Blake DeWitt

Blake Robert DeWitt

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 20, 1985 in Sikeston, MO
High School: Sikeston HS (Sikeston, MO)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (28th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: March 31, 2008
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Cubs 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$1.1M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.048, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Jim Turner [*]
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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
2004	18	LAD-min	Rk	70	332	299	61	85	19	3	12	47	1	1	28	78	.284	.350	.488	.839		146	6	3	1	1	0		OGD · PION
2005	19	LAD-min	A,A+	128	554	512	65	149	34	3	12	72	0	1	35	82	.291	.339	.439	.779		225	13	4	0	3	0		CBS,VRO · SALL,FLOR
2006	20	LAD-min	A+,AA	132	590	529	67	133	19	1	19	67	8	6	53	100	.251	.320	.399	.719		211	12	3	0	5	1		VRO,JCK · FLOR,SOUL
2007	21	LAD-min	A+,AA	128	548	517	68	151	42	3	14	66	2	4	27	68	.292	.327	.466	.793		241	8	1	1	2	0		SBR,JCK · CALL,SOUL
2008	22	LAD-min	AAA	27	124	111	16	34	4	2	4	18	1	0	10	14	.306	.366	.486	.852		54	4	1	1	1	0		LVG · PCL
2008	22	LAD	NL	117	421	368	45	97	13	2	9	52	3	0	45	68	.264	.344	.383	.728	93	141	6	3	0	5	9	54
2009	23	LAD-min	AAA	92	407	352	64	90	21	9	7	47	2	2	48	44	.256	.349	.426	.775		150	8	4	0	3	2		ABQ · PCL
2009	23	LAD	NL	31	53	49	4	10	3	0	2	4	0	0	3	7	.204	.245	.388	.633	68	19	2	0	0	1	0	5/46
2010	24	TOT	NL	135	496	440	47	115	24	5	5	52	3	2	47	86	.261	.336	.373	.709	92	164	5	4	2	3	8	*4/5
2010	24	LAD	NL	82	292	256	29	69	15	4	1	30	2	2	30	49	.270	.352	.371	.723	99	95	4	3	2	1	4	4
2010	24	CHC	NL	53	204	184	18	46	9	1	4	22	1	0	17	37	.250	.314	.375	.689	82	69	1	1	0	2	4	4/5
2011	25	CHC	NL	121	243	230	21	61	11	4	5	26	1	0	12	31	.265	.305	.413	.718	96	95	6	1	0	0	1	745
2012	26	CHC-min	AAA	4	15	13	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.231	.333	.308	.641		4	0	1	0	0	0		IWA · PCL
2012	26	CHC	NL	18	30	29	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.138	.133	.172	.306	-17	5	1	0	0	1	0	/47
5 Yrs				422	1243	1116	118	287	52	11	21	135	7	2	107	194	.257	.324	.380	.704	90	424	20	8	2	10	18
162 Game Avg.				162	477	428	45	110	20	4	8	52	3	1	41	74	.257	.324	.380	.704	90	163	8	3	1	4	7

LAD (3 yrs)				230	766	673	78	176	31	6	12	86	5	2	78	124	.262	.340	.379	.719	94	255	12	6	2	7	13
CHC (3 yrs)				192	477	443	40	111	21	5	9	49	2	0	29	70	.251	.298	.381	.679	83	169	8	2	0	3	5

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
2008	22	LAD	NL	117	421	-4	1	2	3	2	4	0.3	11	15	1.4	.503	.502	1.2	0.5	12	$390,000	54
2009	23	LAD	NL	31	53	-1	0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.497	.499	0.0	0.0	0	$405,000	5/46
2010	24	LAD	NL	82	292	-2	-0	1	-4	1	-4	-0.4	8	4	0.4	.495	.497	0.8	-0.3	8	$410,000	4
2010	24	CHC	NL	53	204	-6	1	0	-2	1	-6	-0.7	6	-0	-0.1	.488	.496	0.1	-0.1	2	$	4/5
2011	25	CHC	NL	121	243	-1	-1	0	-4	-0	-6	-0.6	7	1	0.1	.495	.496	0.5	-0.4	5	$460,000	745
2012	26	CHC	NL	18	30	-2	0	0	-1	0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.480	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$	/47
5 Seasons				422	1243	-17	1	4	-8	4	-16	-1.8	34	18	1.5	.496	.498	2.4	-0.4	26	$1,665,000

