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Darin Erstad

Darin Charles Erstad

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 4, 1974 in Jamestown, ND
High School: Jamestown HS (Jamestown, ND)
School: University of Nebraska at Lincoln (Lincoln, NE)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed July 26, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 14, 1996
Teams (by GP): Angels/Astros/WhiteSox 1996-2009
Agents: Jeff Moorad,Greg Genske [*]
Final Game: October 4, 2009
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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
1995	21	ANA-min	A+,Rk	29	139	131	26	51	8	3	5	25	4	0	7	23	.389	.417	.611	1.028		80	2	0	0	1	0		LEL,ANG · CALL,ARIZ
1996	22	ANA-min	AAA	85	401	351	63	107	22	5	6	41	11	6	44	53	.305	.385	.447	.832		157	5	3	1	2	4		VAN · PCL
1996	22	CAL	AL	57	229	208	34	59	5	1	4	20	3	3	17	29	.284	.333	.375	.708	81	78	3	0	1	3	1	87/9	RoY-6
1997	23	ANA	AL	139	605	539	99	161	34	4	16	77	23	8	51	86	.299	.360	.466	.826	112	251	5	4	5	6	4	*3/D8
1998	24	ANA	AL	133	592	537	84	159	39	3	19	82	20	6	43	77	.296	.353	.486	.839	114	261	2	6	1	3	7	37/8D	AS,MVP-14
1999	25	ANA	AL	142	638	585	84	148	22	5	13	53	13	7	47	101	.253	.308	.374	.683	74	219	16	1	2	3	3	37/8D
2000	26	ANA	AL	157	*747*	*676*	121	*240*	39	6	25	100	28	8	64	82	.355	.409	.541	.951	137	366	8	1	2	4	9	*78D/3	AS,MVP-8,GG,SS
2001	27	ANA	AL	157	716	631	89	163	35	1	9	63	24	10	62	113	.258	.331	.360	.691	82	227	8	10	1	7	7	*83/D
2002	28	ANA	AL	150	663	625	99	177	28	4	10	73	23	3	27	67	.283	.313	.389	.702	86	243	9	2	5	4	4	*8/3D	GG
2003	29	ANA-min	AAA	7	29	27	6	11	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	1	.407	.448	.407	.856		11	0	0	0	0	0		SLK · PCL
2003	29	ANA	AL	67	284	258	35	65	7	1	4	17	9	1	18	40	.252	.309	.333	.642	72	86	8	4	2	2	1	8
2004	30	ANA-min	AAA	4	17	16	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	.125	.176	.125	.301		2	0	0	0	0	0		SLK · PCL
2004	30	ANA	AL	125	543	495	79	146	29	1	7	69	16	1	37	74	.295	.346	.400	.746	97	198	9	4	3	4	1	*3	GG
2005	31	LAA	AL	153	667	609	86	166	33	3	7	66	10	3	47	109	.273	.325	.371	.696	87	226	8	1	4	2	3	*3/D
2006	32	ANA-min	AAA,A+	14	49	44	4	6	0	0	0	3	1	0	5	4	.136	.224	.136	.361		6	0	0	0	0	0		SLK,RCU · PCL,CALL
2006	32	LAA	AL	40	105	95	8	21	8	1	0	5	1	1	6	18	.221	.279	.326	.605	57	31	2	2	1	1	0	83
2007	33	CHW-min	AAA	12	52	47	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	14	.128	.212	.128	.339		6	0	0	0	0	0		CHR · IL
2007	33	CHW	AL	87	347	310	33	77	13	1	4	32	7	2	28	44	.248	.310	.335	.645	68	104	4	0	6	1	0	837/9D
2008	34	HOU	NL	140	342	322	49	89	16	0	4	31	2	3	14	68	.276	.309	.363	.672	79	117	3	2	2	2	3	783/9
2009	35	HOU-min	AA	2	9	9	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.556	.889		5	1	0	0	0	0		CPC · TL
2009	35	HOU	NL	107	150	134	13	26	8	2	2	11	0	2	14	31	.194	.268	.328	.597	58	44	2	0	1	1	3	73/98
14 Yrs				1654	6628	6024	913	1697	316	33	124	699	179	58	475	939	.282	.336	.407	.743	93	2451	87	37	36	43	46
162 Game Avg.				162	649	590	89	166	31	3	12	68	18	6	47	92	.282	.336	.407	.743	93	240	9	4	4	4	5

