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Bobby Estalella \ES-ta-LAY-yuh\

Robert M. Estalella

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 23, 1974 in Hialeah, FL
High School: Cooper City HS (Cooper City, FL)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 23rd round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed May 9, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1996 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Giants/Rockies/Phillies/Diamondbacks/BlueJays/... 1996-2004

Final Game: June 6, 2004 (Age 29)
Relatives: Grandson of Bobby Estalella
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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
1993	18	PHI-min	Rk,A+	46	175	157	18	44	11	0	3	23	0	1	16	27	.280	.354	.408	.762		64	7	2	0	0	2		MTV,CLW · APPY,FLOR
1994	19	PHI-min	A,A+	99	388	345	37	77	20	1	11	50	0	1	34	102	.223	.291	.383	.674		132	6	1	3	5	0		SPB,CLW · SALL,FLOR
1995	20	PHI-min	A+,AA	127	508	438	66	113	25	1	17	67	0	3	60	83	.258	.349	.436	.785		191	13	3	3	4	3		CLW,REA · FLOR,EL
1996	21	PHI-min	AA,AAA	122	483	401	55	98	17	2	26	80	2	4	72	114	.244	.363	.491	.854		197	8	5	1	4	5		REA,SWB · EL,IL
1996	21	PHI	NL	7	18	17	5	6	0	0	2	4	1	0	1	6	.353	.389	.706	1.095	183	12	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1997	22	PHI-min	AAA	123	500	433	63	101	32	0	16	65	3	0	56	109	.233	.332	.418	.750		181	14	9	0	2	0		SWB · IL
1997	22	PHI	NL	13	36	29	9	10	1	0	4	9	0	0	7	7	.345	.472	.793	1.265	225	23	2	0	0	0	0	2
1998	23	PHI-min	AAA	76	312	242	49	68	14	1	17	49	0	0	66	49	.281	.436	.558	.994		135	13	2	0	2	0		SWB · IL
1998	23	PHI	NL	47	182	165	16	31	6	1	8	20	0	0	13	49	.188	.247	.382	.629	61	63	4	1	0	3	0	2
1999	24	PHI-min	AAA,A+	118	481	412	61	100	26	2	16	70	4	1	58	103	.243	.339	.432	.771		178	12	5	0	6	1		SWB,CLW · IL,FLOR
1999	24	PHI	NL	9	22	18	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	7	.167	.318	.167	.485	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2000	25	SFG	NL	106	361	299	45	70	22	3	14	53	3	0	57	92	.234	.357	.468	.826	113	140	4	2	0	3	9	2
2001	26	NYY-SFG-min	AAA	54	220	193	29	51	11	1	11	42	0	2	22	54	.264	.341	.503	.843		97	8	2	0	3	1		CLB,FRE · IL,PCL
2001	26	TOT	MLB	32	111	97	12	19	5	1	3	10	0	0	12	30	.196	.297	.361	.658	75	35	2	2	0	0	2	2
2001	26	SFG	NL	29	105	93	11	19	5	1	3	10	0	0	11	28	.204	.295	.376	.672	78	35	2	1	0	0	2	2
2001	26	NYY	AL	3	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	/2
2002	27	COL-min	AAA	23	91	79	16	23	9	0	6	20	0	0	11	20	.291	.374	.633	1.007		50	0	0	0	1	0		CSP · PCL
2002	27	COL	NL	38	130	112	17	23	8	0	8	25	0	1	14	33	.205	.285	.491	.776	88	55	1	0	0	4	0	2
2003	28	COL	NL	46	165	140	17	28	7	0	7	21	2	0	19	55	.200	.294	.400	.694	69	56	4	1	2	3	0	2
2004	29	TOR-min	AAA	6	25	24	3	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	6	.250	.280	.500	.780		12	0	0	0	0	0		SYR · IL
2004	29	TOT	MLB	12	31	27	3	5	0	0	2	4	0	0	3	11	.185	.290	.407	.698	76	11	1	1	0	0	0	/2D
2004	29	ARI	NL	7	14	14	2	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	6	.143	.143	.571	.714	69	8	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2004	29	TOR	AL	5	17	13	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.231	.412	.231	.643	72	3	1	1	0	0	0	/2D
9 Yrs				310	1056	904	126	195	49	5	48	147	6	2	130	290	.216	.315	.440	.755	92	398	18	7	2	13	11
162 Game Avg.				162	552	472	66	102	26	3	25	77	3	1	68	152	.216	.315	.440	.755	92	208	9	4	1	7	6

