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Shelley Duncan

David Shelley Duncan (Shelley)

Positions: Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: September 29, 1979 in Tucson, AZ
High School: Canyon de Oro HS (Oro Valley, AZ)
School: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 2007
Teams (by GP): Indians/Yankees 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$500k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.099, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Barry Meister [*]
Relatives: Brother of Chris Duncan and Son of Dave Duncan
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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
2007 27 NYY AL 34 83 74 16 19 1 0 7 17 0 0 8 20 .257 .329 .554 .883 127 41 2 0 1 0 0 D/397
2008 28 NYY AL 23 65 57 7 10 3 0 1 6 0 0 7 13 .175 .262 .281 .542 43 16 1 0 0 1 0 3/9D
2009 29 NYY AL 11 15 15 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .200 .200 .200 .400 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 /9D
2010 30 CLE AL 85 259 229 29 53 10 0 11 36 1 0 26 76 .231 .317 .419 .736 105 96 4 3 0 1 2 7D/93
2011 31 CLE AL 76 247 223 29 58 17 0 11 47 0 1 19 56 .260 .324 .484 .808 123 108 7 3 0 2 1 7D/39
2012 32 CLE AL 35 122 103 15 21 4 0 4 11 1 2 17 33 .204 .311 .359 .671 90 37 5 0 0 2 1 7/D
6 Yrs 264 791 701 97 164 35 0 34 118 2 3 77 203 .234 .313 .429 .742 103 301 20 6 1 6 4
162 Game Avg. 162 485 430 60 101 21 0 21 72 1 2 47 125 .234 .313 .429 .742 103 185 12 4 1 4 2
CLE (3 yrs) 196 628 555 73 132 31 0 26 94 2 3 62 165 .238 .318 .434 .753 109 241 16 6 0 5 4
NYY (3 yrs) 68 163 146 24 32 4 0 8 24 0 0 15 38 .219 .290 .411 .701 81 60 4 0 1 1 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 Awards
2007 27 NYY AL 34 83 2 -0 -0 2 -2 1 0.2 3 4 0.4 .504 .501 0.2 -0.0 2 $ D/397
2008 28 NYY AL 23 65 -4 -0 1 -1 -1 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.3 .476 .497 -0.2 -0.2 -2 $398,300 3/9D
2009 29 NYY AL 11 15 -2 0 -0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .477 .498 -0.2 -0.0 -2 $ /9D
2010 30 CLE AL 85 259 2 -0 -0 5 -4 2 0.2 9 10 1.1 .502 .501 0.5 0.2 5 $ 7D/93
2011 31 CLE AL 76 247 6 -0 -1 -5 -5 -5 -0.4 8 4 0.3 .493 .497 0.9 -1.0 9 $500,000 7D/39
2012 32 CLE AL 35 122 -1 -1 -1 0 -2 -5 -0.6 4 -1 -0.2 .485 .497 -0.1 -0.2 -1 $ 7/D
6 Seasons 264 791 3 -2 -2 1 -15 -15 -1.4 27 12 1.1 .494 .498 1.1 -1.3 11 $898,300
CLE (3 yrs) 196 628 7 -2 -2 0 -11 -8 -0.8 21 13 1.2 .496 .498 1.3 -1.0 13 $500,000
NYY (3 yrs) 68 163 -3 -0 0 1 -4 -7 -0.6 6 -1 -0.1 .490 .499 -0.2 -0.2 -2 $398,300

