Chris Denorfia

Christopher Anthony Denorfia

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 15, 1980 in Bristol, CT
High School: Choate Prep HS (Wallingford, CT)
School: Wheaton College (Wheaton, MA)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 19th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 2005
Teams (by GP): Padres/Reds/Athletics 2005-2012
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$1.17M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.041, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*],
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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
2002	21	CIN-min	Rk,A,AA	63	252	217	40	71	11	3	0	19	18	8	33	27	.327	.413	.406	.818		88	9	0	0	2	0		RDL,DAY,CNG · GULF,MIDW,SOUL
2003	22	CIN-min	A+	128	541	470	60	111	10	5	4	39	20	7	54	106	.236	.317	.304	.621		143	10	3	11	3	0		POT · CARL
2004	23	CIN-min	A+,AA	136	577	490	82	139	28	6	17	78	15	8	78	108	.284	.382	.469	.852		230	4	2	4	3	1		POT,CNG · CARL,SOUL
2005	24	CIN-min	AAA,AA	137	583	511	90	162	29	9	20	87	12	6	58	92	.317	.391	.526	.917		269	8	6	5	3	2		LOU,CNG · IL,SOUL
2005	24	CIN	NL	18	44	38	8	10	3	0	1	2	1	0	6	9	.263	.364	.421	.785	106	16	1	0	0	0	0	8/79
2006	25	CIN-min	AAA	83	353	312	46	109	19	1	7	45	15	1	34	41	.349	.409	.484	.893		151	12	1	1	5	4		LOU · IL
2006	25	CIN	NL	49	120	106	14	30	6	0	1	7	1	1	11	21	.283	.356	.368	.724	84	39	1	1	2	0	1	987

2008	27	OAK-min	AAA,A+	47	213	198	35	60	13	1	2	20	5	5	12	32	.303	.341	.409	.750		81	3	0	2	1	0		SAC,STK · PCL,CALL
2008	27	OAK	AL	29	71	62	10	18	3	0	1	9	2	0	6	16	.290	.362	.387	.749	105	24	3	1	2	0	0	78/D9
2009	28	OAK-min	AAA	107	474	432	62	117	18	5	9	49	15	6	31	52	.271	.317	.398	.715		172	15	1	4	6	0		SAC · PCL
2009	28	OAK	AL	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/8D79
2010	29	SDP-min	AAA	34	134	121	17	37	10	4	2	12	7	1	12	18	.306	.368	.504	.873		61	5	0	1	0	0		POR · PCL
2010	29	SDP	NL	99	317	284	41	77	15	2	9	36	8	4	27	51	.271	.335	.433	.769	114	123	5	2	1	3	3	879
2011	30	SDP-min	AAA,A+	9	26	23	1	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	5	.261	.346	.348	.694		8	0	0	0	0	0		TUC,LEL · PCL,CALL
2011	30	SDP	NL	111	340	307	38	85	13	2	5	19	11	6	28	49	.277	.337	.381	.718	104	117	10	1	2	2	1	978
2012	31	SDP	NL	41	115	104	11	26	7	0	1	6	2	2	12	15	.250	.333	.346	.679	94	36	3	1	2	0	0	*79/8
7 Yrs				351	1009	903	123	246	47	4	18	80	25	13	90	161	.272	.341	.393	.734	103	355	23	6	9	5	5
162 Game Avg.				162	466	417	57	114	22	2	8	37	12	6	42	74	.272	.341	.393	.734	103	164	11	3	4	2	2

SDP (3 yrs)				251	772	695	90	188	35	4	15	61	21	12	67	115	.271	.336	.397	.733	107	276	18	4	5	5	4
OAK (2 yrs)				33	73	64	11	18	3	0	1	10	2	0	6	16	.281	.352	.375	.727	99	24	3	1	2	0	0
CIN (2 yrs)				67	164	144	22	40	9	0	2	9	2	1	17	30	.278	.358	.382	.740	90	55	2	1	2	0	1

NL (5 yrs)				318	936	839	112	228	44	4	17	70	23	13	84	145	.272	.340	.395	.734	103	331	20	5	7	5	5
AL (2 yrs)				33	73	64	11	18	3	0	1	10	2	0	6	16	.281	.352	.375	.727	99	24	3	1	2	0	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
2005	24	CIN	NL	18	44	0	1	0	2	-0	3	0.3	1	4	0.5	.518	.502	0.2	0.2	2	$	8/79
2006	25	CIN	NL	49	120	-3	0	1	4	-1	1	0.1	3	4	0.4	.502	.501	0.0	0.3	0	$327,000	987

