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David Eckstein

David Mark Eckstein (X Factor or Just Enough)

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 20, 1975 in Sanford, FL
High School: Seminole HS (Sanford, FL)
School: University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 19th round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 2001
Teams (by GP): Angels/Cardinals/Padres/BlueJays/Diamondbacks 2001-2010
Agents: Ryan Gleichowski [*]
Final Game: October 3, 2010
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All-Star

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
2001 26 ANA AL 153 664 582 82 166 26 2 4 41 29 4 43 60 .285 .355 .357 .712 89 208 11 21 16 2 0 *64D RoY-4
2002 27 ANA AL 152 702 608 107 178 22 6 8 63 21 13 45 44 .293 .363 .388 .752 101 236 7 27 14 8 0 *6/D MVP-11
2003 28 ANA AL 120 517 452 59 114 22 1 3 31 16 5 36 45 .252 .325 .325 .651 75 147 9 15 10 4 0 *6/D
2004 29 ANA AL 142 637 566 92 156 24 1 2 35 16 5 42 49 .276 .339 .332 .671 79 188 11 13 14 2 1 *6/D
2005 30 STL NL 158 713 630 90 185 26 7 8 61 11 8 58 44 .294 .363 .395 .758 99 249 13 13 8 4 0 *6 AS,MVP-21
2006 31 STL NL 123 552 500 68 146 18 1 2 23 7 6 31 41 .292 .350 .344 .694 80 172 7 15 3 3 0 *6 AS
2007 32 STL NL 117 484 434 58 134 23 0 3 31 10 1 24 22 .309 .356 .382 .739 93 166 9 12 7 7 0 *6
2008 33 TOT MLB 94 376 324 32 86 21 0 2 27 2 1 31 32 .265 .343 .349 .692 85 113 7 9 9 3 1 64/D
2008 33 TOR AL 76 303 260 27 72 18 0 1 23 2 1 24 27 .277 .354 .358 .711 93 93 6 8 9 2 1 6/D4
2008 33 ARI NL 18 73 64 5 14 3 0 1 4 0 0 7 5 .219 .301 .313 .614 58 20 1 1 0 1 0 4
2009 34 SDP NL 136 568 503 64 131 27 2 2 51 3 1 39 46 .260 .323 .334 .657 82 168 8 9 13 4 1 *4
2010 35 SDP NL 116 492 442 49 118 23 0 1 29 8 1 27 35 .267 .321 .326 .647 83 144 6 9 12 2 0 *4
10 Yrs 1311 5705 5041 701 1414 232 20 35 392 123 45 376 418 .280 .345 .355 .701 87 1791 88 143 106 39 3
162 Game Avg. 162 705 623 87 175 29 2 4 48 15 6 46 52 .280 .345 .355 .701 87 221 11 18 13 5 0
ANA (4 yrs) 567 2520 2208 340 614 94 10 17 170 82 27 166 198 .278 .347 .353 .700 87 779 38 76 54 16 1
STL (3 yrs) 398 1749 1564 216 465 67 8 13 115 28 15 113 107 .297 .357 .375 .732 91 587 29 40 18 14 0
SDP (2 yrs) 252 1060 945 113 249 50 2 3 80 11 2 66 81 .263 .322 .330 .652 82 312 14 18 25 6 1
ARI (1 yr) 18 73 64 5 14 3 0 1 4 0 0 7 5 .219 .301 .313 .614 58 20 1 1 0 1 0
TOR (1 yr) 76 303 260 27 72 18 0 1 23 2 1 24 27 .277 .354 .358 .711 93 93 6 8 9 2 1
NL (6 yrs) 668 2882 2573 334 728 120 10 17 199 39 17 186 193 .283 .343 .357 .700 87 919 44 59 43 21 1
AL (5 yrs) 643 2823 2468 367 686 112 10 18 193 84 28 190 225 .278 .348 .353 .701 87 872 44 84 63 18 2

