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Yunel Escobar

Yunel Escobar

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: November 2, 1982 in La Habana, La Habana, Cuba
High School: Matires de Barbados (La Habana, 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
Teams (by GP): Braves/BlueJays 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 2 yrs/$10M (12-13) & 14-15 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.121, Free Agent: 2014 [*], 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
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 .812 115 230 21 10 7 2 3 *6 MVP-20
2010 27 TOT MLB 135 567 497 60 127 19 0 4 35 6 2 56 57 .256 .337 .318 .655 80 158 18 5 9 0 1 *6
2010 27 ATL NL 75 301 261 28 62 12 0 0 19 5 1 37 31 .238 .334 .284 .618 71 74 9 1 2 0 1 6
2010 27 TOR AL 60 266 236 32 65 7 0 4 16 1 1 19 26 .275 .340 .356 .696 89 84 9 4 7 0 0 6
2011 28 TOR AL 133 590 513 77 149 24 3 11 48 3 3 61 70 .290 .369 .413 .782 111 212 14 6 5 5 1 *6/D
2012 29 TOR AL 48 221 204 28 51 7 1 2 16 0 1 15 25 .250 .300 .324 .624 69 66 8 0 1 1 0 *6
6 Yrs 687 2924 2575 379 737 125 8 46 263 21 18 275 320 .286 .361 .395 .755 102 1016 91 31 31 12 10
162 Game Avg. 162 690 607 89 174 29 2 11 62 5 4 65 75 .286 .361 .395 .755 102 240 21 7 7 3 2
ATL (4 yrs) 446 1847 1622 242 472 87 4 29 183 17 13 180 199 .291 .368 .403 .771 105 654 60 21 18 6 9
TOR (3 yrs) 241 1077 953 137 265 38 4 17 80 4 5 95 121 .278 .348 .380 .728 97 362 31 10 13 6 1
NL (4 yrs) 446 1847 1622 242 472 87 4 29 183 17 13 180 199 .291 .368 .403 .771 105 654 60 21 18 6 9
AL (3 yrs) 241 1077 953 137 265 38 4 17 80 4 5 95 121 .278 .348 .380 .728 97 362 31 10 13 6 1

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 Awards
2007 24 ATL NL 94 355 12 1 1 -3 3 14 1.4 10 24 2.3 .515 .509 2.7 0.0 27 $ 654 RoY-6
2008 25 ATL NL 136 587 8 -1 -2 8 6 18 1.7 16 33 3.2 .513 .511 2.5 1.4 25 $402,500 *6
2009 26 ATL NL 141 604 14 -2 -2 7 6 24 2.4 16 40 4.0 .517 .515 3.3 1.4 33 $425,000 *6 MVP-20
2010 27 ATL NL 75 301 -8 1 -0 8 3 4 0.4 8 12 1.2 .505 .502 0.3 1.2 4 $435,000 6
2010 27 TOR AL 60 266 -2 -0 -1 1 3 0 0.1 9 9 0.9 .500 .500 0.8 0.5 8 $ 6
2011 28 TOR AL 133 590 11 1 -1 7 6 23 2.6 20 43 4.4 .518 .515 3.7 1.4 36 $2,900,000 *6/D
2012 29 TOR AL 48 221 -6 0 0 10 2 6 0.7 7 14 1.3 .514 .504 0.4 1.3 4 $ *6
6 Seasons 687 2924 29 -1 -6 38 29 89 9.2 86 175 17.3 .513 .508 13.7 7.2 137 $4,162,500
ATL (4 yrs) 446 1847 26 -2 -4 20 19 59 5.9 50 109 10.7 .513 .509 8.8 4.0 89 $1,262,500
TOR (3 yrs) 241 1077 3 0 -2 18 11 30 3.3 36 66 6.6 .513 .506 4.9 3.2 48 $2,900,000

