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Michael Cuddyer

Michael Brent Cuddyer (twitter: @mcuddy3)

Positions: Rightfielder, First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: March 27, 1979 in Norfolk, VA
High School: Great Bridge HS (Chesapeake, VA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed August 19, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 23, 2001
Teams (by GP): Twins/Rockies 2001-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 3 yrs/$31.5M (12-14) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 8.157, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Casey Close [*]
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All-Star

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	MIN-min	A	129	572	497	82	137	37	7	12	81	16	7	61	107	.276	.364	.451	.814		224	13	10	0	4	3		FWA · MIDW
1999	20	MIN-min	A+	130	560	466	87	139	24	4	16	82	14	4	76	91	.298	.403	.470	.873		219	20	10	2	6	0		FTM · FLOR
2000	21	MIN-min	AA	138	565	490	72	129	30	8	6	61	5	4	55	93	.263	.351	.394	.745		193	16	12	6	2	2		NBR · EL
2001	22	MIN-min	AA	141	593	509	95	153	36	3	30	87	5	9	75	106	.301	.395	.560	.955		285	6	6	0	3	3		NBR · EL
2001	22	MIN	AL	8	20	18	1	4	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	6	.222	.300	.333	.633	67	6	1	0	0	0	0	/35D
2002	23	MIN-min	AAA	86	372	330	70	102	16	9	20	53	12	7	36	79	.309	.379	.594	.973		196	9	3	0	3	1		EDM · PCL
2002	23	MIN	AL	41	123	112	12	29	7	0	4	13	2	0	8	30	.259	.311	.429	.740	95	48	3	1	1	1	0	95/3D
2003	24	MIN-min	AAA,Rk	55	225	191	26	61	17	0	4	37	5	5	26	49	.319	.396	.471	.867		90	4	2	0	6	2		ROC,TWN · IL,GULF
2003	24	MIN	AL	35	114	102	14	25	1	3	4	8	1	1	12	19	.245	.325	.431	.756	97	44	6	0	0	0	0	9/53D47
2004	25	MIN	AL	115	382	339	49	89	22	1	12	45	5	5	37	74	.263	.339	.440	.779	100	149	8	3	2	1	2	453/97D
2005	26	MIN-min	AAA	3	12	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	.111	.333	.111	.444		1	0	0	0	0	0		ROC · IL
2005	26	MIN	AL	126	470	422	55	111	25	3	12	42	3	4	41	93	.263	.330	.422	.752	97	178	19	3	1	3	5	594/3
2006	27	MIN	AL	150	635	557	102	158	41	5	24	109	6	0	62	130	.284	.362	.504	.867	124	281	11	10	0	6	5	*9/3D7
2007	28	MIN	AL	144	623	547	87	151	28	5	16	81	5	0	64	107	.276	.356	.433	.790	112	237	19	7	0	5	1	*9/3
2008	29	MIN-min	AAA	4	13	10	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.300	.462	.500	.962		5	1	0	0	0	0		ROC · IL
2008	29	MIN	AL	71	279	249	30	62	13	4	3	36	5	1	25	40	.249	.330	.369	.699	89	92	7	5	0	0	4	9/D38
2009	30	MIN	AL	153	650	588	93	162	34	7	32	94	6	1	54	118	.276	.342	.520	.862	125	306	22	6	0	2	3	*93/8D4	MVP-21
2010	31	MIN	AL	157	675	609	93	165	37	5	14	81	7	3	58	93	.271	.336	.417	.753	107	254	26	4	0	4	7	395/84
2011	32	MIN	AL	139	584	529	70	150	29	2	20	70	11	1	48	95	.284	.346	.459	.805	121	243	18	4	0	3	3	934/D1	AS
2012	33	COL	NL	47	181	163	24	44	16	1	5	28	6	1	15	35	.270	.326	.472	.798	102	77	4	0	0	3	0	*9/3
12 Yrs				1186	4736	4235	630	1150	255	36	146	608	58	17	426	840	.272	.342	.452	.794	111	1915	144	43	4	28	30
162 Game Avg.				162	647	578	86	157	35	5	20	83	8	2	58	115	.272	.342	.452	.794	111	262	20	6	1	4	4

