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Matt Diaz

Matthew Edward Diaz

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 3, 1978 in Portland, OR
High School: Santa Fe Catholic (Lakeland, FL)
School: Florida State University
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 17th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 24, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 2003
Teams (by GP): Braves/Pirates/Royals/DevilRays 2003-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 2 yrs/$4.25M (11-12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.157, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Larry Reynolds [*]
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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
1999	21	TBD-min	A-	54	224	208	22	51	15	2	1	20	6	2	6	43	.245	.284	.351	.635		73	5	6	2	2	0	HDV · NYPL
2000	22	TBD-min	A+	106	420	392	37	106	21	3	6	53	2	3	11	54	.270	.305	.385	.691		151	21	11	1	5	0	SPT · FLOR
2001	23	TBD-min	A+	131	571	524	79	172	40	2	17	81	11	5	24	73	.328	.370	.510	.880		267	11	14	4	5	3	BAK · CALL
2002	24	TBD-min	AA	122	499	449	71	123	28	1	10	50	31	9	34	72	.274	.337	.408	.744		183	11	10	3	3	1	ORL · SOUL
2003	25	TBD-min	AAA,AA	127	538	480	67	170	39	3	13	86	15	7	35	69	.354	.412	.529	.941		254	15	16	1	6	9	DHM,ORL · IL,SOUL
2003	25	TBD	AL	4	10	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.111	.200	.111	.311	-9	1	0	0	0	0	0
2004	26	TBD-min	AAA	134	548	503	81	167	47	5	21	93	15	4	26	96	.332	.377	.571	.947		287	10	13	1	5	0	DHM · IL
2004	26	TBD	AL	10	24	21	3	4	1	1	1	3	0	0	1	6	.190	.292	.476	.768	134	10	0	2	0	0	0
2005	27	KCR-min	AAA,AA,Rk	74	317	295	56	109	24	4	15	64	11	4	15	55	.369	.407	.631	1.037		186	16	5	0	2	1	OMA,WCH,ROY · PCL,TL,ARIZ
2005	27	KCR	AL	34	97	89	7	25	4	2	1	9	0	1	4	15	.281	.323	.404	.727	125	36	3	2	1	1	0
2006	28	ATL	NL	124	322	297	37	97	15	4	7	32	5	5	11	49	.327	.364	.475	.839	188	141	9	9	1	4	3
2007	29	ATL	NL	135	384	358	44	121	21	0	12	45	4	0	16	63	.338	.368	.497	.865	253	178	8	4	1	5	3
2008	30	ATL-min	AA,AAA	11	41	38	5	8	0	0	1	5	1	0	3	8	.211	.268	.289	.558		11	1	0	0	0	0	MSS,RMD · SOUL,IL
2008	30	ATL	NL	43	140	135	9	33	2	0	2	14	4	2	3	32	.244	.264	.304	.568	124	41	4	1	0	1	0
2009	31	ATL	NL	125	425	371	56	116	18	4	13	58	12	5	35	90	.313	.390	.488	.878	204	181	14	13	5	1	2
2010	32	ATL-min	AAA	3	12	12	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.333	.583		4	0	0	0	0	0	GWI · IL
2010	32	ATL	NL	84	244	224	27	56	17	2	7	31	3	1	13	44	.250	.302	.438	.739	180	98	6	4	2	1	3
2011	33	TOT	NL	116	268	251	16	66	13	1	0	20	5	2	12	52	.263	.302	.323	.625	80	81	11	3	0	2	0	97/D
2011	33	PIT	NL	100	231	216	14	56	12	1	0	19	4	2	11	44	.259	.303	.324	.627	81	70	8	3	0	1	0	97/D
2011	33	ATL	NL	16	37	35	2	10	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	8	.286	.297	.314	.612	76	11	3	0	0	1	0	/97
9 Seasons				675	1914	1755	201	519	91	14	43	212	33	16	96	354	.296	.343	.437	.780	173	767	55	38	10	15	11
162 Game Avg.				162	459	421	48	125	22	3	10	51	8	4	23	85	.296	.343	.437	.780	173	184	13	9	2	4	3

