Angelo Encarnación

Angelo Benjamin Encarnacion
real name is Eleutero Encarnacion

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 18, 1969 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
High School: Santo Domingo (Santo Domingo, DO)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1995
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Angels 1995-1997

Final Game: September 27, 1997
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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
1991	22	PIT-min	A-	50	187	181	21	46	3	2	0	15	4	3	5	27	.254	.278	.293	.571		53	5	1	0	0	0		WLD · NYPL
1992	23	PIT-min	A	94	346	314	39	80	14	3	1	29	2	4	25	37	.255	.310	.328	.638		103	5	1	4	2	1		AUG · SALL
1993	24	PIT-min	A+,AAA	73	261	247	21	64	12	1	3	26	1	4	13	27	.259	.295	.352	.647		87	5	0	0	1	1		SAL,BFL · CARL,AA
1994	25	PIT-min	AA	67	244	227	26	66	17	0	3	32	2	2	11	28	.291	.324	.405	.729		92	4	2	0	4	1		CAR · SOUL
1995	26	PIT-min	AAA	21	81	80	8	20	3	0	1	6	1	0	1	12	.250	.259	.325	.584		26	2	0	0	0	1		CGY · PCL
1995	26	PIT	NL	58	175	159	18	36	7	2	2	10	1	1	13	28	.226	.285	.333	.618	62	53	3	0	3	0	5	2
1996	27	PIT-min	AAA	75	278	263	38	84	18	0	4	31	6	2	10	19	.319	.349	.433	.782		114	10	3	0	2	2		CGY · PCL
1996	27	PIT	NL	7	22	22	3	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.318	.318	.409	.727	88	9	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1997	28	SDP-min	AAA	79	270	253	27	62	12	1	3	23	1	5	15	32	.245	.290	.336	.626		85	9	1	1	0	1		LVG · PCL
1997	28	ANA	AL	11	17	17	2	7	1	0	1	4	2	0	0	1	.412	.412	.647	1.059	169	11	1	0	0	0	0	2
1998	29	ANA-min	AA,AAA	36	129	118	12	26	3	0	2	9	0	1	8	13	.220	.276	.297	.572		35	3	1	2	0	0		MDL,VAN · TL,PCL
1999	30	CLE-CHC-min	AA	64	240	228	20	53	13	1	2	31	3	1	10	31	.232	.268	.325	.592		74	6	1	1	0	0		AKR,WTN · EL,SOUL
2000	31	BOS-CHC-min	AAA	29	90	83	9	24	5	0	0	4	0	0	5	7	.289	.330	.349	.679		29	3	0	2	0	0		PAW,IWA · IL,PCL
2001	32	BOS-min	AAA,Rk	50	173	160	17	42	6	1	1	11	2	0	10	17	.263	.310	.331	.641		53	6	1	2	0	0		PAW,RES · IL,GULF
3 Yrs				76	214	198	23	50	10	2	3	15	3	1	13	34	.253	.299	.369	.667	74	73	4	0	3	0	5
162 Game Avg.				162	456	422	49	107	21	4	6	32	6	2	28	72	.253	.299	.369	.667	74	156	9	0	6	0	11

PIT (2 yrs)				65	197	181	21	43	9	2	2	11	1	1	13	33	.238	.289	.343	.631	65	62	3	0	3	0	5
ANA (1 yr)				11	17	17	2	7	1	0	1	4	2	0	0	1	.412	.412	.647	1.059	169	11	1	0	0	0	0

NL (2 yrs)				65	197	181	21	43	9	2	2	11	1	1	13	33	.238	.289	.343	.631	65	62	3	0	3	0	5
AL (1 yr)				11	17	17	2	7	1	0	1	4	2	0	0	1	.412	.412	.647	1.059	169	11	1	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
1995	26	PIT	NL	58	175	-11	-1	1	2	2	-7	-0.7	5	-2	-0.2	.488	.496	-0.4	0.5	-4	$109,000	2
1996	27	PIT	NL	7	22	-0	0	0	-2	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.475	.499	0.1	-0.2	1	$	/2
1997	28	ANA	AL	11	17	2	0	-0	-3	0	-1	-0.1	1	-1	-0.1	.489	.499	0.2	-0.2	2	$175,000	2
3 Seasons				76	214	-10	-1	1	-3	3	-10	-1.0	6	-4	-0.4	.487	.498	-0.1	0.1	-1	$284,000

PIT (2 yrs)				65	197	-11	-1	1	0	3	-8	-0.9	5	-3	-0.3	.487	.497	-0.3	0.3	-3	$109,000
ANA (1 yr)				11	17	2	0	-0	-3	0	-1	-0.1	1	-1	-0.1	.489	.499	0.2	-0.2	2	$175,000

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
1995	26	PIT	NL	175	130	15	3.1	108	.264	.226	.272	.285	.341	.333	.423	.618	.764	62	.306	-9.3	-0.9	.520	.189	.107	1.3
1996	27	PIT	NL	22	15	3	5.4	109	.412	.318	.273	.318	.343	.409	.428	.727	.771	88	.547	-0.4	-0.0	.600	.091	.091
1997	28	ANA	AL	17	11	4	9.7	111	.400	.412	.273	.412	.343	.647	.433	1.059	.776	169	.762	1.6	0.2	1.182	.353	.235	1.3
3 Yrs				214	156	22	3.8	108	.292	.253	.272	.299	.342	.369	.424	.667	.766	74	.387	-8.1	-0.8	.575	.192	.116	3.0
162 Game Avg.				456	333	47	3.8	108	.292	.253	.272	.299	.342	.369	.424	.667	.766	74	.387	-8.1	-0.8	.575	.192	.116	6

