David Eckstein (X Factor and Just Enough)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 20, 1975 in Sanford, FL
High School: Seminole (Sanford, FL)
School: University of Florida
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
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2001 ANA AL 26 SS 126 118 1051.1 526 178 333 15 66 .971 -3.6 -4.1 -1.6 1.4 -3.0 -2 4.37 4.06 .973 4.49 4.03 RoY-4
2001 ANA AL 26 2B 14 14 116.0 59 22 34 3 9 .949 0.4 4.1 0.4 0.5 0.0 0 4.34 4.00 .981 4.87 4.44 RoY-4
2001 ANA AL 26 DH 14 RoY-4
2002 ANA AL 27 SS 147 146 1276.1 618 207 397 14 91 .977 10.1 9.5 9.1 -0.2 9.3 1 4.26 4.11 .975 4.56 4.15 MVP-11
2002 ANA AL 27 DH 3 MVP-11
2003 ANA AL 28 SS 116 114 985.0 494 193 293 8 67 .984 2.4 2.9 2.4 0.2 2.2 0 4.44 4.19 .971 4.54 4.13
2003 ANA AL 28 DH 3
2004 ANA AL 29 SS 138 137 1191.2 513 198 309 6 75 .988 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 -0.1 0 3.83 3.67 .972 4.56 4.12
2004 ANA AL 29 DH 1
2005 STL NL 30 SS 156 154 1340.2 775 244 516 15 122 .981 12.9 11.5 9.9 4.3 5.6 3 5.10 4.87 .976 4.51 4.04 AS,MVP-21
2006 STL NL 31 SS 120 119 1029.0 547 178 363 6 87 .989 8.7 10.1 7.7 -0.2 7.9 1 4.73 4.51 .971 4.41 4.00 AS
2007 STL NL 32 SS 114 112 943.2 494 164 310 20 59 .960 -5.5 -7.0 -5.5 0.7 -6.2 0 4.52 4.16 .975 4.44 4.00
2008 TOT MLB 33 2B 24 23 197.0 116 37 79 0 18 1.000 2.6 15.8 2.6 0.4 2.2 0 5.30 4.83 .983 4.87 4.16
2008 TOR AL 33 SS 57 56 484.1 224 69 146 9 33 .960 -1.7 -4.2 -1.7 0.7 -2.4 0 4.00 3.77 .971 4.39 3.84
2008 TOR AL 33 DH 9
2008 TOR AL 33 2B 6 5 45.0 21 7 14 0 4 1.000 1.5 40.0 1.5 0.8 0.7 0 4.20 3.50 .986 5.00 4.52
2008 ARI NL 33 2B 18 18 152.0 95 30 65 0 14 1.000 1.1 8.7 1.1 -0.4 1.5 0 5.62 5.28 .982 4.83 4.04
2009 SDP NL 34 2B 131 124 1093.1 556 228 326 2 79 .996 4.56 4.23 .984 4.86 4.16
8 Seasons SS 974 956 8302.0 4191 1431 2667 93 600 .978 23.5 3.4 20.5 7.2 13.3 3 4.44 4.21 .973 4.50 4.06
3 Seasons 2B 169 161 1406.1 731 287 439 5 106 .993 3.0 2.6 3.0 0.9 2.2 0 4.65 4.30 .983 4.86 4.18
5 Seasons DH 30
9 Seasons TOT 1143 1117 9708.1 4922 1718 3106 98 706 .980 26.5 3.3 23.5 8.1 15.5 3 4.47 4.22 .955 4.55 4.07
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2001 ANA AL 26 153 146 153 138 0 0 0 14 0 126 0 0 0 0 14 2 0
2002 ANA AL 27 152 149 152 147 0 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
2003 ANA AL 28 120 117 120 116 0 0 0 0 0 116 0 0 0 0 3 1 1
2004 ANA AL 29 142 138 142 139 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
2005 STL NL 30 158 154 158 156 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
2006 STL NL 31 123 119 123 120 0 0 0 0 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2007 STL NL 32 117 112 117 114 0 0 0 0 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2008 TOR AL 33 76 70 76 63 0 0 0 6 0 57 0 0 0 0 9 2 4
2008 ARI NL 33 18 18 18 18 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 SDP NL 34 136 124 136 131 0 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
9 Seasons 1195 1147 1195 1142 0 0 0 169 0 975 0 0 0 0 30 27 6
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2001 ANA AL 26 4697 54% 76% 30% 371 97% 4 178 67 86 25 332 257 61 3 3 15 2 8 5 12 66 23 3 24 6 1 60 28 31 5 1 2
2002 ANA AL 27 5499 56% 75% 27% 460 97% 5 201 87 92 22 399 312 78 2 4 14 1 7 6 9 91 37 10 24 5 3 82 47 32 6 1 5
2003 ANA AL 28 4409 50% 76% 29% 390 92% 4 194 95 77 22 293 247 40 0 1 8 1 4 3 6 67 18 9 24 2 2 59 28 28 4 1 2
2004 ANA AL 29 5309 48% 73% 29% 391 90% 3 198 78 95 25 309 237 64 1 3 6 2 1 3 4 75 24 11 23 3 3 68 35 30 5 1 4
2005 STL NL 30 5720 58% 76% 37% 609 90% 8 243 95 131 16 517 395 103 3 9 15 1 4 10 11 123 50 15 32 8 10 120 66 52 3 0 2
2006 STL NL 31 4557 58% 76% 34% 419 92% 3 178 73 90 15 363 270 82 0 4 6 0 2 4 5 87 32 6 23 6 9 80 38 41 4 2 2
2007 STL NL 32 4207 59% 76% 32% 395 89% 2 164 73 75 16 310 246 59 0 4 20 1 12 7 19 59 19 6 15 2 9 54 26 27 2 0 2
2008 TOR AL 33 2135 50% 73% 33% 167 89% 3 69 23 37 9 146 112 29 1 2 9 1 4 4 7 33 11 3 8 5 4 31 14 17 1 0 1
8 Seasons 36533 54% 75% 31% 3202 92% 32 1425 591 683 150 2669 2076 516 10 30 93 9 42 42 73 601 214 63 173 37 41 554 282 258 30 6 20
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2001 ANA AL 26 512 55% 72% 27% 38 97% 0 21 7 13 1 34 27 6 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 9 3 0 4 1 8 5 3 1 1 0
2008 ARI NL 33 685 57% 72% 31% 78 92% 0 30 12 11 7 65 49 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 1 9 0 12 9 3 2 2 0
2008 TOR AL 33 187 58% 72% 32% 14 100% 0 7 1 6 0 14 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 4 2 2 0 0 0
2009 SDP NL 34 4873 51% 72% 29% 361 92% 0 228 68 112 48 326 292 30 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 77 32 16 15 2 72 18 50 4 1 2
3 Seasons 6257 52% 72% 30% 491 93% 0 286 88 142 56 439 379 52 1 2 5 0 2 3 2 104 37 19 30 3 96 34 58 7 4 2
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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