MIN (11 yrs)				1139	4555	4072	606	1106	239	35	141	580	52	16	411	805	.272	.343	.451	.794	111	1838	140	43	4	25	30
COL (1 yr)				47	181	163	24	44	16	1	5	28	6	1	15	35	.270	.326	.472	.798	102	77	4	0	0	3	0

AL (11 yrs)				1139	4555	4072	606	1106	239	35	141	580	52	16	411	805	.272	.343	.451	.794	111	1838	140	43	4	25	30
NL (1 yr)				47	181	163	24	44	16	1	5	28	6	1	15	35	.270	.326	.472	.798	102	77	4	0	0	3	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	Awards
2001	22	MIN	AL	8	20	-1	0	-0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.491	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/35D
2002	23	MIN	AL	41	123	-1	1	-0	5	-2	3	0.4	4	7	0.8	.508	.502	0.3	0.3	3	$	95/3D
2003	24	MIN	AL	35	114	-0	-0	-1	-4	-1	-7	-0.6	4	-3	-0.3	.481	.496	0.1	-0.5	1	$302,500	9/53D47
2004	25	MIN	AL	115	382	3	-1	-1	-16	-0	-15	-1.3	13	-2	-0.1	.488	.491	1.3	-1.4	14	$307,500	453/97D
2005	26	MIN	AL	126	470	-3	-1	-3	-5	0	-11	-1.0	16	5	0.4	.491	.493	0.9	-0.4	10	$347,500	594/3
2006	27	MIN	AL	150	635	18	1	2	-11	-7	3	0.4	22	24	2.4	.502	.502	3.4	-1.7	35	$1,300,000	*9/3D7
2007	28	MIN	AL	144	623	13	2	-2	1	-7	8	1.0	21	29	2.8	.506	.505	2.8	-0.5	28	$3,575,000	*9/3
2008	29	MIN	AL	71	279	-1	-1	-0	-2	-4	-8	-0.6	10	2	0.2	.489	.495	0.4	-0.5	4	$5,916,666	9/D38
2009	30	MIN	AL	153	650	20	-2	-1	-7	-8	3	0.4	22	25	2.4	.502	.502	3.1	-1.3	32	$7,666,666	*93/8D4	MVP-21
2010	31	MIN	AL	157	675	5	3	-3	-20	-8	-23	-2.2	23	0	-0.1	.485	.485	2.0	-2.8	20	$9,416,666	395/84
2011	32	MIN	AL	139	584	20	2	-1	-16	-6	-2	-0.1	20	18	1.7	.498	.499	3.4	-2.3	33	$10,500,000	934/D1	AS
2012	33	COL	NL	47	181	2	-0	0	-8	-2	-8	-0.8	5	-3	-0.3	.482	.495	0.5	-1.0	5	$	*9/3
12 Seasons				1186	4736	75	5	-10	-83	-46	-58	-4.5	159	101	9.9	.495	.497	18.1	-12.0	184	$39,332,498

MIN (11 yrs)				1139	4555	73	5	-10	-75	-44	-50	-3.7	154	104	10.2	.496	.497	17.6	-11.0	178	$39,332,498
COL (1 yr)				47	181	2	-0	0	-8	-2	-8	-0.8	5	-3	-0.3	.482	.495	0.5	-1.0	5	$

