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Jeff DaVanon

Jeffrey Graham DaVanon

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 8, 1973 in San Diego, CA
High School: Bellaire (Bellaire, TX)
School: San Diego State University
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 26th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1999
Teams (by GP): Angels/Diamondbacks/Athletics 1999-2007
Agents: Mike Nicotera [*]
Final Game: September 30, 2007
Relatives: Son of Jerry DaVanon
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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
1995	21	OAK-min	A-	57	207	167	29	42	6	2	1	17	6	5	34	49	.251	.376	.329	.706		55	1	0	5	1	0	SOR · NORW
1996	22	OAK-min	A	89	342	289	43	70	13	4	2	33	5	7	49	66	.242	.353	.336	.689		97	6	1	2	1	2	WMI · MIDW
1997	23	OAK-min	A+	119	501	408	70	104	17	3	6	38	23	14	81	101	.255	.377	.355	.732		145	7	0	10	2	1	VIS · CALL
1998	24	OAK-min	A+	84	367	301	66	101	17	4	5	60	33	10	59	69	.336	.439	.468	.907		141	4	1	0	6	1	MOD · CALL
1999	25	OAK-ANA-min	AA,AAA	134	595	506	122	171	37	14	17	79	29	14	73	95	.338	.422	.567	.989		287	7	5	5	6	3	MDL,EDM · TL,PCL
1999	25	ANA	AL	7	22	20	4	4	0	1	1	4	0	1	2	7	.200	.273	.450	.723	81	9	0	0	0	0	0	/79D

2001	27	ANA-min	AAA	69	296	256	46	80	19	8	10	48	8	3	32	57	.313	.390	.566	.956		145	4	3	1	4	2	SLK · PCL
2001	27	ANA	AL	40	100	88	7	17	2	1	5	9	1	3	11	29	.193	.280	.409	.689	78	36	1	0	0	1	0	98/D
2002	28	ANA-min	AAA,Rk	30	141	115	26	43	16	2	5	22	7	3	22	26	.374	.471	.678	1.150		78	1	1	1	2	2	SLK,ANG · PCL,ARIZ
2002	28	ANA	AL	16	33	30	3	5	3	0	1	4	1	0	2	6	.167	.219	.367	.585	52	11	0	0	1	0	0	/897D
2003	29	ANA-min	AAA	16	72	60	11	18	4	1	2	14	4	1	9	9	.300	.400	.500	.900		30	1	1	2	0	0	SLK · PCL
2003	29	ANA	AL	123	382	330	56	93	16	1	12	43	17	5	42	59	.282	.360	.445	.805	113	147	6	1	4	5	0	*98/7
2004	30	ANA-min	AAA	3	10	8	4	5	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	.625	.700	1.000	1.700		8	0	0	0	0	0	SLK · PCL
2004	30	ANA	AL	108	337	285	41	79	11	4	7	34	18	3	46	54	.277	.372	.418	.790	109	119	2	0	1	5	2	897D
2005	31	LAA	AL	108	271	225	42	52	10	1	2	15	11	6	39	44	.231	.347	.311	.658	80	70	6	2	3	2	1	D987
2006	32	ARI	NL	87	256	221	38	64	12	4	5	35	10	4	31	42	.290	.371	.448	.819	105	99	6	0	0	4	0	89/7D
2007	33	ARI-OAK-min	A+,AAA	24	104	85	15	28	6	1	2	7	2	6	18	10	.329	.452	.494	.946		42	1	1	0	0	0	VIS,SAC,TUC · CALL,PCL
2007	33	TOT	MLB	39	104	89	14	19	3	1	0	6	1	1	12	27	.213	.308	.270	.577	55	24	3	1	0	2	0	8/97
2007	33	ARI	NL	13	33	26	5	4	2	0	0	1	1	1	5	8	.154	.303	.231	.534	38	6	1	1	0	1	0	/97
2007	33	OAK	AL	26	71	63	9	15	1	1	0	5	0	0	7	19	.238	.310	.286	.596	63	18	2	0	0	1	0	8/79
2008	34	CHW-min	AAA	11	45	38	4	3	0	0	1	3	1	0	6	12	.079	.200	.158	.358		6	1	0	0	1	0	CHR · IL
8 Seasons				528	1505	1288	205	333	57	13	33	150	59	23	185	268	.259	.349	.400	.749	97	515	24	4	9	19	3
162 Game Avg.				162	462	395	63	102	17	4	10	46	18	7	57	82	.259	.349	.400	.749	97	158	7	1	3	6	1

LAA (6 yrs)				402	1145	978	153	250	42	8	28	109	48	18	142	199	.256	.348	.401	.749	99	392	15	3	9	13	3
ARI (2 yrs)				100	289	247	43	68	14	4	5	36	11	5	36	50	.275	.363	.425	.788	98	105	7	1	0	5	0
OAK (1 yr)				26	71	63	9	15	1	1	0	5	0	0	7	19	.238	.310	.286	.596	63	18	2	0	0	1	0