2008	27	OAK	AL	29	71	0	-0	0	1	-1	0	0.1	2	3	0.3	.502	.500	0.2	0.0	2	$400,000	78/D9
2009	28	OAK	AL	4	2	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/8D79
2010	29	SDP	NL	99	317	5	-0	1	6	-2	10	1.0	9	18	1.9	.510	.506	1.2	0.4	12	$	879
2011	30	SDP	NL	111	340	2	-2	-1	4	-4	-1	-0.1	9	8	0.8	.499	.499	0.4	0.0	4	$800,000	978
2012	31	SDP	NL	42	115	-1	-0	-0	2	-2	-1	-0.1	3	2	0.2	.496	.499	-0.1	0.1	-0	$	*79/8
7 Seasons				352	1009	4	-1	1	19	-11	12	1.3	28	40	4.1	.503	.501	1.9	1.0	21	$1,527,000

SDP (3 yrs)				252	772	6	-2	-0	12	-8	7	0.8	21	28	2.9	.503	.502	1.5	0.5	16	$800,000
OAK (2 yrs)				33	73	1	-0	0	1	-1	0	0.1	3	3	0.3	.501	.500	0.2	0.0	2	$400,000
CIN (2 yrs)				67	164	-3	1	1	6	-1	4	0.4	4	8	0.9	.506	.501	0.2	0.5	3	$327,000

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
2005	24	CIN	NL	44	29	6	5.5	108	.321	.263	.268	.364	.339	.421	.428	.785	.767	106	.561	0.5	0.0	.793	.342	.158	1.0
2006	25	CIN	NL	120	80	14	4.7	116	.345	.283	.277	.356	.348	.368	.450	.724	.798	84	.462	-2.4	-0.2	.654	.189	.085	1.0

2008	27	OAK	AL	71	49	9	4.9	100	.378	.290	.261	.362	.328	.387	.410	.749	.738	105	.495	0.7	0.1	.702	.226	.097	1.3
2009	28	OAK	AL	2	2	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.265	.000	.334	.000	.426	.000	.759	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2010	29	SDP	NL	317	220	42	5.1	94	.300	.271	.251	.335	.320	.433	.396	.769	.716	114	.549	6.1	0.6	.722	.271	.162	8.5
2011	30	SDP	NL	340	242	38	4.2	92	.314	.277	.251	.337	.317	.381	.391	.718	.708	104	.478	2.2	0.2	.634	.212	.104	6.9
2012	31	SDP	NL	115	85	12	3.8	92	.284	.250	.249	.333	.315	.346	.393	.679	.709	94	.421	-0.3	-0.0	.590	.212	.096	1.3
7 Yrs				1009	707	121	4.6	97	.313	.272	.255	.341	.323	.393	.402	.734	.726	103	.497	6.2	0.6	.668	.234	.121	20.9
162 Game Avg.				466	326	56	4.6	97	.313	.272	.255	.341	.323	.393	.402	.734	.726	103	.497	3	0	.668	.234	.121	10

SDP (3 yrs)				772	547	92	4.5	93	.304	.271	.251	.336	.318	.397	.393	.733	.711	107	.500	8.1	0.8	.663	.236	.127	17.5
OAK (2 yrs)				73	51	9	4.7	100	.362	.281	.261	.352	.328	.375	.410	.727	.738	99	.477	0.1	0.0	.673	.219	.094	1.3
CIN (2 yrs)				164	109	20	4.9	114	.339	.278	.275	.358	.346	.382	.444	.740	.790	90	.489	-1.9	-0.2	.692	.229	.104	2.0

NL (5 yrs)				936	656	112	4.6	97	.309	.272	.255	.340	.323	.395	.402	.734	.725	103	.498	6.1	0.6	.668	.235	.123	19.6
AL (2 yrs)				73	51	9	4.7	100	.362	.281	.261	.352	.328	.375	.410	.727	.738	99	.477	0.1	0.0	.673	.219	.094	1.3

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
2005	24	CIN	NL	44	2.3%	20.5%	13.6%	9.1%	40%	1.50	4.2	38.0	19.0	0.93	1.86	64%	21%	6.7%	0%
2006	25	CIN	NL	120	0.8%	17.5%	9.2%	5.8%	23%	1.91	5.0	106.0	15.1	1.41	1.76	70%	18%	3.2%	9%