ATL (6 yrs)				527	1552	1420	175	433	74	10	41	181	29	13	79	286	.305	.352	.458	.810	197	650	44	31	9	13	11
TBD (2 yrs)				14	34	30	5	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	2	9	.167	.265	.367	.631	88	11	0	2	0	0	0
KCR (1 yr)				34	97	89	7	25	4	2	1	9	0	1	4	15	.281	.323	.404	.727	125	36	3	2	1	1	0
PIT (1 yr)				100	231	216	14	56	12	1	0	19	4	2	11	44	.259	.303	.324	.627	81	70	8	3	0	1	0

NL (6 yrs)				627	1783	1636	189	489	86	11	41	200	33	15	90	330	.299	.346	.440	.786	178	720	52	34	9	14	11
AL (3 yrs)				48	131	119	12	30	5	3	2	12	0	1	6	24	.252	.308	.395	.703	115	47	3	4	1	1	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
2003	25	TBD	AL	10	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
2004	26	TBD	AL	24	0	1	1	0	-0	-1	1	1	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$
2005	27	KCR	AL	97	-1	0	2	0	-3	-2	3	-1	-0.1	2	0.2	-0.3	$
2006	28	ATL	NL	323	7	-1	1	0	10	-3	9	23	2.3	13	1.3	1.0	$330,000
2007	29	ATL	NL	384	13	-1	-1	-1	-5	-4	11	12	1.2	17	1.7	-0.5	$395,000
2008	30	ATL	NL	140	-11	0	1	-1	-2	-2	4	-11	-1.1	-9	-0.9	-0.2	$1,225,000
2009	31	ATL	NL	425	20	-1	0	-1	0	-5	12	25	2.5	25	2.5	0.0	$1,237,500
2010	32	ATL	NL	244	-1	-1	2	0	4	-2	7	9	0.9	5	0.5	0.4	$2,550,000
2011	33	PIT	NL	231	-5	-1	0	-1	-1	-2	6	-4	-0.4	-2	-0.3	-0.1	$2,125,000	97/D
2011	33	ATL	NL	37	-1	-0	-0	-0	1	-0	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/97
9 Seasons				1915	20	-3	6	-4	3	-22	54	52	5.2	50	5.0	0.2	$7,862,500

ATL (6 yrs)				1553	27	-4	3	-4	7	-17	44	57	5.7	49	5.0	0.7	$5,737,500
TBD (2 yrs)				34	-1	1	1	0	-0	-1	1	0	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$
KCR (1 yr)				97	-1	0	2	0	-3	-2	3	-1	-0.1	2	0.2	-0.3	$
PIT (1 yr)				231	-5	-1	0	-1	-1	-2	6	-4	-0.4	-2	-0.3	-0.1	$2,125,000

