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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2001 MIN AL 22 1B 5 5 40.0 40 37 2 1 4 .975 0.5 15.0 0.5 0.2 0.3 0 8.78 7.80 .992 9.38 8.26
2001 MIN AL 22 3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
2001 MIN AL 22 DH 1
2002 MIN AL 23 OF 25 20 164.1 50 48 1 1 0 .980 3.8 27.7 3.8 1.2 2.7 0 2.68 1.96 .986 2.35 2.05
2002 MIN AL 23 RF 25 20 164.1 49 47 1 1 0 .980 3.8 27.7 3.8 1.2 2.7 0 2.63 1.92 .982 2.12 1.82
2002 MIN AL 23 3B 10 4 57.0 15 5 10 0 2 1.000 0.2 4.2 0.2 0.3 -0.1 0 2.37 1.50 .947 2.68 2.40
2002 MIN AL 23 1B 6 5 38.0 33 28 5 0 0 1.000 0.8 25.3 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 7.82 5.50 .994 9.33 8.02
2002 MIN AL 23 DH 3
2003 MIN AL 24 OF 18 16 140.0 25 24 1 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -3.4 -0.4 2.0 -2.4 0 1.61 1.39 .984 2.35 2.08
2003 MIN AL 24 RF 17 16 139.0 25 24 1 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -3.5 -0.4 2.0 -2.4 0 1.62 1.47 .980 2.11 1.79
2003 MIN AL 24 3B 7 5 52.1 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 0.4 9.2 0.4 -0.1 0.5 0 1.55 1.29 .956 2.67 2.34
2003 MIN AL 24 1B 5 3 27.0 32 30 1 1 2 .969 -2.5 -111.1 -2.5 -2.2 -0.3 0 10.33 6.20 .994 9.53 8.28
2003 MIN AL 24 DH 2
2003 MIN AL 24 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.40
2003 MIN AL 24 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
2004 MIN AL 25 2B 48 40 327.1 170 54 113 3 17 .982 -3.8 -13.9 -1.8 2.4 -4.2 -2 4.59 3.48 .982 4.95 4.35
2004 MIN AL 25 3B 43 36 338.0 91 33 51 7 6 .923 -5.6 -19.9 -5.6 -3.3 -2.3 0 2.24 1.95 .953 2.64 2.34
2004 MIN AL 25 OF 15 8 84.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -4.3 -0.3 0.8 -1.1 0 1.71 1.07 .988 2.30 2.05
2004 MIN AL 25 1B 10 2 35.0 36 34 2 0 3 1.000 1.1 37.7 1.1 0.4 0.7 0 9.26 3.60 .994 9.31 8.01
2004 MIN AL 25 RF 8 5 49.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 7.3 0.3 0.9 -0.6 0 2.39 1.63 .985 2.22 1.92
2004 MIN AL 25 LF 7 3 35.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -20.6 -0.6 -0.1 -0.5 0 0.77 0.43 .967 2.03 1.73
2004 MIN AL 25 DH 4
2005 MIN AL 26 3B 95 92 816.0 260 57 188 15 14 .942 2.7 4.0 2.7 0.0 2.7 0 2.70 2.58 .958 2.76 2.49
2005 MIN AL 26 OF 20 18 159.0 35 35 0 0 0 1.000 2.4 18.1 1.4 -0.4 1.8 1 1.98 1.75 .986 2.30 2.05
2005 MIN AL 26 RF 20 18 159.0 35 35 0 0 0 1.000 2.4 18.1 1.4 -0.4 1.8 1 1.98 1.75 .983 2.12 1.83
2005 MIN AL 26 2B 11 6 55.0 30 12 18 0 7 1.000 0.6 13.1 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 1 4.91 2.73 .983 4.96 4.48
2005 MIN AL 26 1B 8 3 33.0 37 36 1 0 8 1.000 0.7 25.5 0.7 0.1 0.6 0 10.09 4.63 .995 9.60 8.11
2006 MIN AL 27 OF 143 137 1229.1 260 244 11 5 2 .981 -14.3 -14.0 -20.3 -11.6 -8.7 6 1.87 1.78 .986 2.30 1.99
2006 MIN AL 27 RF 142 137 1227.1 260 244 11 5 2 .981 -14.3 -14.0 -20.3 -11.6 -8.7 6 1.87 1.80 .984 2.20 1.85
2006 MIN AL 27 1B 6 6 52.0 51 48 3 0 4 1.000 -0.5 -11.5 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 0 8.83 8.50 .994 9.50 7.98
2006 MIN AL 27 DH 1
2006 MIN AL 27 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.70
2007 MIN AL 28 OF 140 140 1224.1 279 256 19 4 2 .986 -10.4 -10.2 -16.4 -6.8 -9.6 6 2.02 1.96 .987 2.30 2.00
2007 MIN AL 28 RF 140 140 1224.1 279 256 19 4 2 .986 -10.4 -10.2 -16.4 -6.8 -9.6 6 2.02 1.96 .985 2.08 1.77
2007 MIN AL 28 1B 4 4 39.0 34 30 4 0 4 1.000 1.2 36.9 1.2 0.2 1.0 0 7.85 8.50 .994 9.37 7.92
2008 MIN AL 29 OF 58 58 509.2 134 126 7 1 5 .993 0.6 1.4 -3.4 0.3 -3.7 4 2.35 2.29 .986 2.31 2.02
2008 MIN AL 29 RF 58 57 501.2 130 123 6 1 4 .992 0.3 0.7 -3.7 0.3 -4.0 4 2.31 2.22 .985 2.15 1.83
