-1	12	-2	5	24	2.5	12	1.3	1.2	$	9/7
2006	32	LAD	NL	273	-3	0	2	0	4	-2	8	10	1.0	5	0.5	0.5	$2,910,000	798
2007	33	SDP	NL	293	-5	1	-1	2	5	-3	8	6	0.6	2	0.2	0.4	$650,000	79/8
2008	34	HOU	NL	60	-5	0	0	0	0	0	2	-4	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$650,000	7/89
12 Seasons				5448	5	6	0	6	50	-22	175	219	22.0	170	16.8	5.2	$20,780,000

TOR (6 yrs)				2901	-1	6	2	5	-12	1	98	99	9.9	111	10.8	-0.9	$7,570,000
LAD (2 yrs)				452	7	0	2	-1	15	-4	13	34	3.5	17	1.8	1.7	$2,910,000
ARI (1 yr)				245	-2	0	-1	-1	-20	0	7	-17	-1.7	3	0.3	-2.0	$4,000,000
TBD (1 yr)				636	0	1	-1	2	18	-7	22	35	3.5	17	1.7	1.8	$2,500,000
SFG (1 yr)				650	8	-2	-1	-1	38	-7	18	53	5.3	15	1.5	3.8	$2,500,000
BOS (1 yr)				13	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$
SDP (1 yr)				293	-5	1	-1	2	5	-3	8	6	0.6	2	0.2	0.4	$650,000
SEA (1 yr)				198	4	0	0	0	6	-2	7	15	1.5	9	0.9	0.6	$
HOU (1 yr)				60	-5	0	0	0	0	0	2	-4	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$650,000

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
1997	23	TOT	AL	442	310	64	5.5	108	.280	.248	.269	.315	.339	.499	.426	.814	.765	110	.531	4.3	0.4	.799	.367	.251	11.0
1997	23	SEA	AL	198	139	31	6.0	107	.291	.268	.269	.315	.338	.541	.425	.856	.763	120	.566	4.4	0.4	.825	.350	.273	1.8
1997	23	TOR	AL	244	171	33	5.2	108	.269	.231	.270	.316	.339	.462	.427	.778	.766	101	.501	-0.1	-0.0	.778	.382	.231	8.4
1998	24	TOR	AL	413	271	56	5.5	110	.317	.253	.272	.354	.340	.403	.432	.757	.773	97	.527	-0.5	-0.0	.772	.332	.151	11.0
1999	25	TOR	AL	414	276	58	5.6	115	.287	.241	.276	.358	.349	.433	.442	.791	.791	101	.517	0.7	0.1	.818	.404	.192	14.0
2000	26	TOR	AL	681	478	92	5.1	118	.258	.242	.280	.323	.353	.466	.450	.789	.804	95	.466	-7.8	-0.7	.770	.358	.224	20.2
2001	27	TOR	AL	627	436	102	6.3	109	.305	.274	.270	.326	.337	.530	.433	.857	.770	119	.596	13.9	1.3	.877	.381	.256	33.0
2002	28	TOR	AL	522	366	67	4.9	109	.277	.245	.269	.317	.337	.438	.432	.754	.769	95	.495	-4.3	-0.4	.723	.315	.193	10.1
2003	29	SFG	NL	650	435	84	5.2	108	.284	.250	.267	.366	.339	.414	.429	.779	.768	104	.522	7.0	0.7	.756	.347	.163	8.0
2004	30	TBD	AL	636	438	83	5.1	106	.267	.242	.266	.333	.333	.433	.427	.766	.760	101	.490	2.1	0.2	.751	.339	.191	14.4
2005	31	TOT	MLB	437	290	64	5.9	109	.298	.251	.270	.364	.340	.473	.429	.837	.769	117	.589	10.4	1.0	.827	.395	.222	.0
2005	31	TOT	NL	424	281	63	6.0	109	.295	.251	.269	.366	.340	.478	.429	.843	.769	119	.596	10.9	1.0	.836	.402	.226	.0
2005	31	ARI	NL	245	167	31	5.0	111	.226	.213	.272	.347	.343	.436	.433	.783	.776	102	.511	0.9	0.1	.777	.426	.223	.0
2005	31	BOS	AL	13	9	1	3.0	108	.375	.250	.273	.308	.336	.333	.433	.641	.769	69	.286	-0.5	-0.1	.556	.167	.083
2005	31	LAD	NL	179	114	32	7.5	106	.383	.301	.266	.391	.336	.532	.424	.923	.760	142	.690	10.0	1.0	.921	.372	.231	.0
2006	32	LAD	NL	273	182	34	5.0	114	.281	.233	.273	.353	.344	.381	.444	.734	.789	88	.492	-2.4	-0.2	.754	.359	.148	5.0