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
2003	25	TBD	AL	10	8	0	0.0	95	.167	.111	.250	.200	.318	.111	.401	.311	.719	-9	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.250	.111	.000
2004	26	TBD	AL	24	17	3	4.7	76	.214	.190	.221	.292	.291	.476	.355	.768	.646	134	.458	0.8	0.1	.765	.333	.286	.0
2005	27	KCR	AL	97	70	11	4.2	76	.324	.281	.230	.323	.290	.404	.357	.727	.647	125	.429	2.5	0.2	.603	.157	.124	.0
2006	28	ATL	NL	322	219	48	5.9	58	.367	.327	.210	.364	.267	.475	.313	.839	.580	188	.564	26.3	2.4	.752	.185	.148	5.8
2007	29	ATL	NL	384	251	65	7.0	33	.378	.338	.180	.368	.231	.497	.258	.865	.488	253	.640	44.8	4.1	.824	.215	.159	6.0
2008	30	ATL	NL	140	109	10	2.5	39	.304	.244	.182	.264	.243	.304	.264	.568	.507	124	.221	2.1	0.2	.435	.096	.059	2.7
2009	31	ATL	NL	425	280	69	6.6	57	.383	.313	.214	.390	.272	.488	.304	.878	.575	204	.641	40.5	3.8	.861	.288	.175	12.5
2010	32	ATL	NL	244	178	28	4.2	43	.282	.250	.196	.302	.246	.438	.278	.739	.524	180	.460	16.5	1.6	.669	.254	.188	4.2
2011	33	TOT	NL	268	200	23	3.1	90	.328	.263	.244	.302	.310	.323	.389	.625	.699	80	.341	-6.3	-0.6	.500	.120	.060	.0
2011	33	PIT	NL	231	171	20	3.2	90	.324	.259	.244	.303	.310	.324	.388	.627	.698	81	.348	-5.2	-0.5	.506	.125	.065	.0
2011	33	ATL	NL	37	29	3	2.8	90	.357	.286	.245	.297	.311	.314	.390	.612	.702	76	.299	-1.1	-0.1	.464	.086	.029	.0
9 Seasons				1914	1332	257	5.2	55	.347	.296	.207	.343	.264	.437	.305	.780	.569	173	.529	125.8	11.8	.702	.206	.141	37.3
162 Game Avg.				459	320	62	5.2	55	.347	.296	.207	.343	.264	.437	.305	.780	.569	173	.529	30	3	.702	.206	.141	9

ATL (6 yrs)				1552	1066	223	5.6	48	.354	.305	.200	.352	.255	.458	.288	.810	.543	197	.562	129.1	12.1	.743	.220	.153	34.0
TBD (2 yrs)				34	25	3	3.2	81	.200	.167	.230	.265	.299	.367	.369	.631	.668	88	.297	-0.6	-0.1	.600	.267	.200	.0
KCR (1 yr)				97	70	11	4.2	76	.324	.281	.230	.323	.290	.404	.357	.727	.647	125	.429	2.5	0.2	.603	.157	.124	.0
PIT (1 yr)				231	171	20	3.1	90	.324	.259	.244	.303	.310	.324	.388	.627	.698	81	.348	-5.2	-0.5	.506	.125	.065	.0

NL (6 yrs)				1783	1237	243	5.3	54	.350	.299	.205	.346	.262	.440	.301	.786	.563	178	.539	123.9	11.6	.710	.207	.141	36.6
AL (3 yrs)				131	95	14	3.9	77	.298	.252	.230	.308	.292	.395	.360	.703	.652	115	.396	1.9	0.2	.602	.185	.143	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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
2010	32	ATL	NL	NLDS	SFG	L	4	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							4	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	0	0	0	0

