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Edwin Encarnación

Edwin Elpidio Encarnacion (twitter: @Encadwin)

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: January 7, 1983 in La Romana, La Romana, D.R.
High School: Manuela Toro HS (Caguas, PR)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 9th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 24, 2005
Teams (by GP): Reds/BlueJays 2005-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 2 yrs/$6M (11-12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.085, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Arn Tellem [*]
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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
2005 22 CIN NL 69 234 211 25 49 16 0 9 31 3 0 20 60 .232 .308 .436 .744 93 92 8 3 0 0 2 5
2006 23 CIN NL 117 467 406 60 112 33 1 15 72 6 3 41 78 .276 .359 .473 .831 108 192 9 13 0 3 3 *5/3
2007 24 CIN NL 139 560 502 66 145 25 1 16 76 8 1 39 86 .289 .356 .438 .794 101 220 5 14 0 1 4 *5
2008 25 CIN NL 146 582 506 75 127 29 1 26 68 1 0 61 102 .251 .340 .466 .807 108 236 13 10 0 5 1 *5
2009 26 TOT MLB 85 338 293 35 66 11 2 13 39 2 1 37 67 .225 .320 .410 .729 91 120 5 5 0 3 0 5
2009 26 CIN NL 43 165 139 10 29 6 1 5 16 1 1 24 38 .209 .333 .374 .707 87 52 3 2 0 0 0 5
2009 26 TOR AL 42 173 154 25 37 5 1 8 23 1 0 13 29 .240 .306 .442 .748 94 68 2 3 0 3 0 5
2010 27 TOR AL 96 367 332 47 81 16 0 21 51 1 0 29 60 .244 .305 .482 .787 109 160 9 2 0 4 1 5/D
2011 28 TOR AL 134 530 481 70 131 36 0 17 55 8 2 43 77 .272 .334 .453 .787 110 218 17 3 0 3 2 D53
2012 29 TOR AL 51 220 197 29 54 10 0 17 42 6 1 18 36 .274 .336 .584 .920 142 115 1 2 0 3 3 *D3/5
8 Yrs 837 3298 2928 407 765 176 5 134 434 35 8 288 566 .261 .336 .462 .798 107 1353 67 52 0 22 16
162 Game Avg. 162 638 567 79 148 34 1 26 84 7 2 56 110 .261 .336 .462 .798 107 262 13 10 0 4 3
CIN (5 yrs) 514 2008 1764 236 462 109 4 71 263 19 5 185 364 .262 .345 .449 .793 103 792 38 42 0 9 10
TOR (4 yrs) 323 1290 1164 171 303 67 1 63 171 16 3 103 202 .260 .322 .482 .804 113 561 29 10 0 13 6
NL (5 yrs) 514 2008 1764 236 462 109 4 71 263 19 5 185 364 .262 .345 .449 .793 103 792 38 42 0 9 10
AL (4 yrs) 323 1290 1164 171 303 67 1 63 171 16 3 103 202 .260 .322 .482 .804 113 561 29 10 0 13 6

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
2005 22 CIN NL 69 234 -1 -1 -1 4 1 2 0.2 6 8 0.8 .503 .501 0.4 0.5 4 $ 5
2006 23 CIN NL 117 467 6 1 -0 -13 1 -4 -0.4 12 8 0.8 .496 .497 2.1 -1.1 21 $332,500 *5/3
2007 24 CIN NL 139 560 5 1 1 -11 2 -2 -0.2 15 13 1.2 .498 .499 2.4 -0.9 24 $407,500 *5
2008 25 CIN NL 146 582 8 -2 -2 -17 2 -11 -1.2 16 5 0.4 .493 .493 2.1 -1.5 22 $450,000 *5
2009 26 CIN NL 43 165 -2 -2 -0 -8 0 -11 -1.2 4 -7 -0.7 .473 .493 0.1 -0.8 1 $2,425,000 5
2009 26 TOR AL 42 173 -2 0 0 1 0 0 0.1 6 6 0.6 .501 .500 0.5 0.2 5 $ 5
2010 27 TOR AL 96 367 3 1 -1 -3 1 2 0.3 12 14 1.4 .502 .501 1.7 -0.1 17 $5,175,000 5/D
2011 28 TOR AL 134 530 5 1 -2 -7 -8 -11 -1.1 18 7 0.6 .491 .493 1.4 -1.5 14 $2,500,000 D53
2012 29 TOR AL 51 220 12 1 1 -1 -4 9 0.9 7 16 1.5 .518 .506 1.8 -0.6 17 $ *D3/5
8 Seasons 837 3298 36 -0 -4 -55 -5 -28 -2.6 98 70 6.6 .497 .498 12.5 -5.9 125 $11,290,000
CIN (5 yrs) 514 2008 17 -3 -2 -45 6 -27 -2.8 54 27 2.5 .495 .497 7.1 -3.9 72 $3,615,000
TOR (4 yrs) 323 1290 19 3 -2 -10 -11 -1 0.2 44 43 4.1 .500 .500 5.4 -2.0 53 $7,675,000

