Brad Eldred

Bradley Ross Eldred

Positions: First Baseman and Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 270 lb.

Born: July 12, 1980 in Fort Lauderdale, FL
High School: Coconut Creek HS (Coconut Creek, FL)
School: Florida International University (Miami, FL)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 6th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 22, 2005
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Rockies/Tigers 2005-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 0.148 [*],
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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
2002	21	PIT-min	A-	72	302	276	43	78	22	3	10	48	10	1	18	74	.283	.338	.493	.831		136	4	6	0	2	4		WPT · NYPL
2003	22	PIT-min	A	115	472	420	62	105	22	0	28	80	7	1	38	142	.250	.326	.502	.829		211	5	11	0	3	2		HCK · SALL
2004	23	PIT-min	A+,AA	130	546	482	78	145	31	1	38	137	5	2	41	148	.301	.377	.606	.983		292	7	20	0	3	3		LBG,ATO · CARL,EL
2005	24	PIT-min	AAA,AA	74	306	278	53	83	19	1	28	75	5	1	22	82	.299	.353	.676	1.029		188	3	3	0	3	2		INA,ATO · IL,EL
2005	24	PIT	NL	55	208	190	23	42	9	0	12	27	1	1	13	77	.221	.279	.458	.737	90	87	5	3	0	2	0	3

2006	25	PIT-min	AAA	18	71	62	10	14	7	0	3	10	1	1	8	18	.226	.310	.484	.794		30	1	0	0	1	0		INA · IL
2007	26	PIT-min	AAA	86	342	311	37	65	10	2	15	45	9	3	20	90	.209	.275	.399	.674		124	5	9	0	2	1		INA · IL
2007	26	PIT	NL	19	47	46	3	5	1	0	2	3	0	0	1	16	.109	.128	.261	.389	-2	12	1	0	0	0	1	/93D

2008	27	CHW-min	AAA	114	469	427	62	104	22	1	35	100	3	3	28	144	.244	.305	.546	.851		233	4	11	0	3	5		CHR · IL
2009	28	WSN-min	AAA	106	395	353	53	95	26	0	17	59	6	4	30	96	.269	.344	.487	.832		172	7	11	0	1	1		SYR · IL
2010	29	COL-min	AAA	106	434	394	67	104	27	1	30	84	6	0	33	119	.264	.327	.566	.893		223	12	5	0	2	2		CSP · PCL
2010	29	COL	NL	11	27	24	4	6	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	10	.250	.333	.417	.750	90	10	0	1	0	0	0	/3

2011	30	SFG-min	AAA	112	413	371	61	103	23	2	23	57	9	4	34	94	.278	.351	.536	.887		199	9	8	0	0	1		FRE · PCL
2012	31	DET-min	AAA	46	194	172	39	54	13	1	20	58	4	0	17	58	.314	.381	.750	1.131		129	4	3	0	2	1		TOL · IL
2012	31	DET	AL	5	17	16	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	6	.188	.235	.375	.610	64	6	0	0	0	0	0	/D
4 Yrs				90	299	276	31	56	12	1	15	34	1	1	17	109	.203	.258	.417	.674	74	115	6	4	0	2	1
162 Game Avg.				162	538	497	56	101	22	2	27	61	2	2	31	196	.203	.258	.417	.674	74	207	11	7	0	4	2

PIT (2 yrs)				74	255	236	26	47	10	0	14	30	1	1	14	93	.199	.251	.419	.670	73	99	6	3	0	2	1
COL (1 yr)				11	27	24	4	6	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	10	.250	.333	.417	.750	90	10	0	1	0	0	0
DET (1 yr)				5	17	16	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	6	.188	.235	.375	.610	64	6	0	0	0	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				85	282	260	30	53	11	0	15	33	1	1	16	103	.204	.259	.419	.678	74	109	6	4	0	2	1
AL (1 yr)				5	17	16	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	6	.188	.235	.375	.610	64	6	0	0	0	0	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
2005	24	PIT	NL	55	208	-2	-2	-1	-4	-3	-12	-1.2	6	-6	-0.7	.477	.492	-0.3	-0.7	-2	$	3

2007	26	PIT	NL	19	47	-7	-0	0	0	-1	-8	-0.8	1	-6	-0.6	.460	.495	-0.6	-0.1	-6	$382,000	/93D

2010	29	COL	NL	11	27	-0	-0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.492	.499	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/3

