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Michael Cuddyer

Michael Brent Cuddyer

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 (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
Team: Twins 2001-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 4 yrs/$33.5M (08-11), 3 yrs/$31.5M (12-14) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 8.157, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Casey Close [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 12:03AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #907. Tito Francona… #908. Dave Magadan… #909. Donn Clendenon… #910. MICHAEL CUDDYER… #911. Ron LeFlore… #912. Leon Durham… #913. Steve O'Neill… 

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 /35
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 5/3
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 /534
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
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 54/3
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 */3
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 */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 /3
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 *3/4 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 35/4
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
11 Seasons 1139 4555 4072 606 1106 239 35 141 580 52 16 411 805 .272 .343 .451 .794 111 1838 140 43 4 25 30
162 Game Avg. 162 648 579 86 157 34 5 20 82 7 2 58 114 .272 .343 .451 .794 111 261 20 6 1 4 4

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
2001 22 MIN AL 20 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ /35
2002 23 MIN AL 123 -2 1 0 0 5 -1 4 7 0.7 2 0.2 0.5 $ 5/3
2003 24 MIN AL 114 -1 -1 0 -1 -2 -1 4 -3 -0.3 0 0.0 -0.3 $302,500 /534
2004 25 MIN AL 382 -3 -1 3 -1 -9 0 13 1 0.1 11 1.1 -1.0 $307,500 453
2005 26 MIN AL 470 -3 -1 -1 -3 6 0 16 15 1.5 8 0.8 0.7 $347,500 54/3
2006 27 MIN AL 635 21 0 0 2 -15 -7 21 22 2.1 37 3.6 -1.5 $1,300,000 */3
2007 28 MIN AL 623 12 2 3 -2 -9 -7 20 19 1.9 28 2.8 -0.9 $3,575,000 */3
2008 29 MIN AL 279 -1 -1 2 0 -1 -3 10 5 0.5 7 0.7 -0.2 $5,916,666 /3
2009 30 MIN AL 650 19 -2 0 -1 -18 -8 22 12 1.2 30 2.9 -1.7 $7,666,666 *3/4 MVP-21
2010 31 MIN AL 675 4 4 -0 -3 -8 -8 23 10 1.0 18 1.8 -0.8 $9,416,666 35/4
2011 32 MIN AL 584 15 1 4 -1 -2 -7 20 30 3.0 32 3.2 -0.2 $10,500,000 934/D1 AS
11 Seasons 4555 60 2 10 -11 -53 -42 154 119 11.8 174 17.1 -5.3 $39,332,498

Postseason Batting

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 Seasons (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

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2011 32 MIN AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00 AS
1 Season 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
162 Game Avg. 0 0 0.00 68 0 68 0 0 0 68 136 0 0 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 408 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2011 32 MIN AL 1.0 0 0 1 0 .0 1 0.0 $10,500,000 AS
1 Season 1.0 0 0 1 0 .0 1 0.0 $10,500,000

