Cristian Guzmán

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: March 21, 1978 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic do

High School: Santo Domingo (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

Debut: April 6, 1999 (Age 21-016d, 17,404th in major league history)
vs. TOR 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 8, 2010 (Age 32-171d)
vs. TOR 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1999 season

Agents: Stan King

Full Name: Cristian Guzmán

Pronunciation: \GOOZ-man\

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.6

5382

1459

.271

727

RBI

467

125

OBP

.307

SLG

.383

OPS

.690

OPS+

Summary of 62 Home Runs

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

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 7 tying, 14 go ahead

2 Tms
MIN	39
WSN	23

Platoon
vs RHP	37
vs LHP	25

Home/Road
Home	34
Away	28

Outs
0	27
1	20
2	15

21 Opps
DET	9
CHW	6
NYM	5
MIL	5
TEX	4
ANA	4
KCR	4
CLE	4
CIN	3
OAK	2
NYY	2
BAL	2
PIT	2
HOU	2
TOR	2
TBD	1
STL	1
SDP	1
SEA	1
LAD	1
FLA	1

61 Pitchers
David Wells	2
Geoff Geary	1
Doug Creek	1
Mark Buehrle	1
Orlando Hernández	1
Fernando Cabrera	1
Ricardo Rodríguez	1
Jeff Zimmerman	1
Dave Mlicki	1
Freddy García	1
Mark Mulder	1
Gary Glover	1
Jason Grimsley	1
Óliver Pérez	1
Bronson Arroyo	1
Bruce Chen	1
Dave Borkowski	1
Ramiro Mendoza	1
Kevin Appier	1
Steve Sparks	1
Scott Elarton	1
Jake Westbrook	1
Jarrod Washburn	1
Brian Bass	1
Mike Maroth	1
Billy Koch	1
Ramón Ortiz	1
Dave Burba	1
Matt Belisle	1
Jamie Moyer	1
Rafael Betancourt	1
Scott Schoeneweis	1
Tom Glavine	1
Kenny Rogers	1
Paul Maholm	1
Scott Olsen	1
Aaron Heilman	1
Gary Knotts	1
Russ Springer	1
Darrell May	1
Mark Redman	1
Jim Parque	1
Valerio De Los Santos	1
Jason Stanford	1
Miguel Asencio	1
Justin Thompson	1
Ben Sheets	1
Matt Perisho	1
Brian Stokes	1
Tim Dillard	1
Mat Latos	1
Craig Dingman	1
Kelvim Escobar	1
Doug Jones	1
Manny Parra	1
Jason Schmidt	1
Jeremy Guthrie	1
Clayton Kershaw	1
Arthur Rhodes	1
Justin Duchscherer	1
Jae Weong Seo	1

18 Parks
Metrodome (MIN)	23
Nationals Pk (WAS)	10
Shea Stad (NYC)	5
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	3
Comerica Pk (DET)	3
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	2
Progressive (CLE)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1
RFK Stad (WAS)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1

Where Hit
9	26
7	16
89	10
78	7
8	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	16
1	14
3	11
4	8
5	6
6	4
7+	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	60
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	44
1--	10
12-	3
1-3	2
123	1
--3	1
-2-	1

87 RBI
RISP	8
0 on	44
1 on	12
2 on	5
3 on	1
Any on	18

Inning
1	9
2	3
3	5
4	2
5	7
6	11
7	12
8	12
9	1

1-3	17
4-6	20
7-end	25

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	5
+2	5
+1	5
Tied	12
-1	6
-2	7
-3	3
-4..	10

Ahead	24
Tied	12
Behind	26

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	14
1-0	13
1-1	7
3-2	5
1-2	4
2-1	4
2-2	4
2-0	4
3-1	3
0-1	3
0-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
SS	60
2B	2

OrderPos
2nd	38
1st	15
9th	6
6th	2
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	17
Low Lev	37

