Michael Cuddyer
Michael Brent Cuddyer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 202 lb.

Born: March 27, 1979 in Norfolk, VA
High School: Great Bridge (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
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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
2001 22 MIN AL 8 20 18 1 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 6 .222 .300 .333 .633 66 6 1 0 0 0 0 /35D
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 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 99 149 8 3 2 1 2 453/97D
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 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 .862 124 306 22 6 0 2 3 *93/8D4 MVP-21
9 Seasons 843 3296 2934 443 791 173 28 107 429 34 12 305 617 .270 .344 .457 .801 110 1341 96 35 4 18 20
162 Game Avg. 162 633 564 85 152 33 5 21 82 7 2 59 119 .270 .344 .457 .801 110 258 18 7 1 3 4

Advanced Batting

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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 3.6 109 .333 .222 .270 .300 .337 .333 .433 .633 .770 66 .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 5.0 112 .303 .263 .274 .339 .342 .440 .440 .779 .782 99 .487 -0.6 -0.1 .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 5.8 107 .295 .276 .266 .342 .335 .520 .427 .862 .762 124 .566 18.4 1.7 .826 .345 .245 10.1
9 Seasons 3296 2273 454 5.3 107 .307 .270 .269 .344 .335 .457 .427 .801 .762 110 .523 41.6 3.8 .757 .299 .187 51.6
162 Game Avg. 633 437 87 5.3 107 .307 .270 .269 .344 .335 .457 .427 .801 .762 110 .523 8 1 .757 .299 .187 10

Postseason Batting

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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
5 Seasons (6 Series) 19 67 63 4 23 1 1 1 6 0 2 4 14 .365 .403 .460 .863 29 1 0 0 0 1
5 ALDS 16 61 58 4 22 1 1 1 6 0 2 3 13 .379 .410 .483 .893 28 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

Ratio Batting*

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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%
9 Seasons 3296 3.3% 18.7% 9.3% 9.3% 39% 2.02 4.8 27.4 6.8 0.85 1.15 68% 17% 9.9% 14%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2001 22 MIN AL 0 0 17% 3 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 23 MIN AL 1 0 24% 44 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 60% 6 3 3 0 0 0 4 1 3
2003 24 MIN AL 1 0 30% 34 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 43% 4 1 3 1 1 0 2 2 0
2004 25 MIN AL 7 0 32% 128 5 5 50% 4 5 1 0 0 0 4 1 1 8 59% 14 8 6 7 2 5 8 2 6
2005 26 MIN AL 4 0 30% 174 3 4 43% 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 6 34% 38 30 6 5 2 3 18 5 12
2006 27 MIN AL 4 0 38% 188 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 16 49% 32 17 13 13 6 6 25 9 15
2007 28 MIN AL 8 0 35% 226 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 18 50% 45 20 24 14 9 4 19 7 11
2008 29 MIN AL 6 0 30% 104 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 7 33% 16 11 5 3 1 2 8 5 2
2009 30 MIN AL 6 0 32% 209 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 11 20 48% 26 13 12 5 2 3 19 10 9
9 Seasons 37 0 33% 1110 34 12 74% 30 10 4 2 0 0 10 2 46 82 46% 181 103 72 48 23 23 103 41 58
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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% 2 0 0% 0
2002 23 MIN AL 123 37% 29 3 0 4 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% 5 4 80% 0
2003 24 MIN AL 114 41% 25 0 0 7 4 1 2 1.93 4 0 3 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 21 6 29% 8 2 25% 75 5 7% 7 2 29% 7 2 29% 0
2004 25 MIN AL 382 37% 89 6 0 10 2 0 2 1.84 12 0 4 8 4 8 4 0 3 2 67% 73 8 11% 33 12 36% 226 33 15% 14 7 50% 24 5 21% 0
2005 26 MIN AL 470 31% 111 11 0 2 2 0 0 1.52 12 0 16 10 2 8 4 0 3 1 33% 76 19 25% 47 12 26% 273 31 11% 32 10 31% 28 10 36% 0
2006 27 MIN AL 635 35% 158 9 0 3 0 0 0 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% 32 12 38% 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% 53 22 42% 0
2008 29 MIN AL 279 29% 62 8 0 3 1 0 1 0.75 3 0 8 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 57 7 12% 25 7 28% 212 35 17% 17 8 47% 20 11 55% 0
2009 30 MIN AL 650 28% 162 12 0 1 1 0 1 1.49 32 0 19 17 15 18 14 0 0 0 138 22 16% 69 13 19% 456 65 14% 40 21 53% 41 17 41% 0
9 Seasons 3296 32% 791 70 0 30 11 1 6 1.43 107 4 93 73 34 61 46 0 8 4 50% 659 96 15% 330 89 27% 2266 339 15% 210 95 45% 212 83 39% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 382 1435 3.76 889 62% 31% 17% 21% 30% 69% 1% 42% 75% 26% 5% 20 0 15% 56 16 11% 41 15 28% 0 0 0
2005 26 MIN AL 470 1790 3.81 1144 64% 32% 15% 24% 29% 68% 2% 44% 77% 27% 5% 23 0 14% 65 15 9% 43 17 32% 0 0 0
2006 27 MIN AL 635 2572 4.05 1585 62% 30% 17% 26% 27% 70% 2% 43% 76% 23% 6% 41 4 18% 112 29 11% 72 29 22% 0 0 0
2007 28 MIN AL 623 2438 3.91 1548 63% 30% 15% 26% 29% 70% 0% 44% 79% 26% 5% 33 1 17% 106 35 10% 61 13 27% 0 0 0
2008 29 MIN AL 279 1054 3.78 650 62% 32% 14% 22% 32% 68% 4% 42% 79% 24% 6% 17 1 19% 53 16 9% 25 8 10% 0 0 0
2009 30 MIN AL 650 2520 3.88 1607 64% 29% 15% 27% 29% 71% 1% 45% 80% 23% 8% 50 5 17% 110 34 10% 67 31 19% 0 0 0
9 Seasons 3296 12786 3.88 8031 63% 30% 16% 25% 29% 70% 2% 44% 78% 25% 6% 189 11 16% 534 159 10% 333 125 24% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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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 66 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