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2001 MIN AL 22 1B 5 40 37 2 1 4 .975 0 7.80 .993 9.32
2001 MIN AL 22 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70
2001 MIN AL 22 DH 1 1
2002 MIN AL 23 OF 25 49 47 1 1 0 .980 4 1.92 .985 2.32
2002 MIN AL 23 3B 10 15 5 10 0 2 1.000 0 1.50 .951 2.65
2002 MIN AL 23 1B 6 33 28 5 0 0 1.000 1 5.50 .993 9.23
2002 MIN AL 23 RF 25 20 12 164.1 50 48 1 1 0 .980 4 28 2.68 1.96 .982 2.12 2.09
2003 MIN AL 24 OF 18 25 24 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -2 1.39 .985 2.33
2003 MIN AL 24 3B 7 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 0 -1 1.29 .956 2.64
2003 MIN AL 24 1B 5 32 30 1 1 2 .969 -2 -3 6.20 .993 9.46
2003 MIN AL 24 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.90
2003 MIN AL 24 RF 17 16 14 139.0 25 24 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -2 -3 -17 1.62 1.47 .980 2.11 2.09
2003 MIN AL 24 DH 1 1
2003 MIN AL 24 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
2004 MIN AL 25 2B 48 170 54 113 3 17 .982 -4 -4 3.48 .982 4.91
2004 MIN AL 25 3B 43 91 33 51 7 6 .923 -6 -12 1.95 .951 2.62
2004 MIN AL 25 OF 15 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -0 0 1.07 .985 2.28
2004 MIN AL 25 1B 10 36 34 2 0 3 1.000 1 1 3.60 .994 9.25
2004 MIN AL 25 RF 8 5 4 49.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 0 -1 7 -24 2.39 1.63 .983 2.22 2.21
2004 MIN AL 25 LF 7 3 1 35.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 1 -21 34 0.77 0.43 .983 2.03 2.03
2004 MIN AL 25 DH 4 4
2005 MIN AL 26 3B 95 260 56 189 15 14 .942 3 -7 2.58 .957 2.73
2005 MIN AL 26 OF 20 35 35 0 0 0 1.000 2 3 1.75 .986 2.28
2005 MIN AL 26 2B 11 30 12 18 0 7 1.000 1 1 2.73 .983 4.90
2005 MIN AL 26 1B 8 38 37 1 0 8 1.000 1 0 4.75 .994 9.49
2005 MIN AL 26 RF 20 18 16 159.0 35 35 0 0 0 1.000 2 3 18 23 1.98 1.75 .982 2.12 2.10
2006 MIN AL 27 OF 143 260 244 11 5 2 .981 -14 -9 1.78 .986 2.27
2006 MIN AL 27 1B 6 51 48 3 0 4 1.000 -0 -1 8.50 .994 9.40
2006 MIN AL 27 RF 142 137 134 1227.1 260 244 11 5 2 .981 -14 -9 -14 -9 1.87 1.80 .984 2.20 2.17
2006 MIN AL 27 DH 1 1
2006 MIN AL 27 LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.00
2007 MIN AL 28 OF 140 279 256 19 4 2 .986 -10 0 1.96 .987 2.28
2007 MIN AL 28 1B 4 34 30 4 0 4 1.000 1 1 8.50 .995 9.28
2007 MIN AL 28 RF 140 140 137 1224.1 279 256 19 4 2 .986 -10 0 -10 0 2.02 1.96 .985 2.08 2.06
2008 MIN AL 29 OF 58 134 126 7 1 5 .993 1 0 2.29 .986 2.28
2008 MIN AL 29 1B 2 24 22 1 1 5 .958 -2 0 11.50 .994 9.20
2008 MIN AL 29 RF 58 57 55 501.2 130 123 6 1 4 .992 0 0 1 0 2.31 2.22 .985 2.15 2.13
2008 MIN AL 29 DH 5 5
2008 MIN AL 29 CF 1 1 0 8.0 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 45 0 4.50 4.00 .990 2.70 2.70
2009 MIN AL 30 OF 117 216 209 5 2 0 .991 -14 -5 1.83 .987 2.30 MVP-21
2009 MIN AL 30 1B 34 296 278 14 4 27 .986 -5 -1 8.59 .994 9.02 MVP-21
2009 MIN AL 30 2B 1 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 2.00 .985 4.70 MVP-21
2009 MIN AL 30 RF 117 112 107 991.2 206 199 5 2 0 .990 -14 -6 -16 -7 1.85 1.74 .982 2.13 2.10 MVP-21
2009 MIN AL 30 CF 3 2 0 17.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 0 71 5.29 3.33 .992 2.75 2.70 MVP-21
2009 MIN AL 30 DH 3 3 MVP-21
2010 MIN AL 31 1B 84 802 760 39 3 70 .996 -5 -6 9.51 .994 9.23
2010 MIN AL 31 OF 67 125 118 5 2 0 .984 -0 -6 1.84 .986 2.28
2010 MIN AL 31 3B 14 25 3 21 1 1 .960 -3 -1 1.71 .956 2.61
2010 MIN AL 31 2B 1 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 6.00 .983 4.80
2010 MIN AL 31 RF 66 60 56 539.1 124 117 5 2 0 .984 -0 -6 -0 -13 2.04 1.85 .984 2.10 2.08
2010 MIN AL 31 CF 2 1 1 11.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0.82 0.50 .990 2.70 2.70
2011 MIN AL 32 OF 77 73 64 639.1 152 142 6 4 1 .974 2 -4 4 -7 2.08 1.92 .986 2.28 2.26 AS
2011 MIN AL 32 RF 77 73 64 639.1 152 142 6 4 1 .974 2 -4 4 -8 2.08 1.92 .986 2.09 2.07 AS
2011 MIN AL 32 1B 46 41 36 352.2 380 355 23 2 31 .995 -1 1 -3 3 9.65 8.22 .993 9.30 9.24 AS
2011 MIN AL 32 2B 17 17 14 140.0 88 35 52 1 7 .989 -4 -3 -31 -26 5.59 5.12 .984 4.76 4.73 AS
2011 MIN AL 32 DH 8 8 AS
2011 MIN AL 32 P 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60 0 0 0 AS
10 Seasons OF 680 73 64 639.1 1291 1217 55 19 10 .985 -30 -23 -57 -4 2.08 1.87 .986 2.28 2.28
10 Seasons RF 670 638 599 5635.0 1274 1201 54 19 9 .985 -30 -25 -6 -5 2.00 1.87 .984 2.13 2.10
11 Seasons 1B 210 41 36 352.2 1766 1659 95 12 158 .993 -11 -8 -37 -27 9.65 8.35 .994 9.30 9.22
6 Seasons 3B 171 400 99 278 23 23 .943 -5 -21 2.20 .955 2.68
6 Seasons 2B 79 17 14 140.0 296 105 187 4 32 .986 -7 -7 -61 -60 5.59 3.70 .983 4.76 4.87
3 Seasons LF 9 3 1 38.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 1 -19 31 0.71 0.33 .983 2.04 2.03
3 Seasons CF 6 4 1 36.0 15 14 1 0 1 1.000 0 1 10 33 3.75 2.50 .991 2.72 2.70
1 Season P 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60 0 0 0
11 Seasons TOT 1141 131 114 1133.0 3753 3080 615 58 223 .985 -53 -82 -56 -86 4.87 3.24 .986 4.77 3.80 0 0 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (1498th)