2007	33	SDP	NL	293	206	33	4.3	102	.290	.234	.260	.316	.328	.375	.416	.691	.744	86	.425	-4.4	-0.4	.660	.281	.141	6.0
2008	34	HOU	NL	60	43	3	1.9	106	.150	.122	.265	.283	.336	.143	.423	.426	.759	18	.146	-5.7	-0.5	.419	.245	.020
12 Seasons				5448	3731	740	5.3	110	.282	.247	.270	.337	.340	.445	.433	.783	.773	102	.515	13.2	1.3	.774	.353	.198	145.4
162 Game Avg.				636	435	86	5.3	110	.282	.247	.270	.337	.340	.445	.433	.783	.773	102	.515	2	0	.774	.353	.198	17
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
TOR (6 yrs)				2901	1998	408	5.5	112	.285	.250	.273	.331	.343	.462	.438	.793	.781	102	.520	1.9	0.2	.792	.360	.212	100.2
LAD (2 yrs)				452	296	66	6.0	111	.321	.261	.270	.368	.341	.443	.436	.812	.777	110	.581	7.6	0.7	.820	.364	.182	6.9
ARI (1 yr)				245	167	31	4.9	111	.226	.213	.272	.347	.343	.436	.433	.783	.776	102	.511	0.9	0.1	.777	.426	.223	.0
TBD (1 yr)				636	438	83	5.1	106	.267	.242	.266	.333	.333	.433	.427	.766	.760	101	.490	2.1	0.2	.751	.339	.191	14.4
SFG (1 yr)				650	435	84	5.2	108	.284	.250	.267	.366	.339	.414	.429	.779	.768	104	.522	7.0	0.7	.756	.347	.163	8.0
BOS (1 yr)				13	9	1	3.0	108	.375	.250	.273	.308	.336	.333	.433	.641	.769	69	.285	-0.5	-0.1	.556	.167	.083
SDP (1 yr)				293	206	33	4.3	102	.290	.234	.260	.316	.328	.375	.416	.691	.744	86	.425	-4.4	-0.4	.660	.281	.141	6.0
SEA (1 yr)				198	139	31	6.0	107	.291	.268	.269	.315	.338	.541	.425	.856	.763	120	.566	4.4	0.4	.825	.350	.273	1.8
HOU (1 yr)				60	43	3	1.9	106	.150	.122	.265	.283	.336	.143	.423	.426	.759	18	.147	-5.7	-0.5	.419	.245	.020

AL (8 yrs)				3748	2584	523	5.4	111	.282	.250	.272	.331	.341	.461	.435	.792	.776	103	.517	7.8	0.8	.786	.356	.211	119.3
NL (5 yrs)				1700	1147	217	5.1	108	.282	.241	.268	.352	.338	.408	.429	.761	.767	99	.510	5.4	0.5	.746	.347	.168	24.1

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
2003	29	SFG	NL	NLDS	FLA	L	4	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.000	.154	.000	.154	0	0	0	1	0	1
1 NLDS							4	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.000	.154	.000	.154	0	0	0	1	0	1

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
1997	23	TOT	AL	442	5.9%	26.5%	9.3%	10.4%	47%	2.85	3.4	15.2	5.8	0.67	0.89	58%	18%	18.4%	13%
1997	23	SEA	AL	198	6.1%	22.7%	6.6%	12.6%	51%	3.46	4.1	15.3	5.4	0.58	0.80	64%	17%	16.4%	13%
1997	23	TOR	AL	244	5.7%	29.5%	11.5%	8.6%	43%	2.57	2.9	15.1	6.2	0.76	0.98	53%	19%	20.6%	14%
1998	24	TOR	AL	413	2.7%	24.0%	13.8%	6.8%	32%	1.74	3.6	32.0	8.4	0.67	0.74	60%	19%	8.7%	16%
1999	25	TOR	AL	414	3.4%	22.0%	15.5%	8.7%	43%	1.42	3.8	24.9	7.8	0.77	1.00	59%	18%	11.3%	13%
2000	26	TOR	AL	681	4.6%	18.9%	10.4%	10.0%	47%	1.82	4.7	19.5	7.9	0.74	1.01	65%	24%	14.4%	15%
2001	27	TOR	AL	627	5.4%	22.0%	7.2%	12.1%	48%	3.07	4.2	17.0	6.6	0.72	1.03	65%	25%	17.7%	18%
