Alex Escobar
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 6, 1978 in Valencia, Venezuela
High School: El Santuario (Valencia, VE)
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 8, 2001
Final Game: August 25, 2006
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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
2001 22 NYM NL 18 53 50 3 10 1 0 3 8 1 0 3 19 .200 .245 .400 .645 66 20 1 0 0 0 0 /89
2003 24 CLE AL 28 108 99 16 27 2 0 5 14 1 0 7 33 .273 .324 .444 .769 104 44 0 1 0 1 1 9
2004 25 CLE AL 46 179 152 20 32 8 2 1 12 1 1 23 42 .211 .318 .309 .627 70 47 1 1 3 0 0 89/7D
2006 27 WSN NL 33 99 87 14 31 3 2 4 18 2 0 8 18 .356 .394 .575 .969 151 50 3 0 0 4 0 8/9
4 Seasons 125 439 388 53 100 14 4 13 52 5 1 41 112 .258 .328 .415 .743 97 161 5 2 3 5 1
162 Game Avg. 162 569 503 69 130 18 5 17 67 6 1 53 145 .258 .328 .415 .743 97 209 6 3 4 6 1
CLE (2 yrs) 74 287 251 36 59 10 2 6 26 2 1 30 75 .235 .320 .363 .683 83 91 1 2 3 1 1
NYM (1 yr) 18 53 50 3 10 1 0 3 8 1 0 3 19 .200 .245 .400 .645 66 20 1 0 0 0 0
WSN (1 yr) 33 99 87 14 31 3 2 4 18 2 0 8 18 .356 .394 .575 .969 151 50 3 0 0 4 0
AL (2 yrs) 74 287 251 36 59 10 2 6 26 2 1 30 75 .235 .320 .363 .683 83 91 1 2 3 1 1
NL (2 yrs) 51 152 137 17 41 4 2 7 26 3 0 11 37 .299 .342 .511 .853 121 70 4 0 0 4 0

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
2001 22 NYM NL 53 41 5 3.3 108 .250 .200 .264 .245 .334 .400 .432 .645 .766 66 .312 -2.9 -0.3 .585 .280 .200 1.5
2003 24 CLE AL 108 73 15 5.5 103 .355 .273 .263 .324 .328 .444 .421 .769 .749 104 .540 0.4 0.0 .736 .253 .172 1.7
2004 25 CLE AL 179 125 17 3.6 104 .284 .211 .263 .318 .330 .309 .423 .627 .753 70 .344 -6.1 -0.6 .582 .250 .099 1.0
2006 27 WSN NL 99 63 20 8.5 107 .391 .356 .265 .394 .335 .575 .430 .969 .765 151 .718 7.0 0.6 1.017 .333 .218 2.7
4 Seasons 439 302 57 5.0 105 .325 .258 .264 .328 .331 .415 .425 .743 .756 97 .495 -1.6 -0.2 .707 .273 .157 7.2
162 Game Avg. 569 391 74 5.0 105 .325 .258 .264 .328 .331 .415 .425 .743 .756 97 .495 -1.6 -0.2 .707 .273 .157 9
CLE (2 yrs) 287 198 32 4.3 104 .310 .235 .263 .320 .330 .363 .422 .683 .752 83 .423 -5.7 -0.5 .639 .251 .127 3.0
NYM (1 yr) 53 41 5 3.3 108 .250 .200 .264 .245 .334 .400 .432 .645 .766 66 .312 -2.9 -0.3 .585 .280 .200 1.5
WSN (1 yr) 99 63 20 8.5 107 .391 .356 .265 .394 .335 .575 .430 .969 .765 151 .718 7.0 0.6 1.017 .333 .218 2.7
AL (2 yrs) 287 198 32 4.3 104 .310 .235 .263 .320 .330 .363 .422 .683 .752 83 .423 -5.7 -0.5 .639 .251 .127 3.0
NL (2 yrs) 152 104 25 6.4 108 .351 .299 .264 .342 .335 .511 .431 .853 .765 121 .607 4.1 0.4 .840 .314 .212 4.2

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
2001 22 NYM NL 53 5.7% 35.9% 5.7% 7.6% 40% 6.33 2.6 16.7 6.3 0.75 0.69 53% 10% 21.4% 13%
2003 24 CLE AL 108 4.6% 30.6% 6.5% 6.5% 26% 4.71 3.0 19.8 7.1 0.89 1.05 57% 16% 15.6% 9%
2004 25 CLE AL 179 0.6% 23.5% 12.9% 6.2% 34% 1.83 3.6 152.0 12.7 1.04 1.29 61% 11% 2.0% 4%
2006 27 WSN NL 99 4.0% 18.2% 8.1% 9.1% 29% 2.25 4.8 21.8 4.8 0.83 1.37 70% 22% 12.1% 18%
4 Seasons 439 3.0% 25.5% 9.3% 7.1% 31% 2.73 3.5 29.8 7.5 0.91 1.16 61% 15% 10.0% 10%
MLB Averages

