Keith Ginter

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 190lb (178cm, 86kg)

Born: May 5, 1976 in Norwalk, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 10th round of the 1998 MLB June Amateur Draft from Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX).

High School: Fullerton Union HS (Fullerton, CA)

Schools: Cypress College (Cypress, CA), Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX)

Debut: September 20, 2000 (Age 24-138d, 17,803rd in major league history)
vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 18, 2005 (Age 29-136d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2003 season

Full Name: Keith Michael Ginter

Pronunciation: \GHIN-ter\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.5

971

236

.243

120

RBI

140

OBP

.329

SLG

.422

OPS

.751

OPS+

Summary of 38 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 7 go ahead

3 Tms
MIL	34
OAK	3
HOU	1

Platoon
vs RHP	28
vs LHP	10

Home/Road
Home	20
Away	18

Outs
0	16
2	15
1	7

14 Opps
CIN	7
STL	5
HOU	5
PIT	4
CHC	4
ARI	3
SFG	2
PHI	2
TBD	1
NYM	1
ATL	1
SDP	1
BAL	1
MIL	1

33 Pitchers
Jeff Suppan	3
Mark Prior	3
Paul Wilson	2
Brian Meadows	1
Brett Tomko	1
Kent Mercker	1
Carlos Hernández	1
Matt Morris	1
Roger Clemens	1
Jim Brower	1
Tom Glavine	1
Mike Remlinger	1
Curt Schilling	1
Steve Reed	1
Jimmy Haynes	1
Lance Carter	1
Vicente Padilla	1
Jose Acevedo	1
Josh Hancock	1
Ryan Wagner	1
Jason Schmidt	1
Scott Linebrink	1
Darren Oliver	1
Danny Graves	1
Rick Ankiel	1
Brad Lidge	1
Jason Simontacchi	1
Horacio Ramírez	1
Ron Villone	1
Frank Brooks	1
Óscar Villarreal	1
Kevin Millwood	1
Casey Fossum	1

13 Parks
Am Fam Field (MIL)	19
Busch Stad (STL)	4
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	3
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
PNC Pk (PIT)	1
Chase Field (PHO)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1

Where Hit
7	18
78	13
8	3
89	3
9	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
4	8
2	8
3	7
1	6
7+	5
6	2
5	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	36
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	25
-2-	4
1--	4
12-	3
-23	1
1-3	1

56 RBI
RISP	9
0 on	25
1 on	8
2 on	5
Any on	13

Inning
1	5
2	2
3	2
4	6
5	2
6	4
7	10
8	4
9	3

1-3	9
4-6	12
7-end	17

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	2
+2	5
+1	3
Tied	7
-1	1
-2	1
-3	4
-4..	10

Ahead	15
Tied	7
Behind	16

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	7
3-2	6
0-0	6
1-1	5
1-2	4
2-1	4
2-2	2
0-2	1
3-1	1
0-1	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
2B	24
3B	12
PH	2