2008 MIN AL 29 DH 5
2008 MIN AL 29 1B 2 2 18.0 24 22 1 1 5 .958 -1.5 -100.0 -1.5 -0.5 -1.0 0 11.50 11.50 .996 9.25 8.00
2008 MIN AL 29 CF 1 1 8.0 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 0.3 45.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 4.50 4.00 1.000 2.70 2.40
2009 MIN AL 30 OF 117 114 1008.2 216 209 5 2 0 .991 -13.5 -16.1 -14.5 -5.5 -9.0 1 1.91 1.83 .987 2.33 2.04 MVP-21
2009 MIN AL 30 RF 117 112 991.2 206 199 5 2 0 .990 -13.5 -16.3 -14.5 -5.5 -9.0 1 1.85 1.74 .982 2.13 1.75 MVP-21
2009 MIN AL 30 1B 34 34 296.0 296 278 14 4 27 .986 -4.6 -18.6 -4.6 -3.2 -1.4 0 8.88 8.59 .994 9.13 8.11 MVP-21
2009 MIN AL 30 CF 3 2 17.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 5.29 3.33 .990 2.75 2.37 MVP-21
2009 MIN AL 30 DH 3 MVP-21
2009 MIN AL 30 2B 1 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 18.00 2.00 1.000 4.50 4.30 MVP-21
8 Seasons OF 536 511 4519.1 1015 958 44 13 9 .987 -32.1 -8.5 -50.1 -20.0 -30.0 18 2.00 1.87 .987 2.31 2.02
8 Seasons RF 527 505 4456.1 997 941 43 13 8 .987 -31.8 -8.6 -49.8 -19.9 -29.8 18 1.99 1.87 .984 2.14 1.80
5 Seasons 3B 157 137 1266.1 375 97 256 22 22 .941 -2.3 -2.2 -2.3 -3.1 0.8 0 2.51 2.25 .956 2.72 2.44
9 Seasons 1B 80 64 578.0 583 543 33 7 57 .988 -4.8 -10.0 -4.8 -5.3 0.5 0 8.97 7.20 .994 9.27 8.09
4 Seasons 2B 61 46 384.1 202 67 132 3 25 .985 -3.2 -10.0 -2.2 2.6 -4.8 -1 4.66 3.26 .982 4.95 4.37
7 Seasons DH 19
3 Seasons LF 9 3 38.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -18.9 -0.6 -0.1 -0.5 0 0.71 0.33 .967 2.04 1.73
2 Seasons CF 4 3 25.0 14 13 1 0 1 1.000 0.3 14.4 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 5.04 3.50 .993 2.74 2.38
9 Seasons TOT 838 758 6748.0 2174 1664 465 45 113 .979 -42.4 -7.5 -59.4 -25.8 -33.5 18 -1 2.84 2.54 .961 3.02 2.71
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2001 MIN AL 22 8 6 8 7 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2002 MIN AL 23 41 29 41 37 0 0 6 0 10 0 0 0 25 25 0 5 2
2003 MIN AL 24 35 25 35 30 0 0 5 1 7 0 1 0 17 18 1 8 1
2004 MIN AL 25 115 90 115 106 0 0 10 48 43 0 7 0 8 15 4 12 3
2005 MIN AL 26 126 119 126 124 0 0 8 11 95 0 0 0 20 20 0 3 2
2006 MIN AL 27 150 144 150 147 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 142 143 1 4 0
2007 MIN AL 28 144 144 144 144 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 140 140 0 0 0
2008 MIN AL 29 71 65 71 60 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 58 58 8 3 0
2009 MIN AL 30 153 151 153 149 0 0 34 1 0 0 0 3 117 117 3 2 0
9 Seasons 843 773 843 804 0 0 80 61 157 0 9 4 527 536 18 37 8
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2002 MIN AL 23 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 8 5 0 4 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 16 8 50.0% 8 0 0.0% 1 687 57% 76% 48% 75 65%
2003 MIN AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 28.6% 5 0 0.0% 1 619 48% 74% 42% 47 53%
2004 MIN AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 219 58% 84% 39% 28 46%
2005 MIN AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 2 2 0 13 9 69.2% 4 0 0.0% 0 652 67% 77% 42% 58 60%
2006 MIN AL 27 5 0 2 3 0 11 0 4 4 3 54 35 2 38 16 1 21 13 1 14 6 1 22 13 1 149 83 55.7% 60 6 4.0% 5 5236 60% 74% 39% 555 46%
2007 MIN AL 28 4 0 2 2 0 19 1 5 6 7 58 33 4 37 16 3 34 20 3 16 5 0 19 10 0 164 84 51.2% 70 10 6.1% 9 5384 53% 75% 40% 568 48%
2008 MIN AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 6 2 3 0 0 26 15 0 15 7 0 10 8 0 6 3 0 13 11 1 70 44 62.9% 25 1 1.4% 5 2218 56% 79% 44% 251 50%