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	MIN	AL	20	15	2	3.6	108	.333	.222	.268	.300	.336	.333	.431	.633	.766	67	.346	-0.8	-0.1	.600	.278	.111	.0
2002	23	MIN	AL	123	88	15	4.6	105	.316	.259	.264	.311	.332	.429	.425	.740	.757	95	.462	-1.0	-0.1	.686	.259	.170	2.7
2003	24	MIN	AL	114	84	13	4.1	108	.266	.245	.269	.325	.335	.431	.430	.756	.766	97	.412	-1.1	-0.1	.667	.304	.186	1.6
2004	25	MIN	AL	382	266	50	5.0	111	.303	.263	.273	.339	.341	.440	.438	.779	.779	100	.487	-0.1	-0.0	.719	.286	.177	7.1
2005	26	MIN	AL	470	338	54	4.3	107	.309	.263	.270	.330	.334	.422	.429	.752	.763	97	.436	-1.6	-0.2	.662	.254	.159	4.8
2006	27	MIN	AL	635	416	105	6.7	109	.328	.284	.273	.362	.337	.504	.434	.867	.771	124	.614	20.9	1.9	.876	.343	.221	9.6
2007	28	MIN	AL	623	420	85	5.4	103	.315	.276	.265	.356	.332	.433	.414	.790	.746	112	.531	11.1	1.0	.754	.283	.157	7.6
2008	29	MIN	AL	279	195	31	4.2	102	.286	.249	.263	.330	.331	.369	.414	.699	.744	89	.430	-3.8	-0.4	.646	.237	.120	3.8
2009	30	MIN	AL	650	451	99	5.8	106	.295	.276	.265	.342	.334	.520	.425	.862	.759	125	.566	19.3	1.8	.826	.345	.245	10.1
2010	31	MIN	AL	675	477	80	4.5	98	.298	.271	.258	.336	.325	.417	.404	.753	.730	107	.481	5.9	0.6	.677	.248	.146	9.3
2011	32	MIN	AL	584	401	82	5.5	97	.312	.284	.256	.346	.321	.459	.405	.805	.726	121	.578	15.4	1.5	.766	.285	.176	14.2
2012	33	COL	NL	181	127	26	5.5	113	.310	.270	.277	.326	.347	.472	.437	.798	.784	102	.589	0.8	0.1	.782	.325	.202	5.5
12 Yrs				4736	3278	642	5.2	104	.306	.272	.266	.342	.332	.452	.421	.794	.753	111	.527	65.1	6.1	.747	.291	.181	83.0
162 Game Avg.				647	448	88	5.2	104	.306	.272	.266	.342	.332	.452	.421	.794	.753	111	.527	9	1	.747	.291	.181	11

MIN (11 yrs)				4555	3151	616	5.2	104	.306	.272	.265	.343	.331	.451	.420	.794	.751	111	.524	64.3	6.1	.746	.290	.180	76.0
COL (1 yr)				181	127	26	5.5	113	.310	.270	.277	.326	.347	.472	.437	.798	.784	102	.589	0.8	0.1	.782	.325	.202	5.5

AL (11 yrs)				4555	3151	616	5.2	104	.306	.272	.265	.343	.331	.451	.420	.794	.751	111	.524	64.3	6.1	.746	.290	.180	76.0
NL (1 yr)				181	127	26	5.5	113	.310	.270	.277	.326	.347	.472	.437	.798	.784	102	.589	0.8	0.1	.782	.325	.202	5.5

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
2002	23	MIN	AL	ALDS	OAK	W	5	16	13	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.385	.500	.462	.962	6	0	0	0	0	1
2002	23	MIN	AL	ALCS	ANA	L	3	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	1	0	0	0	0	0
2003	24	MIN	AL	ALDS	NYY	L	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
2004	25	MIN	AL	ALDS	NYY	L	4	15	15	1	7	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	.467	.467	.467	.933	7	0	0	0	0	0

2006	27	MIN	AL	ALDS	OAK	L	3	12	12	2	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.667	.917	8	1	0	0	0	0