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
2001 26 ANA AL 153 664 1 13 1 -3 5 18 1.9 22 40 3.9 .511 .511 4.2 0.3 43 $200,000 *64D RoY-4
2002 27 ANA AL 152 702 6 3 2 10 7 28 2.9 23 52 5.0 .518 .517 4.1 1.8 42 $280,000 *6/D MVP-11
2003 28 ANA AL 120 517 -15 2 1 3 5 -3 -0.2 17 14 1.4 .497 .498 1.1 0.9 11 $425,000 *6/D
2004 29 ANA AL 142 637 -13 4 0 -2 6 -5 -0.2 21 16 1.7 .497 .497 1.8 0.6 18 $2,150,000 *6/D
2005 30 STL NL 158 713 3 1 0 -2 7 8 0.8 20 28 2.7 .505 .505 3.0 0.5 30 $2,333,333 *6 AS,MVP-21
2006 31 STL NL 123 552 -9 -0 1 4 5 0 0.0 15 15 1.5 .500 .500 1.1 0.9 11 $3,333,333 *6 AS
2007 32 STL NL 117 484 -0 1 0 -12 5 -6 -0.6 13 7 0.7 .495 .496 1.9 -0.7 19 $4,583,333 *6
2008 33 TOR AL 76 303 -1 -2 -0 -10 2 -10 -0.9 10 -0 0.0 .486 .494 1.0 -0.7 10 $4,500,000 6/D4
2008 33 ARI NL 18 73 -4 1 0 0 0 -3 -0.4 2 -1 -0.2 .481 .498 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 4
2009 34 SDP NL 136 568 -9 2 2 -4 2 -8 -0.8 15 8 0.7 .494 .495 1.1 -0.1 12 $850,000 *4
2010 35 SDP NL 116 492 -9 1 1 4 2 -0 -0.1 14 13 1.2 .500 .500 0.8 0.7 9 $1,000,000 *4
10 Seasons 1311 5705 -51 27 8 -12 47 19 2.6 172 191 18.6 .501 .501 19.9 4.2 203 $19,654,999
ANA (4 yrs) 567 2520 -21 23 5 8 23 38 4.4 84 122 12.0 .507 .506 11.2 3.6 114 $3,055,000
STL (3 yrs) 398 1749 -7 2 1 -10 17 3 0.3 47 50 4.9 .501 .501 6.0 0.7 60 $10,249,999
SDP (2 yrs) 252 1060 -18 2 3 0 4 -8 -0.9 29 21 1.9 .497 .497 1.9 0.5 21 $1,850,000
ARI (1 yr) 18 73 -4 1 0 0 0 -3 -0.4 2 -1 -0.2 .481 .498 -0.2 0.0 -1 $
TOR (1 yr) 76 303 -1 -2 -0 -10 2 -10 -0.9 10 -0 0.0 .486 .494 1.0 -0.7 10 $4,500,000

