Alcides Escobar Batting Statistics and History

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Alcides Escobar \al-SEE-dess ehs-ko-BAHR\

Alcides Escobar

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 16, 1986 in La Sabana, Vargas, Venezuela
Signed by the Milwaukee Brewers as an amateur free agent in 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 2008 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Royals/Brewers 2008-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed (team option), 4 yrs/$10.5M (12-15) & 16-17 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 3.082, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Wasserman Media Group [*]
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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
2004	17	MIL-min	Rk	68	262	231	38	65	8	0	2	24	20	9	20	44	.281	.348	.342	.690		79	6	4	6	1	0		HEL · PION
2005	18	MIL-min	A	127	562	520	80	141	25	8	2	36	30	13	20	90	.271	.305	.362	.666		188	4	7	11	4	0		CHL · SALL
2006	19	MIL-min	A+	87	386	350	47	90	9	1	2	33	28	8	19	56	.257	.296	.306	.601		107	4	3	7	7	1		BRE · FLOR
2007	20	MIL-min	A+,AA	125	528	494	64	151	13	7	1	53	22	13	18	71	.306	.331	.366	.697		181	10	3	8	5	4		BRE,HVL · FLOR,SOUL
2008	21	MIL-min	AA	131	597	546	95	179	24	5	8	76	34	8	31	82	.328	.363	.434	.797		237	10	3	10	7	0		HVL · SOUL
2008	21	MIL	NL	9	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	167	2	0	0	0	0	0	/6
2009	22	MIL-min	AAA	109	487	430	76	128	24	6	4	34	42	10	32	65	.298	.353	.409	.762		176	13	5	19	1	2		NVL · PCL
2009	22	MIL	NL	38	134	125	20	38	3	1	1	11	4	2	4	18	.304	.333	.368	.701	87	46	0	2	2	1	0	6
2010	23	MIL	NL	145	552	506	57	119	14	10	4	41	10	4	36	70	.235	.288	.326	.614	66	165	8	3	4	3	7	*6/798
2011	24	KCR	AL	158	598	548	69	139	21	8	4	46	26	9	25	73	.254	.290	.343	.633	74	188	10	4	18	3	1	*6
2012	25	KCR	AL	155	648	605	68	177	30	7	5	52	35	5	27	100	.293	.331	.390	.721	98	236	14	8	8	0	2	*6
2013	26	KCR	AL	42	185	175	18	44	7	0	3	18	8	0	7	20	.251	.279	.343	.622	69	60	8	0	2	1	1	*6
6 Yrs				547	2121	1963	234	519	75	26	17	168	83	20	99	282	.264	.304	.355	.659	80	697	40	17	34	8	11
162 Game Avg.				162	628	581	69	154	22	8	5	50	25	6	29	84	.264	.304	.355	.659	80	206	12	5	10	2	3

KCR (3 yrs)				355	1431	1328	155	360	58	15	12	116	69	14	59	193	.271	.307	.364	.672	84	484	32	12	28	4	4
MIL (3 yrs)				192	690	635	79	159	17	11	5	52	14	6	40	89	.250	.298	.335	.634	71	213	8	5	6	4	7

AL (3 yrs)				355	1431	1328	155	360	58	15	12	116	69	14	59	193	.271	.307	.364	.672	84	484	32	12	28	4	4
NL (3 yrs)				192	690	635	79	159	17	11	5	52	14	6	40	89	.250	.298	.335	.634	71	213	8	5	6	4	7

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2008	21	MIL	NL	9	4	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/6
2009	22	MIL	NL	38	134	-2	1	1	-2	2	-1	-0.1	4	4	0.3	.498	.500	0.5	-0.0	6	$400,000	6
2010	23	MIL	NL	145	552	-23	-1	2	7	7	-8	-1.0	17	9	0.7	.494	.494	-0.1	1.4	2	$405,500	*6/798
2011	24	KCR	AL	158	598	-15	0	1	10	8	5	0.6	22	27	2.7	.503	.503	1.7	1.9	17	$428,000	*6
2012	25	KCR	AL	155	648	-2	5	1	-2	8	11	1.2	24	36	3.5	.508	.507	3.8	0.6	37	$1,000,000	*6
2013	26	KCR	AL	42	185	-9	2	-1	-2	2	-8	-0.7	6	-1	-0.1	.481	.495	0.1	0.1	1	$3,000,000	*6
6 Seasons				547	2121	-51	8	5	11	26	-1	-0.0	75	74	7.2	.500	.500	6.1	3.9	63	$5,233,500