2009 MIN AL 30 2 0 1 1 0 5 0 3 2 0 45 26 2 30 14 0 20 14 0 13 3 0 23 15 0 131 72 55.0% 57 2 1.5% 3 4430 55% 76% 41% 437 47%
8 Seasons 13 0 7 6 1 43 3 16 13 10 197 117 8 129 57 4 95 58 4 53 20 1 82 53 2 556 305 54.9% 232 19 3.4% 24 19445 56% 76% 41% 2019 49%
MLB Averages 48.6% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2001 MIN AL 22 10 50% 30% 10% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 MIN AL 23 259 47% 73% 25% 16 100% 0 5 5 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
2003 MIN AL 24 231 46% 81% 26% 11 82% 0 2 2 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
2004 MIN AL 25 1528 53% 75% 31% 94 80% 1 33 24 3 6 51 41 7 1 2 7 1 4 2 5 6 5 0 5 1 1 0 5 40%
2005 MIN AL 26 3458 55% 80% 36% 261 88% 0 56 38 10 8 189 162 23 0 4 15 0 7 8 10 14 12 1 13 1 1 0 9 89%
5 Seasons 5486 54% 78% 34% 382 86% 1 96 69 13 14 257 217 33 1 6 22 1 11 10 15 22 19 1 20 2 2 0 16 69%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 89% 64%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2001 MIN AL 22 170 49% 71% 27% 10 90% 0 37 3 33 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
2002 MIN AL 23 159 54% 74% 25% 10 100% 0 30 3 27 0 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2003 MIN AL 24 113 50% 85% 32% 8 63% 0 30 4 26 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0%
2004 MIN AL 25 133 44% 74% 30% 9 100% 0 34 1 32 1 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
2005 MIN AL 26 144 55% 80% 34% 7 100% 0 37 3 32 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 2 0
2006 MIN AL 27 243 67% 71% 28% 11 100% 0 48 5 41 2 4 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
2007 MIN AL 28 144 68% 71% 26% 7 100% 0 30 0 30 0 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 100%
2008 MIN AL 29 93 58% 77% 33% 4 75% 0 22 2 20 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
2009 MIN AL 30 1336 53% 77% 29% 58 90% 1 278 22 249 7 19 14 8 3 1 1 4 0 1 3 1 27 0 0 0 23 0 4 1 3 5 40%
9 Seasons 2535 54% 76% 29% 124 91% 1 546 43 490 12 44 30 22 3 1 2 7 0 2 5 3 57 0 0 0 50 0 7 1 6 10 50%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 94% 82%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2003 MIN AL 24 6 100% 50% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 MIN AL 25 1435 49% 75% 31% 136 92% 1 54 23 25 6 113 103 6 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 17 7 2 5 0 14 5 9 2 1 1
2005 MIN AL 26 247 64% 71% 30% 17 94% 0 12 3 6 3 18 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 1 2 1 7 3 4 0 0 0
2009 MIN AL 30 3 67% 100% 33% 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1691 52% 74% 31% 153 92% 1 67 26 32 9 132 120 8 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 25 11 3 7 1 22 8 14 2 1 1
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2003 MIN AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0% 67% 67% 0
2004 MIN AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 143 53% 75% 36% 9 33%
2006 MIN AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 44% 78% 11% 0
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 155 52% 75% 35% 9 33%
MLB Averages 62.5% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 46%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2008 MIN AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 33 27% 79% 52% 5 60%
2009 MIN AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 64 45% 64% 41% 13 77%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 1 97 39% 69% 44% 18 72%
MLB Averages 43.6% 1.9% 56% 74% 39% 53%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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