2002	28	TOR	AL	522	3.5%	20.3%	9.8%	9.4%	43%	2.08	4.4	25.9	6.7	0.60	0.84	66%	26%	9.2%	9%
2003	29	SFG	NL	650	3.1%	18.6%	15.7%	7.2%	35%	1.19	4.5	27.0	7.9	0.70	1.08	62%	20%	9.4%	14%
2004	30	TBD	AL	636	3.3%	18.4%	12.0%	8.5%	41%	1.54	4.7	26.0	7.0	0.55	0.76	65%	17%	8.9%	15%
2005	31	TOT	MLB	437	4.1%	23.1%	15.1%	10.1%	47%	1.53	3.7	20.6	7.4	0.72	1.00	58%	16%	12.9%	10%
2005	31	TOT	NL	424	4.3%	22.9%	15.3%	10.1%	48%	1.49	3.7	19.9	7.2	0.73	1.03	58%	16%	13.1%	9%
2005	31	ARI	NL	245	4.9%	22.0%	17.1%	8.6%	49%	1.29	3.7	16.8	7.2	0.88	1.31	56%	12%	17.4%	12%
2005	31	BOS	AL	13	0.0%	30.8%	7.7%	7.7%	33%	4.00	3.0			0.33	0.25	62%	13%	0.0%	50%
2005	31	LAD	NL	179	3.4%	24.0%	12.9%	12.3%	47%	1.87	3.6	26.0	7.1	0.57	0.71	60%	22%	8.8%	6%
2006	32	LAD	NL	273	1.8%	19.8%	15.8%	8.1%	42%	1.26	4.1	44.6	13.1	0.58	0.65	61%	14%	5.6%	18%
2007	33	SDP	NL	293	2.1%	22.2%	10.6%	7.2%	35%	2.10	3.9	42.7	12.2	0.61	0.90	63%	15%	6.2%	16%
2008	34	HOU	NL	60	0.0%	15.0%	18.3%	1.7%	17%	0.82	5.4		49.0	0.74	0.89	67%	13%	0.0%	22%
12 Seasons				5448	3.7%	21.1%	12.1%	9.0%	42%	1.74	4.1	23.2	7.6	0.67	0.91	63%	20%	11.4%	14%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.9%	8.7%	8.0%	34%	1.93	5.3	31.9	7.5	0.79	1.08	70%	21%	8.0%	13%
				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

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1997	23	TOT	AL	4.3	0.4	455	1.1	8.7	-7.7	.98	1.6	-0.5	5.9	0.5	0.93	12.6	2.85	1
1997	23	SEA	AL	4.4	0.4	200	0.9	4.0	-3.1	.88	1.3	-0.2	7.0	0.6	0.93	10.6	2.85	1
1997	23	TOR	AL	-0.1	-0.0	255	0.2	4.7	-4.5	1.05	0.3	-0.2	-1.1	-0.1	0.93	2.0		0
1998	24	TOR	AL	-0.5	-0.0	427	-0.4	6.5	-6.8	.97	0.2	-0.5	4.9	0.4	0.90	2.0	1.16	1
1999	25	TOR	AL	0.7	0.1	437	0.5	7.5	-7.0	.96	0.6	-0.1	8.6	0.8	0.95	4.1	1.32	2
2000	26	TOR	AL	-7.8	-0.7	707	-0.4	11.2	-11.5	.93	0.1	-0.5	-5.8	-0.5	0.91	-3.8		0
2001	27	TOR	AL	13.9	1.3	672	2.3	13.2	-10.9	1.00	2.5	-0.1	14.1	1.3	0.94	20.3	1.79	4
2002	28	TOR	AL	-4.3	-0.4	532	0.6	8.8	-8.2	.93	-0.0	0.7	7.4	0.7	0.96	4.6	0.56	4
2003	29	SFG	NL	7.0	0.7	672	-0.9	10.5	-11.4	.98	0.6	-1.6	-1.6	-0.2	0.99	8.5	0.04	1
2004	30	TBD	AL	2.1	0.2	661	0.3	11.0	-10.7	1.00	-0.1	0.4	-4.6	-0.4	0.96	-1.5	1.19	2
2005	31	TOT	MLB	10.4	1.0	443	-1.1	7.4	-8.6	1.05	1.0	-2.1	2.2	0.2	0.96	8.7	1.56	8
2005	31	TOT	NL	10.9	1.0	430	-1.1	7.2	-8.3	1.06	1.1	-2.1	3.5	0.3	0.96	9.8	1.56	8
2005	31	ARI	NL	0.9	0.1	247	-0.9	3.7	-4.5	.99	0.3	-1.2	-4.9	-0.5	0.96	1.0	1.48	5
2005	31	BOS	AL	-0.5	-0.1	13	-0.1	0.2	-0.2	.85	-0.1	0.0	-1.2	-0.1	0.95	-1.1		0
2005	31	LAD	NL	10.0	1.0	183	-0.2	3.6	-3.8	1.15	0.8	-1.0	8.4	0.8	0.96	8.8	1.68	3
2006	32	LAD	NL	-2.4	-0.2	279	-1.2	3.2	-4.3	.90	-0.2	-1.1	-2.5	-0.2	0.92	-2.7	0.91	20
2007	33	SDP	NL	-4.4	-0.4	303	0.2	5.0	-4.9	1.00	-0.1	0.2	-1.9	-0.2	0.93	1.9	0.97	24
2008	34	HOU	NL	-5.7	-0.5	60	-0.4	0.7	-1.1	1.07	-0.5	0.1	-5.5	-0.5	0.92	-5.8	0.97	21
12 Seasons				13.3	1.3	5648	0.6	93.7	-93.1	.98	5.7	-5.1	21.3	1.9	0.94	49.0	1.06	88
				BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB

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
1997	23	TOT	AL	4	0	29%	149	7	2	78%	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	33%	23	16	7	7	7	0	9	3	6
1997	23	SEA	AL	1	0	32%	72	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	29%	7	5	2	4	4	0	3	1	2
1997	23	TOR	AL	3	0	27%	77	6	2	75%	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	36%	16	11	5	3	3	0	6	2	4
1998	24	TOR	AL	3	0	33%	144	11	4	73%	11	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	11	45%	26	18	8	12	6	6	15	3	10
1999	25	TOR	AL	4	0	37%	148	14	4	78%	12	4	2	0	0	0	1	1	4	9	30%	27	19	6	12	6	6	14	9	4
2000	26	TOR	AL	6	0	32%	234	15	5	75%	15	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	14	43%	28	21	7	8	3	3	20	6	14
2001	27	TOR	AL	6	0	34%	207	32	5	86%	30	4	2	1	0	0	2	1	2	12	51%	22	15	7	6	3	3	23	5	16
2002	28	TOR	AL	10	0	31%	169	7	1	88%	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	8	46%	24	16	8	12	6	6	14	5	9
2003	29	SFG	NL	7	0	32%	226	5	8	38%	4	6	1	1	0	1	1	1	5	19	36%	32	24	8	16	9	7	21	8	10
2004	30	TBD	AL	5	0	29%	215	11	6	65%	11	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	10	22	33%	26	18	6	6	4	2	20	9	9
2005	31	TOT	MLB	2	0	20%	144	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	10	34%	20	15	4	4	2	2	14	5	7
2005	31	TOT	NL	2	0	20%	139	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	9	36%	19	14	4	4	2	2	13	5	7
2005	31	ARI	NL	1	0	15%	71	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	39%	7	5	2	4	2	2	7	3	3
2005	31	BOS	AL	0	0	0%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2005	31	LAD	NL	1	0	27%	68	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	33%	12	9	2	0	0	0	6	2	4
2006	32	LAD	NL	4	0	32%	103	5	1	83%	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	50%	14	7	7	4	3	1	6	1	4
2007	33	SDP	NL	1	0	37%	108	6	1	86%	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	46%	12	8	4	2	1	1	8	2	5
2008	34	HOU	NL	0	0	35%	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	63%	4	3	1	1	0	1	3	0	3
12 Seasons				52	0	31%	1867	113	39	74%	105	32	8	6	0	1	7	3	42	127	40%	258	180	73	90	50	38	167	56	97
				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

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
1997	23	TOT	AL	442	100%	98	9	3	1	0	0	0	2.85	26	0	10	21	5	11	15	0	5	1	20%	82	5	6%	38	13	34%	287	42	15%	28	12	43%	16	9	56%	0
1997	23	SEA	AL	198	100%	49	5	3	1	0	0	0	2.85	12	0	5	11	1	7	5	0	4	1	25%	35	3	9%	16	5	31%	128	22	17%	9	4	44%	8	6	75%	0
1997	23	TOR	AL	244	100%	49	4	0	0	0	0	0		14	0	5	10	4	4	10	0	1	0	0%	47	2	4%	22	8	36%	159	20	13%	19	8	42%	8	3	38%	0
1998	24	TOR	AL	413	99%	89	28	5	1	0	0	0	1.16	11	0	11	9	2	4	7	0	3	0	0%	60	0	0%	28	13	46%	235	35	15%	20	11	55%	19	12	63%	0
1999	25	TOR	AL	414	99%	84	11	3	2	0	0	0	1.32	14	0	6	12	2	8	6	0	3	1	33%	92	6	7%	41	6	15%	272	33	12%	23	6	26%	23	10	43%	0