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
2005 22 CIN NL 234 170 27 4.2 108 .282 .232 .269 .308 .339 .436 .428 .744 .767 93 .440 -2.7 -0.3 .694 .313 .204 4.5
2006 23 CIN NL 467 309 70 6.1 116 .307 .276 .277 .359 .348 .473 .450 .831 .798 108 .579 5.8 0.5 .814 .305 .197 8.6
2007 24 CIN NL 560 364 82 6.1 115 .322 .289 .278 .356 .348 .438 .444 .794 .791 101 .580 0.4 0.0 .771 .241 .149 10.7
2008 25 CIN NL 582 397 82 5.5 110 .264 .251 .270 .340 .342 .466 .430 .807 .772 108 .556 5.9 0.6 .786 .338 .215 1.9
2009 26 TOT MLB 338 236 40 4.5 107 .245 .225 .267 .320 .338 .410 .426 .729 .763 91 .461 -4.2 -0.4 .700 .314 .184 3.5
2009 26 CIN NL 165 114 18 4.2 107 .250 .209 .266 .333 .339 .374 .422 .707 .761 87 .441 -2.5 -0.2 .684 .338 .165 1.7
2009 26 TOR AL 173 122 22 4.8 108 .242 .240 .267 .306 .336 .442 .429 .748 .765 94 .477 -1.7 -0.2 .714 .292 .201 1.8
2010 27 TOR AL 367 264 48 4.9 102 .235 .244 .263 .305 .331 .482 .411 .787 .742 109 .517 3.2 0.3 .738 .328 .238 1.9
2011 28 TOR AL 530 372 70 5.0 103 .292 .272 .264 .334 .330 .453 .418 .787 .747 110 .541 6.8 0.7 .732 .283 .181 10.9
2012 29 TOR AL 220 148 41 7.5 102 .252 .274 .258 .336 .326 .584 .419 .920 .745 142 .707 11.2 1.1 .966 .426 .310 8.9
8 Yrs 3298 2260 460 5.5 109 .280 .261 .269 .336 .339 .462 .430 .798 .768 107 .552 26.3 2.6 .769 .308 .201 55.5
162 Game Avg. 638 437 89 5.5 109 .280 .261 .269 .336 .339 .462 .430 .798 .768 107 .552 5 1 .769 .308 .201 11
CIN (5 yrs) 2008 1354 279 5.5 112 .292 .262 .273 .345 .344 .449 .438 .793 .782 103 .547 6.9 0.6 .768 .300 .187 30.0
TOR (4 yrs) 1290 906 181 5.4 103 .263 .260 .263 .322 .330 .482 .418 .804 .748 113 .560 19.4 1.9 .769 .321 .222 25.5
NL (5 yrs) 2008 1354 279 5.5 112 .292 .262 .273 .345 .344 .449 .438 .793 .782 103 .547 6.9 0.6 .768 .300 .187 30.0
AL (4 yrs) 1290 906 181 5.4 103 .263 .260 .263 .322 .330 .482 .418 .804 .748 113 .560 19.4 1.9 .769 .321 .222 25.5

