Shane Costa

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 205lb (183cm, 92kg)

Born: December 12, 1981 in Visalia, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 37th round of the 2000 MLB June Amateur Draft from Golden West HS (Visalia, CA) and the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 2003 MLB June Amateur Draft from California State University, San Bernardino (San Bernardino, CA).

High School: Golden West HS (Visalia, CA)

Schools: California State University, San Bernardino (San Bernardino, CA), California State University, Fullerton (Fullerton, CA)

Debut: June 2, 2005 (Age 23-172d, 18,674th in major league history)
vs. NYY 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 2007 (Age 25-292d)
vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

Agents: Nick Lampost

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Shane Jeremy Costa

Pronunciation: \COSS-tuh\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.7

421

107

.254

RBI

OBP

.289

SLG

.366

OPS

.655

OPS+

Summary of 5 Home Runs

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

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

1 Tm
KCR	5

Platoon
vs RHP	4
vs LHP	1

Home/Road
Away	3
Home	2

Outs
0	3
1	2

5 Opps
MIN	1
TBD	1
LAD	1
NYY	1
DET	1

5 Pitchers
Jeff Weaver	1
Jason Hammel	1
Carlos Silva	1
Tanyon Sturtze	1
Jamie Walker	1

4 Parks
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
9	3
89	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	2
2	1
7+	1
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	5

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	4
1--	1

6 RBI
0 on	4
1 on	1
Any on	1

Inning
2	1
3	1
5	1
7	1
9	1

1-3	2
4-6	1
7-end	2

RelScore
+1	1
Tied	1
-2	2
-4..	1

Ahead	1
Tied	1
Behind	3

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	2
0-1	1
3-2	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	2
LF	2
CF	1

OrderPos
7th	2
1st	1
4th	1
8th	1

Leverage
Medium Lev	4
Low Lev	1

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2005-06-14	KCR		LAD	Jeff Weaver	tied 2-2	b 5	0	---	9,(3-2) BLSBFFBFX	1	7	7	0.140	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
2	2	2	1	2005-06-28	KCR	@	MIN	Carlos Silva	behind 1-3	t 3	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	8	7	0.098	39%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	2006-04-05	KCR		DET	Jamie Walker	behind 2-14	b 9	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	9	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
4	4	2	1	2006-04-11	KCR	@	NYY	Tanyon Sturtze	ahead 5-4	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	1	8	0.122	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
5	5	3	1	2006-04-16	KCR	@	TBD	Jason Hammel	behind 0-2	t 2	1	1--	5,(2-2) BSTBX	2	7	9	0.165	48%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Teahen Scores