Darin Erstad
Darin Charles Erstad
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 4, 1974 in Jamestown, ND
High School: Jamestown (Jamestown, ND)
School: University of Nebraska
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
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Standard Batting

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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
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 133 590 537 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 157 711 631 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 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 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 153 663 609 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 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 AL 87 345 310 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 78 117 3 2 2 2 3 783/9
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 Seasons 1654 6615 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. 162 648 590 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 5778 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) 87 345 310 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 6123 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

Advanced Batting

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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 -0.5 .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 590 390 96 6.6 111 .315 .296 .274 .353 .343 .486 .436 .839 .779 114 .605 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 711 494 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 663 460 75 4.4 103 .321 .273 .266 .325 .328 .371 .421 .696 .750 87 .446 -11.0 -1.1 .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 .271 -6.1 -0.6 .506 .168 .105 .0
2007 33 CHW AL 345 246 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 4.0 106 .337 .276 .265 .309 .336 .363 .423 .672 .759 78 .405 -10.8 -1.0 .552 .127 .087 2.7
2009 35 HOU NL 150 114 11 2.6 106 .235 .194 .265 .268 .338 .328 .420 .597 .758 58 .243 -8.5 -0.8 .500 .224 .134 .0
14 Seasons 6615 4551 858 5.0 109 .314 .282 .271 .336 .339 .407 .432 .743 .771 93 .490 -63.5 -6.2 .690 .224 .125 146.5
162 Game Avg. 648 446 84 5.0 109 .314 .282 .271 .336 .339 .407 .432 .743 .771 93 .490 -63.5 -6.2 .690 .224 .125 14
LAA (11 yrs) 5778 3948 777 5.3 110 .317 .286 .271 .341 .339 .416 .433 .756 .772 96 .506 -28.9 -3.0 .711 .232 .130 136.5
HOU (2 yrs) 492 357 47 3.5 106 .308 .252 .265 .297 .337 .353 .422 .650 .759 72 .357 -19.3 -1.8 .536 .156 .101 3.0
CHW (1 yr) 345 246 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) 6123 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 3.5 106 .308 .252 .265 .297 .337 .353 .422 .650 .759 72 .357 -19.3 -1.8 .536 .156 .101 3.0

Postseason Batting

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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 Seasons (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

