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Morgan Ensberg

Morgan Paul Ensberg (twitter: @MorganEnsberg)

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: August 26, 1975 in Redondo Beach, CA
High School: Union HS (Redondo Beach, CA)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 9th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 18, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 2000
Teams (by GP): Astros/Padres/Yankees 2000-2008
Agents: Joe Sambito [*]
Final Game: May 25, 2008
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All-Star

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
1998	22	HOU-min	A-	59	250	196	39	45	10	1	5	31	15	3	46	51	.230	.388	.367	.755		72	5	6	0	2	1		AUB · NYPL
1999	23	HOU-min	A+	123	508	427	72	102	25	2	15	69	17	6	68	90	.239	.353	.412	.765		176	9	9	1	3	0		KIS · FLOR
2000	24	HOU-min	AA	137	592	483	95	145	34	0	28	90	9	12	92	107	.300	.416	.545	.960		263	15	8	3	6	3		RRK · TL
2000	24	HOU	NL	4	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	41	2	0	0	0	0	0	/5

2001	25	HOU-min	AAA	87	368	316	65	98	20	0	23	61	6	3	45	60	.310	.397	.592	.989		187	12	3	0	4	0		NOR · PCL
2002	26	HOU-min	AAA	83	353	292	50	84	12	3	7	37	9	5	50	56	.288	.401	.421	.822		123	9	7	1	3	1		NOR · PCL
2002	26	HOU	NL	49	153	132	14	32	7	2	3	19	2	0	18	25	.242	.346	.394	.740	90	52	8	3	0	0	0	5
2003	27	HOU	NL	127	441	385	69	112	15	1	25	60	7	2	48	60	.291	.377	.530	.907	131	204	10	6	1	1	1	*5/D
2004	28	HOU	NL	131	456	411	51	113	20	3	10	66	6	4	36	46	.275	.330	.411	.742	90	169	17	0	5	4	1	*5/6
2005	29	HOU	NL	150	624	526	86	149	30	3	36	101	6	7	85	119	.283	.388	.557	.945	144	293	12	8	0	5	9	*5	AS,MVP-4,SS
2006	30	HOU-min	AAA	3	15	12	2	6	2	0	2	7	0	0	3	1	.500	.600	1.167	1.767		14	1	0	0	0	0		RRK · PCL
2006	30	HOU	NL	127	495	387	67	91	17	1	23	58	1	4	101	96	.235	.396	.463	.858	120	179	3	4	0	3	7	*5
2007	31	TOT	NL	115	324	282	47	65	13	0	12	39	0	1	38	67	.230	.320	.404	.724	88	114	7	0	2	2	0	5/3
2007	31	HOU	NL	85	259	224	36	52	10	0	8	31	0	1	31	48	.232	.323	.384	.707	82	86	6	0	2	2	0	5
2007	31	SDP	NL	30	65	58	11	13	3	0	4	8	0	0	7	19	.224	.308	.483	.790	110	28	1	0	0	0	0	5/3
2008	32	CLE-min	AAA	52	196	159	24	30	9	0	5	23	1	1	31	43	.189	.323	.340	.663		54	5	1	4	1	2		BFL · IL
2008	32	NYY	AL	28	80	74	6	15	0	0	1	4	0	1	6	22	.203	.263	.243	.506	34	18	1	0	0	0	0	5/3D
8 Yrs				731	2580	2204	340	579	102	10	110	347	22	19	332	436	.263	.362	.468	.830	113	1031	58	21	8	15	18
162 Game Avg.				162	572	488	75	128	23	2	24	77	5	4	74	97	.263	.362	.468	.830	113	228	13	5	2	3	4

HOU (7 yrs)				673	2435	2072	323	551	99	10	105	335	22	18	319	395	.266	.367	.475	.843	116	985	56	21	8	15	18
SDP (1 yr)				30	65	58	11	13	3	0	4	8	0	0	7	19	.224	.308	.483	.790	110	28	1	0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				28	80	74	6	15	0	0	1	4	0	1	6	22	.203	.263	.243	.506	34	18	1	0	0	0	0