LAA (11 yrs)				1320	5789	5258	818	1505	279	30	114	625	170	51	419	796	.286	.341	.416	.756	96	2186	78	35	27	39	40
HOU (2 yrs)				247	492	456	62	115	24	2	6	42	2	5	28	99	.252	.297	.353	.650	72	161	5	2	3	3	6
CHW (1 yr)				87	347	310	33	77	13	1	4	32	7	2	28	44	.248	.310	.335	.645	68	104	4	0	6	1	0

AL (12 yrs)				1407	6136	5568	851	1582	292	31	118	657	177	53	447	840	.284	.339	.411	.750	95	2290	82	35	33	40	40
NL (2 yrs)				247	492	456	62	115	24	2	6	42	2	5	28	99	.252	.297	.353	.650	72	161	5	2	3	3	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
1996	22	CAL	AL	57	229	-6	-0	1	5	0	-0	0.1	7	7	0.8	.499	.500	0.3	0.5	2	$	87/9	RoY-6
1997	23	ANA	AL	139	605	9	4	2	3	-9	10	1.2	20	30	3.0	.507	.506	2.7	-0.4	26	$175,000	*3/D8
1998	24	ANA	AL	133	592	10	2	3	-3	-8	4	0.6	20	24	2.4	.503	.503	2.7	-0.9	27	$550,000	37/8D	AS,MVP-14
1999	25	ANA	AL	142	638	-25	2	2	30	-8	1	0.2	21	21	2.1	.500	.500	-0.7	2.2	-9	$800,000	37/8D
2000	26	ANA	AL	157	747	35	5	1	29	-7	63	6.0	25	87	8.2	.537	.536	5.5	2.2	59	$2,500,000	*78D/3	AS,MVP-8,GG,SS
2001	27	ANA	AL	157	716	-16	1	3	14	1	3	0.5	24	27	2.7	.502	.502	1.3	1.7	13	$3,450,000	*83/D
2002	28	ANA	AL	150	663	-11	5	5	39	2	39	4.1	22	62	6.1	.526	.524	2.3	4.2	23	$6,250,000	*8/3D	GG
2003	29	ANA	AL	67	284	-9	2	-0	5	1	-2	-0.1	9	8	0.8	.497	.499	0.3	0.6	3	$7,250,000	8
2004	30	ANA	AL	125	543	2	4	1	8	-8	8	0.9	18	26	2.6	.506	.505	1.7	0.2	18	$7,750,000	*3	GG
2005	31	LAA	AL	153	667	-8	3	1	10	-10	-3	-0.2	23	19	1.8	.498	.498	0.8	0.1	9	$8,250,000	*3/D
2006	32	LAA	AL	40	105	-7	1	0	2	-0	-4	-0.4	4	-1	-0.1	.489	.497	-0.3	0.2	-3	$8,750,000	83
2007	33	CHW	AL	87	347	-11	2	1	3	-2	-8	-0.7	12	4	0.4	.491	.495	0.1	0.2	1	$750,000	837/9D
2008	34	HOU	NL	140	342	-9	-1	2	2	-3	-10	-1.0	9	-0	-0.1	.493	.494	-0.3	-0.1	-2	$1,000,000	783/9
2009	35	HOU	NL	107	150	-10	-0	1	-1	-2	-13	-1.4	4	-9	-0.9	.487	.492	-0.8	-0.3	-8	$1,750,000	73/98
14 Seasons				1654	6628	-56	28	22	146	-53	88	9.8	217	305	29.8	.505	.504	15.6	10.3	159	$49,225,000