2009	30	MIN	AL	ALDS	NYY	L	3	14	14	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.429	.429	.429	.857	6	0	0	0	0	0
2010	31	MIN	AL	ALDS	NYY	L	3	11	11	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	.182	.182	.545	.727	6	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs (7 Series)							22	78	74	5	25	2	1	2	8	0	2	4	18	.338	.372	.473	.845	35	1	0	0	0	1
6 ALDS							19	72	69	5	24	2	1	2	8	0	2	3	17	.348	.375	.493	.868	34	1	0	0	0	1
1 ALCS							3	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	1	0	0	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2011	MIN	AL	32		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	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	MIN	AL	20	0.0%	30.0%	10.0%	10.0%	50%	3.00	3.0		18.0	0.50	1.00	60%	42%	0.0%	0%
2002	23	MIN	AL	123	3.3%	24.4%	6.5%	8.9%	38%	3.75	3.7	28.0	8.6	1.03	1.43	64%	23%	12.5%	18%
2003	24	MIN	AL	114	3.5%	16.7%	10.5%	7.0%	32%	1.58	5.4	25.5	12.8	1.02	1.41	69%	17%	11.1%	12%
2004	25	MIN	AL	382	3.1%	19.4%	9.7%	9.2%	39%	2.00	4.6	28.3	7.5	0.63	0.75	66%	19%	8.3%	10%
2005	26	MIN	AL	470	2.6%	19.8%	8.7%	8.5%	36%	2.27	4.5	35.2	10.0	1.10	1.66	68%	17%	8.8%	13%
2006	27	MIN	AL	635	3.8%	20.5%	9.8%	11.0%	44%	2.10	4.3	23.2	5.1	0.82	1.12	64%	17%	11.2%	9%
2007	28	MIN	AL	623	2.6%	17.2%	10.3%	7.9%	33%	1.67	5.1	34.2	6.8	0.85	1.02	69%	17%	7.9%	16%
2008	29	MIN	AL	279	1.1%	14.3%	9.0%	7.2%	32%	1.60	6.2	83.0	6.9	0.85	1.14	74%	20%	3.1%	14%
2009	30	MIN	AL	650	4.9%	18.2%	8.3%	11.2%	45%	2.19	5.0	18.4	6.3	0.82	1.19	68%	15%	15.1%	18%
2010	31	MIN	AL	675	2.1%	13.8%	8.6%	8.3%	34%	1.60	6.5	43.5	7.5	0.99	1.34	75%	18%	6.0%	11%
2011	32	MIN	AL	584	3.4%	16.3%	8.2%	8.7%	34%	1.98	5.6	26.5	7.6	0.96	1.25	71%	15%	10.7%	16%
2012	33	COL	NL	181	2.8%	19.3%	8.3%	12.2%	50%	2.33	4.7	32.6	5.8	0.87	1.19	70%	21%	8.1%	11%
12 Yrs				4736	3.1%	17.7%	9.0%	9.2%	38%	1.97	5.0	29.0	7.0	0.88	1.19	69%	17%	9.3%	14%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.4%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.04	5.1	33.0	7.8	0.79	1.08	70%	20%	7.8%	12%

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	MIN	AL	-0.8	-0.1	21	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.92	-0.1	-0.0	-2.4	-0.2	0.94	-1.9		0
2002	23	MIN	AL	-1.0	-0.1	127	0.5	2.7	-2.3	1.08	0.1	0.4	1.3	0.1	0.98	1.2	0.65	5
2003	24	MIN	AL	-1.1	-0.1	117	-0.6	2.0	-2.6	1.06	-0.1	-0.4	-7.3	-0.7	0.96	-3.2	1.92	8
2004	25	MIN	AL	-0.6	-0.1	400	0.8	7.5	-6.7	.95	0.2	0.6	2.5	0.2	0.92	1.1	1.86	11
2005	26	MIN	AL	-1.6	-0.2	484	-1.2	8.5	-9.7	1.05	-0.3	-0.8	-15.2	-1.4	0.91	-4.8	1.50	2
2006	27	MIN	AL	20.9	1.9	650	2.6	13.2	-10.6	.99	2.2	0.4	27.5	2.5	1.01	22.7	0.54	4
2007	28	MIN	AL	11.1	1.0	636	0.6	11.9	-11.3	1.04	0.4	0.2	10.1	1.0	0.98	6.1		0
2008	29	MIN	AL	-3.8	-0.4	288	0.0	5.3	-5.3	1.13	0.4	-0.3	7.2	0.7	1.02	1.0	0.71	5
2009	30	MIN	AL	18.4	1.7	670	0.7	12.7	-12.1	1.01	1.3	-0.6	6.5	0.6	0.99	15.2	1.48	1
2010	31	MIN	AL	5.9	0.6	698	-0.7	11.5	-12.2	1.00	-0.2	-0.5	2.7	0.3	1.01	4.2	2.47	1
2011	32	MIN	AL	15.4	1.5	600	0.1	10.5	-10.5	1.01	1.0	-0.9	7.1	0.7	1.02	10.5		0
2012	33	COL	NL	0.8	0.1	191	0.4	3.7	-3.3	1.11	0.1	0.2	6.4	0.6	1.00	1.8	4.54	1
12 Yrs				63.7	6.0	4882	3.0	89.9	-86.9	1.03	5.0	-2.0	46.3	4.4	0.99	54.0	1.48	38