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
2001 26 ANA AL 664 449 81 4.8 108 .312 .285 .268 .355 .336 .357 .431 .712 .766 89 .479 -8.4 -0.8 .689 .189 .072 7.0
2002 27 ANA AL 702 472 91 5.2 105 .301 .293 .264 .363 .332 .388 .425 .752 .757 101 .519 2.5 0.2 .702 .183 .095 11.6
2003 28 ANA AL 517 366 51 3.7 105 .272 .252 .265 .325 .331 .325 .425 .651 .756 75 .365 -15.0 -1.4 .594 .177 .073 5.1
2004 29 ANA AL 637 442 67 4.1 107 .298 .276 .267 .339 .334 .332 .428 .671 .763 79 .390 -16.2 -1.5 .596 .150 .057 3.6
2005 30 STL NL 713 478 92 5.1 109 .304 .294 .270 .363 .340 .395 .430 .758 .770 99 .528 -0.5 -0.1 .693 .198 .102 9.3
2006 31 STL NL 552 373 62 4.4 112 .313 .292 .271 .350 .342 .344 .440 .694 .782 80 .438 -13.8 -1.3 .597 .116 .052 3.1
2007 32 STL NL 484 324 62 5.2 110 .315 .309 .272 .356 .341 .382 .434 .739 .775 93 .505 -3.2 -0.3 .681 .150 .074 4.6
2008 33 TOT MLB 376 258 42 4.4 105 .287 .265 .267 .343 .335 .349 .420 .692 .755 85 .442 -5.2 -0.5 .626 .182 .083 2.0
2008 33 TOR AL 303 206 35 4.5 103 .303 .277 .264 .354 .332 .358 .415 .711 .747 93 .460 -1.1 -0.1 .646 .177 .081 1.3
2008 33 ARI NL 73 52 7 3.6 114 .220 .219 .275 .301 .348 .313 .439 .614 .788 58 .364 -4.0 -0.4 .549 .203 .094 .0
2009 34 SDP NL 568 398 57 3.8 98 .281 .260 .254 .323 .325 .334 .403 .657 .728 82 .398 -10.0 -1.0 .572 .155 .074 2.4
2010 35 SDP NL 492 345 49 3.8 94 .287 .267 .251 .321 .320 .326 .396 .647 .716 83 .415 -8.8 -0.9 .565 .136 .059 1.8
10 Yrs 5705 3905 654 4.5 106 .298 .280 .265 .345 .334 .355 .424 .701 .758 87 .454 -78.4 -7.5 .635 .165 .075 54.5
162 Game Avg. 705 483 81 4.5 106 .298 .280 .265 .345 .334 .355 .424 .701 .758 87 .454 -78.4 -7.5 .635 .165 .075 7
ANA (4 yrs) 2520 1729 290 4.5 106 .297 .278 .266 .347 .333 .353 .427 .700 .761 87 .446 -37.0 -3.5 .649 .175 .075 28.2
STL (3 yrs) 1749 1175 216 4.9 110 .310 .297 .271 .357 .341 .375 .434 .732 .775 91 .494 -17.4 -1.6 .659 .159 .078 17.8
SDP (2 yrs) 1060 743 106 3.8 96 .284 .263 .252 .322 .322 .330 .400 .652 .722 82 .406 -18.8 -1.8 .569 .146 .067 4.7
ARI (1 yr) 73 52 7 3.6 114 .220 .219 .275 .301 .348 .313 .439 .614 .788 58 .364 -4.0 -0.4 .549 .203 .094 .0
TOR (1 yr) 303 206 35 4.5 103 .303 .277 .264 .354 .332 .358 .415 .711 .747 93 .460 -1.1 -0.1 .646 .177 .081 1.3
NL (6 yrs) 2882 1970 329 4.5 105 .298 .283 .264 .343 .334 .357 .422 .700 .756 87 .460 -40.2 -3.9 .622 .155 .074 23.7
AL (5 yrs) 2823 1935 325 4.5 106 .298 .278 .266 .348 .333 .353 .426 .701 .759 87 .447 -38.1 -3.6 .648 .175 .075 29.6