LAD (3 yrs)				230	766	-8	1	3	-1	3	-1	-0.2	21	19	1.8	.499	.500	2.0	0.3	20	$1,205,000
CHC (3 yrs)				192	477	-9	0	1	-7	0	-15	-1.6	13	-2	-0.3	.492	.497	0.4	-0.7	5	$460,000

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
2008	22	LAD	NL	421	282	51	4.8	106	.297	.264	.265	.344	.336	.383	.423	.728	.759	93	.495	-2.8	-0.3	.693	.250	.120	4.5
2009	23	LAD	NL	53	42	4	2.6	102	.195	.204	.260	.245	.332	.388	.413	.633	.745	68	.239	-2.4	-0.2	.537	.245	.184	.0
2010	24	TOT	NL	496	337	58	4.6	102	.313	.261	.261	.336	.331	.373	.412	.709	.742	92	.502	-4.1	-0.4	.651	.220	.111	3.8
2010	24	LAD	NL	292	196	35	4.8	99	.329	.270	.257	.352	.327	.371	.405	.723	.732	99	.519	0.7	0.1	.663	.219	.102	1.3
2010	24	CHC	NL	204	141	23	4.4	106	.290	.250	.266	.314	.337	.375	.420	.689	.757	82	.478	-4.8	-0.5	.633	.223	.125	1.6
2011	25	CHC	NL	243	175	28	4.3	98	.289	.265	.259	.305	.327	.413	.403	.718	.730	96	.486	-2.5	-0.2	.623	.204	.148	1.7
2012	26	CHC	NL	30	27	1	1.0	99	.143	.138	.257	.133	.325	.172	.406	.306	.731	-17	.059	-4.6	-0.5	.192	.034	.034
5 Yrs				1243	863	142	4.4	102	.292	.257	.262	.324	.332	.380	.413	.704	.745	90	.474	-16.4	-1.6	.639	.223	.123	10.5
162 Game Avg.				477	331	55	4.4	102	.292	.257	.262	.324	.332	.380	.413	.704	.745	90	.474	-16.4	-1.6	.639	.223	.123	4

LAD (3 yrs)				766	520	90	4.6	103	.301	.262	.262	.340	.332	.379	.415	.719	.748	94	.487	-4.5	-0.4	.669	.238	.117	7.1
CHC (3 yrs)				477	343	52	4.1	101	.278	.251	.262	.298	.331	.381	.410	.679	.741	83	.453	-11.9	-1.2	.594	.201	.131	3.3

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	SF
2008	22	LAD	NL	NLDS	CHC	W	3	11	11	2	3	2	0	1	0	2	.273	.273	.455	.727	5	0	0
2008	22	LAD	NL	NLCS	PHI	L	5	15	13	0	1	0	1	5	1	4	.077	.133	.231	.364	3	3	1
1 Yr (2 Series)							8	26	24	2	4	2	1	6	1	6	.167	.192	.333	.526	8	3	1
1 NLDS							3	11	11	2	3	2	0	1	0	2	.273	.273	.455	.727	5	0	0
1 NLCS							5	15	13	0	1	0	1	5	1	4	.077	.133	.231	.364	3	3	1