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	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	MIN	AL	0	17%	3	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	23	MIN	AL	1	24%	44	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	60%	6	3	3	0	0	0	4	1	3
2003	24	MIN	AL	1	30%	34	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	43%	4	1	3	1	1	0	2	2	0
2004	25	MIN	AL	7	32%	128	5	5	50%	4	5	1	0	4	1	1	8	59%	14	8	6	7	2	5	8	2	6
2005	26	MIN	AL	4	30%	174	3	4	43%	2	3	1	1	0	0	6	6	34%	38	30	6	5	2	3	18	5	12
2006	27	MIN	AL	4	38%	188	6	0	100%	6	0	0	0	1	0	10	16	49%	32	17	13	13	6	6	25	9	15
2007	28	MIN	AL	8	35%	226	5	0	100%	4	0	1	0	1	0	13	18	50%	45	20	24	14	9	4	19	7	11
2008	29	MIN	AL	6	30%	104	5	1	83%	5	1	0	0	1	1	3	7	33%	16	11	5	3	1	2	8	5	2
2009	30	MIN	AL	6	32%	209	6	1	86%	5	1	1	0	3	0	11	20	48%	26	13	12	5	2	3	19	10	9
2010	31	MIN	AL	7	37%	194	7	3	70%	6	2	1	1	1	0	5	26	51%	33	20	13	14	7	7	25	8	17
2011	32	MIN	AL	11	28%	186	11	1	92%	11	0	0	1	1	0	10	6	56%	34	16	17	8	3	5	15	5	10
2012	33	COL	NL	4	35%	67	6	1	86%	5	1	1	0	3	0	3	1	61%	8	4	4	3	0	2	7	2	5
12 Yrs				59	33%	1557	58	17	77%	52	13	6	4	15	2	64	115	49%	256	143	106	73	33	37	150	56	90

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	MIN	AL	20	80%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	2	0	0%	15	1	7%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
2002	23	MIN	AL	123	37%	29	3	0	5	1	0	0	0.65	4	1	5	3	1	2	2	0	1	1	100%	26	3	12%	14	4	29%	77	9	12%	5	2	40%	4	3	75%	0
2003	24	MIN	AL	114	41%	25	0	0	8	4	1	2	1.92	4	0	3	3	1	1	3	0	0	0		21	6	29%	8	2	25%	75	5	7%	7	2	29%	2	0	0%	0
2004	25	MIN	AL	382	37%	89	6	0	11	3	0	2	1.86	12	0	4	8	4	8	4	0	3	2	67%	73	8	11%	33	12	36%	226	33	15%	14	7	50%	14	8	57%	0
2005	26	MIN	AL	470	31%	111	11	0	2	2	0	0	1.50	12	0	16	10	2	8	4	0	3	1	33%	76	19	25%	47	12	26%	273	31	11%	32	10	31%	16	8	50%	0
2006	27	MIN	AL	635	35%	158	9	0	4	1	1	1	0.54	24	2	19	16	8	15	9	0	1	0	0%	130	11	8%	65	20	31%	490	88	18%	47	20	43%	22	11	50%	0
2007	28	MIN	AL	623	29%	151	21	0	0	0	0	0		16	1	19	13	3	8	8	0	0	0		134	19	14%	67	19	28%	442	72	16%	46	25	54%	28	15	54%	0
2008	29	MIN	AL	279	29%	62	8	0	5	2	0	1	0.71	3	0	8	3	0	1	2	0	0	0		57	7	12%	25	7	28%	212	35	17%	17	8	47%	11	7	64%	0
2009	30	MIN	AL	650	28%	162	12	0	1	1	0	1	1.48	32	0	19	17	15	18	14	0	0	0		138	22	16%	69	13	19%	456	65	14%	40	21	53%	27	11	41%	0
2010	31	MIN	AL	675	32%	165	19	0	1	0	0	0	2.47	14	0	20	8	6	7	7	0	0	0		146	26	18%	62	18	29%	501	72	14%	41	18	44%	36	22	61%	0
2011	32	MIN	AL	584	30%	150	13	0	0	0	0	0		20	1	10	10	10	10	10	0	0	0		119	18	15%	57	17	30%	387	56	14%	33	18	55%	18	4	22%	0
2012	33	COL	NL	181	27%	44	2	0	1	1	0	1	4.54	5	1	4	2	3	2	3	0	0	0		36	4	11%	17	4	24%	117	24	21%	12	10	83%	6	4	67%	0
12 Yrs				4736	32%	1150	104	0	38	15	2	8	1.48	146	6	127	93	53	80	66	0	8	4	50%	960	144	15%	466	128	27%	3271	491	15%	296	141	48%	185	93	50%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			11%			33%			15%			51%			56%