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
2002 27 ANA AL ALDS NYY W 4 20 18 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .278 .316 .278 .594 5 0 1 1 0 0
2002 27 ANA AL ALCS MIN W 5 22 21 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .286 .318 .286 .604 6 0 1 0 0 0
2002 27 ANA AL WS SFG W 7 33 29 6 9 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 2 .310 .364 .310 .674 9 0 0 0 1 0
2004 29 ANA AL ALDS BOS L 3 12 12 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 4 0 0 0 0 0
2005 30 STL NL NLDS SDP W 3 15 13 3 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 .385 .429 .615 1.044 8 0 0 1 0 0
2005 30 STL NL NLCS HOU L 6 26 20 5 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 2 .200 .346 .200 .546 4 0 2 0 1 0
2006 31 STL NL NLDS SDP W 4 17 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .133 .188 .133 .321 2 1 1 1 0 0
2006 31 STL NL NLCS NYM W 7 32 26 3 6 1 0 1 1 3 0 4 0 .231 .375 .385 .760 10 0 2 0 0 0
2006 31 STL NL WS DET W 5 23 22 3 8 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 .364 .391 .500 .891 11 1 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (9 Series) 44 200 176 26 49 4 0 2 18 7 1 12 9 .278 .345 .335 .680 59 2 7 3 2 0
2 NLDS 7 32 28 4 7 0 0 1 5 1 0 1 1 .250 .300 .357 .657 10 1 1 2 0 0
2 ALDS 7 32 30 4 9 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .300 .323 .300 .623 9 0 1 1 0 0
2 NLCS 13 58 46 8 10 1 0 1 3 4 1 7 2 .217 .362 .304 .666 14 0 4 0 1 0
1 ALCS 5 22 21 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .286 .318 .286 .604 6 0 1 0 0 0
2 WS 12 56 51 9 17 3 0 0 7 1 0 4 3 .333 .375 .392 .767 20 1 0 0 1 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 STL NL 30 as SS 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 STL NL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 GP) 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 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
2001 26 ANA AL 664 0.6% 9.0% 6.5% 4.8% 19% 1.40 9.7 145.5 14.2 0.79 1.28 78% 27% 1.7% 14%
2002 27 ANA AL 702 1.1% 6.3% 6.4% 5.1% 20% 0.98 13.8 76.0 9.7 0.72 0.96 80% 25% 2.9% 14%
2003 28 ANA AL 517 0.6% 8.7% 7.0% 5.0% 23% 1.25 10.0 150.7 14.6 1.10 1.46 79% 16% 1.8% 13%
2004 29 ANA AL 637 0.3% 7.7% 6.6% 4.2% 17% 1.17 11.6 283.0 16.2 0.97 1.25 81% 20% 0.8% 8%
2005 30 STL NL 713 1.1% 6.2% 8.1% 5.8% 22% 0.76 14.3 78.8 10.3 0.86 1.18 82% 20% 2.8% 10%
2006 31 STL NL 552 0.4% 7.4% 5.6% 3.8% 14% 1.32 12.2 250.0 21.7 0.96 1.17 83% 20% 1.0% 10%
2007 32 STL NL 484 0.6% 4.6% 5.0% 5.4% 19% 0.92 19.7 144.7 14.0 0.70 0.84 86% 22% 1.5% 19%
2008 33 TOT MLB 376 0.5% 8.5% 8.2% 6.1% 27% 1.03 10.1 162.0 12.0 1.07 1.32 78% 17% 1.8% 19%
2008 33 TOR AL 303 0.3% 8.9% 7.9% 6.3% 26% 1.13 9.6 260.0 11.3 1.09 1.34 77% 17% 1.1% 17%
2008 33 ARI NL 73 1.4% 6.9% 9.6% 5.5% 29% 0.71 12.8 64.0 16.0 1.00 1.24 81% 17% 4.5% 24%
2009 34 SDP NL 568 0.4% 8.1% 6.9% 5.5% 24% 1.18 10.9 251.5 9.9 0.86 1.11 81% 20% 1.0% 14%
2010 35 SDP NL 492 0.2% 7.1% 5.5% 4.9% 20% 1.30 12.6 442.0 15.2 0.92 1.18 83% 19% 0.6% 16%
10 Yrs 5705 0.6% 7.3% 6.6% 5.0% 20% 1.11 12.1 144.0 12.9 0.88 1.16 81% 21% 1.7% 13%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.2% 8.5% 8.0% 34% 2.01 5.2 32.6 7.7 0.79 1.07 70% 20% 7.8% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2001 26 ANA AL -8.4 -0.8 715 -0.1 11.2 -11.3 1.00 0.4 -0.5 -3.8 -0.4 0.93 3.8 1.17 2
2002 27 ANA AL 2.5 0.2 747 -0.5 12.1 -12.5 1.03 -0.1 -0.4 3.3 0.3 0.98 -3.9 2.65 2
2003 28 ANA AL -15.0 -1.4 548 -1.7 7.2 -8.9 .96 -1.4 -0.4 -15.3 -1.5 0.90 -17.1 2.16 1
2004 29 ANA AL -16.2 -1.5 666 -1.7 8.9 -10.6 .96 -1.9 0.1 -21.3 -2.0 0.95 -23.2 2.72 0
2005 30 STL NL -0.5 -0.1 752 1.4 12.6 -11.2 .94 0.7 0.8 10.9 1.0 0.92 6.7 1.21 2
2006 31 STL NL -13.8 -1.3 569 -1.1 8.2 -9.3 .98 -1.2 0.0 -15.5 -1.5 0.90 -13.5 1.93 3
2007 32 STL NL -3.2 -0.3 504 -0.4 7.3 -7.7 1.00 -0.4 -0.1 -4.7 -0.4 0.96 -3.2 3.18 3
2008 33 TOT MLB -5.7 -0.6 385 -2.0 5.5 -7.4 1.05 -0.9 -0.9 -13.5 -1.3 0.96 -11.3 0.08 1
2008 33 TOR AL -1.5 -0.2 311 -1.5 4.4 -5.9 1.04 -0.6 -0.8 -8.9 -0.9 0.97 -7.3 0.08 1
2008 33 ARI NL -4.1 -0.4 74 -0.5 1.0 -1.5 1.11 -0.4 -0.1 -4.6 -0.4 0.92 -4.0 0
2009 34 SDP NL -10.0 -1.0 582 1.2 10.2 -9.0 1.04 -0.5 1.7 2.9 0.3 0.97 -8.2 1.03 8
2010 35 SDP NL -8.8 -0.9 509 0.4 8.5 -8.2 1.03 -0.7 1.0 -1.9 -0.2 0.92 -7.1 1.64 6
10 Yrs -78.9 -7.5 5977 -4.6 91.7 -96.3 .99 -6.0 1.3 -58.8 -5.6 0.94 -77.0 1.63 28