KCR (3 yrs)				355	1431	-25	8	2	6	18	8	1.0	53	62	6.2	.502	.502	5.6	2.6	56	$4,428,000
MIL (3 yrs)				192	690	-25	-0	3	5	8	-9	-1.1	22	12	1.0	.495	.498	0.4	1.3	8	$805,500

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
2008	21	MIL	NL	4	2	1	13.4	106	.667	.500	.265	.500	.336	.500	.422	1.000	.759	167	.863	0.4	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
2009	22	MIL	NL	134	92	16	4.6	105	.346	.304	.263	.333	.336	.368	.418	.701	.755	87	.486	-2.6	-0.2	.607	.112	.064	1.6
2010	23	MIL	NL	552	406	48	3.2	102	.264	.235	.262	.288	.332	.326	.413	.614	.745	66	.336	-26.3	-2.6	.526	.174	.091	5.7
2011	24	KCR	AL	598	449	55	3.3	98	.285	.254	.257	.290	.322	.343	.407	.633	.729	74	.350	-20.9	-2.1	.547	.166	.089	6.9
2012	25	KCR	AL	648	455	80	4.7	99	.344	.293	.256	.331	.320	.390	.412	.721	.732	98	.513	-2.9	-0.3	.673	.192	.098	8.8
2013	26	KCR	AL	185	142	16	3.0	100	.268	.251	.256	.279	.323	.343	.415	.622	.738	69	.306	-8.0	-0.8	.540	.177	.091	4.4
6 Yrs				2121	1546	216	3.7	100	.300	.264	.258	.304	.325	.355	.411	.659	.737	80	.404	-60.4	-6.0	.582	.173	.091	28.2
162 Game Avg.				628	458	64	3.7	100	.300	.264	.258	.304	.325	.355	.411	.659	.737	80	.404	-60.4	-6.0	.582	.173	.091	8

KCR (3 yrs)				1431	1046	151	3.9	99	.309	.271	.256	.307	.321	.364	.410	.672	.732	84	.420	-31.8	-3.1	.602	.179	.093	20.4
MIL (3 yrs)				690	500	65	3.5	103	.283	.250	.262	.298	.333	.335	.414	.634	.747	71	.372	-28.5	-2.8	.543	.161	.085	7.4

AL (3 yrs)				1431	1046	151	3.9	99	.309	.271	.256	.307	.321	.364	.410	.672	.732	84	.420	-31.8	-3.1	.602	.179	.093	20.4
NL (3 yrs)				690	500	65	3.5	103	.283	.250	.262	.298	.333	.335	.414	.634	.747	71	.372	-28.5	-2.8	.543	.161	.085	7.4