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	MIN	AL	20	84	4.20	56	67%	27%	14%	38%	21%	73%	0%	49%	80%	15%	5%	1	0	25%	5	1	10%	2	2	17%	0	0	0
2002	23	MIN	AL	123	479	3.89	300	63%	30%	17%	26%	28%	70%	0%	44%	76%	31%	2%	2	0	9%	11	6	9%	11	5	43%	0	0	0
2003	24	MIN	AL	114	414	3.63	252	61%	30%	15%	23%	33%	70%	0%	43%	79%	25%	2%	2	0	14%	16	7	10%	11	5	16%	0	0	0
2004	25	MIN	AL	384	1441	3.75	891	62%	32%	17%	21%	30%	68%	1%	42%	75%	26%	5%	20	0	15%	56	16	11%	41	15	28%	-2	0	0
2005	26	MIN	AL	471	1791	3.80	1144	64%	32%	15%	24%	29%	68%	2%	44%	77%	27%	5%	23	0	14%	65	15	9%	43	17	32%	-1	0	0
2006	27	MIN	AL	636	2575	4.05	1587	62%	30%	17%	26%	27%	70%	2%	43%	76%	23%	6%	41	4	18%	112	29	11%	72	29	22%	-1	0	0
2007	28	MIN	AL	624	2439	3.91	1549	64%	30%	15%	26%	29%	70%	0%	44%	79%	26%	5%	33	1	17%	106	35	10%	61	13	27%	-1	0	0
2008	29	MIN	AL	280	1057	3.78	652	62%	32%	14%	22%	32%	68%	4%	42%	79%	24%	6%	17	1	19%	53	16	9%	25	8	10%	-1	0	0
2009	30	MIN	AL	651	2525	3.88	1609	64%	29%	15%	27%	29%	71%	1%	45%	79%	23%	8%	50	5	17%	111	35	10%	67	31	19%	-1	0	0
2010	31	MIN	AL	675	2498	3.70	1577	63%	26%	14%	27%	33%	74%	3%	46%	82%	28%	6%	38	5	14%	96	34	8%	53	24	20%	0	0	0
2011	32	MIN	AL	584	2225	3.81	1443	65%	30%	13%	26%	30%	70%	2%	45%	81%	21%	5%	30	3	15%	88	27	9%	51	26	22%	0	0	0
2012	33	COL	NL	181	714	3.94	479	67%	28%	15%	30%	27%	72%	0%	48%	79%	26%	6%	11	0	14%	26	7	8%	15	6	31%	0	0	0
12 Yrs				4743	18242	3.85	11539	63%	30%	15%	26%	30%	70%	2%	44%	79%	25%	6%	268	19	16%	745	228	10%	452	181	24%	-7	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

