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Mark Ellis

Mark William Ellis

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 6, 1977 in Rapid City, SD
High School: Stevens HS (Rapid City, SD)
School: University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 9th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 2002
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Rockies/Dodgers 2002-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 2 yrs/$8.75M (12-13) & 14 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 9.136, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Jamie Murphy [*]
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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 25 OAK AL 98 404 345 58 94 16 4 6 35 4 2 44 54 .272 .359 .394 .753 103 136 3 4 8 3 1 4/65D RoY-8
2003 26 OAK AL 154 622 553 78 137 31 5 9 52 6 2 48 94 .248 .313 .371 .684 81 205 7 7 9 5 4 *4
2004 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2005 28 OAK AL 122 486 434 76 137 21 5 13 52 1 3 44 51 .316 .384 .477 .861 128 207 10 4 4 0 1 *4/63D
2006 29 OAK AL 124 500 441 64 110 25 1 11 52 4 0 40 76 .249 .319 .385 .704 84 170 13 8 4 7 1 *4/3
2007 30 OAK AL 150 642 583 84 161 33 3 19 76 9 4 44 94 .276 .336 .441 .777 109 257 10 10 2 3 1 *4
2008 31 OAK AL 117 507 442 55 103 20 3 12 41 14 2 53 65 .233 .321 .373 .694 89 165 11 5 5 2 2 *4/D
2009 32 OAK AL 105 410 377 52 99 23 0 10 61 10 3 23 54 .263 .305 .403 .708 86 152 10 2 3 5 1 4
2010 33 OAK AL 124 492 436 45 127 24 0 5 49 7 6 40 56 .291 .358 .381 .739 103 166 7 8 3 5 4 *4/D
2011 34 TOT MLB 132 519 480 55 119 24 1 7 41 14 5 22 75 .248 .288 .346 .634 68 166 8 6 9 2 0 *4/3
2011 34 OAK AL 62 233 217 21 47 11 1 1 16 7 2 8 32 .217 .253 .290 .544 51 63 3 3 4 1 0 4/3
2011 34 COL NL 70 286 263 34 72 13 0 6 25 7 3 14 43 .274 .317 .392 .708 82 103 5 3 5 1 0 4
2012 35 LAD NL 37 154 132 27 36 4 1 2 9 3 0 18 18 .273 .373 .364 .736 105 48 2 3 1 0 0 *4
10 Yrs 1163 4736 4223 594 1123 221 23 94 468 72 27 376 637 .266 .332 .396 .728 95 1672 81 57 48 32 15
162 Game Avg. 162 660 588 83 156 31 3 13 65 10 4 52 89 .266 .332 .396 .728 95 233 11 8 7 4 2
OAK (9 yrs) 1056 4296 3828 533 1015 204 22 86 434 62 24 344 576 .265 .331 .397 .729 95 1521 74 51 42 31 15
COL (1 yr) 70 286 263 34 72 13 0 6 25 7 3 14 43 .274 .317 .392 .708 82 103 5 3 5 1 0
LAD (1 yr) 37 154 132 27 36 4 1 2 9 3 0 18 18 .273 .373 .364 .736 105 48 2 3 1 0 0
AL (9 yrs) 1056 4296 3828 533 1015 204 22 86 434 62 24 344 576 .265 .331 .397 .729 95 1521 74 51 42 31 15
NL (2 yrs) 107 440 395 61 108 17 1 8 34 10 3 32 61 .273 .336 .382 .719 90 151 7 6 6 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
