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Stephen Drew

Stephen Oris Drew

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 16, 1983 in Hahira, GA
High School: Lowndes County (Valdosta, GA)
School: Florida State University
Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 15, 2006
Team: Diamondbacks 2006-2011
2012 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible (mutual option), 2 yrs/$13.76M (11-12) & 13 mutual option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.079, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Relatives: Brother of J.D. Drew and Brother of Tim Drew
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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
2006 23 ARI NL 59 226 209 27 66 13 7 5 23 2 0 14 50 .316 .357 .517 .874 117 108 1 0 2 1 4 6
2007 24 ARI NL 150 619 543 60 129 28 4 12 60 9 0 60 100 .238 .313 .370 .683 71 201 4 3 5 8 5 *6
2008 25 ARI NL 152 663 611 91 178 44 11 21 67 3 3 41 109 .291 .333 .502 .836 109 307 5 1 3 7 6 *6 MVP-26
2009 26 ARI NL 135 595 533 71 139 29 12 12 65 5 1 49 87 .261 .320 .428 .748 92 228 4 1 5 7 7 *6
2010 27 ARI NL 151 633 565 83 157 33 12 15 61 10 5 62 108 .278 .352 .458 .810 113 259 7 3 2 1 2 *6
2011 28 ARI NL 86 354 321 44 81 21 5 5 45 4 4 30 74 .252 .317 .396 .713 93 127 3 1 1 1 0 6
6 Seasons 733 3090 2782 376 750 168 51 70 321 33 13 256 528 .270 .330 .442 .773 98 1230 24 9 18 25 24
162 Game Avg. 162 683 615 83 166 37 11 15 71 7 3 57 117 .270 .330 .442 .773 98 272 5 2 4 6 5

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 Awards
2006 23 ARI NL 226 5 0 0 1 3 3 6 18 1.8 15 1.5 0.3 $ 6
2007 24 ARI NL 619 -20 2 -1 1 -7 7 17 -1 -0.1 6 0.6 -0.7 $1,500,000 *6
2008 25 ARI NL 663 4 -1 3 -1 -7 7 18 23 2.3 30 3.1 -0.8 $1,500,000 *6 MVP-26
2009 26 ARI NL 595 -11 0 2 2 2 6 16 18 1.7 15 1.5 0.2 $1,500,000 *6
2010 27 ARI NL 633 10 1 2 1 -2 7 18 37 3.6 38 3.8 -0.2 $3,400,000 *6
2011 28 ARI NL 354 -4 2 0 1 -0 4 10 13 1.4 14 1.4 0.0 $4,650,000 6
6 Seasons 3090 -15 4 7 5 -11 34 84 108 10.7 118 11.9 -1.2 $12,550,000

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
2006 23 ARI NL 226 147 40 7.3 117 .394 .316 .278 .357 .350 .517 .452 .874 .801 117 .658 4.2 0.4 .861 .278 .201 2.9
2007 24 ARI NL 619 431 69 4.3 117 .267 .238 .281 .313 .351 .370 .449 .683 .801 71 .424 -24.4 -2.3 .653 .260 .133 10.3
2008 25 ARI NL 663 451 103 6.1 115 .322 .291 .277 .333 .350 .502 .441 .836 .791 109 .600 6.1 0.6 .791 .278 .211 5.3
2009 26 ARI NL 595 411 77 5.0 111 .288 .261 .272 .320 .346 .428 .431 .748 .777 92 .520 -8.2 -0.8 .707 .266 .167 7.1
2010 27 ARI NL 633 423 94 5.9 106 .321 .278 .268 .352 .339 .458 .422 .810 .760 113 .617 9.1 0.9 .783 .299 .181 12.0
2011 28 ARI NL 354 249 41 4.4 101 .313 .252 .262 .317 .330 .396 .409 .713 .739 93 .499 -3.6 -0.4 .640 .237 .143 4.4
6 Seasons 3090 2112 424 5.4 111 .308 .270 .273 .330 .345 .442 .434 .773 .779 98 .551 -16.9 -1.6 .732 .272 .173 44.9
162 Game Avg. 683 467 94 5.4 111 .308 .270 .273 .330 .345 .442 .434 .773 .779 98 .551 -16.9 -1.6 .732 .272 .173 10

