Joe Dillon

Joseph William Dillon

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Second Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: August 2, 1975 in Modesto, CA
High School: Indianola HS (Indianola, IA)
School: Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 7th round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 18, 2005
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Marlins/Rays 2005-2009

Final Game: August 4, 2009
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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
1997	21	KCR-min	A-	19	76	70	6	15	3	0	2	6	1	0	5	13	.214	.276	.343	.619		24	2	1	0	0	0		SPO · NORW
1998	22	KCR-min	A	73	308	268	37	70	17	2	15	43	9	2	36	57	.261	.349	.507	.856		136	6	0	4	0	1		LNS · MIDW
1999	23	KCR-min	A+	134	576	503	73	133	31	2	16	90	9	6	59	124	.264	.347	.429	.776		216	12	7	2	5	4		WMT · CARL
2000	24	KCR-min	AA,AAA	107	441	369	54	112	27	4	11	54	1	0	56	64	.304	.403	.488	.891		180	12	9	2	5	1		WCH,OMA · TL,PCL
2001	25	KCR-min	AA	101	417	369	62	106	19	3	15	59	4	3	36	60	.287	.361	.477	.838		176	10	8	1	3	1		WCH · TL
2002	26	MIN-min	AA,AAA	109	428	362	52	93	21	2	9	50	4	1	56	64	.257	.362	.401	.763		145	11	6	0	4	3		NBR,EDM · EL,PCL
2003		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2004	28	FLA-min	AAA,AA	141	604	520	122	171	46	7	39	117	15	5	60	114	.329	.406	.669	1.075		348	8	14	0	10	0		ABQ,CAR · PCL,SOUL
2005	29	FLA-min	AAA	98	425	350	80	126	21	1	24	72	11	1	57	59	.360	.459	.631	1.090		221	7	12	0	6	4		ABQ · PCL
2005	29	FLA	NL	27	39	36	6	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	8	.167	.211	.278	.488	30	10	3	1	1	0	0	/4753

2006	30	YOM	Fgn																										YOM · JPCL
2007	31	MIL-min	AAA	94	378	319	69	101	28	2	20	73	6	1	50	34	.317	.405	.605	1.010		193	12	2	0	7	3		NVL · PCL
2007	31	MIL	NL	39	82	76	12	26	8	2	0	10	0	0	5	14	.342	.390	.500	.890	129	38	2	1	0	0	0	/73459
2008	32	MIL-min	AAA	46	206	171	35	45	8	1	5	23	1	2	29	30	.263	.374	.409	.783		70	5	3	0	3	1		NVL · PCL
2008	32	MIL	NL	56	90	75	13	16	3	0	1	6	1	0	13	21	.213	.337	.293	.630	70	22	1	1	1	0	0	/4375
2009	33	TBD-min	AAA	35	147	123	18	30	5	0	2	13	4	0	14	17	.244	.340	.333	.673		41	1	6	0	4	0		DHM · IL
2009	33	TBR	AL	15	35	30	4	9	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	4	.300	.400	.400	.800	114	12	1	2	0	0	0	/D54
2010	34	TBD-min	AAA	96	400	351	58	92	23	0	9	57	5	0	34	56	.262	.334	.405	.739		142	11	7	2	6	2		DHM · IL
4 Yrs				137	246	217	35	57	12	2	3	19	1	0	22	47	.263	.344	.378	.722	91	82	7	5	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	291	257	41	67	14	2	4	22	1	0	26	56	.263	.344	.378	.722	91	97	8	6	2	0	0

MIL (2 yrs)				95	172	151	25	42	11	2	1	16	1	0	18	35	.278	.363	.397	.760	99	60	3	2	1	0	0
TBR (1 yr)				15	35	30	4	9	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	4	.300	.400	.400	.800	114	12	1	2	0	0	0
FLA (1 yr)				27	39	36	6	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	8	.167	.211	.278	.488	30	10	3	1	1	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				122	211	187	31	48	12	2	2	17	1	0	19	43	.257	.335	.374	.709	87	70	6	3	2	0	0
AL (1 yr)				15	35	30	4	9	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	4	.300	.400	.400	.800	114	12	1	2	0	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	29	FLA	NL	27	39	-3	1	-0	1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.493	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	/4753