2000	26	TOR	AL	681	99%	146	13	2	0	0	0	0		31	0	11	26	5	15	16	0	2	2	100%	116	11	9%	53	14	26%	387	49	13%	26	12	46%	28	18	64%	0
2001	27	TOR	AL	627	100%	158	13	1	4	2	1	1	1.79	34	1	14	26	8	15	19	0	2	2	100%	98	8	8%	44	14	32%	350	55	16%	26	8	31%	26	13	50%	0
2002	28	TOR	AL	522	100%	114	8	2	4	1	1	1	0.56	18	0	11	15	3	11	7	0	2	1	50%	103	8	8%	47	16	34%	349	54	15%	28	17	61%	25	16	64%	0
2003	29	SFG	NL	650	100%	135	10	3	1	1	0	0	0.04	20	0	22	13	7	9	11	0	5	2	40%	128	14	11%	70	28	40%	451	52	12%	46	21	46%	29	20	69%	0
2004	30	TBD	AL	636	99%	132	9	2	2	0	0	0	1.19	21	0	12	15	6	13	8	0	7	5	71%	135	6	4%	76	28	37%	416	57	14%	48	25	52%	19	8	42%	0
2005	31	TOT	MLB	437	100%	93	4	1	8	0	0	0	1.56	18	0	11	15	3	11	7	0	0	0		82	10	12%	40	6	15%	278	32	12%	27	9	33%	22	10	45%	0
2005	31	TOT	NL	424	100%	90	4	1	8	0	0	0	1.56	18	0	11	15	3	11	7	0	0	0		79	10	13%	38	6	16%	271	32	12%	25	9	36%	22	10	45%	0
2005	31	ARI	NL	245	100%	43	1	1	5	0	0	0	1.48	12	0	7	12	0	6	6	0	0	0		44	6	14%	21	6	29%	166	16	10%	14	5	36%	13	7	54%	0
2005	31	BOS	AL	13	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	7	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
2005	31	LAD	NL	179	100%	47	3	0	3	0	0	0	1.68	6	0	4	3	3	5	1	0	0	0		35	4	11%	17	0	0%	105	16	15%	11	4	36%	9	3	33%	0
2006	32	LAD	NL	273	100%	52	5	1	20	5	1	2	0.91	5	0	3	3	2	2	3	0	5	4	80%	47	3	6%	27	12	44%	155	13	8%	11	5	45%	17	7	41%	0
2007	33	SDP	NL	293	100%	60	5	3	24	3	1	1	0.97	6	0	4	4	2	3	3	0	7	5	71%	66	3	5%	31	11	35%	164	15	9%	9	6	67%	13	6	46%	0
2008	34	HOU	NL	60	100%	6	0	0	21	2	0	0	0.97	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	0	0%	3	1	33%	31	1	3%	3	1	33%	0	0		0
12 Seasons				5448	100%	1167	115	26	88	14	4	5	1.06	204	1	118	159	45	102	102	0	41	23	56%	1016	74	7%	498	162	33%	3375	438	13%	295	133	45%	237	129	54%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			70%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%
				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

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
1997	23	TOT	AL	416	1607	3.86	1010	63%	22%	24%	28%	26%	78%	1%	49%	70%	36%	5%	20	1	16%	65	29	11%	46	26	13%	26	1	0
1997	23	SEA	AL	191	667	3.49	428	64%	19%	25%	25%	32%	81%	0%	52%	69%	39%	6%	12	0	17%	32	16	8%	15	11	11%	7	0	0
1997	23	TOR	AL	225	940	4.18	582	62%	25%	23%	30%	23%	75%	1%	46%	70%	33%	4%	8	1	15%	33	13	14%	31	15	13%	19	1	0
1998	24	TOR	AL	413	1564	3.79	915	59%	26%	22%	24%	28%	74%	1%	43%	70%	33%	7%	28	1	17%	72	30	10%	41	20	26%	0	0	0
1999	25	TOR	AL	414	1612	3.89	923	57%	23%	22%	27%	28%	77%	3%	44%	71%	40%	7%	31	0	16%	65	23	12%	49	28	29%	0	0	0
2000	26	TOR	AL	681	2444	3.59	1452	59%	24%	19%	24%	33%	76%	1%	45%	75%	38%	6%	39	0	18%	124	58	10%	70	33	33%	0	0	0
2001	27	TOR	AL	627	2369	3.78	1494	63%	22%	20%	29%	30%	78%	2%	49%	75%	38%	4%	26	3	14%	90	47	8%	50	31	27%	0	0	0
2002	28	TOR	AL	522	1957	3.75	1167	60%	27%	17%	25%	31%	73%	0%	44%	77%	34%	5%	24	1	14%	74	35	11%	57	31	26%	0	0	0