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
2007 24 ATL NL 355 228 56 6.6 109 .364 .326 .270 .385 .340 .451 .432 .837 .772 118 .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 5.6 106 .317 .299 .265 .377 .338 .436 .420 .812 .758 115 .567 13.0 1.2 .754 .246 .136 7.4
2010 27 TOT MLB 567 399 54 3.6 101 .282 .256 .261 .337 .330 .318 .410 .655 .740 80 .390 -13.1 -1.3 .572 .183 .062 4.8
2010 27 ATL NL 301 211 26 3.3 101 .270 .238 .260 .334 .329 .284 .409 .618 .738 71 .353 -9.4 -0.9 .555 .203 .046 .0
2010 27 TOR AL 266 188 28 4.0 102 .296 .275 .263 .340 .331 .356 .411 .696 .742 89 .426 -3.7 -0.4 .591 .161 .081 1.6
2011 28 TOR AL 590 391 80 5.5 103 .316 .290 .264 .369 .330 .413 .418 .782 .747 111 .578 9.5 0.9 .732 .242 .123 4.7
2012 29 TOR AL 221 164 18 3.0 102 .275 .250 .258 .300 .326 .324 .419 .624 .745 69 .306 -9.2 -0.9 .494 .142 .074 .0
6 Yrs 2924 1990 363 4.9 104 .311 .286 .264 .361 .334 .395 .420 .755 .753 102 .511 14.2 1.3 .681 .216 .108 28.8
162 Game Avg. 690 469 86 4.9 104 .311 .286 .264 .361 .334 .395 .420 .755 .753 102 .511 3 0 .681 .216 .108 7
ATL (4 yrs) 1847 1247 237 5.1 106 .316 .291 .265 .368 .336 .403 .422 .771 .758 105 .522 17.6 1.6 .702 .226 .112 21.4
TOR (3 yrs) 1077 743 126 4.5 102 .302 .278 .262 .348 .329 .380 .416 .728 .746 97 .492 -3.4 -0.4 .644 .200 .102 6.5
NL (4 yrs) 1847 1247 237 5.1 106 .316 .291 .265 .368 .336 .403 .422 .771 .758 105 .522 17.6 1.6 .702 .226 .112 21.4
AL (3 yrs) 1077 743 126 4.5 102 .302 .278 .262 .348 .329 .380 .416 .728 .746 97 .492 -3.4 -0.4 .644 .200 .102 6.5

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
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% 6.5% 4%
2010 27 TOT MLB 567 0.7% 10.1% 9.9% 4.1% 18% 1.02 8.7 124.3 14.2 1.19 1.60 77% 16% 2.4% 15%
2010 27 ATL NL 301 0.0% 10.3% 12.3% 4.0% 19% 0.84 8.4 13.7 1.05 1.36 76% 17% 0.0% 16%
2010 27 TOR AL 266 1.5% 9.8% 7.1% 4.1% 17% 1.37 9.1 59.0 14.8 1.36 1.94 77% 16% 5.3% 14%
2011 28 TOR AL 590 1.9% 11.9% 10.3% 6.4% 26% 1.15 7.3 46.6 10.7 1.41 1.87 74% 16% 6.1% 3%
2012 29 TOR AL 221 0.9% 11.3% 6.8% 4.5% 20% 1.67 8.2 102.0 12.8 1.75 2.41 81% 18% 3.2% 5%
6 Yrs 2924 1.6% 10.9% 9.4% 6.1% 24% 1.16 8.0 56.0 9.8 1.27 1.82 76% 17% 5.0% 6%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.0% 8.5% 7.8% 33% 2.11 4.9 34.6 7.9 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2007 24 ATL NL 9.9 0.9 371 2.4 7.6 -5.2 .97 1.5 1.0 17.4 1.6 0.92 14.8 1.31 8
2008 25 ATL NL 4.0 0.4 605 0.3 10.6 -10.3 1.00 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.97 3.8 1.63 4
2009 26 ATL NL 13.0 1.2 623 2.1 12.2 -10.2 1.04 1.0 0.9 20.1 1.9 0.94 12.1 1.13 2
2010 27 TOT MLB -13.1 -1.3 580 -2.5 7.5 -10.0 .94 -1.5 -1.1 -14.6 -1.5 0.94 -15.4 0
2010 27 ATL NL -9.4 -0.9 308 -1.6 4.1 -5.7 1.04 -1.1 -0.4 -13.2 -1.3 0.98 -12.6 0.95 0
2010 27 TOR AL -3.7 -0.4 272 -0.9 3.4 -4.3 .84 -0.4 -0.6 -1.4 -0.1 0.90 -2.8 0
2011 28 TOR AL 9.5 0.9 603 2.2 11.0 -8.9 .93 1.2 1.1 17.1 1.6 0.96 14.7 3.11 1
2012 29 TOR AL -9.2 -0.9 228 -0.9 3.2 -4.1 1.00 -0.7 -0.3 -3.5 -0.3 0.92 -6.1 0
6 Yrs 14.2 1.3 3010 3.6 52.1 -48.6 .98 1.8 1.8 36.7 3.4 0.95 23.9 1.49 15