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 41 122 112 12 29 7 0 4 13 2 8 30 .259 .311 .429 .740 15 41
2003 24 35 111 100 13 23 1 3 4 8 1 11 19 .230 .306 .420 .726 12 35
2004 25 115 373 334 45 84 21 1 11 41 5 35 74 .251 .327 .419 .746 45 115
2005 26 126 459 415 53 104 23 3 11 41 3 38 93 .251 .316 .400 .716 52 126
2006 27 150 638 559 99 160 42 5 24 106 6 63 130 .286 .365 .508 .873 102 150
2007 28 144 627 550 88 154 29 5 16 82 5 65 107 .280 .360 .438 .799 86 144
2008 29 71 282 251 30 64 13 4 3 37 5 26 40 .255 .337 .375 .711 31 71
2009 30 153 649 587 95 161 34 7 32 96 6 54 118 .274 .341 .520 .860 102 153
9 Seasons 843 3281 2926 436 783 172 28 105 425 34 302 617 .268 .341 .453 .795 447 843
162 Game Avg. 162 631 562 84 150 33 5 20 82 7 58 119 .268 .341 .453 .795 86 843

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2009 AL (21, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1469th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2009 AL  306 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
2006 AL  41 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
2009 AL  7 (10th)

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)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2005 AL  19 (9th)
2009 AL  22 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 7 (1579), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 9 (1174), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1438), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  2. Fernando Tatis (956)
  3. Rip Repulski (955)
  4. Chet Laabs (948)
  5. George Altman (947)
  6. Ivan Calderon (947)
  7. Wally Judnich (947)
  8. Austin Kearns (946)
  9. Eric Byrnes (945)
  10. Ellis Valentine (944)
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  1. Milton Bradley (966)
  2. Ivan Calderon (962)
  3. Carl Everett (961)
  4. Rip Repulski (958)
  5. Ron Northey (957)
  6. Eric Hinske (954)
  7. Reggie Sanders (953)
  8. Ben Oglivie (950)
  9. Troy O'Leary (950)
  10. Paul O'Neill (948)
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  2. Willy Aybar (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jeffrey Hammonds (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Milton Bradley (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Milton Bradley (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Milton Bradley (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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