Yunel Escobar
Yunel Escobar
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 2, 1982 in Havana, Cuba
High School: Matires de Barbados (Havana, CU)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 2, 2007
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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
2007 24 ATL NL 94 355 319 54 104 25 0 5 28 5 3 27 44 .326 .385 .451 .837 118 144 6 5 2 2 1 654 RoY-6
2008 25 ATL NL 136 587 514 71 148 24 2 10 60 2 5 59 62 .288 .366 .401 .766 103 206 24 5 7 2 4 *6
2009 26 ATL NL 141 604 528 89 158 26 2 14 76 5 4 57 62 .299 .377 .436 .812 116 230 21 10 7 2 3 *6
3 Seasons 371 1546 1361 214 410 75 4 29 164 12 12 143 168 .301 .375 .426 .801 112 580 51 20 16 6 8
162 Game Avg. 162 675 594 93 179 33 2 13 72 5 5 62 73 .301 .375 .426 .801 112 253 22 9 7 3 3

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
2007 24 ATL NL 355 228 56 6.6 109 .364 .326 .270 .385 .339 .451 .432 .837 .771 118 .618 9.9 0.9 .795 .216 .125 5.0
2008 25 ATL NL 587 404 71 4.7 106 .311 .288 .265 .366 .336 .401 .423 .766 .759 103 .482 4.0 0.4 .676 .222 .113 3.3
2009 26 ATL NL 604 404 84 5.6 105 .317 .299 .263 .377 .336 .436 .418 .812 .754 116 .567 13.8 1.3 .754 .246 .136 7.4
3 Seasons 1546 1036 211 5.5 106 .326 .301 .266 .375 .337 .426 .423 .801 .760 112 .549 27.7 2.6 .733 .230 .125 17.0
162 Game Avg. 675 452 92 5.5 106 .326 .301 .266 .375 .337 .426 .423 .801 .760 112 .549 12 1 .733 .230 .125 7

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
2007 24 ATL NL 355 1.4% 12.4% 7.6% 8.5% 29% 1.63 7.3 63.8 11.4 1.27 1.87 77% 20% 4.2% 2%
2008 25 ATL NL 587 1.7% 10.6% 10.1% 6.1% 24% 1.05 8.3 51.4 8.6 1.35 1.85 76% 14% 5.6% 7%
2009 26 ATL NL 604 2.3% 10.3% 9.4% 7.0% 27% 1.09 8.5 37.7 6.9 1.04 1.76 75% 18% 6.4% 4%
3 Seasons 1546 1.9% 10.9% 9.3% 7.0% 26% 1.17 8.1 46.9 8.3 1.20 1.82 76% 17% 5.7% 5%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

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
2007 24 ATL NL 6 0 37% 197 5 3 63% 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 8 46% 35 23 12 6 4 2 16 4 12
2008 25 ATL NL 9 0 30% 253 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 9 9 49% 44 31 13 9 3 6 21 3 17
2009 26 ATL NL 5 0 36% 238 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 9 12 50% 39 26 13 16 8 8 25 4 19
3 Seasons 20 0 34% 688 12 12 50% 11 11 1 1 0 0 7 3 20 29 48% 118 80 38 31 15 16 62 11 48
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

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
2007 24 ATL NL 355 43% 104 13 0 8 3 0 0 1.33 5 0 3 4 1 3 2 0 3 2 67% 53 6 11% 21 9 43% 173 24 14% 11 8 73% 17 7 41% 0
2008 25 ATL NL 587 28% 148 24 2 4 0 0 0 1.65 10 0 17 8 2 5 5 0 11 7 64% 118 24 20% 61 18 30% 363 52 14% 34 13 38% 33 19 58% 0
2009 26 ATL NL 604 30% 158 15 1 2 1 0 1 1.15 14 0 12 10 4 7 7 0 7 7 100% 101 21 21% 35 18 51% 363 63 17% 24 11 46% 31 15 48% 0
3 Seasons 1546 33% 410 52 3 14 4 0 1 1.40 29 0 32 22 7 15 14 0 21 16 76% 272 51 19% 117 45 38% 899 139 15% 69 32 46% 81 41 51% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

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
2007 24 ATL NL 355 1257 3.54 771 61% 25% 12% 27% 36% 75% 1% 46% 85% 28% 6% 23 0 17% 59 24 11% 38 27 20% 0 0 0
2008 25 ATL NL 587 2038 3.47 1208 59% 24% 11% 27% 38% 76% 2% 45% 86% 34% 5% 28 1 15% 86 40 10% 60 31 32% 0 0 0
2009 26 ATL NL 604 2036 3.37 1234 61% 26% 12% 24% 38% 74% 1% 45% 84% 32% 7% 41 0 16% 95 35 11% 68 31 21% 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1546 5331 3.45 3213 60% 25% 11% 26% 38% 75% 1% 45% 85% 32% 6% 92 1 16% 240 99 11% 166 89 25% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
2007 24 94 355 319 54 104 25 0 5 28 5 3 27 44 .326 .385 .451 .837 118 144 6 5 2 2 1
2008 25 230 942 833 125 252 49 2 15 88 7 8 86 106 .303 .373 .420 .793 109 350 30 10 9 4 5
2009 26 371 1546 1361 214 410 75 4 29 164 12 12 143 168 .301 .375 .426 .801 112 580 51 20 16 6 8

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 HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2007 24 94 352 318 52 103 25 0 5 27 5 27 44 .324 .384 .450 .833 54 94
2008 25 136 573 509 70 143 23 2 10 59 2 57 62 .281 .358 .393 .751 70 136
2009 26 141 596 527 89 157 26 2 14 76 5 57 62 .298 .376 .435 .810 84 141
3 Seasons 371 1521 1354 211 403 74 4 29 162 12 141 168 .298 .371 .422 .793 208 371
162 Game Avg. 162 664 591 92 176 32 2 13 71 5 62 73 .298 .371 .422 .793 91 371

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2008 NL--24--4th
2009 NL--21--8th

AB per SO s c a p y
2009 NL--8.5--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1234), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (735), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Ronny Paulino (934)
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  8. Brendan Harris (933)
  9. Akinori Iwamura (933)
  10. Bill Kenworthy (932)
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  5. Andy High (957)
  6. Ron Belliard (954)
  7. Snuffy Stirnweiss (954)
  8. Marcus Giles (953)
  9. Alex Cintron (951)
  10. Lew Fonseca (950)
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