AL (7 yrs)				428	1216	1041	162	265	43	9	28	114	48	18	149	218	.255	.345	.394	.739	97	410	17	3	9	14	3
NL (2 yrs)				100	289	247	43	68	14	4	5	36	11	5	36	50	.275	.363	.425	.788	98	105	7	1	0	5	0

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
1999	25	ANA	AL	22	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/79D

2001	27	ANA	AL	100	-4	-1	0	0	-4	-1	3	-7	-0.6	-3	-0.3	-0.3	$	98/D
2002	28	ANA	AL	33	-2	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$207,500	/897D
2003	29	ANA	AL	382	8	4	0	1	15	-3	13	37	3.7	23	2.3	1.4	$	*98/7
2004	30	ANA	AL	337	8	0	-2	1	-0	-3	12	15	1.4	16	1.6	-0.2	$375,000	897D
2005	31	LAA	AL	271	-3	1	0	1	0	-4	9	4	0.4	4	0.4	0.0	$925,000	D987
2006	32	ARI	NL	256	4	1	0	0	-1	-1	7	10	1.0	11	1.1	-0.1	$525,000	89/7D
2007	33	ARI	NL	33	-2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$1,250,000	/97
2007	33	OAK	AL	71	-4	0	0	0	1	0	2	-1	0.0	-2	-0.2	0.2	$	8/79
8 Seasons				1505	4	5	-2	3	12	-12	49	57	5.8	47	4.7	1.1	$3,282,500

LAA (6 yrs)				1145	6	4	-2	3	11	-11	39	48	4.8	39	3.9	0.9	$1,507,500
ARI (2 yrs)				289	2	1	0	0	-0	-1	8	10	1.0	10	1.0	-0.0	$1,775,000
OAK (1 yr)				71	-4	0	0	0	1	0	2	-1	0.0	-2	-0.2	0.2	$

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	IBB
2004	30	ANA	AL	ALDS	BOS	L	3	12	10	1	2	1	2	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	2	0
2005	31	LAA	AL	ALDS	NYY	W	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0					0
2005	31	LAA	AL	ALCS	CHW	L	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2 Seasons (3 Series)							7	13	11	2	2	1	2	1	.182	.308	.182	.490	2	0
2 ALDS							4	12	10	2	2	1	2	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	2	0
1 ALCS							3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0