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
2007 27 NYY AL 83 58 13 6.0 108 .255 .257 .272 .329 .340 .554 .426 .883 .765 127 .577 2.3 0.2 .860 .405 .297 .0
2008 28 NYY AL 65 49 5 2.7 108 .205 .175 .272 .262 .340 .281 .426 .542 .767 43 .251 -4.8 -0.5 .479 .228 .105 .0
2009 29 NYY AL 15 13 0 0.0 112 .300 .200 .273 .200 .343 .200 .438 .400 .781 4 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .231 .000 .000
2010 30 CLE AL 259 181 31 4.6 95 .294 .231 .253 .317 .320 .419 .397 .736 .717 105 .490 1.5 0.2 .700 .306 .188 1.8
2011 31 CLE AL 247 175 33 5.1 94 .297 .260 .253 .324 .317 .484 .400 .808 .716 123 .542 7.3 0.7 .746 .305 .224 .0
2012 32 CLE AL 122 91 11 3.2 93 .250 .204 .246 .311 .312 .359 .399 .671 .711 90 .345 -0.8 -0.1 .596 .311 .155 1.6
6 Yrs 791 567 93 4.4 97 .277 .234 .256 .313 .322 .429 .404 .742 .726 103 .467 3.3 0.3 .684 .304 .195 3.8
162 Game Avg. 485 348 57 4.4 97 .277 .234 .256 .313 .322 .429 .404 .742 .726 103 .467 2 0 .684 .304 .195 2
CLE (3 yrs) 628 447 75 4.5 94 .287 .238 .252 .318 .317 .434 .398 .753 .715 109 .486 8.1 0.8 .697 .306 .196 3.7
NYY (3 yrs) 163 120 18 4.0 108 .238 .219 .272 .290 .340 .411 .427 .701 .767 81 .399 -4.7 -0.5 .636 .295 .192 .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
2007 27 NYY AL ALDS CLE L 3 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 3 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2 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
2007 27 NYY AL 83 8.4% 24.1% 9.6% 9.6% 42% 2.50 3.7 10.6 4.4 0.59 1.00 57% 22% 22.6% 9%
2008 28 NYY AL 65 1.5% 20.0% 10.8% 6.2% 40% 1.86 4.4 57.0 9.5 0.50 0.55 68% 27% 4.5% 27%
2009 29 NYY AL 15 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 15.0 0.43 0.50 67% 20% 0.0% 14%
2010 30 CLE AL 259 4.3% 29.3% 10.0% 8.1% 40% 2.92 3.0 20.8 6.4 0.41 0.53 55% 16% 12.9% 22%
2011 31 CLE AL 247 4.5% 22.7% 7.7% 11.3% 48% 2.95 4.0 20.3 4.7 0.54 0.77 64% 18% 12.4% 19%
2012 32 CLE AL 122 3.3% 27.1% 13.9% 6.6% 38% 1.94 3.1 25.8 9.4 0.47 0.67 56% 17% 12.9% 37%
6 Yrs 791 4.3% 25.7% 9.7% 8.7% 42% 2.64 3.5 20.6 5.9 0.49 0.67 59% 18% 12.9% 22%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.0% 8.5% 7.8% 33% 2.11 4.9 34.6 7.9 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2007 27 NYY AL 2.3 0.2 83 0.3 1.2 -0.9 .61 0.2 0.3 4.1 0.4 0.97 2.1 0.46 5
2008 28 NYY AL -4.8 -0.5 65 -0.6 0.8 -1.4 1.09 -0.4 -0.2 -5.2 -0.5 1.05 -4.3 1.81 4
2009 29 NYY AL -2.2 -0.2 15 -0.1 0.2 -0.2 .70 -0.2 0.1 -2.9 -0.3 0.90 -3.0 0.03 3
2010 30 CLE AL 1.5 0.2 266 0.9 5.7 -4.7 1.07 0.2 0.7 4.2 0.4 0.98 1.9 1.71 21
2011 31 CLE AL 7.0 0.7 250 0.7 5.0 -4.3 1.00 0.4 0.3 12.3 1.2 1.04 6.5 1.63 8
2012 32 CLE AL -0.8 -0.1 125 -0.9 1.7 -2.6 1.12 -0.4 -0.4 -5.8 -0.6 0.98 -3.7 1.76 1
6 Yrs 3.0 0.3 804 0.3 14.5 -14.2 1.00 -0.1 0.4 6.7 0.7 1.00 -0.6 1.44 42

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
2007 27 NYY AL 0 0 45% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25% 5 5 0 3 1 2 0 0 0
2008 28 NYY AL 2 0 38% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0
2009 29 NYY AL 0 0 33% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
2010 30 CLE AL 2 0 25% 77 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 20% 5 4 1 3 3 0 7 4 2
2011 31 CLE AL 2 0 26% 74 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 31% 15 13 2 2 2 0 9 3 6
2012 32 CLE AL 1 0 32% 38 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 39% 9 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 0
6 Yrs 7 0 30% 252 2 3 40% 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 17 29% 35 28 7 13 9 4 20 10 9