2002 25 OAK AL 98 404 2 2 1 5 2 12 1.2 14 25 2.5 .512 .507 2.0 0.7 20 $ 4/65D RoY-8
2003 26 OAK AL 154 622 -14 0 0 17 3 6 0.8 20 26 2.7 .504 .504 1.0 2.1 10 $307,500 *4
2005 28 OAK AL 122 486 20 -0 -0 7 2 29 3.0 16 45 4.5 .524 .518 3.8 1.0 38 $400,000 *4/63D
2006 29 OAK AL 124 500 -12 2 -1 15 2 6 0.8 17 23 2.3 .505 .504 0.8 1.8 8 $2,250,000 *4/3
2007 30 OAK AL 150 642 8 -0 -0 13 3 24 2.5 22 45 4.4 .515 .514 3.2 1.7 32 $3,500,000 *4
2008 31 OAK AL 117 507 -6 1 -0 23 2 20 2.3 17 37 3.8 .517 .513 1.4 2.7 14 $5,000,000 *4/D
2009 32 OAK AL 105 410 -11 2 1 2 2 -4 -0.3 14 9 0.9 .496 .497 0.7 0.5 7 $5,000,000 4
2010 33 OAK AL 124 492 6 -2 0 8 2 13 1.6 17 30 3.1 .511 .509 2.2 1.1 22 $5,500,000 *4/D
2011 34 OAK AL 62 233 -13 1 1 7 1 -4 -0.3 8 4 0.4 .494 .498 -0.3 0.9 -3 $6,000,000 4/3
2011 34 COL NL 70 286 -7 1 1 11 1 6 0.7 8 14 1.5 .510 .504 0.2 1.4 3 $ 4
2012 35 LAD NL 37 154 2 1 -0 2 1 6 0.7 4 10 1.1 .517 .504 0.8 0.3 8 $ *4
10 Seasons 1163 4736 -23 6 -0 110 21 113 12.8 157 270 27.2 .510 .506 15.8 14.3 161 $27,957,500
OAK (9 yrs) 1056 4296 -19 4 -0 97 20 101 11.4 145 246 24.6 .510 .507 14.8 12.6 150 $27,957,500
COL (1 yr) 70 286 -7 1 1 11 1 6 0.7 8 14 1.5 .510 .504 0.2 1.4 3 $
LAD (1 yr) 37 154 2 1 -0 2 1 6 0.7 4 10 1.1 .517 .504 0.8 0.3 8 $

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
2002 25 OAK AL 404 267 53 5.3 104 .306 .272 .262 .359 .329 .394 .421 .753 .750 103 .532 2.5 0.2 .727 .255 .122 4.8
2003 26 OAK AL 622 439 67 4.1 106 .281 .248 .267 .313 .333 .371 .427 .684 .759 81 .405 -14.9 -1.4 .621 .217 .123 7.2
2005 28 OAK AL 486 314 79 6.7 105 .335 .316 .268 .384 .331 .477 .425 .861 .756 128 .641 17.7 1.7 .816 .258 .161 1.9
2006 29 OAK AL 500 355 55 4.1 108 .274 .249 .272 .319 .336 .385 .432 .704 .768 84 .394 -9.3 -0.9 .645 .236 .136 5.9
2007 30 OAK AL 642 441 87 5.3 102 .300 .276 .264 .336 .330 .441 .412 .777 .743 109 .520 7.3 0.7 .725 .249 .165 12.2
2008 31 OAK AL 507 359 56 4.2 100 .248 .233 .261 .321 .328 .373 .410 .694 .738 89 .421 -6.2 -0.6 .668 .287 .140 12.9
2009 32 OAK AL 410 299 45 4.0 106 .280 .263 .265 .305 .333 .403 .425 .708 .759 86 .395 -7.6 -0.7 .632 .220 .141 10.0
2010 33 OAK AL 492 330 61 4.9 99 .321 .291 .259 .358 .327 .381 .406 .739 .733 103 .525 3.9 0.4 .668 .183 .089 5.8
2011 34 TOT MLB 519 385 48 3.4 105 .280 .248 .268 .288 .335 .346 .420 .634 .755 68 .366 -22.4 -2.2 .543 .163 .098 9.3
2011 34 OAK AL 233 180 16 2.4 97 .249 .217 .256 .253 .321 .290 .405 .544 .726 51 .229 -14.9 -1.5 .451 .134 .074 1.8
2011 34 COL NL 286 205 32 4.2 112 .307 .274 .278 .317 .348 .392 .432 .708 .780 82 .475 -7.6 -0.8 .623 .186 .118 6.5