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 22 CIN NL 234 3.9% 25.6% 8.6% 10.7% 51% 3.00 3.5 23.4 6.8 0.68 1.04 61% 24% 11.7% 14%
2006 23 CIN NL 467 3.2% 16.7% 8.8% 10.5% 44% 1.90 5.2 27.1 5.6 0.72 0.93 68% 22% 9.0% 13%
2007 24 CIN NL 560 2.9% 15.4% 7.0% 7.5% 29% 2.21 5.8 31.4 6.6 0.61 0.68 72% 21% 8.0% 23%
2008 25 CIN NL 582 4.5% 17.5% 10.5% 9.6% 44% 1.67 5.0 19.5 7.4 0.52 0.64 66% 20% 13.7% 29%
2009 26 TOT MLB 338 3.9% 19.8% 11.0% 7.7% 39% 1.81 4.4 22.5 7.5 0.57 0.81 64% 21% 10.4% 14%
2009 26 CIN NL 165 3.0% 23.0% 14.6% 7.3% 41% 1.58 3.7 27.8 8.7 0.68 0.93 58% 19% 10.0% 17%
2009 26 TOR AL 173 4.6% 16.8% 7.5% 8.1% 38% 2.23 5.3 19.3 6.7 0.49 0.72 69% 22% 10.7% 13%
2010 27 TOR AL 367 5.7% 16.4% 7.9% 10.1% 46% 2.07 5.5 15.8 6.5 0.47 0.62 69% 21% 14.0% 20%
2011 28 TOR AL 530 3.2% 14.5% 8.1% 10.0% 41% 1.79 6.2 28.3 8.7 0.60 0.80 74% 21% 8.5% 22%
2012 29 TOR AL 220 7.7% 16.4% 8.2% 12.3% 50% 2.00 5.5 11.6 4.7 0.55 0.49 67% 10% 21.5% 25%
8 Yrs 3298 4.1% 17.2% 8.7% 9.6% 41% 1.97 5.2 21.9 6.7 0.59 0.73 68% 20% 11.3% 21%
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 22 CIN NL -2.7 -0.3 239 -0.3 4.3 -4.5 1.01 0.0 -0.3 -1.1 -0.1 0.95 0.5 1.25 11
2006 23 CIN NL 5.8 0.5 479 1.9 10.2 -8.3 1.07 1.0 0.8 15.2 1.4 0.98 11.5 3.17 3
2007 24 CIN NL 0.4 0.0 571 0.7 10.7 -9.9 1.05 1.0 -0.3 19.8 1.8 0.95 9.8 0.92 3
2008 25 CIN NL 5.9 0.6 589 1.1 11.7 -10.6 1.04 1.3 -0.2 4.5 0.4 0.95 13.2 1.33 2
2009 26 TOT MLB -4.2 -0.4 344 -0.6 5.5 -6.1 .97 -0.2 -0.4 -2.9 -0.3 0.92 -2.2 0
2009 26 CIN NL -2.5 -0.2 168 -0.1 2.6 -2.7 .87 -0.2 0.1 -3.0 -0.3 0.89 -3.9 0
2009 26 TOR AL -1.7 -0.2 176 -0.5 2.8 -3.4 1.06 0.0 -0.6 0.0 0.0 0.95 1.7 0
2010 27 TOR AL 3.2 0.3 372 0.5 6.5 -6.0 .88 0.0 0.6 -5.7 -0.6 0.94 -0.6 0
2011 28 TOR AL 6.8 0.7 544 -0.9 9.5 -10.4 1.03 0.8 -1.7 -4.6 -0.4 1.02 3.0 1.54 10
2012 29 TOR AL 11.2 1.1 227 1.1 5.0 -3.9 1.04 1.5 -0.5 16.6 1.6 0.95 16.2 0
8 Yrs 26.3 2.6 3365 3.6 63.3 -59.8 1.02 5.5 -2.0 41.8 3.8 0.96 51.4 1.52 29

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
2005 22 CIN NL 4 0 25% 100 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 40% 7 5 2 3 1 2 5 1 2
2006 23 CIN NL 4 4 30% 152 6 3 67% 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 47% 24 14 9 11 8 3 14 3 11
2007 24 CIN NL 8 4 28% 215 8 1 89% 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 39% 31 23 8 11 5 6 12 4 7
2008 25 CIN NL 7 0 29% 209 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 13 29% 29 22 7 11 6 5 15 11 4
2009 26 TOT MLB 2 0 23% 123 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 37% 16 12 4 5 3 2 6 2 4
2009 26 CIN NL 1 0 10% 65 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 36% 8 5 3 1 1 0 2 1 1
2009 26 TOR AL 1 0 38% 58 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 38% 8 7 1 4 2 2 4 1 3
2010 27 TOR AL 3 0 29% 114 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 48% 12 9 3 2 1 1 7 1 6
2011 28 TOR AL 4 0 33% 218 8 2 80% 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 11 34% 23 19 4 15 9 6 12 4 7
2012 29 TOR AL 5 0 21% 64 6 1 86% 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 50% 8 4 4 1 1 0 7 2 4
8 Yrs 37 8 28% 1195 35 8 81% 31 6 4 1 0 1 3 0 30 58 39% 150 108 41 59 34 25 78 28 45