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
2001	22	8	20	18	1	4	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	6	.222	.300	.333	.633	67	6	1	0	0	0	0
2002	23	49	143	130	13	33	9	0	4	14	3	0	10	36	.254	.310	.415	.725	91	54	4	1	1	1	0
2003	24	84	257	232	27	58	10	3	8	22	4	1	22	55	.250	.316	.422	.739	94	98	10	1	1	1	0
2004	25	199	639	571	76	147	32	4	20	67	9	6	59	129	.257	.330	.433	.763	97	247	18	4	3	2	2
2005	26	325	1109	993	131	258	57	7	32	109	12	10	100	222	.260	.330	.428	.758	97	425	37	7	4	5	7
2006	27	475	1744	1550	233	416	98	12	56	218	18	10	162	352	.268	.342	.455	.797	107	706	48	17	4	11	12
2007	28	619	2367	2097	320	567	126	17	72	299	23	10	226	459	.270	.346	.450	.795	108	943	67	24	4	16	13
2008	29	690	2646	2346	350	629	139	21	75	335	28	11	251	499	.268	.344	.441	.785	106	1035	74	29	4	16	17
2009	30	843	3296	2934	443	791	173	28	107	429	34	12	305	617	.270	.344	.457	.801	110	1341	96	35	4	18	20
2010	31	1000	3971	3543	536	956	210	33	121	510	41	15	363	710	.270	.342	.450	.793	109	1595	122	39	4	22	27
2011	32	1139	4555	4072	606	1106	239	35	141	580	52	16	411	805	.272	.343	.451	.794	111	1838	140	43	4	25	30
2012	33	1186	4736	4235	630	1150	255	36	146	608	58	17	426	840	.272	.342	.452	.794	111	1915	144	43	4	28	30

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	8	20	18	1	4	2	0	0	1	1	2	6	.222	.300	.333	.633	2	8
2002	23	41	123	112	12	29	7	0	4	13	2	8	30	.259	.311	.429	.740	15	41
2003	24	35	114	102	14	25	1	3	4	8	1	12	19	.245	.325	.431	.756	14	35
2004	25	115	376	335	45	85	21	1	11	41	5	35	74	.254	.329	.421	.750	46	115
2005	26	126	467	420	54	109	25	3	12	41	3	40	93	.260	.326	.419	.745	57	126
2006	27	150	631	554	99	155	40	5	24	106	6	61	130	.280	.358	.500	.858	97	150
2007	28	144	624	548	88	152	28	5	16	82	5	64	107	.277	.357	.434	.792	84	144
2008	29	71	280	250	31	63	13	4	3	37	5	25	40	.252	.332	.372	.704	30	71
2009	30	153	650	588	93	162	34	7	32	94	6	54	118	.276	.342	.520	.862	103	153
2010	31	157	686	617	101	173	39	5	15	88	7	61	93	.280	.347	.433	.780	92	157
2011	32	139	593	536	76	157	30	2	21	76	12	50	95	.293	.356	.474	.830	90	139
2012	33	47	177	160	22	41	15	1	5	25	6	14	35	.256	.311	.456	.767	23	47
12 Yrs		1186	4741	4240	636	1155	255	36	147	612	59	426	840	.272	.343	.454	.796	653	1186
162 Game Avg.		162	648	579	87	158	35	5	20	84	8	58	115	.272	.343	.454	.796	89	1186

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 2011 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2009 AL (21, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1497th)	Total Bases s c a p y 2009 AL 306 (9th)	Doubles s c a p y 2006 AL 41 (9th) 2012 NL 16 (2nd) Active 255 (50th)
Triples s c a p y 2009 AL 7 (10th) 2010 AL 5 (9th) Active 36 (33rd)	Home Runs s c a p y 2009 AL 32 (10th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 2006 AL 130 (9th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 2006 AL 70 (10th) 2009 AL 73 (6th) 2012 NL 22 (10th)
Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 2012 NL 3 (4th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 2005 AL 19 (9th) 2009 AL 22 (4th) 2010 AL 26 (2nd) Active 144 (30th)	Outs Made s c a p y 2010 AL 477 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Batting - 10 (1406), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 14 (996), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 16 (988), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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