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
2008	21	MIL	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0			0.50		75%	33%	0.0%	0%
2009	22	MIL	NL	134	0.8%	13.4%	3.0%	3.7%	13%	4.50	6.9	125.0	11.4	1.23	1.12	80%	15%	2.3%	10%
2010	23	MIL	NL	552	0.7%	12.7%	6.5%	5.1%	24%	1.94	7.2	126.5	12.3	0.81	0.89	79%	22%	2.0%	16%
2011	24	KCR	AL	598	0.7%	12.2%	4.2%	5.5%	24%	2.92	7.5	137.0	11.9	1.13	1.44	79%	15%	2.2%	15%
2012	25	KCR	AL	648	0.8%	15.4%	4.2%	6.5%	24%	3.70	6.1	121.0	11.6	1.10	1.63	77%	20%	2.5%	12%
2013	26	KCR	AL	185	1.6%	10.8%	3.8%	5.4%	23%	2.86	8.8	58.3	9.7	1.07	1.49	83%	19%	4.6%	12%
6 Yrs				2121	0.8%	13.3%	4.7%	5.6%	23%	2.85	7.0	115.5	11.7	1.03	1.29	79%	19%	2.4%	14%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.6%	8.4%	7.7%	33%	2.20	4.8	34.4	8.1	0.81	1.08	69%	19%	7.6%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2008	21	MIL	NL	0.4	0.0	4	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.09	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.78	0.3	0.11	3
2009	22	MIL	NL	-2.6	-0.2	144	0.8	2.3	-1.5	.83	0.0	1.0	2.4	0.2	0.95	-0.8		0
2010	23	MIL	NL	-26.3	-2.6	573	-3.2	6.9	-10.1	.94	-2.7	-0.8	-32.8	-3.3	0.97	-28.4	0.38	5
2011	24	KCR	AL	-20.9	-2.1	636	-4.8	8.4	-13.2	1.14	-2.0	-2.3	-25.7	-2.6	0.98	-23.9		0
2012	25	KCR	AL	-2.9	-0.3	696	-0.4	12.1	-12.5	1.05	-0.6	0.2	-5.2	-0.5	0.94	-5.6		0
2013	26	KCR	AL	-8.0	-0.8	198	-1.0	2.7	-3.6	1.08	-0.6	-0.3	-3.6	-0.3	0.93	-5.9	1.66	1
6 Yrs				-60.4	-6.0	2251	-8.6	32.3	-41.0	1.03	-5.7	-2.7	-64.9	-6.5	0.96	-64.5	0.43	9

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	OOB1	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2008	21	MIL	NL	0	100%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	67%	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
2009	22	MIL	NL	1	44%	52	4	2	67%	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	40%	8	6	2	4	2	2	3	1	2
2010	23	MIL	NL	6	34%	206	10	4	71%	9	4	1	0	2	1	6	0	3	0	3	10	62%	19	12	7	8	2	6	12	1	11
2011	24	KCR	AL	12	40%	190	26	9	74%	19	9	7	0	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	8	43%	28	17	11	7	5	2	21	10	11
2012	25	KCR	AL	7	30%	245	35	5	88%	28	4	7	1	0	0	8	1	3	1	3	15	50%	31	20	11	12	4	8	23	9	14
2013	26	KCR	AL	0	31%	55	8	0	*100*%	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	52%	10	5	5	3	2	1	8	3	5
6 Yrs				26	35%	757	83	20	81%	65	19	18	1	5	3	17	3	6	1	7	44	50%	97	61	36	35	15	20	68	24	44

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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2008	21	MIL	NL	4	75%	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2009	22	MIL	NL	134	20%	38	10	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	100%	19	0	0%	9	5	56%	79	12	15%	7	5	71%	5	2	40%	0
2010	23	MIL	NL	552	26%	119	18	2	5	3	1	1	0.38	4	0	16	4	0	3	1	0	6	4	67%	98	8	8%	58	14	24%	357	37	10%	34	13	38%	17	9	53%	0
2011	24	KCR	AL	598	25%	139	32	5	0	0	0	0		4	0	14	4	0	0	4	0	25	18	72%	126	10	8%	61	29	48%	395	43	11%	33	18	55%	23	14	61%	0
2012	25	KCR	AL	648	29%	177	39	11	0	0	0	0		5	0	17	4	1	5	0	0	15	8	53%	120	14	12%	65	21	32%	375	51	14%	38	15	39%	20	12	60%	0
2013	26	KCR	AL	185	33%	44	6	0	1	1	0	1	1.66	3	0	5	2	1	1	2	0	2	2	100%	34	8	24%	19	9	47%	102	18	18%	11	8	73%	8	8	100%	0
6 Yrs				2121	27%	519	105	18	9	5	1	2	0.43	17	0	58	15	2	9	8	0	50	34	68%	397	40	10%	212	78	37%	1309	161	12%	123	59	48%	73	45	62%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			68%			11%			32%			14%			51%			56%