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
2007 24 ARI NL NLDS CHC W 3 14 14 4 7 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 5 .500 .500 1.143 1.643 16 0 0 0 0 0
2007 24 ARI NL NLCS COL L 4 18 17 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .294 .333 .294 .627 5 1 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 7 32 31 6 12 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 7 .387 .406 .677 1.084 21 1 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 3 14 14 4 7 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 5 .500 .500 1.143 1.643 16 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 4 18 17 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .294 .333 .294 .627 5 1 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
2006 23 ARI NL 226 2.2% 22.1% 6.2% 11.1% 38% 3.57 4.2 41.8 9.1 0.61 0.66 69% 22% 5.6% 9%
2007 24 ARI NL 619 1.9% 16.2% 9.7% 7.1% 34% 1.67 5.4 45.3 9.1 0.60 0.69 71% 19% 4.8% 10%
2008 25 ARI NL 663 3.2% 16.4% 6.2% 11.5% 43% 2.66 5.6 29.1 9.1 0.53 0.72 74% 22% 7.0% 10%
2009 26 ARI NL 595 2.0% 14.6% 8.2% 8.9% 38% 1.78 6.1 44.4 8.2 0.62 0.72 74% 20% 4.9% 12%
2010 27 ARI NL 633 2.4% 17.1% 9.8% 9.5% 38% 1.74 5.2 37.7 9.3 0.66 0.77 70% 20% 6.1% 12%
2011 28 ARI NL 354 1.4% 20.9% 8.5% 8.8% 38% 2.47 4.3 64.2 7.1 0.65 0.78 69% 18% 3.9% 15%
6 Seasons 3090 2.3% 17.1% 8.3% 9.4% 39% 2.06 5.3 39.7 8.7 0.60 0.72 71% 20% 5.6% 11%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.8% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 2.08 5.0 33.9 7.8 0.79 1.07 69% 19% 7.6% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2006 23 ARI NL 4.2 0.4 230 -0.2 4.2 -4.4 1.08 0.4 -0.5 2.8 0.3 0.96 7.9 0.90 6
2007 24 ARI NL -24.4 -2.3 633 -0.7 10.0 -10.7 .99 -1.5 0.8 -17.9 -1.6 0.93 -21.0 0.84 2
2008 25 ARI NL 6.1 0.6 683 2.6 13.1 -10.5 .95 0.8 1.9 8.7 0.8 0.92 9.7 2.17 2
2009 26 ARI NL -8.2 -0.8 609 0.7 10.5 -9.9 1.01 0.3 0.4 5.4 0.5 0.95 2.7 1.51 3
2010 27 ARI NL 10.1 1.0 656 1.3 11.9 -10.5 1.02 1.3 0.0 19.4 1.9 0.95 18.7 2.21 6
2011 28 ARI NL -3.6 -0.4 372 0.0 6.7 -6.7 1.07 -0.2 0.2 2.9 0.3 1.04 -0.3 1.39 2
6 Seasons -15.8 -1.5 3183 3.7 56.3 -52.6 1.01 1.1 2.6 21.3 2.1 0.95 17.6 1.52 21

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2006 23 ARI NL 2 0 29% 96 2 0 100% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 7 47% 9 8 1 4 2 2 6 0 6
2007 24 ARI NL 3 0 27% 213 9 0 100% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 15 47% 20 12 8 8 4 4 17 8 9
2008 25 ARI NL 8 0 35% 245 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 11 15 30% 38 28 10 11 10 1 20 8 10
2009 26 ARI NL 8 0 33% 231 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 15 43% 25 15 10 13 7 6 20 11 9
2010 27 ARI NL 8 0 33% 288 10 5 67% 10 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 13 37% 32 25 7 9 5 3 21 8 13
2011 28 ARI NL 3 0 36% 131 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 8 15 47% 16 11 5 5 1 4 9 4 5
6 Seasons 32 0 32% 1204 33 13 72% 31 13 1 0 1 0 10 2 38 80 40% 140 99 41 50 29 20 93 39 52

