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Andy Dirks

Andrew Lee Dirks

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 24, 1986 in Hutchinson, KS
High School: Haven HS (Haven, KS)
School: Wichita State University (Wichita, KS)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 8th round of the 2008 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 2008. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 16, 2011 (Age 25)
Team: Tigers 2011-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$505k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.139, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: Frontline [*]
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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
2011 25 DET AL 78 235 219 34 55 13 0 7 28 5 2 11 36 .251 .296 .406 .703 89 89 3 3 2 0 1 798/D
2012 26 DET AL 88 344 314 56 101 18 5 8 35 1 1 23 53 .322 .370 .487 .857 129 153 4 2 3 2 2 79D/8
2013 27 DET AL 37 138 123 16 31 3 1 5 15 4 0 13 22 .252 .321 .415 .736 95 51 1 0 1 1 0 *7/8D
3 Yrs 203 717 656 106 187 34 6 20 78 10 3 47 111 .285 .336 .447 .783 109 293 8 5 6 3 3
162 Game Avg. 162 572 524 85 149 27 5 16 62 8 2 38 89 .285 .336 .447 .783 109 234 6 4 5 2 2

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
2011 25 DET AL 78 235 -4 0 1 4 -2 -1 -0.0 9 8 0.8 .499 .500 0.4 0.2 4 798/D
2012 26 DET AL 88 344 12 -1 1 2 -5 10 1.0 13 23 2.3 .512 .506 2.1 -0.3 21 $485,000 79D/8
2013 27 DET AL 37 138 -1 -0 0 6 -1 3 0.4 5 8 0.9 .510 .502 0.2 0.5 2 $505,000 *7/8D
3 Seasons 203 717 7 -0 2 12 -8 13 1.4 27 39 4.0 .507 .503 2.8 0.4 27 $990,000

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
2011 25 DET AL 235 171 26 4.1 100 .273 .251 .261 .296 .326 .406 .412 .703 .738 89 .443 -3.8 -0.4 .627 .219 .155 5.8
2012 26 DET AL 344 223 57 6.9 103 .365 .322 .262 .370 .327 .487 .421 .857 .748 129 .676 12.3 1.2 .817 .239 .166 1.8
2013 27 DET AL 138 95 18 5.1 104 .268 .252 .262 .321 .329 .415 .424 .736 .753 95 .534 -1.2 -0.1 .731 .301 .163 4.4
3 Yrs 717 489 101 5.5 102 .316 .285 .261 .336 .327 .447 .419 .783 .746 109 .582 7.3 0.7 .733 .244 .162 13.3
162 Game Avg. 572 390 81 5.5 102 .316 .285 .261 .336 .327 .447 .419 .783 .746 109 .582 6 1 .733 .244 .162 11

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
2011 25 DET AL ALCS TEX L 2 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
2012 26 DET AL ALDS OAK W 5 18 17 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .294 .294 .353 .647 6 0 0 1 0 0
2012 26 DET AL ALCS NYY W 4 19 18 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .222 .263 .278 .541 5 0 0 0 0 0
2012 26 DET AL WS SFG L 4 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .111 .200 .111 .311 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (4 Series) 15 52 49 1 11 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 8 .224 .255 .265 .520 13 0 0 1 0 0
1 ALDS 5 18 17 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .294 .294 .353 .647 6 0 0 1 0 0
2 ALCS 6 24 23 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 .217 .250 .261 .511 6 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .111 .200 .111 .311 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
2011 25 DET AL 235 3.0% 15.3% 4.7% 8.5% 36% 3.27 6.1 31.3 7.8 0.53 0.68 75% 19% 7.3% 19%
2012 26 DET AL 344 2.3% 15.4% 6.7% 9.0% 31% 2.30 5.9 39.3 9.0 0.64 0.83 74% 22% 6.0% 15%
2013 27 DET AL 138 3.6% 15.9% 9.4% 6.5% 29% 1.69 5.6 24.6 8.2 0.78 1.18 70% 25% 10.6% 15%
3 Yrs 717 2.8% 15.5% 6.6% 8.4% 32% 2.36 5.9 32.8 8.4 0.62 0.83 74% 21% 7.2% 16%
MLB Averages 2.6% 19.3% 8.1% 7.6% 33% 2.39 4.6 34.7 8.3 0.83 1.10 68% 19% 7.8% 14%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2011 25 DET AL -3.8 -0.4 247 -1.3 3.4 -4.7 1.06 -0.9 -0.3 -6.3 -0.6 1.00 -7.2 1.61 10
2012 26 DET AL 12.6 1.2 350 -0.1 6.2 -6.3 1.03 1.2 -1.4 9.7 0.9 0.94 12.9 1.43 7
2013 27 DET AL -1.2 -0.1 143 -0.0 1.9 -1.9 .78 -0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.97 -1.1 1.53 4
3 Yrs 7.7 0.8 740 -1.4 11.5 -12.9 .99 0.3 -1.7 3.9 0.4 0.97 4.5 1.54 21

