Félix Escalona

Felix Eduardo Escalona

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 12, 1979 in Puerto Cabello, Carabobo, Venezuela
High School: Puerto Cabello (Puerto Cabello, VE)
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 2002
Teams (by GP): DevilRays/Yankees 2002-2005

Final Game: October 2, 2005
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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
1996	17	HOU-min	Rk	28	89	75	8	11	2	0	1	9	1	2	8	31	.147	.261	.213	.475		16	0	4	1	1	0		KIA · GULF
1997	18	HOU-min	Rk,A+	54	229	198	33	41	9	0	1	9	11	3	21	51	.207	.302	.268	.570		53	1	6	4	0	0		KIA,KIS · GULF,FLOR
1998	19	HOU-min	A-,A+	54	175	153	22	31	5	0	1	17	4	2	11	34	.203	.276	.255	.531		39	4	6	1	4	0		AUB,KIS · NYPL,FLOR
1999	20	HOU-min	A	116	452	396	78	114	29	4	6	47	7	7	29	60	.288	.360	.427	.786		169	4	17	7	3	0		BTC · MIDW
2000	21	HOU-min	A,A+	106	444	394	61	101	19	2	6	43	12	3	31	70	.256	.324	.360	.685		142	7	10	6	3	1		BTC,KIS · MIDW,FLOR
2001	22	HOU-min	A	130	592	536	92	155	42	2	16	64	46	12	30	85	.289	.342	.465	.807		249	8	16	5	5	2		LEX · SALL
2002	23	TBD	AL	59	171	157	17	34	8	2	0	9	7	2	3	44	.217	.262	.293	.555	50	46	2	7	3	1	0	64/5D
2003	24	TBD-BAL-min	AAA,AA	32	139	123	16	30	9	0	1	13	2	0	6	20	.244	.316	.341	.658		42	3	7	3	0	0		ORL,OTT,BOW · SOUL,IL,EL
2003	24	TBD	AL	10	29	27	2	5	2	0	0	2	1	0	2	6	.185	.241	.259	.501	36	7	0	0	0	0	0	/645
2004	25	NYY-min	AAA	130	513	448	79	138	32	1	7	59	2	4	31	56	.308	.371	.431	.801		193	20	17	11	6	0		CLB · IL
2004	25	NYY	AL	5	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.111	.000	.111	-67	0	0	1	0	0	0	/65
2005	26	NYY-min	AAA	91	368	307	42	84	14	1	7	45	5	0	28	58	.274	.363	.394	.757		121	5	18	10	5	3		CLB · IL
2005	26	NYY	AL	10	17	14	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.286	.375	.357	.732	99	5	1	1	1	0	0	/6534
2006	27	NYY-min	AA,AAA	96	395	357	43	86	23	0	11	54	1	0	20	66	.241	.301	.398	.699		142	12	12	3	3	0		TRE,CLB · EL,IL
2009	30	GDO	Fgn																										GDO · ITSA
4 Yrs				84	226	206	20	43	11	2	0	13	8	2	6	56	.209	.261	.282	.543	47	58	3	9	4	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	436	397	39	83	21	4	0	25	15	4	12	108	.209	.261	.282	.543	47	112	6	17	8	2	0

TBD (2 yrs)				69	200	184	19	39	10	2	0	11	8	2	5	50	.212	.259	.288	.547	48	53	2	7	3	1	0
NYY (2 yrs)				15	26	22	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.182	.280	.227	.507	38	5	1	2	1	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
2002	23	TBD	AL	59	171	-9	0	1	-3	2	-9	-0.9	6	-3	-0.3	.485	.495	0.0	-0.1	-0	$200,000	64/5D
2003	24	TBD	AL	10	29	-3	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.477	.499	0.0	-0.1	-0	$	/645
2004	25	NYY	AL	5	9	-2	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.486	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	/65
2005	26	NYY	AL	10	17	0	-0	-0	3	0	3	0.3	1	4	0.4	.530	.502	0.0	0.3	1	$	/6534
4 Seasons				84	226	-14	1	1	0	2	-9	-0.8	8	-2	-0.0	.489	.499	-0.1	0.4	-2	$200,000

TBD (2 yrs)				69	200	-12	1	1	-4	2	-11	-1.1	7	-5	-0.4	.484	.497	0.0	-0.1	-1	$200,000
NYY (2 yrs)				15	26	-2	-0	0	4	0	2	0.2	1	3	0.4	.515	.501	-0.1	0.5	-1	$

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
2002	23	TBD	AL	171	131	13	2.6	103	.298	.217	.261	.262	.328	.293	.419	.555	.747	50	.242	-11.4	-1.1	.480	.127	.076	.0
2003	24	TBD	AL	29	22	2	2.4	102	.238	.185	.262	.241	.327	.259	.419	.501	.746	36	.209	-2.4	-0.2	.455	.185	.074	.0
2004	25	NYY	AL	9	8	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.268	.111	.336	.000	.430	.111	.766	-67	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.125	.000	.000
2005	26	NYY	AL	17	12	2	4.4	103	.400	.286	.266	.375	.328	.357	.422	.732	.750	99	.456	0.1	0.0	.636	.143	.071
4 Yrs				226	173	17	2.6	103	.285	.209	.261	.261	.328	.282	.420	.543	.748	47	.238	-15.8	-1.5	.470	.131	.073	.0
162 Game Avg.				436	334	33	2.6	103	.285	.209	.261	.261	.328	.282	.420	.543	.748	47	.238	-15.8	-1.5	.470	.131	.073