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
2001 26 ANA AL 15 0 35% 336 29 4 88% 23 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 6 22 64% 45 17 28 11 2 8 14 5 9
2002 27 ANA AL 8 0 41% 307 21 13 62% 18 9 3 4 0 0 3 2 3 32 48% 50 33 17 10 5 5 39 10 25
2003 28 ANA AL 4 0 35% 229 16 5 76% 12 5 4 0 0 0 3 1 4 12 52% 33 19 14 5 2 3 18 5 12
2004 29 ANA AL 8 0 43% 282 16 5 76% 16 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 16 48% 55 32 22 9 2 6 22 9 13
2005 30 STL NL 6 0 33% 346 11 8 58% 10 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 11 20 37% 48 31 15 14 10 4 17 7 10
2006 31 STL NL 7 0 35% 280 7 6 54% 7 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 12 41% 50 37 13 3 2 1 27 8 19
2007 32 STL NL 7 0 33% 239 10 1 91% 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 13 36% 22 17 5 11 6 4 11 1 7
2008 33 TOT MLB 4 0 24% 188 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 9 37% 21 17 4 5 2 3 15 6 8
2008 33 TOR AL 4 0 25% 162 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 33% 19 17 2 3 1 2 14 5 8
2008 33 ARI NL 0 0 19% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 60% 2 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0
2009 34 SDP NL 5 0 35% 254 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 15 41% 34 23 11 12 7 5 22 8 12
2010 35 SDP NL 3 0 31% 228 8 1 89% 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 44% 20 15 5 6 1 4 13 4 8
10 Yrs 67 0 35% 2689 123 45 73% 109 40 14 5 0 0 14 4 53 162 45% 378 241 134 86 39 43 198 63 123

