You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Encyclopedia of Players > E Listing > David Eckstein Statistics and History

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

Born: January 20, 1975 in Sanford, FL
Schools: 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
    About biographical information

Standard Batting

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · CSV · PRE · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
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 81 172 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 94 376 324 32 86 21 0 2 27 2 1 31 32 .265 .343 .349 .692 84 113 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 91 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 77 310 274 29 74 15 1 1 31 2 1 20 20 .270 .333 .343 .676 90 94 4 7 7 2 0 *4
9 Seasons 1136 4955 4370 617 1239 197 19 33 343 114 44 330 357 .284 .349 .360 .709 88 1573 78 132 88 35 2
162 Game Avg. 162 707 623 88 177 28 3 5 49 16 6 47 51 .284 .349 .360 .709 88 224 11 19 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
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
SDP (1 yr) 77 310 274 29 74 15 1 1 31 2 1 20 20 .270 .333 .343 .676 90 94 4 7 7 2 0
TOR (1 yr) 76 303 260 27 72 18 0 1 23 2 1 24 27 .277 .354 .358 .711 91 93 6 8 9 2 1
NL (5 yrs) 493 2132 1902 250 553 85 9 15 150 30 16 140 132 .291 .352 .369 .720 90 701 34 48 25 17 0
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

Postseason Batting

Glossary · Click headers to sort · CSV · PRE · Hide Partial Seasons
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 13 12 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .385 .333 .718 4 0 1 0 0 0
2005 30 STL NL NLDS SDP W 3 14 13 3 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 .385 .429 .615 1.044 8
2005 30 STL NL NLCS HOU L 6 23 20 5 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 2 .200 .304 .200 .504 4
2006 31 STL NL NLDS SDP W 4 15 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .133 .133 .133 .267 2
2006 31 STL NL NLCS NYM W 7 30 26 3 6 1 0 1 1 3 0 4 0 .231 .333 .385 .718 10
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
4 Seasons (9 Series) 44 193 176 26 49 4 0 2 18 7 1 12 9 .278 .333 .335 .669 59 0 3 1 1 0
2 ALDS 7 33 30 4 9 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .300 .344 .300 .644 9 0 2 1 0 0
2 NLDS 7 29 28 4 7 0 0 1 5 1 0 1 1 .250 .276 .357 .633 10
2 NLCS 13 53 46 8 10 1 0 1 3 4 1 7 2 .217 .321 .304 .625 14
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 0 0 0 1 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · CSV · PRE · Hide Partial Seasons
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 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 75 70 607.0 305 113 191 1 41 .997 4.51 4.05 .983 4.86 4.20
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 113 107 920.0 480 172 304 4 68 .992 3.0 3.9 3.0 0.9 2.2 0 4.66 4.21 .982 4.86 4.22
5 Seasons DH 30
9 Seasons TOT 1087 1063 9222.0 4671 1603 2971 97 668 .979 26.5 3.4 23.5 8.1 15.5 3 4.46 4.21 .954 4.54 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 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 (918th)

Games Played s c a p y
2009 NL--77--6th

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
2009 NL--7--4th
Active--132--7th
Career--132--33rd

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--7--7th
Active--88--9th

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

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

AB per SO s c a p y
2001 AL--9.700--2nd
2002 AL--13.818--2nd
2003 AL--10.044--6th
2004 AL--11.551--1st
2005 NL--14.318--2nd
2006 NL--12.195--4th
2007 NL--19.727--3rd**
2009 NL--13.700--1st
Active--12.241--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 - 7 (1585), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 27 (627), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (768), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Damaso Garcia (958)
  2. Fernando Vina (957)
  3. Joey Cora (954)
  4. Mark Koenig (946)
  5. Tony Kubek (936)
  6. Danny O'Connell (934)
  7. Mickey Morandini (933)
  8. Rennie Stennett (930)
  9. Jack Wilson (928)
  10. Ron Oester (928)
Similar Batters through 33 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Fernando Vina (966)
  2. Joey Cora (954)
  3. Phil Rizzuto (954) *
  4. Mickey Morandini (953)
  5. Damaso Garcia (946)
  6. Tony Womack (946)
  7. Jim Gantner (941)
  8. Johnny Temple (940)
  9. Rick Burleson (937)
  10. Jimmie Wilson (933)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Marty Barrett (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Johnny Kling (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jason Bartlett (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Marty Barrett (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Marty Barrett (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Marty Barrett (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Damaso Garcia (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Fernando Vina (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 3, 1997: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 19th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1997.

August 16, 2000: Selected off waivers by the Anaheim Angels from the Boston Red Sox.

December 21, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

December 23, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

December 13, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

August 31, 2008: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Chad Beck (minors).

October 30, 2008: Granted Free Agency.

January 15, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2008.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2001Anaheim Angels$200,000
2002Anaheim Angels$280,000
2003Anaheim Angels$425,000
2004Anaheim Angels$2,150,000
2005St. Louis Cardinals$2,333,333
2006St. Louis Cardinals$3,333,333
2007St. Louis Cardinals$4,583,333
2008Toronto Blue Jays$4,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$17,804,999
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball-Almanac.com     CNN/SI     ESPN     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: David Eckstein    

Viewed 164,587 times through July 3, 2009.
Name and misspellings: X dave David Factor Eckstein eckstien

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.