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 22 CIN NL 234 32% 49 3 0 11 3 0 1 1.25 9 0 8 6 3 3 6 0 0 0 44 8 18% 26 3 12% 152 23 15% 13 8 62% 15 8 53% 0
2006 23 CIN NL 467 30% 112 6 0 3 2 0 2 3.17 15 1 17 10 5 7 8 0 0 0 98 9 9% 36 6 17% 336 58 17% 30 16 53% 23 13 57% 0
2007 24 CIN NL 560 33% 145 9 0 3 1 1 1 0.92 16 0 20 12 4 10 6 1 0 0 100 5 5% 34 6 18% 372 61 16% 23 14 61% 20 11 55% 0
2008 25 CIN NL 582 30% 127 15 0 2 0 0 0 1.33 26 1 22 19 7 15 11 0 0 0 112 13 12% 50 10 20% 372 43 12% 29 13 45% 17 9 53% 0
2009 26 TOT MLB 338 20% 66 3 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 12 10 3 5 8 0 0 0 54 5 9% 30 9 30% 193 30 16% 19 8 42% 17 9 53% 0
2009 26 CIN NL 165 23% 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 4 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 22 3 14% 16 4 25% 85 14 16% 10 2 20% 9 4 44% 0
2009 26 TOR AL 173 18% 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 6 2 2 6 0 0 0 32 2 6% 14 5 36% 108 16 15% 9 6 67% 8 5 63% 0
2010 27 TOR AL 367 22% 81 4 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 10 15 6 7 14 0 1 0 0% 64 9 14% 39 9 23% 220 30 14% 26 10 38% 16 8 50% 0
2011 28 TOR AL 530 25% 131 10 0 10 1 0 0 1.54 17 0 21 11 6 14 3 0 0 0 107 17 16% 46 9 20% 345 42 12% 30 13 43% 18 8 44% 0
2012 29 TOR AL 220 28% 54 7 0 0 0 0 0 17 1 2 11 6 12 5 0 0 0 45 1 2% 13 5 38% 144 29 20% 8 6 75% 10 5 50% 0
8 Yrs 3298 28% 765 57 0 29 7 1 4 1.52 134 4 112 94 40 73 61 1 1 0 0% 624 67 11% 274 57 21% 2134 316 15% 178 88 49% 136 71 52% 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 22 CIN NL 234 933 3.99 569 61% 27% 17% 29% 27% 73% 1% 44% 76% 28% 5% 11 1 15% 36 17 9% 21 12 33% 0 0 0
2006 23 CIN NL 467 1791 3.84 1087 61% 25% 15% 29% 30% 74% 2% 45% 80% 31% 7% 31 4 15% 69 27 10% 49 28 29% 0 0 4
2007 24 CIN NL 560 2074 3.70 1328 64% 22% 15% 31% 32% 78% 2% 50% 80% 32% 4% 20 1 17% 94 56 7% 38 26 19% 0 0 0
2008 25 CIN NL 584 2251 3.85 1396 62% 27% 15% 29% 29% 73% 0% 45% 80% 29% 5% 30 0 16% 92 37 11% 65 43 38% -2 0 0
2009 26 TOT MLB 340 1351 3.97 808 60% 29% 14% 29% 28% 71% 0% 43% 81% 28% 5% 16 0 16% 56 24 12% 42 17 33% -2 0 0
2009 26 CIN NL 167 701 4.20 410 58% 29% 16% 31% 25% 71% 0% 42% 78% 29% 5% 8 0 17% 28 14 10% 17 4 34% -2 0 0
2009 26 TOR AL 173 650 3.76 398 61% 29% 12% 28% 32% 71% 0% 44% 84% 27% 5% 8 0 16% 28 10 14% 25 13 31% 0 0 0
2010 27 TOR AL 367 1408 3.84 885 63% 24% 14% 30% 31% 76% 1% 48% 81% 32% 4% 15 1 14% 51 30 7% 27 15 22% 0 0 0
2011 28 TOR AL 531 1980 3.73 1244 63% 27% 13% 28% 33% 73% 1% 46% 82% 24% 4% 21 0 16% 85 46 7% 39 21 26% -1 0 0
2012 29 TOR AL 220 901 4.10 561 62% 29% 16% 27% 29% 71% 4% 45% 78% 21% 6% 14 0 14% 31 10 9% 19 11 22% 0 0 0
8 Yrs 3303 12689 3.84 7878 62% 26% 15% 29% 30% 74% 1% 46% 80% 29% 5% 158 7 16% 514 247 9% 300 173 28% -5 0 4
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 SH SF IBB
2005 22 69 234 211 25 49 16 0 9 31 3 0 20 60 .232 .308 .436 .744 93 92 8 3 0 0 2
2006 23 186 701 617 85 161 49 1 24 103 9 3 61 138 .261 .341 .460 .802 103 284 17 16 0 3 5
2007 24 325 1261 1119 151 306 74 2 40 179 17 4 100 224 .273 .348 .450 .798 102 504 22 30 0 4 9
2008 25 471 1843 1625 226 433 103 3 66 247 18 4 161 326 .266 .346 .455 .801 104 740 35 40 0 9 10
2009 26 556 2181 1918 261 499 114 5 79 286 20 5 198 393 .260 .341 .448 .790 102 860 40 45 0 12 10
2010 27 652 2548 2250 308 580 130 5 100 337 21 5 227 453 .258 .336 .453 .790 103 1020 49 47 0 16 11
2011 28 786 3078 2731 378 711 166 5 117 392 29 7 270 530 .260 .336 .453 .789 104 1238 66 50 0 19 13
2012 29 837 3298 2928 407 765 176 5 134 434 35 8 288 566 .261 .336 .462 .798 107 1353 67 52 0 22 16