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
2001 26 ANA AL 664 28% 166 23 9 2 1 0 0 1.17 4 0 12 1 3 3 1 0 20 16 80% 112 11 10% 55 25 45% 338 40 12% 27 15 56% 14 9 64% 0
2002 27 ANA AL 702 29% 178 35 11 2 1 0 0 2.65 8 3 20 4 4 3 5 0 21 14 67% 108 7 6% 62 34 55% 396 59 15% 42 23 55% 29 13 45% 0
2003 28 ANA AL 517 29% 114 14 1 1 0 0 0 2.16 3 0 4 1 2 1 2 0 12 10 83% 70 9 13% 39 23 59% 227 31 14% 18 11 61% 14 11 79% 0
2004 29 ANA AL 637 31% 156 24 6 0 0 0 0 2.72 2 0 10 0 2 2 0 0 17 14 82% 99 11 11% 44 21 48% 348 36 10% 35 17 49% 23 18 78% 0
2005 30 STL NL 713 27% 185 16 6 2 0 0 0 1.21 8 1 10 4 4 3 5 0 13 8 62% 75 13 17% 45 22 49% 316 53 17% 26 13 50% 15 12 80% 0
2006 31 STL NL 552 33% 146 20 3 3 0 0 0 1.93 2 0 13 2 0 0 2 0 8 3 38% 62 7 11% 31 11 35% 245 25 10% 22 11 50% 9 4 44% 0
2007 32 STL NL 484 30% 134 14 2 3 0 0 1 3.18 3 0 10 3 0 1 2 0 9 7 78% 80 9 11% 35 21 60% 265 31 12% 20 13 65% 18 13 72% 0
2008 33 TOT MLB 376 29% 86 17 3 1 0 0 0 0.08 2 0 8 1 1 2 0 0 14 9 64% 56 7 13% 41 19 46% 222 26 12% 26 13 50% 15 10 67% 0
2008 33 TOR AL 303 31% 72 15 3 1 0 0 0 0.08 1 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 12 9 75% 46 6 13% 34 18 53% 185 23 12% 20 10 50% 14 9 64% 0
2008 33 ARI NL 73 19% 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0% 10 1 10% 7 1 14% 37 3 8% 6 3 50% 1 1 100% 0
2009 34 SDP NL 568 33% 131 15 4 8 4 1 1 1.03 2 0 15 1 1 2 0 0 18 13 72% 105 8 8% 76 32 42% 335 50 15% 29 19 66% 40 25 63% 0
2010 35 SDP NL 492 32% 118 15 2 6 1 0 0 1.64 1 0 10 0 1 1 0 0 14 12 86% 76 6 8% 47 24 51% 240 32 13% 13 9 69% 22 15 68% 0
10 Yrs 5705 30% 1414 193 47 28 7 1 2 1.63 35 4 112 17 18 18 17 0 146 106 73% 843 88 10% 475 232 49% 2932 383 13% 258 144 56% 199 130 65% 0
MLB Averages 54% 69% 11% 33% 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
2001 26 ANA AL 668 2560 3.83 1680 66% 39% 4% 25% 32% 61% 0% 40% 93% 14% 5% 35 0 14% 92 11 9% 57 11 47% -4 0 0
2002 27 ANA AL 708 2604 3.68 1695 65% 36% 5% 25% 35% 64% 0% 42% 92% 14% 5% 37 0 14% 98 19 9% 62 18 23% -6 0 0
2003 28 ANA AL 522 2003 3.84 1320 66% 39% 5% 25% 32% 61% 0% 40% 92% 12% 3% 18 0 11% 60 8 8% 41 8 33% -5 0 0
2004 29 ANA AL 642 2421 3.77 1595 66% 37% 5% 25% 33% 63% 0% 42% 92% 11% 5% 34 0 14% 87 11 9% 59 14 20% -5 0 0
2005 30 STL NL 713 2859 4.01 1856 65% 38% 3% 27% 32% 62% 0% 40% 95% 10% 6% 44 0 17% 121 12 10% 71 14 39% 0 0 0
2006 31 STL NL 552 2073 3.76 1399 67% 36% 5% 26% 33% 64% 0% 43% 93% 14% 4% 23 0 14% 75 6 8% 43 13 24% 0 0 0
2007 32 STL NL 484 1767 3.65 1197 68% 31% 4% 29% 36% 69% 0% 47% 94% 18% 5% 22 0 13% 64 7 8% 41 20 14% 0 0 0
2008 33 TOT MLB 378 1404 3.71 949 68% 36% 5% 27% 32% 64% 1% 44% 92% 11% 5% 20 0 14% 53 8 6% 24 6 22% -2 0 0
2008 33 TOR AL 305 1134 3.72 774 68% 35% 5% 28% 32% 65% 1% 44% 92% 12% 5% 14 0 13% 39 7 6% 17 5 26% -2 0 0
2008 33 ARI NL 73 270 3.70 175 65% 37% 5% 23% 34% 63% 0% 41% 92% 5% 8% 6 0 19% 14 1 10% 7 1 0% 0 0 0
2009 34 SDP NL 573 2176 3.80 1463 67% 38% 5% 25% 32% 62% 0% 42% 92% 9% 5% 29 0 14% 81 10 7% 40 12 17% -5 0 0
2010 35 SDP NL 492 1863 3.79 1241 67% 38% 5% 23% 34% 62% 0% 41% 92% 8% 6% 30 0 15% 74 11 10% 51 19 20% 0 0 0
10 Yrs 5732 21730 3.79 14395 66% 37% 5% 25% 33% 63% 0% 42% 93% 12% 5% 292 0 14% 805 103 9% 489 135 28% -27 0 0
MLB Averages 3.76 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 CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2001 26 153 664 582 82 166 26 2 4 41 29 4 43 60 .285 .355 .357 .712 89 208 11 21 16 2 0
2002 27 305 1366 1190 189 344 48 8 12 104 50 17 88 104 .289 .359 .373 .732 95 444 18 48 30 10 0
2003 28 425 1883 1642 248 458 70 9 15 135 66 22 124 149 .279 .350 .360 .710 89 591 27 63 40 14 0
2004 29 567 2520 2208 340 614 94 10 17 170 82 27 166 198 .278 .347 .353 .700 87 779 38 76 54 16 1
2005 30 725 3233 2838 430 799 120 17 25 231 93 35 224 242 .282 .351 .362 .713 89 1028 51 89 62 20 1
2006 31 848 3785 3338 498 945 138 18 27 254 100 41 255 283 .283 .351 .359 .710 88 1200 58 104 65 23 1
2007 32 965 4269 3772 556 1079 161 18 30 285 110 42 279 305 .286 .351 .362 .713 89 1366 67 116 72 30 1
2008 33 1059 4645 4096 588 1165 182 18 32 312 112 43 310 337 .284 .351 .361 .712 88 1479 74 125 81 33 2
2009 34 1195 5213 4599 652 1296 209 20 34 363 115 44 349 383 .282 .348 .358 .706 88 1647 82 134 94 37 3
2010 35 1311 5705 5041 701 1414 232 20 35 392 123 45 376 418 .280 .345 .355 .701 87 1791 88 143 106 39 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
2001 26 153 658 578 79 162 25 2 4 39 28 42 60 .280 .349 .351 .700 67 153
2002 27 152 699 606 105 176 22 6 8 62 21 44 44 .290 .361 .386 .747 79 152
2003 28 120 517 452 59 114 22 1 3 31 16 36 45 .252 .325 .325 .651 45 120
2004 29 142 633 563 89 153 24 1 2 34 16 41 49 .272 .334 .329 .663 59 142
2005 30 158 712 629 89 184 26 7 8 60 11 58 44 .293 .362 .394 .756 87 158
2006 31 123 545 495 64 141 17 1 2 22 7 30 41 .285 .341 .335 .677 54 123
2007 32 117 478 429 55 129 22 0 3 29 10 23 22 .301 .348 .373 .721 54 117
2008 33 94 376 324 32 86 21 0 2 27 2 31 32 .265 .343 .349 .692 37 94
2009 34 136 579 511 70 139 29 2 2 56 3 41 46 .272 .336 .348 .684 58 136
2010 35 116 503 450 55 126 25 0 1 33 9 29 35 .280 .336 .342 .678 50 116
10 Yrs 1311 5700 5037 697 1410 233 20 35 393 123 375 418 .280 .345 .355 .700 590 1311
162 Game Avg. 162 704 622 86 174 29 2 4 49 15 46 52 .280 .345 .355 .700 73 1311