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)
2010 AL  5 (9th)
Active  35 (39th)

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)
2010 AL  26 (2nd)
Active  140 (37th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2010 AL  477 (8th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
2005 AL  15 (5th)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  670 (13th)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  1,201 (15th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  54 (8th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  19 (15th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
2007 AL  19 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1Bs c a p y
2010 AL  9.97 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
2010 AL  9.51 (1st)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
2010 AL  .996 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)s c a p y
Active  2.00 (15th)
Career  2.00 (79th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2007 AL  1.96 (5th)
Active  1.87 (15th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  .990 (2nd)
Active  .985 (13th)
Career  .985 (35th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 8 (1522), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 13 (1035), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (984), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Transactions

  • June 3, 1997: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed August 19, 1997.
  • October 30, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 16, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200324Minnesota Twins$302,5004/3/03 AP
200425Minnesota Twins$307,5004/7/04 AP
200526Minnesota Twins$347,500
200627Minnesota Twins$1,300,000
200728Minnesota Twins$3,575,000
200829Minnesota Twins$5,916,666
200930Minnesota Twins$7,666,666
201031Minnesota Twins$9,416,666
201132Minnesota Twins$10,500,000
201233Colorado Rockies$10,500,000
201334Colorado Rockies$10,500,000
201435Colorado Rockies$10,500,0002014 salary may increase by up to $1.5M based on performance
Career to date (may be incomplete)$39,332,498Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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