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
2007 27 NYY AL 83 46% 19 1 0 5 0 0 0 0.46 7 0 1 4 3 6 1 0 1 1 100% 21 2 10% 4 1 25% 59 10 17% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
2008 28 NYY AL 65 71% 10 0 0 4 0 0 0 1.81 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 21 1 5% 12 2 17% 53 5 9% 3 2 67% 4 1 25% 0
2009 29 NYY AL 15 53% 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 8 1 13% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
2010 30 CLE AL 259 37% 53 2 0 21 6 1 3 1.71 11 0 7 6 5 9 2 0 0 0 46 4 9% 21 2 10% 175 27 15% 10 4 40% 12 6 50% 0
2011 31 CLE AL 247 46% 58 6 0 8 4 0 4 1.63 11 0 10 10 1 4 7 0 0 0 57 7 12% 22 4 18% 171 36 21% 14 7 50% 9 1 11% 0
2012 32 CLE AL 122 44% 21 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.76 4 0 2 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 27 5 19% 12 3 25% 86 7 8% 8 3 38% 4 1 25% 0
6 Yrs 791 45% 164 11 0 42 10 1 7 1.44 34 0 20 22 12 21 13 0 1 1 100% 174 20 11% 72 13 18% 552 86 16% 38 17 45% 30 10 33% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 14% 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
2007 27 NYY AL 83 324 3.90 198 61% 27% 20% 26% 28% 73% 0% 45% 73% 25% 5% 4 0 17% 14 8 11% 9 3 20% 0 0 0
2008 28 NYY AL 65 279 4.29 175 63% 26% 14% 34% 26% 74% 0% 47% 81% 25% 8% 5 0 18% 12 2 8% 5 3 38% 0 0 0
2009 29 NYY AL 15 62 4.13 50 81% 16% 30% 34% 20% 84% 0% 68% 64% 40% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 20% 0 0 0
2010 30 CLE AL 259 1020 3.94 649 64% 27% 21% 28% 24% 73% 2% 47% 71% 30% 4% 10 0 13% 33 14 6% 16 7 22% 0 0 0
2011 31 CLE AL 248 988 3.98 635 64% 27% 18% 28% 27% 73% 1% 47% 76% 21% 4% 11 0 16% 39 23 9% 23 13 29% -1 0 0
2012 32 CLE AL 124 548 4.42 328 60% 30% 16% 32% 22% 70% 0% 42% 77% 18% 3% 4 0 18% 22 7 13% 16 9 27% -2 0 0
6 Yrs 794 3221 4.06 2035 63% 27% 19% 29% 25% 73% 1% 46% 74% 24% 4% 34 0 15% 120 54 9% 69 35 26% -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 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
2007 27 34 83 74 16 19 1 0 7 17 0 0 8 20 .257 .329 .554 .883 127 41 2 0 1 0 0
2008 28 57 148 131 23 29 4 0 8 23 0 0 15 33 .221 .299 .435 .734 90 57 3 0 1 1 0
2009 29 68 163 146 24 32 4 0 8 24 0 0 15 38 .219 .290 .411 .701 81 60 4 0 1 1 0
2010 30 153 422 375 53 85 14 0 19 60 1 0 41 114 .227 .306 .416 .722 95 156 8 3 1 2 2
2011 31 229 669 598 82 143 31 0 30 107 1 1 60 170 .239 .313 .441 .754 106 264 15 6 1 4 3
2012 32 264 791 701 97 164 35 0 34 118 2 3 77 203 .234 .313 .429 .742 103 301 20 6 1 6 4

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
2007 27 34 83 74 15 19 1 0 7 16 0 8 20 .257 .329 .554 .883 13 34
2008 28 23 65 57 7 10 3 0 1 6 0 7 13 .175 .262 .281 .542 4 23
2009 29 11 16 16 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 11
2010 30 85 265 233 33 57 11 0 12 41 1 28 76 .245 .332 .446 .778 34 85
2011 31 76 252 227 32 62 18 0 12 52 0 20 56 .273 .337 .511 .848 38 76
2012 32 35 124 104 17 22 4 0 4 12 1 18 33 .212 .323 .365 .688 13 35
6 Yrs 264 805 711 106 174 37 0 36 129 2 81 203 .245 .325 .449 .773 103 264
162 Game Avg. 162 494 436 65 107 23 0 22 79 1 50 125 .245 .325 .449 .773 63 264

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