TBD (2 yrs)				200	153	15	2.6	103	.289	.212	.261	.259	.328	.288	.419	.547	.747	48	.238	-13.8	-1.3	.477	.136	.076	.0
NYY (2 yrs)				26	20	2	2.7	105	.250	.182	.267	.280	.331	.227	.425	.507	.756	38	.241	-1.9	-0.2	.421	.091	.045

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
2002	23	TBD	AL	171	0.0%	25.7%	1.8%	5.9%	29%	14.67	3.6		17.4	0.78	1.03	67%	24%	0.0%	13%
2003	24	TBD	AL	29	0.0%	20.7%	6.9%	6.9%	40%	3.00	4.5		13.5	5.67	4.33	72%	5%	0.0%	0%
2004	25	NYY	AL	9	0.0%	22.2%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0			0.50	0.40	67%	33%	0.0%	0%
2005	26	NYY	AL	17	0.0%	23.5%	5.9%	5.9%	25%	4.00	3.5		7.0	0.80	1.00	59%	9%	0.0%	0%
4 Yrs				226	0.0%	24.8%	2.7%	5.8%	30%	9.33	3.7		15.8	0.96	1.15	67%	21%	0.0%	11%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.7%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	1.96	5.3	32.1	7.7	0.79	1.08	70%	20%	7.9%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2002	23	TBD	AL	-11.4	-1.1	183	-0.8	2.2	-3.0	.92	-0.9	0.0	-9.4	-0.9	0.91	-10.1	0.12	3
2003	24	TBD	AL	-2.4	-0.2	30	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.58	-0.2	0.1	-0.8	-0.1	0.80	-2.3		0
2004	25	NYY	AL	-2.0	-0.2	9	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.70	-0.2	0.1	-2.0	-0.2	0.87	-2.2	0.04	1
2005	26	NYY	AL	0.1	0.0	17	0.2	0.4	-0.2	.98	-0.1	0.2	-1.0	-0.1	1.17	-0.8		0
4 Yrs				-15.8	-1.5	239	-0.7	2.9	-3.6	.87	-1.3	0.5	-13.2	-1.3	0.92	-15.5	0.10	4

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2002	23	TBD	AL	4	39%	70	7	2	78%	7	2	1	2	2	47%	7	5	1	2	1	1	8	1	6
2003	24	TBD	AL	0	29%	15	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
2004	25	NYY	AL	0	100%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	26	NYY	AL	0	0%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				4	35%	92	8	2	80%	8	2	1	2	2	45%	9	7	1	2	1	1	9	1	7

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
2002	23	TBD	AL	171	19%	34	3	1	3	1	0	0	0.12	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	27	2	7%	17	8	47%	93	10	11%	6	4	67%	8	7	88%	0
2003	24	TBD	AL	29	14%	5	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		10	2	20%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
2004	25	NYY	AL	9	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2005	26	NYY	AL	17	65%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	5	1	20%	4	1	25%	18	2	11%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
4 Yrs				226	21%	43	5	1	4	1	0	0	0.10	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	67%	38	3	8%	22	9	41%	125	14	11%	8	5	63%	10	8	80%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			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
2002	23	TBD	AL	171	583	3.41	413	71%	23%	20%	28%	28%	77%	0%	54%	74%	34%	2%	3	0	9%	15	9	4%	7	6	25%	0	0	0
2003	24	TBD	AL	29	98	3.38	63	64%	32%	13%	22%	33%	68%	0%	44%	81%	31%	7%	2	0	14%	4	2	7%	2	1	33%	0	0	0
2004	25	NYY	AL	9	26	2.89	20	77%	20%	15%	35%	30%	80%	0%	62%	81%	56%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
2005	26	NYY	AL	17	71	4.18	47	66%	19%	23%	34%	23%	81%	0%	54%	71%	35%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	12%	2	1	50%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				226	778	3.44	543	70%	24%	19%	28%	29%	76%	0%	53%	75%	35%	2%	5	0	8%	19	11	5%	11	8	29%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		63%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
2002	23	59	171	157	17	34	8	2	9	7	2	3	44	.217	.262	.293	.555	50	46	2	7	3	1
2003	24	69	200	184	19	39	10	2	11	8	2	5	50	.212	.259	.288	.547	48	53	2	7	3	1
2004	25	74	209	192	20	39	10	2	11	8	2	5	52	.203	.252	.276	.528	43	53	2	8	3	1
2005	26	84	226	206	20	43	11	2	13	8	2	6	56	.209	.261	.282	.543	47	58	3	9	4	1

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2002	23	59	172	158	18	35	8	2	9	7	3	44	.222	.266	.297	.564	11	59
2003	24	10	30	28	2	6	2	0	2	1	2	6	.214	.267	.286	.552	2	10
2004	25	5	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	5
2005	26	10	17	14	0	4	1	0	2	0	1	4	.286	.375	.357	.732	2	10
4 Yrs		84	228	208	21	45	11	2	13	8	6	56	.216	.268	.288	.556	15	84
162 Game Avg.		162	440	401	41	87	21	4	25	15	12	108	.216	.268	.288	.556	29	84

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