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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

All-Star Games
2005 (SS)
2006 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2006 AL Babe Ruth Award
2006 ML WS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2002 AL (11, 6%)
2005 NL (21, 3%)
0.09 Career Shares (940th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2002 AL  5.0 (9th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2002 AL  1.8 (5th)

At Bats s c a p y
2005 NL  630 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2002 AL  702 (7th)
2005 NL  713 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
2005 NL  185 (6th)

Triples s c a p y
2002 AL  6 (6th)
2005 NL  7 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
2001 AL  134 (3rd)
2002 AL  142 (4th)
2004 AL  129 (4th)
2005 NL  144 (3rd)
2006 NL  125 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2005 NL  256 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2001 AL  21 (1st)
2002 AL  27 (1st)
2003 AL  15 (6th)
2004 AL  13 (6th)
2005 NL  13 (7th)
2006 NL  15 (4th)
2007 NL  12 (10th)
2010 NL  9 (8th)
Career  143 (23rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2001 AL  16 (1st)
2002 AL  14 (1st)
2003 AL  10 (4th)
2004 AL  14 (4th)
2008 AL  9 (5th)
2009 NL  13 (8th)
2010 NL  12 (6th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2002 AL  8 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2002 AL  13 (2nd)

SB % s c a p y
2001 AL  87.88 (4th)
Career  73.21 (218th)

AB per SO s c a p y
2001 AL  9.7 (2nd)
2002 AL  13.8 (2nd)
2003 AL  10.0 (6th)
2004 AL  11.6 (1st)
2005 NL  14.3 (2nd)
2006 NL  12.2 (4th)
2007 NL  19.7 (3rd)**
2009 NL  10.9 (4th)
2010 NL  12.6 (4th)**

Outs Made s c a p y
2002 AL  472 (8th)
2005 NL  478 (4th)

                           
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 6 (1702), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 28 (651), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (683), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Rick Burleson (954)
  2. Glenn Beckert (931)
  3. Ron Hunt (925)
  4. Johnny Temple (925)
  5. Woody English (922)
  6. Dave Cash (920)
  7. Scott Fletcher (917)
  8. Felix Millan (917)
  9. Doggie Miller (915)
  10. Rey Sanchez (915)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Art Fletcher (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Johnny Burnett (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jason Bartlett (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Phil Rizzuto (960) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jason Bartlett (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Phil Rizzuto (953) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Phil Rizzuto (961) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Phil Rizzuto (943) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Rick Burleson (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Rick Burleson (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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