LAA (11 yrs)				1320	5789	-26	28	19	142	-46	118	12.9	192	310	30.4	.508	.506	16.6	10.5	168	$45,725,000
HOU (2 yrs)				247	492	-19	-1	2	1	-5	-23	-2.4	13	-9	-1.0	.491	.493	-1.1	-0.4	-10	$2,750,000
CHW (1 yr)				87	347	-11	2	1	3	-2	-8	-0.7	12	4	0.4	.491	.495	0.1	0.2	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
1996	22	CAL	AL	229	159	26	4.4	114	.309	.284	.275	.333	.348	.375	.441	.708	.789	81	.390	-6.1	-0.6	.613	.173	.091	3.4
1997	23	ANA	AL	605	402	95	6.3	111	.327	.299	.273	.360	.343	.466	.433	.826	.776	112	.592	10.2	0.9	.821	.289	.167	18.9
1998	24	ANA	AL	592	390	96	6.6	111	.315	.296	.274	.353	.343	.486	.436	.839	.779	114	.606	11.0	1.0	.839	.296	.190	19.5
1999	25	ANA	AL	638	465	65	3.7	113	.285	.253	.274	.308	.346	.374	.438	.683	.785	74	.337	-24.4	-2.2	.593	.212	.121	13.0
2000	26	ANA	AL	*747*	458	154	9.0	117	.375	.355	.279	.409	.352	.541	.448	.951	.800	137	.709	38.6	3.4	.998	.311	.186	26.4
2001	27	ANA	AL	716	494	80	4.3	108	.298	.258	.269	.331	.336	.360	.431	.691	.766	82	.429	-14.9	-1.4	.644	.222	.101	13.1
2002	28	ANA	AL	663	469	78	4.4	105	.303	.283	.264	.313	.332	.389	.425	.702	.757	86	.451	-14.4	-1.4	.635	.181	.106	13.9
2003	29	ANA	AL	284	206	27	3.5	105	.282	.252	.265	.309	.331	.333	.425	.642	.756	72	.340	-10.7	-1.0	.574	.182	.081	5.5
2004	30	ANA	AL	543	366	72	5.3	107	.333	.295	.267	.346	.334	.400	.429	.746	.763	97	.507	-1.2	-0.1	.708	.210	.105	9.7
2005	31	LAA	AL	667	460	75	4.4	103	.321	.273	.266	.325	.328	.371	.421	.696	.750	87	.446	-11.0	-1.0	.619	.187	.099	8.2
2006	32	LAA	AL	105	79	9	3.0	111	.269	.221	.275	.279	.340	.326	.438	.605	.778	57	.270	-6.1	-0.6	.506	.168	.105	.0
2007	33	CHW	AL	347	246	34	3.7	110	.278	.248	.276	.310	.344	.335	.431	.645	.775	68	.360	-15.3	-1.4	.573	.194	.087	5.1
2008	34	HOU	NL	342	243	36	4.0	105	.337	.276	.264	.309	.335	.363	.421	.672	.756	79	.405	-10.3	-1.0	.552	.127	.087	2.7
2009	35	HOU	NL	150	114	11	2.6	105	.235	.194	.263	.268	.336	.328	.418	.597	.755	58	.243	-8.3	-0.8	.500	.224	.134	.0
14 Yrs				6628	4551	858	5.0	109	.314	.282	.270	.336	.339	.407	.432	.743	.771	93	.490	-62.9	-6.2	.690	.224	.125	146.5
162 Game Avg.				649	446	84	5.0	109	.314	.282	.270	.336	.339	.407	.432	.743	.771	93	.490	-62.9	-6.2	.690	.224	.125	14

LAA (11 yrs)				5789	3948	777	5.3	110	.317	.286	.271	.341	.339	.416	.433	.756	.772	96	.507	-28.9	-2.9	.711	.232	.130	136.5
HOU (2 yrs)				492	357	47	3.5	105	.308	.252	.264	.297	.335	.353	.420	.650	.755	72	.357	-18.6	-1.8	.536	.156	.101	3.0
CHW (1 yr)				347	246	34	3.7	110	.278	.248	.276	.310	.344	.335	.431	.645	.775	68	.360	-15.3	-1.4	.573	.194	.087	5.1

AL (12 yrs)				6136	4194	811	5.2	110	.315	.284	.271	.339	.340	.411	.433	.750	.772	95	.499	-44.2	-4.4	.703	.230	.127	141.6
NL (2 yrs)				492	357	47	3.5	105	.308	.252	.264	.297	.335	.353	.420	.650	.755	72	.357	-18.6	-1.8	.536	.156	.101	3.0

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	28	ANA	AL	ALDS	NYY	W	4	20	19	4	8	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	.421	.421	.526	.947	10	2	0	1	0	0
2002	28	ANA	AL	ALCS	MIN	W	5	22	22	4	8	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	3	.364	.364	.500	.864	11	0	0	0	0	0
2002	28	ANA	AL	WS	SFG	W	7	33	30	6	9	3	0	1	3	1	0	1	4	.300	.313	.500	.813	15	0	0	1	1	0

