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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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
2000	HOU	NL	24	3B	1	1	1	9.0	3	1	1	1	0	.667	-1		-80		2.00	2.00	.950	2.60	2.60
2002	HOU	NL	26	3B	43	37	32	328.1	112	28	76	8	5	.929	-2		-5		2.85	2.42	.957	2.71	2.69
2003	HOU	NL	27	3B	111	89	78	818.0	270	77	184	9	18	.967	0	14	0	21	2.87	2.35	.955	2.74	2.72
2003	HOU	NL	27	DH	1	1
2004	HOU	NL	28	3B	118	103	91	920.2	257	80	164	13	23	.949	-3	-5	-4	-7	2.39	2.07	.956	2.76	2.75
2004	HOU	NL	28	SS	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		4.50	4.40
2005	HOU	NL	29	3B	148	147	138	1286.1	411	100	296	15	31	.964	13	14	12	13	2.77	2.68	.958	2.77	2.74	AS,MVP-4,SS
2006	HOU	NL	30	3B	117	106	100	975.0	322	80	230	12	25	.963	10	8	13	10	2.86	2.65	.954	2.70	2.68
2007	TOT	NL	31	3B	80	62	54	585.0	187	39	136	12	15	.936	-11	-7	-22	-14	2.69	2.19	.954	2.68	2.67
2007	HOU	NL	31	3B	68	52	45	492.1	154	36	107	11	12	.929	-15	-11	-36	-27	2.61	2.10	.954	2.68	2.67
2007	SDP	NL	31	3B	12	10	9	92.2	33	3	29	1	3	.970	4	4	51	52	3.11	2.67	.954	2.68	2.67
2007	SDP	NL	31	1B	1	1	1	9.0	9	7	1	1	1	.889	0	0	0	0	8.00	8.00	.993	9.20	9.20
2008	NYY	AL	32	3B	21	13	9	133.0	41	8	32	1	2	.976	-2	-4	-14	-36	2.71	1.90	.958	2.74	2.71
2008	NYY	AL	32	1B	7	3	2	35.0	38	38	0	0	1	1.000	-0	-1	-3	-34	9.77	5.43	.994	9.26	9.19
2008	NYY	AL	32	DH	1	1
	8 Seasons			3B	639	558	503	5055.1	1603	413	1119	71	119	.956	7	20	2	5	2.73	2.40	.956	2.73	2.71
	2 Seasons			1B	8	4	3	44.0	47	45	1	1	2	.979	-0	-1	-3	-27	9.41	5.75	.994	9.25	9.19
	1 Season			SS	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		4.50	4.40
	8 Seasons			TOT	648	562	506	5101.1	1650	458	1120	72	121	.956	7	19	2	4	2.78	2.44	.957	2.79	2.80

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rbnt
2000	HOU	NL	24	3B	-1	-80	-1	-1	0	0
2002	HOU	NL	26	3B	-2	-5	-0	3	-4	-1
2003	HOU	NL	27	3B	0	0	1	-4	5	-1	14	21	14	0
2004	HOU	NL	28	3B	-3	-4	-4	0	-4	1	-5	-7	-6	0
2004	HOU	NL	28	SS	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
2005	HOU	NL	29	3B	13	12	12	1	11	1	14	13	11	0
2006	HOU	NL	30	3B	10	13	10	8	3	0	8	10	7	1
2007	HOU	NL	31	3B	-15	-36	-15	-6	-9	0	-11	-27	-10	-1
2007	SDP	NL	31	3B	4	51	4	3	1	0	4	52	4	0
2007	SDP	NL	31	1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	NYY	AL	32	3B	-2	-14	-2	2	-3	0	-4	-36	-4	0
2008	NYY	AL	32	1B	-0	-3	-0	0	-1	0	-1	-34	-1
	8 Seasons			3B	7	2	7	6	1	0	20	5	16	0
	2 Seasons			1B	-0	-3	-0	0	-1	0	-1	-27	-1
	1 Season			SS	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
	8 Seasons			TOT	-4	-1	-4	3	-7	0	19	4	15	0

