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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

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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1996 CAL AL 22 OF 48 47 414.0 125 120 2 3 0 .976 4.8 13.9 2.8 1.4 1.4 2 2.65 2.54 .983 2.37 2.02 RoY-6
1996 CAL AL 22 CF 36 35 309.1 104 102 0 2 0 .981 4.3 16.7 3.3 2.3 1.0 1 2.97 2.83 .990 2.78 2.35 RoY-6
1996 CAL AL 22 LF 11 11 96.2 20 17 2 1 0 .950 1.1 13.7 0.1 -0.3 0.4 1 1.77 1.73 .980 2.18 1.75 RoY-6
1996 CAL AL 22 RF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -90.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 1.000 2.14 1.70 RoY-6
1997 ANA AL 23 1B 126 120 1083.0 1074 999 64 11 92 .990 3.2 3.5 3.2 -0.7 3.9 0 8.83 8.44 .992 8.31 7.94
1997 ANA AL 23 DH 9
1997 ANA AL 23 CF 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -13.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 3.00 3.00 1.000 2.70 2.30
1997 ANA AL 23 OF 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -13.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 3.00 3.00 .967 2.30 2.00
1998 ANA AL 24 OF 72 70 599.1 124 119 4 1 2 .992 -1.5 -3.0 -2.5 1.2 -3.7 1 1.85 1.71 .985 2.31 2.02 AS,MVP-14
1998 ANA AL 24 1B 70 57 503.2 505 464 39 2 46 .996 -1.3 -3.1 -1.3 0.7 -2.0 0 8.99 7.19 .992 9.43 8.30 AS,MVP-14
1998 ANA AL 24 LF 70 67 573.1 114 109 4 1 2 .991 0.0 0.0 -1.0 1.2 -2.2 1 1.77 1.61 .985 2.10 1.74 AS,MVP-14
1998 ANA AL 24 CF 3 3 26.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -69.2 -1.5 0.0 -1.5 0 2.42 2.33 .986 2.70 2.37 AS,MVP-14
1998 ANA AL 24 DH 2 AS,MVP-14
1999 ANA AL 25 1B 78 72 640.1 711 669 41 1 59 .999 6.9 12.9 6.9 5.8 1.1 0 9.98 9.10 .992 9.50 8.33
1999 ANA AL 25 OF 69 68 587.0 192 185 7 0 1 1.000 23.4 47.8 19.4 9.0 10.4 4 2.94 2.78 .984 2.30 2.03
1999 ANA AL 25 LF 67 66 569.0 184 177 7 0 1 1.000 22.2 46.8 19.2 9.6 9.6 3 2.91 2.75 .985 2.08 1.73
1999 ANA AL 25 CF 2 2 18.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 80.0 0.2 -0.6 0.8 1 4.00 4.00 .988 2.70 2.35
1999 ANA AL 25 DH 2
2000 ANA AL 26 OF 136 136 1187.1 364 352 9 3 2 .992 29.0 29.3 25.0 14.7 10.3 4 2.74 2.65 .985 2.36 2.02 AS,MVP-8,GG,SS
2000 ANA AL 26 LF 112 111 968.2 286 274 9 3 2 .990 22.1 27.4 19.1 9.2 9.9 3 2.63 2.53 .985 2.16 1.76 AS,MVP-8,GG,SS
2000 ANA AL 26 CF 30 25 218.2 76 76 0 0 0 1.000 6.9 37.9 5.9 5.5 0.4 1 3.13 2.53 .986 2.76 2.44 AS,MVP-8,GG,SS
2000 ANA AL 26 DH 20 AS,MVP-8,GG,SS
2000 ANA AL 26 1B 4 0 3.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -72.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 0 13.50 1.25 1.000 9.18 8.18 AS,MVP-8,GG,SS
2001 ANA AL 27 CF 146 146 1269.1 410 399 10 1 3 .998 14.5 13.7 10.5 5.6 4.9 4 2.90 2.80 .988 2.67 2.39
2001 ANA AL 27 OF 146 146 1269.1 409 398 10 1 3 .998 14.5 13.7 10.5 5.6 4.9 4 2.89 2.79 .984 2.30 2.01
2001 ANA AL 27 1B 12 7 71.1 71 64 7 0 8 1.000 -0.5 -8.4 -0.5 -0.2 -0.3 0 8.96 5.92 .993 9.39 8.27
2001 ANA AL 27 DH 4
2002 ANA AL 28 CF 143 142 1229.0 464 452 11 1 3 .998 39.2 38.3 35.2 17.2 18.0 4 3.39 3.24 .989 2.78 2.49 GG
2002 ANA AL 28 OF 143 142 1229.0 464 452 11 1 3 .998 39.2 38.3 35.2 17.2 18.0 4 3.39 3.24 .985 2.35 2.05 GG
2002 ANA AL 28 1B 5 0 8.1 9 9 0 0 2 1.000 -0.5 -72.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 9.72 1.80 .989 9.29 8.02 GG
2002 ANA AL 28 DH 4 GG
2003 ANA AL 29 CF 66 66 559.1 192 190 2 0 1 1.000 13.3 28.5 12.3 1.4 10.9 1 3.09 2.91 .990 2.78 2.45
2003 ANA AL 29 OF 66 66 559.1 192 190 2 0 1 1.000 13.3 28.5 12.3 1.4 10.9 1 3.09 2.91 .985 2.35 2.08
2004 ANA AL 30 1B 124 124 1065.1 1056 986 66 4 83 .996 -0.9 -1.0 -0.9 -1.3 0.4 0 8.89 8.48 .994 8.45 8.01 GG
2005 LAA AL 31 1B 147 144 1279.1 1301 1218 79 4 109 .997 11.8 11.1 10.8 -0.3 11.1 1 9.12 8.82 .994 7.03 6.80
2005 LAA AL 31 DH 5
2006 LAA AL 32 CF 27 25 219.2 72 71 1 0 0 1.000 -3.6 -19.7 -2.6 0.4 -3.0 -1 2.95 2.67 .989 2.65 2.29
2006 LAA AL 32 OF 27 25 219.2 72 71 1 0 0 1.000 -3.6 -19.7 -2.6 0.4 -3.0 -1 2.95 2.67 .986 2.30 1.99
2006 LAA AL 32 1B 13 0 28.0 32 31 1 0 1 1.000 1.1 47.1 1.1 0.5 0.6 0 10.29 2.46 .994 9.51 7.99
2007 CHW AL 33 OF 63 55 491.1 135 132 2 1 0 .993 3.1 7.6 3.1 -1.7 4.8 0 2.45 2.13 .987 2.30 2.00
2007 CHW AL 33 CF 45 43 371.1 107 105 1 1 0 .991 3.9 12.6 2.9 -1.3 4.2 1 2.57 2.36 .989 2.71 2.42