2008	27	OAK	AL	71	1.4%	22.5%	8.5%	5.6%	22%	2.67	3.9	62.0	6.9	1.75	3.71	63%	15%	6.3%	0%
2009	28	OAK	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%					2.0			100%	0%
2010	29	SDP	NL	317	2.8%	16.1%	8.5%	8.2%	34%	1.89	5.6	31.6	7.9	1.43	2.18	72%	16%	10.7%	13%
2011	30	SDP	NL	340	1.5%	14.4%	8.2%	5.9%	24%	1.75	6.3	61.4	16.2	1.48	1.88	75%	15%	5.5%	12%
2012	31	SDP	NL	115	0.9%	13.0%	10.4%	7.0%	31%	1.25	6.9	104.0	17.3	1.63	2.42	77%	16%	3.6%	13%
7 Yrs				1009	1.8%	16.0%	8.9%	6.8%	28%	1.79	5.6	50.2	11.3	1.46	2.09	72%	16%	6.8%	10%
MLB Averages					2.6%	17.6%	8.5%	7.8%	34%	2.08	5.0	33.9	7.8	0.80	1.08	70%	19%	7.6%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2005	24	CIN	NL	0.5	0.0	46	-0.1	0.8	-0.9	1.05	0.0	-0.1	-0.7	-0.1	1.02	-0.2	0.68	7
2006	25	CIN	NL	-2.4	-0.2	123	0.1	2.2	-2.0	.99	-0.2	0.4	-2.0	-0.2	0.87	-1.7	0.81	12

2008	27	OAK	AL	0.6	0.0	73	-0.1	1.1	-1.2	.94	-0.2	0.1	-0.5	-0.1	1.09	-1.6	2.44	1
2009	28	OAK	AL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	1.26	0.0	-0.1	0.8	0.1	1.35	0.3		0
2010	29	SDP	NL	6.1	0.6	331	0.2	5.3	-5.1	.98	0.6	-0.4	8.9	0.9	0.95	7.4	1.62	12
2011	30	SDP	NL	2.2	0.2	363	-0.4	5.9	-6.3	1.03	0.1	-0.6	-1.9	-0.2	0.97	-1.0	1.20	22
2012	31	SDP	NL	-0.3	-0.0	122	0.1	2.4	-2.3	1.18	-0.1	0.2	-0.6	-0.1	0.93	-0.7	1.47	8
7 Yrs				6.1	0.6	1060	-0.2	17.7	-17.9	1.02	0.3	-0.5	3.9	0.4	0.96	2.5	1.20	62

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2005	24	CIN	NL	0	0	47%	17	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	60%	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	3
2006	25	CIN	NL	0	0	32%	64	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	46%	6	5	1	2	1	1	5	0	4

2008	27	OAK	AL	0	0	38%	28	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	55%	4	1	2	1	1	0	6	2	4
2009	28	OAK	AL	1	0		2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	29	SDP	NL	3	0	33%	122	8	4	67%	7	4	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	7	38%	16	10	5	4	2	2	4	2	2
2011	30	SDP	NL	3	0	30%	124	11	6	65%	9	6	1	0	1	0	5	4	4	16	33%	21	12	9	3	2	1	12	9	2
2012	31	SDP	NL	0	0	26%	46	2	2	50%	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	60%	2	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	1
7 Yrs				7	0	32%	403	25	13	66%	21	13	3	0	1	0	8	7	8	31	42%	50	31	17	12	6	6	32	14	16

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
2005	24	CIN	NL	44	32%	10	0	0	7	1	1	1	0.68	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		10	1	10%	4	1	25%	32	1	3%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
2006	25	CIN	NL	120	38%	30	3	1	12	5	0	0	0.81	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	100%	13	1	8%	7	2	29%	47	6	13%	3	0	0%	4	1	25%	0