2012	31	DET	AL	5	17	-0	-0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.478	.499	0.0	-0.1	-0	$	/D
4 Seasons				90	299	-9	-3	-1	-4	-4	-21	-2.2	8	-13	-1.4	.476	.497	-0.9	-0.9	-9	$382,000

PIT (2 yrs)				74	255	-9	-2	-1	-4	-4	-20	-2.0	7	-12	-1.3	.473	.494	-0.9	-0.8	-9	$382,000
COL (1 yr)				11	27	-0	-0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.492	.499	0.0	-0.0	-0	$
DET (1 yr)				5	17	-0	-0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.478	.499	0.0	-0.1	-0	$

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
2005	24	PIT	NL	208	156	23	3.9	107	.291	.221	.267	.279	.338	.458	.426	.737	.763	90	.407	-3.8	-0.4	.669	.305	.237	1.8

2007	26	PIT	NL	47	42	1	0.6	108	.107	.109	.269	.128	.338	.261	.430	.389	.768	-2	.022	-7.2	-0.7	.310	.174	.152	.0

2010	29	COL	NL	27	18	4	5.9	114	.385	.250	.278	.333	.351	.417	.439	.750	.790	90	.617	-0.4	-0.0	.722	.250	.167	.0

2012	31	DET	AL	17	13	1	2.1	99	.300	.188	.254	.235	.321	.375	.412	.610	.733	64	.188	-0.9	-0.1	.538	.250	.188
4 Yrs				299	229	29	3.4	108	.266	.203	.268	.258	.338	.417	.427	.674	.765	74	.342	-12.3	-1.2	.599	.275	.214	1.9
162 Game Avg.				538	412	52	3.4	108	.266	.203	.268	.258	.338	.417	.427	.674	.765	74	.342	-12.3	-1.2	.599	.275	.214	3

PIT (2 yrs)				255	198	24	3.2	107	.252	.199	.268	.251	.338	.419	.427	.670	.764	73	.321	-11.0	-1.0	.592	.280	.220	1.9
COL (1 yr)				27	18	4	5.9	114	.385	.250	.278	.333	.351	.417	.439	.750	.790	90	.617	-0.4	-0.0	.722	.250	.167	.0
DET (1 yr)				17	13	1	2.1	99	.300	.188	.254	.235	.321	.375	.412	.610	.733	64	.188	-0.9	-0.1	.538	.250	.188

NL (3 yrs)				282	216	28	3.5	108	.264	.204	.269	.259	.339	.419	.428	.678	.767	74	.351	-11.4	-1.1	.603	.277	.215	1.9
AL (1 yr)				17	13	1	2.1	99	.300	.188	.254	.235	.321	.375	.412	.610	.733	64	.188	-0.9	-0.1	.538	.250	.188

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
2005	24	PIT	NL	208	5.8%	37.0%	6.3%	10.1%	50%	5.92	2.5	15.8	7.0	0.44	0.62	50%	17%	17.9%	16%

2007	26	PIT	NL	47	4.3%	34.0%	2.1%	6.4%	60%	16.00	2.9	23.0	15.3	0.43	0.53	60%	13%	11.1%	14%

2010	29	COL	NL	27	3.7%	37.0%	7.4%	7.4%	33%	5.00	2.4	24.0	8.0	0.75	1.00	48%	21%	12.5%	0%

2012	31	DET	AL	17	0.0%	35.3%	5.9%	11.8%	67%	6.00	2.7		16.0	1.50	2.00	59%	30%	0.0%	0%
4 Yrs				299	5.0%	36.5%	5.7%	9.4%	50%	6.41	2.5	18.4	8.1	0.50	0.66	52%	18%	15.5%	14%
MLB Averages					2.6%	17.6%	8.5%	7.8%	34%	2.08	5.0	33.9	7.8	0.80	1.08	70%	19%	7.6%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2005	24	PIT	NL	-3.8	-0.4	212	-0.8	3.9	-4.7	1.07	0.1	-0.8	-10.1	-1.0	1.02	1.4	1.58	6

2007	26	PIT	NL	-7.2	-0.7	47	-0.8	0.5	-1.3	1.11	-0.6	-0.1	-8.0	-0.8	1.00	-7.0	1.30	6

2010	29	COL	NL	-0.4	-0.0	27	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.85	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.92	0.2	0.91	5

