Chris Denorfia    \den-OR-fia\

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 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Padres/Reds/Athletics 2005-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed, 3 yrs/$5.42M (12-14) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 5.041, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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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
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 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 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 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 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 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 130 382 348 56 102 19 6 8 36 13 5 27 52 .293 .345 .451 .796 122 157 9 2 2 3 0 *97/8
2013 32 SDP NL 39 145 133 19 40 8 0 2 14 5 0 11 25 .301 .352 .406 .758 117 54 4 0 0 1 0 *987/D
8 Yrs 479 1421 1280 187 362 67 10 27 124 41 16 116 223 .283 .343 .414 .758 110 530 33 7 9 9 5
162 Game Avg. 162 481 433 63 122 23 3 9 42 14 5 39 75 .283 .343 .414 .758 110 179 11 2 3 3 2
SDP (4 yrs) 379 1184 1072 154 304 55 10 24 105 37 15 93 177 .284 .341 .421 .762 114 451 28 5 5 9 4
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
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
NL (6 yrs) 446 1348 1216 176 344 64 10 26 114 39 16 110 207 .283 .343 .416 .759 111 506 30 6 7 9 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 (v2.2): 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 Awards
2005 24 CIN NL 18 44 0 1 -0 2 0 3 0.3 1 5 0.4 .518 .502 0.2 0.2 3 8/79
2006 25 CIN NL 49 120 -3 0 1 4 -1 1 0.1 4 5 0.5 .502 .501 0.1 0.3 1 $327,000 987
2008 27 OAK AL 29 71 0 -0 0 1 -1 0 0.1 3 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 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 /8D79
2010 29 SDP NL 99 317 5 -0 1 6 -2 10 1.0 10 20 2.0 .511 .507 1.4 0.4 14 879
2011 30 SDP NL 111 340 2 -2 -1 4 -4 -0 -0.1 11 10 1.0 .500 .500 0.5 0.0 6 $800,000 978
2012 31 SDP NL 130 382 10 1 0 4 -5 10 1.1 12 22 2.2 .508 .507 1.7 -0.1 18 $1,165,000 *97/8
2013 32 SDP NL 39 145 5 2 -0 6 -2 11 1.1 5 16 1.6 .531 .507 1.0 0.5 10 $2,000,000 *987/D
8 Seasons 479 1421 20 1 1 27 -14 35 3.7 45 80 8.1 .508 .503 5.1 1.3 53 $4,692,000
SDP (4 yrs) 379 1184 22 0 0 20 -12 30 3.2 37 68 6.8 .509 .505 4.5 0.8 48 $3,965,000
CIN (2 yrs) 67 164 -3 1 1 6 -1 4 0.4 5 10 0.9 .507 .501 0.3 0.5 4 $327,000
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

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 382 265 53 5.3 94 .323 .293 .252 .345 .316 .451 .399 .796 .715 122 .578 10.7 1.1 .746 .259 .158 9.9
2013 32 SDP NL 145 98 19 5.2 91 .355 .301 .247 .352 .312 .406 .390 .758 .702 117 .578 3.4 0.3 .722 .226 .105 2.9
8 Yrs 1421 985 181 4.9 96 .322 .283 .254 .343 .321 .414 .401 .758 .722 110 .534 20.6 2.0 .701 .241 .131 32.6
162 Game Avg. 481 333 61 4.9 96 .322 .283 .254 .343 .321 .414 .401 .758 .722 110 .534 7 1 .701 .241 .131 11
SDP (4 yrs) 1184 825 152 4.9 93 .318 .284 .251 .341 .317 .421 .395 .762 .711 114 .543 22.5 2.2 .704 .244 .137 29.1
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
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
NL (6 yrs) 1348 934 172 4.9 96 .321 .283 .254 .343 .320 .416 .400 .759 .721 111 .536 20.5 2.0 .703 .243 .133 31.2
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 382 2.1% 13.6% 7.1% 8.6% 32% 1.93 6.7 43.5 9.7 1.52 2.29 76% 17% 7.2% 6%
2013 32 SDP NL 145 1.4% 17.2% 7.6% 6.9% 25% 2.27 5.3 66.5 9.5 1.22 1.57 74% 20% 4.4% 8%
8 Yrs 1421 1.9% 15.7% 8.2% 7.3% 29% 1.92 5.7 47.4 10.3 1.44 2.06 73% 17% 6.9% 9%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.9% 8.4% 7.8% 34% 2.13 5.0 33.8 7.9 0.80 1.08 69% 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 1.03 -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 0.7 0.1 73 -0.1 1.1 -1.2 .94 -0.2 0.1 -0.5 -0.0 1.09 -1.5 2.44 1
2009 28 OAK AL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 1.25 0.0 -0.1 0.8 0.1 1.36 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 0.2 -0.6 -1.9 -0.2 0.92 -1.1 1.20 22
2012 31 SDP NL 10.7 1.1 404 -0.1 7.2 -7.3 1.08 0.8 -0.9 6.6 0.7 0.94 8.7 1.30 29
2013 32 SDP NL 3.4 0.3 153 0.7 3.0 -2.3 .97 0.6 0.2 7.0 0.7 0.89 6.9 1.15 3
8 Yrs 20.6 2.0 1495 0.3 25.4 -25.1 1.02 1.8 -1.5 18.2 1.9 0.94 18.8 1.21 86