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
2011 25 DET AL 1 0 44% 88 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 7 46% 15 11 4 2 1 1 5 0 5
2012 26 DET AL 2 0 41% 154 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 7 40% 25 19 5 6 2 4 12 3 8
2013 27 DET AL 0 0 28% 46 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 31% 7 6 1 2 1 1 4 1 2
3 Yrs 3 0 39% 288 10 3 77% 10 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 4 1 16 40% 47 36 10 10 4 6 21 4 15

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
2011 25 DET AL 235 87% 55 5 2 10 3 1 2 1.61 7 0 6 5 2 6 1 0 5 2 40% 61 3 5% 27 10 37% 162 22 14% 16 8 50% 15 6 40% 0
2012 26 DET AL 344 76% 101 12 3 7 3 0 1 1.43 8 0 5 5 3 3 5 0 3 3 100% 58 4 7% 35 9 26% 207 28 14% 14 6 43% 12 10 83% 0
2013 27 DET AL 138 86% 31 3 1 4 0 0 1 1.53 5 1 4 4 1 3 2 0 2 1 50% 29 1 3% 10 3 30% 84 10 12% 5 4 80% 3 1 33% 0
3 Yrs 717 81% 187 20 6 21 6 1 4 1.54 20 1 15 14 6 12 8 0 10 6 60% 148 8 5% 72 22 31% 453 60 13% 35 18 51% 30 17 57% 0
MLB Averages 55% 69% 11% 32% 14% 51% 55%

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
2011 25 DET AL 236 777 3.29 506 65% 19% 15% 30% 37% 81% 1% 53% 82% 38% 3% 8 1 12% 28 17 7% 16 11 22% -1 0 0
2012 26 DET AL 345 1274 3.69 809 64% 25% 12% 31% 33% 75% 2% 48% 85% 28% 6% 20 1 17% 60 24 8% 27 15 25% -1 0 0
2013 27 DET AL 138 534 3.87 338 63% 22% 16% 32% 30% 78% 0% 49% 80% 36% 4% 6 0 11% 15 4 9% 13 8 32% 0 0 0
3 Yrs 719 2585 3.60 1653 64% 22% 13% 31% 34% 78% 1% 50% 83% 33% 5% 34 2 14% 103 45 8% 56 34 25% -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 16% 27% 30% 72% 1% 46% 78% 27% 5% 14% 8% 24%

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
2011 25 78 235 219 34 55 13 0 7 28 5 2 11 36 .251 .296 .406 .703 89 89 3 3 2 0 1
2012 26 166 579 533 90 156 31 5 15 63 6 3 34 89 .293 .340 .454 .794 113 242 7 5 5 2 3
2013 27 203 717 656 106 187 34 6 20 78 10 3 47 111 .285 .336 .447 .783 109 293 8 5 6 3 3

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
2011 25 78 236 220 35 56 13 0 7 29 5 11 36 .255 .299 .409 .708 26 78
2012 26 88 345 315 57 102 18 5 8 35 1 23 53 .324 .371 .489 .860 57 88
2013 27 37 139 124 16 32 3 1 5 15 4 13 22 .258 .326 .419 .745 17 37
3 Yrs 203 720 659 108 190 34 6 20 79 10 47 111 .288 .339 .449 .788 100 203
162 Game Avg. 162 575 526 86 152 27 5 16 63 8 38 89 .288 .339 .449 .788 80 203

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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.

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  3. Norichika Aoki (971)
  4. Roy Carlyle (967)
  5. Angel Echevarria (964)
  6. Hank Steinbacher (956)
  7. Bert Griffith (955)
  8. Jesus Guzman (953)
  9. Joe Knight (952)
  10. Phil Clark (951)
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  1. Dwight Smith (978)
  2. Gene Moore (975)
  3. David Murphy (970)
  4. Rusty Greer (970)
  5. Mike Aldrete (969)
  6. Wally Roettger (968)
  7. Lee Maye (965)
  8. Pancho Herrera (960)
  9. Sam Bowens (960)
  10. Russ Scarritt (959)
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