2004	30	ANA	AL	ALDS	BOS	L	3	14	10	2	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	3	1	.500	.643	.900	1.543	9	0	1	0	0	0
2005	31	LAA	AL	ALDS	NYY	W	5	20	20	1	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	.300	.300	.400	.700	8	1	0	0	0	0
2005	31	LAA	AL	ALCS	CHW	L	5	18	17	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.235	.278	.294	.572	5	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs (6 Series)							29	127	118	18	40	9	0	3	12	4	0	5	17	.339	.368	.492	.860	58	3	1	2	1	0
3 ALDS							12	54	49	7	19	5	0	1	7	1	0	3	8	.388	.434	.551	.985	27	3	1	1	0	0
2 ALCS							10	40	39	5	12	1	0	1	2	2	0	1	5	.308	.325	.410	.735	16	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							7	33	30	6	9	3	0	1	3	1	0	1	4	.300	.313	.500	.813	15	0	0	1	1	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1998	ANA	AL	24	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

2000	ANA	AL	26	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (2 GP)				4	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.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
1996	22	CAL	AL	229	1.8%	12.7%	7.4%	4.4%	17%	1.71	7.2	52.0	10.4	1.02	1.42	78%	21%	5.3%	14%
1997	23	ANA	AL	605	2.6%	14.2%	8.4%	8.9%	34%	1.69	6.3	33.7	7.0	0.71	1.05	73%	20%	7.6%	17%
1998	24	ANA	AL	592	3.2%	13.0%	7.3%	10.3%	38%	1.79	7.0	28.3	6.5	0.83	0.90	75%	20%	8.8%	15%
1999	25	ANA	AL	638	2.0%	15.8%	7.4%	6.3%	27%	2.15	5.8	45.0	11.0	1.01	1.20	74%	19%	6.3%	14%
2000	26	ANA	AL	*747*	3.4%	11.0%	8.6%	9.4%	29%	1.28	8.2	27.0	6.8	0.78	1.27	77%	31%	8.8%	11%
2001	27	ANA	AL	716	1.3%	15.8%	8.7%	6.3%	28%	1.82	5.6	70.1	10.0	0.91	1.29	72%	26%	3.8%	12%
2002	28	ANA	AL	663	1.5%	10.1%	4.1%	6.3%	24%	2.48	9.3	62.5	8.6	0.83	1.16	83%	25%	3.9%	14%
2003	29	ANA	AL	284	1.4%	14.1%	6.3%	4.2%	19%	2.22	6.5	64.5	15.2	1.00	1.44	76%	21%	4.2%	14%
2004	30	ANA	AL	543	1.3%	13.6%	6.8%	6.8%	25%	2.00	6.7	70.7	7.2	1.26	1.60	77%	18%	4.1%	8%
2005	31	LAA	AL	667	1.1%	16.3%	7.1%	6.5%	26%	2.32	5.6	87.0	9.2	0.87	1.09	74%	18%	2.9%	9%
2006	32	LAA	AL	105	0.0%	17.1%	5.7%	8.6%	43%	3.00	5.3		19.0	1.05	1.44	74%	10%	0.0%	26%
2007	33	CHW	AL	347	1.2%	12.7%	8.1%	5.2%	23%	1.57	7.0	77.5	9.7	1.12	1.49	76%	19%	3.6%	11%
2008	34	HOU	NL	342	1.2%	19.9%	4.1%	5.9%	23%	4.86	4.7	80.5	10.4	1.06	1.58	74%	21%	3.5%	7%
2009	35	HOU	NL	150	1.3%	20.7%	9.3%	8.0%	46%	2.21	4.3	67.0	12.2	1.27	1.53	68%	14%	5.0%	11%
14 Yrs				6628	1.9%	14.2%	7.2%	7.1%	28%	1.98	6.4	48.6	8.6	0.92	1.24	76%	22%	5.4%	12%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.9%	8.8%	8.0%	34%	1.93	5.2	32.0	7.5	0.79	1.08	70%	21%	8.0%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1996	22	CAL	AL	-6.1	-0.6	238	-1.1	3.4	-4.5	1.07	-0.8	-0.2	-9.9	-0.9	0.94	-7.9	1.52	9
1997	23	ANA	AL	10.2	0.9	645	3.0	13.5	-10.5	1.08	2.0	0.7	22.6	2.1	0.94	21.7	2.43	3
1998	24	ANA	AL	11.0	1.0	625	2.0	11.3	-9.3	.96	1.8	0.3	23.2	2.1	0.93	20.3	0.91	3
1999	25	ANA	AL	-24.4	-2.2	667	-1.9	10.6	-12.4	1.00	-1.8	-0.0	-29.9	-2.8	0.92	-24.9		0
2000	26	ANA	AL	38.6	3.4	788	3.2	15.5	-12.3	.96	3.9	-0.5	41.9	3.7	0.90	49.3	2.52	1
2001	27	ANA	AL	-14.9	-1.4	765	-0.2	12.8	-13.0	1.05	-0.6	0.4	-10.6	-1.0	0.95	-8.5		0
2002	28	ANA	AL	-14.4	-1.4	700	0.9	12.2	-11.3	1.04	-0.1	0.9	5.4	0.5	0.97	-2.3	2.89	3
2003	29	ANA	AL	-10.7	-1.0	296	-1.2	3.7	-4.9	.92	-1.0	-0.4	-10.0	-1.0	0.91	-11.4	1.21	1
2004	30	ANA	AL	-1.2	-0.1	564	1.1	9.4	-8.3	.92	0.8	0.5	19.0	1.8	0.94	7.6		0
2005	31	LAA	AL	-11.0	-1.0	688	0.9	13.0	-12.1	1.03	-0.5	1.4	-3.3	-0.3	0.94	-5.5		0
2006	32	LAA	AL	-6.1	-0.6	108	-0.8	1.4	-2.2	1.07	-0.6	-0.2	-7.6	-0.7	0.92	-8.1		0
2007	33	CHW	AL	-15.3	-1.4	360	-0.4	6.1	-6.5	1.08	-1.0	0.6	-10.2	-0.9	0.93	-10.3	1.59	5
2008	34	HOU	NL	-10.8	-1.0	353	0.1	5.5	-5.4	.90	-0.4	0.5	-5.7	-0.5	0.90	-7.7	1.19	49
2009	35	HOU	NL	-8.3	-0.8	155	-1.2	2.1	-3.3	1.05	-0.9	-0.3	-9.8	-1.0	0.94	-8.6	1.02	62
14 Yrs				-63.3	-6.2	6952	4.4	120.4	-116.0	1.00	0.7	3.7	15.1	1.1	0.93	3.8	1.22	136