2012	31	DET	AL	-0.9	-0.1	17	0.1	0.3	-0.2	.86	-0.1	0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.84	-1.3		0
4 Yrs				-12.3	-1.2	303	-1.6	5.0	-6.6	1.05	-0.5	-0.9	-18.2	-1.8	1.00	-6.8	1.28	17

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2005	24	PIT	NL	3	0	24%	65	1	1	50%	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	25%	10	10	0	2	1	1	4	1	3

2007	26	PIT	NL	1	0	25%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

2010	29	COL	NL	0	0	38%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

2012	31	DET	AL	1	0	25%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
4 Yrs				5	0	26%	86	1	1	50%	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	32%	13	13	0	2	1	1	7	1	6

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
2005	24	PIT	NL	208	27%	42	2	0	6	1	0	0	1.58	12	0	9	10	2	4	8	0	0	0		44	5	11%	23	4	17%	162	16	10%	18	4	22%	8	3	38%	0

2007	26	PIT	NL	47	43%	5	0	0	6	0	0	0	1.30	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		10	1	10%	6	0	0%	34	1	3%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

2010	29	COL	NL	27	56%	6	1	0	5	0	0	0	0.91	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	2	0	0%	19	2	11%	0	0		1	0	0%	0

2012	31	DET	AL	17	41%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		11	1	9%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				299	33%	56	4	0	17	1	0	0	1.28	15	0	11	12	3	6	9	0	0	0		60	6	10%	31	4	13%	226	20	9%	19	4	21%	9	3	33%	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
2005	24	PIT	NL	208	749	3.60	514	69%	17%	36%	25%	22%	83%	0%	57%	57%	45%	0%	1	1	5%	11	8	6%	12	8	13%	0	0	0

2007	26	PIT	NL	48	162	3.38	117	72%	21%	28%	25%	26%	79%	9%	57%	64%	42%	2%	1	0	4%	2	1	2%	1	1	25%	-1	0	0

2010	29	COL	NL	27	102	3.78	64	63%	6%	48%	23%	22%	94%	0%	59%	48%	48%	0%	0	0	7%	2	2	15%	4	3	10%	0	0	0

2012	31	DET	AL	17	51	3.00	38	75%	21%	29%	24%	26%	79%	0%	59%	63%	65%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	6%	1	1	0%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				300	1064	3.55	733	69%	17%	36%	25%	23%	83%	1%	57%	57%	46%	1%	2	1	5%	15	11	6%	18	13	14%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.79		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	SF	IBB
2005	24	55	208	190	23	42	9	0	12	27	1	1	13	77	.221	.279	.458	.737	90	87	5	3	2	0
2006	25	55	208	190	23	42	9	0	12	27	1	1	13	77	.221	.279	.458	.737	90	87	5	3	2	0
2007	26	74	255	236	26	47	10	0	14	30	1	1	14	93	.199	.251	.419	.670	73	99	6	3	2	1
2008	27	74	255	236	26	47	10	0	14	30	1	1	14	93	.199	.251	.419	.670	73	99	6	3	2	1
2009	28	74	255	236	26	47	10	0	14	30	1	1	14	93	.199	.251	.419	.670	73	99	6	3	2	1
2010	29	85	282	260	30	53	11	0	15	33	1	1	16	103	.204	.259	.419	.678	74	109	6	4	2	1
2011	30	85	282	260	30	53	11	0	15	33	1	1	16	103	.204	.259	.419	.678	74	109	6	4	2	1
2012	31	90	299	276	31	56	12	1	15	34	1	1	17	109	.203	.258	.417	.674	74	115	6	4	2	1

Neutralized Batting

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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
2005	24	55	208	190	23	42	9	0	12	27	1	13	77	.221	.279	.458	.737	24	55

2007	26	19	46	45	2	4	1	0	2	2	0	1	16	.089	.109	.244	.353	1	19

2010	29	11	27	24	4	6	1	0	1	3	0	2	10	.250	.333	.417	.750	3	11

2012	31	5	16	15	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	6	.133	.188	.333	.521	1	5
4 Yrs		90	297	274	30	54	12	1	15	33	1	17	109	.197	.253	.412	.665	29	90
162 Game Avg.		162	535	493	54	97	22	2	27	59	2	31	196	.197	.253	.412	.665	52	90

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