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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
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 Seasons (2 Appearances) 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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 590 3.2% 13.1% 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 711 1.3% 15.9% 8.7% 6.3% 28% 1.82 5.6 70.1 10.0 0.91 1.29 73% 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 663 1.1% 16.4% 7.1% 6.5% 26% 2.32 5.6 87.0 9.2 0.87 1.09 75% 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 345 1.2% 12.8% 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 Seasons 6615 1.9% 14.2% 7.2% 7.2% 28% 1.98 6.4 48.6 8.6 0.92 1.24 76% 22% 5.4% 12%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1996 22 CAL AL 2 0 42% 119 3 3 50% 3 3 0 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 0 1 6 78% 5 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 3
14 Seasons 73 13 38% 2852 179 58 76% 169 52 10 5 0 1 18 9 45 147 50% 345 235 107 102 35 65 221 52 165
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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 1.50 4 0 5 3 1 1 3 1 4 1 25% 37 3 8% 20 8 40% 127 16 13% 11 6 55% 16 10 63% 0
1997 23 ANA AL 605 71% 161 10 2 3 2 0 3 2.37 16 0 12 8 8 8 8 1 7 5 71% 110 5 5% 54 23 43% 347 64 18% 37 19 51% 45 29 64% 0
1998 24 ANA AL 592 69% 159 31 1 3 0 0 0 0.72 19 1 11 12 7 9 10 0 2 1 50% 105 2 2% 44 20 45% 327 64 20% 42 26 62% 47 28 60% 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% 30 17 57% 0
2000 26 ANA AL 747 70% 240 18 3 1 1 0 0 2.44 25 0 15 16 9 11 14 0 5 2 40% 91 8 9% 50 23 46% 355 77 22% 34 23 68% 37 19 51% 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% 55 24 44% 0
2002 28 ANA AL 663 69% 177 25 2 3 3 0 2 2.88 10 0 12 8 2 2 8 0 6 5 83% 146 9 6% 88 39 44% 422 67 16% 40 31 78% 55 33 60% 0
2003 29 ANA AL 284 66% 65 10 0 1 1 0 0 1.29 4 0 1 2 2 1 3 0 2 2 100% 53 8 15% 31 12 39% 149 15 10% 11 5 45% 14 6 43% 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% 41 23 56% 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% 56 34 61% 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% 4 2 50% 0
2007 33 CHW AL 347 73% 77 13 2 5 1 0 1 1.60 4 0 6 3 1 2 2 0 6 6 100% 47 4 9% 23 10 43% 196 29 15% 15 10 67% 17 11 65% 0
2008 34 HOU NL 342 78% 89 12 2 49 11 1 3 1.23 4 0 6 3 1 2 2 0 4 2 50% 47 3 6% 24 8 33% 167 27 16% 16 9 56% 21 15 71% 0
2009 35 HOU NL 150 91% 26 5 0 62 12 1 5 1.05 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 50% 20 2 10% 17 5 29% 100 10 10% 10 2 20% 15 6 40% 0
14 Seasons 6628 71% 1697 212 21 136 33 2 16 1.24 124 1 117 81 43 54 70 2 57 36 63% 1146 87 8% 596 259 43% 3735 603 16% 357 222 62% 453 257 57% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 532 2104 3.95 1279 61% 36% 12% 21% 31% 64% 2% 39% 81% 10% 7% 37 3 17% 92 28 12% 62 27 17% 73 0 0
1998 24 ANA AL 591 2111 3.57 1290 61% 32% 12% 20% 36% 68% 3% 42% 83% 13% 7% 39 6 19% 110 45 7% 42 24 17% 1 0 0
1999 25 ANA AL 638 2427 3.80 1517 63% 33% 13% 22% 32% 67% 1% 42% 81% 14% 6% 36 2 17% 106 38 9% 56 27 23% 0 0 0
2000 26 ANA AL 747 2811 3.76 1734 62% 31% 10% 25% 35% 69% 3% 43% 86% 17% 7% 56 1 20% 146 43 8% 58 32 22% 0 0 0
2001 27 ANA AL 716 2753 3.84 1714 62% 34% 11% 25% 31% 66% 2% 41% 84% 16% 7% 51 1 19% 133 37 10% 75 36 32% 0 0 0
2002 28 ANA AL 663 2277 3.43 1533 67% 29% 9% 25% 37% 71% 2% 48% 87% 20% 5% 31 1 13% 88 30 7% 44 29 12% 0 0 0
2003 29 ANA AL 284 1071 3.77 696 65% 32% 11% 25% 32% 68% 1% 44% 84% 13% 5% 14 0 19% 54 15 5% 15 6 28% 0 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 667 2564 3.84 1671 65% 34% 11% 24% 30% 65% 1% 43% 83% 12% 6% 37 0 17% 113 19 9% 57 21 16% 0 0 3
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 347 1313 3.78 853 65% 35% 10% 22% 32% 65% 0% 42% 84% 13% 6% 20 0 15% 52 6 7% 26 6 18% 0 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 Seasons 6539 24632 3.77 15604 63% 33% 11% 23% 33% 67% 2% 43% 83% 15% 6% 399 15 17% 1113 301 8% 548 264 19% 89 0 3
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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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 1424 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 2062 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 2809 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 3520 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 4183 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 4467 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 5010 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 5673 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 5778 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 6123 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 6465 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 6615 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 57 222 203 30 54 5 1 4 18 3 16 29 .266 .315 .360 .675 23 57
1997 23 139 599 538 93 160 34 4 16 72 23 51 86 .297 .359 .465 .824 89 139
1998 24 133 586 535 78 157 39 3 19 76 20 42 77 .293 .350 .484 .834 89 133
1999 25 142 623 575 77 138 21 5 12 49 12 44 101 .240 .294 .357 .650 60 142
2000 26 157 723 659 105 223 36 6 23 87 26 59 82 .338 .391 .516 .907 134 157
2001 27 157 714 634 85 166 36 1 9 60 24 63 113 .262 .335 .364 .699 76 157
2002 28 150 658 625 97 177 28 4 10 71 23 27 67 .283 .313 .389 .702 76 150
2003 29 67 285 260 35 67 7 1 4 17 9 19 40 .258 .316 .338 .654 27 67
2004 30 125 543 497 77 148 29 1 7 67 16 38 74 .298 .350 .402 .752 70 125
2005 31 153 664 613 87 170 34 3 7 67 10 48 109 .277 .330 .377 .707 76 153
2006 32 40 104 95 7 21 8 1 0 5 1 6 18 .221 .279 .326 .605 8 40
2007 33 87 336 308 30 75 13 1 4 29 7 27 44 .244 .304 .331 .635 31 87
2008 34 140 340 322 49 89 16 0 4 31 2 14 68 .276 .309 .363 .672 36 140
2009 35 107 147 133 12 25 8 2 2 11 0 13 31 .188 .259 .323 .582 11 107
14 Seasons 1654 6544 5997 862 1670 314 33 121 660 176 467 939 .278 .332 .402 .735 806 1654
162 Game Avg. 162 641 587 84 164 31 3 12 65 17 46 92 .278 .332 .402 .735 79 1654