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1996	22	CAL	AL	2	0	42%	119	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	6	61%	18	9	8	4	0	4	6	1	5
1997	23	ANA	AL	5	0	42%	256	23	8	74%	20	7	3	1	0	0	0	4	17	48%	28	20	8	14	3	11	22	9	12
1998	24	ANA	AL	6	2	34%	237	20	6	77%	19	5	1	1	0	0	0	3	14	50%	29	22	7	5	2	3	18	2	16
1999	25	ANA	AL	5	0	39%	262	13	7	65%	13	7	0	0	0	2	1	5	13	55%	36	24	12	7	1	6	21	3	17
2000	26	ANA	AL	3	0	34%	337	28	8	78%	25	7	3	1	0	1	1	11	10	67%	33	13	19	17	3	13	26	6	19
2001	27	ANA	AL	8	5	35%	300	24	10	71%	23	9	1	0	1	4	3	8	16	54%	25	20	5	11	2	8	31	8	23
2002	28	ANA	AL	10	0	45%	274	23	3	88%	22	3	1	0	0	2	1	4	21	46%	42	30	12	11	6	5	25	6	19
2003	29	ANA	AL	4	0	37%	116	9	1	90%	9	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	37%	16	11	5	5	5	0	6	1	5
2004	30	ANA	AL	10	0	40%	267	16	1	94%	15	1	1	0	0	1	1	4	10	44%	33	23	9	10	6	4	21	5	15
2005	31	LAA	AL	9	4	38%	298	10	3	77%	10	2	0	1	0	3	0	2	13	47%	41	29	12	6	2	4	26	8	18
2006	32	LAA	AL	0	0	28%	31	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	50%	5	3	2	1	1	0	2	0	2
2007	33	CHW	AL	7	2	29%	163	7	2	78%	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	54%	13	10	3	5	1	4	8	1	7
2008	34	HOU	NL	4	0	45%	150	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	25%	21	19	2	5	3	2	6	2	4
2009	35	HOU	NL	0	0	29%	42	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	78%	5	2	3	1	0	1	3	0	3
14 Yrs				73	13	38%	2852	179	58	76%	169	52	10	5	1	18	9	45	147	50%	345	235	107	102	35	65	221	52	165