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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	Awards
1999	ANA	AL	25	OF	5	4	4	36.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0		3		1.25	1.00	.984	2.30	2.28
1999	ANA	AL	25	LF	3	3	3	26.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1		42		1.38	1.33	.985	2.08	2.03
1999	ANA	AL	25	RF	2	1	1	10.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-1		-96		0.90	0.50	.980	2.07	2.10
1999	ANA	AL	25	DH	1	1
2001	ANA	AL	27	OF	29	22	20	203.0	49	45	3	1	1	.980	-4		-21		2.13	1.66	.984	2.30	2.28
2001	ANA	AL	27	RF	17	13	11	117.0	24	23	1	0	0	1.000	-1		-9		1.85	1.41	.982	2.09	2.07
2001	ANA	AL	27	CF	13	9	9	86.0	25	22	2	1	1	.960	-3		-36		2.51	1.85	.988	2.67	2.65
2001	ANA	AL	27	DH	3	3
2002	ANA	AL	28	OF	10	4	4	50.0	13	13	0	0	0	1.000	-1		-14		2.34	1.30	.985	2.36	2.32
2002	ANA	AL	28	CF	4	1	1	15.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-1		-112		1.20	0.50	.990	2.76	2.75
2002	ANA	AL	28	RF	4	3	3	32.0	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	1		30		2.81	2.50	.982	2.11	2.10
2002	ANA	AL	28	LF	2	0	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0		0		3.00	0.50	.980	2.10	2.15
2002	ANA	AL	28	DH	1	1
2003	ANA	AL	29	OF	115	82	66	792.0	235	229	2	4	0	.983	15	11	22	16	2.62	2.01	.985	2.35	2.33
2003	ANA	AL	29	RF	91	53	51	538.0	142	138	1	3	0	.979	10	10	23	22	2.33	1.53	.980	2.11	2.09
2003	ANA	AL	29	CF	31	25	13	215.0	80	80	0	0	0	1.000	3	-2	18	-11	3.35	2.58	.990	2.78	2.75
2003	ANA	AL	29	LF	8	4	2	39.0	14	12	1	1	0	.929	1	3	34	92	3.00	1.63	.985	2.17	2.14
2004	ANA	AL	30	OF	81	53	40	531.1	145	142	2	1	2	.993	-0	5	-1	11	2.44	1.78	.985	2.30	2.28
2004	ANA	AL	30	CF	39	27	17	247.2	76	75	1	0	1	1.000	-1	1	-4	5	2.76	1.95	.988	2.64	2.62
2004	ANA	AL	30	RF	29	11	10	126.1	26	25	1	0	1	1.000	-2	4	-14	38	1.85	0.90	.983	2.22	2.21
2004	ANA	AL	30	LF	24	15	13	157.1	43	42	0	1	0	.977	2	0	16	0	2.40	1.75	.983	2.04	2.03
2004	ANA	AL	30	DH	17	17
2005	LAA	AL	31	OF	63	33	26	353.0	107	105	1	1	0	.991	0	6	0	20	2.70	1.68	.986	2.30	2.28
2005	LAA	AL	31	DH	26	26
2005	LAA	AL	31	RF	26	12	9	133.2	30	30	0	0	0	1.000	-3	1	-25	9	2.02	1.15	.982	2.12	2.10
2005	LAA	AL	31	CF	24	12	10	130.2	46	45	0	1	0	.978	0	1	3	9	3.10	1.88	.989	2.69	2.66
2005	LAA	AL	31	LF	17	9	7	88.2	31	30	1	0	0	1.000	3	4	35	54	3.15	1.82	.988	2.10	2.08
2006	ARI	NL	32	OF	58	44	37	407.2	94	92	0	2	0	.979	-1	-1	-3	-2	2.03	1.59	.984	2.22	2.20
2006	ARI	NL	32	CF	36	30	24	259.1	63	62	0	1	0	.984	-0	-1	-1	-5	2.15	1.72	.988	2.59	2.57
2006	ARI	NL	32	RF	16	12	11	120.1	23	23	0	0	0	1.000	-1	0	-6	0	1.72	1.44	.980	2.10	2.09
2006	ARI	NL	32	LF	8	2	2	28.0	8	7	0	1	0	.875	-0	0	-4	0	2.25	0.88	.982	1.96	1.95
2006	ARI	NL	32	DH	3	3
2007	TOT	MLB	33	OF	33	20	17	210.2	53	51	1	1	0	.981	2	0	12	0	2.22	1.58	.986	2.30	2.28
2007	TOT	MLB	33	RF	8	5	4	53.0	11	10	0	1	0	.909	2	1	34	22	1.70	1.25	.981	2.17	2.16
2007	TOT	MLB	33	LF	3	1	1	13.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	-0	0	-37	0	3.46	1.67	.984	2.08	2.03
2007	ARI	NL	33	OF	8	5	4	57.0	12	11	0	1	0	.917	1	1	15	21	1.74	1.38	.984	2.31	2.29
2007	ARI	NL	33	RF	7	5	4	52.0	11	10	0	1	0	.909	2	1	35	23	1.73	1.43	.981	2.18	2.17
2007	ARI	NL	33	LF	2	0	0	5.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-1	0	-192	0	1.80	0.50	.980	1.98	2.00
2007	OAK	AL	33	OF	25	15	13	153.2	41	40	1	0	0	1.000	1	-1	11	-7	2.40	1.64	.987	2.30	2.28
2007	OAK	AL	33	CF	23	14	12	144.2	37	36	1	0	0	1.000	1	-1	8	-8	2.30	1.61	.989	2.71	2.68
2007	OAK	AL	33	LF	1	1	1	8.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	60	0	4.50	4.00	.985	2.14	2.10
2007	OAK	AL	33	RF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		0.00	0.00		1.80	2.10
	8 Seasons			OF	394	262	214	2583.2	701	682	9	10	3	.986	12	21	5	10	2.41	1.75	.985	2.30	2.28
	8 Seasons			RF	193	110	100	1130.1	267	260	3	4	1	.985	6	16	6	19	2.09	1.36	.981	2.12	2.11
	7 Seasons			CF	170	118	86	1098.1	329	322	4	3	2	.991	-0	-2	-1	-2	2.67	1.92	.989	2.68	2.65
	7 Seasons			LF	65	34	28	355.0	106	101	2	3	0	.972	6	7	21	25	2.61	1.58	.985	2.07	2.05
	8 Seasons			TOT	394	262	214	2583.2	701	682	9	10	3	.986	12	42	5	21	2.41	1.75	.985	2.30	2.28
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	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.

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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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 2003 AL 1.4 (6th)	Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y 2003 AL 2.33 (2nd)	Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y 2003 AL 15 (5th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2003 AL 1.4 (6th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2003 AL 2.33 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
2003 AL 15 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 8 (1799), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Chris Jones (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Warren Newson (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jacob Brumfield (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Turner Ward (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 26th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1995.
July 29, 1999: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with Elvin Nina (minors) and Nathan Haynes to the Anaheim Angels for Omar Olivares and Randy Velarde.
December 7, 2005: Released by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
February 7, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
August 3, 2007: Released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.
August 11, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.
October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
December 21, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.
March 22, 2008: Released by the San Diego Padres.
April 4, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
November 3, 2008: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2000	26	Anaheim Angels	$200,000

2002	28	Anaheim Angels	$207,500	4/3/02 AP

2004	30	Anaheim Angels	$375,000	4/7/04 AP
2005	31	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	$925,000
2006	32	Arizona Diamondbacks	$525,000
2007	33	Arizona Diamondbacks	$1,250,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$3,482,500

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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