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1998 *
2000 *

Gold Gloves
2000-AL-OF
2002-AL-OF
2004-AL-1B
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
2000-AL-OF

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1998-AL-14-2%
2000-AL-8-24%
0.26 Career Shares (636th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2000 AL--.355--2nd

On-Base% s c a p y
2000 AL--.409--10th

Games Played s c a p y
Active--1654--38th

At Bats s c a p y
2000 AL--676--1st
2001 AL--631--7th
2002 AL--625--9th
Active--6024--39th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2000 AL--747--1st
2001 AL--711--5th
Active--6615--40th

Runs Scored s c a p y
2000 AL--121--3rd
Active--913--40th

Hits s c a p y
2000 AL--240--1st
Active--1697--41st

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
Active--179--30th

Singles s c a p y
2000 AL--170--1st
2002 AL--135--6th
Active--1224--28th

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
Active--2209--47th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2000 AL--.709--8th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
Active--58--32nd

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1997 AL--18.9--7th
2000 AL--26.4--1st
Active--146.5--27th
Career--146.5--176th

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
Active--4551--39th

Youngest s c a p y
1996 AL--born 1974-06-04--9th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (402), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 20 (1004), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 35 (517), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1090), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Vic Power (936)
  2. Randy Winn (935)
  3. Mark Kotsay (921)
  4. Shannon Stewart (919)
  5. Lou Piniella (919)
  6. Garry Maddox (918)
  7. Whitey Lockman (916)
  8. Gregg Jefferies (913)
  9. Willie Montanez (907)
  10. Pete Fox (904)
Similar Batters through 35 
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  1. Randy Winn (935)
  2. Jose Cruz (921)
  3. Garry Maddox (918)
  4. Ken Griffey (914)
  5. Jose Cardenal (903)
  6. Felipe Alou (902)
  7. Augie Galan (902)
  8. Jorge Orta (899)
  9. Roy White (898)
  10. Jim Piersall (897)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Jeff Bagwell (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dusty Baker (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Joe Adcock (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Rafael Palmeiro (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Gary Matthews (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Gary Matthews (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Amos Otis (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mark Kotsay (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Garry Maddox (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Mark Kotsay (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Mark Kotsay (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Shannon Stewart (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Randy Winn (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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