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
1996	22	CAL	AL	229	68%	59	7	0	9	2	0	2	1.52	4	0	5	3	1	1	3	1	4	1	25%	37	3	8%	20	8	40%	127	16	13%	11	6	55%	8	7	88%	0
1997	23	ANA	AL	605	71%	161	10	2	3	2	0	3	2.43	16	0	12	8	8	8	8	1	7	5	71%	110	5	5%	54	23	43%	347	64	18%	37	19	51%	28	17	61%	0
1998	24	ANA	AL	592	69%	159	31	1	3	0	0	0	0.91	19	1	11	12	7	9	10	0	2	1	50%	105	2	2%	44	20	45%	327	64	20%	42	26	62%	20	17	85%	0
1999	25	ANA	AL	638	74%	148	21	2	0	0	0	0		13	0	11	8	5	7	6	0	3	2	67%	109	16	15%	50	18	36%	339	44	13%	27	14	52%	17	7	41%	0
2000	26	ANA	AL	747	70%	240	18	3	1	1	0	0	2.52	25	0	15	16	9	11	14	0	5	2	40%	91	8	9%	50	23	46%	355	77	22%	34	23	68%	16	13	81%	0
2001	27	ANA	AL	716	69%	163	22	3	0	0	0	0		9	0	12	7	2	3	6	0	4	1	25%	152	8	5%	62	25	40%	445	55	12%	36	25	69%	23	12	52%	0
2002	28	ANA	AL	663	69%	177	25	2	3	3	0	2	2.89	10	0	12	8	2	2	8	0	6	5	83%	146	9	6%	88	39	44%	422	67	16%	40	31	78%	33	24	73%	0
2003	29	ANA	AL	284	66%	65	10	0	1	1	0	0	1.21	4	0	1	2	2	1	3	0	2	2	100%	53	8	15%	31	12	39%	149	15	10%	11	5	45%	6	4	67%	0
2004	30	ANA	AL	543	67%	146	26	3	0	0	0	0		7	0	9	5	2	3	4	0	6	3	50%	98	9	9%	62	34	55%	317	68	21%	33	25	76%	21	14	67%	0
2005	31	LAA	AL	667	68%	166	11	1	0	0	0	0		7	0	12	4	3	4	3	0	5	4	80%	114	8	7%	61	28	46%	384	62	16%	41	24	59%	24	17	71%	0
2006	32	LAA	AL	105	71%	21	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	17	2	12%	10	6	60%	60	5	8%	4	3	75%	5	3	60%	0
2007	33	CHW	AL	347	73%	77	13	2	5	1	0	1	1.59	4	0	6	3	1	2	2	0	6	6	100%	47	4	9%	23	10	43%	196	29	15%	15	10	67%	11	7	64%	0
2008	34	HOU	NL	342	78%	89	12	2	49	11	1	3	1.19	4	0	6	3	1	2	2	0	4	2	50%	47	3	6%	24	8	33%	167	27	16%	16	9	56%	9	6	67%	0
2009	35	HOU	NL	150	91%	26	5	0	62	12	1	5	1.02	2	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	50%	20	2	10%	17	5	29%	100	10	10%	10	2	20%	6	4	67%	0
14 Yrs				6628	71%	1697	212	21	136	33	2	16	1.22	124	1	117	81	43	54	70	2	57	36	63%	1146	87	8%	596	259	43%	3735	603	16%	357	222	62%	227	152	67%	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
1996	22	CAL	AL	214	810	3.79	499	62%	31%	13%	22%	34%	69%	1%	42%	81%	14%	7%	14	1	18%	38	10	8%	17	9	11%	15	0	0
1997	23	ANA	AL	537	2113	3.93	1285	61%	36%	12%	20%	31%	64%	2%	39%	81%	10%	7%	37	3	17%	92	28	12%	62	27	17%	68	0	0
1998	24	ANA	AL	592	2114	3.57	1291	61%	32%	12%	20%	36%	68%	3%	42%	83%	13%	7%	39	6	19%	110	45	7%	42	24	17%	0	0	0
1999	25	ANA	AL	641	2434	3.80	1520	62%	33%	13%	22%	32%	67%	1%	42%	81%	14%	6%	36	2	17%	106	38	9%	56	27	23%	-3	0	0
2000	26	ANA	AL	749	2813	3.76	1734	62%	31%	10%	25%	35%	69%	3%	43%	86%	17%	7%	56	1	19%	146	43	8%	58	32	22%	-2	0	0
2001	27	ANA	AL	719	2761	3.84	1720	62%	34%	10%	24%	31%	66%	2%	41%	84%	16%	7%	51	1	18%	133	37	10%	75	36	32%	-3	0	0
2002	28	ANA	AL	664	2280	3.43	1534	67%	29%	9%	25%	37%	71%	2%	48%	87%	20%	5%	31	1	13%	88	30	7%	44	29	12%	-1	0	0
2003	29	ANA	AL	287	1077	3.75	699	65%	32%	11%	25%	32%	68%	1%	44%	84%	13%	5%	14	0	19%	54	15	5%	15	6	28%	-3	0	0
2004	30	ANA	AL	543	2135	3.93	1343	63%	34%	11%	22%	32%	66%	1%	41%	83%	13%	7%	36	0	17%	94	20	10%	55	25	19%	0	0	0
2005	31	LAA	AL	669	2571	3.84	1673	65%	34%	11%	24%	30%	66%	1%	43%	83%	12%	6%	37	0	17%	113	20	9%	57	22	16%	-2	0	0
2006	32	LAA	AL	105	403	3.84	254	63%	33%	12%	24%	31%	67%	0%	42%	82%	14%	8%	8	0	20%	21	1	9%	9	4	22%	0	0	0
2007	33	CHW	AL	350	1321	3.77	856	65%	36%	10%	22%	32%	64%	0%	42%	84%	13%	6%	20	0	15%	54	6	7%	26	6	18%	-3	0	0
2008	34	HOU	NL	342	1260	3.68	852	68%	29%	15%	25%	30%	71%	3%	48%	79%	17%	4%	12	0	13%	44	7	7%	24	15	9%	0	0	0
2009	35	HOU	NL	150	593	3.95	369	62%	27%	18%	27%	28%	73%	4%	46%	75%	19%	5%	8	0	15%	22	2	5%	8	3	10%	0	0	0
14 Yrs				6562	24685	3.76	15629	63%	33%	11%	23%	33%	67%	2%	43%	83%	15%	6%	399	15	17%	1115	302	8%	548	265	19%	66	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		62%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			27%