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
2010 27 TOT MLB 6 0 30% 216 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 9 40% 39 25 14 13 8 5 13 6 7
2010 27 ATL NL 3 0 28% 105 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 37% 27 18 9 8 5 3 8 4 4
2010 27 TOR AL 3 0 33% 111 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 46% 12 7 5 5 3 2 5 2 3
2011 28 TOR AL 9 0 32% 281 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 15 45% 37 24 13 14 8 5 14 2 11
2012 29 TOR AL 5 0 41% 99 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 67% 9 4 5 1 1 0 8 1 7
6 Yrs 40 0 33% 1284 21 18 54% 20 17 1 1 0 0 10 3 33 61 47% 203 133 70 59 32 26 97 20 73

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
2007 24 ATL NL 355 43% 104 13 0 8 3 0 0 1.31 5 0 3 4 1 3 2 0 3 2 67% 53 6 11% 21 9 43% 173 24 14% 11 8 73% 11 7 64% 0
2008 25 ATL NL 587 28% 148 24 2 4 0 0 0 1.63 10 0 17 8 2 5 5 0 11 7 64% 118 24 20% 61 18 30% 363 52 14% 34 13 38% 17 12 71% 0
2009 26 ATL NL 604 30% 158 15 1 2 1 0 1 1.13 14 0 12 10 4 7 7 0 7 7 100% 101 21 21% 35 18 51% 363 63 17% 24 11 46% 13 12 92% 0
2010 27 TOT MLB 567 23% 127 18 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 17 2 2 2 2 0 13 9 69% 107 18 17% 46 18 39% 346 33 10% 31 10 32% 22 16 73% 0
2010 27 ATL NL 301 26% 62 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.95 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 59 9 15% 22 7 32% 204 20 10% 22 8 36% 10 7 70% 0
2010 27 TOR AL 266 18% 65 12 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 6 2 2 2 2 0 11 7 64% 48 9 19% 24 11 46% 142 13 9% 9 2 22% 12 9 75% 0
2011 28 TOR AL 590 23% 149 27 0 1 1 0 0 3.11 11 0 7 8 3 8 3 0 5 5 100% 87 14 16% 40 16 40% 267 37 14% 22 11 50% 16 12 75% 0
2012 29 TOR AL 221 26% 51 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 50% 40 8 20% 14 5 36% 102 16 16% 10 7 70% 3 1 33% 0
6 Yrs 2924 28% 737 104 7 15 5 0 1 1.49 46 1 57 34 12 26 20 0 41 31 76% 506 91 18% 217 84 39% 1614 225 14% 132 60 45% 82 60 73% 0
MLB Averages 54% 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
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 588 2040 3.47 1209 59% 24% 11% 27% 38% 76% 2% 45% 86% 34% 5% 28 1 15% 86 40 10% 60 31 32% -1 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
2010 27 TOT MLB 570 1947 3.42 1182 61% 27% 12% 24% 38% 73% 1% 44% 84% 37% 4% 24 0 13% 76 32 8% 48 24 42% -3 0 0
2010 27 ATL NL 302 1093 3.62 648 59% 27% 12% 26% 36% 73% 1% 43% 84% 35% 4% 13 0 14% 41 17 11% 32 18 32% -1 0 0
2010 27 TOR AL 268 854 3.19 534 63% 27% 11% 21% 41% 73% 0% 46% 84% 38% 4% 11 0 13% 35 15 6% 16 6 54% -2 0 0
2011 28 TOR AL 593 2191 3.69 1312 60% 33% 10% 23% 35% 67% 0% 40% 85% 24% 6% 35 1 16% 93 37 12% 69 37 40% -3 0 0
2012 29 TOR AL 222 789 3.55 500 63% 32% 10% 22% 36% 68% 0% 43% 85% 26% 5% 12 0 15% 34 12 7% 16 8 36% -1 0 0
6 Yrs 2932 10260 3.50 6208 61% 27% 11% 25% 37% 73% 1% 44% 85% 31% 6% 163 2 15% 443 180 10% 299 158 32% -8 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 27% 5% 15% 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
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 .801 111 580 51 20 16 6 8
2010 27 506 2113 1858 274 537 94 4 33 199 18 14 199 225 .289 .364 .397 .762 103 738 69 25 25 6 9
2011 28 639 2703 2371 351 686 118 7 44 247 21 17 260 295 .289 .366 .401 .766 105 950 83 31 30 11 10
2012 29 687 2924 2575 379 737 125 8 46 263 21 18 275 320 .286 .361 .395 .755 102 1016 91 31 31 12 10