PHI (4 yrs)				76	258	229	32	50	7	1	14	34	1	1	25	69	.218	.295	.441	.736	89	101	6	1	0	3	0
COL (2 yrs)				84	295	252	34	51	15	0	15	46	2	1	33	88	.202	.290	.440	.731	78	111	5	1	2	7	0
SFG (2 yrs)				135	466	392	56	89	27	4	17	63	3	0	68	120	.227	.343	.446	.790	105	175	6	3	0	3	11
ARI (1 yr)				7	14	14	2	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	6	.143	.143	.571	.714	69	8	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				3	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0
TOR (1 yr)				5	17	13	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.231	.412	.231	.643	72	3	1	1	0	0	0

NL (9 yrs)				302	1033	887	124	192	49	5	48	147	6	2	126	283	.216	.313	.445	.759	92	395	17	5	2	13	11
AL (2 yrs)				8	23	17	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	.176	.391	.176	.568	55	3	1	2	0	0	0

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
1996	21	PHI	NL	7	18	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.2	1	3	0.3	.534	.501	0.3	0.0	3		/2
1997	22	PHI	NL	13	36	5	0	-0	-1	1	4	0.4	1	6	0.5	.534	.503	0.6	-0.1	7		2
1998	23	PHI	NL	47	182	-9	-0	-1	-9	3	-16	-1.7	6	-10	-1.1	.466	.490	-0.2	-0.7	-1	$170,000	2
1999	24	PHI	NL	9	22	-2	-1	0	-1	0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.457	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$210,000	/2
2000	25	SFG	NL	106	361	5	2	1	-1	5	12	1.0	11	23	2.1	.511	.507	2.2	0.4	24	$210,000	2
2001	26	SFG	NL	29	105	-2	1	-0	1	2	1	0.1	3	4	0.4	.503	.500	0.3	0.2	3	$310,000	2
2001	26	NYY	AL	3	6	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.488	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0		/2
2002	27	COL	NL	38	130	-1	-1	-0	-3	2	-3	-0.3	4	1	0.1	.492	.498	0.4	-0.1	4		2
2003	28	COL	NL	46	165	-3	0	-1	2	3	1	0.1	5	6	0.6	.502	.500	0.3	0.5	4	$500,000	2
2004	29	ARI	NL	7	14	-1	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$550,000	/2
2004	29	TOR	AL	5	17	0	0	-0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.0	.487	.500	0.1	-0.1	1		/2D
9 Seasons				310	1056	-7	2	-1	-13	16	-4	-0.7	33	29	2.5	.498	.500	3.9	0.1	42	$1,950,000

PHI (4 yrs)				76	258	-4	-1	-1	-11	4	-13	-1.4	8	-5	-0.6	.483	.498	0.5	-0.8	6	$380,000
COL (2 yrs)				84	295	-5	-1	-1	-1	5	-2	-0.3	9	7	0.6	.497	.499	0.7	0.3	8	$500,000
SFG (2 yrs)				135	466	2	3	0	0	7	13	1.1	15	27	2.5	.509	.504	2.5	0.6	27	$520,000
ARI (1 yr)				7	14	-1	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$550,000
NYY (1 yr)				3	6	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.488	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0
TOR (1 yr)				5	17	0	0	-0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.0	.487	.500	0.1	-0.1	1

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2000	25	SFG	NL	NLDS	NYM	L	4	12	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							4	12	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	0	0	0	0	0