2003	29	SFG	NL	650	2578	3.97	1493	58%	25%	17%	29%	29%	75%	2%	43%	77%	33%	10%	62	3	20%	132	44	14%	89	40	23%	0	0	0
2004	30	TBD	AL	636	2375	3.73	1385	58%	24%	17%	27%	32%	76%	3%	45%	77%	38%	6%	37	1	16%	103	44	12%	79	41	26%	0	0	0
2005	31	TOT	MLB	437	1713	3.92	995	58%	24%	23%	26%	27%	76%	1%	44%	70%	32%	5%	23	2	16%	69	30	11%	49	22	28%	0	0	0
2005	31	TOT	NL	424	1664	3.92	964	58%	24%	23%	26%	27%	76%	1%	44%	70%	32%	5%	23	2	16%	67	28	11%	48	22	28%	0	0	0
2005	31	ARI	NL	245	951	3.88	547	58%	27%	23%	22%	27%	73%	1%	42%	68%	30%	5%	13	2	15%	36	13	12%	29	13	30%	0	0	0
2005	31	BOS	AL	13	49	3.77	31	63%	16%	29%	29%	26%	84%	0%	53%	65%	46%	0%	0	0	15%	2	2	8%	1	0	25%	0	0	0
2005	31	LAD	NL	179	713	3.98	417	58%	21%	22%	29%	27%	79%	1%	46%	72%	35%	6%	10	0	17%	31	15	11%	19	9	26%	0	0	0
2006	32	LAD	NL	273	1088	3.99	627	58%	29%	15%	28%	28%	71%	2%	41%	79%	30%	8%	21	2	17%	47	14	13%	35	17	31%	0	0	0
2007	33	SDP	NL	293	1087	3.71	661	61%	26%	17%	27%	30%	74%	1%	45%	77%	41%	4%	12	0	12%	36	13	12%	35	17	32%	0	0	0
2008	34	HOU	NL	60	224	3.73	128	57%	23%	16%	30%	31%	77%	0%	44%	80%	45%	10%	6	0	17%	10	4	13%	8	3	33%	0	0	0
12 Seasons				5422	20618	3.80	12250	59%	24%	19%	27%	30%	76%	2%	45%	74%	36%	6%	329	14	16%	887	371	11%	608	309	26%	26	1	0
MLB Averages						3.74		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			27%
				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

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
1997	23	104	442	395	59	98	19	1	26	68	7	2	41	117	.248	.315	.499	.814	110	197	5	0	1	5	2
1998	24	209	855	747	114	187	33	4	37	110	18	6	98	216	.250	.334	.454	.788	104	339	5	0	1	9	5
1999	25	315	1269	1096	177	271	52	7	51	155	32	10	162	307	.247	.342	.447	.789	103	490	11	0	2	9	10
2000	26	477	1950	1699	268	417	84	12	82	231	47	15	233	436	.245	.335	.454	.789	100	771	22	2	4	12	13
2001	27	623	2577	2276	360	575	122	16	116	319	79	20	278	574	.253	.333	.473	.806	105	1077	30	3	6	14	17
2002	28	747	3099	2742	424	689	148	21	134	389	86	21	329	680	.251	.330	.467	.797	103	1281	38	3	7	18	18
2003	29	905	3749	3281	514	824	174	22	154	457	91	29	431	801	.251	.336	.458	.795	104	1504	52	3	9	25	24
2004	30	1058	4385	3826	590	956	199	30	175	535	102	35	507	918	.250	.336	.455	.791	103	1740	58	5	14	33	32
2005	31	1173	4822	4196	636	1049	223	32	193	585	102	37	573	1019	.250	.338	.456	.795	105	1915	68	5	14	34	35
2006	32	1259	5095	4419	670	1101	239	33	198	602	107	38	616	1073	.249	.339	.453	.792	104	2000	71	5	18	37	37
2007	33	1350	5388	4675	707	1161	251	36	204	623	113	39	647	1138	.248	.338	.448	.786	103	2096	74	5	23	38	38
2008	34	1388	5448	4724	713	1167	252	36	204	624	113	39	658	1147	.247	.337	.445	.783	102	2103	74	5	23	38	38

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
1997	23	104	438	393	57	96	19	1	25	66	7	40	117	.244	.311	.489	.799	61	104
1998	24	105	408	349	52	86	14	3	11	40	11	55	99	.246	.346	.398	.744	48	105