2007	31	MIL	NL	39	82	4	0	-0	3	-1	7	0.7	2	9	0.9	.518	.504	0.6	0.2	6	$	/73459
2008	32	MIL	NL	56	90	-2	0	0	-5	-0	-6	-0.7	2	-4	-0.4	.488	.496	0.1	-0.5	1	$393,000	/4375
2009	33	TBR	AL	15	35	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.1	1	2	0.2	.503	.500	0.2	-0.1	2	$	/D54
4 Seasons				137	246	1	2	-1	-1	-2	-1	-0.1	7	6	0.6	.499	.500	0.7	-0.3	7	$393,000

MIL (2 yrs)				95	172	3	1	-0	-2	-1	0	0.0	5	5	0.5	.500	.500	0.7	-0.3	7	$393,000
TBR (1 yr)				15	35	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.1	1	2	0.2	.503	.500	0.2	-0.1	2	$
FLA (1 yr)				27	39	-3	1	-0	1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.493	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$

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	29	FLA	NL	39	34	1	0.8	103	.185	.167	.261	.211	.331	.278	.416	.488	.747	30	.034	-3.7	-0.4	.364	.139	.111	.0

2007	31	MIL	NL	82	52	14	7.2	111	.419	.342	.273	.390	.342	.500	.436	.890	.778	129	.657	3.3	0.3	.846	.224	.158
2008	32	MIL	NL	90	61	9	4.0	106	.283	.213	.265	.337	.336	.293	.423	.630	.759	70	.404	-2.9	-0.3	.617	.267	.080	1.0
2009	33	TBR	AL	35	22	5	6.1	106	.320	.300	.265	.400	.334	.400	.425	.800	.759	114	.582	0.7	0.1	.773	.200	.100	.0
4 Yrs				246	169	29	4.6	107	.323	.263	.267	.344	.337	.378	.427	.722	.764	91	.465	-2.6	-0.3	.659	.221	.115	1.5
162 Game Avg.				291	200	34	4.6	107	.323	.263	.267	.344	.337	.378	.427	.722	.764	91	.465	-2.6	-0.3	.659	.221	.115	2

MIL (2 yrs)				172	113	23	5.5	109	.357	.278	.269	.363	.339	.397	.429	.760	.769	99	.542	0.4	0.0	.723	.245	.119	1.0
TBR (1 yr)				35	22	5	6.1	106	.320	.300	.265	.400	.334	.400	.425	.800	.759	114	.582	0.7	0.1	.773	.200	.100	.0
FLA (1 yr)				39	34	1	0.8	103	.185	.167	.261	.211	.331	.278	.416	.488	.747	30	.035	-3.7	-0.4	.364	.139	.111	.0

NL (3 yrs)				211	147	24	4.4	107	.324	.257	.267	.335	.338	.374	.427	.709	.764	87	.443	-3.3	-0.3	.641	.225	.118	1.3
AL (1 yr)				35	22	5	6.1	106	.320	.300	.265	.400	.334	.400	.425	.800	.759	114	.582	0.7	0.1	.773	.200	.100	.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
2005	29	FLA	NL	39	2.6%	20.5%	2.6%	5.1%	33%	8.00	4.5	36.0	36.0	0.87	1.50	69%	7%	9.1%	27%

2007	31	MIL	NL	82	0.0%	17.1%	6.1%	12.2%	39%	2.80	5.4		7.6	0.82	1.24	76%	24%	0.0%	18%
2008	32	MIL	NL	90	1.1%	23.3%	14.4%	4.4%	25%	1.62	3.6	75.0	12.5	0.64	0.65	59%	24%	3.6%	15%
2009	33	TBR	AL	35	2.9%	11.4%	8.6%	2.9%	11%	1.33	7.5	30.0	15.0	0.63	1.00	71%	27%	7.1%	13%
4 Yrs				246	1.2%	19.1%	8.9%	6.9%	30%	2.14	4.6	72.3	11.4	0.73	1.02	68%	22%	3.7%	17%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.2%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	2.01	5.2	33.0	7.7	0.79	1.07	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	29	FLA	NL	-3.7	-0.4	40	0.1	1.0	-0.9	1.31	-0.1	0.1	-4.0	-0.4	1.00	-2.2	1.33	18