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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	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
1996	PHI	NL	21	C	4	4	4	35.0	25	24	1	0	0	1.000	0		0		6.43	6.25	.989	7.51	7.45	0	1	1	1	50%	28%	0
1997	PHI	NL	22	C	11	8	8	72.1	52	49	3	0	0	1.000	-1		-17		6.47	4.73	.990	7.68	7.62	1	6	3	1	25%	32%	0
1998	PHI	NL	23	C	47	44	42	393.2	337	321	12	4	0	.988	-9		-27		7.61	7.09	.990	7.51	7.47	5	30	36	7	16%	32%	0
1999	PHI	NL	24	C	7	4	4	46.1	41	38	2	1	0	.976	-1		-26		7.77	5.71	.990	7.40	7.34	0	3	7	1	13%	29%	0
2000	SFG	NL	25	C	106	89	78	791.1	708	654	49	5	14	.993	-1		-2		8.00	6.63	.990	7.45	7.38	10	34	52	26	33%	32%	1
2001	TOT	MLB	26	C	31	29	23	246.2	214	199	15	0	5	1.000	1		5		7.81	6.90	.992	7.71	7.60	0	3	15	6	29%	33%	0
2001	SFG	NL	26	C	28	28	22	232.2	199	185	14	0	5	1.000	1		5		7.70	7.11	.992	7.74	7.65	0	3	14	6	30%	33%	0
2001	NYY	AL	26	C	3	1	1	14.0	15	14	1	0	0	1.000	0		0		9.64	5.00	.990	7.20	7.10	0	0	1	0	0%	29%	0
2002	COL	NL	27	C	38	32	29	289.1	213	203	9	1	2	.995	-3		-12		6.59	5.58	.991	7.53	7.47	2	15	19	5	21%	32%	0
2003	COL	NL	28	C	46	43	39	374.1	271	248	19	4	2	.985	0	2	0	6	6.42	5.80	.992	7.33	7.26	3	11	25	12	32%	31%	0
2004	TOT	MLB	29	C	9	6	5	55.2	42	39	3	0	0	1.000	-1	-1	-22	-21	6.79	4.67	.992	7.31	7.29	0	5	4	0	0%	32%	0
2004	ARI	NL	29	C	6	3	2	30.2	21	19	2	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	6.16	3.50	.993	7.45	7.40	0	3	0	0			0
2004	TOR	AL	29	C	3	3	3	25.0	21	20	1	0	0	1.000	-1	-1	-48	-34	7.56	7.00	.992	7.13	7.07	0	2	4	0	0%	32%	0
2004	TOR	AL	29	DH	2	1
	9 Seasons			C	299	259	232	2304.2	1903	1775	113	15	23	.992	-15	1	-8	2	7.37	6.31	.991	7.48	7.42	21	108	162	59	27%	32%	1
	9 Seasons			TOT	299	259	232	2304.2	1903	1775	113	15	23	.992	-15	1	-8	2	7.37	6.31	.991	7.48	7.42	21	108	162	59	27%	32%	1

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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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as C s c a p y 2000 NL 106 (5th)	Assists as C s c a p y 2000 NL 49 (5th)	Double Plays Turned as C s c a p y 2000 NL 14 (1st)	Passed Balls s c a p y 2000 NL 10 (2nd)
Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y 2000 NL 8.00 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (2168), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS	Catcher (372nd), 2.5 career WAR/3.9 7yr-peak WAR/3.2 JAWS Average HOF C (out of 13) = 52.4 career WAR/33.7 7yr-peak WAR/43.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 1, 1992: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 23rd round of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed May 9, 1993.
December 12, 1999: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the San Francisco Giants for Chris Brock.
July 4, 2001: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Joe Smith (minors) to the New York Yankees for Brian Boehringer.
March 27, 2002: Released by the New York Yankees.
March 31, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.
October 10, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
January 14, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
February 9, 2004: Released by the Detroit Tigers.
February 25, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
May 12, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
May 21, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.
October 8, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

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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
1998	23	Philadelphia Phillies	$170,000	11/23/98 USA Today
1999	24	Philadelphia Phillies	$210,000	4/6/99 USA Today
2000	25	San Francisco Giants	$210,000	4/5/00 AP
2001	26	San Francisco Giants	$310,000	4/6/01 USA Today

2003	28	Colorado Rockies	$500,000	4/3/03 AP
2004	29	Arizona Diamondbacks	$550,000	4/7/04 AP

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,950,000

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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