NL (7 yrs)				703	2500	2130	334	564	102	10	109	343	22	18	326	414	.265	.366	.476	.841	116	1013	57	21	8	15	18
AL (1 yr)				28	80	74	6	15	0	0	1	4	0	1	6	22	.203	.263	.243	.506	34	18	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	Awards
2000	24	HOU	NL	4	7	-1	-0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.457	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/5

2002	26	HOU	NL	49	153	-1	-1	-2	-2	0	-4	-0.4	4	0	0.0	.491	.497	0.1	-0.1	2	$200,000	5
2003	27	HOU	NL	127	441	18	1	-1	14	1	34	3.4	12	46	4.6	.527	.521	3.2	1.6	32	$300,000	*5/D
2004	28	HOU	NL	131	456	-2	-2	-2	-5	1	-9	-0.9	12	4	0.3	.493	.494	0.8	-0.4	8	$380,000	*5/6
2005	29	HOU	NL	150	624	31	-3	-1	14	2	43	4.4	17	60	6.0	.529	.527	4.6	1.7	46	$450,000	*5	AS,MVP-4,SS
2006	30	HOU	NL	127	495	12	-2	1	8	1	21	2.0	13	34	3.3	.516	.513	2.5	0.9	26	$3,800,000	*5
2007	31	HOU	NL	85	259	-4	-1	0	-11	1	-15	-1.5	7	-8	-0.8	.482	.491	0.3	-1.0	3	$4,350,000	5
2007	31	SDP	NL	30	65	1	-0	-0	4	0	4	0.4	2	6	0.6	.513	.502	0.2	0.4	2	$	5/3
2008	32	NYY	AL	28	80	-7	-0	0	-5	-0	-12	-1.2	3	-10	-1.0	.456	.492	-0.5	-0.5	-5	$1,750,000	5/3D
8 Seasons				731	2580	48	-9	-4	17	7	59	5.9	71	130	12.8	.508	.504	11.1	2.5	113	$11,230,000

HOU (7 yrs)				673	2435	54	-8	-4	18	7	67	6.7	66	133	13.2	.510	.506	11.4	2.6	115	$9,480,000
SDP (1 yr)				30	65	1	-0	-0	4	0	4	0.4	2	6	0.6	.513	.502	0.2	0.4	2	$
NYY (1 yr)				28	80	-7	-0	0	-5	-0	-12	-1.2	3	-10	-1.0	.456	.492	-0.5	-0.5	-5	$1,750,000

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
2000	24	HOU	NL	7	5	1	5.4	122	.333	.286	.281	.286	.360	.286	.460	.571	.820	41	.502	-0.7	-0.1	.400	.000	.000

2002	26	HOU	NL	153	108	17	4.2	112	.279	.242	.273	.346	.348	.394	.434	.740	.782	90	.441	-1.9	-0.2	.694	.303	.152	2.4
2003	27	HOU	NL	441	287	78	7.3	112	.289	.291	.272	.377	.344	.530	.436	.907	.781	131	.671	17.2	1.6	.923	.377	.239	10.9
2004	28	HOU	NL	456	328	52	4.2	112	.287	.275	.271	.330	.343	.411	.439	.742	.782	90	.424	-6.6	-0.6	.649	.229	.136	7.5
2005	29	HOU	NL	624	401	115	7.6	109	.301	.283	.270	.388	.340	.557	.430	.945	.770	144	.699	35.4	3.4	.972	.433	.274	10.3
2006	30	HOU	NL	495	306	79	6.9	113	.251	.235	.272	.396	.343	.463	.442	.858	.785	120	.636	15.9	1.5	.927	.481	.227	1.9
2007	31	TOT	NL	324	229	37	4.3	109	.259	.230	.270	.320	.339	.404	.432	.724	.771	88	.428	-5.1	-0.5	.671	.305	.174	.0
2007	31	HOU	NL	259	183	28	4.1	111	.259	.232	.273	.323	.342	.384	.436	.707	.778	82	.404	-5.8	-0.6	.648	.286	.152	.0
2007	31	SDP	NL	65	46	9	5.3	102	.257	.224	.260	.308	.328	.483	.416	.790	.744	110	.516	0.7	0.1	.761	.379	.259	.0
2008	32	NYY	AL	80	61	5	2.2	108	.275	.203	.272	.263	.340	.243	.426	.506	.767	34	.183	-7.4	-0.7	.377	.108	.041	.0
8 Yrs				2580	1725	384	6.0	111	.280	.263	.271	.362	.342	.468	.435	.830	.778	113	.582	46.7	4.4	.815	.357	.205	36.7
162 Game Avg.				572	382	85	6.0	111	.280	.263	.271	.362	.342	.468	.435	.830	.778	113	.582	10	1	.815	.357	.205	8