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
2008	22	LAD	NL	421	2.1%	16.2%	10.7%	5.7%	25%	1.51	5.4	40.9	7.1	0.96	1.21	70%	16%	6.4%	10%
2009	23	LAD	NL	53	3.8%	13.2%	5.7%	9.4%	50%	2.33	7.0	24.5	12.3	0.95	1.20	77%	7%	11.8%	23%
2010	24	TOT	NL	496	1.0%	17.3%	9.5%	6.9%	30%	1.83	5.1	88.0	8.5	0.86	1.08	71%	21%	3.2%	18%
2010	24	LAD	NL	292	0.3%	16.8%	10.3%	6.9%	29%	1.63	5.2	256.0	8.5	0.89	1.16	71%	20%	1.1%	17%
2010	24	CHC	NL	204	2.0%	18.1%	8.3%	6.9%	30%	2.18	5.0	46.0	8.4	0.82	0.98	71%	21%	6.1%	20%
2011	25	CHC	NL	243	2.1%	12.8%	4.9%	8.2%	33%	2.58	7.4	46.0	8.8	0.81	1.00	80%	20%	5.7%	20%
2012	26	CHC	NL	30	0.0%	6.7%	0.0%	3.3%	25%		14.5		29.0	1.15	1.20	93%	11%	0.0%	8%
5 Yrs				1243	1.7%	15.6%	8.6%	6.8%	29%	1.81	5.8	53.1	8.3	0.89	1.11	73%	18%	5.1%	16%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.2%	8.5%	7.7%	33%	2.14	4.9	34.8	8.0	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2008	22	LAD	NL	-2.8	-0.3	432	0.3	7.2	-6.9	1.01	0.3	-0.1	10.0	1.0	0.96	3.0	1.93	7
2009	23	LAD	NL	-2.4	-0.2	54	-0.3	0.5	-0.7	.81	-0.1	-0.2	-4.8	-0.5	0.94	-0.9	0.81	18
2010	24	TOT	NL	-4.1	-0.4	509	-0.3	7.1	-7.4	.88	-0.4	0.1	5.2	0.5	0.93	-2.5	0.78	9
2010	24	LAD	NL	0.7	0.1	301	-0.3	4.2	-4.6	.91	0.0	-0.4	2.9	0.3	0.99	-0.4	1.15	5
2010	24	CHC	NL	-4.8	-0.5	208	0.0	2.8	-2.8	.82	-0.4	0.5	2.3	0.2	0.86	-2.1	0.32	4
2011	25	CHC	NL	-2.8	-0.3	247	-1.0	3.9	-4.9	1.08	0.2	-1.2	0.2	0.0	1.02	1.4	1.27	64
2012	26	CHC	NL	-4.6	-0.5	30	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.90	-0.2	0.1	-1.5	-0.2	0.94	-2.7	1.05	12
5 Yrs				-16.8	-1.7	1272	-1.4	18.9	-20.3	.96	-0.2	-1.3	9.2	0.9	0.96	-1.6	1.17	110

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2008	22	LAD	NL	4	27%	172	3	0	100%	2	0	1	2	3	12	39%	18	14	3	7	4	2	14	4	10
2009	23	LAD	NL	2	18%	23	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	25%	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
2010	24	TOT	NL	1	26%	204	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	5	12	50%	27	14	12	4	2	1	13	3	9
2010	24	LAD	NL	0	28%	129	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	4	10	52%	16	9	6	2	1	1	11	2	8
2010	24	CHC	NL	1	23%	75	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	1	2	47%	11	5	6	2	1	0	2	1	1
2011	25	CHC	NL	3	23%	98	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	2	4	28%	9	9	0	1	1	0	8	3	5
2012	26	CHC	NL	3	25%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				13	26%	503	7	2	78%	6	2	1	2	10	29	41%	58	41	15	13	7	4	35	10	24