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
2005 22 69 233 210 25 48 16 0 9 30 3 20 60 .229 .305 .433 .738 27 69
2006 23 117 452 399 54 105 31 1 14 65 6 38 78 .263 .343 .451 .794 59 117
2007 24 139 545 494 60 137 24 1 15 69 8 37 86 .277 .343 .421 .764 68 139
2008 25 146 578 503 72 124 28 1 25 65 1 60 102 .247 .336 .455 .791 75 146
2009 26 85 338 293 35 66 11 2 13 39 2 37 67 .225 .320 .410 .729 37 85
2010 27 96 370 334 49 83 16 0 22 53 1 30 60 .249 .311 .494 .805 51 96
2011 28 134 531 482 71 132 36 0 17 55 8 43 77 .274 .335 .454 .790 73 134
2012 29 51 220 197 29 54 10 0 17 43 6 18 36 .274 .336 .584 .920 39 51
8 Yrs 837 3267 2912 395 749 172 5 132 419 35 283 566 .257 .331 .456 .787 429 837
162 Game Avg. 162 632 564 76 145 33 1 26 81 7 55 110 .257 .331 .456 .787 83 837

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2012 AL  1.8 (8th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2012 AL  .584 (6th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2012 AL  .920 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
2012 AL  51 (2nd)

Total Bases s c a p y
2012 AL  115 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
2012 AL  17 (2nd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2012 AL  42 (2nd)

Runs Created s c a p y
2012 AL  41 (5th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2012 AL  27 (4th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2012 AL  .707 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2006 NL  13 (10th)
2007 NL  14 (4th)
Active  52 (49th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2012 AL  3 (8th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2012 AL  3 (9th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2012 AL  8.9 (3rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
2012 AL  11.6 (3rd)
Active  21.9 (39th)
Career  21.9 (180th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2012 AL  16.64 (6th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2012 AL  1.5 (6th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2012 AL  1.6 (6th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 12 (1297), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2225), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1593), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  7. Joe Crede (936)
  8. Josh Willingham (935)
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  5. Darrell Evans (937)
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  7. Dave Nilsson (933)
  8. Gene Freese (933)
  9. Howard Johnson (930)
  10. Jose Cruz (930)
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  5. Fernando Tatis (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bill Melton (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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