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
2001 22 NYM NL 0 0 0% 14 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 24 CLE AL 1 0 37% 30 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 54% 8 2 6 1 1 0 4 3 1
2004 25 CLE AL 2 0 35% 55 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 55% 11 3 6 1 1 0 8 2 5
2006 27 WSN NL 0 0 29% 29 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 56% 4 0 3 2 2 0 3 1 2
4 Seasons 3 0 31% 128 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 8 55% 25 6 16 4 4 0 15 6 8
MLB Averages

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
2001 22 NYM NL 53 38% 10 2 0 2 0 0 0 0.67 3 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 9 1 11% 4 1 25% 29 5 17% 3 3 100% 3 1 33% 0
2003 24 CLE AL 108 43% 27 2 1 3 1 0 0 2.96 5 0 3 2 3 4 1 0 0 0 21 0 0% 8 2 25% 74 9 12% 7 4 57% 2 0 0% 0
2004 25 CLE AL 179 35% 32 3 1 1 0 0 0 4.82 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 4 3 75% 33 1 3% 13 5 38% 106 13 12% 10 5 50% 6 2 33% 0
2006 27 WSN NL 99 36% 31 4 0 10 3 2 3 1.50 4 0 3 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 22 3 14% 13 9 69% 79 14 18% 7 5 71% 7 5 71% 0
4 Seasons 439 37% 100 11 2 16 4 2 3 1.88 13 0 13 5 8 9 4 0 4 3 75% 85 5 6% 38 17 45% 288 41 14% 27 17 63% 18 8 44% 0
MLB Averages

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
2001 22 NYM NL 53 196 3.70 130 66% 25% 28% 24% 24% 75% 0% 50% 63% 45% 4% 2 0 13% 7 4 6% 3 3 16% 0 0 0
2003 24 CLE AL 108 431 3.99 276 64% 23% 28% 25% 24% 77% 3% 49% 64% 29% 1% 1 0 8% 9 5 6% 6 5 6% 0 0 0
2004 25 CLE AL 179 659 3.68 411 62% 26% 19% 27% 27% 74% 0% 46% 74% 32% 2% 4 2 13% 24 14 9% 16 7 24% 0 0 0
2006 27 WSN NL 99 385 3.89 249 65% 27% 14% 29% 29% 73% 0% 47% 80% 29% 1% 1 0 5% 5 3 8% 8 6 33% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 439 1671 3.81 1066 64% 25% 21% 27% 27% 75% 1% 48% 72% 32% 2% 8 2 10% 45 26 8% 33 21 19% 0 0 0
MLB Averages

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
2001 22 18 53 50 3 10 1 0 3 8 1 0 3 19 .200 .245 .400 .645 66 20 1 0 0 0 0
2002 23 18 53 50 3 10 1 0 3 8 1 0 3 19 .200 .245 .400 .645 66 20 1 0 0 0 0
2003 24 46 161 149 19 37 3 0 8 22 2 0 10 52 .248 .298 .430 .728 91 64 1 1 0 1 1
2004 25 92 340 301 39 69 11 2 9 34 3 1 33 94 .229 .309 .369 .677 80 111 2 2 3 1 1
2005 26 92 340 301 39 69 11 2 9 34 3 1 33 94 .229 .309 .369 .677 80 111 2 2 3 1 1
2006 27 125 439 388 53 100 14 4 13 52 5 1 41 112 .258 .328 .415 .743 97 161 5 2 3 5 1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2001 22 18 53 50 3 10 1 0 3 8 1 3 19 .200 .245 .400 .645 5 18
2003 24 28 109 100 16 28 2 0 5 14 1 7 33 .280 .330 .450 .780 15 28
2004 25 46 181 155 20 35 9 2 1 12 1 25 42 .226 .337 .329 .666 17 46
2006 27 33 98 86 14 30 3 2 4 18 2 8 18 .349 .388 .570 .958 20 33
4 Seasons 125 441 391 53 103 15 4 13 52 5 43 112 .263 .336 .422 .758 57 125
162 Game Avg. 162 572 507 69 133 19 5 17 67 6 56 145 .263 .336 .422 .758 74 125

* 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.

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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