PIT (2 yrs)				197	145	18	3.3	108	.281	.238	.272	.289	.342	.343	.424	.631	.765	65	.336	-9.7	-0.9	.528	.177	.105	1.3
ANA (1 yr)				17	11	4	9.7	111	.400	.412	.273	.412	.343	.647	.433	1.059	.776	169	.761	1.6	0.2	1.182	.353	.235	1.3

NL (2 yrs)				197	145	18	3.3	108	.281	.238	.272	.289	.342	.343	.424	.631	.765	65	.336	-9.7	-0.9	.528	.177	.105	1.3
AL (1 yr)				17	11	4	9.7	111	.400	.412	.273	.412	.343	.647	.433	1.059	.776	169	.761	1.6	0.2	1.182	.353	.235	1.3

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
1995	26	PIT	NL	175	1.1%	16.0%	7.4%	6.3%	31%	2.15	5.7	79.5	15.9	1.36	1.89	74%	10%	4.4%	18%
1996	27	PIT	NL	22	0.0%	22.7%	0.0%	9.1%	29%		4.4		22.0	0.45	0.83	77%	41%	0.0%	9%
1997	28	ANA	AL	17	5.9%	5.9%	0.0%	11.8%	29%		17.0	17.0	4.3	1.29	2.33	88%	19%	20.0%	29%
3 Yrs				214	1.4%	15.9%	6.1%	7.0%	30%	2.62	5.8	66.0	13.2	1.22	1.77	75%	14%	5.0%	18%
MLB Averages					2.7%	16.6%	9.0%	7.7%	33%	1.84	5.3	32.9	7.5	0.83	1.11	70%	22%	8.3%	17%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1995	26	PIT	NL	-9.5	-0.9	177	-1.5	1.9	-3.4	1.01	-1.0	-0.5	-14.7	-1.4	0.94	-12.1	2.02	5
1996	27	PIT	NL	-0.4	-0.0	23	-0.0	0.5	-0.5	1.19	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	-0.0	0.93	-0.9		0
1997	28	ANA	AL	1.6	0.2	18	0.3	0.5	-0.2	.90	0.1	0.2	1.8	0.2	0.98	1.1		0
3 Yrs				-8.4	-0.8	218	-1.3	2.9	-4.2	1.02	-1.0	-0.3	-13.2	-1.3	0.94	-11.9	2.02	5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	SB3	CS3	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1995	26	PIT	NL	1	34%	60	1	1	50%	1	0	1	3	1	44%	8	5	2	2	1	1	6	2	4
1996	27	PIT	NL	0	43%	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
1997	28	ANA	AL	0	17%	7	2	0	100%	1	1	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				1	33%	84	3	1	75%	2	1	1	3	2	43%	11	7	3	2	1	1	8	3	5

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
1995	26	PIT	NL	175	25%	36	6	0	5	1	0	0	2.02	2	0	3	0	2	2	0	1	4	3	75%	31	3	10%	17	9	53%	104	8	8%	9	4	44%	4	3	75%	0
1996	27	PIT	NL	22	23%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	2	1	50%	14	1	7%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
1997	28	ANA	AL	17	18%	7	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		4	1	25%	1	0	0%	12	3	25%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
3 Yrs				214	24%	50	7	0	5	1	0	0	2.02	3	0	3	0	3	2	1	1	5	3	60%	39	4	10%	20	10	50%	130	12	9%	10	5	50%	7	4	57%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			72%			10%			35%			15%			53%			57%

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
1995	26	PIT	NL	169	548	3.24	366	67%	18%	16%	30%	36%	82%	7%	55%	80%	54%	4%	7	0	11%	18	8	5%	8	4	33%	6	0	0
1996	27	PIT	NL	20	65	3.25	43	66%	21%	26%	19%	35%	79%	0%	52%	68%	50%	5%	1	0	15%	3	2	15%	3	3	60%	2	0	0
1997	28	ANA	AL	17	50	2.94	39	78%	13%	13%	33%	41%	87%	0%	68%	85%	59%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				206	663	3.22	448	68%	18%	17%	29%	36%	82%	6%	56%	79%	54%	4%	8	0	10%	21	10	5%	11	7	36%	8	0	0
MLB Averages						3.71		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	46%	80%	31%	5%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	IBB
1995	26	58	175	159	18	36	7	2	2	10	1	1	13	28	.226	.285	.333	.618	62	53	3	3	5
1996	27	65	197	181	21	43	9	2	2	11	1	1	13	33	.238	.289	.343	.631	65	62	3	3	5
1997	28	76	214	198	23	50	10	2	3	15	3	1	13	34	.253	.299	.369	.667	74	73	4	3	5

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
1995	26	65	194	177	19	39	8	2	2	10	1	14	32	.220	.277	.322	.600	16	58
1996	27	7	22	22	3	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	5	.318	.318	.409	.727	3	7
1997	28	11	16	16	2	6	1	0	1	4	2	0	1	.375	.375	.625	1.000	4	11
3 Yrs		83	232	215	24	52	11	2	3	15	3	14	38	.242	.288	.353	.642	23	76
162 Game Avg.		162	453	420	47	101	21	4	6	29	6	27	74	.242	.288	.353	.642	45	76

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