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
1996	22	57	229	208	34	59	5	1	4	20	3	3	17	29	.284	.333	.375	.708	81	78	3	0	1	3	1
1997	23	196	834	747	133	220	39	5	20	97	26	11	68	115	.295	.353	.440	.793	104	329	8	4	6	9	5
1998	24	329	1426	1284	217	379	78	8	39	179	46	17	111	192	.295	.353	.460	.812	108	590	10	10	7	12	12
1999	25	471	2064	1869	301	527	100	13	52	232	59	24	158	293	.282	.339	.433	.772	98	809	26	11	9	15	15
2000	26	628	2811	2545	422	767	139	19	77	332	87	32	222	375	.301	.358	.462	.819	108	1175	34	12	11	19	24
2001	27	785	3527	3176	511	930	174	20	86	395	111	42	284	488	.293	.352	.441	.794	103	1402	42	22	12	26	31
2002	28	935	4190	3801	610	1107	202	24	96	468	134	45	311	555	.291	.346	.433	.779	100	1645	51	24	17	30	35
2003	29	1002	4474	4059	645	1172	209	25	100	485	143	46	329	595	.289	.344	.426	.770	99	1731	59	28	19	32	36
2004	30	1127	5017	4554	724	1318	238	26	107	554	159	47	366	669	.289	.344	.424	.768	98	1929	68	32	22	36	37
2005	31	1280	5684	5163	810	1484	271	29	114	620	169	50	413	778	.287	.342	.417	.759	97	2155	76	33	26	38	40
2006	32	1320	5789	5258	818	1505	279	30	114	625	170	51	419	796	.286	.341	.416	.756	96	2186	78	35	27	39	40
2007	33	1407	6136	5568	851	1582	292	31	118	657	177	53	447	840	.284	.339	.411	.750	95	2290	82	35	33	40	40
2008	34	1547	6478	5890	900	1671	308	31	122	688	179	56	461	908	.284	.337	.409	.746	94	2407	85	37	35	42	43
2009	35	1654	6628	6024	913	1697	316	33	124	699	179	58	475	939	.282	.336	.407	.743	93	2451	87	37	36	43	46