1999	25	106	404	344	57	79	18	3	13	41	13	60	91	.230	.344	.413	.757	49	106
2000	26	162	661	591	78	134	29	5	28	66	14	65	129	.227	.304	.435	.739	78	162
2001	27	146	619	572	88	153	37	4	33	84	31	44	138	.267	.320	.519	.839	95	146
2002	28	124	515	462	60	110	25	5	17	66	7	49	106	.238	.309	.424	.733	61	124
2003	29	158	644	537	87	133	26	1	20	66	5	100	121	.248	.362	.412	.773	80	158
2004	30	153	628	543	74	130	25	8	21	76	11	75	117	.239	.330	.431	.761	77	153
2005	31	115	435	369	45	92	24	2	18	49	0	65	101	.249	.361	.472	.832	63	115
2006	32	86	265	221	31	50	15	1	5	16	5	41	54	.226	.343	.371	.714	28	86
2007	33	91	291	258	39	62	12	3	6	22	6	32	65	.240	.323	.380	.703	32	91
2008	34	38	60	49	6	6	1	0	0	1	0	11	9	.122	.283	.143	.426	2	38
12 Seasons		1388	5368	4688	674	1131	245	36	197	593	110	637	1147	.241	.330	.435	.765	674	1388
162 Game Avg.		162	627	547	79	132	29	4	23	69	13	74	134	.241	.330	.435	.765	79	1388

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Gold Gloves 2003 NL (OF)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 2003 NL 3.8 (1st) 2004 AL 1.8 (3rd)	Games Played s c a p y 2000 AL 162 (1st) 2003 NL 158 (9th)	Doubles s c a p y 2001 AL 38 (10th)
Triples s c a p y 2004 AL 8 (6th)	Home Runs s c a p y 2001 AL 34 (10th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 2003 NL 102 (7th) 2004 AL 76 (10th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 2000 AL 129 (10th) 2001 AL 138 (7th) Career 1,147 (168th)
Stolen Bases s c a p y 2001 AL 32 (7th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 2001 AL 76 (6th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 2003 NL 7 (7th) 2004 AL 8 (4th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 2001 AL 33.0 (1st) Career 145.4 (188th)
AB per HR s c a p y Career 23.2 (229th)	Outs Made s c a p y 2000 AL 478 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 15 (1179), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 6 (1409), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 17 (909), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Frank Thomas (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Allison (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Allison (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Preston Wilson (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Allison (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Nick Swisher (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Nick Swisher (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Cameron (951) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Cameron (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Cameron (944) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Henderson (932) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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