OrderPos
5th	10
2nd	9
6th	8
3rd	3
9th	3
7th	2
8th	2
4th	1

Leverage
High Lev	1
Medium Lev	16
Low Lev	21

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2000-09-30	HOU		MIL	Jimmy Haynes	ahead 4-2	b 6	0	---	6,(3-2) CSBBBX	1	8	4	0.068	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2002-09-21	MIL		SFG	Jason Schmidt	behind 0-1	b 4	1	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	2	5	0.141	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	2003-06-25	MIL	@	CHC	Mike Remlinger	behind 1-5	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) ....X	1	9	PH	0.048	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
4	4	2	1	2003-06-26	MIL	@	CHC	Mark Prior	behind 0-3	t 6	2	1--	4,(2-1) 1BBCX	2	2	4	0.167	28%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Podsednik Scores
5	5	3	1	2003-07-10	MIL		PIT	Jeff Suppan	tied 1-1	b 3	2	---	7,(2-2) CSBBFFX	1	2	4	0.122	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
6	6	4	2	2003-07-10	MIL		PIT	Jeff Suppan	behind 2-5	b 8	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	2	4	0.050	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
7	7	5	1	2003-07-13	MIL		CIN	Danny Graves	ahead 5-1	b 4	2	-2-	3,(1-1) CBX	2	2	4	0.056	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); M. Kinney Scores
8	8	6	1	2003-07-21	MIL	@	CIN	Kent Mercker	behind 1-11	t 9	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	5	0.000	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
9	9	7	1	2003-07-24	MIL		HOU	Ron Villone	tied 1-1	b 7	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	9	PH	0.202	79%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
10	10	8	1	2003-08-05	MIL		ATL	Horacio Ramírez	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	6	5	0.106	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	9	1	2003-08-13	MIL	@	PHI	Kevin Millwood	behind 0-4	t 4	2	12-	4,(1-2) CCBX	3	6	5	0.211	32%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); R. Sexson Scores; J. Vander Wal Scores
12	12	10	1	2003-08-21	MIL		PHI	Vicente Padilla	tied 2-2	b 6	0	---	6,(3-2) BCBCBX	1	5	5	0.166	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
13	13	11	1	2003-09-02	MIL		CIN	Paul Wilson	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2,(1-0) 1B1X	2	2	4	0.151	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); S. Podsednik Scores
14	14	12	1	2003-09-06	MIL		CHC	Mark Prior	behind 1-5	b 7	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	2	4	0.102	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); S. Podsednik Scores
15	15	13	1	2003-09-15	MIL	@	STL	Brett Tomko	behind 0-7	t 4	1	---	8,(3-2) CBBBSFFX	1	2	4	0.016	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
16	16	14	1	2003-09-21	MIL		ARI	Curt Schilling	ahead 2-0	b 1	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	5	0.079	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	2004-04-08	MIL	@	STL	Jason Simontacchi	ahead 4-1	t 5	0	1-3	3,(1-1) .1BCX	3	6	5	0.060	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Jenkins Scores; L. Overbay Scores
18	18	2	1	2004-04-17	MIL	@	HOU	Brad Lidge	behind 4-10	t 8	2	---	3,(0-2) CSX	1	3	4	0.004	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
19	19	3	1	2004-04-21	MIL		ARI	Óscar Villarreal	ahead 8-4	b 7	2	-2-	4,(1-2) SSBX	2	5	5	0.024	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); G. Jenkins Scores
20	20	4	1	2004-04-25	MIL		STL	Jeff Suppan	behind 0-3	b 8	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	5	0.051	9%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
21	21	5	1	2004-05-05	MIL	@	CIN	Jose Acevedo	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	3,(1-1) SBX	1	3	4	0.101	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
22	22	6	1	2004-05-07	MIL	@	NYM	Tom Glavine	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	-2-	4,(1-2) CBFX	2	3	4	0.124	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Counsell Scores
23	23	7	1	2004-05-23	MIL	@	PIT	Brian Meadows	tied 1-1	t 9	2	---	7,(3-2) BBCCBFX	1	7	5	0.410	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
24	24	8	1	2004-06-06	MIL	@	SDP	Scott Linebrink	behind 2-5	t 7	1	---	4,(1-2) CCBX	1	6	5	0.065	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
25	25	9	1	2004-07-06	MIL		CHC	Mark Prior	ahead 2-0	b 1	2	-2-	5,(3-1) BFBBX	2	6	4	0.125	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); B. Grieve Scores
26	26	10	1	2004-07-08	MIL		CIN	Paul Wilson	behind 0-8	b 7	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	4	0.012	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); B. Grieve Scores
27	27	11	1	2004-07-23	MIL	@	HOU	Roger Clemens	ahead 1-0	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	4	0.119	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
28	28	12	1	2004-09-02	MIL		PIT	Frank Brooks	ahead 6-1	b 7	0	---	3,(1-1) SBX	1	5	5	0.008	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
29	29	13	1	2004-09-04	MIL		CIN	Josh Hancock	ahead 4-1	b 4	0	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	5	4	0.069	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); L. Overbay Scores; G. Jenkins Scores
30	30	14	1	2004-09-05	MIL		CIN	Ryan Wagner	behind 1-9	b 9	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	4	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
31	31	15	1	2004-09-25	MIL		HOU	Darren Oliver	ahead 7-0	b 7	2	---	4,(2-1) BBSX	1	5	4	0.002	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
32	32	16	1	2004-09-26	MIL		HOU	Carlos Hernández	behind 0-4	b 2	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	4	0.072	25%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
33	33	17	1	2004-09-29	MIL	@	ARI	Casey Fossum	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	5,(2-2) BCCBX	1	5	4	0.084	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
34	34	18	1	2004-09-30	MIL	@	STL	Matt Morris	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	-23	8,(3-2) BCFBBFFX	3	5	4	0.145	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Overbay Scores; G. Jenkins Scores
35	35	19	1	2004-10-01	MIL	@	STL	Rick Ankiel	behind 0-2	t 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	4	0.113	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	2005-04-06	OAK	@	BAL	Steve Reed	ahead 5-0	t 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	4	0.017	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
37	37	2	1	2005-04-09	OAK	@	TBD	Lance Carter	behind 1-11	t 8	0	---	7,(3-2) .BBFFBFX	1	8	4	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
38	38	3	1	2005-05-20	OAK	@	SFG	Jim Brower	ahead 5-3	t 7	2	12-	2,(0-1) .CX	3	7	4	0.153	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); E. Chavez Scores/Team unER; B. Kielty Scores/Team unER; K. Ginter Scores/Team unER