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1999-07-04	MIN		DET	Justin Thompson	behind 0-10	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	6	0.004	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2000-04-25	MIN	@	NYY	Ramiro Mendoza	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	2	6	0.097	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
3	3	2	1	2000-05-21	MIN	@	OAK	Doug Jones	behind 0-11	t 8	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	6	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
4	4	3	1	2000-05-27	MIN		TEX	Jeff Zimmerman	ahead 8-5	b 8	1	1--	4,(1-2) CSBX	2	2	6	0.026	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Canizaro Scores
5	5	4	1	2000-05-30	MIN	@	TOR	Kelvim Escobar	ahead 2-1	t 6	2	---	6,(3-2) BCBFBX	1	2	6	0.127	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
6	6	5	1	2000-05-31	MIN	@	TOR	David Wells	behind 0-2	t 8	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	6	0.089	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
7	7	6	1	2000-06-10	MIN		MIL	Valerio De Los Santos	behind 2-4	b 8	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	6	0.130	28%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
8	8	7	1	2000-07-20	MIN		CHW	Jim Parque	ahead 2-0	b 7	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	6	0.069	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
9	9	8	1	2000-08-09	MIN	@	TBD	Doug Creek	behind 2-3	t 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	6	0.177	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	2001-04-09	MIN		DET	Steve Sparks	ahead 7-1	b 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	6	0.008	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
11	11	2	1	2001-04-11	MIN		DET	Dave Mlicki	ahead 4-1	b 4	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	1	6	0.053	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
12	12	3	1	2001-04-14	MIN		CHW	David Wells	behind 0-3	b 1	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	1	6	0.083	36%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
13	13	4	1	2001-05-08	MIN	@	NYY	Orlando Hernández	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	1	6	0.107	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
14	14	5	1	2001-06-10	MIN		PIT	Jason Schmidt	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	5,(2-2) CBFBX	1	2	6	0.097	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
15	15	6	1	2001-06-12	MIN		HOU	Scott Elarton	ahead 3-0	b 5	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	6	0.048	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
16	16	7	1	2001-06-24	MIN	@	DET	Dave Borkowski	ahead 10-5	t 7	2	123	1,(0-0) X	4	2	6	0.027	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Pierzynski Scores; T. Prince Scores; D. Hocking Scores
17	17	8	1	2001-09-02	MIN		ANA	Ramón Ortiz	ahead 2-0	b 5	2	---	5,(2-2) CBSBX	1	2	6	0.082	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
18	18	9	1	2001-09-05	MIN	@	TEX	Justin Duchscherer	ahead 6-2	t 6	1	--3	8,(3-2) BCFBFBFX	2	2	6	0.040	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); L. Rivas Scores
19	19	10	1	2001-09-18	MIN		DET	Matt Perisho	ahead 7-0	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	6	0.004	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	2002-05-07	MIN		KCR	Jason Grimsley	behind 0-4	b 8	0	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	2	6	0.046	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
21	21	2	1	2002-05-16	MIN	@	KCR	Miguel Asencio	ahead 8-3	t 6	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	6	0.028	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
22	22	3	1	2002-06-01	MIN		ANA	Kevin Appier	ahead 2-1	b 7	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	2	6	0.168	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Jones Scores
23	23	4	1	2002-06-25	MIN		CHW	Mark Buehrle	behind 5-11	b 7	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	2	6	0.020	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
24	24	5	1	2002-07-15	MIN		ANA	Scott Schoeneweis	behind 7-8	b 8	2	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	2	6	0.607	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Rivas Scores; B. Kielty Scores
25	25	6	1	2002-07-16	MIN		ANA	Jarrod Washburn	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	6	0.114	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
26	26	7	1	2002-08-19	MIN	@	CHW	Gary Glover	ahead 1-0	t 1	0	---	6,(1-2) FBCFFX	1	2	6	0.087	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
27	27	8	1	2002-08-22	MIN	@	KCR	Darrell May	ahead 4-3	t 7	0	1--	4,(1-2) FBFX	2	2	6	0.163	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Jones Scores
28	28	9	1	2002-09-11	MIN		DET	Mark Redman	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	2	6	0.145	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Jones Scores
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	2003-09-13	MIN	@	CLE	Jason Stanford	tied 0-0	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	6	0.158	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
30	30	2	1	2003-09-15	MIN	@	CLE	Rafael Betancourt	ahead 7-2	t 6	2	1--	6,(3-2) CBBFBX	2	9	6	0.036	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Ryan Scores
31	31	3	1	2003-09-23	MIN		CLE	Jake Westbrook	ahead 3-0	b 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	6	0.031	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	2004-05-04	MIN	@	SEA	Jamie Moyer	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	2	6	0.123	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
