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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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Fine Details  · Last updated May 16, 2013 6:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #864. Asdrubal Cabrera… #865. Mike Easler… #866. Jack Rowe… #867. ALCIDES ESCOBAR… #868. Frank Demaree… #869. Earl Battey… #870. Howie Kendrick… 

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
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 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 37 165 155 18 41 7 0 3 16 8 0 7 16 .265 .294 .368 .662 80 57 7 0 2 1 1 *6
6 Yrs 542 2101 1943 234 516 75 26 17 166 83 20 99 278 .266 .306 .357 .663 81 694 39 17 34 8 11
162 Game Avg. 162 628 581 70 154 22 8 5 50 25 6 30 83 .266 .306 .357 .663 81 207 12 5 10 2 3
KCR (3 yrs) 350 1411 1308 155 357 58 15 12 114 69 14 59 189 .273 .309 .368 .677 86 481 31 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) 350 1411 1308 155 357 58 15 12 114 69 14 59 189 .273 .309 .368 .677 86 481 31 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 Awards
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 37 165 -6 2 -1 -1 2 -4 -0.3 6 2 0.2 .489 .498 0.3 0.2 3 $3,000,000 *6
6 Seasons 542 2101 -48 8 5 12 26 3 0.4 74 77 7.5 .501 .500 6.3 4.0 65 $5,233,500
KCR (3 yrs) 350 1411 -22 8 2 7 18 12 1.4 52 65 6.5 .504 .503 5.9 2.7 58 $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

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2008 MIL NL 21 SS 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.40
2009 MIL NL 22 SS 37 33 33 300.0 159 59 94 6 20 .962 1 -2 3 -8 4.59 4.14 .974 4.38 4.34
2010 MIL NL 23 SS 138 134 117 1151.1 552 174 358 20 71 .964 -4 6 -4 6 4.16 3.86 .971 4.31 4.27
2010 MIL NL 23 OF 5 1 1 17.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 7 70 4.24 1.60 .988 2.17 2.16
2010 MIL NL 23 LF 2 0 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 30 0 4.50 1.00 .985 1.80 1.80
2010 MIL NL 23 RF 2 1 1 11.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -2 0 -185 0 1.64 1.00 .985 2.13 2.05
2010 MIL NL 23 CF 1 0 0 2.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 1 420 600 18.00 4.00 .990 2.70 2.60
2011 KCR AL 24 SS 158 156 151 1387.1 745 271 459 15 98 .980 9 10 8 9 4.74 4.62 .972 4.36 4.33
2012 KCR AL 25 SS 155 155 152 1379.2 669 242 408 19 97 .972 -18 -2 -16 -2 4.24 4.19 .977 4.43 4.40
2013 KCR AL 26 SS 37 37 35 326.2 156 54 96 6 23 .962 1 -1 2 -4 4.13 4.05 .970 4.07 4.04
6 Seasons SS 527 515 488 4547.0 2281 800 1415 66 309 .971 -11 11 -3 2 4.38 4.20 .973 4.35 4.32
1 Season OF 5 1 1 17.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 7 70 4.24 1.60 .988 2.17 2.16
1 Season RF 2 1 1 11.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -2 0 -185 0 1.64 1.00 .985 2.13 2.05
1 Season LF 2 0 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 30 0 4.50 1.00 .985 1.80 1.80
1 Season CF 1 0 0 2.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 1 420 600 18.00 4.00 .990 2.70 2.60
6 Seasons TOT 532 516 489 4564.0 2289 808 1415 66 309 .971 -11 12 -3 3 4.38 4.18 .973 4.34 4.30
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (4th)

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 (8th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2013 AL  7 (3rd)

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  9.7 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2013 AL  124 (10th)

Assists† s c a p y
2011 AL  459 (1st)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
2010 NL  20 (3rd)
2012 AL  19 (1st)
2013 AL  6 (4th)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
2010 NL  138 (5th)
2011 AL  158 (1st)
2012 AL  155 (3rd)
2013 AL  37 (4th)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
2011 AL  271 (1st)
2012 AL  242 (2nd)
2013 AL  54 (2nd)

Assists as SS s c a p y
2011 AL  459 (1st)
2012 AL  408 (5th)
2013 AL  96 (4th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
2010 NL  20 (3rd)
2011 AL  15 (4th)
2012 AL  19 (1st)
2013 AL  6 (1st)

Double Plays Turned as SS s c a p y
2011 AL  98 (4th)
2012 AL  97 (5th)
2013 AL  23 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
2011 AL  9 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
2011 AL  4.74 (2nd)
2013 AL  4.13 (4th)
Active  4.38 (22nd)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
2011 AL  4.62 (2nd)
2013 AL  4.05 (4th)
Active  4.20 (18th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
2011 AL  .980 (4th)
Active  .971 (22nd)
Career  .971 (73rd)

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 InkBatting - 8 (1560), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2761), 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

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Bob Fisher (973)
  2. Jimmy Esmond (972)
  3. Joe Boley (968)
  4. Ike Caveney (966)
  5. Stan Rojek (963)
  6. Cliff Pennington (960)
  7. Jimmy Cooney (952)
  8. Bill Hunnefield (952)
  9. Ron Washington (947)
  10. Lew Brown (943)
Similar Batters through 25 
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  1. Jimmy Esmond (972)
  2. Rafael Ramirez (971)
  3. Terry Turner (963)
  4. Rick Burleson (960)
  5. Chick Galloway (958)
  6. Hughie Jennings (958) *
  7. Jack Glasscock (955)
  8. Marty Marion (955)
  9. Royce Clayton (955)
  10. Ray Chapman (954)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Ronny Cedeno (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Royce Clayton (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jimmy Esmond (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
200922Milwaukee Brewers$400,000
201023Milwaukee Brewers$405,500
201124Kansas City Royals$428,000
201225Kansas City Royals$1,000,000contracts
201326Kansas City Royals$3,000,000
201427Kansas City Royals$3,000,000
201528Kansas City Royals$3,000,000
201629Kansas City Royals*$5,250,000$5.25M Team Option, $500k Buyout
201730Kansas City Royals*$6,500,000$6.5M Team Option, $500k Buyout
Earliest Free Agent: 2016
Career to date (may be incomplete)$5,233,500Does not include future salaries
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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