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
1996	22	57	225	205	31	56	5	1	4	18	3	16	29	.273	.321	.366	.687	24	57
1997	23	139	597	533	93	155	33	4	15	73	22	49	86	.291	.351	.452	.804	85	139
1998	24	133	581	530	78	152	37	3	18	76	19	41	77	.287	.343	.470	.813	84	133
1999	25	142	629	578	77	141	21	5	12	49	12	45	101	.244	.298	.360	.658	62	142
2000	26	157	722	656	105	220	36	6	23	87	26	59	82	.335	.389	.514	.903	131	157
2001	27	157	705	627	86	159	34	1	9	61	23	60	113	.254	.325	.354	.679	71	157
2002	28	150	662	624	98	176	28	4	10	72	23	27	67	.282	.312	.388	.700	75	150
2003	29	67	284	258	35	65	7	1	4	17	9	18	40	.252	.309	.333	.642	26	67
2004	30	125	539	492	77	143	28	1	7	67	16	36	74	.291	.341	.394	.736	66	125
2005	31	153	664	610	87	167	33	3	7	67	10	47	109	.274	.326	.372	.698	74	153
2006	32	40	105	95	8	21	8	1	0	5	1	6	18	.221	.279	.326	.605	8	40
2007	33	87	341	307	31	74	12	1	4	30	7	27	44	.241	.301	.326	.627	30	87
2008	34	140	342	322	49	89	16	0	4	31	2	14	68	.276	.309	.363	.672	36	140
2009	35	107	150	134	13	26	8	2	2	11	0	14	31	.194	.268	.328	.597	12	107
14 Yrs		1654	6546	5971	868	1644	306	33	119	664	173	459	939	.275	.329	.397	.726	784	1654
162 Game Avg.		162	641	585	85	161	30	3	12	65	17	45	92	.275	.329	.397	.726	77	1654

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1998 * 2000 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1998 AL (14, 2%) 2000 AL (8, 24%) 0.26 Career Shares (652nd)	Gold Gloves 2000 AL (OF) 2002 AL (OF) 2004 AL (1B) All multiple winners	Silver Sluggers 2000 AL (OF)
Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 2000 AL 8.2 (3rd) 2002 AL 6.1 (10th)	WAR Position Players† s c a p y 2000 AL 8.2 (2nd) 2002 AL 6.1 (5th)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 2000 AL 5.5 (9th)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1999 AL 2.2 (5th) 2000 AL 2.2 (3rd) 2001 AL 1.7 (7th) 2002 AL 4.2 (1st) Career 10.3 (192nd)
Batting Average s c a p y 2000 AL .355 (2nd)	On-Base% s c a p y 2000 AL .409 (10th)	At Bats s c a p y 2000 AL 676 (1st) 2001 AL 631 (7th) 2002 AL 625 (9th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 2000 AL 747 (1st) 2001 AL 716 (4th)
Runs Scored s c a p y 2000 AL 121 (3rd)	Hits s c a p y 2000 AL 240 (1st)	Total Bases s c a p y 2000 AL 366 (2nd)	Triples s c a p y 2000 AL 6 (8th)
Stolen Bases s c a p y 1997 AL 23 (9th) 2000 AL 28 (7th) 2002 AL 23 (9th)	Singles s c a p y 2000 AL 170 (1st) 2002 AL 135 (6th)	Runs Created s c a p y 2000 AL 154 (4th)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 2000 AL 39 (9th)
Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 2000 AL 3.4 (9th)	Times On Base s c a p y 2000 AL 305 (4th)	Offensive Win % s c a p y 2000 AL .709 (8th)	SB % s c a p y 2002 AL 88.46 (3rd) 2004 AL 94.12 (2nd) Career 75.53 (141st)
Power-Speed # s c a p y 1997 AL 18.9 (7th) 2000 AL 26.4 (1st) Career 146.5 (183rd)	AB per SO s c a p y 2002 AL 9.3 (10th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1999 AL 465 (7th) 2001 AL 494 (5th)	Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 2000 AL 3.9 (9th)
Youngest s c a p y 1996 AL born 1974-06-04 (9th)

† 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 (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 4 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 20 (1028), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 35 (532), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 14 (1160), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Rafael Palmeiro (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dusty Baker (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Adcock (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rafael Palmeiro (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gary Matthews (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gary Matthews (940) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Amos Otis (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mark Kotsay (939) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Garry Maddox (935) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mark Kotsay (940) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mark Kotsay (944) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mark Kotsay (942) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mark Kotsay (946) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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