33	33	2	1	2004-05-23	MIN		CHW	Billy Koch	behind 6-17	b 9	0	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	2	6	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
34	34	3	1	2004-06-25	MIN		MIL	Dave Burba	ahead 5-1	b 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	6	0.017	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
35	35	4	1	2004-06-30	MIN		CHW	Freddy García	behind 1-4	b 5	1	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	1	6	0.281	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. LeCroy Scores/unER; J. Mauer Scores
36	36	5	1	2004-07-08	MIN		DET	Mike Maroth	ahead 3-1	b 7	2	1-3	8,(3-2) B*BFFB>F>F>X	3	1	6	0.103	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. Cuddyer Scores; L. Rivas Scores
37	37	6	1	2004-08-08	MIN		OAK	Mark Mulder	behind 2-3	b 8	0	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	2	6	0.285	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
38	38	7	1	2004-09-11	MIN	@	DET	Gary Knotts	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	6	0.104	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
39	39	8	1	2004-09-12	MIN	@	DET	Craig Dingman	ahead 6-1	t 5	0	---	5,(2-2) .CBFBX	1	6	6	0.026	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to CF-RF)
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	2005-04-22	WSN	@	NYM	Tom Glavine	behind 0-3	t 6	0	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	2	6	0.083	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
41	41	2	1	2005-06-17	WSN	@	TEX	Kenny Rogers	behind 0-4	t 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	6	0.050	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
42	42	3	1	2005-06-18	WSN	@	TEX	Ricardo Rodríguez	behind 1-7	t 8	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	9	6	0.024	4%		Home Run (Line Drive to CF-RF); B. Schneider Scores
43	43	4	1	2005-09-15	WSN	@	NYM	Jae Weong Seo	ahead 3-1	t 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	6	0.081	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	2007-05-24	WSN	@	CIN	Matt Belisle	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	6	0.095	57%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
45	45	2	1	2007-06-22	WSN		CLE	Fernando Cabrera	ahead 3-1	b 7	0	---	6,(2-2) .BFCBFX	1	1	6	0.054	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	2008-04-04	WSN	@	STL	Russ Springer	behind 1-5	t 7	0	---	4,(2-1) .CBBX	1	1	6	0.046	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
47	47	2	1	2008-04-09	WSN		FLA	Scott Olsen	behind 1-7	b 5	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	6	0.025	6%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
48	48	3	1	2008-05-03	WSN		PIT	Paul Maholm	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	2	6	0.152	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); F. López Scores
49	49	4	1	2008-05-18	WSN	@	BAL	Jeremy Guthrie	tied 0-0	t 3	2	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	2	6	0.114	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
50	50	5	1	2008-05-26	WSN		MIL	Ben Sheets	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	2	6	0.102	63%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
51	51	6	1	2008-08-28	WSN		LAD	Clayton Kershaw	behind 0-2	b 1	1	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	2	6	0.097	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
52	52	7	1	2008-09-09	WSN	@	NYM	Óliver Pérez	behind 0-2	t 3	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	2	6	0.187	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); A. Hernández Scores
53	53	8	1	2008-09-10	WSN	@	NYM	Aaron Heilman	behind 5-7	t 6	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	2	6	0.260	44%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); E. Bonifácio Scores
54	54	9	2	2008-09-10	WSN	@	NYM	Brian Stokes	behind 7-11	t 8	1	12-	7,(3-2) BC*BFFBX	3	2	6	0.136	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Boone Scores; E. Bonifácio Scores
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	2009-05-05	WSN		HOU	Geoff Geary	behind 8-9	b 8	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	1	6	0.549	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Flores Scores
56	56	2	1	2009-05-23	WSN		BAL	Brian Bass	behind 0-1	b 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	6	0.160	54%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
57	57	3	1	2009-06-09	WSN		CIN	Arthur Rhodes	behind 1-3	b 8	0	---	4,(0-2) ..CFFX	1	1	6	0.141	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
58	58	4	1	2009-07-24	WSN		SDP	Mat Latos	behind 0-2	b 1	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	6	0.098	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
59	59	5	1	2009-07-28	WSN	@	MIL	Tim Dillard	ahead 5-2	t 8	2	12-	3,(1-1) CBX	3	2	6	0.060	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); W. Nieves Scores; R. Belliard Scores
60	60	6	1	2009-08-23	WSN		MIL	Manny Parra	ahead 4-0	b 2	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	6	0.045	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
61	61	1	1	2010-06-21	WSN		KCR	Bruce Chen	tied 1-1	b 6	1	---	5,(3-1) BFBBX	1	2	4	0.184	73%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
62	62	2	1	2010-07-21	WSN	@	CIN	Bronson Arroyo	tied 1-1	t 5	2	-2-	4,(1-2) BCFX	2	2	4	0.247	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); I. Desmond Scores