2012 35 LAD NL 154 99 20 5.4 98 .304 .273 .256 .373 .323 .364 .404 .736 .727 105 .580 1.6 0.2 .735 .250 .091 2.4
10 Yrs 4736 3288 571 4.6 104 .292 .266 .265 .332 .331 .396 .419 .728 .750 95 .473 -27.4 -2.7 .670 .230 .130 81.5
162 Game Avg. 660 458 80 4.6 104 .292 .266 .265 .332 .331 .396 .419 .728 .750 95 .473 -27.4 -2.7 .670 .230 .130 11
OAK (9 yrs) 4296 2984 519 4.6 103 .291 .265 .264 .331 .330 .397 .419 .729 .749 95 .470 -21.4 -2.1 .671 .232 .132 72.1
COL (1 yr) 286 205 32 4.2 112 .307 .274 .278 .317 .348 .392 .432 .708 .780 82 .475 -7.6 -0.8 .623 .186 .118 6.5
LAD (1 yr) 154 99 20 5.4 98 .304 .273 .256 .373 .323 .364 .404 .736 .727 105 .580 1.6 0.2 .735 .250 .091 2.4
AL (9 yrs) 4296 2984 519 4.6 103 .291 .265 .264 .331 .330 .397 .419 .729 .749 95 .470 -21.4 -2.1 .671 .232 .132 72.1
NL (2 yrs) 440 304 52 4.6 107 .306 .273 .270 .336 .339 .382 .423 .719 .762 90 .512 -5.9 -0.6 .660 .208 .109 8.9

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 25 OAK AL ALDS MIN L 5 20 19 1 7 2 0 1 4 0 0 1 2 .368 .400 .632 1.032 12 0 0 0 0 0
2003 26 OAK AL ALDS BOS L 5 22 17 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 .118 .318 .118 .436 2 0 1 0 0 0
2006 29 OAK AL ALDS MIN W 2 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 .571 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 12 49 43 3 11 2 0 1 4 0 0 5 11 .256 .347 .372 .719 16 0 1 0 0 0
3 ALDS 12 49 43 3 11 2 0 1 4 0 0 5 11 .256 .347 .372 .719 16 0 1 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
2002 25 OAK AL 404 1.5% 13.4% 10.9% 6.4% 28% 1.23 6.4 57.5 9.9 0.42 0.57 71% 25% 3.6% 17%
2003 26 OAK AL 622 1.5% 15.1% 7.7% 7.2% 33% 1.96 5.9 61.4 10.6 0.69 0.85 73% 19% 3.8% 14%
2005 28 OAK AL 486 2.7% 10.5% 9.1% 8.0% 29% 1.16 8.5 33.4 8.3 0.79 0.99 76% 19% 6.7% 8%
2006 29 OAK AL 500 2.2% 15.2% 8.0% 7.4% 34% 1.90 5.8 40.1 8.5 0.65 0.86 72% 17% 5.9% 17%
2007 30 OAK AL 642 3.0% 14.6% 6.9% 8.6% 34% 2.14 6.2 30.7 7.7 0.48 0.53 74% 20% 7.3% 20%
2008 31 OAK AL 507 2.4% 12.8% 10.5% 6.9% 34% 1.23 6.8 36.8 10.8 0.52 0.65 72% 16% 6.6% 27%
2009 32 OAK AL 410 2.4% 13.2% 5.6% 8.1% 33% 2.35 7.0 37.7 6.2 0.69 0.86 78% 21% 6.3% 18%
2010 33 OAK AL 492 1.0% 11.4% 8.1% 5.9% 23% 1.40 7.8 87.2 8.9 0.75 0.89 77% 22% 2.7% 17%
2011 34 TOT MLB 519 1.4% 14.5% 4.2% 6.2% 27% 3.41 6.4 68.6 11.7 0.87 1.05 77% 14% 4.0% 18%
2011 34 OAK AL 233 0.4% 13.7% 3.4% 5.6% 28% 4.00 6.8 217.0 13.6 0.88 0.93 79% 12% 1.3% 19%
2011 34 COL NL 286 2.1% 15.0% 4.9% 6.6% 26% 3.07 6.1 43.8 10.5 0.86 1.18 75% 17% 6.2% 18%
2012 35 LAD NL 154 1.3% 11.7% 11.7% 4.6% 19% 1.00 7.3 66.0 14.7 0.64 0.93 73% 23% 3.3% 13%