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
2006 23 ARI NL 226 81% 66 7 0 6 2 1 1 0.90 5 0 6 4 1 3 2 0 3 2 67% 54 1 2% 25 6 24% 151 18 12% 13 2 15% 8 6 75% 0
2007 24 ARI NL 619 75% 129 10 1 2 1 0 0 0.84 12 0 20 11 1 6 6 0 7 5 71% 88 4 5% 61 23 38% 360 50 14% 35 17 49% 26 14 54% 0
2008 25 ARI NL 663 73% 178 13 0 2 1 0 0 2.17 21 0 14 15 6 9 12 0 3 3 100% 95 5 5% 51 15 29% 343 48 14% 29 10 34% 22 12 55% 0
2009 26 ARI NL 595 74% 139 6 0 3 1 0 0 1.51 12 0 14 9 3 4 8 0 7 5 71% 110 4 4% 50 18 36% 350 57 16% 33 21 64% 17 6 35% 0
2010 27 ARI NL 633 71% 157 12 0 6 2 0 0 2.21 15 0 11 10 5 5 10 1 2 2 100% 114 7 6% 51 16 31% 367 51 14% 24 12 50% 18 10 56% 0
2011 28 ARI NL 354 73% 81 5 0 2 2 0 1 1.39 5 1 7 4 1 3 2 0 2 1 50% 61 3 5% 29 9 31% 224 41 18% 23 17 74% 14 9 64% 0
6 Seasons 3090 74% 750 53 1 21 9 1 2 1.52 70 1 72 53 17 30 40 1 24 18 75% 522 24 5% 267 87 33% 1795 265 15% 157 79 50% 105 57 54% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 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
2006 23 ARI NL 226 835 3.69 530 63% 23% 20% 26% 31% 77% 5% 49% 74% 31% 4% 8 0 15% 33 20 7% 15 10 12% 0 0 0
2007 24 ARI NL 619 2427 3.92 1463 60% 27% 14% 28% 31% 73% 2% 44% 81% 24% 6% 39 3 18% 110 50 11% 66 37 27% 0 0 0
2008 25 ARI NL 663 2518 3.80 1603 64% 28% 13% 27% 32% 72% 3% 46% 82% 20% 5% 31 0 16% 105 54 8% 51 34 23% 0 0 0
2009 26 ARI NL 595 2173 3.65 1342 62% 28% 11% 26% 34% 72% 3% 44% 84% 21% 6% 33 1 17% 100 46 7% 43 31 33% 0 0 0
2010 27 ARI NL 633 2507 3.96 1504 60% 29% 13% 27% 31% 71% 1% 42% 81% 17% 6% 39 3 17% 108 47 11% 71 47 21% 0 0 0
2011 28 ARI NL 355 1422 4.01 864 61% 30% 16% 26% 29% 70% 0% 43% 78% 18% 7% 24 4 16% 56 22 10% 34 22 31% -1 0 0
6 Seasons 3091 11882 3.84 7306 61% 28% 14% 27% 31% 72% 2% 44% 81% 21% 6% 174 11 17% 512 239 9% 280 181 25% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 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
2006 23 59 226 209 27 66 13 7 5 23 2 0 14 50 .316 .357 .517 .874 117 108 1 0 2 1 4
2007 24 209 845 752 87 195 41 11 17 83 11 0 74 150 .259 .325 .411 .735 84 309 5 3 7 9 9
2008 25 361 1508 1363 178 373 85 22 38 150 14 3 115 259 .274 .328 .452 .780 95 616 10 4 10 16 15
2009 26 496 2103 1896 249 512 114 34 50 215 19 4 164 346 .270 .326 .445 .771 94 844 14 5 15 23 22
2010 27 647 2736 2461 332 669 147 46 65 276 29 9 226 454 .272 .332 .448 .780 98 1103 21 8 17 24 24
2011 28 733 3090 2782 376 750 168 51 70 321 33 13 256 528 .270 .330 .442 .773 98 1230 24 9 18 25 24

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
2006 23 59 218 204 24 61 12 6 5 20 2 13 50 .299 .339 .490 .830 34 59
2007 24 150 599 533 52 119 26 4 11 52 8 55 100 .223 .295 .349 .644 55 150
2008 25 152 646 600 82 167 41 10 20 60 3 38 109 .278 .319 .480 .799 93 152
2009 26 135 585 529 67 135 28 12 12 62 5 48 87 .255 .315 .422 .736 70 135
2010 27 151 627 562 81 154 32 12 15 59 10 61 108 .274 .348 .454 .801 88 151
2011 28 86 356 323 46 83 22 5 5 47 4 31 74 .257 .323 .402 .726 42 86
6 Seasons 733 3031 2751 352 719 161 49 68 300 32 246 528 .261 .321 .430 .751 382 733
162 Game Avg. 162 670 608 78 159 36 11 15 66 7 54 117 .261 .321 .430 .751 84 733

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2008 NL (26, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1713th)

At Bats s c a p y
2008 NL  611 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
2008 NL  178 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
2008 NL  44 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
2008 NL  11 (2nd)
2009 NL  12 (2nd)
2010 NL  12 (2nd)
Active  51 (18th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2008 NL  76 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 9 (1457), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1535), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1684), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. J.J. Hardy (938)
  2. Khalil Greene (918)
  3. Clint Barmes (917)
  4. Yuniesky Betancourt (913)
  5. Marcus Giles (910)
  6. Jocko Milligan (908)
  7. Solly Hemus (905)
  8. Ryan Doumit (904)
  9. Alexei Ramirez (901)
  10. Kelly Johnson (901)
Similar Batters through 28 
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  1. Orlando Cabrera (950)
  2. Jeff Blauser (943)
  3. J.J. Hardy (938)
  4. Yuniesky Betancourt (932)
  5. Neifi Perez (928)
  6. Shawon Dunston (921)
  7. Khalil Greene (919)
  8. Glenn Wright (919)
  9. Marcus Giles (915)
  10. Barry Larkin (914) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Russ Adams (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. J.J. Hardy (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. J.J. Hardy (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. J.J. Hardy (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Orlando Cabrera (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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