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
2008	22	LAD	NL	421	76%	97	11	0	7	3	0	2	1.93	9	0	11	6	3	5	4	1	0	0		74	6	8%	39	18	46%	261	43	16%	19	10	53%	18	11	61%	0
2009	23	LAD	NL	53	91%	10	3	0	18	5	2	2	0.81	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		14	2	14%	10	3	30%	33	2	6%	4	2	50%	4	1	25%	0
2010	24	TOT	NL	496	83%	115	11	0	9	1	0	1	0.78	5	0	13	4	1	4	1	0	2	2	100%	82	5	6%	37	14	38%	279	48	17%	29	16	55%	15	12	80%	0
2010	24	LAD	NL	292	84%	69	8	0	5	0	0	0	1.15	1	0	11	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	100%	62	4	6%	24	8	33%	190	29	15%	20	10	50%	10	7	70%	0
2010	24	CHC	NL	204	82%	46	3	0	4	1	0	1	0.32	4	0	2	3	1	3	1	0	0	0		20	1	5%	13	6	46%	89	19	21%	9	6	67%	5	5	100%	0
2011	25	CHC	NL	243	85%	61	7	0	64	14	1	6	1.27	5	0	3	5	0	2	3	0	0	0		50	6	12%	27	7	26%	150	23	15%	14	5	36%	17	7	41%	0
2012	26	CHC	NL	30	100%	4	0	0	12	1	0	1	1.05	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	1	14%	4	2	50%	19	1	5%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
5 Yrs				1243	82%	287	32	0	110	24	3	12	1.17	21	0	29	17	4	12	9	1	2	2	100%	227	20	9%	117	44	38%	742	117	16%	67	34	51%	55	32	58%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			68%			11%			32%			14%			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
2008	22	LAD	NL	423	1684	3.98	1002	60%	36%	12%	22%	30%	64%	4%	38%	82%	13%	6%	27	0	17%	71	23	13%	53	26	31%	-2	0	0
2009	23	LAD	NL	53	205	3.87	125	61%	33%	8%	25%	34%	67%	0%	41%	88%	17%	6%	3	0	17%	9	3	13%	7	6	14%	0	0	0
2010	24	TOT	NL	498	1869	3.75	1162	62%	31%	12%	26%	31%	69%	4%	43%	82%	16%	5%	24	0	14%	72	32	8%	42	22	30%	-2	0	0
2010	24	LAD	NL	294	1119	3.81	688	61%	32%	11%	27%	31%	68%	4%	42%	84%	15%	5%	15	0	15%	45	20	9%	26	13	31%	-2	0	0
2010	24	CHC	NL	204	750	3.68	474	63%	31%	14%	24%	31%	69%	5%	44%	80%	18%	4%	9	0	13%	27	12	8%	16	9	30%	0	0	0
2011	25	CHC	NL	243	899	3.70	566	63%	30%	11%	25%	35%	70%	1%	44%	85%	17%	6%	14	0	16%	40	15	8%	19	15	19%	0	0	0
2012	26	CHC	NL	30	99	3.30	68	69%	28%	10%	21%	41%	72%	0%	49%	86%	27%	0%	0	0	13%	4	3	7%	2	2	0%	0	0	0
5 Yrs				1247	4756	3.81	2923	61%	33%	11%	24%	32%	67%	3%	41%	83%	16%	5%	68	0	16%	196	76	10%	123	71	28%	-4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	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
2008	22	117	421	368	45	97	13	2	9	52	3	0	45	68	.264	.344	.383	.728	93	141	6	3	0	5	9
2009	23	148	474	417	49	107	16	2	11	56	3	0	48	75	.257	.333	.384	.717	90	160	8	3	0	6	9
2010	24	283	970	857	96	222	40	7	16	108	6	2	95	161	.259	.335	.378	.713	91	324	13	7	2	9	17
2011	25	404	1213	1087	117	283	51	11	21	134	7	2	107	192	.260	.329	.385	.714	92	419	19	8	2	9	18
2012	26	422	1243	1116	118	287	52	11	21	135	7	2	107	194	.257	.324	.380	.704	90	424	20	8	2	10	18

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
2008	22	117	420	367	45	96	13	2	9	51	3	45	68	.262	.343	.381	.724	48	117
2009	23	31	53	49	4	10	3	0	2	4	0	3	7	.204	.245	.388	.633	5	31
2010	24	135	499	442	48	117	24	5	5	53	3	48	86	.265	.340	.376	.716	56	135
2011	25	121	247	233	23	64	12	4	5	28	1	13	31	.275	.316	.425	.741	31	121
2012	26	18	31	30	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	.167	.161	.200	.361	1	18
5 Yrs		422	1250	1121	121	292	53	11	21	137	7	109	194	.260	.328	.384	.711	141	422
162 Game Avg.		162	480	430	46	112	20	4	8	53	3	42	74	.260	.328	.384	.711	54	422

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 1 (2223), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 5 (2197), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Name and misspellings: Blake Blake Robert DeWitt

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