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
2003	25	TBD	AL	10	0.0%	30.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	3.00	3.0			2.00	1.50	60%	0%	0.0%	0%
2004	26	TBD	AL	24	4.2%	25.0%	4.2%	12.5%	75%	6.00	3.5	21.0	7.0	0.88	0.80	58%	7%	12.5%	0%
2005	27	KCR	AL	97	1.0%	15.5%	4.1%	7.2%	28%	3.75	5.9	89.0	9.9	1.03	1.36	76%	20%	2.7%	0%
2006	28	ATL	NL	322	2.2%	15.2%	3.4%	8.1%	27%	4.45	6.1	42.4	9.3	0.98	1.54	76%	24%	5.8%	5%
2007	29	ATL	NL	384	3.1%	16.4%	4.2%	8.6%	27%	3.94	5.7	29.8	8.0	0.84	1.07	75%	17%	7.9%	6%
2008	30	ATL	NL	140	1.4%	22.9%	2.1%	2.9%	12%	10.67	4.2	67.5	9.6	1.08	1.43	73%	15%	4.3%	4%
2009	31	ATL	NL	425	3.1%	21.2%	8.2%	8.2%	30%	2.57	4.1	28.5	6.4	0.96	1.72	63%	18%	9.6%	4%
2010	32	ATL	NL	244	2.9%	18.0%	5.3%	10.7%	46%	3.38	5.1	32.0	7.2	0.85	1.22	71%	20%	7.4%	4%
2011	33	TOT	NL	268	0.0%	19.4%	4.5%	5.2%	21%	4.33	4.8		12.6	1.12	1.70	75%	18%	0.0%	4%
2011	33	PIT	NL	231	0.0%	19.1%	4.8%	5.6%	23%	4.00	4.9		11.4	1.25	1.84	75%	18%	0.0%	4%
2011	33	ATL	NL	37	0.0%	21.6%	2.7%	2.7%	10%	8.00	4.4		35.0	0.56	1.10	76%	21%	0.0%	6%
9 Seasons				1914	2.3%	18.5%	5.0%	7.7%	29%	3.69	5.0	40.8	8.3	0.96	1.41	72%	19%	6.3%	4%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.4%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.04	5.1	33.2	7.8	0.80	1.08	70%	19%	7.7%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2003	25	TBD	AL	-1.5	-0.1	10	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	.74	-0.1	0.0	-2.5	-0.2	1.17	-2.1	0.06	1
2004	26	TBD	AL	-0.2	-0.0	24	0.0	0.3	-0.3	.79	0.1	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.01	0.8	0.02	3
2005	27	KCR	AL	-1.0	-0.1	100	-0.3	1.5	-1.8	.97	0.0	-0.4	-1.4	-0.1	0.98	0.2	1.69	9
2006	28	ATL	NL	5.8	0.6	341	-0.2	5.7	-6.0	1.02	0.8	-1.0	-3.5	-0.3	0.94	5.6	1.70	43
2007	29	ATL	NL	12.4	1.2	392	1.6	7.9	-6.3	.98	1.4	0.2	8.7	0.8	0.94	11.6	1.09	48
2008	30	ATL	NL	-10.2	-1.0	148	-0.7	1.9	-2.6	.98	-0.7	0.0	-8.2	-0.8	0.98	-8.0	0.94	8
2009	31	ATL	NL	17.5	1.7	446	2.8	10.1	-7.3	1.08	2.2	0.4	20.2	1.9	0.98	22.2	1.06	15
2010	32	ATL	NL	-1.0	-0.1	252	0.4	5.0	-4.5	1.07	0.1	0.3	0.9	0.1	1.02	-0.3	1.43	23
2011	33	TOT	NL	-6.3	-0.6	277	-1.0	3.8	-4.8	.96	-0.7	-0.4	-6.6	-0.7	1.01	-7.1	1.20	49
2011	33	PIT	NL	-5.2	-0.5	239	-0.7	3.4	-4.1	.96	-0.5	-0.2	-2.7	-0.3	0.99	-5.1	1.23	44
2011	33	ATL	NL	-1.1	-0.1	38	-0.3	0.4	-0.7	.96	-0.2	-0.1	-3.9	-0.4	1.11	-2.0	0.92	5
9 Seasons				15.6	1.4	1990	2.6	36.3	-33.7	1.01	3.0	-0.5	7.3	0.6	0.98	23.0	1.29	199

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2003	25	TBD	AL	0	0	100%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
2004	26	TBD	AL	2	0	33%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	67%	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
2005	27	KCR	AL	3	0	20%	39	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	3	25%	5	4	1	2	1	1	1	1	0
2006	28	ATL	NL	4	1	27%	138	5	5	50%	5	4	0	1	1	1	4	8	44%	16	12	4	5	1	4	11	4	6
2007	29	ATL	NL	3	0	25%	165	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	33%	27	22	5	6	5	1	18	5	11
2008	30	ATL	NL	3	0	20%	32	4	2	67%	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	4	44%	5	2	3	1	0	1	3	3	0
2009	31	ATL	NL	4	0	29%	215	12	5	71%	11	4	1	1	1	1	4	9	32%	24	20	4	7	5	2	19	8	10
2010	32	ATL	NL	5	0	30%	86	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	5	35%	9	9	0	2	1	1	9	2	6
2011	33	TOT	NL	3	0	20%	104	5	2	71%	4	2	1	0	2	2	5	1	44%	16	9	5	1	1	0	6	1	5
2011	33	PIT	NL	3	0	20%	86	4	2	67%	3	2	1	0	2	2	4	1	46%	15	9	5	1	1	0	6	1	5
2011	33	ATL	NL	0	0	18%	18	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Seasons				27	1	26%	786	33	16	67%	30	14	3	2	6	5	21	39	36%	105	80	23	26	15	11	67	24	38