2007	31	MIL	NL	3.3	0.3	84	0.8	1.7	-0.8	.80	0.4	0.7	5.3	0.5	0.96	3.7	1.09	20
2008	32	MIL	NL	-2.9	-0.3	92	0.0	1.5	-1.4	.96	-0.1	0.1	0.8	0.1	0.91	-1.0	1.23	39
2009	33	TBR	AL	0.7	0.1	36	0.3	1.0	-0.7	1.43	0.2	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.99	1.1	0.50	5
4 Yrs				-2.6	-0.3	252	1.2	5.1	-3.9	1.03	0.4	0.8	1.4	0.1	0.95	1.6	1.17	82

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	29	FLA	NL	1	0	71%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1

2007	31	MIL	NL	2	0	38%	40	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	67%	3	2	1	2	0	2	1	0	1
2008	32	MIL	NL	2	0	41%	34	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	43%	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	1	3
2009	33	TBR	AL	0	0	23%	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	33%	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				5	0	40%	108	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	50%	10	7	3	5	2	3	7	2	5

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	29	FLA	NL	39	23%	6	0	0	18	4	1	1	1.33	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	11	3	27%	3	1	33%	26	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0

2007	31	MIL	NL	82	27%	26	3	0	20	8	0	1	1.09	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		15	2	13%	5	2	40%	53	11	21%	5	2	40%	1	1	100%	0
2008	32	MIL	NL	90	40%	16	3	0	39	6	0	3	1.23	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	100%	15	1	7%	6	1	17%	55	6	11%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
2009	33	TBR	AL	35	66%	9	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.50	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		5	1	20%	3	2	67%	22	1	5%	2	1	50%	3	2	67%	0
4 Yrs				246	37%	57	6	0	82	18	1	5	1.17	3	0	4	1	2	2	1	0	2	2	100%	46	7	15%	17	6	35%	156	18	12%	11	3	27%	6	4	67%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			67%			11%			33%			15%			51%			57%

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	29	FLA	NL	39	177	4.54	116	66%	28%	16%	32%	25%	72%	0%	47%	79%	31%	3%	1	0	10%	4	1	5%	2	1	38%	0	0	0

2007	31	MIL	NL	82	305	3.72	200	66%	31%	11%	28%	31%	70%	0%	46%	84%	13%	4%	3	0	9%	7	2	7%	6	5	14%	0	0	0
2008	32	MIL	NL	90	376	4.18	233	62%	37%	12%	27%	24%	63%	0%	39%	81%	18%	2%	2	0	14%	13	2	12%	11	7	48%	0	0	0
2009	33	TBR	AL	35	117	3.34	74	63%	35%	8%	22%	35%	65%	0%	41%	88%	14%	0%	0	0	11%	4	2	11%	4	1	25%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				246	975	3.96	623	64%	33%	12%	27%	28%	67%	0%	43%	82%	18%	2%	6	0	11%	28	7	9%	23	14	34%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
2005	29	27	39	36	6	6	1	0	1	1	0	1	8	.167	.211	.278	.488	30	10	3	1	1
2006	30	27	39	36	6	6	1	0	1	1	0	1	8	.167	.211	.278	.488	30	10	3	1	1
2007	31	66	121	112	18	32	9	2	1	11	0	6	22	.286	.333	.429	.762	98	48	5	2	1
2008	32	122	211	187	31	48	12	2	2	17	1	19	43	.257	.335	.374	.709	87	70	6	3	2
2009	33	137	246	217	35	57	12	2	3	19	1	22	47	.263	.344	.378	.722	91	82	7	5	2

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	29	27	39	36	6	6	1	0	1	1	0	1	8	.167	.211	.278	.488	2	27

2007	31	39	81	75	12	25	8	2	0	10	0	5	14	.333	.383	.493	.876	14	39
2008	32	56	90	75	13	16	3	0	1	6	1	13	21	.213	.337	.293	.630	7	56
2009	33	15	35	30	4	9	0	0	1	2	0	3	4	.300	.400	.400	.800	4	15
4 Yrs		137	245	216	35	56	12	2	3	19	1	22	47	.259	.342	.375	.717	27	137
162 Game Avg.		162	290	255	41	66	14	2	4	22	1	26	56	.259	.342	.375	.717	32	137

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