2007 CHW AL 33 1B 22 19 173.2 189 174 14 1 18 .995 2.7 18.7 2.7 -0.6 3.3 0 9.74 8.55 .995 9.37 7.93
2007 CHW AL 33 LF 12 4 43.2 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 16.5 1.6 0.8 0.8 -1 3.09 1.25 .987 2.10 1.71
2007 CHW AL 33 RF 9 8 76.1 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -22.0 -1.4 -1.2 -0.2 0 1.53 1.44 .985 2.08 1.77
2007 CHW AL 33 DH 3
2008 HOU NL 34 OF 88 58 557.0 148 146 2 0 1 1.000 4.1 8.8 4.1 2.7 1.4 0 2.39 1.68 .984 2.21 1.91
2008 HOU NL 34 LF 56 17 205.0 38 37 1 0 1 1.000 2.3 13.5 1.3 -0.1 1.4 1 1.67 0.68 .982 1.90 1.47
2008 HOU NL 34 CF 40 35 304.0 98 97 1 0 0 1.000 3.2 12.6 4.2 4.2 0.0 -1 2.90 2.45 .990 2.61 2.26
2008 HOU NL 34 1B 12 6 66.1 73 71 2 0 4 1.000 -1.4 -25.3 -1.4 -0.8 -0.6 0 9.90 6.08 .992 9.33 8.23
2008 HOU NL 34 RF 6 6 48.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -35.0 -1.4 -1.4 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 .983 2.12 1.83
2009 HOU NL 35 OF 28 8 97.1 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -3.2 -39.5 -3.2 -2.2 -1.0 0 1.39 0.54 .987 2.20 1.91
2009 HOU NL 35 LF 24 4 61.1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 9.8 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 1.03 0.29 .986 1.92 1.52
2009 HOU NL 35 1B 15 10 98.2 101 94 7 0 13 1.000 -1.5 -18.2 -1.5 0.3 -1.8 0 9.21 6.73 .993 9.29 8.31
2009 HOU NL 35 RF 4 4 34.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -3.7 -130.6 -3.7 -2.2 -1.5 0 2.12 2.00 .988 2.09 1.80
2009 HOU NL 35 CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
12 Seasons OF 887 822 7219.2 2243 2183 50 10 13 .996 123.0 20.4 104.0 49.7 54.3 19 2.78 2.52 .985 2.32 2.01
12 Seasons 1B 628 559 5021.1 5127 4784 320 23 435 .996 19.4 4.6 18.4 3.4 15.1 1 9.15 8.13 .993 8.37 7.80
12 Seasons CF 540 523 4535.2 1541 1510 26 5 7 .997 81.3 21.5 70.3 34.7 35.6 11 3.05 2.84 .989 2.72 2.41
7 Seasons LF 352 280 2517.2 664 636 23 5 6 .992 48.8 23.3 40.8 20.4 20.4 8 2.36 1.87 .985 2.10 1.69
8 Seasons DH 49
4 Seasons RF 20 19 166.1 35 34 1 0 0 1.000 -7.1 -51.2 -7.1 -5.4 -1.7 0 1.89 1.75 .986 2.09 1.79
14 Seasons TOT 1540 1381 12241.0 7367 6964 370 33 448 .996 142.4 14.0 122.4 53.1 69.4 19 1 5.39 4.76 .987 4.90 4.43
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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 (640th)

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

Silver Sluggers
2000 AL (OF)

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 (411), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 20 (1004), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 35 (517), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1204), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Lou Piniella (919)
  6. Garry Maddox (918)
  7. Whitey Lockman (916)
  8. Gregg Jefferies (913)
  9. Willie Montanez (907)
  10. Pete Fox (904)
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  8. Jorge Orta (899)
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  8. Mark Kotsay (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  10. Mark Kotsay (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  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
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 1, 1992: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 13th round of the 1992 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed July 26, 1995.

November 12, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

January 24, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

October 30, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

December 27, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1997Anaheim Angels$175,000
1998Anaheim Angels$550,000
1999Anaheim Angels$800,000
2000Anaheim Angels$2,500,000
2001Anaheim Angels$3,450,000
2002Anaheim Angels$6,250,000
2003Anaheim Angels$7,250,000
2004Anaheim Angels$7,750,000
2005Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$8,250,000
2006Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$8,750,000
2007Chicago White Sox$750,000
2008Houston Astros$1,000,000
2009Houston Astros$1,750,000
Career (may be incomplete)$49,225,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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