10 Yrs 4736 2.0% 13.5% 7.9% 7.1% 30% 1.69 6.6 44.9 9.0 0.64 0.79 74% 19% 5.2% 17%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.4% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 2.04 5.1 33.2 7.8 0.79 1.08 70% 19% 7.7% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2002 25 OAK AL 2.5 0.2 419 0.0 6.3 -6.3 .98 0.0 0.0 4.4 0.4 0.94 -0.2 0.01 1
2003 26 OAK AL -14.9 -1.4 633 -1.1 9.4 -10.6 .99 -1.6 0.5 -19.3 -1.8 0.92 -17.5 3.92 2
2005 28 OAK AL 17.1 1.6 499 0.2 8.3 -8.1 .95 2.3 -2.1 21.8 2.1 0.95 25.4 0.02 1
2006 29 OAK AL -9.3 -0.9 511 -1.7 7.5 -9.2 1.00 -1.0 -0.7 -10.4 -1.0 0.98 -14.6 0
2007 30 OAK AL 7.3 0.7 662 -0.4 12.1 -12.5 1.07 0.2 -0.6 -0.0 0.0 1.01 -1.2 0.48 1
2008 31 OAK AL -6.9 -0.7 525 -2.0 8.2 -10.2 1.07 -0.9 -0.9 -15.4 -1.5 0.94 -9.4 2.01 2
2009 32 OAK AL -8.2 -0.8 430 -0.3 7.1 -7.4 1.01 -0.7 0.3 -4.1 -0.4 0.97 -6.8 0
2010 33 OAK AL 3.9 0.4 512 1.1 9.2 -8.1 1.04 0.5 0.5 4.6 0.4 0.98 1.9 3.61 2
2011 34 TOT MLB -22.7 -2.3 546 -3.4 6.9 -10.3 1.07 -1.6 -1.6 -24.1 -2.4 1.04 -19.1 1.84 7
2011 34 OAK AL -15.2 -1.5 244 -1.8 3.1 -4.9 1.07 -1.2 -0.5 -14.7 -1.5 1.02 -13.7 1.34 1
2011 34 COL NL -7.6 -0.8 302 -1.6 3.8 -5.4 1.06 -0.4 -1.1 -9.4 -0.9 1.05 -5.4 1.92 6
2012 35 LAD NL 1.6 0.2 160 0.1 2.2 -2.1 .88 0.3 -0.1 1.6 0.2 0.88 3.8 0.55 1
10 Yrs -29.6 -2.9 4897 -7.6 77.2 -84.8 1.02 -2.5 -5.0 -40.9 -4.0 0.97 -37.6 1.94 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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2002 25 OAK AL 3 0 38% 148 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 14 41% 26 18 8 4 2 2 19 8 10
2003 26 OAK AL 7 0 38% 250 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 6 11 50% 32 21 10 13 4 9 23 8 15
2005 28 OAK AL 6 0 37% 226 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 15 38% 32 26 6 16 7 9 24 11 12
2006 29 OAK AL 2 0 36% 151 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 20 50% 28 16 12 6 1 5 16 8 8
2007 30 OAK AL 6 0 33% 221 9 4 69% 8 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 16 44% 31 21 10 13 5 8 22 11 11
2008 31 OAK AL 4 0 29% 183 14 2 88% 14 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 13 41% 21 15 6 8 3 5 20 10 9
2009 32 OAK AL 0 0 37% 136 10 3 77% 8 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 4 10 52% 22 12 10 9 5 3 17 5 12
2010 33 OAK AL 9 0 24% 183 7 6 54% 6 6 1 0 0 0 3 2 5 11 48% 22 16 6 5 2 3 23 6 15
2011 34 TOT MLB 5 0 34% 182 14 5 74% 11 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 15 56% 21 12 9 7 4 3 15 3 12
2011 34 OAK AL 4 0 35% 82 7 2 78% 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 39% 9 7 2 2 1 1 7 3 4