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
2003	25	TBD	AL	10	40%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	5	0	0%	10	0	0%	0	0		4	0	0%	0
2004	26	TBD	AL	24	71%	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	2	1	50%	17	2	12%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
2005	27	KCR	AL	97	62%	25	1	0	9	1	0	0	1.69	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	100%	28	3	11%	11	4	36%	62	9	15%	4	1	25%	3	2	67%	0
2006	28	ATL	NL	323	49%	97	9	0	43	13	0	5	1.70	7	0	10	2	5	3	4	0	1	1	100%	63	9	14%	39	14	36%	209	28	13%	26	16	62%	19	11	58%	0
2007	29	ATL	NL	384	53%	121	13	1	48	14	0	4	1.09	12	0	13	3	9	5	7	0	3	1	33%	59	8	14%	24	10	42%	237	33	14%	13	11	85%	13	11	85%	0
2008	30	ATL	NL	140	53%	33	7	0	8	3	0	0	0.94	2	0	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		28	4	14%	14	5	36%	95	14	15%	10	7	70%	5	4	80%	0
2009	31	ATL	NL	425	36%	116	11	2	15	4	0	1	1.06	13	0	16	7	6	4	9	0	10	5	50%	87	14	16%	41	12	29%	283	50	18%	30	17	57%	18	12	67%	0
2010	32	ATL	NL	244	53%	56	4	0	23	5	1	2	1.43	7	0	8	2	5	5	2	0	2	2	100%	60	6	10%	27	5	19%	167	25	15%	16	11	69%	9	3	33%	0
2011	33	TOT	NL	268	53%	66	7	0	49	12	0	7	1.20	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		53	11	21%	17	9	53%	162	20	12%	15	11	73%	8	7	88%	0
2011	33	PIT	NL	231	49%	56	5	0	44	11	0	6	1.23	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		43	8	19%	14	8	57%	132	19	14%	14	10	71%	8	7	88%	0
2011	33	ATL	NL	37	78%	10	2	0	5	1	0	1	0.92	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	3	30%	3	1	33%	30	1	3%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
9 Seasons				1915	49%	519	53	3	199	52	1	19	1.29	43	0	61	14	29	20	23	0	17	10	59%	387	55	14%	180	60	33%	1242	181	15%	115	75	65%	80	50	63%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			33%			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
2003	25	TBD	AL	10	38	3.80	29	76%	21%	21%	38%	21%	79%	0%	61%	74%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	33%	0	0	0
2004	26	TBD	AL	24	98	4.08	68	69%	13%	28%	37%	22%	87%	0%	60%	68%	54%	0%	0	0	13%	3	2	4%	1	1	17%	0	0	0
2005	27	KCR	AL	97	319	3.29	227	71%	19%	17%	30%	33%	81%	0%	57%	79%	49%	2%	2	0	11%	11	6	3%	3	2	20%	0	0	0
2006	28	ATL	NL	323	1114	3.45	750	67%	17%	20%	29%	34%	83%	3%	56%	76%	44%	2%	7	0	10%	32	18	6%	19	14	22%	0	0	1
2007	29	ATL	NL	384	1294	3.37	886	68%	18%	20%	28%	34%	82%	2%	56%	75%	42%	2%	9	1	9%	33	21	5%	18	13	21%	0	0	0
2008	30	ATL	NL	140	482	3.44	334	69%	16%	28%	25%	31%	84%	0%	58%	67%	44%	2%	3	0	13%	18	13	4%	6	5	16%	0	0	0
2009	31	ATL	NL	425	1468	3.45	960	65%	21%	23%	26%	30%	79%	1%	51%	71%	40%	2%	9	0	10%	44	25	7%	30	16	21%	0	0	0