2008	27	OAK	AL	71	44%	18	3	1	1	0	0	1	2.44	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	3	2	67%	22	3	14%	8	4	50%	63	8	13%	5	4	80%	2	2	100%	0
2009	28	OAK	AL	2	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		3	1	33%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
2010	29	SDP	NL	317	39%	77	12	2	12	2	1	3	1.62	9	0	12	9	0	3	6	1	3	1	33%	50	5	10%	22	9	41%	187	28	15%	18	12	67%	18	12	67%	0
2011	30	SDP	NL	340	39%	85	21	3	22	8	0	2	1.20	5	0	4	1	4	1	4	0	4	2	50%	52	10	19%	23	8	35%	157	14	9%	9	5	56%	10	7	70%	0
2012	31	SDP	NL	115	59%	26	5	1	8	3	0	1	1.47	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	100%	18	3	17%	7	3	43%	60	5	8%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
7 Yrs				1009	41%	246	44	8	62	19	2	8	1.20	18	0	24	13	5	6	12	1	14	9	64%	166	23	14%	71	27	38%	549	63	11%	40	23	58%	38	25	66%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			32%			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
2005	24	CIN	NL	44	169	3.84	96	57%	30%	14%	26%	30%	70%	0%	40%	81%	27%	7%	3	0	18%	8	4	7%	3	1	22%	0	0	0
2006	25	CIN	NL	121	482	3.98	296	61%	32%	14%	25%	29%	68%	2%	42%	80%	26%	7%	9	0	18%	22	7	18%	22	15	48%	-1	0	0

2008	27	OAK	AL	71	255	3.59	153	60%	37%	12%	19%	31%	63%	0%	38%	80%	27%	4%	3	0	21%	15	4	13%	9	4	25%	0	0	0
2009	28	OAK	AL	2	7	3.50	6	86%	17%	17%	33%	33%	83%	0%	71%	80%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2010	29	SDP	NL	318	1234	3.88	751	61%	36%	13%	19%	32%	64%	2%	39%	79%	24%	6%	20	0	15%	47	12	11%	36	17	25%	-1	0	0
2011	30	SDP	NL	341	1286	3.77	801	62%	36%	12%	19%	33%	64%	1%	40%	81%	24%	4%	15	0	13%	45	13	10%	34	23	33%	-1	0	0
2012	31	SDP	NL	116	453	3.91	272	60%	38%	11%	18%	32%	62%	0%	37%	82%	19%	2%	2	0	16%	18	7	9%	10	2	21%	-1	0	0
7 Yrs				1013	3886	3.84	2375	61%	35%	13%	20%	32%	65%	1%	40%	80%	24%	5%	52	0	15%	155	47	11%	114	62	30%	-4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.79		63%	28%	15%	27%	31%	72%	2%	45%	80%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

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
2005	24	18	44	38	8	10	3	0	1	2	1	0	6	9	.263	.364	.421	.785	106	16	1	0	0	0	0
2006	25	67	164	144	22	40	9	0	2	9	2	1	17	30	.278	.358	.382	.740	90	55	2	1	2	0	1
2007	26	67	164	144	22	40	9	0	2	9	2	1	17	30	.278	.358	.382	.740	90	55	2	1	2	0	1
2008	27	96	235	206	32	58	12	0	3	18	4	1	23	46	.282	.359	.383	.743	94	79	5	2	4	0	1
2009	28	100	237	208	33	58	12	0	3	19	4	1	23	46	.279	.356	.380	.736	92	79	5	2	4	0	1
2010	29	199	554	492	74	135	27	2	12	55	12	5	50	97	.274	.344	.411	.755	105	202	10	4	5	3	4
2011	30	310	894	799	112	220	40	4	17	74	23	11	78	146	.275	.342	.399	.741	104	319	20	5	7	5	5
2012	31	351	1009	903	123	246	47	4	18	80	25	13	90	161	.272	.341	.393	.734	103	355	23	6	9	5	5

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2005	24	18	44	38	8	10	3	0	1	2	1	6	9	.263	.364	.421	.785	6	18
2006	25	49	117	104	12	28	6	0	1	6	1	10	21	.269	.339	.356	.695	12	49

2008	27	29	72	63	11	19	3	0	1	10	2	6	16	.302	.371	.397	.768	9	29
2009	28	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
2010	29	99	324	289	46	82	16	2	10	40	9	29	51	.284	.350	.457	.807	46	99
2011	30	111	349	314	43	92	14	2	5	22	12	30	49	.293	.354	.398	.753	45	111
2012	31	41	123	107	13	29	8	0	1	7	2	13	15	.271	.355	.374	.729	14	41
7 Yrs		351	1031	917	134	260	50	4	19	88	27	94	161	.284	.352	.409	.761	132	351
162 Game Avg.		162	476	423	62	120	23	2	9	41	12	43	74	.284	.352	.409	.761	61	351

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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