2011 34 COL NL 1 0 34% 100 7 3 70% 6 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 9 68% 12 5 7 5 3 2 8 0 8
2012 35 LAD NL 2 0 46% 77 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 44% 10 8 2 2 1 1 6 1 5
10 Yrs 44 0 34% 1757 72 27 73% 63 25 9 2 0 0 16 7 37 130 46% 245 165 79 83 34 48 185 71 109

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
2002 25 OAK AL 404 17% 94 12 4 1 0 0 0 0.01 6 0 8 4 2 6 0 0 11 8 73% 69 3 4% 26 14 54% 224 30 13% 18 13 72% 12 8 67% 0
2003 26 OAK AL 622 27% 137 11 1 2 0 0 0 3.92 9 1 20 7 2 7 2 0 11 9 82% 100 7 7% 45 16 36% 338 44 13% 29 17 59% 22 12 55% 0
2005 28 OAK AL 486 27% 137 18 3 1 0 0 0 0.02 13 0 12 10 3 5 8 0 6 4 67% 88 10 11% 31 8 26% 268 41 15% 9 3 33% 12 8 67% 0
2006 29 OAK AL 500 22% 110 8 2 0 0 0 0 11 0 16 9 2 7 4 0 7 4 57% 111 13 12% 62 21 34% 342 43 13% 34 16 47% 29 10 34% 0
2007 30 OAK AL 642 27% 161 20 5 1 0 0 0 0.48 19 1 25 8 11 10 9 0 7 2 29% 146 10 7% 68 10 15% 470 61 13% 29 12 41% 36 14 39% 0
2008 31 OAK AL 507 30% 103 10 0 2 0 0 0 2.01 12 1 12 11 1 7 5 0 6 5 83% 86 11 13% 46 18 39% 288 30 10% 19 8 42% 23 14 61% 0
2009 32 OAK AL 410 27% 99 8 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 11 7 3 4 6 0 3 3 100% 86 10 12% 45 16 36% 280 52 19% 32 15 47% 15 11 73% 0
2010 33 OAK AL 492 24% 127 21 3 2 0 0 1 3.61 5 0 16 4 1 0 5 0 5 3 60% 88 7 8% 51 19 37% 334 46 14% 36 15 42% 20 15 75% 0
2011 34 TOT MLB 519 25% 119 15 0 7 1 0 0 1.84 7 0 17 4 3 6 1 0 11 9 82% 105 8 8% 66 25 38% 320 36 11% 23 13 57% 23 14 61% 0
2011 34 OAK AL 233 24% 47 6 0 1 0 0 0 1.34 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 100% 43 3 7% 26 10 38% 148 17 11% 11 7 64% 10 6 60% 0
2011 34 COL NL 286 26% 72 9 0 6 1 0 0 1.92 6 0 11 3 3 5 1 0 7 5 71% 62 5 8% 40 15 38% 172 19 11% 12 6 50% 13 8 62% 0
2012 35 LAD NL 154 36% 36 4 1 1 0 0 0 0.55 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 100% 16 2 13% 15 7 47% 72 7 10% 4 2 50% 10 8 80% 0
10 Yrs 4736 26% 1123 127 19 17 1 0 1 1.94 94 3 138 64 30 54 40 0 68 48 71% 895 81 9% 455 154 34% 2936 390 13% 233 114 49% 202 114 56% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 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
2002 25 OAK AL 405 1635 4.04 1043 64% 37% 8% 27% 29% 63% 1% 40% 88% 15% 3% 11 0 13% 53 19 8% 34 10 41% -1 0 0
2003 26 OAK AL 623 2538 4.07 1621 64% 40% 8% 24% 29% 60% 2% 39% 87% 9% 5% 29 0 14% 88 21 9% 59 23 32% -1 0 0
2005 28 OAK AL 487 1941 3.99 1249 64% 37% 8% 24% 31% 63% 0% 41% 87% 11% 5% 25 0 14% 68 16 8% 38 15 33% -1 0 0
2006 29 OAK AL 500 1987 3.97 1267 64% 35% 9% 26% 30% 65% 0% 42% 86% 15% 4% 22 0 15% 75 23 8% 38 14 34% 0 0 0