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
2007 24 94 351 316 52 101 24 0 5 27 5 26 44 .320 .378 .443 .821 52 94
2008 25 136 586 513 71 147 24 2 10 60 2 59 62 .287 .364 .400 .764 74 136
2009 26 141 605 529 89 159 26 2 14 76 5 57 62 .301 .378 .437 .815 85 141
2010 27 135 570 499 62 129 19 0 4 36 6 57 57 .259 .340 .321 .661 54 135
2011 28 133 591 514 77 150 24 3 11 48 3 61 70 .292 .370 .414 .785 78 133
2012 29 48 221 204 28 51 7 1 2 16 0 15 25 .250 .300 .324 .624 20 48
6 Yrs 687 2924 2575 379 737 124 8 46 263 21 275 320 .286 .361 .394 .755 363 687
162 Game Avg. 162 690 607 89 174 29 2 11 62 5 65 75 .286 .361 .394 .755 86 687

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2009 NL (20, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2012 AL  1.3 (5th)
Active  7.2 (34th)

At Bats s c a p y
2012 AL  204 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
2012 AL  41 (8th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2008 NL  24 (4th)
2009 NL  21 (8th)
2012 AL  8 (4th)

AB per SO s c a p y
2009 NL  8.5 (9th)
2012 AL  8.2 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2012 AL  164 (3rd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2401), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1504), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Asdrubal Cabrera (946)
  2. Topper Rigney (943)
  3. Alexei Ramirez (930)
  4. Angel Berroa (929)
  5. Billy Myers (925)
  6. Erick Aybar (924)
  7. Alex Cintron (918)
  8. Kazuo Matsui (912)
  9. Jeff Keppinger (911)
  10. Billy Sullivan (910)
Similar Batters through 28 
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  1. Johnny Logan (957)
  2. Julio Lugo (956)
  3. Luke Appling (952) *
  4. Freddy Parent (946)
  5. Carlos Guillen (939)
  6. Neifi Perez (937)
  7. Deivi Cruz (935)
  8. Angel Berroa (931)
  9. Bill Knickerbocker (928)
  10. Tom Burns (927)
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  1. Doc Farrell (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Luke Appling (943) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Luke Appling (971) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Johnny Logan (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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