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	3B	SS	DH	PH	PR
2000	HOU	NL	24	4	1	4	1	0	1	0	0	3	0
2002	HOU	NL	26	49	37	49	43	0	43	0	0	6	1
2003	HOU	NL	27	127	90	127	111	0	111	0	1	23	0
2004	HOU	NL	28	131	103	131	118	0	118	1	0	19	1
2005	HOU	NL	29	150	147	150	148	0	148	0	0	2	0
2006	HOU	NL	30	127	106	127	117	0	117	0	0	16	0
2007	HOU	NL	31	85	52	85	68	0	68	0	0	24	1
2007	SDP	NL	31	30	11	30	13	1	12	0	0	18	0
2008	NYY	AL	32	28	17	28	26	7	21	0	1	3	2
	8 Seasons			731	564	731	645	8	639	1	2	114	5

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
2000	HOU	NL	24	35	60%	83%	23%	2	50%	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	HOU	NL	26	1399	63%	77%	29%	108	89%	1	27	18	4	5	74	63	11	0	1	8	0	5	3	8	5	4	0	4	1	0	1	12	67%
2003	HOU	NL	27	3503	61%	74%	33%	256	91%	1	77	50	10	18	184	145	37	1	8	9	0	7	2	6	18	11	0	15	2	0	2	15	73%
2004	HOU	NL	28	3906	54%	72%	30%	263	86%	5	80	59	9	13	164	122	36	3	6	13	1	6	6	10	23	21	0	22	1	1	0	13	77%
2005	HOU	NL	29	5377	58%	75%	33%	428	88%	7	100	77	9	14	296	236	56	2	3	15	0	7	8	12	31	26	0	28	1	0	1	18	67%
2006	HOU	NL	30	4114	61%	76%	33%	319	91%	4	80	57	9	15	230	187	36	2	7	12	0	3	9	9	25	16	3	20	4	1	2	22	86%
2007	HOU	NL	31	2116	58%	77%	33%	165	82%	0	36	27	4	5	107	85	20	0	3	11	0	6	5	10	12	12	0	12	0	0	0	6	33%
2007	SDP	NL	31	390	60%	74%	32%	34	91%	0	3	3	0	0	29	24	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	50%
2008	NYY	AL	32	557	57%	78%	35%	45	84%	1	8	6	0	2	32	29	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	100%
	8 Seasons			21397	59%	75%	32%	1620	88%	19	412	297	45	73	1117	892	203	8	29	71	1	35	35	57	119	94	3	105	10	3	6	89	72%
	MLB Averages				58%	77%	31%		89%																								63%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

											Putouts					Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	3U	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	363	361	36	GB	GBs	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
2007	SDP	NL	31	35	60%	86%	37%	2	50%	0	7	0	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2008	NYY	AL	32	144	45%	82%	35%	4	100%	0	38	0	37	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	2 Seasons			179	48%	83%	35%	6	83%	0	45	0	44	1	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				58%	77%	31%		95%																											82%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
2004	HOU	NL	28	8	13%	75%	13%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1 Season			8	13%	75%	13%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				58%	77%	31%		92%

* 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

All-Star Games 2005 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2005 NL (4, 36%) 0.36 Career Shares (545th)	Silver Sluggers 2005 NL (3B)	Def. Games as 3B s c a p y 2005 NL 148 (3rd)
Assists as 3B s c a p y 2005 NL 296 (4th)	Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y 2005 NL 13 (2nd) 2006 NL 10 (4th)	Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y 2003 NL 2.87 (5th) 2006 NL 2.86 (4th) Career 2.73 (61st)	Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y 2005 NL 2.68 (4th) 2006 NL 2.65 (5th)
Fielding % as 3B s c a p y 2003 NL .967 (5th) 2006 NL .963 (5th) Career .956 (98th)

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