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2005 24 CIN NL 0 0 47% 17 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 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 0 1 0 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 0 0 0 0
2010 29 SDP NL 3 0 33% 122 8 4 67% 7 4 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 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 0 2 0 2 16 33% 21 12 9 3 2 1 12 9 2
2012 31 SDP NL 3 0 39% 141 13 5 72% 12 5 1 0 0 0 3 3 4 3 1 0 0 5 43% 21 16 5 7 2 5 9 3 6
2013 32 SDP NL 4 0 35% 73 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 60% 6 4 2 1 1 0 8 1 7
8 Yrs 14 0 35% 571 41 16 72% 36 16 4 0 1 0 10 9 12 5 3 2 2 39 43% 75 49 24 18 9 9 48 18 28

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 % DPopp DPs 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 382 52% 102 14 1 29 8 0 4 1.30 8 0 7 4 4 3 5 0 2 2 100% 56 9 16% 23 11 48% 196 29 15% 15 9 60% 8 6 75% 0
2013 32 SDP NL 145 34% 40 4 0 3 1 0 1 1.15 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 25 4 16% 12 2 17% 72 13 18% 7 2 29% 4 2 50% 0
8 Yrs 1421 42% 362 57 8 86 25 2 12 1.21 27 0 31 16 11 9 18 1 14 9 64% 229 33 14% 99 37 37% 757 100 13% 60 33 55% 49 32 65% 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 384 1411 3.67 878 62% 35% 13% 17% 34% 65% 0% 40% 80% 25% 2% 7 0 14% 52 23 9% 35 16 27% -2 0 0
2013 32 SDP NL 146 568 3.89 362 64% 33% 14% 23% 30% 67% 0% 42% 80% 26% 5% 7 0 14% 20 7 10% 15 12 16% -1 0 0
8 Yrs 1427 5412 3.79 3343 62% 35% 13% 20% 32% 65% 1% 40% 80% 25% 4% 64 0 15% 209 70 11% 154 88 28% -6 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 14% 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 31 440 1276 1147 168 322 59 10 25 110 36 16 105 198 .281 .343 .415 .758 110 476 29 7 9 8 5
2013 32 479 1421 1280 187 362 67 10 27 124 41 16 116 223 .283 .343 .414 .758 110 530 33 7 9 9 5

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 31 130 393 357 64 111 21 7 9 41 14 29 52 .311 .363 .485 .848 62 130
2013 32 39 150 137 22 44 9 0 2 16 6 12 25 .321 .373 .431 .804 22 39
8 Yrs 479 1451 1304 207 386 72 11 29 138 45 122 223 .296 .357 .435 .792 202 479
162 Game Avg. 162 491 441 70 131 24 4 10 47 15 41 75 .296 .357 .435 .792 68 479

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

SB % s c a p y
2013 NL  100.00 (1st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1707), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Right Field (227th), 6.8 career WAR/6.8 7yr-peak WAR/6.8 JAWS
Average HOF RF (out of 23) = 70.9 career WAR/42.0 7yr-peak WAR/56.4 JAWS

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