2007 30 OAK AL 642 2496 3.89 1606 64% 32% 11% 26% 31% 68% 0% 44% 84% 19% 5% 30 0 13% 86 27 8% 50 26 31% 0 0 0
2008 31 OAK AL 507 2037 4.02 1271 62% 32% 11% 27% 30% 68% 1% 43% 84% 21% 6% 31 0 14% 72 19 9% 46 30 38% 0 0 0
2009 32 OAK AL 413 1548 3.75 1012 65% 28% 11% 28% 33% 72% 1% 47% 85% 23% 4% 18 0 13% 54 18 7% 27 19 28% -3 0 0
2010 33 OAK AL 494 1802 3.65 1154 64% 31% 10% 25% 34% 69% 2% 44% 85% 23% 4% 19 0 14% 68 26 9% 44 28 34% -2 0 0
2011 34 TOT MLB 521 1996 3.83 1330 67% 30% 11% 27% 31% 70% 0% 46% 84% 21% 3% 15 0 12% 61 27 5% 28 17 29% -2 0 0
2011 34 OAK AL 234 880 3.76 590 67% 29% 13% 26% 32% 71% 0% 48% 82% 22% 3% 7 0 14% 32 14 6% 14 8 22% -1 0 0
2011 34 COL NL 287 1116 3.89 740 66% 32% 10% 28% 31% 68% 0% 45% 85% 19% 3% 8 0 10% 29 13 5% 14 9 35% -1 0 0
2012 35 LAD NL 154 666 4.32 406 61% 34% 9% 28% 28% 66% 0% 40% 86% 11% 6% 9 0 18% 28 9 12% 19 9 50% 0 0 0
10 Yrs 4746 18646 3.93 11959 64% 34% 10% 26% 31% 66% 1% 43% 85% 17% 4% 209 0 14% 653 205 8% 383 191 34% -10 0 0
MLB Averages 3.77 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 28% 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
2002 25 98 404 345 58 94 16 4 6 35 4 2 44 54 .272 .359 .394 .753 103 136 3 4 8 3 1
2003 26 252 1026 898 136 231 47 9 15 87 10 4 92 148 .257 .331 .380 .711 89 341 10 11 17 8 5
2004 27 252 1026 898 136 231 47 9 15 87 10 4 92 148 .257 .331 .380 .711 89 341 10 11 17 8 5
2005 28 374 1512 1332 212 368 68 14 28 139 11 7 136 199 .276 .348 .411 .759 102 548 20 15 21 8 6
2006 29 498 2012 1773 276 478 93 15 39 191 15 7 176 275 .270 .341 .405 .746 97 718 33 23 25 15 7
2007 30 648 2654 2356 360 639 126 18 58 267 24 11 220 369 .271 .340 .414 .753 100 975 43 33 27 18 8
2008 31 765 3161 2798 415 742 146 21 70 308 38 13 273 434 .265 .337 .407 .744 98 1140 54 38 32 20 10
2009 32 870 3571 3175 467 841 169 21 80 369 48 16 296 488 .265 .333 .407 .740 97 1292 64 40 35 25 11
2010 33 994 4063 3611 512 968 193 21 85 418 55 22 336 544 .268 .336 .404 .740 98 1458 71 48 38 30 15
2011 34 1126 4582 4091 567 1087 217 22 92 459 69 27 358 619 .266 .331 .397 .728 94 1624 79 54 47 32 15
2012 35 1163 4736 4223 594 1123 221 23 94 468 72 27 376 637 .266 .332 .396 .728 95 1672 81 57 48 32 15

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
2002 25 98 404 345 58 94 16 4 6 35 4 44 54 .272 .359 .394 .753 48 98
2003 26 154 621 552 77 136 31 5 9 51 6 48 94 .246 .312 .370 .682 62 154
2005 28 122 486 434 76 137 21 5 13 52 1 44 51 .316 .384 .477 .861 78 122
2006 29 124 499 440 63 109 25 1 11 51 4 40 76 .248 .317 .384 .701 52 124
2007 30 150 645 585 86 163 33 3 19 78 9 45 94 .279 .339 .443 .782 86 150