HOU (7 yrs)				2435	1618	370	6.1	111	.281	.266	.271	.367	.343	.475	.436	.843	.779	116	.594	53.5	5.0	.833	.365	.209	36.4
SDP (1 yr)				65	46	9	5.3	102	.257	.224	.260	.308	.328	.483	.416	.790	.744	110	.516	0.7	0.1	.761	.379	.259	.0
NYY (1 yr)				80	61	5	2.2	108	.275	.203	.272	.263	.340	.243	.426	.506	.767	34	.183	-7.4	-0.7	.377	.108	.041	.0

NL (7 yrs)				2500	1664	379	6.1	111	.281	.265	.271	.366	.342	.476	.436	.841	.778	116	.593	54.2	5.1	.831	.366	.211	36.6
AL (1 yr)				80	61	5	2.2	108	.275	.203	.272	.263	.340	.243	.426	.506	.767	34	.183	-7.4	-0.7	.377	.108	.041	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SF	IBB
2004	28	HOU	NL	NLDS	ATL	W	5	22	19	1	7	2	0	5	1	3	1	.368	.455	.474	.928	9	1	0	0	0
2004	28	HOU	NL	NLCS	STL	L	7	25	22	2	3	0	1	2	1	1	3	.136	.240	.273	.513	6	1	2	0	0
2005	29	HOU	NL	NLDS	ATL	W	4	20	18	2	5	2	0	7	0	2	3	.278	.350	.389	.739	7	1	0	0	1
2005	29	HOU	NL	NLCS	STL	W	6	24	21	1	5	1	0	2	0	2	2	.238	.292	.286	.577	6	1	0	1	0
2005	29	HOU	NL	WS	CHW	L	4	19	18	2	2	0	1	2	0	1	7	.111	.158	.278	.436	5	1	0	0	0
2 Yrs (5 Series)							26	110	98	8	22	5	2	18	2	9	16	.224	.300	.337	.637	33	5	2	1	1
2 NLDS							9	42	37	3	12	4	0	12	1	5	4	.324	.405	.432	.837	16	2	0	0	1
2 NLCS							13	49	43	3	8	1	1	4	1	3	5	.186	.265	.279	.544	12	2	2	1	0
1 WS							4	19	18	2	2	0	1	2	0	1	7	.111	.158	.278	.436	5	1	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2005	HOU	NL	29		2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	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
2000	24	HOU	NL	7	0.0%	14.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		7.0			1.00	1.00	86%	33%	0.0%	33%