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
2008	21	MIL	NL	4	14	3.50	9	64%	33%	33%	0%	33%	67%	0%	43%	50%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2009	22	MIL	NL	134	490	3.66	324	66%	29%	13%	24%	34%	71%	0%	47%	82%	23%	2%	3	0	13%	17	9	7%	9	6	28%	0	0	0
2010	23	MIL	NL	553	2109	3.81	1389	66%	29%	11%	28%	32%	71%	4%	47%	84%	22%	5%	26	0	13%	73	26	8%	47	20	19%	-1	0	0
2011	24	KCR	AL	599	2254	3.76	1534	68%	26%	12%	30%	32%	74%	0%	50%	84%	24%	3%	16	0	13%	77	32	7%	39	21	18%	-1	0	0
2012	25	KCR	AL	650	2423	3.73	1623	67%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	1%	49%	80%	25%	3%	19	0	8%	53	15	6%	41	21	13%	-2	0	0
2013	26	KCR	AL	185	660	3.57	453	69%	26%	11%	28%	35%	74%	2%	51%	85%	29%	5%	9	0	11%	20	5	8%	15	6	15%	0	0	0
6 Yrs				2125	7950	3.74	5332	67%	27%	13%	28%	32%	73%	1%	49%	83%	24%	3%	73	0	11%	240	87	7%	151	74	17%	-4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	27%	5%			14%			9%			25%

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
2008	21	9	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	167	2	0	0	0	0	0
2009	22	47	138	129	22	40	3	1	1	11	4	2	4	19	.310	.338	.372	.710	90	48	0	2	2	1	0
2010	23	192	690	635	79	159	17	11	5	52	14	6	40	89	.250	.298	.335	.634	71	213	8	5	6	4	7
2011	24	350	1288	1183	148	298	38	19	9	98	40	15	65	162	.252	.294	.339	.633	72	401	18	9	24	7	8
2012	25	505	1936	1788	216	475	68	26	14	150	75	20	92	262	.266	.307	.356	.663	81	637	32	17	32	7	10
2013	26	547	2121	1963	234	519	75	26	17	168	83	20	99	282	.264	.304	.355	.659	80	697	40	17	34	8	11

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
2008	21	9	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	9
2009	22	38	134	125	20	38	3	1	1	11	4	4	18	.304	.333	.368	.701	15	38
2010	23	145	553	507	58	120	14	10	4	42	10	36	70	.237	.290	.327	.617	48	145
2011	24	158	604	553	73	144	22	8	4	49	27	26	73	.260	.297	.351	.648	57	158
2012	25	155	656	612	72	184	31	7	5	55	36	28	100	.301	.340	.399	.738	81	155
2013	26	42	187	177	19	46	7	0	3	19	8	7	20	.260	.286	.350	.637	18	42
6 Yrs		547	2138	1978	244	534	77	26	17	176	85	101	282	.270	.310	.361	.671	220	547
162 Game Avg.		162	633	586	72	158	23	8	5	52	25	30	84	.270	.310	.361	.671	65	547

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 2011 AL 1.9 (8th)	Games Played s c a p y 2011 AL 158 (10th)	Triples s c a p y 2010 NL 10 (3rd) 2011 AL 8 (4th) 2012 AL 7 (6th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 2012 AL 35 (5th) 2013 AL 8 (8th)
Singles s c a p y 2012 AL 135 (3rd)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 2011 AL 18 (2nd) 2012 AL 8 (5th) 2013 AL 2 (9th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 2013 AL 8 (4th)	SB % s c a p y 2012 AL 87.50 (8th) 2013 AL 100.00 (1st) Active 80.58 (24th) Career 80.58 (46th)
AB per SO s c a p y 2013 AL 8.8 (9th)	Outs Made s c a p y 2013 AL 142 (6th)	Youngest s c a p y 2008 NL born 1986-12-16 (7th) 2008 NL born 1986-12-16 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 8 (1563), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 2 (2758), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Shortstop (207th), 7.6 career WAR/7.6 7yr-peak WAR/7.6 JAWS Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 66.6 career WAR/42.7 7yr-peak WAR/54.7 JAWS

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