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Yunel Escobar

Yunel Escobar

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: November 2, 1982 in La Habana, La Habana, 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
Teams (by GP): Braves/BlueJays 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 1 yr/$2.9M (11), 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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 9:03AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #915. Curt Welch… #916. Adam Kennedy… #917. Billy Shindle… #918. YUNEL ESCOBAR… #919. Marco Scutaro… #920. Earl Sheely… #921. Dave Martinez… 

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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 .812 115 230 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 66
2010 27 TOR AL 60 266 236 32 65 7 0 4 16 1 1 19 26 .275 .340 .356 .696 90 84 9 4 7 0 0 66
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
5 Seasons 639 2703 2371 351 686 118 7 44 247 21 17 260 295 .289 .366 .401 .766 105 950 83 31 30 11 10
162 Game Avg. 162 685 601 89 174 30 2 11 63 5 4 66 75 .289 .366 .401 .766 105 241 21 8 8 3 3
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 (2 yrs) 193 856 749 109 214 31 3 15 64 4 4 80 96 .286 .360 .395 .755 104 296 23 10 12 5 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 (2 yrs) 193 856 749 109 214 31 3 15 64 4 4 80 96 .286 .360 .395 .755 104 296 23 10 12 5 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2007 24 ATL NL 355 10 2 1 1 1 3 10 29 2.9 27 2.7 0.2 $ 654 RoY-6
2008 25 ATL NL 587 1 -2 1 -2 9 6 16 29 2.9 20 2.1 0.8 $402,500 *6
2009 26 ATL NL 604 16 -3 -2 -2 22 7 16 54 5.4 32 3.2 2.2 $425,000 *6 MVP-20
2010 27 ATL NL 301 -9 1 -0 -1 6 4 8 8 0.9 2 0.2 0.7 $435,000 66
2010 27 TOR AL 266 -3 -1 -0 -1 2 3 9 8 0.8 7 0.7 0.1 $ 66
2011 28 TOR AL 590 10 0 1 -2 9 6 20 45 4.3 36 3.4 0.9 $2,900,000 *6/D
5 Seasons 2703 24 -2 0 -7 49 29 79 174 17.2 124 12.3 4.9 $4,162,500
ATL (4 yrs) 1847 18 -2 -0 -4 38 20 50 121 12.1 82 8.2 3.9 $1,262,500
TOR (2 yrs) 856 6 -0 0 -2 11 9 29 53 5.1 42 4.1 1.0 $2,900,000

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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
2007 ATL NL 24 SS 53 176 59 113 4 22 .977 2 1 3.25 .975 4.42 RoY-6
2007 ATL NL 24 3B 22 52 20 28 4 4 .923 -2 -1 2.18 .954 2.67 RoY-6
2007 ATL NL 24 2B 21 80 28 49 3 10 .963 2 -1 3.67 .984 4.84 RoY-6
2008 ATL NL 25 SS 126 605 193 396 16 78 .974 9 12 4.67 .976 4.40
2009 ATL NL 26 SS 139 613 191 409 13 83 .979 22 13 4.32 .974 4.34 MVP-20
2010 TOT MLB 27 SS 134 645 204 423 18 110 .972 8 19 4.68 .972 4.31
2010 ATL NL 27 SS 74 358 99 250 9 62 .975 6 17 4.72 .971 4.27
2010 TOR AL 27 SS 60 287 105 173 9 48 .969 2 2 4.63 .973 4.36
2011 TOR AL 28 SS 132 131 116 1121.0 539 182 343 14 73 .974 9 5 10 5 4.21 3.98 .972 4.36 4.33
2011 TOR AL 28 DH 1 0
5 Seasons SS 584 131 116 1121.0 2578 829 1684 65 366 .975 50 50 53 53 4.21 4.30 .974 4.36 4.35
1 Season 3B 22 52 20 28 4 4 .923 -2 -1 2.18 .954 2.67
1 Season 2B 21 80 28 49 3 10 .963 2 -1 3.67 .984 4.84
5 Seasons TOT 627 131 116 1121.0 2710 877 1761 72 380 .973 49 48 53 51 4.21 4.21 .974 4.36 4.31
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2009 NL (20, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1498th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2009 NL  5.5 (10th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2009 NL  2.2 (3rd)
Active  4.9 (40th)

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)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
2009 NL  22 (4th)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
2008 NL  193 (5th)

Assists as SS s c a p y
2008 NL  396 (5th)
2009 NL  409 (5th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
2008 NL  16 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
2008 NL  9 (5th)
2009 NL  22 (1st)
2010 NL  6 (4th)
2011 AL  9 (2nd)
Active  50 (6th)
Career  50 (32nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
2008 NL  4.79 (3rd)
Active  4.22 (19th)
Career  4.22 (44th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
2008 NL  4.67 (2nd)
2009 NL  4.32 (5th)
Active  4.30 (10th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
Active  .975 (16th)
Career  .975 (36th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1389), 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)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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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

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
200825Atlanta Braves$402,500
200926Atlanta Braves$425,000
201027Atlanta Braves$435,000
201128Toronto Blue Jays$2,900,000
201229Toronto Blue Jays$5,000,000
201330Toronto Blue Jays$5,000,000
201431Toronto Blue Jays*$5,000,000$5M Team Option
201532Toronto Blue Jays*$5,000,000$5M Team Option
Career to date (may be incomplete)$4,162,500Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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