2002	26	HOU	NL	153	2.0%	16.3%	11.8%	7.8%	38%	1.39	5.3	44.0	6.9	0.68	1.16	68%	26%	5.9%	18%
2003	27	HOU	NL	441	5.7%	13.6%	10.9%	9.3%	37%	1.25	6.4	15.4	6.4	0.74	0.88	68%	16%	15.7%	14%
2004	28	HOU	NL	456	2.2%	10.1%	7.9%	7.2%	29%	1.28	8.9	41.1	6.2	0.86	1.06	79%	18%	5.7%	11%
2005	29	HOU	NL	624	5.8%	19.1%	13.6%	11.1%	46%	1.40	4.4	14.6	5.2	0.60	0.81	60%	15%	15.8%	12%
2006	30	HOU	NL	495	4.7%	19.4%	20.4%	8.3%	45%	0.95	4.0	16.8	6.7	0.62	0.78	55%	13%	13.9%	8%
2007	31	TOT	NL	324	3.7%	20.7%	11.7%	7.7%	39%	1.76	4.2	23.5	7.2	0.53	0.74	63%	23%	10.3%	17%
2007	31	HOU	NL	259	3.1%	18.5%	12.0%	7.0%	35%	1.55	4.7	28.0	7.2	0.55	0.72	66%	22%	8.3%	16%
2007	31	SDP	NL	65	6.2%	29.2%	10.8%	10.8%	54%	2.71	3.1	14.5	7.3	0.44	0.80	54%	28%	19.0%	22%
2008	32	NYY	AL	80	1.3%	27.5%	7.5%	1.3%	7%	3.67	3.4	74.0	18.5	1.00	0.95	64%	13%	4.5%	15%
8 Yrs				2580	4.3%	16.9%	12.9%	8.6%	38%	1.31	5.1	20.0	6.4	0.68	0.88	65%	17%	11.9%	13%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.9%	8.6%	8.0%	34%	1.95	5.3	31.9	7.6	0.78	1.07	70%	21%	8.0%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2000	24	HOU	NL	-0.7	-0.1	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.42	-0.2	-0.1	-1.1	-0.1	0.91	-1.0	0.06	3

2002	26	HOU	NL	-1.9	-0.2	158	-0.9	2.8	-3.7	1.09	-0.2	-0.7	-1.6	-0.1	1.03	-1.3	1.73	3
2003	27	HOU	NL	17.2	1.6	459	1.3	8.6	-7.3	.99	2.1	-0.8	20.0	1.9	0.96	22.5	2.38	16
2004	28	HOU	NL	-7.1	-0.7	474	1.8	10.3	-8.5	1.07	-0.1	1.8	-2.4	-0.2	1.01	-2.7	1.47	15
2005	29	HOU	NL	35.4	3.4	640	2.1	13.1	-11.1	1.04	2.5	-0.5	28.8	2.7	0.96	31.4	0.02	1
2006	30	HOU	NL	15.9	1.5	503	0.6	9.3	-8.7	1.05	1.6	-1.1	14.3	1.3	0.96	23.1	1.46	12
2007	31	TOT	NL	-5.1	-0.5	330	-1.9	5.1	-7.0	1.17	-0.5	-1.1	-3.3	-0.3	0.97	-0.1	1.22	35
2007	31	HOU	NL	-5.8	-0.6	263	-1.5	4.2	-5.7	1.18	-0.7	-0.6	-4.6	-0.4	0.97	-2.5	1.29	20
2007	31	SDP	NL	0.7	0.1	67	-0.4	0.9	-1.4	1.10	0.1	-0.5	1.3	0.1	0.97	2.4	1.13	15
2008	32	NYY	AL	-7.4	-0.7	83	-0.3	0.9	-1.2	.84	-0.5	0.1	-9.8	-0.9	1.02	-7.5	0.59	3
8 Yrs				46.2	4.3	2654	2.5	50.2	-47.6	1.05	4.6	-2.2	44.8	4.2	0.98	64.5	1.45	88

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
2000	24	HOU	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

2002	26	HOU	NL	2	0	22%	59	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	25%	13	9	3	0	0	0	7	5	2
2003	27	HOU	NL	3	0	31%	171	7	2	78%	7	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	17	44%	22	15	7	11	4	7	15	5	7
2004	28	HOU	NL	9	0	30%	174	6	4	60%	6	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	8	38%	30	21	7	5	2	2	13	4	9
2005	29	HOU	NL	2	0	24%	222	6	7	46%	6	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	6	44%	25	19	6	7	3	3	16	3	12
2006	30	HOU	NL	1	0	25%	206	1	4	20%	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	8	32%	35	28	7	1	1	0	11	3	8
2007	31	TOT	NL	3	0	39%	120	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	13	35%	20	14	6	7	2	4	7	3	2
2007	31	HOU	NL	3	0	37%	104	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	35%	17	12	5	3	1	2	6	3	2
2007	31	SDP	NL	0	0	44%	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	38%	3	2	1	4	1	2	1	0	0
2008	32	NYY	AL	1	0	25%	32	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14%	2	2	0	0	0	0	5	4	1
8 Yrs				21	0	28%	986	22	19	54%	22	17	0	1	0	1	4	3	25	56	37%	147	108	36	32	12	16	74	27	41

