Andy Dirks

Andrew Lee Dirks

Position: Outfielder
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 vs. TOR 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Team: Tigers 2011-2012
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.139, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2018 [*],
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Standard Batting

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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
2008	22	DET-min	Rk,A	13	49	44	10	15	3	2	0	9	2	0	4	8	.341	.388	.500	.888		22	0	0	0	1	1		LAT,WMI · GULF,MIDW
2009	23	DET-min	AA,A+	125	525	464	57	126	19	1	6	62	21	7	49	72	.272	.342	.356	.698		165	4	4	2	6	2		ERI,LAK · EL,FLOR
2010	24	DET-min	AA,AAA	120	527	476	78	141	30	3	15	63	22	4	38	71	.296	.352	.466	.818		222	8	6	1	6	2		ERI,TOL · EL,IL
2011	25	DET-min	AAA	41	172	157	30	51	8	1	7	24	12	2	12	28	.325	.368	.522	.891		82	1	0	1	2	0		TOL · IL
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-min	AAA	10	41	37	4	8	1	0	2	5	2	0	4	8	.216	.293	.405	.698		15	2	0	0	0	0		TOL · IL
2012	26	DET	AL	88	344	314	56	101	18	5	8	35	1	1	23	53	.322	.370	.487	.857	130	153	4	2	3	2	2	79D/8
2 Yrs				166	579	533	90	156	31	5	15	63	6	3	34	89	.293	.340	.454	.794	113	242	7	5	5	2	3
162 Game Avg.				162	565	520	88	152	30	5	15	61	6	3	33	87	.293	.340	.454	.794	113	236	7	5	5	2	3

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
2011	25	DET	AL	78	235	-4	0	1	4	-3	-1	-0.1	8	7	0.7	.499	.499	0.3	0.2	3	$	798/D
2012	26	DET	AL	88	344	12	-1	1	2	-5	9	1.0	12	20	2.0	.511	.506	1.9	-0.3	19	$485,000	79D/8
2 Seasons				166	579	8	-0	2	6	-8	8	0.9	20	28	2.7	.505	.503	2.2	-0.1	22	$485,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
2011	25	DET	AL	ALCS	TEX	L	2	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0
2012	26	DET	AL	ALDS	OAK	W	5	18	17	0	5	1	0	1	0	3	.294	.294	.353	.647	6	1
2012	26	DET	AL	ALCS	NYY	W	4	19	18	0	4	1	1	0	1	2	.222	.263	.278	.541	5	0
2012	26	DET	AL	WS	SFG	L	4	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	.111	.200	.111	.311	1	0
2 Yrs (4 Series)							15	52	49	1	11	2	1	2	2	8	.224	.255	.265	.520	13	1
1 ALDS							5	18	17	0	5	1	0	1	0	3	.294	.294	.353	.647	6	1
2 ALCS							6	24	23	1	5	1	1	1	1	3	.217	.250	.261	.511	6	0
1 WS							4	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	.111	.200	.111	.311	1	0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
2011	DET	AL	25	OF	71	54	36	492.0	133	127	4	2	0	.985	-7	4	-16	9	2.40	1.85	.986	2.28	2.26
2011	DET	AL	25	LF	38	25	21	236.2	67	65	1	1	0	.985	-2	7	-13	35	2.51	1.74	.982	2.13	2.11
2011	DET	AL	25	RF	22	15	9	140.1	34	32	2	0	0	1.000	2	1	15	9	2.18	1.55	.986	2.09	2.07
2011	DET	AL	25	CF	16	14	6	115.0	32	30	1	1	0	.969	-6	-4	-62	-42	2.43	1.94	.990	2.61	2.59
2011	DET	AL	25	DH	3	0
2012	DET	AL	26	OF	72	69	50	605.1	111	107	1	3	0	.973	-14	2	-28	3	1.61	1.50	.986	2.17	2.16
2012	DET	AL	26	LF	59	56	39	463.2	93	91	1	1	0	.989	-11	3	-27	8	1.79	1.56	.984	1.94	1.93
2012	DET	AL	26	RF	24	13	11	139.2	18	16	0	2	0	.889	-4	-1	-33	-9	1.03	0.67	.984	1.99	1.98
2012	DET	AL	26	DH	11	10
2012	DET	AL	26	CF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.60
	2 Seasons			OF	143	123	86	1097.1	244	234	5	5	0	.980	-21	6	-23	6	1.96	1.67	.986	2.22	2.21
	2 Seasons			LF	97	81	60	700.1	160	156	2	2	0	.988	-13	10	-22	17	2.03	1.63	.983	2.00	2.00
	2 Seasons			RF	46	28	20	280.0	52	48	2	2	0	.962	-2	0	-9	0	1.61	1.09	.985	2.04	2.02
	2 Seasons			CF	17	14	6	117.0	32	30	1	1	0	.969	-6	-4	-61	-41	2.38	1.82	.990	2.61	2.59
	2 Seasons			TOT	143	123	86	1097.1	244	234	5	5	0	.980	-21	12	-23	13	1.96	1.67	.986	2.22	2.21

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

June 5, 2008: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 8th round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2008.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2012	26	Detroit Tigers	$485,000	contracts
2013 Status		Pre-Arb Eligible, Earliest Arb Eligible: 2015, Earliest Free Agent: 2018
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$485,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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