2008 31 117 512 445 58 106 21 3 12 43 14 55 65 .238 .327 .380 .707 55 117
2009 32 105 410 377 52 99 23 0 10 61 10 23 54 .263 .305 .403 .708 46 105
2010 33 124 499 441 48 132 25 0 5 52 7 42 56 .299 .367 .390 .757 62 124
2011 34 132 518 479 53 118 24 1 7 40 14 22 75 .246 .287 .344 .631 46 132
2012 35 37 157 134 30 38 4 1 2 10 3 19 18 .284 .385 .373 .758 19 37
10 Yrs 1163 4751 4232 601 1132 223 23 94 473 72 382 637 .267 .334 .398 .732 554 1163
162 Game Avg. 162 662 589 84 158 31 3 13 66 10 53 89 .267 .334 .398 .732 77 1163

* 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

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
Active  27.2 (41st)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2003 AL  2.1 (2nd)
2006 AL  1.8 (8th)
2007 AL  1.7 (10th)
2008 AL  2.7 (2nd)
Active  14.3 (8th)
Career  14.3 (105th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2005 AL  .316 (10th)**

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2012 NL  3 (8th)
Active  57 (44th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2002 AL  8 (6th)
2003 AL  9 (7th)
Active  48 (38th)

SB % s c a p y
2008 AL  87.50 (5th)
Career  72.73 (230th)

AB per SO s c a p y
Active  6.6 (43rd)

             
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 - 4 (1868), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (946), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Mike Lansing (966)
  2. Felipe Lopez (959)
  3. Marco Scutaro (940)
  4. Tony Bernazard (939)
  5. Mariano Duncan (936)
  6. Randy Velarde (932)
  7. Brandon Phillips (931)
  8. Aaron Hill (926)
  9. Tony Kubek (926)
  10. Robby Thompson (924)
Similar Batters through 34 
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  1. Tony Bernazard (939)
  2. Mariano Duncan (936)
  3. Robby Thompson (924)
  4. Don Hoak (921)
  5. Bobby Avila (920)
  6. Damion Easley (915)
  7. Davey Lopes (909)
  8. Phil Garner (907)
  9. Ron Oester (907)
  10. Fernando Vina (906)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Josh Barfield (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bob Johnson (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Tim Teufel (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Tim Teufel (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Charlie Neal (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Charlie Neal (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tony Bernazard (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tony Bernazard (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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