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
2000	24	HOU	NL	7	14%	2	1	0	3	2	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

2002	26	HOU	NL	153	21%	32	1	0	3	2	0	2	1.73	3	0	9	1	2	2	1	0	0	0		32	8	25%	13	4	31%	108	16	15%	13	3	23%	8	6	75%	0
2003	27	HOU	NL	441	27%	112	13	1	16	6	2	4	2.38	25	1	14	18	7	16	9	0	3	1	33%	77	10	13%	44	13	30%	268	36	13%	13	8	62%	26	12	46%	0
2004	28	HOU	NL	456	25%	113	11	1	15	5	0	6	1.47	10	1	22	9	1	9	1	0	6	5	83%	96	17	18%	54	19	35%	336	60	18%	41	19	46%	24	16	67%	0
2005	29	HOU	NL	624	26%	149	11	0	1	1	0	0	0.02	36	1	15	27	9	20	16	0	0	0		114	12	11%	55	11	20%	403	65	16%	33	14	42%	27	12	44%	0
2006	30	HOU	NL	495	27%	91	7	0	12	4	1	1	1.46	23	0	14	14	9	16	7	0	0	0		80	3	4%	37	7	19%	329	37	11%	27	7	26%	18	7	39%	0
2007	31	TOT	NL	324	37%	65	4	0	35	8	3	4	1.22	12	0	14	5	7	5	7	0	3	2	67%	55	7	13%	29	7	24%	207	27	13%	15	9	60%	12	6	50%	0
2007	31	HOU	NL	259	36%	52	4	0	20	4	2	3	1.29	8	0	13	3	5	2	6	0	3	2	67%	42	6	14%	24	7	29%	172	23	13%	14	9	64%	11	6	55%	0
2007	31	SDP	NL	65	38%	13	0	0	15	4	1	1	1.13	4	0	1	2	2	3	1	0	0	0		13	1	8%	5	0	0%	35	4	11%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
2008	32	NYY	AL	80	43%	15	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.59	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		13	1	8%	3	0	0%	60	3	5%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
8 Yrs				2580	28%	579	51	2	88	28	6	17	1.45	110	3	92	75	35	68	42	0	12	8	67%	467	58	12%	236	61	26%	1714	244	14%	144	61	42%	115	59	51%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			70%			11%			33%			15%			52%			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
2000	24	HOU	NL	7	23	3.29	14	61%	14%	14%	29%	43%	86%	0%	52%	83%	43%	0%	0	0	14%	1	1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0

2002	26	HOU	NL	153	592	3.87	346	58%	33%	10%	26%	31%	67%	0%	39%	85%	31%	7%	11	2	16%	24	9	12%	18	7	44%	0	0	0
2003	27	HOU	NL	441	1632	3.70	962	59%	27%	14%	24%	34%	73%	1%	43%	80%	37%	6%	27	4	16%	71	31	10%	42	24	43%	0	0	0
2004	28	HOU	NL	456	1623	3.56	1002	62%	30%	11%	22%	37%	70%	1%	43%	85%	31%	4%	19	1	12%	53	18	9%	41	22	41%	0	0	0
2005	29	HOU	NL	625	2466	3.95	1440	58%	29%	17%	25%	29%	71%	3%	42%	76%	38%	6%	37	7	18%	112	42	13%	81	38	43%	-1	0	0
2006	30	HOU	NL	496	2097	4.23	1133	54%	30%	18%	26%	26%	70%	3%	38%	75%	32%	8%	42	9	21%	104	40	17%	82	33	30%	-1	0	0
2007	31	TOT	NL	324	1370	4.23	786	57%	28%	16%	28%	28%	72%	0%	41%	77%	34%	6%	20	2	17%	54	21	14%	46	33	36%	0	0	0
2007	31	HOU	NL	259	1105	4.27	624	56%	29%	15%	27%	29%	71%	0%	40%	78%	31%	7%	19	2	18%	46	16	15%	40	29	42%	0	0	0
2007	31	SDP	NL	65	265	4.08	162	61%	24%	20%	31%	24%	76%	0%	46%	73%	43%	2%	1	0	12%	8	5	9%	6	4	21%	0	0	0
2008	32	NYY	AL	80	327	4.09	200	61%	32%	22%	21%	26%	69%	0%	42%	68%	35%	4%	3	0	13%	10	5	5%	4	2	32%	0	0	0
8 Yrs				2582	10130	3.92	5883	58%	29%	15%	25%	30%	71%	2%	41%	78%	34%	6%	159	25	17%	429	167	12%	314	159	38%	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.75		62%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			26%