2010	32	ATL	NL	244	848	3.48	572	67%	20%	18%	30%	32%	80%	3%	54%	77%	37%	4%	9	0	12%	30	18	7%	16	11	16%	0	0	0
2011	33	TOT	NL	270	962	3.56	659	69%	20%	17%	33%	31%	80%	0%	55%	79%	43%	0%	1	0	8%	21	18	3%	7	5	33%	-2	0	0
2011	33	PIT	NL	233	829	3.56	568	69%	19%	17%	33%	30%	81%	0%	55%	79%	45%	0%	1	0	8%	19	16	3%	7	5	32%	-2	0	0
2011	33	ATL	NL	37	133	3.59	91	68%	22%	15%	32%	31%	78%	0%	53%	80%	32%	0%	0	0	5%	2	2	0%	0	0	38%	0	0	0
9 Seasons				1917	6623	3.45	4485	68%	19%	20%	29%	32%	81%	2%	55%	75%	42%	2%	40	1	10%	192	121	5%	100	67	22%	-2	0	1
MLB Averages						3.78		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	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
2003	25	4	10	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.111	.200	.111	.311	-9	1	0	0	0	0	0
2004	26	14	34	30	5	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	2	9	.167	.265	.367	.631	88	11	0	2	0	0	0
2005	27	48	131	119	12	30	5	3	2	12	0	1	6	24	.252	.308	.395	.703	115	47	3	4	1	1	0
2006	28	172	453	416	49	127	20	7	9	44	5	6	17	73	.305	.348	.452	.800	166	188	12	13	2	5	3
2007	29	307	837	774	93	248	41	7	21	89	9	6	33	136	.320	.357	.473	.830	201	366	20	17	3	10	6
2008	30	350	977	909	102	281	43	7	23	103	13	8	36	168	.309	.344	.448	.792	191	407	24	18	3	11	6
2009	31	475	1402	1280	158	397	61	11	36	161	25	13	71	258	.310	.358	.459	.817	195	588	38	31	8	12	8
2010	32	559	1646	1504	185	453	78	13	43	192	28	14	84	302	.301	.350	.456	.806	193	686	44	35	10	13	11
2011	33	675	1914	1755	201	519	91	14	43	212	33	16	96	354	.296	.343	.437	.780	173	767	55	38	10	15	11

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2003	25	4	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	4
2004	26	10	24	21	3	4	1	1	1	3	0	1	6	.190	.292	.476	.768	2	10
2005	27	34	96	89	7	25	4	2	1	9	0	4	15	.281	.323	.404	.727	11	34
2006	28	124	317	293	34	93	14	4	7	30	5	11	49	.317	.356	.464	.821	46	124
2007	29	135	378	354	42	117	20	0	12	43	4	15	63	.331	.360	.489	.848	62	135
2008	30	43	141	136	9	34	2	0	2	14	4	3	32	.250	.270	.309	.578	11	43
2009	31	125	421	372	57	117	18	4	13	59	12	35	90	.315	.392	.489	.881	68	125
2010	32	84	244	226	28	58	18	2	7	33	3	13	44	.257	.307	.447	.754	30	84
2011	33	116	272	254	17	69	14	1	0	22	5	13	52	.272	.313	.335	.647	26	116
9 Seasons		675	1903	1754	197	517	91	14	43	213	33	96	354	.295	.342	.436	.778	256	675
162 Game Avg.		162	457	421	47	124	22	3	10	51	8	23	85	.295	.342	.436	.778	61	675

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 12 (1389), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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