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
2000	24	4	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	41	2	0	0	0	0	0
2001	25	4	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	41	2	0	0	0	0	0
2002	26	53	160	139	14	34	7	2	3	19	2	0	18	26	.245	.344	.388	.732	88	54	8	3	0	0	0
2003	27	180	601	524	83	146	22	3	28	79	9	2	66	86	.279	.368	.492	.861	119	258	18	9	1	1	1
2004	28	311	1057	935	134	259	42	6	38	145	15	6	102	132	.277	.352	.457	.809	107	427	35	9	6	5	2
2005	29	461	1681	1461	220	408	72	9	74	246	21	13	187	251	.279	.365	.493	.858	120	720	47	17	6	10	11
2006	30	588	2176	1848	287	499	89	10	97	304	22	17	288	347	.270	.372	.486	.859	120	899	50	21	6	13	18
2007	31	703	2500	2130	334	564	102	10	109	343	22	18	326	414	.265	.366	.476	.841	116	1013	57	21	8	15	18
2008	32	731	2580	2204	340	579	102	10	110	347	22	19	332	436	.263	.362	.468	.830	113	1031	58	21	8	15	18

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2000	24	4	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4

2002	26	49	151	131	13	31	7	2	3	18	2	17	25	.237	.338	.389	.727	16	49
2003	27	127	434	380	64	107	14	1	24	56	7	46	60	.282	.367	.513	.880	70	127
2004	28	131	451	407	48	109	19	3	10	62	6	35	46	.268	.323	.403	.726	53	131
2005	29	150	621	524	84	147	30	3	36	99	6	84	119	.281	.385	.555	.940	110	150
2006	30	127	487	383	62	87	16	1	22	54	1	97	96	.227	.386	.446	.833	65	127
2007	31	115	321	280	45	63	13	0	12	37	0	37	67	.225	.313	.400	.713	35	115
2008	32	28	80	74	6	15	0	0	1	4	0	6	22	.203	.263	.243	.506	5	28
8 Yrs		731	2552	2186	322	559	99	10	108	330	22	322	436	.256	.355	.458	.813	354	731
162 Game Avg.		162	566	484	71	124	22	2	24	73	5	71	97	.256	.355	.458	.813	78	731

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 2005 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2005 NL (4, 36%) 0.36 Career Shares (545th)	Silver Sluggers 2005 NL (3B)	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 2005 NL 6.0 (10th)
WAR Position Players† s c a p y 2005 NL 6.0 (6th)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 2005 NL 4.6 (9th)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 2003 NL 1.6 (9th)	Slugging % s c a p y 2005 NL .557 (9th)
On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 2005 NL .945 (8th)	Total Bases s c a p y 2005 NL 293 (9th)	Home Runs s c a p y 2005 NL 36 (6th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 2005 NL 85 (10th) 2006 NL 101 (7th)
Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 2005 NL 144 (9th)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 2005 NL 35 (9th)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 2005 NL 3.4 (9th)	AB per HR s c a p y 2005 NL 14.6 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 11 (1346), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 9 (1221), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 12 (1388), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Josh Willingham (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Chet Laabs (932) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Fernando Tatis (947) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Cliff Johnson (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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